stay in door for 30 minutes after your last rumble. >> good advice. >>> let's go to ashley linder andetwork. ashley? >> good morning. here we're looking at 95 as you make your waysouthbound. headlights are northbound. we've got volume to speak of just after 7100, an accident on the right shoulder. we have delays on the prince william parkway. hov are slow norton through newington. along the 270 corridor, volume is light. not a problem. joe and eun, back to you. >>> some people yesterday are cleaning up from dangerous weather. in virginia it caused flooding. in d.c., high water in the tunnel under scott circle. in maryland a golfer is recovering after he was injured in a lightning strike at congressional country club in bethesda. >>> breaking news now. a commercial helicopter crashes on a maryland highway killing everyone on board. this morning investigators are trying to determine exactly what caused that chopper to go down. >>> the crash happened west of the washington county, frederick county line near hagerstown yesterday, last evening at about 10:30. troopers had shut down the hig

. >> ashley linder has the latest. >> good morning, eun and joe, the crash on i-70, they'll be a lot of investigation with that one. it will be shut down for some time. you can use route 40 as an al teattorney ive. the meernlg, no problems to start off on the capital beltway. a little fender bender by connective avenue. eun and joe, back to you. >>> here is a look at four big stories happening today. a helicopter crash late last night in the median strip of i-70 near hagerstown filling four people. currently both east and eastbound lanes are closed between exits 35 and exit 42. >>> new developments into the investigation into what might have caused last month's metro crash that killed nine people. a circuit replaced in 2007 showed power fluctuations over an 18-month period. the takoma station will remain open until 3:00 a.m. saturday. >>> the minimum wage increases to $7.25. some economists say the new minimum wage could make the recession worse. >>> today the dow will start the day at 9,069. it is the first close above 9,000 since january 6th, and the highest close since november 5t

ashley linder is in the news4 traffic network. hey, ashley. >> hey, pat. things are in relatively good shape. we had a terrible afternoon on friday. it looks like most people got out of town, but a lot of people are headed home from work now. as we can see here, the inner loop of the beltway is slow out of tyson across the american legion bridge. the beltway is going to be on the left side of your screen there. as you travel around past river road, the inner loop still slow, but good news coming towards you. if you're headed through bethesda, the inner loop on the right side, the pace looks getter. the outer loop is a little slow as you make your way in towards silver spring. there was earlier some accident activity, but that's all been cleared. pat, back to you. >> thanks, ashley. >>> coming up, what the top things you do that waste money? we'll have aice to help you balance your budget. >>> fi (employee 1) subject: urgent!! bob!! i need the baker file stat!! reply!! still making changes. circle back later!! what's with the yelling? oh, our internet slows

. >> ashley linder is in the news 4 traffic center with details. >> hey. that's right. there's certainly no vacation for people who are on the roadways now. we do have slow traffic to talk about. and as you can see here this is over the american legion bridge, outer loop is going to be the slowest. outer loop slows off and on river road and headed into virginia. b the inner loop making your way northbound passing by river road here is what we are looking at. not too bad. well, that's actually putting it lightly. it gets worse if you believe that on the inner loop. starts to slow. connecticut but before that, excuse me, this is at old georgetown road. this is as you make your way through bethesda, very version slow. best interest to avoid the inner loop of the beltway. 95 was also slow between dale city and quantico due to a car that went off the road. that's no longer a big traffic issue. barbara, back to you. >> okay. thank you, ashley. >>> next, u next, veronica with details on wild weather. we may be seeing tonight, folks. >> thousands gather to watch an annual tradi

ashley linder is in the news4 traffic center with details. >> things are pretty slow today. let's take a trip around the capital beltway. as you can see here, the inner loop is at the top of your screen. continuing up towards 270. the lineup on the inner loop begins well before this point and starting out at tysons. the outer loop does not look too bad here but lit get slower as you make your way over the american legion bridge and making your way in towards tysons. we have midday road work that lasted much longer i than it should have which gave our evening rush hour real kick in the face. look at springfield. not too bad here. volume doing fine. as you count kopt southbound there are more delays as you make your way through newington and off and on through the woodbridge area, move merge south of dumfries. jim, back to you. >> much more is still to come on "news4 at 4:00." an incredible sight seen a world away. when is the next time we get a chance to see a solar eclipse. >> a long time. country's first grandmother sits down for story time. we are there as she reads to som

ashley linder is in the traffic center with details. >> hey, jim. taking a trip around the capital beltway, the pace is a little bet other the outer loop. the outer loop is headed down towards the bottom of our screen. continuing towards the american legion bridge where we did have a disabled vehicle. the inner loop coming out across the american leej legion bridge, as you make your way up towards the silver spring area, this is what have you in store for you. slow moving traffic. both loops of the beltway are slow through the traffic stretch. no major accidents to report, just heavy volume through that area. jim, back to you. >> thanks, ashley. >>> coming up next, as more people turn to food stamps to supplement their income, more places are willing to accept them. >>> a little too much southern exposure for one u.s. olympian. competing in the world championships. >>> space shuttle "endeavour" is headed for home after undocking from the international space station. it was an emotional good-bye for the "endeavour" crew and stronts current living onb

ashley linder is in the traffic center with details. >> taking a trip around town today.ot as bad as yesterday, good news. we got our own problems today. if you are traveling on the inner loop of the beltway let's take a look out of maryland. you can see here this is what it looks like around university boulevard. it is going to be slow out of tysons and in order to make it across the american legion and then the pace is very slow through bethesda towards silver spring and is starting to get better. out of springfield not too bad in the springfield interchange. we are moving southbound direction headed away from us there. making a slow exit on to 664 as you can see along the right side of your screen but not a lot going on on the 59 corridor. you can pick up a lot of volume as you make your way down from quanti quantico. other than that good shape around the area. >> thank you. and here's bargain blast. starbucks is giving away thousands of pipts of free ice cream between now and july 19th, facebook users can sign up for a coupon good for a free pint of starbucks ice crea