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WRC News4 Today At 5 March 16, 2017

Lets get you up to speed on a look at your thursday forecast. This is down right cold. She called is Something Else earlier. We cant say it on tv. Interest what was that, aaron. At least we arent dealing with this all winter long. I would have been all right with that. Maybe we will be milder now if we had been colder sooner. Now here we are in march having to deal with it. Were stuck with it for the day. What to wear this morning, your heaviest coat, your warm hat. That you can do things outside today. Trk ago chance for rain showers through the weekend. Those temperatures out there right now, a little on the chilly said. 27 degrees is the temperature merchandise the beltway. Step outside the beltway, not much has changed. Lower to mid 20s across the board. It will feel very cold, similar to yesterday. But we wont have the blustery winds like we did yesterday. With temperatures this chilly, bundle up, get all those layers ready to go when you walk out the door. A couple of items of photo here this morning, but no major problems. Well keep our fingers crossed here ride potomac, getting by that work zone. Downtown again, Rock Creek Parkway north of virginia avenue northwest. Left lane getting by that bridge work. Overall, Prince Georges County looking quite good this morning. Well take a look at 270, coming up. The white house just hours away from officially unveiling president trumps first budget. Were getting a look at it. That boost could come at a cost. Just infinch b is live at the whois with details. Justin, good morning. Good morning, eun. In our area, chances are good that you may know a federal worker. If this budget passes, their jobs could be impacted and so could our economy overall. Lets take you now to a breakdown of these numbers. The the epa could lose 3,200 jobs overall. This proposal trickling down to services that many of us use. The Transportation Department could face amtrak losing a portion of its federal subsidy, as well. For families, a possible change in routine. Were talking about funding for before school, after school, and possibly summer programs, as well. Also possibly facing cuts here. Bear in mind, this is all a proposal at this time. It has not yet been given the green light by congress. We are live outside the white house. I am justicin finch, news 4 with, back in to you. President trump is dealing with a legal setback just hour before it was supposed to take effect. A federal judge in hawaii blocked ens forcement of the president s revised travel bans. The president called that to pursue this to the Supreme Court if necessary. A hearing challenging the ban was heard in maryland yesterday. A rule on that challenge has not yet been issued. Well have more when we check in with tracie potts on capitol hill in our next hour. 5 05 now. Today marks the end of the first year of a university of virginia students prison sentence in north korea. Otto wambier still has 14 years left on his sentence. The worst position of my life. He was convicted one year ago today of trying to take a propaganda banner as a souvenir. The uva student was in north korea on a fiveday tour, not illegal, but considered risky for an american. Lawyer res working on his case now, but they say they arent getting much access to see how hes doing. Imagine someone lying dead on a hallway in your building. A man was found b shot to death in largo last night. Police georges county police have not identified the man nor have they given a motive for this killing. This morning, a manassas man is face ago long list of charges involving a hit and run involve ago stole b b snowplow. Police say officers saw the plow hit a car and then take off. Police went after the truck that matched the description of a stolen b truck in Fairfax County. 26yearold William Sanchez can was arrested and charged with dui, hit and run and other charges. No one was injured in that hit and run crash. A man and his dog are recovering this morning after a harrowing experience in Rock Creek Park. Take a look at this video. D. C. Firefighters shot while having to rescue the pair yesterday afternoon. The temperature at that time was below freezing. You can see the man there holding on to the trees. Trail near 16th street and colorado avenue when the dog took off. The dog slipped down a snow covered hill and became stuck. That is when the owner tried to rescue it and also became stuck. He was probably 200 feet down on a 60degree incline and he was holding on to a tree that was keeping him from sliding further down the hill and into rock creek. The man and his dog were stranded for about two hours. First responders say he suffered minor injuries. The dog is okay. It was about 20 degrees when all this happened. Thats not including the windchill. Firefighters say as passerby heard the man yelling for help. My goodness, i cant imagine what would happen if someone didnt hear hill. Because that park is remote. Its so cold, not a lot of people were out there. Frozen to death down there. A plea to drivers this morning to clear off the tops of your car. And the snow that fell on them monday night is now ice in a lot of cases. Its dangerous thou. Megan mra roads to explain how quickly this ice can derail your morning commute. Megan. Yeah, it really can be very dangerous. Were out here on the beltway. Were just passing Tysons Corner right now. And take a live look here from our drive camera and you can see we have traffic on the road. I dont know how well you can tell in this lighting, but actually the minivan in front of us has some ice and snow on its roof. Thats the kind of thing that can really present a danger to the motorists that are behind you. As youre driving along, especially as you pick up speed, that can fly off and on to the windshield of the car behind you. Local jurisdictions are reminding people, the police departments, to clear off your car. Take a look at this video. Fairfax county, they began to tweet about this situation. They actually put out this video here saying dont be this guy. Obviously, an extreme case here with all the snow on this particular car, but certainly a lot of people are out there with snow and ice on the roof of their car. And yesterday, they had about 20 complaints of ice flying off the tops of cars on to nearby cars. They had actually three incidents where drivers had eye injuries because on of shattered windshields, the glass getting into their eyes. So it can be a serious and potentially dangerous situation. If you are heading out for work this morning and you have not yet cleared off the roof of your car, please do so now. Back to you guides. Megan mcgrath, live for us on the road, thank you. Thats not the only problem the ice is causing this morning. If youve noticed your car shaking since tuesdays snowstorm one may not need to run to the mechanic yet this weekend. The issue is the ice and snow build up in the wheels that can cause the tires to become unbalanced. Once the snow melts, your car should drive normally again. If youre really worried, you can use your snow brush to clean in between the spokes of the wheels, if you will, to knock off some of that snow and ice. In just a few hours, we could know the fate of the the bitter blast of cold air this week caused widespread damage to the blossoms around the tidal basin. The park service says about half of the trees are what they call the poppy white stages of blooming. Frigid overnight temperatures damaging many of them. This is the first time in the trees 105year history that they will not reach peak bloom. So sad. We should know by the end of the day whether some of those buds in the early stages of growth might still bloom. I bet you it will be enough, know. It will still be a pretty picture once the weather warms up. Ten minutes after the hour right now. 27 degrees outside our studios, chuck. But that windchill yeah, back down into the teens and 20s. I wish i had the same kind of optimist that eun does about the Cherry Blossoms. Im concerned this may be quite the damage to the blossoms for the day and the of course couple of days. Highs today, back up into the low 40s. Thats still almost 15 degrees colder than average. Ill let you know coming up on the weekend outlook. Before you know it, summer will be here. Please, and a lot of you will be trying to get in shape. The online workouts helping moms in our area to get a workout at home. And new developments maybe even any minute now, well see a new ball of feathers and a brand new baby ball of eagles in d. C. The second egg has cracked in the nest at the d. C. Police academy. Youre looking live at liberty and justice nest right thou. The first eagle was born yesterday. We told you at news4 midday when the egg first picked, that means a crack started showing up. Once the eggs are born, the they are going the need names. You can submit your suggestions throw a link in the nbc washington app. We also connected the live camera here. I posted it on my facebook page, too if you want to click on the link to put in your vote. So you dont have to miss a beat. No. I feel like with liberty and like freedom . America. Something like that. This chill thing youre talking about little chill. Big chill. Right before we head into spring. Spring starts on monday, believe it or not. Were getting all winter compacted into one week. As we continue through the day today, it will be blustery again. We will have showers, maybe a snow tlak tomorrow night and rm wear on saturday. So that is good news. Chuck will have your weekend forecast and melissa has your tropic forecast. Whats going on, melissa . Good morning. Right now, just before 109, have a report of a crash. We are seeing a bit of a slowdown there. So were going to keep our eyes on that. 66, no problems into town or out of town. 95, quantityco to the you are on time. Melissa, thank you. Gone, but not forgot. That is how millions feel after the powerful nor east. With that snow came major problems, including thousands of power outages. Many are hoping this is indeed winters last stand. I thought we were in the clear, but living in new england, you know better. Were told four people died, including an elderly man hit by a snowplow in connecticut. Today, a bill banning the Service Members from sharing intimate pictures without a persons cob sent will be introduced. Congresswoman jackie spear will hold a News Conference introducing the bill after the briefing on the investigation. She will be joined by attorney gloria alred. Her client, erica butner. Some of theto to the marines united facebook picture without her cob sent. We are 329 days out from the Winter Olympics in pyongchang, south korea. Yesterday, the ioc president toured the olympic athlete village and praised its great progress. Its already more than halfway down. There were several problems with the athlete village at the summer olympics in rio. Several athletes also went on that tour. They say the apartments look comfortable and spacious. There you go. Looking forward to that. Are you going to stay in the athlete village . I dont think. Youll walk through. Ill definitely walk through. I cant wait. Today is the day. All those teams we told you about playing in the ncaa basketball tournament are about to get their shot. So much action happening today. Maryland, virginia, virginia tech, bcu, West Virginia and mt. St. Marys posts those teams have been putting up on social media. Relaxing to prepare, some putting in that extra work already. Dont forget to fill in your brackets. Some places will give you until noon today. The first game featuring one of those teams we listed, virginia playing at 12 40 this around. The terps play just before 7 00 tonight. When youre on the court, you have to not think. Youve been playing basketball all your life. This is another game just like youre in third grade, just out there having fun. Third grade. Maryland and virginia are both playing in the first round. Follow carol maloney. Go terps, please dont break my heart in the first round. Chuck, the weather. Any chances for blooming at the basin probably being pretty badly hurt by the then the cold snap. We had the blooms come out early and then go away in 1990 before what turned into snow. Four days, 80 or higher, march 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 of 1990. The earliest peak bloom on record, march 16th of that year. You think we cant go from 80 to snow . Think again. We had snow two weeks after we had four days in a row 80 or higher. 2 to 5 inches of snow. That all 27 years ago. Today well be nearly 10 degrees warmer than that downtown. Most of the northern parts of the viewing areas will stay in the upper 30s to low 40s. No more than a slight chance for a night into early sunday. Saturday well have a chance for rain drops. How about a thursday morning check on traffic. Good morning, melissa. Good morning, chuck. Right now, new update on 270 southbound before 109. Had a crash. It has now cleared, but you still see some delays as youre looking at the map here this morning. 270 southbound going just 21 miles per hour, that should get better here in the next couple of minutes. Bottom of the beltway, Prince Georges County, no big problems. This has cleared, as well, after route 1. Aaron. We continue to follow the news that broke overnight about president trumps proposed budget. What it means for federal workers when we go live to capitol hill. Meet you at the gym but dont have time . The popular diop line work yousouts some parents in our area swear by. And are you worried about eating that reuben why catholi 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. The valiant taste times of death, but once uh, excuse me, waiter. I ordered the soup. Of course, maam. My apologies. Cmon, caesar. Lets go. Caesar on a caesar salad . Surprising. Excuse me, pardon me. Whats not surprising . How much money matt saved by switching to geico. Could i get my parking validated . The catholics are get ago pass to dig into a corned beef sandwich tomorrow in ong honor of st. Patricks day. During lent, some catholics and do not eat meat on friday. Tomorrow, though, celebrates st. Patrick. 200 catholic dioceses issued a form of exemption allowing the faithful to eat meat tomorrow. Gotcha. Enjoy. Have at it. You cant do that. What . Were you about to do the no, no. I was about to say thats the meal. Finding time to work outcan be hard. Online options. They can save you a whole lot of money. Susan hogan has the secret to getting in shape without spending a time. Lets face it. Going to the gym these days can be tough. But with these workout webs all you need is about 30 minutes and the best part, theyre tree. Jill doesnt have a lot of time to spare. Shes a busy mom of two who runs her own business from home. Theres always the grocery runs, volunteering at the kids schools. While she prefers hitting the gym, some days theres not enough time. So she turn toes youtube the two of her favorite channels, pop sugar fitness and the fitness marshals. I can work out for 20 minutes in my bedroom and move on with my day. Personal trainer marcus davis says hes noticed the trend. Im seeing a lot more people work out at home and trying to do things on their own. But he warns there are risks. You could tweak a happen because youre just looking at something thats not structured to you with no guidance and no one there. As always, before you start a new workout, you want to make sure your doctor sock with that, as well. The hardest thing with doing these free workouts with yourself at home is finding the motivation to stick with it. I think thats the hardest thing about work out in general. Or anything. Those three options are great for people who dont want to commit for paying the program. Weve looked into more choices. Tomorrow well explain how to skip the gym contracts while still finding supports. Daring escape caught on camera. A woman breaks out of a car and runs for her life. Its video everyone is talking about today. Plus, another bitter cold morning ahead, lauren. Absolutely. Temperatures are in the 20s right now been were going to warm into the low 40s. Still a little better than yesterday because we topped out in the low 30s yesterday. Still, another breezy day out there with corner as we hea towdar community weve seen this season. Riders waiting for the train oh. Fit by feet of snow. Thats just wrong. What are you going to do . Some of your commutes could be less roud kroded this morning been. Lets start with Fairfax County. The School System there calling forea twohour delay. They did that last night. A lot of ice in your neighborhoods. We are hearing about. Also delayed, schools in Frederick County, maryland, and frederick candidate, virginia. In addition, Berkeley County schools in West Virginia are closed today. Hampshire. Morgan county schools are opening two hours late. In maryland, Washington County schools are on a two we have all the delays at the bottom of your screen and were posting the additional one owes social media. Now for a look at how your day is shaping up, Melissa Mollet will have a look at the roads in just a moment. But first, storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell and lauren rickets have a look at these bitterly cold temperatures. Sheena is the smart one. She headed to florida. I couldnt believe it. I found out when i came in. I thought she had the day off, but nope. Good for her. Feels like 19 in leesburg and manassas. Four things you need to know about the weather, number one, another frozen start this morning. More sunshine today than yesterday, but that northwest wind will be back by later on this afternoon. Some saturday rain showers look likely as temperatures may actually be briefly near 60 on saturday afternoon. But about right after that, more cold air comes in f ill give you the whole extended forecast coming up. Good morning. Taking a look right now at the roads, 270 southbound still quite full as youre approaching 109, 81st and then 109 because of an earlier crash. The crash is gone, but we still are slow headed southbound. Looks pretty good once you get here to 109. Pretty normal there as youre heading southbound this morning. No major problems right now on the beltway. Everything is rolling along pretty nicely. And 95 in maryland from 32 down to the beltway, youre on time, going to take you about ten minutes there. Well take a look at travel times, coming up. We want to get back to that breaking news were following from the white house. President trump releasing his first budget overnight. Now, it

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