an accident on the outer loop at frederick road off to the shoulder causing a delay. proaching the beltway in the clearing stages, another big one on north and southbound. and we have that one in sykesville, liberty road at enterprise. taking a live look outside, another big delay on 95 and this is a look at 795. this traffic report's brought to you by jiffy lube. stop by jiffy lube this morning and knock it off your to-do list. you don't even need an appointment. back over to you. >>> thank you. we are following some breaking news this morning of a triple fatal car accident in north baltimore. city police were chasing a honda from east baltimore when that vehicle was t-boned by a jeep at the intersection of york road and northern parkway. three people were killed and one person is in critical condition. none of those were officers. the intersection is expected to be shut down for several hours. drivers are urged to take alternate routes. >>> ravens head coach john harbaugh is speaking out today after a star player is injured during a brawl with a stripper. according t

this is what it looks like at frederick road. those delays are heavy. you can get by using the left lane. an average travel time of 15 minutes. this is going to have an impact as more and more folks get on the road. 70 oraving an impact on i- northbound 95 up towards the beltway. inner loop motorists are in fine shape. accident. outer loop that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. growinger sign of a economy. fewer workers say they are forced to live paycheck to paycheck these days. report theyrs usually live paycheck to paycheck. in 2012.own from 40% menn are more likely than to live paycheck to paycheck. considering relaxing restrictions on the use of in- flight devices. they are expected to announce new guidelines by the end of the month. passengers might be able to use e-books along with previously downloaded podcasts and movies, if the measure passes. >> you can watch ravens highlights right from your twitter feed. jane king has more in the bloomberg business report. >> good morning. twitter teaming up with the nfl. they'll share the ad revenue. veriz

it is a crash right now two outer loop lanes are blocked here at frederick road.ocking in at 15 miles per hour for speeds. it will be jacked back to interstate 70. it is up to 19 minutes pushing from 795 down to 95. follow me on twitter and facebook. -- [inaudible] it will be nice and clear on the outer loop up to 83. 11 minutes from 695 down to east fayette street. that is your time saver traffic. >>> a crash that -- but one victim's family members is speaking out. abc 2 news is live with the latest on the investigation. jeff. >> reporter: she came here for a better life, angel traveled here from africa a year ago to join her children in baltimore. her life ended in the path of a car speeding away from officers after police spotted what they're calling criminal activity. a friend was driving her home from her housekeeping drive when the vehicle was struck by the car. police won't say if the officers were involved in a high speed choice. >> i am hurting. i am hurting. i don't know what to do. i don't know what to say. i am hurting. >> tragically the same day she w

an accident on the outer loop at frederick road. we are seeing a bit of a delay forming and that area. as you travel through sykesville, we have a crash to avoid. we have an accident at dundalk avenue. we are starting to build in volume on the west side. traffic onking 795. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> good morning. i have a lot of help today. and hise with ollie wiseguys. temperatures are in the 40's at the airport. 55 degrees downtown. a lot of sunshine expected today. ollie, the mascot with the national weather service. i am here and we have the wiseguys. they have some fun glasses. this is so neat. >> this is something new. we do not have a real outreach component that focuses on education and safety. we started facebook and twitter pages where you can follow o llie. these guys are wiseguys in training. >> they look pretty wise with the glasses. that have a cool game teaches you safety for hurricanes, tornadoes, flash flooding. it takes an hour to play the game online. lots of fun. we want everybody to have a safet

traffic is moving at frederick road. we're seeing some delays on eastbound i-70. andave a crash at 214 solomon islands road. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. tony has a check on your forecast. >> we are watching some rain to parts of virginia and back into the mountains. just northwest of richmond. we are not going to get any rain at of this. we have some high, thin cloud cover this morning. these are the kind of clouds that add a lot of color on the horizon. ava was talking about that a few minutes ago. you get the clouds and you get a nice sunrise. 56 in chestertown. we should make it up to about 74 this afternoon. this high pressure will be the dominating factor this weekend. it will set up an east northeast wind and that could create some fog and night and maybe some low clouds early onset are day and sunday. a mix of clouds and sun. pleasant temperatures this afternoon between 71 and 76. the average high is 74. it should be mostly sunny tomorrow. maybe some clouds or fog in the morning on saturday with temperatures in the low 70's. our next chance for r

you are taking a live look here at frederick road. clocking in at just 20 miles per hour.eing affected. we are look at this minutes there but it is starting to get worse. mary traffic, the very latest delays. as we look at the other main lines, the belt line is delay- free. 55 miles per hour, very calm ride up toward townsend and white marsh. you will not have any problems heading to fort mchenry: 83 in hunt valley, nothing to get in your way southbound as you push down to 695. then jfx will be nice and clear as you drive to downtown baltimore. that's your time saver traffic. >>> the affordable care act is less than aa week from going into effect. president obama will travel the country and promote the law. >> we have to get everybody to sign up. >> everybody sign up. go to healthcare .gov. >>> he sat down with president bill clinton hangouting the benefits of the new initiative. the president will come today for the same reason. he will speak at the community college this morning around 11:00. the final push comes as lawmakers continue to battle over issues including -- m

a crash on the outer loop at frederick road and another crash on eastbound 70 prior to the beltway.e are le with heavy delays. right now just 12 miles per hour here on the outer loop at baltimore national pike. drive times up to 25 minutes for those of you making a push from 795 down to 95. the east side of the beltway will be nice and clear. you are be lookinlive west of perking parkway inner loop clear down to 95 and drive time of 11 minutes typical ride from 95 up to 83. that's your timesaver traffic. >>> we start with breaking news out of north baltimore. three people are dead and a fourth in critical condition following a two-car crash that happened after midnight. this photograph is from that scene. police say they were trying to stop the vehicle in baltimore city for what they call suspicious activity. they say the car was a honda and the driver took off. they crashed into a jeep at york road d northern parkway. the driver and passengers in the honda died. that is shot of the jeep. the passenger died but the driver is said to be in critical condition. we have not learned the

among the worst of the citations at new fortune on south frederick road? a severe roach infestation, even a dead roach observed in a container of oil. violations the manager says they've corrected and he didn't consider such a big problem. >> not much, a lot, yeah. >> reporter: inspectors also cited a hand washing sink nonaccessible. >> i don't think so. >> reporter: that's exactly what they're talking about. workers quickly cleared that sink and then lined up to wash at the other. now look at this video shot in great falls, virginia, at romantic pizza by the slice did. you see it? watch it again. >> no heat, right? >> reporter: inspectors temporarily closed romantico pizza by the slice with nine violations include nothing staff trained in food safety and an employee handling ready to eat food with bare hands. that would be great, too but if you want to call your manager. you're calling the police. now watch this worker in kensington maryland cracking fresh eggs, tossing them over the soon to be served bread, then barehanded grabbing that bread, buttering

the second one in frederick road. third in the outer loop, edmunds and wilkersons avenue. stretching to 95 and continuing to build. as far as the rest of the region, have a crash in washington boulevard, whiskey bottom road. delaywise, stretching from 895 past 70. top side interloop, watch for slow traffic, going to harper road. average speed only 24 miles an hour. northbound 95, lengthy delay on the west side. 32 over to the belt way. as far as your overall drive time, outer loop from 83 to 95. slow in the region. and 16 minutes to get through. let's now go take a live look. as you could see, not too bad. that's a look at the beltway at security boulevard. that report is brought to you make a new friend. coming to -- you could get your tickets at ticket master.com. back to you. >>> breaking news just moments ago. the city police commissioner speaks for the first time about the triple fatal crash that happened after possibly a police chase. wjz is live. derrick has the latest. what did he say? >> well, not much. he has some concerns about what he knows about the crash. beca

that's a look at the west side and that delay there at frederick road. there's a look at 795 backed up at mcdonough. >>> time is running out for congress to pass a new budget. if they don't do so before tuesday the government will run out of money. at least one member of congress said the odds of a government shut down are 50/50. susan mcginnis reports for wjz. >> mr. cruz, i. >> texas senate ted or ted cruz joined his senate colleagues, 100 in voting to begin debate to keep the government funded. he voted yes after spending 21 hours on the senate floor to try to preserve part of the bill that would defund obamacare. they conceded they don't have the votes to eliminate the health care law. >> we will need 13 democrats to over ride a presidential veto. >> a final vote on a resolution without the obamacare provision is expected in the senate tomorrow and then the bill heads back to the house where anything could happen. >> it's really unclear how the house is going to react. >> democrats and republicans are meeting to figure out their next move. democrats

among the worst at new fortune on south frederick road, a severe roach infestation, even a dead roach observed in a container of oil, violations the manager says are corrected and he didn't consider such a big problem. inspectors also cited a hand washing sink nonaccessible. >> i don't think so. >> reporter: that's exactly what they're talking about. workers quickly cleared that sink and then lined up to wash at the other. now look at this video shot in great falls, virginia, at romantico pizza by the slice did. you see it? watch it again. inspectors temporarily closed romantico pizza by the slice with nine violations including no staff trained in food safety and an employee handling ready to eat food with bare hands. >> i'm going to call the police. >> reporter: that would be great, too but if you want to call your manager. he's calling the police. now watch this worker in kensington, maryland, cracking fresh eggs tossing them over the soon to be served bread, then barehanded grabbing that bread, buttering it, toasting it and stacking it up to serve to unknowing customers. it all hap

another crash on the beltway inner loop at frederick road and outer loop is jammed 23 minutes from 795tunnels going to be delay free. that's the timesaver traffic. >> all right thanks we will see you in 30 minutes for final update. have a great day if we don't see you then. ♪ early in the morning it's a dawn of a new day ♪ ♪ new hopes new dreams ♪ ♪ new ways >> no, let it play. let it play. >> we can leave it on. >> what a wonderful morning. a beautiful day. >> remember? >> that's right. you got to join india.arie, with the song you wrote. >> that was after my first battle with cancer. >> it was a beautiful day to have you back. and it's a beautiful day today. day one today, everybody. >> i love that. >> thank god d.j. kiss is here to spin us into that day. all of robin's favorites because it is her first birthday. day one. exactly one year ago since you had that bone marrow transplant. sally-ann got in there and stayed in there. >> hallelujah. >> and away we go. a very fitting bash planned. we're going to kick it off. we can't kick it off without a little cake. >> a birthday cake. >>

road. this is 70 at columbia pike. very calm ride, heading south to frederick or east over to 695. 95 here at 195 no problems getting downc this morning. typical drive time of just 6 minutes. that is your time saver traffic. >>> we begin with breaking news. three people confirmed dead and at least a dozen more being rescued from a collapsed building in india. the five story building rumbled trapping as many as 90 people inside. rescue crews are now on the scene trying to pull out as many people as possible. two confirmed dead, that's now been up ticked to three as a result of a report from the associated press. >>> the man armed with a rifle fired several shots through an odonton family's window striking a 1-year-old girl. a family's employee

over to i-270 clear as well from frederick, maryland, through rockville. no issues. this is montrose road. >> danella, thank you. >>> just like the temperature and the leaves, gas prices are falling. there is a real possibility you could soon see prices under $3 a gallon. the national average for regular is $3.46 this morning. prices could drop 25% in the next few weeks. a cheaper winter blend contributing to the dip. that's welcome news since prices have been over $3 for a record 1,000 days. in our area regular is $3.62 in the district. $3.40 maryland. >>> if you've been waiting to take a road test to get your license in the district, your wait is getting longer. imagine that. days, weeks, even months in some cases. transportation reporter adam tuss has learned there are only two road test examiners for the entire d.istrict of columbia. for the past two months they have had help from virginia which supplied nine more inspectors but the state has pulled them back. the director says hiring new examiners has been an issue. >> we had almost 200 applicants so we had to weed through those appl

road work is cleared. if you're traveling i-270 north and southbound from frederick, maryland, heading down to rockville, your travel lanes are open. speaking of the beltway, prince george's county traveling the inner loop of the beltway at arena drive all the way until about pennsylvania avenue. road work was blocking the left lane. it's claear. inner loop and outer loop clear there. over to the beltway in montgomery county at connecticut avenue, just in your left shoulder lane as you travel the outer loop a disabled vehicle in the left lane. they're changing a tire there. aaron and eun, over to you. >>> 4:28 is the time. the clock is quickly ticking to a government shutdown. congress is just hours to agree to a plan wch they run out of time and money. a weekend of playing the blame game has a deal looking less likely. news 4's melissa mollet has more. melissa, good morning. >> reporter: well, good morning. nice to see you this morning, eun. that's right, we have about 20 hours at this point, a little less than 20 hours until this shutdown could actually happen at midnight tonight. we also note the senate wi

they start in frederick, maryland, pretty much stop and go. once you get to clarksburg road and continue all the way through rockville, you are clear. no delays there. aaron, over to you. >>> 6:23. angie goff has a report on our live desk. >> we have new developments out of kenya. we want to take you live to nairo nairobi. this is just outside the mall where the standoff with militants continues. nairobi's city morgue is preparing for the arrival of bodies. they're standing by. they're wearing smocks. so far no bodies have been delivered. the death stoll stands at 52. they expect that number to rise a as security forces continue to sweep the complex. at the live desk, angie goff, news 4. >> president obama says he has officially kicked his smoking habit. cameras caught him saying that in an unscripted moment after a u.n. meeting. little hard to hear, but take a listen to what he says caused him to quit. >> helped you quit smoking? >>. >> yeah. >> no, no, i haven't had one in six years. that's because i'm scared of my wife. >> did you catch that at the end? he said he put dow

long slow lineup normal for 6:00 in the morning coming out of frederick in toward clarksburg and one last live look outside here at montrose road. back to you guys. >>> newt gingrich and president clinton did it back in the 1990's and that is the last time we were talking very seriously about a government shutdown but guess where we are again if congress doesn't approve some funding by midnight tonight. there may be a partial shutdown starting at midnight. >> 17 years later a number of nonessential federal services will be forced to close if they don't reach a compromise. delia goncalves is live on capitol hill with more. good morning, delia. >> reporter: good morning, andrea, mike. lawmakers will return to work here on capitol hill later today. house members 10:00 a.m. get this. the senate doesn't convene until 2:00 this afternoon. lawmakers will continue this contentious debate over the budget and many say that has turned into a dangerous game of ping-pong. house members on saturday left the hill on a vote that would delay obamacare by a year and repeal the tax on medical devices. the senate vows to send it back refusing to a

out of clarksburg in from frederick all the way down to the split we're in great shape early this morning. let's go back to the maps this time from the west. dulles toll road, i-66 both incident free toward tysons corner, the beltway between basically the american legion bridge and springfield and we'll take a live look one more time. here's what it looks like on 66 coming in from manassas. back to you guys. >>> you got a quarter million dollars kicking around? feeling like spending it? you can go into space. if you have some deep pockets and you're one of those travelers, you can actually sit down, get in a spaceship and shoot toward the stars. >> i think justin timberlake wanted to do that. virgin galactic will start shuttling passengers to weightlessness next year. we look at the next frontier in space travel. >> reporter: who would spend up to a quarter million dollars just for minutes in space? >> seeing the spaceship is just absolutely mind blowing. >> it's not a destination but a journey. >> reporter: these people, more than 600 have signed on. how much to charter one of these puppies? >> $1.2 million. >> reporter: i hear you're going to leave two s

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>> frederick came up with a stricter law of its own last year, banning any synthetic substances that mimic the effects of drugs that are illegal under federal law. yet just a short drive up the road where towns do not have loss of their own, the product still stocks store shelves. i wanted to find out for myself how easy it really is to get your hands on the synthetic dru gs. so i went outside the city limits, within the county but within the city of jefferson and sure enough, right off the highway is this guest station where i was able to get my hands on this bag. this is a bag that cost me $32. it is just as easily accessible and much of the u.s. and is sometimes wrongly described as a marijuana alternative. in order to truly understand the complexity of it, we need a quick chemistry lesson. it looks like marijuana and that that they are both kind of green-brown plants. these look very different. >> it all comes down to science. in the beginning were only a few classes of the chemical, most notably the jwh series named after the scientist who discovered it. its formula is c-24, h-23, no let's say i add a next or oxygen molecule over here and i made all of these nitrogen. well,

frederick passing 109. this is what it looks like for you. good news in germantown, still pretty clear. drive time here from germantown roadding to the beltway, an easy 16 minutes. folks traveling northbound i-270 clear for them as well. back over to the rails, metro, vre, marc, you're looking at just a minor six-minute delay. >>> do you remember when gas was less than $3 a gallon? >> no. >> think back. those days might be returning, actually. the national average for regular is $3.46 this morning. the lowest since january. but analysts say prices could drop at least 20, 25 cents more in the coming weeks. shrinking demand, lower crude oil prices and a cheaper winter blend are contributing to the dip. that's welcome news since prices have been over $3 for a record 1,000 days. average unleaded $3.60 in d.c. $3.39 in maryland. $3.21 in virginia. >>> it may be weeks or even months before some drivers in the district can get the their licenses. there are only two examiners in d.c. who are able to administer the road test. for the past two months they've had help from virginia which supplies nine more inspectors. the state had t

frederick, clarksburg and rogville. let's go back -- rockville. let's go back to the maps this time heading out west on the dulles toll road coming from sterling, 66 from gainesville all the way to fairfax your lanes are open. and we'll take a live look one more time here in springfield. early monday morning volumes are building early but no big delays yet up to 395 and the 14th street bridge. andrea, mike? >> thanks, monika. see you in a little bit. the federal government is expected to shut down tonight at midnight because as we've been reporting all weekend, the house and senate cannot agree on a spending bill. >> it's about 14 hours and counting. the sticking point remains, an amendment to remove funding for obama care. delia goncalves is live on capitol hill with the latest. any signs that any side is willing to give in? >> reporter: lawmakers are back to work later today and we are hoping that a compromise will be reached but get this? the house is back at 10:00 a.m. the senate, they don't return until 2:00 this afternoon to continue this contentious debate that many say has really become a dangerous game of ping- pong. in the overnight hour

frederick, maryland, continuing southbound to 109. a live look at what the volume looks like. very slow crawl for folks traveling all the way near clarksville roadt's where the lanes opened up and you're still clear. shooting back over to 66 and talk about nosy drivers, accident just off to the left shoulder lane here. this is at 234. eastbound traffic is slow. a lot of folks slowing down to see what's going on. if you're traveling 66 heading to 234, seeing volume, that volume continues. pretty heavy right until route 29. i'm back in ten. >>> danella, thank you. happening today on capitol hill a possible vote in the senate that could strip money from health care and help prevent a government shutdown. inside the capitol right now senator ted cruz of texas and other republicans have been speaking for more than 15 hours in this live picture you see marco rubio speak iing in opposition to the health care law. senator cruz has been getting help from his fellow republicans including mike lee. nbc's tracie potts has been keeping an eye overnight. she joins us live. >> reporter: good morning, everyone. between the three of them, they have been talking

road at gateway center drive. have a crash reported here and police are en route traveling i-270 slow in this area. heavy delays from frederickdelays continue to germantown. i-270 no accidents to report. now over to tom. >>> drop that spatula. look at your tv. cotton candy clouds over capitol hill on this thursday morning. gorgeous view. live picture from our nbc 4 hd city camera. mostly cloudy at 60 degrees there. we're in the 50s elsewhere. a very light wind this morning. here is how we're looking for the day ahead. temperatures by 8:00 still around 60 by noon. near 70 with a lot of sunshine beginning to break out. partly cloudy through the afternoon, highs reaching the mid-70s. sun rises at 7:00. your seven-day squout look friday, saturday, your weekend, sunday, all coming in about ten minutes. back to you. >>> all right, tom, thank you. today president obama speaks at prince george's community college. we're there live with details on his speech that were just released. >>> a comedian arrested at his show in washington. why witnesses say he singled out a member of all stations come over to mission a for a final go. this i

easy frederick came up with a stricter law of its own last year than in any synthetic substances that mimic the effects of drugs that are illegal under federal law yet just a short drive up the road where towns don't have laws of their own the product still stocks store shelves so i wanted to find out for myself how easy it really is to get your hands on these synthetic cannabinoids so i went right outside of frederick city limits so within the county of frederick but in the city of jefferson and sure enough right off the highway is this gas station where i was able to get my hands on this bag this is a four gram bag that cost me about thirty two bucks it's just as easily accessible in much of the u.s. and is sometimes wrongly described as a marijuana alternative in order to truly understand the complexity of it we need a quick chemistry lesson it looks like marijuana in that they are both kind of a green brown plant material but to a forensic chemist these look very different and it all comes down to science now in the beginning there were only a few classes of the chemical most notably the j. w. h. series named after the scientist who. scabbard it john w. hofmann it's formula i

road. everything's on the shoulder. i really don't think it should be a problem. southbound 270's in great shape really tall way in from -- all the way in from frederick down to the point where the lanes divide. here's what it looks like on the west side of town at the american legion bridge. no problems to report basically between 270 and all the way down to 66. let's go back to the maps, and this time heading to southern maryland. route 4, route 5, route 301 all in good shape heading up to andrews air force base and down into oxon hill. a live look one more time and here's what it looks like northbound 395 at edsall road. back to you jess and mike. >>> thanks monika. today the senate is expected to vote on the federal budget bill passed by the house last week. >> however, they're expected to take out a key part of the bill and without a last-minute compromise that means the government shutdown looks more likely for tuesday. delia goncalves joins us live from capitol hill with the story. and just this is not going to go away is it deal jaw? >> reporter: let's see. i mean hope springs eternal right? but actions speak louder than words because even though many mem