our average high is 50 degrees. we will be within a degree or two of average. and dry weather for the next few days. our chance of anything coming out of the sky may be rain/snow mix ely fridaymorning. that's a couple of days away. plenty of time to work out the details on that. right now, in the upper 20s in the shenandoah lley. some are in the 20s and others in the 30s. 36 in columbus airport. 31, prince george's county. your wake-up weather, it's a typically cold day out there. temperatures in the 20s and 30s as you get your tuesday ing. tuesday's high temperature, 52. technically, that's two degrees wahan average. we'll take it. >> i'll take anything above average. beltway university boulevard, inner loop, outer loop, everything is looking good righo same situation when you take a look at the maps. no other issues, as far as thew be is concerned at this point this morning. this is our slow spot, northbound 270 in gaitheburg, after montgomery village avenue,

still have the right lane t as only thing getting by that ork zone. southbound, you're in good shape. glen echo, cabin john parkway, at clara barton parkway. white's ferry islosedoday because of storm debris on the potomac river. hank you, lissa. montgomery county police are investigating a gruesome diovery in bethesda. >> somebody found a body along old georgetown road. the body was not far fd m the wild wopping center. montgomery county police shut down one lane last night. now, justin finch on whatolice areaying about this discovery. >> reporter: right now, police are working to figure this out, just like the rest of us here. this is old ortown road. you have democracy boulevard on one end and the beltway on the other. a very busy cretch. hold someone have dumped a body here, perhaps, and no one ha seen it? that's one question, montgomery

county police are working to answer. that's why they spent hrs here outside of this bus stop here last night, ting toather as many clues as possible, while the clues were still fresh. southbound, o georgetown road, by lone oak hedrive, that body in a bag was found. >> passerby called us, 5:39, to tir communis center. we responded out. we did find a deceased individual on the side of the road. ju off the side of the road. we're very early in the investigation. >> reporter: as you can see, not much around that bus stop, just the road, a hill and a few homes up that hillhere. how that person died, not clear at this time. that body going to a medical examiner, to figure out the cause of death. as forha how long body was there, that, too, was not clear. and also worth noting here, as well, is police have not indicated if that body is a man or a woman.

that, too, is now part of their investigation. we're live in bethesda, i'm justin finch, news 4. back insideo you. >> thank you. c5:03. and d.c. police are trying to lve another homicide. this happened at 6:30, on 1st street southwest. a woman was found shot severalr times n the friendship square apartment building. there's hundreds of apartments on the scene here. they are hoping that someone saw somethin they are urging for information to give them a call. for the second time in two days a marc train has hit a pedestrian in prince george's county. chopper 4 was over the scene in the teenage victim has life-threatening injurie on sunday night, a marc train t d killed a person near bowie state university. happening today, two events that may change the presidency of president trump. one taking place in the district, the second in vietnam. >> that's where president trump will land for his second meeting with kim jong-un. the two will meet in hanoi to talk about a plan to denuclearize north korea.pr

ident trump and mr. un will have a dinneon wednesday. then, a series of official meetings will be held. before he took off from joint base andrews yesterday, the president expressed some optimism about the trip. he told reporters the talks could lead to something great but also, quote, maybe not. today, the president's long-time lawyer and fixer, ae l cohen, will begin three days of testimony on capitol hill.y' todatestimony is before the senate committeend is a closed-door session. cohen is expected to discuss issues t relatedo the russia investigation. on wednesday, cohen will testify publicly. cohen has pled guilty tofa maki e statements to ional investigators about the negotiations to build a trump tower in moscow. a judge sentenced him to three years in prison. a top financi adviser to pope francis wil face a sentencing hearing tomorrow. a jury convicted the 77-year-ol cardinal george pell of molesting two choir boys in

australia in 1996. enior catholicst church ever charged and convicted of child sex abuse. u he facto 50 years in prison.fr last week, popcis defrocked former cardinal and archbishop of washington, theodore mccarrick. uie vatican found himy of sex crimes. right now, police are investigating a ca of anti-semitic vandalism at a playground in falls church. police believe it happened between friday and yesterday at mt. daniel elementary school.s news megan mcgrath is there this morning. goodororning. >> rr: if you look over my weoulder, this is the playground here. e not sure which of the shade canopies wased vandal there's a number of them here on the playground. in the forefront here, the one closest to the fence, that's just a frame, a canopy frame t right byt bench. the discovery was mad by a teacher here at the school.

someone had slashed the canopy on the playground. one out the was in the shape of a swastika. the canopy was taken down and parents wereinformed. the police chief released a statement saying, quote, the city of falls church takes acts of anti-semitic vandalism very seriously. our community will not stand for this unacceptable crime of hatred. it's unclear exactly when the canopy was slashed. but ty believe that it was some time between 1:30 on friday, that's february 22nd, d 12:30 on monday, the 25th. now, authorities are stillok g for the person responsible. so, anyone who may heen something suspicious in that timeframe, you're asked to call investigators. live in falls church, megan mcgrath, news 4. and we're learning new details aut a crash i bowie hat killed six people. sources tell new4, the mother who was driving the car may have

been dru. dominique taylor allegedly had a blood alcohol level twice the legal limit in maryland. she's the only survive of that crash this month. five children, including two of her own, died. the 23-year-old man in t passenger seat was taken off life support last week. police say none of the children were wearing a seat belt when the car crashed. it not clear if taylor will be charged. several residents are homeless this morning after a fire ripped through a row home in colombia heights northwest. happened yesterday afternoon on harvard street. an electric overload sparked the fire. no one was injured. later this morning, the trial of a man charged with raping, robbing and kilng an artist who was working in d.c. will he is accused of killing corin mill in 2017. prosecutors claimed pictures and dna connected him to the crime. investigators say after the stabbing, he took her car and

used her debit card at atms throughout maryland and nsrginia. the e says he is innocent and police didn't do a thorough job of finding the real suspect. r. kelly is a free man this morning. after spending the weekend in jail, the singer was released after posting bond. an attorney representing two of the victims says he believes more charges will be filed against kelly in the coming weeks. the singer denies all of the allegations of sexual misconduct. new england patriots owner,k robeft, faces two charges of soliciting a prostitute. police say surveillance video captured an incide at a day spa. kraft denies wrongdoing. he is scheduled to be in court in april. maryland's new red flag law has cut down on domestic olence cases. it allows authorities to take

away or stop someone from buyinp a gun if tson is considered a threat to themselves or others. since last october, 422 petitions have been filed in maryland. half of them have been granted. >> during the week after the order has been served, many of e respondents in these cases have been taken for meal health treatment. >> the red flag law was adopted october of last year. > the fate of a nearly 100-year-old peace cross in maryland may be decided this week by the supreme court. the cross, wch was erected as a war memorial, sits on public land. a group of residents, cluding atheists, wants it removed, saying it violates the constitution's separation of church and state. maryland officials say the cross has a secular purpose and meaning and should stay. the monument was created in 1925 to honor solers who died in

world war i. a fight for funding is taking police on capitol hill. first responders who risked their lives during the 9/11 attacks, are fighting to keep the victims' compensation fund from running out of money. >> that fundas set up toth help first responders with medical bills. so, it is cutting the money given to those who filed claims. jon stewart asked for a permanent solution. >> now, it's congress' job to fund iproperly. >> a bipartisan group of lawmakers in the house and senate introduced a measure calling for permanent funding. still ahead, traveling from d.c. to new york, by train,

usually takes a coupleusf hours. >> junder three to be exact. now, amtrak has a plan to get you there even faster. > plus, shocking video. we're seeing the moments a man was arrested for firing an assault rifle inside com ping-pong pizza. how police swarmed the area and took him down minutes after the trouble started. n a tuesday, we're back to sunshine today. temperatures around 50 degree we have quiweather. we earned it after the crazy windstorm yesterday.er quiet wea before we have a chance for some snow on your friday. i'll show you that on weather. we'll let y know how much ou

today. >> welcome back at 5:13. a n report is giving us an idea of what teens do behind the

wheel that increases their risk of crashing. it's no surprise that cell phones we a bigdistraction. texting doubled the crash sk. the volkswagen-owned spanish company called seat, unveiling a err that will know if the dr is a teen. this car is called minimo. the company says the two-ster concept car will be hyperconnected to the digital world, making itafer for those teens that might normally reach for phones. the cars are designed to meet f the challengesty driver, like tight parking spaces. that car w unveiled yesterday at a technology expo in barcelon >> i can fit my prius into almost every parking space, living in d.c. there are new plans to push your amtrak ride to higher speeds in the northeast corridor.

the fastest trip is the acela, about 2:45 to new york. >> amtrak wants to make it even faster. news 4 transportation reporter adam tuss explains. >> reporter: the northeast k corridor amtperience is going to change. and soon. >> looking at every cu everyit possibily, where we can ip improve the time.oo >> reporter:ng at this video. amtrak trains tilting, leaning into curvings to get as much speed as possible. aca trains can go 150 mile per hour and they do tilt a bit. but rarely do they maintain that speed. amtrak telling news 4, the next generation trains will be rolling out in two years. they should shave time of trips. she is the vice president of the northeast corridor service line. listen to this thought that' being considered. >> if you did a nstop train, you're eliminating stops between here and new york. you can ok at a 2:30 trip

time. >> reporter: bottom line, amtrak putting huge plans in mo bring the northeast corridor well up to speed. at union station, adam tuss, news 4. a couple of weather phenomenons to show you this morning. take a look at this. from australia this is of a firenado. you can see the flames spinning through thhubrush. it toondreds of firefighters to fight it. firenados when fire, smoke and wind mix. take a look at thisan this is not sland somewhere. this is a swarm of as wading through the water in alabama, flooding there. the area had torrential rain causing rivers to rise. the ants bonded together, tryid to finy land. >> do not poke the ants or go thing.e near tha >> you can tell, those are fire ants, as well. >> they bite? >> oh yeah. >> and i think it hurts. >> i grew up in georgia. when you see those things on the

creek or at the lake, you swim e other direction. they will eat you. >> you're swimming in the creek? >> well, that was a creek. yeah. >> you swim in that? >> yeah. you can. >> it's a creek.ha >> ts how you get eaton en by fire ants. esday cold start on a mornin fortunately, the wind will not be as much of a player in today's forecast as it was yesterday. all three of our major airports yesterda had wind gusts over 50 miles per hour. our windiest day in almost exactly one year,windiest day last year was march 2nd. we had a terrific windstorm arnd here that day, as well. today, though, so much easier to take. north wind, now, averaging 6 miles per hoit. there's ae hint of a windchill out there. shaved about four or five degrs off of the temperature of the feels-like factor. it's 36 in dulles airport. 33 in martinsburg, west virginia. feels like the upper 20s. and 29 in fredericksburg.

a little on the cold side for your february. dry weather for today, we'll have an crease in midday cloudiness.fo no chancrain today. if it's dry, you can leave the umbrella at home. temperatures willteak out the 40s and 50s today. tomorrow, a little cloud cover. as a result, a smidgen cooler. everybody will stay below0 degrees coming up tomorrow. pretty quiet weather for the mid-atlantic up to the northeast. a little more cloud cover across carolina's georgia area. for us, all is good until thursday night into friday morning. let me sw youuture weather here. going into friday morning. and only one model, the european model says weet a 1-2 inch of snow chances here on friday morning bore it endss rain. and temperatures getting into the low and mid 40s friday afternoon. if we get a little snow, i don't think it will be a significant problem. cough for a little snow. not cold enough to cause significance sticking on the

roads. another chance for in. all-rain on saturday. wed sunday night into monday morning of next, this could be more significant chance for an accumulating snow. it lks like the rain/snow line will stay down to our south. that might be a measurable amount. we'll keep you posted. quiet, today, tomorrow and thursday. a little chance for the snow early friday and rain on the first alf of yourweekend. >> not so pretty headed into the weekend. thanks, chuck. >> 66 at lee highway, eastbound, westbound, loo good. centreville, new problem here. this is braddock road at e.easant valley dr sounds like the westbound lanes are blocked by a brand-new crash. 66 and95 overall in virginia looking okay. inner loop, outer slo eerthoop beltway, no road work in the way. gaithersburg, northbound 270, after vimmage aven agvillage av traffic getting by the work

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30 minutes. >> reporter: how did i do? >> you d amazing. excellent job today. you ready to keep it going. let's do it. >> reporter: yes. get fit for spring. >> good for you, molette. looking fit out there. the proem is, the motivation has to come from within. i'm not going to go to the m gy for utes and do all that. coming up later, moloite will us live from the gym. >> she and her trainer will talk about howour rkout and nutrition go hand in hand. 5:25 right now. still ahead, a local dance team naon a nat stage. still ahead, we have a sneak peek at this high school'sam shot on "world of dance." and your commuter forecast, drive pavement. no need for the wipers at all. a few people might need the ice scrairst thing. otherwise, it will be dry weather for the ride in and home. melissa will let you know if your ride in will be traffic.

free and rain-free. plus, new video from the pizzagate takedown. never-before-seen fthtage from day an armed man was arrested

news 4 today starts now. >> 5:29. we take a live look outside. it's tuesday. it's reagan national airport. pretty busy already. we have a calmer die on t eer d horizon when it comes to the wind. >> gusts knocked down trees and power lines, sending some into cars and homes. we have a few days of better weather. >> look at the damage to that car. >> that poor guy. i'm aarongilchrist. >> i'm eun yang. >> our melissa mollet is in at first 4 traffic to give you he latest on the commute. but let's begin with chuck bell. >> nothing weather-wise to worry about. northwest winds gusted way over 50 miles per hour, for many hours in a row yesterday. utw, the wind is of the north but only 6 miles per hour. a little ht of a breeze this morning. a bit of a windchill, but

nowhere near as windy as atsterday. tempes in the shenandoah valley are in the upper 20s and low 30s. arou the burbs, it really depends where you live. there's a big range in temperatures. 26 in gaithersburg 36 in fairfax county. down to the mid-20s in prince william and fquier counties this morning. and temperatures above freezing in prince george's county. my little guys wanted to help me out with breakfast in bed this morning. no to people food for the dogs. if you would like companionship in your lives, go to humane alliance rescue and get a dog, cat, turtle, whatever you need. it will d be weather for dog walking today. you can walk in the morning, midday orgn even thnd not have to worry about jumping puddles. ten-day forecast, which includes ree chances for snow, coming up in a few minutes. for now, let's go to melissa. >> every child around town waiting for those chances, if ey were awake. frederick southbound, 270 after 70. a crashhe reported and we're

seeing delays. the rest of 270 looks okay. glen echo in clara john parkway. a reminder, white's ferry is shday. closed yesterday because of the high water on the potomac. today, becausef storm debris across the potomac river. we'll let you know if they start to mak a decision as whether they're going to reopen later today. 66 and 95, no problems there thugh virginia. do have southbound 95 before franconia with that right shoulder. having that crash. thank yo developing this morning, a deadly discovery in bethesda. so one found a body along o georgetown road last night. justin finch has more on this. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. >> reporter: right now, police are working to figure this out, just like the rest of us here.ge this is old gewn road.

right now, they don't knowth if body belongs to a man or a woman. they are trying to figure outn how the per died and how they got to the bus stop in a bag. let's tak you to a map and show you where this is and maybe help you answer the question how this could happen in this area this is old oageorgetownby old oak drive, between democracy boulevard and the beltway here. a high-traffic area. and btraffic,y here, too, as montgomery county police carried out that inveigation. they got the call close to 5:30 yesterday evening from a passerby that happened to come up on b aody wrapped in a bag by the bus stop here. right now, they are saying this death, ndetermined investigation happen right now. next step out here, back out live, for the body to go to the medical examiner, to find out how this person died and identification, to find out who this i person and perhaps more about their death.

we're live in dethesbesda. i'm justin finch, news 4. now, to new de news 4 has obtained body camera video for the 2017 shooting here in northwest at the comic ping-pong pizza. >> you can see officers respding from the scene there. we've obtained the video through a pluublic records request. listen to the chilling interaction between the gunman, edgar welch, and offics they cuff him. >> what were you doing in the location? >> making sure nothing was there. >> pedophile ring. >> what? >> pedophile ring. >> pizzagate. >> what weapons do you have? >> a .38t nd ar-15. goa knife in the right pocket. >> he believed an internet conspiracy theory that hillary clinton and johnodesta were running a human trafficking ring at the pizza restaurant. he drove from his home in northf

carolina anded his ar-15 multiple times inside that restaurant. he plead guilty to weapons charges. a judge sentenced him to four years in prison. we're tracking breaking news out of oregon. more than 180 people are stuck on an amtrak train that hasn't moved in more than 30 hours. the train was traveling from seattle to los angeles when it hit a tree tt had fallen on the tracks. this photo from passengers shows th area the train is strand in. amtrak kept everyone on the n trcause power is out in the nearest town. a maintenance crew is not expected to arrive until 9:00 this morning. we're told there is food on thei passengers are being fed. we'll keep you updated as we get information on the situation. >>inan update to a house fir s urel. a 91-year-old man ed after firefighters pulled him from his home yet. this started in the kitchen on

laurelton drive. a former youth leader at a megachurch has pleaded guilty to inappropriate action with a second girl. he met the 14-year-old girl when she was his music student at the life church. he exposed himself to her and sent her text messages saying he nted to marry her. he was convicted last year of doing the same thing to a different teenage girl in 2014. looking at our top stories. a hearing begins for the adviser to the pope. a jury convicted george pell for molesting two choir boys in 1996. pell is the most senior catholic player charged and convicted of child sex abuse. right now, president trump

is arriving in hanoi later this morning. the two will talk about a plan to denuclearize north korea. today, president trump's l formyer will be on the hot seat. michael cohen will testify before the senate intelligence committee in a closed door meeting. in his first of three congssional meets this week. coming up, susan mcginnis will give us a preview of what to kepect. ry is out of jail this morning. he is waiting trial on several accounts of sexual abuse against minors. he has denied thellegations. tonight, a local dance team is hitting the small screen. ylast week, we introducedou to the west springfie dance team. before joining the team, some of these girls had never danced a day in their lives. now, look at them. >> look at them, right? they tried out for "the world of dance" show in new y tk and then wel.a. for the big taping. here's your sneak peek. f

>> some o the west springfield dance team's performance for the judges, derek hough, neo and jennifer loz. >> coming up, the story behind strange, new video going viral this wrning. ho teen ended up crashing into a gym from the school ceiling. firsul a popar gift becoming a crime-solving tool. at-home dna kits are helping to the k cold cases acros country. what you should know about protecting your pracy before iv

you're watching news 4 da >> welcome back. dna testing can tell more than just your family histor it is also a new frontier in crime ng. >> doreen gentzler tells us how genetic testinghe helping

police crack cold cases here and around the country. reporter: it starts with a swab of your cheek or a tube of your saliva. dmwith companies like 23an ancestry.com and heritage, forensic testing is a tool in fighting cme. >> if a criminal puts his dna into a family databases, law enforcement can make a family investigation and further their investigatio >> reporter: the technique got notoriety last year, after the golden state killer was found. the big break in the case, dna from a distant relative on a pu ic genealogy website. and police didn't need a warrant to tap into it. as home dna ki become more popular, the databases are growing larger, giving police a chance to maken arrest. this is a look inside d.c.'s crime lab. e work being done here every

day, has solved sex assaults, murders and cold cases. it could prevent future crime. dr. jennifer smith is the director of d.c.'s deptment of forensic sciences with decades of past experience working at the fbi. she's sign the science evolve. >> that day and age, we needed a stain about the size of a nickel. now, we can get dna and amplify it or copy it from very, very small stains. even stains you can't see. >> critics say genealogy raises privacy concerns. y can see you law enforcement officials respond to that side of the story. plus, a glimpse of what the future may hd for police,us g this sophisticated technology. that's tonight at news 4 at 5:00 and 6:00.is and eek, doreen is taking a closer look at the testing kits from the good and the bad

to the somewhat unexpected results. set your dvr. good morning, everybody. we're waking up with temperatures running in many slots, 10 to 15 degrees colder than we were at the same time yesterday. i think you will like today's forecast better tha yesterday's windy windstorm. plus, a slithering stowaway. snakes on p ane is scary enough. how this python managed to make its way on to an international flig. yikes. ht i know what it means to have reliable support.

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you're watching news 4 today. >> today, house democrats will use anywhetheir new majority to the president from building a wall onhe u.s./mexico border. the house will vote to block the president's emergency declaration. it is expected to pass the house. the senate would vote on the bill, where the future is uncertain.> so today, the president's long-time lawyer and fixer, michael cohen, wl begin a three-day run of congressional testimony. >> today's hearing will happen before the senate intelle.ence commit susan mcginnis joins us with a look at the day ahead.oo susan,morning. >> good morning, aaron and eun. what e new information on we might expect from cohen over this week of testimony. he isxpected to describe lies, racism and cheating on the part of donald trump, as a private businessman, as well as criminal conduct on the part of donald trump as president.

also, information about the president's financial statemen see.ich we may even as well as details of president trump's involvement in the hush money scheme, where cohe facilitated payments, if you remember to the two women, who had affairs with president trump, stormy daniels and karen mcdougal, who claimed to have affairs with the president. he is expected to give his modus for lying. and we ha people on the committee that will try to paint cohen has a lawyer and as someone who is not a credible witness. >> susan mcginnis, live for us this morning. thank you. journalist jorge ramos, who you see here, is hoping to come back to the u.s. today. he and his crew fromsion were temporarily detained after an interview with nicolas maduro. the department of state called to release totm. maduro didike the questions that ramos was asking and confiscated the team's equipment and recording from the interview. ed about the country's humanitarian crisis and showed the president venezuelans eating t of trash cans. it was that point when he apparently left the interview.

today, a prominent local pastor will be laid to rest. john e. cherry founded from the heart ministries in prince george's county. throughout his te there, he led an international ministry, spreading across five continents. he passed away unexpectedly last weekend at the age of 79. a viewing is planned at from the heart ministries at 8:00 a.m. memorial service follows at 11:00. the united methodist church is going to vote whether to change the historical position, that sexual relationships should be solely between married men and women. the vote will hachen at the ch general conference. they usually meet every four years and the next one isn't until next year. but divisions over lgbtq issues ve become so sharp within the church, that the council of bishops called the meeting. 5:47 right now. police in falls church are not taking a anti-semitic -- not

taking anti-semitic actions at a school playground lighy. >> they believe the vandalism happened some time in the last threedays. megan mcgrath is outside of mt. daniel elementary school where it happed. megan? >> reporter: that's right. if you look behind me here, yca see the playground here at mt. daniel elementary school. you can see a number of shade canopies. but you can see an empty fra ere. the discovery was made by a h teachere at the school. someone had slashed the fabric canopy on the playground. one set of cuts was in the shape of a swastika. the canopy was taken down and parents were notified. the police chief areleas statement, saying the city of falls church takes actsf anti-semitic vandalism very seriously. our community will not stand fos unacceptable crime of

hatred. now, it's unclear exactly when that canopy was slashed. but it's believed to have happened some time on friday. february 22nd, around 1:30 -- between 1:30 and 12:30 on, mondebruary 25th. anyone who may have seen something suspicious during that timeframe, you're asked to call investigators because they are searching f p theerson responsible. back to you. >> megan, thanks. take look a the violent winds that forced a british airways plane to makendn emergency g yesterday. someone on the ground captured the moment the entire plane was swinging side-to-side. this flight was on the way fromd lo to gibraltar at the time. fethe pilot was able to sa land the plane. >> the wind wasn't as mtense. but ite for bumpy landings there. you can see the turbulence, as planes touched down at reagan on

nati airport. imagine what it i felt likenside the plane for both of those trips. yikes. >> you can hear people praying. before we check in with chuck, one more flight scare story for you. >> that's a two-foot-long python that sneaked out of australia to scotland, on three international flights. it hid ia woman's shoe. it was packed in her bag for that 40-hour trip. experts believe it went into hibernation and ben shedding its skin mid flight. a rescue group is taking care o ake. >> would you rather fly through intense tesurbulence or a snaken the plane? >> give me the turbulence. >> me,too. >> i'll take the snake any day. >> you would take the snake? >> i can cure fear of a snake with a cocktail and smooth flying conditions. yeah. i'll take a snake over turbulence any day of the week, especially since it's not

poisonous. you han turn into a little pet. >> it's a python. >> don't introduce him to your pet rabbit. snow chances are coming to an end over the next month or so. but weay not be completely finished with them yet. we have three chances foron sno the ten-day forecast. i look back. our final significant snow of the year came late last year, march 22nd. the year before that, it w march 13th-14th. in 2016, the last significant snow came in the middle of february, following a big blizzard in january. fourve a solid three to weeks of legitimate snow chances ahead of us and pretty good chances on the next ten days. right now, 37. quiet weather for today. 20s and 30s as your step out the door. you still need your winter coat. it's cold outside.em afternoonratures will peak up to 50 degrees, which is average for tend of february, going into the beginning of march. and for tomorrow, a little more cloud cover and a little chillier as a result. upper 40s tomorrow.

dry weather pill be ince for the next few days, as well. that's welcome news. not going toe windy or raining. let's skip ahead, thursday into friday. thursday night into friday morning, there could be a little chance for a rain/snow mix around here. the rain/snow line in this european model is close by. eris might be wet snow on the grass. s going to be a much more significant chance for snow, as we get sunday night into monday morning. it skipped ahead on me there sorry about that. maybe only an inch on friday. there could be several inchesowf sunday night going into monday morning for next week. what i know for sure, melissa, march is coming in like a lion. >> it is. no doubt. looking right now, chopper 4 on the way to this problem in glen echo. inbound cabin john parkway, near clara barton parkway. it looks like we have that

section shut down. we will get some views from above, a well. we got off the phone with police. a couple vehicles involved and injuries no word on how long that might be closed. frederick, southbound 270, after 70. do have a crash and delays that are headed soouhbound. nort on 95, pretty slow in the lanes at prince william parkway benause of an acc there, as well. and centreville, braddock roadt at pleas valley drive. westbound laneshut down b a crash there. it's 5:53. the countdown is on for spring. and for many of us, the warmer weather means it's time to kick the fitness routines into high gear. >> molette green is bringing us on her journey, getting fit for spring. she is live in bowie, working with her personal trainer. hey, molette. >> reporter: hey, guys. we're here at fitness 4 less, with leona brown. she's working with several of her clients, not just me at the

gym here. that's lamar. he will be pushing that tire all the way down. leonaoesn't have me doing are tihat big just yet. but this is an idea of the work i've been doing. i've been working with leona for a few weeks now. and the whole goal for me was to select wasn't getting anywhere with my fitness goal. let's see what you can do, lamar, with leona, for a second. how big is this tire how heavy? >> this tire is about250 pounds. >> i'm not ready for that yet. you can do it. let's see what you can do it. >> you're going to flip it, jump on it and step down. keep going. go,go, . >> reporter: okay. >> there you go. jump on top, stepdown. >> reporter: i'm not there with my fitness. >> but you will be. >> reporter: i will be. that's what she says. >> you will flip that tire. >> talk to us about, when a person decides to do it on their

own. or get someone like you, to hp them reach fitness goals. >> it's all about motivation. we're trying to t the fitness goals to the next level. we help you set your goals. we help you achieve your goals. we push you harder than you puse yo in the gym. that's why you get personal trainers. we're mentors, coaches, motivators. you d't want to push rd, we're going to push for the nex, se that next rep. when you tell me you can't, i tell you you can. >> i tell her i can't all the time. we're going to bero working h the next hour, tips that you can do at home. dr. leona brown, shouldsay. she has a ph.d. this is stuff she knows inside and outside.s fitn 4 less in bowie. come on down, aaron. i want aaron to push that tire. >> i can't hear you. >> how many yea do you have to workout to workout like lamar? >> thanks, molette.

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news 4 today starts now. >> good morning, everyone. i'm eun yang. >> and i'm aaron gilchris esst approaching 6:00 a.m. on this tuday. thank you for joining us. it was a wild monday weather-wise. >> it was. >> strong winds blowing all over the place, all over the region, all day long. and knocked down trees and power lines. this was the case in tenleytown here in.c our cameras spotted this mess near the whole food there's. >>hopefully ftoday'sorecast has better news. we start with storm team 4 meteorologi eteorologist, chuck bell. what can we expecday, chuck?

>> a little more sunshine and a lot less wind. those are two steps in the right direction, for sure. high pressure will be o controllin weather for the next couple of days. temperatures in a few dre degre today, tomorrow and thursday, as well. friday morning, we're watching for ae little cha of what can be a rain/snow combination. omno big blizzardg on friday. more significant chances of snow, sunday and monday of next week. rightnow, your tuesd morning, 22 in manassas. 27 in colombia, maryland. 29 in clinton, maryland. 36 in washington. tur planner for wake-up hours, 20s and 30 sun's up just before 7:00 a.m. just 45 minutes from now. and your forecast hi today, 52 degrees. plenty of sunshine and a much more tolerable breezetoday. northwest at 5 to 15 miles per hour. melissa, no holding on for dear life today. chopper 4