let's check on the traffic situation with jamie sullivan. jamie: they are burning fuel, especially in you are traveling on the roads. we have issue on metro. that's what i want to begin with. single tracking will be in place throughout the evening rush. federal triangle and foggy bottom. heading eastbound on the blue and the orange lines, they are bypassing farragate west and mcpherson squares. the service will be suspended at 9:00 this evening. this is between federal triangle and foggy bottom. a fire in northwest d.c. closing down 14th street northwest between irving and slowing trying to head out of if city crossing the 11th street bridge at 11 miles per hour. 66. i want to take a live look. we are seeing heavy traffic. earlier accident added to the congestion. delays remain. michelle: people in louisiana are cleaning up and drying off after the record-setting floods. the video from baton rouge. the boats are needed to go through the high waters. floodwaters expected to stick around through the end of the week. this is a gas station in lak

see how it is going on the roads with jamie sullivan. jamie: we started out with a big problem on 95. all the lanes behind me were closed in lorton. but everything reopened. you can head south of that without an issue now. the backup is a big one. move to the map to talk about how big the backup is. at duke street 11 miles per hour on 395. continuing to the springfield interchange and bumper to bumper as you get to lorton. 95 and 395 slow from that earlier accident. it's now cleared away. we have volume on the southeast/southwest freeway. no accidents, though. traveling on the inner loop getting to the american legion bridge slow. from that point to take under 15 minutes. no crashes to report here. that is a look at traffic. michelle: ahead at 4:00, certain items at the grocery store drive up the food bill. have you noticed what they are and what you can do to save money despite the rise in prices. jonathan: new on "abc7 news at 5:00" -- a child pulled from a 30-foot well. how sedoing tonight and how a drone giving us perspective out he f

jamie sullivan has a look at how all of this is impacting so much going on out there.jean repairs. the ng from reston to boston. expect delays. down barlow road with the investigation between matthew henson avenue and allen dale road. keep in mind that is both directions and are currently blocked. clear along the beltway and no big problems for you either on d.c. on the freeway. keep in mind, midday roadwork on the inner loop of the beltway taking out the right lane drops you down to 22 miles through college park. that's midday roaldore all righ afternoon. now back to you. jummy: the wet weather is not making things easier on the roads today. and unfortu conditions will stick around. let's get to our chief wedged overheaddrfo anda every now and then and especially levels here so we don't expect much of a rise of temperatures. 49 degrees in culpepper now and 48 in hagerstown and frederick. 50 degrees at andrews and 50 degrees now in baltimore. as we get to the afternoon we'll climb into the 50's and these temperatures even with the clouds will be just about average and maybe a degre

jamie sullivan joins us now. jamie: the backup you can see here heading northbound, that solid red line. it's about three miles that we are seeing this bumper-to-bumper traffic right now. everyone. this is scheduled until 12:30 but it may last longer. you can see the sign repair that they are doing. this is the sign they are repairing. no lanes are open right now. 95 in virginia heading northbound, all lanes still closed. let's focus closer to d.c. and thea disabled truck third street tunnel. the centerline is blocked right at the tunnel entrance. lane is blocked right at the tunnel entrance. jummy: today, a final farewell for prince william county police officer ashley guindon killed on her first day on the job. her funeral is happening right now. thousands of officers lined the funeral possession -- procession this morning. she will be buried at st. thomas the apostle cemetery. officer guindon will be buried next to her father. ronald hamilton shot his wife and then guindon and two officers responding to the dom

for that, we will check in with jamie sullivan. jamie: a reminder of closures in place beginning wednesday at 7:00 p.m. new york avenue, mass avenue. this will be closures that will be in place for quite a few days. this will go into place wednesday evening. currently, service has been restored on amtrak between d.c. and baltimore. 10 same thing on the marc line. although stops are being made to washington. no problems in d.c. on the freeway. quiet on 295. 66 no issues. if you are heading on the outer approach college park and route one, there is red work in place. 18 miles per hour currently is your average. that is just midday roadwork. no other problems to report. jummy: thank you. tradition for a big part of our area. spinning time with the family at the national zoo. few years,st it has been interrupted by violence. john gonzalez shows us how they are taking measures to make sure it is safe and fun. reporter: the rain will not stop a 125 year tradition at the national zoo. we have been seeing families showing up. it is easter m

check on the good friday afternoon and traffic with jamie sullivan. mie: we are seeing heavy traffic on 95. start with the waze man and the wazers reporting a complete stand still. 7 miles per hour is the average. i would say that is pretty much a complete stand still. there is nothing in this right now and just volume as we pull out a little bit. the heaviest stretch from quantico. this is a 20-mile stretch of slowing. you start near dale city and the slowing continues heading south closer to fredericksburg. mile marker 133 is where it starts to loosen up. it's solid. bumper to bumper traffic. take a live look right now. this is northbound. decen inching along. extra time needed in virginia on 95. the big pictures from the map. the capital beltway not bad at all on the south stretch. northwest corner that we're seeing the heaviest batch. getting from 270 to 95. that will take right now one hour. that is a look at traffic. busy holiday weekend. michelle? michelle: thank you, jamie. coming up on "abc7 news at 4:00" -- checking in. a look at the pitfalls

jamie sullivan standing by on traffic watch. >> we made it through one. now we are halfway through the second. you can see here typical volume we would have on the beltway. that is what we see on the beltway. the heaviest area are in d.c. from outer loop to 66 is another 23 minutes. so almost an hour there. moving to the waze map in d.c. bumper to bumper traffic. jeff goldberg is in mobiletrack 7 across the 14th street bridge to the national mall. get a live look with him to check in. >> this is bumper to bumper. we are headed to the mall toward the white house. moving slowly in both directions. we have seen officers directing traffic. a lot of traffic downtown. alison: thank you. so in time for the people to head home there is a chance some of us may have to deal with rain. doug: we are not sure how many showers would pop up from the cold front coming through but not many at all. this is 66 degrees. clouds. brake of sunshine there. the temperatures are mild. 72 in washington and frederick. look at the luray and fredericksburg. 81. the front, most of the

jamie sullivan is here with a check of the traffic. this accident on 66 eastbound near route 50 is causing a bit of a delay. nothing major. as we take a live look here, i want to talk about a car fire. watch for this as you head northbound. two of the right lanes are blocked. scheduled track work between wheelie reston and ballston. from college park, continuing to greenbelt, they are doing railcar testing. delays possible in both areas. nothing major if you are traveling on 95 in maryland or virginia. it is a gorgeous day to be driving. autria: a big day and the race for the white house. donald trump facing a test of his durability. as a new poll shows ted cruz is runner,in on the front a closer look at the high stakes are a >> voters are out. the race for the white house reaching a crucial stretch. donald trump is still leading in all of them. >> we have hawaii and the greatest potato group in the world. thear donald trump >> donald trump has not served this country a day in his life. >> they are attacking his temperament. announcing

jamie sullivan comes right now. jamie: thank you. you know we are talking traffic. all the different areas we are seeing issues. i do want to begin in virginia. what we have here is 66. so heading westbound, of course, a little sun glare mixed in with the normal congestion. we move now to switch gears let's focus on what we do have. that is in maryland. we move to the waze map. if you have that app, waze, if you download it, if you don't you can join the waze team. that is traffic watch 7. but we can pull up the map. you will get a better idea of what we're seeing with the slow traffic on the northwest corner. we will start here in mcclain. with pel out and this will -- we pull out and it will give you an idea. approaching the spur, we are heavy. continue on brakes gettin silver spring. we are still heavy even as you approach 95 in maryland. so the bigger picture is yes, we are seeing that red solid line which is slow traffic. no accidents, though. moving now to the maps. in d.c., get ready. tonight we have at the verizon center the wizards versus the hawks. with th

let's get a check on the road with jamie sullivan. people playing hooky, maybe trying to get downtown to see the cherry blossoms. if you live in virginia and want to get to d.c., crossing the 14th street bridge is a little tough approaching because of an accident. this is the gw parkway -- ramp to the gw parkway from 395 northbound. you have two lanes continuing to get by. the issue is going to be if you have to get onto the gw parkway. currently, you cannot. this talk about the backup is causing. single digits, five miles per hour, behind that. we are seeing these delays in another spot, the top side of the beltway. the outer loop, pretty jammed get into route one, because of road work. on the brakes again 95 to new hampshire avenue with an accident. let's take a look at our waze map. we have someone saying it is a complete standstill. this is the outer loop as you approach new hampshire avenue from 95. that's a look at traffic. back to you. melanie: coming up on abc 7 news at thosew warning following deadly terror attacks in brussel

jamie sullivan is keeping an eye on the traffic for us. the picture behind you is worse than what sam had. jamie: this is because we have so many lanes. on the capital beltway dealing with accident on outer loop. this is the backup just past the american legion bridge. this is not the only crash we have. one of the accidents on the capital beltway in d.c. the police just put out a release saying we will be standing at intersections helping traffic, trying to get out of the city. that is something that they will be doing. please be careful and follow the police direction. we will have another update soon. back to you. jonathan: thank you very much. a history lesson. when metro open march 27, 1976, it was a few stations on what was and is the red line. since then rapid expansion over the decade. now 91 stations, 117 miles of track to maintain. underground is 47 stations. more than 50 miles. as brianne crt underground cables have been inspected. >> don't get caught out of the loop even when you are away from the tv. when there are updates to t

amazing or not so amazing, jamie sullivan?ie: i thought we were talking about meatball day, steve. oh, well. steve: you can't have it all. jamie: fair enough. i have good news. i want to start off with. the earlier crash at route 202 cleared away. so good news. this is in place for the past two and a half hours. east of the capital beltway. volume on the inner a mixed in with the normal congestion. we move to talk about the capital beltway. 9 merm on the inner loop. in d.c. right now, 13 miles per hour heading northbound, kenaworth avenue to the d.c. line. heading southbound to the single digits approaching malcolm x. take a live look in d.c. along the national mall. the traffic moving at a great pace. we are seeing a lot of extra pedestrian traffic. keep that in mind. this evening a lot of people taking in the nice weather. getting downtown. again, the pedestrian traffic. that is it right now. back to you. michelle: all right. thank you very much. next on "abc7 news at 4:00" the four things you cannot deduct that are sure to

. >> jamie sullivan on traffic watch. >> you can see the three miles per hour. four, two. this is what we deal with in d.c. this is the worst. i pull out now on the waze map, most red is confined to the d.c. area. take a live look. police at intersections still. you can see a police car they are directing traffic. this afternoon they are going to lift the h.o.v. restriction s. this just came out. they lifted restriction on 395 as well as 66. moving to the map i want to talk about 66. this is a comparison to reston. 14 miles per hour. this is hier than usual. 66 is completely clear. a lot of people stayed home. we had traffic moving well. back to you. leon: thank you. metro shut down inspired the car service to issue the coupon for riders. capitol bike share offered free one day membership and the bikes were seen everywhere. what is happening now? richard reeve continues the team coverage live now. he is in the silver spring transit center. hey, rich. richard: he at the transit center. a lot of folks disembarking from the buss from the district. this morning as we heard in

we turn into jamie sullivan. any major problems. ? not on our interstates, and accident investigation, randolph road eastbound, closed from serpentine way to terra mark road because of an accident involving a pedestrian. crews on scene. a live look outside. on the interstates, not bad. no issues as far as slowdowns related to whether. the bigger picture, we are in the green through prince george's county on the inner loop and outer loop of the capital beltway, baltimore-washington parkway looks good. no problems heading into washington, d.c. a little bit of volume past eastern avenue but the only thing we have now. one minor issue in the washington, d.c. area, a car fire. news. following breaking a story you might have heard of, the u.s. supreme court plans to hear the appeal of former virginia on april 27. the court will determine what anal -- legally constitutes official action by an elected official when it comes to federal corruption laws. he and his wife were convicted in 2014 after receiving a number of gifts and loans from the

check on our roads here with jamie sullivan. jamie: no horses. no miniature horses and nothing like that to worry about. it's just cars moving slowly. if job are hadding out, you loosen up on 50 or the baltimore washington parkway. heading to the national harbor. you can see a solid line on 295. 395 leaving the city. averaging 17 miles per hour. getting from 66 to the american legion bridge will take you under 20 minutes. wrapping through the collision in the teens. are talking. but not many accidents. looking outside is new amp avenue. this is a lot of sun. that is what we like. back to you. leon: love that. alison: see how long the sun will be lasting around here and the warmth. the record is 82. we missed it. 76 now. win direction. this time of year with the cool water in the rivers and warm air moving over the air cools off. along the waterways. i happens in the potomac and the rivers. the by bay. the bay temperature is 49. so 6 of 0 in the naval air station and why it is warmer away from water area. 80 in hagerstown. still 75 in culpeper. 77

check on traffic with jamie sullivan. jamie: a big accident. we are starting off in virginia. on the outer loop from tyson south to gallow's road. that is where the crash is. let's talk about the backup. this is in the single digit. the wazers are checking in with the delay. before 66 you get a good idea heading south. the biggest, heaviest stretch of traffic starting near the toll road continuing south. closer to where the accident is. you can only get shoulder. to move and talk about what else we are seeing there. that is the delays behind it. this is near route 50. you get an idea of how heavy it is comparison to inner loop moving up to speed. focus in on d.c. the closure in place. this is until saturday. right around noon. the metro mount vernon station will be closed tomorrow. traveling through maryland happy to report no issues on the road. jonathan: coming up next at 4:00 for us. >> you thought you were in danger. >> absolutely. i was scared for my life. jonathan: speaking for the first time the woman who blew the lid off the affair that cost the central intelligence ag

is traffic moving fast or slow, jamie sullivan? jamie: fast in some spots and slow in others. this i from the 270 spur to silver spring. then you get a break. focus in on the issue in alexandria as we move to virginia. still a water main break causing an issue on duke street heading eastbound. early street to normandy hill drive. one lane getting by. traffic on the souter loop to virginia. 14 miles per hour is an average. from the mixing bowl to the wilson bridge. 295 near malcolm x. the stretch will take 19 minutes from the 11th street bridge continuing to national harbor. talk about the closures around the convention center put in place this evening. we will move to the waze map. this event is one that will shut down many of our streets. we move to the waze maps we will show you we have a lot of closures. that will affect you, too, if you travel on metro, you won't be able to get off at the mount vernon square station. as we pull out, you can see these are all of this will go into place at 7:00 this evening. everything should reopen by saturday at noon. that is a look at tra

jamie sullivan on traffic watch. jamie: we are following a motorcade to the 11th street bridge.e no longer have it. everything is moving well on the northbound side. sorry, southbound side. northbound the heavy traffic out of the city. if you approach route 50 in the red. capital beltway. heavy volume on the inner and the outer loop. all lanes are blocked. this just came in. moving now to look at the map talk about the closure in d.c. f street is scheduled until noon on saturday. many closures go into place around the convention center. it will be put in place around 7:00. you can't use the mountain vernon station tomorrow at 8:00. but for a list of the closures and how it will affect you on metro and buses go to wjla.com. that is a look at traffic. leon: thank you. beautiful day outside. hopefully it will stretch out the cherry blossom viewing. alison: breezy, doug. >> if you were in the sunshine u the winds will diminish. it's 60 degrees. this is nice. northwest at 15. it's breezy but not as windy as yesterday. across the area the temperatures bunching closely together. 57 in

jamie sullivan is on traffic watch. jamie: we're watching metro, of course, been an issue and will still continue to be an issue throughout the evening. single tracking from federal triangle to foggy bottom. service will be suspended between federal triangle and foggy bottom. still on the sill veer line operating wiehle reston to ballston. continue on the o the outer loop to green belt. outbound the b.w. parkway heavy getting close to beltway. you clear out. d.c. delays as well. southbound 295 approaching malcolm x. northbound on kennelworth. 66 is slow. it will take 20 minutes from the beltway to the fairfax county parkway. take a live look to show you what we have on 66. you get a good idea here. a lot of volume as you work your way out. no crashes to report. that is a look at traffic. michelle: the bald eagle found injured this month is improving. the owl-moon raptor center say the eagle named trust is undergoing physical therapy on the injured wing and is becoming more feisty and regaining an appetite. trust was foun

jamie sullivan watching the evening commute. jamie: this is a slow one. starting in virginia. this is a waze map. reporting a prop spot. we have a lane blocked. fire and police on scene. look at the backup. you can see the solid red line as we work our way closer to the pentagon. that is where the delay begins. live look will show you, just past the pentagon how heavy the volume is. of course you can see here, if you use the h.o.v. lanes, though, not too much of an issue. that is good. once you get to 95 you hit normal congestion. move to the map. earlier issue that is gone. just under 20 minute from the 11th street bridge to the d.c. maryland line. of course that northwest corner, bumper to bumper. no cr bottom side of the beltway heavy on the outer loop through alexandria. at least it's a nice day now. you can put the windows down. look at traffic. >> thank you. leon: big pollen day today. alison: i think everybody starting to feel it now, doug. doug: moderate range. we have had a couple of days that were high range and more of that to come. this is from lauren high school.

jamie sullivan on traffic watch for us. jamie: we are starting out with 2 crash. waze map. wazers report the accident before the capital beltway. this is slowing you down to 13 miles per hour. 66 may be the better option. sticking with virginia. 95 heading south. a little bit of volume getting past the mixing we have an accident at 17 miles per hour. 395 is ten miles per hour. driving home you may see the signs. you probably can't see it here but it says wear shamrocks, not handcuffs. driver sober. please drive observer. they make it easy to do with the observer ride program. that is a look at traffic. leon: not the jewelry on your wrist. for sure. ahead tonight at 6:00, a long-time d.c. judge re-signs after being accused of a sex crime on the other side of the country. plus, things get tense in a plan to replace the d.c. homeless shelter. new claim of the scandal surrounding the plan and mayor bowser. we will take you where good samaritans rescued a woman being attacked. that is new at 6:00. alison: but first get another check of the weather on the st. patrick's day. doug?

jamie sullivan standing by on traffic watch. jamie: a rough afternoon. it continues. can see a few emergency crews on scene with an accident. in is eastbound. let's move to the map. you are in the single digi 14 to 15-mile-per-hour backup. this is no joke. basically starting near the mixing bowl. crossing the wilson bridge. we are only in the teens. continuing to joint base andrews. the earlier accident involving a tractor trailer is now gone. the back sup the worst part of it all. 35 minutes from the wilson bridge to route 4. we had earlier issues. we are recovering heading northbound. south bound the anacostia freeway 11 miles per hour with the crash. all lanes is blocked to the off ramp for the n.r.l. it's a busy afternoon. good that the weather is nice. so while you're in traffic it's not bad for you outside. alison: there was a close call inside a dry cleaner's today. the car went over the curb and into the cleaners. the driver suffered non-life threatening injuries. no one leon: weather didn't cause that. that is for sure. the weather today is as good as we have

jamie sullivan has the details. a lot of red behind you. jamie: i'm starting off with the waze map. if you have the waze app you know what i'm talking about. it helps you on the road. the way to find us is traffic watch 7 to become a wazer. look here. northbound kenilworth avenue. as we move north, we are still slow closer to route 50. we again. not too much to worry about. as we take a live look outside, moving to virginia. south of the occoquan, bumper to bumper traffic driving in the sun. we have sun glare and now taking a look at the volume. the heaviest volume on the inner loop. on the american legion bridge, about 15 minutes, but 270 is clear once you get there. that is a look at traffic. back to you. michelle: better late than never. just returned an overdue library book nearly 50 years after after it was checked out. it was 1967 when he joined the marines. the book was sent with the other belongings to the parents where it sat until they passed away. the university officials say they won't charge late fee. that would have been jonathan: some are interested about that. game a

jamie sullivan on traffic watch. jamie: is rough ride. we earlier reported how slow 270 was.t continues. the backup is growing. heading knotbound it's at the route 80 we have one lane getting by. there is only two lanes t and it drops you to 7 miles per hour. the backup is 13 miles long. from the beltway to clarksburg it will take you an hour. that is just to clarke. not even past that point. you can see a sea of red. bumper to bumper. closer to the accident activity. then as we take a look at father hurley boulevard. same thing. you see the red lights. 270 is a mess. moving to the map we get a better idea along the capital beltway. normal congestion and one crash on the outer loop near route 4. drops you to 20 miles per hour as you pass by joint base andrews. busy afternoon through montgomery county. back to you. leon: all right. got it. way. ready? are we ready for this? leon: no. actually, believe it or not i still have snow in the neighborhood. on the ground. alison: there will be more to add to it. right, doug? doug: i don't think a lot but the grassy area the best place

i'm jamie sullivan. back to you. alison: thank you. update to a story we brought you yesterday. the aunt of officer ashley guindon wants to adopt a dog named for her niece. we told you about am woman naming litter of puppies after the fallen officers. after the aunt called -- guindon's aunt called and wants to give the dog a good home. puppy named after montgomery county officer noah leotta is going home with his family as well. leon: if we tell that story every day by the end of the week every puppy will have a home. alison: talk about the weather out there. >> what is the word? >> warmer temperatures, nice warmup in the 70's. i will turn cooler by the weekend. first things first. the current conditions around the area. skies with the high thin clouds overhead. 62 at reagan national. winds out of the south at 17. strong winds. that will keep the temperatures fairly mild tonight. we have high clouds around the area. that will help to keep temperatures up. 64 in leesburg and manassas. 67 in fredericksburg. 62 at andre 63 in winchester. tonight at the international space station m

jamie sullivan watching that. jamie: they are about to get sick once they are sitting in the traffic. two, three, one miles per hour. it's heavy. on the waze map the areas that show the red and the white stripes are the closure around the convention center. we are seeing the big delays in d.c. heads up for those coming in or leaving. live look in virginia. 66. there was an earlier accident. that is why it's heavier than later. in the teens right now getting past the beltway. slowing on 395 to 23 miles per hour. to get from the 14th street bridge continuing closer to the mixing bowl. the northwest corner is not so slow near tysons but closer to the american 270 is clear to germantown. that is a look at traffic. back to you. leon: thank you, jamie. coming up tonight just ahead at 6:00, new traffic project in virginia. vdot going to plan delays in several areas. new details tonight. getting the answers about the future of maryland. sit down one-on-one interview with larry hogan new at 6:00. alison: we have breaking ne

let's see how it is shaping up on that area and other parts of the area on the roads with jamie sullivan. jamie: we are starting off in maryland. take a look near downtown bethesda. this is wisconsin crossing with bradley boulevard. and bradley will see a lot of extra volume this weekend heading up to huntington parkway. of course because a lot of cherry blossoms in the kenwood neighborhood. if you live in the area be careful and know that stick with maryland and move to the mapping system to show you what we have as far as the volume. of course in the northwest corner, but as you can see this is really the only spot that we are seeing a lot of red. 35 minutes it will take you from the 270 spurt to 95. but for the most part, 66 is clear. 395 no issues to worry about. as we move to the waze map, 95 in virginia. this is the biggest problem spot we have. 20 miles of stop-and-go traffic. starting in dale city continuing south. closer to fredericksburg. that is finally where you get the break. but again we are seeing some big delays on 95. a lot of people heading out of town. happy to report

check in with jamie sullivan for a look at the traffic situation. jamie: we are seeing a few spots now. where we have slowing, begin in d.c. this is the traffic on the freeway. volume yes, crashes no. i haven't seen any crashes this afternoon. disabled vehicles but as you take a look in d.c. this is the fre of course northwest corner very heavy on the inner loop from virginia crossing the american legion bridge. getting closer toward bethesda. on 270, not bad at all heading north toward 370. but it's still going to be volume. it will take you 27 minutes from the beltway closer toward 121. i want to move to the waze map. this isn't what i was looking for so we will go back to the map. 66 is heavy now working your way toward the capital beltway. closer to falls church -- closer to fairfax i should say is where we have volume picking up. a look at traffic this afternoon. back to you. michelle: thank you. when you hear the word "snow" a lot of people panic. scott: not doug hill. doug: go like that. scott: no panic this guy. michelle: this one isn't to be

leon: jamie sullivan is here watching the roads for us. jamie? jamie: this is a slow one. i want to start in maryland on 95. take a look at how heavy the traffic is. north from capital beltway to the baltimore capital beltway ts the pace you will be at. moving to the maps i want to talk about how slow you are. it will take you an hour and ten minutes. give yourself extra time regardless of what you use. on the capital beltway, typical volume. we had issues working on a crash on the outer loop of the capital beltway near clara barton parkway. expect extra congestion. 395 is heavy past the pen hour. as far as the crashes in d.c. nothing to worry about. just one we have near clara barton parkway. leon: thank you. looking ahead at what is coming up at 6:00, next hour. maryland looking to crack down on drunk drivers getting behind the wheel. one part of the plan seems to be working. >> in 2009 kelly lohse killed two men while driving drunk. she was sent for prison for ten years, got out early after four. but today, the montgomery county courthouse a judge ordered her back to ja

look at the roads with jamie sullivan. messy for monday. jamie: it has been. start with 95 in virginia to show how good it looks now compared to the five-mile backup we had earlier. back up in the 40's. if you are on 95 northbound through fredericksburg. take a look outside. show you what else we are working. the traffic looks good if you are traveling on 95. typical for southbound. northbound is clear without problems. i want to move to the maps. focus in on what we are seeing in d.c. the one issue we have is the slowing. of course. it will take you 11 minutes. if you are heading northbound on 295 to get closer to baltimore washington parkway. the other issue is a car fire. third street northeast between l and m street northeast. all lanes are currently blocked. traveling on the northwest corner, the inner loop at 15 miles per hour. getting from i would say a little bit closer to the american legion bridge and the g.w. parkway to 270. a little bit of a break and heavy again closing in toward bethesda. moving to the waze map, talk about the maize wazers. if yo

jamie sullivan is joining us with the details. that look like a mess. mie: you c here, a bit of activity. this is 66 right here 123. the issue we have had is an earlier accident which just added to this delay. you will be in the traffic at this point to outbound and the beltway and past the point. if you have to get into d.c. or leave d.c. we have volume on the southeast/southwest freeway. getting there from 395 to north third street tunnel approaching the 11th street bridge. we are clear southbound 295. heading north on kemworth avenue. typical volume. doug: tomorrow is the best day of the week weather wise. sunshine, 72 or 73. showers and then cooler again. get started. the farther south and southwest you are from washington as we speak, well, we are not speaking. i'm speaking. as i speak we see temperatures warmer like 71 last check. 63 in fredericksburg. d.c. metro and north and east are cooler at this hour. the clouds ar there is still cloudiness but breaks in the overcast to get the sunshine in. our weather coming from the southwest/west tomorrow.

jamie sullivan is joining us with a traffic watch. it's a mess tonight. jamie: we have heavier areas. we start in d.c. heading from maryland inb avenue; a crash at benning road is causing a big issue. police activity with the right lane blocked. we are in the single digits. not backed up to the baltimore washington parkway yet. we move to talk about what else we're seeing we are not seeing too much. lot more green than we do on fridays are a lot of times lighter. 95 southbound in the 20's. take a live look outside. show you what we have now. heading to d.c. crossing the 14th street bridge. not bad at all. metro rail, smart trip cards are all you can use tomorrow. if you go to a date night tonight take paper cards. it's the last time you can use them. back to you. alison: okay. thank you. let's see how the weekend is shaping up. jonathan: we hear 70 degrees but this doesn't happen until next week. steve: baby steps but next week we'll be like we'll take it. outside we are lower 30's and 40's. if you are going out tonight grab an extra layer. it will get col

jamie sullivan on traffic watch on the get-away friday. how is it looking? virginia is where i want to start. that is where i have seen the most problems. this is ak loo at the waze map. you may have heard of the waze app. join the team. traffic watch 7. under the team section on the app. but we are hearing about the crash on the roosevelt bridge. after looking into it, it is a crash on the roosevelt bridge. 66 eastbound. the delay is a pretty big one. we are already seeing traffic from the rosslyn tunnel that is very slow. some of the cars are bumper to bumper. we move to map. focus in on 95. once you get to the occoquan we are bumper-to-bumper to triangle. just over 40 the wilson bridge approaching on the outer loop. 11 miles per hour. in d.c. we are seeing the slowing in the single digits. but the only major crash we have is on the roosevelt bridge. that is a look at traffic. alison: virginia is expanding efforts to recycle oyster shelves to build shellfish habitat. starting monday bring used oyster shells to 17 harris teeter grocery stores. once they are

jummy: let's head over to jamie sullivan with a check of the roadways. know theu need to closures that are going into place this evening. if you travel near the convention center, around 7:00 these closures will go into place. we already have a closure on f street between 14th and 15th. listed on is wjla.com. metro and buses will be affected northbound traffic is moving well. no issues to worry about. midday construction, a few minor issues. let's focus on 395. speed in the 50's. in alexandria, a water main break to watch out for. a candlelight vigil will be held tonight for a 15-year-old roy shot and killed -- boy shot and killed while standing on a metro platform. deanwood metro station when another teenager allegedly opened fire in front of his mother and two sisters. a 17-year-old is charged in the shooting. a maryland man is facing charges record a young girl in a mall dressing room. police arrested him yesterday. a 16-year-oldsay girl was in the forever 21 dressing room at the annapolis mall when she caught him trying to angle his cell phone toward

jamie sullivan is watching this. >> this is 270. northbound we see red lights and just volume. no crashes through 270. this is gaithersburg. i want to talk about a crash on the g.w. parkway. we are not seeing delays behind it. outbound and inbound 395 near outbound you are on the brakes to duke street. on the freeway typical volume. congestion on 66. there was an earlier train malfunction. there was an earlier, i we had at bethesda. inbound trains bypass the medical center now. use the outbound train. that is a look at the traffic. busy afternoon. alison: muriel bowser joined blackboard in the grand opening of the headquarters in ward two. they moved the headquarters from massachusetts to 19th street northwest in december. that offers office relocation for new jobs. >> blackboard you have a big fan in me. >> i hope d.c. is on your list recruiting the employees about how good it is to be there to grow. leon: folks from blackboard or any other country were visiting and every day was today would be a no-brainer. be here every time. alison: this is so nice. >> we'll bounce back and

jamie sullivan on traffic watch with a look at the alternatives if you have to hit the road tomorrow. jamie: we have extra people. if you drive i suggest an extra 45 minutes. if you leave anytime after 5:00 or 5:30 tomorrow morning. capital bike share, the metro buses will be running. yubeer, lyft but keep the -- uber, lyft but the surge charges will go up. the -- streetcar or circulator. carpool, or walk. tomorrow morning it's really nice to walk. tomorrow afternoon you need the umbrella. bring it with you. but weather is not terrible in morning if you want to walk. as we move to take a live look outside now. 66, volume we have and heading eastbound. keep in mind accident activity over to the left-hand side. you can get through but this is the traffic lav city, jammed to fairfax. >> 700,000 people a day ride metro. >> yeah. doug: wow! leon: incredible. you have something going on. doug: we visit cools a lot. we -- schools a lot. we target fourth grade because they are the age group to learn about the weather. we have lunchbox weather and a meteorologist will go to an elementary schoo

jamie sullivan letting us know how it's moving or not moving. jamie: not moving fast. blocking the three left lanes. only the left lane getting by. this is the backup. outer loop of the capital beltway. to get to the wilson bridge closer to route 4. i want to move to look at the maps and talk about how big of a backup the tractor-trailer accident is causing. at the wilson bridge, 9-mile-per-hour is the average. it takes an hour and ten minutes. the other issue is northbound on the baltimore washington parkway. today all lanes are blocked and only the shoulder is getting by. with the backup we are seeing big, big delays. moving to the waze map, talk how slow. this is north of powder mill road. wazer saying complete stand still. from powder bill road to the accident activity it is very slow. that is a look at traffic. back to you. mi we have good news on metro. no weekend track work during the cherry blossom festival. wmata says there will be full weekend service starting march 19. and the next four weekends that follow. in you haven't heard. pick bloom coming earlier th

check in with jamie sullivan with details. we know that the nuclear summit is causing some headaches for drivers. jamie: of course! we're seeing that, michelle, around the convention center. of course you can see here on the waze map. these are all of the streets right around the convention center that are currently blocked off. we have had a few people questioning going to the circus at the verizon center and will i be able to get there and what roads are closed off? we suggest you avoid everything is blocked off north of the verizon center. focus in on slowing spottings we are seeing. southbound 395, we cleared away a crash near edsall road. drop to 12 miles per hour. this is actually in the easy pass lane. again, that is now gone and clearing away. d.c. we are okay on 295. the freeway. no big issues. we have con sention on the inner loop to 66 and the american legion bridge. this is hard to say because of how much wind we have. doug, it's a windy one. doug: gusts out there still of 25 to 30 miles per hour. if you just got ho

jamie sullivan watching the roads. are we seeing friday volume on a thursday? it seems heavy. jamie: it is heavy. we are seeing that on 66. the capital beltway, 270. i want to start in germantown. take a look at the solid red line. four miles per hour. that is what the wazers are checking in with. the reason for this is because this is the area in german town where we had the brush fire. brink road. whiteman road. both of those very heavy right now. avoid it by using german town as an alternate. as we take a bigger picture look at this you see the solid red line. that is what you want to avoid. it's heavy on 795, b.w. parkway and d.c. leon: thank you. we want to get back to breaking news we have been following from earlier in hour. brush fire off brink road off germantown. cheryl conner made her way live to the scene and is just now able to check in to give us an update. what is going on up there? cheryl: leon, you can see the fire response that is behind us. it got dangerously close to some homes off brink road. it happened at 4:00 this afternoon. a large response from montgom

michelle: jamie sullivan with the traffic details. how is it looking? jamie: we are starting off in prince george's county. if you head southbound on route 301, crane high school, look here. this is a waze map and one of our wazers checking in with an action. this is closing down the road at brandywine road. dyson will get you around it to hook you up with branch accident. but you get an idea of the solid line of heavy traffic once you head up with branch avenue and continue south. we are still only at 15 miles per hour. i want to move to the maps. focus in on maryland but we'll switch gears to move to montgomery county. getting there from 66 to the american legion bridge is 20 minutes as an average no teens. on the baltimore washington parkway the same thing. d.c. is heavy. you can see red lines now. southbound 295. we are almost in the single digits. the freeway is heavy as well. northbound kenilworth avenue we are seeing the same thing but on a day like today you can roll the windows down. a live look shows the traffic from george town. you can see ro

jamie sullivan has details. that is a bad picture behind you. jamie: we have slow traffic here. a few flashing lights 95 northbound at route 32. we are talking maryland. this is really a hangup right now. we ha as you can see now everything has been moved over in the left shoulder. let's talk backup. as we move to the maps, right now the speed is about 21 miles per hour. as you head north. it's not just right here. that stretch from the capital beltway to the baltimore beltway will take 45 minutes. if you have to catch a flight, i would suggest taking the b.w. parkway toward b.w.i. right now in virginia we are seeing slowing but i want to focus in on what we have right now on the capital beltway traveling on the inner loop. right here ritchie marlboro road. inner loop and outer loop we see the delays. now to 66. outbound is typical for you. a few minor accidents but that is the only thing we have to worry about right now. back to you. michelle: thank you. a sure sign of spring. the prediction is out for d.c.'s cherry blossoms peak bloom time. jonathan: when they do it's beautifu

jon jamie sullivan joining us now. that is a good-looking picture if the open road is what you are looking for. besides what looks like an accident. jamie: a big truck. jonathan: that is bad. jamie: this is the accident we have now. you can see a few flashing lights on the car behind it. this is the crash traveling on new york a heading westbound. this is right at florida avenue. we have a few people probably stuck at a red light now just approaching and will get stuck in this backup. everything moving to the left. of course, this is the right lane that is currently blocked. we will keep you updated on this. so far we are starting out with a rough afternoon as far as crashes go. i want to move to the maps and talk about still some of the mid-day construction we had dropping you in the teens on the beltway approaching route 1, college park. is it the inner loop -- it is te inner loop slow. we have other slowing on the beltway. from virginia to maryland, 15 miles per hour is a good average on the northwest corner. 66 head

jamie sullivan is watching the roads right now. this looks heavy here, jamie. jamie: of course. on the beltway passing by river road. outer loop not as bad. you can see mainly stop-and-go. but the inner loop of the capital beltway very heavy. move to the waze map. i just want to show you. many of reporting, those are the little dots that you see. very heavy traffic. even a complete standstill. so as you head north on the inner loop and get closer toward the g.w. parkway, you can see we are still in the red. as i pull out a little bit it will give you a better idea of how slow we are. continuing north. as you approach the 270 spur and then wrap around toward bethesda. it will still be a heavy ride. no crashes to report right now. let's move to talk about d.c. verizon center. we do have a game tonight. doors open right around 6:00. wizards versus hawks. keep in mind we are not going to see as much traffic as far as people driving. but we will see pedestrian traffic as well as issues on the metro with delays. that is a look at traffic. back to you. alison: thank you. now a "7 on yo

jamie sullivan keeping an eye the traffic for us because there are a lot of closures as a result of what happened at the capitol today. jamie? have seen a lot of closures. i have good news, though. capitolng around the reopened. avenue,tion independence avenue. but it's still best to avoid the area. seeing traffic on constitution at 13 miles per hour. there is just still so much activity. move for a live look at the gardens. we have light volume. earlier it was completely blocked off. exto valueium. no closures -- extra volume but no closures. okay.an: we are still waiting for a news conference. as soon as it gets started we away.ake it right to recap for you if you are just joining us, it's almost 4:35. thatd have a shooting took place at the visitor center at the u.s. capitol building. the best information we have at this hour -- obviously things can change and they do. the best information we are right now according to the abc and cnn is a man trying to make entry to visitor center set off an alarm. guards immediately fronted him. the capitol police. or man pulled out a gun began shoo

no flakes out there at all, nice and dry pitch amy sullivan with the midday look. jamie: we do not have anything to worry about as far as the weather goes, but we do have a crash. if you travel through prince george's county on the outer loop of the beltway, north toward greenbelt, the crash at 450 with two right lanes blocked. because of that, you see the solid red line. currently at only about 10 miles per hour. getting throughout 4 toward 50 will take you five minutes. to show you how congested we are, this is right near 50 p can see how slow we a right lane. keep in mind, this is the heaviest spot. as we move back to the maps, of course we have the outer loop delays. for the most part, we are clear, no problems through alexandria, getting closer to springfield. top side of the beltway in great shape as well. some midday work happening right now in a few spots, nothing causing a huge delay. there is a crash in d.c. the closing on 14 street between shepherd and quincy street because of a pedestrian struck. anothere are following developing traffic story about one of th

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