Retain Police Officers. The officer did not dispute she received special consideration in her application because of her d. C. Residency. A spokesperson for the d. C. Department of Human Resources which instituted this job action tells news 4 that once the matter goes to a hearing, it becomes a Personnel Matter and in each case is handled on a case by case basis. Stay with us. News 4 today continues right now at 5 00 a. M. Preparing for the pontiff this morning. Last minute touches are under way as pope francis gets ready to make his First Official visit to the u. S. But are you ready from the closures to the added security . We are working to get you up to speed on everything you need to know. It is 5 01. Good morning, everybody. Im aaron gilchrist. Im eun yang. Welcome to news 4 today. We have complete Team Coverage on the papal visit for you this morning. Adam and melissa on top of the impact the popes trip is going to have on your commute. And the latest security measures in place. First to chuck bell and the weather the pope faces when he lands here. Hell be facing an awful lot in the way of cloud cover upon arrival. I think the bulk of the rain chances are stacked up here in the front part of the day today. Outside cloudy skies, and a little light rain and drizzle around. So your weather headlines, morning clouds and drops, some late day clearing. And sunshine for papal events tomorrow and thursday. But today, the weather impact on your day, relatively low. It is a cloudy and wet and puddly morning this morning. Clouds around by later on this afternoon. Here is the rain. What is left of it on storm team 4 radar pulling north and eastbound out of the metro area. Temperatures are in the upper 50s and low 60s early this morning. Hometown forecast, northwest washington, pet worth neighborhood, 67 with clouds at lunch time and maybe a little bit of sunshine late this afternoon. Pope lands at 4 00. Might get a break of sun before the sun goes down. Well be looking at your commuter forecast in a few more minutes. But the commuters, already have road closures to deal with. Amelia . Amelia, melissa. This will be the first closure that will start here in the next couple of hours. Talking about northbound massachusetts avenue right there in front of Vatican Embassy where adam tuss is for us this morning. Well talk with him in a little bit. Northbound bw parkway, do have a crash, doesnt look like it is slowing anything down at this point this morning. Nice and green and moving. Dickerson, darnestown road, martinsburg road, all lanes blocked because of a tree down from overnight. And right now 66 looks good. A lot of road work that was scheduled just not happening today because of all of the wild stuff happening with the popes visit. Remember to tune into wtop when you hop in your car this morning. Guys . Thank you, melissa. Today, pope francis last day in cuba before visiting the u. S. Before leaving the country, the pope visited a shrine very special to cubans last night. He prayed at the virgin of charity in santiago. That statue represents the patron saint of cuba and it is 403 years old. Today, the pontiff will hold mass at the shrines sanctuary. Hell also meet with families at the cathedral. His last official act in cuba will be blessing the city from the cathedrals balcony. Today pope francis will land in our area for his first ever trip to the u. S. Landing at joint base andrews 4 00 this afternoon. Well bring you that historic moment live on news 4 at 4 00 and stream it on the nbc washington app. President and mrs. Obama will greet the pope at andrew and then go straight to the apostolic nunciature, the Vatican Embassy, on massachusetts avenue. We are working for you to cover all impacts of this papal visit. One of them will be the traffic. Crowded metro stops and closed streets would really mess up your day if you are not prepared. We put transportation reporter adam tuss in charge of keeping you informed. Hes live this morning along massachusetts avenue at the Vatican Embassy with what you should know today. No pressure. We said youre going to tell everybody what we need to know to get around the traffic. No pressure at all. Im so happy you gave me a job. I really appreciate that. Listen, interest a road closure and metro perspective, today is really not the worst day. It is going to be tomorrow. Now, what is going to happen today can show you that right now. Were along massachusetts avenue right outside the naval observatory and the Vatican Embassy. The fencing is up. Massachusetts avenue will be closed in this area to northbound traffic only. And those closures, according to ddot start at 6 30 this morning. Thats what you can expect in this area. Now, here along mass avenue, once the closures start, in place for the entire three days that the pope is here. Youll only be able to get through here in the southbound direction. Northbound, you cannot go beyond waterside drive. Trucks not permitted to come through here. All vehicles could be subject to screening in this area. It is important to take these closures day by day because the pope doesnt land at joint base andrews until about 4 00 this afternoon. Aaron was mentioning that. So really we have a whole day to get through here before he even gets here. Hell then make his way here to the embassy which likely means rolling closures later today and motorcade along places like the suitland parkway and the southeast southwest freeway. Metro is a whole other story. They had that meltdown yesterday on the rails. They say that theyre working to prevent things like that and all hands on deck. We wont know until we get into the situation. Well keep an eye on all of it for you. Eun, thank you for giving me this job. I appreciate it. Were in good hands. Thank you very much. The papal visit will mean long lines, crowded trains and possible delays on metro. A couple of things to keep in mind, metro will open and close at normal times. 5 00 in the morning to midnight. Be sure to buy that smart trip card before you go to the station. Be sure to leave your selfie sticks or bicycles, coolers and chairs at home. Tough to take through metro. And cant take them into any papal events. Be aware of security crews that could search any bag you bring with you on the train. The papal visit will affect two schools. Imagine Andrews Public Charter School and imagine foundations morning side Public Charter School will dismiss students two hours early this afternoon. School officials warn bus pickup and dropoff times may be off as well because of the heavy traffic around washington. The papal visit is being called an unprecedented security event in this country. Three large cities, 16 stops, crowds topping a million people. Law enforcement here in d. C. Along with new york and philadelphia say they are ready. Secret Service Officials are leading the security effort across the visited cities. There will be snipers, s. W. A. T. Teams, helicopters, protecting the pope and you for that matter. Coming up, molette green will have more on the air and ground effort to keep everything safe. A teacher who was fired from a Catholic School for marrying her same sex partner will help welcome the pope to the white house. Margy winters was invited to the ceremony by human rights campaign. Thousands of people are expected to attend the welcoming ceremony wednesday on the south lawn. Winters says she hopes pope francis will address issues facing gay catholics. Our coverage of pope francis visit to the u. S. Continues of the straight ahead, a live report on the security measures in place today and the rest of the week. Also following a developing story where a manhunt is under way to find two prisoners that escaped. It sounds like something straight out of a movie. Live look outside, some roads are still wet this morning. But will you need the wipers . But will you need the wipers . Chuck has your commuter forecast what can i make for you . How about one of our reuben sandwiches . Choose from tender corned beef or oven roasted turkey breast, topped with sauerkraut, melty swiss cheese and thousand island dressing. Enjoy one while theyre here subway. Eat fresh. New developments right now in the escape of two prisoners from a kentucky jail. Corrections officers say they caught christopher cornelius. You see him on the left here. The man on the right, matt johnson is still out there now. The men apparently tied bed sheets into a rope to escape a minor security jail last night. They were both arrested on heroin possession charges. Police have now charged them both with felony escape. Breaking news out of the philippines now. Military planes and choppers are looking for gunmen who kidnapped four tourists. Those missing include a norwegian resort manager, two canadians, and a filipino woman. These are the victims. Their identities just released. Police say the victims were targeted as they entered a resort. 11 gunmen are believed to be part of this. Right now no immediate suspects or a motive has been given. Well let you know if that changes. Thanks. Lets check the forecast. Talking about a little bit of a wet start to our day. Chuck bell is here. Good morning. Tuesday off to a very gloomy start. So we got the yellow light on for your weather slowdowns this morning. There are some wet roads, a little light rain and fog to deal with as well. Things improving by lunch time and we should be completely dry. But still cloudy by later on today. There is storm team 4 radar, last of the drizzle drops and light rain Frederick County and loudoun county. Temperatures will rise from the 50s and 60s this morning. May need light jacket and umbrella early today. The rain will be over with before lunch time. Check on traffic right now. Good morning. Northbound b. W. Parkway, Prince Georges County looking quite good now. Going to be different this afternoon when the pope lands at joint base andrews around 4 00 and start looking at road closures, which well talk about here in the next half hour or so. Top of the beltway, no problems. B. W. Parkway rolling along nicely. Live look at 66 coming up. He is supposed to have students best interests at heart. Wait until you hear what this fairfax teacher is accused of doing. And we are monitoring the trial of a man accused of killing a former d. C. Police officer. What is expected to happen today. Your time is 5 14. This afternoon, pope francis will land at joint base andrews and begin his first visit to the united states. The trip is not only historic, it is an unprecedented security event. Hundreds of Law Enforcement officers will be on hand to make sure everything is safe from start to finish. Molette green live with more on the huge security presence youll notice around town. Good morning. Reporter aaron, good morning. Pope francis first ever u. S. Visit will take him to three large u. S. Cities. And there will be more than a dozen stops as you mentioned. Unprecedented security to keep him and the public safe. The biggest challenge here is guarding a pope who likes to be among the people. Who likes to shake hands and touch the people. The secret service is, of course, in charge. There is a lot that you will see and security that you will not see so easily. S. W. A. T. Teams, snipers, police in helicopters and in boats to protect you and the pope. Along with very restricted air space. And here at the basilica, there is a long list of prohibited items you cannot have on your person. Including anything deemed a threat. And if they find it on you, they will take it away from you when the pope visits tomorrow. So you need to be mindful of all of that. Of all of the security happening around town and if you plan to be here or anywhere where the pope plans to visit, you need to make sure that you are as safe as possible and carry very little items on you. Im molette green, reporting live outside the basilica. Back to you. Molette, thank you. 5 19. This weeks papal visit will be only the third time a pope visits the white house. The white house seized the popes visit as an opportunity. This pope and what this pope really represents in terms of shared value s with the president on climate change, on poverty and income inequality and on cuba as well. President jimmy carter hosted john paul ii in 1969. You can count on news 4 to cover all aspects of the papal visit on the air, online and on our nbc washington app before you head out today. Check out our list of road closures and tips from the pros on riding metro. Be sure to search pope commute. Closing arguments begin in the trial of a man accused of killing his stepfather. Prosecutors say antwaan james shot Joseph Newell moren this a dozen times in 2013. The two were arguing over yard work at their home. A surveillance camera at a neighbors house caught the whole thing. Detective newell was a 24year veteran of the force. A Fairfax County Public Schools teacher is under arrest this morning. Police say Michael Sweeney was arrested after being found in a parked car with a 16yearold girl on sunday in alexandria. According to an online staff directory, sweeney teaches at Walt Whitman Middle School in alexandr alexandria. Authorities have not said how he and the girl know each other. Sweeney is charged with contributing to the delinquency of a minor. We may soon learn more about the bloody arrest of a university of virginia student. Governor Terry Mcauliffes office is expected to release the administrative report of the arrest of marquis johnson. Johnson and some lawmakers repeatedly asked for this report. It is expected to be released pending signed consent agreements from those involved. Photos and video of the arrest outside of a pub in march were circulated on social media sparking public outrage. The agents involved in the arrest were cleared of any wrongdoing and back at work. Loudoun county has a new interim supervisor following the arrest of one of its former supervisors, Shawn Williams arrested earlier this month on assault and unlawful entry charges. James bonfils will represent the Broad Run District also a chairman of the countys parks and rec board. Williams resigned after his arrest. A newly elected supervisor will take over on january 1st. It is 5 21. Time for western and traffic on the 1s. Something to look forward to because we are getting ready for the popes arrival. Weather will clear up a bit. Storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell has the skinny. Gray skies will clear up. Sounds like a song to me. Outside this morning, damp out there, a little light rain and drizzle to contend with and puddles to be left over early this morning. Just be careful when you do it. Outside on nebraska avenue, the road is wet. The rain is tapering off just a bit. So rain chances for today, generally not much. There is a little rain and drizzle outside this morning. This should be gone by about 9 00, 10 00 this morning. Dry, albeit cloudy later this afternoon. Good weather for wednesday and thursday. Unfortunately rain chances are going back up again just in tim. These rain drops are going northeast bound, headed into frederick and montgomery counties in maryland. Not much going on back across the southern parts of the shenandoah valley. Thats our drying trend that will come our way later today. For now, drizzle drops to be dealt with to leesburg to lovettsville, fairfax and falls church and bethesda. This should be tapering off over the next couple of hours. Temperatures will rise from the mid and upper 50s and low 60s now. Will continue to climb through the Morning Hours. 58 now. 59 at 7 00. 65 by 9 00. 68 degrees by 11 00. And planning for the pope later on this afternoon into this evening, do plan on an awful lot in the way of clouds to contend with. Here is the way the day breaks out. Noon time, cloudy, 68. Maybe a little sunshine. Due to land at 4 00. Maybe a little sun, temperatures in the mid70s and back to the 60s for this evening. Here is your sevenday forecast. 75 today with drizzle this morning. Cloudy and dry later today. Near 80 for both wednesday and thursday with fair amount of sunshine. Rain chances come back on friday and linger at least through saturday and maybe on into sunday morning as well. That is not good news from the weather department. Well have more of a breakdown of your bus stop forecast in ten minutes. Right now it is traffic time with melissa. Right now, want to remind you of the first big closure in the next couple of hours because of popes visit. And that, of course, northbound, massachusetts avenue where adam tuss is for us this morning. Going to be shutting down in front of the Vatican Embassy. That should happen in the next couple of hours here. Big look at the beltway overall looking good, interloop and outer loop, no major problems, 66 rolling along nicely. So is 95 this morning. 66 east of sudley road. Darnestown road shut down at martinsburg, all lanes blocked because of the downed tree. Back in a few minutes. She blazed a lot of trails in the Prince Georges County Fire Department and as she blazed the trails, ill use the term, she left a map for us. Words of high praise for the first africanamerican woman to become the deputy fire chief in Prince Georges County. Carla blue served in the community for 20 years and retired in 2009. She died in a car crash over the weekend. Police say the 48yearold mother was driving on indian head highway Early Saturday Morning when she tried to my emt hand turn. Another car ran into her. Darren ware was on duty when he got the alert. My first reaction was, wow. What are you going to miss most about carla in. What im going to miss most about her is her positive outlook on life, how she was always smiling, and how she was always willing to take on any task. You can pay your respects next tuesday at a public funeral. We posted details about that on our nbc washington app. Search fire chief funeral. 5 25 now. Decision 2016, the republican president ial field is now down to 15 candidates. Wisconsin Governor Scott walker pulled out yesterday during his farewell speech. He took one last shot at donald trump. I encourage other republican president ial candidates to consider doing the same so that the voters can focus on a limited number of candidates who can offer a positive, conservative alternative to the current front runner. And trump did not respond to that statement. Instead, tweeted he got to know walker well, he is a nice person and has a great future. As one candidate drops out, another rises in the ranks. Carly fiorina appeared on the tonight show with jimmy fallon i last night. They discussed russian president vladimir putin. I would describe him as a formidable adversary. Hes very confident. Hes very he actually can be quite funny and charming. But hes a kgb guy. Fiorina says the u. S. Needs to confront putins aggression in syria. A recent cnn poll puts Carly Fiorina in second place behind donald trump. Today, Montgomery County will get first look at the machines youll be using to vote next year. Maryland will roll out the new machines across the state for the 2016 election. Each one will print out a paper ballot with a digital one that you submit. Todays demonstration is in Silver Spring at 11 00 a. M. A lot of people are talking about pope francis today, but you should know it is also yom kippur. It is the holiest day on the jewish calendar and it starts at sundown tonight. The holiday ends at sundown tomorrow night. During yom kippur, jews fast and atone for the sins they committed throughout the year. You look at video of preparations in israel now. Israel says it is completely closing the border with palestinian territories for the duration of the holiday. People across the d. C. Area being urged to use metro while the pope is here. But can the agency handle it. Hes called the peoples pope. How much do you know about the pontiff . An in depth look at his background before he became the head of the catholic church. Live look outside for you this morning. Folks waking up to temps in the 50s and 60s. Kids might need a jacket at the bus stop. What about recess, though . Chuck will let us know in the next weather and tr the countdown is on. In less than 11 hours, pope francis make his first visit to the u. S. As pontiff. His first stop, our home and the nations capital. Good morning to you. Im eun yang. Im aaron gilchrist. It is day one of our papal visit coverage and something that is going to affect a lot of you getting around town. Straight over to Melissa Mollet and a look at what to expect today. Good morning. Good morning. Were following the major traffic impact his visit will cause today. He arrives at joint base andrews around 4 00 this afternoon. Hell travel 18 miles to the Vatican Embassy in northwest washington. There is a lot youre going to have to avoid. Around joint base andrews is what well Start Talking about here this morning. Pretty much everything. First of all, branch avenue, off limits for you there as it is right next to the base. Then pennsylvania avenue as well. And suitland parkway there. Now, it is not clear what impact this will have on the beltway. Might want it avoid that area, stay away during that part of the day here today. Taking a look here, downtown here, in northwest washington now, thinking about other roads, were talking about wisconsin avenue, massachusetts avenue, right here in front of the embassy. And 34th street northwest, also going to be a no go because thats where the embassy is. High security there where pope francis will be sleeping the next few nights. Avoid wisconsin avenue, which i mentioned, which can be closed. Vatican officials and security not telling us what route the pope will take tonight. It is just best to stay away. Im pretty proud of myself. We were thinking this wasnt going to go so smoothly. Doing good. Doing good. Round of applause. Absolutely right. Good job. You got to put a little motion into it the next time. Thats what i would suggest. Cloudy skies, a little light rain, a little drizzle to contend with this morning. There are puddles on the local sidewalks. Temperature now 58 in rockville. 58, dull also. 61, college park. 63 in arlington and falls church. A little fog to deal with as well. Not too much reduced visibility yet. There may be slightly reduced visibility in pockets. Be on the lookout for that. Sun is up at 6 56 this morning. Fog and drizzle between 7 00 and 8 00, temperatures near 60. Low to mid60s by 8 00 and 9 00. And later on this afternoon, even though the clouds will be sticking around, we should be rain free by lunch time. We give recess a c and Cool Temperatures by dismissal time with up near 70 degrees. Well look at that hour by hour forecast in ten minutes. For now, back to the news. Chuck, thank you. Around town you can see officials are ready for the pope to arrive later today at the basilica. The altar and chairs are set up for the popes mass. The perimeter has already been fenced in. Nobody will allowed inside the gates wou s without a ticket. No parking signs around the cathedral of st. Matthew the apostle in anticipation of the popes visit tomorrow. Looking ahead to tomorrow, the i95 express lanes in virginia will change for the popes visit. On wednesday and thursday, the lanes will reverse direction an hour earlier. Northbound will switch to southbound starting at 10 00 a. M. Instead of usual 11 00 a. M. The southbound express lanes will open at noon instead of 1 00 p. M. The express lanes will be back to normal on friday. You can expect a lot of tour buses and more pedestrians than usual in the Pentagon City area of arlington. And to avoid that slowdown, fairfax connector route 599 buses will not stop at the following spots starting today. Army, navy drive and 15th street. And south hayes street at the Pentagon City metro. All routes will return to normal on friday. Starting today, make sure to doublecheck the signs around where you park in the district. The department of public works says it will not hesitate to tow your car if it is parked where it shouldnt be. Crews will not enforce regular street sweeping restrictions on some streets. They say they will be out in force during the teams with games today and tomorrow. Metro will have a test today, a huge crowd will use trains during the papal visit. We understand that some of you may not be very optimistic, especially with the frustration fresh from yesterday. News 4 transportation reporter adam tuss found out that a transformer caught fire in a mechanical room alongside the metro tracks. And you can see the smoke near the stadium armory metro stop. There it is. Yesterday morning. This is very dangerous. The atmosphere down there is, you know, it is black, it is dark. You cant see. You are not 100 sure nrbliniti what is charged with electricity and what isnt. Metro still has to fix the problem too. It caused huge delays for thousands of commuters along the blue, orange and silver lines. Document obtained by nbc news shows Law Enforcement is worried the terrorists may impersonate First Responders to enter secure areas. The bulletin from Pennsylvania State Police Warns Officers to be on the lookout for attackers with fake i. D. Cards and uniforms. Philadelphia Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey says there are no specific threats and this is simply a reminder for officers to be vigilant. Organizers are continuing to get ready for the pope around the city of brotherly love. Crews set up jumbo tron screens so the crowds can see the pontiff. City hall has new decorations to celebrate the visit. Volunteers will be out at the airports welcoming visitors and helping them find their way around. When the pope lands at joint base andrews, it will mark his First Time Ever in the united states. Pope francis was born jorge mario bergoglio, the first latin american pope. Hes a member of the society of jesuits. He did not become a priest until his ordination years later. He was elected pope on march 13th, 2013. Succeeding Pope Benedict xvi. He adopted the nam francis, becoming the first pope to use that name. The popes visit is generating a lot of excitement, even among noncatholics. Some other leaders among Christian Churches believe it is because of the popes personality. We spoke to one pastor who said the pontiff generates positive discussions about important issues. Tom berlin says the popes message often transcends religious boundaries. He tends to leave people with a sense of grace and love and joy. And in so doing, he opens a space for all of us in the conversation that were attempting to have. Pope francis is seen as a reformer to both catholic and those of other faiths. Since his 2013 election, pope francis attempted it bridge the modern world with traditional catholic teachings. You can count on news 4 to cover all aspects of the papal visit on air, online and our nbc washington app. Check out the list of road closure and tips from the pros on riding metro. Search pope commute after you open up the app. Also, turn us on tomorrow morning or watch us live on the app. Ill report live from the Vatican Embassy as the pope begins his travel starting with his trip to the white house tomorrow morning. Complete coverage starting here. Our coverage of the papal visit continues of the straight ahead, how his trip to the u. S. Could impact the delivery of kne your iphone. When you could soon get Service Inside metro tunnels. And looking live outside, were just one day away from the first day of fall. Official fall. Can you believe it . Feels like fall already, though. Chuck bell will let us know how warm it will get where you live. I was at my shop tied up with a customer when i realized the time. I had to get to the bank before it closed, so i made a break for it. When i got out it was almost closing time. Traffic was bad. I knew i was cutting it close. But it was ok. I use td bank. Its got the longest hours and stays open an extra ten minutes every day. Im sid. And i bank human at td bank. You may soon be able to text, tweet and check your email inside a metro tunnel. The Washington Post says metro and four major Cell Companies have tentatively agreed to expand service to all tunnels within five years. The post says the cell providers would pay metro and the agency would do the wiring itself. The final deal is expected to be announced in a few weeks. As we have been telling you, the popes visit will affect traffic around town. Those of you who ordered your new iphones may have to be patient. U. P. S. Says it will try to work around the traffic changes and street closures. You can probably expect some kind of delay on your delivery the rest of this week. U. P. S. Suggests tracking your package online. 5 41. There will be a lot of delays if you want to think about how much traffic and how much security is going to be descending on our city. Starting already now. Part of the way things work. Weather and traffic on the 1s now, well check the delays. Well start with a look at weather. There may be all kinds of traffic delays, thats melissas problem. There wont be real weather related problems outside of the clouds and drizzle early this morning. A little light rain as well across parts of frederick and carol county. Just left with a couple of drops now out towards the city of fairfax, chantilly as well. Current temperatures are on the cool side, upper 50s and low 60s for your out the door weather this morning. Sky cast 4, abundance of clouds. The mist and drizzle and light rain will be over with here in the next couple of hours. Well just be cloudy at noon time, and a tiny bit of sunshine today between 4 00 and 6 00. Neighborhood highs generally in the low 70s in Montgomery County, low to mid70s around the rest of the metro. New crash in first 4 traffic, thats melissas department. All my fault the next three days, just blame me. North capital street, brandnew accident that popped up there. Hearing about something on the inner loop there at 355 as well. Trying to get more information on that. As far as travel times, 270 south looks good. Outer loop 95 no problems. 66 inbound, on time to the beltway. 95 north to the beltway, 25 minutes. Listen to our friends on wtop on a day like today with the pope coming in to town. When you hop in your car, tune in. Thank you, melissa. A d. C. Police officer threatened with termination and all because she moved. Why she could be fired straight ahead. And new developments in a deadly hit and run outside a d. C. Hospital. The arrest just made days after a in less than an hour, new road Closures Expected in the district for the popes visit. Pope francis arrives at joint base andrews this afternoon after spending the weekend in cuba. President and mrs. Obama will greet the pope. From there, straight to the apostolic nunciature, the Vatican Embassy on massachusetts avenue. Roads are closing in anticipation of that trip. Transportation reporter adam potts and Melissa Mollet are keeping tabs on that part of the story. Lets check in with chuck bell with your forecast. Good morning, chuck. Good morning. A very cloudy start outside early this morning. Temperatures in the 50s and 60s now. Will rise up to the low 70s for a brief time today. You might, if youre lucky, get a little peek of the sunshine, very, very late this afternoon. Sevenday forecast in five minutes. Right now, this is cleared, inner loop at 355, accident that looks like it is out of the way. And 66 a little sticky here east of sudley road because of an earlier crash. Looks like the crash is off to the side of the roadway. Right now, again, slowing down a little bit, often hearing about a delay on the green line. It is coming up on 5 48. This morning, police from around our area are working to figure out if the same guys are behind several Convenience Store robberies. And robbery at an arlington hotel. Look here, pictures from the robbery at the Crown Plaza Hotel this past weekend. Arlington police say it happened early in the morning. The three suspects all dressed in black and used shotguns to threaten employees. When you hve a shotgun held to your head, thats very threatening. Our witness testimony from those employees, they were extremely scared. The facts of the robbery are very similar to robberies at some Convenience Stores in our area. Police say theyre still looking for the suspects as none of them left fingerprints in the hotel. A man is now in custody after being charged in a deadly hit and run outside of a d. C. Hospital. Officers arrested ravid comfort yesterday. Hes accused of striking and killing kabaday outside of United Medical center last month. She had worked at the hospital as a physicians assistant. She was hit crossing southern avenue on her way home. That raised concerns about crossing safety outside of that d. C. Hospital. News 4s pat collins started asking the mayor about the concerns since United Medical was the only hospital in d. C. Without a cross walk. There is now one in place at that location. In loudoun county, investigators are urging you to be extra alert in herndon. Gunfire hit six buildings there over the last three months. The buildings were all within a half mile of each other, just off the dulles toll road. Investigates think the shootings could be connected to one that hit a Leesburg Bank last month. News 4 learned that at Bowser Administration has notified a d. C. Police officer she could be fired for living in maryland. In a letter obtained by news 4, that female officer was notified she must appear before a show cause hearing to prove she still lives in the district or her job will be, quote, forfeited and she will be separated from district service. Police Union Officials acknowledge the officer who has been with the department for two years did recently move from d. C. Into maryland after she got married. D. C. Employees who request preferential consideration for employment because theyre d. C. Residents are required to live in the city for seven years before they move. It costs 95,000 approximately to recruit and train one Police Officer. In the last 20 months, we have lost 629 Police Officers. We are down 131 positions on the force. Supposed to be at 4,000. I cant imagine that the district would think it makes sense to remove this Police Officer when were struggling to retain Police Officers. The officer does not dispute she received special consideration in her application because of her d. C. Residency. A spokesperson for the department of Human Resources, which instituted this job action, tells news 4 once the matter goes to a hearing, it becomes a Personnel Matter and each case is handled on a case by case basis. We could learn a lot about the differences between schools in Montgomery County today. The office of legislative oversight is delivering a report about School Staffing and resources. The report compares average xlas sizes at all the schools and examines how much each school spends on each student. It includes average teacher salary and tenure. Well give you the numbers after the report comes out this morning. We turn to weather and traffic on the 1s. Chuck bell is back with us this morning. Another comfortable, cool, comfortable start. I couldnt open the sunroof and drive in this morning. Just wet enough out there where it was, like, eventually you get the drop on the top of your head from the sunroof. More of a closed roof kind of a morning. The clouds, which are bringing a little light rain this morning, the clouds are going a whole lot of nowhere today. The rain drops are just about done. The cloud s are going to take quite some time before they leave our realm. Right now, it is a very cloudy and very wet start. Not a lot of rain on the radar. Show you that in a brief second. But the clouds, as i mentioned, are thick and plan on hanging around all day. 63 now at national airport. Winds out of the north at 9 miles an hour. 57 the panhandle of west virginia. 55 in Frederick County, maryland. 63 in arlington and washington. Storm team 4 radar, last of the drops down northern parts of carol county, few drizzle drops around charles town, west virginia. Pretty quiet weather up and down most of the eastern seaboard. Drying out across southern virginia. Clouds stay. I think well be rain free for the remainder of the day. The weather improves dramatically as we get into tomorrow. Thursday, good too. What to expect today. Puddles this morning and clouds this afternoon, but we should dry out a little bit. Hourly temperatures, 50s and 60s out the door this morning. Staying in the 60s through most of the Morning Hours to near 70 by noon. And with the thinning clouds, we should be able to bump up into the low and mid70s for a brief time later on this afternoon. Your highs today generally in the low 70s. Baseball game got post poned last night. Play baseball tonight, the orioles and the nationals, no problem with the weather for this evening. And then planning out the day for tomorrow, for the popes movements around town, 64, nice in the morning. 69 at 10 00 a. M. 76 by noon time tomorrow. Your sevenday forecast, above the 80 degree mark on wednesday and thursday with a fair amount of sunshine. Clouds and rain chances are back on friday, friday night and saturday. And may linger into sunday as well. That will not make me a popular person. Im not popular today. Thats fine. Now were even here, chuck. Now, delays on metro green line delays this morning to green belt earlier malfunction there. Brandnew crash here indian head highway northbound at livingston road. A little bit of a slowdown. Sounds like we have two lanes blocked here this morning. 66 east of sudley road, little slow through here earlier crash. Looks like it is loosening up a little bit this morning. North capital at s street and northwest, an accident there. Darnestown road there in diggeren to, madigger en dickerson, lanes blocked. Were keeping an eye on the closures that will start because of the popes visit. We have Team Coverage of the traffic impacts and what is happening here in the next couple of hours. Adam tuss live with more. Reporter about the closures, here is what you need to know. The impacted area is only here along massachusetts avenue in northwest. Road closures here ddot tells us start around 9 00 this morning. Southbound traffic will be permitted on massachusetts avenue. No trucks allowed to come through here and if you do drive through here in your car, all vehicles are subject to search. Now, lets look at mass avenue right now. The roads still open, a lot of traffic still coming through here. When you need to know, though, is that road closures once they go in place will be in effect for the entire three days that the pope is here. There will also be parking restrictions in this area. Important to take these closures day by day because the pope doesnt even land at joint base andrews until about 4 00 this afternoon. Then, hell make his way here, which likely means rolling closures and motorcade along places like the suitland parkway and the southeast southwest freeway. Massachusetts avenue and northwest still open, Closures Expected to start around 9 00 this morning. Metro knows it had a bad day yesterday. Theyre putting all hands on deck from this point forward. Back to you. Good morning. Im landon dowdy. Hillary clinton will propose a plan today to lower the cost of prescription drugs. It will cap out of pocket costs, kill tax breaks for direct to Consumer Advertising and encourage the development and use of cheaper generic drugs. On monday, clinton tweeted a link to a New York Times article about steep drug prices, calling the situation outrageous. Her comment led to a plunge in shares of several biotech and drug companies. Thats your cnbc business report. Im landon dowdy. A search under way in Prince Georges County for an 80yearold man who is missing. No one has seen luban fitz since a picnic at watkins Regional Park on friday afternoon. He told a staff member at the picnic he needed to use the restroom and hasnt been seen since. Officers searched watkins park for several hours and they say they do not believe hes in the park. Were hoping someone will have an idea where he is and will have seen him. Now, in our opinion, it has become a little dire, been a couple of days now. Were told fitz is from the Virgin Islands and that he has a thick creole accent. He suffers from dementia and may appear confused or distressed. A school in arlington is getting a big upgrade. The county approved an expansion at abingdon elementary. Youll the changes will add capacity for more than 100 more students at the school next year. Were only hours a few hours away from pope francis arriving in d. C. Youre looking at a live picture of basilica where final preepss are preparations are under way now. It means changes for people who spend time in d. C. , especially on the roads. The message the office of Personnel Management has for federal workers this morning, next on news 4 today at 6 00. Right now on news 4 today, the big day is finally here. In a matter of hours, pope francis arrives in d. C. What you need to know about his arrival this afternoon and his plans for the day. Final preparations are under way for the popes visit. His presence brings with it an enormous security presence. How that protection could impact you and what youll notice around town. But first, storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell is tracking showers right now and the impact this rain will have on the popes arrival and your movements this morning. Hes here with todays weather headlines. Good morning. Welcome to tuesday, everybody. Cloudy skies, view from our tower here in northwest washington. The roads are more wet than dry right now. Puddles to be dealt with as well. So clouds and a few drops around this morning. Some late day clearing. After 3 00 or 4 00, maybe a little peek of sunshine. More sunshine for tomorrow and thursday for the papal visit. Weather impact today, relatively low, morning puddles and afternoon clouds will be the biggest impacts on storm team 4 radar, a little light rain and drizzle, thats all that is left. Temperatures in the upper 50s and low 60s now. Hometown forecast, here in northwest washington, drills, 61 degrees. 67 and clouds at lunch time. Few breaks in sunshine by 5 00 or 6 00 this afternoon. Were talking commuter impacts in ten minutes for the forecast. For now, traffic impacts for melissa. Brandnew crash indian head highway at livingst
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