good morning, check. >> good morning, sheena. it is cold out here today, but it is february, after all. you need an extra layer of w5r78g9 this morning. it is a sustained wind out of the west about 20 to 25 miles per hour this morning. as you're going to be outside today, windy and cold, cold this morning. kind of on the chilly side for this evening, as well. as sheena was alluding to, as we get towards f weekend, will wind will come back around to the south and that spells milder weather. now to melissa mollet before we go back to that other guy for his random bunch in the nose. >> you can't even put your hands up or anything since you're so far away. 95 north of route 1, everything is running just fine there on 95 in virginia. 66 from fairfax county parkway to the beltway. you're on time at 8 minutes. listen to wtop 103.5 fm when you hop in your car this morning. taking a look elsewhere, 270 northbound and southbound looking pretty good. inner loom and outer loop of the beltway, no worries there. eun. >>> it's 5:02 right now. w

>> i'm blaming sheena. as a florida girl, i don't think she loves snow the way a new englander like myself does. >> well, you know. >> so i'm blaming sheena for all the warm air that's killing our storm chances. we could see accumulation on grassy areas around the city. county, the high spots in loudoun and up near the pennsylvania area. the more significant snow is up into haguerstown. any chance for accumulating snow comes to an end around 7:00 or 8:00 this morning. >> the rain/snow line north of leesburg, temperatures in these areas. these areas are closing to freezing, but still above freezing. fredericksburg, snow like we just showed you and leesburg starting to see it. 32 in frederick. we have a new crash out er talking about right here. have a crash reported there in the south laurel area there. and when we come back, going to have a lot of cameras to show you here this morning. this is one beltway at branch avenue just to show you what's going on around town on the roads right now, looking quite wet

let's get to sheena parveen who is monitoring the snow i the district. near leesburg is where we're seeing the rain/snow line move into. temperatures are still above freezing, so we're seeing mostly wet roads. and that above freezing temperature trend continues through north philadelphia. we'll be looking at the rain over the next couple of hours and then a quick end to this system. fios is not cable. we're wired differently. which means we can deliver equal uploads and downloads. welcome to 8 and a half maple street. it's half a house. and even though it only has half a kitchen, half the closet space and a half bath, it's a full house to the wilsons. because they have fios, their half house has full internet, with uploads as fast as downloads. don't pay for uploads that aren't up to speed. get 150 meg internet, tv and phone for only $79.99 per month online for one year. only from fios. >>> good mornin

for more on today let's go to sheena parveen. >> it is fairly mild. we're running around 10 degrees warmer than we were yesterday morning because of those record high temperatures we hit yesterday. today we're going to be set up with another unseasonably warm day. mostly mid to upper 60s. currently outside though we're at 56 in the district. upper 50s in frederick coming in at 59 degrees. leesburg 53 degrees. fredericksburg coming if at 62. nothing too warm. we're talking about short sleeves. sunglasses. get ready for the warm air. you do not need the heavy jacket or the gloves. but as we go from today into tomorrow, huge temperature swings from way above normal to just below normal with that snow moving in. so yes, we will be tracking it tomorm >> and thank you, sheena. enjoy that mild weather out there. a perfect morning for the extra long walk/jog or stroll around the block. mid-60s today. only in the 30s for temperatures tomorrow afternoon and again on friday and a snowy commute tomorrow morning and potentially an icy commute on friday. it won't l

let's take a look at that with our ten-day, chuck. >> thanks, sheena. yes, indeed.day forecast. wet rain and snow today. only near 40 degrees tomorrow. back to near 60 on saturday. close to 70 again on sunday. a little chance for a shower late in the day sunday or early monday morning. monday afternoon, it will be windy, but there's no after tt today and tro sight for a while. >> chuck, thank you. as chuck and sheena just showed us while you were sleeping, a mixture of snow and rain fell in frederick, maryland. >> that's where megan mcgrath is live this morning. she's been there all morning long. she continues our team coverage. so megan, you've seen a lot. what's going on now? >> well, absolutely nothing. no rain, no snow, it all stopped about 15 or 20 minutes ago. now all we have are the wet road conditions and that's all we're seeing. so that is good news for folks who are headed out to work and the kids in frederick county, well, they got a two-hour delay. that was done as a precaution this morning when it was snowing. take a look at the individual bro. we had s

. >> good morning, sheena. i heard you there, not following my own advice. that is true, but if i were go in my car and huddle up for a few minutes, i'd have my gloves on and i didn't want to have a hat on because it would mess my hair up. temperatures are hovering around 30 degrees and windchills are down in the upper teens and low 20s. bundle up, put your back to the wind, everybody. coming up between 5:30 and 6:00 and between 6:30 and 7:00, i've got the one of each of these, a large and medium heavy winter coat, brand new, come join me here at the panera bread and come and tell me why you enjoy a new coat and both will be given away. it's part of our pay it forward campaign. >>> taking a look here at 270 from 70, you are onme no big worries as you're headed southbound. somebody is open. somebody/southbound on 95, 29 to the bw parkway, nice and clear, nice and green. we'll see you back here in ten minutes. >>> usually they are the ones who would break up a fight. why two deputies went at each other at the county jail. >>> and the suicide of a northern virg

we'll get to sheena who's out in the field for us this morning. let's start with chuck bell. >> good morning. we are talking about a little chance for some rain drops here early this morning. most of the rain is in the northern half of the news 4 nation this morning. couldn't completely rule out a few drops around the city but the bulk of the rain chance is up across parts of northern maryland. hancock maryland by about 6:15 this morning. gainsboro coming in at 6:30. so if you're living or traveling out there in the next couple of hours rain chances are going up, up, up. we'll be talking about record high temperatures later that we go over to sheena parveen who's out in college park, maryland this morning. how are things out in college park? >> reporter: hey, good morning, chuck. yes, i'm live at the college park metro station this morning. it's a little chilly out here. but we are looking at some big improvements as we go through the day today. so if you liked the arm air yesterday you're going to love today. we'll be warmer and we're talking abo

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straight ahead. >>> sheena, thank you. right now a hearing is under way to could determine the trial date for the man accused in the d.c. mansion murders back in 2015. a pizza crust left behind led police to him. hundreds of swabs tested for dna and five matched him. they had other items that connect them but they are not dna related. the defense needs more time to test the items before a trial date could be set. he has pleaded not guilty to 20 felony charges. >>> the famous louvre is shut he was trying to enter a shopping mall and lunch lounged with a machete and a soldier shot him. they believe he wanted to carry out a terrorist attack. the soldier ended up firing five shots and the suspect was wounded. france has been under a state of emergency since 2015 attack that killed 130 people. erika? >> some of the biggest names in business just wrapped up their first meeting with president trump at the white house. tesla, general motors and walmart took part in trump's first economic advisory group meeting. uber's ceo quit tha

. >> a cold morning but sheena parveen is here with when we start to feel the warm-up. it's coming. >> it is coming and it will continue as we go through the weekend. wait until you see the forecast. we're still in the 30s in the district. 37 degrees. the clouds are starting to break and they'll continue to do so by noon, temperatures around 40 by then. 4:00 p.m., 50 degrees and if you have plans this evening, we're going to stay dry, about the upper 40s. look at the weekend forecast, we'll being in the 60s well above the normal high of 48 degrees. we'll look at the three-day weekend and we'll look at a very mild stretch under way that's straight ahead. >> all right, thanks, sheena. new this morning, somebody is now checking out how bad the damage is at this house that was hit by a car. we sent chopper 4 to on oak view drive. you can see the car slammed into the back door. we're told that nobody was inside the house or i should say nobody that was inside was hurt. the driver of the car was hurt but is expected to survive. and we're working to learn how two people are do

sheena is in the storm team 4 weather center. >> oh, i'm here. i'll be on camera in just one second. did you say wrap up? i think you said wrap up. bundle up. wrap yourself. so it is chilly this morning especially depending on where you live. dulles 31. leesburg 45 so we have a bit of a difference in temperatures this morning. fredericksburg 48. quantico coming in at 22 degrees. temperatures for your commute it's going to be dry. that's good news. 8:00 this morning 37 degrees. stray shower possible by noon. most of the area staying dry. we do have a new crash out there. let's get a check on that. knoxville. we have a crash reported by some callers, keeping an eye on this one. going to make some calls on that. middletown road at 228 there berry road, malfunctioning traffic lights at that intersection. you've got to slow down through there. work zone blocking the right lane and right now beltway at branch avenue inner and outer loop rolling along just fine. >>> thank you. developing this morning, fairfax county police say a 16-year-old girl and her

. >> chuck bell and sheena parveen are standing by. man, you can hear those winds howling outside. >> your hair looks amazing. >> thank you, chuck. >> you know what? i tried to brush it as fast as i can. wait till i turn to the side. who high wind warnings remain in place through the remainder of the daylight hours today. sun down just before 6:00 and that's when the warnings actually drop, but do expect winds today could gust 60-mile-per-hour or higher just like we had yesterday and we've seen this all night long, scattered power outages a real issue to be dealt with this morning. also, can't rule out some passing snow flakes and snow hours out there. storm team 4 radar tracking those as we come into parts of frederick county virginia. we are in weather alert mode for powerful winds which could go over 50 miles per hour today. quieter weather returns for tomorrow. looks like it's going to be nice by the weekend. >> looks like it's going to be nice and this morning not so much because of the wind out there. i mentioned earlier it's a g

here is sheena. >> good morning. have some showers and storms in the forecast for part of your saturday. not the whole day. the first half of the day looks fairly decent and still unseasonably warm. so just keep in m the outdoor plans we do have rain in the forecast. today that south wind is going to keep warming us up. look at the approach of the rain. that's when we could have a line of showers or thunderstorms moving through but it looks like only a band of a few hours so maybe cooling down. colder and breezy as we go into sunday. as far as the pollen is concerned, today we're at about a medium level. the rain tends to lower the pollen, kind of washes it away. it's going to go back up on sunday and monday so if your allergies are bothering you, you can blame it on the warm temperatures. >> that's the only downside of things is that allergy season seems to have sprung to life a little earlier. here's the wakeup temperatures on sunday morning. temperatures barely above freezing and a wind so windchills in the upper

next week no big cooldown coming. >> thank you, sheena. as we mentioned at the top of the broadcast, we had first mentioned a 12:00 news conference from the president we now understand that time is 12:30 and we've heard from an nbc news confirming peter alexander reporting that president trump will announce alexander as his pick for labor secretary. >> we'll carry that conference live here on nbc 4 and you can watch it on the nbc washington app as well. >> thanks for joining us. have a good afternoon, everybody. >> we're back first at 4:00 and get the news and weather updates any time on the app. see you tomorrow at 4:26. >>> stand by, everyone. we're live in five, four, three, two, one. >>> i have been producing the annual swim suit issue for 19 years. this year i'm in a swim suit. this will show case the widest diverse of women in history. >> the fearless leader, the boss behind the "sports illustrated" swim suit issue. and the best behaved guy of all time. she says if i'm going to talk the talk i need to walk the walk. >> i spoke to her

thank you, sheena. >>> another look at the nationals in spring training. we are going to have the very latest from down in florida. >> plus, who is being called on to help withhe new t >>> breaking news right now. five different spots and three monuments on the national mall were vant vandalized this weekend. they think someone might have a clue to help solve the case. we heard from police in a news conference and they say the lincoln memorial, washington monument and world war ii memorial were vandalized saturday night. they want anyone to may have seen something to give them a call. >> it was quite a crowd here saturday night that may have seen something. so the park appreciate anyone who was here that maybe saw it happening. >> police also believe there is only one suspect, because the handwriting all looks the same. the national park service says that the monuments are being cleaned up right now. >>> in just the last hour, president trump condemned anti-semitism while speaking at the history museum.

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let's go over to sheena. >> good morning. we have some mild temperatures.f you have not walked outside just yet, you don't need the heavy coat. 44 degrees is the temperature right now. mild start. by 7:00 a.m., we should be in the upper 40s. a lot of sunshine today and cooperative weather if you have outdoor plans presidents' day. if you're grilling out, milder by noon. 60 degrees. going through the afternoon, mid 60s. unseasonably warm but dry. more unseasonably warm weather later this week. we'll talk more about that. chuck will be back in a second. i'm working on a bye-bye bao bao forecast if you are heading to the zoo. let's check the roadways this morning. the chopper is up. >> this new issue happening on southbound bw parkway before 197. three-car crash. one vehicle on the roof. they're going into the woods a bit as well. so we'll keep you updated on this one. right now just the left lane getting by southbound bw parkway before 197. north howard street at north jordan street in alexandria, still closed because of that water main break. access to alexa

sheena is the science major. if that's not enough a comet will fly through the sky a few hours after that eclipse. very cool. >> it is cool. >> two in one >> lunar eclipse happen way more often than solar eclipse. solar eclipse is almost a once in a lifetime opportunity. but lunar eclipses are a little bit more often of course than the solar. you have a better chance in your lifetime of seeing a lunar eclipse. tonight hopefully we can see it with the cloud cover around. i hope you should be able to get a peak in and check it out. it is cool to watch. as we go through tonight, it will be on the cold side. this weekend we're looking at the big warm-up under way, talking about the 60s coming back. currently not so much. if you are tired of the cold, even though we've only had it for one day, it will be gone soon. feels like 22 in the district. we're still having these feels like temperatures about 10 degrees colder than the actual temperature. take a look elsewhere, we're mostly feeling like the mid to low 20s acros

. >> chuck bell and sheena parveen, man, this weather, what a return to reality. >> the k pop thing, where does si fit into all that? >> that whole style, the k pop had been building long before that. just letting you know. >> just wondering. outside, four things you need to know about the weather unrelated to si apparently. hi, sheena. >> chuck already walked over there. >> let's look at the four shiver me timbers, it is cold outside this morning. sunshine to get you started but that won't last for long. we'll be cloudy by today and over the weekend. the weekend will be mild, a little chance for showers rolling in here the second half of sunday but the first thing you need to know is it is cold. feels like 8 degrees in gaithersburg this morning. that is a shiver for sure. >> single digits this morning. this is the type of weather where you need the gloves, you need the scarf, if you're exercising i'll show you that forecast in just a bit. you'll want to cover your face especially if you're running around because the windchills in single digits but as we go through the day today, loo

for now let's here more from sheena. >> you can start your weekend on a fantastic note. today is similar to yesterday. yesterday was absolutely gorgeous. this morning we're starting out in the 50s. 57 degrees in the district and look how your friday is going to shape up. happy our outside, i encourage that, because look at these temperatures. 71 degrees feeling like may. by the afternoon 77 degrees. we'll be hitting to mid to upper 70s and it's still very warm tonight. a closer look at the rain for your weekend coming up in just a bit. let's check the roads on this finally friday. >> so right now still have the problem inner loop at bw parkway. this is on the right side of the roadway. rest of the beltway looks okay but two problems as we head north. the one i told you about earlier, southbound bw at 197, that crash there and the ramp to 95 northbound blocked crash there with the response on the scene. see you back hein minutes. >>> if you're just waking up this morning you may have seen some breaking news alerts from nbc washington following a shooting that sent two d.c

sheena. >> it will be mild the entire day and warm. your thursday coit areas of fog this morning in some spots. but by lunchtime, dry. 5:00 p.m., 74 degrees. unseasonably warm. close to a record high, coming up. chuck will have a look at your daily grade for today and we'll have a look at rain for part of your weekend. stay tuned. >>> plus the most reliable >>> breaking news on the roads this morning. let's get right to first 4 traffic. >> good morning. so northbound 295, again, after malcolm x avenue, crash there with the right lane being shut down. so we are getting by in two left lanes. we still have delays. justin finch just showed those to us. >>> travel times elsewhere, 270 southbound is fine. top of the normal for this time of day. 66 inbound, 95 north, no big worries there. listen to wtop 103.5 fm when you hop in your car this morning. good morning, mr. chuck bell. it looks very, very nice here today. >> such a nice day to be outside today. help you out a little bit, what to wear, no real jacket required today. just some long s

. >> melissa and sheena are inside with us this morning. we september check bell outside to find out just how many layers we might need out there. i've never seen chuck with a scarf around his neck like that, all the way up. >> really? oh, wow. it is true. this is to protect, well, the part of me that gets the most cold are the bottoms of my earlobes. for me, as long as i can keep the bottoms of my ears all right, i can pretty much deal with almost anything. i am right here in front of the panera bread at silver spring, it is 21 degrees right now. windchills all across the area, upper teen toes low and mid 20s. highs in your hometown today, if you live in arlington and washington, about 42. montgomery county where we are, upper 30s is probably about all we can do >> cold and windy through the day. temperatures feeling like the 30s. snow showers possible. could be blowing in lake-effect snow. warmer weekend. we are talking about the 60s. no big cooldown ahead after today. we're going to be staying unseasonably warm through next week. here is

. >> chuck bell and sheena parveen standing by and melissa mollet as well. but you know, chuck, i'm going to say it's cold. i know you don't think it's that cold. i think it's cold. i always think it's cold. >> it's chilly. now there's at least one person on each side of the fence back here on the weather in the mornings. we do have a -- we'll call it a seasonable chill outside this morning. temperatures mostly in the 30s and 40s and clouds are moving back into the picture. a whole lot of clouds coming your way for later on today. not a big rain chance. certainly a few drops around late afternoon into early this evening. again, not looking for a big impact from that. a cold wind blows back in for tomorrow setting the stage for a very chilly weekend, but that sunday storm we've been keeping a close eye on, it's looking like less, not more, which is good news for anybody that hates the snow, eun yang, and then we might be back many the 60s go over to the cold hating sheena parveen. >> we can't wait for next week. this weekend is going to feel like winter so ch

let's get day forecast with sheena parveen. good morning, sheena. >> good morning. a cold start this most areas, around freezing and we still feel that way with the wind in place, at 13 miles per hour. not as waeindy as yesterday. actual temperature low 40s. overcast skies. and the radar finally giving us moisture out of these clouds. not much, though. a few sprinkles around fredericksburg, warrenton. some reports of flurries. temperatures above freezing. we don't expect much to be falling as all. highs around 50 degrees. so we will be rebounding. a little bit abnormal for this time of year. one cold day as we go through the rest of the week and another weekend warmup. i'll show you that with your extended forecast, coming up. >> thanks, sheena. >>> developing this morning, two crimes involving atms. now police are trying to figure out if they are connected. first, this morning someone stole not long after that in lanham, someone tried to steal another one. molette green is live on annapolis road to tell us more about what's happened. did they get away with it, mole

. >> but first we check in with sheena and chuck bell. good morning. >> good morning to everyone in the news 4 nation this morning. sheena is outside at bethesda enjoying this mild start to the day and i'm here to let you know that it's not going to last. outdoor planner, nothing to worry about for this morning or afternoon or evening. heavy wet snow likely tomorrow ant over, windy and cold, temperatures way below freezing on friday morning it will indeed mean it could be very icy. so a couple of very tricky mornings coming our way. winter storm watches are issued for northern maryland, frederick county, virginia. i fully expect a winter weather advisory that will include all of the d.c. metro area will be issued later today. a low to moderate impact on your thursday morning commute is to be expected an a couple of inches of know is a real possibility. i'll give you the exact amounts that we're forecasting, but right now let's go out to sheena who's enjoying this nice start to a wednesday. >> yes, it is a beautiful start to this wednesday

. >> we need to start with our storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell and sheena parveen. what's the latest, guys? >> our colleague, amelia draper, put out a tweet, kids, do your homework. and i immediately retweeted that and said you betcha, that is good, sage advice this morning. current temperatures are on the cold side, but as you can tell, they are not below freezing until you get all the way to frederick county. that's about the only spot that's below freezing. around washington, it's clearly all rain right now. later today, these are the look at 5:00 temperatures this afternoon. so as you're getting ready, it may not be that cold now, but look at this. temperatures falling back down to at or below freezing. by 5:00 today. not to mention the falling and plummeting temperatures. we could have some passing snow flurries or snow showers this afternoon. no big impact from that. afternoon. so be prepared for a ferociously windy and way colder day today. and then for tomorrow, a start out temperatures, teens and 20s tomorrow morning. so any lingering moisture on the roads,

let's check in with sheena one last time.indicatcase you haven't gott word, it's going to be nice. >> it's going to be really nice. we're talking about temperatures close to record levels in some areas, maybe a few degrees away, 74 the forecast high for today. we'll see a sunshine enough to warm us up out there. it's going to be a beautiful day. look at tomorrow, 76 degrees. this is about 25 degrees above normal as we go through the next couple of days. this is the weather that we normally feel in the month of may believe it or not. saturday still around 70. first half of saturday looks dry, second half we expect showers, chance of even thunderstorms, looks like we should be drying out saturday night. by sunday we're a lot cooler and breezy, dropping to 50 degrees. the normal high is 49. based on the weather we'll have over next few days, sunday is noticeably cooler. monday mid-50s, we warm back up with showers in the forecast. this is the type of weather pattern where the arctic air will not stay for too long. it's going to

sheena, 36 degrees outside our studios. like this weird cold where it's cold but not really cold. >> it's the kind of cold where you don't know what coat to wear. it's not that bad. i think you can get away with either one. i wore this pupffy coat and i ws just fine. we're talking about the 50s. rain around for part of the mormperatures later on in the dy because i don't think we'll see rain all day tomorrow, they'll get to near record highs. we could be looking at the mid 60s. take a look at these current temperatures right now. 36 in the district. 29 dulles, so we do have some cold spots with temperatures in the upper 20s. 30 in gaithersburg. but as we go through the day today, things going to shape up nicely. 7:00 a.m. if you're exercising. 37 degrees. warm jacket. by noon, 49. you'll want the sunglasses. a lot of sun out there today and by 5:00 p.m., temperatures around 56 degrees. and dry. so it's going to be a beautiful start to the week. take a look at future weather. no rain today but late tonight and early tomorrow

sheena has the details coming up in a few minutes.let's hear more about those construction obstructions. >> we have an because of the construction somebody lee highway near lynn street. right now, 66, you don't have any worries into town or house of town. listen to wtop 103.5 fm when you hop in your car this morning. taking a look had elsewhere, a reminder here in derkson, martinsburg road near white's ferry rod, fire activity, all lanes blocked. a look at 270, coming up. >>> it's the first day on the job for one of president trump's most controversial cabinet picks. what secretary of state rex tillerson is expected to say when he meets with employees later today. >>> a fleet of planes grounded. >>> and the unique punishment a group of kids it is now 4:45. a big goal, but transportation officials say they can do it. a new job to eliminate all traffic-related deaths in northern virginia. >>> brace yourself. we're seeing temperatures in the 30s and 40s this afternoon. and your ten-day forecast when we check back in with sheena parveen.

coming up at 5:51, sheena's going to have your whole ten-day forecast and mostof those ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ knowe today for what's important tomorrow. ♪ contrary to ancient wisdom... the sun doesn't rise, we do. yet, the more we travel, the more the world pushes back, coralling us and controlling us. so, we seek a place where we're given a choice... ...not just to get up, but to rise. ♪ >>> some breaking news coming into the live desk. >> details on what appears to be a thwarted terror attack. >> we are getting some information into the live desk out of southern france where anti terrorism forces say they've uncovered a makeshift laboratory with explosives in it. as a result of that they've arrested four people including a 16-year-old. the type of explosives that they found is the same type they say was used in the november 2015 attack in paris as well as the march 2016 attack in brussels. one official saying that one of th be planning a suicide attack. as soon as we get more information on this story we'll have it for you from the live desk. back to you. >>> it is now 5:39. this morn

a ten-day forecast and the super bowl specifics from sheena coming up in ten. good morning, melissa. >> good morning. right now, single tracking on the red line. it's in two different slats causi causing problems between union station and junction. this really slow as you're hitting the beltway on the outer loop. 270 south, slow. we had three different issues there on the beltway this morning. 66 inbound and 95 northbound okay. listen to wtop 103.5 fm when you hop in your car today. >> hi, melissa. >>> college protests turned violent. we'll tell you why demonstrators took to the streets. >> hostage situation, a prison standoff develops overnight. a live report is next. >> still on the loose, a well dressed man accused of kidnapping a georgetown asiversity student for ch. >>> we saw something that we have never seen on this campus before. >> angry protests erupt on a college campus. >> they came in uniform, covered in black. >> a speech by a polarizing right wing journalist shut down. >>> a georgetown university student kidnapped, the new video that could help s

your day started we'll kick things off with a check on what you'll face outside with chuck bell and sheena parveen looking at that forecast this morning. >> hey, everybody is working for the weekend. right? >> absolutely right even though i've got to work on super bowl sunday. >> oh, you do? >> drew the short straw, didn't i? but it's in the morning so i'll still have time to get out and enjoy a little bit of my sunday afternoon. i already am starting to salivate with what i'm going to make for super bowl sunday. hot sausage sandwiches. the one time of the year that i treat myself to that. outside for today, before i forget what i'm actually here for, cold and dry this morning. sunshine back this afternoon and if you're going to be doing stuff outside this weekend, just know it is going to be on the cold side today tonight and tomorrow. sunday is looking so nice indeed. more of the details on today's temperatures let's go over to sheena. >> a cold start but by this afternoon in the low 40s. 33 by 7:00 a.m., so just make this morning. the good news is we'll be staying dry today. by noon, 41

>> sheena, how are we looking? >> you might benefit from that in the morning hours for sure.oday we're going to be komt fortably warm. unseasonably warm only 10 degrees or so. 56 for the afternoon high. mostly sunny but then wait until we get to tomorrow. 60s on the map. mid 60s tomorrow afternoon and wednesday afternoon, after more thanning rain tomorrow, showers for the morning commute and drier and warmer this the afternoon and back to reality on thursday. >> thank you, shna when this little hip pot mus took her first wobbly steps. so cute. is it fiona? it doesn't matter. she was born prematurely at the cincinnati zoo and has struggled to stand and eat until now. this is really a milestone for her. the zoo says this is encouraging news because she will still -- they're going to watch how she does and progresses. you don't see that every day. you see tiger cubs -- >> i want to hug her, so cute. look pretty solid. >> doing just fine. >> she probably weighs 250 pounds, i don't know. >> a large child. >> that's it for "news 4 midday." we're back on air this afternoon. >> momma

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sheena has the whole ten-day forecast coming up. for now, let's go over to melissa mollet. >> right now, single tracking on the red line between union station and judiciary square. causing some delays there in both directions. taking a look here, this is our only problem on the beltsway. inner loop at central avenue. right side of the road is blocked because of that tractor-trailer with the fuel leak here this morning. also now, looking at travel times, 270 inbound is fine. top of the beltway, don't have any major issues there. on 66, inbound and 95 northbound, no worries. remember to listen to wtop 103.5 fm when you hop in your car. >>> new clues in the search for a student. the surveillance video that police hope will track him down. >>> ollie the bobcat is back at home. how does zoo officials catch her and what she she up to? a live report, coming up. >>> plus, a sweet announcement bringing big business to virginia. the major i checked, everything's there... wait a minute... hey... hold on, i can explain. you better have a good a

. >> we will start with chuck and shee sheena. are we done with winter? is it over? >> i've been here long enough to know sometimes we get snow in march. >> sometimes. >> we can never rule out a piece of arctic air dropping down and combining with moisture, right now it looks unseasonably warm. >> our last freeze was last friday. in february. in case 71 yesterday was not a fair enough reminder of how mild our patterns have been, here's the presidents' day forecast. for today, temperatures in the 40s. near 50 by 9:00 a.m. 57 at lunch time. afternoon highs today, low to mid 60s once again. our average high is 48 degrees. this is anything but typical for february. >> later this week, we expect to possibly be in the 70s. the entire week will be unseasonably warm. some days warmer than others. if you're about to walk outside. look at how mild it is. twinbrooks, 52. potomac, 44. in the district, 54 degrees. a lot of 50s on the map. fairfax city, 43. montclair, 45. for the rest of the area, here's what it looks like. we have a few 30s. 38 in manassas. 33 in warrington. thos

we're liking you and sheena these days. coming. >> and you thought the sports department delivered the coolest thing ever. the weather department can play -- keep up in the game. look at this video from overnight. a meteor streaking across the skies. that video from near chicago last night. what a show. up in the sky there last night, it almost looked like that hail mary pass going all the way from one side of the u.s. to the other. if you didn't get a chance to see it, there it is. sheena tweeted it out on her twitter feed. meanwhile since it's monday morning it's already time to start thinking about the weekend. saturday and sunday both, no cold air in sight for the coming weekend. a looks like saturday will be the better of the outdoor da the weekend. between now and then is it ever going to be warm around here. putting the records up for tuesday and wednesday because these are actually in jeopardy of being tied or broken. 64 tomorrow and 68 wednesday. they are the records at the airport and we're going to be within a wh

good morning, chuck bell. >> sheena is over giving the forecast on wtop right now.'ll be joining me in just a second with a look at our severe weather threat on wednesday. could be similar what we went through on saturday. for now though, it's partly to mostly cloudy start this below freezing this morning. mid to upper 20s for much of montgomery and frederick counties. near the freezing mark out here towards front royal and winchester, so a cold start to the day and clouds increasing during the course of the afternoon. not a 100% dry day. we'll call it 59 degrees. rain chances only 30% or so. a lot of moisture back down to our west and southwest. a few lonesome snow flakes. temperatures in the 50 ss so wee not worrying about that. maybe a hit or miss sprinkle or a light rain shower here primarily for areas north and west of the d.c. metro up into the valley and the panhandle of west virginia. mostly cloudy and rain chances gradually increasing as we go to tonight and tomorrow and wednesday. on wednesday we could have a threat for severe weather. we will be watching

i'll show you the timing on that coming up. >> sheena, thank you. we want to take you live to the capitol. right now senate democrats are still trying to block the confirmation of betsy devos as education secretary. you're looking at the senate floor where democrats are in the middle of a 24 hour speaking session. they're speaking out against devos and hoping to get one more republican to vote against her. news 4's edward lawrence has the latest. >> i do not believe betsy devos should be the next secretary of education. >> reporter: democrats in the senate take a stand against education secretary nominee betsy devos. senators are holding the floor to prevent republicans from calling a vote. some outlining their problem with the nominee. >> we need someone in charge of the nation's education policy who knows what they're doing and who will put people first. >> ms. devos has failed to make the grade. >> we do not want to go backwards and we are one vote away from changing where we are on this nomination. >> reporter: as it stands the senate is divided

. >> we'll start things off with chuck and sheena. forget about february and winter and all that. >> forget about it. >> the raging debate back here in weather and traffic is flip flops or no flip flops. i'm a sandal person. >> you don't own a pair of flip flops, do you? >> i have a nice pair of sandals though. >> i'm not a sandal person. i like to let all the toes show as much as i can. >> she's one of these people that drives with her f the window probably too. a nice mild start for you. 58 at national airport. 54 in quantico. it isn't going to last, everybody. today is the last of the warm air as it surges up the east coast, but that out there across the chicago land area, that is the leading edge of the rain and the colder air which will both with arriving here during the day tomorrow. >> i think chuck needs a lesson from jimmy buffet. >> margaritaville. >> thank you. well, as we go through the day today it's going to be a summer like day. it's going to feel like it a little bit more. it's going to feel more like may out there eve

metro area but as far as temperatures go, let's go to my colleague sheena parveen. she's got ideas on exactly how warm and what to wear. i'm live at many the forecain t. maybe a few est of the day will be dry later on this afternoon. that is where we're talking about some record high temperatures. temperatures closer to 70 in some spots and many record highs for today are in the mid-60s. enjoy it for now. tomorrow we're also going to be unseasonably warm. the normal highs in the mid-40s about 20 degrees or more above normal for the area today and tomorrow but we're back to reality on thursday. a much colder thursday with a chance of snow coming up we'll take a look at that for your forecast, but for now let's check the roadways with melissa mollet. >> so chopper 4 headed to the outer loop of van dorn ood right now. u street northwest at 10th street that is that fatal pedestrian crash from overnight. lanes are blocked because of that accident and investigators are on the scene. we just spoke with police and it should be out of the way within the hour or so. >> single

i don't know who the luckiest person in the world is, but sheena's got to be close to the top of the. her outdoor live shots in the dead of winter temperatures running nearly 30 degrees above average. another run at a record high temperature coming your way for today. the record is 68. we'll be within a whisper of that and we'll be dry until late tonight but heavy wet snow by this time tomorrow morning and by this time on friday, may have a serious refreezeover to deal with. the cold front is back here across parts of pennsylvania. that is the leading edge that will have a very big impact on your morning commute tomorrow so this time tomorrow will be the bull's eye for the return of some wintry weather but in the meantime let's go to the luckiest person i know, sheena parveen. >> oh, come on. that's kind of an overstatement but it is comfortable outside so why not be outside this morning? it is unseasonably mild and we can't believe there's actually snow coming after a record setting day yesterday. we smashed that record high temperature. this morning though, temperatures are running

sheena parveen is here. >> i'm just watching. look at my popcorn. it's a cold start to valentine's day though. i forgot it was valentine's day also. i wore orange. but as we go through the morning maybe grab a red jacket, a red shirt for later on today because you might not need the jacket. we're going to get to the low 50s. temperatures around freezing this morning so it's cold before you step outside. 28 leesburg. 25 in frederick. the district coming in at freezing. fredericksburg coming in at 29. so if you have the valentine's day plans the weather is going to cooperate. by lunch still cool, mostly cloudy. happy hour time low 50s. by dinner time we're looking at the upper 40s but we will be staying dry. as far as our temperature trend goes, the normal high 47 degrees. bigger drop coming on thursday. thursday is going to be the coldest day of the week. 39 degrees for a high. thursday, friday we start to get up around normal and the weekend, that is when we find the warmer weather. right down to our south and west, that will be sliding just to our

you can see what melissa and sheena did. they were out with a special group of teachers. >> and kindness is contagious. >> you do for me, i do for you, you do for other people. >> i know you want to know about this. time is running out to see bao bao. eight more days before bao bao leaves the international zoo. eight days. she will move thousands of miles away to her new home in china. friends of the national zoo kicked off the first of several farewell parties. one on saturday for the not so little panda anymore. >> grown. >> three and a half and she has to go for a conservation program in china. >> well, bao bao's going back to become part of the breeding pool to make sure that we have enough pandas can thrive in the future. there's so few pandas left that every single panda is important and her genes will be represented down for hopefully hundreds of years. >> it's a good reason. she may be a mommy herself some day. >> you can join in some of the festivities by watching the panda cam online. her keepers give her a treat t

but when sheena joins you, she's talking about all about the warmup. how about some more 70s in february? >>> plus, a new study may have you thinking twice about what you're eating for breakfast. why some say sugar is worseor f [ alarm weather.eping ] ♪ [ laughter ] cartoons. wait for it. [ cat screech ] [ laughter ] ♪ [ screaming ] [ laughter ] make everyday awesome with the power of xfinity x1... hi grandma! and the fastest internet. [ girl screaming ] [ laughter ] this is something you can see here. take a minute and be happy this is not happening for us right now. this is new the donner pass in california. you can see the heavy snow there. some really strong wind made for hazardous driving conditions. the interstate was shut down in both directions and good luck to the guys and the plows. >> that's a snowplow. just strap one on the front of a giant tractor. >> you don't need it here. we're talking about short sleeves. flip flops, especially tomorrow and friday. here's a look at the commute today. today is going to be one of those days

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that's just a preview, melissa and sheena.are your stories of kindness on facebook and twitter. >> even the smallest thing, writing a thank you note to somebody, buying lunch for someone, those are little things that can be really important. you can change somebody's day. >> you always brighten my day. >> bad jokes. right? plenty of those for you. >> well, flight concerns. find out what scared passengers enough for them to ask the pilot to get off the plane. >> plus, we've been telling you about trees down across the region. here's a look at chain bridge and canal road. be careful on your way out. more on this >>> 6:25 right now. would you be brave enough to ask your pilot to get off your plane? >> some scared passengers had to do just that when the pilot was acting strangely. the flight was from austin to san francisco over the weekend. shortly after takeoff they did not feel safe when their pilot started to talk about odd things over the intercom. she talked about her divorce, the election and wasn't even in uniform. >> the

sheena parveen joins us with the changes that arrived this weekend. >> hi, guys. temperatures are close to 80 degrees this afternoon. we're already in the low 70s at this hour. 69 in the direct, 70 in gaitersburg. 79 in dulles. you will not need the yak ket for the rest of the day. you probably won't need it tonight. dry for friday night plans. today, 78 for a hig time of year. normal is at 49 degrees. tomorrow, rain comes and we drop big time going into sunday. >>> now to that story developing hour by hour. police officers not in the district and the suspect killed. we have live team coverage. we wanted to started with megan mcgrath near holbrooke street in the northeast. >> the shooting happened last night at the intersection behind me, the trinidad anybodihood. we still don't have much in the way of detail in terms of what led up to the gin firunfire. officers came here because of another shooting. when they got here, there was more gunfire. >> reporter: many residents were winding down for the evening when sde was dead and two d.c. police officers wounded. >>

. >> we'll check in with chuck and sheena and looking forward to the warm weekend. >> it's a good weekend to say good-bye to bao bao. >> she's leaving tuesday. >> i'm so sad about this. i really am. isn't teaching bao bao chinese? >> i think you were wondering that yesterday. >> i'm very worried about this. new kids that don't speak the same language. this could be trouble for bao bao. i'm just saying. this may be the final cold morning for the foreseeable future as a big-time warming trend comes our way. there may be a little shower chance early on sunday and i'm not kidding. winter may be very close to over. here's the way your three-day holiday weekend looks. temperatures 60 or higher each ay day on sunday. >> but today is looking better than yesterday. we have a cold start this morning but through the afternoon i think the day is really going to shape up nicely. this morning it's cold though, so before you walk outside you do need the heavy warm coat. you're not going to need it through the entire day today. lighter winds today. not as windy as yesterday. by 8:00 a.m. temperatures sti

thanks sheena.he mid to upper 30s for tomorrow and friday afternoon, but don't you worry winter haters. your mild weather comes right back. near 60 on saturday and mid to upper 60s on sunday. a little chance for a shower late sunday into monday but temperatures for the most part outside of thursday and friday will be well above average. speaking of above average let's go over to melissa mollet. >> thank you. just a smidge above average. 95 northbound after 17 here. still have this problem here. you'll have to stay to the right to get by that crash. it's about a one-mile backup here. right now this morning hopefully we'll get that out of the way soon. 50 eastbound, the ramp to northbound 202, a crash on the inner loop and outer loop look okay as does 270. see you in a couple of minutes. >>> hackers could be accessing your home right now. and you probably don't even know it. how your appliances could be to blame and what to do to keep your personal information safe. >>> a disservice by doctors, the st