frederick and a mile and a half for culpeper. temperatures are in the 50s to near 60. melissa mollet now with brand-new crash. >> this one, prince william parkway at smoke town road. be careful headed to that area. it just popped up so we don't have a direction at this point as to exactly where this is. lamont street, an accident. and the intersection shut down in northwest as well. loughboro road right in front of sibley hospital. road repairs because of the water main break. thank you, melissa. now to that developing story. charred trash is what's left of a deadly crash involving a motorcycle and 18 wheeler. this happened overnight at indian head highway. "news4'

"news4's" megan mcgrath is there now. >> reporter: you can see this is all that's left of the scene. it was hauling trash when it hit a person on a motorcycle. you can see the traffic behind me here. this is the inner loop of the beltway right here at indian head highway. traffic has gotten back to normal speeds here this morning. everything has reopened. although for a while we had lanes that were open. the local lanes and ramps were closed. everything back to normal. they're trying to figure out what happened here. this tractor trailer which you see here in the video, it struck the motorcycle here and then burst into flames. and as i said, it was carrying garbage. the garbage had to be removed from the truck. it was then toed away. we geeb a little bit of a mess in the patterning lot. by and large the impact is over at this point but a lot of questions remain in terms of what happened here, why the truck and the motorcycle collided.

no word yet on the identity of the person on the motorcycle who was killed. back to you. 6:02. at this hour we're working to learn more about a man shot in his car. witnesses say they heard several shots at an apartment complex off east capitol street not far from the metro station. police have not released the victim's name, nor have they said whether they have any suspects. >> today the judge will make a key decision in a murder case involved three prominent alexandria residents. today a judge is expected to decide whether to allow tv cameras inside the courtroom. a psychologist is also expected to discuss his behavior. he's charged with three separate killings in alexandria over a ten-year span. >> reporter: right now chile is reeling from a huge quake and

parts of the country are worried about it. it hit near the town of ail pell. new video in this hour shows the utter devastation. the earthquake was an 8 37b9. that's massive. you're looking at what used to be people's homes thiefrm gone. just rubble now. five people are dead. 1 million have had to be evacuated. right now parts of california and hawaii under a sun warning. orange county is shutting down beaches today. back to you. >> 6:03. transit specialists across the country weighing in on the metro area and they say they need major changes. the paper says a seven-member panel says the incident revealed several problems at the control

center. they criticized training and communications there. today both sides of the pepco/exelon merger in the district will be calling on the attention of the d.c. leaders. last month they voted unanimo unanimously to reject the merger. they say it would not benefit the public. they're holding a morning meeting to ask the district to reconsid reconsider. and then this afternoon opponents are holding a rally at freedom park. they argue a combined company would increase reliability. police say they caught a man accused of shooting someone on a metrobus last month. bijon lamont brown opened fire. they had to close the metro after the shooting. the former first lady of virginia submitted her final appeal last night. last year she and former

virginia governor bob mcdonnell were found guilty of trading political fasks for tens of thousands of dollars in gifts and loans. maureen mcdonnell's lawyer says the federal bribery law should apply differently to her than her husband. >> excuse me. i didn't -- >> no. >> 11 fighting to be president. ten have a goal to stop donald trump from gaining ground. they're increasingly worried he could win the nomination. trump made plenty of strikes on his own. the debate brought up where each candidate stands on immigration, terrorism, same-sex marriage, and on defending personal attacks on each other. >> donald trump said the follow about you, quote, look at that face, would anyone vote for that, can you imagine the face of that as prchlt later he said he was talking about your

persona. >> it's interesting. later he said he heard very clearly what mr. bush said. i think women all over the country have heard very clearly what mr. trump has said. >> i think she has a beautiful face and is a beautiful woman. >> that moment was tweeted all over. there will be special guests at the white house today. the american med hald heroes who stopped a train attraction in france will meet with the president. the train was headed to pearce when a man came out of bathroom and began firing an assault rifle. the three men u.s. army specialist alex scar la toe, u.s. air force man spebser stone and friend anthony sadler subdued the man until police arrived. elton john thought he was speaking with russian president vladimir putin.

it was all a hoax. this accident here in woodbridge is going to be slowing things. details coming up. first a developing story out of chicago right now after part of a building collapses. this video showing the scene overnight. what we're learning about this structure this morning as well as

developing right now investigators are on the scene of a building that collapsed in chicago. they're figuring out why it went down hours ago. take a look at the video here. you can see the emergency responders on the scene. we're told no one was hurt. they could decide to have a demolition crew at the site to make sure everyone is safe. gm will pay a settlement fine. it's over an ignition switch

that led to more than 100 deaths. prosecutors say they knew about the problem for more than a decade. >> it's 6:11. time for "traffic & weather on the 1s." >> storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell here with the details. chuck? >> that's right. air mass is getle a little gunky outside. as a result we have a code orange on our air quality. visibility issues earlier this morning. now across parts of frederick county, maryland, culpeper, virginia, two inches at shenandoah. be on the lookout for fog this morning. temperatures currently mid-50s in the suburbs to mid-60s in town. 60s this morning but 80s this afternoon. traffic check right now. >> good morning. right now a chopper getting over something we're hearing about something at fairfax county. seeing some inbound traffic. not sure what's going on.

this morning prince william parkway at smoke town road, we have an incident there. and loughboro and dalecarlia, roadway work there. in maryland, 66 inbound looks good. remember to listen to wtop 103.5 fm when you hop in your car. a problem that has a father worried and what the school district is telling him to do to avoid it. first, an update on ♪

from the newsroom we're following two suicide attacks in iraq. the bombers set off explosives at security checkpoints near busy markets. in baghdad this is new video after the aftermath there. 14 people were killed including police officers. 69 were wounded. so far no group has claimed

responsibility for the attack. aaron? >> kristin, thank you. police are looking at billboar billboar billboards to help with finding the shooter. they're hoping they get some information on the culprits here. the shootings started in late august. police are ramping up patrols in that area. a man caught on camera setting fire to a cvs is facing jail time after pleading guilty to rioting charge. raymond carter pled guilty yesterday to starting the fire in the city yesterday. it caused more than $1 million in damage. carter will pay restitution. right now there is no word on how much. a quick traffic alert now. you'll have to find your way around repairs of a water main in washington.

long borrow and dalecarlia remain closed across sibley hospital. the road was torn up to repair the water main. the water main is closed but it may take days to fix the street. the county received a $100,000 safety grant. those funds will go to security improvements including hallway cameras, automatic locks on doors and front office buzz systems. more than two dozen county schools will benefit from this grant. a local father has a decision to make about his children's safety walking to and from school. brian quinn's 5- and 6-year-old sons can't take their bus to the enmentry school in reston. they can't take a bus because they love to close. but quinn doesn't want them walking to school because they have no sidewalk along the road. >> it could take a split second

for one to goof off and go right in the road. >> the school issued a statement saying they have provided the family with an alternative walking route and they said quinn can request an exemption for his kids to ride the bus. two house committees will meet to investigate a spew. it spewed about 1 million gallons of toxic wastewater into the river. documents last month say they knew the risk of a breach more than a year ago. it turned the river a bright orange color. a 94-year-old woman may have died from the west nile virus. they can't confirm whether dorothy mount died from the virus. her daughter notified city officials. mosquito control experts are expected to collect insect scam pls from the mount home. the pope is expected to arrive in a week and there's

still much work to be done. on wednesday pope francis will deliver a mass to 25,000 people and perform the first canonization on american soil. musicians at catholic university of america are busy rehearsing for the pope's visit. five local choirs will perform during the mass and today we'll get a preview of what they've been working on. seven alumni and staff have written yornl nal works for francis's, the pope's, visit. after pope francis visits the congress he'll head downtown to visit catholic charities. he'll bless the food from st. maria's and sit down. >> he seems to often want to be often in the company of twhoes are vulnerable. >> one big durchs this time, the meal will not be made by

volunteers. the secret service has strict rules. we'll have everything you need to know regarding the pope's visit including a plan of the street closures. two medians in russia might want to start singing "i hope you don't mind" to elton john this morning. it turns out the phone conversation between the singer and president vladimir putin was a hoax. we have the audio from that call. take a listen. >> he told me that eing you invest in in music culture and forh human rights. >> tell him i'm extremely honored that he's calling me and that i'm speaking to him. >> that call was a hoax. they wanted to hear how he would respond because he had just said he wanted to talk to putin about gay rights. elton john has not said anything since he learned that call was just a prank. coming up on 6:21 on the

thursday morning. the weekend is that much closer, and the weather, eh. >> chuck bell, give us the official word. is it eh? meh? huh? >> a little harsh, isn't it, aaron? the same high pressure has been controlling the air. as a result each day the same air just hanging over us and each day all the people driving around and all that pollution just gets trapped in the atmosphere. so air traffic quality taking a bit of a hit today. not too much in the way of cloud cover early this morning. a few clouds in our eastern sky. there are areas of fog be dealt with. northern maryland out to shenandoah valley. over a mile visibility in culpep culpeper. be on the lookout if you're driving in to the rural area. there's that area of high pressure i was talk about about now. there's good news though. with time this aura of high

pressure will eventually set up shop off the coast of new england. that will turn our winds back around to the northeast and that cooler on air onshore flow will not only take the temperatures back down to below average, but it will bring clouds back into the picture and maybe a chance for light rain showers as we get into the early parts of next week. there's no chance for rain tomorrow, saturday, sunday, and as we get into early next week, that's when rain chances sneak up once again. outside of the poor air quality. high temperatures today, mid to upper 80s. 53 in culpeper right now. 56 in fredericksburg. beautiful germantown, maryland. 56 out the door this morning. 80 at lunchtime and 82 at dinnertime. great weather for all of our friends at german town. here's your seven-day forecast. super warm the next couple of days. finally cooler and turns breezy

on sunday and showers on tuesday just in time for the pope's arrival. here's melissa. >> a problem here. 66 inbound. it looks like all the activity is off to the shoulder. we do have quite a delay from the ramp coming on here this morning. so it is a little bit slow through that area with the backups. in northwest washington, a closure at dalecarlia because of the road repairs from the water main break are under way here. no major problems here. the top of the belt way starting to get there. normal volume at this point this morning. taking a look right here, prince george's county overall looking quite good. eun? >> thank you, melissa. a lucky escape for an airport shuttle driver after a chunk of concrete crashed through his windshield.

it happened in utah. take a look at that. you can see the damage crushed the hood and damaged the windshield. it seems the concrete broke above the road he was driving on. the driver and passenger wither not hurt. good luck if you drink coffee before bed. a team at harvard found that it disrupts your internal clock. three hours of bright lights before bed can shift sleep by up to 85 minutes. this is hard for us because in the summertime especially, we can't go to sleep. >> even the notion to stay away from your phone or computer three hours before you go to breadbed? >> maybe bright sunshine. with very to get blackout shades or something. there are two words that every office that always perks

everybody up. free food. >> mm-hmm, absolutely. we receive that happen. let's see if your bosses are listening. the companies that hand out free food have happier employees. >> 67% of office works are extremely or happy at their job when they get treated to free food. >> we've got employee day coming up. >> with omelet bars and fun bars and maybe a tricycle race. even coffee. >> free candy. chocolate. a major overhaul set to be unveiled in a couple of hours and how it could impact your commute. >> a live look from our reston camera. but the story today is air quality. how bad conditions could get in the days ahead.

plus, a developing story where the debate over better protecting you from the surge in violence went well into the morning. what we learned was discussed in the marathon meeting. the time is 6:26. new numbers of the huge influx of my grants and refugees. more than 7,000 entered germany yesterday. in a single day that's more than the double from the day before. most were picked up at the austri austri austri ♪ ♪

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in less than two hours we'll get a closer look at vdot's plan. that overhaul aimed at making to your commute a smoother one. but first an air quality alert you want to know about as you get yourself ready for the day ahead. it's a cold original day. storm team 4 meteorologist chuck

bell has more on this and your hour-by-hour planner. good morning, chuck. >> good morning, everybody. a nice look outside. sensitive grooms, folks with heart or lung issues, the very old and very young should reduce their outdoor activities later on this afternoon. right now, no issues. 52 in culpeper, skycast, nary a cloud in the sky. temperatures will respond for sure. we're in the 50s early this morning. low 80s by noontime. high temps into the mid and upper 80s mid and around town and cooling to tupper 70s by 7:00 or 8:00 when melissa and i will both be sawing zs. >> yes, we will be. hopefully around 7:00 p.m. that would be grain. in gainesville we had a crash off to this side of the roadway. not slowing things too much. a big look at the beltway.

slow top of the beltway there. outer loop. taking a look at inbound bw parkway, same thing there on 95. remember this problem at loughboro and dalecarlia, a road closure because of the water main break. aaron? >> melissa, thank you. 66 and fixing it. they may come up with a toll similar toll others. what this might mean for your pocket. darcy, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. we're live along i-66 in vienna. if you take a look things moving just fine. that's not always the case. there's a lot of congestion of i-66. and part of the answer to that problem, toll lanes. the vdot plans call for it outside of the tollway.

have a preferred plan. that will expand 66 to two toll lanes and three regular lanes between 495 and university boulevard in gainesville. just like 495 and 95 as you mentioned. lit vary depending on how much traffic is on the road. we're still seeing a lot of these changes. it oohs going to take some time. construction not scheduled to start until 2017. and for people who use the road and people who live in this area, you still have time to comment. we're going to get an update from vdot later this morning. >> thank,s, darcy. the big spike in crime. talk a look at this. a meeting about crime went on for more than ten hours. it ended shortly before 3:30 this morning. at that meeting d.c. leaders

discussed new measures including a new law targeting synthetic drugs. police chief cathy lanier testified about it. a new study this morning shows the dangerous effects synthetic drugs have on our community. mayor bowser said 79% of the emergency room cases suspected to be connected to synthetic drugs tested positive. 4% have been related to them as well. you can learn how the government is tackling this this problem on the nbcwashington app. officials will look at scaling back strict standards. they say it was driven by politics, not science. supporters say they're necessary to protect women's health.

tonal abortion clinic in manassas will close. it's closing september 28th because the owner is retiring. now there will only be three there. two in falls church and one in alexandria. this morning hundreds of volunteers and rescuers will be looking for a missing 6-year-old in utah. they confirm the boy is the only one still missing after a flash flood washed a away two cars. the boy, his mother, siblings, and cousins were all inside. in nearby zion national park utah rescue will be looking for a woman. they say she's the object person from a group of hikers unaccounted for following the flood. the other six all died. we want to show you a pier of 25-year-old samantha sumpter.

she was involved in a crash that police say involved drinking and driving. people called to report a car drivesing dangerously fast. sheriff's deputies were trying to catch up with the car that struck two others before colliding head on with sumter. witnesses say passengers were hanging cartons of beer out of the windows and yelling. >> any time you carelessly callously take the life not of just anybody but someone so special, so angelic, almost not of this world, yes, every means of the law needs to come your way. >> the two men in the volvo are still in the hospital. one was charged with a dui. a third man who bailed out of the car has also been found. is the purple line becoming any closer to a reality?

they'll talk about possible changes to the line that could cause reduction in staff. the public is invited to see this presentationation. it's expected this morning. >> getting a ride home from the airport might koflt you more money soon. they voted yesterday to let ride sharing services sit on airport property for pickups. companies will have to pay a one-time fee of $5,000. there will also be a $4 surcharge every time they come opt or off of the property and that could be passed on to you. a developing story in prince george's county where tu we're learning about a person killed overnight on a fiery crash. we'll take you live to the scene on what happened. >> right now. chopper 4 over us. orange line delays to vienna. much more, coming up. the day ahead for tens of

thousands of students in washington state after their teachers walk

thousands of schools are in school after teachers are off the picket line. it pushed back the school year for 53,000 students. teachers fought for a pay raise, guaranteed recessed, longer school day and more input on standardized tests. bowe bergdahl will appear before a military judge today. he was captured by the taliban after leaving his post. he was held for five years hchl was released in exchange for

five taliban prisoners at guantanamo bay. we've been enjoying nice summer weather. a little warmer for this time of year and now we have air quality issues to deal with. "weather & traffic on the 1s." chuck? >> that's right. stagnation. our air quality is starting to take a little bit of a hit. here's a look at our early morning sky. fog also a bit of an issue. half mile visibility in culpeper. zero visibility at the airport. kids off to the bus stops. sun up at 6:51. temperatures in the 50s. by 8:00 to 9:00 temperatures in the mid-60s. temperatures climbing into the mid-80s. plenty of sunshine, plenty of heat, plenty of traffic as well. melissa? >> inbound 66 right now chopper 4 showing us a live picture over 28 of the beltway.

they're inbound here this morning. had some orange line delays to vienna just popped up. 270 south starting to see the vacuum and the slowdown. same thing tops the beltway. 66. partway to the beltway, you're on time. remember to listen to our friends on wtop 103.5 fm when you hop in your car. >> thank you. putting metro under the microscope. key issues that they say need to be fixed and fixed fast. >> plus we told you about this teenager yesterday morning. his home made clock landed him in hand cuffs. now what he's saying about the

6:45. one person died in a crash. this happened at indian head highway. "news4's" megan mcgrath is live on the scene with more. megan? >> reporter: yeah. that truck that was involved in this deadly accident. it was carrying trash. you can see a pile of trash that was left behind here. that tractor trailer struck a motorcycle and the back part of the truck burst into flames. the person on that motorcycle was killed. this happened right around 11:30 last night. for a while we had the inner

loop lanes closed. you can see some of the wreckage that was shot here. the identity of the person killed in this, who died, was on that motorcycle. all of that still part of this investigation. they're looking for witnesses as well. back to you in the studio. actually more on the commute. we're going to send it to melissa mollet. >> we have two things. brand-new crash slowing things down this morning. the green line is clear. we have the orange line delays to vienna.

eun? >> thank you, melissa. it's 6:46. we're learning more about a man shot inside a car. police found his body before 8:30 last flight. witnesses say they heard several shots off the complex not far from the benning road station. police have not said whether they have a name or any expects in it. the trial set for charles severance. they're set to explain his bizarre behavior. he's charged with three separate killings in alexandria over a ten-year span. police say they've caught the man accused of shooting someone on a metrobus last month in east washington. he opened fire on alvin rhodes.

they had to shut down the line for the day because of the shooting. >> right now california and hawaii are dealing with the possibility of a tsunami after an earthquake hit the central coast of chile near the small town of ee ya pell. this is video that shows the absolute devastation. the earthquake was a magnitude 8.3. these are news reports out of south america showing what is left of people's homes. 're just piles of rubble now. five people are dead. a million have been evacuated. as i mentioned, hawaii and some places in california are under sun advisories. orange county is shutting down beaches. the sun alert is canceled for chile. back to you. >> thank you, kristin. metro is being criticized. they requested a peer review.

that group said the underground emergency at lafont plaza exposed several issues, specifically training and communications. they say they should get directions for riders in the case of an emergency. the former first lady of virginia submitted her final appeal last night. last year she and former governor bob mcdonnell were found guilty of tradele political favors in tens of thousands. maureen's lawyers say federal bribery laws should apply differently to her than her husband. excuse me, one second. >> no. you cannot take -- >> more energy tonight, like that. >> i was asked the question -- >> 11 republicans are fighting to be president. ten of them have one goal. stop donald trump from gaining ground. republicans are increasingly worried they could win the

party's nomination and last night launched a full on attack. trump made plenty of strikes of his own. the debate brought up where it stands on immigration, same-sex marriage and defending personal attacks on each other. >> donald trump said the following about you, quote, look at that face, would anyone voed for that, can you imagine that, the face of our next pr. mr. trump later said he was talking about your persona. >> you know, it's interesting to me. mr. trump said he heard mr. bush very clearly and what mr. bush said. i think women all over this country heard very clearly what mr. trump said. >> i think she's got a beautiful face and i think she's a beautiful woman. >> that moment was one of the most tweeted of the night. the next republican debate is october 28th in colorado. well, after the debate hillary clinton got some attention from jimmy fallon on "the tonight show." the show started with fallon impersonating donald trump and giving her campaign advice.

>> i'm confident the americans will see i can deliver for them, they can count on me for them and their families. >> see, you sound like a robot. bleep, look, bleep, look, does not compute. >> she got more serious when she sat down. you can catch the full interview on the washington d.c. app. >> he's so good at impressions. >> very funny. a teenage boy was arrested for bringing a home made clock to school. >> the hash tag #istandforahmed is tweeting right now. his teacher confiscated his homemade clock that he thought looked like a bomb. take a look at this tweet. the president invited mohamed to the white house. mark zuckerberg and a scientist also tweeted mohamed.

they say it's discrimination. >> i took it to the school to show them. from my perspective, it didn't look like a bomb. >> they went after this young man and treated him like a terrorist. >> they did not charge him with anything. they suspended him for three days and defended their action. >> i'm curious twha their defense is. it's a clock. >> i'm sure there's a defense. let's talk about the forecast. >> it would be indian summer if we had a frost but we haven't been close to freezing or frosting outside. our coolest morning was monday morning at national airport. we dropped down to below 60 degrees. dropped to the 40s in places like dulles international airport. it's been warming up each and every day since then and that pattern is going to continue today. here's a look. a little early morning color out

there. wind out of the southwest at 3 miles per hour. what to expect today. sunny and warm again. poor air quality. it will be cold yellow now. corps code orange later on. take your time. don't extend a whole lot of time out there. right now it's 60 in hagerstown, there are areas of fog to be dealt with. watch out for that. use your low beam. slow down. if you're taking the dog out for an early morning walk this morning, temperatures 50s and 60s now but will be in the 80s by lunchtime. mostly in the 80s. 80 in guy thersberg. good weather for baseball tonight. the nationals and the marlins. first pitch at 7:05. plan on temperatures in the mid to upper 70s. if you're travel to florida, lots of rain in florida. lots of showers to parts of the

midwest. rain-free all the way through the weekend. staying toasty warm today, tomorrow, saturday. sunday the winds switch back to the north and that will take the edge off the temperatures. more clouds next week and for the pope's arrival on tuesday there's a chan of a shower. what about traffic now with melissa. >> i have a couple of problems here this morning. i have a brand-new crash here just reported in prince george's county. 270. just your normal volume. taking a look at 66 all the way in, you're going about 45 miles per hour. same thing on 5 in virginia. right now the chopper looking for something forus that we've been hearing about. not seeing it right now and a new problem at 198 slowing things as well. guys? >> thank you, melissa. it is now 6:55. we have a developing story out of chicago. they're deciding what to do

about this story that developed. no one was hurt. they're working to determine why it crashed. they'll be working to make sure everything is safe. good morning. i'm landon dowdy at cnbc headquarters. federal prosecutors are reportedly set to settle with general motors today. reports say gm will pay a fine of about $1 billion. that means the case will be dismissed if they comply over the next three years. the repair switches are linked to over 100 deaths. that's your cnbc report. i'm landon dowdy. >> thanks, landon. there will be special guests

at the white house. a man came out of the bathroom and began firing an assault rifle. u.s. army specialist alex skarlatos, u.s. air force man spencer stone and anthony sadler. they'll be adding tolls to i-66. hawaii and california are now bracing for tsunamis after an earthquake in chile. it measured 8.3 on the richter scale. at least five people died. >> i felt badly for everybody else. every question had to do with me, even the first characters. i mean everything was about trump. >> and that's donald trump reacting just minutes ago on "morning joe" to last night's presidential debate and whether he thought it was fair. we expect to hear from carley

f fiorina and chris christie as well. overnight a truck caught fire burning all the trash tl truck was hauling. >> temperatures in the mid-80s, staying warm all the way through saturday. >> all right. thank you, chuck. >> that is the broadcast this morning. thanks for starting your day with us. >> the "today" show is next. we'll be back with weather, traffic, and any breaking news. traffic, and any breaking news. until then, we'll be back

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good morning. target trump. the republican candidates for president take on the front runner and pull no punches. >> is response to attack people on their appearance, short, tall, fat, ugly. my goodness, that happened in junior high. >> we don't need an apprentice in the white house. we have one now. >> his response, vintage donald. >> excuse me. one second. >> no... you could not take -- >> more energy tonight. i like it. >> while carly fiorina responds to comments about her look. >> women heard what mr. trump said. >> was this the breakout performance for fiorina? we'll talk to her this morning. zwr breaking overnight. an