good morning, i'm eun yang. >> i'm aaron gilchrist filling in for vacationing joe krebs. welcome to "news4 today" on this friday, march 9. a live look outside now as some of us had to deal with rain. meteorologist tom kierein's here and moving out now. >> yeah. it's march madness time of year. yesterday we had a slam-dunk. it was in the mid 70s. then saturday morning, it's going to be air bal

. >> and i'm eun yang. it is thursday, march 29. we begin with a developing story. this shows george zimmerman hours after he shot and killed the florida teen. it could be damning to his account of the confrontation. you can see him getting out of the police car and getting his pockets searched at the sanford police station. he said he was attacked by trayvon martin and acted in self-defense. in the video he looks fine but he said he was attacked by trayvon. martin's family says the video is seg can't. >> we know that police report is a fabrication. >> was there a cover-up ma? >> absolutely. there was absolutely some misleading the public. there was a broken nose, blood on the back of his head. there's no blood on his clothes. >> some remarked on the casual nature of the police officers. they're conducting an extensive review of the case. >>> robert zimmerman came to his son's defense in an interview with fox 35 in orlando last night. zimmerman maintains that his son was attacked by martin and the teenager even threatened his son

. >> good morning, i'm aaron gilchrist in for eun yang. welcome to "news4 today" on this friday, march 23. we begin with breaking news this morning. two people dead in a fiery crash near the maryland/d.c. line. this happened on connecticut avenue at the chevy chase circle. news4's tracee wilkins at the scene for us with the latest on this. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, aaron. we have two people dead and two people injured after this vehicle crash that happened here. police were following this vehicle. they say that it was a stolen vehicle. at some point the suspects crashed into the tree here. you see behind me the scene. police are still investigating. this is definitely going to impact traffic this morning. the circle is closed right now. whether you're coming from d.c. or montgomery county, you are not going to be able to go through chevy chase circle until they're done with this investigation. let me give you a closer look of the scene. this is the way montgomery county police described this. they say that just after 1:00 th

. >> i'm eun yang. welcome to "news4 today" for this wednesday, march 28, tennessee valley. good morning to you. new this morning, prince george's county police are looking for one of two gunmen connected to an abduction and police-involved shooting. detectives say the pair got into a house on 59th avenue in riverdale, kidnapped a man inside, and took him to an atm. police were at the house when they returned. detective say that's when the two shot at officers. police nabbed one of suspects and got the victim to safety. no police officers were hurt. >>> for the second time this month, d.c. firefighters are investigating a fire at the fbi headquarters. firefighters responded to the jay ed far hoover building in washington around 1:45 this morning. a fire was burning in a trash closet on the sixth floor. they found a similar scene three weeks ago. smoke from a fire burning in a trash can set off sprinklers. no one was injured in either case, and there was no major damage in either case. >>> today is the third and final day of oral arguments at the supreme court over the obama

i'm eun yang. >> good morning. i'm joe krebs. seeing early signs of the sun out there, starting to brighten our skies. we have 57 degrees. looks like we still have some clouds out there, tom. have the rains left the area? >> they have exited stage right and they are ot and we had some flooding last night, but those waters are receding right now too. we do in the wake of the storm have patchy dense fog. we have a little bit of fog hanging right over the washington monument. low clouds there. it was down at ground level an hour or so ago. now it's beginning to lift. 52 at reagan national. visibility is not too bad there. it's generally about a mile or so. it will come and go as we get through the next couple of hours. patchy dense fog across maryland, virginia, and west virginia. so watch out for that. allow yourself some extra time as you head off to work and school on this thursday morning. it's near 50 in washington. now it's beginning to drop back into the 40s in fairfax. arlington, montgomery county. still in the 50s. here are

. >> and i'm eun yang. welcome to "news4 today" for this tuesday, march 27, 2012. we're following a developing story in northern virginia. extra police officers will be at a prince william county high school today in response to a threat of a gun. call alert went out to parents of students at potomac high school in dumfries. graffiti found on a bathroom stall friday indicated a student planned to bring a gun to school today. detectives say they're working to track down the source of the threat. >>> police are looking for a man who tried to snatch a 14-year-old girl. it happened near meadowland elementary school. the man ran when he was approached. >>> fairfax police released a sketch of a man they say attacked a student last week who was walking home from woodson high school. the girl was dragged into the woods but managed to get away. a surveillance camera caught the man running down the street. police say he may be driving a white four-door honda accord. >>> right now dozens are camped outside the supreme court hoping to watch the second day of oral arguments ove

i'm eun yang. >> good morning to you. i'm joe krebs. for the second morning in a row we're off to quite a foggy start out there. take a live look. you can barely see the u.s. capitol this morning. we could see it earlier in the day, but it has completely been obliterated by the fog out there. at least the view of it has been obliterated. the capitol itself is doing very fine. it's still there. >> yeah. we've got fog. we're talking dense fog advisory. that goes like yesterday until 10:00 a.m. but a little more sunshine. that's going be good. yesterday we only hit a high of 70 degrees. we're shy of that mark by about five degrees, but sunshine will break out today. it's looking better. based on where this little weather system is, we're at 59 right now. richmond is at 62 degrees. elkins, west virginia, is at 52 and hagerstown at 60. your fog, there in gaithersburg, we just dropped -- we were well up above a mile visibility in d.c. but manassas, culpeper, pax river. noontime we're close to 70 degrees. by 3:00, 4:00, 5:00, we're in the uppe

i'm eun yang. >> and i'm aaron gilchrist in for joe krebs. a little lower in the atmosphere, we're enjoying a pretty warm start to this morning as we prepare for the sunrise and get ready to have a gorgeous day. it's march 8 but it feels more like a may 8 morning. we fast forwarded a couple of months. good morning. if you live in annandale or fairfax county, here's what's likely will happen. here's your hometown forecast by 11:00. 60s, a little sunshine. during the afternoon, upper 60s to perhaps even low 70s for a brief time. then this evening we'll likely have our rain moving in perhaps around 9:00, 10:00. by midnight, down into the. it does look like that rain will be tapering off and down into the 40s. temperatures all around the region. already in some locations, near 60 degrees in southern west virginia, closer to washington, much of virginia, maryland, eastern shore, and west virginia. closer to washington, low to mid-50s. that includes fairfax, montgomery, arlington, and prince george's county. a cool front is producing rain in wester

good morning, i'm joe krebs. >> i'm eun yang. the buds are already blooming, but the annual cherry blossom festival kicks off tomorrow. traffic patterns near the taichb have changed for -- tidal basin have changed for the festival. the national parks service says all four lanes of ohio drive along with the potomac river will be redirectioned to flow northbound only. the national parks service recommends that visitors take metro to the smithsonian metro stop and walk over instead. at the area a shuttle bus service will help get you around. it is running between hanes point and the thomas jefferson memorial. the cherry blossom festival runs until april 27. will the buds last that long? doubtful. >> you talking about beverage or flower flowers? >> one of those buds will never last. the flowers, i don't know. >> there's a chance that they'll hang on. i'm not sure that we'll see 7 % bloom that we normally see during peak. we're not going to have any high winds. we're not going to have heavy rain. >> that's okay. >> we are, however, ta

. >>> i'm eun yang. it's 5:00 a.m. 62 degrees out there. i believe that is reagan national airport. still a little foggy from this view but not as bad as yesterday and it turned out to be a nice day. >> we're hitting a roadblock again with the fog. next couple of days, you know, the warm act is going to be the big story. for the weekend, get ready for some of our first big storms around this area. as far as the temperatures go today, we'll hit 77 degrees in d.c., 76 in frek ritzburg. culpeper, 77. it's going to be a pretty nice day with sunshine probably breaking out about noontime today. there's your fog in gaithersburg, pax river and over in annapolis visibility are down to around a quart over a mile. we dropped to 60, a couple of degrees. 9:00 a.m., 62 with breaks of sunshine. by the time we get to the noon hour, partly sunny. we'll go from 70 to 77 degrees, 3:00, 4:00, 5:00. evening planner, we clear out even more. it's going be nice. >> the fog is going to be an issue for you while you're making your way around the area. so far, looking pretty good. checking things out. heading

i'm eun yang. >> good morning to you, i'm joe krebs. soupy start out there this morning. take a live look outside right now. we're looking directly at the washington monument. we're not seeing the washington monument. it is completely hidden by fog out there. >> we're not seeing much of anything now. >> yes. cars moving across the bridge. hope they can see the roadway. here's veronica. >>> we've had the fog for a while. it's dropped in a few locations. national weather service, they just issued a dense fog advisory for much of the area, everywhere east of i-81. we'll slowly see conditions improve around 9:00 a.m. or so. as far as today goes, still warming up. once we get rid of the clouds, the low clouds, 76 in lorton, fairfax, too. as well as clifton area, then greenbelt, you see getting up to a high today of 74 degrees. 76 fredericksburg and around stafford. so really is going to be another pretty good day across the area. come on, we're supposed to be in the 50s now. we're in the mid 70s. you'll want to enjoy it. by the weekend, temperatures really will be heading back

. >> and i'm eun yang. >>> three people in the hospital after a stabbing and beating on sixth street in southwest washington. two people stabbed, one person beaten with a baseball bat. we're told one of the victims was stabbed in the chest. all three victims expected to be okay. so far, no arrests made. >>> a family dispute turns violent when a man shoots his own brother near a maryland middle school, this happened around 9:00 around karen boulevard in capitol heights. this is down the block from the walker mill middle school. the brothers were arguing when one pulled a gun and shot the other. the victims' injuries are life threatening. police have not released the victims' or suspect's names. >>> a funeral procession for a fallen soldier could affect your ride to work. major robert marchante died in afghanistan. he was shot in the back of the head at the u.s. interior ministry. it starts at 5:00 this morning in parkfield, north of baltimore and will travel down i- 5 through the outer loop of the capitol beltway. from there, it will take the george washington parkway to arlington nat

i'm eun yang. >> and i'm joe krebs. let's take a look outside. we have 59 degrees, going down a couple of degrees at 6:00. let's final out what the future of this day holds. here's tom. >> we have clear skies. good morning and gesundheigesun. it is mostly oak tree pollen. it's not the highest. it will come next week. that's when we get the really high counts. it's high enough to cause allergy suffers to notice the difference. temperatures around the region, right now we're in the 50s. much of the region. montgomery, fairfax, prince george's, low to mid-50s. here's your day planner. sunrise at 6:57. and by 9:00 it will be near 60 degrees. lots of sun and the clouds will peck up. the wind gusting to around 30 miles an hour. we'll hit the low to mid-60s midday and hold to near 70 to the south and the wind should diminish tonight. i'll look at the evening planner in ten minutes. danella, good morning. how's traffic. >> good morning. some of the roadways pretty scloe. southbound making your way out of frederick, slow to urbana and then you'll start to

. >> and i'm eun yang. welcome to "news4 today" for this wednesday, march 21, 2012.reaking news out of prince george's county. police responded to a car fire on palmer road in ft. washington and found a man dead inside that car. the car fire was noticed around 1:00 a.m. when the fire was put out. police say they found a man shot to death. we are still waiting for police to identity theft victim. we have a crew on the scene. we'll bring you information this breaking news throughout the morning. >>> a school in fairfax is warning students and parents after a girl was attacked near w.t. woodson high school. a man grabbed the 16-year-old by the neck and dragged her along a path on picket road. police canvassed the area but did not find anyone. investigators tell news4 they do not think it's related it a sex assault on a woman next week. >>> hundreds showed their support for d.c.'s glbt community by rallying for victims of hate crimes. ♪ >> the march kicked off outside the ihop in columbia heights, and that's where a gay man was shot on march 11. the demonstration continu

i'm eun yang. >> good morning to you, i'm joe krebs. let's take a live look outside and see what kind of day we're going to have on this 29th day of march. it is the 29th. >> that's right. can you believe that? >> that means tomorrow is march 30. >> oh, my goodness. all rightet let's get the forecast first. >> yep. you want to look out the window but don't go outside. this is high pollen count season. in fact, if last couple of days the pollen count has really jumped. right now it is in the high range. not the very high range. of course, that's probably going to be happening as we get into april but it is up there. tree pollen. mostly oak tree pollen. and the temperatures right now have dropped quite a bit since midnight when it was in the 60s. right now in the 50s in most areas. month gonery, fairfax, prince george's counties and near 60s near the bay. far north, hagerstown, cumberland, low 50s there and right around the blue ridge we're in the low 50s as well. here's the day planner. sunrise at 6:57. cool morning. 60 by 9:00. by noont

good morning to you, i'm eun yang. >> i'm aaron gilchrist. joe krebs is on vacation this week. welcome to "news4 today" on this monday, march 5. >>> this morning we are seeing an up-close and personal look at a tornado that touched down in southern tennessee. take a look at the security cameras that were rolling as that ef321st hit on friday. one man says it sounded like a freight train and was over in less than a minute. amazingly he, his family, his dogs, and his home are all okay. >>> the devastation in the south and midwest grows as the death toll from these tornadoes is on the rise. the tornadoes killed at least 40 people. hundreds more were injured with entire towns flattened by the deadly twisters. meteorologists say that might be the largest tornado outbreak ever in the month of march. the national weather service issued close to 300 tornado warning from friday to early saturday. >>> in indiana, one of the most tragic stories to come from the tornadoes. a 15-month-old girl, angel babcock, died yesterday, two days after being found alone in a field about 100 yards from h

. >> i'm eun yang. >>> by the end of the day the republican race for president could be more clear.re more than 400 delegates up for grabs in 11 states including virginia. the prize is ohio. the buckeye state is the biggest single prize, 63 delegates up for grabs there. it appears mitt romney and rick santorum in a showdown in ohio. the latest polls show a dead heat. santorum is campaigning largely on social issues while romney is focusing on the economy. >> other people in this race have debated about the economy. they've read about the economy. they've talked about it in subcommittee meetings, but i've been in it. i've worked in business. i understand what it takes to get a business successful and to thrive. i understand how it is government gets in the way. >> someone who's got a principled record. someone who's willing to go out and talk about all the issues that are confronting this country. all of the issues, not just how we're going to manage the economy better. this country is more than just the economy. >> rick santorum will not be eligible for at least nine of  ohio's de

i'm eun yang. >> good morning to you, i'm joe krebs. let's take a live look outside right now at 6:00. we have 61 degrees. that's pretty unbelievable for this time of year. cloudy skies, as well. perhaps those clouds are holding the warmth in. is that what's going on? >> yeah. we've had light rain overnight, too. the pavement is wet. so watch out for that. things are a little slick. you may be going around a ramp, getting on the interstate. you might be slipping and sliding. watch out for that. slow down, we've had this overnight rain come through. washed some of the pollen out of the air, too. right now, it's raining moderately on the eastern shore from near st. michael's to easton and cambridge. across the bay down into the northern neck and the virginia tidewater. that's quickly exiting east. we're getting a clearing sky farther to the west out of the mountains. this area in green, it's generally in the mid to upper 50s to around 60 including fairfax, arlington, montgomery, prince george's counties. in the district of columbia, right

. >> and i'm eun yang. welcome to "news4 today" for this wednesday, march 21, 2012. we're going to take a live look outside now. it is 5:00 a.m. >> whoa. >> look at that fog. veronica says, we're going to try to take a live look. 61 degrees. all the fog and lights on the capitol, you can barely see what it is. >> right. >> that's a neat picture. >> in another hour when the fog starts to lift a little more, that will make for a cool picture. maybe we can grab it. >> yeah. >>> today the big story is the fog. like the last two days, most of us are going to stay dry. we'll see one of those isolated showers pop up with the best chance down to the south. here's a snapshot of your day. partly sunny, mostly cloudy at times with highs anywhere from 75 in d.c. and shaw, suitland and mt. rainier, 74 for the high. alexandria, 76. and 73 the high today in colesville, up in montgomery county. your best chance of rain around luray, culpeper, fredericksburg, that area south and west of d.c. that's with the disturbance that continues to make its way to the south and east. slowly movi

. >> i'm aaron gilchrist in for eun yang. welcome to "news4 today," friday, march 16. a little haze on the camera shot this morning. and slightly cooler out there than you might expect or at least we've gotten used to. >> yes, we've come back to the ground now. >> yes. >> we're -- after yesterday's low 80s, we're back down to more reasonable march weather. it's down to near 50 degrees. a dramatic drop since yesterday afternoon thanks to an east wind that has brought in some cool, damp weather and low clouds. little patchy fog around now. and as we look at the view from space, a lot of cloudiness. the area in green, where you see that around north of front royal, martinsburg, that's light rain that is now falling in northern shenandoah valley, panhandle of west virginia. drifting to the east, may move into loudoun county and then across the border into maryland, to washington, frederick county, perhaps northern fauquier the next half-hour or so. the next few minutes, it will be moving into warren and clark county, as well. elsewhere, just low clouds, damp, temperatures

. >> i'm angie goff in for eun yang. outside, a nice, crisp, dry morning to start things off. tgif, everybody. been listening to chuck bell's forecast all morning long. seems like you've got a little bit of everything in there. >> a little something. unless you want another 70-degree day come n which we case don't have anything for you. >> darn. >> no 70s today, unfortunately. dry start to our friday. that is welcome news. temperatures are on the chilly side. 30 in gaithersburg, germantown. 30 in leesburg, ashburn. 30 in manassas. 42 at national airport. one of the warmer spots due to the urban influence. outside on radar, nothing showing up yet. sprinkles in northwestern virginia. ten to 1 hours away. -- 12 hours away. take the umbrella out the door. showers possible mid to late afternoon. showers turning likely for your friday into your saturday. the forecast, mild. near 60 and 63 tomorrow. plenty of clouds and rain chances for your friday. afternoon/evening. through the front half of your saturday. >>> good morning. traveling at colvin run rate, an accident. a driver drove

i'm eun yang. >> good morning you to, i'm joe krebs. let's take a live look outside right now. we have 49 degrees and still dark skies. going to be dark for a while i guess because of the time change. here's tom. >>> yeah, we're not going to see the first light of day for at least another hour or so. sunrise is not until 7:23. it's going to take getting used to. certainly our body clocks are discombobulated after we went to eastern daylight time over the weekend. look at the highs this afternoon. >> woohoo. >> before you step into the closet, look at this. we are going to be soaring to around 70 degrees by perhaps -- maybe around 2:00, 3:00 this afternoon. and it's going to be rather cloudy. we'll have the clouds on the increase coming in. it will be cooler out of the mountains with rain moving there, as well as around the bay. but elsewhere, into the 70s. a chilly start, right now in the 30s. dress for a couple of different seasons this morning, in the 30s throughout much of northern virginia and into maryland. but closer to washington, we're in the low to mid 40s around the b

. >> i'm eun yang. march 7, 2012. we'll take a live look outside now. it's 5:00 a.m., 41 degrees. a little chilly but a lot better than yesterday morning. hoping this bodes fwell for the rest of the day. tom kierein? >>> you can wear your tight plants today. >> you know, i have chocolate krafg cravings, so if you eat too much chocolate, it will happen. >> feeling like springtime later. now you do need winter gear. it is another cold morning. but certainly not as cold as it was yesterday morning. but prepare for this for the afternoon. look at the highs i'm expecting later this afternoon. we ought to make it well into the 60s around the metro area including montgomery, arlington, fairfax, prince george's counties, might even hit near 70 degrees in parts of prince william, into fauquier, culpeper, around the bay, it will be chillier. highs near 60 degrees with the wind off the water. out of the mountains, too, climbing to the 60s. right now, though, around the region, chilly. in the 30s all that area in blue. near 40 in washington and by the bay. and we will have a sunny morning, bu

. >> and i'm eun yang. welcome to "news4 today" for this friday, march 30, 2012. >>> breaking news right now. a u.s. drone strike killed four suspected militant and wounded three others this morning in the northern part of pakistan. intelligence officials say they did not have details on the identities or nationalities of the suspected militants. we'll have more throughout the newscast. >>> we're also following breaking news out of afghanistan. nato says that two of its service members have been killed in the south part of the country. one man was killed in a roadside bomb explosion, the other in an insurgent attack. nato did not disclose any further details. so far this year, 88 international troops have been killed in afghanistan. >>> five members of a fairfax county street grain accused of running an underage prostitution ring. police say donyell dob and others approached on school grounds and facebook. they're accused of parading the girls around alexandria apartments to solicit sex. the girls were thre

good morning, welcome back to "news4 today," i'm joe krebs. >> and i'm eun yang. right now, no storms to speak of outside. a quiet and cool start to the day. that's going to change. we'll have a warmup and then storms rolling through our area. a beautiful look outside now. 48 degrees, a touch warmer than yesterday. another big change in the forecast. up and down again. >> looks like a lovely day but perhaps not? >> the end of the day will be troublesome. stay tuned. if you hear thunder, get inside. turn on nbc 4 later this afternoon. we'll let you know if a storm may be threatening where you live. right now, no threats. the area in blue, in the fourth. that includes virginia, maryland, the eastern shore, up into pennsylvania, farther west, that area in green, it's in the 50s to near 60. parts of the ohio valley, ahead of a cool front that will be sweeping in later today. giving us some storms scattered around the area. we'll have quite a contrast in temperatures along the pennsylvania border. highs will be near 70. northern suburbs, may reach the mid 70s. just to

. >> i'm eun yang. it is friday, march 2. >>> this morning police are investigating a double shooting in southeast washington. it happened at the intersection of benning road and h street. we're told one of the victims was shot inside a restaurant. the other victim was found outside the building. both victims were taken to the hospital. their names and conditions are not being released at this time. so far no arrests have been made. >>> a man accused of killing a 17-year-old in 2005 is a free man. a jury found jarvis tyler not guilty of murder. news4 was the only station there when he was released last night. he was accused of killing stacy seton of bowie, maryland, as part of a murder-for-hire plot. moments before the verdict, the defense team offered prosecutors a plea deal in exchange for 30 years behind bars, but the prosecutors rejected that. >> there was no plea deal in this case that would have for us served justice. today's verdict was not what we had hoped for, but we respect the process. we al

good morning to you, i'm eun yang. wednesday, march 7, 2012. right off the top, the results from the ohio primary. the most fiercely contested super tuesday race. while you were sleeping mitt romney was declared the winner in ohio. he beat former senator rick santorum by about 12,000 votes. that means romney will win about 35 of ohio's delegates. santorum will win 22. in the total delegate count after super tuesday, romney expanded his lead. he now has 407 delegates, more than all of his rivals combined. rick santorum is in second place with 169. newt gingrich has 102 delegates. and ron paul has 41. >>> overnight, nbc news declared mitt romney the winner in alaska. that was the sixth state he won on super tuesday. rick santorum won three. both candidates, though, celebrated what they called big nights for their campaigns last night. >> thank you. to the millions of americans who look around and can only see jobs they can't get and bills that they can't pay, i have a message -- you have not failed. you have a president that's failed you, and tha

. >> i'm eun yang. today is no ordinary morning here for the news4 family. today after 32 years at nbc washington and news4, joe krebs is retiring. and we will share some of your comments and have special surprises for joe. so be sure to stay tuned all morning as we say farewell to a great friend and colleague. and just a terrific guy, joe. >> stay on guard, i think. the word for me. >> i have tissue boxes at the ready. we say farewell for now. >> okay. >> you can't get rid of us that quickly, joe. just letting you know. >> all right. well -- >> i did see a big cake outside the door here, and big enough to contain someone. i'm not sure -- >> really? >> really? >> yeah. we'll see. or it may be for somebody else. you know? we don't know for sure. >> my fantasies run amok. >> smoochy-smuchoochy, wendy -- >> retirement, come on. >>> this morning, a high pollen count. the count jumped dramatically yesterday. went to the high range. we'll get a new count late this morning. it is mostly tree pollen and oak pollen at that. so if you suffer from the oak tree pollen,

i'm eun yang. >> good morning, i'm aaron gilchrist in for joe krebs. wednesday. march 7. if you're thinking about what you're going to wear, you may need to grab two pieces of clothing. the heavy stuff for the morning. and tom kierein here telling us this afternoon could be a different story. >>> yeah, going to feel like springtime. in fact, a great day to get out and see the sights around washington. here's a sight around washington. we'll play stump the anchors now. where do you think the photo was taken? taken by one of our viewers. this was yesterday morning. >> a lovely picture. >> here in d.c. >> the clue is it's outside the air and space museum. this sculpture is called continuum. >> oh. very nice. >> a beautiful sculpture. they have beautiful sculptures around the air and space museum. great shots. a great job working at the air and space museum. temperatures, near 40 in washington and right there at the air and space museum. but just a little ways outside the city, it's down into the 30s. all the areas in blue are down into the mid 30s. that includes montgomery c

. >>> welcome to "news4 today," i'm eun yang. >> i'm aaron gilchrist. joe krebs is on vacation. it is monday, march 5. and sheerhere is a live look ou. cold enough for snow. we turn to meteorologist tom kierein and asked question -- are we going to get any? >> daffodils are wearing their fleece this morning. the ones that have come up. certainly cold enough for snow. right now there's the mostly clear sky over the potomac. the live view. reagan national airport to the right, 32 here at 6:00 on this monday morning. a southwesterly breeze. windchills into the 20s. temperatures are below freezing throughout west virginia, virginia, and maryland this morning. montgomery, arlington, fairfax, prince george's counties down just to the mid 20s. it is a cold start. now looking at the view if space over the last six hours, we've had the clouds beginning to close in from the west. we'll be going just about all cloudy here the next couple of hours. nearest snow is southwest of richmond to near roanoke to charleston and west virginia. and that may advance a little farther to the north by mid

i'm eun yang. >> and i'm aaron gilchrist filling in for joe who's soaking up the sun. today's going be a lot like yesterday. it's going to be a beautiful day outside. >> a taste of what to expect, i hope, for the rest of spring. >> florida has come here. it really is feeling unusually balmy here this morning. we're starting off with a full moon setting in the western sky. tyke this picture at 3:00 a.m., and the moon obscured a little bit by the high clouds giving sort of a fuzzy glow to the western horizon. that moon is now beginning to set and we're probably not going to see it much tonight because the temperatures with clouds will be getting pretty warm today sweeping in from the south and west. memphis, 65 degrees. there's a huge mild air mass from the mississippi river east. closer to us, we've had temperatures in the low to mid-50s in charles and prince williams, stafford and spotsylvania as well as fairfax, montgomery, prince george's county. all around the region, low and mid-50s, including the mountains. only a few locations there down in the 40s. we do have a

welcome to "news4 today," i'm eun yang. >> good morning, i'm joe krebs. the story everyone's going to be talking about today, the winter heat wave that we're having and heat wave i think is no exaggeration. right now we have 66 degrees at 6:00 in the morning. that's the low for today? >> in washington. in the suburbs, 50s now. but this is certainly unusual for march. it's going to be feeling really more like summertime by later this afternoon. here are the area temperature. a few locations in northern virginia have dipped into the 40s. manassas and culpeper, mid 40s. prince william, culpeper county to southern fauquier county. elsewhere, in the 50s, mid 50s in fairfax, arlington, montgomery, and prince george's counties. much of southern maryland, northern neck, eastern shore. valley now most locations in the 50s as is the panhandle of west virginia and much of western maryland, eastern west virginia. we'll have plenty of sunshine. sunrise at 7:20. temperatures by 9:00, mid 60s, lots of sun. then a sunny, warm middle of the day for your lunch hour. you'll

. >> i'm eun yang.elcome to "news4 today" this march 14, 2012. >>> police are looking for clues after a man suspected of killing his wife was found dead. he was found in his home on fordham street in rockville. he died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. he's accused of shooting his ex-wife heather mcgwire yesterday morning. surveillance video at a gas station on connecticut avenue in kensington shows him throwing her from a minivan to the street. mcgwire filed a protective order again him in november. sources tell news4 he was upset over the possibility of losing contact with his 1-year-old son after the couple split. >> this man had a significant criminal history. i'm glad that we were able to resolve this case without further loss of life. >> police are searching the house gilberte was found in. the victim is survived by four children. >>> a big night for rick santorum. the former pennsylvania senator won the alabama and mississippi primaries yesterday. both races were close. in alabama, santorum beat

. >> and i'm eun yang. welcome to "news4 today" for this monday, march 26, 2012. today the u.s. supreme court will take up the obama administration's sweeping health care law. the fight has been brewing for two years when president obama signed that legislation. it won't take effect until 2014. 26 states are challenging the law's central requirement that all americans get health insurance. the key question for the high court is, should every american be forced to have health insurance and, if so, what are the government's boundaries of power? people started lining up outside the supreme court building on friday hoping to witness history. >> i'm more here today less about my own political beliefs and more to see it go down in history. >> because i want to watch history being made. i want to be a witness. >> arguments are expected to begin at 10:00 this morning. the hearing will last three days. the high court isn't expected to make a decision until june. >>> former vice president dick cheney remains in intensive care this morning, recovering from heart transplant surgery. the 71-

. >> i'm eun yang.elcome to "news4 today" for this tuesday, march 13, 2012. >>> breaking news, an afghan delegation sent to visit the sites where 16 civilians were killed over the weekend has come under fire from militants. the government delegation is visiting one of the two villages near kandahar where a soldier went on a shooting rampage sunday. two brothers of afghan president karzai and security officials are part of the delegation. it is unclear if anyone has been wounded or killed in the attack which was reportedly still going on. >>> we're learning more about the u.s. soldier accused of killing those afghan civilians. he is a trained snierm aper and apparently suffered a traumatic brain injury in 2010 when his vehicle rolled over in iraq. his name has not been released, but officials say the 38-year-old staff sergeant is married and the father of two children. they say he acted alone when he opened fire on families as they slept in their village near kandahar on sunday, killing 16 people includi

. >> i'm aaron gilchrist in for eun yang this morning. welcome to "news4 today," it is friday, march 16. and we begin with some breaking news this morning in prince george's county. an amber alert for a 9-year-old boy has just been canceled. police tell us that guilbert garcia has been found in reno, nevada. we're told he is safe. his mother we're told is in police custody now. prince george's county police say the boy was taken out of school yesterday morning by his mother. garcia's father has full custody of the boy. we're told that sylvia garcia, again, is in custody. we have a crew working on the story now. you can look for the latest throughout the newscast. >>> also new this morning, a car crash sparks a transformer fire in fairfax. the accident happened at the intersection of lee highway and village drive. a utility pole was knocked over, and that set a transformer on fire. fortunately no one was injured. the cause of the crash remains under investigation. route 29 was shut down in both directions for a short time as a precaution.

i'm eun yang. >> i'm aaron gilchrist in for joe krebs who's still enjoying his vacation.elcome in to thursday, march 8. we begin new this morning with pepco cleaning up lines to make sure they don't hurt anybody. a car crashed into a utility pole near the beltway in oxon hill. police say nobody was seriously hurt when the car plowed into the pole overnight. they aren't saying what led to the crash though. >>> this morning police are looking for two cars that may have caused a deadly accident while racing in colesville. this happened on randolph road yesterday afternoon. police believe a silver car when a green and white mini cooper were racing when a car tried to change lanes. the driver lost control and flipped onto the sidewalk. she died from her injuries. police want to talk to anyone who may have seen that crash. >> it's a major artery. there are thousands on the road at that time of day. we need to hear from people who may have seen anything. they may think it doesn't mean anything. we need them to contact investigators, hear what they have to tell us so we can do a

good morning to you, i'm eun yang. >> i'm aaron gilchrist if for joe krebs, friday, march 9. lot going on. we begin with breaking news. a police shoot-out on the d.c./maryland line. it happened at eastern and georgia avenues. tracee wilkins, bring us up to speed. >> reporter: good morning, aaron. first of all, let me say that on my left we have d.c. police. we're going to focus on what's happening on my right with montgomery county police who just a few minutes were out here looking for evidence and are still maintaining the scene. this is literally on the line. and in fact, several calls came from both d.c. and montgomery county reporting shots fired. that's what brought police to the scene. let me show you what it looked like a while ago. as police approached the scene, they could actually hear gunshots. now when they arrived, there was a lone gunman who was firing his gun. police say that he began firing at them. they fired back. the gunman was critically shot and is now being treated at medstar. also, one of the montgomery county police officers who responded was also wou

. >> and i'm eun yang. welcome to this thursday.t is the first day of march 2012. >>> new death toll continues to rise after a huge tornado spawned in the midwest and south. officials in eastern tennessee say three people were killed in the powerful storms. six people died in illinois and three in missouri, bringing the total number of deaths to 12. more violent weather could come today and tomorrow in parts of the central and southern u.s. >>> in one of the hardest hit communities, harrisburg, illinois, is trying to clean up the damage there. the city is under a dust to dawn curfew ave a devastating ef-7 hit. an estimated 250 to 300 homes have been damaged. 25 businesses are destroyed or damaged. authorities say winds of 170 miles an hour whipped through the rural town, bringing down almost everything in sight. >> overturned semis and cars and apartment buildings shredded to bits. >> we've lost children and loved ones and part of our family in this community. >> the tornado ripped through a popular part of branson, missouri, as wel

. >> and i'm eun yang. welcome to "news4 today" for this monday, march 26, 2012. we're going to take a live look outside now at 5:00 a.m. 56 degrees on your monday to start the workweek. not bad. is it cooling down, tom? >> don't put away your winter coat quite yet. >> oh, no. it's gone. >> i'm talking freezing temperatures around here this time tomorrow morning. just incredible when we were in the 80s on friday. now we'll be talking about, yes, bringing in your tender plant. it's going to be down near or below freezing this time tomorrow morning. not this morning. this monday morning starting off right now with temperatures in the low to mid 50s. in montgomery, fairfax, arlington, and prince george's county and the district of columbia, mid 50s now. in the mid to upper 50s around the chesapeake bay, southern maryland, northern neck, lower eastern shore. the blue ridge, shenandoah valley, into the mountains now, in the mid and low 50s there. along the pennsylvania border, low 50s, hagerstown now at 51. here's your day planner. sunrise at 7:01. mostly sunny, just a

. >> i'm eun yang, welcome to "news4 today" for this tuesday, march 27, 2012. let's take a live look outside now. do not adjust your screen. yes, it is 38 degrees out there at 5:01. that could be the warm spot in the area because it is cold. a huge change overnight. i actually brought the few plants that i have back inside the house. >> good for you. good thing. i'm sure they're happy about that. >> i hope so. >> outside now, it is down near or below freezing much of the region. and this is only going to continue to drop the next few hours. all these counties in blue are under a freeze warning. and look, it's a wide area. it includes the washington metro area and the nearby counties in fairfax, arlington, montgomery, prince george's county. just about all of virginia, maryland, as well as much of west virginia and up into pennsylvania. and as we take a look at the temperatures right now just past 5:00 now, it is at or below freezing around the shenandoah valley, blue ridge, much of rural virginia, maryland, and southern maryland, though, northern neck, eastern

first, good morning to you, i'm eun yang. >> good morning, i'm jeb.elcome back, tuesday the 13th day of march. we'll take a live look outside. we have 62 degrees right now. 5:29 in the morning. cloudy skies and some rain around the region. >> i love this warm weather, tom. >> yeah, it's been a gift. feeling more like may than march. we've had also some earlier than average pollen in the air. the average count yesterday was in the moderate range. that overnight rain has improved the pollen count. take a look at the last 12 hours. the moving green is light rain, getting a few sprinkles around the metro area. there's steadier rain in southern maryland, the northern neck and eastern shore. it's beginning to clear now out into the shenandoah valley and western maryland. we'll have the clearing taking place as the morning progresses and temperatures now all around the region are mild. we are around 60 degrees. around the metro area, montgomery, prince george's county, arlington, fairfax counties, just about all of virginia, maryland, and west virginia in th

. >> and i'm eun yang. welcome to "news4 today" today for this monday, march 12, 2012. let's take a live look outside now at 5:00 a.m. 49 degrees out there. sunday shaped up to be beautiful. and we're getting a nice stretch of spring. >> we deserve it after our sleep-deprived weekend. >> i guess there's a -- >> some mild weather. and actually yesterday got into the low 60s. that was just a taste of things to come. we're going to be even warmer every day this week. right now, though, off to a chilly start. all those areas in blue including most of virginia, maryland, the eastern shore, are generally in the 40s to even 30s in a few places out in the mountains. reagan national now at 46. and we're in the low to mid 40s in the nearby suburbs in prince george's, montgomery, arlington, fairfax counties. out of the mountains, a few locations have dipped into the 30s. the view from space showing some clouds that are beginning to move in from the west. and they are going to be with us off and on this morning. that area in green to the left, that is a zone of rain. now just comin

. >> i'm eun yang. friday, march 30, 2012. it seems gloomy to me for some reason. maybe it's because it's joe's last day. >> please. >> it feels dark out there. >> yeah, it does. we just can't get over the fact -- >> whoa! >> how your glasses have changed over the years, joe. >> we're going down memory lane a little bit. >> seems like windshields on sticks. >> joe has covered many stories, he's been in the business over 40 years. 32 spent right here at nbc 4. this is him on the anchor desk, in the field. memorable stories for you. and we love saying that you aged really well. look at you. you look the same. >> this was two days ago. >> the glasses have changed for sure. >> if they weren't half the size of your head, they weren't in style. >> do you still have a pair? >> i think i do. >> with your red polyester suit. >> enshrined in my basement. >> the ones with the windshield wipers? >> exactly. >> my gosh. >> you might need those later today. we have the possibility of maybe a little light rain later today. right now we're dealing with a chill in the air. the coun

. >> i'm eun yang. welcome to "news 4 today" for this monday, march 5, 2012. we start the week talking about a little snow. we mean very little. tom is tracking a small dose of winter weather that could arrive just in time for your morning commute. even a little snow can mess things up. >> one flake is exciting. >> yes, it is. winter lovers, yes. >> we might have a few that get your excitement going here by later this morning. not now. we've got a clear sky over the metro area and right now at reagan national, 32 degrees. we've got a breeze out of the southwest. windchills into the mid 20s now. and elsewhere, temperatures below freezing. it is cold enough for snow. in the mid to upper 20s. fairfax, prince george's county, locations below freezing as well as the rest of virginia, maryland, into west virginia. and this all associated with an area of -- weak area of low pressure that is spreading snow, the area in bright white on the lower left of the screen. now moving into southwestern virginia, kentucky. as a result, ahead of that, we've got a winter weather a

. >> i'm eun yang. welcome to "news4 today" for this monday, march 12. we're following a developing story from the university of maryland. a student faces charges for threatening to go on a shooting rampage at the college park campus. police say 19-year-old alexander song from fulton, maryland, made the threats on line saturday. detectives say he wrote, "i will be on a shooting rampage tomorrow on campus. hopefully i kill enough people to make it to national news. stay away from the mall tomorrow at 1:30." officers arrested song sunday morning on campus. students we spoke to were relieved to learn no threats were carried out. >> it's a tribute to the police and the university for being able to stop such a terrible thing from happening. >> song is charged with disturbing the orderly conduct of campus administration, activities or classes. he could face a $2,500 fine and six months in jail. song was taken for emergency psychiatric evaluation, as well. >>> an investigation is underway into what caused an american soldier to go on a shooting spree in a villa

. >> i'm eun yang. welcome to "news4 today" for this tuesday, march 6, 2012. we're going to take a live look outside at 5:01. 32 degrees. it is cold out there. the cold air just hit me in the face when we walked out the door. hoping things warm up, aaron. >> so do i. tom, tell us something good. >>> i was coming down beech drive through rock creek park. i saw a bank of daffodils in bloom yesterday. >> ah. >> it was gorgeous. now they're all closed up this morning and wearing their fleece. as temperatures are cold. good morning. around the region, later today, look at the highs we'll have after this cold start. we'll still be chilly. but temperatures should make it to around 50 degrees throughout much of the region except near the bay waters. any breeze off the bay, highs in the 40s there. and where there's still snow on the ground, around culpeper, over toward charlottesville, only going to be in the 40s to near 50 degrees. elsewhere should make it into the low and maybe mid 50s especially out of the mountains. right now look how cold it is. it's down into the

. >> and i'm eun yang. welcome to "news4 today" for this wednesday, march 28, 2012. we're going to take a live look outside at 5:00 a.m. it is 49 degrees. still chilly out there. quite -- much warmer than yesterday. another change again in our weather. >> yeah. indeed. fortunately it was just a brief brush with winter-like temperatures yesterday morning. we warmed into the 50s yesterday afternoon. we had some clouds closing in after sunset last night. that neld some of that warmth -- held in some of that warmth we had yesterday. 48 at reagan national. areas in blue in the 40s. that's most of virginia, maryland, eastern west virginia. there's some milder air farther west. that's ahead of a cool front. it's already up in kentucky, parts of that region to the low 60s. mild air will be heading our way. this morning, a lot of cloud cover coming, it's going to be with us from time to time throughout the day. day planner, sunrise at 6:58. by 9:00 in the low to mid 50s. then by noontime, mostly cloudy, up around 70. may even get near 80 degrees parts of central virginia, mid

. >> and good morning, i'm aaron gist in for eun yang. as we -- aaron gilchrist in for eun yang. as we start off, is that fog? >> almost. >> just the camera? >> almost, not quite. just low clouds for now. >> okay. low clouds. >> indicating the possibility for rain i guess? >> if the clouds keep coming down, it will be fog. yeah. right now, there are about 500 feet. you see the top of the washington monument. it was obscured a little bit. there's the radar showing some moving color. and that is rain. we have had rain passing about 50 miles west of washington now. getting closer. just now coming in to loudoun county. along the blue ridge, near 66, up toward leesburg to frederick and to hagerstown getting this batch of rain. it's drifting to the east. we may get some wet pavement on 270 as well as the rest of 66 here over the next hour. right now, what a dramatic change from yesterday. we are in the low 80s, yesterday afternoon at reagan national got to 82. that set a new record for march 15. now we're 30 degrees colder than that. and we're going to stay cool through much of the mor

good morning and welcome to "news4 today," i'm eun yang. >> good morning to you, i'm joe krebs. >>> this monday, the 26th day of march, 2012, let's take a live look outside now. we have 55 degrees here in the nation's capital. not too chilly. kind of comfortably springlike. it's going to get like winter-like coming this way -- >> yeah, by this time tomorrow, it lives. winter is back. >> can't believe it. >> it is incredible. upstate new york now, snowing and in the 20s. >> no. >> saranac lake, new york, unbelievable. up in southern ontario now, it's down into the teens. yes, some of that cold air is coming our way tomorrow morning. not this monday morning. right now, we're in the 50s. in fairfax, arlington, prince george's, and montgomery countys, low to mid 50s. mid 50s to low 50s in the district of columbia. around the bay and the eastern shore, many locations there are in the mid to upper 50s. and shenandoah valley and out of the mountains, those locations are in the low 50s to upper 40s in locations. we've cleared overnight. we've got high pressure pushing in with gusty winds that wi