to 73. 72 in aspen hill. 71 in silver spring. 70 in springfield. 69 in largo. 70 degrees in downtown washington. doppler radar, we had a chain of the showers and the storms running from the potomac river south of triangle and it bends back through fredericksburg and the foothills of the blue ridge. a few more to then you get to the southern maryland, we'll keep an eye on the sky because there will be a batch of showers, downpour for the next few hours. once the cold front gets through tonight the skies will clear and winds pick up from the north. that will drop the temperatures from the 70s to upper 40's in many areas by tomorrow. tomorrow looks terrific. a great weather forecast. mostly sunny, breezy. 65 degrees looking to the day tomorrow. rainy day on friday. we need rain and that is the story for friday. the timing suggestions showers could linger to saturday morning and partly sunny. 65 in the afternoon. that is great stuff. then when we get to the day on sunday, more sunshine and 65. by the weekend the average high is up to 62 degrees. what do you know? spring is really here. michelle? mi

not expecting more of three to four inches in downtown washington. heavier amounts by noon tomorrow. over 14 inches in westminster. ten inches in frederick. by the time it tapers to the snowshowers. 15 inches in westminster. 10 in frederick and hagerstown. because of the warmer air and more rain and sleet. is it a major winter storm? yes. but we think the biggest effect will be north of the metro area. that is where we send abc7's brad bell. he is in frederick. the last time brad and i work together he got swamped with heavy rain and a thunderstorm. now he looks like nanut from the north. what you got, brad? brad: that's what i do. i go out in the weather so you can talk about how bad it is and i show you. right now it's pretty spectacular afternoon. i have my gloves on. there is a chill in the air. mid-40s. but so many other places in frederick, the daffodils are blooming. the grass is greening up. as you look across baker park you can see the high school tennis team out here getting in a little bit of a jog. there are preparations underway. brine s

that is why rich is shivering down there. 30 in downtown washington. the wind chill is now 15 degrees. all across the area. temperatures are way below average. 32 in warrenton. 28 in frederick. 30 in baltimore. the winds a big player in this, too. now we are down to exactly one hour and 59 minutes to go before the wind advisory expires. but look at the gusts. 44 miles per hour in leesburg. 38 at joint base andrews. 33 at reagan national. the winds will diminish. it's still breezy but not as windy as what we have endured this day. the planner through the the temperatures will drop in the lower 20's in the city. the wind chills are in sinkallal digits and teens. when you walk up, the air temperatures in the teens to 20 degrees in most areas. wind chill is much lower than that. for kids that will be at the bus stop in the morning, sunshine, a breeze, temperatures averaging 22 degrees. we'll check out the next ten days to see if there is any real sign of spring weather in a few minutes. alison: we look forward to that. thank you. the snow is not the real t

let's see, we got temps now in the 40s rjs 4 downtown watch washington and we're looking at a mild spring like first full day of spring, spring like afternoon weapon lots of sunshine to look forward to after overnight showers. showers getting out of here. still doing clouds early and i can see clearing out to western maryland and we should gradually turn partly and then mostly sunny this afternoon and again pleasant day. 63 at 5 a.m. dry afternoon. dry evening and we're up and down. >> let's check in with terp and see how the traffic is. >> we have problems centerville sky fox. we're tracking a water main break in centerville and information to that we switch it over to maps. we're dealing with a second water main break this morning and arlington ridge road closed after south lang street and 23. several buses metro buses on delay because of that. so keep in mind if you head out to crystal city you're detouring mount vernon street and i retweeted all these at erin fox d.c. if you normally take metro bus and arlington that puts a damper in the drive. we have a crew "fox5" as well a side fro

weather and it's tough toough predict because it's been warm r already and if you drive aroundd downtown washingtonse thingsg will eventually look like ifok f you've been down here and hopefully you have in springtime. it's just absolutely gorgeous. s and the varying dates really only affect those from out of u to who have trips planned to come to dc trying to time it to when these cherry blossoms are in full bloom and that's tough t to do. to here now is mike litter listittl with the national park service about what they're thinking ing terms of going into today'say forecast. >> historically the peak bloomeb curse between march 15 many ande apmaril 18th.l 18t. average date is april 4th. i don't think it's going come to any -- it's not going to come tm surprise to anyone given theiven mild weather we've had, the dowd right warm weather receive hadth the last few weeks we're w probably going look at a datet d prior to that april 4th ail average date. >> reporter: and this year ther national cherry blossom festival is march 20th to april 16th. so if these things are in full f bloom before the 20th it

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but yes, very very central, right in the middle of downtown working washington, d.c. >> casey hunt, stay plugged in for us if you can. >>> i want to go now jim k cavanau cavanaugh. as you look at the images that we're showing you, put this into context for us. fairly typical response for the capitol police to move fast when something like this happens? >> exactly the way they should respond. a lot of possibilities. we don't have the answers. but sometimes people try to beat the barricades, you know the vehicle barricades, maybe try to drive around them p. and the united states capitol police, 1500 or so officers who protect the capitol and the blocks around the capitol would try to stop that vehicle. you could have a capitol officer ramming the vehicle to stop it or come up to prevent the person from skirting the barricade. and your reporting there at the scene from casey about shots fired at the vehicle. officers could have also, you know, if the vehicle tried to move again after being rammed fired shots at it. so they're trying to prevent anybody from getting through the barricade. >>

first of all, lots of folks going to be headed downtown for the rock 'n' roll washington, d.c. marathon and half marathon. that, of course, is saturday here. so let's take a look at exactly what we're going to be dealing with. most road closures will be in effect 6:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. streets will reopen then as runners come through on a rolling basis. and the marathon starts at 7:00 a.m. street northwest. if you're headed to metro, look at the schedules because of safetrack. for that list of all the closures, check out the nbc washington app. take a look at this one. here's something else happening this weekend. on sunday the 2017 st. patrick's day parade downtown nap is sunday, march 12th. streets there close from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. parade going to be forming there on the national mall. then that parade is going to proceed on constitution avenue northwest from 7th to 17th street. again, more closures listed on the app as well. i'll see you monday morning for news4 today. >> thank you, melissa. >>> testing of a driverless car that does not require a human is in the works

that one of the trump entities was communicate a russian bank whether on fifth avenue or downtown or washington, d.c. or florida we don't know. but the story suggestions a computer was communicate a russian bank by sending e-mail and the e-mail was spam. is it possible going to a fisa court in july and said something is not right and denied the warrant and go back in october and granted the warrant and what you find is a lone computer sending spam to a russian bank. is it possible in the end this is what this is all about? yes or no? >> you know there was a washington person a couple days ago who said in this case the smoke is the fire. in other words, there's all this smoke and nothing at the bottom of it and that could actually be the case. so far after a lot of investigation and a lot of leaks we have not seen any evidence with the basic question did donald trump or anyone around him collude. >> bill: thank you for the analysis and you have it at home and when the story changes we'll follow it. shannon. >> shannon: the white house asking congress to investigate the claims trump was wiretappe

first of all, lots of folks going to be headed downtown for the rock 'n' roll washington, d.c.hon and half marathon. that of course is saturday here. let's take a look at exactly what we're going to be dealing with. most road closures and detours were this will be in effect from 6:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. the marathon starts at 7:00 a.m., constitution avenue and 14th street northwest. if you're heading down by metro, be careful, look at the schedules because of safetrack. for the full list of road closures check out the nbc washington app. here's something else happening this weekend. on sunday, the 2017 st. patrick's day parade downtown. streets there sunday march 12th closed there from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. the parade forming on the national mall and west on constitution avenue northwest from 7th to 17th street. we have more closures listed on the app as well. >>> the fight against drugs is going to court in stafford county, as in the basketball court. tonight the schools take on the sheriff's office in the annual basketball tournament fund-raiser. they tip-off at 7:00 at bro br

train is having difficulty getting over half a billion dollars from washington there's concern the planned bart extension to downtown san jose might run into a similar hurdle. it needs in anily three times as much money. despite that bart continues to inch closer to san jose with the opening of a station in fremont tomorrow. >> reporter: there's little doubt a new bart station in south fremont is going to be popular. an estimated 6,000 to 7,000 passengers are expected to use it weekdays. >> it's much faster living in the community close by to warm springs. it will be a lot faster getting to a bart station and traveling to where i need to go. >> reporter: the shiny new station also brings bart closer and closer to san jose. next up will be the opening of the new barerryessa s s s s jose. there's concern this could be the end of the line that a much wished for extension into san jose and santa clara might be in doubt. the wild card is whether efforts to cut the budget in washington will impact the $1.5 billion in federal funds needed to do the six-mile project. the project is still in the environment at review stage.

train is having difficulty getting over half a billion dollars from washington there's concern the planned bart extension to downtown san jose might run into a similar hurdle. it needs in anily three times as much money. despite that bart continues to inch closer to san jose with the opening of a station in fremont tomorrow. >> reporter: there's little doubt a new bart station in south fremont is going to be popular. an estimated 6,000 to 7,000 passengers are expected to use it weekdays. >> it's much faster living in the community close by to warm springs. it will be a lot faster getting to a bart station and traveling to where i need to go. >> reporter: the shiny new station also brings bart closer and closer to san jose. next up will be the opening of the new barerryessa station in n jose. there's concern this could be the end of the line that a much wished for extension into san jose and santa clara might be in doubt. the wild card is whether efforts to cut the budget in washington will impact the $1.5 billion in federal funds needed to do the six-mile project. the project is still in the environment at review st

washington. thousands have been flocking downtown to catch a glimpse of those beautiful spring blossoms.f you're headed down to the tidal basin today. the temperatures are dropping. nothing like yesterday's warm weather. to're going check up on that >>> storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein is here with a look at the forecast. moody march. let's get rid of march. >> yeah, from 70s yesterday to 40s this morning, a 30-degree drop since yesterday afternoon. reagan national now at 48 degrees. but nice day overall at the tidal basin. just cloudy and cool. right there it will reach the upper 50s by midafternoon. just a slight chance of a few sprinkles around. a greater chance tonight. the pavement may be damp as you're heading off to work and school on monday morning. sun back monday afternoon. here we go back into the 70s monday afternoon, again on tuesday, but rain showers likely. maybe even thundershowers in the afternoon. dries out wednesday, thursday, and a bit cooler then. moderate to heavy rain looking likely on friday. that should be gone by friday night. next weekend saying hello to

downtown bethlehem. how cold will it >>> residents got invitation to attend the presidential inauguration in washington, dc. the problem is the inauguration was january 20th. brown says there were about 40 of his facebook friends also trump campaign supporters who got invitations recently. >> took a picture of it put it on facebook and all of a sudden you have people saying, i got mine yesterday. i got mean a week ago. all of a sudden everybody is telling you they got their invitation. >> there was no response from the white house press office or direct tweet to president trump as to why supporters were getting their invitations. >>> video of a bbc news live interview goes viral when it takes an unexpected turn. >> what lit mean for the wider region? >> at first robert kelly tries to move his daughter out of the view of the camera when another baby, this one in a walker comes into the room. suddenly a woman appears dragging the children out. trying to close the door. as he continues on with the interview. she's reaching, closing. that was wild. >> keep the kids out of the room. >> recently "eyewitness n

we are going to start off showing you the trip downtown as you try to work your way into southeast washington, d c police sending me a twitter pic. inbounds up capitol street douglashe deck which -- bridge. emergency work is there with only the left lane getting by. major tieups. also, suitland parkway. set on using route 4. back over to the maps, we have the crash outer loop of the beltway approaching connecticut avenue. that is down the shoulder. sky track 7 on the scene. delays leaving college park westbound 495 scene. all of the activity on both sides of the road. 410 south of the beltway, good option as an alternate. , delaysr to the maps in each direction on the tracks. orange line toward vienna dealing with a train will function. back in the next 10 minutes with another update on the roads and the announcer: while everyone discusses the future of health care, 18 million americans are already choosing it.... with medicare advantage: a proven public-private partnership, where health outcomes are valued over volume. where early intervention and management of chronic conditions is leading

people gathering in washington square park in new york city downtown.s. these are some of the first big events since the women's marches the day after the president's inauguration. julie banderas is in manhattan. hello, julie. >> hey, shep. yeah, today is actually part of a larger and broader plan. today fourth of ten planned organizations by the women's march organizations. the protests spreading hundreds of people across new york city. live in washington square park is where hundreds of new yorkers and though visiting the is the i have been spread down to. demonstrators making their way to voice the vital role that women play in the domestic and global economy. the movement being held in dozens of cities like los angeles, washington d.c. organizers have called on women not to work at the office or at home today, not to shop and to wear red to signify love and sacrifice. so the question then remains is with all these women walking off the job, we asked what will it achieve and what kind of message will it send to washington? >> in my opinion women's ri

downtown bethlehem. how cold will >>> residents got invitation to attend the presidential inauguration in washington, dc. the problem is the inauguration was january 20th. brown says there were about 40 of his facebook friends also trump campaign supporters who got invitations recently. >> took a picture of it put it on facebook and all of a sudden you have people saying, i got mine yesterday. i got mean a week ago. all of a sudden everybody is telling you they got their invitation. >> there was no response from the white house press office or direct tweet to president trump as to why supporters were getting their invitations. >>> video of a bbc news live interview goes viral when it takes an unexpected turn. >> what lit mean for the wider region? >> at first robert kelly tries to move his daughter out of the view of the camera when another baby, this one in a walker comes into the room. suddenly a woman appears dragging the children out. trying to close the door. as he continues on with the interview. she's reaching, closing. that was wild. >> keep the kids out of the room. >> recently "eyewitness news"

washington is still heavy on the mind of individuals. we had an opportunity to speak to folks here in downtown columbia this morning. about yesterday's development in washington. take a listen. >> i didn't like the bill that was proposed, so i was glad. on the other hand, they need to do something to fix the existing system which they didn't do. >> i don't like the obamacare at all. i think that it was -- it was pushed through. and, you know, now trump is trying to push through something, but at least he's honoring the other votes. >> there are some things about it that might -- you know, could be better. but i think that's up to congress. you know, that's up to congress to work together to be -- to put aside the bipartisanship, instead of just trying to repeal and replace it. >> reporter: three separate opinions that give you a window or insight into what people here in south carolina to say. much of that we expect to be covered during lindsey graham's town hall which should take place in a couple of hours. i spoke to a handful of people who are here already at the convention center waiting to make their way inside.

now tomorrow downtown is the tenth annual walk for epilepsy to be near the washington monument groundshere it kicks off. 54 at 9:00 a.m. 64 by 11:00 a.m. it looks good. 73 tomorrow. partly sunny skies. beautiful weather. sunday is still mild and 64. what will happen we see clouds increase through the afternoon. there could be scattered showers through the afternoon and through the evening hours as well. michelle? michelle: thank you. a lot of freshmen on ca virginia. according to the "richmond times dispatch," nearly 37,000 students a plied to be a cavalier -- applied to be a cavalier. that is a record number. they are accepting 9,900 of them. more than a thousand of the freshmen will be first-generation college students. congratulations. alison: ahead and new at 5:00 -- how a man who never carvedded wood before turned woodworking into a way to help america's veterans. michelle: 7 salutes, new tonight at 5:00. larry: tonight, off the table. g.o.p. promised to replace obamacare for years. why their first opportunity came and went. d.c. missing girls. an apparent increase gets national a

washington, the city of san jose. communities and business have been waiting for decades to see b.a.r.t. roll into downtown san jose but now the money may be in jeopardy. 1.5 million not in trump's budget. the mayor is planning ways to get it back on track. >> crumbling infrastructure is not a partisan issue. and there are democrats is that republican who's need to get to work and it is also true that many of the component parts in the b.a.r.t. system are manufactured in districtses throughout the country. we'll be talking to those members of congress who know that jobs in their districts depend on this project happening. >> that means construction from the warm spriks b.a.r.t. station toward san jose is on hold while the budget battle moves forward. >>> at the white house, president trump shared some awkward moments with angela merkel. they joined in a meeting to discuss afghanistan and ukraine. the discussion wasn't exactly warm. during campaign, trump criticized merkel. today president trump under fire for those unproven claims that president obama wire attempted trump tower raise someday eyebrows. he p

section of route 7 headed eastbound from downtown leesburg and as you can see, this surface has not been touched. leesburg quite a while westbound from washington we're hadn't a convoy of plows and they had the plows down pushing snow off the road. what's been hitting windshield out here is like a hard sleety mix. there's probably 2" or so on the surfaces off the roadway. and we hit the brakes earlier and did not slide. but there's def if thely a coughing here on the road that is more hard than soft where the plows have not been yet. even though these roads were pretreated, what is falling is stk on them. not a lot of people out at this but at one point we did see there's a guy walking done the street right there, what we did see earlier was a convoy of plows out and they had a supervisor in pickup with flashing lights and some guy honking horn impatient and went between them to get where he was going maybe an emergency we don't know. but that was like the only dangerous thing we've seen out here. for the most part people behaving and going at speed which is much slower than the speed limit this morning and you can see in the darkness here with

tomorrow on "good morning washington," we are live to sample exclusive cocktails at the new cherry blossom pop-up bar in downtown d.c. >> plus the monumental mistakes to avoid before you buy a new home. >> and keep it right here for traffic and weather every ten minutes tomorrow morning starting at 4:25 on "good morning washington." steve: the weekend is almost here. can you believe soccer season is about to start for the d.c. united? looking at saturday, a chilly start to your day. we are looking at temperatures that will be in the 40's most as we move to the 9:00 hour. game time at 7:00. let's talk about the weekend, though. the rest of the weekend. sunday looking at the temperatures in the upper 40's. the average for this time of year is around 52 degrees. here is the ten-day outlook from stormwatch7. the temperatures warm nicely. near 60 on monday. upper 60's on tuesday. breezy on wednesday. a little cooler come thursday. let's spring ahead for one hour for the following weekend as daylight saving time begins. ♪ fios is not cable. we're wired differently. maybe that's why we've been