Parkway. We have a threeandahalf mile backup headed inbound. 395 north at duke street is cleared out of the way. Both the road work and accident cleared out of the way. We still have a twomile backup there this morning. The outer loop ramp to connecticut avenue, we have an accident just popping up there. And 270 near 80 is seeing the Left Shoulder blocked due to a crash. Otherwise, were going to take a look here at some travel times coming up in about ten minutes. Eun . Thank you, melissa. A developing story this morning that has now been seven days since family members have heard from Fairfax County firefighter nicole mittendorff. Darcy spencer has more on the search. Darcy . Reporter well, good morning, eun. The search efforts will continue first thing this morning at Shenandoah National park. Well go ahead and show you a map of the area where they are continuing the search for the fifth day today. It is very difficult terrain, very rocky. They are searching a tenmile area around Whiteoak Canyon trail. Well show you a picture of the woman they are looking for. Nicole mittendorff was reported missing on friday. Her car was found saturday evening. Authorities say at this point theres no sign of foul play but theres a lot of concern from her family, from friends, from coworkers that she has not been found. Shes been described as a very dedicated and hardworking firefighter here at station 32 in Fairfax County. Her husband is a state Police Sergeant and made an emotional appeal for her safe return yesterday and thanked the searchers. I would like to thank the over 10,000 visitors who have liked our facebook site find her disappearance by sharing this site among other fellow facebookers. Now a prayer vigil will be held tonight at 7 30 this evening here at station 32 on Burke Center Parkway in Fairfax County. Back to you. Darcy, thank you. Its 6 03. Today family, friends and colleagues will attend the funeral of a Prince Georges County firefighter killed in the line of duty. John ulmschneider was shot and killed when trying to get into a home of a person he thought was having a medical emergency. The homeowner thought someone was breaking into his house and he opened fire. Firefighters in Baltimore City will respond to emergency calls today in Prince Georges County so local firefighters can attend the funeral. Virginia lawmakers reconvene consider a plan to hide the identity of pharmacies that supply execution drugs. The Virginia Attorney general thinks the proposal would not violate federal law. Religious leaders have been rallying against this plan. To anyone asking why, why its such a big deal, i would say, well, you deal with that, you be isolateded from a one specific location and have you branded as someone who is not fit for that location and see how you feel about it. A win this morning for transgender students like this young man you just heard from, gavin grimm challenged his schools policy in Gloucester County, virginia, requiring students to use either the reese room that corresponds with their biological gender or private restroom. An Appeals Court upheld federal regulations to require Public Schools to treat transgender students consistently with their gender identity. The ruling appli and four other states including north carolina. It likely means that states recently passed transgender bathroom law cannot be enforced in Public Schools including colleges and universities. We have individuals that are very happy theres liberation and also individuals that are uncomfortable. Yesterdays ruling is far from set in stone. The Gloucester County school board can appeal to a higher Appeals Court. The case is so controversial it could eventually go all the way to the supreme court. Its 6 05. A Major Development in the flint water crisis. Three people are going to Face Criminal Charges for lead in the towns water. Michigans government is accusing two state regulators and a flint employee. They will face a misdemeanor and felony charges including obstruction of utility property and evidence tampering. The Michigan Attorney general is expected to announce those charges and the full details later this afternoon. It is impossible to c us. That is what donald trump is saying after a huge win in new york. Hillary clinton dominated as well saying its inevitable shes going to be the democratic nominee come november. Clinton needs fewer than 500 delegates to take the partys nomination. 177 new delegates from new york, clinton now has 1,885 compared to Bernie Sanders 1,190. And trump is expanding his delegate lead to more than 250 delegates. He now has 844 compared to senator ted cruzs 559 and governor kasich is way behind. Trump is now the only gop candidate with a chance of clenching the partys nomination before the gop convention. He won by so much in new york there arent enough delegates in future contests for either cruz or kasich to reach the 1,237 number they need to win the gop nomination. Their only hope is to force contested convention. Next up voters in maryland will have their say. Maryland is one of five States Holding their primary this tuesday, april 26. Trump and clinton are polling far ahead in the three states offering the majority and next weeks available delegates. Maryland voters hoping to vote early have until tomorrow to get that done. It is 6 07. The caps play in the big game for tonight. We have a chance to sweep the Philadelphia Flyers who wont have one of their fwhards for the game. We are watching our goalies status. He left practice with what would be a leg injury. Well see, that in could be a huge loss. He hopes to be able to play, though. The game is at 7 00. Rock the red, go caps. We would wins dont matter, we want the stanley cup and need to bring it to d. C. At the end of the day, that is what matters. It just dropped from the sky. Witnesses recalling what they saw of a small plane crashing near the Chesapeake Bay bridge. Two people died. Also ahead, it is just a oneword difference but well show you why d. C. Wants to tweet the slogan displayed on city license plates. More clear skies. Isnt that pretty . Theres the sunrise this wednesday. As you get ready to leave for work, tom kierein is here to show you what to expect i dont believe that big money can buy votes not in our district. And i wont claim to have single handily passed we cant settle for the same old politics, not when our basic rights are being threatened by trump and cruz. Ill stand up to their bigotry and be a passionate voice for maryland women and families. In tv and in business, i built relationships. As a woman in the house, ill do the same to get things done. Im Kathleen Mathews and i approve this message. Stroand restoring aing a newbfathers faith. Its standing tall after one surgery. Stronger is being a typical kid. Despite a rare disorder. Stronger is finding it earlier. And coming home sooner. Stronger is seeking answers. And not giving up, until you find them. Because we dont just want your kids to grow up, we want them to grow up stronger. Good morning, tom kierien liven deck where we are checking the temperature on the washington app. Its only at 49 degrees. Need a warm coat starting off this morning. Thankfully, we have a calm wind. Heres how the commute is looking. Well have dry pavement and youll be driving right into the sun in the next half hour with the sun coming up. Well be in the mid50s over the next couple of hours. And then by the afternoon, nice change, bright sunshine, a cooler day. Afternoon highs reaching the low 70s with low humidity. And coming up in ten minutes, chuck will look to your weekend. And now well take a look at traffic trouble on the roads, melissa. Breaking news right now on the roads, tom. Take a look at chopper 4 over this problem, about a threemile backup here 50 westbound here approaching 295 and bw parkway. It looks a little better than it did, but we are still seeing backups. 395 northbound at duke street, everything is out of the way on 395 with the earlier crash and road work. Still we are pretty slow here this morning. As far as travel times, 270 youre on time. 95 to 270, your tapping the brakes. 95 quantity co to the beltway, youre late there with report of a new accident. Listen to 103. 5 f. M. When you hop in your car. There were yellow and blue flames, i guess it was fuelfed. I grabbed a fire extinguisher and tried to put the flames out but they were both already gone. Were working to find out more about a man and woman who died after witnesses say their plane just dropped out of the sky and exploded into flames. The plane went down yesterday in stephensville 200 yards short of the bay bridge airport runway. Its in Queen Annes County near the chesapeake bridge. Both the ntsa and the faa were on the site yesterday to begin their investigation. Maryland state police say the plane was a one you see here. It belonged to a Flight Training group based near the airport called chesapeake port pilot. The Man Associated with the group says no students were on board at the time of the crash. And the smoke incident that happened in january 2015 will be determining the cause. Many were injured when smoke filled their train. Power was lost to the rail and the train could not get back to the station. France wants to extend their state of emergency another two months. The state of emergency expands Police Powers that was set in place after the deadly november attacks in paris. Leaders say the plan is needed because of the two highprofile sporting events coming up. The european soccer tournament and the Tour De France this summer. The images a look at. 17 years later marks the day of the massacre at Columbine High School in littleton, colorado. Two teenagers went on a shooting spree there killing 13 and hurting 20 others. Now the Denver School district plans to arm its security guards with rifles. The unprecedented move as it responds to Mass Violence that has been seen across the country. Good morning, im erika at the news desk. The death toll has risen again, 525 people are dead as a result of ecuadors 7. 2 magnitude earthquake. And new this morning, a 6. 1 aftershock for a Community Already beaten down by the devastation around them. 200 people are still missing and rescuers are feverishly searching for any signs of life. Angie, back to you. Thank you. Its 6 15. Another sad number to report. The death tol a in japan. 48 People Killed from the quakes there last week. Search crews found a mans body in a landslide yesterday. Japan has been hit with lots of aftershocks since the earthquake. Three people are still missing today. A 19yearold man is facing charges in connection with a deadly stabbing. John mercotto was charged with murder in alexandria county. The police are still trying to figure out the connection between the two men. And charles sims is charged in connection to the shooting death of arthur baldwin. Officers found baldwin shot multiple times on south capitol and first streets last december. Baldwin worked with the she secret service but was suspended at the time. The investigators believe the motive may have been robbery. And in news4 your health, cutting down on the time you sit down at work may fat. Researchers at the university of Southern Denmark say that reducing your sitting time can cut down your risk of chronic diseases. 300 workers were tested by using sitting and standing desks after just one month. Those using standing desks lost over half a percent of body fat. Well, more and more of you are skipping your breakfast cereals. Researchers from the Global Research firm say less are snacking on bars and yogurt for breakfast. Its quicker to take it to go. Cereal sales have fallen steady since 2011. Children are the biggest consumers of cereal. And a lot of people who can eat the big bowls like this and put the whole box in right now, only about half of 2 to 11yearolds opt for cereal to start their day. There are a lot of studies about choosing Healthy Options and sometimes cereal doesnt make the list. I must be a child at heart because i still snack out of the its an all day affair. Cookie crisp. Yum, what a treat. Okay. So in other news, students in montgomery County Schools will get an extra school day because of the snow. The last day of class will now officially be on monday, june 20th. Thats just one day later than was previously scheduled. Montgomery county missed six days because of bad weather this winter. Only four days were already built into the school year. Speaking of weather, we want to send things over to storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell to find out what kind of day were having. A much cooler day, you can tell the difference. No snow talk here. We are talking sunglasses. Thats true, we are talking sunglasses. Its the middle of april, after all. But i love to look at the snow video from the big blizzard back in january. Those were the days, werent they . I know, a lot of people are done with winter. As we head into spring, its tulip and dogwood season in the nations capital. A mostly clear sky out there this morning. The sun just about ready sneak over the horizon on what should be a flawless day to be outside and enjoying the weather. Cooling breezes, those winds came back around to the north overnight behind that cool front. So it will be about 10 degrees cooler this afternoon than yesterday. Back with sunshine and staying dry for today and for tomorrow. Temperatures today, roughly in the low to mid70s. The average high now is 69. And all of the next seven days will be above average. In fact, we might even be near 80 degrees. One or two more times in the next seven days. So no real cool air in site after a relatively chilly nine or ten days for the month of april. Right now, a little cool here early this morning in pockets. 34 in new market and mount ayr, maryland. 39 in germantown. 45 in manassas. 47 in stafford and quantico. Not a bad way to get the day started. Heres the way the planner looks, 40s and 50s early this morning. We are in the mid to upper 60s by lunchtime and low to mid70s for highs today. The sun is up in a few minutes and we are getting close to the 8 00 sunsets. The only real knock on the day is its going to be another day with high tree pollen to it there. So allergy sufferers, im with you. Im addicted to my claritin this time of the year. What about a chance for showers on friday . Well detail that later in the show, but all eyes toward the weekend saturday and sunday both. Could have clouds around early in the day on saturday, but saturday afternoon, saturday night and sunday will all be dry. Melissa mollet, breaking news continues in first 4 traffic. Breaking news, 395 northbound at duke street has a twoandahalf mile backup headed inbound because of a couple of earlier issues there in that area. Something else were also adding to this, 66 is fine but look at this. 95 northbound we have a disabled vehicle before the beltway. So sort of stretching this delay even longer than it was here this morning. 50 westbound at bw parkway is hanging around but getting better. That crash is cleared out of the 270 southbound after 80, the Left Shoulder is blocked by the crash there and the outer loop ranch to connecticut avenue, we had the crash and now its gone. You can see top of the beltway looking quite good. We have chopper on the way so that problem on 395 just getting a higher view, higher vantage point. Chopper 4 thereby will in a little bit. Well have that the 5at 6 31. Thank you, melissa. Many are describing crystal city this way that have people sounding off. And cracking down on cyclists in too much of a hurry. Why police say they are creating dangerous conditions on a popularecreation trail. R im Chris Van Hollen, and i approve this message. Narrator an attack ad from the campaign for Donna Edwards. So untrue. So outrageous that president obama said, pull it down. The Obama White House called the ad on Chris Van Hollen and the nra misleading. The sun says van hollen and president obama have the exact same position. The post praised van hollen safety, and condemned the edwards ads that mislead voters. Donna edwards. Will she say anything to win an election . Donna edwards. Know youre budgeted for the expected, and the unexpected. 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