taking a look at gw parkway, live driving for you here this morning in bound there, gw parkway. i should say northbound. just after the first look at it, a little hard to see. we have a lot of fog around town this morning. 66 at west ox road. you can see a little bit of haze there. low beams, low speeds going to be a must here this morning. 95 quantico to the beltway going to take you 17 minutes. can't ask for anything much better than that. you can see kind of the haze here even on our virtual maps. southbound you don't have any problem either. no major issues coming from the beltway down to quantico. 95 at 216, scaggsville road. i'll see you at 5:01. >>> thanks, melissa. identity crisis. why your i.d. may not be enough to get you through airport security. >>> you're watching "news 4 today." >>> 4:56 now. a busy intersection in rockville may change after the death of a 19-year-old cyclist. montgomery county police say flashing lights will go a long way to alerting drivers. that's where a car hit and killed frank towers monday night. police captain thomas didone says he's concer

gw parkway southbound at spout run have a problem. taking a look at 66, no issues there. 95 again southbound we did have that earlier problem near triangle or northbound, i should say. near triangle. that looks like it is out of the way. beltway at branch avenue moving along fine. 95 in maryland. 32 to the beltway. no problems there. southbound, same thing. northbound not having any issues in the way. all of that earlier road work that was kind of hanging around here and there is no longer hanging around. 270 south a little bit slow out of frederick. it opens up. i'll see you in ten minutes. >> thank you, melissa. 5:23. record snowfall. denver flights are slowly getting back on track this morning. nearly 500 flights canceled yesterday after close to eight inches of snow hit that region. look at that. hundreds of miles of slippery, wet snow covered highways. they were shut down. wind gusts of nearly 60 miles per hour slammed that metro area. the area will get a break from the snow today as the storm heads into the midwest. >>> an ohio

no delays on 66 or the gw parkway. we are clear on the beltway. above the posted speed limits on both sides. back to you. jummy: the all clear has been given at northwestern high school in hyattsville after reports of suspicious activity. more on this story coming up on our website. in the meantime, firefighters are trying to figure out what sparked an overnight house fire in capitol heights. flames reg out around 2:00 this morning -- broke out around 2:00 this morning. now, a frantic search continues for a teenager who went missing on her way to the airport. the family of 19-year-old caitlin aiken says they -- katelin akens says they dropped her off at the franconia springfield metro, but she never got to the airport. her luggage showed up in a drainage ditch near fredericksburg. anyone with information should call spotsylvania county police immediately. a jury has awarded a muslim cap driver 300 50,000 drivers after a passenger attacked him because of his faith. spoke with him shortly after he was assaulted. punched the iraq war veteran. he reco

if you are traveling outbound on the gw parkway, just before you get to the capital beltway we have a lane blocked. make sure you stay to the right side. traveling on the outer loop from 270 headed south right after river road under the bradley overpass there is a crash. we are seeing accidents pop up. some to keep in mind. be very careful and make sure you turn headlights on. jummy: political news fresh off the gop debate, donald trump is kicking off a new phase in his campaign. the candidate appeared on jimmy can the last night calling for unity within the republican party. reporter: on jimmy kimmel live, donald trump suggests he may be softening his approach. >> did you decide you're going to be nicer? >> i would like to see the republican party come together and i have been a little bit divisive in the sense that i have been hitting people pretty hard. >> a little bit. reporter: trump touted his debate performance. >> isn't it wrong to discriminate against people based on their religion? >> [applause] >> we have people coming into our country that are looking to do tremendous harm

you get a good idea of the activity on the ramp to get to the gw parkway. you cannot do that. there are crews with an accident. let us talk about the back up to get a better idea of how slow you are traveling and where it begins. right near the pentagon is where you start to see some of that volume and you are in the single digits. we are seeing that the lay heading southbound on 395. that is because of an accident right at cleveland. ane is blocked with it and you are seeing delays. a little bit of volume working your way and found as you get closer to the d.c. maryland line. watch out for some of that slowing on the outer loop, closer towards georgia avenue because of debris in the road. definitely quite a few things happening right now. for the most part, we are in the green as you can see. back to you. jummy: good news there. to other news now, one person was rushed to hospital after a serious crash in arlington. sup 23rdles crashed at street, sending one of them into a utility pole. one person was thrown from their car and is treated for serious but nonlife threatening in

the passenger, calvin, also 21, tossed the gun out of the car on 395 north by the gw parkway. then crossed the 14th street bridge, went through the third street tunnel, and abandon their white sedan on 395 north near mass avenue, taking off on foot. closedon and d.c. police in fast, taking the two men into custody. >> an isolated incident, but in the holidays tempers may be agitated. >> people tend to react differently, sometimes more extreme than others. >> i don't understand why. jeff: both suspects, reginald carol and calvin, are facing multiple charges related to the shooting and getting rid of the gun, as well as eluding the police. they both remain in custody, awaiting extradition into virginia. jeff goldberg, abc 7 news. leon: thank you, jeff. new footage in the death investigation into alonzo smith, the special ed teacher who died while in custody of special police. d.c. police release this video of officers responding to the scene and going to the car to get handcuffs. we cannot shoulder the whole video because of its graphic nature, but it goes on to show officers pe

. >>> we have another crash impacting the roads outbound at 14 street bridge and gw parkway. again, the crash on main street at fairfax boulevard still hanging around. chuck? >> outside this morning it's cloudy and cool. temperatures in the upper 40s. it will be a whole lot colder before you come home from work and school. take a look at the hour by hour and the weekend as well. that's up at 5:51. >> families of the victims of the san bernardino shooting are meeting privately with president obama today. he'll make his last news conference of the year in washington this afternoon. the white house considering action to expand gun background checks without approval from congress. >>> and the former neighbor of the san bernardino shooters admitted on facebook he was involved with terrorism. it might mean prison time for him. the facebook admissions came a month before the shooting. he's charged with aiding and abetting terror activities. he bought the two rifles and plotted other terrorist attacks. the bail hearing for marquez is set for monday. >>> the documents also detail how

heading north from the gw parkway in continuing into maryland getting close to the 270. we still have some that volume. no big issues to worry about traveling on the baltimore-washington parkway or 95 if you have to head north from d.c. to baltimore. jonathan: one of those days if you're out stuck in traffic, roll down the windows and enjoy it. doug: it's going to get a whole lot better just in time for the weekend. steve: a little bit of trivia in the next 15 minutes. what was the warmest temperature on record in d.c. in the month of december? 77, 81, 479 in 1998. -- or 79 in 1998? alison: i will google. steve: you can't do that and you can't do that at home. this is gaithersburg. what it looked like a this morning was a lot of talk. -- a lot ofo fog. we have a temperature of 58 degrees and the sun will set in less than one half hour. temperatures across the board are hard to believe. we are almost at the middle of december. 61 in leesburg. reagan national at 59. southern maryland coming in at the upper 50's. tonight, ranges from 30 degrees in the urban areas and then c

gw parkway, route 50 in maryland, southbound 95 coming out of laurel, the volume is light. we are incident free. only building volume on the outer loop of the beltway to get into silver spring coming from college park. check out the ride eastbound 66 in our cameras getting through manassas. that is a volume delay. off and on into that man sas -- into manassas, getting into fair oaks. new crash northbound 210 accokeek at berry roadblocking the left side of the roadway, though. >>> we're learning more about breaking news out of gaithersburg. around 1:00 officers pulled over an alleged drunk driemp. when officers approached -- driver. when officers approached the vehicle, the driver pulled off. >> the driver struck the officer who fired a shot and struck the police cruiser. the suspect got out of his car and took off and was arrest add short time later. >> the officer who was struck was injured but is expected to recover. this all happened on grand chester place, about a half mile from route 124 and mid-k highway. -- midcounty highway. >> the information is still coming in on

we now have a fresh accident on the gw parkway northbound. be mindful of that this morning. see volume as you get closer to town. mike? >> the trial for the van driver in the freddie gray case is set for january 11. it was originally scheduled to begin january 6 but the judge is going to use the extra time to consider pre-trial motions. goodson is facing second degree murder charges, the security officer charged in his death. potter's trial ended in a hung jury. time for "great day washington." >>> we're going to have a preview of tonight's kennedy center gala. we'll get a sneak peek and more. make sure you stay tuned for "great day washington"! ♪ [ music ] and you? rubbery buttons. enter the x1 voice remote. now when someone says... show me funny movies. watch discovery. record this. voila. remotes, come out from the cushions, you are back. the x1 voice remote is here. >>> we've had a lot of great food on this show in 2015 and today we'll take a look back at our favorites. i hope you are hungry. >>> a behind-the-scenes look at the kennedy center honors airing tonight on wus

let's go live to the cameras, we have an accident to report northbound gw parkway at the bridge. 95 northboundtake your time. volume is later than normal. over to you have a great day. >>> a candlelight vigil will be held at 8 tonight at a school for a man stabbed to death there. last night a mab told abc 7 he believes the victim was his son and an arrest has been made in the case. >>> the winter storm system is moving east and creating problems at airports. for more news, traffic announcer: it's "live with kelly and michael"! today, the year show." and now here are your emmy-winning hosts kelly ripa and michael strahan. [cheering and applause] coldplay: ♪ if we've only got this life you'll get me through oh if we've only got this life... ♪ kelly: whoo! coldplay: ♪ then this adventure is more than i ♪ kelly: thank you! thank you. that's so nice. yes. thank you! hi! hello. hi. you guys are nice. you're just nice, that's all. welcome,

let's go outside and i will bring you to the gw be, not looking so bad as you make your way across, no delay into the toll plaza, lincoln and holland, the parkway by kennedy looking like is in decent shape and here's the new jersey turnpike but this is a spot by the airport so by 13 a to the east and western split not looking bad and you're trains right now running on or close, continue to keep up-to-date on what is going on on the roads and alternates iron in affect. ben: president obama's hawaiian vacation was interrupted when a man tried to fly drove alongside the president's motorcade. juliet: the incident happened yesterday as the president was on his way to play a round of golf. agents for cementing the drone down, the agency released a statement saying the man did know the president's medicaid and no charges have been filed. ben: most americans believe terrorism gain the upper hand according to a new cnn poll taken after the san bernardino shooting on the 18% say america is winning the war against isis, 51% feel the government can prevent the next terror attack, 60% disapprove of the way president obama is fighting terrorism and 64% don'

parkway due to an accident. dallies back to route 3 and checking the hudson here the lincoln tunnel is a 30 minute delay 20 at the gw bridge 2:01 holland. alternate side parking is in effect city wide. john? >>> the hudson would be a cool reality show. let's check in with the hudsons. around the area, we've got a little bit of wet weather want to show you what's going on. kind of falling apart. didn't anticipate much out of this a warm front pushing through so a few left over showers throughput ma'am and fairfield counties that's about it. it is a warm front your day today a mild one, 58 normal high, 45 and 60 on friday, after some clouds we see comfortable conditions in the afternoon and a repeat saturday, peak heat sunday, and enjoy that looking forward to rain on monday. >>> john thanks so much. we'll have another check of news and weather in 25 minutes. >> thanks for watching i'm mary calvi. >> i'm chris wragge.