delays begin before 121 clarksburg road. you are watching newschopper 7 flying over the accident with a pedestrian hit by the vehicle. the two right lanes are blocked. if you get onto the interstate from 118, you missed this activity. we go downstream it were a separate wreck was reported. 270. that is going to be a quagmire as well as rockville pike. >>> keep us posted. 6:21 now. and 39 degrees. >>> no wedding bells in washington. why finding many married couples could be harder than ever. >> the secretive church. do you believe that a man has to have multiple wives to get into heaven? how can you be a father to 22 kids? >> >>> take a look at this. elizabeth taylor jewelry and gems are hot items at christmas. last night, someone forked over more than $8.8 million dollars for one of for diamond rings. it was a gift to the late actress from richard burton. part of the proceeds will go to the late actress's aids fund. >>> marriage rates are at record low. 51% of americans 18 and older are married. down from 57% in 2000. in mar

if you're taking i-270, jammed from urbanna down towards clarksburg. it's slow. delays start again around father hurley. you're jammed as you approach father hurley. those delays continue all the way to the spur. > if you're traveling on 395, still have the accident. 395 at duke street on the right side of the roadway. fire department is on the scene. got to stick to the left. two of your left lanes will get

police found william's body a week later in clarksburg. the hearing starts at 10:00 a.m. >>> the woman wanted for bank robberies and carjackings for northern virginia to baltimore could enter a plea on monday. police arrested 26-year-old stephanie schwab on wednesday after she allegedly tried to rob a bank in mclean, virginia. officers caught her after a chase on the beltway that ended with a crash in bethesda. schwab is charged with robbing two banks and carjacking a woman at tyson's corner. she's also accused of assaulting a woman in baltimore county on thanksgiving. >>> today we should get a pretty good sense of how the economy is doing. the labor department will release its november jobs report this morning. economists believe between 125 and 150,000 new jobs were created last month. even with those gains, the unemployment rate will likely stay at 9% for the second straight month. meanwhile, taxes may take a bigger chunk out of your paycheck beginning next year. last night the senate rejected two plans to extend a payroll tax cut throu

southbound 270, the delays already backing up here in clarksburg.ood almost five-mile backup coming out of clarksburg levering 121 headed down toward the accident scene. we do have a couple of alternatives. the two-lane highway can't carry you at this time. if you are coming out of hyattstown, it is 109 to 28. i know it is a long way around the barn so to speak but it is moving better than this stretch of 270 here in clarkburg inform you no he of somebody already on the road, you may want to give them a heads up. 121 out of 117 coming out of barnesville, that could save you some time as well. this is a lengthy investigation. it will be with us until further notice. southbound 270 continues to back up as you head into germantown. other side of town, no incidents to report out on 66. volume moving better right now leaving the virginia visitor as center. slow traffic at fair oaks headed eastbound towards the beltway. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> we all necessity the dangers of texting while driving. now, an spliewntial government a

i-270, you're jammed as you make your way towards clarksburg. seeing delays out of urbanna. this is father hurley boulevard as you make your way towards the accident. the exit for germantown road is closed and your right lane is blocked by emergency response vehicles. please be aware. expect significant delays in this area. if you're traveling i-95 in virginia, you're very slow as well. making your way towards fairfax county parkway. seeing delays right now as you start out of dale city. it is stop and go for you as you make your way towards 395. i'm back in ten minutes with another look at traffic. now back to you both. >> danella, thank you. >>> 6:13 is the time. the annual distinction the occupy protesters, gabrielle giffords, and steve jobs are all in the running for. [ female announcer ] more people are using wireless devices... in more ways than ever. and our networks are getting crowded. but if congress frees up more wireless spectrum... we can empower more people to innovate... putting momentum behind our economy. and we can reduce the deficit... with more than thirt

delays in clarksburg. let's take a look from the mdot camera, southbound i-270, go ahead and use route 355 or use clopper road, great seneca highway, route 121. lots of options on the west side of 270. quick look into virginia. no problems to report on 395. >> "the early show" is next. 9news now favors nick sparks about his book that will be made into a

as you get to clarksburg, lanes open a bit, and you see some relief. at west montgomery avenue, you can see traveling southbound a little volume, but no major delays at this time. you're clear as you make your way towards the spur. northbound on i-270, no issues there. if you're traveling on i-95, getting busy as well at north fairfax county parkway. no delays yet. >>> a two-day sentencing hearing begins today for illinois governor rob blagojevich. he was convicted on 18 counts of corruption, including trying to sell president obama's senate seat. he could face the stiffest sentence for corruption in the state's history. the judge will announce the sentence tomorrow. >>> ratings agency standard & poor's is warning it may carry out an unprecedented mass downgrade of euro zone countries if eu leaders cannot come up with an agreement on how to solve the region's debt crisis at a summit. they placed the leaders of euro zone countries on warning for credit negative, including germany and france. it prompted the leaders of germany and france to assure they w

beautiful sunrise in clarksburg. that was about all the sun we saw between now and then, we have had -- had just a cloudy sky. right now around our region, it is -- in the 50s. beginning to climb into the 50s in a few locations. bit has hit the 60s out on the highlands of west virginia where there is sunshine right now. elsewhere to mostly cloudy and some rather dense fog still on the eastern shore. right around the bay and parts of the tidal potomac, too, northern neck. that fog is slowly diminishing and slowly beginning to dissipate. over the last 12 hours we have seen this cloud cover coming and going. and you can see the breaks in the clouds to our west with sunshine there. it is generally cloudy from the blue ridge east of the subway and on the eastern shore. meanwhile, as we go forward now, over the next 48 hours, we will have quite bit of cloudiness throughout the day today. this area of green is zone of potential rain and could get rain in the mountains later tonight and drizzle and fog after midnight tonight

you've got delays into clarksburg. father hurley boulevard looks pretty good heading down to the point where the lanes divide. back over to the maps, this time into virginia again on the northbound side of i-95 where you've got a bit of slow traffic. let's take a live look. slowing down from the prince william parkway in toward woodbridge. then a live look a little further north into springfield as you head northbound on i-95, no issues to report as you head from 644 to the beltway. 395 will be a little heavy from duke street to seminary road. again, all lanes are open and no big deals as you head for downtown and the 14th street bridge. all week long at this time, we're taking a look at the biggest things of 2011 and this morning, the top selling albums of the year. mike? i bet that you know what number one is. mum's the word. >> i do. because dan wrote the script. that's why. >> let's check out the rest of the top five first. at number five, british singer susan boyle's the gift. she won britain's got talent in 2009.

once you get to clarksburg road, the road opens up a much better commute.ve look, i-270 at shady grove. picking up volume, but getting speed as you make your way south towards the spur. not really seeing any issues from i-270 to i-95 in both directions on the icc. here's a live look at the icc at new hampshire avenue, your volume is very light. if you have an easy pass, that mighting a good option for you. i'll be back in ten with another look at traffic. now back to you both. >> danella, thanks. >>> we have breaking news. four service members are dead after two helicopters crashed overnight in washington state. both choppers went down sometime after 8:00 last night on the training grounds of joint base lewis mcchord outside tacoma. the service members were flying in two-seater observation helicopters at the time of the crash. it's not clear whether the choppers collided or crashed separately. the military and local police are both investigating the cause of the crash. the service members have not yet been identified. >>> it is expected to be a long, emotio

i'm checking cameras up around urbana and clarksburg.far, not so bad making your way in gaithersburg. northbound, nice and smooth. if you're traveling on the beltway, here is a live look@at route 1. getting busy on the inner belt and outerbelt. back to you. >> thank you, danella. >>> an iraq war veteran is getting to keep a promise to his son thanks to community support for his tree house. mark grapin built the tree house in the front yard of his home following a recent deployment to iraq. some tree house, huh? but someone complained to the zoning board. he was told he needed special permission for the structure, so he applied, but it was turned down. when he appealed, he found out he had a lot of support from people he never met. >> for the adversity of the situation, it's great that a neighborhood is actually able to rally around something that is beneficial to the neighborhood. and i -- it's what you would hope the end of the story would turn out like. >> the grapins will have to take the tree house down in five years. >>> a lawsuit f

areas in blue around westminster, mount airy, maybe some light rain around columbia and reports of clarksburg, gaithersburg, seeing flurries as well. and we'll see this continue through tonight and into early tomorrow morning. right now temperatures around downtown still mild and the sense we're in the low 40s. but colder in gaithersburg at 34. leesburg 34. and in the lower 30s up north hagerstown. tonight doing last-minute shopping, going out to dinner, parties, bring your coats out and a scarf. cloudy and cold, again flurries are possible north and west of town. maybe around the immediate d.c. metro area. more on that coming up later. but first, bruce, back to you. >> thank you. the top of the newscast we said a rare saturday session, u.s. senators voted to extend a payroll tax cut for two months. it's a temporary fix, that avoids a tax increase for mills of workers in the new year. drew levinson reports tonight the deal also requires the white house to decide quickly whether to allow construction of a controversial transcontinental oil pipeline. >> reporter: senators arrived on capitol hil

once you get towards the clarksburg area, seeing nothing but green.his is the view from west montgomery avenue. so far as you make your way towards the spur, you're in the clear. angie, back to you. >> thank you, danella. >>> how much did you spend on gasoline this year? the average american household will spend nearly $4,200 on gas by the end of the year. that's more than 8% of the median household income. that's the highest share in 30 years. right now let's check current local gas prices. the state average for a gallon of regular gas in maryland is $3.20. in virginia the average is $3.14. the district comes in at $3.39. and in west virginia it's $3.32 for a gallon of regular. >>> today we'll get an update on the cost of the first phase of the multibillion dollar dulles rail project. state and county leaders are meeting with the dulles corridor advisory committee this afternoon. the project will eventually extend the metro rail system all the way through tyson's corner through dulles airport. this comes amid new concerns that the first phase of the

no delays to report down in the clarksburg and germantown.let's go over to a live picture of the beltway northside of town near colesville road. no problems to report through silver pring spring on the outer loop of the beltway. a live look of that. no problems to report as we leave 95 heading for colesville road. you can see a bit of volume building here. no big deal yet as you head into bethesda here. back over to the map, this time, the bw parkway and route 50 inside the beltway through cheverly also looking fine. no problems into northeast which is where we'll go live right now. new york avenue at bladensburg road. we're looking good here in the northeast corridor, all of the potomac and anacostia river crossings are incident-free. another look into virginia this time at 5:24. mike? >> thank you, monika. new uniforms, maybe a new result. wizards play their home opener last night. saints quarterback drew brees throws a legend's name out of the record books on monday night football. highlights coming up in sports. >> let's take another look

then we've got 39 in clarksburg and gaithersburg just north. virginia, manassas, you're at 39 degrees. capitol heights currently at 40 degrees. not a bad start. the showers are starting to make their way from frederick, maryland, down through fredericksburg. that's the leading edge of the light showers. it is pretty broken back into west virginia and just getting well moving into areas of southwestern virginia, some moderately heavy rain. that's a couple of hours away. i think the moderately heavy rain starts now from noon to 1:00, maybe even earlier. the high today 49 degrees, thanks to a wind out of the south. moderate and heavy rain will reduce the visibility today. keep that in mind if you've got plans to be out on area roads between noontime and 6:00 today. by 7:00 our rain will end, will clear rather quickly. it will be breezy. that is going to lead us with a rather kind of chilly day tomorrow. we'll talk about how much wind we're going to get coming up in a couple of minutes. and your four-day forecast that does include new year's eve an

once you get to clarksburg, it opens up just a bit.u pass into rockville, still seeing a lot of green in that area. we'll take a live look at west montgomery avenue. getting a little bit busy. no major delays and no accidents as you make your way towards the spur. northbound, you're nice and clear at this time. on the rails, still have the camden north train number 844 on the marc. that train is cancelled. no delays reported on the metro or the vre. joe and eun, back to you. >> danella, thanks so much. >>> 5:42. a night of celebrations ended with a number of people in the hospital[ baby coughing ] [ coughing continues ] [ female announcer ] more pollution from power plants means more childhood asthma attacks. [ labored breathing ] there's technology that makes the air cleaner, but too many plants don't use it. we can't wait. epa must update power plant standards to protect our kids. [ baby coughing ] >>> at 5:46, good morning. welcome back. starting today, day laborers in and around centerville will get some help in finding work. news

live look at clarksburg at route 21. no problems. nice and light.eople out coming down from frederick down past 121 and the point where the lanes divide. this time over to the bw parkway and route 50 through cheverly and outside the beltway from baltimore on the parkway and 95, everything looks fine. we'll go to the south side of town in virginia on the northbound side of i-95. inbound 66 all good. beltway good through annandale. 395 near seminary road, no one is there heading to the 14th street bridge. coming up, another look around the area at 4:39. back to you, mike. >> the search continues for 27- year-old jam a.m. clemens wanted in collection with a double murder in richmond, virginia, which also sparked a christmas eve amber alert. edward balmer jr. and cheryl class were shot to death and the gunman took off with the couple's car apparently with 2- year-old kaden burnside in the backseat. investigators don't think clemens was aware there was a child in the car. kaden was found safe in the backseat of an suv and has been since reunited with his

weinstein's wife, his daughter, their grandchildren spent the day in private here at a home in clarksburg, maryland, today, while friends from his rockville neighborhood shut ired at the news that al- qaeda is now using their neighbor at a bargaining chip on the war on terror. weinstein had nothing to do with. >> tell me about that yellow ribbon. >> it reminds me every day to say a prayer for warren. >> i look over and i see his guards and i say, dear god, take care of him. >> it's day 112 of captivity for 70-year-old development worker, warren weinstein. but it was not until today that the world finally learned who has him and what they want. al-qaeda revealed the terror group's role in the weinstein kidnapping in an audio message, demanding an end to drone strikes in the war on terror and the release of all al-qaeda and taliban prisoners worldwide. the u.s. state department kept its reactions muted today. >> u.s. officials, including the fbi are assisting with the pakistani led investigation and it is a pakistani led investigation. and we're trying to cooperate them in any way we can. >

if you're traveling on i-270, not really seeing any issues heading out of clarksburg. traveling north and south as you make your way towards germantown. even traveling into rockville. i'll give you a live look at west montgomery avenue. not seeing really any issues. again, this is southbound and northbound. if you're taking the rails, the rails look great. so far no reported delays on the metro, marc, or vre. pat and joe, back to you. >> thanks very much, danella. >>> this morning the virginia tech community is once again dealing with tragedy. a campus police officer was shot and killed yesterday during a routine traffic stop. investigators say a man who was not involved in that traffic stop came up to the officers' car and opened fire. that suspected gunman was found shot to death a short time later. investigators aren't saying whether he had taken his own life. they do say he and the police officer had been shot by the same handgun. >>> the virginia tech campus was locked down for hours yesterday as police made sure the gunman was not still on the loose. as you can s

mary's county, light rain once you get past clarksburg as you go up 270. but nothing heavy really at this hour. it won't be heavy until tomorrow. heavy rain for wednesday, no doubt about that. rain and mile tonight. wednesday's commute, both will be wet. 1 to 2 inches of rain for the entire metro area. temperatures fall all day on wednesday. all right, let's take you through the future cast. a little bit of light rain, showers tonight. it's all light. look what happens by morning. look at the yellows and the oranges to southern maryland. we're looking at very heavy rain. i would tack on extra time to your morning commute and to your evening commute. this is at 6:00 in the morning. we'll put that back into motion. everything rolled through, but still raining and heavy activity back to the west of us. around i-81. we see the cold air move in. this is going to turn to snow west of the divide by early tomorrow afternoon. look at the area of heavy rain this time tomorrow. it's going to be a mess as the storm system begins to wind up. we see the snow, the rain t

a week after she was found officers discovered the body of her 11-year-old son in the woods in clarksburg. >>> the city of baltimore has a chance of coming in under 200 homicides for the first time since 1978. news has the police commissioner marking the rounds with the local media he stopped first to talk with abc2 news. here's corinne redman with more. >> reporter: well, police commissioner fred bellefield is proud of the -- bealfield is proud of the work they did. brian kuebler spent a few hours with the commissioner explaining why they reached the low in murder. he says the focus on programs of illegal guns to gun offender registry and retraining of the police force. he believes the plan is beginning to net serious gains for the city and illegal guns and the bad guys that carry them off the street. they will stin to see a -- and they will continue to see a slide in homicides and crimes. >> we are incredibly proud that we could take a strategy just the same as coach harbaugh could draw up a play on a chalk board before a game and say this is how we are going attack and they run out and

police found william's body days later in the woods in clarksburg. investigators believe lopez used a baseball bat to crush the boy's skull. >>> the district of columbia has been ordered the pay just over $1 million in attorney's fees in connection to the city's former ban on handguns. back in 2003, dick heller sued the district saying that ban violated his second amendment rights. well the case ended up in the supreme court. and the justices sided with heller and overturned the ban in 2008. and now a judge has awarded his attorneys more than $1 million in fees and expenses. that amount was about $2 million less than they had requested. >>> the murder rate in the district is at the lowest level since john f. kennedy was president. as of thursday, there are 108 homicides in the city this year. and that's the lowest rate since 1963. there were 132 murders in the city at this time last year. and compare that to 20 years ago when 479 people were killed in the district. >>> we turn our attention to campaign 202 now with just days to go until tuesday's iow

here is our future cast. 11:00 tonight the changeover now is into central montgomery county around clarksburg still raining south of town. in an hour, look what happens. it goes up into howard county to baltimore and another hour it's gone. this may be a little over done. but you kind of make the point this is not going to stick around long. when the cold air gets here, we're not going to have much snow. rain to snow north and west of i95. the changeover 9:00 p.m. to about 1:00 a.m. next seven days, we're in pretty good shape tomorrow. returning partly cloudy, 45. near 50 on friday. clouds come in. another cold front comes through. this is going to be dry. but it will set the stage for a rather chilly weekend. in fact, only in the low 40s on saturday. if you're planning ongoing to the army-navy game, bundle up. fedex is also right here on channel nine. a little better for the redskins game, upper 40s. and then we're kind of tick willing 50s monday, tuesday and wednesday next week. >> nice. >>. >>> we'll be back in a couple of minutes. -dad, why are you getting that? -that's my cereal. is ther

the length of 270 is looking good from frederick all the way past clarksburg down toward germantown and the point where the lanes divide. coming up in my next report, we'll take a closer look into maryland. back to you, andrea and mike. >> time for the first your money segment of the morning. here's jessica doyle. >> good morning. that's the kind of market performance we're talkin' about. starting way above the 12,000 level this morning, stocks surge yesterday after an upbeat housing report. we had some encouraging headlines out of europe. we'll get to that in a second. here's the good news. dow standing this morning at 12,103. 337 point rally yesterday. we'll take it. nasdaq up by 80 points and the s&p 500 added 35 points. now, homebuilders, they broke ground in november on more houses than in any time in the past year and a half. new home construction climbed more than 9% last month. that was led by a 32% drop in demand for apartment buildings permits which are pretty good gauge to future construction. they also rose to a one-year high. the home building industry is improving modestly

if it you're making your way out of urbanna past clarksburg, down to germantown and continuing on past the spur, both directions you look really good. here's west montgomery avenue, as you travel south towards the spur, volume is very light. north is almost empty this time of day. if you're continuing onto the beltway, here's a view of the beltway in virginia. this is robinson terminal, inner loop as well as outer loop, not seeing any issues. i'll give you a travel speed. making your way from the interchange to the dulles toll road, you're at 65 miles per hour, and that trip only taking 14 minutes. happy friday. back to you both. >> yes. it is now 4:43. >> it is indeed. >>> a new recall warning overnight. why honda says it needs to fix problems on hundreds of thousands of its popular cars. >>> welcome back. los angeles county has declared a state of emergency after a powerful wind storm walloped that state. wind gusts topped 100 miles per hour in parts of california, tearing down trees and sparking electrical fires. more than 250,000 people lost power. several flights in and out of l.a

route 121 in clarksburg. now the beltway north side of town. all overnight construction should be cleared by now between 95 and bethesda and 270. good to go this morning. a live look at the american legion bridge. here's the west side of town crossing the river between tyson cease and bethesda. you should be okay here as well. coming up in my next report, we'll go into virginia at 4:55. jessica? >>> metro considering changing how it charges passengers on the rail lines. now at thursday's meeting everything from a two tiered flat rate system to eliminating the peak of the peak fares was discussed. also discussed the need to close $124 million budget shortfall and it's talking about raising fares by almost 6%. >>> big heads-up for melt row riders. beginning tonight at 10:00 the red line will be closed from glen month to rhode island avenue and stay closed through sunday night. that's nearly the entire eastern branch of the red line. free shuttle buses will get you through the area but you're going to need to add 30 minutes to your commute. there

here's what it looks like on 270 southbound in clarksburg. an accident on the northbound side. a truck stop in the right lane. southbound coming in from frederick past this point and down to the point where the lanes divide. coming up, we'll take a look into virginia at 4:47. andrea, back to you. >>> it is time for the first your money segment of the morning. jessica doyle is off but here are today's headlines. stocks dropped sharply on concerns europe's recent pack doesn't go far enough to revolve its debt crisis. moody's will review the credit rating of all european countries in the first three months of the new year. after falling more than 240 points, the dow did finish above 163 points lower. the s&p 500 fell by nearly 19. >>> the federal government is expected to run a deficit below $1 trillion for the first time in four years. experts say it is modest progress in the face of intense debate in washington over spending. right now, the government is on pace to end the year $973 billion in the red. the numbers could change if congress extends the payroll tax cut and long-ter

that will continue to slow from clarksburg. back to you in the studio. >>> thank you. we already found out about the golden globe nominees. let's find out what is opening this weekend. >> you will see a lot of those golden globe nominee is. the action adventure films this weekend -- i am fond of an edgy new comedy called a " young adults -- "young adult." >> charlize theron is not a very nice person in "young adult." she's on a mission to win back her high-school boyfriend. >> i would see a therapist. >> this comes from the brighter- director of "juno >' >> i agree. is my best disguise. >> robert downey jr. played sherlock holmes and meets his nemesis. it is long and a little much, but it integrate. as tom cruise prevents world were iii . best bets -- the descendants, the muppets my week with maryland, a young adult, hugo. next week, we will have a "the girl with the dragon tattoo" and also christmas. i think we will have a dozen movies opening between now and christmas. >> ok. something ridiculous. >>> up next, the top five most rented netflix dvd's of all times. >> e

in clarksburg, moving quite well and directions at 121. no worries of 95 in springfield. headlights are northbound. singled more action, but still giving you the green light between dale city and baltimore. anne arundel county, route 2 closed in both directions in parwood. >>> a metrobus at a taxicab collided in northeast washington and sent six people to the hospital. it happened after 10:30 last night on 12th street northeast. police are not saying what led to the crash. we are told that the victim's injuries are not life- threatening. >>> new developments in the search for the man linked to a series of sexual assaults and a murder in the washington area in the 1990's. later this morning investigators will announce a new campaign in hopes of catching the man known as the potomac river rapist. jummy olabanji is live in northwest at the u.s. attorney's office where the campaign will be announced. good morning. >> good morning. the new campaign is a collaboration of the u.s. attorney's office d.c. police, and montgomery county police. these officials say that this will rea

william's was found in clarksburg just days later. >>> virginia governor bob mcdonnell has approved a set of relations for abortion clinics. he says the new rules will help ensure the safety and well-being of patients. opponents say they could force most clinics to close their doors. >>> people who participate in the ssmart the benefits program will lose some money. congress still to extend the provision, so global will fall to $125 a month on sunday and that they don't have to claim on taxes. >>> if the burgundy and gold been on sunday against the eagles, mike shanahan's record will match that of his predecessor. >>> the books could not be defended in the alamo bowl. >> 100-18-yard pass. a touchdown! >> baylor defeated washington in regulation. the two teams combined for over 1,300 yards and 17 touchdowns. the redskins will have an eye on baylor's quarterback robert. >>> the fifth annual winter classic is this monday. the flyers will host the rangers at citizens bank part. mother nature is not cooperating. temperatures are too high for an outdoor game so there is no word of the start

into montgomery county 270 at 121 clarksburg, no problems. no problems on 270. looks good south of town as well. in springfield, looking for volume headed northbound on the left side of your screen, not really seeing it. moving at speed all the way up to the springfield interchange. both sides of the beltway looking good leading springfield headed northbound tysons corner or southbound towards the wilson bridge. back to you. >> thank you. >>> maryland state police are investigating a motorcycle accident until the person in silver spring after midnight on the album of the beltway at university boulevard. they don't know what caused the crash. -- outer loop. >>> family and friends gathered to remember two hyattsville women killed in a car crash yesterday. mementos for tamara johnson and denise richards. their car was headed eastbound on university in langley park when it left the road and crashed in front of a house. >> words cannot explain right now. >> she will always be my heart. >> a third woman, and 18-year- old is in the hospital. her condition is not known.

on the 270 side, as you had further north, past clarksburg, dealing with a big problem on the bw parkway between beltway and powdered milk. that's causing significant delays. you might want to consider taking 95. >>> coming up, while montgomery county police are spending millions on overtime and the officers are given patrolling. >>> we both like to read, so we thought we would read together. >> this week's harris'heroes are bringing adults and children together through reading. on my journey across america i've learned that when you ask someon tin texas if they want "big" savings on car insurance, it's a bit like asking if they want a big hat... ...'scuse me... ...or a big steak... ...or big hair... i think we have our answer. geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. [ female announcer ] more people are using wireless devices... in more ways than ever. and our networks are getetting crowded. but if congress frees up more wireless spectrum... we can empower more people to innovate... putting momentum behind our economy. and we can reduce the deficit

because of an earlier accident, you are seeing delays past clarksburg all the way to 80. >> still ahead how special police force is working hard this time of year to protect you when you shop. >> i am arch campbell with the weekend movie died just ahead. [ female announcer ] more people are using wireless devices... in more ways than ever. and our networks are getting crowded. but if congress frees up more wireless spectrum... we can empower more peoe to innovate... putting momentum behind our economy. and we can reduce the deficit... with more than thirty billion dollars paid by america's wireless companies. it's simple -- more spectrum means more freedom. for everyone. >>> there may not be many new movies coming out this weekend, but there are some good ones holding strong at the box office. >> this is a catch up week. now playing at the cineplex near you, some of the year's best movies. >> come on guys, let's go. >> the new muppets movie recaptures the fun of the originals. they travel with a new theywalter or the fire the old gang that washed up. the gang pulls together and reunites

shoulder on the inner loop, but not causing any problems with the light volume of traffic. 270 near clarksburg into of montgomery county all the way down a good ride with no accidents. we will head back to that map. we still of the closure of route 3 in crofton northbound and southbound blocked between a a route formative 50 and 50. that is that tractor-trailer accident that happened at 9:00 last night. cleanup continues. >>> we have an important traffic note for drivers who use westbound 66 in the arlington area. last night, the dollar opened and excel remainder free up more -- vdot opened and out sa auxiliary lane. >> drivers has said the problem is the sheer volume on 66 west. they hope the new lane will ease the congestion. the of solar remain is open for commuters on 66 west between fairfax drive and sycamore street. for drivers, it will be some much-needed relief. the va department of transportation says this is the first of three improvements to be made to ease congestion and improve safety along this corridor. the expansion has been a contentious issue because promises were made to arl

are several degrees above where we normally would be for this date. 46 degrees, up to the north, clarksburg, damascus and germantown, 46 degrees. good afternoon to herndon, indiana. largo and brandy wine. where do we go from here? temperatures fall to the mid-40s. we are going to hold steady with the mid-40s most of the evening and early part of the night. here is a look at the fast forecast. we are dry for the evening. the temps holding steady. we talk about when the rain is going to move in, how much we are going to get and of course, one more weekend left until christmas. we have to give you the saturday/sunday forecast. i'll have the details in a couple minutes. >>> thanks, veronica. police are puzzled over what led to a deadly accident, a pedestrian accident. it happened this morning shutting down exit 15 and backing up traffic for hours. the ramp is open again this afternoon. police are still trying to figure out what the pedestrian was doing on that busy highway. news 4's tracee wilkins has more from germantown. >> reporter: this fatal pedestrian accident happened just before 6:00 a.

had beaten and stabbed her and a few days later, he found little william's body in the woods in clarksburg. police believe that he crushed the boy's skull with a baseball bat. >>> it shows if many some low -- in some local school systems as white students. places such as montgomery county, fairfax county, alexandria. why the significant gap? experts could only speculate among the possibilities from bias to differences in classroom disciplinary styles. the local school leaders are are aware of the gap -- leaders are aware of the gap. >>> family and friends of the texas teenager gathered today for his funeral in austin. and the rising star on youtube died on christmas day. but not before leaving behind a touching video that will reveal the rare health problem that took their life. anna werner has his story. >> hey guys, thanks for watching. >> reporter: for more than a year, the austin, texas teen had been cultivating a following on youtube with the whit and wisdom of someone far beyond his 18 years. >> what are your views? do you think that is an issue? >> that is the most joyful person tha

a week later, the remains of 11-year-old william mcquain were found in some woods in clarksburg, maryland. >>> the union representing d.c. police says crime in the district is up and they are blaming occupy d.c. activists. they say violent crime is up by 17%. overall crime is up 14% since the occupy movement started three months ago. officers say they have been pulled off neighborhood patrols. the union sent a letter to mayor gray saying your failure to warn district residents about a double digit spike in violent crime is inexcusable. the public has a right to know. the mayor's office says they received the letter and are reviewing it. >>> there's a racial discrepancy when it comes to school discipline in the washington area. an analysis reported in the washington post finds black students are expelled or suspended two to five times more often than white students. the post survey finds of the 35,000 students suspended or expelled last year, more than half of them were black. some reasons for this could be poverty, unintended bias, access to the best teachers and differences in school lea

all lanes get you by, but you may see police on the scene if you're coming down 270 from clarksburg. at the moment, no delays in that vicinity. angie, eun? >> thank you. >>> a disturbing trend at our nation's military academy as the department of defense reports that sexual assaults are on the rise. the agency's annual report found there were 65 reports of sexual assault involving cadets and midshipmen at the naval academy, military academy, and air force academy. last year there were 41. the naval academy saw the number of reported assaults double from 11 to 22 while the air force climbed from 20 to 33. the military academy reported the same number in both years with ten assaults. the pentagon says it cannot conclusively identify the reasons for the increases. >>> the war in iraq is over, but don't expect any huge ticker-tape parades for our american troops as they return home. officials in new york and washington say they would be happy to help stage a big celebration similar to the famous parades that followed world war ii. however, the pentagon says they have not been asked to pl

looking good in clarksburg down to the point where the lanes divide and down to the american legion bridge. we'll take a closer look into maryland at 5:20. back to you. >> why should a woman lose her entire breast if the cancer is confined to the milk ducts in the breast? that's the question cancer specialist at johns hopkins believe have been answered after more than a decade of research. it is a less invasive treatment and it is the subject of today's buddy check 9 report. >> if most breast cancers start in the milk ducts, why not go to the source to treat the disease? that's what the doctor, director of the breast cancer program at johns hopkins is doing. she's developed a new way to treat and prevent breast cancer by delivering chemo cell to the milk ducts. >> it is akin to putting drano down the tubes so that everything gets cleaned out. once it is cleaned out, the breast can stay intact. it doesn't have to be removed. >> using a hair thin catheter, chemotherapy is injected through openings at the nipple directly into the milk ducts. the chemo destroys cancer cells or early stage canc

snowing in clarksburg, north of gaithersburg, up in montgomery county. rain around town. we advance it and by 12:15 it is gone. now this might be a little too quick, but you get the picture that south of town it won't have time to change. the moisture will pull out and east of 95 it won't have time to change. the moisture will pull out. we are looking for snow to go on at least through the morning hours on thursday out west of the divide. that's about it. brings back clouds on friday. not really sold on that. but the clouds will hold off until friday and. tonight, cloudy breezy and snow. changeover time 9 p.m., about 1 p.m. and lows 30 to 35. winds gusting northwest at 10 to 20 and gusty. some areas will flirt with the freezing mark tonight, 35 in gaithersburg, 35 downtown. 34 out toward bowie and up to the west, very close to freezing, maybe 32 in leesburg and about 32 also in manassas. so changeover time, 9:00 hagerstown, 10:00 fredricks and about 11:00 roswell. no changeover south and east of town . next 7 days. once we get through tonight we're in pretty good shape. i

basically delays coming down from urbana into clarksburg. here at route 121 it breaks loose as you head down toward germantown. a little bit heavy toward the rockville area. beltway on the northside of town, overall delays here not too bad. route 29 to georgia avenue. otherwise, you're fine into bethesda and 27 o and down across the american legion bridge. back over to the graphics. i took a look at everything on the trains running on time, metro, marc and vre. let's go into virginia at 6:25. mike and andrea? >> sounds good, monthen ca. time to hop on board the cool schools bus. we're headed to a new time and day to highlight the best programs in education from now on thursdays at 6:15 a.m. is where you can find it. did you ever wonder if you could learn how to apply for a mortgage before it truly impacts your budget or would you like to know how to manage your debt and balance your checkbook so you wouldn't rack up the excessive fees? middle schoolers, you're about to meet already know how because they've been to finance park. >> i was marr

you will be fine coming down from clarksburg down to the point where the lanes divide. we'll take you around to the other side of the world. 66. no problems to report as you come in from centreville as you travel over to fairfax, you will be ok. all lanes are open. no big delays to worry about here. live look as well on the northbound side of 95 and 395. pretty much looking like this to the 14th street bridge from springfield. there will be no problems right now to report. and now is the time to show off the morning lights. all month long, we're sharing christmas displays. >> this morning, we go to shepherdstown, west virginia. nice set-up there with the reindeer including rudolph. santa is there. mrs. claus by his side. check out the snowflakes in the window. >> i love these. take a look at any of the holiday displays we've shown you this month, just visit wusa9.com and in the search bar on the front page, just search morning lights. i also want to go back, if anyone was interested in the sober ride that's available during the holidays through december 31st, the correc

maybe to clarksburg, still rain downtown. this thing pulls out of here and hauls away. thursday morning will not be a problem. tonight, cloudy, breezy and mild with rain and showers. 50 to 55. by morning, well we're looking at rain. heavy at times, still mild in the morning. temperatures in the 50s. notice the winds northwest at 10. the colder air is going to slowly pour in tomorrow afternoon. by afternoon, more rain, heavy at times, turning colder. temperatures falling into the 40s. winds northerly at 10 to 15. next seven days. once we get through tomorrow, we're in pretty good shape. thursday, some morning clouds and chilly. temperatures in the 40s and in good shape on friday. another cold front rolls through. this will roll through dry. a few clouds in the afternoon. a cold weekend. bright weekend. it's december. kind of nice. back up to 50 on monday and back up to 52 on tuesday. >> i like this picture. it's my favorite one. >> wow. i lost my sunglasses on november 11, and look who found them. there are hundreds of acres of land, but he had to bring them to the camer

, a little rain down toward the northern neck to our north and west up the potomac, up 270 from clarksburg, toward urbana and jefferson here down 340 seeing showers from sharpsburg in northern jefferson county. moving into eastern washington county. a little bit farther north and west. a few showers as you go west of hancock toward flintstone and cumberland. the temps are kind of warm down south. already 55 in fredericksburg. winchester is 41. here in d.c., we sit at 50 degrees. the clouds and the falling barometer at 30.02. storm system that brought all of the snow to the southwest now here with the rains out ahead of it, that's what we're dealing with for today. it will be out of here later this afternoon and this evening. so, 61 today. breezy. periods of rain and showers. tomorrow, we start sunny. we finish with clouds. tomorrow night, more rain rolls in. saturday looks dry. we could see some cool rain on sunday and i may have to lower temps a little bit on christmas day. showers more likely than anything else. monika? >> we'll take a look at the beltway. no problems to report. it has a

heading towards clarksburg road southbound. further down at west montgomery avenue, still seeing a disabled vehicle. he is in the main lanes here on the right side of the roadway. but your lanes are open as you continue to head towards the spur. traveling on route 2, downed wires across the roadways, shutting down route 2 in both directions. this is between harwood road and route 255. choppers over the scene right now. you can see crews are working to remove the wires that are on the roadway for you. i'm going to keep watching this for you all morning long. but an alternative road for you is muddy creek road, 468 instead. >> danella, thanks very much. >>> 6:02. right now, police are searching for a missing child in southeast d.c. the boy was last seen around 7:30 last night. police are now in the area of 5500 block of b street southeast, hoping to find the 10-year-old. and that's where news 4's megan mcgrath is live with more information. good morning. >> good morning, eun. police are still here on the scene. they're talking to

you're planning to head southbound on 270, overall, your delays will be out of frederick toward clarksburgnd in toward germantown. no problems to report here at 121. let's take a live look at the beltway at new hampshire avenue. no problems to report there. here's what it looks like in silver spring on georgia avenue at 16th street inside the beltway. we're look good as you head down into the district using this corridor. coming up, i'll update one the beltway incident at 6:00. back to you, mike. >> making news now at 5:49, united nations officials are upping their estimates for the death toll in syria. they now believe government attacks on pro democracy protestors have killed nearly 5,000 people. in the city of homes, people risk coming underfire each time they venture out of their house. >> the third richest man in russia announced he's running for president there. zillionaire tycoon mikhail, the owner of the nets wants to run for office. the contest pits him against vladimir putin who held leadership positions for a dozen years. >>> pope benedict xvi announced plans to visit central am

police found william's body a week later in a wooded area in clarksburg.earing begins in montgomery county court at 10:00 this morning. >>> the woman wanted for bank robberies and carjackings from northern virginia to baltimore could enter a plea on monday. police arrested 26-year-old stephanie schwab wednesday after she allegedly tried to rob a bank in mclean, virginia. officers caught her after a chase on the beltway that ended with a crash in bethesda. schwab is charged with robbing two banks and carjacking a woman at tysons corner. she's also accused of assaulting a woman in baltimore county on thanksgiving. and the busy holiday shopping season has police in fairfax county out looking for con artists. police say they've already recovered $30,000 worth of stolen merchandise this season. just last week a man was caught trying to use a fraudulent credit card at a high end jewelry store in tysons corner to buy a $10,000 rolex watch. police are going undercover at local malls to find the thieves. >> what we're looking for now in tysons corner, which is the

no problems to -- clarksburg. no problems to report. coming up in my next report, i'll update you on the situation in silver spring. >> thank you, monika. >>> we want to tell but something that happened in prince george's county when a young girl went to a church service monday to pray for the troops. >> those prayers included some for her father deployed in afghanistan. that's where she thought he was [ inaudible ] >> her father surprised her and her brother kevin by walking on to the stage. he was able to make a surprise trip home for the holidays and hug his kids. >> we love seeing those stories and glad he made it home safely. >>> they won't finish with a winning record but the redskins are celebrating some better play late in the season. >>> plus, the wizards resign one of their big contributors from last season just in time for the start of this year's season. >>> here's another look at our question of the day. it is according to forbes.com, this is the best christmas movie of all time. is it a, "the nightmare before christmas, b,

this stretch very slow heading towards clarksburg. further down i-270, i am seeing some volume right around falls road. as you make your way towards the spur, your lanes are open. northbound, not seeing any issues for you there. if you're traveling i-95 in virginia coming out of prince william parkway, so far seeing a little volume. really, you're hitting the brakes at fairfax county parkway as you make your way towards 395. southbound i-95 in virginia, no accidents as well. still on the rails, minor delay, brunswick east train number 872, your delay is just six minutes. now back to you all. >>> our time is now 6:12. pepco decides to shed more light on a dark and dangerous >>> armed robbers targeting 7-eleven stores in the district. surveillance video shows the robbers tear out a cash register and point a gun at the cashier. a 7-eleven seen being robbed in blade bladensburg one hour later. >>> after 11 days of starvation, the hunger strike appears to be over for all but one occupy d.c. protester. according to "the washington post," 3

clarksburg, maryland, 31 the temperature. ft. belvoir right now, 29 degrees.get up above 40 degrees, just above 40 by 9:00 a.m. the high today 54 degrees. by lunch time we should hit the low 50s. carol? >> thank you so much, veronica. >>> baileys crossroads the scene of an accident. westbound lanes right and left on route 7 are still closed. this is past columbia pike. fire department is on the scene. we've got a lot of delays this morning on the marc rails. the brunswick trains are all delayed. they're following a freight train. brunswick east 870 a 25-minute delay. east 890 a 15-minute delay. and east 872 a 10-minute delay. beltway north at van dorn picking up volume but moving well. the beltway at 29 colesville road, more of your neighbors there, but you're moving just fine. chris, eun? >> carol, thank you. >>> new from overnight a deadly motorcycle wreck on the outer loop of the beltway. the oughter loop of the beltway was shut down for three hours during the investigation. the cause of the crash is still under investigation. >>> this morning we are learni