fridayky tricky to get around the area. this bridge expected to be blocked and potholes on beach drive northwest shouldn't be a be problem much longer. crews will work over-9/11 tomorrow and sunday to patch up the holes. crews are already on the job. we're working to make sure you know where the worst potholes are. tweet us @4potholefix if you notice a particularly bad pothole. this new twitter account is devoted to patching up the potholes. tweet us the location, any pictures to the hand handle @4potholefix. thanks to the freeze, thaw, snow, rain, freeze, thaw -- >> nonsense. >> chuck, what is ahead today? >> so you're telling me it's my fault. >> if that's what you took

it. >> today more clouds than yesterday, but staying dry. no chance for rain today. we will spring into saturday looking like a fine start to the weekend. sunday sprinkles may be turning more into a sunday shower chance. and there is still another snow chance coming our way next week. more about that coming up. right now, though, it's frigid. 16 in are martinsburg, 18 in manassas, a milder 29 in washington. but still 24 bay side. planning out your friday take, plan on clouds and plan on wearing that winter jacket all day. teens and 20s this morning, only in the low 40s for highs today. more about the weekend coming up. breaking news northbound bw parkway shut down at 32. all traffic pushed on to 32. and you can not get from 32 on to northbound bw parkway. now, here is the problem of course. lots of folks

parkw parkway. alternates i-95 or route 1. overall the beltway looking quite good. taking a live look here at 270 northbound at 121 clarksburg road looking quite good. i'll be back, weather and traffic always on the 1s, we'll update you on the situation. clearly based on what happened something failed. >> system failed the students it was designed to protect. that was the message after a prince george's county meeting on a child pornography case. parents want to know how and why deonte carraway was left alone with students long enough to gain their rust. 17 victims have now come forward reporting sexual abuse. moving forward the schoolboard will decide whether supports can be left alone with volunteers.

hiring and background check policies. carraway's background check did not turn up anything criminal, but sources say he does have a juvenile sex offense record. officials will also look at the protocols for reporting abuse. >> the principal is legally obligated first to report that to child protective services and to report that to his or her immediate supervisor. >> principal michelle williams is accused of not taking action after a guardian reported carraway sent a sexually explicit photo a 9-year-old. today a jury will continue to deliberate the fate of the man charged with having his uncle murdered. his uncle was going to testify in may may yo

last trial. this morning still no arrests in yesterday's double murder. this happened in the middle of the day in northeast d.c. on 58th street. one man was dead inside a home, the other pan later died at the hospital. it is 4:34. two key states add their votes to the race for the white house tomorrow. in nevada, democrat bernie sanders and hillary clinton are essentially tied going into tomorrow's caucuses. both candidates are aggressively courting latinos and talking immigration in last night's town hall in las vegas. >> do you promise to deal with immigration reform within the first 100 days? in we'll introduce legislation. i will call everybody on the committee. >> within 100 days? >> i will introduce my priority legislation and is this at the top of that last. >> i want to take 11 million undocumented people in this

>> and now to the southeast where republicans are jockeying for south carolina votes. donald trump is fighting to keep his status as a frontrunner. political analysts say jeb bush and marco rubio need strong showings in state. >> i'm here today to ask you for your vote because i'm as conservative as anyone running in this race, but i am a conservative that can win. >> south carolina governor nikki haley officially endorsed senator rubio this week despite being heavily pursued by the bush family. we'll go deeper about into that and the pope's unexpected involvement in the decision 2016 when tracie potts joins us at 4:45. today fairfax county health officials will make themselves available to answer your questions about the zika virus. they want northern virginia residents to be aware but not alarmed about the virus. you can chat online with officials at 11:00 a.m. and we'll pos a

broken down railcars may already be an issue for the purple line before it even gets up and running. there is a proposal to use a spanish company to make the cars for the light rail system. that same company once made cars for metro that had to be replaced because they broke down too often. the 16 mile light rail system would connect montgomery and prince george's countys. if you own a drone, today is the last day you can get it registered. horn 300,000 have already registered on the federal aviation administration's web site. the $5 fee is for three years. if you don't register today, you could takes could face a fine and three years in prison. it is the video everyone at work will be talking about today. a helicopter drops from the sky sending everyone on board into the water. what is expected to happen today

way. live look at current temperatures this morning. kids will definitely want to bundle up for recess today. but playing outside this weekend could be different. and after years of anticipation, the wait is over. when you can finally use the d.c. street car system.

i lead the 11 o'clock news with stories of gun violence. and like many of you, my family lived through the beltway sniper crisis. in congress, i'll fight to expand background checks on guns and ammunition, ban assault weapons, and mandate gun safety locks, because too many kids die from accidental shootings. let's show the nra we're not afraid of them; as democrats, as americans, as parents. i'm kathleen matthews and i approve this message.

this morning the faa is investigating this

helicopter crash. this put three people in the hospital including a 16-year-old boy who has critical injuries. this crash happened at pearl harbor this hawaii. it's not clear why. ntsb investigator is expected at that site today. send kids to apovercrowded school or one where they have it wake up earlier in the morning? the prince george's county board of education is considering redrawing school lines in southern maryland. the plan would reduce overcrowding at accokeek academy but would send students to another school 20 minutes away. and they would start the day at 7:30. a look at your weather today. chilly right now definitely. >> you're not kidding. it is frigid out there this morning. overall a

weather day for you, but keep your weather coat on absolutely. temperatures in the teens and 20s. windchills aren't that much of an issue, but it will stay on the cold and chilly side all day today. afternoon temperatures only in the low to mid-40s. so kiddos, you'll need your winter coat on your way out and your hat and scarf, too. now melissa mollett helping you navigate your way in and away all the traffic troubles. breaking news continues bw parkway northbound at 32. still have all lanes blocked. trafficking pushed on to 32. so when it goes from red to purple, that means our maps can't read anything because there is no movement at all. branch also blocked. so is this a major issue anybody headed perhaps to the airport this morning. take 95, take route 1 for the time being. if it clears we'll let you know. inner loop at colesville road, two right lanes getting

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nevada holds democratic caucuses tomorrow. south carolina will hold its republican primary. tracie potts is live on capitol hill for us. so a bit of a shake upin the polls and input a from the pope. >> reporter: and the wall donald trump says he wants to build, initially donald trump fought back receipt strongly on the comments. but then last night, he dialed it back a pit. much softer tone saying that he believes the pope was misinformed and misunderstood by the media when he looked at the totally of his comments. bottom line he is trying to win the south carolina contest that is coming up for the republicans this weekend. and we also heard jeb bush at that same candidate forum weigh in last night saying he does not believe that the pope should be talking about personal faith of individuals like donald trump. and john kasich also pointing

pope, but other candidates have also said it's not the pope's job to weigh in on the personal faith of any individual candidate. >> all right. tracie potts live on capitol hill for us. thank you. 4:46 is our time. it will be months before another baltimore police officer goes on trial for the death of freddie gray. the maryland court of appeals is delaying trials for all six officers. it's deciding whether officer william porter will have to test tie against the other officers. you'll remember porter's case ended in a high school trial back in december. prosecutors still want to use his testimony against the other five officers facing charges. porter's attorneys argue that violates his rights not to incriminate himself. two men have been arrested and d.c. police are looking for a third man after a sooting at a southeast barber shop. police say the three suspects shot and injured a man and his 14th month old

afternoon. two charged with assault with a ka dangerous weapon. a third man is are considered armed and dangerous. two men in prince george's county accused of killing a convicted scammer. atari was found shot to death in a rubbing on saturday. the arrests were on wednesday. police say the men robbed atari and shot him. one of the items stolen was a rolex watch. . atari was once convicted of scamming banks out of more than $50 million. police say a witness is helping them. right now police this tooes want to get this 13-year-old back home safely. sky a are m sky amar'e young went missing. she's 5'6" with black curly braids. she was last seen wearing jeans,

ugg foots and a baseball cap. more and more schools in our area are coming under fire for their names. last night the fairfax county school board took a step forward in a possible name change for jeb stuart high school. a petition calls for the district to drop the confederate general's name. and district leaders decide to at the time public comments. in southeast washington, there are questions about whether ballou high school should be renamed. the group ear leader recommend barry's maim go up on a new all boys school. ballou is named after a former d.c. school superintendent. happening today, students at one of virginia's public universities will get to heat its next leader. dr. troy peno will be introdu d introd.

state this missouri since 2010. i believe he will be at the university of mary washington now. looking live at capitol hill, a spot you'll want to try to avoid this weekend. starting afternoon, streets around the capitol will cle for the national governors conference. and they meet with president obama on monday. conference and street closures will end monday night. the situate newait is nearl over. you will soon be able to take a street car. the system will start running next saturday february 27. there will be a grand opening ceremony at 13th and h streets. the project costs $200 million. it's been delayed for years due to safety and equipment problems. a lot of people at the present time think they would ever see the street cars running on h street. but the ride is free for now, so check it out for fun. >> and then we'll see if people actually use it.

>> free? $200 million. we'll be paying for it a long time. >> ten before the top of the hour and it's cold out there this morning. >> i'm already mentally gone for the weekend because i'm thinking how nice it will be tomorrow, convertible owners top down. >> i like that you're focusing on the 60 degrees. >> out the door we're dealing with cold first thing this morning. but all anyone cares about are two things. we want to be nice and warm at least one day over the weekend and most people are not interested in anymore chances for snow. we're keeping a close eye on the next storm coming our way as we get into the tuesday/wednesday time frame of next week. still an enormous amount of up s uncertainty. it's trending more and more to rain, but still not out of the question especially along i-81, we may have a combination. 95 corridor is lookingke

but again snow chances until they ingo to 0%, it's still a chance. tomorrow we bring back into sunshine and temperatures in the 60s tomorrow. staying dry today and tomorrow. even with the clouds today, no chance for rain. sunday rain chances are now at 30% and climbing. and rain chances also by tuesday/wednesday are climbing, as well. but on your way out the door, layer up this morning. it is only 19 degrees in gaithersburg and frederick, 16 in charles utown, 24 in edgewatr and chilly 20 if fredericksburg. staying below freezing until about 9:00, 10:00. highs today mostly in the upper 30s to low and mid-40s. it will be a chilly night out, but the difference between last night and tonight, cloudy skies and a south breeze means temperatures will hold in the low 40s for your evening plans. no

first peek at the 7 day forecast, 44 day da witoday wit cloudy sky. tomorrow southwest winds tomorrow put temperatures in the low to mid-60s. there is that rain chance sunday afternoon and sunday evening. so saturday is the better day. and then the chance for rain or rain/snow combinations tuesday and wednesday. we'll talk more about how the weather will affect your plans over the weekend at 5:01. for now breaking news with melissa mollett. bw parkway still shut down, all lanes blocked at 32. traffic being pushed on to 32 and ramped to northbound bw parkway also still shut down because of a crash here this morning. if you are headed to bwi or need to go northbound that direction, take 95, take route 1. hopefully it will open during the morning commute. 66 at waples mill, no problems there. 95 north, no

nice and on time. prince george's county, no major problems. i am hearing about a problem top of the beltway. details on that coming up. a virginia military school shut down for days. the possible threats from isis that has a lot of people there on edge. it might not be your most favorite thing to do, but while you want to file ur taxes yoso

i lead the 11 o'clock news with stories of gun violence. and like many of you, my family lived through the beltway sniper crisis. in congress, i'll fight to expand background checks on guns and ammunition, ban assault weapons, and mandate gun safety locks, because too many kids die from accidental shootings. let's show the nra we're not afraid of them; as democrats, as americans, as parents. i'm kathleen matthews and i approve this message.

he stopped for a bite to eat and was brutally beaten. police hope you can help track down the responsible people. it's chilly out there right now, but just wait, the warm-up we can expect in the next 24 hours. the woman who survived a fire that killed her parents and her children will say good by to them tomorrow. sampson and caroline and their grandchildren died in that fire exactly one month ago in chillum. tomorrow the family members will be laid to rest in brentwood. that is following a funeral service in hyattsville tomorrow morning. a school in virginia is closed through the weekend because administrators say they received isis related threats. according to the "washington post," the har grave military academy has increased their security and investigating facebook messages the school received. he

there this weekend including an openhouse. we reported about cellphone thefts and now we're learning that one woman says she was the victim of back to back crimes. lauren says she was looking at a map on her iphone on tuesday when a teenage girl took it and rap off. she was then approached by a young boy who said that he would get the phone back but it would cost her $60. she told pat collins that she gave the boy $20 as a d down payment. >> i said i'll give you the rest when you come back and obviously he never came back. and so i paid him to rob me. >> cellphones are hot items right now. a good reason to get your tax return filed sooner rather than later. security breaches and other kinds of i'd

risks to millions of a taxpayers filing their returns. >> i get an e hail from high accountant that says this is very strange, i cannot submit your return. >> tonight on news 4 at 5:00, tax refund fraud. consumer reporter susan hogan shows you how it impacts millions and how you can prevent it. that's coming up at 5:00. a historic trip is in the works as a delegation of local leader pack their bags for cuba. this includes mayor bowser, isaiah leggett and maurice jones. delegation visits like there are becoming more common since relations were re-established. the group will tour schools and hospitals, but the local leaders say is this about networking as many local businesses want in on trade and tourism. >> we're going down now before

of its benefits known. >> there is caution about doing business with the eye hand nation following reports of human rights abuses. but the delegation says no deals will be that on this trip. they will head cuba on saturday and of course next month president obama will also make a visit and become the first sitting president to take a trip cuba in almost 90 years. breaking news right now top of the beltway, we are shut down inner loop and outer loop. beltway at connecticut avenue, we have an overturned tractor trailer really slowing things down. taking a big look, you can see that is our only issue there right between rockville pike, 355 and connecticut avenue. bw parkway also a major problem. northbound at 32, we are still closed there. traffic being pushed on to 32. the ramp from 32 to northbound bw parkway also shut up to. if you're headed to bwi oro

now i would say take 95, or route 1. we'll keep you updated to let you know when 295 opens. busy, busy, busy morning in traffic and it is cold, cold, cold outside this morning. weather headlines then, be ready to bundle up this morning. temperatures are in the teens and 20s right now. saturday still looking super and we're still keeping a close eye on that storm for next week. but right now, it is only 17 in martinsburg, 20 in stafford, 29 degrees now in capitol heights. and the next 24 hours waiting on the warm-up, it's not coming today, but it is coming tomorrow. temperatures 24 at 7:00 a.m. this morning, 41 at 7:00 tonight. upper 30s to near 40 tomorrow morning to start things out. all green lights today and tomorrow. a chance for showers or sprinkles on sunday. enjoy your saturday. today there will be a somber procession through the supreme court to honor justice antonin