outer loop at the innerloop is now shut down. you see no action there on the innerloop. they're trying to get debris off the roadway. all lanes actually are open it's just a big backup. taking a wider look at things overall no major problems. we do have slowdowns in prince george's county. 66 inbound at 50, we're seeing that on vdot camera, looks typical. northbound branch avenue, a malfunctioning traffic light. it is taking folks a bit longer to get northbound on 5 right now. 210 inbound quite slow. as far as travel times, to 270, top of the beltway is nasty at 37 minutes. >>> you have to understand how former mayor gray feels, though. >> only on 4 -- d.c.'s new u.s. attorney responds to questions about the long-running federal investigation into former mayor vincent gray. channing phillips decided that it was one of the first moves he made when he took office last year, he decided not to press any charges against gray. gray endured a lengthy investigation over allegations that he knew about a slush fund. a key witness who is now facing sentencing admitted that he set u

innerloop is open but still slow as well. three lanes blocked we have debris into those outer loop lanes that damaged a couple of cars. we have delays because of that earlier crash in brandywine, northbound with that malfunctioning traffic lighting causing a bit of an issue. overall, we're actually looking quite good. top of the beltway, a spot to avoid. i'll toss to chuck bell, we see rain coming in spots and we're talking a lot about this weather alert day. >> absolutely. really going to mess up later on today with rain. tom kierein said it's drizzling as hard as it possible can. so a weather alert day for you today. pockets of iciness, northern most maryland, panhandle of west virginia. not a big impact with that but we're watching it closely. strong storms this afternoon and turning quite windy tonight and into the next couple of day. there's the freezing rain. trimmed back to only include western maryland and parts of the west virginia. temperatures are above freezing everywhere. that's the reason why. but flood watches

the debris has gone into the innerloop lanes. we have that in the innerloop hitting the crews. we'll show you what's going on. 66 at west ox road, no major issues. prince george's county overall looking quite good. more on the problem on the beltway coming up. >>> another shooting of a school employee in the area crossing the lines of a student. >> the top of the beltway. take a look at this. this is going to get, no doubt, much worse here as the morning progresses. beltway at georgia avenue. on the outer loop, we have a jackknifed tractor trailer blocking the lanes. on the innerloop, debris has gone into those innerloop lanes. >>> we're learning more details into a disturbing case of a child sex abuse and pornography at prince george's elementary school including how a concerned family member may have prevented more children from being abused. he now faces federal charges for producing child pornography. an an uncle went through his nephew's phones and pictures and discovered what was going on. that's exactly what a u.s. attorney said parents should be doing to protect their c

anywhere above 55. >>> innerloop getting by. and outer looper at university one right lane getting by. 395 south after seminary getting through on the left. that hangs around a little long in the morning. that's going to last until 8:00. 270 at father hurley boulevard, don't have any problems north or southbound. beltway at central avenue also looking quite good here. no problems on the innerloop or uter loop of the beltway. nation and dry. very different than what we're seeing. no rain, no snow, we'll take it here this morning. on top of the beltway, those rain routes rolling along just fine. >>> thank, melissa. happening today, pope francis continues his historic trip to mexico but not before getting upset at a recent event. find out what him to the edge. >>> and google >>> the new head of the prince george's county police department is starting the job with a lot on his plate. internally chief hank sa winsky will work on the upper ranks of the police department. he says the police department must reflect the community in orde

innerloop at colesville, ly han time. and outer loop, a live look at 270. >>> developing this morning, an islamic center in north germany was shut down after a police raid. police raided the culture organize in bremen after suspicion that those people might be associated with islamic the building. phones and computer hard drives were taken. >>> the woman who survived a suspected serial killer's attack will confront him in court. lony franklin's trial began this week, he's accused of killing nine woman and a teenage girl back in 1980s. police believe he could have killed more than 100 women. one woman who survived his attack is expected to take the stand in the trial. the media titled him the grim repair because of the 14-year gap. >>> a family wants answers after their dog was electrodutied. this happened in the van ness area while the owner was walking the dog. a spokesman for equity residential which manages that building expressed condolences to the dog's owner, lakia, a shepherd that had been the family's pet since he

have sparked a potential fire, and we have heard of all these incidents, power lines down on the innerloop of the beltway, and so folks who aren't driving thinking they were in the the red line towards shady grove, not going so well for folks tonight. let's kick it back to you as we watch the powerful storms. >>> yeah. that's what we were concerned about southwest of southern maryland and these still bear watching. they are still heavy and we have a tornado warning for richmond and north umber land for 7:15 in the northern neck. so technically, this is a severe thunderstorm warning. but these are nasty storms. and we have a little more lightning now. i think this is a new one. essex, middleton and richmond. grand reed, get ready, you could see a tornado for 60, route 3. i would take cover, interior rooms. >> that's warning for a storm way out there, north of williams between richmond and williamsburg right now. that's a storm that will potentially affect the lower part of the northern neck. >> that's the one currently on until 7:45. and i don't see a reason it wouldn't cross the river and

innerloop, right lanes getting by. outer loop getting by in the right lane. other problems, 15 southbound, near 50, we have police directing traffic around the crash here. road work on 395 south after seminary, two left lanes getting by. >>> can the d.c. fire transport? >> no, they cannot. to the hospital? that is one of tough questions the d.c. fire chief has to answer at a council hearing today. d.c. firefighters will decide who takes the patient to the hospital. and that is raising concerns. although tough questions chief greg doerr dean will face today will surround the resignation of the department's medical director. in a scathing letter dr. juliet saussy described it as a tough culture. the memo said that dr. saussy was dissatisfied and did not fulfill the duties of her job. the chief said he will explore the successes at the hearing. >> we'll be talking about a lot of different areas, the recruits, the class, the entrance exam that we've given for the first time in years. >> the hearing will a long private ambulances will operate in d.c. >>> today is

no problems on the innerlooper or outerloop of the beltway.o major issues in that area here this morning. there you go. beltway at branch avenue and loop. just fine. silver hill road at st. barnabas. two left lanes there, again, still blocked there. that is road work. 395 south at seminary road, two left lanes gets by. that work is in there probably for the mex hour and a half, two hours. north capitol street at m street. again, a police investigation there. would last a couple hours. that is blocked until further notice. and the storm team 4 by 4 headed to montgomery county. you can see a little bit of that snow. the roads have been treated, they just look wet. be careful, could have slick spots. aaron. >> let's take a look outside again on this weather alert day. >> here's a look from the storm team 4x4 where things don't look too bad. even know the roads are wet. you might see black ice kathleen matthews: too many nights, i lead the 11 o'clock news with stories of gun violence. and like many of you, my family lived through the beltway snipe

the innerloop. no significant issues just heavy traffic. and we have speeded dropping on southbound 270 and the hot spot in the beltway. make sure you tune into wtop 105 fm for traffic updates on the 8s. >>> a plan to help local kids succeed. the plan to be unveiled in d.c. public schools that could have students spend are more time in the classroom. >>> also ahead, we're live in prince george's county where a heartbroken community is looking for answers after >>> 15 before the hour. right now, we're under a weather alert as we wait for this strong storm, that you see right here, to start dumping rain on us. before it's done we could see an inch of rain. >> it's one of the stories we're working to get to you the minute you're up. let's go to chuck bell. >> a brand-new warning, a flood warning near west virginia, on the tuckapan river. the flood warnings out in eastern west virginia. here's kim with traffic. >> we have light rain falling in the area. and you will find that things are moving along fairly well. the traffic not weighing down to