gender discrimination and job insecurity. across the world today is international women's day. women in more than 50 countries plan to strike to raise awareness of gender violence, reproductive rights, labor rights and environmental protection. women are also asked to avoid shopping in stores and online. the exception is small businesses, local businesses, and women and minority owned companies. now, women and men are also being encouraged to wear red. red represents revolutionary love and sacrifice and has a history with the labor movement. men are also being asked to held with care giving and domestic chores. they're being asked to rally for equal pay. you can also find a list of local events happening on the nbc washington app in conjunction with a day without a woman. a lot of marchs will be held today and two events will have a noticeable impact in

women plan to march from freedom plaza to the white house and then at 3:30 down sea street from the department of labor to john marshall park. >> the day of action could impact you whether you take part or not. late last night we learned all prince george's county public schools are closed today. 1,700 teachers and 30% of the transportation staff requested leave today and in d.c. all six center city public charter schools will be closed because of staff requests for time off. alexandria city public schools are also closed today. more than 300 staff members there requested the day off. the closures have a lot of parents scrambling to find child care today. the city's out of school time program in alexandria is available from 9:00 to 6:00 p.m. there is a walk-in fee of $15 and children should bring lunch and snacks. it's 4:31. local businesses are also

today's protests. in the district the owner is giving her female employees the day off and will only offer half of her menu. the point is to make customers notice the economic impact. >> i have this opportunity. i have this platform. i have this community that i lead and so this is -- it's been my choice to lead in this way. >> some customers we talked to say they weren't aware of the protest and don't plan to attend, but others say they're in full support. if you missed the schools that are closed today they are scrolling on the bottom of your screen. you can find the latest on closures and delays in the nbc washington app. search a day without a woman. we're also getting more information about that developing story, terrible images from mississippi where a train slammed into a bus. four people died. angie is at the live desk with details. >> a very hard scene to look at witness stand we are now hearing from people who saw this

firsthand. first we want to show you new footage that we got of the mangled bus being towed away finally, this after being struck and pushed 300 feet down the tracks. we know that four people died. many of the 50 people on board were injured, several still in critical condition this morning. take a listen to what one witness saw. >> seen the train coming. he was trying to slow it down but it was too much weight and he just made that impact. >> we know that some people were cut from the wreckage and we listened to some of the 911 calls and energy responders saying there was a body under the train. officials still are not sure. they're not sure why this tour bus believed to be carrying a lot of senior citizens to the casino got stuck on those tracks but we have new information. we know the ntsb is joining the federal railroad administration in investigating this case. they w

airport at 6:15 this morning and they will brief the media. we will bring you the latest. now to president obama's first 100 days. as many women will be taking the day off, today the first lady will host a luncheon at the white house. that gathering will mark international women's day. over the oval office this afternoon president trump will have a closed door meeting with elijah comings. the two are expected to discuss ways to make medications more affordable. a big battle set to happen on the hill. lawmakers will debate the bill meant to replace the affordable care act. some of the toughest opposition could come from other republicans. edward lawrence will break down while not all conservatives are getting on board. team work helped to catch the man accused of killing a security guard at the potomac mills mall. this morning he's behind ba

security guard outside a burlington coat factory on saturday. someone spotted him and called 911. the dispatcher who took that call only spoke to news4. >> we stayed on the line and i got a description from head to toe, so i stayed on the line. when i heard an officer in the background, he stated to me, he's running. so i said, if he's running then that's him. >> sharon jones says she praised the caller for doing the right thing. kings bury will stay in custody until he can be extradited to virginia. jiet's been a tough yeart west like high school and today students and staff will honor four seniors who died. two were killed in a crash last friday. the car they were in was speeding. hicks was shot and killed in a parking lot behind a movie theater in october and another senior, caleb horn died

students and staff are planning a vigil from 6:00 to 7:00 tonight in the west lake stadium to remember their classmates. this was something you'd see in a movie but it actually happened at the movie. take a look. prince george's county police say a burglary suspect tried to avoid getting arrested yesterday evening by climbing into the ceiling of the amc theater in beltway plaza. eventually he came down, but not before doing a whole lot of damage. officers say every time he moved, pieces of the ceiling tiles would fall. the man's name has not been released. all right. it's 4:36. we want to get another check on your weather and traffic. >> let's start with chuck and sheena. prettwarm, actually coming out of the house this morning. >> it is. it's warm and windy and rainy. >> the mild weather is here for now, but oh, i -- you know, do we dare use the s word? >> no, we won't use it yet but it is in the forecast a litt

there's a little bit in the forecast. of course we'll talk more about that coming up but we do have colder air on the way for the weekend. we have the rain right up 95 right now. we're looking at fredericksburg, up towards quantico and this rain could be a little bit heavy at times. it's mostly on the light side up near the district and the beltway seeing that light but steady rain so wet roads this morning. there is a strong wind behind us so we will be see a quick clearing. aside from that though, mild temperatures. let's look at that. good morning. >> yes, we made 71 degrees yesterday and we will be up flirting into the mid and upper 60s again later on this afternoon. but don't get too terribly used to the mild weather around here. big changes in the weather coming our way as we head toward thursday, friday and into the weekend. temperatures in the upper 40s to low and mid-50s across the area. what little bit of rain you saw on radar, that will be coming to an end very quickly. should all be out of here betw

morning. plenty of sunshine later on this afternoon. afternoon highs today, mid, perhaps into the upper 60s but a west northwesterly breeze and as much as 30 miles per hour at times so hold on to your hat and hold on tight to your wheel as you're driving. the whole ten-day forecast coming up in about 15 minutes. there's big trouble on i-95. >> this is a big problem. so here's what has just happened. we had that crash 95 southbound at quantico with the left lane getting by. now we have another one. car versus tractor trailer. 95 south there at triangle. we're on the phone right now as police trying to figure out exactly what's going on. this is southbound 95 at quantico with that left lane getting by. that area covered with rain so definitely messy. 118 west of darnestown road. wires down and all lanes are blocked. and west of south dakota water main break, all lanes blockas

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this morning national park service will be looking into what caused lady liberty not to shine so brightly last night. the statue of liberty temporarily went dark before 11:00. the park service says the outage was probably related to a project for new emergency backup generator. the lights were back on just after midnight. something to think about the next time you start to fill up your cars. >> arlington police found four skimmers monday night on gas pumps at the shell station. it's not known yet if any credit card information has been stolen. go to the nbc washington app for some ideas of what to watch out for the gallery of the commonly used skimmers. your metro bus line could be going away for good. metro may cut more than a dozen bus lines to close the budget gap. 13 metro bus routes may be eliminated. one of thems

metro says two lines that could be cut would leave riders without another transit option. the w 19 indian head highway express line and the 13y arlington to union station line. a final vote will happen march 23rd. metro could vote to raise fares on both rail and bus service. the fare hike would go into effect in july. rail fares could go up 10 to 25 cents. bus fares up to a quarter and parking up to 10 cents. and you may need the windshield wipers. >> are we in for a messy commute? >> driving in from 95, we have a lot of rain down 95 right now. it's all up to the district as well. so coming up i'll show you when the rain will clear out. we'll talk about the roller coaster temperatures from now and into the weekend. we have a big drop coming. that's just straight ahead. two w

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good morning, everybody. it is 4:46 on a wednesday morning as you're making your plan to get outside and trying to enjoy our mild weather, know that you'll be impacted by rain drops between now and 7:00 or 8:00 this morning before things improve nicely. big drop in temperatures coming for the weekend. the ten-day when i see you next. >> and the battle over health care continues. the surprising opponents to president trump's revisions to

and attention shoppers. breaking ground on a new store. and we have breaking news right now out of afghanistan. >> an attack at that hospital there. angie at the live desk. >> new video out of that country where a military hospital near the u.s. embassy in kabul was under attack. take a look at the smoke in the sky following a series of explosions. gunmen dressed apparently like doctors, they raided the building and then once inside they battled security forces. we know that three people were killed. dozens more wounded. a suicide bomber apparently blowing himself up first before the gunmen entered the facility and then another explosion happened. nato led forces say they are ready to assist the afghan security services. so far the taliban denying responsibility for this attack. back to you. thank you.

congress is closer to approving a law to make federal government buildings more mom friendly. the u.s. passed a bill that would require each building to have sufficient lactation spaces for breast-feeding. several d.c. federal government facilities lacked the number of breast-feeding spaces required in federal buildings. the bill now heads to the senate. well, today a big battle is set to happen on capitol hill as members of congress begin debating the plan that will replace the affordable care act. democrats oppose the bill entirely but they're not the only ones against the american health care act. we're joined live from capitol hill to explain why some conservatives say this plan is too generous. >> reporter: this is a very interesting fact and development happening that there's fighting within the republican party about how health care should go forward. some of the more conservative members see that the american health care act,

obamacare light. they say americans expected that clean break which is why a new bill has been introduced which is a bill introduced in 2015 to make that clean break and just repeal obamacare and deal with replacement later. we'll have to see what happens. and turning now to president trump's travel ban, do states plan to drop their lawsuits now against the ban since it's been revised? >> reporter: not all states. we're hearing that hawaii has filed a motion on tuesday that they would like to fight this new travel ban. they amended their original lawsuit, which a judge now has allowed them to do. there will be a motion hearing on this on march 15th, a day before the travel ban goes into effect. now, hawaii is saying this new travel ban discriminates against people because it won't allow new visas to be issued from those six states or countries that have been banned and it also won't allow the refugee program to

>> preschool classrooms could have windows strong enough to resist a bomb blast. another threat yesterday against the jewish community center in rockville. that threat was e-mailed in. it is the sixth time someone has threatened the center since january. now they're considering a $225,000 grant for security improvements like cameras and bomb resistant windows. the changes will come up at a hearing next month. a driver is recovering from shooting injuries after police say a road rage incident yesterday afternoon happened. maryland state police say two men got out of their cars along the shoulder of the road not far from the leesburg split. things got heated and that's when they say a man was shot in the leg and foot. charges are pending. >> if you drive on 66 inside the beltway through thursday morning, the highway will be

between midnight and 4:00 p.m. each night. crews are installing toll platforms. a right lane will be closed starting at 9:30. everything will be back open at 5:00 a.m. we'll go back to the live desk following some deadly wildfires. >> out of texas, new footage of raging wildfire continuing to tear through the midwest and a different headline from this time yesterday morning. half a dozen people have died. thousands of others continue to evacuate their homes across texas, oklahoma and kansas, right now a red flag warning and fire weather watches in effect for most of those areas up to northern iowa. the only good news we're looking at so far, wind conditions are expected to ease up today. hopefully helding those firefighters continue to battle those flames. eun, back to you. thank you. we're heading into spring but students and parents in loudoun county are already thinking about summer.

school officials to shorten the school year because loudoun county haven't used any snow days this year. the petition has more than 1,400 signatures. loudoun county public schools say end of year exams and graduation dates are already set and changing the dismissal date is unlikely. some breaking news on the roads. this is on 95 south? >> exactly. so at 619 triangle. in the past ten seconds or so we finally got a left lane getting by. we have about a 1 and a half mile backup headed southbound. we were shut down there. 95 southbound at triangle here this morning. have another problem just north of there. also sort of adding to the pain and then all of this now is rain falling across the area, not helping things. southbound 95 at quantico. a crash between two tractor trailers with a left lane getting by and now the left lane south of that getting by at triangle. thank yo

show us how windy it is, because as i was coming in i thought i was going to blow away. >> this is what's left of my umbrella. so the wind literally flipped it inside out and blew off the fabric. it's somewhere in the parking lot now. >> this thing can put an eye out. >> it's trash basically. just that windy coming in this morning. >> super windy today. >> but look at that thing. >> march is coming in like a lion and this is not the last of the wind that we'll be dealing with. today, tomorrow, friday, saturday, sunday, all could be on the windy side around here so be ready for it. quite the burst of pockets of heavy rain and we've had a couple of reports from some of our weather watchers of small hail south of fredericksburg. it tells you how turned over the atmosphere is at this point in time. so pockets of heavy rain along 17 here south of the fredericksburg area. coming up over the potomac here, these rain drops are racing their way

into parts of st. mary's county and here on the d.c. side of things, light rain on all corners of the beltway. there are still a few lingering rain drops here toward leesburg and gaithersburg but that's the back end of the rain. as i widen out the you sheer it's all drying here. and here's future weather, qu k quickly racing the rain drops out by 9:00 in the morning. only southern maryland has a chance for showers by 8:00, 9:00 this morning. after that we go back to sunshine. it will stay breezy today, but again, a little bit of a downsloping wind. we're in the 40s to mid-50s now. later on today turning quite mild. so no more than a light jacket. have your sunglasses as well. umbrellas before 8:00 in the morning but otherwise a mild afternoon, well up into the 60s again today. not quite as warm as that 71 yesterday, but mid to upper

then way colder weather moves in here. friday stuck in the 40s with some light rain, maybe a wet snow flake or two. saturday's highs in the 30s and sunday that little chance for snow looks a little smaller. storm may stay father down to the south and more cold weather into the early parts of next week. it will be so long to springtime for a while. we'll detail today hour by hour coming up at the top of the hour. thank you. all right. skip the soda. the new study that may have you rethinking what you put in your lunch today. and coming up at 5:00, expect the office to look a lot different as the day without a woman movement gets

those of you waking up in northern virginia are getting a new place to shop. this map shows where construction on the field at commonwealth is underway. according to our news partners at wtop the $45 million shopping center will include a wegman's food market. no word on when the project is expected to be done, but it's something to look forward to. people love them. news for your health this morning nutritionists say there's a nutrition crisis and the food that you feed your family could be contributing to

2012 show tlg were about 700,000 deaths from heart disease, strokes and diabetes. food contributed to about 45% of those deaths. they say they didn't get enough good food like nuts and sea food, and vegetables and whole grains. instead they overate on the bad foods. all this causing a shocking trend. >> poor diet has now surpassed tobacco smoking as the number one cause of death in this country. >> nutritionists say to add one new good food to your diet each day. hold on to your hats this morning. if you're just getting ready to head out the door, take a look at what you'll be facing. the wind whipping through parts of our area at this hour.

if you just missed what the wind did to aaron's umbrella, check out his photo on twitter. he put that thing in the trash icahn. a look at all that with chuck and sheena in a minute. but we have breaking news with melissa mollet in your first 4 traffic. >> major delay here. we're talking about southbound 95 this morning and you can see the live camera here right now. so this is at 619 triangle. we now finally have a left lane getting by. this is a car versus a tractor trailer. about a one and a half mile backup. hoping this is going to dissolve over the next couple of minutes. earlier problem just above that also southbound but 95 there at quantico. all lanes are now open so that is helping things a bit. 118 west of darnestown road. all lanes are blocked there this morning and riggs road northeast west of south dakota avenue has that water