what she is saying exclusively to news 4. plus intelligence investigation. a new report about russia's contact with trump's campaign before the election. good morning, everybody. >> happy wednesday to you. we're helping you get out the door with everything you need to know as we get into the second half of the week. chuck and sheena here with what to expect in today's forecast. >> we have something a little bit for everybody today. rain drops to be south of the city here early this morning and everyone needs to have the umbrella with them because there's a chance for even a little rain north and west of town. but most of the rain is down to the south. light rain south of town this morning. later this afternoon as a cold front comes

little rain shower or a snow shower or two. quick moving cold shot arrives for tomorrow. tracking the drops now from the capital beltway southbound along the northern neck, and this is all out ahead of the cold front. so again, as it comes by you might be able to wring out a rain drop or two. so be umbrella ready just to play it on the safe side. we'll talk more about temperatures and here is sheena. >> temperature wise not too bad. some areas around freezing. the warmer things are with the rain and in the district 40 degrees. not too bad. gaithersburg dropping down to 30. the cloud covering the rain, that's farther south. quantico 39 degrees. fredericksburg coming in at 44 degrees. annapolis 39 where we have some rain in the vicinity and it's mostly light. 7:00 a.m. showers mainlyou

seeing a few sprinkles trying to work their way in. we will see more clearing, temperatures reaching the upper 40s but a colder day tomorrow. we'll check that out. >> no problems found. we have an earlier debris. looks like that has been cleared out of the way. eastbound 66 at 50, a crash there on the left shoulder here this morning. taking a look at travel times 270 no problem. top of the beltway looking good. 66 inbound and northbound also rolling along. tears of joy and relief from a fairfax county mother as she find o

this is a story you'll see only on news 4. our cameras were there when venus returned home. >> her family had no idea where she was or whether she was safe. >> more on this emotional reunion. >> reporter: just hours affair fax county police raised this oa critical missing persons case she came home on her hone bringing with her hugs, tears and even a valentine's gift for her mother. this happened just about 9:00 or so last night when she came back to her home just as news 4's derrick ward were speaking with her mother about her being missing. the two shared long tearful hugs during which she apologized for running away after a dispute with her mother. she says she was safe in her month away though she did not say where she was.

tracking news online and were surprised police were trying to find her. she is now very relieved to be back home. >> you were okay though? >> i was okay. >> were you in a place thats of okay. >> i was. >> i know she was very scared about what could happen to me. >> reporter: now, she did reveal she may have ties to those other missing persons cases and after speaking with us she also spoke with fairfax county police and we are live outside police headquarte headquarters. back in to you. >> thank you. and this morning we're also learning more about why the 17-year-old disappeared. this all goes back to january 12th of this year when a body washed up in the potomac river in virginia. that was the body of 21-year-old christian rivas. police say he had been murdered. he was the ex- boyfriend of

venus. she told police she ran away-learning that her ex- boyfriend had been murdered. >> were you afraid it might happen to you? >> yeah, that's why i left. >> police have not identified a suspect in his murder. make sure you follow those reporters for updates today. five minutes after the hour right now. a man is dead in prince george's county. >> this morning we're working to find out what happened. angie has the latest from the live desk. >> an active homicide investigation underway right now. we are looking at some video of police. take a look here at the apartment complex where a man was shot to death in a stairwell there. trying to get some more

suspects, but for now, that's the latest from the live desk. back to you. >> a new report from the new york times down a big talker on capitol hill today. the paper reports that trump's campaign officials had repeated contacts with russian intel swrejens officials in the year before the election. phone calls intercepted at the same time that officials discovered russia was trying to disrupt the election by hacking into the democratic committee. nbc news has not confirmed the details in the times report. and if fallout over michael flynn's resignation is growing this morning. members of congress want to know more. meanwhile u.s. officials say that fbi agents interviewed flynn about the calls a few days before he came the national security advisor. that was part of the agency's investigation into russia's attempt to influence the

face to face with benjamin netanyahu today. it is his first meeting as president. netanyahu will head to capitol hill for several meetings. you may see more d.c. flags flying high today. that's because activists will be asking to make d.c. more safe. act vits will also be lobbying to prevent the new assisted suicide law from being struck down. a house committee voted in favor of a resolution that would get rid of it. today it is out with the old at metro. the transit agency retiring its first 4000 series rail car. it will be loaded on to a truck this morning. back in november metro pulled those cars from being used in

of safety concerns. the 4,000 series dates back to the 1990s. a new report about major concerns on dozens of bridges we use every day. we'll tell you which made the list coming up. >> plus your storm team 4 forecast. >> a quick look at the weekend forecast. it is going to be nice and mild around here. temperatures in the 60s. if you've got a long weekend for president's day you've got a great weekend of weather ahead of you. chances for rain and a whole lot of cold and wind. sheena will detail that coming up in a few minutes. >> and rumor is the dog everybody will be talking about today. why h won the tope p

12 minutes after the hour. we want to figure out how much we need to bundle up today. >> today you're not going to have to bundle up as you will tomorrow. parts of the area seeing rain and north of the district you'll need a warmer jacket. the warmer temperatures are where we do have the rain and that's mostly south of the district. we'll zoom in now on fredericksburg. this is pretty light rainfall and now near annapolis and clinton seaing more of that steady light rainfall just outside of the beltway. but we could see some sprinkles around the district. rain staying mostly to the south, but some sprinkles could be making their way north by noon clearing and through the afternoon more clearing. new crash out there on the beltway. a check on

>> so this new problem here frederick road near the shady grove metro. we have chopper headed there this morning. northbound indian head highway before swan kreeng rocreek road. a crash there on the left shoulder at route 50. inner loop and outer loop of the beltway rolling along pretty well right now. we want to go to the live desk with a developing story about an assassination. >> and now we have some breaking news. a woman has been arrested over the apparent assassination of north korea's kim jong un's half brother. they have arrested a suspect who had vietnamese travel documents. this is where kim jung nom is suspected of being

before he was able to catch a flight. kim told them that woman attacked him and used some kind of chemical spray. investigators are still looking at the cause of death and an autopsy is expected later today. back to you. >> thank you. the man who prosecutors say bought the gun used in the san bernardino terrorist attacks is prepared to plead guilty. he admitted to buy the assault riflings in a plea agreement. prosecutors say there is no evidence that marquez participated in the attack or had advance knowledge of it. all those people who had to leave their homes in california may not have much time back at home. almost 190,000 people were evacuated when the oroville dam was in danger of collapse. they were allowed back home last night but if this rains too much

again. the dam developed massive holes. if it collapses it could create a flood. emergency crews say they are watching the forecast, but they don't think there will be another problem. fairfax county officials are promising more accountability and transparency from their police department. now they've hired a man to deliver on that promise. richard schott is a 27 year veteran of the fbi. he will be the first independent auditor monotog torring fairfax county police. he will be a watchdog monitoring cases where an officer's use of force leads to serious injury or death. this is one of the ways the county is responding to the fatal shooting of gone jajohn g. the fbi is looking for a man in the district -- or rather from the district. for months he's been selling an ra

pictures of gary o'neil bell. he's 24 years old and he lives in d.c. and that the sex trafficking happened across multd pillion spots across the area. agenerals are offering up to $2,000 for information that leads to his arrest. new reaction from the dc school chancellor. wilson says he's focusing on what the system can do for young girls with similar problems. >> we recognize that our young female students, that they have unique needs as well and we look forward to announcing something on terms of the work that we need to do towards our females and that's one of the things that i am spending the last several weeks doing. ? he is

3:00 a.m. and he likes to work out and pray and meditate before he gets his day started. tonight three virginia lawmakers will hold a screening of the film "hidden figures" on capitol hill. >> a really great movie. barbara harrison took a trip down to talk to one of the people the film is based on. catherine johnson is a scientist who helped change the segregated culture of nasa. barbara said she was amazed by this woman whose talent helped put a man on the moon. >> reporter: the fact that you knew how to do it when a lot of people didn't know how to do it -- >> shame on them. >> barbara will share more of her interview tonight

>> the german shepherd dog. >> how about that? she was a drew und-- true under but she won best in show at nearly midnight last night. rumor came out of retirement after she lost in the final round last year. >> that's a good looking dog. >> yeah, it is. >> she'd make a great running buddy. >> done say things like that. >> my dog is sound asleep under a blanket right now. but as a side hound she is a great running buddy but boy is she fast on the squirrels. so it's going to be some degree dog nights coming our way. >> see how he does that? >> three dog nights and much colder air comes b

area. not a big chance for any accumulating snow coming our way. i looked back through the record books. keeping track of snowfall records since 1888 and only 36 times, roughly 25% of the time we don't even get an inch of snow in february even though almost 6 inches is an average amount. so far this february not even an inch of snow. if we're not going to get an inch of snow and i don't see anything but 60s over the weekend. it is 40 in washington under a cloudy sky. southerly breezes will help to warm things up later today. skies are clearer across southern maryland and a whole lot more cloud cover down to the south of us. you're going to want to go ahead and grab the umbrella because there could be a quick lit chance for a shower just about anywhere today. better rain chances down to the south. so typically cold. getur

carry your small umbrella with you and a warm hat as well because it will be turning breezy this afternoon once this cold front comes on to the i-95 corridor around 3:00 or 4:00 this afternoon. as the front goes by that might be able to wring out a quick little rain or snow shower or two. but nothing that will accumulate all that much. most of the rain is from about upper marlboro down into st. mary's county along parts of the northern neck. future weather does carry that chance of showers but again, by mid afternoon as the front comes by it might wring out another little rain drop or a snow flake or two because the air is quite chilly. 40s with clouds and rain chances for today. 30s tomorrow with a gusty northwest wind. average on friday and there are those 60s on the weekend. let's go toefr to melissa and find out about that wednesday drive. >> we do have a problem on

frederick road near redland road. not sure of the direction there on 355 but we know it is there. capital street, right lane is getting by that crash this morning. northbound indian head highway, left lane blocked by a crash. 270 southbound is fine. top of the beltway starting to get a little slow. that's very normal for this time of day. remember to listen to wtop when you hop in your car today. thank you. 6:21 now and fast food weddings are becoming a thing apparently. last week we told you about the domino's pizza wedding registry. now taco bell is about to take things to the next level. >> taco bell in las vegas offers

a $600 wedding package. i hope a whole lot of tacos are included in that. we want you to help us pay it forward. make someone's day a little brighter. how you can join us in giving back, next. and coming up at 6:30 maryland is getting ready to fight the federal government. >> the vote that could p

story out of richmond, a reminder for parents to teach your kids about fire safety. elly thompson who

after she saw a flash of light. her parents say she ran into their room to wake them up. they discovered their electrical box was on fire. >> you came in our room and saw that you saw flashing lights? where did you see the flashing lights? >> my room. >> she aherred them before t-- aherred them before the smoke alarm went off. we want you to join us in paying it forward. >> yesterday, we went over to the dc fire and brought firefighters coffee and donuts, just a small way to say thank you for all the things that the firefighters do to keep us safe every day. >> i like she's like come in here. >> we are calling this random acts of kindness week.

and twitter. make sure you use the hashtag pay it 4 ward. a you pay for someone's coffee. >> a teacher put these little notes that you could go home and read to make her day brighter. that's always special. >> 6:26 now. bridges marked structural di he efficient. we will pinpoint the ones that could be on your way to work. >> plus, heavy lifting for fast cash. a brazen atemp tempted -- attempted robbery. and rain on the radar mostly south and east of the district. but if you are driving farther southea

back with mom. a teenager is waking up at home.

off. >> russian ties, new concerns about the abrupt resignation of the top white house advisor and reports that the trump campaign made repeated contact with the russian officials during the presidential race. >> reporter: which bridges are in need of repair? new numbers coming up. it is 6:30 right now. don't be surprised if some of you wake up to wet roads this morning. >> you may even spot a snow flurry or two. we're going to be straight to chuck bell and sheena parveen to find out more about this forecast. just a little conversational snow flake? >> oh, look, a snow flake but i think the bigger story is the rain and the difference in temperatures. >> big drop in temperatures the further north you go. skies were a little clearer late into the evening. below freezing now across much of maryland. but where it is raining andt

noticeably milder in the low to mid-40s where the showers are. so bus stop conditions, plan on a chilly wait. rain chances are higher from washington southbound. here's radar to bear that out for you. upper marlboro, southbound and fredericksburg south and that's where the bulk of the rain chances will be today. mid to perhaps upper 40s for a time. might wring out a little rain chance as well. so everybody should take the umbrella just to play it on the safe side. we'll talk more about the weekend coming up in a few more minutes. but for now melissa is teamed up with chopper 4. >> chopper 4 got there. this is east west highway at grubb road.

so likely going to be there for some time slowing that mute through that area. southbound frederick road, it is southbound. just found out about that crash. it should be out of the way in a little bit. left lane blocked by a crash there and also before fort washington road, right lane blocked with a disabled vehicle. 6:32. now a head lines in the first 100 days of the trump administration. new reports that trump campaign officials had repeated contact with the russian officials in the year before the election. meanwhile president trump will meet be benjamin netanyahu. >> and trouble may not be over for kellyanne conway after she urged people to buy ivanka trump

maryland's attorney general could soon get the power to sue the federal government without the governor's permission. >> the house of delegates is expected to take a final vote today. it's already been approved by the senate. one of the reasons they want to expand the powers, the possible repeal of the affordable care act. maryland's attorney general hasn't had the authority to sue the federal government on their own since the ruling by the supreme court -- the state supreme court in 1984. republicans say the resolution upsets checks and balances. families in prince william county are po testirotesting a governor's policy. the leader is board chairman corey stewart. this morningot

to disrupt traffic in fairfax county in the name of natasha mckinney. she was stunned by a taser and died at the county jail. she suffered from mental illness. her death was ruled an accident. protesters plan to block the intersection at the corner of route 29 and route 50. fire investigators are trying to figure out what started this fire. the flames are finally out at the waste facility in lorton. firefighters had been working around the clock to put it out but it was difficult because there was so much trash. the commute is well understood way and chances are you drive over a bridge or an overpass. >> over more than 1,000 bridges in d.c., maryland and virginia were marked structurally deficient. we're joined now live in prince george's county.

you. you know, so we have this long list of bridges across the d mechanic v labeled structurally deficient. it's likely of course a bridge that you cross every day is in need of some sort of repair. just this morning we shot some video over the beltway at 214 central avenue and as chopper 4 goes around and our crews go around, we are on bridges all the time. this federal analysis found more than 1,200 bridges in the dmv. more than 1,200 are in need of a key element of repair. some of those include the inner and outer loop over the beltway over suitland parkway. the arlington memorial bridge just to name a few. they say they have a key element that is in need of repair but it is important to note it doesn't mean they are unsafe or in danger of collapse. these numbers are actually below

infrastructure repairs especially since more than half of them are also considered obsolete, out of date. for a complete list of the numbers and the bridges in our areas labeled structurally deficient you can check out our nns washington app. that is the latest. live from morning side. back to you. we broke the news about that atm stolen in laurel at this time yesterday. and thooefzs tried to take an atn in lan ham too and we have new video how they didn't get it. they break into this bp and try to pull it away. but that broke the atm. a very similar situation in laurel. three people did get away. now police looking into whether these cases are connected. harrison ford is known for his action packed movies but now the actor turned pilot is at the center of a federal investigation after a dangerous scene that played out at

airport. plus, shattered windows, homes shot up in northern virginia. why police may believe it has come to an end. >> i'm chuck bell. a big range of weather conditions across the area. cold and dry to the north of the city and wet and milder down to the south. how is this going to play out for the remainder of your z29kvz zstz y29kvy ysty

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y29ksy ysty good wednesday morning. we have rain on the radar mostly off to the east of the beltway. looks like most of this will miss the d.c. area. but if you're on fredericksburg, quantico, on the drier side and if you are in charles county, that's where we're seeing some more steady light rainfall but as we go through the mor

see those temperatures slowly rise. mostly cloudy in the district and rain mainly to the south. chuck will have a look at your ten-day forecast. >> in the movies you're used to seeing harrison ford do some risky state of the unions. >> but now the faa is involved. he landed a small plane in california in the wrong spot. air traffic controllers told him to land on a runway but instead he landed on a taxiway that runs parallel to the runway. we have breaking news out of prince george's county. >> this story developing outs of green belt. we continue to follow it as we look at more video from the scene. this is where a m

shot to death in the stairwell of this apartment complex. this is in the 6200 block of reesewood drive where a lot of police markers on the ground there. they are investigating this suicide a homicide but we're still waiting to confirm. more information about what led up to the shooting and police have not released his name or any details about the gunman. back to you. >> all right. thank you. emotional reunion. it was all captured by news 4 cameras. find out what we've learned since the missing virginia teen returned home. >> plus, paying for gas without ever getting out of the car. how one major car maker may be able to save you time in the morning. and dhoper 4 over the scene for us this morning.

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out. the good news for drivers on a cold morning. >> plus, your social media is probably going to be full of rumor. >> 14 before the hour and this morning a fairfax county mother is thankful her daughter is back home and safe. venus had been missing for a month. >> only our cameras were there when she returned home. this is a story you'll on the see on news 4. >> tears of joy and relief there. we want to go live to justin finch with more on this emotional reunion. >> reporter: good morning. emotional indeed. 17 yoorld venus said she had been watching news headlines while she was away and was surprised to see herself as one of them. she came home to her mother

county police and this is one of many hugs and embraces she and mer mother shared just moments after she walked through the front door of their home. her mother had not seen her since back on january 15th. they were interviewing her mother. she did apologize for running away though she did not say just where she was. she insists that she was safe. coming home just hours after police upgraded her case to a critical missing person's case and asking the public to help out. she is now very happy to be back. >> and so you were okay? >> i was okay. >> were you in a place that was safe? >> i was. >> i'm really sorry because i know she was very scared about what could happen to me. >> reporter: and she did tell us she has ties to those other missing persons cases in the northern virginia ar

with fairfax county detectives. back in to you. >> thank you. this morning we're also learning more about why venus disappeared. this all goes back to january 12th of this year when a body washed up in the potomac river. that was the body of christian rivas. police say he had been murdered. he is the ex- boyfriend of venus. she told noose 4 that he ran away from home after her ex- boyfriend add been murdered. >> what happened to my ex- boyfriend when they found him in the river, when he was dead, that's why i left home. >> you can also read more about the other cases connected to this one potentially in the nbc washington app and get another look at that touching reunion. it is now 6:48. this is more fallout this morning the

michael flynn. nbc news was the first to report that vice president mike pence was in the dark for two weeks about the warning the white house receive received about flynn from the justice department. all of this comes as lawmakers want answers about flynn's ties to russia. >> i think it's likely that general flynn will be at some point asked to come and talk to the committee about both post election active eighties. >> there needs to be an independent and transparent investigation, but because the white house knew for weeks that general flynn misled the vice president. >> meanwhile, president trump will welcome benjamin netanyahu to the white house today. they're expected to hold a joint news conference. fairfax county police nay have found the person

fire. they say the ammunition found with him is the same kind that was fired into some homes in herndon in january. the shootings have rattled a lot of neighbors. >> there was one shot that wubts all that close and then when the second one went off it really got my attention. sounded like afghanistan. been there, done that. don't expect that in this neighborhood. >> court documents make maloy as the prime suspect but he's not been charged in the investigation. rumor is a good dog. in fact, she is the best dog in the country it seems. >> she won best in show at the dog show at nearly midnight last night. it's only the second time a german she heard won best in show. she made it all the way to the finals last year and lost. >> the dog is pretty cute and these people can't stop sharing pictures of

in fact, she was getting a lot of attention online before she won. >> apparently she was named after adele's song, "rumor has it." >> is that true? not just a rumor? melissa laughs. >> i need a minute. >> outer loop here you can see a slowdown there. chopper 4 has been over this for the past 20 minutes or so. this is eastbound east west highway at grubb road. they're trying to get that hooked up and out of the way. looks like it may be affecting some utilities there. southbound, south frederick road near redland road, they do have a crash near shady grove metro station. 270 not so bad this morning. these routs into and out of town,o

beltway rest of the beltdwway i okay. 66 and 95, no major worries. travel times, we're okay top of the beltway around a little slow 95 northbound looking pretty normal. >> good morning. here are four things that you need to know about the weather for today. we do some rain drops south of washington this morning. that's where the majority of rain chances will be for most of the day. gusty winds come back this afternoon and a rarity in this february, highs only in the 30s tomorrow, but if you can't stand the cold you don't need to worry because by the weekend it's going to be much warmer. chilly degrees cloud adi here in washington, there are rain drops down to the south of the city. a look at the radar and future

parveen. >> what we have around the area right now, mostly rain down to the south and off to the east. we don't ecxpect that area of rain moving up to the north. but winds increasing. so it's picking up on the rain just to the south and by 9:00 a.m. it's continuing to move. as we go through the afternoon today, look what happens as we get closer to the week and warmer air starting to move in for your saturday but before that we're going to drop down tomorrow and then that warmth returns for the weekend. >> yeah. here's your whoelt ten-day forecast. temperatures in the 30s tomorrow. most of the rain chapss saturday. blustery cold tomorrow, back to the average on friday and there's the three-day president's day weekend with all three days 670 or higher. hard to believe this is february.

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know before you head out the door this morning. a missing teen is back home this morning and we broke the story on twitter. this story continues to unfold. >> the new york times reports campaign officials had repeated contacts with russian intelligence officials in the year before the election. that information coming from phone records and intercepted calls. nbc news has not confirmed the details of that report. >> president trump will welcome netanyahu to the white house today. stay tuned to the "today" show to find out what they could be discussing during this meeting. and prince george's county police found a man shot in his apartment last night. >> and there's your next couple of days forecast around here. pretty good chance of showers south of the city this morning. then blustery and cold weather comes back for tomorrow but since i

cold weather it will be nice and mild for the weekend. >> i like that. >> outer loop, i have a big problem there. you can see the response in the middle of the roadway. one lane blocked and chopper 4 at grubb road, a little bit of a slowdown because of that vehicle that was on its route there. they're trying to get that one out of the way too. >> the "today" is next. we'll be back in 25 minutes for weather, traffic and any breaking news. >> make it a gre wednesday, at

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good good morning. breaking overnight. aides to president trump had repeat contacts with russian intelligence officials during the election. the communications revealed during an ongoing fbi investigation. their content, unclear. but do they show team trump was closer to russia than they've let on? fluid situation. residents here that troubled dam in california being allowed to return home. the mandatory evacuation lifted for now. but with a new storm approaching, is the danger far from over? murder mystery. a woman arrested overnight in connection with the killing of north korean leader