downed some tree branches. that was on top of the power lines. be careful as you head outside to start your work week. you can find i ues outthere. good morning, everybody. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> and i'm eyang. we will check in with chuck and then with melissa for your traffic. how windy will it g be? ts way over 50 miles per hour, frequent for the afternoon reurs today. along the of the blue ridge here, you get above 2,000 feet in elevation, a winds could gust up to 70 miles per hour. watch out. limit your time outdoors today. branches and trees a things, have a chance coming down in these winds. winds are gusting to 47 miles per hour, in martinsburg, west

virginia. 28 by the bay in annapolis. and this is our pet of the week. a gorgeous dog here. sev 7 years old. superlow-key. about 85 poundsf all smushy loveyness. in the upper 40s for today. it will be plenty of sunshine. but watch out. it will be windy all day. >> it is a mess out tight now. you were just mentioning crossing the bay bridge. yoht cannot row if you have a trailer, empty boxtrailer, they have wind restrictions in effect. if the think the vehicle is too high and have a chance. cabin john, inbound, right side is blocked. and standing water re through that area. southbound270, right lanes are getting by. that work zone in the southbound lanes. 66 near centreville, westbound.

work zone is blocking some lane there's.hb nond, southbound, no problems. 95 in maryland, same situation. no issues in or out of town. nk you. we're following developing stories this morning. first in the district. a man was found dead in an all y alley, 46th place southeast last night. police say he was shot. no word on a suspect or a motive. he was is second murder of the day. david brandon was shot and killed in the petworth neighborhood now, to prince george's county, where police are investigating a deadly train accident. >> a pedestrian was hit and killed by a marked train last night. marc says the person wasg trespasshen the accident happened. police conducted their at investn. amtrak also shut down service between d.c. and baltimore. trainsov startedg again just after midnight. virginia lieutenant governor, justin fairfax,

stunned lawmakers with commens he madeheassembly. it's the latest tur of events in the commonwealth, after he praised fairfax for how he handled sex assault allegations. the lieutenantd governor compa himself to lynching victims. >> if we go backward and rush to judgme, and allow for political lynchings without any due process, aac or evidence being heard, we do a disservice to this body in which well serv >> the house majority leader, republican delegate, tod gilbert, had a negative reaction to fairfax's comment there's. he said, quots that i the worst, most disgusting rhetoric he could have invoked. both women accusing the lieutenant governor of sexual assault have agreed to testify publicly. he scandal is involvie ining leaders. turnin the unprecedented

summit the catholic church had on abuse. survivors are skeptical any real change will happen.ey th came up with a list of thingsatholics can do to help with the crisis. they handed out flyers to worshipers today. they are asking the vatican to institute a zo tolerance policy. >> fire any bishop and cardinal that has covered up the abuse of children. and the zero tolerance that is supposed to apply to priests, should apply to cardinals and bishops, as well. >> all of your children, including your adult children if anything ever happened to them. >> every step that the churchke tas towards fran s transparency the right step. >> the vatican says pope francis will issue a new law to protect

children and create a task force to help bishops deal with abuse claims. >>th eight m after jordan mcnair died of heat stroke,en stud were invited to aund riser. there was a huge turnout. the line went out the door and down the sidewalk. the foundation was set u by mcnair's parents. they want to raise awareness of the sig and symptoms of heat stroke. many students who attended didn't know jordan personally. but felt it was an important issue to support. >> it's a good thing for everybody build everybody up. >> we thought we would come out and support them and the family. >> 33% of the sales will go to the jordan mcnair foundation. since his death, the university has come under fire for itsre onse. and looking at your other

top stories this morning, at 4:35, trump heads to vietnam for his second summit with kim jong-un. the president is pushing for denuclearization of north korea. and they report the country is undergoing testing. coming up, we'll talk to susan mcginness about the vote to block the president's emergency declaration. r. kel b will bek in a courtroom in chicago. he's been in jail since friday,t unab pay his bond. he faces sever accounts of sexual abuse, kating bai dating years. talk about a majorpile-up. 130 cars crashed, shutting down an inrstate in wisconsin. police say this was a chain reaction crash caused by whiteoutco itions. 500 cars that were not involved hads to wait hours to be cacortd

off of the interstate. today, a local favorite is returning to the airways.th tommy show is coming back at 7:00 this morning. that won't be on the radio. but you can still access the t shough the tommy show app. the duo stopped by to tell us how tommy 2.0 came to life. >> we loved broadcasting in and when circumstances changed, i thought, why can't we broadcas fromome and a computer and a microphone and make this happen? it got a little more complicated than that. and we're really excited to be able to do it live, which is a uniq thing. >> between all your favorite tunes, tommy and kelly's first guests will be jose andress, om theoscars. should be fun. i have to fill in for campy kelly. t> that's a fun show. nice to see coming back. this morning, everyone is

talking about the academy awards. ruth carter won best costume design for "black panther." >> meanwhile, some of d.c.'s brightest stars presented at the oscars. john lewis received standing ovation as he took the stage. he introduced "green book" which won for best pictur >> jose andress announced the movie "roma" which were nominated for best picture. the two were not the only magical moments o stage. ♪ in the shadow we're far fro the shallow now ♪ >> lady gaga and brad di coley singing w""shado from the movie "a star is born." >> i didn't see it. >> "green book" won best

picture. olivia colman won for "the favourite." and mahersha ali won for "green book." rprises.ple of you know. >> all in all, everybody who deserved it got something, it seems like. >> except glenn close. coming up, return of "the voice." a new season, a new judge and newcompetition. it's john legend. who doesn't want to watch that? preview ahead. and drama in the eagle's nest. >> rewhat? >> yes. new developments in the case of d.c.'s most famous feathered

you're watching news 4 today. >> tonight is our fifth anniversary. >> happy fifth anniversary. >> yay. >> "the tonight show" is celebrating a milestone. a star-studded episode is tonight. you can watch the special right hereis heed our studios here in d.c., after that show went on. he is hilarious. >> five great years. "the voice"re rns to your tv tonight with a new season and a new face in theed big,

chairs. >> john legend has become very familiar on nbc.oi he isng the coaching ranks for the first time. he's worked as an adviser to artists on the show before. with a n judge in town, kelly clarkson iso lookingfend her back-to-back winning titles. >> i'm going to beat -- i want to beat john. >> i don't want to beat anybody. i just want to win. >> you can watch "the voice" right here on nbc 4 at 8:00 p.m., followed by the premiere of "the enemy within," which also looks really good. >>e's so serene and calm. i'll bet that's a veil for hisl instinct, right? >> probably. he is that way in real life. you talk to him in regular conversation and he's really mellow. >> talented. .> ye high wind warning has now been expanded to include all of the d.c. metro area. high wind advisory in the other

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it is 4:45. we are tracking a weather alert as uou wake on this monday. b beware of the winds. gusts up to 60 miles per hour are possible today. look at thepp flag wg out there. a wind advisory is in effect all day. chuck bell wille back in a few minutes with more on the warni and the rest of your work week forecast. this is a busy week for president trump and his administration. >> the president is travelingo

vietnam to meet with kim jong-un. thes as his former attorney and fixer, michael cohen, isri pre to tell all to congress in a marathon of meetingshat will start tomorrow. susan mcginness is here this rning. >> there's that and more. washington is in overdrive this week. the president leaves for hanoi for round two of talks with jong-un. this is after the singapore summit was supposed to lead to denuclearization efforts but did not. the president was talking at the governor's ball, that he expects denuclearization to beginr progress. intelligence officials say they do not kxpect northea to denuclearize at all. they count onal the ars for the survival of the regime. this trip is one d before michael cohen, president's former attorney, is set to

test,y on capitol hi before three different committees this week. tuesday through thursday. wednesday's testimony will be made public. we'll be listeng to that. wmakers have questions for cohen, including why he submitted false testimony before the intelligce committee. all-eyes on the mueller report. two years in the making.e expected toreleased in the coming days. democrats are pushing for that to be made public. finally, the house votes on resolution that would block president trums emergency declaration to build that wall at the southern borderot they are expected to be successful in that effort. >> susancginnis this morning. crews are searching for two more crew members after a plane crashed on saturday. they have recovered one body. they are searching for the

plane's black box, which would answer que ions about that crash. the plane being operated for amazon, departed from miami and wa likely moments from landing at bush intercontinental airport in houston when it crashed. thewists and turns in the jussie smollett case keep hecoming. over weekend, tmz reported the "empire" actor has evidence that chicago police department claim he paid two brothers for the alleged attack is wrong. tmz obtained documents that one of the was for training. the memo line says five-week treatment. smitlett has been charged w disorderly cduct andas been written out of the "empire" script for the rest of this season. mr. kraft, do you have a me age? >> new england patriots owner, robert kraft, is maintaining his

innocence. tmzsaught up with kraft he attended pre-oscar parties in los geles, after being charged in a prostitution sting in florida. he is 1 of 200 men of paying for sext a florida massa parlor. they have video of kraft inside the establishment.as he denied being involved in illegal activity. police say men sought sexual services from women who were part of an international humanc trafg ring. you have fewer options in the district to get thning coffee fix. several northwest starbucks locations are closing their doors. don't worry. you still have 46 starbucks locations inside the district to choose from. when do you hear that? starbucks closing. >> they cannibalizing each

other. there's not enough >> 4:50 right now. it's never too early to talk about good comfort food. >> mess hall had its fifth annual ramen event. restaurants put their noodlemaking skills to the test. you can see some enthusiastic ramen fans went out to indulge good comfort food. >> we're celebrating ramen and all things noodle. i love ramen because it's so gluttonous and naughty. and ie to stuff my face with it. >> what? all right. a portion of the profits will go to the capital f aread bank. there's so many great places to get ramen. if you want my recommendations, tweet me. >> don't take it from that guy. despite the whipping winds through the area, we saw signs of spring. took us a while to get there. cherry blossom buds at the tidal basin here.

it's too early to tell when the cherry gla cher cherry blossoms will blooms t year. temperatures leading up to the icator re the biggest i here last year, you remember the peak bloom date was pushed back, due to a cold snap, after a w coupl m days in february. >> i'm afraid that will happen with next week'sat r, that you tell us will get colder again. >> they're fine. are fine until th get elongated stages. once they get past stage three or four, that is when they are in danger. as they are now, all budded up, they can take anything. although, that being id, it is going to be ferociously windy out there today. the national weather service expanded and tended the high wind warnings to include all of the d.c. metro area. they pushed it to 00 this evening, as well. as soon as the sunoedown, that will take the bite out of

the wind. willen now and sundown, it be a windy day. wind gusts of 50 to 60 miles per hour, will b common place. and along the higher elevations, the blue ridge, of northern marylands, into southern pennsylvania, wind gusts of 50 miles per our to 60 hour. be careful if you're traveling around. the wind is coming out of the west-northwest. almost a perpendicular approach. maybe 30 or 40 miles per hour. once the sun comes up, the winds are likel to increase. traveling towards buffalo or new york city, it is going to be windy there, as well. farther south, the winds will be issue. an the stars are completely clear at this point. 43 in washington. averaging 20 and gusting to 35 miles per hour already. temperatures in the 30s and 40s.

in e won't be a big jump temperatures. we will get into the upper 40s for your afternoon a high on monday. watch out for the strong northwest winds. ten-day fecast time. chilly for the week. our high temperature is up to 50 oogrees. slightlyr for most of the week. it will become all-rain friday afternoon into saturday, as temperatures get back into t 50s. another significant colder weather pattern arrives next week. not done with winter yet. >> annapolis, chesapeake bay bridge. some restrictions. cabin john, inbound after clara barton parkway. a free came down. trying to get that ou of the way. new brash here. 95 looking okay.

no issues. we'll look at 270 coming up. it's a popular trend. millions of people are turning to home dna test kits to unlock information about their health and family history. >> doreen gentzler has reaction from a northern virginia woman who took three different tests and is sharing her story. > >> reporter: it's a secret that julie's parents took to their grave. >> i was adopt at birth, but it was a family secret. at that time, i was interested of having a child of my own. for that reason and others, i wanted t learn morebout my ancestry and health history. >> reporter: wither adoption records sealed, julie turned to ehe at-home dna test kits for clues. sent in a tube of spit. her results went into the database for locating possible matches. >> this chart shows each ofy cousins chromosomes and where we

overlap. >> looks like a lot. >> reporter: as julie pored over the strands of her family's dna, she tcked down more relatives and finally connected with he biological mother by phone. >> the first thing she said to me was, i was 15 when i gotnt preg >> reporter: turned out her parents were high school sweethearts but they weren't ready to raise a baby. >> when i saw -- first saw a picture b of th dad, that's when i knew it was real. >> that's not where this story ends. coming up tonight, the big surprise about what happened decades after julie's parents put her up for adoption and what the tests revealed about her ethnicity that changed everything she thought she knew about herself. that airs tonight at 5:00 and 6:00. the bald eagle drama at the earth conservation corps in southwest d.c. may be over.

>> these are pictures of the empty nest, where liberty the eagle had been saying.ay scientistshe left because she was stressed out. she's under a microscope. >> we pushed her. justice and liberty have raised eaglets in d.c. since2004. but a second male bd named aaron bird moved in. >> i love the names they come up. >> he med on. another bird named the next day, they left two eggs alone in the nest without i incubation for 12ours. the eggs were unviable. >> i'm sad there's no eaglets coming out of this tuation. i thought we were going to have more birds. >> devastated family. boy. still ahead, the nra sparked some controversy with the o release a new article in its

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news 4 begins with a storm team 4 weather alert. >> the weather alert is because of the wind that arrived onmo ts ay morning. strong gusts have been blowing across the d.c. region all night. they will continue into the afternoon. it's about 5:00 a.m. good morning, everybody. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> and i'm eun yang. >> we want to kick things off with a check on your commute and forecast. melissa mollet is standin by

with a look at the roads. storm teamet 4rologist chuck bell will tell us about thed wid an what w kind of weathre going to have this week. >> ferociously windy weather for your monday today. keep that in mind. really getting blown around quite a bit today. dangerously high winds. winds over 50 miles per hour will be common today. we'll be left requewith sunshin chilly weather. it will be dry thursday night into friday morning. the winds are gusting. a 45- annapolis.r gust in 49-mile-per-hour in martinsbur west virginia. very blustery this morning. temperatures in the 30s and low 40s.so it's not terribly cold by february standards. but that wind is going nowhere. your school day forecast for the kids today, outdoor hrecess,d on tight. winds could be gusting over 60 miles per hour this afternoon. at