good morning. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm ee yang. we h busy day of news ahead, and we'll make sure you're prepared with everything you need to know. that starts with a check of your commute and forecast. storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell ita here to things off and then we'll check in with melissa. chuck, what can we expect today? >> pretty good weather for february temperatures right around average. no rain to worry about, no snow to worry about. sounds like a win to me for wednesday. temperature now 25. 28 in montgomery llage. 30 degrees in leesburg. 23 in charlestown, west virginia. 36 in annapolis. your wakeup weather then, sun sun is up at 6:44. temperatures will climb out of the 20s and into low to mid 30s by 10:00. toery's high teure, 49 degrees, one degree colder than average. we can deal with that. tomorrow, little bit warmer, up to 50, but a little more of a breeze tomorrow north wind.

it will feelchillier. still watching for a chance of wet snow on friday morning. more about that and the cold coming upat's to come in a few minutes. let's go to melissa. >> good morning, chuck. taking a look at northbound georgia avenue at bel pre road. your alternates, connecticut avenue, arctic avenue wilu get round this. right now we have that closure as you'rehbeading nond. southbound not affected. inbound suitland parkway lan blocked. no access to the douglas bridge. right lane getting by that work zone. arlington westbound 66 eaffairfx drf a crash there on northbound 95. disabled tractor trailer, aaron? >> melissa, thank you. win begin with bre news in silver spring. melissa just talked about this. right now georgia avenue is shut down at bel pre road because of theiery crash. this is the traffic camera.

the car was fully engulfed in flames when montgomery county firefighters arrived last night. four people were hurt and taken to the hospital. we'll have a live report from the scene coming up at a baby that was abducted during a carjacking is home safe this morning, but the people who stole that car are still on the run. >> this happened yesterday afternoon on martin luther king jr. highway on t d.c./maryland border. a mom ran into a gas station and left the b in the car running. seconds later two people jumped in and took off with the baby still inside. they abandoned the baby a half mile away on a street corner in her car seat. coming up, we'll hear from the two women who helped sav that baby. itok is 4:32, at other top stories this morning. new details about thean found dead on monday in bethesda. these items the victim was aring. the person had on a necklace and rosary. the victim is a hispanic man in

his 20s to 30s with several tattoos. his body was found wrapped in a bag near a bus stop near old georgetown road. police hope the items will help idtify the man. we are monitoring vietnam. president trump and kim jong-un will have a one-on-one meeting before dinner. stay with news 4 for the very latest. > this morning, we're counting down to michael cohen's public testimony before a congressional committee. this is the first time we'll hear directly from the president's former lawyer and fixer. cohen's testimony is expected to be explosive. a source tells nbc news that cohen will describe allegations of what the source calls theid present's lies, racism andti cheang as a private businessman. cohen is expected to address the president's business dealings and hush money payments. nbc news reports he will show a signed check from th trump ganization as evidence. cohen's testimony begins at 10:00 this morning. stay with news 4 on air for

special report. it's now 4:34. today the future of the peacen crossrince georges county will be officially in the hands of the u.s. supreme court. the 40 foot monument has been there for 140 years. the american american humanist association says cross violates separation of church and state because it's on public and and maintained with tax dollars. supporters say it's a memorial, not a religious symbol. >>nd reminds us on a daily basis as we pass through here theireople sacrifice lives for the freedoms that we take advantage of everyday. >> there's a sectarian religious symboln prominently government land being paid for by taxpayers. >> justices have allowed for more than an hour for arguments on this issue this morning. that motionill carry 5-4 with ms. rose, mr. morris, mr.

hornburger opposed. >> in a contentious 5-4 vote, the lou down county school board voted in favor of protecting lg q students from discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender idoptity. nents say the policy allows trans gender students to use locker rooms and bathrooms that align with their identity. >> a locker room decided to have slave game as part of its history lesson for black history month. it caused serious backlash. last night the naacp fired back and now the superintendent says in theool system is process of making changes to address racism, cultural insensitivity and inequality. he says teachers and staff will be required to take mandatory training. a social media sexng schemeexposed at a local high school. the alarming case involves naked pictures of underage girls found

on several snapchat accounts. the investigation started at ig robinson hh school in fairfaxty coun news 4 cory smith has the story. >> parents in fairfax are having tough conversations with their kids abouthe dangers of social media. >> it surprises me that this happens, you know, justith middle school, high school that kids are stupid enough to do this. >> reporter: police have identified a robinson high school student who allegedly posted nakedhotos of underage girls. at least three other students also had access ao theount and tonight all of the juveniles are considered suspects. >> infuriates me. i would be all over that in a second and would be trying to hunt down the kids thatere ing it and talking to the parents. >>eporter: so far at least one female victim has been identified, but there could be more. police say a message was posted to the group asking for pictures of femalent stu from four other fairfax high schools inuding west springfield. with widespread use of social media among teens, parents say it's another etreminder to l

them know that the internet is practically forever. >> anything you put out there will be out there forever. it will never go soaway. you never want to share anything like that. >> reporter: so far, no charges have bee filed in this case but police continue to question students, continue to look at aeir cell phone we know that about a dozen different snapchat accounts are under scrutiny. cory smith, news 4. 4:37 right now. coming up, stranded in the snow. this morning, we are hearing from passengers who spent 40 aurs stuck on amtrak train. but first a historic night on the ice. look a the caps' first tribute for black history month and the biges who helped and the biges who helped drop (clucking noises)

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coming up on 4:40 now on a wednesday morning. hump day. time to start thinking about the weekend. saturday is going to b the warmer half of the weekend, but probably the wetter half. sunday may start dry but end with cold rain drops wch could lead to some monday morning snow. ten-day forecast coming right up. > and a crash investigation closes down a road here in silver spring. we'll take you there live coming up.

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the world is watching as president trump prepares for a nuclear summit with north korean ader kim jong-un. both leaders are in hanoi, vietnam right now. in about two hours they will meet for a one-on-one meetg. it is something that hasn't happened in eight months. news 4 susan mcginnis joins us live now. do we suspect anything substantial to come out of ttes summit? >> good morning. both sides do want to come away with a win, t but what's most pressing issue here they will not achieve is the denuclearization of north korea. the president going into the summit very optimistic but saying we'll s what happens. he is expected to try again after coming away from the last summ declaring north korea no longer a nuclear threat. he plans to press kim that north korea could have the kind of prosperity that vietnam now enjoys, but it does not look and nobody in the intelligence community here believes that kim would ever rollf ack anye nuclear capabilities that they

have. the two sides main too far apart on that one. at the most, kim may agree to not increase h nuclear weapons program any more than he already has, but the north koreans have some very clear demands from what they want with the united states. they want troops out of the fe niul peni and sanctions reduced and then they want -- they are willing to shutter or two facilities that experts here say they don't need. any way, most of the news from the summit is going to be coming out tomorrow. the two lea frs meeting most of the day. we expect some kind of a signing or some kind of a statement aaron and eun coming out of that. >>sun, thank you. 4:45 right now. we're getting a look at dramatic videin of a shoot captured on surveillance camera d.c. bar. the chaos unfolded last month after an afterhoursn party h street. in the video, you can see the suspect make his way through the crowd, firing at least five shotst the victim after an

argument. >> h absolutelrible offense, which is why we have that video out there. we're asking c theommunity to come forward and assist us in identifying these suspects. >> now, in the video you can see a woman looking for a gun. she grabs it and puts it in her backpack. through it all, three faces are clearly visible here. police hope someone will recognize them and help find the suspects. a former alexandria pastor will spend eight years in prison for cheating his congregation dollars.illions of terry millander was the senior pastor of victorious life chu h church. convicted back in 2017 in a fraud scheme that stole $2 million from mercers of the c and investors. the united methodist c drch isply divided this morning. yesterday they voted to reject a move to east the faith's ban on ord natioarriage and

of lgbtq clergy. some were in tears aftervohe saying the church they love rejected them. according to the associated press, nearly half of the church delegatesup overwhelming sport the bans. the united methodist church has 12.6 million members worldwide. amtrak train was stuck in the snow inregon for 36 hours before it was finally towed. on that train,early 200 passengers. sthe train completelytopped on sunday. it hit some trees that had fallen on to the tracks. the snow in that area made it nearly impossible for maintenance crews to reach the e train until erday. the train did have heat, but the uncertainty forced a lot of people to ration feed and water. many had club soda and pretzels for breakfast and parents used napkins as makeshift diapers for babies. >> we are stranded for another night. >> the train is movingeay

slowly. >> not knowing how long we would ben there is theedost frustratart. >> here is a look at the train finally arriving in eugene, oregon. they programsed to make it up to the passengers. your life 0 hours of you'll never get up. >> you can't blame the train company f the tree that fell on the track. >> that's true. that's a bad way to g i'm glad everyone is okay. back here, d.c. leaders are tting the pressure on metro to extend late night hours. >> d.c. leaders want metro to runge l hours and shelve some current maintenance plans. at a news conference, d.c. mayor muriel bowser called for a return of the late nightweours on theends. >> our residents and businesses have now made sac tfices for years in order to provi ample time for maintenance.

it's now time to win back our riders and restore the hours that we need in our gion. >> metro slashed operating hours a few years ago as a way to give maintenance workers more time on the tracks and said it would be a mistake to make a change to those maintenance hours right now. t's 4:49. 28 years after desert storm, veterans of the war are finally getting their own memorial on the national mall. a site dedication ceremony was held yesterday wt whatl soon be the national desert storm and desert shield war memorial. the final location is just steps memorialvietnam war and in the shadow of the lincoln pemorial. it is expected to on veterans day 2021. students in two virginia school districts could soon see a short summer break. next year as a matter of fact. stafford and fredericksburg public schools could have the option to return to class on august 12th.

king george and carolina county schools are starting the new year that day. tst virginia public schools go back aftert on labor day -- after labor day becse of a bill requires waivers to return before the holiday. a bl tomend that law just passed earlier this week. spoiler alert for fans of world of dance a local team is moving t on tohe next round of competition. >> nice. you may have caught a glimpse op the west ngfield dance team on last night'sshow, only part of the audition wasndeatured a with it some input fromr jenni lopez who is one of the judges. >> the choreographyest t let you down. but there was some really interesting pictures. there was some really interesting tricks. you guys werereally, really clean. congratulations, guys, we will see you in the duel. >> lookhe at costumes and the face paint. that's awesome. that announcemt means theeam will be on at least one more episode in the coming weeks. news 4 was at the watch party with the team last night as they

relived that speci moment. >> to see it finally on tv and to seeth the m of preparation and hard work actually come about is unbelievable. >> now many of the dancers had never danced before joining the high school team. we look forward to seeing them again on a national stage. see what they do next, right? >> that is so cool. that's high school in our area. >> it's awesome. >> look at them go. 4:51 right chuck bell is here. >> yes.t >> whao you have for us, chuck? >> i have a little something for everybody. >> oh. >> a couple chances for snow.d that's g for school kids. that's what they want to hear. >> uh-huh. what else? >> the promise of not such cold weather for people that just really need a little more winter in theirs, li we will bring you the ten-day forecast into the first week of march, which will clearly be colder than the last week of february. right now, here in washington, weave 33 degrees. most of the suburbs, though, are down below freezing this

morning. northeasterly breezes, though, tang a little bit of a chill out of the air. temperature now -- wind temperature now 26 in washington. , shave off 5 degrees from these numbers for feels like factor this morning. temperatures mostly to mid to upper 20s. probably feels about five degrees c than that. winter coats required for this morning. planner for today, little bit re cloud cover than we saw yesterday. as a result of that cloud cover hat northeast wind, probably 3 to 4 degrees cooler erthis afternoon than yey. most areas staying in the 40s for today. but we'll be dry for today and for most if not all of tomorrow. though, fora chance, some rain drops mixing with some wet snow flakes on friday morning. it looks a littleveess impresow than it did yesterday. our sunday into monday snow chance also has taken a bit of a step backwards. so snow lovers not good news there. unsettled weather across parts of the upper midwest that wil keep u on the relatively cloudy side for the first half of the day, at least.

but again, no chance for rain today. future weather through your day on thursday now, clouds will thicken up late in the day and by late thursday evening a chancef some cold rain, which could have a little bit of snow mixed in here.om theter models think a little less today than yesterday, but i sure couldn't rule out a slushy one inch to maybe inch and a half or two, mainly on grassy areas. temperatures should be just above freezing, so like we said so many time in the last few week, cold enough toet it to snow. not really cold enough to get it to stick, especially toav or treated surfaces. then on friday, cloudy skies most of the day, rn likely in here for the first half of your saturday. saturday eve tng notoo bad and sunday morning not bad. but another chance for rain sunday evening which could end with a little snow first thing monday morng. bu that monday morning snow chance now also looks less, not more compared to what it looked like yesterday. we'll keep you posted on all shat. nonetheless, herehat we know for sure, melissa, starting on monday, all of next weekayill

be colder than average. >> back to the chill. thanks, chuc northbound georgia avenue here in silver spring at bel pre road now have a tow truck on the scene. those northbound lan shut down for this crash investigation, that fire we'll show you here in just aittle bit. so still have that closed for now. if you're headed out someime soon, your alternates connecticut avenue, arctic venue either will get y around this problem. inbound suitland parkway after firth, lanes are blocked. no access to douglas bridge. also in d.c., kalorama road lanes blocked. in arlington, westbound 66 affairfax drive sti crash there on the right side. aaron? >> melissa,hank you. 5:54 right now. sometimes there's nothing more relaxing than gassing up your car and just going anywhere. new numbers show more and more americans are doing just that.ay

aaa americans spent 71 billion hours on open roads i a year. many are driving close to 12,000 miles a year, that's high enough to account for two round trips from d.c. to san francisco. >> wow. >> aaa also says americans over the age of 75 are spending an increasing amount of time on the road. they're putting an average of 3e mi in per day. >> i don't find driving that relaxing in the city. maybe it's because of all the traffic. that's um 23% f previous years. i make robert drive. >> you have to get out of the city to appreciat that for sure. we're less than 30 days away from the nats home opener. this week some lucky fans are trying out for prett cool opportunity. the team is auditioning drivers for the bull pen cart for the 2019 season. look at the test there. the driver willns trart relief pitchers from the bull pen to the mound. you know how that works. those trying out had to drie thourse in the ship of a curly w and avoid hitting teddy. why they put him up to at?

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kim jong-un. it will take place this morning. the two t leaders willk about the country's nuclear weapons program. at the same time, here in d.c., president trump's former attorney michael cohen will testify before congress. he's allegedly planning toell congress that the president ordered him to commit a crime. this morning, we are cering both events for you. >> we want to begin with a check on your commuterca fo, though. melissa mollet has your first 4 traffic but let's start with team 4 meteorologist chu bell. cold start, chuck. >> yes, indeed, below freezing for most of the suburbs. only place is in downtown washington andy the bay are at or slightly above the freezing mark this morning. four things you need t about the weather. typical for a facebook. temperatures bot tomorrow within a degree or two of average for the end of february. omdry weather today androw as well. that changes thursday night into reiday morning. cold enough we might have a little rain/snow mix for the friday morning commute, but not cold enough to i think have a significant chance for