tires. >> we're hearing from one adelphi couple who says it happened to them twice in one week. it happened and then they replaced the tires and bought a top of the line alarm system. the alarm went off but the thieves still managed to pull the job off. prince george's county police say these type of crimes are on the rise. that breaking news, a traffic alert as you start your wednesday morning. busy georgia avenue closed after a deadly crash. we have team coverage to get you around this situation. and developing now, shot by a babysitter, a child hospitalized after a gun goes off inside a home. plus, major international news. president trump preparing for an announcement on israel that's already causing an uproar overseas. ♪

was this performance enough. maryland's own "the voice" contestant facing elimination. we'll fill you in on who made the top eight cut. first, 5:01. good morning. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> we want to get to breaking news that could impact your commute this morning. we have team coverage in your first four traffic. we'll have your alternate routes in a moment. first, let's head out to dustin finch on georgia hill in aspen hills. what's the latest? >> reporter: learning more about the victims involved in this crash. we're hearing they are two men and one has died as a result of his injuries. so, now just behind us here, we're looking at what has become a fatal crash investigation. this area is impacted here. georgia avenue between aspen hill road and ripling brook drive, all lanes of this area are closed as a result of this investigation. we are told from montgomery county police around

will morning, two vehicles were involved in the crash. they were trucks drashg near hewitt avenue. both drivers checked out and taken to the hospital and we're told one of those men died after being taken to the hospital. at this time, expect this area to be closed throughout your morning commute. you'll want to break out your work to negotiate this. and we're tracking this and a lot more in the tracking center. >> thank you, justin. showing you another live look from where justin is, georgia avenue in the aspen hill area of silver spring, shut down this morning. right now the closure, as he mentioned, between aspen hill road and rippling brook drive. this is an area where you have a couple different choices, lay hill road or connecticut avenue. this could be there for several more hours. southbound 16th street after 2nd avenue, left lane getting by police activity. lt

loop near van dorn, disabled vehicle on the shoulder. good morning. we're watching the rain that is continuing to move out of the area. here's a look at the temperatures. 49 degrees in the district. 48 in clinton. each though the rain has moved through, we're not cooling down too much. the temperatures right here, they're not going to be rising as we go through the day today. we'll be staying in the 40s for the area throughout the afternoon. and then nose colder changes you'll start to notice them tonight, through the weekend. your wednesday morning commute, this morning, again, keep in mind the roads are still wet. a lot of leaves out there, too, so that could be slippery as well. 44 degrees by 7:00 a.m. by lunchtime we're still around 49 for a daytime high. and by 5:00 p.m., once the sun sets, and you'll notice gradual

wait until you see the cold air coming for the weekend and that little chance for rain and snow showers. we'll talk about that coming up in a bit. 5:04. we're following a developing story in prince george's county. >> a terrible accident leaves a young boy fighting for his life. police say a babysitter who was formerly in the military was putting away his legally owned gun. the child was in the room when the gun went off and hit an 11-year-old boy in his upper body. the babysitter drove the boy to the joint base andrew's hospital. they stabilized the boy and moved him to chirnsz hospital. >> we do believe this is a tragic, tragic axe deputy. the 33-year-old man is distraught. we're speaking with him now. we're in the early stages of this investigation. >> the boy remains in children's hosp

they come in. we're learning about the crash that led to this major backup on the beltway. someone crashed into the i-270 spur in bethesda last night. that person got out of his car to check the damage and was then hit by another car. both drivers were taken to the hospital. the driver who got out of his car has life-threatening injuries. we turn now to some new video from those devastating wildfires in california. >> chris lawrence is following the latest at the live desk. what are you seeing? >> complete devastation. nearly a dozen wildfires burning in southern california right now. the biggest and most destructive is the thomas fire which forced governor jerry brown to declare a state of emergency. the blaze has burned 85 square miles, destroyed at least 150 buildings and forced the evacuation of nearly 30,000 people since it started on monday. last check, the thomas fire is still zero percent contained. yeah, i've been looking at some of my friends out in l.a., they're posting stuff with

from their backyards. we've been talking about this for about 30 seconds or so. the fire is consuming an acre a second. in this time, 30 acres completely gone. back to you. >> terrible. chris lawrence, thank you. a major u.s. foreign policy change is developing this mortga morning. later today president trump is. anded to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital despite intense opposition. this morning the pope is also reacting to the news. pope francis is calling for the status quo of jerusalem to be respected and for wisdom and prudence to prevail to avoid further conflict. also today, donald trump jr. will be on the hot seat on capitol hill. he will appear before the house intelligence committee to answer questions about his district contact with people connected to the kremlin. the committee is looking into possible collusion between

russia and the trump campaign during the 2016 election. the shooting death of an unarmed d.c. man is now being called unjustified. that's the word after an internal investigation found officer brian trainer violated department policy in the shooting of terrence sterling. the d.c. police review board also says that officer should be fired. police were chasing sterling in september of 2016. officers say sterling's motorcycle ran into a cruiser. that's when trainer fired two shots killing sterling. the police chief says the department is going to be transparent about this. trainer has 55 business days to either accept the recommendation he be fired or challenge it by requesting a hearing. it's 5:07. a man charged with shooting at a montgomery county church is charged. police arrested steve banfield. officers say banfield shot into the church in gaithersburg twice last month. no

case. investigators have no motive for the shootings at this point. ♪ >> that is maryland's own devon fleming betting it out on "the voice." he had to sing a last chance effort to make the top eight. a spoiler alert for you here, fans, turn down the volume for a second, fleming was in the bottom three for votes after monday night's performance. >> this morning he is still in it to win it. his rendition of "ain't no way" earned him the chance for another week. yea! team miley's ashton craft and jennifer's cheyenne jones were september home. >> four more will be eliminated, season finale. it airs monday and tuesdays at

>> glad he's still in it. still ahead, maybe santa should stick to a sleigh. how a holiday beach landing took a bad turn. now russian athletes caught doping. what it means for next year's games. looks like the elf needs to leave the flying to santa. upper 40s to 50s, so what about this colder air? don't worry, it will turn cold soon. a gusty northwest wind out there. you'll need a warm windbreaker this morning and maybe later on today, a heavy sweater. overall daily grade, satisfactory. take a look at the weekend coming up. we're keeping an eye on the 66 tolls. they climbed up to $44 yesterday. we'll show you how one lawmaker is trying to change the new program just days after its de

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right now. this is a fatal crash that has shut down georgia avenue in front of gate of heaven cemetery. your best alternate, connecticut avenue. georgia avenue closed both ways between aspen hill road and ripling brook drive. >> thank you. new charges for the mexican immigrant acquitted in san francisco court. he is now charged with new immigration and felony gun violations. the case fielded a national debate on immigration. a jury did convict him of state gun possession charge, carrying a maximum sentence of three years in jail. he'll be sentenced for that charge next week. this afternoon outside of the capitol thousands of d.r.e.a.m.ers will protest. >> they want congress to pass a new version of daca. the law protects more than 700,000 new people who were brought to this country as

without a new bill, d.r.e.a.m.ers will start losing protection from deportation on march 5th. russian athletes will be allowed to complete in the 2018 games in pyeongchang, south korea, but under heavy restrictions. they can't fly their country's flag or listen to their national anthem if they win a medal. ioc banned them from the games because of state-sponsored doping at the sochi games. all athletes will also have to pass a drug test. >> pretty tough. a win a win you never can know? >> capital listen to the anthem on the podium? >> that's part of the olympics. >> but have you to follow the rules. 5:14 is the time. the scripps national spelling bee is trying to make things more fair. >> a new rule change creates a new path for spellers to compete in the finals. scripps plans to hand out 250 wild card spots to spellers who don't wi

but win at the school level. this could double the amount of spellers who come to washington from under 300 to more than 500. that's a lot of words. >> it is. >> previously spellers had to win the regional bee to make it to nationals. officials hopes it will level the playing field at the regional level. we get to celebrate another holiday tradition, another annual one here in the district. >> capitol tree lighting around 7:00. speaker paul ryan will light the tree on the capitol lawn. it's nearly 80 feet tall. came all the way from montana. look at that thing. we'll show you that lighting live tonight during news 4 at 5:00. your tree's up, my tree's up, all the trees are up around the area. >> christmas is here. >> he was trying to help out old saint nick, apparently. >> safe to say this elf we're about to show you will probably stick to santa's sleigh next christmas. look at this.

>> ouch! ouch! >> you saw it there. the skydiving elf clipped a tree while coming in for landing on florida's gulf coast over the weekend. he broke his leg. >> oh, no. >> had to have surgery. he was trying to give a child elf on the shelf a ride when it happened. the elf on the shelf was fine, paerm. but santa's helper has to take it easy for the rest of the season. >> you know, that looks dangerous as it is, so -- >> i want to know what the parents ended up telling their kids about the elf. >> about what he did to one of santa's elves? >> i don't know. it's very -- you know, things in florida, the weather's so warm there, santa's usually in board shorts or snorkeling on every christmas card you see. >> and it won't be warm in our area for a while now. >> no, no. we're talking about high temperatures about in the

it's going to get really cold around here and even a couple snow chances in the extended forecast. that's right. winter weather. here's a live look outside right now. we're looking at clouds but the rain is pretty much out of here right along the eastern shore. we have a few light showers left over. otherwise, a lot of the rain that moved through overnight you'll notice the wet roads this morning. that has already moved offshore. it's part of a cold front. the cold front has moved through. from here on out through the rest of the day, temperatures will not be warming up. highs will be in the 40s but you'll see gradual improvements throughout the afternoon. winds are up, it's preezy, sustained anywhere from 10 to 20 miles an hour this morning. temperatures are again mostly in the 40s. we have quantico at 50 degrees. not very cold this morning. 40, gaithersburg. 43, leesburg. martins burg and winchester, you're in the upper 30s. throughout the day we won't see

if you're exercising this morning, still want a jacket, 44 degrees and breezy by 7:00 a.m. by lunchtime, 48 degrees. 5:00 p.m., we'll be getting colder once the sun sets. the cold front has moved through, the cold air is now in place. as we go into friday night and the weekend, storm system passes by, stays offshore. it could swing us enough moisture to give us a rain/snow chance. the best chance could be south and east of the district, though. we'll be watching that track closely but we'll put that slight chance in friday evening, friday night, overnight into early saturday morning. but take a look at those temperatures. by sunday, high of only 37 degrees. it's going to be cold this weekend. we'll talk more about the extended forecast and more snow chances coming up. breaking news with traffic, let's head to melissa. >> good morning. breaking news in first 4 traffic. take a look at this. this will be a problem for a lot of folks this morning. in montgomery county, silver spring, aspen hill area, georgia avenue

avenue, this fatal crash from overnight. right now georgia shut down between aspen hill road and ripling brook drive. as far as alternates, connecticut avenue will work for you this morning. up in frederick county, walkersville, woods bboro pike, and van dorn, disabled vehicle on the right shoulder. from dream dress to disaster, a bride tracking down her missing wedding dress. plus, giving back during the holidays. companies teaming up with charities to make it easy for you to donate. how to make sure it's really going where it should. and coming up today on news 4 -- neil patrick harris joins ellen for her 12 days of giveaways. what's on the shopping list today at 3:00 and

a veteran who spent his last $20 to buy a woman some gas is no longer homeless and just in time for the holidays. johnny bobbitt is a former marine corps medic. a woman ran out of gats outside of phil dwr and she didn't have any cash so he walked blocks to buy her cash. she was so touched and set up a go fund me page and people were so moved by his generosity, they donated $400,000. he used some of that money to buy a new house, along with the truck he's been dreaming about. he says he plans to continue to pay that kindness forward. i really believe you receive what you put out in the universe. the fact he used his last $20 to help a stranger says a lot about

tis the season of giving, paying it forward, how about considering a gift that also lets you give back. >> some retailers donate a portion of their sales to charity. susan hogan working for you telling you why you may want to take a closer look at the fine print. >> reporter: trying shopping for a cause. some stores actually promise to contribute a portion of every sale to charity. >> ideally it's a win-win. but you got to make sure that the companies are as generous as they want you to think they are. >> reporter: consumer reports says the key is transparency. look on the company's website for information about its giving policy. amazon's smile, for example, states very clearly that they donate one-half of 1% of all eligible purchases to the participating charity of your choice. >> you want to be skeptical if the retailer says it's going to give a portion of the proceeds but doesn't tell you exactly how much. >> reporter: and don't give

anyone your business strictly to support a good cause. make sure you're getting the same price and service you would get if you shopped somewhere else. for example, buying a $400 television on amazon smile results in a donation of roughly $2. but if you can get a better price on that tv elsewhere, you can use that extra cash to make the charitable donation on your own. you should also take a closer look at the return policy, especially during the holiday season. you want to make sure whomever you give the gift to can return it or exchange it if they have to. tightening the rules on our homeless population. what the people living in d.c. streets will soon have to prove in order to get help. and out here on the storm team 4 weather deck, the old north wind is blowing. old glory flapping. it's going to turn cold and fast. check of the forecast coming

right up. plus craving a burger and a shake. fewer five guys to fulfill your need. why one local city is shutting

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closing georgia avenue in both directions. we're working with team coverage for your alternate route. toll trouble. our area's newest express lanes leading to outrage. they're just starting this morning and we're keeping an eye on how high they climb. >> going back and forth across the country and when i asked why, i was told that it's been sent to the wrong center, ma'am. >> and she's getting married in just a few weeks but her wedding dress is nowhere to be found. how news4 is helping her track down her dream dress after a shipping disaster. good morning, everybody. just about 5:30. we're working to help you get out the door on this wednesday on time. that starts with a check on your weather and traffic. >> we begin our team coverage of a deadly crash in aspen hill. justin? >> yeah, aaron, that's right. a sad update in montgomery county, police telling us two men were involved in the crash. both drivers taken to the hospital for treatment of their

behind us right now, this investigation, this crash scene is still very much active. we are told close to 2:00 this morning, that two trucks collided here on georgia avenue near hewitt avenue. again, both of those men, both drivers, were taken to the hospital but one did die as a result of his injuries. so, at this point right now, georgia avenue, which we are now on, will be closed between aspen hill road and rippling brook drive. i can tell you, too, i spoke with police. they are telling me they expect this investigation to go into rush hour. so, that means this stretch will be closed for some time. they tell anyone to build in an alternate route or try to leave early to skirt the traffic. melissa is tracking that in the traffic center. >> good morning. this is going to be some time before it's cleared out of the way.

of people trying to get through this area. sad story. georgia avenue here in aspen hill, again, in front of gate of heaven cemetery shut down because of this accident. georgia avenue, the actual closure points between aspen hill road and rippling brook drive, that entire section is closed down. as far as alternates, layhill road or connecticut avenue will work. woodboro pike at crum road. van dorn with a disabled vehicle on the shoulder. southbound 16th after 2nd avenue, this disappeared. don't have to worry about that any longer. >> thanks so much. now we want to check your storm team 4 forecast. chuck bell is outside with the update. how is it feeling out there, chuck? >> it's windy out here this morning and the colder, dryer air is coming in on that northwest wind. it's going to start to feel a whole lot more like winter around here. here's what you need to know about the next couple of days.

cold and dry through tomorrow. then have a couple of chances late friday and into saturday for to see some snowflakes. doesn't look like we'll be measuring snow depth but seeing snowflakes is a possibility. you can see on radar this morning, the last of the raindrops moving from parts of southern st. mary and over the bay and onto the eastern shore. behind it, it doesn't look like it's all that cold. 49 here. boy, the air is so much dryer than it feels colder than that and there's a bit of a windchill as well. temperatures back into the 30s across the shenandoah valley. as you're planning out your day today, what you see is what you get. temperatures in the 40s falling into the 30s early this evening. take a look at the weekend forecast in detail coming up in a few more minutes. back to the news. >> chuck, thank you. it's 5:32. we're following breaking news this morning. >> chris lawrence is at the live desk with details on a house fire. what's this about? >> prince george's county fire officials are

fire that broke out in hyattsville. the home has been completely charred. the smoke and fire was burning strongly when firefighters got there. we've been talking with fire investigators who told us no one in that home was hurt in the fire. >> chris, thank you. we're tracking another developing story in prince george's county this morning. police say a 33-year-old babysitter accidentally shot a young boy. this happened at a townhome on bellamy way last night. investigators say the babysitter was putting away his legally owned gun when it went off. the 11-year-old boy was shot in the upper body. he is now in critical condition at children's national medical center. police have not released the identity of the babysitter. president trump is expected to recognize jerusalem as the israeli capital. the decision was made despite intense arab, muslim and european

this also means the u.s. embassy in tel aviv could be moved to jerusalem, but that could take several years. nearly a dozen wildfires are burning out of control in southern california. the biggest and most destructive is the thomas fire. it's forced governor jerry brown to declare a state of emergency. that blaze has burned 85 square miles and destroyed at least 150 structures. nearly 30,000 people have been evacuated since that fire started on monday. firefighters are still working to find out what caused a baltimore county home to blow up. take a look at the aerial footage showing what's left of that home in northeast. adjacent homes on remoore road were also damaged. authorities say there were no reported injuries, though. no word on what caused that explosion and fire. new details this morning about a suspicious fire in southeast d.c. and the man found hurt inside. d.c. fire crews found the man on the floor of the third street home monday night with his arms restrained behind him

injuries to his face. police believe someone beat him and then set the place on fire around 7:00 p.m. the victim was taken to the hospital and remains in critical condition. do you remember the couple who said their religion gives them the right to take over any property they wish? a judge has now added fraud to the charges against them. antonio bay and mia caldwell claimed to the moorish nationals. they were caught on camera telling a woman to leave her own home near rock creek and tried to move into a property in adam's morgan. they told the judge they're likely to try a third time and were asked to stay in jail until their trial. the judge let them go because neither has a criminal record. 5:35. it could soon be harder for the homeless to find shelter in the district. the d.c. council just approved a bill that would require proof the person actually lived in the city before becoming homeless. council is trying to prevent people from coming into

district and taking advantage of the right to shelter services. the vote is upsetting homeless advocates who worry people will literally be left out in the cold. >> how you going to prove you're homeless? >> some people will need shelter for a short period of time but it's want a place people should live for years of their lives and that's what happened. >> the washington legal clinic for the homeless, monitored city policies for decades, says the new restrictions will hurt many families. this might impact your lunch or dinner plans today. three locations of five guys-r shut down because the owners allegedly failed to pay $530,000 in sales taxes. the restaurants are on i street northwest, second street northeast and the five guys in southwest d.c. the city says it was forced to cancel the restaurant's sales tax certificates which are required to operate. >> five guys has spread around the country w

the original ones are in northern virginia. >> arlington? >> yeah. >> got to pay those taxes, though. every time. >> i could use a cheeseburger right now. >> now you put it in my head. robbed of wheels. a couple's car targeted for its tires. you won't believe what happened after they replaced them. coming up on "today," the big reveal of "time's" person of the year. the short list includes the d.r.e.a.m.ers, undocumented immigrants brought to the u.s. as children. president trump and china's president, north korea's kim jong-un and amazon founder jeff

they're popping up everywhere. we're talking about bikes as part of washington's bike-sharing programs. residents were allowed to voice their concerns with ddot and several bike-sharing companies. the district is testing the bikes for seven months. i've seen them just randomly dropped somewhere. >> on the sidewalk, yeah. prince george's county couple says they feel violated after someone stole the tires off their car twice in one week. >> police in the county say these types of crimes are actually on the rise. the first incident happened a week ago in

the couple replaced the tires and bought a top of the class alarms. the alarm went off but the thieves were so fast, they still managed to pull off the job. >> i wish the person who is spending this amount of time into they'ievery could use thatr something good. >> back in october the same thing happened to the couple. highway robberies, that's what some of you have tweeted us about the new tolls on i-66. >> they just kicked in for the third morning. we're live with a look at how high they could climb. breaking news in first 4 traffic. georgia avenue still shut down here in aspen hill. we'll tell you how to get around this bad problem here coming up. it's not going to be warming up much today. we'll be staying at the upper

definitely feel the chill.

big announcement from israel coming from president trump. why it's already setting off an uproar overseas. >> i like my wife, i don't like men. >> a lawmaker's outburst caught on camera. what caused this angry rant against coworkers and the new calls for him to step down. i'm meagan fitzgerald along i-66 where express lanes are open and tolls are on the rise. how high could they go? with tolls reaching as high as 40 bucks yesterday, we're working for you. a bride's worst nightmare. weeks from her wedding, the desperate search for her dress. >> i've been getting the run-around and conflicting

late and i don't know when or if it will arrive. >> how news4 is helping crack the mystery of her missing dress before the big day. 5:46. breaking news in first 4 traffic. a man has died after a crash on georgia avenue in the aspen hill area of silver spring, maryland. >> police told our justin finch on the scene that georgia avenue will be closed define aspen hill road and rippling brook road for most of the commute. we'll have alternate routes and check back in with justin on the scene in a few minutes. a major u.s. foreign policy changele is developing this morning. today president trump is expected to recognize jerusalem as the israeli capital. >> news 4 tracie potts is live on capitol hill to explain why this is such a controversial decision. >> reporter: it can really throw a wrench in the mideast peace process because both israel and the palestinians recognize

holy city of jerusalem as their capital, moving the united states embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem could spark protests. but that move is expected to take years. >> how are all the world leaders reacting to news of the president's announcement this morning? >> reporter: well, they're concerned. some nato allies and other countries, arab countries, telling the united states there could be fallout. already this morning the turkish foreign minister calling it a grave mistake and even the pope weighing in this morning, saying that the u.s. should consider keeping the status quo to avoid conflict. >> tracie potts on the hill this morning, thank you. new this morning, there are calls for a pennsylvania lawmaker to step down after an outburst at a meeting many critics are calling homophobic. you may see this pop up on your fa facebook page today. he says he was emphasizing a point but metcalf says it stopped the meeting to call him out.

>> i have a wife. i love my wife. i don't like men, as you might, but don't stop touching me all the time. like, keep your hands to yourself. like, if you want to touch somebody, you have people on your side of the aisle that like it, i don't. >> representative matt bradford said he was reaching out to restrain metcalf so he could finish his thought. metcalf later told reporters bradford has touched him for months and he's asked him to stop before. other democratic lawmakers called metcalf's outburst, quote, a random homophobic tirade and say it's not the first time he's made offensive comments during meetings. 5:48 right now. we turn to the new express lanes on i-66 inside the beltway of virginia. many are outraged at how expensive these tolls have been, can get, here in the first few days. >> that's causing local lawmakers to take action now. one loudoun county supervisor

drafting a resolution to shrink it back to three hours. they say the tolls keep traffic moving at a good pace. meagan fitzgerald is along i-66 with more. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. yeah, several lawmakers, as you mentioned, speaking out against this new tolling situation. the supervisor from loudoun county, but also delegates from fairfax county, timothy hugo, he's calling it outrageous and unfair. so, for instance, just yesterday we saw tolls as high as $40 for these drivers here that are traveling right along i-66. now, we want to give you the breakdown to give you perspective here. so, according to vdot the prices during the morning rush yesterday opened at $11 and closed at $15.75. a trip along the entire nine-mile corridor ranged from $3.75 at 5:40 a.m. all the way to 40 bucks at

but here's what supporters of the toll are pointing to. the average speed was 54 miles per hour yesterday compared to 37 miles per hour last year this time. but loudoun county supervisor ron mayer says the new tolling system isn't fair. >> i think people are willing to pay a reasonable, affordable and appropriate toll to use a service they didn't have access to before, but this is just way over the top. >> reporter: he says he wants to put a cap on toll so they don't skyrocket but vdot pushes back saying that will contribute to what we saw a few days ago, backups on the freeway. they say the toll is working because they said they saw a 10-mile-an-hour increase and more throughout points of the morning and evening rush. back to you. >> thank you, live for us this morning alon

this next story is something that is devastating, especially during the holiday season. we brought you this as breaking news yesterday. hundreds of u.p.s. packages destroyed or water logged after a fire at a facility in frederick county, maryland, late monday night. fire officials say ten trucks and a loading dock were damaged in this fire. nobody was hurt and no word on how it started. u.p.s. is contacting affected customers. if you're waiting on a box from u.p.s., you might want to check your tracking number. this morning a local womanle is hopeful that she will finally have her wedding dress delivered today. >> the bride-to-be is only 3 1/2 weeks away from her big day. mashaell abedy ordered it and shipped to her home a month ago. the u.p.s. tracking said it was out for delivery for weeks. >> back and forth across the country, and when i asked why, i'm told that it's been sent to the wrong center,

but there's absolutely no explanation for why. >> news4 is working for you. after our story last night, she finally heard positive news from u.p.s. her dress is in virginia right now and is set to be delivered today. she's not going to rest until she has it in her hands, right? >> of course. news4 kristen wright, you can follow her on twitter and she'll keep you posted on the dress' progress. back to that breaking news in first 4 traffic. a deadly crash shutting down georgia avenue and -- >> montgomery. >> montgomery county. >> good morning. this is aspen hill area of silver spring. chopper 4 over the scene of this breaking news. we are shut down, georgia avenue at hewitt avenue is where this falts crash happened. we have a larger section shut down in front of gate of heaven cemetery. as far as alternates, layhill road or connecticut avenue, either will work. brand-new problem, arrow park road between 4

drive. if this camera would look to the left, an overturned vehicle there this morning. inner loop and outer loop of the beltway, no problem. southbound 4 before do ywer, crh there. we'll take a look at your travel times coming up. chuck? the countdown to what we hope will be our first inch of snow is under way. i don't think we'll have to worry about it in the short term. in the last couple of years, we have really had to wait way into winter to get our first inch. last year our first inch of snow didn't come until january the 30th. the winter before that, the 2015-16 winter, we had to wait all the way until january 22nd. that first inch was the first of many because that was the big blizzard in january of 2016. back in 2012-13 winter, we had to wait until march 25th to get our first inch of snow. we have a couple chances for snow in our ten-day forecast but none of those chances, i think, will add up to a full inch. nonetheless, our first sight

couple days away. 49 now in washington. that northwest wind is blowing out there this morning. have an insulated windbreaker on on your way out the door. the rain overnight is now pushing off southern maryland, lower parts of the bay, out onto the eastern shore. we're already drying out in northwest washington. even though still mostly cloudy out there now, we'll have increasing amounts of sunshine as we go through the day. the colder air is starting to settle in. hasn't reached everywhere yet. still mid to upper 40s and 50 on the i-95 corridor. parts of loudoun county, near 41, leesburg and mid to upper 30s in the shenandoah valley. the colder air will be filtering in. with sunshine increasing, it will be a battle today. temperatures are going to basically hold steady in the upper 40s around town for most of the late morning into the afternoon. but again, that gusty northwest wind and dryer air really makes it feel colder. use our absolutely free to you news4 washington app and follow

chuck bell 4 on twitter forecast 4 you on insta dpram. here's your ten-day forecast. we don't have any day above average for the next 10 to 14 days. >> chuck, thanks. 5:55 our time right now. when you got to go, you got to go. everybody's had that emergency moment when you need to find a bathroom quickly. well, this morning we're learning a cross-country flight made an emergency landing for a bathroom break. it was a delta flight from new york to seattle. it had to stop in montana over the weekend. now, it turns out the plane's toilets filled up and passengers just couldn't hold it anymore. delta says there actually was not a gate available to them so the ground crew had to roll a stairway to the airplane so passengers could run off and, quote, disembark to find relief of built li-up pressures. those words from delta. >> what are passengers supposed to d

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that breaking news overnight, a deadly axe deputy on a major commuter route. >> the impact and investigation is still developing at this hour. we've been telling you about this crash in the aspen hill neighborhood of silver spring since we went on the air at 4:00 a.m. >> now live team coverage for you. justin finch is at the scene on georgia avenue. >> but we begin with melissa with breaking news. >> take a look at this. you can see the problem here, chopper 4

at hewitt avenue is where the actual crash happened. a fatal crash here, happened just before 2:00 this morning. this is going to be closed for some time here this morning. right in front of the gate of heaven cemetery. your alternates, layhill road or connecticut avenue both would work. airpark road between 124, we do have an overturned vehicle there this morning. inner loop and outer loop of the beltway looking okay. good morning, sheena. >> good morning, melissa. we had a cold front move through overnight so you might see wet roads this morning. that was rain that moved through. the rain is basically gone. we're just dealing with the cloud cover still. there's that cold front, it's already passed through the area. we're seeing that change in wind direction. it's breezy outside, too. when you walk out the door, you're looking at sustained winds anywhere from 15 to maybe even 25 miles an hour this morning. temperaturewise, we're in the mid to low 40s. 45, washington. 41, leesburg. 49 in gaithersburg and frederick. as we go through the morning,