at the 14th street bridge. 270.y good along that's father hurley boulevard. rail, drv onarc service. on normalvre service. >> millions of customers now viacom channels again. >> good news for 20 million directv customers. it has signed a long-term deal with viacom. the latest facebook game go underground recover and tools before the clock runs out. it gets high marks. jewels. >> it is addictive. >> you can play on facebook or zynga. 8 store will let buy. after wild weekend of baseball, the nationals and wayes came out the same with the nationals leading. >> there was an epic collapsed on saturday. usual onusiness as sunday. ryan zimmerman, two home runs yesterday. the nationals face the mets in tonight without ian desmond, who is headed to the 15-day disabled list. the orioles in the bottom of the ninth inning in cleveland win.d a jim johnson recorded his 30th save. for the four-game sweep tonight. ernie els went in search of his title onitish open sunday. >> bid would require a monumental meltdown from adam scott. that'ss what happened cott leading by four s

southbound looks good from father hurley boulevard to the beltway. back to you. >> thank you. 6:18. >> the outlook for the nation's economy is not so great. it's not impacting the new batman movie. >> no promises from the fed. therman ben bernanke says yet sure if is not needs stimulate the economy. he said things could get worse if congress fails to resolve its budget impasse. the government is investigating about sticking suv's.es in some older ford escapes' and mazda tribute 6 engines are affected. qsymia has been approved for who havess in patients separate medical problem. scalpers are asking as much as online for tickets to the new batman movie. i am sunny hostin. google + b out facebook when came to customer satisfaction. pretty much everybody beat out came to when it satisfaction when it came to the american e business report. facebook scored among the lowest companies, which put them at the bottom. + was at the top. a lot of facebook users don't service.customer >> facebook changes too much. as you get comfortable with something, they switch

seven to minutes from father hurley to the beltway. betweenshape on 66 centreville and the beltway. crash at the planes but that is gone. is construction on the .eltway at new hampshire avenue a pretty good start to the day. in the 60's. not too bad. temperatures the this morning. 70 in germantown. the play, at 66. chesapeake beach, 76. -- la plata, 66. winchester, 63 degrees. lunchtime, 85 and sunny. for the high temperature, 89 degrees. is close to average for time of year. a few scattered thunderstorms, mostly west of washington. a little better chance to see showers tomorrow. friday and90's by into the weekend. >> thank you. 5:11. we have a new facebook giveaway winner getting tickets the montgomery county fair. >> the winner gets four fair tickets and $25 to spend on .ood go to wjla.com/facebook. >> a nice family outing. >> 72 degrees. >> assistance [ crows cawing ] [ male announcer ] strange things happen in the black forest. [ metallic bell toll ] [ car speeding down the road, lightning strikes ] where things aren't always what they seem. [ wolves howling ] because thrills hi

nothing out of the norm on 270 between father hurley boulevard and the beltway. you to the beltway at connecticut avenue. that looks wonderful. giving you the green light on 95 between richmond and baltimore. metro rail, marc rail, vre on normal service. back to you. >> thank you. police are looking for three men in connection with an armed robbery in capitol heights that turned deadly. it happened early sunday morning on oates street. three armed masked men approached five other men and ordered them to lie on the ground. one of the suspect then ordered a woman in a car to give him turkeys. she tried to drive away and ran over one of the men on the ground. the man was pronounced dead at the scene. the woman remained there until police arrived. >> efforts to remove discarded chemical weapons from northwest d.c. neighborhood will take a step forward. the army corps of engineers will outline a plan tonight to clean up munitions in the spring valley area on glenkirk road. the weapons from world war romney won -- world war rooonei were discovered in the early 1990's.

father hurley boulevard decent. now back to news. >> time now is 6:43.ing up, the race for president continues to heat up. >> we will talk about how the candidates are working to prove the other one [ romney ] i'm mitt romney, and i approve this message. [ male announcer ] when a president doesn't tell the truth, how can we trust him to lead? the obama outsourcing intacks: "misleadining, unfair and untrue." there was "no evidence" th mitt romney shipped jobs overseas. candidate obama lied about hillary clinton. so, shame on you, barack obama. [ male announcer ] but america expects more from a president. obama's dishonest campaign: another reason america has lost confidence in barack obama. >> mitt romney's campaign wants an apology from the obama campaign but that campaign tells us it is not one to happen. we're here to talk about the latest in a war of words. the president sat down with scott bowman and said when you were running for president questions about your past ventures are going to come up. what do you make of this? >> the campaign is in fact p

father hurley boulevard and the beltway, 270 is good. metrorail has normal services. the brunt trains are 50 minutes late. >> thank you. 8 minutes to go before the top of the hour. why should our wallets tell us what our favorite color is? every room deserves to look great. and every footstep should tell us we made the right decision. so when we can feel our way through the newest softest, and most colorful options... ...across every possible price range... ...our budgets won't be picking the style. we will. more saving. more doing. that's the power of the home depot. make room for savings with $37 basic installation on martha stewart living and platinum plus carpet. >> investigators are trying to piece together a deadly accident on the inner loop of the beltway in silver spring. two cars collided last night between georgia avenue and colesville road. one person is dead. >> penn state releasing the results of an investigation into the sex abuse scandal today. the report is focused on how officials reacted to allegations against jerry sandusky. >> metro is expected to

i will give you a picture of traffic on 270 at father hurley boulevard, and moving at a great pace. if you take metrorail, on normal service systemwide. >> 6:49 a.m. is your time this tuesday. >> iraq out of the top stories after the >> a good tuesday morning to all of you. coming up, the nation gets their first look at james holmes, the alleged colorado shooter as he sits in court yesterday. abc news right there inside the courtroom as cameras captured this chilling image, appearing dazed and at times as though he may fall asleep. what does this say about his mental state? experts and mass shootings and criminal law away in this morning. next right here on "good morning america." >> time for a final look at the top stories. among the very latest from the colorado movie. the shooting. the world got to see the suspected gunman james holmes appear in court to learn about his case. he will be formally charged next week. doctors say they released two shooting survivors and they say another is improving. abc7 also learned one of the shooting victims go plans to attend the university of m

normal travel times on the american legion 270 has a 17-minute ride between father hurley and the beltway. live picture of a germantown, you that is pretty accurate. amtrak officials this afternoon will unveil a plan to overhaul union station. for doubling the number trains the station can accommodate and improving the passenger experience. it wants to add new platforms, stores.and it would cost $7 billion. it's not clear how that would be financed. >> we will learn more today about the new program that will people who plan to use the new hot lanes on the capital beltway in virginia. they will hold a news conference about the e-z pass on sharing program means for drivers, carpal folks and mass transit users. ride on bus service in montgomery county -- operations should return to by monday. they have been operating on a theday schedule since nearly 30 buses off fire in silvera spring last week. 7 is on your side with. at the international aids conference in downtown washington there will be speakers and activities geared toward young people. thousands of protesters yesterday marched throug

once you get down towards father hurley, things open up, nice trip in towards the beltway. slowing right here past 109 as you head inbound on 270. no problems across the american legion bridge. no incidents or accidents reported in maryland or virginia on the beltway. 66, you are heavy and slow through manassas and it continues in new centreville. right now, hooking okay. in burke, 7100 at roberts parkway, there is some paving going on and it is affecting lanes in both directions there alternating. so watch for that through 6:00 a.m. 95, no real issues for you. heading north across the occoquan,th bit of volume there. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. on-timetraffic. >> thank you. >>> if you plan to take metro this morning for your morning commute, you better listen up. the rail system has some computer glitches over weekend causing some major delays. >> fox 5's melanie alnwick is live at metro headquarters in northwest with the latest on this. >> good morning. metro says the technicians are continuing to work to try to figure out what exactly caused the problem

this is a picture of 270 near father hurley boulevard. back to you. >> thank you. looking at 75 degrees. >> a familiar face returns to the district. learn what is >> police looking for three men in connection with an armed robbery in capitol heights the to the deadly turn sunday morning. three armed masked men approached five other men and ordered them to lie on the ground. what the suspect then ordered a woman in a parked car nearby to give him turkeys. she tried to drive away and ran over one of the men on the ground. he was pronounced dead at the scene. the woman remained until police arrived. the woodena woodbridge man has been sentenced to two years in prison 21-year-old michael jeffries. he pleaded guilty to acting as a bodyguard in underage prostitution. >> efforts to remove chemical weapons from the northwest d.c. neighborhood are about to take a big step forward. the army corps of engineers will outline a long-awaited plan to try to clean up munitions buried near glen brook road in the spring valley area. its world war i aiera weapon spirit they will demol

she missed a fair way a tan, then a putt for double bogey, hurley down to two strokes.ouble on the 12th, she goes on to win by four shots appear in her first major championship and a champagne bath. at pebble beach, kurt triple a at 16, can he get up and down. yes he can carry fired a 66 and wednesday champions event by two shots. >>> just when you thought set to go in the water the number of shark sightings and attacks on the rise, what is behind the numbers many people hate to feed the meter but what about a meter that hates people what police say what happened when a man was injured by a parking meter. that does it for this edition of eyewitness news 60 minutes next. news and,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, [ female announcer ] safeway presents real big deals of the week. or how to get great prices on things you need. we know you look around for the best deals. that's why we give youeal big club card deals each week. right now, peaches grown right here in california are just 77 cents a pound. get a super low price on tide. $10.99 for 100 ounces. yoplait yogurt is just 50 cents. real

a birdie putt and hurley is back up to three shots.she doesn't again with another birdie. she also birdied no. 16. she wins in a convincing fashion. hopefully it cooled down is on the way. tom is back with the seven-day when we come back. >> one last check. tom? [laughter] >> 87 tomorrow. 85 on tuesday. 86 wednesday and thursday. that's much more manageable. it's not 105 degrees but 85. >> thanks. that's it for 11 news at 6:00. thanks for joining us. thanks for joining us. we

in virginia on the greenway, told road, 66 between centreville and the beltway. 270 between father hurley and belthe beltway, light volume, moving at a good pace. back to you. >> thank you. 73 degrees outside. >> more than two weeks since the big storm. zero local women still cannot get into her home. what she >> howard county police are searching for a man who shot and critically injured two people. yesterday evening a person went to a nail salon and beat and shot a man who was waiting to pick up his girlfriend. he took off in the gold honda accord. police found the car in colombia. he is still on the lows this morning. tuan pham. there was an attempted robbery in capitol heights. early sunday morning, three masked men stopped a car and gunpoint. ] they ordered the people inside the car to get out and apply on the ground. after that, the driver was startled and ran over and killed a man who was on the ground. >> a former high-school football coach accused of selling steroids is expected in court today in fairfax county. jeffery reagan was arrested last month as he met with his alleged su

normal stuff on the greenway, the dulles toll road, and 270 between father hurley boulevard and the beltway is good, but we are taking you to a picture of 270 northbound f after northbound fpror 109, traffic using only the right shoulder. and 18-wheeler rolled over on southbound, which is the rush hour direction. plenty to watch out for frederick into montgomery county. southbound is completely open. >> katherine jackson is talking about the family's latest feud. >> the judge made her grandson t.j. jackson the temporary guardian of michael jackson's three children. >> there were rumors that i have been kidnapped and held against my will. i am here today to let everybody know that i am fine. >> a los angeles judge temporarily suspended her as "the guardian because she was in arizona and did not spoken with them in several days. jackson told abc news she was hurt by the court ruling and it was based on a bunch of lies. she says she is returning to los angeles to deal with it. she denies reports she was held against her will in arizona. >> there's always something going on. >> the news regardi

green light on 270 between father hurley and the beltway. and brandywine on route 5 at ear shaw rd., everything is getting by. they are removing construction on the beltway at river road. no delay. if we will have the latest from metro rail and a little while. now back to news. >> the international aids conference is under way in the nation's capital. it began yesterday and will run through friday. aids activists yesterday marched to the washington monument. people got a chance to see the aids quilt. we will speak with a johns hopkins professor helping organize the conference in our 6:00 hour. >> it is 72 degrees on this monday morning >> . we continue coverage of friday's movie theaters seating in colorado. learn how players from the denver broncos each of us is reaching into the depths of our souls and asking ourselves why -- why did this senseless act happen? >> crowds gathered in aurora colorado yesterday to remember the victims of friday's movie theater shooting. in a few hours the accused killer is set to appear in court. >> letter to

green light along 270 between father hurley and the beltway.tween centreville and 495. looks good out of dale city to get to springfield. that's the final camera. headlights are northbound all the way to the beltway. back to news. >> a special honor for reagan national airport. >> it was named one of the top tribally over destinations by forbes travel guide. it's easy to get to and from the airport and to check out and look at the main attractions before heading back to airport security. logan airport in boston also made the list and the airport in las vegas, o'hare airport in chicago, and miami international. this week's facebook giveaway features something everybody loves -- money. but we're giving you the chance to win $200. go to wjla.com/facebook. we will announce the winner on july 30 on "good morning washington." >> moviegoers came out in full force to show their support for the newest batman movie. >> warner bros. and other movie theaterstudios held off giving the numbers. the numbers were released yesterday. "the dark knight rises" ear

as you drive past father hurley boulevard. in fact, clear from father hurley boulevard to the lane divide. now, connecting to the beltway, traveling this time on the outer loop from i-270 traveling all the way across the american legion bridge. as you continue towards the dulles toll road. traveling all in virginia, in fact. nice and clear. here's a live look as you pass braddock road and passing robinson. just keep in mind the left lane is blocked past braddock and your volume is very light and clear as you head towards the interchange. eun, back over to you. >>> still ahead, is therapy right for you? we'll talk about the benefits and the different types. >>> plus, short, fun trips for the whole family. we have some great summer travel ideas that could have you jumping in the car today. first, here's a look at what's hot on nbcwashington.com. homicide of young people in america has an impact on all of us. how can we save these young people's lives? as a police chief, i have an opportunity to affect what happens in a major cit

right now volumes are light at father hurley boulevard.ck in a few minutes with more traffic at 4:39. >> thank you, monika. >>> police in fairfax county are investigating a police involved shooting in mount vernon. authorities say around 11:20 last night, two officers approached two men they say were acting suspiciously near frye road and route one. >> one of the men ran off. the officer pursued the suspect. he allegedly pulled out a gun and fired at itself officers. the officers returned fire and hit the suspect. he was taken to the hospital where he was pronounced dead. police have not released any information about the case. when we get more information, we'll pass it along. >>> the weekend and the day's top story is the hit weave which has taken over -- hit wave which has taken over much of the east coast has claimed 45 deaths. >> the relief also brought severe storms over the weekend. one system yesterday knocked down trees and power lines along the east coast. 85,000 customers in new jersey are now in the dark because of this. >>> ma

southbound 270 just wet but still wet at father hurley boulevard to the point where the rains divide. i'lli'll be back with more traffic but if your morning commute takes ow to route 50 near 197 by annapolis, you might want to make other travel arrangements. the state highway administration says part of the road is buck himmed because of the extreme heat and that -- buckled because of the extreme heat and forced the closure of three of the four northbound lanes. we'll keep you posted on that one as well. back to you. >> thank you, monika. >>> millions of americans have used those electronic cigarettes as an alternative to tobacco. advocates say they're safe and effective. >> but the food and drug administration and antismoking groups say e-cigarettes could also be hazardous to your health. >> reporter: justin king enjoy as puff on his lunch break but he's not smoking regular cigarettes anymore. he's using electronic cigarettes which he says helped him kick his 18-year addiction. >> i wasn't feeling good. i was overweight. i was smoking two packs of cigarettes a day. >> reporter: these

look at farther hurley boulevard. lanes are clear between germantown and the lane divide. as you connect to the beltway, no issues. in fact, on the inner loop, making your way from i-270 and i-95, 57 miles per hour. not bad. >>> breaking news in pakistan. gunmen are holding hostages in a police building and have reportedly killed at least one officer. the attack is happening in the city outside peshawar in the northwest tribal region on the country -- in the country. the gunman attacked the intelligence wing at building using hand grenades and exchanged fire with police. it is unclear who is behind the attacks but the pakistani taliban attacked a prison in the same city in april. freed more than 400 prisoners. >>> today president obama will return to the battleground state of ohio. he looefrs this morning for a campaign event in cincinnati. he'll also hold a fund-raiser before returning to washington there. this will be his second trip to ohio this month and his eighth this year. 4:34. >>> the obama campaign isn't letting up on its attacks on mitt romney's past as head of

making your way southbound past father hurley boulevard as well as northbound, nice and clear.outhbound connected to the beltway, no issues. travel speed on the inner loop from i-270 to i-95, you're driving at 58 miles per hour, taking ten minutes to make that drive. i'm back in ten minutes with a look at your roads. back to you. >> danella, thank you. >>> 4:53. metro will take up station names when they meet today. they are expected to ask to avoid commercial names. apparently the use of hospital and college names has created an influx of requests. therefore, metro wants to avoid using any more of those type of names. instead, metro stations will get names based on landmarks. they updated the map with rush plus this year. another update is expected with the silver line opening in 2014. not this year, 2014. >>> all right, well, you've seen the posters and you hear the stories about people looking for their lost puppies or kittens, right? >> yes, but this morning, one family in arlington, they're looking for a baby python. 6-year-old ava had her snake -- snake's name is happy --

here is to 17 your father hurley boulevard. traffic on the west side -- left side. all the way down to the lane divide. off to the beltway, things look good your broken-down vehicle on the ramp from the northbound george washington parkway onto spragg parkway. left side of the ramp. watch out for that. are really causing a problem on the parkway. back to you. >> all right. thank you. 6:30 a.m. i will get started with a file a night in northwest russian and. two shootings which left two people dead and four people wounded. john gonzales joins us with details. >> homicide detectives this morning here in police headquarters are trying to piece all this together. two separate shootings hours apart in the same area of the city. northwest d.c. six young men wounded. two of them are dead. police are still investigating. we can tell you the peace and innocence of a fourth of july night in the nation's capitol was shattered after 8:00 p.m. four people shot behind a shopping center on new hampshire ave. the chief spoke with reporters as fireworks were going off. she said a gr

we will go over to maryland on at father hurley boulevard.uck on the right- the road.of it looks like it is not causing much delays. >> hot sunshine again today with temperatures back up near 100. in a 70's and 80 pause right now. record challenging keep for the days and back up to the century mark today. tomorrow i think we will talk or record of 102 degrees. a slight chance of storms late saturday and a on sunday.ce matters. pioneers in outsourcing us jobs supports tax breaks overseas. insourcing. industry and favors bring jobs home. it matters. this message. [ cheers and applause ] >>> look at that. big soundcheck. what do we call them again? >> lovatics. >> demi lovato fans, swarming central park. we count down to the superstar. as good and inspirational as we have, taking center stage there. in just a bit, the summer concert series rolling merrily along, as we wish you all a very good morning. robin and george, taking time off. amy robach by my side. >>> the divorce battle between katie holmes and tom cruise is heating up. surprise, surp

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here's a shot of 270 at father hurley boulevard moving smoothly. hardly any traffic. it looks like this all around the area. back to you. >> thank you. a pedestrian was struck and killed this morning in greenbelt, maryland. >> it happened on the ramp from greenbelt road to northbound 450. john gonzalez as the latest barrett >> if you are headed to the baltimore-washington parkway this morning, there's not a lot of traffic, but if you are headed northbound perhaps to the airport, all the northbound lanes and now all the southbound lanes are shut down. the b-w parkway is completely closed at 193 greenbelt road exit. we want to be careful because there is an extensive scene with a park police and collision reconstruction. at around 4:30 this morning there were two people inside a brand new lexus, still with temporary tax. the driver became tired and they decided to switch. they pulled over on the shoulder. as they were switching drivers one of the people was sideswiped. a car came through in the northbound lanes and careened into the side of the lexus, striking the victi

a pretty good run on 270 leaving father hurley boulevard. nothing on the dulles toll road.t inner loop of the toll road is close to traffic getting by. >> a nice start to our thursday morning. temperatures in the mid 60's to lower 70's across much of the area. it's 73 at regan national airport. to the south of us we have a stationary front that will convert to a warm front. as we -- as it drifts to the north it will bring warmer temperatures. by next week, back into the 90's across much of the area. can't rule out the chance for a few pop-up showers. limited to a 20% chance. 85-0 degrees for a daytime high. a full look at the extended outlook coming up. >> the founder of a fairfax county horse therapy program is willing to help the people accused of attacking horses. >> those who are abusing horses may be looking for help but is offering to let them join the program after they completed their punishment. >> and george zimmerman the man accused of killing trayvon martin. lit show whether race played a part in the death but the government conclusions will not be made public.

quiet is between father hurley and 495 on 270. this is the beltway at new hampshire ave. no delays.of moisture, steve rudin. >> that is good news. it was a hot weekend. three more days of really hot weather. after that, i think we will breathe a sigh of relief. cooler, drier air next weekend. in the meantime, we have to get through the next few days. heat index readings around 102 degrees. right now the sun is up. look at rehoboth beach, delaware looking really pretty at the boardwalk. one person quickly running somewhere. 77 degrees at reagan national airport this hour. dew point level around 70. 76 degrees in st. leonard maryland. low 70's at wtop radio in washington. 74 degrees in alexandria. temperatures will be warming over the next couple hours. 72 degrees in winchester and manassas looking at a daytime high of 74. partly cloudy outside at this hour. we will look for a few pop up showers and thunderstorms later this afternoon, but limited to about 25%. more than likely, you will not see anything at all. on the doppler radar there's nothing. it's quiet and dry. futurecast keeps

to the greenway, the dulles toll road, 66 between centreville and the beltway. 270 leading father hurley boulevard, 17 minutes. we are running over to 95 with a live picture in the geico traffic center. now to steve rudin. >> here is doppler radar from the belfort furniture weather center. the shenandoah valley and the blue ridge, the rain will fall right now. not a lot of intensity with this. most of the shower activity will remain west of the d.c. metro for the morning. here is our future cast as we move through the afternoon. showers remain to the west. our next chance for widespread storms across the mid-atlantic welcome on sunday. temperatures will be well into the 90's by then. highs today 82 to 87. wins out of the south at 5 to 10. coming up, we will hear your travel forecast into the extended outlook. >> thank you. a class in downtown l.a. -- police and 200 occupants turned violent. >> this was during the artois. a spokeswoman says the protesters started throwing rocks and bottles at the officers who were out there wearing riot gear. they tried to break up the protest. "the l.a.

brandon hurley told the sentinel he found this blue buoy. it had japanese letters and was tied. >>> the chp's cal center in vallejo gets more than 1.2 million 911 calls every year. that works out to 4,000 emergencies every day. dispatchers say the 30-year-old equipment they've been using is outdated but that's all about to change. beginning sunday, dispatchers will start using a new system that will locate the newest response units. >> we're going to know more about where that caller is at and that's going to help us get help to them faster. >> reporter: with the new system, dispatchers will no longer have to type data generated by the phone system into an incident file. instead it will appear automatically saving time and possibly saving lives as well. >>> we go to half-moon bay to buy drinking water. >> driving miles for water. in a ktvu special report, the push to keep tap water safe for hundreds of thousands of californians. >> i do deserve as his mother to learn what has happened to my child. >>> a grieving mother pleading for informati

. >>> brendan hurley said he found a blue object right there with japanese lettering at the rio delmar beach. it was attached to some frayed rope. it is the second unconfirmed piece of debris and another piece was found who have come in march. >> this tree toppled over in new york state and it's part of the damage left behind by a massive storm that swept through the northeast. it knocked out a power line and knocked out power to dozens of customers and it caused a lot of flooding on roadways. >>> police released photographs of the shop lifting suspects in two security stores. it happened at a kohl's department store and safe way store on lincoln road. the female suspender sprayed both guards at potential locations who try to detainer. and data quick reports historic lows. the realty tracking has low inventory creating bidding wars among would be buyers. they are offering time share vacations and home prices are up almost 6-point 5% in the last year. >>> well, today bay area law enforcement officers are spend a day. they will be honoring a man killed in the line of duty exactly one yea

brandon hurley told the sentinel he found this blue buoy. it had japanese letters and was tied. >>> the chp's cal center in vallejo gets more than 1.2 million 911 calls every year. that works out to 4,000 emergencies every day. dispatchers say the 30-year-old equipment they've been using is outdated but that's all about to change. beginning sunday, dispatchers will start using a new system that will locate the newest response units. >> we're going to know more about where that caller is at and that's going to help us get help to them faster. >> reporter: with the new system, dispatchers will no longer have to type data generated by the phone system into an incident file. instead it will appear automatically saving time and possibly saving lives as well. >>> we go to half-moon bay to buy drinking water. >> driving miles for water. in a ktvu special report, the push to keep tap water safe for hundreds of thousands of californians. >> i do deserve as his mother to learn what ahh, now that's a clean mouth. i wish i could keep it this way. [ dr.

if you're traveling along i-270, here's a live look at father hurley boulevard making your way southbound northbound. we'll talk more details in exactly ten minutes. erika, over to you. >>> thank you so much. as olympic organizers scramble to secure venues, they are coming to the defense of the security firm that's failing to deliver enough guards for the games. britain's sports and olympics minister hugh robertson said that nick buckles should not be fired. robertson said it is more important to have a safe and secure games than to have resignations causing chaos. he reassured taxpayers they would not foot the bill for the security firm's failure. >>> eight days now until the opening ceremonies and the american athletes in london are giving special guests quite a show. english schoolchildren got to watch the u.s. track and field team practice, not only did they get to see some of the best athletes in the world, they also got to chat them up a little bit, too. team members like michael tinsley and poll vaulter brad walker thanked the crowd for the warm welcome and they said they hope to i

[laughter] >> lisa and kevin hurley have been married since 1986.rked until they adopted their little girl megan from south korea in 1999. lisa decided to stay at home while kevin continued to work for an insurance company as an underwriter and broker. >> did you like doing that? >> yeah, i did. very much so. i liked working with people, dealing with solving problems. >> kevin started working for his company at age 16 in the mailroom. from there he worked his way up the ladder for the next 36 years. but in 2009, the recession hit. >> i knew once they call you, say can you come in to the office, please, into the room, you knew what was going to happen. >> was it's a sign of the times? >> yes. 10% of the stuff of countrywide was let go. >> how did you feel not being able to provide as much money to the family? >> you feel like you're a failure. you're the one that's supposed to bring everything in. the way i grew up. >> what time did you get up? >> but now lisa was pushed into that breadwinner role. >> how quickly were you able to find employment? >>

and father hurley blvl, no delays southbound to the split. northbound as well, nice and clear. and crossing over 14th street bridge, no issues in this area at all along 395. back to you. >> thank you, danella, and d.c. firefighters battling this massive fire. flames shooting through the window of an old elementary school. the webb-wheatley elementary school. and melissa mollett with a live look at damage. >> at this point, firefighters on the scene, but keeping an eye on hotspots. a portion of the road behind me blocked off and they are concerned very much at this point about a possible collapse. this building was so damaged, so weakened, by the fire, that they are on the scene here. just kin of keeping an eye on things. take a look at the building. windows are gone. everything inside the school is charred. they are keeping an eye on several spots of brick and concrete that seem to be dropping. the building is still smoldering. take a look although video from flames overnight. crews responded to the two-alarm fire just after 11:00. it was difficult to fight because some doors w

everything pick back up at father hurley. no real issues heading into the beltway. we are seeing the volume build here in lakeshore don up through newington. 395 looking good despite the disabled vehicle near edsall road. columbia pike does remain closed in both direction because of work on a water main. >> we continue approximate our ongoing coverage of the movie theater massacre in aurora, colorado. >> this morning, the suspect accused of killing a dozen people during a midnight showing of the new batman movie will make his first public appearance in court. sherry ly is live in the newsroom with the latest on this tragedy. >> reporter: the suspect, james holmes, is being held without bond. police still have no motive. over the weekend, hundreds of people gathered for a prayer individual -- vigil in colorado. james holmes, man suspected of shooting up a colorado movie theater early friday morning, is due to make his initial court appearance today. >> they will get a case filing. they will get some basic information to tell them what charges are appropriate and then

here we are near father hurley where things are looking good despite some activity here on the shoulder. it looks like we have a disabled vehicle they are working to get out of the way there. everybody is running smoothly in the travel lanes so good news for you there. all right. moving on to trafficland. we also have some activity as you travel 66 inbound near route other fair oaks. you can see to the left shoulder and possibly crowding the left lane there, so do watch for delays leaving 7100 passing route 50 fair oaks. 95, we had slow traffic op and on from newington into springfield. 395 starting to see some volume build here as you leave the beltway up past duke street. do want to mention georgetown pike does remain shut down west of walker road because of that large tree that fell. and if you are traveling in georgetown, westbound m street at wisconsin, still seeing this work on the water main so watch out for the crews as you head past. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. imetraffic. >> thank you. >>> coming up income, we'll go live to fox business network in new york. wh

once you you get past father hurley, nice, easy trip down towards the beltway. just watch for stretches of fog as you head out there. traveling the beltway, no issues to report here. outer loop heading past new hampshire avenue. you are looking great at this time. i do want to mention, in the district, here we are traveling across the key bridge into georgetown but in southeast d.c., wade water main break, 15th street at east capital and metrobus service may be experiencing some delays in both direction because of that. same story in arlington, south courthouse road between columbia pike and sixth street closed in both directions that caused the road to buck ming. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. -timetraffic. -- that caused the road to buckling. >>> we'll have the latest on the movie shootings in just a moment. first, a wave of attacks in a rack. >> a wave of bombings has killed 82 people. this were car bombings and shootings in several cities. a few days ago, al-qaeda in iraq warned it was reorganizing in areas where u.s. troops had forced them out

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. >>> on the southbound side of i- 270 taking a live look from our sky 9 at father hurley boulevard with a disabled truck on the shoulder there. really not catching much attention and things look good as you head down to the point where the lanes divide. i'll have more on traffic coming up once again in a few minutes. back to you, jess. >> thanks, monika. >>> just about 6:12 on this wednesday morning. here are the stories making news now. the united nations security council will vote on a resolution today calling for an end to syria's civil war. it's been raging for 17 months and has left thousands dead. reports out of syria show violence there has been on the rise this week. >>> the ncaa is considering penalties against the penn state program. it might even shut down the program in the wake of the sex abuse scandal. they're investigating whether or not penn state lost control of its athletic program. >>> the washington national cathedral will hold a blessing of part of the aids memorial quilt. it begins this afternoon at 1:00. the cathedral last held a celebration of the quilt back in 1

let's head up to i-270 and look in the germantown area if you're traveling southbound at father hurley boulevard but your travel lanes are open as you make your way to the beltway. in both directs southbound, as well as northbound. i-270 no accidents or delays for you. barbara, back over to you. >> thank you. >>> 19 after 11:00 right now. still ahead on news 4 midday, often hard to talk about, but, today, a look at what women are saying about sex. >>> and is a shark weekend something you might be interested in? they're having one at the national aquarium. tell you what visitors can expect. >>> but, first, here's a look at what's hot on nbcwashington.com. is a tiger shark the largest shark? the jawbone is the biggest? >> this is probably like a 12-foot shark. great whites are a little bit larger and then the larger shark is actually a whale shark, which they have very, very tiny teeth. >> and tiny mouths, as well. >> they have very huge mouths, but this is probably a 40-foot shark. a very large mouth with small teeth because they're feeding on things like plankton and very small fishes.

no problems to report leaving father hurley boulevard conning out towards the split. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> a dose lawmaker wants to make sure hefty traffic fines in the city are about safety and not just revenue. ward six sound sill member tommy wells is creigh its aing a task force to studdity possible of lowering the steep charges. the move will likely hit some opposition because lawmaker are counting on the fine to help fund the city's budget. traffic cameras in d.d. d.c. genera attempt d $55 million. >>> tweets were silenced for more than an hour yesterday. i guess the people had to go back and communicate with each other the old way. this is the second time twitter has been hit by an outage in the last five weeks. pick up the phone. send a letter. just talk to people. >> haven't we learned about tweeting. >> i know. >> we still have to tweet though. ♪ i've never felt this way before, but it's a scary time to be a woman. mitt romney is just so out of touch. [ female announcer ] mitt romney opposes requiring insurance coverage for contra

but take a live look at 270 further south in jermantown and hey looks great at father hurley boulevard to the point where the lanes divide. i think we'll take that long slow stretch. this time in from the south. no problems to report on 95 coming in from dale city. hit a brakes a little bit in woodbridge across the occoquan river. outside once again and on 395 again we'll take it leaving duke street up to seminary road and the 14th street bridge. traffic is moving very well across the potomac river. but first i wanted to tell you that one of the senior producers sam comes in on route 50 every morning and there's a new speed camera. there's an app westbound on route 50 basically. at south dakota avenue right at the bottom of the exit ramp. she says behind a huge cluster of shrubs and weeds -- there sits the camera box. >> camera box. oh wow. >> be forewarned as you come in this morning. right there westbound on new york avenue route 50 at the exit for south dakota avenue. don't say we didn't tell you. >> you kind of pick up a little speed when you get near the bottom of that access ramp

father hurley boulevard, nice and clear in both directions. northbound and southbound. you can connect to the beltway. if you're taking the rail, i'm still checking them. saw big delays along the marc train yesterday but not seeing any reported right now, that's good news. metro, vre, look both good. back over to you. >> thank you. >>> here is a look now of where we stand after the storm. at least 22 people have died from friday's storm nationwide. five of them in the d.c. metro area. since this time yesterday, more than 216,000 people have had their power turned back on. right now the number of outages stand at 254,000 this morning. utility companies say it could be another three or four days before all service is restored. and in the meantime, vincent gray says pepco, quote, need to do better. gray said people are fed up with power outages and companies should look into burying power lines. >>> well, in northern virginia dominion has 200 extra crews from canada working to get the power back on. the crews rolled in last night. dominion tells news 4 it received 16,000 r

i-270 southbound and father hurley, situation in just in your right shoulder lane. this area. but travel lanes are open beyond this point. clear to the lane divide. and cell caller reports if you're traveling on i-35 and virginia, stop and go around the potomac mills. but the hov looks nice and clear. >> thank you. >>> i a head, while federal investigators are looking under hood of some brand new cars. >> and next, some serious questions after a wild, wild scene. a murder suspect makes a get away in i'm barack obama and i approve this message. [romney singing]: oh beautiful, for spacious skies, for amber waves of grain, for purple mountains majesty, above the fruited plain, america, america, god shed his grace on thee, and crowned thy good, with brotherhood... >>> there are n security concerns at a utah amp. the tsa asking how a murder suspect managed to hop a fence and steal a jet. brian ended up crashing that jet at a utah airport. a police officer found him dead inside the plane you see here. it appeared that he shot himself. he was wanted in connection with a st

if you're going southbound, take 355 and then get on to father hurley boulevard and then reconnect to i-270, because further down in that area, germantown all the way to the lane divide, nice and clear. aaron and eun, over to you. >> danella, thank you. >> 6:12 now, 73 degrees. >>> family drama. who is watching michael jackson's children this morning after a judge stripped custody from heir grandmother. >>> and a tip for police in the colorado shooting investigation offered up by the suspect >>> welcome back at 6:15. neighbors of the suspected gunman in last week's tragedy in colorado are finally home this morning. police allowed them to return to their apartments yesterday. they were forced to evacuate when officers discovered the suspect, james holmes, had rigged his apartment with explosives. >>> and this morning, we are learning more about another panic triggered by the suspected gunman this week. news4's melissa mollet live in our newsroom now. and melissa, we're talking about a package he put in the mail. >> that's right. agents say holmes told them where to find what could be k

a live look at father hurley boulevard. clear to the lane divide and northbound, as well.o accidents, no delays. aaron, back over to you. >> thank you, danella. >>> we turn to the weather now and the return of heat and humidity out there. tom kierein joins us with the first forecast. tom? >> not yet. that is not going to be arriving until this weekend and still, comfortably dry. not a lot of humidity in the air, we'll take that for mid-july and this morning we had a few passing sprinkles as areas move in green, those have been moving from the southwest to the northeast and the darker areas, that's where the southern parts of maryland and beautiful day at the beaches, but a lot of cloudiness across northern virginia, the district and much of the rest of maryland and still a few sprinkles out in western maryland. the potomac highlands the panhandle of west virginia. right now 83 at reagan national and beginning to hit the low 80s across northern virginia and parts of maryland and under the cloud cover in the shenandoah valley and still getting some of those showers, only in

now in the politics in kind of the hurley burleigh of the campaign this becomes a defensive posture to at how bad things were. but as an economist, i can tell you i've never seen anything like it. gdp was hemorrhaging at a 9% rate, a quarter before the president took office, crashing-- we lost over 2 million jobs in its first quarter. so what, the measures that the president took did was to break the back of that great recession a lot sooner than otherwise would have occurred. the economy ban to expand and starting in the spring of 2010 we began to get job growth and the private sector has consistently, too slowly but consistently adding jobs. if you look at the auto, manufacturing, the president made that point today. we're actually doing better in that sector than anyone had a right to expect given how damaged things were. should the economy be doing better? it would be great if it were but i think realistically given where we were and given the political gridlock this president has face, it is a tough call. >> suarez: but given all of these things that you just said, he's got to mak