this is inbound on a clara barton parkway. river road is the best alternate and macarthur boulevard. let's go to the beltway at university boulevard. so far so good, like yesterday. lanes open between college park and silver spring. back to you. >> thank you. >>> a developing story from north korea. the country is saying goodbye to a longtime leader kim jong-il. >> ♪ >> this successor kim jong on walked next to his father's firstvehicle. mourners weekpt. died of heart attack on december 17. >>> new this morning, the search is on for three robbery suspects in northeast washington. the d.c. police say that the book three of them held up a convenience store on seventh street and maryland avenue last night. no one injured. they're looking into whether this is related to a series of other robberies in recent weeks. >>> another standoff between u.s. park police and protesters at the occupy d.c. encampment. >> it began last night and ended early this morning. according to authorities, it started when some of the protesters tried to b

both directions of the clara barton parkway between the cabin john parkway and macarthur boulevard. they're requesting a driver to go ahead and use macarthur boulevard and said you will be diverted that way anyway. just plan ahead if you're just now heading out the door. it will be there for awhile. let's take a look live at 270. no problems to report here in rockville at route 28. you will be fine coming down from clarksburg down to the point where the lanes divide. we'll take you around to the other side of the world. 66. no problems to report as you come in from centreville as you travel over to fairfax, you will be ok. all lanes are open. no big delays to worry about here. live look as well on the northbound side of 95 and 395. pretty much looking like this to the 14th street bridge from springfield. there will be no problems right now to report. and now is the time to show off the morning lights. all month long, we're sharing christmas displays. >> this morning, we go to shepherdstown, west virginia. nice set-up there with the reindeer including rudolph. santa is there. mrs. cl

you may want to exit onto river road into town because there's an accident on the clara barton parkway in glen echo that may be blocking the entire roadway. you may want to exit at river road or cross the american legion bridge and head down to the george washington parkway. 66 at the glebe road looks pretty good inside the beltway. no significant delays at centreville and continuing to 495. still dealing with a vehicle fire, eastbound r50 in annapolis at route 2. you have to stay to the left to get past the incident. a brief delays so far. back to you. >> thank you. >>> 5:23 right now, 42 degrees. >> georgetown and louisville kickoff tonight. tim brant will break it down in a preview. >> hoarding what is causing people to live in this mess. >> you're not going to get rid of my stuff. >> and a plan to declare your house. >>> the nfl released this season's pro bowl roster last night. absent was redskins linebacker london. he wrote on twitter whether he did not know wheth -- he wrote on twitter that he did not know whether to be upset or to laugh about it. >> maybe did not call enough at

>> at least it's not cold now. >>> clara barton parkway closed, folks, in both direction. we had an earlier overturned vehicle. police investigation is ongoing. please avoid that area in potomac if at all possible. in maryland eastbound 50 at route 2/450, earlier tractor trailer fire blocking the right lane. two left lanes get you by. southbound 270 at montgomery village avenue, an accident reported on the right shoulder. all lanes get you by, but you may see police on the scene if you're coming down 270 from clarksburg. at the moment, no delays in that vicinity. angie, eun? >> thank you. >>> a disturbing trend at our nation's military academy as the department of defense reports that sexual assaults are on the rise. the agency's annual report found there were 65 reports of sexual assault involving cadets and midshipmen at the naval academy, military academy, and air force academy. last year there were 41. the naval academy saw the number of reported assaults double from 11 to 22 while the air force climbed from 20 to 33. the military academy reported the same number in bo

several accidents as i said clara barton parkway between the chain bridge and macarthur boulevard. if you're heading inbound this morning, use macarthur as your alternate route. you will not be able to get through that area. the glen echo turnaround will be your alternate there. we'll take you around town. let's show what you it looks like live here on 270. no problems to report from frederick down to the point where the lanes divide. we'll take you over to route 50 on the other side of town. no problems to report there as well as we head inbound to the beltway and up toward college park and into silver spring as well. coming up in my next report, we'll take a look into virginia at 4:55. back to you. >>> thank you, monika. new highway signs in virginia could make your next trip a bit smoother. beginning today, the electronic message boards will keep drivers posted about real travel times. the times will be posted at seven locations on i-95, three on the northbound side and four on the southbound side. the idea is when you spot a delay, you can look for an alternate route. >>> well,

now getting word of an accident on the clair barton parkway. i'll have that coming up in my next report at 5:48. >> it is sure beginning to look a lot like new year's eve. crews finishing up hoisting the big giant crystal ball that will drop at the stroke of midnight to usher in 2012. organizers say that year's design pattern features friends holding hands from around the world. >> we're actually installing the waterford crystals on the ball. >> about a million people could fill times square for the big countdown. among the entertainers on schedule, drake, justin bieber and lady gaga. >>> hundreds of thousands of people expected to ring in the new year up the road in baltimore. a small family owned company called image engineering is busy putting the finishing touches on the lights, lasers and pyrotechnics for the inner harbor celebration. operating out of the nondescript warehouse, image engineering has worked on three super bowl shows and countless big name concerts and has done special effects for both the ravens and the wizards. >> north ko

>>> we have an accident on the clara barton parkway.sed at clara barton parkway between chain bridge road and canal road. if you're crossing the american legion bridge, not s issues for you. if you take the outer loop and the inner loop, you're in the clear. traveling over the 14th street bridge. nice and smooth as you make your way into the city. no accidents for you, especially along 95 north and south, you're in the clear. traveling southeast, checking bridges there. douglass bridge, traffic is very light as you make your way across. now back to you both. >> thanks, danella. >>> starting today, virginia drivers will know just how long their commute will take. there will be seven electronic signs displaying travel times on i-95 between the pentagon and fredericksburg. the goal is to help drivers decide which route is the best during major delays. travel times will be displayed from 5:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. during the week. these seven signs are in addition to signs on i-66 between 495 and gainesville. >>> welcome news for cash strapped

clara barton parkway closed at macarthur boulevard where it crosses outside of the beltway. do watch to that. suitland parkway westbound at silver hill road, the on-ramp blocked with a disabled vehicle. let's take a live look from trafficland as you travel in the annapolis area. eastbound, route 50 at route 2 just after the severn river bridge, we had a truck accident and the con tefnts spilled across the roadway. they are dealing with the clean- up there. westbound 50 looks good through annapolis and bowie all the way in toward the beltway. no problems to report here on the beltway itself. -- we had a truck accident and the contents spilled across the roadway. 66, no accidents or incidents to report for you. we do have the volume building in usual stretches out of manassas through centreville. thems look good from nutley street in toward the beltway. an accident reported 7100 fairfax county parkway at lake newport road between eldon street and wiehle avenue so do watch for that. other than that, things look pretty good. you saw 95 there, 395, no issues for you. that's a chec

we do find that some traffic can get by on the inbound and outbound stretches of the clara barton parkway are keeping an eye on this for you. in my neighborhood, a lot of folks will have to do a little bit of scraping. there is a little bit of frost on the windshield. no incidents to report on the other side of town. your lanes are open if you are traveling eastbound on 66 coming in out of manassas headed over towards centreville. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> retailers are banking that this will be a record breaking shopping day. it is what is called green monday, one of the largest fret shopping days all year. e-bay dubbed the second monday of december green monday some five years ago. >>> it is the most wonderful time of the year and the most busy time of year for holiday shipping. fedex says today might be the busiest day of the year. company forecasters expect fedex to move almost double its daily average volume. the reason for the high volume, the company is benefiting from an off the chart cyber monday. >>> the rough economy means rough times for many retailers

clara barton parkway,, canal road has better action.n the beltway, stop and go outer loop new hampshire ave to georgia avenue. no accidents to the mormon temple. 270 delays out of georgetown. and accident insurance and near glebe road -- there was an accident in shirlington near glebe road. >>> a man made a daring escape from al qaeda. >> online retailers getting their heaviest traffic. that story ahead. >> mitt romney is paying for a bet that he made in front of >>> welcome back. 6:35 is the time. >>> the tens thousand dollars deal. >> mitt romney is eating his words after a bet that he made with rick perry. >> i read your first book and said that your mandate in massachusetts should be the model for the country. >> you have raised that before rick, and you are still wrong. tens thousand dollars bet? >> what is next for him? "politico's" joe williams is joining us live. he came under flag because they said that is two months' salary for the average iowa family. >> the problem is mitt romney is the type of politician who could actually

because of ice and the fact that they have had a couple of cars, if they are closing the barton parkway and tell around 5:00 p.m.. ita lot of overnight construction projects are wrapping up. we will go to the beltway. the baroque choral is working on the inner loop. -- road crew is working on the inner loop. >>> it is 4:32. the governor of virginia will pay tribute to the officer gunned down on campus. a funeral will be held for him this afternoon. we still did not know what motive constant to shoot him. >> we have the emotional side of the story. >> a somber sunday for the virginia tech community, a feeling for officer deriek crouse. >> is this a real. >> they're trying to deal with an unexpected loss. >> the only thing that would bring closure would to find him. >> he was calling in a routine traffic stop. ross ashley shot and killed the officer and later turned it on himself. >> i did not understand the concept of why anyone would want to shoot a police officer for no reason. >> he was a part-time student. friends say he showed no outward signs of instability. >> i have my daughter h

a good trip on the clara barton parkway. montgomery county at 270, a live look. >>> thank you.an era for the marriott luxury hotel. bill marriott is now stepping down as the company's ceo. he turned his parents' business into an international conglomerate. the former chief operating officer will become the new ceo and marriott will become executive chairman. he plans to remain active in the company. >>> on the hill a showdown is brewing over legislation to extend the payroll tax cut and long-term jobless benefits. the house passed the bill last night, but it contains a provision requiring a construction of a pipeline from canada to texas. the bill is expected to die in the senate. the white house believes that there will be cadile before tax breaks expire at the end of the year. >>> a familiar face is leaving abc's "this week's." christianne amanpour leaving she will return to cnn where she will take on a new position for cnn international. christianne amanpour she has been the host for a year-and-a- half. she will be replaced by george stephanopoulis. we're not sure how this l

on the west side of the clara barton parkway, closed down at the glen echo turnaround.pot on fox hall road leaving the chain bridge and heading inbound toward the district as well. we'll take a live look right here on glebe road, at chain bridge. you can take the right turn on to canal road but beware of the icy spots. you may want to take macarthur boulevard as your alternate. >>> elsewhere, no problems to report here in college park, things are look fine as we head around into silver spring and bethesda. 270, no problems in from frederick. we'll talk about construction at 4:39. back to you, andrea and mike. >> funeral services for a slain virginia tech police officer will take place later today. >> 39-year-old derekcrous was -- deriek crouse was shot and killed by ashley who then took his own life. bob mcdonnell will be among the speakers on the tech campus. virginia state police are looking for a motive in the shooting still. officer crouse was gunned down touring a traffic stop. >>> former penn state football assistant coach jerry sandusky will face his alleged inve

. >>> traffic is moving once again on the clara barton parkway after a serious accident this morning. this is the scene at macarthur boulevard. the police officers that investigated the crash told us a single car was driving and the driver lost control and the car flipped over. one person was taken to the hospital with serious injuries. >>> hi, veronica. >> hey, pat. what a chilly day it has been so far, right? you probably came in, and i know you don't like to be cold. we have a stiff wind blowing out of the northwest. that wind has been cranking up today. and we have been in and out with a few clouds, and right now sitting on top of us, a few clouds just moved in. it's partly sunny outside currently. and these were sitting around, 20 miles per hour earlier today, and now winds are gusting as high as 36 in d.c. we have a 33-mile-per-hour gusts, and winchester could get wind gusts as high as 40 miles per hour. again, a mixture of clouds and sunshine. i don't think we will see the mercury rise much higher. it did go up to 50 degrees for a high temperature today. the other stories, what

we have an accident reported, clara barton parkway closed between cabin john and macarthur boulevard.want to avoid that. no problems across the american legion bridge. we are see something volume today so the roads not quite as empty as yesterday but again, it should be lighter than the typical morning rush as you head out there. 66, here we are through manassas. headlights heading towards you are the inbound traffic. things looking pretty good as you continue into centerville and from route 50 fair oaks towards the beltway, no accidents reported. 95 volume picking up here making the trip from newington in toward springfield. as you continue on 395, we've got some volume here near seminary road but once you get past that up to the 14th street bridge, you are in very good shape. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >> thank you. >>> it has been an amazing year when it comes to scandals. >> some of these things can you laugh at. others kind of make you shudder a bit. >> reporter: 2011 of course a year of scandals raining from the silly to the sickening. there were plenty of sur

better news for you if you are traveling the canal road clara barton parkway stretch, basically between georgetown and the beltway, roadway has been reopened overnight. all of the accident activity has wrapped up. we see traffic coming from the outbound lanes right now of the canal road corridor headed over towards the chain bridge. a few moments ago, we saw folks coming in off the chain bridge making that right turn head down towards arizona avenue. no problems reported now southbound along 270 southbound out of clarkburg. you will find inbound new york avenue at speed as you work your way from northeast to northwest making your way past bladensburg road. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. ic. >>> frightening sunday for a d.c. neighborhood coming to an end after an hours-long stand off. it started with a traffic stop around north capital and gallatin street northwest. park police tried to pull over a drive but kept on going. police went after the driver and the two strike crashed -- two vehicles crashed. the suspect broke into a home. the suspect was taken into custody and au

here's what it looked like overnight on the clara barton parkway. icy conditions between macarthur boulevard and chain bridge. it caused several accidents. i was on the phone with park police last night. because of that, they had to shut it down. you should be ok. but i still say keep your speed limits down and give yourself some extra time this morning. we'll go over to some maps. there's no problem to report on the beltway. we're going to zoom in first to 95 on the northbound side right before quantico, an accident in the left lane. expect delays in that area and then again as you try to get across the occoquan river up north, no problems beyond that, we'll go over to springfield live right now on the northbound side of i-95 looking good. just the volume. once you're on to 395, the earlier accident before the 14th street bridge has been cleared but left a slowdown for you. let's go over to college park. here, everything is fine. on the outer loop after branch avenue closer to allentown road, there have been some debris cleanup along the right side

we had problems on the clara barton parkway. monika was reporting on that. it should be back open. bought there will be a few spots that may creep up on you. take it easy this morning. here is our bus stop forecast. we've got temperatures as i said isolated in the upper teens. most bus stop temps will be between 22 and 32. look at the sunrise. not until 7:17. still a couple more hours of darkness. there are a few clouds mixing in from the south and southwest this morning. mid-30s by 9:00. by noon, 40. look, light winds, reported calm on our computer model. they could be up to 5 miles per hour or so. mid-40s. 44 with the 3:00 temperature of 45. highs today, mid to upper 40s. the lucky ones, there won't be many but the lucky ones will hit the 50 degree mark. 30 in town. 22 in charlottesville. 19 in cumberland. even norfolk, that's about the only warm spot out there relatively speaking in the mid- 40s. down to 21 in laurel. 23 in columbia. there are the teens i was talking about out to the west of us. 18 and 19. 22 in great falls. down south, alexandria this morning at 24 degrees. off

if you're taking the clara barton parkway, had some closures due to an accident. now it's open. the accident is out of the roadway. take a look at the beltway, you're clear. not seeing any issues there. this is the view at colesville road, taking the outer loop or inner loop, no accidents to report at this time. if you're traveling in virginia, checking interstates there. here's a view of i-95 at fairfax county parkway, heading northbound, getting a little bit busy. no major delays just yet. southbound, you're in the clear. also checking i-66 for you as well. cameras in that area. this is the view at u.s. 50. again, 66 both inside and outside of the beltway, no accidents to report at this time. eun and angie, back to you. >> danella, thanks. >>> 5:02 now. new from overnight, a man is in critical condition after he was shot in northeast d.c. it happened around midnight at the intersection of 15th street and "w" street. investigators say a man in his 40s was shot in the head. he was immediately taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries. right now police do not have any

we are dealing with a wreck, great seneca highway, montgomery county the good news, claire barton parkway at mcarthur, shut down has cleared out everything should be reopened for you. a live look from traffic land things look nice here at 95 earlier delays, as we head into springfield that has cleared out so pretty smooth sailing around town. no problems to report on 395 as you leave the belt way head up towards the district, travelling the belt way here, leaving springfield, travelling the inner loop see the trip up to 66, this is route 50 eastbound, at route 2 after the bridge headed east accident clean up still there not causing much of a delay, westbound, rubber necking but other than that you look good heading in toward the belt way, harrison street northwest dc nice light volume today, want to show you a nice picture there. steve over to you. >> financial gap between americanrepresentatives in gone guess continue to widen and this growing -- congress continue the widen and this growing disparity calling for change. >> this got a lot of attention this week articles came out here in w

towardop between college park and silver spring is looking good dealing withill closure of the clara barton parkwayour best bet is to take river because that accident is still there. looking at the temperatures, bad for this kind -- this time of year. 39 degrees in hagerstown but temperatures will not move much the rest of the day, holding steady and fluctuating a few with gusty northwesterly about 45 miles per hour. on thenight and warming weekend. more news at 7:56. >>> terrifying scene. kids gone wild, and shopperser the terrorized by hundreds of young people at the nation's largest mall. imagine being in the middle of all of that. we're going to tell you about the damage and actually the gossip that got the whole thing started. >> it was in the middle of the afternoon, by the way. >> anti-social media got that whole thing going. we'll get to that in a moment. we say good morning to all of you. robin and george are off. i'm lucky to be here with elizabeth vargas. >>> we're going to have more on that story we had in our first half hour, the mansion fire. it's a real wake-up call for the rest of u

. ♪ >>> clara barton parkway open in both directions after the accident this morning.ound route still closed for cleanup. >>> we'll have another update in 25 minutes. but for now, we will send it back to the "today" show in new york c ♪ it's friday, friday, gotta get down on friday ♪ ♪ everybody's looking for a way to the weekend ♪ ♪ friday, friday >>> how are you guys doing? nice to see you. 8:00 on a wednesday morning, the 28th day of december, 2011 and you are looking at rebecca black's "friday" which is the most viewed youtube video of 2011. that's our way of letting you know she's going to be with us tomorrow on "today" a long with the stars of some of the other hot viral videos of the year. so if you're a viral video fan, check us out tomorrow morning. >>> meanwhile out on the plaza i'm matt lauer along with savannah guthrie, and about 500, 600 of our favorite people. nice to have you in town. and coming up in this half hour, i hate to start on such a serious note but this christmas morning tragedy, the fire tragedy in stamford, connecticut, has a lot of people t

parkway, we're okay. let's give you a heads up about something in potomac. clara barton and macarthur, an overturned vehicle. you need to keep your eyes wide open for emergency vehicles in the roadway. angie, eun? >> thank you, carol. >>> 5:55 now. times square's world famous crystal ball is getting prepped for its big night. the ball tips the scale at nearly 12,000 pounds, and it's covered in nearly 3,000 waterford crystal triangles. this year's theme, let there be friendship. >> each of the crystal panels are engraved with the different countries, the uniform rescue organizations, the pentagon, the world trade center, as well as the four airlines involved in 9/11. >> more than 1 million people are expected to pack times square on saturday night. >>> take a look at this video we have for you. this is newly released police car dash cam video. it shows a michigan man's wild ride in a stolen police car. police say ryan cunningham swiped the car friday and led them on a one-hour chase through three counties. holy cow. you can see the car weaving through traffic before event

parkway. no problems to report on the clare a barton. >>> no christmas break for congress until they approve ansion of the payroll tax holiday. now, that's the word from senate majority leader harry reid who is trying to ratchet up pressure on congressional republicans to accept tax hikes on the richest americans. joining us this morning to talk about that and other political headlines, marty russo with russo capitol strategies. he's also a former democratic member of congress representing the great state of illinois. good to see you, marty. and also chris saxen, executive director of the virginia leadership institute and he served eight years in the virginia house of delegates and was the virginia state cochair of john mccain's 2008 presidential campaign. chris, welcome to the show. >> good morning, good to be with you. >> let's start with john mccain. some articles are calling him the possible kingmaker, expected to make an endorsement for one of these contenders. tell me what you think about that, chris. >> i wouldn't classify senator mccain as the king maker of this campaign. could he make

and they rolled over this on the george washington parkway south bound toward the keyay it will have very slow traffic. they treated the clara bartonser for it is the season for water main breaks. as a portionoad blocked. the outer loop delay is our normal from new hampshire avenue 2 georgia ave. it is cold out there, manassas 19 degrees and 18 in frederick. 29 degrees at reagan national, just like yesterday morning. afternoon with variable wind. temperatures will climb through thursday. thank you for joining us and we will be back at 7:56. thank you for joining us and we will be back this is. an rc robotic claw. my high school science teacher made me what i am today. our science teacher helped us build it. ♪ now i'm a geologist at chevron, and i get to help science teachers. it has four servo motors and a wireless microcontroller. over the last three years we've put nearly 100 million dollars into american education. that's thousands of kids learning to love science. ♪ isn't that cool? and that's pretty cool. ♪ >>> oh, oh, oh. i can't believe you did that! i can't believe you did that! >> startling moments caught on camera. a gran