Night, new 4z ms 4 midday start. Time lapse video takenout side our studios at 3 00 this morning when snow was covering the ground. You see the snow coming down hard at times but never sticking to the parking lot or sidewalks. And as the sun came up, about an inch of wet snow covered the ground. How quickly is that snow going to melt out there. A lot of snow has fallen off the trees, beautiful Winter Wonderland out there. So many of you sharing pictures with me on instagram, facebook and twitter. Theyre spectacular. But look at these temperatures, everybody now is above freezing. Washington coming in at 37 degrees. Manassas as well. A lot of the snow is going to be history. Here is a live look outside with our city camera, you can see beautiful sunshine there. And notice no snow on the trees. Heres the latest check of the satellite and radar. We were tracking a few flurries. About an hour ago, but even that activity has fizzled out. Ill have your hour by hour minutes. Some love it, some are sick of it, a lot of us sent us your photos of the latest snowfall. And it seems like youre either hoping it is over or wondering whats next. We all are. And thats especially true in st. Marys county. It got more snow than anywhere else. Megan mcgrath is in california, maryland, and it looks pretty nice out there, megan. It really doesnt snow in california. But not so in california, maryland. Look at it here. Folks woke up to about six inches of snow. And were not seeing any problems with the roads. If you look behind me here, you see the traffic is moving at speed and things are starting to melt. Even so, people around here, they say enough already. A gorgeous sight to wake up to. Trees and grass covered in snow. Folks in st. Marys county saw the highest snow totals in our inches in spots. I think the snow is pretty this tight. The roads are clear. It is good. The roads have been good. Just wet pavement, even the sidewalks are clear. No shoveling needed. While this was a hassle free snow, folks we spoke to still say enough is enough. Bring on spring. This is it. No more snow. Needs to warm up. It is back and forth all the time, so annoying. What do you think . Last storm . We hope so. Im getting tired of it. We need warm weather. Not everyone thinks were out of the woods yet. Not yet. I think well get one more good one before the end and then our spri spring. And whatever happens over the next couple of weeks, one thing is for certain, this snow is not going to stick around a whole lot longer. Were already starting to see it melt and of course were expecting temperatures next week near 70. Back to you all in the im Melissa Mollet at the live desk. A pedestrian crash in Silver Spring has some lanes of randolph road still shut down. Look at video just into the newsroom. A woman was hit just after 8 00 this morning, a little west of 29 at tourmaline court. The reconstruction unit is now back there at the scene of that bad accident. The woman who was hit suffered serious injuries, no word yet on when the eastbound lanes of randolph road will reopen. Barbara . Thanks, melissa. To decision 2016 now. Senators marco rubio and ted cruz are on the attack, cruz arguably having one of his best debate performances last night at just the right time for him. He systematically made his case saying donald trump is not a real conservative and could not win the white house in a fight against Hillary Clinton. Senator rubio turned nearly every question into an attack on trump, ganging up with cruz against the frontrunner. Donald tp checks to Hillary Clinton, not once, not twice, not three times, ten times. Of all the people on this stage, he performs the worst against Hillary Clinton. Wrong. Trump shot back defending his positions and nicknaming his opponents. Meanwhile, democratic president ial hopefuls were all over twitter during last nights gop debate. Hillary clinton tweeted there is nothing political about calling the flint water crisis a moral outrage. She also posted a meme, getting a lot from shares on facebook, the word unintelligible yelling over a picture of the republicans. A picture of clinton looking bored was below. Senator Bernie Sanders avoided attacking the gop. He used twitter to push his own platforms instead. A few hours from now, a Prince Georges County teachers aide, former aide, will face federal charges in a child sex abuse case. Prosecutors say look for an alert on your nbc washington app when we get an update from court. A shooting and a standoff has neighbors in manassas on edge now and police say Manuel Gonzalez is responsible. Police surrounded his house on aspen place yesterday afternoon when two men shooting at cars were seen running inside. Several cars were damaged. Five nearby cools were put on lockdown. He was later arrested and now faces multiple firearms charges. New today, a better than expected jobs report. The incredible recovery of a teen doctors thought was dead happy friday. Here is a look at some of the stories trending this morning. Lets start with a michigan. One of the teens recovering from the shooting rampage in kalamazoo lastwalking again. She willed her way back after being pronounced dead by doctors. She took a few steps with assistance this week and with rehabilitation, doctors believe she could make a full recovery. A viral post helped a homeless man land himself a job. He set up shop outside a California Grocery Store for two years passing out resumes instead of asking for money. Last month someone bought him some food and posted his resume on social media. Hes now working as a line cook at a pizza restaurant and doing well. The restaurant gave him clothes to wear and a friend is providing him with a place to stay until he can get back on his feet. Certainly wishing him all the best. Many diehard house of card fans are probably still struggling this morning. Season four of the Award Winning showre yesterday. Wont give anything away, only that many are saying this season mirrors the current president ial election surprisingly well. That should be exciting. Let us know what you think. Right now, fresh snow on the ground out there. But with a slow warmup were expecting over the next few days, it is not going to last long. The snow that is. Amelia, tell us about the weekend. Well, the weather is having a low impact on your weekend if youre heading to the slopes. This is likely going to be one of the last weekends to go skiing or snowboarding. Next weekend, white tail having their pond skimming contest. Always a sign the season is quickly winding down. Want to do some Spring Cleaning this weekend, trying to get a jump on that. I think it is going to be a little too cool to have the windows open to get fresh air into your home. Heading out on date n tonight, just fine, chilly. You want the warmer jacket. Saturday date night, though, bring the small umbrellas. Well be tracking some rain showers moving through the area. Not heavy rain, not any snow. Just will lead to some wet roads. Here is what you can expect for the remainder of today. Temperatures warm in the low to mid40s during the afternoon hours. High of 43 degrees at 3 00. And clouds continue to break up a world of difference later this afternoon from what we woke up to this morning. A lot of the snow will have already melted by 4 00, 5 00 p. M. We could even get a lot of sunshine by 5 00. Folks might need the sunglasses for the evening commute. Thank you. The u. S. Labor market bounced back despite a global slowdown. Employers added 242,000 jobs in february. The Labor Department says many of those jobs were from retailers, restaurants and health care providers. The employment rate staid yed unchanged at 4. 9 , but the stock expect sol consumer demand in the coming months. We could learn about the possibility of traveling even farther out into space some day. Nasa is holding a News Conference about astronaut scott kelly and his year aboard the space station. Kelly came home this week, he was in space for a year. So nasa could study the effects on the human body over time. By the 2030s, nasa wants to send someone to mars. New information released today about the death of Bobbi Kristina brown. More from the live desk after the break. For a cup of coffee just because youre a woman. So why does congress think its ok that women get paid 20 less than a man for doing the same job . Ill fight for pay equity, to protect planned parenthood, choice for women, and expand paid and family leave. Now some politicians will belittle this as a womens agenda. More proof that we just need more women in congress. Im Kathleen Mathews and i approve this message. Bobbi kristina brown, her autopsy has now been unsealed. It was a combination of marijuana, alcohol, morphine and other drugs along with her face being emerged in water that led to her death. This is according to a report just out by the medical examiner in the case who said her death is still considered undetermined, technically, because it wasnt possible to tell whether her death was accidental or intentional. Bobbi kristina is the daughter of Whitney Houston and bobbi brown. She was 22 when she was found face down in her tub in january of last year and died this past july. A group of congressional leaders are heading to flint, michigan, to check out the water crisis for themselves. The group will get a chance to speak directly with families is leading the delegation. Nancy pelosi and assistant minority leader jim cli born are also among the group. Firefighters are doing their part to help them out there. The Branchville Volunteer Fire Department started collecting bottled water to send to flint and now looking for more donations to help the families desperately in need. You can bring water to four fire stations, branchville, chillum, adelphi, kettering, and glendale. Knock on the door. The person had been made aware whats been going on and theyre excited to be able to help. A Department Hopes a truck filled by march 20th to send out to flint. Dont be alarmed if your water smells like chlorine next week. Beginning on monday, d. C. , arlington and parts of Fairfax County will temporarily switch the Drinking Water from chloamine to chlorine. The cleaning will run through may 2nd. That snow really stuck to trees and branches and bushes this morning. But not the roads. Amelia, this is it is the kind of snow we like, isnt it . I have to agree with you. A Winter Wonderland this morning, just wet roads and birds chipping a lot during the morning hours. As we head into the weekend, saturday day, sunday day drive, but saturday evening. During the overnight hours, were going to be tracking some rain showers moving through the area. Want to show you that on future weather. 6 00 p. M. , scattered showers at that point. Keep that in mind. If you have dinner plans, 9 00, still tracking areas of rain impacting the region. Maybe a little wet snow mixing in, around the baltimore area, northern frederick, and parts of washington counties. This system pulls away from the area early sunday morning. Lauren will be in on sunday morning updating the forecast at that point. For th at nice weather. More on that in a little bit. First 4 traffic, we have some issues we want to pass along here for the rails this weekend. Some weekend track work. So the red line running every 12 to 24 minutes. Blue line every 20. Same thing on the orange line, green line and yellow line, well talk about those more in depth. Some bigger changes there. Red line, singletracking between Friendship Heights this weekend and grovener and Farragut North and Silver Spring as well. Silver line alert there trains run every ten minutes between boston and really west and east only here this weekend. Yellow line regular service between huntington and mount vernon square. And green line buses replace trains between navy yard and congress heights. Have a wonderful weekend. See you next week for news 4 today. Get ready to trade in a paper metro fair the fare gates will accept cards. The change to plastic will make it more secure and faster for customers. If you dont have a smart trip card, get one at any of metros blue fare vending machines. Driverless cars may be a reality for the near future, but the future has a lost peopt of scared. 75 of people would be afraid to rise in a selfdriving car. What is interesting is that about 60 in the same survey say they want a selfdriving feature like selfparking or lane warnings. 80 of baby boomers were afraid of completely selfdriving cars, compared to about 70 of younger people. She said he got thousands of cards wishing her a strong and speedy recovery. Now the woman who survived the on air shooting in virginia is back on the job. Vicki gardener has been back in her office at the Smith MountainLake Regional Chamber of commerce for a few weeks now. She was right in the middle of adam ward when they were shot and killed last week. She was shot in the back but survived. Now shes working on Smith Mountain lakes 50th anniversary celebration, which takes place next week. After the break, the steps to stay safe when you go to the games. Catch news 4 midday wherever you are. Its about taking a stand. For too long, wall street banks had their way. They crashed our economy. But democrat Donna Edwards wont take their money because she stands up for us. As a single mom, she knows the challenges our families face. Shell be our voice. Tightening regulations on the big banks and fighting to keep dark money out of politics. Democrat Donna Edwards, marylands next senator. An independent Law Firm Says there is no evidence that germany paid for the chance to host the world cup ten years ago, however, it said there is a lot of missing evidence and it cant be conclusive right now. In other words, there may have been vote buying and corruption, they just dont know. The firm said deleted emails, missing files and people who refuse to talk all hindered the well all soon be hearing play ball at the national stadium. The ball game is a great way to spend time with your family. Now theyre making changes to keep you and your family safe when you go to the games. Here is what you see the next time you go to that park. They are extending the netting from behind home plate to the dugout. So fans arent at risk of getting hit by balls. The nationals say the change is based on new safety guidelines from major league baseball. Sometimes you can strike it rich by accident. Thats what happened to a man in arlington who is now 2. 5 million richer thanks to a scratch off lotto ticket. According to our news you partner, wtop, john johns is waiting to get his car fixed in alexandria. He decided to snag some lottery tickets with his cup of coffee at a nearby 7 eleven. One of the tickets was a winner. Cant beat that. Soccer player Brandi Chastain agrees to some day donate her after the break, what convinced her to make the decision and who it could help most. And snow from the overnight and Early Morning hours is now over. Clouds continue to break out as we head into the afternoon hours. And a lot of melting with the high today of 43. A high tomorrow of 45. Thats still below our normal high, now about 53 degrees. Plenty of clouds in the forecast for tomorrow. And during the evening and overnight hours, be prepared for some rain showers moving through the area. On sunday, well have more sunshine and temperatures a little warmer. Highs sunday around 50 degrees with mostly to partly cloudy skies. And then look at next week, monday, highs around 60. Tuesday and wednesday, High Temperature is in the low 70s. Beautiful sunshine, cloud s increase throughout the day on thursday. Still balmy, high of 72. There is the chance of rain mainly later in the day on thursday. That sunshine sounds great for nt american soccer star Brandi Chastain is making a major donation to science. It is all about raising awareness about the dangers of concussions to women and girls. Erica hill has more. Reporter the woman behind one of the most iconic moments in sports history is hoping to leave a more lasting legacy. Pledging to donate her brain for research. Chastain spoke to nbc news about head injuries last november. When you hear things like cte, traumatic brain injury, these are real. These are long lasting. And what we cant do is we cant study the brain while somebodys alive. Reporter her brain will go to researchers at boston university, studying chronic traumatic encephalopathy or cte and possible link to concussions. The lab has 307 brains. Only seven are from women. We really dont know about cte in girls sports or womens sports. More ways to diagnose. Reporter chastain, who retired from soccer in 2010, estimates there were probably half a dozen times she shook off possible concussions from heading the ball. Girls soccer has the second highest number of concussions among high school athletes. With female players suffering 40 more than their male counterparts. Now a mom and coach, chastain works with u. S. Soccer last year to change the rules for heading in youth leagues. As a coach and advocate and soccer ambassador, i have to do whats right for the safety of the players. Reporter continuing her commitment to the game and its future. Erica hill, nbc news, new york. Did you know that happiness can break your heart . According to a report in the european science journal, you can be so happy that your heart suffers symptoms that are synonymous with the symptoms your heart suffers when youre looking at this, but a smile never really hurt anyone. Barbara . Well, stay with us. Were coming right back. New this midday, mitt romney and his outspokenness about the repubcan debate last night. Li i do everything on the internet, but its kinda slow. My friends said i should get fios because its the fastest, but i thought it would be too expe