ago. news4's justin finch joins us ve from the scene with the latest. justin, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. we can tell you in just the past few minutes we've seen the coroner van moving to the scene there. i-295 southbound before howard road southeast. the scene. we'll te you to a bird's eye view so you can see all this in the full picture here. three vehicles involved in this crash. an suv, a second ndcar, another car that appears to be an suv, as well. we are seeing ore h seen throughout the morning the fire damage has stopped. we're seeing what appea to be coroner vehicle and another vehicle there at the scene,. as we again, two other vehicles in this crash involved another appearing to be a dark colored suv on the far right of the screen as well. just before 2:30 this d.c. fire was called to the

scene with a call of a wreck scene as well as a fire and entrapment. as you mentioned, five people volved in this overnight wreck. one of them has died on scene. four others now in hospitals recovering from their injuries. two are in serious condition. two others are in critical condition. as we look livet the scene, you can see all lanes remain blocked as the crash a investigatio response continue. we don't know quite yet how long you will see this, but however, as you travel this morning, bear in mind this is going to be an issue. f you travel i-295 southbound or even northbound, as well. melissa mollet and first 4 traffic tracking this accident an other traffic issues you may find this morning. >> gooing. almost a thrthree-mile ballpark back up -- three-mile back up. 's going to be slow for a couple of hours because there's

an investigation that will take a long time to cle up. southbound 295 before howard road is where the actual accident occurred. ain, one person w killed, four people hurt. all those lanes are shut downfi tr being pushed on to the inbound 11th streetbridge. outbound, traffic diverted on to northbound defeats at 295. alternate here, take 11 to m to south capital over the douglass bridge to southbound 295. as we zoom ou innorthwest, westbound massachusetts avenue at 11tth street, all lanes shut do there, awell. adding to the traffic problems this morning, we are seeing right now. >> chuck bell is on assignment. amelia draper has more. >> light showers, just a light rain. anything too heavy. grab the umbrella as you step out this morning. the system will be pushing

through out-the-day toda so dealing -- throughout the day today. so dealing with that for the evening commute. right now, de51 ees. we'll say in the low 50s for the morning and midday hours. not only is it rainy but chilly. around 51 degrees. you cod see us cooling as we might have toward 9:00, 11:00 a.m. make sure the kids have the raia jacketthe bus stop today. you'll want the jacket and the umbrella as you step out the door with rain again out there for the evening commute, as well as some patchy fog and drizzle potentially durnig the e and overnight hours. coming up, i'll let you know how today's rain impacts your weekend forecast. >> thank you. look at our chuck bell out at the auto show. >> reporter: we're having fun. in is the new designed jeep wrangler, the top of the line for them. thta putard equipment, new, bigger tires on it.

it's guy at winch you can put on the front. the doors come off, goes down. 100% jeep. like the meghan markle in mud boots of ooblgs. with the roof down, it's perfect. you can parad like this. tons of fun. this is one of the things that's -- it's in the jeep driving experience. you can drive the beautiful jeep, as well. tons of fun, lots to do. b we'l talking to the folks from toyota and other things later in the show. for now, i don't know if i should be with the best price is right model or someone who never got to be homecomingn? qu >> do death. >> i'm not going to say anything. >> thank you, chuck. >> all right. 6:04. developing this morning, a serious note, d.c. police are investigating a triple shooting that left two men dead. >> so far 40 people have been murdered in washington this year. a 20% increase from this same time last year. around 8:00 p.m. last night, two men wereound shot to death in

theeral of a building near nash street and rock brown high school. they'd been shove several times. a short time later, another man was found shot in the leg inside of a car that crashed on sheriff road northeast. investigators are not sure whether that crash isheonnected to shooting on nash street. >> obviously this is a senseless gun vience. we don't know at this point, we can't say anything about the victims or the motives or what could have led to this type of violence. we have two lives snuffed out. >> reporter: police have not released information about the victims or suspect. nash treat and sheriff road are stillf closed becausee investigation. for the second thursday in a row, drivers experienced a terrible commutehome. look at the images yesterday from -- from yesterday's fiery crash of a tractor-trailer. the truck was traveling on the inner loop of the beltway in fairfax county when it hit the jersey wall and flipped.

the crashellosed the bay for almost two hours. about an hour after the twal reoped, another -- the beltway reopened, another crash snarled traffic on i-66. .his happened eastbound near chain bridge ro 12 cars were involved. only one minor injury. a painful hoax. that's what investigators are callg the case o a man claiming to be a missing illinois boy. officials say 23-year-old brian rainy told them he was a kindergartner to disappeared nearly eight years ago. pitzen's mother took him on a road trip,suied of ide, and left a note saying the child was safe but would never be found. this week roney told police -- rini told police he escaped from an ohio hotel after being held against his will oryears. dna results showed rini wasn't telling the trh. appears to be a hoax or some person lying. >> i feel sorry for t young

man who's obviouslyad a horrible time and felt the need to say hwas someone else. >> investigators say rini is in police custody but is not under arrest. they say he does have a criminal record. this morning a calvert county community is coming together to support the victims of a deadly fire. a and her granddrinking water were killed on wednesday. officials tell us there's nothing suspicfaus about the . they plan to tear down what's left of the townhouses destroyed in the mefire. of the families lost everything they own,ss busies and nonprofit organizations are helping them get back on their feet. to help, search "townhouse fire" in the nbc washington app. 6:07. a 36-year-old man acced of assaulting people is off the streets. d.c. police arrested jamar tillman wednesday night. they say he engaged in sexual contact with five victims on 20th stree south of dupont circle. pleats say he also assault the a vicksth victim and attempted to

engage that shim in a sex act.ti he's f charges including sex abuse, robbery, and assault. a charles county man faces several child pornography charges this morning. yesterda police arrested 39-year-old anthony robinson at hi waldorf home while searching his devices, police found child rnraphy. state police say they became aware of robinson's alleged an onliduring investigation to catch people sharing the disturbing material. 6:08. today president trump heads to the sympto-. mexico border. he will tour a recently replaced section of border fence. the president is giving mexico one year to stop f thew of illegal drugs from entering the u.s.ex if mo doesn't take action the u.s. will put tariffs on cars, and and that doesn't work, he could close the border. he backed off an earlier threat to close the border as soon as this week. this battle has a lot of people

who live along the border concerned. >> we do t notnk of ourselves, frankly, as two different communities. we think of ourselves as probably t suburbs part of one community. we in tract all time. >> meanwhile, house speaker nancy pelosi announced the house will file a lawsuit challenging president trump's emergency declaration. that declaration diverts federal money to build a wall along the u.s.-mexico border new this morning, elk sdor preparing to expel wikileaks's pounder julian assange fro its embassy in london. wikileaks tweeted saying assange will be expelled within hours to days. the tweet says emdoor already has been --or ecu already has an agreement with the u.k. for his arrest. this is new video into the newsom showing the embassy assange has been holed up in he sought asylum imto avoid sex rhyme charges --m asy to avoid sex crime charges have been dropped. the situati appears to be

escalating. on capitol hill, the judiciaryf the house committee is calling for the immediate release of the special counsel report. in a letter to attorney general williabarr, jerrold nadler cites what he calls troubling reports that mueller's team had inches with barr's letter. some arising of the probe's original findings. he said the reports suggest that mueller lurm and his team prepare -- robert mueller and hism prepared things for the public. barr is working with ceeller's ofo release a redacted version of the report. in the shadow of the dr. martin luther king jr. memorial, people came together to mark the day america lost a civil rights leader. ned marked 51ears to the day since there king'son assassina in -- since dr. king's assassination in memphis.ic prayers, m performances, and a wreath laying at the stone of hope, and this morning dr. king's eldest son will speak on a panel of aiinte leaders at

the washington national cathedral.th 'll decide how best to work across faiths to continue dr. king's legacy. the panel begins at :00. >> 6:11. oshington's new archbishop is getting start what will be his most daunting task -- restoring faith among local catholics. >> want to offer you hope. i will rebud your trust. we've certainly given our faithful lots of reasons to leave the church. i want to provide a few reasons to stay. reporter: gregory bib the seventh archbishop of washington and the firstfrican-american to lead the catholic church in d.c. he takes the helm when the archdiocese and church as a whole have bn plagued with the sex abuse scandal. wen sat d ask whether gregory is up for the challenge. >> this is a terrible thing that has to heal in four years. it's a very tall der.

has a mandatory retirement at 75. this is a short space of time for a problem that was created over the era of his two predecessors. >> pecknold noted there's a good ching archbishop gregory could be the first african-american cardinalrom the united states. you could have been a witness to a bank robbery and not know it. police need help to track down the subtle robber. alex a may be able it bring up your medical sore. we'llel you about the request and >interest. temperatures in the low to mid 50s with showers from start to finish even into your friday evening. in addition, tonight some fog and drizzle possible. i'm going to look at the weekend miforecast hour by hour co up. everybody get closer.

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welcome back. t startiay auto lovers will fill the washington convention center for theo washington a show. >> one of those auto lovers, our chuck bell. t is livee convention center this morning. a little virtual reality, chuck? >> what are you doing? >> reporter: now i know what i want for christmas. the ford ator in booth. only $150,000, don't pic. you have ploibts plenty of time to save up for it. watch me crash on live tv. i'm trying -- you get to drias as fas you want to here. uh-oh, i think i stalled it. are you kidding me? i'm sure you guys at home are getting as dizzy as i am here. this is so cool. watch out for that tree over there. kids of all ages can do this.

but i need to advice youthat, oh -- if you break it, you buy it. that's the rule. it's a ton of fun to have. i think i hit a tree. let me see if i can back it up. i'm trying to steer -- there we are. we're back on the road. the goal is to not crash into the cars around i'm telling you it's more difficult than it may appear. appantly i'm inreverse. i don't know how i got in reverse. in is a ton of fun. i'm telling you, you guys are going to love this. eun, i've seen the way you this would be a lot similar for your kids. aaron's got that fancy car. he doesn't tak any chances. >> no. >> reporter: this is a ton of own. you need to get here and try there out for the weekend. the line -- how long are the lines f this normally? >> an hour to an haour and a half. >> reporter: plan for this. well, but i'm telling you, this is fun, fun, fun. you goat drive until you crash the car, right? yeah. >> reporter: if you're really good at this game, you could

probably drive it for to or 30 minutes. i on the father hand would be in and out i - on the other hand would be in and out in 30 seconds. there's a ton of experiences here. come down this weekend nd next weekend, as well. tons of fun. it runs secretary of days a week starting today through the end of next weekend. lots to do. there's a cool completely lego version of a efull-s red chevy silverado truck. hundreds of thousands of lego blocks putnto it. see.s a cool thing to again, if you're in the market for a car or like me u, the vehicle is available -- not for sale yet. wouldn't give me the key. can you believe that? i'm a pro. >> bring me a porsche 911. like a glorified "mario cart."

thayou. in montgomery county, police are investigating four hebroish. >> believe the crimes were committed by the same suspect. take a look. he robbed suntrust banks inside safeway stores. he hit the bame bankween january and stmarch. yeerday he robbed a bank in cloverleaf and ran away. alexa has moreskills hipaa clients has bngn added secuatient information. customers with book a medical appointment or check on a prescription delivery with alexa. say "alex apull up my glucose readings" ord "alexa, f me a kw doct doctor," and she'll do it for you. >> and amelia draper with us

now. >> for the weekend, 70. not just saturday but sunday, as well. if i had to pick a weekend day that's better outside, splitting hairs,ut i think sunday will. we'll have a chance. seeing sunshine on sunday. i'm tracking light rain showers just about everywhere.y everyb dealing with rain. this system will continue to bring us rain at times throughout the day. have the umbrella, grab the wealthies, you know the dril currently temperatures in the upper loews to low 50s. 51 in washington, 49 in college, 47 at belvoir. 56 the high with periods of rain. umbrellas, jackets a must as we close out the week. as we look to the weekend, 20% chance of a lingering shower. the threat is low although i can't rule it out. as it wye looked it at the -- wa

lookthe evening hours, we'll hit a high of 70 after starting off at 53ay sue have partly to mostly cloudy skies throughout the day with the high of 71. e theerts at maryfield garden center want you to get out in your garden this year. they said easy steps to repair the lawn, rake and scratch up bad spots. keep seed moist until the grass fills in. as we look at the ten-day forecast, look at monday's high temperature. 77. near 80 but a chaps for rain, umbles of thurntd later in the day. >> all right. breaking news in first 4 traffic leaderwa before road. fatal crash investigation. this happened arouthis morning. this is difficult to see -- closed at southeast at 295,

traffic being diverted to the inbound 11th street bridge, have a acthree-mileup. outbound 11th street bridge, trafficd pus out of d.c. 295. we're working to get around this, inbound 11th street to m to south capital to southbound ot295. r alternate, mlk jr. exit. stay left at the 14th street bridge. get on southbound 295 at malcolm x. as we zoom out, something else to mention. westbound massachusetts at 11th is shut down there. aaron? >> all . right, thank you don't want to go to college for four yrs inusan hogan has tips on pating for any post-high sc>>ol education. then tune in at 3:00. stay tuned for "news4 today" at

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breaking news in the district. one person is dead and several others are hurt after an overnightrash on i-295 near howard road. this is a crash we've been monitoring for hours. good morning, everyone, it's 6:30. i'm aaron gilchrest. >> i'm eun yang. a lot going on. our cck bell will join us live from the washington auto show.an storm team 4 meteorologist amelia draper has the rainy day forecast. we also have melissa mollet tracking the traffic trouble.

let's begin with justin finch live on i-295 with more on this cr justin? >> reporter: aaron, sad news this morning. again, one person dead, four others injured in this overnight crash on i-295 southbound just before the howard road southeast exite i want to tou to a live look, a bird's eye view from the mass cam to show you what isg happennow. within the past hour, we have seen a coroner van arriv on scene and leave. we've also seen now tow trucks arrive and begin to tow the vehicles that are involved in this wreck. as you are seeing on the all lanes are closed on i-295 southbound just before the howard road exit. as this response aat investn continue here this morning, at least three vehicles involved in this eck. one as you might see shows signs of afire. that's how this report came down. want to take you back in time a bit to overnight.

isst after it:30 or so when this happen came in, s twitter video from a viewer who sent this to us. as you can see,ri that dr arrived to a very harrowing scene here. a d.c. fire truckn scene, opinionses as well.la you'll seemes leaping from at least one vehicle there. in is w d.c. foyer found when theys arrived as well -- d.c. fire found when they arrived as well as others to the scene. a multi-vehicle crash. one person dead on four others taken to the hospital. two said to be in serious condition, two others said to be in critical ion. as we come back out live, you see right now we're on the northbound side of 295, we're seeing some slowdowns trafficwise, especially some bott bottlenecking as we get closer to the crash scene. melissa has been trackin the back ups and incidents as well as looking at work arounds. what are you seeing?

>> this traffic alert a major deal for a lot of people. here's what we know. about almost a four-mile back up. southbound 295 before howard. three vehicles involved. ina fatal stigation. it could be closed for a couple of hours. trap being pushed to the well wellth street bridge inbound. outbound 11th stafet bridge, c pushed on to november 270. we're trying to get you around this. onee, alternatake inbound 11th to m street to south capital over the douglass bridge to southbound 295. that will work for you this morning. something else that will work, as well -- take mlk jr.en . the exit at 11th street. you stay left there. get on southbound 295 there near malcolm x. avenue, that's going bork, as well. georgia -- to work, as well. georgia avenue, a pedestrian struck at 13th. chopper 4 will be the soon.

just about everybody dealing with a light rain. i'll track showers at timesth ughout your friday. here's the latest on storm team 4 radar. rain move egg from in the and west. everybody but baltimore reporting light showers across the area with the temperature of only 51 degrees. i say it like that because look at hourly forecast for the morning hours. we just hang out in the low 50s. we don't warchl up today. yet we hit -- warm up today. yesterday we hit 70. today, low to mid 50s evenftnto thenoon hours. a chilly, damp, raw finish to the workweek out there. here are four things you need to know -- grab the umbrell asou step out today with the rainy and chilly friday in store. as we look to tomorrow, there's a small chance for a shower on your saturday. it's really nice andab comfo on sunday. .hen more rain is in the forecast on mond i'm going to have more on the small shower chance on saturday, also breaking down the weekend more in about ten minutes. >> all right. thank you. just about 4 -- rather,

6:34. for the second thursday in a row, drivers in our area experienced a terrible commute home. these images show yesterday's fiery tractor-trailerre cras the truck was traveling o the inner loop of the beltway in fairfax county when it hit the jerseyl and flipped. the crash closed the 2000 for almost two -- for closed for almost two hours. then another incident with 12 cars involved. new, d.c. fire investigators are working to determine how this car caught fire around 2:00 this morning. a resident shared this cell phone video with news4. this was in the adams-morgan area near columbia road and belmont northwest.re fifficials say no one was injured. new vo this morning of a brazen theft. >> the thief swipe e ed pages a headed down m street niinto an

alley. police need help identifying him. it's one thing when people say that they're tupac. it's another when the world says that you resemble the legacy that pew pack gave us. >> -- tupac gave us. >> those honoring nipsey hussle made their way to.c. fans gathered at the top of meridian hill malcolm x. to pay tribute. the vigil included poems, inspirational speeches, and a release oves. the man accused of killing hussle entered a not guilty plea in court. he's being represented b christopherden, known for prosecuting the o.j. simpson trial more than 20 years ago. police say shooting last sunday stemmed from some kind of personal dispute. 6:35. actor jussie smollett refuses tm rse the city of chicago for thees igation into what authorities called a-gay attack. >> the city plans to sue the "empire" star for the money.t

chicago s a letter demanding that he pay more than $130,000. police and the mayor say there's enough evidence to prove smollett staged the attack to boost his career. they are upset that prosecutors downed thein charges a him. smollett continues to say the attack was real. your time is .6:36 in our othertor stories -- fire sflofrgs not figured out a cause for the townhouse fire. a woman&her uagran were killed. it doesn't appear to be suspicious. severalomes were destroyed. some of the families lost everything they own. the man claiming to be a missing illinois boy lied. officials say 23-year-old brian rini told them he was timothy pitzen, a kindergartener who disappeared almost eight years ago. earlier, rini told police he escaped from a hotel in ohio after being held against his will for years. dna resultshowed rini was not telling the truth. investigators say he is in

police custody but not under arrest. president trump will travelo to californiisit the u.s.-mexico border. he will visit a town called calexico. about m120es east of san diego. he will check out a recently renovated seconds -- renovated section of the border wall. he's giving mexico one year to stop drugs he entering the u.s. or he will impose tariffs and close the border. you heard about defending the cup. how about dressing up like ? take a look. that's how one fan watched the caps game. there's a look. what game it s. the team took on montreal and won. taking the f rth straight division title. how about that? it puts them exactly where they want to be as pla next week. caps have home-ice advantage for the first two rounds with -- lovely to see "t t lovely to see "the rinl come bak washington. and the flashnational defea the mets on opening day in new york. kind of a payback i guess for

erwhat they did last week. wasn't a high scoring game, but then's a win. the nats took 4-0. >> very nice. >> can appreciateth . ahead, a billion dollar breakup. >> we have the details on the final settlement between amazon founder jeff bezos and his wife, mckenzie. and news4's chuck bell is live a athe washingtoo show this morning. chuck? >> reporter: hey, good morning. no, jeep is not made of pickup trucks. it's the comanche in the 9 1wr1980s. 1wr1980s. coming

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on sunday. comfortable for outdoor exercise. i am tracking rain today. i'll let you know when it moves out coming up in the full . foreca and a traffic alert. a major mess in the district. a fatal c investigation and a fatal c investigation and main right

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a portion of the road is closed now. news4 is live withat a loohe scene and your alternates. first, at 6:, president trump will head to the u.s.-mexico border later toda. >> there iorder battle brewing as the president gives mexico a year to make changes or he says he will shut down the border. >> nbc's peter alexander joins us live with details. >> reporter: good morning. we'll see the president as he prepares to depart from the white house at 9:30 this mornbeg. you'll rem just last friday, a week ago, he said heed would shut down the border this week. he's backed down saying he will give mexico a year to crack on illegal immigration and drug trafficking before he makes good on that ultimatum. the president on thursday threatened to put tariffs on cars coming from mexico. he says he doesn't play games. his critics say he's said that multiple times before. remember, he has threatened to close the border on several occasions. has yet to follow through. among those voicing their concerns about the idea,

suggestingt would be catastrophic, devastating to the economy, are members of the president's own party.y toe's going to be viewing some newly renovated border barrier in california. the presiden says he's going to see new wall -- but this is in fact wal being replaced with some bigger wall at that same very location. back tyou. >> all ght. peter alexander live for us at the white house this morning. thank you. and more from peter coming up on "today." back now to the breaking news happening on i-295 this hour. >> a deadly crash has shut down the southbound lanes near howard justin finch is live on the scene with the latest. justin, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. watching some progress beide t the crash scene here this morning. first a look from the mass cam. a live look at what's goingun. will see tow trucks have arrived to the scene here to begin towing away the through vehicles involved. in this crash, again,ne person has died along i-95

a few from the scene from earlier. police are conducting the investigation. the came came in as not only a crashut a crash with fire and entrapment, as well. want to show you now twitter video from a viewer who sent this in to us. that driverng wh saw -- a very scary scene a that driver pulled along 295 southbound nearoward road. they are seeing flames leaping from at leasthi one cle, d.c. fire on the scene also concerned. witnesses appearing to tend to at least one victim involved in this crash. d.c.oyer arrived before 2 -- d.c. fire arrived before 2:00 and found many injured, one dead on the scene. rio in serious condition, two others incal condition. as we come back live, what you will see if you travel this area is this -- slowdown and

bottlenecking along the northbound side near the crash scene here on 295 southbnd. melissa mall lay tracking the -- melissa mollet tracking the impact of the crash t and ways get you around this scene here, as well. llmelissa? >> walk to melissa in just a bit. thank you. 6:49. d alsoeloping this morning, two more families are mourning the loss of their loved ones afterrie shooting in d.c. >> so far 40 people have been murdered in washington this year. that is a 20% increase from this same time last year. last night's shooting mayave involved two scenes. around 8:00 p.m., two men were found shot to death in the hallway of the buildng wil near crash street in northeast. i'm short l timeer an m was involved in a crash that may be linked to a shooting. nash is closed because of the jeff and mckenzie bezos have reached a divorce settlement. she will whk away w amazon

shares worth about $35 billion.e in rn, she will not have any stake in the "washington post." bezos and his wife had been married for 25 years and have four children. the divorce will be final in 90 days. it's 6:50. in "news 4our health," few fears about measles outbreaks. >> a new warning says hundreds may have been exposed. u.c. davis tells people they may have been exposed after a 7-year-old with the measles came to the rempt.wo e.r. weeks ago. it happened at a place where there are sick people and they're seeking treatment. alissa hernandez is orried for her 2-year-old. he had a liver transplant as a baby, preventing him from receiving vaccin. >> angry, i'm scared, i'm mad. i just -- i don't get why people don't want to help save other people's lives. >> in california, there is a new effort to toughen immunization

requirements. a public health official would have to grant the exemption. this after doctors w discovered giving exemptions to anti-vax parents. now to melissa mollet and the first 4 traffic alert. >> big problem in the district. southbound 295 before howard road southshst. fatal cinvestigation. you see the closure here this morning. they are trying to get vehicles ou of the way. three of them involved in the accident overnight. so right now all lanes still blocked southbound, traffic being diverted on to the 11 street bridge at this point this morning. outbound, 11th street bridge, traffic t pushed northbound 295. as you talk about alternatives, we're working for you withhe alternates. take inbound 11th street to m street to south capital over the douglass bridge to 295. the inner loop and europe near new hampshire avenue, no biggers. just kind ofour normal volume. all of that green showing where e rain falling krohere.

66 a 95 looking typical on this friday speed-wise. 270 southbound, p40 mil hour top of the beltway, 28 miles per hour. remember to listen to wtop 103.5 when you hop in your car. make this rain if go away. >> i know and we'll check storm team 4 radar. we're seeing across most of the area now. where i'm not seeing rain, annapolis and around baltimore. again, most of us stepping out this morning to light show ss. thtem will continue to bring us rain throughout the day. nothing too avy bhampt it for the kiddos. sckely sdwrin dealing with show pickup, the afteol shooting amtivities canceled -- activities canceled or brought indoors. notice showers across the area. i continue to track rain through th lunchtimehours.

even to the afternoon hours. 3:00 p.m., seeing breaks in the action. overcast skies if we see the eak in the rain. into the evening hours, scattered showers, patchy drizzle, and fog, as well. here's a look at your storm team 4 five-day forecast. there's the chancedfor an isolhower or two early morning. the threat lows at about 20 with the high around 70s. npeaks in the day sunday. partly to mostly cloudy skies. sunday looking pretty nice and mild. high of 71. on monday, high temperatures near 80 degrees. that being said, some rain is looking likely especially later ule he day where i can't out a few thunderstorms, as well. the chance f some lingering showers on tuesday with highs in the mid 70s. >> all haright. >> you. later today, auto lovers will fill the washington convention center for this year's washington auto show. >> one of news4's biggest auto lovers, chuck bell, has been checking out ahe fun things out there.

hi, chuck. >> reporter: hey, good morning. yes, indeed. hee auto show gets started today, goes until 14th of april. a lot of new products. this is josh drenen from toyota. and they got a brand-new toyota supra backeor the first tim in almost 20 years. tell us a little about it. >> the supra is 335 horsepower in-line six rk, 0 to in 4.1 seconds. a beautiful car. >> sure is. you were telling me the first 1,500 will be numbered and sold off. what did you say serial number 0001 sold for? >> thatuctioned off for $2.1 million. >> reporter: the good news is that's the most expensive supra, $2.1 million. d prices are goin from there. these are mostly in the 5,000 $60,000 range? >> the launch will go for $5 000, they'll start under $50,000 and top out at $65,000. >> reporter: what other new products this year? >> lots of goodies. we've got the new 4rav that's been redesigned. that's the hybd version just

ross from us. the murai, our fuel cell vehicle. you'll be able to se the 2020 corolla and tacomaa. >> reporter: great, obviously the trend is electric, does hydrog hydrogen -- >> the hydrogen gas is creating electricity onboard. you fill it up like you would a normal tank with hydrogen fuel, and it creates electricity that powers you. >> reporter: awome. the output modesto ofof -- suns utput instead of oxous gas is water. >> pretty cool. live at the auto show,ce convention er. a lot more to see this weekend. thank you, sir. 6:55 the time. here are four things to know -- southbound i-295 because of a deadly crash. one person died, four people were hurt when three cars crashed overnight. d.c. police in the process of towing all three. follow us on twitter for a

work-around. d.c. police investigating a double murder. last night two men were found shot to death in the hallway of a building on nash street. a short time lather another man was found -- later another man was found shot to death in a car in northeast. today the president will the visit the u.s.-mexico border. he will check a renovated section of the bder wall there. watch the "today" show for the latest. after 11 years hosting the "today" show's fourth hour, kathie lee gifford is moving on. they spent all week look couingk at the show and her ca for the final good-bye, check out the "today" show next on nbc 4. here'she latest look of storm team 4. radar-like showers across the area. we'll continue to have rain throughout the day into evening hours. patchy fog overnight. the weekend not bad. highs around 70. maybe an isolated shower tomorrow morning. peeks of sunshine later on saturday. on sunday, partly to mostly cloudy skies. >> all right. first 4 traffic alert.

remember, southbound 295ho befo rd road southeast, they should be clearing this out of the way pretty soon. right now we are shut down, traffic being pushed on to the inbound 11th strbrt idge. and then outbound, traffic pushed on to northbound d.c. at 295. that's the news for today. you appreciate you waking up with us. >> the "today" show is next. see you in 25 minutes. enjoy yr day and your weekend. >> make it a great friday, everybody. s

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