the annual reading of the names of victims will happen later this morning. it is 5:00 a.m. good morning. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm eun yang. it's friday, september 11, 2015. we want to get right to storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell with a look at your forecast. good morning. >> good morning, everybody. friday finally is here. skies are still partly cloudy out there, but the rain has come to an end. friday sunshine is on tap. saturday, rain showers looking more and more likely. and sunday looks very cool around here with an opportunity for some showers on your sunday as well. but for now, in the short term, friday looks fabulous. rain showers have moved out. drier weather is moving in. temperatures in the low to mid 60s across most of the area. nice, cool start this morning, expect full sunshine on your friday. today's highs in the low to m mmid 80s. we'll talk more about the weekend rain chances in ten minutes. for now, a check of traffic with melissa. >> good morning.

still have the icc the westbound lanes shut down. right now the crash what happened at redland road, traffic being pushed off of the icc there at georgia avenue so you can't get any further west in georgia avenue at this point this morning. prince george's county looking quite good here. nice and green. no road work to be worried about. same thing, 66 rolling along nicely. so is 95. top of the beltway here, again, moving along well here. b.w. parkway, 95 and 29 everything looking good. back in ten minutes. today marks 14 years since the deadliest terrorist attack on u.s. soil. nearly 3,000 people died on september 11, 2001. this morning at the pentagon, workers will unfurl an american flag at sunrise. later in the morning a wreath laying ceremony will also take place at the pentagon memorial. in new york city, vice president joe biden will participate in memorial events. at the new flight 93 memorial in

shanksville, pennsylvania, names of the victims will be read. it was 9:37 in the morning when flight 77 hit the pentagon. news4's megan mcgrath was driving by the pentagon as it was hit and she saw firsthand the aftermath of that terrible day. megan, good morning. >> reporter: well, good morning, eun. it was a crystal clear blue sky day and when that fireball rose up into the sky, people in the area knew what had happened. that we had been hit here in washington. today of course is a day to remember the victims here at the pentagon. there are a number of observance events that are scheduled. but it is also a regular work day for people and soon we are expecting to start seeing employees walking down the sidewalk beside me, headed to the office. but certainly the day, the mood will be somber. as they remember their colleagues that were lost 14 years ago. now, there are a number of remembrance events and

ceremonies taking place today. beginning at 6:40 this morning. that's when large american flag will be unfurled from the roof of the pentagon along the west side. that's the side that was hit by the plane. a remembrance ceremony will be held at 9:30 this morning. that's an invitation only event, open to the families and survivors of the attack. the victim's memorial will be closed to the general public during that memorial service to give the families privacy to reflect and remember the loved ones away from the spotlight. then at 2:00 this afternoon, another remembrance ceremony. that is going to be held in the courtyard of the pentagon. and that is for pentagon employees who want to pay their respects and reflect as well. that is at 2:00. but a number of different events taking place. we'll be covering it of course. i'll bring you more with another update coming up in the next hour. back to you in the studio. >> megan mcgrath at the pentagon, thank you. at 8:46 this morning,

president and mrs. obama will observe a moment of silence. that is the exact moment american airlines flight 11 flew into the world trade center's north tower. the president will observe the moment on the south lawn of the white house. as the nation remembers 9/11, you can help others in the district as a celebration of service and a meal packing event that takes place on the national mall next to the reflecting pool. that takes place at 8:00 and runs until 4:00 p.m. each will last about one hour. also today in honor of the lives lost in the attacks, the fifth annual muslims for lifeblood drive takes place at 9:00 this morning. ceremonies are planned across the nation to remember the victims of september 11th. nbc's dave wagner will join us live from new york's ground zero later. and police are still searching for the suspect in a double shooting who led them on a chase through silver spring last night. news4 was first on the scene. this started around 9:30 at the

corner of university boulevard and carroll avenue. two adult men were shot, one was hospitalized. the suspect then led police on the chase through howard county. they lost him. the suspect was driving a black bmw with custom rims. right now, a man is in quote extremely critical condition after he was by a car in bowie. this happened at the intersection of laurel-bowie road and annapolis road. the man was taken to a nearby hospital. this morning a 15-month-old girl is back at home safe after police issued an amber alert for her last night. montgomery county police said farah muhammad's father took her from the mother's home. two hours after it went out, police cancelled the alert when they were found in frederick, maryland. call it a headset gate. the new controversy surrounding the new england patriots after last night's home opener and this morning we have a response from the nfl. plus, the growing cause of death nationwide and why most

doctors say it's totally preventable. a live look at national harbor. chuck bell has a look at what you can expect as you head out you can expect as you head out the door at 5:11.

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5:09 right now. in "news4 your health," avoidable and preventable health causes are causing an increasing number of deaths. high blood pressure led to 10 million deaths in 2013 making it the number one preventable risk factor. smoking and poor diet round out the top three risk factors. researchers say it's a significant change from 20 years ago when malnutrition and unsafe water were among the top contributors to poor health. the steeler coach is in the headsets. they were getting the patriot radio broadcast. >> new controversy for the i think in patriots during the first game of the season. as you heard right there the steelers were getting the patriots radio broadcast in the headsets for most of the first

half. the patriots headsets were shut off during the issue to keep things level, but mike tomlin said it's not the first time he's had the same issue while playing in foxborough. the nfl says it was an electrical issue. the game went on. nobody got hurt. all right. 5:10. >> patriots won by the way. >> 5:10 your time. time to get updated on the weather and the traffic. >> chuck bell has a look at the touch of fall creeping in. >> and a big touch of fall moves in as we get towards saturday night and sunday. saturday night might not make 70 degrees in some locations. 66 in springfield, virginia. going to be a nice day on the walk in early this morning, temperatures low to mid 60s. 70 degrees by 9:00 or 10:00. 83 in frederick, 86 right here in little old washington, d.c. rain chances for the weekend, more about that and how it

impacts the mountains and the beach. but the icc i see has trouble, melissa. >> we have trouble here, that's right. westbound icc right now shut down at georgia avenue. you cannot get any further west than that. this is a motorcycle crash that happened a couple of hours ago. the road still shut down because of this investigation. maryland 95 at powder mill road, you can see we look good into and out of town. northbound, southbound, no problems. inner and outer loop, rolling along nicely this morning. 270 at old hundred road, no problems there as you're headed southbound through hyattstown and northbound looking good. more on this problem on the icc coming up. >> see you in a bit, thank you. we are less than two weeks away from the arrival of pope francis here in d.c. we'll tell you where you can see the pontiff. plus, joe bide up's emotional interview with stephen [ cheers and applause ] a wave of game-day excitement is rolling into dunkin'.

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today." >> this is a live look now at 9/11's memorial in new york city. later this morning there will be reading of the names of those who died at the world trade center. we'll have a live report from new york coming up at 5:30. it is now developing right now, police in phoenix say they have no new leads in the search for a shooter who has been targeting drivers on interstate 10. investigators have confirmed that 11 cars, trucks and buses have now been hit in the past two weeks. just yesterday, there were five reports of cars being hit by bullets. it has many drivers looking at using back roads to get to work and school. >> it really kind of takes us out of the way but for the safety of my son it's worth it. >> who wants to be driving on i-10 when there's bullets flying around? not me. >> an armed civilian group is patrolling the road in an effort

to find the shooter. happening today, local catholic and other religious leaders are calling for criminal justice reform ahead of pope francis' visit to d.c. cardinal donald wuerl and members of the united methodist church and catholic charities is launching walk with francis. they want to commit to following his example of prayer and service. the groups are also highlighting a program from catholic charities called welcome home. it helps rehabilitate ex-prisoners through religion. we are seeing how d.c. is stepping up security. you won't need a ticket if you're planning to see him on the ellipse on september 23. he will circle the mall in the popemobile. security gates at that area are opening at 4:00 a.m. that morning. they'll close at 10:00 a.m. the pope's motorcade is expected to drive through at 10:30 and 11:00. and expect security. >> there are multiple layers of screening including mag

magnetometers and bag searches. >> once you're inside the gates no one can leave or come back. expect road closures and big delays for all of his visit from september 22nd through the 24th. you can find out everything about pope francis' visit on the app. that includes more on the traffic impact. search pope metro. new this morning, investigators in new york city are trying to figure out what caused a subway train to derail. this happened last night in brooklyn. about 100 people were on the train, three hurt. it is not clear how bad those injuries are. the derailment brought service to a halt for about ten stations along the same line. 5:17 now. one u.s. marine is dead and 18 others are injured after a training accident in southern california. this happened yesterday at camp pendleton. all we know is that it was a single vehicle rollover crash

during routine training. the marine corps said its focus is on the injured marines and notifying family. joe morrissey is dropping the state senate bid. he's the former delegate who went to jail last year over his relationship with an underaged employee. he said health issues will keep him from running. he fathered a child with that staffer who is now of age. he lost his seat when that relationship was discovered. he won it back and lost it again when he moved from his district. looking live at the capitol where the iran nuclear deal is moving forward. senate democrats blocked a senate disapproval decision. meaning that it passes a key part in congress. house republicans were trying to find a way to stop the agreement, but the deal is likely to go through. talking decision 2016 now. this morning, presidential candidate carly fiorina is celebrating a pretty big win. her rising poll numbers have earned her a spot on the main

stage next week at the cnn debate. she is brushing off comments from donald trump. many said that he insulted her looks in a recent "rolling stone" interview and he said he didn't. he is appearing on "the tonight show" with jimmy fallon. he is also hitting back at republican rival bobby jindal. jindal went on a tirade of sorts against trump in d.c. yesterday. >> like all narcissists, donald trump is insecure and weak. he's afraid of being exposed. that's why he tells us always and constantly how big and strong and wealthy he is. >> jindal called trump an ego maniac, dangerous and a carnival act. trump returned fire on twitter saying he only responds to those who register more than 1% in the polls. pretty candid and emotional words last night from vice president biden. he is wrestling with whether to run for the white house. nbc's tracie potts is following this from capitol hill in

morning. tracie? >> reporter: good morning. looks like he hasn't made a decision yet, but he did have a very emotional interview especially when he talked about he son beau who recently passed away on stephen colbert last night. he talked about beau never complained. remember it was his son beau who wanted joe biden to run for president, but based on what he said last night it's still unclear if he is even made up his mind. he said when someone decides to run, they need to be in this 110%. >> i'd be lying if i said that i knew i was there. >> reporter: so maybe some soul searching still going on there. he doesn't have long though. the democrats are debating next month. aaron? >> tracie potts, thanks. breaking news right now into the live desk. we have more information on that accident we have been telling you about this morning on the icc. this is at georgia avenue in brookville. we have just found out in the past few minutes that it's fatal crash. all the westbound lanes are

closed there on the icc. melissa mollet is here with a look at the situation there. melissa? >> yeah, kristin. again, we are shut down here on the icc. now that we know this is a fatal crash, it could be some time before the lanes are reopened. again, westbound icc, shut down at georgia avenue. the crash is actually little further up at redland road, but they have things shut down. you can't get further west than that. one mile backup, 95 north at 234. hard to see but we're slow there this morning. you can see the slowdowns as you headed northbound. once you get through that area in dale city no problems there. inner and outer loop, rolling along quite nicely. same thing as you look at b.w. parkway, 95 and then 29, everything again is nice and green. chuck? all right, there's a view from our city camera this

morning. sunshine is on tap for most of your friday afternoon. we do have a couple of clouds around in our sky early this morning. on the whole though, no weather related slowdowns coming your way for your friday. into the weekend, things are looking a little different. check it out on storm team 4 radar. two cold fronts are changing our pattern from summer to fall. the first one went through yesterday. brought us showers and a couple of thunderstorms around. it's taken the edge off of the humidity. so we get to enjoy that today. but it will still be warmer than average. today's highs, low to mid 80s. cold front number two out to st. louis and chicago now. that will change the temperatures dramatically as we head into saturday afternoon and especially on sunday. sunday will feel autumnal to say the very least. 59 now frederick, maryland. 61 gaithersburg. 64 in manassas and quantico. 62, culpepper, virginia, right now. hour by hour, planning out your day, low to mid 60s this morning. mid 70s at lunch time, low to

mid 80s this afternoon. and a nice friday night for being out on the town. the sunshine is coming back and a nice breeze. it will be a wonderful day for all outdoor activities. if you're driving down the beach this weekend, weather impacts will probably annoy you at the beach this weekend. for today, sunshine and 82, but as we get into the weekend, showers are likely for saturday and for sunday. you go up to the mountains this weekend, saturday, mostly cloudy. highs only in the low to mid 70s on saturday. shenandoah valley and up in the mountains. showers still a possibility. sunday's highs only in the mid to upper 60s. so a big change for sure. here's future weather. there goes the clouds and here comes the sunshine for your friday. great weather for tonight. clouds roll back in tonight into early tomorrow morning. by wake-up time, skies will be mostly cloudy. rain chances move in as early as mid to late morning to early afternoon. here we are about 2:00 tomorrow

afternoon. light to moderate rain moving through. that continues all the way through friday afternoon. and friday evening. and hit and miss showers into your sunday. there's that seven day forecast. 86 today with the sun. 82 tomorrow with rain in the afternoon. off and on showers and a cool day sunday. gorgeous september weather next week. eun, over to you. >> thank you. 5:24. $79 million is being provided to help rape victims. $1.4 million will go to virginia. it will cut the backlog of untested rape kits. meagan fitzgerald spoke to one victim. she said she waited for more than one year for the results of her rape kit. >> i know when i was waiting for my results, i felt like i couldn't make any other decisions. i couldn't decide about my future. because everything rested in that rape kit. >> now more victims may soon get closure.

the state of virginia says that i'll test more than 2,000 backlogged k kits in the next t years. james proctor has died. heant ared communities -- he represented the counties in the last few years. state flags have been ordered to fly at half-staff to honor him who was 79 years old. three americans who stopped a terror attack on a train in france will be honored with a parade today. skarlatos, stone and college student anthony sadler will be in a parade at noon today in sacramento. all three received france's highest honor for their heroic actions. virginia's attorney general is bringing attention to unfair and deceptive loans. today, mark herring plans to announce he's changing his consumer protection division to track predatory car lenders. many failed to make a car

payment and some lenders charge more than 200% interest. your flight was more likely to be on time this summer, but that didn't keep passengers or more passengers from complaining apparently. 78% of flights arrived on time in july. the department of transportation says that's up 3% from june. delta and hawaiian and alaskan airlines topped the list. spirit was at the bottom. travellers filed more than 2,000 complaints in july. that's a up 5% from june and 31% higher than last year. it is a popular restaurant in the heart of downtown washington. we'll tell you why you'll need to change your dinner plans if you made reservations at fig & olive. a live look in new york city. we will go live to the 9/11 memorial in new york city. and chuck bell has a look at the temperatures in your neighborhood right now. pretty cool out there. it's 5:26 and 64 degrees. if you can't be in front of

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jong got 12 years and he attacked him at a forum on korean reunification. he had to get 80 stitches. he was ro testing joint military drills between the troops. it's 5:30. good morning. i'm eun yang. >> i'm aaron gilchrist. 5:31. 64 cool degrees. nice breeze outside coming in this morning. i didn't want to come into the building. >> but you had to. you don't want to leave me alone here. chuck bell has the change in the weather. >> the old saying, sometimes the oldest thing to get is going. once you're moving around, things are easier then. skies right now, still some clouds out there early this morning. but the rain drops are gone. we will be dry for all of your outdoor plans today. including a walk in to work and school or the ride home with the top down on your convertible we hope. 59 in new market, maryland. 63 leesburg and chantilly.

hometown forecast, dale city, virginia, 64 out the door this morning at 7:00 a.m. 76 at noontime. 80 degrees and a delightful day to be outside today. what to wear, kiddos, well, today you can get away with shorts and a t-shirt. you should put your sunblock on. spf 30 or better is always a good idea. that's how you keep your fair complexion fair. >> that's right. we have some breaking news this morning, chuck. taking a look at the biggest problem right now which is here on the icc westbound. icc shut down there at georgia avenue. so right now we're closed. you can't get further west on the icc because of an accident. a female motorcyclist killed this morning. 95 northbound at 234, quite a delay there. two left lanes are blocked, very slow this morning. 24 miles per hour as you pass 234 there. that's kind of a slow spot for us here at this point this morning. 270 at old hundred road, we are starting to see some slowdowns here as you head southbound on

270. right through hyattstown as you get through that curve southbound is slowing and then picking back up, northbound of course you don't have any problem there. that's always easy for us. looking at prince george's county, looking good everywhere. branch avenue, 55 miles per hour the entire way in. back in ten minutes with some travel times. today america remembers 9/11. we mark 14 years since the attacks and there are remembrance ceremonies being held across the nation. nbc's dave wagner joins us this morning from new york's ground zero with more on the events. good morning. >> reporter: yeah, good morning, eun. it's been 14 years since september 11, 2001. you can't see the top of the one world trade center right here. it was 8:46 in the morning when the world really changed when that first plane hit the north tower here in new york city.

19 hijackers, four planes and then 102 minutes later unbelievable devastation that the world witnessed there. this morning though, kind of a sign of hope here. 13,000 american children they were born on that day, september 11, 2001. and this morning some of them will ring the bell that's at 9:30 this morning at the new york stock exchange. i should mention here that they're opening the 9/11 memorial center a little bit earlier here to accommodate all the crowds last year about 20,000 people showed up to take a look at the memorial. it is a moving tribute and i could compare it i guess to in some respects the vietnam memorial where when people show up there they're just quiet. they're silent and very reflective of the day, 14 years ago. eun? >> dave wagner, thank you. in the 14 years since 9/11 the nature of terrorist attacks have changed.

sophisticated cyber attacks have taken the place of large scale bombings and in light of that terry mcauliffe says it's important to remain vigilant. he's ordered security audits of all state agencies to be completed by october 15th. he will then look for ways to improve how virginia protects against online attacks. >> a wonderful district. students will wake up to this on the way to classes. others placed american flags around the mall on campus yesterday. nearly 500 of you shared this video from the nbc washington facebook page. the terp vets organization said it wanted to remember those who died. also in maryland today, a piece of the world trade center will be placed in front of the kensington volunteer fire department. that's on pliers mill road. at marymount university, veterans will ring the bells at 8:46 a.m.

that's the moment that the first plane hit the world trade center. and then schoolchildren and veterans will take part in a day of service to help military families. jon stewart is helping to lobby congress about a health program for 9/11 survivors. it's set to expire at the end of the month. if not extended, the veterans may lose access to doctors and medications. and the congress has to decide whether to allocate more money to the compensation fund. and a suspicious woman has been approaching students. a woman asked two kids walking to school yesterday morning to get in her white van. the students ran and told adults nearby. police stepping up patrols in the area. a trendy d.c. restaurant won't be open tonight. at least four people became sick after eating at fig & olive. a spokesperson says that the company is working with the department of health and will continue to do so to ensure the

safety of their customers. the restaurant opened in june. a judge trying to decide if drivers can pursue a class action lawsuit against the company that runs the 495 express lanes in virginia. the suit alleges that transurban preyed on toll users slamming them with $75,000 in fines and about missed tolls. those filing the suit have had all of their accounts settled. the company has started a fine forgiveness program. 5:36 now. if you're headed to the d.c. state fair this weekend don't be surprised to see a pot growing contest. >> yep. >> the best bud contest is all about growing marijuana. that's what they're calling it. participants will be judged on appearance and odor and touch. the plants will, not the people. small amounts of marijuana was

legalized earlier this year. it's this saturday at the old city farm and guild. >> i don't know where to go with that. i would be a terrible judge. we have some of the best parks in the country -- >> all the judges -- >> but at least one county in our area says the parks aren't what they used to be. and chuck is back with a look at the forecast as kids

if you're heading out on metro this weekend, plan ahead. there's track work on all six lines starting at 10:00 tonight. trains will run only every 24 minutes. and on the green line, the greenbelt station is closed tonight. you have to take a shuttle bus to the college park stop. it seems many are not happy with the parks in fairfax county. at least that's according to the needs assessment survey released by the county. many of you think the basic facilities at the parks are not being met. according to "the washington post" last year the county cut park budgets by more than $700,000. a spokes woman says there's often not enough space at county swimming pools, gyms and here high demand facilities. all right. 5:41 now. a lot of people are looking

forward to the redskins opener against the dolphins on sunday. >> storm team 4 meteorologist amelia segal is live at fedex field. good morning. will we see more rain in the forecast for the weekend? >> there's some rain in the forecast this weekend, eun. it looks like rain later in the day on saturday and we can't rule out a shower at the game on sunday. but overall, for today at the bus stop this morning, looking good. i have to say there's even a bit of a chill in the air this morning out here in landover the temperatures of storm team 4 x 4 around 66 degrees. some cloudiness around this morning, but as kids are getting off the bus, dismissal. low humidity. here's your weekend outlook, going for that early morning run or bicycle ride tomorrow, the weather looking good. your saturday dinner out, you want to bring the umbrella and a shower is possible at the redskins game. chuck is going to have exact timing on the rain moving in on saturday in ten minutes. but for now, over to melissa with a check of the roads.

>> breaking news this morning. westbound icc we are still shut down there at georgia avenue because of the fatal motorcycle accident. going to try and get chopper over this one for you in the next couple of minutes. 95 northbound at 234, still have two left lanes blocked because of that crash. slowing things a bit there. as you head northbound there and at the beltway, right lane blocked because of a disabled vehicle. in maryland, travel times looking good. 66 inbound is okay, 95 north, ten minutes behind from quantico to the beltway. remember to listen to our friends from wtop 103.5 f.m. when you hop in your car. twice this month fire trucks ne

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you're watching "news4 today." >> good morning. i'm storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. wake-up weather first thing this

morning as you pour your cup of coffee, great weather, low humidity. here in the storm center we're sporting our boomer sooner mug. i like the oklahoma red dress you have. >> that's what you think this is? >> yes. >> we have a problem icc shut down at georgia avenue. also northbound 95, a three-mile backup on the northbound. aaron? thank you. 5:46 this morning. bowser will thank the firefighters. she and mary cheh will be at the engine 16 fire station at 10:30 this morning. they'll present an acting resolution to baker and the honor is to thank the first responders who rushed into the pentagon on september 11. beginning next school year, frederick county, maryland, students can take a place solely about september 11th.

the class would be only for high schoolers and it would focus on the events leading up to the terrorist attacks and the aftermath. the class was approved this week. you might want to give yourself extra time if you're headed to arlington this weekend. there will be a lot of road closures because of the 9/11 race and some festivals. some streets around the pentagon will be closed for the memorial race. you can head to the nbc washington app for a list of the closures for the entire weekend. at least 30 new ambulances are coming to the streets of washington but won't see them until december. the new ambulances will help fill a critical gap. d.c. fire and ems crews had to step in twice this month. crews drove a baby to the high school in a fire truck instead of waiting for the ambulance. d.c. officials say repairs are contributing to the shortage and people are calling for an ambulance when they don't really need one. it's now 5:48. the prince george's county counselor is having a briefing on the closing of laurel hospital.

firefighters say the closing of the hospital will increase the time it takes for patients to get emergency care. the hospital willing demolished and they'll open a walk-in center instead. it came as a shock. >> we would have liked to have been part of some type of stakeholder meeting before an announcement was ever made. >> laurel volunteer fire chiefs wrote letters to "the baltimore sun" saying closing laurel hospital will lead to at least a 20 minute increase to get patients to either doctor's community hospital or howard county general. hundreds of workers are being laid off as well. and check out the brand-new light bulb you're using this morning. a big recall that involves phillips halogen light bulbs. 400,000 are being recalled because they can shatter, burn and last rate you. there have been more than a dozen reports of the bulbs shattering and a couple of

people have been hurt. they were sold at home depot and amazon.com. you can return them to get new ones. well, the kids back in school. a matter of time before the projects, paperwork and supplies start to make a real mess around the house. >> yeah. news4's angie goff is in new york city where she'll be on the "today" show with ways to keep it all organized. >> hey, angie coming to you from studio 1-a where i'm prepping for my organizing segment coming up on hoda and kathie lee. i'm going to give you secrets on your own personal homework hub. the kids will love it. also, how about all the school supplies, i'm going to show you a creative and fun way to organize them in one place. you know, the kids are back in class and things are get real messy at home very quickly. i'll help you out. that's coming up at 10:00. >> it's really cute, because you have preschoolers. you collect all their artwork. you don't know to do with it all. you know what i mean? >> exactly. >> you don't want to throw anything away, but i made it for you, it's so special, mommy.

>> it's a piece of paper with a crayon mark on it. >> yeah. >> chuck and i are like, we have a special file for that one. >> where is that file? >> i don't me where that file is. >> we have a great picture on twitter to share with you guys. look at this. tell me what that is. >> wow. >> that looks like a -- >> it's a quiz. >> i'm having a "star trek" moment. >> how about that? >> oh, yeah. better now, isn't it? that's the view, astronaut scott kelly on the international space station took the picture of sun and venus last night as the sun was setting over asia. that's asia on the surface of the earth. but what a great shot. if you can search for scott kelly on twitter, he sends out a lot of pictures. he's doing a full year in space. he's a good twitter sender outer out of photographs. >> twitter sender outer? >> yeah. it's a technical term. you can follow me on twitter. i tend to retweet a lot of his

stuff out. get the great shots. very hard to replicate a shot like that when you're earth bound like the rest of us are. outside for now, speaking of right here on planet earth, partly cloudy skies. 67 now at national airport. winds, this is what you'll notice a northwest breeze today, averaging 10 to 15 miles an hour. pushing the warm air away. rainfall yesterday not quite as much as we thought we'd get across much of the metro. below a tenth at dulles, but annapolis had over three inches of rain yesterday. what to expect, a cool, dry morning. falling humidity. tons of sunshine for your friday. temperatures are back down into the upper 50s and low 60s. mostly low to mid 60s. upper 60s to low 70s in calvert and st. mary's county. back to good running weather. good-bye to the humidity. a quick rise in temperatures up into the upper 70s by noontime. highs today, upper 70s to low and mid 80s. 86 the high in washington today. future weather carries out the

clear skies for today. friday night out on the town, early evening plans, dinner on your favorite sidewalk cafe. near 82. 72 by 10:00 or 11:00 this evening. this area of low pressure this promises to interfere with your outdoor plans saturday afternoon and saturday night look to be rainy affairs. the clouds are going out of here during the course of the day today. then if you're going do unto the beach -- down to the beaches, not terribly good at the coastline. chances for rain for saturday and sunday at the coastline with highs in the upper 70s and low 80s. out in the shenandoah valley, rain showers likely saturday. hit and miss occasional showers on sunday. sunday's highs in the upper 60s. so here's the way saturday breaks down. cloudy skies move in the morning. could have rain as early as lunch time. but most of us the rain settles in after lunch time tomorrow. moderate rain at times.

between 3:00 and 8:00 tomorrow afternoon. into the day on sunday, hit and miss shower chances. if you're going to the redskins game or spending any time outside you'll want a poncho or rain plan at the ready. once the rain leaves on sunday night, beautiful weather comes in for all of next week. over to melissa for a check on traffic. >> breaking news on the roads. still have this closure westbound icc there at georgia avenue. this is because of a fatal motorcycle crash from overnight. so right now you cannot get any further than georgia avenue. that's where you're being diverted by police at the scene. 95 northbound at 234, at this point this morning we have all lanes open. we are still seeing a bit of a delay in the area as you're headed northbound here towards dale city. a little bit of that slowdown there. 70 westbound at 27 this just up -- popped up. 70 westbound at 27, you have to stay left to get by that problem here this morning. right now, chopper headed over to the icc but again we are shut down there, westbound lanes

closed at georgia avenue. see you back here at 6:01. >> thank you, melissa. a former tennis star is getting a personal apology. he was tackled and handcuffed by police outside of a manhattan hotel. in a sting operation that went wrong. >> mr. blake had no role, involvement in the criminal investigation that we were conducting. and was totally innocent of any involvement. >> officials say it was a case of mistaken identity. blake says he was just waiting for a car to pick him up and take him to the u.s. open. the officer involved is now on desk duty. after overturning the nfl's four game suspension, tom brady is celebrating the patriots first win of the season this morning. a lot of fans were happy to see him on the field last night including teachers and students at forest park middle school in springfield, massachusetts. they were so happy that he was able to play that they temporarily changed the school's

name to tom brady middle school yesterday. all right. a lot of patriots fans i guess in springfield. the pats beat the steelers, 28-21. i hope that's the same enthusiasm for our team. >> probably not. hey, is there such a thing as a best day of the week to close on your new home? well, the folks at realty track say yes, there is. it's apparently monday. they analyzed 32 million home purchase, people who closed on a monday paid an average of 2.3% below market value. in case you're wondering the worst specific date to close on a home is january 19th. 5:55 right now. fewer people think they'll ever be able to afford a home these days. cnbc's landon dowdy here with a look at the results of a new survey. hey, landon. >> hey, there, good morning. well a new survey by civil low found that renters are losing faith in buying a home.

and confidence is especially weak in strong housing markets like san francisco and denver. rising home prices and high rents are making it hard to save enough for a down payment. experts say a lack of first time home buyers could hurt economic growth. google moves into the mobile payment, launching the android pay service. it can be used in more than a million locations. google wallet users can access it with a software update and new users can download it from the google play store. it's estimated to top $1 trillion by 2017. aaron, back over to you. >> landon dowdy, thank you. this morning a 15-month-old girl is back at home safe after police issued an amber alert for her last night. montgomery county police say that farah muhammad's father jason kelly took her from her mother's home yesterday morning. about two hours later after the alert went out, police cancelled the alert when they were found.

they were found in frederick, maryland. the adams morgan day celebration is on for this weekend. but it's going to be a little different this year. homeowners and businesses are banding together to try to put this street festival on this year. that's after they lost the original sponsor. 11 shops and restaurants along 18th street are taking part this year. but there won't be outdoor food vendors. a few are still the same. 18th street and columbia road are staying open to traffic. adams morgan day is this sunday from noon until 6:00. we have breaking news right now that could impact your drive to work. a deadly accident on the icc has several lanes of traffic shut down right now. melissa mollet is tracking the problem and what you need to know to get around the mess in your first 4 traffic. it was 14 years ago that the pentagon was attacked. the victims are being remembered in a special ceremony this morning. i'm megan mcgrath. a live report is coming up.

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in the hours ahead. plus, a developing story in california right now after a high speed chase leads to a hostage situation that ends in gun fire. what we're learning about the attack when we go to the live desk just ahead. but first, breaking news on the roads right now. melissa mollet is here with a closure you need to know about. melissa, what's going on? >> breaking news, take a look here. chopper 4 over the scene. this is the icc westbound here right at redland road and at this point, we are shut down here because of this fatal accident at georgia avenue. you can't get any further westbound than georgia avenue. you will be directed off that way. 95 north at 234, a one-mile delay. the crash is out of the way. 70 westbound at 27, we have the two right lanes blocked there. 95 and 66 looking good overall. chuck? skies are clearing. humidity is dropping. and the breeze is ablowing. a northwest wind is pushing the humidity out of the area. great day for golfing or whatever you'll d