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 nicely. cool morning, mild afternoon.

showers likely moving in tomorrow. look at your bus stop forecast what to wear weather that's all coming up at the next traffic and weather on the ones. what's happening on the roads? >> good morning. no problems from annapolis all along route 50 into route 202. then further into the district all lanes are open, no delays. looking at the beltway no reports of delays on the inner or the outer loop. a very nice morning commute this morning. here's a live look at river road in virginia. elsewhere, 66 looking good. all the way into the beltway, inside the beltway no reports of delays as well. we have an accident in stafford. meyers drive at karen terrace. all lanes are blocked in that area. >> thank you, alexis. right now, some metro trains are doing something they haven't done in nearly six years, automatic train operation is up and running on the red line. this is the first time trains have been running automatically since that deadly crash at ft.

tauten in 2009. megan mcgrath is live with what changes the commuters should expect this morning. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, eun. it was a terrible crash that happened back in 2009. a metro train slammed into another train that was stopped on the tracks near the ft. tauten station. nine people died and many more were injured. in the wake of that crash, metro stopped using the automated system and they went to manual control of trains. well, ever since that accident metro has been making safety improvements and now they are at the point where they can return once again to the automated system. that is happening today. so the computer is going to handle the train that will be controlling the train. there will still be a person in the cab to open and close doors and to make announcements but the automated system will be handling acceleration. deceleration as well as stopping the trains. this is happening starting today

on just the red line. only with the eight car trains. six car trains they need a software update and they'll be getting that. so they'll go over to the automated system at a later date. but today those eight car trains on the red line will be automated. metro says that going back to the automated system will be more efficient. will make for faster rides. the trains will be more consistently spaced out. things are starting to pick up here at the station this morning. we'll talk to riders and see with what they think about the return to the automated system. back to you guys. >> megan mcgrath, thank you. well, tomorrow is going to be another big day for metro as well. the first 7,000 series trains will go into service on the blue line tomorrow morning. we'll get a preview ride today. news4's adam tuss will be on board and he'd tweet out everything you need to know about the new cars. you can watch his full reports starting on news4 at 5:00 p.m. new developments on a

maryland couple with a controversial parenting style. montgomery county police brought that child's children to child protective services yesterday. they picked them up after a concerned citizen told the officers they were left unattended. we're still waiting to hear from the the meitiv family. cps began to investigate back in december after the 10-year-old and 5-year-old were found walking home alone from a playground. the meitivs says they're trying to teach their children self-relines and responsibility. a mom facing child neglect charges in baltimore. she is accused of leaving her 3-year-old in a car while she went gambling at the horseshoe casino. jade germany was arrested, and someone notified an officer when they saw the little boy sleeping in the back seat. according to police, she knowed no remorse and she said she needed money.

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. she's heading to first in the nation caucus state iowa. by now we have seen clinton's short video 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. >> within hours, republicans were on on the attack. rand paul has already responded to clinton by releasing an attack ad. jeb bush posted a video yesterday saying that the u.s. must do better than the quote obama/clinton foreign policy. and also 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's speaking at the historic freedom tower a back drop that highlights his cuban heritage.

he has slammed president obama's foreign policy for years and his announcement comes days after the president held the first meeting in decades with the cuban president. d.c. police have not released the man's name and he was found yesterday. right now they're working to figure out how the howard student death. the death of a bowie high schooler is a mystery this morning. maryland state police are investigating how he died. he was coming back from the rotc field trip and he started to feel sick. then he stopped breathing. he was just 16 years old. breaking news a stabbing we have just learned in alexandria and right now, police are looking for a suspect. alexandria police tell us it happened after 2:00 a.m. a man suffered from stab wounds

not too far from the post office building. the victim is in the hospital. no word on the extent of injuries. back to you, eun. >> thanks molette. months after he was detained in iran we are learning that charges a "washington post" reporter faces. >> the new pictures showing how a group of thieves made off with tens of millions in jewelry. what police say they did for two straight nights in order to pull off this heist. taking a live look outside where the temperatures are still mild out there. just 54 degrees outside. tom is back with how to dress your kids for the bus stop. your time right now is 5:08.

a terrible car crash followed by a deadly shooting in milwaukee, wisconsin. this morning, police are trying to figure out whether the two were connected. a 15-year-old was shot and killed and police are still looking for suspects right now. we're learning more about how a group of thieves made off with tens of millions of dollars in jewels in london. take a look at these pictures.

they were taken by a security camera right outside hatten garden, four minutes after it closed for the long easter weekend. a group dropped from the second floor basement drove through seven feet of -- seven feet of reinforced concrete and raided that vault. police say the gang pulled off the robbery over a course of two nights. they cleaned out about 60 boxes that contained as much as $100 million in jewels. >> sounds like you're talking about a movie plot. >> absolutely. >> all the pretiming, all -- >> yeah. seven feet. they went through seven feet. >> preparation they had to do. >> they're saying this could be the biggest heist they have ever seen. there in the u.k. 5:11 now. we are talking about weather and traffic on the ones. a look outside right now, 54 degrees outside of our studios. we're hoping for more of the same of our gorgeous weekend. >> and meteorologist tom kierein helping us answer one of the biggest questions in the

morning -- what are we going to wear? >> absolutely. starting off early you'll need a light jacket and right now, you may need an umbrella briefly if you live in northern frederick county. this patch of green, light rain and in washington county. down to winchester. this is tending to break up as it's tracking off to the east to the north of the metro area. at the bus stop it will be cool. hovering around 50 degrees between 7:00 and 8:00. and between 8:00 and 9:00 should be in the mid 50s, but the winds will pick up out of the south. that's bringing in some warmer air. so you will need a light jacket this morning. and then later today you'll be comfortable in short sleeves. you'll need the sunglasses as well. a terrific day coming up. next weather and traffic on the ones at 5:21. a look at your drive time commuter forecast. how are the roads, alexis? >> good morning. so far we're looking good this morning. we have a marked train they to tell you about. penn south 401 is 13 minutes late this morning.

looking good at falls road all lanes are open. out of leesburg 65 miles an hour as you approach 28 and 55 after that. when you hit the road tune in to wtop. >> thanks alexis. we probably don't have to tell you it's that time of the year. people are really starting to suffer from allergies and sinus problems. poor angie. >> i can't breathe. i can't breathe. >> but guess what? i'm going to really look into the next sto

you're watching "news4 today." >> welcome back at 5:17. the murder trial of a d.c. department of corrections official is set to begin today. carolyn cross was found dead inside her alexandria apartment in september of 2014. police say 29-year-old dewitt saum murdered him and the

hearing -- that he was hearing voices at the time of cross' murder. the nearly seven-year legal saga of jodi arias today comes to a close today. she will serve life behind bars. the only thing that a judge will decide today is whether she will be eligible for parole after 25 years. it is not clear whether she will address the court before her sentencing. we could learn the verdict in aaron hernandez's murder trial today. the former new england patriot player is accused of killing his friend odin lloyd two years ago. the jurors have spent days in a total of nearly 20 hours discussing their decision. today will mark the fifth day of deliberations. we're learning new information about a "washington post" journalist being held in iran.

an iranian news agency says jason rezaian is accused of acting against the country. he will stand trial before the revolutionary court which handles cases involving national security. "the washington post" calls the spying allegations absurd. he has been held in tie ran for over -- tehran for over eight months. the war in afghanistan may be officially over but 9,800 troops are still serving there. last week, 22-year-old army specialist john dawson was killed. he was the first to die since the war was officially declared over in december. last month president obama announced troop levels would not decrease this year as planned. that was not welcome news for families who already lost loved ones to war. knowing what we have been through and what he went over there for, i wouldn't say it was right to say it was over for another family that might go through this. >> more than 2,300 americans have given their lives in the war in afghanistan. the president says the goal is to have only embassy security in

place in afghanistan by the end of 2016. there is new video of a black man killed by a white sheriff's deputy in oklahoma. and a warning you may want to look away or just mute your tv for now. you cannot see what happens, but you can hear the gunshot. the sheriff's office is now calling it a mistake. >> on your stomach. now! [ gunshot ] >> well, according to the sheriff's office the reserve deputy who killed eric harris meant to grab his taser instead. in fact you can hear him apologize after making that shot. the deputy was part of a sting operation trying to catch harris illegally selling a gun. the sheriff's office says the deputy did not commit a crime, saying he was quote in a stressful situation. end quote. it was captured entirely on a police body camera. seattle police are now testing out a program to equip their

officers with cameras. you're looking at one of those right there. it's a little blurred out for privacy. the one officer there say he supports the program. >> for myself i want my actions to be recorded because i want to be able to stand up and say this is what happened. here's the video of it. >> audio and video recorded, okay? >> a federal investigation found a pattern of excessive force in the seattle police department which led to this program. the department was one of more than 20 around the country investigated for racial bias. we are still working to learn why a maryland police chief is stepping down this morning. the delmarva daily times reports that scott keller has decided to retire. princess anne county is where a family of eight people died from carbon monoxide poisoning a week ago.

city officials are not commenting on the timing of the departure. well we had a fantastic finish to our weekend. talking weather. we can only hope that it will carry on. >> let's check in with storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell who is live outside with the beautiful cherry blossoms. chuck, good morning to you. how's it looking out there? >> you know i'm a big fan of a lot of our different live shot locations throughout the year. we're taking the storm team 4 around, but i don't know how it gets more iconic washington than this the peak of the cherry blossoms down by the tidal basin. the washington monument behind me. just an absolutely spectacular morning out here. trees are at their very best. in fact, two little petals just fell off the tree. so i think peak may have been two minutes ago. temperatures generally on the chilly side. we are 51 degrees at the tidal basin with barely a south breeze plowing right now. it will be the last day of peak

because rain showers are coming back our way starting tomorrow. that will take down a lot of the flower petals out here today. sunrise is just after 6:30 this morning. that's going to be -- probably one of the prettiest times to be out here. come on down and join us. if you see us come on over and say hello. we'll take a selfie out by the beautiful trees. 3,750 cherry trees. this is cherry tree number one right here. >> yeah, absolutely gorgeous down there now and great weather for that later today as well. now, around the region the storm team 4 radar showing a few scattered sprinkles of light rain in green. northern shenandoah valley into washington and frederick counties. some of the, not quite reaching the ground. but there may be a few scattered sprinkles over the next hour or so. right now our temperatures are on the chilly side. in the 40s. much of maryland and virginia. by the bay it's in the mid 40s.

and in the mountains it's into the 50s. drive time weather, dry roads. in the mid 50s and partly cloudy. partly sunny for the afternoon commute. temperatures into the mid 70s and then tomorrow with the showers coming through, later in the morning into the afternoon, some showers. may be heavy enough to knock the blossoms down. we'll be in the mid 60s, but no thunder and lightning. and not much wind. into the weeke looking wonderful. warmest day looks to be saturday into the mid 70s by then. coming up next, weather and traffic on the ones. hometown highs for the day ahead. alex us davies is in for melissa. >> penn south is looking at 18 minute delays. brunswick is a 12 minute delay there. 66 after route 28, headed in toward the district all lanes open. no reports of delays. 95 in virginia looking good. out of dale city, all lanes are

open. route 50 in maryland looking good with no reports of incidents or delays. back to you. molette green, this just in, paris, france, is ready to compete for the 2024 olympics. now, city leaders there just adopted a resolution in favor of hosting the games. it will wake up boston along with rome and hamburg, germany. that's the latest from the live desk. i'm molette green. >> thank you. a new study shows that military children are missing pormentsdz -- important childhood shots. a doctor at uc san diego examined thousands of reports and she found 28% of children were either missing vaccines or missing records to show they had them. the study was published in the journal of pediatrics. and a new study also finds that vaccinating your sons for hpv can help prevent other kinds of cancer. scientists say a certain kind of throat and mouth hpv is set to

surpass cervical cancer as the most common hpv related cancer by the year 2020. researchers say vaccinating boys as young as 12 can prevent the disease. well, if you have severe allergies there is a new procedure that could seriously improve your sinuses. a doctor first inserts the tiny balloon in your nose. then she or he inflates it giving you that room to breathe. well the operation is not supposed to be painful and can have some major results. >> the vast majority of people tell me they're breathing better they feel better resolves their headaches and their congestion. >> the procedure takes about an hour to do and typical recovery you're looking at three to five days. 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 and you won't believe who turned her in. take a live look outside

where a lot of people are waking up in the 40s and 50s this morning. but how warm will it get?

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.

looking at the stories making headlines right now at 5:30, new developments this morning on a maryland couple with a controversial parenting style. montgomery county police brought that couple's children to child protective services yesterday. they picked them up in silver spring after a concerned citizen told the officers the children were left unattended. they previously made national headlines for so called free range style of parenting. we're waiting to hear how a bowie teen died. the detectives okon ntekim said he was returning from a trip and he stopped breathing and he was pronounced dead. metro trains are doing something they haven't done in six years -- automatic train operation is up and running on the red line. it is the first time trains have been running automatically since the deadly crash at fort totten in 2009. first, good morning to you. i'm eun yang. >> i'm angie goff. we're so glad you could join us

on a nice spring day. >> looking forward to it. storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein is telling us more about what we can expect. >> good morning. looks like a springtime theme park with so many blossoms and flowers up. this green in the panhandle of west virginia toward winchester that's beginning to dissipate as it tracks off to the east. a few light sprinkle there is. right now in rockville, montgomery county a few clouds are coming through. then by mid afternoon, should be into the low to mid 70s there. here's another hometown hay market prince william county partly cloudy. ought to hit mid 70s there. 76 or so by late afternoon. prince georges county, bowie, it's hitting the low to mid 70s in the afternoon. a look at our hour by hour temperature changes that's coming up at 5:41. alexis good morning.

how are the roads now? >> good morning, tom. we are still dealing with some delays on the penn south line. we have power outages that are causing some significant delays anywhere between 15 and 20 minutes. so that's going to be there are to a while. brunswick east 870, a 12 minute delay. route 50 we have heard reports of debris on the roadway. police are in the area looking for it. routes 210 headed up to the beltway. 55 miles an hour. route 5 and 301 no reports of incidents or delays. 395 at king street is looking good with all lanes open. no reports of incidents. then 270 out of frederick is running slow right now. but no reports of incidents at this time. back to you. >> thanks. we're work to find out why a philadelphia mother was hospitalized after being arrested in montgomery county. police tracked down nyia parler to silver spring after her quadriplegic son was abandoned in a philadelphia park. police say after parler left her son in the park she came to

silver spring to visit her boyfriend. her boyfriend 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. >> a lot of things could have happened out there. he's in the middle of the wooded area. you have wild animals out there, you never know what can happen. he can't defend himself. he does not function at all. at. >> parler's son was hospitalized with dehydration and cuts to his body. parler was hospitalized after she was arrested to receive treatment for an unknown reason. she is facing several charges including kidnapping and assault. a second person has been arrested in the shooting of an anne arundel police officer. we sent you a breaking news alert on the nbc washington app as soon as this story broke on friday morning. police arrested danielle blake yesterday. she is charged with conspiracy to commit attempted murder. the first suspect, colvin white was arrested on friday.

corporate larry adams was patrolling part of the arnold area friday morning and police say he was shot after chasing a suspicious person. he was upgraded to serious condition over the weekend. three week are expected to be okay after being shot on a way to a party in wood bridge. a large group was headed to the party in dale boulevard yesterday morning. someone pulled up in an suv and then opened fire on that group, hitting one man and two teenagers. police say the party was advertised on social media. a maryland family hoping that you can help find her. their teenage daughter. this is jennifer castillo. she was last seen saturday in takoma park on university boulevard in new hampshire avenue. family members say that's where she was dropped off to catch a bus to the mall. she was wearing dark blue jeans, black shirt and white sneakers. 5:34 now. it's not clear when a fairfax

county bakery will reopen after a car crashed through the front door. look at this scene here. six people were hurt none seriously. fairfax county police released the pictures of the car. it ended up completely inside the napoleon bakery. the store is closed right now. the owners say they're working to find out whether the building is structurally safe. three people are recovering right now from a serious crash in maryland. one man hit a tree and was ejected 75 feet from his car. take a look. you can see montgomery county firefighters working to pull him to safety here. this happened on the clara barton parkway near the exit. the man is expected to survive as are two other people who are hurt in that crash. d.c. mayor mariel bowser will share more details about her spending plans for the district. she is testifying at a budget oversight hearing. bowser presented her budget earlier this month and she is calling for a sales tax and

parking tax increase. her plan cuts higher education spending and the plan includes more money for homeless services school modernization and the streetcar program. congress returns to work and they're already facing some big deadlines. a live look at the capitol this morning. here's a quick run down. they have two days to make a deal on how doctors are paid by medicare. house and senate budget negotiators could begin meeting this week. a senate committee plans to push once again for more say over nuclear negotiations with iran. and the white house is waiting for action on the president's attorney general nominee. and democrats return to the hill for the first time since minority leader harry reid announced he won't run again. gas prices are going down again and they could keep falling. analysts lundberg says the gas prices have gone down five cents a gallon in the last week. the national average is at $2.39

per gallon. the average is $2.20 in virginia. $2.38 in maryland. west virginia $2.39 and $2.55 in d.c. retailers and refineries are dropping prices to chase the demand from american drivers. 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 the white house on lockdown. you won't believe the pint sized perpetrator who caused it. why a toddler had everyone there on edge. take a live look outside at the capitol. pretty dome lit up there. where congress returns to work today. not too cold. 54 degrees outside the studios in northwest. tom kierein is back with your hour by hour warm-

this is -- >> watch yourself. >> heads up! >> a manhole explodes. take a look at that. sending the cover flying 100 feet in the air. you can see it above the buildings. the moment 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 the manholes and eventually causing three explosions. no one was hurt since police had

already evacuated that area. a new report card about your experience up in the air comes out today. the 25th annual quality rating will be released in a few hours from now in fact. we already know though some of the 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 they say. the report says fewer flights arrived on time last year than in 2013. well speaking about what's up in the sky, we are going to be watching nasa's twitter feed to find out if a rocket launch goes on as planned. spacex is sending up a rocket and it's headed for the national space station. it's filled with supplies and you know what's on there -- the espresso machine. >> priorities there. when you're up there you need

that jolt of caffeine to make sure you're alert and observing all around you. >> they're sick of the instant coffee. see if it work. >> i don't blame them. instant coffee can get old, right? >> it's not like they have anywhere to go to get another cup. talking about the weather right now, we're liking the warm-up. >> 5:41. time for weather and traffic on the ones. as we take a live look. 54 degrees. not a bad way to start our monday tom. >> off to a nice mild start. yesterday around 70 held in the warmth overnight. to our north and west, this little patch of green, a few sprinkles are trying to reach the north there as well as northern shenandoah and the pan handle. they're breaking up as they track east now. partly cloudy around the metro area. in the 40s to near 50 right in washington. there is the capital under the partly cloudy sky. temperatures still in the 50s by 8:00 a.m. and then jumping 60s by noontime.

low to mid 70s by mid afternoon. look at rain timing for tomorrow. next weather and traffic on the ones at 5:51. alexis davies has an update. >> penn south, the power outages have been resolved but still looking at quite a bit of a delay, between 15 and 20 minutes to get that ongoing -- to get moving there. excuse me. brunswick east, 870, moderate delay. 11 minutes. eastbound 66 is 11 minutes. for more traffic when you hit the road, tune in to wtop. >> thank you, alexis. she's in. but who will be her biggest contender on the left and the right? the challenges hillary clinton could face. and before you know it school will be out for the summer. don't scream parents, it will be okay. >> no! >> that means camp for a lot of the kids but how do you find t

i started a new career recently. this is a fifth generation company which means a lot to me. >> as one of many people who are speaking in the video launching hillary clinton's campaign for president and right now, clinton is on the road heading for iowa. clinton is clearly hoping to reintroduce herself to voters in the all-important state of iowa. but poll numbers there show it won't be easy. let's check in with nbc's tracy potts with a look at what iowa voters are looking for right now. good morning. >> reporter: they are and have always been looking to connect -- good morning, everyone. iowa voters get very involved in their campaigns and their candidates. the clinton campaign knows that and that's what i they're on the road as -- why they're on the road as question speak. her national numbers look good. in the last nbc news/"wall street journal" poll she was at 44% favorability beating president obama and all the republicans out there.

but her iowa numbers, not so much. remember she came in third last time. she ran for president there. and the latest quinnipiac poll when it comes to people thinking she's honest and her trustworthiness, her numbers don't look so good. 49% to 43%. and so that's something that they want to work on. while in iowa she'll speak tomorrow at a community college. they have a lot of smaller events scheduled, roundtables with business leaders. she is touring a company on wednesday during that two-day trip. again, to try to get that image out there of hillary clinton interacting directly with people in iowa. >> all right, tracie potts, thank you. former maryland mayor martin o'malley promising to bring a robust debate if he decides to challenge clinton. his spokesperson said that the democratic party would benefit from the debate. these's one of a handful of democrats who appear likely to challenge clinton.

jim webb and bernie sanders are both eyeing bids for the nomination. new video this morning has surfaced showing isis militants destroying the syrian city. they're using electric saws and drills and isis has destroyed artifacts at the 3,000-year-old city and then set off lots of explosives. well, nbc news has not independently verified the claims. today lawyers will choose 12 of more than 100 jury candidates to hear the case of colorado theater shooting suspect james holmes. he's charged with killing 12 people and hurting 70 others in an attack on a movie theater three years ago. holmes' lawyer says he was having a psychotic episode at the time. prosecutor say holmes should be sentenced to death. his trial begins two weeks from today. a fairfax county inmate was

hit with a stun gun four times new details about that death came out over the weekend in "the washington post." an incident report 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 put her in restraints and hit her four times with the stun gun. the fairfax county sheriff defends the use of force. police in minnesota say a body they pulled out of the mississippi river is that of a missing boy. the medical examiner confirmed the boy is 10-year-old barnway collins. he's been missing for a month. the boy's father is the prime suspect in his death. the father denies any involvement in his son's death. a kayaker is in the hospital right now after a surprise storm caused chaos for a group of boaters. take a look at this scene here. two of them died. you're looking at video from the beginning of their trip when you can see the waters are pretty

peaceful. the kayakers say it grew severe during the second half of the day. a man and woman died. this week is national volunteer appreciation week and if you have ever wanted to become a volunteer firefighter or a paramedic, you can start now. this week maryland firehouses will be holding open houses to answer your questions. this is video from an open house that was held yesterday in prince georges county. parents, if you don't have your kids summer camp plans ironed out already you may want to get started. it's pretty late in the season already. the camps are filling up. there are some resources to help you sort through the options there. camp easy.com and other sites can help you filter tens of thousands of camp choices across the u.s. camp easy's founder says whether your kids are into nature, perhaps trapeze, outdoor sports sites like hers can help you find a right fit to keep your

kids active. >> this really does have to do with parents having some peace of mind when their kids are not in school. that their kids are doing something in a supervised environment, that their kids are safe. they're doing something constructive instead of sitting at home and watching television. >> more than 25 million kids in the u.s. will head to summer camp this year. at an average cost of $1,000 per kid each summer. that's a lot of money. it makes camps $25 billion industry. so everything is back to normal outside of 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. they found the child but no real danger. the 4-year-old was reunited with mom and dad and wasn't hurt. >> it's a good thing it all turned out. if it wasn't, he'd be in big trouble. how about a two-day timeout for

the 4-year-old. >> i know. they think they're on the play ground. >> we're liking the blissful overnight we had. i guess some southerly winds were bringing the warm temperatures our way. >> southerly breeze continuing to sweep in the wonderful, mild weather that will be in place in the afternoon. absolutely gorgeous morning now down on the -- around the tidal basin where the cherry blossoms are at peak color and peak bloom. >> beautiful out there. >> but they're getting weaker. >> this is it. >> the rain is going to bring them down. so let's check that out down there right now. as we take look at -- look at the view there. here's chuck bell. >> what a view chuck. >> oh man, it sure is nice. i remember we were down here at the tidal basin back in the very first part of march, 2nd or 3rd, by where the paddle boats are rented out and the basin was completely frozen over. that was only six weeks ago. it looked and felt like the dead of winter out here and now

springtime in washington is in full effect. the cherry trees came out, oh, i guess about last thursday or so. when i was down here on a run. so we have had a couple of nice days. the weekend couldn't have been nicer. i talked to the photographers getting ready to take their early sunrise shots, getting the postcard ready pictures to come along. sunrise is just after 6:30 this morning so if you haven't gotten your pictures down here yet, there's one more classic sunrise in 40 or 50 minutes from now. come over and say hello. couldn't be any nicer of a morning. temperature is at 51 degrees and not much of a breeze blowing just yet, tom. going to be a perfect day to come down here. pack your patience. >> looks great. looks like the photographers are getting ready for the sunrise there. we'll have a partly cloudy to clear sky.

right now, a few scattered spring sprinkles to the north. they are dissipateing as they move on throug morning commute. 20 degrees warmer afternoon commute looking beautiful. dry roads. partly sunny. temperatures into the mid 70s much of the region during the afternoon. all that spring color bursting forth and temperatures rather chilly now. in the 40s, nearby suburbs in virginia and around the bay. shenandoah valley, that's where the warmer air is starting to funnel up the area. in the 50s there. already up near 60 degrees in the higher elevations in west virginia. look at the cherry blossoms. the photo taken by jeff norman. post yours on facebook and twitter and i post mine on instagram. sue cromer posted this. here's the rain moving in tomorrow. by around 10:00 in the morning, some showers in shenandoah valley. much of west virginia and near the pennsylvania border. around noontime, they track through the metro area and

continue to move off to the south and the east. enough rain for a half inch or more in the metro area and then by late afternoon it's ending. and by the evening hours it pulls away. keep up with that with the storm team 4 weather app. temperatures cooler in the 60s tomorrow. then sun back wednesday, beautiful pattern all the way into the weekend. warmest day looks to be on saturday into the mid 70s. enjoy. now, alexis davies has an update on the commute. >> an earlier power outage on the penn line caused some delays. we're looking at 20 minute delays right now. east brunswick, delay of ten minutes. route 50 headed into d.c. looking good at landover road. and no reports of delays or incidents there. 270 at old hundred, a little slow, but no reports of incidents. keep our eyes open in the area for you. taking a look at 66 heading out of manassas in the gainesville

area, no reports of delays. angie and eun, back to you. >> thanks alexis. so sprint is testing a new service delivering your new phones straight to your home. landon dowdy has a look at that and a huge interest in apple's new watch. >> hey, angie, good morning. sprint plans to test delivering phones to your home. it will be available in sprint's backyard of kansas city and then rolled out to miami and chicago later on this month. customers who buy a new phone will get an e-mail or text notifying them of the delivery option. and it will be delivered by contractors trained by sprint. people are interested in the apple watch. digital news sight quartz said there was an estimated 1 million preorders for the device on friday. about two-thirds were for the less expensive sports model. the apple watch goes on sale on april 24th. guys, back over to you. >> thanks so much. making your trek to work a

smoother one. the steps taken by metro that can take the stop and go jerkiness out of your ride. that's next on "news4 today" at 6:00.

"news4 today" starts now. >> right now "news4 today," improving your ride to work. the change made this morning on metro that can make your commute a smoother one. >> today is a day you'll want to spend checking out the cherry blossoms with another beautiful day on tap. these great conditions won't be around much longer. storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein is here with your weather headlines. >> yeah, that was a live view of the cherry blossoms this morning. the sun is coming up in half an hour. a few clouds producing a few sprinkles north of us. the little patches of green in howard county frederick county. they're tracking off to the east there. a few there, northern shenandoah valley.

but these are going to be disappearing over the next half hour or so. prince georges county, down into the low to mid 40s there. most locations in the 40s. now dulles is at 50 degrees. reagan national is at 53. first light of day beginning to show up. live view from the tower camera. a cool morning but a beautiful mild afternoon coming up. even warmer than yesterday. but then showers likely moving in. during much of the day tomorrow. next week and traffic on the ones. your bus stop forecast for the morning at 6:11. alexis davies good morning. what's happening with the commute? >> good morning. traveling the beltway in maryland and virginia we are still looking good at this hour. no reports of incidents or delays on the inner or the outer loops. 95 southbound at route 644, just under the beltway, we have a disabled vehicle. it has been moved to the shoulder so not causing any signif