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WRC News4 Today At 5 March 3, 2017

Some snowfall there and it could be lowering visibility for a time. If you look farther out west right near 81, white post, front royal, this is where we have another round of some snow but again theyre going to be passing through. North of the district we are at or below freezing. It is a cold start this morning. Bundle up especially if youre standing at the bus stop. Absolutely. As we go through the morning the winds arent exactly out there right now but theyll pick up after 9 00, 10 00 a. M. So the kids are not going to have to worry about the winds but they are going to have to worry about going to school on time because i dont think there will be any delays or anything. Chilly definitely. 33 at the bus stop. 34 at 8 00 a. M. When you go to pick up the kids this afternoon thats when well start to see that wind really amp up. Windchills in the 20s and 30s by this afternoon. So it is going to be chilly, but just wait until the next couple days. Right through the weekend well be chilly. With melissa. Taking a look at southbound gw parkway, that ramp to Reagan National airport, ramp is still blocked southbound because of the water main break. Northbound it is open. If youre headed out soon you can use route 1 to access the airport so there is still a way in. Northbound 295 here at benning road in northeast, a work zone blocking the right lane here this morning and taking a life look here at 95, again, looking very typical. The roads are wet here, might have a little bit of a flurry coming down and the grassy areas are sort of covered. Dont get too excited. Probably not going to cause any major problems. And remember we are working for you when you are away from your tv. Download the nbc washington app. We have breaking news in Montgomery County. A person is missing after a massive fire. Crew is there on the scene. Theyre trying to get their spot established so we can report to you live from the scene of where 75 firefighters had to be present overnight to be able to put this massive fire out and we are hearing that it is in fact, a total loss. This is on the 16000 block of willow lane. The big concern this morning for fire officials is they have not been able to find the homeowner. So again, this happened last night. Firefighters declaring this home a total loss. As soon as we can get megan for you well bring that to you in a live report. Thank you. Developing right now, violence overnight in the district. Police are investigating several shootings. Youre looking at footage at one of the scenes from the rhode island avenue metro shot. Five people were shot in this area around 9 30 last night. Now take a look at this map. Shooting on brentwood road and another on rhode island avenue. Just a few hours before, Police Say Two people were also shot on fairmont street northwest. Police have not released any suspect information. Were told that all seven people have nonlife threatening injuries. This morning counselors will be at Potomac High School to help students cope with the loss of a classmate. An 11th Grade Student was shot and killed yesterday at oxon hill. Police are searching for a suspect. More calls this morning for attorney general jeff session to resign after revelation he spoke with the Russian Ambassador during the president ial elections. A small group of demonstrators gathered outside of the white house last night Holding Signs that read lying jeff and sessions lied. This morning it is unlikely President Trump will ask for sessions resignation after him an honest man. In a series of tweets the president acknowledged that sessions could have quote, stated his response more accurately to congress. He went on to say that all this political fallout was quitote, way for democrats saving face for losing an election everyone thought they were supposed to win. He said the real story is the illegal leaks of classified information. Jeff sessions will not be involved in investigating ties between russia and the trump campaign. He refused himself yesterday from any current or potential investigation. All this follows reports that he spoke with the Russian Ambassador twice during the election. That contradicted his confirmation statements that quote, i did not have conversations with the russians. He said those were part of his duties as a senator. In retrospect i should have slowed down and said, but i did meet one russian official a couple of tim that would be the ambassador. The acting Deputy Attorney general and virginia prosecutor dana boente will take over the campaign investigation. And still ahead, Edward Lawrence will explain what this means for the Justice Department moving forward. Also two of the president s most trusted advisors are now having to defend their meetings with russian officials and mike pence is explaining his use of a private email account while he was a governor. Well go back to the live desk with erika gonzales. This is a Homicide Investigation, but no motive and no suspect information in this case. From Prince Georges County, police got this call about 11 30 last night. Somebody had heard shots fired in the area. They did find one man shot inside an apartment, so we can tell you this is a Homicide Investigation and police do not believe this was random. From the live desk im erika gonzales. Right now were also making Prince Georges County. This is Traffic Camera video right at the interchange with the beltway. Prince georges county fire officials tell us an infant was critically injured in this twocar crash in the last half hour. Well bring you updates as they come in. It is on to the next phase of repairs for metro. Surge 13 starts tomorrow and will impact riders on the yellow and blue lines. Justin finch is live with what we need to know about this. Good morning. Reporter eun, good morning. Patience will be a must because riders here could soon see their train ride wait times stretch to 24 minutes between trains. Were talking even at rush hour here, this all begins saturday going until april 9th. Safe track surge 13 will send slowdowns on to the yellow and blue lines so trains from u course means a direct hit for commuters in the alexandria area. So metro is advising riders to build in extra time for your train ride and also to explore other options, be it buses or biking, we have all your bases covered for this on our nbc washington app. Im justin finch, news4, back to you. Before you head out the door to buy someone in your family the Nintendo Switch we want to show you the lines you might run into. Take a look at all these people waiting to get the switch at midnight. This is the a walmart on route 1. The Nintendo Switch is a brand new video game system. People are saying they couldnt wait to get their hands on this new console. Zelda. I cant wait to play this game. Its going to be great. All right. Its 300 for the hes excited for zelda. So if you get the system, the games and all the accessories people are paying close to 450. And you know what . Its going to sell out. So if you havent heard, it is snowing in some areas right now. Sheena says dont freak out. Dont freak out, eun, is what i said. But we have some passing snow showers this morning. They are moving. Theyre not sitting over one area. I will say if youre in Frederick County your temperatures are below freezing. Maybe some of the cars are coated a little bit when you walk outside. Ill show you how cold the temperatures are and how long youll need the warm jacket. Thats next. And it could be the end of snow days and some students know it. The bill proposed to do away with them altogether. Your Morning Coffee is about to undergo some changes. What Dunkin Donuts 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. Lawmakers in minnesota are considering legislation that could get rid of snow days. The bill would replace five snow days every year with e learning days. During those days kids would use laptops or tablets to finish online lessons a. M. At home. It would also require schools to provide resources for without dputers computers or in. We knew this was coming with all this technology started. Oh, i got a hand held blah, blah. Now do your homework. I think its a great idea. Im so glad im not in school anymore because i would have been devastated with that news. Growing up in winchester, virginia, which is getting some snow right there. But if you are in the surrounding areas, go to school. Youre going to have it today. We are seeing passing snow showers but rolling right on through. The thing is, could we see any snow for this weekend . Its going to be chilly. Your forecast for your weekend coming up. And right now taking a big look at the beltway. You can see that little bit of gray, our radar here over the road showing where we are seeing a little bit of those flurries falling this morning. The ramp to Reagan National air pa port, the ramp is northbound ramp is open. It was not open earlier. A look at 66 coming up. All right. Thank you. 5 14 right now and police in Prince William county have arrested a 15yearold boy for sexually assaulting a 9yearold girl. The assault happened last month at the kids choice sport and fun center in wood bridge. The girl told police an assistant swim coach has touched her inappropriately during practice. The 15yearold is being held at a Detention Center on multiple charges. A man is accused of threatening to blow himself up outside a Child Support office. He called the Office Yesterday because his tax refund is being garnished. He said he wanted to hurt his exwife and threeyearold child. The worker stayed on the suspect as the suspect drove from baltimore to rockville. Police spotted him, followed him into rockville and pulled him over. Onef our bomb teches in a bomb suit and he inspected the vehicle, passenger compartment and the trunk and underneath and was unable to locate any sign of explosives in the vehicle. Domestic issue, and possible child custody and support issues. Police have not identified the suspect to protect his exwife and child. New developments on the death of the north korean leaders brother. Were at the live desk with details. Erika . Good morning to you. We just got this information into the newsroom. This new development in the assassination plot against kim jong uns half brother. An arets warrant for an airport employee that happened to be at the airport weeks before the assassination plot, if you will, went through. We are now hearing again, this is an arrest warrant, but to backtrack a little bit we also do know there was some su we can tell you those two women accused of smearing a nerve agent in nams face have been charged with murder. Thank you. Tomorrow d. C. s Main Public Library will shut down to undergo a major interior renovation. The Martin Luther king jr. Library will reopen in three years. The outside will remain the same, but the inside will be completely reconstructed. It will feature a grand entryway with the king mural, a large state of the art auditorium and a roof top terrace. The prozwrekt ject is expected 200 million. Celebrating books on read across america day. More than 400 students from Fairfax County helped with a Birthday Party for dr. Seuss in the district. Angie was at the event at t street. So was the host of reading rainbow. Its important for us to read to kids because it really sends a signal to them that literature is important to us in our lives. Angie read a story and hoestd a book quiz with the student there is. Here is one question that could be a cinch for you. What was the town that was robbed by the grinch . Was it whyville, whatville, whoville or whenville . Do you know the answer . It was whatville. No, it was whoville. It was whoville. I love that mover vie. It whoville. I went to an Elementary School and read a dr. Seuss book there. Which one did you read . I forgot the name of the green eggs and ham. I like green eggs. Aaron, well come back to you on that. By the way, we have some passing snow showers this morning and north of the district, temperatures are below freezing so there is a little bit of sticking on the cars and the grass. Its not a lot because these showers are moving so once the sun comes up its not going as big of a deal if you are north of the district f but for today if you do see a snow shower, could lower visibility for a time but keep in mind its going to be passing through. Recess, warm jacket, exercise, warm jacket. Dinner out, bundle up. It is going to be colder. Heres a look at the radar right now. We have some snow showers just to the north of the district. These are dying down in parts of Montgomery County, and vansville also seeing some light snow right now, but then we look out front, royal cross 81. Thats where we have one pretty good snow shower so i think w area. 30 gaithersburg. The district is at 34. South of the district mostly above freezing right now. Future weather showing some more passing showers, maybe by 7 00 a. M. , possibly through the afternoon but then we go into the start of your weekend and we dry out. Walking the dog today you will be seeing some passing snow showers most likely. Well be in the 40s, about the mid to low 40s today. This weekend look at these morning temperatures. If youre heading out tonight theyll be dropping into the 20s, so saturday morning, sunday morning waking up to the 20s, feeling like the teens. However, we do warm back up into the 60s early next week. Good morning, melissa mollet. Lets see if the snow is affecting the roads out there. We have a couple of issues here i want to mention and we are seeing again, some of those flurries falling, not sticking to the main road so that is good this morning. A car spun out along the right side. Rest of the beltway looks okay. Taking a look here on parkway, southbound gw, the ramp to the airport there to Reagan National, southbound is blocked because of a water main break. Northbound is open. Got to use route 1 there in crystal city to get to the airport this morning. So did you play with legos when you were kids . We were dr. Seuss and played with legos. Ive got issues. I didnt do either. Lets move on. Sunrisem going these middle schoolers in lorton are taking legos to a whole new level here. This group of students called ibot brainiacs. Theyre using their robotic skills to solve real life problems. They designed a light up collar to find their animals out in the field. A lot of it is experience and inspiration. Youve got to know doing and youve got to be inspired. It feels fantastic. I want to improve the world and i want to help it to make it a better place to live in. The students recently beat more than 100 teams to become First Lego League state champions. Theyll be headed to the world finals in april. Well, the next time you stop for a Morning Coffee you might notice something different. What Dunkin Donuts is doing differently to its coffee. 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She was ordered to spend three years in a notorious prison, but a change in administrations meant she could finally leave the country and come home. So glad to be home and be reunited with my family. Thank you. Im so glad. My kids are holding her, so yes, thank you. I missed them so much. She missed her graduation in may but now theyre spending time making up for lost time. Well, aaa is now lobbying against a bill that would legalize marijuana in maryland. Aaa is concerned about safety on the roads and it worries that Law Enforcement officials dont have the resources to deal with drivers who are high. The poll indicates 61 of people in maryland support legalizing marijuana. The Parent Company of Dunkin Donuts and Baskin Robins says it plans to remove artificial colors from its products. Donut icings, fillings and toppings, baked goods and coffee flavorings. It also includes ice cream sold at both its restaurants and in quarts and pints at grocery stores. We have snowstorms rolling through the area but the winds are not as bad. They are going to pick up as we continue through the rest of the morning. After cant 9 00 well start to see those winds ramp up. Now were seeing those snow showers ramp up. You can see theyre moving along quickly. Could have a quick little dusting. Some of the roads could be on the wet side. And breaking news in Montgomery County where firefighters are watching the hot spots after a massive overnight fire. Megan just a

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