julie wright mentioned already this morning that the roadway northbound will be shut down from riverdale road to 495. the best workarounds earlier this morning were kenilworth avenue and route 50. julie should have more details on that. needless to say, this is an active investigation. they are wait for the sun to come up to give them a better picture of what they're working on out here. this is likely to go on through most if not all of the morning rush hour. >> thank you. >>> lets he get to the latest on the killing of osama bin laden. president obama will not release any photos of osama bin laden. he is waving of critics who say the photos have to be released to put to rest any conspiracy theories about whether a navy seal team actually killed him. in an interview, president obama explains why he decided not to release the pictures. >> you know, we discussed this internally. keep in mind that we are absolutely certain this was him. we've done dna sampling and testing and so there is no doubt that we killed osama bin laden. >> president obama also said we don't need to, quote, unquote,

julie wright will join news a couple of minutes.e has been a couple of accidents out there already this morning because of the rain this morning. >> you can see a little bit of wind blowing that around just a little bit. do we have a bit of a breeze out there this morning? >> oh, yeah, winds are gusting up to about 29 miles per hour in the district. so yeah, the winner blowing around out there. we do have windy conditions and we have rain and some of that rain is heavy. so you want to be aware of that. let's start. we'll show you a satellite- radar image and you will see that the skies are very, very cloudy. we do have rainfall, a pretty good a rain moving across the eastern united states so, wade cold front that has come through now dropping our temperatures into the 50s. i wouldn't be shocked in some of you drop off into the 40s shortly. we continue to see the frontal boundary move to the east and then the rain moving with it. it will take a little while to get all this rain out of here. we'll have rain showers through the course

. >>> let's get the latest on the morning commute elsewhere from julie wright. julie, good morning. >> good morning to you allison. and it just so happens we have sky fox over the accident in germantown. so we'll take the live picture as long middle brook road where this accident occurred and traveling from great seneca highway from wisteria in the direction of 118 toward the dfw warehouse, it occurred across the street from the bank of america. that is behind the fox 5 logo where the accident occurred.

. >> lets check in with julie wright and the traffic. >> so far, no incidents to report. talking about the trip coming in out of the west off of 66. this is how it is shaping up. getting busy as you travel between the two 234 interchanges with delays leaving 24 headed eastbound. traffic slows again leaving 123 at briefly at the beltway. the volume has increased and slowing you down as you travel eastbound on 66. northbound i-95 below speed leaving the prince william parkway headed for the occoquan. southbound 270, before delays leaving hyattstown out towards the truck scales. lanes are open leaving northeast to northwest. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> new details continue to emerge in the raid that killed osama bin laden as u.s. officials have now identified the man that led them to the 9- 11 mastermind. his make sheik abu ahmed from kuwait. >> they say he was bin laden's most trusted courier but it took years for investigators to identify him. he unknowingly led them to bin laden's hideout. >> president obama plans to travel to new york on thursday. a

for that, we go to julie wright. >> so far, so good with no incidents to report. volume flowing freely along the top side of the beltway between college park and bethesda. as you travel eastbound 66 coming in from business 234, traffic volume increasing as you continue eastbound towards centreville but no accidents to report overnight roadwork cleared between route 7 and 66 on the outer loop. you will fine duke street at jordan in alexandria. trouble with the signal lights there. behind me, the live shot of southbound 270 already slowing headed out towards the truck scales. no incidents, just volume. accident activity cleared and lanes are open on odenhall and 355 out of gaithersburg headed in the direction of rockville. kenilworth avenue southbound, all lanes are open moving at speed south of the bw parkway headed out towards good hope road. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> the caps head out on the roads for a must-win game three tonight. nats take three of four from the world champs. let's join the junkies this morning from 106.7 the fan. >> we

more is coming up in a little bit. >> tony, thank you. >>> julie wright, how are the roads? pretty good, no accidents to report. inbound on route 50 from annapolis to the capital beltway, southbound 270 nice and clear of incidents. volume increasing out of hyattstown around the curve at the truck scales. no incidents on 355 leaving i-70, northbound i-95 traffic behaving well out of woodbridge. that's a check of your on time traffic. >>> breaking news this morning, a major victory for the united states in the war on terror. the man wanted for the deadliest attack on american soil osama bin laden is dead. he was killed yesterday in pakistan during a u.s. military mission. audrey barnes is live outside the white house with more on this. good morning, audrey. >> reporter: good morning, sarah. earlier this evening, thousands of americans poured into the streets to celebrate news that osama bin laden was dead. they waved american flags, they cheered, they sang songs, repeated cries of usa, usa could be heard throughout the streets of washington, d.c. in fact several streets were c

julie wright has got your latest. what's up? >> don't stand in front of the 84 for sarah.tand in front of the 71. >> 71 will be nice too. look at you in your summertime gear. >> i'm feeling it. i love all of this heat. you know that. so far, so good here southbound along 270. all lanes are open. it look great on the top stretch of the beltway between college park and bethesda. 95, # 95 off -- 95, 295 off to a quiet start. the overnight roadwork was on the outer loop at 66 with only the right lane getting by. that should be cleared shortly before 5:00. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> how would you like to park for free when you get to work? for the most, it is a luxury in the d.c. area. before discovered places around town where city workers seem to be skirting the rules and parking for free and they all have one thing in common. tisha thompson has details in this fox 5 investigation. >> reporter: so many cars, so few spots. >> we are very frustrated our parking has been compromised up here. >> reporter: there is tch of road in northwest that has business

let's look at the weather forecast and do on-time traffic and julie wright has your latest.ood morning. >>> good morning to you tucker. right now we're busy out there. the crash on the inner loop of the beltway at 123. that has cleared so our lanes are open once again. now if you notice southbound 95 here in woodbridge, we have the construction in place blocking the left lane. northbound traffic tied up leaving road bridge toward the exit there in lorton and more slow traffic from springfield on to the beltway. accident activity we got it for you, traveling inbound on the dulles toll road at hunter mill, the left lane blocks. delays beginning near the reston parkway. and wrapping it up with 395 leaving the pentagon, heavy, slow and steady across the 14th street bridge. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. >>> this morning, pakistan's president is denying suggestions that his country's security forces helped to hide osama bin laden. the world's most wanted terrorist shot and killed inside a million dollar mansion 35 miles outside of the country's capital. joining us

let's check in with julie wright. >> trouble already. if you are traveling northbound 95, the pace looks good. it is southbound 95 where we've had a number of accidents. another accident on the southbound side closer to thornburgh at mile marker 119 along the left side. suitland parkway headed inbound towards south capital street and the douglas bridge now. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> we are following breaking news this morning out of montgomery county where a house exploded a few hours ago. this happened on ashley drive in garrett park just before 3:00. that is where fox 5's stacy cohan is right now. she joins us on the phone with the breaking details. >> reporter: good morning. i can tell you that the home at this point, they are describing some type of explosion, trees falling down. we are waiting for the fire department public information office to give us more details. i know that two people were injured. there is an eyewitness on the scene who is talking about people being awakened and he helped get people out

julie wright has the latest traffic. are there roads blocked off downtown with the celebration at the white house? >> that's what we're thinking right now. headed into downtown this morning, keep an eye out for pedestrians as you work your way around constitution avenue, 16th, 14th. lanes are open on 66 as you work inbound from fair oaks who ward 123 and again eastbound toward the beltway, all lanes are open right now traveling across the american legion bridge. easy drive. no problems north of town leaving college park past university boulevard. >>> thank you. we are following breaking news this morning, al-qaeda's top in command, osama bin laden is dead. president obama saying quote justice has been done. fox 5's audrey barnes is live outside the white house with the latest developments, how does it look down there? >> reporter: the crowd is a lot thinner than it was, but hours ago, thousands of americans poured into the streets, they cheered, waved flags once they got the news that osama bin laden was dead. they waive

now, for the latest, we want to get to julie wright. very messy day out there on the roadways. >> unfortunately, it is. stacy's ground shot shows thought roadway remains closed at this point. we'll say good morning to the crew in sky fox once again. they are live above the scene here in riverdale. as stacy pointed out, the bw parkway is shut down as you travel between 410 and riverdale road. it will be like this until further notice. so again, traveling northbound, can you go no further than 410. already delays leaving capital plaza headed northbound up towards this low sure point. traffic being diverted off the bw parkway and onto 410. we'll take it back inside and we'll update you on your alternate routes. coming from d.c. against the rush hour flow you will want to stick with route 50 and ken ill worth avenue and use that as the alternate route to get you back out towards the capital beltway. this is going against the rush hour flow so we are not anticipating it to be as heavy as it is coming inbound to the city this morning. already

. >> let's check in with julie wright for the traffic. >> i'm still crying. i'll admit it. i'm just like sniffing and crying. >> we're trying to hold it together in here too. >> washington capitals, that's it. we're talking tennis now, folks. sports is not dead in d.c. on the roads, we're receiving word off of twitter from park police that they are on the scene of a possible double shooting bw parkway northbound near riverdale road so coming out of d.c. north of prince george's hospital near the exit for 410, that where you are likely to find the police activity. your better bet coming out of d.c., you guys working the late night shift would be to stick with 50 and head up in that direction. the lanes are open. no incidents to report as you travel northbound 95 leaving the prince william parkway. outer loop of the beltway running at speed passing colesville road headed for 270. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> you know, we are following breaking news in maryland. julie kind of talked about this. two people shot early this morning along the bw parkway at 295

now let's good to julie wright and get an update on morning rush hour. julie. >> i thought it was april showers brought mayflowers. >> well it's still early may. just a couple of days. >> i want tulips and i want them now. >> you'll get them. >>> on the roads we'll say good morning to the crew in sky fox. once again chopper brad live over the scene of the crash on rolling road at parliament, south of burk lake drive and that's where we had the crash reported as an overturned vehicle and some traffic squeezing by on the northbound side, single file to the left at this point. so northbound rolling road toward burk lake for the accident here at parliament, one lane throat -- to left will squeeze by. and at 66, before nutley street, that activity cleared. still congested at 7100 toward the beltway. outer loop below speed, leaving college park headed toward georgia avenue before the pace improves. inbound 50 slowing approaching the beltway from bowie and again leaving riverdale to chefly. northbound 5 on the brakes at cedarville road. that's a check of your fo

right now let's go to julie wright for an update on traffic. >>> the big story is the closure of the bw parkway northbound between 410. it remains closed. crew in sky fox live over the scene right now with this closure point. and all traffic coming northbound from prince george's hospital can go no further than 410 and at that point you'll be diverted off of the highway and to riverdale road. delays beginning near 450 as you travel northbound. to the right side of the shot, we had some delays headed in toward d.c. approaching 410 and then traffic will slow again at the kenilworth-new york avenue split. back inside, if you want to avoid this mess on the bw, you want to stick with 50 and kenilworth traveling out of northeast washington and back toward the capital beltway. inbound 50 slowing from riverdale toward cheverly. outer loop still tied up, lanes open south on 270, traffic slow in germantown to 370 and again in rockville. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. >>> let's get more on the situation that julie was talking about. two people were shot overnight. >> it has been

once again we go to julie wright. >>> still busy out there with a lot going on.specially for you traveling eastbound 50 this morning headed out toward bowie. that's where we have the accident activity. right side of the road is tied up as you leave the capital beltway and head toward annapolis. traffic congested through riverdale and cheverly. again southbound 95, debris in the roadway cleared at 198. delays from 32, about a 15 minute drive at this time. delays traveling the outer loop leaving 95 college park toward georgia avenue. all lanes are open. southbound 270, at 28 rockville disabled vehicle cleared to the shoulder. northbound 95 the delay in the main line extends across the inbound 14th street bridge. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. >>> good news for pepco customers. your bills are about to go down. in maryland electric bills would decrease by about 15%. in d.c. they'll go down about 10%. the new prices go into effect on june 1st. if you're a virginia dominion power company, not so good news. that utility company is asking state regulators

let's check with julie wright with traffic early this monday. >> hey, good morning to you all. steve you mentioned when we came back there was a lot of celebrating happening downtown around lafayette park. we have street closures near the white house, 15th, 17th street, north of h street. that'watch out for. in downtown we have construction in place westbound constitution avenue between 20th and 23rd. live shot at 15th street, we have part of the road closed. it's hard to see we do have barrels out there where we have blocked portions of the street for participants celebrating near the white house. let's say good morning to sky fox, they are over college park. 95, 495 where they heat westbound for silver spring, the lanes are openment no problems off of 95 to merge on to the beltway toward new hampshire avenue. the left side is the inner loop, you will find the lanes are open. we'll look back inside and show you 66 as you work your way eastbound leaving manassas, this is where tony is talking about rain coming into our area. traffic slow between the two 234 interchanging eastbo

checking in with julie wright right now. >> we could use a break but unfortunately, i don't think we'll get it any time soon. already some problems to report out on the outer loop of the beltway as you guys travel from 66 in the direction of the springfield interchange. accident activity is what is tying up the right side of the road at this point as you try to work your way southbound leaving 66 headed out towards gallows road. the right lane tied up there. delays are already with you as you travel out of woodbridge in the main line and hovs. it is heavy and steady in the direction of the occoquan. had an incident after 95 college park. that should not be out of the roadway. but delays are starting to form west of new hampshire avenue headed for silver spring. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> breaking news out of montgomery county. crews are on the scene of a house explosion. >> it happened just before 3:00 this morning in garrett park and fox 5's stacy cohan is live on the scene with the latest. >>> good morning. this is one. those stories you really have to see to be

. >>> let's get the latest on the morning commute elsewhere from julie wright. julie, good morning. >> good morning to you allison. and it just so happens we have sky fox over the accident in germantown. so we'll take the live picture as long middle brook road where this accident occurred and traveling from great seneca highway from wisteria in the direction of 118 toward the dfw warehouse, it occurred across the street from the bank of america. that is behind the fox 5 logo where the accident occurred. and this is a portion of middlebrook road that is blocked off. there is also a portion of 118 that is shut down as you travel between crystal rock and century boulevard. so again how do you get around great seneca highway working well as got-between between germantown and gaithersburg. and i-95, no change, heavy, slow and steady from woodbridge to the occuquan. right into the sunshine on 66 as expected on the slow side in manassas, fair oaks to 123 and nutley street to the beltway. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. >>> to our top story. suspicious let