Good morning. Yes, we do have rain around early, but the good news is its going to clear pretty quick. I think well be back. Plenty of sunshine coming our way this afternoon. Springtime is messing with our heads a little bit here. It kind of is and its going to be a little bit more of a winter taste in the air as we go into the weekend. We have changing temperatures over the next few days here. Heres a look at the radar. The rain quickly moving across 95 into Charles County now. Its starting to leave quantico. Fredericksburg a little bit lighter now. A lot of this rain starting to come to an end. As we go through the day today you can expect more in the way of sunshine, windy conditions. Temperatures really warming up even a mild start this morning. Good morning, chuck. You betcha. 35 is an average low temperature for this time of the year so were already some ten to 15 it will be another very mild afternoon and even with the rain chances here early this morning we are definitely looking for a mild finish to the day. Current winds though, winds out of the west and the northwest gusting as high as 30mileperhour or more at times. So as the kids are going out to the bus stop, between now and 7 00 a. M. Still a risk of a couple of passing showers but we should be blowing the rain drops out of here and blowing the clouds out of here as well by late into the afternoon. A peek at the weekend forecast because i know thats what youre caring most about, coming up in a few more minutes. It was the march that sparked a movement and today the organizers are encouraging women across the country to stay home from work and there are a lot of ways the march could impact you. We want to give you a look at what you need to know about todays women a day without a woman event. The organizers of the march on washington want women to stay home and take the day off from paid and unpaid labor. The group wants to call attention to wage inequality, gender discrimination and job insecurity. Across the world day is International Womens day. Women in more than 50 countries plan to strike to raise awareness about gender violence, reproductive lights, labor rights and environmental protection. Women are also asked to avoid shopping and in stores and online. The exception is shopping at local Small Businesses and women and minority owned companies. Now, women and men are being encouraged to wear red today as well. Red represents revolutionary love and sacrifice and has a history with the labor movement. Men are also being asked to help with domestic chores and care giving. Theyre being encouraged to rally for equal pay and other work place issues for women, with women and you can also find a list of all the different events happening today on the nbc washington app. Held today as well and two events will have a noticeable impact on the district. At 11 00 this morning women plan to march from Freedom Plaza to the white house. Then at 3 30 this afternoon supporters plan to march down c from the u. S. Department of labor to John Marshall park. It has also sparked some local schools to shut down for the day. Those include Prince Georges County, center city Public Schools and alexandria Public Schools. Erika is live in Prince Georges County with a look at why some districts made the call to close as well as those charter schools. Reporter thats right. So were here at pointer ridgel men trischool. This elementary school. This is a call based on numbers. When you are missing 1,700 teachers and about 30 of your transportation staff, how do you function . Those numbers by dr. Kevin maxwell, ceo of schools in Prince Georges County. Maxwell said the county could not provide safe and productive learning without adequate staff and went on to apologize for the inconvenience. This also impacts some schools in d. C. And northern virginia. A day without a woman boycott organizers, the same ones behind the womens march on washington that happened right after the election are calling for a oneday strike around the world. To spotlight the role women play in society and suggest women take part in rallies and marches near then. The boycott is also expected to have a huge impact on local businesses. For more on that angle, you can read the story on my facebook page. Were live in Prince Georges County this morning. Back to you. All right. Thank you. Now, the closures have a lot of parents scrambling to find child care today. There is some relief for parents in alexandria. The citys out of school ti this morning until 6 00 tonight. There is a walkin fee of 15 and children should bring lunch and snacks. We have a list of available rec centers in our app. Skr local businesses are also dealing with the impact. The owner of a pizzeria is giving women at her business the day off and will only offer half a menu. I have this opportunity. I have this platform. I have this community that i lead, and so this is its been my choice to lead in this way. Some customers we talked to say they werent aware of the protest and dont have plans to attend, but others say theyre in full support. If you missed the schools that are closed today theyre scrolling on the bottom of your screen. You can also find the latest on closures and delays in the nbc washington app. Search day without a woman. Its now 5 06. Terrible images of a deadly crash across mourn with the people of this tragedy. We are hearing from some of the witnesses. These were people that were up close, got a personal look at this horrific scene. Take a listen. The ones who did get deceased, they got stuck in the door and when the train hit it was pretty much it was pretty much end of that. They kind of got flung out from there, so it was definitely, you know, it was a disturbing scene. One person saying it sounded like a huge explosion. Photos of the mangled bus here. That bus being towed away after being struck, pushed 300 feet down the track. Four people died. Many people on board were hurt. Some people were cut from that wreckage and we also know that one person was trapped underneath the train and had to be rescued. Officials at this point still not sure why the tour bus got stuck and was a lot of Senior Citizens were on this bus. They were taking a trip to a casino. The ntsb going to join the federal Railroad Administration investigating this. Looking at the time in about an hour or so they plan to brief the media before they depart to that scene there. Back to you, aaron. All right. Thank you. Its 5 08. Now to President Trumps first 100 days. As many women will be taking the day off today the first lady will host a luncheon at the white house. The gathering will mark International Womens day. The president has said that his wife will focus on womens issues as part of her platform. In the oval office this afternoon President Trump will have a closed door meeting with elijah cummings. The two are expected to discuss ways to make medications more affordable. Lawmakers will begin debating the bill meant to replace the Affordable Care act. Some of the toughest opposition could come from other republicans. Why not all conservatives are getting on board. Team work helped to catch the man who killed a Security Guard at Potomac Mills mall. Police say he killed a Security Guard outside the Burlington Coat factory. Someone spotted him in d. C. Jed morning a yesterday morning called 911. He gave me a description head to toe. I stayed on the line. When i heard an officer in the background, he stated to me, hes running. So i said if hes running thats him. Sharon jones says she praised the caller for doing the right thing. Hell stay here in d. C. Until hes extradited back to virginia. Its been a tough year at West Lake High School and today students and staff will honor four seniors who died. Two were killed in a crash last friday. The c t speeding. Hicks was shot and killed in a parking lot behind a Movie Theater in october. And another senior, caleb horn also died suddenly last july. Students and staff are planning a vigil from 6 00 to 7 00 tonight in the West Lake Stadium to remember their classmates. Well, this was something youd see in a movie, but it happened at the viesmo take a look at the scene here. Prince georges county police say a burglary suspect tried to avoid getting arrested yesterday evening by climbing into the ceiling of the theater. He came down but not before causing a whole lot of damage. Officers say every time he moved pieces of the Ceiling Tiles would fall. The mans name has not been released. As we mentioned you are going to notice some gusts of wind if youre leaving for work soon. Thats not all though. Some of you might see some rain. Yeah. If youre anywhere up through the district youve been dealing with rain especially along 95. Thats quickly going to clear though and todayre mild, sunny and windy. Big changes for the weekend. Chuck and i are back with a look at your forecast coming up. And it is the wiki lead report that might have you rethinking using a lot of your appliances. How to know if things maybe your tv or echo are spying on you. And pounding off the pounds a. New exercise trend i prodders, shuckersers, and sniffers, [ inhales ] all giant produce is triple checked. Farm, crate, and store. Were focusing on fresh. So you dont have to guess. My giant. We have breaking news right now that could impact your morning commute. Melissa mollet in first 4 traffic. 95 southbound at triangle here. Just the left lane getting by. We still have a pretty big backup there. Right now 1. 25 miles. Earlier crash at quantico, still left lane getting by as well in those southbound lanes at 95. Checking in with chuck bell right now, well take a look at that weekend forecast. Good morning. Yes, indeed, all eyes towards the weekend as aaron mentioned its hump day today and were getting closer and closer. Dont get used to the mild weather. 71 yesterday and sheena is back with a look at your thursday and friday, but your weekend, heres what we know with great certainty. It will be way cold around here this weekend. Everyone below freezing by saturday morning. Saturdays high only upper 30s. Still tracking a chance for rain maybe some wet snow flakes early on sunday. By sunday afternoon windy and cold. Temperatures running 20 to 30 degrees below average. It is 5 15 now. Manuel noriega is in Critical Condition after undergoing two brain surgeries. He suffered a hemorrhage from removing a benign brain tumor. They had to do another surgery to stop the bleeding. He was ousted by u. S. Invasion and jailed in the u. S. On drug charges. Its been three years since a plane went missing over the sea the south china sea. This remains one of the worlds strangest modern mysteries. Malaysia Airlines Flight disappeared on march 8, 2014, exactly three years ago today. 239 people were on board. A lawsuit filed last week claims the plane crashed because of a series of catastrophic failures including a loss of electricity on board. It is impossible to know exactly how the plane crashed because the black boxes were never recovered. You are looking at footage from the 2011 massive magnitude 9 earthquake off japans coast. It killed more than 15,000 people. Japan will commemorate the anniversary of that disaster on saturday. Tsunami waves towered 13 to 16 feet high and crashed through homes. Thousands of people were left homeless. The earthquake is one of the five most powerful ever recorded in the world. The latest hack of american secrets may hit closer to home than others wikileaks is suggesting all of your devices could be turned into listening devices by the cia uses to exploit vulnerabilities in software devices. Its designed to bypass encrypted messaging apps. One explained how to eves drop on conversations picked up by smart tvs even when they appear to be turned off. When you see something that is billed as internet connected, be it a car, a home, a light switch, whatever, just remember that that also potentially means hacker connected. Nbc news has not confirmed the authenticity of the 8,700 documents released by wikileaks. The cia has no comments and these latest revelations have many people worried spies are listening all the time. Intelligence experts say the spying tools would have been used exclusively for foreign surveillance, but you can protect your privacy by covering your camera on your unplugging the microphone. Experts also suggest changing passwords on smart tvs, cameras and other devices as often as you change your computer pass word. In knew for your health now, researchers at Colorado State university are trying to help families make healthier food choices. Researchers are using software that tracks the angle of the pupil and the cornea in your eye. They then study how the eye moves around boxes in Grocery Stores. Theyre hoping to use that information to see if color coded nutrients or a different layout would warrant better food choices. The fda is considering rolling this out next year. Well, did you stay up last night watching this is us . Dont tell me. Im going to watch it. The hit nbc drama puts a spotlight on one characters battle with weight loss. Were joined with a look at how the show is inspiring an what do you get when you take some drumsticks, some pulsing music and a group of people . In this case, not a rock concert, but a pound class. Find that rhythm, guys. Yes, thats kate pearson, a character on the hit nbc show this is us in a pound class. Take it up and in. But you dont need to be in a tv show or even travel to l. A. To try this yourself. These women are pounding in the basement of christians home in great falls, virginia. Not only is pound cardio, but theres also a lot of moves where its isometric poses and also pilates. Shes been an instructor for years. She also plays the drums. When her husband suggested she become a pound instructor, it made sense. I playing of the drums along with fitness. She says teaching those pound classes has made her a better drummer. Ill have more on the pound class and the Surprising Health benefits that one woman found after just one class. And a reminder we always hear its important to consult your doctor if you plan to change your exercise routine. I think it gets out the aggression too. If you want to get caught up on watching this is us, you can watch it here on tuesday nights. It is really a superb show. I want to get back to the breaking news on the roads. 95, whats going on . We still have a one plus mile backup here. 95 southbound at triangle. Still have that crash on the right side of the roadway and youre only getting by there on the left. We were shut down for some sometime. Also getting by on the right side 95 south at brandy wine road east, we have some wires down. Wires down also in darnestown. 118 west of darnestown road and downtown riggs road west of south dakota avenue. Beltway and main routes into town and out of town, overall were okay with the exception with that problem on 95. Thank you. We are talking about the weather because man, its weird because its warm and then these crazy winds, i dont know whats going on. Whats going on . I dont know. Its confusing. Stop yelling at me eun and aaron. Its confusing. This morning though, yes, we have its kind of like one of those summer mornings where you have the storms around but we have some rain. It is getting very windy outside. Heres a look at the radar. We have the showers around still. Now leaving 95. So that is good for the morning commute. Wood bridge seeing the rain starting to move away. Its moving into Charles County. Acro rain, so nothing very heavy even around the district. The lighter rain still is coming to an end slowly but the winds behind this rain, those are going to be gusting as we go through the day today. Already gusting right now. Camp springs, annapolis, culpepper closer to 30 and as we go through the day today we will continue with the wind. Temperatures in the mid to upper 40s so its mild outside. Future weather clearing us out and we go i think through the next couple of hours. Friday morning, well have a slight chance of a shower. We go into sunday, theres that snow chance way to our south. No big snow chances here any time soon now. Take a look at the temperatures. Normal high is 53. Look what happens as we go into the weekend. In the 60s today and tomorrow. 40s friday and then upper 30s as we go into saturday. Today though, were going to stay in the upper 60s and there you see it across the board. Chance of a shower friday, the weekend though, much colder. Slight chance to our south on chuck and i will be back in just a bit. All right. Thank you. Lets go back to breaking news on the actually well tell you about more of the breaking news on the roads, but first more on an attack on a hospital in kabul. Well bring an update from the live desk in a minute. And were working for you on this day without a woman. How the movement could impact you, especially if you have school aged ildren. Chyo okay, we have one more. Cant wait to see what it is. giggling now dont worry, hes totally gonna grow into it. And soon its gonna be college and books and fees and housing oh, the miracle of life [narrator] tame the tuition monster with the gift of virginia529, perfect for any occasion. Visit virginia529. Com. Deadly attack on a hospital. Angie is at the live desk with breaking news out of afghanistan. Footage out of the capital city of kabul showing the aftermath of explosions at a military hospital. This is not far from the u. S. Embassy. A suicide bomber blowing himself up and three gunmen storming the medical facility. Three were killed, up to the taliban denying responsibility for the attack. Now back to you. Could a mild winter mean an earlier summer for students . Ahead at 5 30, the petition to a local School District to end school early. And todays storm team 4s forecast. Temperatures are going to be plummeting as we head toward the weekend. That forecast in a few minutes. Tracking rain drops along to th