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Was one of the most violent in recent years. Time for weather and traffic on the 1s. 58 degrees outside of the studios this morning. Storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein with your weather headlines. Enough of a spring chill you will need a light jacket and have your sunglasses ready as well. The sunshine is breaking out as the morning clouds that are over us now break up. Right now, though it is rather chilly. Shenandoah valley in the mountains generally around 50 degrees. In the low to mid 50s in the nearby suburbs and across the rural areas of maryland and virginia. Generally in the mid 50s, upper 50s right around the Chesapeake Bay and on the shore low to mid 50s. Waiting for metro youll be in the 50s. A lot of clouds around and then sunshine breaking out between 8 00 and 9 00. It will be up around 60 degrees. Next weather and traffic on the 1s a look at your drive time commuter forecast for this friday. Now were looking at traffic so far, pretty good. Overall, not as much construction. Good for folks headed out of town, maybe for a long weekend. Taking a look right now at 66 and 95 nice and green. Everything is moving along quite well here this morning. We did have a little bit of a slowdown 95 northbound in fredericksburg. Near route 1, but thats cleared up. Beltway at robinson terminal inner and outer loop everything is looking good. The top of the beltway, 29 95 b. W. Parkway, into and out of town, moving along nicely. Branch avenue northbound, allentown road, two lanes are blocked but should be out of there by 5 00. Remember, we do have colesville road work at silver spring. Just in the missing u. S. Military helicopter in nepal may have been found. The Nepalese Army found the wreck and and three bodies nearby. The helicopter disappeared tuesday while delivering to earthquake aid to earthquake victims. The u. S. Military has not confirmed that the wreckage is that of the missing chopper. The air force is on the ground inspecting the crash site. Eight people were on board. Six of them u. S. Marines. The other two Nepalese Army soldiers. Back to you. Thank you, kristin wright. 4 33 now. Now to the latest in the deadly Train Derailment investigation in philadelphia. Ntsb investigators say in the last minute before the crash, the amtrak train sped up from 70 Miles Per Hour to over 100. Investigators hope to speak with the trains engineer in the coming days. Brandon bostian turned over his cell phone and offered a blood sample to police. Today is the funeral for Navy Midshipman justin zemser. And an amtrak employee filed the first lawsuit in connection with this crash. The system that would have sensed the train was going too fast was not being used at the time of the crash. Its called automatic train control, known as atc. It is used on metro. Its built into the tracks and senses when a train is speeding and slows it down. Our sister station in philadelphia confirmed with amtrak that atc was not used near the crash site. It was used in the southbound direction. Most of these systems are designed to be fail safe which means if something goes wrong, theyre supposed to stop the trains. We are going to want to interview the people who were responsible for making those decisions and we ultimately will make an evaluation as to whether or not that was sufficient risk management. Atc is different from positive train control which we told you about earlier this week. Ptc is a more sophisticated gps based system that is not yet installed in philadelphia. Today we could find out how a judge wants to move forward in a rape case against jesse matthews. Hes charged with attempted murder and rape in a 2005 attack on a woman in fairfax city. His lawyers asked to delay the start of the trial set for next month. Today a judge could announce decision and matthew faces capital murder charges in the death of uva student hannah frahm. Rabbi frendell pleaded guilty to secretly filming women in a bathroom. A man who may be tied to the mob is facing charges today in connection with four high end jewelry thefts. Jan parchewski is facing burglary and grand larceny charges. Police believe he is working with three accomplices. The thieves targeted wealthy homes. Official documents say that parchewski is tied to an organized crime family. Rail Service Performance in 2015 is quote the lowest in recent memory. Metros Performance Office reported multiple smoke incidents and cracked rails and limited bus service are the concerns. Robberies and aggravated assaults increased since last year. Escalator and Elevator Service has improved. To combat the smoke incidents, metro will wash out the tunnels. They say cleaning up the grime helps to keep the Electrical Equipment running. It came after thousands were slowed this week. Metro stopped washing out tunnels more than 20 years ago. 4 36, the wizards have to win tonight if they want to keep their playoff hopes alive. Its a do or die game six. At least theyre home. Tonights game is at 7 00 on espn. These games have been down to the wire each time. Hopefully the wiz can pull off a win. Martin omalley makes another move in the race for the president. Even though he hasnt announced hes running yet. Sad news about the passing of b. B. King. Kristin wright is gathering information about the final moments of the king of blues. Take a live look outside. 58 degrees out there fairly chilly start, but what about when you head t Vienna Police last sunday the boy died tuesday. Police are awaiting the results of an autopsy. Have not said [ no aude know ] police say a man grabbed a woman from behind and covered her mouth with his hand. It happened around 11 00 near the East Falls Church metro station. She was walking home from the metro then. Its time for weather and traffic on the 1s at 4 41. Storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein with more on what we can expect from the day ahead. Good morning. Good morning. A lot of clouds around but not producing any rain. So we have dry pavement, live view from the storm team 4 camera. Theres nebraska avenue and dry pavement all around the region. For the morning and midday and afternoon commute. All green lights weatherwise for driving around. And traveling around the region on this friday. And well have some sunshine breaking out and the morning clouds break out through much of the morning commute. It will be hovering in the upper 50s and 60s. Then windows open, dry roads, quite a bit of sunshine. Temperatures in the upper 70s. A look at Storm Chances for the weekend. Thats next weather and traffic on the 1s at 4 51. Now the traffic tracker is on the roads. No problem right here. First 4 traffic tracker just got on to the outer loop of the beltway from 66. Just talked with her, she was saying right there at 66 at 123 off to the right side of the roadway as you head in to town there did have some road work. She passed by that, looked like the right lane was blocked. North payne at princess, just got off the phone with the police looks like there are no road closures there. 270, no problems at all. And Prince Georges County overall looking good. 4 42 now. Its bike to work day here in our area and a company known for helping you out when you blow a car tire will now help if the same thing happens to your bike tire. New information the king of blues has died. B. B. King a legend influencing generations of musicians. Amazing everybody with un unforgettable hits like the thrill is gone. He was inducted into the Blues Foundation hall of fame as well as the rock and roll hall of fame. He suffered from dementia and he was under hospice care. B. B. King died at his home in las vegas. He was 89. Aaron . All right, his music will live on forever. Thank you. Its 4 45. Skeptical arab leaders are heading home from washington after president obama promised a quote, ironclad commitment to security in the middle east. But concerns over Nuclear Negotiations with iran remain. Nbcs Edward Lawrence joins us live now from capitol hill with the look at whats next. Good morning. Reporter good morning, aaron. Yeah the president described those talks with the representatives as candid. He says that they focused on antiterrorism measures as well as a nuclear deal with iran. Now, he outlined that nuclear deal with iran against iran that would give lift the sanctions against iran in exchange for irans pledge not to seek a nuclear bomb. And the president is up against the june 30th deadline to get that deal done. Now, as he tried to calm the fears of the u. S. Allies in the region president obama reaffirmed that a nuclear deal with iran is in everyones best interests. He did pledge to defend the middle east allies from external threats. The president is also fighting a political battle at home over iran. The house overwhelmingly passed a bill mandating that any nuclear deal with iran be approved by congress. That bill now goes on to the president to sign or veto. Reporting live on capitol hill Edward Lawrence. Now back to you. Thank you. It is 4 46. Today the president will honor members of Law Enforcement who have lost their lives in the line of duty. Hes speaking at the 34th annual National Peace officers memorial service. Its open to the public. The pilot of a drone spotted flying his aircraft near Lafayette Park is being questioned this morning. It was forced the white house into lockdown yesterday. Agents moved in quickly to bring the drone down. I happened to look up and i did a double take. It was a drone. And i pointed up there and i said it was a drone. It wasnt long before that that the secret service thats when everybody they said clear. Secret Service Agents seized a car they believe belongs to the pilot. This is the second incident with a drone at the white house this year. Jurors will begin day two of trying to determine if the man who set off a bomb at the Boston Marathon deserves to die. Dzhokhar tsarnaev was convicted of all 30 charges against him. 17 carry the death penalty. The jury did have some questions about the charges yesterday. In order for tsarnaev to receive the death penalty, the decision must be unanimous. Canadas top court just sided with a convicted war criminal. ExGuantanamo Bay detainee will be considered a child offender. He was transferred to alberta from prison in Guantanamo Bay in 2012. Hes now out on bail. He pleaded guilty to killing a u. S. Soldier in afghanistan when he was only 15. University of Maryland Police have arrested a 21yearold man in connection with an assault inside a dorm room. Police say colby dean wandered in last friday while drunk and according to the Police Report he walked into three different rooms with the doors unlocked and in one case a female student reported waking one a hand touching her inappropriately. He is facing sex offense charges. Former Maryland Governor Martin Omalley is moving full speed ahead toward may 30th. Thats the day hell announce whether he plans to run for president. Omalley plans to sign a lease for Office Space Near penn station. He is casting himself as an alternative to hillary clinton. Omalley held a call with supporters yesterday saying that he can bring new leadership and progressive values to the white house. The Arlington County Police Department has named an official police chief acting chief jay farr will permanently replace retired chief doug scott. Farr has been serving in the role since march. He has been a member of the Arlington County Police Department since 1990. Montgomery county also has a new fire chief this morning. County executive ike legget promoted Mike Goldstein to the post. He said he always wanted to be a firefighter. That was a childhood you know a fascination with fire trucks that never went away. I was very proud of the day i was able to start at the Training Academy back 20 25 years ago. Goldstein succeeds former chief steve lohr who retired this year. Vcu is one of 55 centers in the country for Disease Control and prevention. The u. S. Health department wants to create up to ten Regional Centers as part of a hospital preparedness plan. If approved, they could receive 2 million a year to run the unit. Nfl commissioner Roger Goodell says hell personally hear tom bradys appeal of his fourgame suspension over deflated balls. Goodell would preside over the appeal last night. Brady was suspended for four games and the patriots fined 1 million and theyll lose draft picks. They wanted a neutral arbiter to hear the case. 226 pound former heavyweight challenger Evander Holyfield and in the other corner, mitt romney. Tonight theyll box for charity. Do you know who i have my money on . The proceed goes to the nonprofit that provides medical and vision services. Romney is hoping that evander will be charitable in the ring as well. Do the math on that one. I dont like math i can figure that out. Not good. All right. You may decide may notice some extra bicycles on the roads during the commute to and from work today. Its the annual bike to work today in our area hosted by commuter connections. There will be caravans and pit stops with drinks snacks and raffles. To find the nearest pit stops to you, go to the nbc washington app. Search bike for work. If your bike gets a flat tire, dont panic. Call aaa. They hope it will encourage more people to bike to work. Right. Are we going to have a good day to bike to work . Yesterday was a nice spring day. It was absolutely perfect. Well kind of keep it going today. Good. We have more clouds around. If youre biking to work this morning the cloud cover should break up. Little bit of sunshine. It will be a cool, refreshing ride to work. Temperatures in the upper 50s through much of the morning. Then headed back home from work, it will be beautiful. Lots of sunshine. A few high clouds. Temperatures should be in the upper 70s by late afternoon. Right now though a bit of a chill in the air. In the 50s around the Chesapeake Bay, closer to the Shenandoah Valley and the mountain just low 50s. A few spots are in the upper 40s. In prince georges low to mid 50s. Nice start to this day. High clouds are coming over right now and then theyll break up as the morning progresses and by noontime going partly cloudy and jumping into the low 70s. Then by 5 00 this afternoon, much of the region well into the upper 70s with quite a bit of sunshine. Then over the weekend, clouds close in. It will feel like summer again. Some scattered afternoon thundershowers on saturday. Sunday afternoon thunderstorms with temperatures in the upper 80s with steamy humidity around. Then on monday get back to work and school well be in the 60s in the morning. A lot of humidity in the air. Monday might get a shower. Afternoon chance of thunderstorms on monday and still feeling like summer. It will be in the mid 80s on monday afternoon. Then as we get into tuesday, another summerlike day. Maybe a morning shower but then turning less humid in the afternoon. The timing with temperatures in the upper 80s. A nice break, wednesday and thursday 50s in the morning and lower humidity and a partly cloudy sky. Coming up at 5 01, a look at the storm timing hour by hour. Whats happening, melissa . A little bit of construction northwest 16th street. Nor park road there, all the northbound lanes are being used. We wanted to mention that because its something that can be in the way for the morning commute for you this morning. 270 at father hurley boulevard, not having any issues there. Taking a look now at 66, as youre driving in here, hopping on around 234 there Prince William parkway, no problems as you head into town. Same thing headed outbound. Nice and green. Remember to listen to our friends on wtop when you hop in your car this morning. First 4 traffic tracker on 95 southbound here, headed to lorton southbound. Same thing, northbound. Everything is nice and green across the river there. Remember we have this construction in prince georges. Two right lanes blocked. Live look at 66 coming up. Thanks melissa. He says a Spotsylvania Deputy used Excessive Force while he was handcuffed. Now we get a look at the video youre watching news4 today. New video of what appears to be a Spotsylvania County deputy throwing a man to the ground. Prosecutors say in march former deputy David Schmidt threw Nathan Barton to the ground while handcuffed. This is part of evidence in an Excessive Force complaint against the deputy. Another deputy said that barton was resisting arrest. He resigned last week after he was charged with assault and battery. School districts are figuring out where to make the school cuts again. Larry hogan said hell withhold funding for the states Biggest School systems. The states most Expensive School systems i should say. The news comes after a months long battle with democratic legislators and local leaders. It leaves Montgomery County schools with a 17 million hole in the budget. Hoepgen says hogan says the state is spending more than ever on education. Young athletes in Fairfax County are enjoying the first new fields to open up in years. The Jones Branch Fields are one of many under the transforming tysons plan adopted in 2010. Theyre a 15minute walk from the tysons metro station. Tomorrow athletes residents and Fairfax County officials will officially mark the opening of the fields. Youll soon be able to enjoy whole foods if you live in Prince Georges County. Officials in the county hope the store will attract more business to the area too. A new whole foods is currently being built in riverdale park. It will be the first in the county. The store will bring Healthy Options to officials recognized this county as a food desert by the usda. I think its a reflection of what people want. Really i mean people can go like in our case people can go find the starbucks anywhere but people come here because they want a different type of experience and different type of product. The new store is expected to open later this year. As you think about a weekend get away for you and your family this summer think about checking out richmond. Thats aarons hometown. American express travel named richmond as the most popular city to visit this summer. How about that . This comes after froemers chose it as a top travel destination for 2015. It has an up and coming food scene and beer too. Following richmond on the list, chicago, san antonio, Salt Lake City and san juan. Stay with us. News4 today continues at 5 00. News4 today starts now. Good morning. Im aaron gilchrist. Now at 5 00, a mystery unfolding in northwest d. C. After firefighters make a gruesome discovery. What we could learn today about the four people found dead in the district. We are monitoring the latest in nepal where its believed the wreckage of a u. S. Marine helicopter has been found. Were standing by for confirmation. New information on the deadly Train Derailment in philadelphia. The services we learned about overnight for one of the victims. First, lets check our forecast with storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein. Tom . Good morning. Happy friday. Just a few clouds floating over the metro area now. A bit of a chill in the air. Most locations are in the 50s. Well stay this way through 8 00 this morning, then by noontime low 70s. Hitting upper 70s with increasing sunshine by later this afternoon. Still not very humid. Getting more humid over the weekend. Here is saturday storm timing. Well be fine through the morning, through noontime. No rain anywhere in th

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