purchases that your child made outyour permission. the federal trade commission announced that amazon is set to send refunds for users for $70 million. if you're eligible, you'll get an e-mail about this. you'll also have until next may to request a refund on unauthorized charges made between november 2011 and may 2016. >> you can change the function in the app so the child has to ask for permission before -- you have to say approved. it avoids all of that. stay with us, "news4 today" continues right now at 5:00 a.m. >> announcer: "news4 today" starts now. it is the sound a lot of people may hear this morning as cleanup continues from last night's storms. >> the rain and thunder went well into the early morning. and people in our area saw a little bit of everything. from hail to downed trees and possibility a tornado. >> all right. a look outside right now, here outside our studios in north d.c. nope, don't have

tv. that's fog. another morning like that. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> and i'm eun yang. it does look like it's getting clearers right? we'll get a closer look. but let's go to chuck bell and sheena parveen who have ventured outside. >> it's thick out here this morning. >> it is. >> really a thickness or humidity and you can feel your hair curl. >> what did you call it? soupy? >> soupy. >> we have six-mile visibility in the district. that's not really bad. if you look at manassas and gaithersburg, almost a quarter-mile visibility. we are seeing areas of patchy fog. some areas have been dense. 62 in gaithersburg, 62, leesburg, very mild. we have a pretty unsettled weatr

around the radar. mainly off to the west. for the morning commute, areaers of fog later on today. chance of showers with temperatures in the low 80s. speaking of your commute this morning, we're going to head to melissa mollet with fog out there, melissa. >> good morning, yes, the fog is going to cause an issue for folks out there. northbound glebe at 123 still have the lanes blocked in arlington because of the downed tree. taking a trip to bryantown. northbound side. left lane is getting by the downed wires. those outbound lanes are okay. inner loop and outer loop of the beltway, no issues there. that's very nice on this wednesday morning. taking a look at 270 southbound. 73 miles her power. and i wanted to thank strawberry knoll elementary school in gaithersburg for having me last friday. lots ever great questions. there's miss budd with a lot of her head start

afghanistan where dozens are dead. angie goff is at the live desk. -- kabul, this happened in the heart of kabul, in the middle of rush hour. take a look. security forces filling the streets as a plume of smoke continues to tower over the area. homes in many of the areas under siege, as well as residential homes. the truck bomb killed at many as 80. injuring hundreds. searchers are still pulling bodies from the rubble. this is known to be the heart of the city. we know several of the embassies are reporting damage to their buildings. no record on the nationality of victims or who's behind the attack. and also this morning, the u.s. embassy on kabul releasing a state online advising all americans to avoid traveling to the city right now. more as we get it, back to you.

if you live in virginia, you may have seen and heard all of that hail last night. listen to it. this video is from faulkner county. the big question the national weather service will try to answer this morning is whether a tornado touched down in northern virginia. that same storm caused series of damage to a mobile home park in frederick county, virginia. officials say no one was hurt but power was knocked out and five or six big trees crashed down. much of the damage centered around the mobile home park outside of winchester. one neighbor told us a falling tree nearly killed him and his family. >> when the hail started, we want inside. i was trying to get everybody from the living room when about a 70 to 100-foot tree fell in our trail right on top of my head where i was standing. thank gosh it did not come through. that inspector told me i was

>> a view from sky high tree services worked quickly to allow everyone to get back inside last night. if you have the nbc washington app you probably received a warning that severe weather was headed to northern virginia. make sure you have our app. you can have hour-by-hour forecasts. right now, things are back to normal following a scare at orlando international airport. this is a fake gun and a standoff with officers around the rental car area around 7:30. police say 26-year-olds michael pettigrew pointed what looked like a real weapon at them and told police to shoot. after several hours he was taken into custody and is now undergoing a mental health evaluation. she thought she was doing the safe thing after a night of drinking. >> this morning, the cab driver now facing kidnapping and rape charges and the good samaritan who came to rescue hear. >> live in northwest washington with more on what happed

darcy? >> reporter: good morning, this is a frightening situation. imagine a person out for a night of drinking here on the u street corridor thinking they're doing the right thing, taking a cab to get home safely. instead, this woman said she was sexually assaulted by that cab driver. he has been arrested. yared mekonnen. 24 years old. charged with sexual abuse and kidnapping. he's due in court tomorrow. the woman woke up in the back seats of the cab. a good samaritan heard her screaming, called 911 and blocked in the cab. fortunately, the police were able to take that driver into custody. important to note that the cab driver is denying the allegations. >> darcy, the woman screamed she was trying to get home. but what are court documents revealing about what the cab driver actually di

another interesting part of this case. the cab driver apparently told police, again, according to court documents that he was heading to silver springs. obviously that's in montgomery county. but the victim says that she lives in virginia. police still have a lot of work to do and prosecutors trying to figure out exactly what happened. what his intentions were. and again, we should find out more tomorrow when he appears in court. back to you. >> darcy spencer, live, thank you. a man was found dead inside a hiattsville apartment. police were called to check on a man on newton street not par from the bw parkway. once they got there, they found a body with signs of trauma. an elderly woman is in the hospital with critical injuries after she was hit by an suv. a driver ran into her at the intersection of 12th and pennsylvania last night. no word on what cause

it is a tough day for students at quinn park. norman white was killed after driving home from his job from a pizza parlor. prince george's county police say the 17-year-old lost control of his car and slammed into a tree on temple hill road. a funeral will be held at the first baptist church of glenarden. the naacp is calling for a zero tolerance policy on hate and bias incidents on college campuses. the demands from the group and student leaders come after the unprovoked stabbing of lieutenant richard collins at the university of maryland. police have linked the suspect in this case to a white supremacist facebook group. the opportunity has announced plans for a hate bias response team. more money for diverse education. but the naacp said the punishments for these incidents are not harsh enough.

policy, the consequences. i want to see a tank force on the campus, not just with people that are in the college but also maybe outside. >> now, some students want at least 50% of the task force to be populated by students. the state's attorney office says once prince george's county police wrap up its investigation of the homicide, the fbi will take over to determine if collins' murder was a hate crime. >> it's 5:09. president trump welcomes the prime minister of vietnam to the white house but it was a tweet that is dominating the day. michael flynn will provide personal and business documents to the senate intelligence committee. the intelligence committees have also asked for information from a former white house aide and president frump's personal attorney michael cohen. cohen said he will only testify if subpoenaed. the sorpted press reported that the president's use of his cell phone is

concerns. but if you check twitter this morning, there's one thing that a lot of people are talking about that is the president's covfefe tweet. >> yep, well, here is exactly what that tweet said, eun. despite the constant negative fres co press covfefe -- some expected a follow-up tweet. now people are reacting to the president's tweet. some people saying covfefe will be part of the national spelling bee. others are saying president obama is probably laughing at it or as puzzled as other people. one person we can tell you pretended it was a word that amy adam you'd to try to community with the aliens in the movie "arrival." even the merriam-webster dictionary is unsure what to do with the tweet, especially with a lot of people wondering if covfefe is a word or just a

the national spelling bee, it's today. hundreds are locals are expected to make it into the bee. there are nine local spellers taking part. take a look, these are students from north virginia. some from maryland here come from all different countries. all of the kids had to complete a written test yesterday. today, they'll have a chance to spell two words on stage. there's only one person representing the district, margaret isaacson from the bilingual school. good luck to all the kids. 5:45, we'll look at how good we are at spelling. the most common misspelled words state by state. you may want to give yourself a few extra minutes to get to work this morning because fog could slow folks down, right? >> certainly could, possibility down to under a mile. temperatures aren't too bad, low to mid-60s. a couple of

martinsburg, west virginia. we'll detail today's rain chances coming right up. it was the student-teacher affair that stunned the country. we're learning that it is over between letourneau and her husband. why the couple are separating. >> and>

take a look at this sandstorm in china. sand blown by high winds covered cities in the northwest part of the country. take a look. you're seeing homes and trees down. it's still going on right now and could affect food crops and traffic as well. you can't go outside in that either. >> in these parts, it's not sand to be concerned about. take a look at this. fog has blanketed the region. a lot of you are going to need your low beams in your drive in to cut through some of that. >> visibility is going to be low. >> low beams and low speeds for the next coming of hours. in addition to the fog, we have a little bit of very light rain this morning. up across the northern maryland

virginia. nothing all that heavy. but you will get a quick five-minute rain shower from martinsburg to hagerstown within the next 40 minutes or so. a chance of storms coming up later on this afternoon. sheena's talking about that in two or three minutes from now. for now, melissa mollet. >> trouble on the outer alone at connecticut avenue. they do have the left side of the roadway blocked this morning. starting to see slowdowns at the top of the beltway. northbound glebe at 123. northbound lanes are blocked because of a downed tree there. sounds like we're sending a crew there. northbound side before bryantown road, still has the left lane getting by those downs wires. the beltway, inner loop and outer loop, no big problems there, aaron. >> melissa, thank you. 5:15. let's take a look at stories making headlines outside of our area. >> we begin with a threat from north korea, and what's being done to stop it. the united states says its missile defen s

the pentagon shut down an intercontinental missile in a successful test. those missiles were launched by the u.s. president trump will meet with the prime minister of vietnam at the white house today. the two leaders are looking for ways to strength the relationship between the two countries. telling bloomburg politics the u.s. and vietnam are working on boosting bilaterally trade. more than 20 years after their elicit aware made headlines, mary kay letourneau have separated. vili fualaau asked for a legal separation earlier this month. letourneau was a school teacher convicted for raping fualaau, her sixth grade at the time letourneau was 34 years old. a mother of four. they were married in 2005 and have two daughters. the investigation into

with british police releasing three people from custody. 11 people are still in custody. and officials are not backing off an early theory that this was the work of a terror network. investigators believe the bomber salman abedi acted alone as he detonated his deadly device. we're also learning that ariana grande will hold a benefit. joined by justin bieber, coldplay and miley cyrus. a big scare in the air after a lithium battery inside of a laptop catches fire. on the plane headed to jfk was diverted to grand rapids, michigan. after a carry-on bag started to emit smoke. the crew was able to put the fire out before the plane landed there in michigan. none of the 198 passengers were

eventually made it to the west coast. back to you. and nats bryce harper -- and the league suspended strickland six games into harper's hit monday. harper storms the mound and starts throwing punches. and then the bench brawl. they were both back on the field last night. nats manager dusty baker said he stands behind harper's actions. >> he's not a punching bag. >> i still always have to wonder about grown men getting into fights especially when they're paying you millions of dollars to pay baseball, football, basketball, hockey. >> throwing things right at you and you're going to say -- >> i'm going to sit back and count my $40 million. >> it's different when you're in the situation. you get heated. >> and they're competitors, t?

grand? let it go. all right. we have fog this morning, though. >> yeah. >> it's kind of hard to see out there. >> it is a little bit hard to see. as you're driving especially in some hilly texas, you may run into it. we're going to have areas of dense fog. it's going to fluctuate probably around the 7:00, 8:00 a.m. hour and then things warm up this afternoon. a chance of a thunderstorm later on today. here's what to expect as you head out the door. areas of dense fog start the day. we could have some around the evening commute today. and then we go into the end of the week, we're talking about sunshine for a thursday and friday. so, it's going to shape up really nice as we head into the weekend. then we have more rain chances. here's the visibility, lower than a mile in warrington. that's a little bit of an improvement, warrington had zero mi

leesburg, almost a quarter mile visibility in the district, not too bad. here's future visibility. as we go through k7:00 a.m., we expect patchy fog. locally, though, we just had that fog around. if you look towards north and west, a line of showers heading towards hagerstown. winchester may see very light rain. heading through 81 there. but otherwise, as we take a look at the big picture, we don't have too much heading our way right now. but we are under a pretty unsettled weather pattern. so, later on today, we still have a chance of a thunderstorm. temperatures are very mild. 66 in the district. 64, frederick, 65 in quantico. relatively dry, just wet pavement out there. lunchtime cloudy by the afternoon. 80 degrees we're looking at a chance for showers. that's when we can see

potentially south of the district. that may change slightly. then we go into tomorrow and friday. temperatures start to warm up. plenty of sunshine. rain, more rain as we go into the weekend. closer look at your extended forecast coming up. let's check the roads this morning. good morning, melissa. >> good morning, sheena. taking a look at outer loop at connecticut avenue now on the left shoulder. you don't have to worry about that one much more. it's basically moved out of the way here. that's good news for a lot of folks. northbound glebe, lanes are blocked. we're sending a crew that way. right now, no major traffic, in fact, if it sticks around it's not going to be pretty. left lane getting by. 95 slow in both directions through woodbridge, eun. kathy griffin under fire. and why the comedian is of

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breaking news on "news4 today," we're learning embassies may have been the targets of this attack in afghanistan. plus, hail, strong winds and a possible tornado. communities cleaning up after severe storms. a look at the damage and what weather to expect for the rest of the week. and new q

little girl left behind in a hospital. why the search for her legal guardians is growing more complicated. >> announcer: "news4 today" starts now. good morning, everybody. it is 5:31. this is some of the damage many people are waking up to this morning. >> you may be just getting your power back after last night's storms. most of the damage was in clark and frederick counties in virginia. >> first, we want to show you today's forecast and a look at the roads. chuck bell and sheena parveen outside to get it started out this half hour. hi, guys. >> good morning. you've been on vacation. this is like the fifth morning in a row like this around here. >> i will say, my hair's doing all kind of things out here. look at the fog. >> absolutely, can't even see the top of the toothpick. that means the cloud deck is below 500 feet. another foggy morning. still a risk of a thunderstorm or two. we wil

a couple dry days in a row which is unusual. saturday, particularly sunday, rain chances. fog this morning thickest in loudoun counties and manassas as well. showers up towards hagerstown, maryland and the highs today, upper 70s and low 80s. more than enough sunshine to cook up some thunderstorms later on today. be on the lookout for that. melissa mollet, no bug spray needed for you. >> not in here. i have an update for you on something happening on 66. 66 inbound after 50 fairfax. watch out. we had an earlier crash, though, we're learning about blocking that red x lane there. so they are cleaning things up there right now. outer loop at connecticut avenue. here you can see we still have a little slowdown around the bend. had that earlier crash on the shoulder. northbound glebe at 123. lanes northbound are blocked here b

tree. remember here in bryantown, northbound side before bryantown road, have just the left lane getting by some downs wires. overall, 66 and 95 overall okay. here are the top stories we're following today. the big question the national weather service will try to answer is whether a tornado touched down in northern virginia. take a look at the damage from last night's powerful storms happening in frederick county just outside of winchester, virginia. several trees fell down on top of mobile homes. power was knocked out for people living there, no one was hurt. breaking news from the live desk right now, we're just getting new images of a deadly bombing in afghanistan. >> explosion killed dozens of people and angie goff at the live desk. >>

details about the damage. the truck bomb went off during rush hour, and completely gutted. more than 80 people killed, bodies still being pulled from the debris. the debris that littered, by the way, the streets up to half a mile. i wanted to mention earlier about how secure this area is typically. it's home to many embassies and the u.s. military headquarters in afghanistan. still no word right now what group is behind the attack. or who the dozens of victims are, but we will certainly bring you more as we get it. eun. >> angie goff, thank you. montgomery county police are trying to figure out whether a little girl should be reunited with her parents or whether criminal charges should be filed after a bizarre situation at a local hospital. police say a woman brought the 2-year-old to holy cross hospital on sunday for medical treatment. there was no sign of her parents

name. officers say the woman was asked to babysit the child by her sister and drop the child off when she couldn't get in touch with her. detectives eventually figured out who the child is and now they're looking into whether a crime has been committed and whether the child has proper care. a montgomery county woman will spend four decades in prison for her role in the ms 13 gang murder. morales was 18 years old when police say gang members murdered him stabbed him more than 15050 times. vanessa alvarado had lured him there with the promise of sex. we have new information now on a man accused of breaking into a home in clinton, maryland. setting it on fire and being part of a standoff with police. he's

police say the house he broke into was on serrat road. firefighters put out the flames but the homeowner said the place is trashed gardner has a long criminal history including break-ins and robbery. and police want you to watch out for suspicious containers. take a look. these two homemade explosives were found in germantown along a trial in the little seneca green valley park two weeks ago. national capitol police say inside was a mixture of water, drain cleaner and aluminum foil. they say that can cause a small explosion. if you spot anything like this, police say don't touch it, but give them a call right away. i sincerely apologize. i'm just now seeing the reaction of these images. i'm a comic. i crossed the

i move the line then i cross it. i went way too far. >> kathy griffin apologizing this morning for the disturbing way she despiced president trump. now, we're not going to show you the pictures but you may have seen them online already. in a photo shoot griffin held up a bloody decapitated head that looked a lot like president trump. >> griffin now says she is sorry after the outrage. donald trump jr. camed the photos disgusting. chelsea clinton said it was vile. and that it's never okay to joke about killing a president. last night, the agency tweeted that threats made receive the highest priority. new this morning, a tweet from the president the latest one to go viral and it's bog of a misspelling. we'll fill you in on the new word you'll be hearing about today. plus, drugged while driving. tiger woods' arrest is bringing it into the spotlight but you'll beho

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>> announcer: you're watching "news4 today." today, we expect to see the video of tiger woods' dui arrest. police in jupiter, florida, expected to release dash cam video of monday's arrest. a police report yesterday said

behind the wheel with the car running. once they woke him up, he was sluggish with slurred speech. a breathalyzer shows that woods had not been drinking at all. he said he was on prescription drugs. and the arrest of woods is putting the spotlight on the issue of drug driving. what police are seeing more often. what you see here is a special dwi squad in fairfax county for about a year now. the dwi officers are getting new special training with experts that way, officers can pick up on more suttle clues of drivers who are intoxicated with drugs. underground explosion. it's video that looks straight out from a movie. ahead, what's behind this blast. and as you're heading out the door, warm temperatures but a chance of showers later today. nice to end the week.

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right now at 5:45, from a statewide home to a sexual assault, the cab driver arrested accused of attacking a passenger. how a good samaritan helped her get out of harm's way. covfefe, it's not a word in this year's spelling bee but it's now going viral thanks to president trump. and temperatures this morning are mild. we also have fog out there, but as we go through the afternoon, we may see more thunderstorms. we'll take a look at the timing coming up. first at 5:45, the term "covfefe" is all over the internet this mornin

morning today. this is why, we're trying to get up the tweet from president trump. it's not coming up but despite the constant negative press the word covfefe -- of course, a whole lot of names coming out because of this tweet. and a lot of people are saying the word is covfefe, may i have the country of origin? some saying it may be on the spelling bee. and others saying, president obama having a laugh with joe biden. and another person tweeted maybe amy adams used in the movie "arrival." and merriam-webster trying to find, wakes up, checks twitter, looks up -- regrets. the russia investigation is getting closer to the

president's inner circle. the congressional committee are asking for information from president trump's personal lawyer and white house aide. news4's tracie potts is live on capitol hill. tracie, what are they looking for? >> they're looking for anything that would give a sense of russia's interference in the election. whether trump campaign officials were tied to that. michael cohen, the president's longtime personal and business attorney now says if asked he will testify. but it's got to be specific. not a broad request. he's been asked to provide a list of his russian contacts. mike flynn, the former snfrnati security adviser who roriginall took the fifth said he would provide some documents. and a third aide, from a separate committee, has also asked for documents that may be related to the russia

investigation. so they're digging in. they're trying to get more information on whatever ties may or may not have been. and whether those ties were appropriate with the trump campaign and transition. >> tracie potts on capitol hill for us this morning. tracie, thank you. >> it's now 5:48. we have breaking news in arlington that may affect traffic. this is darcy spencer down at the scene of a downed tree. darcy. >> reporter: i don't know if you can see this. this is actually smoke from the flare that's coming toward you, not the fog. we had the severe weather last night causing damage across the area. what we're showing you right now, this is north glebe road. and if you can see beyond the flares, there's a tree down here blocking the roads. both lanes inbound and outbound. this is a major area that people go through to get to northern virginia, as well as to come into northwest washington. you can see the cars are pulling up here onl

we've been seeing a lot of cars coming through here and then turning around. a couple of trucks heading up this way. police are going to have to get out here and do traffic control in this area so people will know the road is closed. again, it looks like a large tree or possibly a large branch down on the roadway. this is where the road becomes kane bridge. we're looking at the bridge right here just to give you an idea of where this is. also right above me is the dw parkway. if this is part of your commute, you want to be aware of it and avoid this here. back to you. angie goff at the live desk with this developing story overseas. three men looking into worker abuse allegations at a chinese factory that makes ivanka trump shoes. they've been arrested or missing one of the men, a labor activist. he'd been under cover at the factory was taken into custody his wife .

under cover are now missing. the ivanka trump camp has not commented. and things are back to normal after a scare at orlando international airport. it follows a fake gun with officers. police say 26-year-old michael pettigrew pointed what looked like a real weapon at them and told police to shoot. >> our negotiators did a phenomenal job talking with the subject for about two hours. and finally got him to peacefully surrender. >> pettigrew is now undergoing a mental health evaluation and is expected to face charges. united airlines could face charges. that's when the airline allegedly operating a boeing 787 that was not air

a spokesman for the airline said the safety of our customers and employees is our top priority. let's going on, melissa? >> outer loom at van dorn street, only the left lane is getting by. a car fire, pushing everyone to the left. more than a mile of backups this morning. this is where darcy spencer live for us. we now know glebe road both directions are shut down because of the larger limb or tree that has fallen into the roadway. we'll keep you updated on that as well. on 66, we're slow inbound near 50 from an earlier problem. 95 northbound near woodbridge say little slow as well. inner loop and outer loop of the beltway. inner loop van dorn with those delays. northbound

getting by. as far as travel times, 270 looks okay. top of the beltway. outer loop looking okay. inbound at 56 a bit slow. same thing 95 and northbound as well. number to listen to wtop 105 fm when you hop in your car this morning. good morning. a lot of fog in the region again this is the fourth or fifth morning in a row with fog around. rainy days have been helping to add to erase the rain fall deficit. so far now, may, more than 1 1/2 inch above average in rainfall. it's the first above average rainfall month since last may. two consecutive mays cooler than average and wetter than average. we needed after a very warm and dry spring. right now a half-mile visibility in gaithersburg. half-mile in leesburg. be careful. keep the low beals on. 66 degrees currently with all of the clouds around. gh

80s. there's a chance for a shower. maybe a rumble or two of thunder coming on later this afternoon. a couple of rain drops moving in. towards hagerstown and martinsburg. about an hour to making it to frederick, maryland, and the top of the 270 corridor. no rain anywhere else. just a lot of clouds this morning. we have an opportunity for a stronger storm. a weather front right there. showers are lined up ahead of it. as the front comes through, it might spark off one or two thunderstorms. a lower risk of severe weather. fewer storms and the storms that we do get will not be as powerful as yet. future weather carries the fog out of here about 9:00 or 10:00 this morning. plenty of sunshine upper 70s and low 80s. 3:00 or 4:00, as the weather front comes through the i-95 corridor could spark a couple showers, between 4:00 and

maryland about 6:00 or 7:00 tonight. tomorrow, that's when the sun comes back. tomorrow looks like a beauty of a day. highs in the upper 70s. perfect for the first day of june. here's the ten-day forecast. friday's high 84. unfortunately, 40% chance of rain on saturday. 60% chance of rain on sunday. we'll try to get those out of there but just know your weekend plans could be soggy. a d.c. cab driver is due in court tomorrow to face charges of sexual abuse and kidnapping. according to charging documents a woman claims yared mekonnen raped her in his cab sunday morning. the woman said she blacked out after a night of drinking on u street and woke up to mekonnen having sex with her. reports say another driver was able to hear her screaming and called

according to mekonnen, he didn't do anything to the woman. and surveillance cameras capture an underground water pipe exploding there. this happened monday in downtown kiev in ukraine. >> several cars were damaged in the blast. no one was hurt, though. officials say pressure tests could have caused that explosion. good morning, i'm landon dowdy at c nbc headquarters. denny's is going mobile. customers can now order deliver oye or takeout on its app or on twitter. denny's ondemand comes with an updated app and devices and 24-access to the restaurant's menu. that's your cnbc report. i'm landon dowdy. good news for parents who have been hit with a bill that your child made without your permission, amazon is ready to refund your money. amazon is set to send

for more than $170 million. if you're eligible, you'll get an e-mail about it. you also have until next may to request a refund on unauthorized charges. we have a pretty good idea of which words might stump them. google put out a list. here you go. this is going to make you feel lousy. in d.c., ninety is the one that confuses people. i betcha they leave the e out. in maryland, it's special. that one i can't help you with. if you live in virginia, the word delicious might confuse you. google put its list together based on everyone searched quote how to spell and then that word. and others. disease, chihuahua and receipt. the whole i before e except

>> in wisconsin the top misspelled word is stop -- >> no, no. >> i have to slow down with conscious. >> it's conscious and conscience which are two different words. >> spelled conscience. >> by the way, english language is the hardest language in the world to learn. congratulations. next, a late night for the nats and the face-off that got bryce harper suspended. what's next for him. and a look at that tense game against the giants. and the beloved place for your pups to play and now it will be half the size. take a look at this downed tree. this is some of the damage we're now seeing after the storm. i'm justin finch with a closer look coming up. and another update on that breaking traffic news outside of arlington. we'll check in with

>> announcer: "news4 today" begins with breaking news. that breaking news coming from arlington. >> and what could turn to major traffic this morning. we'll begin with melissa mollet followed by the latest on the weather. bring us up to speed here. >> a couple of breaking news

stories. we're talking about this one impacting people on the beltway. two-mile backup inner loop at van dorn street because of a car fire on the right side of the roadway. inner loop as you're approaching van dorn street. north of the beltway, crash reported there as well. 5 outbound the ramp have a crash there. and then this one, we've been talking about this one, darcy spencer out on the scene. glebe road at 123. at the chain bridge. lanes blocked both ways. darcy's out there. hi, darcy. >> reporter: good morning, melissa. yeah. this is creating some problems for commuters. we're seeing people having to do the u-turn and drivingangrily. i can tell you. we see flashing lights. that's good news, an indication that someone is here to deal