lanes are closed off for incidents. one more stop as we get going, coming back from the eastern shore after a nice weekend, very light volume of traffic. headed down over there right now, eastbound route 50 off to a good start. >> good morning to you. >> this morning police in the district are trying to figure out who shot and killed a d.c. councilman's intern. the 18-year-old was a straight-a student who had plans to go to college this fall. the shooting happened in 2900 block of newcomb street. >> this was a great son. i'll never forgot it. >> reporter: on mother's day, terea sutton is mourning the loss of her only son, alonte sutt sutton. >> he loved his families, he was a child again. >> reporter: sources say sutton may have been shot saturday after a dispute about giving a ride in his car. someone trying to report the crime to police was ignored. >> the crime needs to stop with these young kids. >> reporter: sutton worked for council member brown in a year-long internship program hours after school. >> it is devastating, clearly very sad a tragic end to a young life, smiling and sad at the same time. he was doing such great work. >> reporter: sutton was a senior at ballou high school, his mother said he was going to study business management at trinity college. >> he was a great student, went to school, did his work. >> reporter: sutton also had plans for his mother for mother's day, plans that were also cut short by an act of violence. >> i had him get me a deep fry because i broke the one that i had. he was planning on taking me out for dinner on mother days. >> reporter: d.c. police say they did respond to report of shots fired on saturday. it's unclear whether that wooded area was searched. family members of the victim are still searching for answers. the virginia men's and women's lacrosse team also play this bnd for the first time since the murder of yeardley love. the men's team is the top seed in the weekend's ncaa tournament. they will host mt. st. mary's saturday night. the women's team will play at home on sunday. both teams decided to play on with the support of love's family. men's player george hughley is charged with first degree murder in love's death. love's funeral mass was held saturday. in prince george's county the search is on for a driver who hit three teens and kept going. three boys were working along marlboro pike and kirkland avenue in district heights when a tan or silver minivan slammed into them. the driver did not stop even after dragging one of the teens down the road. >> in the course of the investigation we learned that the suspect struck the victim and drug him for several hundred feet. he is listed in critical condition. we are hopeful he will pull through. >> reporter: anyone with information is asked to call the prince george's police department. family and friends are mourning a teen from king george county who was killed in a crash. the crash happened 1:00 a.m. yesterday on calladon road, 40 minutes east of fredericksburg. 16-year-old anthony feather and four other teens were inside the suv when it ran off the road, hit a utility poland flipped over. three teens were not wearing seat belts and were ejected. police say the driver probably was speeding. officials are concerned that the relocation of 13,000 brac job also create major travel headaches and a commute of up to 5 hours a day. the shift will create two knew choke point near seminary road in alexandria and in ft. be belvoir. the first town hall meeting is tonight from 7:00 to 8:30 at whitman school. there is a proposal to locate hot lanes closer to the border. a private firm wants to expand the lanes from north of the dulles toll road to almost the george washington parkway. the price tag is not public but the firm says it would pay for it. civic groups and the state would have to approve the proposal. today president obama will introduce his choice for the next u.s. supreme court justice, and that pick will be solicitor general elena kagan. trac tracee pott has the late ef. >> reporter: elena kagan's resume is impressive, solicitor general, harvard grad school graduate, but she has never been a judge before. president obama is looking for someone who will think independently. >> fierce dedication to the rule of law and a keen understanding of how the law effects the daily lives of the american people. >> reporter: the president made her the nation's first female solicitor general last year. seven republicans supported her. kagan's not expected to prompt a big partisan fight during an election year. >> she's doing a wonderful job in the justice department. i've known her since the clinton years. >> reporter: she would replace john paul stevens, the court's leading liberal if confirm shed would become the fourth woman on the bench. >> justice o'connor understood the special responsibilities attached to her role. >> reporter: president obama interviewed at least four people. at age 50 she would be the youngest justice ever to serve on the court in washington, i'm tracee potts. a dramatic plan came together to prevent a global economic collapse and it will cost the united states billions of dollars. and there's a new plan needed in the gulf after that giant dome failed to stop the oil leak. and a chi . good morning. it is time for weather and traffic on this monday morning. a very chilly start to this work week. we have got a clear sky and it's only 46 in washington. in prince good morning county, low and mid 40s. arlington county, low to mid 40s. much of fairfax county in the upper 30s to near 40 degrees, as is much of virginia, mid 30s around the shenandoah valley. the eastern shore, temperatures are in the 40s now. out in the mountains, it's dipped into the 20s of western maryland and west virginia under a clear sky. lots of sun today and a warming temperature in the mid 60s with a diminished wind. tomorrow, cloudy. we may have showers late in the morning and off and on in the afternoon with highs in the 50s to near 60. warmer on wednesday could get afternoon storms. thursday, partly cloudy a look at the weekend in ten minutes. how it the traffic. >> off with we go from the west into 66, the good news is no accidents to report. there has been a lot of overnight road work on 66 in springfield, most of which if not all is picked up in time for the early commute. wilson bridge both ways doing fine. southeast corridors no hangups. joe? >> thanks very much. ahead on new 4 today, the new plan in the gulf after that giant dome proved to it be a giant failure. and why you may want to stop and fill up on your way to work this morning. and hollywood mourning the loss of a legendary singer who broke down barriers. our time right now is 4:44. let's look at the stories today. trm is expected to introduce so wrister general elena kagan as his choice for the next supreme court justice. she is the first woman to serve as the president's top lawyer before the supreme court. if kagan is confirmed, the nation's highest court would have three female justices for the first time in history. police are searching for whoever gunned down a d.c. councilman intern in southeast d.c. the body of 18-year-old alonte sutton was found in a ravine near the 200 block of newcomb street. he plans to attend college this fall. the search continues for the driver who struck three teens in prince george's county. a silver and gray minivan hit the boys as they were working along marlboro pike in district heights saturday night. one of the teen was dragged several feet. bp is working on a plan to stop an oil leak in the gulf of mexico. the initial 100-ton dome did not work over the weekend. kristin dahlgrin explains the options. >> reporter: as the oil continues it's spread across the water and towards fragile coastlines, bp is turning to plan b. >> they call this the top hat because it looks like a top hat. a much smaller device. the intent there is to be able to either use hot water or methanol to stop the formation of the hydrate while we put this device on top of the leak point. >> reporter: hydrates is what caused the bigger dome to float, the new hope is the smaller cap won't have the same problem it could be deployed as early as tomorrow. along the shorelines floss waiting to see if the top hat fits. fishermen are laying barriers as if their lives depend on it, because they do. >> it's our livelihood. we didn't want to trust anybody else with our livelihood. >> reporter: on this alabama beach, tourists who are also getting their hands dirty, but here because thick balls of oil have started washing ashore. >> i started looking around. they were just all over the beach, like globs of shiny black tar. and there's quite a bit of it. >> reporter: further north, a clear sign that the spill is spreading, with the next chance at stopping the leak still a day away. and there is now also a plan c. the possibility they could injet mud and concrete directly into the leak but that could be two to three weeks away. now the federal government has expanded the no-fishing zone in the gulf. the gulf of mexico's wetlands have already take an beating from hurricanes and erosion. flood control projects over the year press vented the mississippi river from depositing new layers of sedment that could replenish the marshes. the death toll has risen to 30 in russia's largest undermine coal mine accident. nearly 300 miners were able to escape after the first blast on saturday night. a second blast happened three hours later when crews were trying to help rescue those trapped. high levels of methane gas have hindered the rescue efforts. tens of thousands of stranded travelers should be able to fly again today as the ash cloud from iceland's erupting volcano begins to thin and blow out to sea. the ash grounded hundreds of flight across europe yesterday. air traffic controllers had to divert flights around the cloud causing major delays. meteorologists say winds from iceland are now blowing the ash out to the atlantic and rain in today's forecast could wash out the cloud. new today, the european union and the imf are pledging nearly a trillion dollars to help save the euro. this rescue package came after eu finance ministers met for 11 hours in brussels. the three-year plan would make millions of dollars in loans available to the nations that share the euro. the u.s. federal reserve is helping out by sending u.s. dollars to europe. other central banks are following suit. some of whal street's top brass heads to capitol hill today to discuss last thursday's turbulent trading day. the heads of the new york stock exchange, the nasdaq and other stock exchanges will meet with sec chair mary shapiro. they are going to discuss whether more can be done to prevent episodes like last thursday when the dow fell about a thousand points in a matter of minutes. congress will discuss the issue tomorrow. brand new information this morning about the time squars bombing. the white house says the taliban was intimately involved in the failed plot. attorney general eric holder says the taliban helped direct faisal shahzad. officials also believe the amateurish attack suggests that overseas terrorist organizations mace become more income pepeten the first african-american performer to sign a long-term contract with a record company has died. >> reporter: lene horne was born in 1917 in brooklyn into stormy circumstances. her father was a bookie, her mother an actress, traveling with a black theater group. against family wishes, she joined the chorus line at the cotton club at 16. soon her dancing and singing at top new york nightclubs brought her a starring role as the flashy seductres in "cabin in the sky." ♪ in 1947, she signed with mgm studios, making her the highest paid black entertainer in hollywood. but she did not like the movie roles that limited her to singing songs. songs that could be edited out when the films were shown in the south. horne was outspoken on civil rights issues and it cost her jobs in the '50s and '60s. she returned to the stage in 1981. her one-woman broadway show set records and earned her a tony and two grammys. lena horne continued making, it v and movie appearances, writing books and recording well into her 80s. her legendary beauty as much intact as her extraordinary talent. bruce hall, nbc news. >> horne died at a hospital in new york on sunday. funeral services have not been released. our time is 4:51. time again for traffic and weather on the ones. >> tom kierein joins us. it's a chilly morning what does that mean? >> that means it's springtime and the roller coaster ride continues. over the weekend we had the strong winds bringing in the chill. it's with us this morning. there is capitol hill under a clear sky. right now, 46 at reagan national where the record low temperature for this date, 35 set on this date back in 1947. it is certainly getting down there, but nowhere near the record low. as we look at other temperatures, it is into the 30s now in western fairfax county, loudoun county, prince william, fauquier, as well as northern montgomery county, frederick county maryland. mid 30s around the blue ridge, panhandle of west virginia down to near charlottesville. to the east, closer to the bay, mid 40s. saint marry's county, charlotte, anne arundel and eastern shore near 40 degrees. out at the mountains, we do have it below freezing. upper 20s in western maryland and west virginia on this very chilly monday morning. we have a clear sky. high pressure over us now, because it will be exiting stage right and opening up the door for some rain to move in here for tomorrow. for today, we'll have temperatures by 9:00 back near 50. by noontime we ought to be in the low 60s. mid 60s by mid afternoon. late afternoon, back down to the low 60s. sunset today is 8:09. should be partly cloudy tonight. cloudy by dawn tomorrow, into the 40s tomorrow morning. during the day tuesday, cloudy, cool. may get showers late in the morning and during the afternoon. highs only in the upper 50s. milder on wednesday a passing shower late morning or maybe an afternoon thundershower, sun back on thursday. friday, maybe more showers and thunder. the weekend looking pleasant. saturday and sunday in the 70s and partly sunny. how is the traffic? >> starting off quietly. clear, dry road surfaces this morning heading north through landmark and shirlington and across the 14th street bridge. checking out the north country along i-270 from i-70 through 80, all travel lanes are open. just as the summer driving season is about to get under way, the price of gas is on the rise. the national lundberg survey reports that prices have jumped nearly seven cents in the last two weeks. according to aaa, the national average is 2.91 a gallon. in the district drivers are paying 3.02 in maryland, the average is 2.89. in virginia, gas is averaging 2.82 a gallon. 46 degrees out there. still to come who is at the top and bottom of highest paid ceos. >> and big money from dc's cash struck school district. why they are adding more than a dozen high-salary positions. and president obama's ñq class of 2010, this is a period of breath taking change, like few others in our history. we can't stop these changes. but we can channel them and education is what can allow to us do so. >> president obama delivered the commencement address to graduates of virginia's hampton university yesterday. he talked about the importance of being competitive saying high school degrees are not enough. the president admitted he did not know how to work an ipod or an x-box but he says technology is a distraction for this generation and puts new pressures on democracy. the commencement speech was his second as president and the first at a historically black college. election day is six months away and the campaign for maryland governor is getting on. early on, the governor holds an eight point lead over urlich. it's a different story when you look at marylanders who say they are certificate whon will vote in november in that poll the governor and former governor are dead even at 47%. if you live in maryland, there's good news to help you sleep easier tonight. maryland will soon no longer be among the nagts's ten most dangerous states. governor o'malley is expected to announce that violent crime has fallen to its lowest level in 30 years. overall crime fell to the lowest level since police began reporting 35 years ago. the d.c. public school system is looking to hire for more than a dozen positions. the school system's website posted ownings for new instructional superintendents. annual salaries for the positions run fmore than $100,000. the move comes after more than 250 teachers were fired earlier in the school year. the annual list of the highest paid ceos has been released. at the top is carol bartz with a salary of $42 million, number two, les moonvess with 34 million. at the bottom of the list, a familiar name, apple ceo steve jobs. his salary per year, $1. >> yeah, but we all know what that's all about. all right. stay with us. new 4 today continues now at 5:00 a.m. the pick is in. president obama has reportedly settled on the next supreme court justice. >> and a straight-a student, an intern of a d.c. council member is the latest murder victim in the city what police are saying about the crime. good morning. welcome to news 4 today. >> this monday, may 10, 2010. we are taking a live look outside at 5:00 a.m. it's 44 degrees out there. a chilly start to the work week. tom kierein joins us in the studio to see what it means for us. >> a spring chill in the air again nornthis morning. t the low 40s in prince george's county. upper 30s to near 40 in montgomery and fairfax counties. mid 40s to low 40s in southern maryland, but in parts of charles county down into the mid 30s. in virginia, many locations are in the 30s from the shenandoah valley through north central virginia. eastern shore near 40. out of the mountains only the upper 20s as well as western maryland, much of west virginia scattered frost this morning under this clear sky. lots of sun, highs reaching mid 60s. cloudy tomorrow could get a few sprinkles and showers, warmer, maybe an afternoon thundershower wednesday, dry on thursday. how is the traffic now. >> very quiet this monday. the inner loop looks good at connecticut avenue. there had been a little construction project outer loop of the beltway approaching rockville pike in the left lane, i suspect those folks have called it a night. let you know things are moving along nicely on the woodrow wilson bridge. >> thank you, jerry. president obama is expected to announce his pick for the next supreme court justice today. and that pick will come from within his administration. it is solicitor general elena kagan. tracie potts has the latest. >> reporter: we confirmation overnight about president obama's choice, and she would be the first justice f confirmed, into nearly 40 years to serve but has never been a judge before. >> reporter: elena kagan's resume is impressive, solicitor general, harvard grad school graduate, but she has never been a judge before. president obama is looking for someone who will think independently. >> fierce dedication to the rule of law and a keen understanding of how the law effects the daily lives of the american people. >> reporter: the president made her the nation's first female solicitor general last year. seven republicans supported her. kagan's not expected to prompt a big partisan fight during an election year. >> she's doing a wonderful job in the justice department. i've known her since the clinton years. i think she could be a great justice. >> reporter: she would replace justice john paul stevens, the court's leading liberal. if confirmed, she would become the fourth woman on the bench. >> justice o'con