we're in the 30s in a l of areas. colder than that in places at 5:00 a.m. on this monday. i'm aaron gilchrest. >> i'm eun yang. temperatures coming after a beautiful weekend. no april fool's joke. no further than the tidal basin. we're talking about the warm o weather the weekend. the cherry blossoms have reached peak bloom, and thousands of people packed the area this weekend to see them and snap plenty of beautiful pictures. >> here we thought you'd come back from vacation and bringmt wfrom your tan. clearly you were just thinking about yourself. >> listen, i tried my darndest to bottle it up. even some sand i my suitcase. no such luck. >> i think all she remembered to pack were the frozen pina coladas. w i drank all of us. >> chuck,e need you to fix it, buddy. >> seriously. >> the windchill is crazy. >> in the 20s. eun, back on vacation. >> yes, sir. >> it was beautiful while you away. it is a windy and cold start to a monday morning. yocan use the wo "cold."

you could almost use "frigipr braai standards. international airport, 34, the winhill, 25 degrees. the wind has been blowing hard since noontime. it's continuing to blow this morning. windchill now21 in manassas. 18 until winchester. 20 in haown. even 23 for our friends and neighbors down in southern maryland this morning. your commute, the good news -- dry roads in, dry roads home. ay.rain t it will be a rather blustery and windy day. temperatures will struggle to get to barely above 50 degrees. forecasting 52 for the high toanay. that iseven ten degrees colder than average. there are milder days befo we get to the weekend. more about that coming up in a few. good morning, melissa. good morning, chuck bell. taking a look at the roads here is morning. inner loop, outer loop of the beltway, don't have any issues. we have the situatio though, in fort washington. this is going to get harder asr the g progresses. a couple of minutes ago, this was a yellow color.

now we've gone red, meaning much slower than it was. fort washington northbound indian head highway, 210 betweer fort washingtd and old fort road. left lane getting by the repairs. that will be in place for the morning. very slow. that's what we're expecting. 95 in maryland, nothbound, southbound, powder mill road looking quite good. taking a look at 270 from 70 to the spur, 68 miles per hour. that's going to take you 27 minutes as you're headed southbound. northbound, no back to you. >> thank you. as melissa mentioned, a poboion of nord indian head highway between fort washington road and old fort road is back open after a big water main break. >> want to show video from yesterday. you see the water shooting into the air. right now that water main breakf is aecting more thanst drivers. news4's nicole jacobs is loyal with details on a boil-water advisory for parts of the county. >> reporter: i first want to geo youome video showing you the work crews are doing here to

repair the 36-inch pipe. see spin around here, you the left-bound lane is now open here on route 210. that gives traffic a little bit of breathing room. but for reidents, brushing your teeth and having a quick drink of water when you wake up will look a little different this morning.c wss issued a boil-water advisory for anyone living west of route 21 to the potomac river and from the washington, d.c., line south of the piscatatta wacreek. about 23,000 customers are under this boilater advisory. wssc says you should bring water to a rolling boil for three minutes before consuming. so that,f course, includes washing fruits and vegetables, making baby food, maybe ice, and even giving it to your pets. again, you can see traffic is slowly getting by here this

morning. we will continue to keep you updated as to when all of th is cleared up and when they may open more lanes. back to you. >> all right, thank you. developing this morning, police in prince george's county say the person who shot and killed and killed woman is still at large. >> ashanti carmon was several times. her body was found at aspen and josh streetig inveors don't have a suspect or a motive now. it's also unclear whether the fact that ashanti was transgender played a role in her mother. her fiancee, phillips williams, told news4 he can't imagine why someone would want to hurt her. >> she did noteserve t leave this earth so early and especially in the way she went out. she did not dearve i'm going to miss her 50s every day. -- miss her face every day. i'm going to misssm her e. i'm going to miss every inch of her. >> she went out with friends friday. according to the national center

of transgender equality, ransgender people face extraordinaryvels of violence and assault, especially women. d.c. fire investis are working to figure out what caused an apartment fire in these pictures from the scene at r and 28th streets. omu see where firefighters had to break out windows on the top floor. fire officials say one person was rescued there. the person transported to hospital in serious but stable condition. no other residents were injured or displaced by the fire. in the district, there still no word what may have caused this fire on georgia avenue northwest. we're told the flames sparked in the basement and quickly spread, even maging attached suildings. a firefighter wa treated for minor injuries, but no one else was hurt. .5: new details about the controversy surrounding virginia lieutenant governort j fairfax. for weeks he's faced allegations from two women, both of whom accuse him of sexual assault. now fairfax sayshe has taken a polygraph which he says shows

that those allegations against him are false. fairfax says the wencountersth both professor vanessa tyson and meredith watson were consensual. professor tyson says he forced her to perform a sex act during the 2004 democratic national n covention. she says she avoided him for e rest of the convention and never spoke to him again. during e polygraph, fairfax was asked, quote, after leaving boston, did vanessa contact you and suggest visiting you and meeting her mother? he replied, yes. fairfax's office says the polygraph showed that answer was truthful. this morning, professor n tyson will berviewed by cbs' gayle king. over the weekend, a portion of thenterview was released. >> the virginia people needk to w who it is that they elected. they need to know. >> tyson's legal team issued this statement in response to t polygraph, quote, this is

all the more reason the virgin legislature should take bipartisan action when they meet on wednesday to ensure all sides are able to testify on the >ecord in public and make their case. resident trump's threat to close the u.s.-mexico border this week still stands. iis not a bluff, according to the top white house officials. the president made that threat on friday saying if ilergal bord crossings are not stopped, he will close the border and, quote, keep itse clofor a long time. now such shutdown would disrupt millions of legal border crossings and billions of dollars in trade. but the white house is not backing dow >> ta the president seriously, and here is why -- what he's looking at is that 4,000 migrants apprehended in one day recently. >> the president has also announced that he's cutting off american aid to honduras, guatemala, and el salvador. democrats say that will only make things at the border worse. they argue that as situations in south american countries get worse, more people will want to seek a new life in the u.s.

democrats are also standing firm on a demand of their own.ea partyrs say they want attorney general william bar to release the report by tomorrow. that may not happen. barr says rexz need to be made, and he is anticipating release the report by mid-april. many dem ncrats say they areot satisfied with his summary andth think should be able to see mueller's findings themselves. those close tode the pre say it is time to move on. >> we have a new p ce is of political dinosaurs, it's called the barra reda and apparently william barr believes that he can take his time and redact the 300r 400-page report from robert mueller. >> i know that a lot of my friends in t oer party are still upset that donald trump is president. it is time to move on. enough is enough. >> while the president has claimed barr's summary exoneratesim of wrongdoing, a poll suggests the majority of americans see it differently. an nbc news/"wall street journal" poll finds 40% of those surveyed think the report does

not c ar thepresident. 29% say it does. and 31% are unsure. now to a develo that is sure to cross your social media feed today. grammy-nominated rapper nesey husas shot and killed in los angeles. this happened in front of his cloing store on sunday. two other men were hurt. alon with his music, hussle was a supporter of entrepreneurship and lifting up his community. >> most of the people in theco unity knew who he was. he's someone who put our community on.the m we have lost a legend. we have lost someone who inspired others, who have came fr ground all the way to the top. >> celebrities including steph curry, lebron james, and drake are among those pying tribute to the rapper on social media. so far there have been no arrests. this morning you may notice smoother commute the

baltimore washington highway. parts were shut down so potholes could be fixed. the section between 197 and 198 were fixed temporarily. later thisl month there w a long-term repaving project. if you're looking for travel relief, it may be on the way. $120 million has been secured for the purple line project. ben cardin and chris van holland say it will run between prince george's county andaryland and ill open in three years. d.c. loves its cherry blossom trees. visitors aren't evenllowed to touch them, so you can imagine the uproar if there was ever a plan to chop them down. that is the controversy in nashville this morng. e nfl wants to cut down 21e y trees to make space for the draft stage. now they're changing course. the treesb removed but kept intact and replanted in another

part of the city. the nfl and the city will also plant an additional 200 cherry trees across the city. the draft takeslace later this month. i think that's a good solution. meanwhile, today is the day many local cherry blossom watchers have been waiting for. the tes a at peak bloom. we have more on how the blossoms are looking. beautiful behind you. >> reportergood morning that's right, peak bloom starts today. exci ng. no mattew many times you've seen it, it takes your breath away. absolutely beautiful. u you know what isot beautiful, the traffic. i want to show a picture taken by wtop. it looks like the inside of a metro train during rush hour or something, just no space to move. so i cannot emphasize this enough -- do not attempt to drive to the tidal basin. you will not be able to move your car. even if you do somehow make it h

to tidal basin, good luck finding parking. i've been hearing the average ime it takes to find parking is about two hours. so literally, any other option is better. metro, bus, scootering, even walking. but of course, once you do get here to the tidal basin, it is absolutely beautiful. you just may need some sharp elbows to clear space to take that perfect picture. and we would love to see your pictures, as well you can tweet us or tag us on facebook, and we'll try to share as many as we can. guys, back to you. >> all right, aimee, th.k you so mu it turns out there is truth to the phrase "you can't always get what you watt." rolling stones are postponing their tour so that mick jagger can receive medical treatment. the stones were supplaed to at fedex field may 31st. if you bought tickets, the tour prrs say to hold on to them, they will be valid for the rescheduled dates. the band did not go into detail about jagger's illness or treatment. >> the fact that he's even

hattempting to perform is rocking it out still. at -- >> he'll be back on the stage. >> he's been working for decades. decades. >> nice way to put it. decades. there are apps for everything these days.nd you can f ride, get food delivered, or sell anything in your house. >> ahead, we're showing an app designed specifically for yo pets. plus, an emergency in the sky quickly turned into trouble on a virginia highway. chuck? and good morning, everyone a monday. the most important thing is what about the weekend. both saturday and suay, a little bit milder than average. saturday still has a lingering cnce for some raindrops. i think sunday is going to be the better half of the weeken when i see you in a few minutes, we'll detail the five-day

an emergency landing of a small plane i virginia has happy and safe ending. this happened friday on interstate 81.ut rities say the pilot was headed to the virginia highlands airport in abington, southwest virginia, when the plane ran out of gas. no cars were hit, nobody was hurt. you know, goneysre the of a simple dog park. >> not right now.e ms like the pet industry is booming here inthe u.s. they're smart. experts know that people are willing to do anything for their pets. the industry is worth nearly $72 billion. set lovers as well pets seem very happy that business is bigger, better, and has grown more sophisticated.nd on-de services such as wag, fetch, and rover help pet owners find dog walkers and petsitters as needed. >> anyone know who sees they might notget home for lunch, they go on the app, request a walk, i pick them up throughout

the day. >> rttailers are geing more creative with places for pets and their owne to unwind. there are several dog and cat-friendly cafes in and arou the district. hurricane florence swept th carolina more than six months ago. but the marines at camp lejeune are still waiting to help- for help to rebuild their base. take a look. this is a classroom where marines used to train. now the ceilings have caved, in the walls are a crumbling, mold is everywhere. this is just one of 900 buildings damaged by hurricane florence. so far, $3.6 billion has been allocated for repairs. so far camp lejeune has not seen a dime. >> we're 100% operational. we're here doing our work. but the conditions we're working in are like if we were in iraq or afghanistan. >> the damage alsoches to the beach. eroded sand dunes ha forced marines to scale back training. a top general says one negativel factoring repairs is the diversion of resources to the military mission at the

u.s.-mexico border. today is a holiday of silly pranks, april fool's. microsoft won't be taking part in any of it. icrosoft banned its employees from creating public april fool's pranks this year. microsoft has participated in many pranks over the years, but the marketing chief told employees not this year. think in this age it creates too many problems. peing of tech giants, happy birthday to gmail. >> the google service has been around for 15 years now. when gmail launched, there wast an et speculation that it was a hoax because it was april foolsday, but it was al. gmail is the most popular inbox in america with 1.5 billion users. is mail is rolling out -- gil having out features including scheduled send, smart subject line, and smart compose. >> now if only gmail could read

my emails from vacation. my goodness. save me so much time. >> there'se a group d feature, don't you worry. i've made use of that many, many, many times myself. it is a clear sky. but the wind never really went to bed last night. and as a result, you will be windchilled on your way out the door this morning. 34 in arlington now with a windchill of 25 degrees. hat is mid winter kind of a cold. 24 the windchill in leesburg now. 21 in winchester, 25 in martinsburg. you will need to pack an extra h layer of war if you're going to be outside for any length of time. the good news is that there with intons of sunshine today. and th is one o those days where walking on the sunny side of the street will make auge improvement in your life. egust me on thime on this, it w about 15es warmer in the sun than in the shade. it's gng to be breezy and chilly and sunny all day long. temperatures will get into the d low to 0s by noontime.

highs today right around 52 s, degren degrees colder than average. so our weather over the next couple of days, cold for now. the wind will lay downtonight. and tomorrow we'll start out sunny, but clouds will be on the increase. if you're traveling today, if you drive up north of hagerstown keto southern pennsylvania, you could see a snowfr two. those are lake-effect streamers coming because of the strength of the northwestly wind.ad clouds lly increasing during the day tomorrow. there's a chance for showers a tomorrow, butong and to the east of the i-95 corridor. higher rain chances tomorrow for calvert county, st. mary's county, than there will be across parts of west virginia. keep that in mind if you're traveling to the mountains tomorrow. probably going to be dry. to the bay,or eastern going to get wet. dry weather and sunshine and 60s for wednesday, thursday increasing clouds again. that leads to a chance for rain on your friday. melissa mollet, hope you had a good weekend. >> i did. taking a look at the beltway, o the inner outer loop, no

problems. everything nice and light here this morning. don't we love this is where the issue is going to lie today. northbound 0 between fort washington road and old fort road, already getting slow. we've been talking about this all morning. the left lane is the only thing getting by those water main repairs from the break yesterday af grnoon. that ng to be quite slow this morning. washington, northbound, north capital near p, all lanes blocked, washington gas on the scene there. some sort of incident happening. and 95 here, quantico to the beltway in virginia, 67 miles per hour. per hour. gets you

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>> your commute will be scenic if you're pasryng the cher blossoms near the tidal basin. they're expected to be at pe bloom. we're going to fill you out on what to look out for in just a few minutes. they're justeo go. good morning, everyone, i'm eun yang. >> i'm aaron gilchrest. thanks for waking up with us. we are working for you to help you start your monday with everything you need to know.we the ursetart with forecast. meteorologist chuck bell is here to follow us in. we'll talk to melissa about the commute in second. chuck -- >> deep breaths because i don't know what's going on. >> spring will get here eventually, right? like summertime maybe? >> it's april 1st. >> that's right, we're not fooling with you, it's cold tside. yes, april one of the crueller months of the year for sure. as long as you stay on the -- in the sunshine it doesn't feel too bad this afternoon. but boy, if you're in the shade and dealing with the wind, it's a cold one. skies have been clear overnight. northwest wds are not quite as extreme as they were last evening. but ahere's still substantial

breeze out there. so windchills are about ten degrees colder than the actual temperatures. temperaturewise, upper 20s and low 30s for most of the area. windchills down to only 20 in gaithersburg.er 20 in hown 2. 1 in man as -- 21 in manassas, 23 inalvert county. a special birthday announcement to my two dwukle h headsre -- knuckleheads here. both have an april 1st birthday. they're 6 andto 1 y. neither has worked a single day in their lives a i'm going ba a squirrel dog in my next life. other than the breeze, a fine day. no puddles to worry about. melissa? >> i know those dogs arespoiled but so are mine. the mclean outer loop ramp to gw parkway, blocked because of a crash. fort washington, this is getting worse here. inbound 210 between fort

washington and old fort road. left lane getting by. you see the slowdown. this is early to happen at 5:30 in the morning. near p, all land blocked. the washington -- all lanes blocked. washington gas is on scene. the wind warnings at he bay bridge in effect, but no vehicle restrictions. want to show video of the water main break melissa mentioned on northbound indianh heaway between fort washington road and old fort road. a portion of the road is back eaen to drivers now. the water main is affecting more than just er dr >> details now on a boil-water advisory for aor ption of prince george's county. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. i want to turn you rght away to the extensive repair work that is underwayhere on the northbound side of route 210. the wssc spokesperson says the 36-inch pipe broke in several

places shortly after 2:00 yesterday. if you flip around, you see the left northbound lane is now open to traffic. traffic is able to squeeze by. you can imagine that isoing to have a significant impact on commute.in as a result, the wssc spokesperson also tells me they've issued a boil-water advisory for 23,000 of its customers. those who live west of route 210 to the potoc river and from the washington, d.c., line sout >> what that means is before consuming your water, you need to bring it to a rolling boil for three minutes, and th let it cool. that's any water for drinking, washing frts and vegetables, brushing your teeth, i-95 giving to pets, king -- even giving to pets, maybe formula, that water needs to be boiled and cooled befoused. if you're unsure of whether you're in the area or not, we

have an interactive map on our website. >> reporter: so this traffice- we're told will be in effect through the morning wecommute. an into the afternoon, as well. as for the boil-water advisory, i'm told that will last until torrow, perhaps tomorrow afternoon. of course, wssch says will keep all customers updated. back to you. >> nicole jacobs for us, thank you. also this morning, prince george's county police are trying to find a person who shot ankilled a woman. >> family members say ashanti cmon was found in the area of aspen and joseph streets after gunshots. police have nded the investigation over to prince george's county. investigators don't have a suspect or motive.le it is unc whether the fact that ashanti was transgender played a role in her murder.

transgender people face extraordinary levels of violence and assault, especially women. according to the human rights campaign, ashanti carmon is the second transgender person violently killed so far this year. last year, 28 transgender people were murdered. new details about the murder of a university of south samantha josephson was killed after get into what she thought was an uber. nathaniel roland is accused ofl kilng her and dumping her body 65 miles from campus. vestigators say the chi safety locks on the car were turned on. and that prevented anyone in the back frometting out of the car. according to the arrest warrant, her body was covered in wounds. asephson's father spok a vigil on compass --n campus last night. >> samantha was brself. she had absolutely no chance,

ne much th-- none. the door was locked, the child safety locks were up. >> roland is charged with kidnapping and murder. the woman accusing former vice president joe biden of inappropriate behavior is going public. lucy flores says biden behaved 2014 opriately during a campaign event in nevada. flores says he smelled her hair, put his hands on her shoulders, and kissedthe back of her head. nbc news has not independently verified this specific incident actually took place. flores is not saying anything illegal or overtly sexual took place. she spoke to msnbc's casey hunt last night. >> there are videos, there are photos, there are fulln compilations of him being inappropriate with women. and you can see the discomfort in thr faces. and it's been dismissed as if it's just biden being biden, boys ll be boys, no big deal. >> biden leads the early demoatic polls in th race for

president. he relsed a statement saying, in part, quote, i may not recall these momes the same way, and i may be surprised at what i hear. we haverrived at an important time when women feel they can and should relate their experices, and men should pay an attention, d i will. 5:37. in our other top stories -- virginia lieutenant governor justin fairfax says a polygraph test proves h's telling the ssault bout sexual allegations. he has maintained his innocence since two women came forward r this year. we're hearing from one of them in an interview later this morning. you can see a preview coming up in the next half hour. >>mocrats want the mueller report by tomorrow, but that seems unlikely. william bar will give them a redted version by april. according to a poll, many americans don't believe president trump is cleared of any wrongdoing. more on this coming up in a few minutes. the search is on for the suspect in the murder of

grammy-nominated rapper nipsey hussle. he was shot outse his clothing store in los angeles yesterday. two other men were hurt in the shooting. the rapper wasalso known for being a huge supporter of entrepreneurship and lifting up his community. today the famed cherry blossoms hit peak bloom. it was a busy weend at t tidal basin with people posting beautiful pictures all over social media. here are just some of the great ones we've seen. report they -- they all look professional. >> they do. >> but the subject matter is so great. coming up, we'll have a live report to show how the blossoms are looking so far, especially aft >> uh-huh. 5:38. also ahead this morning, back in virginia, and final four bound. what to know about the cavaliers in their quest for the ncaa championship. and ahead, terrifying video of a azy crash that injured a little girl. this morning, we're hearing fro. her pare their message for the driver coming up.

5:41. back with video you don't see every day. a pro golfer there is stripping down to make a shirtless shot. turns out it's a method to works for him. kevin daugherty there went d shirtlering the find round of the savannah golf champi kship hoping top the shirt clean apparently. a little muddy there. >> i see. >> boom. right there. you see the mud. he didn't just get it out of the tough spot, he landed an eagle. two sho under par. unfortunately, it did not save the rest of his game. he ended tied for 37t. but he got on tv without a shirt on. >> i was going to say, this is e.t going to work for every golfer out to th >> whatever that gets you. >> there you go. uva is back at home getting ready for their finalour run. >> my gosh. this is video of the team arriving in charlottesville what a game! it was the first time they've been in the finalfour since 1984. the cavs beat purdue 80-75 in

overtime on >> no shocked n faces otheright -- >> oh, my gosh. what a fantastic finish. uv will take on number-five-seed university. they join texas tech and michigan state whi knocked off duke, the number-one overall seed. congrats to michigan ate. and then this is texas tech's first time in the final four ever. so th 's aeat thing for them. this elite eight, every game has ngen amazing. just ama >> i like it when it goes that way, don't you? >> yes. the final four gaill take place on saturday. the national inwhich game is on monday championship game is on monday. 5:42. mr. bell? >> ye school day forecast, kids better layer up before you you head out for the buses.ur tempers down near freezing. windchills are in the 20s. you'd never think that winter ever ended here. the daily grade for today, no surprise re, below average. ten degrees below average, in fact. milder days are in the, fut though. the ten-day forecast coming up.

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40% say he is not. and a significant chunk,31%, almost one-third, aren't sure whetr or not the report that we haven't seen net will clear him or -- seen yet will clearno him or in the unsure group are half of independents and about a quarter of demoats and republicans. so fairly evenly split in terms of how many people are waiting to see this report and toke up their minds. it also tells us, this poll, that most aricans are aware of the mueller report. but do they really care?an less half say they've been engaged in this. the president's job approval numbers havemained steady as that report was released from month to month at 43%, down just a little, bly significa not much. >> thank you. we rnre lg new derown dinlsg at a laken northn virginia. fairfax police say angia tr was walking his dog on a path next to lake braddock satday.

the dog broke loose according i to witnesses, went into the water, and trin jumped in after it. his body was found 40 minutes later. he had drowned. the dog survived. police in georgia are stille searching for driver in a hit and run that nearly killed a 9-y wr-old girl. caught on surveillance camera. we should warn you, the video may be upsetting to watch. this was friday night when the little girl was playing in her front yard and a car failed to turn and instead owed into the front of her home. she survived but was badly in the and is still hospital recovering. the driver and passenger took off running right after the ac im you see that here. the little girl's father decribed the panic that ensued following the accident. >> i would drive her to the ergency room, i had her head laying on my lap. and i -- h leg was stretched across he front seat, and i had my hand on her chest to make sure she was still breathing. >> the family isr begging he person responsible to come forward and take responsibility.

you can see more of thew intervth them coming up on the "today" show right after "news4 today. encounters caught on camera all involving t se special police officer. when the residents went to complain, they say the metropolitan police department turned them away. the news4 i-team found the private security company he worked for has ties to mpd. >> jodie fleischer has more on their stories. >> reporter: mpda has special division that's supposed to handle complaints against special police officers. several d.c. residentsus they couldn't complain even though they have video of what happe fd. >> i can'l my wrist. i can't feel my wrist. my hand is turning numb. > u want to push me? >> reporter: ant reed is the noon making in this video. --s i the man in this video. he said it tooklace when he visited his girlfriend in the southwest apartments in 2016. >> nobody should have been treated that way. nobody. >> reporter: the special police officer assigned to the complex

arrested him for assault and unlawful entry. prosecutors dismissed the case. reed told the i-team after he filed a complaint with mpd which licenses and disciplines security officers, he went to get a copy and wwa told there 't one on file. >> no answers, no anything. >> reporter: hthisn't alone. man in this video and the two women from this encounter all said they tried to file complaints against the same officer, and that they were turned away. >> i feel lkeea this saving him. it's not fair. >> npd declieb clined the request for -- declined a request for an interview. the management for t apartment complex denied a request as the special police officer. see what happened when we tried to get answers about the officer and the security company. that's coming up at news4t :00. jodie fleischews4 i-team. the cherry blossoms have hie

broom meaning 70 -- peak bloom meaning 70% of the blossoms have if you plan to visit the tidal basin today, you will see the beautiful blossoms. be prepared for theig crowd >> aimee cho has a look at the peak bloom. od morning. >> reporter: good morning. peak bloom is looking great. absolutely beautiful. a friendly reminder,o touching the blossoms. i touched them on live tv got a million calls and texts and emails afterwards. no touch ng theblossoms, but you can look and take as many pictures as you want. you will have to be patient. thousands of people come out during the day. practically no room to walk and certainly no room to parur y car. public transportation is going to be your best friend when it comes to getting the tidal basin during peak bloom. there is one w to get there beautiful view all to yourself. you'll have to wake up pretty early like these two women did.

you're smart. you avoided the crowds. >> absolutely. i've been in d.c. to know the crowds are going to be terrible and will get worse today.ut it's beul. >> reporter: was it worth waking up this early and braving the cold? >> oh, s. >> reporter: and it certainly is very chilly out here. but the picesre opportuni are great at this time of day. we would love to see your picres, as well. eet us or tag us on facebook, and we will try share as many as we can. guys, back to you. >> thank you. the ch will be out in full force and will tell you don't touch the good morning us trees. >> and there's chains along the. sidewal don't trample on the roots, the roots have veryte der. can't have people trampling the roots down. be careful out there. f r as the chill goes, it is a cold start this morning. it's not a record. and we can get cold later in the year than even this. the latest freezes on record, in washington, d.c., normally i

would say at national airport, but 1874 was before manned k flight tplace. the record low for the latest freeze in washington, 30 begrees, april 29th of 1874. dulles airport ha there since about 1960. the latest freeze, may 22nd of 2002. not really all that long ago. and bwi marshall, 32 degrees in may of 1966. we will have a freeze in the suburbs tomorrow morning. downtown at national airport probably not going to get below freezing. this morning, 34, butrt tind averaging 14 miles per hour. he wind will not be an issue tonight into tomorrow morning. the temperatures will becolder. most everybody down around the freezing mark this morning, but windchills are in the low to mi 20s. you'll certainly need your warm, puffy coat this morning. will be bright andsunny, and a little on the breezy and windy side all day.do winds la tonight. it will be colder tomorrow

morning. then increasing clouds tomorrowe duringday. there will be a chance for some showers mainly from i-95 eastbound to the bay and the eastern shore. shenandoah valley probably doesn't get any raindrops tomorrow. back to sunine wednesday mild weather for wednesday and thursday, more rain liken friday the first part of the weekend. melissa molette, happy monday. i like how things are looking next week. outbound to gw parkway, the right side blocked by a crash. another at rt washington, the wilson bridge, right side blocked by an accident, not seeing a delay yet. same area, northbound, indian head highway between fort washingto ro and old fort, look at that delay. left lane is getting by the water main repairs. northbound, north capitol near p street, lanes blocked there. washington gatt on the scene. w issuere in bethesda, inbound, clara barton parkway, the ramp to mcarthur boulevard, the ramp is closed because of a ake k that is not able to

the turn there this morning. tramp times in maryland, 2270 d. looks go -- 270 looks good. no issues in virginia. 66 and 95 inbound, also rolling nice. listen to wtop, 10% 3 f.m. when you hop in your car today. good morning, i'm at c cnbc. coming up, proceedscake factory -- cheesecake factory deeming up with doordash and wll can get a gift certificate for this week. it runs through sunday. i promise, in is not april fool's prank. with your cnbc report, i'm frank hold. today a welcome sign of change is coming to prince george's corgty. prince gs county's executive angela aselbrooks is set to a announce new grocery store coming to the seat pleasant area. it's being called the good food market and was built in addison plaza, close to the addison road

metro station. the store will help to address the food desert issue that's plagued that area since the safeway closedits location in the center in 2016. if you're following the "get set for spring," you're probably halfway there now. >> you're probably itching to find your progress on the scale. how often are you checking on your weight? we have more on that and other things. molette, good morning. >> reporter: we're live at fitness for less in bowie. my trainer, leona, is here, of conversion fitness. to scale or not to scale? to use this thing, that's what we're going to talk about in the 6:00 hour o "ws4 today." and we also have four exercises that you can do anywhereat any time, and we're going to show all of that. and yea this is very, very scary. >> very scary. >> uh-huh.

we'll talk about t and more in the 6:00 hour of "news4 today." all right. let's get fit for spring, y'all. >> all right, everybody. >> see you ladies in a few minutes, thank you. 5:56. still ahead, paying for college isn't easy, but each year millions of dollars in scholarship money goes unclaimed. >> this morning, wre showing u the easier way to track down the financial help that's available. plus, virginia's lieutenant governor says he's proven the sexual allegations made against him are false. this as onef his accusers prepares to sit down for a network interview this morning.

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until there's nowhere else for it to go but out. at's the way it is here. that's the way we like it. ♪ eye cold start to this monday -- a cold start to this monday morning. prince william h april has arrived. hovering in the 30s in some placpe. the air tture is. >> like a cruel joke. >> it is out of control. we're happy to have you back. >> ank you so much. i know you missed me. >> i did. i really did. >> you enjoyed your time away, right? >> i did. >> good. good morning, everyone, it's just about 6:00 a.m. i'm aaron gilchrest. >> i'm eun yang.se tcooler temperatures coming after a beautiful weekend. we can't forget about that, right? look no further than the tidal

basin. the cherry blossoms have reached peak bloom, and thousands of people packed the area this weekend to see them and to snap gorgectures. a live look, even gorgeous in the dark. a pretty sight, and the cold not affecting them too much. >> fortately. e'll begin with a look at the commute and forecast. melissa mollet has more. chuck bell, we don't the cold weather to mess up the blossoms. >> 27 degrees is the magic number. anything above it, the cherry blossoms should be able to withstand that. and eun was probably thinking about aaron all last week. he pool attendant's name w aaron. she said, "aaron, a pina colada, please." it is a winter-like cold this morning. you need walk on the sunny side of the street. it will feel about 15 degrees warmer in t sun as opposed into