And also time to get the car washed. Many days in a row of dry weather coming your way. So a year sky and frosty cold start. Temperatures in the mid30s again in the suburbs. High today around 63 and light breeze. So again a great day to be be outside today. Well talk more about the impacts for travelers in ten minutes. Now an improving situation on metro. Red line, still delays in both directions, but we are no longer single tracking. Had that earlier problem between due month and van ness. 66 east before 29, crash still blocking the right lane there. And again, those backups are building. Southbound bw parkway at 32, have the right lane blocked there. Northbound georgia at colesville road, left lane blocked each way. Were sending chopper to this one right now to see this from above and see what exactly is going on. Inbound river at golds borrow, were very slow there. If this camera would flip around, youd see a big long line of headlights. Today we will learn more about the second phase of the earthquake restoration work at the Washington National cathedral. It will cost 22 million. Megan mcgrath has more on the repairs and how long they will take. Reporter it will take a while. Ten years or more, thats the estimate on this next phase of repair. The sun has come up a little bit this morning so we can give you an idea of what were talking about. If you look along the side, you can still in place, an indication of all of the work that has yet to be done. And this earthquake hit back in 2011, so giving you an idea of just the amount of dwandamage t done here. Phase two gets under way and later today well get a look at some of the broken typicals and the replacement pieces robotically carved that are going to replace them. Now, a giant crane will be used to take brochb stones off of the cathedral. These are huge stones they range in size from 400 pounds to 2800 pounds. The second phase of the repair work here is going to take more than ten years to complete. It will be done in stages and were being told that the work will only begin when enough money has been raised to complete that phase of work. But we are starting to see the activity later on today and tomorrow right 9 00, thats when well see the crane begin to spring into action, those very large stones. So it should be quite a sight to see p back to you. Happening today, we expect to hear from the family of an alzheimers patient who died after at the went missing in a park in Prince Georges County. The 80yearold was at watkins park with other residents of the wood more house assisted living facility back in september. The family says because he was unsupervis unsupervised, he wandered off and was found dead nearly a month later. The family and its lawyer will make a statement this afternoon. Hector al olvera is on administrative leave after being accused of assaulting a woman. The player and the woman knew each other. Police were called to the ritzcarlton yesterday morning and they found a woman with bruises who was taken to the hospital. The braves are in washington for a series against the nationals. In decision 2016, early voting begins today in maryland and races. Representative Chris Van Hollen and representative Donna Edwards are battling for barbara mikuls mikulskis u. S. Senate seat and spending big bucks to win the seat. In the fourth district, ten people are running for Donna Edwards seat. If you plan to take advantage of the early voting, it runs through next thursday 10 00 to 8 00. The sites are on our nbc washington app. Every team i think about those kids, it gets me mad. The white house is not happy that president obama is appearing in a few political ad. The ad is connected to the senate race between Chris Van Hollen and Donna Edwards. Politico is reporting the white house wants the ad pulled because it uses the president s image when talking about van hollens stand on gun control. The ad was created by the working for us super pac which supports edwards. Edwards Campaign Says it had nothing to do with ad. Prosecutors to announce whether they plan to pursuit charges against Donald Trumps campaign manager. Cory lewandowski turned himself into jupiter, Florida Police last month. Hes accused of grabbing and bruising a reporters arm. Politico is reporting that the charges will be dropped but thats not confirmed by nbc. 6 05. Thousand that researchers confirm a link between the zika virus and birth defects, theyre looking at ways to prevent its shred. On wednesday, the centers no Disease Control confirmed that the virus causes severe brain damage to unborn babies as well as other defects. Researchers weighed data from recent studies to make these connections. It can be spread through a certain kind of mosquito, sex all contact and even blood transfusi transfusions. Cdc guidelines encourage women to avoid travel to go areas where zika is spreading. Verizon workers entering da close to 40,000 workers in nine states walked off the job yesterday, theyre in a stand over over a new contract. Retirement benefits are central in these negotiations right now. Verizon says it has been negotiating with the union since june and the strike doesnt bring either side closer to a resolution. Developing right now, several reports are saying that Randy Wittman wizards head coach was fired overnight. The team was 4141 this past season. Several news outlets say the team told wittman that he would not be back after last nights season iffinal game and that ca just hours after he said this this. Im going to come to work until they tell me i cant. And i love the shot. Im proud of what weve done here. Now the offseason will be all about finding a replacement for wittman who was head coach for 4 1 2 years. And a lot of you are and rock the red for the capitals plioff rcapital s playoff run. They play the guyer e flyers at. The caps are looking for revenge from 2008. Mayor Muriel Bowser declared today rock the red day. So support the team. Some city buildings 4r50lightin in red. Its a city effort, get on board. And like we had a long time to get to today because we foou that the caps were playing so well that they would get into the playoffs. So everybody is ready for it. Bring home the stanley cup. As you reach for that cup of coffee, there is another reason for you to make sure youre getting enough sleep at night. Why a lack of rest could be setting you up to more misery than just a day of being tired. A cool start to your morning as you look live from our National Harbor camera this morning. Chuck bell preparing you for the conditions you will see on your way to and from work. A developing story right now in texas after a sheriffs deputy ambushed overnight. Shot several times. Were learning more about the deputys condition and the person accused of shooting h. That stoimry ranking from top to bottom. Company of the year . Luxury cars just seem like they would be top awarded. Better be some awards behind what you are paying for, right. The final answer. Chevy. The most awarded car company two years in a row. Wow, its like a luxury car. For a limid time, get cash back for 15 of the msrp on most remaining 2015 chevy vehicles while they last. Find new roads at your local chevy dealer. Looks like another nice low impact day for you today. Sunshine is going to be plentiful, but pollen count each and every day. Already in the high range. It will continue to get worse with each passing day. So find your sneezing suppress apt. Its another seat heater morning. Temperatures are in the 30s in india many neighborhoods. But open your sun roof later on this afternoon. Temperatures will get up into the 60s. If youre leaving us today, atlanta, seattle, portland may have weather look at your weekend co up. Problem here in silver spring, so take a look chopper 4 over georgia at colesville, you can see the crash there blocking some lanes right now. Chopper telling us that northbound colesville is what is blocked right here this morning. So warning to you there. 66 inbound before 29, crash blocking that right lane. Still hanging around and seeing backups through the area. 66 inbound overall doesnt look to bad, 95 north quantico to the beltway on time there. 270 south from germantown to the spur is fine and top of the beltway 95 over to 270 youre on time. Weather and traffic always on the 1s. See you at 6 21. Remember to listen to wtop 103. 5 fm when you hop in your car. Authorities in houston say they are questioning somebody at this time, may be the person behind the alleged shooting of a Deputy Constable. Initial reports were that a table from behind and shot him as many as six times but that he would survive. Now were hear thagt ting that s may have come from from cross the street and the deputys condition is unknown. Were expecting a News Conference this morning. New documents revealed in court say the annual bush that cost jacai colsons his life was intended to go online. Ford had asked his two brothers to record his suicide. And more and more cases are being talked about on democratic line. We have very poor examples here and across the country of people who do Dangerous Things and they become famous for it, so the notoriety is often a factor for many before is this a way to become popular. Friendly fire during the gun bhalgts. On wednesday it was revealed that five year officer Taylor Krauss was the one who fired the shot that killed colson. It is 6 14. New this morning, secure your motorcycles. A new report says motorcycle thefts are on the rise. According to the National Insurance crime bureau, thefts rose by 6 across the country last year. In our area, virginia ranked tenth for the number of thefts followed by maryland in 13. D. C. Was 35th on the list and West Virginia came in 40th. Takata may need to recall more cars unless it can prove that they are safe. National highway traskt Safety Administration says there are 85 unrecalled air bag inflaters. This is the first time this number has been released. The company has until 2019 to prove the air bags are safe to avoid another mass recall. At the least 11 people have died worldwide and more than 100 people have been injured in inflaters. A day after a heated metro debate raged on at a u. S. House hearing, Board Members will meet in committee to talk about name changes for some metro stations and the new general managers budget plans. Metro needs more money to help make critical repairs on the rail system which was a major issue yesterday on capitol hill. Metros board chair fired back when one lawmaker said the system did not know how to spend money. If youre looking at increasing the operating revenue the way that youre talking about, you become the most expensive operating system. All im asking from you is 300 million which is your fair share given the fact that we transport 50 of your workforce every day. Congressman mark meadows eventually said he would support more fund for metro, but only if the system can make itself more reliable and safer. Metro also in the hot seat after a bus hit a woman in arlington last month, that woman just filed a 25 million lawsuit accusing the driverbe negligent. She claim she was in thes crosswalk with the walk sign when the bus hit her. She got a concussion and broken arm in the incident. U. S. Military now dealing with some concerns about russia. The pentagon says russian warplanes flew dozens of time this is week. The planes appear to be unarmed, but the commander of the destroyer says the planes seemed to be in a simulated attack mode. 6 16. In the fight against isis, president obama says the United States has momentum. He spoke at the cia headquarters yesterday. The president said he met with his National Security advisers to look at the progress in syria and iraq. He said the u. S. Is making progress and that he will also keep work to go secure a diplomatic resolution to syrias civil war. It is now 6 17. In news 4 your health, a new st influencing your teen. The scottish study looked at ecigarette displays and found that they may influence whether your teen tries those ecigarettes. Those seeing the advertising was more likely to cause them to use cigarettes in the future. Not enough sleep could be making you sick. Dont i know it. A new study says sleeping five hours a night makes you more vulnerable to catching a cold. The National Health and Nutrition Examination survey conducted the study of over 20,000 adults, five hours of sleep leaves you 88 more likely to develop a chest or throat infection. Resn researchers say not enough sleep lowers your bodys ability to fight off infection. And i know its tough to do. I know people our age who sleep 9, 10 but god bless them, theyre healthy as a horse. Knock on wood, i feel like i try to naked justments in the make adjustments in if the rest of my life to avoid any illness. 6 18. All the talk this morning is about last nights big night in the nba. First, the Golden State Warriors winning their 73rd game, that is an nba record. Its one more game than Michael Jordan and the bulls won back in the 95 96 season. Heres how good they are. They won 73 games and they have only lost nine this season. And the lakers were one of the worst teams in the nba this year, but that didnt hear. That was kobe bryants farewell performance. There is shaq. A lot of people came out for this. And he did not disappoint. He scored 60 points and just a wow moment. Kobe just one of five players to ever play 20 seasons in the nba. Five championships. And really after michaelor dan, people thought who would be the next big star. History maker. Yeah. Kobe bryants definitely on that list. What a career. Today you can check out a historic president ial ride, the Historic VehicleAssociation Holding its Second Annual cars at the capital event today. You will be able to see president tafts 1909 steam car on the national mall. It will be on display between the national air and space museum and National Gallery of art starting at 10 00. We need for document our automotive heritage, it shaped virtually every aspect of our country. And we thought that bringing out something on a president ial year that had something to do with the president ial race and president ial motoring would be a way do that. Next week president reagans 1962 jeep cj 6 are will be on pretty awesome. And mark says dont be fooled, they werent tricked out back in the day. Didnt even have cranked up windows on the 1909. What would tricked out even mean back then. Tricked out in 1909 means it says president of the United States on the side of it. Thats all the bling you need in in town anymore. Sunshine and a great looking way to get your day started. Sun just about ready to come up on a clear and cold start here this morning. Not much of a breeze, hardly a ripple out there on the potomac early this morning. What to expect, another cold start, most of the suburbs are in the 30s this morning. And local it will be another day with 100 sunshine. The only change from yesterday, just a smidgeon warmer. But frost and freeze advisories are up until 9 00 a. M. Goes up another notch to a freeze warning for northern ar virginia and in to the shenandoah valley. So a very cold start here first thirng thorn. If youre headed out to your Early Morning jog, have your insulated layer on for the a least the first mile or two. Gradually all that sunshine will make for a nice enough afternoon. Well be up into the upper pifts to near 60 by lunchtime. And so the weather will have no real major impact on your plans other than that chill this morning. Great weather for outside, playing baseball this afternoon. And a good weather for indoor evening playing, hockey caps game one. Going to the nats game, first pitch at 4 05. Playing the winless braves. We beat them three games in a row here on this home stand. Temperatures will be in the low 60s as you head down to the ballpark and generally in the 50s during the game. So youll want to at least have your team jacket on. What about your weekend . Tomorrow looks great. Saturday looks wonderful. Sunday even better. Just a little bit warmer with each day. Thats just the way we like it. The whole 7 day coming up. Its traffic time. How is the problem in this is the intersection of Georgia Avenue and colesville road northbound colesville right now is closed because of this crash. Another new problem northbound route 1 at hasset, a crash. 66 inbound, a crash blocking the right lane. Southbound bw parkway at maryland 32, right lane blocked and you can see those delays here that have really started to build here in the past couple of minutes. Northbound georgia at colesville, left lane blocked each way. Ill be back here in ten minutes at 6 31 with more on that crash in silver spring. Bracing for a rough Summer Travel season. The warning one Airline Already has for passengers and the changes they say need to happen fast. Positn Delores Kelley although we were all one maryland, our schools werent treated the same way. Narrator with neighborhoods getting unequal funding for schools, something had to be done for our children. Kelley it didnt matter where chris was from. He knew that we couldnt leave a child having less just because they lived in a region that was poor. Joanne benson he has not just talked about it. He is going to stand tall for all children to succeed. Im Chris Van Hollen, and i approved this message. But jamie raskin is the only abdemocrat for congress who led the fight for tougher gun laws. Only raskin took on the nra to ban militarystyle assault weapons. Raskin im jamie raskin, and i approve this message. I cant believe after all t