d.c. community is banding together after a woman was attacked on her morning run. this happened near meridian hill park in northwest. it's a place where families and joggers go often. news4's megan mcgrath is live with how that community is responding this morning. megan? >> reporter: well aaron, meridian hill park is popular with dog walkers and joggers and the 24-year-old glenn vert green used the park to find a victim. green was charged with kidnapping and theft and police released this surveillance video yesterday. they asked the public for help in finding their suspect. it shows a man in dark clothing walking in the area near the time of the assault. now police say that green saw the victim jogging in the neighborhood. he grabbed her and dragged her down the alley and raped and robbed her. a rally is bringing attention to the larger issue of sexual

assault and efforts to try and prevent this sort of thing from happening here in the neighborhood. that is scheduled for 6:30 this morning. back to you in the studio. >> megan mcgrath live for us, thanks. today a judge in alexandria will make a decision on several potential changes in charles receivenson's murder case. he is charged with killing three people over a space of ten years and his lawyers have asked the judge to separate the cases. they asked for the case to be dismissed entirely. both prosecutors and the defense lawyers asked the judge to ban cameras from the courtroom. the man who shot president ronald reagan wants out of a d.c. mental hospital for good. john hinckley jr., returns to court in d.c. for a second day of hearings today. hinckley's lawyer said he's quote, full and in stable remission. more prestrictrestrictions are needed to keep he and others safe. he spends 17 days with his

mother in virginia. the secret service is facing new criticism over a new alarm system that they failed to fix. the paper says they broke in 2013 they were replaced more than a year later. the post says the government is releasing a report today about the problem and could -- some changes that could be made. it is now 5:02. michael brown's family will file a wrongful death lawsuit against the city of ferguson missouri today. he's the unarmed black teen who was shot and killed by a white police officer last august. a grand jury decided not to prosecute the officer. it sparked some national and violent protests and spawned the black lives matter movement that calls for changes in how police deal with minorities. by the end of the day we could see the surveillance video showing a prince george's county police officer hitting a teenager. officer jerry thomas is on trial for hitting him three years ago. the teenager was screaming and shouting in a holding cell when thomas walked in.

prosecutors say thomas then slapped, pushed and punched him. the prince george's county state's attorney says video of what happened will be released after the verdict in this case. in just a few hours, former cia director david petraeus returns to court in north carolina. he could be sentenced today for sharing government secrets with his lover and biographer paula broadwell. he is expected to plead guilty. the charges carry a maximum sentence of a year in prison and $100,000 fine. prosecutors though are expected to recommend probation. as early as today, loretta lynch could be confirmed as the first black woman attorney general. the confirmation vote was stalled. they were battling democrats over an unrelated bill and president obama called that embarrassing. a showdown between d.c.'s mayor and attorney general may be averted for now. at issue, muriel bowser's budget proposal waters down some of karl racine's powers.

he opposes that plan and instead he wants more powers and a bigger budget. the d.c. council held a five-hour roundtable on the dispute today. they said the matter needs more public discussion. bowser's spokesperson says that the mayor is happy to have more public debate. a big drug bust in maryland. hagerstown police seized 112 bags of spice. you see them right here. it's a type of synthetic marijuana. according to the police department there, they started their investigation after an increase in overdoses in washington county. we're told the people who had overdosed were as old as 50 years old and as young as 11 years old. it is 5:04. mgm is facing a discrimination lawsuit filed by several prince george's county businesses. the businesses claim they were purposely left out of the bidding process to build a new casino at national harbor. they say mgm used at least one white owned company masking itself as a minority business. the allegations and the complaint are absolutely baseless mgm said and they'll

vigorously defend the lawsuit. stanley cup playoffs coming to d.c. tonight at 7:00. watch the capitals take on the new york islanders, game five in a series. it's all tied up right now. we checked stub hub and you can still buy tickets for the game. well, there are several new developments in the case of a baltimore man who died after being injured while in police custody. when the police investigation is expected to be done and why the governor says he won't launch a state investigation. looking live outside this morning where it is a chilly start indeed. just 46 degrees outside of our studios and don't expect a huge warm-up. chuck bell will tell us

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this morning we are getting a look at a school bus crash from oklahoma from inside the bus. it's tough to see what's happening but you can definitely hear the violent collision. the driver crashed the bus into several cars on monday before driving up an embankment and hitting a railroad bridge. three people were hurt. police say the bus driver was under the influence of synthetic marijuana at the time. >> hear all that? that's a storm in louisiana. the force of that storm looks more like a pressure washer.

the cell phone video was taken last night when a man was mowing his friend's lawn. he was locked out of his house when that microburst hit. it was so strong it snapped trees and power lines a few homes were damaged too. nobody was hurt though. but yeah, that power washer analogy, spot on. >> like a good car washing. >> you're done. >> throw some soap on there. coming up on ten after 5:00. no rain to word write about right now. live look over the district this early thursday morning. >> but we're contending with some chilly temperatures out there. storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell now with your weather and traffic on the ones. quite a change chuck. >> oh, my goodness, we have march lion returning to the area in the third week of april. temperatures are driven down into the upper 30s in rockville. 42 at ft. belvoir. so here's what your day will look like today. partly sunny to at times mostly cloudy day.

northern virginia, shenandoah valley might have the random sprinkle today. around town 100% dry. a cold start, 30s and 40s this morning, low 50s by lunch time. and winds gusting to 30 mile per hour. hold on to your hats and hair pieces. seven day forecast which includes some rain chances on your weekend is ten minutes away but a look at the traffic with melissa. >> not looking so hot. this is 95 northbound near dale city very slow right now as we drive live on that road for you. seeing a lot of taillights. this is because of a crash there near dale boulevard. again, we're talking about 95 north at dale boulevard. we have two right lanes blocked sooff to stay to the left. pretty nasty. an overturned tractor-trailer that spilled ink all over the roadway. they're trying to clean that up. nasty there this morning. 66 headed into or out of town no problems at all. remember when you hop in your

car, wtop will have the latest on the crash near dale boulevard. 270, no problems northbound. prince george's county overall don't have any issues there. no problems also 95 in maryland. take a live look at 95 maryland coming up. >> thank you. congress takes action after a man intentionally lands his gyrocopter on the l

molette green at the live desk. europe on high alert saying the terror alert has never been so significant. they have stopped five planned attacks including one just days ago. all of this coming after this assault on the offices of a satirical magazine and jewish supermarket that left 20 people dead. this past sunday, police got suspicious after a man flagged

as a security risk accidentally shot himself in paris. police say the algerian student had an arsenal of weapons and was targeting one or more churches. that's the latest from the live desk. >> thank you. today will be the fifth straight day of protests in baltimore following the death of freddie gray and maryland governor larry hogan says he won't order a state investigation into how gray's spine was severed while in police custody. hogan says he does not want to politicize the case. five of the six arresting officers have given statements to investigators. video shows them loading gray into the police van april 12th and during that arrest he suffered a spinal cord injury and skydied a week later. >> are there some bad apples out there? i'll be the first to admit we need to improve the relationship between the police department and the community and i think that needs to start with training. >> the police department expects

to turn over the investigation into the state's attorney general next week. it centers on how gray's injury happened and what officers did when gray asked for medical attention. there's a prayer service for freddie gray this evening. service begins at 7:00 p.m. a grand jury will decide if a police officer will face charges for shooting and kiln a unarmed man. adam torres shot john geer. the fairfax county agreed to pay his family $3 million to settle the wrongful death lawsuit. the commonwealth hopes the grand jury reaches a decision by the end of this summer. in news for your health, there's a link between your job and a form of dementia. having a more challenging job may prolong survival for people with front temporal dementia. this affects language and behavior, but not memory. researchers found those with

more professional occupations survived about three years longer than manual workers. the study is published in the journal neurology. two dogs in italy can sniff out prostate cancer. >> seriously? >> i know, listen, scientists in italy trained the dogs they're german shepherds and they can sniff out the difference from those diagnosed with the disease and those from healthy men. they smell the specific compound associated with this disease. >> i'm trying to figure out the practical application of this new discovery. >> well i mean they have such -- i mean the hounds especially. maybe if they sniff you out you can get checked and make sure that you have early detection. >> i try to keep the dogs away -- a concern. >> it could be a cure for some cancers. we learn about a new therapy

that's more effective than chemotherapy. >> we're talking about those who have advanced stage cancer. typically, these patients might only have a few months to live but now oncologists are fighting the disease using the body's own immune system. it's not chemotherapy. but it's called immunotherapy. the infusion of drugs that can stimulate the body's own immune system to destroy tumors in some cancer patients. there are no long term studies yet. but doctors say up to 70% of patients who undergo the therapy live at least two years after their diagnosis. leaving doctors hopeful that some patients could be completely cured. tonight on news4 at 6:00, meet a maryland man diagnosed with deadly melanoma who was told he only had a few months to live.

>> that's doreen gentzler. you can watch the full report today. >> at 6:00. take a live look outside. 47 degrees outside the studios. but if you live outside of city centre here you're probably going to need a coat. break it back out. >> yeah. chuck bell with what we can expect in the day ahead. >> good morning. you're right. if you put your winter jacket away, no maybe not the heavy down parka but an extra layer of warmth will be required. not just for this morning but for the next couple of mornings as well. there's the view overdowntown washington. skies are partly cloudy but what you'll notice is the overall change in the weather that we have experienced over the last 24 hours. the warmer air we have been enjoying for the last couple of weeks has been shoved back out across the midwest and a cold pattern had set up shop around here. well below average. we'll stay cool all the way through the weekend. and like it or not we're going to have to take it everybody. 36 in frederick, maryland.

34 in winchester, 37 in manassas. there's still enough of a breeze out there where there's not much of a frost freeze threat this morning. that will not be the case tomorrow morning and maybe saturday as well. as this deep area of low pressure spins away, those are wet snowflakes across parts of pennsylvania. we won't see snowflakes around here today. there could be one or two random sprinkles of rain northern maryland, around 3:00 or 4:00 in the afternoon. nothing will add up to too much. 41 out the door at 7:00 a.m. this morning. 52 at lunch time. only 58 for a high at annandale today. at 3:30 this afternoon, these little speckles of green in maryland that's the tiny chance of a sprinkle as the colder air rushes in. we have a lot of cold air aloft and as a result, we could see a passing rain drop or two. that's it. skies will clear out overnight tonight and into tomorrow morning. it will be an awfully cold day

around here. in fact could be more of an organized frost freeze threat for tomorrow morning. wake-up temperatures wel down into the 30s and as a result weather service has issued a freeze watch. i misspoke earlier, i said it's for this morning, but it's for friday morning. friday morning, freeze watch. basically along the i-81 corridor into parts of northern maryland. there will be a chance of killing freeze in those locations so if you have tender little spring flowers you want to keep around, you may want to cover them up tonight into tomorrow morning. 50s that's all we can do for the next couple of days. the next chance for rainfall comes on saturday night and may linger until lunch time. but temperatures all the through the next seven, if we did the next ten day forecast they'd be colder than average. molette green has breaking news. we have a major problem. look at this right now. you can see how messy it is, we

have someone driving for us. 95 north near dale city all you see is brake lights. we have a four mile backup because of a crash at dale boulevard. overturned tractor-trailer that spilled ink all over the roadway. it's a big clean-up. 95 northbound at cardinal drive, the big string of backups here. 66 no problems there. running at 60 miles per hour this morning. 270 headed out frederick, from the spur either way you won't have any issue there. 270, nice and clear. the earlier road work is out of the way so you don't have to worry about that. nice and clear, again, no issues at all. our biggest problem still is going to be 95 north at dale city. take route 1, take your alternate if you can. i'm back in ten minutes with more on this big problem.

melissa, thank you. 5:23. today prosecutors in the boston marathon bombing trial may rest their case. they're using the sentencing phase to focus on the victims and dzhokhar tsarnaev's lack of remorse. the jury saw new video showing tsarnaev locked in a holding cell making an obscene gesture. >> i think it's clear from the video that he figured out at some point that it was a video camera and it was at least being broadcast to the prison personnel. and he was sending a message to them. >> now, on monday the defense will begin presenting its testimony. the lawyers will delve into tsarnaev's background. it is official pope francis will visit cuba in september. the vatican confirmed the pontiff will stop in that country before coming to d.c. on september 22nd. the pope had a hand in helping rebuild relations between cuba and the u.s. today first lady michelle

obama is headed to prince william county. she will announce new commitments to serving america's veterans and it encourages businesses to train and hire veterans and military spouses. some jobs at the university of virginia may be disappearing. uva is hoping to save some money by offering 800 employees early retirement. the university says it's a one-time offer and it hopes to restructure or eliminate some positions after employees leave. 5:24 now. new developments in the case of a man who flew this gyrocopter on to capitol grounds. several agencies charged with protecting congress and the white house are now going to face a hearing about what happened. members of the house oversight committee say the secret service, capitol police, u.s. park police, the faa and norad will all have to answer questions. >> they're sitting literally shoulder to shoulder and did not

do the job they were supposed to do. if it was up to me i'd have taken care of the problem. >> the pilot doug hughes could face up to four years in prison for flying that gyrocopter. the hearing is scheduled for next wednesday. a virginia community is on edge after a doctor is found stabbed to death in her home. the latest on the search for a suspect and how authorities hope to ease neighbors' fears. take a live look outside this morning. the capitol dome in the distance. a chilly morning. chuck said it will be a chilly afternoon too. he's back with that at 5:31.

looking at the stories making headlines right now, d.c. joggers are planning a workout rally this morning as a sign of solidarity after a sex assault near meridian hill park in washington. police say glenvert green followed a jogger tuesday morning and then forced her into around alley and raped her. surveillance video shows a person of interest but investigators have not said whether that is green. john hinckley, jr., returns to court in d.c. for a second

day of hearings today. hinckley's lawyers said he's in quote, full and stable remission. prosecutors say that more restrictions are needed to keep hinckley and others safe. michael brown's family will file a wrongful death lawsuit against ferguson, missouri today. he was shot and killed by a white police officer last august and a grand jury decided not to prosecute the officer. much more on those stories throughout the morning. good morning to you. i'm eun yang. >> i'm aaron gilchrist. a chilly thursday morning, let's get right to chuck bell. >> yeah, it's chilly outside. even eun thought it was this morning, and if you thought it was cold it will be cold the next couple of morning out. temperatures have dropped into the upper 30s across much of loudoun county prince william, down to fauquier county. 38 rockville, 43 in college park. so off to a cold start for sure. plan on temperatures to hold in the upper 30s and low 40s and

then jump up to mid and upper 40s by 10:00. as tom would say, find your fleece, everybody. as temperatures in the 30s and 40s means you need an extra wrap this morning. later on this afternoon we should be up into the upper 50s to maybe near 60 degrees. most areas though, melissa, will not be able to make much in the way of progress towards 60 degrees. you know we'll be keeping a close eye on the forecast here for next couple of days. breaking news now in first 4 traffic. >> still chuck, this big problem in the dale city area. you can see how nasty that is. as one of our friends here sits in it for us. we're talking about a 4 1/2 mile backup now. you can see the backups stretching here northbound as you approach cardinal drive. you want to avoid it and take the toll lanes today. might be worth the money not to sit in that. prince george's county overall don't have any problems there.

95 in maryland. powder mill road. that's flowing just fine northbound and southbound. 270 at shady grove all the folks here headed southbound. northbound doing just fine here this morning. again, our biggest issue is going to be this, but we're talking about much of the morning, 95 north to dale city, almost stopped. it's 5:31. a killer could be on the loose in arlington. a community is growing worried. it's been nearly a week since dr. bonnie black was found stabbed to death inside her home. police have made no arrests and they have not identified a suspect. at a community meeting last night, neighbors said that is what has them concerned. >> the suspect still at large, am i being paranoid not to let my kids walk? is it safe? >> we have no reason to believe that there is an immediate threat right now. >> black's two children were found wandering outside of the home before her body was discovered. black was separated from her husband and he's cooperating with the investigation.

they will not say whether he has been eliminated as a person of interest. 5:32 now. a virginia foster father is waking up in jail this morning. david marcussen is accused of killing his 1-year-old foster son. the child suffered burns to his face, torso and neck and that happened in january in fredericksburg. they believeing hot water. the senate passed a bill to fight human trafficking after a lengthy battle over abortion language. the bill expands law enforcement tools to target sex traffickers. the bill also creates a fund to help victims of human trafficking. with that battle out of the way, the senate is moving on to another big ticket item -- the confirmation vote for the nation's next attorney general. nbc's tracie potts is joining us from capitol hill now with the look at what we can expect today. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, aaron. couple of hours of debate and finally some votes on loretta lynch whose nomination and

confirmation vote had been held up for 56 days as of today because they couldn't work out that human sex trafficking issue with the abortion funding. now republican leaders are willing to take this off the back burner and move it forward quickly for a vote. we understand that she is likely to be confirmed if all democrats and five republicans vote in favor of her and five have come out publicly saying they will. so by the end of the day, the nation can see the first african-american female attorney general. loretta lynch who's waited longer than any other nominee of the past several in the administrations. >> tracie potts, thank you. well, it looks like d.c. drivers what i be getting better at outsmarting speed cameras or they're slowing down. the revenues have dropped by more than half. that's according to "the washington post." revenues fell from about $76 million in 2013 to about $37 million. the city has issued 3.6 million speed camera tickets since 2007

and that's adding up to more than $350 million. a lot of money. the city is putting up six new speed cameras including north and southbound cameras on south capital street and also on branch avenue. and eastern avenue and kenilworth avenue. congressional parties are costing you a lot of money. capitol hill police are warning congressional leadership about parties inside the capitol during memorial day and the 4th of july. congress members and families can watch from the terraces and the parties are becoming a security issue though. police want to restrict access to the balconies but not everyone is on board with that as a solution. >> they say only the staff. i'm not interested in the staff. i'm interested in the public that has to come in only. >> now, during last year's concerts capitol police racked up more than 12,000 hours of overtime patrolling the parties. costing you more than $700,000.

imagine being on a plane when it drops tens of thousands of feet in a matter of time. that's exactly what happened to passengers on a flight yesterday. >> but it's not what caused an emergency landing. and looking live from right outside our studios this morning it is

as we are told to keep breathing we go into the nosedive and that was incredibly scary. it felt like we were just diving. >> so imagine being on that plane headed straight for the ground. a sky west flight was headed to connecticut when the pilot suddenly decided to bring the plane down. flight radar reports the plane dropped 24,000 feet in under ten minutes yesterday afternoon. the pilots thought there was a cabin pressure problem after a passenger passed out. turns out it was just miscommunication between the pilots and the flight attendants. the pilot made the right move trying to plane to breathable air space. take a look at some incredible video here. for the first time in more than 40 years, a volcano is billowing smoke and ash in southern chile. take a look here -- >> so cool. >> the huge cloud here. the volcano erupted yesterday

and neighboring homes were emptied as they were evacuated. the last time it erupted was in 1972. >> see it makes for beautiful pictures but realize that's ash and smoke coming from a volcano. so not necessarily dangerous -- i mean, not necessarily safe to be around that. yes. >> nice to see from far, far away. >> exactly. >> also nice to see this morning, some clear skies over the district. just a few rays of morning sun. maybe coming over the horizon. >> we're hoping the sunshine warms things up right now. weather and traffic on the ones. it's a pretty chilly start to our day. chuck bell please tell me it will warm up today. >> it will warm up a little bit. you can sit outside and warm your hands and feet by the roaring volcano down there. temperatures right now are back downtown the 30s west of i-95. 37 in martinsburg. 36 in bristow virginia this morning. bus stop weather, cold start. low to mid 40s first thing this

morning. only mid to upper 40s in the mid and later parts of the morning ride. coming home later today, breezy mix of clouds and sunshine. not the prettiest day. temperatures not even making 60 degrees for most neighborhoods. so it will be a chilly one for sure. if you're going out to a dinner and movie tonight, back down into the 40s and 50s by 8:00 or 10:00 this morning. or march line has returned an opportunity for a killing freeze tomorrow morning. i'll show you that in ten minutes and talk about weekend rain chances as well. for now, a check on traffic with melissa. still have this breaking news chuck. 95 northboard. you can see behind me we have somebody driving for us to show us what's going on there and they are really almost completely stopped. we're talking about a 4 1/2 mile backup at this point this morning. as you're headed through dale city. so if you want to take the toll lanes, maybe take route 1 instead you'll be much happier

with yourself to do something like that this morning. other than that, don't have any real problems right now. travel time wise, everything around the region looking pretty good. the only exception to that is going to be an issue here on 95 northbound as you're headed through dale city. from quantico to the beltway 50 minutes at this point this morning. 95 northbound near dale city going to be our slowest spot this morning. take a look at cardinal drive as well. here are the travel times. 66 inbound, fairfax county park bayh to the beltway, it's come down a bit. 270 south from germantown 16 minutes. outer loop just ten minutes so that's on time. remember to listen to our friends on wtop for the latest on the problem down in dale city. >> thanks, melissa. it could be an indication of a lawsuit. >> what a let

breaking news once again. biggest problem right now, 95 northbound near dale city. we are very very slow. you'll want to take an alternate. look at some of the backups we are seeing. 95 northbound at cardinal try. we have a 4 1/2 backup as you're approaching dale boulevard because of this earlier crash. speaking of some backups today, and some traffic changes, derrick ward is in southeast washington with a csx tunnel project that could cause an issue throughout the next couple of months, actually. >> reporter: indeed, it will. once it gets underway. where's the tunnel it's pretty much beneath our feet. it runs parallel to 695. if you want to know what the construction is there's some tell tale signs in the streets.

this marks some electrical lines and talk about a vault. an underground space that's here. when you see it marked off, that means the construction is coming. it's relocating utilities around a major piece of railroad infrastructure. this tunnel used to carry railroad tracks to a train station that was on the mall before the days of union station. it has remained an important part of csx lines facilitating train commerce all up and down the east coast. you might say it's the i-95 of rail lines, but it needs an upgrade. they're going to be upgrading the tunnels for safety and also just relocating some of the tracks and making them more efficient. you're going to see some lane closures here pretty much between 7:00 am and 7:00 p.m. for the two months of the duration of the project. also going to lose some parking spaces and this is on a section of fourth street southeast between westbound virginia avenue and "i" streets southeast. again, once the construction gets underway, expect to lose those lanes between 7:00 a.m.

and 7:00 p.m. there are signs and cones to direct you around it. but you might want to alter your trip a bit as you make your commute around this work. we are live in southeast, derrick ward news4. >> thank you. 13 before the hour now. a new place is now considering charging you for driving during rush hour. news4 transportation reporter adam tuss learned that tyson corner is considering it along with d.c. like the 495 express lanes you would be charged a higher fee based on how many people are driving in a certain area. aaa mid-atlantic told adam it could seriously improve your drive. >> they think it can really resolve the congestion issue because that is the plague and the hex on our houses. >> little shakespeare there. the pricing would be like a plan currently in place in london where it costs about $17 to drive downtown during the day. it is now 5:47.

"rolling stone" magazine may be sued over a discredited article about rape on campus at uva. associate dean of students nicole eramo sent a letter to the magazine yesterday. she was cited in the magazine as jackie and eramo tried to discourage her from posting the assault. quote, "rolling stone" deeply damaged me personally and professionally using me as the personification of a heartless administration. the article attacked my life's work. montgomery school leaders are apologizing for accidentally putting children's information online. they say they included pictures and i.d. numbers of at least 16 elementary schoolers in a presentation in another state. that presentation then ended up in a link on a u.s. department of commerce website. the students went to wood acres

elementary in bethesda. the link is no longer up today. this morning we are hearing directly from the police officer who ran over a suspect in arizona. some are questioning officer michael rapiejko's use of force. police say before the encounter, mario valencia committed a series of crimes including stealing that rifle from a walmart. >> i need to shoot to stop the threat or i need to run him over to stop the threat. >> the suspect survived the crash and the officer has been cleared of any criminal charges. mario valencia's lawyer said this is a clear case of excessive force. takoma park's effort to go green could cost the city millions. the plan is to convert streetlights the more energy efficient ones. in the end, the city could save $200,000 a year but the cost to convert all the streetlights to

l.e.d. through pepco is estimated to be $2.7 million. well perhaps a face only a mother could love. take a look for yourself. that's how a lot of you are describing the new national security agency's mascot aimed at encouraging employees to recycle. dunk is his name. pink shorts, some sneakers. >> i'm trying to hear if it has a creepy voice. >> twitter is lighting up with your comments. you called the mascot the stuff of nightmares. others say it breaks new ground for creepiness. you can see in the video the mascot has -- like a -- it has some muscles there. at least the signage in the front clearly indicates what he's there for, yes. >> if you can get past the scary face, good message. let's turn to chuck bell now. never mind, i was going to say -- >> you were gonna -- >> make a comparison.

>> pink shorts story. >> i'll be nice to you. >> you can put the pink shorts away for the next few days as a result of a pattern change. we could have a freeze possibility in the western suburbs by tomorrow or even on into saturday morning. late freezes are a possibility. i had to do some digging through the record books since we're talking about a possibility in the couple of mornings. the latest freeze in washington april 29 1874. been a long time since we were that cold. the latest freeze in dulles is much much later into the year. may 22 2002. almost a full month later than the latest freeze here in washington. get away from the warm waters of the potomac and the heat island of the city and things are much much colder for sure. 47 in washington. winds out of the west averaging eight miles an hour. winds gusting up near 30 mile per hour and at times later on

this afternoon. out the door weather, mid to upper 30s in western and northern suburbs to mid 40s around town. we'll small short of 60 degrees for the high. most everyone stays in the mid to upper 50s for this afternoon. more than ten degrees cooler than average. the overall weather impact not much of a problem out there. no weather slow downs on the roadways so that's good news. snowflakes flying across the high spots of central pennsylvania. around here we have no chance for snow, but coming out at 3:00 or 4:00 there may be a few quick random sprinkles. might get as far south as columbia. but we'll be rain drop free here around the city. a freeze watch tomorrow posted for shenandoah valley. winds will fade overnight tonight and it could be as much as a killing freeze. so tender plants and vegetables and flowers, cover them up if you care about them especially across northern maryland and

shenandoah valley. chilly weather is here to stay, everybody. we went 13 days in a row above average. that ended yesterday. and most of the next seven to 14 days are likely to be at or below average. both chances for rain on this weekend saturday and sunday come really from about sundown saturday night to lunch time on sunday. no rainouts for your baby showers this weekend. >> thank you. i told you i was concerned about that. breaking news again. 95 northbound in virginia as you approach dale city a big problem this morning. it is jammed at dale boulevard. an overturned tractor-trailer is overturned and it spilled ink. they're trying to get that ink out of the way. might want to do route 1 or do the express lanes. kind of to avoid at least some of this traffic. because we're talking about a fairly big backup at this point this morning. here is a shot of it 95

northbound. this keeps rotating on me, i apologize here. 95 northbound at cardinal drive. you can see that stretch that is very slow. otherwise in general, not having any traffic issues or real incidents. a lot of the earlier construction is out of the way. if we had our big look at the beltway it's nice and green and rolling along. same thing with 270. and prince george's county overall nice and green. this is our real issue at this point the morning. i'm back in ten minute. it appears a lot of you will be spending the spring renovating nearly a third of the americans will take on a home renovation project this year. with nearly two-thirds getting started this spring. we're here. that's according to a recent survey by liberty mutual insurance. it found one in five consumers will spend $10,000 or more on renovations. it's a lot of money than probably cheaper than having somebody else do all of those that for you. save money. a new survey says most of us believe the hype around wearables like smart watches and

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friday. apple says it's working to fill orders as quickly as possible. based on supply and the order in which they were received. aaron, back over to you. >> all right. thank you. hey, check your mega millions tickets. someone bought a $1 million ticket at a 7/eleven story and the numbers drawn were 31 33 35 41 69 and the mega ball was 11. that ticket matched the first five number but missed the mega ball. >> oh. we don't play mega ball. >> it's in richmond. >> don't you have people in richmond? >> i do. it's a chilly morning outside. what better way to warm up than free coffee and a doughnut too. >> the doughnuts are really good. i need to get my hands on one of the doughnuts. we're partnering once again with yum goodie. it will be parked from 7:00 to 9:00. they go fast too.

>> it will be too late. >> i'm going to national harbor. maybe i can swing by. >> brandon the man behind the truck is making 250 doughnuts. look for the truck before you head into work this morning. some breaking news right now involving a major mess. you are going to want to avoid. we have a crew right in the middle of the mess on i-95 in prince william county. we are seeing some backups of several miles because of an accident. melissa mollet is helping you get around that mess at 6:00. as we look outside right now, beautiful skies but 46 degrees outside of our studios. what a way to wake up. chuck bell will tell us when things will warm up.

"news4 today" begins with breaking news. >> a major mess an accident and an ink will make getting to work a challenge for you. look at the scene, a lot of backups there. our traffic camera was stuck in the middle of this gridlock on 95 near dale city where we're seeing four-mile backup so far. melissa mollet is helping you get around the mess in your first 4 traffic. >> but first, a shock to your system. much cooler temperatures right now and the wind isn't helping matters in some places. storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell is here with more on the wind gusts we are seeing this morning. chuck? >> that's right. it was a very blustery start

early this morning. winds have faded back a bit right now. but they'll be right back on us as soon as the sun comes up this morning. sunrise about 20 minutes after 6:00. right now over downtown all is quiet out there. but temperatures are chilly. 46 in downtown. but you get away from the waters of the potomac or the urban heat island and temperatures are in the mid to upper 30s out to the shenandoah valley. so layer up everybody. the winds which are quite gusty an hour or so again are laying down for now. plan on a very breezy day today. once we get the sun back up the temperatures start to rise slowly. in the 30s and 40s for the afternoon. air temperatures struggling to make it into the upper 50s to