of the belt back is back open. crews spent ten hours cleaning uphe mess you see right there. that's a tanker truck, spilling fuel all over the road. backing up traffic for miles and hours. this morning, we're looking at e crash and the backups that it caused. we want to get to checking on your cmute this morning, and the forecast. melissa mollet is standing by with a check of your roads. let's warm it up. >> we can do that, molette. no problem at all. hope you enjoyed theunine and the low 60s yesterday. everybody will be five to ten degrees warmer than yesterday. don't get used to it. there's rain showers a-plenty.

i can'tule out a couple of showers for our friends and maybes in the shenandoah valley today. rain chances east and southill be lower. temperatures this morning, that chill is gone. up eaper 40s and 50s. we'll be about 70 today. >> a lot oer people frustrated with this last night. american legion bridge, different from what we were seeingast ght. all lanes are open after the oil tanker has cleared out of the way. maclean. that's how a lot of people felt,

aaron. >> outer loop, a crash blocking the ramp. it was really stressful for a lot of folks. >> pictures coming out of the area. breaking news o the roads overnight. a metro bus was involved in a crash in southeast washington. the crash involved two other vehicles, as wee. spith police and they did not have any injuries or the cause of the crash. >> let's get to the crash on thd beltway that lanes shut down for 12 hours. >> commuters who left for their destinations didn't get there until midnight. it was so bad, that some people were sleeping in their cars. a fuel tanker overturned at the

individual. and the urdetow were overwhelmed. making the cleanup more difficult, 150,000 gallons of fuel. chopper 4 over the crash past midnight. the tanker was removed from the road around 12:30 this morning. the beltway reopened around 2:30. coming up, we'll talk to the commuters stuck in that traffic. in just hours, we could have confirmation about who would be the next archbishop of washington. some are saying that they have chosen wilton gregory of atlanta. we are monitoring for any statements. gregory is a long-time leader in the church. he was the president of the u.se

conferf bishops from 2001-2004. during that time, the church wah dealing w its major sex abuse scandal. a local expert explains howhat could lead to taking over theoc arche in this pivotal time. >> there's a church in washington that has a pastoral to the community. and has a ministry to, those themselves have been harmed by the abuse. to those who have lost the trust in the church. >> therchdiocese says it is awaiting an announcement from the holy see. if he is appointed, he will be the first african-american archbishop in washington. president trump did not hold

back in his first rally since theio compl of the mueller report. he spoke in michigan and he declared vindication. among the people he named, congressman adam schiff, chaian of the house telligence committee. yesterday, chairman chschiff delivered a four-minute response to those who are calling for him to step down. >> myue colle may think it's okay that the russians offered dirt on the democratic candidate for president, as part of what was described as the russian govern tnt's effor help theca trump aign. you might think it's okay. you might think it's okay they concealed it from the public. you might think it was okay, that the dirt they received on hillary clinton wasn't battette.

>> their friday and whoever pushed this hoax is now hasig problems. >> president trump called schiff pencilneck. the trump administration has done a 180. it reversed a plan to pull federal fundingrom special olympics betsy devos facedth sg criticism for pulling the program. devos said she agreed with the d prt's decision. congress and not the administration, actually authorizes the spending. the house has rebuked the trump administration again. the president's policies could prevent most transgender people from serving and prents

existing troops from transitions. yesterday, lawmakers denounced the policy, which is set to tako effe the 12th. the action on the house doesn't is reverse the admation policy. the ban is being challenged in court. the charges have been dropped. that doesn't mean that jussie smollett is out of the spotlight. the city ordered smollett to pay $130,000. police a the mayor say there's enough evidence toe prove that staged the incident toov im his career. smollett continues to say the real.k was the man who attacked and killed a 7-year-old reston girl begins his life in prison.

nearly two years ago, torres attacked a group of muslim te teens. he raped and killed hassenan. her father cry affidavit the sentencingl >> i wil never forget. >> police initially said that he lashed out in a case of road rage. a teacher is free and cleared after being accused of having a relationship with a student. last ye, kimberly winters was accused of having a relationship with a juvenile. an investigationound n evidence of criminal conduct. winters has been on leave since

her arrest. her attorney says she is expected to regain her pay. her future at the school is unclear. a student of virginia university is accusing wilder of sexually abusing her. she said after dinner,e gave her alcohol and kissed her without his consent. black reported the incident in december. black was a student at vcu at the time. wilder has not commented on the legations. vcu tells us the school does not comment on investigations for privacy reasons.s new t morning, there's changes coming to the express lane on 395.

hov lanes a being changed from hov toll lanes. they will open as e-zpass only lanes. next week, drivers will start seeing the new tolling technology. >> thousan of airline passengers still scrambling to change their plans after wow airline shuts do. $99 fairs to iceland. and it's the secon budget airline to go belly-up in six. mont >> nobody to receive e-mai communication. >> wow says it is not offering

refunds and to ask their credit card or travel agency for a refund. o monsa has been asked to pay $80il mlion for a california man, who claims his weed killer cais cancer. ed said he used round-up for years, which led to his nonhodgkin nonhodgkin's. e owners oonsanto stand by their products are safe. attorneys say the landmark decision could determine thousands of cases involving that company. today, two nasa astronauts will conduct a spacewalk. nick hague and christina koch will be working to installli ium-ion batteries. this is a look at astronauts working on the space station. nasa decided to pivot frommian

all-female space walk. the astronaut is not going to do it. and say i will be in an it ill-fitting she was practicing in a suit that was a different size. and realihed other suit fit better. >> and size is very important in all of the technoalgy. bas season, it's officially under way. and the fans are excited to be at nats park. >> opening d didn't go as we expected it. to d.c. was scoreless the entire game. it s was aolid day on the mound for max scherzer he ended the ball game with 12

strikeouts. this is only game 1 of 162. >> 162. >> baseball season is pretty plenty of baseball left. the team is back home tomorrow afternoon to continue their series with the mets. >> so much excitement. it was worth every bit of going out there. sti ahead this morning, what a parent does t increase their risk of developing adhd. morelus, would you pay each month so you didn't have to recycle? one local county is considering a plan that would mean just that. let's check the attempes, check. >> the 40s and 50s, molette. we're watching for a chance of a we're watching for a chance of a couple of showers impacting yr

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t the overni hours. the addition of the clouds, return of the southerly breezes. rwhere n as cold as it's been. we had temperatures in the low 20s. now, we're 30 degrees warmer than that. 52 in winchester. 50 in prince george's county. 41 in columbia, maryland. a mild start will lead to a warm afternoon. there will be t moren enough cloud cover today. rain chances, ghth i put 30%, that's b te ridge into the shenandoah. the clouds are starting to break up as they come eastbound. northern maryland, northern parts of the shenandoah valley. that's where the rain chances will be highest today. even there, rain cnces are

around 30% or so. nothing out there to worry about for no should walk you through future weather here. no more than a hit-oriss shower. tomorrow, much of the same. a lot of clouds, v byezy tomorrow but warm. 75 degrees for your saturday. i temperaturthe mid-50s on sunday morning with rain. temperatures fall into the 40s sunday afternoon, with a gusty rthwest wind and monday morning, a little concern for the cherry blossoms there. we could be close to freezing on monday morning. melissa -- you should see the -ok that molette and >> it will be freezing on monday? you have control on this. american region, bridice and

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news 4 today starts now. >> now at 4:29. od news for drivers all over the area. the beltway is backer open a what can be described as a nightmare commute, nearly 12 hours aer a tractor-trailer overturned, the mess is cleaned

up this morning. we will have much more on the chaos it caused in a few minutes. first, to a live look outside. and more good news. it isid finally . and aaron is acting appropriately. you should see him. molette green, in for eun yang. >> i want to keep my job. you won't know what was going on on the commercial. melissa mollet has an easier commute than last night. first, chuck bell. >> we have all issued aaron a code red during the commercial break. we have it under control, we think. we have a mostly cloudy sky out this morning. there's been a stray rain drop or two overnight. that's not going to be a big issue for your friday. may have a stray