that's about 40 miles northwest of los angeles. the gunman is also dead. good morning, areverybody. i'on gilchrist. >> and i'm eun yang. we want to get back to that news conference now under way with the sheriff's department and other law enforcement. >> all right. looks like we're having trouble with that signal. we can tell you, though, the sheriff wasa speakinort while ago, explaining how officers entered that bar and tried to contain the scene when a sergeant was shot going in. >> let's listen in now. >> we have to wait for the medical examiner to get here. we have to do family notifications. candidly, it'll be hours and hours. >> do you know if t visited this bar before? has anybody said? >> we don't know anything about the hsuspect. en't talked to anybody that had any contact with him prior. i have no idea who he is. we don't know anything about him yet. >> [ inaudible question ]. >> i actually don't know what

the ages were. it is a nightclub. so i would, you know,te specu they were probably in the 21 to 26-year-old age group. >> can you tk about the active shooter training and the sergeant going in? >> there's no doubt the change in how we hane active shooters played a role. the sergeant and highway patrol officer first on scene knew they had to take action a did what they had to do. >> [ inaudible question ]. >> yes, 13. we don't know how many were injured because they went to separate hospitals. i'm going to speculate somewhere between 10 and 15 additional injuries. we don't believe -- there might be one additional gunshot victim, but we think other injuries with r peop injuries were people trying to

escape, breaking out windows, and doing other things. >> [ inaudible question ]. >> i've been a cop for 41 years, and i never thought i would see the things around theountry that would happen, but i've learned it doesn't matter what communit you're in. it doesn't matter how safe your community is. it can happen anywhere. do iously for someone t this, they have to have some sort of mental illness, and sadly, we have meme wipeople wi mental illness all over the country. >> [ inaudible question ]. >> we have actually no information about that at all. rebut again, we' very early on in the investigation. >> [ inaudible question ]. >> we actually don't know. we're interviewing multiplees wis, but i can say we haven't gotten everybody gether yet to really put that timeline together. we'll certainly provide that as

soon as we can get something. >> [ inaudible question ]. >> you know, it's so tragic. it's horrific and terrible, and it saddens our heart. there's also parents of those 11 other victims in therearhose are ripped out tonight. i know there's parents wondering, oh, m gosh, you know, was one of my children in there? or was it my siste or my brother? so there's just no way to describe this. it saddens us all. it tears at our hearts and emotions, as it should. if we ever get to he point where it doesn't, then there's something wrong with us. >> [ inaudible question ]. >>tually, it changed for us

after columbine years and years ago. we train with our fire department for active shooting. our officers know, when you get to a scene andhere's two of you or even just one of you and there'ho soting going on, you go in.e that's a chang from what it used to be. we work so well in our county. the highway patrol wasere. when they made entry the second time tonight, there werell simi officers, objectixnard officers, ventura count deputies. everyone comes together to solve the problem. >> from the momt the first contact was made by police to the moment second contact was made, what was the time frame? >> so thee time fram-- so the first deputies arrived on scene at 11:22. they made entry approximately four minutes later. that's when the sergeant was veot. i don't he exact timeline. it was probably close to 15

minutes. they didn't hear any shots fired before they regrouped, got additional oftcers, and wen back in. there were people hiding in restrooms, people hiding in attics. >> [ inaudible question ]. >> i have n idea. >>ff she what else are you investigating in relation to what happened here? what other locations? >> none that i know of. certainly when we find out who his uspect is, we'll go t location and work with our bureau partners to see if there's a connection there. t but s time, there's none that i know of. >> [ inaudible question ]. >> right now, as far ase know, there was only one handgun. that could certainly change as we do a more thorough search of the building. >> you said the suspect was down when police entered the building. >> the suspect was down with a

gunshot wound when the t deputies - officers went into the building, yes. >> and t the suspect after making -- >> we don't know who shot the deputy. >> do you know who shot the victim? was it self-inflicted? >> we don't know who shot ybody at this point. >> right now you've been t listening t sheriff's deputy of ventura county tell us massinformation about tha shooting at the borderline bar and grill in thousand oaks. right now we know that the sheriff's sergeant, who was one of theirst to respond tohe situation, has died at the hospital. he was shot multiplhe times he entered the building. we also understand there are 11 more people who died in that mass shooting. >> the sheriff there, geoff dean, saying this is a contained incident. the suspectas found shot.

he's speculating there are about 10 to 15 addional juries, people in many cases taking themselves to nearby hospitals. we're going to continue to ew monitor this conference for you. if any more information comes from this news conference, we will bring that to you and stays on top of story throughout the morning. now we want to turn back to the commute and your forecast. melissa is standing by with a check on the roads, but we begin with storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. >> all right. thanks, eun and aaron. good morning, everybody. friday off to a busy start around here. weatherwise, it'll be a quiet weather day today. skies are partly to mostl oudy this morning. no rain to worry about on your thursday. 4's cool. mostly in the and 50s. after a fair amount of sunshine during the middle parts of the day, increase during the evening. it will be rainy around here for the second half of your friday. maybe another half an inch to an expecterain right now, 37 in winchester, 50 in manassas, 50 in prince george's county, and 53 in

downtown d.c. forecast for today, temperatures staying in the 50s. a fair amount of sunshine, but clouds gradually on the . increa it'll be cooler. yesterday we made 66. today only about 57 for an afternoon high temperature. again, no rain today. you can always stay ahead of the weather by using our nbc washington app. find, follow, and like me on any ofy social media pages. we'll talk about the weekend when i see you next. good morning, melissa. >> good morning, dhchuck. a situation developing quickly here. chopper h chopper 4 over the outer loop at bw parkway. a four-vehicle crash. outer loop at bwaray right under bw parkway is where the crash is causing real delays right now. you can see that backup here on the map. hoping they get that out of the way soon. after that, you're going to hit another issue. outer loop before georgia avenue, left lane of the beltway is blocked by a crash there. northbound 95 before

630/stafford, quite slow for a couple miles thet. it's j a disabled vehicle causing that pain. springfield inbound ho395, lanes after edsall road, right side blocked by a crash there. guys? >> thank you, melissa. 6:09 right now. we're also following a developing story out of d.c. es where a p has been charged with sexual abuse of a young girl. >> he was arrested yesterday and worked at the shrine of the sacred heart parish in columbia heights. news 4's justin finch is live at the church with more on this developing story. >> reporter: well, it's likely that parishioners here will have more questions, especiall that the archdiocese has announced they are hearing from more ausers. we now know that father urbano vazquez is facingha ae of second-degree child sexual abuse. this stems bac to m of 2015 when the accuser in this case says vazquez reached down her shirt and touched her bare breast while working here at the shrine of the sacred t heart.

time, she was 13 years old, he was 42.ay investigatorshis happened at least two times. the archdiocese also now investigating as well, releasing a statement and reading a rtion of that now. the archdiocese saying, this was the first report to thedi arese of this allegation of sexual abuse, and immediately on learning of this serious allegation, the archdiocese immediately removed father vazquez from the minnd suspended his priestly faculties. since thela initial to police, additional allegations against father vazquez were reported. we also know the archdiocese removed another priest from his duties here at sacred heart as well. we can tell you this is coming, of course, as the archdioce is under the investigation from d.c. attorney general. he's looking specifically into how the archdiocese was handling these allegations o sexual abuse.

a tip line is now available for accusers to come weforward. ave more on that on our nbc washingtonfpp. as right now, again, at least one priest behind bs after this allegation of child sexual abuse. we're live in columbia heights, s 4.in finch, n >> justin, thank you. it's 6:11. montgomery county has had enough. it says too many drivers are ignoring safetyes r when driving around school buses. this morning we have new information abo the work being done to make things safer for students. you'll begin to see new signs hanging at these five areas, reminding drivers of the laws protecting students and the buses they ride. the county says since 2016, 50,000itations have been issued as a result of violations caught on camera. many of them have been in these areas. we're told the majority of the time, cars just drive right arnd those bus stop arms, even while children are getting on and off. the b the county school board president says past campaigns

have not inspired the cenge they wer hoping to see, and he's hopeful this new signage will help. >> pretty disappointed that we haven't gotten a better response from the driving public. so with these gns, maybe that'lle another reminder. >> later this month, councilmembers will meet with state senators to request additial funding for more safety measures. still ahead this morning, a story for any of you w enjoy the drive through the country but hate the smell o cow manure. >> and what a government agency has just approved to help with that smell. chuck? and the forecast for today, cool and dry. watching out for another m potential fbe as much as an inch of rain tomorrow before we turn much colder for the weekend. your ayfiveorecast when i see you next. it's national s.t.e.m. day.

we're going to talk about what girl up is all about in s.t.e.m. when we come back, continuing coverage of late-night mass shooting inside a bar in southern california. we're told 11 people have been killed, and a sheriff's sergeant who was one of the first to respond to the scene alsodied. he was a 29-year veteran. the sheriff said in his 41 years as a police officer, he hasn never s anything like this and wouldn't have expected country,is around the these mass shootings. he says it doesn't matter how safe you believe you are, it could happen anywhere. this is a terrible situation. he says it's a bigragedy here. we understand the gunman was also funound dead inside the be. the latest he on new

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we're updating the breaking news in southern california, where there's been a mass shooting in a bar and grill. 12 people have been killed, one of them a sheriff's deputy. witnesses say a man pulled a handgun and started shooting as he walked through the front door. it happened around 11:30 last night in thousd oaks, about 40 miles outside l.a. the borderline bar and grill was hosting a collegenight. there were hundreds of people inside. two officers responded almost immediately. strgeant ron hellis was f through the door. he was shot multiple times and died about an hour ago at the hospital. witnesses say at least 30 shots were fired. one stude a threw chair through a window to smash the glass and allow others to ne tness went through. >> he was a hard-working, dedicated sheriff's he was totally committed.e

he g his all, and tonight, as i told his wife, heied a hero because he went -- he went in to save lives, to save other. peop >> he certainly was a hero. that was obviously his captain talking about how it's affected the entire force. again, 12 people have been killed, including the seeant. the shooter is dead. as is protocol they're not ruling out terrorism. we know some of you may have friends or family that live in that part of sou california. that's why we're putting that number up on the screen. 805-465-6650, if you need any n, informathat's the place to go. just one other thing about sergeant hallis he had been on the force nearly 30 years. he was due to retire next year. aaron? >> all right, chris lawrence for us at the live desk this morning. chris, thank you. 18 minutes after 6:00 right now. this morning, students across the country are marking national

s.t.e.m. steam day. >> this day highlights science, technology, engineertsg, and math. this morning, we're with a group of young ladies combining all of those subjects into a major project for us. ws 4's molette green is live in northwest d.c. to tell us more abo it. >> reporter: good morning to you. there's a big push to really get girls more engaged in s.t.e.m., or s.t.e.a.m. this morning, we're with the group girl up. some higssembled school and college age young ladies. they're working on this light-up physics project that's a way for them fous on social good, issues that impact girls and women around the world. i want to talk here. these issues cover a range of things, gender-based inequality, gender-based violence. even using chemistry in cosmetics. why is girl up so important?

>> girl up is so important for s.t.e.m. for social good because the programming allows girls to merge s.t.e.m. and social good to make an impact on tunir commity and also on a global scale. >> reporter: and we have video of some other projects you're doing. they're getting ready for a big boot camp on saturday. 'll talk about more about that later on in the hour. >> molette, thank you. it's 6:20 now. i want to turn to chuck bell to get an date on the forecast. >> absolutely right. scnce, technology, engineering, art, and mathll ry important. keep up the good work. ight now in the low to mid-50s around the d.c. metro area. what to wear for the kids today, their fall jacket and maybe those sunglasses as well. leave the umbrellas at home for today, but know where they are. you'll need upem tomorrow. per 40s and low 50s at the bus stops this morning. outdoor recess today with a fair amount of sunshine. today's high tempeture near 57

degrees. that's a-plus weather on a thursday. know rain is likely for your friday afternoonnd evening. 100% chance for rain that will impact the second half of your friday for sure.nd breezyuch chillier on saturday. expect a hard freeze, 32 to do, but expect mid-20s in all the suburbs on sunday morning. that'll be a coldta srt, melissa. >> that will be a cold start. ank you, chuck. first 4 traffic alert, outer loop at bw rkway, a 3 1/2 to 4-mile backup right now. chopper 4 showing you thosede ys. the earlier crash that was there on the beltway just under that overpass has clear out of the way. doesn't matter, though. the backup has started tobilld, and we're slow there. you can see the delay here on the map. another problem on the beltway, allow time for this one, outer loop before georgiaa avenue. rash there blocking the left lane. northbound 95 in stafford before 630, we're slow there northbound because of a disabled vehicle. no39hbound hov lanes after

edsall, right side is blocked. and capitol street shut down at southern avenue because of collision reconstruction.

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the breaking news as you wake up at 6:30 this morni 1. at lea victims are dead after another deadng mass shoo this time inside a southern california bar. a gunman opened fire insidehe borderline bar & grill. it's a country music bar in thousand oaks, california, about 40 miles northwest of l.a. >> police say the suspect is also dead.

he has not been idenonfied. police have any information on a motive yet. a deputyergeant responding to the scene died at the hospital. as for the other victims, their identities hav not been released. we know this was happening as the bar hd college night there. chris lawrence has been tracking the developments since this novs broke night. >> he joins us from the live desk with the latest on this. chris? >> yeah, aaron, we're getting a lot of informationut abo that officer. he was the first one through the door. he w nearby on a traffic stop when he heard the shots. he and his partner came over there almost immediately. he was shot as he came through the doo and died about an hour o from his injuries. witness say a man pulled a handgun and started shooting as e walked through the front door one of the students threw a chair through a winthw to smash e glass and allow people to escape while s of the others hid under tables and in the bathroom. take a listen to what one witness went through. >> we dropped, and we heard the

gunshots. a lot of gunshots. a lot of gunshots. i don't even -- a lot. i was just laying the, kind of not -- everyone was under the table, so it was hard to kind of get under there, but i was with my friends i looked behind me, and there's a smoke bomb going off. i see sparks, and then i just see smoke everywhere >> several witnesses had been reporting they saw a smoke bomb off inside. police haven't confirmed it. one witness said, by the grace of god, i got to the front door. here's another look at the video from the scene. police still bviously there responding to what happened. again, 12 people have been killed,ne of them a ventura county sheriff's deputy. police were u the just heartbroken not only by his loss, but by the loss of those young people as well. the sergeant hadn' on the force for 29 years, due to retire next

year. >> chris lawrence for us at the live desk. chris, thank you. we'll keep checking in with yut throughe morning. >> very sad. right now back to a look at your forecast and your commute. we begin with storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. here to kickhings off with whur forecast. at can we expect? >> another dry day for us today. goodness knows we do not need the rain. rainfallun a have been well in excess of average this year to almost 22 inches of rain. for more on today's forecast, we go or here t max one. partly cloudy sky overhead this morning. clearer skies thearther west you go. 53 now here in washington. that north wind averaging 15 miles an hour. that's going to continue to funnel cooler air down into the region today. even though we'll have more sunshine than yesterday, it will be a cooler afternoon than yesterday tned out. 66 yesterday. we'll be in the mid to upper 50s during the peak of the afternoon today, then dropping quickly into the 40s this evening. today's high expected to 57 degrees. much colder air starts to move

in here just in time for the weekend. i'll give you the ten-dayg forecast com up. for now, time for a check on the commute. >> first 4 traffic alert this morning. outer loop at bw parkway. take a look at these delays. we're talking about a four-mile . the crash is out of the way, but we still have real slowdowns there on the side of the beltway. up top, some earlier days that also should be clearing up soon. outeve loop at georgiae is where that crash was. taking a look at alexandria, northbound 395 after springfield, crash on the right side of the roadway. zooming in, centerville, westbound 66 before 28, a box truck into the guardrail and in the district, south capitol street shut down at southern avenue, lanes bcked for that collision reconstruction. theap crashned a couple weeks ago. they're just there on the scene for that reconstruction. aaron? >> all right, melissa. thank you. 6:33 right now. here's a look atur other top stories this morning. a d.c. priest has been arrested on sexual abuse charges. police say father urbanoha vazqz

been charged for reaching down the shirt of a teenage girl. th incident allegedly happened three years ago. vazquez has been removed from ministry, and another priestveas been remo for failing to report the allegation. jeff sessions is out as attorney general at the president's request. sessions submitted his resignation yesterday. that essentially hands oversight of the russia investigation to reomever the president chooses. sessions and thedent had a rocky relationship since sessions recused himself from overseeing that investigation. an update on the problems at the polls in prince george's county on election day. some spent hours standing in line waiting to vote tuesday. more than a dozen polling places ran out of paper ballots, which raised questions about voter m suppression yland's largest democratic voting bloc. but the administrator says it error.ply human your time is 6:34. to the latest in the fallout from a footballth player's d at the university of maryland.

linda gooden, w the board of regents since 2009, was elected chair. sh will tak over for james brady, who stepped down last week. we've also learned that the two athletic trainers who were on paid leave after jordan mcnair died have now been fired. last week the school cu ties with football coach d.j. durkin a day after reinstating him. th hool's president also said he wld retire, then the head of the university board of regents resigned under pressure. new numbers out overnight concerning you thanksgivin travel plans. more than 54 million americans are expected to travel over the holiday period. that's the most we've seen head out of town since 2005. the tuesday before thanksgiving is being called terrible tffic tuesda turkey trot. that's when the most people are heading o of town. as for the roads around here, the busiest travel time that tuesday will be between 5:00 p.m.and 7:00 aaa says the slowest spot will be the inner loop where it could take youore than twice as long to get where you're going.

but if you want to save some time and stress, the best day to travel on is thanksgiving day. >> really quiet. >> or the friday or saturday after thanksgiving. >> the worst will be sunday, when everyone is trying to get back home. be sure to pack your plan ahead. it's now 6:36. if you're just joining us thisg morne're tracking breaking news. a deadly masse shooting ins of a bar in thousand oaks, california. at least 12 victims are dead. th d gunman isead as well. g in every are com few minutes here. we're going to keep working for you to bring you the latest here. a mass shooting, again, inside that bar,ot from los angeles. we expect to hear from police again. stay with us. t

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sugar and caffeine on your way into the atore. could possibly go wrong? your car washing forecast, you can get it washed today. just know it'll rainomorrow. ten-day forecast when i see you next. right now, some major delays on the beltway. chopper 4 showing you these huge backups. a four-mile delay. where else is it slow? coming up. and much mn the breaking news coming in from california. if you're just waking up, another mass shooting has left 13 peopleead, including a gunman and a sheriff's deputy.it stay news 4. we'll bring you e latest. th

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police say they don't have any information on his motive at this point. the sheriff's sergeant responding to the scene died at the hospital as well. take a listen to the press conference that happened moments ago. >> he hard-working,ca ded sheriff's sergeant. he was totally committed. he gave hisall, and tonight, as i told his wife, he died a hero because he went -- hen went to save lives, to save other people. >> as for the othervictims, their identities have not been released. we know this was happenith as bar held a college night inside. our chris lawrence has been tracking the developments since this news broke overnight. >> he joins us now from the live desk with the latest he's learned. chris, what can you tell us? about thatpu de, he was the first depy through the door.

as the captain said, he was rushing in to try to stop the shooting. heas shot multiple times and died at the hospital in the last hour or two. witnesses pay a manulled a handgun and started shooting a he walked through the front door. several students threw chairs through the windows to smash the glass and allow their friends to escape while some of the others id under tables and in the bathroom one man was there shooting poo with his son. take a listen to what he went through. >> just started firing randomly on the dance floor. anybody he could shoot. >> in fact, one witness sai by the grace of god, i was able to get to the front door. again, a lot of the people in there were teenagers dancing, 18, 19 yearsold, a year or two out of high school. en in, 12 people have killed, including the sergeant. we've learn that he had been on the force nearly 30 years and was due to retire next year. at the live desk, chris lawrence, news 4.

eun, back to you. >> chris, thank you. a developing story now in the district.a riest has been arrested for allegedly groping a teen. father v urbanoquez is facing a sexual abuse charge from his time working at the shrin of the sacred heart parish in columbia heights. >> news 4's justin finch is at he church now with the latest., od morning. father urbano vazquez now facing a charge of second-degale child se abuse. we're hearing more allegations in the wake of this report. here now is a look at fathe vazquez. d.c. police say this dates back to may of 2015 when the accuser says vazquez put his hand down her shirt and touched her barst breahile he was working here at the shrthe of sacred heart. at the time, she was 13, he was 42. ors say that happened at least twice. in its own review, the archdiocese reports more fallout

from this. another priest has been removed for not following proper protocols in reporting abuse to the archdiocese. the church also releasing a statement i'll readn part. this was the first report to the archdiocese of this all ation of sexual abuse, and immediately upon learning of this serious t allegation, archdiocese immediately removed father vazquez from the ministry and suspended his priestly faculties. since the initial claim to police,dditional allegations against father vazquez were reported. sheriff geoff dean. in columbian finch, news 4.

we could see more scenes like this one today as dem st demonstratos demonstratobilize to protest jeff sessions' resignation. people are worried what this could mean for the russia investigation. sessions resigned yeerday at president trump's request. th wasn't unexpected. he and the president have had a rocky relationship since sessions recused himself from overseeing that investigation. sessions' replacement is his chief of staff, matthew whitaker, not the deputy a.g., rod rosenstein. he can now dictate the parameters of the russia investigation, the timeline for the conclusion, and even bob security.job whitaker has repeatedly criticized the special counsel and the lengthe of investigation. meanwhile, the white house has barred cnn reportero jim acosta the building after an intense back and forth with president trump during a news conference yesterday. acosta shot this video of a secret service agent pevoking hiss pass last night. so here's the moment that led to

revocatio acosta trying to ask a question when the president cut him off. an intern, the young woman you see, came to take the mike,he a resisted her. the white house saysac ta, quote, laid his hands on her, and that's why they revoked his the video does not show acosta putting his hands on the young woman. he saysge was just tryino ask a question. the marching band at bowie state university will nothe perform at ciaa football championship game this weekend. the university suspended the symphony of soul band after hazing allegations surfaced few days ago. in a statement yesterday, the hasersity said it sufficient evidence that there has been some hazing activities. we reached out a to prince george's county police to find out whether the department is investigating theseio alleg. a spokesperson told us that no one has reported what happened to police. the university sayslt w continue its investigation to determine what will happen to thoseho participated. coming up on 6:51. we go back to chuck for another

check on our storm team 4 forecast. >> thank cou, aaron. thuds that moved in yesterday afternoon are just about ready to move out of the area. you're lookingds westbound tow the nation's capitol. these clouds are headed out the other direction. that clear sky on the western horizon, that will bring sunshine back into our forecast for the morni afternoon hours. still, officially the observation at national airport, mostly cloudy. there are plenty of clouds out there. that north wind is also a part of the forecas for today. colder air is draining southward out of pennsylvania and new rk. we will be cooler today because of it. temperatures have fall into the upper 30s from fredrick, maryland, to fredrick county, virginia. low 50s around town. that cooler air will be settling in, so it will be a bate of the return of the sunshine and the persistence of that north wind. those competi factors will keep temperatures in the 50s today. even though it'll be sunnier an yesterday, it willso be cooler. 66 yeerday, 57 today. tomorrow, a lot of clouds and a chance for shors first thing

the morning, but a near 100% chance for rain tomorrow ternoon and evening. be ready for rain tomorrow. there's where the rain is now down across parts of northern alabama. that's the rain that'll be impacting your friday around here. so again, today, nothing to worry about.ur here's f weather. tomorrow morning at 7:00 a.m., full cloud cover. maybe a shower in the morning, but rain moderate at times, likeuring the afternoon and evening. rainfall amounts tomorrow could be half a inch tos much as an inch in some places. then way chillier for the weekend. a gusty northwest wind on n turday. temperatures stucke 40s all weekend. a hard freeze coming up on sunday morning. good morning, meliooa. >> gmorning, chuck. right now, first 4 traffic alert here. take ach look. per 4 over the top of outer loop at bw parkway is where the crash w. now showing us here at 50 that we still have delays on thete loop of the beltway, really causing pain for folks. taking a look at the rest of the beltway, you can see up top we're also a little slow. that's from ansh earlier c that has cleared out of the way.

295 not looking good here coming from the north o the south. manassas, eastbound 66 before sudley, disabled vehicle there. not bad on 95 in virginia. in the district, south capitol street near southern lanes blacked for a collision rereductir reconstruction. in northwest, inbound canal afte arizona avenue, disabled vehicle blocking the right side and causing delays there 66 here looking okay. fairfax county parkway to the beltway, 40es mer hour. 95 north, 36 miles per hour there in virginia. 270 southbound,2 miles per hour right now. top of the beltway slow from the earlier problem on the outer loop, 22 remember to listen to wtop 103.5 fm when you hop i your car today. >> thank you, melissa. this morning, students across the country are marking national s.t.e.m./s.t.e.a.m. day. >> the day highlights science,

chnology, engineering, arts, and math. news 4's molette green is live in it northwest to tell us more out it. ter: good morning these girls are working on a project using physics. they're fro girl up,art of the u.n. foundation's initiative to get girls more involved in s.t.e.m./s.t.e.a.m. on this national s.t.e.m. day. i want to talk to two of the ladies. these projects help youuy get more empowered. you're using s.t.e.m. for social good, highlighting gentder inequalityissues, gender-based violence. why is this important? >> i think it's important for all girls to know they can achieve whatever they want, whether it be s.t.e.m. or not. they need to know if there interested in it, they can

achieve it. >> reporter: and lee, let me ask you about getting involved in thisngffort to get you ladies and women focused in this are of study. >> it's really important for em girls to see fe representation in all s.t.e.m. fields. they hold the potential for the future of s.t.e.m. >> reporter: and this project is one of many they'll be doing coming up at a big boot cam a he the u.n. headquarters, the u.n. foundation headquarters on pennsylvania avenue on saturday starting at 10:00 a.m. a whole bunch more girls in high school and college will get together. we want to let you know that there are some statisticsey tha ave really zeroed in on. 81% of women and young girls feel that equal education and s.t.e.m. is just as important for girls as it is for boys. and only 42% feel that they have equal access to s.t.e.m. so we'reo fighting knock down those barriers. this group, girl up, they have a motto. what's your motto?

>> girl strong! >> reporter: girl strong. th's what it's all about as we focus on national s.t.e.a.m. day here in d.c. back toou guys. >> important program and effort there. young ladies, thank you, all. 6:56. ouou