The snow is moving on, but the wind is going to be the story in the hours ahead as this Winter Weather refuses to give us a break. It is 5 00 a. M. Winter conditions to blame for a pair of School Delays this morning, as well. Culpeper county and the town of Colonial Beach middle schools opening two hours late today. Public schools opening two hours late. Good morning, im aaron gilchrest. Im angie goff in for eun yang on this wednesday, march 26th. Youll want to give yourself extra time as you head out. The icy conditions causing several accidents jefferson. Several people suffer accidents overnight. Several people suffering injuries from the accident that involved eight cars between shady grove road, route 355 in gaithersburg. Everyone is okay. Just a reminder, youre going to want to take it easy. Be aware of possible black ice that can cause slick spots on the roadways. Storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein has more on those potentially icy conditions and when we might get above freezing. Tom . Yeah. Here are the road temperatures now. 95 southbound of washington, road temperatures only 30. 66, road temperature in the upper 20s. The beltway, road temperatures only in the upper 20s as is interstate 70, 270, and 7 west toward hagerstown 70 west toward hagerstown. Watch for patchy ice especially bridges and overpasses that have not been salted. Storm team 4 radar showing some bands of scattered snow showers heading east of the bay. Now from just kent island toward cambridge, thats quickly moving east. A few other scattered flurries out in the Shenandoah Valley and into the mountains of west virginia. Thats tracking off east. Generally drying out. A partly cloudy sky. Temperatures hovering just in the upper 20s to near 30 degrees. The winds are beginning to pick up. Winds gusting 15 to 20 Miles Per Hour. The windchills just in the teens. Next weather traffic on the 1s at 5 11. A look at the windy wednesday hourbyhour forecast. Danella, still have an accident problem on the bw parkway . I do. No word if it is related to ice. Either way, guys, i want to warn you, toms warning you, too, give yourself extra time this morning. On the southbound bw parkway accident at arundel mills boulevard, southbound lanes are blocked. Just the right shoulder lane is going to get you by. The accident has a vehicle on its side in the shoulder lane. Delays about 2. 5 miles. Also a 2. 5mile backup, i95 northbound. Crash at 123 blocking two left lanes. Again, back in ten minutes. Back to you. Thank you. A manassas daycare director heads to court today face child abuse charges. She runs the smile preschool. Shes accused of abusing a 5yearold and 6yearold in february. The preschool was shutter down earlier this month shut down earlier this month after it was learned she didnt have the proper licensing to run the facility. Her Attorney Says shes cooperating fully with police and believes they misinterpreted what happened. Sad news to report this morning, we learned overnight a Navy Football player thats been hospitalized for three days has died. 19yearold will mccammie collapsed at practice on saturday. Hed been in a coma at the hospital since then. It is still not clear what caused him to collapse. Video showed will didnt take any hard hits during that practice. Mccammie had just been cleared to Start Playing again aftersuf High School Football in 2012. Now to a developing story in the search for relisha rudd. Today marks exactly one month since the 8yearold disappeared. Relisha was last seen in Surveillance Video that shows her with 51yearold kalil tatum. The group called the black and missing foundation specializes in looking for young africanamerican children. Cofounders say since the video aired, tatum may have cut the girls hair and may have dressed her as a boy. Because of that, the public needs to be more vigilant. We need looking into the eyes of every kid they come across, looking into the ooifz eve ey of every man with a little girl until we find her. This video of captured at a hotel february 26th. A month ago. That the day he left with rudd from the shelter. An amber alert was not issued until last wednesday. The next day, his wife was found dead in an oxon hill hotel. Hes wanted for that murder. Theres a 50,000 reward for information about the death and missing girl. Two men wanted for a shoot. Cory jamel barnes iii and avon jackson shot two people near the school in Brooklyn Park friday. Kids were playing outside when the shots rang out. None of them was hurt. The school was put on lockdown. Police think the shooting was drug related. Both victims should survive. One is facing criminal charges, as well. Three secret Service Agents who were supposed to be on the president s detail are on administrative leave. Sources told nbc news they were sent home from the netherlands on sunday after aity in of drinking. One agent after a night of drinking. One agent was passed out in a hallway, two other agents were with him. President obama arrived at the same hotel on monday. The agents have not faced any other disciplinary action. A sailor shot and killed at a navy base in norfolk had connections to this region. The sailors father told her sister station there his son is from the maryland d. C. Area. He died yesterday when a civilian with credentials who had authorized access to the base got on the uss mahan and managed to take another persons weapon. The navy says the sailor who died was responding to help. The security who responded killed the civilian. Rity now the navy is not releasing name of those involved. Former Virginia Governor book mcdonnell wants more charges against him and his wife thrown out. His lawyers filed a motion last night asking a federal judge to dismiss nine of the 11 counts against them. They say the couple never did anything to help the Dietary Supplement Company theyre accused of momenting in exchange for gifts of promoting in exchange for gifts and money. Theyve already pleaded not guilty. The trial set to begin in july. 5 06 the time. Molette green with a breaking story. This story is developing in belgium where president obama is holding talks with nato. A bomb squad called to check a suspicious package found a bus not far from the nato headquarters. This is happening in the capital, brussels. Before this came up, the city was already on lockdown for the president s first visit there. Well keep you posted on this developing story. Back to you. Thanks. 5 0. Theyre calling it the white coat effect. Why doctors may be the ones raising the Blood Pressure in their own patients. Ahead, new information about a tax scam that could cost you this year. What the irs wants you to be listening for. Cold and windy conditions as you step out this morning. Look at the Cherry Blossoms there. Not ready it bud yet. Well see the strongest wind gusts. [ wellington ] multimilliondollar athletes can afford almost anything. But what they really want. Welcome back, sir. [ wellington ]. Is what they never stop loving. [ whistles ] [ wellington ] mcdonalds dollar menu at breakfast. With options like the sausage mcmuffin and the mccafe coffee, they can pick their favorites and share the wealth. Theres something for everyone to love at mcdonalds. Welcome back. If you feel nervous going to the doctor, youre not alone. A new study out of england looked at the difference between when a doctor or nurse takes your Blood Pressure. According to the study, having a doctor do it led to much higher Blood Pressure readings. The study looked at the differences in 1,000 patients. It also said those false positive results can lead to unnecessary treatment for problems like hypertension. We now know the healthiest place to live around here. Researchers at the Robert Wood Johnson foundation broke down the healthiest spots by county. In maryland, the top place belong to Montgomery County followed by howard and frederick counties. In virginia, loudoun, fairfax, and arlington counties are at the top of the list there. The report analyzed 29 things including smoking, graduation rate, and unemployment along with access to Healthy Foods and physical activity rates. Id always heard that arlington was a good hot spot. Always makes the list of healthiest places. Yeah. Places that are walkable helpful if that is figured in there, too. Yeah. Very cool. 11 minutes after 5 00. Well take you outside. This is the view from our weather deck. And the flag out front barely no, its holding on, but its windy. The strong winds and slick spots is the story, right, tom . Yeah. And a few scattered flurries. The latest gusts around 20 to 30 Miles Per Hour. Reagan national had a gust to 36 Miles Per Hour. Gust out in the mountains around 20 to 25 Miles Per Hour. Theres the sky over washington. Just a few clouds passing through now with the gusty winds. Wellave our temperatures hold steady in the 20s. Its 33 at reagan national. Elsewhere, 20s. Well stay gusty all the way through early afternoon. Lots of sunshine. Temperatures reaching near 40 midafternoon. Warming pattern on the way. A look at that next weather traffic on the 1s at 5 21. Breaking news with danella, whats going on . Thats right. Heres an update now, tom. New information in. So southbound bw parkway, this is right near arundel mills boulevard. That accident now has the right lane getting by. At one point, just the shoulder lane. Now the right lanes getting by, and delays are just a little bit less. They look around one mile. At one point they were 2. 5 miles. To i95, this is northbound approaching route 123. The earlier accident there has cleared. Drive times still slow, but at least your lanes are open. Back to you both. Theres a mudslide. Everythings gone snch t the houses are gone dramatic calls for help moments after a massive mudslide as we learn more about the search for survivors. 5 13. Ahead, the new developments that that may buy you some more time if you welcome back. At 5 15, new this morning, were hearing the 911 calls moment after that massive mudslide in washington state. Take a listen to this theres like a mudslide, and everythings gone the houses are gone are there any injuries . Yes theres people yelling for help at this point, crews are using cadaver dogs, small bulldozers, and their bare hands to dig through debris searching for people trapped in saturdays mudslide. Right now the death toll stands at 16, but that number could rise. Search crews believe they may have located eight more bodies. If that is true, that would raise the death toll to 24. You in theres a list of 176 people still unaccounted for. Some could be duplicates, though. 5 17. The search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight 370 is back on right now. Bad weather had forced the search to be called off yesterday. Molette green has more from the live desk. Angie, we are waiting to get more information from malaysia this morning. A News Conference is set to start in about 15 minutes. When it happens, well bring you details. Also, frustrated family members of the victims are meeting right now in beijing with malaysia government reps. All of this while the search planes and the ships back out there scouring the waters of the southern indian ocean to find any trace of the missing jet. And to give you a better idea about the size of the target area, it is cut down. But still an estimated 622,000 sqre miles. Think about the size of alaska. Now, the frantic search grows more intense by the hour because there are only about two weeks of battery life left on those pingers that are coming from the planes flight data and cockpit voice recorders. Well keep you posted throughout the morning. Back to you. Thanks. Also, the first steps toward a potential multimillion dollar lawsuit against Malaysia Airlines has been taken to chicago. A law firm that specializes in aviation cases filed documents on monday. The papers demand Malaysia Airlines along with boeing turn over evidence of possible design and manufacturing defects that may have caused the airplane to plunge into the indian ocean. A spokesman for boeing told nbc news the company has no comment. A representative for Malaysia Airlines could not be reached. We will have a reporter at st. Elizabeths hospital campus who today mayor vincent gray makes a major announcement about the future of United Medical center. According to the post, the mayor tpts replace umw wants to replace umc with a new campus in southeast. Its the only fullservice hospital east of the anacostia river. A question in the districtwill gray get to serve a second term. He trails maurielle bowser Muriel Bowser in the race according to a poll. Bowsers lead is win win the margin of error. She and gray say they expected a tight race. A virtual dead heat. Kind of what we expected. Weve seen the last several weeks a growing Energy Around our campaign and what were doing. Now, whoever wins the democratic primary on april 1st probably would face d. C. Council member david kitania in the general election, hes running an as independent. We have results on nbcwashington. Com. Search decision d. C. Also, if you need help with early voting, we have a guide on lane, as well. Some people trying to sign up for the new health care program, youre going to get a little extra time. The Obama Administration says people who started to apply on healthcare. Gov but cant finish by the monday deadline will have until the middle of april. The Administration Says its seen a surge in visits to the website as the deadline gets closer. A new report shows speed caused a crash that killed the star of the fast and furious series and his friend. California investigators say paul walker and his friend, roger rhodes, were traveling up to 94 Miles Per Hour when their porsche crashed into several trees and a light pole last november. Investigators determined no mechanical failures or preexisting conditions could have caused that deadly crash. Alcohol was not a factor either. Walker was in the passenger seat. Plans are in the works for a new sandy hook elementary in connecticut. Last night, newtowns public building and Site Commission saw the Design Concepts for the first time. 3d renderings show the plan for the new school. It provides open air learning areas within stone walls. This is to create a sense of safety for the students and staff. The designers hope that the students and the staff like the new open design. Having more access to nature on an everyday basis improves the life in the school. And architects will not touch the actual site where the shooting happened. That building has been torn down, and its still not clear at this point whats going to go in its place. Leaders hope that the new school will open by 2016. Dramatic video out of phoenix this morning as the area is hit by a huge dust storm. You see it creates a wall of gray here. Worse than fog, its impossible to see through. The storm stirred up because of 45 mileperhour winds which kicked lots of desert dirt into the air. It did lead to some car crashes, as well. Today theyre expecting much clearer skies. Thats in the forecast. So unusual. Id be scared if i saw Something Like that coming my way. Suddenly coming at you. Warren county Public Schools on a twohour delay today. Theyre in virginia. Yeah. Thats because toms been talking about this all morning. There are still patches of ice out there. Very, very slick spots to deal with. Right, tom . Yeah. I said yesterday that we would likely get below freezing this morning, and we certainly are. Theres a live view at the tidal basin of the cherry trees. You see there are no blooms yet. And theyre beginning to blow in a gusty wind. The winds have been gusting 20 to 30 Miles Per Hour this morning. Were still waiting on you, buds, its gather to be another week or two. In the weather center, im seeing some areas getting some slip rea spots as we have road temperatures below slippery spots as we have road temperatures below freezing. The areas in red, this could be slick spots. Watch out for that. That snow we had yesterday created water on the roads overnight. Now that has frozen up on untreated surfaces. Temperatures are below freezing. Just in the 20s to around 30 degrees much of the region. The winds are gusty now. Weve had gusts up to around 30 Miles Per Hour. Well have gusts 30 to 40 Miles Per Hour later this morning. The peak gusts will be between 8 00 in the morning through 2 00 in the afternoon. Could have scattered power outages. Be prepared for that. That may be developing by later this afternoon as those winds get gusty. Highs only reaching around 40 degrees this afternoon. The average high this time of year is around 60. And the winds will make it feel like only the 20s and teens. Layer up this morning as you head out. Wear your winter gear. Then the winds diminish overnight tonight. Down to the 20s tomorrow morning. Thursday, into the low 50s. Then friday, into the low 60s. Some rain likely off and on friday. A chance of a passing shower, too, or sprinkles on saturday with highs reaching the low 60s on saturday morning. Tune in, our storm team 4 weather special, tracking spring, 10 00 a. M. Nbc 4 saturday morning. Sunday, well get sunshine and highs near 60. A mild pattern monday, tuesday, highs well into the 60s. Now, danella, good morning. Still have that problem at bw parkway . I do, tom. Now a new accident, this one in leesburg, virginia. So eastbound route 7, this is just past the exit ramp for charlestown pike. Heads up, crash involves an overturned vehicle. Now as tom was mentioning, that earlier crash, bw parkway southbound at arundel mills boulevard, still seeing just the right lane getting by the accident there. Theres a vehicle into the woods. Another vehicle on its side. So folks waking up, this time using 210, your commute coming up in ten minutes. Angie and aaron, back to you. Okay. Thanks. Moms and dads, listen up. Walmart is recalling this 174,000 dolls. It can overheat. They have been there have been at least two reports of children getting burned by the my sweet love, my sweet baby cuddle care baby dolls. Now these domestic violence, they have a Circuit Board inside their chest. And the Electronics Inside bring on symptoms that theyre sick and the child uses little medical instruments to help make them feel better. If you have one, take out the batteries and return it to walmart. They will give you a full refund. 5 25 now. For the first time, were hearing the phone call that the irs calls the largest phone scam of its kind. There is a notice issued on your name, and there are serious allegations pressed against your name. That is the scam artist at work. Hes telling a man theres criminal there are criminal charges against him. The victim thought the call was suspicious, so he recorded the conversation. The feds say thousands of people have gotten similar calls, and victims have handed over more than 1 million to thieves. As soon as someone pretending to be irs will tell you that you owe money and if you dont pay, your going to be arrested, theres a clear sign that that is not the irs who is on the phone. Some red flags to watch for the government says scammers have also claimed to be police officers. The irs says it usually contacts people by mail, not by phone. Same for most other government agencies. Also, you need to be aware of anyone asking for payment using a Prepaid Debit Card or wire transfer. This morning, students at Watkins Mill High School in Montgomery County are creating awareness about teen dating violence. I suffered so much pain and abuse. Being with him only made me feel alone. Three students from the gaithersburg School Received first place for their Public Service announcement called control. Its part of the choose respect campaign. The u. S. Department of health and Human Services says as many as one in three teens will experience dating violence. The agency also says that more than half of them will never report it. And i watched a couple of these on line. And the fact that the students created them they look like real great productions. So its amazing what people can do these days. Yeah. Well, a High School Baseball player in georgia is a hero for his performance on the field. Yeah. Has nothing to do with any kind of great atbat or dazzling catch here. Alex norwood saved the umpires life during a game last week. The ump clapped after the second inning. He was having a heart attack apparently. Alex started doing cpr until paramedics got there. The umpire now recovering, he should be okay. Alex, meanwhile, doesnt even see himself as a hero. I only did the first set of 30 compressions before the emt got there. I dont feel i did that much. But a lot, my friend. Alex only learned cpr two weeks earlier so he could be certified as a lifeguard. Always so humble. Holding on for dear life, dramatic video showing a construction worker trapped in these flames just pouring out. How he was able to get to safe ground. The special honor given to a local First Responder for his actions during the navy yard shooting. Strong winds already a factor in northwest washington. You still need to watch out for all that ice. Looking at headlines, a new group looking for relisha rudd as some warn her appearance may have been changed. Search teams back out looking for a missing passenger jet a day after bad weather grounded them. A Navy Football player who has been hospitalized for three days has died. The winter conditions also being blamed for School Delays in virginia this morning. Spotsylvania, culpeper, page, and Warren County schools and the town of Colonial BeachPublic Schools will open two hours late today. Good morning, everyone, im aaron gilchrest. And im angie goff in for eun yang. Welcome to news4 today. It is wednesday, march 26th. Right now were watching for potential problems on the roads. You probably will not see any more snow this morning. Maybe on the side of the roads. But as far as the pavement, the Cool Temperatures are making for very slick condition as you head to work. Storm team 4 meteorologist meteorologist with more on the icy conditions and when we might get above freezing. Tom . Weve had the winds gusting, too, over 25 to 35 Miles Per Hour. Were off to a very cold start. Subfreezing. Temperatures just in the upper 20s in prince georges county, montgomery, and fairfax counties. And its in the low 30s right in washington, near 30 by the bay. The pavement temperatures are below freezing. So watch out for patchy ice. Pavement temperature on 95 is near 30. Pavement temperature along 66 is just in the upper 20s. Pavement temperature around the beltway and on 95, 70, 270, upper 20s. From 70 west toward hagerstown and 81, the pavement temperatures are only in the upper 20s. Many of the sidewalks and side streets that got wet overnight have frozen up. The patchy ice will be with us for another couple of hours. Not going to get above freezing until later this morning. Your windy wednesday, hourbyhour forecast next weather traffic on the 1s at 5 41. Danella dealing with accident. Unfortunately. So were still watching the one in leesburg, virginia. This is eastbound route 7 near charles town pike. Heads up for the crash. Now were shooting over to bw parkway. Good news here, the earlier accident at arundel mills boulevard, blocking the southbound lanes. Now that crash has cleared. Your travel lanes are open. Folks waking up in Charles County this morning, good morning. Im not seeing any accidents for you. If youre using 210 heading to the beltway, nice and clear. 301, no accidents there. If you use central avenue, join me in ten minutes. Im hearing of a crash blocking westbound lanes. This is near enterprise road. Im back in ten minutes with an update. Back to you. See you then. 5 33. Right now we are waiting for president obama to give a major speech on the crisis in ukraine. His speech in brussels comes as the president is meeting with european leaders there. Lets go live to nbcs tracie potts on capitol hill with more. Good morning. Reporter good morning. The big speech happens this evening. Before that, shortly were expecting the president to make remarks at a world war i cemetery that hes touring there. And of course, the focus of this trip is, number one, the white house says, trying to get people to work together. The u. S. And europeans to work more closely together on international threats. Yesterday in the netherlands, he med a comment about russia saying he made a comment about shea shah saying theyre not as big a superpower as the soviet union was, more a regional power, and not the biggest threat to the united states. Today hes going to sits down with the heads of the european uniyoung, secretary general of nato to try union, secretary general of nato, to try to focus on the relationship hes building with the u. S. And europe before the key speech later today. Back on capitol hill, congress trying to deal with ukraine. An aide for ukraine and sanctions for russia, looks like they may be close. A vote scheduled for tomorrow. Aaron . Tracie potts on the lil. Thank you. Right now, more security concerns at the nations tallest building. Two cnn producers were arrested one World Trade Center sneak ot site. Police say the men tried four times to climb the fences and push through the gates before being arrested. Cnn says the men were there to do a story on Security Breaches but were not asked to sneak on to the site. This comes a day after four men were arrested for this base jump from one World Trade Center one World Trade Center back in september. This video of the jump was posted on youtube yesterday. One of the men was a former construction worker at the site. He helped the three daredevils gain access to the top of the building. You might recall this teenager. He was arrested for sneaking on top of that building last week. In both cases, a hole in construction fencing was used to get in. There is a search happening right now in Loudoun County for a group of men wanted for a sex assault. An 18yearold woman says they approached her on monday afternoon on Greenfield Court in sterling. The woman was walking her dog when four men came up and started making lewd comments. She told detectives one man grabbed her arm, and another touched her inappropriately. Highway is pushed them away, then walked off when a car drove by. The woman says each man appeared to be in his 20s. Two men accused of impersonating police facing prison time. Arlington Police Arrested austin jones and samuel apples. Detectives say they showed fake badges to customers at a bar on jackson street and claimed to be officers. Someone at the bar reported this to police. Now not only do they face criminal charges, they are banned from that business. With spring break top of mind, anyone planning to take a cruise, you should listen up. We are in to day two of a cruise ship safety hearing today at the ntsb. This comes after several recent highprofile cruise ship accidents. Remember this mess it was a fair on board the carnival triumph. About a year ago. Left the ship adrift for days without power in the gulf of mexico. The coast guard announced yesterday that its already started putting unannounced inspectors on some of the ships. A local emt received a special honor for his actions during the navy yard shooting. [ applause ] noah smith was one of two people from the u. S. Department of transportation who stopped and helped a victim amid the chaos. Last night, the American Ambulance association awarded him with the recognition of valor. The department of transportation is near the navy yard and building 1 7 where gunman aaron alex 197 where gunman aaron alexis shot and killed 12 people last september. A construction worker trapped on a balcony as a massive fire rages on. You wont want to miss this as firefighters pull off a daring rescue. A warning before you head down to see the Cherry Blossoms. What you dont want to do which could ruin your experience during one of the best times of the year. And maybe its a good thing the Cherry Blossoms arent in bloom yet. They might just be blown away. Flags are whipping already, and the wind is only going to get worse throughout the morning. Tom will be back to take you through the day with his hourbyhour forecast. Hurry up. Oh, god. Oh, god, oh, god, oh, god. Oh, my god. Incredible video of the massive fire and rescue. To the right of the screen, you see a guy hanging off the second floor of the building in houston as it burns. That worker dropping to the second floor, the video kept rolling as rescuers you see climbing the ladder, saved him. Rescuers of under construction apartments burned though 200 firefighters tried to save them. Amazingly, nobody was hurt in this. What scary moments to witness. Incredible video. Two more delays to tell you about this morning. Frederick county, virginia, schools will open one hour late today. That is a onehour delay in frederick, virginia. Rappahannock county schools opening two hours late. We have updates at the bottom of the screen as well as at nbcwashington. Com. Those delays are because theres slippery spots on the , right, tom . And we have gusty winds that are picking up, too. Watch out. We have temperatures below freezing. Heres your windy wednesday forecast. Hour by hour between now and 9 00, well stay below freezing. Winds will gust over 30 Miles Per Hour. Gusts to 40 Miles Per Hour later to early afternoon. Lots of sunshine. Highs reaching near 40 degrees. Next weather traffic on the 1s at 5 51. A warming trend just in time for the weekend. Well look at that and how long it lasts. Thats in ten minutes. Breaking news, danella, whats going on . Yeah. Now, tom, this is along westbound central avenue. Police are saying black ice involved in this fatal accident. Single vehicle at enterprise road. Westbound lanes are blocked. Now, in the intersection, this is Eastbound University boulevard at southbound colesville road. Southbound lanes are blocked along colesville. This crash has to do with black ice. Back in ten minutes. Back to you both. Danella, thank you. New accusations this morning against target involving that managesive data massive data breach that put your information at risk. Ahead, taking in the Cherry Blossoms is supposed to be free, right . Well show why you could be stuck paying up. At 6 00, expecting parents could listen to your babys heartbeat any time you want. How a new upon i cant will help you track your babys progress and the mothers mood. Were on the scene of a fire in arlington. Reporter this started in the top floor bedroom of the townhouse on pershing court. Firefighters are taking control now. The cause is unknown, but no residents were home. A resident nearby heard the alarm go off and called the fire department. Residents are out of town now and nearby units were not affected. Nobody injured. I know that firefighters got here in time to get one of the residents cats out. The cat is expected to make it. Reporting live in arlington, news4. The Cherry Blossom festival in full swing. That means thousands are heading to the National Mall to see the trees. Later this morning, aaa midatlantic will warn drivers about parking rules before you get a ticket. Richard jordan live along the tidal basin with what you made it to know. Good morning. Reporter good morning. A lot of people like to come down to see that light pink flower on the cherry trees. The last thing they want to see, one of the hot pink tickets slapped on the front of their windshield. Thats what could happen. We all know parking is tight around the tidal basin. Take a look. That sign, no stopping, no standing. You will get towed. And that is aaa is warned about this morning. Parking is so limited here by the tidal basin, by the National Mall, they say during the Cherry Blossom festival, a bunch of ticket will be given out. Usually the festival brings about 160 million to the local economy, the washington area. Thats when you factor in hotels, restaurants, all the tourism brought in. Typically, about 70,000 just goes to paying parking tickets. Aaa says drivers should take metro, stop at the smithsonian. Walk a couple of blocks. It will spare you the cost of paying one of the tickets. Also you could take a bike or walk, get a ride or taxi. That is the warning because they say a lot of money is made on those parking tickets here. They want to save drivers expenses and make sure it doesnt cost you in the end. While were talking about things along the National Mall, the Washington Monument set to reopen monday, may 12th. The National Parks service closed it for repairs after the east coast earthquake caused major damage in 2011. The repairs cost 15 million. You can start making tour reservations on line on april 16th, go to nbcwashington. Com and search Washington Monument for more information on extended hours. Former Virginia GovernorBob Mcdonnell want more charges against him and his wife thrown out. His lawyers filed a motion last night asking a federal judge to dismiss nine of 11 counts. They say the couple never did anything to help the Dietary Supplement Company theyre accused of promoting in exchange for gifts and money. The mcdonnell vs. Already pleaded not guilty, that trial mcdonnells have already pleaded not guilty. The trial will start . July. A 20yearold la plata man accused of attacking a man and using a chainsaw to cut up his property. Police arrested Joel Galloway sunday in Charles County. The victim told officers physical way tried to force his way galloway tried to force his way into his home on marbury way that morning. Were waiting to find out what led to the attack. Galloway faces assault charges. Authorities in Frederick County, maryland, want to question this woman about two bomb threat that shut down the courthouse on friday. The threats came about three hours apart. K9s searched but found nothing. If you know who this is, call the Frederick County sheriffs office. Is Michael Phelps ready to jump back into the pool . The latest comeback questions are swirling after his coach told the Baltimore Sun that phelps is in good enough shape to compete. Phelps started the rumors last year when he reentered the Drug Testing Program for international competition. Hes also been seen working out regularly at the North Baltimore aquatic club, the swimmer has not publicly said whether he will return to competition. A Northern Virginia boy fighting for his life is Getting Better after taking an experimental drug. Last night amy hardy posted this picture on her facebook page. She says heryearold son, josh, is out of the icu. Hardy says they are still waiting for joshs kidney function to return. Hes at the st. Judes Childrens Hospital in tennessee. Josh is battling a rare viral infection that is nearly gone. A social mead extra campaign, you might remember, helped convince a drug company to put josh in the drug trial. This treatment has not been approved by the fda. Breaking news with molette green from the live desk. We have just learned about a brand new lead in the search for the missing passenger jet. Malaysia government officials still briefing News Reporters now. But they have told us about this lead coming from brand new satellite images showing potentially 122 objects in the water. Some of them bright, indicating they are solid, and some described as 23 meters in size. Search teams in the indian ocean have this information and they are zeroing in on an area about 400 square 400 square miles in size. Well get back to you with more information in the 6 00 hour. Thanks. Well check back in you. At 5 52, it looks like the weather is impacting roads already, tom . Yeah. We have patchy nice from overnight snow that melted on roads, water on roads is now frozen this morning. The red zone, watch out for slippery conditions much of west virginia, maryland, virginia, and the district. Any untreated surface, there is patchy ice. Its going to be with us for another couple of hours. Post your pictures like kelly herr did out the window of the Dolly Madison library in mcclean. A beautiful, snowy scene yesterday afternoon. You can post pictures to my twitter page and on my facebook pa pages, and we will share. Scattered flurries north and west, Shenandoah Valley, in the mountains. And theres one behind of snow showers thats anticipated on the eastern shore. Temperature at or below freezing, 20s throughout the region. Winds are beginning to pick up. What to wear today . Wear your winter coat. Yield new gloves, a hat, warm footwear. A wintrylake pattern for the day with winds gusting to 30 to 40 Miles Per Hour. Peak gusts from 8 00 in the morning through 2 00 in the afternoon. Might have scattered power outages. Windchills just in the teens and 20s. Feeling like a wintry day with lots of sunshine. Then overnight tonight, the winds diminish under a clear sky. 20s tomorrow morning. Afternoon highs on thursday into the low 50s. Then milder weather moves in. Feeling like spring on friday and saturday, some spring showers, too. Rain showers on friday. And perhaps again on saturday, off and on, highs in the low 60s. And on saturday, we will have our storm team 4, saturday morning, tracking spring. Into sunday, monday, tuesday, a warming trend continuing the mild pattern into the 60s on monday and tuesday. With the patchy ice, danellas been dealing with accidents that may be associated with that. Definitely. Were going to start in upper marlboro, westbound lanes of central avenue, still shut down at enterprise road. Single vehicle crash because of black ice. The alternate, church to woodmore road. Give yourself extra time. Its a far alternate. Now the other thing im tracking, silver spring, this is for folks traveling southbound colesville road at the intersection of university boulevard. Youre going to see right in the middle of the roadway, theres an accident. Police are on the scene. They are also saying the crash is because of black ice. Now, out to leesburg, virginia. An overturned vehicle eastbound, route 7, just near charles town pike. This crash is blocking the right lane. You need to slow down. Another accident also in virginia, i95, this is northbound in the hov lanes at Prince William parkway, you can see police are on the scene. It is off to the Left Shoulder lane. You are just seeing heavy volume already. Im back in ten minutes with another update. Back to you both. Danella, thanks. 5 55. 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A Senate Report says the retailer missed several opportunities to thwart hackers, and there was no indication it responded to warnings that malware was being installed on its servers. Facebook, meantime, is continuing to open up its wallet after buying text messaging app whatsapp for 19 million, its snapping up oculus which makes Virtual Reality goggles for a cool 2 billion. Facebook Ceo Mark Zuckerberg says Virtual Reality could be the next big platform. He says the virtual goods and ads will make the money. Oculus started as a kickstarter project, and they raised 2. 4 million. No one who gave many got any equity in the firm. And i wish i imagine they wish they did at this point. From 2. 5 to a 2 billion price tag. Unbelievable. Yeah. Bertha coombs at cnbc, thank you. The university of virginia making new efforts to recruit a more diverse student body. The schools president , teresa sullivan, wrote a letter to 80 high schools in lowincome areas of virginia inviting principals to send their best students to uva. Text messages also went to high achieving students with financial need. Uva has taken criticism for a lack of diversity. Last year, a Nonprofit Group called uva one of the least diverse schools in the country. A truck made a dramatic fall. Take a look. When the road just crumbled from beneath it. You see that its stuck on the side of a mountain here. How the driver made it out of the truck without any major injuries. And we have a lot of slick spots out there. Coming up at 6 00, tom has your weather traffic on the 1s. Right now at 6 00, cold temperatures grip our area again. It is below freezing for most of you. The wind is starting to pick up. Youll want to put on the layers if youre about to head out. We are already seeing a lot of black ice this morning on the roadways. The traffic team keeping track of several crashes. The potential for black ice, the reason for a number of School Delays. Most in virginia, culpeper, page, rappahannock, and spotsylvania opening two hours late. Frederick county schools opening one hour late. Delays, as well, for two hours in warren and orange counties. E