another new problem bw parkway southbound at 100 all lanes are shut down. we got off the phone with police here. all lanes are blocked. war that. this morning you won't want to take bw parkway southbound if you're coming from north of 100 there. westbound at the beltway still have the crash off to the right side. i wa show you the picture to show you it's not much of a problem anymore. wide look at things you can see we're getting a little bit slow in the normal spot. 66 inbound there inside the beltway. d.c. 295 as you're passing 50. take a look at 66 and 95. some of the problems here up north again maryland 95 south after 32 we have the left lane blocked. 198 westbound the ramp to 95 there is blocked. it iy n morning. >> thank you so much. >>> a lot of your kids can sleep in this morning. several schools in the area are starting late. >>> the man suspected of kidnapping university of virginia student hannah graham is reportedly charged with first-degreemurder. broke the news on our nbc washington app. jessie matth charged with. he's disappearanc virginia t

bw southbound. you can see all the folks headed southbound a 5 1/2 mile backup. so if you mormnormally take bw parkway95 looks better. we'll be tweeting about this. we'll let you know what to do about that 27300 at montrose just volume. and 66 at 50 we had a crash there, and moving the camera around on me. 95 in virginia no problems really until you get to dale city. woodbridge, a little slo and then taking a look at prince george's county a tiny bit slow there, 95 in maryland. >>> thanks melissa. virginia state police say they are increasing patrols around route 15 and route 50 where there have been multiple crashes in the last few days. serious ones. they say drunk and distrted drivers caused many of those crashes. >>> this storm today is expected to dump up to two feet of snow over the next few days. school it is boston are already closed today. closed tomorrow too. this is the third straight monday in which that area has been hammered by a snowstorm. the governor there says that in the past two weeks, more than 60 inches of snow has fallen on that state. >>> we are seeing storm have a ripple effec

bw parkway. >>> new problem here chopper 4 just got over the scene. this is southbound bw parkway at annapolis, two week off to the right. not slowing anything down. just spoke with our photographer in the air there. he said no delays right now. we're getting reports that it may have been a little serious, so we sent chopper over that way. blue/silver delays to franconia and wehle reston east. going to keep you updated. 66 east at 29/gainesville disabled vehicle off to the shoulder. and inner loop before branch avenue a crash on the shoulder. and we did have some slowdowns here. beltway at ritchie-marlboro that looks pretty good. >>> we want to get to know you. and to let you get to know us a little bit. so mark your calendars now. >> you probably know us pretty well at this point. and we appreciate that. because you join us every morning. next week though, every day at 10:00 a.m. you can chat on facebook with a member of the "news 4 today" team. angie goff kicks it off on monday. tom will chat with you on tuesday. aaron has a lot to say on wednesday. be sure to -- >> w

we just learned that the bw parkway southbound is shut down. we'll run through everything you need to know next and keep looking at the bottom of your screen for school closings and that k. [ female announcer ] business travel isn't just about the going. it's also about the going home. and being connected all along the way. whether you're working or recharging do business travel on your terms. acela. take off. >>> breaking news right now. a number of problems on the roads. take a look at the map here. these are the accidents melissa is tracking for you as we deal with icy conditions out there. the weather overnight to blame for a number of school delays in the area. >>> a wintery just expired moments ago. but you can still encounter icy conditions as you leave for work. we're tracking the conditions on the roads and the problems that could slow town your commute. >>> we begin our coverage with storm team 4 meteorologist with where you can encounter ice on the roads. >> right now areas north, south, east and west have a coating of light icing. t

>>> heads-up southbound bw parkway. crash that was on the ramp to 450 has been cleared to the shoulder and southbound bw parkway seeing delays easing inside the beltway now. yes still on the right shoulder of the ramp but not impacting that much. that is food news. trip right now for metro commuters, you're going to find still some delays blue and silver line trains because of the earlier broken down vehicle morgan boulevard and broken down train i should say. that has been resolved delays are easing. 395 northbound already stacked up getting out past edsall road to out past duke street between duke and seminary. brand new crash. squeezing into the left lane of 395 travelers northbound. mike andrea back to you. >>> thanks beverly. police in frederick are still searching for the person who shot a 14 and 15-year-old outside frederick high school wednesday night. >> meanwhile, students are getting ready at both frederick high and frederick middle school west frederick middle school to go back to school for the first time si

been slow out of maryland off the parkway and 15 in cheverly to go south and head your way down toward the exits for the anacostia. brand new accident reported southbound bwrkway close to 197 laurel. back to you. >>> virginia lawmakers approve a bill to try and prevent sexual assault on college campuses. >> and coming up in the next half-hour on cbs this morning, cheating allegations surrounding this year's little league world series champs. why the opponents say a team from chicago should lose their title. >> tonight, a disturbing look into the local sex trade. young women forced into prostitution by vicious sex trafficking rings. they're recruiting the let the games begin! valentine's day couple packages start at just $99. visit medieval times.com! >>> i'm delia goncalves live outside of the wilson building. d.c. mayor muriel bowser says no more secrets, orders the fire department to stop encrypting the radio system there. we have confirmation that the radio encryption has already been lifted. we're just waiting on an official word and announcement from the mayor. mike, andre ya, -- andre yarks back to you. >>> virginia lawmakers have pass add bill. col

talk about teens on the 7- day coming up a little bit later with howard. >>> allison southbound lanes of 295 the bw parkwayead down to fort mead, the crash relocated to the right shoulder only minutes ago. 95 in maryland moving much better than 32 bw parkway is. southbound side of 270 heavier volume getting into germantown, all lanes are open to rockville and toward the beltway. 66 the broken down vehicle out of your way. a slow ride manassas into centerville with lanes open. mike, andrea, back to you. >>> the pending merger between exelon and pepco will be the subject of a hearing at the dc public commission i can't news of this merger has brought debates about everything from high rates to lackluster service. nike burdine has a preview of what we should expect. gam. >> reporter: good morning. that's right. whenever we have a merger of any kind, especially one between two big companies like this to form an even bigger company, there will be concerns from potential custody panthers. those biggest concerns are rates and reliability. those two things chngangi. this merger would create one massive company and

still having southbound departures on other trains but these two specific trains are canceled completely. taking a look 95 in maryland, no problems. same thing at bw parkway north and southbound. 270 is looking quite good. wide look at things, enerinner loop and outer loop moving along and 95 at dale boulevard also rolling along. travel times in a couple of minutes. >>> we have two school delays to pass along this morning. anne arundel county schools are on a two hour delay. >>> and morgan county schools are on a two hour delay as well. >>> 5:33. it's been a deadly winter in maryland because of the freezing cold temperatures. three more people have died as a result of the cold weather. the department of health says the three people died last week. the victims were from charles and baltimore counties. officials say 19 people have died in maryland because of this cold this winter. >> and the cold can be tough on your car, too. mechanics say check your battery strength because a weak battery when it's warm will turn into a dead battery when it's cold. also make sure you have at least half a tank of gas. that will revent the fuel line from freezing. and check

same thing bw parkway, northbound and southbound. i'm back with travel time miss in 10 minutes. p. >>> 5:33. on your screen you can see fairfax county and prince william county schools as well as loudoun county schools are closed today. >> if you work for loudoun county schools, administrative offices opening two hours late. also two hours lake prince george's county anne arundel. charles county, st. mary's county are calvert county all closed. in virginia shenandoah county schools are closed today. as are spotsylvania stafford, fauquier county all closed. >>> also culpeper county schools are closed page county as well as king gormgeorge and westmoreland are closed. fredericksburg and manassas city closed. manassas park city two hours delayed. alexandria and hardy count tipy also on a two hour twladelay. federal government workers have an option for telework or scheduled leave. we have a full list of delays on the nbc washington app. >>> today president obama holds a summit aimed at stopping violent extremism. they will discuss programs to stem rad calicalization and recruitment

southbound lanes of rock creek parkway closed. alternate is 23rd street. elsewhere, 270 looking good traveling southbound out of frederick. no incidents being reported. 95 and bw, beltways looking good. 65 and 95 southbound and 55 approaching the beltway. route 50 from annapolis in to the district looking good. and 95 north bound at prince william parkway looking good as well. >>> it's 5:24. d.c. mayor bowser fighting to keep marijuana in the nation's capital. she appeared on the rachel maddow show criticizing andy harris. harris has questioned the extravalidity of the marijuana law. >> home use, home growth by adults. but i know the people in the first district of maryland would much rather have his attention on on their issues. >>> toys are getting high tech with new responsive dolls and sbir active gadgets could be vulnerable. make you vulnerable to hackers. mattel revealed the toys that use siri-like secretary knowledge. they will listen and respond having full conversations with your kids. the dolls use a wi-fi kegs connection. >> parents will be told clearly which data will be collected and you need a password to be able to access that information. >> ot

southbound too, bw parkway in and out of town, no major issues. travel times coming in ten minutes. >>> 6:03. potentially dangerous conditions on roads and walkways in our area. not only are we seeing refreezing but not everything is shoveled. that could be a problem. richard jordan is bouncing around from neighborhood to neighborhood checking on conditions for you. he's live now. >> everything we may have spotted the trickiest spot in the entire district. these stairs are so slippery, they are completely covered in snow and ice. as you walk down them you realize just how small the steps are. tricky to and a halfnavigate. and then the sidewalk covered with snow and ice. but l people running on this. and doing it pretty well. down the block, there is a metrobus stop there. so that could be an issue walking to the bus stop this morning. dealing with snow and ice on the sidewalks. yes, time is up right now. the dead line expires at 6:00 a.m. for the district for residents, for property owners to clean out their sidewalks or they could face a $25 fine

. >> southbound on the bw parkway we had some earlier activity before 32, officers leaving the scene,ttle bit of a delay in urbana, not so in the roadway. an accident in virginia near buckman road, the crash blocking the right lane and earlier the activity was i-95 north in the occoquan, pausing all traffic lanes out of the roadway. i saw a earlier that you were tweeting about needing an umbrella later today? >> we are not getting much now but most of us will see the rain by the early afternoon, cloudy and d.c., just a slight wind chill factor it ready five. spotty light rain across frederick county stretching down into leesburg, warrenton also getting cloudy rain during the afternoon hours it will be off and on before the moisture caps off and sleet and snow mix is in to the north and west of the city. we are watching this temperatures closely early this morning, dry in the afternoon with sunshine around 43 degrees. >> thank you. thank you for watching this morning. we will see you back here in about 30 minutes. is there an elk in your bed? with sleep number now there's an adjustment

bw parkway. 66 looking quite good. same thing 95 in virginia northbound and southbound, no major problems there. a little construction here and there. we'll talk about that in the next couple minutes. beltway at colesville rolling along, as well. >>> it's 4:33. this morning we're learning more about a montgomery county man who used his job to collect child porn. 58-year-old marion lee martin was sentenced to 7 years in prison. martin says he used his job at a cvs photo lab to collect pictures of kids. when he saw a photo that he liked, he'd make a copy for himself. martin also used his cell phone to take videos of young girls walking through the cvs. >> he always had his camera like he would stop in at cvs on the weekend. i'm like where are you off to? he's going to the zoo. and i just thought he liked taking pictures. >> martin told police he also recorded girls at the national zoo in 2013. at his home investigators found tens of thousands of pictures and videos that martin had been collecting since 1977. >>> a rabbi accused of voyeurism will be in court next week and we're now hearing he could

southbound into virginia no problems. taking a look at 95 in maryland looking good. same thing bw parkway in and out of up to ptown. 95 at mine road rolling along nicely. >>> a northern virginia girl walks away from school and is picked up by a stranger. the school's response that has a mother demanding answers. >>> napping does a body good. how long experts say you should rest in the middle of the day to >>> welcome back at 4:45. a family in northern virginia is upset with an alexandria school because their 8-year-old daughter left school without the teacher noticing. rebecca and her husband, anthony, want their daughter to attend another school. they plan to meet again with the alexandria city public school superintendent this afternoon. on friday morning 8-year-old natalia left williams ramsey elementary and started walking home. someone found her wandering the streets and called police. an officer called the parents. >> the officer says has the school contacted you. i said no they obviously don't know she's missing. >> natalia was gone to about an hour. will her parents say she said s

southbound kennel worth shut down at paint bramp. sounds like they're trying to clear debris out o.worth shut down at paint bramp. so. 95 and bw parkway in and out of town no problems. beltway at independent yap headg good. virginia 95 at lorton road looking good. the fwras citygrassy areas still icy. and 66 east at westmoreland, right lane blocked until 5:00 a.m.. >>> it could be a game changer for breast cancer patients. what doctors say could add years to a patient's life. >>> plus the moments before the deadly crash involving bruce . fauquier county public >>> it is 4:57. it's been nearly within year as soon as we heard the #say josh. the hope was to give an experimetal drug to a sick virginia boy who was dying. doreen gensler caught up with josh and his mother. >> reporter: josh was diagnosed with cancer when he was just nine months old. he was treated, but it came back. twice. everilyy eventually all those years of chemotherapy took a toll and josh needed a bone marrow transplant but that reeked havoc on his body. >> his heart failed kidneys failed his lungs were not working well. >> reporter: and that's when an aggressive virus

parkway. 270 you can see pretty good volume headed southbound. northbound no problems there. completely fine. taking look at 95 and maryland no problems. bw parkwaynto and out of no problems there. beltway and richie marl-- >> today you want to pay attention to an important hearing on capitol hill for you and your family. the nation's top health leaders will be talking about the flu, measles, and vaccinations. tracie potts live on capitol s members of congress talk medicine today. >> that's right. they're there to focus on the flu, but we anticipate they will probably the cdc and the nih will probably get asked about the measles because of the outbreak. 102 cases in 14 states. it started with disney. now it spread throughout the country. and it's becoming very political. you heard president obama with savannah on the "today" show interview say that yes, people should get their kids vaccinated. now chris christie governor of new jersey on an overseas trip made some confusing comments about it. i said confusing because what he said was parents need to have choice and that needs to be factored in. there needs to be a balance between parental

southbound a disabled vehicle off to the right. it is now out of the way, but a couple of slowdowns headed south after dale city. 95 in maryland bw parkway, no issue. i'm back at 5:21 with a live picture along 66. >>> a man trapped under a train for 18 hours. how he got there and how a passer by was able to help free him. the new info we're getting in to the newsroom about this bizarre incident. >> how you have the chance to hang out with the pope today. >>> a 911 dispatcher transferred. and this is the reason why. >> two people were struck? >> yeah, they both laying, just laying. >> let's stop whining. it's hard to understand you. >> that operate are you you heard on the call has been transferred for the way he talked to that teenager whose father was just run over by a car. the anne arundel county police department has launched an internal investigation. >> as a result of this, this dispatcher has been moved to a position within the department where he will not he contact with the public. >> police have not the made an arrest in this hit and run case p. the woman hurt in the accident remains in serious condition. >>> a bomb threat caus

southbound. this is a pedestrian crash. alternate is old washington road to get around that. so just a warning there. 95 in maryland in and out of town looking between. bw parkway no major problems. wide look at things overall look quite good. same thing as you're looking at the prince george's county. no accidents, who incidents, no construction in the way right now. 95 in virginia there at newington rolling right along. i'm back this ten minutes. >>> i'm angie goff with breaking news out of taiwan. we have unbelievable video. this is of a plane right before it crashes into a river. actually we don't have that for you. but what you're looking at are live pictures. this is from taipei river where you can see the plane that crashed is still in the water. we have a huge rescue going on. this is a transasia flight that actually turned on its side, it clipped a taxi and bridge before falling into the river. the plane is still in the water as you can see. we know that 15 people are dead. ten of them died in the hospital. they're still searching for survivors. many of them believed to still be in that plane. 58 passengers were on board and officials unfortunately tel