temperatures at 47 at reagan national. low 40s now in prince george's county. arlington fairfax in the mid 40s. frederick county, maryland in near 30s. panhandle, west, virginia western maryland near 40. southern maryland, low to mid 50s there. and in the mountains of the central parts of west virginia, in the mid 50s. looking at what's happening in the last 12 hours, rain passing to the north and we have a few clouds coming through from that system. there's the jefferson memorial under the partly cloudy sky. by 9:00, in the mid 50s. sunshine in and out this morning. this afternoon, mid and upper 60s by mid afternoon. could get chilly rain overnight tonight. i'll show you the night planner in ten minutes. how's traffic? >> good morning. good morning, everyone. start over in maryland in the beltway. a quiet morning now now that the roadwork is picked up traveling both directions. inner loop and outer loop between college park passing andrews heading doing to the wilson bridge or head to the other direction in silver springs. good to go right now in dry pavement. the trip over i-95 in virginia. regular lanes and hov lanes. dumb fridays to the beltway, no hangups. new york avenue at ninth street at northeast. we have ear doing already. check the trains for you as we get under way on a thursday. so far, it's good all the way around. metro, vre, and marc with no delays. by this weekend, we could see a partial government shutdown. budget negotiators are working around the clock and talked through the night in hopes of coming up with a solution. the obama administration is worried that such a shutdown would undermine the government's economic recovery. we're in the newsroom with more. good morning, melissa. >> good morning, aaron. lots of talking happening here. president obama met with republicans and democrats late into the night. he said the differences between the parties are narrowing. the president trying to force a deal to prevent that shutdown. john boehner spent much of the night alt the white house. still, the two sides cannot agree with the number. the total spending cuts for this year and the deal negotiated now would be closer to the $33 billion than the republicans' $40 billion. the economic harm that the stalemate could cause if the government shuts down for the first time in 15 years. he said it could delay pay to u.s. troops, slow the processing of tax returns, and limit loans and mortgages in the peak home buying season. boehner has proposed a stop gap, a week of funding with some spending cuts but the president has refused any short-term deal. >> we narrowed the issue significantly. >> there's no agreement on a number and there's no agreement on the policy writing. republicans have no interest in shutting down the government. >> it will continue with a shutdown. fbi employees who work out in the field and the nation's 116 federal prisons which will all remain open and in operation. live in the newsroom, melissa, news 4, back to you. >> all right, melissa. thank you. dc's budget is approved by congress, it's considered to be, essentially, a federal agency. it, too, would shut down causing a major effect on district services. trash throughout the city would not be collected. parking tickets would not be issued. 14,000 district employees would be furloughed. dmv offices and libraries would close, and permits would not be issued to home and business owners. however, police and fire departments as well as district schools would remain open. now, charter schools would remain open. the university of the district of columbia would close. there are 4800 graduate students who attend udc. a shutdown could cast the district as much as $1 million a week. dc mayor says the residents should be prepared but a government shutdown he says would be unfair. >> the district of columbia is being treated like another agency of the federal government. these are dollars that have been generated by the taxpayers of the district of columbia. >> a shut down would affect tourism this weekend, the cherry blossom parade and george washington parkway 10 miler and 5 k would be cancelled. join us for continued coverage of the government shutdown. a live report at 5:30. police in the district have been busy all night long investigating four shootings and two stabbings that left six people dead and four injured. it took part in the district in knot west and southeast dc. tracy wilkins joins us with more on this. good morning, tracy. >> it appears starting at 9:30 p.m. last night, there were acts of violence that happened in different quadrants of the city every 15 minutes. the police are busy. they had at least ten victims and it's confirmed that four of the folks have died. just before 9:30, in the 1200 block of brentwood road northeast, two suspects armed with hand guns shot two people. both of those victims are recovering from their injuries. and 9:45 in northwest in the 700 block of quick si strency stree. one man was shot and killed in his back yard. two suspects in that case last seen. then two people were shot, one of the victims died of an apparent shot to the head. no suspect information in that case. then in about a quarter to midnight in yuma street in southeast, two victims were shot and killed. no suspect information in that case as well. there were also some stabbings. at 18th and bening road in northeast, a man was stabbed in the neck. he's now in critical condition. and in the 1400 block of trinidad street in northeast, two men were stabbed and reportedly ran to a nearby fire station for help and are now recovering from their injuries. at this point, we don't have any word if these incidents are connected. also, no arrests have been made. and it doesn't sound like police have great suspect information to work with. i'm tracy wilkins live this morning outside of dc police headquarters. back to you in the studio. >> thank you very much. the time right now is 5:07. ahead this morning, why the soon- soon-to-be royal couple will not be living on their own after the wedding. a return to the april someh showers. >> next, a slithery surprise. >> next, a slithery surprise. how a v go over sales figures, complete this merger, present to the board and do a number of other seemingly impossible tasks today. it's going to be a big one. sink your teeth into some egg, bacon and cheese and nod if you understand. good. you've got spunk. a big day calls for the new big n' toasty, with fried eggs, cherrywood-smoked bacon, and cheese, stacked high on thick texas toast. wrap your hands around one at dunkin'. america runs on dunkin'. grab a big breakfast with the new big n' toasty sandwich from dunkin' donuts. ♪ one taste, and you'll understand. delicious dunkin' donuts coffee. pick some up where you buy groceries. mm! america runs on dunkin'. well, talk about a really unwelcome house guest, a richmond man got quite a surprise when he found his boa constrictor in his bathroom yesterday morning. the snake somehow got into a chair that the man's sister purchased from a neighbor last week and it had been hanging out in the chair until it decided to explore the house figuring the cushion was not all that cushy. the man called police and plans to return the snake to a pet store soon. what do you mean soon? get it out of there. >> that's one of my biggest fears, though, that something like that will come up through the toilet. >> yes, that would be a bad deal. hello. what's going on? this morning, heading off to work and school with no travel problems weatherwise, i'm happy to report. mid and upper 40s throughout most of the region. 47 at reagan national. milder, southern maryland near the bay in the mid 50s there. the lower eastern shore of the virginia tide water. in the last 12 hours, we've had rain coming in. few clouds coming in overnight. partly cloudy over the jefferson memorial. sunrise by 6:44 by mid afternoon. increasing clouds we should be in the upper 60s. overnight tonight, we'll cloud up. by dawn tomorrow, chilly rain likely in the mid 40s. and a look at friday, the weekend, and into next week, 5:21. how's traffic now, jerry? >> northern virginia inside the beltway. the two-lane stretch of interstate 66 between fall's church and boston. the overnight road work ties up at the roadway. westbound of the dulles connector out of there. they will be back. eastbound, they're good to go. southbound route 29 coming out of columbia, to silver spring. roadwork does remain in place taking up the middle of the roadway here in fairland road. looks like they may be able to pick i want up in the meantime. heads up. they'll get out of there sooner than later. so far, so good. metro and vre, no delays. gentlemen. >> thank you. 5:12. ahead on news 4 today, the donald, a real contender or an apprenti apprentice? where he finish in a recent poll for president. also, still to come. who the royal couple will be moving in with once they're returned from the 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rubbing for one more week. president obama said he came away encouraged. the president said the differences on budget cuts are narrowing. but house speaker john boehner made it clear they cannot agree on a final number. >> i want to reiterate, there's no agreement on a number and there's no agreement on the policy record. >> i remain confident that if we're serious about getting something done, we should be able to complete a deal and get it passed and avert a shutdown. >> well, tomorrow's the final day for the two sides to try to reach the agreement. the shutdown would take effect at 12:01 a.m. saturday. deciding whether to file charges against the owner of a home in herndon where dozens of cats were found dead. officers finally tracked down the 50-year-old woman who lives on southern field drive. they're not releasing their name at this point. animal control officers found between 20 and 30 dead cats in her home. a man convicted of shooting a stray bullet that killed a woman will spend up to 70 years in prison. this is surveillance video we're going to take a look at from the scene last april. adrian lewis got in a fight with several people in a bar. after that fight, he went home, grabbed a handgun, and went back to the parking lot. he started shooting in the crowd. and a bullet hit 32-year-old cynthia aaron of houston killing her. she was not involve in the previous fight. in the day ahead, a judge will sentence a somali pirate for his role in attacking a second ship. he pled guilty of attacking a danish ship off of the coast of somalia. he was part of a group of pirates that captured the ship and 13 sailors. ibrahim is serving 30 years in prison for attacking the u.s.s. ashland. he's expected to be sentenced to 25 years for that danish attack. new overnight, secretary of defense robert gates arrived in iraq. the commanding general of u.s. forces there greeted secretary gates when he landed. dr. gates will visit with political leaders and visit troops. james jeffrey gave a frank assessment. he said things are working out in ways they didn't a couple of years ago. >> win person is dead, eight others are injured after a bomber blew himself up in southwest pakistan. investigators say the bomber was targeting a senior police officer in quetta. the officer and his two children were among the wounded but in stable condition. nassir has played a key role in the region arresting islamic militants and separatists. muammar gadhafi wrote a letter to president obama pleading with him to end the air strikes in his country. he told obama, quote, you are a man with enough courage to annul a wrong and mistaken action. he called the air strikes an unjust war against the small people of a developing country. secretary of state hillary clinton has brushed off the letter saying it's a desperate act. gadhafi must agree to a cease-fire and pull back his forces but they prefer that he would step down. >> engineers in japan have stopped radioactive waste from flow into the ocean. they're not trying tro prevent an explosion. they're pumping nitrogen to the reactor to reduce the risk of a possible hydrogen explosion. restaurants are reconsidering serving fish from japan. some say they stopped serving fish all together and others say they're testing the fish they do sell. so far, more than a dozen states have detected radiation in their air in idaho and washington state report they have trace amounts of radiation in their water supply. 20 after the hour now. tim kahne defending his decision to try and send a former german diplomat's son serving life in prison for murder back to germany where he could be freed. kaine who answered questions about his final days as his government. why he asked the u.s. attorney to transfer the man back to germany. he felt germans, not virginians should pay for the incarceration. he was accused of killing his girlfriend's parents in 1985. he confessed but later claimed he did so only because he thought he would be protected by diplomatic immunity. current virginia governor bob mcdonald rescinded the request for his transfer shortly after he took office. today, closing arguments in the trial of barry bonds. the defense chose not to call any witnesses and the jury will hear closing arguments before deciding whether to convict the home run king. the prosecutors have dropped one of the five charges against bonds. the former san francisco giant is accused of lying to the grand jury back in 2003 when he said he never knowingly took performance-enhancing drugs. if convicted, he could be sentenced to prison or house arrest. the wizards are officially playing out the string here with just four games left. they're playing for pride trying to end the season on a high note. unfortunately, it was low against the pacers as they were outplayed and outhustled on the way to a 24-point loss. jordan crawford led washington with 25 points while all fivin -- five indiana starters scoring 20 points. they don't get easier for t bet wizards. the capitals wrapping up the top spot in the eastern conference. washington wraps up the season on saturday against the panthers. the only way the caps not get the number one seed in the playoffs is if they lose their finale and philadelphia wins boept of the both of their remaining two games. put a hex on that and make sure it doesn't happen. >> exactly. >> check in with tom now. yesterday turned out to be a nice day. we're hoping for a repeat. >> good morning and we had the pollen count jump with the dry air in place. if you're suffering from allergies this morning, yes, because of the dry air and the wind whipping up out of the southwest, a lot of pollen in the air, mostly tree pollen. a partly cloudy sky. mid and upper 40s in most of the region. parts of loudoun count tip as well as the northern venn doe with a valley. west virginia, just near 40. but further south and east around the bay. lower eastern shore. low and mid 50s. rabe passing to the north overnight. a few clouds from that system here. we'll have the clouds in and out here this morning. a partly cloudy sky here in the monuments now. mid afternoon in the upper 60s. tomorrow, chilly rain from dawn all the way to friday night. a lingering shower saturday morning. drying out saturday afternoon with a high near 60. warmer sunday in the mid 70s. 80 monday. could get storms monday afternoon and evening. dry and mild after that. jerry, how is traffic? >> quick check of key bridge looking good. both directions very light traffic between georgetown and roslyn, nothing to worry about here. roosevelt bridge, 14th street bridge. all of the potomac bridges looking good now. clear out of the roadway. all of the barrels push to the shoulder, columbia, white house, looking down to silver spring, good to go. on the rails, no problem this morning. good news there. metro, vre, and marc with no delays. >> joe? pretty popular in the boardroom, but how would donald trump fare in the white house. you might be surprised how many americans want to find out. a new washingt"wall street jourl says he would be a candidate. mitt romney has the most support, 21%. trump tied with second with former governor mike huckabee at 17%. former house speaker newt gingrich is third in the poll followed by sarah palin. you might not meet the age requirement, but one young boy has been named governor for a day in new jersey. >> this happened after a youtube clip showed him reacting to the news that he couldn't be the leader of the garden state. >> why are you crying? >> because i want to be the governor and i can't. >> the 5-year-old crying in november of 2009 after his parents told him he's a little too young to be governor. well, chris christie who is governor saw that video. he invited jesse and his twin brother, brandon to the capitol for a special ceremony. he named them governor and lieutenant governor for the day. afterwards, they gave a press conference where the new leaders were -- they were straight shooters when it came to tough questions. >> you want to have a talk about property taxes. >> of course i did. >> what did i tell them? >> don't raise them. >> and if you do raise them, what happens? >> i'm not going to be a governor for that long. >> that's right. >> he got all of the important points down here. no word if jesse will run for re-election if he becomes eligible. >> do pretty well. now to the royal wedding overnight. we learned that william and kate will share a house with prince harry after the honeymoon. they will share a suite at clarence house while they decide where to live. that castle or that kastle? hmm. we also learned the two will share the first public kiss -- postnuptial public kiss on the balcony at buckingham pal lace. cheering well wishers around the world. >> really? they schedule the kiss? that's what that means? >> i guess. >> kate and william's wedding could break a few world records. right now, the 1981 wedding of prince charles and diana holds the record with 750 million viewers in 74 countries. chefs at the mohegan sun casino in connecticut made the largest wedding cake weighing 15,032 pounds. the most expensive slice came from the duke and duchess of windsor's 1937 wedding sold for $29,900. that's in 1998. news 4's wendy rieger will be in london to cover the wedding. follow the live reports from the entire week leading up to the royal wedding here on news 4. >> i bet they're going to have bachelor brother harry living in the place. >> little odd. they'll work it out. >> sleeping on the sofa, i guess. 5:27 is our time. crime scenes across the district. in a matter of hours, ten people were shot or stabbed. the latest on the investigations. also, what changes metro riders will notice if there's a government shutdown. and an update on that looming shutdown after budget negotiations stretched well into i am a sneeze whisperer. i am an allergy analyst. bermuda grass. ragweed. willow. i am a dander decoder. chihuahua. i am a target pharmacist. ask me about allergy relief. sink your teeth into some big n' toasty if you understand. good. you've got spunk. a big day calls for the new big n' toasty. wrap your hands around fried eggs, cherrywood-smoked bacon, and cheese on texas toast. america runs on dunkin'. there's no reason why we should not be able to complete a deal. there's no reason why we should have a government shutdown. >> words of encouragement. but what is the other side saying about how close we are to a government shutdown? >> violent night. shootings and stabbings all across the district overnight. in all, there are ten victims this morning. good morning, i'm aaron gilchrist, eun yang is off today. >> i'm jim. i'm on today. 48 degrees. a pleasant morning and a more pleasant day, tom says. >> compared to what it was on this same day four years ago, we had snow. >> no. >> on april 7 on 2007. we got half an inch of snow here. no snow. not as cold as it was yesterday morning. our temperatures around the region now in the 40s. 47 in re gan national. in the low 40s in prince george's county. arlington, fairfax, montgomery county, most locations in the near 40s. weather watchers report on thursday morning. southern maryland around the bay, north of that, weather watchers reporting low to mid 50s. a few of the high spots are in the mid 50s. much of western maryland is in the mid 30s. look at what's happening in the last 12 hours. rabe to the north is going to stay there today. a few clouds in and out. it's partly cloudy over the jefferson memorial. a lot of the blossoms came down. and we have a lot of pollen in the air. sunri sunrise, 6:44 by 9:00 in the mid 50s. sunshine in and out this morning. quite a bit of cloudiness as we reach the upper to mid 60s by mid afternoon. jerry, how is traffic? over on 395 northbound inside the beltway. in the beltway passing an sell road, landmark shirlington to the 14th street bridge. nothing to fear. no delays this morning. give a little while for change. good togo. regular lanes, hov lanes on the southbound side moving along nicely. in from the north, 270, beginning to drop in speeds a bit. a couple of spots. very typical for this time of the morning. no incidents to impede the flow. one more stop, we'll head over to how things are progressing here. new york avenue picking up volume. out on the rails so far so good. metrorail, vre, marc with no delays. aaron, joe? thanks. negotiations continue this morning. by this weekend, we could be experiencing a partial economic shutdown. the president is warning the lawmakers about the harm that could be created by the stalemate. it could delay the pay to troops, slow the processing of tax returns, and limit the loans and mort gamms during the peak home buying season. melissa lee with the latest. good morning, melissa. the president's message appears to be aimed at jolting the republicans into a budget compromi compromise. he's trying to force a deal to avoid the shutdown. president obama met with harry reid, house speaker john boehner for the white house last night. but the president said the differences between the parties are narrowing. still, the two sides cannot agree on a number. the total spending cuts for this year and the deal being negotiated now would be closer to $33 billion. and the republicans' $40 billion target. boehner is proposing a stop gap measure, a week of funding with some spending cuts. during last night's 90-minute meeting, the president refused any type of short term deal. >> i remain confident that if we're serious about getting something done, we should be able to complete a deal and get it passed and avert a shutdown. >> now, the current deal expires at midnight on friday. if no deal is reached, the shutdown will begin at 12:01 saturday morning. the last such shutdown took place 21 years ago. it lasted 21 days. back to you. >> do indeed. thanks, melissa. if there is a shutdown, by law, members of congress and president obama would still get paid. aides who are deemed essential could be paid, but others are furloughed. lawmakers are different because they are paid through mandatory spending not through the appropriations bills that fund the rest of the government. >> a government shutdown would mean fewer people taking metrorail. the transit agency said ridership could be reduced by 20%. it will not stop service. it will operate on a schedule. it will reduce the number of rail cars in service. stay with us throughout the morning for continuing coverage of the government shutdown. coming up, how a shutdown would also affect everyone living and visiting and working in the drichblgt that district. that's ahead at 5:45. while you were sleeping, police were dealing with an unusually violent night in the district. this morning, a sense of how wide spread that violence was. in all, seven people were shot in four different shootings. three other people were stabbed in separate incidents, and in all, at least four people were killed. news 4 tracy wilkins is live outside of the dc police headquarters in northwest washington with the latest on this. bring us up to speed. well, aaron, it appears this all started at 9:30 p.m. and then continued about every 15 minutes. and as you said, it was wide spread. i mean, from northeast to northwest to southeast. number of violent acts and as you said, we have at least four people confirmed dead. before 9:30 at brentwood road in northeast, two suspects armed with handguns shot two people. both of those victims are recovering from their injuries. then at 9:45 in northwest in the 700 block of quincy street, one man was shot and killed in his back yard. there were two suspects in that case. last seen in an alley going towards seventh street. then just before 10:00 p.m., in the 900 block of waller place in southeast, two people were shot, one of those victims died of an apparent gunshot to the head. no suspect information in that case. then, in about a quarter to midnight, in the 700 block of yuma street in southeast, two victims were shot and killed. there's no suspect information in that case as well. there were stabbings last night. 18th and bening road in northeast, a man was stab in the neck. he's in critical condition. and in the 1400 block of trinidad street in northeast, two men were stabbed. we're told they both ran to a nearby fire station for help and are now recovering from their injuries. at this point, it does appear all of the incidents were separate. police are not confirming any connections between any of the acts of violence. in arrests have been made. i'm tracy wilkins live this morning outside of dc police headquarters. back to you in the studio. >> a rough night. thank you, tracy. privacy advocates are upset over hiring rules for perspective guards in maryland. they will no longer ask them to voluntarily give passwords to facebook accounts or other media social sites but they will be asked to log in so 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[ male announcer ] learn more about the college of nursing at phoenix.edu. time for weather and traffic on this thursday morning. i'm tom kieran. 5:41. low to mid 40s. partly cloudy sky. there are the monuments. we'll have our temperatures by 9:00. low to mid 60s by noontime. clouds rolling in. a front comes in. stalls out. gives us rain by this time tomorrow morning and in the mid 40s. a look at friday, the weekend, the latest school visit. look to next week too. that's coming up at 5:51. how's traffic? >> both direction, traffic moving along nicely. see if that's the case elsewhere. picking up a little volume in a couple of spots but looks like as i mentioned earlier, all of the ancostia and potomac bridges looking good. that's the bridge. inner loop and outer loop at braddock road. no concerns. hot on the rails. everything is looking so far. metro, vre, and marc, no delays. gentlemen. ahead this morning, what a close friend of the president is accused of doing and landing him in jail. also, cost versus convenience. the decision on where to put the dulles metro station. what dc services will be cut what dc services will be cut in the what does that say? mr. clean with febreze freshness? oh, boy. mr. thinks-he-has-it-all, comes in here... yeah, not only does he clean great, this mr. clean has freshness that lasts up to two times longer. 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(scoff) get freshness that lasts up to two times longer with mr. clean with febreze freshness. and now there are two exotic new scents, hawaiian aloha and new zealand springs scent. good morning. welcome back. the last few hours have been quite busy on capitol hill. lawmakers have been working around the clock to come up with a budget deal. if they can't reach an agreement by 12:01 a.m. saturday, the government will shut down. republicans are trying to pass an emergency bill that would keep the government running another week. president obama says he does not want another stop-gap measure. he wants a final deal. since dc's budget is approved by congress, it, too, would be treated as if it were a federal agency if there is a shutdown. that means many district services will be cancelled. meghan mcgrath joins us from capitol hill with details. good morning, meghan. >> good morning, joe. if an agreement isn't reached, there would be huge consequences, not just for federal employees and people seeking federal services, but here in the district of columbia as well. congress must approve the district's budget. so if there's a shutdown on the federal level, there will be a shutdown here in the nation's capitol as well. only essential personnel will report to work in the shutdown period. take a closer look at what all of this means. basically, 14,000 -- >> inappropriately being treated like another agency of the federal government. these are dollars generated by the taxpayers of the district of columbia. once again, a compelling argument says that when the decisions are made by the executive and the council of the district of columbia, those ought to be final decisions. >> reporter: some of the things that would be impacted here. furloughs, 14,000 dc employees. no trash collection. libraries would be closed. the department of motor vehicles would be closed. so you couldn't get your tags renewed. you couldn't get a driver's license, anything along those lines. on the bright side, there wouldn't be parking tickets for folks parked illegally. but a huge impact here in the district of columbia. the tourists coming to the city to see the sights. also the district businesses who rely on the workers for their livelihood. they're not coming in, they're not buying sandwiches or coffee. >> what will the tour buses do filled with kids from all over the countries if the museums were closed. thanks very much. the idea of a shutdown is making most people who live in the washington area pretty nervous. the board of trade -- actually, we'll tell you about the cherry blossom festival. organizers of that parade are appealing the decision to cancel the event if the government shuts down. the parade runs on constitution avenue partly a national parks service jurisdiction. the event officials say they are not backing down. 13 marching bands from across the country traveling to dc for this parade. there's a group from japan participating and most participants are already on their way. the idea of a shutdown is making most people who live in the washington area very nervous. the board of trade recently asked business leaders if they were concerned about the friday deadline. 71% of respondents said they were concerned or very concerned. businesses that depend on federal employees are bracing for tough times right now. the manager of fosters grill in alexandria says 90% of his customers are federal employees. a shutdown would have a disastrous effect on his business. >> we haven't even been open a total year. now something like this happens, you know, a lot of food businesses or a lot of businesses in general go under in the first three years. it will be -- it will be tough. >> federal employees too know a shutdown means a furlough for nonessential workers. no pay and that would likely mean they would spend less money. 5:49. americans are divided when it comes to placing the blame for the problems. acording to a washington journal/nbc news poll. they would blame congressional republican ifs there's a shutdown. 20% blame congressional democrats. 20% blame president obama. stay with us throughout the morning for continuing coverage of this potential government shutdown. we'll have the latest on the negotiations coming up at 6:00 a.m. one of president obama's closest friends in hawaii is under arrest accused of soliciting sex from an undercover officer. 49-year-old roger tipkin will be arraigned next month. he was arrested after allegedly offering money to a police officer posing as the prostitute. he and the president have become -- rather been close friends since high school. they're frequently seen golfing or eating together when the obamas are in hawaii. >> in the day ahead,up secretary general ban ki-moon will be in washington for talking on global issues. he'll meet with hillary clinton and key lawmakers on the senate foreign relations committee. ban last travelled to washington in february when he held talks with president obama about the situation in libya. the federal aviation administration prepping to fire an air travel controller caught sleeping on the job. he was working the midnight shift in knoxville in february according to testimony on capitol hill yesterday. the incident is different from the one last month at reagan national airplane in which a controller accidentally fell asleep while two planes landed. the difference is that the controller in knoxville intentionally napped while seven planes landed over a five-hour period. >> 5:51. time to take a look at weather and traffic on the 1s. tom is here to look at the forecast for today. tom? good morning, i've got good news. milder air coming in today. since it's been dry. yesterday, overnight, we've had the pollen count jump too. if you're sneezing and wheezing. no doubt, it's it. it's tree pollen floating in the air early on this thursday morning. right now, we look around, temperatures are -- our weather watchers are reporting in the low 40s farther north and west of washington. closer to washington, mid 40s in fairfax and arlington counties. it's in the low 40s, much of montgomery county and prince george's county as well. 47, reagan national. mid 50s in the bay and the lower eastern shore. it's near 40 degrees. some of the high spots in west virginia are in the mid 50s on this thursday morning. we've got rain passing to the north. that's continuing to move away. a few clouds coming through. we'll have sunshine this morning. tuesday, travelled to loudoun county and visited the gilford elementary school in sterling, virginia and talked to the entire student body at the guilford elementary school. we had a lot of fun. these students were so smart. they all knew a lot about weather. it's part of the curriculum there in the loudoun county schools and a great introduction introduction to all of the sciences. i congratulate the staff there, i want to thank the counselor for invitation. partly cloudy, sunrise, 6:44. this afternoon, upper 60s with clouds in and out. clouding up tonight. by dawn, in the 40s with light rain likely. occasional showers likely tomorrow and tomorrow night lingering to sarld morning. the weekend looks dry and warmer. near 60 saturday afternoon. mid 70s sunday. might hit 80 monday. could get afternoon and evening storms, though. drying out and mild after that. how's traffic, jerry? doing well. increasing volumes. stop and go along the way. the i-95 corridor as you head north out of dumbfridays and dale city continuing on up. volume only. no accidents at this point. 395, the 95 hov lane is looking good. southbound at this hour, you're moving along very, very nicely. head on over to check the commute. 66 eastbound right at the beltway. no delays. it looks worse than it really is. all of the overnight roadwork has been picked up a little slow at the decision point to stay with the beltway or head inside to falls church. one more stop, we'll take a look, inner loop, outer loop of the american legion bridge. no concerns. a truck that was much earlier in the morning reportedly leaking fuel. not a big deal, but still on the shoulder of the inner loop after river road. check your trains, so far, so good, metro, vre, marc with no delays, back to you guys. >> thanks, jerry. is there a pothole in the district that you manage to hit every day on your way to work? v-dot is ready to make that hole history for you. the agency in the middle of the third annual pothole pa loaiza. no one is reporting potholes. d-dot said it only received 11 requests on tuesday. you can call 311 or tweet d-dot dc with the location. 5:54. the metro station at dulles will be underground. not everyone is happy about that. the authority approved the underground station at dulless by a vote of 9-4. half the distance from the airport terminal as an above ground station being more convenient for travelers. loudoun and fairfax county leaders worried about the financial burden of building a station. the station would cost $300 million more than an above ground station. the station is part of phase two of the dulles metrorail expansion project expected to be completed in 2017. today two groups will talk about the metro bag inspections. the district of columbia's law school and the civil liberties union local chapter will hold a meeting taking place on the uvc campus. they began random bag inspections for security reasons. a football skills clinic in virginia under investigation after three local players suffered from concussions while participating. in a news 4 exclusive, jackie bensen has more on what one lawyer is calling a failure to protect the players. >> reporter: 16-year-old dema that high school football player attended what was billed as the riddell all american training camp elite skills and lineman show case at the sports plex last weekend. the only thing he remembers is lacing up his cleats. he and two others sustained concussions in a drill some parents believe got out of hand. the parents say the players wore no helmets or pads and there was no medical personnel standing by. >> they were on a collision course. unbeknownst to them, the coaches blew the whistle, told them to run toward each other. when they got to the middle of the field, they collided with each other. >> concussion? concussions. concussion is a brain injury. each of those children suffered a concussion, a brain injury. one of the children had his skull fractures and was bleeding on the brain. >> joe camaratta represents it football players. >> the coaches chose not to do what they were supposed to do. the coaches were to supervise. the the children were on that field. but the coaches were to protect those children from harm. and they failed in all of those respects. >> news 4 contacted wayne yarborough, list in an on-line ad for the camp as a recruiting analyst and organizer. he told us he wanted to talk to an attorney before he'd speak with us. jackie bensen, news 4. someone in 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