in effect for allegheny, highland. we have a frost advisory that includes fredic, westminster, front royal, leesburg. montgomery county also in that. that is all in effect right through until 9:00 this morning. definitely affecting the sensitive vegetation outside. skies not too bad. a few clouds across the area but it will give way to mostly sunny skies in the area. temperatures right now in the 30s and 40s. expect to see plenty of sun before the day is all over today. 65degrees. back to you. time now to talk news with our top stories. north korea launches its rocket. in a spectacular failure, it broke up only a minute and a half after liftoff crashing into the yellow sea. this morning, american and south korean ships are looking for pieces of that rocket. the united nations security council is meeting in an emergency session. the united states is denouncing the launch as a provocative act. high school students in fairfax county may soon be able to sleep in longer. last night the school board passed a resolution to start exploring starting high school classes later. experts say teens have a hard time going to sleep before 11:00 which means they must sleep later in the morning to get i proper amount of sleep. a tough loss for the caps in the opening game against the bruins. chris kelly scored a game- winning goal. game two is tomorrow in boston also. the series moves to washington for games three and four on monday and thursday. nd thursda it has taken 32 long years but the wait is finally over. the howard theater is back in business. karen gray houston was at the refurbished howard theater in northwest and ran into plenty of legends. of legends. >> reporter: nothing like a little al jarreau to get nut mood for a fun evening. a supper clashings the reminiscent of harlem's cotton club mixed with the old apollo. -- a supper club. it started with the glitz and glamour on the purple carpet. >> we always looked at it as the theater. a lot of people looked at it. >> reporter: barry gordy was honored. >> they were just so with us. it was so great. >> reporter: eused to bring his whole motown revue here. >> my childhood idol. >> i grew up in the theater. this is one of the main theaters when i was growing up with the miracles. i've some wonderful times in the theater. >> and then there was the cos. >> you will find that people will be coming from all over the world to visit this theater and it will mean an awful lot to the city. >> kind of like you going back to ben's chili bowl? have you been there. >> follow me. >> i'll follow you any. where thank you, sir. >> there is plenty ahead. weather, traffic and all your topper toies coming up. fox 5 morning news at 4:30 starts right now. we start this morning with a live look outside reagan national airport on friday, april 13th. not too bad of a start to the morning. i'm wisdom martin. time to get a quick check on the weather. gwen is here. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> not bad this morning. >> no, not terribly bad. >> most people are still in bed but when they wake up, what is it going to be like? >> that depends what time you get out the bed. take a look at our map. we have a frost advisory and a freeze warning to the west. some of our areas seeing temperatures a little bit on the lower side. as we take a look at satellite- radar, we have just a few clouds this morning out there. not a whole lot happening but a ridge of high pressure in control. by this afternoon, we are talking some nice sunshine. 47degrees right now at reagan national airport. 37 at dulles. 43 at bwi thurgood marshall. a mild day as temperatures head to the 60s. 59 by midday today. by the 4:00 hour, 64. my daytime high, 65 degrees and when we get to the chance of talking about the weekend, you will be smiling from ear to ear. >> nice. we love that. >> thank you. time now to check in and see how things are going on the roads early this morning. >> you say friday the 13th, i'm thinking payday. >> good point. very good point. >> then, it is not so bad. >> it is all about perspective. >> it is all about where the decimal is placed. good morning. on the roads, you will find 29 looks great. no problems reported as you travel south of randolph road trying to get past lock wood drive. the beltway looks great traveling between college park and bethesda. rolling down the hill from arizona avenue, lanes are open coming into northwest. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. developing on the korean peninsula now, the north defied international warnings and fired a long-range rocket but it failed less than two minutes after lifting off. despite this failure, the white house calls it provocative and is cutting off food aid to north korea. the united nations is also meeting this morning and could start new sanctions on north korea. three men from two different virginia gangs involved in two separate sex trafficking cases are pleading guilty. federal prosecutors say all three men admitted to recruiting high school aged girls into prostitution. they say gangs are turning to teenage sex trafficking to make money. feds are calling to a growing trend. one of those would pled guilty yesterday faces life in prison. the other two are hoping for lesser sentences in return for their cooperation. d.c. police want to talk to this man. investigators say he is a person of interest in a sexual assault that occurred in southeast wednesday night. police say the woman was physically and sexually assaulted. if you recognize this person, you are urged to call police. more details on the meth bust as we first brought you yesterday. a search warrant was served at an apartment and they found the lab. they charged hugh elsberry iii with selling cocaine. a 31-year-old woman believed to be his fiancee and an infant were in the apartment. investigators say they found a white powdery substance that tested positive for cocaine and methamphetamine. they have not yet filed any charges related to the suspected meth lab. ted meth la now to the trayvon martin shooting. george zimmerman made his first court appearance in sanford, florida yesterday. he was dressed in a prison jumpsuit and accompanied by his new lawyer. he was ordered held without bond. he is charged with second- degree murder in the february death of trayvon martin. >> it felt it was the appropriate charge. as miss corey stated yesterday, we are seekers of the truth and justice. based on our experience, we thought that was the case. >> he is facing second-degree murder charges. he is frightened. that would frighten any one of us. >> zimmerman is being held in protective custody because of the notoriety of his case. he will be formally arraigned may 29th. our other big story, parents in fairfax county say it is time for a change. melanie alnwick is live at marshall high school in falls church with the details. >> reporter: most fairfax county schools begin at 7:20 in the morning with bus pick high pressure ups starting before 6:00 in the morning in some cases. it has been about 10 years now that this group of parents and students have been trying to get this pushed back a little bit. it does appear the school board is at least willing to listen as they heard from parents, students and educators and from health professionals and then they voted 10-2 to begin looking at what it would take to push the high school start times back so they would start after 8:00 in the morning. they told board members that the current schedule makes it impossible for students to get the sleep they need. >> adolescents have brain chemistry that doesn't let them go to sleep until after 11:00 or so at night. so in order to get the full amount of sleep that they need, they have to be able to sleep later on in the morning. >> reporter: board members did reject a similar proposal in 2009. they said that rearranging schedules and adding bus was simply cost too much. parents came up with another no- cost proposal and that plan was rejected because another group of parents sand students said that rearranging the schedules would cause chaos with other family and school activity schedules as you can understand. school board has six new members and those six voted in favor of the proposal. it doesn't mean the chain is a lock. what it means is that superintendent jack tale will have to begin a study of how other high schools in the area have managed these later start times and then he has to report back to the board in june. that is the latest from here in falls church. back to you. >> thank you. new this morning, a deadly police standoff. tragedy for a police chief just days from retirement. an all-night police standoff in new hampshire. a man shot and killed the sheriff of the tiny town of greenland, new hampshire last night as he tried to serve a search warrant. four other officers are in the hospital. the shooter is still inside the home. hundreds of police officers are surrounding the house. the sheriff who was killed had just two weeks -- or was just two week away from retiring. lawyers in the john edwards campaign finance trial are trying to pick a jury. former democratic vice presidential candidate is facing six criminal counts in north carolina for trying to hide secret payments. jury selection continues on monday. a war of words between the two women about women continues to dominate the presidential campaign discussion. democratic strategist hilary rosen is now apologizing for her comments about ann romney's decision to be a stay at home mom. rosen said mrs. romney couldn't relate to most women's economic challenges because she has never worked a day in her life. now, everyone from the president to the first lady to ann romney herself chiming in on the controversy. >> we need to respect choices that women make. she should have come to my house when the five boys were causing so much trouble. it wasn't so easy. >> campaign watchers say the uproar over rosen's comments are highlighting the general election battle for women voters who, ard cog to most polls, favor president obama. a lottery ticket worth $1 million. up next, do you have the lucky ticket? plus, the grand opening. years in the making. we'll take you to last night's gala at the newly renovated howard theater. >> we've got a chilly start in some of our neighborhood this morning. frost advisories and freeze warning to talk about but some sunshine for the afternoon and the weekend is look being good. i'll have the details coming up. we'll be back after the break. man: we need a good night's sleep. woman: which means a little heat to keep us warm. and a good dose of support for my back. some over-the-top comfort couldn't hurt. and our perfect dream factory's been built. you're feeling sleepy already? nighty-night. [giggling] all right. dionne warwick, barry gordy, smoky robinson were just some of the stars on hand for the reopening of the historic howard theater in northwest tease. now, the reopening was years in the making and fox 5's karen gray houston attended this fabulous gala. us gala. >> reporter: there was a dizzyingly long list of performers, singers, comedians, kind of like in the old days. they and on a stage that has been dark for three decades. but with the $20 million boost from city taxpayers, the curtain is back up. duke ellington's son and daughter were here, dick gregory martha reeves. the district politicians got in on the action. a good time was had by all. ♪ jimmy mac, when are you coming back? to the howard. >> it was phenomenal to walk in here today and go oh, my god, 10 years old, i played this theater and now it is back again. >> can i ask you one more question? do you really know the way to san jose. >> yes, i finally found it. >> can you say a little prayer for me? >> always. >> >> reporter: can you sing something for us? >> no. >> say a little prayer for karen. she couldn't get dionne to sing at song there. >> she was trying. >> let's talk about what is happening currently weather- wise. >> a little cool this morning. we've got a nice afternoon ahead for you that i think you will enjoy. it will all come together. let's begin with a look right now at the freeze warning and frost advisory in everything. that frost advisory for frederick, montgomery, loudoun, fauquier, they are all included in that. freeze warning, allegheny, pendleton, hardy, mineral county, you are all included in that. this ends at 9:00 this morning. so any sensitive vegetation will be affected. you will have to try to take care of them. i know we've had really great conditions over the course of the last month or so. unseasonably warm on some of the days. so some of the flowers and vegetation have come up a little early. they will be affected. 37 at gaithersburg. 43 at baltimore. 39 at martinsburg. cumberland, only 37 degrees and we have avenue got 37 at manassas -- and we've got 37 at manassas. a few clouds across the area. we have a ridge of high pressure that will move in, get rid of the clouds, going to set us up nicely for some sunshine. jet stream doing a little bit of a change of a pattern. it will head well to the north. we get a nice southerly flow. look at my weekend. the southerly flow on the back side of that ridge of high pressure will with be to an advantage to us as our temperatures start to climb. today is not all bad either. we are talking sunshine, light winds, temperatures into the mid-60s and then by tonight, skies will be mostly clear. light winds at 46 degrees. a southwesterly wind flow at five miles per hour. here is a look at the five-day forecast. as we move through into the weekend, saturday at 74 degrees. 83 on sunday. we do have a system coming from the ohio valley that could affect our northern counties. chance of a thunderstorm or a little bit of shower activity into the course of the weekend. for the most part, most of you will see mainly dry conditions. monday, look at this. 85degrees. that is a julie wright temperature o tuesday, -- that is a julie wright temperature. on tuesday, 83. here is julie wright. >> no problems coming in from germantown as you work your way out to the split. you are at speed headed through rockville. all lanes are open connecting with 270. lanes are open coming across the american legion bridge in virginia. you will find lanes are open here leaving landmark continuing northbound up to the 14th street bridge. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. raffic. turning now to monitoring metro, get ready to shell out more cash to use mass transit. a metro committee has voted to raise bus and rail trips. if the fare increases are approved, they would go into effect july 1st. we are getting our first look at what d.c. street cars will look like. d-d.o.t. released in video similar playstation for the line expected to start run nation year. the video includes a look at the plans for the overhead wires to power the street cars. five cars are planned for the h street northeast corridor line. some sports, a tough loss for the caps if the first game of their playoff showdown with do is ton. they fell to the bruins 1-0 in overtime. chris kelly scored the game- winning goal less than a minute and a half into overtime. game two is tomorrow also in boston. the series moves to washington for games three and four on monday and thursday. to baseball, the nationals are off to their best start since moving to washington. they beat the cincinnati reds in extra innings before a sell outcrowd for their home opener. ryan zimmerman scored on a wild pitch with two outs in the 10th inning to give the nats the 3-2 victory. the nationals are now 5-2 in the nl east. now, pull them out. check your powerball tickets if you are up at this time of the morning. a $1 million winning ticket was sold in d.c. at mayfair liquor on georgia avenue. that means the winner matched all five numbers but not the powerball. wednesday night's winning numbers were 16, 23, 42, 44, 47 and the powerball was 2. controversy over some 199ers being hand out at some local schools. up next, it has one county re- evaluating their flyer policy. we'll get the details coming up next. never in my lifetime did i think k i could walk 60 miles in 3 days. if my mom can fight and beat breast cancer, i can walk 60 miles. (woman) the fund-raising was the easiest part. people were very giving. complete strangers wanting to help. i knew someday i was gonna do this walk. if i can do this, you definitely can do this. we can do this. we can all do this together. (man) register today for the... and receive $25 off your registration fee. because everyone deserves a lifetime. 50,000 flyers from gay rights groups are being handed out in montgomery county high schools. move is in response tie controversial leaflet hand out in february that many considered anti-dpai. the whole thing has the county re-erail waiting its flyer policy. audrey barnes has the details. >> reporter: students in all 25 montgomery county high schools will be getting flyers this week from the group parents, family and friends of lesbians and gays also known at p-flag. >> our message is that if air gay, you're all right. and that groups that are telling or your friends that oh, you could just change if you wanted to are not telling you the truth. >> reporter: the flyer distribution is to counter the message from the group p-fox which stands for parents and friends of ex-gays and gays. they delivered thousands of flyers in february. >> we are trying to present the reality that people who experience same-sex attractions do not have to be locked into a gay identity for their entire life. >> reporter: the response to the p-fox flyers was swift. some parents complained it was anti-gay and the superintendent called them deplorable. >> what was your reaction? >> i wondered if he had actually read it. >> reporter: some parents don't think schools is the place for that type of discussion. >> it is the responsibility of the parents towards their own children, not towards other children. >> reporter: this parent with two high school daughters says the flyers provide a moment. >> i'm fine with it because it just opens the door to have a discussion about the issue. >> reporter: but after numerous complaint from students and parents, montgomery county school officials say they will review the policy that allows any nonprofit to send home flyers to students at certain times of the year. in a statement to fox 5 news, a spokesman writes the board of education's policy committee is considering changes to this policy will be brought before the whole board on april 30th. the changes will be posted for public comment before any final decision is made. that is a move this parent supports. >> and there are certain things that should be left to the parents. >> once again, the flyer policy goes before the board on april 30th. sunday marks the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the titanic. coming up next, details of what one local organization is doing to help commemorate the tragedy and how you can take part. stay with us. ay with us. r n my lifet we'll be right back. i could wak 60 miles in 3 days. 60 miles in 3 days is-- is huge. if my mom can fight and beat breast cancer, i can walk 60 miles. you just put one foot in front of the other, and you know that you're walking for such a great cause that you just keep going. 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(man) register today for the... and receive $25 off your registration fee. because everyone deserves a lifetime. as we told you a few days ago, keep an eye on the sky next tuesday and you will see a rare event passing overhead. nasa is flying the space shuttle discovery on a modified 747 from kennedy space center to dulles international airport. the plane will fly over d.c. landmarks between 10:00 and 11:00 tuesday morning. the smithsonian says the best place to see the shuttle is in the parking lot of the udvar hazy center. sunday marks the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the titanic. what exactly happened that day. james cameron has put together a detailed explanation. >> funnels collapse at their case. the bow is accelerating downward. we are starting to seat stern come up. we get our maximum peak stress and boom. >> now, no one can be exactly sure what happened but cameron is sure he has it right based on physics and the evidence observed on the ocean floor. the southwest d.c. heritage foundation is holding a titanic memorial tomorrow night. the group will project historical images of the ship, crew and passengers on to the north tower of the riverside condominiums. they will light 1517 luminaireys, one for each person that died. plenty ahead, weather, traffic and all your top stories. fox 5 morning news starts right now. good morning to you on friday, april 13th. we get ready to start -- actually finish the week. good morning to you. i'm wisdom martin. >> i'm allison seymour. sarah is off today. welcome to fox 5 morning news on friday the 13th. >> we're not going to focus on the negativity surrounding friday the 13th. it will be a good day. >> just a little salt over my shoulder. >> don't throw that this way. >> i forgot it was friday the 13th. i was so focused on getting up and getting here. it is not my hour of calling. >> you look good anyway. >> thank you. we'll start off with -- it is a little chilly