that is the little river turnpike at conwell drive west of old columbia pike. early this morning, rush hour volume light so that is working in our favor. there is not too much of a backup there. we are keeping an eye on this. should we start to see a locality of congestion, v- d.o.t. says they will start alerting people to avoid this area by posting signs. this is an ongoing project that will be with us for a while. the better bet is just to plan your trip accordingly. plan on using an alternate route. but traffic getting guy both east an westbound from these live pictures. we'll take it back inside. we've got all the lanes open if you are traveling to and from the wilson bridge. a little shift in the traffic pat were down at van dorn street and now the road splits. the far right lane, which used to be the exit lane at eisenhower avenue is new a through rain that will continue over towards telegraph road. two lanes get by to the left. this is northbound 395, a little busy now. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> if awe look at what is ahead later

it is should down in each directioat conwell drive. the good news is at this time, traffic volume is light enough that there are no delays to get past the scene. you do get past using the service road. as the morning progresses and volume will increase, we'll see delays in that area and v- d.o.t. will warn you ahead of time by playing some variable message signs out there. that is 23 # at conwell drive right now, the service road is able to handle the traffic that is getting through the area at this point. so we'll keep an eye on that for you. if you are outbound on route 50 headed out towards the bay bridge, the problem is an accident after route 2 but before you reach baydale drive. this one involve eggcupful vehicles, one of which was towing a boat. you will find traffic is able to squeeze by using the two left lanes only and this is the direction of outbound 50 head for the bridge. coming inbound being lane are open headed over towards annapolis. northbound i-95, no accidents to report leaving newington headed up towards the capita

westbound little river at conwell drive.ular lanes are closed but one lane on the service road getting by. to avoid that all together, you can use columbia pike or braddock road. moving outside and check on 395 northbound. looks like no problem past duke street toward the 14th street bridge. taking it to the district. move over to inbound new york avenue. we are finding more drivers are hitting the roads between the main delay spot of the times building to bladensburg road. checking on the capital beltway from university to georgia, volume is building and go over to the maps and show you 95 and the bw parkway. we are okay out of baltimore past 198 to powder mill to 495. now on over to mu fellow lady in red. >> thank you, angie. >>> it is 6:17. >>> could you give up your car for a year? how about 30 days. that's what 30 people in our area are doing. they took a low car diet pledge yesterday. this is a publicity pledge with zip car, that's the car sharing service. we will have to find out if they do it. >>> and more are using

it happened on little river turnpike between conwell drive and pinecrest parkway.lane is open on both sides of little river turnpike. >>> a police shootout near the u.s. capitol building left a man dead. officers say it started when the man sped away from a routine traffic stop. he then drove the wrong way down the street, struck two officers with his car and finally crashed into a police cruiser. the man was killed in an exchange of gunfire with police. >>> the takoma park metro station and the tracks leading into and out of it will close from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. today so investigators can look into last month's deadly crash. the ntsb wants to perform more tests on the red line track. the station will also be closed for nearly the entire day tomorrow. >> supreme court nominee sonia sotomayor faces a final day of questioning on capitol hill. today, sotomayor once again goes before the senate judiciary committee. so far, she has side stepped volume lease of questions on abortion, gun rights and other contentious issues. brooke hart is live with more on what's ex

little river and conwell drive we have two lanes getting by. one westbound lane getting by. to avoid this all together use columbia pike or braddock as analyte thattive. back to 395. heading northbound from duke on to the 14th street bridge, that drive is delay free. get my traffic updates on-line. follow me on twitter, oh my goff is my name. >>> good morning, everybody. well, twitter has been hacked again. this is the third time since january. only time the hackers then leaked some confidential corporate documents to the popular technology blog tech crunch and they posted it on- line. what makes the story even more scandalous is those documents contained twitter's financial projections which have been wildly speculated about for months. here's how the story all went down. starting with yesterday. i noticed this post on the blog tech crunch. it read in our inbox, hundreds of confidential twitter documents. in this post the author debates whether or not to publish those hacked documents and he writes, rite down here, some documents show floor plans and security pass codes to

this happened on little river turnpike inside the beltway at conwell drive. the left lane is closed in both east and westbound traffic so you can expect major delays there. >>> we have following a developing story in the district. a deadly police shooting near the capitol. police are still trying to figure out why a man took off after a routine traffic stop at columbia circle. the 35-year-old proceeded to hit 2 officers and then crashed into a parked car and police cruiser. he then pulled out a gun and began shooting and that's when officers opened fire. >> i yelled for my wife and daughter to get behind these big stone potted plants on the east side there, and as soon as i said that he did another u- turn in the median and set off. >> no regard for human life whatsoever. and by the time he had come down the wrong way on lousiana avenue he had already struck one officer. he was on his way to strike another officer. >> two u.s. capitol police officers suffered minor injuries and were treated at the scene. >>> the man at the center of a day long standoff has di

this is at the intersection of little river and conwell drive. crews are working hard but still blocking the left lane in both directions. as the alternate consider using braddock road or columbia pike. now, check out that inner loop. let's take it outside. before that show you 395. heavy volume this morning on the interstate. basically slow from 495 to king and pentagon to the 14th street bridge. now the inner loop. here's the shot for you. 95 to 66 stacked. looking at a drive time of half an hour. now, the outer loop. this time take it to maryland side of things. drivers are crawling 95 to georgia. it is estimated at 15 minutes and we will wrap it up with inbound new york avenue. the drive through northeast dc. looks like the main slow go stretches from brentwood parkway to the third street tunnel. now over to andrea. >> a new traffic pattern started this morning on the beltway near the wils bridge. the right lane of the outer loop in alexandria will be diverted to the eisenhower connector. because the traffic will be using the connector it wil

it created a sinkhole along little river turnpike between conwell dre. the break is fixed but crews are still on the scene cleaning up the mess. jerry edwards is keeping an eye on traffic all around the region. he has the latest. >> good morning. good news with this water main break, it happened in the overnight hours, early morning hours. folks had a good head start. we got the word out early this morning. didn't have a huge traffic problem. hopefully we'll have all the lanes open for the afternoon rush hour but crews are just finishing up the work on 236 right now. elsewhere to the american legion bridge, road work on the outer loop. for the most part it is not in the traveled portion of the roadway. outer loop moving along nicely. inner loop of the beltway across the bridge, no late issues to report. keep in mind we have the lane split on outer loop of the beltway in virginia from springfield to van dorn street. >>> lice fay s aayou rtine trafi , op tstenriwh dhever spet dway after he was pulled over, then struck two officers with his car and crashed

in annandale, crews are working to repair a sinkhole on little river turnpike near conwell drive. during the rush hour, both lanes are closed westbound and you will have to drive on the shoulder. the water gushed down to the broken 12-inch main flooding the road before midnight last night. >>> today marks the 40th anniversary of the launch of apollo 11, the mission that put man on the moon the first time. four days after the launch on july 29th, 1969, neil armstrong and buzz aldrin became the first human beings to walk on the lunar surface. nasa can't find the original moon walking videotape. the first moonwalk has never looked better thanks to technology. nasa teamed up with a hollywood film restoration company to digital refurbish of what apollo 11 beamed back to earth that day. the original video was ghost- like and somewhat grainy. the new versions show details never before seen. earlier this morning, buzz aldrin talked to fox 5 about his experience and what it was like to see the moon with his own eyes. >> was looking out at a lifeless scenery in front of me. no color at all,

people talk about a southern strategy and capture of the south by the gop in the 1960's beginning with conwell, beginning with goldwater and then mixing's 72e election but in some ways it is the reverse. southerners play a key role in the development first of the conservative capture of the republican party itself, and then of republican ascendance nationally. i think in certain ways a combination of segregationist politics and more economic conservatism were blended over time by various political actors in a way that allowed an national language of resentment and opposition to federal-state power in the democratic party generally. >> two questions arise from that answer. number one, how did they planned and when did this begin? >> i think the story begins decisively in the 1940's. in the 1930's in congress there's a conservative coalition which comes together after 1936 to resist some of fdr's political imperatives, but really it is after world war ii during the truman administration he begins to push for federal employment practices commission and desegregation of the military that you have

and there is not too much of a backup in the area along 236 at conwell drive west of d columbia pike. traffic is ableto get by one direction each way. a lane is open east and westbound and traffic is very light, but crews continue to work on what was a water main break and then a collapse of the road because of that sinkhole. traffic is getting through one direction at a time and very light traffic volume in our favor this morning. over to the wilson bridge where traffic runs smoothly out of oxon hill. no accidents from maryland to rginia. the lanes are open. outer loop of the beltway, this is a change in the traffic pattern at van dorn, the lanes split to the left and one to the right but they continue toward telegraph road and toward the bridge. and traffic is running smoothly with no incidents to report. elsewhere around town, lanes open right now if you are traveling in virginia off of 66 eastbound working in toward the capital beltway, slowing from 50 to 123 and again at the beltway. this is a live shot at 95 northbound with an accident tieing up the center of the beltway. delays

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