jerry edwards is in the news 4 traffic network. hi, jerry. >>> hey, pat. some veryeavy traffic for those of you planning on traveling eastund i-66, through fair oaks, en route to vienna, traffic at a crl. it is roadwork that's set up. they're working toen the guardrail, crews are. eastbound 66, 123 with the left lane taken away so, traffic is on the slow side. a couple of work zones westbound 66 leavg the beltway toward vienna and fair oaks, as well. so just heads up for that. take you up to 270 northbound, a little ha to tell here in this camera but there is a construction zone. 270 northbound near shady grove road, right lane, not much to worry about as fars delays. southbound finally at this hour, finally has cleared out for the morning commute. good news. pat? >> all right. thank you, jerry. >>> it's 11:23. still ahead, a comeback the size of texas. washington tries to explain what happened last night after blowing a 17-point leadnd then losing to the houston texans. >>> plus, are you planning a little travel over the holidays? if so,e have some tips t

. >>> jerry edwards joining us with the arrest. fnchlths has been a very difficult commu. fortunately, things have settled down. from rush hour to construction hours. that is what we are looking at. aoss the 14th street bridge. crews came out, took awayhe far left lane. the beginning of the bridge, plid span. no delays, everything is moving well. >> south of town, at the wilson bridge. a minor distraction, work crews are on the shoulder. two lanes do remain open. >>> it was a tough commute for virginia drivers this morning from, chopper 4, can you see the multile vehicle crash, in tyson's corner. major traffic delays. ere were no major injuries. a new version of the smarttrip card called the charm card, it may be cheap aer the card will accepted on metro, ride-o and the fairfax connector, it will be used wherever charm cas are accepted. they will cost drivers $2.5 half the price. they can be purchased for 0. >> operators of the bus say most of the bus routes are back in several. 100 drivers on strik last week, looking for health insurance. >> according to the "washington e

jerry edwards with the latest. good morning. >> it is still a tough tail end of the rush hour, beginning of the midday, along i-270. had been an accident at route 28, tying up the left half of the roadway. authorities cleared all lanes, which opened the flood gates for traffic down the i-270 spur. don't expect it to be too good to the american lesion bridge, there is construction set up now where the right lane is blocked. it is a virtual parking lot, i am sorry to say. see if the news is better through the northeast. manageable, on kennelworth, and construction in the left la in either direction. >>> new today for the first time since d.c.'s primary election, vincent gray and mayor fenty appeared atn event together. they attended a democratic party une breakfast today. how they plan to unify the party. >> what better way to make sure that democratic party is yubted than to sit down to breakfast. it is a sign of things to come for the democratic party. mayor e-lect vincent gray, and adrian fenty hand in hand, as th

check in with jerry edwards for a loo at the impact on the rain on the traffic. first of all, let's get a check of the traffic. >>> here it come. another surge after a bit of a lull overnight. right now on the radar we should see areas of green. that's moderate rain falling in prince william county and faulk county. that is advancing to the rth. the radar is showing the area of the heaviest rain just about to move in towards manassas and crossing into culpepper county. that, again, is heading to the north. the western part of 66 is going to get inundated with rain. it moves into montgomery county, loudon, fairfax. stay tuned. eun an joe. >>> flames engulfed t livestock exchange on john marshall highway in marshall. fire crews were able to get many of the animals out of the burning tructure. however, at least 50 died. firefighters on the scene describe the damage as significant. right now the cause of the fire is still under

jerry edwards joins us with the latest. are things clearing up?as far as the rush hour, yes, finally, fortunately. may be a little bit slow coming from maryland down towards the american legion bridge and beyond. look out for the construction. outer loop where the left side of the roadway is blocked. there is if you look carefully, a little bit of delay getting through t work zone. but all in all very manageable. the inner loop of the beltway moving along quite nicely. in and out of theistrict northeast, road work continues. northbound and southbound as you travel in two locations, actually. right around eastern avenue here and agaiat pennsylvania. a couple of minutes of extra travel time, good idea. >>> are you one of the thousands of area drive who spend hours sitting in backups on i-66 even when it's nowhere near rush hour? we may have good news for you. transportation officials are thinking of opening shoulder lanes more often. those lanes are ope during rush hour now, but traffic is often just as bad during f-peak hours. officials arealso con

jerry edwards is joining u >> hey, tom, good morning to you. good morning, everyone. could be another tough commute because of the weather. a live look in springfield, capital beltway near the 95/395 interchange. incident free. but you can see lots of road spray, reduced visibility. beltway north of town, head over. there had been an accident earlier. rockville pike looks like it's longone. inner loop from 355 doing fine. we'll keep you updated. joe, eun. >>> a traffic alert for drivers in virginia. new ramps are opening at the telegraph road interchange. a new ramp will be open from inner loop to telegraph road north. 176b will give access to telegraph north or eisenhower avenue. a temporary ramp will be shut down. >>> this morning the search is on for a hit and run driver who struck and seriously injured a 24-year-old woman at 8:15 saturday evening on carroll avenue in silver spring. witnesses told police the c was speeding when it hit the woman who was under a parked truck. the accident was so violent part of the side view mirror ripped off the car. >> there will b

jerry edwards, how are we looking? >> very, very morng so far.sylvania avenue, coming up from branch avenue, rightcross the bridge. no worries whatsoever. elsewhere, the rush hour is picking up some volume. a couple spots on 66 coming from 123 tthe beltway. certainly no wries. travel leans open on the yes or no bound side. fair oak, center vil or beyond, that's loving along very nicely. vet ra, vre and, mark, no early delays as trains begin pulling out of the stations. >> jerry, thank you. >> 5:23. they're supposed to kill germs but did the diseases really work. >>> and who texts more, women or men. who is racking up the highest one bills. >> who do you think? >>> it is a fall staple and the unofficial symbol of halloween. pumpkins, of course. this year's crop will be a lot smaller than in the past. the problem has been too much moisture so the pumpkins will just rot and die. it keeps bees from getting to pumpkin plos onlies. too bad. >> lathering on the hand san sizeray not keepyou cold free this 60-90 minute. those using the sanitizer, 42 caugh

say good morning to jerry edwards. the firstook at traffic for midday. >> head over to northeast washington. some of the mid day construction delayed because of th weather earlier. crews are now out on kettleworth, you will find here, tying up traffic a bit. from the maryland district line toward pennsylvania avenue. for the most part, moving along nicely. elsewhere, toward downtown, 395 to the 14th street bridge. nothing out of the ordinary. same lane configuration. expect orange line delays, track work between east falls church and west falls church that will continue until 2:00 this morning. >>> right now, investigators are trying to figure out what sparked a massive barn fire that killed five cows. this is home video of the flames that tore through the livestock exchange. the volunteer fire fighter who shot the video said it was so intense, you could see flames fr miles away. it is a local landmark in marshall virginia. tracy has the latest >> rorter: this is the damage left here at the stock exchange. this is the

. >>> let's check in with jerry edwards. >> defense a doozy of a rush hour, have settled down. stil plenty of delays, no big accidents, bu now we switcd from rushour to a period where we do a lot of crux. on the outer loom of the american -- on the outer loop of route 7, the left lane is taken awa delays up here, very, very slow. so be forewarned. that will tack some time on your midday drive. >>> also where ove to maryland on the capitol beltway, some pothole repair work between centr avenue and the interchnges down route had and 5. it looks like they've wrapped up. we'll keep a watch out for you and keep you updated. >> thank you, jerry. >>> speaking of delays, a tractor trailer overturned during rush hour traffic. it happened on i-70 westbound near woodbien and howard county. they blocked the road in order to clean up the spill. >>> we have an alert for drivers who use i-270 in the early morning hours. all four lanes of southbound 270 will be shut down on exit 10. overnight into tomorrow morning, the closures will last for two 15-minute intervals between midnight and 4:00 a.

we'll talk to jerry edwards in just a minute. >>> good morning and welcome back to news 4 today. i'm joe krebs. >> i'm eun ng. we want to take a live look outside right now. it is 6:31. 60 degrees. crystal blue skies. just lovely out there. a little bit of a chilly start but nice day ahead. >> it feels like an autumn morning. the coolest morning we have had so far this early morning. it's just near 50 in arlington and prince george's county. only upper 50s. just near 60 near the water. elsewhere, west virginia, pennsylvania, most locations in t only in the 3 in new england. we'rfeeli some of that chill here wh hi presse pushing down from eastern canada through the mid atlantic states. clear sky. plenty of sun. it should get us up to near 80 by afternoon. and then cool tonight. not as chilly as this morning. warming up with a southwesterly breeze. it will keep it on the summery side. jerry, how is the traffic? >> we continue to follow breaking news where the accidt remains two right lanes remain closed. all this occurred on the inner loop of the beltway between i-66 and route 7. t

. >>> we'll check in with jerry edwards and fi out how traffic is moving. >> authorities are still up there and the investigation on that river road accident does continue. may find a lane or two blocked but progress is being made. should be out of the roadway hopefully in short order. let's head into town. update you on the latest information along 16th street, seeing the building fire. this morning during thooigt of all the activity, the 16th corridor was completely closed arou columbia road up towards irving street northwest. traffic is able to get by here in the midday both directs but under police direction. georgia avenue, 14th street a viable alternative. let's see how we're doing elsewhere. capital beltway looking pretty good. here's the inner loop. a little bit below the speed limit. leaving springfield up to 6 we spotted crews working around the area on some of the interstates on the beltway, parts of 270 working to clear the storm drains in preparation fo all that rain. keep an eye out for that. . >>> class at prince george's community college in largo are cancelled today.

let's go straight to jerry edwards. jerry? >> joe, it's been a tough, tough morning. get it cleared. it's gone now, but delays as a result will get back in springfield. virginia, 95, southbound, southbound , you loose the right lane on lorton, that's jammed. maryland has had its problems too. the outer loop is crawling, greenbelt to silver spring. serious accident there has been cleared. very touch commute. joe? >> rough day on the road >>> good morning. it's chilly now, but we'll be warming to near 80 with lots of sun. small chance of a shower on thursday as we get into the weekday, it looks like it will be a bit cooler saturday, sunday, monday. small chance of a shower sunday and monday. highs in the 70s. joe? >> we'll have more on news, weather, and traffic in 25 minutes >>> 8:who -- 8:40 now on a tuesday morning. a beautiful morning here on rockefeller plaza. it's going to warm up tomorrow, the first day of fall. but you know what? they're not complaining out on the plaza, matt lauer, along with meredith viera, al roker and tamron hall joining us as well. coming u

god morning, let's get right to jerry edwards to update us on some problem spots. is southeast washington coming up on south capital street trying to get to the douglfrederick douglass bridgd s douglas. over to 70, loaded up, no accidents just volume but plenty of it. one more stop back to virginia. if you're headed northbound 395, lanes are open but an accident gw parkway northbound at the key bridge. ve tough morning. nobody is catching a break. >> thank you. how long will the rain last? we're back with your forecast promise me low prices. and sck to it. like seriously l prices. [ male announcer ] at safeway, we made a promise of low prices. and we're keeping it. [ female announcer ] with club card specials like pork loin rib half, 99 cents a pound and campbell's select harvest soup only a each. i need to know that when i'm here, the low prices will be too. monday, tuesday, everyday. i'm a big fan of everyday. [ male announcer ] and with tusands of everyday low prices, you'll save all over the store. [ female announcer ] low prices you can count on. at safeway, t

jerry edwards joins us with the latest. >>> good morning.ood morning, everyone as we check things out around the capal beltway. looks lick around connecticut avenue, what was there is no more, it appears nevertheless looat all the road spray. keep your speeds down. you can see by that branch smacking the camera the winds are beginning to pick up. let's update you making the trip to northeast. we did have the high water reported as you make the drive in through parts of northeast washington along rhode island avenue and over the american legion bridge. bevery, very cautious. we're seeing some ponding of water now in both the inner and outer loop particularly in the far right d far left lanes and traffic around the cleveland park metro station on connecticut avenue now blocked off because of that suspicious package. barbara? >> all right, jerry. you've had a busy morning. thank you very much. and we continue our series of reports on educati this morning. education nation. a weeklong focus by nbc news on the nation's school systems. today we're

let's get right to jerry edwards' traffic alert.ound where there had been a couple ofproblems earlier this morning. they're still stling down. the big problems all have been focused in northern virginia. we'll hecht over to the vdot cameras. the flood gatesave opened. the accident we showed you earlier has cleared, so everybody that was held back for that now has moved upstream, so we're now crawling to the 14th street bridge. there's also been a beltway loop crash. that has been cleared, but it will be long morning for folks traveling. eun? >> jerry, thank you. stay with us. we'll be right back with your forecast. >>> good morning. temperares climbing into the 70s. should hit90 by the afternoon. still summery thursday and friday. eun? >> tom, thank you. we're going to have more news, weather, and traffic for you in just 25 minutes. see yo >>> we're back with more of "today" on a wednesday morning, the 22nd of september, 2010. nice crowd still gathered outside our plaza, just enjoying the last day of summer. not even cold out. >> co

jerry edwards has been monitoring trfic. jer jerry, what's the latest? inner loop and noup are severely baped up. the inner loop in particular. much earlier there was a jackknifed tractor trailer on the inner loop of georgetown road. that's been cleared for about an hour or so, but we're still seeing residual delays, and of course, getting through the construction areas, far left lane and right lane dealing with high water. that's the result. significant backups. no accidents here. one more stop, along 270 there appears to be a little row leaf in sight. the fr is once the traffic gets lighter, the speed picks up. the roads are still very, very slick. there's still reduced visibility, so give yourself travel time. but hopefully with time things are slowing down. but as the second bandof rain comes in, things could get tough all over again. >> keep it slow out there, jerry. thank you. let's go back to tom kierein now to ge the updates on the forecast. tom, good morning >> hey, eun. good morning. this situation continues to change minute by minute. it may s