adelphi northbound is now open. travel times in virginia looking good. 95 northbound 395 north, 66 east everybody moving along pretty well there. same thing 2750 southbound german town to the beltway. 16 minutes. outer loop 95 to 270, 11 minutes. i'm back in ten. >>> would you ever think twice about wearing your yoga pants in public? it could soon be a costly mistake in one state. why a law maker calls them indecent. >>> also ahead, calling for immediate changes. the safety demands being made of metro after a deadly accident one month ago. >> and your weather [ female announcer ] business travel isn't just about the going. it's also about the going home. and being connected all along the way. whether you're working or recharging do business travel on your terms. acela. take off. >>> today the ntsb will show us the damaged third rail from last month he's smoke emergency. instead of pushing smoke out of the tunnel, fans pulled the smoke in toward the passengers. the train drew smoke inside as well because its ventilat

but the detour headed west is between 43rd avenue and adelphi road. we have a couple of state highway crews, but we're not seeing any of the wssc crews. so the repair work has not yet started. it looks like they have one of those metal keys respect maybe that is a wssc employee they're trying to turn some valves off. but as for now, the water still flowing and they have not yet begun the repair work. so this is going to be something that is with us for a while this morning. so keep in mind can't go west on east-west highway through the hyattsville area. megan mcgrath, news 4. >>> 5:17. tonight muslims will gather at dupont circle to remember three college students murdered near the university of authority carolina. council on american islamic relations is holding that vigil at 6:30 tonight. last night thousands of unc, nc state and duke students put aside their differences to remember the victims. 46-year-old craig hicks is charged with the murders. many are calling it a hate crime against muslims. so far police believe the shootings were the result o

westbound side of 410 was blocked completely near adelphi road.'re told maybe one lane able to squeeze by. i'd still avoid it if i were you. 66 not to avoid but slow heading into manassas, centreville, fair lakes into fair observes. a hangup out of stafford on 95, a crash fortunate of 630 -- north of 63 in the right lane. more -- 630 in the right lane. more volume north getting into springfield. >>> a fight between hershey and the companies that import british chock had into the -- chocolate into the u.s. >> a story of a candy embargo which could affect the kind of chocolates you can buy in the future. [ multiple voices ] >> we'll be back in 25 and update your traffic and weather. >> for news, weather and traffic 24 hours a day, use the r our mobile app -- use our mobile app. >> take care, everybody. >>> good morning. it is thursday, february 12th 2015. welcome to "cbs this morning." cbs news has lost a member of our family. th is morning we honor the legacy of "60 minutes" correspondent bob simon. >>> president obama's request for war powers agai

prince george's county police are trying to figure out how a woman died in adelphi. we know she was found at an apartment on edwards way just before noon. she had trauma to her upper body and died a short time later. but there's still a lot more to learn about how this happened. police are looking into it. news4's tracee wilkins is there on the scene. she's been talking not only to the police but the folk who is live there as well. she's going to have a lot more new information about what they said coming up in just a few minutes on news 4 at 5:00. at the live desk chris lawrence. >>> thank you, chris. now some stories we're working on in our newsroom right now. he's one of the nba's biggest names on the court. now he's facing some heat for what he said about a woman right in the middle of a game. plus one year later, it's the crime that stunned a northern virginia community. now the living legacy of a music teacher who was gunned down in her own home. >>> police say it's one of the most horrifying cases they've ever seen. a young boy kidnapped but it was all a hoax.

. >>> and again hyattsville east-west highway between adelphi road and 43rd all, all lanes blocked there and also northbound is blocked. alternate is route 1 because of a water main break. we're sending megan mcgrath out there to get shallome shots from the ground. 95 in and out of town no problems in maryland. same thing bw parkway. 66 looking quite good. same thing 95 in virginia northbound and southbound, no major problems there. a little construction here and there. we'll talk about that in the next couple minutes. beltway at colesville rolling along, as well. >>> it's 4:33. this morning we're learning more about a montgomery county man who used his job to collect child porn. 58-year-old marion lee martin was sentenced to 7 years in prison. martin says he used his job at a cvs photo lab to collect pictures of kids. when he saw a photo that he liked, he'd make a copy for himself. martin also used his cell phone to take videos of young girls walking through the cvs. >> he always had his camera like he would stop in at cvs on the weekend. i'm like where are you off to? he's going to the

the reason that the free part of kimberly: breaking news from adelphi, firefighters on the scene of a car that slammed into a house on riggs road. the driver was trapped for a short time. the driver was taken to the hospital with nonlife threatening injuries. nobody else was hurt. 7 on your side with a consumer alert for drivers. hyundai has recalled nearly a quarter million vehicles because of a power steering problem. it involves model years 2008 thropuugh 2010. federal regulators say that a sensor glitch could disable power steering, making the vehicles difficult to control. according to aaa, prices at the pump have jumped $.12 in one week for stop the national average stands at $2.40 per gallon. in d.c., driver opinion average of $2.49 maryland $2.38, and in virginia $2.25. the man who took april-encrusted oscar gown in hollywood has returned it not out of remorse but because the pearls were not real. tmz reported that a man called them yesterday, claiming that he took the dress from lupita nyong'o's hotel when he noticed the door was open. he said he removed the perl's from the d

police are looking for whoever killed an adelphi woman. that happened in the 9200 block of edwards way. the victim was found inside of her home in the racquet club condominiums this morning. she suffered some kind of trauma to her body. >> a fairfax county judge has ordered police to turn over internal affairs documents in the john geer case. officer adam torres shot gerr who was unarmed outside of geer's springfield home in august of 2013. under a court order, police finally released details on this case just last month. >> the terror group isil says that an american woman that has been held hostage has died in a jordanian air strike. however, the white house says there's no evidence to support that claim. isil identifies the woman as 26-year-old aid worker kayla mueller from arizona. >> update to a problem we first told you about in october. it's an intersection of lee highway and north lynn street known as the intersection of doom. well, it now has a flashing no turn on red sign. that intersection got its dubious name because of numerou

lanes closed northbound just before adelphi road. going to be coming after the shopping center there with the 7-eleven off to the left side of the roadway. all lanes are blocked for a crash. looks like sky 9 is over the beltway. these are some delays you'll see, that's the crash i mentioned on the inner loop between the bw parkway and 201. again pretty slow in the area as they make it towards the accident scene. we'll be right back with more [ female announcer ] business travel isn't just about the going. it's also about the going home. and being connected all along the way. whether you're working or recharging do business travel on your terms. acela. take off. >>> in the news right now 6:52. at least seven people are dead after a commuter train slammed into an suv in upstate new york. >> the victims include the driver of that suv and six other people on the train. 12 passengers were injured. don champion reports. >> reporter: more than an hour after the deadly collision, smoke still billowed from the front car of the metro-north tra

from adelphi, darcy spencer, new york. zoon investigation is underway into how a midshipman died at the naval academy. investigators say midshipman second class alondo's roommate found him dead thursday night. it's not clear how he died but police don't suspect foul play. mechanical engineering major from maine. >> she looked like live meteorologist shows us what we can expect coming up tonight. >> well chris, if are you hiding out. >> here on the satellite and radar just tracking cloudy skies across the area. our high today was 50. we're now down to 45. expect temperatures in the low 40s. a jacket but you don't need the warmest winter coat. again, dry conditions for tonight. >> this is one of the first photos. killed, and seven others hurt as four cars collided in the pacific coast highway. jenner was not hurt, and at this point we don't know what caused that crash. >>> federal authorities say the couple communicated with isis through facebook. >>> holding on to hope. mikayla mueller's family she's the american aid worker

she was killed in her condo in adelphi and folks that live there are shocked. >> this building has been so pleasant place to live for so long now and kind of frightened. you know? to be here. but the things that she's with god and in peace. >> police arrested phelps a few hours after they found siegman and charged with first-degree murder. >>> inves is under way in how of a mid shipman died at the naval academy. investigators say rolando amador's roommate found him dead many their dorm room thursday night. it's not clear huh hoeow he died. he was 22 years from maine. >>> we're getting new information on what caused this mess along massachusetts avenue today. d.c. water officials tell us a contractor struck a water main and that caused the break. crews repaired it and water is restored to everyone except the georgetown law school. >>> tonight two families are spending the night away from home after a fire ripped through the townhomes. it broke out late friday night on landing court and we have learned it started in one home's chimney and then spread to the neighbor's house. no one was hu

most, if not all of this busy section of route 410 near adelphi road will be closed for the entire day. at times, one westbound lane has been getting by. >> it's just -- i mean can't get anywhere! i've been in traffic for 30 minutes and i only live down the street. >> what do you think about what you've seen here on the roads? >> i don't know how that happened. >> why did the water main break and collapse this large chunk of asphalt? >> going to be an all day repair. >> lynne riggins with wssc this will be the first of many during the next few days. >> we have drastic swings in the temperatures. that's hard on the pipes and especially hard on the old pipes. >> back here live, this is the second road collapse in less than a few months. we can tell you as far as this job, the eastbound lanes are open. and it sounds like they will remain open. one westbound lane getting by but this work will go for several more hours way past the evening rush hour. reporting live in hyattsville, john gonzalez abc 7 news. >> several prince george's residents are recounting terrifying moments this noon when

. >>> following a developing story out of adelphi. police arrested 54-year-old rudolph phelps connection tore a murder earlier today. called to edwards way about 11:30 this morning for a welfare check and found a woman unresponsive inside a condo who died a short time later. investigators say phelps recently got into an argument with the vick tham escalated to murder. he's charged with first-degree murder. >>> a d.c. elementary school charged with violating trust of the special education students in thi his care. the sickening allegations involve a 9-year-old child. how the accusations came to light. >> reporter: the accused is a special education teacher at this school in northeast washington. the alleged victim, just 9 years old. court documents say the teacher, 33-year-old leroy damien ware came to the attention of d.c. police after a 9-year-old student at miner elementary in northeast washington told his mother the teacher touched him in his private place. the boy said the alleged incident happened in a classroom during recess. so

prince george's county tonight, a quick arrest after a woman was found murdered in an apartment in adelphi. rudolph phelps is charged with first-degree murder. police arrived at the condominiums just before noon. they found the victim, a woman who has not been identified. officers believe that two got into an argument but they have not released any other details about motive. >> only on 7, prince george's police raided in upper marlboro home. officers said it is considered to be an open air drug marketer police raided the home known as the yard in the 15000 block of marlborough pike. 12 people were detained for questioning. this is the second raid in less than six months. >> i hope they can rid this community of this cancer, the spires. -- this virus. >> in september, police arrested two suspected drug dealers. officers seized hundreds of doses of crepe cocaine and percocet. an emotional victory in front of a packed house. frederick high school's jv basketball team was on the court two days after gunfire outside their gym. tom roussey was at the game tonight and he checks in live with the

do have this situation in hyattsville from yesterday westbound east-west highway between 43rd and adelphi, we still have two lanes westbound blocked this morning. >>> a maryland congressman getting a lot of attention for being a little bit of a camera hog. >> what he betweene he did with his face and how it has to do with a special woman in his life, his mom. >>> and what president obama is >>> 4:57. i've received dozens of fantastic ideas for my neat meet your street series. so please keep them coming. tonight at 6:00 if you've ever driven through montgomery county, you know name. a paving company, a church. but do you know the story behind father hurley boulevard? who was the man and what does he mean to our area? if you have a road you've always wondered about please send me a note on twitter at firs@first4traffic and i will check it out. >> thank you. looking forward to it. >>> today you can see a 3d portrait of president obama, the first of its kind. the portrait will be unveiled today at the national portrait gallery here in washington. president obama is the first president to be s

rings row and adelphi. stay with news 4 as more information starts to come in. >>> tonight police are reminding drivers again to move over. when you see flashing lights and police activity on the side of the road. a fairfax county officer was hurt today after someone slammed into the back of his cruiser. take a look at the damage. the officer was helping a disabled driver on sully road and centerville. now, earlier this week two virginia state troopers were hurt and n separate incidents on area highways. >>> the hunt is on for a missing girl. she's 12 years old and she was last seen at upper marlboro this morning. she's 4'8" tall and weighs about 88 pounds. she may be wearing a short sleeve t-shirt, pink pajama pants, and pink slippers. she's not wearing the glasses you see there in that photo. call the prince george's county police if you have seen her. >>> someone carjacked a father right outside his son's school, and now d.c. police are looking for a suspect. it happened friday night at ludlow taylor ele

. >>> new information on the murder of a woman inside her adelphi condominium, 54-year- old rudolph phelps, sr. has been arrested for her murder. he lives in the same complex where officers found the body of an elderly woman suffering from trauma to the upper body this morning. investigators say phelps recently got into an argument with the woman. he is charged with first degree murder. police have not released her name. >>> montgomery county police arrested two suspects in a homicide case from december of 2012. jesse campos was shot to death inside his apartment in white oak, maryland. 26-year-old el monte doing who lives in white oak and another 26-year-old suspect was arrested in laurel. charges against a third suspect are pending. >>> prosecutors are asking that former first lady maureen mcdonnell be sentenced to 18 months in prison, but her defense attorneys are seeking 4,000 hours of community service with no jail time according to the washington post. mcdonnell and her husband were convicted of corruption for lending the prestige of the governor's office to a richmond businessman in

she was killed at her condo in adelphi. people who live there are shocked. >> this building has been so -- a pleasant place to live for so long. i'm kind of frightened to be here. she's with god now and she's in peace. >> police arrested phelps a few hours after they found seeing man, he's charged with first degree murder. >>> the united arab emirates is joining jordan in the fight against isis. the uae is sending a squadron to take part in air strikes against the militant group. jordan stepped up air strikes thisr isis release add video showing a captured jordanian pilot being burned to death in a cage. >>> two cousins are in jail af say they went on a two-week shooting industry. they're facing a string of vandalism and gun charges. the stafford county sheriff's office says last month they randomly shot at eight homes in stafford and king george. tips helped track them to north stafford county yesterday. >>> virginia governor terry mcauliffe expected to make a major economic development announcement. it will happen tomorro

adelphi road at new hampshire, report of a medical emergency. not seeing it on camera. lee highway at rogers drive, this of course this pedestrian versus a car here or i should say car versus a pedestrian in falls church. and wider look at things overall everything floeing pretty nicely as take you a big look he at the beltway. travel times coming up in ten minutes. >>> 6:02. and today will be an emotional day for hundreds of workers at the washington navy yard. if just a few hours, they will return to building 197. 12 people died there in a mass shooting in 2013. the navy has worked for over a year and invested millions of dollars to help workers feel safe in that new space. megan mcgrath is live at the navy yard with more on this morning's ceremony and move-in. >> reporter: it's early, but you can see behind me that we're already seeing quite a lot of activity activity at one of the gates with people reporting to work this morning. it will no doubt be a very emotional day for many as they return to the building that was the scene of such horror. many changes have been

new hampshire avenue northbound at adelphi road only one lane getting by from an earlier accident. prince george's county overall looking pretty typical, but fairly slow here. indian head inbound about 11 miles per hour. taking a look 95 in virginia, all the way in to town you're completely fine. same thing as you're headed out of town. no major problems. just a little slow here as you're headed through stafford. it is our typical volume, no major issues otherwise. >>> 6:5 #.4. metro may be running a little slower than normal. megan mcgrath live it at the noma station to explain why speed restrictions are in place. >> reporter: well, yeah it could take you a little longer to get to work this morning with the new speed restrictions. but the folks we've been talks to say they're okay with it. the speed restrictions are really affecting every line in the system including here at noma. here is a map with some of the other locations, as well. green belt west falls church grosvenor, braddock road, van dorn some of the locations we're seeing the restrictions. the locations can change day

west bound east-west highway between 43rd and adelphi, those two lanes blocked. water main breaks all over the place because of the chilly weather. >>> it's 5:03. we're following a developing story, d.c. police officer involved this a shooting with a robbery suspect. this happened just after midnight near the u street corridor on 15th street in caroline. richard jordan is at the scene for us with new information on what led up to the shooting. >> reporter: a lot of police officers are here too, the investigation is under way. take a look. further down the street this is 15th. a few blocks down is swan street. that's where all of this started early into the morning. d.c. police officers say they came in contact with a robbery suspect, an officer tried to get that suspect into custody. shots were fired. it seeps likems like the officer fired shots, suspect fired shots. things moved further north to 15th and carolina and that'se care caroline. and they're trying to determine if the police officer shot the suspect or the suspect shot himself. that's unclear at this p

this opened up on east-west highway near adelphi road in hyattsville around 4:00 in the morning. a 54 foot 10 inch main sent water and mud out on to the street. they stopped the water but are trying to fix the roadway. >> can't get anywhere. i've been in traffic for 30 minutes and i only live down the street. >> seven customers were impacted by the break. they expect the repairs to last through most of the day today. >> unwanted wake-up call for several prince george's county residents. a huge fire destroyed one home and damaged another. it happened early this morning on 37th street and mount rainier. mike conneen spoke with neighbors. >> residents woke up around 5:45 this morning to a raging fire. >> i see out the window just an inferno. >> couldn't come out of your door. it was so hot. >> because of the fire's intensity and the structure's instability, firefighters decided to battle the fire from the exterior. >> started focusing on the exposure the house to the right was burning. the side walls and up into the attic. >> she lives in the house next door and like many others she

>> right now prince george's county homicide detectives are investigating the death of a woman in adelphi. police were asked to check on the woman's welfare this morning. the call took them to an apartment building along the 9200 block of edward's way. they found a woman unresponsive suffering from upper body trauma pronounced dead a short time later. police have not released her name and say at this point they have no suspects and no motive. >>> right now isis is claiming that an american hostage it was holding in syria, kayla mueller, has been killed by a jordanian airstrike, but national security advisor susan rice says the u.s. does not have any evidence to verify that isis claim. >> we're obviously very concerned about the reports that have come in in recent hours. we do not at the present have any evidence to corroborate isil's claims, but obviously we'll keep reviewing the information at hand. >> jordan also says it is skeptical of isis' claim. kayla mur elleis an arizona native. her family says she's been doing humanitarian work overseas and was taken captive last august in aleppo

live at adelphi, i'm tracee wilkins, news4. >>> new at 6:00 plans to change an entrance fee along the entire length of the c&o canal from washington to cumberland maryland has been dropped. the park service just made the announcement after strong opposition rather than charge fees along the entire length of the canal. the park wants to raise the fee collected at great falls navrn potomac. >>> d.c.'s police chief forced to defend herself in court over the e demotion of a highly ranked officer. what she'll face on cross-examination. >>> and a new warning about the cyberattack affecting up to 80 million people. doug? >>> talking about a chilly night tonight, 29 the current windchill. technology has improved our lives, in small ways. in big ways. but what about this? couldn't this be better too? at redfin we asked ourselves the same question. which led us to create new ways to take you inside a home or instantly schedule a tour. but we paired that with our own agents who aren't paid on commission but on your happiness. and that's what makes it all work the world has changed and now real e

reporting live at adelphi, i'm tracee wilkins, news4. >>> new trouble tonight on the tracks. smoke blows into the dupont circle and cleveland park stations today. at least one train had to be offloaded. >> this latest incident comes as d.c. officials react to the news that the majority of the city's firefighters are not specifically trained to respond to emergencies on metro. >> news4's mark segraves spoke with the mayor today and the fire chief. he's live at the dupont station. mark? >> reporter: jim, dozens of firefighters responded here to dupont circle and cleveland park for what turned out to be a brake on fire on a metro train today. it was just a few weeks ago we had that deadly accident at l'enphant plaza. and while today's accident turned out to be minor and no one was hurt it once again raises concerns that the d.c. fire department is not doing enough to train its nearly 1,700 firefighters for incidents just like this. today it was a ma meth row car's brakes that caught fire to fill the car and station platforms with smoke. last month smoke in a metro tunnel claimed

at 5:00 we are now learning about a possible motive behind a deadly dispute between neighbors in adelphi. police arrested rudolf phelps over the weekend. he's charged with killing his neighbor karen siegman. news4 just got the documents that reveal phelps said he felt disrespected by her. the two were involved in some kind of dispute and on friday he allegedly told someone that he quote, got her. and he didn't know if she would wake up. >>> a restaurant in woodbridge is getting an unexpected makeover for its dining room. a taxicab smashed into the hard times cafe here yesterday, take a look. no customers were inside at the time. hard times posted a picture on their facebook page saying drive-throughs are for fast food. the restaurant is still open. most of the dining room is closed while repairs are being made. >>> higher than expected revenues in virginia means there will be pay raises for teachers and other employees. state lawmakers in richmond released their budget proposals on sunday. this proposed wage hike will be ranging from 1.5% to 3% and it would go to school teachers state po

a block lane, causing a delay trying to get through temple hill. 410 westbound before adelphi road, onlyby. a water main break and repairs. 66 eastbound, a new problem you do not hear every day. virginia state authorities were sent to assist an owl in the roadway along the right side. all right, tell us what is coming jacqui jeras. jacqui: we are looking for cold air, and that will be the big story is arctic air plunges into our region. not to bank that right now. -- not too bad right now. our by hour we expect the cold front to pass by midday today. by the afternoon our, the wind will be strong enough that are feel factor will be dropping down into the 20's. teens expected for the drive home at ross much of the region. overnight tonight, the wind will stay strong enough. that will wake up the feel factor between plus five two -5. it may feel like -10. tomorrow will be a cold day with temperatures only in the upper 20's for highs. autria: thank you, and thank you for watching. >>> good morning, america. right now, three winning tickets sold in last night's powerball drawing. splitting th