g.w. parkway are closed at spout run because of a deadly crash. park police say one man is dead. a cart apparently drove off the road there. the southbound lanes are still open. >>> right now there are some texas sized power outages in the dallas area. tens of thousands of people there waking up to blinking clocks all because of this. take a look at this video. we got 70 mile-per-hour winds, pouring rain, hail hammering that state. pretty intense stuff, right? >> yikes. >> that's out in kansas. take a look. you can see in one spot it was the size of baseballs. we're talking about that hail that fell. some small tornadoes also touched down in that area. >> and new this morning, we're learning more information about a fire that forced several people from their apartments in montgomery county. the fire broke out last night at a complex on blackburn lane not far from columbia pike in burtonsville. derrick ward is there. what do you know? -- >> yeah. we understand now this fire started about midnight. it went to two alarms and a hundred firefighters were here at the height of things.

g.w. parkway are closed at spout run. a car drove off the roadway and may be in the water there. an investigation is just beginning. southbound lanes of the parkway are still open. >>> new this morning, investigators trying to figure out what caused a fire that forced several people from their apartments. this was in montgomery county. the fire broke out on blackburn lane. that's not lar from columbia pike. overnight we see smoke billow from the building. the bulk of the fire is out. >>> well today protesters say they'll shut down baltimore. demonstrators demanding answers over the unexplained death of freddie gray. gray suffered a spinal injury and died in police custody after his arrest earlier this month. stephanie rawlings-blake says she wants the protest to be peaceful. more on the errors the police made they say in their handling of gray. >> reporter: once freddie gray was arrested and placed into a police a van, they failed to put a seat belt on him, a violation of police policy. >> we know he was not buckled in the transportation wagon as he should have been. no excuses f

g.w. parkway. so it's getting a little clogged up in that area as well. these are the southbound lanes i don't usually see this at this thyme of the morning, 270 at germantown area something is going on, but we don't see an accident. a lot of volume through german towne. 95 looking good. prince george's county everybody is behaving themselves as well. we are hearing about a new crash in charles county. we'll try to get chopper over that and give you information in a few minutes. >>> we are learning about new plans for expansions at reagan national airport and especially those of you who hop on quick commuter flights. the more than $1 billion plan adds an entire new concourse at the north end of the airport. there are 14 new gates for commuter planes so passengers don't have to board outside in the rain. the expansion comes as the airport is getting very busy. >> it is record growth that wasn't foreseen. even just a decade ago. >> security check points will also be moved to make more space. this could all happen within five years. some of you are already t

g.w. parkway southbound this morning you might want to try and do that. make the decision right now. we're sitting still at 6:00 a.m. 95 northbound here at dale city. still has that crash there. it sounds like it's moved off to the right. we still have a little bit of volume there. the beltway looks pretty good. i'm pointing to the top of the beltway. usually we have a little bit of slow down here at the 6:00 a.m. hour. inner loop and outer loop everything rolling along quite nicely there. maryland 95 at powder mill also rolling along northbound and southbound don't have any issues there. >>> 6:0 1rks a man suspected of killing a northern virginia college student will be in court. police say steven vander briel killed grace mann last week. family and friends will be laying mann to rest at the same time he's in court this morning. >> reporter: good morning, the suspect will be in court but the focus here in falls church is all about this 20-year-old woman, the life the accomplishments of this young woman, what she was able to do in just the 20 years that she lived. services are being

g.w. parkway is closed because of a crash at spout run. >> investigators are on the scene. the southbound lanes of the parkway are still open there. we want to welcome you in with all of that news on what is a busy news morning here. >> it already has been. adam here joining us. i'm angie goff. so glad you can join us early on this saturday morning. we do however, want to start off also with the weather. and chuck bell is in the storm team 4 weather center with more on this cold snap that we're still in. >> not only cold it is four months after christmas and we are still talking about snow flakes. you're like chuck, that's crazy. you're making it up. i'm not making it up. here's the view outside our window at northwest. full gray cloud cover in northwest washington. this is looking northbound into northern maryland where this picture was taken moments ago in meyersville. those are snow flakes on the deck and cherry trees and dogwood trees in bloom in the background. crazy stuff. ground is too warm to get accumulation but that's crazy. temperatures now mid to upper 40s aroun

g.w. parkway. outbound, pretty typical for you working your way through the stretch that is usually the heaviest from virginia crossing the american legion bridge getting closer to river road is where we saw those delays. i want to move into the d.c. area and talk about some of the closures in place for the d.c. emancipation day festival. lot of festivities. e street we have closures. 14th street pennsylvania avenue as well. working your way now from georgetown, a little closer to rosslyn or vice versa, let's take a look at the key bridge to show you traffic is moving. we have volume. no problems right now, getting a little closer to georgetown. that's a look at traffic. back to you. alison: thank you so much. "7 on your side" with a consumer alert now and word of a settlement between target and mastercard over a massive data breach. nearly 40 million accounts were compromised in that hacking in 2013. now, target will pay the banks that issue mastercards as much as $19 million. to cover fraudulent

g.w. parkway heading out towards the beltway, it's just when you get to the beltway that we've got the slowing mainly crossing the american legion bridge. outbound on 66 we really picked up. we're at about 55 miles per hour. the slowest stretch for you is once you get outside the beltway on 66. we'll take a look just to give you an idea of how slow our traffic is right now. working your way past 50 volume. that's what we've got and then slow traffic for you on the top side of the beltway right near connecticut avenue. that's a look at traffic. back to you. leon: you got it. check back with you in a bit. coming up next on abc 7 news at 4:00 here, a new partnership between howard university and d.c. public schools. how the program will help prepare high school students for college. alison: d.c. mayor muriel bowser visited howard university this morning to announce a new partnership between that university and d.c. public schools. leon: under this new program, some high school seniors can enroll in college courses at howard university and earn high school and college credit. john gonzalez has mor

g.w. parkway mainly just before the beltway. outbound on 66 through falls church and you hit those brakes again once you get outside the beltway. 395, same thing. i want to move into the d.c. area so we've got police activity. that is closing down 14th and 15th street northwest right near the national mall right at constitution avenue. now, again, all lanes are blocked so in this area definitely want to avoid it. that's a look at traffic. back to you guys. scott: thank you jamie. alison: weatherwise, we got the big chill coming in here. doug: yeah already starting temperatures dropping. cold front, not thunderstorms. the storms dissipated before they got here. we got some rain and now the storms are getting stronger. they're getting pounded right now. things are going to calm down. they've been breezy and cooler. let's get started with a look at the camera. this is at oakdale high school. we've started this time lapse 10:30 this morning where it's bright and sunny. as the cold front approached, we're seeing the clouds starting t

g.w. parkway, a little bit of volume before the beltway and then that manhole cover is still missing. just use some caution right near burrows avenue we have a lane blocked. commute outbound on 66 21 miles per hour through falls church. let's take a live look a little bit closer towards fairfax. and that's going to be some activity. now, you can see over here, not the best shot for it but we do have some activity right near cedar lane. keep in mind heading out, we've got people looking at that so it may add to the congestion. that's a look at traffic. back to you guys. alison: one more note here delayed bridgework in arlington finally starting tonight. washington boulevard will be reduced to two lanes over jefferson davis highway. crews will replace and widen the 74-year-old bridge. if you regularly drive in the area, crews suggest you look for a new route because this work will last until 2018. you can stay ahead of any road work or accidents by signing up for an abc 7 traffic alert. just log on to wjla.com and start getting those text alerts right away. and still to come at 5:00 --