hit-and-run in vienna. police need answers to two big questions, who is responsible and who's the police also dealing with a lot of unanswered questions in bethesda after ack shog discovery. human remainsea found nr a busy shopping center and bus stop. and we've got a mix of sun and clouds out there today, not. looking too and of course, the winds are a lot lighter compared to yesterday. but all of our focus turns to friday. what we're looking at? we'll show you, coming up. >> announcer: news 4 midday starts now. >> good morning and welcome to news 4 midday. i'm molette green. >> and i'm melissa mollet.

we start with that breaking news in virginia.n a pedestrit and killed on leesburg pike in the tyson's corner area. >> police say it was a hit-and-run. and they are still looking for the driver. news 4's megan mcgrath is in fairfax county. megan, what have we learned now? >> reporter: well, they are still looking for information and they're looking for potential witnesses. this is eastbound route 7 that youee behind me here. and the body was found right beyond this pedestrian crosswalk here, which actuallyuts through the ramp that leads traffic down on to 495 south. it's aricky area for pedestrians and the striking vehicle in hethis, driver, did not stop. it's a difficult crossing for pedestrians,alking along route 7 in tysons. to continue heading straight, you have t cross the on-ramp to the beltway and pick up the dewalk on the other side. the crosswalk is in the middle of that >> because it's a difficult

area. there are no pedestrian signals righhere. so pedestrians have to cross, be very vigilant of motorists. >> reporter: it was some time between 6:15 and 6:45 this morning. someone in the area called 911 and reported a body along the side of theroad. investigators don't have much to go on. strikingr of the vehicle did not stay on the scene. without witnessatinfon, police can't release a lookout thethe car, not the make or color. while the body was found near the crosswalk, it's unclear if the victim was inside theines when he was struck. and police say that visibility could have also been a factor in all of is. again, the time period, around 6:15 to 6:45. so if it was closer to 6:15, it would have been rather dark out at that point of the morning. no they are looking for witnesses, anyone in the area. if you saw something, they want to hear from you,hey really

need some help on othis. back t you. >> megan, thank you so much. we are also following a o developing stothe other side of the potomac. a body found along a busy road in montgomery county. >> this was along old georgetown road in bethesda, just outside the beltway and notthar fro wildwood shopping center. news 4's justiiv finch is at the scene with what we've learned. hi, justin. >>me ssa, molette, good morning. we have been in touch with montgomery county police and they tell us they are moving ahead with but doing so very carefully and are now awaiting a cau of death from the medical examiner. a monday night mystery waiting to be solved that all begins at this metro bus stop. a person dead, their body wrapped up and left behind like litter. someone passing by called it in. >> they saw what appeared to be a body just off the side of e road over there, in a tarp or some sort of covering. a responded and we did find

deceased body. >> reporter: what montgomery county police calledn undetermined death. the response shut down a southbound lane of traffic, not long after this neighbor says he had jt biked by. >> i came back from the -- i was athe tack onbi my on the sidewalk. >> about what time was that? >> i came back, it was 4:30, so good hours. you say it was -- >> about an hour before. >> an hou before and i couldn't see anything. i would have noticed, definitely >> reporter: definitely a sight miss.ould be hard to police and neighbors, too, believe there are more clues to be gotten o here. that's because, think about it, this happened by a bus stop here off busy old georgetown road. you have the beltway going this way, democracy boulevard going that way, and this was cald in just before 5:30 during the evening rush. so odds are that somebody out here likely saw something.

along this stretchf old georgetown road, neighbors are hoping they'llow soon learn this sad and strange story came together. and concern too for that neighbor, he is a father of wonders what could have happened between about 2:30 and 5:30 when that as you heard in the piece, as well, this is now being called an undetermineddeath. police at this point not even releasing the gender of that body until they have the rests of that autopsy. e're live here in bethesda, i'm justin finch, ne4. >> thank you, justin. icy road conditions may have caused an early morning crash i montgomery county. chopper 4 flew over the ascr that was pin bound cabin john parkway ceforelara barton. used a lot of backups in rnbethesda this g. >> and cabin john parkway finally reopened after 8:00 this morning. eultiple people were injured,

but they expected to be okay. >> with more on our cold morning, we're joined now by storm team 4's lauryn ricketts. so what does the rest of our day looklike? >> i know it was below freezing early this morning, guys, so that's definitely psosible with icy spots out there. and considering the rain that we got yesterday, but looking a lot better out there today, as we are looking at som much drier conditions out there today. live capital camera, a mix of sun anerclouds. teures are in the 40s. so, again, not that bad. we're pretty quiet out there. and we will continue to be quiet through much of the day today, and then, as we head into the end of this week, that's when we start to see a few issues we'll have to start to pay attention to. 46 degrees, our temperatures right now. we'll continue to move on up, be on one side or the other of 50 degrees today. so really depending on your location, but the winds are ui light, pretty out there, pretty tranquil out there. so we're reallt not looking much today and we need a quiet day around here. so 52 will be our daytime high today. we're back in the mid- to upper 40s tomorrow, back around 50 ona

thursday then friday, a little cooler. however, onrefriday, w going to have to watch for some rain and snow coming our way just in ti for that morning commute. so we'll time that out for you. we'll talk about the weekend, as well. that's coming up in jt about 15 minutes. >> all right. thank you, lauryn. house lawmakers are expected to return from recess in about an hour. some time after that, they are expected to vot r on aolution that would block president trump's national emergency declaration for the u.s./mexico border. after a passage by the house, the resolution would then go to the senate, where it faces an uncertain future. several republicans would need to break with their party for it to pass and go to the president's desk. but even if that happens, the president says he will veto it. right now pansident trump north korean leader kim jong-un are in vietnam ahead of theirecond summit. the president arrived hanoi this morning and officialsd ed off him as he ste air force one. the two leaders will discuss

denuclearizing north korea. nbc's susan mcginnis tells us what we can expec from the summit. >> reporter: underig tht ecurity, president trump and north korean leader kim jong-un arrive in hanoi, meeting this week for a second summit. the objective, to forge a path for north korea to surrender its weapons. >> i think we'll have a very tremendous summit. we want denuclearization. >>eporter: the president will try to sell kim on a bright future for north korea, painting the region as potential economic powerhouse, if it gives up its nuclear ambition. after the first summit, d president trumlared north korea no longer a nuclear threat, but the nation actually widened its nuclear program. >> we haven't seen the actual launches, but they're continuing to develop their ballistic missile capability, they'rent uing to enrich uranium. >> reporter: on capitol hill, expectations are low. >> i'm not expecting anything dramatic. i hope we make progress.

but this is going to be more of a marathon, in my opinion. u >> reporte. officials worry the president could offer concessions without gaining much. >> take a moment and read his own briefings from his ownte lligence people. >> at least if you're give north korea a peace declaration, we need to get something in return. >> reporter: hope but uncertainty -- >> i think we can have a very good epsummit. >>ter: -- heading into a second landmark summit. president trump says north korea has done no nuclear testing in months and if that remains the case, he says he's in no rush. in washington, susan mcginnis, nbc news. t ps morning, d.c.ice are trying to solve another homicide. it happened around 6:30t las night on first street southwest. a woman was found shot several times near the squares apartment building. there are hundreds of apartments near the scene. police hope someone saw something. they are urging anyone with any information to give them a call. for thenecond time two

days, a marc tra has hid a pedestrian in prince george's county. the teenage victim has life-threatening injuries. hitay night, a tra someone near bowie state university. we are learning new details about that crash in bowie killed six people. sources tell news 4 the mother who was driving the car may have been drunk. dominique taylor allegedly had a blood alcohol level of more than twice the legal limit. she is the only survivor of that crash off of route 301 earlier this month. five children, including two of her ow died. the 23-year-old man riding in the front passenger seat was taken off life support last week. lice say none of the children were wearing seat belts when their car crashed. it is not clear t whetherlor will be charged. if you are near the udc campus this afternoon, you may notice a big police presence. police areg conduct an active shooter drill. it's going to start at 12:30 and officers will be role-playing and using blank ammo.

again, that drills set t start at 12:30. traveling from d.c. to newin york by t usually takes a couple of hours -- >> yeah! >> now amtrak has a plan to get you there even faster. >> it sounds fascinating. we'll see how it all works out. and newti infor on charges against robert kraft, the owner of the patriots, accused of soliciting a prostitute. the evidence the police say they the evidence the police say they have aat redfin, we chargere. you a 1% listing fee.

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innocent. maryland's newly enacted red flag law has cut down on domestic violence cases. theawllows authorities to temporarily take away or stop someone from buying a gun if the person is considered a threat to himself or others. since last october, 422 red flag petitions have been filed in maryland. nearly half of them have been granted. >> most important part of this g is, duhe week after the order has been served, many, many of the respondaents inhese cases have been taken from mental health treatment. >> maryland's redlag law was adopted in october of last year. this morning, new england patriots owner robert kraft i facing more charges in florida. police say the billionaire was caught in an investigation into sex crimes. now the nfl has decided how to deal with the owner of the league's mostucssful franchise. nbc's kerry sanders reports from west palm beach. >> reporter: prosecutors in

florhaa nowing kraft with two misdemeanor counts of first-degree solicitation of prostitution. >> we treat all defendants the same and no one gets any special justice inalm beach county. >> investigators releasing graphic new details of kraft's two alleged sexual encounters, everything police say recorded on as many as five surveillance cameras. one of kraft's alleged visits, the morning of the afc championship .ga detectives say kraft, documented on video, engaging in a sex act, handing over a $100 bill and another bill, and then leaving in a chauffeur bentley waitingid oue. if convicted, there billionai and 24 others named in the investigation could face up to i year jail. kraft could als face penalties from the nfl. the organization issuing statement monday, saying in part,ur personal conduct policy applies equally to everyone in the nfl. we will handle this allegation in theay same we would handle

any issue under the policy.lo kraft'sda lawyer not responding monday when asked to comment, but last week a spokesman saying, kraft denied any illegal activity. >> lawyer representing one of the other men caught up in this investig now arguing that the police undercover videotape, a key piece of evidence, was gathered illegally and should be thrown out. kerry sanders, nbc news, palm beach county, florida. r. kelly is a free man this morning after spe the night in jail. the singer was released yesterday after posting bond. in court, he pleaded not guilty to several sexual abuse charges involving minors. an attorney representing two of the victims says he believes more charges will be filed aggnst kelly in the com weeks. the singer denies all accusations of sexual misconduct. right now police are investigating a case of anti-semitic vandalism at a ayground in falls church. they believe it happened some time between friday and yesterday. e vandals targeted mt. daniel

elementary school on oak street. police say a teacher found fabric slashed in several placee onplayground's canopy. one set of cuts was in the shape of a swastika. the canopy was removed and the parents.endent notified police released a statement reading in part, they take these acts of anti-semitic vandalism very siously andill not stand for hatred. today, the united methost church iet to vote on whether to change the church's historical position that sexual relationships should be solary betweened men and women. the vote will happen at a special meeting of the church's general conference. it usually meets every four years and the next one is not scheduled until next ar. but divisions over lbgt issues have become so sharp within the church that its council of bishops called the special meeting. there are new plans to push your amtrako ride higher speeds on the northwest corridor. the fastest trip right now is the acela train, about two hours

and 45 minutes from d.c. to new trk. >> we wverything so fast these days. amtrak wants to make it even taster. transpon reporter adam tuss explains. >> reporter: the northeast corridor amtrak experience is going tochange, and soon. >> looking at every curve, every possibility where we can improve the trip time r >>orter: take a look at this new video. amtrak trains tilting, ltoning curves to get as much speed as possible. no currentcela trains can go as high as 150 miles an hour along the northeastnd corridor they do tilt a bit, but rarely do they maintain that kind of speed. amtrak today telling newsth e next generation trains are going to be rolling out in two years and they should shave time off trips. that's right. >> reporter: caroline decker is the vice president of the northeast corridor service line. list to this thought that's being considered. >> if you did a nonstop train, so that means you're eliminating your stops between here andouew york,ould look at an

approximately 2 1/2 hour trip time. >> reporter: bottom line, amtrak putting huge i plans motion to bring the northeast corridor speed. to at union station, adam tuss, news 4. 11:19 is your time right now. most of us snap pictures on our iphones every day. some of us, everyhour. and now apple is giving us a look at some of the best iphone pictures from around the world. >> apple had a social mediaco est called shot on iphone challenge. a rep for apple appeared on the "today" show to talk about the winners. here's a look at one of them. >> so we got submissions from all over the world and one of the ways to submit was just use to use our #shotoniphone on skpoes social and we were blown away with some of the photos that came in.on >> here's this is of a basketball court, i don't know where. >> it's in hong kong, lyactu it's a beautifully colorful apartment building in the background. weove how the photo looks if you werehis, but to zoom in, you could see all

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more than 180 people have been trapped on atrded amtrak train in oregon since sunday. >> the crews say they will likely reach that train today. nbc's miguel almaguer reports on this passenger train nightmare.:

>> reporhis morning, tense moments for passengers stuck on an amtrak train in oregon for almost 36 hours, after hitting a tree that had fallen on to the tracks, trapping nearly 200op onboard. officialsay the amtrak co-star lite, which operates daily lbetween seattle andos angeles, was halted byling debris sunday, coming to a sudden stop at about 6:00 p.m. in oak ridge, a small town 40 miles east of eugene, temporarily putting those onboard on p ahway to nowhere. bad weather burying the train in up t 4 feet of snow. the train's day and a half long standstill causing stress and anxiety for some passengers. >> it's really bad. it's really bad, becau we don't have any access to fresh air, so we can't get off the train, we can't -- we're not supposed to open the windows. a lot of our younger folks, ui we've got q a few college students on right now that are trying to get back down to california. we've had a couplef panic attacks that we've worked through.

>> amtrak releasing a statement overnight, saying that none of the 183 passengers and dozen crew members aboard were injured, but due tooad closures, there was no viable way to safely transportpa engers or crews via alternate transportation, adding, they are actively workinwith union pacific to clear the right of way and get passengers off the train. this morning, those onboard the straed plane cast away in the cold winter weather, hoping this harrowing ordeal will soon come to an end. >> butgenerally, everybody's just getting along and just kind of waiting. it's like, at this point, it's just, there's nothing anybody can do to get us anywhere, because the weather. >> i know how to get people through. people would be walking. see ya! thanks. >> that is amazing. that story is >> it's like being stuck on a

tarmac. that's als something i always scared of. gosh, that's crazy! oh, man. not around here, we don't have any crazy conditions like that.s the w are gone, thank goodness. >> that wind was awful.aw >> l! >> scary. >> yeah, scary winds. and overnight, going into your monday morning, and they're with us all day long. that was the number one question. whng are these winds g to die down? they died down finally yesterday evening, but they were with us fo good 24, even 36 hours in some spots. so, again, breezy winds are gone. it's a thing of the past. much lighter winds out there today, and pretty quiet out there today, guys. we've got a mix of sun and clouds. not looking too bad. now, temperatures out there, a little cool. seasonal for this time of year. average temperatures, aut 50 degrees. that's about where we'll top out. temperatures are in the 30s across the board, anywhere from the low 30s to upper 40s right now. we'll be in the low 50s for daytime highs today, with a light wind out there, but quiet day.e go through the and as i've been saying, we deserve some quiet weather

across the area. so if you're working out later on this evening, it will be quiet, seasonal, don't have to worry about that wind blowing you away. and any after-school activity, i know the kids have basketball and volleyball and swimming, it will be cold after sunset. the sun goesn a little before 6:00, so not looking that bad. but since we have clear and light winds, that temperature will plummet as we head into the t.overni top out in low 50s for daytime highs today, but that temperature will fall pretty se quickly, bece have no clouds to insulate us. they act like a blanket sometimes, but if we have clear skies at night, that temperature is allowed to fall. and it falls pretty quickly all the way down to the surface. as far as people asking about snow e'll start seeing again, listen, our last snow on average is usually in march, plpecially in the last c of years. you can see that we've had a couple of inches last year, 4 to 8 inches on march 22nd, march 13th and 14th, we had 2 to 4 inches, march 14th and 15th i'm sorry, february 14th and 15th, 2016, that was our lastsn .

so we do have snow in the forecast on that ten-day. i'll show youhat hour byhour, starting on friday morning, we snowfall.e some we'll talk about that. that's coming up in about tente mi >> always have that four-letter word in there. >> i know, i know. >> thank you, lauren. a comedian with a very serious message this morning. jon stewart's plea to congress to protect 9/11 first responders. and president trump's former longtimey attorne michael cohen begins three days of testimony on capitol hill. ew information on what h

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welcome back.11 0 on this tuesday. michael cohen is now testifying on capitol hill. the first of thr days of testimony. >> the president's -- his first stop, actually, the senate intelligence mmittee, where he do testifying behind those closed ors. now, tomorrow,e testifies in public before the house

oversight committee, but don't expect to hear about the russia inveigation in cohen's public testimony. at's according to an agreement between the committee and the justice department since the investigation is still underway' kristen welker repos. >> reporter: president trump's former personal attorney, michael cohen, begins a three-day marathonmo of testiny on capitol hill, including intense questioning focused on his former ass. ource with knowledge of what to expect this week says cohen willha address he perceives to be criminal conduct by the president since he took office. mr. trump's financial statements, potential including details about his tax returns, and his involvement in possible campaign violations, including hush money payments to stormy ed iels over their all affair, which mr. trump denies. nothing will be off-limits in the two closed-door sessions slated for tay and thursday. 6emocrats say one focus, that june 2 meeting between

campaign officials and a russia. attorn cohen also expected to be grilled on his previous false statements about working oil bung a trump tower in moscow, well into the campaign. then president has consiy insisted there was no wrongdoing. >> everybody knew about it. it was written about in newspars. it was awell-known project. >> reporter: cohen's attorney, lanny davi givingis own preview. >> there are a couple of things that he'll say that he heard donald trump say c behindsed doors about black people, that people, even h supporters, will say, yep, that's trump. >> reporte asked about it recently, the president appearing unphased. >> do you have any conce ms abouthael cohen's testimony? >> no, no, no. it's lawyerlient, but he's taking his own ch>>ces. eporter: the president's former so-called fixer was sentenced in december to three years in prison for financial crimes and lying to congwss. nos he prepares to head back to capitol hill, cohen facing skeptical lawmakers. >> he's already lied to congress

once. now, i know he says he's been born again andll of that, but i don't know how you separate fact from fic with mr. cohen. >> kristenelker reporting there. we can expect fireworks, she says, tomorrow wn michael cohen testifies in public about the president's business dealings. and also right now on capitol hill, top executives from several drug companies are testifying in a senat finance committee hearing. they're discussing the increasing prices of prescription medications. the committee believes drug prices are too high and wants to aynd to lower costs for patients. :32 this morning. comedian jon stewart is leading a push for congress toul fund the 9/11 first responders' compensation fund. >> many of a those men women who put their lives on the line have suffered from serious health issues, but their claims are not being fully pai nbc's andrea mitchell reports. >> reporter: jon stewart has an urgent message for congress.

take care of the 9/11 firstsp ders exposed to toxic materials at ground zero. >> this has to stop. they're not pawns.ot they'reeople to be played with. do the right thing and do it in a manner that respects the 18 years that they've suffered throh this. >> reporter: as the years passed, canceth cases and d claims areti skyrockeng. five years after jon stewart took up the cause, empty chairs as the losses mounted. whereout of curiosit is everybody? >> it's you and i. >> reporter: now compensation for victims is running out. so the government plans to cute pa by 50 to 70%. john feel, a demolition worker on the pile. >> everybody knows these cancers and these respiratory illnesses have different latency periods. i mean, come, it's just insulting. we're sick and dying, but we're not stupid. >> you've gon to 181 funerals of responders? >> yes, ma'am. and i paid for nine of them, acause they couldnord to bury their loved ones.ay

>> reporter: pfeifer, a firefighter who helped lead the fight, diedn 17, one of more than 200 firefighters who have died of cancers from 9/11. andrea mitchell, nbc ws, washington. right now, we're also following another developing m story, hearing fe vatican after a top financial adviser to pope francis was found guilty of sexual abuse of a chil the vatican says cardinal george powell has the right to defendh elf and the last level of justice in australia but the news is still painful. powell will face sentencing hearing tomorrow. a jury convicted the 77-year-old of molesting two choir boys in australia in 1996.ll s the most senior catholic e clericver charged and convicted of child sex abuse. he faces up to 50 years in prison. last week, pope francis de ocked former cardinal and archbishop of washington, theodore mccarrick. guilty of found him sex crimes. dna test can go tell more

than just your family history, it can also be a new frontier in crime fighting. >> news 4's dorene gentzler tells us how genetic testing is helping police crack cold cases. >> reporter: now with the popularity of companies like 23 and me, ancestry.com and my heritage, forensic genealogy has ecome a powerful tool in fighting crime. >> but if a family member puts their dna into o of these family search databases by dna, law enforcement can make a family connection. >> reporter: the technique got national attention last year after the notorious golden state killer was captured in california, nearly 40 years after his reign of terror began. the big break in the case,dna from a distant relative on a public genealogy website called

pd match andice didn't need a warrant to tap into it. as home dna kits become more popular, those databasesre growing larger, giving police a better chance at making an arrest. >> this is a rare look inside d.c.'s crime lab, the work that's being done here every day els alreadyd to solve cndreds of sex assaults, murders, andd cases. what's more, it could prevent futurecrime. >> reporter: dr. jennifer smith is the director of d.c.'s department of fensic sciences, with decades of past experiences working at the fbi. she's seen the science evolve. >> in 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 , even stains you can't see. cs>> and cri say forensic genealogy raises some serious concerns. >> see how law enforcement officials respond to that part glimpsetory, plus a into what the future may hold for police using this technique.

that's all tonight on news 4 at 4:00 and 6:00. all this week, dorene is taking a closer look at these kits, from the good and the bad to the somewhat unexpected results. set your dvr and be sure to watch. ok, we've got some local dancers in the national spotlight. how you c see the risin stars. and storm team 4 tracking several chances for snow, snow

tonight, a local dance team is hitti the small screen. last week, wece introdu you to the west springfield dance team. before joining the team, many of these girls, they had never danced a day in their lives. >> that's amazing. the team first tried out for o "worlddance" in new york before flying to l.a. for the big taping. here's a sneak peek. ♪ >> thais just some of the west

springfield dance team performance, for judges derek hough, ne-yo, and jennifer lopez. i always say it wrong. how theid tonight at 9:00 right after "the voice". >> i can do a little bit of that and get fit for spring. >> just move? >> just practice i can't be for j.lo, but just do a practice session with them. what do you think? >> i thi it would be some pretty good cardio and your shainer would be very, very happy. would say, do it! let's go! lauryn's here. >> lauryn ricketts, hello, hello. >> hello, hello. >> so t we'reking about snow twice coming up? >> potential, potential, potential. >> potential. we've got a few chances. and its glittle erratic, especially, always as we enter march, it -- h but we've snow in march, for the last two years. i think four out of the last wve years. >> doesn't mean want to keep it going. >> i agree with that! i'm ready for springve i thinkbody else is onboard with that, as well. now, listen, tuesday, wednesday, thursday, we are dry.

then friday morning comes along, temperatures are going to beco . we've got some snow, light stuff in the forecast, the confidence on this is really, really lo s butce it's coming during the morning commute, of course, that can create a lot of problems. but it looks like by friday afternoon, we're dry, and temperures go up onsaturday. we have scattered rain chances as we head through your day on sa grday. so letahead and get into it. because today, we're going to be dry, we're dry all u the wayil thursday. now, through thursday night, clouds increase, and this is 10:30 thursday night. look at this coming our wa we'll start to see snow spread in here during the overnight. now, alls mode pretty much pointing to something trying to move in here during the overnight. but lk at that through the morning commute, that's why we have to pay attention to this it's ut look how quick out of here, done! and a lot of this has us gapping up andting out of here pretty quickly and we're dry through the afternoon. hat will be something we have to watch, of course. but it looks on the light side if we do see anything. it doesn't look like everybody's

going to see it. ro tomorrow, sunny, chilly, and increasing clouds h the day on thursday, to set us up for that system on friday. over the next three days,ete're dry and tranquil out there. and you can see high pressure in charge. we are looking goodcross the mid-atlantic. so if you're traveling later on today, you're going to be a-okay. current temperatures out there right now are in the 40s for everybody. topping out in the low 50s for daytime highs today, mix of sun and clouds, they'll be fighting beforechthe. just a t cooler. temperatures stopping the mid- to upper 40s, but another day where we'll get o a mix sun and clouds. and again, we're dry on thursday, temperatures at 50 degrees. we have those shower and snow chances as we get into your friday morning. dry on friday afternoon, but rain chances return on saturday. that will not be our last chance of snow. we have a couple of next week and i'll expand that whole ten-day fog cast, that's com up in just about 15 minutes. >> okay. thank you, laurens

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back now with an nbc investigatiore bakeware is advertised as oven and microwave safe. >> so why is this well-known product shattering without warning? lisa parker from our sister station in chicago takes us inside a demo kitchen to get some answers. this is what you get. >> in kitchens across the country -- >> after pyrex baking dish explodes. >> 15 minutes in, it was just like, kaboom! it was like a bomb had gone off. >> shards of shattered glass start this story. >> within two minutes, i heard an explosion. it was like a pop.

nd reports of a well-known b of glassware exploding, sending glass flying. >> pyrex,se do not it. >> without warning. >> this is what happened just a few minutes ago. >> pyrex, the kitchen staple for re than a century now, manufactured by corelle brands was originally made of aypof glass used borosilicate. but somewhere along the ways that recipe changed and pyrex is now made of the less expensive soda lime glass, a type of glass now underfire from hundreds complaining online, posting photos of shards of glass they say came from pyrexncookware their ovens, microwaves, and onp counte. from michigan, it sounded like a bomb went off in our kitchen. missouri, exploded in her hands, cutting her on the wrist, chin, and under the eye. and from arizona, it exploded violently, glass literally everywhere, so scary.

corelle brands calls those types of storiay unusual and it produces glassware of the highest quality that is safe to use in conventional, convection and microwave ovens, and while any glass has the possibility of defection. yet we found 850 reports including pyrex and other brands submitted to the consumer product safety commission over the last sevenyears. a trail of shattered glass in kitchens nationwide. so whys it happening? we hope to answer that with a demonstration in this lab. where we brought two brand-new baking dishes. on the left, pyrex brand, made of soda lime glass. on the right, a different brand made of borosilicate. usomg sand,n in this type of demonstration, glass expert mark michelin filled both baking dishma. >> it has, it can absorb heat and really hold it, just like a liquid can.

>> and put both in a standard oven at 450 degrees, neay an hour later, the pyrex explodesi almostantly, sending shards of glass flying after being o placed a wet stone slab, an extreme condition not advised, but what michelin says and can does >> this was an actual explosion, brought about by thermal asshoc. thatretty sobering, pretty scary. >> reporter: as soda lime glaup heats he explains, it grows and expands. put on a cool >> and that movement is then retracting suddenly. >> reporter: that surface qukly absorbs the heat, creating thermal shock. >> reporter: the bottom is trying to shrink really, really rapidly and it just can't. >> reporter: the same thing can happen, he sa, whe a cool glass dish goes into a preheated oven. >> do you want that propelled at you. >> the potential for injury? >> it's pretty high.or >> rr: then to

borosilicate, the kind pyrex m used to e of, kept in our oven almost two hours and put on that wet stone slab. >> instead of it breaking cat catastrophically, it in what looks to be basically three pieces. >> reporter: he says the reason is sime. borosilicate does not expand nearly as much as glass when heated. >> if i had to choose this or that, i would pay the extra llar and get this. >> lisa parker reporting there. there is one thing that the maker of pyrex and its critics can agron. the best place to put hot glassware out ofhe oven is on to aloth potholder. >> good idea. the other questions may be answered in aio class a lawsuit filed in chicago, which alleges that pyrex is dangerous and ctive, allegations that corelle brands has dend no court. the company tells us they do not comment on pending litigation. this year's easter egg roll

has been set for april 22nd, the monday after easter. and as in years past, parents with kids under 13 can enteror tickets. m will be done through an online lotto sysat opens this thursday and will remain open until monday. the popular traditi on the south lawn dates back more than 140 years to rutherford b. hayes. the countdown is on for spring. many of usoping thearmer weather means it's time to kick into those fitness roowines. >> i i'm bringing you along on my journey to get fit for nring. come o and do this with me. i have some tips this morning from a personal trainer on routines that you can do, we all can do, at home. okay.t take a look this lower body workout. it's quite simple.e leona brown h at fitness for less, she's with conve fitness. she's the trainer helping me get fit for spring. the basic lunge here, you can dt this wit trainer and you

don't even have to be in a gym, right, leona? what are we working>> on? working the gluts, working the core, oh, my goodness, quads burning? hamstrings burning, gluts burning? >> and the whole idea is for me to lose 20 pounds and i'm inviting everybody to help me get fit for spring. i needed a trainer to get me going, but leona, really quickly, you don't need a trainer, you don't have to be in the gym every day. >> you do not. you donot. you can do this right at home. for work, you can take five minutes off and do these in front of your desk if you need to. >> get fit for spring, folks. that's the whole goal. we're doing it this morning at the gym, but you can do it and get started right at home. >> come on! give me five more! >> i'm just, watchi i can feel it? my quads. >> and you know what, every week,e're going the try to give folks at homes some tips, some exercises that they can do at home. coming up tomorrow on news 4

today, we're going to share tme easy works from moms, you and me, on the go, some of these women just had babies and some in the class are pregnant. got to watch it. >> good for them! looking forward to that. thank you, molette. coming up next, it is located not far from the white hous h in antoric church. >> the district's inaugur day crvicesenter for the

a. new d homeless day center has opened about a block away from the white house. >> news 4's marcy graves introduces us to the woman who will run the center and w spent ten years living on the streets. >> humiliating. dehumanizing. frightening. >> reporter: that's howyo tok derekson describes life without a place to call home. she spent ten years homeless, sleeng on the reets. >> i slept in front of the white house, i slept in lafayette park. now derekson has a home and she works just a block away from the white house, as the program director for the new downtown day center. she helped mayor bowser cut the ribbon on ew facility. >> housing first! >> in a city ass prosper as ours, we can do better by our homeless neighbors. are you with me? >> reporter: the new center is a place where homeless can get basic comforts that many of us take for granted, like laundry,

computer access, a hair cut, a hot shower, but also, health care,obtraining, and help finding a home. >> you okay there? >> i'm good. i'm good. >> reporter: but derekson promises something beyond those services to every person who walks through the doors. >> i can tell she's okay. >> reporter: a smile and some love. >> one of the things that i wa noticed when homeless, people don't talk to you. you know, and that just makes it worse. >> how's that salad? reporter: the district hasn't had a day center for homeless in downtown d.c. for more than a decade. and since the closing of the mlk library two years ago for renovations, the homeless in downtown have had nowhere to go during the day whenhe shelters are closed. the new day center is located in the basementf theistoric new york avenue presbyterian church, the same church where president abraham lincoln once worshipped. in the district, mark seagraves, news 4. all right. time now for one last lk at at weather. >> hey, there, lauryn?

>> hey, there, guys. temperatures out there today are ing to be in the low 50s, a mix of sun and clouds out there, upper 40s for owtomorrow, 50s on thursday with increasing clouds the next three days. cookie cutter, kind of be the same. friday morning, a cha some rain and snow mix. it's light, but coming during the morning commute. frid afternoon, dry. all rain through the day on saturday with temperatures in the 50s. it will be all right. c anothence of some rain and snow on monday. and then another chance of some snow as we get into wednesday. so it looks like march is coming in like littlecub, not necessarily a lion, but still, might be coming in a little ferocious. >> okay. ank you, lauryn. that's it for news 4 midday. thanks so mh for joiningus. we are back on the air this afternoon first at 4:00. weatheran get news and updas anytime with the ntebc

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