drew immediate praise from republicans and criticism from democrats. this morning we're covering the speech and showing you how your leaders responded. it's 6:00 a.m., good morning, everybody i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm eun yang. that coverag begins in a moment nks but we'll begin with a check on your commute and liforecast. a mollet is standing by with a look at the roads in your first 4 traffic, but fist, storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell is here with your forecast.s i gu're not going to get another nice day like yesterday, chuck? >> no. not quite so nice. will stille milder than average, but we're not going to be talking about record high emperatures again any time too soon. all that moisture in the ohio valley, that first big push is headed up into parts of pennsylvaniand newyork. more enough in the southern end to bring our rain chances up to 70% later on in the day today. this morning, no rain on the roads. ecause of the warm air sitting on top of the cold ground. we have what we call a ground sweat going on. so, wet roads not caused by rainfall this morning. but condensation. s mperatures in the upper 30 out to the west, low to mid 40s

around town. your f planner today, near 40 this morning, near 50 at lunchtime. low f0s most today but rain chances climbing to 70% by on in the evening. i'm tweeting about that as well on my twitter handle @chuckbell4 and find me on facebook. now to first 4 >> good morning. taking a look at beltsville southbound 95 you can see it was an earlier truck fire off to the right shoulder. we sti have about one and a half mile backup headed southbound. chopper 4 showing us thoseea delaysd southbound. if you want to commit to bw parkway right now because you'r leaving some time soon, that's a fine idea because bw parkway looks good. sterling southbound 28 before noke's boulevard, left lane blocked by a crash. 66 and95 looking okay right now. we have this ft.ashington situation right side is blocked there. also delays blue and silve line th directions right now because of a power problem near benning road.

aaron? >> melissa, thank you. >> 6:02 now. this morning, the country is still talking about president trump's state of the union address. in it he laid out his plan for the country in front of a congress that could not m bee divided. >> this is the first time the president spoke to a ooint sessio congress following november's midterm elections. last night it was nancy pelosi who sat other h shoulder, not paul ryan. the president wasted no time getting into the talk of his signature issue, immigration and a bder wall. >> congress has ten days left to pass bill that will fund our government, protect our homeland and secure our very dangerous southern border. >> while the president hind at the possibility of another government shutdown, he did not once mention the previous shutdown or the workers who were impacted. he did boast about his administration's work on the >> it over two years since jeconomy. the election, we have launched an unprecedented economic boom.

a boom that has rarely been seen before. there has been nothing like it. >> t president went on to say woment have benefitted the m from the economic boom. later in the night, he saw his biggest applause whe he mentioned the large number of women who now occupy seatsn congress. >> exactly one century after congress passed the constitutional amendment giving women the right to vote, we m ao hae women serving in congress thant any time before. >> it was in that moment where we saw s a rarew of unity. the entire chamber erupted into chants of usa. when the president's speech was over, the democrats gave their respon response. it was stacey abrams.

she ran and lost in the i governor's rac georgia. e touched on the president's handling of child sanaration issuracism issues. >> we continue front racism from our past and in the prent hold everyone in the highest offices and our own families accountable for racist words and deeds and call racism what is it, wrong. >>brams addressed last month's government shutdown saying the president usedug furd workers as political wns. >> meanwhile outside of the u.s. capitol, dozens of people shouted and waived protest signs at motorcades carrying state of the union participants. theyaidhey were not confident about the the president's ability to bring the country together. >> i'm so tired of trump. i think he's going to give a o stat disunion and i'm upset about that. i don't want to hear what he has to say. i don't trust him. >> protesters also carried russian flags a nodo the

special counsel's investigation into potential collusion between the cpresident'sampaign and russia during the 2016 election. ou coverage of last night's state of the union address will continue throughout the morning right here onodews 4 and on the nbc washington app. coming up in the next half h hourr what local lawmakers thought of the speech and what president trump had to say abo virginia governor ralph northam. state of the uon may be the least of governor northam's worries. e growingues to f pressure to resign after a racist photo from a medical school yearbook was made public last week. >> the controversy surroding the state's lieutenant governor is growing as well. vanessa tysonays lieutenant governor justin fairfax assaulted her at the 2004at demo national convention. she is getting support on social media with people using the hashtag i believe vanessa. tyson is now being represented by the same attory who represented christine blasey ford, the woman who accused supreme court justice brett kavanaugh of assault. lieutenant governor fairfax

admitted to a consensual encounter with tyson but denies any assault. governor northam, nine medical schoolss ctes signed a letter saying the governor is not a racist. they say that is not who he was then or who he is now. 6:06 now to a frightening story out of prince william county where more than six bullets ripped through a home. they say they found bullets scattered throughoue their h in montclair. bullets hit the walls throughout the house,ng incluutside of their child's room. princeay william police someone fired nearly a dozen shots early monday morning. seven h the zahid home. no one was injured. police do not believe the family wa targeted. zahids reached out to their homeowner association to beef up protection but say so far nothing has been done. b>> i'm supposed able to protect my family, but you know, you rely on your neighborhood an your community to provide a little ease of mind or peace of

atnd. whappens when you reach out to them and they givene you no? >> theer homeo association refused to answer questions from our news 4 crew and asked them to lve the property however, the local police department says it is increasing patrols in that area. now.6:07 right two d.c. government contractors were arrested in florida as they tried to board s a cruisep loaded with drugs. police say the two were planning to sell the drugs to passengers. t"the miami herald" repory discussed their plans on government. issued computers. they identified the men after intercepting the e-mail. both mendmitted to transporting drugs. the coast guard found 35,000 unds of cocaine in ft. lauderdale. that's worth more than $460 million. the coast guard seized that cocaine from nearl two dozen ships in international waters off the coast of mexico, central america. military officials say most of the drugs originated in colombia and were headed to the u.s. last week there was another

drug bust, federal agents found more than 250 pounds offe anyl and nearly 400 pounds of meth in a truck carrying produce from mexico. the vehicle entered the u.s. through a legal portf entry in arizona. custom and border protection says those drugs had a combined street value of more than $5 million. it's 6:08, new this morning, heated debate over proposed bike lanes in the dupont circle neighborhoodas grown more heated. last night during ame ing, the public clashed with city leadersa initial pro to create the lanes near 21st street was shut down, so it was suggested to set them up on 20th stree. while s argued the lanes would impact businesses in the area, others sai biker safety should be a top priority. >> more than 30 people die every year just going on trips in the district. and if we build a protected bike lane network in d.c., it's going to make a big cut into that.

>> trucks that serve these businesses, these restaurants, they really do need to make deliveries. what are they going to do? slough it off andllay the learn. this is what happened elsewhere. we put it in bikes and everybody will be happy. no. i don't think it's going to work that way. >> ultimately d. dot will get the final say on whether the bike lanes are implemented. an update to a story we told you abt yesterday morning, t future of funding for the ft. dupont ice arena in d.c. to be decided. the d.c. council will hold a special session in two weeks to discuss funding the rink's the city budgeted $20 million to rebuild and expand that facility, but last week mayor muriel bowser said he wanted to use the money to renovate schools instead. that drew a public outcry fromo surs of the rink including the washington capitols. a big blow for the washington wizards star point guard john wall is now out for at least a year. >> it's a tough break. thefive-time all-star ruptured his left achilles tendon about a we ago. the team says wall recently fell

at his home whichse word his initial injury he suffered last ar. on monday, the team doctor discovered that injury while treating an infection from the previous surgery. this means wall could potentially miss all oft nex season as well. hisurgery has not been scheduled yet, but it is expected to happen next week. people are ka it's a fiezing this whole thing? >> i'm sorry, what? >> they have to clean house and start all over without john wall. what are you doing to do? that's a real word. >> believe you. i'm not going to challenge that one. it would be catastrophic. >> strask. >> 6:10, our time right now. >> i was goi for the same sound. >> i understand you. i really do. >> it doesn't matter where you ar more than likely you've probably hit a pothole or two or three for that matter. they are everywhere. they hurt. the good news, there are work crews out there patching the doadways. the not so goonews, the pothole problem will get worse as the weather continues to change. >> onepothole, my wife hit it

and took out both of your tires. four new tires, two new rims. >> stop it. >> on a year old vehicle. >> now many of you have taken social media to voice your concerns. you've been letting us know see. the problems you if you would like to take part, send us a tweet and use the #potholecontrol. >> megan mcgrath has more on what she's seeing. megan, good morning. gu reporter: good morning,. we've moved over to southern avenue on on thed.c./prince georges county line here. we're seeing potholes and appear to be potholes that were patched. that's good news here. take a live look, you can see some rough pavement here and there. that's the thing that's going on here, it's spotty you have areas where you've got a lot of holes, a lot ofracked pavement and other areas not so bad. that's why it's important for people to t report problems to authorities so they know where to go to make the repairs. now, all the rain we've been

having, the fridge it temperatures and the swing to the spring-like temperatures, that's what's causing the problem. now, the water is getting into the cracks and asphalt and freezing andthawing. that's what causes the asphalt to crumble and that's when those potholes start toform. now, some of these things can get really deep. they can be quite large and really damage your car.ha fixing damage can be down expensive. >> for someone with a small car such as me, i think that's probably why the insurance rates are so high in the city. >> they just dumped a dum of tar on the road and i ran over that bump, so that was awful. >> yeah. people lked to a lot of who have hit those potholes. sometimes you can't avoid them if there's oncoming traffic and it's right there in the roadway and it's not safe to kind of maneuver around it, then you just drive through that pothole. we've met people who have lost rims and tires and the likes. sot can really be a problem.

but again, the important thing here is for drivers to report the trouble spot. it's not just inne jurisdiction, it's across the region. for prince georges county, we've been going to different areas this morning. the best way to report something in prince georges county, call 311 and again give that very specific information on where that pothole is. back to you guys. >> megan mcg still ahead, like something straight out of a movie. the work being done rightin her ur backyard to keep the world safe from, an asteroid. plus, a sinki feeling, literally. we're taking you inside a luxury apartment complex which started sinking into the ground. chuck? all right. quick peek at the weekend outlook. saturday is going to be very chilly. wind chills will be in the teens on saturday morning. afternoon highs close to 40. then clouds starting to increase on sunday. look at the res

>> announcer: you're watching news 4 today. a new luxury apartment complex near clemson university isn'tll it's cracked up to be. take a look. students had to evacuated after it started sinking. the first signs of trouble, cracking floors, that's no good. look at this, foam-filled toilets. what is that? unl the issues resolved people have been moved to hotels. you can't stay there if you can't use the toilets. a sinking apartment complex admittedly a rare is more common one for renters is mold. still not good, though. >> the d.c. council is now considering legislation that would provide new relief for people dealing with that problem. yesterday council chairman phil mendleson introduced a measure that would close what he calls a gap in d.c.rcent.

the move comes after a news 4 found that tigation while d.c. has laws requiring landlords to repair mold, no agency is i charge of issues citations. mendleson's legislation would require landlords to submit reportsroving the mold is gone and give the district the power to fine those. who don well, this is something out of a sci-fy movie. right now local researchers are developing sort of a missile thatfe could us against a giant asteroid. video game. >> right? imagine ifs that' your job. news 4 c is gordonexplains how it would work and who is behind research. >> reporter: this animation shows the destating damage that can be can caused by an asteroid crashing to earth. a team at the johns hopkins iv sity applied physics laboratory is building a spacecraft to test whether they cahit an asteroid in space throwing it off course enough to miss the earth. >> every now and again when i'm feeling a little feisty, i say that my job is to save the world.

most of the time i s m i work on nasions. this time i'm working on the dart mission that is going to move an asteroid. >> r,orter: da stands for the double asteroid redirection test. >> really like shooting darts. we're trying to just move nudge the asteroid out of the way. >> reporter: the applied physics lab has been launching spacecraft since 1959. they are now designing and building the one that will be e used in rt mission with launch scheduled for june of 2021.g repoom laurel, chris gordon, news 4. 6:18 right now. go to chuck bell to get an update ontoday's recast. >> all right, yeah. yesterday was all about the warmth, not just here locay, wead our 74 degree record set here yesterday at national airport, but i got a tweethis out here in just a second on my twitter feed, may have seen yesterday the farthest southern 90 degree reading ever, southern

argentina in chile. 58 degrees south latitude on the other side of the equator, 90 degrees yesterday. the equivalent of90 degree weather in scandinavia in our part of the crhemisphere. y warmth there. i'll tweet that out on twit in just a second. today, it's all about the rain drops. nothing heavy outside for the first part of the day, but showery weather likely to move in time for after school activities and the evening commute. so here is future weather again. showers could reach t shenandoah valley as early as noon. after 3, 4:00 p.m., light rain becomingikely in andround the city. rain will continue through the evening hours. taper off briefly tonight and then another chance for a few showers on the tomorrow morning commute. temperature oh, those 70s are long gone now. 36 currently inmanassas. planning of the your day today, teures will inch their way

above 50 degrees. tomorrow, showers end early tomorrow afternoon. mild 64. friday, mild up until lunchtime but a very strong cold front arrives around noontime friday. mperatures will fall from 62 at lunchtime to about 37 by 10:00 friday nyht and c weekend ahead. now let's go over to melissa mollet and firstc. traf >> good morning, chuck. right now chopper 4 over this prop in hyattsville, not td,t though. that is good. southbound bw parkway after 20e vehinto a wall here. so we are seeing some lays, it's not terrible. very, very good news. beltsville southbound 95 near powder mill road, truck fire on the right shoulder. that actually looks much better than it did as well. no major problems headed southbound in maryland on 95 right now. inner loop,oo outer of the beltway, okay. here is a problem bottom of the belty, inner loop through lanes right lane blocked by disabled vehicle. travel times in maryland looking pretty good. same situation in virginia. remember to listen towtop 103.5

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6:25 now. coming up,mises of change on the road m called theost dangerous in our area.we e live on indian head highway with the latest move that could spark major improvements. >> they cost us a family member. and dog food bladed for the h of a beloved pet. new details on expanding dog food recalls next at 6:30. and available for adoption through the humane rescue alliance, this is kachew, cute paint job, though, on this little guy.il he is ale for adoption at the humane rescue appliance. near 40,dry, extra long walks this morning because

>> announcer: news 4 today starts no >> members of congress, the state of our union isstrong. >> a strong united states, that is the message president trump iterated last night in his second state of the union. and not surprisingly, it was a speech applauded by his party and criticized by his opponents. we'll shae more on what had to say and what it could mean foral another parovernment shutdown in just a moment. first, good morning, everybody,

i'm eun yang. >> i'm aaron gilchrist. 's 6:30 dmou. before we get back to your news on this wednesday, a live look utside. we hope youenjoyed yesterday's taste of spring. it was plenty warm out ere. and tod we get the rain. >> we knew it couldn't last. that's all right. storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell is here to fill us in before we check in with melissa mollet in first 4 traffic. >> fel like my birthday outside. my birthday is may 9th. h ourhs yesterday 74, would have been average for the ninth day of may. some threes later than we are in the year now. no more 70s today. s rning dampness, a lot of clouds around tmorning. chances for rain coming in later in the day and a cold wind arrives here for friday afternoon and night. in the meantime, beforeriday afternoon, though, it will be on the milder than average side. all that rain in ohio and w pennsylvanl eventually find its way over the blue ridge and into the washington area.er teures mostly in the 30s for the western half of the ea. i-95 points east, mostly in the 40s.

so as we're planning out wakeup weather today, at least it's not raining this morning. so you can get the morning brie or jog or dog walk in. temperatures mostly in the 40s through the morning hours. high today, a far cry from yesterday. 53. chance of rain coming in after 3 or 4:00 p.m. stands at 70%. more about the rain chances for tomorrow and friday and the ahead.y forecast still good morning, melissa. >> good morning, chuck. brand new problem in frederick and this is a big one. friend texted me this is an issue a lot of people are turning around right now. all lanes are shut down because of the crash. right now, you cannot get through that sectionea there 340. beltsville southbound 95 at 212, truck fire still on the right shoulder. bw parkway looking a little bit clogged here this morning as folks are doing that as an alternate. now stick with 95 instead. because it is on the right shoulder. inner loop, outer loop of the beltway, no mass sieve issues at this point, but woodbridge

eastbound old old bridge road we have a brand new accident there. ♪ this is one of the moments you will likely see over and over agat today democ congresswomen standing up and cheering during last night's state of the union. o that moment unity came after president trump acknowledged that more women are now serving in congress than ever before. but the cheers didn't last. last night was president trump's second state of the union but his first before a divided congress with speaker nancysi pe sitting over his shoulder. >> while the president called for unity, he also dug in on topics that have divided washington for weeks, including ghanding money for a wall at the southern border. to support his messapr the ident invited the family of a couple who officials s was killed by undocumented gr immiant. the speech took a local turn when the speechentioned ralph

northam's comments about abortion. then we had the case of the governor of virginia where he stated he wouldxecute baby after birth to defend the dignity of every person, i am asking congress to pass legislation to prohibit the late term abortion of children. >> now, the back story on the reference here,io on r show last week, governor ralph northam landed in hot water pe dending a law that would allow the procedures with the approval of one doctor rather than the three that state law currently requires. the governor, who is a medical doctor, said his comments were grossly taken out of context and that bill is no longer pending. after the delivered his state of the union speech, local democratic w lawmakere quick to criticize topics they feel he should have touched on. >> most notably, they felt the president totallyed ignhe

800,000 workers impacted by the government shutdown. ws 4 scott macfarlane has reaction from capitol hill. >> reporter: inside t capitol visitor's center; it was a late night of people reacting to wha the president said in his state of the union address. we spoke with local memrs of ngress late last night and they said they were noting what they didn't hear. no references to federal workers, to those furloughs fro the last government shutdown or the possibility of another one in just nine days. >> there are a lot of things i didn't hear. i didn't hear reference to en federal gover employees or contractors who suffered through the longest shutdown in history due to president trump. i didn't hear a genuinees exon of gratitude to men and women who serve in the military. >> you would never know that 800,000 federal workers and maybe an equal number of federal contract employees were furloughed for 35 days. losing two paychecks. >> reporter: the president has events later today to move on from the state of the union address and re-enforce some of the point hes made. local members of congress back in session later today, but

there ar no loc republicans to respond and re-enforce what the president said las night because there are no more local republicans in thees cononal delegation. they're swept away in the mid materials last november. on capitol hill, i'm scott macfarlane now back to you. >> and we'll have more on the official democratic response to the speech by stacey abrams coming up at 6:45. we'll also have reaction from house speaker nancy pelosi w sat behind the president for the first time during a state of the union. >> family and friends morning the death of five children ki ied in a crashn prince georges county. they releas balloons last night. 5-year-old paris and her 8-year-old sister london died along with their cousins, 6-year-old raqueld nd 14-year-on and 15-year-old demarre harold died in the crash. w we spokeh his father, derek sims. >> i'm not only mourning my son, i'm mourng five children tha lost their life in the accident,

so,st's go will, god's purpose and you know, i never question him. >> sims set up a gofundme page to help with funeral costs. they'ved more than $12,000 at this point. police say the children were riding in the back of an suv when it ran off route 301 and crashed on a snowy field in buoy. police say the mother of the sisters dominique taylor was driving. she survived along with the man who is in critical condition. >> it is known as one of the most dangerous and deadliest roadways in our area. we're talking about route 210 in prince georges county. now indian head highway isme getting much-needed attention. it's been bumped to the top of the construction priority list. wing 4 justin finch is fol details for us., justod morning. >> reporter: eun, aaron, good morning. the focus here is on safety and efficiency and the reasons are ear, looking now fromirhopper 4 b eye view, you can see thra inbound tic already building up here on route 210

this morning. th roadway is well traveled at all hours of the day. sadly, it is where many have died over the years as well. that is why it has been an on going concern for those who live off of this roadway for commuters who use it and the prince georges county council. that's why on tuesday we saw them back a letter from the county executive calls for prioritized state funding for critical repairs along this corridor here. over the past t years, more than 60 people have lost their ves here on route 210 and it was in december of last yea at we saw tragedy strike here yet again. three childre killed after an alleged drunk driver crashed into the vehicle that they were in over the holidays. the prince georges county council says they wanted to do this. they wanted to make a change here on this roadway. that's why they raised their route 210 enhancements to the top of their priority list here

in the county. road repairs along are not going to be the only solution. >> it has become a notorious road, maybe not because of the road itself but decisions people made drivingn the roand driving culture. >> reporter: and that letter is now on its way from the council to the state transportation director for review. back inside to you. >> justin finch, justin, thank you. 6:38. top stories this morning, virginia's governor and lieutenant governor are still under pressure. vanessa tyson says lieutenant governor justin fairfax assaulted her at the 2004de cratic national convention. fairfax denies he everssaulted her. meanwhile nine former classmates of virginia governo ralph northam say theyve do not bel the governor is racist and wrote a letter to support him. details at 6:45. >> bizarre new details from sunday's deadly plane crash in southern california.th pilot's law enforcementcr entials found on scene were

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time theikely by the kids are coming home from school today. umbrella o put that the backpack for today. also may need a little warm coat for temperatures near 40. thee, daily gr only a c minus. right now, brand new problem on the beltway. we'll have li pictures from above from chopper 4 and a big issue in frederick. issue in frederick. what you nd to do to

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they paid close attention to last night's speech. >> it was the president'sfirst addr to a divided government. he doubled down on his signature issue immigration and all borde nd called for unity. >> this is a smart, strategic see-threw steel barrier, not just a simple concrete wall. it will be deployed in the identified by the border agents as having thereatest need. and these agents will tell you where walls go up, illegal crossings go way, way, way down. >> with more now on the address nbc's hallie jackson is live outside of the white house. hallie, how are people responding to address? >> reporter: he guys. good morning to the both of you listen, the response is falling along p lines. that won't come to any surprise to either of must democrats had real issues with the president's speech including where t heked

about immigration. republicans really liked the president's speech for the most part and poi to, for example, his comments when it came to the people who were in the gallery, in the chamber, his t e things they liked. let me get into the immigration piece a little bit. this was really the president didn't hammer this point home until well into his speech, maybe about 25 minutes in. but once he got there, he sounded a lot like campaign rallies, rallies may have been back at 2016 or ng2018 lea up to the midterm. the president making that push for a border wall, of course, democrats, critics saying, the president accusing them forn being o borders, we're not for open borders. we don't think a wall to do it.ay that was an issue that was a bone of contention between the two partiesti and ces to be. remember, we are now nine days out from what would be the second shutdown this year over this border wall, over immigrtaion. which e, too, what the president did not say, right? he did notla d a national energy which would have allowed

him to bypass congress and move around money to build his wall. that's not that it's off the table. that's still an optn for the president but sounds like he'll wait it out until february 15th when thehi deadline . there were a lot of moments of bipartisanship or at least a few when the president talked about the hiv aids initiative and talked about criminal justice reform. yoee some of those very memorable moments from the gallery in just a bit on "today show". >> more from hallie and the nbc political news team coming up on "today". >> sure thing. >> following the state of the union, democrats were quick top t out what president trump did not talk about. >> house speaker nancy pelosi said while the president talked about keeping americans safe, he ignored a huge issue happening in communities all over the country, gun violence. >> the president talked about security in so many different ways, and he totally ignor the gun violence epidemic in our country. he me no pass at it, no acknowledgment of it while reesenting that he was talking

>>out keeping american people safe. stacey abrams delivered the official democratic response. she noted that president trump did not mention last month's historicutdown or the workers who went without pay. >> making livelihoods of our federal workers a pawn for political games is a disgrace. theshutdown was a stunt. engineered by the president of the united states. one that defied every tenant of fairness and abandoned not just our people but our values. >> you'll remember abrams ran in and lost the governor's race i georgia. it's now 6:49. virginia's governor ralph northamonnues to face growing pressure t resign after a racist photo was made public last year from a medical yearbook. vanessa tysonus saysn fairfax assaulted her at the 2004 democratic national convention. g she isting support on social media with people using the

hashtag ibelievevanessa. tyson is being representedy the same woman who accused supreme court justice hett kavanaf assault in high school, cistine blazsy ford. governor fairfax denies any assault but agreed to a consented one time meeting. they say that is not who he was then or who he is now. it is 6:50 right now. time to turn back to storm team 4st meteorolohuck bell and see about the rain coming our way. >> yes, indeed. clouds have moved i and rain chances are on the way. so that will deny us a second dayn the s. 74 yesterday was a new record at national airport. our first 70 of the year this year. last year we had to wait a little longer until february 5th, 2017, ear on january 12th, back in 2016 we had to wait until march. on average, about february 11st

to 12th is about our average first 70 in the year. down to 47, lot of clouds around the city. temperatures have falnto the upper 30s in the shenandoah valley but remained in the 40s frhington points east ward towards the bay. your planner then for today, not much -- if you're going to see any sun at all today, a two-minute glimpse here in the early parts of the morning, but clouds thickened up by noon. rain chances rolling in here during the afternoon today. so, car washing forecast today, may wanto wait until friday afternoon when our final chances for rain are done a between n then, though, we ha athisigevhen hing. cnc an opportunity for a few sprinkles around early tomorrow morning. oon, though,e actually looks mild and dry. not 74 mild but 64 mild. so, here you go, then. for today -- forow tomo today, cloudy 53 with rain moving in. tomorrow, showers early. then a cloudy but mild afternoon with tomorrow's highsth up i low to mid 60s. and the ten-day forecast shapes

up this y, 64 tomorrow, 62 noon on saturday. falling into the 30s friday evening, highs on saturday only 39, 42 sunday. the good news about the weekend is that it will be dry. little chance for rain on monday. and that could be rain/snow combo on tuesday morning. we got a long way to go between now and then. now talk about a long way to go and a short way to get ther let's go to ms. melissa mollet if i could just get it out. >> little river turnpike at picket te, chopper 4 got over the scene. we're hearing it could be pedestrian struck. we'll get you more information as soon as we know what's happening. frederick 15 at mountville road, lanes shut down by a crash here. take a look at that. a lot of people having to divert. a friend texted me and told me this was an issue. alternates, lander road points of rocks road get you back on track to 15. 9lver spring northbound at stewart lane right lane shut down by a crash. right sho bder block a

crash there. zooming in just a little washington, eastbound southwest freeway after maine avenue. blocked. is zoom out a little bit, eastbound old bridgeoeld have a cra there as well. taking a look at your travel time, 66 unin 38 miles per hour. same thing on 95. that's rare that they match up. so that's g yng to take a little bit of extra time there. 270 southbound,31 miles per hour, top of the beltway, 21 niles per hour. remember to liste to wt 103.5 fm when you hop in your cars today. guys? i'm meagan fitzgerald here at the live desk where we are following breaking news out of pennsylvania where we're learning a patient is being evaluated forbola virus at the university of pennsylvania tspital. we'ring a live look outside of that hospital. now, officials tell us that this patient came in for a differente condition but met the criteria of ebola, which is why they are concerned.

now, clinical teams at the hospital have received extensive training how to care for a patient wit ebola since the virus appeared back in 2014 in the united states, tests are still pending we're told on this patient to confirm whether or not eirla is there. back to you. >> thank you. take a look at thisvideo, these tag wars, the tweets complaints from news 4's viewers abouthe potholes opening up in our local roads, nearly 2,000 were reported ias d.c. month. compared to just 500 in the previous january. o transportationicials say keeping up has been a real challenge. >> one pothole my wife hit it and took out both of your tires, aur new tires two new rims on one year old vehicle. >> stop it. >>hat's a lotf money. megan mcgrath is tracking the problems in southeast d.c. she joi us live with what we're learning today. megan, good morning.y, >> reporter: ood morning,

guys. we're on southern avenue, so we're right on the line between southeast washington and prince geges countyhere. and this is a particularly rough stretch of road. we're trying to pull out into traffic here in just a moment, but you're going to see as we roll over this section that the whole truck just shakes.u' yore going to notice here in a moment the camera just is probably going to start shaking here. pretty rough stretch of road.we e seeing this all around the area, not just here in d.c. but all aro the jurisdictions because of the weather that we're having, the freeze a thaw and that sort of thing. now, some of these potholes are very deep. if you hit them, they can really cause some serious damage. in d.ad, they have twice as many calls to service to repair hot holes this month as ty did the hole time this time last year. now, what's going on? the experts say it's this weather we've been experiencing. >> a iot of is really because of the weather. we saw heavy volumes of rain this year,nd that freeze/thaw cycle really impacts the roads

and increases the number of tholes. >> reporter: and the work crews need your help. they're not going tre need w to go if people don't report the trouble spots. song you're bei asked to call report stuff that you see. back to you. >> megan mcgrath on pothole patrol for us this morning. megan, thank you. four things . kn wizard's star guard john wall will not be playing for at least ayear. he needs surgery on his left achilles tendon which he recently tore at a fall from home. wall was already out. man charged with kidnapping a wisconsin teenager after killing her parents will appear in court. authorities say jake patterson shot cljayme s's parents back in october and took jayme to a cabin.pa tterson held her captive for 88 days. last month she was found alive. virginia's governor ralph northam and lieutenant justin fair fax are still feeling t pressus morning. northam is being called to

resign for the racis yearbook photo. >> fairfax is accused of assaulting a woman. >>e during the state of union speech, president trump once again called on congress to pa legislation that includes funding for his border wall. congress hasine days to come up with an immigration deal before another government shutdown. more next on "today." that is the news for today. we appreciate you waking up with us. >> "today show" is xt. >> "today show" is xt. enjoy your day.

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>>ood morning, mixed meages. the president in his delayed st te of the unialks upis bipaship but doubles down on his wall and sends a shot across the bow to robert mueller and democrats in congress. >> if there is going to be peace and legislation, there cannot be war and investigation. >> just ahead, reaction from both sides of the aisle. >> usa! usa! >> and what prompted this moment inside the halls of congress? stunning admission, pope francis admits publicly for the first time that catholic priests and bishops abused nuns saying some were forced into sexual slavery. this morning why the