traffic. 4 >> but we will turn things over to now getting into place storm team 4 meteorologist -- >> you're going to call her out like tha i >> of cou'm going to call he out. you look lovely. >> i was rolling through my hair a little bit. hey, listen, i'm here. hi. hello, everybody. we've got partly cloudy skies out there right now.st en, as we continue through the daytoday, maybe a few as weles out there continue through the day. uck will be back next tuesday, thank goodness, all right? 58 degrees is going to be our temperature when you walk out. the door considering our temperature yestreday morning when we we in the 30s and 40s, doing a better today. we tend to dip aittle bit as we go through about the 7, 8:00 hour. not quite as warm as yesterday, but we're going to have some nice, seasonable temperatures out there. maybe a few rain showers as well. take a look right here. this is what we call back doorn cold fro that is going to be

sweeping through. it's moving from the north to the south. so we think there's going to be a big sprint in temperatures. rme may seen north of dc, a few sprinkles. we'll talk about talt and about the severe weather chance on friday that's coming up. let's talk about traffic. >> good morning, lauren. on the beltway,nner loop after university boulevard, two left lanes getting by. inner loop after the toll road getting by there. as weoom in here for just a minute, an nondale, outer loop between gallows and braddock. a lot of stuff happening on the beltway. alexandria northbound 39tw beeen seminary and king street, right lane is blocked there. eun? >> melissa, thank you. developing this morning, montgomery county police are searching for the gunman involved in aeadly shooting that sent four people to the hospital in germantown. >> we know one person died and three others were hurt including a teenager. policeeceived several calls about shots fired last night on

curry powder lane not too far from klopper elementary school.i this a quiet residential area that backs up to a park. chopper 4 was over the scene as detectives collected evidence. the shooting did not happen inside a home and it appears er ne involved knew one another. >> this occurred in the parking lot area. we do nots at thi time believe it to be a random event. the suspects fled the scene and we're asking the public if anyone saw anything to please give us a call, let us. know >> at this point police have not released a suspect description or aotive for the shooting. we are learning new details about the devastating fire at notre dame cathedral in paris.il it wbe at least 18 hours before crews are able to go inside to investigate. paresian authorities say they are ruling out arson and terror related motives as possible causes. for the moment they are treating an devastating fire as accident. when the first alarm was reported firefighters could not

locate a fire. it wasn't until the second alarm was called when the fire was visible to crews. a couple from virginia had just arrived to paris and snapped a photo just before the fire started. >> now youave apicture. >> now we have a picture, which we will frame when we get home. >> a parisepy mayor says the cathedral has suffered colossal damages. many all over the world are contributing to the rehabilitation project. overnight the white house pledged to support the effort. take a look at this footage taken inside the kennedy center last night. e trapped g adults w in an elevator about 30 feet below ground. to fire rescue crews h use a specialized hauling device to lift the people out of e elevator shaft. hurt. w the search continues this mornhog for a man w attacked and robbed a94 -year-old woman. she survived the attack and now she's telling news w 4t happened. >> he got my arms gripped behind

me and said he had a gun and i want your cash. hoi was sed really. i screamed, i guess, but at that point nobody could hear me. >> the woman does not want to be identified. she says a man attacked her as she was walking from the cleveland park metro station to her car late monday night. a man told her he had a gun and grabbed her purse.e sh tried to fight back but that's when police say he injured her hand, pushe her down and ran away. the woman tried t get help at a nearby gas station but was turned away. >> you're dripping blood and you can' do anything and you have no money and no way to call anybody and somebody refuses to help you, it's not very kind. >> that is unbelievable. no one was going to help her? >> what aner awful ss of events. a customer at that gas station later called police for her. the exxon station in connecticut avenue where the woman said she was turne away has not commented on the wae. thoman said she hopes the roer is caught so she can get

the keys backor her rental car. i hope she has a speedy recovery. someone is goi to attack a 94-year-old woman and no one is going to help her. >> i hope there's a video of this guy. 45067895. local man hired to keep an eye special needs h is now accused of abusing one of them. >> kelly rucker aggress restrained a 12-year-old. he's also accused of punching the child in the head. the bus driver is also charged. police say she did nothing to stop the abuse. both rucker and mcnear will be in court next week. d. play say a bethesda woman was robbed by a man who claimed to be a ride share iver. the man took her back to her building but then followed her inside. now surveillance videohe shows t man grabbing for her purse inside the elevator. he then forced his way into her apartment and stole more stuff before runningof

the woman was not hurt. safety was the topic of discussion at laplada high school in charles county. hundreds of parents were called to a meeting after two students were caught with guns. the head of safety said maryland makes it difficult for the school to install metal detectors. >> you can't have metal detectors because it might be an invasion of privacy but i think that probably most parents here would rather have a little bit of invasion of privacy thanav he their child shot. >> the dector of safety says over the last two weeks his staff has increase its presenc at the school. today several denver area school districts will be closed nid a investigation into threats again some colorado schools. the fbi says an 18-year-old woman has made those threats. they say she's armed, dangerous and has an obsession with the columbine school shooting. this weekend will mark 20 years sincehat tragedy.

yesterday columbine was put on lockdown because of the threats. that h community been through too much. 4:07. the coast guard lieutenant accused of stockpilinguns and making a hit list of top democrats and journalists wants out of federal custody. in february the judge said they had two weeks to charge hasan. they don't expect to seek any charges beyond firearms and drugs. they want his bail to be reviewed. he remains onctive duty until the case against him is resolved. happening today, the newng acti secretary of homeland security, kevin m icaleen scheduled to visit the southern border with plex i could he. he will tour a border patrol detention center which is routinely over crowded. they want to open two new tent facilities. members of the house judiciary

e requested information yesterday related to reports that president trump offered him a pardon if he acted illegally to block asylum seekers. it's now 4:07. all eyes will be on capitol hils special counsel robert mueller's report will be part of it. not all of it. barr is redacting grand jury information, classified information, details about anding investigations information about people who werenterviewed or scrutinized in investigations but not charged. the white house is bracing for retomorrow's lease. according to multiple witnesses, white house officials are sources of damaging information about the president. now to nbc newssi exclu investigation. new documents reveal that facebook used your datas a bargaining chip. according to more than 4,000 pages of leaked documents from 25011 to 2015, ceo mark zuckerberg discussed waysll to

se user da if a. documents from 2012 zuk kerr bird wants to figure out the real value of the da. in response to the nbc news investigation facebook says,ot qu the sets of documents by zee sign tell only one side of the story and omits important context. since 2015 facebook has made a greater push to address broader privacy. > epi-pens are being put up at evy place wheretudents eat. back in the fall the state legislature in maryld passed a bill allowing universities to carry the life saving drug. school officials say there are 100 students with allergies, some minor, som life threatening. the university of maryland has been trained how to use ese.

>> it's helpful. i've had friends who have had allergic reaction from food and now we have access to get to the pens. >> in the u.s. someone is rushed to the emergency room every three minutes because of a food allergy. good news for your ngupcomi summer trips. amtrak is adding more ac kacela trips. the trips will begin may 4th. amtrak said the additional saturday service was airect response from customer requests. now if we could get prices down. >> that would be phelpful. >>t of the grandstand at pimlico has been deemed unsafe. portions of the seating won't be able to support the thousands of spectato for next month's sprooek preakness stakes. the city is fighting to keep the iconic horse race in baltimore, but the track'say owners s

pimlico is too old and the preakness should be movedel to park. we'll see if anybody moves quickly to get the repairs made. this week marked a big milestone for a few bear cubs in virginia. >> the bears were released back into the wildfter being cared for for the past year. here's video of the 1-year-old cubs running into the woods for the first time yesterday? >> do you think they'll be okay? >> yeah. >> i hope so. the bears were orphaned last year. this year there we 15 cubs cared for from the wildlife center. the wildlife center doesn't say where the released bears are because they want to prevent any further human interaction. they don't want any crazy people going out there trying to feed the bears. >> they'll be fine. they'll get out there and look for the bare necessities and be able to -- >> the simple bare necessities?

>> that'right. >> still ahead, if you ever wanted to go to europe, now is your >>time. we'll explain that for you. plus, news 4 is giving you a acloser lookt new technology being used on local trains which keep people safe if an scent ever happens. lauren? you're going to need the sunglasses, the jacket and even a smallre umba if you are north of d.c. we have a stray shower north of d.c. otherwise, temperatures a bit mild. wavere weather on the y.

you're watching "news 4 today." this morning, metro is trying to figure out the first two rail cars of a six-car train separated monday night near the willie rest stin station. the metro rail safety commission, the new safety watchdog, is investigating the incident. majorafety milestone for vre. the commuter rail system is using a new safety system calle positive train control. >> rail systems around the country have been told by the federal government to get the system up andru ing. as transportation reporter adam tuss tells us it could make all the difference if a dangerous situation develops on the rails.

>> reporter: this is a significant safety milestone, one you hope that's never actually needed. >> people are human, obviously. they make mistakes. this is to catch things that an engineer may not catch. >> reporter: for example, going too fast around a curve or two trains on the same track, even work injuriers on the track. this is a safety layer that takes over to prevent these incidents. doug is the head of vr >> with technology this system will override and slow trains down or stop trains as necessary. >> reporter:th when you ink of vre, you might not think of major commuter rail systems, but it actually is. it's the 12th largest system in the country. 4 million trips per year in our area. >> now a new safety layer built into the ride. in alexandria,da a tuss, news 4. good news for folks planning

a trip to europe this summer. >> flights to some european destinations will be the cheapest they've been in three orars. that's accng to the flight tracking app hopper. hopper says the average cost of ights to europe during peak summer travel w $909 round trip. that seems like a lot. that's actually a 2% reduction from last year. if you book now, you may still get in on spring flight deals which could be about $637 round trip. >> i searched for a trip to london in july, that was not the reality saw. >> was it more than $1,000? >> after wild air shut down. >> that's too bad. i'd like to go to london with my fami 4:17. it looks like cruises are also super popular this year. an estimated 30,000 people join me. new ships like verge gins

voya voyages. the cruises aren't for the older crowd. millenians make up 25% of norwegian cruise lines is hoping to increase socia media sharing. >> that's the way. >> i love a good cruise. >> i've never been on a cruise. >> really? >> no. >> y can eat all you want. >> you're stuck on the boat. what if you want to see something. >> you can get off at different stops. >> just enough time. i haven't been on a creuise in while. >> temperatures are a good 15bo degrees a where they were yesterday morning. we're starting this morning in the 50s. 58 degre is our temperature now. wee gone up a little bit. as you wal out the door. we continued to drop around

7:00. 8:00. sun is comg up. 6:29 is the official sunrise north of d.c. north of d.c., i'll show you why we have a chance for severe weather which is possible on friday. more showers on saturday. right now i'm keeping sunday dry. that's easter. i'm more worried about people traveling for easter, getting out the door on friday. i do think it is gng to be a headache on friday. no severe weather today. temperatures are in the 50s right now. listen, if you are south of c., i do believe your temperatures are going to suck. yowake up, straight shower to the south. we do have a slight chance of passing shower today.

waite pred rain on friday and here's the backdoor cold front. this is just going to sag to the soh as weo through the morning and into the midday hours. a shower just to the north is possible. so, again, most of us are going to stay dry. we have sunshine tomorrow afternoon. rain as we get int your friday. severe weather. om 2 to 8 p.m. we'll have showers around on your saturday as well. even leading into sunday. severe weather threat as we get inre friday, w looking at some heavy rain, possible flooding as well on your fridays thatomething we'll have to watch. easter will be dry. look at next week. we'll talk more about sunday coming up but let's talk about the roads with melissa. good morning. >> good morning, lauren.

bethesda southbound near western. left lane getting by road work. live look at germany. silver inner loop university. inner loop after the toll road, mcclain blocked. an nondale, outer loop of the beltway betweenellows and

you're watching "news 4 today." welcome back. at mo4:24, thet of food we throw away every year is staggering. 20 billion pounds of roduce is wasted in this country, and most of it fono good reason. >> university of maryland graduate wanted to tackle the issue of food waste and hung grer at the same time so he went into the business of rescuing food. >> that's not the prettiest fruit i've ever seen. perfection completely missed this box of carrots. >> when the packing h is packing some of these carrots, they're actually sorting these out. they don't fit the exact mold. >> what about this carrot looks inwrong? >> no >> welcome to the warehouse of hungry harvest where food destined to the dump gets a second chance to make it to your table.

>> we are trying to build an exclusive food system. >> reporter: he calls himself a social entrepreneur. hungry harvest mission is twofold. rescue produce and get more fresh food tha places need it. he came up with the ia at the universe of maryland. 5 unds for 5 wuks. sooner or later i had 500 customers every week. lutz saz in that time has company is trying to get food not to go to waste. take cage free. these are white so consumers don't want them as much even though they're the exact same thing. >> reporter: it's all marketing and perception in this case, that's why these were thrown out? >> right. hese otherwise would go to waste. >> hungry harvest buys from

packagers, wholesalers and sells 10 b-- >> he gets fresh produce to places that are hard to come byf selling tod deserts. they donate 5 to 10,000 pounds of produce every month. >> so hungry harvest has about 30, 40,000 customers acrs many states. he plans to expand to more east coast cities in the next year ago. he wants tbe in boston, atlanta where did he have pockets of food deserts. >> to think pple arehrowing away perfectly good eggs because they're white seems incredibly wasteful. >> for the companies t t are producing these things, it's cheaper tping to dum them or take them back. >> you know how i feel about wasted food. good for him. >> yeah. 4:26 coming up, new video of an

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news 4 today starts now. 4:30 right now. thanks for waking up with us as we get this wednesday started. live look at what it's like tside as we get moving today. it's dark. good morning, everybody. i'm aarongi hrist. >> you are so observant. >> i try to share the knowledge that i amass through the course of the day. >> you are an everyday hero. i'm eun yang. we want to get to some new video into the newsroom overnight showing a