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 accumulating any snow.

so opportunity for snow still there on friday morning, just doesn't look as impressive as it has for the est of theweek. all right. temperature now 30 in life-supporten, virginia. 27 in howard county, maryland. so it's a cold start. you need your coat for sure this morning. we'll get e tugh sunshine bring afternoon highs into the mid and upper 40s. sun down today is 5:59 p.m. >> all u,right. thank chuck. taking a look at our issue northbound georgia avenue at bel pre road in silver spring, of course. this is a crash information. they'v been moving this camera around a lot. you can see we have that closure oopoint. as we in, you can see the vehicle there involved. looks like the tow is on the scene going to get that out of the way here hopefully soon and reopen things. if you are headed out, before that is cleared, your alternate is connecticut avenue, arcticav ue will both get you around that issue. as far as other closures, whitey fehut down again today. storm debris blamed on storm

debris. inbound suitland parkway after firth sterling avenue lanes are shut down because of a work zone that popped . no access now to the douglas bridge. inner loop, outer loop of the beltway no problems. melissa, thank you. it's 5:02 this morng. a bab girl is back home with her parents after a terrifying ordeal. >> carjackerseft her on a street corner in d.c. and took off. child'say afternoon, the mother left her in the car while she ran inside a gas station. this wasnartin luther king jr. highway right on the d.c./marylndd line. secos later, two people jumped into that car a took off with the child inside. the carjackers left her a half mile away on a street corner in her car seat. two women working at a nearby funeral home saw the car take off and heard the baby crying. >> dumped over everything, flew down the steps. e >> hers were closed. we were like, what's going on. and then when she got in the funeral home, she was like, okay, she was warming up. >> our cameras were there when

one of theomen carried the 1-year-old to waiting ambulance to be reunited with her mother. the carjacking suspects are still on the loose this morning. we areearning new details about that body found in bethesda monday night. montgomery county police released pictures of the items the victim w wearing in hopes someone can figure out his identity. the person had on a necklace and rosary and police say the victim is hispanic man in his 20s or 30s with severalls tattoos a shown in the pictures. his body was found wrapped in a bag near a bus stop on old georgetown road monday night. today may win up being one for the history books. president trump's former attorney and self desibed fixer michael cohen will testify publicly bore congress. he's expected to pull no punches. aft of his opening remarks has been leaked to several news organizations, and this morning nbc news is still worng to authenticate them. according to this document, cohen is expected to cal president trump a racist, con

man and a cheat. it goes ono say that the president ordered a, quote, eiminal schem to violate regards finance laws in to a hush money payment made to porn star stormy daniels. cohen's o statements suggest he will show evidence if thn the form of a signed check from president trump. he alleges t $35,000 payment was part of the reimbursement he received for paying daniels. cohen's testimony will begin at 10. nbc news will carry it live in a special report and willdc brt it in its entirety. tune into d.c. fashion, of course, bars across the city opening up early so you can watch this. right now on nbc's app, we'll have a list of where to go. search d.c. bars. the u.s. house gave the president a stinging rebuke. they passed a resolution to block the president from shifting billions of dollars from other federal agencies to cover the cost of building a wall at the u.s./mexico border. democrats say the pdent is abusing his powers by declaring

an y.emergenc 13 republicans broke ranks and ted with the democrats. the republican-controlled senate is expected to take up the bill in the coming days. if the bill makes it to theid prt's desk, the president is expected to veto it. now to the nuclear summit with kim jong-un in vietnam. it's the second time presidentn trump kim are holding a high stakes meeting. two are expected to sit down a one-on-one meetg around 6:30 this morning in hanoi. earlier president trump met with etnam's prime minister and spoke about how well the u.s. economy is doing and how muche tradewo countries have done since his last visit there. meanwhile, experts warn that kim cannot beed truhen it comes to ending his nuclear weapons programs. >> t's recognize that kim giving up those nuclear weapons immediately is about the same chance as the mexicans paying for the wall. >> the north korean leaderis prom to work on denuclearization at their first summit. however the president's own telligence officials warned that kim has notis given up

nuclear ambitions. stay with news 4 for the latest developments as the happen. former vice president joe biden may be inching closer t making a bid in the 2020 presidential election. bide says his family has given their blessing for a presidential run. >> just had a family meeting with all the grand kids, too. and there's a consensus that i should- they wan -- they, most important in my life, wran me to run. >> biden says he wants to m sure he can fund a campaign on his own terms without the support of aer spac. it's now 5:06. it's a social media scheme tcot d haunt some kids for the rest of their lives. it involved naked photos of underage girls foundn several snapchat accounts. >> the police investigation started atbi on high school in fairfax county where news 4 justin finch is this morning. justin, could other schools be involved in this, too?

>> reporter: that's right, aaron. fairfax county police have identified four other schools possibly related to this as well, including robion here. we're talking about lake braddick, woodson, south county as well as west springfield, ll too, possibly wrapped up in this social media scandal detectiv say a student here at robinson hh came forward saying he was involved in a group discussion on the social media app .snapch and that in that discussion there were photos of nude, underage female students. he also saidli that accouned to this was asking for pictures of more students from those other four scols. now, that account holder was eventually found by police. they alsot found tha other students, too, had access to that account and from there began their investigation. now, all those students with that access are facing the law. parents heret robinson no surprise are outraged here but say it's time students understand the consequences of

social media use. >> it infuriates me. o i would be ar that in a second, and i wouto be trying hunt down the kids that were doing it and talking to the parents. >> anything you put out there will be out there forever. it will never go away. so you never want to share anything like that. >> reporter: we do know police have ideified some of those female students in those photos. others stillee have not yet identified at this time. the investigation they say here is still very active and on going this morning. we're live here at fairfax county, i'm justin finch, news 4. >> justin, thank you. 5:08 right no the reward for the so-called beltway bandit has doubled to $10,000 overnight. iae thief has robbed 20 banks across virg maryland and the district the las year. take a look at these newly releasedurillance images. the fbi says the man always passes a note demanding cash. he wears a disguise and leaves the bank on foot. some cases h pulle out a handgun.

call police if you recognize him. police also need your help in tracking down the driver w hit a killed a man yesterday morning. this was the scenelo leaseburg pike near the ramp to the beltway.-y r-old was killed while he was walking home from work. he had just finished the overnight shift at a nearby gas station. we spoke with anoer worker at the gas station about his former co-worker. >> he's very nice. you know, he's very gentleman. he's very gentleman. my hearts broken. >> police have very little information about the make and model of car involved in this crash. they're asking anyone whoeeay have the accident to call police. it's a question any of us who have picked up a prescription from the pharmacy have asked ourselves before, why are prescription drugs so expensone. this weekessional lawmakers asked that question

directly to big pharma executives. seven ceos were grilled for more than three hours yesterday a acknowledging their companies could play some role in low rinc but they added the system is complex and placed some of the blame on insurance companies. lawmakers disagreed. >> i think you and others in thy indure stone walling on the key issue, which is actlly lowering list prices. and rucing those lis prices are the easiest way for american consumers to pay less at the pharmacy counter. >> so just how bad is the problem? t well, accordi the consulting firm rx savings solutions in just theirst two months of this year the prices on more than 650 products have increased an avera of 6%. some went up as much as 9.5%e want to get back to the breaking news we're following in silver . spri >> georgia avenue is shut down t bel pre road because of a

fiery crash. drew wilder is at the scene with drew? >> reporter: aaron, good morning. we still gotut mess o here. and it sounds like at least two people are still fighting for l theires this morning. want to show you the intersection of bell preavenue at georgia avenue and you can see crews are still sweeping up the wreckage from a cra that happened before 11:00 p.m. last night. thenf we pan over, two vehicles being pulled up on to flats right now. both of them in a lot of damage. one ofhem completely singed. if you look at the video from a traffic camera here in montgomery county, you can see that car fully engulfed just before 11:00 last night. here is what we know about the victims.e four people w taken to the hospital. montgomery county spokesperson says one person was taken trauma one. another victim trauma two. the two others had non-life threatening injuries. now take a look at these pictures. this is one of the vehicles after the fire was put out. we are working to get an update

on the victims, and of course, we'll pass that information along a soon as we lea anything new. reporting live in montgomery county this morning, drew lder, news 4. >> drew, thank you. ra> still ahead a d.c. mode of transportation cels a milestone. and we all know that college is expensive and nobody likes paying back those student loans. looks like at leastne college heard the complaints. the new alternative that some schools are offering to help you finance your degree. chuck? good morning, everybody. school day forecast for your wednesday, suns up before 7:00 this morning, but it's cold. below freezing for most of the kids at theto bus this morning. you'll need your winter coat for re and maybe your hat as well. maybe not the sunglasses or the umbrella. more cloud cover today than yesterday, but i'm optimistic grade

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where d.c. streetcar is headed next. >> reporter: a birthday party filled with balloons, cake, plenty of smiles. but this wasn't a celebration for a person. this was a celebration for the d.c. streetcar. >> y, yum, yum, yum, yum. >> reporter: d.c. mayor muriel bowser praising the streetcarsystem onhird birthday. >> today we can look back on that day, three years ter, and see what a success the d.c. streetcar has been. f> reporter: but, while there are plent streetcar jokes to go around. i should know, i was pretty involved in one where i beat the streetcar on foot. >> i walked here faster. >> reporter: talked to aotf people riding the streetcar. >> three years, happy birthday. >> reporte and they say it's working for them. they actually want it to expend. remember, it is still free for now, but on this, its third birthday, streear keeps on rolling. in northeast, adam tuss, news 4.

and there's this, species of tortuous once thought to be extinct for more than 100 years is actually aliv scientists found the female tortuous on sunday on the s.lapagos isla they say there could be more of her species on the islands. she's more than 100 years old. they moved her to a giant breeding center. they thought she sigh dyed off more than a ctury ago after a volcano erupted. you take her to a breeding center to do what? >> live her life out. >> there's nobody for her to breed with, right? > what if they find more species? >> they have to otherwise you end up with some mixed up mess. >> oer let live comfortably for another 100 years. those tortuouses live long. >> yes, they sure do. >> hi, chuck. >> hello. weather wise quiet weather for the next couple days. that's good. i know eun is loong forward to an early spring. >> please. >> that request has been d

by mother nature. >> never mind. >> don't waste too much ergy hoping for warm weather next week because that's not going to happen. here this morning on a wednesday, skies areo partly mostly cloudy out there, but no chance for rain today. so you can leave thet umbrella home. 33 now at national airport. northet winds around 8 miles per hour, so little bit of a wind chill left out there this rning. most of the suburbs far enough below freezing this morning. ta in martinsburg, west virginia. 28 in fredericks, marynd. 38 i quantico. hump day finally here, temperatures will stay in the 40s today. a lot of spots, even d.c. yesterday made it up to 53. i don't think tooany places will be above 50 degrees today. eaurtesy of that bit of a northeast and souerly breeze. any time we get any kind of wind off the ocean in the bay, that tends to keep us cooler. for tomorrow,e bit more sunshine early then clouds fill in later on in the day. f chance a drop or two of rain

after the sun goes down atmorrow. little rain chance tomorrow late evening could be a little chance for some wet snow on friday morning. i t a complete write-up on the forecast on our nbc washington app and go toin nbcwaon.com and put links on my social media pages as well. here is what's going on. jet stream mainly to our north for no that will be changing. by sunday, monday, we'll have a strong northwest flow from the jet stream. our friends in canada aren't necessarily our friends this time of the year. it will be cold, canada cold for most of next week. temperatures turning well below average, but again dry weathern todaytomorrow. there's that little chance for a rain/snow mix there early friday morning justn time for the friday morning commute, but as of now, it doesn't look likel that anyone will get more than an inch, maybe two on the grass. paved surfaces should be fine because temperatures should hover at or above the freezing mark friday morning. it should be relatively low impact event. very little sunshine this ekend and turning noticeably

colder on sunday. more about the sunday into monday snow chance coming up in the next half hour. now let's go over to melissa. i see blinking lights. >> unfortunately we have flashi lights. this was where drew was a couple minutes ago and still there with a live report at 5:30. we havehe northbound lanes shut down a fiery crash and investigation there from overnight. here is your alternate, connecticut avenue, arctic avenue either of those will work righnow. you just cannot get northboun on georgia avenue. as we spread out, to the left,i s ferry shut down, storm debris the reason there. this is a couple days in a row now. 66, 95 in virginia just southbound after quantico just a tiny slow-down.

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>>5:29 is your time right now. welcome to your wednesday. here is what it looks like outside as you get your day started. pretty cold start, but thanks for joining us. we'll get you through it. good morning, everyone, i'm eun yang. >> i'm aaron gilchrist. yo always get the capital wheel, i get the parking lot shot to alk about outsid we have a busy day of news ahead of us. we'll make sure you're prepared with everything y need to know and starts with a check of the commute and forecast.as chuck bell a check on the

storm team 4 forecast. >> all i get to talk about is hmperatures. aaron, we alle to fill our roles around here. temperatures are below freezin on wednesday morning. 22 now inaryland and emmittsburg. 25 in falling waters, west virginia, 27 in front royal. loser to 30 for the nearby suburbs. cold start to the day, but it will not be raining. it will not be owing. i won't be anywhere as near windy. have to take it for what it is, pretty typical late day.ruary afternoon high, 49 degrees. ert of a breeze out of the southeast l on today. keep that in mind. could be chilly at times. we're watching fit ae chance for sprinkles late tomorrow, which could turn into wet snow flakes on friday. more details a timing out any weekend rain drops coming up as well. melissa mollet, fiery crashes for you this moing? >> yes, we have a fiery crash

from this morning. northbound georgia avenue at bel pre road we have this closure. four people taken to the hospital after this fiery crash there last night between two veecles. so, h is what we know right now. northbound shut down your alternates, connecticut or arctic avenue will work. news 4 drew wilder is asc the e. drew, are you seeing any progress here? >> reportein dely some progress being made, melissa. i'll step out of the way and show you that progress when waw you just about 20 minutes ago, they were still sweeping up the intersection of bel pre road and georgia avenue. they have that finished. they have three cars up on flat beds. h and an office on the scene inst told me that they hope to have this rsection opened back up by 6:00 this morning. if you take a look at youren sc we want to show you the video from a traffic camera last night here in montgomery county. you can see one of the vehicles fully engulfed just before 11:00. four people were taken to the hospital, two in serious condition. two others had non-lifeat

thing injuries. we don't have any updates just yet on tho victims. we're working to get that new information and as soon as we learn how ty're doing,e'll let you know. again, sounds like georgia avenue northbound should reopen sometime in the next 30 or 40 minutes. melissa? >> thank you, drew. happeninger thing around town as well. outer loop before 7 in tysons left lane is blocked report of a brand new crash. now at loen, southbound cident reported there as well. and live look northbound 95 after garrisonville road problem on the right side of the roadway. camera nea the st. you can see the delays northbound 95 there after garrisonville. aaron? >> melissa, thank you. we are kountsingown to michael cohen's public testimony before a congressional committee and it ise expected to explosive. this is the first time we will hear directly from the presidens former lawyer and fixer. nbc news just obtained hisin op statements. >> cohen says, quote, i am

ashamed because i know trump is. he is a racist. he is a con man. he is a cheat. just an hour ago the president tweetedhis message saying michael cohen was one of many lawyers who represented me, he had other clients also. he was just disbarred by the c state supremeourt for lying and fraud. he did bad things unrelated to trump. he is lying in order to reduce his prison time. >> cohen'sestimony begins at 10:00 this morning. we'll have live coverage and a special report. we're monitoring developments in vietnam. president trump is expected to meet with north korean lder kim jong-un around 6:30 this morning in hanoi. the two will have ame one-on-on eting before dinner. stay with news 4 today for the latest on this story. montgomery county police e items pictures of found with a victim in bethesda monday morning. the person was -- had a necklace on and a rosary as well. police say the victim is a

hispanic man in his 20s or 30s with several tattuosred here. his body was found wrapped i a bag near a busstop. lice hope the items will help identify the aman. -year-old girl who was abducted during a carjacking is safe at home this morning. it happened yesterday afternoon on marti luther king j highway. her mom ran into a gas sta lon andt the child in the car while the car wasg. runn seconds later, two people jumped in and took off with the baby still inside. theybaoned her a half mile away leavi her on the street corner in her car seat. the people who stole that car ill on the run. 5:34 now. we're getting a look at dramatic video of a shooting captured on surveillance cameras inside a d.c. bar. look at at. the chaos unfolded last month at an afterhours party on h street. in the video, you can see the suspect make his way through the crowd, firing at least five shots at the victim after an argument. another part of the video shows a woman g looking for t.

she grabs it an puts it in her backpack. these three faces are clearly visible and police hope someone will recognize themnd help find the suspects. that motion will carry 5-4 wi ms. rose mr. morris, mr. hornburger and ms. to the best of your knowledgen opposed. >> in a contentious 5-4 vote, the loudoun county school board voted in favor of lbq. opponents said the policy allows transgender students to use bathrooms and locker rooms that align with their gender identity but nothing in the past new policy references stuofnts use bathrooms or locker rooms. in another move in the loudoun county school district, the superintendent says ihe syst in the process of making changes to address racism, cultural incense tiffty and inequality moves comes aften st were pretending to be run away slaves in a gym class.

is happened at madison trust elementary and caused serious backlash. last night the naacp fir back. the superintendent says teachers and staff will be required to take mandatory sensitivity training. back here in d.c., leaders are putting theressuren metro to extend the late night hours. >> d.c. leaders want metro to run lger hours and shelve some current maintenance plans. at a news conference, d.c. mayor dmuriel bowser cal for the return of late night hours on the weekends. >> our residents and businesses have now made sacrifices for two years in order to provide ample time for maintenance. it's now time to winackur riders and restore the hours that we need in our region. >> metro slashed operating hours a few years ago as a way to give maintenance workers more time on the tracks and says it would be a mistake to make ahange to

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hockeyrs in the league. >> sports has made unbelievable contribution to the distance we've come,s the progr we've made. if it hadn't been for sports, i don't know where we would be as a nation and a apeople. >> oree was born in canada and played his first nhl game in 1958 and called the jackie robinson of ice hockey and was inducted into the pro hockey hall of fame in 2018. two incredible humans right theren center ice. good morning, everybody. car wrehing st, yes indeed get that car cleaned off today. it will be dry for today and for most of tomorrow. little chance for rain drops coming in very late in the day tomorrow. pretty high rain chances over the weekend.ec ten-day ft coming up when i see you next. and still thi investigation in silver spring northbound georgia avenue at bel pre road, fiery crash overnight, full details on what's closed

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weeks old but still uncovering very disturbing details. among them that this investigation could spend welln beyo robinson. high school in fact, fairfax county high school was a student who came forward and said he took part in a snapchat group chat and in that chat there were photos, nude photos of underage female students and was also able to identify one of the accounts involved in the chat which later police were able to identify the accoun holder and also uncover that they were looking for more photos from students here at robinson but also lake braddick high school, woodson high school, westspringfield as well as south county high school. now police have been able to do some more workckere and t down more details, but they also have been able to get more phones that have access to those accounts. nowe students, too, also being looked at. here in virginia it's very possible for a underage juvenile to face child

pornography charges by also distribung the photos themselves. justin finch, news 4. >> thank you, justin. today the future of the peace cross in prince georges county will be officially in the hands of u.s.re s court. the 40 foot monument has been there for nearly 100 years and honors soldiersho lost their lives in world war i, but thean american ht association says the cross violates separation of church and state because it' on public land and maintained with tax dollars. supporters say is a memorial not a religious symbol. >> and reminds us o a daily basis as we pass through here their ople sacrifice lives for the freedoms that we take advantage of everyday. >> there's a sectarian religious symbol prominently on government land beiy paid for taxpayers. >> justices have allowed for more than an hour forrguments on this issue this morning.

the world is watching as president trump ppares for a nuclear summit with north korean leader kim jong-un. both leaders are in hanoi, vietnam right now. >> in about two hours they'll meet for a one-on-one meeting. it is something that hasn't happened in eight months susan, do we expect anything substantial to come out of this latest summit? hey, good morning, aaron and eun. not too much sfargs denuclearization of north korea. two leaders having dinner tonight, they're exactly 12 hos ahead of us here in the east coast. they will then spend most of the day tomorrow in talks. that's when most of the news is supposedome out. president going into these discussions very optimistic but kind ofsaying, as he always says, we will see happens. amg the great things he says might happen will probably not be the denuclearization of the north korean peninsula. more liky outcomes, improved relations between the two sides. north korea retning more remains of u.s. soldiers still on the korean peninsula and

perhaps a dhelaration tond of the korean war this never happened officially. it ended in an armistice t results could have these two sides claiming if not victory then at least some progress, talking about putting the path towards denuclearization but again u.s. intelligence says that's never going to happen. >> susan mcginnis for us this morning. susan, thank you. a former alexandria pastor will spend eight years in prison for cheating his congregation out of millions of dollars. terry llander was the senior pastor for victorious life church. -sentenced yesterday. the pastor and his wife were both convicted back in 2017 in a fraud scheme that stole $2 million from members of the church and investors. theet uniteddist church is deeply divided this morning. yesterday church delegates voted to reject a move to ease the faith's ban on sameri sex me and ord nation of lgbtq clergy.r some suppo of greater inclusion were in tears after the volt saying the

love rejected them. according to the associated press, nearly half of the church's delegates overwhelming support the bans. the united methodist church hasn 12.6 mil members worldwide. 5:48 right now. amtrak train was stuck in the snow in oregon for 36 hours before it was finally towed ay aw. on that train, nearly 200 passengers. the train completely stopped on sunday. it hit some trees that had fallen on to the tracks. the snow in the area made it nearly impossible for c maintenancws to reach the train until yesterday. the train did have heat, but the unceainly forced people to ration food and water. many had club soda and pretzels for breakfast and parents had to use napkinss makeshift diapers for their babies. >> yikes. >> not knowing how long wen woud be there was probably the most frustrating part. >> here is a look at the train finallyrriving in eugene, oregon. amtrak says they've promised to make it up to stranded

passengers with ndrefunds other compensation. >> you know what really is incredible that after 30 hours we didn't hear abo incidents of people losing their minds. ng ofnow what i mean, g >> what good does it do? good for them. stude two virginia school districts could see a shorter summer break next year. stafford and fredericksburg public schools could have the option to return to theas oom on august 12th. king george and careline county schools start the new year that day. now most virginia public schools go back weeks ler after labor day because of a bill that requires waivers to return before the holiday. a bill to amend that law justed pa earlier this week in the general assembly. 5:49 right now. spoiler ale for fans of "world of dance" a local team is moving on to the next round of mpetition. you may have caught a glimpse on last night's show. only part of the audition was featured and with it some input from judge jennifer lopez. >> the choreography at times let you down, but there was some

really interesting pictures. there was some really interesting tricks. you guys were really, really clean. cong we will see you in the duel. >> good luck. >> just to hear j. lo give you all that feedback would be awesome. the team will be on one more episode in the coming weeks. news 4 was at the watch party with the team last night as they relived that final moment. >> to see it on tv and see the months of preparation and hard work actually com agent is unbelievable. >> now many of the dancers had never danced before joining the high school team. we look fard to seeing them perform again on the national iage. impressing folks o hollywood. >> what a cool opportunity to represent your area on an incredible show like that. >> and t move on. >> yes. >> it's cool either way, but be cool and movforward, that's what you want. >> speaking of cool. >> yes. >> not you, the weather. >> you two. you too, chuck.

aaron, yes. >> did you hear what he just said. you knew where i was going, uh-huh. well. i never. well mbe once. it has been a cold start to the day around here. if you think this iscold, you just wait. next week it's going to be a lot colder than a significant weather pattern change is going to unload some canadian cold on us. it arrives late sunday. it will be here a next week. the first week of march is likely to be 10 to 15 degrees colder than this last week of february has been. 33 now here in the city. outside in theow suburbst's in the 20s. 27 in montgomery county this rn g. 26 in manassas. 32 chilly degrees in fed ricksburg. forecast for tltoday, l more cloud cover than yesterday. as a result, not as warm. we reached 53 most areas will stay in the upper 40s for today. you can always get the latest forecast from ourbc washington app, perfect to do if you're in

the passenger side of the car otherwis can find and yol. follow me there on social media @chuckbell4 on twitter. the jet stream for now is mainly staying to our north. but it will turn sharply more n out of theth later on in the into the weekend and early next week. so for itoday,s all act dry weather, little more sunshine later on in the day today. clouove in late tonight into early friday morning. and here isid friday atght coming into the friday morning commute, the rain/snow line has moved farther to the north.ly li to still have wet snow around here early friday morning but likks lessy now to have an inch of snow than it did. then showery weather to begin your weekend kind of dry saturday night into early sunday and then sunday afternoon rain moves in in the e hours and that rain could end with a little coating of snow on mday morning. the chance for any accumulating snow on monday also lks low today than it did yesterday. don't be fooled by lower sw chances because it's still going to be cold.

high temperatures early next week should be the low to mid 50s. we'll be struggling mightily to get to the mid to upper 30s. that's chilly, melissa mollet. >> that's ld. looking at the roads here, still have northbound georgia avenue at bel pre road shut down. again four people injured in the crash overnight, a fiery crash. we have the lanes blocked. southbound is open. looks like crews out there telling drew wilder tt it should be reopened here by about 6:00 a.m. we'll see how that happens in the next coupleminutes. if you're leaving right now, t walking outhe door, you can do connecticut avenue, arctic avenue. either will gs you around t closure if it's not open right 6. northbound bw parkway before 32 left lane blocked. inner loop, outer loop of the beltway no problem nice and clear. non-life tning injuries to a cyclist. that is good. windy run bridge, police activity in the right lane and

northbound 95 virginia after garrisonville road still have that cra in the main on the left side. eun? >> meliss thank you. for moms constantly on the go getting fit for spring could a challenge. don't i know it? but some women in northern viwiinia are s us how to literally sweat like a mother. >> can't believe you said that. >> can't believe i just said that molette. >> that's the name of the class, guys. the moms are here as they are every morning ts time ♪ good morning >> so the co-owner is lindsey pl uey and is also an instructor. lauren is the instructor while lindsey and talk about why this is a great option for moms on the go who want to get fit for spring. right? >> yes, absolutely.

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♪ >> announcer: news 4 today starw. fast approaching 6:00 a.m. good morning, everybody i'm yaron gilchrist. >> i'm eun . today may wind up being the most consequential of the trump presidency. overnight the president met with e leader of vietnam, but that was only a prelude to his meeting with north korea leader kim jong-un. it will take place this morning. the two leaders will talk about the country's nuclear weapons

program. >> at the same time here in d.c., president trump's former attorneyichael cohen will testify before congress. de is allegedly planning to tell congress the pre ordered him to commit a crime. this morning we are covering both events for you. >> we want to begin with a check on your commute and forecast. our melissa mollet is standing by with 4 your first traffic, but let's staea with storm 4 meteorologist chuck bell. winter hanging on, chuck. indeed. the ground hog who promised an early spring, he better not show hi face around here next week. mainly dry weather to finish off february aswell. but rain drops could be changing to wet snow flakes in time for friday morning. and the weekend may have a little bitf sunshine but not a whole lot, specially your sundao afte and evening. so, your wednesday morning temperatures in the upper 20s t0 around degrees for most. so you'll definitely need your winter coat this morning. for kids a the bus stops, sun