let's take a live look from sky 9 inbound. they are telling us from the air those delays begin at about route 28. >>> let's go back over to our maps. a look at the other side of town. inside the beltway on 35. you are going to see the brake lights here. i'll be back with more traffic coming up at 6:25. >>> the national league championship series going to a winner take all game 7ton. >>> plus the redskins lose despite late he revokes from rg iii heroics from rg iii. >>> giving themselves a chance to win it at the end, it looked as if the redskins pulled off an upset. 1 seconds later and really no big surprise, eli manning took full advantage, 77 yards to victor cruz. the skins fall in a harry potter beak 27-23. >> i thought -- in a heartbreaker, 27-23. >> you see a great play, robert put the bull right where it needed to be. so i'm thinking hey this is a great opportunity for our defense. then you is he manning hit cruz and you are like no, i can't believe this is happening i can't tight end fred davis left yesterday's game wit

inbound 66 was in trouble earlier this morning. there was an accident inbound side at route 28 in centreville. that's been cleared as well sitting on the left shoulder. you can see it's still pretty slow going down to 22 miles an hour leaving manassas into centreville. lanes are open and then again slow as you approach the beltway. northbound 95 last live look here. that's been incident free. just a bit heavy heading for the beltway. i'll be back with more traffic coming up at 6:58. back to you guys. >> thank you very much. we don't like to complain but we're trying to find the optimum temperature in the studio. it's about as cool in here as it is outside. >> i think we found a good med yam. we get in the -- median. when we ge in the morning, the lights have been off and it's chilly. but now the lights have been on for a couple of hours and it's feeling good. we're down in the 40s in many areas outside so we're better off inside. we'll show you the temps in a minute. the bus stop forecast, 40s and a couple of low 50s south and east

inbound route 50 again delays beginning at the beltway at least as you head inbound inside the beltway. we'll take a look at our maps again. this time here's that delay inside the beltway. the beltway itself looks fine as you leave new carrollton heading north toward silver spring where you've got the slow traffic leaving new hampshire avenue. is will be off and on to georgia avenue. now to the south side of town. northbound 95, one long slow delay trying to get into triangle. it's agent heavy in woodbridge across the occoquan river and again in springfield. in fact, larry, can we take a look at our 50 camera first on the northbound side of i-95. here's what it looks like as you leave route 644 heading for the beltway. then a live look at 395 at seminary road. it's a long, slow lineup from duke street to this point and good across the 14th street bridge. i'll be back with more coming up at 6:43. >> thank you, monika. >>> cbs this morning is 30 minutes away. >> gayle king joins us live from new york. we can only guess u guys are going to be discussing a little get together at hofstra la

inbound and outbound winds. and this would be a look at where the tornado would be right now. and as we look at the reflectivity product, the most intense part of the storm, the storm top right between fox wood and munkton. it's in the southwestern quadrant trailing the main hail shaft of the storm down here. tracking north and east. eventually closer to fox wood. it shows a little bit less intensity or a high return. a high radar return. but if we come back, let's put this in motion. look at the storm motion here and where we're headed next, you can get an idea. you can see this will be tracking quickly across the border into the jartsville area and spring meadows, that's where we're watching next. but, again, back to our velocity -- this is a good sign. we do still have some rotating winds here. inbound and outbound winds. but right now as we look at this storm, we have lost some of the rotation. so perhaps and we hope nothing did touchdown and we'll get those reports here over the next 13-45 minutes. as we lo

inbound new york avenue looks good leaving northeast to northwest. outer loop of the beltway, over towards 355, the ramp was partially blocked because of a crash involving a car which took out a utility pole. right now, the outer loop of the beltway starting to slow between university and colville road. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. imetraffic. >>> well, it has come down to this for the nats, win and play another game or lose and go home for the winter. >> one thing for sure, the nats fans will be going wild again today for game number four against the cardinals. melanie alnwick is live at nats park with more reaction. we were hoping for a very different he reaction today but they're still alive. >> they are still alive. as we said, it just adds to the drama, make it a little more exciting here at nats park. yesterday's crowd was more than 45,000 people. they said it was 107% capacity t goes to show you that everybody wants to be here for these games. -- it goes to show you that everybody wants to be here for these games. i think we'll

again, inbound pennsylvania avenue on the sousa bridge, your inbound lanes are closed until further noticef this accident clean-up. you can see it here in the distance. no one is able to get by coming inbound across the anacostia. douglas bridge is open, no problems to report on 295 at the 11th street bridge. traffic is heavy and slow 50 to 123 and again at the beltway. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. n-timetraffic. . >>> ahead this morning, we are celebrating fall in the garden. >> holly is live at ed's plant world with decorate tips to spruce up the home for the season. plus, why you might want to stop by this weekend with the kids. straight ahead. take away his toys and he'll play with a stick. take away their bikes and they'll still find a way to get where they're going. but if take you away early childhood education... slash k-12 funding... and cut college aid for middle class families ... they won't go far. yet that's exactly what mitt romney wants to do... ...to pay for a $250,000 tax break for multi-millionaires. if mitt romney wins, the middle class loses. priorities

delays inbound on 50 are gridlocked. wall-to-wall traffic beginning before 410 trying to head inbound. so again, only the left lane is getting by. usually, i would tell you guys to head over to the bw parkway and use that as an alternate. early this morning, we had accident activity at 410. that crash has cleared. lanes are open but it is a little bit heavier than what you are used to southbound on the bw parkway coming there from 410. this is a live picture from sky fox. only one lane to the left getting by. we've got problems to report right now if you are out on the roadways. we have accident activity and clean-up along route 50. this happens to be the top stretch of the beltway at colesville road. no incidents to report for those continuing past college park headed over towards 270- 6789 27 -- towards 270. the lanes here are open. that is long piney church road near la plata road and billingsly. piney church blocked off in each direction. each direction. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> president oba

let's take a live look on the inbound side of i-66. this has been thankfully incident free this morning. slow traffic out of manassas into centreville. then here is looks okay as you leave route 50 heading for the beltway. back over to the maps this time on the north side of town. looking great out of northern montgomery county in terms of the corridors here out of aspen hill, wheaton and bethesda. let's take a live look one more time this time in prince george's county. the beltway looks good here at central avenue. i'll be back with more traffic at 6:43. back to you guys. >>> later today a judge will sentence former penn state assistant football coach jerry sandusky. >> the 68-year-old maintains his innocence following his conviction earlier this year on child sex abuse charges. kristin fisher joins us live from the satellite center with more on what to expect in court. >> reporter: good morning. sandusky's victims are heading into court today hoping for a harsh sentence but sandusky is hoping for a whole new trial, even after he's a

the inbound 11th street bridge.oop slowing to 16 miles per hour out of oxon hill. we have accident activity northbound 210 at fort washington. police, fire and rescue responding. that's a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. >>> julie, thank you very much. want to warn you the details in this story are disturbing. we're beginning this hour with breaking news from the district. police and fire officials tell us a man has died in what appears to be a tragic accident. the man was discovered on fire in a home on newton place northwest around 3:30 this morning. he was taken to the hospital, but he later died. it appears an oxygen tank may have played a role in that fire. >>> to politics now, both candidates will be telling jokes at a new york fundraiser tonight for low income children. politicians have appeared at the annual alfred e. smith foundation dinner since world war ii. president obama is campaigning in new hampshire today and then will make an appearance on comedy central's daily show. he visits fairfax tomorrow

we are dealing with eastbound 66 coming inbound approaching 50 fair oaks. we had an accident along the left side of the roadway. heads up working your way inbound leaving centreville headed in towards the accident scene. we have delays northbound along i-95 headed up into newington. lanes are open once again. traffic dim slowing out from aquia harbor continuing northbound up towards quantico and making your exit out of dale city. the crash we had eastbound or inbound on new york avenue approaching bladensburg road has cleared. no longer is the left lane block bud traffic still a little heavy working your way through the traffic lights leaving northeast to northwest. southbound 270 below speed before and after 109 with lanes open. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. -timetraffic. >>> tomorrow, it will be just two weeks until election day. prep rigs are under way in boca raton, florida where the third and final presidential debate will be held tonight. the race is tighter than ever. a new nbc news "wall street journal" poll finds president obama is t

this time a look first of all on the inbound side of i-66. there is an accident right after route 29 in centreville. left center lane is blocked. live look once more on the inbound side of i-66. you can see it's already slowing things down. i'll have more traffic coming up at 6:01. back to you guys. >>> it is 5:52. making news now, vice president joe biden and republican congressman paul ryan square off in the one and only vice presidential debate tonight in ken ken following president obama's lackluster debate performance last week. the democrats are looking to rebound while the republicans want to build their recent momentum. >>> e-bay resigned its website. the idea is to encourage visitors to browse and collect items to buy later with called it calls the fee. it also has launched an app. it promises same day delivery. >>> pumpkins have turned out to be a bright spot in an otherwise dreary year of performers. a severe drought baked most of the nation's highland but pumpkins thrived. >>> now it's time to take another look at the question of

no trains will be allowed inbounded or outbound through that tunnel.set up a bus bridge but this could impacted the l line and the k line. we'll continue to keep you updated throughout the morning. in the meantime, here's lawrence. >> traveling around the bay area this weekend, it might be tough getting to half moon bay. but if you can get there, looking good. the weather is going to cooperate. partly cloudy skies, 64 degrees for the pumpkin festival. >>> the owner of a store that was robbed in new jersey says he is mostly concerned about the little girl who was with the robber at the time. check out the surveillance video. it was rolling when a woman stole a $5,000 wedding dress from the store. she had that little girl with her. the thief took the dress while eight phony customers had distracted the employees inside. >>> the new iphone knows where you are at all times. apple has quietly started tracking users again and telling advertisers what they want to know. this is in the new io-s-6. in a moment while show you how to opt out. larry magid says it'

then it all went from stop, stay inbound to go, go for the touchdown. it was interesting to see the different reactions. >> emotional roll are coaster. i was screaming get out of bound, get out of bounds and he turned it up. and i was ecstatic from there. from the quarterback position, you don't see that too often. he'll make history in this league. >> slide, slide, slide and you seen he had the angle to outrun everybody. everybody kept saying keep going, keep going. he is so dynamic. so many things you got to worry about. he is just amazing. >> a couple of guys, rex in particular, came to me and said hey, you can stop smiling by wednesday. i was just all smiles. it was a special feeling. i'll watch that. i got to prove to those guys that i still have the track speed that they've been talking about. >> reporter: with robert griffin iii leading the way. redskins snap their eight-game home losing skid. they had their first game. >> we still have plenty ahead. your weather, traffic and all your top stories. >> fox 5 morning news at 4:30 starts now. >>> goo

and very slow inbound 50 in maryland. delays are just prior to the beltway. heavy on the brakes at landover road, and it is a tough commute to get to there. pretty slow. about 13 minutes to get to the 295. >>> good news for drivers this morning. the price at the pump is down about 8 cents this month. that's according to aaa. the national average for a gallon of regular is $3.79. in the district, slightly higher at $3.88. maryland paying about $3.70. virginia remains the cheapest at $3.66. >>> this morning family members waking up with their loved ones who returned from serving in afghanistan. >> d.c.! whoo! >> i'm going to guess he's glad to be home. sounds like it. about 70 members of the national guard rurpd to the home in the d.c. armory in southwest washington. they completed a eight-month tour of duty. >> everything is okay now. >> i'm just happy to be home to see grass, trees, my family, d.c. you know, i love the united states. >> love it. >> the guard members operated out of bagram air base. they maintained, rather managed a dining facility, mail opera

inbound new york avenue nice and clear leaving northeast to northwest. travel southbound along 270, no problems to report headed out towards the scales. volume increasing but that is about t south stretch of the beltway, you are still in good shape between college park and bethesda. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. -timetraffic. >>> a heated debate last night between president obama and governor romney. >> they clashed several times and accused each other of not telling the truth about the other. fox 5's melanie alnwick following the latest now live in the newsroom. >> reporter: good morning. both president obama and governor romney gave supporter exactly what they were look, for an in your face, no holds barred verbal bout. the president much more confrontational than during his last performance. candidates in this looser town style format were able it stand and walk around while answering questions. at times, it and they were circling each other before going in no a verbal attack. both men shared a number ever heated exchanges challenging e

i'm going to start off with the inbound side of i-66. that's final but in haymarket northbound route 15, that ramp to inbound i-66 is still blocked with an accident. again it's not affecting the interstate itself. keep that in mind. then you see a tiny bit of slow traffic forming out of manassas into centreville but nothing out of the ordinary there. let's take a live look if you're planning to head inside the beltway. here's what it looks like in falls church. no issues to report heading for the roosevelt bridge. all lanes are open. back over to the maps and this time to the north side of town. i was watching our cameras. i saw cruk crews pick up the construction cones on the inner loop of university boulevard. let's take a live look there. they were a little late in clearing it up. they said it would be about 6:00 but it's 5:30 and it's all gone as you can see. they cleared it up from the left side of the road. you're good to go both loops of the beltway in silver spring. i'll be back with traffic again at 5:39. >>> two prince george's

all vehicles coming inbound diverted. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. >>> looking up, way back, it's gone! [ applause ] >> he is worth every penny, jayson werth, the nats' $126 million man coming up huge with the game and really the postseason on the line. his bottom of the 9th walkoff solo homerun, the 13th pitch of the at bat gives the nats the 2- 1 win over the cardinals and sends the series to a game five tonight. >> that game gets underway tonight at 8:37. gonzalez will be back on the mound. >> speaking of pitching, nats' bullpen deserves as much as the credit last night, striking out nine batters in the last three innings. >> for more on last night's game and a look ahead at tonight, we turn it over to dave ross live at nats' park. good morning. >> reporter: you nailed it on the head, the bullpen was sensational last night. think about this, if strasburg was on this roster and he was pitching, detweiler would not have taken to the mound last night. he got inserted because of strasburg being shut down

up to five vehicles involved in an accident on the inbound side of the sousa bridge. you rarely see this traffic here. we'll take a live look on the northbound side of i-95 from our sky 9. slow newington into springfield. >>> as for wall street, waiting on some banker earnings. hopefully we'll have a good end to a really bad week on wall street. >>> for those counting on a beltway world series, go os tonight in new york. cbs this morning is next. they'll have more on last night's vice presidential debate and they're celebrating 50 years of james bond. >> howard and i will be back in just 25 minutes with a live update on traffic and weather. >> and visit us for nor at wusa9.com. >> if you haven't seen the jayson werkt walkoff home -- werth walkoff home run, go to wusa9.com to see it again. go nats. >>> have a great weekend.

on the inbound side of i-66 things look great. no problems manassas into centreville as you head inbound toward the beltway. you're going to be absolutely fine this morning. let's take a live look outside inbound 66 closer to the beltway looking great. no issues here as you travel between vienna and 495. let's go back over to the maps and this time to the other side of town. bw parkway route 50 no issues at all as you travel through chervely heading into the north on -- cheverly heading into the northeast corridor. the beltway looks great into prince george's county. if you're planning to head here on 270, route 121, a little foggy but lanes are open down to the beltway. back over to the graphics one more time. go nats. the game is at 1:00. metro, they are suggesting that navy yard has two entrances but if you're a blue and orange line rider, take it all the way to capitol station. that's less than a mile from the navy yard. >>> nats, nats, nats. this afternoon the washington nationals organization and its fans will enjoy the team

a crash inbound involving three weeks.u're approaching the sousa inbound, just be aware of that. i-95 to new hampshire avenue, to get to i-270 that drive will take you at least 16 minutes. you are under speed the entire way. looks like i lost signal from chopper 4 but significant delays, and they're back, along i-95 at prince william parkway is where you're first heavy on the brakes. straight delays to the beltway. that drive will take you 34 minutes. average speed 22 miles per hour. it is stop and go the entire way. aaron and eun, back over to you. >> melissa mollet over at the live desk now. >>> good morning. the space shuttle "endeavour" is rolling through los angeles, though it's going very, very slowly. take a look. this is live pictures from l.a. of the shuttle coming out of the airport. you can see all those folks waiting. the 12-mile trek will take two days. right now it's headed to a private parking lot for a nine-hour layover as crews deal with power lines farther ahead on the route. it's headed to the california

traffic still about 44 miles an hour heading inbound. traveling northbound on 395, open, traffic slows again approaching the inbound 14th 14th street bridge. delays leaving boulevard out of german town. that's a check of the fox 5 on time traffic. >>> foreign policy will be in the spotlight at tonight's final presidential debate. governor mitt romney is expected to hit hard on the obama administration's response to the attack last month in libya pa that left four americans dead. president obama's giving a few hints about how he'll address that topic. joining us now to discuss why foreign policy is such a hot button issue this election year is clifford may, he is the president of the nonpartisan foundation which focuses on national security and foreign policy issues. thanks for being with us on the show today. this is something you know a lot about, did can you just tell us about your work and reporting to then secretary rice as far as -- >> oh sure. foundation of defense of democracy set up just after the 9/11 attacks focusing on nationa

stays inbounds. >> cris: ronnie brown has some nice open-field moves. he has made people miss consistently on this drive. may want to try to get him the ball a little more often. >> al: chargers elect to keep all of their time-outs but taking a lot of time off the clock here. and now a conference with cheffers. because did he pick up the first down is the question. it was first down. it was -- now he looks at it. yeah, 11-yard gain so, obviously, it's a first down but there's some question -- and then norv turner is saying, put the time back on the clock! here is the end of the play. here is brown. he spins. he rolls. he has the first down. turner doesn't get the time back on the clock. the pass to the outside. and that is floyd and floyd will stay inbounds. >> cris: that's horrible. >> al: at the 49 yard line and now they are compelled to take a time-out. >> cris: almost like he thought he was out of bounds. >> michele: second time-out. >> cris: he did try to get out of bounds, i'll say that for him. but nice job by johnny patrick to keep him from that

delays inbound pennsylvania avenue.nesville, heavy slow and steady into the beltway. over an hour drive. no accidents, just traffic. heavy from the beltway to the 14th street bridge. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. >>> thanks. it's your turn, sore. >> it's okay. fans are lining up for their tickets. >> today at 10:00 a.m., tickets go on sale. first, the nats need to wake up the bats and their pitching needs to shake of the playoff jitters. dave ross is here with a look at yesterday's loss to st. louis. is it playoff jitters? even in the game we won, the pitching was a little shaky. >> sure, gio was a little nervous. he said afterwards he was so hyped up. this is unchartered territory for the nationals. st. louis is the defending world champs. been there, done that. this is old hat for them. not for the nats. yesterday a day to forget. they got game one, and you're right, a huge win looking back at what happened yesterday, because it went from bad to worse early. already down 3-1, this one goes down the li

you will find your lanes are open along 66 headed inbound from fair oaks continuing inbound towards the capital play. we do have reports of an incident along braddock road so watch out for fire and rescue responding there. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >> thank you. >>> the big story this morning, a local congressman's son has resigned from his father's re- election campaign of ask caught on camera discussing a voter fraud scheme. >> reporter: virginia congressman jim madalyn murray o'hair is running for re- election to his 1th son in office. his son patrick is the campaign's paid field director. the reporter goes up to patrick moran at a cozy restaurant just a block from congressman jim moran's arlington campaign headquarters and tells him he needs help coming up with a scheme to cast ballots in the name of a hundred voter who rarely show up at the polls. moran seems to be humoring him but doesn't mississippi him. the video was released by activist james o'keefe. he told audrey barnes by phone that his conversation way total stranger speaks volumes. >> anything other th

as you head inbound into the district, your travel lanes are open.n 395 north and southbound, checking cameras, very light volume, not seeing any road work to warn you about. i'm back in ten. eun and richard, back over to you. >>> still to come, new developments surrounding the man accused of carrying out the deadly spa shooting in wisconsin. president obama: i'm barack obama and i approve... this message. anncr: victims. dependent. that's what mitt romney called forty-seven percent... of americans. including people on medicare. but what about his plan for you? romney would replace guaranteed benefits with a voucher system. seniors could pay six thousand dollars more a year. a plan aarp says would undermine medicare. you're no victim...you earned your benefits. don't let mitt romney take them away. >>> we are learning about a shooting at a wisconsin spa. radcliffe haughton shot and killed his estranged wife xena haughton and two other women before turning the gun on himself. haughton had a restraining order against his wife. on thursday, a court orde

as you continue from 301 and head inbound toward new york avenue. travel lanes are open. not seeing any road work or any accidents or any delays right now. i'm back in ten. we'll check rails then. eun, over to you. >> danella, thank you. >>> 4:54. we're getting the new designs for the final stretch of the anacostia river walk trail. the final leg is known as the kenilworth garden segment in washington. it will connect 60 miles of trails in maryland and d.c. it will bring together benning road in d.c. with the bladensburg waterfront. the $15 million project is funded from a federal grant, d.c. and maryland. construction is set to begin next spring. >>> let's hope the regular season goes a little better than the preseason for the washington wizards. they're 1-3 afters loing to t l nets. last night was the first nba game played at the barclay center in brooklyn. the wizards won in style 98-88. they open the regular season two weeks from tonight in cleveland. >>> two nba stars are joining forces to host the golden globe awards. "30 rock's" tina fey and "park and recreation's"

eastbound, we had some construction that was coming inbound between nutley street and the beltway. that too is being cleared. top stretch of the play running smoothly between college park and 270 with no issues reported. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. imetraffic. >> thank you very much. >>> new this morning, dramatic video coming in from rescue efforts at miami-dade college in florida where a parking garage under construction collapsed wednesday. a construction worker can be seen being pulled from the rubble. he was rescued some 13 hours after the collapse and is in critical condition. two workers were still in the collapse and eight others were injured. crews say one more work are is still up accounted for. >>> a 44-year-old man was executed in texas last night. jonathan green died by lethal injection, convicted after i rape and murder of a 12-year- old girl in 2000. lawyers had argued that green was mentally ill and that his hallucinations made him ineligible for the death penalty. >>> the national zoo says it will announce today the final word on what killed the gi

stays inbounds. >> cris: ronnie brown has some nice open-field moves. he has made people miss consistently on this drive. may want to try to get him the ball a little more often. >> al: chargers elect to keep all of their time-outs but taking a lot of time off the clock here. and now a conference with cheffers. because did he pick up the first down is the question. it was first down. it was -- now he looks at it. yeah, 11-yard gain so, obviously, it's a first down but there's some question -- and then norv turner is saying, put the time back on the clock! here is the end of the play. here is brown. he spins. he rolls. he has the first down. turner doesn't get the time back on the clock. the pass to the outside. and that is floyd and floyd will stay inbounds. >> cris: that's horrible. >> al: at the 49 yard line and now they are compelled to take a time-out. >> cris: almost like he thought he was out of bounds. >> michele: second time-out. >> cris: he did try to get out of bounds, i'll say that for him. but nice job by johnny patrick to keep him from that

still seeing report of an accident in that area. 50 inbound at the beltway, accident activity. this time just in the left shoulder lane. just a moment ago, it was blocking two of your left lanes. it looked like it moved out of the roadway. if you're traveling inbound 50, very light volume, but stick to your right to avoid the accident in this area. still seeing downed power lines and trees and debris, if you're taking the local roads, that's where most of these incidents are, the beltway, interstate's nice and clear. let's head over to downed wires. this is on holloway road closed at barrett road. please use caution as you're making your commute this morning. aaron and eun, back over to you. >> thanks, danella. >>> 4:54. in other news, d.c. pliolice ar hoping a security video will help them catch a man suspected in a brutal attack. police say the man knocked on doors handing out flyers for a party. when one woman opened the door, he forced his way inside. the man tried to rape her and beat her and stabbed her several times. at least check the 24-year-old woman is listed in crit

. >>> slow traffic right now on the inbound side of i-66. that's because there's an accident on the right shoulder up ahead at blieb road. attract -- glieb road. attracting some attention. more at 4:47. >>> time for your first money segment of the morning. >> the lovely jessica doyle. >> good morning. let's hope the pink helps wall street. we'd like that. it's a happy clorp. we'd like happy news. stocks were lower after the world bank warned asia's economies won't grow as much as expected this year. investors also waiting for earnings news this week from some of the biggest u.s. companies. checking the numbers, the dow starts this morning at 13,583. dropped nearly 27 points in trading yesterday. nasdaq bad day, down 23 points. the s&p 500 was off by 5. a congressional panel says two chinese telecom firms pose a security threat to the united states. the panel says the year long investigation found wawway and zte should be barred from any acquisitions and mergers. the chinese companies deny the allegations calling them dangerous political dist

stays inbounds. >> cris: ronnie brown has some nice open-field moves. he has made people miss consistently on this drive. may want to try to get him the ball a little more often. >> al: chargers elect to keep all of their time-outs but taking a lot of time off the clock here. and now a conference with cheffers. because did he pick up the first down is the question. it was first down. it was -- now he looks at it. yeah, 11-yard gain so, obviously, it's a first down but there's some question -- and then norv turner is saying, put the time back on the clock! here is the end of the play. here is brown. he spins. he rolls. he has the first down. turner doesn't get the time back on the clock. the pass to the outside. and that is floyd and floyd will stay inbounds. >> cris: that's horrible. >> al: at the 49 yard line and now they are compelled to take a time-out. >> cris: almost like he thought he was out of bounds. >> michele: second time-out. >> cris: he did try to get out of bounds, i'll say that for him. but nice job by johnny patrick to keep him from that

we found there is a stalled car inbound suitland parkway at stanton road.your eyes peeled for that inbound suitland parkway approaching stanton. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> we have a warning to share after reports of an attacking fox in prince george's county. one tax happened on sunday evening in the meadow brook neighborhood in bowie. three brothers were playing in their backyard when the fox approached. it reportedly grabbed a 4-year- old's boot before his older brother kicked it and ran way. theling boy was left with several scratches on his hands. then, around 11:00 sunday night, a woman was attacked outside her home. she was bitten on her leg. both victims are being treated for a possible rabies infection. >> that is scary. >> crazy. >>> things tighten up in the national league playoffs and then there is a monday night meltdown in denver for one quarterback, an interception marathon. dave ross is next with our sports breakfast. stay with us.  rachel and sam have a house. now they want a home. a home where everyt

. >>> still checking on the delays if you're traveling route 50 inbound in maryland. chopper 4 flying over kenilworth avenue. here's what's going on. right lane blocked. the crash here involved a single vehicle. you're seeing significant delays. you're just lowered to one left lane to the left to get by. and your travel speed very slow. 15 miles per hour to get from the beltway to 295. that drive will take you at least 22 minutes this morning. let's head over to military road. a paving operation blocking all of your lanes at 42nd street. instead, you should take nevada as an alternate route. i'm back in ten. eun, over to you. >> thanks, danella. >>> 6:02 now. president obama and mitt romney won't be taking any breaks after last night's second debate. they'll be back on the campaign trail today. mitt romney will visit virginia. his first stop is chesapeake. then he'll travel north to leesburg, where he'll hold a rally at 7:00 tonight. the president will campaign in ohio and iowa before returning home tonight. >>> and the campaign stops come after a debate that featured

traveling inbound 50 at the beltway. still seeing the accident. it is blocking your left shoulder lane here. right lanes are open and still very light volume inbound 50 and outbound as well. over to some downed wires in annandale. annandale road is closed at little river turnpike. just be aware of that. eun, over to you. >> danella, thanks so much. 5:04. >>> metro's doors are opening for regular service for the first time in two days. trains and buses running on a normal weekday schedule. you can still encounter some delays on bus routes due to the trees and power lines on flooding. >> amtrak also running again but has limited service. no acela service along the northeast corridor, and no service at all in new york city because of flooded tunnels. amtrak says no firm date on when service will be running again in new york. >> back here in northern virginia, marc and vre service back to normal. maryland transit authorities are warning riders there could be some delays on marc lines because of potential power problems and speed restrictions from floo

big delays from 28 inbound headed for the capital beltway. also going to find slow leaving springfield. all of the lanes here are open. southbound once you get here, both the parkway and 50 are tied up and southbound 270 wall to wall traffic. that's the check of your fox 5 on time traffic. >> thanks julie. 13 days until election day. for both candidates that means round the clock campaigning. today will be the busiest day of the election series for president obama. cover more than 5000 miles in the next 24 hours beginning the day in washington and flying to ohio colorado california and nevada. the battleground states with appearances scheduled in nevada and ohio. the polls show the two candidates running dead even. the winner could all come down to this final fever pitch. >> what you are seeing from the obama campaign is an incredibly shrinking campaign. the president is out of ideas. he's out of excuses. and november you are going to make sure he's out of office. >> we know we're not where we need to be. not here, not anywhere. we've made re

a live look at 14th street bridge inbound across the potomac river. you'll be absolutely fine as you can see into downtown. i'll be back with more traffic at 5 08. >>> president obama and mitt romney will square off again in their second presidential debate tonight. president obama acknowledges he didn't farewell in the first debate and he's promised he will not be so lax in tonight's meeting. >> both candidates have taken the last couple of days off the campaign trail. they've been preparing for tonight. the town hall format will feature questions from undecided voters. >>> wusa9 is the place to be tonight for election coverage. join us at 9:00 for the debate. you can also watch wusa9.com. stick around at 11:00 as we talk to the u.s.a. fact checkers about who is telling the truth and who is exaggerating. >>> also, the deadline to vote in virginia has come and gone but if you live in maryland, the deadline to register is today. and for district residents, the mail-in registration deadline is over but you can register in person at the election board's

we do have an update coming inbound suitland parkway after suitland road.ng up the left side of the road. northbound 5 at gallant green, i have a crash this. already dedays starting to stack up there. lands are open, no problems reported out of germantown headed out to the lane divide. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. imetraffic. >> thank you. >>> in the race for the white house, president obama is taking a break from the campaign trail today from meetings in washington. meantime, republican nominee mitt romney will continue a push in the battleground state of ohio. romney was there yesterday as was president obama. no candidate in the past 11 elections has won the presidency without winning ohio. now, new polls show the race is tightening there. a cnn survey shows the president ahead of romney by four points. another poll has romney up by one. >>> first lady michelle obama gave her husband a helping hand yesterday by rallying supporters in the battleground state of virginia speaking at the loudoun county fairgrounds. the first lady spoke of her

you are jammed inbound 50 approaching the beltway. aaron and eun, back over to you. >> danella, thanks so much. we'll check in with you soon. >> and thank you for joining us for "news 4 today." i'm aaron gale crist. >> and i'm even yaunun yang. >>> this just in, right now sandy is to blame for more than 50 deaths. 6.8 million homes lost power. utility officials say it could be days before power is restored and the subway system is running again. sandy is shaping up to be one of the costliest natural disasters on record in the u.s. so far it's estimated to cost between $20 billion and $50 billion in damages. >>> that said, most of you are headed back to work. the federal government is open today. power out anls keeping some schools closed. in fairfax county, langley high school, holmes middle school, sleepy hollow elementary, and spring hill elementary schools are closed today. jefferson academy in d.c. will not have classes today. excel academy and public charter school is closed in prince george's county. barcroft elementary in arlin

inbound, headed over towards 395, you will find that some traffic is able to squeeze by to the right. not too much of a backup at this time but something to watch out for as you travel 236 at annandale just inside the beltway. eastbound along 66, volume increing not only from business 234 headed out eabound from manassas but again leaving fair oaks to 123 and traffic slows briefly now at the beltway. 359 checking for the crash near the pentagon. this happens to be southbound 270. that's a check of yourox 5 on-timetraffic. on-timetraffic. >>> this morning's big story, in just a few hours, a judge will sentence former penn state assistant football coach jerry sandusky on 45 counts of child sex abuse. now, it is likely that he will spend the rest of his life behind bars. >> he is expected to speak at today's hearing along with six of his victims. sandusky recently spoke to a student-one radio station at the ledge college from his jail cell. he has never admitted guilt and in the interview he defends his innocence. >> the young man whose dramatic, a veteran accuser and always sought atten

and traffic slow on 395 inbound to the 14th street bridge.check of fox that's a check of fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> . >>> >>> it was hello, right over here, it was a weird way to do it, but all that matters is they did. now the washington nationals are your national league east division champions. >> the nats needed a win against the phillies, or in atlanta, a loss to clinch it. in the ninth, the news came, the pirates beat the brave, and despite losing, 2-0, the home team and their fans had a reason to celebrate. and celebrate they did. with champagne, millerlight, and fireworks. it sounds like a party to me. and to south capital street. the first ever division title for the team. in the excitement of last night's accomplishment, it has not warn off yet for the fans or the players. dave ross is live at nats park with more reaction. good morning, dave. >> reporter: good morning. i was told that the celebration last night, it was apple cider for bryce harper because remember he was only 19. you have the champagne and get it away from his hair

this time over to the inbound side of i-66. no problems to report here. coming up in my next report at 5:10, we'll take a look at virginia roads. back to you guys. >> thank you. >>> the eight-game home losing streak is broken, thanks to robert griffin iii. yesterday he excited fans and held the redskins -- helped the redskins defeat the minnesota snakings at fed ex -- vikings at fed ex field. >> he led the skins to their first home win in more than a year. at the start of the game, many were wondering if rg3 would be okay. he was much better than okay. he finished the game 17 for 22 with 182 yards passing. he ran the ball 13 times for 138 yards and two touchdowns, including a 76-yard touchdown. watch it right there. that run late in the game helped field a win. unbelievable. final score of this one redskins 38, vikings 26. >>> it is 5:03. turning our attention to the race for the white house, president owe bam pa and mitt romney are -- obama and mitt romney are spending the day preparing for their second debate. the president is hold up at a resort in wil

inbound rhode island avenue blocked at northeast with a crash.t timesaver traffic comes up at 6:43. back to you. >> thank you, beverly. >>> we'll -- well never, never has a washington crowd cheered for a pittsburgh time as much as they did last night. just as the nationals finished the top of the 9th, word went out across the park that the pirates beat the braves. the crowd went wild. the players went wild. they didn't even mind a 2-0 loss to the phillies. >> kristin fisher is live at nationals park this morning celebrating the first division title for the washington franchise since 1981. kristin, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. can you believe it? it's a good morning to be a nats fan. i tell you what, playoff baseball, it means playoff memorabilia, right? so this right here, this is the t-shirt that everybody is trying to get their hands on this morning. i tell you what. as hot a commodity this is, the big seller right now is actually the playoff baseball hat. i'm being told that they are almost all sold out online and in the team store

otherwise in virginia, delays traveling through manassas and in vienna on inbound 66. often on brake lights on 95 north. southbound to 70 through frederick emmons -- and frostburg, is open. eastbound 32 as a laying closed before route 1. >> the time is 6:13 and coming up, we will have an update on the pakistani girl shot by the taliban then she was 14 years old and we have proof americans work hard for their money >> you are watching "abc 7's good morning, washington." >> all this week, we have been learning about the nobel prize winner. >> we just heard the winners of the nobel prize for chemistry and they are both americans and one of them even as a local talk to our region. we will pull up on the screen and introduce you to the doctor and professor at stanford university. next up, we have robert lefkowitz and the as a researcher at howard hughes medical institute right here in chevy chase maryland. the two researchers won for their studies of g-protein receptors which is cell work. they help create new drugs to battle diseases that are out there. these two researche

inbound 50, traffic approaching , normal. 53 cheverly, heading into town, normal. avenuejersey at madison there are water main closures. >> the latest headlines from the of sandy. president obama headed to new visit some ofo the areas which have been devastated by the storm. >> he will be during those areas jersey governor chris christie, however, the president city.ot visit new york mayor bloomberg is ok with that. blumberg said he spoke with the president and his team of staff tuesday and the city would but first thehem city officials have a lot of things to do. is blamed for 50 nearly 70the u.s. and more and caribbean. the storm left 8 million customers without power nationwide. working around the clock thery to restore power to customersousands of in the d.c. region. they are making progress. numbersok at the latest -- most of those outages are in anne arundel county. power outages could make the tricky forittle headed back to school this morning and people get to work. out another school closed, in howard bowman bridge. those at the top of the screen. brianne

>> problems on inbound at road, inbound new avenue at bladensburg road, accident activity with one lanetting by. , so many commuters coming .ut of frederick the early birds. just volume. some delays out of clarksburg and down towards the lane divide, but it looks good. on the capital beltway. the american legion bridge, bridge, looking normal. southbound 95 near 198, an cleared ins been laurel and no delays. back to you. >> thank you. 47 degrees. >> more trauma behind-the-scenes at "dancing with the stars." a medical emergency. for melissa emergency how does it brew such great coffee? well, inside the brewer are these grn fields of coffee, actuly, i just press this button. brew what you love, simply. keurig. ♪ use freedom and get cash back. ♪ack. ♪ five percent on hotels and airlines. ♪ ♪ oh everybody conga line, ok! activate your 5% cash back a chase.com/freedom. ♪ everyrybody get, everybody t! ♪ >> plans underway to amend the on martinial quote luther king's memorial. talking with the sculptor who crafted the memorial pan and other hoping by change will be made king's birthday january

. >> the accident quickly cleared on inbound to york avenue and bladensburg road. lanes of opened. we still have of him out of cheverly to 50. newschopper 7, a crash on 66 eastbound in virginia at route 50 fair oaks. but there's a lot of activity. those will be a distraction. this is 66 eastbound approaching route 50 in fair oaks. we will be watching that closely. back to you. >> thank you. 47 degrees, holding steady. it appears your credit or debit cards meinhold more than just your money. >> a warning >> you are watching abc 7's "good morning washington" with cynne simpson and steve chenevey. this is "good morning washington," on your side. >> at least six people injured in an overnight crash -- clashes 11 onin lebanon. many politicians blamed syria. >> checking other headlines. jordan authorities arrested 11 people in connection with an alleged terrorist plot. al qaeda-linked militants reportedly planned to attack shopping malls and western diplomatic missions. suspect all jordanian and had brought in arms from syria. >> former cuban leader fidel castro is very

southeast, stalled car inbound south capitol street on the bridge. at 31 miles per hour out of revenna. >>> a week and a half to the elections and all eyes are on the swing states. four senators from key battleground states will debate the issues this sunday and chris wallace joins me for a preview. good to see you. >> good to be with you. included among those senators, portman of ohio. will come down to about a half dozen states that are ground zero and one of them is virginia. >> it's great to have portman on, because i say all eyes on the swing state, but more and more eyes on ohio. >> that's right. you're talking about 18 electoral votes. and romney can win without winning ohio, but somebody said he wouldn't want to. he'd have to pick up a bunch of other states. i think whoever wins ohio will be the next president. >> the candidates are spending it seems all their time at this point in the swing states, which we understand. is that a mistake now? should they be going to other places, too? >> it's interesting, because there's talk about michigan m

if you are crossing over the key bridge here inbound as well as outbound. we saw road work slowing you down. the bridge looks great. let's check the american legion bridge traveling on the american legion bridge crossing over and on to the loop. nice and clear looping around to the bridge. taking the 14th street bridge making your way into the district, nice and clear. keith, back to you. >> thank you. >>> new on news 4 midday, police are investigating a deadly shooting inside a home along village green drive. a man was shot multiple times. he was taken to the hospital where he later passed away. police are not releasing details about a suspect or motive in this case. >> today, a muslim civil liberties advocate group is going to put out ads in combat the controversial ads for israel. they are now responding to anti-jihad ads that went up this week in a handful of metro stations. the ads compare muslim extremists to savages. a care spokesperson hasn't said what the ads say, but they will promote mutetual understanding. >> mitt romney is getting ready for a r

. >>> vikings, tampa quarterback freeman hits williams who just gets his feet inbounds for the score. >>> all right, free tacos for everyone when angel stole second base, he won free tacos for america. that's right, taco bell will be giving away the free tacos next tuesday afternoon. thanks, angels, we appreciate it. >>> just ahead, a very funny michelle obama. >>> plus, it took her almost 100 years to vote. it is a story you may be telling your friends about. you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back. here is a look at the cone of uncertainty from the national hurricane center. this means a storm could be anywhere to the east side of it, still heading in for a landfall in southern new england or as far south as hatteras to virginia beach. obviously, the center line you don't want to pay too much attention to that quite yet, but as we go through the weekend, focus more and more north side of it. the worst rain, excuse me, the worst storm surge and the worst wind. the south and west side has been the strongest rainfall rate. so, you really can't win with this storm as we go throu

muni, we have a fire near the west portal tunnel, no inbound, no outbound for the west portal area they bridge in place and we'll be watching. no other mass transit delays if you are heading out now. south 880 accident at 23rd ing two right lanes road sensors not showing significant slowing. if they don't get that out there quickly it will you will have delays through oakland as you head out this morning. >>> very quickly the mythbusters question, do you get wetter running or walking? you get wetter walking they confirmed that on the show that. makes kristen right. could you tell from the dance? >> that was interesting, thanks. next close encounter in space will the earth see it today? >>> have you ever wondered who the average twitter user is? the answer coming up. >>> it is not too late to win $49,000 from abc7. these people want a chance: they've all entered through our facebook page. go to facebook.com/abc7news then click the $49,000 button that will take you to the form where you can enter. we'll announce the winner october 18th, after the 49ers game. >>> how do you compare to the