>>news 4 today starts now. >> and we start with a live look outside on this friday morning. relatively warm start this day. almost hard to believe, 48 hours ago, snow was falling around here. evidence of that snow, kind of hard to find, right now, if you look around. most of it>>s melted away. t was near 60 degrees. >> it felt great.'m >>aron gilchrist. >> i'm eun yang. things may be warming up but don't pack that picnic basket. rain.f us are seeing i thought we weren't going to have rain. we're not going to have snow i was getting optimistic. now, i know, i was paying closer attention. i have 100% chance on rain for saturday since wednesday. >> i know, i know.

tell us more about it. >> lord, my load is heavy. what you ned to know about the weather. no sunshine today. no sunshine tomorrow. eun, cloudy and rain tomorrow. just heads up. cloudy and rainy tomorrow orternoon and night. most of the rainhis morning and for friday, will be from washington to points uth. warnton, culpepper, st. mary's city. someellong the ries, there could be wet snow mixed in. no driving along skyline drive today. temperatures above freezing where we don't need to worry about anything too slippery sere theady rain is coming down. front royal is at 37. the ridgelin will be colder. today, 40s with showers tomorrow. it will rain on saturday. just make sure you know that. >> got it. got it. heard you. >> looking at the roadit raining right now, on 66

and 95. portions of them. centreville, southbound 28 at westfields boulevard. serious crash investigation. two vehicles are involved. and nicole jacobs is on her way. silver spring, inner loop befori georgia, lef blocked by an accident there. not causing too much of a delay when you lookt a map. northeast, two different things happeninew outboundork avenue, after bladensburg road. lanes blocked there because of a pothole. and southbound south dakota at bladensburg road. southeastwashington, suit lanld parkway, fifth sterling blocked by a work zone there. a woman is dead after a violent crash in prince george's county. look at the scene. you can see the entire front end of that car s destroyed. around 10:15, a car on marlboro pike and old crane highway slammed into another car. the driver was rushed to the hospital. no word on what caused that

crash. now, a black history month o lesson gonibly wrong. parents and the naacp are outraged. >> teachers at a loudon county elementary schstructed their students to pretend to be slaves during a gym class. justin finch has more on the story. justin? >> reporter: you can imagine there's a lot of questions right now. a lot of concern and pain, too, about this so-called slavery game taught during black history month, of all we have now learned that the principal here at madison trust elementary is working with parents and the naacp to make sure that something lik never happens again. now, in a note home to parents earlier this month, the principal here, david stewart, tried to explain what happened here. and al, apologize, as well, saying this involved students in the third,nd fourth fifth grades, during a p.e. class here weeks news 4 has since learned that

students were directed by teachers to play a game with a theme, centering on slavery. the students were sent to endure an obstacle course. and one of the students is african-american. now, this followed a lesson about the underground ilroad. anhe loudon naacp president iths she has been in talks parents here at madison's trust, as well as the principal. >> principal, to be honest with the you, mr. stewart, is doing a good a job as anybody can do, given trc stances. he understands the gravity of it. he understands the racism behind it. >> she goes s on to that, as well. this will take some time to work through, for not onl the students but also parents, as well, and the greater community. the principal here, principal stewart, says going forward, he wants s ts to create a cultura

force to tackle issues like these before they come up like this. >> justin, thank you. lawyers for the coast guard office accused of planning a terror attack say the case is being blown out of proportion. fter his first court appearance, no new charges. christopher hasson faces gun ang drug c right now. the fbi arrested him after the coast guard found suspicious rkinternet searchs on his computer. he had made quotes onlineng descriimself as a white nationalist and saying he wanted to kill almost every last pern on earth. prosecutors say hasson made a list of targets that included presidential candidates, tv news democrats and hosts. agents found steroids in his silver spring home, in a search, along with a massive stockpile of weapons and ammo. >> the number and force of the weapons recovered from mr. hasson's residence in this case, coupled with his writings,

appear to reflect a threat to the safety of our community. >> hasson is being kept in jail. prosecutors have two weeks toio file more s charges or the judge says she will consider releasing him. this morning, "empire" star jussie smollett is out on bond and facing a firestorm of criticism, after being charged with staging a hate crime attaf. against hims smollett was surrounded by photographs, reporters and security yesterday. poce say the actor paid tw men to stage an attack against him. they said that smollett sent himself a threatening letter. smollett was upset about his w salary andted publicity. now, the chief fears it could cause rm to legitimate victims who need help. smollett said little in court. he maintains he was thim of a racist attack. he is due back in court in three weeks.> won't hear much from roger stone anymore.

a federal judge banned him from speaking about his case. the move came after stone postei ure on instagram showing that judge with a target next to her face. stone apologized for what he called his owntupidity. the judge told him, quote, this is not baseball. you don't get a third chance. if stone breaks the gag order, the judge will put him in jail. he pleaded not guilty to multicharges, handed down by robert mueller's team.le muelcould soon submit his final report in the 2016 election any day. here's what will happen. that report will explain who he prosecuted and why. once attorney general william barr receives the report, he is required to send a sum bry to congre not necessarily the full report. if the report contains allegations of potenti impeachable offenses, legal scholars argue that the justice department would havto pass the full details to congress. as for what barr will release to

the public, it's not clear. some of mueller's findings may be based on classified material or secret grand jury testimony that cannot be released by law. today, house democrats are expected to begin the process to try and overturn president trump's national emergency declaration. they will file a resolution to terminate the president's effort to reallocate money along the border. it will start to a process that will lead to a vote next month. the re pass and the senate will take it up. when the vote happens, republicans will have to choose between angering the people they represent and angering the president. if the resolution makes it to president's desk, he is certain to veto it. >> republican leaders in the virginia general assembly say they have a plan to investigate the sexual assaultio alleg against lieutenant governor justin fairfax. but they say democrats refu to sign off. democrats say, that's not true. the flare-up comes with just one day left in the general assembly. two women accusairfax of sexually assaulting themrs yea

ago. their attorneys want the general assembly to act. now, republicans proposeea ng a ten-member bipartisan court of justice subcommittee to investigate. been very clear in the last four or five days. and it's essential that we have a formalized process, a bipartisan process, by which we look at what happened,io oly with lieutenant governor fairfax, given an opportunity to the two women to tell their story. >> the lieutenant governor's office released a statement following those comments, reading, it would y extraordind unprecedented to initiate a general assembly nfquiry about matters that are better left to lawcement. the lieutenant governor remains confident that the truth will prevail and he will be exonerated. happening at the vatican, cathol leaders are meeting to begin day two of a historic summit on the ongoing sex abuse

and cover-up. >> yesterday's theme was responsibility.y to about accountability. david culver at the with more on this. good morning. >> good morning. the archbishop after bombay describes the abuse and cover-up as a global issue. he told the 200 church leaders gathered that they must not place car of thenstitution over the victims. he described the impact ofthe s abuse h on the survivors. >> it shocked me how this changed the personality of the person. could not sty. distracted. became closed. could not relate no, ma'amly wi others at home. the person was destroyed. >> other abuse survivors and protesters who have come together in vatican city, do not appear to be optimistic about how effective this summit will

be. they say the map to change in the church begins and ends with pope francis. they want a zeroolerance policy. pope francis is once again in nstendance for the presentat today. he has stressed he does not just want this to be about condemnations. he wants concrete, e ective measures, to make sure this kind of abuse never happens again. .>> david culver, thank y it i almost a rite of passage for any driver here in the d.c. region. being stuck in traffic on 270 and the beltway. >> right now, work is under way agto ease that congestion n. the idea being floated is to add toll lanes. we went up in chopper 4 to check out the 270 and 95 exchange. there's a lot of homes and businesses just beyond the highways here. larry hogan proposes adding express lanes within the rode's exting footprints. adam tuss found drivers are

pretty split on the idea. >> yeah, i don't like it. >> reporter: not at all?a >> not evettle bit. i don't care if it's 25 cents. i don't like it. >> you want that luxury. g but it c expensive. >> the project is still in the early exploratory phasim. there's noine for when construction would begin or how it would be paid for. we'reking for you, clearing the clutter out of your life. >> the konmari method is working for people. we're taking you inside the newsroom while jim gets to work. good morning, everybody. happy friday. dog walking forecast. cute frisky here for athption ugh the humane alliance. looks like chihuahua in the ears right there. your forecast, a couple of drops of rain here early this morning. it's cloudy and chil the rest of your friday. if you're getting rain this morning, maybe do the longer walk afterward. more about the weekend rain

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you're watching news 4 today. welcome back. 5:15. if you had to pay a tax onga drinks like soda, would you still buy them? >> a new study finds consumption of sugary drinks dropped months after burke ller california, imposed a soda tax. they found residents drank 50% fewer sugary drinks than they did before the law was passed. berkeley is the first u.s. city to pass a soda tax. we know that traffic in our area is horrendous. tit a driver in new york took their frusts to a dangerous level. take a look at what happened in brooklyn. the driver here is hopping the curb to get around slow traffic. that small -- the small children getting off of the school bus e.are right in his path th police have since found the car from this video. this is just part of what seems

to be a largt trend of drivers not obeying the stop signs on scol busses. eight children were killed getting off of the bus in the 17-'18 school year. there was a survey in 2018 that found 84,000 instances of drivers passing buses in one day. two skiers and a dog a lucky to be alive after being stranded on a mountain twoin da california. this is the view that rescuers had when they found the group. they survived the freezing weather by making a snow cav. both skiers had cold-related injuries but are expected to be okay. they must be experts. building a snow cave required some preparation and understanding how to survive. >> you have to know something. this week's snowstorm came and went. but the cold weather isn't

everyone's favorite. >> but pat collins' snow stick challenge is. i judge. i usually do. it was tough. e t challenged you to re-create your favorite moreen in the snow. it came to a three-way ttw n "e.t.," "bird box" and "mission impossible." s they were agood. the effort that people went to. the peacock family's "bird box" scene won. >> excited h? >> i'm very excited. this is a huge honor. as a d. transplant, this makes us feel at home. we're really honored to have the snow stick. >> look at the cute babies. >> like what? a snow what? >> those babies don't know what is going on. why is mom blindfoldg me. you can browse the best submissions. i loved e.t.

it was difficult. >> 5:18. let's turn to chuck bell and see what's going to happen with this rain. yeah. no snow in the forecast for the next couple of days. bdon't turn yourk on the chances for more snow. last year, we got our last significantch snow on m 31st. we have a month where we have to keep an eye out for snow chances. nothing to worry about rain drops this morning. temperatures in the upper 30s and low 40s. 39 in fairfax. 41 in springfield. 42 in font coe. 44 in annapolis. and there's quite a bit of moisture pointing straight in virginia and north carolina. he rain isn't making progress north of route 50. lower rain chances today, the closer you get to the pennsylvania border. steady rain, towards richmond, roanoke or virginia beach. it will be traini ininrafor thee

down there. we're on the northern periphery of the rain chances. higher rain chances for the southern half of the viewing area. future weather keeps most of the chance of rain through the first half of the day, throuso the hern half of the area. in the ampbl, maybe thinning spots in the overcast, today near the p.a. border. no chance for sunshine today washington southbound. temperatures because of the clouds and theffnd-on chances for rain will be in the 40s today.ow tomo cloudy, chilly, steady rain coming in tomorrow afternoon and ening. we're keeping that 100% chance for rain on your saturday. again, with most of it coming in dathe later parts of the it will rain on your saturday night, out on the town, into early sunday morning. by noon sunday, the rain should be done and a really strong southweswind, up near 40 miles per hour, could get temperatures close to 70 sunday. back to february levels.

>> have this problem inenter field. nicole jacobs on the scene. centreville southbound 28, near westfields boulevard. crash investigation under way. 66 look objection. wet this morning through rg ia. silver spring, inner loop before georgia avenue. left side is blocked by a crash there. northeast, after bradensburg road because of a pothe. laurel, southbound 95, before 216. theby left side is blocke crash. 270, northbound, southbound, no problems. a live report on that issuing up in a minu.te

♪>> it's 5:23. wee working 4 you to clear the clutter in your life. earlie this week, w showed you how the konmari did diing trend works. it transformed this woman's home from cluttered to we wonders, could it work on the mess behind us here. >> that's a lo >> that's what one of our co-worker's desk looked like. >> that is until we called in an expert. and the tips she had for our

newsroom can work for your of he's clean and concise on air. but hind the scenes, jim hanley's desk is a mess. we asked local konmari consultant, kay, to give jim a few tips. >> this is me. >> reporr: first up, tackling his mountain of ties.>> only move them when they block the remote and i can't change the channel. >> reporter: and it turns out, there's more than just the ones on top of his desk. >> there's one more tie. >> reporter: with the konmari method, you sort by category, rather than location. >> this gives you an idea of the volume of the clothes. that may be a little easier for you to decide which one sparks joy and which one doesn't. >> joy. and joy.ad >> reporter: j to decide what sparks joy. what to keep and what to toss. >> no joy. >> no joy. >> reporter: of course, not everything at the office sparks joy. jim had to find a spot for tds items he n to get his job done.

>> you know, i have been looking yefor forks for a couple os. i'm asking everybody, do you have a fork? and i have a whole box of them. who knew? >> keep all-of the eyes of the same category in one home. >> okay. >> so, you don't -- you know, you don't keep some of the books in the drawer and some on the desk. find a home for it. >> reporter: finding a new home for his old things is the final step in the process. >> you feel lighter. >> i do feel lighter. >> also, there's a jen that you'reng to make somebody else happy. >> yeah. >> that's unrecognizable. look at the before and half. lock at that. are you not a believer after that? >> i don't tnk when i started here my desk looked that clean. >> jim is donating six suit jackets. 11 ties, that no longerjopark for him. >> how did i miss the giveaway on that one? >> one of the key components is to pass your items on to others,

who they might spike joy for. >> there's a great program at a teacher here the collects ties to give to the students to teach them how to tie the ties. hopefully he will donate some to them. i have a stack to give to them. jim promises while his desk may have looked like that, his home is a lot tidier. >> sure. >> we'll take his word for it. if you're inspired to clear the clutter from your life, head to the washington nbc app. >> we'll tell you more about the process and how kay can start you inrour home o office. amazodes arrival. neils about the future, landing and where the new headquarters will be setting up shop. >> i may get my camera and go back and take a make chur pictu desks and mine. >> mine is not that bad. >> eun may need more konmari in

her life. >> i have a dg of shoes under my desk. and scary new video showing one driver's close call. a piece of an overpass plunging through the ndshield.

news 4 today starts now. >> it is 5:30, now. ase take a live look outside right now on this friday. we made it. woo hoo. but just as we make it to the weekend, train is barain is bac forecast t i'm clear ot now. it's going to rain this weekend. i'm listening carefully to chuck bell. >> i heard there's 10. >> 100% chance since wednesday. >> good morning, everyone. >> we want to get to your friday heth a check on traffic with melissa and the wewith chuck. chuck, what do you have toha with us? >> i'm not going to listen to what you have to say. we he had a chance for rain on saturday. each and every day this weekan nothing has d. it is still there.

steady rain tomorrow afternoon and itevening. on't rain for every minute, but there is a 100% chae for rain. sunday will turn windy and briefly warm sunday afterndan. your f morning, though, clouds for everybody. rain drops along the southern half of the area. at's where the rain chances will remain highest for today. and after a 60-degreeump yesterday, we're not going to get near 60 today. upper 3s and low 40s. we'll be stuck in the 40s all day long today. clouds and highest rain chances for the southern area this mornin mostly cloudy and chilly and dry for your friday evening. 100% chance for rain tomorrow. >> thank you, chuck bell. looking at our problem this morning. this is centreville. bo >> soud 28 on westfields

quar crback. serioush investigation is under way. we have just one lane getting by. nicole jacobs is on the scene. what are you learning? >> the crash involved two vethcles. the sbound lanes are closed right e exception of the lane. you can see the vehicles inches by there. i fospoke with fairfax countys police thi inmo i'm told that two people were transported to the hospital. their conditions are unknown. it is unclear what caused the crash here on route 28, near westfields boulevard. investigators are here trying to determine -- you can see them milling about. there's front endamage to both vehicles. and the doors to one of them had to be removed and they're leaning against the jersey o barrier on tther side. if you have to -- if your commute brings you this way,e just b advised that you will have to squeeze tight on the

right lane in theut ound. eun, back to you. >> all right. >> thank you, nicole. looking at other issues around town, inner loop before georgia avenue, had that crash hanging around. that crash is on the right shoulder. not really causing any slowdowns. laurel, sou bound95 before 216, left side is still blocked by the crash. andnortheast, outbound new york avenue after bladenburgs road. montrosed, southbound, in the local lanes. 5:33 right now. developing thisorning a wom is dead after a violent crash in prince george's county. e the enti of the car was destroyed here. a car on marlboro spike on old crane highway slammed into anothecar. the male driver was rushed to the hospital. no word on what caused that crash. this morning, a loudon pr

county schoocipal is apologizing for a black history month lesson gone wr >> students were told to act out the underground railroad with some desigthted as slaves. happened at madison trust elementary school. we have more. such a disturbing story, justin? >> reporter:disturbing, indeed. the head of the loudon naacp says she has learned that three teachers school administrator put this game together. what was supposed to be a black history month lesson was anything but. we havehi learned took place earlier this month during p.e. , classes for thourth and fifth graders here. a loudon school spokespersons tells us t happened after a lesson about the underground rasroad, that stude were split into groups and had to endure a physica obstacle course. news 4 has learned that that

course was designed to mimic enslaved men's women's escape from bondage. a lesson gone wrong, says parents. some parents, and the naacp, who sent a note home to parents this month, with an apology and a commitment to improve. he says, in this instance, the content will be retaught to students. however, this instance has revealed to us to further explore howe can ensure this will not be reated. the county expressing its regrets abouanwhat happened. the principal saying he wants to address a cultural tasf forc the future. >> justin, thank you. happening now, in vican city, catholic leaders back together for day two of the church's historic summit on sex abuse. the sfour-daymit has a theme for each day. yesterday was responsibility.

toda is accountability. pope francis opened the meeting on thursday, by asking church leaders to list to the cry of e young seeking justice before abuse survivors spoke. we'll have more about the summit throughout the morning on news 4 today. our top stories, the officer arrested after the coast guard founduspicious interne searches on his work computer. he made posts online describing himself as a white natioinlist and s he wanted to kill every person on earth. right now, he's in ja. and prosecutors will have two weeks to file more serious charges or hasson could be out on bond. "empire" star jussie smollett is o on bond, after being charged of staging a hate crime attack onhimself. he was surrounded by media andc

ty. chicago police say the actor paid two men to attack him last month. smollett was upset about his salary and wanted publicity. smollett maintains he was the victim of a racist attack. gaga federal judge placed a order on roger stone. the penalty comes afteone posted a picture on instagram, .howing the judge with a target next to her face stone apologized for what he called his own stupidity. if stone breaks the gag order, the judge will put him in jail. he is out on bond right now. he pled not guilty to multiple charges handed down by special counserobert mueller. a major construction project that could affect your commute in virginia. l phrase of the crystal drive two-way conversion. work will start at route 1 and 27th street. this includes new traffic ee signals, strees and upgrades to the crosswalk markings and ramps there. expect crews there and the lane

closures throughout the week. constructions scheduled to st until this fall. we're getting new details into what amazon's arrival in northern virginia will look like. the second headquarters will be spesad across three properti in arlington, designated to be called national nding. 241 18th street, south bell and 17 crystal drive. e buildings will have similar characteristics as the seattle headquarters. >> we're not your typical headquarter company or tech ldadquarter company. in that, we only bur inside food service to serve one-third of our employees. lowe can really push our ees out into the neighborhood, to support e small business mm ity. >> sullivan says the cpuses are dog-friendly, ke-friendly and sustainable. she spoke at a public forum at george mason university's arlington campus. amazon is expected to generate 25,000 jobs over a 10-year

riod. the red carpet rolled out and the oscars are almost here. y some are bracing for disaster. >> nbcel 4 andun tdo 44 are working for you. join us for a job fair this morning that starts at 6:00 a.m. we'll give you a preview inside in a few minutes. stay with us.

you're watching news 4 today. >> "space jam 2" drops july 16th, 2021. aaron is.ot having >> trying to be like mike. >> this has been tweeted nearly 32,000 times. lebron james is just being lebron james. he picks up with the looney tunes crew. another big name behind the enes is ryan kugler, w directed "black panther."

everything he does turns to gold. >> who is the other rabbit on there? what is going on? >> it will be fun. hollywood's biggest night is just days away. >> this year, there will be no host. instead, different presenters will hand out the awards in a hosty sort of way. >> technical term. >> this year's stars include amy poehler, tina fey and jennifer lopez.'s >> there films that fans are exited about. "a star is born," "black panther" and "black clansman." >> dealing with light rain here. especially on the southern side of our viewing area. temperatures in the low 40s.

caashing weather? not today or tomorrow. s wait untilunday afternoon. i'll give you the ten-day outlook coming up in a few. .ay with a crash investigation in virginia is causing lowdowns. full details on this and what else is happening arou town, condmi

you're watching news 4 day. >> 15 before theour. fallout from the mueller investigation. president trump's former lawyer and fixer, michael cohen, is preparing to tell all. meanwhile, we will not be

hearing anything from former trump adviser, roger stone. >> news 4's tracie potts joins live now. tracie, tell us what we could ar herom cohen and why stone won't be talking anytime soon. >> reporter: sure. cohen is described as the president's fixer. he was his attorney a long time. a lot of people say heas all of the secrets behind quattions about as going on inside the trump business. and to some degree, his campaign, as well. his testimony put off several times. now, set publicly on wedhesday, beforeouse oversight committee. his testimony has been anticipated. cohen is headed to prison payingff women for president trump, for lying to congress, for hiding his money from the government for financial iscrim, ow ready to talk about the dirty deeds he did on behalf of his boss, dald trump. then, roger stone. roger stone has been slapped with a gag order. the judge told him not to talk about the case, after he posted

a picture of her with crosshairs. don't apologize incourt. >> tracie potts for us. thank you. virginians could soon o hav thion to vote early. unlike d.c. and maryland, virginia doesn't allow early voting. it oy allows absentee voting where voters need to show a reason why they can't vote election day.pr they just ed early voting with no explanation, one week prior to election day. if ralph northam signs that bill, it will take effect in 2020. johnson & johnson is under onnew scrutiny over its icic product. women claiming in a lawsuit, the baby powder caused cancer. and the company knew about it.de fodes. the company denied its products contained asbestos. but a few months ago, an internal document surfaced apparently showing the company knew its powders tested positive for small amounts of asbestos. now, 13,000 people have sued. johnson & johnson says it stands

behind the safety of its talc powder and is cooperating with a new investigation. ready to take the nextp s in your career? we're working for you in the community this morning. molette green is at the job fair this morning. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. jobs, jobs, jobs. come on down, right? these are all of the employers, setting up, getting ready to cre you. you have toe on down, whether you have a resume or not. they have jobs. we have employers from all over. in law enforcement, sales jobs, health care, insurance jobs. tutors, babysitter jobs. bob's furniture heree you jobs? >> we have jobs. >> you sure you have jobs? >> we have bob. jobs >> okay. that's the whole idea. let's set the scene.

we'll be here throughout the day. come with your resume or without your resumesn it d matter. they just want to see you, hear from you and talk to you.a t of people are resetting after the furlough we had and people are thinking of changing careers. they want to sta. an this is the opportunity for you. let's pop up the graphic for you to the nbc 4 working 4 the community job fair. it will kick o in a few minutes here at the university of the district of colombia. center.t the student it's nice in here, isn't it? we want to see you. it's going to be starting at 6:00 and be here until noon. i want to meet you and all of these wonderful employers want to give you a b. if you want it, they have it. the opportunity is here. that is the latest. inre going to talk to you the 6:00 hour of news 4 today. we're ready to hire. >> all right. ck back in, we'll c with you. this morning, a lot of

people are saying nikeust blew it. the company's shoe exploded lid sidened one of the best college basketll players in the country. duke star zion williamson is day-to-day with a knee strain. he was injured wednesday during a huge game against unc. nike released a statement saying it wished zion well. it called the blowout an isolated occurrence and says it is working to identify the issue. >> wow. >> i mean, he made one sudden move and the whole -- just blew right through his sh >> of all of the shoes to have all of the problems at any point in te, that was tough. >> so many possibilities about how and why that happened. >> i have never seen anything like it, watching basketball. all right, chuck bell. >> yes?

>> a nice warm-up after the snow. >> necessary december has been rainfall. a three-inch rainfall surplus. january, had it not been for the last couple days, that would have bee plus-three, as well. now, in february, even though we just had snow this week. 're still more than three degrees warmer than average for this month. so, a very mild and wet winter for us. this morning, we have cooled in the 30s and 40s. the clouds will be thick and with us all day today. most of the rain chances will be from the d.c. metro area, southward, toward culpepper, fredericksburg and southern maryland. you can see on the radar trend here. northern maryland not affected by rain today. the farther south, the higher the rain chances will be. all this moisture is pointing in

our direction. steady rain from richmond eowards raleigh. here's fut weather. it keeps it on the south side and trending soutdyard. cl skies and not much of a rain threat for your friday evening plans. swd morning, here comes the rain again. moderate late saturday into early sunday. sn elda ly. it will be a southwest wind. a big warm-und 40s clouds today. windy and 68 on sunday. next chance to see a snowflake is wednesday of next week. melissa, good morning.in >> good mo to you, chuck. >> look together roads. chopper 4 on the way to this problem, where nicole jacobs isd southb8 at westfields boulevard. serious crash. two vehics facing each other.

you're just getti by in one southbound lane. silver spring, eastbound randolph road. right lane is getting by the crash there. inner loop and outer loop of the beltway, looking good.la el, southbound 95 before 216. left side is blocked by the crash. the main lanes are open. in annortheast, are blocked for a pothole. nd 270 at montrose, looking good. lissa, thank you. scary video just into the newsroom. look at this. a beam from an elevated platform fell on to a passing car. you see the bero went right h the windshield. the mta said the wood appeared to be from a platform that's been under the tracks for years. transit workerswoemoved other from the area after thatk frcident.

s subway officials have promised to check the elevated lines for similar problems. >> that's scary. could have been somebody in the passenger seat. >> talk about a freak accident. you can't be premered for ing like that. marijuana parties, they're opping up all over the district. and d.c. police have been cro cracking down on what they call a clear violation of the marijuana law. a news i-team investigation found h they rarel lly lead to convicti convictions.r: >> report's illegal to buy and sell marijuana in the district. but you are allowed to grow it, use it and give small amounts to others. that's created an entire industry in what some call a gray area of the law. the i-team went undercovert pop-up parties. you can find them every night of the week in every corner of the district. and some will tell you they ar not selling pot. from stickers to socks for sale,

the pot comes along as a gift. gifting powith the sale of something else, is a crime. >> our goal is to make arrests when people brk the law. that's what we'vdone. >> reporter: the i-team tracked down hundreds of arrest reports and case fes for two dozen pop-ups and shops that police raided. officers arrested those doing the selling. out of 255 people charged, the i-team found 3 went trial. prosecutors say they support the police efforts but there's a higher legal standard for prosecution.ij >> mna prosecutions in the city have always been very lenient. you know, a lot of them -- they don't pursue a lot of them. >> reporter: tonight on news 4 at 5:00, we asked the police chief what's the point o t continuimake all those arrests? plus, proposed changes to the law that could put a stop to all of this. good morning. i'm frank holla at cnbc

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