deliberately passing on the tracks is illegal and dangerous because of the highly charged third rail. she could have killed herself. today the didn't is releasing its consumer report card on air travel. that report card contains flight delays in august, lost luggage and consumer complaints too. there will also be details on why some passengers were not allowed to board planes. three words you can smile about this morning. lower heating bill it's going to cost you less to stay warm this winter according to the agency. you can change a combination of milder temperatures and lower energy prices. on average natural gas users can expect to paying $578 to heat their homes this winter. that's down $65. homes running on heating oil will see a savings of about

$160. breaking news out of alexandria right now. we have been following the city's second hom side of the year this morning. these pictures from overnight coming into our newsroom just a little while ago. it was a shooting on bell pray way. it was a male who died at the hospital. not a lot of information right now. "news4's" megan mcgrath is on her way there, i believe just pulling up to the scene now and we'll have more in just a few minutes. back to you. >> thank you, kristin. good morning. it's 5:00. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> and i'm eun yang. >> i'm tracking areas of fog mainly north and well west of town yochl u can see staskatoon

down to quarter mile visibility. fog is likely. after that any fog will burn off. right now in the district we're at 59 degrees. as the sun comes up at about 7:10, we'll warm up quickly. already near 70 degrees. as we take a look at traffic, you continue to look at the accident. >> yeah. we're we're talking outbound canal road. you can see the damage it caused there on the bridge. quite a bit of damage there actually here this morning. route 17 here in fauquier county, marsh road, the northbound lanes are blocked because of an overturned tractor trailer. i wanted to mention that for you this morning. a report of a crash, georgetown pike, inner loop at g.w. parkway still have a stalled vehicle. taking a look at all these roads on top of the beltway looking nice and green.

no construction right now. we are following a developing story out of ft. meade. anne arundel county police are searching for someone who entered without permission. chopper 4 was at the scene right after the suspect crashed the car into a front gate. police say they were chasing a suspect in a stolen car when the driver crashed. this is the same place where the drive ore of a stolen suvs with was shot and killed earlier this year after trying to get onto that base. a man is dead after a shooting a few hundred feet away from an elementary school. police say someone shot the man aund 8:00 lath night on elkwood lane in capitol heights. detectives don't have a motive or suspect. they say whoever shot that man fired more than once. the fbi helping d.c. fight crime. fbi agents will specifically tar

get d.c.'s seventh police district including anacostia, baylor farms and washington highlands. their quick access to expentens bases could help. severance is accused of murdering three alexandria residents over the course of ten years. he's being tried in fairfax because of all of the publicity the case has received. the judge swore in 12 jurors and four alternates yesterday afternoon. later today at the capitol, senate democrats plan to announce a new push for gun safety. this come as week after the mass shooting at an oregon college. ly focus on making current background checks stronger and closing loopholes. republicans' control in congress has shown very little interest in restricting firearms. today a postal worker who

flew a gyrocopter into restricted airspace will be sentenced. hughes says that flight was his protest against campaign finance laws. he faces up to 9 1/2 years in prison. we've got an update now to that awful flooding in south carolina. two people who disappears in the rising waters have died. they drove their pickup around a barricade on a closed road. we first told you when they went missing. breaking news at this time yesterday. three people in the truck did get to safety, but divers found the bodies of those two missing people still in the truck. this means 19 people have now died in the flooding in both carolinas. senator lindsey graham says the cleanup could cost a billion dollar and, quote, break the bank of federal emergency funds.

south carolina is still today looking a ing ing at the threat dangerous flooding this weekend. back to you. >> kristin, thank you. more volunteer are in south carolina. three members are helping emergency responders by flying over flooded areas. they then take pictures to show the affected areas in realtime. the volunteers will return to maryland sometime in the next few days. >> any decision to suspend the search is painful. in this particular case, we were searching for fellow professional mariners. >> i'm mad at the storm, i'm mad at god. i'm just mad. brutally sad. angry. >> the coast guard has suspended the search for a cargo ship that went missing during hurricane joaquin. officials say it's unlikely anyone could have survived in the water for this long. and as a search and recovery

mission comes to an end, an investigation into why this happened enters the new phase. the ntsb is focusing on finding the ship's data recorder. the el faro went todown in 15 ft of water. it will provide investigators with the last 12 hours of information. 33 crew members were on board the ship when it sank. only one body has been recovered. >> metro's silver line will extend the transit system. we know that people living in prince william county want to know when they'll get a station. this week the board of supervisors voted unanimously for that study. metro says it's focusing on completing its 2025 plan before considering any new extensions. >> it's 5:08. developing in detroit overnight where fiat chrysler workers have

averted a strike for now. why a deal they just struck is only good for so long. and how someone could be using your uber account and how you could put an end to it. and if you are just getting ready to head out the door, you may want to dress in layers. check out some of these temperatures. 54 in gaithersburg, 52 in culpeper. amelia says don't expect it

a developing story now we'll be keeps a close eye on detroit tomorrow. there's a vote at the united autoworkers union in a last-minute deal struck with fiat wochrysler workers. now they have to vote on the contract. that's set to happen or will start tomorrow. we'll also learn the terms of

the agreement then. it's 5:11. time for "weather & traffic on the 1s." a cool start but a pleasant warmup in the day ahead. >> amelia segal is here with your forecast. amelia? >> we're holding at 5 degrees in washington. a cool 50 degrees this morning in luray with plenty of sun. we're going to warm up nicely. highs today in the low to mid-70s. a high in washington of 70. our high yesterday was 78. very similar. a high in leesburg of 75. some showers are in the forecast for tomorrow. maybe even an isolated thunderstorm. i'll have more on that coming up. for more i'll send it over to melissa. what's the latest on the road. >> we still have this crash at outbound chain bridge road. a car is out of the way. 5 at powder mill road, northbound, southbound, don't have any problems there.

georgetown pike and leesburg pike, again v a crash there and g.w. parkway, we have a stalled vehicle there. there's an overturned tractor trailer hoar. no problems on the inner loop or outer loop. we'll see you in a few minutes. a shocking discovery for a new jersey woman fighting cancer. she's not allowed to use her license because the picture was taken before she got sick. chances are a lot of you were stuck in this traffic tie-up last night. will the mess still be there this morning. breaking news in alexandria. police are on the scene of a deadly shooting there. "news4's" megan mcgrath is live on the scene

the centers for medicare and medicaid services recently asked patients to rate the quality of over 3,500 hospitals. fewer than 10% received 5 stars. among them was cancer treatment centers of america in philadelphia. cancercenter.com/eastern.

5:17. we're following breaking news in alexander. it's on belle pre way. "news4's" megan mcgrath has more. megan? >> reporter: if you take a look behind me, you see the investigators on the scene. they've been here since about midnight. you can see on the right-hand side there's a group of gtsers there on the sidewalk area and a little further down where the bright light is, they've been paying attention to that spot as well which appears to be a cafe to us. it was about 11:45 when police got word of a shooting. when they arrived they found a man suffering gunshot wounds. i talked to a person living in the area. he didn't want to go on cam rarks but he said he heard several gunshots, around five to

seven last night. when the police got here, they found the victim, took him to the hospital where he was later pronounced dead. no word of any arrests. no word on the identity of the person killed here. this is the second murder in alexandria this year. back to you. the company's ceo will be the main witness. two representatives from the environmental protection agency will be there as well. volkswagen faces major fallout after researchers discovered some of its cars had the technology which allowed them to evade the missions test. they'll explore what the company's deception means for consumers. a construction problem forced drivers to sit and wait for hours and wait and wait and way. late night drivers were stuck in

the tunnel. they turned off their cars. a truck apparently spilled comment on the road in front of the cars trapping drivers while workers tried to clean up that mess. >> trying to clean up both lanes at one time instead of letting one open up and that's what caused the backup. >> the tunnel opened two hours later. officials are trying to figure out what caused the comment to spill. a new bill asks to permanently increase the number of living plants to as many as 1,000. it also asks to expand the facility into neighboring and adjacent properties. the committee will host today's discussion. it begins at 11:00. an employee in the mayor's office is on administrative leave on drug charges. the police arrested him on tuesday after finding 100 grams of cocaine in his apartment.

steesh glaude tells "news4" that they knew of saunders prior criminal past when he was hired in 2012. the mayor's office released a statement saying, quote, their office did sandusky not tolerate violence that violates the public's trust. uber wants you to know hackers may access your account if you use their app. with that convenience comes the risk. the company says people are getting your username and password from other apps or other websites and trying them out in the uber app. >> anything you do digitally can unfortunately lead them the hack. >> they can take advantage of you. >> your best defense is create difficult passwords so if they get access to one, they can only

get into one. breaking news right now. fort read, we understand is working under reduced operations because of a situation that has developed overnight. an a rupp dell police and army police are looking for someone who entered the installation without permission. this is chopper 4 over the scene there. just last night right after a suspect crashed a car into the front gate. police say they were chasing this person in a stolen car when the driver crashed and took off. this is the same place, by the way, where the drive ore an suv was shot and killed earlier this year after trying to get into the base. we want to pass along because of all of this activity, meade high school, p. view and west eec are all closed today because of all of this activity and molette green is on her way there. back to you. 5:21 your time right now.

"weather & traffic on the 1s." we'll start with amelia. we're looking at partly sunny skies. also tracking areas of fog in the more rural location. any patchy fog you're dealing with burns off by 8:00 a.m. rain likely moving through the area mainly between 4:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. that's going to set us up for cooler weather this weekend but dry conditions. currently temperatures are in the 50s. washington still at 59. recess gets an 8, maybe an a-plus. comfortable weather. near 70 degrees for recess. temps in the mid-70s so really nice after school activities. temperatures continue to warm. high temperature tomorrow of 82 degrees. clouds will increase throughout

the day by lup. . mild. 75 degrees. moistly cloudy skies at that point. a shower's likely during the dinner time hour. coming up i'll be showing you future weather tracking the rain moving through the area west to east hour by hour but there's a 50% chance you're dealing with rain later in the day. if you have denner planses, you could be dealing with rain that could slow that friday evening commute. saturday, breezy morning hours. it's a breezy start. cool around 60. overall the day is noticeably cooler. a high of only 67. we'll finish off the day with snipe. mostly sunny skies from start to finish. a high of 70 on monday. another chance of rain on tuesday mainly during the morning hours. by wednesday temperatures in the mid 70s and mostly sunny skies. we're going to send things over to melissa tracking over

crashes. >> again, it sounds like it's off to the shoulder right now. i still want to mention that because it's not cleared yesterday. 270 at montrose road, northbound, southbound, you're moving along just fine. no problems there. chain bridge road at canal road outbound you see we still have that right lane blocked there because of the crash. you can see where it happens on the right side of the roadway. it's still going to slow people quite a bit there if it actually hi stays shut down like that for the morning commute. 266, the beltway there. when you hop in your car, listen to wtop 103.5. it's 5:24 now. right now the parents of a 9-week-old are in jail while they search for the couple's

son. police are looking for chance walsh right now in florida. family members contacted authorities after the parents said that they had been in a car crash in south carolina. the couple also said they gave the child to a woman in georgia. this morning we're learning about a close call between russian and american warplanes. this comes as tensions continue to rise in the middle east. nbc news report as russian jet came within a few miles of a manned u.s. aircraft. their planes have also come close to several u.s. predator drones. >> we believe russia has the wrong strategy. >> coordinating with our forces to support activities to retake terrain the assad regime has lost to the rebels. >> if turkish forces were hit t u.s. would be obligated to come

to their aid. a senate bill has pass through the senate but now it faces a veto showdown with president obama. he'll veto the more than $600,000 policy bill. he doesn't agree with the way congress is spending the money. if he vetoes a bill, it would be the fifth time in the past 50 years. a new appeal in the case of maureen mcdonnell. she's asked the judge to suspend her case until his appeal in the supreme court. boelk were found guilty last year. it is 5:27. today d.c. mayor muriel bowser is expected to get set on the 2016 operating budget. the mayor's team will review

everything before anything is finalized. a pachbl struggle made public by the dmv, joe jan jaudrey is fights breast cancer. she didn't want a lot of people to know. now they will. the picture on the right is her bald without eyelashes. that's a picture of her public face on file now. she said her and her daughter broke down right there when agents said that she looked too different and they needed a new photo to renew her license. we continue to follow breaking news in anne arundel county after a driver smashed a stolen car into the gate at ft. meade. right now the search is under way and we learn that parents are being urged to call anne arundel public schools to find out whether their kids' school is open today. mollette green is

an update now on two breaking news stories we're following for you. first to alexandria where police are investigating an overnight homicide. details are slim but we do know officers are looking into the shooting death of a man. >> we're following breaking news in anne arundel. ft. meade police and army police

are investigating. several anne arundel schools in the area are closed as police search for a suspect. "news4's" mollette green is liv with more information. molette. >> reporter: aaron, good morning, yes. we just left the highway 32 gate where it's at a standstill. cars just jammed at the gate there, being told to turn around basically. and the workers that we had a chanceo speak with said they didn't know what was going on, but they were wondering about all of the police activity that we saw out there. this is still, we e can tell you, an active search involving anne arundel police from the ft. meade base. we did get word that the base is on reduced operations and the lockdown or stay-inside order given late last night still in place so area res debltss are asked to stay inside, keep their

doors locked. and area schools, schools in the medial airy are closed as a precaution. anne arundel police are telling us this morning they could not say if the man they're looking for is averaged. just that it appears he was driving a stolen car and crashed it toward the ft. meade gate last night. they're searching for him at this time thachl. we' we're at the main gate. it's operating normally. only one of the gates at the ft. meade base is closed and that's the rocken bach gates. they're working under reduced operation this morning. only essential personnel really are allowed inside. that's the latest right now. we're going to stay on top of this developing story throughout the morning. back to you. >> molette, thank you. now let's get your forecast with amelia segal.

hey, amelia. >> dry today. not the case we're looking at here. dry. as we work our way into the afternoon hours, showers are likely as a cold front moves through. the most likely time period will be from 4:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. we can't rule out heavy rain. even a thunderstorm or two. that rain tomorrow is going to set us up for a cooler weekend. we're going to send things over to melissa. >> still looking at this crash here in bealeton. we're looking to see what's going on. lanes are blocked. as soon as we get more information about that one, of course, we'll pass it along. 66 looking good. otherwise moving at speed there. outsidebound chain bridge road right here at canal road you can see part of that right lane is taken up because of a crash overnight. some of the debris remains.

not going to be the most fun for the morning commute if that sticks around. you're on time. you're nice and green. i'll see you with some travel times here in ten minutes. aaron? >> thank you. students head back to school in culpeper county. that's after a student with a gun caused a lockdown. three schools in that county closed. a lockdown after a 15-year-old freshman flashed a pellet gun. it happen topped school bus yesterday morning. the student also made some threats. one student told us it created confusion and fear. >> a lot of girls in my class were scared and afraid. they were texting each other and their parents and talking about were they going to die and stuff like that. it was pretty intense. it was pretty scary. >> that 15-year-old student was taken into custody yesterday but has not been identified. there's no word whether he'll face any charges.

the latest quinnipiac poll moves mar koi rubio up. hillary clinton's new alleged flip-flop may bump her numbers down. she said her 12-nation trade deal is a job killer. she supported president obama's trans-pacific deal when she was secretary of state. now in her words she's worried about it. >> i'm not in favor of what i have learned about it. >> today republican candidates donald trump and senator marco rubio will campaign in nevada. trump leads the group but his group is shrinking. kevin mccarthy leads for the

how house speaker position. john boehner set to appear on "the tonight show" with jimmy fallon. this comes after he anunsed he would step down last month. he joins a string of politicians making appearances on "the tonight show." beth hillary clinton and donald trump have appearing on the tornt show. police arrests man yesterday morn afghanistan he left the bus across the street from police headquarters. police say the t a victim helped create this. he's accused of three attacks in arlington. there have been 11 attacks in recent weeks in that area. a howard county police officer is on the other side of the law this morning facing dui charges. cory britton drove drunk, hit and injured a woman and drove away. police arrested him at hiss home on tuesday night. police say he was driving a nissan maxima when he rear-ended a woman in upper marlboro.

a woman took pictures of his license plate and that helped track down the officer. he's now on administrative lead. man will spend four years in prison. prosecutors say ava ion o'graham stole personal information from persons in assisted living loans. he used the data. hi then dposed checks into 'tis his own bank account. he tried to get more than 2 p 2.million. a newsletter from the u.s. capitol police and intelligence office washes officers about the potential for violence. the yorlg nicer tells the "washington post" he dohas not seen the letter. it will mark 20 years since the

million man march. "news4" told the transit agency about one man's ordeal. metro now says if no one picks up the calls from emergency interkroms, the calls will be transferred to the transit police. a rider tried to use it saturday night after a game with his 3-year-old chide. he tried to report his lost phone number one picked up. his concern grew to safety when he couldn't find the manager. >> i want to feel safe so i know i have somebody to go and somebody is around. nobody was around. >> metro tells us he was on a bathroom break when the rider was looking for help. metro says the call box in question has been testnd and is now work. looking live at the "news4" studios this morning where it's 59 degrees right now. you might want a jacket. your walk home might be

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what's left of a hospital in afghanistan. the u.s. hit that building in an air strike over the weekend. 12 workers and ten patients died. look at it now. it's basically all rubble. they called the president of doctors without borders to apologize. doctors without borders is calling for an independence investigation. storm team 4's amelia segal has your warmup ahead. pretty nice day. >> yeah, exactly. comfortably cool if you're walking to work this morning. a temperature around 60 degrees on your way home. temperatures in the low 70s. perfect walking wetter. we're looking at plenty of sun today. your weather impacts washing the day. probably not a good idea because rain is in the forecast. great weather for walking the dog. you even dine outside tonight but you might want to grab a light jacket as we work our way

into the evening hours. melissa, how are the roads right now? >> we're talk about 17 near marsh road. this is an overturned tractor trailer, which is why this is taking so long to clear out of the way, 270 south and top of the belt loop you easte. if you want to break it down, quantico to 123 is going take 18 minute and 123 to the beltway, 19 minutes. remember to listen to wtop 103 president 5 f.m. when you hop in your car. >> thank you. straight ahead, police are investigating the second homicide of the year. >> alexandria. a manhunt is under way for a driver who smashed his car into the gates there. we're learning it could

back to that breaking news at 5:47. this morning police on the scene in alexandria where someone shot a man. "news4's" megan mcgrath is live at the top of the hour. she'll bring us an update on what investigators are learning in this investigation. and anne arundel police and the army police are searching for someone who entered ft. meade. ft. meade is works on reduced operation. six schools will r also closed. you can find out on the washington app. an update from there at 6:00 a.m. >> we're keeping an eye on your drive. first let's go to amelia segal. good morning to you. good morning. here's the latest. temperatures coming in the 50s wchl're lo. i'm going to have more on that coming up in a little bit,

melissa. >> amelia, we still have this problem in fauquier county with lane closures. we're going to talk about that and a bit here northbound. nothing to worry about too much. any decision to suspend a search is painful. in this particular case, we were searching for fellow professional mariners. >> i'm mad at the storm, i'm mad at god. i'm just mad. brutally sad. angry. >> it is the new 3/3 families have been dreading. the coast guard has suspended the search for a ship. officials say it's unlikely anyone could have survived in the water this long. the ntsb says it's focusing on finding the ship's data recorder. the el faro went down in 15 feet of water last third.

it lost propulsion while attempting to out run. today we could learn more about the military plan in afghanistan. the there was a hearing at the house arms services committee a few hours from now. the man in charge of u.s. forces in afghanistan general john campbell will testify. today the florida postal worker who flew a gyrocopter through d.c.'s restricted airspace should be back in court. he entered a plea deal that would have required him to spend ten months in jail. hughes says this flight was a protest against kilometer pain finance laws. he could spend up to 9 1/2 years in prison. the metro line will extend it from fairfax into loudoun

county. congressman gerry connolly has introduced a bill that would examine the feasibility of expanding metro into the county. this week the prince william board voted unanimously. it's focused on completing its 2025 plan before complete any new extensions. three words you can smile about. lower heating bill it's going to cost less to stay warm this winter than the lust two. you can thank a combination of mild temperatures and lower energy prices. they can plan to pay about $578 to heat their homes. homes running on heatling oil will see a savings of about $460. everything is douchblt natural gas is down bass of oversupply. so if we get a mild winter, consumers are going to save

right across the board. >> average gas prices will be around $2 by december, so it could be a very, merry christmas. >> can't look at that scene right now. i'm not ready to think about cold weather yet. >> we don't have to, right? >> no. yay. >> high o 76. >> ah, see? >> tomorrow, high of 82. >> love it. >> temperatures this time of years, 70, 71. we're running five degrees above normal. 10 degrees tomorrow. travel looking good. the biggest concern is to make sure you have your sunglasses likely dealing with the sun glare heading to and from work. exercise though. this weather nearly perfect for outdoor exercise. by the afternoon hours it's mild. you might want to put on a light jacket as i continue to track conditions. 54 right now in college park.

here's your hour-by-hour planners throughout the day. 7:00 a.m., the temperatures around 58. you're not going to move too much over the next hour or so. temperatures near the 70 degree mark. as we work our way into the afternoon hours, that's when we'll hit our high temperature of 76. a touch cooler today. a nice evening as well. temperature around 70 degrees. tomorrow we'll start off partly sunny. by noon we're tracking mostly sunny skies across the area. showers moving across the area between 4 and 10 p.m. that could slow that even commute. you could be dealing with the rumble of thunder and potentially heavier rain. by 10:00 we'll likely return to dry weather. that rain chance tomorrow with a cold front. that's going to noticeably cool us down for saturday. a high of 67 degrees. in addition to that, it's

breezy. sun later in the day. on sunday, looking nice. mostly sunny and a high temperature of 70 degrees. if you're in fauquier county, you could be impacted by a crash, right? >> we do have a crash. we have a brand-new problem on the beltway. if we zoom in here for just a second. you can see we have a stalled vehicle here. right here, 17, marsh road. you have the northbound lanes blocked there because of a tractor trailer trash. that could take some time to clean up in fauquier county. 95 at prince william parkway. northbound, southbound, we don't have any major issues. a little slow. totally typical for this time of morning. nothing to worry about at this point. top of the beltway is nice and green and we look at all of the routes in up to and out of town. southbound headed down to prince george's county. thumbs-up there. no major issues.

i'll see you right back here in ten minutes alt 6:01. >> i want to thank her or hug her. i want to held her and thank her and welcome her into my family. >> a grateful mother almost overwhelmed after what a bus driver did for her son. 17-year-old jay von cole is in the hospital this morning. doctors are treating a blood clot in his leg as a result of a shooting tuesday afternoon. two people stopped him on his bm x-bike, shot him in the leg. moments later a woman driving a school bus stopped to help. >> she's the only one who stopped sheechls the only one. she put herself in danger not knowing what was going on. >> jay von's mother says she wants the bus driver to know she not only saved her teenager's life but also his dream of serving in the u.s. army. an update to a story you first heard about from the

"news4" i-team. a woman caught on camera practicing yoga on metro tracks is now scheduled to appear in court this month. fairfax police say they arrested the woman for trespassing, a misdemeanor charge. you can see the woman. she poses there and her partner loyers himself and he's taking pictures of her. transit police say deliberately trespassing on the tracks is illegal and dangerous especially because of the highly charged third rail. three families in florida are each receive ing $200,000. a principal hypnotized as many as 75 students over seven years. three of those students died. two committed suicide and one was in car crash while attempting to self-hypnotize.

the school board just agreed to pay the students' families $200,000 each. the presence pal resigned three years ago. good morning. i'm landon dowdy at cnbc headquarters. renters, get out your checkbooks. your rent could go up by as much as 8% next year. it rose from 6% last year from $756 to $803 a month. the big reason, high demands for millennials and home owners and fewer homes and rentals on the market also, they elect to renew rather than moving elsewhere. supply isn't keeping up with demand. for cnbc report, i'm landon dowdy. 5:56. is somebody getting a ride on your dime? uber wants you to know someone may be getting a ride on your

dime using your passwords. they're using your passwords from other sites using apps. >> using a password, someone can get in and take advantage of you. >> your best defense is to create different and more difficult usernames and passwords for each of your hack accounts. that way if he gets in, that's the way he can access. today you'll find out what your fellow airlines think. there be l also be details on why some passengers were not allowed to board planes. a pair of breaking news stories we're watching for you right now. first at ft. meade where a crash last night is impacting base operation this morning and forcing the closure of several schools. what we're learning about the man police are looking for right

now. we're also in

. we begin at 6:00. police are searching for a car that crashed through gate. >> because of that search for your the suspect, ft. meade and the nsa are on reduced operation

status today. sick anne arundel county schools in the area are also closed. let's get right to molette green who has more with more on this situation. molette? >> reporter: good morning. take a look at the heavy traffic going into the main gate just behind me. the suspect we can tell you still on the run this morning. this is an active police investigation. we got a chance to see some of the large backups at another gate entrance and the large presence of police activity, cars getting turned away at that particular gate. in a statement this morning ft. meade tells us they're on r operations with only essential workers allowed in. and they want area residents to remain indoors. and as you mentioned, area schools are closed as a precaution. now, anne arundel police told me this morning they could not say if the man they're looking for is armed, just that it appears that he was driving a