in gainesville, 40% of the households are families with children.the highest in the state rounding out the top five, best places in virginia burke, centerville, vienna and bonn air. bonn air is outside of richmond. >> good schools, nice neighborhoods. >> that'll do it. there you go. 4:51 is our time right now. tom kierein is here. you say we might get out to explore some neighborhoods. >> don't breathe too deeply, the pollen is -- >> it's insane. my kids are being affected. the car is covered in the green, yucky powder. >> there's the only downside. here's the storm team 4 skycast. bright sunshine through the morning. sunrise is at 6:13. a few high clouds will drift in around noontime. during the rest of the afternoon, a few high clouds. gorgeous day today. might be getting a few sprinkles out of the mountains by early this evening. temperatures are hovering in the 40s to near 50. near 50 around the bay. 56 at reagan national. nearby suburbs, prince georges, fairfax, in the 40s. dipped down into the 30s that includes manassas down into warrenton out

centreville, gainesville, alexandria, stafford, fredericksburg, manassas. they're all different when it comes to the time when you can do it so make sure you check that in advance. so if you'd like to alleviate your stress with comfort food instead, a lot of options. freebies on tax day. boston market you can buy one individual meal and get one free. another buy one, get one free is whoppers at burger king. california tortilla is offering free chips and queso. if you have a sweet tooth, you can get a free sugar cookie at the great america cookie. tonight from 5:00 until 7:00, hard rock cafe on e street northwest, if you sing a song in front of the restaurant, you will get a free legendary burger. i.r.s. estimates one in five taxpayers wait until the final week. if you want to file, there's a lot of people that are waiting just like you. guys, back to you. >> i like the extension idea. gives you six more months to file. but if you owe, you have to pay something. >>> mike, thank you. 6:16. same-sex marriage supporters rejoice as marriage equality spreads to a

in gainesville, 40% of the households are families with children.t's the highest in the state we just added the complete list of cities. rounding out the top five best places, burke, centerville and bon air. >> a lot of these are small communities where people know people. you know, you share things. and it's just -- they become fun places, friendly places to be. >> how about that gorgeous sun behind us? isn't that nice? >> can't beat that. that's a money shot for sure. 6:21 or time right now. tom kierein is here to tell us it will feel as good as it looks right now. >> really, off to a beautiful start. a live view from the storm team 4 tower camera. sun coming up in a clear sky now and temperatures are rather chilly. we're hovering in the 40s to near 50 degrees. by 8:00 make it into the mid 50s and then jump up to near 70 by noontime. then all the way into the mid 70s by late afternoon. a terrific day coming up, except for the ga zunt white tree pollen count. near 50 degrees around the beltway. near 50 by the bay. but outside the beltway in prince

according to the financial planning site nerd wallet, gainesville tops the list. and these rankings are based on the cost of homes, prosperity and growth quality of education and family friendliness. in gainesville, 40% of households are families with children. that's the highest in the state. for the complete list head to nbc washington's app. rounding out the top five burke, centerville and vienna and bonn air. >>> protesters calling for the resignation of mexico's president this morning. >>> new details are emerging about the day a man landed his gyrocopter on the lawn of the capitol. what news4 has uncovered as a security hearing gets under way today. >>> the sun comes up that's beautiful, look at that. amelia s people of the coffee drinking world, dunkin' has a dark roast coffee that's deliciously roasted just right for a bold start and smooth finish that's never bitter. put down the dark roast you've been putting up with and reach for the one you deserve. at dunkin' breakfast just got zestier with guacamole made from real avocados, tomatoes, cilantro, and li

in gainesville 40% of the households are families with children, the highest in the commonwealth. >>> big changes coming to the ultra popular folk festival, what you'll notice on the national mall in a couple of weeks. >>> and we are following the developments in baltimore this afternoon where things appear to be calm but the 10:00 >>> a little more than five hours from now baltimore will effectively again shut down. >> the curfew set by the mayor there will be in effect every night this week starting at 10:00. police say so far it's working. nbc's jay gray has been in baltimore all week and joins us now with the slow move toward normalcy. >> reporter: while things do seem to be moving back toward normal remnants of the violence and the constant presence of police and the national guard are a stark reminder of what happened here and a concern and tension that lingers. >> there's still raw emotions still some frustrations. we're going to make sure that we can continue to maintain peace in the city so we have more nights like last night. >> reporter: last night was the first night for t

so warning if you're head out of the gainesville area. inner loop of the woodrow wilson bridge looks like something on the shoulder here, but looks like the lane is probably open at this point. that just sort of changed as i walked out here. 66 westbound, only two lanes getting by there because of road work. signage they're put up right now. no major problems when you look at the beltway and prince georges county looking good as well. more on the new crash on 66 coming up. >>> thank you. the iranian foreign minister says he tried to personally intervene in the case for a "washington post" journalist charged with spying. jason rezaian is accused of espionage and acting against national security. the foreign minister says the charges are quote very serious and he won't try to influence the charges but he has tried to help on humanitarian grounds. >> so i have personally tried to assist in a humanitarian -- on humanitarian basis, possibilities for him to have visits with his mother and other members of his family. >> rezaian was detained jul

gainesville getting some rain about 5:17 gaithersburg at about 5:30. fairfax, 5:45.t before the 6:00 hour. and again, as this line continues to move toward the east we can see it intensify, especially around charles, calvert, st. mary's counties, fredericksburg and the northern neck. elsewhere severe weather is highly unlikely this evening. so your evening rain chances 6:00 p.m. still there for the d.c. metro area 7:00 p.m. as well. by 8:00 even the threat of a thunderstorm quickly drops off. 9:00 p.m. 10:00 p.m. most if not all of the area is dry. so heading out this evening maybe grab that small umbrella. know you won't need to use it. more importantly i'd recommend a jacket. don't need the rain boots. your impact forecast for tomorrow it's low, breezy pollen levels are up for the allergy suffererers out there. seasonable with plenty of sunshine. your weekend outlook all in all, great for yard work, cherry blossoms peak bloom forecast. to start on sunday exercising outdoors the typical spring forecast with warm mornings stunning afternoons. 50s and 60s for the wash

weather related crash here. 95 southbound at triangle we have a crash there on the shoulder. 66 west gainesville, you can see how wet those roads are there. a lot of sheen there. 270 at 370, all those folks here are headed southbound. northbound hardly any traffic at all. southbound a little bit volume there. beltway and central avenue, pretty wet here and this is what we're going to see throughout much of the morning and of course the evening when we're expected to get a little bit of heavier storm in some spots. wide look at things overall looking pretty good when you are looking at the beltway i a little slow here at 395 and 295. bag at 6. 11 there with travel times. >>> the future of metro travel begins today. we're getting a closer look at the 7,000 series rail cars which will hit the tracks on the blue line. there's a ton of new features and metro says it's a lot faster as well. news 4 is live at the train station. >>> i can report to you that the train just pulled in to the station here. it rolls out here about 7:12. we want to get right to it bring in stand stessel. safety is really the

this is gainesville florida. two young pups terrorizing a young innocent black cat. for what they were about to experience? watch closely as they approach this innocent feline hoping to get something they were never to enjoy and then finally they get cocky and this one comes over. looks like you're all wet, doggie. >> very good crime corner. >> it's not just in your head. the airlines are heading downuard on every measure collectively declined an on-time performance, involuntary denied boarding and mishandled customer complaints. we are demanding airlines to get it together. i have a book tour coming up. >> oh eric, money money. >> julie? >> you know if you know me i love love, love the who kicking off their anniversary in florida tonight. i'm seeing them at madison garden in october. if you see them, let me know how the show is. i'm super psyched. >> stairway to heaven is a great who song otherwise -- >> sounds like you want somebody to take you. >> i already have a date. >> you can talk about chris christie while you're there. >> that's it for us. "special report"

taking a look at 66 heading out of manassas in the gainesville area, no reports of delays. angie and eun, back to you. >> thanks alexis. >>> so sprint is testing a new service delivering your new phones straight to your home. landon dowdy has a look at that and a huge interest in apple's new watch. >> hey, angie, good morning. sprint plans to test delivering phones to your home. it will be available in sprint's backyard of kansas city and then rolled out to miami and chicago later on this month. customers who buy a new phone will get an e-mail or text notifying them of the delivery option. and it will be delivered by contractors trained by sprint. >>> people are interested in the apple watch. digital news sight quartz said there was an estimated 1 million preorders for the device on friday. about two-thirds were for the less expensive sports model. the apple watch goes on sale on april 24th. guys, back over to you. >> thanks so much. >>> making your trek to work a smoother one. the steps taken by metro that can take the stop and go jerkiness out of your ride. that's next on

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kind of from the gainesville area. remember to listen to our friends on wtop when you hop in your car. back in ten minutes. >> thank you. >>> crews have only just finished cleaning up the degree from a deadly plane crash in the french alps. 150 people including two women from our area died. news4's dorothy spencer live in prince william where there's a memorial happening for them today. >> reporter: well, good morning, aaron. a memorial mass will be held for the mother and daughter right here at sacred heart catholic church later this morning. i can tell you that the selkes were active members of this church community, since 1993. the pastor has told news4 that losing yvonne and emily selke left a huge void here in the church family. the mother and daughter were among the 150 killed when the plane went down. the co-pilot took it down intentionally last month. the members of the church watched emily grow up here. she sang in the choir. her mom over the years was very active in the children's ministries and both mother a

for those of you traveling from gainesville making your way into town going through manassas, fairfaxour area. coming up in about nine minutes, we'll have an update on the situation in potomac and show you delays in your part of town. >>> an interesting guarantee. a popular fast food chain promisessity customers it will only serve real food. >> kind of comforting, right? >> a new push to make sure kids don't mistake laundry packets for candy. we're back after this. >>> welcome back. our time is 6:44. >>> another auto related recall and an announcement from a popular fast food chain. first laundry packets. by now we've all seen them. they're colorful. some say they look like candy. hundreds of kids have wound up in the hospital with serious injuries after ingesting them. consumer groups are pushing hard for child resistant packaging as a result and clearer warning labels. if you have these in your home, don't leave them out. you're warned to store them out of sight in reach of children and be sure the outer package is closed. >>> meanwhile ford is recalling about 400,000 vehicles for a

so brief, moderate rain coming through for haymarket, for gainesville by 6:35. after that more occasional showers will be coming on through the area. then tomorrow it's going to be a dreary day. vastly different from today. today we've had the filtered sunshine but this weather front to the north in areas of pennsylvania comes down and stalls arnold our area tomorrow. we will be much cooler on the northern side of that front by as much as 15 degrees. by the end of the week, some storminess is possible with yet another weather system. every couple days this week we'll see a little something. you'll want to stay umbrella ready. certainly this evening, a few more showers coming through from 70 to 65 degrees by 11:00 p.m. it will be a bit of a mild evening for us. tomorrow morning already cooler by a couple degrees. we'll be starting out in the upper 40s to around 50 degrees. 9:00 showers around the area, west more waves of this rain coming through. by midnight there you see it. coverage from areas of frederick through gaithersburg and down towards fredericksburg ri

for those of you out in virginia traveling eastbound on 66 coming from gainesville going through manassascentreville, fairfax, you're looking at a smooth commute this morning. just volume delays as you get closer to the beltway. add additional time to your commute time if at all possible. back over to you. >>> let's go ahead and pump the brakes on the whole nats to the world series talk. at least until they win their first series. a 2-5 so far. yesterday's outing in boston as bad as it gets according to skipper matt williams. all that said in today's inside pitch, holden kushner took to the streets to see if nats nation is hitting the panic button just yet. >> reporter: the nats are the odds on favorite to win the world series. three of the seven "u.s.a. today" insiders at the sports department saying the nationals are going to wint world series but -- to win the world series but i know better n. is d.c. where hope and -- better. this is d.c. where hope and sadness kind of going together. i asked the fans at nats park their expectations for the 2016 season. >> we seem a little snake bitte

just to the north of gainesville toward manassas, chantilly and centerville, this shower down. then another shower in stafford county. if you live in stafford county, you'll get wet, 100% chance of rain with this system coming right across stafford county. more back toward the culpeper area. in the d.c. metro area we're not bad at all. as a matter of fact, if you're heading out this evening looking like a good one chblt we'll have the complete forecast and show you just how warm temperatures get this weekend in my forecast. >>> just in to news4, a former fairfax county police spokesman has now resigned after his arrest on child pornography charges. bud walker bonded out of jail this morning. there is he. the judge barred him from using computers, told him he may not have any unsupervised contact with children. >>> only on news4 tonight new details on potential threats near the u.s. capitol. an investigation by the i-team's scott macfarlane reveals more than a dozen cases of people who were caught carrying guns on or near capitol grounds in the past three years. scott macfarlane

there, elsewhere it is just heavy congestion along with sun where delays and eastbound 66 from gainesville law enforcement officers after yesterday's riots in baltimore. news chopper seven video from about 25 minutes ago, police in riot gear lined up on northwest avenue as the governor greeted them. the city remains in a state of unrest. the news continues right now as good morning washington continues [ cheers and applause ] >>> good morning, america. that is the evolution of dance video. one of youtube's most popular. get this. 290 million clicks. in just a minute you'll meet the man behind that. he'll perform here live. >>> guess who else is here? josh groban getting ready to perform two stongs off his new album, "stages." >>> we begin with youtube week. the tenth year of the online sensation. this morning, all about dance. jesse palmer is here with our youtube favorite. >> that's right. guys. i'm here are judson laipply. he became a superstar with his clip reaching nearly 300 million hits. hit the button. enjoy. >> evolution. of dance. ♪ you're nothing but a hound dog ♪ >> reporter: it

eastbound remains touch and go from 29 in gainesville as you make your way into fairfax.outer loop moving to a crash on the inner loop with a stalled car on st. barnabas road within the congestion blocking the right lane on that stretch. traveling into the district, no issues on the way. southbound delays towards the key bridge. that's what's happening on the roads. jummy: thank you so much. in the meantime we turn to the crisis in baltimore. asked -- after massive unrest things are quiet there this morning but there is still a strong police presence and the head of the baltimore school system says that students that took part in the riot will be held accountable. the baltimore orioles will play the white sox today at an empty camden yards. the first with no fans in major league baseball history. more [ female announcer ] business travel isn't just about the going. it's also abo the going home. and being connected all along t way. whether you're working or recharging do business avel on your terms. acela. take off. ♪ who let the dogs out ♪ ♪ who let the dogs out ♪ [ cheer

just accidents out there, but the sun is up, so headed eastbound near business 234 coming in from gainesvilleaffic pass this point a little bit closer to where we would typically see those delays. we have got traffic that is slow on the freeway, crash at maine avenue headed in, the center lane is blocked. jummy: happening now u.s. park police confirmed that there is a power outage at the jefferson memorial. pepco estimates the power will be restored by 10:00 this morning. montgomery county police continue searching for a missing man. richard nathaniel brown was last seen yesterday afternoon, he was being treated at the shady grove medical center and he left against medical advice. right now you can get more traffic, weather, and news updates on news channel 8. we will see you back here and .5 minutes. -- in 25 m >>> good morning ergs america. roseanne barr's shocking revelation that she's beginning blind. her one-two health punch and the suhr vising way she's dealing with it. >>> and the new secret of staying strong after a workout. is chocolate milk the perfect key to refueling and rebuildin