Bao bao needs mama back in china. Four things to know about the weather today. President s day, hail to the warmth. Another day with temperatures more than 15 degrees warmer than average. Our final february freeze might already be in the rearview mirror. We have not been below freezing all weekend. I dont see subfreezing temperatures for the entire remainder of the week. There is finally some needed chances for rain coming. It may impact the weekend. Well detail that coming up. An marching into april. Temperatures will stay way above average. It will feel more like april than march for sure. More about todays forecast. Lets go over to sheena. Good morning. We have some mild temperatures. If you have not walked outside just yet, you dont need the heavy coat. 44 degrees is the temperature right now. Mild start. By 7 00 a. M. , we should be in the upper 40s. A lot of sunshine today and cooperative weather if you have outdoor plans president s day. If youre grilling out, milder by noon. 60 degrees. Going through the afternoon, mid 60s. Unseasonably warm but dry. More unseasonably warm weather later this week. Well talk more about that. Chuck will be back in a second. Im working on a byebye bao bao forecast if you are heading to the zoo. Lets check the roadways this morning. The chopper is up. This new issue happening on southbound bw parkway before 197. Threecar crash. One vehicle on the roof. Theyre going into the woods a bit as well. So well keep you updated on this one. Right now just the left lane getting by southbound bw parkway before 197. North Howard Street at north jordan street in alexandria, still closed because of that water main break. Access to alexandria hospital from seminary road only. Look at the beltway, the map is showing its red the rest of the beltway is looking fine. The camera not showing more. More coming up. Today we have our final chance to say goodbye to bao bao, our panda girl is moving to china tomorrow. As chuck bell told you, it will be a Beautiful Day to go to the national zoo. Molette green is there at the national zoo with the best times to visit bao bao one last time. Molette, good morning. Good morning to you. The last check of the live panda cam, she was sleeping. But look at this face. Look at that. Were saying goodbye to a washington, d. C. Celebrity on this International Journey shes going to make. Today being a holiday, a lot of people are home from school and work. Of course this weather is superb. Thanks, chuck and sheena. So, its a great mix. Heres what you need to know before you head out. This is the best thing. The panda hou 10 00 a. M. That is around the same time theyll give her her first ice cake treat. Then between 10 and 10 20. Then at 1 30, another treat comes. The treat today will be this ice cake in the form of a suitcase. Yeah. This is perfect. And, you know this has to happen. We knew this when bao bao was born that around age four, its part of the conservation program. Its bitter sweet, but we know this is for the betterment of these beautiful animals. A little early, but keepers say this is the best month. For her to travel and not be stressed and get to china. Feel good about her next chapter, if you will. Lots of folks expected down today. Today. Youll be okay. Im dealing with it molette, thank you. If you want to head outside on this president s day holiday, head to a national park. Theyre all open and free today. Government offices, the post office and most banks are closed for the day. 6 05. Thousands of people across the country will be marching in protest against President Trump today. This is part of the not my president s day rallies. Some of the biggest are taking place in philadelphia, new york, chicago, dallas, los angeles. The rally here in washington is expected to begin at 2 00 p. M. The protests are against President Trump and the policies hes put in place since taking office. Look at this message on Parliament Building in london. This as the government is talking about what to do. Angie has the story from the live desk. Big debate in the works today on whether to invitation to President Trump for that state visit. Now, its up for discussion because a petition got almost 2 million signatures. This because trump issue d issu immigration order banning several countries. A counter petition that warding trumps visit was signed by 300,000 people. That will be up for debate as well. The british prime minister, theresa may, was the first foreign leader to visit the white house after the inauguration. And trump the first u. S. President invited for a full state visit to britain within a week of taking office. President trump is expected to unveil his revi t any day now. A draft of the order targets the same seven majority muslim countries listed in the original order. Iran, iraq, syria, yemen, somalia, sudan and libya. The a. P. Reports that the order exempts travel others who already have a visa to travel to the u. S. , and it also exempts green card holders and dual citizen holders of the u. S. And those countries. The president still searching for a new National Security adviser. He interviewed these people yesterday. Reince reince says the person selected will not be forced to keep former National Security adviser Michael Flynns original team. Is it a controversial invite to krshc that has a lot of peoe talking. Milo yiannopoulos is scheduled to speak this week. The hunt is on for a man i Arlington County that police say is armed and dangerous. Jason johnson is accused of killing another man at a house party in arlington yesterday. The two had an argument, neighbors say waking up to a swarm of police cars was scary. This is an extremely quiet neighborhood. Really family oriented. Never a disturbance. Just really out of character for the neighborhood. Again, police say the suspect, jason johnson, is considered armed and dangerous. If you see him, call police. This morning, d. C. Police are trying to figure out why a 76yearold woman beat a man to debt with a bat. Tomacine bennett is charged with murder of 63yearold walter clark. On friday, officers found clark inside a closet. He died at the hospital. According to the police report, bennett told officers she hit clark with a bat. There is growing concern this morning for a missing take a good look at talisha coles. She went missing last thursday and has not been seen since. Then theres another young woman, torri marie gibson, shes been missing since saturday morning. She was last seen at 6th and buchanan streets. Shes just 11. She has braces with blue bands on her teeth. We put the pictures and the information on our Facebook Page so you can share the posts and help spread the word. If youre like me, all this warm weather is making you think about baseball, bryce harper, daniel murphy, adam eaton, its spring training and theyre all down in florida. They have some High Expectations this year. The nat sound that can only mean one thing. The off season is over. Baseball is back. Opening day is six weeks away. Full squad workouts are underway for the Washington Nationals who are ready to rise and shine this spring. A lot of people think you have the team, the tools, have world series as a goal. Is that the message . You met with the team, whole squad. What did you say to them . I cant tell you everything. Tell me something no one else knows. I did tell them, hey, you know, were in position to win. We have a lot of competition. A lot to of depth. And that, you know, we come here to win. We wont take any prisoners. We have a long way to go. You cant think about your window. You have to think about what we have to do today, and boom, you plan on what we have to do tomorrow. In west palm beach, florida, kara maloney, news 4 sports. You can follow Carol Maloney all week. Can i say go nats. You did, didnt the panda is not in that nest. That would be a story. But d. C. Could soon a another animal to obsess over after the panda is gone. What could soon be filling the nest, thats coming up. And its president s day, that means a lot of sales, but why this may not be the best time of the year for deals. Your storm team 4 forecast. Thats right. Another mild day. Current temperatures in the 40s, and even a few spots in the 30s. The outdoor planner for today, no worries for today. Cooler tomorrow, but turning mild again later on in the week. The best chance for rain in the next seven days, it may be coming up on thursday. More details on all that, plus sheena has your byebye bao bao forecast coming up. And a real life risk. Dont break the ice. te driver of this car didn prodders, shuckersers, [ inhales ] all giant produce is triple checked. Farm, crate, and store. Were focusing on fresh. So you dont have to guess. My giant. Mom,on my Car Insurance of money by switching to geico. I should take a closer look at geico. You know, geico can help you save money on your Homeowners Insurance too . Great geico can help insure our mountain chalet how long have we been sawing this log . Um, one hundred and fourteen years. Man i thought my arm would be a lot more jacked by now. Im not even sure this is real wood. Theres no butter in this churn. Do my tris look okay . Take a closer look at geico. Great savings. And a whole lot more. You can choose the back, you can choose the arm, you can choose the leg. We couldnt be any happier. Its now 6 15. Angie is at the live desk right now. Following reports of tornados in texas. Still waiting for the Weather Service to confirm those reports. We have new video to show you what those severe storms did after ripping through the central part of the state. We know flood advisories are in effect in some parts of the state. Trees were snapped, downed power lines. Houses on fire. You can see some smoke in the offing there. A lot of houses struck by lightning bolts. Crews responding to more than 100 reports of damaged buildings. Wind gusts got up to 70 Miles Per Hour in some parts after several tornado watches were issued. There were a handful of minor issues, no fatalities. Back to you. Am i glad im not out there. Oh wow. Did you see that . Someone with a cell phone caught the moment a Cadillac Escalade started to sink into lake michigan. So the guy behind the wheel here was able to get out safely. This happened on saturday on sturgeon bay, popular spot for ice fishing. The driver said that he had heard from a friend on a snowmobile that the ice was solid. Not cadillac solid. No. Thats an escalade. Not a small vehicle. My goodness gracious. No ice to speak of anywhere near us. Were loving the warmth around here. I love the warmth. You know who will love the warmth today, eun . Bao bao. Bao bao. Look at bao bao here. Look at her. Bao bao was one year old. Look at that little tummy. If youre going to say bao bao today, if youre sayi cop ri cooperating. 8 00 a. M. , the zoo hopopens. 10 00 a. M. , ice cake party. Looking at this problem on bw parkway, southbound before 197. Overturned vehicle, not sure the full scope of things, but theyve been looking in the woods right there as well during this investigation. Looking at travel times, 270 south is fine. Top of the beltway, no worries there. 66 inbound is fine. Well look at problem on the beltway and the situation on the bw coming up. It is 6 17. A terror investigation happening this morning in columbia. Look at some new video of an explosion there. 26 people hurt here. This is in the colombian capital of bogota. A lot of Police Officers who we there were hurt. The Mayors Office said one person was gravely injured. In recent years schools around the country stepped up security for a variety of reasons. But a new nbc news investigation has many parents questioning the tactics officers are using to secure the buildings. When he put the handcuffs on, were you scared . I was kind of a little scared. But mostly i was mad. Because, like, he was holding my hand tightly. Children as young as first grade, second grade, third grade are seeing Police Officers in their buildings with bulletproof vests on. Theyre being policed in the hallways. Coming up, Stephanie Goss will talk about how this is an issue. On wednesday, the news 4 iteam will look at whether local School Districts have clear rules in place for how schools resource officers patrol the hallways. A College Football player who once went to school at Townsend University is facing rape and assault charges. Kevin olson was arrested on sunday. School Officials Say the alleged incident happened off campus and happened within an existing relationship. Uncc says it has suspended olson from all activities. He is the younger brother of Carolina Panthers player greg olson who is not commenting right now. The nba allstar game ended with the western conference beating the east, 192182. John wahl in the action with 12 points. Anthony davis scored 52 points. Thats a record. Thats one person. Now that the allstar game is over, the wizards are back home this friday against the philadelphia 76ers. Go could soon be parents again. Were on eagle watch this morning, this time at the national arboretum. This is the d. C. Eagle cam. The american equke eagle founda announced an egg was laid last night before 6 30. Mr. President and the first lady are the proud soon to be parents here. Could take about 30 days for the egg to be hatched. This is a different couple than the couple by the d. C. Police Headquarters Training facility. Two different eagle couples having babies. Good time to be an eagle, truck. I guess it is. Great day for anything you want do in the great outdoors. Our Washington National monument standing proud there. Its a lot of things but its not cold. Temperatures above average each an every month this winter. 2 degrees above average in january. Now in february, plus 6 degrees again. Only 1. 4 inches of snow all winter. This is our number 2 least snowy winter on record. Only the 1997 98 winter had less snow than this one. Weather impacts for today and tomorrow, nothing to worry about. Temperatures way, way above average again for today. Only way above average tomorrow. As we head into wednesday, slight chance for a couple showers. No more than a shortlived inconvenience. The next time we have substantial chances for impactful weather will be saturday morning. Chances of rain are high on saturday. May even be a rumble or two of thunder. With temperatures in the 60s, it will be more like april showers and storms than february rains. The mild air is bottled up to the south and west. Slightly cooler today than yesterday. Tomorrow, just slightly cooler than today. No cold air in sight. Owe than a ahead will be dry. Theres the fiveday forecast. 65 today. 58 tomorrow. Back to knnear 70 on wednesday. Mid 70s on thursday. Showers late in the day on friday. A look at the weekend coming up in a few minutes. Lets go over to melissa mollet. Southbound bw parkway before 197, one vehicle is overturned, another is damaged on the right shoulder. Southbound bw youre getting by on the left side of the roadway. We have delays northbound, about a onemile backup as well. North Howard Street at north jordan in alexandria. If youre trying to get to alexandria hospital, you have to get there from seminary road because of that water main break. President s day means most of you have the day off. And sales. But the discounts may not be welcome back. Before you hit the stores for all the president s day sales today, were working for you by telling you how to spot whether something is really on sale. It seems these days that something is always marked down. The consumer Nonprofit Group checkbook. Org found perpetual sales are on the rise. Kohls, macys and sears arth they lure you in by advertising special low prices that are the same price most of the year. Sears disagrees with the finding saying it complies with advertising laws. Macys says prices vary forever each item based on the nature and seasonality of merchandise. Kohls did not respond. There was no winner for the Powerball Lottery drawing, but theres one good reason to check that ticket. A new report finds gas prices are on the rise, meaning you wont even see those prices much longer. And nice weather on this president s day, whether you are out exercising, if youre grilling out, anything youre doing outside, even dinner out. It looks really nice. Coming up, chuck will have a closer look at what you can expect for the afternoon, what the temperature will be like wh armed and dangerous. Murder at a house party. The manhunt for a killer continues. Not my president. Some people plan on spending the holiday protesting. Costly ride from your commute to your spring break vacation. Youll be paying more to hit the roads. 6 30 is your time. Good morning. Thanks for waking up with us this president s day. Some of you may be making plans to be outdoors after the mild weekend, were getting your day started with melissa and first 4 traffic. We want to begin with chuck bell and sheena parveen, or shuck as i like to call them together. I dont think i like that. I dont mind it. Their together game, i like it. It nice to start off this president s day. A lot of people have the day off. Time to be shucking and driving outside. Pleasant day coming your way minutes of daylight since the winter solstice back at the end of december. We have another hour to go between now and the equinox, about four weeks away. Four things to know about the forecast. President s day, hail to the warmth. Its here for the remainder of the week. The final february freeze may already be in the rearview mirror. Temperatures later today will be jumping out of the 50s into the 60s. 65 down on the national mall. Even milder, 6 7 down the road in fredericksburg. Lets good over to melissa. This is bw parkway southbound before 197. About a mile backup northbound and southbound. You can see this overturned vehicle on the left side of