inner loop of the beltway just within the last couple of seconds. it's going to take a while, of course, for the delays to begin to dissipate through the area. the good news here is that all of the lanes have now reopened. now with more on traffic, we're going to send it over to danella. that's right, megan. that is great news if you're traveling the inner loop, heads-up. those lanes are open. once you get to new hampshire avenue you are still jammed. we're going to head over to i-95 in virginia at fairfax county parkway northbound. an accident is just off to your left shoulder lane. it's good your travel lanes are open but you are seeing a delay as you travel in the lorton area. your drive time interest prince which wi william parkway a bit under speed. 14 minutes to the capital beltway. if you're taking the rails, i'm checking them as well. m metro, vre, no delays. t tom? you can go sleeveless this morning. it's mild and muggy. humidity hanging in the air. temperatures around most of northern virginia, nearby thabdz are in the low to mid-70s.

low to mid-70s in washington as well as right near the bay and the shenandoah valley it's near 70 and that's the leading edge of rain beginning to advance up the valley from the south, right now near harrisonburg getting some sprinkles. further north up around winchester, front royal and martinsburg you'll be getting that rain likely in another couple of hours and for students at the bus stop this morning, you don't need a coat but you'll need an umbrella as you are heading back home from school will likely have some rain moving in but not for much of the morning around the metro area, cloudy and mild in the 70s. near 80 by noon. by then we could have some showers and maybe stronger storms this afternoon. details on that in ten minutes. e eun? tom, thank you. we'll see you then. 6:02 now. a week after being forced off the job, hundreds of thousands of federal employees are heading back to work this morning. but with no deal in sight, it could be days or even weeks before their colleagues join them. melissa mollet is on capitol hill with are more.

melissa, good morning. >> reporter: well, good morning. 350,000 people will be back to work this morning, eun. but still thousands of them on furlough. all of them, of course, wondering when they will be getting paid. the house back in session at noon. the senate at 2:00. when the senate reconvenes very likely will take a look at the back pay bill the house pitched saturday that would reimburse government workers. still on capitol hill lots of fighting and finger pointing. house speaker john boehner saying he lacks the vote to pass a temp rather spending bill without conditions that would keep the government operating. >> there are not the votes in the house to pass the clean co. >> i would bet there are the votes to pass it. >> reporter: now according to an nbc news count, 200 democrats say they would vote for it. 22 republicans say they would as well. that would be a 222 total, more than the 217, of course, needed to pass a bill like that. live on capitol hill this morning, melissa mollet, news 4. thousands of lockheed martin

employees won't be at work today because of the government shutdown. the defense contractor is furloughing about 3,000 workers. it says that number could go up if the shutdown continues. the furloughed employees include those who work at government facilities that are closed right now. this shutdown could hurt your kids' schools if it drags on beyond today. >> the shutdown will hurt the cash flow to school districts, colleges and universities if it lasts longer than a week. today is day seven. the education department hasn't elaborated on how many schools will be affected or which ones will stop receiving money. stay with news 4 and nbcwashington.com throughout the government shutdown. we'll keep you up to date until the crisis is resolved. 6:04 now. police are looking to surveillance video to provide answers whether street racing led to a crash that injured 11 people in brandywine, maryland. take a look at the mangled wreckage. state troopers say a car traveling north crossed the

median and hit a pickup head-on. that caused a chain reaction that involved as many as six cars. two people were flown to the hospital, at least four children are hurt. the road was shut down for more than six hours. troopers will look at security video from businesses along 301 to see exactly how the crash happened. right now the new parking garage is open. there are 426 spaces at the new metro west garage. it will still cost youed 4.75 to park there on weekdays and you can get into the new garage from chapman avenue, the existing parking lot will now be converted into retail office and residential space. today a growing group pushing for the redskins to change their name will bring their fight to the district and right to the doorstep of nfl owners. members of the oneida indian nation will greet the members as they gather for annual meetings at the ritz-carlton in georgetown. the group is spearheading a change to change the mascot the campaign and will hold their own

conference in the same hotel to encourage change. delegate eleanor holmes norton is slated to attend. redskins owner dan snyder says he will never change the name. one more time now at 6:06 we want to update you on the breaking news we've been following this morning on the inner loop of the beltway. the lanes have now reopened. it will closed for hours this morning because of a deadly wreck there. but if you're heading this way all lanes are open again. also, finding missing children. the valuable resource that just went off line because of the government shutdown. plus, why a face in a commercial may convince your kids what they're eating is healthy even if it's not. and prepare for the rain. we'll share the time line when we'll share the time line when you can expect it pumpkin's back at dunkin'? now you tell me. try the new pumpkin pie donut or any of our other many pumpkin treats today. america runs on dunkin'.

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the government closure is keeping an nfl player from launching a bit of a protest against nfl fines. san francisco 49er donte whitner planned to change his last night name to hitner to protest what he says are fines for illegal hits. he wanted to have his name on his jersey last night but the shutdown means the name change can't be processed for at least a month. whitner was hit with a $21,000 fine earlier this season. a team of researchers wants athletes to think twice before endorsing a particular food on drink. they are disturbed how many athletes are pushing fast food and other products high in calories and sugar. they say many target teenagers. >> you think these pro athletes are healthy and fit and you want to follow their example. >> and i wonder if they eat the fast food because they have to

be in tiptop shape. time to get a check of weather and traffic on the 1s. here is storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein. >> we were looking at the live view. we do have clouds producing rain much further to the west and southwest of us in the sorensen tral valley that will be advancing closer to the metro area by noontime when we could get heavy downpours with thunder and lightning. a slight risk that between 2:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. we could get storms producing damaging winds and a slight risk of an isolated tornado. we could get is severe weather h some heavy downpours. it may cause flooding. seven-day outlook is coming in ten minutes. how is our traffic, danella? tracking a new incident on the beltway, taking the ramp to i-95. a disabled vehicle was blocking your left lane. it has moved to your right shoulder lane. a live look from chopper 4. delays as you travel to i-95, you are going to see them as you pass new hampshire avenue.

rich around -- richard and eun? a construction accident on the red line

6:14 as we head to a second week of the government shutdown. some federal employees are heading back to work this morning. defense secretary chuck hagel ordered nearly all 350,000 back it to the office. the house returns to the hill at noon today. the senate will be back at 2:00

to tray to reach an agreement. people across the country are taking their shutdown frustrations online particularly over websites that are off line. angie goff has more on that. richard, good morning to you. we knew that some government websites were going to go dark with the shutdown but right now a lot of people up and arms, about one in particular that just went offline, this is what you get when you go to the government's amber alert website. no critical missing children bulletins, no urgent alerts, just a white screen with a message showing it's unavailable as a victim of the government shutdown. we do have calls in to find out if we will get those e-mail alerts that are sent out to the media when a child is, indeed, missing. another site, meanwhile, ignited a twitter storm after an earthquake struck san francisco sunday. usgs originally did not post any update about the quake. the flood of angry tweets appear to have worked.

the site has posted an update. they did that within an hour. another tremor that happened this morning was posted as well. richard? >> thanks, angie. some of d.c.'s popular food trucks are feeling the pinch without any federal workers to feed. of "the washington post" reports that sales at many of the city's gourmet food trucks are down 50% or more since the start of the shutdown. some have even had to lay off employees and others decided not to operate at all until the standoff is over. military families are getting a helping hand from a big warehouse store during the shutdown. sam's club is offering free temporary passes to all members, retirees and their families. sam's says that they are offering the passes because commissaries are closed during the shutdown. for deals and discounts being offered to federal workers head over to our website nbcwashington.com and stay with news 4 all week as we work to bring you the latest on the shutdown. 6:17.

a fatal crash in leesburg killed two people when their suv lost control and missed a curve in the road. the vehicle slammed into a tree and burst into flames. both people in the car died at the scene. one man who lives nearby called 911 after he heard the impact and tried to put the fire out before the rescue crews arrived. >> the accident usually starts at the bridge. people come flying down the road and you can't see the people turning left and if they're stopped because other cars are coming the other way, there's a lot of rear ends always right there. >> police haven't released the names of the victims. about an hour ago metro resumed service on the red line following a deadly accident during some track work this weekend. investigators say a large piece of track hit and killed a contractor and sent two other metro workers to the hospital. the three were working to replace part of the rails and the tunnel. investigators confirm a small fire and a loud noise when the

rails shifted. metro says one employee was treated and released from the hospital. today metro is holding a grand opening ceremony for the new entrance at the rosslyn metro station. it includes three new high-speed elevators, a new station manager kiosk and pay stations. it includes a new walkway to help with passenger flow. the project was completed on time and within budget. the ceremony will happen at 9:30 this morning. the u.s. military is holding one of al qaeda's top operatives. u.s. special ops forces captured anas al libi in tripoli. he is now at a secure location outside libya. al libi helped plan the bombing in tan zania and kenya 15 years ago. secretary of state john kerry is defending al libi's capture. libya called it a kidnapping but kerry says he was a legal and appropriate target for the u.s. military. kerry also says al libi will receive a fair trial. this morning we're getting a

look at the damage caused by record rainfall in kentucky. in louisville about 7 inches of rain fell in just 3 hours. emergency crews rescued 12 people from the floodwaters. more than 80 people had had to leave their homes. right now no reports of any serious injuries and this year's wet weather is not affecting virginia's pumpkins. state agriculture leaders say big orange pumpkins and white pumpkins are available. when picking the perfect pumpkin look for one that doesn't have any soft spots. nationwide the pumpkin crop is down about 50%. >> oh, no. that would be a problem, right? >> especially this time of year. >> we have to get our pumpkin picking soon. our team of meteorologists is tracking rain moving into our area. storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein has the very latest. tom? we are seeing a large area of rain that is advancing closer to washington and out ahead of that we have some mild and muggy air. it is humid this morning. we are in the low to mid-70s across most of virginia and maryland as well as the shenandoah valley. and out of the mountains it's

near 70 degrees now. our storm team radar showing this rain advancing up the shenandoah valley. closer view of that radar showing the leading edge of that rain is right near harrisonburg. and near winchester in about an hour you'll be getting some of the rain. reported around roanoke and into southern west virginia and as we look at our temperature graph today, looks like our warmest temperatures will be late morning and around noontime in the upper 70s. but then once we get rain in the afternoon, the temperatures will quickly drop back down to around 70 degrees and we do have a risk of some severe storms and right now with that severe storm zone, let's take a look now, chuck bell. >> the transition from 91 yesterday over to much cooler weather tomorrow will come at the price of severe weather, all of the shaded area here,

everywhere east of the blue ridge mountains under the slight risk for severe thunderstorms coming up primarily early afternoon to about dinner time or sunset this evening. it does include all of the immediate metro area, montgomery, fairfax, loudoun and the district as well as arlington and alexandria. no impact on our local airports just yet but anytime you have this kind of thunderstorm activity up and down the eastern corridor could see big flight delays later on this afternoon, tom. >> thank you, chuck. and then the big change comes in later tonight. into the low to mid-50s by this time tomorrow morning and it'll feel like october again tomorrow and for the rest of the week. highs near 70 tomorrow as well as again on wednesday and on thursday with morning lows in the 50s. then as we get into friday and towards your weekend, storm team 4 seven-day outlook could could get some rain friday and again saturday and sunday. highs over the weekend near 70 the another look at storm team 4 rad radar, the rain getting closer coming in ten minutes. danella looks at traffic.

still tracking it delays inner loop of the beltway. as you take the exit i-95 making the commute in maryland this morning, disabled vehicle off to your shoulder lane. the lanes, as you travel i-95, you are seeing delays on the inner loop of the beltway especially in the right lanes. they're pretty solid. so once you pass new hampshire avenue you are going to start to hit the brakes as you continue on the inner loop heading to i-95 those travel lanes are finally open. going to head down to dumfries now. route 1 this is at wayside drive. a broken down car. up to i-95 still seeing delays from woodbridge. once you pass fairfax county parkway had an earlier crash in the shoulder lane. we'll talk about your drive time, 19 minutes from prince william parkway to the capital beltway. richard and eun? >> thank you. 6:22 now. new this morning, north korea says a new military pact could threaten a final destruction. the latest threat comes the day before the u.s., south korea,

and japan are set to begin a joint naval drill near the korean peninsula. last week the south and the u.s. signed a military agreement to deter the north from using nuclear weapons and other weapons of mass destruction. now take a look at this. an indycar champion is expected to get out of the hospital after a massive crash at the houston grand prix. dario franchitti was part of this terrible accident in the final lap that sent his car airborne. franchitti was awake when he was transported to the hospital. a spokesperson for his racing team says he was only complaining of a sore ankle and back. debris from the accident rained down on race fans that sent two people to the hospital. they're expected to be okay. we will be watching the supreme court in the coming weeks. the nation's highest court begins its new term today, one of its biggest cases focuses on how much you can contribute to a political candidate, campaign, or political action committee during a two-year election cycle. another case could help determine who gets into college.

the court will decide if a state can amend its constitution to prohibit race or sex from being a factor in admissions to public colleges. the justices will also take up twof caseses that deal with our first amendment rights, one case challenges a massachusetts law that will not allow protesters within 35 feet of abortion clinics. the other focuses on whether a town council can hold a prayer before its meetings. >> consumer advocates want to warn you about scam artists trying to dupe you by pretending to be associated with the affordable care act and try to get your information. many of them are calling or e-mailing pretending to have an insurance plan to offer you. the u.s. government's preferred mode of communication is the u.s. mail. into the phone calls or e-mails. the best way to stay safe is to only talk with certified application counselors. >> we want to make sure people are comfortable coming to us.

we are easily i'dable by our polos, our i.d. badge and our services are no cost at all. >> another tip to avoid being scammed, never give out personal information if you get an unsolicited call, text or e-mail. >> hundreds of thousands of federal workers will go back it to work during the federal shutdown. the treasury secretary says could be catastrophic. plus, a family attacked by a group of people on motorcycles. the new information police are looking for to track down everyone responsible. and a huge rain system sweeping toward ou

right now hundreds of thousands of federal workers are heading back to work, but it's not because the government shutdown is over. the u.s. defense secretary declared them all essential workers.

in just a few hours members of the house and senate will be back to discuss the government shutdown and in just a few minutes we'll be looking ahead to the debt ceiling fight and the sticking points on both sides of the aisle. but first, tracking rain that you will see moving into our area very soon. here is storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein. >> yes, and in addition to that we have a lot of humidity, hair styles by mr. humidity on this monday morning. it is very humid and mild temperatures in the low and mid-70s. this is more like a morning in august than october. but we're not going to have that extreme heat that we've had last several days, certainly for autumn it's extreme heat. it's going to be cooler later today when we do have the rain by later this afternoon. right the now the leading edge is in the shenandoah valley and it's near harrisonburg. thunder and lightning west of there and it may be near lorraine, front royal, winchester, also probably going to be getting some rain in about an hour but not until the metro

area, i don't think, until around noontime, between now and then remaining cloudy and in the 70s. the warmest temperatures today will be occurring around 11:00, noontime today when it will be around 80 degrees briefly. then the rain likely this afternoon could be severe. details on that will be in ten minutes. danella, how is the commute? gong, tom. in the first 4 traffic center, i am still tracking minor delays, though, if you travel the inner loop approaching i-95, traveling the outer loop of the beltway as you make your way past new hampshire avenue you are seeing a brief delay there. in maryland up to i-270. as you travel southbound from 80, making your way through urban a, all the way to 109 and even to clarksburg road, you are going to see just a minor delay there. passing germantown road traffic southbound getting about by without any problems at all. northbound completely clear. your drive time an a easy 16-minute trip.

we're going to head over to the rails right now. metro, vre, no delays, an eight-minute delay on your marc train number 874. and if you are on twitter, make sure you give us a follow and we tweet out alerts throughout the day to help your commute to make it easier. richard and eun? danella, thank you. congress will try again today to end this government shutdown. the house and senate will meet but don't get your hopes up. we aren't seeing any signs of progress right now. meanwhile, congress is looking ahead to another budget battle that could have even more devastating consequences than this shutdown, whether to raise our debt ceiling. nbc's tracie potts is live with more. >> reporter: while we've been so focused on the budget and these hundreds of thousands of workers out of work, another deadline creeping up on us and here is the date, october 17. that's the day that the treasury department says we'll no longer have enough credit to pay our bills, talking about the bills

we've already incurred. if that happens it could be devastating to the economy. over the weekend treasury secretary jack lew says this is what could happen, it does not extend it. the credit freeze, the value of the dollar could tum am. that could have implications all over the world and interest rates could shoot up and that could have a huge impact on americans all over the country. on the other side are republicans who say we're going to deal with the debt limit the same way we're dealing with the budget. three big priorities for them. they want to cut spending without any new taxes and they want to make sure the health law is dealt with. they think they have the votes to hold this up until health care is dealt with, president obama has said it is not a negotiating point. they're at a standstill on that, too. >> tracy pths, thank you. even after the government is up

and running we could feel the effects for months when it comes to our food. reports used by farmers and livestock are delayed and they can't price crops or determine when to sell certain goods. the lack of reports could affect their bottom line and trickle down to us. farm subsidy checks are not being cut during the shutdown. news 4 is working to bring you every development in the government shutdown. our web team is posting updates on nbcwashington.com so you can stay up to date even when europe not watching. the herndon man who posted this video here of himself loading a shotgun on freedom plaza was up on youtube. he's charged with carrying a weapon in public in d.c. he can get up to five years in prison for that. he has a status hearing today. his trial is supposed to start later this month. developers in stafford county want to build a new residential complex. the proposed development would be near stafford hospital and route 1.

the project includes a future community college campus and almost 300 apartments and town homes. the board will vote on that proposal next week. new this morning, three scientists just won the 2013 nobel prize in medicine for discoveries on how proteins and other materials are transported within cells. americans james rockman and randy shektman and german born sudov are sharing the top honor. the awards in fizzic, chemistry, literature, peace and economics will be announced this week and next. each prize is worth $1.2 million. nbc's fourth annual education nation summit is under way in new york city. 100 students and teachers are joining policy leaders to talk about what it takes for young people to succeed in school and beyond. new education standards call the common core are putting greater emphasis on krcritical thinking and analysis. students say they need more support addressing problems that distract them from learning

including bullying, violence, and hunger. the summit ends tomorrow. employees getting ready to work this morning. the reason the company changed its decision about furloughing thousands of people during this it government shutdown. plus, why the shutdown means it will cost you less money to fill up at your gas pump . summer in october is over. now our next problem is rain. you could get enough rain that may cause flooding later today. getting closer to the metro chef, you seem less tense since you got spark unlimited business checking from capital one bank. my stress has vanished. my old business checking account really pushed my buttons. transaction limits? more fees? are they bloody insane? horrible! come on! getting spark checking has made your cooking tolerable.

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welcome back at 6:38. new york city police are now looking for two people wanted for questioning in that road rage beating involving a group of bikers. take a look at these pictures. police need your help identifying and locating these men. part of the incident was caught

on helmet cam. police say the bikers chased the suv and beat the driver in front of his wife and 2-year-old daughter. so far prosecutors charged two bikers in that attack. right now the 9-year-old boy who snuck on a plane in minneapolis and flew to las vegas is in protective custody in nevada. of the boy went through a security screening and on to a de delta flight on thursday. he did not have a boarding pass, the tsa says they have reviewed videotape of the child at checkpoints and they are investigating whether they should reconfigure barriers to prevent another incident like this one. another big question is where are his parents if they dropped him off or what the plan was. >> he's only 9. >> we are coming up on 6:41. a dry start to the day but that may not be the case all day. storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein here now with details. tom? that's a live view from the nbc 4 city camera, low clouds over washington this morning. sun rise not until 7:10 and we do have rain now in the shenandoah valley and west

virginia. storm team 4 radar showing it's advancing off to the north and east, will be near front royal in about a half hour or so, an hour and as well as near winchester, maybe around 8:00 this morning. then into the metro area i think by around noontime we'll probably have our first rain drops arriving in our western is he suburbs and by then we should be in the upper 70s. right now we're in the low to mid-70s with a lot of humidity in the air and then likely some downpours, thunder and lightning, a slight risk of damaging winds and perhaps enough heavy rain that may cause flooding mid to late afternoon. look at the timing on that and the severe risk zone, the seven is-day outlook in ten minutes. danella, how is traffic? good news in dumb fis. traveling this time route 1 jefferson davis highway at wayside drive. a vehicle was blocking your right lane. it's clear. we'll shoot over to i-66. more good news. minor delays as you travel eastbound passing into

centreville. a live look from chopper 4 past the vienna metro station. heading east you can see very light volume. in fact, no major delays on i-66 as you travel out of haymarket. you are seeing a little bit of congestion. again, your travel lanes are open. look at this drive time. it looks really good from fairfax county parkway about 13 minutes to reach the capital beltway. not the bad at all. richard and eun? live at the national mall as hundreds of thousands of people get ready to head back to work even though there is no end to the shutdown. we're digging into when they might get paid. gas prices dropping. driving your cost down and a maryland wreck left 11 people injured. the detail officers noticed that led them to investigate whether led them to investigate whether street racing could be

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welcome back. it's 6:44. with the shutdown in its seventh day the white house is pressuring house speaker john boehner to take a vote on a clean budget bill. boehner claimed there were not enough votes to pass a bill but the white house is challenging him to take a vote anyway to prove a clean budget does have support. and this comes as some federal workers get to return to the office today and we may see their back pay approved. news 4's melissa mollet has been covering the shutdown all morning.

she is live on capitol hill. good morning, melissa. >> reporter: 350,000 people heading back to work today, richard, another 450,000, though, still without pay, still on furlough. all of them wondering when they might get a paycheck. now the house back in session at noon. the senate at 2:00 today when the senate reconvenes they're likely to take a look at the back pay bill the house pitched on saturday that would reimburse government workers for their furlough time. still on capitol hill lots of finger pointing but no real solution. take a look here. there's an nbc news count of 200 democrats saying they would vote for something that would pass a temporary spending bill. 22 republicans say they would as well. this is also without conditions that would keep the government operating, house speaker john boehner saying he lacks the votes but those votes would be 222 total, mo are than 200 -- more than, i should say it the 217 needed to pass. live on capitol hill for you this morning, melissa mollet, news 4. back to you. melissa, thank you. the government shutdown is hurting more than just federal workers. >> about 3,000 lockheed martin

employees will be furloughed today and that number could increase if the shutdown drags on. there is some good news for employees at another government contractor. united technologies will not have to tour low some of its workers after all. about 2,000 people who worked for sikorsky aircraft. it was scrapped because the pentagon called back nearly all of its workers. terry mcauliffe will head to auer yar to discuss the impact. he'll visit land mack technology in vienna. he is calling on ken cuccinelli to denounce the shutdown and texas senator ted cruz. he's considered a key figure in the shutdown. cuccinelli appeared at a dinner on saturday at which cruz was the keynote speaker. he says he told cruz he is hoping the shutdown would be over soon. the "today" show will pick up our coverage of the government shutdown after "news 4 today." peter alexander will be live from the white house. 6:46.

government contractors are providing office space for navy employees following that deadly shooting at the navy yard. "the washington post" reports three contractors are providing temporary work space in and around the navy yard. the navy says the plan is to move all of its affected employees to the former coast guard headquarters at buzzard point. 12 workers were shot and killed when a gunman opened fire in that building housing the naval sea systems command. this morning family and friends are mourning the loss of a maintenance workers at medstar who died from a freon leak n. a statement the hospital says lewis was called to fix an air conditioner in the east building yesterday. he was overcome by fumes when he went into the mechanical room. lewis was taken to the emergency room where he died. the area was briefly evacuated. police are looking to surveillance video to provide some answerses about whether street racing led to a crash that injured 11 people in brandywine, maryland. take a look at the wreckage. state troopers say a car

traveling north crossed the median and hit a pickup head-on causing a chain reaction. two people were flown to the hospital and at least four children were hurt. troopers are gathering security video from businesseses along 301 to see exactly how that crash happened. a drunk driving accident killed two people in ashburn over the weekend. police say mark garlotta was drunk when he crashed into a motorcycle early sunday morning. the two people on the bike were thrown off and pronounced dead at the scene. 6:48. secretary of state john kerry is defending the capture of a suspected al qaeda operative in libya. the libyan government calls it a kidnapping. kerry says al libi was an appropriate target for the u.s. military and that he will get a fair trial. the u.s. says he was involved in the 1998 bombings of american m embassies in tanzania and kenya. new this morning kerry is also commending syrian president bashar al assad for destroying some of his chemical weapons. he says assad deserves credit

for complying with the u.n. security council resolution calling for the weapons to be destroyed. this is a team of u.n. inspectors making sure the weapons are dismantled. kerry says assad isn't off the hook yet the but calls the progress so far a good beginning. news 4's molette green with the relationship between the u.s. and russia. richard, thank you so much. happening now russia's president is making comments on president obama's notable absence from the summit in indonesia. putin told a crowd that president obama was, quote, justified in staying home. the russian president went on to say if i were him, i would not have come as well. president obama sent secretary of state john kerry in his place. kerry assured business leaders that nothing -- kerry commented

on the government shutdown saying it will soon be over and forgotten. that's the latest from the live desk. back to you. it is 6:50. now today nfl owners will come face-to-face with a growing group that wants to change the redskins name. members of the oneida indian nation will greet the 32 team owners as they gather for annual fall meetings at the ritz-carlton in georgetown. they will hold a conference in the same hotel. redskins owner dan snyder has said that he will never change the name. and you may see a new feature in your instagram feed this morning. it may not be a welcome one. news 4's angie goff is here live in our studio with more on that. angry? >> i know, eun, right? some things are too good to be true. your ad-free feed will soon be short-lived. according to the instagram blog they will start rolling out ads in the next few months. they will pop up from brands that you are already familiar with and you will have that option to block the ads that you

don't like as well as give feed back. meanwhile, for all of you on twitter, expect to see more chatter about must tweet tv. nielsen, the group that tracks t tv ratings publishes its first report with it tv rankings based on twitter. called twitter it tv ratings, it shows the number of tweets about a show and the size of the audience watching. twitter reach has become a fa factor when they purchase tv time and facebook also getting into the game recently announcing it will start sending weekly reports to major broadcast networks showing what rams users are talking about online. eun? angie, thank you. right now we are tracking rain moving into our area. you may want to pack your umbrella this morning. we do have team coverage with our storm people 4 meteorologists. we start with meteorologist tom kierein to get a look at our forecast. >> it's a rather mild and muggy. of there's a closer look at the

radar showing that rain is advancing up the shenandoah valley. those areas in yellow coming down pretty hard right now. much of the shenandoah valley and the leading edge of that rain right now is just southwest of front royal. that should be near front royal, i think, in about another 45 minutes. then should be near winchester perhaps maybe about a half hour after that so around 8:00, 8:30 near there and into the panhandle of west virginia after that. gradually heading off to the east as well. right now ahead that have it is a mild and muggy morning. temperatures all around the region are in the low to mid-70s and we have for your school bus stop forecast this morning likely high humidity and temperatures in the 70s between now and about 8:30, 9:00, and it's going to be warming up after that so you'll be comfortable in short sleeves but have an umbrella with you. you'll need it heading back home from school because by later this afternoon i think much of

the region is going to have some rain with some thunder and lightning and even the risk of severe weather. details on that with chuck bell. good morning, tom. good morning, everybody. we are continuing to watch thunderstorms early this morning across parts of the mountains of virginia. those showers and thunderstorms as you mentioned, tom, are coming in our direction. we do have a threat for severe weather today. our main threats will be damaging wind gusts and a localized flash flooding problem as well. there's enough spin in the atmosphere where there's at least a small chance of a small tornado as well. so here is the way we break it down. a lot of rain chances today, 1 to 2 inches of rain possible. a lot of rain in a short amount of time could cause local ooilzed flash flooding problems. wind gusts are possible. tom? then a big change after that down into the low to mid-50s by dawn tomorrow. afternoon highs only around 70 on tuesday with lots of sunshine. it will certainly feel like autumn again and we'll keep that going wednesday and again on thursday. partly cloudy both days, morning lows in the 50s.

here is a look at your weekend. the storm team 4 seven-day outlook, highs reaching low to mid-70s with a chance of some showers and might have some passing showers over the weekend as well with highs near 70. danella, how is traffic now? good morning, tom. in our area here is what i'm tracking. if you're traveling bw parkway in maryland seeing delays southbound because of an accident at powder mill road. it should be in your left shoulder lane now. that's good news but your delays are prior to 197. you are slow as you continue towards cherry hill road. that's where you're seeing delays -- excuse me, powder mill road. we'll talk about your commute in virginia along i-95. normal volume from woodbridge. you can see sluggish in the area. we'll give you a live camera as well as a live crime time starting in lorton. this is your live camera here. your drive time out from prince william parkway, 23 minutes, your travel speeds, about 31 miles an hour. richard is this 6:54. right now a new parking garage

is open. there are 426 spaces at the new metro west garage. it'll cost you $4.75 to park there on weekdays and you can get into the new garage from chapman avenue. the existing parking lot the will be converted into retail office and residential space. gas prices dropped more than 40 cents from this time last year. aaa says the government shutdown is causing the price of crude oil to drop which is a factor in the falling gas prices. the agency says gas prices could fall another 20 to 30 cents through the end of the year. aaa reports the average for regular is $3.54 a gallon in the d district n. maryland it's $3.32 for a gallon of gas n. havevirg the lowest at $3.14. and in west virginia gas is $3.44 a gallon. here are four things you need to know before you head out the door. our cameras will be there as nfl owners are confronted by a group that want the redskins to change their name. they will hold a conference at the ritz at the same time the

nfl owners gather for their annual fall meeting. the red line is running after a fatal accident on the tracks this weekend. investigators think a large piece of track hit and killed a contractor during some weekend track work. two other metro workers were injured, one has already been released from the hospital. the supreme court begins to fall -- begins its fall term this morning. tune in to midday today at 11:00 for a break down of the court's biggest cases. and we'll talk to some of the 350,000 federal workers heading back to work this morning and see if the senate passes a back pay bill for furloughed workers. of course for the latest updates anytime go to nbcwashington.com. a check on the forecast from tom. cloudy and humid, temperatures in the 70s. the warmest part of the day around noontime. then rain likely this afternoon, maybe some storms producing damaging winds and maybe enough rain to cause localized flooding between 2:00 and 6:00 p.m. right back down when it's raining. feeling like autumn the next

several days. danella, how is the commute? is tom, a minor delay on the rails. train 874 just a five-minute delay. and on the roadways, outer loop of the beltway, normal volume in montgomery county. that's "news 4 today." thank you for starting your day with us. >> the "today" show is next including a one-on-one interview with kidnapping survivor elizabeth smart.

good morning. is he talking? one of al qaeda's top leaders in u.s. custody this morning after a risky raid in africa. he's on a navy warship but where is he headed? richard engle has the latest. her story, elizabeth smart opens up in the details about her abduction in her first interview. why she is speaking out now. and miley, she is the most talked about performer in music today on and off the stage. she answers questions and performs live on the plaza today, monday, october 7th, 2013. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live f