and you can not get from 32 on to northbound bw parkway. now, here is the problem of course. lots of folks parkw parkway. alternates i-95 or route 1. overall the beltway looking quite good. taking a live look here at 270 northbound at 121 clarksburg road looking quite good. i'll be back, weather and traffic always on the 1s, we'll update you on the situation. >>> clearly based on what happened something failed. >> system failed the students it was designed to protect. that was the message after a prince george's county meeting on a child pornography case. parents want to know how and why deonte carraway was left alone with students long enough to gain their rust. 17 victims have now come forward reporting sexual abuse. moving forward the schoolboard will decide whether supports can be left alone with volunteers. hiring and background check policies. carraway's background check did not turn up anything criminal, but sources say he does have a juvenile sex offense record. officials will also look at the protocols for reporting abuse. >> the principal is legally obligated first t

southbound bw parkway at 32, left side of the roadway is blocked.have a four mile backup right now southbound bw parkway at 32. inner loop at university, brand new problem there, doesn't seem to be slowing too much. 95 north through stafford, slowing. >>> 6:31. developing along the potomac river, new tests today to find out what is causing the oily sheen on top of the water. derrick ward is live near roach's run. >> reporter: behind me is roach's run. in the air around here, a slight petroleumlike smell. the question is, what is it coming from. this has been a problem since last week when a oil sheen was spotted on the potomac extending at one point as far south as wood row wirow wilson bridge. they have contained it, but yesterday they found a new outflow. so today they will inject dye into the water to try to stras it from the source. t dye is harmless, but it will give them a since of where the problem is flowing from. 19 geese and one duck have been september nt to a place in dela where they can be cleaned up. and they're looking for another 11.

hearing about a new problem on bw parkway. sending chopper there right now. two other issues outer loop at new hampshire avenue, a crash there. 395 north at duke street, as yellow and blue delays to lar go because of a switch problem. overall roadways not doing too bad. we'll have travel times and again hope to have chopper over bw parkway here in the next few minutes. >>> 6:32. you heard chuck's advice, you really need to bundle up this morning if you have to spend even a few seconds outside. the coldest air of the winter moving through our area right now. we're seeing windchills in the teens this morning if you're lucky. we continue team coverage with molette green in northwest washington with more on the dangers of this extreme cold even though she's smiling. maybe she's frozen like that. i don't know. >> reporter: you know, i've got my furry earmuffs, my hat, my gloves, my happennd warmers and several layers on. and whenis to do when it's this cold. it really puts you at the risk for frostbite, for hypothermia. and doctors say you really have to take this

keep to it bw parkway. that will save you some time this morning.thisorni we'll let you know as soon asnos things reopen but right nowht again traffic getting by lane both directions but bigut delays. dela aside from that in montgomeryn o county right now we are we e tracking some water main break repairs. kenilworth avenue southbound at up saul street.aul str caution as you le head throughdg that area.at area. let's take a live look outside k and see what else you're upe y'r against this morning.nsis m right now this is 95 on thes n t virginia side and you can seeous traffic is moving along justng s fine by dale city on the south and northbound side.noound i'll certainly let you know when that usual morning congestion picks up and rightic now metroks is on or close tocls schedule across all lines andina your buses. that's your traffic.thatou back to you, holly. >> thanks, erin. thas, e >>> coming up, parents meetp, pm with school leaders in princen e george's county to demand dem answers about the system a

taking a look at this problem on bw parkway, chopper 4 over this crash northbound bw parkway at powderroad. looks like it involve as bus and vehicle. we are seeing some backups as you head out of town and northbound. 270 south before 109, still a bit smoke snaking southbound between 80 this morning. that is because of a crash, as well. route 1 south of the beltway near fort hunt road, not slowing anything right now. 95 northbound at courthouse road, crash on the right side of the roadway is slowing traffic just a bit. travel times in ten minutes. >>> your time is 6:32. in just a couple of hours, an army staff sergeant will appear before a judge on multiple counts of murder. ronald hamilton is accused of gunning down his wife and a police officer. saturday afternoon crystal hamilton called police to their home on lashmere court in woodbridge. sometime after that phone call, police say ronald hamilton shot and killed his wife. when officers arrived, hamilton reportedly turned the gun on them. three officers were shot. ashley guindon died on her first day on the job. >> we sometimes have

. >>> it's been a mess on the bw parkway for hours now. we sent you a breaking news alert about the investigation and now we know what snarled traffic on the parkway near riverdale road. news 4's dar darcy spencer join now with the news. darcy? >> reporter: we are live on riverdale road. this is one of the ramps to the bw parkway behind me. the parkway reopened within the last hour by i'm told there may be residual delays. we tried to get video of the scene but it was difficult because of the layout of the parkway. this was the closest we could get. police activity on 295 north between good lock road and route 410. park police tell us an officer attempted to pull over a vehicle on the parkway about 6:45 this evening. the driver was apparently swerving. the driver, believed to be a man, then pulled over on to the shoulder but then police say he shot and killed himself before the officer was able to make contact with him. the death investigation shut down the northbound lanes of the parkway for more than four hours. the southbound lanes were

proem avoid bw parkway northbound.th keep to it route one.ou one choose an alternate thisoo morning.se you can see the off ramp there is all backed up as well asup as folks try to reroute thiseroute morning so again bw parkway northbound inside the beltway tb not a place to be.ao the huge crash right now. rig no traffic is getting by. this is right at the ramp to 450. so we'll keep you updated oned o that. unfortunately a lot offort motorists are going to beriste running very late to work thist morning. let's take a look at our map right now. i want to show you some otherom problems that we're up against this morning.this southbound crash approachingppro 450 on bw parkway as wells leading towards a big scene on e the northbound side. not a good place to be this morning for drivers.ing fodrive. 50 inbound fromly column a ya'ca park to kenilworth all backed up as well.up all aside from that we'll get toom some of your other backed up ba interstates like 270 as well. >> thank youer erin. >> if you have issues filingssu yo

take bw parkway. you don't want to get stuck onck either side of 95 right now. nor the top of the beltway. quick look at our maps.lookour a metro has tons of delays. of de. red line at grosvenor blueenor b lines delay to largo towno lar center because of an earlierec prauoblem at king. check with me on twitter at at erin fox5 d.c. d >> senator tim kaine is going to join us live. liv we'll chatter with him thister t morning. >> as we continue to celebrateea black history month there's ay e new proposal on the hill to honor 400 years ofars of african-american history and senator cane is one of the is oe sponsors that of legislation.t . also going to get his take onak the rails for the white house. 6:27. stay with us. ♪ oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-ooh, oh ♪ hearts are made for sharing. spread some sweetness with dunkin' donuts' cookie dough and brownie batter donuts. heart-shaped happiness too sweet not to share. america runs on dunkin'. >> ♪ >> 6:30 rig

if you are headed to bwi this morning, do not take bw parkway anytime soon.d crash with possible reconstruction here. you'll want to take 95 or route one instead. 29 can also be an option, as well,you think 1 or 95 is too busy. >>>timbers, it's a cold start, 5 to 15 degrees colder than yesterday morning, so you'll need to layer up. a very cold start this morning. saturday still looking super. and we're still watching our chance for another storm coming our way next week which has an ever shrinking snow chance. but not zero just yet. today sunshine this morning, but a mostly cloudy afternoon. highs onlin super saturday coming up. >>> it's 4:28. and it's a time honored tradition we use to pay our respects to our nation's leaders. today antonin scalia will lie if repose inside the supreme court building. he is the first justice to do that since william rehnquist. today president obama will be among the mourners paying their respects. at 9:20 this morning, the casket will arrive at the supreme court and be brought into the great hall. there will be a private cere

now as you make your way out wao on bw parkway this morningor let's get to this point, wet ti have bw we can tell is you reopened.op all lanes getting by at 32. earlier delays have dissipated.dissipated ramps reopened as well.re earlier crash blocking theblockt shoulder by 197, bw northboundor but the big story of the sry o morning the beltway crashe bel that's closed right now andrigh we'll have you covered on thatet one. back to you guys. >>♪♪ >> 5:27 is the time.he t thousands expected today too remember supreme court justice antonin scalia.an his body will lie in reposen ros for several hours today. we'll tell you what you needou to know if you plan to attend.tn >>> plus why his sudden deathth is sparking a controversyin about terms for justices. >>> we're back in a moment. ♪ oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-ooh, oh ♪ hearts are made for sharing. spread some sweetness with dunkin' donuts' cookie dough and brownie batter donuts. heart-shaped happiness too sweet not to share. america runs on dunkin'. >> 5:30 on this friday morning t and

a of void bw parkway, keep itp t to 95 southbound or route one r southbound.rt youro stt y monday morning commute sittingmt in that mess. we'll switch it over and take a look at our maps show youow what else you're up against this morning.this 295 inbound eastern toastern t pennsylvania down to 14 mileso l per hour northeast typicalyp congestion there.tion the we'll see if we can forward for our maps and show you a looku in prince george's countynce because aside from that innerhan loop local lanes from therom split to the wilson bridge down to 27 miles per hour. per h extra time needed there.de the in alexandria 395 north you're r slow off and on from the ofrom beltway to the 14th street bridge. average speeds about 17 miles per hour and that is simply sim because of congestion.of const we'll take a live look outside rye now and show you somethingos else you have to worry about.e t this is 95 on the northbound side as you approach lorton. a disabled semi from an an earlier crash.sh. police out there as well.ut keep it to the left and watcht h for slow moving

avoid bw parkway. paray. right now they're letting'reetti traffic move again but you'ree dealing with huge delays.h hugee 95 on there southbound side iss definitely your better better this morning. morning. we'll go ahead and check back c in with our maps.aps. aside from this look from f skyfox we have other delaysav and other crashes youe need to be aware of.be a as you head out in springfieldid back lit road near amherstoad n avenue. numerous lights out.ights ut treat those intersection as a stop sign.n. really backed up traffic fromro the springfield interchange through 14th street bridge.t bd. really slow roll as well onsell the inner loop throughinneop t annandale.anndale. earlier crash has cleared onh sa the inner loop by little river turnpike.turnpike. leftover delays there. the 66 east delays 234 to centreville.vill crash involving several carserac blocking the left shoulder has h us dipping down to 32 mileso 32s per hour n red rick 270 forget0o about it. all parked not because of any crashes but just

right now skyfox is over bw or parkway southbound right by 198.woods out the single vehicle accident.ccen we have an ambulance and police out there. left lane is getting by. traffic mar parked from 32 tom t 198. avoid bw parkway southbound toto avoid getting stuck in that in t delay. take 95 southbound or routeut one southbound.hb that wilonl save you some time. we have a live look at lk farragut west right now.ag the station atut 18th, the metro stop at 18th and i is shuts s down right now.wn r now they're having some gategome problems as you can see can they're not letting folks downow those escalators to get onto metro. you can take 17th.ke 1h. >>> i, use that stop.se thatop. just be prepared for that so you don't end up walking an extra block for no reason.easo let's switch things over for act look at our maps. closer look at that transit delay. live picture we showed you the orange silver and blueline affected because the 18th and a i street entrance is closed at e farragut west. seventeenth and i option is opened. train 87020 minute delays a

bw parkway crash 197. slick ride from the rain.op of beltway in montgomery county we have a lot of congestion and volume increasing now. 395 jammed beltway to 14 street bridge. upper loop jammed and we have braddock road inner loop blocking shoulder and once you get inside the beltway 66 is a parking lot as you make your way inbound and 270 through gauge rzburg to rockville jammed as well. 5 southbound coming to up are jam and long line of red. we'll deal with that mess where melanie is giving us team cover ramming. any questions tweet me and avoid the beltway montgomery country. that's best bet for morning commute. >> summer jobs program kicks off today and what you need to know. >> act michael premiered new movie last night in d.c.. kevin was on the red carpet and will join us live next. patients across the country have spoken. they recently rated their care experience at over 3,500 hospitals nationwide in a survey conducted for the centers for medicare and medicaid services. fewer than 6% received 5 stars. among them was cancer

bw parkway north at 32, that left lane getting by. no major issues any longer there, so you don't have it any more worries headed to bwi. >>> clearly based on what happened something failed. >> school leaders saying the system failed the very students it was designed to protect. that is the message from the county school board on the child pornography case that angered parents from every part of our region. and pathey want to know why deoe carraway was left alone with students long enough to get their trust. there are 17 victim. the school board will decide whether students can be left alone with volunteers. the board will also review its hiring and background check policies. carraway's background check did not turn up anything criminal, but sources say he does have a juvenile sex offense record. officials will also look at the protocols for reporting abuse. >> and the principal is legally obligated first to report that to child protective services and to report that to his or her immediate supervisor. >> the principal michelle willia

let's talk about the issue on the bw parkway.outhbound at 50 and 295 where the off ramp is closed because of an accident there. really, it's slow going throughout the entire corridor for the most part, which is going to have an impact on commuters traveling from laurel trying to make your way into town. route 1 is an option. i suggest you take it. in the meantime, south of the beltway, out in maryland, no issues out in brandy wine, oxen hill, you are certainly good to go. we'll have much more coming up shortly, we'll send it over to you. >> could the wahlbergs be coming to washington? a look at the business made famous by the brothers and it might be coming here to the district. >> plus, what started out as a typical car ride takes a terrifying turn. we'll show you what happens moments after this dash cam video starts recording. choose, choose, choose. but at bedtime? ...why settle for this? enter sleep number, and the ultimate sleep number event, going on now. sleepiq technology tells you how well you slept and what adjustments

still moderate along the beltway. 95, 66, as well as the bw parkway.expect things to change once we get closer to 6:30. we are keeping a close eye on a report of a pedestrian struck. still limited information about this rockville area, but sky nine is making its way there. we'll bring it to you. from a look right now, looks like they are working to get sky 9. over the wilson bridge, no issues on the inner or outer loop from alexandria to oxen hill. do we have that shot of sky 9? we're going to get that for you on the other side, for now, over to you. >> thank you, larry, yet another look, just two days after a big one on university boulevard near piney branch road. >> crews have been on the scene. >> reporter: good morning. that's right, i am actually off of georgia avenue in the 900 block here. well, check out the scene here. this is where what we're just learning, 10-inch water main break happened. about 2:30 this morning. it took crews about 45 minutes to get the water off. we're told about 22 customers in the area has been affected. they have no wa

block rig bw parkway at powder milldemi road. we'll get erin on that.an see some of the somof te backups that were formings th because they lost that lane onos the right side.righside boy, this backup starting totar extend pretty good right nowy gd at 6:45. >> yeah, good morning. mor >> welcome to monday. >> happy monday. m >> i've got good news in thehe monday fork.mo in addition to the fact it's it' afternoonetts go to thes go the graphic.grap kick back and enjoy.ck i know it's early b but see ifus you can understand this.can all right. rht today sunrise at 6:41 a.m. sunsets for the first time tim this year at 6:clock. 6:clock all right? headed in theheed i right direction.ecti we now get 11 hours and 19nd minutes of sunshine today.unshiy >> thank you. >> already looking forward to lg springing forward.foward >> we do that a week fromro saturday.satu >> we do?? >> yeah.>> >> it's that soon.>> it's >> yeah. >> a week from saturday. s >> just made me happy, tuck.pyuc >> it's on the way.s on the all right, let's see if this t will make you happy now.ap 5

flooding on bw parkway.gelia. >> reporter: live shot, as you can see, news chopper 7 live over the baltimore washington parkway. baltimore city. hawthorne. northbound lanes shut down from 695 over to i-95 monroe. southbound from monroe street to 895 harbor freeway. closure in both directions. traffic basically stopped leading up to the scene because folks did not know or choose alternates. so heads up. do not take the baltimore washington parkway toward baltimore. this is what you will find on the roadway. water standing. shut down due to flooding. elsewhere closer to home of the quick live look at 66 eastbound, heading through arlington. lanes are open there. but on george through arlington left lane blocked with a crash past 23. josh has a look at the forecast. >> weather: good morning. that's right. temperatures are relatively mild. but once you factor in the breeze it is cooler. so future cast feels like later today. back around 6:00, into the 30s. overnight windchills are down below freezing. and it is

the other issue, southbound bw parkway at 50, krcrash reported there. not sure exactly what is blocked. it just happened. # 95 at spring field interchange, no problems there. 66 also looking good right now. >>> 5:31. barely 72 hours after the iowa caucuses and a day after a cnn town hall, democrats hillary clinton and bernie sanders gearing up for a debate tonight. you can watch it live on our nbc washington app. republican candidates have a series of town hall meetings this morning ahead of their debate on saturday. tracie potts joining us now from capitol hill. the tone going into tonight really changing. >> reporter: no question about that. the tone that we saw in iowa not the same here in new hampshire among the democrats. bernie sanders already with a double digit lead in this state is going after hillary clinton saying she's not a real progressive. clinton said yesterday she thinks that that is unfair. we'll see if that comes up again at this msnbc debate tonight. he's also going after her on the six figure speeches that she's done, connections an

. >> before we get to tucker barnes we do developingopg situation out on the bw parkway.r standing water or the parkway.ay and there you go. you can see look, well, let'sell get closer we can actually see it somewhere and take our wordd for it. i traffic is being diverted rightd now. there you go.there >> wow. >> baltimore beltway far north r right now.tow there's a car got caught up ingi it as well. as this will be closer to baltimori headed up that way this morning. be aware you'll have someom problems if you're trying to geg up to the baltimore beltwayaltil you'll have to get off there toe circle around much heads up.heas not a good day for that driver right there. hopefully they got out safely. s >> my goodness.>> my tucker barnes standing by now.dy >> that water naturally occur ir nature? na >> i'm wondering why is it is i orange.an >> it mixes with mud, guys.mi >> let's hope it's mudxe.e it' d not something else. (laughter). >> all right. let's do the weather forecast quickealy. we got light rain showers across -- >> sea foam. sea foam. >> i knew that was coming nec

southbound bw parkway between 198 and 197, have a pothole there, so just a reminder. these are kind of all over the place of course for us this morning. georgetown pike, two different closures because of downed he wired at springvale road and balls hill road. they are on the scene trying to get that fixed. looking at 66 and 95, looking pretty good right now. 66 inbound, 68 miles per hour. perhaps going faster than we should. no major issues. >>> it's 4:33. we turn to decision 2016 where tonight the five remaining republican hopefuls for president have their last chance to debate before super tuesday. we could see one of the candidates try to take on donald trump. among other marco rubio criticized the frontrunn frontrunner's stance on the federal health care law last night saying he wasn't strong enough against it. tonight's cnn debate starts at 9:00. you'll hear from tracie potts ahead at 4:45. >>> we hope to learn more from metro officials today about recent safety concerns. metro's board will meet today two days after a recent shooting on a green line train. the ri

southbound bw parkway at 193, crash on the left side.lue and yellow line delays. >>> one last check at the 4 x 4. derrick ward continues our team coverage. >> reporter: we're getting on to route 50 off of beltway. and the conditions, this road looks very good, but just a few miles back, we saw a jackknifed tractor trailer that melissa has been telling you about. coming up on an incident here where a truck and a bridge had sort of an unfortunate meeting some of sort. don't know exactly what happened. but you are losing two lanes here on route 50. actually nothing is getting by right now if i can see correctly. actually one lane getting by on the far side while they clear that this up. so derrick ward, news 4. >>> a lot of districts are making changes, some that were open have now closed. in virginia, spotsylvania, talk, manassas city all closed. and berkeley, jefferson, morgan, h mineral, hampshire and hearty a hardy all closed. >>> and four things to know, the body of antonin scalia is at a funeral home in fairfax county this morning. th

slow on the bw parkway once you get close to the 11th street bridge.ve a few alerts for you this morning. fredericksburg 306 are running anywhere from 10 to 15 minutes late. watch out for that this morning. a live look shows how things are shaping up. traveling from suitland, making your way into d.c. no major issues this morning. traffic is flowing freely, but expect volume to kick up a notch or two as we get closer to the 7:30 half hour. i want to show you how things are shaping up. noissues as you travel to mitchellville. wet, slick roads working against you as you head out the door. much more coming up shortly. for now, we'll send it over to you. >> what we know about the three confirmed cases of the zika virus. >> and one restaurant in san diego served an unusual customer. how this little sea lion pup made his way into the diner. >> this the kui king. this cop nabbed more dui drivers than anyone >>> good morning, 6:45. thank you for waking up with us, washington. want to get away? well, looks like weather isn't going to be a problem. had a few sno

we're doing fairly well with no major issues other than this one we talked about on the bw parkway so out for that. again route 195 also open and available so you might want to consider that as an option at think point. weather and traffic are back on the nines for now over to you. >>> thank you larry. happening today the man charged in the mansion murder case is appearing before a judge in the district. >> daron wint

we have have a brand new crash outer loop at bw parkway, starting to see slowdowns. 95 at dale city,ne crash south before dale city and one just after. you can see some of that taking up the left side of the roadway. again, if it looks wet, it is probably slick. northbound indian head highway at swan creek, a crash in the middle of the it is nasty especially on the side streets. nice and crunchy and slick this morning. we'll have travel times in ten minutes. >>> and i'm megan fitzgerald with school closures and changes and delays just coming this. everything is at the bottom of your screen, but here are some of the major ones. d.c. schools are opening two hours late today. the federal government is on a three hour delay arrival with the option for unscheduled telework or leave. now, turning to maryland, montgomery county, prince george's county, st. mary's, calvert and charles county schools are all closed. so are howard and anne arundel county schools. allegany county also closed. frederick county, maryland and washington county schools are opening two hours late today. in virginia,

prince george county outer loop cleared bw parkway. we have an accident upper loop crash on shoulder. carb there in frederick now. crash activity 15 south jefferson street. 270 looks to be clear and treated. same story belt way. watch for fog and ice on bridges, over pasz, on and off ramps and take it slow you never know when you may hit the icy patch. the best advice to give you give yourself extra time. closes investigation at penny crest lane detour around that one. metro rail on or close to service now. if you take metro bus they may operate on detours because of those icy secondarys, definitely check in with me on twitter at erin fox d.c. before you make your way out, thanks, wisdom. >> president of mount st. mary say he won't resign from his position. simon neumann president nation aft student newspaper identified his plan on freshman likely to fail and offered tuition refunds if they dhoz avenue early in first semester. majority students expressed support for leadership and faculty members will meet later this week and discuss t

avoid 95 at this time much keep to it either bw parkway, pw route one to get around that. we'll have more information as this accident scene develops. we have ongoing construction cou right now in montgomery countymy on the outer loop. t stay left past the road workork after new hampshire avenue andir as you make your way out on 395 road work in both directions affecting our lanesen right now. reversible lanes have reopened o to northbound traffic.d tra they were shut down for theowfo overnight ride for that f t ongoing road work and thennd t southbound between seminary s road and duke street watch foraf an active construction zonection slowing you down.ow not look sewing hot on 395t on95 we'll take a live look outsideet and show you the good news iss i it's very open right now. n there's any other a whole lot of volume.of vol i'm worried the southbound side could get crowded as more m folks hit the we'll keep you posted on thatona one. >>> that's your look atat traffic. back to you wisdom.'s tyo >> we'll tell you when metro resigned. hillary clinton and bernied be sanders

at 3 ramps from 32 east and west to o bw parkway north are also closed.cl you'll be forced to detour atet that point. poi my suggestion if you're headed to bwi this morning you definitely want to keep to itan 95 northbound. we have a second crash southnd c of that point. you're going to hit that hit tha accident at the ramp to 197 sooo caution there. you can see the green on thatn t portion of our map and that'snd' just simply because volume is vs so light it's not yet causing c a big delay but we'll keep youu updated on that one.ne ongoing road work beltway inner loop after loop at colesville keep it to the kit t right.t. left lanes are affected.es good news is it should beou cleared up before we get any typical morning rush pickingning up and aside from that 270 on the southbound side cruisingis along at speed from frederick.ri no problems by the truck saintrs mary's i got you covered if anything else pops up on thisp friday morning commute and metro is gearing up forring up r service at 5:00 on or close toon schedule. got you guys covered. cover holly. >> thanks erin.>> speak of y

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if you're trying to getngo towards bwi today don't take bw parkway northbound. norun keep it to 95 northbound. nthbo inner loop jams as usual saint barnabas road to the wilson bridge.oa do unto 13 miles per hour. hr. significant line of slowf moving traffic withmoving traffh congestion. once you get to thece springfield interchange you yntu back up again through an day.ou. as we take a look 295 on the5 on southbound side in northeast noh eastern month pennsylvaniaern down to 14 miles per hour.14 new york avenue also slow onolo the inbound side as you pass p by florida. flori we'll keep you updated.youp a lot of heavy traffic starting to clutter up theti distribute area.ng back to you guys. >> hollywood's biggest nightba'g was not for the weary. w you probably got an award if awa you stayed up for thing and you're up now.yo up n the awards show lasted threeaste and a half hours.ou didn't matter to the winners. wn >> the film "spotlight" tookligh hem best picture.tu other big winner of the night after all these years leonardoeo dicaprio taking the best actor role

pbl southbound bw parkway crash approaching 450. here is a big heads up.arkway shutkway shu down right now at 202.t there's a crash between 202 and 450. because of that if you'ret trying to get to bwi keep top to it 95 northbound. nth you're going to be forced to exit at 202. also inbound 50 backs up from fm columbia park to kenilworthnilw avenue. ue heavy traffic from newom n carrolton this morning. crash activity on 301 north at five. . also outer loop top of theuter loop beltway there is a crash byther colesville road. r that's causing big problems.bl i need some more coffee.more coffee. we have a lot of problems.ava lo everything is tweeted at erintweeteat fox5 d.c. back to you guys. >> thank thanks erin. eri appreciate it very much.ecia it >>> new study revealing a child's grades in school might suffer if a parent isffer suffering from depression.epressn. researchers in sweden examinedden examined data on more than 1 millionn mill students they found that if either parent had previouslyent had previously been diagnosed with depressionosed w it affects

. >> let's beginning with new video from the bw parkway. chopper 4 was over the roadw water covering the north and southbound lanes. road was closed about 695 and 95. checking in with lauren ricketts. is it going to stay dry? >> say that one more time? is it going stay dry? yes. thank good maine. i got rain on my mind. we're pretty much drying today. we have a chance for a few passing showers but only 30% chance you'll see them flow through your area and where you're located. a few out there this morning and again possibly a few before 7:00 p.m. again just a slight chance. look at the cloud cover we have. it does look like it might rain out there. that's live from our tower camera. temperatures pretty much staying put until the next hour or two and then start to fall. temperatures in the 40s across-the-board. some areas upper 40s, some areas low 40s. we don't have too much rain on our radar. few spots hitting the ground. light spotty rain. we'll talk >> people living in three virginia communities are struggling to clean up after this devast

you'll want to consider bw parkway this morning if you're headed southbound or northbound. outer loop at the american legion bridge, you can see we have a problem on the left side of the roadway. we are seeing some backups starting to stack up by the spur temperature taking a look outer loop by the american legion bridge, lanes are blocked. that should be red right there. it was red just a moment ago. top of the beltway here, remember westbound veirs mill at connecticut, right line getting by the water main break. >>> friday morning, finally friday, everybody, another week of crazy ups and downs in the weather and we're wiabout to ha a downward trend in temperatures. and a quick coating of snow this evening as the leading edge ever the arctic air arrives. could leave half an inch to a quick inch in spots. 5:00 to 10:00 p.m. and then in to the deep freeze we go for the weekend. out the door temra 14 rockville, 17 reston, 17 in prince george's county. but not as windy as it was last night when you went to bed. temperatures this afternoon, we'll claim into the upper 20s and lo

westbound 50 near bw parkway, a car fire still slowing things there. wind warnings in effect on the bay bridge and governor harry nice bridge, but no vehicle restrictions. 66 and 95 pretty normal right now. 95 south through quantico, just a tad slow. >>> the mtv star, kidd cole, appeared on catfish and court records show that he made about 300 calls to 911 a year ago it on make threats. at his sentencing this morning, he faces up to ten years in prison, butpl >>> threats like that one and recent attacks involving metro passengers have led to major safety changes. metro is stepping up security. megan mcgrath is live at the gallonry place station with the new measures being put into action. >> reporter: eun, that's right. metro wants people to feel safe, that everything is being done to keep them safe while using the system. so some changes are being made to beef up security. and riders should expect to see an increased security prepares on t presence on the system. that means added patrols as well as private security officers picking up some tasks. the

and bw parkway north at 32, still slow just after that here this morning, so allow extra time if you are headed up to the airport here this morning as we zoom out, you can see no other real major issues as we take a big look at the beltway. chuck, you have to have better news than i do morning. >> absolutely. receipt l pretty low bar, but as you're getting ready for a weekend, no real troubles. it will be cloudy and cool for your friday p tomorr. tomorrow is a day to jump outside. risk of some rn coming our way on sunday. so if you have stuff on to outside, do it before lunch on sunday. tracking snowflakes in the shenandoah valley. as you get toward 6:30 this morning in winchester. i'm not sure they will hold together that much longer, but if they do, could be in the leesburg area by about 8:00 this morning. temperatures are in the teens and 20s on your way out the door now. it will be a cloudy and chilly day in the 40s. more about the weekend warm-up coming up. >>> family, co-workers and political figures preparing to pay their respects to antonin scalia. antonin scalia will lie in

we also have a problem on bw parkway that i'll talk about. >>> we've got rain on the radar first thing this morning. and thunderstorms later on this afternoon. cold rain to get you out the door this morning. get your warm coat and umbrella ready to go. plan on string-like storms later today. we'll time it out for you, 6:51. >>> rain has forced the department of correction to relocate inmates inside the central detention facility isn't southeast. >> early this morning, d.o.c. officials moved more than 100 inmates into a separate part of the facility. scott join. what's causing the problem? >> reporter: we confirmed this overnight, 120 inmates were moved to different parts of the jail because of problems with the roof. they're growing with severity. water from recent days has been infiltrating the inmates' cells. and a unit control room. clearly the water is getting to where the inmates are. they're moving the inmates elsewhere. they asked for $1 million emergency funding to try to fix this roof. there was caulking done, some repairs done. but the problems are growing in severity. the ja

that is the bw parkway. you see one car was stranded before the road was closed. scene insimilar annapolis as water from the day spilled over the banks and onto downtown roadways. police had to close several lanes of several roads so traffic could move through. and upper marlboro, the water street bridge is at risk of closing has of rising water. brad bell sent in video, showing the patuxent river right at the bottom of the bridge. what does all of this mean for our roadways? let's go to jamie sullivan on traffic watch. jamie: you may see in some areas that standing water and be careful. if you approach any area there is standing water, please, do not try and go through it. people were stuck. currently, pothole patching on the gw parkway. last night, they close the northbound side. .oday it is southbound there are no delays in either direction. betweenhole patching edsel road and the king street. new hampshire avenue to old georgetown avenue, emergency road work was put into place and that drive will take you 30 minutes. some of the volume we have is on the outer

. >> narrator: bound bw parkway near there. again most of the interstate, most of the main routes just kind of have that slick look to them. and there is still snow on the side of the roadway, but we pretty much have one lane on every main route where it's just a little bit wet, but you are getting by this morning. eastbound 50 at 28, left lane getting by, that accident 270 at hone montrose not bad. >>> let's get on the roads right now. derrick ward in the storm team 4 x 4 this morning. derrick, how are things looking? >> reporter: we're on the well way coming up on new hampshire avenue, i guess. if you can see, you've got a passable lane. there is not a problem if you are indeed in that lane. and there is not a lot of traffic as we've been saying all morning. some of the streets in the city were snow packed, but passable. we're not experiencing much ice now in the way of anything serious. but you always have to be compromised surfaces like this and the temperatures as low as they are. but you can see it's a matter of keeping y

also, bw parkway a crash c southbound at 198. at 198.of red red stop gone traffic leadingffic towards that point and thenhe towards rest of your commuteouru that is simply because ofecse inbound congestion.. icy conditions especially especl montgomery county use a lot off caution.ion. georgia of a northbound closed c with a crash and icy conditionss reported after new hampshire.re so big delays there and then icn and another crash scene this one in chevy chase beach drive drive closed both directions south of 410. two cars off the road at that location. and we're dealing with some icee there. in northwest, another crash rocc wreak parkway that is out by b beach drive give yourself plente of extra time to get around that intersection. 95 northbound earlier crash by dale city and we're gettinge'ret reports that montrose is shut su down at jeffe crash.ash. we'll get more information on io that. bring it to you in the nextyou report. keep it here to fox5 on twitter erin fox5 d.c. i'll have moreavm information, too.info toss it back to you gu

brch bw parkway rolling along just fine. >>> well, i'm here at the academy awards.erwise known as the white people's choice awards. >> you knew he had to do it. from the very first moments of the show, diversity took center stage at the academy awards. there a lot to talk about and not just chris rock. >> lady gaga. vice president joe biden. of course the winners, too. jennifer bjorklund is in hollywood with some of the big stories from the big night. good morning, jennifer. >> reporter: good mng they are wrapping things up here. the hard hats are out, the high heels have gone home. and it was a really, really interesting night. if you think about some of the surprises, one of the biggest ones was best picture. everybody was expecting one thing and they got another. spotlight was a film about boston globe's investigative reporting on sex abuse by roman catholic priests. spotlight won for best picture this was a surprise. a lot of people thought it would go for. >> referee: of "revenant." and mad max won six technical awards. and director a second year in a row. he w

from the belt way to seminary road you're absolutely stabbed bw parkway slowing inside the belt way,wing 202 to kenilworth. problems there. keep it to fox5 news morning. we have

traffic in new carrolton quiet, bw parkway lookingayoo good. good.way to bwi ison y just fine right now. bw parkway northbound andbod southbound reopened ineopened in baltimore and 95 looking good.dg we're problem free on the way oe to reagan national.io things also looking good onng the way to dulles. dul metro on time.me i got you covered. cover i've good vibes this friday morning, i'm hoping it's aoping' nice quiet commute.mute back to you guys. >> ♪ >> coming up next at 5:30 a a growing petition to keep a gun a shop from opening in arlingtonin and we're going to tell you telu why residents want to keep the e doors from opening straightfromo ahead. we'll be back. ♪ oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-ooh, oh ♪ hearts are made for sharing. spread some sweetness with dunkin' donuts' cookie dough and brownie batter donuts. heart-shaped happiness too sweet not to share. america runs on dunkin'. >> all right, we are back at 5:30 on this friday morning. mog looking outside, it is a cold one. well, yeah, windy,

a couple different problems out are loop before bw parkway, several lanes blocked there. not really slow things because of light volume. 15 at noters station road, a crash. 66 east of 123, again, you can see again, it will be slick this spots. >>> we're dealing with some of the worst road conditions we've seen all winter. be careful as you head out. it is take time for it to melt. >> we're tracking all the travel conditions for you a kathleen matthews: too many nights, i lead the 11 o'clock news with stories of gun violence. and like many of you, my family lived through the beltway sniper crisis. in congress, i'll fight to expand background checks on guns and ammunition, ban assault weapons, and mandate gun safety locks, because too many kids die from accidental shootings. let's show the nra we're not afraid of them; as democrats, as americans, as parents. i'm kathleen matthews and i approve this message. >>> watch out for ice. it is going to be a difficult commute for a lot of us today. we've seen cars and people slipping and sliding. it will be rough to do things as tem

northbound bw parkway after nasa, one lane blocked. >>> and here at the live desk, the snow is forcingtoday. spotsylvania county schools, fauquier county, page county and manassas city schools are all closed. three of those districts before they canceled. lots of other districts including fairfax and rappahannock county schools have students scheduled off for the holiday but are making some changes. you can see all of it on our nbc washington app. >>> 4:29. drivers are tinding o infinding prep work is paying off. d.c.'s fleet of 200 plows have been out since 11:00 last night. in virginia, vdot has been laying down anti-icing materials to try to cut down on the slippery roads. >>> and the president's state holiday means a few changes to your commute. metrorail and metro bus running on a saturday schedule today about that metrorail runs every 12 minutes. there is no vre service today and limited service on marc trains. the penn line running on an s weekday schedule and camden and brunswick have limited service. >>> the body of antonin scalia has arrived back into virginia. it was termed

william 66 eastbound side no delays story inbound from buoy and problem free as you make your way bw parkway and 95 dale city. that covers anything. i'll let you know if that's anything else. is that rain i'm hearing or is that just me. >> the air conditioner. >> the air conditioner is on. that answers that question. back to you guys. >> take care. >> 4:51 is the time now. prince george country mother was found not criminally responsible in the death of 3-year-old son. ram eesh asims was found pushing little joy air's body in a park swing two days. sim as period. in court yesterday and pleaded guilty to a charge of involuntary manslaughter. the judge accepted her plea and then determined she was not criminally responsible after doctor's concluded sims suffer from exit fromia. sims mother says getting help for her daughter's mental illness was hard to come by. >> you know it was unfortunate that sometimes you know the symptoms or out cries who may be suffering from a mental illness and not everyone city commiting a crime that has proper mental illness needs to be properly evaluated and tweete

hopefully, that's bw parkway at 193. outer loop here at georgia avenue, looking okay for the outer loop. 270 southbound from frederick, going to take you 26 minutes. don't have any big worries, average speed, 70 miles per hour. going to bring it down, 66 at west ox road. for some reason, that is popping up here on the screen but i can see it. we'll get that fixed in a couple minutes. >>> back here at the live desk, what we can do to track some of those deadly storms that chuck was talking about. he showed you that the center of the storm was actually in the nashville area. but take a look at the damage that it did recently as it tore through the coast. this is a trailer park, unrecognizable right now. we have roofs torn off. devastation everywhere. cars turned over on their roof. death toll right now standing at missing. possibly trapped in the debris. and moving as chuck mentioned from the carolinas down to florida. aaron. >>> you have to understand how former mayor gray feels. >> only on 4, d.c.'s new u.s. attorney res

down because of icy conditions. 95 doesn't look so hot in either direction here this morning and bw parkway after nasa, a crash blocking a lane this, as well. back in ten minutes. >>> and back here at the live desk, we're following breaking news out of brooklyn, new york this morning. nearly 150 firefighters battled a massive fire at a multistory home overnight. you can see the residential building engulfed in flames. fdny tweeted just before 1:30 that the fire is under control. the cause is under investigation, but we're told no one was injured in the blaze. back to you. >>> police in upper marlboro are killed a convicted bank thief who was found shot to death inside a pickup truck on armstrong lane in upper marlboro yesterday. he served time in prison for defrauding $53 million from banks to fund his lavish lifestyle. his family reported him missing several days ago. >>> we're relearning more about scary car crash. a 21-year-old man was driving this mangled viper and an 18-year-old woman was also in the car. the car swerved before hitting a concrete wall sunday afternoon. the woman was ai

heading southbound on the bw parkway at the offmp onto the capital beltway, that is closed and 95 is a better route to take. we are suggesting no one gets outside and travels and less you absolutely have to. the bigger picture, a lot of green. who did lot of people not go to work and kids that did not go to school, which we are very fortunate to have. 27 at tuckerman lane0. getting to these interstates, that is the problem for us. you are going to see a lot of slush. the ramps are not in good condition. this is in the area of arlington, clarendon, court house neighborhood. we got this picture, inc. is so much from d.c. food safety, but you can get an idea of the slush that you will see and that will pull you either way when you are driving. move and it may be a little deceiving, you can get out there but we are still not advising it. jummy: a lot of those roadways snow covered in prince william -- prince george's county. jeannette reyes is live in fort washington with how things are looking for us. jummy, it has been a long morning. we saw the snow start up early this morning and tha

still the problem outer loop before bw parkway, a couple lanes blocked. a little bit of a slowdown there. 95 before and after dale city, two different crashes blocking the right lane there. they say they are bringing salt trucks into redo that area for us here this morning. another complain 66 inbound at roosevelt bridge, very icy conditions. salt truck headed there, as well. bridges and overpasses just gross this morning. >>> so we've been telling you the story all morning long. roads are icy, dangerous. it may not be bad -- or be bad now, but chuck has reason to be optimistic coming up. >>> developing right now, new controversy in replacing antonin scalia's supreme court seat. the new road blocks being put in place. i lead the 11 o'clock news with stories of gun violence. and like many of you, my family lived through the beltway sniper crisis. in congress, i'll fight to expand background checks on guns and ammunition, ban assault weapons, and mandate gun safety locks, because too many kids die from accidental shootings. let's show the nra we're not afra