. >> can i have marked elkin's martinez. >> my name is mark that. i worked for the school district for over 30 years and for the past 12 years i have been at the school health program. health is a passion for me. i presently set on the board for health matters and education. i was the only teacher on the content advisory panel for the state an amount -- and the only board certified teacher of health at san francisco unified. i was very disheartened when i found that health was removed from the elementary report card. when i was in the classroom, it was still there. i am -- i am appreciative that the board is considering passing this amendment to the health education policy, as well as looking further into health education for all of our students into san francisco unified. it is a priority, as i said for myself and for many people. it is especially important for our students. i very quickly want to say that i want to continue my job, even though there is no funding for me as an elementary gsa and health. but i want to continue doing the work providi

we're talking about temperatures into the 80s just toward charleston out toward elkins. morgantown, west virginia, 84 degrees. the 80s very, very close. when will they get here? i'll show you coming up. ♪ >>> it's a new plan to combat crime. police cadets hit the streets of prince george's county to run the beat this morning. this event is part of the county's transforming neighborhoods initiative designed to help connect with local communities. there will be a run the beat in each of the initiative's six target neighborhoods in coming weeks. they're langley park, blade ens burk, suitland, kentland, hill crest heights and glass manor. >>> a whole foods fight over plans to bring whole foods and other retail shops to prince george's county located on 36 acres on route 1 near the east/west highway in riverdale. this would be the county's first whole foods. county officials began a hearing today on this development. executive baker supports the project but critics fear the development could add too much congestion to route 1. if approved the store could open in two years. >>

, to the south and west of elkins. this is the bulk of the rain around cincinnati. there are showers and thunderstorms associated with this area of low pressure. if you look up, walk outside and look up right now, you'll see high clouds. that's coming ahead of our warm front. the warm front just off to the west. nice weather right now. watch what happens as the warm front moves in. here comes the area of low pressure coming down from the north. that's going to allow for plenty of rain early in the morning for rush hour. on the back side of this, it will try to bring in cooler air. but first we'll get breaks of sunshine and temperatures will actually go up from where they are today. i expect temperatures tomorrow into the mid to upper 70s. that could actually lead to some showers and thunderstorms once again in the afternoon. maybe two rounds of rain. on friday we do cool off. we'll see plenty of sunshine. friday looking like a pretty nice day even though we'll be below average. future weather forecast showing the next

elkins, i've read your report.given credit for time he served and that he be released today. are you agreement with the recommendation here made by the probation officer? >> judge, it really bothers me that this young man is sitting here today. he's had numerous services offered to him by this court. he's 18. he has no education. he has an adult record in another state. he has a serious juvenile record. and unless he gets his life together very quickly i know after being a prosecutor for 25 years that he's headed for a very bleak future, and it just bothers me to see somebody at 18 walking out of this court that's provided him so many opportunities to change, and he hasn't av@yled himself to the opportunities. but because there are no further services that the juvenile court can provide him, at this time, i am in agreement with probation's recommendation. >> i'm in agreement with probation's recommendation. he did not walk away from his programs without getting anything out of them. i think he's sincere in wanting

it will warm up the next couple of days. 44 up in elkin right now. generally in the 40s to low 50s. over night tonight, it will get colder. 62-37 today. the average now, 64 and 42. and the records 1977 -- 88. 1874 -- 27 degrees. a light west wind. late tonight it will quit completely as you see ocean city dead calm. overnight tonight, 2:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m., north of the city yes we still have frost advisory. frost forming overnight tonight north around west of the city. if you have any tender plants out, bring them in or cover them up. usually annuals that you put out in may or the summer months. thunderstorm activity developing. there will be strong storms the next couple of days in texas, oklahoma, and kansas. we'll be watching this area very high potential for severe weather. it will eventually bring us warmer air, maybe a thundershower, a bit of rain activity by tuesday night. clear skies for the most part and warming conditions headed our way as pry pressure moves offshore, the winds go back to the southwest and the a big warm up for the weekend. maybe a slight chance for a sh

down near elkins, west virginia. closer to washington, that little pink and white area along the blue ridge getting wet snow up there in the higher elevations above 2,000 feet. there have been a few snowflakes from lyndon, virginia, front royal, up towards just west of leesburg. also there have been some wet snowflakes along braddock mountain and south mountain in maryland as well as catoctin mountain north of frederick and all these areas in color are under a winter storm warning or winter weather advisory, the pink zone, where they could get up to a foot of snow there by later tonight. that would certainly cause a lot of power outages. it is chilly. holding steady in the low to mid 40s all morning. reagan national, 45 degrees. that's more like february than april, barbara. we have a warmup on the way. we will talk about the rest of the week and weekend in ten minutes. back to you. >> thank you, tom. >>> rain-slicked roads compounded the effects of a deadly accident that made a mess of the morning commute today. the

temperatures not quite falling too far yet. 50 degrees in hagerstown. 49 in elkins, west virginia.peratures are going to go down overnight tonight. s they do some of you will see temperatures in the low to mid 30s, we'll talk about who has the frost advisories and who has seen a freeze warning out there. awe that coming up in a couple minutes. >> thank you, doug. airfare, hotel rooms in las vegas. team buildinger exsi er exercis $75,000 a pop. the spending scandal that cost a job. angie goff reports from the news 4 super screen. angie? >> the white house reacted to the spending scandal this evening hours after a report by "the washington post" that a general service administration conference held in las vegas cost taxpayers nearly $1 million. according to that report, the gsa spent thousands of dollars or things luke a clown, a comedienne, and expensive meals. now, on this list, $3,200 for a mind reader. and then, $6,300 for commemorative coin display. and finally, $75,000 for a team building exercise where they built a bike now. that along with airfare, hotel t. and other expenses

a chilly 40 degrees at elkins, west virginia.or charles county, la plata now in the 40s there. but a rapid warmup. by 9:00 or so, near 60 degrees. near 70 by noontime. during the middle of the afternoon, ought to peak in the mid 70s to mid to late afternoon. a beautiful day coming up. more pollen in the air, though. overnight for your friday, if you're heading out tonight, it will be a clear evening. temperatures by late evening down to near 60. then by dawn on saturday, should be in the 50s with increasing clouds tomorrow, into the upper 70s. a good chance it looks like for thunderstorms. some of which could be severe with damaging winds and hail late afternoon into early evening saturday. then rain and maybe gusty winds and much chillier weather for sunday and monday with highs only in the 50s. morning lows 40s. so looks like a wet day sunday and monday. then drying out. still on the cool side for tuesday, wednesday, thursday next week. danella, how's traffic? >>> right now checking things traveling along route 50 making your w

the dark blue, that's numbers below 40 degrees. 36 state college. 39 in elkins.nd, really, once you are below 40 degrees with that much moisture coming in you can start to accumulate some snow. travel plans tomorrow to philly, new york, boston. going up there for the stanley cup, wait until tuesday to travel because a mess up the eastern corridor for tomorrow. heavy, wet snowfall could cause a lot of power outages as well. western new york and western pennsylvania. for us, mainly just wind and rain. for tonight, cloudy and cold. rain tapering to showers late tonight. and then an ugly monday coming tomorrow. temperatures stuck in the 40s to near 50. with showers around. another chance for some showers on tuesday. nothing major. a little peek of the sun before more thursday rains come in. and then next weekend, relax. looks good. no problems. >> it's always great when you target on the weekend. >> absolutely. that's what people live for. >> and you really have a good report for us. >>> coming up in sports, the cap comes back and back and back, but it all earns them

elkins to western maryland, only 30 degrees there. hagerstown, 39. western and northern suburbs, only in the upper 30s now. and closer to washington, low 40s. that includes the parts of prince george's county and arlington and fairfax. western fairfax, a few locations in the upper 30s. much of southern maryland, northern neck, eastern shore. right now, near 40 degrees. i'll have the details on this tuesday ahead, the next 12 hours, in ten minutes. matt has our traffic this morning. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, tom. at this point, not doing too badly at all. looking at the northeast side beltway, we did start the morning with a little bit of construction. both inner and outer loop at 201, kenilworth, down to one lane. just in the process of cleaning that up. speeds right now 61 miles per hour. not doing too badly. on the other side of town, west side looks real good at the robinson terminal. as a matter of fact, dulles toll road all the way down to the interchange, 58 miles per hour on average. 13 minutes to make the trip. it's a good go o

have any such as freezing temperatures with the exception of oakland county at the freezing mark and elkinsrees. 37 currently in winchester, 44 in the district, 52 degrees in quantico 37 in gaithersburg. small morning it will be a little colder. clear skies right-- tomorrow morning it will be a little colder. we can see the moon early this morning. a high-pressure system is coming from the hudson bay. that will keep all the active weather down to our south of through the entire holiday weekend. this is great timing because we want pleasant conditions for a holiday, but we could use a little rain. we are abnormally dry. it does not look like we even have its chance of rain until late monday expand especially into law tuesday. even then, it does not look like much. the prospects are not great for rainfall anytime soon. that's good news for the holiday weekend. bright sunshine on this good friday. prize in the upper 50's. breezy. freezing conditions as close as montgomery, loudoun county, no. fauquier county? tonight and early tomorrow morning. still breezy through the weekend. near 70 degrees

she has a elkin's which is also known as lou gehrig's disease causing muscle weakness and eventually death but she's there to find on its battling the elements for the last 17 years raising money for research and awareness with yesterday's jump good for her. last season it was best opposing sidelined because of an injury in this time the same thing could happen to brian wilson and looks like it's going to with more in sports. >>> the giants closer wilson has structural damage to his right elbow that will likely require surgery that sidelined him for the rest of the season. this was much better on the field with a short stop making a fourth row home scoring the winning run the giants beating the pirates 4-3. the a's and the mariners a solo home run off of malone the mariners catcher in seattle wins 4-0. nhl playoffs things were to be in st. louis the sharks and the blues combine with one of the two penalty minutes and as for the actual site was on the board 90 seconds into the game when it ended last it into his own net winning three nothing and a game with peace. the season cannot an

one or two rain showers out to the west and south of elkins, west virginia. we did have a shower or two move through north central maryland during the overnight hours. we'll wake up with a mix of clouds and sunshine to start your day. temperatures, reagan national, 53 degrees. 45 at dulles. 53 in ocean city. temperatures noticeably warmer than they were 24 hours ago t will be noticeably warmer this afternoon with highs in the mid- 70s. yesterday, we were in the low 70s. today, i think it will feel a little warmer. we'll have a little more humidity around and feel more spring high pressure like for you. there you go. high temperatures by 4:00 p.m. in the 70s. could be a shower around. best chance for a shower or thunderstorm south of the city. >> thank you. >>> let's check in with julie wright and see how the roadways are looking for us. >> good morning to you. right now, northbound i-95 happens tonight trouble spot and that is where we find the crew in sky fox. over the scene of this crash northbound i-95 approaching 234 dumfries. the crash was raptedly invol

you're looking at 12 to 18 inches in places like elkins.another big factor to affect a lot of us, the high winds, talking gusts approaching 50 miles per hour lieu the day on monday, from new york on into portland, even on into pittsburgh. the winds will stay high through the evening hours. alex, this is going to be a very high-impact storm over the next 24-48 hours. back to you. >> thank you very much for the heads up, maria. for more on the storm and the weather where you are, you can head to where else, weather.com. >>> new word from florida on george zimmerman's bail prospects. his family is apparently struggling to fund his $150,000 bond. meanwhile, zimmerman's lawyer worries about his client's safety after he's released from jail. nbc's kerry sanders has more. how soon could zimmerman leave jail? >> well, i'm out here in front of the court complex and the jail complex here and it's possible it could all go together today. the attorney, mark o'mara has suggested it could go as late as mid-week before his client is released from jail her

down toward west virginia back toward elkins. this is leading the way.t is the southerly flow bringing in warmer air. that is really the temperatures have gone up. not because of the sun because that has been really rare today, to see it. but this front is going to be dragging a cold front behind it. when that happens, temperatures drop. it will be windy. albeit, clear, it is a pretty friday in store. 57, the dew point. 80% relative humidity. still getting that southwest wind at 5 miles per hour. 29.64, the barometer. we have 63 in oakland. we have 66 in hagerstown. 61 on the shore. we'll be talking about oakland here in a second. and for very good reasons. a little strange behind also of these 60s and rain. but we'll talk about that. we have 62 in bel air. we have 63 in annapolis. and 63 on kent island and rock hall. winds coming from the southwest now, still bringing in that warmer air flow. but we are going to see more rain, potentially spotty showers as the front continues to push through the region late tonight. right now, clouds are locking in our

the white off to the west is snow in the high spots just south of elkins, west virginia. your temperature right now at 56 degrees. it is still breezy out there right now. the northwest wind to go along with a gray sky and the scattered, light showers we have. what's next for us? well, i'll tell you in a couple minutes, guys. >> thanks, veronica. looking for an apartment turned out to be a dangerous effort. two women in alexandria today. the victim told police a craigslist ad led them to an abandoned building where a man attacked them yesterday. the guy has not been caught yet but news 4's tracee wilkins spoke to one potential witness, who says he saw a suspicious man hanging around that building. >> we saw a guy fitting the description walking down here along the edge of the field. he got to the corner. looked like he saw the police car and turned around very quickly and then he came back here and strangely was looking around rncht the officer took off running toward eisenhower metro station where the man was. he was handcuffed and placed in a squad car. after about 30 mi

college. 40 degrees now. 41 in elkins, west virginia where we'll be overnight dropping to about 34 tos. it's going to be plenty chilly tomorrow morning which still some cloud cover around the area, some of the cooler and lower spots 34 in hagerstown, martinsburg, leesburg, too, dropping down to 34 degrees. maybe even 33 in manassas, virginia. your high for tomorrow, 61 degrees so it's going to be feeling a little better around this area. in fact, it is going to be breezy and cool. late sunshine coming to us. 57 to 62 degrees. okay. so we'll be warming up a little bit this week right? 72 degrees for a high temperature on thursday. but thursday right now looks as though it will be our next chance of rain and it's rain showers. not these snow showers that april here seems to have brought. it's confused right? 66 for a high temperature on friday. then our upcoming weekend as promised right now we do carry a chance for some showers. maybe even some thunderstorms on saturday late with a high of 70 to 73 degrees. >> was chuck in the middle of the snopril you were talking about? >> just on th

elkins now down to 29. closer to washington, the lighter blue areas, low to mid 40s. that includes our nearby suburbs and southern maryland, northern neck, eastern shore. sunrise at 6:44. by 9:00, sunny, winds gusting to around 30 miles per hour. we'll still be in the 40s. by noontime, the 50s. and a blustery wind. lots of sunshine, though. and then by mid-afternoon, may peak near 60 degrees. then it will drop back into the 50s by 5:00. winds will diminish tonight. a look at the evening planner in ten minutes. danella has a look at our friday traffic. good morning. >>> good morning, our area looking really good. all major arteries now not really seeing major problems for you. checking travel speeds along i-270, your travel lanes are open. seeing green in both directions. southbound in germantown, you're at 68 miles per hour. continuing southbound, 67 in gaithersburg. making your way through rockville, nice and clear, look at this -- travel lanes open south and northbound. no major issues. connecting to the beltway is a breeze this morning. inner loop travel speeds as

but just down to the south and west we are looking at some shower activity down around places like elkinsaybe around charlottesville. maybe in through rockingham county. if you're going down 81 you may run into a few of those light showers but that is going to be really about it. overnight tonight though, we flip the page just a little bit. much cooler overnight tonight. really into the day tomorrow morning. 38 in frederick tomorrow morning. 39 in manassas. 46 in washington. so we will have some colder air making its way down but again this is cool air and, still, these temperatures will be above average. tomorrow's numbers, though, below average. down to about 60. up to about 60 in washington. 58 in leesburg. 57 in gaithersburg. temperatures a little bit below average but these are not bad numbers when we consider we're going to see some sunshine out there. so a pretty nice day out on our thursday. as we make our day through the day on friday, back into the low 60s. 61 on friday with plenty of sunshine. saturday and sunday right now looking very nice. a high of 65 on saturday. 70 on east

look at these numbers. 82 in pittsburgh. 85 in morgan town. 83 in elkins and 84 in charleston.of the warmer air will move our way during the day tomorrow. here's what else is coming our way. a frontal boundary with some pretty big thunderstorms right now. a couple severe thunderstorm watches in effect back to our west around the cincinnati area in through indiana and kentucky. they're watching out for severe weather there. for us we're stable right now and because of all the clouds today i don't expect much in the way of thunderstorm activity early tomorrow but then by afternoon when the frontal boundary does try to move through maybe a couple rumbles of thunder as we move on through. here is the warm front right now. just down to our south. the warmest air just off to the west. now cool air to the north and east. warmer air down to the south. here's the showers coming through with that front. we will see that front come through maybe around noon, 1:00, 2:00 tomorrow afternoon. that's when i expect the best chance of showers and then we'll see the boundary move down to the sout

eastern shore, even in west virginia, dipped into the 30s a few locations. 38 chilly degrees now out in elkins, west virginia. and we'll have temperatures climbing today to the mid 70s by mid-afternoon. danella, good morning. how's traffic? >>> good morning. traveling 66 eastbound, making your way past fairfax county parkway, you're going to see an accident in your right shoulder lane. travel lanes are open. and checking travel speeds for you on i-66, you're at 57 miles per hour. an 11-minute drive to get from fairfax county parkway to the beltway. traveling 395 northbound at king, have report of a crash in this area. also in the shoulder lane. your travel lanes are open as you continue to make your way northbound. good sign. crossing over the 14th street bridge, traveling now 58 miles per hour. 12 minutes from the beltway to the 14th street bridge. and if you're taking the rails, i'm checking them. so far, they're running on or close to schedule. back to you. >> thank you, danella. >>> breaking news now out of afghanistan. the military working to learn more about a u.s. helicopter that crashe

effect for rain around the new york city area, boston, portland, but for snow, buffalo, pittsburgh and elkins, west virginia, and that snow, heavy wet snow on the leaves may cause power outages as those branches are likely to break. in the meantime, out west, it's hot. 102 in phoenix today, 79 in los angeles, 99 in las vegas. you'd think it was the middle of summer on the west coast and almost winter on the east coast. it's crazy. that's what's happening >> good morning, the rain has started and it will strengthen into the afternoon and temperatures are in those low 50's, >>> now here's lester. >> janice, thanks. up next on "today," "hot problems" or a hot mess? see why a song about the troubles of being pretty is hitting all the wrong notes all around the world, right after this. ♪ dave, i've downloaded a virus. yeah. ♪ dave, where are we on the new laptop? it's so slow! i'm calling dave. [ telephone rings ] [ male announcer ] in a small business, technology is all you. that's why you've got us. at the staples pc savings event, for a limited time get up to $200 off select computers. staples.

elkin, row neck, rotating around the low, that will come in and get us later on.rs around. it is intact. 51 the high. 51? normal is 68. 36. mostly cloudy, cold overnight. the normal is 48. 59 tomorrow. and then look at the five-day forecast. we get mild again. 65 wednesday. 71 with showers thursday. almost 70 friday. the mid-60s saturday. don? >> thank you very much. in the news this morning, a three alarm fire engulfs a plating company in canton. monique stays on the story. >> reporter: good morning, everyone. it took firefighters several hours to get this fire under control. this morning, they're still on the scene putting out several hot spots. the flames first shot into the sky last night around 8:30 when the fire broke out at a plating factory in the 1,000 block of baylis. heavy smoke forced dozens of residents to evacuate their homes and at one point 1500 homes lost power. all but 62 were restored and no injuries were reported and flames did not spread to nearby homes. because the fire is still under investigation this morning. don, back to you. >> thank you

we've got winter storm warnings from as far south as elkins, west virginia. york. anywhere from 1 to 2 inches of snow per hour, especially in western new york. and we may even hear some thunder snow in there. we're talking about 12 to 18 inches of snow before it's all over. we've already picked up anywhere from an inch and a half to four inches of rain from the mid-atlantic states into the northeast. we've got more rain coming. look for it especially in new england, anywhere from 1 to 5 inches of rain before it's all >> good morning. 24 hours. the heavy rain is got left behind is a taste of winter. it will be breezy and chilly today with a chance for rain or >> that's your latest weather. now back to matt. >> all right, al, thank you very much. still to come this morning, hugh grant is live in our studio. we'll talk to him about his new movie. but up next, bill and giuliana rancic share some really nice news. we'll talk to them. but first these messages. troduc! [ woman ] i got it. where's your brother? [ dog barking ] ♪ [ telephone rings ] [ dad ] hello. [ f

we have winter storm warnings from as far south as elkins, west virginia, as far north as watertown, hour. especially in western new york. and we may even hear thunder snow in there. 12 to 18 inches of snow before it is all over. we picked up anywhere from an inch and a half to four inches of rain from the mid atlantic states into the northeast. we have more rain coming. look for especially in new england and anywhere from 1 to 5 inches of rain before it is all over in the next 24 hours. that's what's going on around the country. here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. >> good morning. storm 4 radar showing some rain west and north of washington, just a few sprinkles around the metro area. that rain mixes with wet snow along the blue ridge. some of the higher elevations of the blue ridge. all snow as well as parts of the shenandoah valley. but it is heavy wet snow in western maryland where they could get 6 to 12 inches by tonight. locally chilly. upper 30s to around 40 degrees. later today, upper 40s near 50. blustery wind, occasional showers. >> that's your latest weather

we've got winter storm warnings from as far south as elkins, west virginia.k. anywhere from 1 to 2 inches of snow per hour, especially in western new york. and we may even hear some thunder snow in there. we're talking about 12 to 18 inches of snow before it's all over. we've already picked up anywhere from an inch and a half to four inches of rain from the mid-atlantic states into the northeast. we've got more rain coming. look for it especially in new england, anywhere from 1 to 5 inches of rain before it's all over in the next 24 hours. >>> well, we have a pretty good-looking day shaping up, especially when you consider rain on the way in about 48 hours. i'm meteorologist christina loren. today talking mid 70s in places like gilroy. 73 for san jose, 63 in san francisco. holding on to the upper 60s in oakland today. tomorrow, just about as warm. we'll see more clouds, get a few more north bay showers. steady rain wednesday into thursday. clears out friday for the weekend and we warm up. >> that's your latest weather. now back to matt. >> all right, al, than