>> 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 there they'reit

wag for a bucket truck so they can get anoverhead look. they're blocking off the entrance to the in bound side as well as they make sure everything is all good but of course the two lanes here as well as they're blocked off. >> we're also getting word of an overnight motorcycle crash in the aspen hill area. >> this is the 3rd motorcycle crash in less than 12 hours. two of those incidents have already proven deadly. aimee cho is live now. >> a man and a womanre now in the hospital with serious injuries. heey were riding a motorcycle together when t were hit by a

vehicle. they tell me the driver i okay. this is near aspen hill road. we see the motorcycl here lying on the ground and police searching the ground with flashlights for clues but obviously before they got here it's dark at this time o the night. we have seen a surveillance camera in the area but it's not clear whether it captured what happened. back out here live just to give you an idea of how dangerous this road can be, just seconds after our last live report at 5:30 we heard a loud bang and realized two cars crashed right over there. we went to check on the drivers and both of the seemed pretty disoriented and first responders are here now so hopefully the drivs will be oka and an important reminder to stay alert and we'll bring you anyes upd as we get them, melissa. >> thank you, amy. a very good morning when we have the firstlert traffic alerts

in the morning. as for the belt way right now, we have part of the beltway shutdown because of this. we are talking about a major issue here. a 2.5 mile back up. now, he is up in chopper 4 looking at all of this for us. what are you piecing together from above. they're investigating what happened and they're still letting traffic rough. as i zoom out and look at these

delays they're extensive strid fic coming down from prince george's county near central avenue is where you'll see the brake lights it's goingo be reopen soon. melissa, back out to you. >> thank you, brad. taking a look elsewherere. you can see the rest of it looking okay. but inbound is very slow this morning. problem her in potomac. crash with an overturned vehicle. two issues in virginia. vienna eastbound 66 ramp to the outer loop left lane blocked by a crash and crash on the left side. good morning. ce outside today. >> very mild indeed for an october morning. temperaturesbout 10 degrees above average this morning. we'll finish up this afternoon about 10 degrees above average andarmer weather coming our way for wednesday and thursday. four things you need to knowhe about forecast. it's a mild start to the day. another day with t in the 80s today but unlike yesterday today there will be a chance for rain.

could bef those storms on the strong side. we'll keep you posted on that as we go throughout the rest of the day. that will show little rain and thunderstorm throughhe afternoon. nice and mild here to get the day going. there's your plannerto for y. anything after 5:00, there will be a chance for thunderstorms later on in the day. a closer look at the rest of the week's forecast coming up. >> each with a potential witness to allegations of sexual misconduct made against kavanaugh by dr. chrtine blasey ford. now the white house says more people can be interviewed.

a new photo shows kavanaugh pictured with the second accuser, deborah ramirez. that was taken in the late 1990s. w the twoe in the same wedding party more than a decade after kavanaughlf exposed him at a party while they were students at yale. nbc news also reports text messages appear to show kavanaugh asking a mutual friend to defend him on the record against ramirez' claims before those allegations went public. she has not said kavanaugh was her attacker. >> he was very aggrsive. ry sloppy drunk. very mean drunk. i saw him go up to girls

on him.w try to get a little too handsy touching them and private parts. >> president trump says he thinks the fbi will vindicate kavanaugh. mitch mcconnell says there will be a vote on kavanaugh's nominations this week. >> dozens of studentsre demanding that a dean from a catholic university be fired or re-sign for his tweet about julie swetnick. students walked out of class in protest holding signs saying no victim shaming and chanting. this is the tweet that landed the dean in hotater and suggested that swetnick could be considered a perpetrator instead of a victim because of her age at the omme. >> everyt that they stand by somebody who has mocked a survivor of sexual abuse is a

moment that the church is just showing that they don't getdt he school is showing that they don't get it. >> the dean has since apologized. >> new this morning, we're learning about a terrifying road rage incident. d.c. police telling us that around 11:00 last night the driver of a gray toyota sedan cutoff another drive in the 1,300 block of franklin street northeast. now police say theot driver out and pointed a gun at the victim before driving away. anyone with information on this incident is asked to call d.c. police. >> today the d.c. council could repeal an initiative that was june.ved back in the council will vote on initiative 77 later today. it would raiseeinimum w for tip workers by 2025. by overturning ts bill, the council is disrespecting the democratic process and d.c.

voters. >> also today the council will vote on a permanent plan to track down on the district. we have been following a huge spike in synthetic drug do ovs in the last month. they introduced temporary emergency legislation that changed how synthetic drugs were classified. that law made it easie for police to arrest people that make and sell synthetic drugs. today the council will vote to make that temporary bill pe permanent. >> new details fromd.c. council member that said he was assaulted by a bar employee that refused toet himn even after he showed a government i.d. he told news 4oe tried enter the d.c. eagle gay bar for a city event on saturdat. nigh he showed the bouncer his d.c. council i.d. card. buthe card did not have his birth date on it. he said that's when the bouncer pushed h of the club. >> and he pushed me right out the door of the buiing and he

literally came out and stood over me and said you're faking. >> i management said a statement that he refused to provide proper i.d. and was told to wait outside. a spokesperson for the u.s. attorney's office told news 4 they're reviewing the in terms of whether charges will be filed. >> new details ccerning a widespread power outage that effected a lot of late nightsc lles and plans. take ak at this. all of the lights were out. the equipment issue caused thousands of customers and the metro service to go dark last night for hours. an update to a water valve issue that caused t pfficblems in gaithersburg. all lanes are now open.

it took crew several hours to repair the valve and the ad. >> new details on that mysterious blast in allentown,s pelvania. are ar investigators have more work to do before they can reveal what caused that explosion. the shark bit him ove the weekend. the team was rescued by kayakere that c for help. doctors say the shark bite and

his mom spoke publicly for the first time since the attack. >> one world i would describe him as is nice. he's aki nice he's very brave. very strong, athletic. >> the teen's mom said he to goy expressed a desire back into the water. he's also been asking to talk to people. >> still has a pretty cool scar. not to say that's the way to get it. >> right. >> still ahead, we continue to track two breaking stories which may impact yours commute t tuesday morning. >> a live look at veirs mill road. a motor scooter collided with a car overnight. crash investigators are still on the scene hithere. >> may impact the problem on the beltway this morning. pa ofhe dump truck hit the . overpass a bridge inspection team is now on the wayo make sure that road is space. how about our weather, chuck?

>> temperatures are in the 60s as you get up and get going on your tuesday morning. so jeans, shorts, if you can get away with it. short leave in the 80s. you may need the umbrella after you get home from school this afternoon. oohool day forecast is a one. that a plus's

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his award winningip r will bring holiday cheer to kids in need. she is live at the volunteer fire station with details on all ofthis. hey. >> hey, we're at station 13 here

ith our america's best chili champion. >> did you think you were going to win? >> i had no idea. >> so he had tope c against four other firefighters from around the country in new york city last week and he won, right santa? you get $10,000 as you cook up another pot of this winning recipe. you get $10,000 t spread some holiday cheer to children in the area this holiday within. children that are struggling wi illness, right? >> are you ready santa? >> they're wonderful. >> oh my goodness. there's a bowl of chili that we're going to feast on throughout the morning. it's never too early to e

chili, right guys? coming up later in the hour we'll give you the website because they're loong for kids in need to be able to spread holiday day cheer this season, right? we'll tell you how you can do that coming up as you continue to stir up some good stuff in there. >> bacon makes eve better. right? back to you. >> it certainly does. bacon and butter. bring us some chil. >> please. feel free to bring some chi back to you. >> if i know anything about a pot of chilt the firehouse, it doesn't get out the door. >> meanwhile, for the rest of us, dealing with coolness t kick things off. >> not too bad though. >> maybe you just need one alarm chili. there's going to be another

relatively warm afternoon. temperature now air thert is at 67 degrees. a wind out of the south at only 6 miles per hour and there's a couple of fair winded clouds out there but no rain at all this morning. rain chances do crease later on in the day today but that will not happen until aft 00 or 4:00 this afternoon. so there's your hour by hour planner and then stayingn the 60s here between now and 8:00 or 9:00 in the morning qut ack jump into the upper 70s and low 80s. thunderstorms will be possible in and around theer city aft 5:00 or 6:00. there's where the rain is coming from up across parts of the great lakes. nothing out there here in the immediate future but here's future weather at 4:00 this afternoon. storms bubbling up along i-91. those could bech rg the side of the metro between 5:00 and a 6:00 thisernoon and then by 7:00 to 10:00 this evening is ikour mosty time to get rain

here. warmer still. tomorrow. 86 very close to 90 degrees on thursday. temperatures d into the 70s on friday for the first half of the weekend. for now, let's go to melissa. >> first 4 traffic alert here. take a look at this. chopper 4 over this problem. so what we know right now, forestville road we have that sect tn shutdown theres morning. that is because of a truck. a dump truck that hit part of the bottom of the beltway. so the issue now is that they have pt of the beltway closed because they're worried about stability and they have a crew on the scene and they'll figure out whether or not they need to continue that closure.

the striking dump truck has been removed. i want to show you a couple of things. we have an incredible view of this. inner loop at the capitol belt way and we could see more of an impactn theinbound side of pennsylvania avenue. they're being forced to stay on pennsylvania avenue. that's usually to get into the this is causing a major delay on pennsylvania avenue. jlissa. >> at to add to that, we have a crash there as well. inbound, pennsylvania at dower house. single lane there. >> coming up, not your r' grandfat flu shot. the flu is getting worse and the shot is evolving.

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breaking news. >> breaking news two first four traffic alerts as you start your tuesday morning. tractor-trailer hit a beltway overpass and this is causing closures. >> there's also back ups in the aspenill area. we're working with you as you start yourtuesday. melissa will have the way to avoid both of the problem >>spo. irst nicole jacobs is in with the latest on what's happening ther nicole. >> you can see here behind me, this is pennsylvania avenue s e residual effect if you will of what's going on on the sloway here, you can see moving traffic but i want to get you to the chopper video because that gives you the scope of everything here.

a bucket truck isin mov in space so they can get an overhead look at the bridge. to check the structure and make sure that it has not been compromised. this happened before that this morning. they're hoping they can get things cleared up here shortly. back to you. >> all right. nicole, thank you. >> we're also tracking an accident in th aspen hill area. this one an overnight crash causing a road >>closure. aimee is live with the latest. amy. >> a man and woman in th hospital after riding a motor

scooter and out of the way and give you a look behind me. you can see police srching the ground with flashlights for clues. it's notet clear whether they captured the crash and just to give you an idea of how dangerous this road can be right after we finished our live report at 5:30 you heard a loud bang and we called 911 for the drluers. ily first responders came and were able to take them away in a ambulance. hopefully they'll be okay. we'll stay on scene and bring you any updates as we get th. >> thank you. first four traffic alert because of the problem where aimee is in montgomery county and this one in prince george's you can see down below there, inbound, we have that delayau still b of the vehicle. the truck.

a dump truck that hit the underpass. and ght now we have a crew a bucket on the scene there. they're looking at it and very slow there. northbound or unin pennsylvania avenue at dower house road had one lane getting by ash there this morning. veirs mill diverted now at aspen hill road. it might heltl just a l bit. the rest of the beltway, inner loop and outer loopki loo light and it's going to be outer loop effecting georgia avenue. chuck, it's a pretty one outside today. >> it sure is. the sun is coming up after 7:00 this morning. already a little hint of early morning light comg up in our eastern sky. there's the u.s. capitol building. in the middle of downtown washington. that weather will bring a chance for thunderstorms. look at that, one thunderstorm up here about morgantown west virginia now. very unusual to have thunder and

lightning here in early october. so there will bety an opportu for thunderstorms today. a very slight chance that one or two of them could be strong. they'll be tracking that for you this afternoon. here's future weather. at 4:00 i think thunderstorm chances begin to develop and then come through town probably between 6:00 and 8:00 p.m. this evening. again temperatures are mild. 66 now in fairfax county. 67 in arlington. 64 in prince george's and thers your planneror today. high temperature 83 degrees but again have your urella ready after 4:00 or 5:00 today. 10 day forecast coming up in a bit. >> thank you, chuck. >> it's 6:34 and here's a look at our other top stories. the fbi expanding it's background investigation into upreme court nominee brett kavanaugh. they're allowing them to talk to more witnesses that could include the third accuser that called kavanaugh a, quote, mean drunk in an exclusive interview with nbc news. this morning the family of

taquan nepi have more answers in their sons murder. he was shot and killed las month in southeast. the 18-year-old went out to buy a sew darr oda at a corner stor never came home. >> former virginia preschool teacher faces up to life in prison for sexuay abusing students. he pled guilty yesterday. he abused more than a dozen preschoolers at the daycare. he is also guilty of making child raporny. >> 6:35 our time right now. they worked for years to get one on their hand and now take a lo at the caps rings. they received their rings at a the rings feature a team logo and each player's namend mber on the side. tomorrow night we'll welcome our stanley cup champions backth on ice for the home opener. >> season's here, right? h

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starting this week. your cnbc morning business report, i'm bertha coombs. >> this morning, a couple of first four traffic alerts. we havein this problerince george's county causing closures on the beltway and another one in montgomery. more details coming up. >> time to get the puppy dog out for a walk today. if you need a new puppy at your house, a 7 month old and available for adoption at the humane rescue alliance. g you ca to their website for more information. dog walking forecast in the 60si this m but that evening this m but that evening walk could be effected by kaine: my dad ran an ironworking shop. i learned hard work and a trade from him and his workers.

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the ground right now is really slow moving traffic here on pennsylvania avenue. we wantou to give a look up iove with chopper there. you can sees really impacting everything here. we're told that a dump truck landed to overpass shortly before 3:30 this morning. a bucket truck now is holding the inspection team as ty take a look at that bridge to check the structure of it to make sure that it has not been compromised but of course all of this having residual effects with all the back up here and they're telling me here on the scene they hope this wraps up shortly. back to you. >> all right. thank you. showing you the delays here, a rree mile maybe more back up. big, big delays because of it. the two left lanes blocked because of the incident below.

do you see any changes here? >> not really. the worst of it is going to be a avenue ennsylva because you cannot access to parkway inbound at that point. that's where the closure is. we have people continuing on pennsylvania avenue and taking forestville road southbound to get on to the parkway to continue. and the worst o the delays right now are really on the inner loop and as i pull here, we can show you what those are looking like as far back as sically arena drive. just solid delays coming southbound through prince george's county. >> thank you. emking a look elsewhere. a new pro inbound at pennsylvania avenue at dower house causing la because just one lane is getting by the crash. springfield, middle of the road is blocked. the rest of the beltwayks l okay this morning. taking aook at rockville, aimee is out there for us right now. any luck in reopening any time

soon? >> melissa, it looks like they should be opening within the next few minutes so that is some welcomed news for drivers that learned a man and a woman were seriously injured when they were riding on a motor scooter and they were struck by a vehicle. police have been here for hours investigating. ey tell me the driver of the car is okay and did stay on the scene. we alsoelant tol you about a second crash here on veirs mill road. it happened over there about an hour ago. we heard a loud bang and realized two cars have crashed. it's cleared up now but when we went toheheck on driver both seemed pretty disoriented. we cald 911 and an ambulance took them away o a stretcher so hopefully everyone will be okay. >> thank you, e.ai another problem in montgomery county. germantown southbound 275 after middlebrook road. crash there in the main lanes of 270. 270 sou not so b this morning. top of the beltway, 22 miles per

hour there. inbound on 66. no issues but 95 north is slow. only 13 miles per hour. remember to listen to wtop, 103.5 fm when you hop in your car. >> you have an 87 minute ride into the city. a little ahead of yourself here. back to other headlines this morning. first this developing story we'refollowing. the fbi now expanding an investigation into the supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh and it could include the third accuser. >> an exclusive interview with nbnews, julie swetnick described his behavior. >> i saw himo up to girls and paw on them and try to get a little too handsy touching them, private parts. >> nbc news has not verified her story and kavanaugh has denied her.knowing

news 4's chris lawrence is in the newsroom now with the latest on the investigation. >> you mentioned new information about deborahra rez, the woman that accused brett kavanaugh of exposing himself back i college. nbc has obtained text messages at show kavanaugh was contacting old classmates from yale. they show him trying to refute ramirez before she accused him of exposingt himself a college party. a mutual friend is trying to get those messages to the fbi b they insist this will not delay a vo. we'll have a lot more on this investigation coming up on the "today" show. >>hank you. the d.c. council has a busy day of voting ahead. >> first off the council could repeal an initiative voted on in june. it would raise minimum wage for tipped workers b 2025.

by overturning the bill, respecting the democratic process and d.c. several council members and the mayor. we'll send out abalen alert whee vote takes place. >> a permanent plan to crack down onk-2 in the district. last month, the d.c. major introducedme temporaryency legislation that changed how synthetic drugs were classified. today the council votes to make permanent. ry bill >> the d.c. council will also t bill a bill and t would ban people from renting a second apartment or building and using it solely to rent out to others. homeowners would also only be allowed to rent out their entire living s for up to 90 days

in a year. this law would be a victory for neighb associations that argue short-term rentals are reducing the availability of affordable housing. toit's now 6:51 and we want check in with chuck bell for a look at your tuesday forecast. that's a pretty picture. >> sure is. sun's up at 7:05 this morning so a little more than ten minutes from now. plenty of cle skies out there. plenty of sunshine early in the day today. today'secord hig temperature is 89 degrees. that's noteworthy because it's theirst time this fall with a record high temperature below 90. every recor high betwe april 22nd and october 1st is 90 or higher. today's record 89. we're talking abiliout records because we may be nea 90 thgrees on thursday. but ursday's record is 94. i don't bhink we'llak that one. we usually haha thunder and lig. so there will be an for thunderstorms here later on

in the dayed too. here's future weather starting at 4: in the afternoon. there's the chance for thunderstorms out here i-81 and i-66. that chance for thunderstorms comes into the city to about 5 and 7:00 p.m. this evening. storms most likely in the 6:00 to 8:00 time frame. not everyone is going to get rained on. slightly higher chances for rain the farther north. temperature-wise we're in the 60s this morning. it would be a very warm day toy. up near 8 degrees today. mre's your ten day forecast. i'm noting this up. this is the first ten days of october. it's going to be near 90 on thursday afternoon. it's considerably warmer than average. e're following two breaking stories this morning. the nobel prize in physics was just announced and an american

scientis is among the three wiers. 96-year-old arthur ashkin for his invention. the two others are from france and canada. >> also breaking, first lady melania trump just landed in ghana. she plans to spread her message throughout africa. this is her first solo trip oversaove overseas. >> a local fire captain is being called the king of chili this morning. >> he's turning his award winninip r into holiday cheer for those in need. hey, molette. >> hey guys. there's a very good reason why santa is in the firehouse here. firehouse 13, station 13 with $10,000 bowl of chil. captain eddie dumire beat out our others in a national

competition to become america's best firehouse chili champ. how are you feeling about winning? >> fantastic. i'm so proud to be representing the fire department. >> so $10,000. that's the winni prize so what are we going to do with all of that money? we're going to help out children this holiday season. really wquickly,t's the plan? >> so we send santa on a fire engine to terminally ill children's houses and we bring them presents and christmas carols and brighten their holiday season. >> some of the kids they have seen year after year wishing them well. amy, what is the web address for the dale city area? you're looking to help other fires houses start t program. >> yes, it's santa@vcvse.org. >> how is the chili everybody?

>> some of these guysee have b up all night saving lives. congratulations on your big win. you were shocked weren't you? >> i was really surprised. there was very tough competition there. >> we kw he was goi to win. bacon is his secret ingredient. that's the latest livehe from firehouse. bah k to you. >> bring it back with you. >> the death toll from the tsunami and earthquake is rising. the death toll now stands at 1234. >> power is back on after widespread power outage effecting thousands of pepc customers in our area overnightt is i also impacted the bethesda metro station. riders should not see inyues this morning. >> investigators are on the

scene of a crash. they have been workinghis all morning. a man and woman riding a motor scooter were seriously injuredy when tere hit by a vehicle on veirs mill road. e driver is okay and stayed on the scene. you can see this story on the nbc washington app. >> now where the inbound l are closed before forestville road. a dump truck crashed into the underside of a belt way overpass early this morning. it's not clear chatsed that crash. a bridge inspection team will make sure that overpass is not compromised. >> athis point this morning they're all still out there on the scene. so chowier 4 s you some delays there now. the two left lanes are stilldo sh there. you can see a four mile back up. inbound is also still shutdownh here morning. if they deem it's okay in the reopen ur or so, they'll everything. if not, the left lane of the beltway, inner loop may still remain closed. >> thank you, if you're on your way out, you won't be back home

again until after 5:00, might want to bring that umbrella with you. thunderstorms chances ramp up between 4:00 and 5: and go up to 9:00 or 10:00 this evening. super warm weather to finish out the week. >> s the "todaw is next. we'll see you back in 25 minutes for your weather, traffic and local news. >> make it a great tuesday everybody.

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