and then the weekend, tomorrow is going to be so nice. i hope people are making plans outside. >> you're a flipper flopper person. >> i love my flip flops. i just painted my toes, chuck. >> nice job. i did not paint mine. outside the skies are going partly to mostly cloudy here this morning and if you follow melissa, yesterday she put out this great picture. he said i can no longer see my toes. >> i got a new pedicure. >> more about the weather now. there's a little chance for rain drops between 7:00 this morning and 11:00 this morning so you may want to have that umbrella ready to go just in case. not everyone is going to get wet, but there will be at least a little chance so have the umbrella ready to go just in case. >> really just the first half of the bay but this morning temperatures are cold enough where i think you need the warm jacket. 36 in the district but it feels like the upper 20s. a lot of areas are feeling like

we go through the day today we will get warmer after this small area of rain tries to pass through. 38 degrees by 8:00 a.m. by noon, chance of a shower, but mostly going to be before noon. so by lunchtime. i think a chance of a sprinkle, 51 degrees. by 6:00 p.m., 63 degrees. look at that mild air and wait till tomorrow. we'll be in the 70s. good morning. >> right now a live look at beltway at river road. inner loop and outer loop, everything is rolling along fine here. no major issues on the beltway anywhere. northbound 295 near benning, work zone there blocking the right lane. that's still hanging around. so is this one. rock creek parkway north of virginia avenue, left lane gets by that bridge work both directions here this morning. and up north, this has just cleared. 15 north of hayward road. left lane gets by that work zone as well. that is now out of the way. >> thank you. ji thank you. doctors and nurses are wng

teenager alive after a shooting in waldorf. a little girl did not survive. >> the shooting happened in a home last night. chopper 4 captured investigators at the scene there. the sheriff's office says the male shooter is also dead. coming up, justin finch will have more on the motive in this tragic shooting. nbc 4 is trying to help raise awareness about domestic violence in our neighborhoods. you'll find phone numbers and links to resources in the nbc washington app. just search safe at home. >> erika is standing by at the live desk with some breaking news. this is a deadly shooting in the district. >> right. this is now a homicide investigation, eun. this is in southeast off of naylor road. this is the scene here on the 1900 block of nay error road in southeast. we understand the scene happened about midnight last night, and one person was shot, did not survive their injuries. we have so

tell you about who police are looking for, what that suspect is described as, what they were wearing. very little to go off this morning, but again, a homicide investigation. d.c. police now conducting on the 1900 block of naylor road in southeast. back over to you. >> thank you. 5:03 now and president trump has a strong message for his fellow republicans. vote on the gop plan to replace the affordable care act today or it stays. >> it was delivered by his budget director in a meeting with house republicans last night making it clear that if there is no vote, the president is ready to move on to other priorities. right now that vote is expected to happen at some point this afternoon. it comes after republican leaders postponed the vote last night, but the big question remains, do they have enough votes to pass it? new changes were made to the bill overnight to both get moderates and conservatives to back it. tracie potts will have details in the next half hour

on this issue can change at any moment. we will have continuing coverage of this vote all day on the nbc washington app. just search health care. >> acting dc police chief peter newsham will get a hearing before the council today. the acting chief has the support of the mayor and his predecessor. more than 80 people are signed up to speak at the public hearing. new sham will speak last and take questions from the council. a local nonprofit group is now suing for d.c. police records related to arrests during the inauguration protests. they say the information needs to be released before the new chief is confirmed. d.c. police arrested 231 people on charges of felony rioting on inauguration day. the group suing the d.c. police department says when officers use the kind of tactics that were used that day, they are required to file certain documeat

justified. now the organization is suing for those documents under the freedom of information act. >> here at washington, d.c. in the nation's capital it is one of the most important jobs of the chief of police to be able to uphold the constitutional rights of people to demonstrate. >> we reached out to the d.c. police department for comment. we're told they do not comment on pending litigation. >> new information about the terror attack in london. you're looking at a live picture of that city right now. police spoke less than an hour ago there. they say they made two new significant arrests. nine people are now in custody. one is out on bail. this is all coming after the attack outside parliament there. police say khalid masood drove a car into a crowd on westminster bridge, stabbed a police officer and was then shot. this morning officers want to talk to anyone who knew him. >> i would like to appeal specifically to the public.

who khalid ma shood -- anyone who nucha lead massood well. >> that news conference taking place only about an hour ago. five people including massood died in the attack. one was them was an american. friends are mourning kirk cochran from utah. they were celebrating their anniversary. he was a musician back in utah. this morning a man is recovering from a shooting outside of an area movie theater. this happened in a parking lot outside of phoenix theaters in marlow heights last night. the man was found shot inside his car. he is in critical condition. police do not believe this was a random shooting and no word yet on any suspects. it's now 5:06. let's get back to the live desk. new information about ambulance workers in d.c. >> new overnight, the employees of the ambulance service brought

threatening calls trying to help improve response times has voted in favor of unionizing. a spokes person confirming that vote. there are more than 200 d.c. based employees of amr and according to reporting they would join the public service employee union american federation of state, county and municipal employees district 20. >> all right. thank you. it's 5:07 now and things are going to get hot and heavy at the national zoo. breeding season almost here apparently and the giant panda is getting ready. the zoo says he is in full rut. they've got to come up with a better term. i don't know what that means. >> that's technical apparently. >> restless there in the panda house. zoo keepers say they've noticed him watching his mate between the window making noises at her. that only works for pandas. she responds to calls with a

interested right now. >> you might try flowers and chocolate, get her in the mood. just because you know, they've had babies before doesn't mean the romance is over. >> thank you. now i understand. >> letting you know. meanwhile, on the other side of the world, bao bao moving into her new home today. it's a conservation and research center for giant pandas. she'll have her own housing area there. a little bray ground too to share with her brother. bao bao spent a month in quarantine after arriving from d.c. the zoo keepers say she's in good health and she's gaining weight. >> i remember when bao bao left. the zoo told us she may have another panda. if your plans involve anything outdoors cancel them because it's going to be gorgeous tomorrow. >> what? >> indoors. >> did i say

i meant indoors. >> got it. go outside. >> get out site and enjoy it. first thing this morning radar showing a couple sprinkles way up here in west virginia. that little chance for rain is going to come racing through here mid to late morning so you may want to have that small umbrella for you this morning. by later on this afternoon it is going to be nice and the weekend looks awesome. but again, it's cold this morning. 28 right now on the way out the door. complete check of that weekend forecast just ahead. it is the number one complaint to the fcc and now, it is taking action. how it plans on cracking down on those so-called robo calls. >> a murder mystery after a maryland man is found dead in florida. what we're learning about a

good friday morning. you'll probably want the warm jacket. hey, guys. good morning. >> hi. >> you go right ahead. >> did you have the jacket this morning? the warm jacket? >> i did. i brought the puffy coat. i was cold. >> it still is cold outside. it feels like the 20s but later on today we're talking about the 60s returning. there's some rain heading our way. mostly going to be here before noon today

we'll be nice and dry. locally we're dry right now but we are watching that area of showers. your commute forecast not looking too bad. chance of a sprinkle by 7:00 a.m. best chances between 7:00 a.m. and noon. by noon we could see a sprinkle. dry roads, look at that 63 degrees. coming up chuck and i will have a closer look at the warmup for tomorrow. we have a new crash out there. good morning. >> we do have a new problem. this is our first crash of the day. prince william parkway, we're talking about here this now being in the express lanes but it is on the shoulder so that is the latest update on that problem. taking a look here at 66, fairfax county parkway to the beltway, you're fine. don't have any big delays there. everything is looking to be on time. same situation outbound there this morning if you're headed out on 66 west here this morning, again on the beltway, still have this hanging around. inner loop, work zone blocking the right lane. >> all right. thank you. it's 5:13 now and a maryland family devastated by

of a bowie man. brown was there working at a food vendor for the miami gardens jazz festival. police say brown was robbed before he was shot to death. he either opened the door for someone or they followed him into his hotel room. his family wants answers. >> i want to know why they -- why? i mean, he -- if they wanted money or anything he would have given them money. he's that kind hearted. >> now, brown's family tells news4 there may be a suspect in custody in miami. right now they're working on getting his body back here. developing this morning two people are dead and two others are in critical condition after a shooting in waldorf. >> a child is among those killed in the shooting on west dale court just off of western parkway last night. the charles county sheriff's office says the male shooter is also dead. news4's justin finch is live in that neighborhood with more on how the neighbors are reacting to this

justin, good morning. >> reporter: eun, good morning. neighbors are struggling to make sense of all this but charles county sheriff's office has an early idea of what may have happened here. what we know so far is that officers, rather officials believe the man whom they found dead on the townhouse steps of this community neighborhood here was likely the shooter and investigators believe that this is likely a domestic shooting that left him dead and that toddler aged girl as well. also, an apparent teen girl and a woman with several gunshot wounds too. now, this investigation shut down this area for hours and then came that upsetting update for neighbors. >> i have a great granddaughter and it would absolutely kill me if i knew that something like this happened to her. so it's really shocking. i'm -- i'm upset. it's -- it's -- nothing goes on over here. it's usually quiet. >> reporter: now, none of those victims have been named athi

yet said if they are a family, but coming up in our next hour, why charles county sheriff's office first sent their tactical team to this situation. back in to you. >> justin finch life for us this morning. thank you. it is 5:16 right now and many of us get them every day. we're talking about those robo calls and now the federal communications commission is taking big steps to protect you. new rules that would allow phone companies to target and block spoof numbers. these calls are often part of an elaborate criminal scam trying to convince you to hand over personal information. the fcc will consider public input on the proposed rules. employees will soon be able to bring their dogs to work. secretary ryan made the announcement to employees saying it's part of a pilot program and and effort to boost morale

dog to work on may 5th and december 1st just off the national mall. that's fun. i wonder if chuck would bring his dog. >> the custodial staff said no. 5:17 now. you may love your furniture that's been passed down to your family but when you want to pass it down to your kids they may not be that interested. >> there's a new generation gap in furniture taste. what happens to some millennial rejects. >> reporter: inside this giant show room you see lots of so-called big brown furniture pieces. buffets, chairs and other so-called millennial reject furniture. >> i do personally prefer more contemporary furniture. >> reporter: this 27-year-old has a 700 square foot apartment and doesn't want the furniture that once belonged to his grandma. >> i recently took a pair of my mother's chairs.

much but she also offered me some of her grandmother's furniture from the early 1900's and it's not so much my speed necessarily. >> reporter: so-called millennial rejects end up here at the auctioneers and apprai r appraise appraisers. >> popularity of the television show mad men introduced the millennials to a whole new look and most of their parents and grandparents have had this traditional colonial revival look. queen anne, and this seemed totally fresh and also in keeping with the modern vibe. >> reporter: but as trends change, what's old now becomes new again. >> some of that furniture is worth a lot of money though. >> but millennials are space conscious. >> 700 square feet? those large -- >> the floor model tv won't work anymore.

many years ago and i went oh, antique stores and they had like grandfather clocks and 600-year-old bed posts and i'm like wow. this is old stuff right here. so mid century modern? i don't know. i guess it's a new classic by comparison. we are dealing with a dry start right now, but you need to be ready. there's at least a chance for a couple of rain drops to impact the front half of your friday. little ripple of rain here out near pittsburgh, pennsylvania, now. it's racing down to the southeast. hasn't made it to western maryland yet but it's not all that far away. the morgantown, pittsburgh getting in on the rain drops for now. it's cold outside so there could be a pocket or two of freezing rain across far northern maryland into the panhandle of west virginia. those deep sheltered valleys are the only places i'm worried about. future weather carries that chance for rain between about 7:00 or 8:30 this morning. still probably dry here inside the

between 9:00 and 11:00 there is a chance for light rain drops to be coming through here. rain chances are a lot lower farther down to the south and the good news is by lunchtime or shortly thereafter, that rain chance will come quickly to an end. a dry and mild afternoon and a really nice friday night to go outside. cold, 36 in washington. southerly winds. that's your saving grace for the weekend. south winds will turn 20s and 30s now into 60 degree temperatures by later this afternoon. and way warmer tomorrow. how about 76 degrees on your saturday afternoon? that will be nice. 68 sunday. a little chance for rain late in the day sunday but most of your outdoor plans this weekend will be mild. >> i love it. i love it. 95 northbound here prince william parkway we have a crash. don't quite see it on camera but we know it is on the shoulder and 95 in general, main lanes looking quite good. right now bottom of the beltway is fine. all of those routes into town and out of town are rolling g

same thing when you're looking here top of the beltway here this morning. 295 northbound at benning, work zone still there blocking that right lane and rock creek parkway north of virginia avenue and northwest, left lane getting by that bridge work each direction. >> i had the honor of helping with the prince william county valor awards yesterday afternoon. this recognizes local heroes and police fire and rescue there in the county and the cities that are surrounded by the county. one of the people honored was a gold medal was officer ashley gwendon. she was shot and killed her first day on the street. two other officers working with her were seriously injured. 18 police officers responded after the may day calls went out and they were also honored along with a lot of firefighters who have done tremendous work -- life saving work in the county there so wanted to take a moment to recognize them. well,

a lot of businesses in our area. >> they are a comedy power couple and today they're on ellen. they talk about their relationship including the traits that don't make each other laugh.

welcome back. signs of spring all across our area. these are news4 favorite instagram photos from the week from users dc city girl. capital city and our amelia draper. the cherry blossoms are getting us excited as well. be sure to follow nbc washington on instagram. tag us in your spring photos with

bet you'll see a lot of those photos for the weekend when it's nice and warm. when we think about poetry we picture rhymes on a piece of paper. >> there is a group of teenagers in the d.c. area taking poetry to a whole new level. amie takes us inside the world of poetry. >> i'm tired of -- >> reporter: add in delivering them from memory. don't forget being vulnerable. and the result, slam poetry. >> his body like church bells -- mplts they're all part of a local group. they perform for judges and get scored from 1 to 10. to win, creativity is key. >> i feel pretty free when i'm writing my poetry and i'm really happy. it's brought out feelings that no other art form has for me. >> reporter: the poems don't have t

reason. >> you better be talking to your mother and i saw these two guys bothering this girl, like they kept following her down the street and i thought i'm going to write a poem about that. >> i've seen a bunch of violent attacks on people that are -- that look like me or my age. >> reporter: their work is never over even after they've already written their poems they're still constantly going through line by line to see how they can make it better. >> i definitely feel as a human being i should care about other human beings and what it is that they struggle through. >> reporter: and they do it through words that speak volumes. >> you cannot make home out of it. >> reporter: nbc 4. >> good friday morning. you'll want the warm jacket before you step outside. temperatures are feeling like the upper 20s right now, but later on today the 60s return and you might see a couple showers depending on where you live. chuck and i are back in just a bit wit a

that's straight ahead. also up next at ash 5:30, she died after being tied up and stabbed in a d.c. apartment. >> it is the way she lived that one murder victim

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morning. a look at the roads and the rails with melissa coming your way in just a minute. first though chuck and sheena are ready with a look at that forecast. things are going to warm up nicely. >> they are going to warm up but this just in literally. >> i was actually busy. i was not turning my back to you. i was busy putting it together. we have a freezing rain advisory for part of the area. this is washington county and points west. this is going to go until 9:00 a.m. so this just came in. we've been talking about the rain that's going to be moving in for the morning hours mostly before noon today. it's going to be the first half of the day. we don't have it around just yet but temperatures are cold enough in these county to support some rain freezing on contact. so with that rain moving in early enough we could see some freezing rain near martinsburg, winchester and areas off to the west that does include washington county here, but these are the only counties that we're looking at so far. the rain is off to the west, moving in shortly. temperature wise we are in the 30s but freezing in martinsburg. a closer look at your forecast ac

back as well. let's look at the roads on this friday. >> so brand new problem here. we just had a fire truck drive by, sounds like just past this camera we have a crash on the left side of the roadway. that's going to start causing some pains here top of the beltway. inner loop out to rockville pike, still have that work zone but the rest of the beltway is looking quite good. 95 north at prince william parkway. the express lanes, right side of those lanes taken up with this crash. now that we have a response we do have a little bit of a closure there on the right side. main lanes are looking good here this morning. new problem in charles county. trying to get more information about this. sounds like a serious crash. edge hill road and a brand new accident there and more information coming up. thank you. it's 5:32 and here are the four things you need to know today. this morning doctors and nurses are working hard to keep a teenager and a woman alive after a shooting in waldorf.

survive. the shooting happened inside a home on west dale court just off of western parkway last night. the charles county sheriff's office says the male shooter is also dead. a man was found shot to death in the district overnight. you're looking at the scene of that killing on naylor road southeast just after midnight. police have not said anything about a suspect in this case. house republicans are expected to vote on the plan to replace the affordable care act today. this comes after a frenzied day yesterday where president trump and republican leaders scrambled to find the vote they needed to pass it. whether the bill will pass today remains up in the air. >> and on the other side of the world, the giant panda bao bao moving into her new home today. it's a conservation research center for giant pandas in china. she will have a playground to share with her brother. zoo keepers say she's in good health and gaining weight. we're also staying on top of the effort to s

meals' murder. erika gonzalez is in the news room with the latest. >> a person of interest in this killing and we've got video to show you. the man seen on surveillance cam are, police are also looking for her blue toyota prius that you see here in the picture. investigators believe that could lead them to her killer. her body was found tuesday in a basement apartment near h street northeast. friends of hers from the cincinnati area say they just cannot understand why somebody would hurt her. >> she was someone that brought people together in a positive, constructive way that -- for the good of people. i think that would be the way she wanted to be remembered. >> reporter: those friends say she was a loving person. want you to take

car one more time and that picture. if you take a closer look at the car, if we go back to that, you see that yellow diamond shaped bumper sticker, that's maybe one of the identifying parts of that car. i believe those plates are also kentucky plates. so if you've seen that, please call d.c. police. back to you. all right. thank you. today we could learn more about what kind of deal edgar welch struck with federal prosecutors. he's the man who took a gun into a d.c. pizza restaurant and fired shots in december. this case received national attention for its implications about fake news during the presidential election. welch told police he was investigating a fake internet report about democrats and child sex trafficking. we'll have the results of welch's plea hearing on our nbc washington app. a prince george's county police officer is suspended and facing charges after police say he crashed his cruiser while under the influence. weir

today. officer christopher brown clipped the back of a tractor trailer thursday morning on the beltway near pennsylvania avenue. he lost control of the car and hit a guardrail. brown was offduty at the time and sources tell news4 he left the scene and returned about 34 minutes later. no one was hurt. the chief says he was gravely troubled and promised transparency saying quote, as always, when i have the facts i will take appropriate action to remedy this and i will make the facts known to the public. officer brown pled guilty to dui in 2012 after another crash in his cruiser. 5:36 right now. a northern virginia restaurant says parking problems are forcing it to go to court. jackson's mighty food and lucky lounge is filing a lawsuit against the parking company boston properties. the restaurant claims it struck a deal with the company to allow guests and employees to fapark r free, but the restaurant says the parking validation system is too confusing.

from boston properties. >> have you had enough of the animal babies? who could have enough of that? there are two baby bald eagles about to be born. you're looking at the eagle nest at the national arboretum. one is supposed to hatch this weekend and the other could open up a week after that. if you remember we also had one born at the d.c. police academy in southeast washington liberty and justice. >> we're waiting. excited. >> and april, the giraffe. >> and your ride on metro will soon cost you more. how much extra you can expect to pay and when. >> and the change that has dunkin'

changes soon. >> the board voted in front of a packed room yesterday to approve fare hike to try and close the $300 million budget gap. expect to pay an extra quarter to ride the bus and trains during offpeak times and an extra ten cents for rush hour service. you'll have to wait longer for trains and metro will cut some of i

routes. >> rather than cutting routes we encourage the board to as you are certainly doing, double down on trying to find some sort of sustainable funding source. >> i think we have to put information out there about what our needs are. i mean, clearly so people understand what we're up against. >> general manager hinting that he will have to work harder to get more money for metro and although riders are threatening to leave once and for all, metro leaders say they don't think that will happen. virginia governor terry mcauliffe is asking for a top to bottom review of metro. he thinks there needs to be an independent assessment of what's troubling the transit agency. the study could cost up to a million dollars. mcauliffe has invited d.c. and maryland to help pay for it but says virginia can cover the cost. he vowed to repeal obamacare. now president trump says he will leave it in place if congress doesn't approve his new plan. what your family can

and coffee lovers fired up. the menu item dunkin' donuts is doing away with. your time is now 5:42. >> and the warm jacket this morning. temperatures in the 30s but this afternoon will be milder. we also have a freezing rain advisory for part of the area. i'll show you the weekend warmup coming up. >> major problem on the beltway and two issues 95

person who murdered dnc staffer seth rich. the center dedicated to finding his killer that opens today. lunch is usually a fun time for most students but not on this day. the teen who started choking and who rushed in to save him. >> and a big day for bao bao. what she gets to do for the first time today since arriving in china.

updates. i worry about my girl. >> she's doing good apparently. >> we begin though with the fact that it looks like the weather and the cherry blossoms may finally be on the same page. >> we're expecting temperatures in the 70s and peak bloom at the tidal basin this weekend. megan is live there this morning and for a while it was touch and go but it looks like a nice recipe for success tomorrow. >> reporter: yeah, let us hope so here and everything seems to be lining up finally. but it has been touch and go. the snow really had a number on the cherry trees but 50% of the blossoms were killed but look at what we are seeing here today. the rest of the blossoms that survived, they are absolutely gorgeous and they are getting ready to do their thing. we are expecting those warm temperatures to come in this weekend and that's going to push everything along. we already have a lot of

blossoms out. we still have some that are clamped close. those are all going to pop this weekend and we are going to go into peak bloom. it is always wonderful when that peak bloom period coincides for the weekend. you can expect things to be very busy down here at the tidal basin as people come down with their cameras and families and take it all in. just a gorgeous sight down here and perfect weather to go along with it. so finally it looks like we're getting a break here. something to keep in mind because of the crowds you're going to want to take metro or a bus, public transportation. there's very limited parking around this general area, so that's the best way to keep things pleasant is to take metro if you can. now, of course there are lots of festivities, the festival and the like. coming up a little later in the show around 6:30 we'll talk to the folks with the cherry blossom festival and they'll tell us about some of the events and how things are going. we'll have that later on in the show. back to you guys. >> all right.

d.c. police asking for help finding a missing teenager. erika gonzalez at the live desk. >> good morning. she was last seen in early february in southeast. we've got a picture to show you this morning. but there's also another picture that police put out within the past couple of hours. a 15-year-old by the name of anjel burl. if it seems like you've been seeing these picture ors hearing about these missing teen cases more often. d.c. police says you're not, it's not really an increase in cases you're just seeing them on social media more aun. still they're calling for people to help investigate. that is the story in the nbc washington app that i posted on my facebook for you to be able to read more about that. still, important cases now being able to be circulated with the use of social media and hopefully bring these teenagers back home. back to you. thank you. it is

theater parking lot leaves a man in critical condition. this happened outside of phoenix theaters last night. a man was found shot inside his car. police do not believe this was a random shooting. happening today, the family of a democratic national committee staffer killed near his home in d.c. is asking for the public's help. police don't know who killed seth rich last july. his family wants to continue its own investigation. tomorrow they will dedicate an arlington office to solving his murder. >> the investigation hasn't gone as fast as i had hoped. we're doing everything possible but now we want to move to a 24 hour day approach. we're going to have just a rapid attack, rapid response, 24 hour day forensics until this is solved. >> now, d.c. police think that rich was shot and killed during a robbery attempt although his wallet was not taken. some think he was tied to the release of dnc

through a go fund me page. so far the family has raised almost $9,000. as our technology gets more advanced, so do the scams targeting us. there's some simple things you do every day that could be putting you at risk. it's vital not to let your guard down when it comes to cyber security. tricks can pop up even when you're on a legitimate website. one scam to look out for targets online banking sessions. >> and all of a sudden there's a pop-up that comes up and asks you for a bunch more information and you just fill it in assuming you're connecting to your bank when you're really connecting to, you know, a bad actor. >> it's a form of mal ware which is often installed when you accidentally click on a malicious link. beware of clicking unsubscribe on links in e-mails. those could lead to more spam. you're better off just deleting the e-mails. that's good to know. it is a pivot tall day on capito h

vote on their plan to replace the affordable care act. they're expected to vote on it this afternoon. more on that in a moment. first though, local families are watching this debate very closely. they are concerned about how changes to the health care system could impact them. they include christine farley. her son was born with cystic fibrosis. he's 19 years old now and he takes 30 pills a day and the rest of his life will depend on costly medical supplies and drugs. his mother is hoping that lawmakers can strike the right balance. >> i'd like to see those things that are working very well in the affordable care act stay, and i'd love to see a discussion about how to make health care in the united states even better. >> farley is thankful for good health insurance from her employer but she wonders about her son's future coverage as he gets older. the debate centers on whether the house republicans have the votes to pass a replacement bill. >> tracie p

capitol hill for us. where do things stand right now? >> reporter: 32 republicans now opposed, likely no votes, but all night long again, republican leaders tried to flip at least eight of them to try to get this passed. and frankly, after the conversations at the white house yesterday, after the president's ultimatum to vote today or move on from this issue, some of them are waivering. so while our official count is 32, it's not clear if all 32 of those will vote no. >> and republican leaders unveiled some changes to the bill overnight that are designed to get more people to back it. what are those about. >> reporter: they want to extend the medicare tax that amounts to just under 1%. and the big one here, conservatives want to get rid of what's called essential benefits. the guarantee that if you have an insurance plan it will cover things like maternity care, if you have a baby, mental health, emergency room visits if something happens that's

they say if you get rid of it, you can actually give people more options. not everyone agrees with that. the president did agree to let states deal with that, but what he wouldn't budge on is keeping young adults up to age 26 on their parents' insurance and making sure that all plans cover preexisting conditions. >> all right. thank you. we have some breaking news that could impact your commute. >> some big backups on the beltway. >> big problem here. this is just really getting started. a three-mile backup. outer loop, we have one crash blocking the right lane and in backups a second crash blocking the left side so chopper 4 on the way to this to show us what is going on. it is way too early to see something like that. this looks like how it should look around 6:45 in the morning. the rest of the beltway is okay right now. we'll keep on eye on that as well of course. remember we had that crash in the express

have a crash also in the main lanes. 95 north at prince william parkway. it's on the left side there. you can see blocking two left lanes. edge hill road and again, still have that accident, that looks like a serious crash. several people taken out of there this morning in charles county as well. so a lot going on. more on this in just a couple minutes. a week away from the start of april and we're still talking about freezing, below freezing temperatures around here. >> through part of the area this morning, yeah. it's a concern. we have some rain approaching. rain honestly for most of the area is not going to be a big deal. hagerstown, you feel like 30 degrees. actual temperature in some of those locations is below freezing so that's what we'll be watching as this rain gets closer p i'll show you that in a second. rest of the area feeling like the upper 20s as a cold start to the day. here's the freezing rain advisory. washington county, including martinsburg, winchester and points off to the west a

9:00 a.m. so that means icy conditions are possible with the approach of rain. temperatures below freezing now. it's going to be brief so if we do see it it's not going to be lasting long. there's that rain off to our west. still pretty far away. the pink shaded area shows you the potential for that icy mix which is occurring in parts of pennsylvania. here's a look at future weather. i think between about 7:00 and 9:00 a.m. our best shot of seeing some of that developing north and west. otherwise the rain starts to break up as it gets closer to the district and temperatures will be right around i would say the low 60s as we go through the afternoon, but again, that rain is going to stay in the forecast. as we go through tonight though, dry conditions and then for your saturday we have a warmer day coming up in just a bit. chuck has a closer look at your extended forecast. a wisconsin high school student is being praised for his quick thinking and calmness under pressure. take a look at this video here. you can see he was eating lunch wednesday when his

brown calmly gets up and gives will the heimlich and was able to dislodge the food from his throat. you see right there, he credits the training he received in a youth police training program. way to go. >> well, a morning favorite pick me up may be going away. dunkin' donuts is getting rid of the fan favorite coffee. folks are not too happy. they've taken to twitter to voice their displeasure. the new frozen coffee is a better way or way better than its predecessor i should say so more options, different options. >> i'm going to have to do a taste test to see. i like the slushy coffee. bao bao will be introduced to a whole new world. she's moving into a new home at the conservation and research center for giant pandas in china. she will have her own housing area, a playground to share with her brother. she spent about a month in

china from d.c. she's in good health and putting on a little weight. well, ever just want to fly over traffic when you get stuck in it? of course. it could happen much sooner than you think. flying cars you can actually afford. >> reporter: man found dead, two others fighting for their lives. what we now know

developing right now on news4 today. a toddler killed. just one of the victims in a quadruple shooting. new details about the shooting inside a home. plus, the president's ultimatum. why today's health care vote could be the last chance for republicans to replace obamacare. >> and your friday forecast, the perfect welcome to the weekend. what to know about the change in temperatures before you head out the door. just about 6:00 a.m. good morning, everybody. >> don't you love hearing the weekend is going to look nice? but you will need to keep that coat for this morning. then you get to put it away for the weekend. we'll check in with the forecast with chuck bell and sheena parveen in just a minute. >> but f

for breaking news on the beltway. >> big problem on the beltway and chopper 4 just got over this. we're talking about two different problems here today. right now, outer loop at colesville road. one crash just after colesville road and another one just before colesville road in all of those backups. so a big issue for people, about a three and a half to four-mile backup there at the top of the beltway. a lot of pain there this morning because of that. taking a look elsewhere, here's another look from a different vantage point and you can just see how slow it is. 95 north at prince william parkway here, you can see we still have that problem on the left side of the roadway in the main lanes. still also have that crash in the express lanes on the right side of the roadway here this morning so very slow. in charles county, edge hill road at popes creek, have that crash there this morning and the southwest freeway before the 11th street bridge, a crash blocking the left lane. another newbl