coming up, of course, we'll update you on the situation in langley park. back to you, mike. >> thank you, monika. quick check of the weather now, olga breese is in for howard this morning. wow, big change in the last 24 to 48 hours. >> the cold air has moved on in. we got cold winds. this morning, temperatures are really dropping down. many locations right now have some clear skies, even a few passing clouds from time to time. but in all, it will be a very cold start. as you get out the door this morning, we're sitting in the 20s outside the beltway near 30 degrees in town. and things are going to be on the bitter side at least until about 9:00 or 10:00 this morning with temperatures remaining in the 30s. then by noon, we should get a little bit closer to the 40 degree mark. we're definitely looking at the possibility of seeing some more of that cloud cover beginning to take on over as we head into the afternoon and the evening hours. so, here's what we look like in and around the beltway at the present time. the forecast over the next three days is going

>> two people have died in an accident in langley park. we've been telling you about this morning. inside the beltway, university boulevard is blocked at piney branch road. will you want to avoid the area because the investigation is going to take awhile. if you're planning to head into this area and you need to get to the beltway or around it to the west, you have several options. route 29, you have flower avenue and sleigh go creek. to the east, you have new hampshire avenue. last chance northbound will be carroll avenue. go ahead and use the alternate routes. if you're planning to use university boulevard north on the belt way itself, you're going to be fine. let's take a look live at the police activity there. again, university boulevard here blocked at piney branch road. a very serious situation here. it will be there for awhile. plan early this morning. i'm going to take you also to a live picture here in springfield. northbound 95 is still quiet here at route 644. if you're exiting to the outer loop, just past the 95 interchange, watch out for the accident. that one just rep

see a few friends and loved ones of these two young victims come here to the accident scene in langley park. one of those friends, walker said she could of been in the car when it crashed last night saying her girlfriends and invited her for night on the town, but she decided to stay home instead. too to know tragedy, 18-year-old walker said she lost her best friend thursday morning. >> it hurts because i did not get to say goodbye. >> she says she and tamara johnson had dinner tuesday and spoke about fashions and boys. >> so much i want to say to her. >> johnson died along with the driver of the suv 22-year-old jenice richards. the only survivor, desaleen james, was hospitalized in this tragedy. >> it is very sad because we are celebrating with family at this time right. now it is a sad moment for the families. >> richards was driving east on university amount 3:00 a.m. when she drove across three lanes hit an embankment, and landed in this yards on a retaining wall. >> investigators have marked what they think is the path of travel. >> as the document the path of the suv download, it goes

their car was headed eastbound on university in langley park when it left the road and crashed in front of a house. >> words cannot explain right now. >> she will always be my heart. >> a third woman, and 18-year- old is in the hospital. her condition is not known. authorities don't know if speed or alcohol were factors in the crash. >>> we know the names of the drivers involved in wednesday's deadly clash between metrobus. 49-year-old -- and the bus driver was lanita bryant. >>> jennifer donelan is in the newsroom on 2012 in otiowa. >> the first state is set to vote. one of the six major candidates appear to be breaking out ahead of the pack. the republican race heats up this final weekend of 2011, with mitt romney looking at the 2012 election with growing excitement. >> i feel like breaking into 76 trombones, but i will not do that right now. >> that is the former massachusetts governor finding himself leading the pack nationally. newt gingrich now struggling behind four points. romney poll numbers rose 5% while gingrich slid down 14. >> who do you think could stand on the same platfo

. >> this happened in the langley park area. to a graphic first so i can give you some perspective. right here inside the beltway, university boulevard blocked at piney branch road north of langley park or south of eastern middle school and the beltway. your options are great, actually. you've got a few options on the east and west side of this. route 29 to the west. new hampshire avenue to the east. what i suggest to you is the investigation is going to take awhile. avoid the area altogether. give police the space they need to do their work there. it is going to be there for awhile. again, university boulevard and tiny branch road is what's blocked right now. we'll go to a live picture from our mdot camera to show you what's going on with the police activity there. and again, it is going to be blocked there for awhile. we'll show you the beltway on the north side of town. if you're one of those drivers who travel through silver spring, we'll go to a travel land camera. the beltway is not affected. once again, university bouleva

coming up in my next report, we'll talk more about langley park at 6:24. mike?> thank you, monika. coming up on 6:15, most of the students are off for the week but the cool schools bus keeps on rolling. this week, we're stopping in the district. can making fettucine teach you something about life? it sure can. you'll see where when you meet the stars of this week's cool schools. we got a taste of an after school program called classy kids cook. >> hi, come on in! >> put it on your hand like play-doh. >> s squish it, mash it, pound it. >> it is kind of rough. >> you're looking at the beginning of fettucine alfredo. >> you're going to make a dough ball. it is going to look like pasta. >> i do like pasta. >> how do you like it best? >> i just like it plain. >> classy kids cook, a summer camp and after school program where measuring ingredients is just the beginning. >> what does this say over here? >> tablespoon. >> we need one tablespoon. >> she spent two decades in the financial services industry and decided to give it all up to follow her dream. out of this gard

and jenice richards, 22, and tamara nicole johnson, 19 died in a crash in langley park. police are still investigating the causes of both of those crashes. >>> four amdays until iowa. mitt romney is back on top in the latest polls. but ron paul and rick santorum are moving ahead of where they work. >> jennifer donelan joins us from the newsroom. good morning. >> good morning. [no audio] the republican race. it's up this final weekend of 2011 with mitt romney looking at the 2012 election with growing excitement. as i feel like breaking into 76 trombones, not that good a singer. >> he leads the pack nationally. newt gingrich is struggling behind. gingrich slid down 14 points after surging ahead earlier. >> who can be firm enough and decisive enough to defeat barack obama? >> his battle up to run against obama got a boost from who filed the lawsuit to getting rich on the super tuesday ballots in virginia in march. gingrich did not make the cut because it failed to secure 10,000 signatures. cornell all the candidates will have to focus on iowa. >> i believe the future of ame

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negocios del Área esta causa los uniÓ dora hilda escobar empresaria "venimos muchos aÑos acÁ a langley parkmpre viene a recoger su comidita, y estÁn pendiente de este dÍa tan bonito para ellos donde podemos compartir de lo poco que tenemos con ellos" dendry aguilar empresaria "hemos estado desde temprano con ellos, empacando cajas tomando lista y ayudando a la gente a moverse y ha sido para nosotros un gran placer. invitamos a la gente que no participo con nosotros este ano que se unan el prÓximo ano porque necesitamos mas participaciÓn"silvana quiroz stand up "una bolsa de harina, otra de frijoles, una de fideos sopas y muchos vÍveres que cientos de voluntarios donantes y empresarios han traÍdo hasta este lugar para que mas de 400 familias puedan tener una cena de navidad desde el corazÓn de langly park silvana quiroz univision" hay buenas noticias para los conductores que transitan el puente de la calle once en washington despues de dos aÑos de construccion, finalmente se abrira un nuevo sector del puente este domingo.. se espera que haya menos congestionamiento vehicular en la carretera

we'll take you over to -- this is a live picture from sky 9 in langley park where there is an accident westbound on university boulevard right before new hampshire avenue. you can see crews are on the scene. it is a tough situation here as well in langley park westbound on university boulevard here at new hampshire avenue. back over the map on the bw parkway, southbound before the beltway, there had been an accident causing delays. out of the roadway, very heavy through that area and inside the beltway as well. a quick look at the beltway, both loops of connecticut avenue, watch out for accident activity on the left side of the road. cobbling up in my next -- coming up in my next report, another look at the area. >>> in tennessee, it was a no tweet, no text challenge. >> high school students were offered extra credit in exchange for giving up their high tech lifestyles. no cell phones, no computer, no ipod, not even a rayio in the -- not even a radio in the car. going old school for a week was the goal of the exercise. as you might have predicted, most students didn't make it. >> i got

their life after their suv veered out of control at university boulevard and langley drive in langley park. tom has more. >> such a sad story leon, this card that the ladies wore it up early this morning was heading east down university boulevard. for some reason, it left the roadway and impacted the brick wall. the car came to rest on top of the wall. two women died of the scene, and tonight a vigil was held on the spot where they died. tonight, her mother mourned at the spot where her 19-year-old daughter lost her life early this morning. the police still have not determined why the car that she was in crashed. >> we are still waiting for answers. >> the police say the car was driven by a 22-year-old, who also died. for some reason, the car left the road and crashed in front of this house. the graduated from high point high-school and one of the girls was taken to hospital. tonight, there were pictures, candles, and a lot of tears. >> we will miss her so much. >> among those at the vigil, the man who lived in the crash -- in the house where the crash happened. >> it is terrible. somebody

romantica de nuestra region llevaran la alegria de la navidad a nuestra comunidad en la zona de langley park meta de los oficiales es recaudar alimentos para distribuir unas 300 canastas de comestibles a las familias mas necesitadas.. . esta campana navidena tendra lugar este proximo viernes 16 entre las 6 de la manana y las seis de la tarde. en chile tras una maratoniana operacion que se extendio durante mas de 20 horas, un equipo medico logro separar esta madrugada a unas hermanas siamesas de 10 meses, unidas por el torax y la pelvis, en un caso definido como uno de los mas complejos y de alto riesgo que se haya realizado en el pais... la intervencion se inicio en la maÑana del martes y finalizo esta madrugada, con la intervencion de mas de 25 profesionales que se fueron rotando a lo largo de la operacion... en honduras varias periodistas fueron golpeadas por militares y policias durante una manifestacion por las calles de tegucigalpa por el asesinato de 24 comunicadores sociales registrados en el pais entre 2003 y lo que va de 2011, denuncio una de las organizaciones de la marcha... en pr

that means you can get up to the beltway from silver spring and from langley park and takoma park. you may want to avoid it because they're still lot of activity. the eastbound side of university boulevard is still closed. you cannot get back down from the beltway. that is how things are so far. back to you. >> thank you. >>> widespread 20s this morning to start the day. let's check in with the weatherbug network to get the latest numbers. 30 degrees in alexandria, 26 in mclean, 24 in gainesville 25 in leesburg. a cool start to the day. you wanted and had and gloves this morning. mid 40's this afternoon with increasing clouds, seasonable temperatures. a little more tomorrow morning in the 30's low to mid 50's in the afternoon. that is where we will be through the weekend. still looks like some of the coldest air so far this season is on the way by tuesday. >>> our other top story, investigators trying to figure out what happened in the. metrobus and a pickup truck collided yesterday afternoon on rockville pike. >> part of rockville pike was shut down several of was, creating a traf

muchos negocios del Área esta causa los uniÓ dora hil escobar empresaria "venimos muchos aÑos acÁ a langley parkempre viene a recoger su comidita, y estÁn pendiente de este dÍa tan bonito para ellos donde podemos cocompartir de lo poco que tenemos con ellos" dendry aguilar empresaria "hemos estado desde temprano con ellos, empacando cajas tomando lista y ayudando a la gente a moverse y ha sido para nosotros un gran placer. invitamos a la gente que no participo con nosotros este ano que se unan el prÓximo ano porque necesitamos mas participaciÓn"silvana quiroz stand up "una bolsa de harina, otra de frijoles, una de fideos sopas y muchos vÍveres que cientos de voluntarios donantes y empresarios han traÍdo hasta este lugar para que mas de 400 familias puedan tener una cena deavidad desde el corazÓn de langly park silvana quiroz univision" hay buenas noticias para los conductores que transitan el puente de la calle once en washington despues de dos aÑos de construccion, finalmente se abrira un nuevo sector del puente este domingo.. se espera que haya menos congestionamiento vehicular en la carretera