today. you don't think it's going to be an early spring, do you? >> i don't know. i don't think so. but i will say if he sees his shadow, it's because of all the lights on the cameras because of all the reporters there. because you saw all the cloud cover today. but you never know. temperature in the district, 44 degrees. 36 degrees right now in gaithersburg. as we go through the day today, winds will start to pick up. by noon today, 47 degrees. by the weekend, 48 degrees. let's check the roads this morning with melissa mollet. >> good morning. we have our eyes here on this problem inner loop at central avenue. this is a disabled tractor-trailer that lost a lot of fuel for some reason. so we have this right lane oc the ramp there to dale city, crash blocking the right lane. 66 looks okay. southbound lee highway near west street, beltway looks okay and this just cleared out of the way, southbound 355 in rock rockville. that is gone. 270, no major worries. 5:02 now right now. this house fire is out in montgomery county. firefighters showed up but there is no hydrant where it happened. this is in dickerson on martinsburg road. >> now, they used a tanker shuttle to get water to this situation. the we're told the fire in the walls, it was in the walls and the attic and it was put out a few hours ago. everyone made it out of that house okay. nobody got hurt. a major situation unfolding right now in delaware. >> two employees taken hostage at a maximum security prison. >> that's right, aaron. two prison employees are being held hostage in delaware. two others were let go yesterday. inmates took them, but here is a live picture at that facility. the inmates told a local paper that they're concerned about their treatment and the country's leadership right now. this is all happening at the james tevon correctional center in symrna. there is a statewide lockdown at all prisons in delaware because of this. one of the workers who is released is being treated for his injuries. we don't know the condition of the other one. >> thank you, adam. developing this morning, police are scouring the area for the gunman after a deadly shooting on the d.c. maryland line. police say someone fired into a car at the corner of eastern avenue and hunt place northeast. a man inside the vehicle was killed. a woman was shot. she survived. we don't know yet whether police know who they're looking for at this point. a dump truck hit and killed a man who was using a walker in the parking lot of an element school. police say that truck was backing up outside crest haven elementary the driver stayed on the scene there. montgomery county police have not released the victim's name, but they say he was in his 60s. one person is in custody after a chase through the aspen hill area. homeland security police arrested that suspect after a wreck at layhill and belpre roads. the crash took out the utility pole. we're still working to find out what started that pursuit. let's get back to the live desk. adam tusk following some violent protests. >> take a look at these huge crowds of protesters. this after a wild scene where they smashed windows, set fires and clashed with police. this scene erupted a couple of hours ahead of a scheduled appearance by far right wing breitbart new editor milo. steve bannon previously headed bright part news. much of this is expected to be in opposition to the administration. a generator was set on fire. the school says the protests were largely peaceful until about 150 massage staters actually started on the violence. there was a lockdown, but it was listed after a brief the period of time. the trump administration is issuesing a strong warning to iran. michael flynn says iran is, quote, on notice after a missile test launch earlier this week. president trump himself tweeted overnight, quote, iran is rapidly taking over more and more of iraq, even after the u.s. had squandered $3 trillion there obvious long ago, end quote. edward lawrence will have more on what all this means in our next half hour. dealing with iran could be one of secretary of state rex tillerson's first issues e deals with when he arrives to work this morning. he was sworn in last night by vice president mike pence. virginia senator mark warner was one of three democrats to vote for his confirmation. and virginia democratic congressman don buyer is planning to introduce a free doll of religion act in response to the president's action. the goal, to ensure that no one is denied entry into the united states because of their religion. president trump has denied that his order is a muslim ban. several hundred demonstrators showed up at a rally at reagan national airport last night, protesting president trump's executive order barring new refugees. we asked protest organizers why reagan national since no international flights come into or leave out of that airport except for maybe some canadian flights. they said they wanted to demonstrate at the airport used by most members of all airports. ollie the bobcat is back at the national zoo. she had a few days of freedom. >> on the prowl. >> apparently. >> here is a look at the 7-year-old bobcat. zookeepers were finally able to get her back yesterday, used a few treats, apparently. megan mcgrath is live at the national zoo now. megan, people want to see ollie now. any idea when that might happen? >> yeah. people want to see her, but it's not going to happen, not for a while. zoo officials, they say they're in no hurry to return ollie to her exhibit enclosure after galavanting around town for three days. they want to make sure she gets a full veterinary work up to make sure she didn't catch anything that she could pass along to the other bobcats. but take a look at the video. here she is, miss ollie. she's become quite a social media superstar after she escaped on monday morning. people wondering where she was, what she was doing. it's believed that she was, at times in rock creek park. so it was like finding a needle in a haystack. her personality is standoffish. so she wouldn't come if called. she did, however, come back for treats that were placed in a trap on the zoo grounds. she apparently even watched zoo officials as they put the food in that trap. >> i think that it's a great example of her personality is that from where she was trapped, my colleagues and i, as we were putting the traps out, even said amongst ourselves, you know, she's probably sitting here looking at us right now. and as it turns out, she had to be sitting looking at us. >> so food or freedom? ollie went for the food and she's back here at the zoo. back to you guys. >> i'm not mad at her. >> my kind of girl. >> that's right. hundreds of you sharing our story about ollie on facebook, of course. >> a lot of folks reacting on twitter, too. everybody is glad that ollie is safe and you took the opportunity tors so. our long national nightmare is over. >> sassy until the very resist. >> el xhapo fee"el chapo" feels ollie. >> and ollie fought the law and the law won. >> the bobcats may not have been the most popular exhibits at the zoo, but now people will be checking out ollie and the bobcats. >> genius. it's groundhog's day, too, but will punxsutawney phil see his shadow? also this morning, our searry owes moms making money continues. how you can score some extra cash just by blogging. and it could help nab the man accused of kidnapping a my husband wants to stay free from artificial ingredients. my whole family wants to stay free from artificial preservatives. and my debit card wants to stay on a diet. fill your cart with giant's nature's promise brand. great prices on over 800 organic and free-from items. eat well for less. my giant. welcome back. we're talking about a cold start to our thursday, our friday eve. >> it's not that bad. >> speak for yourts yourself. 30s and 40s? >> right here, sheena, it's not that bad. >> you mean in the studio, like inside? >> we actually turned the air-conditioning up. >> that's all him. >> that's because aaron is wearing two or three layers of shirts and the rest of us are not. mhey, we're talking about puns tawny phil today. we have a lot of cloud cover here in pennsylvania and make a few lake-effect snow showers trying to move through. phil should not see his shadow this morning, but you never know. the lights on the cameras sometimes cast a shadow and he goes back in the 44 in the district right now. the morning commute, looking pretty good. 41 degrees by 8:00 578. but noon, 47. dry roads. by this afternoon, upper 40s and breezy, but staying nice and dry. speaking of the roads, let's check them this morning. good morning, melissa. >> hi. right now, have this problem on the road inner loop. a tractor-trailer has been leaking fuel in the right lane. they have a crew there to clean things up. southbound 95, the ramp to dale city, crash block that left lane martinersburg road. ferry rod. due to fire activity, all lanes still blocked. beltway, no problems on the inner lop or outer loop. i'll see you back here in ten minutes. we have new video this morning of a kidnapping suspect. police in the district tell us the man you see right here in the dark suit is accused of kidnapping a georgetown student with all the details on this. justin, bring us up to speed. >> hey there, aaron. good morning. d.c. police want to get fresh eye owes this video. they're hoping someone out there knows this kidnapping suspect who they say stopped his victim here near 34th and "o" streets north and west last thursday in broad daylight demanding cash. let's take you to that fresh video here. there are new close up shots of this suspect here. he's seen hovering and pacing behind his male victim at an atm machine. the victim's panic here is palpable. police say the suspect drove that georgetown student to td and sun trust bank branches off wisconsin avenue and tinley town. these transactions did not go through here and the victim was let go. the suspect, we are told, is in his 30s or 40s, perhaps 5'9" to six foot tall with a black shirt, black suit, black shoes and a gray tie. now, again, in this case the is concern that this could have gone much differently, perhaps much worse. if you are seen this man or seen this suv, give police a call. back in to you. >> justin, thank you. breaking news in montgomery county. >> another drugstore robbed. adam is at the live desk with details. >> this is happening in silver spring. montgomery pris tell us they are investigating an attempted robbery in the 12,000 block of georgia after in silver spring. police tell us they responded to that location about 4:15 this morning. they a suspect in custody. as you know, there have been a string of drugstore robberies in montgomery county recently. we do not know if all of these are connected. we'll update you as soon as we get more information. now to a troubling story for anyone with elderly parents. someone at a retirement community in frederick, maryland, has been diagnosed with residents at the frederick's country meadows retirement community are using bottled water until tests show that the water supply is bacteria free. there are no more advanced passes available for the month of may for the smithsonian museum of african-american history and culture. they were the gone in five hours. the smithsonian says 114,000 passes were made available yesterday morning. you can still try to get same-day passes. there are a limited number of those. they're available online every day starting at 6:30 a.m. or in person on weekdays at 1:00 p.m. these tickets are so hot right now. i'm just going to wait for a couple of years. >> you know what? just say this is eun yang. >> for some reason, that the doesn't work. i'm going to have to call and say i work for aaron gilchrist. maybe that will help me. the national museum of african-american and culture is celebrating its first black history month. >> the first event watts held last night. was a screening of the oscar nominated documentary called "i am not your negro." the film is based on the writings of activist james baldwin. >> issues as related to race that plagued us during the 1960s, '50s, '70s when he was an activist are still with us today. >> the museum opened back in september. it could woim welcome its 1 millionth visitor this month. we've been telling you all week long about some ways local moms are making extra money. did you know you can cash in on social media? >> turn your daily tweeting, facebooking, blogging all that into a business. amy cho talked to a woman who says it makes her thousands each year. >> i tell everybody to start a blog. something to share. >> mom andrea started sharing her story a year ago. she first joined the blogging community for a female support system and then realized it could be a way to support her family. >> there's so many opportunities to work with businesses in the community. they're looking for that target demographic of moms to sell to. >> some of the ways to turn content into cash, getting businesses to sponsor posts about their products, doing sponsored giveaways for readers or holding special events. >> it was amazing. i felt like i wasn't struggling. i had a new job and a new mom and a new mortgage and it all came at the right time for me. one of the tricky things is you have to spend money to make money. before you can attract advertisers, you have to buy advertising of your own to increase your viewership. >> i put a lot of money back into marketing. i really want to build this business and make it as successful as i can. i spent a lot of money >> she says it's the right type of work for her. in fairfax, amy cho, news 4. i think we want to show you some groundhog video. >> or not. >> maybe not? >> yeah. >> there we go. >> he may be more popular -- no. no one is more popular than chuck bell. >> this is last year. >> yeah. it hasn't happened yet this morning. >> today is groundhog day. punxsutawney phil will determine whether spring will get here early. if he sees his shadow, six more weeks of winter. no shadow, phil's hibernation soefr, we get an early spring around the corner. >> yeah. >> okay. we're hoping for lots of cloud cover, though. that's for sure. so at 8:30 this morning, potomac phil will make his prediction. he's known as the national groundhog. there's more than one groundhog to make these determinations? >> oh, yeah. >> so he's going to give us his take on whether we will get an early spring or late winter. do you believe potomac phil, punxsutawney? i'm going to listen to what you had to say. >> i had fairley buck teeth as a kid so i think that led me into being more of a forecaster. i think it was buck chell. >> kids are so cruel. >> look who's laughing now. so i did a little digging back to see how the groundhog has been performing. i missed two out of the last three. >> so great. >> so here is the crowd of people wearing groundhog hats. >> you need a hat like that.the. >> no. no, no, i don't actually need a hat like that. but it's so busy. it's quite the crowd up there in pennsylvania this morning. the chamber of commerce has done a miraculous job of this something. last year, shadow, which would have predicted, of course, an early spring because shadow -- no, shadow means six more weeks of winter. i'm sorry. so what did we get last year? the fourth warmest march on record. it was supposed to be more winter. the year before that, 2015, no shadow, should have been an early spring. 5 inches of snow in march. the only year he's gotten right recently was 2014, shaw the shatdo and said six moweeks of winter and it was our snowiest march on record. two out of the last three have not gone the grourchbd hog's way. this morning, there are snow showers up here that are only about 2 1/2 hours from punxsutawney. they pulled that rat out of the hole somewhere around 7:30 in the morning when the sun is coming up. so that's how it goes. we've got a lot of clouds around. >> he just tells it like it is. >> let's call it what it is umbrellas, you don't need the winter coats. it will be breezy later on this around, but temperatures milder than average. and then tomorrow, cloudy, 43. we have a cooling trend coming our way. highs on saturday will be in the 30s. our chances for rain or snow on sunday are fading away. that is excellent news for all of your super bowl sunday plans. and then we'll turn milder into next week. let's head over to melissa mollet. >> my prediction is there will be a problem somewhere around 6:30 today. let me tell you, that's going to happen. outer loop between connecticut avenue and rockville pike, a brantd new crash reported there. but no slowdowns quite yet. taking a look again, inner loop at central avenue, still have this delay because of the situation on the right side. a disabled tractor-trailer. southbound 95, the ramp to dale city, crash still blocking that left lane. aaron. it is one of the biggest but there are some dangers to all that food you scarfed down on super bowl sunday. what you need to know before digging in on those wings. >> not the wings. >> yes, the wings. why this maryland man says he's us there are times when it's nice that things go up. and it's sometimes even better when things go down. novec, a not-for-profit electric cooperative, provides wholesale power to its customers at cost. any changes in that cost are passed along through an annual power cost adjustment on bills. the average home's power bill from novec will again go down in 2017 by nearly $11 a month. making down a very good direction for power bills. there are times when it's nice that things go up. did you see this? this announcement nearly broke the internet. beyonce and jay-z are expecting twins. she broke it like this on the internet. i almost decided to do it like this, but i decided to do it the traditional way. the couple of course already has a daughter who is blue ivy who after reading the announcement said, oh, >> many of you are planning which snacks you're going to eat on the day of the big game. you may want to be careful, though, just how fast you eat. researchers say people are up to ten -- why are you laughing? people are up to ten times more likely to choke on their food during holidays and major sporting events. those more likely to choke men usually on meat like turkey and chicken and wings. slow down. take smaller bites and enjoy your meal. so much to say, but we are out of time. we will talk about it being thursday and colder as we head towards the weekend. storm team 4 fills you in on the forecast, just ahead. plus, a car crashed into a maryland home. turns out it's not the first or even second time it happened to this homeowner. hear from him, coming pup. and new this morning, father killed in front of his son and police say he was t because of a website you may the bakery flavors you love... 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right now as 5:30. hostages still being held inside a delaware prison. what they're demanding as the situation enters its 18th hour. plus, d.c. up against the gop 37 how a congressman is trying to kill a bill set to take effect in the district. and a news 4 i-team investigation that will make you think twice before you make a going. good morning, earn. i'm eun yang. >> and i'm aaron gilchrist. it is february 2nd. that means it is groundhog day. in just under two hours, punxsutawney phil will be dragged out of that hole at gobbler's knob and he'll tell us how much longer winter will be. >> here at news 4, we have a good team to help us figure out the rest of our day. melissa mollet is watching the roads. >> chuck bell and sheena parveen. >> they've got a countdown clock on this thing now? >> i don't even know why we're here. >> we want to hear from you. >> yeah. sounds like the pennsylvania -- >> there we go. oh, look, i love that movie. >> it's the polka, polka, mocha, yes, indeed. >> it's groundhog day again. and if you're wondering what is the day going to look like, well, we have a which means an early spring and a cloudy start which means an early spring and a cloudy start which will mean an early spring and a cloudy start which will mean an early spring. so if you want to join in on all the fun on social media, we're on twitter. a lot of people excited about the pulling the rat out of the hole comment. with more details on the actual forecast itself, here is sheena parveen. >> i found out today chuck's favorite animal actually is a groundhog. so it's one of those -- you know, he doesn't want to admit it so he calls it a rat. that's what happens. here is a look at the temperatures across the area this morning. fairfax city, 37 degrees. it is a chilly start in some sports. 44 in the district right now. many areas are in the upper 30s, but low 40s, as well. we're going to stay pretty decent. winds will start to increase. look at our temperature chart. as we go through the middle of the day, mid to upper 40s. tonight, temperatures dropping into the 20s. iwi let's take a look at the roads on this morning. >> good morning. new problem here on the beltway, actually. we're talking about the inner loop. now we've got inner loop at the ramp. 198 near 95. crash reported there, as well. don't quite have a direction yet this morning. inner loop at central avenue, this is blocking the side of the roadway. that clean up under way in the right lane is blocked this morning. also on 95, southbound, the ramp to dale city, still have that crash blocking the lane. red line here, single track in between union station and judiciary square. travel times in ten minutes. >> in case you're just waking up, we want to get you up to minute on a developing story. >> some employees being held hoel hostage at a prison in delaware. >> it's a tense situation at a delaware prison as two employees are being held hostage. right now, police are trying to negotiate their release. this is all happening center in symrna. that's about 20 minutes north of the state capital of dover. inmates took four employees hostage. two of them were released yesterday. one of them was injured. there is a statewide lockdown on all prisons in the state of delaware because of all this right now. back to you, aaron. >> all right, adam, thank you. president trump was about 30 minutes from that jail yesterday. >> he flew to tlar to witness the dig phied transfer ceremony of a fallen service member. chief petty officer william ryan owens was killed during a raid sunday on abdomen al qaeda camp in yemen. owens was married with three children. the white house says he was on his 12th deployment when he was killed. several hundred demonstrators showed up for a rally at reagan national airport last night protesting president trump's executive order on immigration. we asked protesters why national since no international flights come in and out of that airport. they say they wanted to demonstrate at the airport used most by members of congress. the president's immigration order is keeping an iraqi lawmaker out of the country. she was keld to visit washington next week to receive a human rights award. it honors her work on behalf of the yaziti people who have been targeted by isis. the group has called her, quote, their most wanted woman. there is a battle brewing between congress and d.c. over the death with dignity bill. congressman chaffitz says they will vote over that bill. the bill passed the d.c. council last year. over the next couple of weeks, we told you about one pedestrian accident after another. back in disease, an alexandria community was rocked when a mother of four was killed when she tried to cross the street. now they're making a push to keep you safe with at mt. vernon and west gleeb road pep pedestrian signs are being add and traffic signals are being change. the city wants to eliminate all traffic-related deaths. in 2016, there were four pedestrian deaths and 242 traffic related injuries in alexandria. now an update to a story about a prince georges county man would got a rude awakening yesterday when a car slammed into the side of his house. we brought you this story on news 4 today. this incident would have been just upsetting for about anybody. but nor for 88 leonard miller. his house has been hit five times. miller has lived in that house since 1971 and he doesn't seem to be too worried about this happening. >> well, no. i'm 88 years old. i'll be 89 in a month and a half. and then if i live after that, then who knows. >> now, that house is being repaired now. miller believes that curve in the road is why there are so many accidents. apparently cars come around that curve too fast and boom, right into his house. >> he sounds like a man of wisdom. >> he's just going to put a target on the house now. >> i want to say a happy early birthday to mr. miller if he's watching. everyone is talking about ollie the bobcat's return. what's next for the national zoo's escape artist? >> and chuck is back with another look at the chilly temperatures coming our way. and signing day was extra special at one local school. why these college announcements have some kids in tear welcome back. it's 5:40. chuck, i'm happy to say i've used my gloves like twice the entire winter. >> really? it hasn't been that bad. i would agree. we've had only five days in the last month that were considered cooler than average. we had one snap in december and another right after new year's. it's a lot of things, but it's not cold this morning. it will be cloudy and seasonably chilly, but not cold at all. some spots south of town could get back into the low 50s today. have your warm coat ready to go. an insulated whipped breaker is about all you're going to need. the daily grade for today, a lot of clouds this morning, but turning breezy later on. those chances for rain drops and snowflakes on sunday are falling a bit. sheena has the whole ten-day forecast coming up. for now, let's go over to melissa mollet. >> right now, single tracking on the red line between union station and judiciary square. causing some delays there in both directions. taking a look here, this is our only problem on the beltsway. inner loop at central avenue. right side of the road is blocked because of that tractor-trailer with the fuel leak here this morning. also now, looking at travel times, 270 inbound is fine. top of the beltway, don't have any major issues there. on 66, inbound and 95 northbound, no worries. remember to listen to wtop 103.5 fm when you hop in your car. new clues in the search for a student. the surveillance video that police hope will track him down. ollie the bobcat is back at home. how does zoo officials catch her and what she she up to? a live report, coming up. plus, a sweet announcement bringing big business to virginia. the major i checked, everything's there... wait a minute... hey... hold on, i can explain. you 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phil! >>ite groundhog take, but ollie the bobcat is stealing the spotlight. >> ollie the bobcat is back at the national zoo this morning. >> megan is at the zoo. what's next for ollie? >> well, definitely the party is over. she's back here at the zoo, but not a fun day ahead. she's going to have to undergo a full veterinary checkup to make sure she didn't catch anything that she would pass along to the other bobcats. that's what is in her immediate future at the zoo. but take a look. here she is, miss ollie, safe and sound back here at the zoo after three days on the lam. it wasn't looking good for a while. was believed she was in the rock creek park which is, of course, a heavily wooded area. it was really like find ago needle in a haystack looking for her. in the end, though, it was ollie's taste for treats t zoo workers put food in the trap on the grounds ovd zoo and ollie, she took the bait. needless to say, everyone here at the zoo is thrilled that she's okay and back home. >> over the moon thrilled. you know, when you find, you know, a member of your family or you find somebody that's been missing, it just kind of fills you with just joy. crazy joy. >> ollie became quite the social media darling. i love this. ollie just lives for the drama. another one, our long national nightmare is over. a lot of people following and commenting on ollie, what she was up to, how she would be found. but ollie is back at the national zoo this morning. back to you guys. >> glad that she's okay. megan mcgrath, thank you, megan. 5:47 is our time you've seen those huge jars and boxes maybe asking for money to support an organization or a cause. so often, you donate your spare change thinking you're doing something good. but do you really know where your money is going? there's a new warning out today about what appear to be donation boxes in stores. but as scott mcfarland and the news 4 i-team shows us, you need to look before you give. >> recently one might have seen these at the checkout counter, boxes filled with candy and the picture of a cute kid or animal up front. the i-team went looking throughout the area and found them in spas, liquor scores and other areas. if you read the money on the box, you'll discover your money isn't going to a charity. but into somebody's pocket. >> the box screams charity but whispers, oh, but it's not. >> and the i-team wanted to see just how often people would put changes in these boxes, so we t people did donate. coming up tonight on news 4 at 11:00, we'll hear what drew people into it and why county officials are now issuing warnings about these boxes. scott mcfarland, news 4 i-team. this morning, we're hearing from a boy who watched his father die during a craigslist sale. this is a story you want to hear before selling something online. florida police say james beck was shot and killed on tuesday as he was selling a dirt bike. tampa police say beck communicated with potential buyers on craigslist and arranged to meet. the men met, shot beck in front of his son and took the bike. >> i got it as a christmas present and i worshipped it. because it came from my dad. and he taught me how to ride. it started as his hobby and it moved on to mine. he always had a smile on his face and he happy. >> police have arrested one man for the murder. they are still searching for a second suspect. there's another app that you may have on your phone called offer you. and thieves apparently are constantly finding new ways to prey on you with this. d.c. police say the offer up app was used to orchestrate a robbery this past weekend. police say the man you see in this video is one of two persons of interest. call police if you recognize him. nbc 4 is working for you. here are some safe way toes use these apps. a lot of police departments, including d.c., have exchange zones inside or near police stations where you can meet up with potential buyers. never meet with anyone alone or at night and do not provide personal information like your phone number or address on online ads. 5:50 now. we have brand new video this morning from south korea where james mattis is making his first trip overseas as secretary of state. mattis talked ab is working on a defense missile system there. mattis says it is necessary to protect against north korea and its nuclear threats. mattis will visit japan while he was a abroad. secretary of state rex tillerson will begin his first day on the job. >> he was sworn in last night. edward lawrence is live on capitol hill. edward, do we have an idea of what he's going to say? >> he's expected to see that they work for the american people, for the interest of the american people. he's going to have to deal with a morale issue. some of the rank and file were a little upset at the travel ban that was in place -- put in place and how it was rolled out. so he's going to have to address those issues. >> national security adviser michael flynn issued a stern warning yesterday, edwards saying that the u.s. is putting them on notice. issued that warning to iran. what does that mean? what led to this? >> exactly. iran is testing president donald trump's international they launched a ballistic missile over the weekend. they also had some rubbles that were backed by iranian guns and money, attack a saudi vessel. so they're going to have to deal with it. the u.s. then put iran on notice is what the kelly general flynn said that all options are on the table and there will be a u.s. response. >> all right, edward lawrence, live on capitol hill for us. edward, thank you. i'll be playing at buoy state university. >> a special day for six high school seniors in ft. washington. they all play for the football team at national christian academy. a national signing day, they announced they are all going to college with scholarships. full rides. >> nice. >> really emotional day for these young athletes. they had a little trouble holding back the tears. why hold it back? let it go, buddy. celebrate. >> the story is even more probable when you learn the academy didn't evene football a few years ago. seniors say it's all about hard work. that's life. administrators say it was simply a blessing. >> you know who else is crying tears of joy? the parents. >> full scholarships. >> they are going to be happy for that later on down the road when they don't have to pay student loans off. >> there are grown people still paying off college loans. >> yeah. >> looking at you guys. today is groundhog's day and i have a fun story. i was looking for this picture, actually, of phil and it's so weird. aaron really likes animals. i found it on aaron's facebook page. >> you found it on my page? >> no. but it's a great picture of phil and since aaron loves groundhog's day, i figured, why not? >> put him up there with phil. >> it's a stressful day for phil today. it is cloudy, but there's a chance he milg back in his hole. morning commute this morning, dry and chilly. the exercise forecast, dry and breezy. that's goo so it's going to be a nice day. but, again, those clouds are around. we'll see what happens when phil comes out of his hole around sunrise this morning. temperatures in the district, 44 degrees. 38 degrees lorton. fredericksburg, 41 degrees. the clouds are around. locally we have the clouds, but we're dry. if you look at punxsutawney, there are the clouds and here come snow showers moving in. really phil shouldn't see his shadow, but i will find out soon. here is future weather as we go through the dayed the. friday, tomorrow, we're going to be colder than today. but also still dry. saturday, dry start to the weekend. sunday, we've been watching this weather system approaching, but now it looks like any snow will stay to the our west and north. either way, it's going to be cold and it's going to feel like football weather by kickoff. 43 degrees. mostly the mid 40s on sunday. seasonal for this time of year. slight chanc 10:30. today, though, 49 degrees, mostly cloudy. then we go into the weekend and we're getting colder. feeling like winter next week. rain and temperatures near 60. let's get a check on the roadways with melissa. >> good morning, sheena. a problem from a different angle, this sinner loop at central avenue. report is tractor-trailer that go the lost some fuel, had an accident on the side of the road so they are trying to clean that up. take a look at those backups. those are building pretty quickly as we're hitting the 6:00 hour and a lot of folks are leaving their houses. allow some extra time. it is on the right side of the roadway still causing slowdowns. crash blocking the southbound lanes, northbound branch avenue near allentown. police activity there. southbound 15 near route 40, crash there. take a look at the beltway. over all, beltway is pretty good here this morning. no massive problems with the exception of that situation on the inner lop. red li between union station and judiciary square also between medical center and grovener. good morning. i'm morgan brennen at cnbc headquarters. ibm's super computer is getting into the tax business. h&r block is teaming up with rows b to identify taxes and deductions uses artificial intelligence. watts kwon has been used to find solutions in retail and other settings. i'm morgan brennan. 5:56. after rurchbing the numbers, nestle decided arlington was the sweetest spot for its newest headquarters. the candymaker is moving its headquarters from rosalycalifor rosalyn. nestle is investing about $40 million and creating 750 new high paying jobs. all right. calm down, everyone. don't listen tll america's favorite breakfast food is not in jeopardy. >> right. >> there had been some reports out there that the country's bacon reserve hit a 50-year low. >> you know you went out and bought like 17 packs. >> the pork industry says not true. they can keep the world demand supplied. so don't worry, your breakfast bacon is here to stay. >> lunch bacon. >> plenty of business out there waiting. >> you see? you don't want to think about it that way. we just want to think of bacon as bacon. still ahead at 6:00, finding success on social media. meet a mom who turned her love of facebook and blogs into a money-making business. plus, new video giving us a better look at a man accused of kidnap ago georgetown student. how you can help police get him off the streets. and we are following developments on a violent prothe test of a california college campus. the latest on a rally that led right now on new 4 today, hostages held inside a prison. new information from the scene of this nearly day long standoff. protests turning violent on a college campus. two students were trying to stop from taking the this. and new clues in a kidnapping investigation. clear surveillance of a man accused of kidnapping a georgetown student. it is 6:00 a.m. >> good morning, everyone. it's groundhog day, february 2nd. we are counting down the minutes now until our friend, punxsutawney phil tells us how much locker we'll be stuck in winter. until then, though, our trusted team, the professionals here at news 4 today, melissa mollet with your news 4 commute. >> we have a feeling sheena and chuck will have more science behind their weather predictions. >> a florida state alum, oklahoma aloum lumbum, i'm pret punxsutawney is a pennsylvania alum. you should probably focus on the science. right now, we've got cloudy skies, no shadows around here locally. breezy as well as colder air starts to filter back in and definitely c

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