of damp. we still have some puddles from yesterday's rain that has now exited the region over the last hour. the last of it now pulling away. we do have a partly cloudy sky. another crescent moon, not going to see much sun after sunrise. a mild afternoon, then warmer weather moves in on friday and on saturday. temperatures right now though are rather chilly. northern and western suburbs, loudoun, fauquier generally in the 40s. there's some patchy fog there. so watch out for that. closer to washington, don't have any fog. temperatures are in the upper 40s to near 50 degrees. a look at your bus stop forecast, what to wear today that's coming up next at 6:11. we already had a couple of crashes this morning with this damp pavement. what's going on now, melissa? >> now we have another one. this is in alexandria huntington road just got a report of an overturned vehicle. we'll see what's going on there,

if it's indeed there will be a closure coming up in a couple of minutes. ramp from dale city to 95 north northbound northbound, a crash on the ramp. and 29 ramp to 66 eastbound, not looking as bad as it did. it was pretty nasty there for quite a while. now we're kind of clearing out. wide look at things overall, no major problems as you take sort of a big look at the beltway. 295, a little slow as you pass 50. typical for this time of the day. 95 in and out of town looking quite good. travel times are coming up in a couple of minutes. 6:02. at this hour, 150 years ago, doctors were fighting to save the life of president lincoln while a massive manhunt was under way for his assassin. ford's theatre is marking this anniversary with around the clock tributes. re-enactors have been giving updates on the president's

health and megan mcgrath good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning. people are in period costume who have been re-enacting the events as they happened 150 years ago includes those updates given by doctors to people who had assembled outside ford's theatre outside the peterson house. one happened a little while ago. take a look. >> gentlemen, an update on the health of the president. his pulse is falling and his respirations are 28. thank you all very much. >> reporter: and i'm joined by patrick pearson, director of artistic programming. now, at 7:22 the moment that the president was pronounced dead you have some special events taking place. >> absolutely. so we have a wreath-laying ceremony taking place and as part of that we have the honor guard from the uss abraham lincoln, the secretary of the interior the brass band and the scotts guard all taking part in the ceremony. it will be very special and

fantastic. >> this is open to the public. >> it is. come on down. >> reporter: thanks so much for joining us this morning. and they have tenth street closed down so actually if you come on down there's plenty of room here. and should mention that the peterson house is located directly across the street from ford's theatre that's where president lincoln because of his grave condition he was brought there and the attending physicians cared for him there. but 7:22 that's when he was pronounced dead. that's when the wreath-laying and other things will start to happen here at this location. then at 8:00 this morning you may hear the tolling of bells throughout the city as churches participate in another commemorative event. back to you in the studio. molette green with live news. two people overcome with live smoke, happening on a street where there are row houses and apartments in the 400 block of 16th street. this is not too far from the stadium armory metro station.

there is heavy smoke coming from that building and the injured we have learned are being treated at the scene. you should know before you head out the door in that area, no traffic is being allowed to move through because of the fire situation and of course the firefighting equipment in the area. we'll bring you more updates throughout the morning and of course push alerts through our nbc washington apps. >> appreciate it, molette, thanks. we'll find out how long a man will spend behind bars for sexually assaulting men he met at beer pong events. joey point dexter would get the men drunk and then would rape them. he faces up to 200 years in prison. prosecutors are now asking for the maximum. we're working to learn more about what caused a driver of a car to hit a woman in oxen hill. this happened last night on bock road near kingsway court. the police say that the woman is in critical condition right now.

the driver did stay on the scene of the crash. the virginia general assembly could take up changes to a new ethics bill today. the assembly passed that bill earlier this year. it forbids lawmakers from taking any gift valued above $100. but governor terry mcauliffe said it had a loophole because it didn't specify the number of $100 gifts they could receive. he wants to limit them to no more than $100 per year. mcauliffe has imposed that cap on himself. a crack down on towing is underway in montgomery county. officials want to stop tow truck operators from waiting on you to leave your car and then grabbing it as fast as they can. a new bill would ban so called spotters who look out for cars to hook. aggressive towing is the number one complaint in the county. >> people use spotters. so people will walk into a store and two minutes later, their car is gone. because somebody has been paid

to say, i think you can get this one. we need to be done with that. >> well you could end up about paying about $160 for a tow. search towing on the nbc washington app. today the long road to the stanley cup begins at the verizon center. the capitals will take on the new york islanders in game 1 of the eastern conference divisional playoffs. this is the first time the capitals have faced the islanders since 1993. game 1 is at 7:00 p.m. if you want to catch a playoff game you can get a pretty affordable ticket. we looked on stub hub and found tickets at $40. another arrests sparking debate this morning after the incident landed that suspect in the hospital. why police say the officer who took the man down won't face any charges. at least you can leave your umbrella behind today if you're heading out to catch the bus or the train, look at the sky right now. meteorologist chuck bell is live

in prince williams county with your what to wear forecast. the clock is

you're watching "news4 today." >> virginia is getting rid of the voting machines that had major technical problems last november. 500 machines were decertified and that allowed you to punch your pal lot on a touch screen. they're used in spotsylvania county. those precincts will have to find replacements in time for june. it's the day some of you dread, it's tax day today. some have been looking forward to it especially if you're owed a big refund. if you're getting a refund you

should -- actually you know you don't have to file today. you only have to pay a late penalty if you owe the government some money. however, you won't get your refund until you file of course. so far the irs said it's processed more than 90% of returns. and according to the agency, the average refund it hands out is about 2815 bucks. that's a lot of money. what could you do with $2,000? >> it's spent already. bills to pay. >> we have kids. we're looking at 6:11. we want to check on your forecast today. >> #not so much sun today. storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell will have your forecast but first let's check in with melissa to get an update on the traffic. >> still have this problem in the alexandria area. huntington avenue at telegraph road, we still have that crash. we just got off the phone with police, some northbound lanes

are still blocked. sounds like the southbound lanes are open. that's good news. this is the two-car crash on the 29 ramp to 66 east. doesn't look so bad there. hopefully that gets out of the way soon. traffic is moving pretty well. talking about travel times. 270 south to the beltway not bad. 16 minutes. the outer loop 12 minutes and of course wtop will have the latest traffic for you when you hop in your car this morning. 66 east from fairfax county to the beltway on time. from the beltway to the bridge 13 minutes from quantico to the beltway, you're behind at 39 minutes. see you at 6:21. >> thank you. it promises virginia high school students college credit without the tuition, but we'll show you this program could be shut down. also ahead, don't miss this. doing his part to try and help the middle class. one boss' surprise ann

all aboard! i finally got to say it. there goes the virginia railway expression out in bristow, virginia. inbound to union station. i have been talking to a couple of of the commuters around here. they say this is far and away

better than driving interstate 66 into town. it's little chilly out here this morning, skies have cleared out just enough to allow for a substantial drop in temperatures. we're at 47 degrees here this morning and there are areas of fog to contend with. sun's up at 6:32 this morning. a few more minutes away. it will be a nice enough day today. get some sunshine into early this afternoon. highs up near 70 degrees. tom's talking about the weekend with your seven day forecast coming up at 6:21. back in to you guys. -- did not shoot. unit right there, stand off, stand off. the goun is loaded. stay off! >> a police officer in arizona will not face charges for hitting a suspect with his patrol car. this dash cam video released by police shows the suspect being hit.

police say the man robbed a 7-eleven. set fire to a church and stole a rifle. this all happened within a few hours back in february. the officer is back on duty after being put on administrative leave. the suspect survived and faces several charges. he may have saved a quadriplegic man's life. we're hearing from the good samaritan who found him. his mother left him there for days with a blanket and a bible so she could visit her boyfriend in silver spring. fitzroy anderson spotted a wheelchair while trying to take a picture of a deer for his grandsons and then he saw something wrapped up in a large bundle and then he called for help. >> when the rescue guy came and he opened the package, i remembered the bible was on top of it. i didn't see his face i saw the bible and i walked away. >> the disabled man is being

treated at the hospital. prosecutors say his mother nyia parler will be charged with attempted murder. she is currently in the hospital in montgomery county but police have not told us why. a couple of bold bank robbers are on the loose in prince georges county. take a look. they dressed up in full bodysuits to rob a bank of america in bowie. prince georges county police say the robbers are armed with guns and escaped with cash. new this morning, gay marriage is moving forward in guam. we have learned that folks just got the order to process same-sex marriage applications from the attorney general. this puts the island on course to become the first u.s. territory to do so. but there are still some stumbling blocks. the public health director is refusing to accept the applications until legal questions are resolved. a dual enrollment program that's helped loudoun county teens save big money an college tuition is in jeopardy. students at rock ridge high school in ashburn had been able to take college level physics

classes and they received credit for it at william & mary. they were planning to expand to include theater, biology and even chemistry. now that's on hold after northern virginia community college raised jurisdiction programs. loudoun county is stalling the program. >> it would be a very sad thing for those of us that have put in work to be in this course. >> we have reached out to northern virginia community college for comment. we're still waiting to hear back. the stafford county school district is working to come $11 million to cover renovations at your children's schools. according to the freelance star additions to three high schools came in over budget. the paper says the school leaders may ask the county board of supervisors for more money or borrow from other projects to deal with this deaf sition. a new report raising big concerns about your safety on air plainplane airplanes. there are new tracking systems

being proposed, however, the office of government accountability said they would be too vulnerable to hackers. the faa needs a clearer plan to protect against cyber security threats. you are about to look at new video after an asiana airlines plane scheduled off the runway. the plane clipped several communication towers during a landing overnight. about 20 passengers were treated for minor injuries. people said they were tossed up and down in their seats. the airport is closed right now. two years ago an asiana plane crashed as it approached san francisco airport. new forensics can identify 400 marines and service members. the military says it plans to exhume the remains in three to six weeks. they hope the new science along with help from family members

will help them identify all the service members within five years. we are getting a look at the devastation caused by high winds along a highway in utah. look at that. winds knocking over several semi-trucks in a chain reaction crash. due to low visibility several of the vehicles behind one truck collided with it. in all, six big rigs and 11 cars were involved. one man inside one of the cars was killed. we could be in for a rush next few months when it comes to brushfires. more than 120 acres have already burned in montgomery county so far this spring. well, county firefighters tell us that it's early for so many fires to damage so much land. they say a contributing factor may be the large amount of debris on the ground in the woods left behind after a rough winter. so really if we get that combination of dry air, wind it will only make the matter worse. >> that's right. speaking of drying out, we had so much rain yesterday,

things are starting to calm down. storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein has more. >> yeah, we are drying out, the last of the rain drops about three or four hours ago in southern maryland are long gone. here's a live view from the city camera. we have a lilac and pink get this party started sunrise underway right now. we have a bit of cloudiness and we'll have increasing clouds later tuesday. #not much sun. enjoy this sun as we start off with the last of the rain drops long gone. still some wet pavement, still some puddles and patchy fog in the rural areas. we have upper 40s in the metro area. quite a bit of cloudiness through the rest of the afternoon. on thursday, another cloudy day. afternoon highs around 70. next chance of rain looks to be on thursday evening into friday

morning. that's going to diminish the wildfire chances and knock down more of the blossoms as well. then some sun back on friday afternoon. friday making it into the low 70s. then it's looking even milder on saturday into the up good day to pull the weeds as everything is growing rapidly after all this rain. partly sunny, upper 70s. then on sunday increasing clouds. again, another chance of some rain moving in. looks like now on sunday night and that may linger into part of monday. drying out midweek next week. look at the hour by hour temperature changes through the day ahead. that's coming up next weather and traffic on the ones at 6:31. now melissa has an update on that crash. >> still have a problem here in this -- with this franconia crash. huntington avenue at telegraph road, still northbound lanes are closed. we are sending chopper 4 over to see if we can get a shot from above to see what's going on there. 16th street and southeast between d and e, still shut

down. wide look at things overall looking pretty typical. getting slow top of the beltway and inbound 395. we have a crash here eastbound 340 there. in knoxville at jefferson pike. that's with injury. we have son closures there as well. and then 95 in virginia at cardinal drive, that looks good. i'm back at 6:31. >> thank you. kids who have an easier time empathizing with their peers tend to be more popular in school. a new study looked at the children between ages 2 and 10. those who were considered the most popular had a better understanding of conflict and sarcasm. they were also more aware of others' needs. experts say the results may show that empathy is important for making friends early in life and maintaining friends throughout life. well it may cost you big bucks to smoke that e-cigarette in montgomery county. council members are considering enacting a 30% excise tax on e-cigarette merchandise. it can put millions of dollars

into the general fund and go to public health efforts. if passed the tax would go into effect on july. montgomery county will ban e-cigarette smoking and vaping in public places in june. lots of your teenagers and 20 somethings have never had a credit card. according to credit cards.com, more than a third of 18 to 29-year-olds have never had one. the site says the reason could be because of the great recession and also points out a law from 2009 that prevented credit card companies from marketing to most college students. it is now 6:26. your fast food service today may not be so fast as some workers plan to go on strike. fast food workers from more than 200 cities plan to strike today. they want a $15 hourly wage and the right to form unions. organizers at april 15.org says protests are being held in 40 other countries. you can bet dozens of employees at a seattle company

have an extra pep in their step today. their ceo announced everyone at the company will make a minimum of $70,000. >> i would like to have this spark a conversation and basically have people start to think about a different way of doing business. >> that was dan price, the ceo of gravity payments in seattle a credit card processing company. to help pay for the bump in salaries for his employees, price is cutting his own salary from about $1 million to $70,000 a year himself. about 70 employees are getting a raise because of the change. and not just any old raise. some people are doubling their salary, changes lives. they can buy homes and take care of kids. a life-changing effort. >> making an impact considering the average salary for employees there was $48,000. the company is saying that it's expected to pull about $2 million in extra profit this year alone.

>> the ceo expects to see even more growth because of this action. >> i want to go to their christmas party. would be one party. well changing the look of one d.c. block. how these long-standing buildings will make history in the hours ahead. a mild start to your morning but chances are you won't see the sun as you step outside. the impact these cloudy conditions will have on temperatures where you live in the day ahead. 6:31. but first, a controversial decision the pull cuba off the

. you won't be dealing with rain this morning as you run out of the door to catch metro. not all good news though. our hash for today, not much sun. >> you might need that light jacket depending on where you live. you'll be dealing with temperatures in the 40s or 50s. storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein is here with the high temperatures where you live. >> quite a chill in the air. right now we're in the 40s north and west of us. patchy fog around as well. what to wear today, a light

jacket over long sleeves and shed that jacket later this around. ditch the umbrella the slicker and the rain boots. you might need your sunglasses for a little time this morning and then the clouds close in this afternoon. we call this a sun pillar, where the clouds reflect it in a pillar-like pattern. with the clouds closing in later today not a lot of sun, just a little bit through the morning temperatures. hoovering near 50 by 8:00 a.m. a lot of clouds in the afternoon. should be making it up to around 70 degrees by mid to late afternoon. most neighborhoods in the 60s too, just near 70 degrees. next weather and traffic on the ones 6:41 your drive time forecast. new information coming in about a southeast d.c. fire right now. we know at least two people are in the hospital. d.c. fire tweeting out one of them is critical. firefighters right now are in the 400 block of 16th street in

southeast. that's near potomac avenue at an apartment building. we are working to find out more about this, but a big heads up if you're catching the bus or driving in the area. d.c. police have closed the roads in the area. now on first four traffic melissa mollet has more. that's good to point out. other issues here. in franconia at telegraph road, we have some lanes of telegraph road closed because of an earlier crash. again what molette was talking about, 16th street between d and e, some closures. and 66 westbound before the toll road got off the phone with police they're saying a three-car crash. no injuries. but we are a little bit slow here. 66 westbound as you see there just before the toll road this morning. taking a look at 95 in maryland, no problems, the parkway is slow slowed a as you're headed into town here. overall, prince georges county

looking typical. i have travel times in ten minutes. >> thank you. it's 6:33. today boston will mark two years since the 2013 marathon bombing. a citywide moment of silence will be held at 2:49 p.m., the time the first bomb exploded. boston's mayor has declared april 15 one boston day. a new tradition to honor the city's resilience. he's also asked bostonians to show an act of kindness to somebody today. three people were killed and more than 260 others were injured during the bombing. congress now has a big decision to make about whether to nix cuba off the state sponsors of terrorism. president obama announced the change yesterday and cuba has been on the list for the last 50 years. congress has 45 days to create a bill to overturn the president's decision. the change would have a huge impact, including a rush of tourism between cuba and the u.s. and a cuban embassy right here in d.c. d.c. mayor muriel bowser is

defending her plans to keep video from police body cameras out of the public eye. bowser plans to equip every officer in the district with body cameras but funding is tied to language that exempts video from freedom of information act requests. that would mean the public and reporters would not have access unless the video surfaced in court cases. this comes at a time when these videos are under heavy scrutiny across the country. despite transparency concerns, bowser said she's looking for the privacy of ordinary citizens. >> let's just face it when a citizen calls 911 and they call for the police oftentimes they're in a very distressed situation. police are coming into their homes and they expect privacy. >> the body cameras are still in a testing phase and the council has not yet approved funding for them them. you may be getting through airport security a lot faster. there's a new service being introduced to speed passengers through the tsa precheck in just five minutes.

with the biometric technology, approved approved passengers only have to go through fingerprint or iris scans. it will be the first one on the east coast to get that technology. well today you could see something really cool if you are in the mount vernon area. a construction project is going to make history. it's actually quite amazing. crews are going to pick up two 100-year-old buildings off of their slabs and then move them. it's all part of the development project on new york avenue. the first building a carriage warehouse built in 1891 will be moved about 30 feet. that process starts today and is expected to take about a week. it is the largest building moved in d.c. history. molette green at the live desk. power is out in a suit land area we got this from pepco. some of you may be watching us on the nbc washington app

wondering what's going on. we can tell you 740 customers are in the dark right now. there are crews working to repair the problem with the approximate fix coming at 7:00 a.m. back to you. right now a lot of activity outside of ford's theatre in downtown washington where people are gathering right now to mark the 150th anniversary of president abraham lincoln's assassination. you can see the crowd gathered there in downtown washington. the events to come over the next hour including one that will be heard throughout the city. new developments involving those loudoun high school students who had their robots stolen where police recovered the prized possession. and pleasant conditions at this vrc station in prince william county.

equipment and trophies stolen from a loudoun count i do robotics team are being returned. robo loco won a spot in the world championships during a competition a week ago. but their robot and awards were stolen along with their vehicle a few hours later. the equipment and trophies have been found near knoxville and appear to be in good condition. good luck to them. >> yes, definitely good luck. today, we are going to get a better sense about whether the planned reston golf course will become a reality. the fairfax county board of zoning appeals will vote today to develop the property. the zoning battle has been heated with local homeowners and others arguing over whether the area was intended to be a permanent open space. so talking about today, outside, overall not so bad. we can't complain compared to what we dealt with yesterday.

>> exactly. let's check in with meteorologist tom kierein -- actually let's check in with chuck bell in bristow. >> you missed the train, there it goes. >> oh, no. >> off in the distance. >> i'm just glad -- i'm just glad you had a chance to say all aboard. that was the moment. >> i did. got that a little while ago. i talked to the train operator and the audio guy engine was on the back of the train, it's a push/pull train so it's on the back. it will do zero to 79 miles an hour in 3 1/2 miles. and a full mile to bring it back down to the stop. out here in beautiful prince william county this morning, sunrise just taking place in the eastern skies. the skies cleared out enough overnight to allow some patchy fog. we are right next to the broad run airport out here. there is fog hovering over the runways here. i'll tweet that picture it on the twitter handle in a little

bit. 40s now, up near 70 later on today. it's nice enough to get out and have a little run. >> all right. sounds good chuck. we have a new problem i want to mention here in shann tillty northbound gum spring road is closed down right now because of a serious crash there. trying to get some more information on that. north bound telegraph at the beltway not looking bad now. cleared up quite a bit from when that crash happened some time ago. we had some police in the left lane and now it's clear. chopper 4 over that scene. travel times, looking good. 66 inbound, and no problems there. and 270 south and the outer loop top of the beltway, both going to take you 21 minutes. 270 south from germantown that is. listen to our friends from wtop when you hop in your car. protecting you having your car towed away in a flash. the new prerestrictions that could

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right now on "news4 today," marking a tragic day in american history that played out right here in washington.

crowds spent the night outside of ford's theatre to mark the anniversary of president abraham lincoln's assassination. how they plan to mark the exact moment of his death coming up. now here's your weather and traffic. >> drying out on this wednesday morning after yesterday's rain. still some ponding of water so watch out for that. a little bit of sunshine this morning with our drying roads. we'll be in the mid 50s over the next couple of hours. for the afternoon commute a lot of clouds around. dry roads though. temperatures right around 70 degrees. melissa? >> right now biggest problem chantilly northbound. it will be closed for some time and then 66 west before the toll road three-car crash. looks like it is now clear out of the way. great news there. hillary clinton will meet with business leaders in iowa today. she'll tour a family owned fruit distributor in a des moines suburb before holding another roundtable event. nbc's kristen welker is live with a look at what's on tap for

the day ahead. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, eun. that's right, secretary clinton is holding a roundtable in the suburb of des moines. this is part of her new campaign strategy getting up close and personal with voter. we saw that on display yesterday when she spoke with some students and educators at a community college and she met with some folks at a small coffee shop and then once she was outside i caught up with her. i asked her what is she go to do differently this time around? you'll recall she came in third here in 2008. i asked her what her new strategy would be. instead of directly answering secretary clinton said she's happy to be back in iowa. she is excited about it. i have been talking to that number of voters who say they have a lot of questions for secretary clinton. they're still undecided. they want to hear from her on health care, education, the economy. they want to here about that e-mail scandal and this comes as "the new york times" is

reporting this morning that congressional investigators asked secretary clinton about whether she had used personal e-mails back in 2012 and according to "the times" she didn't respond to the request. i haven't gotten a reaction from them but this is something resonating with voters. something she has to answer for. here in iowa and in other early voting states. once she wraps up her trip here in iowa, she's headed to new hampshire which hosts the nation's first primary. eun, back to you. >> all right, thank you. don't miss kristen's full report coming up on the "today" show. it's 6:48. new jersey governor chris christie will hold a town hall event in london berry new hampshire. he proposed raising the retirement age for social security to 69. he also proposed gradually raising the eligibility age for medicare as well. he also proposed eliminating social security for wealthier

americans. we're working to learn more about what caused a car to hit a woman in oxen hill. this happened last night on bock road near kings way court. the police say that the woman is in critical condition. the driver did stay on the scene of that crash. today a man is expected to be sentenced for sexually assaulting other men he met at beer pong events at maryland bars. joey poindexter lured men after getting them drunk and raped them. that's according to prosecutors. he faces up to 200 years in prison. prosecutors are asking for the maximum sentence. the trial for the man accused of killing 12 people at a colorado movie theater can move forward. after nearly three month of intense questioning, a jury is now seated in the james holmes murder trial. it consists of 12 jurors and 12 alternates including 19 women and five men. one of the jurors is a survivor

of the columbine high school shooting. the jury selection process was one of the largest and most complicated in history. 9,000 prospective jurors were summoned to court and hundreds were asked back for one-on-one questioning. opening arguments will start on april 27th. the virginia general assembly could take up changes to the new ethics bill today. the assembly passed the bill earlier this year. it forbids lawmakers from taking any gift valued over $100. but governor mcauliffe said it had a loophole because it did not him the number of $100 gifts the lawmakers could receive. he wants to limit the gifts to the total of $100 per year. the governor has already imposed that cap on himself. a crackdown on towing is underway now in montgomery county. officials want to stop tow truck operators from waiting on you to leave your car and then doing this. grabbing it as fast as they can. a new bill would ban so called spotters who look out for cars to hook. a council member says aggressive towing is the number one complaint in the county. >> people use spotters.

so people will walk into a store and two minutes later, their car is gone. because somebody has been paid to say, i think you can get this one. we need to be done with that. >> well, you could end up paying about $160 for a tow. if you want to see all of the proposal search towing on the nbc washington app. one of the things they're proposing is putting a cap on how much they can charge you if your car gets towed away. it's up to their discretion. >> it's expensive. find your car, get it out of the lot. all right, the weather, we're glad that the rain is over. maybe a good sign for the caps they're in the first playoff game today. >> glad the rain is over because i had mushrooms growing under my lapels. >> i thought i smelled something. >> and now we are drying out and the sun is coming up. live view from our tower camera. but not going to see a lot of it

later today. those clouds are beginning to close in golden sunrise now. as the clouds increase the temperatures will be climbing a bit. up near the average high in the upper 60s. we are clear now and the temperatures are chilly west of i-95 across virginia. we are in the 40s and there's a little bit of patchy fog around this morning. right around the metro area. look at this gorgeous photo taken monday the last of the peak cherry blossoms around the washington monument. under the high sky photo taken and posted on twitter, instagram and facebook. keep up with our storm team 4 app. montgomery fairfax counties upper 60s. a lot of clouds in the afternoon. across northern virginia across loudoun county and spotsylvania fauquier culpepper, upper 60s. mid 60s though in loudoun county and much of southern maryland near 60 there. inland, mid and upper 60s. up near the pennsylvania border

near the 60s. shenandoah valley and most locations there, mid 60s this afternoon with a lot of clouds from the suite andouth and the west. a little bit of rain thursday night into friday morning. then friday afternoon, sun back. highs low 70s. great weekend coming up. good weather for pulling weeds on saturday. we'll be in the upper 70s. partly sunny. highs near 70. traffic is slowing down on this wednesday. what's happening now, melissa? >> chopper 4 over 395 over edsall road, looks typical. starting to slow as we typically do as we hit the 7:00 hour. gum show road is still closed. 16th street between d and e still closed because of a fire downtown. wide look at things everything looking typical right now. 66 headed in, a little slow about 45 miles per hour. same thing on 95 there this morning.

belt way of pennsylvania avenue rolling along nicely. 95 into and out of town, a bit slow. bwe belt way, a little slow as well. nothing too abnormal there. 270 at montrose road is going pretty good. guys? >> thank you, melissa. it's now 6:54. a stirring tribute on the national mall. it was exactly 150 years ago last night that president abraham lincoln was shot at ford's theatre. he was shot at 10:00 p.m. national park service rangers handed out candles at the lincoln memorial for a vigil with visitors. such a beautiful spot to hold that tribute. on this morning, in 1865 doctors were still fighting to save lincoln's life and a manhunt was under way for his assassin who was hiding out in maryland. >> right now, ford's theatre is marking the anniversary with an around the clock tribute. news4's megan mcgrath is live this morning where re-enactors are preparing for a big

announcement, right? >> reporter: right. that announcement comes at 7:22 when president lincoln was pronounced dead. you can see behind me we have musicians in period costume performing. one of many events taking place this morning and really we have seen events happening throughout the night. they're really trying to re-enact things. to really show what happened in the wake of the shooting at ford's theatre. now, a little while ago, we got a re-enactment an update from one of the doctors or an actor posing as one of the doctors who is attending to president lincoln, and he came out on the steps of the petersen house located across the street from ford's theatre and he gave the assembled crowd an update on the president's condition. take a look. >> ladies and gentlemen, an update on the health of the president. his pulse is falling and his respirations are 28. thank you all very much. >> reporter: and the event is taking place down here at ford's theatre are open to the public

and at 7:22 they're togoing to lay a wreath here. you will also hear the tolling of bells around town. back to you in the studio. this just in. power back on to pepco customers in maryland. the company's website was checked moments ago, all 740 customers have their lights back on. back to you. all right, thank you molette green. here are four things to know before you head out the door on this wednesday. thousands of fast food workers plan to go on a one-day strike in more than 200 cities across the country. workers want a $15 hourly wage and the right to unionize. today construction crews will begin moving a 100-year-old building off its slab on new york avenue. the largest building moved in d.c. history. today, boston will mark two years since the 2013 marathon bombing. a moment of silence will be held at 2:49 this afternoon.

the time the first bomb exploded. boston's mayor declared today one boston day. a new tradition to honor the city's resilience. the virginia general assembly could take up changes to a new ethics bill today. governor mcauliffe wants to limit lawmaker gifts to a total of $100 per year. cloudy this afternoon, peaking near 70 by mid

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