proposal calls for significant increases in defense spending, homeland security and health care costs for veterans. but those increases will come at a cost. we could see a big impact. the epa is in line for a big cut, which means more than 3,000 workers could lose their swrobs. let's look at some of the services you use. the transportation department would take a big hit. particularly, amtrak would lose its subsidy. i'm mollett green at the live desk. at 4:30, president trump is dealing with a legal set back hours before it was supposed to take effect, a federal judge in hawaii blocked enforcement of the president's revised travel ban. the president kauldz that ruling ju

to challenge it. a ruling on the challenge in maryland has not been issued yet. we'll have more on the hawaii judgment and the president's budget proposal in just a few minutes. today marks the end of the first year of a university of virginia student's prison sentence in north korea. autumn is still serving 14 years of hard labor on his sentence. >> he was convicted one year ago today on of trying to take a propaganda banner as a souvenir. the uva student was in north korea on a five-day tour. tease not illegal, but considered risky for an american. lawyers are working on his case. in p

someone laying dead in the hallway of your building. a man was found shot to death in largo last night. prince george's county police have not not identified the man. a long list of charges after police have a hit and run involving a stolen snowplow. police went after the truck that matched the description of a stolen truck in fairfax county. 26-year-old william sanchez was arrested and charged with dui, hit and run and other charges. no one was injured in that hit and run crash. a plea to drivers this morning to clear the tops of your cars. the snow that fell on monday night is ice and it is now dangerous.

injuries from falling ice. flying ice can cause drivers to swerve which can lead to crashes. a man and his dog are recovering after a harrowing experience. >> firefighters had to rescue the pair yesterday afternoon. the man was walking his dog on a trail on 16th street and colorado avenue when the dog took off. the dog slipped down a snow covered hill and became stuck. that is when the owner tried to rescue it and also became stuck. >> it was probably 2 hup feet down skefs holding on to a true keeping him from slideling further down the hill and into rock creek. >> the man and his dog were stra f

hours in that cold. the dog is okay. it was about 20 degrees when all of this happened, including the windchill. a passerby heard the man calling for help. they have to be ready for all kinds of situations the. >> they had to rig up a whole rope and harness system to get him and the dog out of there.. 4:34 is the time now. we want to begin with chuck and lauren. >> those poor cherry blows yams cannot -- >> record coldest march 13th was 32. the yesterday we made it to 33. so we missed the record by one. four things to know about the weather for today. number one, another froze b start this

today, just like the last few days. it's going to sty on the on breezy side. northwest winds, 15 to 20 miles per hour. a little bit of a chance for rain showers coming around on saturday, which could end with a rain/snow combo late saturday night into the predawn hours of sunday morning. that being said, outside of milder weather on saturday, the overall pattern remains colder than average. there is a quick peek at the weekend forecast. >> as we head into the weekends, looking just a touch better. you wake up this morning, winds will beic thing up fwraully through the morning. after about 9:00, 10:00, that's when we'll start to see that wind increase and it is already darn cold out there and it will feel colder

day. so not quite as blustery as yesterday. winds will be in the 20s to low 30s. >> taking a look here at the best way, 395 south, no problems inbound or outbound. see you back here in a couple of minutes. >> and then turn around to leave and all he was feeling was bullets.

son who can't fight for himself right now. what she is demanding in his murder case. it's something that's affected a lot of metro users and will affect many more. the program that is still impacting a lot of commutes one year later. it was a massive hack for yahoo! users and officials now say russians were behind it. what we're learning as well

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take a look at this chilling video this morning of robbers trying to break into a gun store in fredericks berg. they could not get through the metal security gate at ssg tactical on tuesday night. 20 minutes before this video, the same robbers broke into another store with only escaped with cash. this makes four burglaries at gun stores in other your in the past week. you can see here on this map, the robberies are spread out, but the break-in pattern is similar. in all the cases, the robbers are in and out of the stores in under 90 seconds. 4:40 now, more woodbridge says she will not rest until there is justice for her 16-year-old son. >> one person is already sentenced to half a century behind bars for brendan's murder, but his mother says that's not enough. >> five people were a part of his murder and onl

held accountable. >> in 2014, wilson was shot and killed. smalls sister was accused of luring wilson to that area be telling him she wanted to buy marijuana. wilson was killed because of a fight he had with dwayne small's little brother. smalls was septemberanced to 15 years in prison after confessing for the crime. >> they all had a part in it. they all set this up. >> we reached out to the commonwealth's attorney in prince williams county. he decided not to go forward with charges against others in this case. he has not returned our calls. you've heard of ecigarettes, hoverboards, even phones exploding. now there's something else, a mid flight eruption that left a woman with burns across her face. we're keeping abdomen eye on the blustery conditions you'll see when you head out the door this morning. >> that's right. a few lonesome flakes out

accumulation. you don't need to worry about that. nonetheless, the cold air is in place for at least a little while longer. a check at what we may be warmer than average comes up with your ten-day forecast at 4:51. stay with us. and the surprise for one child that make make h

officials say they are to blame for a midair explosion. what burst into flames during one woman's flight. and for the second time in a h,

that means for you and your team. we have breaking news, we're get ago first look this morning at president trump's budget. >> reports say the plans include a large increase in military spending and money for the wall between the u.s. and mexico. tracie potts is here now to walk us through how they could fare in congress. >> good morning, everyone. we'll see the document in about two hours, but new details released from the office of management and budget at midnight tell us part of what we already knew, that this budget is centered around a 10% increase for the military, $54 billionnd a lot of the cuts are being made the to support that, including a 28% cut at the state department. just this morning from tokyo, secretary of state rex tillerson said he can work with that. it will make them more efficient at the state department. we're looking at a quarter of the

and critics are concerned a lot of social programs that help seniores and low income families could see drastic cuts because the president said he doesn't want to cut medicare and social security. which are the biggest part of this budget. >> and we're learning a federal judge blocked the executive order on the president's travel ban. >> this one is going to work its way through the course again. the administration is going appeal.. the president said last night he's willing to take it all the way to the supreme court. they've already watered it down in terms of what they wanted to do, the people they wanted to block. but this federal judge says it still appears to be discriminatory based on religion, and for that reason he's blocked.it. it was supposed to go into effect at

this morning, three out of the four people indicted in a massive yahoo! attack back in 2014 remain free. they include two russian intelligence agencies. the fbi says they were targeting specific users including russian journalists and politicians, critical of the government. >> they also looked at officials including white house employees. one of the four was arrested in canada on tuesday. the others are believed to be in russia. and while there is no indication the hackers used the information to commit identity fraud, that does not ease the mind of the users who are affected. use lock, complicated passwords. keep your computer software up to date. consider turning off location services and cloud backup and delete e-mails you don't need. watch your soc

tag locations or pictures can be tools for your criminals. >> this could lead kidnappers to your kids. >> another important took is two factor. you a thentfication, you can activate that in your e-mail settings. new this morning, a rocket launching into space right now. >> a new satellite launched just over two hours ago. >> leftoff. you see that there.? it's a rocket liftoff. spacex tweeted it successfully deployed a new commercial satellite into orbit. it's called the eagle star

satellite. bad weather earlier in the week pushed this launch to today. i'm mollett green at the live desk. it is 4:49. covering northern virginia this morning, the alexandria city council is considering a property tax rate increase of 5.7 cents. that's according to "the washington post". >> this hike could cost the average homeowner $356 more than what they're currently paying. the council is considering higher fees for sewers and trash, any storm water utility fees. et was one year ago today that metrorail system closed down. crews spent that day checking hundreds of cables. metro shut down certain stations making repairs in hopings of preventing a huge shutdown. the final surge is expected to happen in june

this weekend on the green line, metro mans to close the green belt metro station. if that's your stop, you'll be able to take the green line. this will run on a regular weekend schedule between college park and branch avenue. it's going to be safetory ride a bike and get around, but it could be harder for you to find a parking space. all three streets could get new bike lanes, new cross blocks. the meeting is 59 dogwood elementary school in re ston tonight. this morning, there is a new pat collins snow stick challenge winner. >> you're the winner of the official pat collins snow stick. what do you think, kids?

>> pat collins surprised chuck, you could even say. the fourth grader at st. agnes has his own snow stick. he's dressed up as a republic recan and sitting at the end of the rainbow. >> a paint snow with my kids and i know how difficult it is. i know it took time and effort doing it.. i think it was wonderful. >> everything came together and it looks the best, in my opinion. >> nicholas is probably looking, is that really pat collins? it probably took a minute for him to register. but he is the envy of his entire neighborhood. >> well

there. this winter, we don't really need a yardstick. >> i like your haircut. >> i combed it the other direction this morning. i'm not making that up. >> eem like, you know, what the heck, live a little, right? out on the edge. i guess technically, it will be warmer than yesterday, but that's little consolation. we're off to another frigid frost this morning. the threshold damage for damage to the cherry blossoms is 27, so we're about within a degree of that. windchills are back in the teens and

the overall grade today is marginal. i refuse to give it an "f" like yesterday. there will be more sunshine than yesterday, but that northwest wind will be per sentist today. more like the upper 30s. plenty of sunshine and quiet weather up and down most of the east coast. our next little chance for snow is way back out here in the midwest. that will ride through here late saturday and into sunday. so another shot of colder air comes in second half of the weekend. on the down sloping side, we don't have anything in the way of snow canses around the city for today. a passing flurry in northern maryland, that will be just about it.

skies. by 4:00 tomorrow afternoon, clouds start to go come back into the picture. some sprinkles late friday evening. saturday, though, cloudy skies, a 50% chance of a shower or two. not looking for any heavy rain. more cold to come for sunday afternoon. melissa, you'll have to keep those seat heaters on in traffic today. >> they haven't been off since last july. >> yikes. we have another work zone downtown, rock creek parkway north of virginia avenue. 66, fairfax county parkway, going to take you just eight minutes here this morning. same thing if you're headed out of town here this morning so you don't have to worry about anything there along 66. moral

quite nicely. frederick county maryland public schools are now on a two-hour delay. frederick county, maryland, two hours late today. gone are the days of the plug-in headphones that you use with the walkman, remember those? >> wow. >> why their high tech replacement is being blamed for a midnight explosion. if you want to do your part to help the environment, forego

your favorite pair of yoga shoes or leggings may be polluting the ocean. gulf coast researchers found a lot of microscopic plastic pieces in the water around florida. they say those pieces come from anything made from synthetic material such as yoga pants. they shed what is called microfibers. when you take a shower after wearing those pants, the fibers travel down your drain and into water drains. so imagine you're on a plane listening to some music, maybe trying to get some sleep and all of a sudden your headphones explode. that happened to a woman midair. the images of her burned face and hands are being shown around the world today.

caught fire. australian transportation investigator suggested that may be what caused the explosion here. a researcher explained the danger. >> they all have a flammable solution inside of them, a solvent that will with burn if it gets too hot or if it's an internal failure of the battery of some sort. by now, you probably heard that the u.s. federal reserve reraised interest rates. >> it is going to cost you more to borrow money. the amount of interest you pay on your car or credit cards will go up. but if you have a long-term morning, you shouldn't see too many changes. >> a warning, the fed is expected to raise interest rates two more times

it may be a good idea to secure these rates now while you still can. it is 5:00 a.m. good morning, everybody. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> .i'm eun yang. for the first time in two days, we are not in weather alert mode, but that doesn't mean you don't have to bundle up. grab all the laters today. >> first, a handful of significant school delays to tell you about, one that is closed right now. fairfax county, loudoun county and clark county schools in virginia had opening two hours late. schools in frederick county, maryland, on a two-hour late today. jefferson county, with west virginia, schools are closed because of the weather. also in west virginia berkeley county schools are now closed. hampshire .morgan county schools are on a two-hour delay in merrell. washington county schools are on