>> this motorcycle happened a little after midnight. trying to figure out what happened. i want to give you a look over there where the investigation is going on. this is near aspen hill road. you can see there's bright lights. but obviously g before they here it's very dark at the time of night and tough to see. this makes the third motorcycle accident we've seen in just 12 hours. motorcvilists in roe and yes we're having problems with a aimee's signal there but we'll keep you up to date on story because it could impact your commute this morning. >> this is not t t onlyuble we're seeing on the road this morning. >> we check in withchuck. with a look at the fo acast. >> tak look at the first alert traffic report. she was saying this is the third

motorcycle crash in e last 8 to 12 hours. right now at aspen hill road, you cannot get through eastbound because of this crash. they have beenstoing this ination for about four hours now so no word on when it's going tbe reopening but it could be fairly soon. gaithersburg, fredericksoard road at game reserve. forestville, this is another big issue. we have a crew on the y. inbound before forestville road. that's a crash involving either a dump truck or a tractor-trailer. a big vehicle. unds like theack may have come up and could have clipped part of the overpa there near the beltway so we'll get our eyes on that pretty sn here chuck bell, it's nice outside this morning. >> another open window commute into work and school this

morning. no rain to worry about in the first half. at will bring chance for showers and even a rumble or two of thunder here. very much later on today. probably after 4:00 or 5:00. p 's your future weather planner for today. we'll stay that way through 7:00 or 8:00. 79 degrees at lunch hour and afternoon highs today will be in the low 80s yet again. so getting the kids ready for school, jeans or shorts if they ca get away with it. may need that umbrella after school time today. probably not before 3:00 though. temperatures in the 80s and because the rain chances a holding on until later on in the day today i'm giving today an a plus yet again here in october. more very warm weather to come. 10 day forecast just tahead. nk you, chuck. >> 4:32 right now. we turn to the latest on the

investigation surrounding supreme court brett kavanaugh. the white house has given the fbi to go ahead to interview more than four witnesses in background investigation. >> that expanded investigation could include the third womancu ng kavanaugh of sexual misconduct. julie swetnick sat dn for a interview with nbcews last night. she described kavanaugh as a mean drunk at higschool parties. >> i saw him go up to girls and paw on them, try to, you know, get aoo little handsy touching them and private parts. i saw him try to shift clothing. > kavanaugh denies all the omlegations and while he awaits the ou of the investigation, he announced he will not return to teach atd harvaraw school in january. >> that investigation is supposed to wrap up on friday and lawkers are supposed to move forward with a vote.

>> a former preschoolteacher faces up to life in prison for sexually abusing a student. he pled guilty yesterday. nearly 40 distraught parents were inside the courtroom as prosecutors detailed the horrifiche abuse. uabused more than a dozen preschoolers. would assault little girls as they were coming down the slide. he also pled guilty to making child pornography. ar the motorcycle crash melissa justd us about is one of several in the last hours. around 3:30 yesterday afternoon priscilla alves was killed. a man was killed in another motorcycle crashn landover yesterday morning. that collided with a car near 56th street. the driver of the car stayed at the scene and is not hurt. >> this was the scene as

hundreds of bikers stormed the be beltway. they were doing stunts. drivers hadea to w their way through this until police were tipped off. officers even actually came on to the belt way to act s pace cars trying to keep the motorcycles at bay. our news partners captured this video. we learned they gathers at a park and ridend then some avelled the entire 60 plus miles around the beltway. the big police presence lasted for hours here. we spoke with a driver in the middle of the chpls. >> peo were frantic. i was sitting on his shoulder and you could see people in their car, you know? they were nervous. th were scared. >> there were no injuries reported. traffic did throughout this ordeal. >> maryland state police are searching for the driver that hit a construction worker on i-295g. and kept go

we brought you this as breaking news yesterday morning. the crash happened on the onramp to i-95 and oxon hill. he had just left his work truck when he w hit by a black car.li po found him lying in the road. he is in critical condition this morning. >> it can 4:36oond here's a at our other top stories. apr widd power outage effected thousands of customers in our area. pepco says an equipment issue caused that outage which also impacted the metro stationer power is fully restored. >> an update to a water veve issuhat caused traffic issues in gaithersburg. all lanes of 355 will be open by 5:00 this morning. yesterday morning around 3:00 a valve bst causing water to gush into the air. >> today the d.c. council could

appeal an initiative in vne. they'le on initiative 77 today that could raise the f minimum wag tipped workers by 2025. supportersovay turning the bill, council is disrespecting the democratic processnd d.c. voters. several council members on the mayor says initiative 77 is bad for workers and. busine today the d.c. council will also vote on a bill that would put restrictions on homeowners renting space on sites like airbnb. it would ban people from renting a second apartment or building and using itoly to rent out two others. the bill would also allow a homeowner to rent out the entire living space r if up -- for up to 90 days a year. >> they worked for years to get their hands on one of these and now we know what the caps championship rings look like. here it tais. a look.

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and the strip went dark to mark the exact moment that the shooting started. hundreds of other people were lefted and one of the many wounded in the attack was the high school graduate that lost her right eye. a post on a go fund me page for team tina as she will be returning to her team of doctors in november for another but that they see hope on the horizon. >> multiple problems on the lads here this morning. take ak at this one. forestville, shot down there and the crash investigation inlving a motorcycle>. >> thanks melissa. this is violent. available for adoption. sun is up at 7:05. could be a little stormy for

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been trying to get the text messageso the fbi as part of their investigation so far.rd and the t accuser not only said kavanaugh was a sloppy unk in alcohol but accused him of touching girls inappropriately. 's obviously absolutely denied that and there are some inconsistencies ies her sto abc has been unable to verify. >> tracie potts live for us on capitol hill. thank you. >> 4:48 right now and ben is getting a major push from a democratic heavy weight. he's running against current republican governor larry hogan. this morning the family of taquan pinkney have more answers in their sons. murd he was shot and killed last month in southeast d.c. th 18-year-old went out to buy

a soda at a corner store and never cam home. yesterday d.c. police arrested 17-year-old elijah jarmon and charged him with the murder. >> there's an unstlingeeling because of a parking garage happening in the ground. it's near the new innovation center metro area. our transportation reporter tells us if there's a fix. >> it's 8 stories, $52 million parking garage right next to one of the brand newon sta under control along metro's silver line had been sinking into the ground. fairfax county officials are oi quick to out this garage had settled. in other words, it was sinking t now it's stable. however this structure did drop as much as 4 inches in spot.

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9:00. no spoilers please. >> it's 4:51.ee we to head back to melissa tracking several first four traffic alerts. >> this one on aspen hill. this was a crash investigation involving a motorcle. so not sure when that's going to wrap up. a crew on the w here. crash involving what sounds like trucks. all lanes there blocked because it may have actually hit part of the botto of the beltway and they're trying to make sure that erything is okaythere. no issues on the inner loop or outerloop of the belt way. that looks good here so no big complaints. i want to share something with you. a huge thank you and some pictures and videos we have from an event i did thyesterday. most generous people here

is year that tournament raised $60,000 for 7-year-old luke and his family. he was diagnosed with a type of cancer that effects the brain stem. the love and rallying around his family i saw last night is just a miracle. that's luke's squad, they call themselves. our best to that family. $60,000. that's aajor life changing moment for them. >> tt's awesome. thank you for participating in that melissa. childhood pediatric ancer we need to find our best to eradicate. no do it's change of season times around here. it feels likeme s and fall. all of our record high temperatures from april 22nd through yesterday, every record high temperature is 90 degrees gh higher. today th october 2nd our record high is 89.

believe it or not, they're cooling down. our records are back above 90 again tomorrow and our latest 90 degree day on record is october 11th. so we have a couple of more, maybe another week or so before we're officially past our 90 degree day. we have shot at 90 before this week is done. we're watchthg this w and it will bring a chance for some thunderstorms in here laterhen inay today. it will be dry through the middle part of the afternoon. but lateron, bubbling clouds and thunderstorm chances as early as 3:00 or 4:00. could getai the end of the evening commute. if you're travelip as well and then by the time we get toward 7:00 or 8:00, showers and storms become more likely in and around the city. that will linger up through about 10:00 or 11:00 this evening.

not everybody is going to get rained on but there's a likelihood of thunderstorms in the area. our rain chance standst 40%. it will be warm before the storms get going. temperates will be 83 degrees. do you need it warmer than that? wednesday and thursday still ahead of us. 86 a sunny tomorrow. the record for thursday is the 94. that one is safe. schooler ander cloudier wea for friday. weekend looks good. tlittle bit of cloud cover around butperatures staying well aboveverage deep into next week. >> it's a car a lot of pple like to make fun of it but it mighte the future of transportation. >> we're talking about nivans. firms are spending billions on self-driving technology and many consider minivans the perfect vessel for their work. they're roomy ande can manipulated for passengers or deliveries.

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we are tracking two idovernight its on the road that may impact your morning commute. >> a motorcycle crash issi c closures in aspen hill area of montgomery county. an accident could impact travel on the beltway. we will begin at the beltway. nicole jacobs is live now. >> were right here on the

parkway, the inbound side.u n see here behind me completely pitch dark. no vehicles at this point are being allowed down this way. that's because the crash site is actually down here. you can see cruisers are also blocking out the entrance here. a dump truck somehow crashed into the overpass on the belt way and it's compromised at that pocet. so are telling melissa that the beltway is come promie course there's going to be shutdowns and closures for sometime a the cle up process is underway as well as the investigation process s underway. you can see it's going to take quite some time before this roadway is backpen as normal. back to you. >> nicole jacobs for us live there. thank you. we're also getting word of an overnight motorcycle