we have delays if you're traveling from dumfries up toward the beltway.ess in some areas. we even have reports of icy conditions on clarksburg road so you want to be careful out there this morning. >> this morning a yellow alert is for the rain. >> right. the ice at bethesda church road, that's north of clarksburg on the way to today muss cuss. much of the developed part of clarksburg is south of that. but there are still people coming through with that. rain moves in later this morning good absolutely. rain and then more rain for this evening. so we do have that yellow alert. we even linger through first thing tomorrow morning. here it comes on doppler 9000 right along 81 pushing up near i-64. so it will approach i-66 later on this morning into the afternoon for everybody else. we have a lot of rain to go through but notice the winter mask here on doppler 9000. we don't see any of the whites, the blues, the pinks, just green, the rain. take it easy this afternoon. 40 for d.c. 46 for gaithersburg. temperatures will hit near 50 today and we'll stay near 50

horace holmes is live in dumfries to explain this interesting tale for us. horace?son and leon as you maybe can see there aren't many mature trees. practically no mature trees in this neighborhood. folks around here haven't seen much of squirrels so what is in rashita merrick's attic that would cost $10,000 to get rid of? she contacted seven environmental solutions to find out what was making so much noise in the attic of her home. noises so bad, it would wake her in the middle of the night. she says a representative came in took a look and said squirrels had settled in up there and they could get rid of them so merrick signed a contract agreeing to pay $12,000 for the extermination. they wrote them a $3200 deposit check and then -- >> costs that much. have to pay, you know. and then a lot. >> she called "7 on your side." we got involved. what is in her attic? we'll tell you tonight on abc 7 news at 5:00. i'm horace holmes reporting live in dumfries. >> all right. gout -- you got it horace. another sign that little bao bao is growing up. >> big changes are coming to

reporting live in dumfries horace holmes abc 7 news. >> small mouse with big boots making that kind of noise? >> whole family was together. my goodness. >> whatever is up there better bundle up and stay warm. we have a storm coming. >> yep. snow coming, right, steve? >> we do. we have rain out there right now and we'll see that change over to sleet later on tonight and by tomorrow morning, yes, we'll be waking up to snow. and it looks like quite a bit of it through the day tomorrow. here's storm watch 7 live radar. all the rain moves to the north and east. this is the leading edge of what's on the way. the critical difference to what we have right now and what we have 12 hours from now. temperature is 44 degrees at dulles and look at 50 degrees if winchester. 46 in cumberland maryland. everything shaded in pink under a winter storm warning. this goes into effect later on tonight through the day tomorrow and we will be looking at significant snow totals across the metro area. four to eight inches not out of the question. the further north and west you go, northern montgomery county into

this is in ashland community square off dumfries road.ding to police the victim has life-threatening injuries. they would not tell us if they made any arrests in this case. >>> the picture that's gone viral shows the aftermath of a bloody arrest involving a uva student. what is missing on camera is what led up to that incident. "the washington post" reports the alcoholic beverage control agency pledged to wear body cams more than a year ago. following the mistaken arrest of another student, the post says in martese johnson's arrest last week the agents were not wearing body cameras. the 20-year-old says officers threw him to the ground. he was just turned away from a local pub. in the past several days students protested johnson's arrest on university grounds. >> starting tomorrow your morning commute could get a lot faster in northern virginia because bus also start using the shoulder lanes of i-66. if traffic is slower than 35 miles an hour those buses can then move over to get you where you need to be on time. the bus changes just part

. >>> police on the hunt for those involved in a shootout in dumfries. witnesses say the cars were speeding down swan's creek lane. the people inside shooting at each other. bullets hit several nearby homes. police tell us no one got hurt. police are looking for a maroon scion and a gold saab. >>> today we'll hear from a man who says the prince george police officer put a gun to his home. he was told quote, we're pgpd we shoot people by officer santiago. apparently he says this happened last may. he said santiago put the gun in his mouth as well. santiago was indicted on friday facing assault charges and has been suspended without pay. cunningham will speak to reporters later this morning. >>> 94 years old and stabbed to death in her own home. this morning prince george's county police trying to figure out why. this happened inside this hyattsville house. police spent hours at the home yesterday collecting evidence. investigators say the woman was targeted stressing to neighbors this was not a random crime. >> a new report out about the underground emerg

pat collins is live in dumfries with the details. >> reporter: take a look at that window behind me. that's a bullet hole. the bullet went through the window, into the living room then out the side of the house. beat still my heart. it was saturday afternoon, a beautiful spring day here on swine creek lane when out of nowhere two cars come barreling down the street. they're side by side. a gold saab a red kia. guys are hanging out the window. they have guns in their hand. they're shooting shot after shot after shot. fortunately, no one was hit. houses and cars not so lucky. this is al walker. he has not one but two flats on his truck, one on this side and then one over here. these flat tires weren't kautzed by potholes. no. they were shot out by the gunmen over the weekend. al, what do you make of this? >> well it's not what you expect. i was out of town with

>> very slow through woodbridge and south of dumfries. the express lanes in springfield and just south of the beltway and otherwise, not doing too badly on 66 volume delays making the trip out towards centreville. and headed for tysons into the sun inner loop to 270. all the way to germantown and right now, things are generally pretty good here on i-95 headed through dumfries. get to the triangle. it looks good and otherwise doing ok. i'm bob emler with 103.5 wtop radio. >> have a great evening. thank you. coming up on abc 7 news at 5:00 claims on employees not being paid from a charity. >> smoking tobacco or marijuana in their own home. how two brothers are responding to that call. >> new tonight at 6:00, a bribery bust at the pentagon? the dirty deal that went wrong and how a >> the d.c. siblings banned from smoking in their own home by a judge are now appealing this decision. the "7 on your side" team broke this story. joce sterman is back to explain with some surprising new reaction in this case. >> they fight back for the right to do

still better off than sitting in those express lanes anywhere south of dumfries today and 270 northbound quite slow most of the way out through montgomery village and up to clarksburg and beyond beyond. had a minor crash before clarksburg. out of the road now but certainly a slow ride. let's look at the cameras and see what things look like on 270 at klopper road that's the same pace heading up to frederick county. no incidents in the roadway now and 66 and 395 headed southbound, no incidents along the way. 66 is quite slow to centreville. no accidents, though i'm bob emler with 103.5 wtop radio. >> thank you. see you soon. breaking news the two wisconsin girls accused in that so-called slender man's stabbing will be tried as adults. both girls face a count of attempted first degree homicide. prosecutors say the girls lured their friend into the woods, stabbed her and then fled. the defense says they believed they had to kill her friend -- their friend to protect their families from this fantasy horror character. all three girls were 12 years old. when the incident happened. we'll be bac

especially in the express lanes south of dumfries. now, it's just volume for the most part now. but it's still going to take a long time to get down towards dumfries and fredricksburg on 95 south. generally slow on 66 headed west as well from the beltway off and on from centreville. not too bad of a drive. all lanes are open there and traffic on the beltway heaviest in tysons through inner loop college park and greenbelt, same on the outer loop headed up to landover. let's take a look at some cameras and see how things look on the beltway. both loops heavy headed to tysons up to 270 and pretty much doing ok on 395. just volume delays headed for landmark. have a great weekend. i'm bob emler with 103.5 wtop radio. >> ok bob. you have a great weekend as well. police in ferguson missouri have yet to make an arrest in the shooting of two police officers. those officers were shot during a protest over the police chief's resignation on wednesday night. both are out of the hospital. but protests continue peacefully last night with demonstrators calling for more city officials to resign.

it was on dumfries road. a man took a black bag from the car and it wallet and while the victim was in the hospital someone repeatedly used her credit card. police requested surveillance images and the men were identified by witnesses who saw them allegedly helping the woman at the crash scene. >>> a man accused in a string of random shootings has been linked to nine different cases of shootings and among the target was a popular casino. investigators found several bullet holes at the maryland live casino. they believe that he may have done it. he's already been accused of shooting at a number of other locations, including the national security agency. nobody was hurt in any of the shootings. court documents reveal that young told officers that he heard voices telling him to shoot. >>> toll lanes are coming to i-66 inside the beltway but a plan to widen the road is what is causing controversy. that plan could mean as many as 35 homes and businesses around the beltway would have to go to make room for that ext

that $6,000 downpayment and this $13,400 contract were supposed to put the finishing touch on this dumfries, virginia dream home with an estimated completion date of september. >> that was the plan. you can see that that never came to fruition. >> reporter: she said she gave the money to john parsons with decorators, design and build of manassas, a salesman our cameras found at a recent home show trying to get more customers. he wouldn't answer our questions about the project, but his attorney e-mailed us yesterday offering to refund the money provided no story is aired and the customer's adverse online review postings are removed. you've just seen the story, so you know no deal. i did sit down with that attorney today and had a long talk. he and decorators are seeing things quite a bit differently tonight. you'll see that conversation and tonight we'll break a major change. we're not talking pocket change, details coming up at 11:00. >> look forward to it. >>> here's another heads up from our wusa9 call for action team. this concerns a twist on an old phone scam ringing through phone lines

this is tuesday on butler road in dumfries. officials say the dog was 60 yards out when it fell through that ice. they were able to safely pull him out and get him to his owner. this is one of two recent ice rescues officials performed this week alone. what a difference a day makes. just a week ago, we were covered in snow and ice and this afternoon, we will see a lot of sun. chief meteorologist doug hill is here with a look at the first forecast. what a gorgeous day. >> absolutely jummy. i'll tell you what, besides the sunshine, i don't know if you've had the experience so far this morning like some snifling here. i'll tell you why coming up in the main weather forecast in a few minutes. another sign of spring. let's check out the numbers. off to a running start. 52 in frederick. 54 in fredricksburg and through the afternoon hours, we'll do a bit better than that. climb to 58 this afternoon with lots of sunshine even by 7:00 this evening we'll still be in the lower 50's. for the nighttime hours, we'll stay mostly clear and tha

upper 40s from northern montgomery county and lovettsville to 52 it dumfries and owings. so really a very pretty day. we've got clear skies now but the concern is late tomorrow, really tomorrow night, saturday. look at all this moisture here on the radar coming into arkansas headed toward missouri. that's going to go up, make the turn toward us and bring us some wet weather maybe by late tomorrow afternoon but more likely tomorrow night and saturday. our day planner, sunny skies. we'll have it the rest of the afternoon. upper 50s. somebody might get to 60 but most of us stay in the 50s today. we'll be in the 40s at 9:00 30s tonight. back with a 50-50 weekend in the seven-day forecast in a few minutes. >> thanks, howard. >>> up next, what investigators are learning about yesterday's deadly helicopter crash off the coast of florida. >> plus, a devastating fire at a crowded shopping center. we'll tell you all about it when >>> five people are confirmed dead and another 25 are missing and presumed dead following this massive fire in a russian shopping mall. it broke out yeste

kimberly: houses and cars are damaged tonight after people in two cars opened fire on each other in dumfriestnesses say the cars were speeding down schwan's creek lane shooting at one another. no bystanders were hurt but if you know anything about this call prince william county police. and an absolute heartbreaker tonight for the hoyas. they were leading the utah utes with just two minutes left. and ended up dropping their game with the number five seed. 75-64. we are getting a full breakdown of what went wrong in just a few minutes when we check in live with robert burton in sports. and let's take a live look outside tonight. it was a beautiful evening. people were out walking the dog, sitting outside for dinner. but get ready for a temperature drop. eileen whelan has been telling us all about it and will make for some serious changes over the next few days. eileen? eileen: yes, it will. on this first full day of spring we made it to 61 degrees at reagan national and it was so nice. and foam is going to be a nice day. it's just going to be a little bit cooler with highs in the lower 50's.

a woman was hurt on saturday in a crash on dumfries road. a witness says a man took a black bag containing her wallet from the crashed car. while the victim was in the hospital, she said someone repeatedly used her credit cards. police requested surveillance images and the men were identified byi by witnesses. >>> john lenox is a security guard at wood bridge high school and police say he was found with two guns on school grounds. they say he was making security checks around the school when it happened. virginia law says only police officers can carry guns at a school. >>> i'm hoe let green at the live desk. new this morning, affordable housing just about impossible to find in the nation's capital. we're just going through the findings of a d.c. think tank report. the number of apartments renting for less than $800 a month fell about 42%. the study also found almost no apartments left for represent under $800 a month. and it's not even easier to find a place to rent between $850 and $1,000 a month. now, the mayor is pledging to spend about

letting trucks around the jackknifed tractor trailer to the left shoulder but she was saying between dumfries and dale city there is a big kind of snowy icy patch. so do be careful headed northbound there. 270 north at buck buckys pike shut down there. wide look overall not looking terrible. a little slow inbound and outbound on 395. 66 headed in and out of town looking pretty good. beltway at st. barnabas, overall looking good as well. i'm back at 4:51. >>> a plane skids off the runway in new york city with more than 100 passengers on board. this morning we're getting a look at how passengers reacted after the accident. >>> we're keeping an eye on the roads in the storm team 4 x 4. the frigid temperatures are making it difficult for plows to get all the snow up from yesterday. we have crews in several locations working to keep you informed for your commute. >>> at 4:45 we have frigid windchills. all these counties in blue, north and west, into the mountains under a windchill advisory until 10:00 this morning with windchills near zero or below zero. subzero windchill in manassas. washington c

a little slow is sound bound three dumfries.ack in ten minutes. >> i know you're in solidarity with me. >> we're all in the same -- >> i'm you o.over done. >> i wish there was a protest. >>> coming up, more snow expected in the northeast, too. >> getting rid of it all has been trying on homeowners. but we'll tell you how it came down to blows for a man trying to help shovel out a neighbor. >>> plus what you're doing on your smartphone that could give hackers to your personal information and you don't even know i >>> welcome back at 4:57. today you can learn more about virginia's move over law and a new message from state troopers drive to save lives. three virginia state police troopers were struck and seriously injured last month on the northern virginia interstate. today one of those injured troopers will talk about his experience and help you you stay safe on the roads. that will happen at 10:00 this morning. rain or shine. at the 95 northbound rest area at the dale city exit. that's in prince william county. police and vdot

$6,000 downpayment and this $13,400 contract were supposed to have put the finishing touch on their dumfries, virginia dream home with an estimated completion date of september. >> so that was the plan. you can see that that never came to fruition. >> reporter: she gave the money to john parsons with decorators design and build of manassas, a salesman our cameras found at a recent home show trying to get more customers. he wouldn't answer our questions about the project, but yesterday his attorney e- mailed us offering to refund the money provided that no story gets aired and the customers adverts online review postings get removed. you corrected me saying this isn't blackmail. it's not extortion. would you call it hush money? >> no. i would call it a very standard term in a civil settlement. >> reporter: but the billings had already received this settlement offer via text. were you aware of this? >> no. >> reporter: that's the text offering a refund. natalie billick has kept every text and every e-mail mostly coming from that decorator e- mail showing she asked for and was offered a refund

a vehicle fire in virginia dumfries, on the left getting by, big delays with friday volume, branch avenue the lanes on pennsylvania avenue are open, dealing with a water main break and power pole being repaired. what -- how does it look today? jacqui: looks great, just a bit on the cold side. 38 degrees is the temperature downtown, but warming up to the 40's through the morning, cooler than we have been, clouds will get thicker today, i think the rain will hold off until later as in after sundown. watch the southwest suburbs first back to the west, soggy overnight and through much of the saturday, tapering off late on friday with a breezy and cool sunday, sunshine at 55 degrees. jacqui: thank you so much, thank yo >>> good morning, america. and right now police in ferguson still searching for the gunman would opened fire injuring two officers. at least three people questioned but then released. >>> and right now the 19-year-old charged with killing a las vegas mother of four pleads not guilty in court. >>> a lie detector test taken by a bank executive who appeared to be held hostage is ra

the woman was hurt on saturday in a crash on dumfries road.ness says a man took a black bag containing her wallet and while the victim was in the hospital, someone repeatedly used credit cards. thin with information should call police. >>> metro's leaders are asking for a new loan today so they can pay off an old loan. according to the "washington post," the transit agency has to pay back more than $500 million in debts later this year. the paper says metro officials are asking the board of directors for permission to borrow another $220 million to help pay off those debts. metro does not have its typical federal funding right now. the post says the government is limiting how much it gives after an audit last year found several cases of mismanaged money at the transit agency. >>> if you have kids in school in manassas park, the new year will start a little earlier. the school board vote order monday to balanced calendar concept. the first day of school will be august 17. that's two weeks earlier than students at manassas and prince william cou

so just a warning between dumfries and dale city one of our producers said it's pretty icy there. so be careful. beltway at river road, everything looking pretty good. i was impressed with 270 through rockville and outer loop as i was coming into work just wet really in those main lanes. did a good job in that section. woodrow wilson bridge no problems either way. but remember bridges, overpasses ramps all going to be quite slick still again this morning. prince george's county overall looking quite good. same thing looking at 95 in maryland and bw parkway. >>> you'll have some extra time to get to work. the federal government is opening with a two hour delay arrival. you also have the option of taking unscheduled leave or telework. and take a look at our school closings and delays. you can see all of that red, all of those school districts are closed. the one holdout this green, that is alleghany county schools. they are still open. we just checked the school system's website and it says there is no change to the school calendar as of now. >>> your drive to work will be tough tod

this was just two days ago in lake montclair in dumfries. the team did get the dog safely back to his owner. lot of thawing going on. >> we talked about how most of the snow would be gone by wednesday, today thursday, and doing pretty good. had a little patch. i was trying to keep it till next year. the son doing wonders, and so are the warmer temperatures well above the freezing mark. wind out of the north at about 8 miles per hour. another fantastic afternoon. a little cooler than yesterday. storm team 4 radar showing clear skies. we'll stay on that side as far as the rain is concerned. the big clouds to the south. look at the moisture off the gulf of mexico lot of rain into portions of louisiana, parts of arkansas. this is the storm system that will eventually move our way and it will during the day tomorrow too. 6:00 a.m. tomorrow no problems. tomorrow afternoon, mild. some sunshine early then increasing clouds during the day. all day will be dry. you will need it after about 8:00. go to dinner take the umbrella. by 10:00 everybody seein

a woman was hurt on saturday in a crash on dumfries road in woodbridge. a man took a black bag containing her wallet. while she was in the hospital, someone repeatedly used her credit cards. >>> more details this morning on the virginia tech student missing after falling off of a cruise ship. a representative from carnival cruise lines says surveillance cameras show 21-year-old cameron smoke climbing over a balcony railing before he fell over mere the bahamas. smoke was a senior from glen allen. his family says he h. the u.s. coast guard has called off the search. >>> the father of a 22 month old boy rescued from an attempted abduction is speaking out this morning. yesterday police arrested a 15-year-old boy in connection with this crime in washington state last weekend. police say the bob grabbed the toddler from a stroller and ran off. the boy's siblings chased the suspect who eventually dropped the boy and took off. >> if it is him, that he's off the streets and that other families and we're safe. you know we won't have to worry about this ever again.

news4's pat collins is in dumfries virginia weather reaction from people who live the. pat? >> reporter: doreen it was like a scene out of a gangster movie. a rolling gunfight that had people here dicking ingducking for cover. this window. that window. these two tires. all victims of a bizarre car-to-car gunfight here. swan creek lane saturday afternoon, a beautiful spring day when out of nowhere two cars come barreling down the street side by side a gold saab a red kia. guys are hanging out the window. they have guns in their hand.h, shot after shot after shot. no one was hurt but there were a lot of close calls. >> many of us have a lot to be thankful for because we didn't get injured or none of our loved ones got hurt. >> reporter: i talked to a man who was here when it happened. he said it was loud and it was close. he said one of the bullets went right over his head through the window of his garage. out the garage door here. ricocheting off his car, off the framework here and then the bullet fell beneath his car. >> because of the shooting and everything five houses wer

but this is all rain woodbridge to dumfries quantico triangle stafford all rain.n towards leonard town and california maryland. how much should you expect today? from a snow slush accumulation generally an inch or less across most of the metro, but northern and western suburbs here a slushy 1 to 3 inches of snow is a real possibility. much more impactful amounts of snee snow across northern maryland panhandle of west virginia, 3 to 5 inches indeed a possibility. so your morning planner, plan on wet snow here for the next couple of hours. gradually becoming more of a rain/snow mix as opposed to a snow/rain mix. upper 30s later on this afternoon, perhaps near 40 by about 5:00 today as most of the rain will be coming to an end by then. going out for your friday night, roads will still be wet through 7:00. temperatures upper 30s. mostly cloudy and 37 degrees by 11:00 p.m.. check on traffic now with melissa mollet. >>> still have breaking news here. going to be this problem for the next couple of hours at least. northbound bw parkway closed at 50 here. northbound traff

from dumfries road up to 395 on 95, you're looking at an 18- minute commute this morning and if you're on the bw parkway from fort meade road to the southeast-southwest freeway, you're looking at a 37- minute commute right there. for those of you on metro, we have a few delays going on, the first on the orange line to the very nanny metro station and -- vienna metro station and bus alerts. those are mainly due to a sinkhole in the district. you want to check with metro before you head out the door. >>> our time 16:50. the -- 16:50. the take -- is 6:50. the fall out from senator barbara mikulski's announcement of retirement continues. wusa9 is back people of the coffee drinking world, dunkin' has a dark roast coffee that's deliciously roasted just right for a bold start and smooth finish that's never bitter. put down the dark roast you've been putting up with and reach for the one you deserve. every cup has a story... dunkin' k-cup packs are my life. we're a good fit. a single serving for myself. it's pretty special. it is like having a dunkin' store in my home which is what i've always

he's accused of firing shots that left bullet homes in homes and cars along swans creek lane in dumfries this past weekend. police are still trying to identify the other suspects. >>> check out this shot. a construction accident sent water soaring into the air downtown. things are back to normal now at 2nd street and massachusetts avenue northwest just a few blocks from union station. you can see the break sent water higher than a nearby light post late this morning. d.c. water had to shut off service today in the area for a time to make the repairs. >>> expect some delays if you need to take rock creek parkway this evening. right now ddot has lanes closed after debris fell from the pennsylvania avenue overpass here onto the roadway. this is near p street. we're told they'll keep two lanes open in the northbound direction through the evening commute. then they'll shut down a lane on either side. engineers are still checking the bridge at this hour. >>> d.c.'s mayor admits a computer glitch and poor training is to blame for recent day delays in the response times of d.c. ambulances and fi

for those of you traveling on 95 from dumfries road all the way up to 395, 18 minutes there.nd for my friends in prince george's county, traveling from collington road to m street northwest, you're looking at a 22-minute commute. mike, andrea, back to you. >>> geography pop quiz, which two countries make up most of the ie beerian -- siberian peninsula. >> spain and portugal. the kennedy center opens a festival celebrating the festival. >> it really focuses on what portuguese and spanish have brought to the world as far as history and cultures that they embrace. you're getting a first look at some of the art i.r.s.ry -- artistry of iberian week. >> it allows different points of view on freedom. that's why you can only see it from one place. freedom depends on the perspective that you see it and how you reflect on it. >> reporter: the kennedy center of course normally known for performing arts but they've got 150 different picasso ceramics from people's private collections that you can enjoy for free. >> everybody that is living probably knows the name picasso to be able to hav

this started with a woman crashing her car in dumfries on saturday. she was in and out of consciousness before the police arrived. but a man who was thought to be a good samaritan seemed to be helping her, but he was really helping himself to her credit cards. and he was caught on surveillance camera using them a short time later. that story aired only on news4. a viewer called police to identify him as william powell. powell has no fixed address. but police say he has ties to maryland. tonight there is a warrant for his arrest. >>> the first female fire chief in frederick county is out after just two years on the job. and there's stale lot of questions as to why denise puget left her position last night pap union lead told our sister station in hagerstown the departure came down l differences over how to run the department. other county officials have yet to comment. puget previously served as assistant fire chief in montgomery county with more than 25 years working in that department. >> c a that a man who was arrested for sexually abusing a music s

temperatures now still 62 in chevy chase and arlington, 63 in fairfax, 62 in dumfries. over by the water it's 60 in annapolis and 59 for our friend in north beach. just a little cooler tonight, still above freezing. bus stop temperatures 34 to 46, not bad, but the kids still need a light jacket. grab your shade thursday and grab your umbrella friday. you won't need it in the morning, but you'll want it in the afternoon. futurecast 10:00 tonight 54 downtown. that may be a tad high, but it's still mild, upper 40s in the suburbs. you leave the verizon center tonight from the caps game, sure to be in the 50s. by 6 a.m. back in the 30s in the suburbs but above freezing, 36 leesburg, 38 manassas, 37 in la plata, still 40 downtown. by midmorning, 9:00 generally low 40s, clear skies, pretty much pure sun tomorrow. by 1:00 you could walk to lunch. a light jacket not a bad idea, 51 in gaithersburg, leesburg, 52 manassas, 53 downtown. this time tomorrow evening mid- 50s, still clear skies. that's average for this time of year. average high is 55. for tonight clear to partly cloudy

head south from dumfries and quantico. that's when it gets slow off and on to stafford. traffic generally good on 270 headed north and you'll bog down a bit here and there as well. starting here, it will be slow to clarksburg. there's been a crash north of route 80. still working on that. slower than normal getting into frederick. take a look at some cameras and see what it looks like right now on 270 headed northbound here we're slowing down trying to get up through montgomery village and germantown and heaviest farther north at clarksburg. 66 and 395, volume delays this afternoon. i'm bob emler with 103.5 wtop radio. >> back now to our question of the day. we posted it our abc 7 facebook page asking would you wear an apple watch? and would you pay hundreds of dollars for one? >> well velma cake lady wrote no. makes no sense. the phone is enough. >> sounds good to me. >> i know it does. another says i would wear it but not pay $350 for it. >> and stephanie wrote, yes yes, yes, most definitely yes. thanks to all who responded on our abc 7 facebook page. >> coming up next