Beltway, and well talk about that coming up. All right. Thank you melissa. We are also dealing with a little bit of cold and a little bit of a chance for some freezing rain here early this morning. Theres the batch of rain coming out of pittsburgh and there are in some of our deep sheltered valleys along the i81 corridor there are pockets where you could have a little bit of freezing rain so keep that in mind. Not expecting any trouble here in and around the beltway. So the freezing rain advisory does include Washington County and right down through martinsburg and winchester. Right along i81 there and points out to the west, so boons burough down to falling waters, west virginia, this shouldnt be a big issue but isolated pockets of freezing rain. Be extra careful for that. Temperatures will gradually get above freezing. Well be in the 60s by later on today. More about the temperatures. Lets go over to Sheena Parveen who have also got a dog walking forecast with a ill show you that in just a second. Temperatures are cold, feeling like the upper 20s across the area right now. Feels like 28 degrees in the district. So a warm jacket before you head outside and we are watching the approach of that rain. If you are walking your dog today or if you need a dog you can head to their website for more information. This morning by 8 00 a. M. Chance of a sprinkle mostly north and west but some of that could come in the form of freezing rain. For the rest of the area its mostly going to be rain around the district and to the north and west between 8 00 a. M. And noon. 51 degrees by 5 00 p. M. Today. Temperatures in the low 60s. A bigger warmup as we go into tomorrow. Chuck and i are back in just a bit to show you a closer look at that. Thank you. It is now 6 02. Developing this morning two people are dead and two others are in Critical Condition after a shooting in waldorf. A child is among those killed in that the Charles CountySheriffs Office says the male shooter is also dead. Justin finch is live in waldorf now with more on the motive behind this tragic shooting. Reporter aaron, good morning. At first the Charles CountySheriffs Office rolled out their Tactical Team prepared here for an active shooter but in the end that was not the case. They now believe this appears to be a domestic related shooting, one that left a little girl dead. Looking now at video from the investigation overnight, just after 8 00 on thursday evening, officers found a man dead on a townhouse staircase with a gun near his side. Investigators say he may have shot and killed that toddler aged girl and shot a teen girl and woman several times, both air lifted to a nearby hospital and are now fighting for their lives and all found at that west dale court townhouse. Its very emotional for everybody here, especially our officers because when they first arrived on the scene, they thought perhaps on and i know that some of the officers made a tactical entry into the house because they heard that there had been a child inside as well. And their goal was to try to go reporter now, details in this case are still coming together. The Sheriffs Office say they are welcoming any tips the public may have to put this all together. Thank you. And nbc 4 is trying to help raise awareness about Domestic Violence in our neighborhoods. Youll find phone numbers and links to resources in the nbc washington app. Lets check in with Erika Gonzalez at the live desk with some breaking news about a serious crash. A very serious crash. So serious, that two people have had to be flown to an area hospital. A third medi vak has been requested to the scene. This is at the intersection of Edge Hill Road and i believe this is newburg so again, a very serious crash there. Multiple serious injuries is what were told from investigators there on the scene. Again, two people having to be flown to the hospital. Another medi vac requested for another patient there so very serious crash in newburg. Back to you. Another breaking story from the district this morning. Were working to learn more about a deadly shooting. Police say they found a man shot and killed on naylor road at fair lawn avenue in southeast. We dont know how old he was or how this happened. Police are looking for a suspect. Right now House Republican leaders are in the same spot they were in yesterday. Theyre still trying to get enough votes to pass their bill to replace the Affordable Care act. That vote is expected to happen today. Their latest effort involved making some changes to the bill to entice moderates and conservatives. It involves keeping tax on high income earners and leaving some to the states to decide. Take a listen to is mixed messages coming in last night. There is no plan b. Were passing it. Are you still a no . I am still a no. Why . But sometimes on fourth down you kick the field goal. This, if it isnt a touchdown its a field goal and it puts us ahead and sends it to the senate. At last check these are the republican lawmakers in our area who are planning to vote no in maryland andy harris and in virginia rob whitman, tom garrett and dave bratt. Six minutes after the hour. New this morning new arrests in connection to that terror attack in london. This is a live look at the city where its about 10 00 in the morning right now. Today they made two new significant arrests. Now theyre working to learn everything they can about the suspect khalid masood. Hes accused of killing four people before he was shot by police earlier this week. He drove a car into a crowd on st stabbed a Police Officer. Friends are mourning an american who was killed in wednesdays attack. Curt cochran was from you cause. He was in england with his wife, melissa. They were celebrating their 25th anniversary. Curt was killed and melissa was seriously hurt there. He was a musician. His friends told nbc news he was a warm guy, someone who drew people to him. He was 54 years old. A hearing will be held that could bring d. C. One step closer to securing its next police chief. More than 80 people are signed up to speak at the public hearing for acting chief Peter Newsham. Mayor bowser will speak in support of the nomination. Others including members of the black lives Matter Movement plan to voice why he should not be confirmed. Newsham himself will be the last to speak and take questions from the d. C. Council. Meanwhile a local nonprofit says newsham should not be confirmed until public records about Inauguration Day protests are released. The partnership for Civil Justice fund says when officers e that day, theyre required to file certain documentation about why it was justified. The group says it wants to see those files. Here in washington, d. C. , it is one of the most important jobs of the chief of police to be able to uphold the Constitutional Rights of people to demonstrate. 231 people were arrested during those riots. Npd told news4 it will not comment on pending litigation. They faced a warm february, then a snowy march. Now its time for our beloved Cherry Blossoms to bloom. Heres a live look at the tidal basin and what you need to know about the best times to visit. Heres the early lean. I think saturday may be the better day to get down to see the Cherry Blossoms. But before that we have this area of rain coming in western maryland right now and there arent pockets of temperatures below freezing so there you can see a little freezing rain advisory to play it on the safe side here. Rain frozen. Just rain drops coming into the d. C. Metro area between about 7 00 and 9 00 this morning depending on how far west you live. We should be dry by your friday night plans and the weekend looks good. All the details coming up. Do you think your work day could be better if you can bring your pet along . Which agencies are chopper 4 over the outer loop here. Left side of the roadway right now is shut down as chopper 4 zooms out, you can see we have a fourmile backup there on the outer loop. We had a second crash in the same area. Look like that has cleared but we are still seeing major delays there all the way back to 95. Crash blocking the left lane this morning and travel times, 270 not bad. Top of the beltway you can see the pain people are feeling there. 47 minutes to get from 95 over to 270. Eastbound on 66 is fine and then 95 northbound quantico to the beltway, still very slow because of that crash at Prince William parkway. Going to take you a heck of a lot longer than it should. Remember to listen to wtop when you hop in your car right now. Looking at a great weekend. Yeah, a beautiful weekend, but speaking of the roads we have some rain approaching the area for part of the area it could be freezing rain. A freezing rain advisory that includes martinsburg and winchester so its mostly Washington County an points off to the west. This is going to go until 9 00 a. M. So temperatures could be below freezing. That would be giving some icy conditions as a possibility for a brief period of time. Theres the rain out to our north and west right now. Temperature wise though, most of the area in the 30 well be warmer this afternoon, even warmer tomorrow. Chuck is back with a look at your weekend forecast. Thank you. The suspect in a wave of threats against Jewish Community centers has been arrested. His name is under seal but we know he is 19 years old and was arrested in southern israel yesterday. Were told he has dual u. S. Citizenship. At a brief Court Appearance his public defender says he has the brain tumor that affects his cognitive functions. Authorities say the suspect made the threats from his bedroom and masked the origin with sophisticated technology, some of which he built himself. We are learning more about a deadly attack on a man in new york. Police say baltimore man James Jackson went to new york because he thought it would be a good would be Good Practice for a larger attack in times square. Police say he stabbed Timothy Coughman in the back with a sword. Jackson turned himself in after he jackson said hes hated black men for a decade. Right now hes charged with Second Degree murder but could also be charged with a hate crime. A maryland family is devastated by the murder of a u bowie man. Police say brown was robbed before he was shot to death. They believe he either opened the door for someone or someone followed him into his hotel room. Either way, his family wants answers. I want to know why. I mean, if they wanted money or anything he would have given them money. Hes that kind hearted. Browns family tells news4 there may be a suspect in custody in miami right now. They are working on getting his body back here. At this time yesterday we were telling you about a crash on the beltway involving a Prince Georges CountyPolice Officer. Well, now we know the officer has been suspended and accused of county police say officer Christopher Brown was not on duty when he clipped the back of a tractor trailer. He crashed into a guardrail. Sources tell news4 he left the scene and returned about 34 minutes later. Officer brown pled guilty to dui in 2012 after another crash in his cruiser. I had the honor with helping out with the Prince William county valor awards yesterday afternoon. It recognizes local heroes in police, fire and rescue. One of those recognized was officer ashley gwendon. She was shot and killed on her first day on the street a couple of years ago. You saw some of the officers honored for lots of Different Things theyve done across the county in the past year or so. Investigations and the firefighters who have done amazing rescues, so a big tip of the hat to the folks there at the valor awards there in Prince William county. Good work. Some d. C. Hoping to take their love for spoken word to the international stage. They dont play a sport or an instrument but theyre skill as we know is rhyming. Slam poets are preparing for their chance at a major competition. If the truth is concealed reporter take the lines, add in delivering them from memory and dont forget about being vulnerable and the result, slam poetry. Theyre all part of a a local group called split this rock. They perform for judges and get scored from one to ten. To win, creativity is key. I feel free when im writing my poetry and im really happy. And it brought out feelings in a way that no other art form has for me. Reporter the poems dont have to rhyme. But theyve certainly got reason. You better be talking to your mother and i saw these two guys borterring this g calling but to an extreme. They kept following her down the street and i thought im going to write a poem about that. Ive seen a bunch of Violent Attacks on people that are that look like me or my age. Reporter the team tells me their work is never over. Theres still constantly going through line by line to see how they can make it better. I definitely feel as a human being i should care about other human beings and what it is that they struggle through. Reporter and they do it through words that speak volumes. In northwest, news4. As we said, poets across the areas are gearing up for a big competition this weekend. More than 200 local teens are vying for just five spots at the International Finals in july. The final five will be decided saturday night at the arena stage theater in southwest. To learn more about the group or attend the event you can head over to our flam poetry. Some four legged friends will soon be allowed in the interior department. It was announced that employees would be allowed to bring their dogs to work for a few days this summer. Its part of a Pilot Program aimed at boosting morale. Employees will be able to bring their dogs to work on may 5th and september 1st at the department east two head quarter buildings just off the national mall. Back to melissa in first 4 traffic with breaking news. Breaking news on the beltway. So chopper 4 over the outer loop here at colesville road. Thats not the only problem on the beltway though. We have another one here. Chopper 4 is going to move around and show us this is inner loop at university boulevard. So several different issues on the beltway really causing some pain up top there. It is quite slow here this morning. Edge hill road at popes creek road, a new crash there. That is still hanging around. Going to be there for some time. Several people had to be medi vacd out. We have a crash blocking the left lane inbound suitland parkway at naylor, crash in the left lane as well. A couple of other issues were following. All of that coming up. Good morning. Yes, indeed. Tracking a chance for some rain drops which could come down in frozen form here up to our north and west. Not expecting any real issues here in and around the city, but theres storm team 4 radar. Pockets in mainly these deep valleys out here. Some pockets of freezing rain there so over the next couple of hours we do have a freezing rain advisory for hagerstown, and points out to the west there. So just be real careful over the next little bit. Here comes the moisture on our High Resolution computer model bringing it into the valley between 7 00 and 8 00 this morning. Most areas, especially the close you are you get to town, close to freezing mark. Rain drops on the capital this wont add up to much, best chance for that will be between 9 00 and 11 00 this morning. Well get to warming things back up in the noontime. 32 in manassas, so most areas at or above the critical 32 degree number. So theres the day though. 30s turning into 40s this morning. Turning into 60s by later on this afternoon and the weekend looks magnificent. 76 tomorrow. 68 on sunday. And the mild weather continues on into the early parts of next week. So good. Hes speaking french. I know. This is something right out of the jetsons. Flying cars are not that far off, folks. One guy invented this car that looks like sort of a crossover between a helicopter and a sports car. He wants to get it certified for use too. When you can get up in the air coming up on the today show. Im not convinced thats okay. Needs a little more work. Howard university is heading west. New details on the schools california campus and how google is getting involved. And today on ellen, get ready to laugh with guests melissa mccarthy, the comedy pair share what they dont find funny about each other. You can watch ellen right rehe you may love your furniture thats been passed down through your family for generations but when youd like to pass it down to your kids they may not be that interested. Theres a bit of generation gap in furniture taste these days. What happens to some millennial rejects. Reporter inside this giant show room you see lots of socalled big Brown Furniture pieces. Buffets, chairs and other socalled millennial reject furniture. Really i do personally prefer more contemporary furniture. Reporter this 27yearold has a 700 square foot apartment and doesnt want the furniture that once belonged to his grandma. I recently took a pair of my mothers chairs. I like those very much. But she also offered me some of her grandmothers furniture from the early 1900s and thats not my speed reporter so many of the rejects ends up here. A mid century modern design sells faster. Popularity of the Television Show mad men introduced them to a whole new look. Most of their parents and grandparents had the colonial reviefl look and this seemed totally fresh and also in keeping with the modern vibe. Reporter but as trends change whats old now becomes new again. It is 6 26 and still ahe