for sure. today's high in downtown washington right aroun degrees. the biggest issue weather wise will be the wind. as we get into theliweekend, le increasing chance for some more snow. we'll talk about that more detail coming up. for now,let's go to first 4 traffic. >> good morning. taking a look at the roads here, northbound i-95 of course the cameraoes black for me. we have that delay. on the map, we have a problem there in the left lane we' talking about a vehicle fire. we had a lot of smoke in the area and now everybody is only getting by on the right side. so we'll keep you o updat that one. outer loop at 95 car versus tractor trailer, left s is blocked. again, we're not seeing a delay here at this point, but we'll let you know if that changes. inner loop lookingne just 270 is okay southbound. northbound the right side is blked apparently an abandoned vehicle there causing some slow downs and little by of confusion. taking a look at 95 here in maryland, 32 to t beltway. 68 miles per hour gets you there

in ten minutes. aaron? >> u.melissa, thank it is 5:01 now. staying on top of the latest tevelopments out of the w house this morning. all eyes on president trump to see if he will back a bipartisan ll to avoid a partial government shutdown on friday. >> both democrats and republicans are on board and everyone agrees another shutdown would be a disaster. but the president has me it clear he isn't happy with the proposed deal. it doesn't even include a quarter of the more than $5.5 billion he's asking for the wale alongouthern border. it does include 55 miles of new fencing and more money for homeland security. the president hinted he may take executive action to make sure the wall goes up. >> a i happy at first glance? i just got to see it, the answer not., i'm i'm not happy. but am i happy with where we're going? i'm thrilled because we're upplementing things and moving things around. >> the president says he was proud of the firstwn shut

because people learned during that shutdown all about the problems coming in from the southern border. another sticking point yet to be addressed, a cap on beds in i.c.e. detention centers. coming 4up, news tracy potsz will have more as we inch closer to friday's deadline. now to the latest on theis in the common welts. one of lieu ten nantdstovernor fairfax sexual assault accusers is speaking out. dr. vanessa tyson appeared last night at stanford university at symposium. >> unwanted sexual contact in whatever way, she or form is absolutely unacceptable. the lack respect of somebody else's autonomy is very crucial. >> last week tysonor came frd and said the lieutenant governor forced her to perform a sex act on him in 2004. she says she told a congressman about the incident aear ago around the same time she

notified the washington post about the incident. >> sometimes you have to lead by example. no matter how hard it is.hi >> meanwle, another woman has accused fairfax of sexual assault in 2000. fairfax denies both claims and is asking for a thorough investigation. the symposium at which dr. tyson appeared was planned monthago. the wintry blast created some dangerous conditions in maryland and some are still in the dark. take a look at whathis home security camera caught in that huge branch nearly hit the man walking in the road. news 4 spoke with that n. he didot want to talk on cam rar ra, but says the falling branch could have serioly hurt him. others were not so lucky. falling branchs damaged cars and pulled down power lines.nd reds of customers were left in mhe dark andht not get electricity back until later today. 5:03, breaking news, we a learning act some overnight police activity in a popular area of d.c. >> cory smith is at the live desk. cory?

>> good morning, aaron and eun. seems like every night is a busy one for d.c. police, but last night was a little bit more busier than usual. take a look a this map. d.c. police say they were called to 5th and 8 streets in northeast last night for a possible robbery. when police arrid, the suspects took off and actually started shooting at officers. everything ended about two miles away at 8th and i-streets northwest. that's literally about a block from the popular city center shopping and restaurant area. we got some video we can show you now. this is where the shootout ended. now, we're ticd pol have four male suspects. they have formally arrested one of those so far there are no word on injuries. as always, we'll be sure to update you as we learn more about those suspects. eun, aaron, back to you. >> cory, thank yo>> now to a disturbing case in fairfax unty, a behavioral specialist is charged with raping a woman who was menlly incapacitated. police say there may be more

victims. etectives say 60-year-old bernard betts-king assaulted tht woman inside mvle community center in springfield last august. the victim became pregnant after the assault. investigators used dna to zero in on the suspect. this isn't the only place where betts-king worked with mentally incapacitated paents. >> we were shocked. taken aback by it. we are focussedntirely on making sure that our individuals are safe and healthy right >> police say they have found a second victim who they're trying to link the suspect to by using dna. virginia roads should be getting much safer soon. >> lawmakers voted to make it illegal to have your phone in your hands while you'rng dri in virginia. news 4 justin finch is on i-66 right now withore on this new law. justin, how is this new law different from the texting and driving restrictions already in place? >> rep iter: well, aaron, kind of goes a step further and says that even if you are found to have your phone in your hand

while dving on a virginia highway, you could face the es conseque no one here is going to want that. this law again was passed just last week. if cleared, both houses of general assembly in virginia will prohibit the use of mobile phones while driving -- for drivers but won't allow the use of your mobile device while you're stopped. now, virginia would now join marynd and d.c who have similar bans along these same lines here. your first offense $125. your second offense, $250. and once this law clears procedural hurdles along the way, it is set to go into effect on january 1st ofar next and as we look live now at i-66 oing east here, we know every single day people rely on their devices for directions, fornm entertt and more but once this law goes into the books, you can expect to face some

steep fines and consequences if you are caught with your handso on phone while driving on virginia highways. we're live here on i-66, i'm justin finch, news 4. back inside to you. >> all right, justin. thank you. it's 5:07. now to the crisis in the catholic church and decision that will determine t fate of washington's former cardinal theodore mccarrick.n vati officials are expected to decide this week whether to remove him from the priestod over allegations of sexual abuse. ck in july, he became the first roman catholic leader in nearly a century to lose the title of cardinal. pope francis has to sign off on any decisions, but vatican officials say he wants the case concluded before his summit later this month on the global sexual abuse crisis. one of the most famous criminals in the world is about become just another inmate. the drug lor known as "el chapo" was convicted on ten counts f running a violent drug cartel.

prosecutors are confident they'll put joaquin guzman in es trial for the of his life. the trial ended with three guilty charges. azman had a history of escaping authorities eveer being sent to prison.an his luck r out though after he blt with actor sean penn to discuss a possi movie. mexican aayhorities that secret meeting led them to find "el chapo" again and extradite him to the u.s. tomorrowly marks exane year since the high school shooting massacre in parkland, florida. the deadliest shooting at anh american hschool. last night the group montgomery county students for change helped unveil an art exhibit in d.c. to honor those who were killed. house speaker nancy pelosi joined lawmakers and activists at the center if r contemporary political art on g street. the exhibit includes a mal as well as pieces from montgomery county art students who are demanding an end to gun violence. >> thank you all for what you're doing. it's an epidemic.

it's anemergency. we should declare it an emergency. and take great action immediately. >> the exhibits free and will be on display through march 15th. 5:09 now. new this mornin the redskins' efforts to secure a new stadium have taken a major hit. maryland governor larry hogan said he is done trying to put theex stadium to national harbor. drew, good mor:ing. >> reporood morning, aaron. it looks like it's back to the drawing board for the skins. nory the governor l hogan backed out of his negotiations with the team. according to a report by washington post.ov maryland's gnor and the redskins were looking at space near national harbor, as you ne mentio aaron, but now per the report, hogan is still looking to a that land from the federal government but not for a new stadium. i reached out ton' ho office for more information, but i haven't heard back just yet. meantime, where can the skins go? support for returning to the rfc site in has dwindled and as

for virginia, well, you'll bmember former governor was all about thenging the team in, but current governor r northam hasn't given any indication that he's interested. reporting live from fedex field, drewwilder, news 4. >> drew, thank you. still ahead on news 4 today, a special nht for a family. >> the maryland terps help a ung fan forget his cancer treatments at least for one night. plus, many scammers target older americans. this time the scammer called the rswrong . we'll explain what happened next. chuck? >>g, and good morneverybody. after a couple of nasty, rainy days, finally a little chance for some sunshine and gus west wind. so car washing forecast for today, absolutely. dry w tther foray and tomorrow. but, that's not going to be the case for the weekend, though. five-day few.ast coming up in a at redfin, we charge you a 1% listing fee.an

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"news 4 today." >> welcome back at 5:13. one of montgomery county's top high schools is dishing out som discipline thimorning. that's after students were found handing out racist hall passes. news 4 derrick ward explains how the school and the pta plan to face this iss head on. >> reporter: several win hon churchilh school students will be disciplined after they were found handing out n-word passes slips of paper allow the holder to use the n-word without fear of retribution, but those students will be facing retribution after the principal. found in an e-mail to parents, the principal wrote, this behavior is disgracefulno and doe reflect the values expected of wince ston church hill students. a sentiment echd by a spokesperson for the montgomery county public schools. ng this is not a joke. this is not somet funny. >> this has happened to me in the past but a random white kid will be like, hey, yo, can i get an n-word pass.k i don't thhey mean it in an

offensive way. >> i was verynd concerned i am very concerned hearing news like this. >> reporter: the president of the school ptsa -- >> the ruopportunity to engage students, engage the larger community in discussions about mountd.ike this is par >> reporter: there will be that meeting ngagement ptsa next week. in pa tomic, derrick ward, news 4 today. it's now 5:14. scammers are always lookingor their next target, now one is behind bars because he called the person who once led both the fbi and the ci >> i'm going to [ bleep ] kill you. i'm going to [ bleep ] kill your husband. [ bleep ] set your house on fire. i'm not giving you any more >> that was the terrifying message a scammer from jamaica left for william webster and his wife. he wanted them to pay$50,000. the money was supposed to cover axes and fees for winning t mega millions lottery. webster, who led the fbi and cia

inhe '80s and '90s says he wasn't about to fall for. >> this was pretty obvious to me that there was something fishy about it. that i would be selected to have won somethi h that iad not earned. >> while the websters didn't pay, the scammer conned other elderly couples out of $300,000. he has been sentenced to six years in prison. tof university maryland is taking a page from purdue's play book inspired by purdue's super fan tyler trent who died last month from cancer. the terps hosted families fighting childhood cancer at their basketball game against purdue last night the brigs family celebrated a milestone, their son garrett h a brain tumor when he was 18 months old. he is 4 now. and he's i remission. >> waiting for this moment for a long time. after his surgery about a year ago, we've had four or five mris now showing a clean bill of health. >> the terps tead upith

alex's lemonade stand to make this all happen. the national organization raises money for child cancer patients. >> garrett looking great there. >> grab some m&ms and make it night. >> having fun. >> m&ms >> you bet you and the terps won. a great night all around. >> are they having a good season? >> so far so good. purdue was ranked higher than terps. bi win. >> think oklahoma still plays coege basketball. i'm not sure. only tune in around football season. i love m some march madness. your february morning the day before valentine's day. valentines out there, you still have 24 hours to figure something out. 39 degrees here in washington. not much of a windatyet. wind, though, southwest f is morning at only 8 miles per hour will be oute west later on in the afternoon. and over 30 miles per hour at times. so get ready fory v windy afternoon around here.

temperatures have stayed above frerzing through the ght hours. that is excellent news. a lot of the parts of northern montgomery county, damascus area in particular that had an extended period oin fre drizzle throughout the afternoon yesterday has seen a very nice chance to melt things down over night. commuter forecast, roads may still have lingeri wetness on them, but temperatures are above freezing, so not really much of a slipperiness issue for today. it will be windy today, though. high profile vehicles hold on tight to the wheels then for tomorrow, a much more pleasant day for sure. even wemilder. l be in the 40s today. 50s tomorrow. dry both days. windy today. not too windy attomorrow. excellent news as this area of storminess across parts of the northern great lakess pu away. down trailing behind it here, there is that gusty wind we'll be dealing with. snow showers today if you'reav ing up into pennsylvania you will run into the occasional be theower that could case in the mountains of west virginia, but nothing to worry about around town. our next chance for drop or two

comes up on friday. you n see here, rain chances somewhere between slim and none. low impact. iday will be milder, too. temperatures up near 60 degrees. that all turns around in the blink of an eye as we get into the igekend. friday into saturday, temperatures drop near freezing. moisture comes in on ansaturday. there's an increasing chance now for some snow around here on saturday during the daylight hours mainly between noon and 6:00 p.m. on saturday. may be another slight chance for some snow onsu ay. this saturday snow chance, the european model is about the only one that thinks we get any significant accumulations. it's mostly in the 3 to 5 inch range. a long way to g between now and then, b just know a chance for an accumulating snow is there o. saturd and then on sunday, another chance but that will probably be moorly in the of rain. i think our saturday snow chance, melissa is on the up and up, but it's not a guarantee just yet. >> good to know. thank you, chuck. first 4s alert traffic t morning. take a look at this, big problem

northbound 123 i-95 blocked because of an earlier vehicle fire where we had just one lane getting by for some time. at this point, we're talki about a four mile backup. express lanes route 1 your friend today. you can see the slow downs on the map. taking a look at other problems out bound before gw parkway, crash in the right lane. outer loop at 95, car versus tracker trailer still reporting this with the left side blocked. we're notuc seeing of a delay. so that could just be something that happened and may be gone. temple hills inbound branch outer the ramp to the loop have some police activity hanging around ere. 270 looks okay northbound and southbound. we have a slow dow right side blocked because of an abandoned vehicle. eun? >>a, meli thank you. crossing guards may be receiving more high fives today. it crossing guard appreciation day for all of their work keeping students sa.

an you may remember this crossing guard. this is joe mcdonald. we told you about him last week. he serves as the crossing guard at coates elementary school. on his days f, mcdonald mentors a student as part of the coats mentoring program. and it'secause of all of that he was one of six winners of virginia's 2018 most outstanding crossing guard award. congratulations to mr. mcdonald and thanks for all the crossing guards out there. that's a tough job. > they do important work for sure tomorrow is valentine's day. don't forget. a mother is trying to find date for her son at towson university, at a university. it has police issuing a warning. i think she's harmless, except to her son. plus, jennifer lopez stops by ellen today. >> you know, this was really sweet. so i'm obsessed with fixer upper. do you know joanna gains. >> yes. >> youan hear more about j. lo's surprise anniversary presen >> yeah.

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share t love series the doles sat down with "today show savannah guthrie. >> what advice would you give to pla young c starting out their lives? >> well, you need to focus on your partner's interest. >> uh-huh. >> not yr own, but what she or he may be doing. >> just one part of the advice they have for young couples out day. ahead of valentine's you can catch savannah's interview right here on nbc this morning on "today show". mothers just want the best for their kids, >> yes. >> turns out one mom is trying to hard to get her son a date. take a look at the photos here.o on university police are warning students to be on the lookout for this lady. they s in thr separate incidents last week she approached female students, tried to show them atu p on her cell phone and asked if they were interested in dating her >> oh my, this poor guy. >> campus police say the woman is not wanted for any crime.

they just want to make sure students are c aware ine there becomes a reason for concern. and we hope that this son doesn't disown his mother now. >> i was going to say, how isge goo show his face around campus? >> don't do that, mom. don't do that. >> she means it comes from a place of love. >> is that what we're calling it? >> yes. >> place of crazy. still ahead, if you have a cell phone, things just became a bit safer fou d y you i neeed a? why right noway be the best time to find what you're looking for. chuck bell? >> good morning, everybody. dog-walking forecast time, those low profile dogs will have an easy go but taller ones may be ffetted by the freeze. eddie available foradoption. your forecast for today, little on the cold side this morning, in the 30s. moving to the mid 40s for most of the afternoon but it will be a windyy. day to winds gusting over 30 miles per hour at times. hold on to your hats and irpieces. ha[pne ringing]

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scus, maryland. the day begins today, though, when the sun comes out, it will be not the ice that's an issue habut the wind we should be aware of. 5:30 right now, good morng, everybody, i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm eun yang. along with strong gusts today, we're already tracking some weather which mayr impact y weekend. here we go. melissa mollet is standing by with a check op your commute, but let's turns thing over to storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. what are we talking about, chuck? >> it's all about the wind for your wednesday afternoon. he will be a windsday for sure across region. temperatures have stayed above reezing during the overnight hours. that is welcome news, dropping down to 33 in gaithersburg. everywhere else comfortably above the freezing mark. seasonably cold. bus stop weather for the kids n today, plan mid 30s and little chilly at the bus stops this morning.ec outdoors will be a possibility but there's probably a lot of puddles on the nd playgr afterschool activities will be dry but it will be very windy indeed. winds up around 25 to 35 miles

per hour. what to wear for the kids, hats with the tie-downs and warm windbreaker and scarhe leave umbrella at home for today. the daily grade, very good. up to 47 degrees for a high this afternoon. weekend snow chances have increased a bit, especially for saturday. upre about that coming melissa, good morning. >> good morning, chuck. taking a look at the roads. we have thisirst 4 alert traffic.95 northbound after 123 still jammed for an earlier problem involving a vehicle fire here this morning. so take a look at some of these delays. we're talking about a four-mile backup. you might want to do the express lanes or take route 1 instea outbound 14th street bridge before gw parkway crash in the right lane hanging around. outer loop at 95, car versus tractor trailer, the left side is still blocked here this morning. ft. washington, inner loop local lanes at the woodrow wilson bridge, incidt on the left side. not slowing anything, that's good. the ramp to the out loop have police activity reported there.

eun? >> melissa, thank you. developing in the district, it was a chaotic and tense night for police. take a look at this map here. d.c. police s they were called to fifth and eighth streets in northeast last night for possible robbery. when police arrived, the suspects took off and started shooting at officers. and here is som of the video showing where that chase and shootout ended. no word on any ineries, but will update you as we learn more about the suspects. prince georges county police are investigating a deadly pedestrian crash. this is a map showinghi where happened late last night. police say a man was hit by a car and a piup truck in the 3900 block. we're told both vehicles stayed at the scene. virginia lawmakers want to make sure roads in virginia are just as safe as the roads in maryland and d.c. >> a new distracted driving law is doing just that. news 4 justin finch is on the road in virginia with m e on this new law. justmo, good ing. >> eun, aaron, good morning. the whole thing here is that

lawmakers thopsht per that maybe their original law in the books may not have gone far ough here to really make sure that virginia roads are safe. because after all, this is hard habit to break. but pretty soon if law enforcement sees you on your mobile phone, in your hand while you're driving, you could face some serious fines. the hope here is that will also save lives. this ban is going to prohibit the use of mobile devices while yiving, so they don't want to see that inour hand. however, when you're at a stoplight or stop sign, you can look at your phone however briefly for gps directions or some other reason. however, this first offense is going to cost you quite a bit. 25 if they see you a second time on the same offense, we're talking about $250. d.c. and maryland also have similar laws on the books right now. this law is seto to g into effect january 1st.

if it passes a few procedural hurdles along the way here. but as we look out here on t highway this morning on 66, i can tell you i've already scanned a few drivers with their phones in their hands pretty soon they'll want to stop that or face their fines or perhaps even worse. back inside to you. >> all right, justin, thank you. 5:34 right now, this morning, everyone is watching to see what president trumpill do. lawmakers have reached a bipartisan bill to avoid a partial government shutdown on friday. >> now it is up to the president to sign it. he's under intense pressure from both sides to make a decision. but he's madar it c he's not happy with the proposed deal. it offers $1.4 billion for border fencing, not a wall. and that is far less than the $5.35on the president demanded. it does include 55 miles of new fencnd more fun for homeland security. the president tweeted last night that thel b will provide $23 billion for border security. and coming up, news 4 tracie

potts will explain why the president may resort to executive action to getis wall built. we're also following the latest in the crisis in thewe commth. dr. vanessa tyson spoke for the rst time since going public with her accusation of sexual assault against governor justin fairfax. she appeared at apo sum in stanford. >> on the topic of credibility, it deeply, deeply concerns me, at least when women come forward that, you know, this deliberate attempt to try to undermin someone's credibility. >> tyson was looked to be on is panel several months ago. n 2004, fairfax forced her to perform a sex act in his hotel room at the democratic national convention. the lieenant governor in virginiasnsists this a consensual interaction. another woman says fairfax raped her. he denies those allegations as well and insists heill not

resign. 5:36 now. new york city p is dead this morning. >> cory smith is at the live stsk with more on this developing y. cory? >> hey, good morning aaron and eun. rait's ady any time an officer is lost in the line of duty, but police in new york arr especiallyng this morning knowing that the detective who was killed last night was shot by fellow officers. here is what we know rightow about that officer. that is him right there ch his name is brian simonson. he was 42 years old a 19-year veteran of the nyce. poliay this all happened as officers confronted a robbery suspect inside a cell phone store in queens. the officers who were wearing plain clothes at the timeto entered there and saw the suspect erge from the back pointing at them what appeared to be a handgun. no the city's police commissioner later said the robbery suspect was carrying a fake gun. the suspect walking toward the officers discharged their weapons. that other officer a sergeant was wounded in the shooting. detective simonson's death is being called an absolutely

tragic case of friendly fire. so surely a tough day in new york for those officers. aaron, back to you. >> cory, thank you. it's now. here is a look at our other top stories this morning. m theican drug lord known as "el chapo" has been convicted found guilty of drug smuggling, running a criminal enterprise s. and gun char scheduled to be sentenced in june. >> this morning a look at the man police say roofied a woman's drink and raped her. phillip canter is accused of druggi the woman at a clyde's and chevy chase. the next thing she remembere she woke up in his apartment. surveillance video shows the woman pushing canter away from her. reminder to always be vigilant. this morninn police fairfax county say a behavior w specialistho is now charged with raping a woman ay have more victims. detectives say bernard betts-king assaulted the woman in springfield in august she became pregnant after the assault. police say they have found a

potential second victim but they're trying to confirm tha with dna. a loudoun county high school secretary is charged with ngealing fellow employee's credit cards and gn a shopping spree. she works as a schooloueling secretary at dominion high school. investigators say she also sto c giftds belonging to the school and keys belonging to an employee. deputiesrrested her lasteek and charged her with fraud and larceny. it's now 5:38. we have a few school delays that areoust coming i the news room. frederick county schools in maryland will open two hours te today. and in virginia, warren and frederick county schools are also on a still ahead this morning, do you want to save some money? >> there's an app for that. >> there's several apps, in fact. we'll show you which ones will help your wallet out the most. plus, get that vegas wedding before you step out on to the strip.il de when news 4 today continues. there's some pele who actually op

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>> announcer: you're watchingda "news 4 " welcome back 5:45 this morning. we may be inching toward anha event you don't see very often on capitol hill compromise. >> president trump remains a bit of a wild card here in a twe lastnight, the president thanked republicans for their work on border security, but he referred to t democrats as, quote, the radical left. and he's vocalizedome dissatisfaction with the bill. >> news 4 tracie potts joins us liit live more on this. how do you think this will play out, tracie? >> reporter: you know, is the president reallyrying to drum up support at a later point to get more money? is he trying to easehe nation into this idea of him

redirecting funds with an executive order, somethi he's thrown out there instead of an to usecy declaration money that's already out there to build a wall or as he says now finish the wall,r is he actually going to consider not signing this, sending the government into shutdown mode on friday. bottom line is he is a wild card. we don't know athis point what he said is that he's with the deal. he doesn't think it will work. it's nottroing the k. there's a lot of pressure on him from democrats and republicans to sign off as one republican said, go ahead and bank the win to keep the government from shutting down. but has not indicated yet whether or not he will sign, even though democrats and that icans have both said this is the best deal they can come up witht this point. >> tracie potts, live for us this morning. tracie, thank you. 5:46 now. the midterm elections happened just four months ago, but that might as well bee a lifetn

politics. 2020 races are shaping up and you candd mar kelly's name to a growing list of people's names o races.i he announced yesterday he is running for the senate from arizona. >> i care about people. i care about the state of arizona. i care about this nation. so because of that, i've decided that i'm launching a campaign for the united states senate. >> the 54-year-old is the husband of former congresswoman gabby giffords. you'll remember she survived an assassination attempt in 2011. kelly is a c formerbat pilot and flew on four space shuttle missions, two ofhich he served as commander. running to take over the late senator john mccain's seat currently held by martha mcsally. if you're on the market for a job, you may be in luck. the labor departmentof the numb current job openings is now at a recordhigh. the number of jobs available is now far greater than the number of unemployed americans.

a fight in annapolis y over whr children start the school year could bede head for a referendum. yesterday senate democrats vote aid long party lines to leave the start day up to local school districts. maryland governor larry hogan signed an executive order in 2016 requiring schools to start after labor day. the governor says longer summer eaks allow more family time and help tourism. democrats say it could cause conflicts with teacher development days and religious holidays. the bill goes to the house where democrats hd a majority. if you have a smart phone, you just became that much safer in the district. new technology at the d.c. 911 n call centeow allows dispatchers to pin point your exact location when you call for help from your mobile phone. now before this, dispatchers could only triangulate your position using cell now they'll know exactly where you are and first responders will be able to get to you faster. dispatchers say the upgrade will be a huge help because sometimes callers just don't know where e.

they well, new this morning, skins' efforts to secure a new stadiu have taken a major hit. >> maryland governor larry hogan says he is done trying to put the stadium next to the harbor. drew wilder has more on this ory. drew, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, aaron. it loo t like it's back the drawing board again for the skins. now that governor hogan, as you mentioned, backing out of negotiations with the team to put a new stadium near national harbor. this all,ccording to what his staff told "the washington post." now the washingsn redsk and governor hogan had been looking t some space near national harbor, but now per this report hogan is still looking to acquire tha federal government, but it's not going to be for a new stadium. i reached out to hogan's office for some more information but haven't heard back just yet. so meanwhile, where can the skins go? support for returning to the rfk site in d.c. hasdw dled, and as for virginia, you'll remember former governor terry mccoughiff

was all about it. he wted the team in the commonwealth. current governoramalph nor hadn't given any indication he's interested. drew wilder, news. >> drew, thank you. >>has the winter baert brought you down? yes. does the snow and set make you feel blue? yes. fear not, spring is coming at some point it has to come, right? where is the evidence you say? >> yes, where is it. >> about 1,000 miles south of here, west palm beach,a. florid washington internationals pitchers and catchers report for spring trainoday. position players head down next week on monday. the first full work the day after that. temperatures t, today in south florida will be in the 70s. >> beautiful. >> i know we're not experiencing quite florida-like weather, but does make me happy to see that this is around the corner at some point, ght? >> i just hope bryce harper makes a decision soon. somebodyto play for don't want to walk away from 20 or 30 million bucks a season.

>> ioon't think he's going t do that. >> for us around here, not a bad day today. hit the ball with the wind and rockl be looking like a star today. winds out of the west up near 30 to 35 miles p hour this afternoon. so, a great day for playing frisby, but just make sure your buddy oninhe dow side of the throw is a good runner. temperatures will be above y average today degree or two. early this morning, still some lingering cloudiness overhead, but not much in fact way of rain chance for the next couple days. snowfall for the winter, national airport is about 3 inches above average for snowfall this season. dulles airport little more than five inches above ank and bwi-marshall three inches below average in snowfall. several more chances for snow coming our way. the first arrives on saturdayth so no w worries today. 39 in washington now. not much of a breeze this morning,il but itbe very blustery or windy during the course of the afternoon. afternoon highstoday, mostly in the mid 40s but with the wind

blowing the wind w chillsl be down near the freezing mark most of the afternoon. so have your warm coat. tomorrow, even better. more s.shine tomorr afternoon highs well up into the 50s. we'll take that. this area of storminess pulling its way through the great lakes will send lake-effect snow showers down through parts of ohio,ennsylvania and west virginia, but i don't think any snow flakes make it over the blue now let's jump ahead to friday morning on future weather. i think most of us will sy dry on friday. we do have 30% chance of a stray shower or two, butriday the big story about friday it will be mild withemperatures nea 60. that is why the saturday snow chance has some problems with it. near 60ay on fr that's a long way to fall to get an accumulating snow by saturda afternoon. but the computer model -- this is the european model 'shere. he most aggressive with all the snow chances cranking out between 3 andhe i of snow on saturday. the american model has almost nothing. so this is not a high confidence forecast just yet. outlook.the ten-day

40s and windy today. 50s tomorrow. near 60 friday. chance for snow or raintu ay. chance for rain or snow on sunday. and another chance the middle parts of next week. so several chances for snow lovers. melissa, good morning? >> good morning, chuck. first 4 alert traffic, talking about virginia. chopper 4 is headed to this problem on95 in virginia to show us what's happening from above. here is what we know, norbound 95 after 123 we're still quite slow from an earlier vehicle fie blocking left side of the roadway. looking better than it was. still have a four-mil backup headed northbound on 95. the express lanes might be worth the money and good option. route 1 same situation. out bound 14th street, bridge in the outer lane. left side is still blocked there. temple hills, inbound branch outer the rampb to the loop we have police activity. travel times in maryland 2070

looks good, top of the beltway looks good as well. 66 iinboun fine, 95 northbound is the pain we just showed you, 25 miles per hour is allou can dothere, going to take you 45 minutes quantico to the beltway. good morning, i'm frank holland at cnbc top executives from sprint and t-mobile will be on capitol hill today to make their case for a potential 26 billion dollar merger. they argue the deal will not hurtpompetition or jack prices for wireless service. regulators they blocked a similar merack in 2011 when at&t tried to buy t-mobile. critics say the aggressive promotions that t-mobile has made such as ditching two-year contracts will just go away if it no longer competes against sprint. cnbc money business report, i'm frank holland. >> fru.k, thank it's 5:54 now. news 4 is charging you to commit a rdom act of kindness this week. this morning, we're tackling the

hearts of - did i say that right? touching the hearts of many up at this early >>hour. ecause it's an early time to be up, right? >> yeah, it is. >> we're talking donuts and coffee. molette green is getting you ready to hand out some of this good stuff. hi, molette. >> reporter: hey. look, aaron, eun, i have something that wil wake you up this morning, sugar. day three of our random acts of kindness week brings us to the duck donuts in wood bridge. larry theng owner putti the fishing touches onhis box of donuts right here. what we're going to do, this shop opens up at 6:00 a.m. sharp. so when you come in, you to a cup of coffee and some donuts this morning. okay. there's a big gym here in this development here at stone bridge. there's a big residential development right across the street. so we have plenty of people, larry. >> that's right. >> the owner here, we'll talk to him in the 6:00 hour. we have plenty of people who want sugar and coffee.

aaron, it sounds like we could use some this mornin it's early. it's early on a wednesday. it's hump ta. let's get over the hump with some sugar a coffee. duck donuts. >> you can send the donuts our way, too,e. mole they look delicious. >> we're bringing them back. uh-huh. >> thank you. still ahead on news 4 today, the terps are making a bigor differencehild who is battling cancer. we'll explain the special night. we also have the latest cohool delays and closures. some of them jusng in. "news 4 today" continues right after this.

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♪ >> announcer: "news 4 today" starts now. just about 6:00 a.m. now. good morning, everybodar i'm gilchrist. >> i'm eun yang. today is wednesday, february 13th, 20be 19. re we get to weather and traffic, we have a few school closing and delays. fed rick county will open two hours late today. in virginia raphpnannoc is on a two hour delay. >> the sidewalks and doors cstld l be slick this morning.

>> melissa mollet has a road on the roads for us. we begin with chuck bell and look at our forecast. hey, chuck. >> good morning, aaron and good morning, everybody. ednesday off to a relatively quiet start. skies have been trying to clear out a bit during the overnight hours. finally after a couple days with no sunshine at all, here comes the sun f your afternoon plans and also here comes the wind. winds gilting near 40 per hour at times today. especially in the higher elevations. be careful. hold on tight to the steering wheel. the wind will also keep a bit of a wd chill factor around. wind chills will be down near freezing during the yoternoon. ll certainly need your warm puffy coat. dry weather for today and for tomorrow. right now, temperares have taed above freezing for most of the overnight hours. that is good news. ffy of the s that accumulated to the branchs or power lines late yesteooay afte should have melted away overnight. as that is welcome news. your commute for then for today, need the sunglasses once again. afternoon temperatures will hover in the mid 40s for most of the day.

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