>> let's get to chuck bell with more on your weather headlines. >> yes indeed, yesterday was down right windy, today breezy. so not quite as ferocious. peak gusts yesterday 49 miles per hour at reagan national airport. peak gusts today probably closer to 30 to 35-mile-per-hour range. compla current temperatures are in the mid to upper 40s and add in the wind as it is chilly. mid-40s this morning, near 60 for a high today. a little on the blustery side. back down into the 30s some spots might be down near freezing bri tomorrow morning. i'll show you who will be the coldest coming up. problem on marc right now. camden south 843, we are 13 minutes behind right now. brunswick and penn lines running on time. 295 south at east capitol, a right lane getting by the crash. traffic alternates. macarthur boulevard near sangamore road, some lanes getting by. 95 north at gordon boulevard, a slowdown and then it opens back up. new this morning, two families need to find a new place to live after hair town homes went up in flames in bethesda. nearly 50 firefighters responded inside a three level townhouse there. crews helped people get out as the flaps weflames were spreadie roof. no word on the cause. a live look at the capitol where the visitor's center is expected to open at 8:30 after being turned into a crime scene. a shooting yesterday caused police to swarm the area and sent tourists running for cover. >> shooting at the u.s. capitol. >> as you can see from the video, the capitol building was filled with tourists and workers when the shooting happened. >> the entire complex was immediately placed on lockdown. everyone told to shelter in lays. capitol police officer shot a suspect who pointed a pellet gun at a security checkpoint at the visitor's center. and this morning we're learning more about the suspect and his history with capitol police. kristen wright live at the capitol with more. >> reporter: that's right. the visitor's center is expected to reopen in a couple of hours as normal. meanwhile larry dawson is now facing charges, assault with a deadly weapon and as sasaulting police officer while armed. to recap, the police chaos, police say dawson pointed a pellet gun at officers at the security checkpoint, an officer the capitol on lockdown, frightening situation for tourists. here's what we know about dawson. he is 66 years old, a minister there antioch, tennessee. dawson was under court order to stay away from the capitol after disrucpting a house hearing in past october. right now he's in the october at last we heard in critical condition. he will face a d.c. superior court judge once he's released from the hospital. back to you. capitol police chief matthew verderosa has only been on the job for two weeks, news 4 iteam talked to him last week about the evolving threat against the capitol complex. coming up at 6:45, we'll tell you what he said about the threats against the capitol and the number of guns police officers stopped from getting inside the capitol building. today marks one week since the terror attacks in brussels. and right now mostly running under heavy guard as life there slowly returns to normal. metro trains are less frequent. the sta station hit is still closed. and renewed search for a man. released this video of the man wearing a light jackets and dark hat. the man is suspected of some connection to the bombings at the airport. however, police still don't know exactly who he is p. they say the man hasn't been seen since last week. and that he may still be out there right now. more than 30 people were killed in the bombings in brussels. president obama met with his homeland security team yesterday. the white house says there is no specific skredabcredible intell suggesting terrorists are planning a similar attack in the united states. and the white house says europe needs to do more to prevent future attacs. a developing storyf the hospitals are working to fix a virus in the computer system. it's forced ten hospitals and hubs of clinics to shut down their computers. the virus prevented certain years from logging in. med starr officials say they're working with the fbi, but no sign that anyone's personal information has been stolen.sta working with the fbi, but no sign that anyone's personal information has been stolen. facility are functions, but they are using backup paper systems. today gabrielle giffords and her husband are working a national gun control cam p pain to virginia. given forwa giffords will announce a safety effort to close loopholes in the law. this is a month after manage call live signed a gun compromise situation. if you're just turning on your television this morning, we continue to follow breaking news out of egypt where authorities say a man hijacked a plane and officials say it is related. the bizarre reason we're learning why he may have done it. plus i'm tracking your trouble spots, problem in the district and another in northern virginia. details coming up. no such continuing as a free ride? narrator: all that political mail might be overwhelming. let's simplify. only one candidate has been endorsed by the washington post: kathleen matthews. as a journalist and progressive leader at marriott, she has a broad and deep facility with policy. emily's list praises matthews as pro-choice and the post says on gun control, clean energy, education and health research kathleen matthews "has greater potential, following the van hollen model, to move the ball forward." kathleen: i'm kathleen matthews and i approve this message. new details in a story we showed you last week. the georgia special education teacher seen in this video turned herself into police. security camera footage shows 71-year-old amelia stripling knocking a student to the floor with her knee. she charged with cruelty to a child and has resigned. she worked with the school system for 20 year. school officials say the child was not hurt. today if you're riding metro, you may get a free trip. at one of five surprise stations this morning, 2,000 smartrip cards will be handed out. each will be loaded with $5 in honor of metro's 40th anniversary. weather and traffic on the 1s. we're off to a cool windy start. >> chuck bell thousand wiwith w expect. >> breezy and cool early this morning. skies are partly cloudy to mostly clear depending where you live. what to expect today, plenty of wind. not as windy as yesterday, but still quite plbreezy and cooler as well. we touched 70 yesterday. most areas only around 60 today. lots of blossom petals flying through the area. on temperatures in the mid-40s on your way into work and upper 50s to near 60 later this afternoon. a peek at the weekend coming up. good morning. 295 south after east capitol, slwn georgetown pike at river bend road, traffic was alternating past the crash. we're not seeing anything there any longer. sounds like they will wait until after rush hour to pull the vehicle out of the trees. travel times are fine on 270 top of the beltway looking very normal for this time of day. 66 inbound at 95 north both okay as well. remember to listen to wtop 103.5 fm when you hop in your car. cracking the code. the details we're learning about after the fbi managed to get into the phone of the san bernardino terrorist. convenience or catastrophic. the new warning for something you probably use every day. how those keyless ignitions could be deadly. and we are working for you to get you ready for what could be a major traffic headache. wall street. the nra. they're powerful. they usually get their way. but not with democrat donna edwards. she won't take cash from wall street banks. and when washington insiders wrote a loophole to let the nra spend dark money to kill gun safety laws, donna edwards said 'no' she's fighting to ban assault weapons and putting the safety of our communities first. because to democrat donna edwards, the special interests aren't special. le for the content of this advertising. 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a stand still olater this . and new questions about how far police will go to get information. this follows news that the fbi was able to crack the iphone of the san bernardino shooter. the agency did not need apple's help after all. an unnamed third party helped agents crack syed farook's phone without triggering its security features. the fbi will not comment on the technical steps it used. the justice department says it will drop its legal challenge with apple. the fbi wants to know whether farook had help planning the mass shooting that killed 14. were targeted in pakistan. 72 people died in a suicide bombing on easter sunday morning. we also found out half of them, 40, are children. many were christian, but a lot of muslim children were killed, as well. the taliban has claimed responsibility. 17 after the hour now. and this morning marc and amtrak service is back to normal after being suspend abouted for police investigation. police say del prajacinto del p killed himself after jumping into a marc train. he was suspected of shooting two people at a truck stop in jessup, one died, and also shot a woman he was in a relationship with at an apartment. it is 6:17. today a judge will decide the fate of a lawsuit filed against bill cosby by a former super model. janice dickinson filed a defamation lawsuit last year after cosby's legal team denied that he drugged and cosby's attorneys want the case dismissed. dick in-son's suit says the denial caused her to feel revictimized. take a look at this picture. this is the mug shot for the co-eye lco co-pilot who police say tried to drive drunk. john mcguire was arrested on the tarmac. he was ready to fly to philadelphia before his arrest. mcguire is not facing any charges right now, but that could change. he's failed two breathalyzer tests. we're working for you on a consumer alert. a new concern over keyless ignition systems leading to accidental carbon monoxide poisoning. drivers forget to push the button to turn the car off when they pull into a garage. kids in cars.org reports that 21 deaths and 39 nondeadly poisonings have happened. safetied a vow ty a a software patch to shut down the untended cars. >> what needs to happen is an automatic shut off device. >> seeing my son in my arms passed out from the lack of oxygen was a moment that i would never wish on anyone. >> government safety regulators are studying the issue to find the solution. some individual carmakers say they have already installed a fix to prevent the accidental poisonings. montgomery county has found a way to help a father keep a backyard hockey rink open in memory of his late stepdaughter. mark kohn built this rink in his yard in honor of his stepdaughter who was a life long hockey fan. his neighbors around the area started using the ripping oig to play hockey, the problem was kohn's home was not zoned for public use. >> so the county issued koeb hn cry tigs. the two sides have agreed to build and open a new rink for public use. kohn can keep the rippink in hi backyard for personal use only. area leaders will meet to figure out how to restore metro rail as a world class transits system. a summit will be held, the focus will be on how metro was funded, governed and what the plans where for the future. some big fines were frustrating driver, but a new settlement means you may get some money back. is this over the eye fines drivers were paying for missing toll payments on the express lanes in virginia. the company that operates the lanes has agreed to refunds $10 to anybody who has paid between $100 and $300 in fines. if you paid more than $300, you could get even more than that. a judge now has to approve the settlement. weather and traffic on the 1s. you know that used to never happen to me. sneeze mid sentence. must be the cold weather. >> blame it on the weatherman. chuck, we've been talking about allergies around here. >> i blame the weather, yeah, a lot of pollen flying around again. i did my run with the dog around hain's point yesterday, it was a blizzard of blossom petals coming down in the gusty wind. there it is, look at all the blossoms sfreeming across tbeins the parking lot the. it added up to almost a half an inch of blossom petals out there on the road around haines's point yesterday afternoon. great day to be out running yesterday. another good one coming up today. mostly clear sky over washington here. waiting on sunrise, still a little bit more than 30 minutes or so away. no chance for rain today or tomorrow. rain chances back late in the day on thursday and off and on through much of the day friday. i'm still optimistic that we'll have all the rain chances out of here by the time the sun comes up on saturday morning. on the whole, though, today will be a fairly low impact day on your plans. cooler than yesterday northwest winds gusting to near 50 miles per hour yesterday. today they will be in that 20 to 30-mile-per-hour range. current temperatures are now in the mid-40s. commuter forecast mostly in the 40s this morning, up into the upper 50s and low 60s by later on this afternoon. planning out the rest of the day then, chilly start here. "7-day forecast" calls for a relatively nice stretch of weather. 60s today and tomorrow, today is the last of the breezy days for a while. south winds come back into the picture on thursday. take brings moisture and that rain chance coming on in. there is thursday night, friday, the most likely time. could get a rumble or two of thunder late thursday night. as you head into the weekend, saturday looks to be the better of the two days this weekend. so out for a picnic, melissa mollett, plan them on your saturday. >> i'll do it. sounds good. taking a look at a new problem again we have delays on the red line. so these are delays to glenmont because of a problem with the doors not close all the way at friendship heights. spur here, 270 southbound. headlights is what you're looking at there as you head down to river road. old ox road at beaver meadow road, in loudoun, do have a crash being reported. no word on what exactly is shut down. taking a look at 66, no major issues headed into town, out of town completely clear. 95 north around the bend there, gets a tslow here this morning. 295 south after east capitol, this has cleared out of of the way, but a 3 1/2 mile backup. so slow. pack the patience and maybe leave a little early. 6:31, a live look at 270. candidates still on the campaign trail. they have been campaigning through wisconsin ahead of the primary in that state. all three gop candidates will take part in a town hall in the state tonight. cnn is hosting it in milwaukee. ted cruz challenged donald trump on personal terms to a one-on-one debate before next week's wisconsin primary. he made the challenge during a rally in central wisconsin on monday. senator cruz called on trump to show up and debate like a man. only law enforcement will being able to bring guns into the summer's gop convention. secret service says it is banning guns despite a petition that circulated online. that petition which may have been started as a joke claimed that allowing people to have guns at the convention in cleveland would keep people safe. secret service says even in places where open carry is legal, it can override laws to keep candidates safe. you'll have to start thinking about doing something else to get around d.c. tomorrow. the area around the washington convention center will be completely shut down tomorrow night. we told you the nuclear security summit starts on thursday. we sent a news 4 crew to check out the area. take a look at the tall security fencing already in place. no matter how you get away, whether metro, car, bike, feel an impact. >> thursday and friday, if you're coming around the convention center, new york avenue, that whole area around there, it will be pretty tough. >> the summit runs true friday. we put a football liull list of on the nbc washington app. in news 4 your health, if you're wondering just how many calories are in your favorite restaurant meal, the menu still doesn't tell you. food and drug administration delayed again a deadline that requires restaurants to add calories to the menus. restaurants and other retailers originally had until the end of 2015 to comply. last summer the fda pushed the deadline wrback to the end of 26 and now pushed back again to 2017. >> sometimes just don't want to know. >> zero interest in knowing how many calories. stand tall if you want to make a good impression on a first date. researchers at berkeley looked at 100 speed dating videos and they found that having an open doubled the odds of getting a second date. online dating profiles also got more views when photos showed more open postures. they tell you not to put your hands together. i know i've been trained no to the close your hands because it close you off to people. open it up, sit up straight, you're accepting, come to me. >> and it's not just for dating. i think overall a good posture sends a positive message, right? >> absolutely. 6:26 is our time right now. >> breaking news after authorities say a man has hijacked a plane in egypt. at last check the mman released several people, but there are still people on board. an update including just who exactly is still on that plane. and some call it segregation, others say what needs to be done and came school leader misnorthern virginia will vote on whether to approve. the restricting plan that has some parents and chuck bell is pinpointing your weekend forecast. if you think it's cold now, wait until you see the weeke ♪ music plays ♪ music plays ♪ music plays ♪ music plays i can't believe after all these years... people are still listening to this song! dragon: me neither! lays ♪ breaking news right now, hostage negotiators are working to free passengers from a hijacked flight. a man with an explosive belt took over an egypt airplane. >> the leplane was flying from alexandria to cairo when the hijacker told the pilot to land in cyprus instead. the president of cyprus says terrorism is not involved here in the sense 2that we've come t know it. the reason seems to be a personal matter involving his ex-wife. several foreigners were are on board including eight americans. right now the u.s. embassy is not commenting on that. but we are monitoring this and we'll have more from the live desk in about 15 minutes. now let's check your forecast with storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. a cold start. >> very chilly outside ths blossoms busted. that wind yesterday did a number on the blossoms. still a lot of pretty flowers to see, but it will be another breezy day today. so this will be just about the end of peak blooming period. thursday night, a risk for maybe a rumble or two of thunder and no fooling, first weekend of april looks like it will be a chilly one. off to a cold start this morning. most neighborhoods mid-40s on your way out the door. high temperatures today about 57 in gaithersburg, 62 in leesburg, 63 in arlington, about 56, a little cooler alongside the chesapeake bay. the bay water still a little too cold to swim in at least for me. >> a lot too cold for me. 95 at prince william parkway, slowing things about a mile and a half. chopper 4 over 66, inbound here at the beltway, looking pretty good right now. no major issues. 270 southat getting typical slowdown as you curve around to the left. old ox road at beaver meadow, a crash reported there. and 295 south after east capitol, slow but all lanes are now open. travel times in ten minutes. taking most of the sections of the downtown area and putting them into schools so the outlying schools are becoming very a lot less diverse. today loudoun county school board members will vote on a controversial restricting plan. would o one of the options known as 12 lab would be moving 1200 students, but many are not happy about the proposed plan. derrick ward has more now. >> reporter: loudoun county is growing and no doubt about that, and with that growth comes the need for adjust chlts. and that's what is happening with the school districts. as they seek to make the schools run more efficiently and also decrease overcrowding in the dulles area but one, plan 12, has raised some controversy. people say that it concentrates lower income students, students for whom english is a second language essentially latino students into two downtown schools essentially making two school systems one in the outer area that is less diverse. and as we hear from one school board member who used to be a teacher, this adds a whole new level of shall we say passion to the process before. >> e-mails from people who will say that we're segregating, but in the next paragraph they're upset that their property values will decrease because there will not be zoned in a title one school. >> reporter: supporters of plan 12 say it's about efficiency, it allows kids to walk to their schools instead of being bussed somewhere else. and you can't help but see the parallels to arguments that would have been made in the process like this decades ago. at 6:30 this this evening, the school board will vote on several plans. there will be an naacp demonstration ahead of the school board meeting. derrick ward, news 4. we'd like to remind you that the capitol visitor's center will reopen this morning on time at 8:30 after shutting down following yesterday's shooting there. the news 4 iteam spoke with capitol police chief matthew verderosa, he's been on the job just two weeks now and he addressed the evolving threat against the capitol complex. iteam investigation found capitol police have responded to more than 2500 suspicious package calls in the last two years. they stopped at least 13 people from carrying guns on or near capitol grounds since 2012. at the same time there, are concerns about upcoming officer retirements. and there are new calls to increase funding for capitol police by more than $30 million to help with the new security challenges. it is 6:34. and new court documents say a suspect in a near deadly fire is already in jail for a string of other crimes. antoine green is implicated in the arson back in december. prosecutors say he purposely set the fire that nearly killed his former landlord. one day before that crime, police say groeen forced his wa into a 67-year-old's home in i think wood circle. documents say he and an accomplice tied up the woman and stole her car. gle green faces charges from strangulation to malicious wounding. there will be a vigil tomorrow at deanwood metro station for a 15-year-old boy shot and killed. d.c. police hope surveillance video from metro will help catch the gunman. davonte washington was a ninth grader at largo high school and member of the air force rotc. he was with his mother and two sisters when a gunman walked up, asked him a him. police say the shooting was not random, but they haven't released a motive. the shooting was caught on surveillance video. a d.c. firefighter is okay this morning after an extensive two-alarm fire. wtop reporting the firefighter was evaluated on the screen of a house fire on gates road northwest just off connecticut avenue. fire crews found flames at that home under renovation. no one was there at the time. today police in fairfax county will train on decision making use of force in the community. officers will go through a series of real life scenarios they may face while on duty. the reengineered use of force training has been developed over the last few years. you'll be able to learn more about that training tonight starting at 4:00 right here on news 4. gop presidential frontrunner donald trump plans to open an office here in the district next week. it will house the campaign's delegate selection and congressional relations teams. there will be the first -- this will be the first major headquarters for the campaign outside of new york. there the live desk, new poll numbers just in that show a narrowing race in the democratic race for president. this is according to survey monkey weekly election tracking poll. clinton still holding a big lead in delegates, but now we're looking at just a six point difference between the candidates. national support for chlinton dropping four points from 53% last week. sanders support up to 43%. this is as close as it's been since december. donald trump holding 48% of registered republicans and republican leeraners. ted cruz has 27%. margin of error is plus or minus nearly 2%. an umpire of sorts may be called into mediate the fight ovetv baltimore orioles and the washington nationals. the orioles and nationals share a television network, but their shares aren't equal. court documents show the nats want to go outside mlb to reach a decision. the nats argue since the orioles control the majority of the mid-atlantic sports network, the orioles should be paying them millions more for the right to show their games. if you're just leaving the house right now, don't forget you can stream us on the app as we continue to follow news out of egypt. a man has hijacked a plane and at last checked there were still several people on board. we're working on gather more information and will bring you up-to-date. it if you're away there your tv, come take a look. you can see traffic flowing across the bridges in and out of district. chilly start to the morning, too. first 4 traffic and your storm team 4 forecast just ahead. tracking line and some ♪ forgetting where he lives. but when the day comes when he forgets who i am, i'll still know who he is. the first time we said i love you we didn't use words. we simply held each other's hands. we still are. i lost my dad to alzheimer's. preventing alzheimer's is within our grasp. let's double the budget of nih and get it done. i'm david trone and i approve this message. . just after 6:41 on a tuesday morning. what to expect today, nice row impact weather day. cooler than yesterday. still a little on the blustery side, so kids headed out to the bus stops who are not on spring break, temperatures are in the 40s now. we'll have temperatures in the low 60s later on this afternoon. so you will need your insulated wind breaker, but you will not need your umbrella today. next timing you need your umbrella in just ten minutes. still a bit slow 95 north at prince william parkway. about a mile and a half backup because of an earlier problem. normal service has popped up on the red line. we did have earlier delays to glenmont. 270 fine to the spur. top of the beltway typically slow. chopper headed there. okay. 95 north you're about ten minutes behind from quantico to the beltway. remember to listen to wtop 103.5 fm when you hop in your car for the latest problems this morning. you now have a chance to name the new eaglets born at the national arboretum. d.c. 2 and d.c. 3 are sit under this eagle i would imagine. they were born -- >> well, it is cold out there. why they were bro . >> they were born to mr. president and the first lady. fans are kugt namsuggest names new babies. how par will that head turn? >> i think all the way. >>ing on. foundation says you may want to think about gender neutral names as the gender of the birds is not yet known. you go to the nbc washington facebook page to learn about how you can suggest a name. >> baby bao bao taken. think of a new where seven people are still on a hijacked plane. cyprus officials say that it is rot terorism. wall street. the nra. they're powerful. they usually get their way. but not with democrat donna edwards. she won't take cash from wall street banks. and when washington insiders wrote a loophole to let the nra spend dark money to kill gun safety laws, donna edwards said 'no' she's fighting to ban assault weapons and putting the safety of our communities first. because to democrat donna edwards, the special interests aren't special. we are. women vote! is responsible for the content of this advertising. now to the latest on the hijacked egypt highway in cyprus. hostage negotiators still trying to get the hijacker to let four crew members and three passengers go. we know dozens were released earlier. cyprus officials naming the man as seif eldin mustafa. he did it over a personal issue that involved a woman. he forced the plane headed to cairo to land after saying that he had an explosive belt strapped to him. you can get updates on our nbc washington app. 13 before the hour. a live look at the capitol this morning where the visitor's center should reopen on time at 8:30 after being turned into a crime scene. a shooting yesterday caused police to swarm the area and spent tourists running in fear. >> a capitol police officer shot a suspect who pointed a pellet gun at him. we're learning more about the suspect and his history with capitol police. kristen wright is live from the capitol now with details. >> reporter: good morning. yeah, capitol is quiet this morning after quite the situation yesterday. in just about two hours. larry dawson is charged with assault with a deadly weapon and assaulting a police officer while armed. last we heard, he's in the hospital in critical condition. dawson pointed a pellet gun at officers and officers so the dawson and it prompted a lockdown and frightening situation for a lot of people including many tourists. here's what we know about larry dawson. he's 66 years old, a minister from antioch, tennessee. dawson was under court order to stay away from the capitol after disrupting a house hearing back in october. so eun and aaron, dawson will face these charges as soon as he's released from the hospital. back to you. >> chrkristen wright, thank you. rail services are mostly running in brussels under normal. metro trains are less frequent. the station hit by a suicide bomber is still closed. and a renewed search for a man whose picture we've shown you over and over again. belgian federal police rereleasing this video of a man wearing glasses, light jacket and dark hat at the brussels airport. that man is suspected of some connection to the bombings at the airport. however, police still don't know exactly who he is. they say the man hasn't been seen since last week and they may still have to be concerned about him being out there somewhere. more than 30 people were killed in the bombings. president obama met with his homeland security team yesterday. the white house says there is no specific credible intelligence suggesting terrorists are planning a major attack here that is similar to what happened in brussels. the white house also says europe needs to do more to improve security and prevent future attacks. 6:49. a developing story morning affecting the hospitals are working to fix a virus in the computer system. it's forced ten hospitals and hundreds of clinics to shut down their commuters. medstar officials say they're working with the foobi, but no sign that anyone's personal information has been stolen. and facilities are functioning however the staff is using backup paper systems. a proposal in the name of a fallen montgomery county police officer one step closer to becoming law. noah's law was approved last night. it's a bill that requires anyone convicted of drunk driveinterlo. noah's law is named after police officer noah leotta because he was hit and killed by a suspected drunk driver. and today gabrielle giff control campaign to virginia. she will announce a statewide gun safety effort to close room holes in the law. this comes roughly a month after terry mcauliffe signed gun compromise legislation. there is a new gun that rooks like a cellphone oig. take a look for yourself. what seems to be a phone folds out into what looks like a trigger and barrel. it has a has tick exterior and metal core. there is a lot of backlash to this online. the map who made it said he condition want to be the center of attention just for carrying a gun. >> it's more so for people that want to be able to carry a gun when they need to and not have to engage other people about why they're carrying that gun. >> this gun which is called the ideal conceal will start being sold in october. the inventor says it is not a security threat at airports and officers can be trained to recognize it. time for weather and on the 1s. we take a look outside. flags flapping in the wind this morning. >> old glory hanging on for aul east worth yesterday. yesterday one or two only had one rope left on there, they were hanging on in a stiff breeze. winds gusted to near 50 miles an hour yesterday. another picture i got the yesterday. >> beautiful. >> that's the army war college there sitting amongst all of the beautiful blooming cherry trees. great day on be outside if you get a great picture while you're out on your run, send to me @chuckbell4. and 4 cast 4 u. share them and i'll share them back. outside today, no problems for our weather. we'll be high and dry today with plenty of sunshine and a gusty north wind. our friends in northern maine still looking for another 6 to 12 inches of snow in maine. de denver could have some flight delays. for us, a couple light sprinkles in mort virginia will not be coming our way. the biggest thing we have to contend with today is the gusty wind, but it won't be as strong as yesterday. but we'll call it sunny and blustery today. tomorrow, quite nice. plenty of sunshine and a cold start tomorrow morning, but a pleasant afternoon. and most of us are in the 40s on your way out the door early this morning. sun up at 6:57 today. we're now getting ready to go to sunrise. that's why my camera got washed out here. temperatures rising through the 50s this morning. up into the low 60s by later on this afternoon. so breezy and nice today. plenty of sunshine. not quite as windy tomorrow. next rain chances coming in here late thursday. thursday night might have a rumble of thunder or two. the weekend will be dry, but on the chilly side. sunday's highs only in the 50s. here is melissa with a check on traffic. right now chopper 4 over everything rolling along just fine in the college park area. 95 northbound at prince william parkway, those delays are building. an earlier crash has a car on the left side of the roadway. the delays are about 2 1/2 miles now. so it will be a little slow through that area. 66 inbound looking pretty typical. again you can see the problem 95 northbound gets slow in the woodbridge area. old ox road at beaver meadow road, slowdowns there. prince george's county overall not looking bad. top of the beltwayle roi irollig just fine. 270 at mondtrose looking pretty light. today president obama will speak out about drug abuse at a summit in atlanta. the president will be part of a panel discussion about heroin use and the rise in prescription drug abuse. president obama is seek $1.1 billion in federal money to expand treatment for opioid addiction. the annual summit is one of the a can gop senator is setting the tone as more republicans agree to meet with president obama's supreme court nominee. mark kirk is set to become the first republican senator to meet with merrick garland take. accordi today. 16 republican senators now say they will meet with garland. that is over 25% of the gop caucus. after this, kirk took a shot at his republican colleagues for refusing to hold a hearing. garland has been selected to repla repla replace antonin scalia. and officials have now released the name of the inmate who died in custody. diego silva fuentes is originally from puerto rico. he ti died in the hospital after a medical emergency. he was being held on federal charges since march 4. both the laealexandria police are conducting investigations. good morning. i'm landon dowdy. t-mobile says most of us don't use you are on phones as phones anymore. they will reportedly launch data only plans later this week, called a simple choice and they include unlimited texting, but no voice service. plans range from $20 a month for two gigabytes to $95ed f efor 2 gigabytes. with your morning business report, i'm landon dowdy. four things to now before you head out, a 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