no problems here if you're heading out of new carrollton.hey have two trains every six minutes heading out. guys, take a look. you can see one train heading out. folks are getting in and out of here quickly. we've been talking to people all morning long. we have one young lady from buffalo, new york. you bring your family along with you. you weren't here in 2009. but you're telling me you're not missing this one. >> no, i'm not. i definitely wanted to be here. i think it's a great thing that we have an african-american president who is now serving his second term. >> that's awesome. real quick. >> gladys. >> penny. >> alicia. >> shane a. >> patricia bullock. >> ladies, thanks for spending time with us. enjoy the inauguration and d.c. if you're headed out on the metro, no problem out of new carrollton. two trains every six minutes. if you're heading out, look for a fantastic commute. that's the latest from here. back to you aaron and eun. >>> tony, thanks so much. >>> we may have a sense of what the inaugural address will include later this m

approximate you're headed out of new carrollton. beautiful ride into d.c. that's the latest from here, tony tull, back to you. >> tony, thank you. >>> president obama has many issues to tackle now that he has begun his second term. >> leaders in the district hope he puts d.c. statehood near the top of his list. mayor vincent gray says d.c.'s situation is the hypocrisy of democracy. he doesn't understand how people can talk about democracy in america when there's no democracy in the nation's capitol. president obama decided to put the taxation without representation license plate on the limousine that he rides. a spokesman says the president supports d.c. voting rights. >>> catching a cab might cost extra today, especially if you're piling in with friends. taxis adding a $1 surcharge for every extra passenger that rides in the cab. it's meant to encourage taxi drivers to work during the busiest hours of the day. the cab commission instituted a similar surcharge during hurricane sandy and ride to use one during the nationals playoffs games but that was later

this is the new carrollton metro station.ro has now got 60,000 parking spaces available in their lots and garages. the closest ones to the national mall once you get on are l'enfant plaza, metro center and gallery place. i'll have more information for you coming up in a few minutes. andrea and mike? >> thank you, monika. see you then. >>> it is january 21, 2013. the big ceremonial inauguration of course. the president was officially sworn in yesterday as by the constitution he has to do that on january 20. today is also of course martin luther king, jr. day, thage day of service was held this past weekend and it folded into the events leading up to today's inauguration. >> but the inaugural weekend is also a boom for many more organizations around washington. the chair of the d.c. commission on the arts and humanities joins us live from our studios in northwest drk. judith, -- northwest d.c. judith, good morning. >> good morning. it's wonderful to be up so early. >> we're so glad you decided to get up early with us. people ha

running smoothly at the new carrollton station. they opened about 3:45, they opened the gates for some  passengers. you can see the line on the platform. not too much of a crowd. there was a little bit of a line early this morning. as you can imagine, they had two trains waiting on the platform to take off as soon as the folks got up and got their tickets. i did talk to a couple people, folks from indiana and ohio, as far as nevada. a lot of people coming from all around the country here to use the metro. you heard adam tuss say earlier, make sure you have enough money on your smart cards. as of right now here at the new carrollton station, all is well. two trains are running every 10 to 15 minutes. they don't expect that to change unless they get overwhelmed with passenge passengers. >> tony tull, thanks so much. live in new carrollton. it is 4:27 on this inauguration morning. there's much more to come on this special edition of news 4 live on capitol hill. trains ready to take people to and from the events. but there are some c

around the beltway, no problems in silver spring, passing new hampshire avenue, and landover, new carrollton 270 looking great past middlebrook road. no problems in gaithersburg. 270 new shady grove road plant and on 355 at shady grove road

back to you. >> delia goncalves live in new carrollton. look at the people coming at 4:51 a.m. >> i like that woman's comment. she says i'm moving forward with the president, like it's a team effort. >> exactly. i think from ohio, she's kind of geared up for this cold weather, too. >> this doesn't scare her. >> no big deal. >>> of course one of the other busy stations this morning is l'enfant plaza. >> closer to the action. >> ko im is there live. she already talked to some people this morning as they were moving through. a lot of volunteers are getting in place. good morning, ko. >> good morning, mike. volunteers and people who might not even have tickets this morning, we've seen a stredy stream of people -- steady stream of people coming from king street and crystal city bringing blankets and any other support gear. this is your first inauguration. what an experience. >> it's pretty school. i've never seen d.c. before so it's pretty universal. there's a lot of different kinds of people here. it's really interesting to see everybody and e

. >> some passengers on an orange line train headed to new carrollton had quite an unexpected trip. >> i was sitting on the train and suddenly i heard oh, there's a power outage. >> metro officials explained the issue this morning. >> 1 happened was we had damage to the third rail in two locations. that damage caused damage to the passing trains. >> metrobus forced to suspend service on the orange line between stadium-armory and new carrollton. most trains were able to get to other stations just fine, train with 44 passengers was stranded outside the cheverly station for more than two hours. passengers were moved to the first car train with the conductor until help arriv>> we were stuck there until about 12:00 before something started working. >> we were in the dark for almost two hours. >> this is a billion dollars system. it's not acceptable. at 28 degrees. >> metro officials say they regret the issue happened about are glad no one was injured. >> we never want to see passengers delayed for an extended time. the more important thing is this was handled safely. >> while many stranded

it happened last november in the 5400 block of 85th avenue in new carrollton. vice president biden took the campaign for gun control on the road today. he was at a roundtable discussion in richmond. he appeared with experts who worked on gun safety after the virginia tech shootings in 2007. he says the obama administration does not want to take guns from law apwaeuding citizens but -- abiding citizens but wants to stop them from getting in the wrong hands. >> we wanted to pick their brain about what is the most important thing we should be doing. >> the obama administration is pushing for background checks on all gun sales and wants to ban military style assault weapons and high capacity ammunition is clips. he admits it will be an uphill battle. we will have more at 6:00. coming up later why there's a big jump in the number of owners taking gun safety classes. thousands of abortion opponents descended on the nation's capital in the call to the supreme court to overturn roe v wade. they carried mental to the high court. we have more on the rally and march. >> t

annandale, tyson, the entire beltway, maryland, new carrollton 270 -- so far no back ups as we push past 109. heading towards east point. georgia avenue, these cameras look good. colesville road. that too looks good. back to you. >> 4:57. >> much more to come. learn by the duchess of cambridge mike and the kim

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parking here at new carrollton, 40% at capacity. greenbelt, springfield, shady grove 40% as well. so it seems that a lot of people are heeding the advice, coming early, parking their cars and taking the metro in. we can see folks are lining up outside and hopping on to those metro trains to head downtown. this is the best way to get to downtown so you don't have to fight the massive crowds and those street closures. we'll have the very latest for you. back to you. >> get your round trip ticket on your way in now. don't try to do it on the way home. it's going to be horrendous. >> they sold out of the commemorative passes so that means a lot of people are choosing metro. let's go over to our partners at cbs this morning who are here with us in the nation's capital. >> charlie rose is going to tell us what's coming up. i wonder what you could be talking about this morning. hi, charlie. >> oh, my goodness. i can't wait to share that with you. good morning from just down the way along the national mall. we're getting ready for a day of special coverage from our correspondents around d

it was the cru of carrollton parade. it is is any indication of what things are going to be like building up to the super bowl, it's going to be quite a ride. >> we have noticed a lot of the parade downtown have to take different routes and they change the schedule because there is so much going on with preparations under way for the super bowl. they had to change some of the times of the parades. it is mardi gras here. there will be no parades during super bowl weekend. they had to make a bit of a shift here because the nfl is taking a bit of precedents going into super bowl weekend. >> have you seen any ravens fans down there yet? >> we saw a few on the flight down here, but when you see the parade we were just that, we walked the route looking for people. a lot of purple, but the purple is the color of mardi gras. everyone keeps saying they are a st. span. we will find some. i know it's early. >> i'm looking for birds your reports. we will talk to you later. for complete super bowl coverage, had to our web site, wbalt

we can show you the live shot from the new carrollton metro stop. parking is starting to become an issue. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. e traffic. >> thank you so much. we got ready to come down dark and early this morning. and where we are is 501 pennsylvania avenue. it was a challenge to get down here. we had to walk a bit. it might be the first hurdle of the day. >> let's get more on the early ride on metro. karen gray houston is live at the gallery place metro stop not too frar from where we are. good morning. let me just say this. i was astonished at 4:00 in the morning how many people were already out on the streets this morning. >> there are a couple of ropes for that. lots of them really want to get a front row seat on the inauguration activities but also the bar hours were extended because of the inauguration and so the bars had just closed. so you had a mixture of people down here. what we are also starting to see is people taking metro's advice. they are doing -- taking one rail line without a transfer and you can't see th

so you consider that sort of the landover area as you leave new carrollton. only one lane is getting by in each direction. let's take a look at the scene right now from our mdot camera. one lane is getting by in each direction. i have a feeling that it's going to be there for a while. our delia goncalves is on the scene there. she just spoke to prince george's county fire chief bashoor and he tells us again expect this to be here for a while with not only the cleanup with three vehicles overturned i believe but also with itself investigation that will also have -- the investigation that will also have to happen at the scene here. we know four firefighters were hurt, two seriously as well, seven in total transported to the hospital. so you can see what a mess it's been since before 3:00. this is the inner loop of the beltway south of route 50 in the landover area with several vehicles involved. so again we'll keep you posted on that. if you want to avoid the delay on the inner loop, use route 450 over to 202. it will get you around that accident and you won't

this is the east side of our beltway right here south of new carrollton in the landover area. both loops of the beltway severely affected by this accident and now we're just getting word from chief bashoor that there's another very serious accident on the southbound side of the bw parkway right here at route 450. i believe that's because a lot of people are choosing bw parkway as an alternate route. it's taking an extra heavy load on right now. do not take the bw parkway right now with a serious accident with injuries as well southbound bw parkway inside the beltway here at route 450. instead go ahead on the inner loop. take route 450 but you can exit at 410 and take that over to the beltway. route 50, you can exit at the beltway but you will hit those delays. route 202 will be a good option for you as well south of all of this mess. again keep that in mind for your travel plans. big situation here in prince george's county ongoing. of course we will keep you posted throughout this morning's rush hour. jess, back to you. >> thanks, monika. this is going to be a long rush hour.

. >> we are from carrollton, georgia, 40 miles east of atlanta and we came for the inauguration of obamaporter: traffic slowed to a crawl with people coming in from maryland and virginia to enjoy the festive weekend. on the sidewalk, crowds slowed to see and buy prints by a local artist. >> they said why don't you do martin luther king and president obama together. so i did it. >> reporter: monday's swearing-in ceremony did not prevent visitors from enjoying the breath taking beauty of the national mall at night. and tonight would be the night to go out and look at the different sights, get a half smoke, because as we heard chuck say, it's going to get colder. it feels good right now. reporting live on the national mall, jackie bensen, news4. >> looks beautiful behind you, jackie. thanks so much. and they've covered the grass on the mall, to protect it. >> protect it from the crowds, not from the cold. >> yeah, from the crowds. how cold is it going to get? >> the colder air is definitely coming. and we're going to catch a little bit, because i think the heart of the cold air doesn't real

you do not have to worry right now on the beltway near route 50, landover, new carrollton area. clear thankfully this morning. by the way, we've got flooding problems. westbound clopper road at route 124. let's take a look at 270 southbound at falls road. this is running well down from germantown to the point where the lanes divide but clopper road is affected. beach drive is closed basically between route 410 and the district line. let's go back over to the maps and check out the other side of town. no issues to report coming in from frederick on i-270. northbound 395 at the 14th street bridge, you're fine. southbound gw parkway, flooding problems memorial bridge to the 14th street bridge. porter road is closed between connecticut avenue and beach drive with a tree down as well. so several problems around our area. give yourself agent extra time. >> thanks, monika. >>> we begin this morning with one of the things people are talking about right now. powerful storm. you heard it, even in this area but it swept through the southeast wednesday. down south of us, it spawned tornadoe

news 4's tony tull is live at the new carrollton metro station in prince george's county with a look at how things are moving there. tony, good morning to you. >> reporter: eun, good morning. things are running beautiful here. take a quick look at the platform. they have two trains running about every 10 to 15 minutes. that's how they expect it throughout the morning. not a big crowd piling up. that being said, earlier this morning, got here, they opened the doors about 3:45. folks were able to board the trains. i talked to people from indiana. some people from nevada. some people from all around the country are coming here. now, i have that -- this beautiful young lady is from? >> jamaica. >> she's come from jamaica not to miss this inauguration. >> there you go. this is a part of history that i want to be a part of. i just want say that i admire the president for his decency and his commitment to just letting people be -- >> welcome to the states. >> thank you. >> have fun in d.c. you guys have fun. have a safe trip. metro is running very well. real quick before we send it back, ta

the beltway looks good between college park and new carrollton on the east side of town. back in a few minutes with more traffic. back to you. >>> time right now is 4:40. i'm watching your money. wall street will be watching the federal reserve today. it kicks off a two-day meeting right here in washington. investors are hoping the rally restarts that's taken wall street to five year highs in recent day. the dow starts today at 13,881. dropped more than 14 points in trading yesterday. nasdaq the winner on the day, up about 4.5 points. the s&p 500 finished lower by three points. just above the 1500 mark. today's meeting of the fed will likely impact trading. policymakers have promised to keep interest rates near record lows until the unemployment rate falls below 6.5%. right now it's at 7.8%. on friday the government will release january's unemployment figures. >>> and here comes the tax manual. the i.r.s. will accept 2012 tax returns starting tomorrow. that's eight days later than the agency had originally planned. the tax filing deadline got pushed back due to some chang

that's southbound 495 right here, south of route 50 in the new carrollton-landover area. let's take a look from our live shot right now. if you are planning to head there, look at that. it was a fire truck, a tractor- trailer, and a jeep involved in the accident. four firefighters injured. two are in very serious condition. seven people in total transported to the hospital. so as you can see, this is going to be here for a while, not only with the cleanup but also with the investigation. let's take a little different shot and give you a different perspective. the beltway here, one lane gets by in each direction. you can access the beltway from route 50 itself. i would suggest you go ahead on the inner loop and use 450 to 202 and avoid it all together. give them the space they will need this morning through the rush hour to deal with the situation. i'll keep you posted. back you to, mike and jess. >>> marijuana and prescription drug abuse continues to abgrowing problem among teenagers. this is according to a survey. some experts say feens are starting -- teens are starting

. >> here's the new carrollton metro station, newschopper 7 flying over to see how we are doing, at theooks like there's still some room. a good idea to go early in case the parking lots filled up. make sure you have twa fare so you don't get stuck in the lines heading back from the festivities today. -- two-wwaay fare. archives and smithsonian stations are closed today. all the exodus into the downtown area on the 14th street bridge are closed. -- aldie 6l the exits. >> which talk-show host has landed the first television interview with manti

those include shady grove, a vienna, new carrollton and among others. other stations closer in to have parking capacity, but there is a steady flow of traffic streaming into those. >> a quick rule of thumb for people before they get to metro. what do they need to know and make sure it is a smooth ride for them? to go>> unique to make sure you check our web site. we are advising folks to try to plea of their trip to the national mall today without the need to transfer. there is a station on every line. that will give you the best advice on how to get there today. also it has travel tips. keep in mind the three stations are closed, estonian, archives, and mount vernon square in the stations closest to the capital capital salt, a judiciary square in union station should only be used by those people who have inauguration tickets already in hand. >> great information. they to for joining us. you can also follow on twitter. make sure your money on the card not just to get your butt to get back. -- but to get back. >> a chilly monday for an inauguration. take

around the beltway, no problems in silver spring, passing new hampshire avenue, and landover, new carrollton looking great past middlebrook road. no problems in gaithersburg. 270 new shady grove road plant and on 355 at shady grove road here. northbound 28 before 66, accident activity on the shoulder. 395 and 95, stafford and through the beltway and to the 14th street bridge, this is what it looks like. back to you. >> thank you. we love anytime the roads are clear. it's 38 degrees on this friday morning. >> and an update on verizon's effort to clear up 911 problems from last summe >> you are watching abc 7's "good morning washington" with cynne simpson and scott thuman. this is "good morning washington," on your side. >> 5:17 now. the british foreign office says the hostage situation in algeria involving seven americans is ongoing and it says it can provide no further details. on thursday, algerian forces stormed the gas plant in the sahara where and all kind of shoot was holding many foreign nationals. some americans escape while others remain held or are not accounted for. some were kille

if you are planning to head over on the beltway you have got that going on now through the new carrolltonslow traffic as you try to head into the northeast corner coming off the bw parkway on route 50. a live look outside, show you what the major thoroughfares look like. this is going to extend toward 121 with the wet road conditions right now. one more look at our map, heading inbound on i-66 where lanes are open. slow traffic forming as you travel into the fairfax area, a live look through the manassas and centerville area. >>> here's what we are following. heavy rains trigger aid deadly landslide in indonesia. at least 11 people died and 9 others are missing. soldiers are searching homes which were buried under mud and other debris. >>> australia's prime minister is offering condolences to families killed in massive flooding. several more reported missing. more than 200,000 homes are without electricity and many people have been told to move to higher ground. >>> the u.s. coast guard is looking into a barge that is leaking oil into the mississippi river. two warnings struck the vicksbu

no problems early on connecticut avenue, silver spring, landover, new carrollton. the beltway andin howard county does a crash on old frederick road. closed each direction between 29 columbia pike and old mill road. no problems on 395, getting across the in down 14th street bridge, and this looks good towards the seadc. back to you. >> thank you. our top story, the push for gun reform in america. today vice president joe biden is meeting with the nra as well as retailers at the white house. >>s series of meetings. john gonzalez is outside the white house with more. >> the nra will not only be meeting with a vice president today at the white house staff but also with the president's gun violence task force, a group put together days after the sandy hook shooting. the national rifle association has made its position clear, no new gun laws, we should enforce the gun laws already on the books. vice-president joe biden has also spelled out the intentions from the white house to move swiftly to reduce gun violence. >> the president is calling to act. there is executive a

. >> new carrollton police are also using the body cams and they say effective in clearing an officerng ethnic slurs against someone. >> probably safe for both parties. the person that is being questioned or pulled over and the officer. >> if someone makes an accusation, go to the video. >> what's happen? >> cameras catching a lot of crazy weather around here. very heavy rain transitioning to cooler temperatures and a lot of wind today. but it has been a little bumpy along the way. >> yes, it has. >> here are your rain total from yesterday. 1.14inches in a short period of time between about 7:00 last night and 3:00 in the morning. these rain totals pretty impressive in a short period of time. 1.14 inches at reagan national. at dulles and b wait a minute marshall, surpassed our rainfall totals for the entire month. that is how wet things were last night. let's get right to winds. these are sustained winds. they've been gusting, believe it or not, already 35 to 45 miles per hour this morning. current sustained wind here in washington, 15. 16 in annapolis. going to be a very, very windy

we'll start in new carrollton. have an accident, two accidents in the area. along 85th between 450 and eland street. use caution. another update, i-270 south of 80 seeing a multi-vehicle accident. four cars are involved. they block your left lane. expect delays. to i-95 in maryland, southbound at 32, slippery northbound. accident reported there. >> thank you very much. 5:33. >>> this san historic day at the pentagon -- this is an historic day at the pentagon. the military will now allow women in combat. tracie potts on capitol hill with more. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. it is a big day, the end of a 19-year-old ban on women in direct combat. it could open 237,000 jobs for women now in the military. this announcement formally expected to come today. not everyone thinks it's a good idea. women in direct combat on the front lines, in close quarters. some don't think this should be changed. last month, the aclu sued with a couple of women in the military saying that not only does it not open opportunities for women, but also it's bad military strateg

. >> reporter: besides the cheverly police department new carrollton police are also using the body camsthey've already cleared one officer there accused of making an ethnic slur while dealing with a citizen. they checked the tape and they say it didn't happen. >>> a big story tonight, today's sentencing for the former virginia police officer convicted of voluntary manslaughter has been delayed. defense lawyers for daniel harmon-wright are calling for a mistrial because of alleged juror misconduct. fox 5's hen hedge has detail -- john henrehan has details. >> reporter: on tuesday former town of culpeper policeman daniel harmon-wright was found guilty of manslaughter and two other felony counts in connection with the february shooting death of unarmed motorist patricia cook, but after the jury went home for the night a clerk found two dictionaries and a thesaurus in the jury room. the judge characterized the books as unauthorized research materials and ordered the jurors be isolated and questioned one by one. according to the jurors, some of the words they looked up included murder, malic

this is between 4:50 and eland street in new carrollton. two separate accidents in the area.use caution. 395 southbound at 6th, three left lanes blocked there. checking on the hov lanes, still seeing 395 at duke, the hov lanes crash in the shoulder lane. back to you. >> thank you. >>> 6:12. 23 degrees. ahead, why the freezing temperatures are blamed for melting an ice rink in one of the coldest places in the country. >>> plus, the announcement some women have waited 25 years for. >>> and next, prince harry is back home in the u.k. >>> this is a live look out. river road at seven locks road in montgomery county. snowy, wet roads across the area at this hour. the wind blowing a bit. blowing some of the snow around. we'll have an update at 6:21. >>> today we should get an update on the safety of boeing 787s. the national transportation safety board will discuss what led to a fire aboard one of boeing's dreamliners at boston logan airport back on january 7. the faa and several other countries decided to ground the planes last week. the safety of the planes has been called into qu

the crew was over the new carrollton stop. a lot of folks are taking metro. but it's going to be difficult for you to get a parking. get there now because we want you to get a place to park. so again, a lot of people making their way into that stop at this time. all right, downtown, a number of our streets across the mall remain closed off at this time. this happens to be the camera shot at 7th and e. there are police out there to help direct traffic but the buses are helping drop off folks. that's going to be what we're finding downtown. 14th street bridge, traffic being diverted. still open but either to the white hurts freeway or pennsylvania avenue. that's a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. >> thanks, julie. of course, the focal point will be the capitol building, that's where the ceremonies will take place. the swearing in of the president and vice president and the like. >> tom is there and he has a front row seat to history. >> reporter: good morning. i'm not sure if i'm quite front row. we're at the top of a very cold riser this morning. but a col