. >>> and we're going do check in with danella sealock to see how things are moving out on the roads, danella, good morning. >> if you're taking the beltway, things look good. look at this, little river turnpike, taking the inner loop there, this has been a problem all morning long, but not now. you have a great travel speed. you're at about 51 miles per hour. taking 15 minutes to get from i-95, the interchange to the dulles toll road. taking the beltway in montgomery county, nice and clear, a live look at connecticut avenue. inner loop, you're at speed. outer loop, we'll check travel speeds right now. driving at 56 miles per hour, just 10 minutes to get from i-95, to i-270. barbara, back to you. >>> thank you, see you again shortly. and right now, students from the a.c.t. schools are meeting to figure out their education future. the virginia health care system closed last week after 30 years of service. news4's melissa malay is live at westwood college in arlington, she tells us about the meeting under way now. >> reporter: there are a lot of upset and angry students here on the four

thanks a lot, tom. >>> let's check on the midday traffic now, danella sealock joins us with the latest. danella? >> well, barbara right now i'm watching the 14th street bridge, because road work continues again today. and it blocks the left lane here. i am seeing a little bit of volume as you make your way across the 14th street bridge. and you are facing a delay if you're traveling northbound on 395. right now, you're driving at 46 miles per hour, it's not so bad. looking at a 14-minute trip get from the beltway to the 14th street bridge. now crossing over the american legion bridge, nice and open. if you're making your way on the outer loop and continuing into virginia, your travel speeds not bad at all, from the dulles toll road to the interchange, you're driving at 54 miles per hour, only a 14-minute trip. barbara, back over to you. >> danella, thank you. >>> 11: 20 the time. still ahead, the caps are down one game to nothing. why they say they're good and ready for the rest of the playoffs. >>> plus an unusual robbery caught on tape. why police say a store clerk reminded a thief t

the next one will be on june 2nd. >>> and we're going to check the midday traffic with danella sealockw is it looking out there on this friday almost afternoon, danella? >> almost. well barbara, we're still seeing the access lanes to the dulles toll road if you're heading to the airport, in the access lanes, this is westbound, crash at wolf trap still blocks all of the lanes. but there are detours in place so you got to just watch out for that. now if you're just traveling regular in the main line westbound lanes, those are open as well as eastbound. now over to i-95 in virginia, a live look, making your way north or southbound in fairfax county parkway, no issues to report. travel speeds northbound making your way from the occoquan to the beltway, traveling at 63 miles per hour, just an 11-minute drive. and taking the beltway, a live look, inner loop and outer loop in montgomery county, no issues and your volume really light right now. get out of the house, no problems in this area. barb remarks back to you. >>> thanks, danella, have a good one. >>> it is the ultimate procedure -- for

here is danella sealock. >> thanks, barbara. checking the beltway in prince george's county, a live look at the beltway now at 50 as you make your way on the inner loop and outer loop, you are clear in prince george's county. travel speeds, though, 62 miles per hour. making your way from route 50 on the outer loop to i-95. now crossing over the wilson bridge, no issues there. you are clear in both directions. your volume very light at this time. and as you make your way into virginia, get to van dorn street, no issues in virginia as well and your travel speed looking nice at 61 miles per hour. six minutes to get from the wilson bridge to van dorn street. >> thanks, danella. it is 18 minutes after 11:00 now. still ahead on "news4 midday," how to make the classic grilled cheese sandwich into something special just in time for national grilled cheese month. plus, the washington ballet's production of "alice in wonderland" from the costumes to the dance to the story line. a prey view from the ballet's artistic director coming up. ♪

here's danella sealock. >> if you're taking the rails you'll see delays on the orange and the blue lineo scheduled track work. so expect delays on both lines in both directions. over to the roadways, traveling along 66, making your way eastbound past nutley to the beltway, you're in the clear, westbound travel lanes open as well. speaking of the beltway. let's head there now. this is the outer loop of the beltway and the inner loop at connecticut avenue, you're in the clear, outer loop, your travel speed looks really good at 55 miles per hour. a ten-minute drive to get from i-95 to i-270. barbara, back to you. >>> well, there's no arguing gas prices are high right now. but some consumer groups say gas stations are ripping consumers off to the tune of at least $1 billion a year. nbc's jeff rossen investigate. >> talk about sticker shock, $4.50, $5 for gas, we're all feeling the squeeze. >> gas prices are going crazy. >> i'm spending way too much money for gas. >> but consumer watchdogs like judy dugan say many drivers don't know the half of it. >> it's a huge ripoff of american drivers.

. >>> and we'll check the traffic now with danella sealock to tell us what's going on on the roads. >> well, if you're crossing over 395, taking the 14th street bridge here, going to see the right lane blocked by bridge work. police on the scene there, just keep to left and you are slow just a bit as you approach, not terrible, 50 miles per hour, about a 13-minute drive to get from the beltway to the 14th street bridge. now over to route 50, a live look at 50 and landover road, making your way westbound to new york avenue, travel lanes are open, 60 miles per hour, six-minute drive from the beltway to 295. back to you. >> thanks, danella. >>> well, it's official -- robert griffin iii is a redskin. the skins picked him last night for the second overall pick in this year's nfl draft. they'll introduce him as their new quarterback tomorrow afternoon at fedex field. it was no secret washington planned on picking rgiii. griffin said that didn't make last night any less special. >> i was exciting, i was sitting there staring at the phone, waiting for the call. so they called the other phone.

danella sealock has another check now on our midday traffic. danella? >> well, right now we are seeing southbound route 3, approaching 450 only the shoulder getting you by the crash there. expecting delays. also seeing delays because of road work, a live look at i-95 at fairfax county parkway. right lane taken away because of the road work there. you're seeing significant delays right now. you're at about 37 miles per hour, as you make your way northbound to the beltway. now, heading to the beltway, inner loop at i-95, left lane taken away by the road work there, and you're even slower, barbara, traveling at 23 miles per hour. tough trip, slow from i-270, barbara, back over to you. >> thanks, danella. >>> a new study says a design flaw could prevent many parents from installing child safety seats correctly. the insurance institute for highway safety released a study on the latch restraint system. that's required on every car manufacturer since 2002. the institute says the poor design can block access to the anchor that holds the car seat in place. resea

let's check in with danella sealock for latest.morning. >> good morning, right now chopper 4 is above a serious accident. this is on the dulles toll road. if you're taking toll road westbound in the actual airport lanes, these lanes are blocked at this time. now traveling westbound, only the left lane here will get you by the crash in these lanes. this is a serious accident, this is big delays and this is at the wolftrap area, very slow westbound, danella, back to you. >> it's shaping up to be a nice day, but big changes are coming up >>> good morning, sunny and chilly on this friday, it's only in the 40s much of the region. later today in the low to mid 70s. in the 70s tomorrow. we could get strong storms afternoon and evening and chilly, blustery winds and rain, sunday into monday. eun? >> another news update in 25 minutes. ♪ >> that was a wild scene around here last month when the hit boy band one direction and their fans took over rockefeller plaza, and we have a jam packed lineup of great acts ready to do the same thing this c

trouble on the roads, let's head straight to danella sealock for a look. ers shot the video of a school bus crash. you can see the school bus here, no children were on board. and the driver of this vehicle has been rushed to the hospital right now. the road is still shut. an alternate if you want to travel on this road is to take burns crossing road. now other traffic, if you're traveling on new york avenue right now, you are slow, delays start on 50 at 202. eun, over to you. >> we'll be back with look a >>> good morning, jst a few sprinkles of light rain from time to time. through the day and into this evening. and then tomorrow, and friday, some sun back over the weekend, though, some more substantial rain moving through. washing pollen out of the air, saturday, sunday and into >>> we're back now with more of "today" on a wednesday morning. it's the 18th of april, 2012. that, by the way, is a live look at olympic stadium in london, where the nations of the world will gather 100 days from today for the opening ceremony of the 2012 games. we've got a countd

danella sealock joins us with the latest. >> if you're traveling out of the city and heading south, not on 395. here is a live look at duke street. travel speed southbound 52 miles per hour. it's after you get off 395 and get onto i-95, that's where you see the delays. a live look at the occoquan, very slow. from the beltway i'm seeing delays all the way to frederick. looking at 25 miles per hour, almost an hour to get from i-95 to quantico. back over to you. >> thank you. >>> 11:17. still ahead, gospel legend donny mcclerk lynn joins us to talk about where he's singing. plus top chef is here with his take on mexican food. first here's a look at what's hot on nbcwashington.com. [ older brother ] hey, that's the last crescent. [ younger brother ] oh, do you want it? yeah. ok, we'll split it. [ female announcer ] made fresh, so light... ...buttery and flaky... this is half. that is not half. guys i have more. [ female announcer ] do you have enough crescents? and these are the ones you'll love as dinner. grands! mini pizzas. grands! biscuit dough... plus 3 ingredients make an easy dinner

. >>> we're going to check on the midday traffic again with danella sealock. >> traveling on i-66 eastboundgallows, still have my eye on the road work there, taking away the left lane. you're seeing some delays, look at nutley, bumper to bumper, very slow as you make your way toward the beltway. driving at 34 miles per hour, about an 18-minute drive to get from fairfax county parkway to the capital beltway. and over to route 50, a live look right now at 50 at landover road. no issues eastbound on the right of the screen. or westbound on the left of the screen. you're clear as you make your way to new york avenue, no issues to report at this time. barbara, back over to you. >>> a church congregation has vowed to stand by its pastor. who was fired in the midst of a financial dispute. pastor joel peebles has been leading the jericho city of praise in landover, one of the region's largest churches. his mother, apostle betty peebles founded that church. since her death, joel peebles has been in a legal battle with the church's board, over who controls the church and its money. instead of bible s

danella sealock is here. >> a couple of things to look for. first let's talk about a crash, westbound route 7 approaching the dulles toll road, look out for that and road work is slowing down, inner loop of the beltway past georgetown pike. it will take away the right lane. you're seeing some delays on the inner loop of the beltway. crossing over the 14th street bridge, bridge work continues, takes away the right center lane. checking your travel speed, 395 northbound, you're at about 51 miles per hour. from the beltway to the 14th street bridge. barbara, back over to you. >> thanks, danella. right now maryland governor martin o'malley is signing bills passed by the general assembly. lawmakers in annapolis passed a number of bills last night during the final hour in session. but now there are calls for a special session, since the general assembly failed to agree on a budget. it also failed to vote on a bill to expand gambling in the state. the house and senate had reached a tentative agreement to bring table games and a sixth casino location

here's danella sealock with the latest. >> good morning, barbara, let's start with the rails, taking the metro on the orange or blue line, expect delays, because track work is happening on both lines, you're going to see delays in both directions. now onto the roadway here, good news, there was an accident taking up three of your right lanes on the outer loop, you're still feeling the effects. in fact jammed on the outer loop of the beltway. take a look at river road, the accident on the american legion bridge is clear, but you're seeing delays as far back as i-270, just eight miles per hour to get from i-270 to the clara barton parkway, a 42-minute drive. back in a little bit with another look at traffic. back to you. >>> right now, metro is trying to figure out why buses have been bursting into flames. the agency removed nearly 100 metro buses while it's investigating this. the latest incident happened yesterday morning on route 50 near bowie, the second metro bus to catch fire in five days. the other caught fire on i-66 in fairfax on thursday. no one was hurt in either of these ca

sheer danella sealock. >> good morning. right now i'm watching some road work. if you are traveling along i-66, this affects you eastbound. making your way towards the beltway. left lane blocked by the road work there. you are seeing some delays. from fairfax county parkway to the beltway, traveling at 29 miles per hour. slow right now. crossing over the 14 ds street bridge, left lane also blocked by road work. good news is here your volume is very light. cross over the bridge and head into the city. travel speed on 395 northbound not bad. 53 miles per hour. only 12-minute drive goat from the beltway to the 14th street bridge. >> thanks, daniel. >>> the man suspected in a string of hammer attacks in d.c. will stay in jail at least through next week. 19-year-old michael davis is being held without bond. he is harnlged with two assaults in the petworth community. police arrested him after he attack ad woman on thursday night. officers heard her cries for help and they say they spotted davis in an alley. another man who was assaulted picked davis out of a police li

here's danella sealock. good morning. >> good morning, barbara. if you're crossing the american legion bridge, the cones are up and taking away the left lane. you can see the sign there, and as you move forward, you'll have to merge to the right to continue your commute. if you're crossing the 14th street bridge, road work still happening, taking away the left lane as well. you are able to stick to the right in this area, and your travel speed not that bad on 395. 50 miles per hour, you can handle that. only 14 minutes to get from the beltway to the 14th street bridge as you travel north on 395. barbara, back over to you. >> thanks, danella. >>> a new report is putting the spotlight on transportation trouble spots in maryland. the research group t.r.i.p. studied state and federal data, then outlined the top 40 projects that could improve your commute. news4's melissa mollet has more. >> reporter: these are the projects they say will make maryland a good place to live, and do business, but the question is who pays? in potomac wednesday morning, t.r

let's check in right now with danella sealock for the latest. a, good morning. >> chopper 4 is just arriving to the scene now. i can tell you this is going to be as you're traveling eastbound route 50, the ramp to bay dale drive is closed due to a tractor-trailer and it's leaking fuel. and again, i'll be back with a live video from chopper, i can tell you they're getting to the scene just now. the ramp for bay dale drive this morning is closed from eastbound route 50. eun, back to you. >> thank you, it's chilly out there, we have a look at your winter-like forecast next. at bank of america, we're lending and investing in the people and communities who call greater washington, d.c. home. from supporting an organization that helps new citizens find their way... to proudly supporting our washington redskins... and partnering with a school that brings academic excellence to the anacostia community. because the more we do in greater washington, d.c., the more we help make opportunity possible. >>> good morning, we're in the 30s to near 40 degrees now

let's check in with danella sealock for a look at the traffic. crash is clear, but we're still seeing delays at 295, 10 miles per hour passing malcolm x avenue. we have another crash, this one is connecticut avenue in the northwest at albermarle street, it's involving a motorcycle. please use caution and outer loop of the beltway at >>> good morning, you need to wear a couple of layers and it's breezy, cold wind, bright sub and the air is kind of invigorating and fresh and chilly. we're in the low to mid 40s now, later today near 60. this is the seven-day outlook. winds will diminish tonight, another cold start to friday morning, but sunny tomorrow afternoon, highs mid 60s. look at the warming trend into the weekend and the first part of next week. highs on saturday afternoon, mid 70s, lots of sun. it should be great weather for the national series with the reds. home opener is today. even warmer on sunday. back to you, eun.nbc.>>> 8:30 na thursday morning, the 12th of april, 2012. and we have another big spring break crowd gathered in rockefelle

let's check in with danella sealock for the latest on traffic. >> good morning, eun, an update of the making your way eastbound on pennsylvania avenue, only the left lane gets you by the crash. you're still seeing delays, very serious delays at 301. now, over to the beltway, wet and very slow, the outer loop in montgomery county. eun, back to you. >> weather and traffic up next. every time a local business opens its doors or creates another laptop bag or hires another employee, it's not just good for business, it's good for the entire community. at bank of america, we know the impact that local businesses have on communities. that's why we extended $6.4 billion in new credit to small businesses across the country last year. because the more we help them, the more we help make opportunity possible. >>> good morning, tom kierein with storm center 4 radar. yellow and orange showing moderate rain passing south of washington, fredericksburg to the northern neck. around the metro area, just light rain is falling now, a few scattered sprinkles, later today, passing showers, maybe some aftern

danella sealock is here with more. >> i'm watching the train lines, if you're taking the marc train,we had an accident blocking the right lane at nutley, it's now out of the roadway. back to you. >> a look at the forecast after here's my rubarb marmalade, my cheddar cheese marmalade, my kidney bean marmalade... oh, kidney bean again. that's funny. ♪ sure. no problem.ere? ♪ >>> good morning, tom kierein, storm center 4. sunny today, highs in the 60s and warming up over the weekend. saturday, the 70s, may feel like summer on sunday and >>> back now with more on "today" on this friday morning. it's the 13th of april, 2012. friday the 13th. but we're fearless this morning, aren't we? we're going to have a great, lucky day, along with these people, an adventure on the plaza. and -- on a beautiful, sunny day here in new york city. i'm ann curry alongside carl quintanilla who is in for matt and al roker and savannah guthrie over here. and we've got a lot going on. and you're going to go, as i understand, house hunting. >> that's right. barbara corcoran is going to take us on a tour anywhere