Morning. Cold rain to get you out the door. Temperatures in the 40s with light rain. Strong storms to finish up the day. Severe weather possibilities run from 2 00 this afternoon to 9 00 or 10 00 tonight. Theres just enough rain on top of yesterdays, there say flood threat as well. Keep a careful look on the sky. Have your storm team 4 app fired up, or your nbc washington app fired up. Predawn storms. Thats the energy lifting our way. That first wave of energy could be in here around noon or 2 00. The next 24 hours, 30s to near 40s with cold rain this morning. 60s by late this afternoon and evening. Heavy rain and thunder possible. Wet and windy in the 40s by tomorrow morning. Toms got the impact on your news and travel in ten minutes. Breaking news4 traffic. Breaking news. We have a jackknifed tractor trailer. Onle on the outer loop at Georgia Avenue. On the inner loop, we have reports of multiple vehicles damaged box of the debris into the inner loop lanes because of this crash. We also have a fuel spill. Something thats going to last through the morning commute. Its going to be a while. We have molette green on the way. And well have more coming up from her and the rest of the problems around town, in a few minutes. Trump, trump, trump trump, trump, trump another win for donald trump this time in nevada. Trump took about 46 of the vote followed by senators marco rubio and ted cruz. Rubio earned 23 . Cruz right behind it, 22 . Ohio Governor John Kasich lost the nevada caucus by about 3 and ben carson, 5 . People in virginia and a dozen for the nomination. Trump will carry the momentum to Virginia Beach this afternoon. We won with young. We won with old. We won with highly educated. We won with poorly educated. I love the poorly educated. Nbcs tracie potts is in washington this morning. Tracie, good morning to you. Donald trump racking up delegates, hes likely to get even more on super tuesday. Yeah, its really a numbers game. Theyre trying to get to the magic number, 1237. Thats how many delegates are needed to win the republican nomination. So far, relative few have been awarded. Donald trump is way out there with 79 delegates, but hes got a long way to go. Most of the delegates awarded. In fact, more than half needed for this nomination are coming in in a week on super tuesday. Some states award those delegates proportionately, meaning they break them up with voters in that state. Others are winner take all. States are ohio and florida. And they come a couple weeks after super tuesday. There are others that have a bit of a mix, they award delegates at conventions. Bottom line, theyre all trying to get to that magic number, right now, donald trump is ahead. For sure. What about the other candidates. What can we expect the next few days, marco rubio with ted cruz neck and neck right now. Yes, ted cruz hoping that he can get many of those 150 delegates awarded on tuesday. Tracie potts on capitol hill. Thank you. 5 04. We turn to the fight for the democratic nomination. Former president bill clinton will be in raleigh. Four days ahead of the South Carolina primaries and race is dominating the conversation on the campaign trail. We have serious challenges. And i think its important for people, and particularly for white people to be honest about experiences may not equip us to understand what a lost our africanamerican fellow citizens go through every single day. And senator Bernie Sanders took a swing at the republican frontrunner donald trump saying he was behind a, quote, racist effort to delegitimize president obama. Sanders went further criticizing the entire president ial field. I have known secretary clinton for 25 years. I respect her and i like her. You know, in the midst of the campaign crazy things happen. But thats the truth. I like her and i respect. Its not a personal fight or stuff like that. Were not republicans, after all. Sanders will hold a rally in kansas city this afternoon. He is substantially behind clinton in the latest South Carolina polls. Last night, clinton maintained that shes working for every vote and not taking a single state for granted. Two teens are charged with shooting a man whilei 19yearold andre brody and a 16yearold will be in court. Police say the 16yearold was the shooter and they want him tried as an adult. The person shot inside the train at the anacostia station is out of the hospital this morning. Police say it will be identified as authorities look at the video. Authorities say this is the first time they can remember that a shooting happened on a train. Erika gonzalez lab live with what to expect on metro safety. Ahead, the virus what has so many people worried will be the subject of a congressional hearing. Committees from both the house and senate will see whether the cdc is doing Everything Possible to stop the spread of the zika virus. The director from the cdc will testify at those hearings about the Agency Response in the u. S. And abroad. As part of the effort to fight zika, the cdc Trinidad And Tobago and the Marshall Islands as part of the no travel list. And also 14 case information the u. S. Among the 14 cases, two pregnant women whose infections have been confirmed. Until now there have been only been two confirmed cases of sexual transmission zika in the u. S. Storm alert day. You should be okay, but. Youre headed out this afternoon, things can get tricky. Chuck bell is back with your commuter forecast. That storm system is blamed for several deaths. Now this morning, were learning about several confirmed tornadoes. And breaking news on the top of the beltway just a mess. Outer loop at im storm team 4 meteorologist tom e in northwest. Weve got a steady drizzle. Ive got the umbrella going today youll need it as you head out the door. Take a look at storm team 4 radar. Weve got drizzle from the north. Fairfax county, loudoun, prince william. This drizzle moving into montgomery and more on the way. For the morning commute, youll have the wipers going, youll have wet roads. Maybe a little ice way out farther to the north and west. Temperatures in upper 30s. Big change this afternoon, could be battling thunderstorms, well be in the low 60s. Melissa has breaking news on the roads. Breaks news, tom. Top of the beltway. Take a look. Outer loop at Georgia Avenue. We have three lanes blocked, jackknifed tractor trailer with a fuel spill there. Some of the debris from the crash went into the innerloop lane. Its open but parkway that crash causing a 1 1 2 mile backup. Beltway mostly dry. All of the green, of course, a little moisture going. Well take a look at 270 and talk more about this problem top of the beltway coming up. Keeping you safe on a metro train. What were learning they have planned. Good news, ngress 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 belittlthis as a womens agenda. More proof that we just need more women in congress. Im Kathleen Mathews and i approve this message. Breaking news, top of the beltway, outer loop at Georgia Avenue very slow this morning. A jackknifed tractor trailer, a fuel spill and debris has three lanes blocked. Were going to explain why this issal affecting some in the innerloop coming up. Were also tracking the heavy rain heading our way on the storm team 4 weather day. If you can see that rain is moving in. Well take a look sat that, as well as your weekend forecast in a few minutes. 5 16, its the first time metro officials remember a shooting happened on board a train. Now theres a push to increase safety. News4s Erika Gonzalez is live inside the Lenfant Plaza station. Reporter yesterday at the anacostia station shots fired. Hard to imagine for a lot of folks. Scary at that. Youre boarding a metro train and you hearsay gunshot. A man shot in the back. Metro police have put together Surveillance Video and description of the suspects. As a result, two teenagers were arrested. Today, the teens will be arraigned, charged with assault and attempt to kill. The motive unknown. Metro police say things have got obvious than ever. We always want to be more visible. You know, sometimes, its a dark environment. We want to change our appearance a little bit, spruce it up. Reporter and we learned that the victim was treated at the hospital and later released, as you mentied earlier. The first time metro says it can remember anything like this happening on a train. Live outside the Lenfant Plaza, metro station, im Erika Gonzalez, news4. Developing now, three people missing and three others dead from tornadoes and wiped out entire neighborhoods down south. Look at this devastation. This is a trailer park in southeast louisiana. Cars are overturned. Rescue crews say theyll keep searching debris in hopes of finding anyone alive. Those deadly storms now heading east. Take a look the wind howling. Sheets of rain pouring down. This is in a hotel in the panhandle. Drivers are being told to stay off the road if possible until the weather passes. Today in connecticut, arguments over the murder conviction of michael skakel. Skakel was first convicted of the murder in 2002. He was zbragranted a new trial freed on bail after a lower court ruled that the prosecution failed to present a key witness. If you jump around and get out of your seat, researchers took a look at second and third graders who exercised while they learned math and language. Those kids did better on tests. The better test scores about four extra months of learning. You got to get up and move. Buyer beware, if seems if you buy food that is labeled natural that may not be the case. With millions of people trying to eat healthier meal, Consumer Rights advocates are calling for changes in how food is labeled. Right now, there are no standards in place. So natural means whatever the seller wants it to mean. 62 of Shoppers Look for the word natural thinking its a safer healthier option. Thats why we think the natural label is so incredibly misleading. It may people to think that that food may meet that attribute, when in fact it does not. A petition for the fda and usda to ban those natural labels. The fda is now asking for public comment. Its 5 19, the local impact were about to feel from decision 2016 today, donald trump takes his momentum to voters in Virginia Beach. Former president bill clinton will be in north virginia. Hell be there 3 00 this afternoon. Rival democrat Bernie Sanders visited norfolk. And another Virginia School district that plans on closing for super tuesday. Well take a look at that in just a minute. But first, chuck bell on this weather alert day. Chuck. Thanks, aaron. Be ready for a very busy day, everybody. Have your washington app downloaded and ready to go. Drizzle and cold. There say freezing rain advisory from frederick, maryland, down to west virginia. Its technically above freezing. Were watching that early this morning. Chances for springlike Severe Weather coming our way between and evening. After a soaker of a day yesterday, more rain coming today. Locally over an inch of rain possible today. Flooding concerns are also up. Weather will really impact your plans from now to noon. Light rain, maybe some pockets of ice north and west of the city. No ice in town. Noon to 7 00. Chances for heavy rain and thunderstorms with primarily a damaging wind threat. From 7 00 until midnight, rain ending but wind increasing and some very blustery days coming ahead after today. Right now, its only 36 in hagerstown. 42, washington. 41 in fredericksburg. Be forewarned for trouble today. After 11 00, cold rain, a surge of air brings temperatures in the 60s today. Between 3 00 and 7 00, storms in Southern Maryland between 3 00 and 8 00. Highed today, 30s for up into the 60s for later on today. A quick check of the forecast. Thunder showers likely. Maybe a passing shower tomorrow. Dry weather into the weekend but staying very breezy. Thursday, friday, into friday night. Saturday sunday look good and dry but on the chilly side. Breaking news on the roads, heres Melissa Mollet with the latest. Breaking news. Take a look at this, molette green just sent us this at Georgia Avenue. Take a look. Now lets look at my map and see really what were dealing with. Again on the outerloop, still very slow. We have three lanes blocked there. And debris in those innerloop lanes have caused problems there. A fuel spill top of the beltway. Going to be some time before cleared out of the way. Southbound, bw parkway, and then northbound branch avenue, a re light. 270 at falls road, again, nice and light this morning. This is what youre dealing with. Back here in ten minutes. You have to understand how former mayor gray feels, though. D. C. s new u. S. Attorney responding to questions about former mayor vincent grays long running investigation. Channing phillips decided not to bring charges against gray. In the first oneonone with phillips, this was the first decision about that. Phillips took office, one of his first move was to close the case against former mayor gray. For years prosecutors tried to prosecutor that gray knew about a slush fund to help get him elected. 12 people pleaded guilty from charges stemming from that investigation. We have cases pending from that. Hopefully, going through that well have a better understanding as to why the decision was made. Beyond that, i comment. The key with the innocence that case, a millionaire admitted he set up a campaign fund. Phillips said he could not comment on whether more charges could be filed against thompson. We are learning what could have caused antonin scalias death. He suffered from coronary Artery Disease and sleep apnea. A breathing apparatus was found next to the bed but wasnt hooked up or turned on. The attorney from the county that scalia died justices made an autopsy not necessary. The scalia was found dead at a ranch near texas. Decision 2016 affecting thousands of students and their parents. Loudoun county will be closed in order to anticipate the higher primary. Students in fairfax, Spotsylvania County will also not have school on super tuesday. The Arlington County board is voting unanimously last night, rather, unanimously voted to keep the rate unchanged the 2015 tax rate. A half cent reduction was turned down. And the board also will advertise public hearing. And proposed fees for ambulance transportation fees. Another shocking case of a School Employee in the area crossing the line with the student. Now facing charges for having a sexual relationship with a teen. Lets show you another look at storm team 4 radar. You can see all of that green headed in our direction. Done expect just rain. Breaking news still going on here, top of the beltways. Take a look, this is molette green driving there. Just a short time ago, is this outer loop at Georgia Avenue. You can see the delays there. This is because of a jackknifed tractor trailer. Take a look at my map. Outer loop at georgia slow. Innerloop is open but still slow as well. Three lanes blocked we have debris into those outer loop lanes that damaged a couple of cars. We have delays because of that earlier crash in brandywine, northbound with that malfunctioning traffic lighting causing a bit of an issue. Overall, were actually looking quite good. Top of the beltway, a spot to avoid. Ill toss to chuck bell, we see rain coming in spots and were talking a lot about this weather alert day. Absolutely. Really going to mess up later on today with rain. Tom kierein said its drizzling as hard as it possible can. So a weather alert day for you today. Pockets of iciness, northern most maryland, panhandle of west virginia. Not a big impact with that but were watching it closely. Strong storms this afternoon and turning quite windy tonight and into the next couple of day. Theres the freezing rain. Trimmed back to only include western maryland and parts of the west virginia. Temperatures are above freezing everywhere. Thats the reason why. But flood watches through 11 00 tonight. Be ready for a very busy weather day. Thunderstorms likely rolling through the metro between 2 00 and 7 00 tonight. Well talk about the intensity of the winds coming up in a few minutes. Back to the news. Were learning more details in a disturbing case of child sex abuse and pornography. Former school aide Deonte Carraway now faces several charges for producing child pornography and abusing students. The suspect used a popular app for producing the videos. We have learned more about the charges filed against Deonte Carraway, both on the federal level and Prince Georges County. The feds told us that carraway waved his rights after being brought in for questioning. And that he admitted to making the video and how he was able to meet up. Hes facing eight federal charges. Prince georges county, hes been indictedbusing one child there and now facing six charges. The Prince Georges CountyDistrict Attorney is planning on building more cases. Im tracee wilkins, news4. Melissa has been telling us about this accident on the outer loop of the beltway. News4s molette green is there with the latest. Molette. Reporter aaron, good morning, yeah, let me just step out of the way and show you the accident scene down where you can see the tractor trailer into the guard rail here. Right beside me is the bumper of the tractor trailer here off to the shoulder. Melissa has been talking about the traffic getting by. Three lanes here on the outer loop. And you can see the jersey wall, the barrier, over there, where debris from this crash went over into the innerloop and caused several cars, many cars on that si