the president accused of using an expletive about immigrants. it's a story you'll be hearing about all day today. a look at a student accused of stabbing classmates. the caps will be unhappy. >> fans too. the caps winning ways crushed. the trouble on the ice that shattered their success. it is 5:00 a.m. good morning. i'm aaron gilchrist. i'm eun yang. you want to leave yourself extra time if you're heading out on the roads. we're seeing rain. you know what that does to our traffic. it's going to slow everybody down this morning. >> melissa mollet will let us know about trouble spots this morning. first let's check the forecast with meteorologist chuck bell and sheena parveen. >> the weather pendulum has taken a big swing to one side today. >> it's going to come back full force today. >> i don't like these temperatures, chuck. we're around 60 degrees this morning. but we're going to be 30 degrees colder going through the weekend. get ready for that. r

lot of rain. be careful as you're driving. we have quite a bit of steady rain around the beltway. the roads are already wet out there because of rain overnight. we're continuing to see that falling around the beltway and down 95. as you head into d.c., no matter from what direction you're coming from, the roads are slick out there. visibility poor at times too. temperatures mild. you do not need thejgc heavy co today. you don't need the insulated rain coat. but don't forget to grab the umbrella before you leave. we're looking at a pretty rainy day throughout the day today. your friday commute, by noon today, we'll see areas of rain around. 5:00 p.m., a bit of a break and spotty showers but still looking at the wet roads. we'll talk about when this will end and when the temperatures will go down to a crashing halt. we'll take a look at that coming up. good morning, melissa. >> good morning, sheena. brand new problem, 95 northbound near garrisonville road. a crash, car vs.

tractor-trailer. delays inbound because of that. a warning for you there. right now in gaithersburg, 28 at schiffele square road. they fell overnight. pepco trying to get this out of the way for the morning commute. i know how important that sp for people. in frederick, 355 at the monocacy river bridge, that repair is complete. aaron? >> melissa, thank you. it's 5:02. now to the explosive comments out of the white house this morning. it's the top trending topic on twitter and you'll hear about it all day. >> the president is accused of making controversial and derogatory comments during an oval office meeting. this happened while talking about immigrants from african countries and some other nations. a democratic aide confirms the president said "why are we having all these people from

expletive countries here." he also added, why do we need more haitians. take them out. someone responded, because if you do, it will be obvious why. it's not clear who made that comment. >> this marks eight years since that devastating earthquake. a 7.0 magnitude earthquake killed hundreds of thousands of haitians and much of that island is still recovering. chris lawrence was there in the weeks after reporting on that earthquake. he's going to share his perspective with us coming up. we'll check in with tracie potts on capitol hill. we're going to check in with darcy spencer outside of the haitian embassy this morning with reaction. darcy, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the haitian ambassador calling the president's comments regrettable and based on cliches and stereotypes. the comments are being condemned on both sides of the aisle, republicans and democrats. virginia senator tim kaine said all

he said -- he said that the president said -- who ran against trump in the primary. he also took to twitter and said america was built on the backs of immigrants from around the globe. we must honor that history, not reject it. it starts with respectful rhetoric and signing bipartisan daca legislation. we have more reaction from lawmakers in the next hour. >> darcy spencer outside the haitian embassy. thank you. the president's comments are getting a lot of coverage on many news networks. >> including cnn where don lemon and anderson cooper had strong reactions. cooper gets emotional on the air. >> let me be clear tonight, the people of haiti have been through more. they've been through more, they withstood more. they fought back against more injustice

ever has. i was there when a 5-year-old boy was rescued after being buried for more than seven days. do you know what strength it takes to survive on rainwater buried under concrete? a 5-year-old boy buried for seven days. >> meanwhile, don lemon opened his show last night calling president trump "a racist." he went on to say that the remarks made by the commander in chief were disgusting. we will continue to follow this developing story on the president's controversial comments. stay with us for team coverage. you can head to the nbc washington app for more. 5:05 now. developing this morning, former white house adviser steve bannon is set to testify before the house intelligence committee next week. this is part of the investigation into russian meddling in the election. sources tell nbc news it will happen next tuesday. bannon ran the trump campaign during its final months and then served as the president's top adviser until being fired back in august. last week the new book "firend

to a meeting between russians 2016 campaign as treasonness. days later, bannon left his job at breitbart news. deadly mudslides in california. rescue crews are hoping for miracles as they search for survivors. the search is becoming more desperate bit second. at least 17 people have been killed from ages 3 to 89. more than 40 others are still missing and in all,t( 65 homes have been destroyed while nearly 450 are damaged. we now know the name of the man killed wednesday night on branch avenue in the temple hills area. police say shawn sims died at the hospital after his car collided with another vehicle near st. barnabas road. the woman behind the wheel of the second car was critically injured.

after an argument between two high school students and ended with a stabbing. >> prince george's county students worry for their safety now. megan mcgrath is live at central high school this morning where the incident took place. megan, what's the reaction from the school and what's going to happen today? >> reporter: well, the kids are going to be returning to classes here and we're going to keep an eye on things to see if there's any extra security. but some pretty tense moments yesterday after the stabbing occurred. it happened shortly after the students arrived here at central high school. two students stabbed. they're going to be okay. but they are still recovering from those injuries. a lot of shaken parents and shaken students here at the school. police have arrested edwin martinez. he is a 19-year-old junior here at central high school. he's been charged with two counts of attempted murder, assault and a weapons charge. police say that it all began with an argument yesterday

and stabbed two freshmen. the school is on lockdown for a time. students say that they would like to see more security here on a daily basis. >> the school doesn't really take proper precaution of what happens in the school and what's being brought into the school. it's a school thing to get it under control. >> reporter: worried parents came here to the school trying to get information about what happened and about their children. just making sure that their kids were okay. they did not receive any texts or e-mails about what was going on. many are very upset about that. coming up later in the show, i'm going to have more on what the school system says about why they didn't send out any e-mails or text alerts and we'll hear from parents themselves. back to you. megan, thank you. it's 5:08 now. the prince george's county school qceo, kevin maxwell, wil appear before the prince george's house delegation in

allegations of systemwide grade changing is expected to be the focus there. a state ordered audit of the school system found staff changed grades after quarterly cutoff dates, kept poor records and received little oversight from the school district. the county submitted a plan for improvement to the state board of education. capitals ten home game winning streak ends with a loss to the panthers. last night's caps lost 3-1 to the hurricanes. the loss snapped a five-game winning streak overall. the caps, though, getting a rematch against the hurricanes tonight in raleigh, north carolina. >> the caps won't be back in d.c. until next friday when they take on the montreal canadiens. >> just a blip. they'll continue to roll. >> come on. from abuse to adoptable, a dog found near death making huge strides in his recovery. coming up, we'll tell you about max and his incredible transformation. good looking puppy dog there. the daily grade today, b plus.

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here at the live desk, we're getting new video out of japan where a snowstorm trapped more than 400 people on a train. that snow was so thick, the wheels on the train couldn't turn. it was stuck in place for 15 hours. now, the cars did have heat and electricity, but only one working bathroom. apparently, it was too dangerous to evacuate everyone because it's dark outside for a lot of that time and the snow on the tracks was that deep. fortunately, no one was seriously hurt. eun, back to you. >> chris, thank you. it's 5:13. the deadly smoke incident at l'enfant plaza -- a

station. many of the lawsuits have been dismissed. but the glover family filed azv $50 million lawsuit. the next hearing for that case is scheduled for march. if there is a trial, it could begin late next year. happening today, a new report on the deadly 2012 sandy hook elementary school shooting. connecticut state police are breaking down the response by the newtown police department. in december of 2012, a gunman killed 20 first grade children and six educators inside that school. the gunman then killed himself. the prosecutor's report revealed it took six minutes for a newtown police officer to arrive on the scene there and enter the school. happening today, class will be in session today after burst pipes shut down george washington middle school in alexandria for three days. the burst pipes soaked an electrical grid and cut off power, water and the fire alarm system. after repairs, the fire marshal has given the school the okay to bring kids back to the building. very short sch

>> but they'll be full force next week. a puppy near death is now standing on his own in fairfax county. >> just over a month ago, police found this dog now named max near wakely court in centreville. he didn't have a collar or a chip. he was emaciated and couldn't even stand up. animal protection officers think that he was kept in a cage most of hi> it was hard to deal with. it was hard to look at him around not be able to do anything. it was waiting, waiting to see the medications would work. waiting to see if he had it in him to fight. >> look at max. he's up and running around. he's very friendly despite what happened to him. he still has recovery to do before he goes to his forever home. max's foster family will have the first opportunity to adopt him. look at how loving they are. it takes

even though he's been traumatized, há$1 loves people. >> that's why dogs are amazing. they don't seem to hold grudges. they have unconditional love. if that was one of us locked in a cage. >> don't even look at me. >> i know. they're amazing animals. you know i love the animal stories. >> he looks fantastic. so happy for max. they're resilient. a lot of dogs like the rain too. a lot don't. >> your dog likes to go in the sflan. >> he would be happy -- >> if you got to take the dog out before you head out to work, it's going to be a quick in and out for many people with their dogs. we have the rain moving through the beltway. this is pretty steady rain. we've seen it overnight. the roads are already wet. be very careful driving. the roads are slippery. visibility is reduced out there. here's a look at the beltway around the district. the green is showing us where the lighter,

also prince george's county, through much of maryland really and northern virginia. we have spotty light showers. more rain to our south. that's pretty much heading straight north. we'll see more waves of rain and as we look off to our west. a weather pattern unsettled. if you look a little farther to our west, we have snow and ice here. there's that colder air. it's waiting to move into our area and there is a small chance we could see that briefly through the area. mainly far west of the district. it's 60 degrees right now with cloudy skies and the rain. look at these temperatures around 60 degrees. it's not going to be a cold rainy day. it's going to be a mild, rainy day. 8:00, still scattered showers lunchtime. spotty showers around through the afternoon. maybe a bit of a break. then more showers return tonight. there you see that cold air i showed you. some of that could try to inch into part of the area. again, if you're farther north and west, you canxd see that briefly very early tomorrow. then we clear out and the

falling. here's what your weekend looks like. early showers on saturday. but highs falling back down into the 30s through the day. sunday at 29 degrees. snow chances next week. closer look at the ten-day coming up. finally friday. good morning, melissa. >> good morning, sheena. we have this one thing we keep b&valki about this morning. it's at schiffely square. 270 southbound after 109, crash there on both shoulders. as for the alternates for 28 here. they parallel each other. garrisonville road, crash on the shoulder. little volume headed inbound. lehigh way at clifton road. a warning for you. the beltway looking okay. all of this green, all of the rain falling across the area. you have to deal with that when you're driving this morning. aaron? >> melissa,

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next at 5:30, her ancestors were slaves on georgetown university's campus. now she's a student and she has a few lessons to share. hear her story just ahead. good morning am i'm storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell outside where the rain is coming down in sheets this morning. there's more where this came from before old man winter deals us quite a blow tomorrow. check of that storm team 4 forecast coming right up. plus, he disappeared after a date from an online app. now he's the center of a murder more. you're doing great. [laugher] you look amazing. the egg white grill. so you can bring on the day.

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meteorologist chuck bell is outside. chuck, it's balmy out there? >> no jacket required today but i'm wearing a suit coat. temperatures way above average. nearly 30 degrees above average. that's how far out of whack things are this morning. there's a check of radar. raindrops are greeting you first thing this morning. there's a 100% chance of more rain coming our way today. those are winter storm warnings in bright pink off to the west. that is the cold air that's coming here. for snow lovers, i got bad news. it looks like the cold air, below freezing, doesn't get here until after most, if not all, of the moisture is gone. doesn't look like much of a snow threat for tomorrow. i couldn't rule out a passing snow shower or two. how can we be talking about snow? nearly 60 degrees today. planning out the day, mid to upper 60s. mild and off and on showers. sheena has more details on how fahe

tomorrow. that's coming up in a few minutes. for now, back into the dry, news 4 traffic center. >> come on back inside, chuck. it feels good in here. southbound 270 at old hundred. we had that crash this morning. what we're hearing at this point is that it's on both shoulders in the southbound lanes. you can see the water on the camera lens here. it's going to be dealing with the rain showers throughout the area. in gaithersburg, 28 there at schiffley square. lanes blocked both ways. pole and wires down.@

explosive and expletive-filled comments. an aide confirmed the original comments to nbc news and lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have been calling the comments racist and divisive. former white house adviser steve bannon set to testify next week. this is part of the investigation into russian meddling in the election. sources say it will happen on tuesday. bannon ran the trump campaign during his final months and then served as the president's top adviser until being fired in august. the new book "fire and fury" quoted bannon, referring to a meeting between donald trump jr. and the russians, it was called tr treasonness. edwin martinez is in jail charged with two counts of attempted murder, assault and a weapons charge. it stems from an,c argument between the suspect and victims over a female

condition with what appear to be nonlife-threatening injuries. the driver accused of hiting a morgan state university student will be in court today. in december of 2015, a man was traveling south on 202 when he sped across the centery5ç line hitting another person's car. he was ejected from the car and later died from injuries. he faces charges, including motor vehicle manslaughter. a local youth leader and son of a mega church pastor in prince william county is sentenced to five months in jail. jar done baird is convicted of exposing himself. prosecutors say baird misused his position as a church youth pastor, but his lack of any prior record was a factor in his sentence. 355 bridge in frederick county, maryland is open to drivers now. the bridge that crosses over the mony

dump truck crash caused significant structural damage. crews finished repairs nearly a month ahead of schedule. the bridge reopened yesterday before the evening rush hour. money for time. metro's new credit program is a go. it's received tentative approval. if your train is late 15 minutes or more during rush hour, you will receive a credit for that trip on your smart trip card. the full board will vote on the plan in two weeks. it could take effect by the end of the month. lot of riders looking forward to that. we'll see how many are paid. a 63-year-old former chef is going back to school at georgetown university. >> she's a freshman living on campus and walkingua the same ph as the men who sold her family as slaves. her journey started after georgetown officially acknowledged, apologized for selling slaves to raise money

for the university in the 1800s. after getting a call from the genealogical researchers, she learned that her greatxd great grandparents were among the slaves sold. the school offered her andxd others special admission status. she decided to go in honor of her great great grandparents. >> little girls grow up thinking about being princesses. well, my grandmother always told me i was a queen. and she knew her grandmother. maryellen queen. i couldn't do this or be here without feeling them. >> she was a little -- has a little more time before she has to declare a major. but she's leaning toward history. >> that makes a lot of sense, right? she'll be a stellar studentñi i that subject. >> she'll be a tribute to her family to follow that path. it's now 5:35. still ahead, left out in the

what a hospital has to say about staff who sent a patient out on to the street. first, though, the clip thousands have shared. a car nearly swept away in mudslides. h next, we'llear from the man

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here at the live desk, we're following breaking news in northeast d.c. where thousands of people will be waking up this  the lights won't come on. pepco says a tripped speeder is causing a power outage in that part of the district. we're talking about queens chapel, fort totten, south dakota avenue and new hampshire avenue. affecting well over 2,000 people. the power should be back on between 7:00 and 9:00 this morning. again, that's after a lot of families have gotten up, tried to get the kids ready for school. this video out of burbank, california, captures the terrifying moment a car was carried away in a flash flood this week. >> this morning, we're hearing from the driver. his girlfriend was in the car at the time and was screaming with

fear. he says faith helped him stay calm. listen to him describe what happened. >> when the car hydroplaned all the way down the rest of the way, there was no brakes, no steering and as you go down the hill, it was the creek that the water was going to settle in and the road back up. luckily i got ground and footing with my tires. i was able to get out of there in the nick of time. it was something out of a movie. but it was my movie at the time. >> wow. with a happy ending and a story to tell. looking at that video, it's hard to believe that the car sustained no damage and no one was injured. incredible. >> that's pretty amazing. crazy story to be able to tell later, right? they are supposed to protect you. now, another deadly airbag accident is causing a new recall. which car it impacts coming up. this morning, we're dealing

here's what you can expect. showers around lunchtime and through the afternoon. we still have rain in the forecast. coming up, we'll talk about when it will clear up and colder temperatures for the weekend, melissa. >> good morning. brand new problem on the beltway. another one on 270. we'llalk abo tut

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16 before the hour. >> prince george's county students -- they're worried for their safety. megan mcgrath is at the high school where it took place. megan, what happened here? >> reporter: this unfold ld shortly after the kids arrived at school yesterday morning. the two students who were stabbed will be okay. they're still recovering from their injuries. pretty tense moments there

arrest. they've arrested edwin aguilar martinez. he's a 19-year-oldjf junior her at central high school and he's been charged with two counts of assault and a weapons charge. police say that all of this began to unfold yesterday morning with an argument about a girl. martinez, they say, pulled a knife and stabbed the two freshmen students. pretty tense moments as this began to unfoamed. the school on lockdown for a time. worried parents came to central high school to get information about their kids, wanted to know if they were okay. they never got any texts from the school system telling them what was going on or providing updates. they think that was wrong. >> obviously, there's no longer a threat because the person was apprehended. communicate with the parents by way of text message, e-mail, something. let us know something.

superintendent says that the school system doesn't operate like colleges do in these situations. they don't send out countywide texts in emergency situations. but parents,=)ñ they say maybe t should change. they were very concerned about their students here when word trickled out as to what was happen. they wanted some kind of communication, some sort of update. back to you guys. >> megan mcgrath, live for us. questions about president trump's physical health have been circulating since he took office. >> later today, he's expected to undergo a full physical exam. tracie potts live on capitol hill to tell us why this exam is so publicized it seems, tracie. >> not only his physical health even though at 71, he's the oldest president, wasñr the oldt when he took office ever. abo%hrw)j mental fitness. not mental health but whether or not he's mentally fit to serve. those questions surfaced after the book "fire and fury" came out. questioning that, members of congress have questioned that. but that wll

exam today. it's expected to take several hours over at walter reed. we're told there will be a brief summary afterwards and then something more detailed next week. tracie, we've been talking about this all morning. the president's comments on haiti and other african countries. really causing outrage here. can we expect to hear from more lawmakers? >> we could hear more reaction about the expletive he used. and more importantly about the words, what many think the word means, delineating between countries with large brown populations as haiti and africa and el salvador versus european countries like norway. that is the distinction the president reportedly made. what does that mean about the types of immigrants he wants in the country and what does it mean about these views being infused into policy. those are the types of discussions that we're hearing and could hear a lot more about today. >> indeed.

tracie, thank you. of course, we're working with you to cover all angles of the story. it's not going away any time soon. >> chris lawrence was in haiti covering the earthquake there eight years ago. we look at what's happened there, we see the images, we hear the comments from the president. what are your impression sns what strikes you? >> boy oh, boy, hard to know where to start. i know what i saw when we got down there. it was just devastation doesn't really do it justice. the fact that the smell from those bodies and the families that were living there with their loved ones, i mean, i saw people's knuckles bleeding as they were digging through this stone and concrete trying to dig people out that of rubble. i saw haitian doctors

injured in that earthquake. i saw people desperate for food and water. it could have gotten really ugly, it should have gotten really ugly by all accounts. the desperation there was incredible. what i saw was people just trying to make the best of an awful, awful situation anyway they could. >> of course, there was the aftermath event. the earthquake and then all the years to try to rebuild this country that was already suffering with so many losses. >> yeah. i mean, i know just some of the things you saw down there, the bodies at one point were piled so high, they brought in a dump truck. a dump truck to move them out. we found it inhumane, but it was a public health hazard to those who survived. at one point, we were going on a story and traveling around in a

down there and sort of rented out. we were driving to the story and all of a sudden, the paramedic, first responder stops our truck and says we pulled somebody out of the rubble, we need to get him to the hospital. they didn't have enough vehicles. they didn't have enough vehicles to get these people out. so within seconds, people were loading this person into the back of the flatbed with the doctor back there. we're driving all over port-au-prince trying to find somewhere that they can get some sort of care. we got turned away by a couple hospitals who didn't -- couldn't take them. it was just a surreal scene to -- one minute you're total journalism mode trying to cover the story and the next minute you're basically like an ambulance trying to get this woman to the hospital. >> thanks for sharing memories here and your perspective on this. >> it's 5:50 right now. we turn to a developing story out of charles coun

detectives asking for your help solving a homicide. a woman's body was found on old washington road near smallwood drive in waldorf. the only sort of identification were these two distinct tattoos. the tattoos are of a cherub angel and a design. the angel is on her left shoulder blade, the design on her write inner wrist. call the sheriff's office if you know who it is. a man who disappeared eight months ago wasli murdered. marty mcmillan jr.'s family got the devastating news. it all started in april. they reported him missing and told police they suspected foul play. just before he disappeared, he told his family he met a woman on a dating app plenty of fish. his remains were found off suitland parkway in prince george's coyote and his family didn't have a good feeling about

about it. i didn't know what to think. because they had found so many. >> mcmillan's family says they are disappointed with how the police handled marty's case. they're headed to the justice department on monday to protest. a university of maryland hospital is apologizing for what happened to one of its patients. take a look. this is video of a young woman wandering near the baltimore emergency room. she was escorted out of the hospital and left at a bus stop in nothingñ but a hospital gown and socks. one woman who saw this patient in the e.r. says the woman was disoriented and unable to communicate. the hospital says it takes the matter seriously and is "conducting a thorough review of kpa what happened." 5:52 right now. i want to very quickly say

high school for a successful ted talk event yesterday. i got to participate in this event at clarksburg. in upper montgomery county. several speakers around the future is loaded. i spoke about working hard and sharing success with other people and paying it forward. shoutout to matthew evenson and his team for pulling off a great event yesterday. all these students got together and they got the speakers they wanted and organizers held the event. >> good job, aaron. hard work, that's a message that resonates forever. it works. >> the sure fire way to win. >> i don't normally feel like the smartest guy in the room. you realize at the ted talks, they're all so much smarter than you are. >> 16 years old and smarter than i am. scary. while you were doing that, the dogs and i were putting miles on yes

afternoon. along the reflecting pool there. look at that. all still frozen solid. the tidal basin, the reflective pool, all iced over. stay off the ice. >> yesterday while i was taking this picture of lucas the brown dog, there were people tamping their foot on the frozen reflecting pool to see how thick the ice is. don't do it. that is a recipe for disaster. we are talking about warm air surging up the east coast. you're traveling north to philly and boston, it's going to be as warm there as it is here. temperatures here today, 65, 66 degrees. typical of mid-april. there's rain on the i-95 core cordoned more where this came from. weave rain this morning. catch a break in the action during the late morning into the early parts of the afternoon. there's a break and 10:00 a.m., nero owe likely

showers mid to late friday evening. here's the ten-day forecast with a dramatic drop in temperatures from feeling likeçó near 70 tod to feeling like the teens before the sun goes down tomorrow. the 50-degree drop in the feels-like factor. we'll be in the deep freeze all next week. what about traffic? we'll go to first 4 traffic with melissa mollet. >> good morning. a couple of problems. maryland. disabled vehicle blocking a th. in gaithersburg, on 28 here at schiffley square, shut down both directions because a pole and wires down. pepco on the scene. great seneca highway will get you through the area. germantown road, you can see the slick roadways. that's common throughout the area. also, lots of fog. a look at travel times coming up. more changes headed to your facebook page. just yesterday mark zuckerberg announced you'll see more

from businesses and media. he wants people to spend less time passively scrolling through the timeline. >> it depends on the kind of post. we're helping you get fit for the new year. >> this morning, we're taking the workout underwater. molette green is live in prince george's county to tell us all about it. molette, i hear this is good exercise to do it in the water. >> reporter: oh, this is going to be great. especially if you have kind of bad knees, running and doing exercises all your life. you need low impact. get into the most popular class here at the theresa banks aquatic center in the landover area. we'll talk to a young woman, new mom back into exercising after having her baby six weeks ago. we're getting fit for the new year. all about hydrospin in the next hour on "news4 today." i'm getting in

here's my bike right here. >> all right, molette. >> see you in a little bit. thanks. a new warning for drivers. a vehicle ford wants you to stop driving immediately and why this is coming out now. >> the deadly accident investigation. it's the second crash on one of the busiest commuter routes here. a look at where a pedestrian and a driver have been killed in the same area in just a matter ever days. i'm darcy spencer outside the haitian embassy. the president's comments about haiti are being condemned by republicans and democrats. i'll have reaction ahead. thanks for coming! congratulations! my first customer! the egg white grill. so you can bring on the day.

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>> normally, we'd be talking about the rain right now, but we're getting you ready for a temperature drop of more than 30 degrees. that is going to hurt. storm team 4 meteorologist sheena parveen is here to explain the timing of all of this. it's close to 60 degrees right now. >> it is close to 60 degrees, eun. do into this weekend, it's going to be a shock to the system. even though we've been dealing with the cold a lot, the bitter cold after the mild temperatures and the rain moves through, the temperatures will drop off fast on saturday. for now, we're looking at rain across the area. the roadways are wet. be careful driving. pretty steady light rain. that's what the green shows you. when you start to show the yellow, it shows heavier rainfall. that's mainly in parts of charles county towards prince george's county. a little bit of a break across 95 headed south or north. we'll see the rain come back later today. temperatures, low 60s for most of the area. your morningiv