Cold and windy through the day. Temperatures feeling like the 30s. Snow showers possible. Could be blowing in lakeeffect snow. Warmer weekend. We are talking about the 60s. No big cooldown ahead after today. Were going to be staying unseasonably warm through next week. Here is a look at your commute forecast, though. Dry roads through the entire day. But it is going to be a cold and windy one. Lets check the roads this morning with Melissa Mollet. Good morning. Chopper 4 over the top of the beltway here near 95. No worries inner loop and outer 2 10 here. We have a light malfunctioning. Might be part of some slowdowns here. Again in alexandria, just off king street, a water main break right in front of the masonic temple. That might slow things down just a little bit. As we zoom out, you can see the inner loop and outer loop of the beltway. Going to take a look at travel times, coming up. 6 02 been right now around our area, people are staying home to make a statement. Today, youll like
Its unbelievable how many on 70 degree days were going to start up in the month of february. Really mild stuff. Weve already had four sefts this month and we have a couple more headed our way. The first one coming up later this afternoon. So right now, there are a lot of clouds around this morning. And there have been a few spripgels down across southern maryland. Otherwise, sort of a damp feeling to the morning. Clouds will gradually scatter away late this morning into the afternoon. Afternoon highs today, up into the low and mid 70s and even warmer tomorrow. Tomorrow may be an emergency call out sick to work day. Were still dealing with breaking news in news 4 traffic. Breaking news as youre headed into d. C. This morning. Take a look at the problem. Northbound 295 shut down at malcolm x avenue. All traffic being pushed on to malcolm x. Southbound sunf maryland, suitland parkway may be your best bet. It is under investigation which means it could be some time. Megan mcgrath has more
Still have that crash reported there, as well. Beltway moving along quite nicely. Well take a look at travel times coming up in ten minutes. Hi, sheena a. Good morning, melissa. Temperatures this morning, very mild. A lot of people, if youre going to grab the jacket, dont grab a heavy coat. A lot of people will not need one this afternoon. Take a look at these numbers. 54 in the district. Our normal temperature for this time of the morning, this time of the year, its 32 degrees. It feels unseasonably warm outside right now. Most of the area is in the low 50s. And as we go through the day today, we could have some areas that get close to a record high temperature. Look at your thursday planner. By noon, 6 degrees. By 4 00 p. M. , were looking at 74. The normal high is 49. And its going to stay dry as we go through the day today. Even by 7 00 p. M. , temperatures still in the 70s. If you have the dinner plans and if you have anything to do outside, do it outside today. Youre going to enj
We could again see a near record high day. Coming up, a look at your weekend forecast. We have rain in it. Good morning. Thanks so much for joining us on this new 4 midday. Im erica gonzalez. Im aaron gilchrest. For the second day in a row, temperatures are expected to climb well into the 70s. Well above average. Sheena parveen joins us with the changes that arrived this weekend. Hi, guys. Temperatures are close to 80 degrees this afternoon. Were already in the low 70s at this hour. 69 in the direct, 70 in gaitersburg. 79 in dulles. You will not need the yak ket for the rest of the day. You probably wont need it tonight. Dry for friday night plans. Today, 78 for a hig time of year. Normal is at 49 degrees. Tomorrow, rain comes and we drop big time going into sunday. Now to that story developing hour by hour. Police officers not in the district and the suspect killed. We have live team coverage. We wanted to started with Megan Mcgrath near holbrooke street in the northeast. The shooting
Five adults and three children had to be taken to the hospital and being r being treated for carbon mob oxide exposure. D. C. Police got a call saying people had fainted. Their Carbon Monoxide detectors had gone off. We are being told this morning all the adults and the children are expected to be okay. Thank you, erica. Were following breaking news concerning attorney general Jeff Sessions. He is under fire from democrats after his spokes woman confirmed that he spoke with the Russian Ambassador twice last year while he was senator. Sessions was a top policy adviser for the trump campaign. That is one of three major headlines this morning. Sessions did not disclose the meeting during his confirmation hearing. He said he never met with russian officials to discuss issues the wael wall street journal examined contact sessions had with russian officials. Some Obama Administration officials worked to preserve evidence of russian hacking. In our next half hour, we go live to capitol hill w