there was a crash on edsall road. this is the beginning of the back up at edsall road and up to kaine street. there is state and where ever you go, atm fees won't follow. get back to what really matters switch to suntrust checking today suntrust. live solid, bank solid. >>> we aspired to educate and inform. >> one thing we have learned is that der love to shop. it happens all the time. -- deer love to shop. you can see a few er window shopping. the sales must have been tempting. one goes through the door. he crashes into walls. we're told the deer halted his rampage when they stumbled upon the taxidermy display. >> the taxidermy display. >> he got all little nervous. you do not want to run into them. >>> we will see how the roads are doing this morning. >> we are slowing on the outer loop around springfield to get to eisenhower avenue where they have closed that ramp. this isewschopper 7 live out of springfield to get to the wilson bridge. >> a spectacular day again today. it actually improves and gets better tomorrow

the traffic flow is great at edsall road to the pentagon. >> thank you. >>> new research suggests that pollution may harm child brain development. they have linked this before birth to loweriq scores in child but -- before lower iq scores in childhood. the study's lead author says it is a big enough difference to affect performance in school. other scientists dispute the findings. >>>he u.s. is racing to develop a swine flu there have been one under thousand people affected. they are relying on five companies with track records of making vaccines. but one company has come up with one version of the vaccine and will begin clinical trials in australia this week. >>> 6:13. when we continue, we will tell you how you can get a free trade with your morning cup of coffee. we will have a check of headlines around the world. >> you are watching abc 7's "good morning washington," with doug mckelway, alison starling, meteorologist brian van de graaff, weather, and lisa baden, traffic. this is "good morning washington," on your side. >>> in our top stories come up the stage is set for national ele

nearby on 395, let's open up the door and show you going northbound, things are dragging from edsall to duke and drivers are really using the brakes again once they reach the pentagon across the 14th street bridge to make their way to the freeway where we had an earlier accident. wrap up with the district, a delay from inbound new york avenue from the times building to bladenburg is there but okay approaching the third street tunnel. that's a look at the camera shots in the region. now over to andrea. >> we by gin with a push for health care reform by president obama. he will visit cleveland in a few hours to make his case. digital correspondent susan roberts has the story. >> there's been talk -- >> president obama is not letting up honor his fight to overhaul the nation's health care system. >> let me be clear, if we do not control these costs, we will not be able to control our deficit. >> reporter: after taking his message to the air waves last night, he'll continue to push prison plan this morning in ohio. he'll tour the cleveland clinic, a facility he says represents the type o

there was a crash on edsall road. that is gone.k up from dale city to get up to glad mark. struggling from springfield to the wilson bridge with a crash on telegraph road. adam caskey, bring us some good news. >> very comfortable conditions. falls church, 69. waldorf, up 67. we are in the mid 60's to start off our thursday morning. a few mid level clouds rolling through. we will have ended cloud cover compared to yesterday. 69 in mt. airy with both humidity. a mixture of sun and clouds. high in the low 80's with a comfortable humidity. we will crank up the humidity and the heat this weekend. >> thank you. >>> police are looking for a missing 13-year-old boy. he was last seen at the american indian museum around 8:00 p.m. last night. he was wearing a black t-shirt and red sneakers. we will show you a picture as soon as we get one. if you have any information, you are asked to call police. >>> "good morn >>> "good morning america" continues with an alarming, new case of identity theft. one of the nation's largest social networking si

crime an alert state trooper spotted the woman's car in the slow- moving morning traffic of 95 near edsall road. a dozen officers responded and one hit her with a taser because she apparently resisted arrest. >> that was amazing he could scan all of the lanes of traffic, hov in rush hour and still pick out this car. it was really good police work. >> i saw police haulin' -- everywhere around here. >> reporter: cynthia crawford is charged with holding up this sun trust in woodbridge. police say she implied she had a weapon. >> the lady that robbed them. >> reporter: what would make a woman rob. >> drugs it is all drugs. >> reporter: crawford may face more char chshe bears an uncanny resemblance to a woman wanted in two bank rob is in maryland. the ntsbs there was no contact between the pilot and air traffic control because the tower was closed and also no flight data recorder on board. the now the ntsb has the difficult task of sifting through the debris to figure out what caused the tragedy. wreckage in a private hangar at hagerstown ranch until airport. ntsb investigators looking at the d

this is virginia with volume growing on edsall road open up to the pentagon. 270 out of frederick to get into montgomery county, starting to flow. good downstream in germantown. now to alison and doug. >> thank you. >>> the smell of smoke lingers tsar pts of nhwrttoes washington this morning. a hire fire at auge house the broke out on the 3000 block of chain bridge road. more than 100 firefighters responded. rescue crews had some problems fighting the fire because of water supply problems in the palisades. they looked for a cause. the house belongs to peggy cooper. we will have much more on the story coming up. >>> our other top story could affect a lotof muom. crste re nre aewthere newre findings t month's deadly crash on the red line. courtney robinson has some of the details and what it means for the transit system. >> most of metro's electrical equipment has not been replaced since the 1970's. investigators are quick to point out that this investigation is very much in the fact-finding phase. as investigators continue looking into the deadly crash, they are now focusing on two cr

. -- edsall road. this is new hampshire avenue. more to come on the traffic end scene. newschopper 7 should do with us soon. >> thank you. >>> 5:12. >> still ahead, pay shaq attack in chinatown. we will tell you why he was in town and it has nothing to do with basketball. >> there is a ad >> you are watching abc 7's "good morning washington," with doug mckelway, alison starling, meteorologist brian van de graaff, weather, and lisa baden, traffic. this is "good morning washington," on your side. >>> good morning. welcome back. six months into his stake in the white house, barack obama is still facing some doubts about its u.s. citizenship. robert gibbs has called this nsense. state officials in hawaii said they have recheck his birth certificate and i have confirmed he was born in the united states. a republican seat will be up for grabs. jim bunn said he will not run for a third term. he says a lack of campaign mo ney, and he does want the state -- the seat to stay in gop h ands. there was an infectious disease facility and they want to move the facility from new york t

leaving edsall road past due to street. this is the 14th street bridge. -- it looks like the sunshine will be an issue. >> thank you. >>> 6:22, up 66 degrees. >> a plane spirals out of control and heads toward the grnd. see how they narrowly avoided a catastrophe. >> brand-new advice from suze orman on how to manage your money. that is today. >>> welcome back. police say a big blaze in a wisconsin meat packing plant was triggered by a military flare. it landed on the roof back on july 5. it sparked a fire and cost $50 million in damages. their report is being offered in this case. a family and narrowly escaped a potential deadly disaster. a small plane spiral toward the ground in germany. you can see when it hits. the pilot was doing loops and flew too low. it tore off the bottom frame. the pilot suffered minor injuries along with the couple in a car. >> incredible. >>> 87-story condo in japan -- a seven-story condo in japan was put to the test. the building was put on a so- called shake table to see how it would stand up t

we are looking through the fog on 395 with the normal five out of springfield up to edsall road. >> thank you. >>> the president goes prime time tonight to make a push for his health-care reform plan. >> opponents are saying it is time to go back to square one. pamela brown has more. >> there is speculation among lawmakers that the health care reform bill will not pass before the august recess. the president is not giving up his fight. he will be giving a speech directly to the american people. president obama is putting on the full court press trying to pass his health care reform plan. the opposition is fierce on both sides of the aisle. republicans want to go back to the drawing board, fearing the current proposal would lead to a government takeover of. what's this bill fails or it will change dramatically. >> some say the price tag will only. our nation further into debt. but there are about 10 issues that we are concerned about. >> bills in the house and senate would prohibit denying coverage to people with pre-existing health conditions, and focus on prevention and wellness. back li

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i-395 @ edsall road looks smooth north and southbound.at new hampshire avenue is our next camera and that is great -- for 95 at new hampshire avenue looks great -- 495 at new hampshire avenue is our next camera and that looks great. >>> a new airline is offering competitive prices. >> there is a small catch. to get the deal, you have to be a cat or a dog. it is just for animals. pat aiet airways caters only to animals. they promised trains pet attendance and a first-class ride in the main cabin. >> i wonder if they serve meals. >> we will see how they'd do. what can a car salesman do to get you behind the wheel of a new cart? give you a scalp massage? a miami dealership has a novel idea -- pampering their customer. while your new car gets an oil change, you can get a pedicure under the same roof. the man behind the idea says they are going after the female demographic. i'll bet the guys would like that, too. >> that is a great idea. >> instead of sitting there, you can get a hair cut. that is not a bad idea hello. >> you would do that. fo

the play's leaving springfield past edsall road. -- delays leaving springfield past edsall road.moved through early this morning. that paved the way for sunshine. it is dropping our humidity. today is even more comfortable than yesterday. 69 right now at reagan national. very low humidity levels today and the rest of the work week. damascus at 64. if you patchy clouds this afternoon, low 80's for highs. tomorrow, a lot like today. a chance for thunderstorms this weekend. >> thank you. >>> two firefighters have been injud after fighting a fire this morning on u street. one firefighter suffered burns on his hands and his ankles. >>> thank you for watching. we will be back at noon. noon. p

moving outside, 395 northbound slow ride edsall to seminary and drivers are using their brakes from the pentagon to the 14th street bridge. to the maryland side of things. here's 270 southbound. below speed shady grove to montross road. the outer loop where we have a good amount of congestion on the outer loop from 95 to georgia avenue. we are estimating the drive time at 15 to 20 minutes. to wrap it up we will go to our realtime graphics or actually stay with a live shot here. this is drivers across the key bridge. they are doing fine in to georgetown. before this if you are coming on the gw parkway, take note. southbound past turkey run is where crash activity has popped up. that's a look at traffic. now over to andrea. >> thank you. >>> one harry potter fan says he has seen all the harry potter movies about 25 times each and he is still not bored by them. our next two guests also live and breathe everything harry potter and they have proof. welcome to colleen and shannon michaelson. they happen to be related to our boss. thank you very much for being with us. big smiles on your faces

bring some shades of sunglasses. 395, we are slow edsall road to seminary and then at the 14th street bridge. if you are heading to the district right now you can see inbound new york avenue is slow from bladensburg -- from times building to bladensburg and approaching the third street tunnel. that's all we have for traffic right now. andrea, over to you. >> thank you. >>> at least one college math professor believes early reliance on calculators may be why almost of half maryland's high school graduates land in remedial classes once in college. they say maryland public schools aren't teach students basic arithmetic. they have to plans to change the standards. >>> people are heading to the shore in brisk numbers but in one resort town, confusion and frustration rained after it was discovered electronic parking meters were ripping people off. bruce johnson has the story. >> reporter: dover beach, delaware is the summertime's capital as the ocean numbers swell with vacationers looking to escape the stress and grind of the washington work place. who could have guessed that roughly 42 ele

and 395 a didn't minute drive from edsall to seminary.u are slow from boundary channel drive to the 14th street bridge. >> nice morning out there. the fog is burning up. upper 80 with a slim chance of a storm. a couple of storms are possible. >>> on wall street we are starting off above nine thousand and futures show moreenings, as well. and green green green coming up at 9:00 a.m. financial advice. it is mind over money friday. >> get news around the clock by going to wusa9.com. have a great day and a great week. see you

slow from edsall to shirlington.n northeast dc has fourth street closed between w and rhode island. and the outer and inner loop is moving nicely without problems. over to howard. >>> a sticky day out there, few showers west of 81 now. some storms this afternoon. some could be severe mid to upper 80s. dry tomorrow and 89 and more storms as we head to sunday afternoon. temperatures in the mid-80s and a little hot next week. just coming over the wire, skins signed orakpo. he is the 13th overall pick in the draft and today happy birthday, his 23rd birthday. >> check that out. >> good birthday present. >> indeed. >>> the "early show" is next. they will have more on the possible demise of the cash for clunkers program. >>> and coming up at 9:00 a.m. it is mind over money friday our experts will be here to answer your quon

delay from edsall to seminary.also taking you inside the district and showing you northeast dc where we have one delay stretching from the times building to bladensburg road. and check on route 4, route 5, crane highway, regular volume at this time. no accidents to report. that's a quick look at traffic. now over to andrea. >>> following up on angie's report on the rundown at 6:30, a new report on how bad traffic is in our region. we now rank number two nationwide when it comes to wasting time in traffic. the texas transportation institute study finds we spend 62 hours in rush hour congestion each year, second only to los angeles. atlanta drops to third followed by houston, texas. nationwide we are spending less time stuck in traffic and you wouldn't guess that from the morning commute usually. the study finds higher gas prices and the recession are keeping people off the road. you can read the entire study at wusa9.com. it is on our front page. >>> dc police chief kathy lanier calls user oaf thu new iphone app cow

between 15 to 20 minute total. 395 headed northbound, here the next shot for you, a slow ride from edsallminary. going to the graphics, i'll show you route 4, route 5, branch avenue ukraine highway. this area remains problem free. over to the outer loop we head. it is a little bit of a slow ride, starting to build between new hampshire and georgia avenue. finally we are live from interstate 270. we have that shot for you. we have an accident still between 121 and 109. overall, no problems past germantown road down to the split. andrea, that's a quick look at traffic. now over to you. >> thank you. >>> our time is 6:17. the world needs innovative thinkers. but is that something which needs to be taught to children? the headline in "usa today" reads "no right brain left behind: must kids prep for risk taking?" with a closer look, we're joined by managing editor lauren ashburn. good morning. >> good morning. this is such an interesting story. let's start with the definition of right brain versus left brain for people who don't know what it is. a solid example. actually someone named gordon s

. # 95 northbound north of edsall road, light volume continuing out towards the 14th street bridge. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> new this morning, it was home to charitable and educational programs and services, but the knights of columbus hall in oxon hill, maryland is no more, destroyed overnight, engulfed by flames. sarah simmons joins us with the details. >> reporter: good morning. firefighters are still out here on the scene just wrapping things up at this point but i was able to talk with a few of them just a few moments ago who say at this point, they are just putting out hot spots at this knights of columbus hall. it sits back up on a hill. it is difficult to get back in there at this point. they are still trying to investigate, figure out what the cause of the fire is. let's take a look at the video shot just earlier this morning. voicing, amazing video. flames-- surprising, amazing video. flames that could be seen that have mostly destroyed the building. but firefighters are telling me there was a portion of the knights of columbus hall that they were

. >> reporter: she stood in handcuffs on the shoulder of i- 95 and edsall road. curious commuters looked on at a dozen police officers. it was an alert state trooper who spotted the license tag. >> really amazing he could scan all of the lanes of traffic, hov and three lanes in rush hour and still pick out this car. it was really good police work. >> reporter: her alleged crime bank robbery. >> it was a woman. >> really? >> normally guys are the dumb ones that go ahead and make these dumb choices. >> well, i guess it takes all kinds to make the world go round. >> reporter: she is suspected of robbing a sun trust on route 1. >> police is everywhere around here. i figured someone would have them. they drove that way and that way and real deep right here. >> reporter: frustrated customers were turned away by a closed sign for the rest of the day as detectives collected evidence and interviewed employees. only the u.p.s. man was allowed in. >> good she got caught. now she is putting me in a spot that i can't get my hard-earned money out of bank but i'm glad they caug

very quiet, north of the beltway on edsall road. good on 270. things are good to the beltway.at for a friday morning. we have some added clouds. total sunshine. good along the shenandoah valley and blue ridge. there is a cloud cover outside of the metro area and it will begin to disperse. 68 right now at reagan national. frederick, 66. warrenton, 66. bowie at 66. today it will feel a lot like yesterday. we have relatively low humidity levels. increased humidity and increasing clouds this weekend. a chance of storms late tomorrow and into sunday. sunday. >>> marion barry could face a new probe into the hiring of his ex-girlfriend. stalking charges were officially dropped yesterday. council members will meet privately today to decide how to procee with a possible inquiry. there are some questions with barry hiring donna watts- brighthaupt. >>> track repairs are expected to create delays on metro. all inbound and outbound trains on the red, orange, blue, a yellow lines will take turns sharing one track. >>> some local residents are throwing their support behind two journalists be

mainly from dallas over to the beltway and that northbound trip on 395 is dragging from edsall to seminaryg the 14th street bridge to the southeast southwest freeway. now over to kim. >>> angie, seven-day forecast is up. it is unsettledded to for sure. today will be one of the wettest days this week. tomorrow is just a few scattered showers, 86. coming up over the weekend we turn the temperatures up a little bit. around 90ing on saturday and again on sunday. sunday looks to be the wetter day this weekend. and then again next week we will be in and out of isolated thunderstorms and showers throughout the week and around 90 on tuesday with 92 on wednesday. don't forget, you can get the forecast from me every morning on twitter. follow me there. my i.d. is weather kim. the 9:00 a.m. show is up next. see you there.