And im eun yang. It is a chilly start, but i think were getting a warmup today. Chuck bell here with the weather headlines. Thats right, Beautiful Day coming up your way. However we are awfully cold again this morning. Most everybody at or above the freezing mark. There is a frogs advisory. Clear skies and a light wind have allowed temperatures to fall back to at least within a couple degrees of freezing, but everywhere just about now is above it. Frost advisory up in frederick county, Northern Virginia, all the way as close by as Fairfax County and Prince William county. When you that but thats about it. The next 24 hours look really nice. 39 this morning, 60 at 7 00 this evening. And saturday morning, get the weekend started, clear and calm, not quite as chilly, low to mid40s to get your saturday started. Well take a look at what it will be like if youre daring to leave town in ten minutes. Right new an update to this crash here in road is now shut down there between 124 here and 108. So this could take some time before this totally reopens. Best thing i can tell you to to, you can take muncaster or warfield to try to make your way around it. Northbound georgia there at colesville, still have the right lane forget by the work zone. 270 at old looking good. 66 and 95, no major issues. Well take a look at Prince Georges County coming up. A deadly stabbing under investigation right now in the district. This happened on livingston road this southeast about 1 30 this morning. Megan mcgrath live now with the latest on this. Megan. Reporter it is still very early in this investigation, but preliminarily, Police Believe that this deadly stabbing stems from some sort of a domestic situation at this apartment. Now, police were called to the road right around 1 30 this morning when they arrived, thats when they found a man bleeding. It appears that he had been stabbed. He later died at the hospital. Now, investigators could be seen carrying a young child out of the apartment building. It is unclear what relationship if any the child has to the man who died. Certainly that is all a part of the investigation. No word on any arrests at this point and police have not released the name of the man who died. Back to you. Maryland state police say it will file charges against a suspected hit and run driver who caused this terrible crash on the beltway yesterday afternoon. Maryland state police say trooper Ezra Ganeshananda is in the hospital with critical injuries this morning. He was rushed to a hospital in baltimore after crews pulled him from his mangled car thursday afternoon. A suspected hit and run driver slammed in to his police car that was sitti ow road. And in the troopers car was hit a second time by a tow truck. The driver Prasad Yadavalli hit three other cars. There will be charges here coming soon. Well consult with the States Attorneys Office to make sure all charges are appropriate that we will pursue with. My reaction is the car who hit him was going entirely too fast. The driver who hit the trooper is also in the hospital. No one else was hurt in the crash. An expected plea in the case against the map accused of killing a Montgomery County police officer. Weve learned that louiuis relu will plead guilty in the delt of officer leotta. He was hit while the officer was working a due patrol. He faces a maximum of ten years. Leottas death sparked a push for vopger dui laws in maryland just earlier this lawmakers passed noahs law expanding the use of ignition interlock devices for convicted drunk drivers. I dont question her judgment. Even his core issues, breaking up the banks when asked, he could not explain how that would be done. In their latest debate, Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders are taking aim at each other in ways we havent seen before, both fighting for a big win in new yorks democratic primary on tuesday. Sanders has been on a winning streak, but delegates are awarded proportion natural alle he needs to win by a wide margin to cut into the delegate lead. They were quick for event for out their differences. I called them out on their mortgage behavior. Oh, my goodness, they must have been really crushed by this. Now, on the gop side, the New York Post is now endorsing donald trump, the post editorial nomination, they expect him to be more president ial, better informed and more self disciplined. Latest poll shows trump ahead in new york state ahead of the tuesday republican primary there. In the meantime, ted cruz and john kasich are hoping late night talk show appearances will boost their campaigns. Kasich sat down with seth meyers on late night. And cruz stopped by the tonight show with jimmy fallon. Cruz poked fun at donald trump in a sketch about campaign vice. Are you writing this down . Hold on. Let me get my pen. John kasich took a more serious approach. He also picked up endorsement from former new york governor gor george pataki. Dock congressional members learn more about the zika virus this afternoon from a leading mosquito expert. Dr. Scott weaver will brief law makers will what the virus is and h i he will brief them at the Congressional Biomedical Research Caucus starting at noon. Today a giant crane will lift stones off the Washington National cathedral to prepare for the installation of newly carved pinnacles. This kigs off the start of a second phase of effort quake repair work. The work will take about a decade and cost an estimated 2 million which will need to be raised through private donations. The earthquake caused the damage to the cathedral back in 2011. Caps fans already looking forward to tomorrow night. The capitals have a chance to go up 20 in their playoff series against the flyers. They won a shutout last night. Jason pugh went to the Verizon Center for the game. Reporter good morning, everyone. If youre a capitals fan, its a great morning after a 20 victory over the flyers here thursday night at Verizon Center, the capitals now lead the series with philadelphia 10. Carlsons slap shot gave washington the 10 lead late in the second appeared and another goal was added in the third as holtby earned the shutout. Players pleased, but not yet celebrating. A pick me up to start us off and only game one. We have a long ways ahead of ourselves. And obviously get that we won, but come back down to earth and get ready for the next battle. A big goal. Cant get wrapped up in one game. Less emotion you put into it that way, leaves the information for in between the whistles, the better off you are. Reporter game two will come your way saturday night at the Verizon Center. Puck drops at 7 00. You can watch it on Comcast Sports net. Jason pugh, news4 sports. Caps could almost play outside this morning, its that cold in some places. But what will things leak by the time you walk chuck bell is back with a closer look at your execucommuter fore. And already a Controversial School back in the spotlight. The outcry over a renamed school. And in japan, crews still looking for possible victims in yesterdaysassive mea i dont believe that big money can buy votes not in our district. And i wont claim to have single handily passed just about every bill in annapolis. We cant settle for the same old politics, not when our basic rights are being threatened by trump and cruz. Ill stand up to their bigotry and be a passionate voice for maryland women and families. In tv and in business, i built relationships. As a woman in the house, ill do the same to get things done. Im Kathleen Mathews and i approve this message. Good morning. 5 12 on a friday. All eyes on the weekend. Just have to get through one more day of work riding in to and from work, seat heaters again this morning. It is cold enough to have temperatures in the 30s in some of the outlying areas. But it is open sun roof weather on the way home today. Temperatures in the low 60s. No trouble traveling locally or regionally. Charlotte to boston, if youre flying today, biggest delays most likely in denver and salt lake city. Denver could be measuring the snow in the feet by the time the weekend is over. Our look at our weekend coming up in here is that that lisa with mel with metro troubles. Red line delays between van ness and Dupont Circle. And still this problem, as well, fieldcrest road in laytonsville, it is shut down between 124 and 108. You can try muncaster or warfield to get around this one. And northbound georgia at colesville, we still have just that right lane getting by the work zone. New video there a deadly earthquake. Were getting dramatic pictures like this one. An earthquake hit southern japan yesterday, it killed at least nine people and we just learned more than 750 others were hurt. This morning crews are working to clean up and fix countless buildings and roads that collapse. The entire country is also dealing with aftershocks right now. New developments from the korean south korea says a north Korean Missile launch failed today. The country launched it as part of a celebration of their founder. Apparently the missile exploded in midair. There are new details in a burglary that led to the shootsing of 56yearold. Police sared arrest keen settles who is one of at least two burglary suspects who forced their way into the apartment on foote street just before midnight last wednesday. A person inside the apartment fired the shots and two bullets hit a 6yearold in the arm but the child is expected to be okay. Today marks three years since the Boston Marathon bombing. There will be a moment of silence just before 3 00 this afternoon and bells will ring throughout the city. Wreathes will be laid in honor of the three killed and the others hurt near the finish line. Bostons mayor has permanently designated april 15th as o throughout virginia tomorrow to mark nine years since Virginia Tech shooting. It will ring 32 time, one for each of the victims. Flies will be flown at halfstaff at all local, state and federal government buildings. There is a blood drive today at the Virginia Tech richmond center. Happening today, federal prosecutors are expected to release new information from a socalled Shadow Campaign investigation that loomed over d. C. Mayor gray. Businessman Jeffrey Thompson pleaded guilty to being the mastermind of that 650,000 campgn back in 2010. In 2014, thompson said in court that gray knew about the Shadow Campaign and welcomed secret money to defeat adrian fenty. The case was closed with no charges filed against gray. As far as im concerned, that investigation against me was closed on december 9, and thats Ward Seven Council seat. It could cost up to 200 million to rename mills e godwin middle school. The schools name is being changed in honor of george hampton. Board members says renaming the school was a good idea was godwin was a segregationist. But the costs including changing signs, replacing murals and refinishing the gym floors. The School Board Chairman says carryover funds will help carry those costs. Coming up on 17 after 5 00 right now and we want to check bag in with chuck bell about our forecast today. 47 degrees right now outside our studios. A little chilly. We wont call it cold because 47 is average for mid april now. And the Complaint Department has officially shut down for the rye main der of the day and the weekend. You simply could not find anything to complain about really. What to expect through the day, perfewe outside early this morning. Our joke today, leave work early kind of a weather. Hardly a breeze blowing today. Winds will be generally out of the northeast at less than 5 or 10 Miles Per Hour much of the day. So how will the weather impact your plans . Today perfectly average. Our average high is 67. P that he eat the forecasted high for today. Saturday, sunshine for soccer games, eun yang, that one is for you because the last couple weekends standing outside in the freezing cold and rain on the soccer field. And sunday perfect for anything you want do. Maybe time do some of the summer plantings. Tree pollen remains quite high, oak and pain are tine are the m contribute brute tors. Dulles is down to 39 right now, so a little bit of a cold start here early this morning. Brute t. Dulles is down to 39 right now, so a little bit of a cold start here early this morning. Cooling bruh sunut sunny as we out the morning. Lunch outside for sure. Coming homla afternoon, 67 the forecasted high. An even into the low and mid60s as late as 7 00 this evening. Later on, temperatures near 60 by 8 00. Mid50s by 10 00, 11 00 this evening, so youll still need your little jacket or light wrap here early this evening. And into early tomorrow morning. But tomorrow, super sunny saturday. Low to mid fourth to get you started. 70 with sunshine your forecast for tomorrow. And sunday morning, nice and cool once again in the 40s to near 50. And sunday afternoon, maki magnificent, 72. I like when anything on your scene says perfect. I never get to say that over here in the traffic center. Red line delays in both directions. Unscheduled track work causes the problem between van ness and Dupont Circle. Fieldcrest shut down between 124 and 108, this is a single car crash. 27 66 and 95 looking quite good here this morning. When im back, well take a look at Prince Georges County and 95 in in maryland. Its 5 19 right now. And president obama set to make three commencement speeches during his final year in office. He wont have on go far for one of them. The president will speak at Howard Universitys graduation on may 7. Howard calls it an extraordinary honor and privilege. The president also will address grads at Rutgers University and air force academy. It could be a pivotal day in the case against bill cosby. What the july coudge could deci. And a planned fleet expansion was put on hold. Why the circulator wont see more buss for a while. Trs if your family outing is magical for all the wrong reasons. You may be muddling through allergies. And zyrtec® is different than claritin®. Because it starts working faster on the first day you take it. Try zyrtec®. Muddle no more®. Im Chris Van Hollen, and i approve this message. Narrator an attack ad from the campaign for donna edwards. So untrue. So outrageous that president obama said, pull it down. The Obama White House called the ad on Chris Van Hollen and the nra misleading. The sun says van hollen and president obama have the exact same position. The post praised van hollen as a leading champion on gun safety, and condemned the edwards ads that mislead voters. Donna edwards. Will she say anything to win an election . About Metro Service is back to normal on the blue, orange and silver lines after trains stopped working yesterday afternoon. A mechanical issue left nearly 200 passengers stuck near the rosslyn station for more than an hour. Eventually metro riders had to walk off the train. No one was hurt. Happening today, former nfl player will smith will be remembered in true new orleans fashion. Smith was shot and killed this what Police Believe could be a road rage incident. A public viewing and parade is being held in his honor today. The brass band parade known as the second line will take place after the public visitation at the new Orleans Saints training facility. Cardell hayes is charged in the shooting. Hes still in police custody. A judge will decide today if the secrecy clause in a 2006 settlement between bill cosby and his Sexual Assault action could you sayer should accuser should be waived. Cosbys lawyers says his accuser violated the pact when she helped police last year. It was a big night for military families across the country last night. Six children were honored to making a give difference in the communities. One is from quantico, virginia. Christian have Christian Fagala was diagnosed with cap cancer. School and everything is on the weekday. And cancer walks on sunday or saturday and helping the homeless on saturday or sunday. He is a hot ticket, right . Each recipient gets 10,000 and a laptop. You may not be surprised to hear that christian wants to be a marine. Congratulations. Sacrifice so much. You know the saying, taxation without representation, its something that bothers a lot of people who live here in the district. But there could be a new push today to get d. C. Statehood. And a live look outside this morning, good news, chuck bell says the rain will stay away for the next few days, but that means we will have to deal with pollen instead. The four things you need to know at 5 31. Good morning. At 5 30, a milestone for air travelers just weeks after the terror attacks in brussels. What is expected to happen later today. Reporter outside the National Cathedral, where all is quiet now, only birds chirping. But in a matter of hours, a giant crane moves into take off giant broken pieces. The story coming up. And im melissa mollett. We have a closure this laytonsville on the roads and a problem on the rail himse. Details on both coming up. But first, its coming up on 5 30 on your friday morning. Four things you need to know about the weather to get you ready for the day. Patchy frost, but only in the rural outlying areas out to the shenandoah valley, Northern Maryland and out towards like charles town, west virginia. No widespread freeze like weve had. Classic april weather is finally here. Sunshine highs right on average this afternoon. About 67 weekend plans, no worries today, tomorrow or sunday. No rain, no problems. But that does make for more and more in the way of pollen. Talking temperatures, sun is up at 6 31. Temperatures will be in the upper 30s in the rural area, but low 40s in town. Sunshine at lunchtime, go out and sit outside in your neighborhood parking lot or anybody you want to do to be outside today. Temperatures mid to upper 60s. A nice little warming trend coming our way. Well be 80 degrees come monday. I cant wait. Im already planning what sleeveless what can i wear. Oh, really . Yeah. Eun and i are like lets go. Im already checked out for the weekend. Taking a look at problems around up to. Fieldcrest in laytonsville, still shut down between 14 and 105. Up to. Fieldcrest in laytonsville, still shut down between 14 and 105. Red line delays for up scheduled track work that popped up between van ness and Dupont Circle. Beltway, inner loop and there. Prince georges county and 50 all looking nice and groeen rigt now. Top of the beltway looking good, as well. Im here fully present, melissa. All of me. Thank you. Today the second phase of the earthquake repair work on the National Cathedral kicks off. You may remember it was damaged back in 2011. Molette green has more on the repairs. Reporter good morning. Yeah, were so lid ground now, but way up there is where the action begins. In just a few hours, a giant crane arrives to remove these huge stones that weigh between 400 and 2800 pounds. This is an incredible step in the process to fix what that 2011 earthquake broke, to replace the broken pinnacles, the pieces robotics had a lot to do with the repair process to help carve out some of the replacement pieces. And this will be a long process. It will take about ten years to complete and a whole lot of money. 22 million. So some exciting stuff happening in a matter of hours here at the National Cathedral. Im knmolette green in northwes. Back to you. Hundreds expected to march in support of d. C. Statehood. A group plans to march up pennsylvania avenue to celebrate d. C. Emancipation day. The march comes during a renewed fight for d. C. Statehood withed a vow the cats arguing that d. C. Residents pay federal taxes but lack voting representation in congress. And d. C. s budget will not be a part of the federal budget this year. The district is not asking the federal government for permission to spend its money, but it still has to go through congress. And Msnbcs Rachel Maddow asked bracing for a fight. I think the fact that the courts have weighed in suggests to everybody that sending our budget, our local dollars directly to the Congress Makes sense for everybody. Mayor bowser says shes frustrated the district was not represented this week on capitol hill in those heated congressional hearings on safety on metro. Metro will be keeping its old fare gates after testing failed on the new ones. The new gates would have allowed riders to smart their smartphone or bank card to pay the fares, but some of the gates did not work during the testing period. The general manager says it will work on improving the system it already has. The d. C. Circulator routes will not be growing anytime soon, this following a troubling audit of the system. The Washington Post is reporting that District Department of transportation is putting expansion plans on hold. A recent audit showed that 95 of circulator buses had a one significant safety problem. Ddots director says it does not have a Maintenance Facility that can keep up with repairs. New routes could have included u street or the National Cathedral. 5 33 your time. A second shooting in just months in a Northern Virginia neighborhood has residents on edge. Emily king shot her by friend during an argument yesterday morning in sterling. After several hours on the run, Prince William county police got a call about a woman crying inside a Grocery Store in nokesville. It was king. One neighbor has already decided to move out after this second shooting. Too much violence in a short period of time. Its concerning. I dont want to raise my kids where there are shootings happening. The victim was taken to the hospital and is expected to be okay. In september, a 17yearold boy was shot and killed on his way to the School Bus Stop in that same townhouse community. Virginia governor mcauliffe signed a new law making rape kit testing mandatory. The Governors Office says a stat nearly 3,000 untested kits. The new law should double the number of tests performed next year. The new state budget also includes 900,000 a year to hire section new dna examiners. A Virginia Tech student is being recognized as a champion for change. Claire kelly received a chance to meet with the Vice President joe biden at the white house after the work she did fighting against sex all violence. She and several other College Students from around the country received that award. Kelly made her mark on campus spearheading events including take back the night and another one called clothes line. Kelly plans to continue her work when she begins graduate school in the fall. This weekend demonstrators on both sides of the immigration debate are making their way to washington preparing for mondays immigration battle in the supreme court. The showdown pits president obamas programs that would save millions of undocumented immigrants from deportation against critics who say theyre paying the priceau powers. For the next week, you can enjoy the National Parks in our area for free. The National Park service is celebrating its 100th birthday and as part of National Park week, all fees will be waived starting tomorrow. And nice weather for it, too. Well put a link to the list of all the National Parks on the nbc washington app. Take a look outside this morning. A chilly start. But dont be surprised if people at work might skip out and maybe leave early, play hooky. Were in for a Beautiful Day. Plus a look at whats ahead in the school forecast. And heres something to think about as you swipe your metro card this morning. It will stay that way for a while. Why the agency just caused a pay by phone program. And they say love is blind, but this blind . The robbery one couple missed because of what they were doing. But sierra club chooses jamie raskin for congress they all talk about climate change. Because only raskin wrote laws to reduce our Carbon Footprint and is leading the fight against fracking in maryland. Raskin im jamie raskin, and i approve this message. This video may just be proof that love is indeed blind. Take a look at the couple in the upper right corner of your screen. Just kissing and cuddling and the bar was being robbed at the time. Three men entered and told everyone to put their hands up. They didnt do that. Everybody else did. They took cash and left. No one was hurt. I bet they were like if this is going to in style. Love wins. The reckoning could begin next month for daily Fantasy Sports websites like draft kings and fan duel. We learned there will be a hearing in congress about Fantasy Sports Online Gaming and sports betting. We dont know what might come out of that meeting, but we do know that they will talk about the legal status of these sites. Lawmakers are also expected to discuss the legal actions some states are taking. Our Parent Company comcast is among the investors in fan duel. Weather and traffic right now. Chuck bell starting things off for us. And a warmup on the way. Cant wait. Thats right, tshirt weather is back. I got a brand new tshirt yesterday i was at Round Hill Elementary School and they gave me this great round School Elementary staff shirt. That means i can eat lunch in the teachers section. Thats what that means. They serve meatloaf, but at least youre eating with outside your school day forecast for today, bus stop weather a little cold. Temperatures are in the upper 30s. Low 40s in the city. Recess gets an aplus, outdoor recess today. Temperatures near 60 by noon and 65 for a high today. So dress cool here this morning with your extra layer of fleece early on, but sunglasses, jeans and tshirts hate e later on th afternoon. Melissa, single tracking i hear. Single tracking on the red line between van ness and Dupont Circles. So you yu you do have to expect in both directions. If in laytonsville, fieldcrest shut down between 124 and 108. It has turned purple thats when we dont get any information into the system about any movement. So almost worse than when you see red on the screen. You can take muncaster or w warfield instead. Eastbound 66 into the beltway, youre okay. 270 looks good and so does the top of the beltway. Remember to listen to wtop 103. 5 fm when you hop in your car. The battle over a proposed Islamic Center heats up. Why some county leaders say this land is not ready to build on and why that decision is sparking more controversy. It is a plan to draw millennials to the movies, but it might keep everyone else ay. Whataw Delores Kelley although we were all one maryland, our schools werent treated the same way. Narrator with neighborhoods getting unequal funding for schools, something had to be done for our children. Kelley it didnt matter where chris was from. He knew that we couldnt leave a child having less just because they lived in a region that was poor. Joanne benson he has not just talked about it. He is going to stand tall for all children to succeed. Im Chris Van Hollen, and i approved this message. I dont believe that big money can buy votes not in our district. And i wont claim to have single handily passed just about every bill in annapolis. We cant settle for the same old politics, not when our basic rights are being threatened by trump and cruz. Ill stand up to their bigotry and be a passionate voice for maryland women and families. In tv and in business, i built relationships. As a woman in the house, ill do the same to get things done. Im Kathleen Mathews and i approve this message. Good morning. 5 44 right now. Another chill in the air, but we will warm up very quickly. Out the door temperatures are down near freezing for places like frederick and luray and manassas. Low 40s inside the city. A look the 7day forecast in just six minutes. Red line single tagging between van ness and Dupont Circle so expect delays. Well update you on the problem in lns and just into our newsroom, the belgian transport minister resigns after growing concerns over airport security. This after accusations that she lied about an eu report criticizing security at the Brussels Airport long before the attacks. Youll remember it was march 22 when two Islamic State suicide bombers detonated explosives and killed 32 people. The Brussels Airport recovering since the attacks. Theyre slowly getting closer to full operations there. Today american will Airlines Flying its first plane from the u. S. To brussels since the attack. The plane will fly out of philly and return tomorrow. Other airlines have been flooiiflooi i flying to and from dulles. Now a former Charles Manson former is expected to get out of prison. Yesterday a california parole board granted leslie van houghtons release. She joined man sons consult more than 40 years ago and helped kill a wealthy grosser and his wife. Her Attorney Says shes not a danger to the public. The parole board has four months now to review its decision. 5 46. A man charged with raping a 17yearold girl in ohio while a woman live streamed it on periscope heads to court later today. Raymond gates is also charged with kidnapping the 18yearold and her 17yearold friend, they were hanging out with the 29yearold man back in february. Prosecutors say at some point the man forced himself on the 17yearold and the 18yearold began Live Streaming the assault. She will head to court on monday. She is also facing rape and kidnapping charges. 5 46. Investigators are trying to figure out why a gun mman targed an officer in houston. A person of interest is being questioned. The officer was shot several times in the he was seriously hurt but is expected to survive. Were told he was helping another reserve officer when those shots rang out. Ambushed after the traffic stop had ended. So far in 2016, there have been at least 17 officers shot and killed in the line of duty, two here in our area. Thats more than double this time last year. A woman in North Carolina says she was thrown out of court for Breast Feeding her son. Now a group of women is protesting what they are calling a nursein in support of the new mom. Stefan any says Breast Feeding her son is part of her every day routine and she said she tries to cover it up it she does this public, but her son sometimes grabs the cover and thinks its play time. Breast feeding in public is legal in North Carolina, but the judge was not happy with it in his courtroom. You need to cover up. For you not to realize that is absolutely ridiculous. Step outside and cover up right outside of the court next week. The judge released a statement after the hearing saying in part if Breast Feeding accommodations were needed, those certainly would have been made. There could be some traffic tieups during your afternoon commute. The world bank and International Monetary fund are Holding Spring meetings this weekend. It means road closures near its buildings starting at 5 30 this afternoon. That affects 19th street northwest from pennsylvania avenue to g street and h street northwest from 20th to pennsylvania. The streets will stay closed until sunday at 10 00 pchl. Starting today, you can comment on plans to rehabilitate the arlington memorial bridge. Millions of dollars have already been invested to repair that aging bridge. Yesterday the National Park service and d. C. Government submitted a joint application for grant mother to help with more of those repairs. If the bridge does not get 250 million in funding to fix problems, it could shut down to vehicle 68,000 vehicles cross the bridge every day. Bernie sanders is taking his campaign to the vatican. It is a move he hopes will help him win delegates in new york on tuesday. Tracie potts is live on capitol hill thousand with how this trip could help him catch up to hillary. Is that even possible at this point . Reporter well, well find out after new yorkers vote next week. What we do know is that hes gone to deal with some social issues where the vatican and the pope specifically has been a little more liberal than people may have expected. He also wants to talk about some areas where he thinks he and the pope are in agreement like climate change. The hope has spoken out on that. So speaking in just a few hours now at this vatican conference according to an italian newspaper interview, it looks like he still doesnt know if hes going to actually get a che pope. But after this contentious debate last night between sanders and Hillary Clinton, him leaving the United States before that New York Primary is happening could be an advantage depending on how much play he getting from his speech this morning. Certainly could be a disadvantage because hes leaving Hillary Clinton here to cal been over the weekend. And what about the republicans . Donald trump still has a big lead in his home state. What has to happen here for john kasich and ted cruz to Gain Momentum . Almost a political here being a kell. Hes up 33, 35 points in the latest polls in his home state. A kell. Hes up 33, 35 points in the latest polls in his home state. And all getting out of new york, campaigning in various loeks los in upstate to try to grant vote outside of new york city. Tracie, thank you. Well, this is the last weekend of the national compare Cherry Blossom festival. Thousands are looking forward to the parade tomorrow that ticks on the a constitution avenue. The parade is free of course, but grand stand seatings will cost you 20 bucks. The official closing of the festival is sunday with the Anacostia River festival 1 00 to 5 00. Luckily plenty of beautiful sights. Along the route. And everywhere around our city. And this is the perfect weekend of the last few to get out and try to see more of those sights. Cherry blossoms are long gone, but there is a section near ohio drive that used to be called the tulip library. Beautiful selection of all kinds of tulips, all shapes, sizes, colors. So a lot of beautiful things to look at in our fair city even though the Cherry Blossoms are now long gone. What to expect then for your day, a crisp cool start here early this morning. No doubt about it, its a friday. The sun will be out. It will be the perfect leave work early weather for coming up later this afternoon. Hardly even a wind to worry about. Light winds and a clear sky have allowed some of our northern and valleys to become quite cold. Most areas are still above freezing, but the frost advisory is in place until 9 00 tomorrow morning for Northern Maryland, all the shenandoah, the blue original and much of Northern Virginia, does include fairfax, Prince William and allowing. So they could have a hint of frost here early this morning. But zero chance of rain. 100 storm team 4 guarantee, it will not rain today, tomorrow or sunday. That is awesome news because the last two weekends have been terrible around here with the wind, the rain and the cold. That means you can get the car washed and dry all the way into next week. 7day forecast doesnt even have a chance for rain on it. So your planner then, temperatures are in the cold 30s this morning. Up to near 60 by lunchtime. Out door lunch if you can get away with it today, maybe a two or three hour lunch break perhaps. Sunshine and mild, 67 is our average high. Thats the forecasted high for today. Dinner and a movie friday night in the big city, 60 degrees. Mid50s by 10 00, 11 00. Tomorrow looks great, too. Sunshine all the way through. High on your saturday up near 70 degrees. So a perfect day tomorrow. Even warmer on sunday up near 72 if youre going to the anna cost i cant river festival. Warmest day of the nekxt seven will be monday. Some clouds on tuesday, but doesnt look like much of a rain chance. In laytonsville, just got off the phone with police, fieldcrest now open between 124 and 108. So good news for our friends in Montgomery County. Red line still single tracking between van ness and gu upon the because of delays in both directions. What you can expect there. Inner loop and outer p loop, no major problems right now. Everything rolling along. Same thing 66 and 95, starting to get typically slow 95 northbound there through the woodbridge area. 270 at old hundred road, also Kennedy Center where they have been going all that construction on virginia avenue, a lot of water in the roadway for some reason. He said he hit about a foot of water. So a warning there, were trying to figure out what is going on. 5 54. Plans to build the first mosque this Culpeper County are in limbo. The board of supervisors there says the land doesnt meet certain requirements. Fourp of the seven supervisors rejected the mosques permit application for certain type of sue allege system. Muslim leader call the boards decision discrimination after the local news paper reported that the county approved 18 of 19 similar applications, two of those were for christian churches. I take their word that there is hog dnothing discriminatory. Were will contact with the justice department. Muslim leaders reached out to lawyers to help them with the proposed construction. In the canal in georgetown tuesday was a 51yearold from arlington. D. C. Police say he was found by two people walking through the canal. Investigators do not think the death was suspicious. Local families answering a terrifying call, a new type of kidnapping happening this our area. Uncovered by the news 4 iteam. The phone rings and the caller says they have a lovered one being held hostage. They have details about your family and say they will kill the loved one unless the money was wired. Will you take the call seriously, has gone up our call police . That is the dilemma families in the d. C. Area are facing. Your adrenalin rushing,ss a tight or flight scenario, you think your loved one is being held hostage and youre hamstrung p. You can see the whole story including interviews with local victims on the nbc washington app. Go to investigations. Microsoft is suing the look through your emails and online files. Microsoft says the feds are abusing an old law that let them Turnover Companies stored on servers. And the company says it violates Constitutional Rights of free speech and protection against unreasonable searches. Those no texting signs at the movie theaters could become a thing of the past. The theater chain amc is now considering a revision to its policy on cellphone use. Its supposed to help lure in more millennials. The qvc tells variety magazine hes considering adding a section to the theater where texting would still be allowed. Good morning. Im landon dowdy. Ibm Security Team has discovered a new type of malicious software, so far its stolen 4 million from customers this 22 american banks and two canadian banks. Its installed when a bank kes attachment. Business accounts and as well as Credit Unions and popular ecommerce platforms. With your c business morning, im landon dowdy. A video drawing a lot of attention on social media, a mother claims she was powerless as her young child was paddled by his principal right in front of her. How that School District is responding to the outrage. First, though, a developing story out of southeast washington. Right now after a stabbing attack leaves a man dead overnight, what police are revealing about the crime at this hour and the person that they say is behind the attack. Well have a live report for you from the scene there as news 4 today continues at 6 00 a. M. Sglee rescue teams are digging threw today plea in japan. The new video were getting in of the devastation there plus the young survivor that was just pulled to safety. Well have that story coming up. Capitals fans are waking up with a smile on their face a how some of d. C. s youngest fans are celebrating. But first, your out the door forecast. Your friday will have a perfect cloudless sky. Its a pay back weekend after a couple weekends lost to wind and rain. Top down weather is here. Frost advisory until 9 00 a. M. Northern and western suburbs. Not too many spots below freezing here early this morning. So the next 24 hours, its open window weather provided the pollen doesnt get you. P its in the upper 30s early this morning, near 60 at 7 00 tonight after highs in the mid to upper 60s today and a milder start, 45 degrees to get your saturday morning started. Well take a look at the commuter impacts coming up in a few minutes. And here is thmelissa with traffic. Connect