It is our warmest morning yet. Were in the mid to upper 60s in the area. Shenandoah valley and the mountains this morning, its hovering around 60 degrees. Drive time forecast well have sunshine this morning with dry roads and some roads will be wet during the afternoon. Well stay in the 60s through 8 00 9 00 this morning. Then clouds will increase and some passing thundershowers making some roads wet, and highs in the 80s. Right now, roads looking pretty good all around the region as i click through my cameras here beltway at Central Avenue moving across quite nicely. Inner and outer loop of the beltway looking good too. Taking a look at 66 into town and out of town, again, flowing just fine a little road work around town. A little bit slow here. 95 northbound through dell city. 270 at montgomery avenue northbound and southbound moving along nicely. The inner loop between the toll road and gw parkway we have three lanes blocked until 5 00. The man charged with murdering the university of virginia student is expected to appear in court today. Were expecting the judge to set a trial date for the Hannah Graham murder case. He also faces attempted murder and Sexual Assault charges in fairfax. Also today a d. C. Police officer will face a judge accused of sexually abusing teenage girls. Three victims have come forward. Another says she was assaulted inside Police Headquarters and another says inside a church. He was demoted to a sergeant in 2008 after two incidents of sexual misconduct. Were trying to find out why a woman rams her car repeatedly into a deputys car. The first impact sent the cruiser through a fence. It hit the cruiser again and sending it backward. The after math of that crash, the deputy shot at the suspect through the windshield of his cruiser. She was not hit. The woman tried to get away but a bystander helped the deputy arrest her. We are learning new details about the shooting at a controversial art exhibit in texas and the men who opened fire there. The fbi now investigating that shooting as a possible terrorist attack. They also say that Elton Simpson was already on their radar. Garland police say he and another man shot a security guard. Police killed both men. Legal experts say it is highly unlikely texas authorities will charge the organizers of that art exhibit are anything. However, some are questioning the decision to show offensive images. Theres p. M. Issues about what people are trying to do and what religion and security in public places. Hes hosting a forum at the Heritage Foundation headquarters at 10 00 a. M. We expect former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee to announce hes running for president. He went on to a show on fox news channel. He joins a crowded field. Some of the biggest republican stars havent even declared yet. In the day ahead, 16yearolds can vote for their city leadershyattsville. In january, they lowered the voting age becoming the second city in the country to do so. Takoma park maryland was the first. There are some big moves in the race to fill the Virginia House seat that represents parts of Sterling South riding and dulles. A democratic wants to take a more active role in relief efforts in nepal. After a fire if your child attends Conley School of the holly child, you can keep them at home except a. P. Calculus students. No one was hurt. All a. P. Calculus students still have to be at school this morning at 7 45. You may soon be paying tax on your ecigarettes if you live in montgomery county. Council members are considering a 30 excise tax on electronic cigarettes. The meeting will take place in rockville at 7 30 tonight. Tomorrow the capitals will be looking to recapture the magic, the kapps win 10 and lead the series 21. Our goaltender has the highest percentage of saves among all the goalies right now. For a while, people thought he was in a slump. They were going to bench him. They had a couple different goalies in there. Love this. Give a brother a chance. Guess what, its cinco de mayo. Its only 4 37. Theres a program that wants to make sure you get home safely. And a student bullied. Why her mom refuses to return her to school. The shocking confession one manmade before refusing to im a pedophile. I have been since i was 13 years old. A shocking confession. The 27yearold is accused of stealing the plane from the las vegas airport in the middle of the night. He took the plane for a joy ride for almost an hour. A forest fire is burning out of control this morning in upstate new york. Homes surrounding that state forest north of new york city are now empty. That fire broke out on sunday. Take a look at some of the images here. There are no word of of how the fire started. 30 acres have already been destroyed. Time for weather and traffics on the 1s. Tom is telling us about a forecast that looks more like june. Were warmest morning yet. Temperatures in upper p 60s right now. Raegan national is 60 degrees. Fair frax low fairfax low to mid 60s. Shenandoah valley now in the 50s in the mountain. Well have it soaring in the 80s in washington and northern virginia. Right near the bay, it will be in the upper 70s with some scattered afternoon thundershowers coming through. A look at the timing on those storms hour by hour. Next weather and traffic on the 1s thats coming up at 4 51. It looks like the commute going well so far, melissa. Commute going well. Live look on 24 headed down 95 to see what that problem is. 95 northbound what ive been telling you about here near dale city. It is close. Were not exactly sure why. Remember to listen to our friends on wtop when you hop in your friend this morning. 270 rolling along nicely. When you are looking at Prince Georges County same thing. A warning for anyone taking the dog for a walk in the bethesda area this morning. Why neighbors are on edge after spotting a certain animal in their backyard. Huckabee after this happens, i cant just walk away and say its going to be fine and send her back to school. A Prince William County School says she will not send her 13yearold back to school until she knows its safe. A group of girls attacked her daughter as she walk home from school last week. She plan to meet with parents. The 13yearold victim has not been back to school since the incident last wednesday. Her mother says she warned the school weeks ago about threats against her daughter at school and social media. I was assured by the counselor and the principal if they were going to do this they would have already done that. Im not sending her back until im sure the situation is taken care of. The school is taking it very seriously and they are confident it is safe for her to return to school. Lawyers for man for plotting to attack the school want to review the evidence by themselves. There is so much video and audio that its not practical to supervise him the whole time. The fbi says he wanted to wage jihad by attacking the capital with pipe bombs and shooting officials. Its Mike Huckabees day to announce. We have a look at how his bid will shakeup the god primaries. He won iowa in 2008 and hes very popular with evangelical christians. The president is can he broaden that and bring in more mainstream conservatives in a Republican Party in a race that may very easily become fractured. We have 15 candidates and likely candidates in this race. A little bit different than huckabee because as a governor he comes with a record to run on and sometimes that can help and sometimes that can hurt candidates but we are expecting him to sort of take the spotlight today as he rolls out a video and announces his campaign. Interestingly, in Hope Arkansas home of the clintons. Right now, the question is how fiorina, carson and huckabee stock up stack up against opponents. Jeb bush tops the list with 23 . Marco rubio is apology at 18 . Wisconsin scott walker and senator ted cruz round out of the top five. Clintons favorability rating has dropped, she still rates higher than top tier republican candidates. Shes also beating every top tier republican kd in matchups. 25 of people polled say shes honest and straightforward. 4 48, clin continue will clinton is willing to testify about both her use of private email and the attack on the u. S. Mission in benghazi. Shes only willing to testify once. The case against the state Department Employee accused of trying to solicit a child for sex has been continued. News 4 learned that daniel rosen hired a new lawyer. He was arrested in february after a series of online exchanges with an under cover detective. He was arrested again of unrelated charges of stalking and voyeurism. He was a top counterterrorism official. The case will not be back in court until july because of the change of counsel. The proposed merger between exelon and pepco is delayed again. The deadline was extended until next friday. D. C. Regulators have not approved that 6 palestinian 8 6. 8 merger. Critics say the merger would raise your power bill. Exelon promises to increase reliability for pepco partners. The 33 million stadium and parking lot would be south of the car max and the southpoint shopping center. You can voice your opinion about the new stadium at meeting tonight starting at 6 00. Friends and neighbors in bethesda spotted coyotes roaming in the area. A woman saw a coyote in her backyard a couple of weeks ago. Just this weekend, this man saw a coyote. He ran between the houses over here and probably into the park. What do you expect . The coyote is are you hissing at me . He was looking for that cat. Animal control only responds if the animal appears to be aggressive or sick. If you see a wild animal that appears sick or aggressive call 311. A lot of College Students will graduate in the next few weeks and some guys may move to the clarendon area. The mens lifestyle website thrillest ranked that arlington neighborhood the 10th broiest neighborhood. Guys are attracted to that area they can drink their craft beer. Clarendon is only a temporary move because at some point you grow up i guess. Thats a broad generalist. Men who like to drink and party that makes you bro. The rest of that . The Vineyard Vines . What is that . Clarendon is a hot spot for a lot of young professionals, not just the bros. Murry hill new york number one on that list here. Congratulations clarendon. Bro and brew. I think i saw one of them this morning was driving in reverse on river road. I saw somebody driving in reverse. Backing up. I dont know what was going on with that. You have to steer clear at this hour. You never know. You see strange things. Bus stop this morning, its going to be a mild morning. Its our warmest morning yet so far this season. Well stay in the 60s between 7 00 and 8 00 and the students boarding buses after that should be jumping into the upper 60s to near 70 degrees by 9 00 this morning with light bright sunshine. A lot of light in the area. Temperatures are hovering generally in the 60s, mid to upper 60s in washington off to our west Shenandoah Valley many locations there, in the 50s to 60 degrees. 50s out of the mountain now. And the highest pollen count weve had so far this year. It is mostly tree pollen. No doubt you are feeling it. We have some showers here out in the midwest. This is a front thats going to be sinking down closer to us by later today as it does move on in. Heres the timing on that. Some showers may move in through the mountains up around noontime up in southern pennsylvania and western maryland. Few thunders showers and lightning around 3 00 4 00 in the afternoon. Most of it should be done by sunset. Tomorrow morning down into the mid 60s, afternoon highs on wednesday around 80 degrees and another chance of some afternoon thundershowers tomorrow and into the evening hours and those tomorrow probably not severe like today is probably not severe. Then a bit cooler on thursday. Into the upper 70s and partly cloudy we jump back into the 80s again on friday. We should be making low 80s again and into the weekend, the warm pattern continues. Sunday upper 80s and partly sunny. Melissa has a new crash to talk about. Where is this . Brand new crash. This is 66 eastbound here. Just after route 123, and this crash is a car that is flipped over. Nobody is trapped. Nobody was hurt amazingly but it is there off to the right side of the roadway. You can see it here in the distance. 234 southbound were going to see whats happening near the dale city area. We are seeing some slowdowns we dont typically see this time of day. You can see that a little bit of a slow down. It was red, now its yellow. Maybe a little construction thats moved out of way. Beltway and branch looking good. It sparked a major controversy at the university of maryland. But this morning, american sniper is looking for one of these . Yoplait. Smooth, creamy, and craved by the whole family. This morning rng stuns at the university of maryland are reacting to the screening of a controversial movie. A Panel Discussion followed that screening of the movie last night at the theater. The screening was postponed last month by the student entertainment events group because of complaints. The Muslim Student association said american sniper was anti muslim. Our concern was our safety. There are two sides to every story. It shouldnt have been protested like it was. It should have been shown in the first place. University president wallace lowe praised student groups for working together to find a solution. Neighbors of Raegan National airport are not happy about the noise there today. A local group will talk about the faas failure to issue any penalty for noise violations. That will be held at the pal Palisades Recreation Center 7 30 to 9 30 tonight. For the first time sober ride will offer free rides for cinco de mayo. Nationwide more than 40 of traffic deaths on may 5th involve drunk drivers. Stay with us. News 4 continues now at 5 00 a. M. Coming up on 5 00 right now, im Aaron Gilchrist and happening now a former fbi agent is waking up behind bars, accused of a security scare at the cia and nsa. The story news 4 was first to break. Policy and policing the measure the d. C. Council is taking up that could mean several changes for the districts men and women in blue. And the man of accused of killing Hannah Graham is headed to court. Whats expected to happen in the case today. Lets check in with meteorologist tom keerein. Thanks to a gentle southerly breeze thats flapping the flag right there right near Union Station there in washington we have dry pavement and a clear sky, mild morning, our warmest morning so far. Afternoon thundershowers rolling through parts of the region. This warm pattern continues. Those are your headlines for this warm tuesday morning. A little bit of thunder and lightning from midwest down through ohio. Its eventually tracking to us. Getting weaker. No severe storms right now. Were in the 60s most of virginia and maryland. Shenandoah valley and the moup tans its in the 50s in many locations there. Your walk to work what
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