here is danella sealock. >> good morning. if you are taking the beltway, really good at van dorn street. no issues on the inner loop or outer loop in this area. in fact, from the wilson bridge, crossing over the bridge and making your way to van dorn, 60 miles per hour. that trip only taking you six minutes at this time. and the beltway, montgomery county, no issues. very smooth sailing. if you are heading out on the outer loop from i-95 to i-270, that trip will only take you ten minutes as you travel 57 miles per hour. no accidents to report at this time. barbara, back to you. >> all right. thank you. >>> another local school is trying to contain a norovirus outbreak. howard university says a number of students report having severe stomach pain. the university is asking students and staff to take extra precaution so they also don't get sick. earlier this month, george washington university dealt with an outbreak last week the virus forced an elementary school in west virginia to close. >>> michael jackson's form personal phy

sheer danella sealock. >> good morning, barbara.loop of the beltway, montgomery county, good news. no accidents. you are still very, very slow. live look now at colesville road. you can see you are moving but slowly. travel speed for you at 19 miles per hour. and taking you 30 minutes to get from i-95 to i-270. and if you are traveling on i-95 in virginia, this is a live look here. southbound at the occoquan, northbound lanes open as well. no issues in this area. your travel speed looks really good at 62 miles per hour. barbara, back to you. >> all right. thanks, danella. >>> it is 19 minutes after 11. still ahead on "news4 midday," psychiatrist dr. weiner gives us answers to local questions from you out there. he has advice for a woman dealing with a cheating husband, a stressed-out mom, and more. plus a local favorite takes over for this week at rogue 24. he [ male announcer ] are you paying more and more for cable and enjoying it less and less? stop paying for second best. upgrade to verizon fios and get tv, internet and phone fo

thanks, tom. >>> let's check in again with danella sealock to see how things are moving on the roads and rails. danella? >> good morning. if you are traveling on i-66 eastbound still have road work happening, taking away from t right lane for you. not any major delays at all on i-66 as you make your way towards the beltway. traveling i-270 no issues here. democracy, again, if you are making your way southbound and northbound, you are in the clear. and crossing over the 14th street bridge, nice and smooth as you make your elway into the city. really good travel speed northbound on 395. if you are at 55 miles per hour, only taking 12 minutes to get from the beltway to the 14th street bridge. barbara, back to you. >> thanks, danella. it is 19 minutes after 11:00 and still ahead on "news4 midday," the controversial new song by rihanna, not because of what she is saying but who she is singing with. oprah introduced the world to him but now he is the chef and owner of a great restaurant here in d.c. chef art smith shows us a great dirty rice recipe. perfect for mardi gras. first, here is a

danella sealock good morning. taking the rails still have single tracking due to schedule track work. on the green line. single tracking between southern avenue and naylor road. also if you are taking the red line expect single tracking between medical center and friendship heights. delays on both lines. you are traveling i-66 eastbound at gallows road, as you approach the beltway, still have the left lane taken away from construction and traveling under speed eastbound from fairfax county parkway to the beltway. 35 miles per hour. back to you. >> thank you so much. we will see you again shortly. >>> many people got to know the salahis through the gate crashing episode. she broke her public silence about leaving her husband for neal schon. >> our relationship was very controlled by tarik. anyone that watched the show or even spent 24 hours with us knew where i had come from and what i had been through. there wasn't a time in -- that's one of things through "the real housewives" they joked about that they couldn't

here's danella sealock. >> hi, barbara.f you are traveling 66 eastbound making your way to the beltway, left lane is blocked by road work and travel speed a little slow from fairfax county parkway to the beltway. 41 miles per hour. traveling the beltway in virginia, not seeing any issues for you. live look now at van dorn street. you are accident-free in virginia. and in maryland beltway, looks really good inner loop and outer loop. no problems in montgomery county. outer loop travel speeds really nice right now. 58 miles per hour and to get from i-95 to i-270, taking ten minutes. barbara, back to you. >> okay. thanks, danella. >>> new report says that nine out of ten of us are eating way too much sodium. most of it is not coming from the salt shaker either. the centers for disease control and prevention says 44% of the sodium comes from only ten types of food. those are breads, rolls, cold cuts, deli, packaged meat. also on the list is pizza, poultry, soups, sandwiches, cheeseburgers, pasta dishes, cheese, meatloaf, snacks

here is danella sealock. >> good morning. good morning, barbara. if you are taking the metro expect delays on the red line in both directions due to scheduled track work. also if you are traveling i-66 we will take that drive together. not so bad as you head east out of haymarket seeing nothing but green. as you again travel out of haymarket. east and west on i-66. clear through centreville again lanes nice and open. however, you are going to start to slow down right here as you approach nutley. that's due to sign work set to block and at least one of your lanes you can see here these cars are packed. delays continue as you head into the beltway. back over to you, barbara. >> all right. thanks, danella. all bets can soon be off with online gambling in d.c. right now the district's finance and revenue committee is meeting to vote on repealing that program. d.c. was first in the country to legalize online gambling. now council members question the approval process saying it was too complicated. >>> a judge is giving occupy d.c. protesters fair warnin

here is danella sealock. good morning. >> good morning. it was tough morning taking the beltway in montgomery county. now we have another accident. this time the outer loop of the beltway just past georgia avenue and you can see some delays around colesville road. georgia avenue. on i-66, construction slowing down just a bit at nutley. it is in the left lane blocking the left lane for you as you make your way to the beltway. not seeing any accidents for you. just some delays as you make your way past the road work here. barbara, back to you. >> thanks, danella. >>> right now attorneys are offering closing arguments in the trial against a man charged with killing an off-duty state trooper. prosecutors say that he did it to exact revenge after trooper wesley brown kicked him out of a restaurant. news4's tracee wilkins is in upper marlboro with the latest. >> reporter: closing arguments are being presented by the defense and prosecution in the murder trial of maryland trooper wesley brown. the prosecution opened their arguments with the attor

danella sealock, anything happening out there anywhere else that we should know about? >> traveling i-9 in virginia, actually looks really good. as you make your way from dale city connecting to the beltway. no issues to report. now, if you are continuing the commute on to 395, we will fly over it together. really good northbound at duke. 55 miles per hour. seminary road you are at 60 miles per hour. no issues as you make your way to the 14th street bridge. live look at the 14th street bridge, nice and smooth as you make your way into the city. but avoid dupont circle. barbara, back to you. >> thanks, danella. turning to the weather now and more seasonable temperatures you on there today. storm 4 meteorologist tom kierein joins us with the first forecast of midday. good morning. >> it is a beauttle day. gorgeous blue sky. bright sunshine. not as warm as yesterday. we have had that northwesterly breeze. bringing in cooler weather. right now 48 at reagan national. now in fairfax county it is in the mid 40s. and it is in the mid and upper 40s in arlington county. much of p

here is danella sealock. >> good morning. it has been a tough commute all morning long and continues. if you are traveling gw parkway, it is closed in both directions. and this is between morningside lane and dike marsh. be aware of in a and avoid gw parkway if you can. as you are traveling across the american legion bridge, on the inner loop, you have a disabled vehicle in the right lane. a truck. and right now i am not seeing any other accidents for you on the roadway. barbara, back to you. >> all right. thank you. >>> a day that only comes every four years. today is leap day. for a lucky few it is a rare chance to celebrate their birthday. news4's megan mcgrath joins us from inova fairfax hospital where the leap year birthday club got a new member this morning. good morning to you. >> reporter: well, good morning, barbara. several members and the day is still young. we are probably going to get a few more. having a baby is always a special event. having your baby on february 29th, leap day, that, of course, makes it all th

danella sealock. >> good morning, barbara. if you are traveling i-270 northbound, accident blocking two of your left lanes at 80. looks like it might be in the shoulder lane. i saw some delays and they are gone now. we will keep watching this for you. traveling i-95 live look at prince william parkway. no issues in this area. as you make your way northbound, prince william parkway to the capital belt roy, 62 miles per hour. making your way southbound as well from the beltway to prince william parkway, you are at 63 miles per hour. that trip right now only taking 14 minutes to do do so. barbara, back over to you. >> danella, thank you. 19 minutes after 11. still ahead, a valentine's day treat for your face. what are the benefits of a chocolate facial? plus we are joined by a group of very special women today. they are mothers, wives, us is terse of soldiers injured in iraq and afghanistan. they will share their stories of love and courage. first, here is a look [ male announcer ] are you paying more and more for cable and enjoy

sheer danella sealock. >> good morning. traveling around the beltway not seeing many issues for you at all. very clear in montgomery county. this is a live look at connecticut avenue. if you are traveling on the outer loop of the beltway from i-95 to i-270, that trip will take you ten minutes as you travel at 56 miles per hour. and the beltway in virginia looks good as well, live look at robinson term nam. inner loop speeds not bad at all. 51 miles per hour. from the i-95 interchange to the dulles toll road that trip only taking 15 minutes. barbara, back over to you. >> thank you so much. spring training is less than a month away for washington nationals players, believe it or not. the team is already thinking ahead to the regular season on how to get the most fans to the ballpark to support the hometown team. nationals coo and the -- joins thus morning to explain. good morning, welcome. >> thanks. >> they are writing about new t"the washington post.post.." >> i don't know if you know, last couple of years, lot of those fan

danella sealock joins us. hi, danella. >> hi, barbara. if you are planning to travel in northwest making your way around logan circle, expect delays, working on the traffic signals will. so traffic control is there directing traffic and you may see some delays. also if you are traveling on -- camera is black. we will just keep moving past this. delays past the inner loop of the beltway. if you are traveling the inner loop you are slow at little river turnpike. my travel speed still works. you are at 42 miles per hour. just be aware of that. barbara, back to you. >> it is moving again behind. >> did you we are back. we are back. i will come back with this in a minute. >>> things are back to normaal at laurel high school. it lasted less than an hour. the police were called to a school when one student threatened another student. >>> d.c. police are investigating a double shooting in the 600 block of forester street southeast. that's near the prince george's county line. around 1:30 this morning police found would men shot and one in the sto

. >>> and we are going to check now on the midday traffic with danella sealock. >> good morning, barbara. on the rails schedule track work slowing down on the green line. single tracking between southern avenue and naylor road. you can expect delays along the green line. and if you are traveling southbound route 29 at university boulevard, have an accident there right now the center lane is blocked. tow truck is on the scene at the intersection. please be careful and follow police direction as you travel that area. inner loop in virginia still very slow and at little river turnpike. your travel speed is 40 miles per hour as you make your way from i-95 to the dulles toll road. that trip will take you about 19 minutes. no accidents in the area. just congestion. barbara, back to you. >> all right, thanks, danella. >>> still ahead on "news4 midday" the local road where tools can judgment top more than $6 in the near future. and it is called body pump. and it is the latest exercise steve hayes tried out. hear what he thinks about it. but first, here is a look at what's hot on nbcwashington.co

here is danella sealock. >> good morning, barbara. looking good on the roads.e taking the beltway, inner loop at route 5, branch avenue, you are at 64 miles per hour. also the inner loop at route 50 looking good at 62 miles per hour. outer loop 97, georgia avenue, here at 57 miles per hour. and if you are crossing over the american legion bridge, not really seeing any issues for you. you are clear in both directions. bash remarks back to you. >> all right, danella. thank you. >>> well, getting a nose job might do more than improve someone's looks. new study suggests that the procedure may make patients appear younger. dr. stephen hopping joins thus morning to talk about those find. good morning. i have been tweeting that out today and i tweeted -- folks are already anxious to hear what you have to say about that. this is something you can do to make you look younger until the end? >> good morning, barbara. yes. this is the -- one of the granddaddies of cosmetic surgery, the rhinoplasty. first rhinoplasty was done in 1887 by a brave doctor, john roe. since that

. >>> let's head out to the roads with danella sealock. any problems? >> yes. we are still seeing 301 shut down. earlier chopper shot. this video 301 northbound just before route 50 right around governor bridge. you are going to see a tractor trailer all over your northbound lanes are blocked at this time. i'm going to keep watching this accident for you. also if you take gw parkway now, shut down completely. this is just as you approach mariner drive. you can see there is no traffic flowing in this area because these cars are jammed. serious accident blocking both sides of gw parkway. however, if you are crossing over the american legion bridge, barbara, no issues here. nice and clear on the outer loop. as well as the inner loop. back to you. >> all right, danella. than thanks. >>> 11:18. some of the world's best oyster shuckers join us this morning. they are going to show us the kwiks way to schuck an oyster and talk about about their favorite toppings. steve hayes goes to new heights today to bring us some of the area's best workouts. first, here is a look a

let's head to danella sealock for a look at today's traffic.nt on the inner loop of the beltway. connecticut avenue all morning long, right now you cannot exit on to connecticut avenue from the inner loop or enter the beltway. these exitses are shut down until about 9:00 a.m. you are slow on the inner loop approaching the accident. you are at 7 miles per hour. the accident still blocking two of the left lanes. outer loop jammed at new hampshire avenue, 6 miles per hour. and i will give you a live look of what that looks like. a parking lot at colesville >>> good morning. in the low 40s, fog coming to dissipate. sunshine into the mid 50s later this afternoon. increasing clouds saturday. morning lows near 30. afternoon highs mid 50s. then rain sunday morning and changing to accumulating snow sunday afternoon and into sunday evening. sun back on monday. >> tom, thank you. ♪ [ male announcer ] for our families... our neighbors... and our communities... america's beverage companies have created a wide range of new choices. developing smaller portion

let's go to danella sealock for a look at the roads. danella, good morning to you. >> good morning.strian, this is in northwest d.c. blair road at cedar street. please avoid that area. and if you take 395 you are jammed at the pentagon sloefr to 14th street bridge. only 20 miles an hour from the beltway crossing the 14th street bridge. >> thank you. we will take a quick break and >>> good morning. moderate rain. all around the metro area now throughout most of virginia. maryland and west virginia. those areas in yellow west of washington and it is coming down a bit harder will. and already we have had over a half an inch out in west virginia. we may end up with three-quarters of an inch to inch of rain by the time it tapers off and ends later. right now it is still chilly. upper 30s and low 4 >>> if you were dazzled by the stunning fashions on the oscar red carpet but think the designer duds are out of reach, well, now you can get gowns inspired by the designs that fit your body and, better yet, your budget. we'll show you the extraordinary oscar fashions at ordinary prices tomorrow

let's economic in with danella sealock to see how things are look. >> let's start with the rails. if you take the red line scheduled track work slowing you down as metro is single tracking on the red line between medical center and friendship heights. you can expect del nays both directions. traveling on i-270 like you mentioned, barbara, it was very tough this morning. now it is looking a lot better. as you are making your way towards clarksburg. southbound i-270, 60 miles per hour as you head into germantown and gaithersburg, 64 miles per hour. the trip in rockville clear in both directions. live look right now west montgomery county and no issues as you travel southbound, northbound lanes are clear, too. barbara, back to you. >> thanks, danella. >>> past couple of days may have felt like an early spring but punxsutawney phil has other things in mind. >> as i look at the crowd on gobbler's knob, many shadows do i see. six more weeks of winter. >> that's right. the word's famous groundhog says what has been a mild winter so far will last another six weeks. he made the annual pred

here is danella sealock. >> good morning.bound, have an accident blocking all of your lanes and you can see you are michael jordaned as y-- jammed. taking the beltway outer loop at 450, right near the exit. accident to right side of the roadway. you can see the fire department is here on the scene. your delays start at central avenue. continuing on the outer loop, you are still seeing some >>> tom kierein, storm center 4. watch out for patchy ice where there was snow melt yesterday. later today near 50 with increasing clouds. part sliny and 60 tomorrow. blustery winds today, tomorrow and again on thursday. thursday's highs mid 60s. low 60s friday with rain likely. maybe even some thunder. as we get towards the weekend, we will get sunshine back on saturday and sunday. but it will be turning chilly again. joe? >> tom, thanks very much. anothe >>> 8:00 now on a tuesday morning. it's the 21st day of february 2012 as we say a warm hello to our new friends in rockefeller plaza. it's a chilly morning. i think it's 33 degrees, if i

let's go right to danella sealock with the latest. good morning. >> good morning. make your way to georgia avenue. right now these cars are passing single file on the left and if you are traveling on the outer loop you are seeing delays as well. jammed at university boulevard. travel speed for you on the outer loop from i-95 to i-270. you are at 27 miles per hour. again, inner loop of the beltway, georgia avenue, all lanes blocked but the left. back to you. >> danella, thanks for the update. a quick break >>> good morning. tom kierein in storm center 4. we vin creasing clouds later today cloudy. highs reaching near 50. rain likely tonight. maybe mixing with wet snow after midnight. and passing snow showers tomorrow. maybe a little rain south and east of the metro area. some of the snow showers tomorrow afternoon might produce light coating on grassy areas north and west of i-95. then ♪ you are beautiful in every single way ♪ ♪ words won't bring you down ♪ don't you bring me down today ♪ >> katharine mcphee performing in the new nbc musical drama "smash." the series

we are going right to danella sealock with more on that. >> good morning.are blocked. southbound your left lane is blocked by emergency response. if you are traveling on 395 i-i am seeing some delays four. travel speed now is 32 miles per hour. as you make your way northbound now over to tom with a look at our weather. >> we have the sunshine and we have a bit of a blustery wind coming out of the north. temperatures in the 30s and feeling like the 20s with that wind. later today the wind dies down and highs mid 40s increasing clouds tomorrow. could get some passing snow showers friday might through midday. very little accumulation. cold weekend after that. barbara? >> all right. thank you, tom. thank you, tom. coming up on "news4 captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> all right. here we go! ♪ ♪ ♪ >> great to see you! all right!p> all right!p> >> oh, my gosh. whooo! >> whooo! thank you! >> whooo! >> all right. oh, my gosh. oh! wow. >> kwhoo! >> and thank you! >> wow. oh my -- >> wow. wow. >> now that -- >> whooo! >> all righty, then. hi, everybody

let's get to danella sealock with a look at the time roads. >> good morning.and outer loop. on the outer loop it is blocking your left lane. causing big delays on the moup and you are jammed at branch avenue. these delays continue as you make your way all the way around to get to route 50. once you pass 50, you are again jammed outer loop of the beltway from new hampshire avenue as you make your way to georgia avenue. >> danella, thank you. >> danella, thank you. we will take a quick break and i hear you're having a tough day, so i brought you a freshly made sandwich. you made me a sandwich? no, dunkin' did, but i wrote the note. new bakery sandwiches at dunkin' donuts. try the turkey cheddar bacon or ham and cheese today. >>> you see the green on radar. light rain. these areas of red and horng getting heavy to moderate downpours, madison moving into orange heading towards fred rikszburg. another batch of lighter rain about to move into the metro area over the next hour. it is a killy morning. in the 40s to near 50 degrees. later today we will get sunshine bre

let's go to danella sealock with more on those road closures. >> good morning.nd constitution avenue. and also, constitution avenue is closed between 12th street and 17th street. finally, 14th street northwest is closed between independence avenue and pennsylvania avenue. all these closures will last until 12:00. now to tom with a look at the weather. >> shine now. temperatures are near 50. later today near 60. could get rain tonight and then warmer tomorrow, near 70. passing shower friday. but then over the weekend, turning colder, sunshine back. >> thank you, tom. coming up on "news4 midday," stressed out but can't [ male announcer ] are you paying more and more for cable and enjoying it less and less? stop paying for second best. upgrade to verizon fios and get tv, internet and phone for an incredible price: just $89.99 a month for two years with a two-year agreement. it's an amazing deal, but it's for a limited time only. so don't wait. want to save even more? call right now and we'll add a special bonus: $300 back. unlike cable, fios delivers a 100% fiber-o