Northbound 3rd street tunnel. So you have to detour yourself to the u. S. Capitol in order to get around this. Hopefully it wont be out there too much longer. Looking live in Prince Georges County at the beltway, right at route 50, the road headed from the top to the bottom of the screen, that is the inner and outer loop of the beltway. You can see the flyover ramp at 50, very quiet through the interchange here. Coming out of baltimore through columbia down on to the capital beltway, 95 southbound, everything moving quite well. Developing right now, were hearing from the people who were on a train that derailed and partly fell into a creek. In south of oakland, california. Rescuers were pulling people from the train. Nine people were hurt. Passengers said it could have been much worse. I mean, im just happy that im alive. Thank god for that. Im grateful that it wasnt worse. Very grateful. The train deraile tree fell on it and knocked it off the tracks. The Fire Department says all of the rain in the bay area recently may have played a role in that tree falling. The university of Maryland Police are searching for a student who has been missing for several days now. The 18yearold as not been in touch with his family. Police say he was last seen on campus near the Student Union last week. If you have any information about where he might be, Call University of Maryland Police. 5 02. Republican and democratic president ial candidates are vying for more delegates today with 150 up for grabs. Those delegates are spread across four states that have caucuses or primaries today. In hawaii and idaho, republicans will weigh in. And in mississippi and michigan, both parties will be looking for votes. The most critical primary is in michigan where Hillary Clinton will and Bernie Sanders squared off in a town hall meeting. Sanders worked contrast his wall street. Clinton called her opponent an ally and said she wants to enlist his help if she becomes the nominee. But she did not say sanders would be her vp pick. Those delegate votes are even more important to the top two republican candidates. Less than 90 delegates separate the two after they split weekend wins. Donald trump is now on the offensive taking aims at cruz and even marco rubio. Much of the focus is already on next weeks primaries in florida and ohio. Those states are both winner takes all. Take drastic measures or face hundred wills of millions of dollars in a budget problem. According to a report from the Blue Ribbon Commission lagging tax revenue is failing to keep up with expenses in Prince Georges County. Now the county wants to hear your thoughts at a public Budget Hearing tonight. It depends heavily on State Government funding. By county executive Rushern Baker expected to present his proposed 2017 budget to the county council. This morning Montgomery County police are searching for a second suspect in a brazen home be robbery in germantown. Police have already arrested 44yearold Kevin Darnell carroll. They say carroll and a second man ambushed a 21yearold and 14yearold as they entered their home last year. Both men wore ski masks and had governs. Police believe the Armed Robbers planted a gps tracker on the family car and followed them home. Carroll and his partner tied up the hostages and be robbed the house. A new bill will be discussed in an nap police take. The proposed law would broaden what qualifies as domestic violence. If senate bill 960 passes, it would add that asment and malicious destruction of property to the definition. This bill would also increase the ropes for granting protect difference Prince Georges County states attorney supports the measure. A lot of us are thrilled to finally have a week without cold and snow. Chuck is tracking what you can expect on your Tuesday Morning commute. With the warm weather comes allergies. What you may need to watch out for before the spring officially arrives. And a massive response to two suspended volunteer firefighters. The new as take n welcome back. 8 after the hour. Do you suffer from allergies . It feels like spring apwith tnd the warmer weather, many of you will be dealing with allergies. Tree pollen has already started and in in the next few weeks it will be the grass pollen bringing on all the swollen eyes and runny noses. If you have children who suffer from allergies, try to limit the amount of time they spend out doors and they should always shower when they come back indoors to remove the pollen. Over the counter kick in quickly. It may be too late to get your allergy shot this year as many of them take about six hospitmoo be effective. The price you pay for warmer weather, though. Some people are willing to make that tradeoff. Chuck bell is in the weather center. So how springy will it be today . Very stripringy. Everything coming up roses for the forecast today. You have the note pad out . Our first 80 a couple years ago in 2013 was april 8. So were way behind that well be way ahead of that. But follow it up with a 90 on the 10th. So a lot of typf tip of typo of has the 90 pretty close behind it. For this morning, just a couple of random sprinkles out by the time you get out the door to about 5 30 and 6 00, they will all be gone. So your commute by this morning, 40s on your way out the door. Delightful 70 degrees on the way home. Open the windows, open the sun roof, put the top down if you have a convertible. I95, raleigh to boston, no problems. Airline delays take potential st. Louis, dallas ft. Worth and phoenix. Rain in the desert means warm weather here. Well tall abok about the weeke ten minutes. We have one small problem. A crash in old town alexandria. Mount vernon avenue at braddock road. So follow Police Direction to get through there. Looking live at the Woodrow Wilson bridge, those head lights you see coming from maryland into virginia with the National Harbor in the background. Gorgeous morning to be out on the roads this morning. On 95 south of route 234 in dumfries, headlights headed northbound. Across through woodbridge and up to the springfield interchange, no problems here so far. But vole on 66 from centreville through gainesville, planmanassas to th beltway, everything moving quite well. Listen to wtop 103. 5 in your car. Pedestrians killed by cars. Why were seeing more crashes in parts of our area and across the nation. Should death row inmates be forced into the electric chair . The new you cant predict the market. The new but through good times and bad. At t. Rowe price. Weve helped our investors stay confident for over 75 years. Call us or your advisor. T. Rowe price. Invest with confidence. May not always be clear. But at t. Rowe price, we can help guide your retirement savings. So wherever your Retirement Journey takes you, we can help you reach your goals. Call us or your advisor t. Rowe price. Invest with confidence. 14 after the hour now. And a difficult day today for the families of passengers with Malaysia Airlines flight 370. Its now been exactly two years since the plane went missing and more than 260 people missing with it. Many of those families filed a lawsuit against the airline this week. Investigators have been searching the indian ocean for any signs of that plane with very few results. Yesterday they announced they will suspend their search this summer if thean found. New details on a deadly stabbing we first reported monday morning. Police say 23yearold daniel weste admitted he stabbed his girlfriend is an it take lazama in Prince Georges County. She died at the scene. Weste is accused of stabbing another woman and shes expected to be okay. Weste is now facing murder and attempted murder charges. D. C. Police have the stolen minivan used in a deadly drive by shooting at a bus stop. Now theyre looking at the person who was driving it. One person was killed, two others injured in that shooting on sunday. It happened just steps away from where a local reporter was gunned down last may. Police say the van belonged to a church. The church dpidnt know it was missing. Two volunteer firefighters are back on the job this morning. They were reinstated after review and public outcry. Captain james kelley and virgil bloom were placed on leave for taking a child it a hospital on for an ambulance. The firefighters say an ambulance was 15 minutes away and the child needed help immediately. Captain kelley says he never expected to be reprimanded for his decision. It took me by surprise. Yeah, i didnt think thinking was ever going to come out of it honestly. Did you think it was fair . I did the right thing. The trouble isnt over for captain kelley. The review found that he is not a certified emt in virginia. He is registered nationally. The ems office is now doing a review of the case. Virginias governor has not said if he will sign a bill to force death row inmates in to the electric chair if there are no lethal injection drugs available. The statehouse and senate both passed bills because there has been a shortsage of drugs. Right now inmates can choose the electric claire if theyment with a, but only seven out of 87 inmates have chosen the chair since 1995. Strict gun permit system will stay in place after a fe with the city. The judge ruled that d. C. Can keep enforcing its current law which requires applicants show good reason before being able to get a permit for concealed carry gun. The ruling follows a lengthy back and frt with gun rights activists who have been fighting the system since it was put in place in 2014. D. C. Police say they have not arrested anyone, but they are glad all of these drugs are no longer on the streets. Take a look here, Police Seized sdw dozens of bags of row contain and marijuana and more than 100 zip lock bags of heroin. This bust happened somewhere in northeast washington. Police didnt say exactly where. Was the dweft Michael David barrett at fault, yes. Is the marriott at fault, answer yes. Sports reporter erin andrews has won her multimilliondollar lawsuit. Jurors found both the National Marriott and Michael David barrett at fau f barrett was convicted several years ago of secretly recording andrews naked while she stayed at the hotel p andrews was awarded a 55 million payout. Barrett will be responsible for paying 28 million and the hotel will be responsible for paying 26 million. 5 18 your time. Montgomery county wants to know how it can better respond to snow emergencies like the blizzard of 2016. This years storm shut down schools for a week so roads could be cleared. It took days for sidewalks to become passable, too. This morning the county council will take a look at what went well and what could be done better in the future. Todays weather is a far cry from these giant snow banks we saw in january. I hope we dont see this until next winter. But now the white house says president obama has approved virginias request for a disaster declaration. It means the state can can receive federal funds to make need repairs following the blizzard of 2016. So glad that is aes and warm weather coming in. Almost breakfast time around here. Breakfast time right now. Its National Pancake day, too. Isnt that lovely . It is. In honor of the 11th anniversary, ihop will be giving out free pancakes to raise money for charity. Participating locations will give out free short stakes of butter milk capan kaks. In return, theyre asking you leave a donation. I know youve been known to get sometimes ones sometimes two pancakes from our cafeteria. They always look good. And i will do that today this case youre wondering. You could go to ihop. Its hard to i feel weird doing it it in the middle of the day on like a tuesday. Why not . Im no gourmet chef, but my kids say i make the best pancakes. For free. 20 after 5 00. Chuck bell is in the th 55 degrees already. Yeah, nice and mild outside and the short stack of pancakes called the gilchrist at the cafeteria, about this tall. Technically i guess its only two, but whatever. Outside this morning, heres what you should expect to today. What a winner of a day. Nice and cool outside this morning. For the most part rain free. A few sprinkles on radar, but lots of sunshine coming our way. Looks like today will be our first time in the 70s since december 27th. So about 2 1 2 months gone by. Temperatures this morning running 10 to 15 degrees warmer than the same time yesterday. As a result, it will be every bit of almost ten degrees warmer later this afternoon. Right now its 41 manassas, 46 winchester, 48 in arlington and falls church this morning. Planning out your day, plan on a nice school start this morning with some clouds around. But well be partly to mostly sunny well before lunchtime and toasty warm temperatures today should be well up into the doing if i traveling came, only bad weather really parts of arkansas and the Lone Star State of texas out toward the desert southwest. For us the ribbon of sprinkles, thats the leading edge of the warmer air. But by and large just a zip on the wind shield wiper is all it will take. Cool start will turn into a sunny and warm afternoon. Clear skies overnight tonight and another full day of sunshine coming your way for tomorrow. And then looks like record High Temperatures on thursday. So we should be low to mid70s today. Mid to upper 70s coming up for tomorrow. Near 80 on thursday. And i know youre already thinking about the weekend. Could it be this nice . No, it can not. How long skies, a risk of a shower late in the day saturday. Most of your saturday will be dry. A little better chance of some showers coming up on sunday. Temperatures still on the mild side. Maybe a rumble or two of thunder on your sunday. Four things you teed to though about the weather coming up in will ten minutes. It is traffic time. Kim, any snags on the roads . No real snags just yet, but it is still early. Were looking live at route 29 colesville road and lockwood drive headed to and from four corners. You can see traffic moving along quite nicely for you. And you will find that pretty much everywhere except for a little problem spot in alexandria. Mount vernon avenue at braddock road, there is a crash in the intersection. You need to follow Police Direction in order to get through. Its very minimal delays right now. Southbound 395 after seminary, we still have the road work. Two left lanes get by and the ramp from seminary is closed until 8 00 a. M. Of course you know most of the traffic is headed northbound. Speaking of traffic, you can see here on the beltway at georgetown pike in virginia headed to and from the American Legion bridge, headlights that is the inner loop. Traffic moving smoothly here, as well. Some news about your safety on the roads now. More and mor being killed in crashes. This is according to a new report out this morning. The governors Highway Safety Association Says there was a 10 increase in in deadly pedestrian accidents last year from the year before. It says an increase in distracted driving and walking may could be ntributed to the change. Maryland had a small decrease. Americas largest cities have seen more renters, but a new study says the suburbs are also seeing more renters. Between 2006 and 2014, the number of renters rose faster on the outskirts of the biggest cities including d. C. It also found rent had become less affordable. Thats certainly the case in our area. Airbnb site may soon be regulated. Newly proposed legislation may soon mean paying local taxes if if the bill is passed, airbnb would have to pay local taxes. You can have your say at a Public Meeting tonight in rockville. It kicks off at 7 00. A revolutionary procedure could help women who are fighting infertility become pregnant. That is what 26yearold lindsay was told horn ten years ago that she could not have children, now shes the first uterine transplant recipient. Doctors at Cleveland Clinic gave her a uterus from a deceased at the nor. She will have to go through a year of antirejection drugs before starting invitvitro fertilizati fertilization. Its a gift that i will never be able to repay. While the risk of her body rejecting the uterus is high, doctors say there is some hope. In sweden, nine transplants have led to csection birth babies. 49 million workers dont get paid sick leave. Worryings with no paid sick leave are three times more likely to delay medical care regardless of income, occupation or Health Insurance coverage. Researchers at Florida Atlantic University Say they are also three times more likely to go without needed held care all together. Experts say that paid sick leave prevents workers from spreading illnesses to others. In honor of womens history month, throughout the month of march were highlighting the strong successful women who make our region great. Laura perez is one of those women. Shes the director of education and programs at the Prince Georges County africanamerican cultural center. She uses hip hop as a tool to educate children. Perez believes music, poetry and writing can engage students in ways books sometimes complaint p. You can see lauras story and the other incredible women on our nbc washington instragram. Check it out. Hard behind the scenes. Will never have their pictures on tv, but who still work hard thundershower the less to make contributions. Appreciate it for sure. 5 26. And the 2016 Atlantic Coast conference basketball tournament coming to d. C. The acc tournament will get under way this wednesday at the verizon center. No home team playing. Closest teams are virginia and Virginia Tech that will hit the court. The Washington Area also hosting the acc tournament for the First Time Since 2005 when maryland played in the first round. Im still getting used to the fact that maryland is not in the acc. A little weird. Ill get over it. Keeping the grass in Great Condition if in florida as springingi kicks off for many teams can be a challenge. Sprinklers went off at roger dean stadium in jupiter yesterday during a game. St. Louis cardinals and new york mets got an unexpected shower top of the sixth inning here. There was a sort delay as you might imagine. Clean the white pants, h tho. Hard to get the dirt and grass stains out of them. Just saying. Its the laundry detergent people and baseball people colluding. And the people who make the pants. Were getting up to the 70s this week. Cant wait. And thats happening today. But still some snow left over. The new effort to remove the big pile at rfk stadium. And more than 100 delegates up for be fwrabs. The battle for the republican and democratic president now at 5 30, the battle for the republican and democratic nominations is getting honemore contested. A chance for the frontrunners to widen the gap. Good morning, im eun yang and a lot of us are sxhexcited to finy see temperature its back in the 70s. Im aaron gilchrist. Cant come soon enough. Chuck bell here with four things to know about the forecast. Set to music this morning. Chuck going to sing . You know my favorite musical, right . We were debating about this list. There aarons is 42nd street. Is this oklahoma . Yes. Exactly. This is another one of those great songs. Of course its oklahoma. Sorry, it took me a minute. So oh, what a beautiful morning, oh, what a beautiful day. Even nicer tomorrow and records are coming our way. I think thursday we crush the record at 80 degrees. Today hourly temperatures 40s now, turns into 60s by lunch. Turns in to low to mid70s with sunshine for today. Well get more into the how warm well be the rest of the week coming up. Here is kim with traffic. Not set to music, ho though. Definitely not. South of the beltway, brand new crash reported along the left side. I270 in hyatts town, you will find traffic building, but no significant delays. And mournt vernon avenue at braddock, we have a crash. Follow Police Directions. I certainly consider him an ally. Your vp choice . Lets not get ahead of ourselves. To win to the united states. In last nights Fox News Channel town hall, Hillary Clinton stopped short of naming Bernie Sanders her vp if she got the democratic nomination. Sanders though says he is in this race to win. Sanders and clinton will be among the president ial candidates traveling across several states today, all trying to rope this vote. Tracie potts live on capitol hill now to tell us what is at stake. Reporter what is at stake is more than 150 delegates and Bernie Sanders needs as many as he can get. He is way behind Hillary Clinton in that delegate count. Now that is at stake in michigan. You saw the town hall. Sanders had a later event where he focused on the Auto Industry and defending himself against these claims from clinton that he didnt support the bailout. He says he supported the bailout, he didnt support what was attached to it which was a bailout of wall street. So thats the message hes trying to could really be a last collapse to try to catch up with her. So lets look at the republican side now. Very tight between donald trump and ted cruz this morning. What will they have to do to get as many votes as possible . They will have to to well in some of these states with the largest delegate counts, michigan and mississippi. Ted cruz was actually ill yesterday, but got back on the campaign trail. He was in mississippi trying to pick off some Trump Supporters there. And then he was up in michigan. Thats where both parties will be competing today. Hes got to do well this both of these states in order to catch up. Not nearly as well as marco rubio is who is just way behind and banking on florida one week from today to keep him in the race. Tracie potts on the hill for us. Thank you. I dont understaground brea police that will help new misses grow. It will businesses will provide products and services to underserved communities. The Ground Breaking kicks off at 11 00. Tonight police and Community Members in southeast d. C. Will Work Together to fight crime. A crime walk begins at 6 00. You can meet officers at the corner of south capitol street and livingston road southeast. Fairfax county police need your help to find out who vandalized a police cruiser. You can see someone spray painted graffiti on the cruiser. It happened saturday night. The secret service isnt saying much about a mans attempts to get inside the white house, but they did say it ended fast. The man was tackled and arrested even before he reached the main fence yesterday. The secret service says he climbed over a shorter barrier outside the north lawn and officers took him down. U. S. Capitol police are trying to beef up their force. The u. S. Senate Appropriations Committee says the agency wants to hire 7 put the force at 1900 officers. Capitol police have formally requested a budget hike. Its down to the wire for pepco and exelon to save their controversial 7 billion merge her. Yesterday the companies formally asked the d. C. Public Service Commission to reconsider the conditions it put on the mencher last month. Failure to act could mean the whole deal gets derailed. Some civgroups and leaders say s a bad deal. 5 35 now. Former first Lady Nancy Reagan will lie in repose before her private funeral later this week. Tomorrow and thursday the public will have a chance to pay their respects at the reagan president ial library in california. On friday, there will be a private Funeral Service also at the president ial library. Mrs. Reagan will be laid to rest next to her husband. She passed away sunday at the age of 94. Bring on the 70s. The temperature ps slowly rising, but will your kids need a jacket on their way to school. Chuck is updat datindating his. If youre dodging potholes, the worst may soon be over. The new effort to fix the roads in Montgomery County. And who can grow medical marijuana and where. The new controversy in part of virginia. I do everything on the internet. But its kind of slow. My friends said i should get fios because its the fastest. I just downloaded 600 photos in 60 seconds. Thats seriously better. man were out of 2 . I wonder what else could be better around here . man i heard that. Now get our best offer ever. Super fast 100 meg internet, plus tv phone for just 69. 99 a month online with no annual contract. 100 meg speeds at a price this good . Fios can do that. Cable just cant. Switch to better. Switch to fios county officials in Montgomery County are adding extra crews and equipment to fill potholes. Since january, more than 1,000 have been filled. If youre still seeing potholes, tweet the location and maybe a picture to 4potholefix. Im still seeing them. Absolutely. Everywhere, right . Coming up on 40 after the hour. That sounds weird to say. 20 minutes before. Its the sale thime thing. 5 40. Is it friday yet . Weather and traffic on the 1s. Lets get the kids out the door. Were all prepared. Current temperatures outside right now under a partly to at times mostly cloudy sky. Mostly in the 40s. Were 48 now at Reagan Stafford upper 40s. So bus stop temperatures, a cool start to the day. Maybe just need the light jacket first thing this morning, but it will be shorts and tshirts this afternoon. Temperatures up into the low and mid70s. So all you really need is to look like this young man right here. A little bether jacket for you first thing this morning, but your cool shades coming up for later on. Seven day forecast filled with above average temperatures in ten minutes. Its traffic time. Here is kim mccormick. We have a new crash southbound d. C. 295 just before east capitol street. Center lane is blocked. That will start causing delays. In bethesda, 355 and eastwest highway, moving along very well. And travel times, 66 all the way tote about the w to the beltway, no problems. And quantico starting to slow down across the occoquan river. Tune into today well learn more about where marijuana can be grown in frederick county. A public hearing will be held in virginia tonight on a bill that would allow medical can thnabis be grown in agricultural zones. It says it will issue no more than 15 licenses nationwide. The meeting is tonight at 7 00 at winchester hall. Trs. Developing right now, flash floods and major damage in texas. Neighbors have a big mess to clean up as more rain adds to the trouble. Metros gm is holding the system accountable for its struggles. How metros leadership is now the bigger the burrito, the bigger the fun. Dunkins new grandde burrito a breakfast burrito packed with big southwest flavor. Go grande with veggie or sausage today. America runs on dunkin. Police are searching for a missing university of maryland student. What were hearing about officers and why his family is concerned. A commuter train sent off the tracks and into a creek. The dangerous situation northern california. At 6 00, the heroic actions to pull passengers to safety. We have clouds and a stray sprinkle or two, but were already 10 to in some places 20 degrees warmer that be the same time yesterday. That means well soar into the 70s today. How far into the 70s . Find out in just a couple more minutes. We have a crash southbound d. C. 295 before east capitol street. Center lane is blocked. You are starting to get backups toward eastern avenue. Well have more traffic information in just a few minutes. Were keeping a close eye on gas prices across our area. Refinery issues are causing a spike in prices in some places. Erika gonzalez is in arlington. So usually we see lower prices if virginia. What are you seeing in arlington this morning . Reporter not too bad actually here in virginia. Were along columbia pike in arlington. Aaa says natioy is up to about 1. 81. It went up six cents in a week. Here along columbia pike in arlington, take a look, 1. 68. According to aaa, National Average as we mentioned up six cents in the week, but the lower price of crude and abundant supply supply should keep a ceiling on how much you pay in the coming months. And barring any unexpected disruptions, drivers can continue to benefit there savings and use the money elsewhere. You could fill a tank now for less than 30 and go round tri more than 300 miles. Thats one of the cheapest vacations around and that bodes well for families still trying to economize for spring break. Reporter isnt it nice to be able to pay 20, 235 and fill up your tank and get on your way instead of 40, 50. How much are you paying . What is the cheapest that youve seen i facebook, let us know, send us a picture. Live in arlington, erika gonzalez, back to you. And she mentioned we want to see what prices youre seeing. Share them with us on the nbc facebook page. Snap a photo. Be sure to add the location. Although then the gas stations get crowded. But we want to share the wealth. Virginia lawmakers are taking steps to protect special needs line ors who commit crimes. The bill that the legislature is considering would create a new Legal Defense for children with disabilities charged with committing misdemeanors in school. If Virginia Governor mcauliffe signs the bill, attorneys would be allowed to present evidence of their clients educational and behavioral issues at trial. This comes after a report found virginia refers more special needs and africanamerican students to police than any other state. Today in honor of International Womens day, Michelle Obama will visit union market and speak to dozens of girls as part of the let girls learn initiative. The thish differeninitiative in, training and recruitment to help girls complete their education. What is going on . So this guy drove away from police, this is in south carolina, even though he could barely see out of his car. You take a close look here. The hood of the car is up during this chase blocking the windshield. Police say the driver tried to shop lift from a game stop and then drove away after somebody called the cops. Thousa now they believe the man is driving a stolen car. El chapo may be working on a third escape. The Mexican Government says he is pursuing a Media Campaign in order to relast security measures at his prison. Mexicos National Security commissioner says recent statements by his daughter are designed to make the drug lord look like a an article in the Guardian Newspaper alleged the government went back on a deal it struck with el chapo. The government says that report is false. Recently both guzmans lawyers and his common law wife gave interviews expressing grave concern for his health. Back here at home, take drastic measures or takes hundreds of millions of dollars in budget hole according to a report from the Blue Ribbon Commission lagging tax revenue is failing to keep up with expenses in Prince Georges County. The county wants to hear your thoughts tonight. With the county drawing in less in revenue, it depends heavily on State Government support. Money from the government. 2022 is the deadline for the government or it could face a 250 million budget hole. County executive Rushern Baker expected to present his proposed 2017 budget to the county council. Later this morning, we will find out who will bregrace the Kennedy Center stage. Announced. The announcement happening at 11 11 00 a. M. A lot of artists in mind. Good stuff to sure. Today rg3 is a free agent. He was rookie of the year not long ago, but the Team Released him yesterday. It was no surprise after he didnt play a single game. Kirk cousins took the starting job. Its not clear whether his next job will be as a starter or a backup qb. It could take some time for him to sign with somebody. But e. T either the expectation is that somebody will sign him. We wish him all the best. A rocky tenure here. Were expecting warm temperatures today and at the could melt some snow left over from the blizzard this year. Believe it or not, there are still piles and piles of snow at there. However, now we know when it will finally be gone. Scott mcfarland says the d. C. Department of public works will remove the remaining snow by march 21, one day after the first day of spring. It is 5 51. Time for weather and traffic on the 1s. Storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell, we are going to like this weather. And for the rest of the week, too. And i kept on digging through my climate records and i have discovered when was the last im we that 80 earlier than what will be this thursday. The year 2000. March 8 of 2000, we made 85 degrees on march the 8th. So that was the last time we were so warm so early. But this coming thursday the 10th, likely to be our first 80 of this fine year. Outside this morning, the weather is not going to negatively impact i in of your plans today. This morning green light. Great iffor a jog or long dog walk. Outdoor lunch hour and could get in afternoon. Sun not down until 6 0. Warm air down along the gulf coast is being pinched right up the eastern seaboard. We will be sitting with temperatures some 20 to 25 degrees warmer than average through the remainder of the week. Warmest of the year plenty of sunshine especially today, tomorrow and thursday. Put a stake in it, everybody. Winter is done around here. High pressure is sitting in charge of our weather. On the leading edge of that as the warmer air trying to bubble its way in, the warm front has generated a couple of sprinkles. One little batch of random raindrops coming right down 270, so not a complete dry forecast. It is a 95 dry forecast for you this morning. And these little sprinkles wont last long. Temperatures now in the upper 40s to around 50 degrees. A nice way to get the day started under a partly to at times mostly cloudy sky. Temperatures mid60s by 11 00 a. M. And how about low to mid70s for highs today. It will be a winner of a day to be outside. Very good. 75 today, keep in mind average high is 54. So plus 20 today, plus 23 tomorrow, plus 26 on thursday. Again, that will be our first 80 of the year the way it looks. That will also be a new record High Temperature for the date. Going into the weekend, more clouds on friday. There is a risk for a few showers late saturday, but we put most of the chance for rain this week end coming up on sunday and it is Daylight Saving weekend. Move your clocks ahead saturday night. Well take a look at your hometown highs in ten minutes. And we have a problem on the beltway in virginia. Your outer loop just after the George Washington parkway, you can see off on the left side, sitting there exchanging information. Southbound d. C. 295 before east capitol street, center line is blocked with a crash. Delays back toward the d. C. maryland line. And then top side starting to slow down out of college toward kensington. Developing now, lots of damage to clean up in texas where severe storms hit several homes last night. Take a look here. At least a dozen homes were damaged. Some families are now staying with relatives or friends. High winds took out fences, trees, the storm also caused flash flooding in some spots. Nobody was hurt, though. Metros new leader says the Transit System is in worse shape than he thought. Paul wiedefeld says it needs to get back to basics and that includes giving you as much information as possible about what is going on. Wiedefeld did not mince words when he outlined his plans yesterday for the struggling agency. He says long term closures on the rails could be needed to stop the cycle of band aid repairs. Metro now has and online tool so riders can see what crews are working on. This will be trackable for the public and we can see in two months well have this done, in one year this is done, we can judge you . Yes. We started on our website a customer report accountable system basically. Metro may also put toast boards outside of stations to let you know how trains are running before you commit to riding. Police in new york city will stop arresting people to minor offenses. A number of off tensenses will result in just summons. Low level crimes like littering or public consumption of alcohol is no longer subject to arrest. This new policy could mean 10,000 fewer cases a year and will free up Police Officer to investigate more serious crimes. A man claims to be your neighbor and then asks you for money. A warning from d. C. Police this morning about a man scamming peel. The l people. The latest sdwints happened in the navy yard area. A welr tie knocks on your door, says hes your neighbor bruce. Hes locked out and has no keys or wallet and asks you for money so he can catch a cab or take metro. Somebody knocked on high door and i couldnt come down, but did he knock on my neighbors door. Its sad that somebody would take advantage of good hearted people. We have this picture of bruce, we blurred out his face because police say he hasnt committed any crime. They do want to get the word out and urge you not to give him any money. Eight families from flint, michigan part of a class action lawsuit. They all have children who tested with higher levels of lead after the city changed its water source. They say Government Agencies didnt do enough to stop the danger and down played the severity of the contamination. And thousands of others could eventually join the suit. Flint has changed back to its old water supply. Were getting our first look at a self driving car t bmw put out this new concept video because the Company Turns 100 this week. It says when the car drives itself, the Steering Wheel retracts and the seats turn to face each other. Seriously . Thats rust just doing too much. There also a driver controlled mode, although the car will still tell you the ideal speed and direction to drive. I just cant. That does not sound safe. My friend called me an old than because im not into it. More and more women with early stage cancer in one breast are choosing to have mastectomies. But are the women happier post surgery . Researchers from the Duke Cancer Institute says, no, does not necessarily improve quality of life. Breast reconstruction had a greater impact on the quality of nfident and acceptingco o were dwiging idigging int investigation at a apartment building. And were following a situio california after a commuter train plunges off the tracks into a fast moving creek. P what were learning about the condition of those on board. But first, chuck bell has your out the door forecast. Loving this weather, chuck bell. Loving it indeed. Outside this morning, skies are partly to at times mostly cloudy. There is a random sprinkle or two that could impact you in the next few minutes. But by and large you dont need to worry about the umbrella today. Weather headlines, it will be a winner of a day to be outside. Cool start this morning, but the 70s are back. Today likely to be our first 70 since december 27 and there is an 80 on the 7 day forecast. Well share that with you a little later on. Hour by hour planner, how about 68 at noon and 73 at 4 00. Kim mccormick, i hope youre having more luck talking than me. I will give it a try. Outer loop of the beltway after george walk parkway,
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