this is another issue because of ponding water. 50 westbound collington road, three lanes are blockedoking pretty good. 66 into town no problems. out of town, you're fine. 95 northbound, a little slow. especially through dale city and then right now, take a look here, outer loop. irene is headed to 50 to show us the problem on collington road. back with travel times in ten minutes. >>> the man who landed his gyrocopter on the front lawn of the capitol is back home and under house arrest. >> do you consider yourself a patriot? >> no, i'm a mailman. >> doug hughes drove back to florida over the weekend. he says the security fallout after his flight into washington last week was not the point he was trying to make. >> we need to be worried not about whether or not somebody can fly into d.c. we need to be worried about the piles of money that are going into congress. >> hughes has to come back to d.c. in may for the next court hearing. >>> police in boston say they know tens of thousands of people will be safe today as they run the boston marathon. it's been two years since the bombing yo

minnesota avenue shut down at eastern and east because of flooding there. 50 west at 197, collington roadash there is now out of the way but the flooding remains as well. nasty there. new york avenue at "n" street that road is closed because of a crash. and wide look at things overall beltway doesn't have any major issue except again weer a talking about the inner loop. down here kind of in the left corner after springfield with that one issue there near braddock. inbound 66 pretty slow the entire way. about 40 miles per hour. 95 west slowest through dale city. >> thanks, melissa. >>> in news4 for your health, neonatal units may be overusing antibiotics. the infection and antibiotic use was looked a at 127 units and they reported similar infection rates but the antibiotic use was all over the map. some facilities treated less than 3% of their patients with antibiotics. while others treated almost all of their patients with antibiotics. >>> 6:24 new. there may be an easier way to get your child to swallow pills. researchers found the best tricks included pavior -- behavior therapy and teac

for those of you traveling westbound on 50 from collington road to penn street northeast, you're lookingute commute. >> reporter: residents are hoping this is the last day of the baltimore riots. take a look here in west baltimore and west pratt street. this hair shop destroyed, looted overnight. you can see it is a mess to say the very least and frustration is not even the worst of what people are feeling. they say it is beyond frustrating what is happening in their town, in their community. i talked to a lot of business owners who say they have come down just to take a look and to survey the damage hoping that their business is not the next business to fall victim to a lot of this destruction people saying that folks are taking advantage of the situation. when that happened, a fire broke out. we talked to an eyewitness who said this fire broke out around the same time as the store was looted. however, it rekindled early this morning. we first showed you pictures in the 4:00 hour with flames, bright orange flames shooting out of the roof and firefighters working foofer r feverishly to -

westbound on 50 in prince george's county from coolington road into -- collington road to north street northeast, 20 minutes. at 66 at route 50, folks, you can see this traffic just building up here. certainly not what you want to deal with on a monday but that is the reality that we have thus far. so if you can, add additional time to your drive time. anywhere from 5 to 10 minutes, if even more if at all possible because these delays seem to be growing and growing. no major issues, no accidents precipitating this but clearly just some volume delays as folks are getting ready to head to school and/or work this morning. we'll send it over to you. >>> lawmakers repeal a prohibition on marijuana paraphernalia. >> and four former secure contractors are scheduled to be sentenced today for their role in a mass shooting in iraq. we're people of the coffee drinking world, dunkin' has a dark roast coffee that's deliciously roasted just right for a bold start and smooth finish that's never bitter. put down the dark roast you've been putting up with and reach for the one you deserve. every cup ha

from collington road to 3rd street northwest, an 18-minute commute.u heard allyson talk about the fog being an issue mainly affecting eashes in frederick. this is owe eaffecting areas in frederick n. is -- this is affecting areas in frederick. we're also keeping a close eye on the situation on d.c. 295 where we're have slowdowns right now n. is at eastern -- now. this is at eastern avenue. we have a disabled vehicle just north of that or i should say just south of this location here that is causing some delays as you make your way into town. so if you can add additional time to your drive time, we subject that you do so. i want to -- suggest that you do so. i want to let you know we're keeping a close eye on the fire in d.c. we'll get an update on that very shortly. now over to mike who has more information on take. >> thank you, larry. here's what we're following at 6:23. that fire he was just talking about, news out of southeast where a fire sent two people to the hospital at 410 16th street. the fire was reported a little after 5:00 this morning. t

and then 50 westbound here, right at collington road, we have the roadblocked. back in a few minutes. >> molette green at the live desk. a terror probe leads to six arrests. five men picked up in st. paul, minnesota, one in san diego. we have learned they were tracked either traveling or trying to track travel to syria to join isis and other groups. now, minnesota's u.s. attorney stress there is no threat to the public here. we expect to gettails later today during a news conference. now, since 2007 more than 22 young somali men travelled from minnesota to join a terrorist group. that's the latest from the live desk. back to you. >> okay. stay low to the floor. tell your little sister to stay low to the floor too. okay. >> stay low to the floor. >> you just heard a 13-year-old boy's call for help when a fire broke out in his prince george's county home. today, investigators are trying to figure out what caused that fire that trapped the boy and his 9-year-old sister. this happened early yesterday morning in the basement of a home on small drive in clinton. three

and collington road to k street northwest, you're looking at an 18-minute commute.ou can see this is 95. for those of you traveling northbound, again, you are looking at an issue free commute. if anything we are seeing some slick roads. you want to drop the speeds, increase the distance it you and the driver in front of you. that also applies to drivers along 270. also on 66 as well. so for those of you heading toward the beltway, again, no problems to report this morning. we are keeping a close eye on the situation regarding a pedestrian that was struck. we also have a change on the marc trains as well. looks like we a delay. i'll bring it to you at the top of our next half-hour. >>> for a satisfying travel experience, new research suggests flying may fall short. >> and australia preparing to send more troops to iraq. rx >>> at 6:27 here are some things you may have missed. more australian troops are headed to iraq. 300 troops will be deployed to train iraqi forces to fight the islamic state. australia already has 170 special forces troops in baghdad. >>> a former

for those of you traveling westbound on 66 from collington road to brentwood parkway east, you're looking0-minute commute. >>> we may drive by and look but you have ever wanted to walk up to a massive mansion and ask for a peek inside? >> on most days creepy. the door is open for you to do just that in georgetown this weekend and for a good cause. tommy mcfly is our tour guide in the 94.7 fresh fm studios. good morning, my friend. >> reporter: good morning, guys. you can check out the inside of up to ten gorgeous georgetown homes this weekend on the georgetown house tour. yesterday wusa9 got an exclusive first look inside one of the homes known as quality hill. and boy, does it have history. >> this house was commissioned in 1797 by john mason and john mason was george mason's nephew . [ no audio ] >> tommy mcfly reporting live for us. some technical difficulties there. >> tommy, what were you saying? >> reporter: you can check out the house tour this saturday going on all throughout georgetown to benefit st. johns georgetown. in the 94.7 fresh fm studios, i'm tommy mcfly, wusa9. >> got h

for those of you traveling westbound on 50 from collington road to north capitol street northeast, you'relooking at an 18-minute commute. want to take you live and show you how things are shaping up at new hampshire avenue. traffic starting to slow down mainly on the inner loop. no major issues to report on the inner or outer loop. we are keeping a close eye on a situation going on in the district of a water main break. apparently an 8-inch water main break. i'm working on getting more information about that and exact location. i'll have an update now in about ten minutes. andre yarks over to you -- andrea, over you to. >>> we have a commuter alert for those of you drive the washington boulevard bridge. major cruk has begun. the three lane -- construction has begun. the three lanes in each direction will be reduced to two while ddot repairs the bridge. the project will benefit pedestrians as well as drivers. workers plan to expand and repair the crumbling pedestrian walkways. >> when you hear about a 14- foot pedestrian multipurpose walkway, it's better than what they have now. >> the $31

road up to i -395 a 20-minute commute. if you're going to be traveling westbound on 50 from collington to penn street northeast, you're lookingrning. sky 9 still in place on the bw parkway to show you volume building up on both sides here. you can see things are starting to move. that earlier police activity is all but cleared up so shouldn't cause too much of any problems as you make your way to your destination this morning. andrea, over to you. >> we were just asking norah about this. this is the weekend hollywood invaids washington. we're talking about -- invades washington. the we're talking about the white house correspondents dinner. tommy mcfly has tips for celebrity sightings, even if you didn't get the invite like us. we've still waiting on that in the mail. he joins us from the 94.7 fresh fm studios. who's actually on the who's who list? >> reporter: or me. i'm not on the list. definitely strong from snl- packed jokes. everything from kerry washington to jane fonda to the actual former secretary of state madeleine albright will all be at the dinner. now, if you did not get an invite and you still want to maybe catc