>> let' begin this tuesday with a check of our forecast and the roads. > it's a cold start. temperatures have fallen in the outlying suburbs. 29 in gaithersburg. a milder 38 in washington and annapolis. it's below freezing this morning. man, it will be a nice day today. 100% sunshine.ro daytime highs,d 52 degrees. with the sun out,t will be a nice day. >> let's look at the roads here. >> two left lanes getting by on

thelt y. making calls on this right now. eastbound, east capital street, i should say. right no everything being pushed on to texas avenue because of an incident. there's gunshots and poce on the scene. stford, southbound 95, between bareson and stafford. 66 miles gets you there in 27 minutes. >> thank you. it's something no parent wants to hear. that the drinking fountain of your children's school may not be safe. >> after a test, over 200 water fountains to have water level higher thanacceptable. today, the county council will discuss a plan to lower the

acceptable lead levelsven more. it's all about schools doing their job and keeping children safe. >> we sendld chin to school to develop brains not to damage them. >> d.c. county schools and prince george's county schools have limited the lead in the drinking water. a judge will decide if a fourth teen will get his case moved to juvenile court. the other suspects have had their cases moved toil juv court. they are accused of raping varsity football players with a broomstick last year. a psychologist said one of the victims was a victim of a eviousttack the similar year. the d.c. council will vote

whethero reprimand jack evans. he has apologized but has not specifically said what he is apologizing for. o the board ethics and accountability and a federal grand jury is looki into this action. this morning, d.c. police are working to figureut whether the same person is behind six rob can is in four months. >> police have surveillance video to try to connect the dots here. it shows a man breaking into the restaurant around 3:30 in the morning march 10th. h leaf takes the money and a a drin walks out. the owner of the restaurant i upset. >> we work hard for it and he just takes some of the stuff.

it doesn't feel good. >> other surveillance videos show a man doing the same thfeg in the pasmonths. nrlington county woman continues to recover this morning. her brakes failed downhill as she was going downhill. she putted thele brake button but the bd scooter stopped. she wants the company to help with her bills as she continues to heal. et five stitches in my head and two in my head. you take care of me as your

customer. >> the company says it is gathering as muchnformation as can possible before moving forward. and it does regular maintenance on their scooters. d.c. police is investigati a sex assault asomeone is posing as a ride share company. police say a woman ordered a ride share. she got into the car on 9th and "u" streets. she got out and the man was dring a white sedan. mike pence will travel to nebraska to observe the flooding. >> large sections of the plains and theidwest are under water. roads have been washed out. some bldings have been moved

off of their foundations. hundreds of peopl and the pets had to be rescued. > you can see the furniture is upsidedown. the saddest things are the familyoo hei and stuff like that. >> the impact of the flooding will be in thellillions of s. trouble of a different sort in texas. look at this fire at a chemical plant just outside of houston. it's been burning since sunday. 35,000 people who live nearby, have been ordered to stay in their homes and skoochools have close. despite how bad it looks, it is settling down. today, we may learn more about what prompted the fbi to raid the homend offices of

fixer michael cohen. the warrant will be made official today. officials he went to his office and hotel room to fin information about payments made to two women during the election. cohen will begin his three-year prisonnc sen in may. he was convicted of tax emotion, campaign finance violations and lying to congress. the fallout of the situation with robert kraft has reach capitol hill. house and senate democrats are asking the fbi to look into that spa's owner and president trump. it'seen said that the women

meet clientele. after the worse history, people are voluntarily giving up theirns. 50 peopleere killed in a mosque shooting in new zealand. the prime minister will announce sweepi gun control measures. the rifle club where the shooter was a member, voluntarily closed its range. back here at ho, the highest court in the land will consider whether lee malveaux, along with john allen muhammad in 2002, killing ten people. a mall appeals court moved that malco should be resentenced because he was 17 at the time of thesu crimes. theme court will hear the case when it next begins in october. there's a new twist in the

killing of frances cali. the suspect, anthony kamel loo, scribbled on his left hand. they say cali told kamel low to stop see his niece but there are other unanswered questions in this case. >> was he acting alone? what is the motive? >> cali wasow gunned d in front ast is staten island home week. annette bongorino. it allows her to be released to

home confinement. the 70-year-old was convicted in a scheme that cheated investors out ofballs s billions of dollars. we're looking at a unique mural that highlights the impact that women have had to grow and prosper in the district. it's called the women who will. maggie o'neill created this mural. it shows women porched high above the city. a still ahead, a group of boys facing trouble school. >> what they wrote about their feel classmates that ended up online. plus, does an aspirin a day really keep a heart attack at bay? tuesday is off to areezing

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the girls banded together and took it on as a team. >> the school issued a statement, saying, this has bn upsetting for students, staff and families. this incident does not reflect those values.> his morning, a new move to keep you safe on metro. >> it's a safety watchdog. yesterday, the city gave a metro rail safety authority an eye on metro. an outside agency that can force metro to follow safety guidelines and can withhold fundingf from metro,eded. metro says it welcomes the new safety oversight. con construction at reagan national airport will force ride share drivers to wait.

uber and lyft cards are using a lot. residents complain it's tyi up traffic in the area. county leaders briefed the public getting ride share hicles back on airport property. the count has added a direct route to the aport for the vehicles. a warning for those of you who take an aspirin a day. it may not be the best ay for most people to prevent a heart attack or stroke. w guidelines say cuadults over 70 should not take daily aspin. the drug did t prevent heart attacks in older adults. others who shouldn't take a daily aspin, people who don't have heart disease and anyone who have risk for bleeding. >> people taking aspirin should just stop and determine their risk. >> people have already had a

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for those of us who live in d.c., even if we don't hold elected office, we know how stressful the job can be. >> this is nash, he's a yoellow job. l lenburg doesn't stay in nash. he didn't want to leave the pup alone each day. he brought him to work. everyone seems to love him and it doesn't hurtis popularity with voters, either. if s herts carrying around a baby, forget it, ght? >> but nash is adorable. >> love that. i wish we could bring our dogs to work. >> how would they do?

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look at this tuesday planning for you. the sun up at 7:14. down at 7:19 today. today's high is52. and tomorrow, anothmilder. when does all this start to change? we increased our rain chances on thursday, up to 70%. lots of rain from tampa to miami. and this weather system is our chance for showers coming u on thursday. it went won't be a big rain event. there's your sunshine for today. there's a garele increase of clouds. here you go, thursday morning. the rain will hit the morning, afternoon and evening commutes in there. a very strong northwesterlyee

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