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WRC News4 Today January 5, 2015

20 to 25 Miles Per Hour. Hagerstown gusts to 40 Miles Per Hour. Southern Eastern Suburbs low 40s. Low to mid 40s in washington. Drive time forecast. Dry roads for the morning commute drying out from yesterdays rain. Sunglasses sunshine during the afternoon. Temperatures dropping back down into the upper 30s for the afternoon commute. Next weather and traffic at 6 11. A look at the what to wear forecast. Breaking news on the road. Breaking news in newington. You can see a large Police Response because of this crash. We had one lane getting by. Five mile backup as you head north boulevard at ashdale, all westbound lanes blocked. Overall, beltway not looking so bad. Especially for 6 00 this morning. Inner and outer loop, everything is moving quite well. These folks headed southbound. No major problems. Prince georges county no major problems. A little bit slow heading inpound. More on this crash 95 northbound at Fairfax County parkway coming up in 10 minutes. A lot of you heading back to work after the holidays. 95 express lanes see their first true morning rush you can see drivers are using the lanes to get around a crash. Megan mcgrath live where the lanes end in alexandria. Megan megan, what are you seeing . Things at this end, pretty well. Things running at speed. We have a mess down the line. 95 right around the Fairfax County parkway, take a look at this live vdot camera. You can see the backup. We have a fivemile backup on the main lanes of 95 in that area. If you look at the express lanes, they are moving. A lot of people were on vacation last week. So this is a first chance to see how people react and how many people are losing the lanes this week. We are seeing people jumping on board. Talk a little bit about the tolls. The cost changes. What are we seeing in terms of price. Thats right. The cost is all based on the realtime demand. This morning it was light out there. We are seeing increased traffic and more folks choosing to use the 95 express lanes. Five minutes ago, it was just under 7 to take a 22 mile trip. A lot of drivers choosing to use those lanes to get a faster trip on 95. But you need the ezpass. Smooth sailing in the 95 express lanes. Remember if youre on the 95 express lane the last exit before you reach the hov lanes. The car poolers can continue into the hov lanes. Thank you for joining us this morning. Well keep an eye on it and bring you another update later in the show. Megan, thanks. Starting today you wont be able to use a few escalators at the woodley park metro station for the next four years. Metro is replacing six escalators. They have been there since the station opened in 1981. Metro plans to take two out of service at the time. It will only close the station if its overcrowded for safety reasons. It wont be finished until at least 2018. Today more than 1,000 potential jurors will be at the federal courthouse in boston. Selection begins in the trial against the suspected Boston Marathon bomber tsarnaev. His brother was killed out in a shootout with police days following that bombing. Tsarnaev has pleaded not guilty. Coming up at 6 30 a live report from boston about how prosecutors will shrink the pool to pick 12 jurors. Prince georges county Police Looking for three armed men who broke into a home. This happened just blocks from the university of maryland campus in college park on potomac avenue. The man inside the home said he feared for his life and gave the men his belongings he was not hurt. An alert was sent to students in that area. A Memorial Service will take place today for the Northern Virginia yoga teacher who died while hiking in mexico. His family says he fell off a a cliff and hit his head while hiking. Search crews found his body in a ravine. 6 06. Not one but two major d. C. Sports figure will be in court. Fred smoot is facing Domestic Assault charges. His trial starts today. Prosecutors say he hurt his former girlfriend Valerie Jackson at her home in ashburn. Smoot denies the claims. Over in Fairfax County, a trial date will be set for jayson werth. He was convicted of reckless driving last month and sentenced to 10 days in jail. He is now appealing that conviction. Last july his porsche was clocked going 100 Miles Per Hour on the beltway. Muriel bowser will be on capitol hill fighting for d. C. Voting rights. Muriel bowser will attend a News Conference with holmesnorton. Yesterday on meet the press bowser talked about why it is important for washington financially independent. The mayor will make a case to restore the districts vote as a committee as a whole. This is happening 10 30 inside the Cannon House Office building. A big break for search crews as they try to find the missing planes black boxes. Temperatures beginning to as cold weather rolls into our area. Chuck bell with yourar forecast. Animal rights forecast. 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Chuck bell live in the storm team 4 x 4 at New Carrollton metro station. Chuck, good morning reporter good morning, aaron and eun. Back to work, back to school, back to reality. The New Carrollton metro station. Nearly full moonseting in the western sky right now. Its chilly but not cold by comparison to what we are going to be facing. We can hashtag mild monday. Tomorrow, heres the hashtag we for tomorrow say it aint snow. What you need to know for today, have your sunglasses ready. Youll need a wind breaking layer for sure. Winds west and northwest 10 to 20 Miles Per Hour on average. Gusts 30 Miles Per Hour at times with temperatures only staying in the upper 30s and low 40s for today. Windchills into the upper 20s and low 30s. It will be a cold feeling day. But it will be mild by comparison. Tom will have more in 10 minutes. For now over to Melissa Mollet with first four traffic. Breaking news 95 northbound in virginia at Fairfax County parkway. Only the left lane is getting by at this point. So very very slow there. And westbound dale boulevard. Worst travel times i have seen in quite some time. Quantico to the beltway, 82 minutes. Maryland not so bad. 270 south, not a big problem. Im back in 10 minutes. Headsup for commuters who use dre. The construction work in the week ahead. Were not the only ones forced to deal with this weather. Extreme cold temperatures hitting people in the west and now people are coping with these conditions. 95 north near fairfax whoa, this is a lunchbox not a halloween bag. Rrrrr. A natural beauty. Youre making me melt. Shall we . Mini babybel is 100 natural cheese and a whole lot of fun. Mini babybel. Snack a little bigger this. Is the best part of the day. When we sit down together and talk. More and more, were having conversations about the food itself how good it is for us. How good it is for the planet. At monsanto, were working with farmers to make balanced meals accessible to everyone. While using Natural Resources more efficiently. Its time for a bigger discussion about food. Be part of the conversation at discover. Monsanto. Com breaking news right now in Northern Virginia purchase a ninemile backup. As you head northbound on 95 the crash, a problem at Fairfax County parkway. Threecar crash. Just the left lane getting by. No injuries. Tow trucks on the scene. Its going to be quite a mess. Thanks melissa. Right now an arctic blast is slamming much of the midwest. Looking live at minneapolis where it is 9 about below zero right now. It feels like 26 below with the windchill. Weather channel mike seidel joining us live. Mike how are you doing . Well aaron and eun. Windchills down to 30 below this morning. Its not going to get any better. Our highs today will struggle above zero. International falls is an ice box right now. 28 below zero. Windchills down near 50 below zero. With these temperatures no chance of scratching this this morning. It will stay bitterly cold for three or four days this week. Oh, boy. All right. We hear the warning mike seidel from the weather channel. Good weather for the first time in days is helping the search effort for missing flight airasia 8501. Indonesian navy drivers are back in the water hoping to identify wreckage from the plane. Sonar detected five large objects on the floor. So far 34 bodies have been recovered. 162 people were on that plane. A fire ripped through an Apartment Building near the little river turnpike yesterday afternoon. 15 people had to leave their home. They are uncertain is as to when they will be able to return. I heard crying and yelling. Three women were taken to the hospital for smoke inhalation and burns. Investigate rs say it started on the first level and spread on the upper floors. High rise in Silver Spring is work to go clean up thousands of dollars in damage in the fire. One of our news 4 producers shot this video when it happened. This is at the lennox park apartment complex in the silver hill metro station. The plane started when somebody left food on the stove. Nobody was hurt. It is 6 20 now. Today the man who took 48 days to capture for allegedly killing a Pennsylvania Police officer is in court today. Eric frein may face the Death Penalty for the ambush killing of Corporal Byron dixon. Was found by i say marbles weeks after that shooting. Authorities say he confessed. A second trooper was also injured in the shooting. Right now Prince Georges County police are looking for teenagers. The teens were on their way to an event at the Mishkan Torah synagogue. A fight broke out and someone started shooting. The 16yearold and 19yearold walking by were shot. Mario cuomos wake and funeral. Visitation is today at a funeral home on madison avenue. Cuomos funeral is set for 11 00 a. M. Tomorrow on park avenue st. Ignatius church. He was 82 years old. Today you get a chance to weigh in on what should be done with your tax money. Four other forums scheduled for spring and the last one in bethesda. Ike leggett said the meetings will give you a chance to say what is important to you for next years budget. Its not going to be arriving here until later this afternoon. Starting off with a partly cloudy sky. Storm team 4 radar scanning the sky. Dont have any snow. Dont have any rain. Temperatures above freezing. Southern and Eastern Suburbs low 40s. Low to mid 40s in washington. Love this photo. Posted on Facebook Page of that big bright moon in the western sky. Clouds racing over. Heres why you can connect on facebook twitter, instagram as well. Lots of sunshine. Temperatures around 40 degrees with that blustery wind that will diminish by sunset. Heres timing on snow arriving tomorrow. Moving into the mountains around 3 00 a. M. Shenandoah valley 5 00 a. M. Into the metro area all this area of lavender light snow across Virginia West Virginia maryland. By 10 00, its going to diminish a bit. Light snow showers around noon time. A lot of snow moving off north and east and dissipating by late afternoon. Leaving in its wake out there in the mountains one to three inches. Farther east panhandle of West Virginia maybe an inch or two. Mainly higher elevations. Lower elevations a dusting as well. During the morning hours, northern and western suburbs gusting to an inch or so. Watch out. Its going to be cold enough to it to stick. Much colder after that. Just near 30 for a high on wednesday. Mid20s. Coldest day the next seven days will be on thursday. A bit milder friday saturday and sunday. Weather and traffic on the 1s. Your bus stop forecast for this monday. Now the backup on 95. Breaking news 95 northbound virginia here, a ninemile backup. Looks like at least four. And look at this. 95 northbound. 22 mile trip. It will run 7. 95 northbound. Crash at Fairfax County parkway. This is another shot of ground chopper. Westbound dale boulevard at ashdale. All westbound lanes blocked there. Prince georges county, tiny bit slow. 6 25. Starting tomorrow you may have to leave a little earlier for the dre train in fredericksburg. According to the freelance star there will be detours because of work on charles street. Crews are working on the water and sewer lines there. Parking will be restricted but no buildings will be closed. Detours could be in place until the end of the month. Just days away from the nbc 4 health and fitness expo. A sneak peek. If you stop by this weekend, youll be able to take a cpr class. And theres not a better example of why these classes are so valuable better than kristin. The virginia woman died during a race but was brought back to life thanks to a stroke of luck. Kristin is an a avid runner. She has completed 100 races, including two iron man triathlons. A personal trainer, nutritionist, health coach. My heart is very strong. So there really wasnt that regular flag to alert us this was going to happen. Kristin does have a heart defect. Her doctors told her it is not life threatening and shouldnt stop her from running. But while running a 10mile race her heart suddenly stopped. She collapsed a few feet from the finish line. So i died. I had sudden cardiac death. And then the doctor who was running behind me brought me back to life. Tonight on news 4 at 6 00, an emotional reunion between kristin and the man who saved her by administering cpr. Its something that you learn for free at the nbc 4 health and fitness expo this weekend. The doors open at 9 00 a. M. At the Washington Convention center. Well see you there. A crime making it hard for a local woman to get around. Just hours the trial for the accused Boston Marathon bomber. The long and difficult process ahead to see the jury and how many will be at the courthouse in the day ahead the dramatic temperature drop youll see the next 24 hours with your hourbyhour forecast at 6 31. Live over a longanbachup over i95 north in Northern Virginia. Melissa mollet is back to help get you around this breaking news. Breaking news right now on the roads that could slow your drive to work. Youre looking live at the northbound lanes of i95 at the Fairfax County parkway. An accident backed up traffic for miles. Melissa mollet helping you get around. A ninemile backup. The crash, as you can see chopper over 95 northbound Fairfax County parkway. All of those delays stretch from fairfax to the parkway backwards. Express lanes might be a good bet for you today. Any other alternate you like will be better tan this. A nine mile backup. Virginia 95 northbound at Fairfax County parkway, the crash is just jammed. Avoid it if you possibly can. A brandnew crash at reservoir. That will be a bit of a mess as well. Beltway looking pretty good. Slow top of the beltway as you pass colesville road. Looking at 270 into and out of town that looks good. 66 slow heading into town as well. Tom . At least the pavement is dry. Before your kids put on their backpacks, make sure theyre wearing a warm wind layer at the bus is stop. Well have winds gusting 30 35 Miles Per Hour. It will be hovering 40 degrees. 40 between 8 00 and 9 00 with more sunshine. Winds gusting to 30 Miles Per Hour. Theres the predawn glow over washington. Hour by hour through the day ahead, temperatures holding steady. Near 40 into early afternoon. Dropping down into the upper 30s late afternoon. Then it will really plummet. Dropping into the mid20s by midnight tonight. Holding steady the rest of the night into tomorrow morning. Our western northern suburbs getting a little light snow around dawn tuesday morning. A look at my snow forecast how much we may get and the timing is coming up weather and traffic on the 1s at 6 51. 6 41 chuck bell joins us with a look at your hourbyhour forecast and windchills today. Eun . Thank you, tom. Today more than 1,000 potential jurors will be at the federal courthouse in boston. Selection begins today into the trial against suspected boston bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. Jay, good morning. Reporter hey, good morning to you, eun. Thats the federal courthouse just behind me. We see a stepped up Police Presence on the ground and in the harbor here. We expect r expect to see the suspect in this case Dzhokhar Tsarnaev at some point time. He will not be in the presence of the potential jurors. They will come in two different groups. More than 250 in the morning session. Another group of that size in the evening. Just answering a basic q

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