warrenton, feels like 18. 24 in lorton. 20 manassas, so yes, it's a very cold start to the day. the afternoon, though, warmer with less had wind than it was yesterday. a nice warm-up for the forecast. chuck. >> a mild enough day coming. it will be cooler than average, but once you take the wind away, that will make it feel like a nice day to be outside. full sunshine today. afternoon highs, 48 in leesburg and manassas. closer to 50 in downtown washington. so a cool day but, again, with the more sunshine and less wind than yesterday, it won't be bad at all. if you're planning to get outside the next couple of days, after a freezing cold start, maybe a spripgel coming up tomorrow. saturday, back up into the 70s, near perfect for your saturday outdoor plans. however, there is a little chance for rain coming up in a couple more memberships. for now, let's go over to melissa mollet and see what she's got for us this morning. >> northbound indian head highway after berry road, we still have that crash reported in the center lane. northbound 5 at 301, crash there. and a new one, 4 near ward road, inbound with an extent there, as well. southbound 295, that is start to go cause real delays as you're headed southbound on 295. a reminder here, 14th street near the willard, 15th street closed between f and g and f between 14th and 15th because of an event going on here downtown. as far as metro, all lines are running on time. we'll have travel times on the roadways in ten minutes. it is 6:02. right now, time is running out for house republicans ready to strike a deal on a new health care plan. a vote is expected tonight on a new health care bill. >> but there is worry that there aren't american health care plan to even pass. house republican res making big last minute changes to the bill. some lawmakers are lobbying president trump in the white house to change regulations that would be imposed on insurance companies. the president will meet with the conservative caucus this morning to hammer out a deal before a vote. no democrats are set to vote on this and at least 28 republicans are leaning towards voting no on the plan. the president is already on to the next phase in health care. >> we're going to bid out drug prices and we're going to try and have the lowest prices anywhere in the world. >> the american health care plan needs 215 votes to pass. >> we are also looking into a new claim from the chairman of the house intelligence committee. he says president trump's transition team and possibly the president himself were inadvertently surveilled following november's election. coming up at 6:30, more on what happens next with the investigation. we're learning new details in the murder of an >> she was found stabbed to death this week in a d.c. apartment. megan mcgrath has details now on a person of interest. megan. >> well, good morning. as you can see behind me here, police are still watching over the crime scene days after this murder. and we're now getting more information from investigators. that information coming down late last night about a person of interest. take a look at this photograph. it was taken at a convenience store that is located about 14 miles from the murder scene. that convenience store on garrett avenue in beltsville, that's in prince george's county. it shows a man walking into that store. police are hoping that someone will have information about who this individual is. they certainly want to talk to him. now, karina meal was found dead in this basement apartment on 14th street on tuesday. she had been stabbed to death. meal was originally from north carolina. she came to d.c. to assist another artist with a project. she s at the corcoran school of arts and design. news 4 spoke to meal's stepmother by phone. she says she really does not understand why anyone would want to hurt her stepdaughter. >> she lived her life so fully. she worked so hard for other people. she was an amazing heartist. she cared deeply about people. >> and police are looking for karina meal's car, as well. it has not been seen. it is a blue, 2004 toyota prius. it has kentucky license plates 722 rmy. if you have any information about that car or the person of interest seen in that photo, you are asked to call investigators. back to you guys in the studio. >> megan, thank you. it is 6:05 and right now flags are flying at half-staff in great britain. sheer a live look inside of parliament in london. that's where fou terror attack outside of parliament yesterday. today, we're getting new information about arrests and the suspect. erika gonzalez is at the live desk with details. good portion. >> good morning, eun. a moment of silence just held there in london. while there were two scenes, police believe it was one man behind the attacks in london yesterday and that the events were inspired by international terrorism. police say the attacker plowed through a crowd of people in westminster bridge with a four by four and then went to parliament where he attacks an officer with a knife. the officer and the attacker among the four people dead. more than two dozen are injured. more than a handful in critical condition. prime minister theresa may condemned today attack as a sick and depraved terrorist attack. back to you. >> erica, thank you. it's 6:06 right now. we have new video this morning of a man accused of killing a black man in new york. the man you see here in the white suit is james harris police in new york say he went there with the soul purpose of killing black men. jackson is from baltimore. now, police say on monday jackson stabbed timothy kaufman in the back with a sword. kaufman died. jackson turned himself in after he saw security footage on tv. according to investigators, jackson said he's hated black men for a decade. so far, he's only been charged with second degree murder, but that could change. he could be charged with a hate crime. d.c. police need your help finding 17-year-old katherine hunter. hunter is just one of the yoens why a crowd packed a room last night. people want to know why so many teens are missing in the district. the mayor bowser says many leave on their own .she's trying to find out why. >> what can we do as a government and as a community to need. >> the news 4 digital team has put together an interactive map which shows where more than a dozen teens went missing in the district. for more information on each case, take a look at the nbc 4 app. today, you'll find out whether you'll have to pay more to ride metro. metro's full board is set to vote on a fare hike and service cut plan. the rails and parking will cost more, bus will, as well. new fares will begin in july. we told but the brand new escalators that metro had folks put into the bethesda station. they're getting people talking because of something metro's general manager said. the community has a lot to say about etiquette, where to stand, where to walk. we'll have more on that 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eastbound 50 after rest ox road, crash right now, brand new crowding the left lane this morning. travel times to 70 and the of the beltway looking quite good. 66 understand bound to 95 northbound quantico to the beltway rolling along nicely. remember to listen to wtop 103.5 fm when you hop in your car today. >> melissa, thank you. it's 6:14. by now, you've seen this incredible video of an alabama woman jumping out of a trunk to save her own life. now, brittany diggs can sleep easier knowing the man who put her in that trnk is behind bars. man the well towns is charged with kidnapping, robbery and a fraudulent use of a credit card. towns kidnapped diggs, stuffed her in the trunk and drive around to several atms trying to withdrawn money from her account. diggs says she's grateful for the wick work in arresting her attacker. >> it definitely gives me some peace of mind. i still have a lot of healing to do. but at least knowing that he's fought out there is a better feeling. >> diggs says everyone should know w latch in the trunk of their car. we're learning this morning how a texas woman survived after being stranded for nearly a week in a remote area near the grand canyon. she told rescue onners her car ran out of gas and she had no signal. she made a makeshift help sign that was eventually spotted by a helicopter crew. the woman was taken to the hospital and will be okay. apple users, you don't have to worry that your icloud account is at risk, despite what you've heard. the company says its systems have not been breached, even though a hacker has threatened to wipe millions of accounts. the tech giant says it will continue to monitor account. developing now, there was a crash on the beltway this morning and police car was a part of this. erika gonzalez with this new video coming in. >> this is a prince george's county police cruiser, pretty banged up on the beltway here. this is new video into the news room of the scene on 495 and nn morning. so right now, beltway clear. you're not having any issues here. but this was, again, the scene about 3:00 this morning. somehow we are told the officer lost control of his police cruiser and wound up hitting a guardrail. that's why you see the damage there on the front end of that cruiser. not hearing of any injuries, but an investigation for sure into exactly what transpired here. >> erika, thank you. volunteers pleasant firefighter was honored for saving the life of his best friend. phil martin talk toes ricardo just about every day. but he recently knew something was wrong with the prince george's county police officer. turns out, he was right. officer biddy was poisoned by carbon monoxide inside his cruiser. martin called 911 and went right to biddy's home t the officer complained twice about fumes in his car, but results came back negative. when was the last time you went through c the pr training? >> now a local group learned a way to combine it with time spent with friends. >> for those people who have -- >> the people in this room are having a party. but it may not be what you think about when you think of party. >> if we have an infant or a small person under the age of 1, initially, we're going to start out by supporting the head and putting them in a dependent position. >> today we have a cpr party. >> the parties are typically held in someone's home and they're taught by a certified cpr instructor. each participant gets a chance to learn how to use an aed and perform compressions on a dummy. >> the c the pr study was founded by laura metro after her young son almost drown. i'll have more tonight on news 4 at 5:00. 17, 18 minutes after 6:00 right now. we're sitting at 30 degrees if you're lucky this morning. >> that's too cold in my book. >> it's too cold for me, too, but some areas are in the 20s. we're one of the warmer spots in the district. it's going to stay cold as we go through the day today. your commute will be cold. it will be dry. warm jacket, recess, the kids will need a warm jacket out there. as we go through lunchtime, still chilly out. exercise. you will need a jacket. temperatures are feeling like the 20s. 30 degrees in the district right now. feels like 23. this afternoon is not going to be as windy as it was yesterday, but any light breeze is going to make you feel cooler. that sun, though, will be helping quite a bit. 23 is what it feels like again in the district, but frederick feels like 23. haguerstown feels like 18 degrees. clinton, feeling like 17 right now. manassas head out this morning. bundle up the kids at the bus stop. as we go through the day today, if you are exercising, noon today, sun glass, a warm jacket, 43 degrees. by 5:00 p.m., you will still need the sunglasses, sunshine, high around 50 degrees with less wind. locally, we're nice and dry. we're going to stay that way for the rest of the day. here is future weather. tomorrow morning, we have a chance for some showers the first half of the day. nothing very heavy or widespread, but just keep that in mind. we go into saturday to start your weekend and it's going to be a much warmer. for today, though, 50 for a high temperature. sunny and cold, and then we go into friday. 63. we're warming up. 76 on saturday. late rain chance sunday, but the weekend looks really good. let's check the road owes this thursday morning. good morning, melissa. chopper 4 over some delays here. southbound 295 before benning road, have a disabled vehicle causing a little bit of a slowdown as you're headed into town. capitol, a broken down vehicle in the right lane there cause something slowdowns. wanted to update you on this situation, northbound inn head highway, after berry road, a crash in the center lane. eastbound 50 after west ox road, crash crowding the left lane there this morning. overall, beltway looking pretty good. we're going to take a look at the travel times, coming up. there is a new way to keep track of your loved ones. if you want to look at it this way. google maps now allows you to share your location in realtime through the smartphone app. it's similar to apple's find my friends feature. now, google hopes the new tool will be a convenient way to let someone know where you are without having to text or call them. track your kids or your whatevers. know where they are at all times. that's kind of creepy. harry potter fans are a pennsylvania ice creammaker has a new flavor based on the hog warts flavor butter beer. >> here is what the cartoon -- the carton looks like. it's made by yuengling ice cream. they said the combined butter cream and butterscotch ice cream to make this famous tlafr. are you going to try this? >> no. >> butterscotch and butter cream? >> i went down to the universal studios park where they sell this the butter beer or whatever it is. >> taste like rootbeer? >> i didn't try it. but it's warm, i think, right? no thank you. fafsa frustrations, explained. a change to a financial aid website impacted thousands of students would need help paying for school. coming up, how the change could be protecting you from criminals. but first, separated as children, reunited on the job. ow a police precinct brought together two long lost sisters again. and tay atadmy star ellen pompeo makes an appearance. hear how she balances life with three kids and nine pets. >> nine? >> 6:24. news coming in about a popular airline. erika gonzalez is at the live desk e desk with more. >> so alaska airlines and virgin america merging. so no more virgin america. that name goes aw entertainment you typically see on board, but now this will be under alaska airlines. in this new strategy, it's coming on up with this major expansion that's added 25 new daily flights out of san francisco, san diego, l.a., and san jose, as well. so some news for alaska airlines. back over to you. >> oops, you see it right there, it's a moment you'll see on your facebook feed, too. a 3-year-old girl from atlanta met pope francis and grabbed the cap right off his head.. the pope was blessing children when stella westrick went for it. pope plan sis and his aides had a good laugh. he loves children so much. a 3-year-old doesn't understand he's the pope and you can't -- >> exactly. imagine the person you work next to every day turns out to be your sister. we could be related. >> no, we cooperate. >> oh. >> police officers are the -- >> we're more alike as a human race than we are different, aaron. >> police officers are prepared for anything, but this left them pretty speechless. yegidit molina had just joined the nypd. they didn't think anything of the fact that they had the same last name. but one day, they were chatting in the locker room and they realized they shared a father. turns out the two officers are sisters. >> and when she told me his name, which is the same exact name as mine, i said -- i was speechless. i didn't have anything to say. >> she gave me that strange look like this girl is crazy. and i'm like, i'm your sister. >> this is so amazing. the women had actually met years ago when they were very young, but had no contact since then. the sisters are together almost every day now trying to make up for that lost time. love this story. > security. a high school facing new reats aftethr right now on "news 4 today," transition team surveilled. what you should know about the trump transition team that puts it back in the spotlight. parents and students now have safety concerns. coming up, what students are saying and what has changed here safetywise on campus. plus, a frigid start to your day, but before you know it, temperatures around here will take a warmer turn. your storm team 4 forecast, breaking down how much you'll want to bundle up. >> "news 4 today" starts now. good morning, every body. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> and i'm eun yang. >> melissa mollet is in your first 4 traffic with a look at your commute. >> but first the forecast with sheena >> we're sort of the weather branjelina now. >> i like it. >> yeah. justin firch web has the right thing going. he has his puffy coat and his warm hat on. it is cold outside. >> it is cold. in the district, feels like 23 degrees. look at clinton, feeling like 1 degrees right now. it is a cold start to your thursday morning. tomorrow, though, will be really start to go warm up with, but today less winds out there..the gaithersburg, 21 degrees. 20 in manassas. planner forred the, nice and sunny through the afternoon. less winds, so it won't be as cold. tomorrow, warmer and saturday wait until you see that forecast coming up. let's check the roads on this thursday. >> right now, chopper 4 over the outer loop after 95. taillights are the outer loop. pretty good volume there, but northbound indian head ahead after berry road, still have a crash in the center lane. and northbound 4 at ward road, an update there. that crash has the right lane only getting by this morning. eastbound 50 at west ox, still have a crash crowding the left lane. big look at the beltway looking quite good here this morning. typical slowdowns up top. no problems on 270 and normal slowdowns inbound 395. we'll take a look at travel times coming up. here are the top stories we're following for you this morning. d.c. police are searching for this person of interest. take a look. this is in the murder of karina meal. the artist found stabbed the death in an apartment on 14th street northeast. meal was last seen sunday night at the cochran school of the arts where she worked. a vote is expected to happen tonight on the new health care plan. but many are worried whether the house care british prime minister teresa sma about to speak in a parliament after that attack there. four people, including the attacker and a police officer were killed near parliament yet yesterday. police in britain say they've arrested seven people overnight. today, security will be beefed up at rockville high school. that school has been the center of national attention after a student was allegedly raped last thursday by two classmates, one an undocumented immigrant. yesterday, someone called in a bomb threat and threatened to bring a gun to school to, quote, kill illegals. news 4's justin finch is live outside rockville high school with what officials are doing to convince students they are safe. justin. >> aaron, good morning. students will likely see police patrolling about rockville high's campus today and add mip administrators taking some extra steps to make sure they have track of them here on campus. now, montgomery county police will be rockville high after a wave of threats came in on wednesday. among them, a bomb threat and one threatened to shoot undocumented immigrant students. now, this comes after two male students, ages 18 and 17 were charged with raping a 14-year-old girl in a school bathroom last week. at least one suspect is an undocumented immigrant. now, in some ways, one rockville student says this has brought their school together, inspiring conversations between them about some tough topics. >> people that i've never really even seen talk i've seen coming together, talking about the incident, talking about how we can move forward together as a school the. >> our students that are here, we are going to take good care of them. we're going to increase our vigilance about making sure that everything is secure in all of our schools. >> and to keep track of students on campus, rockville's campus has warned add mip administrators to keep time of class with a hall pass and to keep precise records of attendance with each class period. live in rockville, justin finch, news 4. >> thank you, justin. more than a month after she was found brutally murdered, the family of a 15-year-old gaithersburg girl will finally lay her to rest. the funeral for alexandra reyes is today at st. rose of lima catholic church in gaithersburg. reyes went missing two months before her body was found in a virginia industrial park. police believe her murder was gang related. ten people have been charged in connection with her murder. it is 6:35 right now. was the trump transition team under surveillance? acoring to the chair of the house intelligence committee, the answer to that question is yes. >> let's check in with erika gonzalez at the live desk with more information. >> good morning, erika. >> good morning. republican congressman devin nunes says he's read documents that would suggest president trump and his teamer a, quote, incident yapal collection that went on between the election and the inauguration. nunes says while none of the reports have anything to do with russia, some of the findings appear to be in his words inappropriate .that they should bother the president. meanwhile, president trump says he feels somewhat vindicated. in the news room, erika gonzalez, back to you. erica, thank you. new this morning, history made on the baseball diamond. team usa becoming champions while you slept. we'll fill you in on the moments you missed that people will be talking about today. and as we go through the day, it's going to warm up slightly. temperatures this morning, though, in the 20s as the cold one. make sure you bundle up. big warm-up into the weekend, but for today, we're looking at temperatures closer to 50 and plenty of sunshine. more details coming up. plus, hate-based murder. a m who he was grit. some have it, some don't. when the odds are stacked against you, you either hide or stand up. at strayer university we've seen it in our students for 125 years. and if you ever think of quitting, our success coaches will be there to pick you up and work with you every day to put you on the right path. it's time. strayer university. let's get it, america. good morning, everyone. four things you need to know about the weather. number one, it's freezing outside. don't worry, though. milder days just around the corner. tracking a chance for a sprirngel or two tomorrow. give you the details on that in just a second. sheena has your whole ten-day forecast. stay with us. it includes more information about all the peak blooming as it is set to begin. right now, a couple of different problems here on the beltway. chopper 4 headed to a new crash inner loop before little river turnpike. crash in the right lane. we'll talk about all this, take a look at metro and travel times, straid straight ahead. thank you, melissa. a lot of you had something to say about a comment by me >> he spoke where new escalators were just installed and he said, we do not promote walking on the left because it damages the escalators. plenty of you getting diop line to show metro does promote that practice in its policy. >> these are just some of the comments that the nbc washington facebook page shows. some of you saying if you don't move along, you'll be knocked down. >> riders should stand on both sides, but he also said people will do what they want to do. the cost of your commute could be going up. that could make 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look here. they are wanting to get any information they can on who is man is in this picture. now, the photo was taken at a convenience store which is located about 14 miles from where the murder took place. that store is on garrett avenue in beltsville. that's in prince george's county. the photo showing a man walking into the store. anyone who can identify this person, who may have seen this person in the store, you are asked to call investigators. now, karina neal was found in a basement apartment on 14th street on tuesday. she had been stabbed to death. neal, originally from north carolina, came to d.c. to the assist another artist with a project. she was last seen sunday evening at the cochran school of art and design. police say there was to sign of forced entry here at the apartment. police are also looking for neal's car, which is still missing. it is described as a blue 2004 toyo toyota prius with kentucky plates. 722 rmy is the license plate number. anyone with more information, you're asked to call investigators. worth mentioning here is days later, days after neal's body was found here, we still have police on the scene. they have not yet released the crime scene. they are keeping a watch over it. and you can see everything is taped off. they're not allowing anybody in that basement a apartment. back to you guys in the studio. >> 13 before the hour now. d.c. police say a man is in critical condition following an officer. involved 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 found a man with a gun. the man's fame .other details have not been released. we have new video this morning of a baltimore man accused of a racially motivated murder. this is james harris jackson outside a court in new york. new york police say he went there with the sole purpose of killing black men. police say on monday, jackson stabbed timothy kaufman in the back with a sword. they say jackson turned himself in after he saw security footage on tv. jackson said he hated black men for a decade. 6:47 right now. some breaking news, british prime minister theresa may speaking right now about the attack in london. >> aaron, eun, i believe we have morning of the prime minister addressing parliament. >> but today, as generations have done before us and as future generations will continue to do, to deliver a simple message. we are not afraid. >> as prime minister theresa may addressing parliament this morning. the prime minister says that the attacker was british born. and that there is no reason to believe this morning ta a threat still exists there in london. we also learned from the prime minister that an american is among the more than two dozen injured. four people died, including the attacker when police say he plowed through a crowd with a four by four there on westminster bridge and then killed an officer outside parliament. officers say the incident was inspired by international terrorism. it's 6:48 now. a tonight on capitol hill. that is despite the number of house republicans who are against the current plan. the president will meet with conservative freedom caucus this morning to hammer out a deal before the vote. at least 28 republicans are leaning towards voting no on the plan. to democrats are slated to vote yes. the health care plan needs 215 votes to pass. the. today, you'll find out whether riding metro will cost you more money. the transit system's full board will vote on a plan to increase fares and cut service. it clut includes a 25 cent fare hike on the bus and anywhere from a 10 to 25 cent increase on the rail. new fares would take effect in july. and the u.s. has the wbc title! >> the usa, champions for the first time. they just won the world baseball classic, puerto rico. this is the fourth world baseball classic and the first time the usa was in the final. opening day just ten days away, the nats, april 3rd. >> looking forward to it. >> i can't wait. 6:50 is our time right now. i want to check in with melissa mollet for a look at traffic. >> chopper 4, inner loop after new hampshire avenue is where this crash is. so you can see we still have one of these center lanes blocked here this morning. over to the right of this, we also have a problem. new hampshire avenue there at oak view drive. this, we understand, is a pedestrian that was struck. so you can see that closure of that intersection right there, as well. so thank you for that, chopper 4. inner loop before braddock lane, two lanes getting by that express lane. southbound 295, ramp to inbound st vehicle there. northbound 4 there, crash with that right lane getting by. eastbound 50 after west ox, crash in the left lane. right now, 270 looking pretty good top to bottom there. no mairnlg issues. travel times, 270, again, just fine. top of the beltway getting slow. inner loop is going to get quite slow. we're talking just the outer loop on this one right here. 66 inbound and 95 northbound pretty typical. listen to wtop 103.5 fm when you hop in your car. sheen that. hey, melissa, good morning. it is cold to start your day. temperatures feeling like the 20s through much of the area. so warm jacket this morning. this afternoon, not as windy. tomorrow will be a warmer day. small rain chance. chuck will talk about that in just a second. then we go into the weekend and the 70s do return. we're talking about a very warm weekend. even sunday looks pretty good. feels like temperature right now, if in the district. clinton stillee degrees right now. manassas feels like 20. leesburg, 28 degrees. so it is a cold start to the morning. your commute today, not too bad at all. dry roads. plenty of sunshine. you'll need the sunglasses. but lunchtime, 43 degrees. by 5:00 p.m., temperatures around 50 degrees. and if you're walking the dog today -- there's my dog -- nice day to do it. isn't that cute? you will want to bundle up, though, bundle yourself up if you're walking the dog. temperatures will be right around the upper 40s by 6:00 p.m., but a jacket and sunglasses today if you are heading out there. but a nice warm-up for the weekend before that small rain chances in the forecast. chuck has more details on that. good morning, chuck. >> good morning, sheena. we're tracking a very small chance of a few sprinkles. if you have stuff to do tomorrow, the morning commute will be dry, the afternoon commute will be dry. here is future weather to help you plan it out. 5:00 a.m. tomorrow morning, anything to worry about. past 8:00 or 9:00 in the morning, cloudy skies so by 10:00 in the morning, a risk of a few sprinkles coming out. we'll be dry after that. dry for your friday night plans and saturday looks good, too. so there is the breakout for temperatures tomorrow. chilly in the morning. a slight chance for a sprinkle early, but a dry afternoon and evening. as you're planning out your weekend, cherry blossoms should be coming into peak bloom with a high near 76. that rain chance sunday probably holding on until 5:00 or later. >> and that is the good news, chuck. we go into sunday. it's still warm. 76 on saturday. 68 degrees on sunday, but most of your sunday, though, is going to be dry. and then we go into next week and we are still looking at some very warm and mild weather in the forecast, guys. this high school senior deserves another round of applause. michael d.c. students who nabbed a full scholarship to george washington university. he is on track to become dunbar's high school valedictorian. he plans to study mechanical engineering. michael applied to several schools, but i imagine this scholarship will make his choice a lot easier. way to go. >> good for him. and the other kids, as well. i just saw some stories on facebook as you want to read more about the kids who got scholarships. any parent hoping to get financial aid for schooling will want to hear this update. new developments for plans to get college aid. we told you how the irs removed the free tool. as susan hogan explained, 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 aid's website. also known as fafsa. the data retrieval tool all download their tax return information, including their parents. the irs called this a precautionary step following concerns that informationing 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 there was.an actual breach. the irs believes the issue was relatively isolated. >> meantime, financial aid experts say getting this tool back up and running is vital to millions of students who are depending on federal financial aid. >> 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 and house education committees requested a briefing with the department back to you. it is 6:56. here are four things to know before you head out the door this morning. today, metro's board will decide whether you should pay more to ride the bus or the rails. it will take a final vote on the plan to increase fares anywhere from 10 to 25 cents a ride. time is running out for house republicans to strike a deal on a new health care plan. a vote is expected to.what later tonight on capitol hill. but many are worried whether the health care plan has enough votes to pass. d.c. police are searching for this person of interest in the killing of karina neal. the artist was found stabbed to death in an apartment. she was last seen sunday night at the corporate school of the arts where she worked. british prime minister theresa may says her country is not afraid. she just spoke about the attack outside of parliament where four people died. we also learned seven people now know an american was one of the people hurt. the "today" show will have the latest. big issue on the beltway here. inner loop after new hampshire avenue, have a lane blocked right there. chopper 4 over the scene. just to the right of that, new hampshire avenue at oak view drive. this is a pedestrian that was struck. we hear from police that should be cleared out of here in just a little bit. guys. oh, .it's cold this morning, melissa. make sure you have the jacket before you head out. feeling like the 20s this afternoon, good morning. hokkaido. news. at least eight people arrested in overnight raids, tied to that deadly terror attack in london. and this morning, the chilling new video showing the suspect's car speeding into pedestrians on a bridge. a terrified woman plunging into the river below. miraculously she survives. the head of the house intelligence committee says there's evidence that trump and his associates were caught up in surveillanc surveillance. the president says he feels vindicated. >> i appreciated the fact they found what they found. >> as for the president's original wiretapping claim, republicans and democrats agree it did not happen. this morning, senator

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