b.w. parkway for folks traveling in both directions your travel lanes are open.er to i-95 southbound in maryland at 32 had a work zone set up in both directions. you can see just the cones are up in the shoulder lanes and that's where the work zone was. looks like they're not working now. i-95 at 216 travel lanes are open. aaron and eun? >>> danella, thank you. some encouging developments for area teenagers taking the . s.a.t. which students are seeing the most improvement on those tests. >>> also ahead, the nightmare commute for tens of thousands of people trying to get into new york city this morning. 4:42 is your t >>> i'm melissa mollet at the live desk. a capsule carrying three astronauts, there they are waving. they traveled six hours in the capsule from a russian launch pad in kazakhstan. six astronauts total are there. the six-month mission will include a space walk with the olympic torch, and they were able to video link chat with their families. at the live desk, melissa mollet, news 4. >>> new this morning, the death toll from that massive earthquake i

b.w. parkway, and this incident there was a broken down truck right in front of these two a little while ago. so it looks like it is cleared. that right shoulder is close sod give them some space, at least one travel lane if you can, as i said, v.w. parkway picked up some construction. so expect lane closures and crewed to be an scene. crabs branch picked up an incident, this is a medical emergency there. and we are still wrapping up that construction before 270 in frederic. >> all right, well, twitter -- this is interesting is now working to keep you safe during a crisis. >> and samsung is looking to reshape their cell phone. here is diana perez with this mornings techbytes. >> in today's techbytes twitter launches a new program to keep people informed during moments of crisis. users can choose to receive critical alerts including fema and the red cross. and samsung is about to unveil a new smart phone with a curved screen. it will show off their device at an event next month. and is it really bobble to keep your kids safe on the internet? new research shows that most of the popular parenta

b.w. parkway travel between greenbelt and all the way to oxon hill, no construction, no accidents.'s head over to 95. folks traveling southbound it's clear. northbound as well an easy trip to the 14th street bridge. in fact, that drive is just taking 12 minutes. i'm back in ten. aaron and eun, over to you. >> thank you. happening today we could see someone at the senate podium for many more hours. this is senator ted cruz live vowing to talk as long as he can. and this is more of a protest against the new health care law. cruz hopes his efforts can impact today's senate the vote and possible government shutdown. nbc's tracie potts joins us live with more. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. shortly after the senate comes into session today about an hour or so after that they're supposed to be voting on a bill that links paying for health care to avoid a government shutdown. democrats don't want to do it that way. they plan to take out the defunding of obama care portion as republicans have called it. now here is the thing. the cruz, who has been talking all night long, actuall

b.w. parkway your travel lanes are open. i'll be back in ten minutes. aaron and eun, over to you. >> danella, thank you. all eyes on the senate today as we creep closer to a government shutdown. congress has a midnight deadline to strike a deal or the money will run out. coming up on 5:03 now, the house voted to approve a plan this weekend but is considered dead on arrival by senate democrats. now the ball is in their court and what they could decide could have a huge impact on federal wokers. melissa mollet with a preview of what we could see today. melissa, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. as we have been saying the countdown is on, aaron. 19 hours until this deadline and, of course, they set the meeting at 2:00 today before this potential shutdown. now the house plan, of course, we've been talking a lot about this, that plan is to delay key parts of the affordable care act, the president's plan by one year, in order to avoid a shutdown. senate majority leader harry reid saying democrats will kill that proposal later today obama, of course, ha