more on the bw parkway coming up in my next report. back to you guys. >>> tensions in the middle east continue to run high. >> israel says overnight it has targeted terror sites and command senators used by hamas -- centers used by hamas leaders. >> susan mcginnis has the latest. >> reporter: smoke billowed into the sky over gaza a day after a proposal to end fighting between israel and hamas militants fell through. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu says his country has no choice but to respond more forcefully to hamas after the group rejected a cease-fire plan yesterday shortly after israel had accepted it. israel is warning families in sections of northern gaza to evacuate saying it plans to carry out air strikes against terror sites and operatives in those neighborhoods. the u.s. is standing by israel but is pushing both sides to work toward deescalating the situation. >> we believe that israel has the right to defend itself. that remains the case. but our focus continues to be on working towards a cease- fire. >> reporter:

but again, expect delay there is at the bw parkway in laurel at route 32. back to you. >>> a manassas teen accused in a sexing case has won a victory in a criminal case gaining national attention. explicit photos will not be used in trey simms' child pornography trial. prosecutors say they will not use photos taken during a search warp warrant. simms faces charges for sexting his then girlfriend who was 15 at the time. prosecutors told our northern bureau chief that they agreed not to use the photos because they have a strong enough case without them. >>> today we could learn whether two important witnesses will be allowed to testify in the bob mcdonnell corruption trial. a judge will rule on whether a lawyer and an accountant can take the stand. the former virginia governor is trying to prove that a supplement company run by johnny williams did not get any benefits from his administration. mcdonnell and his wife are accused of taking lavish presents from williams in exchange for those benefits. their trial starts july 28. >>> new this morning, a break-in a

a little slow bw parkway as you approach 50. 95 north at prince william parkway, slow through dale city. and then a new crash 270 north they're buckeystown. are more on that coming up. >>> a teenaged girl met someone on instragram and then was sexually assaulted. how police say two men tricked her and a good safety resource for parents. >>> and richard jordan gathering the latest on a plane that went missing over algeria. we'll go to th >>> you're waking up to some showers. tom kierein will lay out when the lane leaves and relief coming once it's gone. that's at 6:21. >>> i'm richard jordan at the live desk with breaking news. another airplane is missing this morning. an air al geary flight went missing about 50 minutes after takeoff. air traffic controllers lost contact with the plane. it is no where to be found on radar. the flight was going from burkina faso in west africa to algie algiers. there were 110ar on board. six crew members. they are no are to be found at this point. the airline has started with what they call an emergency plan. this flight would typically take about four h

and then taking a look at the bw parkway out of town looks good, a little farther out of town is seeing delays. and we have a delay on the yellow line coming up in ten minutes. >> a small child turns 1. why is it so important? because it happens to be prince george, okay? the tradition his family will have at kensington palace to wish him a happy 1st birthday. >>> and the epa and kim >>> 6:15 right now and temperatures are heating up in our area. and this afternoon we could see a storm in these skies, but there's an even bigger chance tomorrow. storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein will take us through when we could see them in your weather and traffic on the 1s at 6:21. >>> a developing story in south korea now. police say that those who were on the ferry found the captain's body. they are still searching for ten bodice missing. >>> we are going to talk to nbc's richard engel live in gaza city coming up at 6:45 this morning. and right now secretary of state john kerry is in cairo trying to broker a truce between israel and hamas in gaza. kerry says it is up to hamas to stop the bloods

it's sort of between the bw parkway and route 50 in landover hills. i r if you're traveling through chef -- if you're traveling through cheverly, you should be okay into the northeast corridor. let's take a look live now and see what's going on. here's what it looks line on the northbound side of i-95. this is the newington area heading into springfield. it's now beginning to bunch up trying to either get to the beltway or along 395 and 14th street bridge where everything is looking fine. we'll go over to another live picture. this time checking out what it looks like if you're planning to head over on the inbound side of i-66 coming in from gainesville you should be okay. let's see if we can check out what it looks like elsewhere live right now. here we go. no problems to report on 395 heading through the landmark area to the 14th street bridge. let's go over to maryland now. no problems on 270 coming in from frederick down to the point where the lanes divide. here's the beltway outer loop side heading into silver spring and colesville road. you have

top of the beltway, you can see a little slow outer loop and inner loop as you approach bw parkway. parkway out of town, into town just fine. 295 past 50 is slow. 66 east your biggest problem this morning. >>> at least temperatures are cool and comfortable. you can have the windows open. and we have temperatures later today climbing to more september-like, jewel-tember temperatures. into the low 80s in prince george's county, fairfax, montgomery county and the district. lots of sunshine. and across northern virginia, all the counties generally low to mid-80s, but you a mostly sunny afternoon. low humidity still in place, too. near the pennsylvania border, panhandle of west virginia, highs only the upper 70s to around 80 degrees. and a beautiful day in the shenandoah valley and the mountains, as well. great weather for hiking, biking, temperatures near 80 shenandoah valley. only mid and upper 70s for highs this afternoon out in the mountains. a look at our roller coaster ride over the next 48 hours coming up in ten minutes. >>> it is now 6:32. in just a few hours, a university of mar

. >>> let's look at the bw parkway where a tree fell and clipped a car. that's near laurel. emergency crews tell us no one was hurt. there have been big delays here as well as crews try to clear up the debris. >> don't let your guard down. more storms moving our way. meteorologist veronica johnson got the latest update at the to. >> the latest. we remain under a severe thunderstorm watch in so much of the area. the worst came through between 2:00 and 4:00 p.m. today. a handful of power outages. a report out of king georges county of a waterspout in the state park. now, look at the area that remains under a severe thunderstorm watch from frederick, maryland to winchester, charlottesville and everywhere east of the blue ridge still could get high winds and isolated hail. with the other storm that is come through ahead of the weather front, we could see flash flooding. yeah, there were some flooded roads that i saw. part of the issue, of course, is we have so much debris from the storms earlier this week. flash flood watch to prince williams county, fairfax until 10:00 p.m. the

you can see bw parkway looking quite good. i'm back in will ten minutes. >>> new this morning, hundreds of people out of their hopes right now because of a train crash and derailment. this happened about an hour and a half outside madison, wisconsin. fire officials say two trains crashed there. that septembnt at least ten rai off the tracks. hazmat crews working to clean up about 5,000 gallons of diesel fuel that spilled. two people were hurt but expected to be ob. > okay. >>> starting today, the county will stop selling the cash key system which allows customers to add money to a key which then used to pay for parking. tens of thousands of those keys were sold. montgomery county says it's looking into other payment options like paying with your cell phone. >>> speaking of electronics, today you'll notice the price increase in your buying a plane ticket. what you the tsa fee just doubled. you'll notice the biggest chain if you fly nonstop. the so-called september 11th security fee was $2.50 for each leg of the trip. now we'll

bw parkway headed out looking quite good. top of the beltway, a little slow. 66, slow and go. 95 as you head into town from virginia through dale city, probably your worst spot. i'm back in ten minutes. >>> you'll need to dig in your closet and jacket in july. record low this morning at dulles airport, down to 49. old record was 51 set back in 1981. and county by county, we will have a dramatic warming compared to where we are right now. it will be up around 80. most of northern virginia will be be right around 80 with low most of southern maryland should be in the upper 70s to near 80 there, as well. just a light breeze. and we will have counties right along the pennsylvania border from frederick through washington generally upper 70s with increasing afternoon clouds. and there is a small chance of an isolated shower send dou shenandoah valley highs there in the 70s. next a look at hour by hour changes. back to you. >>> right now alexandria police are searching for a missing man. william boyd was last seen on saturday. this

don't go to the bw parkway, though. an accident there at powder mill road also blocking a lane and police have arrived on the scene. some good news at least. there was police activity inside the beltway on silver hill road. that's been reopened between suitland road and swann road. 95 is a bit after mess coming up from woodbridge to springfield a disabled tractor- trailer there. i'd say it's about a 17-minute ride for that stretch. 66 on the inbound side this one involves a tractor-trailer right before 29 in centreville. take a look at those delays on our traffic lad camera coming in -- traffic land camera coming in from manassas. on 9 it's swammed into springfield -- jammed into springfield. >>> this summer's crazy gas prices have us looking for relief too. you can find some if you drive near culpeper, virginia. the most expensive gallon of regular unleaded is just $3.37. that's at the martin station on creativity drive. while you can save a few pennies if you head to greens food shop on main street where it's $3.33 a

this is right near the bw parkway and the beltway in prince george's county. we're in good shape eastern stretch basically between 95 and the wilson bridge. back to you guys. >> thanks, monika. >>> a busy news day at 6:31. time so see what our partners at cbs this morning are covering. >> that's why gayle king joins us live from new york. good morning, gayle. >> that's why i'm here. we're ready. hello, andrea and mike. people are bundling up across the midwest. and we'll explain the record low temperatures and why some people have to wear coats in july. what does it mean to our weather long term? holly williams is in gaza city with the overnight deal on a cease-fire. and saving money with your phone. how does that work? the technology that allows you to control your home temperature when you're not even there. the news is back in the morning. we'll see you at 7:00. mike and andrea, i'm thinking it's like, you know, your cable company, you can program a tv show when you're not home. maybe you can do with your temperature. i like this idea. >> we'll be watching.

. >>> let's look at the bw parkway where a tree fell and clipped a car. that's near laurel. emergency crews tell us no one was hurt. there have been big delays here as well as crews try to clear up the debris. >> don't let your guard down. more storms moving our way. meteorologist veronica johnson got the latest update

taking a look at chopper 4 over the top of the outer loop and inner loop of the beltway, this is bw parkway headed in or out of town on the parkway. a live look at things near the beltway, typically slow after the turn to fairfax inside the beltway on 66. quite slow there. taking a look at 95, slow as well. then 66 heading through oakton and faiax, a little slower than we typically like to see at this point this morning. i'm back in ten minutes with another look at 270. >>> 6:32 now. if you are headed out the door, a pretty good bet you'll run into bumpy stretches of road out there. we just got our hands on a new white house study this morning that found that 6% of the roads in virginia, 20% of roads in maryland and 95% of the roads in d.c. are in disrepair. molette green is live in northwest d.c. to see what the president is doing to fix the nation's roads and you found a real mess out there, molette. >> reporter: yeah, aaron, good morning. you read the numbers and i want to show you what it looks like in real life on newark street in northwest d.c. in the american university community. ta

taking a look at the parkways, bw parkway, you're right tat speed. gw parkway, a tiny bit slower, but moving right along. d.c. 295 slow as you past 50. we have an accident that should be cleared out of the way here fairly shortly, wisconsin avenue at south drive. 95 at lorton road looks good. no problems there. coming up in the next ten minutes at 6:11, we'll it a drive down 270. but everythingoff all looking quite good. >>> we're tracking breaking news this morning. police look for a 15 month old girl and her father. her mother says her father took the girl outside a metro stop. molette green live at the southern avenue metro stop with what you need to know. >> reporter: good morning. gone for more than ten hours now. taken from here outside the southern avenue metro station. if you can, come to your tv screen and take a good look at this patient. 29-year-old darrel keith parker is seen holding his baby girl. she is 15 months old. we don't have a name given for the baby, but police say he took her from her other about 7:45 last night. no information

police say he wounded an officer with the national security agency and drove the wrong way on the bw parkwaydar nel hawkins junior. police stopped him this morning. they say he pulled into a staging area then sped off. hurting an officer and almost hitting a barricade. stereotype troopers stopped him after he allegedly drove the wrong way on the parkway. >>> running to catch your train is not a valid excuse to jaywalk near that busy north virginia metro station. and doing it is costing people money this week. police are cracking down on pedestrians who cross when they shouldn't be t vienna station on the orange line. officers gave out 76 citations and warnings just on monday. another 39 yesterday. they say this is an effort to make things safe. >> we see people jaywalking and the cars are traveling but they are looking at the green light. and they are thinking that people should not be on the highway. >> well i think a warning is in order. a ticket may be a little excessive. maybe some signs or something. >> police tell us they launched this jaywalking crackdown after nearly two dozen accide

beltway into and out of down bw parkway moving at speed, 55 miles an hour. tom, we'll keep an eye on the 270 situation and be back in ten minutes about him. >>> the weather looks a lot better and here is your first look at sunrise on this friday morning. live view from the storm team 4 tower camera. sun just breaking the horizon. temperatures around our region in the 50s to near 60. feels more like late september, not late july. we have low humidity in place throughout the day. it's a long sleeve morning. it will stay cool through about 8:00. then low humidity in place the rest of the day. a big change during the afternoon, really warming up with the strong july sun. you'll need sunblock as we get the ultraviolet index in the very high range during the afternoon. a look at your hour by hour changes onheay. back to you. >> we're counting down the hours until silver line opens. >> it appears metro is ready, but are you is thyou? megan mcgrath is live at the wehle reston station. >> reporter: and if you look behind me, you can see a train in the station right n

police are on the scene on the bw parkway on route 50 through cheverly just beginning to see volume. speaking of volume we'll take a look at 59 in virginia on the northbound side here. it's very slow traffic right here through the newington area yhead into springfield although the lanes are open. again, this is just that heavy volume that happens in the summer summertime at 6:00 rather than early in the morning. one last live look this time over to maryland 200 at crabs branch way. this is nice and quiet north of the beltway. back to you guys. >> thanks, monika. >>> secretary of state john kerry is back in egypt this morning. he left israel yesterday without securing a cease-fire in the middle east conflict. >> meantime overnight the faa lifted its ban on american airlines sending flights into israel's main airport. don champion has more. >> reporter: american airliners can once again fly into tel aviv's ben-gurion airport after the faa lifted its ban on planes traveling to israel's main hub. in a statement overnight, the agency said it lifted the ban after getting new information on

it has not been a good morning on the roadways. 66 clears up and the bw parkway is a problem. >> i know gate at cia is closed. road,uthbound at montrose there is a crash in the 2 left lanes, causing some delays trying to get south of gaithersburg. this has caused the delays out of springfield, blocking half the roadway. at least of the traffic is coming up. i know the weather is find. >> the weather is fabulous and it will stay that way for the next couple days. our air is staying very dry. the jet streams taking a dip to our south. is seeingin east beautiful conditions. comfortable humidity, with temperatures in the low to mid 80's. to -- tonight we will see a drop back into the 60's in most spots. partly cloudy afternoon with pleasant conditions and highs in the mid 80's. >> overnight while you were sleeping, d.c.'s marijuana decriminalization law went into effect. it went into effect admin night. the punishment for possessing small amounts of the drug is a $25 fine. our sister station is channel 8 will have more on this law in a few minutes. >>> good morning, america. it's 8:00 a.m.

bw parkway looking great between 50 and 32, moving right along. wider look at things, a little slow 66. 295 slow into the city. and then gw parkway moving right along, as well. back in ten minutes. >>> lightning struck the honest kn mop kn monorail at disney world. >>. >> and the important financial lesson your kids may miss out on when they head back to (vo) ours is a world of passengers. the red-eyes. (daughter) i'm really tired. (vo) the transfers. well, that's kid number three. (vo) the co-pilots. all sitting... ...trusting... ...waiting... ...for a safe arrival. introducing the all-new subaru legacy. designed to help the driver in you... ...care for the passenger in them. the subaru legacy. it's not just a sedan. it's a subaru. >>> so far this morning, pretty humid out there, skies look pretty cloudy, but we do expect to see storms before the day is over. tom kierein will take us through your chances for those stores to become severe at 6:21. >>> and outside of philadelphia, investigators are trying to determine what is causing a dangerous gas

. >>> police arrested a man following a chase on the bw parkway in anne arundel county. chopper 4 flew over the scene this morning. it was near the route 32 exit in laurel. maryland state police said an nsa officer tried to pull over the man for reckless driving. the driver injured an nsa officer and nearly hit a barricade. the driver was going northbound on the southbound lanes. everything is back open at this time. >>> police want to know why someone targeted a man in a drive-by shooting in silver spring. this happened around 7:00 last night outside apartments on bradford road not far from piney branch road. a neighbor said the victim ran to a building banging on doors for help but no one responded. one man told us police had been called to the complex a lot recently. >> there's been some problems going on in and out. the police has been here a couple times, but i don't know. >> problems between who? >> i don't know, the people -- i can't tell. >> montgomery county police dogs worked in the pouring rain trying to track the scent of the gunman but had no luck. the victi

. >>> part of the bw parkway is over after that tree fell across the highway. this happened in the southbound lanes near laurel. it did hit a small car, but no one was hurt. traffic was backed up for more than an hour so debris could be cleared. >> back inside the beltway, downed trees creating problems for homeowners in montgomery county. this is what it looks like in bethesda. new for us, pat collins is live on bradley boulevard with more. pat? >> reporter: doreen, this is not the kind of high wire act you want to see. especially if it's in your front yard. take a look at this scene on bradley boulevard. this large limb draped over these large wires. goose bumps. we are waiting for pepco to come in and remove the limb and set the wires free. come to think of it, this was a bad day for trees all around. a tree down here. a tree down over there. it seemed like every other turn, there was something down somewhere. at mcarthur boulevard in glen echo, barely one car could get by. at elgin lane, the street completely blocked by fallen limbs. then, on river road, ne