firehouse road.all northbound lanes remain closed as they continue to investigate that fatal crash. meanwhile, we're looking at a shot of the inner loop here. where drivers obviously are slow. making their way from braddock up to route 50 on the outer loop in maryland north of the district from 95 to georgia. sun glare is a factor. we're below speed. over to jess. >> as for wall street, higher this morning ahead of some new economic data and of course, the big meeting at the white house over the debt ceiling. >> "the early show" previews the sentencing for casey anthony plus more on nasa's final shuttle launch. >> anny and myself are back in 25 minutes with another live update on your and weather. >> get news, weather and traffic by visiting wusa9.com. >>

accident investigation remains on westbound 202 west of 704 at firehouse road. the roadway is blocked. eastbound lanes are open. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. >> thank you. >>> apparently unlimited has its limits, at least if you are a verizon wireless subscriber. starting today, new smartphone customers have caps on how much data they can consume. will we pay more for our phone and application addictions? money reporter melanie alnwick breaks it down. >> reporter: verizon joins at&t and t mobile in capping customer's data usage. verizon plans start at $30 a month for two gigabytes. >> i read in the wall street journal this is the last day of the existing contract. >> reporter: verizon joins at&t in capping customer data usages. >> we think this could be harmful to consumers, especially as prices go up and consumers may not realize how much data they are using. >> reporter: consumer groups like consumer union worry that customers will end up with bill shock. >> we need carriers to have more transparency with respect to what they are offering and

it happened this morning along route 202 near firehouse road in landover, maryland. the unidentified woman died at the scene. police say the driver involved in the collision remained at the scene. >>> maryland state police are searching for clues in a bizarre attack on the bw parkway. they say a man in his 60s went after a speed camera vehicle be and the contractor inside. it all happened yesterday morning along the parkway near interstate 95 and bwi marshall airport. the contractor was sitting in the jeep which is used as a mobile speed camera vehicle. he says the suspect came up to the rear window and began tapping on it with a shotgun. >> the witness was obviously frightened at that point and began blowing his hoch -- his horn. he said the individual came around and began striking the front windshield with his hammer. >> police shut down the parkway while they searched for the man. they never did find him. the contractor inside the jeep was not hurt. >>> the national park service is looking for a bilingual volunteers to spread a life saving message about the dange

accident activity 202 at firehouse road. an ongoing investigation of a crash there. a lot of activity on the scene. this is west of 704. 202 is blocked off right now in each direction. no incidents to report right now as you travel the top stretch of the beltway around to colesville road. an easy drive southbound 270 working from 104 into germantown. northbound i-95, the usual suspects from the prince william parkway. accident activity reported eastbound on 66 at the exit for marshal. the eastbound lanes are currently closed. westbound everything is open. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. >> thank you, julie. >>> there bass excitement outside the verizon center but not for a sporting event but an ancient ritual. all these people that you see here came to see the dalai lama celebrate world peace. it's meant to inspire harmonious relationships and peace in the hearts of everyone in the world. it celebrates the 76th birthday of the dalai lama. he doesn't think that is important. >> in our tradition, we consider the death is more important than birthday. >>

the crash happened along landover road near firehouse road at 5:30 this morning.rince george's county police say lelia witfield was killed crossing the busy street. the driver stayed on the scene. police don't believe speed or alcohol were factors in the crash. so far, no charges have been filed. >>> maryland state police hope a new description of the armed man on the baltimore washington parkway yesterday will help them find him. police believe the man armed with a shotgun and a hammer attacked a speed camera vehicle about 11:00 yesterday morning in ligament acouple. the contractor wasn't harmed. the suspect is described as a white man in his 50s or 60s. he appeared to be 6 feet tall and 220 pounds with a pot belly. the suspect was wearing clear glasses, a red and blue plaid shirt. he was carrying a black backpack. >>> weather weise, not much going on out there now, but looks like we might get wet tomorrow, huh, doug? >> a lot of people could get wet during the day tomorrow. a flash flood watch issued by the national weather service. right now, the heat we're dea