it is not clear why the chopper went down. the company that owns it said the pilot along with the nurse, the medic, and their patient all died in that crash. police are working to get in touch with their families right now. it is 5:00 a.m. good morning, everybody. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> and i'm erika gonzalez. a mild morning. looks like it's going to stay that way. >> let's check in with "storm team 4" meteorologist chuck bell. >> good morning, everyone. coming up on 5:01. it will be close to record-high temperatures. if you're driving around, dry roads and clear skies. if you're going out to exercise, you can get away with the shorts for outdoor plans. first thing, though, pockets of fog. four miles in gaithersburg. be on the lookout for a little fog this morning. most of the fog is over rib crossings and by the bay. 43 at 7:00 this morning.

55 degrees when you're going out for your friday evening and a mild s.t.a.r.t. near 50 degrees first thing tomorrow morning. we'll get more into how nice it will be. coming up in a few more minutes. it is traffic time. here's melissa mollet. >> good morning. a water main break here. it could be around for a couple manufacture hours as they try to get it cleared up and out of the way. again, westbound lanes of eisenhower avenue close at telegraph. wheel keep you updated on that one. 95 northbound at 234 through dumfries we have a little bit of a slowdown because of the debris in the roadway. you can see here. everything rolling along just fine. we don't have any big worries as you're looking at the shot of the beltway. up top, 95, everything is rolling along just fine. live look at prince george's county coming up. a scare at arkansas

university after an armed man drove onto campus causing a lockdown. brad bartelt posted that he was homicidal. he had gasoline and propane with him. police were able to take him into custody without firing any shots. bartelt was a former student at one of asc's campuses. an assistant director in charge of the fbi los angeles office said divers are looking for a computer hard drive missing from one of the homes of the suspects. thursday was the day of searching lake see come, three miling from the shooting. it could take several days. one of the arms linked to the terror attacks was linked

back to the u.s. the serial number was one that marched an american arms dealer online. it's not clear how it got badge to europe. later, we expect a short-term spending bill to pass through the house. action needs to be taken today to keep the government running. the senate has already acted and once the short-term bill is passed lawmakers need to get back to work on a long-term deal. today a shakeup in prince george's county. sources tell us that police chief mark magaw announced he is retiri retiring. as soon as today the home of maryland football may have a different name. the university of maryland back court of regents say it may be changed from byrd stadium to

maryland stadium. some say byrd had racist views. it's sentencing day for a woman who embezzled more than $380,000 from her employer and the properties she managed. lorraine sear also faces tax evasion and wire fraud charges in the district. she pled guilty earlier this year. court documents show she spent the cash on casinos and shopping. the sentence could include both jail time and financial penalties. new this morning more than 150 refugees from syria are in toronto. the government flew them there on a military airplane that tumbled down overnight. justin trudeau greeted the refugees in person. the government plans to resettle 25,000 refugees over the next few months. major change in the fight over gun control. the stating state being the first to ban it.

outbreak. they mourn the loss of one of their own. how they're turning greefr into a positive mission. it's going been a beautiful weekend. will it be

developments in the fight over gun control. malloy plans to sign it banning sales of guns to people on watch lists it. ee something president obama called for in his address to the nation. chris van hollen is urging larry hogan to take a similar action here. there is a lot of damage after a possible tornado in washington state. it's the latest weather worry after days of torrential rain. they've got rain, flooding.

no one was hurt in yesterday's possible tornado. students did temporarily shelter in place inside the school. two businesses were evacuated and sustained pretty serious damage. today the board of resubsequents will decide if byrd stadium should be renamed. in a few hours the board will take a vote and "news4's" molette green will have more on why there is a push to change the name. mollet? >> reporter: good morning, erika. we're expecting in just a few hours the vote on the difficult and emotional issue for a lot of people connected to this university. that's when the university board of regents meets as you said and takes up this proposal to rename byrd stadium. this push comes from the top there. the university president, the current president wallace low citing the president racist. they recommend sending it to maryland stadium. if approved h.c.'s contributions

to this institution would still be recognized in one of the main libraries. this move today would go even further. there's a plan on this campus to open up dialogue about diversity and in the words of the university president, bridge the divide on this campus. that is the latest now live from the university of maryland. i'm molette green, "news4." back to you. >> all right, molette. thank you very much. coming up at 5:11, "weather & traffic on the 1s." >> "storm team 4" meteorologist chuck bell getting us ready for the weekend. chuck? >> yes, indeed. if you're thinking about driving out this weekend, no worries. just sunglasses. dry on i-95, 81, and 70. air travel, no real trouble around here. could have delays around the american hubs. outside temperatures are in the 30s and mid-40s. so your commute today on your way in, pockets of fog.

temperatures about 43 degrees on the ride in. sunshine delays and your sunglasses. that's all you need to worry about today. temperatures near 65 degrees. weekend forecast coming up in ten minutes. one of the days you're going to like more than the other. i'm going to let you know coming up. melissa, here's traffic now. >> thank you. no major problems inner loop or outer loop. 95 north of dumfries we do have a report of debris in the roadway. popping up on a couple of different systems. a warning there. 270 northbound and southbound, no erbs. remember this in alexandria. westbound lanes of eisenhower avenue shut down for some road repairs after water main break yesterday. that's near telegraph road. eastbound lanes being used for two-way traffic. they could still be here if they don't get it wrapped up in the next couple of hours as things start progressing with the morning commute. overall looking quite good.

no major problems there. we'll have a live look at 270 coming up. a laser pointer leaves a man in handcuffs. why police officers say it was

outrage and sadness after the death of a montgomery county offer. the 24-year-old died yesterday. police say a suspected drunk driver hit offer liotta last week on rockville pike. the police chief tom manger partly blamed them for the death. >> he was killed by a man arrested twice before for drunk

driving. jock mccarthy said -- 5:15. today action that montgomery county officials hope will keep other drunk drivers off the road. "news4's" megan mcgrath has more. megan, what's happened today? >> reporter: well, aaron, it's the holiday season. that means a lot of office parties and entertaining. the officers want to make sure those who have been drinking don't get behind the wheel. i'm standing here. it's a reminder of just how dangerous a drunk driver can be. here's how it works. take a look here. you can use the bemydd app.

a professional driver will come to the location, drive you in your car back to your house or wherever you're headed. rather than calling for a taxi, you don't have to go back. it's anywhere from $14 to $19.50 depending where you live. a $25 service for car pickup if you want someone to come and pick up your car. liquor stores across montgomery county are going to be handing out free $20 gift cards which will help defray the cost of the driver. they just want to make sure that nobody gets behind the wheel this holiday season and takes the risk because you can see the memorial behind me here, it can have deadly consequences. this program gets under way today and it will be in effect through january 1st. back you do in the studio. >> all right, megan. thank you. starting today the sober ride program starts at 10:00 tonight and runs through new

year's day. the organization is hold ang event to honor law enforcement in our area this morning. "news4's" transportation report reporter melissa mollet will emcee that event. some were upset over relocating a mosque in fredericksburg. a meeting turned hostile. one man was repeatedly interrupting the presentation. that starts at 7:00 in the auditorium at river bend high school. we went into the community to talk with muslims who live in our area and they tell us they're experiencing an anti-islam backlash. some children are getting bullied at school. police officers listened to their concerns in montgomery county last night. one woman told us she's worried about her son. >> he feels quite marginalized.

in fact, some of the kids in the school are naming him as isis. >> police also alerted the community to incident this month and a possible hate e-mail investigation. a school chief wants more money. last year his budget led to a pretty bitter dispute and this year he's asking for more. he proposed a $2 billion budget during his state of the school meeting last night. he wants smaller class sizes for kindergarten through second grade, a specialized program, and raise teachers' salaries. a developing story. a second man now in custody. matthew slon ski was hit by a stray bullet. andre dudley was arrested yesterday. he's now charged with second-degree murder and police had named him a person of

interest. marcus king, as you may remember, was also charged in the murder. there are no new clues in the disappearance of relisha ru rudd. rudd disappeared in march 2014. kahlil tatum, the man who was with her committed suicide. this happened in charlottesville. the charlottesville officer said he was in his cruiser when the man pointed the laser at his face. the officer spotted the man in the car across the street, pulled him over, and charged him. a major break in the murder of a young woman in spotsylvania county. police now have 21-year-old heather ciccone's cell phone. the cell phone has critical messages and phone calls in the

hours before someone killed her. chuck bell says get out the flip-flops. very nice temperature this weekend. we'll get you ready for the warmup on the way. chuck? >> yeah, you guys. get ready for it. december? what december. we've decided to skip it all together. we've skipped all of winter. temperatures getting close to 70 degrees for the next four days in a row. how unbelievable is that in december. first thing you need to know, though, on your way out the door though. yes, there's a little bit of fog but nowhere near as much as the last couple of days. undered my visibility in martinsburg. a little fog along the bay as well. really it's going to be river crossings by the bay. be careful. we'll be back with much warmer weather. here's the fog forecast by 7:00 this morning. still areas of fog around here but nowhere near as big of a deal as it's been.

by 9:00, 10:00, that's all gone. we'll be left with sunshine to warm things up. 43 at 7:00. we'll be in the 50s by 9:00. in the afternoon f you can get out of work early today, full alert to do that. a record high at national today is 68 degrees. so there is a chance we can tie or break that record today. if you go out of town, it's going to be mild and dry. evening temperatures staying in the 50s. no more than a light wrap to keep you warm. that's it. highs today, 65 in frederick, maryland, 68 in fredericksburg. cooler today, high in annapolis. saturday, i think saturday's the pick of the litter for the weekend. sunshine and warm. 69 tomorrow. near 70 on sunday. the knock on 70. more clouds. should be staying dry, but the

next big change in the weather arrives as we get into sunday night and monday morning. that's when things start to turn around a little bit later. i'll let you know how much colder it will get. that's at 5:51. here's melissa mollet. good morning. >> good morning. looking quite good. don't have any problems. the nice weather will be a great and the evening commute as well. you can see we're flowing along very nicely. 95 north here at dumfries, still have that debris in the roadway being reported. that is very, very good for us this morning. as we zoom in here, westbound lanes shut down. the eastbound lanes are taking through to trachlk this is because of the overnight water main repairs going on there. taking a look at inbound. you don't have any major issue there. right now, i-95. it's going to take you ten

minutes. we'll see you at 5:31. >> starting new today, new rules. ddot is increasing several violations. it will go way, way up. tripling in some cases. for example, you'll have to pay a thousand dollars. and if you hit a cyclist, that fine is ten times as much as it was before. >> this morning 120 leaders will gather to push state funding. school funding for each individual student has gone from close to $4,300 to just over $3,600 in 2016. donald trump is not backing down, but is his plan to ban muslims hurting his polls. what new numbers are revealing about his campaign. outrage in chicago. what protesters are called for as hundreds march for change after a man was killed by a

police officer. chuck's four things to know about the forecast as you start yo

right now, fallout on donald trump and his plan to ban muslims. and a plan that shut down offices in d.c. hundreds of protesters after

the death of a teenager. the changes they're calling for. good morning. i'm erika gonzalez. >> i'm aaron gilchrist. we want to get to four things you need to know about your forecast. >> good morning, everybody. friday finally here after a very mild week. it looks like we're in store for an even milder weekend. what do you know about the weather? less fog to deal with but more warmth coming not just for today but for the weekend. perfect day to get out of work earlier. your weekend plans are looking a great. our december heat wave is really starting to crank up and we might be near record-high temperatures for each of the next four days. weather impact today, nice and low. fog in spots this morning but even warmer temperatures today will climb into the upper 0s. here's those pockets of fochlgt northern maryland, shenandoah valley, and bay-size. here's your hour by hour.

40s this morning. 66 by lunchtime. 66 degrees for highs today. as i mentioned the will be the beginning of an incredible stretch of warmth. temperatures. a chance firefighter a cold front comes by. still staying well above average. i cranked out the numbers for the seven-day forecast, melissa. by the end of the seventh day, december might be as much as 12 degrees warmer than average. >> really? >> that's insane. that would crush the old record. >> i like that. when i come out in the morning and it feels like ah, i didn't have to run freezing cold to the car so early in the morning. right now the weather is being very nice to the roads here in morning. 66 and 90 looking clear. one thing on 95, debris in the roadway at dumfries. taking a look at the issue we

had earlier, pushing this out for any folks. westbound near eisenhower shut down. eastbound being used for two lanes of traffic. water main break that's going to last through the morning. top of the beltway looking fine. moving along just fine. 95 here in maryland from 32 down to the beltway is going to take you ten minutes just as it should. travel time's in ten minutes. >> that factory in syria now a pile of rubble. two syrian groups blamed for it. they say the syrian government use thad building to make chemical weapons. take a look. you can see orange dust in the air after the explosion and implosion. right now in switzerland, the u.s. embassy in switzerland is warning citizens to be extra

vigilant. the country raised its terror alert while police search for four people who may be linked to isis. police believe the suspects were planning an attack. a former police officer could soon be sentenced to more than 260 years behind bars. a jury found 29-year-old daniel holtzclog guilty of sexual assault. he was charged with both rape and battery. decision 2016. it looks like republican voters seem to be siding with presidential candidate donald trump on his proposed ban of muslims into the u.s. this as he gets a big-time endorsement in new hampshire. tracie potts with what this is doing for his cam paint tracie, good morning. >> hey, aaron. last night donald trump got his endorsement from the northeast police ben everybody lent

organization. he also said the death penalty should apply to anyone who kills a police officer. now, it's his more controversial idea that is the subject of the latest nbc/wall street journal poll. 50% of the americans, that's overall democrats,%s, independents. they did agree. for a whole of this side pollsters point out that a large percentage, 15% remain undecided on that. do people think donald trump is insulted? about four out of ten said yes. he's bringing up important issues and almost a quarter said he's actually got the right approach. more people in our poll than not. 2-1 were favorable to muslims. here's what's interesting. while people are split over whether or not this is a good idea. overall his numbers continue to grow. the nbc "new york times" poll, he's got 35%.

next closest, ted cruz. >> tracie potts on capitol hill. thank you, tracie. virginia voigters will have more than a dozen to choose from. yesterday was the deadline for presidential candidates to mitt entries. george pataki did not try to qualify. all three democratic candidates will also be on the ballot. for the first time today we'll hear from the family of a chicago teen killed by a police officer. you may remember the dash cam video that shows the officer firing at 17-year-old laquan mcdonald as many as 16 times. today mcdonald's family is expected to call for the resignation of the county state's attorney. officer jason van dyke faces murder charges in the october

2014-killings. blanding pleaded guilt to shooting his friend and setting his body on fire and leaving it in an alley in june. an alert for parents after a former teacher gets indicted on child porn charges. tommy stantsel taught at benton middle school. investigators say he sent explicit pictures of himself to a girl who was younger than 15 at the time. stentzel has pled not guilty. loudoun county is planning to build a gun range for its deputies. the sheriff has approved building the range on their land. it will take up about 65,000 square feet in leesburg. it will cost $21 million. a commuter train takes off blowing through stops with passengers on board. how it got stopped when

passengers realized there wasn't a driver. toronto welcomes a first group of syrian refugees. how canada is responding to the crisis. a look outside as we start this warm on a december morning. how long will it last?

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breaking news at the live desk. a row of row homes. a six-alarm fire which means a lot of firefighters came out to battle this one. we can tell you nine people are hurt because of the fire. minor injuries. they're going to be okay. this video coming to us right from our affiliate in new york city, the bronx. huge fire. row homes caught fire sometime just a little while ago and nine people hurt. 89 people displaced. the cause of the fire under investigation. aaron, back to you.

>> thank you. human error may be to blame for a commuter train that took off without a driver. transportation officials say employees quickly realized a six-car train was moving without a driver. they were able to slowly turn off all the power along that line of track there. none of the passengers, 50 on board, was hurt, but the operator of the train did get hit. david vazquez is a 28-year veteran. he is expected to recover. a very bad stench in a baltimore apartment lead to dozens of snakes. how many? about 66. uh-huh. they came in all different sizes. one over ten feet long. many of them extremely ill. animal experts worked last night to nurse them back to health. the baltimore animal and care rescue said they've taken in snakes before, just never this many. they hope to find them all permanent homes.

66 of them. 66 snakes. >> all right. 20 minutes before the top of the hour. i want to turn to "weather & traffic on the 1s." >> aaron's got room at his house, no problem. i know how you love a good python at home. yikes. scary stuff. outside this morning. what to wear for the kiddos. this kid right here, he's going to be cool today. all you need is a sweater, like jarkts jeans, your sun glass. shedable layers this morning. cold spot. frederick down to 32. martinsburg is at 35. milder 45 in luray and annapolis. areas of fog this morning but nowhere near as impactful as it's been the past few days. a-plus at recess. coming up in ten minutes, a complete look at the seven-day forecast. you won't want to miss it, melissa. there's a 70 on there somewhere.

>> i love it. i love it. i love it. sounds good to me. right now very slow. 295 northbound. i do have a problem here. we have the left side blocked with construction. take a look. we are slow as you're headed to 95 northbound here because of that roadwork happening. alexandr alexandria. travel times, 66, looking good. taking a look back in maryland, 270 south is rolling along nicely. the top of the beltway is looking good. 95 to 270. remember to listen to wtop 103.5 f.m. for the latest problems when you hop in your car this morning. >> melissa, thank you. it would be a big change in maryland. the controversy of renaming byrd stadium heads to a new vo

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good morning, everybody. welcome back to "news4 today." it's friday. >> thank goodness. >> we need to start charging for the weather. there's no way to tell what we're going to get. a great stuff. wake-up weather. as you're planning out your weekend, here's something fun to do. saturday night right here on nbc 4, it's "storm team 4" tracking winter. a look at all the things that are going to be packing your winter weather forecast. el nino seemed to be ruling the roost here. we'll let you know what that entails. that's tomorrow. >> keep it around. >> we're doing everything we can, don't you worry.

>> thank you. i wish i could get rid of this problem here this morning. 295 north after pennsylvania avenue still have that left side blocked with construction slowing things down quite a bit. then westbound avenue at eisenhower, eastbound lanes being used for two-way traffic. something to remember if you're headed to the metro. beltway actually looking pretty good. erica? >> california? >> thank you so much. today the board of resubsequents of the university will decide if the byrd stadium should be renamed. molette green with more on why there's a push to change the name. molette? >> reporter: erika, yeah. in just a few hours we'll know if university leaders will take a big step that some say will make it more inclusive, renaming one of the most affluent symbols to the new suggest, maryland stadium. that's the proposal before the board of resubsequents.

all of this started with a campaign from a small group of students and pressure just grew from there for the current president wallace throe take a stance. this is an issue. he's known for fighting to keep blacks off the campus. that was in 1941. this is the first step some say to bring racial toengs an end on this campus. new details in the case of a missing girl from virginia. spotsylvania county deputies say they're learning more about what happened to kaitlyn akins before she disappeared. "the free lance-star" confirms

the story that her stepfather dropped her off apt a mall. he luggage was found in a drainage ditch in spotsylvania. fairfax fire and emergency personnel will be part of an intensive training session today. the classes will be avail tolk the public starting on december 17th. the class aims to help you recognize the warning signs of mental health problems like anxiety and depression. there is a fee for the class. a louisiana grand jur indicts two marshals involved in the deadly shooting of jeremy mar it is. it happened as the marshals fired into the car driven by the boy's father who was wounded. greenhouse is free on a 1 million dollar bond right now. stafford remains in jail. he is hoping the popular

podcast serial will explain his motive. that's what bowe bergdahl is saying this morning. he spent nearly five years in captivity in afghanistan after walking away from his post. the new season of "serial" starts. in idi in it he plans to walk to a nearby camp to report behavior. >> i thought people would understand that i was right, you know, what was going on was a danger to the lives of the men in that company. >> bergdahl got lost and was captured by a group affiliated with the taliban. last year five taliban prisoners were freed in exchange for bergdahl's release. he now faces military charges of desertion and misbehavior for the enemy. he's still in the army and

assigned to clerical work at a home base in texas. a new survey carried out by the rand association. 85% of special forces, men said combat is not the place for women. they said allowing women to serve in the navy s.e.a.l.s, delta force or other command o'units could hurt their effectiveness and lower their standards. leaders say they expect the challenges can be overcome in time with training. in "news4" your hecht, a new study says watching others drink or take drugs may be a problem for teens with that gene. teens involved in the study were twice as likely to misbehave and those with the gene were six times as likely to show impulsive behavior. coming up on 5:51. the weekend is upon us and it's not going to be a december

weekend around here. >> i cannot believe it. looking at your forecast, you would think it would be something like april. >> october or april. you're absolutely right. 's when 70 would be considered average. i've got a four-letter word to describe tomorrow. warm. get your mind out of the gutter, you two. we do have patchy fog this morning. it's nowhere near as much of a problem as it has been. temperatures getting up close to 70 degrees. here's the next four days. today, a butdy of a day to be outside. plenty of sunshine. temperatures today up into the upper 60s. our record today is 68 at reagan national and records over the weekend. 71 tomorrow and 71 on sunday. dulles, your record, 71, 72, and 71 through the next three days. even bwi marshal, there's your record.

we'll be at high 60s. wakeup temperature, upper 40s. that's not cold at all. 62 by noochblt near the record tomorrow, 69 for the high. as we get into the day on sunday, it won't be quite as nice on sunday as saturday. there will be more clouds coming in. temperatures at 62 by 6:00. increasing clouds. the next big change happens sunday night into monday. clouds arrive. temperatures monday morning in the mid 50s. rain likely by monday afternoon. there's a big chance for rain coming up on monday. 50% chance at least. it will be on the showery side. the rest of the seven-day forecast here. even after the cold front, and there is a cold front that brings the rain in on monday. even after that. keeping in mind our average high is only 47 degrees.

that's incredibly mild weather next week and another chance for showers coming up on saturday. all in all, i think you're going to like the way the weekend is looking. when i see you at 6:00, we'll talk about how weather affects the travel plans. here's traffic with melissa mollet. >> good morning, chuck. we take a look at one of the issues. we have a couple of things that popped up here. after pennsylvania ave you getting pretty slow and now inbountd a little slow as well. this is a work zone that's sticking around longer than it should. the left side of the roadway is blocked. in alexandria, westbound eisenhower avenue, en lanes being used for two-way traffic here this morning. that's from an overnight water main break. beltway at kenilworth moving along just fine, live look at 66 coming up. the defense could call a key witness in the trial of officer

william porter. he's one of six officers. investigators say gray died after injuries he received in the back of a police van. lawyers could call the other prisoner in the back of the van to the witness stand chld they're trying to prove gray's injuries were self-inflicted. >> we expect to learn the sentence of a woman who embezzled more than $380,000 she stole from her employer. she plead guilty earlier this year. court documents show she spent the cash on casinos and shopping. this morning the sentence could include bothall time and financial penalties. just in this morning the first of tens of thousands of syrian refugees in canada. the canadian government flew them in overnight.

they landed there in toronto. you can see the canadian prime minister went to thearity to mane them. dan said it will resettle over 25,000 refugees over the next few months. >> expect busy airports and jam-packed airplanes this season. they expect 38 million people to fly between december 18th and january 3rd. that's about a 3% jump. they say lower airfares over the last nine months are encouraging people to talk to the air. good morning. i'm landon dowdy. ups is struggling to keepen that's resulted in a higher volume of holiday package. data from developer said the rate was 91% last week versus 97% a year ago. ups says more residential dranks

and they've been slammed with extra pick ups and not a high enough volume to handle the areas. quite possibly the coolest first lady we've ever had. almost a million of you have watched the first lady rap on u2. >> how about that. michelle obama and "saturday night live" act er actor farrel. >> you've got to meet kids where they are, right? the video is the sendup of the celebrity culture that the first lady say swhaenltss to turn on its head to get more american kids thinking about higher education. >> all right. now we want to go to decision 2016.

florida senator marco rubio is insured under the law. he confirms he signed up in 2013 and he's not alone. rand paul signed up for insurance in 2013 as did all. rubio's health care choice may now affect hi frequent criticism of the program as he often refers to as a taxpayer funded bailout. anger and fallout following a police officer's death. killed on the job by a drunk driver, why fellow officers blame maryland laws and risks on the road this holiday season. chuck bell is back with your december forecast and he said we're going to set records in the next 24 hour. stick around.

outrage this morning after a montgomery county police officer was killed on the job alleged bibi a drunk driver. why his brothers in blue are blaming the maryland laws. a medical helicopter crashed in california. we're getting details about who was on that championshiper. plus a last-minute search at lake turns up new leads at a san bernardino shooting investigation.

first in your weather headlines for today as we're approaching 6:01 on your friday morning, it may look like winter outside but it's not going to feel like it. a little fog out there. it's not as thick or widespread as yesterday. as a result, it will be gone. we'll be up to close to the record for today. up near 66 for a high in washington. 're in the 30s and 40s now. that's within a whisper. your friday night looks a great. mild and dry. evening temperatures only in the 50s. if you're using today to travel driving lokoli, no problems there. no major airport delays just yet. i'll be back in ten minutes to let you know how many layers the kids may need today. that's in ten minutes. speaking of travel delays, here's melissa mollet. >> good morning. the left side of the roadway is blocks.