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In a pattern of northwest wind. Up into the mid 70s. As our winds turn back to the southwest tomorrow, a bigtime warmup. Out the door you go, 46 in winchester, virginia. 52 in manassas, 56 in arlington. Highs today 71 in gaithersburg, 77 in fredericksburg. As we mentioned, theres a warming trend coming. Back into the 80s, probably going to be in the 90s two days a week. Coming up in a few. Chuck, thank you. A digital extorsion scheme is playing out. News 4s angie goff is in the newsroom with more on the developing story. Angie . Reporter that is the big update this morning as you mentioned that massive cyber attack, it hit computers around the world. More than 150 countries. Officials now say that could spread even further today. Already there have been a 200,000 victims across more than 150 countries. This morning were learning nissan said it has also been targeted but it has not had a major impact on the car companys business so far. Security experts say that they have never seen any ....
It was stopped by a 22yearold british computer expert. Theres fear a continuing attack could come as people turn to work today and turn on their computers. Weve seen the rise of ransom wear becoming the principle cyber threat but this is something we havent seen before p the global reach is unprecedented. The ransom wear virus threatened to keep usersers electronics locked until they paid a bit coin ransom. Search fonts for a new fbi director. Eight people were interviewed for that position. There are 14 total candidates. A decision could come this week but questions continue over the firing of james comey while republicans and democrats remain divided on the president s decision. Some say sit feels like american institutions are under siege right now. In many ways, our institutions are under assault both externally and thats at russian interference in our election system. And i think as well our institutions are under assault internally. Internally from the president . Exactly. Chuck ....