derek ward, news4. >>> two cities are celebrating huge milestones today. we'll tell you where you can join the party. >>> plus women, the study that may have you thinking twice when you wear the color red. >>> and a warm morning already in the d.c. region. amelia will tell >>> here's a look at today's top stories. a 25-year-old man is recovering after being hurt in a bad single-car crash in montgomery county. look at that vehicle. this happened late last night in chevy chase and windale road. the driver drifted across lanes and slammed into a tree. he was rushed to the hospital with serious injury. >>> and the director of the cdc will face tough questions this week in washington. dr. tom frieden scheduled to discuss the anthrax scare before a congressional committee. 83 workers were exposed to the virus after it was transported. >>> heads up this morning. five new speed cameras will start giving you tickets in the districts. all the cameras are in southeast d.c. if you are caught speeding, you could be ticketed up to $300. there are more than 117 -- 170 sp

that was derek ward. >> that is. he'll be joining us in a moment with more on the silver line. i'm angie goff. welcome to news4 today. we're going to show you the changes with the weather you'll notice when you step outside. >> we've gotten use to the nice weather the last few days but today a bit of clouds out there. some of you may also feel rain drops. >> we wanted to get starts with your forecast from chuck bell. >> good morning to both of you and a good saturday morning, everybody. welcome to your weekend. you probably noticed it during the course of your friday, the clouds started to creep back in. the clouds have led to a bit of a rain threat here first thing this morning. the bigger view shows most of the vain out across the mountains of west virginia and far southwestern virginia. for the most part that's where it's going to stay. but don't turn your back. a couple showers in charles county. and light rain moving back on i-81. not a washout of a weekend, but plenty of clouds around today. 60s in the shenandoah valley. mid-70s in and around the metro area. 77 at nationa

news 4's derek wards live in d.c. it looks like we haven't seen the last of sinkholes there. >> you know, probably not. take a look at that metal plate there. that's where the sinkhole used to be, and just beyond it is constitution avenue which actually used to be a canal. now, what's the connection between the two? well, it's a theory that sometimes the past doesn't stay in the past. it's a modern problem. holes in the infrastructure like this one at the intersection of 14th street and constitution avenue that opened up on tuesday. authorities wanted to know why. >> i'm going to need to identify what's under there and the condition that it's in and who owns whatever is down there. >> reporter: it's not d.c. water or any other utility as far as they can tell. they filled the hole and made a temporary pamp, but there's something left beneath the surface. a mystery. it could date back to before there was a city called washington. there was a creek. >> it was meant to transport. agricultural products. >> reporter: whatev

derek ward is live there now to tell us what they're doing to keep all of us safe. good morning. >> reporter: good morng molette. this might look like your typical saturday in upper malboro when this would normally be closed, but what's going on now is anything but typical. in a few minutes they' be doing an active shooter drill. this area would be an armed assailant trying to get t courthou. there are many in there. all of that trying to make this as close to a typical day as possible and get their response as close to a typical day as possible as well. you have law enforcent agencies from several jurisdictions in the country and state participating in this. it is usually up to the sheriff's department to secure this courthouse. and it's quite a unique job and duty as we hear from e sheriff. >> here in the complex every day, we have a number of people in custody. they're here for trials of one kind or another. and we have other things to present challenges for us. domestic violence, family matters, that kind of thing. in many of these cases, the emotions are very h

. >> coming up on news 4 at 5:00 derek ward has a look at what's going on underground that might be part of the problem. >> finally, a fix is on the way to a big traffic problem in maryland, but it means an even bigger inconvenience to some that live nearby. this water main break was left a part of martin luther king driveway, and it's been flooded since yesterday afternoon, but crews couldn't begin work until today. wsse tells us it took them 24 hours to find the right valve to shut off the water flow to get to that pipe. some folks who live nearby don't have water still. wsse says the problem should be pm >> let's get the answer from william who is in the weather center. make it good. >> i do have some good news, guys. happy friday, first of all. second of all, most if not all of your weekend is looking dry. it will be dry this evening. storm team 4 radar right now not tracking any rain in the d.c. metro area or areas back to the west. there are a few lone showers starting to develop on the eastern shore, but, again, here in the immediate area this evening we remain dry. temperature no

news 4's derek ward is live at 14th street with a look at what's being done to get to the bottom of it. derek. >> the bottom, indeed. this is the scene of the sinkhole. it is now just a bump in the road. the question is what caused it? you know what the answer is? well, there is no answer. nobody really knows for sure. >> reporter: crews put the finishing touches on a solution for now for muters. at the intersection of constitution avenue and 17th street. the break with d.c. water says before they could tackle the problem, they had to make the hole even bigger. >> in order to access our sewer pipes that the location. >> then they sent colored dye down the line to help find possible ruptures. it became clear, though. >> the investigation found that our sewer pipe is in proper working condition. there are no defects in the sewer. there was no collapse in the sewer. >> they've checked with the gsa and other utilities, and no one seems to have anything in the ground here that could lead to a sinkhole like this one. there is good reason to suspect a failure due to age. >> it's been undergro