Here on 270. Were talking about the northbound lanes shut down there at 121. Seems like im having a problem here with my system. Not sure if we can take chopper is headed to the problem northbound 121. We have the complete closure here this morning of 270. Southbound a 6 mile backup as youre headed southbound there on 270. Well have much more are on all these problems coming up. Breaking news this morning, a commercial jetliner is missing at this hour. It was on its way from france to egypt. Erika gonzalez has the latest on the search from the live desk. Tom costello who covers aviation says at this hour the leading theory for the aircraft disappearance is terrorism. We are learning flight ms804 had its last communication with greek officials. No signs of distress at that time ten miles from egyptian air space. It had 66 people on board. Per hour and at ap n altitude o 37,000 feet, tom reported that survivors would be highly unlikely. And the fact it just vanished implies something instant and catastrophic. Were expecting an update on this story in a little more than an hour. Watch for high updates on twitter and facebook. Again theyre still work to go find out why this plane is missing and nothing is confirmed. Egypt err says the pilot was very experienced, more than 6,000 hours of flying time. Air y experienced, more than 6,000 hours of flying time. Airbus says the plane itself has spent some 48,000 hours in the air since it was built in 2003. Right now Montgomery County police are investigating a threatening tweet sent to a student at Paint Branch High School. Molette green is live with more on how the principal is resnd reporter good morning. Yeah, we can expect to see increased presence of security dwa today on campus today. Thats what the principal says. Part of what the principal said reads the safety and security of our students and staff is our priority. And we are working closely with police. Now, Montgomery County police and the principal acknowledge this threat being tweet on social media posted on twitter just after 6 30 last night. Heres what that tweet said in t the school up after park. That is the ready readiness exam going on. And used the dont come to school tomorrow. No specific place or person mentioned. Its already a short day school here with those examsing for on. Many of the students dont even have to come to class here until nome and dismissal is at 2 30 p. M. Again, Montgomery County police and the School Working together to try to track town the source of this tweet and expect to see beefed up Police Presence on campus. 6 04. Closing arguments set for today in the trial of Baltimore Police officer edward nero, one of six officers standing trial in the death of freddie gray. Nero is charged with adult, misconduct in office and reckless endangerment. Prosecutors say newro was negligent. The judge expected to return verdict on this on monday. Chris gordon will be back in the courtroom this morning to bring us the latest. An update on the trial against a virginia man accused of nearly killing his wifes former boss. Julie carey reporting final jury followed by opening statements. Andrew schmuhl and his wife are accus accused of tierrorizing her former boss and his wife. Schmuhls defense is that his mental state during that crime was impaired as a result of medication that he was taking. It is 6 05. Today drunk drivers in maryland will face new restrictions when marylands governor signs noahs law. It will force convicted drunk drivers to take an incar breathalyzer before their car will start. Yesterday the drunk driver who hit and killed officer noah leotta in december pled guilty. Take well learn about a new equal pay law. Earlier this month larry hogan signed an historic equal pay bill into law. It prevents businesses from retaliating against employees who talk about their salaries. P employees can also sue companies if they find out they were not paid fairly. They can sue up to three years after their final paycheck. White Marsh Elementary School will reopen today. It was closed the last two days because of problems with the well, portable water coolers will be provided for students now. Menus will also be modified by using prepackaged items that have been prepared at another licensed food service facility. This morning the tsa will show how passengers have a role in the long lines at Airport Security check points. The agency will set up a working security lane with volunteers to show the difference between a group of passengers with proceed hitted items and one without. The tsa has recently come under fire for long lines an extended wait times caused by staffing issues. The agency says its doing its part by adding additional agents at some of the hardest hit airports including chicago ohare. Were working for you letting you know 4 things you can do to get through the lines more quickly. Start preparing while packing. Large iie ilick questioneds go the checked luggage. And all liquids need to be 3. 4 ounces, fit in a quarter size plastic bag and be placed in a bin for screening. Download the tsa app. It has airport specific information and wait times at checkpoints throughout the airport. And we cant say it enough, arrive early. With all the extra people traveling, you will want time to be on your side. Good tips. Breaking news, 270 as we watch, chopper 4 just got the over the scene. It looks like the northbound lanes are just reopened because of this fatal crash. We have serious backups headed southbound and real backups headed northbound, as well. Details coming up. Were keeping you safe this summer with concerns being raised about helmets. What should you be looking for before you buy. And we always talk about how much it costs to live around here. A new repo i how much money we have t earn too 6 11 now on your thursday. Just a couple of light raindrops here along new york avenue and route 50 as they head out towards bowie and the bay dri. Bridge. Nothing all that heavy. Temperatures in the mid50s. Coming home later this afternoon, nice and mild. A little bit of sunshine, as well. Temperatures today up near 69. So just a few sprinkles to cope with here this morning. But as we get towards saturday, looking like we could have heavy rain coming our way. Ill let you know what part of the day is likely to be the most badly affected coming up. Breaking news continues on the road. We have better information here. So right now 270 north, we have just the other issue want to tell you about, we have chopper over the scene. Have an issue just north of here as youre headed southbound. Well look at that this one second. So right now northbound southbound looking pretty good through that area. 270 south from germantown to the spur, youre on time. 95 over to 270, also on time. 66 looking good and 9 5 bound n problems. Remember to listen to wtop 103. 5 fm when you hop in your car. A transgender woman says she was attacked for using the womans restroom and now shes sharing her story only on news 4. Ebony belcher was at the giant Grocery Store on 3th and h streets in northeast d. C. Yesterday afternoon. Thats when she says a female Security Officer spotted her walking into the womens restroom and followed her inside. The restroom door came open. And all ird youre a man. Belcher claims the guard called her delrogatory names an dragged her out of the store. Transgender activists blame confusion over the law. It requires people to use the bathroom that corresponds with their birth gender. Giant spokesperson told us the guard was a third Party Employee and that we should direct our questions to d. C. Police. Officers charmed the guard with simple assault. Expect to see police back out mere the scene of a deadly hitandrun accident. The man died after he stum bemed out on to shiplett boulevard. Police are asking the community for help. They will be out near a capella avenue tonight to look for clues. A sad update to a crash at a tysons silver diner. A has died. The suspect is still in the hospital. Hes charged with Malicious Wounding and destruction of property. Police say he could face new charges following the death. He had taken bereavement leave just before that accident. Sglu may be ab. You can see this tail from the american b52 bomb their crashed in guam late last night. All seven american air then on that plane survived. Thick black smoke rising in to the air. The plane aborted takeoff and then crashed on to the runway. Right now the air force is working to contain any Hydraulic Oil or fuel that may have spilled. The community is not in any danger. We could be in a party line battle over funding to fight the zika virus. A after passing in the republican controlled house. The white house has already threatened to veto it. Months ago president obama asked for nearly 2 billion to fight the disease. Cdc says the measure that recently cleared the house is just not enough. Were continuing our summer safety series this morning. Susan hoe dwan has some Important Information about those sometimes stylish helmets you may be considering if youre a motorcycle rider. It could mean the difference between life and death. The u. S. Department of transportation requires all Motorcycle Helmets sold to meet federal Motor Vehicle standards. Approved helmets are labeled d. O. T. Certified. The government warns a group of helmets known as novelty helmets are often for sale but not approved and poorly constructed. The helmet on the left is d. O. T. Certified, the right is not. Here at Renegade Classics in manassas, novelty helmets not certified are clearly marked. The most recent government study shows more than half of motorcyclists injured in crashes and transported to hospitals with serious head injuries war those novelty helmets. Earlier this month the head of the National TrafficHighway Safety administration addressed the issue during a hearing on the hill. The people put the helmet on thinking that theyre protecting themselves and it does not. And theyre sold as Motorcycle Helmets . Absolutely. If you didnt know what you were buying, and you thought it looked different and cool, you would not be protected. Safety regulators proposed two changes to the law to add a definition for Motorcycle Helmet and modify requirements by adding dimensional and compression standards to better protect riders in the event of a crash. You can learn more about helmet safety, just go to our nbc washingto u. S. Government is using the word breakthrough to describe a drug that produced remarkable results against advanced melanoma. Median survival rate used to be a year. This is the same drug that former president jimmy carter took when he was diagnosed. And hes now cancer free. 6 17. A new study says to afford represent for a twobedroom apartment in the district, a household needs an income of 119,000 a year. The average rent for a two bedroom in d. C. Is 2700 a month according to that report. That makes d. C. The fifth most expensive city when it comes to rent. Census data says the average income in d. C. In 2014 was 69,000. That suggests most people spending more than a significant percentage of income on rent. This morning the Softball Team at Sherwood High School is celebrating. The team won their 100th straight game wednesday night. They beat Howard High School 60. Just one pitch at a time. Surprised and excited. All these different emotions. A big congratulations to the Softball Team. The team is battling for their fifth consecutive state championship. Their game is tomorrow. They havent lost since 2011. Can you imagine . So they pretty much have this wrapped up is what youre saying. But the great thing is they take each game one at a time. Good luck. Coming up on 19 after the hour. Chuk bell is in the storm team 4 weather center. They didnt win 100 in a row positioning they have it in the bag for sure. Congratulations to them. 100 in a row, awesome. Outside for us, wed just like to go one day in a row without rainfall. We already have a little light rain outside early this morning. It wont be a big impact on your day. Cloudy skies out there this morning. A couple of light raindrops around, so cloudy and damp. There will be sunshine coming our way later this afternoon and temperatures getting back close to 70 degrees. So that will be nice. You can see on radar, just widely scattered amounts of light rain now. Most of the rain in the in metro here traveling along 50 headed toward the bay bridge. Future weather carries the rain out of here in the next couple of hour. The clouds will start to thin out after 11 00 or noontime. And by later this afternoon, a fair amount of sunshine coming our way. A northerly breeze brings ever dry air down into the area. Skies will clear out overnight tonight. Could lead to a little fog early tomorrow morning, but tomorrow afternoon will be a be outside. Friday night will be dry, as well. But as we get toward midnight into saturday morning, clouds are back in place and by the time you wake up saturday morning, likely to have rain in the area. Heaviest of the rain saturday, most likely during the morning hours. But there could be lingering lane drops through most if not all of the day long on saturday. Rainfall amounts could be a little on the high side. So bike riding weather today cool but dry, 69 degrees this afternoon. Tomorrow 75. Lots of rain coming up on saturday. Sunday also hit and miss chance of showers. Preakness, bet on the mudders this year. Breaking news on 270. Breaking news right now, 270 north, were now open at 121. We still have some delays up top head willed southbound because of that earlier problem. Chopper 4 over 121 and you can see things looking pretty good through that area right now. 340 eastbound after mount that crash here. Southern avenue southeast, still shut down at owens road because of a Fatal Shooting from overnight. Beltway looking good. Beach drive still shut down between wise road and sherrill drive, thats because of a downed tree across the roadway. Taking a look at 66 and 95, overall looking pretty typical. See you back here at 6 31. Watch your speed or pay the price. Where d. C. Police have set up their latest speed camera. Also ahead, testing their skills on the national stage. The opportunities some local High School Athletes are getti in a spongrt vo for dominion, part of delivering Affordable Energy includes supporting those in our community who need help. Our Energyshare Program does just that, assisting with bill pay and providing free, energysaving upgrades. Its more than helping customers, its helping neighbors. Stand by me today you will be doing some good for the community when you pay your toll. It is the dulles greenway drive for charity. The goal today, 330,000. And you will want a Queens Chapel road. A new speed camera is going up there on sunday. For the first 30 day, you will only get warnings. New me assuuseum is turning. I had a chance to walk around the site. The architect recall call it is one of the largest and most complex. And the building itself tells stories just like the artifacts inside. Its important for the building to make a statement about what the institution is, not just to be a pretty wrapper around is exhibits and artifact. So the building can have a role in communicating what is inside. He explained what the bronze looking building is really made of and why the designers chose such a look for this museum. You can see the full report tonight at 6 00. A live look at d. C. Right now from our city camera. Weve seen the explosive growth in our area firsthand. Now new census numbers out show where our population boom stacks up against other cities. And we have a couple of raindrops along route 50. Theyre going eastbound toward the chesapeake bay. How long will the rain affect your thursday . That part of the forecast coming right up. And another murder in the district. This time on so you were avenue look, i know youre a cow and all. And you may not know what im talking about, but, uh. The yogurt made from your milk, is delicious. Mmmm, yoplait. The search for a missing airplane, youre looking at new video of families arriving in cairo. Theyre trying to tibd ofind ou happened to their relatives. 66 people were on board the egyptair flight that went off radar. Flight 804 was going from paris to cairo. It dsa egy kregypt shan air space. 56 passengers including multiple children plus seven crew members and three security personnel. At this point we dont know what happened. There is nothing confirmed. However, Officials Say terrorism cannot be ruled out and nbcs tom costello says at this hour the leading theory for the disappearance is terrorism. 6 31 now on your thursday morning. Here are the four things you need to know about the forecast. One or two little raindrops first thing this morning p. And there will be some sunshine coming our way later this afternoon. Saturday is looking very, very rain any. And there are 80s in our future, everybody. For now just a couple light raindrops leave. We should be done fairly soon. Temperatures in the mid50s. Here is your hour by hour forecast. Just dealing with a couple of drops. Well be seeing a little bit of sunshine by noon. More sunshine coming our way later on this afternoon. Highs today upper 60s. And well be flirting with 70. And 80 degree plus in the 7 day. New problem here 270 northbound at Montgomery Village avenue. This picture kind of keeps pawing on us here, but it involves looks like a school bus because there in the middle of the the road with flashing lights on. 270 north at 121, still slow. And Prince Georges County overall look pretty good. Top of the beltway and all of those routes, no big issues there. Big look at the beltway, very typical. A little slow inbound 395 and top of the beltway. And then remember orange, silver, blue possible delays because of speed restrictions. 6 32. Turning to breaking news weve murder on souther