up this morning. we will have much more on the chaos it caused in a few minutes. first, to a live look outside. and more good news. it isid finally . and aaron is acting appropriately. you should see him. molette green, in for eun yang. >> i want to keep my job. you won't know what was going on on the commercial. melissa mollet has an easier commute than last night. first, chuck bell. >> we have all issued aaron a code red during the commercial break. we have it under control, we think. we have a mostly cloudy sky out this morning. there's been a stray rain drop or two overnight. that's not going to be a big issue for your friday. may have a stray shower along

e i-81 corridor. chances around the d.c. metro area today, below 20%. rain chances are really low around the city. n temperatures cold at all. we're in the 40s to near 50 degrees here this ourning. ase planning out your friday, look at the nice climb in temperatures. up io the upper 60s and low 70s today. and the best chances for a shower or two, midparts ofhe day, will be in parts of northern maryland and the shenandoah valley. cloudy and warm again tomorrow, from rain drops tod a c northwest wind on sunday. more about the freeze coming up. i dared to go to rockville. there was nothing but red on the beltway. >> you can't go that far north for you, chuck. 's just safer, you know? american legion bridge here. inner loop and outer loop of the beltway, nice and clear, after yesterday's disaster.

about 12 hours of gridlock on the beltway. wanted to show you this camera. you could see all of these trucks. o pull f truckers had over because they were timing out of their shift. tu will see a lot of that as they takeir much-needed breaks.95 northbound, quantico to the beltway, 68 miles p hour. >> melissa, thank you. back to the beltway crash that melissa mentioned. crippled traffic in this area, from materially afternoon well into the night. >> it set off a ripple effect that overwhelmedidetreets and detour routes packed with people trying to get home. thetw bel reopened just before 2:30 this morning. 12 hours earlier, a tanker lled with fuel crashed and flipped on its side.0 gallons of fuel spilled out on to the road. >> i want to show you time lapse

video tweeted by vdot. yo see more than a dozen emergency vehicles here. crewsad to work quickly to prevent fuel from flowing into the potomac river. one driver was stopped on the dulles toll road between i-66 and the febeltway and was given ticket by police. >> there were 30 cars this officer pulled over and indicated they had preceded to notice the barricade. >> three cars were involved in the crash with the tanker. luckily no one was seriously hurt. now, to a different trafficl alert toet you know about. tonight, the park service will begin emergency parkway repair on theb.w. parkway. that road will be closed southbound from maryland197 to 198. the same stretch will be closed

northbound from 7:30 tomorrow night until 5:00 sunday morning. in the next several hours, we mayave confirmation who will be the next archbishop of the area.ll typi the vatican makes announcements around 6:00 a.m. our time. we're watching for developments. the archdiocese says it is awai ang anouncement from the holy see and has no further comment. now, we turn to a developing stery in montg county. a beloved soccer coach is facing deportation. he will report to the i.c.e. office inhours. he has been living in montgomery county for nearly 20 years. he runs the elite soccer

development academy. he flew in was in 2000. he applied for asylum and was denied and has been livin her ever since. parents of his players are devastated if he has to leave. >> losing him in the community would be a tragedy. not just for me and ny, many adults, but also for the kids. >> i just forget. u know what? community. the >> a group of supporters plans to go to the ice office to show support for the coach. the search is on for a man caug recording a woman in a public bathroom. the loudon county sheriff's say says this man recorded a woman in aathroom. it happened in deerfield in lansdawn.

here's a look at our other top stories. president trump is waking up at his mar-a-lag resort in florida after his rally in grand rapids, michigan. this is the firstce one sin the report was completed. he fired up hiss support on democrats, the media and talk of vindication. the man who raped and killed nabra hassanen. he was sentenced to life without patrol yesterday. he attacked group of muslim teens as they walked back to a mosque. according to police stories, he beat hassanen with a baseball bat and dum id her the pond. sidn black says wilder kissd her. vcu has refused to comment.

the nats start up their first game with a bitter loss.ut d.c. shut by the new york mets, 2-0. nats' starting pitcher, maxsc rzer, had 12 strikeouts. the team is back tomorrow afternoon. uva iso headed the elite eight. march madness continuedast night. virginia played oregon. close for most of the game. c uvae out on top. they took out oregon, 53-49. purdues their next victim. keep it going, cavs. all around --ther round of games happening here in d.c. today. number two seed, michigan state taking on the number three seed, lsu. as well as number one, duke, taking on number four, virginia tech. the hokies s they're glad the

game is near their home turf, bu keeping the e on the prize. >> i think it's a tremendous feeling to play close to home again. bige just worried about the match-up we have. >> bigtc up. all four teams tonight are looking to advance to the elite eight. >> basketball t hockey now, the caps have clinched a spot in the playoffs. irc. will continue the quest for the cup. the caps ended up winning the road game, 2. we don't know which spot the caps had this postseason. coming up, another shot to here amilton" live, rig in d.c. i can't wait for this. what to know to snag the tickets for a second go around. first, we all rely on gps to

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>> reporter: good morning. you can imagine what the atmosphere was like at that rally for the president and his supporters. he spent an hour talking about all kinds o things. the border wall, health care. he spent a lot of time talking about this russia investigat wrapping up the finding of no collusion. the collusion delusion isov . he slammed his opponents.pe le like adam schiff under fire here, for continuing to talk about collusion, with trump associates. and the president says he thinks it wille easier the second time around, talking about the 2020 presidential election. no collusion finding to be a key campaign theme for him. >> all right, tracie. a lot has happened since we talkedo you yesterday about special olympics funding. let's bring it up to speed. >> reporter: yeah. special olympics will get the $18 million frothe federal government. president trump doing a 180 on his education secretary. he will fund special olymcs.

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raniya wright was knocked unconscious on monday. she passed away two days later. the school district said the other student iolved is also a fifth grader and has been suspended. outraged parents gathered at a school board meeting yesterday, demanding to know howng somet like this could happen. >> i came out here, like, everyone else out here wanting to know how this happened. >> a go-fund-me to pay for funeral expenses has raided about $50,000. drastic measures being taken, as a measles outbreak continues across the country this morning. in new york city, 33 m cases were reported yesterday thalone. at brings the total to 214 cases now. y one nk suburb was so t alarmed, i banned unvaccinated

children under 18 from indoor places for 30 days. >> it's narrow in its focus and mporary in its duration. that says we recognize the liberties, no one has to bet vaccinated. >> in california, there was a proposal not t allow medical vaccine rules. clinics are offering to vaccinate children for free. maryland has approved a gara gradual minimum wage increa to $15 an hour. the new policy will raise it t $15 by 2025. this mas s maryland the sixth state in the country to approve a $15 minimum wage. in the district, minimum wage willlso be $15 by 2020.

if you're planning on -- planning on some sing cleaning this weekend, listen up. don't throwut your old towels, blankets and sheets. consider donating them tohe humane resc humane res kucue alliance. the shelter is in need of all of those items. e dogs will be coming in from overcrowded rescue ceers. we've posted this information on how to donate online. search humane rescue for information. a lot of people wonder what to do with these old we have some crazy video into the newsroom. wind so severe, look at that. >> i wasn't expecting that. >> it lifted the guy off of his feet, into theair. this is surveillance video out of turkey, showing people trying to rescue an umbrella during a wild burst of wind.

one man steps on it. lifted ten feet into the air. look at that. amazing. he was not hurt. another guy was hurt. >> that's pretty incredible. >> if he hadn't been on it, it would have taken off in the wind. >> you don know which direction. you don't know. new video showing just how close we are. is video is fro late last night at the tidal basin. you see the budds are starting to open right there. the national park service predicting peak bloom will be moeaay. if you h down there, tag nbc washington in your pictures when you post them. pretty trees. hope the weather holds out. >> chuck, you scared us when you talked about monday and temperatures. >> it wl be close. my guess is that the tidal basis will proba gy not below

freezing. probably will be withi a couple of degrees. 34 is one thing. 31 is another problem for the blossoms. we have a lot of wind coming our way. if the blossoms hang on and not pull the way to peak, until monday afternoon, everything will be all right. if the pop o early, they could be a little impacted by thenificant snap of cold coming back. nothing all that unusual compared to what we've had around here. wes only care what happ the blossoms. wake-up weather today. not bad at all. the morning walks and gs. upper 40 aenz low 50s to get your friday under way. with a ne, mild start, no trouble getting 70 degrees today. not a big chance around the city. up across northern marylande in

shenandoah valley, there's a better chance. you see most of the moture. it's aimed mostly into pennsylvania. some of the stragglerwill get down in the shenandoah valley. our future weather model charies thate for an isolated two.er or from winchester to martinsburg and hagers down. it neverets down into the city. by later in the afternoon, that rain chance will be disappearing. it will be dry tonight and dry for most of us throu most of the day tomorrow, as well. here's the way your weekend wil breadown. saturday is the better half of the weekend. an 80% chance for rain on sunda. morn sunday afternoon, as the rain comes to an end, a gusty northwt wind near 30iles per hour. that will send temperatures tumbling down to eznear-fg in town. most of the suburbs will be below freezing monday morning.

another cold start tuesday. little rain chance tuesday into early ddnesday. thsn't look like it will be a big deal. we'll have mild weather for the second halleof next week. s go over to melissa and first 4ic tra >> looking at the american legion bridge. very difficult from last eight intoly this morning. nice to open, inner and outer loop of the beltway. have a new problem out in marshal. eastbound 66, before 55, we are shut down. here's what you have to do. use 15 to get to 55. right now, we have the closure. 70 to the spur. 70 miles per hour gets you there in 26 minutes. >> thank you. 4:44 right now. thelock is ticking. april 15th is just around the corner. with new tax laws getting your return done may you a ngttle longer. if you're not g to use an accountant,repare yourself and know what the laws are now. rocky is a tax editor with

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that's after crews spent 12 hours trying to clean up a mess there. a tanker truck overturned at the americ lion bridge and spilled fuel all over that road and backed up traff for miles, too. this morninoo we'reng at the crash and what followed it. >> let's get a check on your commute this morning. >> first up, chuck bell with the friday forecastri >> that's t. it's all good news because it's friday. it's goo news because it will be warm today. of usatures for most back above 70 degrees. 70 on a friday. that's bonus material. s, it looks chan carrier on radar. most of the moisture and lift will go into parts of pennsylvania. the blue ridge, towards winchester. rain chances in and around the city, especially south of the city, towards