take a t look at beltway here. this happened at the early morning hours, tractor-trailer on the inner lp at bethesda. for whatever reason it jackknifed and went into the guard rail and there it sat. we're also hearing there's a fuel spill associated with tha now. we're bringing in some sand trucks to mop that up but the delays are significant through the area. the inner loop in bethesda, wisconsin avenue, that's where it happened and we're seeing the delays well before old georgetown road and really eping throughst c the area. if you got another way to get to work, you're going to want i to us today. this is going to be here for awhile. with more on traffic send it over to jack. >> they're doing their job at times. the crews will pause the inner loop a the beltway inner loop at 355. at this point i believe this is one of the moments where traffic is not getting by. three trouble spots south this moing. firs one near greenbelt road and off the roadway down into the tree and then southbound down near 202 we had an ac

this is on the inner loop ofhe beltway. that needs to be removed off the guard railknd put b on the roadway. inner loop right right now but you can expect slow downs later. inner loop at the beltway, i-95 north at college park. that remains blocked. also a jackknifed we'll see the rain. still closed. a lot of cleanp to do. water in the right ne, use caution. that could be the case in a number of spots. irfax county northbound going northbound had an accident with a couple of vehicles off the roadway. left side of the roadway is getting by. how ishe rest of our day looking? >> it looks really, really nice. the sunshine will be making a come back in the next couple of hours. the heavy rain is done. something fun you can do to get your weekend off o the right foot, it's going to be a nice day tomorrow. i'll be one of the mcown there. so you can see me. our puppy dog that's almost six months old now, if you want to enter your dog in and there's hundreds of dollars in prize money to be won justth go t website and i'll be down th

a jackknifed tractor-trailer may cause some trouble on the beltway. >> chris lawrence is on the beltway there in rockville pike. chris. >> well,aaron, right now we're seeing a mangled mass of metal right here. i want to take you inhere. this is the tractor-trailer that jackknifed a couple of hours ago on the inner loop of the beltway shy of wisconsin avenue here. they were able to move it out from the guard rail. feet of ut about 100 guard rail. they got it turned around and they have been trying toook up these wenches to try to pull it seeingut what you're not is the damage on the other side. this thing jackknifed at suchp sh angle that the tractor actually smashed into part of the trailer. ripped a gaping hole in it so the wor here is they put too much pressure on it. and the entir trail is going to collapse and s everything out of there. so that's the worry now. you can see rht now one lane getting through on the beltway now. they're hoping to havehis cleared in the next hour or so but that remains to be seen. for more on how to get around this iss and other issues that may be tracki

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kiner loop and outer loop of the beltway l typical.he exception top of the beltway outer loop as you approach connecticut avenue starts to get a little bit slow. >>> are you ready? >> let's go. >> come on. >> there yougo. it's melissa mollet and her mi . you know, melissa doesn't just track your commute with your first 4 traffic. she's a m and it was back to school for her family this week. vee and her husband jake made a family ent of the whole thing walking their son brennan to his first day of school there'sarrett and cole behind them. everybody was ready for e first day. >> brennan had a great day. took a flower to his teacher. i did that as a kid. yes, we wa first first day.the >> as long as you had a shirt for him to put on. >> getting ared. you okay? >> we had a great time.et ba heads off to preschool next week for a couple days a week. >>> thanks for sharing, melissa. >>> 6:22 is our time. backo school often means busier schedules. >>> now to make planning dinner more challenging meet the local mom who said she found a solution

beltwayi beltway looking kwiquite inod t mo no problems on 270. outer loop 95 to 270 going 32 miles per hour. not tinrible. und on 66 is okay. 95 north a little slow, 26 miles per hour is your speed. quantico to the beltway, remember to listen 103.5 hofm wn yoin your car. >> thank you, melissa. >>> many when ito comes tnch, s the busiest eatery in the district. we're talking about the schoolsl >>> , back on the team. a local homeless high schooler ge gets some much-needed help. >>> and this afterno on ellen -- >> what do you say when you need to swear but the kidsarre nd? >> oh, shoot. >> i don't believe you. >> i'm lying! >> i don't believe it either, goldie. goldie hawn and kate hudson stop eby. you'll ho check out the show to see the real answer there. you can watch ellen here on nbc 4 at 3:0. followed by news 4 at 4:00. >>> bawell, you py have not been to the busiest restaurant in arlington county. >> that's bause the busiest place to eat in arlington is in school. t you went bac school to check out some of these school lunches. this is not wh

the rest of the beltway is just fine. as you're approaching manassas, 95, and slow through the wood bridge area. through prince george's county, looking okay. the delay is as you're headed inbound on indian head highway, s you 20 miles per hour approach livingston road. hearing about an issue southbound, more than that, coming up. >> we're following a developing story in fairfax county this mornin >> police a working to figure out what led to a woman and two children being dead wednesday evening. >> justin finch is live outside of the house in herndon where the bodies were tfound. what latest? >> this is a heart breaking story that began with a phone call to police yesterday evening. last night,ice began going inside to gather evidence here, as ouwell. three hours earlier, that phone call, a man telling policeom that he came to find his two sons in a pool of blood dead. that phone call coming from this house on the 00 block of safa street, off of fairfax county parkway and route 7 here. awoman woman was later found dead i

tracking breaking news on the be beltway this morning. >> a big problem here. just going to get worse as the morning progresses soe're talking about the inner loop here. that's a little bit of aetter option. it's a jackknifed w tractor-traileh a fuel spill. the right lane is getting by. we have chris lawrence at the scene and we'll talk to him in a coup of temi the rest of the beltway looks okay right now. the ramp to kenilworth therturned car right now. woodbridge, nund 123 near dale sh there and the boulevard situation before crashes on the shoulder, that one is now gone. good morning, chuck. >> good morning, melissa. it's a gloomy looking monday morning outside. all cloud cover again for tod and probably below 70 degrees again today. that is aig sure that the seasons, they are hanging. staying below 70 and the last time we had back to back days where we failed to get to 70 degrees or higher was in the springtime. may 17th and 18th and we had an inch of rain on both of those days. much like we'll see around here. temperatures are in the cool low 60s around to

you see that delay at the top of the beltway. rest of the beltway, we don't have anythin in your way right now, finger s crossed it stays that way. you can see a little orange and yellow. moat southbound approaching quantico this ing, a tiny slowdown 53 miles per hour is your speed there. going to take you about 22 minutes. >> thank you. >>> it's 5:32. we're following a developing story in herndon this rning. police are trying to figure out what happened in this woman where a woman and two childrenr found dead last night.s investigator spent hours at the home but so far little is being released about the brutal sceun inside. >> justin finch is live outside that home now with the latest on justin, good morning. >> aaron, good morning. this investigation, now, going into a second day. the home behind ouus, will see crime tape, is going around that perimeter. fairfax county police parked here in this driveway. investigators now lng for answers afterou three were f dead in this home yesterday. the call coming in about 6:15 last night

really slow here at the top of the beltway. the rest of the beltway looks okay but take a look re, gw parkway inbound. look at that in just a second. mlk jr. avenue southeast. blocked by therash here and here's the issue on gw parkway. two different. proble southbound after the crash on the left side. travel times70 looks okay. top of the beltway, that'slehe pr right now. outer loop 95 only going 12ur miles per inbound 166 and 95 north. pretty difficult for this time of the day. remember to listen to 103.5 fm when you hop in your car. >> 6:21. he was the local kid that made waves on socialme a. >> take a look here. this is him dancing on a cruise ship. ♪ >> i mean, he has some moves there. he's from dunkirk, maryland and took part in a dance contest and won.se all of teople watching him. he didn't miss a beat. >> didn't win because he's a kid. clearly he deserves this win. look athat. >> exactly. he's on ellen today. >> you didn't know somebody was welming that and then it went viral. you surprised how many people saw it? >> ye

we're on a pedestrian bridge as it crosses over the beltway here. this is the inner loop of the beltway and the accident here and it's a jackknifed that happened earlier this morning on the ramp to wisconsin avenue. so exit 34 for wisconsin avenue, a truckld which you c see here on the video and went into the guard rail. they have everything going to the far right-hand lane. they're completely blocked. you can get by if you have to get by to the right. whether they're able to start clearing that truck out of there or not, there was wrecker on the scene but i can't tell whether they made progr s in actually clearing it or not but the bottom line is they still have a lot of equipment on the scene and the tie up as i look in the opposite direction is going as far as i can see around the bend inn.hat direct so it's going to be a problem here for a little while as traffic builds. now with more on traffic, i'll se it over to jack taylor. >> your delayun fortunately as you're seeing almost is back t georgetown road. the tractor-trailer was full of frozen f

chopper 4 over the beltway here.raffic loo normal volume wise as you take a map of the beltway here, that looks good as. well >> thank you. it's 6:31. more than 2 people gathered to remember wendy martinez. a vigil was held not far from where she died. >> her heart broken fiancee was among those that spoke to a crowd of supporters. the two were engaged just one week ago. he said wendy loved d.c. and being part of the city's running communi community. >> wendy martinez was helping her fiancee train for his first marathon when she died. he hopes to still run the race witht her. oming up at 6:45 more from wendy's family and the latest on the investigation. >> it's been almost 24 hours openedolice say a woman fire on her co-workers in maryland. that shooting was overefore officers could get there. now investigators were tasked with trying to find out why this all happened. our baltimore affiliate has the latest now from aberdeen, maryland. >> i'm here inrd an located about 40 miles northeast of baltimore. this i a huge b

brand new problem on the beltway. lanham, inner loop between bw and the beltway. we'll see how that develops. take a look here, white's ferry shut downgain today because of high water on the potomac. noey're hoping levels get low enough this aft they can reopen later today or tomorrow. and eastbound69 ramp to 6th street southeast is closed because of yesterday's fire investigation. >> melissa, thank you. >>> we turn it our other major story we're following this morning. through thatippe senior apartment building in southeast washington, sending resints running for their lives. that fire burned for hours and was big enough to be seen from miles .aw >> right now more than 100 residents are displaced. news 4's megan mcgrath is live near the building on 5th street southeast. n, what are you learning about the residents this morning? >> reporter: well, those who didn't go home with family members, they're being housed temporarily at a nearby rec center until aer more pnent housing situation can be worked out. if you look behind me, you can see the fire isot out. we're

live on the beltway, chris, lawr back to you. >> 5:31. we're also tracking more rain for your monday. >> we want to check in with chuck bell and sheena for a look at want we expect today. it's pretty gloomy out there. >> yeah. it's wet this morning. i wore a shower cap into the building. >> did you ally? >> yeah. >> but that's the thing this morning. the visibilit might beify because of the rain. >> not a pretty way to get the day andhe week started. low pressure moving through the ohio valley. that spells more cloud cover and ra chances today. it's going to be a day with zero sunshine. right now drizzling sprinkles on your monday 'smorning. cool, though. temperatures in the mid 50s.lo at that. 55 in leesburg. low 60s closer to town. forecast for ttoday, bac back days below 70 degree yesterday and today. and your rain chances today stand at essential100%. there's at least one warm day coming this week. we'll detail that part of the forecast coming up in a few. >> it's now 5:33. another woman has come forwards ac brett kavanaugh of sexual

beltway look okay. big complaint there is. takoma park, southbound new h hampshire, stie that crash blocking the middle of the roadway. upper marlboro northbound301, the ramp to 4, lanes blocked by the disabled vehicle. and brandywine inbound 4 before brandywine road, left side getting by the crash there. northbound 395, express lanes lookike they have finally cleared. that's great. taking a look at 66 and 95 invi inia. no major issues, but remember all of this green, t radar showing you where it is raining across the area. might have a wet ride into work or school this morning. travel times. 66 inbounds, 95 nohbound, both going about 35 miles per hour at this point this morning. taking a look at 270 southbound, 33 miles per hour. the top of the beltway, outer loop, 95 to 0, 24 miles per hour. remember to listen top wto fm when you hop in your car this thursday morning. >>> when you think of a good neighbor, what comes to mind? for me, it's jus keepiour yard clean. pretty simple. but a lot of people think of someone who's been

inner loop and outer loop on the beltway. everything there hasp cleared nicely. 95 in ryland. 32 down the beltway. you get there in 11 minutes. >> it's5:02. we're following a developing story out of southeast washington, where a child was hit by a stray bullet. >> megan mcgrath is outside of the pice station in that area. what do we know about this? >> reporter: an extremely scary situation for the family of this child. take a look at the video hereth happened last night. shots were fired on langston place in southeast washington. a stray bullet hit a little girl in the area. she is going to be okay. she was struck in the ankle. certainly, a close call and a ry scary situation. not a lot of information at this point. it was 9:45 and happened on the 2700 block of langston place. police are trying to figure out who fired the shot. but the child transported to the ghospital, she isoing to be okay. >> megan, thank you. >>> new details on the death ol two cn and a woman inside a home in herndon this week. based on whatroe're heari

southbound top of the beltway.nd eastbound on66 and wtop, when you hop in your ca >>> a new school year means a new commitment from father figures sh pz tin their lives. molette green is in upper marlboro right now. >> these school-aged kids are w readyh the h el p and support and weather-like figure. i tant tok about the pledge that all of these men are taking. and mr. more are taking and can't take. we want to put up the pledge while you walk about the what that means. >> the call to action, means parents step up. all of the things that we assume moms are going to do has to up to doing that. that prince george's county d are making it happen. >> you don't have to be a buy lodge cam dad of the jis. talk about why that's important for father-like figures to be around? >> leave kid better off than how you found hem them. >> this has been the work in your life. what has it done for you? >> it filled a hole my heart. it made me the bn you're ready for schoolan the dads are cheering them an. five at the marlson grshg,

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no major prlem. 95 north quantico to the beltway. 30 miles per hour. remember to listen to wtop 103.5 fm when you hop in your car. you got something -- >> what? >> it's a piece of candy. >> can you get it >> may get it? >> ah. thank you. >> oh, jack. the wait is over.nb tonight' this is us returns to tv. season 3 kicks off right after the voice. it starts tonight at 9:00 right here on nbc 4. be sure to stick around for news 4 today to catch this is us star mandy moore on the "today" show. listen, the acting,he writing, the emotion. >> jack is >> oh, he is. i love them all. >> mixed reaction to weight wa thers decision rebrand and change it's name. >> it's changing it's name as consumers ditch the diet for overall wellness.am so the will simply be ww. the move is in part to expand the company's focus beyond just weight loss to encompass overall healthy living. it also has a new logo and slogan wellness that works. it also announced itsin elimin all artificial ingredients from its products and starting a new program called wellness wins. >> a local fpast

top of the beltway slow between 95 and 270. inbound on 66. 95 north that's what we just saw, quantico to the belt way. >> now do you have any home improvement projects you have been putti off? coming up we're working for you. why getting those upgrades done now cou help you save money on insur.nce la >> and later this afternoon on ellen. >> she said what are you going to wear f ellen? and i said, you know, i'm going to wear some -- is i cocktail? well, i'm wearing like trousers. butck il. > she does a good sophi sophia vergara,right? >> the show has now been on for a decade. you can che out ell today at 3:00 right here on nbc 4 and be 3:00 right here on nbc 4 and be sure to stick aun forro ♪kaine: my dad ran an ironworking shop. i learned hard work and a trade from him and his workers.to then i wenonduras as a missionary and taught kids to be carpenters and welders. our economy works best when everyone has a skill, like shipbuilding. that's why i created career and technical academies across virginia and passed a law to expand

taking a look at the beltway. inner loop, outer loop of the beltway, no complaints. northbound 395 before the 14th street bridge had the left side blocd by a disabled vehicle. that has cleared out of the way. 66 is fine. quiet. southbound 95 after harrisonville road. have the left lane getting by the tractor-trailer crash badt one t happened before noon yesterday. guys? >> angie goff here at the live desk with this breaking news out of los angeles. take a look aou what are looking at here is the lapd. this is shortly after they responded to a break-in at this hollywood hilu home. an see a lot of flashing lights outside of it. it is a home believed to have been owned by the singer rihanna. what we're told is that in may there was anotburglary. she was identified as the owner. as of right now all they will say is that things were taken from the property but they're not sure if the singer was i town. gain, we're not sure if s still owns the property but they are responding to a burglary there. >>> angie,hank you. a big change is happening at dunkin' donuts. they're drop

beltway, nosajor probl right now. 95 in maryland, 32 down to the beltway. you're on time. >> ready? >> all right. >> come on. >> you recognize in lovely family. that's melissa mollet and her kids and her husband jake. see, she doesn't check the commute and traffic. she is a mom, she has three bestiful kid and they made it a family event walking her son brennan to his first day of school. barrett looks ready too? >> she's going to school? >> she had the backpack on. she goes next week. pit'stty cool. >> practicing with our backpack on our back. >> i can't believe she's going tooo pres >> it's always fun to walk them on the first day. it was hot. >> it was really hot. it was fun. >>> melissa, thanks. >>> still ahead, we're talking about back to school. it means busier schedules. >> that can make planning dinner more challenging.mi co up, meet the local mom who found a solution. >>> later on "news4 today," first the washington capitals now the o mysticsn their way. details onhe first-ever appearance in the wnba finals. >>> tonight on ellen -- >> i gave the answer that was on my mind. h

right now as promised, here's the beltway inner loop and outerloop.o no big complaints but that fog is a serious over the place. so you can't even see these folks heade southbound this morning. it's really, really dse looking good here this morning. southbound 395 after duke street still have tight lane blocked by a work zone and up to maryland here, 95 southbound, 32 to the beltway. you're on me

looking at 95 southbound, 32 to the beltway. a little quick there.oing to get you there inen minutes. >>> an update, now, this morning on thee pur line, the new tram-like train system being builtn maryland. once completed it will run from w bethesda to carlton. until then, there's going to be construction across the coties. yesterday, news 4 transportation reporter took a tour of the work. crews areigging out aunnel along the bath of the train right under arles street. residents say they're frustrated. >> all day long, i wear ear plugs, all day long. i wear the sound-canceling headphones. this is not just a month or two. this is with this. of dealing >> the purple line is scheduled to be finished in 2022. go to purplelinemd.com. i don't know what you can the residents about waiting for it to be over. >> try to be patien >>> capital mike shares arein te out new electric posts. >> there will be 80 of the e-bik e-bikes throughout the system. they hope it will be anption fo commuters with longer rides. and it's easier for those with hills on theroute. yo

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inner loop and l outerp of the beltway not as bad as it was. we still have a bit of a delay from an earlier crash. had a crash here as well caing a little delay both northbound and southbound this morning and you can see the fogre you definitely want to use those low beams today. thank you. your time is 6:21. acouple of weeks ago we introduced you t incoming georgetown university freshman that was kicked out of his use because he's gay. >> he feared he wouldn't be able to pay for school until hisit comm and georgetown stepped in to help him foot the bill and today he's shang his storyn ellen. >> i was just so surprised that people would actually put their money out and support me. >> it's more than 2,000 now. >> it's closed off at $141,000. >> you can see seth tod on ellen at 3:00 right here on nbc 4 and then stick around for news 4 at 4:00. >> t kindness of strangers. wow, coming up next, dejunk your laptop. we're not talking about deleting unnecessary files, but showi you where germs, thousands of them can hide. >> plus new details about the

beltway is also looking good here right now. fredericksburg, southbound 95 at t we hav right lane and ramp blocked by a work zone. 66, overall pretty good this morning. same situation here through prince george's county. we'll look at more coming up in a minute. ready? >> uh-huh. >> let's go. >>ome on. >> so you kn, melissa's only job isn't tracking a commute with first 4 traffic. she is a mom to thr. kids it was back to school for her family this week. she and her husband made a family event out ofth it. 're walking brennan to his first day of school with barrett. i think cole is ovn there i the stroller, right? >> stroller. >> they're matching as usual. everybody was very, very te ex barrett is going next week to preschool for a dumb hours a y, a couple days a week. she has her elephant backpack >> i still want to squeeze her. >> i do too. the s why i hold her all time. >> third grade, loves his teacher. >> how far is the school? >> it'hi probably like a of a mile. >> it's 100 degrees yesterday, . meli put the kids in the car.

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inner and outer loop of the beltway, noproblems. everything is moving nicely.ottom of the beltway through prince george's county into >own, out of town, no worries. angie? two alerts that could affect hoyou do business today. fairfax county courthouse closed because they're dealing with a broken water pipe all courts and court activities are canceled. however, the court inhe town of herndon and civil commitment hearings will go on as scheduled. for those i the northeast d.c. area, pepco reporting a scheduled outage affecting 1,293 customers. restoration expected by 8:00 a.m. we'll get more information to you. >>> angie, thank you. it's 4:54.d as you h out this morning, keep an eye on your speed. not only are more students andu school on the roads this week, but so are new speed cameras. >>> you may think youho kno to spot them. as adam tuss shows us, they'nl not oy in new locaons, they have a different look, too. >> a lot of d.c. speed cameras there getting n locations. you don't see b itind me here because the tree is blocking it. take a look up on the pole. a

you can see the beltway on that, the beltway area. the number 3 if we can look at that. we drew a 1 mile radius around the country club and calculated -- >> we don't have these documents. we are not. that is why she chose 3 different documents because they depict 3 different things so we would like to see all 3 documents so we can follow along. >> proceed please. >> looking at the third thing here, we calculated the distance from the closest point to your house from a mile radius of the country club and the farthest point. you can see it, 6.2, 8.2 miles. you described this as being near the country club wherever this house was, is that right? >> i describe it as somewhere between my house and the country club. it is shown in your picture, the country club is about 20 minute drive my parents home. >> 20 minute drive. i marked as the crow flies. would it be fair to say that somebody drove you somewhere either to the party or home from the party? >> correct. >> has anyone come forward to say to you remember i was the one that drove you home? >> know. >> in your july 6th tex

beltway at robinson terminal. i want to show you how foggy it is this morning. r it'slly dense in a lot of areas. so be careful. just coming up a short time ago i could hardly see 40 or 50 feet in front of me. was pretty foggy. the belt way, 64 miles per gour. ing to get you there in 9 minutes. >> thank. age of team cov hurricane florence. this is a major storm churning in the atlanticdi h right for the east coast. >> maryland and virginia are unde statesf emergency. chris is live in old town alexandria with infmation that governors from both states are giving out. chris. with everything that you're preparations about for this storm. mind.this in i want to show you this. ta a look at all of these sandbags piled up here in old town. this givesou an idea of how inundated we have been with rain over the pastew days and weeks. everything coming our way will be hitting gund already saturated with water. take a look now. as you take a look at the preparations underway in parts of north carolina and south carolina and vi

right now, tysons corner, inner loop of the beltway, two left lanes getting by the work zone. not really seeing slow down. live look at the beltway at kenilworth -- for some reason that's popping up. but it's looking good. northwesten newton street bet 18th and 17th street, lanes blocked with pole activity. and fairfax county to the parkway, you're on time. going to take you eight minutes. >> thank you, melissa. >>> it's 4:31. the stage is set for a blockbuster hearing today on capitol hill. supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh and the woman accusing him of sexual assault, dr. christine bla ssey ford, will testify before the senate judiciary committee during her testimony, dr. ford will deta the alleged assault that happened at a high school party in montgomery county. this is video o dr. ford taking a polygraph test to verify her accusations, which she passed. kavanaugh hasaid the incident never happened. you can watch the hearing this morning right here on nbc 4. we will have an nbc news special report at 9:30. >> rhel mitchell will be asking the questions at today's hearin

he rest of the beltway looks good. as we look at 270 from fredrick down to the spur, going a little quick here. 72 miles per hour is going to get you there in 25 minutes as you're headed southbound. northbound, no worries here morning. you're looking good on 270 northbound eastbound southeast freeway, the ramp to the 6th street there in southeast still shut downe for thire investigation. aaron? >> all right, melissa. thank you. >>> now to that developing story in southeast melissa just mentioned. more than 100 senior citizens lost their home in this massive fire in southeast washington yesterday. is video shows you just how intense those flames were at one point. this is near the navy yard. the roof could not handle the heat and the flames here. it partially collapsed in this part of the building. >> that heavy fire broke out at the arthur capper seniorts apartmn 5th street southeast just after 3:00 p.m. neighbors saypl pwere running through the halls yelling fire, fire, get out. >> one of the majorue isss, residents s

top of the beltway typically slow in virginia.nbound on 66 and inbound on 95, so eastbound and northbound, you can see going about 35 to that miles per hour. remember to listen to wtop 103.5 fm whenou hop in your car today. >> thanks, melissa. >>> d.c. cardinal donald wuerl is set to ask the pope to accept his resignationd today. a grry reportedly accused wuerl of not doing enough to protect children from predator prieals. >>> the tontinues this morning for the man charged in the d.c. mansion murders case. witnesses will continue to take the stand today. in court emotional day eesterday as amy's father explained how h lthrned about deadly fire at his daughter's home. >>> roads around union station are back open this morning. they were closed for a suspicious package last night. investigators are not saying if they found anything. >>> right now we're preparingca for hur florence. dominion energy crews are preparing to head south to the hurricane zone this morning. after the storm passes, a 12-member crew will help restore any lost

fairfax county parkway to the beltway, 67 miles per hour. that's going to take you eight minuteserthis morning. headed outbound on 66, you're looking good as wel no big problems this morning. beltway, inner loop and outer loop nice and green. everything is rolling along. this has just cleared. leesburg e eastbound 7 was diverted at river creek parkway. that is now out of the way. >> melissa, thank you. >>> it's 5:01. we have breaking news right now. d.c. police say a elderly man is in critical condition after being hit by car. the accident happened late last night at the corner of north capital andhanning streets in northwest. police say the man was crossing the street when he wasthit. driver of the car remained on the scene. anyone who may have seen tci dent should call d.c. police. >>> crews from our area a rushing down south to help communities that will be impacted by hurricane florence. terday as ere y maryland task force one deployed to south carolina. >> today virginia dominion energy is dispatching its crews to head south so they can

we did hot lanes on the beltway. you can also see those if you walk right out of this building. >> the candidates also tackl immigration reform. we posted the entire debate on the nbc 4 washington app. >>> it's 5:05. good news this morning for federal employees. congress has passed a bil averting another government shutdown. it was feared that the sunday deadline would be missed, but yesterday president trump agreed to sign the bill. it funds the pentagon and key domestic agencies and will keep the rest of the government open through december 7th. the bill does not address the president's border wall with mexico. >>> now to breaking news. there is a barricade situation happening in northwest d.c. >> yeah, we want to get right to news 4's amy cho, who just arrived at theat scene. re you seeing out >> reporter: as we speak, negotiators are trying to get a man to come out of a house. i want to give y a look behind me at the scene. the home is down that way. this isn mt. pleasant street, northwest. police tell me it star

beltway, no issues right now. rolling along well.nce gorges county, branch avenue,ni pennsylvaa avenue good into town and out of town. >> thank you, melissa. >>> update now on breaking news you may have seen at the top of the hour. new york avenue is reopened in northeast after a crashin lving a d.c. police suv. we're still waiting to findut exactly what happened and whether any officer or other drivers were injured in the crash. >> complete chaos in onet southed.c. neighborhood after a massive sinkhole opened up there. take a lk at the water gushing through that hole. cars teetering on the edge of th cracked road there. >> crews will continue. >>> news 4's chris lawrence are live witht neighbors are saying about this. chris? >> reporter: ueun, some are saying the city needs to do a better job of maintaining the old pipes. take a look behind me. far cry from what w saw yesterday. obviously they got the water main itself fixed anded repa but look at the street. long way to go there. let's take another look at some of t video from yest

the ramp to 3rd street tuel, beltway up top. other stuff that could get slow on the beltway, camp spefngs. two lanes and the right sort of splitting around the work zoneer bridge work you have to stay right before it's too late. >> all right. thank you. we continue to follow breaking neon inomery county. five people are shot and two are dead inrehat police calling a murder-suicide. here's what we know. inside the home on amberleigh drive on silver springs, someone inside the house called 911 to report the shooting. he's a live look. justin finch will have a live report coming up in 15 minutes. >> back now to our coverage of florence. we want to show you live piures from kinston, north carolina where the neuse river overflowed and flooded entire the rain continues to fall today. the river is not expected to crest until later this week. this is what it looks like from above. water as far as the eye can see. arolina national guard captured this video during a search and rescue mission this weekend. the guardsmen aresing infrared ca

inner loop and outer loop of the beltway,o complaint there.vel times in maryland looking ood here, no matter where y are. and 66 inbound. 95 quantico to the beltway, miles per hour. that's not bad this time of day. listen towtop when you hop in your car today. >>> the wrong message. that's what some parents think a for teens show made could be sending. what you need to know about "insatiab "insatiable." >>> and this afternoon on "ellen."nt >> we wao know your butt exercises. >> you get on all fours. okay. >> is someone else in the ro k? >> i want w where she's going with that. she stops by "ellen" today, though. not only talking about staying fit at 72. she's also going to talk about her new album and about the time she and meryl streep saved a fan's life. >> you can catch "ellen" on nbc at 3:00. and stick around for news at 4:00. >>> keeping you up to speed on this breaking news o out baltimore at 6:24. chopper 4 over the scene of thae big f that's been burning in fells point. this is a 150-year-old business on south broadway street, the main

oxon hill right now, outer loop of the beltway. we were talking about that, and that hasared out of the way. any longer big delays anyway. >> i can't. >> silver after georgia avenue. left lane getting by the work zone there. mclean before that toll rf d. the rest oe beltway looks fine. look at 270, going 68. that's going to take you 26 going southbound. if you're northbound out of town, at 90, your night is clear, as well. alexandria, with seminary. two left lanes get by that work zone. and leesburg, at river creek parkway. >> melissa, thank su. 14ll ahead, the world can be a dangerous place, especially y for kids ang adults. melissa is learning about self-defense and what you can teach your children. >>> and a power line catches fireh wwoman inside it. everything that happened next was on camera. ♪ >> she acts and sings, and she can rap, too. anna kendrick is joining ellen. and spike lee, a u.s. open fan, by the way, talks abo his movie i'm alex trebek here to tell you about the colonial penn program. if you're age 50-85 on a fixe

our beltway is loong good. all of your lanes open. white's ferry once again this morning and made the decision that they are going to be on full service operay.ons to it's back in to you. >> the national hurricane center says the eye wall of hurricane florence iso beginning t brush against the carolina coast. you can hear all the damage and the winds there gusting at 100 miles pe ihour. floren a category one storm so the winds may bind upng the at least damaging part of this event. it's the rain and the stormt surge t could prove to be very damaging. already tens of thousands of ut people are wit power and we're still just moments away now from the hurricane making la landfall. >> take a look at this. here's some of that rain. this shot is from wilmington. it's about 100 miles away from morehead city. it's been like that for hours. hiy continue like throughout the weekend. so three feet of rain is pected there. that's enough to turn roads into rivers. >> we already so much rain. >> the grounds completely saturated. we're working for y

inner loop and outer loop the rest of the beltway is looking good this morning. no other complaints rightow and fairfax, eastbound 6612 befe crash with the left lane blocked there. good morning, sheena, you must have better news than i do, ght? >> yes. it's going to be rainy and clou and chilly. >> and the weekend is one day closer than it wasst day. >> that's a good way to look at it. >> it's chilly outside and patchy fog and visibility, but as we zoom out, for rain throughout the southnd southwes visibility is not too bad. we're above about two miles for most of the area and it could be a little bit difficult in some spots. 63 washington, 62 clinton, take a look at how they're going to go as we go through the morning, not moving too much. even through lunchtime we should be in the mid 60s. some sub persons in the late 60s. we'll talk about our rain chances for the rest of the wee comiup. >> it's 4:02 now. to a developing story this morning, aasther woman come forward accusing brett kavanaugh of sexual misconduct. >> this dates back to his days at yale universit

camp springs, outer loop at the beltway. new traffic pattern so thele mif the road is blocked for that bridgework. you have to g around that in each direction. in the district, beach drive between aoyce road maryland state lines. all lanes blocked. the grehong you where we're having rainfall right now. eastbound 66. crash there on theight side. erin. >> all right. thank you. it's 4:02. breaking new now. there's been another shooting in the district. >> angie has the latest. >> well, we are stillki w to get together all the information coming in. chris lawrence is alsoeading to the scene right now. d.c. police tweeting out about h ting happening. this is right at the d.c.-maryland line near new hampshire avenue northeast. the scene is a the shell gas station there, if you're familiar with the area. it's marked there on the screen. there's no word on who may have been shot or their current condition. we're working to get more information. we know that police areng loo for a suspect. we'll bring you an update as soon as we get

right now as promised, here's the beltway inner loop and outerloop. so no big complaints but that fog is a serious over the place. so you can't even see these folks heade southbound this morning. it's really, really dse looking good here this morning. southbound 395 after duke street still have tight lane blocked by a work zone and up to maryland here, 95 southbound, 32 to the beltway. you're on time. >> thank you. it's now 4:30. back now to our team coverage o hurricanflorence. >> this is the projected path. north carolina seems to main target but this is a very big storm. maryland and virginia alsoed decl states of emergency. >> there's also evacuation orders in place this morning. the orders effect people living nd ng the eastern shore hampton roads area. those in the southeastern part footagetate and this is from yesterday of people trying to soak up some sunshine at virginia beach ahead of the storm. people don't have much time. don't forget, you can get caught up on the potential impact on the nbc washington app. > today memorials honor those ki

the beltway region.ues until in45 in the mo not a flash flood warning, but they will stay around for the next couple of hours and turn dr around, don'n. don't become part of the news. the rain is about over with and a lot of light activity is left over from the thunderstorms. a couple of showers, but the worst is over with.tr ns of thunderstorms all evening moving from west to east. the strongest storms over the bay moving on to ore eastern now just fog with the humidity overnight. we are at 76 degrees currently and the relative humidity high. the fog is not far away. the high today was 89, just missed the 90 degree mark, but should reach it tomorrow at the start of another heat wave. at winchester, 68 degrees. thd coo down big time and never recovered. still 76 a reagan national and 79 in annapolis where the storms never really made it to cool it down. future radar starting off at 2:00 in the morning and everything is just about over with. a couple of storm trying to stay near the bay. fog. of clouds an

beltway andrk on the around of slow spots town. we'll have the full coming up. >> plus we can all use some good news as we start our monday. till ahead, we'll show you a world record for hugging. how many h this local girl gave to beat the record. i put criminals in prison during the day i'm jennifer wexton, and as a prosecutor, and changed diaps at night. later, when i had a law practice, i volunteered to help moms collect child support. then, as state senator, i worked across party lines to target sexual offenders and take guns away from domestic abusers. in congress, i'll stand up to president trump. i approve this mes wge because, like eveking mom, what's ahead is as important as what's in the rearview mirror. >>> breakin news right now. a shooting inside a silver spring home haspened late night on amberly drive. our crews are working for you at the scene. >> it's another storm team ayweather alert as we track what's left of hurricane florence. no longer a hurricane. that storm is expected to move through west virginia into pen

rest of the beltway nice and clear. fredericksburg, southbound i-95, a csh blocking the right side. 66 into town, fairfax countyy parko the beltway, no problems. we'll look at couple of work zones coming up. >> i need you to pick a side, melissa. >> she's not going to pick a side. >> still ahead, the wro message. that is exactly what some parents think a new netflix show madeor teens could be sending. what you need to know about "insatiable." >>> the twist in thhostory of a less man, saying the money raised for him was taken frohi m. >>> and this afternoon on "ellen" -- >> we want to know your butt exercises. >> you get down on allfours. okay? >> is someone else in the room? [ laughter ] >> get down on all the plastic surgeon go to work. >> stop it. >> cher, stopping by ellen's show. he's not only talking about staying fit but a new album. >> she looks amazing.ks she l amazing. >> absolutely. at hek >> catch "ellen" here at 3:00. and stick around for news 4 at 4:00. i'm alex trebek here to tell you about the colonial pe

down to the beltway. 74 miles per hour. hank l right, melissa, you. it is 5:31 right now.than 200 people gathered last night to remember wendy martinez. the vigil was heldot far from where she died in d.c.'s logan circle neighborhood. >> her heart broken fiancee was among those that spoke to a crowd of supporters. the two were engaged just one week ago when they were plaeming a dr wedding here in d.c. and then another celebration for family in columbia. wendy loved running so much and was helping h train. >> wendy, i love you and i kno th're in a better place. >> her fianceeop to still run the race without her. >> now to the investigation ints martindeath. anthony crawford is behind bars this morning and charged with stabbing her to death. this is a sketch of his first a courtearance yesterday. d.c. police worked quickly to identify him as a suspect in the murder. >> justin finch is live in logan circle now with more on how the communities playing a critical role in this investigation. justin. >> that's right. the police chief says that this community w outranged and alarm

right around the beltway. all the way across. it is a nasty night for they've got more rain in the forecast as we make our way into the forecast. look at thesemp ature. 65 in hagerstown. so it is cool. we go up by 20 degrees. it is going to end withhat severe weather. >>> all right. thank you. to two potentially consequential meetings thursday on wnnsylvania avenue. while the senatl be hearing from the supreme court pick and from a woman who accused him of sexual assault, the president will be sitting down with rod rosenstein, the top doj official who is overseeing the investigation. he said he spoke with the president about rent news reports. that includesthe new york times" article which says the deputy ag discussed wearing a wire around the president and a possible effort to invoke the 25th amendment. they are meeting later this week. pete williams with a look at that move. the idea that you somehow saved the opts by moving to it thursday, i don't think it accomplishes anything. i would be snokd after thursday rod voens i woul

the beltway is fine. no overnight hoad worke this morning. white's fowry shu causing that closure this morning. we'll keep you updated on that.e burg, do have flooding there closing the road.ti water trail north of landsdowne. we hope that will be out o the way by.m 7:00 a >> you probably heard that rainfall too yesterday. if you were out on the roads over the weekenou y made good use of your windshield wipers. pounding rain here and made it treacherous on the road and rain is in the forecast for most of this week. people inld town alexandria were keeping an eye on the forecast and the water. >> the river topped it's banks flooding the street. what are you seeing right now? >> well, some good news out here being that the flood water has receded. take a look though you can kind see where the water was, though. dirt and debris on the sidewalks out here. a little bit further down king street you can see sandbagsut o here right in front of that fron door protecting that store from that potential flooding that could have moved through here. i want