at fedex field. a good friday night to be on the outside.inutes, i'll give you a check of hometown forecasted high temperatures. in addition to that, a chance for going out to the your beach forecast coming up at 5:41. at 5:51, you have a chance for your ten-day forecast coming up. you are going to like it. >>> breaking news. northwest, new hampshire avenue at m street still have all lanes blocked from an earlier pedestrian crash. likely will be that way for the morning here because it was unfortunately a deadly accident. beach drive northwest between wise road and sherril drive, all lanes blocked. stafford eastbound 3 at sherwood forest farm road. all lanes blocked. eastbound, red line delays, between silver spring and forest glen. >>> continuing coverage on the deadly explosion in silver spring. in a few hours, we expect to learn the cause of last week's blast. kristin wright is live at the long branch community center with more on what will be revealed today. when i look back here at the flower branch apartments, i can only thing just how

chopper 4 is live over fedex field. a cool shot there. the fans are ready.they are starting to arrive. this is a big game tonight. our third. we're going to get to see a lot of action for our starters tonight. >> you know who will get up close and personal with it, the one and only carol maloney. you are also very important to us. you're there at fedex field with the story lines that we need to watch for tonight. >> reporter: yep. the guys are starting to trickle out. it's 2 1/2 weeks until the regular season. this is as close as it gets to the real thing in the the starters but that includes kirk cousins and he's out behind me warming up. two hours until kickoff. you may not be able to feel the urgency but we can predict a very competitive night. nowhere is the competition more fierce than the beeline. so they are going to be battling in the trenches. >> go out there and lay everything out on the line and out there trying to get a start position, just trying to go out there and put everything together on film. >> so this is it, like the most important prese

happening today - it's the last practice game for the redskins at fedex field before the real football season begins. the skins take on the buffallo bills tonight- and some good news if you're heading to the game. head coach jay gruden says the teams starters including quarterback kirk cousins should be playing for at least the first half. kickoff is at 7:30. to baseball now and a sigh of relief this morning as the nats finally break their losing streak. in the final game of the battle of the beltways series - jayson werth gets the party going in the fourth inning. one-nothing nats. then in the 8th, some insurance as bryce harper bats in two more runs. sweep to the orioles, winning four-nothing. tonight, the rockies are in town. first pitch - at seven o' five. and before the game last night - another local olympian was on the mound at nats park. rockville's helen maroulis...the first american women to ever win an olympic gold medal in women's wrestling, threw out the first pitch - donning her gold. and maroulis says that's one piece of hardware she's keeping for herself. maroulis was a

skytrack7 is up over live over fedex field where redskins will take on the buffalo bills. what the preseason game could mean for the season in sports. leon: fable fans to "dukes of hazzard" fans. why ben jones is shutting down the store even though the business is doing fine. michelle: the f.d.a. orders a major change because of zika and how it will affect the nation. how far it has spread in the u.s. >> just in time for move-in day a heatwave ramps up the temperature in d.c. i'm mike carter-conneen. hot reality incoming freshmen face in 20% of the storms luann bennett. after losing her husband to cancer, she raised three boys here in northern virginia and grew the family business. a single working mom who helped create over 1,000 local jobs, bringing people together to solve problems. nnett. in business, you bring everyone to the table and work to get results. congress just doesn't get that-- there's too much partisanship. i approve this message because washington needs more common-sense problem solvers

. >>> to the next story, how about one that matters, football is back at fedex field. red skins hosting the jets tonight. a live report on the way. >>> how do you feel about a pool with no lifeguards. why swimmers might be on their own in parts of our ar fios is not cable. we're wired differently, which means we can fix things differently. thanks for calling fios. this is ryan. you can't tell me this cord isn't in. i'm sending you a link to the my fios app that going to let me see what you're seeing. really? yes, mr. mcenroe... see that cord? just plug it into the connector on the right. so you can clearly see what's in and what's out? oh absolutely. i like that. tech support that lets your technician see the problem over your smartphone. only from fios. >>> swim at your own risk. >> first time in decades, fairfax is allowing hotels, condo complexs, and a gym to get rid of their lifeguards. as northern virginia bureau chief, peggy fox, reports, critics worry the trend will continue and lead to a higher rate

erin: we are live at fedex field ahead of a third preseason game. look behind me.you can see the bills players are out here, a couple of redskins. how important is this game? but how did we end up here? his mom thought he had the flu and that he was covered by the meningococcal meningitis vaccine he had received. until 2014 there were no vaccines for meningitis b in the u.s. now there are. while uncommon, meningitis b can lead to death within 24 hours. trumenba is a vaccine for 10 through 25 year olds to help prevent group b meningococcal disease. trumenba should not be given if you had a severe allergic reaction after a previous dose. most common side effects were injection-site pain, fatigue... headache, muscle pain, and chills. ask your doctor or pharmacist about and tell them if you've received any other meningitis b vaccines. meningitis b can be spread by typical sharing like... a drink... a spoon... a kiss. it all started here... it might have been prevented with trumenba. ask your doctor or pharmacist about trumenba. jonathan: well, it was both a scary and b

the last preseason game is at fedex field and that will be next week. >> it's going to be a big day for football fans who want to see the redskins play and it's a big day. >> here for storm team 4 meteorologist lauryn ricketts. happy birthday! >> thank you! >> lauryn is like where is this going. >> is it a big day for everybody because it's so hot outside? >> happy day, girlfriend. >> i was having trouble >> there's no creeping in for me. >> you were the one that came in saying you were a year older today. >> it was so funny. i was trying to give myself a little bit of cool weather today, but it doesn't look like that's going to happen. in fact this heat will continue all the way through the weekend and all the way through early next week. you know, we've got 90s actually continuing. i think upper 80s friday, saturday and sunday of next week, so a week away. oh, man. so got to get used to this heat. get used to the beautiful view because we're going to have plenty of sunshine. look at our live city camera, a gorgeous view out there. we have a heat index already at 100 degrees right now

that w fedex field. we are still seeing volume on the beltway.n the inner loop it's heavy from the dulles to road to the 270 spur. the travel lane is open. regular friday volume. for folks making a trip, it's sluggish to frederick. northbound 121 in clarksburg. back to you. jonathan: thank you. the all-important weekend weather. we are here finally. alison: we are dead toy hear about -- ready to hear about it. doug: starting out with a fine note. the conditions above laurel, maryland. winds out of the northwest at 4 miles per hour. no threat of rain in the metro area. if you have outdoor dining plans it will be fine. upper 80's for a while. falling in the mid-80's. a comfortably warm evening. as far as rain, we have been tracking the showers and the downpours that pop up in the mountains. they continue that way. they ju as they travel with the winds from the northwest to the southeast. i don't think they make it past 81. certainly not past the blue ridge. we keep an eye on if immediate metro area but the favorable conditions are more favorable in

it's a 7:30 kickoff at fedex field. temperatures near 90 degrees at 7:00 in the evening and most of the game time temperatures will be in the low to mid-80s, so it will certainly be a warm friday night out at the ballpark and at the football field. meanwhile, for the weekend if your thinking about getting away and getting out to cooler weather, a little chance for some showers at the coast line on friday but saturday and sunday will be great days at the beach, temperatures only in the mid-80s. if you're more of a mountain than a beach person, there's a little chance of a shower tomorrow but saturday and sunday, partly to mostly sunny. a lot cooler. if you can get up along skyline drive, it will be much more pleasant, temperatures only in the low to mid-80s. that will feel nice. here's our ten-day forecast. hot, hotter and hotter. our next best chance for steady rain showers doesn't come until the tuesday, wednesday, thursday time frame of next week. and then we will cool down just a bit in time for labor day ek >>> mean

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redskins returned home and they are preparing for the preseason game at fedex field against the jets. after three long week in richmond the player had a nice surprise awaiting them in araban. new locker rooms completely remodeled. you better believe that the players enjoyed it. >> spending the money. >> it's good, man. got an area to be comfortable. >> the washington nationals playing matinee baseball in colorado. jason worth extended the on-base streak with the third inning walk. he reached base in 45 straight games. we'll highlight for the nats game later tonight at 10:00 and 11:00. maureen: we extend congratulations to katie ledecky. welcome her back. >> amazing lady. maureen: a big celebrity here. doug: we're watching the showers and the thunderstorms, flash flood watch for the metro and beyond. showers and storms along the mountain will move eastward. track them to make sure they don't become severe. that is what steve willdo. he will keep a close eye on the storms to update the beach outlook for the weekend. >>> tonight, several developing stories as we come on the air. fire onb

and speaking of the fedex field game, 7:30, kick-off, upper 80s to start. low to mid-80s by tend of the game. a very warm night at fedex. 94 in town. 91 across the bay. 89 in reedville. so everybody is on the toasty and one more shot of fedex sky but that's not going to be the case had a few hours. 94, feeling like 99. heat index didn't get much above 100 today because we had a northwesterly wind of 13 miles per hour. so dew point is high but last night it was like 75, 76. so a tad less humid and that's the key the next few days. not a big drop in humidity but just a touch. a lot of moisture. and this rain potential for louisiana. this is a very weak disturbance in the gulf of mexico. not enough time to develop. but look at the moisture moving toward louisiana. they don't need that. for us, we had a trough push through and a front trying to get here. and there's nothing on radar. you may see something very isolated pop up. but we're going to stay quiet today. saturday looks to be a mostly sunny, hot and dry day. any storms late saturday in ohio, virginia. bu

erin: friday is the next redskins game at fedex field. >> and now the toyota sports desk, brought toalers. erin: one of the goals of the preseason is to avoid major injuries. unfortunately, starting running back matt jones suffered an a.c. in his left shoulder in the game against the jets. he averaged 4.4 yards per carry last night. hopefully the sprain is nothing too serious. would have more tests done today and this is his first shoulder issue, so he hopes that it heals quickly. >> somebody landed on my shoulder. just came down awkward on my shoulder. when i went down on it, scale of one to 10, it was about a 7. then it went up. then it went down. still have some flexibility in it. it's not as bad as it was. indianapolis, the ravens are getting ready to kick off their second preseason game against the colts. one guy happy to be back in a uniform is linebacker terrel suggs. he missed all of last season with a torn left achilles. but he not play tonight, is hoping to see some live game action before the reckless season starts. suggs still has a way to go before he feels like he is in

and fedex field, i think we could be upper 80s for the kickoff, and you're headed out to fedex tomorrow evening, and be prepare rt night of football. temperatures upper 70s and below 80 in several spots. cooling off, and it's not that much cool every, but mountains are upper 60s and low 70s. quiet for the weather camera. feeling like 89 with the dew point way up there, and 75, and this is the stuff that normally is down on the gulf coast, and it has been a lot of summer with the air in place, and the low so far for the month of august, 67 degrees, and if that holds, and i think did may, that would be a record for august 1st. thunderstorms tonight, pennsylvania, ahead of the front that will try to slip through tomorrow, and then the humidity is in place. high pressure is nearby, and our futurecast is quiet, and it tries to kick the isolated activity off? the afternoon, and -- off in the afternoon, and then the rain chances will be lower. gaston here, and we do well, not much here. it's tropical with a little swirl. you can't see it here. if it holds together, it will track to the north p

fedex field will come alive tomorrow night with the redskins' second preseason game, against the jets. don't expect anything to exciting form the game. the redskins will keep it simple. starters will play a couple series and be done for the night. the top priority tomorrow night, remain injury-free. >> definitely trying to stay healthy, get the endurance up, get more active. and rough.hot we have to get used to playing games. >> healthy, but more execution and attention to details. scott: remember this guy? browns tonight. that is a beautiful throw, 50 yards, touchdown. and two6-8 for 96 yards touchdowns. cleveland, though, loses. history in rio. helen maroulis became the first in. woman to win gold wrestling. she shocked the world, beating japan in the 53 kilogram weight class. before the match, the japanese wrestler had won 16 straight world or olympic titles. unbelievable moment for a local pro. congratulations to helen, an olympic champion. washington visiting houston. 1-0. 63rd minute. from 35 yards out, what a touch that was. impressive. spirit win 2-1. bolt took care of busines

this is the only action from kirk cousins at fedex field last night. act up quarterback colt mccoy said he foun the starter as he was walking out of the tunnel. here is jay gruden on his crafty decision. we have a lot of good players in this locker room. i wanted to make sure that our backups are ready to play at all times. backups lot of the stepping up and starting last year, and at that is important for cold to get some -- for colt to get some practice. erin: the ravens in indianapolis tonight, facing the colts, which use all right here on abc 7. joe flacco did not play. mallettecond, ryan starting for joe flacco. over the middle for aiken, 14 yard touchdown. 7-3 ravens. in the fourth, the colts take the lead and try to stretch it stephan morse throws the interception at the goal line come off to the races come all the way. for is good for two points the ravens. baltimore wins a thriller. even though it is only the preseason, pretty cool. fresh off winning the nba cares committee assist award, -- nba cares community assist award, john wall held a ba

we have a zip trip in rosslyn and preseason football, th fedex field. game time set for 7:30 and should be great weather >> should be good weather to watch. i can't wait till the real season starts >> i'm excited for at the food. >>> to the baseball diamond, the nats in atlanta taking on the braves, game delayed nearly two hours because of rain, looks like the rain brought them good luck. nats win 8-2. game two is tonight. >>> rain in atlanta. what's it going to be like here, mike gave me the personal forecast >> lawn mowing conditions >> lawn mowing conditions. of you should make that a regular thing, mike, lawn mowing conditions with mike thomas >> and how about a pool day >> i like it. how about a pool day? we keep talking about the pool parties and i have yet to get an invite >> i can invite you over to cut my grass since you're not going to the pool party >> surely. get me over there wisdom, you'll see what your yard looks like. cricts watching dc. mostly sunny skies in fact most on the day you'll be dry on your friday, current conditions, no sun b

it is getting closer to game time friday night at fedex field.e redskins host the buffalo bills in their preseason game. hope for the fans that kirk cousins and the other first-teamers play more than a from the patriots. played 17 games, but last year play just eight games, dealing with concussion issues. the center position for the redskins is now extremely crowded, with four players. d.c. united, north of the border, facing montrÉal. united with the lead in the 87th minute. the centering pass, heads it in. the gameends 1-1. goalkeeper hope solo has been suspended six months from the u.s. women's soccer team in response to solo calling the swedish team a bunch of cowards after they knocked the americans out of the him up x. -- out of the olympics. looks like hope solo is learning the hard way, once again. leon: you have to see to believe. this is the largest one in the world. leon: we are going to show you something that you may not recognize, but this may be the largest, most valuable pearl in the world. it was found inside of a giant clam of t

the redskins arriving at fedex field a short time ago.he guys behind me warming up getting ready. the head coach jay gruden is hoping for a better performance this week against the jets than last week against atlanta. namely 14 penalties that doomed the skins. here's what his players are looking at for tonight's matchup. >> honestly, just gelling together and continuing to build on what we already started in the past and things like that. got another opportunity friday to play against a pretty good team, the jets, and get to do it in front of our home crowd so it will be exciting first time in 2016. >> i feel very good about the chemistry on the team. and i think we have a great group of guys, good people, professionals. they approach their job with the kind of professionalism that we need, and, you know, we're just starting to build that understanding with some new players, you know, of what they do well and try to put them in positions to be successful. >> you can watch tonight's game on comcast sportsnet and also on cozi-tv. kickoff is

dulles, redskins are back at team headquarters in ashburn, preparing for friday's preseason game at fedex fieldgainst the jets. regular season quickly approaching, the players are happy to be home from their familiar routine. >> it feels great. it feels good to be home. field, put our home the garbage out, check the mail, doing the things that real i don't know. the nationals wrapping up their series in colorado. stephen strasburg got the start, but did not last long. the rockies touched up strasburg for nine runs, he shortest outing of the season. bryce harper was 2-4 with a two-run blast. the nationals fall in colorado, 12-10. the orioles hosting boston. if the orioles starting pitching does not improve, they will have big problems. sandy leon turns around the dylan bundy offering, onto eutaw street. the rain brought the game to an early end, the red sox out slugging the birds 8-7. the u.s. women swept the olympic medals in the 100 meter hurdles, the first time any country has ever accomplished the sweet. the united states still doing very well in rio. doing the job on the track. jonathan: co

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reporting live from fedex field, otis livingston, steve, back to you guys back to you. >> thank you. >>> as for the giants, they are playing their second preseason game tomorrow at 4 p.m. in buffalo. >>> another step back for a mets team that's already dealing with injuries. starting pitcher steven matz is scratched from tonight because of shoulder discomfort. they hope it's only one start. they will welcome back yoenis activated from the dl hoping to give the mets a jolt. they are 4.5 games back of the final wild card spot. >>> shamed winner ryan lochte finally spoke up about his gas station incident. he apologized. if you would like to read his statement, go to cbsnewyork.com. >>> team usa is headed to its third straight gold medal game in basketball. for all the offensive fire just 39% in the second half. u.s. wins 82-76. the gold medal game is on sunday against either serbia or australia. they are playing now. >> they have had a lot of close games. >> but they are still winning! >> it's not the dream team of '92. >> back after this. we love the new york state fair! two words.. pi

they will be playing over the bills on friday night at fedex field. 21-16, kirk cousins the quarterback throwing three touchdowns. yes, russell was there early, but it came off as the skins first teamers looked pretty good in the victory. but of course there is always room for improvements. >> i think the defense and the offense is ready to go. i think as a team we are firing on the offenders. we have not even done our best work yet. >> coach is sa sure? are you sure? and you know, we'll get some i mean, you know, i wasn't even breaking the sweat. >> you've got to love josh norman. been nearly 300 days since they last played for the quarterback with the ravens. flacco coming back from knee surgery. final count 39 against the lions. >> it was good to get back out there. it was good to get in the huddle, go through pre-game. get your mind ready to play in the nfl game and then go out there and compete a couple of passes to do some things to get your mind and your body used to doing that. >> hey, pre-season with the chargers and the vikings with a couple of flashy plays by the starters. me

we have more on his injury and we'll be joined live from fedex field coming up in sports. >>> policerity camera video of a vehicle they believe was involved in a deadly hit and run. that rash happened around 30u 0 a.m. the car is hard to make out, but authorities believe it was blue. david, a popular bartender, was killed. we talk to some people that work at that intersection. they say it is dangerous. >> it is a bad intersection. >> we were talking about in the office. it could have been any of us. >> anothere and killed on thursday in that case, the driver stayed on the scene. >>. >>> we're also learning about a shooting involving a deputy this week. police identified the man he shot as jobani martinez. the officer believed that marty ned bhiegt having a medical emergency due to the heat or a mental health issue. they took martinez to fair faction after he was discharged. security helped him to a bus stop, and that is where he attacked a guard with a sign post. we're told that the deputy shot him after he came at him with a sign post. >>> tonight, the heartbreaking but not unexpect

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. >> police are still on the scene at shady glenn terrace just a couple of miles south of fedex fieldgan fitzgerald. >> reporter: this happened around 10:00 this evening. police tell us one of their officers fired a shot behind us here and struck the suspect who was taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. you can see a heavy police presence here on shady glenn terrace and capital heights. police have expanded the perimeter as they continue this investigation. right now, they're telling us they're trying to determine why the officer fired he is shot and what exactly happened here. but evidence placards are out here. police officers are be out here investigating for several more hours. we will continue to update you on the latest on our nbc washington app. megan fitzgerald, news4. >>> a lot of people are talking about what donald trump said tonight, but this time it's because the gop presidential nominee a admission. >> trump expressed regret for the pain some of his statements may have caused. as steve handlesman reports tonight, it came at one of the first rallies si

we're at fedex field with a preview of the redskins preview game at home. >>> today investigators ruledt tampering or a bomb and instead said a gas leak in one of the buildings meter rooms is likely to blame for an apartment fire. investigators also announcing three of the seven people believed to have been killed in the blast have been identified. now the investigation shifts to who is to blame. one survivor and his lawyer told us today he had previously reported smelling gas and building owners kay apartment management ignored his compla

fedex field, the temperatures will be falling right through the upper around 80 degrees.ooking ahead, temperatures continue to drop to the weekend. by the early part of next week we will see temperatures in the 80's with n until we get to the end of next week. the best chance for coming up is chance.y, a 60% clouds across the area down to the south of fredericksburg. let's take a moment and appreciate this friday. there was at ago tent of orange and red. we were commenting on the scaffolding coming down each and every day. what a shot. we are at 70 degrees here. feel like 88 to 91. around lunchtime, a-ok, thumbs up, a little sweating. 96 by the time we get to the hottest part of our day. in the weekend forecast, we have showers coming up. more on that and a couple of minutes. there's a chance for storms on sunday. ok? showing you this a little early. east of interstate 95 for saturday, storm chances julie: a very busy ride for what is supposed to be a friday morning of like traffic volume. handsinitely have our full. this is westbound connecticut avenue. the left lane is

the game is at 7:30 at fedex field for the upcoming weekend, we are around 90 degrees with the hire humidity it is -- with the higher humidity and we will check the rain chances. julie: we have had a busy morning today, and unfortunately another crash involving a pedestrian has tied up this portion of 210 at palma road. john gonzalez is reporting live from the scene and will be back with us shortly. bailout early. plan on using oxon hill road as a work around. it is starting to stack up toward the outlets, but it is a straight shot to the capital beltway. police are on the scene, diverting traffic into the service road at palmer road. that tissue through the neighborhood to reconnect with 210. that invest -- that takes you through the neighborhood to reconnect with 210. that investigation is still taking place. the gw parkway headed into d.c., off the parkway there is a stalled vehicle blocking the right lane at the memorial bridge. the memorial bridge remains open, but we have trees and wires down around guinea road, of thef the -- south little river turnpike. single tracking red line betwe

the redskins next preseason game is tomorrow night at fedex field against the buffalo bills. autria: the fireworks at nats park before the game even got started, check this out, bethesda's own katie ledecky throwing out first pitch of the nats game. all of this of course after she recruited bryce harper to hold medals forals -- her. not a bad arm on her. she did come back from rio with four gold medals. seee: it has been great to on my friends, to spend some time with family. autria: the most exciting part of the match for the nats. the nationals come up short for the third straight time against the orioles. they lost 10-8. larry: a new glimpse into the life of a lesson. -- a legend. shedding light on how prince lived ahead on "g autria: -- veronica: we're back to the summer heat is starting today. the humidity not too bad just yet. in d.c., we are 69 degrees. quantico warmer now at 71 with a touch of humidity already. kids going back to school, prince george's county, allegheny, and more scores coming around via labor day, but for this day, we get to b- for a great dismissal

forecast for the game tomorrow night fedex field, 90 degrees at 7:00. temperatures mostly in the 80s during the few minutes. let's head over to melissa. >>> taking a look at 95 skaggsville road. no problems. prince george's county, overall, no problems there. had an earlier problem on branch avenue that's cleared out of the way. 95 in virginia, quantico to the beltway, takes you 17 minutes right now. you are at speed southbound. no problems either in the southbound lanes and at 66 here at fairfax county parkway, eastbound, westbound, rolling along just fine. i'll see you back here at 5:21 with a live look at 270. >>> i'm kristin wright at the live desk. just in, american university of afghanistan is closed until further notice after a violent attack on campus yesterday. it left 13 people dead, including students, and police officers. a car bomb detonated at the front gate of the university. multiple gunmen stormed their way in. afghan special forces responded and killed two attackers. it was a ten-hour long ordeal. two professors were abducted earlier t

redskins hosting buffalo bills at fedex field. it will be 90 degrees as the game gets started, falling back into the low 80s by 11:00 tonight when you are trying to get your way out of the steamy stadium. here is now melissa mollet on a friday morning traffic report. >>> 95 southbound hereafter 175 in maryland crash on the left shoulder. police response headed to the scene right now. not seeing anything affected northbound or southbound right now but wanted to let you know about that one. in virginia, southbound on 95 as you are headed out of fredericksburg today at 639 near ladysmith. one lane is getting by on that. they are going to stick around for two more hours there. 66 into town and out of town is just fine. we'll take a look at 270 coming up. >>> kristin wright here at the live desk. we're monitoring big aftershocks in italy right now. this after that huge massive earthquake the other day. this is a live picture you are looking at. this is what much of central italy looks like today. people feeling these after shocks, stil

to the redskins game tomorrow night against the bills at 7:30, it will be hot on your way out to fedex fieldgame time temperatures in the 80s. no real great chances for rain until the middle parks of next week. here's melissa to help you navigate the troubles. >>> breaking news on 66. right now, inbound, 66 at 29, a six-mile backup. 66, again at 29. this is looking a little bit better. still has a bit of a delay there this morning. top of the beltway at colesville you can see the righ bit. big look at the beltway. you can see everything else looks good but we have those slowdowns, outer loop as you are approaching colesville because of that problem there on the right shoulder. as far as travel times, looking good overall. 95 north from qun tickco to the beltway, no major issues there and looking at maryland, 270 southbound is okay. top of the beltway, we're in red right now. it's going to take you 30 minutes to get from 95 over to 270. guys. >>> 6:54. here are 4 things to know this morning. two people who were found at a -- two people who were found at a homicide scene in montgomery county w

. >>> well, we are gearing up for football with preseason play at fedex field. >> even though the redskinsg last night's win, they couldn't avoid injuries in the second preseason game. running back matt jones left in the first quarter of the redskins 22-18 victory over the new york jets with a sprained left shoulder. jones couldn't raise his hand above his head even after the game. the coach, jay gruden, was cautiously optimistic about the situation, and so was he. >> i have a lot of flexibility in it and moving well right now. only thing i can't do is raise my hand right now. that's about it. >> jones returned to the sideline during a third quarter with a jacket covering his left arm in a sling. >> colt mccoy did really well, too. >> a lot of highlights there. >>> 6:35. a test drive. they definitely will not forget the expensive mistake after one driver hit the gas at a dealership. >>> mission to honor the victims of the 9/11 terror attacks. how hundreds are riding through several stes for a cause thta hey mom, iis could use some bas. how hundreds are riding through several stes for a cau

bergny and gold hosting the jets at fedex field set for 7:30 tonight. . >>> let's talk real baseball. preseason baseball. nats in atlanta taking on the braves. game delayed nearly two hours because of rain. looks like the rain brought the nats good luck they won 8-2. the second game. game two in that series is tonight. >>> time now for facebook the day, and today, it is linette evans >> check it out. that is a banging hairstyle. she was disappointed she wasn't picked fan of the day for her birthday. >> we're so sorry we missed your special day we hope it was fabulous. as fabulous as you are. happy belated birthday to you and thank you for tuning in. for your chance to be tomorrow's fan, put your photo on our facebook page. . >>> i hope it's not too late to say sorry. >> a little from wisdom martin. >> happy birthday to you. >> she looks like someone. who does she rhyme you of? >> brianna? >> i didn't know brianna had that hairstyle. >> golden brooks >> ok, she had a little golden brooks >> if you're watching utell us what you think >> who do you get mistaken for >> mike thomas says br

it's good to be back home here at fedex field.t the new york jets. you know what, the starters, they are going to play a little bit more. that's a treat for the fans. expect those guys to play anywhere for the entire first quarter or the majority of the first quarter. want to step here you'll see some of the players getting warmed up behind me. you can see the defensive line. rookie jean francois and all the guys ready to go for their matchup or getting ready to go for their matchup tonight against the new york jets. tritt williams will not play but guys like cravens the young linebacker trying to stay loose, drafted this year, playing in front of the home crowd for the first time and kirk cousins played one series last week. expect a heavier workload for him tonight. desean jackson also ready and been in greatness at preseason and head coach jon gruden has an idea of what the team can work on tonight against the jets. >> i would like to see us improve on the running game and the penalties is another thing. i don't want to see a l