. >> good morning, c innerloop of beltwayiv after road left lane the innerloop back to 66 and southboundback. o >>> nbc4 today on nbc4 is brought to you by . quitc4slow. >>> nbod >>> good morning everybody. more clouds in our sky againndor today there is a chance for more showers to impact your thursday afternoon. no rain on the radar just yet. temperatures right now are in the low-to-mid 70s. afternoon high today up around 83 degrees. your rain chance stands at 40%. much more likely t get rained on for tomorrow and what's left of florence is likely to be here early next week. >>> you can get thes latest n and weather any time on the nbc washington a. >>> 8:30 now. it is a thursday morning.o good morning t a great crowd out here on the plazer. we a taking pictures. hello from tucson, we just heard. y. >> tempe over here. >> young lady is checking it out. >> we have a great show. i think we have looking forward to this for weeks, years. carrie underwood live tomorrow morning on the plaza. y'all should come back. >> this is awesome. >> guys, i think that we have und the cutest smile on the

also if you ride in toward college park, the innerloop at the beltway, northbound on i-95. that ramp remainsse c will be will be closed through 6:00 or 7:00 this morning. that was because of this jackknifed tractor trailer. we also had very heavy traffic heading toward that spot. it will look like an afternoon rushour before things get really going by 7:00 or 8:00 morning. also traffic diverted off the southbound george washington parky. if you're heading down toward reagan national airport plan accordingly because southbound gw paray at 123, a couple of downed trees across the roadway with no time frame as to when the trees will be removed. stay tuned. we'll keep you posted. >> thank you. coming up, we're working for you. do you dream about never stepping foot in a grocery store again? sv severa deliver your order to your home but is it worth it? >> later this afternoon on ellen. >> all right. here i go. you get to shoot again. hy this is i'm not coming out of retirement. >> ellen shooting hoo with kobe. >> i can't believe heissed that. >> check out the show at 3:00 follow

inn innerloop and outerloo at the belt way running along itwell. a le bit of a slow spot there with road work now out of the way. from 70 down to the spur going 68 miles per hour. it's going to take you 27mi tes, aaron. >> thank you. t's 5:01 right now and new details in a story that captured national attention police announced an arrest in the murder of wendy martinez, thousands turned out to honor her memory. >> it was held in loganrc , not far from where she was killed. ♪ amazing grace, how sweet ♪ >> people cried as they held candles and listened to wdy's family speak. her mother says this was the happiest time of herer daug life. she was just engaged last week and doing really well at work. despite her overwhelming heart break she forgives the man charged with her father's murder. >> forgive the man because ikn it wasn't him. it wy someb else b evilng incarnated in him. >> wendy's mother says ty plan to bury her in one of the dresses she would have won on her wedding day. >> this morning we're learning more about the man that's charged with ki

innerloop and outloop looking sl 7al. some good news.for most of us, but that being y said taker umbrella with you. a little patch of heavy rain throug fairfax headed towards arlington, montgomery, and noe next little bit. flash flood watch in place until 6:00. temper in the very humid mid-s now. we will be in the upper 70s to 80 degrees, a chance for heavy rain and thunderstorms during the middle parts of the afternoon again and tn dry weather the rest of the week. r local news update in 25 minutes. for now, back to "the today . >>>> it's 8: on "today." coming up, supreme showdown. brett kavanaugh and the wan accusing him of sexualeattle set to testify before the senate judiciary committee. the vote on kavanaugh's nomination now delayed as prident trump comes to his nominee's defense. of thee kavanaugh is one finest people that i have ever known. >> we are live on capitol hill. >>> plus, star-studded night.y >> how m emmys have you won? >> seven. >> seven. if there were an emmy fin wig emmys, you would win d the scenes at the emmy ards

innerloop and outerloop slow in the normal spot so nothing crazy happening on the beltway right now.ooking at your travel times top of the beltway, 66 inbound, 95 northbou. pretty normal. remember to listen to wtop 103.5 fm when you hop in your car today. >> if yo spend your weekend dreaming up renovations and ideas for your homes, there's fresh inspiration for you this morning. >> we're working for you at the capital home show. megan is live withome of the experts. good morning. >> of course kitchenenations are very hot right now. all the cor, all the texture. this is capital design bill and talk a little bit about it. what is this? >> the mes is hidden away. the btom out of the way. and keep the kitchen clean. >> the food and the water goes down there. >> absolutely. >> you also have a lot of texture too. this iser intesting too. and services and cabinets. >> you're based in virginia so people can touch base with you here and then go back. >> thanks so much. amazing stuff here guys happening at the dull expo this weekend. back to you guys. >> 6:56 right now. here are four things to

right now looking at the beltway, innerloop, outerloop, everything looking slow. northbound 95 after the beltway and college park, brand new crash there and northbound bw parkway before 198 crashe along ight side. 270, rockville southbound, 270 near 28 two crashes. really some slow downs there. southbound connecticut at beach drive there. we still havehat crash hanging around. northbound is a little bit slow as well because of that.us folks looking across the sl there. camp springs northbound branch avenue right lane blocked by a crash thend arlington 395 before the bridge crash right lane. travel times in maryland are slow there on 270 fore what just showed you. south of the belt way this morning. on 95 on 66 and inbound both normal. remember to listen to wtop when you hop in your car today. >> thank you. it's 6:53 now. it could soon cost more to ride metro when there's a special event. the transit agency drafted a proposal to charge peak fares when service is beefed up. riders had mixed feelings about oposal. metro says it's a way to recoop the cos extra service

innerloop and outerloop looking pretty typical. 270 southbound going about 35 miles per hour >> you.es. for now, back to "the today show" . >>> is 8:00 on "today." coming up, on the two million people being forced to evacuate as hurricanels florence barowards the east coast. >> we can rebuild infrastructure. we can rebuild homes. we cannot repla lives. officials now warning this could be the storm of a lifetime. craig's live in north carolina. >>> plus, brad pitt under fire. his charity facing new legal trouble th morni after hurricane katrina survivors say they were sold defective homes. why residents arepiow asking for to ma >>> and all right, all right, all right. matthew mcconaughey joins us live in studio 1a to talk about family, fame, and his new film where taking a role unlike any he has had before. today is wednesday, september 12th, 2018. ♪ >> here to celebrate my beautiful wife's beidaiirthday. the plaza! >> celebrating 50 years of marriage! m from temple, texas! >> goodning. that's putting us in a good morning. >> florida george can't beat it. >> thanks for being with us o