we know it involves prostitution, and now, members of the u.s. military. good evening, i m chris gordon. we begin tonight with with a developing story in the midwest. a massive storm has spawned more than 70 tornados, including one in western kansas. the national weather service calls it life threatening weather. storm 4 meteorologist chuck bell has the latest. the the tornado count continues to climb, now above 80 reported tornados just today alone. the high risk area for severe weather continues as we go into the late night hours here, big thunderstorms here. lone supercell thunderstorms roaring across southern kansas right now. that s about 600,000 people. the tornado sirens are sounding this is a tornado producing supercell thunderstorm headed up on to the south sides of wichita, kansas. more big thunderstorms here in northern parts of kansas, and that severe weather line goes into parts of iowa, have their hospital take a direct hit from the severe weather out there. a
expect big crowds on the national mall for the cherry blossom festival parade. kicks off at 10:00 a.m., running along constitution avenue between 7th and 17th streets northwest. there will be giant, colorful helium balloons, elaborate floats, and bands from across the country. katie couric and jeopardy s alex trebek are co-hosts. marie osmond and olympic champion kristi yamaguchi are among honorary marshals. kristi yamaguchi is one of my favorite all-time olympic champions. absolutely. tom is keeping an eye on what to expect if people are heading to the parade this weekend. should be beautiful. glad we re not holding it now. it s a cold morning. i was up early howling at this moon. i took a shot of the moon just rising in the eastern sky a couple of hours ago. we ve got cloudiness passing over which is holding temperatures back from reaching freezing. as we look here at what s been happening the last 12 hours, that cloud cover passing over us, not allowing temperatu
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
it to nbcwashington.com. it doesn t feel like spring. all the counties in blue, frosty, freezing conditions. howard, montgomery, the panhandle of west virginia. in virginia, loudoun, fauquier, rappahanno rappahannock, cull perch, shenandoah valley. all these areas, point west, scattered frost. and a freeze here. just about over the next hour or so. all these areas in blue are in the 30s, including all of pennsylvania, west virginia, scattered in virginia and maryland. closer to washington, mid 40s right at reagan national. our western and northern suburbs, mid-30s. don t have a freeze yet. there is a possibility of a freeze happening. we do have just a few clouds passing over us. giving us what may be a beautiful technicolor sunrise here. sun coming up at 6:34. i ll have the forecast for the rest of this friday, that s over the next 12 hours, that will be in ten minutes coming up at 6:11ment aaron and eun? thank you. breaking news now out of northeast washington. let s ge
metro riders are all but certain to pay more. how much and when. and down to the wire. the caps and bruins in a dogfight that needed extra time. good morning, i m aaron gilchrist. i m eun yang. welcome to news4 today for this friday, the 13th. cold out there. 41 degrees at 5:01. probably warmer than some other spot. tom, more winter weather. we re all excited about the warmup you ve been telling us about all week. yeah. you re probably sick of wearing the puffy coat. you do need it this morning. off to a cold start. right now the view showing a few clouds passing over the region, obscuring a little of the moon. the moon shining through. low in the southeastern sky on this friday morning. look at the areas in blue. those are areas in the 30s and 40s. the light blue, 40s. dark blue, 30s. that includes most of west virginia, pennsylvania, parts of maryland and virginia. right now in washington, at 47 at reagan national. the warmer waters of the potomac, as well as near