but some rain down already a little less in clarksburg were the showers are now falling. the pollen count today was up the same range as yesterday. as for weeds and mold spores, expect much of the same tomorrow. the rain does it tend to wash the pollen out of the air temporarily. the clouds are showing up all across the area behind the front. 73 in state college. more humid air data the south and to the southwest of the region. the midlantic will come under the influence of this system already dropping the temperature to 67. it not only changes the sky condition, but as it settles and, the surface winds come across the atlantic. that is where you get the cool, moist air. showers across east tennessee, some downpour's there. across the mississippi river valley, lots of heavy thunderstorms in the atlantic. this does not seem to be tropical. again, this is the motion we are watching for the atlantic ocean as the cold front continues to push to the area. there will be left with cloud cover and the possibility of rain. it appears as though the rain will be out of here by frida

as you get closer to clarksburg it opens up and is fine. anything better than 109 in clarksburg you'll find all your travel lanes open. traveling out of loudoun county, dulles toll road, green way, a very quiet commute this morning. no problems there. back to you. >> thank you very much. >> thank you, ashley. >>> a heads-up to anyone who uses the fairfax connector, route 380. starting today that bus route will be rerouted. the temporary route will start at the gamble road park and ride and travel down the fairfax county parkway to the back lick road park and ride. it will travel straight to the pentagon. this route will not serve the franconia-springfield metro station. the temporary detour is in place so construction can begin at the metro station. well, the redskins return from the motor city look look like the nfl's version of a clunker. the team lost to the lowly lions yesterday 19-13. ugly game. now fans are questioning the coaching moves and hall of famer john riggins is going one step further. on his twitter page riggins called the t

tourist iraq's south of clarksburg.ou come north on 95 through virginia, a good trip for the most part. some volume building out of dale city. they're doing some work over in dumfries on northbound route 1. you have to stick to one lane to get through the work so until 7:00. >> thank you. >>> it is costi you last to fill up. prices have dropped 7 cents over the last week. the average price for a gallon of regular is now $2.52. you'll pay $2.55 inhe district. the virginia is the lowest at $2.33. >>> 5:42. >> not for the faint of heart. we will show you some incdible pictures. >> we have another check on our top stories. >> you are watching abc 7's "good morning washington," with doug mckelway, alison starling, meteorologist brian van de graaff, weather, and lisa baden, traffic. this is "good morning washington," on your side. >>> checking our top stories. in another defiant move, iran tested long-range missiles. there was a launch of a short- range missiles yesterday. iran was forced to reveal a secret nuclear facility.

downpours as you go down 270 through clarksburg and germantown. gaithersburg and things get better.th of town, down route 5 there in to prince georges county and charles county lighter showers and even to the west, south and west of warrenton and culpeper, showers there and around annapolis a couple of sprinkles. we will talk about the temperatures. showers an the next few hours. upper 50s in martinsburg and upper 60s in southern maryland. we sit at 65 degrees. we are looking at temperatures struggling only to 70 for a high. the better chance of showers this morning. we will have the full weekend forecast coming up in 15. patranya bhoolsuwan is standing by here at 6:30 with the morning traffic. >> good morning. we will start off in maryland where we will look at 95 and the bw parkway. right now in maryland all green cars and all drivers are at speed. that's good news. look outside where the roads are wet. not helping the traffic situation here. 270 southbound father hurley to montross a bit jammed. >>> in virginia, 66 eastbound, two areas of delays one between 234 and 129 and 50 to

so definitely be in your best interests this morning to not take 270 southbound north of 121 in clarksburg. back to you. >> boy, starting early, isn't it? >> yeah. >> incredible. we'll be back to you in about ten minutes, ashley. >> here now is a look at some other stories happening today. >>> several stores at a prince george's county strip mall will remain closed today while fire officials investigate a gas leak there. the leak was discovered yesterday near the marshall's store at the penn mar shopping center in forestville. ten stores h to be evacuated. you may remember a similar gas leak at this mall in may caused a huge explosion that injured nine firefighters. >> after a momentous week, the u.n. general assembly is winding down. president obama and others took the podium last week, but today the prime minister of army ruled myanmar will speak. he'll be the first myanmar leader to visit the u.n. since 1995. >> iran continues its war games today as the world watches this morning, they test fired a long range missile. they fired several short-range missiles yesterday. military leaders s

as you go north of rockville you will find upper 50s in places like gaithersburg, clarksburg, damascusnd that area. 62 silver spring. 59 in marlboro and low 60s in oxon hill. temperatures are uniform after a high of 78. in the mid-70s. 75 gaithersburg. 76 woodbridge. keep going down 95, 76 in fredericksburg. even 75 in hillsborough. tomorrow morning, partly cloudy an cool. a little breezy. the front just moved there through. 50s and 60s to start and winds northeasterly at 10 to 15. winds won't keep up all day. mostly sunny and delightful. and winds back northeasterly but only at ten miles an hour. so not a big factor for the terps game. satellite picture radar combined a lot of showers and thunderstorms in the south and again for the time being it will remain to our south and this has been here meandering around almost all week. in the meantime the frontal system to the north producing showers in upstate new york. we will drive south and push this system farther south. it will actually set the stage for a nice weekend saturday and sunday. at this point, i don't see this frontal system

there were marching bands from high schools representing gaithersburg, rockville, d damascus and clarksburg. there were giant air-filled balloons and so many sights to delight. >> i like the queen. >> reporter: the queen? you mean miss montgomery county? it was cloudy when this parade began, but halfway through the sun came out, which is kind of a history and tradition of this gaithersburg labor day parade because for 71 years it has never rained on the parade. >> i've been coming here since i was about 2 or 3, and i brought my daughter, my son, my grandmother and my father-in-law. >> reporter: in kensington, maryland, some residents say the parade is their favorite part of labor day. >> it's a great community feel. it's fun to come out and see the bands, support the local organizations. >> reporter: in greenbelt, maryland, bagpipers represented the prince george's county police department. what is so wonderful here is the hometown feel that this parade has. it's filled with children who get a chance to show off their talent and march before their neighbors on the labor day they'll never fo

this is 270 in clarksburg. alison and doug? >> thank you. >>> 5:11. 64 degrees in rosslyn. >> there is a new way to stay in touch at the press of a button. we will show you how. >> it could be the end of the line for a local tennis center. you're watching "good morning washington." >> you are watching abc 7's "good morning washington," with doug mckelway, alison starling, meteorologist brian van de graaff, weather, and lisa baden, traffic. this is "good morning washington," on your side. >>> in our top stories, president obama will travel to new york to deliver a major address. he is expected to push for more wall street regulatory reform and announce plans to wind down the federal role with bailouts. >> today could be the day at the southeast tennis and learning center closes down. the city issued an eviction notice last month because the corporate status was revoked. the committee has filed the proper paper work and has paid the required fines. >> investigators say they have found what they believe is a missing guilt graduate

nothing found there, but some slow traffic up towards germantown and clarksburg. on 395, the trip north from the pentagon heading for the eastbound freeway -- as you head out of virginia up into the district, a very sl right there as well. >>> coming up on abc news at 5:00, bank fees piling up? we have word of some big changes that will save you money. >> and a new way to catch heart attacks and strokes >>> every 26 seconds, someone suffers a heart attack. >> and every 40 seconds, somebody has a stroke. there is a new way to diagnose patients early. >> more than half of them had no prior warning signs. a new blood test can diagnose people that might have hidden risks. lisa is a three-time stroke survivor. >> i started having a severe headache and that side went numb. i was confused. my face went numb. >> she is one of thousands of americans that suffered a stroke without any warning signs. >> there are many people who are identified by those traditional risk factors. >> and fda approved a blood test goes beyond measuring the traditional risk factors and. the plaqu

talk about delays on 270, they are hefty leaving 121, clarksburg to the beltway.. two things -- two things on route 4. >> we have some cool spots outside at 43 degrees. 57 degrees in falls church. we are clear across the mid- atlantic and some clouds are down to the south. they will try to come in by tomorrow but high pressure will keep us nice for today. los 70's by lunchtime and high 70's this afternoon. >>> police are searching for a teen who escape from the juvenile to a detention center. he left about 3:00 yesterday and was spotted later but outran police. we will have another news update at 8:25. for continuous news coverage, tune in to our sister station, news channel 8. >>> seven-consecutive number one singles. 140 million albums sold. more awards than any other female performer in history. and now, in her first television performance in seven years, the one, the only, whitney houston. ♪ it's my pride but it's okay ♪ ♪ i'm going to make it anyway pack your bags ♪ ♪ i'm going to leave don't you dare come running back to me ♪ >>> hello, new york. whitney hou

shady grove road, most of the waup toward the estate -- most of the way up toward the exit for clarksburg. the accident is gone. this line up to achieve most of the way to 121 and the plane dropped. traveling on the belt way through bethesda, tysons, the delays began before the american legion bridge, extend all the way into silver spring and i-95 northbound. slow traffic from college park, west into silver spring, and into tysons corner. tough ride this afternoon. >>> metro is trying to reverse a troubling trend. >> at least nine people have tried to kill themselves on the train track this year. sam ford has what is being done to stop future attempts. >>, with all of these, most of them fatal, metro is turningo suicide crisis centers for help. the latest fatality was here at the columbia heights metro station yesterday, the ad person a 15-year-old boy. >> he wasnidentified, but he was a student at bell high- school in northwest and a frequent visitor of the latin american youth center where he and his siblings were well known. >> we are very sad for him and his family and the young peopl

northbound side of 270 at clarksburg, the pace slow heading towards the net -- and the lane drop. this is the only significant delay on the northbound side of 270. they're doing well across the egion bridge between 270 and tyson's corner. sluggish each way, but not bumper-to-bumper. delays and stretches at the dulles toll road. delays coming off of the 270 spur. here is more of the inner loop delay that i mentioned, off at dawn and the college park. -- off and on at the college park. heading we through silver spring and betsda. check out the final camera now. the inbound fourteenth street bridge and over towards -- the pace is slow, and that is a look at traffic. >>> coming up, a female firefighters say she was busted down in rank all because she challenged her bosses. a local working woman gives new meaning to the term team work. while areas are experiencing tight real estate markets, find out why some neighborhoods can't keep up the demand. out why some neighborhoods can't keep up the demand. there's nothing more important than our health. so when it comes to health reform, we n

mainly howard county, montgomery county headed toward areas like gaithersburg and aspen hill around clarksburg and damascus right now. even more showers into nthern loudoun county. temperatures tomorrow into the 70s. we'll still have quite a bit of cloud cover left. there is a chance for scattered showers, mainly north of our area. these areas here, howard county and up across frederick county, as well as northern loudoun county. that as the rest of that system rotates through. beautiful sunday. we'll see sunshine throughout the area. temperatures in the low 80s. best day out of the weekend sunday. back to you. >> all right. thanks. >>> coming up next, you heard the saying, what happens in vegas, stays in vegas. trouble these days, there isn't much happening there at all. we'll tell but efforts to entice you to visit. >> the planned tribute concert to michael jackson is off. find out what led he ca >>> on wall street today, stocks retreated a bit. the dow lost 22 points. the nasdaq closed three points lower. the new york stock exchange was up almost seven. >>> there are some stories making new

this is north of clarksburg. delays begin before this point. actually closer toward montgomery village. elsewhere around town, the beltway is messy. inner loop is jammed from the toll road up towards 270 and slows through silver spring. 95, no problem. it's dry. you make your way down into the southbound direction toward newington and woodbridge, travel lanes are open. >>> okay. i hope you brought good news about our weekend, veronica. >> at least part of the weekend. we'll have some sunshine around here. ayndave to wait until su th ough i know. tomorrow is not going to be like today tomorrow. we got quite a bit of rain around parts, prince george's county. there is a look outside with a low hangie dn dieei spo'tstill. i didn't see airport delays around here. boston and laguardia, they had airport delays there. 59 was the start today. 69 degrees. i at was it, the high temperature. kind of like an october day around here. just over 0.75 inch of rain. since september 1 we received 1.35 inches of rain. gone is the deficit that we had going into th

. >> it is a horrible drive for drivers on 270 southbound for the delays begin in clarksburg and extendrash and the elder loop of the american legion bridge, we will go live and show you they stopped the traffic to move everyone ought to be right shoulder. look at that wall. out of silver spring on the beltway and 270 south. we will take into a live picture of traffic in virginia. northbound 395 you will slow out of springfield up to king street and beyond to the 14th street bridge. we look live at boundary channel drive. we will take you to a live picture from newschopper7. look at the sunshine. >> it is looking good over there. we are in the upper 60's out there. let's get over to the maps and today we have a forecast of sunshine and edit clouds. the high should be about 86 degrees today. we will be in the 60's tomorrow. we could have a few showers in the afternoon tomorrow. >> we will be right back. >>> all lanes are moving on new york avenue after an accident early this morning. police were following a car they thought was stolen. that car continued into the district and got into an

that will be a hefty back up out of newington to get into springfield. 270 delays are of clarksburg thismorning. 121 is difficult to get down to the lynndie by. on the southeast side of town, we had a crash on the suitland parkway at stanton road. >> we will be right back >>> fire crews are on the scene of the virginia home that was gutted by fire early this morning. it started at 3: 30 this morning in annandale. it started in the basement and spread, fuelled by a leak from a natural gas pipeline. they are putting o hot spots at this hour and officials are trying to determine if anybody was in the home. it appears not, thus far. >>> a prince george's county police officer is on a routine leave after he shot a suspected carjacker at fedex field last night. the suspect tried to run over the officer and a second officer opened fire. >>> distracted driving can be deadly. government leaders want to drive that home in a summit in washington, today. >> experts from across the country are gathering at the summit to talk about distracted driving. transportation officials say it is more dangerous

. >> southbound along 270, the problem is a crash south of 12 clarksburg. this one involving an overturned vehicle. you will find some traffic is able to get by on the right shoulder. it doesn't appear anybody is moving at this point. it is literally gridlocked. if you are traveling southbound out of frederick, you want to bail out and use 355. that will be the easiest alternate route we can give you that. two-lane stretch will build up in volume quickly. southbound 270 trying to make your exit south of 121 headed in germantown. 395 still quiet across the 14th street bridge. no accidents to report working across the potomac river for the southeast-southwest freeway. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> to the end zone. touchdown brian johnson. >> all right. before we get to hockey, we have to talk football. redskins fans are in stunned disbelief after watching the burgundy and gold do something that no ffl team has done in two years and that is lose to the detroit lions. >> nobody wanted to be the ones to do it. the lions had lost 19 straight g

no accidents reported if you are traveling south along 270 t of clarksburg. all lanes are open as you continue to work your way south of 121 working out towards the split. no incidents to report out of the hyattstown. top stretch the beltway behaving nicely between college park and bethesda. all lanes are open as you continue to work your way up towards seminary road out to the 14th street bridge. overnight construction along 66 close into the beltway should now be cleared. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> to a developing story, supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg is waking up in the hospital. she checked in yesterday a precaution. she said she felt faint. she had low blood pressure from undergoing treatment for an iron deficiency. she is said it be doing okay. >>> this morning, there is a seasoning reminder that terrorists still want to harm the united states. wave learned that the fbi stopped three attempts in just the last few days. we'll begin in dallas where a 19-year-old jordannian national thought he had parked a truck full of ex

we've got no accidents reported southbound along 270 as you work your way down towards clarksburg.fhe lanes are open. an easy ride for you on 270 head out towards the lane divide. no accidents to report top stretch of the beltway. close in, this is 66 headed over towards the tr bridge. nice easy ride coming in out of roslyn this morning. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >> thank you. >>> some changes on the way at southwest airlines as the airline is temporarily cutting one flight per day on 92 routes and increasing service on 4 # other connections. early next year, the new schedule will start, january 9th and run through march 12th. no word yet on which routes will be affected. they are just trying to fit seasonal demand for flights. >>> stocks opened to a rebound after a rough ride -- hoping to rebound after a rough ride yesterday. in tokyo, more trouble as the nick can i -- mick kay plummeted. >>> the -- as the nikkei plummeted. >>> the recall on dvd plays are includes the purple and pink models. >>> cable is giving the green light to verizon fios. the city struck a

not so busy as you travel south of clarksburg. lanere pen on the top stretch of the beltway between college park and bethesda. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> we are following a developing story this morning in prince george's county where hazmat crews are trying to figure out what caused several drums of chemicals to explode. this happened late last night in a building in the 9000 block of hampton overlook in capitol heights. the force blew out windows and doors. nobody was injured. >>> metro want to know if a miscommunication led to a train accident that left one of its workers injured. the injuries were so is he veered, he had to be rescued and airlifted to the hospital. metro says it is possible that train operators were not given a heads up about the worker on the track which is why they did not slow down. >>> prince george's county police are investigating a deadly hit and run that happened around 8:00 last night on anpolis road in lanham. police say a man was hit and killed by a car. the driver showed up a

two minutes from clarksburg down to route 27, farther hurley boulevard. from that point, 22 minutes, utt volume, headed down toward e capital bac joe and kn, teu back to ha you,o >>nkha you, jerry. >>> monopoly isoiha gng g globa. the new free web gelil w bring google ethtr a s vndeetiliew to make the wholelaeetneheam get board. the company le o tabnywno s at lehe ttreet in the world and bui from houses to castles in ol ttto cle r to collect repsent and buildemp. .anpiem playeo t aeo sabbiginag ldingbir on their streets. the company noted that they built the application with help from google. >> interesting. >>> food prices have caught up with the economy. the labor department says the price of food sold to grocery stores dropped for the seventh month in a row. prices have dropped on grains, meats and even organic foods. >> the prices have dropped. there's a lot more sales every week end is probably a different fruit is on sale, which for a while there nothing was going down. >> analysts say things like weather and oil prices can affect how much you pay f

nothing going to distract you or slow you down as you leave clarksburg headed towards the capitol beltway. barbara and joe, back to you. >> thanks, ashley. our time is 12 minutes after 5 a:00. why michael vick paid a visit to the nation's capital. >>> distracted drivers and the dangers they >>> president obama will tour a laboratory at the national institutes of health today to make what the white house is calling a major announcement on federal stimulus money concerning the swine flu. he may also be asked questions about the nation's red dints. mass vaccinations are expected to start next week. but some schools and families are already feeling the brunt of it. brooke hart joins us from capitol hill with more this morning. hey, brooke. >> reporter: good morning. health officials told lawmakers that 250 million doses of the vaccine will be available next week, enough to cover everyone who wants it. those doses will be available overtime, not actually starting on monday when the program begins. and while some parents don't want another vaccine for their children, others wish only that it ca

this is the damage done, leaving clarksburg through germantown.towards us. that backup is off and on to the 14th street bridge. >> it is warming up slowly. we're in the mid 60's. springfield, 63. these are closer to typical temperatures. temperatures in the mid 70's. quite nice. tonight, popper 40's in the cool spots. more sunshine and gorgeous. low to mid mid 80's for the upcoming holiday weekend with partly sunny skies. >> thank you. >>> a new effort is under way to stop same-sex marriage in the district. a group will file a request to put a day browridge initiative on the ballot in november. this would not affect the law passed in may. >> we thank you for watching. we're coming back at noon to ato mother-be here in an hour! (horn honking) if i steam clean it'll be soaked for hours! use resolve deep clean powder. the moist powder removes ground-in dirt and deep cleans without soaking. and it's completely dry in 20 minutes! is carpet will please any mother-in-law. (alistair) resolve deep clean powder. new spray n' wash bright and white is your sa

no problems in fed rick headed toward clarksburg. toward the capital beltway, moving at speed. back to you. >> >>> it's been three months now since that deadly metro crash. after an extensive investigation, the national transportation safety board is out with a list of safety recommendations it wants metro and other transit systems around the country to follow. >> there are nine new recommendations for metro and its circuit manufacturer. the safety board considers six to be urgent. most of the concern centers around the safety of the train control systems that detect the presence of trains on the tracks. news4's megan mcgrath joins us from the tacoma metro station with more. >> reporter: there has been a very detailed, methodical investigation. i they're three months into it. investigators still have not pinpointed the exact cause of june's deadly collision. however, they do continue to focus their attention on track circuits. ntsb investigators are particularly concerned about a possible design flaw in audio frequency track circuit systems. that system sent a false signal that

taking a trip around town right now very quiet. 270, no problems coming out of clarksburg as you make your way past father hurley, toward the beltway. all lanes are open. capital beltway is in great shape, so is 395 and the 95 corridor in both maryland and virginia now. back to you. >> thank you, ashley linder. we'll be back to you in ten minutes. >> work on the dulles metrorail project shut down part of the beltway overnight. both directions of the beltway at chain bridge road in tysons corner were intermittently closed for up to 30 minute at time. the closures gave crews the chance to move overhead power lines. all lanes and ramps should be back open at this time. >>> a muslim prayer service is expected to draw thousands of people to capitol hil today. if you work or travel in that area you could run into some big delays. >> that's right. ha service will take place on the west front of the capitol building, although no street closures are in place, city officials say they will shut some streets down in the crowd gets too big. news 4's megan mcgrath joins us from capitol hill with mo

from adams morgan to seat pleasant, vienna and clarksburg it's quite humid still this morning. we've had a few passing overnight showers in the last number of hours, heading out to sea and pulling away. the clouds are beginning to break up across parts of virginia, west virginia and maryland. a partly sunny day. feeling like summer in september, highs mid-80s but lower humidity moving in this afternoon and overnight tonight. still a chance of a predawn shower tomorrow morning. then partly cloudy friday, much cooler tomorrow. saturday, increasing clouds, afternoon and evening showers likely and highs only in the 60s. then warmer on sunday, partly cloudy and dry for first part of next week, into mid-week. cooler, too. ashley linder, good morning. how's our traffic? >> we've got some beltway slowing. on the outer loop slow as you make your way from -- off and on from silver spring headed toward -- actually college park now headed toward bethesda. we had an earlier issue before 355. that's been cleared over to the shoulder but as you can sigh, volume still a prevalent issue through

we have an accident 270 headed southbound, was already slow from i-70 off and down toward clarksburg, father hurley. now we have substantial delays approaching shady grove. the accident has the two left lanes blocked. elsewhere around the area, we've got problems. traveling along 95 northbound out of virginia, you're going to pick up some pretty substantial delays as you make your way leaving the lorton area and then continuing up through woodbridge. pace doesn't get better out of springfield. after that point pretty much the beltway headed toward duke street. back to you. >> all right. thanks. >> thank you, ashley. >>> it is 6:42, 67 degrees. the health care debate heads to the full senate today. the changes it's making to the health care reform bill. >>> and the terror warning for mass transit agencies. why the federal government wants more security for trains and >>> one of the most serious terror attacks since 9/11. that's what some say three men were plotting when they were arrested in denver. the fbi is looking into whether the plot might have involved backpack bombs on trains i

those delays began out of clarksburg after a 121o get them to the beltway. in virginia, we are not quite as complex, delays are from the belt way to duke street and king street and towards the pentagon. >> outside this morning, we have a few showers down in st. mary's county and the tip of calvert county. you can say a little bit of sky coming through from the weatherbug network camera. there is some clouds of to our north and west. as we go through the afternoon, we will see a couple of showers and again tomorrow but the improvement as we head into friday and saturday. >> we will be right back. >>> an early morning accident is still causing delays in silver spring. car hit a utility pole in the 9000 block of colesville road about 12:30 this morning. one person was hurt but there is no word on their condition. >>> the government has given a thumbs-up to the swine flu vaccine. limited shipments will begin the first week of october. metro wants to take precautions to avoid spreading the virus. they wanted to cover your mouth while sneezing and using snapped --

this is the pace of traffic from 121, clarksburg, to get to that laid the viper is not easy on 66 with two car wrecks eastbound, one in centreville on the left shoulder and this one near its 7100 on the right shoulder that means delays are out of gainesville to get into the air oaks along 66. rte. 50 and route 29 through the battlefield are suffering as well. it is still a better pace on route 50 to get out of camp washington. >> it is sticky and nasty outside. it is 72 degrees in rockville. we have a lot of humidy in the air early this moing. as the day wears on, it will remain muggy, into the mid-80's. yesterday we topped out at 87. the average should be 77 for this time of year. some clearing tonight and temperatures will fall back into the 60's. tomorrow looks better with low humidity and heat and cool it for saturday with showers by saturday night. >> we will be right back. what you might not know is that you can contact geico to see if you could save on homeowner's and renter's insurance too. for more information call 1-800-947-auto or check the yellow pages for an office near yo

on 270 we're looking good. 13 minutes between frederick and clarksburg. 2 minutes between 121 and 27. just 17 little old minutes between route 27 and the capital beltway. back to you. >> jerry, she's being modest. i think she owns all of that property on wisconsin. >> used to be called the barbara gallery i a. >> called monopoly. that's the game. >> all right. 5:22, 64 degrees outside. >>> traffic alert. why parts of the capital beltway will be shut down for hours. >> also, how you can land yourself a private sitdown and go one-on-one with former vice presidential candidate sarah palin. >> a reminder, news 4 is connected to you on facebook and twitter. you can find us on either site by searching news4today, that's one word. >>> today authorities will be back at the home of a california couple accused of kidnapping a girl and keeping her in their back yard for 18 years. investigators say cadaver dogs have indicated that there may be remains buried in the back yard of phillip and nancy garrido. police have also found a bone fragment that they believe may be human. the couple is charged

pace does improve, though, as you continue southbound and passing by clarksburg and father hurley back up to speed before you meet down with the beltway. do have a problem on the orange line this morning between new carrollton and cheverly, we are single tracking due to some track work. also have an accident in the eastbound direction of central avenue blocking eastbound lanes. there is a detour posted but just avoid the area if you can. back to you. >> okay. thank you very much, ashley. >> well, the redskins fans, you'll want to see this. the embarrassing moment for cowboys owner jerry jones during last night's game. >>> next at 6:15, a warning for job seekers looking to make some fast cash on twitter. >>> if a job offer sounds too good to be true, it probably is. that's especially the case with ads you might find online. offering twitter users thousands of dollars to tweet. the ads are part of an elaborate scam. vicky win has more on a job that's not for you. >> reporter: with an estimated 10 million members and counting, twitter is among the fastest-growing social networks in the wo

, we have major accident and over the left shoulder, we have significant volume starting out of clarksburgg almost solidly towards the capital beltway. we had an earlier accident on capital street eastbound. that's been cleared and delays occur at the beltway. barbara, back to you. >> thank you, ashley. it will now be easier to get through kus stops it's twice the size as the older facility. airport officials hope it will attract more flights . expected to not strip the mayor over the school. the mayor was voted for five years of control to reform the city's school. some cities have complained about the pace of the mayor's reform plan but most council members appear ready to back him. >>> tonight on news 4 at 5:00 prk m., kicking it with lindsey. the only player to score is going to have lunch with lindsey >>> 8:00 now on this tuesday morning, september 22nd, 2009. a cloudy day here in the heart of midtown manhattan with showers in our forecast, but that is not stopping a great crowd from starting their morning here in rockefeller plaza. i've got to comment on lenny. i like this look. i lo