southbound lanes. we know the driver there was flown to the hospital, but the backups at the scene here, you can see from chopper 4 have been horrendous already this morning. >> we had all southbound lanes closed. that spot seems to be a problem. i know that we reported on multiple accidents right there on the bw parkway. >> a lot of them -- we'll have more on that in a second. first we have your storm team 4 weather team here. we'll do that in a minute actually. >> we do have to check in with wtop's dave dildine with an update on the accident. give us the latest. >> first things first. let's talk traffic. southbound on the bw parkway. the diversion has been lifted. it's complicated what's happening. southbound traffic is moving. on the right side is the delay getting to the scene. again, the diversion lifted southbound. the crash in the early morning hours has been

there are secondary wrecks on both sides of the bw parkway. you can see chopper 4 sees that one there. traffic is getting by to the right. also northbound past 197, another wreck. it's complicated. things are beginning to unwind but delays remain. that's the latest. thank you, dave. outside weatherwise today, four things to know about the forecast. clouds that you see outside the skies today. outer most reaches of hurricane irma off the outer banks of north carolina. 99%, a dry forecast. no more than an isolated sprinkle or shower. mainly the chances for a little -- little rain chances there are in southern maryland. still warm and on the humid side. cooler weather arrives for your weekend. as you start out your tuesday, we'll give today very good.

what to wear today, short sleeves and sunglasses. the temperatures near 70 now. 85 today. cooler weather by the weekend. details coming up later on in the show. back to the news. breaking news in laurel. one person badly hurt in a crash that they had to be airlifted to the hospital. >> take a look at the scene here. right now, you can see the car went totally off the road and into those trees. first responders trying to extract that car from that area. this happened on the bw parkway near 197 in laurel. news 4's justin finch is live with more on the major impact this is having on traffic right now. justin, what are you seeing? >> reporter: eun, good morning. minutes before 6:00 a.m., we got word that that wrecked vehicle had been towed away and also that the left lane of the southbound bw parkway here was remaining closed. but traffic was moving on the right-hand side.

we saw an immediate impact once that word came down. traffic really moving in a way it was not a few minutes ago. traffic is being diverted on to route 197. i want to take you now to the skies here. this is chopper 4 looking down on the scene here where perhaps by this point, you can see movement going on out here. this was completely blocked for a very long time here. the southbound bw parkway lanes. those closures had extended between route 197 and powder mill road. on the ground, park police confirming to us, this appears to be a single vehicle crash. one person was injured. and the park police helicopter got that person to the hospital for treatment of their injuries. hours later, the wreck and response did block the southbound bw parkway lanes. again, looking live. you are seeing traffic move here on the southbound parkway lanes. however, you may still find backups making your way out this morn

this area or the parkway, you may want to build in some extra time even for your work arounds. we're live in laurel. i'm justin finch. news 4. back into you in the studio. >> justin, thank you. >> 6:04 now. we've been covering hurricanes. it seems like more than a month now. >> imagine what it might be like for first responders in our area and their families. members of virginia task force one have been on call that entire time. some deploying hours after arriving home. take a look now. they've received a well-deserved heroes welcome when they arrived home in chantilly. there were a lot of hugs and tear frs relieved family members. the team from fairfax county fire gandee employing last month after hurricane harvey devastated texas and louisiana. after that, they head today florida to help with irma's aftermath. just days later, team members arrived in puerto rico to help prepare for hurricane mariaut

the storm. >> 4:00 in the morning, the hotel, the structural engineers were up with us. we pulled the teams out of their rooms at 6:00 and went to the safe zones. we were in those areas until 7:00 that night as it went over. >> the members of maryland task force one from montgomery county are still on the ground in puerto rico, helping with the growing humanitarian crisis there. right now hurricane maria is close enough to be causing problems for people in the united states and it's affecting one place that's already had problems this year. angie goff is at the live desk with what's going on in the outer banks. >> that's what they're thinking here tourists are being forced to flee north carolina beaches. this time, though, because of the storm. because of maria threatening the outer banks. this is on ocracoke island. there's a tropical storm warning in place right now. we know that storm surges, they expect to see themtw

4 feet. that could be very dangerous. tourists are evacuating by ferry. some residents allowed to stay there. last month, you might recall when the construction crew cut that underground cable, that line, causing a massive blackout. an evacuation during a peak vacation weekend. this time because of maria. a storm that seems like it doesn't want to go away. eun, aaron. >> angie, thank you. we continue to monitor the track of maria and the impact of the storm. >> sheena parveen has been watching for the update on this all morning. what do we know now? >> it's still a category 1 hurricane. you're right, we've been watching this for a really long time. it's the closest to the u.s. -- the hurricane is still maintaining that category 1 strength off the coast of north carolina. but it's maxed out at

this is barely hanging on to category 1 hurricane strength. take a look at the track now. going to keep moving north and it's going to take a sharp turn out to sea. that's because of a cold front moving through that. cold front will help to push it offshore. that will bring us nice fall weather finally. we have a huge temperature drop in the forecast. we'll take a closer look at that coming up. sheena, thank you. 6:07 now. today, dogs from the hurricane battered british virgin islands will arrive in frederick, maryland. >> the dogs were rescued from tortola. that was the story during hurricane irma. take a look. this is video of a group of dogs arriving at the greenbrier veterinary hospital in frederick last week. a new round of dogs will be received today. they found the dogs wandering around a destroyed animal shelter. since hurricane irma hit, r

400 animals. two sides of the debate being heard today. first, everyone would welcome more money in their paychecks. the other side of this. not all business this is montgomery county can afford a minimum wage increase. both sides will be at a meeting in rockville. here's what's being considered. a bill to allow businesses with fewer than 25 employees to wait until 2022 to raise their wages to $15 an hour. many business owners say raising the minimum wage too fast could end their businesses. county executive ike leggett vetoed a similar bill in january. it's 6:08. maybe you used to shop at the landmark mall or drive past a spot where it's getting a makeover. until that happens, the land could be used to help the homeless. an alexandria shelter leased the former macy's site to turn it into a homeless shelter. they say the shelter w

provide a place to stay for up to 90 people who don't have anywhere else to go. finding a solution with an existing piece of land. >> we're working for you in the community. we're getting deeper into the fall season. that means maybe a trip to the pumpkin patch for the farm is in your future. >> molette green is live at the ticonderoga farms in chantilly. tell us what we can see when we go there. >> i'm leaving that word for to you pronounce all morning long, too, eun. it's kid friendly. they have things for the young people day and night. this is part of the setup for the festival of lights here. this kicks off on friday at 7:00 p.m. this also boasts about being really education friendly to the public. they really like to teach people

we've got a lesson on honey from the honeybees coming up for you in just a few minutes. you don't want to miss it. aaron, can you guess what this is? it's a basket of what, aaron? >> is it strawberries or grapes? >> that's what i said, apples. >> they're round. >> did you say grapes? >> he said grapes. >> i keep my fruit in a basket. >> reporter: you need lessons, aaron. >> i want to think the last time you went grocery shopping and bought fruit. >> last week. >> reporter: that's why i asked him. >> thank you, molette. 6:10 is the time. raging wildfires, flames inching towards homes. the breaking news that could be a game changer in the battle against this blaze. >> snake surprise. the unexpected bite when a woman went out to eat. why she still has a lot to be thankful for. live pictures from chopper 4

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illespie's plan to cut taxes for the wealthy could cut virginia school funding, too. ed doesn't stand for education. the southbound lanes of baltimore washington parkway not the place you want to be. the diversion has been lifted. we've now got five, count 'em five, secondary crashes in the north and southbound backups. northbound north of 197 and southbound near 197 on the left and right side. new one near 193 as well. break it down for you coming up. that's the latest from the traffic center. let's go to storm team 4 and the latest from the weather center. >> good morning, dave. the good news in the weather

for your commute this morning. temperaturewise, comfortable by 7:00 a.m. we'll be 71 degrees. mid to upper 70s by 9:00 a.m. and later this afternoon, feeling like summer again. coming up, though, chuck is back with a closer look at fall weather coming in later on this week straight ahead. all right. sheena, thank you. 6:15 right now. parents who send their children to the university of maryland have a case of violence to be concerned about. we told you about the deadly shooting in college park. now we know it happened inside a student's apartment. this was during a party a few days ago. you can see the police in the parking lot here at the 7 springs apartments. this complex has so many students, the university shuttle makes multiple stops. prince george's county police charged davy serpas with murder. neither of the victims was a student at the university of maryland. a startling discovery at a rockville shoppingte

investigators looking for clues. chopper 4 was over white flint mall yesterday afternoon. a man's body was found inside a car there. you can see investigators searching the scene. no word yet on how that man died. angie goff at the live desk. frantic evacuations continue near anaheim, california. the fast moving canyon fire torching 2,000 acres in the santa ana mountains. it continues to threaten homes there. flames lighting up a mountain ridge. we saw that earlier as people were driving dangerously close to the thread. as you can see, there were firefighters on the ground and helicopters dropping buckets of water on the flames overnight into the morning. checking temperatures, they've cooled off with rising humidity. firefighters think they have a good shot at getting control of some of this fire. eun? >> angie, thank you.

we want the gym somewhere to get healthy and get your exercise in and not get sick. doctors say there are a lot of things to watch out for. germs are almost everywhere at the gym and they travel through sweat. yuck. here's what you can do. make sure you shower after you workout. change the towels as often as you can and most importantly, use the wipes. the worst way to catch something is if someone else's sweat is there. this is not good breakfast material. in addition to cleaning equipment, though, clean your gym bags. throw all the gym clothes and dirty shoes in the bag and you don't clean thatment clean that, too. give everything an anti-bacterial wipe-down. spray them down with lysol and everything. it is gross. the reason why we tell you is because it's flu season. we want to keep you healthy. take those precautions. i know what you're going to say. >> we worry about every little thing. >> you don't want to get sick. >> yes, wipe things down. be

>> 17, almost 18 after the hour. we're working for you in the community. working on the farm. fall is getting -- kicking into full gear. we're welcoming the season at ticonderoga farms in chantilly. >> molette green is there. there are a lot of fun things to do. what's going on? >> reporter: oh, yeah. you know what, i'm surrounded by pumpkins right now. this beautiful setup. they all have individual faces. i don't think you can see that from this vantage point. one of the things i just learned about is the key or benefits of local honey. building up your immunity to the local pollen and that's why we're here talking to shanna with amazing farm fun this morning. because there are bee hives on this farm. right? >> yeah. we have 16 beehives. >> wow. somewhere over there. >> over in the

ticonderoga, where we get over 100 pounds of honey a year >> that's fantastic. tell us about the process. we have samples of the jarred honey on the table. what are we looking at right here? >> the honey will be harvested from the super frames inside the beehive here. >> this is a real behave? >> this is a real behave. it's typically what's used by modern-day farmers. it has the super frames inside which the honeycomb comes on. you scrape it off into a glass bowl and then it can be jarred and processed, ready to sell. we have regular honey and then we sell honey with the comb. has medicinal properties with the cone. a lot of people enjoy having the cone. >> it's right inside there. >> i know you do educational lessons for the public to learn about honey and the bees add all of that and the benefits. tell me the reaction from the public to learning about this? >> a lot of people don't realize that 80% of our food is

your fruits, vegetables and most of the crops in the united states. bees are key to our food production hiere in the u.s. >> learning about what's going on, on the farm. we're on the farm. going to show you farm animals up next along with pumpkins and lessons about pumpkins. you know you need to know. >> we have the little baskets you left us with the different types of pumpkins from ticondero ticonderoga. >> eating the local honey, that makes a difference, right? >> reporter: the local honey is what makes a difference and working on immunity to the local pollen. i didn't know that. that's really important. >> good stuff. molette, we'll check back in, in just a little bit. >> not that you need an excuse. you have a spoonful of local honey as supposed to keep the allergies away. >> my sister and brother-in-law are into this. he grows the honey. has 50,000 honeybees in the

my sister grows the pumpkins like that. they do it for this very reason. apparently this works. they don't have allergies. i still take my allergy pill every day. >> time to do the weather, chuck. >> we have to get over to the weather. a pleasant enough day to be outside today. it will be plenty warm and humid. not a big surprise. second half of september has been almost 10 degrees warmer than the first half of september. very unusual. the warmest day of the month was the 24th. the coldest day was the 2nd of september. back on labor day weekend. four things about the next few days. we'll be warm and humid today. almost hot again tomorrow with temperatures in the upper 80s. probably not 90 tomorrow. if you're thinking about the weekend, saturday and sunday will be dry. a tiny chance for a shower early saturday. i don't think it's worth putting it on the graphic here. saturday and sunday afternoo

overnight lows, 50s on saturday morning. there will be some 40s on the map sunday morning for the rural air yaus out north and west. there's maria for today. spreading clouds. most of the light rain chances over southernmost maryland and the lower parts of the bank. for us, a mostly cloudy day today. more sun the further out to the shenandoah valley, the more sunshine you'll get, the more clouds in southern maryland. 85 today, 88 tomorrow. breezy for thursday allowing the cooler air to come in friday and the weekend. let's go over to dave dildine. >> chuck, it sounds cliche to say but it's a mess on the baltimore washington parkway. the big crash from this morning southbound at 197 has been cleared. the diversion was lifted. one of fire secondary crashes in that area. a new crash with fire and ems on scene north of the beltway and 193, only a

beyond that point. suffice it to say, don't bother with the bw parkway today. brad freitas is live on the scene with more. >> dave, you hit the nail on the head. 295 not where you want to be this morning. let's start off north of 197. this is the southbound lanes on the right side. we have a multivehicle crash there that police are on the scene still. southbound, we've got one vehicle disabled just at the exit for 197. that was a two-vehicle crash that the police and the ems moved on from. after 197, we had a four-vehicle crash all moved over to the right shoulder. those vehicles have been removed. remember, this was the southbound spot where the serious accident was before 2:30. on the northbound side after 197, we had a crash involving two weeks that was moved over quickly to the shoulder. the delays are

built very quickly. reporting live from chopper 4, brad freitas. back to you in the stewed know. >> national anthem uproar. how the protests are going beyond the sports world.

welcome back. the video and pictures all over social media. prince harry and his girlfriend together in public for the first time. if you look closely here. one thing is sparki

you can see prince harry is holding megan markle's hand in toronto. you might not realize how big of a deal this really is. people magazine talked to an etiquette expert who says most members of the british royal family don't show much pda. >> aha. >> especially at official events where they know the cameras are all watching. some think it was a deliberate action. it could hint a possible engagement between harry and mismark will there. >> this is a good point to make. you're not supposed to touch the queen at all. >> it's sort of a convention. there's no real rule that you don't do that. we continue to follow breaking news in the last 20 minutes. a bad crash scene was cleared on the bw parkway. there have been about five other crashes. the impact on

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6:30 now. a busy morning around here. we've been following developments on a bad crash on the bw parkway since we went on the air at 4:00 this morning. >> chopper 4 has been all over the scene and now we have the up to the minute details. wtop's dave dildine has the up to the minute information on what's going on. dave? >> yeah, guys. it's actually gone from bad to worse in the northbound direction of the baltimore washington parkway. northbound traffic is now stopped north of the beltway and just north of greenbelt road. starting with chopper 4. the southbound, the major crash was cleared, the diversion lifted at 197. in the backup, two secondary crashes. one on the right shoulder. there were two secondary wrecks on the northbound side. now there's a more serious crash closer to the beltway in the backup. all the northbound traffic has been brought to a stop. out of this picture, north of 193.

they need a medivac helicopter. we'll keep you on top of it. that's the latest. we'll go to storm team 4 with chuck and sheena. >> good morning, dave. what an ugly ride in on the bw. got to feel for people you're stuck with no good options sometimes. >> you can at least roll the window down and enjoy it. make the most of sitting in traffic if you have to this morning. the weather is good. a little muggy out here. >> as nice as weather for a traffic jam that you can have. >> at least it's not pouring rain. make it all the worse. this morning in the 60s and 63 frederick. 68 dulles. 66 clinton. 70 washington. 72 in annapolis this morning. as we go through your tuesday, take a look at this. we are in fall. but it's feeling like summer again. by lunchtime, 82 degrees. we'll see a lot of clouds around from maria staying offshore. by 4:00 p.m., 85 for a high. continuing to feel like summer today and tomorrow. the normal high is 76 degrees. but we do have fall weather

it's going to feel nice very, very soon. >> have your flannel ready to go. >> you could do a flannel over the weekend. wait until you see those temperatures. we'll show you that in a bit. >> all right. have to change the wardrobe out again. we've learned that it was a former tennessee police officer who caused a scare outside of the white house. secret service officers arrested timothy bates on sunday outside of the renwick gallery after searching his car, they found a machine gun, eight other guns, knives and ammunition. court documents say he was headed to the white house to talk to officials about missing paychecks. a maryland man survived a plane crash after it went down a mile from the runway. this is video of the plane's wreckage that's scattered from one yard to another here at a home in pennsylvania. the pilot is from maryland. he was on his way back from visiting friends when the plane went down after takeoff.

investigating. this morning, there's a $10,000 reward for information leading to a missing virginia beach college student. 19-year-old ashanti billie has been missing for more than a week. she was last seen in little creek norfolk last monday. her car and cell phone were found over the weekend. 6:34 now. angie goff is at the live desk with a new report on the virginia governor's race. angie? >> that's right. we just broke it down. the new numbers in the governor's race that could show problems for both candidates at this point. we want to start with republican candidate ed gillespie. he may be taking a hit, they said, because of the president's low popularity in the state of virginia. 96% of northam supporters will -- as for north a&m, on the issue of monuments, 54% of

oppose removing them from public spaces. northam wants them moved to museums. gillespie, meanwhile, saying they should remain in place with added historical context. this poll down by the -- at christopher newport university. has a marchin of error plus or minus 3.7. it's 6:35. even before the national anthem played for monday night football, dallas cowboys players, coaches and even the team owner, jerry jones, took a knee. >> take a look here. you can see a show of solidarity on the field. the crowd there in arizona not too happy about this, though. in a second you might be able to hear boos from the crowd there. after kneeling, the cowboys stood up and kept their arms locked as the national anthem played. jones has been a vocal supporter of the president said the message about unity and equality was being pushed aside by the

controversy. the controversy started on friday when president trump said that players who protest during the national anthem should be fired. amazon, if it brings a second headquarters to the d.c. area, it could mean thousands of good paying jobs. >> transportation reporter adam tuss is live this morning to tell us why metro is looking to lure amazon. >> this is really turning into a sweepstakes to see who can get amazon to move to the region. look at this camera from the top of the truck. you can see all this space that's here at the greenbelt metro station. that's available to be developed around metro stations. metro says that's why it's well-suit today attract a new headquarters. it's got lots of space. we're talking about potentially 50,000 new jobs that could relocate to our

decides to build a headquarters around here. part of their requirements is around transit. it has access to buses, to rail and metro says it can absolutely provide that. take a look at this map. off the top of my head. three metro stations that could provide that. you have vienna, there are others with surface parking lots that could add to the potenti potential -- metro access to get her there. amazon is taking proposals from across the country for the next couple of months and it decides on which location it will build its next headquarters guys, next year. let's see if it happens. adam tuss live for us this morning. adam, thanks. we are still working for you in the community today. let's check back in with molette green. >> she's live in

the ticonderoga farms. molette, good morning. >> reporter: hey, good morning guys. i promised you farm animals and we've got some chickens here. these kids here are really good with the farm animals, but the goats weren't cooperating so we let them stay. we've got a really little temperament al chicken here. i got pecked. they have a petting zoo here to help educate the public. but you know what, aaron and eun, you know aaron, eun, he needs to learn about pumpkins and what you can do with a pumpkin. how you can bake stuff. all of that coming up. >> i know what you can do with a chicken. >> see. >> we'll be rit back,gh

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i'm dave dildine from the wtop traffic center. it has been a mess of a morning on the baltimoreas

parkway. this is the latest of several crashes that have occurred northbound on the bw parkway, north of 193. greenbelt road nero owe left lane is creeping by for now. police are contemplating whether to cut traffic near the beltway. the southbound diversion after a serious crash at 197 has been lifted. we'll run down all these incidents coming up. that's the latest. back over to you. >> all right. thank you, dave. 6:42 now on a tuesday morning. skies are partly to mostly cloudy depending where you live. more clouds the farther east and south you go. upper 60s to 70. daily grade today, honestly a good day to be outside. rain chances, slim as they are. maybe about 20%. mainly down into southern maryland. otherwise, cloudy, humid, 85 today. cooler weather for the weekend. sheena has the ten-day in a few more minutes. >> chuck, thank you. live right now, still tracking two big stories. we're monitoring conditions off the caroline coast. the latest track of mari

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15 before the hour. want to go back to the breaking news in laurel. one person so badly hurt in a crash there, they had to be airlifted to the hospital. >> take a look. the car went totally off the road and into t

first responders trying to remove the car out of woods there. it happened on the bw parkway near 197 in laurel. news 4's justin finch is live with more on how traffic is finally moving now that the lanes are back open. so are you seeing progress there, justin? >> reporter: good morning. we are seeing progress out here. we're off of powder mill road. that's the parkway here. the top of the hour. traffic began to move on the southbound bw parkway lanes. soon realized that those lanes have been reopened to traffic after that single vehicle wreck left one person requiring helicoptering to the hospital this morning. park police telling us that vehicle appears to have crashed into a tree. the reason at this point being investigated. but the response led to closures on the southbound bw parkway lanes. the closures between route 197 and powder mill

one victim in the case requiring a trip to the hospital via the helicopter from park police. that person was taken to the hospital in critical condition. those lanes happening to reopen as the morning commute was beginning to ramp up. a long backup of cars for hours this morning. now, as the lanes reopen over here, reports of more wrecks on the northbound side. if you travel through this area in the morning for your commute, you may want to build in more time or look into ways around this traffic. we're live here in laurel, i'm justin finch, news 4. back to you. >> good to see traffic finally moving a little bit. still going to be delays this morning. watch out. >> thank you, justin. a look at new video this morning of an intense fire on i-66 overnight. you take a look at the flames here. we believe this is a large vehicle that caught fire around 12:30 this morning. the fire department, you can see at the bottom of the screen, got here to the scene pretty quickly to put the flames out. we hear this may have been a street sweeper t

all the westbound lanes of i-66 just before spout run were shut down for a time while the flames were put out. you know, we've been covering hurricanes it seems like definitely more than a month around here. >> that's right. imagine what it's been like for the first responders in our area and their families. member of virginia task force one have been on call that entire time. some deploying hours after they got home. they received a well-deserved heroes welcome when they arrived home last night. a lot of hugs and tears from relieved family members. the team from fairfax county fire began -- they head today texas and louisiana and then to florida and then days later, they headed to puerto rico for hurricane maria. they found themselves in the eye of the storm. >> so at 4:00 in the morning, the hotel, the structural engineers were up with us. we pulled our

rooms about 6:00 to the safe zones and we were in those areas until 7:00 that night as it went over. >> members of maryland task force one from montgomery county are still on the ground helping with the growing humanitarian crisis there. the latest plan to repeal and replace the affordable care act is in trouble this morning. republican senator susan collins says she will not support the health care bill. >> what i think is right for the people of maine and the people of this country. >> collins joins senators rand paul and john mccain with a no vote. now, that means republicans do not have the numbers to push the bill through. he founded a charity and worked on a state senator's campaign. now a federal grand jury insighted fairfax county lawyer david h. miller. he's accused of taking part in three separate schemes. in one of them, miller and his wife misused money from a charity to h

in another, they say the couple embezzled from a campaign of a state senate candidate. all told, miller is accused of stealing almost $1.5 million over several years. ten minutes before the hour right now. it's a story that so many of you have been talking about online. the snake that bit a woman inside a spotsylvania county restaurant. >> now we're hearing from that woman who says five seconds turned her life upside down. remember, we showed you these photos of the snake and the woman's bites yesterday. rachel myrick's foot swelled up after a baby copperhead snake bit into it. this happened in the entrance to the longhorn steakhouse in spotsylvania county. despite the injury, myrick says she's lucky. >> could have been anyone else's child wandering in or out. the fact that it wasn't a child, a million times over is the blessing. >> myrick's son and boyfen

can to make sure this doesn't happen again. >> if there's one baby -- probably more babies, and the mother. >> that would make me nervous. it's like finding a baby cockroach or something in your house. you know there's more. so gross. i don't know why i brought up cockroach. >> a lot of people are watching the tropics. the hurricane season rolls on through november. we've got live pictures coming in from atlantic beach, outer banks, north carolina. >> yeah, outer banks. this is the outskirts of maria right now. so these are the areas that are starting to see some of those bands moving on shore. some rain in parts of that area too. it's really going to start to kick up later on. tomorrow as the storm gets a little bit closer. but there you see that live picture right now. as we go through a time here, things will start to get worse. conditions will deteriorate across the area. it's feeling like summer again going through the day today.

then we'll see temperatures dropping going through the rest of the week. we're looking at temperatures back down into the 70s. that's going to be in time for your weekend. we're also watching hurricane maria. like i just showed you. right now, we do not have to worry about it moving inland. the storm will not make landfall. it will stay out to sea. 68 leesburg. 68 clinton. 65 degrees in gaithersburg. if you're walking the dog today or you need one to week, we have him available at the humane rescue. if you're getting outside this morning, temperatures around 70 degrees at 8:00 a.m. 5:00 p.m., still warm at 85 degrees. unseasonably warm today. there's the hurricane off the north carolina coastline. it's going to make its way to the north and head out to sea. closer to home, a high surf advisory on the eastern shore. parts of our delaware beaches and downtown virginia beach. here's future weather. there's the hurricane. it's not going to make landfall

wednesday, a cold front approaches, pushes that out to sea. the cooler air moves in. look what's going to happen to our temperatures. normal high 76. today will be in the mid-80s. tomorrow near 90. thursday, we start to see that transition happening, highs in the low 80s. friday, we drop below normal. actually in the mid-70s. into the weekend, even a little bit cooler. look at that. saturday and sunday really feeling like fall around here. look at these morning temperatures in the 50s. afternoon highs in the low 70s. we stay nice and dry. a perfect fall-like weekend. we have had a rough morning on the baltimore washington parkway. breaking traffic news on the northbound side of the parkway. they had to stop all traffic beyond greenbelt road at another serious crash. police are still in the process of setting up there. the left lane is getting by. but

stopped. southbound the diversion at 197 has been lifted. that crash has been cleared. better morning not to be on the baltimore washington parkway. take 95. that is the latest. eun and aaron, back to you. >> dave, thank you, sir. down on the farm. news 4's molette green is working for you in the community this morning. >> are you sounding country? >> got a little bit thick. that wasn't on purpose. >> back to your roots. she's in chantilly at ticonderoga farms. getting the lowdown on fall fun. sheena pensioner mentionmention going to turn fall. molette, what do you have? >> reporter: i'm surrounded by pumpkins. i don't know if you can take it all in. on this 1,000-acre farm here, there are some pumpkins. here at amazing farm fun. that's what it's all about. the kid friendly, family friendly place to come and we're talking about recipes. we've got a beaut

here on the table. alex is one of the vendors. if you come to the market, you can find her yummy stuff made with pumpkins this time of year. >> yes. one of my favorites is baking with pumpkins and what you want to do is bake with a small pumpkins. they're the most flavorful. they're the small pumpkins there for you to see. what have you made for us? >> this is a bap ka and arugula. >> this is a pumpkin and rooug la. >> kids love cake pops. elizabeth is the expert with this. >> real quick. if you want to extend your cake or your pumpkin bread that you've made, you can make cake pops with them. you can crumb up your cake, add frosting, roll them into balls. >> my favorite part is dipping them into chocolate. >> yes, ma'am. >> i want to show the finished product. this is what they look like.

to show us what they taste like. the recipes you will be able to find on their website. the farm is open daily and year round as well. good? >> uh-huh. >> all right. cake pops for everybody, right? >> back to you guys. >> didn't put pumpkin in my chocolate did they? that would be a crime. here are fours things to know. back to the drawing board for the gop senators. susan collins voting no on the health care bill. that means no chance of passing. full analysis on "today" coming up. all lanes back open on southbound bw parkway after that terrible crash near 197 and laurel. that doesn't mean the traffic issues are over. follow first 4 traffic on twitter for the latest on other crashes and the backups. a reward leading to a missing virginia beach college student. ashanti billie has been missing more than a week. we have more on where herar

washington app. hurricane maria is bringing high winds to the coast of north carolina. tourists evacuated the outer banks because they're expecting storm surges there. by the time the storm gets here, it won't be powerful enough to cause any damage. but you can follow chuck bell and sheena pr convenient to find out all the effects. speaking of which, we'll get the cloudiness from maria today and the breezy necessary as she pulls away on thursday. nice and autumnally chilly for your weekend. make it a great tuesday everybody.

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