. >>> right now, part of georgetown pike is shut down. that's coming up. >>> first a development involving a crash between a truck and a bus that leaves dozens vo: does hal parrish share our values? as mayor, parrish cut school funding nearly three million dollars. reading and science scores fell. parrish said no to opening new women's health clinics, denying access to cancer screenings and breast exams. so instead of dealing with the economy and jobs, parrish will join with the richmond extremists to slash education and threaten women's health care. hal parrish -- too extreme for virginia. feinblatt: everytown for gun safety action fund sponsored this ad. >>> developing right now, major investigation just starting into a crash that killed more than 40 people in france. this happened just a few hours ago. we know at least 42 people died when a logging truck and a bus slammed into each other and then they both caught fire. now, we just learned the bus driver may have saved eight people's living by opening the door so they could escape. the

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one lane of georgetown pike is blocked.e line track between arlinton cemetery and pentagon city. blue line. joopz outer loop, 66 inbound looks goo good and the quantico to the beltway moving along nicely. remember to listen to 1003.5 wtop when you hop into your car. >>> we're working to final out if an all clear has been given to tennessee state university after an overnight shooting left one person dead. the latest after a break. >>> parent says their children took video of a prince george's county bus driver. the bus driver is accused of texting while driving. what they're doing about the allegations. >>> starbucks, look vo: does hal parrish share our values? as mayor, parrish cut school funding nearly three million dollars. reading and science scores fell. parrish said no to opening new women's health clinics, denying access to cancer screenings and breast exams. so instead of dealing with the economy and jobs, parrish will join with the richmond extremists to slash education and threaten women's health care. hal parrish

georgetown pike and leesburg pike, again v a crash there and g.w. parkway, we have a stalled vehicle there. there's an overturned tractor trailer hoar. no problems on the inner loop or outer loop. we'll see you in a few minutes. >>> a shocking discovery for a new jersey woman fighting cancer. she's not allowed to use her license because the picture was taken before she got sick. >>> chances are a lot of you were stuck in this traffic tie-up last night. will the mess still be there this morning. >>> breaking news in alexandria. police are on the scene of a deadly shooting there. "news4's" megan mcgrath is live on the scene the centers for medicare and medicaid services recently asked patients to rate the quality of over 3,500 hospitals. fewer than 10% received 5 stars. among them was cancer treatment centers of america in philadelphia. cancercenter.com/eastern. >>> 5:17. we're following breaking news in alexander. it's on belle pre way. "news4's" megan mcgrath has more. megan? >> reporter: if you take a look behind me, you see the investigators on th

outer loop at georgetown pike at 66. leesburg. all of the pikes misbehaving this morning. taking a loot, 66 headed into town, you don't have any problems. fairfax county parkway to the beltway looking quite good at eight minutes this morning. nice and green and you're at speed there going 65 miles per hour. taking a look at some travel times and speaking of speeds here. 270 south from germantown to the spur, going to take you 11 minutes. top of the beltway, 95 to 270, nine minutes. here in virginia, again, fairfax county to the beltway looking good. northbound there from quantico to the beltway, 17 minutes. to the beltway, 17 minutes. can't get any better than that. why let someone else have all the fun? the sometimes haphazard, never boring fun. the why can't it smell like this all the time fun. the learning the virtue of sharing fun. why let someone else have all the fun? that's no fun. unleash the power of dough. give it a pop. >>> welcome back. a woman accused of ripping off people. >> she stole money from the senate minority leader. scott macfarlane broke the story la

georgetown pike, leesburg pike, brand-new crash there. as far as lane closures, we're not reporting anything here. it looks like it may be off to the shoulder. also the inner loop parkway, moving along nicely. 270, same thing. prince george's county, a little bit of construction. kirby high hill, a little lane blockage there. see you in ten minutes. >>> we continue to follow breaking news in alexandria. what we're learning about the investigation under way. >>> from downward facing dog to hands behind your back, an iteam update on a woman accused of doing yoga on the metro tracks. >>> and why it should >>> welcome back at 4:58. if you're just waking up, we're following breaking news in alexandria. that's where police are on the scene of an overnight homicide. details are slim right now, but we know that officers are looking into the shooting death of man. "news4's" megan mcgrath is just pulling up to the scene and we'll bring you a live report in just a few minutes. >> we're also keeping an eye on the forecast for you. if you had to take

this is near georgetown pike. what to expect from joaquin as "abc7 news at 6:00" continues. leon: matthew was awaiting trial for the murder of two college students is sentenced for life. he was sentenced two three life-terms for the 2005 sexual assault. in june he was attempted of attempted murder, abduction and sexual assault. he faces two charges for the murder of hannah graham and harrington. and could face the death penalty if convicted of either case. the vatican spokesman said that davis was one of several people invited to greet the pope in washington. pope francis said the only real interaction he had was one a washington student who was open ligases. -- who openly gay. up next at 6:00 -- joce: whipping winds and the coast guard is at the ready. i'm joce sterman. coming up, we will tell you about their main concern that might surprise you. leon: and doug hill has what you need to know about the storm. hurricane joaquin as well. we'll see what we used to know about as the sun. stay with us. okay. so everyone is saying, "hey! you gotta get fios!" but why? why fios? wel

georgetown pike has reopened but i want to head into the district.east southwest freeway traveling eastbound, this one past main avenue blocking a lane so we have very heavy delays, both directions on the southeast southwest freeway between 14th street bridge -- 14th street and p. passing pentagon slow, toward the 14th street bridge where we have the heavy delays. capital beltway crash on the outer loop in mongomery county. those delays start in college park, though. for your trip past interstate 95. melanie, back tie. >> anchor: thank you. happening right now, the search for a man who shot owe teenager near a school earlier. charles county sheriff's detective releaseed the sketch. a 17-year old was shot in waldorf when two suspects demanded his bike. the victim was able to flag down a school bus for help. if the sketch looks familiar you're asked to contact police. hillary clinton is holding a campaign rally with virginia terry terry mcauliffe. it goes from noon until 2, at market square. right now 3 blocks next to market square are clos >>> this is

inner loop of beltway the hangup the crash it old georgetown road, rockville pike. g delays on the inner loop out of the bethesda north of the legion bridge and river road to head toward old georgetown road. andrea, nick, back to you. >>> the much anticipated third installment of "pitch perfect" trilogy is on its way. >> you know who knows exactly what we're talking about. tommy mcfly in the 94.7 fresh fm studios. who got the job? >> they didn't have to look far. it made over $200 million last summer with elizabeth banks directing. and she decided to direct the third one. she'll be back to direct the third installment of the "pitch perfect" trilogy. jan richard says actually elizabeth banks has the number one highest grossing debut for a first-time director. why not bring her back, right? you've got to wait, though. 2017, april 2017 is when "pitch perfect 3" hits the box office. >> that's perfect because i just saw the second one. >> have you seen the first? >> i've not but i'm curious to see the cameos they have after the green bay packers showing up. >>> 6:52. the

outer loop at georgetown pike a disabled vehicle. also that problem there. 95 northbound quantico to the beltway, you're on time. 17 minutes there. no major problems. i'll see you right back here in ten minutes. >> thank you. >>> next shrks went on la vish shopping sprees with another man's money. police reveal how for the girl scout meeting... ok! for the soccer team... for the girl scout meeting... how many meetings are you having?! giant just dropped prices on thousands more items. which makes the checkout lane, victory lane. my giant. >>> right now at the live desk we're staying on top of a wildfire burning in central texas. there is a state of emergency out there in texas because of this. no rain in the forecast, either, to help out firefighters. they do say, however, the fire appears to be slowing down a little bit because of favorable winds going in the right direction. right now, 400 people, 400 homes have been told -- people in 400 homes have been told they should evacuate. they should get out because they don't know what co

georgetown pike and beltway. what a mess! if you wait it out, please wait it out. westbound 66 still tough. looking live at 50. we will see the delays beltway toward manassas. no better on southbound 95. now back to you. alison: joy, thank you very much. well, new details released today about the new highly anticipated harry potter play. producers say that harry potter and the cure child will be a magical sequel. it will start off with a seventh book left off and will center on adult fairy and his son alvis severus. it will meant on two parts and meant to be seen the same day or consecutive days and opens july 30 at the london palace theater. leon: right now there is a hurricane that is destructive out there. alison: exactly. this is patricia and really something, steve. steve: it is a huge, huge storm. it's going to continue to brew as we move through the overnight hours and into the day tomorrow. it will be a big news maker. the good news with this, the winds are beginning to diminish as it makes landfall. it will eventually make landfall the next hour or two. th

outer loop at georgetown pike, disabled car. want to warn you about that one, too.n this just popped up for a crash at new york avenue at montana avenue northeast with the right side blocked this morning. overall no major problems there in prince gorges county. right now 56 and 95 looking pretty normal. 95 north at windham and woodridge. i'll see you at 6:01. >>> new details in a deadly fire in charles county. an overloaded extension cord likely started that fire. bernice washington and her 6-year-old grandson, zabien atkins died when the fire broke out in the hallway between their bedroom. they died of smoke inhalation. fire crews did manage to get four other people out safely. >>> this is hard to believe. not only do police in fredericksburg believe he's driving drunk but he was a repeat drunk driver who was texting. he faces new, more serious charges of aggravated manslaughter this morning. >> he hadn't applied his brakes before the accident. he was driving on a suspended license because of a prior dwi and he should have had an ignition interlock on his car which

georgetown pike, also have a disabled vehicle there. that does not seem to be causing any major issues. inner loop and outer loop looking good. everything rolling along nicely. 270 pretty slow down to 80. by 1509 you open up quite a bit and you're clear. we're back this a few minutes. >> thank you, melissa. >>> news 4 is changing minds about adhd. it's the most common mental health disorder diagnosed in children. a diagnoye ago knows sis may so leak a major disability. this is matt curry. his signs of success are everywhere from the walls to the car he drives. he said if it wasn't for his adhd he wouldn't be where he is today. >> i've succeeded in life because of my a.d.d. not despite it. it gives you the ability to creatively problem solve, gives you lots of energy, move things foard. >> for a closer look at why matt curry sees his adhd as an asset and other success stories from others with adhd, search changing minds. >>> good morning, i'm landon dowdy at cnbc headquarters. a clock is ticking down for a possible strike at fiat chrysle

in great falls, maryland, eastbound georgetown pike shut down east of route 7 with the accident cleanup the delays continue to grow, it is bumper to bumper from german town to the capital beltway. melanie, back to you. >> anchor: thank you. some top stories now. new concerns this morning in south carolina. there is a potential second flooding disaster in the works. more than a dozen dams are under immense pressure. officials are watching 35 dams across the state as the death toll rises to 17 in the carolinas. right now, the search for survivors of that sunken cargo ship are growing more and more broke t coast guard found debris along with a badly damaged life boat and unidentified body in a survival suit. the captain reportedly had a, quote, sound plan to steer clear of the hurricane but mechanical problems stranded the ship in the storm's path. you can get more news, traffic and weather updates on good morning washington. on news channel 8. have a great day. >>> good morning, america. it's 8 a.m. and rewriting history. the shocking error one high school freshman spotted in his techbook

maybe take georgetown or connecticut. rockville pike there in bethesda at cedar lane. going to be nasty. 270 southbound, we have a crash there. we're seeing red. pretty much to clarksburg. we're sejd a chopper to that crash to see what's happening and right now 95 through woodbridge going 23 miles per horde. developing at this hour baltimore city hall is empty and police are gone. that news coming less than an hour ago after protestering occupied the building. at least 12 were arrested overnight. they were standing against a decision on baltimore's new police commissioner. they voted to give kevin davis the permanent job yesterday. take a look at some of those gathered. the protesters are against getting the job. they could show up again this morni morning. we'll be watching that situation. >>> breaking news. big change of plan for american troops looking to come home from afghanist afghanistan. just got world about the troop presence. the plan is to maintain 5, 500 troops at the end of 2015. much higher than that needed for embassy responsibility. president obama will

rockville pike, one lane getting by in each direction at cedar lane. use old georgetownconnecticut avenue as the alternate route. suitland parkway, traffic off naylor. they were past dulles toll road all to the shoulder but we're seeing delays past 66. you're looking live at the beltway. still trying to recover on northbound 95 approaching centreville. drive carefully this morning. >> thank you. breaking, firefighters investigating a deadly fire in waldorf have. sam sweeney just arrived. what can you tell us? >> reporter: a really terrible situation out here. two people dead in this fire. take a look behind me, you can see investigators milling over what is left of this home here. the call came in about 12:30 when firefighters arrived early this morning they found if house fully engulfed. 4 people were able to get out. once they got the flames under control they found an elderly woman and a small child, you can see this is live pictures right now from chopper 7. state fire marshal is on the scene trying to figure out a cause. but at this hour, fire officials on the scene

we have an accident reported old georgetown road at rockville pike shut down in stafford.y tractor trailer accident that set the tone. still cleaning that up. looking live at the outer loop in new hampshire. heavy, slow, 95 toward georgia avenue getting to see that. we did have a couple accidents along the way southbound 27o looking live. left side of the screen, heavy, all the way toward the capital beltway. get an early start. now back to you. >> busy out there. we continue to follow breaking news. police activity near fort meade, closing roads and schools in the area right now. active certain is under way to find a man who allegedly stole a car from bat moore, crashed on to the base and ran off. stay inside. dc's matt jackson is tearing it up on jeopardy. the 23-year old par allele racked up his 9th win. ♪ it started with a whisper >>> welcome back to "gma." a lot more coming up. we'll try something new. fishin' for an answer. our guest alfonso is answering questions that you guys are asking. "dancing with the stars" champ, new host of "america's funniest home videos."

pike. one southbound lane open. two northbound lanes open. old georgetown road, connecticut avenue your best bet.ffic update in ten minutes. we'll send it over to you. >>> we continue to follow breaking news. overnight demonstrators refused to leave baltimore city hall after a council committee voted to make kevin davis the permanent police commissioner. >> mike hydeck was just telling us a few minutes ago the protest moved outside early this morning. he joins us live with the very latest. >> reporter: there's still a very tense relationship between many people in baltimore and the police. this meeting was packed. so when residents didn't get a chance to ask questions of davis, they started to chant "stop the vote." those chants opportunitied into a full blown protest. about 35 people refused to leave city hall till early this morning. according to wnew, that spilled into the streets. a war of words between protesters and police. the last 12 of them were arrested at about 4:45 this morning and charged with trespassing. no reports of any injuries. as far as kevin davis, he looked at the protest th

pike, the water main break in bethesda. we're going to hear from her in just a minute. between cedar lane and pooksville, we have one southbound lane open. you're going want to take georgetown or connecticut instead. all northbound lanes are open. you're going to be just fine this morning. >>> prince george's county looking pretty f pretty good. inbound going 66 miles an hour. at 95 northbound here when you're headed to town, you can see it gets a little bit slow as you head toward woodbridge and then it clears right up. no major problems headed into the city. you're rolling along just fine. >>> just in to the live desk a shooting this past weekend. >>> the latest on the bethesda water main break. a live report on what is still closed. >>> and will we have a mild >>> and will we have a mild winter or an extra stormy one. as the season shifts, >>> and will we have a mild winter or an extra stormy one. change is on its way. and with change, comes opportunity. it's up to you to seize it. ♪ this autumn, find your opportunity at cadillac. the 2015 cadillac ats. get this low-mileage lease from around $269 per month, or purchase with 0% apr financing. ♪ recently asked patients to