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WRC News4 Today March 12, 2016

Umbrella. We have had a few sprinkles coming on through. Keep the tissues handy as well. The pollen count has been really high. The tree poll especially is very high. Cedar, cypress, juniper, maple. No doubt if youre an allergy sufferer, you are noticing it. Itchy eyes, runny nose. They have moved off to the north and east. A few lingering showers. A few scattered sprinkles for another half hour or so. A chance later. A chance for rain tomorrow. Big changes on the way for the week ahead. The rosslyn skyline is one of the most recognizable parts of our area. And it could be changing in a big way. They prepare to vote on a massive new project today. Heres what it means for your commute. Rosslyn is growing. And its likely about to grow some more. An almost forgotten section of rosslyn dripping with worn out concrete and confusing side streets is a target area for the huge new project. It sits directly across from roosevelt island. The plan calls for seven buildings on this side of rosslyn to go away. In their place, five New Buildings would go up. They would have one spectacular view of downtown d. C. 2 million square feet of space. It is probably over a 20yearperiod or so. It wouldnt all be done at once. But looking at a park. Right now it is hard to walk. Its hard to get along. People get lost. People get confused. We will break that up and have open spaces for people. I think it is really needed. There is no place to go. This proposal isnt without controversy. Some say the traffic will get much worse from already crowded rosslyn, and metro wont be able to pick up the new slack with residents. Im okay with the way it is. You dont want to see anymore growth . Im okay with it the way it is. Arlington planning improved sidewalks, bike connections. Others worry their Million Dollar views will be blocked by New Buildings. If buildings go too high, flight paths may have to be altered. At least for right now rosslyn seems poised to rise. That vote happening today. It took five hours, but the council finally voted to demolish 15 units in parker gray neighborhood. It makes room for 63 affordable new housing units. The demolition wont happen until they approve a still exactly what will replace it. Its 9 can 03. Tonight people will remember, come together and remember two youngsters killed this week by a man who Police Believe was one of their exboyfriends. They found 22yearold Felicia Walsh tara and tarika jones dead in an apartment in chefferly. You will find the go fund me page on our nbc washington app. Its been two decades since Virginia Tech student went missing. Police think remains near a bridge in fayetteville belong to missing grad student robert kovac. He disappeared in 1998 while on his way to a game in morgantown. His vehicle was found out of gas five days later. He his brother said the remains found yesterday are headed to the Smithsonian Institute for positive i. D. We should know the results next week. To virginia politics now. Governor mcauliffe vetoed a tax credit extension arguably as a way to stick it to republican lawmakers. The Washington Post reports earlier in the democratic governor told republican lawmakers he would sign off on the extension if the they stopped fighting the recess appointment of a former judge to the state court. When gop leaders said no way yesterday, he retoed the legislation. Lawmakers will reconvene next month. The General Assembly that would allow the state to execute condemned inmates in the electric chair when they cant find lethal injection drugs. It had previously been approved by both chambers. But it was up for consideration after a minor governor mcauliffe hasnt not indicated whether he will sign the bill into law. Nearly three days into the search for an inmate that escaped from a prison van from new mexico. They are offer 10,000 for information on the escaped prisoner. Both escaped on a 200 mile journey from one prison to another. 9 06. How many times has this happened for you. Youre waiting for the metro train, and it just goes flying by. You have to run to catch the car. The new solution to help drivers during the wait. You might think it saves your iphone or ipads batteries, but guess what, its not true. What . The myth, the big myth, yes. Apple is n as a Small Business owner, you know things have a way of moving fast. But if your network cant keep up, it can really slow you down. So switch to the 100 Fiber Optic Network of verizon fios. Youll get 99. 9 Network Reliability, and the fastest wifi available. Get fios 50 meg or higher internet and phone for your last chance to get 250 back. Hurry, this offer ends soon. Call or go online today. Small business is better on a better network. Good morning. Im storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein. Youre looking outside seeing clouds thinking, hey, is it going to rain . We dont really have any rainfall. We did have one line of sprinkles across northern virginia. After they crossed the potomac, they pretty much have dissipated. A few sprinkles near takoma park and college park. Heading off north and east, just briefly coming auto through. A good afternoon to get out and do a bike ride. By 2 00, low 60s. And then maybe a few more sprinkles between 4 00 and 5 00 as we drop back down into the upper 50s. A look at a greater rain chance sunday and big changes for the week ahead in a few minutes. Thank you very much, tom. Winter is definitely not of for all of us. Take a look at the mess on the road near the sierra Mountain Range in northern, california. Caused a bunch of accidents there. Forecasters expect the snow to keep falling throughout the weekend, making some of the roads impossible to drive on without snow chains. 9 10. So this is the deal. You have ipads and iphone. You have three. A couple are for work. If you have been closing down apps to save the battery, you can stop doing it. A top Apple Official says shutting down apps is not going to save the juice, the battery life. He dispelled the myth in an email this week. Tim cook said closing multiple apps does not help save your battery. We have been getting a ton of response on our Facebook Live this morning. Thats one of the things we are talking about. Head over to nbc washington Facebook Page and click on our live feed. During commercial break we chitchat about stories. This is o do is there is a low Battery Power mode that you can choose settings. Okay. Fair enough. Coming up, we are expecting some showers across the area. The question is, whether you will need to pack the umbrella before you head out good morning. Gray and cool saturday morning. Im storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein. A look at how much longer this cool march weather will last in a few minutes. Thank you. Its 9 14. A final vote that would stiffen the bills bill for drunk driving. The bill is named after Montgomery County Police Officer noah leotta. He was killed by a suspected drunk driver last year. It would require lock devices for all those convicted of a dui i team first reported on a teacher at langry high school who quit his job amid allegations of misconduct on a trip with students kwrooverseas. The teacher is also accused of disappearing with nearly 18,000 of parentss money. Scott macfarlane has the details. Reporter it has already cost him his teaching license. Supplied alcohol to the students, encouraged them to drink to the point of intoxication, instructed them to strip naked and two to engage in sex acts while he watched and participated. He resigned before he could depart on a 2015 trip back to germany with a dozen other langley students. Parents say he kept the money he had collected from families for that summer of 2015 trip, including 1,000 from richard disalva. Although people have listened to us, they havent taken any action. Its been a long, long process. Lots of emails going out. Very few emails going in. You cant find this guy. Cannot find him at all. They have been trying to track him down too to get the money, about 18,000. He wanted unique control of student money. They say he was the only teacher whose parents requested deposits far in advance. They set up an official llc. To hold the money. We found the llc, closed now. The listed address is this home that he once owned. A federal prosecutor in virginia is now reviewing the case of chris officer rod myer. One other update. Wednesday night Fairfax County schools said they notified the parenton the kids on the 2014 trip. The trip in which there was alleged sexual misconduct. We found families who told us they werent notified. Now the School District changed its statement to say only parents of victims were notified. Visit nbc washington app to see more of the schoolspo prevent sex assaults particularly on college campuses. Virginia General Assembly passed three new bills. They will train police on Sexual Assault investigations and improve the handling of physical evidence in those investigations. The changes are personal for jill harrington, whose son morgan was killed in one of two high profile cases. If they had been in place in 2009, morgan and hannah would be alive. Those two lives would have been saved. Earlier this month, Jessie Matthew jr. Pleaded guilty to killing Morgan Harrington and hannah graham. He will spend the rest of his life in prison. Virginia lawmakers are trying to make it easier for victims of doic legislation this week allowing people with protective orders to carry a gun for 45 days and expediting their license applications. The governor opposes the legislation saying he wants to require victims to have an inperson Safety Training course and certification from a judge before being allowed to carry a weapon. Some metrobuses will get a bit of a makeover. As early as next week they will feature budweiser ads. Budweiser signed a contract to ads for bud light on the side of 25 metrobuses. The Transit Agency is continuing to look for new ways to raise revenue outside of the fare box. Where should you actually stand on the metro platform if youre trying to catch the train . Metro is trying to make it easier to find out. The Transit System installed yellow and black decals at four main connector stations to mark the end of a sixcar train. In 2009, all trains stop at the head of the platform instead of the middle. An eight car train fills the entire platform. The six card leaves a big gap. Some of you have to go running for the train. Metro Police Officers will soon look a little bit brighter. Check this out. Starting this summer, most officers will be wearing these. Those bright yellow uniforms. The police outfits will have reflective trim. Metros general manager came up with that idea. Right now metro police wear dark blue, often making them hard to find when they are in the dark or also in a big crowd. Well, if you dont know her name yet, youll definitely recognize her by her sweet dance moves. This is adorable. D. C. s own virginia mclauryn dancing with the president and his wife at the white house last month. Well today grandma virginia turns 107 years old. You go, girl. Shes is awesome. 107. Thats amazing. Well, our community with a huge birthday bash to celebrate her many years doing volunteer work. She said it was one of her best birthdays. Oh, yes. One of the special i have ever had. She is so precious. By the white house, the white house sent a surprise gift, a president ial medal to honor lifetime of service to the community. Good for her. Keep going. Time 9 20. 4 things you need to know on this saturday morning. Two Police Officers are hurt after clashes at a donald trump rally get under way. The frontrunner postponed his event because of security concerns there. The district holds its Republican Caucus today. 19 delegates up for grabs. Republicans in d. C. Are split over donald trump and senator marco rubio. Download our app to get breaking news alerts as the results come in. Arlington county board voting in rosslyn today. If it passes, many are worried about traffic badly impacting that area. Major road closures for the rock n roll marathon. The race actually starts in just 9 21. A major traffic impact at that rock and roll marathon. A live report coming up next. Three questions for the us senate ods . Gmo crops are doused with heavy doses of herbicides the World Health Organization says probably cause cancer. Isnt that reason enough to label . 64 other countries label gmos. Why dont american shoppers have the same information . Instead, Congress Might permanently block our right to know. We deserve clear, onpackage labeling. Tell senators kaine and warner to stop the dark act. Welcome back. Major road closures under way right now in the district. That is because of this. The streets are filled with runners from the rock and roll marathon. Live in northwest to cover it all for us, news 4 derrick ward. Derrick, a bit of a closure out there for sure. Oh, a bit. I think closure is kind of an understatement. This is what it is all about. We live in a divided city. Politicians. The runners have cut the city in half. 25,000 runners. Essentially on a course to take them between the relatives. Its kind of hard to get from you might want to be aware of rolling road closures. This is looking down north capital street. It is for a good cause. It benefits st. Judes and other hospitals around town. If you try to get around today, you will have a challenge. They call this the rock n roll marathon. At various roots they have bands playing. You may hear the cries of which way should i go and confused gps. But, again, its all for a good cause. Derrick ward, news 4. And now your storm team 4 forecast. And great running weather for the marathon. This is actually perfect. A cloudy sky. Cool temperatures. Its fresh. Dont have any rain around. Heres the forecast for the rest of the marathon. Get outside and be a spectator. A few light breezes. A few sprinkles towards the end of the marathon. One wave of sprinkles come through the next hour. But they are now gone. Drying out in the metro area. Just a cloudy sky. It is rather cool. Have a light jacket with you. Just bring an umbrella with you. Youll be comfortable in long pants. Wont need the sunglasses. Put away with the shorts and the tshirts. We are done with the warm, spring weather the next couple of days. Upper 40s near 50 northern suburbs and around the bay. If youre going to get out, get some exercise later today, good afternoon to do a little hike or brisk walk. Temperatures will be in the upper 50s by 1 00. Low 60s between 2 00 and 4 00 under a cloudy sky. Just a small chance of a sprinkle late afternoon. And clocks ahead one hour overnight by Daylight Saving time. By dawn, temperatures in the low 50s. Sunrise 7 22. Sunset 7 14 on so kind of a wet day. Highs around 60 degrees. Maybe a morning shower monday. Otherwise, drizzle and fog. Drying out tuesday afternoon and mid week. Highs in the 70s. Cooler towards the end of the week. All right. Thank you very much, tom. We have to remember the clock. Thats going to be a tough one. And the fire alarms. Its a good time to change the batteries in that. The about news, you have the hour of daylight later in the day. I love that. 7 00, still bright out. Look at the bright side. Exactly. Good attitude to have. We hope you have a wonderful day. Thank you so much for joining us. 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