whack. that's about all i can say. our warmest february on record is going to be continue to be crazy weather for swings up and down the next couple of days. >> 49 degrees in the district. we have some 30s on the map though. 34 frederick, 43 in lor ton, but as we go through the afternoon we'll be milder today than we were yesterday. so look at the numbers going up to near 60 by lunchtime. we'll be in the mid to upper 60s later on this afternoon. that is going to come with rain later in the day. this morning we're staying dry and most of the day we really are going to stay dry but you will notice the change in temperatures and tomorrow we'll be even warmer in the 70s, but that's also going to come with a risk for possibly severe thunderstorms. let's get a closer look at that with chuck now. >> absolutely just like we had on saturday, temperatures surging way above average. some places could be as much as 30 degrees above average for tomorrow. for today,

rain out here near cincinnati, that's about ten hours from arriving here. that puts it in the area around 3:00, 4:00 this afternoon. tomorrow no real weather threat for today. tomorrow we do have a slight risk for severe weather. the primary concern for any severe weather issues will be gusty winds, small hail and freektd lightni frequent lightning as well. tornado threat is low but that's not the same as no risk at all. so have your nbc washington app download today and ready to go and find, like and follow us on our social media platforms so we can keep you ahead of the storm. a peek of the weekend forecast and i know somebody that loves talking about weekends and the's melissa. >> i do. chopper 4 over the top of the beltway, inner loop and outer loop there, no big problems right now. hopefully it stays that way. southbound north capitol street, the service road there to new york avenue, we have it blocked between o and new york avenue because of police

we're keeping an eye on that for you this morning. 66 inbound, outbound there. no worries 95 northbound and southbound. through prince george's county, those main routes also looking good. we'll take a look at travel times coming up. get ready for a full day of coverage on president trump's address to congress. >> he's expected to lay out his vision for the country and he could chart a path forward for some of his legislative priorities. we're live on capitol hill now with more. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you guys. and we're already hearing from federal workers. they want to know how the president's plans will impact them. the huge boost in defense spending and the big cuts to domestic programs. >> job cuts, i'm also worried about hiring future employees if they cut the salary and benefits too much. it could hurt future recruiting. >> i know there's all kinds of concerns about job cuts everywhere else, but you knw,

government people are people too and they need jobs also. >> reporter: now, the speech tonight is just a basic outline. we'll get the full plan in may and of course that will also include the plan to overhaul the affordable care act. live from capitol hill, back to you. >> thank you. and president trump says former president obama is behind the protests that have erupted at town halls across the country. he made the comments in an interview with fox newschannel. the president went on to say that he thinks it's quote, just politics and that the protests will continue. you will hear exactly what he had to say in just a few minutes. and nbc news will provide live coverage of the president's address to congress. you can watch the speech at 9:00 here on nbc 4. >> lawmakers have approved a man they say could play a major role in u.s. trade policies going forward. a billionaire investor is the new secretary of commerce. he's been very critical of china'ad

as the north american free trade agreement. ahead of the confirmation vote chuck schumer acruised ross of having questionable business ties with russia. he was approved. parents and staff are on alert at three local jewish day schools after bomb threats. the school was forced to evacuate after a hoax call. minutes later other schools also received threatening calls. we'll have a live report on all these threats and how schools are trying to keep students safe. in d.c. wilson high school's principle is asking parents to talk to their children about what could have been a dangerous situation. yesterday a 16-year-old was arrested for bringing a loaded gun to the school in northwest. the student was stopped at a security check point on campus before heading to class. the teen's name has not been released. angie is following some

>> this deadly scene not too far away from dunbar high school. we've had footage here of officers responding to hanover place northwest. this is near north capitol street. a man who has not been identified yet, he was shot right before midnight. police saying that he did end up dying at the hospital. we are still working on getting more information about the victim and a possible motive. eun? thank you. the fbi believes they tracked down a maryland 4-year-old boy who's been missing since last year. matthew carington went missing from maryland back in october. we've posted this picture on our facebook page. it's on my facebook page as well so you can share it. the 4-year-old was spotted over the weekend in birmingham, alabama. investigators believe he's been in that area since shortly after he was missing. the fbi also says carington is with people who are armed and dangerous.

house that was destroyed in this plane crash. this is in california. it happened overnight. three people did die though and two are in critical condition right now. investigators are still working to learn what caused the crash. they say the people on board that plane were coming home from a trip to disney land. the passengers included a husband and wife and three teenagers. injuries at one of rio's famous carnivale parade. at least 17 people were hurt after part of this float collapsed. the parade was delayed but the show went on. this is the second time there have been injuries during celebrations. on sunday 20 people were hurt when a float crashed. oscar oops. after the biggest gaffe in hollywood history. and what female workers say happened to them and how the company is responding now.

and this morning it is milder outside. temperatures will be milder through the afternoon. your morning commute looks good. recess looks good. if you're exercising it looks good but the p.m. commute, we'll see some showers developing so rain later today and then the storm chances increase dramatically tomorrow with warmer temperatures and the tletd for some sev

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it is the final day of the warmest february on record. >> looks like we have some more warm air coming this way too. >> absolutely right. might as well go ahead and finish the warmest february on record with another warm day. temperatures this afternoon running 15 to in some places as much as 20 degrees above average. already a little bit of e

as the early sun rises are pleasant. there's a pretty big range in temperatures. upper 30s to low 40s in most of the nearby neighborhoods. so kids going out to the bus stop this morning may want to have that little umbrella just to play it on the safe side. not for rain now but for rain chances that come in later in the day. between now and then temperatures go from 30s and 40s to mid-60s for today. so again, an umbrella, maybe just a little jacket for early this morning. rain drops near cincinnati now. they're only about ten hours away. be ready for those. a complete check of the forecast coming up in just a few more minutes. >> chopper 4 over the top of the beltway at connecticut avenue. so everything there looking pretty good. a brand new problem chopper is going to head to right now. this is 450 at cooper lane. a crash reported in that area here this morning. taking a look at travel times. 270 south, top of the beltway, both of those things looking good. 66 inbound

again, kind of being nice to us today here. no major problems on either of those routes either in virginia. remember to listen to wtop 103.5 when you hop in your car. live pictures from that crash coming up in a couple minutes. oscars host jimmy kimmel is trying to explain what led to the biggest mixup in itself sheary. >> he spent much of his opening monologue explaining what happened and how much he was also taken by surprise. >> so we're sitting you and you figure, well, the host will go on stage and clear this up and then i remember, oh, i'm the host. you're standing there holding an oscar that they're going to take away from him. my first instinct was to tell him to run. >> too many people in his way though. now we now oscars accounting agency price waterhouse coopers took responsibility for the mistake. the associate handed the wrong envelope was tweeting backstage

oscar officials have not said whether they'll make changes with this accounting firm next year. after reports of widespread sexual harassment uber is taking a closer look at its employees. the company just fired the vice president of engineering. he didn't tell executives he's been accused of sexual harassment at his previous job. and uber is not the only company dealing with these sorts of allegations. the company that owns several big name jewelers is being accused of fostering a culture of sexual harass mat and discrimination against female employees. sterling jewelers is being sued by hundreds of former employees. sterling jewelers responded to allegations saying in part, quote, complaints that were reported to the company were thoroughly investigated and action was taken where appropriate. it's now 6:13.

we're sure you probably say this to your kids but here is another reminder for them to not play with fire for the second time in a week a child accidentally started a fire in their home. and fire investigators say this case happened saturday morning. a 6-year-old was playing with matches when his mattress caught fire. everybody escaped safely but the fire caused at least $250,000 in damages. it also came just five days -- or days after a five-year-old died in a house fire. investigators in that case say the child had been playing with a lighter in the garage. 14 after the hour now and a downtown bethesda landmark may soon be up for sale. the owners of tasty diner tell bethesda magazine that they are in talks about selling the property where the restaurant has been since 1958. mariotte announced a plan to build a new headquarters on that same block.

there are no firm offers on the table and he's not even sure he wants to sell. new this morning summer will be a little longer for students in montgomery county public schools. the board of education voted last night to update the district's calendar. school will start on september 5th and end on june 12th. that change follows an executive order from governor larry hogan requiring schools to start after labor day and end before june 15th. all this week on news 4 today, we are trying to help you get less stressed. >> hard to do. we introduced you to a local meditation class in bethesda for kids. angie is taking us back to class and beyond with some specific tips on what you can do with your kids at home. >> and now breathe in and breathe out. >> at just meditate, young minds at work. it's a class just for kids, but their parents not far

experience of exercises involving breath, sound and the present. meditation expert says mindfulness gives kids an inner resource they can use in times of need. he adds technology can be a good backup. >> so many mindless apps from just singing to meditation timers to guided meditations, all kinds of different resources are out there for parents and for young ones. >> and speaking of those apps, some that are recommended by minds inc. include stop, breathe and think. also there is one called settle your glitter. i like that one. calm.com and smiling minds is another one. you just giggled. and so we have put all of these recommendations up on our nbc washington app. all you have to do is search meditation. >> there are a lot of --

stereo types about meditation. people think it's faith based in some cases. is that the case here? >> there are a lot of stereo types that are attached to meditation but we are seeing this is a growing trend in the d.c. area and with just meditate, this is one of those places you can go that really takes a secular approach so there is no kind of faith based learning or anything that's intertwined with it. really they say it's more about learning the stress free strategies that you can use and just to take a moment to pause before you react and i think all of us could probably use a little bit of that, not just the kids. >> thank you. tomorrow we are focusing on stress management for high school students and you can catch up on our series on less stress on the nbc washington app. search less stress. zwroo sp spin the weather wheel. see where we land today. >> not stressful at all to go from winter to summer to back to winter and back to spring. >> it's stressful if you

so i do feel badly for the ski resorts and those that really want winter weather. however, i also love my flip flops so this is great news for ones that like the milder weather. warmer today than we were yesterday. it has been so up and down and wait until you see the rest of this week. tomorrow we'll be in the 70s. thunderstorms in the forecast. weather alert day tomorrow because some of those storms could be severe and by severe we mean damaging winds. very strong thunderstorms. i'll show you the area that can expect it. current temperatures about the mid to upper 40s. 40 dulles. frederick at 36 degrees but most of us in the mid to upper 40s. locally we're dry. a decent day but later in the day there's an area of rain that will be moving in so for the evening commute i think that's the time when we'll see a lot of the showers starting. here is the severe threat for wednesday. the yellow shaded area which is our entire area, this has been extended farther north and

this is the area where we expect to see some strong to severe storms tomorrow. so any strong to severe storms, lightning, hail and heavy rain, so this will be an issue as we go through the afternoon hours. here's a look at the timing. today we're mostly dry. 6:00 p.m. we'll see some showers develop. 9:00 p.m. they noomove to the south. a line of very strong storms approaching the district. some of those storms could be severe. by 5:00 p.m. that all moves to the south and we're basically drying out all the way through thursday and friday. here is the temperature trend as we go through the rest of this week. yes, you thought we were on a roller coaster ride, well, we have another one in the forecast. 77 tomorrow. we are below average as we go into friday. there you see it. windy thursday, much cooler. coming up chuck will have a closer look at your extended forecast as well. but now let's check the roadways with melissa. >> so chopper made its way over to the situation here. chopper 4 showing us from above here,

no big issues in the roadways. this crash in the parking lot there. not going to slow you down at all. southbound north capitol street, that service road to new york avenue there is blocked right there between o street and new york avenue. d.c. police saying this could last through the morning rush. police activity through that area. inner loop and outer loop of the beltway, no big issues there. everything is moving nicely here. 66 inbound your slow spot. 95 north a little bit slow to wood bridge. both of those very normal for this time of day here this morning. prince george's county, inbound 210 as you're approaching the beltway that's a little slow and 301 as you're approaching 5. >> thank you. if you are just checking your phone here's what you missed on social media. kellyanne conway caught in a snapshot. >> and

many of us have been inside the u.s. capitol for a tour, maybe a school field trip back in the day. this morning we're getting a behind the scenes look at a rarely seen area. matt lauer explains. >> this is called washington's tomb. it's one level below the crypt here at the capitol. now, this is where george washington was supposed to be buried along with his wife mart martha, but he made it clear he didn't want to be buried here. he wanted to be at the family home at mount vernon.

even though there's no body here, this place is still under lock and key. >> you can watch mar of matt's story on the behind the scenes areas as he anchors from the hill today. everyone wants to know what the president will be saying but there are some other news coming out of the white house today, specifically the oval office and advisor kellyanne conway. take a look at this photo. take a look here. it shows president trump meeting with leaders from black colleges and universities and conway has her feet up on the couch. here's a closer look. a lot of people say they're offended that this is disrespectful, telling her to take her feet off the couch. some people are also pointing at the reactions of other people in the room. a couple of people, their faces aren't smiling here and some are taking they couldn't take the meeting seriously. others though in response to all this controversy are saying that these are other photos that they've seen with president obama with his feet up on

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first speech to congress. president trump is hours away from heading to capitol hill. we'll tell you what to watch for and how democrats are already preparing to respond. school bomb threats. students targeted for their religion. what's being done to protect kids at three local schools. >> and metro changes, the policy that could cost you more money to take your next ride to work. it is 6:29. just about now and now is the time to really pay attention to the weather forecast. we have a lot of changes in

>> we're talking rain and then a weather alert day for tomorrow, but we begin with team coverage from storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell and sheena parveen. >> another crazy swing in the weather. it's hard to believe our average high is 51 degrees because we haven't been anywhere near average for weeks. tomorrow we'll go way up with the approach of storms like eun was just mentioning. today we'll be fairly dry, most of the day. it is a mild morning. as we go through the morning hours staying about the upper 40s. by noon today 63 degrees already and by 5:00 p.m., 67, so we'll be warmer than yesterday, but scattered showers will be moving in for the evening commute. morning commute looking dry. we just have some clouds around but look off to our west. that's the rain we're watching for posz by later on today but then we have that round of severe weather as we go into tomorrow for parts of the area. so coming up we'll take a closer lo

melissa. >> chopper 4 over bw parkway here at 450. you can see northbound, southbound is fine and that earlier issue we were looking at cooper road is gone. inner loop and outer loop, everything looking nice and light this morning. i like seeing this around 6:30. i'm sure you do too. southbound north capitol street. the service road to new york avenue blocked between o street and new york avenue. that is police activity. we spoke with police just a couple minutes ago. they're telling us this could last through the morning rush. taking a look now at 270 at shady grove road, no problems northbound or southbound. we'll keep an eye on the situation we just talked about and also take a look at travel times coming up. thank you. now to a look at today's top stories. >> president trump heads to capitol hill tonight to address a joint session of congress. he's expected to lay out his vision for the country. >> the senate confirmed wilbur ross as his secretary of commerce last night. he could play aaj

forward. and a maryland boy has been missing for five months and the fbi thinks they may have tracked him down. 4-year-old matthew carrington disappeared back in october. the fbi says he was spotted over the weekend in birmingham, alabama. the feds also say carrington is with people who are armed and dangerous. threats to jewish day schools and community centers have been ramping up across the country. >> even three schools in our area have been targeted. justin finch live in fairfax county with a look at how schools are responding to those hoax bomb threats. >> reporter: aaron, eun, these were deemed hoaxes but they are still frightening for parents and students so local jewish day schools and centers are working with police and taking them quite seriously. more than 100 students and staffers were evacuated here at gesher jewish day school after that threat was called in monday

evacuated. charles e. smith school was also threatened with these bomb hoax threat calls at the 9:00 a.m. hour on monday morning. no explosives were found. >> we have been increasing security. we've taken another -- a number of measures. we have local police who are here at dropoff and pickup every day and that's new this year. and that's really in response just to the heightened security concerns that we have. >> reporter: and again, these threats were deemed not credible so gesher and the other schools were given the all clear and there were no reports of any injuries. back in to you. >> thank you. 6:32 now. did a mother's mental health issues play a role the her son's death? prosecutors say angelique

the woman is accused of killing her teenage son christopher perry last week. she's currently being held without bond. >> there was a very serious mental health illness that the mother was suffering and we believe that, you know, now we'll have to investigate and see how this contributed to this crime. >> police say chase shot her son in the chest after they had an argument. prince george's county schools could learn today whether they will get a waiver from the state to begin the 2017-18 school year in august in an 8-4 vote the school board chose to defy the order man dating maryland public schools have a post labor day start. they received a formal waiver request from prince george's schools last night. a formal decision could be handed down as early as this morning. the i-team has learned this prince george's county case will be closely watched by other districts around the state. montgomery county schools voted for asc

begins post labor day for 2017-18. >> developing this morning, take a look at this. this is the last time anyone saw angelica rivas. this is surveillance video of her leaving work mid shift on saturday. her family hasn't heard from her since. there's been reports that s's been found with family in another state but police have not been able to confirm that. her family here fears for her safety because her 15-year-old cousin was recently murdered. several gang members are charged in that case. a labor dispute is heating up that could impact your ride on metro. the transit agency is trying to limit the number of hours certain members can work to cut down on tired bus and train operators. union members are threatening to leave the metro short staffed. metro may bring in outside contractors to fill shifts. metro and the union are in the middle of negotiating a new

contract. >> a trip to disney ends in tragedy. how homeowners got out of harm's way just in time. and hit show trainer from biggest loser is recovering from a heart attack. why this should be a wakeup call for all of us. >> 49 degrees in the district right now and as we go through the day it will be warmer than yesterday, but you'll want your umbrella this afternoon. severe storms tomorrow possible through part of the area. we'll ow you thesh

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your time is 6:38. angie is at the live desk following a deadly plane crash. some incredible images right now. >> a frightening sight that so many witnessed in broad daylight. no was on the ground in this neighborhood was hurt, but we just heard that there was a man inside the house and he just talked about how he

>> i thought i'm going to have to get out of here or i'm going to die basically. so i ran to the back door and i got that open and i took off. >> unbelievable but we do know that three people were killed. two women were seriously injured after they were ejected from that plane into that house. we are learning that the crash shortly after takeoff, they had just been at disney land for a cheer leading competition and headed to san jose. right now investigators are looking into what caused that crash. and good morning, everybody. i'm storm team 4. chuck bell looking out to our eastern sky there, yes indeed already some early morning rays of sunshine out there but the old saying red sky and morning sailors take warning. all of our severe weather concerns are focused on tomorrow. an opportunity for high winds or some hail. lots ofun

also possible tomorrow and a very low risk for tornado. but you should be weather ready for tomorrow. it will be a weather alert day. that means have your nbc washington app downloaded and follow, friend and like us on all our social media platforms so we can keep you ahead of the bad weather coming up tomorrow. let's go over to melissa. >> we'll go there later, chuck. we'll take it. >> a scary reminder that no matter how healthy you are, your age, you can still have a heart attack. >> you've probably seen this story all over your time line. one of the trainers from nbc's biggest loser is recovering from a serious heart attack. this happened two weeks ago while bob harper was working out in a new york gym. he tweeted this photo saying he's on the mend. he obviously works out a lot. he eats healthy but doctors say they may not matter if you have bad genes. >> can be very powerful even if you do all the right things, if you have the bad genes,

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will impact thousands of federal workers here. >> protest controversy. president trump points the finger at the person he thinks is behind rowdy town halls. >> immigration fears. how local scammers are already using new policy to steal your money. >> attention shoppers. walmart's digital upgrade could deliver a major blow to its biggest competitors. 15 before the hour. it is a big day for president trump as he makes his first address to a joint session of congress. >> it is a chance for him to lay out his vision and speak directly to the american people. we're live on capitol hill with a look at what we can expect tonight. >> reporter: good morning to you guys. president trump is preparing to tell the american people and congress how he plans to fulfill his campaign promises and he is using the theme for tonight's address renewal of the american spirit. he's going to talk about a range

the affordable care act to the economy, to national security. one of the biggest, asking congress for $54 billion for defense spending while also asking for 54 billion in cuts to domestic programs. here's what one federal worker had to say. >> defense needs more money, maybe, but is there enough money in the defense budget and there's a lot of ways the defense budget can be better used. >> reporter: now, notable guests of the president for tonight, the widow of justice scalia and the parents of children killed by illegal immigrants. that is the latest live from capitol hill. back to you. >> thank you. president trump is making headlines after an interview with fox newschannel. >> this is angie with a look at what he said. >> good morning. president trump blaming president obama for t l

the protests at town halls. as you said he appeared on fox news less than an hour ago. >> no, i think that president obama is behind it because his people are certainly behind it and some of the leaks possibly come from that group, you know, some of the leaks this are very serious leaks because they're really bad in terms of national security, but i also understand that's politics, and in terms of him being behind things, that's politics and it will probably continue. >> and that interview actually happened last night, but it just aired on fox. the president has not offered any evidence that the leaks actually came from president obama's people. we are still watching his twitter account to see if he says anything else this morning. now back to you. >> all right. thank you. 6:47 right now and the country has a new secretary of commerce. >> wilbur ross was confirmed for the position last night in a vote of 72-27. he was a billire

and has been very critical of china's trade practices as well as the north american free trade agreement. democratic senator chuck schumer accused ross of having questionable business ties to russia. democrats planning two responses to the president's address tonight. one in english and one in spanish. the english version will be given by former kentucky governor while the spanish response will be given by activist silva. she plans to address the crackdown on undocumented immigrants and the need for affordable health care. >> and you can watch the president's address live on nbc 4 right after the voice. it starts at 9:00 followed by the wall. we'll have live coverage and analysis on news 4 at 11:00. it is 6:48. in northern virginia it looks like local scammers are playing into immigration fears. a loudoun county woman says she fell victim. a man called her saying she was from 911. the caller said her immigration paperwork was missing and that the depant

security was about to issue a warrant for her arrest. she was told to go to a fake dhs website and use itunes gift cards to pay a bail bondsman. this morning fairfax county police are trying to figure out how someone ended up dead on a trail in centreville. chopper 4 was over the scene along cub run stream valley park last night. someone found the body just before 6:00. no word on whether the victim is a man or a woman. no details on how the victim died but say there isn't a large threat to the public. some breaking news in northwest washington now. a man shot and killed overnight. we're working to learn his name this morning. the man was shot on hanover place about a block from dunbar high school. when we find out more we will let you know. and just in, there are reports of injuries at rio's famous carnivale parade. the parade was

show went on. this is the second time this year there have been injuries during the celebration. on sunday 20 people were hurt when a float crashed. it is fat tuesday and this week has been leading up to the biggest mardi gras celebration. >> in new orleans the parties have been going on for days including those famous parades, musical performances, an art market and the food. the last day before ash wednesday and the start of lent. the morning commute well underway at this point. >> melissa has your first 4 traffic. what's going on? >> so chopper 4 over this problem in fort washington so this is northbound indian head highway near palmer road. we just got the crash on the right side of the roadway on the shoulder so we have about a one-mile backup adding to the pain there at the light. southbound north capitol street. the service road to new york avenue, remember still blocked between o street and new york avenue. so this is still an issue. d.c. police telling us a little while ago that this is something that

morning rush. inner loop and outer loop, no major problems there. 270 at montrose road, northbound/southbound, main lanes, local lanes all looking typical. 66 and 95, same situation, just slowdowns in all of those normal spots. top of the beltway all of these spots in and out of town moving along just fine. taking a look at travel times, germantown to the spur, pretty normal here. going to take you 21 minutes. top of the beltway looking normal as well. sadly 29 miles an hour is typical for the outer loop this time of day. moving at about 40 miles per hour, you're pretty typical there. remember to listen to wtop when you hop in your car. right now listen to ms. sheena parveen tell us about the weather and some 70s tomorrow. >> good morning. love the 70s. the ski resorts don't though so that's not good news if you wanted to do that but as we go through the tuesday, your morning commute is looking nice and dry. if you're exsi

yesterday but for the evening hours, we have some scattered rain that will start to move in, so the p.m. commute you'll be using your windshield wipers. grab your umbrella for later on today. mostly in the mid to upper 40s. 34 still a gold spot frederick. lorton coming in at 43. if you are exercising today comfortable through the day. 6:00 p.m. scattered showers. mid to upper 60s. look at this warm air today and then look what happens as we go into friday. we are up and down again as we go through the week. another roller coaster ride. dry on satellite and radar right now. just some clouds passing by but this area of rain we're watching for later on this afternoon and then tomorrow we have a threat for severe storms through part of the area and we're going to get a lot warmer too for a check on the severe weather and what you can expect with it, let's head over to chuck bell. >> good morning. yeah, we are indeed going to have another crazy swing ine

weather for today into tomorrow. a huge warmup and then a big blast of cold wind comes in for thursday and friday. off to a quiet start this morning. got to love these early sun rises now, but for tomorrow, we do have a slight risk from the storm prediction center out in norman, oklahoma. we were under the slight risk for severe weather potential tomorrow. primary threat will be gusty winds and small hail but there will be just enough spin in the atmosphere where they couldn't rule out an isolated tornado. just a big blast of wind and potentially some larger hail. so here's future weather for tomorrow now. starting at 8:00 in the morning, a lot of clouds around and then quickly a line of storms developing out here on i-81 about 1:00 or 2:00 in the afternoon. that comes racing through the i-95 corridor between 3:00 and 5:00 tomorrow afternoon into tomorrow evening and showers with a few rumbles of thunder fading off as we get toward wednesday night but then a big blast of colder air comes into

friday. so for tomorrow, starting out with temperatures near 60 by this time tomorrow morning. mid-70s at noon and notice those rain chances going up during the course of the day. high tomorrow up near 77 degrees with a howling southwesterly wind. that northwest wind brings in a chance at least for some snow flurries on friday. let's go back to sheena for that. >> temperature range here, 67 today. 77 tomorrow with those late day thunderstorms. then we get cooler and windy on thursday. look at that. 54. we keep on dropping friday, 43. we wake up to the 20s on saturday and another blast of cold air going into the weekend, but your weekend does look good. 70 -- 47 on saturday. 60 on sunday. so once again, it's going to be two different days temperature wise. we keep on warming into the start of next week and we go back down again, so we are just on this roller coaster ride no matter what kind of weather you like, at least we have it in the forecast

good morning. i'm landon dowdy. walmart has upgraded its mobile app to allow customers to refill prescriptions with their smart phone. they'll be able to pick them up via an express lane by scanning a code and paying for the prescription electronically. walmart will also let people get and pay for money transfers in a similar way. the new feature will be rolled out next month and be available in most stores by this fall. with your morning business report i'm landon dowdy. >> thank you. it is 6:55. president trump will deliver his first address to a joint session of congress. part of that address will focus on his accomplishments during his first month in office. the "today" show will have complete show of the president's address. matt lauer anchoring live from capitol hill beginning in just a few minutes. you might see extra security at jewish day schools and community centers in our area. three schools received bomb threats yesterday but police found no explosive devic.

from california this morning. we're learning that three people died when a plane crashed into a house there into possibly two homes as a matter of fact. it turned into a fireball. the "today" show will have the latest from the scene and what investigators are saying coming up. >> and this missing 4-year-old was just spotted in bermingham, alabama. matthew carrington disappeared in october from southern maryland. we're already posting his picture on our nbc washington facebook page. you can share it from there. >> and there's a check of that ten-day forecast. 60% chance you'll need that umbrella before the sun goes down today and an 80% chance you're going to have to deal with at least some amount of thunderstorm activity during your wednesday, so tomorrow will be a storm team 4 weather alert day. a strong northwest wind on thursday brings the cooler air back in and on friday, a chance for a stray flurry or a sprinkle during the day with highs -- >> what? >> i know. did we really go there? he wenhe

next week. >> just when we were getting all used to this this is what he does. >> northbound 210 near palmer road, in fort washington, do have some delays there headed northbound because of that earlier crash, but it seems like they should be sort of dissolving here in the next couple of minutes. southbound north capitol just got off the phone with police. that service road is going to be block between o and new york avenue probably for the rest of the morning rush. >> all right. thank you. that is the broadcast this morning brought to you by the color blue. >> and the letter b. no matter how the markets change... color blue. >> and the letter b. at t. rowe price... our disciplined approach remains. global markets may be uncertain... but you can feel confident in our investment experience around the world. call us or your advisor... t. rowe price. invest with confidence.

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