000 series train will go into service tomorrow. we'll tweet everything you need to know about the new cars and you can catch the full report starting on news4 at 5:00. new developments this morning on a maryland couple with a controversial parenting style. month good morningry county police brought that couple's children to child protective services yesterday. the children were left alone. this morning we're still waiting to hear from the meitiv family. cps began investing in december after the 10-year-old and 5-year-old were found walking home alone from a playground. the meitivs say they're just trying to teach their children self-reliance and responsibility. the mother of a 3-year-old is facing charges. she left her son alone in car

while she went gambling in maryland. they say someone notified an officer when they saw the little boy sleeping and in the police report it says germany showed no remorse. she said she needed money. time to look at our forecast. we are talking about a beautiful spring day. especially the gorgeous weekend we had. >> i mean, if you could take a three-day weekend you could. because that spring weather finally arrived after winter held a firm grip. we want to check in with tom. >> it was so gorgeous over the weekend. we will continue that today. this morning a few scattered sprinkles. patch of green here. along 81 from winchester to south of hagerstown, this is tracking off to the east and quickly moving on through. at the bus stop this morning, a bit of a chill in the air. so you'll need a light jacket. we'll be cool between 7:00 and 8:00 a.m. a few clouds are coming through.

between 8:00 and 9:00 jumping into the mid 50s and the breezes picking up out of the south. that will be warming us into the 70s later this afternoon. and coming up, your hour by hour warming. that's throughout the day ahead. now, alexa, how's the commute? >> good morning, tom. still looking good. no reports of incidents. we have an incident in montgomery county. it's on the on ramp to the interloop. use casual in that area. 270 at montrose road looking good. no reports of delays. on going construction here 16th street and military road northwest. at least one lane is closed in each direction. keep that in mind all morning and for quite a few months now. 95 at maryland route 216, more volume but no reports of delays. back to you, angie and eun. >> i'm annette green at the live desk. two earthquakes rattled the los angeles area.

now both were small. the one that hit just after 9:00 last night was a magnitude 3.5. it could be felt as -- through a large swath of the area from san fernando valley. no immediate reports of injury or damage from this tremor that was centered north of inglewood. another small earthquake was reported a few hours earlier. back to you. every day americans need a champion, and i want to be that champion. >> right now, hillary clinton is on a 1,000 mile road trip headed to first in the nation caucus state iowa to begin meeting with voters. by now we have seen her announcing her 2016 bid. in that clip she talks about helping american families quote get ahead and stay ahead. >> hillary clinton represents

the worst of the washington machine. >> and within hours, republicans were on the attack. candidate rand paul has already responded to clinton by releasing an attack ad. former florida governor jeb bush posted a video saying the u.s. must do better than the quote obama/clinton foreign policy. and about 15 minutes we'll take a look at what makes clinton's campaign different from her first. and today, another republican candidate will jump into the race. "the washington post" reports florida senator marco rubio will formally announce his bid for the presidency this evening. he is speaking at miami freedom tower that back drops his cuban heritage. he has slammed president obama's foreign policy for years now. rubio's announcement comes days after the president held the first meeting in decades with the cuban president. the murder trial of a d.c. department of corrections official is set to begin today. carolyn cross was found dead inside of her alexandria apartment. this was back in september of 2014.

police say 29-year-old dewitt seen brutally murdered cross. he said he was hearing voices at the time of the murder. there will be grief counselors at howard university to help the community remember a former student who died. d.c. police found him unconscious around michigan avenue and franklin street. bowie high schoolers are mourning a classmate. he was coming back from a field trip with the rotc when he started feeling ill. he then stopped breathing. maryland state police are now working to find out just what happened. he was 16 years old. new information this morning about a "washington post" journalist being held in iran. an iranian news agency says he is accused of spying and acting against national security.

he sold economic and industrial information from iran to the u.s. he will stand trial before the revolutionary court which handles cases involving national security. "the washington post" calls the spying allegations absurd. and he has been held in tie ran for more than eight months. we are still working right now to learn why a maryland police chief is stepping down this morning. the delmarva daily times reports that the princess ann chief scott keller has decided to retire. princess ann county is where eight people died of carbon monoxide poisoning less than a week ago and keller has led the department for the past eight years. city officials are not commenting. in a few hours the d.c. mayor will face questions over her spending plans for the district. she's testifying at a budget oversight hearing. and bowser is calling for the sales tax and parking tax increases. her plan cuts higher education

spending as well. the plan includes more money for homeless services, school modernization and the streetcar program. caught on camera, man holes explode. one after the other. after the other. what caused the metal covers to fly high up into the air? and new developments in the case of a maryland woman accused of leaving her quadriplegic son in the woods for days while she went to visit her boyfriend. you won't believe who turned her in. take a look at the temperatures outside right now. yesterday was gorgeous, but will the mercury get that high again today? tom is a look with your w

watch yourself, watch yourself! >> heads up! >> take a look at that video. a man hole explodes sending the cover flying 100 feet into the air. you see it way above the buildings. it was caught on camera while a reporter was interviewing a man in buffalo, new york. an underground electrical fire started around noon yesterday. witnesses say smoke was pouring out of man holing causes three explosions. no one was hurt, but the cover -- police had evacuated by the time the cover was blown, wow. well a new report card about your experience up in the air comes out today. the 25th annual airline quality rating will be released. we already know some of those

numbers. and they say you're asking for improvement. customer complaints increased 22% last year. not a total surprise because airlines lost more bags last year. about one for every 275 passengers to be exact. the report also says fewer flights arrived on time last year than back in 2013. well this afternoon, spacex launching another rocket into space. it's headed for the international space station and it's carrying a whole lot of supplies. well we are going to be watching nasa's twitter feed to make sure the launch goes out without any problems. among the supplies an espresso machine. >> wow. an espresso machine. i guess they have their priorities, you know, they need that boost of energy. >> well, the italian astronaut says she's been up there since january and she's getting sick of the instant coffee. >> leave it to the italians to make a coffee demand. all right, we are talking attack forecast today and just hoping for more of the same. just a spectacular weekend.

so pretty 54 degrees. a mild start to your day. >> a wonderful way to wake up to monday. we want to check in with storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein who has more on the warm-up. >> yeah. a southerly breeze will have us warmer. storm team radar finding a few sprinkles showing up in this patch of green from winchester to martins berg, soviet of -- south of hagerstown. partly cloudy sky, temperatures are in the cool to chilly side. 40s in prince georges, montgomery fairfax counties. in the low 50s in washington. 40s around the bay. shenandoah bay some milder temperatures pushing in. there in the low to mid 50s there. there's the capital under the partly cloudy sky. then partly sunny for the afternoon. mild day though will stay in the 40s to the low and mid 50s between now through 8:00 and

9:00. then it will jump to the upper 60s by noontime for your lunch hour. looking absolutely gorgeous and then by mid afternoon, should be hitting the low to mid 70s. a bit of a breeze coming in from the south. that wind may be gusting to around 20 miles an hour. but an absolutely gorgeous day to catch the peak blossoms because some of those blossoms may be getting knocked down tomorrow as some rain moves in. a look at the rain timing forecast hour by hour. that's going to be coming up the next weather and traffic on the ones. that'll be at 4:51. so big change coming in tomorrow and a look at the rest of the week as well and the weekend that's in about ten minutes. now a look at the monday morning commute. alexa davies in for melissa. >> well an accident on north new hampshire avenue has been cleared. police confirm that would for us. that's been open and you should find no problems in the area. 395 north bound, near edsall

road an accident has been moved out of the way and we're open now. >> thank you. she's in but who will be her biggest contender on the left and right? the challengers hillary clinton could face. clinton is sure to be one of the topics talked about on the hill today as congress returns to work. but that's not all. the measures they're expected to spar over and the looming deadlines they face.

you're watching "news4 today." >> we're working to find out why a philadelphia mother was hospitalized after being arrested in montgomery county. police tracked down parler after

her quadriplegic son in the park. her boyfriend then turned her in to police. parler's 21-year-old son was found lying in the leaves covered with a blanket, next to a wheelchair and a bible. >> and a lot of things could have happened out in. i mean, obviously he's in the wooded area. you have wild animals out there. you never know what's going to happen. he cannot defend himself. he does not function at all. >> the son was hospitalized with dehydration, malnutrition and cuts to his body. parler was hospitalized after being arrested to receive treatment for an unknown reason. she is facing several charges including kidnapping and assault. police are still looking for a man who opened fire on a group of people headed to party in wood bridge, virginia. it happened near dale boulevard. the party was advertised on social media and someone pulled up in the suv and opened fire

and hit one man and two teenagers. all three are expected to be okay. come and take a look at your screen right now, if you can. a maryland family now hoping you can help them find their teenage daughter. jennifer castillo was last seen saturday on university boulevard and new hampshire avenue. well that's where she was dropped off to catch a bus to the mall. castillo was wearing a black shirt and white sneakers. the owners of a fairfax county bakery have a lot more cleaning up to do from a car that crashed into their store. look at this scene here. six people were hurt. none seriously. fairfax county police released these pictures of the car. you can see it ended up completely inside the napoleon bakery in annandale. the store is closed right now, it's not clear yet when it will reopen. and this dramatic video from another crash in northern virginia. a firefighter is working to save a driver who was ejected in a

crash on the claire barton parkway. he may have discovered that the road was closed because of this. three cars crashed near the exit. in addition to the man who was ejected, two other people were hurt. they're all expected to survive. i have started a new career recently. this is a fifth generation company which means a lot to me. >> that's one of many speakers in the video launching hillary clinton's campaign for president. and right now, clinton is on the road headed for iowa. clinton is clearly hoping to reintroduce herself to voters in that critical state, but the latest poll numbers there show it won't be easy. let's bring in nbc's tracie potts live on capitol hill with a look at how iowa voters can see clinton. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. her national numbers look good

in our latest "wall street journal" and nbc poll. last week quinnipiac issued a poll that found her likability numbers, whether people trust her, whether they think she's honest 49-43 in iowa. she has some work to do there and that's why she's in a van right now headed to iowa. she's expected to land there some time there. she'll speak at a community college tomorrow with lots of other smaller roundtable events. then she's going to tour a business on wednesday. the strategy seems to be not big rallies, but go small. get her out there, seen, with a lot of individuals and families families and the middle class is going to be the focus. but her opponents, rand paul jeb bush ted cruz, they're already out there pouncing with videos and ads. >> not surprised about that. tracie potts live on capitol hill for us. thank you. former maryland governor martin o'malley promising to bring a quote, robust debate

end quote, to the democratic primary if he decides to challenge clinton. his spokesperson released a statement saying that the democratic party would benefit from that debate. o'malley is one of the handful of democrats who appear likely to challenge clinton. including jim webb and also vermont senator bernie sanders who are publicly eyeing bids for the nomination. congress returns to work. they're already up against the clock with a lot on their plate today. they have two days to make a deal on how doctors are paid by medicare. the white house is waiting for action on the president's attorney general nominee. and lawmakers will push again for more say over nuclear negotiations with iran. house and senate budget negotiators could meet this week. democrats return to the hill for the first time since minority leader harry reid announced he won't run again. everything is back to normal you would side the white house this morning after a false alarm. a 4-year-old climbed under a

temporary bike rack near the white house yesterday, setting off the security alarms. secret service agents rushed over to the north grounds and found the child but no real danger. the 4-year-old was eventually reunited with mom and dad and nobody was hurt. we both know -- >> that can happen like that. >> exactly. you take your eyes off for a minute and the 4-year-old is looking at everyone like what, why'd you call the police, what's going on here? >> just two days in target she's under the shopping cart all of a sudden. how did this happen? >> well we are just glad that no one was hurt. >> a lot of the play grounds were populated with 4-year-olds yesterday. >> absolutely. so beautiful. >> just gorgeous. >> you have to go outside. >> i went out to the eastern shore, going across the bay bridge it was that deep blue color reflecting the sky. what a wonderful day. we'll keep it going, back by popular demand. >> yay. >> and the cherry blossoms at peak. >> i went down yesterday. gorgeous. >> now a few sprinkles there.

this little patch of green on the storm team 4 radar. those should dissipate as they track off to the east. right now in the panhandle of west virginia and along 81 from winchester. maybe a few sprinkles between hagerstown and frederick. this is a little disturbance that's passing through for the morning commute. temperatures should be in the low to mid 50s through much of the morning commute. dry roads still, partly sunny but mild. beautiful temperatures in the mid 70s by mid afternoon. right now though a bit of a chill in the air. we're in the low to mid 40s. most of maryland and virginia right around the beltway and inside the beltway near 50. in the 40s around the bay. shenandoah valley, low to mid 50s there. petersburg, up to a mild 60 degrees. look at the cherry blossoms. photo by jeff norman. post your signs of spring photos put them on facebook and

twitter. i share as well on instagram. so follow me. gorgeous pink blossoms. this one taken under a blue sky. this was taken yesterday too by sue cromer. wonderful there. here's the rain timing for tuesday. some showers coming in around 5:00 to 6:00 a.m. passing north of the metro area. by 10:00 it will be north and west of us. by noontime some moderate showers coming on through. those are moving off to the south and east, and maybe a few lingering sprinkles there. track all that with the storm team 4 app. get it on google play and the itunes store. with the showers it will be cooler in the 60s. wednesday, sun back near 70. beautiful on thursday. we'll keep it going into the weekend. friday, saturday, sunday, looking delightful with highs maybe mid 70s on saturday. cooler sunday. let's check the commute. >> good morning, tom. still looking good traveling the beltway in maryland and

virginia. both inner and outer loops are going without incident. further north, looking good. a live look at shady grove road. in maryland, 95 at route 216, volume headed to the beltway, but no reports of delays there. root route 50 no delays there. and 66 headed in from centerville, all lanes open. no reports of delays or incidents as you approach the beltway. >> new details in the death of a if you run over somebody it's usually because you were driving too fast or you didn't look before you turned or you didn't stop for someone in the crosswalk. always be alert.

pedestrians don't come with airbags.

you're watching "news4 today." >> new details are emerging about the death of an inmate at the fairfax county jail earlier this year. "the washington post" obtained an incident report over the weekend that says natasha mckenna initially cooperated with police and agreed to be handcuffed. but then she tried to fight her way out. six officers in bio hazard suits placed mckenna's hands and legs into restraints and used a stun gun four times. today in fairfax county you can learn how community leaders are fighting drug abuse in your community. the forum begins at 7:00 p.m. at the public schools administration center. that's on gate house road in falls church. health officials will present a

program called pain killers and heroin our community problem. officials will focus on how to keep drugs from falling into the hands of kids and young adults. this week is national volunteer appreciation week and if you have ever wanted to become a volunteer firefighter or paramedic, you can start now. this week all around maryland firehouses will be holding open houses to answer your questions. you're looking at some video from an open house yesterday. this was out in prince georges county. at the open houses you can get information on how to sign up and where to get free training. >> awesome. the volunteers do so much work to make the community come together and do that work with the career firefighters. so we really depend on them. >> everyone could give a hand. >> awesome. "news4 today" at 5:00 a.m. continues. >> "news4 today" starts now. >> good morning. i'm angie goff in for erin.

>> i'm eun yang. let's start off with your forecast. a beautiful one at that. looking forward to it. >> we are looking forward to the warm-up that we have been experiencing over the last day or so. we want to check in with storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein. what's the good news? >> the good news is we'll keep the wonderful, mild weather party going on today. a few scattered sprinkles on the storm team 4 radar. this little patch of green and that stretches farther south and west between hagerstown and winchester. this little batch of some scattered sprinkles very light. some of them not even reaching the ground tracking to the east this morning. won't last very long. temperatures are a bit chilly. in the 40s nearby suburbs. in washington now 52. then farther to our west there's some milder air moving into the mountains in the shenandoah valleys, to near 60 degrees there already with a southerly breeze that will be warming