lauren: good morning, everybody. i'm lauren simonetti. cheryl: we have got a lot going on this morning, folks. former vice president joe biden expected at any moment to officially launch his presidential campaign. he is set to announce his third white house bid by video at any moment. we're standing by for that breaking news. he'll be entering the democratic primary contest with at this point a significant lead. lauren: other candidates are certainly feeling the heat. senator bernie sanders hits a roadblock on the campaign trail. we have details. >> reporter: good morning to you. looks like joe biden sort of dodged what turned out to be a pretty tough forum for at least the current democratic front runner. watch. >> as somebody who -- i know i date myself a little bit here, but i actually was at the march on washington with dr. king back in 1963. >> reporter: bernie sanders met with groans and jeers at a forum in houston. he struggled to answer questions about minorities and white supremacy. he began to remind the audience how he marched

lauren, cheryl. lauren: trey, thank you very much for covering that for us. cheryl: here are other headlines making news this morning. today is kirstjen nielsen's last day on the job of the department of homeland security. there is plenty of speculation over who will replace her. this comes as the customs and border protection released new apprehension numbers for the month of march, more than 92,000 folks arrested, back from 66,000 in february. vice president mike pence expected to visit the border in as arizona tomorrow. levi strauss reported a profit in the last quarter before becoming a public company once again. they reported a 7% increase in net revenue, an indication that their investments is paying off. the company plans to open 100 new stores over the next year. the stock rose 5% in after hours trading. for the first time ever, we are expecting to see an actual picture of a black hole today. up until now we've only seen simulations of the mysterious space phenomenon. scientists have been observing them with tel telescopes with 2. black holes form whe

lauren: welcome to "fbn: a.m.." good morning to you at home. i'm lauren simonetti. cheryl: good morning, everybody. i'm cheryl casone. lauren: well, france is working to save what remains after a devastating fire engulfed the historic notre dame cathedral. the flame is now fully extinguished after firefighters battled it for nine hours. the flames destroying much of the beloved cay h be beloved ca. cheryl: we have details. >> reporter: heavy smoke drifts over the heart of paris. pparis.people are stunned by the done by one of the world's best known attractions. flames burst through the roof and engulfed the spire which folded into itself and sangs sao the inferno. countless priceless artifacts and art work are threatened, along with the stained glass windows. much of the interior is most likely lost. france's president said a large piece of france is gone forever. >> this is the place where we have lived all of our great moments, wars, liberations, the open by centeepicenter of our l. >> reporter: they were able to save the two towers and shell of the structure. som

lauren.both sides of the border seem ove overwhelmed rigt now. thank you. cheryl: former vice president joe biden making it official yesterday in a video statement that he announced he is running for president. later, he stopped in wilmington, delaware and laid out his message for america. >> america's coming back like we used to be, ethical, straight, telling the truth, moving in a way, supporting our allies, all those good things. cheryl: well, now that he's on the field, can the former v.p. go the distance takes 20th democratic candidate? joining me now, daily caller white house cor correspondent, r athey. he announced the first 24 hours of fund racin fund raising is c. he brought together some big donors in pittsburgh. will he have enough of a war chest to really fend off bernie sanders in particular? >> sure, i think if there's one problem facing joe biden, it's probably not his ability to fund raise. i think the big issue here is that joe biden has always been seen as this moderate demo

lauren: the u.s. has been pressing china on issues that include intellectual property protection and the forced transfer of technology by u.s. companies seeking to do business in beijing. cheryl: president trumps says he's opposed to current and former white house aides testifying before congress in the wake of the mueller report. in an interview, the president said complying with congressional requests is, quote, unnecessary after the white house cooperated with the special counsel's investigation. lauren: hillary clinton says anyone other than the president would have been indicted in the case. >> i think there's enough there that any other person who had engaged in those acts would certainly have been indicted but because of the rule in the justice department that you can't indict a sitting president, the whole matter of obstruction was very directly sent to the congress. lauren: hillary clinton of course wasn't charged for her e-mail server scandal. for more on the fallout from the mueller report,

lauren: welcome to "fbn: a.m.." good morning. i'm lauren simonetti. cheryl: good morning, everybody. i'm cheryl casone. lauren: wow, earnings, earnings and earnings. our top story is just had that, specifically google. take a look at shares right now of google's parent company,al tak,alphabet. they tumbled more than 7% after the bell yesterday. the stock hit after the company posted its slowest revenue growth since 2015. so you're seeing alphabet shares trade at $1,196, down 7 and he three quarters percent. revenue missed estimates by $1 billion. the company is blaming the slower revenue growth on currency fluctuations, competition, and unspecified product changes. but investors want more information. we're going to get that when we take a look at google's numbers in a few minutes. cheryl: we're going to talk to ian about apple, is apple going to take a bite out of the tech hhe heheavy nasdaq. revenue is expected to slide 6%. these numbers are going to come after ceo tim cook warned us back in january that iphone sales would be lower than expected due

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lauren: good morning. i'm lauren simonetti.ikileaks founder julian assange isn't going down without a fight. a legal battle is expected over his extradition to the u.s. he is accused of working with chelsea manning to hack classified information. cheryl: we have a report from london this morning. >> reporter: julian assange didn't go without a fight but after six years and 10 months of ex silexile, the path from the t door the paddy wagon took less than a minute before he was shackled in a waiting van. >> this goes to show in the united kingdom, no one is above the law. >> reporter: facing extradition and trial on charges of sexual assault in sweden back in 2012, the founder of wikileaks claimed he was the victim of a politically motivated plot to extradite him to the u.s. the president of ecuador agreed, gave him asylum in the diplomatic outpost in london, bringing him out of the reach of authorities. in 2017, ecuador granted assange citizenship and even offered him and then rescinded a diplomatic post. relations began to fray

lauren: welcome to "fbn: a.m." this thursday morning. good morning. i'm lauren simonetti. cheryl: good morning, i'm cheryl casone. lauren: if you blinked you missed the news yesterday. attorney general william barr says he believes spying on president trump's campaign did occur. during his testimony before a senate panel, the justice department chief also said he plans to review how it all started. cheryl: katherine herridge is on capitol hill with details. >> i think spying on a political campaign is a big deal. it's a big deal. >> reporter: during his second day of testimony, attorney general william barr stunned lawmakers, says he's personally reviewing the origins of the fbi's russia probe. >> you're not suggesting that spying occur? >> i think spying did occur, yes, i think spying did occur. >> reporter: barr said the issue is whether evidence drove the decision or whether bias among a small group of senior officials was the driver. >> i believe there is a basis for my concern but i'm not going to discuss the basis. >> reporter: during the 2016 campaign, the fbi opene

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lauren: i'm lauren simonetti. thank you for joining us. cheryl: homeland security secretary kirstjen nielsen is heading to the southern border today after announcing the creation of an emergency operation center in response to a surge of migrants. she emphasized the seriousness of the situation. >> this is one of, if not the biggest crisis this country has faced in a decade. this is at the top of the list at dhs. we're treating this as a cat 5 hurricane disaster. lauren: blake berman is at the white house with more. >> reporter: the threat remains but the timing and scope remain outstanding questions. president trump saying on tuesday that mexico has made some positive changes especially in the southern part of its country but he kept up his threat that the southern border could close. the president acknowledging that it would have negative impacts on the economy but says security tops all. >> we're going to have security in this country. that's more important than trade. hey, all you hear me talking about is trade. but let me just give yo

lauren: good morning. i'm lauren simonetti. we start with breaking details out of paris this morning. president emmanuel macron meeting with cabinet officials today after setting a five year deadline to restore the historic cathedral of notre dame. some experts say the project could cost up to $8 billion. we are learning there was no insurance policy. investigators say the beloved landmark was only 15 to 30 minutes away from complete destruction. cheryl: we've got amy kellogg live in paris from us this morning with the latest details on the investigation. amy, do we have any sense of what caused the fire? >> reporter: well, good morning, lauren and cheryl. the theory that's getting the most attention this morning is that it may likely have been an electrical short that caused the fire. that would have come from an elevator that had been put inside to access the fire. and the newspaper this morning quoting some security sources say that they believe that it was actually the spire that first caught fire. the change here is that t

lauren: you think it's a threat right now.willing to act on it but no plans to do so by friday. there's a new policy in mexico and essentially it says if you don't have papers and you're making your way through mexico to get to the united states, you're going to get sent back to your home country. do you think mexico will actually enforce now that policy as they see president trump really flexing his muscles here? >> you know, the president has actually had a pretty warm rapport with the new mexican president. they've talked multiple times about what they can do to end the crisis at the border. it seems as though mexico is acting in good faith here. but we don't know quite yet whether or not they're actually going to implement this policy as planned. what i do think is interesting here is if you look at the threat that the president is making at closing down the border, that could potentially have an impact on the relations between the u.s. and the new mexican administration. they did, as you mentioned, enact this remain in me

lauren: welcome to "fbn: a.m.." good morning, i'm lauren simonetti. cheryl: and good morning, everybody. i'm cheryl casone. well, today is the day. we are finally going to get the long-awaited release of the mueller report, the redacted version of that report going to be released to congress later on this morning. we're thinking sometime between 11:00 a.m. and noon. attorney general william barr is going to be holding a news conference before the release to congress of the report. that's 9:30 a.m. eastern time. you want to make sure you stay with fox business. we'll have live coverage of this. we'll have more on the mueller report in a few moments. lauren: first, from washington, let's go to wall street, two unicorns will make their trading day today. pinterest and zoom will test invests' appetites for ipos after lyft stumbled when it went public in late march. what kind of reception will pinterest and zoom get from investors. jonathan honing and michael lee are here. gentlemen, good morning. >> good morning. lauren: are you excited by pinterest or zo

lauren: i'm lauren simonetti once again, to officially introduce myself. cheryl: there is no shortage of economic data that's going to be coming out this week as investors wonder if the u.s. economy is headed for a he recession. a recession. the reports out today include retail sales and business inventory, durable goods orders and auto sales will be released tomorrow. we'll get the adp report on wednesday, jobless claims on thursday and the closely watched jobs report for march comes out on friday. traders also going to be watching the latest round of trade talks between the u.s. and china. separate thursday and friday in washington. senator lindsey graham telling maria bartiromo that president trump is the best chance for the u.s. to stop china from cheating in his lifetime. >> we will get a great deal or we will have no deal at all. somebody needs to bring china to heal, somebody needs to make them play fair. i'm standing behind president trump. cheryl: speaking of china, key measure of the country's manufacturing sector growing for the first time in fo

lauren: and we have this. president trump slamming democrats for turning the border into, quote, disneyland. as migrants continue to close in on the southern border, agents are revealing human smugglers using radio ads to encourage them to make the dangerous journey. cheryl: it is unbelievable. we have the latest this morning. >> reporter: the word is out as they say. radio ads playing all across central america, smugglers apparently promising a way, a path to the american dream. that is coming from border patrol this morning. 414,000 people apprehended at the southern border for fiscal year 2019. that's surpassed all of last year's total. 62% of apprehensions are family units and unaccompanied children. here is the interesting part. 2700 people were caught pretending to be a part of a family. aaron hall, border patrol chief for the el paso sector says these people are not trying to escape custody here. they know u.s. asylum laws will protect them. >> here in el paso sector, it's 90% of aliens are from the thr

lauren. lauren: watch out mr.k zuckerberg, federal trade commission eyeing the facebook ceo over privacy issues. we'll tell you what actions they are considering. this is more than a fine, folks. >>> we're approaching the easter holiday spending expected to hit, guess this, $18.1 million, a lot is coming from sweets. 16 billion jellybeans are eaten, 91 million chocolate bunnies sold here in the u.s. but how do you guys eat your bunny? 59% of the americans say they chomp on the ears first. that all according to wallet hub. i can tell you how i eat the people -- peeps, you stick a hole in them. they won't get steal that way. ♪ corey is living with metastatic breast cancer, which is breast cancer that has spread to other parts of her body. she's also taking prescription ibrance with an aromatase inhibitor, which is for postmenopausal women with hormone receptor-positive her2- metastatic breast cancer as the first hormonal based therapy. ibrance plus letrozole was significantly more effective at delaying disease progr

lauren: absolutely.rty, a new feature that some people are calling the twitch for shopping. a livestreaming shopping experience that allows implementers to shop live with their audience. emily: social commerce really has not taken off. it sounds great, but there is really no good way for me to buy what my friends are buying. i can see what they like on pinterest. instagram has been experimenting, but is it really possible? lauren: i think it absolutely really is possible and the time is now. gen z is shopping fundamentally different than generations before. they are mobile and want to do everything they can do from their phone. second of all, they are social. celebrities and the people driving the purpose decisions are social stars. youtubers, instagrammers. with dote, we allow you to collaborate and shop together. really taking a lot of what we lost when we moved online back into the shopping experience in terms of interaction. emily: how do you make money? lauren: we make money in two ways. we take a c

men get but what will it take to even the playing field joining us to discuss this trondheim norway lauren silver a midfielder for a norwegian club s.k. tron dime's earn and a member of the jamaican national team in rowing river north carolina hope solo a former member of the u.s. world cup team and a two time olympic gold medalist with the u.s. olympic team and in toronto canada a sports activist and co-host of burn it all down a feminist sports podcast with a great name welcome everyone to this stream i hope i want to start with you i want to just dive right in there because you have lived experience with this i know in your experience what do you think is the most striking difference between the way that football associations treat the women's game versus the men's well i think it is quite simple it all comes down some and at the end of the day money is what's most important to market the game money is let's most important. harder to make huge growth in the women's game and when you look at the men's game they are so much further along but many many moons ago several decades ago they we

good morning. >> hi, lauren. taking a look at the roads, we have this car off the roadway still in great falls. this is georgetown pike at snn bruck, police are trying to help. left side here blocked by a disabledreehicle. the onse is there, as well. if you're headed out soon, you might see that. laurel, bw parkway, 198, lanes blocked by a work zone in each i ction. 66 here, fairfax county parkway to the beltwayre gets you the in nine minutes. >> thank yo> >>fter weeks of twaiting, attorney general will release ro rrt mueller'seport into russia's interference in20 the election. >> the v redactedsion will be after congress sometime 11:00 a.m., and that has some lawmakers upset. news4's justin finch is live on capitol hill this morning with more on why they're so upset. justin, good morning. >> reporter: molette, eun, good morning. that's right, the countdown h begun. we are just hours away from the release of that redacted mueller report. and attorney sneral bill bar i set to have a press conference this morning,

and a warm star lauren. >> it is mild. you'reteright.ratures in the 60s and even in the 70s in spots. we have a littl bit of cloud cover out there. i think as we wake up this om morning, sun cing up just now, we areours from going to have a few peeks of it is quickly going to be overtake with clouds. 68 degrees, reagan national airport. dropping through the 7:00 a.m. hour. passing showers possible after about 8:00 a.m. that's not going to be the real deal. the real deal comes later on this afternoon. 're going to have multiple rm rounds of sto headed our way. no rain out there early this morning. guess what, look what's coming our way. and there's the cloud deck entering west virginia and movingthrough. ain, if we get any sunshine it will be quickly overtake weekend cloud cover. this storm is headed our

they've all been buried by lauren blanchard. wants to break the standing all-time win record set by shannon bream by winning her 11th match in a row. if she does, she will join a shannon bream our hall of fame . her opponent, in this 11th and final match, his role cole porter who we brought it just for tonight's showdown. >> i would like to extend our congratulations. >> tucker: [laughs] let's just jump right into this. i will repeat the rules because we always do. hands on buzzers, i ask the question. at the first one to buzz and has to answer. you have to wait until i finish asking the question to answer it. you can answer once i acknowledge her by saying your name. every correct answer gets you a point, every incorrect answer detracts. best of five wins. are you ready? >> i'm coming from the fourth hour of ""the today show"." >> tucker: by the way, it may be coming from just there. multiple choice, the president and first lady just held the white house's biggest social event of the year, the white house easter egg roll. 30,00

oakley is go ahead lauren i just i pulled up this headline here before you describe what life is like for many of these players to make irons country's first ever women's world cup berth this is also the first in the caribbean there and this of course happened last year in october the headline yeah so you just sense and like really remarkable things are a pretty miraculous concern in fact that we didn't really have any resources or funding or camps pretty much before the world cup qualifiers going into the coffers we didn't really have the money then we somehow made it happen just because. i was there coaching staff and the people we had on board really helping us and then now that we've qualified pays every federation that's the role of a certain amount of money which the players have not yet seen we are not contracted and right now we're in the middle of negotiating a contract which is something that i've worked extremely hard for with our federation stents i first got with the senior team which is in two thousand fourteen i went to the last work of qualifiers which we didn't qualif

lauren did talk about this a bit. so, we see everything from percentage of medicare, the contractor during negotiated rates, sometimes, we also see, a percent of bill charges, lauren did reference their health is one of those sources, that is looked at, and then also, we see greatest, or least of multiple options, so sometimes, there will be three different options presented, and it will be the greatest or least of those., this is really where, is a big sticking point, where, when they have been trying to pass legislation, there has been a challenge. i think you'll hear a little bit more about them from our colleagues, when we speak about the expense. so, sometimes, what is used also is dispute resolution, and so, that, sometimes, is billing prohibition -- and, it is where a state would set up an independent arbitration process. symptoms, the arbiters given specific data points to look at, so there might be in all pairs claims database, they might be given a reference point, like their health, in some cases, lake new

lauren blanchard is going for a "final exam" record.l de blasio has declared war on hot dogs. that is just ahead. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> tammy: all right, tucker is back for the next segment. lauren blanchard made her bid to join the "final exam" hall of fame. here isur what happened. ♪ >> tucker: it's time now for "final exam," where the news professionals compete with one another for a chance to be crownedr the news knowledge champion. for ten straight weeks, fox correspondent lauren blanchard has faced ten separate w opponents. she has crushed them all. they've all been buried by blanchard. tonight she wants to break the standing all-time win record set byby shannon bream by winning hr 11th match in a row. if she does, she will join bream on our hall ofa fame wall. her opponent, in this 11th and final match, kathryn, who we brought in just for tonight's showdown. >> i would like to extend a congratulations. >> tucker: [laughs] let's just jump right into this. i will repeat the rules because we always do. hands on buzzers, i ask the questions. the

lauren good to speak to really appreciate it on my guest lauren so then invest of journalist and documentary filmmaker just very quickly where can people check your documentary. you can find it on my you tube channel if you just look up lauren southern borderless it'll be there mid may. speak to you and thank you. cheers. ok let's get more our top story this hour the u.k. prime minister's latest bid to break the briggs's deadlocks let's go to london our correspondents are he's been following events from westminster. thought the pair might resign maybe call a general election instead we've got this talk of a further extension needed and perhaps talking to the opposition leader if he agrees to it. or what more can you tell us. salute the prime minister to resume a holding martha and seven hour talks with cabinet members and coming out of it and sensually putting all the onus on the leader of the opposition jeremy corbyn because she can find a way forward as well to perhaps not as extreme an extent but still both parties divided on this issue and so in order to try to find a way through she gav

lauren: he would. neil: lauren thank you very much and have a wonderful easter.ng up and you're also hearing something about what's happening with -- lauren: facebook and the fcc. the federal trade commission is reportedly zooming in on mark zuckerberg saying should we hold him responsible for these continued privacy breaches at the company and if so, how exactly do we punish him? and this is very concerning for facebook investors because you can make the argument that zuckerberg is to facebook what steve jobs was to apple. how does facebook function without him? so it's not a fine that facebook is worried about so much now, it's what will happen, how will mark zuckerberg be held accountable? they've been investigating him for over a year now. there could be management changes and go beyond mark zuckerberg that could effect the coo, sheryl sandberg but the ftc , five commissioners two are democrats and both have come out and said look, europe is beating us when it comes to regulation of silicon valley-type companies we have to do something now. we have seen over

good morning. >>> good morning, lauren. silver spring southbound georgia at seminary place, again, lanes blocked, fire department activity. going to show a live camera coming up in a minute. silver spring, outer loop after georgia. left lane blocked by a crash. not too muc of a slowdown yet. southwest mlk jr. avenue at atlantic street, some lanes are blocked. overturned vehicle crash reported there. southeast, suitland parkway at sterling, flashing lights, power outage in that area. bowie, 197 at oldaurel bowie road, closed both ways, down tree. that's where megan mcgrath is. 66 and 95 in virginia, no i probleound or outbound. >> thank you. >>> ahead, truffles are a dedell -- delicac around the world. a virginia farm is making the most of the trend. >>> and stick around for a business owner always goes beyond what people expect. that's why we built the nation's largest gig-speed network along with complete reliability. then went beyond. beyond clumsy dials-in's and pins. c to one-touference calls. beyond traditional tv. to

first, lauren ricketts in for chuck with a look at the dayth d weekend ahead. good morning. >> good morning, guys. it's not too bad to sta off on your friday morning. but to end a friday -- that'say when we see some rain. temperatures right now at 50 degrees. again, mild start. the winds aren't bad either. they're going to start to pick up through the day. expect some breez conditions throughout the afternoon. and also maybe some rain later on this afternoon. mainly after lunch. we're dry right now. as you make your way out door, you'll be fine. this is all coming our way as we go through the afternoon and into the evening. so as far as your weather headlines are concerned, we're starting off with a -- a cloudy note. that kept us mild overnight. expect increasing rain chances through the afternoon and into the evening. some mayinger into your saturday morning. we have on and off rain chances. not only satutday morning also as we get into your sunday. we'll talk about that and time it out for you coming up in just a bit. right now, we' time out the commute with

lauren, thank you.hris, what is your view on what you just heard lauren report, especially given the context here which is that the attorney general says that he is going to hand over the mueller report with redactions, he says, for security reasons and some executive privilege reasons. should the democrats be pushing this as quickly as they are? >> well, look. i think this is a protective measure that chairman nadler is taking to make sure that no stone is left unturned, that at the end of the day the american people get to see all this information. it is possible that the attorney general handles these redactions in a reasonable way. obviously safeguarding national security and grand jury material, but i think there's a broader concern based on the attorney general's previous writings about an expansive executive power that much of the stuff might be held back for improper reasons, so i think this is an appropriate preemptive protective measure. >> chris lu, thank you so much. >> thank you. >> great t

>>> lauren,ight need to be a navy s.e.a.l.o deal with the weather. >> i was wondering where were going with it -- >> you know i had it. >> i saw it working. but all right. we've got weather coming our way. showers in the morning. severe weather this afternoon. agaie that's what you'r going to be focusing on. we like the timing so we're going to time this out and let you know what to expect so you can plan your friday andcoour weekend ng up. >>> also ahead at 5:30, ur improving safety. the changes you'll be seeing on thrdapp the next time you oer a ride. >>> and breaking news. four people killed after a crash in prince george's county. alright boys, time for bed. listen to your mom, knuckleheads. hand em over. hand what over? video games, whatever you got. let's go. you can watch videos of people playing video games in the morning. is that everything? i can see who's online. i'm gonna sweep the sofa fort. well, look what i found. take control of your wifi with xfinity xfi. let's roll! now that's simple, easy, awesome. switch to

lauren ricketts, what do you have this morning? >> a little brute yesterday.sten, it feels like hockey because it's soy chilly. 30s and 40s. grab the jacket and keep the umbrella hand for your wednesday and thursday. a large umbrella on friday. all the rain boots. it is going to be a wet day on friday. we'll likelye weather alert because of the chance of severe tiweather. starng off on a chilly note this morning with temperatures in the 30s and 40s. now, we will continue to warm up, the sun just coming up about 20 minutes ago. those temperatures will warm right into the low 70s. it's going to be a beautiful day with a few clouds increasing later on this afternoon. no rain thanks to high pressure and a light wind, ecoecially ared to yesterday. if are you north of route 50 in maryland, a few more clouds and a threat of isolated shower south of d.c., mainly around the 70s. even a few more peeks of sunshine. it depends on your location for tomorrow dding on the forecast. we'll start at 7:00 p.m. tonight. a back-door cold front is dropping through. that means the f

fix of the car coach in new york hi lauren how are you. thanks for having me so good you can join us this so this is a very bold claim to accuse them of collusion how did this investigation even come about like what instigated this probe. well this all came up with the v.w. diesel gate where v.w. initially and of course the other german manufacturer producing a lot of diesel many of these manufacturers were selling up to forty percent diesel vehicles here in the u.s. and even higher percentages in the in the across the world and they are still selling diesel vehicles from many of these manufacturers in other countries so at one point volkswagen group engineers said that they are they over promised under delivered said we can produce diesel vehicles with what's missing there's a tank which has blue fluid and it's your rio that's called blue is a bunch of names for it but it's a blue fluid that actually reduces the emissions now that is true in all the diesel vehicles being produced today but they did over promise not deliver and produced tw

. >> let's start with meteorologist lauren rickets in for chuck ll. >>> good morning. going to be a great morning as we have cloud covere. out th but the sun coming up just about 2.5 hours from now. aeautiful and mild start this morning. cover, the oud temperatures didn't fall too far. a little warmer to start this morning compared to yesterday. you're looking at temperatures in the 40s and 50s right now. and we will continue to warm our wayntp the low 7 today. but an increase in cloud cover. if you want some sunshine, you'll enjoy ig this morn because we've got some rain on the way. oh, yeah. that line of rain isin m our way as we go into the afternoon and evening. could hav some storms around the area. i we'll time all of those out all coming up just about 12, 15 minutes. first, let's get to traffic with melissa mollet. good morning. g, lauren.orn on the beltway, a couple of things to note here this morning. so falls churchp inner l and the outer loop, near i-66, some lanes bloed each wayhere by that work zone. annandale, outer loop at braddock, right lane is getting

good morning. >>> good morning, lauren. taking a look at the roads this morning, silver spring inner loopt georgia avenue, we had the medical emergency on the rit shoulder.ki now we're bl two left lanes. it has switched pretty quickly as response has arrived on the scene. southbound southwest freeway near the 14th street bridge, right side is blocked by a disabled vehicle. you canee the delay both southbound and anybody. d.c., suitlandar pay both ways near 295, proceed with caution.i outbound ramps blocked by a work zone. ing a live look at 395 at globe road intotown, out of town, no worries theret glebe. eun? >> thank you. >>> we are following breaking morning.s an overnight apartment fire left one important dead in fairfax county. firefighters wercalled out to the bent tree apartments after 1:00 this morning. they quickly called for more units to help. once the fire w out, investigators found someone dead inside. no other iuries were reported. we'll bring you updates throughout the morning. g story out evelop of sri lanka

lauren?hing right, nancy pelosi is probably the best negotiator in washington right now. certainly better than some guy who wrote a book about deal making. she'll get her caucus in shape. david: there's a guy here who works for the guy who wrote the book on deal making. >> here is the problem with the whole thing is that we have no 25 year plan to right size all this stuff so we can't get a two minute plan done or a bipartisan deal, but more importantly if we really care about the united states, no 25 year plan for infrastructure, right sizing the entitlements, industrial policy plan, education plans, for the chinese, david, that's a 25 years is like 25 seconds. they think in centuries and so the united states better wake up , and better dial back the partisan nonsense, and come together on some things. david: although i'm with gary b. on no deal is better than a bad deal. i think a bad deal is what drags down the economy and frankly, the markets when there's no deal when you have the grid lo

lauren? >>> the storms are pushing out of the region.yo do not need the umbrella as you head out the door. need the wi gbreaker. windting up to 50 miles per hour later this afternoon. more coming up. >>> some alarming new numbers this morning about teens and tho kindf text messages they send sexting is becoming more common. this is from the university of new mexitu. the s found that more than a quarter of teens had received a sext, and another 15% say they've sent one. some experts dismiss this as modern-day flirting butexting canland someone in legal trouble. prosecutors in 23 statesan w.h.o. sex t under -- teens wh sex t under child pornography laws. >>>f you wake up feeling irritable and groggy debts might sleeping for a full eight hours, it could be a sign you're eating the wrong foods before bed. serotonin helps with a good night's sleep.ro the bodyces the hormone which will relax you. but if your cklate-night snag foods are high in sugar or saturated fats, the good things, you could be

lauren green outside st. patrick's on this good friday. lauren? >> hi, trace.ing a psychiatric evaluation. place are not sharing what he told investigators. but he stressed he's not connected to any terrorist group. just before driving to st. patrick's, he bought the ticket on a flight to rome that would have left last night. he's a college professor that lives in new jersey. he's been working on his ph.d. in new york and teaches philosophy in manhattan. the school releasing a statement saying the individual was hired this year and was a part time online instructor this semester. we're taking steps to terminate his employment. he was also a published author. he's book is described as highly creative events and some of the most philosophical questions, trace. >> trace: lauren, this was not his first run-in with the law. >> actually, this is his second brush with the law this week. two days before his run-in at st. patrick's, he was arrested in new jersey cathedral basilica of the sacred heart. >> he refused to leave, resisted arrest and got into an alter kay wit

and a warm star lauren. >> it is mild. you'reteright. eratures in the 60s and even in the 70s in spots. we have a littl bit of cloud cover out there. i think as we wake up this om morning, sun cing up just now, we areours from going to have a few peeks of it is quickly going to be overtake with clouds. 68 degrees, reagan national airport. dropping through the 7:00 a.m. hour. passing showers possible after about 8:00 a.m. that's not going to be the real deal. the real deal comes later on this afternoon. 're going to have multiple rm rounds of sto headed our way. no rain out there early this morning. guess what, look what's coming our way. and there's the cloud deck entering west virginia and movingthrough. ain, if we get any sunshine it will be quickly overtake weekend cloud cover. this storm is headed our way. it's already packed a punch or some of our friends throughout the middle part of the united states and over to the eastern board is. if you're traveling, travel nightmares possible throughout the day. we'll time out the rain, talk

good morning. >>> good morning, lauren. the outer loop before river road till have right shoulder blocked by a disabled vehicle. not impacting anything on the beltway right now. news.of course, is great nothing in your way on the beltway. campsprings, northbound before allentown road, left side is blocked by a crash. seeing a delay through that spot. 95 in maryland, 32 to the beltway. 68 miles per hour. that's going to take you ten i minute you're leaving soon. if you're headed northbound on 95 to get back home perhaps after the holiday weekend, that's looking nice and clear, as well. northbound, sloubd on i-270, nothing in your way -- subd southbound on i-270 nothing in your way. >>> an overnight fire left one rson ted at the bent tree apartments after 1:00 this morning. they quickly called for more units to help. once the fire was out, investigators found someone dead inside. no other injuriesere reported. i we have a crew on the way to the scene and will bring you updates throughout the morning. >>> to sri lanka. a terro

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lauren? >>> you're going to need the sunglasses, the jacket and even a smallre umba if you are north of d.c. we have a stray shower north of d.c. otherwise, temperatures a bit mild. wavere weather on the y. >>> you're watching "news 4 today." >>> this morning, metro is trying to figure out the first two rail cars of a six-car train separated monday night near the willie rest stin station. the metro rail safety commission, the new safety watchdog, is investigating the incident. >>> majorafety milestone for vre. the commuter rail system is using a new safety system calle positive train control. >> rail systems around the country have been told by the federal government to get the system up andru ing. as transportation reporter adam tuss tells us it could make all the difference if a dangerous situation develops on the rails. >> reporter: this is a significant safety milestone, one you hope that's never actually needed. >> people are human, obviously. they make mistakes. this is to catch things