Good morning. Temperatures are below freezing for everybody. We even have some areas in the teens right now. So 19 degrees. Take a look at these numbers. In the district were at 31. Fairfax sitting at 22. Morning side 21 degrees. Rest of the area still below freezing down to quantico, 26 degrees right now. Leesburg is 23. Gaithersburg, 25, frederick 27. So these are your numbers when you waublg out the door. So bundle up this morning but take a look by lunchtime were in the mid40s. Lets check the roads on this friday. Good morning. Had about a twomile backup as youre headed indoubound on 66. Theyre moving this camera to see the impact this morning. Chopper 4 will be there to show us a Better Vantage Point from above. The left side is getting by. That is a pretty big response here this morning. You can highlighted for you. The rest of 66 is okay and 95 in virginia, no problems northbound or southbound. Inner loop and outer loop of the beltway rolling along fine here this morning. No problems there northbound or southbound. Travel times in ten. All right. Thank you. 6 02 now and we are watching the senate right now. Democrats staying up all night again. This time theyre hoping to block the nominee to lead the epa. Erika is following this at the looif live desk. These are live pictures where it looks like things are starting to come to a close. We were still seeing activity here probably 20 minutes ago. This is still going into the 5 00 a. M. Hour. Senators bringing in props like a wheel of giveaways, oil featured a lot on that. The hash tag hold the floor trending in our area. Take a listen to senator cori booker. Someone who the industries and contrary to people suffering in their own state has not earned the right to be our administrator of the epa. Even with all this, attorney general scott pruitt is expected to be confirmed later today. Democrats are a minority in the senate 4852. Let me add while all this is going on an oklahoma judge has ordered pruitts Office Release thousands of emails first requested in 2014 alleging that pruitt and his office denied access to public records. As of yesterday nbc news reported some 400 emails of the 3,000 requested had been released. From the live desk im Erika Gonzales. The man after a to replace general Michael Flynn turned down the job. Harward said no. He said his decision was personal. General flynn was forced to the Vice President about phone calls with a russian ambassador. And heres a look at the top two candidates. Retired Keith Kellogg is the acting National Security advisor. He is a vietnam veteran who directed the coalition in the second iraq war. Next is a familiar name, retired four star general david petraeus. He resigned in 2012 after admitting to giving classified data to his mistress. A real scare now for women tested for zika here in d. C. We just learned that two pregnant women were given false negative results. Megan is joining us with how Officials Say this happened. A little scary for these women. Reporter its a bad situation. These people went, got zika tests, got the results back, thought everything was okay but theyre now learning that its not okay, that there were mistakes made and the test results are inaccurate. Two pregnant women who were who got or who tested negative for zika are now learning that they are in fact, positive for the virus. The mistake in the testing was discovered during an audit of the d. C. Lab. Now, retesting is already underway. There are 409 specimens that are going to have to be retested. The cdc is helping out with that. So far we have two false negative results. Those two pregnant women. Now health Officials Say there will likely be more sals negatives found when they retest those specimens. The two women have had their babies, however we do not know if they had any complications, if there were any birth defects. The botched tests we should mention were done between july 14th of last year and december the 14th. Retesting already underway. It will t though, to get those results back. Back to you. Thank you. Now given the developmentes in the district we wanted to remind you about some of the signs and symptoms of zika. The most common symptoms are red eyes, fever, joint pain or rash. People can also experience muscle pain or headaches. Symptoms are usually mild and people dont get sick enough to go to the hospital. Zika is most commonly spread through mosquitos and mosquito bites but it can also be spread from mother to child, through sex or through blad traood transfusions. Zika poses much more risk for unborn babies. It can cause birth defects including microcephaly. Right now there is novak seen or cu no vaccine or cure for zika. There is a search for 59yearold man. Police say steven was last seen on tuesday around 4 00 in the afternoon. He was leaving his residence at his apartments in silver spring. Police say friday mornings seem to be the time when crooks in hyattsville hit. This after eight armed robberies were reported in that city since mid december. Many are happening in one specific area. Were talking about this part of hyattsville roughly bordered by Queens Chapel road and hamilton street. The suspects are targeting latino men leaving for work at this time of morning. The robberies are happening between 4 00 and 6 00 a. M. On weekdays and more frequently on fridays. Our iteam just reported on the mind of a mugger and what motivates th to attack. You can check out the story by visiting our nbc washington app. Prince georges county Police Officer will be sentenced today after taking inappropriate he pled guilty to charges last month. Police began investigating him after an offduty officer said sims tried to take a photo of her. It happened inside the Sports Authority in bowie last june. What would you do with 394 million . So much. Id swim in it. Do laps every now and then. Tomorrow somebody could find out for real though the power ball jackpot is a whopping 349 million now. It is growing by the day. Right now the cash payout just over 213 million bucks. You have about a 1 in 292 million chance of taking home the big prize in tomorrows drawing, but dont let that stop you. If you want to play the odds. Thanks for reminding me. Going to get some tickets. A close call caught on camera. New video of a toddler nearly falling off the counter. What the man had to say about an nfl player arrested. Details on the fight that landed a football star behind bars. And your forecast, breaking down the cold day outside your door. Thats right. It may be cold now but as you get ready to plan out the last Winter Holiday weekend, president s day, its not going to feel like winter at all. Temperatures running almost 20 degrees warmer than average for your saturday and your sunday. Coming up in a few more minutes, sheena will detail the [car[clicking of ignition]rt] uh wha woof eeh woof wuh [silence] [engine roars to life] [dog howls] dramatic opera music swells from radio [howling continues] very customizable. You can choose the back, you can choose the arm, you can choose the leg. We couldnt be any happier. Breaking news, this is eastbound 66 ramp to the inner loop. We have a threemile backup. It is nasty as youre headed inbound there on 66. Should be w that congestion pain. 270 southbound is okay. Top of the beltway, outer loop 95, no big worries there. 66 inbound very slow. Allow some extra time or maybe take 50 this morning or 95 northbound quantico to the beltway, youre on time there. Remember to listen to wtop when you hop in your car. Sometimes i just like to freak eun out. I dont know why you want to do this to me. I have to turn my eyes away, dont i . It can be hard to bundle up before you get in the car. This is a ten foot reason to be glad youre not in florida. A python found in a mans engine. The snake had made its way inside the car. It took three officers to get it out. Three officers . Three of them. I cant handle this, sheena. Police did return it over to only in florida. A lot of stuff happens im from florida. Huge alligators are out there too. Alligators, the boa crickonst torrs that everyones throwing in the everglades. Were talking about the cold this morning. 29 degrees right now in the district. It is a cold start to the day and for your commute is looking good. As we go through the afternoon, low 50s. Very nice and by the weekend, unseasonably warm. Chuck will have that with your tenday coming up. All right. Thank you. 6 14. Lets go back to Erika Gonzales with the live desk. She is working to learn whether anyone was hurt in an overnight crash. Weve got some video that shows the car on its side. Two people had to be flown to the hospital after this crash just after 3 00 this morning. This is in forestville. One person was in pretty bad shape. U. S. Park police havent said if more than one car was involved in the crash. Were making calls this morning to try to learn how these people are doing. More information when we get it right here from the live desk. Back over to you. Thank you. 6 15 now. Now to this new video out of houston that will make any parents stomach sink. It shows a toddler standing on the counter. Why is he standing on the counter and then losing his balance, falling, thankfully the employee caught the toddler. The employee showed off a little bit with a little flex and a thumbs up. He credits his sky diving training for what he calls cat like reflexes. The family was there to go indoor sky diving. Did you see him . He went like this to the camera. And then he reached back and patted himself on the back. That toddler would have banked hiad fall. He injury. Glad he was there. A former olympic boxer is getting ready for the match of his life. Feather weight World Champion born in the district, lives in prince georges county, he is headlining the first boxing match next month. I remember being kids running around this place before this even was established, you know, so its something amazing. The match at Mgm National Harbor is set for march 11th. Boxing runs in his family. His brothers also compete. He walked about him a lot over the last olympics. Some big news overnight about an nfl player whos now facing felony charges. Revas was arrested on charges of robbery and assault. Those in relation to a fight hes accused he reacted trying to grab that mans phone and delete the video. He said he knocked him and another man out. Were watching all the news out of spring training. Baseball season is to close. Today all the players are working out in florida. Pitchers and hitters, our focus is on mack scherzer. Most of my daytoday things it doesnt hurt. Baseball is the only thing that hurts. Its the one thing i dont want to experience pain with. He has a fracture on the knuckle of his right ring finger. He needs those fingers. Carol will be a the ballpark of the palm beaches. She might make you feel bad because shes hanging out with the nats in sunny florida. Your wizards closing out the first half of the high note. They beat the pacers 11198. Now john is heading to new orleans for the nba all star game. The season picks back up next thursday after the all star break. Can i say Bradley Beale should have been picked . I cant believe hes not going with john wall. Hell enjoy the break too. So weve been doing pay it forward week. All week a lot of us going out into the community. Take a look here. This is at my sons school, donated money to the schools lunch account so no child is ever refused a meal but it helps pay for kids behind on their lunch account. Donating to the library for helping to pay for lost books and you can sponsor an instrument for a month or for the year. Make sure you pay it forward this week. Let me know what you do. Ill do it later on social as well. Taking a look at traffic this morning. A big problem on 66. Never like to show you this. 66 is not paying it forward. Eastbound here, the ramp to the inner loop. Have this crash here on the right side of the roadway but we have a three and a half mile backup right now. If youre leaving soon, if you can delay your leave you might want to do that here this morning to help thats just a bit. Northbound 295 at benning, still have that work zone block the right lane there. Inner and outer loop of the beltway, no big problems on the beltway right now and 270 northbound and southbound looking good. Only other thing we need to mention here, yellow line single tracking through Reagan National airport. We have a warm weekend . It makes me want to hug you. Okay. Hugs are allowed. No problem. This socalled winter, supposed to be about 90 days long. So were and the comparison of warm days to cold days is not even close. Only 11 days this winter have been five degrees or more colder than average. Thats kind of a cold day. But 43 days have been five degrees or more above average. So really warm days are outpacing four to one and all of our snowfall, 1. 4 inches in total came on only nine days with reported snowfall across the area. Winter lovers, i feel your pain. Outside today, the winter is actually south of us this morning. Some light snow showers here right along the Virginia North carolina border. Thats not going to be birotherg us at all. Skies will stay clear, but the clear sky and the light wind has allowed for a cold start this morning. Temperatures in the teens and 20s on your way out the door so layer up this morning but it wont be a cold dayt for sure. 68 tomorrow. 65 sunday and more 60s ahead. So warm days will be about a five to one advantage over the cold ones. Theres going to be a long line for hugs. He was targeting our local landmarks for isis. Hell be sentenced for the crimes. How long he could spend behind bars coming up at 6 30. But first, changing minds. How a group of virginia teens we turn to a problem a lot of families are dealing quietly these days. Teen depression and its devastating effects. Five students in Loudoun CountySchool District took their own lives and now a Theater Group is reaching out to teens and their families with a message they hope will save lives. Reporter between the singing, the movements and remembering their lines, it isnt much of a reach to say these cast members are stars. But the real star of this show isnt in the room at all. Will robinson, 17 years old, a junior at Loudoun Valley high school. He was the guy that was giving people hugs in the hall thir he was the guy that so many people went to with their problems. Reporter nobody knew but beneath that big smile was a world of pain with depression. And he took his own life. We didnt realize what was going on with him until he was way down the path. Were losing a lot of young people and weve got to have better solutions. Reporter this show part of that solution. Its called a will to survive. Many here knew will but all want to share the message that no one has to feel alone. If it can start a conversation, if it can help one kid know theyre not alone in the world then we have to do it over and over. The Theater Group puts on several find info about the warning signs for depression and links to crisis hot lines in the nbc washington app. Just search changing minds. It is 6 26 right now. Runway emergency. New picture s of the damaged plane. Gang ties. The recruitment. How kids still in middle school are being lured into a life of crime. And youll want to bundle up this morning. Temperatures are below freezing. A cold start but the day will shape up nicely. Chuck will tell you what you need to know before you walk outside today and that very mild weekend forecast. Save on furniture and accessories for every room. Plus, enjoy thirtysix month, no interest financing. Come in today and save. The president s day event is on now at havertys. Life looks good. Another all nighter on the senate floor over the pick to lead the epa. The one republican thats breaking ranks. A gang crackdown is underway in Northern Virginia. Well tell you where theyre recruiting young and a new travel ban. One day after immigrants boycott across the country President Trump has a new plan. 6 30 is your time now and friday is here. Tgif. Absolutely. We have some good news for your weekend plans. Winter weather may soon be a thing of the past. Before we get to your forecast we do want to get to some breaking news in your first 4 traffic. Big problems on 66. Were talking about a fourmile backup. So chopper 4 first over the scene of this problem here. This is eastbound 66 ramp to the inner loop. That is now on the right side of the roadway but in this fourmile backup we have another crash on the left side slowing things as well. So take a look, if you want to take 50 if youre leaving soon you can. Otherwise delay it just a little bit and because that crash is out of the way technically it should start easing here in the next couple of minutes. Chuck bell and sheena parveen. Yes, good morning, melissa. It is very cold outside right now. Below freezing so bundle up, but the weekend is going to be fantastic. Absolutely. Seat heaters this morning and top down weather coming your way for the weekend. Four things to know about the forecast. Very cold. In the teens and 20s on your way out the door this morning so winter jackets and seat heaters absolutely needed this morning. Sunglasses for later on this afternoon. A major warming trend sets up shop as we go into this afternoon and tomorrow especially. The only real chance for rain in the next four or five days appears to be late saturday night into the early parts of your sunday morning and no kidding, wait till we show you this tenday forecast at 6 51. I mean, zero cold insight. Ill show you later. Police in Northern Virginia say gang members are recruiting new members in your kids schools. A regional Law Enforcement taction task force put together a new threat assessment and one of the gangs theyre is ms 13. That name has come up in two recent murder investigations. Reporter we know that in the Alexandra Reyes case there have been ten arrests charging five with murder. Many of those are teens with reported ties to gangs. Here now is 15yearold Alexandra Reyes. She was missing since december and found dead last weekend. Her mom tells news 4 that she was a target of ms 13. Now, Fairfax County police have not yet made that direct link publicly yet. Prince William County police are tracking that case alongside one of their own finding overlap between suspects in that case and gangs in the reyes case with the death of a man found last month. This as that new report finds that gangs like ms 13 are actively recruiting on our middle and high school campuses, targeting vulnerable students spanish speakers to do their dangerous bidding. So were seeing a lot of increase in recruiting high schools and middle schools, which is alarming to us. Reporter again, federal and local Law Enforcement agencies are teaming together to tackle this gang problem. Theyre asking parents to speak with their children about gangs and students to speak up when they say gang activity. Back in to you. Right now Senate Democrats hope to block President Trumps pick to lead the epa. A final vote on Scott Pruitts nomination is expected later today. The protest comes after an Oklahoma State judge ordered pruitt to release thousands of emails that he exchanged with oil and gas executives. Harward turned down the offer to be the interNational Security advisor. And a new order will be tailored in response to the Appeals Court ruling. From coast to coast including here in d. C. Thousands of americans protested the president s stance on immigration. Yesterday several d. C. Restaurants closed as a day without immigrants protester encouraged them to stay home and not spend money to show how important imgrants are to daily life. We are not criminals. We are workers, we are moms, we are students, we are everything here. Its not clear how much of a Financial Impact the protest had. The man who wanted to help isis carry out an attack in our area is asking for a reduced prison sentence. Last october 26yearold harris kamar admitted to using social media to dmit lone wolf attacks in the u. S. He worked with an informant hes asking for a five or six year prison sentence. That is significantly less than the 20 year maximum recommended under federal sentencing guidelines. This car is riddled with 13 bullet holes after being shot at during rush hour on route 50. Theyre trying to figure out who shot at this car yesterday and why. They had to shut down eastbound 50 for nearly five hours. The three men inside that car theyre being treated for gunshot wounds. They are expected to be okay. Expecting mothers once in the clear now have the zika virus and they may not be the only ones. And a plane missing part of a wing. What passengers say went wrong. And im storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. Later today temperatures in the upper 40s and low 50s, but when sheena no matter how the markets change. Upper 40s and low 50s, but when sheena at t. Rowe price. Al markets may be uncertain. But caperice around the world. Call us or your advisor. T. Rowe price. Invest with confidence. 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Sunny skies, a decent day today but as we go into the weekend, unseasonably warm again, so coming up, chuck will have that forecast as well as your tenday. Thanks, sheena. It is 6 39. Were following a developing story out of phoenix right now. Two airplanes collide. Well tell you right now that no one was hurt. But they clipped wings apparently. Take a look at the mangled mess at the wing tip. This was a Frontier Airlines plane and a southwest Airline Plane that hit. The people on board were okay. The passengers were put on another plane to the operations at the airport never really slowed down. New this morning we are working to learn how two people are doing after this terrible crash on the suitland parkway. This is pick dhur from the fire department. You can see the vehicle is badly damaged. This happened after 3 00 a. M. Two people had to be flown to the hospital. All right. This story its very interesting. This is the number one story on our website. Take a look at the photo on your screen. Here you see 42 pounds of seized horse meat. The two women were hiding it in their trip from mongolia to Dulles Airport last month. Apparently it was hidden in juice boxes. Officials also found three liters of yak milk. Horse meat is prohibited from entering the u. S. Without an official certification. And apparently the women accused of hiding this meat, theyve not been charged with anything. I posted this on my facebook page. A lot of you whats going on. Tcustoms agents have seen i all. Theyre not even surprised anymore. A stunning News Conference is all over our facebook feed. Well tell you about President Trumps next move. Plus, armed robberies, what all the crimes have in common and why you may be likely to become the next victim. And right now, breaking news on 66. A major backup right here. Were also talking about a problem on the bel tw we have breaking news right now. Democratic senators say they will not stop opposing nominees who are bad for the country. There is another all night protest. This time against the president s pick to lead the epa. It has been a very long night for democrats opposing President Trumps pick to lead the epa. Dems in the senate were still at it a few minutes ago as we were looking at those live pictures. Senators bringing in props like a wheel of giveaways, the hash tag hold the floor trending in our area this morning. Earlier we heard from senator duckworth. Take a but thats why im here tonight. Thats why i am opposing him because i put the needs of our children, the needs of our environment, the needs of our National Security in front of the needs of the bio fuel industry. We need an even with all this pruitt is expected to be confirmed later today. Democrats are a minority in the senate. The one republican that said that she will not support pruitt is Susan Collins of maine. An oklahoma judge has ordered pruitt release thousands of emails saying his office denied access to public records. As of yesterday nbc had reported approximately 400 of those emails had been released. Theyre a very powerful Nuclear Country and so are we. If we have a Good Relationship with russia, thats a good thing. Defendingis u. S. And russia can strengthen relations. That was only part of a wide ranging News Conference that became at times combative with the press. One of the most contentious moments when the president was asked about including the black caucus in discussions. Are you going to include the Congressional Black Caucus . Do you want to set up the meeting . No, no, no. Ill just the reporter. Set up the meeting. I know some of them but set up the meeting. The president went on to claim he tried setting up a meeting with elijah comings. The president also said the decision to ask for general mike flynns resignation came solely because flynn misled the Vice President about phone calls with a russian ambassador. Police say friday in hyattsville hit. Thats around now. This after eight armed robberies were reported in the city since mid december. Many of the robberies are happening in one specific area. This is the part of hyattsville bordered by Queens Chapel road, hamilton street and police say the suspect or suspects is targeting latino men leaving for work at this time of the morning. The robberies are taking place between 4 00 and 6 00 on weekdays and more frequently on fridays. The crime streak is focusing neighbors to be on alert. From now on i be watching who is behind me, whos in front of me, whos on the side because its terrible. Hyattsville Police Believe there could be more victims but some may be reluctant to come forward. False negatives. That is what two pregnant women in the district were given after they were tested for the zika virus. Were live this morning with how Officials Say this happened and whether you n t worried. Reporter good morning. Yeah, a bad situation. People who were concerned that theyd been exposed to the zika virus, they got tested in d. C. Now were learning that some of those test results are inaccurate, that there was a problem with false negatives. Two pregnant women who tested negative for the zika virus, they are now learning that they are indeed positive. Now the mistake in the testing was discovered during an audit of the lab that happened recently. Retesting is already underway. There are 409 specimens that are going to have to be examined again. The cdc is helping with that. So far two false negatives were discovered. Health officials though, they say there will likely be more mistakes discovered. We are assuming that there may be some in there and we are also hopeful that the majority of those will be retesting as being already had their babies. We do not know if there were medical issues with the children. The botched tests we should mention were done between july 14th of last year and december the 14th. Testing underway already, but it could take four weeks to get those new test results. Back to you. All right. Thank you. More details now on signs and symptoms of the zika virus. The most common symptoms are red eyes, fever, joint pain and maybe a rash. People can also experience muscle pain or headaches. Symptoms are usually mild and many people dont get sick enough to go to the hospital. Symptoms usually last about a week. Zika is most commonly spread through mosquito bites. It also can be spread from mother to child, through sex or through a blood transfusion. Zika poses a much greater risk to unborn babies. Infection during pregnancy can cause birth defects including microcephaly. Women planning to have a child are encouraged to avoid traveling to areas where zika is prevalent. Right now there is novak seen vr cure for zika. Shomari was nominated by his wife as the romantic man. You can watch the show right here at 2 00 this afternoon. Her all we are all rooting for you. Hes a good guy for sure. Some breaking news in the morning commute. Breaking news continuing here on 66. Because of the backups here. So earlier we had the problem eastbound 66 ramp to the inner loop. That is gone and now we have a crash on the left side of the roadway. It is now a three mile backup. A little bit better than it was. 50 is still going to be your friend. If you canai it is getting better. 95 northbound and southbound in virginia you can see no big problems there. Inner loop express lanes at braddock road, that crash is on the shoulder. These routes into town and out of town looking nice. Maybe that holiday weekend. 95 south before 198, have a crash there. Well check that out in a second and northbound after 216, take a look at that. Also a new accident to talk about. 270 at montrose road, no worries and taking a look at these travel times, 270 looking good. Top of the beltway typically slow here this morning. 66 inbound still slow, trying to recover from that threemile backup. Remember to listen to wtop when you hop in your car this morning. Zwroo all right. Thank you. Sheena parveen is on wtop right now. Shell be joining me momentarily. Its awfully cold. Dont stray outside without your wi j its one of the rare cold starts weve had. We were two degrees warmer than average in december. 6 degrees above average in january and five and a half degrees above average in february and with our tenday forecast between now and the end of the month we may go down as one of the three warmest februaries on record. A little bit of light snow well down to our south right now. That wont be bothering us. As we get into your weekend, nothing but sunshine and a great day tomorrow. Start out clear and chilly in the 30s. Clouds increasing. Heres 8 00 tomorrow night. Skies are mostly cloudy. Dry for most of the day but as we get toward midnight, there will be a little chance of showers around. For more on that heres sheena parveen. Good morning. And big temperature swing i think a lot of people are looking forward to. The most noticeable thing about the weekend by far, that will be the warmth moving in. Another unseasonably warm one today. Were a little above normal as we go throughout the afternoon. Today saturday 68 degrees. That will be our high saturday. Sunday 65. Even monday if you have monday off, 63 degrees. So still unseasonably warm and heres a breakdown of the weekend. Mostly sunny saturday. Chance of a late shower saturday night. Maybe even early sunday, but its not going to be messing with your plans. Well still be dry as we go through sunday afternoon. Now lets take a look at the ten day. Keep in mind 48 is our average high. Theres not a number on there thats anywhere close to 48 after todays 52. 60 or higher for about seven out of the next ten days. Where did february go . You know what . I dont want to find out any time soon. Thank you, chuck. Thats all right. Today is the final day of tax week here on news 4 today. We are working to keep you informed about a major problem affecting millions of taxpayers. A new scam ties fake tax bills tied to the Affordable Care act. People are getting in the mail. Scammers are sending fraudulent versions of whats called the cp 2000 notices for tax year 2015. Here are a few warning signs that a notice is a fake. If it is from an austin, texas, address, if the notice says the issue is related to the aca and if it lists the letter number in the payment voucher as 105c and requests checks made out to the irs and be september to the aust sent to the austin processing center. Whether you get a notice or a call, if you have questions about the legitimacy of it, call the irs directly to verify the information. Dont use the number listed on that letter or on the caller id. If you missed any of our tax week reports we have you covered. Just search tax tips. Get ready for a food fight from peanut allergies for kids diet, find out what youre packing in your lunch and how its impacting your health every day. Be sure to join us for special reports beginning monday on news 4 today. Some breaks news now, a new death toll from a suicide bombing. Erika gonzales at the live desk. We can now tell you that death toll stands at 88 people. This after an apparent massive bombing by the Islamic State in pakistan. We understand that this is at a shrine. Hospitals overwhelmed with the 250 wounded people, many of which that were carried there by military aircrafts and massive evacuations. The death toll was some 35 people. Now that death toll stands at 88. From the live desk im Erika Gonzales. Thank you. Coming up on 6 56 and here are four things to know. Senators speaking right now on capitol hill and theyve been there all democrats are proesing the nominee to lead the epa. The today will have the latest. President trump heads to South Carolina today to meet with one of the governments biggest defense contractors. Peter alexander will have more oi head on the today show. A Police Officer will be sentenced today. James sims pled guilty last month to taking inappropriate pictures of unsuspecting women on his cell phone. Follow Tracy Wilkins for more on this. Tomorrows power ball jackpot is up to 349 million. The cash payout is just over 213. Youll know if we won. Good luck. Im going to buy a ticket. I some buy if its over 200 million. But this morning its cold but wait till the weekend. Mid to upper 60s. Unseasonably warm and if you have a threeday weekend look at monday. Just fantastic. A really nice stretch of weather. Not looking forward to this a if youre heading out on 66. About a threemile backup. 66 inbound ramp to the inner loop. That problem is gone. Two other crashes in those bad backups so we are still seeing some delays. Thank you, melissa. That is the broadcast this morning. We appreciate you waking up with us. Well see you in 25 minutes for your forecast and breaking news. Until then enjoy your day and your weekend. Thats everything . Are we done . I think were done. Were you might call patricia washington lucky. After all, not only did she play a dc lottery game once and win. She played another game and won that three times. And then she tried a different dc lottery game and won that, too. So, how is patricia doing with her bowling . 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