strength. we'll follow this story throughout the day. a firefighter is fights for his own life after saving residents from a burping building. four school resource officers are being credited with raising the alarm at an apartment fire. a five had to share orkxygen wi one of the residents. he's in the hospital now with smoke inhalation. three elderly people and a dog were rescued. coming up, you'll hear from one of the women rescued from that fire. police are searching for the suspect in a shooting on chesapeake street in southeast d.c. police say the shooting yesterday was the result of an argument between two men. the victim was shot several times and is in serious condition. his name has not been released. happening today, metro officials are finalizing some money matters. the finance committee expected to approve of system's 2017 operating budget of 1$1.7 billion. the new budget keeps

includes an increase in federal grants for maintenance. once the proposal is out of committee, it will move to the full board for approval. the would people accused in the shooting of a green line train will go before a judge today.people accused in the shooting of a green line train will go before a judge today. a 16-year-old fired the gun and 19-year-old was with him. the shooting was sparked after the victims fought off a robbery. both face armed robbery. the hearing is set at 9:00 this morning. it is 4:31. washington police officer heads for court today accused of assaulting an employee at a cellphone store in northwest washington. ulysses delaney was off duty at the time of the alleged assault. the store employee was charged with making threats. 64 degrees here in tenleytown at 4:31 in the morning. >> i can hear the trumpets sounds over this amazing

[ drum trumpet ] that's good. more record high temperatures are likely to fall today. both bwi and dulles set records yesterday. national airport was only one degree shy of tying the record. likely to all break them today. could have a sprinkle or late night shower tonight going into early tomorrow, but most of us will miss out due to sleeping. and a better chance for showers second half of the weekend. but today looks fantastic. 60 on your way out the door. mid-70s at lunch. highs today right around 80 degrees. loving that. again, a little chance for some showers coming our way late tonight into the early morning hours of tomorrow. more about that and the impacts it will have on your plans coming up in ten minutes. she here is melissa with traffic. the

has cleared out. 270 at old hundred looking good. 66 and 95, nice and green. no construction to worry about there. had some earlier road work of course top of the beltway irn loop near colesville, that is now out of the way so you don't have to think about that. we do have road work 395 southbound after seamary, two left lanes getting by the work zone and the ramp from seminary to 395 also blocked until 8:00 a.m. just a reminder, the warm weather has pushed the peak bloom season for the cherry blossoms up. it will now happen march 18 through the 23rd. more than 1.5 million people are expected to visit the district to enjoy the beautiful cherry blossom festival. some performances and events will be moved up to coincide with the bloom. like, aaron, i match the cherry blossoms. how about that. megan mcgrath will join us live in the next hour. we now turn to decision

keep his campaign alive. he hosted a town hall last night in miami. the presidential hopeful faced some tough questions from voters about his attack against touchdown. >> if i had to do it again, i wouldn't. but not on the other things. when it comes to the fact that he is portraying himself as something that he's not and has done this before throughout his career, this time the stakes are not a worthily $36,000 degree at trump university. the stakes are the greatest nation on earth. >> senator rubio will need a strong performance at tonight's gop debate this miami to quebs voters to hit the polls next tuesday. now, trump currently leads rubio in the practice primary polls. we're waiting to see whether jeb bush will announce who he will endorse as a republican nominee. bush plans to meet with john kasich, marco rubio and ted cruz today in florida ahead of the debate. bush suspended his white house bid last month. immigration dominated last night's democrat he can presidential

providing up documented immigrants a path to citizenship. the candidates disagreed, though, when it came to each other's record on immigration policies and support for universal health care. >> for workers fighting for the poorest people in this country, madame secretary, i will match my record against yours any day of the week. >> it about if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. and we deserve answers about how these programs would actually work and how they would be paid for. >> last night's key pay the wde last time the two will battle face-to-face before tuesday's florida primary. clinton currently leading sanders in the polls there. coming up at 4:45, tracie potts will join us to discuss last night's debate and which republican has the best chance of winning the florida primary. >> when they're injured and they can't work these detail, we help

mortgage or car payments. >> an outpouring of support for two prince william county police officers wounded in woodbridge. they were shot after responding to a domestic violence incident on february 27. a planning meeting for an upcoming fund raraiser to help those wounded officers took place in woodbridge. >> money raised will help support them until they can return to active service. ashley begguindon was killed in that incident, her first dave th day on the job. the impact is felt throughout the community. >> extremely traumatic for us, but also for the community. >> the fundraiser will take place on march 20th. organizers say the public is encouraged to attend. the upcoming marine corps race will be dedicated to officer

with the live desk after major flooding overnight. how much longer could the rain soak the deep south. and plus who could forget the blizzard of 2016. i'd like to forget it. all the cleanup for crews definitely cost our communities. this morning we're finding out how much. and taking a live look outside, we're in for quite possibly the nicest day of the week. chuck bell tells us how long it will last.

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. schools closed. and buildings evacuated. parts of louisiana have seen more than a foot of rain and still those totals could double. 23 million people are under flood watches and folks in that area are looking at another full day of rain. sadly two people have died and man othe many others have had to be rescued from rushing waters. again this is in louisiana with another full day of rain. none of that wild weather headed this way. going to be beautiful. >> let's check in with chuck bell. we're getting spoiled. i can't go back to anything else. >> you're right. we're really getting spoiled early. yesterday both dulles and bwi marshall set record high temperatures at 82. we'll be every bit that warm again coming up this afternoon.

door at the he bus stop this morning, if you're allowed to wear shorts to school, this is one of those march days you can do it. bus stop temperatures in the low 60s here early this morning. coming home later this afternoon, we're up into the low 80s. so a really mild day coming up, maybe only just the lightest little jackets. but you can look cool and stay cool later on this afternoon with your shades and short sleeves. look at that seven day forecast coming up in ten. now traffic. brand new problem on 270. does that seem to be slowing things. but 270 just after 28, report of a crash there off to the right side. not seeing it on camera, but we know it is there. 66 inbound to the beltway taking you 9 minutes as it should. remember to listen to wtop 103.5 when you hop in your car this morning. also taking a look at prince george's county, again we are nice and green. don't have any road work here to be worried about this morning. and taking a look just a little bit to the

parkway, route 1, everything rolling along just fine. ahead a personal account of ghes tig violence and what leaders in two of our counties plan to do about it. but first, an old issue resurfaces on the campaign trail. hil

a violent start to the morning on benning road. we recently told you about a shooting in southeast. now we have something to report to you about a stabbing on the other end of that road in northeast. so here is what we know so far. one person was stabbed and

to the hospital conscious. little else is known at this time. so we're working the phones to try to bring you more information. i'm erika gonzalez. now to decision 2016. hillary clinton came out strong last night and bernie sanders was riding the momentum from his michigan primary win. they mostly focused on immigration, but one moderator did attempt to touch on the e-mail scandal still plaguing the former secretary of state. >> you've been indicted -- >> it's not going to happen. i'm not even answering that question. >> that was the latest faceoff between the democratic candidates before tuesday's primary in florida. 99 delegates are up for grabs. let's bring in tracie potts live from capitol hill. so did anyone gain any traction after last night's debate? >> reporter: that will be up to the voters and by the way those 99 are for the republicans. they will debate in miami. last night the democrats there and a lot of the focus

immigration. hillary clinton and bernie sanders both saying that they disagree with the current administration on dealing with children coming into this country undocumented. that they would not send them back home. we're also looking very closely at the numbers in florida right now. hillary clinton has a 30 point lead in the latest poll, but a late night watch party after that debate, she told supporters she's not taking that for granted. you can imagine why. the polls were very wrong and she lost in michigan. >> and what can we expect from the gop candidates? >> reporter: marco rubio is getting very public saying that he doesn't want to be anybody's haven't. he's going for the top job. but making it pretty clear that as he put it, it's down to florida to me talking now about what his options might be after florida if he does not win. and saying that they may be having a different cosa

if he can't win florida on tuesday. by the way trump is up by 23 in the latest poll there, that's the fox poll. they have already more than a million people who voted early in florida and the election officials down there tell us it could be 2 million before the polls open up tuesday. in all right. rac tracy tie potts, thank you. rushern baker will lay out his budget proposal at 3:00 this afternoon. a recent blue ribbon commission report says the county may be heading into a budget deficit. lagging taxes are not covering the county's expenses and that mean it is may have to rely more heavily on government funding. >> and county officials will also be talking about domestic violence. this week alone, there have been three deaths, the latest in cheverly. police say it tarica jones and her half sister were

death by an ex-boyfriend. megagan fitzgerald spoke with a survivor. >> the fear of staying is probably greater thant fear of leaving. >> there have been eight domestic violence deaths in prince george's county this year. in our app, we have resources to help get anyone who needs it including 24 hour hotline numbers. just search domestic violence. in spotsylvania county, a 15 ya 15-year-old boy is charged with killing a man after a ghis tick intense. john conroy was shot and killed after a fight broke out on towles mill road. investigators say the teen was protecting his mother. the gun belongs to the mother. some emspatize with the teena teenager. >> it's your mom, you have to protect her. you go off

make that decision, i can't even imagine what that would be like. >> i think he probably did the right thing trying to protect his mom. >> that teen is charged with second-degree murder. the spotsylvania sheriff's office says that it is the standard charge for every homicide and it could change based on the investigation. in response to recent cases of domestic violence, the xwraeter prince william county community health center is holding a forum about violence against women. if you or someone you know wants to find out what signs to look for in an abusive relationship or what kind of help is available, that event is open to the public tonight from 5:00 to 7:00 in woodbridge. new this morning, just how much did the blizzard of 2016 cost? in frederick county maryland, the january snowstorm cost schools and government there about $3.9 million. that's according to the frederick news post. the town of brunswick had more than $250,000 in expenses, most to repair and replace a public works building that

blizzard anymore and we'll just talk about sunshine and blue skies and 80 degree weather. >> oh, wow, look at that. cut me right out of the shot. outside we go, weather is not going to have any negative impacts on any of your plans today. going out this morning, good weather for a little dog washington or a jog here first thing, groeen lights all the wa through the door. another outdoor lunch hour. and you could do a little outdoor grilling this evening. one more day of what will be widespread record high temperatures all up really from about the northern carolinas and mid-atlantic into parts of new york and new england. the warm temperatures 20 to 25 degrees above average. record likely from all three of our reporting airports here in the washington area. all the way into new york and new england. clouds will be on the increase by later this afternoon. there could be some swe

tonight. this big ridge of high pressure which has brought us the record warmth is heading off the seaboard and a cooler air mass originating from canada is coming our way as we get into tomorrow and the weekend. still going to be warmer than amp, but not quite this warm. traveling today, sip s cincinna chicago or memphis, could have significant travel delays going into those airports. but around here, sunny and warm. by midnight tonight and early tomorrow morning, there could be a little chance for hit and miss light rain showers. most of likely between 1:00 a.m. and about 6:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. then quickly pulling on out of here. so we'll start with clouds to s tomorrow morning, but then northwester breezes clear us out and we'll have a dry friday night and saturday morning.

a risk for a couple of hit and miss showers, but most rain chances are on sunday. so "7-day forecast," a record breaking 82 this afternoon. 69 tomorrow. will be some showers overnight tonight, i left it out of the 7 day here, but only because of the daylight hours both today and tomorrow will be dry. over the weekend, spotty shower saturday night, better chance for rain on sunday as we go into daylight saving time. but look at all those temperatures, all in plus territory for the next 7 days. new crash, here is melissa. we have it on camera, 95 north at 216 scaggsville road. you can see it on the right side of the roadway there. so that will slow things down just a bit as you're headed past that. so 95 north again at scaggsville. 270 south at west montgomery avenue, the crash is now out of the way. it is just south of the camera. 66, 95, don't have any worries on 66 or 95. again, earlier road work is now out of the way. big look at the beltway, we're fi

southeast/southwest freeway, that ramp to 6th street southeast right now the ramp cannot continue -- or traffic i should say cannot continue on to virginia avenue southeast. you cannot remain straight there to get on to virginia avenue. so looks like it's probably work zone that just popped up. if we hear anything different, we'll let you know. dramatic video showing the aftermath of an explosion that hurt nine firefighters. this morning we're learning what may have caused the blast. community is coming together to help the people of flint, michigan. how you can be a part of the support plus a new twist in the arrest of a man wanted for shooting a pastor in idaho.

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help pen. hempen. hempen. hempen. developing right now, shots fired overnight, very close to a couple of schools. both sides of benning road in the district are closed right now near 46th street. actually, we'll double check that with melissa. an update from the scene for you in our next 30 minutes. plus we're getting you ready for what could happen today at a metro meeting. it is the first one since the new gm sent out a scathing review of the transit system. developing, we're hearing from the families of an idaho pastor who was shot and the man accused of shooting him. pastor tim remington was shot six times this past weekend a day after speaking at a ted cruz campaign rally. yesterday kyle odom appeared

that shooting. he was arrested outside of the white house two days ago for throwing objects over the white house fence. yesterday odom's family put out a statement saying they were thankful he was arrested, quote, we truly thankful to god he is safe and no one else was injured. the pastor's family says they're excited their father can concentrate on getting better without worrying about his family's safety. maryland has some of the toughest gun laws in the country, but it seems there are some loopholes that immediate to be closed. those on both sides of the debate demonstrated yesterday. some want long guns to be registered and weapons illegally owned by domestic offenders to be confiscated. other gun owners say they have a second amendment right to bear arms. advocates say it's not the laws that are the problem, they say the existing laws are not being enforced.

school police officers are now the out on bond after they were arrested and charged with assault. the charges stem from this cellphone video that shows officer spence alledgedly slapping and kicking a baltimore student. he's charged with assault and child abuse. the other officer in the video was also arrested partly because she told spence, quote, you need to smack him because he's got too much mouth. the officers were placed on leave and baltimore schools says that it is reviewing their hiring and training procedures. close to 800 cases of water have come into our area to help residents of flint, michigan. the state's attorney dropped off ten cases on wednesday. we told you last week about the volunteer emt leading the effort there in the county. four fire stations and a police station are accepting donations. you can find the complete list on the nbc washington app, just search donate water. they hope to fill a tractor trailer in the next two weeks. aas

caused the explosion that damaged 36 businesses in seattle. firefighters received a call for a possible gas leak yesterday morning. the blast happened shortly after they arrived. nine firefighters were injured. we're learning they all have thousand been released from the hospital. and scammers are demanding money for taxes that you don't owe. this morning coming from the irs and the fbi, so here is how the scam works. somebody calls you and claims that they're from the irs. the caller then says they filed a lawsuit and start asking you for money. one woman has received three calls and n. as many weeks. so far some 900,000 people report getting one of those calls, about 5,000 people have actually given the scammers money. >> how hard is to catch these guys? >> it's sometimes very difficult because you have people not in the united states, shell companies being used. >> if you get a call like this, the u.s. attorney says you should hang up and report the call to the fbi.

if morning. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> and i'm eun yang. it has been a beautiful week weather-wise and chuck bell says we'll keep it going today. >> one more day, that's what we get for records. that will be today. insanely warm. temperatures 25 degrees above average. more typical high temperatures for the first week of june than the middle of march. all three airports likely to set new record highs today. rain chances unfortunately or fortunately depending on how you look at that tiit are going up. better rain chances for the second half of the weekend. right now temperatures in the mid to upper 50s. that's already above our average high temperature for this team of the year. and as you plan out your day today, near 60 at 7:00 a.m. mid-70s by noon and most areas today up into the low 80s we will go, but under increasing