did i tell you it's marchst today? >> it is. how about that? spfrng. it's alsay. we're in weather alert mode at 6:00 a.m. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm eun yang. there's a number of school closures and delays. the federal governmentees open. emplhave the option for unscheduled leave or telework. in maryland, frederick and prince george's, washington, an rundle, and allegany county schools are otw a hour delay. >> in virginia, prince william, fauquier, warren, page and arlington county schools are all osed. alirfax, loudon, falls church, rappahannock apage county are delayed. >> in west virginia, morgan, hampshire, grant and jefferson

and mineral county schools on a two-hour delay. all those clores can be found on the bottom of our screen.ra ic is being affected on the outer loop. a crash causing some issues. this is a live pictu of that area. we'll have a report for you. >> melissa mollet has detaes on problem. our news 4 teams are across the region, checking on the conditions for you. we have to begin with chuck bell and our >> good morning, everybody. at least it's friday. you know we can't take that away from yo it will be a cold and a wet day today. most of the wet sno has come in and moved out of the region. still, a few snowflakes and rain drops are out there. accumulations have been minor. i haven't seen anybody repor more that two inches yet. there's a chance of wet snowflakes tonight. wet snow in montgomery county. snow on the bay bridge, moving on to the eastern shore.

light rain, from frtoericksburg outhern maryland. but the bulk of this overnight rain and snow chances, coming to an en the winter weather advisory, they've shaved it off a bit.tle prince george's, the district, arlington, fairfax and prince william counties out of the advisory. only the shaded areas left until 10:00 in the morning, where temperatures are at or just below the freezg mark. around town with temperatures just below freezing. travel conditions, though wet, are not terriblyicy. >> near 40s in the late afternoon. if you see something, tweet something to me. melissa, good morning.ir 4 traffic alert this morning. a major mess on the beltway. right now,av we six crashes on the beltway in different spots. take a look at the worst one. i th outer loop, shut down at route 1. the camera has switched to show you route one. everybody is on the outer loop. this is a fatal crash investigation. outer loop before central avenue. some lanes blocked here and

injuries. lanham, inner loop at annapolis road. oxon hill, afthe highway. it is a messy morning. the main roads, they might loo wet. they are not, they are slick. merrifield, inner loop before 66, right side, blocked by annt accithere. and the outer loop before ck, a lane blo, as well. car into the woods. upper marlboro, northbound pennsylvania avenue, car off of the road on to the right side. falls church, eastbound 66, the ramp to t inner loop crash there. and in merrifield, eastbound 66 after the beltway. a o ldifferent problems. you have to take it slow. thank you so much. molette green has made it to the crash scene for us. brg us up to speed. >> yeah. a sad update to this accident st

ination, if you can see. that's going on behind me with a tractor trail and su one person, we have been told from state police, maryland ste police, confirmed dead. died in the suv, involved in this crash. it is unclear what the status is of the oer passengers in the vehicle there. but i took some video with my family, while we were trying to het here. i can see that suv was on one side of the outer loop of the beltway and the tractor-trailer was on the other side. the suv completely turned in the her direction and smashed up. so, this is a verydaad upte to tell you that one person has, diedunclear of the status of the other passengers involved. of course, thisccident has had first 4 traffic busy all morning. one of many onhe beltway. we're going to swing the camera backupand show you the

from our vantage point. this is the outer loop of the beltway, where everybodys being diverted off at exit 25, avenue here in th college park avenue, as state highway investigates this fatal crash this morning, tha has impacted traffic during the morningasrush. e swing back over, you can see the accident investigation still under way. behind me here, where a tractor-ailer and an suv somehow collided this morning, in this bad weather. we'll continue to stay on top of the latest developments and bring youma more infon as we get it. back into you now. >> molette green. molette thank heu. rain and sleet started falling just a few hours ago. roads are slick no s as you there. molette's picture. if you're not careful, it could be dangerous. >> our team coverage continues now, with justin finch. he joins us live from fairfax. how are things looking at this hour?

>> reporter: as you can see, thing is falling, which is a pretty good thing if you're in the area right now. ot of the problems are going to be what you are seeing in this water fountain this is ice. just a lot of ice accumulating in this water safountain. ice we're seeing on the ground and onro thes, as well. with the road traffic, it's helping to melt up a bit and not quite as bad. oi'll step outver here and show you the ground here. you can see some melting happendg there. anthen, this parking lot is aow lot of h we've seen the roads here in the city of fairfax this morning. enagain, appy not getting the biggest brunt of that winter blast we s earlier. however, right now, we are seeing some slick and icyco itions in parts. still a reason to stay careful out on the roads this morning. live in fairfax city. i'm justin finch, news 4. our coverage of ts morning's winter blast will continue on news 4 today nd on the nbc washington app. you can check that out for the latest details on schoolcl ures and delays as they come

in. new details in the search for an uber driver who has been missing for more than a month. investigators released this pe missing ons flyer. musba shifa, was last seen on january 18th, ound 3:00 a.m. when he picked up a passenger in the district.o his phone is off and his car is missing. his family thinks the car can be a key piece of evidence. his brother is asking anyone who may have seen it to call policew >> we here is a significant chance that the car might be just standing somewhere in d.c. or in surrounding areas. so, i just, you know, would like everyone to look for the car, to wah out for the car. and report it to the police, if they happen to see it. >> shifa was driving a black honda hrv with d.c. ,

fk6885. thd family is offering a rew for information on this case. you may see snow outside of your window, but a storm of a different sort has settled over the white house. "the new york times" is reporting that despite m objections frop-level intelligence officials, president trump ordered that his son-in-law, jared kushner, be n gip security clearance. the president has the legal authority to grant clearce. but "the times" points out, in most cases, a determination is ma based off of recommenda for security officials that utmplete a background check. nbc news reached o to the white house for commd the press secretary said they do not comment on security clearances. after three long days of testimony on capitol hill, michael cohen announced he will return again next week. on wednesday, during public testimony, cohen alleged tt president trump committed crimes while in office and in running for president. cameras caught cohen leaving yesterday's hearing. >> there's not much i can say, other than it was productive.

i'm committed to telling the truth. i'll be back on march 6th to finish up. there's more to discuss. >> stick around next week for more coverage of the cohen testimony. president trump is getting bipartisan support for his decision to walk away from renegotiations with north >> the summit with north korea ended abruptly yesterday. the president returned to d.c. late yesterday. talks broke down over sanctions. kim want the u.s. to do away with all of the sanctions leveled agnst north korea. t president trump said kim wasn't willing to give up much in return. he wanted to denuke certain areas. and i wanted everything. and the sanctions are there. e didn't want to give up the sanctions unlessd a real program. >> president trump has signaled he would be interested in meeting again with kim, but nothing has been scheduled. in a rare move in the maryland statehouse, delegates

censured one of their own for making a racist slur. mary ann lisante called parts of princerg geoe's county a, quote, "n" word district. she's been stripped of two leadership assignmen. lisanti has apologized. and despite calls for her resignation, he has no plans to step down. the man accused of killing five employees at "the capital gazette" newspaper in annapolis may change his plea. the defense may have jarrod plead nsp criminally sible because of his mental state at the time. yesterday, his lawyer asked the judge for more information from the prosecution. ute defense is trying to determine how pross will present their case. another hearing is set for march 11th. american and delta airlines face fines by making psengers wait several hours on tarmacs. the department of transportation has fined american airlines $1

million and delta $750,000. both airlines had instances where passengers were stuck on tarmacs more than three hours. federal rules bar airlines from allowing planes to sit on thg tarmac for lriods without allowing people the chance to get off. american and delta will not have to pay their entire fines. they were credited for providing passengers compensation for e delay. after a long and intense process, bryce harper has decided to play for a new team. we're disappoint idisappointint least we know now. the nats superstar is taking his talents to one of d.c.'s rivals, the philadelphia pophillies. res say harper has a megadeal with the phillies. 13 years for $330 million. for seven years, d.c. has watched a teenager develop into one of baseball's best. ornow, instead of cheering harper, fans will have to get used to seeing him with a different team. >> i knew there was a chance he

was going to go. i thought it would be on the west coast, where we wouldn't y have to woout him for a while. he's going down the road the philadelphia. not really happy about that. >> he made the all-star team six times. won mvp and rookie of the year award. he won the home run derby at w all-stk here in d.c. harper and the phillies will be in d.c. to take on the nates in april. thank you for all you did, but now, to move on. >> dead to us? >> basically. >> you can't blame him,gh th $330 million. i'll play in the snow, in a tutu, whatever you want >> , you would not. >> watch me. we're getting inforttion ab school delays. west virginia hampshirend grant county schools will open up two hours late. we'll wrap up a repor on

dna test kits. >> what do you think happens to thedna collected. and from bad to worse. we're taking you above a small california town that is under water after flooding. yourforecast, kids, on a two-hour delay, it will be cold and wet out. and it will not improve throughout the day today. grab your winte coatnd your scarf and umbrella. no heavy rain or snow. you'll want to have the umbrella with you. as we headk, to br a live look at the situation right now on the outer loop. we areit ming serious traffic backups caused by a crash here, a fatal crash, near u.s. 1 in prince george's county. one person died the. ouerr[v

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first 4 traffic alert. we have six crashes on the eltway at this point this morning. this is the worst of them. outer loop shut down at route 1. everybody being pushed off on to oute 1 and back on the outer loop it is a fatal crash investigation. could be there for a couple of hours. >> melissa, thank you. our team coverage of ts latest winter blast continues now. >> aimee cho is live i frederick county, maryland, this morning. what are you seeing out there? looks like snow. >> hey,guys. good morning. i would say the best way tin describe ther weather we've been having is slow but steady. it may not be snowing that hard right now, take a look at the ground. we have a few inches built up here. ionant to show you thetion of the snow. it's fluffy and soft. not great for making snowballs. that's because we've been getting that mixf sleet, slush, freezing rain, throughmot the ing.

i want to give you a look at the road conditions as the sun comes up. it is slippery and slushy on the roads. wey have valley element the distance. frederick county public schools are opening twola hours . hopefully that will give the road crews enough time to clear things away for the kiddos and anybody else on the roads this morning. you want to drive slowly and carefully. we've heard of three crashes in the frederick area this morning. >>n case youere wondering. >> all right. aimee, thank you. it's 6:17. reordents in northern califnia are trying to clean up after flooding this week. >> look at the video here. homes and businesses have been ruined in some roads in wine country were covered in muddy water. sonoma county officisay w000 homes and businessesere flooded by water up to eight feet deep.e roads willcessible some time today.s

i time to turn our attention back to the forecast. chuck bell. ok. not a gre way to start march 1st. >> not a pretty start to a day. even a friday. it's so bad outside. people aren't as happy that it's friday. but the rain snow that we've been dealing with here, since about midnight last night, is now quickly coming to an end. the bulk of the moisture is over the bay, down into parts of southern maryland. there's some lingering drops and snowflakes out thore. things suld start to improve over the next couple hours as temperatures go above freezing, as well. a wave of moisture down to the south, promises a rainy friday night and a wet start to your saturday morning. our neigherrs in nor maryland may have a chance for wet snow tonight. future weather again. this high-resolution model, nd bringing rain snow out of here. don't plan on sunshine today. later on in the day, though.

mainly just cloudy with rain and snow-free hours, lateorning into the early parts of the afternoon. by 5:00, 6:00 this evening, steadier rain likely to come in here. moderate rain late tonight. and it could beold enougho mix with some snow, the closer you get to the pennsylvania border. keep that in mind. winter weather advisory has been shaved back. only the northern third of our area is affected by that. that's where the temperatures remain just cold enough. 30 in gaithersburg and hagerstown. martinsburg and winchester. for the washington area and southbound, we're at or just far ough above freezing it shouldn't be that much in the way of trouble. highs today, upper 30s to near 40. our morning mix is coming to an end. rain likely in the evening. if you see somethingg tweet someth me. we'll spread the word where conditions might be bad. there's future weather for today. and tonight, another chance for the snow arou here early tomorrow morning. that pulls out.

rain-free, but a lot of clouds for your saturday afrnoon. a dtart to your sunday. but sunday afternoon, rain moves back in again. and once again, sunday night into monday morning, we may have yet another chancef a rain/snow mix. if only it could with all-snow, we would have something here. but it will be the ugly mix. we've got mess on the roads here this morning. outer loop shut down at route 1. five crashes on the beltway. c this is a fatash investigation. right now, everything is pushed off on to route 1. and back on the oer loop. there's a way around it. a four-mile backup right now. these lanes have reopene here. we have two lanes blocked, outer loop before centr n avenue, open there. in lanham, inner loop at anap sis troad. riane blocked by a crash. left side blocked by an accident. no major backup there's. merrifield, inner loop before 66. right locked by an

accident there. westbound 50 here. the ramp to the outer loop of the beltway.eh that's ale off of the road. spun out here. you can see the lights looking in the trees. we have that happening. no doubt, a tow will be on the way. beltsville, southbound 95. river dale, southbound b.w. parkway, car in the trees. stay home if you can. it's a mess on the roads this morning. it doesn't look likeanything. but when you get out there, there are the slick spots. in the ,distri inbound 14th street bridge, the ramp tond southboufreeway,

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impact tens of thousands of people with a debilitating disease. reen gentzler has that tonight at 5:00 and 6:00. chaos in a school cafeteria caught on camera. coming up at 6:30, the story behind this fight between a student and a school resource officer. your forecast. little esther here. a 5-moh-old mixed breed puppy. go to humane alliance.org. dog walking weather, not that pretty. old and wet outside this morning. cloudy and cold, but rain-free atmidday. more rain likely for the evening walks. how about the that forecast coming up. live pictures from a major traffic alert. the oer loop of the beltway, shut down in college park.t melia molle will hssav

news 4egins with a storm team 4 weather alert. >> let's get right to thatr weatalert. it's our friday and the month of marc,starting off with sn sleet and freezing rain. this storm system started overnight and it is sticking around for a few more hours.

>> it's sparked serious traffic alert on the parkway. the lant is s down there on college park. that's not thenly issue on 95 at this hour. it's a busy day. >> we'll get you back to the weather and traffic alerts. first, we have a number of s to l closings and del tell you about. first, the federal government is open. employees have the option for unscheduled leave or lework. >> i maryland, frederick, prince george's, washington, an rundle, and allegany county schools are on a ur delay. >> in west virginia, fauquier, warren, page, and arlington county schools are closed. fairfa loudon, falls church, manassas city,nd rappahannock are on a two-hour delay. as are counties in virginia. in west virginia, morgan, grant, hampshire, jefferson andke b

and mineral county schools on a y.o-hour de >> all of the closures are running at the btom of your screen and in the nbc washington app. working for you for team coverage as we start your day. we'll check in with melissa with all of the first 4 traffic alerts. live crews on the roads checking conditions out there. >> let's go to chuck bell to fih out how m longer we can expect the snow and sleet to fall. >> it's honestlyto comin quick end here early this morning. somero lingering and snowflakes out there. the temperature in washington has stayed above freezing all night long. 34 degrees. we've had wet snow across the region, during the overnight. hienough ton the ground for most of the d.c. metro area. haven't seen any reports than two inches of snow from all this. >> there might be a coating of to two inches, in northern maryland, it's been all-rain across parts of the northern neck. the winter weather advisory, the weather service keeps on

trimming it back further and fuheher. all of metro area, out of the advisory. frederick county maryland, washingtonla county ma, that winter advisory remains in place until 10:00 in the morning, because temperatures there are at or below freezing. c whatevere overnight, more likely to be icy and slippery and slushy on the roads. around the city, just wet pavement. that'saused a mess thi morning. cold and wet all day long today. rain showers likely to come back after 3:00, 4:00 in the afternoon and a cold rain likely for the friday evening plans, as well. no much improvement coming our way in the next few days, either. wait until y c see howd we get next week. melissa mollet, ten-day 2 forect minutes. first four traffic alert. the beltway is shut do. ter loop at route 1, is where this closure is. a little hard to see on camera. take a look here. we're closed. a fatal crash investigation. car versus tractor-trailer. everybody getting off on route

1, kind of getting by the ikea, backn to the outer loop of the beltway. a four-mile backup because of it. molette green on the ground near that crash. what do you know? >> wcan see the prospective up close here. the crash happene just at the overpass to route 1 here. and it involved a tract tractor-trailer and the state police is confirming one person in the suv died in this accident. no word on any other passengers and their conditions in this crash scene. as you can see, it's daylight now. that gives investigators on the scene a v betterw to be able to process the scene and put together the pieces of the puzzle that led up to this terrible crash. one person died thismo ing. of course, the outer loop traffic backedup at route 1, at the exit 25, baltimore avenue. melissa has been talking about it all morning long. we're giving you a vantage poi

from our spot here in the local lanes. that's the latest from the scene. back to you. taking a look here. other crashes on the beltway, no major impact. falls church, eastbound 66, the ramp to the inner loop. o cras the left side. merrifield, 66 of the beltway. spinout on t leftshoulder. in the district, 14 street bridge here. sounds like the lanes are reopening. we have a big backup. 2 1/2 to 3 miles as you head inbound. southbound 270t 109, we're jammed. if you are coming out of frederick, very slow. two earlier crashes on 270 and really kind of a hangover from that. southbound ar410,nto the trees. westbound 50, in the outerop lo.

this vehicle spun out into the o trees, out a pole. no help on the scene, still have that on the right side of the road. >> what a morning. thank you. we continue with this weather alert. our team coverage picks up in fairfax county. >> justin fincis live with oks at conditions there. what are you seeing? >> making our way east, 66 eastbound. and i'm looking outside, n it's light outside. we're seeing the roads here are looking pretty good. out he the rain here, tapering off. as you look further ahead, the visibility can be an issue there, looking back. seeing lots of road spray here, one of the last things we saw in fairfax city was an oe accumulati the sidewalks and parts of the road and other spots, too. makes you think as you are heading out today, that should be on your mind, that you might run into an icy spot a slick spot because of what we have seen in this area ea

back west, further west, in loudon, more of a wintry m snow issue. we saw accumulation on the road there, as aill. the highway, too, looking pretty good. the neighborhood streets, secondary streets, those were more problematic. we look out here at the beltway again, mostly clear. keep the low beams on. those who have snow on their cars there is enough to cause a problem. we'll be watching the roads all morning. have anupdate for y pretty soon. live for you in fairfax, justin finch, news 4. >> justin, thank you. we'll bring you live team coverage throughout the morning. if you he to hea out, we'll keep you updated on the nbc washington app. we'll send youhe latest forecasts, conditions, delays and closures ononour developing this morning, a violent altercation between a student and a police officer. but what happened inside a loudon county high school cafeteria this week, news 4

obtained video of the fight inside dominion high school yesterday. ce showed the student and the school resource ofpunching each other. the loudon county sheriff's office said before the camera waorrolling, the administrat asked the student to go to the office. the student refused and pushed the officer. and this is how the fight went. >> as he did, and to te this individual into custody, because of the assault on the school administrator, the subject then started striking our deputy. >> the deputy was taken to the hospital. the student s arrested and faces felony charges of obstruction of justice and assault. tonight, a mystery that haunted our area will appear on "dateline." pamela builter will was a computer analyst for the environmental protection agency she owned her me in d.c. and started dating someone new. but just befe valentine's day in 2009, she seemed to vanish in

thin here. it would take nearly a decade to figure out what happened to pamela bstler. the inveation would also uncover a link to another woman's disappearance decades earlier. the story is coming up on an new all-"dateline." plan to sleep in thisek weend? the new study that warns against playing catchup with your sh shuteye. we're in weaer alert mode. we'll keep our school closures and delay tickers onour screen y.

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your screen time right now, tonight kicks off e tenth l annual natioday of unplugging. this is billed as a 24-hour tech detox, which encourages users to unplm their devices and connect with themselves and their loved ones instead. while it seem impossible to unplug, it can be done.re han 60,000 people across the world participated in the initiative last year. in the d.c. area, that might get tough as people try to avoid that bryce harper news. good odmorning, ever friday will be cold and wet. saturday and sunday, cold and wet. your weekend will start with rain drops in the 30s. it will end with rain drops in the l 40s. there will be dry hours late saturday tosunday. ten-hour forecast and the big drop that follows the suny temperatures, coming up. major problem on the beltway. outer op, shut down at route 1. full details, how to get around this and aerot of oth problems

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6:45. e're tracking breaking news of several first 4 traffic alerts. if you have to take the beltway this morning, expect even more backups than usual. look at this live picture. cars just stopped. threea mollet is tracking different crashes on 495,in includa fatal one that shut down the outer loop for hours. >> all this, as thentire region is under storm team 4 weather alert right now. snow, sleet, freezing rain. expect to see all of it today. a lot of places are starting to dry out in the sense that is not currently falling right here in the metro area. this storm moved in while you'rl

ping. it will be around all day long. >> chuck bell is working on your forecast. we have a lot of school closings or delays. look for those updates on the bottom of yourensc. fallout after the president's personal lawyer,ae mi cohen, testified before congress. the president is now speaking out. >> kristen wel ar is live the white house with the latest. good morning. >> reporter: hi. good morning to b of you. that is right. after returning home to washington late last night, president trump, once taagain, ng aim at his former fixer, michael cohen. the president called cohen a convicted liar. and seizing on the fact that he said he had no direct evidence of russian collion. this is coming after the three explosive days of testenony we've beollowing here, where the cohen called the president a racist and a conman. cohen isn't done talking. he is now scheduled to testify for another day. this time, behind closed doors next week. and while republicans have blastblast ed cohen's credibmoity,

ats say the investigations n't stop with hen. we'll have more coming up on "today." ba to you. happy friday. >> happy friday, indeed. kristen welker at house this morning. thanks so much. be sure to watch kristen's report on "today." we're working 4h you, w team coverage on the latest winter blast. the timing of this is causing trouble for people already this morning. >> aimee cho has been live for us in frederick county all morning. she's back aga now. amy, good morning. >> y,guys. good morning. the first day of spring may be a does not away, but it feel like that in frederick, la marynd. if you look at the ground, you got a good buildup of snow. several inches already. i want to show you the condition of the sn. 's fluffy and soft. that is good news for anybody who has to shovel their iveways. it is easy to ovel. i want to give you a look at the road conditions over here. slippe slippery, slushy and oavr there, we valley elementary.

you'll notice, their driveway has been shovelse. that's bechey're open on a two-hour delay. all of the crews have been here this ngmorning, get the roads cleared away for the kiddos. and anybody who is headedth out morning, drive slowly and carefully. we've seen several crashes here in frederick, maryland, already. >> aimee cho for us in frederick county, ryland. continuing our team coverage. b turn to storm team 4 meteorologist chul with the latest on our forecast. >> most of the snow has come to an end at this point. you saw in aimee's shot, quite a covering of snow. right here on the north end of the runway at reagan national airport, the ground isn't even white. outside of our studios in rthwest washington,he grass is white. winter weather advisory remains in place for frederick county, maryland, up toge town and down the i-81 corridor. at's where temperatures remain at or below the freezing mark.it precion-wise, the bulk of what we're going to get has come

down and is out of here. there could be lingering drops or snowflakes for the remainder of the morning. low impact of precipitation between now and lat the day. later on, more rain coming in after 5:00 or 6:00 this evening. that could be mixing with wet snow in northern maryland and the morn part of the shenandoah valley. frid evening into saturday morning, be careful if you're driving from frederick to hagerstown to martin to winchester. we're above freezing for most of the metro area. not far tabove. bove is all that matters. highs today will struggle mightily to get from the 30s to around 40. and more rain likely to come in ev this evening. some of that can be snow early tomorrow. tomorrow aftesoon, the clo stick around all day. most of the rain tomorrow will be done before about lunchtime or so. radar shows just a lingering passing of wet snowflake and rain drops here across southern maryland. widen out the v and you can see there's moisture way down to

our south. that's coming our way for late tonight. here's 10:00 p.m., on future weathenc there's a c for the rain/snow mix and the western corner of our area. at endsarly tomorrow. we'll stay cloudy tomorrow. rain-fre if you have things over the weekend, tomorrow is the best day to do . by lunchtime and into the early afternoon sunday, more rain coming in. it wil start as all-rain. near 40 degrees on sunday afternoon. after the sun goes down, it could be a sleet/snow/freezing rain combination. all this available on our nbc washington app. you can follow men social media. ten-day forecast, woo. you're going to think it's january all over again next week. high temperatures in the 30s, monday, tuesday, wednesday, thursday, all of next week.nd and wednesdayhursday morning, teens to around 20. wn washingtonn some of the outlying suburbs

could be down in the single numbers by wednesday and ing.sday mo what happened to spring, melissa? >> seems like it's long first 4 traffic alert here this morning. take a look at this. multiple problems on the beltway. count e of them shutting the beltway down. this is a fatal crash investigation. everybody getting off of the outeop, on to route 1, and back on to the outer loop. inner loop delays, as well, because of this problem. i circled it for you. you can see the closure, about a fourckile . molette green is on the scene. what do we know so far? >> daylight is giving investigators a chance to pour over the accident scene. a tractor-trailer with u.s. mail on the back of it and an suv. we learned a while ago, that maryland state police one person died in thesuv.

we've seen investigators taking pictures. this has been going on for a little while. no sign that it's going to let up soon. that is the very latest from the scene. the crash happening just at the overpass f route 1 here in the college park area. back to yo >> thank you, molette. i'm hearing in my ear, there's an update to thatthsituation. 're shutting down northbound route 1 at the beltway to try and alleviate the traffic on the outer loop. thanks, molette. new carrollton, right s e blocked by a crash. oxon hill, inner loop. left side iske bl merrifield, inner loop before 66, rightide is blocked. a lot of problems on the ltway. two things in virginia. falls church, eastbound 66 ramp. we have antb accident, end 66 in centreville, left side is blocked by a crash there, as we. maryland, the southbound 270 at 109, looks better than it did. two earlier a problems slowing things down a lot.

this looks a lot better. it's slow as you head southbound on 270. allow some extra time as you ad out270 soon. vehicle off of the roadthere. southbound b.w. parkway. same situation here. this star sfpun out and took ou a pole. maryland travel times,270, looking good from germantown down to the spur. top of the beltway, fro 95 to 270, that's our one clear ction up to the colesville area. 66 inbound, not tibad. qu coe to the beltway, big applause there. you don't see that. 62 miles per hour takes you 19 minutes. remember to listen to wtop 103.5 f.m. >> thank you. an update to a story we previewed for you yesterday. the board voted thursday to keep the current metro schedule that allows for maintenance time.

the current schedule will remain in place for another year. tonight, an important visional tim aal game for the c. a win would tie d.c. for first place in the division wi i the new yoanders. we'll see who wins at 7:00. it's a decision that rocked baseball fs across the district. bryce harper has decided to play for a new >>team. he nats superstar will be taking his talents to the philadelphia phillies. reports say the six-time all-star agreed to a 13-year deal for $330 million. i mean, wow. the largest total value contract in history. as for the phillies, they found out while playing against the iole orioles. >> we had some fans behind us who were sharing kind of moment-by-moment tweets with us.

and we were getting, literally, like four fans right behind where we were sitting, telling us terms and, you know, who was tweeting what. who is making the reports? we have to make sure this person is credible. >> rember this bryce harper? he was just a kid. he was drafted first erall in 2010. he hit 184 home runs. he was crowned the home run champion here in d.c. i give him the props and thank him for being an exciting player to watch. all of the contributions. now, we're done. you're a phillies player. hand we're done w you. >> our producer wrote on here, he's going to make $44,000 per plate appearance. every time he steps up to the plate. must be nice. good for him. 6:55 rightnow. here are 4 things to know this morning. a school resource officer went to the hospital. a student went to jail after this fight inside a high school cafeteria. this was inside dominion high

school yesterday. the entire story is posted in the nbc washington app. police are f working tod a missing uber driver who was last seen in northwest d.c. oar ja 18th, when he picked up a passenger. he was driving alack honda hrv. and his family is offering awa for his whereabouts. fpam wilela butler's story be on "dateline." you can watch "dateline" tonight at 10:00 on nbc 4. the threat of slick roads and sidewalks has led to school closures and the federal government is open. employees have the option for leav or altelework. of the close you'ures are on th bottom of your screen on or on the nbc washington app. cold and cloudy day.

rain tonight. and then, a rain/snow mix on monday morning. bad crash in college park, causin a major delay. the outer loop is shut down here at route 1 in college park. right now, youave to get off on route 1 to work your way around it. police have shut down route 1 northbound as you approach the beltway to alleviate some of that. >> thanks for waking up with us. >> the"today" show is cominup g xt.

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