plus, another chance for you to sound off on a plan that could dramatically increase the price of your commute. how much you could end up spending to use i-66. three of the top scientists honored minutes ago. what they discovered that could change the future. storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein preparing you for the day ahead with your what to wear forecast. >> mid 50s. between 8:00 and 9:00 jumping into the low 60s. a few high clouds coming through with increasing sunshine. right now in the mid to upper 50s. prince gorges, montgomery, fairfax county. then west of us in the mid 50s to low 50s in the mountains. a bit of a cool start there. what to wear today. this morning you'll need your fleece with the cool weather, jackets, sunglasses and shorts.

you'll be comfortable in that for the afternoon hours. a look at neighborhood highs. that's coming up at 11. weather and traffic on the 1s. new crash virginia 95 northbound as you're headed through deal city. a crash with the center lane blocked. that's adding to the problem we have a little bit north of there as well at 1:23. 66 in bound lee highway. chopper 4 over 66 for you here in the next couple of minutes. top of the beltway and all the main routes into town and out of town are moving along quite nicely. 270 at old hundred road. travel times in ten minutes. >> melissa. thank you. when we're talking about traveling today you can be part of the conversation about the future of interstate 66. v dot has plans to put tolls on that road between d.c. and the beltway, tolls that could cost you $85 a week. news 4's kristin wright joining us from the road on how drivers feel about the proposal.

kristin, good morning. >> reporter: aaron, naturally people are frustrated and people are worried, particularly about how much it could cost so how much? aaron mentioned $58 a week. that's $17 in tolls a day. we are on 66 east right now in falls church where as you can see traffic is slowing down. v dot said it would ease congestion. they were at a vdot meeting last night talking about all of this. we were there, too, and heard from a lot of you at a loss really because you're tired of the horrible traffic on 6 but you don't know if you can pay the tolls. there is another public information meeting tonight at washington lee high school in arlington.

that is happening from 7:00 to 9:00. there is also a meeting next week on october 15th at farm well station middle school. that's in ashburn. that meeting is from 7:00 to 9:00. if the tolls happen, they would start in summer of 2017. so in about two years. if you're concerned about this, make your voice heard. back to you. >> bet there will be a big crowd. kristin wright live. thank you, kristin. want to break this down for you and put this in print. this would not start until about 2017. if you drive during peak hours you can expect to pay $9 in the morning and $8 on your way home. that's about $17 per trip. that adds up to about $85 every week for these tolls. $4400 a year. or, about what you would need to pay off an $18,000 car on a five-year loan. you can avoid the highest tolls if you meet the hov requirements. eun. right now in south carolina the capitol's water supply is

dwindling. emergency crews and members of the national guard are working to plug up a hole in a canal that makes up columbia's main water supply. they have maintained some kind of level in the canal at this hour, however, city managers say the problem could leave even more people without water. they're also warning even more dams could fail today. tens of thousands of people have no water and hundreds of thousands are under a boil water advisory right now. 15 people in south carolina and two in neighboring states have died. the rain there is over though. south carolina's governor says it is too early to estimate the cost of all of this damage. east of columbia we are following the efforts of virginia task force one. they are among the crews assessing the damage down there. fema sent a team from fairfax county earlier this week. take a look. you can see there assisting in the cleanup efforts there. they were also performing water rescues and delivering water and supplies.

great britain's thomas lindol and paul modreck and american and turkish citizen were awarded the nobel prize in chemistry. sankar is a professor of biochemistry at the university of north carolina. the three scientists were honored for their studies and work on dna repair, how to repair dna. and on friday coming up the nobel prize in literature will be announced tomorrow. actually, that's the next prize to be announced. then the nobel peace prize will be announced on friday and we wi have it all covered. back to you. angie, thank you. it's five minutes after the hour. today jury selection in the charles severance trial heads into day three. the judge has dismissed about half of the 150 potential jurors because that six-week trial would pose a hardship for them.

now each remaining juror will have to answer questions about media exposure and whether he or she could be fair and impartial. severance is charged with murdering three alexandria residents over the course of ten years. opening statements could start as soon as tomorrow. in the day ahead, baltimore will pay almost $100,000 to settle a lawsuit. it says baltimore police gave christine abbott a rough ride on the way to jail. she says she was slammed against the wall during 2012. the settlement comes as six officers are ready to be tried for freddy gray's death. for the second time a judge has denied a defense request to move the trial out of baltimore. the defense alleges news articles published by the "baltimore sun" on this case have tainted the jury pool. the "sun" reported that the officer, william porter, told police investigators he warned

the driver that he needed medical attention and porter said he informed sergeant alicia white that gray needed medical attention. white says that never happened. officer william porter's trial set to begin november 30th. 6:07. a not guilty plea from former assistant to vincent gray. d.c. businessman reuben charles was indicted on two counts of failing to file his federal income taxes. the charges are part of a long-running investigation into the shadow campaign that helped elect vincent gray as mayor of d.c. in 2010. charles was a major fund-raiser. the deadly shooting at an oregon college is getting political. what one of the presidential candidates is saying about what happened and what he would have done if he were there. and right now slowdowns in two major spots. first of all, 95 northbound as you're headed through dale city. chopper 4 over 66. first new developments overnight involving the

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it is now 6:11. new developments this morning about volkswagen and when you could have your car fixed. vw's ceo says the company will start recalling 11 million cars in january. the cars have the illegal diesel engine with software used to rig emission tests. volkswagen plans to have all the cars updated and fixed by the end of next year. >> 6:11 is the time. we'll start with a look outside this morning. we saw a few clouds roll in a little bit earlier. >> tom kierein says it is shaping up to be a nice day once again. love this weather, tom. >> it is. kind of a dream like state yesterday. wonderful and today a bit milder. clouds are floating through now not producing any rain. storm team 4 radar all clear,

all dry. no travel problems. no rain up and down the atlantic seaboard. just a few showers arizona, new mexico, north texas. otherwise, most of the country is dry. dry here today. bright sunshine. afternoon highs in the mid 70s north and west. metro area upper 70s. lots of sun around the bay as well. let's check on the morning commute. melissa, what's happening now? >> still have the problem as far as slowdowns 95 northbound at dale city. looks like we have most of the crash off the shoulder. we were slowing things down in the center of the roadway. a little slow but not terrible through there this morning. right now 66 in bound near 123. chopper 4 over the scene there. you can see normal volume there. right now from fairfax county parkway to the beltway taking you 15 minutes. quantico to 495, take you five minutes longer on 95. no problem on 270 or top of the beltway 95 to 270. remember to listen to our friends on wtop 105.3 when you

hop in your car. dramatic video showing a semi losing control and crashing on the highway. what the driver is blaming for that accident. plus, talk about getting the word out. how tom hanks is creating a stir on social media this morning as he tries to get a lost i.d. back to its rightful owner. your ti

new reaction coming into the tragedy in oregon. christopher harper mercer killed nine people. ben carson says gun control reform should not be how people respond. according to "usa today" he said gun free zones attract shooters and that we could limit that by giving teachers guns. another advocate of gun rights, roseberg's mayor spoke to nbc news. >> if it will help you any better, i am a republican. i am a strong supporter of my gun rights and i want him here, too. so please go back into your committee and you tell him please show up in roseburg.

>> president obama will be in that community this friday and could address gun control reform. a 20-year-old man in -- is d.c.'s latest murder victim. police say someone shot muhammad washington in the middle of the day yesterday. washington was on his way to a corner store at 42nd street northeast. this morning d.c. police have no suspects and no motive. it was a 74-year-old husband and father of two who died after a confrontation with security guards at med star washington hospital center. the washington post reporting d.c. police reports say a vertebra in james mcbride's death was broken when he died last week. he was a patient there. he walked out before he was formally discharged. the confrontation happened as a nurse escorted him back inside. this morning a house committee will look at the issue of drones and safety. the panel will determine whether an unmanned aircraft makes it unsafe for planes and helicopters. the faa deputy administrator and

the president of the airline pilots association will testify. a developing story this morning. new york's attorney general is investigating fantasy sports sites. the inquiry comes over accusations that employees are using inside information to win money. major league baseball also demanding some answers here. the league has an ownership stake in draft kings. this all started because a draft kings employees won $350,000 on rival site fan duel in what many say amounts to insider trading. espn is pulling all of its draft kings sponsored segments but will still air segments. comcast, the parent company of nbc 4, is also an investor in fan duel. vice president joe biden's office is pushing back against an article from politico. it says he made a calculated call to a "new york times" columnist to tell her that beau's dieing wish was for him

to run for president again. they call the politico report categorically false and finds it offensive. new video this morning of a semi truck flipping over on a busy highway. that truck went over the median and flipped on its side. the driver walked away from the crash. this happened in detroit. the driver said that he lost control when a car cut in front of him. the interstate was shut down for hours after that crash. look at that, wow. well, in just a matter of weeks a private ambulance could show up if you call 911 in the district. the d.c. council approved outsourcing to a third party ambulance. they're struggling to meet calls. under the new plan d.c. fire and e.m.s. will remain first responders on all 911 calls. they say this deal is a band aid approach to the problem.

officials will test out the new plan for a year and review how it's working. maryland is the newest state to be affected by a salmonella outbreak. the centers for disease control and prevention says one person in the state is infected bringing the total number of states to 35. four people have died in more than 700 others have been infected. investigators found the salmonella in cucumbers in mexico and distributed by a san diego company. new numbers on how much money maryland casinos are bringing in. the five casinos in the state took an $87.5 million in september. that is a 6% increase from last year. however, it's about a $10 million decline from august and it's unclear why. well, this might be the ultimate lost and found. actor tom hanks trying to help out a fordham university student. hangs found the student's i.d. in the park so he went to twitter of course. he tweeted this, lauren, i found your student i.d. in the park.

if you still need it my office will get it to you. he the photo has been retweeted 7,000 times. no word on whether lauren has identified anybody that she's becoming a mini twitter celebrity here all because she lost her i.d. you know, i think we all did that when we were students, you lose an i.d. once or twice. >> but tom hanks never picked it up. >> you don't want everybody to know you lost the i.d. either. >> how nice of him to, you know, help her find it, i hope. >> good guy. >> yeah. >> forrest gump like. >> 6:21. time for weather and traffic on the 1s. we're talking about another beautiful day in october. >> what's coming, tom? >> look at all of the latest data coming in. another spectacular autumn day. one of my favorite technologies that we use here in the storm team 4 weather center is something we call sky cast 4. this is a computer simulation of what the clouds in the sky may look like as the day progresses. i mean, this is just so realistic. the sophistication of the computer renderring of the sky

now has just gotten so realistic. it's amazing. we'll just have a few high clouds drifting over us. it may look almost exactly like this by 5:00, 6:00 p.m. a few high clouds drifting into the evening hours as well. lots of sunshine. those are actual clouds. that's the live view is from our tower camera. sunrise is at 7:09. that's getting later and later. as the day progresses we'll have the morning clouds breaking up and morning sunshine in the afternoon. upper 70s by late afternoon. a terrific day coming up. right now though rather cool. not as chilly as yesterday morning. generally in the mid 50s. loudoun, prince william. howard, frederick and maryland. later today with that sunshine just about everywhere will be in the 70s. 50s this morning. mid 70s on thursday.

storm team 4 into friday, looks like showers likely friday afternoon into friday evening. might even have some flashes of lightning so you're going to one of the football games on friday or heading out for maybe going out friday evening. you may need an umbrella. by dawn saturday if you plan on getting out early saturday morning for some early exercise, maybe having a shower very early in the morning around dawn. after that we'll dry out. sun is back in the afternoon. highs upper 60s. great day for outdoor exercise and recreation on sunday. we'll be in the upper 60s and low 70s with sunshine. highs into the 70s and dry monday and tuesday. now, melissa, how are the roads? >> right now have chopper 4 over the problem. 95 northbound in deal city. right now doesn't look like it's slowing things more than the typical 95 slowdowns. that's a problem off the right side of the roadway. again, seeing a little bit of a delay. nothing too bad here this morning. 66 in bound at lee highway.

eastbound we have the left lane blocked slowing things just a tad as you're headed in bound. big look at the beltway. beltway okay. 395 in bound going 32 miles per hour. top of the beltway off the 270 from 95, 22 miles per hour at this point this morning. prince georges county looking good. going about 26 miles per hour. back in ten minutes. eun. >> thank you, melissa. now to a story a lot of you were talking about on our facebook page. dc employers fighting a proposal to give employees 16 weeks of paid family leave. new tax on businesses will cover that cost. we told but this measure yesterday. d.c. council would take up the legislation. some employers told us they think the policy will chip away at their competitive edge in the region. we'll let you know when the d.c. council holds public meetings where you can be part of this conversation. moms may soon have nursing areas at the dulles airport. it's working on the new

dedicated spot after a mother was told to pump milk in a pet relief area. united airlines will apologize to liz cooper, the mom who asked on monday where she could pump breast milk. she was told she could use the bathroom and they said it was unsanitary and that's where they suggested the pet relief area. there is a sense of optimism. the government's poll of employees say people are happier at work this year than they were last year. employee engagement apparently is up right now. employee opinions of upper management, those opinions are more positive. they're on the rebound, actually, from a five-year low in 2014. more than 420,000 people who took the survey say they felt they could advance their careers and get the training they needed to do that. expectant fathers may be struggling with depression. according to a new canadian study, about 13% of dads who -- dads to be, we should say, who

were tested showed some signs of depression. the study says men who struggle to get a good night's sleep are at a higher risk of developing the blues. all right, everyone. here is our bei bei update for the day. you know bei bei. the national zoo panda cub starting to open his eyes. the zoo released two new pictures of the growing cub. take a look. you can see whether his eyes are partially open. i see them. do you? >> i can see it. >> see, the six-week old cub is starting to get teeth. >> watch out. >> bei bei weighs 4 1/2 pounds now. so, so cute. we've been watching the panda cam. they're still bonding. >> that's the best part. >> you get the baby thing fired up. >> she doesn't get enough love. we have gail ri of all the cutest moments so far on the nbc a. search bei bei. >> got it. >> that's what you're doing. >> i'm going to do that right now. no, i'm not. high tech features designed

to keep you safe behind the wheel may be going unused in your car. the problem that the ntsb says is putting too many drivers at risk. plus, ditching the car and getting to school today with your own two feet. what you need to know about today's walk to school events. >> storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein will make sure your kids are dressed. your walk to school forecast at 6:31.

angie goff with breaking news. two people are missing after a pickup truck flew off the short cliff where the road had washed out. now the truck was reportedly washed away. we know at this point that three people made it out alive. there were five people in the truck at the time. the survivors telling investigators that the driver went around a barricade before it went off the embankment. we will continue following the ongoing search for the two missing people. that's the latest from the live desk.

eun, back to you. cool conditions outside. we have temperatures in the 50s. >> storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein helping you with the walk to school or ride to school. good morning, tom. >> not as chilly this morning for walk to school day. great weather for that. dry sidewalks. cool temperatures. partly cloudy. walking to school dress accordingly with the s. you may be encountering leaves like this on your sidewalk. this photo taken recently. this was in arlington, a photo taken by sue cromer posted on my facebook as well as on twitter. i posted that on instagram. yeah, we're seeing some of the autumn colors showing up. some of the leaves are falling and you can smell the aroma of dry leaves in the air. hopefully the traffic is doing better than it was. we've had some backups. >> we have had some backups. take a look at the chopper. the orange and red of the leaves.

95 northbound of dale city a little slow because of a crash. forestville road, report of an accident that just popped up as well. 66 in bound at lee highway, in bound blocked. 270 as you're headed out of frederick pretty slow all the way down to 109 at hyattsville. travel times for you in ten minutes, aaron. melissa, thank you. 6:32. today a little help with all of that cool new technology you might have in your car. a lot of people just don't know how to use it. national transportation officials say the confusion is contributing to what could be the deadliest year for drivers since 2007. today the secretary of transportation and the national safety council will launch a new campaign to educate drivers. it's a website called my car does what? it offers graphics that you can click through, videos you can watch to help you learn about your car. >> it sounds better when you say it. d.c.'s mayor says the

pepco exelon merger will lower costs, create reliability and increase jobs. not everyone is on board. there are $78 million in benefits to the district. there will be money set aside to offset rate increases until 2019. some lawmakers are worried about what happens in the long run. >> believe this settlement is in the best interests of the district now and for our future. >> they have put a little dress on this deal, okay? it's fancy, it looks nice but in a couple of years you'll see the reality of what this deal means to us and it's not good. >> exelon also says it will relocate workers and hire new ones in the district. the d.c. public service commission still needs to approve the deal. right now prince william county police want your help to find a missing woman. penny laurel wolf went missing from manassas yesterday. this is her photo right here. she was last seen on lafayette street.

she is 53 years old. police say wolf may not be able to get around on her own. if you think you can help call prince william county police. developing in waldorf maryland police want to find two men who shot a teenager in order to steal his bike. this happened on a bike path yesterday afternoon. the teen was able to flag down a school bus driver for help. students at nearby eva turner elementary school activated their shelter in place plan during the incident. the victim is expected to be okay. it is now 6:34 today. search and rescue crews will continue looking for survivors from a ship lost during hurricane joaquin. the search continues as new questions arise about the captain and crew. the elfaro ran into hurricane joaquin on its way from jacksonville, florida, to puerto rico. many are wondering why the captain set sail during the hurricane. el faro's owners say they were not under any pressure to sail through the storm to deliver the cargo on time.

33 crew members were on board the ship when it sank. if you intentionally disabled a metro bus you could face jail time. at least that's what one d.c. council member wants to have happen. jack evans introduced legislation that would make it a crime to disable a bus. earlier this summer we reported on teenagers using the emergency stop switch on the outside of the bus so it wouldn't run. well, evans' proposal includes a maximum $300 fine, 90 days in jail or 30 days of kmoo unin it at this service. it could cost tens of thousands of dollars to reprint some election ballots in prince william county. the potomac local news reports that several candidates' names are not printed the way the candidates wanted them. it could cost as much as $100,000 to reprint the ballots. the county election board will meet tonight to decide whether to reprint them or put signs with the correct names at the polling sites. this morning instead of grabbing your car keys grab your jacket and walk your student to school. today is international walk to

school day. news 4's molette green is live. nice day to do it too, molette. >> reporter: well, you need a jacket this morning, let me tell you. moments ago we saw a school bus drive off out of this parking lot down the street. the word of the day is to walk to school, right? walk with caution. drive with care. that from public safety officials in the county. communities are refocusing on walk to school day and the benefits of an active lifestyle. a big part of the lesson plan for today at this school and many others across the country, around the world is looking at safer routes to walk or bike and tips for not only those on foot but, of course, for drivers who are around school zones when the kids are walking to school or walking home from school. now when the interim school superintendant here montgomery county and even the fire chief walked from a nearby middle

school to this school, bells mill elementary, they're going to be launching a month-long challenge that goes along with walk to school day and it also focuses on improving the academic performance in the classroom as well. we'll talk all about that throughout the morning as we cover this story. i'm molette green reporting live outside bells mill elementary school in potomac. montgomery county isn't the only place participating in walk to school day. there are more than 400 events happening in washington, virginia, maryland to celebrate walk to school day. find out how your school is participating in the nbc washington app. search wa uk to school. right now have some delays on 95 northbound in dale city and brand-new crash in prince georges county. coming up. we are tracking developments out of south carolina where the rain has stopped falling but the threat of flooding remains. more on that threat plus the work a local rescue team is doing down there. plus, they wanted to get a

flu shot but we'll show you why dozens of people are at risk of infection because of the actions of one nurse. your time ri

looks like this accident may not be an accident slamming into a gun shop. this morning police have several suspects behind bars. most of them younger than 18 years old. the group took at least 25 guns from the store last month. police have not said where those weapons are this morning. it is now 6:41. time for weather and traffic on the 1s. a cool start but this has been some pretty nice weather after all of that rain. >> can't complain about it. let's check in with tom kierein. weather and traffic on the 1s. tom? >> live view from the city camera across the 14th street

bridge. a few clouds in the metro area. no travel problems weather wise, morning, midday and the afternoon. drive time forecast for the morning driving into the bright sun. sunrise 7:08. dry roads, temperatures in the 50s for the morning commute. heading back home will be in the upper 70s with lots of sunshine. next chances for rain and new weekend forecast that's coming up next weather and traffic on the 1s at 6:51. slowdowns this rning, melissa. >> 95 through the dale city area. the two crashes we had are off the shoulders. outbound pennsylvania avenue at forestville road, have a crash there. doesn't seem to be bothering folks too much. 95 south at powder mill has two lanes blocked. that one just popped up. that will be a real slowdown for us this morning. rest of maryland 270 south germantown, top of the beltway, 95 to 270. listen to our friends on wtop 103.5 fm when you hop into the

car. paying a hefty price to make it to work. where you can sound off on a plan today to add tolls to parts of i-66 as we take a closer look at how much those tolls could cost you each day. we are also watching some breaking news in oregon right now. the threat that has a college canceling classes for the day. when we go to the live desk just

right now it's a scramble to keep the flood waters back in south carolina. the work emergency crews are doing at this hour to keep a failing dam from giving way after your weather and traffic. aaron, it's fresh and cool. a pumpkin latte sky. pre-dawn. temperatures in the 50s. will quickly jump into the 60s. near 70 by noon. heading back home, upper 70s with lots of sunshine. melissa? >> tom right now we have slowdowns 95 northbound as you're headed through dale city. brand-new problem top of the beltway. 95 southbound at powder mill road. two lanes blocked there because of an accident. more details coming up. thanks, melissa. 6:46. emergency crews and the national guard are building a dam in the south carolina capitol. overnight the canal that supplies columbia with water sprung a leak. several dams have failed across the state because of the widespread flooding there. city managers say this new

problem could leave even more people without water and that's in addition to the 40,000 people without water right now. hundreds of thousands more are under a boil advisory. the rain is over but flood warnings are still in effect. and for those who are okay, cleanup is okay. south carolina's governor says it's too early to estimate the cost of all of this damage. now virginia task force one is in south carolina right now. that team is working to help people directly affected by the flooding there. this team is from fairfax county helping two people in counties east of columbia. take a look here. you can see they're delivering water and other supplies. they're helping with mini water rescues as well. we are following this story minute by minute. two people missing in south carolina right now. 17 in north and south carolina have died. right after "news 4 today" nbc's kerry sanders will be live on the "today" show with the latest developments from the flood zone. right now southern oregon university is shut down. the campus is closed today after

a handwritten note with a potential threat on it was found. now no details on what exactly was written on that note but we know it was found in the woman's bathroom on the main campus. we want to take a look at the facebook page now of the university. they sent out an alert via social media to all students saying that the campus would be closed today because of that threat and only essential personnel are required to report. now the school is upping its security at a time that many are still on edge after last week's mass shooting at another oregon campus. we will continue to monitor the situation and bring you the very latest. n. thank you, angie. 6:48. today jury selection in the charles severance trial heads into day three. the judge has dismissed about half of the 150 potential jurors because the six-week trial would pose a hardship for them. now each remaining juror will answer questions about exposure to media coverage and whether he or she could be fair and

impartial. severance is accused of murdering three alexandria residents over the course of ten years. opening statements could start as soon as tomorrow. in the day ahead baltimore will pay nearly $100,000 to settle a federal lawsuit. the suit accuses baltimore police officers of giving christine abbott a, quote, rough ride on her way to jail. abbott said she was slammed against a police transport van wall during her ride in 2012. the settlement comes as the city prepares to try six police officers. for the second time a judge has denied a defense request to move the trial out of baltimore. the defense alleges that news articles published by the "baltimore sun" on this case have tainted the jury pool. the "sun" reported that officer william porter told police investigators he warned the van's driver that gray needed medical attention. porter also told investigators

he informed sergeant alicia white that gray needed medical attention. white said that never happened. officer porter's trial set to begin november 30th. later today you can let v dot developers know exactly how you feel about the future of i-66. the plan is to add tolls between d.c. and the beltway, toll that is could set you back $85 a week. kristin wright joins us from 66 where the morning rush is in full effect. these tolls are pretty hefty, kristin. >> reporter: yeah, right. right. the plan is to ease congestion. v dot saying that these tolls will just get rid of some of the congestion that we see every day on 66. we are out, as eun mentioned, in the thick of it right now on 66 east in falls church. we're actually moving right now, but you know what, in just a few minutes we could be completely stopped as always. so how much for these new tolls? as much as $17 a day round trip.

that would be the maximum toll. the new tolls would be inside the beltway during rush hour only. so there is a public meeting about this tonight at washington lehigh school in arlington from 7:00 to 9:00. also there's a meeting next week on the 15th at farmwell middle school in ashburn from 7:00 to 9:00. if you have something to say about this, now is the time. v dot's proposed plan is to start the new tolls in about two years, in the summer of 2017. back to you guys. >> all right, kristin wright. thank you. we want to break down exactly what the tolls could cost you and when. again, they would not start until 2017. so if you drive during peak hours, expect to pay $9 in the morning and 8 on your way home. that's a total of $17 per day. now that adds up to about $85 per week, $4400 for one year or about what you need to pay off an $18,000 car or a 5-year loan.

you can avoid the highest tolls if you meet the hov requirements. the search is back on for someone who will replace montgomery county school superintendant. former superintendant joshua star resigned back in february. the man the board of education chose to replace him withdrew from the job three days after he was chosen. they want to fill until next july. for now larry bowers will stay on as interim superintendant. you get an a plus for fall weather. october is such a beautiful month in this area, right? >> aaron, so great to have you back. >> thank you, sir. >> so great to have you back. >> brought the weather with me. can i take that? >> we usually give it to tom but if you want to take it. >> eun missed you so much. she's been inconsolable. >> she's been weeping in the corner there. >> over there. >> i'm much better.  i'm much better. recovered. now we have a lavender sky over the capitol this morning. few clouds coming through.

not producing any rain. 9:00, increasing sunshine. low 60s by then. by noon 70s. upper 70s with lots of sun. all these clouds should be gone by later this afternoon. chilly this morning in the upper 50s. nearby suburbs. in maryland, mid 50s. right around the chesapeake bay. we also have another day of maybe some tidal flooding for the coastal areas, st. mary's county. times of high tide later this afternoon and evening. gorgeous autumn color beginning to show up around the mountains and the blue ridge. this photo was taken near front royal. post that as well on facebook and share on instagram. another gorgeous day tomorrow in the mid 70s. lots of sun. then some rain moves in. next chance of rain looks to be friday afternoon, maybe some thunder and lightning, too, friday evening. front coming through. if you have plans to go out friday night you may be encountering some rain. then maybe a lingering shower very early saturday morning.

highs, 60s. back near 70. great weather activity on sunday, monday and tuesday back to work and school. highs in the 70s and remaining dry. melissa has a new crash on the beltway. new crash or top of the beltway. inner loop at 95. just popped up. just spoke with police about that. right now does not seem to be slowing things down too much. 95 southbound at powder mill road have two lanes blocked there in prince george's county. we are slow 95 southbound as you're passing 212. brand new crash at darnestown. that one popped up as well. big look at the beltway. no major problems on the beltway right now. beltway westbound over there to 270 going 22 miles per hour. 395 inbounds going 32 miles per hour right now. prince gorges county otherer crash on 4 has cleared out of the way this morning. right now 95 northbound looking a little bit slow near dale city. guys? >> melissa, thank you. 6:55. investigators say a nurse used the same syringe over and over

again in a flu shot clinic in new jersey. as a result, more than 60 people have to be tested for hepatitis and hiv. the new jersey health department says that nurse changed the needles after each vaccination but she continued to use the same syringe. patients are upset because they weren't notified about this until friday, two days after they got their shots. new developments this morning about volkswagen and when you could have your car fixed. vw's ceo says the company will recall 11 million cars in january. the cars have illegal diesel engines with software used to rig emissions tests. volkswagen plans to have all the cars updated and fixed by the end of next year. good morning, i'm landon dowdy at cnbc hears. the clock is ticking down for a possible strike at fiat chrysler. workers are prepared to walk off the job at midnight unless there's a new contract

agreement. the uaw reached a tentative deal last month but members rejected it. it's unclear whether the union will call a strike at all or at some of fiat chrysler's u.s. plants where 40,000 workers work. i'm landon dowdy. 6:56. here are the four things you need to know before you head out the door. a push for car safety tops your four things. u.s. transportation officials are launching a website. tonight you can be part of a conversation to bring tolls to i-66. the tolls will ease congestion around peak hours. it could cost $17. new developments in the flooding in south carolina. we learned a pickup truck drove around the barrier and went off an embankment. three people in the truck made it out but two missing. firefighters announced mandatory evacuations near a dam in columbia, south carolina. the dam is eroding. crews are working to save it

right now. and right now we do have a problem here 95 southbound. we are slowing. two lanes blocked. montrose road. 270 just your normal volume. that is the broadcast this morning. we appreciate you waking up with us. the "today" show is next. we'll be back in 25 minutes with weather, traffic, any breaking news. hope to see you then. until then, have a great day. make it a great wednesday, everybody. >> yeah!

good morning. breaking overnight. nuclear ambitions. the fbi reportedly foiling a frightening plot by russian-linked smugglers to sell nuclear material to isis, at least four attempts over the past five years, the material enough to contaminate several city blocks. we have a live report this morning. breaking point. a dangerous situation in south carolina today. several major dams on the verge of giving way. entire neighborhoods still threatened long after the rain has stopped. we'll be live on the flood lines in south carolina. the political clock is ticking. new calls this morning for vice president joe biden to run for president. the new ad urging him to get into the race while bill clinton makes a late night