the clouds, don't have any rain anywhere in the vicinity. cool morning. generally in the 40s to near 50 degrees now. a mild afternoon. should be making it to the upper 60s. then a chance of rain moving in later tonight. temperatures right now around the metro area, reagan national is at 54. right now montgomery county upper 40s and same thing in prince george's county. and low to mid 40s, shenandoah valley into the mountains right now. coming up next, weather and traffic on the ones. your drive time commuter forecast for this thursday. how is the commute going now, melissa? what chopper 4 has captured a brushfire. this is the inner loop after the parkway. we can tell you that firefighters have told us just yesterday we shared with you that this could be a bad season with a lot of brush left over from the winter. but with we're watching this we'll keep an eye on it and bring you push alerts in our nbc

washington app. now over to melissa mollet. back to you, eun. >> thank you, molette green from the live desk. breaking news right now. the greenbelt metro station is back open and service is fully restored on the green light. metro made that announcement a few moments ago. a pedestrian bridge collapsed on top of the train tracks between the greenbelt and college park metro stations. news4's megan mcgrath is live at the greenbelt station with the quick work. this is good news for the commuters. >> reporter: yeah. absolutely good news for commuters. they worked overnight, they got that debris off the tracks and they were able to just recently -- just in the last half hour less than that reopen the greenbelt station. if you take a look behind me here, you can see people are starting to file in. we also still have the normal bus activity here as well. but for the first time really this morning people who arrive here at the station are actually able to go in and hop on a train. we encountered a lot of people when the station was closed

earlier this morning that didn't realize that there was a problem. they showed up only to be turned away or directed to the shuttle bus. the good news here is that is no longer the case. we have now gone back to normal operations on the green line. the greenbelt station has reopened. and apparently we're not even seeing any delays through the area so good news for metro riders. back to you all. >> megan mcgrath in greenbelt, thank you. you have a new metro problem to talk about this morning. as megan just said we have the greenbelt station now open. that green line service fully restored just hearing in my ear though we have an orange line problem now. delays both directions because of a problem earlier at west falls church. a warning there. now, molette green was showing us that brushfire, that's the inner loop again, just after b.w. parkway. chopper 4 over that scene for us. we have the fire apparatus in the right lanes slowing things a

tad. prince george's county looking good there. 28 just south of 66 though we don't have any issues there. looking good. then 270 into and out of town, northbound and southbound no problems. back at 6:11 with travel times. >> thanks. fairfax county police's former public information officer will make his first court appearance. pfc william bud walker is charged with possessing and the intent to distribute child porn. investigators were led to walker by a tip from an online blog. according to police they traced uploads on the website to walker's home in fairfax county. fairfax county police say there could be potential victims since he was a school resource officer at south county high school from 2006 to 2009. today virginia will observe a moment of silence. it will take place at 9:43 a.m. to mark eight years since the deadly shootings at virginia tech. there will be tributes and exhibits. the events will include a 3.2

mile run to honor each life lost. 32 people died in the shootings. new security changes at the white house could be approved today. the news4 i-team scott macfarlane broke this story on twitter. it calls for steel spikes to be added to the top of the fence outside of the white house. the changes are in response to that frightening incident where a man made it over the fence and through the front door before he was stopped. the commission of fine arts has to sign off on the changes today. >> and that fence is clearly inadequate. it's too easy. we had a 40-year-old iraq war veteran with bad legs bad knees make it over and make it into the east room. if that's not a wake-up call -- >> the national capital planning commission is expected to approve the plan next month. you may have the day off work today as the district is celebrating emancipation day. today is the day that slavery shington, d.c. there's a parade down pennsylvania avenue and it kicks off at 11:00 this morning.

the festivities continue with a concert from 4:30 to 8:30 tonight at freedom plaza. a fireworks display will cap off the events at 8:45 p.m. there are a number of traffic and parking changes today. there will be street closures because of the parade. you can head to the nbc washington app to check out the street closures. we just posted that information a few minutes ago. check out the reversible lanes rules today. some will run like a regular work day. parking restrictions will not apply for meters and residential zones except around nats park. and the streetcar route on "h" street. a lot to pay attention to there. d.c. police are asking you to be careful today with heavy pedestrian traffic. it's now 6:06. new this morning, we now know when you'll be able to watch the wizards playoff run. the team released the first round schedule against the toronto raptors around 1:00 this morning. the first game is this saturday in toronto. they also play next tuesday

night. game 3. that's the first game in washington. it's a week from tomorrow. april 24th. friday night. you can still buy tickets from the wizards for as little as $55. 6:06. coming up, tough questions being asked about security on capitol hill after this gyrocopter touches down after going undetected. the signs that may have been missed. a live look at national harbor on the woodrow wilson bridge. 56 degrees right now. the conditions you'll be dealing with on your way to work and the office at 6:11. but first, giving you a chance t

you're watching "news4 today." >> just about 6:10. this weekend crews will start working to recruit a historic

site near james madison's former home in virginia. it will reconstruct the slave community near his home. it will be used to teach what life was like on a plantation. members of the smithsonian and a descendant of one of president madison's slaves will speak at a ground breaking ceremony this saturday. starting today you get to share stories about your faith rit park. it's part of a new find your park campaign to connect with more than 400 national parks across the country. the park service hopes it encourages public support and raises funds for maintenance needs need. . some of the best parks are here in our area, but you can't compete with california. they very nice. >> i have to say is a shout-out to all the beautiful green space in our backyard. let's check in with storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein to find out if it's a day to spend outside in the parks. good morning.

>> good morning. a great day to be going to shenandoah national park. good weather traveling all around our region. dry pavement for the morning commute. temperatures hovering around 50 degrees. a little sunshine and out. afternoon commute, ought to be making it up to the upper 60s with dry roads. a look at when the first rain drops may fall on your neighborhood later tonight. what's happening on the roads, melissa? breaking news again. greenbelt station is now open. chopper 4 showing us that things are operating normally. also another issue though. an actual issue here on metro, orange line delays because of a signal problem outside of west falls church. lee highway at north fort myer serious crash there. still has southbound north fort myer shut down this morning. traffic from the key bridge, you'll be pushed on the g.w. parkway. 66 inbound no problems. 95 north, ten minutes behind from quantico to the beltway. more traffic when you get in

your car on wtop this morning. and the outer loop to 270 is on time. back in ten minutes. feeling unwelcome at the airport, while one area mother say reagan national's attempt to accommodate those with infants is appalling. but first, an investigation is under way after a man is shot by police on the campus of the university of missouri. what happened and the impact

a lot of tourists and locals alike are still scratching their heads after the gyrocopter swooped down over the mall and crashed on the capital. you can see doug hughes piloting that gyrocopter. he will be in court this morning. meanwhile, multiple security agencies will be looking at how he was able to pull this off. especially because the secret service may have known that something was coming. derrick ward has more on the new security concerns that have come about. derrick, good morning to you >> reporter: good morning. there's some security concerns. when hughes appears in court

later today he'll be charged under title 49 of the united states code, that deals with transportation issues. as you can say, this is indeed one. look at the video from yesterday. it was about 1:30 when hughes made the last leg of his trip from gettysburg pennsylvania -- he actually started in florida. he drove his gyrocopter up from florida to gettysburg pennsylvania. flew about 45 miles per hour at treetop level all the way here to the west front of the capitol. now, the secret service had interviewed hughes in florida at least twice after he went public with information indicating that he intended to do something like this. he was meticulous about it. he was aware of the security here and of the no fly zone apparently. he said he chose this gyrocopter as opposed to a fixed wing a more airplane like piece of aircraft because that might have posed more of a threat. but of course any time you're flying inside the beltway and over the federal enclave, you need some special clearances.

we may learn more about this later today in court. derrick ward, news4. and we're learning more about doug hughes his past and his motivations. we'll have more on that at 6:45. molette green at the live desk with new video just in from the university of missouri campus where police shot and killed an armed robbery suspect overnight. take a look now. police say all of this started with an armed robbery. the suspect then hid in a woman's car until she returned to find 51-year-old mark adare inside with a gun. but she was still able to get away from him. officers caught up with him at one of mizzou's garages where they say he fought with them before being shot. right now an alert page on the school's website, there it is shows the campus is back operating normally this morning. one of the officers was injured in the scuffle with the suspect. he's expected to be okay.

molette green. back to you. a lawsuit claims that the fbi covered up evidence about the anthrax attacks that killed five people in 2001. richard lambert was one of the people in charge of the investigation and he said the agency held back evidence that questioned whether bruce ivins was actually responsible for what happened. ivins killed himself seven years ago and the fbi says it doesn't comment on pending litigation. new this morning, malaysia's government ready to take another big step to find that missing plane. at a news conference a few hours ago, malaysia announced the search area for flight 370 in the southern indian ocean will be doubled if they can't find the jetliner by the end of may. they believe they're in the right area and they have the best equipment to find it in the very deep and dark ocean. the plane with 239 people on board dropped off radar last year. 6:19 now. you may be seeing some drones flying around to help police. law enforcement officials visited the d.c. forensic

science office yesterday. police are considering using drones to preserve crime scenes. the group watched the drone that can create 3-d 360 degree images. but it comes a at a price with the device it costs about $365,000. >> if you screw up the scene, then anything that comes after that might be compromised. >> the drone could also be used to map out routes like inaugural parades and public gatherings and find the weak spots in security. new endorsements for maryland's donna edwards. seven of the nine members of the prince george's county council say they support her as she runs for barbara mikulski's seat. edwards represents parts of prince george's and anne arundel counties. she and representative chris van holland are both vying for the democratic nomination. a judge is refusing to stop a virginia woman's college from closing the doors.

sweet briar announced it was closing last month. yesterday, a judge refused to stand in the way but he did issue an injunction. it forbids the college from spending charitable contributions on the closure for 60 days an appeal is expected by opponents. you may soon be able to buy a beer at the university of maryland during sporting events. the university is considering allowing alcohol during football season. the idea stemmed from the student proposal. under the plan only a certain number of drinks could be purchased at a time and sales would stop before the end of the football or the basketball game. the university preside has the final say on whether or not to allow the plan. if you're planning to go to nats games tonight, it's black heritage day. a portion of the tickets will be donated to the greater washington urban league. the team will also honor the jackie robinson foundation before the game and at their game in boston yesterday you can see the nats and the red sox wore number 42 to honor jackie robinson. he was the first black player to play in the major leagues.

a reminder if you plan to go to the game tonight, d dot changed the rules back so you have to pay to park even though it's a holiday. it's d.c.'s emancipation day. the nats play the phillies at 7:00 p.m. >> go nats. >> right. or phillies. >> adam is from philadelphia. >> let's have a good game. 6:21. time for weather and traffic on the ones. let's check in with storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein to find out what kind of a day we'll have. >> it seems like half of the nationals park is filled with phillies fan. looks like a cloudy sky. the gnatnats are coming off a big win in boston yesterday. so you want to wear a jacket. back down into the low to mid 60s by 7:05. seventh inning near 60 by the last out. boy the trees are greening up quickly. moderate tree pollen.

now the grass and weed pollen is low. but you may be noticing some allergy sufferers will be noticing it today as it comes back. near 50 degrees by 8:00 a.m. partly sunny by midday in the low to mid 60s. then upper 60s with a cloudy sky and the clouds close in. it will stay cloudy through this evening. then the first rain drops arriving north of washington by around midnight to 1:00 a.m. this area in green. then some other showers coming in from the west. getting closer to the metro area by 5:00 a.m. a few sprinkles around. then after that, between 9:00, 10:00 a.m. through noontime, a few passing rain showers and then drifting off to the east. a little bit of sun back with highs reaching the mid 70s. so a nice afternoon. just a small chance of an additional sprinkle on friday afternoon. saturday looking like a fabulous day for outdoor recreation or yard work. a lot of people will be pulling weeds i know i will be. near 80 on saturday afternoon.

then sunday some sunshine in the morning, cloudy in the afternoon. in the upper 60s. next chance of rain over the weekend looks to be sunday evening as the new timing on that. wet day on monday with showers around. highs around. drying out on tuesday, wednesday next week. next weather and traffic on the ones coming up at 6:31. home time highs for the day ahead. melissa, how is the commute? >> greenbelt station now open. chopper 4 over the station for us. but we have a problem now on the orange line. delays in both directions because of a signal problem. outside of west falls church. that popped up just a short time ago. we still have the issue in arlington, lee high way at north fort myer. traffic from the key bridge is being pushed on to g.w. parkway. so it's getting a little clogged up in that area as well. these are the southbound lanes i don't usually see this at this thyme of the morning, 270 at germantown area something is

going on, but we don't see an accident. a lot of volume through german towne. 95 looking good. prince george's county everybody is behaving themselves as well. we are hearing about a new crash in charles county. we'll try to get chopper over that and give you information in a few minutes. we are learning about new plans for expansions at reagan national airport and especially those of you who hop on quick commuter flights. the more than $1 billion plan adds an entire new concourse at the north end of the airport. there are 14 new gates for commuter planes so passengers don't have to board outside in the rain. the expansion comes as the airport is getting very busy. >> it is record growth that wasn't foreseen. even just a decade ago. >> security check points will also be moved to make more space. this could all happen within five years. some of you are already tweeting us to celebrate. head on over to our website. we have posted the plans there.

just search reagan expansion. meanwhile, reagan national looking for a solution today after the backlash over a so-called nursing lounge. local parenting blogger and commentator leslie morgan steiner posted this picture on facebook. it shows a stall converted into the designated space for nursing mothers. she called it appalling and says mothers should be able to nurse anywhere in the airport. the sign has been removed. airport spokes person tells news4 they're looking for a better solution. >> when you get to work and you have down time today, you want to check out the parenting team section of the "today" show website. you'll recognize the author of today's featured post. eun yang. >> that's me. >> congratulations. eun writes about managing stress something she knows a thing or two about. is that true? >> yes, it's very stressful. what parent -- show me a parent who says parenting is not

stressful at some point. especially if you're working. for me it's about planning ahead for the kids, for me. i read about how i forgot to put my shoes out, i came with one open toed and one closed toe. i know you have two daughters so you know what stress is. >> there's a lot of drama. not so much hitting or punching or kicking, it's about disney movies and drama. you have to take it one step at a time. also want to tell you when you're reading the article, make sure you vote to like eun's article. >> and share your tips with me. can i use all the help i can get. breaking news right now. you're looking live at the greenbelt station here on metro where we have learned in the last 40 minutes rail service up and running again there. the work to restore service after that pedestrian bridge collapsed and what passengers are saying about the surprised development. a pleasant start to your thursday outside. as we're seeing temperatures in

the mid 50s here in northwest washington. the high temperatures you will see where you live at 6:31. plus, the improvements b a new

form of innovation is taking shape, bringing media and technology together for more people. together is more wi-fi access in more places. it's a home you control with the touch of a finger. it's reimaging tv to give more people more choices. it's bringing technology and people together in ways you never thought possible. comcast and time warner cable. together is better for more people.

breaking news. a house fire now chopper 4 over the scene there in the 6100 block of princes garden parkway. not too far from lannan 7 road. heavy smoke and fire was coming from the roof of this single family home. we're working to get more information on this. we'll bring it to you on air and in our nbc washington app. i'm molette green at the live desk. it's now 6:31. breaking news right now. the greenbelt metro station is back open. chopper 4 caught some of the first trains leaving the station less than an hour ago. >> a pedestrian bridge collapsed on top of the tracks yesterday between the greenbelt and college metro station. news4's megan mcgrath with the

good news this morning. this is good news. >> reporter: yeah it is good news. it was a rocky start for a lot of people who didn't realize that the greenbelt station was closed. they came here they were turned around. others jumped on the shuttle buses but the latest development which is very positive is that the greenbelt station is now back open. that happened within the last 40 minutes or so. we have normal operations at this point on the green line. now the problem was a pedestrian bridge that collapsed in berwyn heights. take a look at the video here. that happened yesterday. apparently it was hit by the boom of a crane and it just brought it crashing down on top of tracks that were used by both metro and m.a.r.c. train. they had to spend the entire night cleaning that debris off the tracks. they weren't able to do it in time for the start of the rush hour. so we did have a closure here for a while. as metro initially opened but they have now finished that clean-up work. we have seen trains going through the station here and things are back to normal. and with more on traffic, we'll

send it to melissa mollet. >> good morning. green line is back to normal but we have other problems here. orange line delays in both directions. this just popped up silver line delays because of an earlier malfunction. this is the problem i was telling you about in waldorf. acton lane between timber brook and shawnee lane it's closed down because of a fatal crash. in arlington, we have this problem. we pushed this out on the nbc washington app as well. lee highway at north fort myer, we have southbound fort meyer still shut down. that's causing a bottleneck. 66 here and 95 into town, everything rolling fairly well. about 45 miles per hour. i'll have some travel times for you coming up. here's a live look at the union station where the sun is starting to rise this morning. a few clouds out there. >> one of my favorite buildings

in d.c. we hope that the clouds will hold it today or stay away. tom, what do you say about the clouds? >> the clouds will be around. we'll have a little bit of sunshine trying to peek through. woodbridge prince william counties mid 40s there at dawn on this thursday. then this afternoon, soaring to the upper 60s. hyattsville, prince george's county partly sunny there and remaining partly sunny there. highs reaching the upper 60s. in gaithersburg, at a chilly 45. later today there should be making it into the mid 60s by mid afternoon. next weather and traffic on the ones a look at your bus stop forecast for the day ahead and what to wear. that's coming up at 6:41. back to you. the maryland attorney general is releasing a new report this morning saying bigotry is the reason that same-sex marriage is banned in some states. check the app for an update later on today. it's being released ahead of the

supreme court case expected to resolve whether the bans are legal. oral arguments in the case are scheduled at the end of this month. virginia lawmakers will meet tomorrow to rework an ethics bill that limits gifts they can receive from lobbyists. they say the bill as it is written now could mean a $100 lifetime limit for gifts. governor mcauliffe is calling for a $100 per year limit. a man is dead after a shooting in prince george's county. the man was found shot several times last night in seat pleasant. prince george's county police say this wasn't a random shooting. and they're trying to identify the suspects. today, two u.s. army reserve officers are facing charges accused of selling ammunition and military issued assault rifles to undercover agents posing as members of a mexican drug cartel. the officers were assigned to the la mesa armory in california. happening today, the deaf

homeless man who was held in a local jail for six weeks without an interpreter is headed to court today. abreham zemedagegehu is suing the arlington county sheriff's and he was accused of stealing an ipad at the reagan national airport. the ipad was later found by the owner. for two days he didn't know why he had been arrested. he says he repeatedly wrote the word interpreter, because was denied one. the sheriff's office has asked for the case to be thrown out. 6:35 on this thursday morning. coming up, a story you're still talking about. a small helicopter buzzes the national mall. what we learn about the man who was behind the stunt and why it should not have been a surprise for the police. and dealing with a recent traffic ticket? why you don't have to worry about the impact on your insurance rates. you might be brave enough to leave that jacket at home today as we see temperatures in mid 50s. tom has your what to wear forecast at 6:41.

welcome back. a new study looks at who is being ticketed the. drum roll, please. thank you, adam. drivers between the ages of 30 and 49 that's us are ticketed the most in the country, but insurance rates are not going unlike you think. only 19% of ticketed drivers started paying more for car insurance. younger drivers were found to be more likely to see their rate increase after a violation. safety improvements are coming to the way you get to work in the next few months. metro will begin repairing ventilation fans and adding emergency exit signs. now, within the next year metro says it will upgrade the radio and cell phone systems inside

tunnels. that work should be done by 2016. these upgrades are a result of that deadly smoke incident at the plaza in january. waking up to 56 degrees. not bad. >> not bad at all. >> we'll take that. >> it would be better if we had sunshine to go with it. >> look at that. right on cue. >> hey. >> tom, did you dial that up? >> ask and ye shall receive. >> i love it. >> golden sunrise. live view there from our city camera early on this thursday morning. quite a chill in the air though now. so when you're rummaging through the closets to see what to wear wear fleece, because it will stay rather chilly. you don't need the umbrella or the slicker this morning. you'll be comfortable with long sleeves during the afternoon. temperatures at the bus stop, waiting for the metro, chilly between now and 8:00 a.m. between 8:00 and 9:00 it should climb into the low 50s. look at first rain drops falling, when that happens,

that's coming up next weather and traffic on the ones. a look at our commute with melissa. brand new problem on the 14th street bridge. we're talking about inbound 395, we are jammed because of a brand new crash. orange line delays in both directions and silver line to reston and as far as travel times go 66 inbound, you're fine. 395 you're about ten minutes behind from the beltway to the bridge. 95 north quantico to the beltway, you're behind. 270 south germantown ten minutes behind. slow for some reason on 270 south in germantown this morning. and outer loop to the 270, taking about eight minutes longer than it should. taking new steps to kind keep intruders off the white house grounds. the added security measure that could be approved in the coming hours. and marking the days that slaves were freed. ♪ ♪ wow something

sounds sweet in here!!!! ♪ ♪ need a little honey in the bowl. yeah!!!

badabopbopbopa!!! no? must be the honey!!! we have two big stories we're following for you right now on "news4 today." we're digging into the background of this pilot who shocked tourists and police as he landed his small helicopter on capitol hill. plus we have breaking news on the greenbelt metro station where we have learned in the last hour that rail service has been fully restored for the morning rush. after that pedestrian bridge collapse. but first, melissa mollet has

your traffic. >> good morning. this is 395 inbound, 14th street bridge. we are jammed because of an earlier crash. if with we can look at the metro situation as well taking a look right here still have this problem lee highway at north fort myer drive. southbound fort myer drive is shut down. orange line and silver line back to normal as is green. guys? fleecy clouds at dawn. it will be chilly between now and 8:00. hovering in the 40s to near 50. sunshine in and out by noontime. by late afternoon, mostly cloudy into the upper 60s back to you. he said he wanted to hand deliver a strong message about campaign finance reform to congress. we're learning more about the man who flew the gyrocopter on to the west lawn of the capitol. this morning we're getting a

better look at who hughes is and how long he may have been planning this stunt. nbc's peter alexander is live on capitol hill now with more on doug hughes. peter, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. this gives new meaning to the term airmail. that ultralight plane flew down from mall to the washington monument directly toward the capitol. the head of the house home land committee said had it gotten closer police with long guns would have taken it down. this is a 61-year-old post man from florida. doug hughes is his name. his intention was to deliver a message to washington about big money in politics and government corruption. instead he's sparked a whole new conversation about the state of homeland security in this country. coming up a little bit later on the "today" show we'll talk to two men. one a journalist and another a close friend of hughes. both of whom were aware of this stunt. what turned into the unprecedented stunt before it happened. we'll hear from some law enforcement experts about some of the questions now being

raised about what needs to be done to better secure our home right here in the capital. back to you. >> peter alexander, thank you. and a live look at the white house this morning where new security changes could be approved today. the i-team's scott macfarlane broke this on twitter. it calls for steel spikes to be added to the top of the fence outside the white house. the change is in response to the frightening incident where a man-mademan made it over the fence and through the front door and the fine arts has to sign offen it today. >> it's too easy. we had a 40-year-old iraq war veteran with bad legs bad knees make it over and make it into the east room. if that's not a wake-up call. >> the national capital planning commission is expected to approve the plan next month. we just got word all are safe and no injuries. we found out that five people

were inside a house in lanham. those folks are outside with ems. still no word on the cause of this. we told you about this 15 minutes ago when it was tweeted out there was heavy smoke and flames coming from the roof of that house there in the 6100 block of princess garden parkway. melissa mollet has been following that as well that's the latest from the live desk. back to you. well, it's a busy day already for prince george's county firefighters. about an hour ago, chopper 4 was over the scene of the brushfire off the inner loop in greenbelt. it didn't take long for firefighters to put everything out and get everything under control. 6:48 now. fairfax county police's former public information officer will make his first court appearance on child pornography charges. william bud walker is charged with possessing and the intent to distribute child pornography. investigators were led to walker

by a tip from an online blog. according to police they traced uploads on the website to walker's home in fairfax county. fairfax county police said there could be potential victims since he was a school resource officer at south county high school from 2006 to 2009. today virginia will observe a moment of silence. the statewide silence will take place at 9:43 to mark eight years since the deadly shootings at virginia tech. there will be a remembrance events on campus including tributes and exhibits. the events will include a 3.2 mile run to honor each life lost. 33 people died in the shootings including the shooter. a possible presidential contender is heading to virginia soon. former florida governor jeb bush is giving the commencement address at liberty university in lynchburg. it was founded by pastor falwell who touted bush's education work. bush has faced criticism for his support of common core.

ted cruz announced his bid there just a few weeks ago. . he's not in 2016 race yet, but he has a lot to say about the current field. new jersey governor chris christie spoke exclusively with matt lauer. he says hillary clinton isn't a quote forgone conclusion for her party's nomination. christie speaks very candidly about his weight loss surgery. >> it's the best thing that i have ever done for my health. and i look back on it now and wish i had done it years ago. well you may have the day off work today as the district is celebrating emancipation day. today honors the day slavery became illegal in d.c. thousands of people expected to celebrate with a parade down pennsylvania avenue. the parade kicks off at fourth street at 11:00 this morning. and there's a fireworks display that will cap off the events at 8:45 tonight. lots of traffic and parking changes today. there will be street closures because of the parade. you can head to the nbc

washington app to check out the street closures for today. check out the reversible lanes rules today. some will run like a regular work day. others won't change. parking restrictions will not apply for meters and residential zone except around nats park and on h street. a lot to keep track of there. d.c. police are asking you to be careful today with heavy pedestrian traffic. new this morning we now know when you'll be able to watch the wizards playoff run. they released the first round schedule against the toronto raptors this morning. the first game is this saturday in toronto. they play next tuesday night, game 3, that's the first here in washington. it's a week from tomorrow on april 24th. we checked and you can still buy tickets from the wizards for as little as $55. not too shabby. i hope they have a better first showing than the caps did. >> caps took one on the chin last night. 4-1 loss to the islanders is tough.

but caps in the playoffs. wizards in the playoffs. baseball's back. weather is getting warmer. >> sounds really good out there. >> what do you think? a good positive attitude this morning. i encourage you to walk out -- >> the nationals had a big win yesterday afternoon. >> they needed it. >> they're playing tonight. look at this brassy sassy sunrise. >> brassy, sassy. i like it. >> sounds like my daughter. >> there's a glitter path there on the potomac river and the temperatures that are hovering right now in the 40s, near 50. we'll stay this way around 8:00 or 9:00 and then by mid afternoon, the clouds closing in should make it into the upper 60s. yes, first pitch tonight as the nationals take on the phillies at 7:05. fister is on the mound and hamels is on the mound for the phillies. wear a jacket. mid 60s by the first pitch time. love this photo. one of my facebook friends said this is the most beautiful

blossom photo she's ever seen. it was taken by our own intern. look at this carpet of blossoms that were knocked down by that rain on tuesday. absolutely gorgeous photo there. temperatures are in the 40s, nearby suburbs low to mid 50s in washington. right by the bay around 50 degrees as well. then tomorrow we may get a few sprinkles in the morning. the timing on rain arriving is not until late tonight. after the game is over, maybe around midnight. between then and around dawn to mid-morning passing showers passing. not everywhere is going to get a shower. highs, low to mid 70s. small chance of an additional sprinkle on friday afternoon. gorgeous for saturdays, maybe near 80 degrees. almost beach weather. then on sunday increasing clouds into the 60s and the rain timing for the weekend looks to be sunday evening. so the daylight hours are

looking dry. showers looking likely on monday. highs near 70. drying out after that. tuesday and wednesday. now melissa has breaking news. >> again, we're talking about lanham. this is chopper 4 over the scene. this is right between 3rd and 4th street shut down right now. looks like a taxi versus a box truck and a fuel spill on the roadway. this could take some time to get cleared out of the way. let's look at a couple of other problems around town. a crash there at 14th street bridge. and that's slowing things headed into things on 14th street bridge. lee highway at north fort myer has been shut down all morning long, but it's now open. wide look at things slow downing here on the outer loop. 95 and 66 no major issues present when you look at prince george's county.

270 southbound through germantown, quite slow. no reason, just a lot of volume. more breaking news. the greenbelt metro station is back open. chopper 4 caught the trains leaving for the first time since the pedestrian collapse. it came down yesterday and megan mcgrath is live at the greenbelt station with this good news for commuters. hey megan. >> reporter: well certainly an improvement in the morning for many people. the greenbelt station has reopened. things on the green line back to normal here. if you look behind me folks are just walking right on into the station. that was not the case this morning. in fact many people hadn't gotten the word overnight that the station was closed. we saw a lot of people who were walking in to be turned around and sent over to shuttle buses. this is that happened. this was the problem this morning. a pedestrian bridge in berwyn heights that goes across the tracks it collapsed when it was hit by the boom of a crane. they worked overnight to remove

that debris. they were able to complete that work in morning. so while they were closed in the beginning of the rush hour things have reopened and are back to normal. back to you in the studio. >> thank you, megan. now 6:54. here are four things to know before you head out the door. the national park service is giving you a new way to share your favorite park story. how about this? they're installing a kiosk at the jefferson memorial. a new security measure could be coming the on the white house in a few hours. there will be a vote to add metal spikes to the top of the white house fence. and today virginia will observe a moment of silence to mark eight years since the deadly shootings at virginia tech. that'll take place at 9:43 a.m. a u.s. postal worker who flew his gyrocopter on to capitol grounds will be in court. doug hughes said he was trying to deliver messages to lawmakers. we'll have a full interview he did with a florida newspaper about the stunt on nbc washington.com. chilly this morning. temperatures near 50 between 8:00 and 9:00 by noon mid 60s.

then by late afternoon, mostly cloudy. melissa? chopper 4 over a bad cloud, this is in lanham. box truck versus a taxi and a fuel spill there. that's pretty nasty and going to be shut down for quite some time this morning. >> all right, thanks melissa. thank you for joining us on this thursday mo

good morning. why wasn't he stopped? new questions being raised this morning about how a brazen gyro coptor pilot got so close to the u.s. capitol. >> that pilot is headed to court today to face federal charges. prior incidents. >> that officer who rammed his patrol car into an armed suspect was the focus of an earlier lawsuit settled in new york t. accusation that he pulled a gun and choked a man during a parking incident while his actions behind the wheel in arizona come under new scrutiny. in or out? so what are you waiting for? our exclusive interview with new jersey governor chris christie why he hasn't announced his pl