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WRC News4 Today At 6 February 28, 2017

Rain out here near cincinnati, thats about ten hours from arriving here. That puts it in the area around 3 00, 4 00 this afternoon. Tomorrow no real Weather Threat for today. Tomorrow we do have a slight risk for Severe Weather. The primary concern for any Severe Weather issues will be gusty winds, small hail and freektd lightni frequent lightning as well. Tornado threat is low but thats not the same as no risk at all. So have your nbc washington app download today and ready to go and find, like and follow us on our social media platforms so we can keep you ahead of the storm. A peek of the weekend forecast and i know somebody that loves talking about weekends and thes melissa. I do. Chopper 4 over the top of the beltway, inner loop and outer loop there, no big problems right now. Hopefully it stays that way. Southbound north capitol street, the service road there to new york avenue, we have it blocked between o and new york avenue because of police were keeping an eye on that for you this morning. 66 inbound, outbound there. No worries 95 northbound and southbound. Through Prince Georges County, those main routes also looking good. Well take a look at travel times coming up. Get ready for a full day of coverage on President Trumps address to congress. Hes expected to lay out his vision for the country and he could chart a path forward for some of his legislative priorities. Were live on capitol hill now with more. Good morning. Reporter good morning to you guys. And were already hearing from federal workers. They want to know how the president s plans will impact them. The huge boost in defense spending and the big cuts to domestic programs. Job cuts, im also worried about hiring future employees if they cut the salary and benefits too much. It could hurt future recruiting. I know theres all kinds of concerns about job cuts everywhere else, but you knw, Government People are people too and they need jobs also. Reporter now, the speech tonight is just a basic outline. Well get the full plan in may and of course that will also include the plan to overhaul the Affordable Care act. Live from capitol hill, back to you. Thank you. And President Trump says former president obama is behind the protests that have erupted at town halls across the country. He made the comments in an interview with fox newschannel. The president went on to say that he thinks its quote, just politics and that the protests will continue. You will hear exactly what he had to say in just a few minutes. And nbc news will provide live coverage of the president s address to congress. You can watch the speech at 9 00 here on nbc 4. Lawmakers have approved a man they say could play a major role in u. S. Trade policies going forward. A billionaire investor is the new secretary of commerce. Hes been very critical of chinaad as the north American Free trade agreement. Ahead of the confirmation vote Chuck Schumer acruised ross of having questionable business ties with russia. He was approved. Parents and staff are on alert at three local jewish day schools after bomb threats. The school was forced to evacuate after a hoax call. Minutes later other schools also received threatening calls. Well have a live report on all these threats and how schools are trying to keep students safe. In d. C. Wilson high schools principle is asking parents to talk to their children about what could have been a dangerous situation. Yesterday a 16yearold was arrested for bringing a loaded gun to the school in northwest. The student was stopped at a Security Check point on campus before heading to class. The teens name has not been released. Angie is following some this deadly scene not too far away from dunbar high school. Weve had footage here of officers responding to Hanover Place northwest. This is near north capitol street. A man who has not been identified yet, he was shot right before midnight. Police saying that he did end up dying at the hospital. We are still working on getting more information about the victim and a possible motive. Eun . Thank you. The fbi believes they tracked down a maryland 4yearold boy whos been missing since last year. Matthew carington went missing from maryland back in october. Weve posted this picture on our Facebook Page. Its on my Facebook Page as well so you can share it. The 4yearold was spotted over the weekend in birmingham, alabama. Investigators believe hes been in that area since shortly after he was missing. The fbi also says carington is with people who are armed and dangerous. House that was destroyed in this plane crash. This is in california. It happened overnight. Three people did die though and two are in Critical Condition right now. Investigators are still working to learn what caused the crash. They say the people on board that plane were coming home from a trip to disney land. The passengers included a husband and wife and three teenagers. Injuries at one of rios famous carnivale parade. At least 17 people were hurt after part of this float collapsed. The parade was delayed but the show went on. This is the second time there have been injuries during celebrations. On sunday 20 people were hurt when a float crashed. Oscar oops. After the biggest gaffe in hollywood history. And what female workers say happened to them and how the company is responding now. And this morning it is milder outside. Temperatures will be milder through the afternoon. Your morning commute looks good. Recess looks good. If youre exercising it looks good but the p. M. Commute, well see some showers developing so rain later today and then the Storm Chances increase dramatically tomorrow with warmer temperatures and the tletd for some sev takes 12 hours to steep. And almost no time to sip. Keep on with ultra smooth taste, now available with a sweet and salted kick. America runs on dunkin. It is the final day of the warmest february on record. Looks like we have some more warm air coming this way too. Absolutely right. Might as well go ahead and finish the warmest february on record with another warm day. Temperatures this afternoon running 15 to in some places as much as 20 degrees above average. Already a little bit of e as the early sun rises are pleasant. Theres a pretty big range in temperatures. Upper 30s to low 40s in most of the nearby neighborhoods. So kids going out to the bus stop this morning may want to have that little umbrella just to play it on the safe side. Not for rain now but for rain chances that come in later in the day. Between now and then temperatures go from 30s and 40s to mid60s for today. So again, an umbrella, maybe just a little jacket for early this morning. Rain drops near cincinnati now. Theyre only about ten hours away. Be ready for those. A complete check of the forecast coming up in just a few more minutes. Chopper 4 over the top of the beltway at connecticut avenue. So everything there looking pretty good. A brand new problem chopper is going to head to right now. This is 450 at cooper lane. A crash reported in that area here this morning. Taking a look at travel times. 270 south, top of the beltway, both of those things looking good. 66 inbound again, kind of being nice to us today here. No major problems on either of those routes either in virginia. Remember to listen to wtop 103. 5 when you hop in your car. Live pictures from that crash coming up in a couple minutes. Oscars Host Jimmy Kimmel is trying to explain what led to the biggest mixup in itself sheary. He spent much of his opening monologue explaining what happened and how much he was also taken by surprise. So were sitting you and you figure, well, the host will go on stage and clear this up and then i remember, oh, im the host. Youre standing there holding an oscar that theyre going to take away from him. My first instinct was to tell him to run. Too many people in his way though. Now we now oscars Accounting Agency Price Waterhouse coopers took responsibility for the mistake. The associate handed the wrong envelope was tweeting backstage oscar officials have not said whether theyll make changes with this Accounting Firm next year. After reports of widespread Sexual Harassment uber is taking a closer look at its employees. The company just fired the Vice President of engineering. He didnt tell executives hes been accused of Sexual Harassment at his previous job. And uber is not the only company dealing with these sorts of allegations. The company that owns several big name jewelers is being accused of fostering a culture of sexual harass mat and discrimination against female employees. Sterling jewelers is being sued by hundreds of former employees. Sterling jewelers responded to allegations saying in part, quote, complaints that were reported to the company were thoroughly investigated and action was taken where appropriate. Its now 6 13. Were sure you probably say this to your kids but here is another reminder for them to not play with fire for the second time in a week a child accidentally started a fire in their home. And fire investigators say this case happened saturday morning. A 6yearold was playing with matches when his mattress caught fire. Everybody escaped safely but the fire caused at least 250,000 in damages. It also came just five days or days after a fiveyearold died in a house fire. Investigators in that case say the child had been playing with a lighter in the garage. 14 after the hour now and a downtown bethesda landmark may soon be up for sale. The owners of tasty diner tell Bethesda Magazine that they are in talks about selling the property where the restaurant has been since 1958. Mariotte announced a plan to build a new headquarters on that same block. There are no firm offers on the table and hes not even sure he wants to sell. New this morning summer will be a little longer for students in Montgomery County Public Schools. The board of education voted last night to update the districts calendar. School will start on september 5th and end on june 12th. That change follows an executive order from governor larry hogan requiring schools to start after labor day and end before june 15th. All this week on news 4 today, we are trying to help you get less stressed. Hard to do. We introduced you to a local meditation class in bethesda for kids. Angie is taking us back to class and beyond with some specific tips on what you can do with your kids at home. And now breathe in and breathe out. At just meditate, young minds at work. Its a class just for kids, but their parents not far experience of exercises involving breath, sound and the present. Meditation expert says mindfulness gives kids an inner resource they can use in times of need. He adds technology can be a good backup. So many mindless apps from just singing to meditation timers to guided meditations, all kinds of different resources are out there for parents and for young ones. And speaking of those apps, some that are recommended by minds inc. Include stop, breathe and think. Also there is one called settle your glitter. I like that one. Calm. Com and smiling minds is another one. You just giggled. And so we have put all of these recommendations up on our nbc washington app. All you have to do is search meditation. There are a lot of stereo types about meditation. People think its faith based in some cases. Is that the case here . There are a lot of stereo types that are attached to meditation but we are seeing this is a growing trend in the d. C. Area and with just meditate, this is one of those places you can go that really takes a secular approach so there is no kind of faith based learning or anything thats intertwined with it. Really they say its more about learning the stress free strategies that you can use and just to take a moment to pause before you react and i think all of us could probably use a little bit of that, not just the kids. Thank you. Tomorrow we are focusing on stress management for High School Students and you can catch up on our series on less stress on the nbc washington app. Search less stress. Zwroo sp spin the weather wheel. See where we land today. Not stressful at all to go from winter to summer to back to winter and back to spring. Its stressful if you so i do feel badly for the ski resorts and those that really want winter weather. However, i also love my flip flops so this is great news for ones that like the milder weather. Warmer today than we were yesterday. It has been so up and down and wait until you see the rest of this week. Tomorrow well be in the 70s. Thunderstorms in the forecast. Weather alert day tomorrow because some of those storms could be severe and by severe we mean damaging winds. Very strong thunderstorms. Ill show you the area that can expect it. Current temperatures about the mid to upper 40s. 40 dulles. Frederick at 36 degrees but most of us in the mid to upper 40s. Locally were dry. A decent day but later in the day theres an area of rain that will be moving in so for the evening commute i think thats the time when well see a lot of the showers starting. Here is the Severe Threat for wednesday. The yellow shaded area which is our entire area, this has been extended farther north and this is the area where we expect to see some strong to severe storms tomorrow. So any strong to severe storms, lightning, hail and heavy rain, so this will be an issue as we go through the afternoon hours. Heres a look at the timing. Today were mostly dry. 6 00 p. M. Well see some showers develop. 9 00 p. M. They noomove to the south. A line of very strong storms approaching the district. Some of those storms could be severe. By 5 00 p. M. That all moves to the south and were basically drying out all the way through thursday and friday. Here is the temperature trend as we go through the rest of this week. Yes, you thought we were on a roller coaster ride, well, we have another one in the forecast. 77 tomorrow. We are below average as we go into friday. There you see it. Windy thursday, much cooler. Coming up chuck will have a closer look at your extended forecast as well. But now lets check the roadways with melissa. So chopper made its way over to the situation here. Chopper 4 showing us from above here, no big issues in the roadways. This crash in the parking lot there. Not going to slow you down at all. Southbound north capitol street, that service road to new york avenue there is blocked right there between o street and new york avenue. D. C. Police saying this could last through the morning rush. Police activity through that area. Inner loop and outer loop of the beltway, no big issues there. Everything is moving nicely here. 66 inbound your slow spot. 95 north a little bit slow to wood bridge. Both of those very normal for this time of day here this morning. Prince georges county, inbound 210 as youre approaching the beltway thats a little slow and 301 as youre approaching 5. Thank you. If you are just checking your phone heres what you missed on social media. Kellyanne conway caught in a snapshot. And many of us have been inside the u. S. Capitol for a tour, maybe a School Field Trip back in the day. This morning were getting a behind the scenes look at a rarely seen area. Matt lauer explains. This is called washingtons tomb. Its one level below the crypt here at the capitol. Now, this is where George Washington was supposed to be buried along with his wife mart martha, but he made it clear he didnt want to be buried here. He wanted to be at the family home at mount vernon. Even though theres no body here, this place is still under lock and key. You can watch mar of matts story on the behind the scenes areas as he anchors from the hill today. Everyone wants to know what the president will be saying but there are some other news coming out of the white house today, specifically the oval office and advisor kellyanne conway. Take a look at this photo. Take a look here. It shows President Trump meeting with leaders from black colleges and universities and conway has her feet up on the couch. Heres a closer look. A lot of people say theyre offended that this is disrespectful, telling her to take her feet off the couch. Some people are also pointing at the reactions of other people in the room. A couple of people, their faces arent smiling here and some are taking they couldnt take the meeting seriously. Others though in response to all this controversy are saying that these are other photos that theyve seen with president obama with his feet up on furniture in the oval office. We want to know what you think so far. You can send us a message on twitter or on facebook. Are you walmart shopper . How the store is making it easier for you to skip the long line at the pharmacy. Did you know slow internet can actually hold your business back . Say goodbye to slow downloads, slow backups, slow everything. Comcast business offers blazing fast and reliable internet thats 10 times faster than slow internet from the phone company. Say hello to internet speeds up to 150 mbps. And add phone and tv for only 34. 90 more a month. Call today. Comcast business. Built for business. Some have it, some dont. When the odds are stacked against you, you either hide or stand up. 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