county, those areas are not in this wind advisory, but still breezy across the board. and possible power outages. we haven't gotten too many reports of those, thank goodness. we're be in about the 30 miles per hour range as you continue through your day after this morning. and then after this morning, we're focusing on maybe a few snow showers for tomorrow morning. so sheena will be talking about that. that's all coming up in a little bit. guys. so taking a look right now, 270 southbound here, just before shady grove road. had that earlier problem there. that has cleared out of the way. from quantico to the beltway, you can see you're on time, everything is nice and clear. no big worries there. if you're heading in on 395, also rolling along nicely into the district this morning. same thing if you're heading out of the district. we'll take a look at 66 coming up. we have breaking news right now

>> five adults and three children had to be taken to the hospital and being r being treated for carbon mob oxide exposure. d.c. police got a call saying people had fainted. their carbon monoxide detectors had gone off. we are being told this morning all the adults and the children are expected to be okay. >> thank you, erica. we're following breaking news concerning attorney general jeff sessions. he is under fire from democrats after his spokes woman confirmed that he spoke with the russian ambassador twice last year while he was senator. sessions was a top policy adviser for the trump campaign. that is one of three major headlines this morning. sessions did not disclose the meeting during his confirmation hearing. he said he never met with russian officials to discuss issues

the wael "wall street journal" examined contact sessions had with russian officials. some obama administration officials worked to preserve evidence of russian hacking. in our next half hour, we go live to capitol hill where news 4's edward lawrence will break this down for us. he'll have more on what the attorney general is going to do in light of these reports. a grim search will continue today in fairfax county. local and ferls agents are looking for human remains. >> now with more on the tips that led police to this park. justin. >> eun, police are taking these tips quite seriously after a series of gang arrests here in northern virginia. and so for a second day, fairfax county police and search crews will resume their search in the

specifically around the 6,000 block of crater place. the initial search involved lemon run park, but nothing was found there. the search themselves are significant because two years ago, police found remains of two people, both reported to have been bruthsly murdered and this new search comes after the arrest of several suspects in the death of a fairfax county man in january. also, his case has been linked to that 15-year-old alexandra reyes found dead in springfield, virginia, just last month. her family says she had been a target of the gang ms-13. we are told federal investigators will be with them. >> justin, thank you. also in northern vi

is involved in the murder of a man at an arlington house party. they're still looking for the shooter. monique williams is charged with accessory after the fact in the killing of michael gray. investigators say jason allen johnson is the trigger man. johnson is accused of shooting gray last month in an arlington fashd. a new plan to turn penalties into parks in downtown bethesda could move forward today. to add five acres of green space, you would vo to lose 500 parking spaces off wisconsin avenue. these parking spaces, if they end up going away, the county says they could be replaced possibly by putting parking under any new parks. a portion of the reconstruction project is being

how much longer people will have to use alternative routes. >> good morning. a few months more, not a good situation for people who use beach drive. look behind me here. you can see the close on your. all the barrels and the barricades and the signs. beach drive closed between rock krooel creek and tilden. it was supposed to reopen in the spring, but we have now learned that that is not going to happen. folks are going to have to wait a few months more. krngters will do some multi tasking here. that's going to be more efficient. but it is going to drag out the timeline. we're going to be extending that timeline, what we understand, until august. the good news here is work crews will make improvements to the bike path that runs along beach

when all is said and done and things are back to normal, we will see an improvement not just to beach drive, but other spots along that stretch, including that bike path which has been in rather bad shape now for a while and it is heavily used. in the long run, transportation officials hope it will be quite an improvement. >> hope it's worth it, megan, thank you. a lot of people thought they wouldn't hear the "s" word for a while. it's been a wile, but snow? >> yeah, we have snow showers in the forecast for tomorrow. believe it or not, they will be passing snow showers. we don't expect much, but temperaturewise across the area. coming up, lauren is back to talk more about that and we'll talk about snow chances for your

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>> it's windy out there right now, lauren. >> the winds werer so strong last night. we're talking about winds gusts up to 40, 50 miles per hour this morning. watch out for the trash as you put it on the curb. windchills are in the 30s. about 10:00 a.m., we have that wind advisory up and they'll continue to diminish a little bit throughout the day. really not falling and diminishing until 6:00, 7 owe o'clock tonight. melissa has a look at your traffic right now. >> right now, taking a look here, the belt away looks pretty good. inner loop and outer loop, looking nice. you're flying in just fine. outbound looking quite good here this morning, so no major problems there. we'll take a look at 270, coming up. >> melissa, that you can. let's get back to erika gonzales following the ict

storms. >> we are getting new video into our news room of severe weather in missouri. take a look and listen to this. >> hail hum haddeling that region. this is in missouri. but this is the damage and much of the south and the midwest, states like missouri, orr oregon illinois. a deadly trail of twitters. but a deadly couple of days with severe weather. we understand three people have been killed after tornados went through those states. again, severe weather in much of the south and the midwest. from the live desk, i'm erica gonzalez. it as as story that caught national attention. two virginia tech students accused of killing a 13-year-old. now we're learning 20-year-old david eisenhower will not go on trial until november.

eisenhower kidnapped and killed nicole after meeting her online. her body was killed three days after she went missing. he was charged with helping hide the body. a prince george's county mother is pleading for help to find her daughter's killer. 18-year-old shamika woods was shot sunday morning. she was found lying in an intersection by a neighbor. her mother wants the killer to hear this message. >> you're heartless. you took someone's life. you took my flesh and blood. you took my older, my first born. >> prince george's county police are following up on leads in this case. they're asking anyone with information to give them a call. it's 5:12. lawyers for joaquin "el chapo"

approach. s lawyers are calling on president trump to deport him back to mexico saying he is in the united states illegally. the president pledged to deport undocumented immigrants to committed illegal acts. >> former president george bush is warning against isolatation. last month, vice president mike pence reassured allies in europe about the united states willingness to maintain international partnerships. president bush says it's was not his intent to criticize his successors at the white house and he's optimistic about the future. and president bush will be making his first appearance on the ellen degeneres show today. he's opening up about his relationship with the obamas and a funny moment from president trump's inauguration. >> ponchos seem to be a problem. had you

is that the first time? >> yeah. >> first time put ago borchbo -- >> it looks like it.. >> you hold an umbrella over your head, you don't have to use a poncho very much. i like that, he is taking it in stride. >> you can see him today on ellen at 3:00 p.m. according to the new york post, joe biden's son is dating the widow of his late brother, beau biden. the bidens are quoted in the report saying the pair is incredibly lucky to have found love during a very difficult time. >> if you work full time, a bill

hogan says his version of the bill would ease the burden on small businesses. >> all this week, we've been helping you destress and it's almost friday. that should help. >> if i missed it, angie goff has the four things to know. >> at the family therapy center in ash burn, children use art therapy to sketch and sculpt what is stressing them out. >> kind of really gets my, like, emotion out. >> one common activity is called the emotion barometer. kids filled out the chart and pick an emotion to help them work through trauma. at just pedestrian cade in bethesda, there's a class just for kids. be calm and learn about minefulness without any faith-based practices.

organization visits schools throughout the area. the first attempt at shutting out your stress can be simply realizing it's there. and there's waste to relieve it at home. here is a few apps you can share with your family. stop, breathe and think, settle your glitter with, and smiling minds. >> we asked you to share your ways of relaxing. one of you tweeted us, keep calm and pet the cat. check out this one, too. >> and pet the cat. that can sometimes be soothing for you until the cat is like -- and grabs your face. that's a problem. let's see. this one says hey, guys, when you need to destress, i cook. that is a good one for some folks. >> or that adds stress. >> you cook for yourself, some comfort food, not the cat. use #lessstress and nbc 4 d.c. opinion. >> i'm going to stic

local business res already cashing in on all the excitement. two new pop up bars are already open. this is the same bar that does all the fun stuff during christmastime. same bar now changing for cherry blossoms. look for a super mario brothers theme. by the way, we have a lift of the big gates for the cherry blossom festival as the dates have been moved up. >> blooms are predicted to happen between march 15th and 17th. >> well, you know, it's going to get colder. >> we saw it coming. >> that will never happen. don't trust them. you can foster one.

>> just go foster a cat. it is going to get a lot colder as we go through tonight. today we'll start with this morning because it is blustery outside. we're not talking about blustery with temperatures in the 30s. we're in the 50s. well, mostly the 40s. but around 50 in the district. so your morning compute, the impact this morning, not too bad, but it is very gusty out there. so while you're driving, you might feel the car tug a little bit. but recess, a jacket possibly because it's so windy, kind of chilly. if you're exercising long sleeves, the evening commute is still blustery as we go through the evening hours. win gusts, anywhere from 20 to 30 miles per hour. this morning, we have a wind advisory, so we could see gusts near 50 or higher until about 10:00 a.m. temperatures are feeling like the 30s in gatingers brurg. approximated at dulles and frederick. in the district, 50 degrees is the temperature.

7:00 p.m., could see a few showers moving into the higher elevations. and then tomorrow afternoon, there's the snow shower activity we're talking about some passing show showers. so if you're planning your friday early in the morning, look at that temperature. 35 degrees by 7:00 a.m., it will feel colder with the wind, passing snow showers even by noon only getting into the mid 40s tomorrow. it will be a breezy and colder day. for today, though, 53, gusty, mostly sunny. as we go into the weekend, we do, in fact, stay dry. but temperatures will only be in about the mid to upper 40s. we get back into the 60s on monday and even warmer as we go into tuesday. lauren will be back with a closer look at your forecast for that. let's check the roadways this

northbound and southbound everything is moving fine. elsewhere, looking quite good. taking a look at the top of the beltway, all of those routes in and out of town, looking good. no worries there. down south, indian highway, branch avenue, pennsylvania avenue looking quite good, as well. and 95 in virginia, quantico to the belt away, nice and on time. we'll have travel times coming up for you in just a little bit. a major win for a lorden tailor store in maryland. why this department store won't be torn down anytime soon. >> could metro's safetrack derail your plans? what riders need to know. and it could be a pivotal decision in the supreme court case of a transgender boy. why t case could behe

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>> for those of you who -- >> did you hear her? stop. talk about the experience of a lifetime. adele invited a look alike to join her on stage during her first ever show in australia. the fan was dressed just like her, cleat with the black dress and a wig. i think it's sequins, too. the fan talked with adele, took selfies and even sang with her. that is one lucky person, let me tell you. so sing with adele. a court battle is heath up over the last remaining store at the ghost town that used 20 be the mall at white flipt. >> a court found the right that lorde and taylor has the right to keep the door open. lord & taylor sued them for allegedly breach ago contract that required the

open through 2042. instead, the mall emptied out and the property surrounding the store was demolished. the new decision puts a further hold on an $800 million redevelopment plan. well, thanks to the community support students in montgomery county held a successful refurbish car and computer sale. it was held last saturday at damascus high school. the students were able to sell 17 cars. there will be another sale on may 13th at thomas edison high school in silver spring. the students are members of the automotive trades foundation and information technology foundation. well, you may see a lot of doctor sus haeuss hats on your l media feed today. that is because it is read across america day to celebrate dr. seuss's birthday. >> and we want you to post your favorite dr. seuss book and let us know why it's your favorite.

"horton hears a who!" is one of my all-time favorites. >> always a good book. i'm going to hoffman boston elementary school to share some books today with .of the young people there this afternoon. got to get the hat on right. today might be a good day to curl up with a good book because the temperatures are dropping already. and lauren, we could see snow in the near future? >> crazy, right? i think everybody is pretty much over that hump. we have winds out there, so hold on to your hat type of weather day today. wind gusts at just 50 miles per hour. sheena will let you know when these winds will die down. also talking about that snow coming up on the other side of the break. we're working to get you ready for safetrack's surge 13. what metro riders in northern virginia need to know before the weekend. and breaking news on attorney general jeff sessions. what we're on learn background his alleged interactions with russia.

on our four things to know this the thursday morning, two people were killed in a crash wednesday night. witnesses say a corvette was weaving before it hit trees. everything is back open. in anticosta, eight people, including three children, are being treated for carbon monoxide poisoning this morning.

>> today, neighbors living near holmes run park in fairfax county are waking up to to a lot of police. local and federal lawyer enforcement. they're searching the park for bodies. they say they got tips that human remains were buried in several parks in the county. and prince george's county police want your help to find this missing boy right now. take a look at his picture. mohamed drame was last season yet evening in lanham. he is 8 years old. good morning, everyone. welcome back to news 4 today. i'm eun yang. >> and i'm aaron gilchrist. 5:30 on this little friday. we're going to check in with melissa in just a couple of minutes for a look at your drive into work this morning. first, we turn to meteorologist sheena -- meteorologist. >> meteorologist -- >> or that. it's okay. >> good morning, ladies. >> good morning. hopefully you got a good night's sleep because that wind out

everyone. we had winds gusts up to 50 miles per hour last night. >> and it's loud this morning so a lot of people hearing it as they're about to walk outside this morning. it's making temperatures still blowing. if you're in frederick, gaithersburg, dulles, you're feeling like the 30s with the wind. in the district, 50 degrees. 45. lorton 50 now in quantico. as we go through the day today, temperatures won't warm too much more. only about the low 50s. here is the wind advisory and all the counties shaded in tan. this is northern virginia, all of maryland. this goes until 10:00 a.m. we could see wind gusts near 50 miles per hour. if you plan to maybe head outside for a jog today, we will be dry, but it's gusty this morning. low 50s. and by the afternoon, it will still be windy tomorrow. tomorrow, much colder. let's check with road wes melissa mollet. >> southbound 5 near jones lane, do have a crash there this morning. so there is a b

here. taking a live look, beltway at branch beltway. no big problems on the beltway anywhere. in fact. so take a look at that. you can see we are nice and green right now. bottom of the beltway, 210 and branch avenue, pennsylvania avenue, everything is rolling along quite fine this morning. hearing about a problem in manassas. we're going to talk about that and take a look at travel times. 95 quantity toe to the beltway, moving along nicely. it's 5:32. we're following that breaking news now on attorney general jeff sessions. his spokes woman confirming he spoke with the russian ambassador twice last year. but she said this is part of his duties as the senate armed services committee. now, all of this comes as investigations into russia's interference in the election continues. >> news 4's erica gonzalez is at the live desk now with more. >> eun, aaron, good morning to you. senator sessions says he never me

to discuss issues of the campaign and he's calling the reports false. sessions was an early supporter of the president's campaign and served as one of his top foreign policy advisers. what we know is that one of those meetings with the russian ambassador took place in sessions' senate office in september. all of this raising questions about whether he misled senators who asked about the trump campaign's ties to russia during his confirmation hearings. news 4's edward lawrence is going to have more on that in just a few minutes. stay with us. >> thank you, erica. 5:33. today, the fight between a fairfax county school board and a parent will head to the supreme court. the parents say the school system broke the law when they added gender identity sexual orientation to the policies. the commonwealth does not include those identifiers in its discrimination laws. according to dillon

local laws can't be more stringent than the state law. a case surrounding virginia student gavin grim and his fight to use the boy's bathroom at his high school, now the gloucester county school board wants the trump administration to be able to weigh in on the decision. a delay the could allow time for senate confirmation of judge neil gorsuch to the supreme court. the argument is set for march 28th. the school board wants to delay by at least a month. another metro safetrack surge. we're talking about surge 13. it will impact yellow and blue line riders starting this saturday and runs into april. trains from huntington to braddock road station will be single tracking. there will be longer times between trains. metro officials are urging people who look for those stations to look for other ways to get arouhi

alternatives for the metro surge in the nbc washington app. search metro alternatives. well, this is really cool. if you've been to the facial zoo, you've probably seen this big guy roaming around. hard to miss him, right? >> is that an elephant? >> no. this is luke. the 11-year-old male lion from africa. you know what he's doing here? he's at the dentist because, yes, even a 400-pound wild carnivore needs routine dental cleanings. the veterinarian dentist specialize necessary exotic animals such as luke. he's been in the mouths of some pretty fierce beasts. >> black bears, grizzly bears, brown bears, pretty much every cat. >> a hippo i haven't done. polar bear so my bucket list. >> wow. >> and i hope he achieves those dreams. dr. hall says alpha maleske

luke can have a bad tooth, be in pain and they will instinctively try to hide it. so glad luke is et get something tlc there. >> or anything else he wants. >> yes. a lot of things can delay a flight. weather, mechanical problems. . >> but you will not believe what postponed some passengers for four hours. and an update on all the work on beach drive. well, you might need to take that detour a little longer. first, a check on your weather and traffic with sheena and melissa. >> good morning. temperatures this morning feeling a little bit cold ner some spots. feeling like the 30s. frederick, gaithersburg, feeling like the 30s because of the wind. it is gusty this morning and will stay windy through the day. come up, we are back and we'll talk more about that and snow showers for tomorrow. manassas, eastbound loman drive, crash blocking those eastbound lanes and the problem in charles county we'll talk about all of that coming up.

it was just a little mouse, but apparently caused some big problems on a british airways flight. the passengers all buckled in the, ready to go, and then the crew told them that somebody spotted a mouse. that spotting meant they couldn't take off. passengers had towa

>> they had to stay on the plane with the mouse? >> it's just a mouse. >> no, it would be all over for me. >> british airways apologized and said they were satisfied that only two-legged passengers were on that flight once it took off. >> at the door. >> running down the aisle. federal marshalls taking you out. >> would have to sedate me. thank goodness i wasn't on that night. waze, the popular road navigation app is pushing back about our report about safety concerns. >> neighbors say the app is sending thousands of extra cars down their road. the most recent study showing traffic increasing from about 500 cars a day to 1500 a day. a spokesperson for waze told us it's not the app's fault saying, quote, with our without waze, drivers look for alternatives to maj major thorough fares.

solutions like stop signs, speed bumps and school zones need to be utilized. good news and bad news about the beach drive project. the koes your, it's going to last longer, but the bike path is going to be revamped. eight people taken to the hospital overnight after a carbon monoxide scare. what officials think is to blame. and lauren is looking at the possible chance of snow in the forecast. lauren. >> i know. it's craziness, craziness. welcome to d.c. weather as we talk about every winter. it's always up and down, up and down. temperatures today will stay static. we're right around 50 degrees. we're talking ab o

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report those meetings during the hearings. we'll have an update for you, coming coming up. bad news for motorists who would normally use this closed section of beach drive. the construction project is going to drag on a bit longer. as if finding a parking spot wasn't hard enough, where you now have to pay to park. your time is 5:45. erika gonzales is at the live desk right now. >> breaking news in the district. erika. good morning. we are talking about this carbon monoxide story. this coming out of southeast d.c. specifically, five adults and three children had to be taken to the hospital after being exposed to carbon monoxide. d.c. fire and ems saying they got the call saying that these people had fainted on 16th street if southeast in

anticostia. their carbon monoxide detectors had gone off inside, but we are told everybody will be okay. >> thank you, erika. new details after a deadly accident involve ago pedestrian on i-270. last late night, we learned the name of the victim, shamen pun. the 46-year-old was walking on the highway near the cloper road interchange when she was hit by a tractor-trailer. state police say she was walking in a travel lane at the time and they're still trying to figure out why. this the may have you looking over your shoulder the next time you are out and about. a woman in fredericksburg said she was sexually assaulted inside a restaurant bathroom. and this morning, police are looking for the man spotted running out of that area. this was inside the capital ale house on caroline street two weekends ago. police say a man walked in, struck up a conversation with friends and followed thewo

assaulted her. the suspect said he was in miami and was in the area contract work at a nearby military base. a traffic alert for you now. there is more stress ahead for drivers who need to use beach drive in northwest washington. >> that's because the first phase of the reconstruction project is being extended. news 4's megan mcgrath joins us live now with why this part of the work will take so long. megan. >> well, good morning, guys. beach drive closed between rock creek and tilden. these barriers, the signs, they've been in place since september. and now, some bad news. it's going to be inconvenient. this closure, it is going to drag on a bit longer. now, contractors, they are taking on some additional work in the area. they're going to be doing some d.c. water projects, some other repairs. it's more efficient, but it is going to take longer to do and it will drag the timeline

is not expected to reopen until august. it was supposed to open back up this spring. now, the good news is that the bike path, that multi use path that runs along beach drive now because of the way they're doing things, that path is going to be improved. and it's been in some bad shape, disrepair for a while now and it's a heavily used path. so that is the silver lining here is that that will be upgrait graded as a part of all this. but bottom line here is for people who use this stretch of beach drive, it is going to be august, not spring, before you're going to be able to use it before things open back up. it's been inconvenient, the detour in place a bit longer. back to you guys. it's 5:48 right now. finding parking in the district can be a struggle, we know that. and this might make it even harder. from now on, you'll have to pay to park at a red top meter in parts of downtown. paid parking will only be f

drivers with disability black a placards and license plates. that will be from dupont circle down to 2nd street in capitol hill. those without disabilities used to be a able to park in those spaces. they will get a warning now before enforcement begins. >> it is day 41 of the trump administration and we're following several stories right now, including the breaking news overnight on attorney general jeff sessions. how the asian markets are reacting to president trump's address to congress and a look at the president's visit to the uss gerald ford today. first, though, could oprah winfrey mount a bid for president in 2020? in an appearance on bloomberg tv yesterday, she suggested a run could be in her future. in the past, winfrey said she would never run for president. she didn't mention president trump, she hinted that his roots as a businessman and reality tv star could make her reconsider. let's head back to erica

the stock market. >> what's happening overseas right now? you know wall street is -- and the dow jones his 21,000 for the first time yesterday. now stocks in hong kong, japan and korea are up. the dollar is doing well .that is helping there. european stocks, not as successful right now. the next thing, though, that could lead to a major shift in the stock market is what the federal reserve does about interest rates this month. from the live desk, i'm erika gonzalez. it's 5:50. we're staying on top of breaking news overnight concerning attorney general jeff sessions. his spokes woman has confirmed that he spoke with the russian ambassador twice last year as senator. but sessions says he never met with any russian officials to discussion issues of the campaign. the meetings were first reported by "the washington post." that report is cause something democrats to call for the attorney general to resign or at least recuse himself from the investigation of russia's interference if the election. news

live on capitol hill with more on this. edward, what do we know about those conversations? >> we know aides of attorney general jeff sessions confirmed the meetings took place. win of them was at the same time as the republican national committee meeting. the second one was a private meeting in the office of the then senator jeff sessions. democrats are extremely angry about this and they want to know if the now attorney general lied when he was having his confirmation hearings. take a listen to what he said. >> senator franken, i'm not aware of any of those activities. i have been called a surrogate a time or two in that campaign and i did not have communications with the russians and i'm unable to comment on it. >> democrats are remaining critical, saying that president trump can criticize our allies around the world, but he has yet to criticize russia. they want growing calls for the

and what about the president's schedule today? he's headed to virginia to visit the uss gerald ford. >> this is his pitch to try and further support for his $54 billion in increased spending for the military. he unveiled it in his speech and now he's going to talk directly to the people. this is the very first aircraft carrier that has been released on a new class of aircraft carriers and it's the most expensive ship that the military has built to date. edward lawrence on the hill for us this morning, edward, thank you. all right. sheena parveen is joining us now to talk about this wacky weather. >> 50 degrees outside right now. this is as good as it's going to get today for the most part, right, temperaturewise? >> yeah, for the most part. we'll be in the low 50s today, but some areas are waking up to 30s this morning. it is cold and windy. we have a wind advisory, so gusty winds this morning for the area. gusting close to 50 miles per hour. so that is a possibly as we go through the morning hours. 30 degree temperatures,

degree temperatures return tomorrow morning. >> no. yes. it will be cold. and then we're talking about the 20s by saturday morning. so we have a just kind of a shot of cold air that's going to stick around for a few days. so the weekend will be cooler than normal. passing snow showers friday. so before the weekend. but don't worry, those will be gone by the weekend. 50 degrees in the district, west winds sustained at 17 miles per hour. gusting a little higher, though. current wind gusts, 40 gaithersburg. elsewhere, 30 to 40 miles per hour wind gusts. temperatures feel like the 30s in gaithersburg. frederick, mid 30s. dulles, 39 in the district. wind advisory until 10:00 a.m. we go through the afternoon, still staying windy. late tonight, could see a snow shower late tonight, 2:00 a.m. possibly a passing snow showers down to the south. there you see it, friday, 2:00. snow showers moving through the area. mid forty, don't be surprised if you see snow this weekends, staying dry, but quite a bit cooler. c

let's check that out with melissa mollet. >> chopper 4 just got over this one here this morning and it just got to the shoulder. so that is good news. this is outer loop here at kennel worth avenue. so things a little bit slow through that area bub good getting better quickly here. again, now, on the shoulder. the rest of the builtway looks quite good here this morning. 66 and 95 are fine, but eastbound lawman drive, crash blocking those eastbound lanes. taking a look down to the south, southbound 5 at jones lane, have auto crash there. all southbound lanes there are shut down right now. travel times, 270 looks okay. top of the beltway, again, you saw that map and everything looks like it's slowing just fine. travel timewise, you're on target this morning. 66 inbound, fairfax county to the beltway, 62 miles per hour going north. quantico to the beltway, 45 miles per hour. imagine

bill in the mail nearly five times higher than your previous month's bills. >> that happened to a d.c. woman. and nbc responds has learned it could happen to you. consumer reporter susan hogan explains. >> dorothy reeves is used to paying the same price on every month's water bill. but when her bill climbs, she turned to nbc 4 responds to get answers. we got to work immediately and contacted d.c. water and within days, dorothy's bill was adjusted to reflect what she really owed. >> after i called you all, my bill was $11.12. >> wonderful. >> which i think is good. >> nbc 4 responds has learned that dorothy isn't the only customer that experienced a meter-related issue. in fact, d.c. water has now launched a massive effort to replace all residential meters throughout the district. coming up tonight on news 4 at 5:00, what that means for you and for those of you living in the district and why you may want to check your n

good morning. i'm landon dowdy at cnbc headquarters. american express will start offering this month new perk toes platinum card owners. the new benefits include richer spending credits, access to more airport lounges and special dining and entertainment options. family members will get free use of an american express gold card. american express kicked off premium card market in 1966. guys, back over to you. 5:56. before you start to pack any lunches or make breakfast, listen to this recall. wayne farms is recalling its ready to eat waffle bredded chicken bites. these products were packaged if december of last year and sold sat food lion stores. if you have this product, either toss it out or retur

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neighborhood park. and jeff sessions lying to lawmakers about meeting with russia. what his spokes woman is saying now. >> "news 4 today" starts now. all right. the wind is blowing out there this morning and this is what you can expect all day. look at the flag. it's going up and down. we're on a wind advisory until 10:00 a.m. >> timed that perfectly. look at you. >> you see? i made that happen. jedi mind trick. >> perfect. we are preparing you for more wild weather swipgs. >> we have rain, even wet snow in the forecast if you can believe it. we're getting your day started in first 4 traffic. >> sheena and lauren are in today. >> we're laughing at you, not with you. >> it was so funny. erika was just asking me, so we're going to get snow tomorrow? and we are get ago few snow showe