several connections to the d.c. area. he played the high school ball at dunbar and went to star with the terps. he was drafted with the 49ers. ten season he has caught 461 passes. hockey, the caps forward shamera took a hit off the ice. off the ice. he was fined for hitting a flyers player in the second period. opening day is this weekend.

the d.c. area comes in eighth on counts thingsch like job market and quality of life. denver tops the list, followed by austin, texas, fayetteville, arkansas, and raleigh, north carolina, in fourth place. spring is right around the corner and the travel season is expected to be up for it according to a survey, 62% of am early march to late april. experts say right now is the time to book tickets or hit the road since gas prices are low. and it will be a good time to hit the road maybe for the weekend, especially with snow coming in for friday. doug: friday morning is the concern that it could have impact. i do not think it will have much impact on the rush-hour in the metro area. it will clear out for the weekend and be fine. , no problems out there at all. temperatures mostly ranging from the upper 30's to lower 40's, and looking live at the capital river, thepotomac breeze nothing like it was yesterday. cloudiness rolling in. but the cloud cover is thin enough we are able to get some sunshine, but that will change through the afternoon and evening. 38 right now. the

. >> med star hospital chain in d.c. area is under attack by hackers. it crippled the system making it off-line for thousands of patients and doctors. they are seeing if hackers demanded ran some to restore systems. if so it's the same computer problem restaurant chain hard rock cafe dealt with last week. . >> 4:35 is the time now. let's get a check of today's forecast and mr. michael thomas happens to be in today. good to see you, mike. >> good to see you as well. jack they morning. you wear your jacket you'll need it as door this morning because whipped chills around the region in 30s and 40s. still springtime here up and down part of the springtime whereas yesterday we reached 70 degrees and today temperatures in current locations. and baltimore is 47 and annapolis is 48 and quantico fredericksburg still low 50s and dropping to 40s as well before sunrise here. here's the wind chill map. i was hoping not to show this now that we're in springtime. i have to pull it out this morning. feels like 33 hagerstown and 40 in the district and 38 for mannasas. s

. >> med star hospital chain in d.c. area is under attack by hackers ran some wear crippled computer system forcing patients off-line for doctors and patients. fbi is investigating seeing if hackers demand a ran some. it's the same chain dealt with last week. tips on what you can do from . >> 5:05 is the time now enjoying twus michael thomas. >> good to be here. >> always good to you have in. >> i love waking up 2:30 in the morning. >> i'm happy to see him but he's throwing out having to get up early. >> there was no sarcasm. >> it was dripping. >> we'll all be dripping in sunshine all be it be chilly. >> chilly this morning. grab the jacket. here are temperatures at this hour. we are at 46 martinsburg and cumberland as well as winchester still hanging out at 49 in washington. 48 annapolis and 4 6 for baltimore and 49 quanitco. you factor in the winds. it's breezy and will remain breezy post of the day. feels like 39. feels 10 cold fer wash tone and 34 gaithersburg and 35 frederick and 34 baltimore. heavier coats as you head

but again, no specific or credible threat to the d.c. area. but obviously, security folks beefing up their precautions there on the ground. >> as we know, the airport in brussels is completely shut down, as you can expect. all flights are being diverted. if you were planning on heading that way, if you had a flight that had a stop-over there, definitely check in because things have certainly changed. >> earlier we spoke to our cbs news senior national security analyst, juan zarate, specifically about what is happening in brussels and the larger picture of the terror threat that europe is facing. >> there's no doubt this is a sophisticated attack. you now have multiple explosions at a major european airport in brussels in the metro system in belgium, and it's paralyzing yet again a major western capital. and so this is a terrible development, of course, and one that, as you were just saying, suggests that belgium has a much deeper problem and one that dates back many years to a deep pocket of radicalization that has emerged in that country, now

john: shoppers in the d.c. arear clean stores, designer brands and customer-friendly shopping experience but some hate the website. they hate it so much the store announcerred the major changes to bring you back. >> something i ordered november 30 to not have my money refunded until january 15. john: it took two months to get a refund for toys she ordered with her boys that never arrived in time. >> my boys could have received the presents i intended them to. >> but it's not an isolated complaint. so many shoppers complained about the target website the stores are making changes. >> according to "usa today" target in 2016 is reorganizing the app and the website for an easier shopping experience. you will place an order, get a text when the item is ready for store pickup. stores will have the special pickup desks for online orders. stores make it easier to return target.com purchases. >> i spoke to a nice manager but told me target store and tar get.com were two separate enty in theties -- entities, her words. john:

snow, d.c. area north. mix of the rain d.c. area to the south. we get through thursday evening here. get to 2:00 a.m. friday morning. see a separation north of d.c. snow. rain south. heavier showers off the coast of the carolinas. by 8:30 or 9:00, pretty much the whole thing is out of here. it may stay cloudy. clear out by friday afternoon. lot of changes but you like the seven-day and how it winds up. 46 in the morning. we could around noontime get to 50. that should be 12:00 p.m. not 12:00 a.m. 5:00 p.m., that is 42 degrees. the temperatures will drop throughout the day. as we get through the next seven days we go down and up. 40% chance of snow. maybe dusting to an inch or two in the grassy areas. if that much. chilly saturday. milder sunday. same in monday. 70, 70 on tuesday. it might get warmer than by wednesday and thursday. alison: amazing. turning the corner. i love it. leon: thank you. doug: all right. alison: still ahead at 5:00, paid not to break law? the plan that gained approval in the district. the pay would be criminal. how much it

d.c. area is bracing for what has been dubbed metroing after it has been shut down for emergency safety inspection. it must be completely nightmarish down there. early -- no 6:18 anna is there in washington, she's at the west falls station outside of d.c. annie what's going onsome >> but here are metro strags and an eerie feeling to see not a lot of people out here. but 7 00,000 take this every day. six lines, 1 stations all closed until at least 5 a.m. thursday and this is, of course, to inspect underground cable line for safety reasons. however, they are running bus services today so you're seeing a lot of buses coming and going morning. they did have the gates here open for a little bit. for the riders to go in and reload their cars and get to other side for commuter buses but as we were standing by, they did close gates so i'm not sure 100% as to why that's happening but i'll check that out. but this closure is going to dump more cars on to roadways. roads are a nightmare. people are piling

. ♪ >> armstrong: scott bolden is a very prominent lawyer in the washington, d.c. area.emetria roberts, former chicago law enforcement officer, jess see weiss, director of communities engagement and director of the second prison project. you at age 21, you were going to rob a bank, eight years in prison, race didn't matter. class didn't matter. parents raised you the right values. that was not enough, yet you paid the price. you feel as though for years later for that crime you committed? >> that's right, armstrong. everybody in the united states has been impacted by the criminal justice system. with 65 million americans, one in four adults have a criminal record. it is astounding. i got my undergraduate degree in prison. i had to fight for it. it was not incentivised. it was scrutinized. the most inconsistent, if you live by the forms that exist on the outside of prison, you are going to go back to one place, that is back to prison. prison fellowship, we serve over 330,000 children. we are in over 380 prisons. we are dedicated to changing the culture within prison. we w

i pull out now on the waze map, most red is confined to the d.c. area. take a live look. police at intersections still. you can see a police car they are directing traffic. this afternoon they are going to lift the h.o.v. restriction s. this just came out. they lifted restriction on 395 as well as 66. moving to the map i want to talk about 66. this is a comparison to reston. 14 miles per hour. this is hier than usual. 66 is completely clear. a lot of people stayed home. we had traffic moving well. back to you. leon: thank you. metro shut down inspired the car service to issue the coupon for riders. capitol bike share offered free one day membership and the bikes were seen everywhere. what is happening now? richard reeve continues the team coverage live now. he is in the silver spring transit center. hey, rich. richard: he at the transit center. a lot of folks disembarking from the buss from the district. this morning as we heard in the news conference the morning commute not as bad as the afternoon commute. the buses were snarled in traffic. people seemed happier to be ab

areas of rain throughout the morning, midday and afternoon hours. notice, we have dry time, too. potentially, 3:00, weather will keep the d.c. ro area dry with plenty of clouds for evening and overnight hours. a steady, widespread rain. notice the colors, yellow and orange. you could see areas of heavier rain. rain likely for the monday morning commute. as we move toward the midday hours, we dry out. monday and evening dry and cloudy. temperatures in the 50s and 60s. 56 degrees right now in washington. we start off the day tomorrow with a temperature of 52. a high tomorrow of 61 degrees and we head back at 4:00 in the afternoon. so, feeling cool, especially with the clouds around. overnight, we lieu an hour of sleep as daylight savings begins. tomorrow the sunrise at 7:22 and sunset at 7:14. the next time we see sunrise at 6:00 a.m. is may 10th. this is a good time to check your fire alarms and tomorrow showers at times throughout the day. monday morning, you are dealing with rain. the afternoon and evening hours mainly dry, but cloudy. on the chilly side monday with a temperature of 57. it's still above or high. we warm up t

if you get off work at 5:00 trying to get out of the d.c. area anytime soon this is where we are seeing the heaviest traffic. now trying to head toward district is jeff goldberg in mobiletrak7. let's check in with him on 395. jeff: this is interesting. it's swa county intuitive. we have seen traffic out of the district smoothly on 395 south and 50 west. but now going into the city take a look ahead of us, approaching the 14th street bridge, traffic is bumper-to-bumper. totally backed up. look bow hind us on mobiletrak7. cars barely moving along. if you travel this route on a day-to-day basis it can be unpredictable. traffic going into the city at rush hour. but right now things on 395 south -- excuse me north across the 14th street bridge are moving alo we will head in the district to see what things are looking like now inside the district. we will come back to you. back to you. jamie: stick with what we see inside the capital beltway now. 66 from the roosevelt bridge to the beltway, clear. once you get to the beltway that wi have slowing. becau

anyone you may expect for the d.c. area from baltimore it will take them from route 32 to capital beltway over an hour. traveling on 95 from route 32 to the beltway is 12 minutes. if you have anyone calling you tell them 95 is clear in maryland. that is the better option for you. along the capital beltway, we are in teens. getting from the tysons corner to maryland and wrapping around to heavy chase. single digit outbound 295 is north and national harbor. live look near temple hills. to show you on the wilson >> these have a code and when they go there, they are rickrolled. >> ♪ never going to let you down♪ never going to alison: if you haven't heard about this. this is a prank and internet meme that tricks people to click on a link of the rick ashley video. the city says it does not find the frank funniment not at all. >> aggravation and the frustration for the citizens. someone is doing it for a prank. >> the fine is $100. the officials only found about out it when they took it to leon: the music would make you angrier. a

vernon davis, a d.c. area who has ties to g.m. making aleun, will be free agent visit to the redskins. sanhistory goes back to fran, when he was with the 49ers. i will say this. is pretty much just a name now. haven't seen him do much in the past recently. guys, in the studio. >> also the small matter of as well.ed >> a lot going on. >> quick look at the forecast for tomorrow. morning.prinkle in the then becoming sunny and plefns. lot more toave a say about the weekend outlook when he joins you at 11. >> david muir coming up next. >>> tonight, the assault at a trump event. new images of a trump supporter going after a protester. the punch caught on video. and what that trump supporter said right afterward about what he'll do next. as ted cruz, marco rubio and john kasich prepare to take on trump tonight. >>> breaking news. the deadly storms hitting right now. the flooding now

john: january was gym sign-up month in the d.c. area. march an quitting months. a big caution before you try to leave your club that had looked so appealing. emma wanted to take some workout classes. she signed a deal for boxing fitness club called the punch-out. she said the owners said if she didn't like it she could cancel. >> after that i could quit anytime i wanted. >> she decided to do that after the gym moved. >> i wanted to drop personal training. >> but the gym kept billing her credit card. >> on the 15th. he had charged me the full $128. again. john: so visited the gym where the owner told me the contracts are clear. if you want to break the contract early you still pay after the amount you owe. which is what he was billing in emma's gace. the better business bureau say many people are trapped this way by the contract. >> what is included in that membership, how long it lasts, if something happens to the gym, if it close what is are the agreements. john: the b.b.b.b. and credit.com says before you sign any contract ask about penalties that f you cancel

d.c. area will get a mix sunday. and philadelphia getting some. barbara: it could be worse. amber: it could as be worse. it is friday so we need to celebrate that. we have gotten through another work welcome or school week. 5:52. we have that earlier issue on 40 pretty big back-up around aviation. there's an accident in the eastbound lanes of 40. this is just the camera looking at that area. police activity to the side now and looks like traffic getting by without a delay. there was a pretty big backup. it must have just happened when we saw it leading to the delay. that is the issue there. over to the shoulder few and also on airport at garden square lane another accident. so activity out to r.d.u. who and south saunders looking good into downtown raleigh. light volume. 40 and 15/501 do you recall county same. over overnight construction will be up by 6:00. drive times freeway is clear six minutes 40 to u.s. 15 and 540 westbound no problems four barbara: tha we know designer when we see it. like the designer smile. it's bolder, brighter and our blogs are buzzing about it. i

i am watching scattered showers right now forming near d.c. areag eventually getting in south jersey or delaware but for now it looks like south and central new jersey getting brunt of the action. from new york city area north jersey down into mercer county and northwestern burlington county, northeastern burlington county, that is where we are seeing showers and thunderstorm activity. it has weakened considerably but still seeing decent amount of lightening and heavy rain especially heading out into portions of northern, burlington county. right around bordentown and border of bucks county and burlington county. as we clear out tonight sun should return in many spots, this is a fast moving line of showers and storms, still 68 at the airport. sixty-four in reading. sixty in wilmington this should drop as we head into next hour just rain cooled air in the wake of the showers and storms. look at what is lurking up here in the great lakes and upper midwest. it is 46 in minneapolis. forty-nine inialpena. eventually as we head through the next few days

a couple of fun days ahead inad the wash to be, d.c. area. the temperature in d.c.is 64, as you know. 59 at hagerstown where the clouds hung on a little bitg on longer. 66 in fredericksburg annual pepper 65-degrees.ee we've got our winds out of the northwest at about 8 miles an hour. our current temperaturetemp 64-degrees with some clouds. as we go through the next several hours we will drop downn into the low 50s. but it doesn't look like it'st's going to be really cold tonight, but again looking at a nice forecast. everybody was ready to see a little bit of sunshine, me included.. we'll have more sunshine to. we're clearing out oure temperature to 50-degrees and as you watch the sky behind you'll see the rest of the clouds departing. tomorrow it's a mix of sun and clouds. we'll definitely have moreave sunshine than we had today and we'll have the warm windarm direction out of the southwest that pumps us up to 74-degrees. we were surrounded by a lot ofot heat today, it looks like a little bitter lt chance today than it didt yesterday of a thunderstorm crossing our

area. we are learning one of the eggs that the d.c. training academy hatched. this happened a few hours ago. the parents, liberty and justice, have been nothing at the police academy for the last 11 years. we are still keeping an eye on that second egg. stay with us for developments from that. >> we need a cost for this concept. >> people opposed to a newun g . >> a protest outside a d.c. library today after a library police officer asked a woman to remove her religious head scarf. many of those gathered outside the library wore them or others donned hoodies if solidarity. earlier this week a library police officer repeatedly asked the woman to remove the scarf, taking out his handcuffs and telling her she would have to leave if she didn't. the library is now investigating that incident. >>> a new gun store opened in arlington county, not everyone was thrilled about the opening. some residents held a gathering. they report, they say the store neighborhood. >> arlington lion park community, with the population of 5,000 people have that small town feel about it.

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several connections to the d.c. area. he played the high school ball at dunbar and went to star with the terps. he was drafted with the 49ers. ten season he has caught 461 passes. hockey, the caps forward shamera took a hit off the ice. off the ice. he was fined for hitting a flyers player in the second period. opening day is this weekend. we will get you pumped for opening day this monday against the braves. back to vernon davis, though, drafted in league ten year. see what he can do. leon: see where the needle is. is he on e? maureen: are you saying he is old? leon: only in football years. doug: same age as my oldest son and he is not old. maureen: thank you fur straightening that up. doug: isolated shower tonight. tomorrow maybe one in morning and another chance in the afternoon. cold front will be approaching but in between the times is partly sunny and breezy. sunny and 63. it could be rain on saturday. sunny and high on the day on sunday. tonight at 11:00, steve rudin have more of the timing of the showers and the s

the price tag for all those pills for d.c.-area veterans alone, more than $64 million last year, according to the records obtained by the i-team. nationwide it will cost the agency and taxpayers more than $1 billion this year alone. despite a 50% discount the drug maker offers to the va and the agency will soon expand distribution of the pills to quote many more veterans. didn't specify how many of the estimated quarter of a million vets with the disease that will be added this year. back at the martinsburg medical center this doctor says the two medications are are more than 90% effective. better than the weaker treatments he used to administer. >> years ago the treatment was very complicated and many side effects. the patients feel ill during the treatment. >> the manufacturer and soldali said it offers discounts on the drug to most people who pay for it the largest the company says goes to the va. but for now, in the u.s., these small pills will remain at least a $1 billion billa year for taxpayers. >> i like living, i said if t

our key points, the d.c. area will be done by this with by sunrise. and low impact. most accumulations, grassy areas, the jackpot, southern maryland. we thank you for your pictures, i'm retweeting them and we will continue to do so. three to six inches there. mike thomas is standing by here in northeast d.c. are those big fat potato chips flakes still falling. >> breaking news here in d.c. we have a dusting. since you've been out here at 10 we've done some accumulations at last in northwest d.c. i took ground temperatures and ground temperatures still running between 34 and 35 degrees. so your roadways are going to be just fine. in fact, as you can see behind me it's mainly ju roadways. traffic is left on the road, is still running smoothly. this is what we expect to continue for the next couple of hours here in northwest d.c. snow falling, it's sticking to the grass. itself' not down heavily enough. certainly the heaviest i've seen so far today. it's not coming down heavy enough that it's going to pile up on the roads. again with temperatures as marginal as they are.

but it looks like it will rai and i know we have a lot of races going on in the d.c. area. a 10 k in reston. it will be dry thank goodness. just a little on the cloudy side as temperatures struggle to warm up. right now we'll hit 40 degrees. calm winds and plenty of clouds. the sun won't probably come out until about 2:00 to 3:00. we'll top it out right around 50 degrees for daytime highs today. so again still cloudy, but we will get spiunshine. we'll go partly cloudy but fairly quiet. you may have seen a few show showers especially if you were up overnight. and we were. a lot of people who came into the station saw a few snow showers. and a little piece of energy scooting by. but other than that, that has a few rain showers through southern maryland, but most of us are dry and will remain that way as high pressure is building into the area. so if you're traveling out there, looking good pretty much through the midwest and up and down the east coast. i'll pause it here at 3:45. yes, we have the sunshine maybe a few clouds still left. but plenty of sunshine out there as we g

>>> if you are a d.c. area sports fan, you know that high expectations really don't amount to much in this area. let's be honest. teams have now been able to reach the bar set for them. now, to the washington capitals, chance to break that curse. so far this season, they have been impressive. for the best co with seven games still left to play. as any fans know, your regular season means nothing if you don't reach the ultimate goal of a championship. >> i certainly can't speak for the last few years. but i can speak from what i see this year. and i see a team that isn't looking back. a team that is striving to get better. and a team that could win games in every single situation. it's not my history. and it's not our history in that room. past history doesn't affect this group. because they weren't part of it. and we're making our own history. and last year, we got through a second round. and we want to go farther. >> the colonials in washington are getting ready for the showdown. gw fans packed up and loaded b

. >>> and it looks like someone else is staying in the d.c. area at least for the next year. what's next for kirk cousins i do everything on the internet. but it's kind of slow. my friends said i should get fios because it's the fastest... i just downloaded 600 photos in 60 seconds. that's seriously better. (man) we're out of 2%. i wonder what else could be better around here? (man) i heard that. now get our best offer ever. super fast 100 meg internet, plus tv & phone for just $69.99 a month online with no annual contract. 100 meg speeds at a price this good? fios can do that. cable just can't. switch to better. switch to fios >>> baltimore police are on the hunt for the gunman who killed a man in the public city works building. it's believed that they got into a fight in the locker room area that then escalated into the building and ended with the man dying. >>> today, the nats announced they're extending the netting that stops foul balls from flying into the fans. itll dugouts meaning no foul balls for the kids that gather t

. >>> meanwhile, a chaotic rush hour for a lot of peel ople in the washington, d.c. area. the reason is that the entire d.c. metro rail system is shut down for safety inspections and repairs. the shutdown follows an electrical fire on monday at a metro station not far from the white house. last year a similar incident filled a train with smoke and left one woman dead. >> i would rather see them set it down and get the lines fixed and make things more safe than to put it off. >> i obviously need to get started on plan b. >> the metro rail system is expected to be up and running the major problems are fixed. >> let's take a look at the weather. >> very spring-like. temperatures well into the 60s. but along with those temperatures we're seeing some spring-like storms as well. this is a look in orange county. the clouds have been lowering and thickening, 65 degrees in the hudson valley. still very mild. we have a front moving through the it is weak but it is sparking storms. you can see that line of showers and storms from the mid hudson valley into sullivan right into western

by the way, donald trump will be here in the d.c. area on monday. he is checking out the progress of his latest project, thehe version of the pavillion into a new trump hotel that's along pennsylvania avenue. president obama is preparing for a historic three-day trip toto cuba tomorrow. the commander in chief is the first sitting president in nearly 90 years to visit thehe island nation.nati the trip comes 15 months after he announced the restoration off diplomatic ties between the two cunt rays. they are hopeful both sides will agree to more trade and tourismu meanwhile star wood hotels says it has signed a deal to renovate three cuban hotel.hote the prime suspects in the paris attacks has been charged withith participation in a terrorist murder.. saw lab del almost has moved to a high security prison in belgium. he and a second man wereere arrested after a police raid yesterday. belgium prosecutors say and delta lamb admitted he wanted to commit a suicide bombing at the paris decided against it.t. 130 people were killed in the deadly attacks last

one minor issue in the washington, d.c. area, a car fire. news. following breaking a story you might have heard of, the u.s. supreme court plans to hear the appeal of former virginia on april 27. the court will determine what anal -- legally constitutes official action by an elected official when it comes to federal corruption laws. he and his wife were convicted in 2014 after receiving a number of gifts and loans from the former ceo of the company star scientific. to another developing story out of silver spring, a woman was hit by a car during the morning commute. jeannette reyes with her condition and what police believe happened. is in serious condition after been hit by a car about 8:00 this morning. road, eastbound lanes closed, westbound lanes are open. you can see her purse, her jacket and her shoes are lying on the road. she may have been hit in the crosswalk or near it. three scene, one of the cars took the woman and to others could have been witnesses who voluntarily stood by and waited on police to give their description of the event.

it's great to see the other gyms in the d.c. areaome out in support. >> we know of a gym in north carolina, south carolina, louisiana, california, as far away as ckutar and afghanistan. >> reporter: all the proceeds will be divided by the officers and their families. >> an incredibly hard workout. incredible job by them. >>> all eyes on the #dceaglecam. eagle number two is coming out of the shell. it started tipping or cracking today. this is at the national arboretum. we got a first look at number one on friday. they have been busy keeping their family warm and bringing in lots of fish to eat. you can check out more on the nbc washington app. search d.c. eagles. super cute. come on out little guy. >>> the snow, the rain, it's more of a nuisance than accumulation. i can't believe we are talking about spring and snow. >> the first day of spring tomorrow. we are going to continue to track rain and snow showers throughout the evening hours, the day tomorrow on into very early monday morning. that's going to be the first weather headline

. >>> hurricanes in the d.c. area getting ready for the tournamt to start on thursday. one more. fumbled that one. that's okay. give it another shot. loloe and ready to go. >>> the miami open just weeks away. women's star maria sharapova saying she failed a drug test at the australian open. no word yet on her status in the tournament though here in south florida. >>> i'm will manso and that's your local 10 morning sports wrap. >>> can we play that what what about h hibachi grill game. >>> a girl nearly abducted. now she's sharing her story on local 10. >> that 13-year-old talks about the terrifying moments right here. now her back pack being that abduction. is that coffee? yea, it's nespresso. i want in. you're ready. is that coffee? >>> right now a safety alert. how she's crediting a book bag with getting away. >>> trouble on the tracks leaves seral hurt. >>> also right now amber alert arres, a toddler found with his mother in texas. why the baby boy's other family members are facing charges. >>> and we're just one week away from florida's election. senator marco rubio may not h

wiedefeld says he understands this is a huge impact on the d.c. area but said safety is the biggest concern. >> the risk to the public is low. i cannot rule out potential life safety issue here. we must take this action immediately. this will impact the entire metropolitan region. no doubt. we recognize it's difficult to get to work and get to school. everyone relying on metro. they are trying to figure out a plan to deal with this. they are talking to the d.c. public schools. they will provide buses above ground to include for school is a major hassle tomorrow. reporting live, richard reeve, abc7 news. leon: first time we have seen this without a storm involved. because of that the announcement is causing a lot of commuters' draws to drop. maureen: sam ford picks up the team coverage in southeast washington. sam: we are at the armory metro station in southeast washington. people have heard about the situation. the way it is affecting the city, the mayor's office feel the government will open on time. they say it is a work in progress. some could chang

general manager paul wheat field made a decision he knew would up end the lives of am people in the d.c. area if not just about everyone. but he was not afraid to did it. he says it's important that they instill a culture of safety at the agency. he has heard, as you can imaginn from a lot of passengers overver the past 24 hours. he says most of them if not al were pretty much greatfulh because it was in the name of safety that shutdown.shut the work is far from over, though. he is working on a plan too replace all 600 cables in the future. he says the safety inspections will be more rigorous and more frequent moving forward. that was the recommendationio actually from federal officials back in january of 2015 after the l'enfant plaza deadly smoke incident. but for some reason it just wasn't happening much themuch general manager talked about what led up to his big decision to shutdown the entire system yesterday and how you'll see these quick decisions in the future as well. it was a combination of that. it was physically when i went out there, it was when i first got the report. of course m

. >> kristen: john and christine, a couple of hashtags, metro people in the washington d.c. area facing a nightmare of a commute. the entire metro rail system is shut down today. this follows a series of electrical fires on the tracks, the latest fire was on monday, it led to a lot of delays, they are shutting down the entire system to take a really close look at all what 600 jumper cables they have to look at on the metro system to make sure everything is working fine. everyone is taking to social media using metro pocalypse and metro mageddon. employers are telling people to stay home. as we get live pictures and new images, i'll bring them to you. >> christine: wow, a big deal there, thank you, kristen. >>> governor mccrory is slamming the obama administration's decision to bar oil drilling off the atlantic coast. in a statement yesterday, move is a political favor to far left activists. he says the decision could cost north carolina thousands of new jobs and the needed revenue for schools, infrastructure and beach for nourishment. >> john: nikki haley will almost certainly si

. >> sunshine, warm weather all across the d.c. area today and it's a much different site in colorado. there's a blizzard bearing down upon denver in city up to 14" of snow expected and denver airport closed indefinitely with more than 1300 flights cancelled and more snow outside of denver and of course we're concerned mostly what we're seeing around here at the tidal basin. thousands of people pack around the monument to see the cherry blossoms. if you did not make it today you're in luck. mike thomas says the blossoms did not heat peak bloom as expected today and that should happen tomorrow. >> so close. >> yeah. >> still a good show. >> yeah. >> 50%, 70 rs they'll be great over the weekend at 100% i'm sure and they'll last 4 to 10 days defend pending whether we have high rain, strong wind, heavy rain. >> is that in the forecast. >> right now not. blustery tomorrow d strong enough to knock blossoms off. rain friday. they're still so newly out i don't think they'll knock them off. monday could be different story rain to rattle them a l

d.c. metropolitan area. call or click today to see how much you could save with geico. >>> a southeast d.c. community came together today to remember two women killed tragically by gun violence. members of the east washington heights baptist church held a peace walk and rally to remember the lives of charnice milton and ivy smith. smith was shot and killed at a bus stop on alabama avenue last weekend and milton was killed last year. today d.c. councilwoman yvette alexander says that needs to be a culture change in the community. >> there are a lot of people hurting out here, and when you don't feel good about yourself, when you're hurting yourself, you have no problem hurting others. so we really have to change the culture. >> there have been no arrests made in either homicide. >>> the woman who stopped her car in the middle of 395 causing a chain reaction crash has now been charged. police say mary daniel stopped on the highway just north of duke street late last night. three metro transit police officers cr

they plan to expand into larger cities but no timetable when they may be coming to the d.c. area. >> or wait for it to come out on netflix. >> i'm with you. >>> everything is okay except for >> not going to work. >> shake my seat but that's it. three-degree guarantee. feeling good about it despite the clouds. southwest winds would pump up warmer air and they did their job. high of 73. we will let you know how we did tonight at 11:00 when the numbers are in. track us and keep tabs on us by downloading the free app. watch us on your phone if you wanted to. april almanac. not quite as tough a month as march. a battle between spring. by the end of the month it's low 70s and 50s. about perfect. average precip under 3 inches but we average a trace of snow in the month of april. .3 officially at dulles. highest and lowers temperatures 95 and 15. a big discrepancy. a live look outside, county center in the background, it would be nice if it held there. winds out of the south, southwest at 21 gusting to 28. a wind gust of 42 at national today. it's a warm wind. tonight warm with some show

and then wet snow from the d.c. area points north and west. winchester, martinsburg.ds likely to be more slushy than icy because temperatures are not really going to be cold enough to support freezing everything solid. it will be cold enough to snow, it just won't be cold enough to breeze it down on to the ground. here atmosphere bringing us our snow chances. that is the moisture and cold air that will be coming in our direction. and most of the snow will come down in temperatures around 34 to 37 degrees. again, cold enough to snow, just not cold enough to stick to the roads. temperatures this th s this fin 54 in annapolis. and a cold start this morning becomes a sunny and breezy and mild afternoon. temperatures today easily getting into the low and mid-60s. future weather carries the sunshine and we said through take, cold tonight and into early tomorrow. and then shear tomorrow afternoon 2:00, rain showers moving into the metro area after 7:00 when the sun goes down, notice the pink and blue, that is a sustained period of wet snow across northwest virginia, eastern

. >> the person on the phone had personal information, a washington, d.c. area code and a case number. and the 58-year-old was also told he owed $90,000 in back taxes. >> you could pay 9,000 right now. and we will close the case. >> various reasons, i had a lady in my office who was getting numerous calls. like every ten, 15 minutes from this guy. they are picking very specific targets. >> it's people with -- possibly they haven't been? the country and are not sophisticated to know that the irs does not make phone calls. they only send letters. >> luckily, he saw through the scam, but worried others won't. >> they send you a bill before calling if you owed back taxes. nbc bay area news. >> thank you. >>> a follow up now on last year's arrest of san francisco public defender, jamie tillson. online video of the event went viral. today, the city's police oversight board agreed. members concluded the four police officers involved had no valid reason to detain her. she was handcuffed inside the courthouse while -- her clients answering office's questions. chief sir h

easy to spot in their brightly colored matching shirts teenagers visiting the d.c. areaor school field trips can be an easy mark. monday night a 14-year-old in town from san bruno, cal was in court when he was approached by a man who could change $100. he had $97 and the suspect gave him a fraudulent bill. >> reporter: the boy learned quickly it was fake. he spotted the man and asked him for his money back. the man led him out here. >> at that point the suspect did lift up his shirt and showed what appeared to be a firearm in his waist band and told the victim to leave him alone. >> that's scary. >> reporter: something that's unlikely to happen to this group of eighth graders. >> they don't leave our side. >> reporter: most of the students money safe guarded by adults. >> we have all their money for their meals. every meal given $10 for every meal. then the change. >> reporter: back at the mall arlington police maintaining a constant presence, special unit plain-clothes officer that was deployed here at christmas stayed on site. >> at this point it's something we're cont

. >>> the washington, d.c. area and metro system re-opens after a 29-hour shutdown for safety inspections. they turned up three areas in heavily traveled parts of the system. with severe damage to power cables. you're seeing it there. a faulty cable is believed to have caused a fire that spent smoke bowering into a tunnel. it is the second busiest in the country with 700,000 rides a day. >>> okay, you'll probably be seeing plenty of green today, of course, we already donned our own. with it being st. patrick's day that means it's time for the 255th edition of new york's annual st. >> 2 million people either will watch it or march in the parade. about half of the official groups in the parade are marching bands. the grand marshal is former senator george mitchell. >> an important voice there, george mitchell there. >> yes. >>> well still ahead, a major change coming to america and american made cars. >>> and new this morning flames shooting from a refinery, hazmat crews rushing to that scene. how a balloon likely cau

tonight, a big chain of hospitals serving hundreds of thousands of patients in the washington, d.c., area is struggling to get back to normal after it was hit with what's known as a ransomware attack. the latest example in a string of such attacks on hospitals, hackers gaining control, causing chaos and demanding a big payoff or else. we get more on the story from our justice correspondent pete williams. >> reporter: this suburban washington woman was furious when the hospital cancelled three days of her husband's radiation treatments. >> other people worse than my husband. god love them. i hope they get it faster and get the treatment somewhere. >> reporter: a cyberattack forced medstar health to shut down computers monday at ten hospitals in the washington area, and many patients got this voice message. >> our computer systems are still down, so we need you to bring a list of your current medications. >> reporter: medstar now says with backups it's returning to normal and that overall patient care has not suffered. medstar calls its computer malware, but investigators say it's the lates

you can imagine what commuting was yesterday in the washington, d.c. area. not good. crews were concerne about frayed wires and a couple recent fires they've had. sure enough, they found even more problems during that 29-hour shutdown. most are fixed. those that are not have rerouted trains.. . later today chief merrick garner is expected to have meetings with senate and judiciary committee members. some say it's setting the stage for a huge constitutional showdownwn >>> more than a dozen military mem are being punished for the accidental bombing of a hospital in afghanistan. the attack happened last year killing 42 people. officials say the punishments are mostly administrative in nature and don't include criminal charges. pected to be announced to the public. you'll remember the doctors thout borders hospital was attacked on october 3rd by u.s. air force special operations. >>> bowe bergdahl speaking out about why he left his post in 1989. his attorney released documents that say bergdahl abandoned his post to draw attention to what he saw as leadership problems, al