the annual rocknd roll marathon is underway in the distri right now. down, andoads are shut you should expect some trafficys dela. we'll walk you through the areas to avoid c fing up in a minutes. >> announcer: "news 4 today"ts st now. >> welcome back to "news 4 today" on this saturday morning, the 9th of march, 2019. good morning. i'm. david culv >> good morning. i'm meagan fitzgerald. we will get to your forecast in a finute, but rst, we want to get to breaking news we're following in prince george's county this morning. one person is dead after a violent overnight crash in beltsville. this is video from the scene early this morning on the northbound lanes of i-, just before powder mill road. just outside>>f the beltway. you're taking a liveook right now. this is the roadway we're

yolking about. can see the upper right part of your screen, maryland state police tell us four cars were involved. it is not clear what caused it. we've been in touch with state troopers but still ngawai those updates on the condition of those involved. we will bring that to yous soon as we get word, and we'll pass it along on the nbc washington app. the traffic is backed up. all right. good morning, everyone. he you saw from the video, a lot of clouds across area. for saturday, your day today, as we starthe weekend, it'll be a cloudy saturday. we have good news, as we warm up for the weekend, we'll start to see the peeks of sunshine. that's right, we'll start to see some sun across ourarea. with that, rain showers overnight for tonight into tomorrow. then check this out, eryone, for your saturday to sunday, a tale of two entirely different tedamperatures will be in the m to upper 40s today. we'll have overnight rain

tonight, then the showers will be gone. warm air takes over for your sunday. daylight saving time. temperures near 70. all those details and more in the complete forecast in a few minutes. back to you. >> clay, thank you. it's a busy saturday morning as thousan of runners are taking part in this year's rock and roll marathon. >> several road closures because of this may impact your commute if you have to around. derrick ward is live along constitution avenue, where the half mare nathon is now underwa. >> reporter: oh, in.ed, it is take a look. it is well underway. as a matter of fact, all those runners, they're gone, beyond the horizon, headed to rock creek park before they make the northern turn. what we've got now is a slower arma of cleanup vehicles, pace vehicles, to make sure the roads open behind the rathon. take look at the map. now, i would imagine they are starting to turn the corner and head north up to harvard street before they go over east a little bit. back down north capital, down h

a bit, down c, and to the end of the half marathon at rfk astadium. takeook at video from past years. the thing about this, this time of year, they always get good weather. it's been a rock and roll marathon. of course, you have some stations of the groove a along the way. bands set up in little tents to serenade thesene runrs as they make their way through this course. again, the half marathon just getting underway.he probably tail end of it. roads are goi to start to open now on the other end of the marathon. just b aware that you're still going to have to take caution if you're getting out any time soon along the route. we are live downtown. derrick ward, news 4. back to you. >>hank you very much, derrick. a couple was overjoyed about the baby coming into the lives. they were set to adopt from a woman in southwest virginia. the only problem, this woman was never pregnant. can you imagine at? police say elizabeth jones from southern virginia admitted to tricking a couple from

california into thinking that she was pregnant. now, she's facing nine felony charges. police say she took money and other property from the couple, including money spent on professional photos announcie i the adoption. jones says she's sorry for what she did but does not think she should bepunished. >> don't think so because i don't feel what i done was criminally wrong. now, morally? was it? yes. but i've never seen anybody be charged for somhing morally. >> she has a screw loose, i'd say. in the past, jones haseen convicted of larceny involving credit card fraud. right now, an investigation underway. this is at sidwell friend school. racist names andwastikas were displayed during a school ass assemb assedly. it happe during a presentation. students from the d.c. private school answered questions using their cell ones. esponses were projected on big

screen some of them contained racist user names. in a letter sent home to parents, the head of school said, quote, i am disappointed, dismay dismayed, and deeply sor such incident could take place at our school. adding, quote, racism and anti-semitism will not be tolerated in thiscommunity. it's been more than a year after the high school shooting in parkland, florida. now, more security upgrades are coming to montgomery county public schools. the system is hitting some e roadblocks. hool system says it is planning to add four to five surveillance cameras at each of its 136 elementary schools. those buildings didn't have camera covege. the school system says it wants to be able to keep aloser eye at main hallways and entrances and wants to be able to record and review images from any incidentse after it happens. the school district says dozens of schools have been equipped in recentmonths, and all will be complete by next school year. they're also gupgrad the

security vestibules and access control systems. they're running into hurdle. >> when parkland, florida, occurred last year, tragically, the entire industry was upended. there has been a backlog for a number of the items we're talking about today. in terms of jus keeping pace, supply and demand. so that's the issue jthere. >>t to be clear on that one, every school right now has access control system with the intercom and the camera, right? >> correct, yeah. >> every school, okay. >> the school system also added three more school resourc officers to help serve some of eir middle schools. to the distfect now, where ral nrinvestigators are looking intoem councilr evans. evans has issued several public apologies in the past week. on tuesday, the chairman

reprimandedevans be for having his chief of staffat send solicitions for employment using her government account. evans touted his achievements on the board.an ev says he's done not ng illegal. time is running out for d.c. to get rid of plastic straws.tr there are ss madutct oor os hav handing out warnings notices, and informational flyers to help compliance.e in since january 1st, about 70 inspected, have been and about 1/3 were in compliance. >> average person doesn't usually need these small, disposable plastic items that end up in our waterways or our trash cans. it is part of our general zero waste goal to reduce our reliance on these single use plastic items. >> starting july 1st, inspector will start issuing fines, which start at $100 and go all the way

up to $800. then tre were 51, at least that's the hope from some who want to make d.c. a state. e house of representatives passing a bill that includes ill voting rights for those of you who liv d.c. it is called the for the people act. this is the first time a chamber of commerce -- congress, ther, has endorsed statehood. this is a historic day for the city, norton says. >> we've never gotten thilose to full equality to american citizens. that's what we're after. if i can predict, i predict before the session is out, at least the h se of representatives will have gotten us there. >> the bill stands no chance in the senate.pu icans hold the majority there. they've long opposed the issue. 9:08s your time on this saturday. we're getting up there temperature wise. clay anderso tracking much warmer temperatures just ahead. guess what? we are springing forward. >> yup.

>> move your clocks ahead one hour to stay on time tomorrow. another simple task could save your family's life. more on that straight ahead when ews 4>

your phone will make sure you spring forward tonight, so you really only have to r ember yourclocks. >> that's right. while you're doing that, there is something else you can do. this honestly could save a life. >> yeah, nodding. >> montgomery county fire spokesperson pete joinings w. we talk about this all the time. we do stories that follow up, and folks have not changed the batteries in their smoke detector. isis is life or death for many. >> you know, i really a no-brainer now. the law is that you must have these long-life sealed batteries. smoke alarms with the sealed in battery s don't have to change it for ten years. we don't have the -- you shouldn't hear the stories anymore that people didn't have a worki smoke alarm. just the other day, we rescued a woman in the nick of time in

silver spring. she had a significant fire. she was unable to get out. her smoke alarms weren't working. >> it is easy to do this. if you need assistance, contact your fire depament. likely, they'll come and change it for you. >> yeah. montgomery county, call 311. most jurisdictions, same thing. call the fire department. we'll come out and do an assessment. we'll be able to insll a smoke alarm. if you need a smoke alarm, we can provide one for you. >> walk us through some of the items you have here. this looks dated. >> yeah. well, all these are dated. >> old school. >> these are old. in fact, if you don't remember when you installed your smoke alarm, it is probabl change it. like any other appliance, they wear out. now, it is the law in maryland and most other jurisdiions in th area, ten-year long life battery, sealed. smokeil alarms that last for ten years. if your smoke alarm was installed before 2009, you need to change it. >> if it looks like that. >> also, they beep. the annoying soundar you

they're telling you, time to change it. is that only if it is an updad d updated? >> get into the habit this weekend, when y change your clock, you're thinking about that, check the smoke alarm. we hope you'd do it o a regular basis. i think you're talking about the chirp. >> yes. s>> it usually occt 3:00 in the morning. that's when your battery is low and needs to be changed. there is a chirp. now, the new smoke w alarmsl chirp, but it won't be for eight or nine years. they'll give you a warning. a lot of the smoke alarms still have battery backups. if you have the interconnected system with a batterybackup, it'll chirp. we recommend you change the batteries. if you have interconnected with battery backup, when you change your clock, change the batteries. >> i wonder if this is also most urgent for millenials. a lot of folks don't have the clocks so we tie it to that. their phones are updating automatically with the time. perhaps they're not thinking, all right, i have to do something else,he next step. >> nobody thinks about it. first, you don't think you'll have afire. yeah. >> nobody looks up to see the smoke alarm.

our firefighters, when we're on a call at a house, em call, whatever, we'll check the smoke alarm. it is a no-brainer in maryland. it's thet law t you have the smoke alarms that will last ten years. let's get it, make sure you have it right now. you don'tor have to about it for ten years. you'll probably move before then. it is good. >> 50% more likely to survive a fire if there is one. >> combination of a sprinkler system and smoke alarm, almos guarantees survival. 50% better if you have a working smoke arm. >> good advice there. appreciate it. still ahead on "news 4 today," meteorologist clay anderson breaking dor errm saturday forecast.

for those families trying to ve forcollege, we have new information on the fate of virginia's d 529 fund, as we reported last month. the college sings plan suspended enrollment. >> it's now back open, but only temporarily. consumer reporter susan hogan has more on an important deadline you families need to be aware of t >> rising cost of college, but virginia's prepaid 529 pla in jeopardy. families weren't signing up because they simply couldn't affo suspended uil lawmakers could figure out the plan's fate. here's what we eknow. irginia general assembly

just passed legislation that wi change the entire benefit structure of the prepaid plan, to make it more affordable. until that new program is in place, families can enroll in the existing prepay plan until april 30th. if you have a current contract, that will stay the same. now, once the new benefitur stru is in place, you will have the option to keep your current contract or transfer to the new plan. right now, the bill is just waiting for the governor's signature. you can sign up for updates to virginia's 529 plan. we have a link for you right now in our nbc washington app. search college saving back to u. >> if you'd like to learn more about saving for your child's college tuition, virginia's 529 has two i publicormation sessions coming up later this month in woodbridge. alexandria. in you can find that information in the link that susan mentioned on our nbc washington app. also on the app, we're constantly updating the

forecast. >> we are. >> folks are going to be to keep a close eye on it. it is going up, finally. >> yeah, we do have a lid on the temperatures this morning because of the moisture we had last night. quick weather story is when you have a lot of moisture into the systemav then when you the inversion on top, i'm getting too deep, but anyway -- >> wait, what? >> don't use big words with us. >> it takes a while before the cakerises, as in the warm temperatures and sunshine. i think they're telling me to go forward. 39 degrees outside right now is theerurrent teure. winds are light from the north and east, which continues to bring in that moisture northeasterly flow. it is very moist across our area. it'll take a while before we can break the lid and bring us warm temperatures. hold on forto rrow, everyone. outside, the temperatures have been gradually warming. we're seeing 40s. annapolis at 41 grees. visibility has plagued us all morning long. visibilities, notice, we're

seeing 10 miles. visibilities are rising. temperngures are ri low clouds across the area, so it will be a cloudy saturday. maybe dreary for some, great for the runners. temperatures will be warming to the mid to upper 40s. forecast, everyone, rain showers will move in from the west to the east across our area.t overnitonight, 11:30/midnight, rain showers will race through. i do mean race through. by sunday morning, it'll be in and out, moving to the east coast, out of our area. after that, we'll be under the dome of high pressure. a warm front, which will usher in warm temperatures for us. it is never too early sta tart ta to start talkier about the blossoms. we're in stage means that the b are starting to make their moves. 70% is when you have a pm,k blhich will be a part of stage six. re looking at a change in our forecast, great for the cherry blossoms.

the warm temperatures will definitely help. move tyo clocks, ev. temperatures in the 60s sunday and monday. notice, we wl be in the 50s to 60s once again. be enpa everyone. we have warm temperatures coming your way. we'll be back in a few moments. i'm melissa mollet with a look at your traffic. the roads and rails for the weekend. southbound express lanes on the beltway schulhut down 5:00 a.m. saturday until 4:00 a.m. lanes are going to be blocked eaar the jones branch connector. the ramp from thbound dulles toll road to the express lanes southbound will be shut down because of this. follow detours. northbound express lanes, ramp to the connector is open. a little good news. metro red line, single tracking between van ness. dupont. blue between arlington semien seminary. single tracking bettyen pentagon nd la font plaza on the yellow. the rest of the lines, silver, orange, green, regular service there. have a great weekend. i'll see you monday morning for "news 4 today."

welcome back. the d.c. public libraryystem is creating a ten-year plan to stay modern and better serve the people's needs. >> wtgo inside this eff with look at the libraries of the future. >> this way. >> reporter: there's nothing quite like a good book. >> yeah. >> reporter: wheer you're young or young at heart. >> you can renew it. >> reporter: whether you visit the library on occasion or work there every day.

>> forite place in the world i have 20 books checked out at any given time. whether i'm reading them or not ishe question. >> reporter: all lovers of literatureere asked for suggestions on a ten-year plan for the future. >> good to go. >> reporter: what will it look like when libraries turn the page on a new era? for starters, look no further th the construction site for d.c. library's latest project, martin luther king jr. library. when the mlk library reopens in the fall of 2020, itve music studios, job training, and it'll even have 3-d printers. the idea is to make libraries a one-stop shop for everything, not just books. they'll also have computer labs. they'll have meeting rooms. they'll haveewing machines. of course, there will be a cafeteria. >> we are converting a lot of space. >> reporter: richard gavalon isi the rector of the d.c. library system. one day, he says you could have a dmv in your local library. how can i help you? >> reporter: it is convenience and community.

>> we are in a societ is fractured in so many ways. the library still represents a place where people from all walks of life can get together. for me, that's the best thing we on do. >> find everythiy? >> reporter: as the library system gets ready for a new chapter. >> can we go there sometime? >> reporter: they say people ask them for one thing, above all else. >> they want to make sure we're a destination for reading and books. that's something we promised them. y >> why are themad? >> reporter: a promise that will hopefully keep people coming y back frs to come. >> every two weeks, when it is time to renew books. it is one of our main come to plac r. orter: in the district. >> like to see you. >> reporter: aimee cho, news. 9:26. four things to know on this saturday. daylight saving time begins t. overnigh if you have a traditional clock or watch, mo it up an hour. d.c.'s rock and roll marathon underway. several roads are close all over the district. you can expect traffic delays. many streets will be back open

by 1:00 this afternoon. deputies say a b found in a wooded area in stafford county. this happened near river road and route 3 in south stafford. we're working to learn more, and we'll post the updates in the nbc washington app. er at least onen is dead after a violent overnight crash in beltsville. state police say it happened on the northbound lanes of i-95, just before powder mill road. no new information has been releaso . going a taste of spring coming up. ol'llontinue to f clo .

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