plus new images from the brussels airport. first, though, chuck bell has your out the door forecast. good morning, everybody. your weather headlines for today, a two day warm spell today and tomorrow. it does come with a risk of a thunderstorm or two primarily tomorrow. not much of a threat for rain today. and unfortunately, the weekend looking a little less perfect than it did yesterday as rain chances may linger into saturday. more about that coming up later. for now though out you do this morning, temperatures in the 50s this morning. about a 20 degree improvement over yesterday morning. so the next 24 hours, 55 and breezy this morning, 73 and warm this afternoon at 5:005:00. and then rain chances come in tonight. ran or thunderstorms around by this time tomorrow morning. right now leaders from all over the world are in d.c. to talk about nuclear security. in will have a big impact on your

if you thought traffic in our area was bad before, it could come to a standstill in some places today. look at all of the closures near the washington convention center. and this summit affects met metro and people on foot and bike, too. with everything you need to know before you leave the house, megan mcgrath live near the convention center. >> reporter: yeah, it will be inconvenient to the next couple of days through friday evening actually. if you look behind me, you can see one of the road closures here at massachusetts and 10th street actually inside the secure zone are resident depss, al also the marriott marquee. people at that hotel have had to walk to the corner in order to catch taxicabs. needless to say, security is very, very tight around the summit especially in light of the terror attacks overseas. they don't want to take any chances. so this

closures in the area. massachusetts avenue, new york avenue and other streets all around the convention center. also we have a closure at mt. vernon metro station, that station is closed. the trains are going to bypass it, so you'll either have to get off before or after to get where you're going. we spoke to a woman walking her dog this morning and she says it's all kind of strange to see. she had to take a different way today. >> definitely working from home today because there is no way i'll get out in the traffic. i've lived here ten years and this is the most intense security i've ever seen in this area. so it's pretty difficult to try to navigate. >> reporter: and if you live in the secure zone and there are a lot of residences, when you go back in, you will have to show i.d. with proof that you live inside before they will let you return to your home. back to you. so take a look at issues as far as metro goes. orange, silver lines

single tracking between east falls church a. and where megan is, again, mt. vernon square station closed until tomorrow because of security reasons. the line is still running being but you cannot get on or off there. use shaw or gallery place instead. taking a look the a 66 starting to get a little slow inbound there through manassas. totally normal. 95 north at prince william parkway, a crash on the left shoulder slowing things just a bit. and prince george's county, inbound 4 at woodyard road, a vehicle stopped in the right lane slowing things just a little bit. travel times in ten minutes. and we have the map of the street closures we mentioned posted on the nbc washington app. also on the app, the times the roads will be closed. just search road closures. a big focus of the summit, stopping nuclear terrorism around the world. leaders will be talking about isis and

attack like the one in brussels. we're learning some disturbing new details about the bombings in brussels airport and subway. a belgian government official says it appears that the belgian prime minister was a target. images of his office and home were found on one of the bomber's computers. hundreds of people were hurt and more than 30 people died in those attacks. take a look at these new images from inside the brussels airport. there was debris everywhere and in some photos you cannot recognize what it looked like before. the airport could reopen soon. airport technicians and engineers say they will know today whether a partial reopening is possible. they have been working nonstop to get flights back up and running. happening today, the man accused of shooting a 9-year-old boy in northeast d.c. is set to go before a judge. kenneth parker is charged this the 2014 shooting of jayden, the

he was left with a bullet in his brain. after working the case for a year and a half, police finally charactered parker last week. he was already in jail on an unrepresentu unrelated charge. family, friends and neighbors gathered last night to remember a teen killed at a d.c. metro station. 15-year-old davonte washington was shot the in front of his mothers and sisters on saturday at the deanwood station. 17-year-old maurice bellamy was arrested on monday and charged with second degree murder. bellamy and the victim did not know each other. a disturbing situation in prince william county. another body was found in the water there. this time prince william county police say they found a body in powells creek in wood bridge. it was discovered under the bridge on route 1. police are working to identify the body now. earlier this week, a different body was found in a manassas pond. >> 6 after the hour. a local woman who was prean

is now under the microscope by researchers. these ultrasound images show the effects zika had on the fetus. doctors say a 33-year-old woman who was 11 weeks pregnant contracted zika after a trip on mexico and central america in the fall. early ultra sounds did not find any tell tale signs of birth defects, but at 20 weeks, an ultrasound showed that the fetus had severe brain abnormalities. >> what we do know for sure is that if the fetal brain is affected, this appears to be a very bad situation. >> the parents chose to term thalt t terminate the pregnancy. researchers are hoping that this study may answer some questions about the link between zika and birth defects. service workers are off the job at reagan national. th i

workers at reagan have gone on strike. among them are wheelchair attendants, sky caps, baggage handlers, checkpoint agents and cabin cleaners. they're striking over wages, some as low as $3.77 and hour plus tips. union leaders accuse contractors of intimidation and retaliation. they argue low wages lead to high turnover and staff shortages. service workers at ten other airports away the country are also on strike and the 24 hour work action will end tonight. tdo you believe in punishmet for abortion yes or no? >> the answer is that there has to be some form of punishment. >> on the defensive after those comments sparked outrage. how gud donald trump is trying clarify his position. and impact ransom ware attack is having on patient care. first a developing story out of oklahoma where people are assessing the damage after

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in tulsa, oklahoma, seven people hurt including one person critically injured after a tornado ripped through that area. it is disaster wherever you look. and a close call for people at this church who were gathered for a prayer service huddled together, they say it sounded like a freight train coming right over them. >> we were huddled right in here. p just all ball up in a ball here. and praying. >> there is major damage to

roof of the church and vehicles that were parked outside. but all of the con agree gagreg it out without a scratch. wednesday's storms spawned several tornado touchdowns everyone one at the tulsa airport. back to you. now let's check in with chuck bell. a nice warm-up this morning. >> back into the 70s for later this afternoon. and even tomorrow. tomorrow might even be close to 80 degrees. so for your commute this morning, dry roads, no worries. quite breezy, temperatures in the mid to upper 50s this morning as opposed to 20s and 30s yesterday. by later this afternoon, plenty mild, in the 70s. a risk of some rain showers coming in after the sun goes down today. not looking for a big impact during the daylight hours, but there is our rain chances comes in really late tonight into early tomorrow. no troubles traveling regionally or locally takoday. if you're

sin, chicago and detroit could have airline delays. chopper over a brand new problem, outbound 29 at fairfax county parkway. large police prepares. they have a vehicle pulled over, a lot of officers there. you can get by only on the right side of the roadway. so could be slowing things down quite a bit. orange, silver still single tracking because of a disabled work unit. top of the beltway, 95 to 270, on time. 66 inbound and 95 north also rolling along just fine. remember to listen to wtop 103.5 fm when you hop in your car this morning. what is your twitter handle worth is this one woman learned hers was worth a whole lot. how she used to help the people of flint. and we're also watching i t efforts to make your drive a smoother one.

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j those comments by donald trump are causing a firestorm on and off the campaign trail. this morning the gop frontrunner is trying to correct those comments just hours after the remarks to msnbc's chris matthews on wednesday, trump made an about-face saying abortion providers should be punished if roe vs. wade is overturned. republicans and democrats said the comments were inappropriate. in new poll in advance of the wisconsin primary is about the numbers. ted cruz is in first place right now with 40%, donald trump with 30%, and john kasich with 21%. for democrats, very close race here. bernie sanders has 44% support, and hillary clinton has 43%

soop support in wisconsin. margin of error is about six percentage points. there could be trouble for ds getting in to the d.c. primary. it turns out the local democratic party missed a deadline to notify the boord of elections that sand ders and hillary clinton paid their registration fees and a democratic voter filed a challenge to keep sanders off the ballot. the rules require a hearing on that challenge, but the chairman of the d.c. democratic party says an emergency d.c. council vote may be able to resolve the issue before the primary on june 14th. investigators say a ransom ware attack is what is causing trouble for thousands of patients treated at medstar hospital. it is the latest example in a string of such attacks on hospitals with hackers gaining control and demanding big money to restore computer access. an example, one woman says she was furious when the hospital canceled three days of her husband's radiation

>> i hope they get it faster because treatment somewhere. >> medstar says with backups, the system is returning to normal and that overall patient care has not suffered. 6:19 right now. a 20-year-old man is accused of trying to kidnap a 6-year-old girl from her front yard in wheaton. police say that salami grabbed the girl while playing in the yard on monterey drive. her mother manag salami and the gate and he ran off, but came back a few minutes later. officers arrested him on veers hill road. he's being head without bond. a guilty verdict for a man accused of elder abuse. a photo shows jose bacon withdrawing some of the thousands of dollars he's convicted of stealing. he pretended to be a caretaker, but a good samaritan found unhealthy and dangerous living

the elderly woman. charging documents state all the windows were covered allowing no natural light. the home was so cluttered that only one room was usable. there were cat feces in multiple places on the floors. officials in the county are working hard to protect seniors. >> the crime against seen arors unit works closely about police. there will be over 200,000 citizens in the next couple of years in montgomery county, so we quawant to protect our senio. in the vehicle fi >> bacon was banned from the vehicle fill's hospital room where he was preying on her views. she's now living in an assisted care facility. a new lawsuit against deonte carraway, the former school volunteer at judge still van i can't woods and choir director. the suit claims he took one of his choir members behind a stage and forced the

to engage in a sexual act with another student. the suit alleges carraway recorded it on his cellphone and threatened to kill her if she told anyone. he is facing 13 federal charges of exploiting up to 11 children. he also faces state child sex abuse charges. 6:21. reston town center customers will soon have to pay for parking. the owners of the center will phase in at app based parking system beginning august 1. there is a meeting set for tonight at the high at regency reston at 6:30. several places using the new text to 911 technology. alexandria says it's launched its service. it lets you text 911 instead of calling to get help if you can't make that call. alexandria says if you use the service, make sure to give a street address because they can't track your exact location. you may also have to answer some followup questi i

a 7-year-old girl from silver spring received a big honor from the montgomery county fire department for her bravery. about a month ago, jenna called 911 when her father collapsed in a diabetic coma. yesterday jenna toured the fire department communication center, met the fire 2k450e6 and the 911 dispatcher who took her call. she won a medal. after the tour the chief awarded her with the everyday hero medal and certificate. >> jenna is a poster child for doing everything right when faced with a challenge and stress of a potential life threatening crisis. >> that was really scary to me, but i did it by myself. >> she certainly did. she knew what to do and she acted fast. jenna'spatte parents say they'r proud of her. >> and good reminder to reinforce with your kids this is where we live, this is the phone number. >> i quizzed all my kids.

want to quiz chuck bell now about the forecast. current temperature at reagan national, chuck bell is this. >> it is 56 degreedegrees? i wasn't looking. 55. i got a to note questions in advance. >> may be the first time i 12u6r stumped you in six degrees. >> only one by degree. outside this morning, skies are partly cloudy new. we will see a gradual increase in clouds during the course of the day. these are not rain making clouds here this morning. tease are just indicative of the fact that the winds have turned back away to the south. kind of breezy. winds 15 to 20 25 miles per hour. they will stay that strong for the remainder of the day. temperatures are now 15 to almost 30 degrees warmer than we were at the same time yesterday. so sun coming up at 6:5 4 this morning. done at 7:31. what a great day. temperatures mid-50s to mid-60s here during the course of

this afternoon. there is a slight chance for rain today, but probably not the until after the sun goes down. after 7:30, 8:00 tonight. so we do have the 30% chance of rain today and 80% for rain tomorrow. could even have a rumble or two of thunder tomorrow either early in the morning between 5:00 and 8:00 or again during the afternoon. future weather then for today, just gradual increase in clouds. staying try through at least 6:00, 7:00. after that, rain chances will start to increase once again. here is radar, and you can see 14 hours and 22 minutes from now, aaron, you should be doing the math for me. that's 3w9 about 9:00 or so when the rain chances start to go back up. not a big severe weather threat tomorrow, but we could have a rum dell or two of hunger and each one of those thunderstorms may have gusty winds. so 73 today, 79 tomorrow. the biggest change in the forecast has been on the weekend, now a 40% chance of showers mainly

of the day on saturday. but noticeably wintdy and colde by sunday afternoon. so enjoy the mild weather while it's here. chopper 4 over this problem, outbound 29 at fairfax county parkway, big police presence here and sounds like there was a crash here actually taking a look, you can see you can only get by there on the right side of the roadway. chopper will be over there up it till that gets out you of the way here. orange and silver line single tracking. and 95 at prince william parkway, looking a little better right now. we were a little backed up. again that is easing just a bit. 66 east at 28 centreville, vehicle stopped in the right lane cause something slowdowns for a couple miles. and inbound 4 at woodyard road, vehicle stopped in the right lane. accou at 6:# 1, more on th

summit. today is the final day to get a head start for the enrollment period in the 529 program. the program lets families buy semesters of tuition from newborn through ninth grade. it covers in-state tuition and fees for all of the common weather schools. if you enroll by today, you do not have to pay until may. tesla will unveil its new hol model 3. they are promising this is a cheaper version. v head to the website to get the latest specs and prices and your reservation. hot ticket item apparently. what are they, $150,000 for some of the models? according to our nbc affiliate, several people are camping out in the bay area to make sure they get the latest model. production on the model 3 is expected to begin in late 2017. story that is making some headlines online, a close connection between two twitter

on the left is the brand new diet dr. pepper account. a woman from michigan on the right traded the twitter handle to dr. pepper in exchange for $5,000 worth of bottled water for the people of flint. she had chosen the handle back in 2009 because she had a bottle of diet dr. pepper on her desk. she has a new twitter handle now. >> and she did it for something good. i appreciate that. >> to help out the people who needed water. >> my twitter handle eun yang was already taken by a woman in korea. the shutdown we dealt with recently on metro could be a sign of things to come. and pleasant conditions outside as you get ready to leave to work, but change is on the horizon. chuck bell has four things to know. >> reporter: i'm kristen wright live in southeast washington with brea

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leaders are beginning to river for the nuclear security summit thin downtown washington. here is a live look at the convention center. >> and if your route to work includes any of the streets here, you need to make other plans. let bring in melissa mollett with more on how to get around the road closures. >> if you can avoid them, that's the best thing to do. avoid the convention center. lots of closures. 7th, 9th, n street all closed. those main routes will reopen on saturday. as far as what you can use today, we have major roads still open. rhode island avenue, 6th street northwest, constitution, connecticut are all open. may be a little heavier than normal as far as volume goes, but they will be open. green and yellow line, remember mount vernon square station, we're closed until tomorrow because of security.l

running, but you can't get on or off. use shaw or gallery place instead. chuck, i'm loving the high today. >> sun dresses back in fashion again today and tomorrow as well. be back in the 70s today and we will be flirting with 80 degrees tomorrow. so, yes, 70s back for today. risk of some thunderstorms mainly late tonight into tomorrow. not looking for a big coverage of thunderstorms, but we're watching that possibility for you. rain chances have lingered into the first part of the weekend and then as much as it will be warm today and tomorrow, it will be windy and cold around here sunday, monday and tuesday of next week. today nothing to worry about. breezy under increasing clouds. highs low to mid-70s. tomorrow occasional showers or thundershowers, highs tomorrow upper 70s to near 80 degrees. love that. back to you. we have breaking news this morning. we're working to find out more about a shooting in southeast

called to the area on good hope road and alabama avenue away 5:00 this morning where they found a man with a gunshot wound. kristen wright is in southeast with more. >> reporter: in the past little while, we've watched police doing their investigation. again, like you said, a man found shot near this mcdonald's on good hope road near nailor. they had their k-9s out. they just left. he watched the dog as it sniffed around the mcdonald's and also at the auto center shop next door. dog spent a lot of time in those bushes with police officers next to them shining their flashlights apkind of just looking for evidence. it appears they found the man shot just right here by the mcdonald's right around 5:00 this morning. police responded to a report of a shooting victim. that's when they found this man. his condition right now is no

looking for the actual crime scene. they don't believe it is here. so police telling us this morning they have not found the crime scene where this man was actually shot and they are looking for that location. so of course we are staying on top of this for you. good hope road is open. we'll bring you the very latest detai details through the app as we're able to get more information. back to you. fairfax county police have been hitting the pavement to track leads in the murder case of an 83-year-old man. a couple weeks ago, police found j johan todde leede shot to deathd the murder has put neighbors on edge. police still don't have any suspects. a maryland man faces charges for trying to hire a person to kill his wife. the suspect met with an

he offered him $15,000 for the murder. police say the husband wanted the murder committed inside the couple's laurel town home and he wanted it staged to rook like a home invasion or burglary. a newborn girl is in stable condition here inrook like a home invasion or burglary. a newborn girl is in stable condition here in washington after police in hagerstown say the mother lied to police. police were called to the home wednesday after the mother gave birth inside the house. the mother told investigators the infant was found on her back porch wrapped in a plastic bag. police do not plan to press charges. her name and age not being released because she's a juvenile. we're learning students in loudoun county wrote a school bus with explosive training material on board. a federal agency used the bus in an exercise at briarwoods high school. mother and tuesday, the bus was the used for children who attend rock ridge high, buffalo trail elementary and pinebrook elementary. the school district is trying to

material is benign and the students were in no danger. could your metro commute be? at a wednesday summit, metro leaders said the system cannot continue to move from one crisis to the next. maintenance repair issues may require entire lines to be shut down for months. metro's new general manager says there are no easy solutions. want to take you back to calcutta, i said i canndndia, a gave way. we're learning ten people are dead, another 150 are feared trapped and what you're seeing there, emergency crews on scene, the desperate attempts to save people with bare hands because they're having extreme difficulty getting in the heavy lifting equipment that they need to pull about the rubble from thce

surrounding buildings in that area. but again, this is an overpass that was under construction that just gave way. back to you. a local woman's pregnancy now at the center of the zika virus scare. what researchers in you're area are learning from will this case. and the first look at the damage inside the airport in brussels as that facility tries to reopen for passengers in the day ahead. and a live look outside this morning, where we're already seeing temperatures push toward the 60s. isn't that nice? the conditions your kids need to dress for with their school day forecast.

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it do take ten weeks or more before he walks again. rising costs could drive the redskins out of richmond. the team holds its training camp there, but the richmond times dispatch says it may be costing the city more than is it planned for. the paper says the redskins will receive $360,000 from the city for the camp this year. it says city leader originally believed they would break even on the camp. but that they have not the made as much as they expected there sponsorships and rent. 6:41 on a thursday morning. current temperature 56 at reston town center, 52 bethesda. temperatures in the 50s on the way out the door, mid-60s for an outdoor recess today. and beautiful 70 degree weather coming up on the way home later today. may want for have a pocket umbrella just to play it safe, but rain chances really don't move in until after 8:00, 9:00 tonight. the 7 day coming up. few trouble on th

mm with the latest. good morning cb. southbound gw parkway at 123, right shoulder blocked. also inner loop before little river turnpike, left side of the roadway blocked because of a crash. 66 inbound at 28 centreville, still have a vehicle stopped in the right lane causing big backups. 270 south, pretty typical. top of the beltway typically slow, but everything looks pretty normal for this time of morning. 66 inbound and 95 north, as well. remember to listen to wtop 103.5 fm when you hop in your car. right now we're watching a pair of developing stories including one that is happening an impact on your commute to work. we'll show you what to know to avoid running into road blocks go downtown. and in tulsa, at least one tornado touches down.

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right now at 6:45, leaders from all over the world are in d.c. to talk about nuclear security. this will have a big impact on your morning. if you thought traffic in our area was bad before, it could come to a standstill today. >> we have team coverage of the road and metro closures as well as the workaround. let's start with megan mcgrath "life" ne live near the convention center. >> reporter: things are starting to u

can see one of the road closures. no car traffic is allowed through at all both on this side as well as on the other side of the convention center. in fact folks staying at the marriott marquis hotel, they're not away to come out the lobby and grab a cab as they normally do. they have to walk down here to the corner of 10th street and pop on a taxi there. so very, very tight security all around the convention center. the mount vernon metro station, it is closed, as well. they will be running trains underneath, but you cannot stop there in terms of the road closures, mass avenue, new york avenue, 7th, 9th, n streets all closed in the area around the convention center. needless to say, we are expecting major traffic tie-ups. a little while ago i spoke to a man who says he's having quite the time trying to get to work this morning. >> this is definitely inconvenient for me. so cous

work. >> reporter: everything is closed. >> everything closed. roads blocked off about six blocks from 7th street. >> reporter: so expect to see a lot of police officers, a lot of activity. i've even seen some military vehicles in the area around the convention center. folks who live inside that secure zone, keep in mind when you leave today and tomorrow, when you want to return, you have to show i.d., proof that you live inside the secure zone. with more on the workaround and traffic, we'll go over to melissa mollett. >> good morning. so again, as megan said, a lot of closures. we have major roads that are still open. rhode island avenue, 6th street, constitution avenue, connecticut avenue. so those roads expected to remain open, but they hey be quite a bit more busy. ye gree green and yellow line, it's running but you can't get

mourn mt. vernon station. >> and we have a map of the street closures posted on the nbc washington app. it's also on my facebook page. and the types the roads will be closed, as well. florida while t we're learning about who isis was targeting in the brussels attacks. investigators found image of the belgian prime minister office and home on one of the suicide bomber's computers. 30 people were killed when the brussels subways and airports were bombed last week.brussels airport is closed again today, but it could be reopen soon. these are some new images of the damage inside the airport. airport technicians and engineers are working hard now to get at least some flights up and running again. they say they will know if that is possible later today. after more than a year, t

9-year-old boy back in 2014 is set to go before a d.c. judge. kenneth parker is charged with shooting jayden, the unintended vehicle victim during a gunfight. he spent months in a rehabilitation center. parker faces 14 counts related to the shooting including assault with intent to kill. family, friends and neighbors gathered to remember a teen killed at a d.c. metro station. 15-year-old davonte washington was shot this front of his mother and sisters on saturday at the deanwood station where loved ones gathered to grieve last night. davonte's grandmother thanked hose who came to pay their respects. >> davonte's life is gone forever. the young than that did this horrendous crime, life is already snubbed away from him. >> 17-year-old maurice bellamy was arrested on monday and charged

murder. bell and i victim did not know each other. police closed part of route 1 after finding a body in powells creek. it was discovered under the bridge there. this is the second body found in prince william county this week. on monday, police pulled a body from a pond in manassas. there could be trouble for bust when it comes to goo s ts june primary ballot. they missed a deadline to notify the board of elections that sanders and clinton paid their registration fees. a democratic voter is challenging to keep sanders off the ballot. that filing requires a hearing. an emergency d.c. council vote may be able to resolve the issue before the primary on june 14. right now service workers are off the job at reagan national airport. here is a live look at the airport. it is the first time service workers at reagan national have gone on strike. among the workers are wheelchair attendants, s

handlers, checkpoint agents and cabin cleaners. they're striking over wage, some as low as $3.77 an hour plus tips. union lead hers accuse contractors of intimidation and retal lags and argue the low wages lead to high turnover and staff shortages. service workers at ten other airports around the country are also on strike. the work action ends tonight. much of tulsa, oklahoma in shambles this morning after a tornado ripped through that area. it was yesterday's severe weather that brought on the tornado that meteorologists say touched down several times. the result, what you see here. at least seven people are hurt, and one of those are critical injuries. at the live desk, i'm erika gonzalez. and i guess that sort of fizzled out before it could make it east. >> they had great video on the internet, tornado right over the tulsa international airport yet.

chance late tonight into early tomorrow, but our severe weather risk row mai remains fairly low. a big difference from rumble or two of thunder versus high end severe weather. so impacts on your plan, the big green light for anything you want do outside today. breezy and mild, but rain chances hold off until after sundown tonight. tomorrow a risk of showers or thundershowers both in the morning between 5:00 and 9:00 and again between about 2:00 and 5:00 tomorrow afternoon. so not a washout, but sort of have a little flexibility in your plans for tomorrow. saturday likely to start off with clouds and showers before we dry out for saturday night. rain chances are highest for tomorrow, when you again, no washout. rain chances dropping as we get in to the weekend as drier but much colder air moves in saturday night and sunday. traveling today, look at all that rain now from the great lakes all the way down to the gulf coast. the leading edge of the rain showers coming towards us are

they're about 14 hours away, take puts them in here between 8:00 and 9:00 tonight. so that's when i think our rain chances finally start to ramp up. so what to expect then for today, a stiff south wind. so back into the 70s. showers possible afters s the s goes down. we're in the mid to upper 50s already. highs today in the 70s. enjoy it. here is future weather, cloudy skies moving in this afternoon. but again, future weather keeping most of the rain chances away until really late tonight into early tomorrow. here is 8:00 a.m. tomorrow morning, so a chance for a rumble or two of hunger eadred and again with the heating of the day. near 80 tomorrow. and then turning windy and colder saturday night. sunday and monday, down right chilly, raindrops which may have a wet snowflake or two mixed in, that is on tuesday. here is

little river turn pike, a three mile backup because of a crash at little river turnpike. 66 inbound at 28, vehicle stopped in the right lane causing pretty big delays. 270 at montrose, actually looking pretty good. inbound 4 at woodyard road, vehicle stopped there in the right lane again causing some pr big significant delays. as we zoom out here, last map for you here this morning of the beltway, other spots looking pretty typical. but again, a problem here inner loop loop at little river going to cause some issues. your commute may be a smooert one. the countdown is on to pothol potholepaloo potholepalooza. in january crews fixed more than 2,000. and

than 10,000. no word on when exactly potholepalooza officially kicks off. a local pregnant woman may help researchers learn more about the zika virus. doctors at children's national medical center in d.c. say a 33-year-old woman caught the mosquito-borne virus after traveling to mexico and central america. she was 11 weeks pregnant at the time. early ultrasounds did not show any signeds of birth dee effects. >> it was clear that there was significant impairment of development in some of the major structures of the brain. and evidence of injury. >> but at the 20 week, the ultra sound showed severe abnormalities.

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reopening after the deadly bombings at brussels last week. right now the nuclear security summit is going on near the washington convention center. several streets are closed. they c check the nbc washington app for a complete list. a three mile backup inner loop of the beltway as you're approaching little river turnpike. that crash really causing some delays. >> thank you. and that is the broadcast this morning. thank you for waking up with us. >> the "today" show is next.

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good morning. breaking news. [ siren ] powerful storms unleash tornadoes in oklahoma. golf ball-sized hail in kansas. widespread flooding in arkansas. this parking lot turned into a river. and look what happened in this college dorm. severe weather, and it's moving east today. damage control. a rare backtrack from donald trump after making can he reconl comments about women who get abortions. >> there has to be some form of punishment. >> for the women? >> yeah. there has to be some form. >> pro choice and pro life groups blasting the front-runner. >> he's dangerous. >> will trump's comments