the west appalachian as well. >> i would love to see the republican party and ebb get together and unify. and when we unify, there's nobody, nobody, that's going to beat us. >> and let's take a look at the democratic results in the virginia primary. hillary clinton with 64% of the vote and wide margin there in most counties. bernie sanders is only 35% of the vote. clinton gave a victory speech from florida where she focused on donald trump and the future. >> i believe deeply that if we resist the forces trying to drive us apart, we can come together to make this country work for everyone. the struggling, the striving and the successfuls. >> much more on the clinton big win last night including virginia in just a moment.

[000:00:58;00] with storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. good morning, chuck. >> good morning once again, everybody. a very windy morning on the way today. potomac, not too many white caps this morning but that will not be the case later on today. rain drops still dealing with a little light rain in the immediate area, but the steady wet rains down over the south, southern st. mary's county, lower pat of the chesapeake bay. it's a moving trend but as the drier air comes in, it comes in with an incredibly powerful northwesterly wind. by 5:00, normally, i show you the highs today. now, i'm showing you the 5:00 this afternoon temperatures, between now and then, temperatures, downward they will go. by 5:00, temperatures only in

the upper 30s and low 40s, melissa mollet, temperatu layer up. it ain't cold now but it will be later. >> right now, we still have this crash, really the only thing happening at this point. westbound 198, just after 95 there after schweitzer lane and laurel. that right lane is the only one getting by that accident. i do think it's going to be out fairly soon. 66 just fine. 95 okay in just the past couple of minutes has moved that off of 95 so still hanging over branch avenue there prince george's county. 66 and 234, inbound/outbound, that's where we had that nasty crash yesterday at 8:00 a.m. with that overturned vehicle. belt wael at central avenue moving along just fine. back to decision 2016 at 4:32. we have team coverage of

virginia's primary results. we'll get to julie ca trump's tight win over marco rubio. >> reporter: it's marco rubio's strong performance in northern virginia that's standing out this morning. we caught up with one of trump's chairmen here in virginia, they're certainly downplaying that performance. >> just in general, i think, honestly, rubio needed to win virginia. he's not going to win virginia, and this could be bad for the rubio campaign. >> reporter: and i also caught up with gop leaders here in virginia. i asked them about rubio's strong showing what exactly does that mean going forward. >> when you compete in virginia, when you have the ground game, when you show up, when you have the phone bank, and the money, good things happen here. >> reporter: and the gop also very proud of the number of voters that turned out, well over 1 million. that breaks the previous gop

record turnout in 2008, something that they sayld the general election. in arlington, david culver, news4. >> reporter: virginia's top democratic elected leaders say they're very encouraged by hillary clinton, strong showing in this battleground as they celebrated in old town. governor mcauliffe phoned her. governor clinton's win was expected, but the near 30 point margin said sent a strong message. >> this is a huge message for virginia. because of all the states, virginia is one of the few swing states that's going to matter in the general election. >> reporter: governor mcauliffe has told hillary clinton that he has two virginia senators in mind for possible running mates if she goes with the nomination. >> is and we told you there

would be voters are split. here's a breakdown, senator marco rubio won taking 34% of the vote donald trump followed closely behind with 33%. the result, indicative of count this close shows rubio over trump. here's the nbc washington app to take a closer look at how each county voted. the focus shifts now to where campaigns go next, all of the candidates are vowing to stay in the race. nbc's tracie potts has what's ahead with each of them as she joins us live at 4:45. in other headlines at 4:35, in a few hour, the maryland man charged with murdering his own 2-year-old daughter will carry in court. prince george's county prosecutor said he admitted he waited for ashanti davis outside of their home when she and their toddler came out of the house he

confronted her about having to y court documents say that he shot his daughter chloe and her mother several times and left them there. two virginia families may begin to get closure in the murders of their daughters. today we expect jesse matthew jr. to enter a plea in the deaths of hanna morgan and amanda graham. matthew is charged in both cases. serving three life sentences for sex assault in fairfax. prosecutors say all three cases were linked by dna. for the harrington family, the deal isn't about answers, it's about justice. >> justice for morgan rather than finality is instant for finality, as well as culpability that he will admit blame.

>> it's unclear whether matthew will admit guilt or enter fairfax sex case. it is 4:37, we should learn more today how the centers for disease control is trying to protect from you the zika virus. that virus is linked to mosquitos and deadly birth defects. later today, the cdc and food and drug administration will testify at a congressional hearing at what is being done to protect the country. 107 americans who traveled to at-risk area contracted zika and people acquiring the virus from the mosquito in the u.s. he could hardly lift his arms at first, but astronaut scott kelly mustered the strength to give the camera a thumbs up. that's pretty awesome. he landed back on earth hours ago for the first time in a year. he and a russian cosmonaut spent to close to 12 straight months

in space. >> you can imagine how that is twice as long as astronauts usually spend there. we'll see what impact that time has had on the human body to see whether we can ever send someone to marses. he looks fantastic. >> he said the thing he's looking forward to most is the contact, he was floating around. >> i betcha we are going to mars. >> 2030, first probability. and we are just getting word of breaking news right now after a train derailment in new york state. angie goss is at the live desk and will tell us why people nearby are being evacuated. >> kids may have worn shorts to school the past two days, make

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a train derailed in this horrible weather. no word on what caused the accident. chuck. good morning, everyone, 4:41 on a wednesday hump day finally going on, the rain from late, late last night is still moving out. still some lingering rain showers in the southern parts of the bay. north and west those are snow showers across much of central and western pennsylvania. no snow in our forecast but that's indicative of how much colder it's going to get. breezy and temperatures near 50. by today, when the kids come home, windy and cold. temperatures in the 30s. windchills down near freezing by midafternoon. a warm windbreaker. jeans, a hat or hairpin -- what is that thing that women wear to keep their hair down in the wind?

>> like aai >> a hat. a hat would be a good idea. westbound 198 after 95, the crash has cleared out of the way this morning. so you don't have to worry about that one anymore. big one at the beltway, overall looking very good. fairfax county and the beltway going to take you eight minutes remember to listen to our friends on wtop 105 for what's happening. going to take a look at 95 in a couple minutes with my hair net. >> you don't wear a hair net for the wind. >> look, we told you at the beginning of the broadcast decision 2016 is shaping up to be a race between donald trump and hillary clinton at this point but with super tuesday under their belt, what lies ahead, the races the front-runners are now eyeing. and aremembering one of the

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the easy way new amopé pedi perfect wet & dry. amopé. love every step. welcome back to "news4 today," 4:46. decision 2016 where it is a race for delegates. republican candidates need more than 1200 to qualify while democratic candidates need 2400. donald trump leads with 285 followed by ted cruz. hillary clinton is nearly halfway to the democratic nomination with about 1,000 delegates so far. nbc's tracie potts is live on capitol hill right now. tracie, good morning. some people say the goal is to keep trump from reaching those 1200 or so required delegates. >> well, he's about a quarter of

the way there but what happened yesterday, those three states that ted cruz picked up, he is still competitive. in fact, he is only about 100 or so delegates behind donald trump right now which means trump will have to look over his shoulder. publicly, he's looking ahead talking about winning florida and focusing on hillary clinton. ted cruz still thinks he has a shot at this. that's why cruz is now asking marco rubio who underperformed yesterday, he did win minnesota but really isn't very close to the front-runners as at all. he's asking rubio and the other two candidates, carson and kasich to get out of the race so he has a chance to beat trump. >> and hillary clinton dominating. >> she's way ahead. interestingly, his strategy

worked, the five states that were not hi knew he couldn't win there after south carolina, he won four of those five states, but in the end, it's just not enough delegates. as you said, she's almost halfway there with just shy of 1,000 delegates this morning, moving forward into florida, hoping to pick up more. >> tracie potts live on capitol hill. >> back to the republicans for a second, nbc as you political director chuck todd said we could be headed to a contested gop convention. now, this hasn't happened in a really long time but essentially it happens when none of the candidates have the majority of the delegates before the republican convention. chuck said that donald trump needs to have a very strong two weeks to earn a majority. the next big primary is saturday march 15th when florida, illinois, missouri, north carolina and ohio will vote. before that there are contests this weekend in kentucky, kansas, louisiana, maine and nebraska.

and live desk. right now we're going through exit poll numbers out of virginia. take a look. we want to start with the winners. for democrats, hillary clinton scores big with older votes, 8 out of 10 people age 65 and older said they voted for her. and with black and white voters. turning to trump with more of his outsider status, 60% said they wanted an outsider as president. voted for him. 43% of the time those without a degree voted for him. bernie sanders and marco rubio coming up in the 5:00 hour. eun. ♪ pray on just a little while longer pray on ♪ a moving memorial for a wife and dedicated mother who spent her time helping wounded service members police say crystal

hamilton's husband donald made a call for domestic violence help. police say hamilton also killed guindon and wounded two officers. she was remembered as an amazing mother. >> our friendship, it was just the two of us, missing my other half, when i turn to my left, i don't see her anymore. that's somethi that i didn't get the opportunity to say good-bye. >> family says that they are focusing on making funeral arrangements for crystal and supporting the couple's sons. there is a call for change at a bethesda intersection which was the site of a deadly crash over the weekend. three family members were killed and a fourth seriously injured in that crash at river road and pile road.

now county executives and o to do a traffic study at that area. they sent a letter to the maryland state highway association asking for a dprensive review. thousands have signed a petition asking for a traffic light at that spot. d.c. mayor marion bowser has pulled her porter for a merger. rejected the deal and laid out conditions for pepco and exelon for that approval. the lawyer who represents pepco rate pairs said she will not agree to that term. pepco and exelon has now ten days left to resolve any differences. new details this morning in a story news4 was first to report more than a month after the big snowstorm. many of the private contractors who helped to dig the district out are still waiting for a paycheck.

d.c. officials say the backlog added up to as much as $45 mayor bowser would not say why it's taking so long to pay the contractors. she did say the invoices are being processed and the contractors should not have to wait much longer. we'll turn to meteorologist chuck bell to talk about today's weather. we got the rain from overnight and now we're waiting for the really cold air to push in. >> i'm confused, what happened to spring? >> it's not here yet. >> okay. it was two days of 60 and now cold and rainy. >> actually three days -- technically we were at 60 at 12:01 a.m. this morning. but don't be fooled by that. our high today will be near 60 but it's already in the rear view mirror. temperatures will continue to plummet during the course of the day. and we have another chance for accumulating snow coming our way, not today. we're looking at thursday night into friday. we've had three snowy marches in a row, 2013, 2014 and 2015,

before that we had thro now a big chance for snow. that opportunity for rain/snow coming in late thursday into friday. so the change happened between 8:00 thursday night and 8:00 friday morning. likely to start out as a rain/snow mix. mostly a slushy wet snow by early friday morning before switching back over to all rain. so snow begins late thursday evening. wet snow. some rain early in the day friday. and then friday afternoon, very slushy outside. a rain/snow combo. mostly in the form of rain, though, with temperatures back near 40 degrees. how's the weather going to affect your plans? well i'll give you the red light for today. it's going to be exceptionally windy outside. wind gusts of 40 to 50 miles per hour are possible turning much colder. tomorrow, rain/snow after dark, though. most of your outdoor plans tomorrow will not be impacted by weather. friday, though, just a nasty cold rain. outdoor plans for friday, that's

to be med from new england to north carolina. the rain's coming to a rapid end around here. most us will be dry by 8:00 this morning and dry for the remainder of the day. winds are already gusting between 30 and 40 miles per hour. at times that is going to increase during the course of the day. there's the first look at your seven-day forecast. temperatures near 50 this morning. falling to mid-30s by 7:00 or 8:00 tonight. rain/snow chance late tomorrow. mostly a rain/snow. mostly rain on friday. maybe a chance for rain/snow combo overnight saturday night into sunday. most will be rain-free. near 70 of tuesday of next week. a little spring coming our way. >> i love it. that gets me very excited for next week. right now, taking a look at 270 from 70, we don't have any problems. so, right now, no issues 270 again, remember to listen to

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they're now looking into the watch for you this morning. the irs is warning officials to watch out for phishing e-mails. it says the scheme seems to come from company executives. it adds to the recent surge in e-mail schemes. now to combat roles open to women in the u.s. army, there are plenty prepared to take on those positions. the first women to sign up is a north carolina high school student. jocelyn is a senior who is a member of the junior rotc. and now that she's a new army recruit, she's one of the first woman to be hired as a combat engineer. that means she will be responsible for detonating explosives and destroying obstacles. we talked to her grace she signed up.

>> i was always interested in the military since i younger. this opportunity came up and i took it. >> trayhill will head to bake training with 20,000 combat positions have been opened up to women. well, coffee or cabernet? >> both? >> yeah, right. you may soon have that choice at starbucks if you live near northern virginia. according to loudoun, the company has applied for beer and wine permanents. two have been granted licenses one in purse sellville, another inside of dulles airport. there's no word on when the sale of alcohol may start. >> you'll have the glass here and cabernet here. can you mix it up? >> you'll be mellowed up and jammed up at the same time. stay with us, "news4 today" continues at 5:00 a.m.