Now, lets look at the thursday morning commute. Danella, you got any trouble yet . I do, tom. Actually, im tracking an accident, multivehicle, i95. This is northbound at 610. The good news here, its in the shoulder lane. Im not seeing delays. Giving you a heads up in case you see rubbernecking delays when you leave on i95. The other thing to expect, delays this wadbridge, then here at lorton woodbridge, then here at lorton, slow. The overall drive, your drive time almost 30 minutes from quantico to the capital beltway. Well head up and get a live look from chopper 4 on i270 at shady grove. Southbound volume increasing here. The biggest stretch of delays is that normal commute between frederick to clarksburg. No accidents on i270. Back to you. Thank you. 6 02. News4s Mark Seagraves will speak today with the family of a man who died of a heart attack outside a d. C. Fire station. Medrick mills, his family will hold a News Conference today. His daughters says she begged firefighters to help her father, but they refused. Chief Kenneth Ellerbee says an investigation into what happened should be finished in a few days. Poem who are responsible and who should have taken action will be part of a process thats fair, equiticquitable and will e there. Hes not decided whether he will attend the funeral. This morning d. C. Police the hunt for masked bandits. They say that they carrying out burglaries are detailed precision and planning all over the district. The newest video shows the group of heavily armed, masked many storm into a liquor store in northeast. One stands guard while the others terrorize customers and steal money from the register. Police believe the same fur to six men robbed a restaurant on 12th street northeast and a dominos in georgetown. They also say they hit a metro Access Facility in northeast washington. The robberies took place in the last two weeks. If youre taking the marc train on the brunswick line, your commutes should be much easier this morning. The train has returned to full service. Yesterdays storm caused a tree to fall interest the train, breaking glass and causing major delays. That caused a web of other Power Outages along the tracks. Marc says there could be some delays this morning because of the cold, but no longer than 15 minutes. 6 03. Today developers will outline plans to expand the Kennedy Center. The National Capital Planning Commission will review designs. An architect mapped out plans for new education and rehearsal space. And a performance h along the potomac riverfronts. Designs call for a new garden on the south grounds. The Kennedy Center wont completely be revamped. Planners want to keep as much of the original design as possible. For the first time in the winter olympics, athletes are already competing a day before the Opening Ceremony in sochi, russia. Youre looking live at the medal plaza. Beautiful. Jim handly with more on problems organizers are having. Reporter good morning to you once again. You know, the sounds you hear through the night, its not music, not fireworks yet. It is still jackhammers, hammers drilling, trucks, too, getting a workout around the clock. Not enough hours in the day here still in sochi, with the deadline fast approaching on friday, the infrastructure for visitors and media still a work in progress. Some journalists, especially in the mountain cluster, complain of substandard conditions. Some with credentials have been turned away from unfinished hotels or checked in to unfinished rooms. Some rooms were made available be but workers could still be seen ripping paving stone up and putting up plywood. More than 11,000 journalists are working here in sochi. We talked to a virginia volunteer today about her hotel. How are your living quarters . Theyre great. Theyre free so i cannot complain. I have no curtains on my windows. Its an adjustment. Reporter you are hoping for cloudy days. Seeing a lot of sun. Yeah. Reporter now, kimberly took part in the rehearsal Opening Ceremony. That is still 24 hours away. Some of the competition has already begun today. Heres the rundown for you were talking about new events, especially the controversial snowboard slopestyle going on now. The women happen this morning. The men were on the hill, too. Chaz goldeman, tonight the World Champion from the u. S. Took part today. This is the course under fire for safety. Sean white pulled out yesterday. The womens mogul competition also begins today. And down here at olympic park, the Brand New Team figure skating event gets underway this afternoon. Thats going to feature a pairs team and a dance team from ten different countries. When i join you later on news4 today, ill be talking with matt lauer about what its like to cover his ninth olympic games. Hes still loving it, but he says this is the most different of any. An Alexandria Hotel raided in connection with a missing virginia reservist. Police found some of his possessions. A chemical found in yoga mat and shoe rubber found in a popular fast food meal. The response subway had after being called out by a blogger. And after a cold morning, were tracking the chance for snow. Pt of the health law that guarantees insurer dont make too much or dont lose too much when theyre in the health exchanges. All of that on the table, la lawmakers on both sides think this will probably come down to a clean vote on whether or not to borrow more money. Were covering it from capitol hill this morning. Im tracie potts. 6 18 now. Today a first on capitol hill for the congressional black caucus. Members will be there today for the caucus first day of prayer to income inequality. Youre looking live at capitol hill now. Lawmakers will join faith leaders from around the country. Thats happening at 1 00 this afternoon. This morning, plans are on hold to reunite north and south korean families. Thats because of an american drill of b52 bombers over south korea. The north claims it was a rehearsal for a new york attack. And that the drill has compromised plans to reunite families who were divided by the korean war more than 60 years ago. The south Korean Military says the seafood. Youll find the information on labels, signs, or menus. The goal is to make sure you dont buy fish that has been mislabeled. This morning, apple reportedly has a sleep expert on the payroll. According to the los angeles times, its to help the company develop the socalled iwatch which would integrate your iphone or ipad to a watch you can wear. Many believe that monitoring your health is going to be a big part of this iwatch including your pulse and how well youre sleepi sleeping. Apple is not commenting. Soon youll have iskin. You wont need a phone or watch or anything. Tonight is the end of an era. Jay leno will say his final goodbye as host of the tonight show tonight. Hes been hosting the show since taking over for Johnny Carson in 1992. Tonight, Billy Crystal will be lenos final guest. Crystal was lenos first guest when he started. Garth brooks will also be on the show tonight. The tonight show will return to new york city when jimmy fallon takes over on f edison r numbers. It provides service in montgomery and frederick counties. The Company Still has about 20,000 homes without service. The number dropped slightly within the hour. Richard jordan joins us live in Frederick County where a number of schools are closed today because of the power problems. Richard . Reporter we are at one of the schools that is closed today. There is no power so there is no school. This is licetown elementary. You see lights lewistown elementary. You see lights, thats powered by a generator. Windsor knolls middle is closed and middletown primary. Those are closed. The other schools in the county on a twohour delay. Still trying to get everyone back on line. Potomac edison had 2 hundred extra linemen trying toer are store power after the ice storm trying to restore power after the ice storm. We were in frederick, maryland, earlier. We d nbcwashington. Com to that. If youre taking the marc train on the brunswick line, your commute should be much easier. Yesterday a tree fell into the train breaking glass and causing major delays. That caused a web of other power outage along the tracks. Marc says there could be some delays this morning because of the cold. No longer than 15 minutes. Scam alert out of Northern Virginia this morning. Fredericksburg police say someone is calling people claiming to be an officer and asking for donations for a fundraiser. The scammer says if people agree to donate police will get them out of a ticket. Fredericksburg police say if you get this call, just hang up. The sign of hard Financial Times at howard university. The school plans to cut about 200 staff positions, thats according to the washington post. The university did not reveal what positions will be cut but did say it worked to protect Public Safety departments. A spokesperson at howard is is day before the Opening Ceremony. Follow the action on our nbc washington app and jim handlys blog at nbcwashington. Com. Sheriffs Deputy Craig Patterson will be sentenced today. A jury convicted him of manslaughter in december. Our Northern Virginia reporter, david culver, will be there for the sentencing. News4s Mark Seagraves will be at a News Conference. Medrick mills family will hold the conference after he died of a heart attack near a fire station. His daughter says she begged for help but firefighters refused. That is our broadcast for this thursday. We appreciate you waking up with us today. The today show is next
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