especially those in charles county this activity pushing toward calvert coin it will be out of southern maryland in the next 30 minutes or so. it's dry today and plenty of sunshine and temperatures will be cool are than they were yesterday. right now, they were in the fixts and 60s. 60 in washington right now, 61 in cull pepper. mid 60s as we work our way toward noon. our high temperature yesterday was 82. today, noticeably cooler with a breeze at times throughout the entire day. i'll let you know what you can expect in your neighborhood for your high today coming up in ten minutes. we're going to send things over to melissa who has breaking news. >> breaking news right now. this is a big problem and going to start building here. this is a report of a tree down here. this is the outer loop ramp to southbound gw parkway. it's about a one-mile backup right now. if you can avoid taking g.w.

parkway southbound this morning you might want to try and do that. make the decision right now. we're sitting still at 6:00 a.m. 95 northbound here at dale city. still has that crash there. it sounds like it's moved off to the right. we still have a little bit of volume there. the beltway looks pretty good. i'm pointing to the top of the beltway. usually we have a little bit of slow down here at the 6:00 a.m. hour. inner loop and outer loop everything rolling along quite nicely there. maryland 95 at powder mill also rolling along northbound and southbound don't have any issues there. 6:0 1rks a man suspected of killing a northern virginia college student will be in court. police say steven vander briel killed grace mann last week. family and friends will be laying mann to rest at the same time he's in court this morning.

>> reporter: good morning, the suspect will be in court but the focus here in falls church is all about this 20-year-old woman, the life the accomplishments of this young woman, what she was able to do in just the 20 years that she lived. services are being held for grace mann here at temple rodef shalom in falls church. university of maryland washington students are going to travel here by bus to say their final gbs to their classmate this morning. she was allegedly kill by her roommate friday afternoon. she was involved in student government feminist movement there and fighting sexual assault. very well-known very loved there on campus. she aspired to be a lawyer one day and to fight for justice for others. now the dean of students knew her personally and says she was the kind of person who knew how to bring people together. >> if you ever met her, the magic of her smile and grace had

this ability to hug, to bring people in, that was grace, an amazing, amazing young woman. >> reporter: so again those services will get under way at 10:00 this morning. news cameras are not allowed inside but the services will be live streamed. back to you, aaron. darcy, thank you. we have a clearer timeline in the events of a did he go of a 25-year-old man in police custody in baltimore. there are still questions as to why he died from an apparent spinal cord injury. cell phone video shows gray's arrest a week ago. it happened last sunday at 8:40 in the morning, about two minutes later he asked for an inhaler. the driver radioed that gray was becoming irate. the man then stopped and gray was placed in leg irons. the driver requests another officer to come check on gray and then police call for paramedics who rush him to the hospital where he remained in a coma until he died on sunday. coming up at 6:45 nbc's tom

costello will have a live report on new information. a teenager in tennessee is facing charges accused of threatening schools across the country, including one in fairfax county. lake braddock secondary school? burke was targeted. federal prosecutors se threats of extreme violence to 16 schools dating back to early march. the threats were made through emails and by phone calls. a woman accused of dumping her disabled son in the woods is heading to court today. nyah parler will be in court and she's facing attempted murder charges. she's accused of dumping her disable son in the woods so she can see her boyfriend in silver spring. today, a house committee could vote to get rid of a d.c. law that bans employees from

discriminating based on reproductive health decisions. the odds that the law will get full the through congress are slim it could be a preview of the major battle during the next round of federal budget negotiations. a developing story this morning. your blue bell ice cream product may contain listeria. the company is now recalling all of its ice cream products. this started -- the company started recalling products last month after three deaths in kansas were connected to contaminated ice cream. head to nbc washington's facebook page for more information on that recall including the customer service number for blue bell. the recall extends to retail outlets in 23 states including virginia. if you have purchased any products blue about bell wants you to return them for a full refund. you can watch a lot of d.c. sports playoff action in two

bigging games happening tonight 8:00 tonight. the wizards will take on the toronto rap ters before they return home on friday. at 7:30 the capitals will take on the new york islanders in new york. they are hoping to tie it up tonight. we've learned that eric fehr will not play after he was hurt this this week end's game. how beautiful is that? the flag waving in the wind. amelia is helping you dress for today's conditions with your neighborhood highs. severe storms made quite a mark in a virginia community. what one man is saying after the weather totaled his car. trying to ease congestion along

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your time right now is 6:10 this morning. montgomery county is down one bus after fire broke out on a ride-on bus in takoma park. flame shot through the back of the bus on flower avenue around 5:45 last night. the fire department tweeted it was a fuel fire. a lot of you getting ready to make your morning commute on route 7 in fairfax county and state officials want your opinions on the road's future. they are asking anyone who lives, works on does business along that 13-mile stretch between tyson's corner and alexandria to go on line and share your options about transit options. traffic has haded to traffic problems in recent years. yesterday kind of rain and storm created a mess.

>> this morning, amelia we are clearing out nicely, right? it's still a little cloudy. >> the clouds are going to quickly break up over the early morning hours. mostly sunny skies and breezy kae today. it's 60 degree but it's feeling like temperatures are in the 50s. you might want to grab the jacket this morning. by 5:00 a.m. temperatures for most of us still around 60. not much of at 10:00 a.m. for the temps. plenty of sun at that point. high temperatures will be at 70 degrees. knots just -- not just breezy now, but the entire day today. breaking news this is going to be a problem and probably just going to get worse here. we have a tree down. the outer loom loop amp to southbound gw parkway. they say they are going to shut the ramp down southbound gw parkway from the out are loop. if they do indeed do that to clear this tree out of the way, it's going to be a mess for a while. southbound rock creek park wark at connecticut, we have one lane

blocked there for a disable vehicle. quantico you are 10 minutes behind at 37 minutes. no major problem 270 southbound. you can listen to our friends on wtop. a police department building becomes a crime scene as several explosions and a fire tear through the building. what we're learning about this fiery scene. plus giving hackers access to your phone. the software glitch

this morning, you could be waking up with a mess to clean-up following the storm. this is what the washington monument looked like overnight. you can see how that lightning lit up the sky. quite a scene there. heavy rain and hail and strong winds knocked down trees and power lines, leaving some people in the dark. crews spent the night repairing some of the damage. news 4 megan mcgrath is live with the damage in a neighborhood that was pretty hard hit. >> they had some pretty intense

winds. that wind brought down power lines, including here on nelson street. take a look at what happened here. a downed power line actually fell on this car and this is what is left of dan gray's once beautiful mercedes convertible. it burst into flames last night and really there is not much left here. dan explains exactly what happened. >> we heard a big crack and the power line came down actually down that way, and then it started to burn first from one end to the other, it was geysering, it was like a slow burn fuse and unfortunately it ended up right in the front of my car and my car caught fire. >> and talking to dan, he says really at this point all that's left are the memories of his car. so he's going to be looking for a new sports car here. this was his baby. it had low miles too. in term of the power outages in the area they have made some progress overnight. we're not seeing the numbers of people without power that we did

last night. we still have scattered power outages, about 400 people or so in northern virginia. and the rain may be gone today but more storms are on the horizon. take a live look outside right now. storm team 4 meteorologist amelia segal is tracking where you'll see showers tomorrow where you live at 6:12. lau enforcement is facing a big leadership change. the richmond times dispatch reporting the chief law enforcement officer is in charge. the most recent incident in charlottesville brought about numerous protests. a woman facing 17 years in prison. according to media report tonya

bondik entered an alford plea. she was convicted of setting two fires on the eastern shore. her co-defendant charles smith is awaiting sentencing. new this morning, investigators are trying to figure out what set off a series of explosions at a building in the texas police department. half a dozen of blasts went off in this building in the town of bryan. no one was hurt. also new this morning, an egyptian court sentencedous ted president mohammed morsi to 20 years. it is 6:18. right now, police are asking for your help to find a missing man. he's been missing since yesterday and was last seen in the rockville area. this is 39-year-old richard brown. montgomery county police say he was being treated at shady grove

medical center. officers say he left against the advice of doctors. he was last seen boarding a road-on bus near the hospital. police and family are concerned for his emotional well-being and physical welfare. a man is being tried for the murder of d.c. corrections official carolyn cross. the jury started deliberations last night. if he's found gl he faces live in prison. theft on a government credit card a story uncovered by the news 4 i team. bobby harris pleaded guilty to criminal theft for using a government fuel card to fill up his luxury suv. harris drove away in his lincoln navigator without comment. harris was accused of spending more than $3,500 on that card. next year you can see the effects of lack of school

funding at montgomery county public schools. there could be fewer teachers and larger class sizes. more than 300 staff positions could be cut if the maryland governor doesn't release education funding. leg git will join a group of leaders asking him to release $68 million that was included in the budget passed by the general assembly. more than $700,000 of slot machine wgs went unclaimed at maryland casinos. now there are questions about how that money was handled by the maryland lottery. a new audit found that all that money is supposed to go to the state, but the agency treated the money as regular gambling winnings which are split and that money among the casino and the state, the lottery officials say they have submitted a proposal to revise those regulations. ps. >> warmer temperatures mean mosquitos are on the way. what's the best way to ward them

off? some people attract these bugs more than others. tonight, consumer reporter erica gonzales tells us why. what you need to shop for to avoid being bitten. one company was making false promises to consumers. >> people say that all the time. you have sweet blood. >> do you have that problem? >> not too bad. i've heard perfume. fragrance. >> i stay away from perfume. >> what about the hair spray, though? >> things starting to clear up outside. >> the clouds are continuing to break up. today, it's mostly sunny, most -- windy. you might want to grab a jacket as you step out the door today. lunchtime you are not going to lead it.

later tonight you'll definitely need it. wait until you see what it's going to be like tomorrow morning. tomorrow you also want to grab the umbrella. some showers are in the forecast especially for the second half of the day and then it is a chill end to the week right on up to the upcoming week. heres the latest. some meager showers pushing out of parts of calvert and anna run dell counties. it's a dry day, nice spring day. temperatures now in the 50s and 60s, the suburbs in the mid to upper 50s. areas by the water and inside the beltway around 60 degrees. our high today will be 69. around noon temperatures in the mid 60s. breezy at times. the entire day today, a nice evening, though temperature at 7:00 p.m. at 56 with full sun. tomorrow temperatures in the 60s. north of town it's going to be noticeably cooler with temperatures in the low 60s. chance of morning showers in the

suburbs in the 40s tomorrow. we'll be tracking scattered showers, no severe weather, only the threat of an isolated thunderstorm. a high temperature on thursday of 61. temperatures only around 60 both saturday and sunday. you are still tracking breaking news right now? still have this breaking news. we're talking about the outer loop of the beltway, the ramp to southbound gw parkway we're looking across the american legion bridge. right now we have a one-mile backup. we understand that the ramp is going to be shut down in the up coming moments. it looks to me like it is still open. you can see a little bit of yellow here. not quite red yet. we're keeping an eye on that for you. southbound rock creek park wark at connecticut avenue we have one lane blocked there. 270 at montrose road moving quite nicely here. no major problems as you head into the spur. 66 headed into town a tad slow at 37 miles per hour almost the

entire way in and that is not the belt wark at central avenue. that is the outer loop ramp to southbound gw parkway. back in a couple of minutes with another look. we're going to see how this volume builds over the next 20 minutes or so and tell you what to do to get around it. come on stay with us. >> come on man. >> you are all right. >> stay with us. come on you are all right. you are all right, man. come on bud. >> that yelling is these police officers trying to keep this man conscious after they really did a dramatic rescue here that was all caught on camera. the two officers in texas rescued this map from the burning suv. you can see the flames still shooting from the car here as two officers and another man help that driver to safety. dragging him away from the burning car. this was involved in a crash. the driver was left unconscious after he hit some sort are of a pole there. the committee that's been attacked for its controversial mammogram recommendations for

half a decade is clarifying its advice. the panel says women in their 40s can get mammograms every year if they want to. adding it's up to the woman to decide whether she wants to risk the anxiety of getting a false positive result. the panel's recommendations are still the same though. women over the age of 50 should get a mammogram every other year. women 40 to 49 should decide what they want based on their health history. >> we tweeted a link to a page where you can check to see if your iphone or ipad apps were compromised by a virus. a thousand apps were exposed to a bug that could allow hackers to access your information. uberand some microsoft and yahoo apps were affected by this. the pittsburgh pirates tweeted out this their thoughts and prayers are with a woman who was hit by a foul ball during a game. right there, you can see kind of

behind the pitcher, the screen gave just enough. there's a screen there behind home plate, but the screen gave just enough to hit the woman who was standing up there. the game was delayed 23 minutes while the woman was placed open a stretcher, brought to the hospital. she was conscious and alert as she was taken away. she even gave fans a thumbs-up. it's hard to see. the ball hit her right in the head and you can see her fall backwards. it's a good thing she made it okay. those balls, they hit them hard. >> people, like you almost have to be paying attention at a baseball game because the ball comes into the stands if you are not looking, there you go. preparing for the next step in the boston marathon bombing trial. debate still raging in this city and across the country as jurors get ready to decide whether dzhokhar tsarnaev should be put to death. the rain is long gone but you will notice cooler conditions. take a look at these

temperatures. the changes that will affect your children with their school day forecast at 6:31. plus a special reunion in the day ahead. the long journey back to virginia for

right now at 6:30 all eyes are on boston as jurors prepare to begin the penalty phase in the trial of convicted marathon bomber dzhokhar tsarnaev. first, if you had trouble sleeping chances are you can blame the severe weather that pounded d.c. area last night and this morning. those storms are gone and you are stepping outside to clear skies and cooler temperatures. amelia segal is showing us how that will impact your kids day at school. >> it's a chilly start this morning. it's breezy as well. at the bus stop you might want to dress the kids with a light jacket and temperatures in the upper 50s and 60s degrees. recess great weather for running around outdoors getting that energy out. temperatures in the low 60s. dismissal, full sunshine. it's still breezy but

temperatures still in the upper 60s. it's a nice spring day. we're using the #spring returns to describe the weather today. today and tomorrow upper 60s and we'll cool after that. i'll have more on that coming up in ten minutes. if you are heading to the nats game tonight as they take on the cardinals, you might want to bring a jackie as well. first pitch at 7:05 plenty of sun. we still have this issue on the outer loop on the beltway, the ramp to southbound gw parkway. it looks like it's getting far better this morning. we're not seeing those backups about a mile that we were seeing. it looks to us like it's actually open and not having much of a problem. we're going to get more information on that. as far as trying to take gw parkway from the outer loop right now, we don't have any backup headed to gw right now. overall, prince george's county no major issues inbound indian

head highway just have the typical inbound volume for this time day. 66 you are 44 miles per hour the entire way in. dale city our slowest spot. back with travel times in ten minutes. i'm angie goff at the live desk with an update that we've been falling all morning, for those of you traveling into downtown d.c. we know now that traffic lights vk impacted by that power outage that caused this the jefferson memorial to go dark. east bay sin and main avenue have no lights. 15th street and main avenue traffic lights dark as well. still working on what caused the lights to go out. angie, thank you. the sight of runners crossing the finish line signaled another safe and successful boston marathon.

this is the second race since the deadly terror attack in 2013. 12 people were told to stay away from the race. they are on the jury that will decide whether the man convicted in the marathon bombing will live or die. nbc's tracie bots joins us live now on what to expect. >> that are jury today is going to hear opening statements from the defense saying that tamerlan tsarnaev was the mastermind and that dzhokhar tsarnaev was following. the prosecutor is saying that's not what the evidence shows. he planned the attack. we do expect that the prosecution will call a lot of victims families and survivors to talk about the impact of this. we also expect the defense may call people to talk about the relationship between the

brothers. it's even possible that some family members may testify and they may testify via video and not in person in that courtroom. >> tracie pots live on the hill for us. >> there is a lot of talk in boston's resilience in the years since that bombing. rebecca gregory chose to have her leg amputated after the bombing. but that did not stop her yesterday. she finisheding strong. gregory says she wants to inspire people who face hardships and she did that yesterday for sure. several people now congratulating rashon baker for finishing it. saying congratulations of his time of 5 hours, baker also tweeted he was proud he could accomplish his goals. apparently he wanted to come in under six hours in the race. he beat his goal by just under six minutes. it is now 6:35. department of state employee

accused in several crimes is expected in d.c. superior court. propers say daniel rosen recorded women without their knowledge as they undress dsed. this happened in the adams, morgan mount pleasant neighborhoods. he pled not guilty to charges of voyeurism and stalking. investigators discovered the recordings when he was arrested and charged with soliciting sex with a minor. he's accused of jumping over the white house fence and now he is out of jail this morning. 54-year-old jerome hunt says he took a bus from california to washington then used a bike rack to climb over the fence sunday night. he appeared in a d.c. court yesterday. he told reporters he jumped the fence for a reason but he won't tell anyone what that reason is yet. >> they they they --have a good protective system for the president. they reacted real fast. that's all i'll say. >> hunt will undergo a mental

health evaluation. he is under orders to stay away from the white house and to wear a monitoring device. former virginia first lady maureen mcdonnell is now saying she did not receive a fair trial. in a brief, her legal team says the court's interpretation of federal bribery law is so vague and boundless that it sweeps every politician and his or her spouse under its grasp. her husband made similar arguments. right now, tensions remain high in baltimore as we learn more about the death of a man while in police custody. the action being taken by police and the events that led up to that man's death. clearing skies coming this way this morning as you look live at national harbor. amelia is helping you plan your day. plus a happy reunion in the day ahead. the unusual journey home for a virginia school's robot after it vanished at a competition.

a gun smuggling operation means no more easy access for airline and airport workers after a baggage handler of accused of smuggling guns on a flights in atlanta. now, new rules require realtime background check for airport employees. workers will go through screening before boarding a plane. . in just a few hour, a allow -- louden county robotic team will be reunited. roboloco was found in knoxville last week after it was stolen after a competition. world championships start tomorrow in st. louis. the team has already shipped its

back-up robot for those championships. turned up just in time. the robot was still in the truck with everything. >> nice to get it back. a lot of folks stepped up to help them out with the replacement robot. >> probably have to check them out. good luck. >> let's get you updated open the forecast. for today, plenty of sunshine breezy at times, the entire day and highs near 70. walking the dog, today is one of those days where it's perfect for the longer walk. exercising comfortable, doing some yard work looking good there. again, high temperature today near 70 degrees, around noon we'll be in the mid 60s. 7:00 p.m. temperatures around 66. plenty of sunshine. beautiful this evening. showers are in the forecast for tomorrow. i'm going to have the timing in ten minutes. you have updates to the gw parkway right now. >> right now we're not seeing much of a problem here

anylonger. park police say they are going to shutdown the southbound ramp. we've not seen it there. as far as travel times go 95 north quantico to the belt wark you are about 15 minutes behind here. 66 19 minutes now. listen to our friends on wtop when you hop in your car for the latest on traffic. back in a few minutes. okay exactly. where are you located? >> in the top room on the right. >> she helped save the lives of a brother and sister trapped in their home by fire. how those kids will now get the chance to say thank you. plus thanksgiving is still moves away but we're already learning that you could pay more for that bird this year. >> start saving now. >> the

tensions remain high in baltimore as we learn more about the death of a man while in police custody. the action being taken by police and the event that led up to that man's death. and right now you are looking at a high temperature today near 70 degrees. by the noontime hour temperatures in the mid 60s. rain in the forecast for tomorrow. i'll have the latest timing coming up in my forecast melissa. it looks like that problem

outer loop ramp is clearing up. we'll have more on that in a few minutes. brand new crash, pennsylvania avenue at walters lane. that is slowing things down. 14 before the hour now. this morning, there are still questions about what happened that caused a money to die while in police custody in baltimore. investigators released a timeline of the events there. nbc tom costello joining us live in baltimore. good morning. >> reporter: a couple of headlines. first of all, those six officers who were involved in this snen have all been suspended with pay pending the outcome of this investigation. also a headline that came out yesterday is that police concede now that this suspect, 25-year-old freddie gray asked repeatedly for medical help. he asked for an inhaler. he also asked for medical help. but police waited nearly 40 minutes until calling paramedic. by the time they arrive he was in acute distress.

they rushed him to shock trauma. he underwent emergency surgery. it appears he had a nearly severed spinal cord and crush vertebrae. as you know he died a week later, two days ago on sunday and now the focus on this investigation is what happened in that police van that was captured on home video, on cell phone video. did something happen in the van, did something as they were putting him in the van or was there something criminal? was this an accident or criminal action? we simply don't know but as you know this city has a history of very tense relationships with the police department. over the course of four years, more than 100 different people have either settled or received judgments against the police because of police brutality or civil rights violations. i talk to the mayor yesterday about this. i said do you have a problem with police brutality in the city she said we have had yes, but so has much of america. she says this could be a homicide investigation but they will determine this as this unveils and as it goes forward

over the coming days. a very serious investigation. police plan to turn their findings over to the state attorney on a week from friday. back to you. we look forward to more of your report ong the "today" show. 73-year-old robert bates faces second second degree man lawyer -- manslaughter charges in oklahoma. he used his handgun instead of a taser. this man, steven vander briel will be in a frederick courtroom in just a few hours. he's accused of killing his roommate grace mann just last week. while he's in the courtroom, her friends and family will be saying good-bye. news 4 is in falls church where her funeral service is happening

today. >> reporter: good morning. as a parent you can only imagine what these parents are going through. they issued a statement through the temple website and it reads in part that it's with profound sadness and disbelief that we are here today so you can hear that pain. these parents will have to lay to rest their 20-year-old daughter grace mann. she was a university of mary washington student. sher parns describe her as beautiful, compassionate, funny, brilliant, so many words to describe her in that statement. they are going to be here at temple rodef shalom today. she was killed by a fellow student and her roommate. she was aspiring to be a lawyer. the things that were most important to her in life was justice, rightoutness equality and love. >> she was involved in a variety

of issues connected to those who were not as well represented, whose voices were not heard as loudly. >> now, students who are not able to make it here will be able to watch the services through a live stream from the website here at the temple but there will also be buses that will bring students from the fredericksburg campus here to falls church so they can be here for the funeral that starts at 10:00. 6:50 your time now and a 16-year-old in tennessee is facing charges this morning after threatening schools across the country, including one in fairfax county. lake braddock secondary school in burke was targeted. federal prosecutors say that teen made threats of extreme violence to 16 schools dating back to early march. the threats were made through emails and phone calls. a developing story this morning, your blue bell ice cream product may contain listeria. the company is now recalling all of its ice cream products. it started recalling products

last month after three deaths in kansas were connected to contaminated ice cream. if you want to learn more about the symptoms of listeria you can head to the washington app and search list steer i can't. if you bought any products it's urging you to return them for a full refun. some bad news for turkey lovers who -- hormel says the price could take a dramatic jump this year. we haven't even hit summer yet. i have to start saving now. >> it's likely it will celeste -- sell less turkey this year. the company can't say whether prices or the thanksgiving season will be affected yet. and unwith of the nation's largest poultry producers says it will eliminate antibiotics from a quarter of its chicken

production by 2019. pilgrim's pride is responding to consumer groups and public health officials that overuse of antibiotics are leading to the rise of drug resistant germs. i want to get to amelia because this forecast is much better than what we were looking atlas night. >> spring has returned. yesterday, we were talking about severe thunderstorms through the area. the district was under a severe thunderstorm warning at one point. not the case today. you can open up the windows, enjoy the fresh hour. here's a live look at our studios in northwest. you can see the flag moving with the breeze. that's certainly an adding additional chill to the air. you might want to drag the light jacket stepping out. today the epit tom mee of a spring day. comfortable temperatures and dealing with that breeze throughout the entire day. 50s and 60s is where we're at right now.

60 degrees is the temperature in washington. by noon temperatures will be in the mid 60s. nice this afternoon with plenty of sunshine. no rain in the forecast at all for today. with high temperatures near 70 degrees. 67 in gaithersburg and frederick and 68 for those of you in laplata. temperatures in the mid to supper 60s for 6:00 and 7:00 p.m. once the sun goes down it will be cool. it's a cold start tomorrow morning. 40s in the suburb 50s in the beltway. areas by the water. definitely a jacket tomorrow morning, the umbrella as well and isolated showers during the morning hours, as we get into the midday and afternoon hours, we will be tracking scattered rain moving through the area. can't rule out a thunderstorm. no severe weather is in the forecast tomorrow. we dip on tuesday in the low 60s for the highs. friday and saturday we can't

make it out of the 50s on sunday. you have updates on the gw parkway. >> i do. outer loop ramp we had that problem to southbound gw parkway. we're clear. check this out. right now, no worries. you can take southbound gw parkway and be just fine. 395 at 14th street bridge. we had reports of a crash. we're not seeing it here. capital heights, pennsylvania avenue and walters avenue a crash spot there. 66 and 95 again, a little slow on the whole way in on 66 you are going 40 miles per hour. prince george's county no major issues typical volume heading inbound and southbound. 95 southbound a little bit slow. taking a look at gw parkway.

slowest spos is going to be as you make your way out of german town. then it opens up for you. >> 6:55 two kids trapped inside a burning house will meet their 911 plate -- operator who helped save their lives. >> okay. exactly where are you located? >> in the top room on the right. all the way upstairs. >> 13-year-old marcus mccoy and his nine-year-old sister aliyah were trapped on their second floor of the home. the boy called 911 and the dispatcher stayed on the line until help got there. the children are fine. the fire appears to have started near a computer desk. keep an eye on the nbc washington facebook page and the nbc washington app tonight. the nfl is releasing its 2015 schedule at 8:00 p.m. and we'll get that schedule out to you as soon as it's released. we already know who the redskins will be playing next year but

today we found out when they will be playing those teams. will also learn detail about the nfl kick-off game and which redskins games will be in prime time. four things to know. you might have to clean up from storm damage strong winds, hail rain fell across the region overnight. crews worked through the night to restore power we now a 25-year-old freddie gray died from spinal cord injury. six officers are on paid leave. it could be an eemotionally charged day in corps as the sentencing phase begin for the marathon bomber. some victims may speak to the jury how the bombing change their lives. a college student will be in court today at the same time of

grace mann's funeral. plenty of sunshine. cooler than yesterday. highs in 70s. outer loop ramp nice and clear, southbound gw park wark. thank you, ma'am, and thank you for joining us this morning. >> the "today" show is next. we'll be back in 25

good morning. life or death? the penalty phase in the boston marathon bombing trial begins this morning. families of victims divided over wh >> i want the death penalty. >> it's not going to affect my life at al >> we're live at the courthouse. total recall. ice cream giant blue bell pulling everything it sells off store shelves after a listeria outbreak. its products already linked to three deaths five others sickened. what you need to know. closer to freedom? the man who shot president reagan and three others could be permanently released from a mental hospital. but is john hinckley jr. no longer a threat? and back in the