just a minute. today this morning it feels really comfortable. the kids can get away with a light jacket this morning. around the area, temperatures are cool, 64 degrees in washington. maybe not as chilly as yesterday morning. 57 centreville, 55 twin brook and prince george's county temperatures are mostly in the upper 50s. so a cool start to your morning. once the sun comes up you'll notice clouds around. we have cloudy skies in the forecast today. this is from irma which is now a tropical depression but it's going to keep us on the cloudy sky with a chance for sprinkles mainly this morning and later on this afternoon. that's when we have a better chance for a couple passing showers. temperatures are only in the mid-70s. below normal for this type of year. average highs 81 degrees. we'll only stay in the 70s. now speaking of irma, it's already impacting part of your morning. we have a few light showers close to our area. let's head inside tohu

a closer look at that with the radar. >> clouds came in yesterday and there's a little chance for some light rain and sprinkles around here early this morning but a nice little break in the action. that's a dry lunch hour for us before the rains down in southern virginia arrive here later on in the day. closer, cup of light rain drops from warrenton to manassas park, over the potomac but there you can get the sense of it. this is not going to be a big impact event on the morning commute, the evening commute could be a little bit more impacted by rain drops. go over to jack taylor now, when you send it back, aaron gill crest the most left swiped face on tender. >> i caught that chuck. >> you were waiting for it, you were waiting for it and you hung in there. >> on the beltway itself we're off to a nice quiet start except for the work zone in virginia. they're still doing the paving in the express lanes so the outer loop skpraes lanes are blocked. everybody's going to have to hop off

otherwise you will find crews working on the rock creek parkway as they usually do for about another hour. traffic will alternate by one direction at a time through that work zone. they should lift by 6:00 or 6:15. so plan ahead. back into you guys, aaron. >> thank you. left is a bad thing. >> are you asking me? >> chuck will tell us later. it's two minutes after 5:00. >> chuck's married too. >> 2 minutes after 5:00. irma still pouring rain on the country at this hour. it's a tropical depression this morning. >> now moving into alabama and the storm is being blamed for 40 deaths but that number is likely to rise. in south carolina, a man was killed in his yard. the coroner said the man was picking up a tree limb as the storm was passing and a second limb fell right on top of him. >> falling trees also being blamed for two deaths in georgia and possibly a third. one tree fell on to someon

another fell on someone's car. ang ji. >> we're tracking all the new video coming out of florida. this is the miami marlins, their stadium roof, i believe we got it for you, you can see that it did suffer some damage. now for major structures, to family homes, this storm didn't care. everyone was at risk. got some updated numbers on the power outages this morning. more than 7.7 million waking up in the dark right now after irma and this as we start to see the first real numbers on just how much all of this is going to cost everyone. insurance losses alone for homes, businesses, vehicles, aaron, estimated between 20 and $40 billion. >> thank you. news4 david culver has been in florida since before irma hit. he's now showing us the cleanup and how people are trying to get back to normal there. his coverage continues

of that state. you can follow him on twitter @david_culver and watch his reports throughout the day. here are four things to know this morning. >> the man accused of killing the lion sisters more than 40 years ago is expected to plead guilty today. he reached a deal to plead guilty to the 1975 abduction and murders of sheila and katherine lions. he's expected to be charged to life in prison. he'll have the very latest details in just a few minutes. louden county sheriff's investigators will comb over every inch of a school bus turned food truck that caused a deadly crash last week. they want to find out whether any mechanical issues contributed to that crash. erin kaplan was killed and her three children and grandmother were hurt. >> today the engineer prosecutors say is to blame for

will be in court. he's charged with manslaughter and reckless endangerment. you may remember that the train derailed after leaving philadelphia in 2015. it hit a turn at 106 miles per hour and flipped on its side. eight people died and 200 were hurt. today the college park city council will vote on whether people who are not u.s. citizens can vote in u.s. elections. leading to some councilmembers receiving threats. college park would be the third city in prince george's county to allow the change in voting. hidesville and mt. ranier already allow noncitizens to vote in local elections. five minutes after the hour right now and this morning the search is on for a missing girl from greenbelt. police releasing this picture. she's 12 years old. take a good look here. she was last seen yesterday morning around 11:30 leaving the greenbelt community center. anyone who may have seen her or knows where she is is asked

call the greenbelt police department. it is 5:05. it happened again. a rider is accused of assaulting a metrobus driver in chinatown. abraham was on the bus sunday through the rear door and refused to pay his fare. then he allegedly started yelling at the driver and then another metro worker on the bus. abe hanl is charged with assault. an assault on bus operators is just one of the new numbers we are getting in a security report for metro. >> that report looks at the first six months of this year. adam tuss with a look at some of these numbers. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. overall crime is down on the metro system. 17%. there's certainly other areas where things are not going so well. take a look at this full screen graphic that we have for you to tell you about what is actually happening here. assaults against metro bus operators that is actually happening at

you guys just mentioned it right there. thefts from autos, things like disabled placards are being stolen from cars a lot more and sexual harassment complaints are up on the system. that is a problem that metro's trying to deal with right now. metro has really targeted some areas where they're trying to crack down on assaults against bus operators. they're going to be doing high visibility enforcement campaigns to get out there to make sure these things are not happening and there are a lot of other areas where metro transit police trying to nail down the crime and take the numbers down to where they should be at a level and this is something they've been working on for a number of years. overall crime is down but there is still some areas here are things are trending in the wrong direction, guys. >> what is metro doing about people who aren't paying fares? i know they're trying to work on that. >> reporter: there's been a serious crackdown on anyone who is not paying the fare and they actually say

have recently have doubled. that's a serious crackdown that's happening. >> adam, thank you. today all eyes will be on california for apple's big announcement. >> the company is expected to introduce new products including a new phone that of course is causing a lot of people to go crazy and excited and think about whether or not they'd pay $1,000, $1,000 for a phone. >> i wish i would. >> i mean, come on. that is how much the anticipated iphone x is rumored to cost. facial recognition, edge to edge screen, apple's also expected to introduce a new 4k apple tv and a new apple watch. i can't keep up. >> hey, siri, you expect me to pay $1,000 for a phone? >> i don't see an app for that. >> i don't see it either, siri.

if you thought $1,000 was a lot of, wait until you hear this next story. the pea troen going for $65,000. >> what is wrong with the world? >> and the local county selling it. can we interview the person who buys that so we can just ask therapy why? >> they can't get out a full sentence i'm sure. >> are you going to buy it, chuck? >> i already have two. >> no, you don't. don't believe him. don't believe him. your wakeup weather this morning looks pretty good. temperatures in the 60s. it is cloudy. we can see a few sprinkles from irma impacting the area today. coming up we'll show you what you can expect through the afternoon and how long the rain chances are going to last. she is the mother of his unborn child but still no sign of a missing pregnant woman more than a week after she was last heard from. what her boyfriend has to say

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a plea. >> justin finch is live outside what is now westfield wheaton mall with more on the possible plea here. good morning, justin. >> reporter: aaron, good morning. lloyd lee welch is expected to admit his role in the sister's death and disappearances today and now at long last the family of those two sisters who vanished without a trace could come closer to closure here. back in march of 1975, the faces of katherine and sheila lion were posted just about everywhere. they're missing persons case going on to make national headlines and now more than 40 years later, lloyd lee welch is facing a judge today. he is expected to plead guilty in the sister's death and disappearances. the lion case had grown cold until about 2013 after cold case investigators began closing in on welch who was already behind bars for another crime. now the sisters themselves, they were never found, prosecuto

remains at a large bon fire on his family owned property in the virginia area. now at that plea hearing today in virginia, welch is also expected to plead guilty to at least two sex assaults in prince william county, one of them includes the rape of a 6-year-old girl. back to you in the studio. >> live for us in wheaton, thank you. 14 after the hour right now and the toddler found a gun and accidently shot a 4-year-old girl. this happened friday night in fkt, virginia. now isaiah davis faces several felony charges in this incident including one count of abuse. the 4-year-old has been released from the hospital. the toddler was not injured. take a look at your screen right now. this is a missing teacher and maryland rescue crews are looking for him right now. he was last seen kayaking in the piney point area on saturday. yesterday he didn't show up for work.

westerfield. if you know anything call 911. as the search continues, concern is growing for the family of a missing maryland teacher who is four months pregnant. her family received a troubling text for her but could not get a hold of her. officers refuse to say what was included in that text message. her students posted notes on her apartment and held missing persons poster. her boyfriend and family pled for new information. >> if somebody has her, please understand that you've taken away a huge, a huge person to so many peoples' lives. >> authorities found wallen ford escape last week. the suv wasn't far from wildlife high school where she teaches. wallen's family offering a $25,000 r

today you'll be able to get hillary clinton's book about the 2016 campaign. what happened hits store shelves today. it's already the number six book sold on amazon. they're about to go on a trip of a lifetime. three more crew members are flying to the international space station including one from falls church. before going to st. john's university and stanford, van dehawaii and russian alexander mirskin wishing 5:17 this afternoon. wishing them a safe journey. the washington mistics will continue their march. they take on the minnesota links in the first game. the lynx are the number one seed and went to the finals last year. >> time for a new team to go to the finals. so this is notus

it's a conversation piece. petrone is selling a rare -- >> you mean the stuff they put in margaritas. >> they're selling a rare tee quill la in a rare french bottle. you have a chance to get this thing but montgomery county has a bottle at the department of kwaur control there told our news partners it's going to auction the bottle. >> it's a collectable. >> you can sign up on the department's website for more information. >> if i am drinking $6,000 tequila i better look like beyoncé when i'm done. i'm sorry. >> you will. you will. i thought it was $65,000. now that i know it's only $6,800. >> now you're in line. >> put me down for two, absolutely. are you kidding me? >> would you drink it is the question? who with wants to open that bottle? >> i would drink it but you have the

a keep sake. >> i bet you're buying that $1,000 iphone too. >> no. not after i buy a $6,800. after you finish the bottle of tequila the iphone looks like a smarter thing to do with your money. any way, i guess that's what the 1% does with their money. this is all what was irma, the cloud deck from irma essentially from new york city almost to new orleans, louisiana, that's how massive of a storm this has become. it's sort of unraveling itself. the main center of circulation now is northwest of atlanta and drifting northward toward western parts of tennessee. out ahead of it here on the eastern side where you have that swatch of moisture off the atlantic, thunderstorms down near cape

shar lots going to have a wet morning, we have sprinkles to contend with this morning and it'll be drive for most of the day light hours once you get past the morning commute. out towards front royal warren county. these are drifting northbound here ever so slowly. it looks more impressive on radar than i think it really is. the air over us is very dry so a lot of these drops will evaporate before they get all the way to the ground. future weather here shows this little chance for light showers here early this morning. that rain chance fades away after about 8:00 or 9:00. be dry from late morning up until the mid-parts of afternoon. that will be coming on here this evening and the nats play tonight at 7:00. there could be a little rain drop or two. temperature-wise, on the cool sideut

as we were yesterday morning. the shenandoah valley big change. 63 in arlington, 63 in quantico virginia. with a lot of clouds and sprinkles, not the prettiest day to be outside. the day grade is a c minus. that small umbrella, we're not expecting heavy rain. more of a long sleeve day today. nationals and the braves, critical -- you have to be able to beat the braves if you want to make it any way into the playoffs. temperatures today, there could be a delay or postpone innocent to the game but they should be able to get the game in. what about tomorrow? most of the rain tomorrow is likelier in the morning. rain chances dropping with type during the day tomorrow, warmer as well. high tomorrow right around 82 degrees in downtown, 79 with more showers likely

thursday, then friday most of that friday rain chances in the afternoon. little ripple of low pressure swings what's left of irma finally out to sea, maybe even a rumble or two on friday should dry out just in time for the weekend. that will make jack taylor a happy man. >> crews are still working, traffic will alternate one direction at a time for another 45, 50 minutes. they clear by 6:15. this is the rockway park way down at the kennedy center. we have a quiet start on the beltway. in virginia the paving project continues. everybody's got to be pushed off at gallows road while that pavement cures. otherwise will give you a live look on 270. there's a shot in germantown, volume still light without delay. so far so good. back t

you on your feet. sitting isn't just tret trimental to your health, it can be deadly. discolored water, what officials are doing to make sure it's safe and to turn your water clear again. remember to join us later today for the ellen degeneres show. she welcomes

update to a story that we brought you yesterday. pope francis just talked about his black eye. take a look. quote, i didn't see the glass and bang, bandaged up and bruised. pope francis seen here explaining to reporters what exactly happened while in his pope mobile in colombia. he hit

on a beam while trying to say hi to the kids. the pope wrapping up the five day trip to the south american country. >> thank you. we are keeping you updated on that brown water issue in montgomery and prince george's counties. they're performing more than 100 water quality tests every day and they say the water is space despite the color. this is been going on for more than a month now. the brown water issue was caused by severe weather that sent more organic material such as dead leaves into the potomac river. the brown color is a reaction to chemicals that disinfect the water. if you're sitting down right now, you may want to get up and take a walk. a new study found too much sitting can be deadly. researchers monitor the physical activity of nearly 8 # thousand adults. they found excessive sedentary time either long bouts added up throughout the day increase the ri

who exercised. people who limited their sitting, stretches to at least -- to less than 30 minutes had the lowest risk for early death. so i mean, here's the thing. we have a 2 1/2 hour newscast and we're sitting down. so i feel like we have to get up during the break apparently. >> do you have to walk around or stand? >> i maybe we do stretches, we do yoga poses. tree pose. don't fall off the set. there you go. >> i don't do the yoga. >> it was a promise to boost your love life but it ended up with a crook draining your account. the scam targeting local women and the arrest even a psychic never saw coming. >> it's a little funny. and you may see more police activity than usual during your commute to work today whether you're taking metro or hitting the road, the reason there's probably no

alarmed. as you're commuting you might see a few sprinkles, we're mainly dry. once the sun comes up you'll see what irma isoing to our d

now on news4 today. irma is weaker but the wrath of that storm continues spawning water spouts as the system marches north. plus a psychic accused a woman

swindled out of tens of thousands of dollars. police didn't need a crystal ball to catch the crook. fur an iphone junky get ready to get hooked. apple may be on the verge of taking a big bite out of your wallet. >> announcer: news4 today starts now. we're talking about a $1,000 phone here. >> apple could be worst than a drug head is what i just head. >> for some people the addiction is real. good morning. i'm eun yang. >> and i'm aaron gill crest. take a look at what is left with hurricane irma right now. we're already starting to see some of the impact today. meteorologist sheena parveen begins our coverage. >> good morning. i'm outside where it is comfortably cool so before the kids step out they can probably get away with a light jacket this morning. we are dry, however we do have a few sprinkles in the area from what irma is sending us now. on the northern edge

which is a tropical depression. 58 in washington, 58 warrenton, winchester's 54 degrees. if you look off to the west, winchester, luray, we're looking at very, very light rain here rest of the area mainly just cloudy and sprinkles will be in your morning forecast. as we zoom out, there you can see where that l is, that's the center of irma which is now a tropical depression, just a large area of low pressure and it's really expanded now that it is starting to kind of deteriorate in a way but the rain is still left over from it. so for today we have some showers in the forecast. speaking of that let's head inside to mr. chuck bell with a look at your afternoon forecast. >> not anything in the way of sunshine coming our way for today. temperatures most in the 50s and low 60s now. as you're planning the day out today, just a couple of sprinkles around here between now and the end of the morning commute. most of the late morning and early rn

chance for rain may show up after the sun goes down. high temperatures in your hometown today. mid-to-upper 60s for hide in the shenandoah valley, gaithersburg high today only 63 degrees. 74 downtown, 75 for the high in fredericksburg. high today 72 degrees in st. mary's county. ten-day forecast coming up about 20 minutes from now. now it is time to listen to mr. jack taylor. >> outer loop near gallows road in the express lanes it's a late clearing paving project so all traffic is diverted on to gallows road as the express lanes would be blocked. we hoped they would be cleared. we have accident to deal with on trinity parkway at trinity place. you'll find authorities on scene. it's in the intersection. plan ahead for this. also the rock creek parkway down to the kennedy center, crews always working down there for another half h

traffic alternates by this work zone one direction at a time. back to you. >> thank you. it's 5:34 we continue to learn more about irma's path of death and destruction through the caribbean. the storm has killed ten people in cuba. most of the deaths were either caused by collapsing buildings or electric shock according to officials. more than 80% of the country does not have power and it could be months before electricity is fully restored. in georgia, two people were killed by falling trees in the atlanta area. a man in his 50s was killed when a large oak tree split and fell on to his house. another woman was killed when a tree came down on top of her car. and in central florida, dozens of people had to be rescue from flood neighbors. the heavy rain has caused many rivers and creeks to swell over their bafrpgz and that swent waters rushing down streets and into homes. rescuers pulled 45 people to safety. and we have some breaking

good news for all the people who had to get out of that state. >> airports reopening now. angie goff at the live desk with details. >> right now this is what we do know, though. shpeople will be able to get out, some people will be able to get in because ft. lauderdale international now saying they're resuming service. the airport didn't get that much damage from irma and they never lost power so that was a good thing. miami international mean while cleaning up right now. they're planning to reopen today. that is what they're hoping to do but if they say they do that it's with a limited schedule. also getting word today that southwestern united, both of those airlines now offering flights out of puerto rico, the u.s. territory that also felt the wrath of this storm of irma. now if you are traveling today or know somebody who is, always a good idea to contact the airline and confirm if your flight can get in or

the man accused of killing the lion sisters more than 40 years ago is expected to plead guilty today. lloyd lee welch reached a deal to plead guilty in the 1975 abduction and murders of sheila and katherine lion. in exchange he's expected to be sentenced to life in prison. today the engineer prosecutors say is to blame for a deadly amtrak train derailment will be in court. brandon is charged with manslaughter and reckless endangerment. the train derailed after leaving philadelphia in 2015. it hit a turn at 106 miles per hour and flipped on its side. eight people died and 200 were hurt. apple is expected to announce a new series of products today that includes the anticipated iphone x, but it's the cost of this thing that might surprise you. it's expected to run you $1,000. >> uh-uh. >> choke on that apple. the phone will feature an edge to edge screen and facial recognition. that makes it wor

fold the laundry. >> something. it's going to have to rock me to sleep at night. little something extra in there. >> you'll only see this next story on news4. a woman who wanted help with her love life says she was swindles out of tens of thousands of dollars. >> she tells us a woman claiming to be a psychic stole her money and she may not be the only victim. >> she claimed that she had the power to fix everything. >> brenda didn't want to reveal her identity but says she was having difficulty with relationships and finding love, she turned to the internet and found a self-proclaimed psychic. over the course of six months brenda says she visited marks and paid more than $82,000. it wasn't until the psych kick stopped answering her calls that she realized she was being ripped off. >> i don't have any money at all

me. >> you got to feel for her. police arrested miller as she tried to catch a flight out of miami international. the entire arrest was caught on camera. one private detective said that miller has been arrested before for defrauding three other women. >> you can't hire other people to fix your pr >> it's hard when your heart is oh, aaron. it is. we're learning what led up to a terrible crash on route 50 in maryland and a driver who died. maryland state police say christine parks had a blood alcohol level of .34, that's more than four times the legal limit. she was going the wrong way on 50 back in july when she crashed head-on into another car, both parks and the other driver were killed. this morning you could see a large number of police gathered in d.c. it is just a training exercise so you don't have to worry. officials won't tell us where the exercise will be conducted

some way. the secret service, d.c. police and fbi will also be involved. the exercise begins at 6:50 a.m. a day care tragedy. a toddler goes missing. the discovery and the lesson for every parent. a bacterial outbreak. the link to a national pet store chain and the one tip to

>> announcer: you're watching "news4 today." this story is going to make you want to wash your hands. a potentially serious bacterial infection was linked to puppies specifically their fee siz. >> no one died. file video here. washing your hands is the best way to prevent becoming infected. the puppies were sold at petland stores. there is a petland in fairfax but it was not linked to the outbreak. imagine a hurricane bearing down on you and being forced to go to work. why pizza hut is caught in a firestorm after irma? >> new numbers coming in on metro kriep and it's a good

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taking action against north korea. world leaders take a stance. what is next for the rogue nation? a live report coming up. metro commute concerns. crime by the numbers. the stat that could help keep you safe and secure. a little bit of very light rain along the i-66 corridor from the beltway to the blue ridge. sheena's going to show you future weather and let you know how those rain drops with move out and when the next ones will move in. >> announcer: you're watching "news4 today." 5:46. the united nations is slapping new sanctions on north korea. >> this is in response to the country's latest nuclear test but they are more watered down than the u.s. wanted. tracy potts is live on capitol hill now. how are these sanctions different than what was passed before? >> reporter: they were mostly about exports, these are about imports and exports, what they're taking in and putting out in north korea. a ban on

ban on oil imports, oil going in to north korea. the trump administration wanted something much stronger, a total ban and a ban on assets of kim jong-un, north korea's leader and the country all over the world. they didn't get that but nikki haley our u.n. ambassador says these are the strongest sanctions ever and new reaction this morning from north korea's ambassador in gin eve va saying that they're condemning this in the strongest terms. they're calling it a wild game of trying to reverse north korea's nuclear program which they claim is already nearing completion or in the completion phase and making more threats against the u.s. suffering greatly if we continue to try to curb that nuclear program. thank you. a day-care worker was doing what a lot of people doing in the morning, making breakfast while trying to keep an eye on the kids. >> a normal day turned into a

the charles county sheriff's office was watching three children at small wonders day care yesterday as she was cooking a 2-year-old boy slipped through a back door on to the aboveground pool deck and fell into the water. when she found him the woman tried performing cpr, the little boy died at the hospital. neighbors with pools in that area say they have taken extra precautions with their children. >> one of the things we do offer, we do have is alarms on the doors so if some kid does come out it's up high, so we know somebody's in the back wrurd. the news4 i-team checked the day care was inspected in june and cited for bookkeeping areas but no safety errors. he entered the bus sunday through the rear door and refused to pay his fare. he then started yelling at the driver and another metro worker on the bus. abraham is chargedit

are just one of the issues that we are getting a new report on from metro. >> that report looks at the first six months of this year. adam tuss has a look at the new numbers this morning. good morning. >> reporter: this is a good news/bad news type of thing as metro rider are out here already waiting. take a look as we dive deeper in the numbers. overall crime is actually down on the metro system by 17%, but you've got issues like assaults against metro bus operators that are actually going up. you've got thefts from autos especially in parking lots in prince george's counties things like handicap placards that are being stolen from cars and complaints about sexual harassment on the metro system going up. a lot of people want to be aware of. metro says they are cracking down on the i

the assault against bus operators. that's something that's definitely been in the forefront more recently as we've had a couple of high profile attacks on operators, but what the metro report is actually saying that you should feel good, things like your cell phone, your iphone being taken from those, those crimes are going down. we're balancing here and weighing good news/bad news. some riders tell us they feel like metro should have more plainclothes officers out in the system actually patrolling things. back to you. >> adam tuss, thank you. new video into the live desk out of mexico where responders and police doing -- they're surveying the streets that were destroyed by that recent earthquake. 91 people died. you can see -- unrecognizable, some of these buildings or homes. totally broken apart, crushed by this thing and if things couldn't get worse, we know that hurricane katia caused even more

people died in that storm, also new this morning, mexico's president just meeting with his cabinet hoping to come up with the next action to take in response to both of these natural disasters. back to you. >> angy, thank you. a pizza hut manager in florida threatened to punish employees who miss shifts by evacuating too early for hurricane irma. the manager of the jacksonville restaurant said workers were only allowed to evacuate 24 hours before the storm and if they left early, they'd be written up. it also said that employees would be required to return to the city within 72 hours of an evacuation. pizza hut said it's local franchise operator has addressed this situation with the manager. >> is it because they expect the pizza ordering to be very high? >> it's weird, because disney and universal studios are reopening today. ft. lauderdale was getting that sand off those roads

beach. they want to get back to normal. i'm not saying i agree with it. >> but each individual has issues that they have to deal with. i don't even know, if you have family you have to deal with. >> it's very strange. you're in the mass exodus and you're waiting to the last minute and just stuff you don't want to deal with. getting back to normal is very important after any storm or natural disaster. getting back to normal helps people move on. we're seeing the storm continue to move up into parts of georgia and alabama clearing out of florida currently. this morning, though, we're seeing some effects from irma. we have clouds around. once the sun comes up you'll be able to see all the cloud cover. bus stop forecast, sprinkles. chance of a shower this afternoon. if you're exercising it's going to feel nice. the clouds will help keep us cooler today. today doesn't look very rainy. 58 degrees right now. dulles 58,

frederick so comfortably cool for the morning hours. here is tropical depression irma now snerd right on the georgia/alabama line. the rain extending very far north and locally just a few sprinklings but look at all the cloud cover. we have very light rain off luray, winchester, across 81 here. that's mostly going to move to the north here. we're not looking at heavy rain for the morning commute at all. exercise forecast looking really good today. 7:00 a.m. temperatures in the mid-60s. by lunchtime, low 70s, very comfortable. clouds will hang around. best chance of passing showers later on this afternoon with temperatures in the mid-70s. here is future weather so you see that rain trying to move in today trying to struggle. we have a chance for few showers. tomorrow morning i think we'll see early morning showers in the forecast so remember that before you leave. as far as the rest of the week's concerned. the rain chance is going to stick around through friday but temperatures get back into the 80s and so far the weekend looks pretty good. let's check the roads right now

good morning, jack. >> good morning. we had a vehicle involved in an accident unfortunately spun out in the median. we got activity on the shoulder. 270 southbound before 109. authorities rolled up on scene. you've got a right lane getting by right now on 270 southbound. 66 east between the plains and hey market we may have a vehicle broken down in the roadway. hopefully that will clear very quickly. there's an early train malfunction. chopper 4's been flying. volume still pretty light so far so good this morning if you're headed in this direction. continuing southbound on to d.c. 295 riding into northeast without a big delay so far early. back to you. >> hello, hello. >> hello. >> hello. >> hello. >> hello. >> hello. >> hello. >> hello. >> o

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