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WRC News4 Today At 5 February 7, 2017

Well be talking about record High Temperatures later that we go over to Sheena Parveen whos out in college park, maryland this morning. How are things out in college park . Reporter hey, good morning, chuck. Yes, im live at the College Park Metro station this morning. Its 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 youre going to love today. Well be warmer and were talking about some record High Temperatures across the area. Take a look at your planner as we go through the day. Were talking about temperatures in the upper 60s. The record high is the mid60s and as we go into tomorrow were going to be warm too, but get ready and enjoy it because after tomorrow were back to reality on thursday. Well take a closer look at your forecast coming up in just a bit. Back to you. All right. Thank you. An update on a breaking news story out of the district. Police now say the woman struck this is not farrstation. Police are not saying whether she was in the crosswalk that you see in the video here when this happened. Investigators do confirm the driver involved remained on the scene. Now for the impact on the roads lets check in with Melissa Mollet. Good morning. So that has cleared out of the way as for as any closures. The investigation as you mentioned is on going but the roads there are now open. But something that is closed in the district, in northwest Georgia Avenue shut down between emerson street and decatur street there in northwest because of that investigation. Thats a shooting there. Delafield place also shut down because of the same investigation. Northbound 295 after benning road there northeast work zone blocking the right lane here. 270 at middle brook road, no problems northbound or southbound. It is 5 02. Turning back to breaking news rit what led upo in d. C. A male victim was killed on irving street northeast just a few hours ago. We dont know all the details right now, but we will update you on the nbc washington app. Right now police tell us the victim was shot around 2 00 this morning. Right now some all night action happening on capitol hill. Democratic senators hoping to block the nomination of betsy devos or the come fir molestatio confirmation rather. Democrats taking turns speaking all night into this morning as part of their 24hour push to protest President Trumps nominee for education secretary betsy devos here. Minnesota senator al franken. During her hearing mrs. Devos proved beyond a shadow of a doubt not only that her ideology is fundamentally with the mission of the department of education, but that she is fundamentally incompetent to be its leader. Democrats hope to sway one more republican to join them in opposing devos. We know that two prominent gop members already have said they will not support her which means that it will all come down at this point with a 50 50 tie it will come down to mike pence casting his vote to break that tie. He is expected to vote in devos favor. The marathon is expected to go until noon today. That is when theyll hold their final vote on devos confirmation. Well continue to follow it. 5 04 right now. The Trump Administration is also defending that controversial executive order on immigration today. Just a matter of hours federal and state lawyers will go before a panel of federal appellate aw p. M. Eastern. Opponents will argue that President Trump violated the constitution and ignored laws passed by congress. Todays hearing comes after fridays ruling by a federal judge temporarily stopping the executive order. In our next half hour Edward Lawrence will have more on what to expect today. D. C. Firefighters are working to find the cause of an Apartment Fire in northwest washington. The fire started last night right across from the national zoo. One person is in the hospital for smoke inhalation. Some people evacuated on their own and others were told to shelter in place by d. C. Firefighters. The person taken to the hospital was sheltering in place. Fire crews are looking for hot spots now that the flames are out at a trash disposal plant in lorton. That fire engulfed three stories worth of trash and burned for days. It started thursd finally extinguisamount of garbage searching for hot spots. Right now a 12yearold boy is missing in frederick, maryland. Police are hoping you can take a good look at this picture of michael white. He was last seen at his home on icahnfield terrace early last night. Call Frederick Police if you see him. Protesters want the d. C. Council to know they are against a plan to hire new police officers. Today, Council Members are voting on an emergency bill to increase the force from 3,700 officers to 4,200. Council member vincent gray says new recruits are not keeping up with the pace of retirement. Protesters want the district to consider options other than adding police. There are other ways to actually promote sublick safety like violence interruption that have big results but also dont the extra officers would be funded by the 64 million already being collected from automated Traffic Enforcement fees and fines. Well, if your ride is a bit bumpy into work today you might blame potholes. Seeing them all over. Turns out you may drive over fewer than normal right now. Weve been checking out the roads and more on why that is. Reporter hey, guys. Good morning to you. Our warm weather has been really good for the d. C. Department of transportation. Were driving along now on fox hole road in northwest d. C. And weve got some potholes here on this stretch. There are a couple of trucks in front of us. The extreme freezing and the thawing, thats what makes the craters in the road. Okay. Weve got some. And on the other side of the street we have them as well. You can still find yourself zigzagging around the potholes dmv. Heres what d dot says is happening with its pothole repair efforts. The unseasonably warm weather has really been good for us. Weve been able to work around the clock doing potholes and so weve really been fortunate. Weve not seen the kind of freeze thaw cycles that really drive pothole creation and so weve got teams out in the field every day working on potholes. Reporter were about to hit some right now. Tweet us your pictures of the potholes that you see in your neighborhood and we will get that information out to the right folks so they can fix it. Use the hashtag 4 pothole fix. Thats the latest live from northwest d. C. Back to you. Theres three, lebron, and got it wizards fans wished it didnt know, the reaction. This game was such a battle. The cavaliers handed the wizards their first loss at home in two months. Before last night the wizards had won 17 straight home games. Lebron and the cavs had to work to stop them this time though. Look at these reactions. King james set a new career high in assists. Both teams congratulating each other online. It really was the game of the year so far. Bradley biel sunk some threes too. Theyre crushing it this season. It is 5 09. Lets head up to prince georges county. Hows it feeling outside . Reporter hey, good morning, guys. I will say it is a little bit chilly this morning in college park, but this afternoon were talking about record High Temperatures. So coming up ill show you how warm its going to be and how lo thats a Million People to the national mall. This morning were learning the womens march is planning a second event. And were following a developing story from the live desk and the search and rescue effort on the potomac about to my husband wants to stay free from artificial ingredients. My whole family wants to stay free from artificial preservatives. And my debit card wants to stay on a diet. Fill your cart with giants natures promise brand. Great prices on over 800 organic and freefrom items. Eat well for less. My giant. We want to get to some breaking news right now. The search for a missing person across state lines. Were following rescue efforts at the live desk. The search for someone thats missing right now in the great we know that paused the search overnight saying that weather was the main reason. The operation which included a chopper above the great falls area and swift water rescue boats along the potomac with Montgomery County police, that turned up nothing so far. The search will continue likely later this morning and we will continue to follow it. Back to you. All right. Thank you. A fire can spark in an instant. Take a look at these scary moments inside a Small Business in idaho. Thats a propane tank catching fire there. Video shows the fire ignite and then burn right through a wall. A state fire official says excess snow outside of the building cracked the propane gas pipe. No one was hurt and the fire was contained to the storage room. 13 after 5 00 in the morning and we are sitting at 50 degrees here. Those temperatures are going to go up. Sheena is live for us out in college park this morning. Where you get much better. Right . Reporter yes, it is. Going to get much better today. Temperatures where i am right around 50 degrees but the wind is making it feel a little bit cooler and ive seen some people walking by. Not many early but to catch the metro, theyre a little bundled up. Take a look at what we expect today. Look at these records for today. Thats going to be warmer than the record. So we expect some records across the area this afternoon, so dress accordingly. Youll want the short sleeves today. Heres what you need to wear. A few showers approaching. Chuck will talk about that in just a bit. So you want the raincoat this morning. Otherwise short sleeves later on today. So yeah, its going to be unseasonably warm day. Chuck is going to be showing you the timing of the rain in just a bit so well have all those details and information for you. Lets get a check on the roadways this morning. Good morning, melissa. So do haveking that right lane. 66 here at jermantown road. That camera turned on me. U street there at 10th street, lanes blocked now. Now police say they are still out there on the scene because of that fatal pedestrian crash so that could be blocked for a little while longer. Georgia avenue shut down between emerson and decatur. Delafield also shut down between 9th and 13th. Its 5 15 now. More detail this morning on that military raid in yemen. Nbc news has learned the goal was to kill or capture the al qaeda leader in yemen, but this morning Officials Say he is still alive. According to nbc news military leaders told President Trump that capturing him would be a game changer and that they doubted president obama would have been bold enough to take the al qaeda in yemen has been of p including the underwear bomber. Even though the Trump Administration is new to the National Security world and may be getting its feet under it, the Counterterrorism Community to include the military is well schooled and well oiled in terms of launching these kinds of attacks. The white house has declined to comment. A navy s. E. A. L. Was killed during that raid. You saw millions of people around the world gather for the womens march including here in washington. Now organizers are planning another day of action. The Group Announced on social media that it wants to hold a strike called a day without women, no date or details have yet been announced. It is a good thing that event is not happening this weekend since metro has some more safe track work planned. The it will staylo run on the blue line between the rozland and pentagon stations. You can take a bus or take other alternatives in the nbc washington app. While metro works to improve service, Transit Police say they are already making your commute safer. A new report says overall crime in the metro system is down. But not all the news is good. News 4s justin finch is live from one of the stations that saw the most crime and hes going to tell us what to watch out for this morning as you catch your train. Good morning. Reporter eun, good morning. The minnesota avenue stop took the top crime reports and whether it is your stop or not, the Transit Agency is asking all riders to be on alert. That of course means being aware of your surroundings and here is why. Police are finding violent assaults trending up. So are crimes in parking lots reports of robberies and burglaries, but system wide, metro is tracking that the trend in 2016 at the top ten stations reporting the most serious crimes are on the green line. Transit Police Continue placing officers where they are needed most and we can tell you thats whats making a difference, police say, are smartphones here. More riders are texting metro and Transit Police when they see suspicious activity and also too, download our news 4 app of the full list of those top ten stations with the highest crime counts. Back in to you. Thanks, justin. Well, you may not be eating as healthy as you might think. A new survey found 60 of americans believe that they are eating a healthy diet. However, 94 of us fall short of the usda recommendations for a healthy diet. Ere supposed to eat five or more servings of fruit and vegetables per day but 62 of adults admit to only doing two servings. All right. 5 19. Today Patriots Fans are going to party for sure. The team is holding a parade to celebrate the big super bowl win. The biggest comeback ever in super bowl history, there will be several flat bed trucks on the parade, plus nearly two dozen buduck boats. Tom brady will be leading it all. He was already in the conversation, but that game pretty much cemented him as the greatest quarterback of all time. Its hard to argue against it. It really is. If you dont like him he has the i mean, like him or him. Hes going to have start hes got to play at least five more wins. Its someone elses turn. Sorry, pats fans. Hes going to be 40 this year. Im cheering for him. Peyton manning did it last time. Right . We have some crazy good weather coming up. This is super bowl weather kind of stuff around here. Temperatures today are going to be into the record books for sure. Your outdoor planner, give you the yellow light for this mornings activity. A risk of a quick little shower or two this morning but evening temperatures in the low to mid60s. For tomorrow most of your wednesday will be dry and mild. Rain chances really ramp up quickly on wednesday night and thursday morning could be a combination of rain, snow and wind. The rain this morning is mostly going to be north and west of the d. C. Metro area, but we could i cant give you here in penn lvania, the better rain chances will be for today. So keep that in mind. Fiveday forecast time, check out these numbers. 69, thats a record today. 65 tomorrow. Again, most of tomorrows rain chances will be in the later half of the day. Then as we get into thursday, yes indeed, could be a slushy inch or two of snow north and west of the city. So keep that in mind. Temperatures should be just high enough to keep much from accumulating here in and around the city. With temperatures close to 40 degrees during the afternoon, any snow that falls should stay off the roadways. Thats the good news. However, by the time we get to friday morning temperatures teens and 20s. Our Biggest Issue may be the refreeze going into friday morning. Reporter yeah, that i think will be the Biggest Issue across the area and to be honest with ouro today and tomorrow, going to be this snow to try to stick really because the pavement is going to be so warm. Heres what you need to wear today. Raincoat early in the morning because of the rain that chuck just showed you. Short sleeves later on this afternoon and sunglasses. You dont really need the warm jacket this morning. Maybe its a little bit chilly where i am at college park, mad m maryland, but upper 60s for the forecast. Well talk more about that in just a little bit. Lets check a check of our roadways. Hi, sheena. Report of a new crash. Not seeing it on this camera or the next one but 270 north. 66 west after 28 have debris there still hanging around in the right lane. Also on the orange line, single track and on the blue and silver line, trains single tracking between stadi and your family safe but how dohey really work . And bye bye. No, boo. Were going to get you a blanket. How long before she takes off for chin oh no. Oh no. I hate this belt. Man oh man. Mom, we have a situation. Lifes bleachable moments need clorox bleach. Were working all this week with apps that can make your life easier. New apps that can make your neighborhood a safer place for your family. News 4 told you how two neighborhoods turned to next door after a series of break ins. Group me is free as well but it keeps multiple users in Constant Contact over text and allows for picture sharing. Well let you know about other home securing apps coming air bnb robbery, people posing as tourists take off with a houseful of furniture. They just released Surveillance Video coming up at 5 30. Plus, goodbye bao bao. The final day in d. C. Officially set. How much longer you have to visit. And storm team 4 heading outside this morning. Good morning. And aside from the chilly temperatures were watching rain on the radar. Showers expected for part of the area for part of the morning commute. Otherwise, record High Temperatures today. Well ta right now at 5 30, congressional all nighter. Democrats still speaking on the senate floor and they say its to protect your kids education. And Elementary School infestati infestation. Now details about the school shut down by a bedbug outbreak. And potholes are all over the area and ruining our cars. Now news 4 is working for you to have them fixed. And with the warm weather going back to cold were going to see more potholes. Well stay on top of it for you. Good morning. Im eun yang. And im aaron gilchrist. Leave the winter coat in the closet this

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