Next 24ho way, light rain and drizzle, 40s on your way out the door. Have the umbrella with you p mainly just cloudy this afternoon. Temperatures mid50s before more rain overnight tonight. We have Early Morning problems. Route 29 at lee highway and the ramp from eastbound 56 on route 29, the Traffic Signals are on flash. At last report, there was nobody there to direct traffic, so please be very, very careful. Well take a live look at the cameras this morning and you are finding that traffic is heavier now. Outer loop traffic headlights headed toward you coming down the hill there Georgia Avenue to connecticut avenue. So be prepared of course for wet roadways. And we also have reports of a crash on the outer loop before river road. This this is going to be above the American Legion bridge. Its reported along both shoulders, but the right lane is also reportedly one officer being transported by another officer. Copy. One officer being transported by another officer. Gentlemjacai colson, 29year man, four year veteran, lost his life in defense of this county. As a county, as a foechlgove and as a society, do our best to make sure this never happens again, that that young man who is about the same age as my son, that we dont have any other young men and women lose their lives. Today in matter lafrrylandmal fly at half staff in honor of 28yearold officer jacai colson, who was killed in an ambush style attack outside Police Headquarters in landover yesterday. There are two suspects under arrest this morning for their role in the shooting. With more on the investigation, lets check in with ward. Reporter were here on barlow road near district three headquarters. Its eerily calm out here even for this hour. But you can see that this is a crime scene. Take a look at that Police Cruiser up against the curb there. If you look closely at the front wheel, there is damage to that wheel. It looks like that car has been hit or somehow damaged. So we dont quite know exactly what happened there this morning. But we do know that two people are in custody, malik ford and michael ford. Police tell us that the two are brothers. Now, malik ford was wounded taken to Prince Georges County hospital. Hes expected to survive his wounds. Michael ford was arrested in a popeyes restaurant not far from her shortly after that the police searched the home where the two brothers are believed to have lived. Outside the hospital, we talked to someone who says she was an aunt of suspect. He shot an officer . Okay. I apologize if thats the case. But all where are both my nephews . Reporter a lot of uncerta uncertainty here among the Family Members and of course among investigators. The chief said yesterday at a press conference that he knew of no conduct that officer colson would have had with either of these two suspects. All that now being developed. Of course two people in custody have the answers that police are looking for. Were live in palmer park, derrick ward, news 4. When the shooting started, police went into active shooter protocols. That means everyone available officer responded to the scene and nearby residents wered to d told to shelter in place. They need medics right in front of the community center. To get help as soon as possible, a fellow officer rushed officer colson to the hospital in the back of his Police Cruiser. He passed away at the hospital. At the hospital, moments after learning of his dt circle right here for jacai colson. This morning hes being remembered for his dedication and bravery. He was a four year veteran and an undercover narcotics officer. Would he have celebrated his 29th birthday this week. The head of the Police Union Says colson was a real cops cop, never shying away from any calls. Colson was from upper chichester in pennsylvania. We have more information on this case in the nbc washington app including information on the suspects. Just search officer killed in our app. It is 6 05. Developing right now, a deadly crash in fairfax county, police saying alcohol may be a factor. A car 14r578ed into a tree on Burke Commons road in burke virginia overnight. Two men died, a third man in the car was okay. The road reopened less than a half hour ago and police say the men in the car were all in their late 20s but they havent rele t 16yearold Virginia High School student could get 25 to 50 years in prison today. Smalls pled guilty to shooting Brendan Wilson in november of 2014. Smalls will be sentenced this morning. Wilson was shot eight times on a path leading to woodbridge high school. Prosecutors say smalls wanted to avenge a fight between his brother and wilson. The time is 6 06. Take mitt romney takes his campaign against donald trump to another level. The former gop president ial nominee will stand next to Ohio Governor john kasich as he rallies voters at two Campaign Events today in the buckeye say the. Romney has said hes actively trying to prevent trump from winning delegate rich states like ohio in tomorrows primaries. And we do have new poll numbers out as voter this is five states prepare to cast their ballots tomorrow. Donald trump has a huge lead in florida, this according to the nbc news wall street journal maris poll which was released 43 to 22 . Trump also leads in illinois. Senator rubio falls to last place projected to take only 16 of the vote compared to trumps 34 . But its ohio where donald trump lands in second place. We should mention that the poll has a margin of error of 4. 3 . We have breaking news right now in the midwest where emergency crews are on the scene of an accident involving an amtrak train. What were learning about the derailment and those who were on board. And the broadcast songs are going from rainy days and mondays to play misty for me as we have light rain and mist out there early this morning. How long does it last . The answer coming right up. And no sign of the Cherry Blossoms just yet bloom when we take you live ress voted to label genetically engineered salmon; y 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. Its 6 11. Time for weather and traffic on the 1s. Well typfind out how well sta the monday morning. It looks gray and gloomy. I guess thats why they call it motivational monday. And i like the fact that its national pi day, 314. I know you have free by in the studio. Ill be in there at 6 51 for a bite of it. Your commute morning, hit and miss areas of drizzle. Temperatures in the 40s. Have your rain coats and pocket ed most of the rain willff this afternoon, but there will be no sunshine. Temperatures mid50s. You can see not much rain around the metro area just yet, but more showers just to our soth a south and west coming our way. Tomorrow it will be warmer. A look he at the weekend coming up. Metro line, orange, blue and silver affected because of a fire at the Mcpherson Square station. That station is closed. There is are bus bridges. It will be a long morning on metro this morning. So leave early and give yourself plenty of time to get to where youre going. Top side of the beltway, outer loop from Georgia Avenue down into kensington. Traffic is building away the area, but things are moving along fairly well considering wet roads. Were watching a developing story in Montgomery County where a massive fire overnight left a several firefighters were hurt fire. Were live with what happened and how those firefighters are doing this morning. First, did you hit the snooze a few times this morning . There may be a good reason for it. Why wen need more sleep thoman developing story this morning, Prince Georges County police are investigating the death of one of their own. 28yearold officer jacai colson was killed in an ambush style attack outside of Police Headquarters in landover yesterday. Officer colson was just shy of his 29th birth daddabirthday. One officer who knew colson remembered him as someone you just wanted to be around. Jacai had an infectious smile. He lit up a room. He was a tremendous pena wanted to ev a halfstaff in maryland in honor of officer colson. Governor larry hogan released a statement in response to the officers death, quote, it is my hope that his proud legacy of commitment and passion for Law Enforcement and serving others will provide some comfort in the difficult days that lie ahead. 6 16. And there are new details comng out of Montgomery County about a suspicious death on the Silver Spring trail. Police now say that the death of 20yearold Shelton Williams in southeast d. C. Was a homicide. Williams was found withdraw made to his upper body on march 11th. Detectives are asking for anyone with information to give them a call. One southeast d. C. Community is calling for change after two women were gunned down. Members of the East WashingtonHeights Baptist Church and other Community Members joined in prayer on sunday. The alabama avenue rally was to remember either hoicides. We have brand new images of a train derailment. Take a look at the scene outside of dodge city, kansas. Investigators are working to find out whien a amtrak train jumped the tracks there. Close to 150 people were on board. Take a look at the trains here, just lying on their sides. The krar hurt at least 11 people, but police say no one has life threatening injuries. And a terror the attack, take a look at the scene here, at three people have died from a suicide bopping in turkey. Investigators say rebel bombers targeted bus stops and buss in the capital. In turkey. Investigators say rebel bombers targeted bus stops and buss in the capital. 37 people died. Turkey is now bombing rebel targets in iraq. Police arrested dozens of people in raids overnight. And turning to the race for marylands u. S. Senate seat, for the first time in month, donna fight to rye place barbara mikulski. A new poll from the Baltimore Sun and university of baltimore finds 34 of likely democratic supporters back representative edwards. This is compared to the 28 of voters behind representative chris van hollen. Margin of error here nearly five percentage points. In news 4 your health now, before you pop one of those prepackaged meals in the microwave, die the tesch shans want you to think it may be good for a time, but probably bad for your health. Many are packed with ingredients that can derail your diet. Health experts say make sure that you read the labels that way you can adjust your eating throughout the day. Who needs more sleep besides me . Men or women . Well, a new study says women need more sleep than men because of their complex brains. We knew we had complex brains, right, angie . Women need about sleep compared to men because the fbray. Uhoh. This will start a conversation. Researchers saying this is researchers saying during deep sleep, the part of brain responsible for out, memory, language disengages from the senses and goes into recovery mode. So we need to sleep more to recover those parts of the brain that are working really hard. I buy the study. Well, these guys heading to another ncaa tournament. The terps last in the second round last year, but its all about onward, people. This time they could be taking on the number one overall kansas if they make to the sweet 16. Maryland scored a five seed on selection sunday. The team heads west to play in louisville this week. They will start things off against south dakota state with a game this coming friday. Whoever wins will face either califo weekend. And one of the big winners inom the acc tournament, they will be a one seed after that. We know other teams were watching include west virginia, a three seed in the east, vcu, a ten seed in the west. And gw which is playing in the n. I. T. So some of you are already talking about the big controversy during the selection show. Not the teams that missed out on the big dance, but the whole bracket that was leaked. Someone tweeted it only about half an hour into the broadcast. Some people are saying that this totally ruined it for them and ruined the show. The ncaa says theyre looking into what happened. A lot of coaches saying it was on twitter where they learned that they were not going to be in the tournament. And people are superstitious, they want things to go very smoothly. Hopefully ths go terps by the way. Thats right. Oklahoma number two seed out west i think it is. So sooners may have a Little Something to say about the ncaa tournament this time around. That is true. Outside this morning, all were talking about are clouds and raindrops early on. No heavy rain out there morning, but its not a pretty sight the all from the tower camera looking automatic over downtown washington. All clouds and some areas of fog and drizzle, as well. Visibilities have been reduced a touch. It could slow air travel a bit and if youre traveling up towards phillie, new York Organization boston, rains are headed that way. To traveling north up the northeast corridor today could be a logo for sure. Radar, no heavy rain in the metro just yet. A couple sprinkles near charlottesville. Next wave of rainfall moving in overnight tonight, only about 18 hours away, so that shot of rain comes in about midnight tomorrow afternoon is looking nice and wednesday will be the nicest day of the week. But first thing this morning, even without the heavy rain, its still all wet on the roadways this morning. May need the windshield wipers for the road spray. Temperatures mid to upper 40s now. And there wont a big rise in temperatures today courtesy of the clouds and drizzle chances. Not a whole lot of rain this afternoon. Temperatures mid50s, but rain moves in again late this evening in to early tomorrow. Future weather, clouds an drizzle through the daylight hours. And then cloudy skies this evening, but after midnight towards early tomorrow morning, 4 00 a. M. , chance for rain showers early tomorrow. That lingers up lieu about noontime only. Rain leaves quickly there after. We should good smet clearing ul tomorrow afternoon. Not must have to make it a sun any day, but temperatures mid50s toy, wednesday. Already thinking about the bet. Sunny and temperatures near 60. Rain looking likely for your sund sunday. Its traffic time. We have some Serious Problems on metrorail this morning. Service suspended between foggy bottom and Federal Center west because of tire activity. Plan ahead and expect a lot of delays. If youre traveling in to the d. C. , you want to watch out for a problem inbound new york avenue just before bladensburg road, a broken down box truck in the right lane. That causes delays coming off of the parkway on to new york avenue. And out in sterling, a crash investigation closing westbound route 7, everybody diverted at Lakeland Drive because of an ongoing crash investigation. Eastbound lanes are open, but it will cause you some issues coming from leesburg and going to righ n Cherry Blossom peak bloom. What a pretty shot. Soon the buds will open up. The big question is whether the peak date could be moved before this weekend. And mike with the National Park service joining us live at the tidal basin. Good morning, mike. So when can we start to see the gorgeous line of trees . Bloom watch is already under way. You can see over my shoulder, we have green buds on all the trees and over the next five, six days, we will be moving through the six stages. Should get us to peak broom on friday or saturday just in time for the weekend. In not too many people know that the National ParkService Rangers also give out a lot of free tours during the festival. Thats pretty cool. We have all sorts of things for the million a us over thel. Ranger guided walking tours and the memorials with iom the backdrop are very popular p pups and pedals program, come down with your dogs and learn about the history of the cherry trees. Find the full schedule online nps to the governn nps. Gov cherry. Mike, thank you so much. The time is 6 25. And it was chaotic scene, but necessary practice. Close to 100 Emergency Responders participated in a disaster drill for metro. The eisenhower avenue metro station in alexandria was closed for hours yesterday because of this exercise. Included a mock derailment in the tunnel with riders hurt. First responders from surrounding areas were part of the drill p. Hope is that riders feel that they are safe and emergency crews are prepared for the were learning there will be charges a Chain Reaction on 395 on saturday night. Police say mary daniels stopped in the middle of the highway just north of duke street. Three metro transit Police Cruisers tried to swerve to avoid the car. One side swiped another and the third cruiser ran off the road. The officers and driver went to the hospital. Everyone is expected to be okay. Putting bill cosbys wife back in the spotlight. What we can expect as Camille Cosby prepares for another day of testimony. A soggy start to your morning. Chuck bell has four things to know about your day ahead. Reporter 20 residents displaced, eight firefighters injured after a threealarm fire ripped through this town home behind me forcing the walls to story in