we have an accident involving a fire truck, this eastbound pennsylvania avenue at minnesota avenue. one lane will give you by the crash there. barbara, back over to you. >> thanks. >>> new details in a high-profile murder. there may be a break in this case. june lim was killed inside her deli on h street back in june. now investigator have filed a search warn the for clues in this case. sources tell news 4 dna evidence from the scene matched that of a man in their system. robbery appears to have been the motive. >>> today, the former university of virginia lacrosse player convicted of killing his exgirlfriend will learn his sentence. george huguely's lawyers will ask the judge to reduce the recommended sentence of 26 years offering an appeal from his mother. the native was found guilty in february of killing yeardley love. the sentencing is set for 1:00 this afternoon. we'll be live in charlottesville for that sentencing. look for the latest on news 4 at 4:00 and on nbcwashington.com. >>> it's now six minutes after 11:00. coming up, it's mitt romney's big night at the republican nat

traveling eastbound on the freeway to exit at pep pen avenue, -- at pennsylvania avenue, we have a stalled truck. -- expect tea lays out of stafford headed north along 95. >>> whenever there is trouble on the chesapeake bay bridge, a boutique in nearby cape saint clair can almost always count on getting angry phone calls. >> that is because drivers keep getting the wrong number for the bridge authority. >> reporter: come, police tonight voice mail message inside the cape he can change. >> i want to know who the idiot is that is responsible for the closure of the bay bridge this morning. >> reporter: that was recorded use morning when the westbound span of the bay bridge was closed during rush hour for an emergency inspection. traffic was a mess. >> how far that is? >> several miles. >> not looking good. >> we spoke to frustrated drivers as they sat and waited. >> it hasn't been a very productive day. >> reporter: a few miles north of here, the phone kept ringing. >> this is a terrible situation. i mean some idiot should be fired for this. >> it was actually very funny because he insisted a

eastbound 193. green belt road and rhode island avenue. blocking two lanes in that area. keep an eye out if you're traveling 295. d.c. 295 making your way towards pennsylvania avenue. northbound lanes are blocked there. there is an electronic detour in place to make your way around. hopefully this should be clearing around 5:00 a.m. let's head over to utility work here. crossing over the key bridge at m street utility work is blocking the outbound lanes. you are able to get around but you have to work and like this tractor trailer just did. >>> as we speak, gulf coast residents are brace for isaac's arrival. thousands of people from alabama to louisiana have already fled their homes ahead of the storm which could strengthen into a hurricane later this morning. nbc's danielle lee is live for us in new orleans with the preparations there. danielle? >> reporter: good morning, jim. you know it's starting off as a relatively calm morning here in new orleans but people have not let that fool them. if you look around canal street, business ves laid out sandbags and precautions ahead of this storm. we could begin feeling isaac in the next several hours. i'm going t

eastbound freeway is slow. this is 295, as you travel, or pennsylvania avenue as you travel across the bridge to 295. things are looking good there on the left hand of the screen. 295 northbound is pretty heavy and slow. the welfare way itself, the right lane is the outer loop. heavy with volume. over to you. >> thank you very much. >>> still ahead -- l ahead -- digging up the past. >> we are live in montgomery county this morning with interesting fines. good morning to you. >> good morning to you. this is an amazing story of discovery. the slave that inspired the novel, "uncle tom's cabin," but did you know that he lived and worked here? where we are live this morning. a history lesson you don't want to miss. [ male announcer ] since 1996 welfare recipients were required to work. this bipartisan reform successfully reduced welfare rolls. on july 12th president obama quietly ended the work requirement... gutting welfare reform. one of the most respected newspapers in america called it, "nuts!" saying, "if you want to get more people to work, "you don't loosen the requirements -- you tighten them." mi

pennsylvania. that will continue to push eastbound.s we head west aross the midwest we have been talking about the extreme drought. very hot temperatures and we are finally seeing some much needed moisture from minnesota down into iowa, missouri, and parts of oklahoma and eastern kansas. so, again, some good news out there and that will continue to be in store or the story across parts of the midwest for today. ali? >> thanks so much. >> the next guest says president obama has surprising plans if he wins re-election. author of "fool me twice" obama's plans for the next for years exposed. this book you come out with shocking plans for the next four years. how did you learn about these. since you say these are all secret plans. >> they are not necessarily secret but same exact progressive groups and same aggressive activists behind obama's first term agenda. i'm talking about groups that wrote parts of the stimulus and groups that became part of obama care. they have been heavy at work at crafting obama's second term plans. what i did wa

pennsylvania avenue. the accident with a tractor- trailer gone but over an hour commute, 1 hour and 10 minutes eastbound. southbound 270 pockets of congestion as you work your way south out of frederick towards the split. from 85 buckeystown road over an hour commute with all lanes open. outer loop below speed, problems on metros red like due to track work, single tracks between wheaton and glenmont so expect tie-ups on the red line. lanes are open northbound 395 but traffic heavy and slow not only from the beltway past king street but again leaving the pentagon up and across the inbounded 14th street bridge. no problems, just volume delays. volume delays on the inner loop between springfield, bradock road and gallows road for the commute inbounded on 6. traffic flowing between the 2. out of centreville continuing past 286 towards 123 and again at the beltway. westbound 267 shut down at belmont ridge road due to the overturned tanker truck. that's a check of your "fox 5 on-time traffic.." >>> nasa is on the way to study the radiation belt. how a lab in maryland is helping with the mission coming up. >> a