this is the exit from dumfries road to 95 north. we spoke with police, once you get on 95 north on dumfries road we have three lanes blocked. virginia 95 here at mine road approaching that area. very slow because of road work. hopefully out of the way soon. 95 in maryland no problems. b.w. parkway and 29 there looking quite good. wide look at things overall just slow here in the outer loop passing 50. road work. 270 at montrose rolling along nicely. >>> crews are racing to contain a major oil spill. what we're learning about the >>> you're watching "news4 today." >> we've learning more information about a mansion murder mystery in the district. investigators say a couple and their housekeeper were beaten and stabbed in a house not far from the vice president's residence. the couple's 10-year-old boy was burned so badly that investigators don't know how he died. investigators told news4 the security cameras around the home were disarmed. there is no surveillance video. the four people were found dead on thursday at a home along wood

going to head down to this area through dumfries and see what's going on here. again, southbound here through dumfries we have a little bit of a slowdown northbound. one lane is getting by but the northbound looks okay. that could be flip-flopped once we get there. overall, prince george's county rolling along quite nicely. no major problems there. top of the beltway, colesville road no issues. looking at 270 headed in from frederick, nice and smooth. same thing outbound and remember to our friends on wtop when you hop in your car this morning. >> thank you, melissa. >>> place your bets. why a decision on the purple line project could come down in vegas today. >>> and we continue to follow breaking news out of northwest d.c. where an arrest warrant has been issued for a suspect in last week's >>> breaking news now at 5:16. d.c. police need your help finding a man suspected in the quadruple murder of a murder of three and their housekeeper in the district. 34-year-old daron wint faces first degree murder charges. overnight, detectives searched his last known addr

road work wise we are talking about 95 north here, dumfries road. the same thing as yesterday. we had a lot of volume building there. only one lane is getting by. starting to see a slowdown in the next 20 minutes or so. river road at wilson lane road work is stretching inbound. hopefully that's out of the way in the next 30 minutes or so. 270 at montrose road some road work and local lanes get by just fine. not slowing you down something to mention if you're headed out, southbound is rolling along just fine. taking a look at the north, b.w. parkway, into and out of town is rolling along nicely. and nice and green. i'm back in ten minutes. >>> new this morning, we now know the name of the second marine that died after a crash during a training exercise in hawaii. lance corporate matthew dieterman right there was hurt when the osprey aircraft went down. he died on tuesday. determan was 21 and from arizona. lance corporal joshua barron from the state of maryland was also killed. two other marines are in the hospital this morning. they're in stable condition. no word at this point

>> we have a work zone on southbound i-95 near dumfries road. once you get past it, you have open lanes. northbound 270 at wootton parkway. westbound 66 at root 29 that's now clear, so not causing any problems. i-395 at seminary road all lanes are open. >>> former mayor martin o'malley is expected to throw his hat into the ring for presidential candidacy. >>> what we're learning about the return of sky ball. ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> right now, a manhunt to find the person who shot a mraurchb in oklahoma. the shooting start as a police chase near the kansas border. two officers were after the car that you see flipped here. unclear why they were chasing the car, but gunfire was exchanged. that is when the officer was hit. police did catch up with the vehicle and arrested two people in it. a third, though got away and is on the run this morning. the officer is in the hospital in stable condition at last check. aaron. >> that you can. it's 4:46 now. this weekend, the senate will tackle a bill that if passed would end the national security agency's mass collection

first 4 traffic tracker on the way to the crash right know on dumfries road, no problems there. the other problem, 3rd street tunnel entrance at capitol and 395, it's shut down. overall, up top of the beltway looking pretty good. sang thing when you look -- same thing when you look at prince george's county. back in ten minutes with a look at the crashes so early this morning. >>> he was wonderful. he was absolutely wonderful. everybody looked up to my son. there's no other words i can say. >> families are mourning the loved ones they lost in the train derailment. two of the people lived in north dakota. >> abid gilani's family lives in rockville. he was here for a funeral earlier this week. he got on train to go back to new york for work. we heard from his wife late last night. >> he was a kind family man and we have suffered a tremendous loss today. >> gilani and his wife had two children. he worked at marriott headquarters in bethesda for several years. >>> naval mid shipman justin zemser was 20 years old. he played football for navy. he also had a 4.0 grade average at the sc

. >> we're looking at some construction southbound 95 near dumfries. only the right lane is getting by. causing a backup there as you can imagine. outer loop between landover and annapolis road that is still blocked because of road work. and southbound georgia avenue between layhill and randolph roads, two left lanes blocked. then on the northbound side of georgia avenue at randolph road, two left lanes are blocked as well for a work zone. looking at 66 near route 50 looking good. all lanes open. volume building slightly. nothing too big. then 95 at powder mill road. back in ten minutes. >>> here's a question they didn't expect when it came to the s.a.t.s -- where are the results? why several students may have to retake the whole test. >>> what's expected to happen as early as tomorrow in fifa. stay >>> you're watching "news4 today." >> you have been doing this type of business for ten years. have you ever seen anything like this? >> never before. >> in loudoun county at least a hundred students could now have to retake the s.a.t. the college board sai

i can warn you, traffic tracker went north on 95 and in the dumfries area still had that gravel againnight road work. a little bit of a rough ride there. once you get to the dale city area looks like it's cleared out of the way. no problems here. remember we had that earlier fog in the 234 area this morning. no major problems here. nice and clear on 95 in virginia. overall again prince george's county also looking quite good. top of the beltway, 95, b.w. parkway, don't have any issues northbound or southbound. 270 at old hundred road rolling along nicely. looking at 66 again, nice and clear. don't have any major issues at this point this morning. back at 5:01. >> see you then, thanks, melissa. >>> 4:54 now. we received a report when it comes to your kids and early education the finding that might surprise you straight ahead. >>> and honoring the men and women in blue. how national pol >>> you're watching "news4 today." >> welcome back. you'll run into some street closures today in the district for the 36th annual washington area law enforcement memorial service. "d" street and indiana

getting off there at dumfries. >>> 6:01 as we start off this morning. a beautiful start to this saturday morning. but we're talking severe weather in some parts of the country and a chance for more tornadoes in the plains and a tropical storm in the carolinas. that could possibly impact us. >> for now, though we are off to a cloudy and foggy start. but later chuck says to soak in the sun. take a look out there. it's hard to see. little visibility low this morning. >> for sure. we're hoping we'll see some sun, chuck bell. >> we'd all love to see a little sunshine today. but it's going to take a little time here this morning to work through what is a very cloudy and foggy start this morning. there's a lot of moisture in the atmosphere. you probably noticed it increasing during the day today. that will eventually lead to a little chance for rain. there's the view from our national harbor. in the fog early this morning. temperatures mild indeed. feels like summertime for sure. 66 now in washington. na manassas 63. 50s in much of the shenandoah valley. so yo

dumfries road. this just popped up on the screen here. we have a big crash here involving a tractor-trailer blocking the two right lanes. only two left lanes are getting by. first 4 traffic tracker getting on to the outer loop of the beltway headed down south to look at the problem on 95. mlk jr. still closed there. 66 east after the car rest still have that crash. we're slow in manassas this morning. look at the beltway, typical at this point. top of the beltway here little slow here outer loop at colesville road. b.w. parkway not so bad. and 270 volume at montrose road as you head down to the spur. otherwise, everything looking pretty typical this morning. >> thanks, melissa. >>> it's 6:55. the news4 i-team is working for you as you get up and ready for work. so are bike thieves. that's what a convicted thief told us. more than 2,000 bikes were stolen in the d.c. area last year. the i-team sat down with a man serving 12 years for bike thefts. he says he mainly targeted apartment buildings and condos in the early morning. he asked us to

heading northbound on 95 from dumfries road up to i-395 a 17 mints commute and westbound -- 17-minute commute and westbound crain highway to florida avenue, 18 mince. travel moving smoothly on the ineanders outer loop of 9 -- on the inner and outer loop of 95. back to you. >>> more severe weather could be in store for the plain states both today and tomorrow. now one person has died from wednesday night's storms. a woman in oklahoma died when her underground shelter flooded. another 1 people were injured when a tornado hit a mobile home -- 18 people were injured when a tornado hit a mobile home park in oklahoma city. but it could have been much worse if it wasn't for plenty of the early warnings. >> it's just tough. you know, it can all -- it's just stuff. you know, it can all be replaced as long as nobody gets hurt and the family is all together, we're good. >> mark left both his home and welding shop but his family wasn't hurt. the tornadoes destroyed more than 1500 homes in the town of bridge creek. >>> the man implicated in the disappearance of 43 college students is in custody ac

right now, first 4 traffic tracker dumfries road down to 95 we'll be there in a couple of minutes. >>> 4:32 now. the 19-year-old who transit police say attacked a man inside a metro station will appear in court. elijahnary hearing scheduled this morning. police say in april smith punched albert langeberg inside the metro station. if a jury convicts smith he could face quite a bit of jail time. that's because of the d.c. law that allows for harsher penalties if the victim is over 65. >>> also today the sentencing for the man who murdered a howard university student. lagarde killed omar psychs in 2013. lagarde and an accomplice tried to rob him and his friend. lagarde faces 20 to 30 year in jail. >>> police are retracing the missing howard university student. lance buckley's cell phone picked near the block house point conservation point. police found no trace of him though. his family members say they dropped buckley off a commuter lot tuesday morning. buckley sent his wife a text message a few hours later. he was near howard university at that time. his family has not heard from him s

angela: northbound is you approach dumfries you will lose her left lane and then to write lanes as youspringfield interchange. the crash southbound approaching 95, on the fairfax county parkway and overturned vehicle northbound on the 14th street bridge, losing your left center lane for accident cleanup as well. that is your check on the commute. jummy: top stories right now the montgomery county school board plans to ask larry bowers to stay on for another year. the school system has been without a permanent superintendent since february when it forced out joshua starr. meanwhile, star has a new job chief executive officer for in arlington-based professional organization for educators. the company is called petey k international and start takes over on june 8. you can get more weather traffic, and news right now live on news channel 8 for another update. ♪ i'm on top of the world hey ♪ >>> good morning, america. it's 8:00 a.m. put on your dancing shoes. it's our biggest "gma" afterparty yet. >> rumer and val, the champions. >> rooumer and val with a dazzling win. bruce and demi cheeri

. >>> somebody 95 approaching dumfries road it should be picking up here but it is cause something delays. the northbound side looking good on 95. >>> 1270 at shady grove road, no problems here. heading towards the d.c. beltway also looking good. >>> the alexandria courthouse will be closed until further notice. for scheduling or case inquiries, call the courthouse tore further information. >>> in alexandria a family opening up about a morning rush hour shooting that lefd their loved one dead. it happened on 295. pedro alvarado and his brother were on their way to work when someone opened fire on their suv. alvarado was killed. >> he didn't have any -- >> yeah. >> he was always happy? >> police want to speak to anybody who saw anything. >>> today, a man will be sentenced for arson and shooting at sheriff deputies in prince georges county. david coally set fire to his house after he was told to sell the house in a divorce settlement. deputies were serving an eviction notice on coally when he fired several shots towards them inside the house. police say he then set fire to the house. >>> an

when i say slow in dumfries, you're moving, 40 miles an hour nothing is really happening there. and don't have any issues there. overall, prince george's county looking quite good here this morning and then right now first 4 traffic tracker 66 eastbound here, she actually just passed nutley street. back in ten minutes with a live look at 270. a bit of a slow down there. >> thank you, melissa. >>> 6:23 is our time right now. some of the rain that could be heading to our area today is because of this storm, tropical depression ana brought rough surf, rain and wind to south and north carolina yesterday. ana is the first tropical system of 2015 to hit the states. >>> and state farm says rain not snow causes most weather related car crashes. according to the insurance company, rain related crashes make up 46%, nearly half of all accidents that happen in bad weather. snow and sleet account for 17% of the accidents. fog was the cause of 3% of wet related crashes. >>> in news4 for your health, a hot year can raise your risk of getting the west nile virus. infected mosquitos spread the p

kind of strangest spot near dumfries road, 234, a little bit of gravel on the roadway from overnight construction that's now cleared out of the way. live look at 66 coming up. >>> i would see them walking all the time. very nice, loving couple. and a very nice neighborhood. >> we're following a developing story in montgomery county this morning. a couple found dead at their rockville home on mother's day. montgomery county police are investigating why someone could kill the vilardos. megan mcgrath has more. good morning. >> reporter: well, good morning, aaron. if you look behind me here, you can see that police tape still stretches across the front yard of this home on ridge drive. family members say they're heartbroken and they just don't know what happened. relatives had plans to meet dick and jodi vilardo on mother's day. when they didn't show family members came to their house and that's when the grim discovery was made. dick vilardo was found outside the back of the house and jodi vilardo was found inside. both were suffering from trauma to the upper body. the vilardos were a wa

and down toward dumfries and triangle around 86 for your high temperatures today.der start this morning. then tomorrow afternoon, well up into the 80s. a chance for showers along the i-81, but i think we stay dry until wednesday in the metro. for now back to the news. >> thank you, chuck. >>> a developing story out of iraq. reuters is reporting that shiite muslim militias freed some 200 iraqi troops and they destroyed an oil refinery. that refinery has not been in operation since june. on this memorial day lawmakers are questioning whether the u.s. strategy against isis is working right now. some lawmakers even question if there is a strategy. nbc's tracie potts with more on this. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the syrians are taking action this morning with 15 air strikes against the islamic state. but lawmakers here in washington argue air strikes alone aren't working. as rolling thunder veterans mark another memorial day in the nation's capital, washington is debating how to defeat the islamic state. >> we need to have a strategy. there is no strategy.

and 63 in winchester. 62 in dumfries and triangle. 66 in california and maryland. this is how much warmer we are now than at the same time yesterday. we're about 10 to 15 degrees warmer than now than at 6:00 a.m. yesterday morning. so a big change and you'll notice they added warmth -- that added warmth will continue on in the afternoon as well. mid to upper 70s by this afternoon. and satellite picture, a few clouds in the eastern sky. that's really just about it. no chances for rain around here today. rain chances are back out to the west and widespread at that. high pressure will keep us dry and warm for today, but that push of warm southwesterly winds that big plume of moisture out to the west, that's going to inch its way to the eastern seaboard. our rain chances will increase tomorrow and wednesday and thursday. nothing to worry about, all your memorial day plans will go off without a weather interruption, at least. you can get the car washed. we're in a generally dry pattern. won't rain everywhere this week but the rain chances start to increase tomorrow out

if you're going to be traveling northbound 95 dumfries road to i-395, an 18-minute commute. >>> in the news right now testimony resumes in the trial of colorado movie theater shooter james holmes. >> we've heard some 911 calls in this incident. yesterday jurors listened to a tape of james holmes hours after his arrest in july of 2012. rick salinger reports from the courthouse in centennial, colorado. >> reporter: jurors saw a videotape of an interview of james holmes by police shortly after the theater shooting. >> there wasn't any children hurt. >> reporter: the officer replied he didn't know if any children were hurt. in fact, a 6-year-old girl was among those killed. survivors have been able to testify. using the model of the theater, this man pointed out where he was shot. the defendant james holmes sat impassively as the witness described what happened. >> i remember hearing screaming and loud noises. i would imagine a gun. >> reporter: the jury was shown a photo of the leg that he said was blown apart. he then walked to the jury box and revealed the state of his injuries today. h

northbound on 95, that was from dumfries road up to i-395 i believe that was 13 or 14 minutes?ut that. on a rather from westbound from crane highway to eighth street northwest a 21 minute commute. a live look range now shows you things on i-66 on the fairfax county parkway. again no issues that are going to impact the morning commute. your next update in about ten minutes. mike? >>> thank you larry. good morning everyone. it's 6:17. this is mike hydeck with some of the things we have in the news right now. the trial of the colorado theater shooter james holmes now turns to whether or not he was legally sane when he killed 12 movie goers and injured dozens of others two years ago. as rick sallinger reports -- >> do you remember the day you were arrested? >> yes. >> what day was that? >> july 20th, 2012. >> reporter: for 22 hours, dr. william reid interviewed james holmes. concluding he suffered from a serious mental illness. but was sane. >> whatever he suffered from. it did not prevent him from -- from forming the intent and knowing what he was doing and the consequences of wha

been on 95 from dumfries road up to i-395 a 16-minute commute this morning. and westbound on 50 from crain highway into town to east street northwest, a 23-minute commute. a live look right now shows you how things are shaping up on i- 395. traffic is moving on the northbound side. no issues to report. sky 9 giving us a live look right now at how things are shaping up on the beltway in rockville. no issues there. mike, over to you. >>> thank you. mike hydeck here. 6:17. here are some of the other you right now. more bad weather possible for parts of the plains and midwest. yesterday severe storms and tornadoes tore through kansas, nebraska, oklahoma causing extensive damage there. adriana diaz has more. >> reporter: this massive tornado is one of dozens that tore through the central part of the country wednesday from kansas to nebraska to oklahoma, homes and buildings were leveled. south of oklahoma city rescue crews searched through piles of debris for anyone missing. this mobile home park took a direct hit. police say at least ten people were hurt, five eve

traveling northbound 59 from dumfries to franconia road, a 17-minute commute. collington road into town, south dakota northeast, a 10-minute commute. over to you. >>> an online entrepreneur who's helped travelers get really cheap flights wins a victory in court. >> plus, one of the big u.s. automakers expands yet another safety recall. many wrinkle creams come with high hopes, but hope... doesn't work on wrinkles. clinically proven neutrogena® rapid wrinkle repair with the fastest retinol formula available, it works on fine lines and even deep wrinkles. you'll see younger looking skin in just one week. stop hoping for results, and start seeing them. rapid wrinkle repair... ...and for dark spots rapid tone repair. from neutrogena®. es. i'm delia goncalves live outside of baltimore city hall this morning. it is monday morning and baltimore is getting back to normal. the curfew the mayor imposed is now over. the national guard has moved out of the city, but the city has certainly paid a pretty heavy price for this week of unrest. 500 people were arrested, more tha

elsewhere, naylor road, good hope road is closed in both directions due to police activity. 95 near dumfries avenue, that work zone has been cleared. for more traffic when you hop into your car tune into our friends at wtop. >>> it could be months before construction crews repair parking garage at watergate. that means months of road closures for you. how long it will take, coming up. >>> the secret service will start making changes when it comes to the white house security. the major overhaul starting today. >>> we are just learning about a shooting in northeast washington. kristin wright is working hard at the live desk trying to >>> breaking news right now in the district. a man has been shot in northeast. now, here's what we know so far. the shooting happened just after 4:00 so just about an hour ago in the 5300 block of clay terrace. we know this man was taken to the hospital. he was breathing. he was awake. d.c. police have not -- they are there on the scene, so far they have not communicated any suspect information to us. we are working to find out more right now. >> thanks kristen. >

on 95 from dumfries road up to i-395 an 18-minute commute this morning.ghway to g street northwest, a 21-minute commute. so on the whole things are looking pretty good for your wednesday morning. no major issues to report. over to you. >>> this one has us talking. according to new d.c. regulations you might get carded for a cupcake. >> that's because somebody is spiking the sweet treats. it's not tommy mcfly but he knows who. he joins us live from the 94.7 fresh fm studios. we're talking booze in the batter? >> reporter: good morning, guys. yeah, booze in the batter. so d.c. is known for some interesting regulations when it comes to interesting things and this one could take the cake. they're talking about actually putting booze in your baked goods. a new law passed according to d.c. earlier this weekend where they could be regulating booze in sweets. i had a little conversation online with the sugar chef who is a well known d.c. pastry chef and loves the idea responsibly. here's how it could all break down. they can put up to 5% alcohol into baked goods

we have the heat and humidity dumfries is well in the upper 80s and when the rain came in, it really did do a number. as far as the evening planner tonight temperatures are going to be in the low 80s by 8 and fall into the upper 70s by 10 and by midnight 76 degrees so it's an isolated shower all we are looking at. heading moo tomorrow, we are talking about the threat for showers and storms popping once again across the region. let's show outthree-day forecast. tomorrow, 89. scattered afternoon storms falling into the 60s and 70s. on friday scattered storms once again and 87 and now saturday i think we will see fewer storms wait fog arfront to move through. it's going to be hotter. close to 90 degrees. a look at the 7-day forecast coming up in moment and i think it's in the stack. there we go. temperatures which will be cooling off by sunday 86. scattered storms there. and monday, depending on war front end you we may see scattered showers and storms and it depend and this is 4 or 5 days out so i think we will cool down into the upper 70s and just a stray shower for tuesday and wednes

northbound i-95 from dumfries road up to i-395 a 19 minute commute this morning.mute. want to tell you we had that earlier issue on 50. this is inbound. this is adding some additional time to the drive time so you can just bypass that mess on 50 this morning. let's take some cameras right now and show you things live. this is the dulles toll road and inner harbors in and out this -- no issues out this this morning this area. around the beltway same deal on the inner and outer loops this at new hampshire avenue. just some typical traffic but again no issues for the most part. definitely friday light. which is what we like around here. we'll have another update for you shortly. we'll send it over to you. >>> a former Ño will congress ignore president obama's wishes when >>> i'm delia goncalves live in northwest. we've been following the investigation into this sis first pyre that so curred around -- suspicious fire that occurred around 1:00 in the afternoon yesterday here in wood landry. still an active scene. a crime scene at this point. take a look at that second

so, today a much tougher day to get in any kind of outdoor activities. 66 now in dumfries and oakvillerees at andrews. so, on satellite and radar, we have that ark of showers and even some embedded cells of heavier rainfall continuing to move past us, we will track them here for you. it is humid. you can feel it out there. and 9 futurecast showing the showers developing. 2:00 p.m., it's raining in the beltway, according to the 9 futurecast. heading into the evening hours, more showers and rumbles of thunder. you can see the yellows and oranges, an indication of the best potential of that thunder between 3:00 and 7:00. it will taper off during the overnight hours, we will have a warm and muggy night tonight into early monday morning. so, monday morning, you have the areas of fog,a spotty shower, as well, and spots of shower activity starting to develop around the lunchtime hour on monday on 9 futurecast. heading into the afternoon, very similar, right? we will see the showers and thunderstorms developing and pushing out as we head into the overnight hours, cooler air is finally going to