it's called aeb also known as automatic emergency braking. the national highway traffic safety administration believe it is it could cut rear he saend collisions by 40%. the technology uses forward facing radar, lasers and cameras to watch out for objects take are approaching rapidly. it is 5:00 a.m. good morning. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> and i'm eun yang. we hope you have some fun plans for the weekend and we want to go what kind of weather we'll have for these plans. >> which you cchuck bell here w weather headlines. >> friday off to it a pleasant enough start and enjoy it because today is the last mild day for quite a while. cold rain moves in here saturday afternoon and saturday night and there is a chance that some of that could add up to measurable amounts of wet snow by early sunday morning. could have maybe a couple inches of snow especiain

west virginia and northern maryland. in and around town, probably talking about only a slushy i think or two. again, that's not today, that is saturday night into sunday. next 24 hours, no problems. 40s this morning, 60s this afternoon. and into the colder 30s to get your saturday started. p but at least your weekend will start off on the dry side. live picture 95 at powder mill road, you can see northbound or southbound, we don't have any issues. southbound side, may have a disabled vehicle there over on the right side. but again not slowing anything, nothing to really worry about this morning. inner loop and outer loop there at sait. barnabas road, the roa work has cleared out of the way. do have still one thing happening on the 95 if in virginia, so southbound after fairfax county parkway, that crash is now out of the way. southbound at 17 falmouth, left lane getting by the work zone. 270 at germantown, no issues. i'll see you at 5:11, weather and

investigating an alleged sex assault on the campus of an elite private school. police say that it happened on wednesday afternoon at the sidwell friends upper school in northwest. a female student claims a male student forced her to have sex on school property. the report says that the two students are, quote, known to each others and had a previous sexual relationship. the school says quote it's the long standing policy to cooperate fully with any law enforcement investigation. and it is also our policy not to comment on such investigations. a fairfax county man who says he defected from isis could 00 be one of the best sources of information in its fight against the terrorist group. kurdistan 24 interviewed jamal khweis and he's already talking about how he escaped. >> i didn't complete the whole sharia. i didn't agree with

ideolo ideology. and that's when i wanted to escape. >> kurdistan 24 is saying the man in the interview is khweis, u.s. intelligence officials say if it is, he could be a, quote, gold mine of information especially about isis recruiting for example how recruits are brought into the country, who they report to and where they train. 5:03. happening today, the search for a solution to the heroin problem in loudoun county. the county is holding a county wide meeting after a 17-year-old died of a potential overdose. the epidemic is nationwide. and virginia is seeing a major increase in deaths. >> commonwealth of virginia, more people that die there hair rin overdoses last year than died of traffic extentaccidents. it's significant. >> tonight's meeting in leesburg begins at 6:00 p.m. fwl

train. a man was taken off a blue line train at the foggy bottom station and pronounced dead right next door at the gw hospital. metro says there was no sign of foul play. service was impacted for a short time. a live look now as we check on the roads. this is a look at the beltway at river road. we now know that some of you have plans to perhaps get out of town this weekend, but it may cost you because gas prices are going up just in time for spring break. molette green is live for us in montgomery county with a look at just how much more will be coming out of your pocket for gas. >> reporter: we have two gas stations right behind me. check out the prices for regular gas. $2.14 here at this gas station and the one right behind me, about $2.12 for a regular gallon of gas. and as you make the travel plans for spring break and summer holidays, you know to expect to pay more at the pump. we're seeing those prices go up

d.c. up 16 cents last week. and we want you to look at some numbers that we got in around the region. seeing an 18 cent jump. up 12 cents nationwide, largest hike since this time last year from $1.82 to $1.94. by memorial day, we should see an average price for a gallon of gas to be around $2.40. experts of course blaming this on the summer refinery maintenance that happens. but of course also we know that this happens every year as we get into the driving season. barring any major events domestically or globally, experts don't think prices will go above $3 per gallon of gas. so put it all in perspective. this is what we normally see. that is the latest from bethesda. molette green, news 4. threats against donal

trump's family. what has the secret service, the fbi and the nypd investigating. plus a discovery in the chars remains of this home have virginia police working a new kind of case. and looking live, we're tracking canses for snow, but first we'll get you out the door withhe commuter forecast. t

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human remains were found this the debris and ashes of a town home fire on thursday. that fire started on wednesday morning in woodbridge. a large crane was brought into help secure the building so investigators could search the home. a man who lives there is unaccounted for. the remains are being sent to the medical examiner for identification. two other families in neighboring homes have been displaced. chuck bell is standing by, i guess we're putting a hold button on spring? >> march is one of our crueller

all that unusual. as i mentioned, the last three or four years in a row, last snow hasn't come until the 20th to 25th. so just about where we would expect for the last chance of accumulating snow and we have that coming up. i'll show you my snow accumulation forecast in ten minutes. for now your commute today, nothing to worry about. cool in the 40s morning, breezy, mild and sunny. highs today low to mid-60s. traveling locally or regionally, no problems today. most of the country doing all right, too, but planes from kansas city, st. louis, tampa or atlanta, could have some slowdowns due to raindrops and snowflakes. so overall, looking pretty good right now. beltway no more construction hanging around on the beltway this morning, inner loop and outer loop, everything nice and clear. 95 here at 198, northbound and southbound looking fine. lt

connector, again no problems there. 66 good and 95 northbound/southbound, no worries. still have a little slowdown southbound near 17 falmouth because of road work that is still hanging around, but not slowing us too much. a live look at 270 coming up. arguments over new plans for washington's homeless stretch into the night. the latest on the debate just ahead. and working for you. how news 4 helps fix a flooding problem at a local park. >> reporter: police are investigating an alleged sexual assault involving two stud it's about taking a stand. for too long, wall street banks had their way. they crashed our economy.

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. 5:14. d.c. police are investigating an alleged sex assault at an elite private school. police say it happened on wednesday afternoon at the sidwell friends upper school in

us. what are you learning? >> reporter: well, d.c. police are confirming that they are investigating an alleged sexual assault complaint involving two students from sidwell friends upper school. according to the report, a female student says she was forced to have sex with a fellow student after school on wednesday. she filed a police report several hours later roight aroud 11:00 p.m. that evening. the police report says the two teenager s know each other and have had a previous sexual relationship. the school has released a statement, they e-mailed to us last night saying it is the long standing policy of sidwell friends school to cooperate fully with any law enforcement investigation. it is also our policy not to comment on such investigations. and this is obviously very early in the investigation, it is

no word of any arrests or charges. meg megan mcgrath, news 4. a lot of people had something to say about the plan for housing the homeless. the only public hearing on the plan to build eight new homeless shelters lasted late into the night. d.c. mayor muriel bowser plans to locate relocate hundreds of homeless families from d.c. general shelter to new shelters in each ward. last night's hearing, interest people brought up concerns about the $300 million price tag, others worried about a shelter planned for a neighborhood in ward 5. after the right now investigations into a suspicious piece of mail sent to donald trump's son. eric trump received a letter with a white powdery substance in it. a hazmat team was brought this but they say the substance was not dangerous. in decision

presidential candidates making their case in utah and arizona. bernie sanders is stumping in both states. hillary clinton has fund-raisers planned on the east coast. ted cruz will stop in arizona. police officials have disciplined the deputies who were escorting protestors out of a donald trump rally. one protester was sucker punched. deputies did nothing to stop the attack. they have been demoted or suspended -- and suspended several days without pay, two other deputies were slapped with a three day suspension. all will be on probation for the next year. donald trump is facing push back from his own party after what he had to say about a contesteded gop con vnks. trump was on the phone with cnn on wednesday. and warned that there could be riots if republicans deny him the nomination. >> if we're 20 votes

we're, you know, 100 short, and we're at 1100 and somebody else is at 500 or 400, i don't think you can say that we don't get it actually. i think you would have riots. i wouldn't lead it, but i think bad things would happen. >> nobody should say such things in my opinion because to even address or hint to violence is unacceptable. paul ryan says even if this dispute goes to multiple ballots at the convention, he won't allow himself to be drafted as a candidate. there a scramble on by some to shut down donald trump's presidential campaign. tracie potts will have more on the push to, quote, dump the frontrunner's run coming up at 5:30. if you live in fairfax county, you will should not get the chance to have your say about starting school before labor day. the school board held a work session last night to discuss this hot top i ic. it plans to send out and online survey next month. if approved, the

2017/2018 school year. king's dominion law requires schools to start after labor day, but local boards can waive the requirement under certain conditions. a scary story from all of that march madness yesterday. during the game between uva and hampton, virginia's head coach tony bennett collapse on the sidelines. he says he was dehydrated. he was there for the press conference after the game. he said he is doing much better now. glad to see he recovered. uva won that game and they will may play again tomorrow. today, the terrapins, mountaineers and rams are all playing. any of them could be the next win in the tournament. there were some surprises yesterday. two 12 over five seed win

himself. yale won and what was thether one? little rock over purdue. purdue lost. all right. brackets busted as usual. it happens every single time. >> but isn't that part of the fun? >> well, if it's not if it's your bracket. >> but the craziness in your head. >> yeah, going and circling. my final four is still alive. that's what is important. coming up on 5:21 on will friday morning. the weekend is upon us and we have at least one hr dmore day enj enjoy. >> date night either tonight or tomorrow night, pick tonight unless you want to wear your winter jackets and potentially need your umbrellas and winter boots for saturday night as a cold rain could nix with wet snowflakes late saturday into early sunday morning. sunday morning services could be on the slushy side. so weather and impacts that it will have on your plans, today nothing to worry about. sunny, breezy and mild today. no problems. for tomorrow, saturday

quickly and a cold rain settles in starting mid to late saturday afternoon and goes through saturday night. saturday night into early sunday, that rain may mix with or change over to some wet snow. that will make sunday kind of an ugly day. so here's what to expect. this is for saturday night into sunday, starting as cold rain, probably in the 3:00, 4:00 time frame saturday afternoon. wet snow especially north and west of town. frederick maryland, winchester, virginia, martinsburg, west virginia, you have by far a better chance of getting a couple inches of snow out of this in and around the metro, probably no more than an inch or so. and because it's been so warm, most of the roads will be slushy, not icy by sunday morning. nonetheless, we will keep a close eye on it. here is future weather to time it out. here is 4:00 tomorrow afternoon. the green is all cold rain. but here is the rain/snow combination out here in the shenandoah valley. 4:00 saturday avenue. and during daylight hour,

a suspicion about whether we can get it to change to snow. but snow in the shenandoah valley, and that's where it stays mostly wet snow pf. around town, a mix all the way into sunday morning. a little chance for picking up some snow late in the day on sunday. how much snow might you possibly expect some well, snowfall amounts will be a little bit hard to pin down at this point, but i'd say hagerstown, martinsburg, win schches winche inches. just a coating around town. so 60s day with the sunshine, enjoy that. only in the 40s tomorrow with the rain moving in and the rain/snow combo on your sunday. how are the roads? looking pretty good knock on wood. 270 montrose road, no problems there. no construction or anything like that to speak of or to worry about. top of the el

you can see it's going to be probably a pretty nice morning this morning for your commute in as chuck was just saying. don't have to worry about any moisture right now. bw parkway northbound, south bond, right 1, 95, everything looking quite good. chopper should be up in a little bit, we'll start in that area and take a look from above, as well. taking a look at prince george's county, no major problems. seeing a tiny bit of a slowdown youth bou outbound pennsylvania avenue, going to check will into that. it's 5:23. cherry blossom festival set to get under way, but are they ready? >> amelia segal is live at the tidal basin this morning to check on the progress. i'm worried that the weather this weekend will change the peak times again. all right we'll have to s >> reporter: we'll have

little bit. national park service saying it will begin next wednesday or thursday. and that will be the point where you start to see about 70% of flowers on trees across the area. this is still a little earlier than normal. once the flowers do come out, you want calm cool weather and with that they will last several days. as eun mentioned and chuck mentioned, we have rain and snow showers in the forecast, so it's very good news that the flowers are still closed. the weather this weekend, the rain, snow and cooler temperatures because the buds are still closed should have little impact on the trees. however, folks saying not very happy about the impending forecast. >> i thought winter was over. i'm ready for spring. not ready for allergy, but i'm ready for spring. >> the weather is turning so much sought here, it's making me confused. but i'm ready to see some

and blue desiskies. >> reporter: as you can see, the cherry trees seeing a little bit of color. they're in stage three, where you start to see the flowers pushing out away from the the tree. but again, peak bloom still set to be next wednesday and thursday beginning on those days. i posted a great interactive map on my facebook and twitter pages where you can see the different types of cherry trees around the area. >> and as amelia mentioned, countdown is on for the start of the spring and national cherry blossom festival. you can start tonight at the pink tie fundraiser. it kicks off the a 7:00. you'll also need to buy a ticket for the event. the festival officially kicks off on sunday and runs through april 17. most of the events are free. and then if you to want to see the blossoms but didn't want to fight the crowd, you can check out our list of alternative blossom viewing sights on our app. use the

alternatives. good morning. new overnight, trey walker of the baltimore ravens has been injured in a bad accident. the corner back was riding a motorcycle without headlights in miami-dade when he collided with another vehicle. we're told that walker is now in critical condition. when ravens head coach john harbaugh found out, he released a statement saying oh, my god this, is devastating news. our prayers and hopes are with his family. we'll bring you more from the live desk. 5:26. when it comes to buying a new car, safety is usually a top priority and now a breakthrough agreement with the nation's biggest carmakers. it's called aeb, also k

automatic emergency braking. it automatically applies the brakes in an emergency standard on all models. the national highway traffic safety administration believes this could cut rear end collisions by 40% saving thousands of lives. the technology uses forward facing radars, lasers or cameras to watch for objects that are approaching rapidly. de the mayor says no more firefighters have to die of cancer because of their job. the law bans products that contain flame retardant chemicals that can cause cancer. the mayor says the d.c. fire department lost two firefighters to cancer earlier this year. it's women's history month and we're celebrating by celebrating some of our important women in our lives. for me, that includes my mom. there she is. this is back in

wedding in an than police. mom has been a very important fixture for all of my life and she's a schoolteacher for many, many years and you'll able to see her feature coming up on news 4 tomorrow morning at 10:00. it's a special that we're calling the women we love. it's right here tomorrow morning at 10:00 on nbc 4. mom is recovering now, she had a stroke just about a year ago. she's doing much, much better. lost all the movement on her right side, but now up walking again and starting to learn how to do all the little things and she certainly is appreciative of all the love and support she was given me and i'm happy do it because of all the love and shupt she support she's given me. >> glad to hear she's doing better. a mother arrested for trying to keep her son saech. we'll have both sides of the story. and new confession on the campaign trail as candidates gear up for another set of primaries. and temperatures in in the chilly 30s and 40s as you head out to start your friday rn

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right now, plans to reopen after an explosion at the national zoo. the smell that tipped off contractors that something was about to go wrong. and u.s. intelligence officials say this virginia man could be a gold mine in the fight against isis. >> i didn't really support

ideology. i decided i needed to escape. >> ahead, the alexandria man's explanation for joining isis. and we're on eagle baby watch. will today be the day? we'll keep a close eye on that. good morning. i'm eun yang. >> and i'm aaron gilchrist. let's start off with a look at the forecast. four things to know about the weather. >> a lot of things you need to know about the weather as we finish out the week and head into the puig enin the weekend. today up in to the 60s, season joy that. rain comes back into the picture tomorrow afternoon. it will be a cold rain, cold enough so that sun saturday night into rmly sunday morning, some of that rain may very well mix with and change over to some wet snow. could be some accumulating snow especially along i-81 into northern

martinsburg. so stay tuned to the forecast. today no problems. saturday night into sunday, probably about an inch or so around here. mainly on the grass. these warm conditions have road temperatures way up. that means accumulating snow on the roads will be much more difficult. >> just looking toward to thursday. i'll sleep through the weekend and miss the whole thing. 95 at dale city, you can see we look good there. 66 and 95 overall just to show you on the map here still nice and green for us. taking a look at 270 northbound/southbound just fine. tiny slow in the southbound lane. perhaps a disabled vehicle or something minor there. prince george's county county, earlier yellow outbound 4, that has cleared up. travel times in ten minutes. your time is 5:34. in decision 2016, candidates are prepping for more caucuses and primaries coming upe

tuesday. democrats will face off in a caucus in idaho. and both parties have primaries in utah and arizona. many eyes are focused on the gop race where there are now just three candidates and there is a major push now to shut down frontrunner donald trump. tracie potts is live on capitol hill this morning with more on this dump trump campaign. >> reporter: they're looking at into options trying to beat trump before the convention or giving competition perhaps a third party candidate in the fall. but right now, not clear where the so-called unity ticket that they're looking at would include ted cruz, the closest competitor at this point. you have both democrats and republicans saying that there is time on beat trump. he continues to surge in the polls, but at this point it's not clear if they have a strong plan or a clear plan to beat him.

hill for us. thank you. in a heated local race, maryland's leading democratic candidates for the u.s. senate will face off in their first debate today. chris van hollen and donna edwards will appear in a debate, the first of four. tom sherwood will serve as one of the moderators. happening today, gates are set to reopen at the national zoo american trail after an explosion yesterday morning. zoo officials say a contractor was working in a mechanical room when he smelled chlorine. he left the area and then there was a loud bang. there was no smoke or fire and no injuries to people or animals. the cause is still under investigation. you can't take your eyes off this camera because we could get our first glimpse of a baby eagle at any moment. the the bald eaglet is supposed to hatch today.

on the nbc washington app. here is a picture we saw last night. you can check out the crack in the egg. pretty big. a little movement inside, too. if you missed this hatching, another eaglet is supposed to hatch this weekend. the babies will stay in the nest until they start flying. if you trust the cartoons we've always seen, they don't always roll out of the nest easily. >> sometimes just drop right on to the ground. i don't think in real life that happens. and you know, it takes sometimes more than a day. >> to get out. news 4 is working for you in getting results in our communities. residents of a bethesda neighborhood reached out to us with concerns about a flooded park. a sidewalk built for people who use wheelchairs was covered with water and the fields were a muddy mess. montgomery county officials told us a leaky fire hydrant was to blame. yesterday morning, crews started working on that problem.

fire hydrant causing the problem. crews told us a 24 inch water main was broken. a nationwide problem with its grip on one of our counties. we'll take you to loudoun ahead with plans to combat the deadly problem. long night for police. all the st. paddy's day fun came with some consequences. we're looking out for overnight arrests. and a live look at the roads now. this is interstate 66 at 123 where people in virginia are making their way into washington this morning.

time for a look at your forecast. weather and traffic on the 1s on this storm team 4 friday. >> chuck bell here to tell us what exactly that means. >> storm team 4 friday means we're taking over all of the plat forms. it's all about storm team 4 today. ing for going to give you extra information about the weekend, more about the cherry blossoms and a chance for some snow, as well. for today, nothing to worry about. sunny and breezy and mild outside, temperatures will be up into the 60s. but for the weekend, there is a chance for accumulating snow. not ale

corridor, but some areas could get a couple inches. we'll time it out coming up. a brand new problem 270 south before 109, report of a new crash. so we'll take a look at that in the next couple minutes. beltway overall don't have any problems there on the beltway. taking a look at some travel times here this morning, overall looking pretty good from 118 to the spur. 11 minutes. 495 top of the beltway 95 over to 270, it will take you eight minutes. on time there. 66 in-poubound look fws. and quantico to the beltway, no problems there. remember to listen to wtop 103.5 when you top in your car. a surprise honor for an educator in alexandria. the sweet scores that earned him will the award.

reports of a sexual assault at a an elite school. police tell us more about the suspect. a man from virginia could be our best chance at understanding isis. you'll hear part of his revealing interview ahead. skies are mostly clear outside this morning. temperatures in the 30s and 40s. don't get used to the mild weather we've been enjoying because it's about to come to a crashing end with a snow chance this weekend. not loving that. 270 south, a new problem at 190 that is slowing things just a bit. once you get to 109, you can see it is pretty clear south bund at old hundred road. we'll talk more about this issue coming up. happening today, local officials are looking for a solution to the heroin problem in loudoun county. they're holding a county wide meeting after a 17-year-old died of a potential overdose. the epidemic is nationwide now and virginia is seeing a major increase in deaths. >>

more people died from heroin overdoses last year than traffic accidents. it's significant. >> tonight's meeting is at the de am new s dea museum at 6:00 p.m. fairfax county man who allegedly defectsed from isis could be an important source of information. they told nbc news they're eager to question mohammad jamal khweis who may already be talking about how he was recruited and how he escaped. the kurdish station kurdistan 24 says they interviewed him. >> i was with a girl who her sister was previously married to a fighter for daesh. and she knew a connection to -- >> u.s. intelligence officials still have to confirm that this man in the video

earlier this week, news 4 went to khweis' childhood home where the family told us he is not involved with terrorism. officers are helping each other get through an emotional week as we learn how the prince george's county officer killed in sunday's police station attack will be remembered. the family of officer jacai colson requests that all of the events remain private. there will be two viewings, one next thursday in beltsville and a second in upper marlboro on friday followed by a memorial service at the church. officer colson's funeral will be held monday in his home state of pennsylvania. 5:47. word of caution if you plan to extend your st. patrick's day celebrations. laurel police will be out conducting dui checkpoints starting about 11:00 tonight. the tent says periodic checkpoints raise public awareness about the dangers of driving

this was the scene across prince george's county as folks made their way home after the celebrations. police were out in full force near the university of maryland. many still with officer leotta on their minds. he was recently killed of a terp being hit by a suspected drunk driver at a check point. >> when put our uniform on, we certainly understand there a arriving associat risk associated with it. >> over the past five years, over 800 people were killed in drunk driving crashes. we're hearing from a mother accused of child neglect. police say paulette weston boarded his windows and chained him to the desk. but his sister says he relies on a wheelchair because he has spina bifida, but in recent months, he had been leaving home sometimes climbing out a window and going off without

wheelchair. she says her mother did it for his own protection. >> she's not a monster, she just try to help my brother out, keep him in the house to keep him from harming position. >> earlier this week, a therapist working with another child in the house contacted child protective services who then called police. police say there are better options for parents in similar situations including reaching out to organizes like the argue. paulette weston is facing charges. a frederick than will spend the rest of his life behind bars. frankie williams was sentenced on thursday in the death of his daughter. she was killed in 2014 a few weeks after she was returned to her parents from foster care. her case sparked a maryland law to protect children who go back to abusive homes. her mother is serving a 20 year sentence for not stopping the abuse. these two men are going to be sentenced in may for their role in a murder inx

sentenced on thursday -- convicted on thursday, i believe. they helped rob the clarion hotel and kill jesse chavez in 20134. williams was the driver of the getaway car, washington acted as the lookout during the robbery. you're going to have to pay a little more out of pocket as we ease into spring break. gas prices are steadily increasing. molette green is live this morning in montgomery county to break it down for us. and what are we seeing here? >> reporter: we have a guy here gassing up to go to work. but as we drive into the spring vacation time and the summer vacation months, we'll see these gas prices go up. we're starting to see that happen now. just last week in the district, up 16 cents. and then this week loop, we're seeing ap-18 crept jump around the region. and prices are up nationwide. up 12 cents

last year from $1.82 to $1.94. by memorial day, we could see prices for an average gallon of gas around $2.40. we checked in with aaa auto club about this. this is seasonal. we expect this to happen. and so folks just have to get ready. the good thing is experts do not expect prices to go above $3 per gallon. price here for regular gas is about $2.14. so that's what we're seeing and we just need to adjust ourselves as we drive into the summer driving season. back to you. a little reality check for us on gas. and going to get a little reality check in the weather, too, come this weekend. >> although it's spring, so we deserve a little warm weather, chuck. >> we do. about the best analog i can give you, remember two weeks ago today when we had the wet snow that

trees, made everything really pretty but the roads weren't a problem, i think that's what we're facing again saturday night into sunday. about the same amount and about the same impact. probably a pretty good white coating on things, but roads likely to melt off most if not all the snow as it comes down. this some a saturday night/sunday timing issue. what to expect then, saturday night into sunday, it will start as a cold rain saturday afternoon. how quickly we can make the transition over to the rain/snow and mostly snow combination will have a big part in how much snow we can actually get. the with the snow primarily north and west of the city and again roads likely to be slushy more so than icy. for today, sunshine and a gusty west to northwesterly wind. winds today could be 20 to 30 miles an hour at times with temperatures in the the low 60s at least it will be mild. temperatures back into the cold 30s by tonight and that's part of the reason that we'll start with a coldi

into the mid-40s tomorrow. by 4:00 tomorrow afternoon, rain in the metro, but a rain/snow combo out here in the shenandoah valley. here is 10:00 saturday night and this is the area frederick, hagerstown, winchester, northern loudoun county, this is the zone that i think is most likely to get several inches of snow. a little disparity from our computer model as to how much. european model says generally under an inch. meanwhile our local model also generally inch or less except for northern maryland and shenandoah valley. and the big forecast from the american model, maybe 1 to 2 on the grass in and around town. could be 3 or 4 up across the northern areas. so here is my forecast. a coating to an inch primarily on grass, not roads. and 2 to 4 inches hagerstown, frederick, martinsburg and winchester. here is a quick peek at the "7-day forecast." 65 today, 40s tomorrow with

mess saturday night into sunday. and then as we get into next week, staying chilly monday and tuesday, but there are 70s on day seven. trouble on 270, we are pretty slow 270 southbound as you're coming out of the urbana area all the way down through high ats down. that is because of a crash. seems like the crash has now cleared out of the way, but we're still seeing some delays just a little earlier through this area than we normally would. does not look so bad once you get to 109 old hundred dollars heading southbound. looking like it's not terrible. you can see beltway still notices and green.southbound. looking like it's not terrible. you can see beltway still notices and green. branch avenue, indian head 450i highway, everything rolling along. 95 south at 17 falmouth, still dealing with the construction. left lane getting by the work zone. it is

we're tracking when the cherry blossoms will bloom. amelia segal at the sidtidal ba with the update. >> reporter: so the paddle boats open today, the pink tie party is tonight. all signs the cherry blossom festival getting under way. the blooms, he though, not open just yet. and that's good news. national park service continuing to say we'll see peak bloom around wednesday or thursday and after the flowers open, they should last several days. now, last year our peak bloom was april 10th to 14th, so earlier than last year. but we see the blooms open as late as april 18. we're looking at blustery conditions in the forecast today and rain and snow showers as chuck was talking about on sunday. those weather factors would help to bring down the beautiful in ours flowers. so it is good that

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i'm meteorologist chuck bell. we average 2 to 4 inches of snow after our first 70 gldegree day forecast. how much and when it

and what police and a school are revealing about an alleged sex assault. and a developing story, a baltimore ravens football player in it doctor cal condition this morning after an accident on a motorcycle. but first, storm team 4 meet gis chuck bell has your out the door forecast. good morning, everybody. there is nothing to worry about for your friday. in your weather headlines today, the last of the mild days. well into the 60s we will go for this afternoon. a cold rain moves in tomorrow afternoon and there is a chance pretty good chance of some measurable snow especially north and west of the metro coming up saturday night in to sunday. for your friday, though, nothing to worry about. we're in the 30s and 40s to near 50 on your way out the door here this morning. next 24 hours, quite windy this afternoon. but plenty of sunshine. 7:00 a.m. this morning, 49 degrees. 5:00 this afternoon, breezy and 63. back into the cold 30s by tomorro