will be getting pretty warm today sweeping in from the south and west. memphis, 65 degrees. there's a huge mild air mass from the mississippi river east. closer to us, we've had temperatures in the low to mid-50s in charles and prince williams, stafford and spotsylvania as well as fairfax, montgomery, prince george's county. all around the region, low and mid-50s, including the mountains. only a few locations there down in the 40s. we do have a few of these high clouds coming in over the moon, over the shenandoah valley, and into the mountains. we'll have them coming over us off and on through the day. here's your day planner for this thursday. we'll have our temperatures soaring to the 60s by noon and clouding up this afternoon. a blustery wind sweeping in out of the southwest, getting us into the low 70s by mid afternoon. a look at the evening planner in ten minutes. danella has a look at the traffic, good morning. >> good morning. it's looking great. travel speeds around our area, not seeing any areas. right now we'll take a check at route 50. we're clear right now. i'll give you a live look at 301. traveling eastbound and web westbound, very light. only taking eight minutes making your way from 301 connecting to the beltway. if you're taking the beltway, volume in this area still very light on the inner loop and outer loop. traveling outer loop speeds making your way from 50 to i-95. you're at the 57 miles an hour. taking nine minutes to make that trip and they look good with no reported delays. i also have to check out what aaron was talking about. eun, would you believe he's talking about a computer that actually has a floppy disk. aaron, how do you expect us to know this? >> you don't remember the apple 2-e? >> no, i had to look it up on the internet. eun, don't feel bad. i have no idea what this guy is talking about. we'll be back in ten with another look at your traffic. >> new this morning firefighters are trying to figure out what spark add small fire at the fbi building in the northwest. we're told it started in a trash can in one of the upper floors of the building. it was quickly put out and no one was hurt. livingston road in oxon hill opened this hour. it had to be closed overnight when car plowed into utility pole. take a look here. that crash took down power lines. pepco crews worked on it to make sure nobody was in danger. with i're still working to find out from the police what exactly caused the accident. this morning montgomery county police are searching for two drivers who may have been racing and caused an accident. police believe a silver car and a green and white mini cooper hit a nissan when it was trying to change lanes yesterday afternoon. the driver of that vehicle, 31-year-old nelvis garcia flipped her car onto the sidewalk and died from her injuries. police are asking for any help from anyone who may have seen that crash. a man suffered burns from a fire at a senior building. it happened in glen burney. dozens of residents had to be evacuated there. the cause of the fire is still under investigation. four firefighters were hurt in a car crash on their way to battle the fire. they're all expected to be okay. evacuation stones around the nation's 65 nuclear power planls could be skpamding. a panel of experts asem aboutled by the american nuclear society is making the recommendation in a report released today. it's part of a larger analysis of nuclear disasters in japan last year. they say nuclear oversight is adequate enough to protect human public interest and health and safety but emergency plans at each nigh clear site should be customized. that could mean a 10-mile evacuation zone could be expanded. newt gingrich is counting on the south to help keep his white house hopes alive. his campaign is focusing on mississippi and alabama, which hold their primaries next tuesday. gingrich is looking to louisiana this month and texas after that. he won just a single state on super tuesday, and it was his home state of georgia. rick santorum is hoping next week's primaries are newt gingrich's last scab. he's telling supporters help me beat newt and the republican contest becomes a two-man race. santorum and gingrich are trying to win over conservatives ahead of the mississippi primary. earlier this week santorum's camp urged him to drop out. gingrich is staying in the race. virginia democrats have a list of demands they want addressed before they approve a new budge. it includes a demand for $300 million to fund the second phase of the dulles rail project, $65 million to keep pay in northern virginia schools competitive, a plan to revamp the gas tax, and funds to pay for ultrasounds women in the state will now have to pay to getten abortion. they'll have to pass it or extend the legislative session. the governor did sign off on that controversial bill to have women get an ultrasound before getting an abortion. providers across the state have to start complying this july. that bill originally called for a more invasive type of ultrasound. supporters say the law ensures women are fully informed about their fetuses before they decide whether to abort them. critics say that measure invais women's rights and privacy. a new report shows d.c. has one of the highest levels of income inequality. the report says the top 5% of households here in the district average h $73,000 in 2010. that is the highest among the 50 largest cities in the country. on average, the top earners in the u.s. brought home $292. the poorest d.c. households have an average of $9,100 and according to the d.c. fiscal policy institute, only atlanta and boston had higher levels of income in equality. as of right now virginia's state fair is canceled this year. that's because the group that runs the event is bankrupt. it's now up to a court to decide what happens next. the state fair is a 156-year-old tra diagnosis dition in virgini. it recently took place in kings domini dominion. >> have you been to the virginia state fair? >> all the time i've lived in virginia, e've never been to the fair. i'm not a roller coaster. people loved it. >> tooed ba. 5:07. 55 degrees. trying to use barack obama's past against him. put the cigarette out. the latest place smokers in maryland may be banned from lighting up. and you'll want to find a way to spend outside tore. your springlike forecast next your springlike forecast next with your "wea homicide of young people in america has an impact on all of us. your springlike forecast next with your "wea how can we save these young people's lives? as a police chief i have an opportunity to affect what happens in a major city. i learned early on if you want to make a difference you have to have the right education. university of phoenix opened the door. my name is james craig, i'm committed to making a difference and i am a phoenix. nation's capitol celebrating the launch of four new minority owned television networks on comcast cable. shawn johnson, sean "diddy" combs and rodriguez were among the celebrities at the red carpet. eun and i were out there last night as well doing a little elbow rubbing. they'd lead the new network aspierks elrey. they made an agreement with federal regulators to feature ten networks to feature minority programming with nbc universal which owns this television network. tom kierein in the weather center with "weather & traffic on the 1s." hi, tom. >> spring and achoo. the pollen count will be climbing too with this kind of balmy weather. we're in the mid-50s throughout most of the region. 53 at reagan avenue. we have a few high clouds drifting in. farther to the west in the ohio valley, there's a little light rain that will be arriving this evening between now and then. partly sunny, breezy and mild day. later this afternoon will be reaching even the low 70s by this afternoon. then this evening looks like some of the rain moving in after sunset and we'll have temperatures dropping into the low 50s by midnight. a look at the rest of the week and weekend in ten minutes. dannella has a look at traffic. good morning. >> good morning. still looking good in our area. we'll trauchbl vel up i-270 tog. look at this. here at 71 miles an hour. so far. connecting to the spur and onto the beltway, not seeing issues for you. if you're making your way on the outer loop -- excuse me, the inner loop from i-270 to i-95, you're at 60 miles an hour. 5:12 fwhou. 55 degrees. ahead of "news 4 today," the perfect place to find prince charming. why the district is getting high marks for single women looking for love. and come on, dad. the stunt a hockey dad is accuse of pulling during a game that ah. so much better than last year. 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[ horn blares ] earthquake hit overnight. the 4.6 quake struck in port-au-prince late last night. many say the tremor bught back memories of the 7.0 magnitude earthquake that killed millions two years ago. so far this time there have been no reports of injuries or serious damage. today a coroner will clear up the mysterious death of philadelphia's catholic church. cardinal anthony bevilacqua died one day after he was told he could testify. the 88-year-old cardinal suffered from dementia and cancer. prosecutors requested the investigation because the timing of his death. today friends and family will say good-bye to the third victim of a school shooting in sheridan, ohio. 178-year-old russell king jr. and two others were killed in last month's shooting. two others were also injury. the suspect, 17-year-old t.j. lane, was charged with three juvenile counts of aggravated murder. he could still be charged as an adult. new this morning, we're seeing old video of pennsylvania that the latest conservative blogger andrew breitbart claim would change the presidential election. >> one of the presidents who spoke about orientation was professor bell and i remember him sauntering up to the front and not giving his election but engaging us in a conversation. >> this is that video, which was scooped by buzzfeed. it's from 1991, and it shows then haw vard law school student barack obama at a protest. they were upset har variety did not have a tenured black woman on its faculty. breitbart who died unexpectedly last month. it isn't just sponsors cutting ties with rush limbaugh. rock star peter gabriel does not want him using his music on his show. he's upset about the comments over sandra fluk whom he criticized. g g gabrial's song "sledgehammer" was playing in the background. there are calls to go into syria, but the pentagon says that move just doesn't make sense. leon panetta testified yesterday. he said he's against sending troops until they know what the mission is and how much it will cost. the group's top republicans john mccain criticized them. he said the president needs to show more leadership. panetta said the situation in syria, quote, has no simple answers. this morning we now know the details of whitney houston's will. she left everything to her daughter bobbi kristina. the money will be placed in a trust until she turns 21. she mentioned her ex-husband bobby brown in the will but he does not receive anything. she died last month at a beverly hills hotel. the cause of death remains under investigation. this morning a father facing criminal charges for what he did to disrupt a high school hockey game. police charged 42-year-old joseph cordes with disturbing the piece for shining a laser pointer into the eyes of one of the goalies, a kid. cordes's daughter's team winthrop defeated the team and the athletic director believes the laser pointer is partly to blame. >> it definitely caused a distraction. speaking to the goalie, she dlkts know what it was. she thought somebody was taking a picture. >> they didn't take action. escorting him out, yeah, people get escorted out for yelling too. but this person tried to hurt us. >> massachusetts high school sports officials say winthrop's win will stand. an ohio school district hired a collection agency to prove to students and their parents that there's no such thing as a free lunch. they're trying to recover an estimated $900,000 in unpaid lunch money from nearly 6,000 students. until now the district tried to make accommodations for students who couldn't pay by offering alternative meals like peanut butter sandwiches. they say most of the delinquent accounts average between $150 and $170. what's that face? >> i don't know about that. >> nearly a million dollars. >> i -- i e-mail not agreeing with either side, but i can -- >> i get the deficit there but those kids are probably kids -- >> who can't afford the lunch. >> let's move on. approaching 5:21 on this thursday morning. meteorologist tom kierein here with a look at the forecast that we are all smiles about, tom. >> hang up your puffy coat and put it away. you will not need it today. we're off to a balmy start. good morning. right now around the region we're in the low and mid-50s from the mountains, and across virginia, maryland, the eastern shore, 53 at reagan national. low and mid-50s this morning. go have some high clouds drifting in ahead of a cool front that is triggering some rain that's way out here in western ohio and in indiana. that, though, will likely be arriving here by this evening. but throughout the day today, here's your day planner. we'll have our temperatures quickly climbing into the 60s by noontime. we'll have a blufrtry southwest wind sweeping in the warmth. ought to make it into the low 70s by early to mid afternoon and the winds will be gusting to around 30 miles an hour. then overnight tonight, cloudy and light rain moving in after sunset off and on until dawn tomorrow and then the sun back tomorrow afternoon with a high near 60. then a cold night friday night, down near 30 degrees by dawn on saturday. saturday afternoon, a chilly day. a lot of sun. it will be up around 50 degrees. it's the shortest weekend of the year. we'll have to spring ahead one hour saturday night as we change time. and then as we get into sunday morning, mid-30s. sunday, partly cloudy with a high near 60. and then back to work and school on monday and tuesday. lacking an hour of sleep. we'll have a possibility of rain. danella, how's traffic? i e-mail checki i'm checking our area for accidents and travel speeds. this is your commute this morning. as you make your way northbound you're at 63 miles an hour. not seeing any issues as you travel 395 southbound. a live look outside at washington boulevard. you can see volume very light in both directions. crossing over the 14th street bridge, nice and clear as you make your way into the city and your travel speed northbound, 61 miles an hour, take 1g 2 minutes to get from the beltway to the 14th street bridge and the rails still look nice with no reported delays. now back over to you both. danella, do you remember the dot matrix printer. >> oh, aaron. >> aaron, never mind. law firms are thifrmging about enacting a new smoking ban. they're considering making it a crime to smoke in a car that has a child under 8. it's being discussed in the house this week. the state senate will take up the issue on friday. a new report from the surgeon general says more work is needed to keep young americans from using tobacco. the 900-pamg report focuses on teens' smoking habits. more than 80% of smokers started smoking by the time they were 18 years old. the surgeon general says people who start smoking in their teens increase their chances of early heart disease, stroke, and reduced lung function. it calls for additional state funding to create antismoking programs and increase taxes on tobacco products. >> toyota recalling more than 600,000 cars and trucks. the company says that recalls of the 2005 to 2009 models of the taco na pickup because of a defect that may prevent the air bags from deploying. they're also recalling the 2009 cam rand a 2009 through 2011 venn va. both cars have problems that could cause electrical issues. they're hoping for a bunch of curly "w"s there. single ticket go on sale this morni morning. you can go online or to the park. it features promotional things. of course, the fireworks. i can't believe baseball season is here. wizard got a rare "w" over one of the league's best teams. they stunned the lakers at the verizon center. the wizards rally from a 21-point deficit to beat kobe bryant and the lakers. they're now 20-29 on the season. they take on the portland trail blazers saturday night at verizon center. georgetown fans may be a bit preoccupied this afternoon. the hoya's take on ohio. they beat pittsburgh yesterday, 64-52 to advance to the quarterfinals. this was the 17th time this season georgetown held an opponent below 60 points. today's game scheduled to start at 2:30. all right. if you're single and ready to mingle, d.c. just might be the place to be. >> apparently it's topping the list for the happiest single women in the country. that's according to "glamour" magazine and match.com. nearly half of the women surveyed believe either party can pay for the date depending on the situation. more than half said a messy or unclean appearance is a deal breaker. the worst city to be single was in boston. and perhaps the reason why they're so happy women in d.c. tend to be educated, successful, they have friends and a good support system, not necessarily having to do with their dating. >> with the guy? 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