>> i'm eun yang. we want to start with your forecast and commute. >> we'llhu start with cck bell and a look at our forecast. >> good morning, everybody. a nice day to spent spend a little extra time outside. on your mile or two afternoon walks or evening walks. the temperatures are in the 40s. it will be breezy a milder today, and temperatures close to 70 degrees for most of the area, today and tomorrow. but there is a high chance you're going to get rained on on your friday. right now, it is 38 at budulles airport. 43 in clinton, maryland. i gaithersburg. 47 in frederick county,la ma, this morning. these numbers are from 10 to 25 degres warmer than were at the same time yesterday. so, a little easier to get the y going whenit's mild outside. afw to mid-40s early this morning. rnoon highs today, right up s.ound 70 degre

if you're looking for something to complain about, it will be on the breezy side later in the afternoon. we'll time out the fridaan rain coming up. >> i will take it. with that 70 number, no problem. gaithersburg, northbound 270, after clopper two areas getting by. the tiniest blip on the map of that slowdown. inner loop and outer loop of the g has cleared th from earlier work zones and a crash on the inner loop. no issue on the beltway. northbound 295, one lane getting by that work zone. and fredericksburg, left lane is ocked. 66 into town or out of town, no problem. it's 5:0 g d.c. government employee, accused of exchangx and cash for issuing food stamps and welfare benefits will be in a d.c. courtroom. >> this story was broken on twitter. dimitrius mcmillan is a social e servicesentative for the department of human services.rt according to cocuments,

mcmillan issued $1.45 million in food stamps and welfare benefits to people in exchange for sexual favors, and $380,000 in cash. at least two dozen people benefited fromhese crimes. the mayor's office gave this statement -- ene crimes and acts alleged in the charging doc are despicable and demonstrate a lack of governments. the district government takes suspected abusive and fraudulent activity seriously. all boeing 737 max aircraft in the u.s. are grounded following an emergency directiv. by president t it's a jet flown by southwest american and united airlin. it's the same nd of plane that crashed in ethiopia last sunday, killing all 157 people onboard. since that crash, a growing number of countries have kept them out of the air for safety concerns. this jet was in the air when president trump issued t order

this is impacting travel across the cotry. >> including here in the d.c. region. justin finch joins us live with more. justin, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. you're absolutely ght. you won't be seeing any 737 max 8 or 9 jets taking off or landing here or anywhere in the country. it's unclear how long the grounding will last. but here at reagan national, we're seeing one max 8 cancellation on the pord boardt now. and airlines areing to make up on the pulled aircraft. cau're looking at an ameri airlines flight that is a max jet landing here yesterday. it was in the air, as word of the grounding didome wn. flight crews had to tell the passengers what was going on, though, ty did assure passengers that their flight was going to be safe, as it made its way down to the ground. of course, theyere mindful of what happened in ethiopia, back on sunday. that ethiopian air jet, a max

aircraft, killing all 157 people who were board. we also spoke with one passenger nho was on that american flight, who says even the air, he was nervous about being on that aircraft. >> the plane drops a littlebit, turbulence because of this? is it that? if you're a brand-new plane and th h haspened device, it's pretty insane that can >> reporter: just so we know here in the states, american, southwest, as well as united, to use the max all saying those aircraft do contract for a small number of thlights and they're making accommodations to make up for not having them in the r airht now. they're offering rebookings and refunds of canceled flights. if you're flying this week, check ahead with your carrier. live here at reagan national, i'm justin finch, news 4. several senate republicans are expected to break with the party and give the president a

rare rebuke. the senate is set to vote on a resolution to block the president's national emergency declaration. the declaration allows the president to pay for a border wall, without congressional approval. the house approved the resoluon and it appears there t enough republican support in the presidento pass the relution, but not enougo survive the expected veto from the president. and president trump's former campaign chairman, paul to 3 1t, was sentenced years in prison. last week in virginia, he was sentenced to 47 months in prison for a different conviction. he may serve around seven years total. he could face a bigger problem. a short time after htence was handed down, a grand jury in new york indicted him on charges of mortgage fraud, conspiracy and falsifying records. t> during yesterday's hearing, the judge here hgh talk for manafort and his legal team.

she smacked down what she called her defense team's no collusion mantra. she noted that collusion wasn't even part of the case. t and th investigation into collusion didn't over. moments latewhen he was outside talking to the press, manafort's lawyer again spoke of no collusion. >> judgeackson conceded that there was no evidence of any russian collusion in this case. >> that's not what she said. >> protesters quickly started shouting him down before he could finish. today, president trump's ng loime ally roger stone will be at court in the district. the judge is set to question stone and his attorneys over his new book, whichs critical of robert mueller and the russia investigation. stone did not tell her about the book, even though she issued a gag order, banning him from speaking about his case.

stone pled not guilty to rtltiple charges handed down by special counsel roueller. and in chicago today, juss t.ollett is expected to plead not guilty in cour the actor faces 16 felony charges after allegedly staging a racily motivated attack and lying to police. you'll recall that smollett claimed he was attacked by two men who yelled racist and homophobic slurs at him. since the incident, he has been fired and forchi to surrender passport. new details in the growinge coadmissions scandal. it now looks like hundreds of wealthy pents paid millions of dollars to break the rules and get their kids into top-ranked schools, including georgetown, university. >> one of them is looughlin. she is out on $1 million bail this morning. she and her husband are accused of paying $500,000 in bribes to secure their daughters' admission to usc.

they paid singer to fabricate co s of their daughters being recruited for the school's rowing people. they were not rowers. singer performed similar services for nesrly 800 famicollecting $25 million. lawmakers addressed the scandal during a hring yesterday. >> you can imagine how many students and parents are anxiously awaitihose letters on admissions today. and how powerless they'r feeling, that they played by the l rules and we have a scanat we're going to be following. >> four families with students that went to georgetsen, are accuof paying $2 million in the scam. federal agents say more arrests a possible. happening today aronnd the regi, students plan to walk out of class to protest gun violence. megan mrath has morn the demonstrations happening today.

megan, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. different student organizations ve different plans of action here this morning. here at springbrook high school in silver spring, students have arranged foruses to come about 8:15 this morning and drive students to a metro station. this is going to be happening across the dmv. ultimately, the students will make their way to the white use, where they will participate in aok0:00 rally. at this video. this is a similar walkout held one year wago. th in the wake of the deadly parkland shooting. the student organizers are calling on lawmakers to pass tougher gun control investigation, including universal background checks. we are expecting thousands of students around the dmv, not just here inontgomery county, but in d.c. and other jurisdictions, as well, to participate. after that 10:00 a.m. rally at the white house, the students are expectedoo walkapitol hill.

back to you. >> megan mcgrath, live f us. thanks. new details about the theft of an atm from a 7-eleven in lanham, we told you about this yesterday. it appears the crooks are the same ones that have stolen several other atmsrom businesses across prince george's county, d.c. and baltimore. this morning, a bald eagle is in the care of the city wildlife rehab center, after being rescued fm metro tracks. >> many of you were glued to this live rcue yesterday. metro transit police officer and natural resources officers, used blankets and towel to safely catch the bird. the eckle was s against the blue and silver line tracks near the addison roaio st metro cut power to the third rail and began single tracking

cso the birdld be rescued. while moste commurs hate delays, they seemed to be okay with it this time. >> ieard thereas a bald eagle on the asack. he hurt. >> we were just talking on the subway about the eagles out there. >> we're glad the eagle was rescued. but people are asking if there's some connection to tin fa mouse d.c. eagleses with justice and the suitors anr they reunited. >> are you suggesting that justice took this eagle to the tracks and said, today is your last day, buddy? step into my nest again. >> he is defending his honor. >> what a drama. i love it. he was an emergency hire after a promising rook went down., >> nit looks like adrian

peterson will beround for a little while longer. the redskins signed him to a new deal. peterson had an instant impact last year. he ran for more that 1,000 yards. he has a new deal and it should make for an interesting ckfield team. >> it will be nice to have excitement o thefield. >> let's go, please. it is 5: right now. every ten minutes a child is rushed to the hospital because of theirarents medications. >> the alarming new study and what you need to do to keep your children safe. wild weather across the u.s., impacting millions of americans. we're showing you the hardest hit areas. how about our weather, chuck? >> st. patrick's day weekend is here. your irish eyes will be smilinge over the w because it will be dry both days. that being said, it will be on the breezy and il side for your saturday. and there's likely to be areas below freezing on sunday thrning. is your furniture ready to handle your ki dreams?

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you may have a hard time believing this next story. >> d.c. is one of the least aggressive big cities to drive in. a survey says that d.c. is ranked 20th out of 30, when it comes to aggressive drivers. the city with the most aggressive drivers, no surprise, los angeles. the survey graded ivers on speeding, hard braking and swift acceleration. it found that friday is the most aggressive day of the week. trying to get home and start our weekend. wednesday is theimalmest. baltore ranked ahead of d.c. at number 18. >> who knew? wking this morning for your health with a warning about leftover medication.

while you may think u found a good hiding place, many kids the easily find pills. a new report from safe kids worldwide says, evy ten minutes a child is rushed to the emergency room after taking medication they found. we're not talking about highly addictive opioids here. most often, children get their hands on medicines used to treat high blood pressure or diabetes. >> even medications that are over-t-counter, that many carry in pses or wallets or leave on theounter, can be dangerous for children. >> experts recommendngeeping anytith any medication out of the reach of children. ab> the d.c. region has enjoyed some cool but reas nice weather this week, it's been a different story for the rest of the country. >> for the midwest, a major blast of winter. a record-breaking ic hurre-strength blizzard hit seven states. meteorologists call this a bomb cyclone. ckuck told us about this. wind gusts are cg in at 80 miles per hour. more than two feet of snow has fallen for some and for others, hail, rain and even tornadoes.

that is crazy. >> in south dakota, it's flooding that's the problem. the bomb cyclone brought rain to that state. that and mixed with the melting snow put a town under water. this is 65 miles north of sioux city, iowa. roads became rivers there. a lot of drivers became stuck, as well. there was trouble for those who didn't leave their homes. sewer systems became overload and basements were flooded, too. and look at what was spotted in new mexico. a big tornado there, blew through parts of that state and areas of texas, too. this is one of two tornados that touched down in new mexico. ten homes were damaged. minor injuriesreported, as well. we're tossing to chuck bell. i was trying to get histe ion to tell us about what kind of forecast we're expecting today. >> the kind your going to like, eun. sunshine today and near 70 degrees. >> wow.

>> and the crowd goes wild. i think we may finally be able to close the books on sw chances around here. as we get closer to the tail end of march, the oppettunity to snow really starting to trail away. and our next ten-day ourecast, that bring us up to the 24th of march, 0% chance of snow. just about two inches above average for snowfall this year, at national airport. dulles was six inches above average. and bwi marshall, just a smidge below. right now, it is 46 in washington. winds out of thesouth, about ten miles per hour now. they will be in the 15-mile-per-hour, 20-mile-per-hour range. we'll go from the 30s and 40s. some spots near 50 already this morning. a mild d to spend some time. sun is not up unt 7:23. lunchtime temperatures will be near 60.

afternoon school activities will be near it degrees. anill be warm again until tomorrow. we'll start in the 50s. 's not going to rain every minute of the day tomorrow. there could be a shower or two around anytime. but the most likely time for rain tomorrow will be about 00 in the afternoon and 9:00 or 10:00 in the evening,s as t storm fills in, producing snow. 100-mile-per-hour wind gts colorado springs. that mess is not near as strong when it gets tre. outside friday rain chance, we will see a gusty northwest wind on saturday. tempowatures in the 50s. and some chilly mornings coming up. ar freezing in the suburbs, sunday and monday morning. ten-day forecast in the next half hour. good morning, melissa. >> good moing, check. looking at a new problem. clara barton parkway,efore the chain bridge. right lane is blocked.

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coming up, a day of instagram outages and facebook r fa. an update on thelitches that shut down the social media sites for hours. plus, an animal attack in florida having repercussions in maryland. the backlash it's facing and the connection to this video. four things you need to know day.t the next four d aaynds.ilo a high chance for rain tomorrow. ion't think it will be a washout. and the just in time for your weekend. mperatures and rain chtean

news 4 today starts now. >> 5:29 right now. we tak a live look outside. today is gonna be a day you want to get outsi if you can. >> yes. >> it will be the last nice day, really nice day, foril a >> have to take advantage of that. >> good morning, everybod i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm eun yang. let's check in with chuck bell for a look at your thursday forecast. andavelissa mollet will he a look at your co wute.

>> i thill enjoy spending extra time outside today. this could be our second 70-degree day ohe year. you remember when the first one was? >> no. >> it was a february 5th, we made 74 and haven't been close to it since. aday, we'll have real shot for most areas to be right around 70. same again tomorrow. right now,ou're dry and a little cool. 46 in arlington,5 in frederi fred picksburg. yons for your commute today, dry roads in, dry roads home. and temperatures in the mid and upper 60s. southwest winds around 15 to0 miles per hour. a little breezy at times. good car washing forecast for today. you take your chces. no rain today. tomorrow, showers are looking likely. i'll let you know i it's likely to rain on the morning or evening commu tomorrow. >> can i pick for none of my racommutes? no? that's not an option, is it? >> nope.

>> chevy chase, southbound connecticut avenue. a work zone blocking the left lane. this was there yesterday. >> clara barton. 270 is nice and clear. northbound and southbound. don't have any issues.he so is beltway, inner loop, outer loop, no big delays right now. in the district, northboundan 2, single getting by that work zone. 66, live look, into town and out of town. we'll look at your travel times coming up. now, to a developing story. an employee with the d.c. department of human services is accused of exchanging sex and money for benefits.s dimitrmillan will be in federal court today. he's accused of handg out $1.5 million in fraudulent welfare benefits. he allegedly receive and sexual favors and bribes.

developing, three days after the ethiopian airlines plane crashed, the faa grounded the same model airplane involvedn that crash. the move came hours after canada banned 737 max 8 aircraft in its air space. justin finch is live at reagan national airport with the julatest. in, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. right now, we're seeing one max 8 related plane cancellation. perhaps a sign of how quickly the airlines are working to work around this grounding here. and we can tell you, we had a crew here on yesterday, that caught the ripple effts in real-time. you're seeing aet southwest

that had to turn around yesterday, an immediate about-face, after the faaan unced all boeing 737 max 8 and max 9 jets were being grounded as a result of new information being covered about that crash over the weekend in ethiopia, as well a a max jet crash in asia some months before. we c a tell you here the airport, that southwes s passengers aff did immediate rebookings and other airlines, too, to reshuffle their plans for the immediate future. this was a bit of a mess for passengers as thel spring tra season heats up. and for some yesterday, it was just too much to take. >>re you set? frustrated? >> not as much as the kids going to disneyland. thehere were kids crying on flight >> yes. that's the worst.

>> reporter: the silver lining is that the passengers can rebook to get where they need to go. the airline is being flexible with the flit plans, too. saying the max 8 and max 9 jets only m up a small number of the fleet. it shouldn't have major impacts to flight plans going forward. if you are flying soon, it might be smart to checkithour carrier. >> justin, thank you. we have an update to a deadly shooting we have been following for you. the woman killed in an apartment complex in hyattsvilgh tuesday nit, was salena rivera. she was known as d.j. salamander and played at different spots in the d.c. area. was shotlieve she during a robbery at her apartment. rivera's family has started a nd gofu page to help pay for the burial expens. looking at our other top st ies.

several senate republicans are going to break with their party and vote to block president trump's declaration to use emergency funding to fund the wall at the border. if it passes the nate, the resolution goes to the president, who says he will veto it. coming up at 5:45,ta tracie pot s about the expected vote. a smash and grab at 7-eleven is believed to be connected to other crimes. we brought this to you as breaking news, after masked men ncashed inside this conven store. it appears the crooks are the same ones that have stolen several other atms from businesses across prince george's county, d.c. and baltimore.th >> morning, a bald eagle is in the care of wild life rescue. chopper 4 captured the video of the rescue during rush hou metro had to cut power to the rail after the eagle was spotted. police and departments of

resource officers, used blankets and towels to catch the bird. this morning, actress lori loughlin is out on bail for her role othe college admission scandal. new court records reveal, hundreds of althy parents paid millions to break the rules to get their children into top-ranked schools itoluding geor university.th e ringleader said he helped them cheat on the s.a.t. and paid bribethto coaches. e redskins have signed adrian peterson to a new two-year deal.ro he wasught in for a rookie last year. he ran forore than 1,000 years. it's a two-year, $8 million deal. later today, the terrapins will make their big ten tournament debut. they will take on the nebraska cornhuskers in chicago. they have beaten them in the two

match-ups this season. but a postseason win will be new for maryland's players. none of the top scorers have won in college.ad but oach mark turgeon seems confident this year will different. >> we played great teams. so, competition-wise, they're ready for that. it's a stage. but we played on a lot of big stages this year. i fe good about our team. a young team keeps getting better. individually gettingr and as a team, we're getting better. >> want to see that on the court. tipoff is set for 3:00 today. it will be a big match-up. are you feeling march madness? >> it's coming. and that won't be the only local match-up peohie are wa today. george washington iversity beat umass in the first time. the colonials will take on george mason university. you know, two local teams, now. >> p lot ofple will be watching that one. maybe divided offices nd here. tipoff set for 2:30. new overnight, facebook and instagram are back up and running after being down for hours.ep facebook usersted issues logging into and posting

throughout the day yes. the #instagramblackout2019 was trending. >> where were you? >> will you remember what you were doing? w whatsa also impacted. everything came back online about 11:00 last night.ra instcelebrated with the post you see here. this is one of theongest outages facebook has had in 15 years. f ebook did not give a reason for the outage. coming up, a viral video prompting allegaabons of animal e. why this florida vacation is causing trouble for a local maryland business. and a guilty plea in a poisoning case. a mother accused of making her own n sick. own n sick. weso'r

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>> welcome back at 5:40. a maryland business says it's being attacked for all of the wrong reasons. >> a man jumpeanoff of a dock landed on a pelican. hunter grabbed the bird and didn't let go for some time, apparently. florida authorities saw this and charged him with animal cruelty and molesting a protected species. people were saying hateful things because they think we're associated with this >>man. nd you're -- >> not. >> we donated to the wildlife foundation in key west, florida, to show we don't agree with his behavior. >> his father sayse has received threatening phone calls since the video was posted. >> it's incomprehensible. what purpose does it serve to jump on top of the bird? >> seriously. or the rest of his poor family.

you know? >> yeah. >> have your kids embarrassed you like that? all right. allergy count for today. tree pollen for today. rathees and the weeds have not started pollinating just yet. we have chance t wash the pollen out of the air. plus, preparing to protest. the causeha has local students skippi ilping to head to the white house. whatou should know. this is not a bed...

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protest g last year, after alor school shooting left 17 people dead. >> megan mcgrath joins us from silver spring where units will be walking out this morning. >> reporter: good morning. the differentorchool nizations and the different schools may come up with different transportation plans. here at silver brook high school, the buses will come around 8:15 and take the students from the school to an area metro station. this will be happening aroun the dmv. not just here in montgomery county. schools that are closer to a metro station, those students plan to actually walk. ultimately, they are all going to meet up down around the white house, where they willip partice in a rally, starting about 10:00 this morning. look at this video. is is from a similar walkout in the wake of the deadly

parkland school shooti. school organizers are asking lawmakers to pass gun control morvation. afte rallying at the white house, and that's happening at 10:00 this morning, the students are then expected to walk to capitol hill and lobby lawmakers there. if you're out and about, around schools throughout the dmv or near the white house or the u.s. capitol later today, you can expect to see a lot of pedestrian activity, a lot of young people. toso, you're going to waneep that in mind. today on capitol hill, the senate is expected to vote on a lution to block president trump's emergency declaration. several republicans say they ll vote for that resolution. >> the house passed the same bill. tracie potts joins us live. how will the president react with this break in his party? >> he will veto and bounce it

back. in the end, the emergency declaration will probably stand. it isha significant four senate republicans are going against the president on this. the key isseing funding for the border wall. how do you payui to that wall with mexico? congress said no, so the president went around congress and used the emergen declaration to pull some funds from the pentagon. some republicans don't like that. th think it sets a bad precedent. they're breaking ranks voting with democrats today. they are expected to take a bigger look at how emergen declarations are done. they are considering a 30-day approval so the next time this president or any president decled declares an emergency, it would exfter 30 days if congress doesn't approve it. >> tracie, thank you. former governor harry hughes has died. he was 92 years old. and maryland's governor from before that, the democrats

served in the maryland house and state senate. governor larry hogan shared his condolences calling hughes a legend. former texas congressman beto o'rourke could announce he is running for president at any moment. this is the cover of "vanity fair." ry shows o'rourke on a cou road. and it says, i want to be in it. o'rourke made headlines when he ran for senate and lost to ted cruz. a horrifying admission from a fairfax mother. this is video of elizabeth malone, using a syringe to put her own blood in her son' and mouth while he was in the hospital. she said she said it because she wanted her son to get attention from the hospital staff. after a nurse saw a syringe hidden in her shirt sleeve, a w

came installed in his room. since malone has been in jail, her son's condition has improved dramically. malone will be sentenced in mid-july. i'm cory smith at the live desk, where we're following a story out of new york. a man thought to b a high-ranking member of the gambinori family was gunned down outside of his home in new york. he was shot several times in of his house on staten island. he was reportedly having dinner and stepped outside to speak with someone when the gunfire erupted. federal prosecutors had referred to him as the underboss of the gambino organizati. saying he was reled through marriage with a clan in the sicilian mafia. that's according to the associated press. the gambino organi ttion is one original five crime families in new york. a suspect was seen driving away from his house in a blue pickup truck.f as o this morning, aaron and eun, no arrests. back to you.or

>> thank you. a shoot-out in northeast d.c. was caught on home surveillance camera. this video looks even worse whei you hear the g. [ gunfire ] believable. this happened in the brookland neighborhood. you see one bull door.a front police hope that surveillance videhe will lead to shooters. now, to more video of the wild weather to our west. >> more dangerous than the rain, was the wind. look how pinerful the was near the alaneort. >> oh, my goodness. >> you see that? ripped the roof off of the warehouse and sent it through the parking lot. 67 planes were damaged or

destroyed. trailers were knocked over. houses upsend eupended on top o. trees on top of houses. there were munchkins w came out. >> stop it. >> we don't think anybody got hurt. >> that i serious damage, for sure. >> i tweeted out, if you follow me o twitter, dramatic video. i-40 in the panhandle of texas, near amarillo, 80-mile-per-hour winds. two different tractor tra-tra ers, east-west, blown over while driving down the highway. >> that's terrible. >> over 100 reports of wind damage yesterday. winds gusts over 100 miles per hour in colorado springs. and wind gusts of 80 miles per hourr higher wereecorded across new mexico, west texas and colorado. fortunately by the time that big storm gets here, it will have nowhere near that level of

intensity with it. we don't need that crazy weather here. 46 in washington. winds are out of the south at 8. miles per ho they will increase. plan on a southwest wind in the 10 or 20-mile-per-hour range today. temperatures are noticeably milder than yesterday morning. it's still cool. no one is below freezing where everyone was below freezing yesterday. here's your thursday planner. 40s t get you going. near 60 degrees. and daytime highs around 70 degrees, increasing cloud s. no rain today. there's a high chance of rn but it won't be a washout of a day. chances peak bween 3:00 and 7:00, tomorrow afternoon into the evening. it will be a mild -- feeling like april ershowers. s the center of the big storm there. now, centered right on the kansas/nebraska line, towards the omaha area. there's snow on the ba side of that. severe weather across parts of today, if louisiana

you're changing planes or headed to houston. you're going to have delays there. showerso moving i cincinnati now.cleveland those are going to go west north and west of us. that won't get us. the other showers down there oross texas, that's par the storm that will affect us tomorrow, with a rain chance, maybe a rumble or two of thunder. rainfall amounts tomorrow would be a quarter of an inch orless. not a lot of rain. but a high chance you'll need the umbrella. breezy and chilly weather. quite a bit colder than average. and subfreezing starts in the suburbs. now, let's gors to 4 traffic. >> looking at chopper 4 over b.w. parkway near the top of the beltway. no problems. everything is rolling along nicely. clara bar parkway before chain bridge. right laned is bloc a disabled vehicle. no lights on that vehicle. chevy chase, southboun connecticut at jones bridge. a work zone is blockingla a .

urbana pike, 355. .he rest of the roadways are looking ok 295 near suitland parkway. travel times on 270 and the top of the beltway, nice and clear. virgin h, 60 miles pr on 66. and 55 on 95. remember to listen to wtop when you hop in your car. metro wants to pay riders not to take metro late at nighto ow us here. the agency is considering a pilot program that would cover the first $3 of your fare in a taxi or ride share car betwers the hf midnight and 4:00 a.m. it would cover a maximum of ten week. per the pilot program could start this summer. metro has been fighting to keep late night service scaled back to do more system maintenance when trains are not running. good less leslie picker at

headquarters. the "new york times" says a grand jury has subpoenaed records from two smartphonemakers who made deals with facebook to access information such as contacts and iend lists without getti consent from users. the deals were made to help facebook create apps for phones and other devices. facebook is cooperating with investigators in several investigations. with your cnbc morning business report, i'm leslie picker. today is national pi day.s pi14, which is the ratio of a circle's circumference to diameter. do you remember that? >> no. >> some stores and restariants are of special deals on pizzas and baked pies. i could go for an apple pie a la mode right now. one of music's beloved and

respected poweroues accepted an award here last night in d.c. >> gloria and emilio estefan was bestowed by congress. it honors people that use music to promote cultural understanding. the estefans are the first married couple and the first latinos to receive the award. previo winners included stevie wonder and billy joel. >> congrats. a judge has sentenced paul manafort to three years in prison but not before issuing harsh words to his legal team. and it was breaking news we followed yesterday morning. a group of thieves smashing a truck into a 7-eleven to steal an atm. stay with us. 'll beight back. we

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under way. it will be breezy and milds t afternoon. about a ten-degree improvement over yesterday afternoon, when 60.made it to we'll be 70 today and tomorrow. enjoy the th70-degree w today because rain is likely tomorrow. 37 at dulles. in winchester and frederick, maryland. 50 in la ray. and 47 in southn marylando get your day doing. these numbers are 100 or degrees warmer than yesterday morning. your planner for your thursday, chilly and d this morning. a pleasant afternoon to spend some time outside.te oon temperatures in the 60s and 70s. near 74 tomorrow. rain chances are up to 80 have y gone off the rails? is that what i heard? >> that happened a long time ago. we also haveroblems on the rails. orange line delam , power probre at deanwood this morning. might see a delay there on the orange line because of that. 4 chop