danella sealock has the latest. >> good morning.or folks traveling i-95, expect a ten-mile backup. you're just waking up, there was an earlier accident in the hov lane. that crash has cleared. hov lanes main lane dealing with a rubber necking of ten miles. let's talk about the drive time. this is a live look from prince william parkway. 33 minutes to reach the capital beltway. heads up. if you're continuing on to 395, another problem there. a live look from chopper 4. this is northbound at duke street. multivehicle crash lined up blocking the left lane. they got a lot of cars moved over to the right shoulder lane but delays start at the beltway. continuing on to 395. also slow as of right now pr the beltway to the 14th street bridge. that drive going to take about 22 minutes. tom, over to you. >> traffic is ugly, but the weather is beautiful. good morning. look at this sunrise. this was posted from a couple days ago. yesterday by leann piles in winchester, virginia. gl glorious sunrise there. post your picks to nbcwashington.com. th

danella sealock will be with us. >>> we've learned government contractors are providing office space for navy employees following the deadly shooting at the navy ward. "the washington post" reports at least three contractors are pro-vlading temporary work space in and around the navy yard. 12 workers were shot and killed when a worker opened fire. the navy says it will move all employees to the former coast guard headquarters at buzzard point. >>> this morning we're getting a look at the damage caused by record rainfall in kentucky. in louisville about 7 inches of rain fell in just 36 hours. emergency crews rescued 12 people from floodwaters. 80 people had to leave their homes. so far no reports of serious injuries. >>> now at 4:41 we haven't seen rain in quite a while but today might be the day. >>> storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein watching the forecast. rain coming, tom? >>> yeah, likely by late morning and during the afternoon. that's the live view from our city camera showing cloud cover over washington you now. the storm team 4 radar showing an area of rain in the southern

here's first four traffic with danella sealock. >> weekend track work shutting down several stations.ou're taking metro this weekend, heads up. that station is closed. also closed judiciary square as well as union station. if you're traveling taking gallery place, that metro station, no red line service there however you are able to jump on the yellow and green line. the final alert for you is at metro center. no red line there but you can use the orange and blue. i'm danella sealock with first four traffic. >> nice weather is scheduled for the final weekend of the virginia state fair. there's bound to be a lot of traffic t. it will be clear right now. not a lot of people out yet. that's the camera. people are using the less travelled roads. using route 1 and route 301 might help ease the interstate traffic. the fair runs ten days and wraps up on sunday. >> it might not feel like it but fall is in full swings and millions of people are getting ready to celebrate oktoberfest. and the festival will happen from noon until 7:00 tonight. while beer drinkers are enjoying the party several s

of we'll check in with danella sealock to help you get around this this traffic in minutes. >>> and wel be looking for any light at the end of the tunnel this morning as the house returns at 10:00 and the senate at 10:30 to pick back up their huge shutdown fight. we're learning of some good news, though, when it comes to your commute on friday. remember that trucker rally we told but that promised to clog the beltway. turns out it was a hoax. georgia truck er earl conlin sas his comments to u.s. news and world report were designed to get the attention of the media. well, it worked. conlin says some truckers may still come on friday but that shutting down the beltway wouldn't be fair to us locals. the shutdown is having a big impact in north carolina. they don't have the federal funds to hand out any more vouchers in october that provide food, nutrition, education and health care to more than 200 women and children every month month in the state. those who don't receive the vouchers can apply for food stamps. the government shutdown is not stopping protests and rallies here in washingto

and as news4's danella sealock reports, they are using the power of social media to deliver their message. >> yay. >> that's great. >> reporter: david gar ver and nikki peel both live and work in southeast d.c. together, they create and online campaign aimed at fighting against negative stereotypes. >> awesome. thank you so much. >> reporter: inspired by valentine's day, southeast love was born. with sign in hand, they hit the streets and began photographing and tweeting people who call southeast home. >> basically, our concept is we are just coming around and having people hold these southeast love signs and kind of spread the love of the quadrant. look this way. one, two, three. >> reporter: as david and nikki snapped away, pictures flooded the internet with enthusiasts displaying their southeast love. >> some people made their own since. that was cool. >> a lot of people made their own signs. >> honestly, people felt somebody was saying something positive about the place these live and that they work and they enjoy. that is not something that people had really heard kind of in a more g

. >>> for more on the morning commute, let's check in with danella sealock. >> good morning. we'll check the rails now. they are hope with no reported delays. over to the roadways, for folks traveling in mona sis, locking all your southbound lanes. for folks traveling at 13. eastbound and westbound, no accidents or delays. drive times are ten minutes. temperatures just past 5:00. most locations are in the mid-50s. some of the rural areas. right by the bay, mid-60s. certainly not feeling like autumn. 60s, near 70. we should be into the mid-70s by 10:00. by noon it will be near 80 de

danella sealock, what do you see? >> right now for folks traveling in northwest d.c.cking an accident reportedly involving a pedestrian between k and massachusetts avenue, you may see at least one of your lanes blocked in the area. now the outer loop of the beltway if you are traveling at route 29, montgomery county still seeing an accident, and this is just happening now. at one point the left lane was blocked. looks like now all of your lanes on the outer loop of the beltway temporarily blocked. this ises just happening now. because it's early you are seeing delays but they're closer to new hampshire boulevard. i'll give you travel speeds in ten minutes. >>> at 6:21 when you step out the door you'll notice it's a little more humid. it is not feeling like october. more like august. also getting some reports of patchy, dense fog in many of the rural areas across northern have a have a. so watch out for that. this is deer collision season. watch out for deer. temperatures are generally in the upper 50s around the blue ridge, parts of the shenandoah valley, closer to wa

danella sealock is here to tell us about that. backups are building because of several wrecks. >>> multiple accidents here and southbound lanes all blocked at 175. you can see the solid delays, jammed taking the exit off 175 and shooting over to i-95. traveling northbound bw parkway as well, a minor delay here. again, this is really going to tie folks up while police are on the scene investigating this crash. here is what you're facing southbound delays over two miles, they start at 100. avoid that. instead you should jump on 100 and then connect to i-95 and continue southbound. northbound delays are about a mile and a half and as i said, i-95 still looking good miraculously. avoid this road altogether, you can shoot over to make your commute. now over to tom.

news 4 danella sealock is following breaking news on the roads.t's a tough commute. we have video from this earlier crash. outer loop of the beltway. this is what it looked like a few moments ago. a live look from chopper 4 a few moment ago. here's what's happening. overturned truck, tractor trailer. crash on the outer loop of the beltway. your delays right now are over six miles. they start at when our little girl was born, we got a subaru. it's where she said her first word. (little girl) no! saw her first day of school. (little girl) bye bye! made a best friend forever. the back seat of my subaru is where she grew up. what? (announcer) the two-thousand-fourteen subaru forester. (girl) what? (announcer) built to be there for your family. love. it's what makes a subaru, a subaru. oh, please don't call me "pumpkin." no, white chocolate and pumpkin. oh! pumpkin. ha-ha! pumpkin is back at dunkin' donuts. hurry in for delicious pumpkin coffees and lattes today. america runs on dunkin'. check the forecast when we come back. stay with us. >>> good morn

let's go to danella sealock to see if the shutdown is impacting the commute this morning. >> here's whatraveling along i-95 in maryland as well as route 29. from the icc slow heading southbound to the beltway. no accidents there. we'll head over to i-95 in the hov lanes at prince william parkway, that earlier crash has cleared, but you're still seeing delays northbound in >>> good morning. cloudy and cool. we're in the 50s now, and the morning clouds should break up. sunshine back this afternoon. highs reaching low 80s and then warmer on wednesday, and this warmer pattern continues all the way into the weekend. our next chance of rain may come late on sunday into monday when it will be a bit cooler. that's the way it looks, aaron. >> thank you, tom. >>> it is 7:30 now on a tuesday morning. first day of october, 2013. welcome october and just a look at some of the beautiful sunrises sent in by our viewers. if you've got one to share use the #todaysunrise. i'm matt lauer with savannah guthrie, al roker and natalie morales. >> first government shuttown in 17 years is now happening. congress

here is danella sealock. >>> eastbound headed to the bay bridge, disabled car blocks your right lanethe outer loop of the beltway. earlier accident out of the roadway. still slow on the outer loop. your drive time from i-95 to georgia avenue. the drive will take about 16 minutes. slow, 20 miles per hour. >>> thank you, danella. riding metro could take a little longer. some busy stations are about to close. the union station, along the red line, judiciary fair and farragut north. gallery place will only serve the yellow and green lines. metro center will only serve the blue and orange lines. things back to normal by monday morning >>> the government shutdown may help prince william county residents put off paying their property taxes. the county board of supervisors will discussion whether to delay collecting personal property taxes known as the car tax. about 45,000 federal workers live in prince william county. the taxes are legislation. stay with us. >>> good morning. right now arks little bit of fog that will be dissipating over the next hour or so. temperatures in the mid to low

let's go to danella sealock with more on that. >> an accident reportedly involving a pedestrian on edmundve on wooten parkway. the left lane is blocked in both directions. looks like they are still waiting for an ambulance to come. looks like there's an injured person as well. on the rails, traveling on the green line, expect delays because of a sick passenger. that happened at gallery place so delays are as you head to green belt metro station on the green line. richard? >> danella, thanks. sticking with traffic for a minute things are moving right now on the inner loot. beltway, but it hasn't been that way all morning the road was blocked for several hours today near college park because of a crash that killed a man. it took more than two hours for crews to clear the wreckage there. the furlough is over for most employees at the pentagon. more than 300,000 defense didn't employees are headed back to work right now. the department decided last week the employees should be exempt from the furlough because they assist military personnel. assist military personnel. we're tracking big change

danella sealock is here with the first 4 traffic.ng. >> accident investigation still under way along i-95 making the commute in stafford county. expect delays. once you get closer to centerport parkway just the left shoulder lane is getting by. your delays are around six miles. solid delays. in fact stafford county reporting school buses are seeing a delay because of this accident. >> danella, thank you. >>> good morning. partly cloudy now. temperatures are in the 50s. much of the region and storm team 4 seven-day outlook, highs in the upper 60s and partly sunny skies. increasing clouds. rain moving moving moving in late on wednesday afternoon and into the evening. likely passing showers thursday, friday and >>> 7:30 now on a tuesday morning. it's the 8th day of october, 2013. that's pretty. that is the sunrise over cape may, new jersey. >> beautiful there. >> i'm matt lauer with savannah guthrie, al roker, and natalie morales. >> can you believe how beautiful that shot is? someone fabulous took that picture. her name is nancy guthri