Today. You dont think its going to be an early spring, do you . I dont know. I dont think so. But i will say if he sees his shadow, its 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. Lets 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 tractortrailer 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 were 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. Thats 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 theyre concerned about their treatment and the countrys 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 dont 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 dont know yet whether police know who theyre 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 victims 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. Were still working to find out what started that pursuit. Lets 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 Tillersons 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 trumps 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 7yearold 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 its not going to happen, not for a while. Zoo officials, they say theyre 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 didnt catch anything that she could pass along to the other bobcats. But take a look at the video. Here she is, miss ollie. Shes become quite a social media superstar after she escaped on monday morning. People wondering where she was, what she was doing. Its 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 wouldnt 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 its 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, shes 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 shes back here at the zoo. Back to you guys. Im not mad at her. My kind of girl. Thats 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 feeel 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. Its groundhogs 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 giants natures promise brand. Great prices on over 800 organic and freefrom items. Eat well for less. My giant. Welcome back. Were talking about a cold start to our thursday, our friday eve. Its not that bad. Speak for yourts yourself. 30s and 40s . Right here, sheena, its not that bad. You mean in the studio, like inside . We actually turned the airconditioning up. Thats all him. Thats because aaron is wearing two or three layers of shirts and the rest of us are not. Mhey, were talking about puns tawny phil today. We have a lot of cloud cover here in pennsylvania and make a few lakeeffect 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, lets check them this morning. Good morning, melissa. Hi. Right now, have this problem on the road inner loop. A tractortrailer 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. Ill 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. Theyre 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. Lets take you to that fresh video here. There are new close up shots of this suspect here. Hes seen hovering and pacing behind his male victim at an atm machine. The victims 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 59 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. Well 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 fredericks Country MeadowsRetirement 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 africanamerican 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 sameday passes. There are a limited number of those. Theyre 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. Im just going to wait for a couple of years. You know what . Just say this is eun yang. For some reason, that the doesnt work. Im going to have to call and say i work for aaron gilchrist. Maybe that will help me. The National Museum of africanamerican 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. Weve 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. Theres so many opportunities to work with businesses in the community. Theyre 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 wasnt 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 its 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 hasnt 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, phils hibernation soefr, we get an early spring around the corner. Yeah. Okay. Were hoping for lots of cloud cover, though. Thats for sure. So at 8 30 this morning, potomac phil will make his prediction. Hes known as the national groundhog. Theres more than one groundhog to make these determinations . Oh, yeah. So hes going to give us his take on whether we will get an early spring or late winter. Do you believe potomac phil, punxsutawney . Im 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 whos 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 dont actually need a hat like that. But its so busy. Its 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. Im 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 hes 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 hogs 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 thats how it goes. Weve got a lot of clouds around. He just tells it like it is. Lets call it what it is umbrellas, you dont 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 well turn milder into next week. Lets head over to Melissa Mollet. My prediction is there will be a problem somewhere around 6 30 today. Let me tell you, thats 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 tractortrailer. 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 hes us there are times when its nice that things go up. And its sometimes even better when things go down. Novec, a notforprofit 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 homes 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 its nice that things go up. Did you see this . This announcement nearly broke the internet. Beyonce and jayz 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 youre 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