good morning. clouds held in overnight. holding in that warmth from yesterday. cloud cover over northwest d.c. overlooking tinnily town in the foreground. off in the distance is bethesda and southern montgomery county. a mild morning. your weather headlines for weapons, afternoon showers looking likely. turning much cooler for thursday. what to wear today. unlike yesterday, shorts and short sleeves, you'll need pants and umbrella. the umbrella for later this afternoon when showers will like i be moving through. way out in western maryland, west virginia, getting this line of showers tracking off to the north and east. won't be getting anywhere close to washington this afternoon. maybe the shenandoah valley by mid morning. mid-60s with dry roads and clouds through the morning. afternoon, have the wipers on.

wet roads. in the low 60s. next weather and traffic on the roads as the storm team 4 x 4. melissa checking with breaking news. breaking news, prince george's county. martin luther king blocked. two lanes inbound. just tweeted pictures of this motorcycle crash fro from @first4traffic. no major problems. wider look at things. inner and outer loop moving along. you can see 395, just a little bit slow as i was mentioning there. no major problems otherwise looking pretty good. trying the get chopper over this crash. more on that coming up. holy -- >> oh, my god.

>> people watching a rocket launch in virginia got a terrifying surprise when that rocket suddenly exploded just after launch. this morning, crews back out to get a closer look at the debris field. nasa is warning it could wash up on beaches in the coming days and weeks. it was operated by orbital sciences company in dulles. the rocket began to slow down and break apart. an official at orbital sciences says he believes the the command staff sent a self-instruct command to intentionally destroy it before it hit the ground. they could tell the rocket didn't have enough speed before exploding. >> you can actually hear the sound wave come. i don't know. maybe a second or two after the initial crash of it, that comes across. everybody is sort of in shock

and awe at this point. it comes across and gets all of it. >> we have heard people feeling the shaking in observation city, maryland, 45 miles up the coast. storm team 4 radar captured the smoke from the explosion. it's important to mention no one was injured. but the rocket was carrying 5000 pounds of supplies and equipment. everything on board can be replaced >> and nasa says there are several other resupply missions coming up. there was one this morning from kazakhstan and spacexwill launch supplies in december. wallops island is near chincoteague, nasa's only owned and operated change. thousands of rockets have been launched from wallops since it opened in 1945. a prince george's county man is expected to to be sentenced

after pleading guilty to several charges, including kidnapping and sexual assault of a child. he is accused of luring two 6-year-old girls out of a store in hyattsville in 2012. he then tried to assault her in a nearby park. expect extra security at the office if you work for the federal government. the department of homeland security issued new orders to keep you safe. news 4's molette green joins us from the white house with what this means for you. molette? >> reporter: good morning. we can see five police cars out here. three more than last hour. and several more officers standing outside on guard. there are some officers on their bicycles. these new orders impact the white house and other federal buildings in washington and other major cities. homeland security not saying which facilities, though, out of

the 9,500 plus under its umbrella. the extra security and the location we can tell you will vary and will be continually reevaluated, they're telling us. but no details on the kinds of security measures are being taken now. homeland security urging state and local officials to also be be more vigilant. no specific threat, they're telling us. this is precautionary at this point. there have been some public threats to attack the u.s. home land. and there were those incidents last week in canada against the government there. we are live this morning outside the white house. i'm molette green. back to you. >> thanks, molette. if you vote in maryland, the state board of elections is fixing problems with voting machines. this is happening in frederick, howard and anne arundel.

slow motion disaster in ohio. why hawaii is letting some families stay to watch lava destroy their homes >> a new trend, opening credit cards in your child's name. we're looking at how the forecast will shape up for the forecast will shape up for the big halloween parade in your

after filling out their hogan iquestionaire, aight. hogan was awarded an a- from the nra. but now he refuses to release his responses. the nra opposes comprehensive background checks. they want to weaken maryland's gun safety laws. even support letting suspects on the fbi terror watch list buy guns. on gun safety and terror, the nra is wrong. hogan gets an a- from the nra. on protecting maryland, we just can't trust him.

there is a new trend where scammers are targeting children's ids. >> they are opening bank accounts and credit card accounts in their children's

names. >> i got junk mail at her name from capital one. they wanted her to upgrade to another credit card. i called capital one. >> he said a family member took his daughter's social security number and opened two credit cards. children's identities are easy targets because no one is monitoring their credit. you need to check and see if there is an open line of credit. >> two days from halloween. >> for 60 years, vienna, virginia hassle berated with a huge parade. >> how is it going out there, chuck? >>. >> reporter: it is a beautiful morning outside. skies are partly to mostly cloudy. it's mild. no jacket required. maple avenue through the heart

of downtown vienna, virginia. just like the big sign that says annual halloween parade rain or shine tonight at 7:00. so bring your pets and kids and costumes and everything and come down to virginia for good hometown fun. temperatures in the '60s this morning. don't need the heavyweight jacket. i wouldn't leave home without your umbrella. showers likely from lunchtime to dinner time. it will be a mild one ahead of the rain drops. briefly into the low 70s and back down into the chillier 50s towards parade time this evening. it will probably be wet for the parade but not raining all that hard. breaking news with melissa mollet. >> breaking news right now. outer loop at colesville, a two-mile backup, completely jammed because of a crash just ahead of coles victim at georgia

avenue. very, very slow. shire and rescue. mlk jr. two inbound lanes. 16 minutes from jermantown. perhaps because of this crash. virginia, north quantico to the beltway, slow. almost 40 minutes now. 395 to the beltway to the 14th street bridge running pretty well at 14 minutes. we'll try to get chopper over the crash. back to you in a couple. melissa, thank you. helping to get families back in their homes two years later >> a recall, a specific danger forcing the company to offer a full refund. 6:13.

6:15. right now we're watching rain in

the mountains closely. storm the team 4 meteorologist tom kierein tracking when it will arrive here. he's looking at a big change coming this weekend in your weather and traffic on the 1s at 6:21. now to a developing story. ala va flow continues advancing on hawaii's big island. new video from overnight. take a look. it lava started slowing when mt. kilauea erupted in june. it is now moving at a speed of 15 miles an hour and yard away from homes. >> you allow these folks to watch their homes burn? >> yes. an opportunity for them to go through a grieving process for what could be in some cases generations of homes. >> evacuations have not been ordered. emergency shelters are open as a precaution. two years since superstorm

sandy slammed into the coast. the storm devastated the ocean front coastline and caused catastrophic flooding in new york and new jersey. it is blamed for 182 deaths and caused at least $65 billion in damage. dozens of volunteers are help to go rebuild at least one home destroyed by that storm. the group launched a 29-hour construction blast to help a man move back into his keensburg, new jersey home. the home owner should be able to be back in there this december. >> i'm a fighter. so she is not taking this house away from me. >> to mark this somber anniversary, new jersey governor chris christie will tour the area. some are using this time to review their time for d.c.

statehood. several past and present council members and mayor gathered at the wilson photo for a special photo and exhibit celebration. d.c. leaders renewed their cool for d.c. statehood. it would give people living in the district representation for congress. >> a rally in annapolis about drug problems in maryland. a group called heroin action coalition is holding a rally about drug reform in maryland. overdose rates are growing. it is happening at lawyers mall in annapolis at on the computer network at the white house is back on line. a source said it was suspended for suspicious activity. no part of that system was damaged or compromised. we also don't know who was behind the potential threat. a plane headed to dulles hit a fence at the chicago o'hare airport. at passenger aboard the frontier airlines took this picture from the window. it claims a wing got stuck in the fence. nobody was hurt. they towed it back to the gate

and passengers were transported to another plane. >> bullying isn't just about teens being mean. more and more teams are now dealing with parents who bully from the sidelines. coaches and athletic directors say it is a growing problem most likely because sports are felting more competitive at younger ages. >> it's high stakes. you are talking about parents in soccer, lacrosse that invest thousands of dollarsn ut sports. at the end of the day they are doing that because they want their kid to get a scholarship. that's competition with a kid on the same team or a different team. >> some leagues have introduced programs that appoint people to police the sidelines to make sure parents aren't getting out of control. more on this story on bullying on the field on news 4 at 5:00. ultimately the parents have to make those decisions for themselves. you can have somebody head of sports mappship. we are grown-ups. we have to behave properly and

be be role models for our kids. >> if you can't, take them off the field. they don't get to be there. 20 minutes after 6:00. let's get you up to speed on the forecast this morning. we're starting off pretty warm. >> let's check in with meteorologist tom kierein. good morning to you, tom. >> clouds like a blanket holding in some of the warmth. a big storm may be affecting our weekend. a few light rain showers in the mountains of west virginia and western maryland, pennsylvania. they are way far west of the metro area. hagerstown, winchester, la a, 8:00, 9:00, a few showers in there. the forecast for the the rest of the day. showers maybe noon time north and west of the metro area between 2:00 to 3:00. light showers through the metro area. after that, lingering showers until 6:00 p.m. for our eastern

suburbs. the showers move across the eastern shore. skies clearing by mid to late evening. turning cooler this time tomorrow morning. bus stop will remain on the cool side. low 60s between now and 8:00. 8:00 to 9:00, mild, upper 60s. by noon time, our temperatures will be reaching low 70s. a few breaks in the clouds. sunshine breaking out. and the showers move through after that. temperatures drop down to near 60 by sunset. 40s tomorrow morning. afternoon high 60 on thursday with lots of sunshine. friday, increasing clouds. friday afternoon high near 60 degrees from the morning lows in the 40s. for trick or treaters friday evening, should be cloudy and chilly. showers moving late. probably not until after midnight. showers windy and cooler. sunshine back on sunday. good weather for election day. partly cloudy. mid-60s. next weather and traffic on the 1s, what to wear forecast at

6:31. . a big accident causing backups. here's melissa. >> breaking news on the beltway, the outer loop. this jammed all the way back to colesville road. almost a four-mile backup because of this crash. two left lanes blocked right now as you approach georgia avenue. very, very slow. take an alternate if you can. you can see that problem here. d.c., 295 slow as you past 50. and 395 inside the beltway. about 40 miles per hour at this point this morning. no incidents. just volume. 66 heading into town. again, 40 miles per hour or so. our slowest spot, 95, virginia through dale city, nothing happening right here. we have a disabled vehicle a little bit closer to the beltway. still just on the shoulder. martin luther king jr. highway, two lanes inbound. we'll get an update from police and be back in 10 minutes. thank you, melissa. former baseball slugger jose

canseco is recovering after accidentally shooting himself in the hand at his home. las vegas police responded to the home yesterday afternoon. they say he told them he was cleaning the gun when it accidentally fired. a finger on his left hand was injured. is a flashlight projector is under recall because it can burn your hand. the company says it received one report of a flashlight projector overheating and melting the plastic handle. no injuries have been reported. you can return it for a full refund >> don't be surprised if you see changes to the map on your phone. apple is taking new steps to update the much maligned map application. it launched map connect. apple maps has been criticized for giving inaccurate routes and wrong locations.

if you're sick of having to sit through commercials before watching videos online, you may be in luck. youtube is considering adopting an ad-free subscription service for a flat monthly or annual fee. right now it has more than a billion users. >> i imagine people will pay for it. >> right. how many selfies have you taken this week? >> most of us have taken at least one. according to travelzoo, 86% americans polled take at least one per week. a third snapped three or more selfies per week. most of the pictures are taken at home. and more likely to include a friend in the selfie rather than a romantic partner. >> does it count if you're in someone else's selfie? >> yes. it still counts. the photo itself is a selfie.

>> most selfies include who? >> your co-anchor? >> no, your pet. >> i bet you a lot of children and kittens. >> all right. this morning a nurse now out of quarantine in new jersey faces a new stretch of time in isolation. why she says she will not do it. sex claims in the secret service prostitution scandal. check out our weather and traffic on the 1s first. we will break down your trip into the office at 6:41.

disgraceful. a personal attack from a desperate candidate. that's how even republican leaders describe this false ad from... ed gillespe. the accusations aren't true. but they are exactly what you would expect from a d.c.... lobbyist, who made millions lobbying for oil companies... and enron.

who specialized in dirty tricks as a partisan operative... and now he is bringing them to virginia. mark warner is working to solve problems... ed gillespe and his attacks are the problem. new this morning, after an unmanned rocket exploded on wallops island, virginia, a new rocket has headed to the international space is station. it took off from cast assikazak little over two hours ago. melissa mollet is here with breaking news in your first 4 traffic. >> chopper 4 over the scene of

the crash. two left lanes blocked just before georgia avenue this morning. very, very slow. we're talking five to six miles on the backup. you can see how jammed it is on colesville road as you approach colesville road. wider look at things. you can see 66 inbound just inside the beltway is slow, as is 395 inside the beltway. taking a look at prince george's county, branch avenue is a bit slow as you approach the beltway. pennsylvania avenue, a little slow. we typically don't see it at this point in the morning. virginia, 95, as you hop in in stafford county and headed north, fairly slow until dale city. dale city, very jammed, running about 20 miles per hour. another live look at this crash coming up. tom? pavement is dry all around most of the metro area. as you head out the door, grab an umbrella. mild morning. temperatures in the mid-six in

the nearby suburbs. and walking to work, we'll stay mild through the morning, in the mid-60s. for the afternoon you'll be using that umbrella with showers cool. back around 60 by late afternoon. and walking to work and school this morning, you will need your umbrella, long sleeves, long pants this morning because it is not going to stay much milder today as it was yesterday. we'll be up in the low 70s by noon time. then that's going to be it. and the storm team 4 radar showing showers. showers way off to our west. still many, many hours away getting closer to us, which will be later this afternoon. next weather and traffic on the 1s at 6:41. vien vienna's big halloween forecast coming up >> now to a developing story. president obama is sending a message to american health care worksers who travel to africa.

>> richard jordan is live on capitol hill with more on that. richard, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the president has several briefings scheduled for today with his public health team and national security team in "the situation room". he will meet with american doctors and nurses who plan on going to take on the fight against ebola, the ebola hot zone. president obama wants to make sure they will not face a stigma when they come back home. some in the medical community say they are treated differently whether they have ebola or not. there is that stigma out there. they are they are concerned what they could face when that happens. that is one issue on the president's plate. the president will be looking at military personnel going out to provide aid and what happens when they come back home. military officials are asking for a mandatory 21-day quarantine for those soldiers. right now they are being held in isolation for a short period of

time. but there is talk of possibly extending it to the 21-day time frame. defense secretary chuck hagel will be reviewing that policy. he will make the final determination. the president has said he believes the necessary actions are already being taken. thank you, richard. it is now 6:32. maine health officials say they will take action if the nurse who was forced into quarantine in new jersey doesn't obey the maine quarantine. she shows no symptoms of the virus and was treated in humanely. she is considering cil lawsuit. look fore for a live update for the nurse who was declare ebola free. if you have the questions, we

have the answers. we are continually updating our what to know article on nbcwashington.com. angie goff with an update to breaking news all morning out of frederick, maryland. police are still on the scene investigating a fatal motorcycle crash. this is in frederick on route 40 and route 15. now the good news is, we have learned all lanes of travel have been reopened. this after the westbound lanes of where the crash take place. it was closed most of the morning. officers very limited in details. not telling us who was involved in this crash. we have learned that the one driver was killed and another was medevaced to a hospital. we're told that individual does not have life-threatening injuries. april? thank you, angie. the lead investigator in a secret service prostitution scandal resigned because of his own incident with a prostitute apparently. he stepped down after he was asked about a prostitute in

florida. she claims he paid her for sex. he denies those allegations. this morning you can pay your last respects to former "washington storen bradlee at1: a. th national cathedral. he died last week after battling alzheimer's disease. he led the "washington post" through its coverage of the watergate scandal and president nixon's. security will be tight. a woman fears that rabbi recorded her during a ritual shower in georgetown. she end attended a support group meeting last night. >> i myself, as other women, have had is to submit me shots to the police department. it might take weeks before we find out whether or not videotaped footage of us was found. >> at least six women were photographed.

he pleaded not guilty to voyeurism. he's expected in court next month. 6:35. two young maryland children are safe following an amber alert. they found them in delaware yesterday. tips from the amber alert led them to those children. police issued the alert when their father told them their mother threatened to drive off a bridge with them in the car. they are looking into the case now. no charges are pending. heads-up if you're getting ready to go to work on the red line. a report in the "washington post" says metro's oldest and busiest line is also the one that's most prone to delays. over the past month the red line averaged three delays per day. the orange line was the runner-up with two delays. the red line had the fewest delays on the system. less than an hour from now we will learn about long-term plans to improve your commute. a number of transportation leaders, including metro ceo and

representatives from the airports and the commonwealth. they plan to talk about big projects like the second phase of the silver line. the airports and airlines in our area and how to pay for any future transportation plans. we're following concerns of guard rails that should protect you could actually impale your car. plus, the feds are suing at&t the difference it found in the service you paid for and the service you actually receive. and we're getting close to halloween. the storm team is out and about to make sure you're ready for any party or parade plans you might have tonight. . chopper 4 live over the beltway. take a look. we have a six-mile backup on the outer loop. ma list sa mollet is watching in the first 4 traffic center. she'll help you get around next at 6:41.

this is what guard rails are supposed to do. the head of the rail is designed to absorb the impact of a crash and push all the metal away from the truck of the truck or car. virginia is the first in the country to remove a certain guardrail because of the potential risk of making a crash worse. trinity made a cost-cutting design change in 2005 without telling federal officials. that design change could allow the metal to pierce through cars and trucks. the rail heads are used in maryland and virginia. they are inspecting each guardrail since 2006. >> i think it's time to replace them. >> i don't want to hit a guardrail. >> the company that makes the guard rail heads said it will cooperate with new crash test. big mess here. breaking news outer loop.

two left lanes blocked before georgia avenue from an earlier crash. we are jammed for about six miles at this point this morning. take the icc instead. work your way to 270. might be a better bet depending where you're coming from. colesville, very, very slow. d.c., 295 past 50 is slow. as is 395 and 66 inside the beltway. 295 taking 43 minutes. jermantown to the beltway, 19 minutes. taking a look at virginia, looking decent. quantico to the beltway, 44 minutes. twice as long as it should be. this morning more live pictures coming up. chuck bell in vienna this morning. . good morning to you. good morning, everybody. it's a very quiet wednesday here in vienna, virginia. skies cloudy.

temperatures mild. 66 degrees at the storm team 4 x 4. cloudy skies. here's what i'm tracking for what you need to deal with later on today. rain drops already in west virginia maryland now. those will be impacting your afternoon. rain drops will be likely around here starting around lunchtime, going up to 6:00, 7:00 this evening. temperatures will briefly get into the low 70s before the rain drops start to fall. and then back down to the lower 50s. if you will be here on maple avenue, downtown vienna, virginia, rain or shine, the 60th annual halloween parade county 56 on maple avenue. it will be wet i suspect by then. most should be over or coming to an end by then. people running the new york city this week 35-mile-per-hour head wind. good luck, runners. you're going to need it this weekend. protecting federal workers.

the new security many government employees may see as they head into work. a little girl survives after being trapped when a porch collapsed. >> what she did in the heat of the moment that may have saved her life. it's 6:43. after filling out their hogan iquestionaire, aight. hogan was awarded an a- from the nra. but now he refuses to release his responses. the nra opposes comprehensive background checks. they want to weaken maryland's gun safety laws. even support letting suspects on the fbi terror watch list buy guns. on gun safety and terror, the nra is wrong. hogan gets an a- from the nra. on protecting maryland, we just can't trust him.

right now news 4 today is following several stories to get you up to the minute the minute you're up.

>> tom kos still low is on wallops island after a rocket exploded just after launch. >> reporter: good morning to you. this was a 6:22 p.m. last night. it was lifting off on a resupply mission to the international and space station. unmanned rocket carrying 5,000 pounds of supplies when it blew up. it start issed coming apart. so nasa executed a self-instruct mechanism out of abundance of caution. 5,000 pounds of cargo largely made up of food, clothing, equipment, that kind of thing. small satellites they were planning to release in orbit. they have abundance of supplies already. last night a soyuz lifted off from kabg can assist stan also on resupply mission to the iss. they will comb the beaches and water looking for debris. they have a big job trying to

piece together all the different pieces if you will from this rocket and begin the forensic job of finding out what happened. why did this rocket come apart? interestingly, as you know, these rockets have russian-built engines on board. the engines dating back to the soviet space era time. the question this morning, what happened to this rocket? why did it all come apart? and of course the long-term effect for any of the spaoerpts they had been hoping to do on board the space station to be determined. back to you. tom, thank you. and tom will have much more on the investigation into this crash ahead on the "today" show right after news 4 today. 13 before the hour. you might see it as you walk into work and you might not. right now there is extra security at federal buildings all over the country, including here in d.c. molette green joining us to tell us why. molette?

>> aaron, good morning. heads-up to all the federal government workers ming into the office this morning. some federal buildings and facilities will see more security here in washington and in major u.s. cities all across the country. homeland security at this point not telling us a whole lot, not saying which will be impacted. no in flow on what this enhanced security will actually look like either. at this point they're saying this is precautionary. no specific threats coming in. but this does come one week after cap da's government got hit by terror attacks or folks are extremist values. a fence jumper made it over last week only to be taken down by secret is service jobs. back to you. thank you. federal transportation officials are taking new steps to discuss whether you can use your cell phone on a plane. they are meeting in d.c. with

someone from the fcc just hours from now. they are in favor of a change. however, the government has said that making calls on a flight could become chaotic and threat especially your safety. less than you will get a break from some of the negative a's you have been seeing on tv. many are coming from the 10th district in virginia. barbara comstock are lost in a heated battle. you can go to nbcwashington.com to see how they will defend the ads and themselves. the car dealership auto nation has stopped selling cars equipped with the air bags involved in a massive recall, including four locations in our area. nearly 8 million have been recalled because air bags could send shrapnel when they intphraeut. so far four people have died. they involve a dozen car makesers. 6:49. this morning at&t is under fire. the government says the company was not honest with its customers. courtney reagan is here to tell

us about the action the the government is taking now. courtney, good morning. good morning to you, aaron. the feds are suing at&t. they misled millions of smartphone customers about its unlimited data plan. they didn't know it would cut data speeds over a certain amount of use. at&t says the charges are baseless. back to you. >> courtney reagan at cnbc, thank you. basketball season starts don't. a big matchup against the miami heat after making the playoffs for the first time last year. they could be one of the best teams in the eastern conference this year. how about that? game one is tonight at 7:30 in miami. something to get excited about. d.c. united in the playoffs as well. how about our local team? >> 6:51. we have breaking news on the roads this morning. let's go to melissa mow lay. outer loop. i just tweeted a picture of

first 4 traffic of serious backups, six miles. two left lanes blocked, this is 95, folks, headed into the out or loop. it is just a mess. colesville road pretty jammed. you can see how slow it is. d.c., 295, slow as well. as is 395 as you head inside the beltway. you're about 40 miles per hour. again, nothing happening right there. in virginia, 95 right here as you head northbound. you can see there through dale city is pretty nasty. taking a closer look at 66 for you. if you hop on prince william parkway, it's about 40 miles per hour the entire way. no major problems right now. prince george's county looking pretty good actually. i have to say my friend tom kierein, be you have to look better than this. >> i retweeted that. that is a mess. no weather problems travel wise this morning. rain out of the mountains.

light rain in western maryland, allegheny, central west virginia. most of this is going to stay well to the west and north of the metro area through much of the day. it is gradually, though, moving off to the north and east, into the shenandoah valley. maybe another two or three hours. into the metro later this afternoon. this run just coming in. the showers breaking up. just a few light sprinkles by noon time north and west of the metro area. it's between 3:00, 4:00, 5:00, a few light showers may make their way on through. south and east of the metro after 6:00 and over the bay by 8:00, 9:00 this evening. the sky clears out after that. we will have a clearing and turning much cooler bus stop. we'll stay cool and 8:00. rather mild. mid morning. a lot of clouds around. and temperatures right now hovering in the low to mid-60s. we'll jump into the low 70s by noon time. there's the capitol shrouded in

the scaffolding as they are doing the restoration on the dome. heading back home, wet roads, wipers on. showers coming through for the afternoon commute. gorgeous autumn color. this taken from the tkpwroupbldz of nih. j. jay is a biochemist there. you can get much higher resolution photos on facebook. tomorrow, coolerment. 40s. lots of sun. increasing clouds friday, near 60 during the afternoon. good weather for trick-or-treating. stays dry friday evening. saturday showers and gusty winds. and then remaining chilly on sunday too as we dry out. good weather for election day. back to you guys stkpr thank you, tom. virginia governor mcauliffe wraps up his 11-day trip to asia. he has several business deals in the work. there are concerned that future deals may be in jeopardy because

the state is lacking cash in sent sent if's. they are trying to overcome a budget shortfall. some are concerned that grants will be put back on the burner. a major road project in prince william county. vdot will explain their plans to reconstruct i-66 and route 15 interchange in hay market. a meeting is 6:00 tonight at battlefield high school. the goal of the project is to improve the safety of the intersection and accommodate increased traffic in that area. if you're looking to sell your car, you can now put it on the street in alexandria with a for sale sign in the window. a law that dates back to the 1960s prevents people from parking cars on the street if they are trying to sell the car. it will not ticket people while reviewing the law. another two years before they are required to pass a new test to graduate. the state board of education vote issed to postpone the new

standardized test requirements yesterday. they were supposed to be used as a graduation requirement during this year. that requirement will now start in the 2016-17 school year. >> this morning weur learning how one little girl in chicago survived after the porch she was playing on collapsed. that's kayla martin. she was playing on the porch in chicago when it fell monday night. >> she actually kind of protected herself. she was -- kayla, let them know what you did the. how did you help when you were down there and saw the roof falling? what did you do? >> kayla has cuts on her head but she is going to be just fine. >> thank goodness. 6:55. let's look at the 4 things you need to know before you head out the door if you ever want to make a phone call from a plane. in a few hours transportation

officials will discuss the idea. two years since superstorm sandy swept the accident. president obama will get an update on ebola this afternoon. he will sit down with members of his public health and national security to discuss the government's response to that deadly disease. and you could see extra security at the office today. right now federal buildings across the country are under increased watch as homeland security works to protect those buildings against any possible threats. major problems on the beltway this morning. take a look at this. two left lanes blocked before georgia avenue. we're talking about a six-mile backup. there's a look at the outer loop at colesville road. avoid it if you can. save yourself the headache and the heartache. you can see the problem here a top the beltway right now. 395 a bit slow inside the beltway, as is 66. taking a look at 95 in virginia, dale city is quite a mess. >> grab an umbrella.

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