outer loop to the baltimore-washington parkway is closed but inner loop you can go south on the bw parkway and northbound travel unaffected at this particular time. >> jack, thank you. >>> we are working for you this morniut with details abo a federal investigation into that could be impacting your family's food budget. the department of justice is investigating allegations that the top chicken producers e loring production, and sharing data. the allegation datd back to 2008 involve more than a dozen companies including tyson, pilgrim's farms.ansanders and those comps are denying those allegartons. >>> staing next week, restaurants in d.c. could be fined hundre of dollars for giving you a plastic straw. dcs reports the grace period for switching to more environmental friendlstraws is ending. starting on july 1st, d.c.'sde rtment of energy and environment will start issuing fines. restaurants are required keep ome plastic straws on hand f customers with disabilities. >>> this morning, we are working for your money. new research shows it's becoming harder to afford a home in the united state

all lanes s of theouthbound bw parkway are closed.ou canhe srrow sign there and forcing traffic to the outer loop of the beltway.nd the nortide side of the as you're able to go and you have to exit here. this was a deadly pedestrian and run and happened right around midnight. not a lot of information about exactly what happened. we don't know, for example, why that pedestrian was down there on the bw parkway. also no information, no make or model on the vehicle that struck the pedestrian but, obviously, anyone who happened to be in the area and perhaps saw something uspicious, you're asked to contactvariationsinvestigators. we don't have a firm idea how long this will be closed. i'm told there is a rath large debris field down there on the parkway itself, so thereis some cleanup involve as well as some accident documentation, reconstruction that has to be completed before th can open these lanes. right now, ere, the bottom line for commuters, southbound lanes of the bw paway closed. we are in the area of green belt. you'll be

bw parkway diverted to the outer loop of the beltway.ork.ent investigation no word when they are opening those lanes. for now the diversion isn't creating much of a delay yet. so still in good shape. keep in mind if you're on the outer loop you cannot exit to go south on the baltimore-washington parkway. that blocked this part of the investigation. if you're on the inner loop you can continue down toward the district. elsewhere on the beltway in maryland they were working ont outer loop between kennelworth avenue and route 1 college park and that work has been picked up and clear so good news for folks heading that way but not good news in alexandria. late work in this area. you're down to a single left lane through the work zone. very heavy and slow headed south toward the interchange so give yourself extra time. >> rich, thank you. >>> thir-morning, a 13-yeaold is flying on oud nine. yesterday, he received a special honor. >> he became a pilot f the day at joint base andrews. news was there to see him sworn in. >> reporter: inside join

the bw parkway should be cleary for if you're heading out the door shortly. also got an issue o for that we go to jack taylor in the wpot traffic center. >> it is ovehicle off the road n the wood line in this area. you'll also find we had activity out in sterling. 28 southbound btween sterling and left lane blocked and two lanes getting by but very slow still. >>> next on4 "newstoday," a boy fing ago rare disease refuses it eato et l>> we take you to joint bas andrews and introduce you to the military's newest pilot. >> this afternoon, "ellen" welcomes david letterman and r am sandle >>> welcome back. a 13-year-old is flying on cloud nine. erday, he received a special honor. >> he became a pilot for e day at joint base andrews. on joint base andrews, drew reporter: inside joint base andrews, a boy lives out his dream. swearing in 13-year-old o'ryan jolly off to be a pilot for the day. first, a little training in the same simulator the air force trains with. >> good. >> sehow excited he is? it's awesome. >> reporter: a few years ago, o'ryan developed a rare an

crash on the bw-parkway. now, over there is the entrance to the beltway's inner loop. back here the crash se itself, the point of impact, and here today car glass a first aid supplies scattered all about. the suspect driving an in niti car. he was injured in the crash and is recovering in the hospital. now this all began last night at quarles street a kenworth avenue in northeast. police say the suspect ran into a k-9 vehicle and then police start what had they called a follow after the suspect car. it's unclear as to whether or not that follow contributed to the fatal crash. now, d.c. police have some very strict rules about car chases and pursuits. generally it mu involved life and death sittions. this that happened here last night is under investigation by the department of internal affairs. they are looking at what happened here lat night to see if all the procedures were properly followed. pat and . leon, back to you >> all right. quite a mess there on the parkway. thank you, pat collins. >>> a confronta

we'll start you off i-66 eastbound there is a broken down vehicle near fairfax county parkway blocking the left lane. trooper should be behind it. george washington parkway we have work zones northbound near key bridge and the pout run left lane getting by. all the overnight work zones are in the process of clearing or should be. it's a nice quiet morning on 270 out the door earlyeading south frederick towards germantown, e gaithrsburg. 121 a light southbound flow of traffic lots of space between those headlights. that's the very latest. back over to you. >> dave, thank you. >>> a record-numberan of americ is expected to travel this fourth of july. aaa predicts 49 million people will be o the go. the group says most people will be driving. about 4 million will fly. aaa says lower gas prices are the main reason the in travel. >>> and you know it's not just gas prices, eun, overall y.ending is down this independence da

outbound roosevelt near gw parkway. sounds leak we have one -- like we have one land blocked there causing problems. southbound ramp to the inner loop, an accident. slow 95 on northbound in woodbridge, as well. aaron? >> thank you. >>> more on that breaking news in montgomery county. if you live in this area, police are uying you to sta vigilant as you head out this morning. >> police need you to stay away from the area of randolph rod and parklawn drive in rockville. if you liveea in the ar and see something suspicious, police want you to call them. 're told that five people rammed a vehicle into the united gun shop and stole firearms. it's not clear how many were b stolen, police say they recovered three guns fm the sus ct's vehicle. they also found a bag of guns in the neighborhood but no word on where exctly that was. one suspect is dead. he dshed of gunot wounds. four other suspects t are on run. mental health will have a live report coming up -- megan mcgrath will have a live report coming up. >>> we're following

you can see how all the southbound lanes on the parkway were closed. allche trafas detoured on to the beltway, and police are still looking for the driver or drivers who hit mr.johnson. hit and killed him. the latest information is that it appears he was hit more than once. none of the drivers stayed on the scene. so all of them were gone by thei time arrived. now, it is unclear why johnson was on the parkway at that hour. it was about 11:30 la night. there was not a disabled car or a work zone in the area, that wasn't it. they don't know why he was on the side of the road here, what he was doing there. now, they do have broken pieces from some of the cars that they believe are involved in this hit and run. they're taking a look at that, investigtors are looking a those pieces, trying to figure r out more infmation about who may have been invybved. they can come up with a color of a vehicle, or the make and the model, because a this point there are no witnesses, nobody has come forward. they have no lookout for any of the vehicles tha were involved in

. >>> greenbelt here, again, outer loop before bw parkway. two left lanes are getting by the work zone. not seng impact so that's good. the ramps to bw parkway temporarily blocked by the roadwork, as well. as we zoom out, 66 and 95, no issues into town or out of town this morning. verything there is actually looking quite good. no big complains as i mentioned. when we look at prince george's county, the map will kind of pull up for us here this morning. you can see over here as we zoom in a little, everything is looking good into town and o of town. talking about indian head highw highway, branch avenue, pennsylvania avenue, no major issues. guys? >> thank you. >>> this morning when you go to ur car, you may notice hail damag following last ght's severe weather that moved throughre the on. you can see hail falling here in silver spring in the back yard. some of it landed on the de and in the pool there. powerfulll wind actua uprooted trees in other parts of the region. tree fell on to a home under construction and caused extensive damage. dow

take a look at video from a short time ago on the bw parkway.hat is a tour bus on fire. >> that stretch of road needed to be closed so that first responders could put out the fire. let's check in with melissa mollet with an update in your first 4 traffic. >> northbound bw parkway at 197r one nbound lane now getting by that tour bus fire and one southbound lane. both still very slow in directions. as you take a look at the map, you can see the delays both northbound and southbound because of th. westbound leesburg pike at pimmit drive, westbound lanes stowll shut d because water main break. access roads are still getting by. chuck, a beautiful morning out there. >> sure is. the weather is going to keep on getting bett as we go through your friday. a couple of lingering clouds outside this morning. but the cold front is coming on through. the flags out here in northwest washington have turned around to the northwest and the leading edge of cooler and less humid air here for the weekend. current temperates, you won't notice a big drop this morning.

forecast northbound 95 after the parkway, slowdowns there. manassas, 29 floerths of feather north of feathererbed lane, slow. naylor, left lane blocked. loop looking n good right now. no problems on the beltway. corcoran at western avenue, an accident at southn and third strret. accident ported there. >>> we're following breaking news in northeast d.c. police are investigating an overnight damned shooti overnight shooting. megan mcgrath has details. >> reporter: we got word that the victim in this has died. though this shooting now the latestomicide in the district of columbia. now i'm standing here on west virginia avenue. the shooting itself happened here onn corcoran street i northeast. the 1600 block. you see that we still have olice on the scene. they have thissection closed off. just to give you an idea of where we are, if you look at this fence here and these builngs, the brick buildings, that is theck side of gallaudet universit this unfolded at 1:00 this morning. the report came in as the sound of shots fired. this is video that was

southbounat bw parkway, a crash.elays significant as you head inside the beltway. ite slow here this morning. northbound 95 before lorton, still have that crash blocking a lane. bo're slow northbound. centreville, ind 66 near 29, two right lanes get by that crash, fredericksburg northboun of 6 after the parkway, the accident still hanging around. camp springs, beltway inner loop at branch avenua cr on the left shoulder. right now the beltway looks okay overall. look at all of the greenalauryn was tng about. we have rain covering the roadway at this point. spencerville, 198 east of good. >> reporter: road had a crash with a pole and wires down. that's finally cleared. your travel times in maryland, 295 south, 23 miles per hour. top of the inner loop, 27 miles per hour. listen to wtop 103.5 when you hop in your car today. guys? >> thank you. >>> 6:53. this weekend the washington nationals not only added a victory to the season, but the team landed itself in e history books. >> they hit four straight home runs, and it's

earlier issue, outer loop near bw parkway has cleared. we had some of the ramps shutow as well, for the roadwork. that's all gone. the restest beltway is look -- rest of the beltway is looking quite grid. in the di, northbound 295 at suitland parkway, right lane getting by the work zone. on the map, not seeing slowdowns because of that. 66 and 95, oh, clear into town town.ut of and taking a look here at 95 in maryland, 32 to the beltway. therees per hour gets you in ten minutes as you're headed southbound. eun? thank you. >>> many metro riders will hopefully have an easier commute today. >> changes are happening to the huntington-pentagon express shuttle. justin finch is live with details on the changes. justin? >> reporter: hey th aaron, eun, good morning. the goal here to get traffic and people moving swiftly and smoothly. todayress buses beginning will leave directly from the thuntington station from north and south sides and not just one side. you might recall during week one of the shutdown, we did see those buses serving both sides

a dream lost on that bw parkway. on her facebook page, she identified herself as your future dentist. and alongside a cake decorated with dental supplies, she talked about her dream. i've always wanted to be a dentist, and i couldn't imagine myself doing anything else. that came to a violent end monday night on the baltimore-washington parkway. 27-year-old brittany burkes killed in that horrific crash. she was in her honda crv on the side of the road when her car was rear ended by a man speeding away from the cops. brittany burkes, pronounced dead at the scene. she was a third year student at howard university dental school. she was from amhurst new york near buffalo. this is her friend. >> i'm very surprised. and shocked to know that something would happen to someone so nice, so kind. >> reporter: this all beyn monda night in the 4500 block northeast.treet in a car struck a police vehicle and then kept on going. police began a pursuit. the suspect speeds away on to the bw parkway and then slamsmio the side of the ro

potomac falls near the parkway, lanes westbound blocked by the crash. got off the phone with police, two people were transported to the hospital.ks he thin things are shut down because of the cleanup. no major investigation or anything. we'll keep you updated there. eastbound is open. on the beltway, greenbelt, outer loop before bw parkway, two left lanes get by that work zone. and annandale, outer loop near 66, right lane gets by that zone. eun? >> thank you.>> > more americans say they feelsa unfe at work. coming up, we're looking at the heudy and the increase in violence at t workplace. >>> and a reminder to tune in for "ellen" this afternoon. arrison ford stops by. the show airs here 359:. then stick -- >>> even if you haven'teen inside, you'rey pro familiar with the newspaper front pages outside of the newseum. yesterday those pages were left black to relimber jots killed in the past year. 21 journalists died doing their jobs in 2018. that includes the five people killed last june in thecapital shooting. thople don't realize that journalists put ei

george washingnon parkway hbound activity blocking the left lane at slaters lane. expect delays in both directions on metro alert silver and blue lines. broken down train at benning road. >>> this morning, former vice president joe biden ifending his record on race after a tense exchange during night two of the democratic presidential primary debate. s> he was one of ten candidates on the stage lanight. here is a look at all of the candidates who were a part of the debate. ten other candates took part in the debate the night before. it was senator kamala harris who fronted former vice president b joeden about his record. you may remember biden caused controversy earlier this month when he spoke about having a respectful relationship in the '70s and '80s with two senators who opposed desegregation. harris accused him of working with those senators tent african-american students from being bussed to schools. >> but mr. vice president biden do yoree today -- do you agree today that you were wrong to oppose bussing in america then? do you agree? >> i did not oppose bus

freeway so consider using war in which is right there there's krimmer boulevard there's auto mall parkway auto mall will get you between 8 8680 so you have several options, but mission is not a street to be using in addition to that it's the northbound side of mission that's really having a a huge impact on your drive it's backed up all the way out too. scott creek so crawling from scott creek. all the way up to mission south because people wanted up off there and they just can't because of the closure so, of course all continue to track that for you, but also to show you another problem on 6.80 this completely separate but it's south 6.80 and and roddy. they're dealing with a multi vehicle accident here to that's traffic crawling. that's why you're at a whopping 66 minutes to make your way from dublin out to fremont so you have several different issues causing major delays on 6.80 just stay away from it or leave extra early and give yourself some extra time if you want to use 6.80 instead, so we'll continue to track this breaking news story as well as other slowdowns and bridges all have

parkway. a woman was killed. officers say they're purs tng the carhat hit her. she hasn't been identified but the suspect was also injured. he is recovering at the hospital. >>> police say they've arrested lakeisha hazelwood of southeast washingtonnd charged h with arson. they say sheet a fire that damaged auilding on pennsylvania avenue last monday. no one was hurt but the building sustained smoke damage andn mor t dozen windows were blown out of there. officers say tips from the public helped them make this mearrest. >>> tro's police chief wants the u.s. attorney's ofice to review this weekend'sid inct. officers used a stun gunn a man who was coming to the aid of teens he thought were being treated unfairly by police. metro originally said he was interfering with an investigation, but those charges re dropped yesterday. >>> tonight lawmakers will set aside their partisan differences and take part in the annual congressional baseball game. the republicans are looking to end the democrat's winning st eak. they won nine of the past ten matchups. all the proceeds

. >> traveling s on thethbound lanes baltimore-washington parkway this occurred at midnight and outer loop of thebeway have been diverted. olice are expecting to be out there a while longer. if you're on the outer loop you cnot get this to but folks from the inner loop can get to the outer lanes of the bw paray at this hour. at last check, between kenilworthe avenud exit 23 and 25 and route 1 college park are getting by on the right past milling and paving. >> rick, thank you. >>> let's check up on the forecast. storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell, it's thursday morning. how are we looking on this da l >> asng as you like it hot, you'll like the forecast for your thursday.

greenbelt, outer loop before bw parkway, two left lanes are get bng that work zone. the rest of the beltway looks good. in addition, the ramps to bw parkway both directions are blocked by the roadwork that's, of course, just temporary. taking a look at 270 southbound, frederick to the ur, miles per hour gets threw you -- gets you three ere in 26 minutes. llout out to my stress at strawberry knoin gaithersburg. spoke to four classes on friday. they were see sweet. thank you for having me at strawmrry knoll. e coming up. last years' ad campaign was a success for choicehotels.com badda book. badda boom. this year, we're taking it up a notch.ia so in this commewe see baddatwo travelersboom. at a comfort inn with a glow around them, so pe,ple watching will be lik "wow, maybe i'll glow too if i book direct at choicehotels.com". who glows?dd just sbook. badda boom. nobody glows. he gets it. always the lowest price, guaranteed. book now at choicehotels.com with licensed agents available 24/7. it's not just easy. it's having-a-walrus-in-goal easy! roooaaaar! it's a walrus! ye

northbound on the george washington parkway, meteorologist to seismology. single lanes by bridge work. r rock stabilization north spout run a single file getting by tonight and right into august following the 2011 earthquake that never quite the same after the earthquake. to the beltway in virginia, o outer l after georgetown pike, two left lanes getting by the work zone. two right lanes are getting by inner loop. 270, nice and quiet this morning southbound from frederick to ward the lane divide. that is the very latest. back over to tyou. >>nk you, dave. >>> 4:20 is your time. next on "news 4 today," criminals are getting smarter. >> but we're workng for you helping you to tell a scam from the real thing. when we come back, cyb experts explain the latest scams involving your phone andur yo email account, eun. >> this afternoon ellen welcomes kristen bell and maya rudolph. and then news at 4. we'll be right back. ♪ let's get down to business. the business of getting it done. the business of road trips. the business of getting everyone back together. the bus

we will talk more about this issue on bw parkway coming up.t when you hop in your car for the latest on any problems. good morning, chuck. >>> a good tgif to you out there. sun is coming up. officially it's been up about ten minutes now her on t longest day of the year. summer solstice occurs before noon today. what is that? the sun's northernmost extent north of the equator. starting tomorrow, it begins its trek back southbound and believo it or not toow three seconds less daylight than today. come on now! you'll never notice the three seconds! 14 hours and 54 min of daylight today and compared to six months from now, only 9 ho/ s of daylight. in washington 4añ degrees. wids have not come around to the northwest but a breezy day today. it brings lower humidity and lower temperatures just in time for the weekend. your commute today will be unencumbered by raindrops. rain chances down 20% or less. much more active weather out across partssof the grate plain this morning. for us this departing area of low pressure and storminess is rathe unsett

potomac falls, westbound 7 near algonquin parkway, lanes had shut down.hat's cleared out of the way. beltway, inner loop and outer loop, no maesor issu outer loop near 66, right lane is getting by that work zone. taking a look here, canal road a weween arizond fox hal had it shut down temporarily as they tried to get a downed tree out of the y. that's reopened. no problem in northwest. eun? >> thank you. >>> aother traffic warning for you this morning for commuterso ravel from d.c. into virginia. this could impact a lot of you as you head home tonight. vdot has closed an exit on the hov lane near the pentagon. that means you cannot take the hov lanes south across the 14th street bridge anymore unless you plan to travel hov. drivers could previously hop on as a cut-tough and rejoin the main lanes but that option is gone. this is part of the 395 express lanes project set to debut this fall. >>> almost nothing on capitol hill these days isrt bipaan, but going after big tech is an area where there is agreement. today the house judiciary committee announced ne

let's take a look at bp parkway.laysouthbound after powder mill road, right side blocked by an accident. northbound starting to see some slowdowns as folks are lookingr oveo the left. beltw beltway inner loop and outer loop nopr lems. eastbound 66 at 28 one lane blocked in centerville and sterling westbound 7, potomac view is blocked by an accident. listen to 103.5 fm in your car. >>> sports fan, get ready. topgolf is opening this friday n ar national harbor, a activity that is gaining in popularity across the whole country and features a combination of high tech golf games as well as food and beverage. they are in loudon and alexandria and a fourth is set to hope in german t they say the location created 500 full and part-time jobs. >>> here is your cnbc business report. >> i'm frank holland.o dominis teaming up with a robotics company to use unmanned vehicle and the pilot program rolled out in houston area later on this year. when you place an order online, track r2 and get your peas that unlocks a compartment with

>> i don't want my dad to get lost in the news as just a name, just another hit and run on the bw parkway. his name was mark johnsonsr., and he has a lovingife, family, grandkids who all want to see his killer brought to justice. >> reporter: johnson was 52 yearserold, the fath to five sons. he had 13 grandchildren. he had gs own plumbin business. in fact, he was on his way to an emergency call when hegot stranded. >> unfortunately we're here now because so coward decided to hit my father and leave him on the side of the road. >> reporter: it happened just before midnight on thei southbound s of 495. u.s. park police say at least one, possibly more, cars hit johnson. none of them stopped. no witnesses have come forward.u >> i need yoto listen to me and i need you to remain calm, okay. >> reporter: his wife pamela having to tell their sons th their father is gone. she and johnson were high school sweet hearts. she shared their prom picturero f decades ago. she said he was a hard working provider who didn't deserve to die this way. >> hopefully whoever did this will have aheart and decide t

the bw parkway,en sc of the crash.d, notes that appeared to have come from ade tal school and items that appear to be used by a dentist. the victim in the crash described as a woman in her 20s. her rcrv ca stoppe

we now know a woma died in monday night's crash on the bw parkway. a suspect on the run from police hit her car in green belt near the ramp to 495. the woman hasn't been identified. earlier in the evening, the suspect allegedly ran into a police cruiser in northeast d.c. >>> a tip helped detectives find a woman caught on camera lighting a fire intm an aparent buildice lobby. poli say that lakesha hazelwood set the fire that damaged a building last monday. on pennsylvania avenue southeast. more than a dozen windows were blown out and there was smoke damage throughout the building. no one was hurt. >>> metro's police cef is asking the u.s. attorney's office to review this stun gun case. a man was tased by a transitff oer over the weekend. the man said he was trying to nglp a group of teenagers he thought was bei treated unfairly by police. metro originally said he was interferingith an investigation. charges have been dropped against the passenger and the teens. >>> the national rifle association is pulling the plug on nra tv. >> according to "tew york

he ran out of gas while on the bw parkway. the driver didn'tstop. lost in t want my dad the news as just a name, an sden, another hit and run on bw parkway. his nakmas mark johnson sr. and he has ain lovg wife and grandkidssa >> police it's possible that more than one car hit johnson and none of them stopped. the family is asking for any witnesses to come forward. >>> today, the self-proclaimed white supremacist convicted of killing heather heyer in 2017 with be sentenced. heyer was a protester in ate whi nationa nationalist protest in charts lots lotsvil charlottesville. field's attorney says because he was 22 and had a traumatic ch dhood, he doesn't deserve life in prison. >>> june 28th will now be known as freedom of the press day in maryland. gerald bshman, ro and wendy and fiveho s dead. the gazette was award. ed a pulitzer prize for its time recovering the news while in grief. the shooter has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity and is awaiting vial. >irginia beach community is remembering peoplewho were murdered in a senseless act of viol

>>is a all the way back to return parkway right before written parkway which is where it's going to come to a crawl as you approach the tolls and then after that it's going to pick up. averaging 18 minutes and to the north bay which is not too bad, but a bit heavy. they bridge traffic up coming up maybe just a little bit for some of the cash for years, but overall you are still stacked up from west grand and i'm noticing. it's getting a little crowded coming from the 80 over crossing that was clear early orit just means that folks are getting a later start on friday, doesn't mean you're not going to get heavy traffic and it's just not backe up all the way through the maze so you're getting a little break at 14 minutes for the drive over to the fremont street exit. the e shores quiet recovering from earlier crashes only 20 minutes from crack it open to oakland that is but wide open on west 24 and 5.80 west approaching downtown oakland, the nimitz minor crowding 60 minutes in 2.38 to 9.80. >>it says about who will and won't be at the warriors game tonight on the court and and in the stands

parkway northbound, left lane is getting by. take a look in woodbridge northbound 95 prosecute 123 right lane is getting by that zone. 66 into town and out of town is just fine. aaron? >> thank you. >>> we are followingbrking news concerning escalating tensions between the u.s. and iran. >> "the new york times" is reporting that president trump had approved a military strike against iran but then abruptly called it off. the strike would haveeen in retall yas r retaliation of downed unmanned drone. the times isul citing mtiple anonymous senior administration officials who are eitherin olved in or briefed on the de liberations. the white house and the pentagon have not commented on "the times" report and nbc news is w aking to confirm work to go confirm an overnight report on reuters that is reporting the president sent a message to iran asking for talks. we will keep you updated on this breaking news. >>> a vigil will be held tonight to honor kamal nashid who was killed whenas he wit by a car in his home in bowie. the vigil will

fairfax, northbound fairfax county parkway a braddock crash there.oute one, dark traffic lights until 8:00 a.m. ron? >> thank you. 5:31. >>> we're following a developing story from new york stay.ic cofls say tim mccormack was partnering a heer that crashed in midtown manhattan yesterday afternoon. he was killed. no one else was injured. the crash, though, did cause panic and confusion among the people working inside that -story office building. they were forced to evacuate. we'll have a live report from new york city coming up in our ext half hour. >>> also this morning, the investigation into why that crash happened is just beginning. >> officials say mccormack was an experienced pilot. the question is did he stray into restricted airspace because of an emergency? >> go into the area, a helicopter would need the l appro laguardia tower. we need to find out if that happened or not. we do not know at this point. >> new yo has some of the most tightly controlled airspace in the country. those restrictions became each tighter after presidentrump was ele

we are also lookingat cronultit westbound 205 in mountain house parkway.ane is blocked in the area and speeds were already slow and now they are getting even slower, getting down to 30 miles per hour. there is a high wind advisory on the ultimate pass. so keep that in mind for super commuters coming in from tracy. taking a look at the 500 8680 dublin interchange. it's a little tough to see, but a lot of traffic out there. traffic is really backing up. and you can see that it is moving pretty slowly in the commute direction. 880 looking a little different, look at that, moving along pretty nicely. this is near the oakland coliseum. and we want to take a look at your southbay drive times, travel times are all in the green right now on major freeways in the southbay, one- to-one 85 280 and 87 not looking too bad. the bay bridge toll plaza, metering lights are on right now, so the traffic is starting to back up a bit. a little heavy but not too bad across the span. here is a look at the bridge times. 101, golden gate bridge, looking like 19 minutes along 101.

prince william parkway northbound a crash at sudley manner drive. here are two more. back to you. >> jack, thank you. >>> she is not even 5 months old but has seen more than we have. she landed in alaska yesterday and officially checking off all 50 states from her list.en her par wanted families across the nation to meet their daughter so they hit the road and they are planning their next cross-country road trip where they hope to spend more time in the state. >> that smile wonderful! >> she has do . >>> researchers discovered a new dinosaur species. so exciting. >> look at a computer animation. the dinosaur is abt five feet long and traveled on two feet. look at that. researchers believe it lived in brazil, at the time, was a desert. they also sa it had a unique claw noticed in its fossils. archeologists who come up with the image. apparently it was from a ar cnivore. >> it's cute on the animation but not when you got to confront it. >>> coming up on "news4 today," good news for those of you who get up early.nc your chaes of getting a certain illness is maybe lower t

northbound gw parkway pushed off in inbound memorial bridge. think of 110 instead. looking at 66 and 95, no issues. had thero earlier pblem in chan tilly. that is gone. beltway inner loop and outer loop construction has disappeared from our system. 70 to 270 you're going 70eriles p hour will take you 26 minutes. eun? >> thank you, melissa. >>> a richmond woman had to go to hospital over the weekend in dominican republic. on sunday, skyler was admitted to the hospital after six hours of vomiting and losing consciousness. >> i've had infections before. i've had stomach viruses and had food poisoning and this was something i hadn't been in good health could have been really, really, really dangerous. >> this all comes on the heels of reports of nine americans who receny died at resorts in the country including prince georges county coupleme nathaniel hol and cynthia day.he t has not been an up tick an themerican deaths reported in the dominican republic. >>> new details about alexander perez. the latest personn arrested i the connection of former red sox player shootin

top of the beltway, when you're talking about into town and out of town on 95, bw parkway, all of that is just fine. capitol heights, southern avenue between massachusetts and ridge road southeast, we have the road shut down for police activity there. 66 and 95, looki good into town and out of town. and southbound here on 270, 69 miles per hour gets threw you there -- gets you there i 26 minutes. >> thank you. >>> we're followingng developi story out of the dominican republic. former red sox slugger david ortiz is in theospital after being shot in an ambush. >> he's in stable condition after undergoing surgery. police say last night two men approached hip at a bar and shoa nearly pointblank range. one of the suspects was captured and beaten by a crowd at the bar. e other ran off. no word on a motive for the shooting. ortiz is from the dominican republic and regarded as a national hero. the 43-year-old helped the red soxn withrough world series titles. he retired in 2016. >>> the man accusedof caus chaotic moments between capital pride festivities is set to be in court. cell phone video

all southbound lanes of the bw parkway are shu. not said about the suspect or person killed in this incident. "news4 today" has a crew on the way to the scene and much more later this morning. let's check in withw t rich hunter for a look the roads and the rest of your commute. >> traveling s on thethbound lanes baltimore-washington parkway this occurred at midnight and outer loop of thebeway have been diverted. olice are expecting to be out there a while longer. if you're on the outer loop you cnot get this to but folks from the inner loop can get to the outer lanes of the bw paray at this hour. at last check, between kenilworthe avenud exit 23 and 25 and route 1 college park are getting by on the right past

outer loop a little slow because of a work zone as you're approabw parkway. that's your sticking point there. into town, out of townhrough prince george's county no proble >>> 5:31 right now. the first black mayor of upper marlbo is leaving office. she's taken office she'seen news 4's meghan mcgrath has the bullyi she says she was the in a written statement mayor tonga turner talks about her excite excitement about resign during a town hall meeting endure since taking office a rner is the first marlbo angel solace was at that meeting at tow and she was challe that mayor turner was facing at she explained a lot about receiv threing emails and being called certain words from her constituents her tires have been slashedrom what i understand. >> rep a spokesperso resign because of incidents of family the mayor leaves office, it's effect her resignation, june 21st. back to you. do we know what happens now that she's announced she will step down? >> rep certainly the filled that will take place soon. consenla polic month after the studen brought play money onto tif

. >>> one lane on the northbound end of the gw parkway will remain closed indefinitely. the national parks service is working on a long-term fix for the sinkhole that opened up last month. crews are having trouble coming up with a permanent solutiat th would prevent another collapse. there is no timeline for when the repairsould happen. >>> people from all over the world travel to d.c. to visit the smithsonian seums. >> one tour was special. these people are descendants of james smithson's family. smithson died childless as did a never off who was the lone heir clause bequeathed smithson's fortune to the establishment of an american institution devoted to science. from there, the smithsonian was born as a gift to the nation. patrick hungerford is a descendant ofssmithson' mother. he arranged the trip. >> he'd been brought up with the namesrld where hereditary and titles and families were quite a burden on the way he wanted to live and also a burden on the diffusion o knowledge. so he liked the idea that here was a country that had none of thatcl ter. >> he was trying to

chopper 4 over the bw parkway, no problems outer loop or inner loop or bw parkway. as you look at the map, you see the tiniest slowdown outer loop approaching georgia avenue. no major delay. northwest, we have the slowdown because of the shooting investigation. pennsylvania avenue between 7th and 10th closed because of the police activity. 9th shut down between d and constitution enue. as we zoom out, 66 and 95, no major issues. hanover, though, if you' headingrthbound on bw parkway, go as far as the 175. after that, the left lane is the only lane getting by the milling and paving project. aaron? >> thank you. >>> we're following breaking news in the district this morning. police are blocking oow streets down following gunfire near the department of justice. >> this is playing out at pennsylvania and 9th streets northwest. megan mcgrath live with more. what's the latest? >> reporter: the closure is ill in place. if you look behind me, i'm standing at 9th and d streets. you see that traffic is being turned aroundhere. not sure for how much longer. to give you context

ed talking about ro 1, bw parkway, northbound, southbound, looking quite good. aaron? >> tha k you. >>>4:32. new this morning, more parents are accused of lyinger about wh they live so their kids can go to school for free in the tr dist. according to attorney general carlracine, six maryland parents owe a total of $320,000 in unpaid tuition, damages, and fines. those parents now face lawsuits that claim they allegedly lied about thei residencen so that they could avoid nonresidents tuition. this is not the first time parents have been accused of cheating the system. last year suits were filed gainst six maryland parents accused of faking their residency to send their kids to prestigious d.c. schools. >>> we have a warning about fake money that's floating around st. mary's count there are several cases where money used in movies is being used to buy items for sale on line. so here's how this is happening -- the b will meet the seller and instead of paying for the items with real money, they're using this phony money. if are you meeting somebody that you don't know for a

along the bw parkway, darcy spencer, news 4. >> quite a loving fami he leaves behind there. riht now police say they don't have a descriion of that car. they are asking anyone wh may have witnessed the crash please come forward. wendy. >>> more now on that break news out of arlington, that large tree limb falling and killing a oman who was walking along the path. news 4's jackie bensen just got live at the scene to tell us what she'sne lear from there. >> reporter: wendy, no wind, no storm. the randomness of this is part of the tragedy. we have some video of what it looked like when police were out here on this path in a section of arlington known a lucky run. very, very popular with people to use to walk their dogs and their children, get fresh air. 1:45 this afternoon, a woman was walking on this path and an enormous tree limb crashed down and, unfortunately, she did not survive those injuries. arlington county police responded. they did an investigation here as they always do cndalled it a death investigation. a short time ago we spoke to ashley savage. she is the public

laurel, northbound bw parkway after 197, left lane blocked. again, disabled vehicle there.and, 270 looks okay. top of the beltway, outer loop, 32 miles per hour rig now as you look in virginia. 34 miles per hour. inbound on 66 because of that problem, fairfax county parkway, and northbound looking good, 56 miles per hour. enn't ask for much better than that. o wtop 103.5en f.m. wh you hop in your car today. guys? >>> thk you. 6:54. get ready fic new mus from prince. today would have been the artist's 61st birthday. the new album is being released tocelebrate. the album called "hoinls ""orig have unreleased tracks. some include "nothing compares to yo" for sinead o'connor and with the hit "moonic monday." ne will be erywhere on 21st. >>> the redskins wrapped up mini camp on thursday, bu that doesn't mean that work stops for all-star corner josh rman. >> norman has filled his offseason by helping people all over the country, and he's looking to get right back into it ofore the season start course. in the last few months he's been traveling around the country helping all sorts

the bw parkway,en sc of the crash. a curious find, notes that appeared to have come from ade tal school and items that appear to be used by a dentist. the victim in the crash described as a woman in her 20s. her rcrv ca stopped on the shoulder, rammed suddenly by a man on the run from police. the victim's car broke apart by the collision. the victim pronounced dead at the scene, the park w with northbound lanes shut down for about five hours. this is the spot. theot of that terrible crash on the bw parkway. now over there is the entrance to the beltway's inner loop. back herehe crash site itself, the point of impact, and hereda toy car glass and first aid capplies scattered all about.iv thhe wasec injsuuredsprt din t recovering in the hospital. now this all began last night at quarles street and kenworth avenue in northeast. police say the suspect went into a k-9 vehicle and then police started what they called a follow after the suspect car. it's unclear as to whether or not that followed contribut to the fatal crash.

a reminder that at northbound bw parkway near 175, if you're headed that far north on bw parkway, stillave the worth just the left >>> whether e weekend brings rain or shine, there are a lot of events going on inside and outside of the d.c. region. >> news4's tommy mcfly shows what's up for your weekend. >> reporter: here's to pride, jazz, and adult apple cider. i'm tommy mcfly with what's on tap for your weekend. first, thd.c. youth orchestra will be performing a live, free concert on the steps of the lincoln memorial. that happens saturday rain or shine at 6:30. >>> the d.c. jazz st currently making beautiful music on four stages on the wharf in southwest d.c., and they're bringing the music, echoing to all eight wards with jazz in the hood.i this cool because they are makingnyazz available on so ma stages at so many venues, with many free concerts in all eight wards of the district. >>> alexandria, you're getting your first cidery, like a niewery where they make cider. lost boy cidery is this weekend with two days, tomorrow and sunday, noon to 9:00. plenty of activities, food, fun, m

track lanes are a little bit heavier than the cash lanes folks creeping along here from richmond parkway that's where it starts right now continuing up to the toll plaza, you know it goes back and forth stretches beyond richard parkway sometimes harbor and then sometimes marina, it's just off and on but 15 minutes to make it out to want to watch. we're checking in on 80 the drive from oakland to san francisco pretty good i don't see any problems here not right now. it is backing up into the maze and so like that for a couple of hours so 16 minutes that's decent and normal to make the drive into san francisco, here's a trouble spot. this is just outside of livermore if you use 84 as a short cut between 5 8680 major accident here at ruby hill involving several vehicles they've been dealing with this for about an hour. so that last check the westbound side was closed eastbound getting through you can see it's causing major delays at times backing that will be on isabel so just keep that in my 84, not looking so good for you this morning, 24 is quiet one creek to oakland and so was and the n

and yes, it's growing, but it's only to return parkway so that's where it starts. it will continue right through the tolls but overall it is quiet across the span into the north bay and the easy 12 minutes to make your way to one on the bay bridge, there's a little bit of a line in the carpool lanes on the far left-hand side from that connector. but that's it we're not seeing the usual back up so perhaps some folks are out of town taking the day off just not on the roads right now 15 minutes after fremont street. and i'll give you one more the san mateo bridge a little crowded but trouble free hot spot free. a very quick 13 minutes from the nimitz to the bayshore james. >>all right, thank you very much rob and time now 71 new this morning, a driver now under arrest for driving drunk after crashing his pickup, you know, nice bay restaurant we're live on the scene with kron four's christina tetreault and pleasant help christina. >>shocking scene and as you can see behind me hours later crews are still cleaning up the area. there used to be an entire basically wall of

we have a couple things happen inner loop after route 1, rig outer loop at bw parkway, two outer loop at braddock loop this a crash i was talking about, columbia eastbound 32. right there as you're about to not causing too much of an westbo is open. aaron? 4:02. the first black mayor of upper attack she sa last day in office some voters sai they hadno >> no one as a whole in the night when she resigned. being calledo certains from the town will have to hold an p virginmary voting. in arlington the incumbent was beat. it was by fewer than 800 votes. long-t supervisor jef we're to have a board of common virginia but in day. he made headlines over s a recept they are married. he served time in jail four deal. open the nbc washington app and the faa said the pot who was the clouds were thick and you crash. here's nbc news aviation analyst jeff gozetti talking about why weathe which way is down and you have >> and we may never know what invest say there iso it was not required to be on the choppe you hear mofrom him today students at sousa middle classr it's closed for days someon broke in

a backup on the nimitz almost from dixon landing and southbound it's getting slow from autumn all parkway so quite crowded in both directions southbound as the commute side, it's not all that bad and at least not for now 29 minutes from to 38 to 2.37, we'll stay on top of this hot spot and have another traffic check coming up in a bit. meanwhile, hello summer in hello >>officially summer down to if you're heading up into the sierra for the first weekend of summer do expect some comfortable weather today. some toasty temperatures tomorrow. it means more snow melts and more water making its way to yosemite falls as you can see is flowing it really nicely this morning as for the start of summer, here's a couple of facts about it today you're getting the light you get year long and the sun is also at its highest position in the skies after today. days just gradually get shorter and shorter now we are looking at some are having really just started within the past 30 minutes, 08:54am was official start to summer and how much daylight are we getting today well over 14 hours of it so hope you enj

, which isjust of the stops between here and bristol parkway, which is just north of the city of bristolewport and cardiff. one hour and a5 minutes, they claim. and they would say it is going to be terrific. we need competition against gwr, which has had the franchise from here to south wales and also bristol and devon and cornwall for the past 23 yea rs devon and cornwall for the past 23 years without any competition from those along whole journeys. what is the government saying about that? well, the department for transport has responded to this application by grand union and then —— by saying, hang ona grand union and then —— by saying, hang on a minute. there is going to be what they call abstraction, taking cash away from dwr and when the department for transport awards these trade franchises, it is done on the basis of what they think the train operator will earn, so that is a problem and the grand union say that they will be cutting to get prices to the normal fares so they will be cheaper than gwr and they also say that they will have a range of advanced tickets. but on top of th

and yes, it's growing, but it's only to return parkway so that's where it starts. it