georgetown pike shut down. ll come up. >>> plus a hot button issue -- a hot button literally that will let you order things in a fwlash. amazon is promising to make its dash button service time magazine called chris van hollen "a hero to environmentalists, education groups, and gun control advocates" for his accomplishments as a young legislator. now a respected leader in congress and key ally of president obama, protecting planned parenthood and social security... chris van hollen is the only candidate who fought the wall street banks and the nra...and won. that's why he's endorsed by the post to senator mikulski who will "deliver results." i'm chris van hollen, and i approve this message. >>> breaking news in mclean. georgetown pike shut down both directions there at old douminin drive. alternate, take leigh mill road or 7 to avoid it all together. could be shut down for some time. it's a four car crash. 270 south at shady grove road, a crash in the main lanes. you are seeing the slowdowns. trav

however delays are extending een back past georgetown pike all the way to clara barton.switch it over and show as you residual leftover delaysr dl as you try to get to theet to dulles airport or tysons orys corner this morning. ts m very heavy traffic.ffic. it just continues to slow socont give yourself a lot of extraf aa time to get through the outerhho loop. otherwise cabin john parkway p clara barton parkway inbound inb dealing withdrawals. inner loop looking much betternb right now than the outer loop tr for that portion of your road. a let's take a look at our maples. other delays and typicalla monday morning problems youroou need to be aware of.o awa right now there's a closure in fairfax 123 north between 66 and hunter mill road. r utility pole replacement.le repe the outer loop right now in montgomery county lookinguntyki good. as you make your way from 95ro to old georgia -- excuse me toc georgia of a things lookingngki good but we have volume vume building from new hampshire to georgia avenue causing that typical morning slow down.low d as you make your way out

again, we keep a close eye on the accident that has really all lanes closed on georgetown pike.ust to clarify, there is only one inbound and outbound lane. so both of those are blocked. that is between springhill road and old dominion drive. it should clear shortly. and metro is running on schedule. we heard nick talk about. enmit-- the mt. vernon station is closed. the volume on the top side of the beltway from georgia avenue to central avenue. you're looking at a 19-minute commute this morning. and northbound on 95, the volume is starting to creep up from the interchange up to 395. a13-minute commute this morning. inbound on i-66, you will see the volume from the parkway to 27th street. a27-minute commute there. and southbound on i-270 from germantown road a 16-minute commute. and here is 270. a live look. so you can see the volume on the left-hand side of your screen. but it continues to flow in towards the beltway. >>> thousands of people are counting down the days until their new tesla is ready to be picked up. people lined up to put down their deposits on a car they have n

you are slow between the spot and the 270 spur to georgetown pike in virginia.hrough the trees you can see the inner loop delay, which is the really tough ride here. so both ways on the beltway looking tough. this stretch georgetown pike and the 270 spur is really tough at this time. 95 looking for a crash here on the camera springfield parkway. southbound. moved to the shoulder adding to delays on 3795 south. also looking at 95 south at 123. very tough ride there. 95 northbound out of triangle. look still blocked for the crash to avoid that entrance ramp as well. that is all from the news channel 7 traffic desk. back to you. jonathan: thank you. coming up for us at 4:00 -- pulling at your heart strings. details of a scam so you don't waste your money. michelle: coming up at 6:00, strategizing against donald trump. john kasich and ted cruz say they have a plan. will it work? chief political correspondent scott thuman joins us to break it down. new at giant, shoppers low prices by the thousands, plus a thousand more that just dropped.

that is your best bet if headed to nih or making way to nih leave early and take old georgetown pike road excuse me or metro is a good option rights now. fraer gearing up for service at 9. next back to you. . >> or on that massive water main break in montgomery country causing problems on the road. >> we're live with the latest. >> and primary blowout for two presidential candidates and surprising results in maryland local elections results next. hi dad. uh huh. ...sorry about that. ♪ think about it ♪ there must be higher love ♪ down in the heart what do you think? ♪ and in the stars above hi ted, glad you could join us, we think you're going to like these numbers. ♪ bring me a higher love ♪ i could rise above great time for a shiny floor wax, no? not if you just put the finishing touches on your latest masterpiece. timing's important. comcast business knows that. that's why you can schedule an installation at a time that works for you. even late at night, or on the weekend, if that's what you need. because you have enough to worry about. i did not see that coming. don't deal with di

and then more crash activitycras georgetown pike closed bothot directions at old dominion.omin.arlier crash 270 southboundouth by montgomery avenue did clear c but you're dealing with heavy traffic and kind of a rainyand spray up there.he grab your umbrella and your y patience. take it slow if you encounter i wy of those wet roads.of those some of that rain as tucker t mentioned is moving in before bf our morning wrap concludes --cl morning rush hour concludes. co. there we go. that's what i was trying toha say.o >> we flu what you meant. thanks erin and new pollnd p numbers in the race for thein white house and donald trumpe may be in trouble in wisconsin. wi >> more extreme weatherore extre overnight down south.erni we'll take a look at some ofooke the cleanup efforts under waytsd coming up next. it's 7:18. he was flicking matches on me... for my life. my ex-husband's intentions were to murder me. glenn: i made sure yvette's abuser went away for good, and put in place tougher sentences, because domestic violence can never be tolerated. yvette: mr. ivey showed compassion. i fel

f same story mre road workd wor cleared out by georgetown pike as you head down 270 none ofnone the typicalongestion juststion yet from frederick downderick dn through rockville.rough we'll let you know if and whenon that changes and this roadsoa work outer loop past new pas hampshire clearing as well.ell. so everything that was goingg tt on overnig wht that was slowingi down our overnight ride ises starting to wrap up which is u really good news for ournews morning commute and metro is gearing up for service at 5:00ei a.m. that is on time. i got you covered if that changes. chan we have made it to friday evedae or as you like to you willu li today it thursday.y back to you. >> all right, 4:36 is the time. the caps unable to eliminatemi the flyers. philadelphia was able to able clinch a win last night. a win during the first period scary moment, flyers scott laughton lh lost his footing slammed hardlah into the boards.to theoard his lower back was injured. that's what took the brunt ofun that hit.it he lay there motionless as a hush went over the crowd. he was taken out on a a stretcher to

georgetown pike remains shutaiht down in both directions at oldld dominion drive.e use caution around that h intersection. asides from that crash fro sotivity on 295 southbound at benning road earlier crash in southwest on the eastbound t fde freeway.side third street tunnel did clear.. summit closures in downtown inow the district today.ntdist they're going to be in placen pe through saturday.th don't forget around therorg a convention center and the and white house i'd avoid thosee th areas if possible.eas can k, l and m remain closed clo in addition to massachusettschut and new york and because of motorcade in the area as wells w that are unplanned we're seeing a ton of stop-and-goop-ag traffic developing in all of all the areas throughout thehrou district so please giveive yourself extra time to get around those closures. c metrobus is also detouringng through tomorrow routes beingrru diverted between seventh and ninth between n and k and k a metro right now is on time. tim. bypassing mount vernon square because of the nucleare of security summit. the green and

intoo wisconsin avenue on down from fm bethesda into friendship heights he can trially jams.s old georgetown piketon connect avenue, leave early.enua we're dealing with messes on ths roadway as well as with metro this morning.ni. >> th those is just stay home probabs. it's the frustration, i don't ko n, a's goi o lot of people trying to figure out how they'll make their wayir to work. even tom was on his way down to the supreme court this morningum and he got stuck.he g stu isn't we'll bring tom back inton this how now. now obviously the frustration fromro the rider ships ship is felt ont daily basis.asis we have been trying and trying n to get metro's general manager r to talk to us about the situation particularly the ar arcing situation specifically and we have been asking forskinr weeks now for him to come on ana t th us about ouwhit and he hast this point. so we'll put the call out again for metro to do that. that. tom, ino downtown.wn if you just happen to bump intot him pass the word along. >> reporter: steve, i'll tell, t you this. we don't have to go very far back in recent history there

you have delays that scratch back to inner loop to georgetown pike or the dulles toll road.legion bridge that is a huge mess as well. on the baltimore parkway the traffic is clearing. the southbound side is jammed up as well. 95 south delays continue after the park to route 1123. this is where you go from four to three lanes so a tough stretch there. you will slow down a little bit to stafford county but not as bad. 395 north and southbound slow to seminary road to king street and the southbound to duke street out of d.c. still a bit of a mess. 66 eastbound is still slow heading out from the beltway. you can see the delays. that is all from the traffic desk back to you. leon: all right. mayor bowser announced new regulations to allow the d.m.v. to help senior citizens age 70 and up to receive real i.d.'s and the long-time virginia resident virginia mclauren is partly responsible for this. she had the dance with obama. but the federal regulation prevented her from getting a proper i.d. mayor bowser worked a way to get new regulations in place. that helped her get the i.d. tod

so if your to get over to theveo dulles airport exit at et georgetown pike and work youre o way throughld get stuck su into up to an hour's worth of extra traffic working your wayr through mclean.cl outer loop shut down, traffic diverted to 123. 1. it's shut down between 123 and23 seven leesburg pike.sburg pik we'll keep a close eye on this o and let you know when they'rewhe able to reopen that portion of n your drive. dri big cras overturned vehicle, an earlier r vehicle fire at that location lc inform fairfax 123 north shutors down between 66 and hunternd hun mill road.ll rd. dealing with utility poleing wi replacement. red line delays as well out by dupont.dupo. closer look at that and we'll tw be right back with yourightack 6 o'clock hour of mondayf m morning news. >> and it might feel a littlegh more like summer today.e taking a live look outside onsue this monday april 25th. mike thomas has the details --a- is that mike or is it gary mcgrady.gr >> gary mcgrady.ra. >> we're playing musical chairs this morning.ai they'll have details of yourrset weather. erin como has got your traff

where through virginia on the beltway, it will be the inner loop between dulles toll road and georgetown pikeg pike. >> thank you for that. in the news, north korea sends a man, formally lived in fairfax county to ten years, hard lab err. convicted kim of espionage. he was arrested in october admitted in a cnn interview he had been gathering information about the nuclear program and military facilities. what's not clear if that interview was made under duress. prince georges county police are asking for help in finding this missing boy. 7-year old jakwan was last seen on parkway terrace drive. he may have been with his uncle, 26-year old junior, possibly on the way to montgomery mc. back with more late ♪ hey baby i think i'm going to marry you. welcome back to our wedding chapel here at "gma" for our epic live event. 16 couples behind us right now getting ready to say "i do" right here in times square. >> that's right. now is the time and the moment we've all been waiting for, the exchanging of the vows. >> it's now time to say stop or caution, it's time to say go, amy. so cue the music. ♪ wi

and then outer loop between rockville pike and old georgetown road, looks like that one has just recleared. >>> d.c. is still running low on ambulances even with the new private service. it could take 30 minutes for an ambulance to get you to the hospital. in the first few weeks of this private ambulance service in d.c., we've learned they were mostly on time. but the fire chief says it's a work in progress. >> there will be hiccups. we are looking to correct them and a about mr is looking to correct those. but patient care is not one of the hiccups. >> the chief also says right now the private ambulances are transporting fewer than half of the eligible patients. >>> 5:47. today canada will announce its new assisted suicide law. the law is expected to exclude noncanadians which means americans will not be able to travel to canada. the law will also can clud hose with mental illness or psy some states here in the u.s. >>> a woman who survived the mass shooting in kalamazoo will speak out today for the first time. she was one of two people who survived the shooting in michigan in february. p

i would avoid rockville pike indowned taking connecticut avenue or old georgetown road to ga <i>fi >> developing right now at 7:00 a major water main break affec affecting your morning commute. crews trying to make repairs to rockville pike after a pipe how to get around the mess sfraiingt ahead in a live re democric race. more on theid and results of local elections. >> what a difference a year makes or does it? it's been one year since massive riots broke out in baltimore over death of freddie gray. some are questioning whether anything was done to ease teption in that city. >> looking live outside this wednesday morning april 27, 2 2016. oh, yeah it's a bit of wet start to the morning. also cooler temperatures ahead. weather and traffic on the fives coming up 7:05 in the moan time i'm maureen umeh allison is off today. >> i'm steve chenevey welcome to "fox 5 news morning". we'll start with developing story in montgomery country massive water main break causing mess me bethesda. water crews are on the scene and this busted pipe will put a damper on the morning commute. >>

pike shut down there at cedar lane. only one northbound lane is going to be getting by this water main break. now, as far as alternates or georgetownorning, but it will be very busy. you can only turn right onto rockville pike either way from cedar lane. we have a crew on the way with more on this coming up. >>> melissa, thank you. we want to get to the forecast this morning as well. >> chuck bell has more on what to expect. any rain today, chuck? >> water, water, everywhere. water out of the ground and the sky first thing this morning. the weather headlines, good-bye sunshine. good-bye warm weather. hello rain chances. not a lot of rain expected but at least into parts of the weekend as well. nothing heavy this morning, just occasional light rain showers mainly from the washington area southbound. that's where the bulk of the rain is going to be today. but everyone should have their umbrella ready to go. temperatures quite mild. we're still mostly in the low to mid-60s across the area. temperatures are going to inch their way ever lower. we should be back to the mid to upper 50s by lunchtime. we'll talk about the rest of the day a

all northbound lanes of rockville pike jonesville road past cedar lane reopened on th ou still suggest keeping to alternate and using old georgetown road or connecticut avenue will be a better bet he if you head inbound. reduce speeds and and extra time through the work zone on rockville pike headed to bethesda. let's look at the cameras. let me get out of the way. right now if you take 39 5 north beltway to 14 street bridge there's a construction zone and mrury camera there that caused delays out by duke street. right now, it looks like all lanes have reopened but watch a little bit of residual backup and if you head out in college park route 1 northbound construction taking out lanes and that is by university. that's your look at traffic. back to you. >> thanks, erin. how do celebrities read mean tweets of themselves has been app easy laugh. >> and here's a different and sobering take. wisdom is joining us with the story. >> people you know get on social media and say what theyt. >> social media gang sisters. let's talk about some of them now. social media has given us all a voice these days many so-called sports fans use it to

pike passing cedar lane. the best option may be to think about old georgetown road. 295 southbound at benning road, we have a crash along the left side of the roadway there slowing things. northbound branch avenue after cedarville, that crash in the left lane now is starting to show us real slowdowns. taking a look at 95 here this morning, you can see as you're headed northbound from quantico to the beltway, it will take you 24 minutes. once you hit the sn time there as well. good morning, chuck. > goodrn wednesday, finally here. and the sunshine is now officially a thing of the past. we've been needing some rain and asking for rain. and now it's going to be a long, cloudy stretch. so good-bye to the sunshine and the warm weather. and hello to rain chances. not expecting a lot of rain today but pockets of light rain and drizzle could be near a tenth of an inch or so. not too much of a fog issue this morning with the low clouds and the light rain falling. most of the rain now in southern st. mary's county. there's more rain back to our west coming our way. current temperatures are in the upper 50s to low to m

pike there at cedar lane. some southbound lanes are still shut down right now. northbound is open. take old georgetown instead if you want to avoid this altogether. might be a better idea this morning. northbound 5 after cedarville road we have a crash hanging around in the left lane here this morning. 295 southbound at benning road, report of a crash there. and 95 north after this area we have an acnt looking good. 66 inbound, 95 quantico to the beltway unaffected at 21 minutes. listen to our friends on 103.5 f.m. when you hop in your car today. chuck bell, a little rain here and there. >>> just a little bit, not a whole lot. rainfall amounts for the remainder of the day probably a tenth of an inch, maybe less than that. we are looking at all cloud cover all the time with occasional periods of light rain likely at any point from the morning up through this afternoon. may catch a little break late afternoon/early evening before more rain chances tonight. the school day forecast, cloudy with light rain showers, low to mid-60s. recess gets a "d." probably best to stay inside for recess. by dismissal tim

pike and connecticut avenue. here we're taking a live look at the traffic situation right now. you can see the backup from old georgetown road. even though two lanes are getting by, the inner loop is absolutely jammed. you know this area. we're all connected. it is having an effect in virginia. 287 starting to feel the effects as well. >>> a water main broke in bethesda. right now, crews are still working to clean this mess up. >> it's not the first time a main has broken right along rockville pike. >> how are the repairs going, adam? >> reporter: well, they'r making progress here, pat. a lot of those people on the beltway may be jumping off right here. you still have the traffic here. this is still going to be one lane through the entire rush hour southbound. the reason why? take a look at the hole. still a big hole in the middle of southbound rockville pike here. this was a 75-year-old water main that broke here. you guys mentioned there was a similar one that broke here about october. water absolutely gushing out of that water main. it was a ten-foot break in the water main that caused all of this. it went down the l