jerry edwards has the conditions out there right now. jerry. >> hey, barbara.ot good at all. 59 southbound delays begin at the beltway. it's going to be jammed down to the au ca quon river. we'll head further south and show you what it looks like as you make the trip down towards frederickburg. an earlier accident has cleared. we are jammed from the beltway in springfield to fredericksburg. the trip out to the bay bridge, an accident eastbound span of the bay bridge with only one travel lane getting by. eastbound route 50 delays begin before sandy point. going to be a rough day for traffic but the payoff worth it. >> thanks a lop lot. you have a great weekend. >> you too. >> filled in for rod pampling. it's a little down the left hand side. just a little. that's all. boom. three-pointer. >> oh. take a look at that three-pointer from way down. except it's on a golf course at the shell houston open. andrew mccalendardy's tee shot goes into a garbage canon the fly. after he fished the golf ball out, he got a free drop and recovered to part hole. >>> that's "news4m

and as you know, jerry edwards, mr. r mercury is only 67 million miles from here. >> let's head on out, chopper 4 will be out. 270 southbound, montgomery village crawling. accidents ties up the left side of the roadway southbound 270 between 124 and 370. along i-270, the chopper has moved on me a little bit. they are at the accident scene in gaithersburg. all right. so the left side of the roadway remains tied up southbound as you head on down to 370 again, so expect some delays. after the accident you're good to go headed on down the spur. let's go to northern virginia. along 95, 395 and 66 nothing to fear so far this morning. eun? >> why pepco is being flooded from calls from some very confusedcustomers. >>> the return of the swine flu where the h1n1 virus is making a come back. >>> "news4 today" has a new start time. we start at 4:30 so get up with [ sneezes ] ♪ music plays ♪ [ sneezing ] ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] what are you gonna miss when you have an allergy attack? benadryl® is more effective than claritin® at reli

midday traffic with jerry edwards. hey, jerry. >> hey, barbara.is a slow go for folks trying to come out of the district at thisÑzhour. live pictures of kettle worth avenue northbound right at the maryland district line as you approach eastern avenue. northbound only one lane of traffic is open. pretty sizable backup. leaving the district headed out to maryland, may want to find an alternate route. update you on the beltway in maryland. the backup which was pretty hefty earlier from the construction, see the cones, interloop of the beltway as you head on up passing river road toward 270, looks like the backup has eased. construction is still there and will be for another couple hour be careful. barbara? >> thank you. >>> reality star and musician bret michaels remains hospitalized today after suffering a brain hemorrhage. he was rushed to the hospital six days ago after complaining of a severe headache. that's when the bleeding at the base of his brain stem was discovered. doctors are still trying to find the source of that bleed. nbc's natalie mo

look at this live video, jerry edwards will fill you in on this mess.day morning, i'm news4 meteorologist chuck bell. we're off to a cloudy start. we're 53 downtown. 49 in leesburg this morning, 49 in quantico, virginia, 53 in annapolis, maryland. temperatures will climb into the high 50s and low 60s today. plenty of clouds around this afternoon. showers are likely this afternoon. but the clouds take leave of us tomorrow. with highs back up into the 60s. the four-day forecast shows a little more sunshine coming our way for thursday, another chance of rain on friday. jerry? . >>> chuck, breaksing news, northern virginia, i-95 northbound, all travel lanes and the main lanes closed off, the prince william parkway. a serious crash involving multiple vehicles and possibly a dump truck, we see a truck on the side of the roadway, not confirmed that the truck is involved. nevertheless, there appear to be injuries, so right now, nobody is getting by, just the service roadway of 95 northbound near the prince william parkway. your best bet at the moment for an alt

jerry edwards, how are you doing this morning >> we'll take to the air, chopper 4 over interstate 66 exit of the inner loop of the beltway and the inner loop getting past 66 up towards tysons corner. all in all not bad. nothing out of the ordinary except for the fact that things are moving better than normal. looking pretty good on this side of the town. had an accident on 95 northbound approaching the occoquan river over to the shoulder. seeing some brake lights develop out of camera range as you head north out of dale city. all the activity should be out of the travel portion of the roadway. aaron and eun, back to you. >>> if you work downtown get ready for gridlock. president obama is hosting more than 40 world leaders at the washington convention center. roads are closed. park is limited. metro has had to adjust pap security zone has been set up from o street down to massachusetts and new york avenues and from 11th to 6th northwest. news 4 megan mcgrath joins us now from northwest washington with more. good morning. >> reporter: well, good morning. this is impacting a large secti

jerry edwards has an update on conditions right now. good morning. >> good morning, everyone. the midday actually looking pretty good at this hour. despite all the closures downtown. everybody seems to be dealing with them. along i-95 just in the distance, you can see construction headed on down to loudoun in the right lane. the volume very, very light indeed. so there's really no significant backups up to springfield looking okay. let's update you on the american legion bridge, left side of the inner loop, right side the outer loop. down to tysons corner moving along very nicely. barbara, back to you. >> thank you. >>> let's take a look outside. gray skies today. we've got some chillier weather out there. chuck bell, how long is this going to last. >> only about one day, barbara, before the sunshine starts to come back. >> i won't complain then. >> before you have time to get out the list of things to complain about today, don't bother putting weather on the list. we need a little bit of rain. we need a little bit more than we're probably going to get. rainfall amounts today

. >>> let's talk to jerry edwards about that right now.hat are the conditions like downtown and around town? >> welcome back. good morning to you. good morning, everyone. astray see mentioned it, it does appear everyone heeded the warnings. the good news is no major backups occurred during the height of the morning commute. the vol assume appeared to be a little lighter than normal. dulles toll road, crews are h g hanging wire over the road which will force them to belong all lanes both directions out near hunter mill road. right now it appears traffic is moving again. if you're headed to the toll road or airport lanes, you may be held up just a couple of minutes. nothing to fear. they're get traffic moving again. let's head over and check out interstate 270 northbound and southbound with the work zone in the usual spot right now with the left lane closed. very little if any delay whatsoever. barbara, back to you. >> all right, jerry. thank you. >>> that heightened security downtown is also causing problems for people who live around the c

jerry edward sincere here with the details. good morning. >> good morning, everyone.things up in virginia, 95 northbound to prince william parkway has just been moved to the shoulder. now lanes are open. unfortunately, it is bumper to bumper all the way up. vdot has lifted restrictions on 95 and 395 with hope that is will help the traffic flow. it is a very tough trip. >>> lanes are open. a lot of volume, unlike yesterday. looks pretty normal as you head south out of german town, crawling toward the german capital. eun? >>> expect traffic and parking restrictions in northwest washington. nuclear security summit continues at the convention center today. sixth street and new york avenue. most streets have been shut down around that area and will remain closed until 8:00 tonight. convention center metro stop will remain closed until tomorrow morning. here's to the believers. the risk-takers. the visionaries. the entrepreneurs... who put it all on the line to build and run their own businesses. at at&t, we know something about that. our company started out in a small lab,