for more information on how you can get around this mess, we'll go live to danella sealock. good morning, danella. >> good morning. thank you, tracee. right now we'll keep watching this accident and let you know how your commute will shape up. allentown road closed at branch avenue. >>> checking traffic from maryland, very slow as you wake your way south from urbanna over towards clarksburg. also crowding on shady grove. good news on 270 north and south, not seeing any accidents for you. if you're taking 295 in d.c. heading south, we have an zi incident there. looks like some kind of structural damage as you make your way around south capitol street. you've got to stick to the left to get by while crews are working. right now we have megan mcgrath on the scene at south capitol street with an update. megan? >> reporter: thanks, danella. we do have some improvement here. just a few minutes ago, they reopened south capitol street in the eastbound direction. we now have traffic going underneath 295 here. they had it all shut down for a while because there was concern debris might

danella sealock keeping an eye on things for us. >> so far if you are getting ready to head out of the house, get on the roadways, it's looking like a good commute for you. 270, actually, you are making your way from clarkburg towards the spur, looks good. let's look at germantown. if you are traveling on meadow brook road, not seeing problems with you. 270 traveling north and south not seeing any accidents in the roadways. and down to d.c. and florida avenue, check your local roadways and not seeing any accidents or problems at this time. >>> 11:23 is our time. still ahead, if you did not stay up, you missed an instant fall classic. some are calling it one of the most exciting world series games of all-time. first, here is a look [ screaming ] [ zapping ] there goes dwayne's car. oh, man. there goes dwayne's house. whoa! whoa! and there goes dwayne. man, that thing does not like dwayne. [ male announcer ] state farm's got you covered. nice landing. it was. [ male announcer ] get to a better state. and more... and more? stop paying so much for second best. upgrade to verizon fios and g

. >>> danella sealock joins us for the traffic. >> let's head down i-95. not looking so bad at all, seeing a lot of green. this is for the director, kurt, he says how can you live in a 2 d world when you can live in a 3-d world. no accidents or delays at all. traveling northbound and southbound on 95 in virginia, clear in both directions. 395, clear at edsall, and clear to the 14th street bridge. >> still ahead, one of the stars of usa networks is in our studio. the special event that brings him to d.c. >> ♪ ♪ drive in around town with a girl i love ♪ >> look at that. [ male announcer ] does your cable company keep charging you more... and more... and more? stop paying so much for second best. upgrade to verizon fios and get tv, internet and phone for our best price -- just $89.99 a month guaranteed for two years with no annual contract required. go to verizon.com/greatprice and save $600 in your first two years with our best price online. fios is a 100% fiber-optic network that delivers superior picture quality, more hd, plus america's fastest, most consi

danella sealock joins us. >> if you are traveling southeast d.c., police activity is shutting down some of the roads. pennsylvania avenue southeast is closed from north carolina avenue to seventh street in both directions. and also if you are traveling sixth street is closed at c street. police activity blocking all lanes there. congestion in the area has lifted. your commute is much better. earlier outer loop of the beltway, we were jammed at montgomery county. but now it's smooth sailing. and as you are taking 395, again, big delays were here earlier this morning but now a smooth ride for you as you make your way from edsall passing duke crossing over the 14th street bridge not seeing any problems for you. barbara back to you. >> nice to see the roads that clear, and of course they won't look that way in a few hours, will they? >> definitely not. >> thank you. >>> police say they made a discovery for the community activist. his corolla was found yesterday in prince georges county. shortly after he disappeared surveillance cameras captured a picture of a man using his debit card. his p

danella sealock joins us with the latest. >> it's much better. let's head down i-95 in virginia. as we take a look on 95, let's switch from 2d to 3d, and we are seeing a lot of green as you make your way from lorden. and if you continue on to 395 and make your way towards the 14th street bridge, you can see you are clear as you make your way to the city. other bridges in the area, not seeing problems. looking at the woodrow wilson bridge, no problems. >>> and police are investigating the first homicide of the year in alexandria. a man who was shot over night there. >> reporter: ten months into 2011, police had hoped to close out the year without any homicides at all x then came last night's deadly shooting of an alexandria man, 40 years old, and killed on the street you see behind me. police are talking to witnesses but have not made any arrests. metro riders walk along on their way to the station this morning, word that a deadly shooting happened on the street last night is a bit disturbing. >> you never know what happened. you are never safe anywhere at all. >> i have never had

danella sealock joins us for a look at the roads. >> i need to tell you about an accident that i have right now. northbound route 3 at 450, you are seeing an accident there. shooting over to the beltway, we have delays as you can see. new hampshire avenue is red. inner loop making your way towards georgia avenue, still pretty slow. but the slowest trip is this stretch right here, outer loop. coalsville road, your speed is at 30 miles per hour. if you are taking the beltway in virginia, it looks clear. robinson terminal not seeing problems right there, and you are clear on the inner loop as well as the outer loop. >> looks good out there now. we will see you in a bit, danella, thank you. >>> and tomorrow marks one year since a man died outside a nightclub. five employees of dc9 and northwest washington were initially charged with the beating of the man. prosecutors dropped chargers against the club's employees citing a lack of evidence. his family is filing a multimillion dollar civil suit in court sometime today. >>> a suspended drunk driver caused a nasty crash in northwest washingto

danella sealock is here with the latest. >> it's still looking pretty bad. hate to say it.he outer loop still seeing the accident at telegraph road. there's few on the beltway so you can only get by on the local lanes. i am seeing not only backups on the outer loop, but also troubles on i-95. this is what the interchange looks like. right now they are driving at about 11 miles per hour, and delays on i-95 start at fairfax county parkway and continue as you head towards 395. it is a mess today. >> all right. thanks, danella. >>> prince georges county could rake it more than $500,000 from new speed cameras. the county has issued more than 13,000 citations since putting up 14 cameras last month. most of them are located near school zones. violations carry $40 fines. prince georges county expect to have 24 speed cameras in place by the end of the year. >>> it's going to be a slow go on metro this weekend. and crews plans to work on the sewer systems and make track repairs. it will start at 10:00 on friday night, and riders should expect delays up to 20 minutes, and they are pla

. >>> even midday traffic can have its issues, and let's check in with danella sealock to see if there are still issues out there. >> you are right, i am still seeing delays. i-66 inside the beltway, first traveling the inner loop of the beltway, and here is the view from spout run parkway, and through the rosslyn tunnel, not seeing delays. i will be back shortly with another update. >> thank you, danella. >>> there was an accident, and here is how the scene looked from chopper 4 about 6:00 this morning. no word on the condition of the pedestrian. the video you are seeing is from 6:00 this morning. >>> in half an hour, the d.c. mayor will tour the exterior where most of the damage was sustained, and is also expected to make an announcement about the district's response overall to the damage caused by the earthquake across the city. the national cathedral sustained some of the worst damage in the area, to the tune of $250 million in repairs. the landmark is scheduled to open november 12th, but the repair work, that could take a decade. >>> right now, in the other area of our city, senat

danella sealock joins us. >> if you are traveling in prince georges county, still seeing the accident, southbound route still there. and judicial drive, an investigation is happening and it blocks your right lane. traveling 270, here is the view at father hurley, very clear. as you continue on to the spur and make your way on to the inner loop and outer loop is clear, as well as the beltway in virginia. >>> walmart may be moving to the shirlington neighborhood in arlington. the board chairman says a developer is trying to acquire industrial land near shirlington road for the purpose of building a walmart. the county has not been approached by the largest retailer just yet, but whatever project is proposed it needs to fit in with the surrounding community which includes the bike trail. >>> and a elderly person has died after being diagnosed with legionnaires disease. people who stayed at the hotel and three more have been confirmed this week. the hotel is now closed for the season, but the health department says anybody that stayed at the plaza hotel in september and has pneumonia type

danella sealock with us. ning between the dulles toll road -- in between the dulles toll road and the beltway. as you past east falls church metro a single lane gets by. bridges in our area looks pretty good. key bridge, no problems for you and checking southeast bridges, the suesa bridge as well. clear in both directions as you make your way across. taking american legion bridge traveling the beltway, clear in between the american legion bridge all the way to the woodrow wilson bridge. barbara, back to you. >> thanks, danella. >>> supposed to be a happy occasion, but for six bridesmaids a friend's wedding turned into a night player after their purses were stolen right out of a fairfax church. it's a news4 exclusive you saw first on news4 at 11 right now. the six women tried to hide their purses behind a podium in a room below the sainct are you, but 30 minutes later after the ceremony the purses were all gone. one of the bridesmaids who is afraid to be identified is worried a thief may figure out where she li

danella sealock keeping an eye on things right now. >> it was a terrible commute this morning. i do want to bring your attention to 450, eastbound 450 at 85th avenue, still all the lanes are blocked there due to the accident. i want to show you outer loop at connecticut avenue, not so bad, but the inner loop still a little crowding. only the right lane was getting by but it's over and out of the roadways but we are still seeing a little congestion. look how beautiful this is. 395 was jammed today but right now absolutely clear. >> i am glad i did not see it with my own eyes. >> it was horrible. >> thank you, danella, and we'll see you in a few minutes. >>> turning to the weather now, we are seeing some breaks in the rain right now, tom kierein joins us for the forecast. >> a reprieve. a temporary reprieve, anyway. here is a picture from the sky watcher that is bouncing around in a northeast wind. can you barely make out the washington monument and we have the gray clouds over us now, and producing a few sprinkles. those showers came on through during the morning rush hour. we h

let's get traffic with danella sealock. >> good morning. >>> 295 south in d.c., still seeing the disabled vehicle taking away two of your right lanes at howard road. traveling on i-270, you are jammed, very slow commute out of urbanna, making your way slowly towards clarksburg. that's where you're going to see your delays. further down 270, volume is increasing. here's a look at falls road. so far no delays just yet as you make your way towards the spur. i-66 heavy on the brakes at fairfax parkway. in fact n this area you're traveling at about 29 miles per hour. stop and go all the way through to the beltway. now back to you both. >> danella, thanks so much. >>> new from overnight, major progress in the efforts to fix the escalators at metro's foggy bottom station. metro posted this video online of crews removing the escalator at athe metro station. crews already replaced two escalators at foggy bottom. the last one should be up and running by next year, we're told. >>> i'm really overwhelmed right now. i was looking down from the airplane, and it seemed like everything wasn't real. >> fo

our own danella sealock took part in hallow-read. this is at the center on martin luther king jr. ue. it's all part of a push to encourage literacy for at risk kids. danella has been getting plenty of practice, of course, by telling us about the scary traffic out there. did you use your spooky voice? >> you know i used my spooky voice. i should use my spooky voice now. we have some traffic on the road. actually, we don't. it's not halloween just yet, and i don't have anything bad to share. so that's good. i do have to say i had an amazing time yesterday, and i can actually remember being in preschool at the same time, and i went to preschool right down the block, and i remember my biggest fear was what do you mean? i can't have snaps in elementary school. that still scares me to this day. no naps during the workday? very strange. we need naps. >>> make your way around downtown. no problems on i-66 inside or outside of the beltway. as we loop around 395, i'll give you a live look at that right now. here's the view at edsall road. you are clear at edsall all the way to the 14th stree

let's go right to danella sealock for the latest. good morning. >> good morning.shut down, and police are investigating a pedestrian struck in this area, and you will be diverted on to route 50. and the woodrow wilson bridge, you are state farm. this is jessica. hey, jessica, jerry neumann with a policy question. jerry, how are you doing? fine, i just got a little fender bender. oh, jerry, i'm so sorry. i would love to help but remember, you dropped us last month. yeah, you know it's funny. it only took 15 minutes to sign up for that new auto insurance company but it's taken a lot longer to hear back. is your car up a pole again? [ crying ] i miss you, jessica! jerry, are you crying? no, i just, i bit my tongue. [ male announcer ] get to a better state. state farm. >>> good morning. i am meteorologist, tom kierein. a chilly start this morning. temperatures still only in the upper 30s and low 40s. yes, we do have a winter storm watch. all the counties in blue all out to the west, and four to six inches possible. and then sun back ♪ he did the mash ♪ the monster mas

danella sealock joins us with what's happening on the road. >> i would love to see that orange tie with cats on. if you're traveling right now, problems still on canal road, all your lanes are blocked heading inbound at macarthur boulevard. in our loop of prince george's county as you make your way towards branch avenue, you're traveling at 60 miles an hour. going to the outer loop of the beltway in montgomery county and new hampshire avenue, you're at 53 miles an hour. not bad. as we loop around to the beltway in virginia, this is a view at robinson terminal. not seeing accidents traveling the inner loop or the outer loop here, and if you're traveling on the inner loop, right now you're traveling 55 miles an hour, as you make your way from the interchange all the way to the dulles toll road, it will take you only 14 minutes, barbara. >> go look for chuck bell. i just heard he's the one who has the orange tie, although maybe he wore it over the weekend. >> i'm on my way to find him. >> thanks, danella. >>> it is 11:21 now. still ahead on "news 4 midday," it gets heated up in canada. wha

let's go to danella sealock for the latest. good morning. >> it's a slow commute. state farm. this is jessica. hey, jessica, jerry neumann with a policy question. jerry, how are you doing? fine, i just got a little fender bender. oh, jerry, i'm so sorry. i would love to help but remember, you dropped us last month. yeah, you know it's funny. it only took 15 minutes to sign up for that new auto insurance company but it's taken a lot longer to hear back. is your car up a pole again? [ crying ] i miss you, jessica! jerry, are you crying? no, i just, i bit my tongue. [ male announcer ] get to a better state. state farm. >>> good morning. temperatures are now in the 50s. most locations, clouds are on the increase from the west. tomorrow a likelihood of passing showers and colder weather comes in for friday. and rain on saturday possible with >>> we're back now more of "today" on a wednesday morning. it's the 26th day of october, 2011, nice to see so many smiling faces out here on kind of a, well, moderate but breezy day here in new york city. i'm on the plaza, matt laue