melissa looking at an accident day. >> earlier crash on bw parkway southbound at 175. u'll have to stay to the right to get past that. blue line, we have delays right now to the largo town center. bw parkway southbound at 175, stay to the right to get past that. not a big deal, though. we understand it is a single car crash. 2730 and hundred road, looking good. 95 no problems there. beltway at central avenue is also looking quite good. remember to follow us on twitter. >>> thank you, melissa. 5:24. if you work the graveyard shift you might want to avoid eating steak, spinach and brown rice. iron-rich foods disrupt the clock in the liver. it controls blood sugar. because shift workers are up at odd hours it can cause odd blood sugar levels and lead to obesity, diabetes, stroke. increased chances, i should say. and also cancer. >>> the maker of camel cigarettes is telling employees they cannot light up at work. e cigarettes will still be allowed. reynolds said the the move is to try to accommodate smokers and nonsmokers in their company. >>> from candy to costumes, hallow

. >>> bw parkway southbound at 175, we are jammed. still have two hours worth of delays. as you head southbound you can see this accident to the left as chopper 4 pans out. if you can, you might want to take 95. could be a problem for some time. travel times, 66 east from fairfax to the beltway, on time. 95 north, quantico to the beltway, just about on time. 395 northbound between the beltway and 14th street bridge, looking good as well. 270 southbound, a little bit slow 118. 16 minutes. outer loop, 270, looking good, 13 minutes. back to you. >>> a little boy stuck inside one of those toy vending machines. his feisty reaction when his grandmother tried to stop him from climbing inside. >>> if you haven't bought your halloween candy, a good reason >>> 16 after the hour now. new developments on ebola this morning. a dallas nurse with the disease could soon get the all clear. the family of amber vinson say doctors no longer detect ebola in the nurse's body. right now she is in a special unit at emory university hospital in atlanta. she contracted ebola after caring for thoma

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

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

bw parkway. maryland bw parkway, maryland 295 with a long-standing crash southbound near the exit for 175, nsa.still had the left lane closed. as a result delays leaving bwi thurgood marshall single file to the right to get past 175 with the single-vehicle crash. it's pretty serious. tough to remove the vehicle from the woods off to the left. that's why you've been tied up. 59 still a better bet now coming south from baltimore area to head south. now, the outer loop of the beltway, the big time problem now has been the beltway in greenbelt. new crash is on the outer loop of the beltway between the bw parkway and kenilworth avenue tying up the left lane. that'sities' jammed on the right side of the korean on the outer loop north of 450 coming out of landover to head west into greenbelt. then out of college park, a crash ahead of you is near colesville road. that initially along the right side of the roadway with the delays leaving i-95 new hampshire avenue. virginia drivers, you've had the volume delays. no incidents in your way right now. howard, you have a better forecast than traffic i think.

bw parkway southbound at arundel mills boulevard is also slow. >>> that's the broadcast this morning. for waking up with us. >> the "today" show is up next. have a great day, see you tomorrow. start shopping a new way. start maximizing at the place where you always get more than you pay for. t.j.maxx. brands you love, prices that work for you. you deserve it. maxx life at t.j.maxx. you deserve it. making jackets that are built to perform anywhere is hard work. and at l.l.bean, we take our job, very seriously. guaranteed quality, no matter what you're up against. from l.l.bean. >>> good morning. digging in. new jersey governor chris christie not backing down on his decision to quarantine people returning from africa at high risk for ebola. this, after a nurse complained of inhumane treatment while being kept in a tent for three days before she was sent home. this morning, governor christie speaks out in an exclusive live interview. >>> unstoppable, the slow and menacing advance of lava on hawaii's big island now within a few yards of several homes. can anything be done to save them? >>

also dealing with a crash on the bw parkway, southbound at 410 riverdale tying up the left side of the roadway with delays building in from the beltway. here's the truck eastbound on 66 getting into fair oaks that's been blocking the right lane with delays from at least fair lakes. tow truck should be there any minute. can't wait. >>> time for your final money segment of the morning. >> we're taking a look at a few toys that are expected to be the hot tickets of the holiday season. >> are you centered. >> i haven't figured out any halloween costume yet. >> neither have i. we're playing with toys this morning. it's the countdown to christmas. >> i'm surprised. it comes so quickly but here we are and we -- i grabbed a handful of some of our favorites from our toy insider list you. >> compiled a list? >> about 150 toys for all ages and we review them all year long with our expert team reviewers and we have to start with something for our younger kids. >> starting with the ark. >> usually this is a company cloud b known for its sleep solutions for children but they came out with the twilig

. >>> 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

on 270 southbound trying to get into hyattstown, germantown, gaithersburg, rockville, got more volume coming down the stretch out of frederick county but all lanes open. maryland drivers, bw parkwayh is southbound near 197 and powder mill road. not sure if there are any lanes blocked. northbound is a little slow with a look at what's going on there. 50 there was a crash earlier inbound before the accident for kenilworth and new york avenue. that's out of the way but you're slow leaving 410 into cheverly to get to new york and kenilworth avenues this morning. back to you. >> thanks a lot, bev. >>> 6:50 now. it's friday. you may be headed out of town this weekend and while we can't fix the getaway traffic on 95 south, we it help you find the cheapest gas if you get stuck in the traffic. aaa fuel finder is where we look. fas mart at 2983 jefferson davis highway in stafford is selling their regular for $2.89 a gallon. >>> how about not paying for gas at all. today is our last day of our $900 gas card giveaway. to enter go to our facebook page. winners will be picked randomly after tonight's 11:59 p.m. deadline. enter as many times as you can gives you a better chance. we'll be right

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

bw parkway as you head inside the beltway. we have that crash. 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

bw parkway as you head southbound into town this morning. also this delay on the rails. penn line north 554, 30 minutes behind tip this morning. here are travel times for you. they are long. 66 east to the beltway, twice as long. 95 north to the beltway, 15 minutes. and 395 looking good to the 14th street bridge a 14 minutes. . >>> 6:12. close to two dozen students stung by bees at school. the mishap one of them made in p.e. that left the class surrounded by a swarm. >>> we have all been there stuck in a situation we want to get out badly, the bad date. out badly, the bad date. dorothy can help you making jackets that are built to perform anywhere is hard work. out badly, the bad date. dorothy can help you and at l.l.bean, we take our job, very seriously. guaranteed quality, no matter what you're up against. from l.l.bean. >>> time 6:16. heavier rain moving in. that could be a problem for the morning commute. meteorologist chuck bell in the storm team 4 x 4. you're in virginia. what are you seeing? >> so far we are on the inner loop just about ready to pass the exit for

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

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

southbound route 1 you're down to single file south of powder people thinking about 95 south, the bw parkway, edmonston road, even rhode island island as options to get through beltsville and avoid the stretch. if you're making the drive on virginia 270 southbound, just the volume into hyattstown and germantown. northbound virginia 95, slow traffic forming to get past the prince william parkway. we have a new problem coming out of stafford past 610 aquia. a vehicle broken down. it's dead center in the roadway with delays out of stafford. we'll take a look at forecast with the wet weather. how is it doing? >>> we're doing much better now. the showers from overnight have pretty much left the region. they left to the north and weakened. what we're looking at today, mostly cloudy. some sunny breaks with temperatures in the low to mid- 70s. by 5:00, that's in d.c. there will be areas west, especially west of interstate 81. by then they'll likely be dealing with showers and thunderstorms from more energy out in the ohio and tennessee valleys this morning. the batch of rain from last night, it is q

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

kenilworth avenue near pennsylvania avenue, southbound on kenilworth and on the bw parkway, slow in cheverlyo kenilworth avenue and trying to recover on that trip into southeast. virginia drivers, the crash was northbound on 95 right before you reach 123 along the left side the roadway just getting word of the montgomery county beltway crash. inner loop eastbound beltway near 270. mike, andrea, back to you. >>> i saw this on tv and i could not believe it. most people could not believe it. we're talking about a call made last saturday and people are now calling for the head of michigan coach bobby hope. they want him fired. >> es that' -- that's because the quarterback got his bell rung waking up shaking his had. now the coach says none of my staff saw it. >> if a player is stumbling all over being held up by his teammates, it does not take some dock other or other player stepping in to say this guy should not be on the field. nobody arguing. this is a hot button issue as it s. in the hot seat as a result is being shairld at the university of mitch -- shared at the university of michigan by t

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 hagerstown at 3.20 for a gallon of regular unleaded and one of the sta

too bad or abnormal at this point this morning. 95 in maryland, bw parkway looking as it typically does right now and you can see southbound 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 around here tried to sort of take that to t

nailer road southbound at suitland is shut down because of road work. 95 in maryland here. bw parkway into and out of town, both looking quite good. no problems there. let's keep our fingers crossed that things roll this way. i'm back in 10 minutes with a live look at 66. >>> breaking news. d.c. police looking for a man they say used an axe to threaten a police officer. that police officer sitting inside a squad car on 13th street and perry in northeast washington early this morning when apparently some guy with an axe threatened the officer, tried to attack the officer. however, the officer was never hit with the axe. police still trying to figure out where the guy went, what this was all about. they're trying to locate the person yiewielding the axe. the police officer was not hurt, only threatened with that axe. >>> thank you, richard. 5:03. today will be jessie matthew's first court appearance. he's the man charged in the abduction of hannah graham. today matthew will be arraigned on attempted capital murder in connection to a 2005 sexual assault in fairfax city. he will appear th

southbound 95 picking up some volume. 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 t

southbound lanes now moving. an accident off to the right. you can see we are getting traffic in both directions. bw parkway northbound at 198. slowing things down. we're 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 a

the southbound lane blocked because of all the fire apparatus in the way. thank you very much, chopper, for showing us that. 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 air

southbound route 1, letter yesterday's -- remember yesterday's water main break. they fixed the water main but the hole, still fixing that. people using rhode island, 95 or the bw parkwayas 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

southbound, still has this problem. a report of a road rage incident into you ban that. it opens back down to the spur. 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. famil

bw parkway, the latest problem is 66 east down near 123. it's a vehicle fire with a single left lane getting by in the fire is out. 270 southbound toward montrose an earlier accident but it looks like we've got about a 45 minute ride. >> a lot of wind out there. the winds are gusting close to 30 miles per hour and easy. we will see wind gusts between 25-30 miles per hour today with air temperatures in the 50's. the windchill temperatures are in the 40's. 60-60 five and more clouds than sun and looking more sunny for the day tomorrow, 67 as well is saturday and cooler but still sunny on sunday. will be held today for the man charged in three murders in alexandria. the trial date will be set for charles severance and the judge will consider a request from media outlets the tv cameras be allowed in the courtroom during his trial. he is charged with killing three people. thank you for watching and we will be back at 7:56 a.m. ♪ so wake me up when it's all over ♪ >>> don't you hate it. actually that traffic is kind of moving. when you get in those big jams. so frustrating. there may with a way to solve it, a cure to traffic. tell everybody about it.