Here on the left side of your screen. So hoping not to start seeing some of these slowdowns headed northbound, but it is a possibility now that we have this accident. Southbound, youre still fine. Trying to get out of town, 95 south is fine. And in mattin maryland, youre well on 95. U. S. 1 northbound, we still have that accident being reported. And then remember on 395 south ramp to seminary, were slow there, as well. Travel times for you coming up. Breaking news about the brussels terror attacks. More than 30 People Killed in bombings in the brussels subway and airport. And we just found out that americans are among them. Kristen wright is at the live desk. Thats right. This is breaking news just now into our newsroom. Again, word from a senior u. S. Official that two americans were killed in the attacks in brussels. On your screen now, you will see the four americans who they were all at the airport when the explosions went off. A sister and brother from new york as well as a husband and wife from kentucky. Well, at this point, we dont know exactly who the two people who are dead are. But we do know that h were working to find that out for you. 31 People Killed in the attacks at the airport and as well as the metro station. We just learned of course two people dead in the attacks in brussels were americans. Working to find out their identities. We are continuing to track the latest developments in the terror investigation. Steve handelsman is in brussels and well have a live report coming up at 6 45. He was killed on the job and now Prince Georges CountyPolice Detective jacai colsons colleagues and his family will honor his life. The public funeral for the 28yearold gets under way later this morning. Molette green is live in Upper Marlboro with more on the days service. Reporter good morning. Were expecting a large turnout of family, fellow officer, local and state dignitaries and of course the public is invited to this celebration of life. We do have a live shot that you can see inside the church sanctuary. The church is prepared for up to 2500 or more to attend. 7 30 this morning, the arrival of the color guard, followed by the arrival of the casket at 8 00 this morning. Coming up 202 landover road. So expect traffic impacts from that. The viewing starts at 9 00 and will last until 11 00. And the fawn ral service promptly starts at 11 00. On the program, Maryland Governor larry hogan, county executive Rushern Baker both expected to speak. The Funeral Service is expected to end around 12 30. There will be lots of music and fond memories shared about the 28yearold, described as service in the community. As you know, its been a tough couple of weeks for the officers in this department especially those at the district three station where he was shot in a gunfight, hit by friendly fire. The detective was in plain clothes at the time. Officer colson is survived by his parents and brother, but of course the entire community has wrapped its arms around this family and feels the blow to the community from this this loss. Thats the latest live from Upper Marlboro. Molette green, news 4, back to you. A woman had to be rescued after being pinned beneath a metrobus in arlington last night as she was walking near the intersection of 15th and eads street. Were hearing shes expected to be okay. The accident remains under investigation. Windy conditions fuels this brush fire in germantown yesterday. An elderly couple had to be rescued as those flames got swept through five acres. The next door neighbor who is also a montgomery sheriffs deputy sprang into action to help them, even sounded his siren to make sure the couple realized this was an emergency. We just saw all this smoke, and then we came to will this store. I was concerned about my neighbors. Firefighters worked through the afternoon to battle the blaze and put out hot spots. And this was the scene in boyds, maryland. Chopper 4 over a brush fire at the black hills Regional Park west of 270. And we were under a red flag warning for much of thursday indicating increased risk for fires. Here we go, the ncaa tournament rolling on. Virginia playing in the big dance tonight. And they are taking on iowa state just after 7 00. Whoever wins will play this weekend for a shot at the final four. Its a tough morning, though, for the terps. Maryland lost to kansas in their sweet 16 game last night. The terps were first half, but had a long stretch without any baskets in the second. Of course still considered one of the best. They were doing so well up until that second half. It was a good run. And they have a lot to be proud of. History making almost. Ten years since they had been in the sweet 16. So hats off to the guys from maryland. Congratulations. A word of warning about some potential visitors this your neighborhood. Where bears have been spotted in our area. And also ahead, a recall that may have you checking the pap friday, t pantry, baby proper tuktductsin recalled this morning. Its about taking a stand. For too long, wall street banks had their way. They crashed our economy. But democrat Donna Edwards wont take their money because she stands up for us. As a single mom, she knows the challenges our families face. Shell be our voice. Tightening regulations on the big banks and fighting to keep dark money out of politics. Democrat Donna Edwards, marylands next senator. We need women in congress. If we want to be heard, it was the women who forced republicans to include Womens Health and contraceptive coverage in the Affordable Care act. In congress, ill fight for pay equity, family leave and tougher gun safety laws. And, as an environmentalist, ill work combat climate change. I know as a journalist and as a Senior Executive in business that when women are at the table, we get things done. Im Kathleen Mathews and i approve this message. Light showers moving through the area. Showers in parts of montgomery, carroll, fauquier county. They look to impact washington between 10 00 and noon. Notice, though, as we work our way toward 1 00, all of will activity is east of i95. Were starting to see the sunshine break out. So have the light rain jacket or small umbrella handy. To the most part, highs in the low 70s and for all the spring brers g breakers, volume light . Nice and light. The only issue is this one, so this is 95 northbound at Prince William parkway. You can see the crash response there. Looks like its in the middle of the roadway. 395 south the ramp to around. 270 looks good. Top of the beltway nice and light. 66, 95 north only problem here. Again, quantico to the beltway, 56 minutes. Take will take you almost an hour. Should take you about 25. Weather and traffic always on the 1s. Listen to wtop. Police say if youve been seeing bears in our area, keep a safe distance. Bears have been roaming through neighborhoods. Somebody yesterday saw a black bear and cub on their patio sipping tea. No, no tea. What . This is boling green drive in vienna. The day before that, two small black bears were seen crossing o oakton road. The steps metro could be taking to see if employees have been lying to management about repairs. Plus honoring some of americas bravest. The special but jamie raskin is the only democrat for congress whos authored landmark progressive laws marriage equality, equal pay for women, green maryland act, assault weapons ban, and more. Raskin im jamie raskin, and i approve this message. 6 15. And a significant update on the terror attacks in brussels. We just learned that two americans are among the more than 30 People Killed in the bombi bombings. They have not been identified. They were likely killed in the two bombings at the brussels airport. Were also learning the airport will be closed even longer through this sunday at the least. Not only do crews have to repair all the damage, but forensic investigations are still going on there. Meanwhile the brother of one of the suspected suicide bombers does not believe gentlemnajim laachraoui was involved. He asked the media to blur his face. He says nobody has heard from the suspected attacker since 2013 when najim we its suspected najim blew himself up in the airport terminal. Were following all the developments about the people hurt and those missing and the the search for the terrorists behind the blasts. Well update you with everything right here and throughout the day on the nbc washington app. Were finding out the man accused of shooting a d. C. Police officer is wanted for Violent Crimes in maryland, too. Richard butler iii spent weeks on the run until wednesday. Butler was arrested after d. C. Police say he shot at patrol car during an unprovoked attack this southeast washington. Butler was also wanted in Prince Georges County for attempted Sexual Assault of a young girl, trying to fire bomb an apartment and stabbing his girlfriend three weeks ago. A grieving mother wants some answers after her son was gunned down while walking to a bus stop in southeast d. C. Gabriel turner had just finished having breakfast with his mother and was heading to work when he was shot on birney place. Witnesses say they heard at least six shots. Turner worked as headquarters. His mother had strong words for the person who pulled the trigger. Id like to take his life, too. They took my sons life. I would. I would. The one that killed my son, i would like to take his life, too. Turner worked as a janitor at the j. Edgar hoover building for 15 years. Right now there is no word on a suspect or motive. Were working to learn the name of the man killed in a motorcycle crash in Prince William county. That crash happened around 5 30 yesterday afternoon at antioch road near water fall road in haymarket. The motorcycle driver was killed. The driver in the other vehicle wasnt badly injured. Prince William County police have not released any other details about what led up to that crash. A worker was rushed to the hospital after he fell into a 100foot water tower. This happened in gainesville yesterday afternoon. Prince William County fire and rescue crews had to use a safety harness to pull him out, but that took hours. And right now, the snow, hail, tornadoes, much more serious part of the same storm that is giving us a little rain right new. Youre looking at video from up and down the midwest where more than a foot of snow fell. The system also caused dangerously high winds in the south. And check your kitchen shelves this morning. Because gerber foods is recalling two organic baby food products. They are organic second food pouches. One is pairs, carrots and peas and the other contains carrot, apples and mango. The product may is spoiled. If you have some at home, throw them away, you can head back to the store for a full refund. Were learning about another big data breach this morning. This time its Verizon Business customers that have taken a hit. Hackers have stolen contact information. The Tell Communications giant says it recently discovered and fixed a security vulnerability. Customers have been told about the breach. Today is National Medal of honor today and some of the bravest touched down in d. C. Thursday afternoon for todays celebration. Trup p trup pets sounded as they arrived. The group will take part in several events including a solemn remembrance of the tomb of the unknown soldier. Recipients say the welcome was humbling. This is not a me award, its an us award. And its a parade take i take for them. The medal of honor is americas highest military honor. And of course we thank all those who have served our country and congratulate todays recipients. Coming up on 20 minutes after 6 00. We made to friday and pretty warm out there. Yes, we have. But its kind of windy out there, too. Maybe some folks a little concernedab blossoms. I was down at the tidal basin yesterday evening and it was breezy and it was having a minor impact on the beautiful flowers down there. You could see some of the petals coming down with the wind. But it wasnt having a major impact. So that will continue to be the case today. But today, tomorrow and sunday the days to head down. Want to show you some great pictures of some wonderful students that erika eye got to speak with yesterday. Roosevelt high school, a great class there. And today in fact theyre taking their field trip down to the tidal basin to check out the cher Cherry Blossoms. Some scattered showers this morning, by the afternoon, some sunshine. For the highs today still in the low 70s. Here is the latest on storm team 4 radar. D. C. Metro area continues to remain dry. Light showers developing around Southern Maryland and Northern Neck and then back just west of that corridor working their way in the mid60s right now. 66 in the district. By 8 00 a. M. , well drop to around 64 gris. And some scattered showers at that point. By noon showers mainly around washington and to the east. I think well see a broken line move through about 10 00 a. M. To noon. Impacting the metro area and quickly moving into Southern Maryland and Northern Neck. Were flirting with 70 by noon. 4 00, were at a breezy 73 with a mix of sun and clouds. 7 00 this evening, cool with still breezy conditions and a temperature of 64. Now, tomorrow a high of 60. Thats normal for this time of year. But that will feel pretty chilly relatively speaking. Well have plenty of sunshine. We trade off warmer temperatures for more clouds on easter. Mostly cloudy skies. A high of 68. Next chance of rain comes on monday, maybe even a rumble of thunder. A high of 66. Winds pick up later in the day on monday. Its breezy to windy on tuesday. And that will certainly have an impact on the Cherry Blossoms. Temperatures near 60. And then maybe rain later in the melissa, how are the roads . A couple of new problems. Outer loop before georgia, left side is blocked because of a crash there. Also this problem 95 north at Prince William parkway, were sending dhchopper to that. Route 1 at 23rd, a crash and police on the crescene there. 395 south the ramp to seminary, still have that problem. But it does not seem to be affecting anything there on 395. Were still nice and green on 395. Something to remember for around 7 30 this morning and 12 30 this afternoon, the funeral procession for detective jacai colson. We will have some closures because of the procession. Still worth mentioning. Inner loop at bw parkway, powder mill and largo thr closures there both at 7 30 and 12 30. It is 6 23. And top metro officials want to know if critical system repairs are actually happening. Adam tuss tells us why some are now raising questions. Reporter metros own top watch dog, their inspector general, may be called into figure out whether employees are telling the truth about critical maintenance repairs that are being made. All of this stems after that smoke and fire episode from last week at Mcpherson Square that caused so many problems. That incident was so similar to what happened at Lenfant Plaza some are saying the repairs just havent been made the way that they were supposed to even though they have been told that those repairs have been made. Here is metro board member mort down annany any. We were given reports on a regular basis that things had been taken care of. Any any. We were given reports on a regular basis that things had been taken care of. Eyes as to what is going on. Reporter i will stay on top of the story for you here there metro headquarters. Adam tuss, news 4. You are in the middle of the sixth biggest metro area in the country. D. C. Leapfrogged philly according to new numbers. We grew by about 64,000 people between 2014 and last year. The census says just over 6 Million People live d. C. Metro area. You compare that to new york city, there are more than 20 Million People in that metro area. Were recognizing the women who make our region great all month in our women of washington series. Today we want to give a big shout out to jennifer gerres, a pediatric surgeon. She also mentors other women whenever she can especially those who want to become surgeons. She says female surgeons are still breaking down barriers, but with confidence anything is possible. If you know should highlight, let us know at nbcwashington. Com. A live look at the Cherry Blossoms where people are already out at the tidal basin. Still dark out there. Enjoying the Cherry Blossoms. Test festival kicks off this weekend. Sgla backups 95 north at Prince William parkway. Chopper overhead. And were watching a developing situation in the midwest where an entire minnesota town remains evacuated after a fiery accident involving a freight train. When those people could finally get to come home. They say character is what you do when no one is watching. David trone banned the box so people whove paid their debt to society could have a chance. And fought so hard for criminal justice reform, they named a center after him. And because education was his way out david offered it free to employees. Nefits. Evening the Playing Field has always been davids mission. In Congress Itll be his job. Its not how you run, its how you live. Im david trone and i approve this message. We built our factories here because of a huge natural resource. Not the land. The water. Or power sources. Its the people. American workers. They build worldclass products. And a better future. For all of us. Because making something in america means so much, to so many. Weathertech. Proudly made in america. We are still waiting