Any verbiage with the word friday in it, though, makes it sound a lot better, so little friday, friday eve, we like it all. It is cold this morning. Feels like temperatures, guiltiersburg feels like 21 degrees right now in the district. Feels like 26. Clinton, down to 19 degrees. It is cold across the area. Its going to stay chilly through the day today. Nice sunshine, though, setting up for us. Not as windy as yesterday. Around lunchtime 43 degrees. Lets see the four things you need to know before you walk outside. Good morning, everybody. I took this picture yesterday down near the tidal basin. Those cherry trees are just about ready. It depends on which tree you look at. I pick the same tree every year so its officially calibrated. This one here, just about ready to come out. Should be out in full bloom on saturday. Four things to know, number one, as sheena mentioned, its freezing outside this morning. Do the area and a little bit of a breeze. So a noticeable windchill. Milder weather moves in starting tomorrow. That warm air comes in with maybe a sprinkle of a chance tomorrow. Most of your outdoor plans on friday wont be affected. One more morning with the big puffy koed coat on and the hat, as well. There will be sunshine delays for those eastbound commuters. There will be, absolutely. And i have that scarf this morning. Seat heaters on for me. 66 and 95, no big issues right now. 95 and maryland here at punished pa powder mill road, northbound and southbound looking pretty good right now. And rock creek parkway north of virginia avenue, only construction we have left here this morning, left lane getting by that bridge work in each direction. Eun. Thank you, melissa. Time is 5 02. Developing right now, the murder midwest of of a young, aspiring photo is their person of interest. Megan mcgrath joins us now from where the womans body was found. Megan, good morning. Well, good morning. You can see behind me here that days the later, police are still here watching over the crime scene. We still have crime scene tape up cordoning off the entrance to this basement apartment. Now, late last night, investigators released new information, that person of interest photo. Take a look. It shows a man walking into a Convenience Store in the 5,000 block of garrett avenue in beltville in Prince Georges County. Karina meal was found dead in her basement apartment on tuesday. She had been stabbed to death. The 34yearold artist was in d. C. Assisting mel chin with a project he was working on. She was last seen sunday night at the Corcoran School of arts and design. Anyone would want to hurt her stepdaughter. She lived her life so fully. She worked so hard for other people. She was an amazing artist. She cared about people. Take a look at this person of interest photo again. Taken at a Convenience Store in Prince Georges County in the beltsville area. Police want to talk to this individual. So if you have any information, contact them. Police are also looking for karina meals car. It is a blue 2004 toyota prius with kentucky plates. The license plate is 722 rmy. So youve seen those photos. If you have anying information, b either about the person seen in that surveillance photo or the car, youre asked to call police. Back to you all in the studio. Megan, thank you. In d. C. , police say a man is in Critical Condition follo this happened last night at an Apartment Building on barnaby street southeast. Police say they were respond to go a shooting call when they found the man with the gun. The struggle between an officer and that man led to the shooting. The mans name and other details have not been released. It is now 5 05. London is on high alert after that deadly attack outside of parliament. British foreign minister Boris Johnson will be in new york today visiting the united nations. He will probably be asked about the attack and the response. There are several new developments since this story first broke. Erika gonzalez is at the live desk with details. An early start the in london. Here is what we just learned from investigators. After conducting multiple searches, British Police arrested seven people in connection with the attacks in london. This is new video of the raids conducted overnight. However, Police Believe the main attacker acted alone and tha by international terrorism. Four people have died, including the attacker and seven are in Critical Condition after a four by four slammed into a crowd of people on Westminster Bridge and that attacker with a knife went after a Police Officer outside parliament. We mupt allow terrorists to sew discord and fear in our city. Prime minister theresa may condemned the attack as a sick and depraved terrorist attack. President donald trump among the World Leaders offering condolans. Back to you. Six minutes after the hour now and the countdown is on for House Republicans to strike a deal on a new Health Care Plan. A vote is expected to happen tonight on capitol hill. The big concern now is with whether the American Health care plan has enough support to House Republican res making last minute changes to the bill. Some lawmakers are lobbying President Trump and the white house to make changes that would be imposed on insurance companies. The president will meet with the conservative Freedom Caucus this morning to hammer out a deal before a vote. At least 28 republicans are leaning towards voting no on the plan. The Health Care Plan needs 215 votes to pass. Coming up, well look into the blockbuster claim from the House Intelligence Committee chairman. He says President Trumps Transition Team and possibly the president himself were inadd a veteranly surveilled following the election. Vasesy pots will tell us the next steps in the investigation. Former president barack obama is reaching his first post president ial milestone here in d. C. Starting tomorrow, his portrait will be included in the National Portrait galleries, iconic exhibits americas president s. This is the only complete collection of president ial portraits outside the white house. You can see the exhibits through september really with a visit. Set to vote on a plan set to increase fares and cut service. Iffite approved, youll need to pay an extra 25 cents. Metrorail will cost you an extra 10 cents during peak hours and 25 krevents more during off peak hours. There will likely be longer wait times for trains. This plan is had to help metro close a nearly 300 million budget gap. New fares will take effect in july. Congratulations to team usa. Erika gonzalez has more with this huge win today. The world baseball classic finally over. And team usa, you are looking at champions right there. They beat undefeated puerto rico 80. And the game was play on the west coast and it ended about 1 00 in the morning. This is the first time usa was in the final and its the first championship for them, as well. Opening day, less than two wee april 3rd against the marlins. The world baseball classic is the number one trending thing in our area right now. Back over to you. Very cool. Erika, thank you. Cherry blossom bud thats survived last weeks snow and cold are now getting ready to bloom. Just so to make it through todays cold blast. Hopefully theyll be okay after that. The National Parks Service Recently tweeted the blossoms have reached their fifth or six stages. Thats the puffy white stage. Theyre expected to reach their peak bloom this weekend. Look out for that. It will be a nice weekend to get out. Hopefully those blossom res going to make it. Especially after todays cold. It is cold this morning, but hopefully a lot of them can just kind of, you know, get through the morning because the afternoon is not going to be too bad. Around 50 and sunny. Temperatures, though, when you walk outside are in the 20s right now for part of the area. Warm jacket this morning. Big warmup chuck and i are back to talk more about that, coming up. It is the video that had people glued to the screen. An alabama woman escaping from her trunk. This morning, were learn background a Major Development in this case. And its a prank some Officials Say could be deadly. What they want you too void welcome back. 5 13. Several bears spotted in the area of balls ford road and jacksonville avenue in manassas. Even the if you dont live in this area, you should know how to prevent a bear from walking into your yard. Here are four things to know. Im serious. You dont want a bear in your yard. Im not going to try and stop them, either. Dont store trash in cars, porches or decks. Consider installing electric fences around the dumpsters. Bring your pets inside at night. Thats a big one. And keep a respectful distance if you encounter a bear. And respectful could be a Long Distance when youre talking about a ferocious animal. Make yourself big, right . No, im running that way every time. I try to keep my contact with wild animals to a bear mi bear. Oh, chuck. Anyway outside the school day forecast, kids, if youre heading out to the bus stop this morning, heavy coats required. Temperatures down in the mid to upper 20s for most. So a cold on start, up to the near 42 degrees. This afternoon, youll like it. It will be on the cooler than average side with highs near 50. But sunshine and not much of a breeze. It will be a plus well, maybe a minus weather. Metro, all lines running on time right now. Mr. Gilchrist says we hit the 5 00 a. M. Hour, but everything is looking good there. 270 at old hundred, everything rolling along just fine. Same thing on 66 this morning. 95 here, quantity toe to the beltway, youre also on time. If youre headed outbound, youre fine, as well. A tiny slow down there through wood bridge. Coming up on 5 15. New overnight, a baltimore man could be face ago hate crime charge for killing a black man. James Harris Jackson spent the night in jail in new york. Jackson went there with the sole purpose of killing black men. He stabbed one man to death with a sword earlier this the week. He turned himself in after he saw security footage on tv. Jackson said he hated black men for daek aid. He has only been charged with Second Degree murder so far. The roanoke man who drove through a white house gate claiming he had a bomb is shedding back to court. Shawn kielhan made his First Court Appearance on monday. Hes charged with threatening and conveying false information concerning the use of an explosion. This is a federal charge and he could face max mull of ten years in prison. By now, youve seen this incredible video of a woman jumping out of the trunk of a car to save her life. Knowing that man who kidnapped her is behind bars. Towns kidnapped digs, stuffed her in the trunk and drove around to several atms trying to withdraw money tr her account. Digs is grateful for the quick work in arresting her attacker. It definitely gives me some piece of mind. I still have a lot of hills, but at least knowing that hes not out there is a better feeling. The one big lesson diggs want people to learn from this understand b is to find out where the release latch is in the trunk of your car in case you ever have to use it. D. C. Police asking for your help in locating a missing teen. This is 17yearold catherine hunter. She was last seen on tuesday on mississippi avenue in southeast. She had on a blue skirt rather a blue shirt, khaki pants and a purple jacket. If you see her, give police a call. A room packed full of people and emotions ran high last night at the at the where are they now forum. The crowd wanted answers about increased missing teens in the district. Many of them leave on their own and bowsers administration is trying to find out why. Are our kids leaving . There are no leads in missing children cases. Despite rumors, they cannot connect these cases to human trafficking. A woman will receive more than 5 million for a fairfax burned during a fire at the hospital in 2013. Her civil suit alleged that the fire started when her surgeon used an electrical surgeon tool while she was wearing an oxygen mask. You may have seen some posts on social media encouraging iphone users to ask siri about the number 108. Well, dont do it. Thats the message from Law Enforcement officials because it will actually make a call to 911. Apple designed the system to recognize emergency numbers from anywhere in the world and that number is used in india. Officials say the prank will only tie up important emergency lines. And i know people are going to think its funny. Its not funny. Theyre too busy saving lives so please dont do that. Getting officials trained in cpr can seem like a commitment, but the lives saved with the technique are most likely to be someone you love. A local group is now working to make learning the basics more convenient. But for those people who have having a party. But it may not be what you think about when you think of party. If we had an infant or a small person under the age of 1, initially were going to start by supporting the head and puttinging them in a dependent position. Today we had a party which is an hour to an hour and a half cpr and ade awareness party. The parties are typically held in someones hoeld home and theyre taught by a certified instructor. Each participant gets a chance to learn how to use an aed and perform compression owes daummy. The cpr party was started by laura metro after her young son almost drown. Ill have more on her story and what cpr parties are all about tonight on news 4 at 5 00. All right. 5 19 right now. Sheena is back with us. So if we can get through a little chill today, we start to work our way up, right . We are og only goingph excellent news. Im very happy about this. Today its cold this morning. Well rebound to near 50 this afternoon. Compared to the 20s, it is. Then tomorrow, the 60s and this weekend, the 70s on saturday. Its going so be so nice to start the weekend, even sunday looks really good. Warm jacket this morning. Were in the 20s in many areas, but many areas are feeling like the 20s. Not as windy as yesterday. So thats about. Warmer tomorrow than today. We do have a small rain chance, though, in the areas with as we go into tomorrow. Mostly early in the day. Then we have the 70s returning as we go into saturday. So plan for that because thats going to be a really nice day. Feels like 26 degrees right now in the district. Frederick feels like 23. Gaithersburg, as well. Look at martinsburg. Feeling like 19 degrees right now. Clinton, 19. Lorton feels like 26 degrees. Now, your commute is looking nice and dry. By noon, 43 degrees. By 5 00 p. M. , around 50. Nice, doa today, were going to be around 50. Tomorrow, 63. Look at saturday, 76 degrees. Sunday were at 68 degrees. Sunday is going to be dry most of the day, but rain later on. Dry right now, but as we go through the afternoon, we do stay dry. Its fridays rain chances that were watching. But just an isolated chance of rain earlier in the day. We have late rain that will start to move in on sunday. Lets check the roads on this thursday, almost friday. Almost friday. Were all looking ahead, especially to saturday with that beautiful weather. Beltway right now, looking good still. No major problems. Everything is rolling along here just fine this morning. Same situation. Again, 66 and 95 are nice and clear right now. Well let you know here and on twitter at first 4 traffic is anything happens. Live look at your beltway at arena drive of the inner loop and outer loop. 95 from 32 down to the beltway, youre nice and clear. Same situation if youre headed twal equal pay for equal work, when women can expect to make the same as men. Its not what you want to do when you meet the pope. The fashion faux pas one little girl made. And remember, you can catch el. En right here on news 4 later today. Shes welcoming greys anatomy star ellen pompeo. The show gets under way add 3 00 right here on news 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. Oh, okay. A 3yearold girl from atlanta met pope francis and just decided to grab the hat off his head. The pope was blessing children after his weekly audience with stella west today rick went for it. Pop francis and his aides got a good laugh out of it. And i assume he got the hat back, too. Hes very 3yearolds just do what they want to do. Its tough. Okay. Well, a new study says some women may never see equal pay in their lifetimes. Isnt that depressing . The new findings come from the womens policy research. The study says the wage gap in north dakota, utah, louisiana and wyoming will not close until sometime in the next century. If the Current Trends today, florida would be the first state to close the wage gap, but thats not expected to happen until 2038. Facially, women make about 80 cents for every dollar earned bay man. 5 26 now. Plan ago gourmet meal is nearly impossible during the week. Now amazon is helping you cook like martha stewart. Her meal kits are available in washington via amazon fresh. Prime members can only just one meal and have the kit delivered the same day. With amazon fresh, you dont have to subscribe to these meal kits so if you dont like it, youre not stuckit meals. So thats beneficial. Because some of these other programs, you have to do weeks at a time. Yeah. I did one and ended up with boxes of food sitting in my refrigerator. I could use that food. I have a lot of mouths to feed. Youre going to notice the big change in temperature when you head out the door this morning. Theater. Another cold start this morning. Now this is our 12th morning below freezing at National Airport this month. We only had nine freezes in the whole month of february. So yes, indeed, march colder than february so far. Details, coming up. The house takes on health care, but President Trumps new plan good morning, everyone. Im eun yang. And im aaron gilchrist. Welcome to this thursday morning. We are going to get a check on your ride into work in just a minute with melissa mollet. But first, we want to start with sheena and chuck. Good morning. Warm jacket this morning. It is cold out there. Yeah. Puffy coat weather continues for at least one more morning, but the warming trend arrives starting tomorrow. Outside right now, a clear sky and a cold start to the day for sure. Not a lot of wind, but the little bit of a breeze we have has windchills back down into the upper teen toes low and mid 20s. So definitely a warm coat feels like 26 in washington. 27 in fredericksburg. But only 19 up in the panhandle of west virginia. So as youre plan ought the day, a frigid start. Temperatures could easily get into the mid to upper 30s just before lunchtime. Outdoor recess for the kids today. Afternoon highs, upper 40s to near 50 degrees. So similar temperatures as yesterday, but nowhere near as windy. Still, walking on the sunny side of the street, never a bad idea. I have to do that to stay warm almost all the time, chuck. 270 northbound and southbound, dont have any problems. Seeing the tiniest slowdown as youre approaching 85 there. But other than that, no major delays. Beltway, inner loop and outer loop just fine. The typeniest stloe slowdown on the inner loop after 50. Dont have any reports of anything, but if we do, well keep you updated. Metro, all lines writ now are running on time. Aaron. It is 5 32. Here a d. C. Police searching for this person of interest in the killing of karina meal. The artist was found stabbed to death in an apartment on 14th street northeast. Meal was last seen sunday night at the Corcoran School of the arts where he she worked. Police in britain say they have arrested several people following an attack outside on wednesday. There were multiple raids in the uk overnight. Four people including the attacker and a Police Officer were killed and police say the attack was an act of terrorism. There will be a moment of silence in london in just a few minutes. And today, youll find out whether youll have to dig deeper into your pockets to pay for metro fares. The agencys board will take a final vote on a plan to increase fares anywhere from 10 to 25 cents. Well, it is a big day on capitol hill. The vote on the new Health Care Plan. The countdown is on for House Republicans to strike a deal on a new plan. A vote is expected to happen later tonight on capitol hill. Erika room with exactly what lawmakers are worried about. The big concern now is whether the American Health care plan even has enough support among House Republicans to pass. President trump was on the phone all night. Hes meeting with the freedom conservative caucus this morning to hammer out a deal before a vote. This as lawmakers are lobbying President Trump and the white house to change regulations that would be imposed on insurance companies. No democrats are set to vote on the plan b and at least 28 republicans are leaning towards voting no on the plan. Remember, they can only stand to lose 21. The white house admits there is no plan b if this vote fails. This is the only train leaving the station. Theres plan a and plan a. Were going to get this done. The Health Care Plan needs 215 votes to pass. Back to you. And we are learning more about how Police Tracked down a group of men accused of la virginia gun stores. Take a look at surveillance video. Three suspects appeared in federal court in alexandria yesterday. A fourth suspect connected to the crimes helped lead agents to the other three. Dozens of guns were stolen, apparently. So far, only one gun has been recovered. Prosecutors are not yet saying whether a break yun with at united gurns in rockville, maryland, is connected to the three Northern Virginia cases. And today, a Prince William county Police Officer who died on her first day on the job will be honored. The valor awards ceremony happening today in Prince Williams county. Glendon was shot and kill last year respond to go a Domestic Violence call in woodbridge. Officers jessie hempin and david mccuen were hurt in that shooting. They will also be honored today. Officer Ricardo Biddy is in the business of saving lives, but recently he needed someone to save his. He talked to his best friend, phil martin, just about every day. But during a recent. Martin, who happened to be an emt, could sense that something was wrong. He called 911 and rushed to biddys home. Biddy was unconscious in his Prince Georges County Police Cruiser suffering from Carbon Monoxide poisoning. At an awards ceremony yesterday, he said their bond is Even Stronger now. To see your best friend saved your life, its remarkable. Ill be froefr grateful to him. The two Terror Networks that may be working together. Its a move tra created a lot of flack surrounding fafsa. Why Officials Say they were forced to remove a tool that makes applying for Financial Aid easier. And on a scale of 1 to 5, where does your son or Daughters School rank . A local district that will start rating schools. A religious discrimination case involve ago virginia mosque is going before a judge. The the Islamic Center of culpepper wants to build a new mosque on this land just outside of culpepper. Yesterday, a federal judge in charlottesville held a pretrial hearing. The Justice Department and the aclu filed a discrimination lawsuit against the board denied the center a sewage permit needed to build that mosque. County leaders say their decision is based solely on land use issues. Earlier this month, the Islamic Center filed their own lawsuit against the county. Were learning more about that electric eks ban on some flights headed to the u. S. Auto senior Law Enforcement official tells nbc news isis may be getting help from al qaeda. The Electronics Ban affects flights from ten mostly middle eastern airports. The ban was ordered after intelligence found out that isis operatives wanted to plant explosives inside things like laptops. Last year, a similar style attack blew a hole in a plane over somalia. Passengers will have to check their large devices. It becomes much more difficult to carry out a successful attack if the device is not located on the person of the individual carrying out the attack. Now, small devices like cell phones will be allowed. Britain has also joined the some middle eastern airport toes check their laptops and their tablets. Another blockbuster claim when it comes to wiretapping and President Trump. What the president has to say about the claims. And students on edge after a fellow classmate was raped in a school bathroom. The threat made on the heels of that disturbing crime. And its officially get to go be that time of the year to go down to the tidal basin and take a look at the Cherry Blossoms. Tomorrow, not a bad day to go down there. A lot of clouds, maybe a sprinkle or two tomorrow. But towards the weekend, saturday looks like it will be near perfect weather for going to the basin. The blossoms should be coming to peak near saturday afternoon. Saturday looks like it will be the better day. Time out those sunday rain chances, too. All that is just ahead. Right now in northwest washington, we have a couple of road closures. Oull talk abt that and travel okay, we have one more. Cant wait to see what it is. 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. Students, teachers and parents on edge. The new threat to a Montgomery County school just days after a freshman was raped on wampus. And a warning for anyone using uber. One man pretended to be a driver. How to keep yourself safe if you use this service. A followup story, impacting a lot of parents and college students, the crime that Officials Say the behind the recent change when it comes to applying for student aid. Sgloots 16 before the hour right now. Montgomery county is now at the center of a nationwide debate on immigration. And students seem to be caught in the middle. Parents are wondering whether the School System can keep their kids safe after a rape and bomb threat. News 4s justin finch is live outside of Rockville High School now with the changes both inside and outside of the school. Justin, good morning. Good morning, eun. For concerned parents and students, rockville high is working to restore a sense track of the students from meticulous attendance taking at each class period to timing how long students are out of class are hall passes. Security here is stepped up too. Montgomery county police are on pa toll here on campus in the wake of a number of threats in this school which ch include bomb threats and threats to shoot unadulted immigrant students, too. Tensions here have been high since that reported rape on campus last week involve ago 14yearold girl and two male students. We know those two male students, ages 18 and 17 are undocumented im fwrants. We are told and in this case, as well, it has garnered national attention, too, and for that placing rockville at threat. The School Superintendent says they are taking these threats very seriously. They have height bed security across our system and its just unacceptable student, no matter what their status. So what well do is investigate these as appropriate. If they do amount to criminal behavior, we will hopefully be able to hold somebody accountable. In our inconext hour, what students are saying and what the superintendent says about undocumented students at Montgomery County schools. Back to you. 5 46 now. This developing story in the district. A man is in Critical Condition following an officerinvolved shooting. This happened last night at an Apartment Building on barnaby street southeast. Police say they were respond to go a shooting call when they pound the man with a gun. The struggle between an officer and that man led to the shooting. The mans name and other details have not been released. Nor than a month after she was found brutally murdered, the family of a 15yearold reyes went missing two months before her body was found in an industrial park. Ten people have been charged in connection with her murder. 5 48 47 now. This morning, there is still no sign of a missing tennessee teenager. Authorities believe 15yearold Elizabeth Thomas was abducted nine days ago by her former teacher, tad cummins. Now a former student of his is speaking out. She says cummins classroom had become a lunchtime hangout spot. One day, he told the students they had to go back to the cafeteria to eat, except for her. Got ready to leave and he said that the office hadnt said anything to him. You know, he just didnt feel like having that many kids in his room. So it just ended up being he and i chilling in there. Authorities say they have not or they have received more than 700 tips, but so far, no credible leads. A warning this uber. Chicago area police say they have charged a man with Sexual Assault after he prepended to be an uber driver. They say it happened two times. In both cases, the men picked up women in the Early Morning hours outside a nightclub. There are some important safety tiptoes remember. The next time you get a ride share. An uber spokesperson says you should only take trips with drivers you request through the app. Make sure you get into the car that was assigned to you, which shows you a license plate number and always share your ride details with someone you know. Before you get in the car, the driver should be able to identify them and everything should match up. Always check that license plate, too. Just in now, a moment of silence at the british parliament. Weve got new video just into our news room. In fact, weve got live pictures to show you from Great Britain this morning where a moment of silence was just held. I dont think weve got those pictures for you quite yet. Well try and get those for you soon. This is a view inside parliament there. This is for the attack in london that killed four people, including the attacker, have left seven people critically injured and more than two dozen others injured. Again, this all transpired yesterday on the west minister bridge. This was shortly before news4 midday began. An attacker, the one person that is among the dead that Police Believe is the sole person, really, behind this, plowed through a crowd of people on the west minister bridge and then went over to parliament and attacked a Police Officer with a knife. That Police Officer opening fire. The Police Officer also among the dead this morning. Again, four people dead, seven critically injured and more people injured. Erika, thank you. Its 5 50 and there are new claims this morning from the house intelligence chairman that there is some of of surveillance on the trump Transition Team. Tracie, was this surveillance legal . According to the chairman, devin nunes, yes, it was legal. What he did was go to the white house and talk to President Trump and his team about it before he informed his own on committee and that has a lot of democrats and some republicans, too, kind of miffed about why he didnt believe them first. The surveillance, he calls it incidental on some members of the Transition Team and having nothing to do with the russia investigation collected legally during the obama administration. Lots of gaps and information there, but thats pretty much what he is saying at this point. And tracey, what does this mean for the claims of trump is that continuing now . Its still part of the overall investigation, but this doesnt seem to have any bearing on that at all, still no evidence whatsoever that there was wiretapping going on at trump tower. Tracie potts live on capitol hill for us, thank you. The Cherry Blossom bud thats survived last weeks snow and the cold are getting ready to bloom. Now they have to make it through todays cold blast and theyll be okay. The blossoms have reached the fifth of six blooming stages. Thats the puffy white stage. Love the if you havy white stage. The park service expects the tree toes reach their peak bloom this weekend. You dont want the tight white stage, you want the puffy white stage. And then stage six is bam. Thats a technical term, if you didnt though. Its a technical term, yes. My days in botany class where i was not a physical services, i did fine. Life science or biology, not so much. Its all those long words, you know . Its not the cherry tree. Its a well, its i forgot what the botanical name for it is. Anyway, i digress. Youre right, the cold is back for one more morning. Weve just notched our 12th freeze here in the month of march. Only 9 freezes in february. And as of noi now, march is not just cooler than february. Were 3. 5 degrees colder than february was. So likely going to finish up with our eighth march colder than february since 1870. This cold pattern will all be coming to an end soon. This warm front is going to move through our area during the Morning Hours tomorrow. It does come with a little price, some cloud cover and a risk of a sprinkle. If you have stuff to do outside friday afternoon or evening, it will be dry. This morning, your Early Morning jo will be a frigid one. A little bit of a breeze has windchills in the upper teens. It will be a sunny and cold morning. Afternoon highs up near 50 degrees. And cold tomorrow morning, but not as cold. Really, only the outlying rural areas are likely to be below freezing tomorrow. That will open the flood gates for the Cherry Blossoms. How about a big fat 76 on saturday. That will bring those blom blossoms out, for sure. The question is then how long can we keep them that way . Well have to wait and see. We have rain chances sunday night and monday morning and another chance b on tuesday. Good morning, chuck. Taking a look right now at a couple of problems here. Northbound indian head hay after berry road, a crash in the center lane. And then dunkirk, report of a crash there, as well. 270 at old hundred, slower than formal, i would say. And then it loosens up as you get to the fwermant downtown, 14th street. 15th is shut down between f g and s is closed between 14th and 15th. Top of the beltway, looking quite good here right thou. Taking a look at 66 and 95, no worries either spot there. Remember to listen to wtop 103. 5 fm when you hop in your car approximated. Some of d. C. s best students just received the surprise of a lifetime. Dunbar High School Senior Michael Degaga now has a full ride offer to attend George Washington university. He is one of ten top d. C. Students across the city who were surprised yesterday with hand delivered acceptance letters and scholarships. He was born and raised in ethiopia and he says he could have never imagined this i knew from the moment that the i wanted to go to college that i had to find a way to pay for school and that its really expensive and mob in my family can do that for me. Michael is now on track to become dunbars class valedictorian and he wants to study mechanical engineering. He applied to several schools, but this probably makes his choice a whole lot easier. When you dont have to pay for college, which is very expensive. That will help sometimes to figure that out first. Only on news 4 now, new developments in a vital change for students applying for college aid. We told you how the irs removed a free tool as part of the online free application for fafsa. That action was a result of criminal activity. Here is what we know. Without warning, march 3rd, the irs removed the data retrieval tool link off the free application for federal student aids website,o fafsa. The data retrieval tool allows students b to automatically download their tax return information, including their parents. The irs called this a precautionary step following concerns that information from that tool could be potentially misused by identity thieves. The irs told us it saw things that were suspicious, but would not say exactly what that means. Nor would they confirm whether this was an actual breach. The irs believed the issue is relatively isolated. Meantime, Financial Aid experts say getting this tool back up and running is important to millions of students. This will affect anybody who completes a fafsa, even those returning students because you have to fill out a fafsa every single year. So of course it will affect them. Now while the irs will not tell us what specific criminal activity occurred, news 4 has confirmed that several leaders of the senate a briefing with the department of education about this outage. Back to you. Parents in d. C. Could sob see how well their childs Public School stacks up to other Public Schools in the district. According to the washington post, the d. C. State board of education approved a five star rating plan last night. The ratings would be based on things like test scores and attendance. School leaders have until next month to submit the plan to the education department. Icloud threats putting your private informationing at risk. New overnight, apples response to claims it was hacked and what it means for your phone and tablet. Plus, how these Police Officers figured out theyre long lost sisters. And a vote today that impacts the cost of your commute. How much more your metro ride could be costing you. Artist murdered in northeast and Days Later Police are still on the scene. And theres new information about a person of interest. Right now on news 4 today, a woman attacked and killed in her apartment. Now photos of auto person of Interest Police want you to see. Plus, a trip to kill. A man accused of traveling to new york with a murder mission. New information just in about his arrest. And a Health Care Vote just why republican attempts to repeal obamacare may not go as planned. News 4 today starts now. 6 00 on the dot. Good morning, everybody. Im aaron gilchrist. Im eun yang. Keep the coat out this morning. We have some good news, youre not going to need it all day long. Chuck bell and Sheena Parveen are here now with your storm team 4 before we check in with melissa mollet. When is it going to warm up, guys . Well, tomorrow we both look like we dont know what were doing. We do, i promise. Its just that you dont want to promise a warmup and then people step out into the freezing cold. Not so much today, though. The warmup starts tomorrow, continues into the week and i think youre really going to like the wooej weekend forecast. For now, though, you want the warm jacket when you step outside. 30 degrees in the district, but it feels like 23 degrees. Its not going to be as windy today as it was yesterday, but any little wind is making it feel a lot colder. Clinton, feels like 17 degrees
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