>> big backups on the bw parkway. this morning they will be blow dried by the gusty winds b after yesterday's rain. we're all clear here now. we don't have any rain. there are a few sprinkles on the eastern shore. heavy rains could be flight delays boston, new york city later today. it's also whipping us with northerly winds that will be with us. the latest gusts 25 to 30 miles per hour. it will stay with us and may get stronger around noon time. temperatures chilly. near 50 in montgomery county. prince georges, fairfax, low to mid-i 50s. you will definitely need a jacket. wear long pants. it will make it feel even cooler than we are now. later today the winds will diminish during the afternoon. high temperatures reach mid-60s much of the region by midafternoon. that's around the metro area. cooler off to our west. by dawn, down into the 40s. afternoon highs upper 60s. a lighter wind with lots of sunshine. for the aids walk on saturday, should be good weather for that. clear sky in the 40s to near 50 degrees. by late

the bw parkway headed from the airport, a crash southbound at the 175 interchange. nsa, fort meed and jessup. extensive delays coming from southbound. i would take 95 south toward the capital beltway. sky 9 has been checking out this shot from the scene of that crash. where again the left side of the roadway has been blocked for a good while now on southbound 295. check out the ride for 395 virginia. that trip northbound heading up to the beltway, edsall, landmark and edging into shirlington, volume pretty light to the 14th street bridge. all lanes open there. 66, slowing as you make your way into manassas. an unusual delay in falls church to get past washington boulevard. howard has a look at our forecast. how are we looking for the weekend? >>> the weekend is looking pretty g. the problems are going to be the wind behind the storm system that got us yesterday with all the rain. visibility is fine on our michael & son weather camera. the day planner mix of sun and clouds with more clouds this morning and more clouds east. a little more sun this afternoon. 60 by noo

crash bw parkway southbound at 175. chopper over this for you.e are seeing two mild delays as you approach 175. the the left lane is blocked. we have to stay right to get around this. as chopper pans up you can see the the jam this has create. we are initially told it would be out of the way quickly. and then this is happening. if you take 95 instead, you might want to do that this morning. 66 in virginia, looking good. typical for this time of day. prince george's county, also looking good. branch avenue, pennsylvania avenue, 301, everything moving along. taking a wider look at things, inner and outer loop, no problems. 270 moving along. we do have this delay. red line, single tracking friendship heights to van ness. remember to follow us on twitter @first4traffic. eun. >>> check out this scene. it sparked a fireball that caused a transformer to blow. firefighters believe the wires came down because of the weather. they put out the fire and closed the gas line. nobody was hurt. >>> 5:55. metro is going to get an update today. >> track problems c

southbound route 1, the bw parkway.ic more volume to the anacostia river routes but your lanes are open on the freeway heading over to the 14th street bridge. and 66 jammed up out of manassas. the crash near fair oaks long gone but the damage has been done there. back to you. >>> cbs this morning is next. a legal fight between the faa and flight attendants. >> how about the flight attendants? battling back against new cell phone rules. >> beverly and i will be back in 25 prince with an update on the traffic and of course this very quickly changing weather system. >> news, weather and traffic 24/7 at wusa9.com. join howard and me at noon. i'll be dancing >>> good morning. it is wednesday, october 15th, 2014. welcome to "cbs this morning." a second texas health care worker is infected with ebola. >>> captured by the taliban and rescued by the navy s.e.a.l.s. >>> the vatican. cardinal timothy dolan is with us from rome. >> but we begin this morning with today's "eye opener," your world in 90 seconds. >> another has been di

you may want to take the bw parkway.t is moving right along. 95 just north of prince william parkway also looking quite good for us this morning. the beltway at central avenue seeing volume, but no major problems at this point. as far as metro, marc and vre, everything is looking good on time. that's what we like to see, especially early in the morning. then chopper is headed to the country east. we'll have more coming up. >>> a maryland trooper was hurt with a crash on the beltway at 2:00 a.m. south of route 50. we know two others were involved in the accident. the officer and one other person are recovering in the hospital. police are trying to figure out what caused the crash. >>> right now d.c. police are offering $10,000 if you can help them solve a carjacking. take a slow look at this video here. police gave us this security video on and want to talk to the two people you see here. they are called persons of interest but not suspects in the case. this happened on rhode island northeast earlier this month. >>> for t

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taking a look bw parkway into and out of town looking good. as is 95. a a top the beltway, looking good. that's one of our trouble spots here. next 30 minutes or so, colesville road will slow down a bit. trying to get chopper over the crash. that in 10 minutes. >> thanks, melissa. maybe you're ready to hop on the ride line. you could be be in for a bumpy trip. the red line has more details than any other line in the system during this month. it averages three incidents per day. the orange line is the runner-up with just over two incidents a day. the silver had one and a half. green line, 1.2. the blue and yellow both had under one incident per day. >> later this morning, you will get a chance to weigh in on a major road project in wins william county. vdot will explain plans to reconstruct 66 and route 15 interchange in hay market. they are hosting a community information meeting at battlefield high school in hay market. the goal of this project is to improve the safety of the intersection and to accommodate increased traffic in that area. now, later th

and bw parkway looking good as well. mice and green. same thing. when you look at a wider look, no major issues. as we zoom in a little bit, you can see no problems. as we look in town, everything moving quite nicely. i'm back in 10 minutes. a live picture along 270. >> melissa, thank you. this week, somed phd's largest school system is expected to ask the state for more funding for overcrowding. they will announce several efforts to deal with the situation. the school superintendent said there will not be enough room at montgomery blair, albert einstein, john f. kennedy and northwood. they will ask the state to intervene and provide money for new buildings. >> we don't want the safety concerns nor the stigma with kids associated with outside the school. so we need that school construction money. >> the growing fleet of classroom trailers won't do. that is expected to happen tomorrow >> today d.c. residents will sit down to stand up for affordable housing. the housing in the district is quickly disappearing. the sit-in begins at 11:30 this morning.

bw parkway into and out of town, all looking quite good. weather and traffic always on the 1s. >>> 5:02. new this morning, a pedestrian was hit and killed while trying to across the street at lynn dale at 10:40. the man was trying to cross the street when it hit him. it is unclear if he was in the crosswalk. . >>> d.c. police are trying to track down a cab driver a passenger says sexually assaulted her. a woman got in a cab early sunday morning and the driver assaulted her along kennedy street northwest. he was driving a red d.c. cab, four door with gray stripe. call police if you have any information. >>> right now there are two missing people we want to tell you about in prince william county. police need your help finding this woman. she is 20 years old. last seen sunday afternoon at her home in manassas. police believe she left voluntarily but she may need help. >>> in montgomery county, a silver alert for robert allen clyne jr. no one has seen him since saturday night in silver spring. if you have seen him, call police. >>> the 17-year

bw parkway near 216, construction should be out of the way in a little bit.eltway at old georgetown, that is moving along. again, we'll keep an eye on the crash at the inner loop. completely shut down. plan your alternates early >> d.c.'s largest family shelter will stay open despite calls for it to shut down. the new plan to make life just a little bit better for the children who are staying there. >>> giving the mike to your children. where students will have a welcome home! woah, this kitchen is beautiful! give him the tour. let me show you! soft-close drawers, farm sink! where's my room? we had to take just a little bit for the kitchen. ranked highest in customer satisfaction. ikea kitchens. in cases of rape and incest, just like the right-wing republicans in congress. they want to overturn roe v. wade. so does she. "i think roe v. wade should be overturned." barbara comstock even voted with right-wing republicans to require women seeking an abortion to undergo transvaginal ultrasounds. that's all i need to know. i'm john foust and i approve this messge.

bw parkway northbound at riverdale road. the ramp is closed there. police telling us about half hour until it's open. wide look at things. we're looking good at this point. no major problems 66, 95 moving right along. beltway at braddock moving along and 270 at montrose looking about as good as it can. i'm back in ten minutes. we'll see you at 4:51. >>> the desperate plea from parents of another american being held by isis. what he said about his capture and fears for his life. >>> michael phelps steps away from swimming after a dui arrest from swimming after a dui arrest and what he plans to do to de in cases of rape and incest, just from swimming after a dui arrest and what he plans to do to de like the right-wing republicans in congress. they want to overturn roe v. wade. so does she. "i think roe v. wade should be overturned." barbara comstock even voted with right-wing republicans to require women seeking an abortion to undergo transvaginal ultrasounds. that's all i need to know. i'm john foust and i approve this messge. >>> 15 before the hour.

the crash on the bw parkway near 410 has been cleared.the delay leaving eastern avenue will take you most of the way to the 11th street bridge. >>> researchers in our area are racing to find a cure to the ebola virus. one study involves a vaccine develops at the national institutes of health. >> the center for vaccine development will begin conducting vaccine trials next month in baltimore. volunteers have already starred signing up for the test. the university of maryland is also conducting tests on five health care workers in the west african country of mali. an nbc photographer being treated in nebraska in ebola just tweeted his thoughts out after contracting the disease. he says for the record, no idea how i got it. it was something fluky. my best guess is i touched a surface and i did not chlorinate fast enough but i do not regret going to liberia to cover the crisis. the country was a second home to me and i helped raise the alarm. >> we appreciate that. glad he's getting better. >>> officials are trying to spread the word about dan

the crash southbound bw parkway before anne arundel mills tied up the left side. delays leaving i-195. inner loop of the beltway just the volume now. delays building near st. barnabas road down the hill toward the local lane merge and wilson bridge. those lanes open now. 66, our big sore spot. the long-standing crash east of nutley street before the beltway cleared a little while ago but sky 9 has been tracking the delays which has pretty much connected manassas, fair lakes, toward vienna. tougher for 2 and 29 to get 2066 and route 50 coming in -- to 66 and route 50 coming in. 395 northbound has been volume. edsall road through landmark, later thans open to the 14th street bridge. d building -- downtown building each of the anacostia. annual dray yarks mike, back to -- andrea, mike, back to you. >> thank you. >>> we can't fix traffic but we're staying on top of the low gas prices coming down around the nation and still coming down here. most stations around manassas, virginia are offering regular for less than $3 a gallon. >> look at the price on your screen. $2.7

more people using 95, bw parkway, even rhode island avenue, edmonston as alter nats.losed down near hall shop road near the howard-montgomery line. the problem there is a tree that came down on some wires. beltway headed west outer loop into silver spring, that's the typical volume that forms heading west from new hampshire avenue around to georgia avenue in silver spring. 50 good in from annapolis and bowie toferred the beltway. -- toward the beltway. just slowing down in cheverly. building volumes in southeast. northbound 95 struggle past a vehicle broken down at 610 aquia. 66 east manassas, your lineup to get into centreville, more heavy traffic into fair oaks, a little more volume building into falls church now, too. the hov rules just now go into effect. thanks for joining us your tuesday morning. wusa9 will be right >>> doppler this morning a lot quieter. we're seeing a couple of sprinkles in anne arundel and southeastern prince george's county and northeast frederick. for the most part the rain has left. mostly cloudy skies with sunny breaks. upper 60s to 70 by

this is bw parkway before 193 southbound. the left lane is blocked with a five-car crash.ngly, no injuries. a big response, no injuries, which is good. chevy chase at wisconsin avenue at willard avenue, two right lanes blocked. a wider look at things overall. looking good with cameras coming up at 5:21. >>> call it a traveler's best friend. the smart suitcase to help you plan for your upcoming trip. >>> and we are back to the live desk next for reaction to the oscar pistorius sentence handed down in the last hour. it's 5:13. >>> oscar pistorius is on his way to jail from court. moments ago he was sentenced to five years behind bars for killing his girlfriend reeva steenkamp last year. pistorius' family says there's no appeal but the athlete will be able to apply for house arrest after ten months in jail. getting reaction from the victim's family as well. they say they have always wanted justice and are satisfied. there was silence in the courtroom but pistorius' fans are weeping with news of the decision. >>> 5:17 is the time now. the trial for the friend of the boston bom

you come off 50 and the bw parkway in cheverly. normally a slow go to get to the 11th street bridge. right side of the screen past eastern avenue quite slow where there had been a crash along the left side trying to move that one out of the way. northbound 95, 395, the volume heading north of the beltway 395 to get past edsall, duke, volumes just building to the 14th street bridge. we're just getting word of a new crash in woodbridge. northbound 95 between the prince william parkway and 123 to slow your ride out of dale city. back to you. >> thank you, beverly. >>> 42-year-old omar gonzalez is expected to appear before a magistrate today for a detention hearing. the manual accused of jumping over the white house fence and running inside with a knife has been indicted on federal charges. >> some lawmakers say he got past between five and six levels of security to make that happen raising lots of questions about the secret service, the agency's director faced some tough questions on capitol hill yesterday. vanessa herring joins us li

as we're talking about this rain on 95, bw parkway, you can see we are very slow into town. 's where chuck bell was also. crain highway, all northbound lanes blocked. slow down dale city at 14 miles per hour. 66 at prince william parkway, slow the entire way. 270, shady grove road, folks heading southbound. you can see the wet road and camera. follow us on twitter. >> thanks, melissa. d.c. is considering a new law to ban people on bikes from riding on sidewalks. in areas where bike lanes already exist. it will protect the elderly and children from accidents over the last decade they have invested more in bike lanes. now it is considered a top city for bike commuting. >>> the tech giant says there has been a concerted effort to steal data from those who use the cloud. apple did not specifically mention china in its wording. they said they have not been compromised but are taking it seriously. >>> all that traffic cost is up $1,700 a year. it could go up to $2,300 a year by 2030. a photographer free of ebola out of the hospital. he contract the disease while working in liberia.

bw parkway north of that southbound 198 with the overturned vehicle. into town you're a little bit slow. out of town completely fine. opens up in oakton. 95 in virginia, slow after quantico. >>> melissa, thank you. 6:02. the texas hospital where two nurses contracted ebola is fighting claims about a lack of safety protocols. texas health presbyterian followed the guidelines when thomas eric duncan was admitted. one of the nurses amber vincent was transferred to atlanta and is being treated at emory university hospital. plus, we know the cdc did not stop vincent from flying even though she alerted them she had a fever days before she was diagnosed. the frontier airlines plane at the center of that incident is out of service this morning. it is now parked inside a hangar in denver to be decontaminated for a fourth time. as a precaution, the entire crew was placed on paid leave for 21 days. three area hospitals did the same thing for two dozen nurses who were on that plane. two cleveland area schools also closed today. a school staff member was on the sam

new crash bw parkway southbound at 198. overturned vehicle there. going to get more information about tt wl. sounds like actually no injuries. that should be out of the way. we are seeing a little bit of a slowdown right now. wider look at things into town, out of town. no major issues. 295 passing 50. a little slow. 50 as you kind of pass 295. slow as well headed into town. 66, 95, looking pretty good. 66, a little bit slow as you head through manassas. nothing major. prince george's county, no issues there. tweet us or follow us on twitter @first4traffic. >>> melissa, thank you. new this morning, you're paying less and less for gasoline. in d.c., a gallon costing $3.40. that's down 9 cents a week ago. in maryland, $3.14. if you live in virginia, you're paying the lowest prices. gas prices across the state less than $3 on average. just $2.98. in west virginia, $3.30 a gallon to fill up your tank. no matter what the gas prices are, you're saving is more money than ever before. fuel economy is at a record high. cars are averaging five more miles a ga

. >> reporter: overall volume lighter, friday mode but an accident on the bw parkway close to powder slowing things early out of laurel. inside the parkway was doing okay into cheverly but 50 has been tied up. delays from 410 past 202. there was a fender bender reportedly on the shoulder but still clearly the focal point of delays. back to you. >>> women from all over the country came to d.c. this week laptops in tow to attend a bloggers conference. but it's not your average tech summit. >> not even close. these women are writing to make a difference. nikki burdine was at the summit. it's called the aya summit. she is joins us now to explain. >> reporter: the aya summit is -- particularly aya is a west african firm that represents resilience, strength and endurance, perfect descriptions for the women who attended this event. if you weren't there let me show you what i mean. this is the kind of reach these women have, taking a look at hashtag aya summit and you'll see the constant stream of tweets and stories. >> reporter: these women are advocates, fighters. their weapons of choice? t

>> brand-new accident bw parkway northbound at 198.nd-new crash reported. 270 at montrose moving right along. it was pretty wet. it got worse as it hit northwest. you can see into and out of up to, we're completely fine. inner and outer loop looking quite good. 66, 95, into and out of town, there looking just fine. 395 completely green. able disabled vehicle. see you at 5:41 with travel times. >>> new this morning, more questions surrounding the secret service. we're looking to the results of a new government investigation. it questions emissions that pulled secret service agents away that protects employees a mile away from d.c. tracie, good morng >> reporter: aaron, good morning. later today, we are expecting the inspector general to come out with a a report that said it was problematic. it happened three years ago. it is just now coming out. she had a problem with her neighbor. at one point the neighbor was arrested. and some of the agents that protect the white house ended up driving out there not once or twice but on five occasion

. >>> brand new crash, anne arundel county, just spoke with police, bw parkway southbound at 100. it's slow but we understan two different crashes involving four different cars. however, everything is out of the way. nothing is bei. still, through, looky lous slowing things. indian head highway at prince george's heading out of the stafford on 95, just past triangle it gets slow all the way in through woodbridge as well. 66, running fairly slow as you're heading o 70 coming out of frederick, a little bit slow. >>> you are looking at tense moments when a volcano erupted in japan. these hikers were there when it happened and tried to outrun a massive ash cloud. in minutes, the smoke ove. a volcano at mt. ontake erupted saturday. we learned overnight, the number of people killed is up to 48. janese authorities believe at least 250 people were on the mountain, which is a popular hiking destination, when it new this morning, a study by insurance.com found the subaru wrx is the most ticketed car followed by the pontiac gto and the sione frs. the study looked at data from more than 500,0

bw parkway is slow.ot of this is happening in the next couple of minutes. 66 at prince william county is moving right along. hopping on to 95, you are jammed the entire way through dale city. very slow this morning. follow us at first4traffic on twitter. >>> 6:54. today you can talk to the superintendent of fairfax county schools. karen garza is kicking off a listening tour today. she'll talk about schools across the system that your children attend and you'll be able to ask questions. she plans to have similar meetings in the coming months. tonight she'll be at whitman middle school in the mount vernon area at 7:00. >>> seniors in three northern virginia counties are posting higher s.a.t. scores. prince william and loudoun county schools posted higher average scores than the 2013 class. scores were slightly up in fairfax county as well. statewide, the virginia average s.a.t. score was 1530 slightly up from 1528 a year before. >>> in just a few hours, a report will come out to show more younger people ar

nothing abnormal this time of the day. 95 in maryland and bw parkway, we are moving along just fine. we have a brand new crash at gw parkway northbound at beltway. we'll make some falls and be back in a couple minutes with more information on that. guys? >>> melissa, thank you. new this morning, we're working to find out more about a fire that hurt three people including a firefighter as flames erupted inside montgomery county apartments on needwood boulevard. the victims e b put in the ambulance here. firefighters rescued those in the apartment. we have a crew headed to the scene and will bring you a live report as soon as we can. >>> today city leaders are pushing to close the d.c. shelter where 8-year-old ralicia rudd was taken from. they want to replace the she felt we are a safe, modern and humane place to house families. rudd was living through with her family before she vanished in march. she was taken by a janitor at the shelter who later killed himself. >> a man accused of infecting women with hiv is going to be in court later today. daniel reeves could be brought here later

bw parkway also looking good. 270 at montrose looking good. >>> taking longer to get where you want to go. the metro line that is most likely to be running late and where yours ranks >> trying to put superstorm >> tr[ male announcer ]torm at northrop grumman, we know in the cyber world, threats are always evolving. at first, we were protecting networks. then, we were protecting the transfer of data. and today it's evolved to infrastructure... ♪ ...finance... and military missions. we're constantly innovating to advance the front line in the cyber battle, wherever it takes us. that's the value of performance. northrop grumman. >>> breaking news in northeast d.c. some of you are waking up to water problems. crews are working to fix an eight-inch water main between south carolina everything is going to be okay. >> thank you, angie. a developing story right now. president obama will get an update on ebola in the states this afternoon. he will sit down with his public health and national security teams at 1:30 to guess the president's response to the deadly disease. >>> 15 before the hour n

in maryland, bw parkway, 95, everything looking good into and out of town. moving right along, branch avenue, pennsylvania avenue, the director is laughing in my ear in the control room. construction 395 and edsell, two lanes blocked. two right lanes blocked until 5:00 this morning. i'm back a at 4:51. it must be good! >> who knows? >> the jobs on the line in va is va as the state tries to find nearly $2 billion in his budget. >> a new ruling for a boy who shaped his pop tart into the shape of a gun. 4:42. stay w >>> i'm richard jordan at the live desk. we are watching the sentencing phase of the oscar pistorius trial happening in south africa. live pictures from inside the courtroom. the sentence is not expected to come down today. it could possibly come down as soon as tomorrow. we heard some emotional testimony from kim martins, reeva steenkamp's cousin. steenkamp the former girlfriend of oscar pistorius who was shot to death inside his home. this may be the only opportunity we hear from a family member pause steenkamp's parents will not be testifying. th

bw parkway and also 95. we had a little bit of a problem near 198. it was an earlier crash. being told it's cleared. you're seeing a little bit of slowdown. i'll see you in 10 minutes. weather and traffic on the 1s at 4:41. >>> new this morning, there are more questions surrounding the u.s. secret service. we're looking through the results of a new government investigation. it questions a mission that pulled secret service agents away from the white house to protect an employee in suburban pmarylan marylan tracie, good morning to you >> reporter: good morning. we're just learning this morning that an inspect general report details this incident that actually happened three years ago. but now we're just getting the reaction to it. this was an employee who had friends and people she worked for high up in the secret service had a personal problem with a neighbor at her home out in la plata. and some of the agents that protect the white house ended up driving out there not once or twice but on five occasions to check on her. now the calls this problematic. at least two of those

up in maryland, bw parkway, 95, slowing into town just fine. blue li no longer single trackioh good. follow u on twitter or facebook like us nbc washington. going to kenyen crash cin0 s. >>> at live desk with breakis in e fight against isis. turkey fon minister said turkey wle iraqi kurdish fighters acrs the borer. isis has been trying to take over for weeks. this decision comes after the u.s. military dropped weapons and mec supplies to the syrian kurds in that embattled town. eun? >> thank you, angie. oh! that wa a very close call. no one was hurt when a tree removal crane tipped over in largo, florida. but yesterday's crash landing damag t parked cars, a trailer co of homes. no word caused that crash in the place. so lucky. >> so whou get on a plane, are you one of those travelers who ta or one of the people who sle on your flight? a new study shows what you do on your flit may depend on where you're from. the airline passenger experice assocon released their survey mailon line. most ameri wi use their time rkilhe airlin british makspe 50% m

this happened in landover hills on annapolis road, not far from the bw parkway last night. police say they're trying to get more information on the car as well as the driver this morning. if you know anything about this, call prince george's county police. >>> this morning family members are looking for answers into who stabbed their loved one to death. the deadly stapg happened in the district's columbia heights neighborhood in the middle of the afternoon. but no one has come forward with information. news 4's jackie bensen reports. >> reporter: a memorial has been set up at the spot in the 3400 block of 14th street northwest where 35-year-old kenneth young fell to the ground about 5:40 p.m. friday as rush hour traffic rolled past, he laid there. he died a short time later at the local hospital. >> we're distraught. we can't fathom it. >> reporter: marlon young is one of the many family members drawn to this spot hoping for answers. why would someone do this? why did no one see what happened? he says his cousin was a gentle man. >> it was broad daylight. he grew up around

trying to get chopper for you. 95 in maryland, bw parkway, into and out of town, both completely fine. branch avenue moving along. big picture here, no issues into or out of town. inner and outer loop, both looking good. no major problems. again, trying to get the chopper over that situation on 270 for you. at 6:11, we will have travel times as well. >> melissa, thank you. following a number of developments involving the ebola outbreak. 100 american marines are headed to liberia to help with the containment effort there. they will bring helicopters to get troops and supplies to locations. in the next hour a major discussion about this outbreak. leaders of guinea, lie beer wra and sierra leone will meet with the united nations. >>> a deputy who responded to the ebola patient is now in the hospital but officials say he does not have the virus. thomas duncan is the first person to be die from ebola in the u.s. he traveled to texas from liberia. he complained of fever, stomach pain and fatigue. he is in the hospital. it is as a precaution. family and friends are honor the life of thomas d

bw parkway northbound at 198. it is slowing things down. not sure abolge so we will update you on twitter @first4traffic. slow the top of the beltway. cole alsoville, university from an earlier crash. taking a look at 66 and 95, typically slow. 50 miles rouaoi we do have red line single tracking. forest glen and silver spring. remember to follow us on twitter @first4traffic. >> if you don't have an e-zpass, now is theimtoet. those who open an account before november 15th will get a week of toll-free travel on the new i-95 express lanes. they are on track to open in december. everyone will need an e-zpass to travel those lanes. if you car pool, you should get an e-zpass flex. it allows to use them for free at any time if you ha tee or more people in your car. >> you won't be able to use three stations on the red line this weekend. they are closed to red line passengers. you'll have to get on the bus to silver spring or rhode island instead. fort tot an is open in you're riding the green line. wait for one as long as 16 minutes. >>> three dep

bw parkway. colesville, everything looking good at this point this morning. >>> you sort of changed hats. and the other story. a woman was really battling breast cancer, right? >> yeah. very interesting story. a met a woman battling a painful battle with breast cancer. they hope it empowers women just like her. they invented a bra for women who have undergone breast reconstruction with implants. that was three years ago. then her sister tested positive for the gene mutation and had a double mastectomy. they said all they wanted was a little normalcy. they discovered they actually could not wear their old bras anymore. >> we thought we could probably do something to try to make it better for women. >> we wanted to address not filling out the a pack. >> much more their story and inspiration on news at 11:00. we have one sister in alex aanda and one in kansas. >> we look forward to that. >>> maybe a little early to start thinking about your christmas tree. i love christmas. a little too soon. >>> th

bw parkway at 193, we have a crash there. same situation we have been talking about for a while. still slowing down. south capital street. prince georges side, of course looking good right now. no major issues. 66 and 95 moving along. we want to remind you about metro. running on a saturday schedule. and the penn line has a saturday schedule. no camden or brunswick today. >>> 6:02. a second ebola case has been identified in the u.s. a health care worker at texas health presbyterian hospital in dallas, texas has tested positive. that is the same positive where thomas eric duncan was treated and later tied. the cdc says a breach of protocol at the hospital led to this new infection. this is the first known case of the disease being transmitted in the u.s. at noon, the cdc will hold a press conference on how that health worker is doing. >>> more positive ebola cases have equal fear in the u.s. very concerned. los angeles county said a sick woman on a flight did not have ebola. she was on united airlines from jfk. she had flu-like symptoms and was vomiting. after checking her symptom

maryland, bw parkway, just fine. remember to follow usn twitter. >> thank you, melissa. today hundreds of middle school students will explore what a career in science and medicine would look like. johns hopkins montgomery county campus and its neighbors were opening a labs to seventh graders to learn science can be fun. about 700 students will have the opportunity to do hands-on science experiments >> so what goes through your head when your child comes home from schl and says, i don't have any homework. teachers at gaithersburg elementary stopped giving students homework three years ago. now students are simply expected to read for at least 30 minutes every night. no math drills, no worksheets. just lots of reading. the principal encourages them to just try it. >> we can certainly have the conversation around what that looks like at home. and typically that's what they do. and then they are thinking the time they are spending with their children reading at night. >> developing a culture of reading is a big goal at her school. but we wanted to know how successful thisses

bw parkway, 95 in maryland, into and out of town, no problems. back with a live look at 95 in virginia. . >>> we want to show you what led to a closure on suitland parkway we brought you as breaking news. news 4 cameras were rolling shortly after that crash overnight. a car drifted across lanes and crashed into oncoming traffic. one person had to be airlifted to the hospital. two people taken by ambulance. again, all of suitland parkway back open right now. . >>> prince george's county police are investigating a murder in district heights on loring drive in district heights. police say a man came up to a group of people standing outside a home and began shooting. one man was shot. he later tied at the hospital. a $25,000 reward is being offered for information that leads to the gunman. >>> it is 5:03. this morning the fbi will exhume the body of an unidentified man that could hold the key to solving a decades old maryland cold case. it could be william bradford bishop. he was accused of murdering his family with a sledgehammer in 1976 inside thei

maryland, 95 and bw parkway, both of those running along. beltway at branch avenue looking quite good. taking a look at 95. just warning us about some rain coming to 95. right now not so terrible through triangle. woodbridge and lorton as well. pretty clear all the way until you hit the triangle exit right there. 270 into and outf town looking completely fine. no major issues right there. remember to follow us on twitter. and like nbc washington on facebook. >>> a former nfl executive says teams did not discipline players in hundreds of domestic violence incidents during his 30 ye the league. former chicago bears general manager jerry angelo told "usa today" he regrets his role and failure to take action. nfl commissioner roger goodell said the league will announce changes about the conduct policy between now and the super bowl. >>> tying the knot is going high-tech. nine out of ten couples are using apps like pinterest to help plan their weddings. more than half the the couples are using a wedding hashtag. one bride hid a go pro in her bouq

heading west out of silver spring with that volume. 50, the bw parkway, seeing the delays inside theay. no incidents reported as you make your way in on new york avenue. the volume and signal light delays toward the tunnel. kenilworth, d.c. near eastern avenue, take you most of the trip to the 11th street bridge and more volume building in southeast. check out the trip on kenilworth here at eastern avenue, right side of your screen headed away fru is that volume delay. lanes open on the freeway. that volume is light. virginia drivers slowest trip northbound 95 where we have word after new problem as you head toward quantico. that's northbound before 610 aquia. broken down vehicle in the right lane. dale city, woodbridge, getting into newington and now 395 toward edsall road volume. jammed up 066. a slow ride through manassas into centreville. more heavy volume getting past fair oaks. lanes open. they're wrapping up the earlier vehicle fire in tysons. lanes are open on 7 between gallows and 123. that's a look at the drive. howard has our forecast. >>> you can always go to wusa9.com an

looking for a car that hit and killed a man on landover hills on annapolis road not far from the bw parkwayght. investigators say they're trying to learn more about the car and the driver involved. if you know anything, call police. >>> meanwhile montgomery county police are questioni a 19-year-old man after his uncle was stabbed to death. police were called to the home in gaithersburg yesterday afternoon. they found a 55-year-old man with stab wounds. he was taken to the hospital where he died. apparently the uncle and nephew lived together. the 19-year-old is in custody, but no charges have been filed. >>> a family is looking for answers into who killed their loved one in the district. the deadly stapping happened friday afternoon on 14th street. this is near monroe in northwest and it's in the columbia heights neighborhood. police say 35-year-old kenneth young, junior, was attacked during the evening rush. his cousin says he was a gentle man. >> 14th street, we gri up around here. he grew up around here. i did. people -- plenty of people around here have our last name. we're the youngs,

taking a look at bw parkway into and out of town. and 95 in maryland, no problems. brunswick east 870, 36 minutes behind. east 25 minutes behind. at this point they will honor metro tickets. might want to do that instead. travel times coming up in 10 minutes. >> is see you then. thank you, melissa. it is 6:32. less than an hour away from a major road closures in the district. crews will shut down 17th street on the mall. they are getting ready to test a nulevee system. megan mcgrath with a look at how it works and the impact on your commute. megan? >> reporter: well, traffic still moving on 17th. that is not the case much longer. look at the truck over there. those are pieces of the flood wall they will snap in place later on this morning. that meanings they will have to close down between independence and constitution. it will not impact evening rush hour. what they are doing is practicing putting up the brand-new flood wall they have been working on. a series of posts will go across the roadway. they will snap panels into place. it will create a wall that will str

the bw parkway is slow go southbound because of the problem there had been a crash just south of 19 # of the way. -- 198 out of the way. 270 just the volume as you make your way to germantown and south getting into gaithersburg and rogville. how about the forecast? -- rockville. how about the forecast? >>> unseasonably mild. temperatures well in the 60s. even a few 70-degree readings. with the humidity we have a frizz alert. here's a look at the day planner. i'm talking temperatures well in the 70s if not close to 80 in spots this afternoon. breezy, too. there will be a couple of showers but mainly west of the blue ridge. better chances out toward the shenandoah valley and the mountains of. doppler pretty quiet. a lot more activity in ohio, kentucky, tennessee. southwestern virginia seeing some of that. locally we've seen a little bit of that come through the shenandoah valley. other than patchy drizzle well west, it's a quiet morning on doppler. you see a couple of returns west of warrenton and culpeper toward the park. temperatures a lot warmer than yesterday. some 5 to 12 to 13 deg

just getting word there may be a crash on the inner loop of the beltway between the bw parkway and routein greenbelt for the crash. beltway at good luck road heavy volume but again checking to make sure that's not going to be an obstacle for you. on the outer loop a distraction. lanes are open but slow from i- 59 in college park as you make your way west past new hampshire avenue and most of the trip to georgia avenue. earlier crash in kensington off of connecticut avenue decatur near university boulevard. the volume on 270 south but lanes have been open. beltway as you head down toward the wilson bridge, you've had your lanes open oxon hill but slowing south st. barnabas and near 210 focus into the local lane. an accident at 228 clear northbound 4 hung up out of dunkirk. the crash is going to be between brickhouse road and 260 involving a deer but it's jammed things up out of dunkirk on route 4, 395 volume delays heading north of the beltway past edsall most of the way to landmark getting busier at the 14th street bridge as well but had lanes open there. drivers on the georgetown pike s

bw parkway northbound at riverdale road that ramp is closed. that's supposed to open soon as well and up in gaithersburg, snouffer school road shut down between centerway and route 124. i'm back in ten minutes. >>> it's 5:24. family and friends of the missouri teen shot and killed by police are demanding the arrest of the officer. 18-year-old michael brown was unarmed when ferguson police officer darren wilson shot him. it's been 58 days and still no arrest. community activists, clergy and the brown's family lawyer expressed anger and frustration yesterday calling for an immediate arrest. >> he should be booked and fingerprinted and we should get what we asked for from the very beginning which is justice. >> the grand jury is currently investigating the case. they have until january to decide whether the officer should be charged. >>> taking notes from the situation in ferguson, local police officers here are trying to bridge the gap with the community. 18 officers from prince george's county and the university of maryland took part in a basket

some folks had bailed out from the bw parkway crash earlier. bother doing that now. 95 or the parkway will work for you. inbound lanes of route 4, cleared a crash. police say they didn't find anything but it's slow out of up are marlboro to get toward the beltway up for. let's check out the dulles connector. eastbound had been compleedz insides the beltway between 123 and 66. that's got one lane getting by single file eastbound slow insides the beltway but at least you can access 66 if you continue off the toll road on to the dulles connector. 66 fair oaks, just been the volume for you heading toward 123 the very nanny metro. and on 395 as you make your way up through landmark, volume delays. then the heavy traffic just getting to the 14th street bridge. lanes open into the district. that's a look at our drive this morning. happy friday eve. thanks for joining wusa9. we'll be right back after this. >>> some workers in our area want to send their company a message. stop robbing america. the d.c. workers plan to deliver petitions for higher pay to

barnabas is moving right along. 95 in maryland, the bw parkway, no problems there. over to 270, also smooth all the way down into town. remember to follow us on twitter and facebook @first4traffic. you can like nbcwashington. >>> i'm richard jordan at the live desk. just in this morning, we learned who will receive the nobel prize in physics. three men from japan, but one is an american. their names are hiroshi amano and shuji . this comes with a price tag for each of them being a million bucks. >>> it is 5:55. new this morning, s.a.t. scores are not budging across the country according to the college board. overall, the score in reading for the class of 2014 was 497. 513 in math. and 487 in writing. the top four in each category was 800. >>> we haven't even made it to halloween yet and retailers are already thinking about christmas. cnbc's kate rogers has this story for your morning. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. it looks like it could be a green christmas this year. the national retail federation predicting holiday sales to rise 4%, the biggest increase

people using rhode island, 95 or the bw parkway as alternates.the travel right now for folks trying to make their way south on 270, we saw delays in hyattstown. japped newspaper germantown that will take -- jammed up in germantown. that will take you through gaithersburg. the fog has become a little denser, more at tree top level, though, at this point. headed for the trip in on the wilson bridge, oxon hill into alexandria, volume is building. you're slowing near the 210 interchange, especially in those local lanes to get into alexandria. a beautiful sunrise. it's looking good for you right now on the roadways south of town. that's a look at the drive. andrea, nick, back to you. >>> don't let gas prices drive you crazy. we found some super low prices in stafford, virginia. >> according to aaa, we have a couple of stations selling regular unleaded for just $3.02 a gallon. they include the 7-eleven at 2998 jefferson davis highway. >>> let's answer the question of the morning. what is the most popular tattoo for women over 50? is it a, the rose, b,

nothing too bad or abnormal at this point this morning. 95 in maryland, bw parkway looking as it typicallys right now and you can see southbound 270 running about 40 miles per hour the entire way. a little bit slow there. guys? >> thank you, melissa. new this morning, we now know who won the nobel prize in medicine. john o'keefe and husband and wife ed vvard and may-britt mos won giving huge insight into alzheimer's research. >>> on north kings highway you'll see crews replacing pipes south of the beltway. that work starts at 9:30 happening every day this week. this should not affect your drive home. construction expected to last until the end of the month. >>> the nationals cannot lose tonight whor their time in the playoffs is nothing. they're in a 2-0 hole. the game starts at 5:00 our time. if the nats want to advance, they have to win the next three games and two of those are in san francisco. >> if san francisco can do it in washington, there's no reason why we can't do it in san francisco. a lot of people are doing everything they can to pull for a team win here tonight. >> one guy a

the malcolm x avenue and as a result, right lane has been blocked delays leaving nrl, northbound bw parkway crash near the beltway has already been cleared out. southbound 301, waldorf still dealing with the structure fire south of holly lane crews blocking the rye side of the roadway with a lot of the activity in the parking lot as we see from sky 9 but southbound 301 single file to the left gets by northbound lanes are open into brandywine. virginia drivers 95 getting in, nice light volume yes hov restrictions are lifted on the interstate of virginia for the federal holiday, look at this light volume, eastbound 66 likewise looking good heading east through manassas and into centerville, fair oak, sienna all lanes open. residual delays on metro rails orange, blue and silver line because of an earlier track problem getting things back to normal no. back to you. delia, nick? >> thanks beverly. >>> it's a monday holiday and there's no reason you should spend any extra pennys on gas. >> check those prices out there on i70 with the help of triple axe fuel finder. the cheapest price is in hagers

taking a look at maryland, bw parkway, 95, colesville road, moving along nicely.ider look at things, the only place to see a slow down is near at 295 passing 50 headed into town. a look at the travel times in maryland, 270 southbound from germantown road to the beltway, just about on time at 16 minutes. the inner loop from 270 to 95 looking pretty good at nine minutes. 395 northbound from the beltway to the bridge there, 13 minutes. 95 northbound at quantico to the beltway a little slow at 32 minutes. on time there on 395. i'm back in ten. >>> see you then, thank you. a horse dodging cars on a busy new york city street. how it got into traffic and how police got it to safety. >>> plus the smartphone, the smartcar and now the smart suitcase. the luxury features it offers to make your trip just a little easier. it is just about 6:14. he's been called a super lobbyist, the ultimate washington insider. ed gillespie paid millions to lobby for the oil companies for a student loan company that overcharged taxpayers. his firm even lobbied for five foreign governments incl

bw parkway new problems for you.ound in a delay to get up to laurel that's because of a crash reported both at powder mill and then one up near 32 maybe anne arundel county line. 66 eastbound delays manassas, fair oaks and then vienna, little bitter than usual actually. back to you. >> all right so chef how long does it take to complete this? >> this is -- to finish you stay focused about two hours. >> well, that's it for us, he'll continue carving. "cbs this morning" is next and they'll monitor the progress of nurse fifa pham at nih -- nina pham at nih. >> beverly and i are going to be back in 25. >> and remember you can get news, weather and traffic 24 hours a day on wusa9.com. >> have a great weekend and we'll see you all monday morning. >> see you. [ captions by: caption colorado, llc 800-775-7838 email: comments@captioncolorado.com ] i'm sure she knows couples in our situation... i just hope she has good coffee. at least we're talking about it. i was kidding. i know just try to be serious in there, okay? okay, y

bw parkway is a little slow southbound. report of an earlier crash as well. 66 and 95, again typical. typically slow. prince george's county side of the roadway looking normal for this time of day as we prefp the 7:00 hour. 270 southbound running 40 miles per hour. northbound looking pretty good though >> thank you, melissa. >> chuck, you promised a busy weather day. a tornado warning first thing this morning. >> the type of severe weather we're looking at today is not going to be the long track. they will be brief spinups. but they can spin winds 60 to 80-mile-per-hour range. that could do damage. we will be literally on alert all day. that means you at home also need to stay weather alert through the course of the morning and the afternoon. outside this morning, you can tell when you walk out the door. it just doesn't feel right. it is 75 degrees in october before the sun is even up. the wind is southeast at 18 miles per hour. wind-driven rain coming our way for this mornin 75 in frederick, maryland. 74, warrenton. our fu