thank you, chuck the warm temperatures had a lot of people outside. >> hold on. thank you, chuck >> yes. he gets the blame for bad weather. i'm going to give him a little credit here >> a little credit. >> good morning, everyone. i'm eun >>yang. don't give out credit for free, aaron. it doesn't cost you anything to be >> and you'll take every bit of it. t're going to talk to melissa about commute. chuck bell, first up, with four things to know about the forest. >> indeed, another really mild day today. it comes with a high chance of someshowers, maybe a rumble or two of thunder during the day. it is feeling like spring today. especially this morning, with temperatures already in the 60s across the area. we are watching out for this chance of mid-day to midafternoon shower ances. be dry again after 7:00 or 8:00 this evening. that's all good news. unfortunately, it will be much colder weather for the weekend. 64 in gaithersburg. 64 in arlington. 63 in upper marlboro. and these numbers are 15 to 25

degrees warmer t an we wer the same time yesterday. what a change. the's your planner then. 60s to tures in the around 70 degrees. there is a rumble or two of thunder. we're not goi to let tha get in the way enjoying a tgif 73. >> 73 looks good to me. chopper 4eaded to problem in oxon hill. t'll give you the details when we arrivs morning. as far as the roads go, a couple slowdowns. this is one major proble eastbound 66. we're jammed because of a crash on the left side of the roadway. alexandria, northbound,oute 1 at cameron street. we have police activity hanging around there. 95 in virginia, no issues. washington, 295, before pennsylvania avenue. those are building quickly here because of t crash. if you're headed inbound, is slow. bran

brandywine, before crash on the right. we begin this morning with breaking news in newaland. 49 people are dead after 2 shootings at 2 mosques. >> several gunmen opened ff e on hundredsople gathered for friday prayers. this happened in christchurch own on the east coast of new zealand's south island. >> cory smith is at the live desk with the latest. cory?he >>olice commissioner says they have charged one man with murder in connection with the attack. that man is h in late 20s and is an australian citizen. the man will make his first court aparance tomorrow. investigators tell us he was not on any terror watch list. the shooting startedbefore 2:00 p.m. local time. witnesses say they saw a man dressed in black, enter one of the mosques and heard dozens of. sh that sent people scrambling for fety. as you said, 49 people are dead and at least 40 people are d.

in new zealand's police commissioner, mike bush, says they have recovered a number of weapons and explosive devices. >> recovered a number of firearms from both of the scenes linwood avenue and deans avenue. there were two i.d.s on one wehicle. we disabled one anre in the process of disabling the other. >> three other suspects were also arrested and one has been released and is nobelieved to be involved in the attack. police are questioninghe other two suspects and don't believe anyone else is involved. that's the latest from the live desk. back to you. >> cory, thank you. developing in e district overnight, gunfire in southeast d.c. hit two women the shooting happened shortly before midnight on 30th street in the buena vista neighborhood. the women were conscious and e breathing wh arrived. the police officer and the woman involved in this crash in manassas are expected to be okay. this happened near nokesville

road and piper lane last night. the officer appeared to have the right ofay and was turning when the woman barreled straight into the cruiser. the officer had toome pulled frhe cruiser but is expected to be okay. this morning, we have new details about an ongoing murder investigation in stafford ty co we first told you about this last week. >> that's when a body was found in the woods. now, we know the victim was a teenager. thfamily of 16-year-old jackson chicas, says he may have been killed because he tried to leave a gang. apparently was forced into the group when the family lived in el salvador, so, they all moved to virginia. jackson was a student at falls church high school, when gang members found him again. m so, ed to maryland. police think he was killed in prince george's county and his body was left in stafford. now, for the alleged damascus high school locker room assault. a 15-year-old boy accused of raping fellow members of his football team inol the sc locker room, will be tried as a

juveni juvenile. he is one of five charged last fall. he is the third of the teens whose case has been moved thul year from court to juvenile court. a psychologist report says the 15-year-old was a victim of a similar attack the previous ye. >> he didn't report it because he didn't want to be labeled a snitch or a punk. >> one other 1year-old still charged as an adult. prosecutors say they wilfight to keep his case in adult court. he was supposed to be helping people in need but t admitttaking thousands in bribes. >> a ceworker took cash and sex in exchange for social services. justin finch has the shocking details. g >> reported morning. that's right. investigators say that dimitrius mcmillan culled off a really deep scam here, fleecing the d.c. department ofuman services, where he worked for 13 years.

he turned around and sought sex and cash tickbacks from the recipien recipients. he did plead guilty in federal court on thursday before adg he had been working with the d.c. department of human services forbout 13 years. but all this really came together in just four months last ar. we'r talking about april to july, when prosecutors uncovereh he had devised his benefits payment scheme, authorizing close to about 800 of these payments of welfare and food stam the recipients were mostly women. he did solicit a t number ofm for sex and cash paybacks totallg close to $380,000. if you have been following this office, you may know this i not the only scheme as of late to befallhe departmentf human services in d.c. so, news 4 asked the leader of that agency if shehought there could be more widespread

and here's what she had to say. >> these two matters,e to best of my knowledge, are unrelated. there's no employees that are still being investigated. it is not something that we beeve is widespread. >> reporter: now, still, the department says, if you suspect any kind ofrongdoing in that office or other d.c. offices, to give d.c. a call. give people a call about that, as well. we can tell you, too, that will be sentenced in june. however, they found $75,000 in cash i his home, which shows you just how elaborate this heme was. aaron, eun, back inside to you. >> justin finch, thank you. now, this morning, boeing 73 max jets remain grounded and it may be up until six months before they're flown again in the u.s. the airlines are trying to help frustrated passengers whose flights have been delayed or canceled.

the 737 max is the same model of plane that crashed in et iopia and inonesia back in october. some fliers are understandably concerned. >> i've been flying for a long, long time. mao crashes like that that seem to be related, is you wonder. >> meanwhile, thblack boxes have been removed from the debris in ethiopia and taken to france. investigators say it may take weeks, even months, to find the cause of the crash. than 24 hours after beto o'rourke jumped into the presidential race, he is picking up endorsements. he spenthe day in iowa, where a top statehouse leader vowed to caucus for him. is going to distinguish himself from the crowd of democrat candidates byunning a positive campaign. president trump is in attack mode. he was asked about o'rourke in the oval office and offered this specific critique. >> well, i think he has a lot of hand movement. i've never seen ch hand

movement. i said, is he crazy or is that the way he acts? i've never seen such hand movement. i was watching him doing, i assume it was a news conference. i've never seen anything quite tke it. >> trump was hosti prime minister of ireland when he made aose comments. new details ossible mafia hit. the alleged boss in one of new york'sfariginal five lies gunned down outside of his home. >> investigators are examining security footage of his shooting. they say the handprints belong to frankie cali. he was shot six times on wednesday night. plice say the shooter rammedkup truck into cali's suv and pulled out a gun and started shooting. a noted new york mafia author and historian says this ible hit does not line u with past mob murders. >> it tells you one thing, it was done so visually, normally mob murders are done more

quietly, a bullet in the back of the head. >> cali's death is the most rd notable mob since 1985. right now, the only lead police will discuss is a bluepickup truck seen leaving the area of the shooting. school shootings are a reality fortudents in our region and across the country. >> yesterday, hundreds of utmaryland students walkedf class in protest of gun violence in schools. they demonstrated at the white house and on capitol hill. the students observed 17 minutes of silence for the 17 lives lost at marjory stoneman douglas high school last year. this is for this demonstration. students say they want lawmakers to pass stricter gun laws. >> it hurts that we've gotten to the point where a lot of people don't care because it's thnew norm. we have to do everything we cana we have a obligation to speak out and do the right thing. >> we ha to show that the student movement has staying power. it's not a fad.

>> the students want the march to become an annual event. we want to give you an update on an inspiring business owner we talked about two weeks ago. chris shannon owns luxury cuts barbershop. he discovered that path and his talent as an artist, after eight years in a federalr rison. a teac westlake high school in waldorf, invited chris to share his story with her students. he jumped at the chance to encourage them to avoid the hastakes he made and to tr to make good choices. >> you was born for a reason. you was born for a purpose. you was born for a reason. it's okay to be cool. but education and finding yourself for who you are for your own personal identity is, like, super, superimpoant. >> the message seemed to resonate with students like jalen nero.

she has found rself distracted by people and things in her environment. she said, what she heard from chris is just what shed. >> it was motivational. it gave me more to g myself back on track. >> as a matter of fact, jailyn is running track and getting into basketball to help her focus and work on her grades, too. chris says that's the ens gy he wants ory to put into the world and he's hoping to help young people as much as he can. he is expanding his business and working on his art. >> that's incredible. would you ride in a self-driving car? nope. >> a new study reveals how many of us feel safe in that new technology. >> i trust the new technology more than i trust most people who ay b doing this. we're going to be tracking chances for rain on your friday and colderer for the weekend. five-day forecast coming right up. on this friday, we're ready to deliv how many books?

>> thousands. >> thousands. we're live at west thismorning. details on where all of the boors will go to a wthy cause. coming up next.

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you're watching news 4 today. >> welcome ck. 6:15. here's a story that should come as a surprise to nobody. a majority of americans are afraid to ride in self-driving case. >> no surpt all. this comes from a recent study by aaa. 71% of people surveyed said they are skeptical or afraid of this technology. only 19% said they would allow a child or a family member to ride in a self-driving car. chuck does have a point. some of the drivers onoa the right now -- >> can't be much better, right?

how is this for advice from a third grader. students at washington episcopal in bethesda are ready to donate thousands of books for a worthy cause. molette green is with the t students asy prepare to deliver the books. good morning, molette. >> reporter: good morning. i don't t we said it loud enough. what are we donating? >> books. >> reporter: how many books? >> thousands. >> reporter: oh, my eyodness. thre holding the books up. they have them in the box. i want to thank all of the folks here. we have principal here. and the s.t.e.m. teacher here. let me bring i katherine owens, the s.t.e.m., teacher, to talk about this project, that really is multifold, katherine, right? tell me how all of this happened. 4,000 books collected,

to a worthy cause. >> what we w were doingas we were doing entrepreneur projects and not focused on product-based and thinkinghe of service-based. and the children got excited d aboutng a book donation. here we are. they canvassed the neighborhoods, and had posters. it's been a wonderful experience for all of us. >> everybody got into this full-steam. tatyana, one of the many students who did. and tse books, these weren't any books. these were special books. tell me how special. >> they were really special to. >> really special to me. >> books they fell in love with whenhey were little and they wanted to make sure they went to a worthy cause, right? all right. we want to talk about where the books are going. we will do that later on in the hour of news 4 caday. e we have what? >> books. >> reporter: how many books? >> thousands. >> reporter: thousands. that's coming up later in this

6:00 hour of news 4 today. let's go. >> fantastic, molette. and tell katie rockwell, a teacher behind you, that i say hello. chuck bell is standing by with the l forecast wee to see as we wait for spring to stick. >> another littleint of springtime coming our way today, after a 75-degree thursday. we'll be in the 70s again today. won't eve have to go that far to get into the 70s, either. we're way up in the 60s this rning. most cloudy skies and southerly breezes have held temperatures way up. we're some 25 degrees warmer than average f this time of year at this time of the day. low to mid-60s to get your friday going. the school bus, you don't need the jacket today. but you may want to put that pocket umbrella in the backpack, kids. there's risk o a stray shower or two at lunchtime and a higher chance as you're getting out of

school. and sol of the olafter-sc activities could get rained on. but it won't be cold today. tomorrow, we'll b in the 40s tomorrow morning and struggle to get in the low and mid-50s tomorrow afternoon. it won't rain over the weekend. it will be colder again. the big bomb cyclone that we've been watching the last few days, is losing its punch as it goes up to the backside of ontario. it has unleashed an amount of cold air that will be settling over the weeke hanging around into the middle parts of next week. today, warm ahead of t ont. shower chances come along with the front itself. let me show you future weath here. a couple of rain drops81 on before lunchtime here. most of the rain chances ramp up around noon today. and our best chance of rain, during the eveningcommute. here's 4:00 in the afternoon. showers buling up around i-95,

that continues between 3:00 and 5:00 this evening, and rain chances after 5:00, shift down into parts of southern marylae, wh it might take 8:00 or 9:00, to get the rain out of st. mary's c and over the lower parts of the eastern shore. there's our five-day forecast. one more 70 today and much, chillier weather back for sunday, monday and tuesday. all right. melissa, how is the commute on a iday. >> good morning. slow, eastbound 66 at 29. still have therash on t left side. we're seeing delays inbound through manassas. and as you approach centreville this morning. alexandria northbound route 1, at cameron street, police activity there. the district, southbound, 295 before pennsylvania avenue, that crash. and dickerson, a new one 270 after 109. travel times in maryland, 270 from germantown to the spur is just fine. top of the beltway, a little slow, going 37 miles per hour. virginia, 66 inbound.

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to find sobriety. >> it's a unique program that is turning a il sentence into addiction recovery. bureau reporter david culver has more. coming up, changes in >> reporter: how did you end up here? >> the decisions i made. >> reporter: it has taken several lockups for myers to take ownership of his actions. the most recent incarceration started 11 months ago, with drug possession and attempt to distribute.hi do you thinkis the last time you're incarcerated? >> that's the goal. i can't say yes or no. i have been taught just totay in the moment. you know? all i have is today. >> reporter: is a profound self-awareness that aaron, now 32, learned here. >> you are the next generation of people in recovery. >> aeporter: aaron is one of dozen inmates, in a pilot program, aimed at drug and alcohol recovery.na >> thed it s.t.a.r., striving to achieve recovery.

>> reporter: stacy kincaid brought the program to the fairfax detention center. >> these are volunteers. nobody td them you have to be in this program. >> reporter: the participants must apply and be accepted into the program. they live in the same quarters and spend the day unearthi the deep-rooted trauma. >> we have this program for the right listens. >> reporter: do you think this is a life-saving proam? >> yes. i'm blessed to have an opportunity to be a part of this. it's not j'st about us. bout people that will come after us. >> reporter: including aaron's 8-year-old son, who he hopes to become a role model for. >> it's motivating when he ts lip and sees me. >> to have your son or daughter say, dad, i'm proud of you. that's huge.th 's huge. >> reporter: using a jail sentence to create a lasting sobriety. in fairfax, david culver, news 4. coming up, chang in classrooms after a student's accidental death. the new law just signed in

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for us this morning. another warm day in store. it comes with a little rain. >> we are accepting the range in exchange for the warm weather. >> the team is working for you to get you on the right start. it is friday after all. melissa mollet will have a look at your commute in a moment. first, let's go to chuck bell for your foreca. >> good morning. what a pleasant start to the day today. if you haven't stuck your nose out of thedoor, you'll be surprised how mild it is. southerly breezes and cloudy skies have combined to make a very mild we're in the 60s. there are rain drops in virginia and southwestern virginia. this i part of cold front, that will bring us colder weather for the weekend and a rain chance for the middle and later parts of your friday afternoon. dry weather here, maybe a random drop or two acrossouthern maryland. that's it. otherwise, plan on a nice start

to the day. it'slready 65 in manassas. remember two mornings ago, it was in mid-20s. thiss quite the change, indeed. don't plan on the mild air sticking past today. a lot of clouds around. there will be the 60% chance of showers. maybe a rumble or two on the way. ke thembrella because it will be showery later on. more on the blustery weath the chill with your ten-day forecast. where is chopper 4? t aaron wan know. >> over the beltway at 50 ain maryland. right now, everything is lookiny prood through that area. eastbound 66, not so hot. near 29 in centreville, we have quite a jam because of that crash blocking thene left la. dickerson, southbound 270, after in109. we're sthat delay. inner loop and outer loop of the

beltway. nice and clear on the beltway. as for the travel times, no virginia, that slowdown on 66 inbound. >> thank you. it's6:32. we have breing news this morning. nearly 50 people are dead and 40 others are hurt,ol fwing a mass shoing inside two mosques in new zealand. the prime minister called it a well-planned terrorist attack. >> several suspects have been taken int custody and that country's threat level has bee raised to its second-highest level. the shooting started around 2:0e local t inside a mosque in christchurch. it was filled with worshipers, which is typical for friday prayers. witnesses say the gunmanald in and started shooting. the prime minister, jacinda arden ardern hadhis to say. >> they have no place in new zealand and in fact, have no place in the world.

>> now, police have arrested and charged one m with murder. he's believed to be an australian citizen. two other people are also in custody. none of the suspects was on any terror watch list. pi wdeve here back at home, someone is dead after a shooting in northwest d.c. a man with agun, approached th victim on columbia road, shot him and walked off. we're told thisas a targeted shooting and not random. investigators believe they saw the shooter on a surveillance camera. a child's death in a northern virginia school is what kicked off a news 4 consume investigation. >> now that's all led to the governor signing a new law to better protect students in the commonwealth. megan mcgrath joins us from franconia elementary where this happened last year. >> reporter: this was just

heartbreaking. a terrible accident thatth took life of a young boy. but positive change is coming in tragedy. of this tarajraged sley lipicky was helping to operate one of the motorized partitions. he was pinned in that roll awal crushed. governor ralph northam signed a law yesterday. and following the tragedy, news 4 launched an investigation. they found that many school districts in the area did not have formal written policies or training in place, for operating those partitions. news 4 pound 17 of 21 districts in the area d not have the ain organize the policies. that will be changing now. starting july 1st here in virginia, new rules are taking effect here. under theew w, the motorized partitions cannot be used if room.nts are in the

that is unless other safety measures, other safety devices like motion sensors have been installed. under the new law, schools have to train those operating the partitions once a year. the lipicky family very happy about this new law. they want to make sure that no one else s sufferedh a terrible loss. back to you. >> megan mcgrath, thank you. the fallout in that college admissions i scandgrowing. a stanford university student says the degree she's earning won't be worth as much following this scandal. she is suing william singer and the eight universities involved. the case could become a class-action lawsuit involving more than 1 million students. a civil complaint has been filed by a mother who said the scand kept her child from being gumitted to certain schools. william singer plety to taking millions of dollars from the country's rich, famous and powerful to get their children into elite colleges.

lori loughlin is accused of paying $500,000 to get her daughters into usc. now, it is costing her family some big money. yestery, the hallmark channel fired loughlin, who was one of the best-known stars. her daughter was dropped by sephora and the tresseme hair care line. you've seen it on social media, the bomb cyclone that we've been telling you about. it's a massive winter storm that's already battereomcolorado and g and it's slamming into the midwest. the storm swept vehicles off roads and dumped several inches of snow and generated funnel clouds over parts of the look at this video now. a sheriff's deputy was caught in a possible tornado in mccracken from the damage here, looks like his patrol car was in an accident. the deputy was in the western rt f the county, preparing for a storm coming through. his windows were blown out and there are several dents in the side of his vehicle. hehe told reporters he kne just couldn't escape. >> the power lines coming up and

ing over the road. and i saw a bunch of debris spinning around my car and spun my car to the side. i kind of put my headown and vered my head and kind of prayed for the best. >> a state of emergency was declared for the county following that storm. today, your co-workers may be distracted as local tea s push for at in march madness. first up, george mason university will take on st. naventure after beating local rival yesterday. the patriots knocked george washingtonniversity out of the tournament yesterday. tipoff for today's game is at 2:30. tonight, university of virginia tae s on florida state in th acc tournament.c. virginia beat tate to make it to the finals. the cavaliers tipoff at 7:00 tonight. and sorry, terps fans. we're out of the running for the big ten tournament, after losing to nebska in the first round. >> kind of rough. next season. >> this doesn't count us out for

the big dance. i think we're going to make it far. the basketball is only the beginning. the real madnewe starts next . get your brackets ready for that. >> it's all f rando me. coming up, molette green is in the community talking to kids about an incredible charity a drive they doing. molette? >> oh, yeah. they are packing up 4,000-plus books right now. we're going to tell you where they're going and how they will help others in need when we come back on news 4 today is your furniture ready to handle your kids dreams? at havertys, every piece is made to last. and, action! cut. love it!

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"a little late with lilly singh" will premiere this fall. congratulations to her. i like to see new blood on the lineup at night. make sure you have your green ou tit out fors weekend, for all of the st. patrick's day celebrations. chicago river will be dyed green. and parades will be nationwide. d.c.'s parade won't be held because of the high cost of security. there will be another celebration today on the steps of the u.s. supreme court. ru bader ginsburg, 86th birthday. her devoted fans are holding an unusual birthday celebration on the steps of the supreme court today. n an event is going to hap 5:00. organizers say they we inspired when she calls her trainer the most important person in her life. more than 2,000 people expressed interest on facebook with the invitation. can you imagine? more than 500 people have

confirmed their attendance. now, your cnbc morning business report. >> i'm frank holland at cnbc headquarters. tesla unveiled its newes electric vehicle last night, the model y compact suv.k elon m predicting it will be the company's best-seller. a two-row version with a battery range of 300 miles and a starting price of $47,000 will start in 2020. it can go from 0 to 60 in 5.6 seconds. a performance model, starting at $60,000 will be available at the same time. a base model with a starting ice of $39,000 will be available some time in 2021. it won't be in production until next year, you can order a model y right now. with your cnbc business report, m frank holland. good morning, everybody. it's st. patrick's day weekend. the 15th is the eids ofmarch.

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a flo of gunfimi. >> koreycory smith is at the li desk now. >> new zealand's police commissioner says they have chard one man with murder in connection with the attack. he is in his late 20s and is an australian citizen. he will b making his first court appearance tomorrow. police say they are not actively looking for anyone elseto looki e involved. a police commissioner says one of the suspects has been le reased and is not believed to be in involved in the liattack. are talking to the other two people trying to determine how they were involved. none ool these fks were on any rror watch list. but the prime minister did descri them as extremists with anti-immigrant motives. the prime minister also said this was a well-planned terrorist attack. police are not revealing what kind of weapons we used, one witness said a gunman left a semiautomatic weapon in his driveway.

explosive devices wereta found ed to the suspect vehicles. but they did not detonate. the man charged with murder is a australian citizen. that prime minister has condemned the attack, calling it an extremist, right-wing, u.rrorist attack. >> thank a rare act of defiance on capitol hill. yesterday, the senate voted to block president trump's national security declaration to fund a southern border wall. here are the 12 republicans that voted in favor of the resolution to undo the t'presid declaration. nbc's peter alexander is live at the white hou for us this morning. good morning to you. >> reporter: i'm told the bill has arrived at the white house. the president has ten days to veto it it's likely to happen as early as today. the argument for president trump this is an issue about border security. but for many senate republicans, certainly those 12, it's about t pulling bac reins on

president trump's use of presidential powers. you2 showed the republicans involved in this. the president is indicating this is a greio electn issue. anbase, saying, i'm fighting the establishment, trying to get that wall built for border security, as soany say needs to be resolved immediately. that's where things stand on this morning. it is the fallout from an embarrassing rebuke from president trump, largely at the handsis own party. we'll have more on this on "today." >> peter, thankyou. again, peter's full report is just a few minutes on "today." 6:48 rig now. and a police officer and a woman are recovering after a serious crash in manassas. this happened near nokesville road and piper lane last night. the officer appeared to have the right of way and was turning when the woman barreled straight into the cruiser. the intersection has reopened this morning.

this morning, we have new details about an ongoing murder investigation in stafford county. we first told you about this last week. that's when a body was found in the woods. 16-year-old jackson chicas' family says he may have been killed because he tried to leave a gang. he apparently was forced int t the group wh family lived in el salvador, so, thmoved to . jackson was a student at falls church high school, when gan g und hi m again. he moved to maryland. police think he was killed in prince george's county and his body was left in stafford. now, a stunning bribery case within the d.c. governmentnd with a guilty plea. >> news 4's justin finch is live wiin the sho details. justin, good morning. reporter: eun,aaron, good morning. that's right. the prosecution here really cracked this caseworker's con n, wide-oexposing dimitrius

mcmillan here as seeking sexual favors for money and costing the d.c. department of human servicesell over $1 million. again, the prosecutors here idenfying thisormer caseworker as the mastermind here. he didlead guilty in federal court on thursday. he had been the caseworker with d.c.'s human services for about 13 years or so. but the red flags began flying between april and july of las year. that's when feds found that he signed off onul frat benefits payouts, hundreds, in fact. each worth about $1,000 or so. the recipients here were mtly women and from some of them he did solicit sexual favors as well as about $380,000 in kickbacks on top, for that $1.5 million in squandered food stamp and wfare benefits. no surprise, all of this has led to changes inep thetment of human services. >> we have certainly tightened our contrs since those

activities occurred, ending last july. so, we have lowered the payment threshold. have changed the controls and authorizations how we make ourp ing and report analysis infrastructure much me sophisticated. >> reporter: mcmillan will be sentenced in june and prosecutors may go after the recipients who took theey and gave the bacashs and kickbacks, as well. let's check back in with meteorologist chuck bell on a friday. >> we can do that.oi it's to be a nice, mild day today. we made it up to 75 yesterday. and since we're already within a whisper of being above 70 again today, look through the record books. the last time we had ck-to-back days in the 70s, 4 1/2 months ero. nove 1st and 2nd. it's been a long, cold winter. i've heard about it fro eun yang all through that stretch.

today will be a mild one. 64 in d.c.wi s have stayed up. the skies have been cloudy all night. it's a mild start. 64 now. that number is almost 20 degrees warmer than we weryesterday. these are the 24-hour temperature changes. 15 to 25-degree milder start this morning, with mast a in the low to mid-60s. such a mild e start, we'll h trouble getting in the 70s for a few hours this morning. rain chances begin around noontime. our highest chances of rain come between 3:00 and7:00 this evening. the bomb cyclone moving through parts of northeastern canada. on the backside, it has trapped chilly air from canada. that's arriving tomorrow and settli in for sunday, monday, tuesday, maybe into wednesday. so, enjoy the mild fetch of southerly breezes thisin mo the future model and i time out the rain chances. rain chances are between now and

lunchtime. have showers as early as moon time today. as the cold front gets arcloser nd 3:00, 4:00 today, a line of showers, which could include thunder. the best chances to hear thunderstorms are east of i-95, towards the bay andutnto rn maryland, fredericksburg and the northern neck. and the timing on that is between 3:00 and 6:00. around the metro area. ra chance hangs on a little longer across parts of waldorf and leonardtown and st. mary's city. keep that in mind. most everyonehould be dry by 9:00 or 10:00 this evening, and bluste chilly tomorrow. you can use our nbc washington app. there is an interactive radar feature in there, so you can track the showers as they move on later this afternoon. you can find andollow me on social 73 today. only 56 for a high tomorrow. that's average, after all, for the middle of march. much chillier than average weather, for sunday, monday,

tuesday and wednesday, aswell. likely to have multiple days with freezes in the suburbs at e very ast. and then, temperatures, milder late next week. let's go to melissa. looking at the roads here. eastbound 66 at 29, centreville. we're slow headed because of an accident. you can see that on the map. 95, northbound and southbound, in virginia, looks fine. chopper 4 over the beltway. typical traffic. dickerson, southbound 270, after 109. nand white oak, problems, southbound 29 near new hampshire avenue. as for the travel times, 270 looking okay. top of the beltway, 30 miles per hour. 66 inbound, 95 northbound, gold star on this friday there. listo wtop 103.5 f.m. when you hop in your cars. >> thank you. sharing is caring. this morning, students at washington escopal school in bethesda are putting that to good use. they're donating books to a

very worthy cause.e molereen is with the third graders as they geteady to make their delivery. >> reporter: it takes a big effort to pack up 4,000-plus books here. we're doing it here at washington episcopal school here in bethesda. part of the book drive campaign that taught the kids so much. the ones in yellowhi are the t graders that spearheaded the whole effort. teachers salute the and the parents. principal vogelman, everybody, for making all of thishappen. and the s.t.e.m. teacher, kaerine owens, put it in perspecti prspective, as you hold the giving tree book, what this is going to do. >> the boo will help our community, looking at others and not just ourselves. aboutot just understanding and learning things, but also how we can make dpositive difference. these kids havee such an incredible job. >> reporter: all right. special bring in a

surprise. you didn't know this. but mar bergel of the wider circle, the charity that will receive the books. come in quickly. >> you are heroes. we are the best people we can be when we commit to help others. thank you for doing that. ea reporter: thank you, w.e.s. we're r to donate. back to you. >> thanks, molette. it is 56. here are four things to know. there's a new law inni vir to protect students from motorized partitions in walls. more fallout in the college admissions scandal. a stanford student has filed a lawsuit against eight universities claing they are devaluing her degree. today in france, the ntsb will be trying to get data from the black boxes involved in the ethiopian airlines crash. the boeing 737ax jets remain grounded this morning. 49 people are dead and 40 injured following a mass shooting inside two mosques in

new zealand. several suspects are istody. more coming up on the "today" show. >> all right. it is r6:57ht now. another warm day on tap. we'll enjoy that. meliss will update us on traffic. >> the "today" show is next. enjoy your day andd. your week >> make it a great friday, everybody.

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. >>ki good brngmo news. terror in new zealand. at least one gunman openiir fe inside two mosques killing 49 >> from what we know, it does appear to have been well planned. >> one of the safest countries in the world now reeling from its worst mass shooting ever. this morning we'll talk live to somebody who was inside one of the mosques when the gunfire erupted. >>mo final nts. overnight chilling radio messages from the pilots of the ethiopian airlines crash revealing what was happeni inside the cockpit. new clues emerge on possible links to the other boeing 737 max 8