very very slow as you head to buckeystown pike.ust talked to police about this one, this is fifth avenue, a crash there. 66 and 95 typical. 95 a little slow northbound. overall, no problems in prince george's county. looking quite good there. 95, b.w. parkway 29 into and out of town is fine. past germantown you open up, fine all the way down to the ur spur here. back in ten minutes. >>> 6:24 right now, and jeni's splendid ice cream has restarted production after finding listeria in some of the pints. it was first found in a pint of ice cream last month. it was traced to the spout on one of the filling machines at the production facility. the company immediately initiated a recall and voluntarily retrained all of the employees. >>> a revealing new study suggests single motherhood may not be doing the body good. >> having or being a single mother at a young age can result in adverse health effects later in life. >> mothers younger than 20 divorced or parented alone for at least eight years were especially vulnerable to physical disab

no major problems right now. 270 southbound from buckeystown pike we have the crash on the right side. right now, the first 4 traffic tracker headed inbound on 395, looking about as good as 395 can look. 66 into and out of town rolling along nicely. back in ten minutes for you this morning with a look at 270. right now, other than that one situation up near buckeystown pike, we are looking good in both directions. >> all right. thank you. >>> the rest of the world does it every day. now, north korea i first time. the government launched a retail site exclusively for north korean companies to sell food drink and clothes. recently the government allowed people to read its news and download tv on their smartphones. >>> cuba's president raul castro is in moscow right now. he plans to meet with russian prime minister today. you can see castro stepping off the plane in this video here. the 70th anniversary of the soviet union's victory during world war i i is this weekend. >>> an airline in the united states says it's going to start offering round trip flights to cuba. jetblue says flights

a little warning there. 270 south, buckeystown pike some road work. you can see a little bit of a slowdown there. pretty typical for this time of day. 66 is clear, driving nicely. into and out of town. your slowest spot is dale city and that's because it's 5:30 in the morning and dale city gets slow at 5:30. overall, no problems in prince george's county. then northbound here to the parkway we'll look at that in a couple of minutes. >>> 5:30. you're looking live at the u.s. capitol in a few hours loretta lynch will face some questions on how she plans to lead the nation's law enforcement. she has been on the job for less than two weeks now and her appearance at today's budget hearing is a critical early test of leadership. let's get to the hill where we find nbc's tracie potts this morning. >> reporter: good morning. she's asking congress here today for $28 billion for the justice department. that's for investigations the fbi, the immigration. a huge budget and they have a lot of priorities in that budget. now, of the increase where she wants more mon

270 headed southbound, we do have that construction off to the right side of the roadway at buckeystown pikek here, remember to listen to wtop andst of sudley, no problems. >> thank you, melissa. >>> military bases on high alert this morning. and it's all because of isis. why the terror group has some places stepping up security. >>> and the presidential candidate demanding guaranteed >>> you're watching "news4 today." >> welcome back at 4:44 today. we expect to learn how long a virginia woman will spend in prison for lying to the fbi about her social media support for isis. 30-year-old heather elizabeth kauffman was arrested in an fbi sting last year. prosecutors are calling for the maximum sentence. she hoped who join why sis in syria and was destined for violent conduct. >>> military paces have stepped up security in the wake of the isis inspired attack in texas. nbc's tracie potts has a look at how lawmakers and military leaders are trying to stem the problem. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, aaron. the problem is they don't agree on how to do it. do you fight isis in iraq and sy

that's typical of course. 66 east at compton road looking good. 270 south as you're headed past buckeystown pikethe way through clarksburg. opens up a little bit after that. top of the beltway looking typical. overall, this sectionrince george's county not having any problems at the bottom of the beltway. through dale city you're going 38 miles per hour. >>> may is water safety awareness month and today leaders will tour some outdoor pools in the district to make sure they're ready for the summer swimming season. especially because it's starting to feel like summer already. >> yeah kristin wright is live at the anacostia pool in southwest d.c. what do we need know? >> reporter: swim in designated areas, supervised by lifeguards. that is key. pool safety right now, so important. so today, council member mary cheh will tour the anacostia pool. she'll be alongside the department of parks and recreation. this is the start to the series of tours of outdoor public pools and aquatic centers. council member cheh will visit several pools to see if i they're ready to prevent unnecessary delays or opening

construction after buckeystown pike. otherwise though, actually looking quite good just overall. i have to tell you this humidity i feel it here in the studio. so this is a day where we have hair spray in each hand and the boys have their masks on. because they know we're about to spray. >> i'm not allowed to turn up the a.c. in here. >> yes, you are. that is not true. i let you turn it -- >> it does get cold in here. >>> well, self-driving cars are getting into accidents in california. four automated cars have been in crashes since september according to the state's department of motor vehicles that's when the state started to allow them on the road. google and delphi operate the cars. they say the accidents were minor and the cars were not at fault. >>> 5:53, big changes could be on the way for uber and that could mean big bucks. landon dowdy has more on that. good morning. >> hey, that's right, good morning. uber could be running around with a lot of cash in the trunk. they plan to raise funds from investors that could value it at more than $50 billion. that would make it the

buckeystown pike. going to see what's happening there. and 66 westbound at dulles toll road.r as travel times 270 south looking good. outer loop, no major problems. 66 inbound and 95 north, everything actually quite on time here this morning. remember to listen to our friends on wtop when you hop in your car for the latest on traffic. back with more on >>> i'm kristin wright at the live desk. a person has been hit by a train in southeast d.c. this is happening at pennsylvania avenue and "m" street. it's a csx train. and that the person was pronounced dead there at the scene. it happened just before 5:00 this morning. police there now. we are working to find out more about what happened and who this person may be. back to you. >>> 14 before the hour. a new video this morning of what appears to be a spotsylvania county deputy throwing a man to the ground. prosecutors say in march former deputy david schmidt threw nathan barton to the ground while he was handcuffed. this is video part of evidence in an excessive force complaint against that deputy and another deputy at the scene