thank you for waking up with us i'm wisdom martin alongside holly morris and. >> a person has died in early morning fire near american university saidwick street northwest. and annie yu arrived on the the scene give us the latest own that story, annie what can you tell us. >> good morning wisdom and all of you. this fire happened before 3:00 this morning. this is 4400 block of saidwick street in northwest d.c. as you mentioned by american university we're arriving on the scene and what we're told now is that it's up clear right now where this fire began and what caused. it but looking at the home you really don't see much of the exterior of this home damaged or burned. there's a couple of windows busted here and there. we also see a ladder reaching up to the upper level there where perhaps victim was aslee

. >> holly morris, steve cheneveye and allison seymour.mour. >> maureen, we miss you.ou she has the day off. o >> she's not watching.g. >> never mind.in >> we miss you any way. >> look. another thing that everybody ish talking about, spring.att, spr >> um-hmm.>> um-hmm. >> or something like that.meth look outside. we got the cherry blossomsloss waiting on the cherry blossoms.o you see the water right there.he last night it look like the ^rd -- it felt like the worlde t was coming to an end last nights we know the cherry blows samblos festival kicks off soon annie yy getting all the details on that she'll talk about what we cane c expect this time around.. but first we are talking aboutno

. >> first good morning happy tuesday i'm holly morris and long side wisdom martin and maureen umeh. >> breaking news from overseas, twin explosions, brussels international airport one person killed and several other injuries. the blast happened during the morning rush hour as hundreds were checking in and airport spokesperson says all flights out of the airport were cancelled and incoming flights diverted. belgium terror level is now at the highest point although officials have not called it a terrorist attack. this comes days after the prime suspect in terror attacks was restsed in brussels. we will continue to follow the story and bring you the latest information. >> developing closer to home now. family of three is out of their montgomery county home after a fire nearly destroyed it. it happened on primrose view court in de mask us maryland everybody made it safely out of the house but the damage is extensive and the cause of the fire is under investigation. >> happening today ano head to the polls in arizona while utah and iowa hold caucuses, front runners donald trump and hilla

. >> and first, thank you four waking up us with good morning toy i'm wisdom martin with holly morris and maureen umeh. >> we'll begin with breaking news from overseas, twin explosions rocking the brussels international airport. that happened just a short time ago killed and several others injured. and airport authorities say the blast happened during the morning rush hour and as hundreds were checking in. and an ap reporter says they saw several people with facial injuries. a witness on the scene says there was blood everywhere. and injured people and bags everywhere an airport spokesperson says all flights out cancelled and incoming are being diverted and brussels entire metro system is also shut down as there is reports of another explosion in or near the metro. belgium terror level is now at highest point. this incident comes days after the prime suspect in the paris attack salah abdelsam was arrested in brussels. we'll continue to follow this story and bring you the latest information. . >> close to home three george mason university students are behind bars this morning after au

. >> with that we say good wednesday morning to you i'm holly morris. >> i'm wisdom martin. >> maureen umeh joins us live from the newsroom where she's following the latest developments from brussels. what is the latest. >> world processing what happened 24 hours ago the dea deadly attacks in brussels leaving 34 people dead and 180 others wounded and suicide bombers detonated explosives at the brussel airport and a busy subway situation near the european headquarters and isis claimed responsibility for the ataxz. yesterday afternoon the picture of three airport bombing suspects was released. you'll see it short limit two men on the left are believed to be suicide bbe black glove which experts say likely covered the suicide detonators and the man on the right of the pictures believed to have escaped and this morning horties are looking for the man. according to belgium reports two attackers are identified as brothers. they have uncovered explosive devices chemical products inside the homes they've raide raided. nine americans are injured and one u.s. service member and five family membe

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good morning everyone i'm maureen umeh alongside holly morris and wisdom martin. we'll start this morning with breaking news in montgomery county. firefighters on the scene of a town hour fire i >> going now to "fox5" jennifer davis live on the scene with the latest. jennifer, good morning. >> good morning, guys, good news, firefighters have helped all the occupants of this townhouse here in the bethesda area on sangmore road out. you can see there's an extremely large fire response. i'm joined by pete barring ger. talk to me about why so many people here and what you saw when you got here. >> this is typical response two story duplex type of apartment fire second floor extended to attic. when firefighters got here there was fire showing. of course this time of the morning you never know what the human response would be. we had to assist anybody out of the building nobody was rescued per se they need add signature answer. cause of the fire under investigation. we'll have a couple families displaced maybe 7, 10 people in total. good thing is no injuries. but, again

first good morning, i'm holly morris. >> i'm wisdom martin. >> maureen umeh has the day of off. >> the big story we're following this morning, jessie matthew will number a virginia courtroom this afternoon. he's expected to plead guilty in murders of hannah gram and morgan gram disappeared in 2014 and one student disappeared in 2009 without the plea deal he could have faced death penalty last year he was sentence todd life if prison for sexually assaulting a woman in northern virginia in 2005. >> hundred honor a woman gunned down by her husband over the weekend. last night, friends, family and members of the community held a can't light ctim ill for crystal hamilton. she was shot and killed by her husband, ronald, after a domest ix dispute and he opened fire on three officers. one died. several who attended vigil offered support for those who may be dealing with domestic violence. >> someone here tonight may be going through it and may not want to speak ton today and i'm sure they'll leave her and think of the experience here and the words they've heard. >> people around the county and

. >> i'm holly morris alongside wisdom martin and maureen umeh. >> we thank you four joining thus tuesday morning. >> today, friend and family will say good guy to pr

good morning, i'm maureen umeh.umeh >> and i'm holly morris. morris. wisdom is off today. first at 4:30 we're followinge breaking news out of fairfaxairf county. co police were serving a warrant aa when they found two people peo shot on the 7500 block of trayco lee woods court in springfield.el police say two cars were driving in the oppositeit direction of the officers and one hit their police the man who hit the officers oic was detained. detne the two men in the other car were suffering from a gunshotot wound.wo they were transported to theed t hospital with nonlife-threatening injuries. ir our melanie alnwick is headeds e to the scene. we'll have an updid it on the ot story at the top of the hour.ou >> ♪ >> happening today, a viewing t will be held for fallen princeln george's county police officeryo jacai colson.ol he was killed earlier thiss month when he was hit by friendly fire. friends and family invited to t the funeral home in beltsvillets maryland from 2:00 to 9:00 9:00 this evening. >>> bikers from several states gathered in greenbelt lastgreenl night to rem

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thank you for joining us.u fo i'm holly morris alongside ofngo wisdom martin and maureen umeh. >> in the news this morningnews leaders of china ukraine and nigeria in d.c. for a two day nuclear summit hosted byosted president obama. oma the meetings will face on fe strategies to keep nuclearuc materials out of extremists.rem. >> let's talk about traffic. tal now there's going to be several road closures due toclos this summit.th last night d.c. police beganicee shutting down many of the manof roads are surrounding the washington convention center. cn they are not scheduled to reopen until saturday aroundro noon.noon fox5's annie yu is live in liv i northwest with more on how on this is going to impactmp traffic. good morning, annie. m >> reporter: hey, goodte morning to all of you. boy, there is a lot ofa activity going on downtown atow this early hour. h preps began last night orbegan yesterday afternoon. aftno it bled into the overnightd in hours and crews are stilld crs r working at this hour puttingting the radius to the white house,o, it's going to be very, veryery tight securit

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. >> good morning to you i'm holly morris alongside wisdom martin and maureen umeh. >> first at 5 we will hopefully be a better xhunt this morning for metro riders on the orange, blue and silver lines. crews worked overnight to repair cables damaged in a fire yesterday morning causing major delays nor riders. passenger where forced to take shut buses from mcpherson square and metro general manager apologized for the inconvenience and metro is expected to on with normal service this morning. of course we will let you know if that changes. >> a community still in mourning after the loss of a prince jourj county police officer. he was killed by friendly fire during an ambush. >> we learned suspected gunman and brothers record add tack on their cellphone. now their family is speaking out. "fox5" melanie alnwick is joining us live with the lates latest. mel. >> good morning here in front of police head quarters once again we see a black draped police car and flowers on the hood and it's a sight no one should get used to and there's no easy answers to the questions about officer colso cols

. >> i'm holly morris alongside wisdom martin and maureen umeh. >> we thank you four joining thus tuesday morning. >> today, friend and family will say good guy to pr gunned down while responding to domestic violence call. ronald hamilton shot and killed ashley guindon over the weeken weekend. services will take place hylton memorial chapel.i viewing start 10 a.m. and funeral services begin at noon. it's on to the public and make sure to keep it locked on "fox5". we'll have live coverage of the service throughout the day. >> light lit up the sky hundreds of officers escorted her body it a woodbridge chape chapel. tears streaming down faces of hundreds who did not know officer guindon but carry pain of her loss. >> shes with in with the mar eepz an i have a child who is in the military. it's side, so sad. >> to think it was by somebody active duty you know it makes it worse. >> officer guindon was just an hour and a half into her shift on her favorite day on the job. >> tonight, friends and family of crystal hamilton will gather to honor here during a candlelight vigil the 2 29-year-old mo

wisdom martin, holly morris, maureen umeh. >> gary is here too. he'll have a check on the forecast. first we want to bring you up to speed on the metro show down -- shut down it will be a show down on the roads parpsz f participates. all metro suspended until tomorrow morning 5 a.m. . >> it's a rut of systemwide emergency inspections following the cable fire near mcpherson metro station. >> federal government is on today and employees have option for unscheduled leave or telework. d.c. schools are on and tardys and absent tees will be excused metro parking lots will be on and free and paerm can catch buses or car pool. >> we have team coverage with melanie alnwick, annie yu and bob barnard tracking the lates latest. let's check in with erin who keeps it on the roads which will be busy today to say the least. erin. >> that's rite, just dmekd with the roads and good news we're crash free around maryland, virginia and district t traffic is light. congestion not slowing us down. if you're driving early start if is a good idea if you take public transportation avoyingd metro shut down. e

. >> i'm holly morris for allison seymour. >> and i'm steve chenevey welcome to mosh morning. off the top at 6 a trauma unfolding overseas now 6th hour. egypt air flight hijacked flying from alexandria to cairo with hijacker forcing to nrand cypress. it's egyptian citizen hey jac jacker from alexandria egypt seeking political asylum. right now the civil air minister said four passengers and several crew members are on board. it's unclear if americans are held or released. egypt president said this is not terror related incident. >> overnight townhouse fire in montgomery county force twod families to look for new place to live. >> jennifer davis joins us live with details on the story, good morning, jen. >> good morning, guys, okay. let's start with good news which is everybody got out safely with the help of firefighters. that's the big deal. because this happened in middle of the night when people were sound a sleep and smoke detectors did not go off. it started with those smoke detectors in the attic. luckily somebody in this house heard what was happening and neighborhoods

. >> i'm holly morris for allison seymour. >> and i'm steve chenevey welcome to mosh morning. off the top at 6 a

it is wednesday march 23rd.ar i'm holly morris alongside ofdeo maureen, steve and wisdom. wdo >> 24 hours after that attack in brussels a global outpouring of grief and s

good morning i'm holly morris and maureen umeh has the day off today. and here the story we're following this morning jessie matthew will be in a virginia courtroom this afternoon. >> he's expects todd plead guilty in mur everybody's of gram and harrington. gram disappeared in 2014 and harrington des appeared in 2009. without the plea deal matthew face the death penalty. he was sentence todd life prison for stex sli assaulting a whammy in 2005. >> the community of winchester, virginia. grappling with protests and conflicting accounts after a man being per sued by police died from a gun shot wound. it happened late sunday afternoon. "fox5" melanie alnwick is here with the latest on the case. mel what can you tell us. >> holly, virginia state police are now investigating the case at the request of the city of winchester. the police department says 2 20-year-old delaundry tie rel killed himself after running from officers. friends and supporters don't believe it. . >> they've gathered twice now to demand more information on the incident. winchester police

first, though, we say glad you're starting your day with us i'm holly morris in noral mall. >> i'm steve chenevey welcome to "fox 5 news morning". let's get to the fires overnight. in the district, one man is dead after a house fire along cedric street northwest d.c.. >> it's a neighborhood not far from american university. "fox5" annie yu is live on the scene what can you tell us. >> good morning, holly, steve, sad news this early morning fire feasttors remain main on the scene hours after the fire. we're told by d.c. fire they got report around:00 this morning and if you look behind me some of the fire united states left and fire investigators again remain opt scene at this single home along 400 block of saidwick street in northwest and when they got here they found a fire on the 1st and and one victim inside on the second floor. and with we fist arrived we actually saw a ladder pointing to that bedroom window up there where you see the debris. firefighters were able to quickry knock down that fire and bring the male victim outside where they did perform cpr on him on the front yard he

morris in forsn steve chenevey today. we w wolf welcome you to fox5 n morning.g. there have been severale stories breaking overnightha sot let's begin in montgomery in mot county where eighthereig firefighters are right now inowi the

u i'm wisdom martin alongside aloi holly morris and maureen umeh. u >>> we begin with a story a sto that's gained national national attention. >> we're talking about theki ambush-style attack in princeac george's county that leftthateft officer jacai colson dead.ea >> fox5's melanie alnwick is live at police headquarters inen palmer park with the veryark wi latest on this senseless actsess to say the least. l mel. >> reporter: that's right, guys, yes, so you can see heree that barlowe road is still is s shut down here in palmer park.ar so we're several blocks away awa from the police station, thehe district three stationtaon attached to police headquarters. t they're literally just stepslly apart.apart. now last night sorry hank stawinski said that this was an attack without any known motive and that officer jacai colson was able to ae return fire before he died. d police officers from aroundfromo the county gathered outsidedut prince george's hospitalce g center last night to honortoonor officer colson as the news the w broke that he did not surviv

. >> good morning everyone, i'm i maureen umeh alongside wisdom martin and holly morris. mri >> d.c. police on the scene of a double stabbing instabng i northwest.northw two women were stabbed in the w 1000er block of connecticut just after 2:00 a.m.r 2:00 a this is a live picture fromtum the scene. police say the women were cut inside of the bravo bravo b nightclub but are expected tobu be okay. so far no word on a motive or app possible suspect. >> ♪ >> happening now, presidentng obama waking up i nn cuba. >> the chief executive is on chi an historic yet controversialnt mission to the island nation. fox5's melanie alnwick joins us live from outside the cubanub embassy in d.c. in good morning, mel.orning, mel. yeah, there was so muchaso m jubilation here remember that last summer when the cuban flag was raised over the cuban b embassy here on 16th street str for the first time in 50 years 0 i should say.ay it's been quite some time. now this morning in havana hav president obama and his family yesterday, they were greetedered with cheers, also with some s pretty tight

min good morning, i'm holly morris. rr >> i'm wisdom martin.'m w thanks for waking up with us wis on this thursday morning.thursdi in the news this morning, it'sng looking more and more lik that ben carson will drop out d of the presidential race. yesterday carson said he seesd s no path forward in his white house bid. this is not ben carson.ar that was the baltimore case there but sticking witht ng politics he says he'll nots hlln attend tonight's gop debate inen michigan and he will no longer actively seeks votes. v carson says he believes ted cruz and marco rubio shouldhod drop out of the race. >>> now let's talk about what's happening in the newspeni thisn morning. a preliminary hearing in upper marlboro for the man at thet center of that child porn scandal.dal. deonte carraway faces morefacemo than a dozen charges of videotaping young childreng engaged in sex acts.ex a fox5 has confirmed anotherno lawsuit filed against princefile georges county schoolss relating to this case. to this . it claims a nine and a half a year old victim told his

good morning to you, i'm y wisdom martin alouongside holly morris and maureen umeh. ume >> metro officially backy b opened after shutting down for 29 hours. >> crews used that time to timet make emergency inspections and repairs.s let's get thrive melanies alnwick who is live with the latest.st good morning mel. >> reporter: good morning.orte we just witnessed it a few minutes ago, literally secondsec ago when the station managertati came in, came down the escalator and opened up the gates there and the first customers since what wouldha that be, tuesday, are makingak their way into the station. so, it was an inconveniencenve but it looks like everythingve is back on track and what we w learned yesterday at thisrd press conference is really rea that ther they were given credee to why general manager paulaul wiedefeld did make the right call.ll they found defects on theouec tracks in some cases soes s serious that shouldn't have been runningt ee over those tracks at all.s a all take a look at some of thesome o video that they showed at the press conference yesterday.

now morning.mo thanks for joining us, i'm us, holly morris. >> i'm maureen umeh. uh. wisdom has the day off.ff >> it's cherry blossom seasonrym in d.c.in millions of people are flocking to the city. c >> annie yu live with detailset about this weekend's closure festivities.stiv good morning, annie. morning, >> reporter: good morning, mor maureen. >> reporter: the best time t to seat closures right now.os there's nobody here.e' it's beautiful out here. the national park service sayscy last year 1.5 million peoplen pl came out to the nation's tthe capitol to look at theset the blossoms and they're expecting g just about the same this year t and if you lookhe around, you know, some have already burst open while others are just barely peeking through thosehrgo buds. there are about 3,000 trees that surround the tidal basinids once it's peak bloom this area looks like a sea of pink and pk white.ite. it's a support ler z. the cooler forecast temperatures this week moved the start of the peak bloom period to rightht about park service considers peakonsie bloom when the bloss

friday march 18.ch 1 i'm wisdom martin alongsidelong holly morris and maureen umeh. e >>> d.c. place say they're they' investigating a case of o alleged rape at sidwellatid friends school in northwestho i d.c. >> that's where we find fox5's melanie alnwick thisie a morning. what's the latest mel.atme >> reporter: good morning.ter: yeah, so looks like we're probably not going to get a g lot of information from the school parents. >>> d.c. police did tell us that they are investigatingtigag this alleged rape and theyand ty told us that it did happen on o the sidwell friends campusmpus involving two students said to i be in their upper teens, aeens male and a female.emal they say that the boy and girl here had a prior sexualexual relationship but the report but does not say where on campus cam this is alleged to have happened. this is wednesday on the 16th 1 of march and it was reportedepte close to 11:00 p.m. in the evening but says that they say thehat th say incident began so we don'te dont know how long this assault alleged to -- had gone on foror but it looks like the beginni

i'm holly morris alongside ofloe wisdom martin and maureen um >> our big story this morningig at s 5:30, more than 50 leadersl from around the world are in ari d.c. today to kick off a two day nuclear security summit smi hosted by president obama. oba >> there will be several roadalr closures especially around the c washington convention center.ono fox5's annie yu is live ine i northwest now with more on how r this will impact your commute.rm good morning, annie., a >> reporter: hey, goodter: hey,o morning, maureen. yeah, this is the fourth and final summit taking place herelh in washington and it's going is to be taking place today andnd tomorrow and so traffic is tra s going to be impacted today tod until saturday afternoon. aer we are live here at sixth and sh new york avenue where, as you, a know, new york avenue leads lea directly to the washington whino convention center.cotion there is where the two-day two summit is taking place and the convention center sits about a t mile from the white house so security is super tight. tig you have 50 dignitariesries expected to a attend. a

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morris.. >> and i'm maureen umeh. maurem. wisdom still enjoying anotheroyg police investigating a double ad shooting in the districtting i happened around 10:30 on the 5,000 block of bath placef southeast. two women were shot.o both victims were consciouse cos and breathing when takenhe tooken area hope. both are expected to recover.ter no word on a suspect or a motive.motive. >>> a d.c. firefighter isiref recovering after an apartmentpat fire in northeast.n nrtheast. firefighters were called togh the 3200 block otef east capitoo street last night. nig we are told several people hadel to be rescued from the fire.th f two residents were also injured but everyone ist ever i expected to be okay.o be o so far no word on a cause. c >> and developing overseas, the death toll now up to 70 in a bomb attack in pakistan on pan easter sunday.east sunda the explosion targeted tar christian families who hadtian e gathered in a park in then parki steve lahore to celebrate. cebra many of the victims weremser children. more than 300

morris in forsn steve chenevey today. we w wolf welcome you to fox5 n morning.g. there have been severale stories breaking overnightha sot let's begin in montgomery in mot county where eighthereig firefighters are right now inowi the battling a three-alarm fire indt all eight who were hurt arere dpected to besaced. >> now to northern virginia viri where a road in fairfax countyau is back opened after a deadly dl accident overnight.vernht two men believed to be ine their 20's were killed in a one-car crash along burke a bure commons road. this happened around 12:30d this morning. morng a third passenger in the backerc seat did survive. police say that alcohol, highlc speed and the wet roads all rds contributed to this deadly dea wreck. >> and in the midwest there ismi breaking news from kansas.ansa an amtrak train derailed there overnight. five cars flipped onto their t sides when the train left theraf tracks dodge city kansas an this dave a huge impact on your commute tomt work.work. fox5's bob ba in southwest with the de

holly morris with us. >> we're told most of the passengers have been released from flight ms 181 we're told hijack ser egyptian citizen and there's reports he also held a duel u.s. citizenship but those reports are not correct. this is not a terror-related ins accidentch the man's motivation is not clear but in a bizarre twist some government officials say the man "seems to be in love" civil aviation officials said the man gave negotiators a man of woman living in cypress where the mraep was forced to land and asked them to givemer an envelope. reports also say he is veterinarian from alexandria egypt. now, right now, egypt civil air minister says three passenger and four crew members are on board and dozens of others were released earlier. there are reports eight americans were on board and it's unclear whether they're among those still being held. obviously details still coming but very bizarre twist. whole love angle is latest and most interesting. >> you know how hold he is? >> have not heard how old he is just vet from alexandria in egypt and wanted to go to cypress and in love wi

. >> holly morris joins us live from the newsroom with thatown a stcks orsry just givinwigth us i what we're talking about holly l good morning.orni >> talking about why the airporo makes for such a target.t >>> it is really is veryal is v important not where it'sere is located, of course, but all thaa goes on we are taking a look at the the airport's website itself. iel basically has three runways, tws that are parallel and one that t crosses it. so it makes like a z formation. but the terminal itself if youf saw a picture of the terminal, a it would familiar to you.. it's reminiscent of reagan national almost. it only -- it's just like a u su you have, you know, the two terminals where you go out to the gates and then like a main area that crosses so if you endu thirty six your mind a u barr mr reagan national as one more.on r but when we were talking aboutko it earlier we referred to it ast being a relatively small airpo airport. but in terms of europe it'sms actu oally one of the largest airports in europe and this gives us a better understanding why it was such a good target. 23.5

. >> it's in trouble with acting authorities for requirements on recent casting call.ngal holly morris back now with the t details on that. t >> reporter: really this is the first bad thing we've heardd about this mew sill cal you'rece right it's been taking everyone by storm but the broadway smashh hit which tells the story alexander hamilton recently announced casting call thatt asked specifically for non-white men and women for upcoming rolel in future versions of the play. now, that language landed lde casting directors in hot wateriw with the actors he can quituit association which said yesterdad casting calls language was not official or in compliance withme their rules.eir s. the show issued a statement sme saying they regretted thettedhe confusion and will amend the met notice to add that we quotete welcome people of all ethnicit ethnicities to audition.ies now since it opened off broadwad last year hamilton has beenas b celebrated for putting minorities at the centers ofento er the show african-american, asiaa and latino actors have been cheered by president barack obama, brit

it is wednesday march 23rd.ar i'm holly morris alongside ofdeo maureen, steve and wisdom. wdo >> 24 hours after that attack in brussels a global outpouring of grief and s the sky. sky eiffel tower lit up last night t in black, yellow and red.ed. the colors of the belgium flagum while on this side of theide of atlantic very similar scene in e new york city.yorkity. world trade center alsoenr a projected the colors of european union capitol along its spyer.tr here in washington, d.c. right.g across the river at nationalionl harbor the capitol wheel also decked out in black, yellow and red. not signs of support all across the country.th >> we'll have much more on thosn attacks in just a moment but first a bright spot in all thist bad news is the fact that thet t weather is pretty good. could hit 70 today. pefect way to kick off the cherry blossoms peak bloom.ea bm for details on that gary mcgradg in for tucker barnes right now.. hello.he >> tucker is there.re. he's at the tidal basin rightint now.w. >> he's down there.>> he's downt you're in here.he >> do you see him. >> he's

wisdom martin, holly morris, mo, steve chenevey, maureen umeh we're all ready here ready toeat go. >> also ahead this morning talkr about a photo bomb. the man who posted picture witht suspect egypt air highjackerac speaking out about that viral vl image now. n why he says he did it a little later on.n. >> first though march ending on a colder note. n warmer temperatures may be onrae the way, but not yet. yet some rain may be, too. not today but in the very near future. get the details from tuckerucker barnes as we look at the t washington monument that openede up about one minute ago toag t tourists today.ay. >> fantastic. cold north and west.orth 20s overnight. but you can see from our live shot we've got beautifulutiful conditions to start your day.yod lots and lots of sunshine, andea we're starting that warmupp temperatures now jump 3 degrees3 in the past hour up to 46 in washington. other thing i want to point out winds out of the north and westt yesterday at 15 or 20 are now ae out of the south and east thatts signals changes to come and ifnd you like warmer temperatures, ii thi

morris. >> did you forget my name for second.co >> very dramatic pause.ery dram >> here you go.. steve chenevey, maureen umeh. gary mcgrady is over there.here we're all here ready to go.o we got a lot to talk about thist morning when it comes to metro.t >> that is the big story this ti morning.rn we can't escape it.wean't the shut down in d.c..c the day d.c. shut down.hu how is it going for you so far?u all metro service suspended asud we know by now until 5:00 a.m. tomorrow morning.ng now this is the transit agency can perform emergency emergency inspections after the fire that broke out monday under ground an mcpherson square. >> total shut down is ando is unprecedented move, and one thee head of metro calls necessary to ensure passenger and employeeloe safety. but still took the region by surprise and it means majoraj issues for region alreadyneady plagued by gridlock.k. >> some 700,000 people rideeid metro on daily basis and todaynt they have to find some other war in and out of the city.he c that means more cars roads packed buses and pricey uber rides to make easier lessel

friday march 25th is the date.hd i'm holly morris alongside of maureen, steve and allison.. wisdom is enjoying the day off.f >> also ahead this morning, thet wait is over for batman and superman fans.s the movie officially opened lass night. maybe you had a chance to see ie if not you'll get a chance a c today. kevin is wrapping up our super hero themed week with very v special surprise do you not wanu to miss.to miss >> first though some rain to rat start off the holiday weekend.ed what about easter sunday? foror details tucker back with a firsr check of the forecast as we gaze upon the cherry blossoms at the tidal basin. >> that is a snapshot we need to capture right there.e ri click. love it. prime timing it today, don't yoy think.in >> looks amazing.oo amazi >> you notice cloud cover outic there. we have a few showers that arewh moving through just for ther morning hours today and thenursa we'll clear it out thisut t afternoon you want to time thatt tidal basin walk about you mighu because honestly it will bey it crowded again this afternoon. ar 66 now in washington.ashi

. >> everything online.veryth >> that is very hard to read bub holly morris is here with the better side of social mediaocl right now. >> we heard barack obama say in that small part when he pt when adr you know, this is a reminder that we need to unite as a world. i think in terms of venting andd letting our emotions get outet there social media louse that ta happen. people from around the world engage in these conversations about what they're feeling therf today, and a lot of people are a feeling very similar things.hi they're sad.ey'r sad. they're mad. they're angry.. and we are of course seeing alln of that. of t we've been going through.oing th they keep coming fast andast a furious.riou but we just want to share aoha couple of them with you. you this is sandy. she says waking up to the newshe from that another attack has h happened brussels so sad.rus so violence is becoming an ordinard thing. i think many of us have expressed that. t such sobering news to wake up tu and yet we use the word again.. we've already almost desensitized in some way as he he we expect things like this to

holly morris is off.s o >> if you missed it bobby flayoy was here and these two weree cooking.ok >> he was awesome.>> he >> you guys not bad.notad >> steve went in for seconds. >> what?t? >> allison, why did you say itw like that. >> steve also not -- steve isstv also hungry.ungry >> he did say that. >> hunger is the best seasonings as they say.as they there you go. >> he did say that.. >> ahead this morning speakin sg of food serve serving breakfastf and saving lives at the sameth time.ti at ihop it's national pancakel a day. the fact that you get a free short stack isn't the best part. it can help the fight againsthta blood cancers.cers. >> first though the kind of weee we've all been waiting all all winter long for.. temperatures already pushingusng 50 degrees outside.si and they're going to even tve higher. er how high is it going to get? ? just wait until you hear this.hi gary mcgrady standing by with a plate with our plate. plate. >> with our food.>> i was going to take anotherg tok bite.bi jim didn't bring me the fork >> go ahead and get it with youu hands. >> you serious.>>io >

a new month.onth i'm holly morris alongside maureen, steve and wisdom.isdo >> all right. you kn >> what is it wisdom.t is it wi. >> it's big day for thes big y washington redskins.eds. deadline it is approaching tod today. >> in other words it's pay days for kirk. >> it's pay day for kirk cousins bats the bottom line the team has until 4:00 this afternoon tt decide what they'll do with kiri cousins and there's a lot atot stake here.ta a lot of zeros at stake. s >> i think between 17 andhink 20 million he'll be okay eithere way. >> either way.>> he should be good.uld >> should be good.>> >> good for him today. is also the first day of o meteorological spring.al s that is march 1st. 1st did mother nature get the message? we'll woke up toe t freezing temperatures look at it now. beautiful. no clouds in the sky.ud head to dos 60 degrees.. but as we know around thesed t parts, tucker, just because it'i 60 today, does not mean it willl be 60 tomorrow or we may not get snow by the end of the week. ofe >> not this time of year.his ti in fact, yeah, might have accumulated snow by

maureen o' umeh and holly o' morris. >> erin go braugh.n go braug >> we're excited o excited. 8:50. 8: coming the a 9:00.cong t >> happy birthday to jewels to w barry man from his dad and and stepmom.ep he's 10 today. >> double digits. >> happy birthday.thday >> all right.>> a only person probably more exci excited than jewels right nowha for celebrating his birthdayn s kevin. he is on the west coat right n now. how out trolling holly boulevard 3:00 o'clock in the morning l lyrticularlily probably notli sleeping after seeing that -- ii know, i know. kw. probably not sleeping seeing agg big movie last night.t nht hi, kev.,ev >> good morning steve andstevend allison.allison. >> you're right.>>ou'r i have not slept barely. barel i saw batman and super man 9:00 p.m. la time midnight your timee i was on hollywood boulevard this morning next to kermit thet frog walk of fame sign which isc really cool. real now i'm here at kdtv studios ins los angeles and i had to seeee batman and super man last nightg i'm geeking beyond belief.ond b. i'm sitting down with ben affleck, henry calf, jesse eise

walter morris. 7 news. >>> now plans for the secretary of state. after canceling an advances trip john kerry will accompany president obama to cuba thrairt movement jessica holly live for us in wed west miami-dade with a a them this morning the victims stro regime. >> reporter: well, craig, light of people thought john kerry was not going to go to cuba at all. and turns out he is waiting to go with the president and his whole plan is not sitting well with money m- >> the most important news of the day on cuban state run television and not a mention of the latest developments in u.s. eye see the man there. >> reporter: a day after secretary of state john kerry announced his trip to cuba was off. this from the white house spokesman. >> secretary cer i have has decide travel with the president to cuba in a couple weeks. >> reporter: kerry caz considering going to cuba head of the president to lay the ground work. bat now the hague lg over what dissidents the president will meet lead dhiefng plans the president will meet with whom ever he choozs to mee

g it is 9:01 on this march 4th.marc i'm holly morris alongside of>>o that this is -- for people thatt don't like snowhere in the dissa roads are just wet.. southern maryland in saintand mary's county half a foot of snow. snow good news is, i think we're donn with it. >> all righty. all for details snow totals and thet big changes on the way tucker ii with us in the loft for first fr check of the forecast.. >>ry ve qui the president iss looking -- i'm looking forookinr people to pay rent at my house.. >> okay.kay. your house in annapolis to the president. >> i've got an extra room.an e >> i got an extra room.oom. >> okay. if they're interested. >> he'll need more space than that. there will be three pele >> really far from sid well. we. >> real have really good time.a, 2-inches of snow locally.ally four or 5 i southern maryland. got news, though, with theit the recent warm weather it justat hasn't had a chance to stick oni the roadways. so most of your roadways in pretty good shape. shape last of the snow fading off to the south and east.d e got a couple leftover flakes and snow shower