We have watching a problem on the bolt way, melissa. Still have that crash. This hant him. Whl and we do have one wlaen blocked because of the crash with the one vehicle into the wall this morning. Up top, all of these routes in town and out of town in our viewing area dont have any problems. Lets keep our fingers crossed. Still had had had that crash there in the left lane this morning. Going to have travel times in 10 minutes. 6 01. Breaking news. George h. W. Bush is at home because they had had shortinous of praeth as a precaution and that he is resting comfortably right now. The chief of efdicides kweet hes fine and doing really well. Were hearing from a man who set a fire under the frump with the boss. You can see the voo was build late last night. And talked to a protester who said he was trying to light himself on fire. Protesting the fact that weve elekted somebody who is completely incapable of respecting the constitution of of the united states. Reporter d. C. Fire told us one person was taken to the fire with burns. They would only see when they ruwere prrp tsds aboirmnty ersquun tult squb did my darntdest. Thats why ive been talking about shoe and it we are expecting quite a few peep kml friday were really prepared for large numbers of people and excited for everyone to come dounl and hope everyone plans ahead. Plan ahead, be prepared and be mexable. Right. And dont forget to leave thoem items that arent prohibited. Weapons of can they do that theyre aware of themselves. Even as a man youll want to wried it in my front pockets. And there are going to be uni purse. And squm as you can see, protesters that might see a thing or oaf called mixal. You can next the word tierks triple8, triple7 and receive alerts about washington d. C. Is its one of our civic spaces in the country. It has to be with within the law. A few of the things you cant bring again. Aerosol, large bags, weapons of any kind, fireworks and toy goins. Brings also going to allow brandonal milk. Woe you woentd need for the big day feem and now numbers show he will inter office with extroemly throw rate gd. Erica. These are from the latest nbc news wall street journal sgo fer has handled y fraur said say amauve of the way hes handled it. Bewalk obamas Approval Rating was 77 in twaun 9. Bill clienten was 77. The poles didnt bethser grj. Poilt said beanal to to the feep said. And were so wrong are gnaw doing apreev roading dwoet. And kw toi walked it up. At least 50 democrats are boy coating inall urals. Thank you. And this is news 4 coverage. Jim vance and doreen will be with you every step of the way and longtime parade announcer. Join us on air and in line. D. C. Police are waiting for the medical examiners report. He stopped breathing yesterday. Inside the u. S. Department of labor. According to a day care work. Hetuate and i want to kbroe the foo. How long did it take for them to realize he was choke sng. After a barricade situation, 32yearold a dds zooem is the one accused of killing someone. Police have not confirmed the relshz to the victims. But its a fourth person in the home not hurt. The officer who shot the suspect is on standard administrative leave. A they say dorothy sims was last seen in november. She was wearing black hoody, pants, and boots. Montgomery county workers could make more meiny. If they sign the minimum wage hike. They narrowly improved a plan to if crease pin. Caby he has raised concerns can could help you. 6 09 a high tech way to crack down on people who dont pay for appellanting. She can no longer walk, that is not stopping her from jouning the womens march. Youre watching news 4 today. Scientists are trying to figure out how a hump back whale weighing about 25 tons died off the coast of new jersey. The whale which stretches roughly 35 feet long was stuck on a san bar. Wildlife authorities are having tr they dont think it was hit by a ship or anything. Too bad. Its time to check our forecast with sheena. Ehows it looking . Yes, a little fog but it is improving. Around 4 00 a. M. This morning. Andets to rr good news for the morning commute. The big improvement by 6 and 5 00 p. M. , im above or two miles. Temperature wise we are in about the upper 40s across the area. Melissa mollet has a look at that. Just before 28, only one leg outer look at New Hampshire avenue. The top of the beltway is a but throw kraush blocking the right loan and theyre going to take you 27 minutes to take that trip 270 german town to the spur. Because of the traffic. 14 minutes. Remember listen to the radio before you hop in your car today. Thanks, melissa. New multiple pun reroz and asman arizona 3 urths wkz and one at if i am fib but this is actually the same raisen that we saw but didnt get. We are hearing that as many as three as soon as i get more details, ill bring them to you. De1re7ing in texas, a plfrs is ds and re. d a rifle at police. 48yearold jerry walker who died. They say no one else was had hurt. Markeith lloyd was discovered in an abandoned builting yesterday. As safer. s deppee was i care. For the first time West Virginia will use lethal injecting drugs. Grays attorneys objected to the drugs but yesterday a futsal edge for approved it. Her husband is already serving life in pris nl and later this morning the sentencing should begin to what. And pause of a ply toad. Kw a riare pole ewho says she didnt think twice when she bought the maufrm with it. And now the water of wauben immigrants plains to march along side two generations of your family. Telling mr. Trump that he is not going to change our rights and freedoms in this wuntry. Sheerz rrallee about the pots nl and every. Pipe i see the. This is the second time the home has been up for sale. Because he lived there until he was 44 years old. The and nan crestered for 1 1. 4 million. The first family is trul moving into later this week. Later this week they will travel to palm springs, california for a vacation. Theyll leave after donald trump is swarn in on friday. If you dont pay for parking, that is because you night bites sfwoets what youre sighing is nl nomed you from droiv way. Okay. A couple weeks ago paid parking 3 per hour in the street. The to the. Wow. What rber. Aau republican o. Is pretty aums. Prrs you dpidant need the heavy coat urpg pp. Praev in the district. About the mid50s. Good morning. As far as the vufm tlt wulg chirzb ksz luz thalg hapt a mute frulgd roy run into somia unionias. Looking pretty good. The roads are still wet, the sidewalks. Al 46 by 7 bj. Eit temperatures around 50 again. Then we look at friday. Mostly around noon and through fraend. Of course well be updating this. Rain comesen on friday but youre going to be stressed out. Next rain chance after friday into sunday. Some kwaerksple we till have that. Where to. And demay the. Overturned vehicle the lever kraesh. And the right lane this morning. Oh these routes in and out of town looking okay. Sentence commuted. An Army Intelligence officer accused of leak documents is getting out of jail earlier. And a family reunited after decades. Robert ive always had high blood pressure. But now i was getting these terrible headaches. And i was tired literally all the time. Something wasnt right. Most people dont find out they have Chronic Kidney Disease until it is very advanced. In fact, my friend ron paul was one of those affected. But a simple test can help save your life. Talk to your doctor or contact the gw ron and Joy Paul Kidney Center to find out how you can get tested. Before you find out that way, find out this way. Youre watching news 4 today. You know bao bao and dada will have our hearts. But we need to show you video of these adorable panda twins. They havent made too many appearances yet because theyre still too young. But they are playful and you can see them from iid plexiglass. Eventually they go outside. The favorite thing to do is play with each other and sleep like babies do. I guess they always i want to hold one. Pandas always go back to china at some point in their lives. Bao bao has to go back in february, i believe. Im so sad to see her go. Well this morning a father is reaching out to his daughters who were missing more than 30 years. They were kidnapped in 1985 and they found the girls and their mother living in houston. They all had fake names. The girls father says he wants to talk to his children again. Ive always been trying to find my children and now at least its up to them to get in touch with me. Kimberley and kelly were kidnapped. Police would not say if the girls knew they had been abducted. Hacked. A cyber attack hitting your g mail account. Holes on 66. Its the first sign of change. How much your going to have to pay to skip the traffic. And the fog is lifting and were getting a break from the rain. Find out when more showers are moving into your neighborhood. Former president george h. W. Bush in the hospital. D. C. Police say theyre ready. How the department is getting help to deal with protesters and crowds. Toll lanes to your route to work and breaking news, form put them closer. Good morning everyone. It is 6 30. For you on your weather and traffic. Were monitoring visibility on the roads. We begin with meteorologist, sheena. Visibility is really improving right now which is great not to for commute us. And its notense no. The kids and my mom. Mild rain as we go into your friday and the weekend looks mild too. As you waum outside, you do nautd need helvy coat. Broken down vehicle there in the left lane and the top of the beltway atsd a liep proeshess her. Oif maesheracy raesue as youre had coming off of 95. Were looking for any action here but we know theres a brand new crash. Southbound just after the key bridge has now gotten out of the way and your kuthern palg, brand new crash there 237. If you were walking up, former president george h. W. Bush was admitted late last night. He was add mitted because he was experiencing shortness of breath. Were told hes being monitored as a precaution. We will send out alerts on the nbc washington app. We are just two days away from the inauguration of donald trump. But thats not the only big event this weekend. D. C. Police are finding themselves in a unique position. There will be several protests throughout the weekend and this Erica Gonzales is live with more on how d. C. Police are preparing. More than 3,000 officers from other departments across the country will assist d. C. Police on inauguration day. Police chief says his officers have gone through concept drills with federal Law Enforcement officers. Theyre prepared for the terrorist attack as well as mass arrests due to protests. Now for saturdays womens march. D. C. Police will be on their own. They will not have help from any other agency. They insist protecting the Nations Capital every day makes them ready for this challenge. Im not going to talk to a particular group. I can say this. There will certainly be different groups here who have differing views on how our government should be run and thats one of the things that washington d. C. , one of the place you come to express those views. As many as half a Million People are expect for fridays march. From the inauguration desk. Thank you. As the president elect prepares for his swearing in, there is a lot happening today in his transition process. Four of his picks will be questioned today. Price is likely to face questions over his investments in health care companies. At least 50 democrats are boycotting the inauguration. Trump says he hopes those not attending will give back their tickets. Hes expected to spend at least part of his day in washington. He touted the support of groups like bikers for trump. I also want to tell you so manyop Just Announced were going to have record crowds coming. I saw the bikers for trump. I dont know if id want to ride one of those but they do like me. Its like additional security. Including 154 foreign diplomats attended the dinner. President obama will hold his final News Conference as our poll shows hes enjoying a second honeymoon with the american people. Al its the highest rating since the first few months of his presidency and 53 believe the country is better off today than it was eight years ago. Meanwhile the Affordable Care act is getting high marks. 45 believe having the Health Care Law is a good idea. That is the highest percentage since the wall street journal pole began in 2009. While republicans are working to repeal it that the republican propos will make things better. Were expecting even more pardons from president obama. Yesterday he shortened hundreds of snepss, including for chelsea manning. Instead of being released in 30 years, she will be freed in may. President obama has granted more than any other president. New this morning. Vice President Joe Biden is in switzerland. Hes giving an address that world ecudnammic. And the purpose is clear. To collapse the liberal international order. Different visions of the future. One of which russia is pursuing across the board. Biden went on to sigh that after what happened in the u. S. President ial elections, the entire world is at rirvg fsk. And a major milestone. This could drastically change how the commute in Northern Virginia goes. With a closer look at how much these tolls might cost. This is all about reducing the grid lock and the back up on 66. Double the average speed. This is the first face of this whole system going in place. They hold the equipment that reads the easy passes and measures the volumes of traffic so they can ajest your tolls. It will be hold true for the dulles connective road approaching i 66 and those tolls will be in effect so if youre east bound. In the morning youll pay that toll 3 00 to 7 00 in the afternoon if youre west bond. Thats going to raise the speed to about 45 miles per hour. And if you a single occupant, you pay thoetds totes. Otherwise, take a listen. For this system, since its a dynamic teal were giving h all all had ov rider to and you need that requirement. And the next face of construction will start next month. Live along i66. Back to you. If you drive downtown this time to pay, you have to pay attention. There are major changes that take effect. Find out how the inauguration ceremony is impacting where you could palm. The nes n and our next chance of rain is friday, just in time for and now your storm team four forecast. Staying dry. And in the morning hes leaving. Rain could be moving in around noon so if youre heading there for the swearing in, why dont hoe talk to him when i cant and lets check on traffic. So westbound freeway just before main, do have a crash with one lane blocked. A very troublesome spot for a lot of people. Hoping they get that out of the way for you soon. New crash, bw parkway after 197. In the left lane this morning. Right now bottom of the beltway looking okay. 270, a little slow southbound. Westbound on the beltway looking a little built slow because of the earlier issue. Remember to listen to wtop when you hop in your car. Breaking news weve been telling you former president george h. W. Bush admitted to a hospital. Flames erupt outside of his d. C. Hotel. The man who did it explained why. Security preps are ramping up. Creating a cleaner environment by using cleaner Energy Sources like solar, wind and natural gas. Weve reduced Carbon Emissions by nearly 25 , which is the equivalent of taking close to two million cars off the road. Cleaner air and cleaner water. Its good for all of us. Dominion. Depend on us for more than energy. Breaking president , george h. W. Bush. Fire starter. A new protest at trump hotel. How you can stay safe in a crowd. Saying that he chokes off a meatball. Day care tragedy. The questions surrounding the death of a child in a federal guilting. And divpup to turn in recalled phones. At 14 before the hour, former president george h. W. Bush admitted to the hospital. Outside the hospital right now. Reporter former president , h. W. Bush is here. He is not in serious condition. Heres a statement. The Methodist Hospital after experiencing short breath. Hesler being monitors at a prepapr pre and he spent almost an entire week of christmas in 2014 here at houston methodist after complaining of shortinous of breath. Most recently in july of 2016, he broke a bone in his neck after falling down. Former pds, bush has to hospital hide you hear. We will continue to keep you updated. More breaking news. This time out of montgomery county. A traffic stop turned into a police chase. This this morning. They failed to stop and the Police Chased the vehicle. They didnt say if they were arrested. New this morning an interview from a man who is not in jan he set this fire on pennsylvania avenue to protest president elect trump. He said it didnt go exactly as he planned. I was trying to light myself on fire. It was an act of protest. December fire told us one person was seen with burns. In the last 48 hours weve seen back to back protests downtown and there could be much more to come. Er for this was justin finch with more on and secure. Good morning. We have seen and been told more are coming. Kwloith ha they are making sure they have eenthor ones. If you were advised to bring your necessities. Phone charges, rain ponchos and comfortable shoes. Keep your valuable said in your sight at all times. Now crowds are predicted to be between 800,000 and a Million People. So look at for your safety and uthards as well. There are several protests expected. You can use your cell phone to tip off Law Enforcement agents. We have a great messaging service youll receive alerts and messages from us about whats going on. And while there are several things you cannot bring, the rain in the 4 cast. Prrks we had that and others in our car. When were talking about restrictions, parking restrictions go into effect at the white, federal tray angle and its living. These are mark would the it green dotted line. You will not be able to park in these areas buns you will have a especially parking he has tory move th move. The main entrance on massachusetts avenue and the main hall inside Union Station areh m store. That closure will stay in place until friday morning. Also starting today, capital bike share stations within the perimeter will shut down. They will reopen saturday morning. And fridays inauguration is not only effecting roads in the district. They are closing all nonemergency lane closures through saturday and extra Emergency Response technicians will be out to help quickly