the forast and the commute. >> let's start with storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell and a look at those numbers.be >> those n are below freezing for most of the area. 26 in dulles. 21 in manassas. 31 in clinton, maryland. 38 in washington. 43 in annapolis. guess what the bay water temperature is? mid 4s. if you're away from the city in the water, it's a freezing cold start. and much like yesterday, we'll have plenty of sunshine for today. unlike yesterday, we won't be wind.ng a stiff north so lighter winds and plenty of sunshine. today's high temperature, degrees. not a bad day to be outside. milder weather for tomorrow on opening day. tracking also mor in the way of cloud cover. we'll let you know if that means chance. let's go to melissa. >> brandywine road atee acres

drive, a crash investigation under way. oxon hill,un northbo national harbor boulevard, the ramp to the inner loop, crash there. the rest of the belt way looks good here no a live he look at 270 and montgomery avenue. a good look here. prince george's countyne police say driver is dead and two cars crashed just before 10:00 last night. this was chopper 4 on that scene on brandywine road near crane highway. the other dver was taken to the hospital. no word on their current season or what may have caused this crash. also in prince george's county, fiveng students are b treated for injuries after a bad crash, police say none of the sti students was wearing a seat belt. the crash happened on good luck

road before noon yesterday. driveway e exited a and clipped a nissan sedan which contained those students. it started a chain reaction cralh. offi urged parents to talk to their teens about the use of seat belts 10 of the time. >> seat belts save lives. it's just that simple. ease don't pull out of your parking space, out of your driveway, out of any space without putting on your seat belt. it takes two seconds. >> police say the driver and front seat passenger werefr spad serious injuries because of air bags. in a matr ofhours. white nationalist convicted of deliberately driving his car c into awd of demonstrators in charlottesville two years ago is expected to plead guilty to federal hate crime charges. in doing so james fields jr. avoids the death penalty. one person was killed and several others injured.

the vim a jury has recommended fields serve life in prison plus 419 years. today we hope to learn more about at story t sure made a lot of you talk yesterday. a stunning reversal in chicago. progs cute prosecutors dropped all charges against "empire" star jesse smollett. >> this has one a difficult time. one of the worst of my life. >> police say smollett e crimerated a fake h in january when he claimed two men attacked him. it's important to note smollett was not exonerated. prosecutors dropped charges after smollett agreed to pay $10,000 in court costs and two days f publicservice. >> this is witht a doubt a whitewash of justice and sends a clear message i you're in a

position of influence and power you'll get treated one way. other people will be treated another way. >> the fbi is still investigating whether smollett set a threatening letter to the set of his tv show a week before he reported the assault. today leaders of the d.c. police department will no doubt face some tough questioning at an oversight hearing. the departme's use of fors on the rise for a second straight year. >> new data shows b ck people are overwhelmingly the target of that force. according to thee off of police complaints there were over 1,000 use o force incidents in 2017. in 2018 that number increasedo 1,242 incidents. a 20% increase there. african-americans were the subjects of 90ho of t cases 2018. now the report also found 80% of the use of force incidents were justified. it's important t note that the department defines use of force t anything from taking a suspect down handcuff them tog

dischargin a firearm. council member charles allen says the numbers are concerning. >> see a number of 90% of black drentz residents on the receiving end of use of force, it's problematic. >> d.c. police say of 3200 ar4%sts, only involved force. in the majority of those cases the officers were within the guidelines. virginia governor ralph northam making a return to public appearances this week. he's been working out o site following the release of that controversial photo inside his medical school yearbook. it m showed a in blackfac standing next to another man in a kkk robe and hood. northam said it wasn't him but later admitted he worn blackface in the past. the governor is pushing for a new bill changing what devices drivers can use behin the wheel. we'll take a closer look at that legislation coming up in the

next half hour. attorney general william barr says the public will see rob merert mueller's report. he thils it w be released within weeks, not months. it revealed the trump campaign did no clued with ruollude with. the president declared himself completely exonerated. yesterday heppeared on capitol hill to take a victory laps of sorts. there are also signs he seeks political vengeance against those who accused him of collusion.n >> the republi party will soon be known as the party of healthcare. >> the justice department is asking a federal c appealsrt to strike down the entire affordable care act. until now theni trump admistration only argued parts of the law should be struck down. if the court agrees, 28 million people could lose their health insurance. >> the gop will never stop trying to destroy the affordable

healthcare of america's families. >> house democrats unveiled new legislation to strengthen the healthcare law. legal experts say it could take a year for the fight to move through the courts. the battle over the border wall will also land in court. >> the veto of the president is ained. >> reporter: the house failed to overturn the president's veto to block his national emergency declarion. that declaration gives the president the go-ahead to shift federal fundsheo build wall along the u.s./mexico border. the pentan could divert more than $4 billion from as many as 150 defense projects around the country andworld. 16 states joined together to file a lawsuit claiming the declaration violates the constitution and current law. a slaughterhouse has been to move green light into an industrial portion of alexandria. some people were against it fearing it would impact the neighborhood and other local businesses. but the city council approved

the move. sabae liv poultry will follow islamic law. the owner vow there's will be no noise or smell and very little traffic at the location. we have new details about a deadly shootingn prince george's county. police say the man they believe shot two people on monday was taken into custody and then sleased. thehooting happened inside ae townhousn district heights. damo w proctert there to continue an argument that had started earlier. it turned physical. that's when procter waskilled. the suspected shooter will remain free while police continued the investigation. and we now know more about a deadly crash involving an amtrak train in prince george's county. two people were trespassing on the tracks just before 10:00 on monday night. one of them was hit and killed. the other person was not hurt. according to the federal railroad administration the number of accidents in our area is indeclining. 2018, a total of 15 people m re hit by trains in maryland,

that's down f in 2017. that year seven of the pedestrian accidentser in prince george's county. today new england'satriots owner, robert krlft, w attend the annual nfl meetings in florida. this is following his arrest for prostitution at a spa i flori the 77-year-old requested a jury trial. key have avoided that if he admitted prosecutors had enough evidence to convict him. he turned that deal down. roger goodell says the league will wait to hear all the facts in the case before ruling on a punishment for kraft. tomorrow is opening day at nats park. not only the fans who are excited for the new season but the players and managers, too. the team missed out on the l playoffst year but put in some hard work during the off season. tune in tomorrow morning here. jim hanley will join us live from nats park for much of the morning all ahead onthe aftername against the mets.

mark it on you calendar. april 1st, that's the new day service national park says the cherry blossoms will be in full bloom. peov bloom m up by two days. the park service looks at temperatures and where the trees are in the blooming process. indicator tree is in full bloom. the national cherry blossom festival runs until april 14th. check this out. that's fisherman, conner donovan, he caught that massive stripped bass in the potomac river in washington, d.c. it was caught near fletcher's boathouse. the large catch is a sign our rivere getting healthier. >> that thing is big. you eat it? >> not me, but somebody might. i don't know. that's awesome. him.for >> 4:11 right now. still ahead, the naacp prepares

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>> a local naacp chapter says the selecti process at the academies of loudoun may be biased. that's because of the small number of blacktudents accepted into the specialized schools. >> cory smith takes a closer look and shows us how the school district is trying to fixhe issue. >> reporter: the academies of clouden includes two p grams geared towards s.t.e.m. fields. 65 african-american students applied for a spot in those programs for this school year. only o was accepted. the numbers don't add up? >> they don't add up. >> reporter: those numbers got her to demand the school district address the disparity. currently it's based on a student's academic progress and scores on tests. >> it'y subjective. me you have subjective criteria, there may be at play issues of racism. >> reporter: the school district is heeng her calls writing in

a statemenquote, beginning with admissions windows opening in the fall of 2019, the admissions process will be made to decrease testing >> we plan to fix this problem of academies of loudoun admissio process and the pipeline together. >> cory smith, news 4. >> new research suggests that story time is better withna tradit print books rather than electronic brooks. reading pri books to children generates more conversation and leads to better interactions than the e-books. interactions between parents and children were lesen fre and focused more on the device with digital books.ar reseers say shared reading promotes a child's language development,iteracy and bonding with parents. from story time to them ready for college, it seems

like those in between years, those years in between, they fly by. >> yeah. the study reveals millennials who have a goodio relhip with their parents may have an easier transition to college life. researchers from the college of missouri surveyed more than 300 rising freshman. those who felt supported by their parents worried less and were successfully able to adjust to college life. those who felt their parents were controlling and overinvolved had a harder time with that transiti. when it comes to trick shots, this might take the cake. watch as one of the stars of the harlem globetrotters nails a long distance shot while riding a roller coaster. e basket was made whilevi ting the mall of america yesterday. this is the first time a globetrotter has e in the team's 93-year history. >> that's crazy. >> when you're good, you're

good. >> we pbably could do it if we practiced 4 million times. >> probably f wasn't thest basketball shot he ever tried, i'm guessing. >> probabl calculated the trajectory, the wind. >> a lot of math.involved >> not playing him in h.o.r.s.e., that's for >> chuck, we are off to a colder start this morning. >> man,ds it c outside. at least the wind eased off. it's way felowezing in most of those suburbs. even i rode to work with thep windowshis morning. no jacket, of course, but the windows were n. right national airport and b bayside locations are above freezing. those are theptio.on 38 in washington. the windha isng 7 degrees off the feels-like factor. windchills are down closer to 20 degree across most of northern virginia and suburban maryland.

so a hard freeze this morning for all the outlying suburbs. really only ang about route 50 from washington to annapolis. a little bit milder thanks to the heat island in the bay. here's your planner then. a freezing cold start sums up just a smidgen after 7:00 this morning. it will be bright and sunny all day. a couple degrees warmer. just as sunny. without that breeze to contend with. for tomorrow, even better. most of the area will stay above freezing tomorrow morning. that's good news. that means the cherry blossoms won't have to worry for tomorrow. temperatures into the low to mid tomorrow up afternoon. a pleasant way to g baseball season started for sure. here's your five-day forecast. ss of a breeze today. plenty of sunshine and milder for tomorrow. on friday, mostly cloudy, really pleasant around here. we're going 73 for a high on friday. there could be a stray shower in the shenandoah valley.

most of us don't need to worry aboutthat. saturday nice and mild. lots of clouds around. any rain chances saturday hold off until well after the sun goes down. once you get past 10:00, 11:00 saturday nigh rain chances creeping back up. sunday, mostly cloudy. way chillier. temperatures stuck in the 50s all day on sunday. that comes with a 70% chance forever rain. most of that rain probably between 8:00 and 4:00 or 5:00 sunday afternoon. pretty muce most of the t you would want to be outside. we'll talk about the ten-day forecast in the next hurf >> sounds good. brandny wine road near lee acres drive, we've been showing you have of this crash. lanes have been shut down for the investigatio it's nowleared out of the way. oxon hill northbound national harbor the ramp to the interloop of the beltway, local lanes right now is blocked. as we zoomout, inner loop and the outer loop of the beltway

looking good. 95 northbound is fine. southbound getting by the work zonethere. still ahead, we may be in for another chilly day, but spring is on the way. >> yes. coming up, we'll show you how to get the gden going. it's an activity that might wind up getting you much more than flers and veggies. >> be sure to tune in for "ellen" today at3: . and then stick aund for news 4 ro ♪ you want a fresh-smelling home,e but so air fresheners use heavy, overwhelming scents. introducing febreze one; a new range of innovative air freshenershe with no y perfumes that you can feel good about using in your home ra deliver a light, nasmelling freshness. febreze one neutralizes stale, stuffy odors

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it's really going to start feeling like spring before you know it around here. the perfect time to startpl ting a garden. if you have never done it before, gardening can be intimidating. >> pay attention. i know you have not done this. >> i haven't. i'm okay with that. too.e, justin finch is working for you at the garden center with some tips. he'll show us how to put our green thumb to work. >> reporter: new buds blossoming, digging your hands down in the dirt. cultivating the plot or pot into a place where something you plant thrives. there's just something about being sn aing garden and even better, the benefits you could reap that g don't justw from the ground. >> you get a lot of good exercise. a lot of stretching.

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. 4:29 right now. a live look outside for you here as you d get your started. another chilly day outside, but less wdy than we felt yesterday. o some improvement happening here. our way to a good place. >> good morning. i'm aarongilchrist. >> i'm molette green. we want to get over to meteorologt chuck bell for our forecast,efore melissa mollet gives us a look at our we still need our coats. >> no doubt about that. it's not just a littl below freezing, but it's way below freezing across parf virginia. manassas down to 21. 43 in annapoli

35 at the naval air station. your hour by hour planner, temperatures will stay below freezing in the suburbs probay through:00 this morning. a cold ride in. a cold wait at those bus stops. it will be all sunshine. outdoor recess is allowed today. kidsoill need pack that fleece. you can use the nbc washington app to get aomplete and updated forecast. find and follow me there on socidi a cute little video of the dogs playing on the beach on my you.agram, forecast for take a peek at that. melissa, you have good news on a weesday? >> a couple of closures. oxon hill, nthbound national harbor boulevard, the ramp to an the local is blocked. looking at the nnbeltway, loop and outer loop looking good. 66, fairfax county parkway to the beltway inbound, 64 miles per hour. that's going to take you nine minutes.