This afternoon is going to be a lot nicer than yesterday afternoon. Yesterday was really windy. Today were not going to see that. Here are the temperatures this morning so before you head out you do need a warm jacket. 31 degrees in the district. Dulles coming in at 21 degrees. Gaithersburg and frederick coming in at 27. Quantico 24 but as we go through the day today we will be in the low 50s for a high. So if you are dining out today, by lunchtime, 44 degrees. Mostly sunny. Happy hour 52, mostly sunny and dinner will be in about the upper 40s so really not too bad. This morning for your friday commute lets see how it looks. Still have a bitlittle bit o road work at benning road. Thats that long standing one that doesnt want to go away. Inner loop and outer loop looking okay. A little bit of slowdown outer loop as you start across the woodrowil 95 northbound, quantico to the beltway, no problems. 17 minutes inbound and outbound no worries there. A live look in Prince Georges County coming up. Lets get to Erika Gonzales at the live desk. Senators are still awake on capitol hill. Another big night. And things trending on twitter and of course things on facebook as well. Were talking about scott pruitt. Dems in the senate Still Holding the floor at this hour. These are live pictures for you. This is still going on this morning senators saying pruitt wasnt effective when he served in oklahoma. So we want to make sure that we have an epa director whos going to do their job and in my opinion, mr. Brpruitt has ignor big pollute torrs and discharge in drinking waters in oklahoma. Even with all this pruitt is today. Democrats are a minority in the senate 4852. At the live desk im Erika Gonzales. Thank you. The man asked to fill the role of National Security advisor has turned down the job. Robert harward said no saying his decision was personal. Michael flynn was forced to resign after admitting he misled the Vice President after phone calls with a russian ambassador. Retired general Keith Kellogg is the acting National Security advisor. He commanded the western coalition during the second iraq war. After retiring he worked for two defense contractors. Next a familiar name, david pe petraeus. He resigned in 2012 after admitting to giving classified information to his mistress. Petraeus met with trump during the transition when he was being considered for secretary of state. And this came after president held a heated news conference. Chaos. Zero chaos, we are running this is a fine tuned machine and half of his job is putting out lies and at 5 50, Edward Lawrence takes an indepth look at the controversy surrounding general flynn and the challenges facing the trump administration. New this morning were working to learn how two people are doing after this bad crash on suitland parkway. You can see how that car was banged up and ended up on its side there. Two people had to be flown to the hospital just after 3 00 in the morning. Our news partner tells us one person was seriously hurt. U. S. Park police have not said whether more than one car was involved in this cash. Right now Hyattsville Police are urging people to be on high alert. Eight armed december. Many of the robberies are happening in one specific area. Were talking about the part bordered by Queens Chapel road. 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. This is making life for those living in that area uneasy. From nowen ill be watching whos behind me, whos in front of me, whos on the side because its terrible. Police believe there could be more victims but some may be reluctant to come forward. This morning were learning how two recent murders and three disappearances are tied to one dangerous gang in Northern Virginia. 15yearolds body was found in springfield. Police zeroed in on the while investigating a different murder in pcounty. A 21yearold man was killed and left in the Potomac River last month. Everyone involved in both crimes has ties to the same gang. And Officials Say these crimes show how gangs are recruiting teenagers to carry out their violence. Justin finch live at Fairfax Police head quarts on what theyre trying to do to top this problem. Reporter theyre teaming up to take down these gangs. Officials say these gang influences are closer than you may think. Now, this all comes through a new regional report on gangs that focuses on ms 13 finding that it is increasingly recruiting juveniles and young adults especially those that speak spanish and there has been an increase in violent activity. The mother of reyes daughter was targeted by ms 13 before she was found dead in springfield last weekend. They havent confirmed that direct tie but they find that gangs are recruiting in our high schools and middle schools promising protection and security. And if anyone sees something suspicious on campus, they are asked to speak up. The gang crime knows no boundaries. And this is difficult to combat, but we have great detectives, great advocates who support our work and we will be tireless in making arrests. Reporter and given the wide range of gangs in the reyes and other cases in the area police are asking for as many tips as possible. We are live at Police Headquarters. Back in to you. If youre worry about your child falling into the wrong crowd, heres a few things to look out for. Are they talking to known gang members. Have they made a drastic change in appearance . And if they insist on wearing certain color combinations. You can find a complete list of warning signs on our nbc washington app. And right now in Loudoun County the Sheriffs Office is searching for this missing 16yearold. Her name is stefani lieu sucero. She left her home on february 9th. Call the Sheriffs Office if you know where to find her. And the search is on for this man. Hes 59 years old. His name is Turner Joseph stevenson and police say he has dementia. He was last seen on tuesday around 4 00 p. M. He was leaving his residence at apartments in silver spring. I just posted this picture on twitter and facebook. Call police if you have any information. Firefighters are watching hot spots after a massive multialarm fire. Take a look at the flames here and the smoke. The flames erupted at warehouse in baltimore late last night. The fire and thick black smoke forced crew to shut down streets and light rail in the area. The wind is taking the blame for a house fire in arlington. The homeowners told firefighters they had a fire pit going in the backyard last night and the winds kicked up sending flames toward the house and catching the siding on fire. No one was hurt in this incident. Now, wind should not be a factor today, but the sun will. Right . You betcha. Suns up before 7 00 a. M. This morning between now and then it is awfully cold out there. Temperatures in the teens, 20s to around 30 degrees now but yes, indeed, full sunshine coming our way this afternoon. Today we go back above average and that weekend is looking warmer all the time. Stay with us. Zika virus test botched. First, a day without immigrants. Now a super cold right now, but things going to change in that direction. Super warm later. Its going to be really nice this weekend. Now today yes, we are starting off cold. Look at these temperatures. 20 degrees. 31 in the district so everybody is below freezing and your morning commute on this friday, its going to be cold but dry. By lunchtime 44 degrees and dry. Low 50s coming up. Weekend outlook. For now lets get a check on the roadways with melissa. Live look here in Prince Georges County. No problems on the inner loop or outer loop of the beltway. 66 and 95 both behaving themselves right now. A little bit of a slowdown after quantico and down to the spur also rolling along quite well. Thank you. False negatives. That is what two pregnant women were given after they were tested for the zika virus. How Officials Say this happened and whether you need to be worried about this. Megan . Reporter well, good morning. These women, they thought they were okay. They thought they were in the clear, but they were not. Two pregnant women who tested negative for the zika virus have now learned that they are in fact, positive. The mistake in testing was discovered during a recent audit of the d. C. Lab. Retesting is already underway. Examined again. Now, so far two false negatives have been discovered. Those two pregnant women, but health Officials Say there will likely be more. Assuming there may be some in there and we are also hopeful that the ma jor oi of those will continue to be retesting as being negative. Reporter and those two women have had their babies. Its unknown whether or not there were any Health Problems with respect to those babies, those deliveries. Now, the botched tests were done between july 14th of last year and december the 14th. Testing, retesting understoway could take four week to get those results back. Back to you. Well, given the developmentes in the district we wanted to remind you of the signs and symptoms of zika. Red eyes, fever, joint pain or rash, people can also e symptoms are usually mild and many people dont get sick enough to go to the hospital. Symptoms last a week. Zika is commonly spread through mosquito bites from mother to child, through sex or through blood transfusion. Zika poses a much greater risk for unborn babies. It can cause birth defects including microcephaly. Women are discouraged from traveling to areas where zika is pref len prevalent. Doctors say its not too late to get vaccinated. The flu vaccine is nearly 50 effective this year. They say the vaccination has reduced the number of flu associated medical visits by roughly half. Health care encourage anybody over the age of six month to get a flu shot. Congress members from california, colorado, oregon and arkansas now make up the congressional icahn bcon gressi congressional cannibus caucus. Theyre calling for a general strike on march 8th which is International Womens day. They also want to draw attention to the issue of gender equality. The nationals will play their first spring training game in a week and a half and theyre all down in florida. The nats are at a brand new ballpark for spring training this year. News 4 Sports Reporter will be at the ballpark of beaches. You can follow her on twitter. Poor carol having to go to florida and hanging out with the nats. Shes missing out on our complete lack of cold air here. No complaints around here. If youre going to be in florida, you know, you want us buried in snow if youre going to florida this time of year, but thats not whats going to happen. Its been the winter without winter around here just about. All three months of winter have been comfortably above average. December was two degrees warmer than average with only a trace of snow. January was more than 6 degrees warmer with barely an inch and a half. And february almost 5 and a half Degrees Higher than average and only a trace amount of snow. What cold air . Anyway, well see the warmup here coming our way for the weekend. There are some clouds and some snow showers to our south. Snow alon carolina border heading down the north side of raleigh. You know somethings wrong when its snowing in raleigh and its not even cold here. We are off to a cold start. 27 in gaithersburg. Martinsburg at 19. Hourly temperatures though, once the sun comes out and there will be a fair amount of sunshine today, near 43 degrees by lunchtime. Afternoon highs today, mid and upper 40s in upper maryland. For tomorrow, beginning of your long holiday weekend, a chilly start in the 30s. Not teens and 20s. Then tomorrow afternoon a big warmup. Temperatures in the mid to upper 60s for tomorrow. Theres your whole fiveday forecast. 52 today. 68 tomorrow. Clouds increase, there could be clouds increase, but that will not be enough to interfere with most of your weekend plans. I have some serious weekend plans so dont interfere. Loop and outer loop of the beltway, we dont have any big problems there. Top of the beltway all those routes are rolling along nicely. 66 and 95, no big worries there. A little slowdown 95 southbound there near quantico and 270 northbound southbound rolling along well as well. I went to my sons school and donated money for the schools lunch account and this helps pay for kids who are behind. Then another idea, donating to the library to help kids pay for lost books. You can sponsor a childs instrument for a month or maybe for the whole year. Another idea we had, buy a kid a yearbook and theyre only 20 bucks. So pay it forward and let me know what you do. Were going to post all these online. Lots of things did you do all do all what . I donated a certain amount of money and they can distribute it as they like. I did that with my trumpet and believe me, it was a good thing. Hadnt played a right note in years. Thanks, guys. Well, it is not something people who struggle with it usually talk about. The thought of suicide, how one group hopes an unusual method saves lives. And how gang problems in Central America are making their way to our area and into your kids schools. And dont just take a whiff. F that milk to see if its bad very customizable. You can choose the back, you can choose the arm, you can choose the leg. We couldnt be any happier. You can choose the arm, you can choose the leg. Prodders, shuckersers, and sniffers, [ inhales ] all giant produce is triple checked. Farm, crate, and store. Were focusing on fresh. So you dont have to guess. My giant. Now to a story about a lot of problems that families are dealing with. Teen last year five students took their own lives and now a Theater Group is reaching out to those families hoping to save a life. 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 ge junior. He was the guy giving people hugs in the hall in the morning the cheer them up. He was the guy that so many people went to with their problems. Reporter nobody knew but beneath that smile was a form of depression and in january of last year he took his own life. We didnt realize what was going on with him down he was way down the path. Were lose ago lot of young people and and we just 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 this show can save a life, if it can start a conversation, if it can let one kid know theyre not alone, we have to do it over and over. And the Theater Group puts on several shows that are open to the public and theyre hoping to expand to other counties in the future. We are committing to changing minds. You want to help get rid of the stigma of talking about depression and other Mental Health issues. Theres a lot of information about warning signs for depression and links to hot lines on the nbc washington app. You really have to bundle up this morning. Forecast. Oh, theres great news in the forecast. But this morning we just have to get through the cold first. Many areas, almost everybody basically below freezing so the warm jacket when you walk outside. Coming up well talk about another unseasonably warm weekend and chuck has the four things you need to know before you walk out the door. Plus, google groceries . The Search Engine will have your food delivered rig right now rush hour rampage. A busy road shut down when shots are fired into a car. The latest on the search for the shooter. Get to work faster but youll have to pay. Where express lanes will be expanded. The warmup is here for the weekend. We have your storm team 4 forecast. Good morning. Its 5 30. Thanks for joining us early on this friday morning. You need to bundle up this morning. It will only be temporary. Those spring like temperatures will be back here in just hours. Cant wait. We have to get you through your friday first. Traffic warnings, but first chuck and sheena have your forecast. And four things you need to know. You do have to bundle up. But the been a regular occurrence. A cold start this morning. The four things you need to know about the weather are that its going to be a mild weekend and that it may have a little rain on your saturday. How are temperatures holding up . That is true. Temperature wise we are looking at everybody below freezing. 31 in the district. So as we go through the day today, were going to see nicer conditions than what we saw yesterday. By lunchtime 44 degrees. 3 00 p. M. Low 50s so it is going to shape up to be a very nice day. And this weekend unseasonably warm. A closer look at your weekend forecast. Chuck will have a look at how warm it will be. Lets get a look on your friday drive. So taking a look right now at roadwork still hanging around, we have this benning road situation with the work zone blocking that right lane. Otherwise, were looking light. Some people taking off today making it a nice and an easy commute for everybody feeling the pain of going to work. You can see moving along quite well here this morning nice and green. 66 here, inbound, outbound, no big worries there and montrose road, no problem northbound or southbound on 270. Police in Northern Virginia are raising concerns about violent gangs that appear to be targeting students in schools. A regional Law Enforcement task force put together a new threat assessment and one of the gangs theyre focusing on is ms 13. Erika traveled to el salvador and she joins us more with what she learned. We were invited by the northern Gang Task Force and we learned that the problems that police are seeing in Central America are mak