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WRC News4 Today At 5 March 23, 2016

At your commuter forecast at 5 11. We have that problem still hanging around in frederick countthy this morning. Thurston road south of 80, all lanes blocked box of those wires down. That is an earlier crash that caused that problem. 95 at Prince William parkway, northbound, southbound, dont have any big problems there. Taking a look at 66, Fairfax County to the beltway going to take you eight minutes like it should. Remember to listen to our friends at wtop 105 fm when you hop in your car. Its 5 01, were following the latest developments in belgium. Right now, belgium is working to identify the victims but says its very difficult especially with some people in artificial comas or others with serious injuries. 34 people were killed and hundreds hurt, including several americans. At least one american couple is still missing right open. Trains and buses are all running. Although the subway station, some of them still closed. The airport also closed today. And its not clear when they will be up and running again. And its an allout manhunt for the last suspect in the terror attacks. Versuses in belgium now say they go found what appears to be a bombmaking factory the suspects may have used. They found chemicals for explosives plus nails and bolts in the factory. Investigators say they also found an isis flag. And since two of the bombs went off at an airport, that has officials here at home stepping up authority. Today at Dulles International youre going to see armored and marked police cars parked. And also officers with Tactical Gear and long guns. Coming up, molette green will let us know how the terror is impacting flights here at home. And security at our airports isnt the onhi the terror in brussels. Airport workers had planned to go on strike at midnight last night to lobby for better pay. Instead, they decided to hold a candlelight vigil in remembrance of the victims of the attack. Workers said they wanted to recognize the Brussels Airport workers and their bravery. The workers decided instead to come out and pay some respect to the victims and the worker tess airport. At the airport in brussels, some of which, you know, helped save some lives. And a growing memorial in northwest d. C. And flags flying at halfstaff there. The terror attack now having a direct impact on the race for the white house. Well have that. First, well catch you up on the results of last nights contest out west. Two wins for bernie sanders. Voters in utah and idaho chose him over Hillary Clinton but hillary clin about 100,000 more voters casting their ballots for the former secretary of state. To the republicans, donald trump won az taking all 68 delegates in that winner take all state. Ted cruz with utah, Governor John Kasich taking second there. To twitter now where candidates wives are getting drug into it. And Melania Trump posing nude in a gq shoot with the caption meet melania, the tweet was pic of your wife not just from us. Donald, if you try to attack heidi, youre more of a coward than i thought. The classless. The ad was paid for an antitrump super pac called make america awesome. Closer to home, suspected betrayal in prince georges un served for more than a decade face charges of stealing hundreds of house to. Retired captain harold sims and Jennifer Sims were indicted tuesday. Jennifer sims is accused of raking in more than 200,000 saying she was working when she wasnt. Police chief hank sowinski said if the accusations are true, the couple not only betrayed their community but the badge they once wore. Right now, if you have seen this 38yearold north gaithersburg man, Montgomery Police want to hear from you. They say he was dropped off at the shady grove station and never made it home. He often visits several restaurants in that area in the burtonsville and rockville area, if youve seen him, call police. Finally peak bloom has arrived and actual park service saying 70 of the trees along the tidal basin are show their flowers today. Just in time for the Cherry Blossom festival which kicks off saturday. Well check in with Storm Team Meteorologist amelia segal live at the festival. She got the short end of the stick to take that awful assignment down there with the blossoms on this Beautiful Day. 5 06. What you can expect if youre planning to check out the blossoms yourself. Storm Team Meteorologist tom kierein has a look at that as well as your commuter forecast at 5 11. A man shooting and killing two maryland deputies. What Authorities Say the suspect did in the days before. As we head to break, a touching tribute in london for the victims of the brussels terror attacks. Glenn threateningicans gofederal workers;ns over 60 votes to repeal obamacare. Now theyre refusing to even consider president obamas nominee for the supreme court. It disrespects the president and all of us and we wont put up with it. In congress, ill protect president obamas legacy, defend obamacare, and stand up for Social Security and medicare. Im glenn ivey and i approve this message. Ill take on republicans for all of us. Stronger is blasting without risking her bones. Its training her good cells. To fight the bad guys. Stronger is less pain. New hope. More fight. Its doing everything in your power. And everything in ours. Ur kids to grow up. We want them to grow up stronger. We need women in congress. If we want to be heard, it was the women who forced republicans to include Womens Health and contraceptive coverage in the Affordable Care act. In congress, ill fight for pay equity, gun safety laws. And, as an environmentalist, ill work combat climate change. I know as a journalist and as a Senior Executive in business that when women are at the table, we get things done. Im Kathleen Mathews and i approve this message. Fios is not cable. Were wired differently. In the last 10 years our competitors have received a few awards. But weve received a few more, including jd power who ranked us highest in customer satisfaction. Now get superfast 100 meg internet tv and phone for just 69. 99 per month, online. Cable cant offer internet speeds this fast at a price this good, only fios can. Announcer youre watching news4 today. 15 after the hour, right now, all is quiet at our area airports, but you will see a big difference in security today, following yesterdays attacks in brussels. Its been more than 24 hours now since two bombs went off in the airport there, killing at least 11 people. That ter normal morning into mayhem. News4s molette green is live at Dulles International in how the terror in brussels is affectinging flights around here today. Reporter aaron, good morning, i just spoke to this family flying off to china for 13 days, excited to be able to get on a plane this morning. Nonstop flights to brussels obviously cancelled. And International Travelers going to europe are being rerouted to other destinations. Take a look at some video that we got in from the airport in brussels. Still closed, very much heavily secured there. And then you come right back here. When we drove up to washington dulles, the first thing we saw before we got out of the car was a Police Vehicle with its flashing lights going. In the hours after the brussels attack, we saw stepped up security, which passengers say brought them some comfort. Now, this morning, i had a chance to walk around the rp and not seeing the level of obvious visible security, the canine units sweeping the officers paired up, or walking in threes with long guns. But airport officials, Airport Authority tells us security is still in place. And a lot of it is security you cannot see. That is the latest live from washington dulles, back to you. And americans among those hurt in the attacks in brussels, some are still missing this morning. No one has heard from stephanie and justin schultz. The couple is from tennessee and has lived in brussels for nearly two years. The couple was at the airport saying goodbye to stephanies mother to catch a flight. She managed to make it home safely. Her family has not heard from them. This morning, were hearing from an American University student who was there who says he usually takes that very metro line to get around town. Hes doing an internship ship in brussels. He said he usually takes that same metro. He spoke to how close he and his friends came to being on the wrong train at the wrong time. Several of them were on trains just before the bomb went off on the same line. If they had been any sooner or later, they could have been hurt. Program administrators for the au who travel abroad say all of their students are safe and accounted for. 20 people died in the train bombing. 5 18, outrage developing over what Howard University students tell us is a strong sense of injustices. They want changes to how the university handles victims of sexual assault. No means no those chants, as hundreds of students protested yesterday. Theyre upset from the fallout of an alleged attack in february. A resident adviser said she was raped by another resident adviser in her dorm room. The alleged rapist is still at school, protesters say. Survivors of assault will not be removed from Howard University campus as a result of their accusations. Both d. C. Police and Howard University say theyre investigating the reported attack. Howard says it will host a healing session next week for survivors of assault. Today could be the end of the road for the pepco exelon merger. That merger has gone through a number of hearings and changes but in the end, not all stakeholders can sign off on the details of the mergers. Theres an open meeting this afternoon, 1 00, to make its decision. The commission is an independent agency that regulates electric, natural gas and Telecommunications Companies in the District Of Columbia president obama is in argentina for the first state visit by a u. S. President since 1997. Mr. Obama will meet with the countrys president this morning. He hopes to strengthen ties between the two countries after years of tension. They will meet at the historic peak president ial offices. The president will host a president ial dinner while in argentina. Three, two emission, and liftoff. An awesome sight there. Right now, thousands of pounds of food, supplies and a 3d prirc printer of headed to the International Space station. That rocket took off from cape canaveral. It appears this will be a successful fly mission after a series of failed launches over the next few years. Theres another launch scheduled for next month. D. C. Nato owen danoff continues to would you the judges on the voice. He va the winner is on. Owen is going to move on to the knockout. News4 spent some time at home with owen and his grammy winning father bill danoff, his father had the hit afternoon delight for john denver. A bit of a different path on national television. Congratulations to him we wish him much success and best of luck. 5 21, our time. We turn to meteorologist tom kierein. 56 degrees outside of our studios. Tom, not a bad place to start. Yeah, i gladly took my winter puffy coat and put it back into the closet. You wont be needing it. Heres what to wear on this wednesday. Youll need a light jacket this morning. Then during the afternoon, youll be comfortable in short sleeves. Youll need the sunglasses. You can put away a warm coat and you wont need the looks like we have temperatures beautiful in the low 60s. Jumping to 70s, mid70s around 3 00, 4 00 in the afternoon. Lots of sunshine. A little bit of a breeze, maybe 15 to 20 miles an hour coming out of southsouthwest. This mild pattern continues into thursday. Afternoon highs, mid70s again. And then thursday night late. Maybe around midnight until perhaps 4 00 in the morning commute on friday, could be a wet commute friday morning in the 50s. Then some sun back drying outside in the afternoon with temperatures in the mid60s. So quite a change coming in as we get toward the easter weekend. But sunshine back on sat and chilly in the morning. Morning lows on saturday may only be near 40 degrees. Kind of a cold start on saturday morning. But saturday afternoon great time to do a family walk or ke be in upper 40s for sunrise services. Then in the afternoon, ought to be around 70 degrees. Great weather on easter sunday. Then on monday, increasing clouds. Highs near 70. Looks like showers are likely. And tuesday, gusty winds, getting colder on tuesday with temperatures in the mid50s. Four things to know for this wednesday coming up next weather and traffic on the 1s. Melissa is talking about debris on the beltway. 295 and debris on the roadway, not sure what is happening there but there is something on the road. Also d. C. 295, northbound Martin Luther king jr. Avenue, left lane is getting by the crash. Thats the only thing getting by. Not seeing too many slowdowns. Outer loop at 210, indian head have a disabled vehicle blocking some lanes. And thurston road south of 80, all lanes blocked because of wires down. Thatoi thats what we were told when we were on the phone. Theres police there. Trying to work their way to 270. Big look at the beltway, no major problems. Live look at 95 coming up. Melissa, thank you. 5 24. Members of Sandra Blands family were in the courtroom when a former texas trooper pleaded not guilty to charges related to blands arrest. You may remember bland was found dead in her jail cell after corporal brian ensena arrested her. He said bland became combative. Her death was ruled a suicide. That trooper was fired from his job. Yesterday, he pleaded not guilty to a misdemeanor charge that he light about the circumstances under which bland left her car. A major fire burning right now. And it is not clear when theyll be able to put this out. This is happening in phoenix. Take a alook at all of this black folk that seems to be billowing out of that facility. The Phoenix Fire Department said its coming from cardboard burning at a recycling plant. It hasnt said how the fire started but its been burning for ten hours now. The good news we can report is nobody was hurt. All right. All. Reasons for a traffic jam. You got to see this. Police had to close down the street this is in seattle because a guy would not get out of a tree. Sir, can you please get out of the tree. The Fire Department had to bring in a ladder to help the man down from the 80foot tall sequoia. There are reports that he was slowing things as he were trying to coax him down. D. C. Mayer murial bowser said that the state of the district is strong. She wants to raise the city as minimum wage, close the d. C. Homeless shelter for good and calling for new spending on education. We will make the largest in our history with a 75 million increase over last year. That money will help Fund Construction in d. C. Public and charter schools. Starting in 2017, the mayor plans to renovate schools that have not already been modernized. In public safety, the company will add another 30 ambulances during peak times starting next week. They also urged support for her neighborhood homeless shelter plan. And she plans to ask the council for a hike in minimum wage to 15 an hour. As astonishing story out of the tragedy to strike brussels. Meet the 19yearold american who not only witnessed one of yesterdays bombings but a terror attack right here on american soil. We want to show you the current temperatures this morning. Not a bad place to start. When was the last time that you woke up to temps in the 50s . Were off to a warm start, and tom said a balmy afternoon. The 4 things you need to know at 5 31. Much more on that, and days other headlines as news4 today continues. Your time right now 5 27. We are tracking the latest on the terror attacks in brussels for you this morning. Weve learned that authorities there have identified the two suicide bombers in the airport attack, as well as the person for whom theyre still searching this morning. Latest developments on that in 5 30. Im aaron gilchrist. And im Erika Gonzalez in for eun yang. Coming up at 5 31. What you need to know from meter total tom kierein. Good morning, and gesundheit. No doubt youre feeling it because the pollen count is getting higher. Were in the moderate range for tree pollen from rain and snow, cedar, cypress and elm tree pollen getting higher later today. 24th of march, cool morning with high clouds. A balmy afternoon. Warmer pattern does continue for the next several days. Theres a chance of rain moving in late thursday night into friday morning. Right now around the region, were in the 50s. Its a delightful start to the morning. With calm winds, a few clouds in the you can feel it in the air, spring is ready to pounce on it. They look gorgeous as theyre kind of budding there. I can say when i went outside, had my coat on, i thought, i dont know if i really need this. Single line tracking right now on blue line. Because of unscheduled track work. Debris on 295 reported. A little slow. Thurston road south of 80, wires down. Take your way over to 270. Big look at the beltway, as promised a live look at 295. Northbound, southbound, just fine. More travel times in ten minutes. Aaron. Its 5 31, and metro has ramped up security after terror attacks have left at least 34 dead and hundreds injured in belgium. Metro authority added more security and that is going to continue as the area remains on heightened what are you seeing so far . Reporter well, aaron, its important to note there is no known or credible threat on the metro systems here, but of course, out of abundance of caution, metro is issuing security. What you can expect to see, more officers in plain clothes and uniform, in the outside, and perimeter of the other downstai

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