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Transcripts For WRC News4 Today At 5 20160324

Highs today, 20 degrees above normal. More on this afternoon coming up, but right now, a problem on 95 . Problem on 95 southbound, ramp to eastbound dale boulevard here, the ramp is shut down because of a crash. So well keep you updated as that develops throughout the morning. Westbound southeast southwest freeway before the 3rd street tunnel, left lane getting by that crash. And this brandywine because of that fire, chads ford drive at 301, that section blocked off because of the fire aprparatus there. Our coverage of the terror this brussels takes us live to belgium now. Just an hour ago, we learned of another possible suspect in tuesdays attacks. Steve handelsman is in downtown brussels right now where there is a manhunt going on for suspects. Steve, good morning. Reporter aaron, good morning to you from the Central Square here in brussels, the city that many consider the cal europe. Its late rush hour here. There is mourning, these are some of the impromptu memorials that have sprung up here to remember the 31 People Killed in the attack on tuesday at two locations in this capital of belgium and the 270 plus people, some numbers are over 300 of people who were injured here. There is resolve here not to give into terrorism, but there is also concern. There is fear of another attack because Law Enforcement here failed to pick up this weeks plot and to prevent it. And police admit they are still unable to locate at least one suspect maybe more from those isis oriented terror teams that hit the airport and the socalled metro train station. There is the mysterious man in white seen in that three person surveillance shot along with known suspects who are suspected who are named by police as those who blew themselves up in the attacks. Here particularly for who is still out there in this city and who police height not even though about like they didnt know about these guys and this plot this week. Aaron. Steve handels m del delsman in brussels. Thank you. And suspected terrorist attack mastermind Salah Abdeslam is expected in court today. Novembers attack killed more than 130 people. U. S. Intelligence Officials Say abdeslam escaped paris and was in brussels planning future attacks and trying to revive an isis cell in that city. Officials also say abdeslams arrest friday may have pushed the terrorists in brussels to attack sooner than planned out of fear that authorities were closing in on them. Im Kristen Wright at the live desk where were trying to find out everything we can about a tense barricade situation. Police all night in springfie so far. They were serving a wasrrant whn a vehicle came at an officer and hit one of their cruisers. Police say two people in the car had been shot. Meagan fitzgerald is headed there and will tell us exactly what happened and what is happening now in a little while. Another breaking story right now, this time in Prince Georges County. Police found a man dead near the intersection of iverson street and 28th avenue last night. This is just off branch avenue in hillcrest heights. Officers tell us someone shot the victim, theyre asking for tips and theyre offering a reward for help solving the case. Reports of possible sex assaults at George Mason University have students on edge there this morning. Two of the incidents reportedly happened in campus Residence Halls last week. One female student says she was raped, she may have unknowingly been drugged before the assault. And she says she also knew her attacker. Meanwhile another student says met through and Online Dating app. Students we spoke with are pleased with the universitys response. I am very impressed about the universitys response. You constantly hear about universities covering stuff like this up. But george mason is very forward. Police are still investigating the alleged sexual assaults. Th anybody with information is asked to call the George Mason Police department. Brush fires along the mark tracks may cause some robs for your commute this morning. Melissa has been telling us about this. Service on the camden line is very limited, three trains will be running. Marc recommends commuters at that time penn litake the penn metro instead. You can see some of the flames between the laurel and dorsi stations. And fire crews rushed to a Southwest Airlines plane at Reagan National after al in smoke in the cockpit. Everyone got off the plane safely. The fire crews checked everything out and its unclear right now whether they found anything wrong with that plane. If you have dinner plans tonight, you might want to call and see if theyre offering outdoor seating. 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But jamie raskin is the only democrat for congress whos authored landmark progressive laws marriage equality, equal pay for women, green maryland act, assault weapons ban, and more. Raskin im jamie raskin, and i approve this message. Welcome back at 5 09. Is there a led problem in Montgomery Countys water . Today wssc will brief officials on a potential issue. Were told although the pipes dont show traces of lead, some counter users may have lead feeder pipes on their property. Wssc will talk about what areas could be at risk and how the situation compares to the water crisis in flint you can watch that presentation online, find the link in our nbc washington app. As we approach weather and traffic on the 1s, going to be another Beautiful Day to be in the city. Weather having a low impact on your data. Temperatures running well above normal. Well have a nice breeze with us during the afternoon hours. Highs today warm into the mid to upper 70s. 77 for a high in the district. 75 in gaithersburg. 77 in manassas. Dining out tonight, it doesnt get any better than this. Well have a nice breeze, it will be mild. Temperatures will range from the mid60s to mid70s so you dont even need to worry about a jackets. But the sun potentially having an impact, melissa . The glare of course will be nasty once the sun rises. Do have something to pass along, orange line delays to vienna, that just popped up. 270 at father hurley boulevard, no problems. 95 south the ramp to eastbound dale ev ramp closed because of that accident. Westbound southeast southwest freeway before the 3rd street tunnel, the left lane still getting by that crash. And again in brandywine, we still have the fire activity blocking chads ford drive. Well talk about marc coming up. Breaking news this morning out of Fairfax County where a barricade situation justagan fi an update. 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Police trying to figure out what happened after two people were found with gunshot wounds in springfield. In Meagan Fitzgerald is at the scene. What is going on over there . Reporter well, this is still a very active investigation. But what we know at this point is that this all started at around midnight, it was about 11 55, police kcame to this are because they were trying to serve a warrant. As police were arriving, two vehicles were driving towards them, one struck a Police Cruiser and police ended up finding two people who were inside suffering there gfrom gu wounds. This is video as it was all unfo unfolding. You can see the area was taped off with Crime Scene Police and police on scene. After the vehicle was struck and they found those two suspects or the individuals, rather, we dont want to call them suspects because its still unclear, but we know they were taken to the hospital suffering from gunshot wounds to the upper body and lower body. Now, while all this was unfolding, detectives say that they called in their major crimes unit, they were on scene here investigat sort of a standoff situation, as well, but they were eventually able to take a person into custody. So again, were working to understand right now if the person they took into custody was the person that they were trying to serve the warrant to. So a very active investigation out here unfolding. But as you can see, the scene has cleared. Police just left the scene about an hour ago and as we learn more, well certainly bring to you in a live report. Family and friends will begin to pay their final respects to Police Officer killed in Prince Georges County. Detective jacai colson was accidentally shot by a fellow officer after someone opened fire at a Prince Georges County police station. Today awake will be headed in be beltsville. And tomorrow his funeral will be held at 1 00 in the morning at First Baptist church in glenarden. All servicear started shooting at a passing Police Cruiser last night on mellon street. The suspect was tracked town. B a suspect. Police say the attack was unprovok unprovoked. Town. A suspect. Police say the attack was unprovoked. A third party Ambulance Service is about to hit the streets. A special order from the fire chief outlines his expect tags. S in the letter, chief dean says they will provide of course more training for individuals operating those ambulances, also allow more preventive maintenance. The agency has recently come under fire for delayed response times and other issues. About 35 private ambulances will hit the streets on monday. It has taken almost two years of negotiations and several rejon 6. 8 billion merger from pepco and exelon will move ahead. The d. C. Public Service Commission gave the deal its blessing yesterday. The agreement between the two companies makes the utility the largest in the country. D. C. Mayor Muriel Bowser blasted the commissions decision and said residents could face rate hikes as soon as this summer. But pepco excon says the merger will mean lower rates for consumers. Colon cancer usually happens to those over 50, but doctors are seeing more cases in people in hair defense or 30s. Austin thomas was diagnosed at 27. The doctor was holding my moms hand and said we werent able to complete the colonoscopy, we found a pretty significant tumor. Screening is usually done procedure isnt recommended until the age of 50 and older for most people. Some doctors think that should change, though. You can see more of austins story in the nbc washington app. Happening today, runners will be racing to their computers to get one of those coveted spots for the 41st marine corps marathon. This years marathon will take place sunday, october 30. The competitive lottery opens today at moon. You have seven days to get your name in for a possible spot. Starting march 31st, organizers will notify runners. Good luck, everybody. So it really takes a little bit of the anxiety out of our runners. Still the anxiety because they all want to be on the start line, and its spring and theyre motivated. About 30,000 runners will be chosen to run in this years marath marathon. If youre headed out for a run this morning, your weather expect outside. Amelia segal in the storm team 4 weather center. Really nice out there this morning. I was down at the tidal basin yesterday morning. So many joggers and runners down that way. Im sure it will be packed this morning. Temperatures in the 50s and 60s. Were the 54 degrees in the district, so we have fallen a few degrees. Coming in at 56 in reston and rockville, as well. Mainly clear skies right now throughout the day, well be mostly sunny. By noon, were already around 70 degrees. So a great day to have your lunch outdoors. By 4 00, well hit our high of 77 and well notice a bit of a breeze for the afternoon and evening hours. In fact it will stay breezy right on through the overnight hours. And the day tomorrow. 7 00 this evening, really nice with a temperature around 71. This is not normal this time of year. Usually our high is about 58, 59 degrees. Because of the dry air and the breezy conditions later today, a red flag warning will be in effect for most of the area. This will run until 8 00 tonight. What this means as we see brush fires develop like marc has been having to deal with, they can spread easily and difficult to put out. Future weather, tomorrow have the umbrella handy. We will be tracking some rain during the midday and morning hours. So 5 00 a. M. , already tracking light showers across the area. 8 00 a. M. , continuing to track areas of rain. Maybe a rumble of thunder. And notice by 10 00, 11 00, most of the area is dry and then limited sunshine. For the most part afternoon and evening hours on our friday will be dry. But the rain is with a cold front and that will cool us down. 71 tomorrow, 60 on saturday. Mostly to partly sunny skies. Clouds increase throughout the day on easter and it will be a chilly Morning Saturday and sunday morning. But beautiful for Easter Sunday afternoon with a high of 68. Problems on the orange line . Do have problems on the orange line. So delays on the orange line to vienna because of track repairs happening at new carrollton. Talking about the rails again, cam w 845, 851 and 846. There is the owill which is the Union Station because of the brush fires. Penn line station, you can use your camden tickets. Full Camden Line Service expected to resume tonight. 95 north at 123, crash reported there. Also still have the fire activity and lanes blocked chadds ford drive at 301 in brandywine. Well take a look at 270 coming up. Right now its a mess in parts of colorado where a blizzard dumped more than a foot of snow on the ground. Sdrern was o denver was one of the worth hit areas. Check out the cars stranded. The airport was closed for a while. They had to shut down several interstates. A friend of mine sent me video from his front porch. It was awful out there. This morning leaders in several mid western states are warning peop for ice on the roads. World leaders now talking about another claim from north korea, that country now saying it can launch rockets with solid engine fuel solid fuel engines which means it can launch them on short notice. North korea made the announcement today. The country facing stepped up sanctions from the u. N. Following multiple missile launches and tests. The germanwings air crash this will be the scene today as family members lost will gather to mark the First Anniversary of the disaster. The names of the victims will be read out loud followed by a minute of silence. Ceremonies were held at barcelona airport where the plane originally took off as well as in the city of its intended destination. Investigators believe copilot Andreas Lubitz crashed the flight. When Dennis Hastert is se

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