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 crash.

let's go to aimee who is live for us this morning. >> we're learning a man and a woman riding a motorcycle together were hit by a vehicle. they're now both ithe hospital with serious injuries. this happened a little before midnight. i nt to step out o the way and give you a look behind me at where it happened.e police heen here for hours investigating. the driver of the vehicle is okay and did stay here after the accident. this is on veirs mill eastbound aspen hill. there's bright lights the police have put up but before they got he it's very dar at this time of night and the you have to see. we have seen a surveillance camera on top of one of the traffic lights here. 's not clear whether it causedth

crash. >> this first four traffic alert, multiple things happeng as y just saw, eastbound, right now diverted there atn as hill road where amy is this morning. we're not sure how long the crash investigation could hang around. here's the situation in forestville. all lanes blocked. now we have the inner loop with two lef lanes blocked because of the incident below. they want to make sure that evheything is okay on the beltway before they reopen the lanes. here's the beltway. inner loop and outerloop moving ninly. you're o time there. >> good morning, now 5:02 on a esday morning. it's still dark out there. the sun is not up until after.m 7:00 this morning. here's what you need to know about the forecast. it's going to be a mild morning. another very warm day. most areas above 80 degrees again this afternoon. unlike yesterday, though we d have a chance for thunderstorms

rolling in until about 4:00 this afternoon so perhaps as late as 10:00 or :00 this evening here and around the city. our weather chances are low today b not completely zero. the evening commute could be effected by some thunderstorms. the return of sunshine coming up in a few. >> thank you. it's 5:03. three new developments on the investigation into president trump's supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh. >> new text messages from kavanaugh have been released. another accuser is speaking out e learned the investigation itself is expanding. at first these white hold federal investigators to only interview four people.

each was ass potential wit to allegations of sexual misconduct made against kavanaugh by dr. christine blasey ford. now more people can be interviewed. also a new photo shows kavanaugh pictured with the second accuser from the late 199s. the two were in the same wedding party more than a decadefter ramirez says kavanaugh exposed himself at a party while they were students at yale. text messages show kavangh aski a mutual friend to defend him on the record againstz' rami claims before the allegations went public. >> the third woman accusing kavanaugh of sexual spoke publicly for the first time. in an exclusive last night, thee swetnick said she was victim of a gang rape at a party kavanaugh was at in the early 80s. she didn't say kavanaugh was the attacker. she described his alleged behavior at high school asrties.

>> he very aggressive. very sloppy drunk. very mean drunk. i saw him go up to girls and pa. on th touching them. >> the investigation should be wrapped up b friday. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell says there will be a vote on kavanaugh's nomination this week. > dozens of students are demanding that a dean at a catholic university be fired or re-sign about hiset twe about julie swetnick. the students walke o outf class and protested holding signssa ng no victim shaming. swetnick cou that be considered a perpetrator instead of a victim because of

her time of the alleg rape. >> every moment that they stand by somebody who would mock a survivor of sexual abuse is a moment that the church is just showing that they don't get it and the school is showing that itey don't get >> dean rainford apologized. >> c vncil willote on initiative 77at today. it would raise minimum wage for tipped workers by 2025. by overturning the bill the i counci disrespecting the process and voters. several council member and the mayor said it is bad for workers and byes. also today the council will vote on a permanent plan to crack down on k-2 in the district. we have followed a huge spike in the last month. last month the mayor introduced

temporary emergency legislati and changed how synthetic drugs were classified. the law made i easier for police to arrest people. today the cncil will vote to make that temporary bill permanent. >> new details thism morning f the d.c. council member that aid he was assaulted by a b employee that refused to let him in even after showing i.d. he tried to enter for a city event on saturday night. he showed the council his d.c. council i.d. card. but it didn't have his birth date on it and the bouncer pushed hut of the club. >> he pushed me right out the door of the building and i wound up in the pavement. i went flat out on my back on the a pavement he literally came out and stood over me. >> he refused to provide prope

i.d. and was told to wait outside. >> trey are viewing the incident to determine whether charges will be filed. >> new details concern a widespread power outage that effected a lotf late night schedules and plans. take a look. this is normally a bustling area. all the lights were out. equipment issue caused thousands of customers andthven metro service to go dark last night for hours. power was fully restore by 00 this morning and should not impact your morning. >> an update on a water valve issue that caused problems in gaithersburg. all lanes are now op. yesterday morning, around 3:00, a valve burst causing water to gush into the air and snarl traffic on 3 of 5. it took several hours to repair the valve and the roads. the death toll from this weekend's indonesian tsunami i

rising this morning. chris lawrence joins us from the live desk with the latest on recovery efforts there. >> what had been a little over 800 victims this time yesterday 1,200iked to more than victims counting the people that died from the earthquake and tht tsunami t followed and that number could rise as crews ntinue to dig through the rubble to search for survivors. this is the hotel. no nothing more than a pile of rubble. it hit on friday and created a tsunami with waves as high as 20 et in some places. i just retweeted a correspondent there. she is reporting this is a shopping mall that collapsed. the rescuers had not been able to get in there and we know for sa fact thate people were trapped inside when the earthquake hit. the death toll at 1,234. we'll be looking at the story all morning t keep you updated on it. >> chris, thank you.

>> new details now. investigators say they have seen progress mut havee to do before they can reveal what caused that car to explode andy. the explosion killed the 6-year-old and his 2-year-old son jonathan and 66-year-old david on saturday. officials say the two men knew each oer and we're also told by police thisas not an accident and they're treating this as a criminal investigation. >> well, ahe california m is calling her son a warrior as he recovers from a shark attack rjs he was in the water w n the shark bit him over the weekend. he was diving for lobsters in shallow water when the shark attacked. doctors say the shark bite was kery deep. his mother spo yesterday for the first time since the attack

he's a nice kid. very strong and athletic. >> he's also been asking to talk to the people that safed him. still ahead, facebookalasn victim to another cyber hacking. >> this morning, we know how the hackersulled it off and were able to get access to some 60 tsllion acco plus whether you're afraid of needles or think it will make sick. we're busting the blue shot myths and breaking down all the reasons you don't want to get treated right away. the video you want to check out. >> good morning, everybody. what about getting the car tshed today? it's goingbe a sunny and dry start to the day today. there could be some chances for showers and storms around today. so take your chances if you wash the car today but the sunshine is back tomorrow.

wve day forecastn i see you next. >> we head to break with another look at one of the two breaking stories we're following this morning. a motorcycle collides with a car there overnight. crreh investigators still on the scene. that road is closed from aspen hill road to robindale drive. >> this problem may impact the belt way this morning. part of a dump truck hit the overpass. there's possible structure damage. damage. melissa will haveour y

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foree, between 4 and forestville road. two left lanes blocked becauof the incident below the beltway. aaron. >> thank you. it is 5:16 right now. new details about how hackers were able to infiltrateok face the hackers hacked a feature called you add. it lets them see how their profiles appear to otherer mark zuckerberg says the vulnerability has been patched now. all effected accounts have been logged out and all you have to do is log back in. facebook wl notify users in a message about what will happen when they log back in. >> 84 days until christmas and retailers are already concerned about making your shopping experience a good one. low unemployment numbers could make it harder f retails to find people to fill those

positions. retailers came up short and many say they need even more workers this yet. curren workers m picking upe hours and overtime money too. >> now there's new numbers. >> google analyzed the data comparing smer and fall traffic patterns. they found the average commute time during rush hour in the city is 47 minutes. traffic increases about 9% in the fall as school gets bk intosession. people are taking vacations. in fact, drivers on average spend over an hour a day traveling to and from work at home. it translates into a two-week vacation behind the wheel of your car. >> karma caught on video. surveillance video spotted a man trying to break into a carry out restaurant last month and nhings

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over washington this morning. a pleasant way to get the day going. emperatures are not october-like atall. we're still in the upper 60s this morning. curtesy of a southerly breeze right there. 65 in gaithersburg. 69 in annapolis. plenty of sunshine for the first halfr threeuarters of the day. sunshine. about 83 for a high in d.c. today and rain and thunderstorms rolls in after r4:00 5:00 so the tail end of the evening lemmute wl be effected by rain. me show you future weather and walk you through the day. nothing to worry about for the morning commute and nothing

until after 3:00. you can see the storms bubbling aup hereund 4:00 in the afternoon along i-81. as we get toward 5:00 or 6:00 there's a chance of showershe reaching d.c. metro area. but our best chance comes between about 7:00 and 10:00 this evening. you can always use your nbcpp washingtono stay ahead of the weather atny time. just tweeted out about the marine cps marathon aswell. tomorrow if you're trying to train for the marathon, this is really warmweather. 86 tomorrow. very close to 90 degrees on thursday. melissa, that does not mak me ayhati cld still use aal lit of summer. a coup of different first four traffic alerts this morning. eastbound veirs mill road

diverted there. this is a crash investigation involving a motorcycle from overnight. the thi in the past 12 hours or so so they're turning you aroundhere in the eastbound lanes. forestville,re this is w nicole jacobs is for us this morning. we have all lanes blocked there cause of an incident involving a dump truck. l soune it may have hit the bottom of the overpass on the beltway. two left lanes are blocked because of that incident as they bring a bridge inspection team out. inner loop and outer loop looking . go >> coming up, the f is getting worse and the shot is evolving. >> plus put a ring on it. ahead of the new season, the washingtonol cs do just that. checking out the championship bling in our next half hour. >> and later,n. el >> who was your first celebrity cr h? >>you. >> you can't lie.

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a tractorrailer hit a belt way overpass. >> there's a back up in an overnight crash in the aspenhi area. melissa will have the way to avoid both p of theseblem spots. >> first we want to check in with nicole jacobs in forestville for us with the latest on what's happening there. nico nicole. we're having some issues here but you're looking at a live picture. the beltway overpass over this

stretch of suitland parkway that nwe believe may have bee impacted by the truck going t area. t we'll get back to nicole in a couple of minutes. >> another problem in then a hill area right now. >> aimee cho is live for us this morning where a motorcycle crashed and causes a road closure. amy. >> i'm learning a man and a woman are now in the hospital witheriousinjuries. they were riding a motorcycle together when they were struck by a vehicle. it happened a little before midnight. i want to step out of the way and give you a look behind me at where it happened. lice have been her for hours investigating. they told me the driver of the vehicle is. ok this is on viers mill eastbound near aspen hill road. we have seen thecl motor here lying on the ground. also see police searching the ground for flash flights f clues and there's bright lights coming from the police cars but before trey got it's been very dark at this time of night and tough to see.

we spotted couple of surveillance cameras in the area. we'll stay on top of this and bring you anypdates as we get them. >> thank you, aimee. good alternate will beandolph road. they're turning around there because of this crash inve oigation. here other issue. where nicole jacobs is this morning. this is inbound. we have lanes blocked. inner loop before 4 also impacted by this incident. sounds like a dump truck went underneath the ndoverpass hit part of that on the bottom side so right now checking to make re that everything is okay. so on the beltway, two left nes are blocked because of that problem below. inner loop and outer loop of the beltway overall looking good here this morning and 9 in virginia.

quantio to the beltway, it will take you 21 minutes. good morning chuck bell. >> good morning, melissa. happy tuesday everybody. weather continues ro belly sunny and way above average temperature-wise. the sunshine will disappear briefly late this afternoon into early this evening as the weather front drops a little bit ofnc a rain c coming our way. one or two of those could be a thunderstorm as well. it's very unusual. 5:33 in the morning and there's thunder and lightning there. not the time of day you expect to see that in that part of the world. no to worry about on the morning commute. that's not the issue. it's the tail end of the evening commute. showers coming down between 5:00 and 6:00 this afternoon and into the evening and then a little bit of coverage between.m 5:00 and 8:00 p.m. so file that away in the back of your mind for later ghday. now it's a mild start. temperatures are in the upper

60s to near 70 already. daytime highs in the upper 70s to low 80s. have your umbrella ready for after 3:00. but i'm still optimistic. is is nice and warm for october but again 40% chance of stms early this evening. more on the rest of t coming up in a few. >> thank you. it's 5:34 and here's your other top stories thisg. morn the fbi is expanding it's background investigation into brett kavanaugh. e white house is allowing the fbi to talk to more wpssth and would include the third accuser who called kavanaugh an mean d in an exclusive interview with nbc news. tracie potts will have more on that interview coming up in a live report. >> the motorcy cesh they just warned us about is one of several in the last 12 hours. around 3:30 yesterday afternoon priscilla alvesas killed.

there was another crash near 56th street. that rider is in serious condition. >> maryland police are for a driver that hit a construction worker and kept going. we brought yous this story breaking news yesterday morning. the crash happened at the onramp. police fouim lying in the road. he's in critical condition this morning. >> a widesprea power outage left much of bethesda in the dark last night. an equipmentssue cau the outage that also impacted the metro station. the power is back on now. >> the d.c. council repeale an initiative from back in june. it would raise minimum wage for tipped worke by 2025.

by lerturning the b they say the council is disrespecting the process and d.c. voters. several council members and the mayor says that ini iative 77 bad for workers and businesses. >> also today, the council will te on a bill that would put restrictions on homeowners renting space oit like airbnb. >> it would ban people from renting a second apartment or building and using it solely to rent it out to others. the bill would also only allow a homeowner to represent out their entire living space for up0 to days a year. if approved it would be a victory for neighborhood association that argue short-term rentals are reducing thevailability of affordable housing. >> it's 5:36 right now. coming up, it's not even finished but already there's trouble with a new garage. what's causing it to sink into the ground and can it be fixed? ♪

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championsh rings looklike. >> they featured the team logoen the front and the players number on the side. >> we'll welcome the stanley cup champions,he caps back to the ice. >> full couverage in the strnin. with us through the day. >> very cool. >> breaking news, a traffic alert. two problems her this morng. one of them inontgomery county and one in prince george's county. we'll show you from above part of the beltway is closed because of it. chuck. >> also i think we have to rename capitol onerena to be caps one arena. this little beaut is available for adoption. violet is seven mths d. a great little edition to your family. temperatures are in the 60s.on

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we havere twoing news stories on the road. the biggest one is the crash. this is a live view from chopper lthere. you can see a of the back ups. two lanes of the inner loop are closed right now. >> they're also backed up after an overnight crash in the veirs mill area. >> the white house authorized the fbi to widen the scope of its background investigation in an exclusi interview with nbc

news last night, the third accuser described kavanaugh as a mean drunk at high school parties. >> i saw him go up to girls and paw on them. try to, you know, get a ltle too handsy touching them and private parts. >> tracie potts is live on capitol hill thi morning and there's also information about the second accuser. >> she is the one that said kavanaughxped himself to her when they were in college. there are now text message that show he was trying to get friends to discredit h story and refute her story even though he testified that he was unaware of these accusationsntil the were published about the timing of when he was aware of her accusation, when he was aware of her being uncomfortable around him. there was discussions about them

beingt a wedding together years ago and whether she was uncomfortable around him. a friend is trying to get them to the fbi as part of the review. >> former president barrack obama got him to become maryland's next governor. he has received endorsements from other top democrats including senator bernie sanders and corey booker. >> thismo ing, the family of pinkney got more answers in his murder. pinkney's family said the 18-year-old went to bay a soda at a corner store and never went home. >> week four of the mansion murders trialic canned off on monday with another expert testifying about dna e tdence

and suspect's own brother took the witness stand as well. an fbi forensic expert testified that hair found onedng recovered from the mansion could be that of the suspect orbl g that has the same mother. that's important because the defense is arguing itot was darren that killed them. ratheras it his brother they say. that brother also took the stan. yester he was grilled about where he was on the day of the murders. stefan maintains had he hadth g to do with the crime. >> a former virginia preschoolteacher faces up to life in prison for sexually abusing .studen nearly 40 distraught parents were inside the courtroom as abuse.tors detailed the he abused more than a dozen presoolers at the daycare. he would assault the girls as they were coming down the slide. he also pled guilty to making child pornogphy.

>> and this 8 story, $52 million parking garage in virginia has been sinking into the ground. this isea located the new innovation center metro station that's part of the silver line. meaning e has settled it's stable and safe but construction has stopped and there's no timetable on when the construction will resume. this is a possible location for the new amazon headquaters. >> drivers had to weave through this until police were tipped off about it. officers came on to the beltway trying to keep the motorcycl at bay. our news partns at wtop report this story and capture this video. we learned the bikers gathered at a park in ride and some travelled the entire 60 plus

miles around tbeltway. s >> weke to a driver in the middle of the chaos and she aske us not to show her face one cara. >> you could see distraught people. i was sitting on his shoulder an you could s people in the car. they were nervous. they were scared. >> there wereuro injs reported and traffic did remain open throughout the ordeal. >> it's now 5:50 and we'rek turning b to melissa in your first four traffic with more developments on the ad. busy, busy. >> lots of things happening. let's start in montgomery county right this of course is that problem with the crash investigation involving a motorcycle here this morning. you can try randolph road instead. chopper 4 over our other big issue. this is inre ville and you can see two left lanes blocked there. here's what's going on. all lanes blocked and then those closures there on the inner loop. let's go up showing you some

delays on the beltway. >> and this truck is right underneath the belt way so you can't quite see it from our angle but it's right in thisht area r here and it's going to cause some major delays this morning because they h two lanes shutdown. on the beltway, we're already seeing hugelays heading southbound from just after fedex field so the inner loop might not be your best bet.ss melia. >> all right. thank you, brad. taking a look at the rest of the beltway. looking good here this no other major issues on the beltway right now at least. in potomac, a crash with an overturned vehicle reported there and centreville also had an accident. travel time of not bad on 66 or 95 right now and in maryland, 270 and topf the beltway looking pretty good. remember to listen to wtop when

you h in your car. good morning mr. bell. >> good morning, melissa. everybody.day it's going to be a very warm dat today the season, believe it or not, no matter how warm itdas or it's going to stay this week, the seasons have slowly but surely changingmerom s into fall. record high temperatures in the 90s? well that's whatou you expect during may, june, july and august and even through september. every record high in september is 90 or higher. but starting today our records are not necessarily to be above 90 degrees. today's record of 89 degrees is the first time since april 21st with a record high temperature below 90 degrees. we have a chanc of getting to 90 degrees coming up thursday. forecasting 89 now but we could touch 90 degrees on thursday. the record thursday is 94. right now the mild start to your tuesdaymorning, 67 now.

65 in gaithersburg and rocklle. as you're planning ot your d today, 60s to get you started. most of the afternoon in the low 80s and there will be a chance for thunderstorms after 4:00 or 5:00 this afternoon. not a big chance for severe weather tinay but cer one or two of the storms could produce some very gusty winds or small hail. they'll wibe here later in the afternoon to keep you ahead of potential storms. 4:00 in the afternoon. that will our best chance to have thunderstorms later on in the day. here's your extended forecast. 83 today with a 40% chance of

afternoon and evening storms. chance of storms late thursday night. >> passengers were stranded after a budget airline shutdown it was ceasing all operations at midnight on monday. the airline had been in business 14 years. >> a virginia m gets his chance at stardom. >> he hit the stage last night on the voice. take a look. ♪ >>hat was his rendition of sam cook's song nothing can change

this love unfortunately there were no takers. the judges did not turn theirrs chround during the performance. jenniferudson said the song felt like it lost it's way toward the end. the voice is back tonight followed by this is us at 9:00. >> good morning. i'm bertha coombs. m googs is rolling out a new feature to help ease your commut itncludes a new tab showing information about your trip which is alternate roots. you're going to know if your bus or train is running late. the updateill be available on iphones an android devices starting this week. with yourcnbc morning business report. >> it's 5:55.

>> the restaurant chain has a loyalty program. >> order online or via the app and earn 15 points for every $1 they spend. thosen person will receive 10 points per dollar. it wil roll out nationally next year. >>hose cheetah cubs are just a few weeks old. look a these beauties. we're told mom and the cubs a doing well and bonding nicely. look at that face. it's socute. 10 cubs have been born at the facility this year. no word on whether w them at the national zoo. >> they're so cute. as we get bigger they're -- >> dangerous. >> right.e they cheetahs.

>> this morning an update on the california teen that survived theightmare scenario. >> and we head to break with another look at t one of breaking stories on the roads you.e following for you.e following for this is

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>> an accident on the parkway could impact travel on the beltway. >> we will begin. what's going on. >> you can see behind me it's completely dark. this is the inbound side here. i want to get you a closer look at that with our chopper video here. u can see the traff is going by slowly but surely. two lanes on the inner oobelt l are blocked off. you can see as well a large vehicle that we're told cinshed to the overpass