julie wright. >> i already made a deal. if you don't see your shadow and spring is right around the corner, i'm going to hook that den of yours up. you'll have apples in there to eat and some blankets. >> he wants a big screen tv, julie. >> don't we all, honey. don't we all. i know tucker is saying the rain is moving south and east of us but we are dealing with road spray here. southbound 270, traffic behaving nicely coming in from montgomery village avenue. you will find 66, all lanes are open, no trouble spots to report leaving vienna from nutley treat to the beltway. 395 is in good shape. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> making headlines this morning, d.c. police are investigating a sexual assault at a school in southeast. it happened at ketcham elementary yesterday afternoon. school officials say an adult male touched the student inappropriately after entering the building without permission. the victim alerted a school employee who called police. no arrests have been made. >>> to virginia now where a w

let's do some traffic with julie wright. >> all right.the roads, we are talk bathe large sinkhole tying up westbound 450 before you reach route one. that sinkhole will be there until further notice. authorities will be back after the morning commute to start making repairs. southbound 270 looks good out of rockville. no problems to report headed out to the lane divide. 395 in good shape coming across the 14th street bridge head over to the southeast-southwest freeway. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >> thank you. >>> the d.c. government agencies are also feeling the pain at the pump. many are taking the lead to cut fuel costs. >> they are also cleaning up the environment. fox 5's matt ackland has more on the new initiative. >> reporter: it is not every day you see the mayor of d.c. driving himself, much less driving a snow plow. but today, mayor gray wanted to show off the city's 10 new alternative fuel vehicles which includes street sweepers, even trash trucks. >> overall, not only lower emigs but they will lower by $600 an

time to check in with julie wright and traffic. >> all right, you guys.his morning. not a lot happening this morning. we are off to a quiet start. -- >>> time to check in with julie wright and traffic. >> southbound 270 picking autopsy i few more customers coming in towards german up two. the beltway is running smoothly between college park and bethesda. southbound 95 and 295 quiet coming in out of laurel. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> now to our other big story, clearing out the occupy protesters. it was a very active weekend for protesters and u.s. park police in the district. riot police cleared protesters from macpherson square on saturday and arrested 11. yesterday, police cleaned and inspected tents at freedom plaza. we get more now on the clean-up from fox 5's lauren demarco live this morning at freedom plaza. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning. all quiet right now. most folks are in their tents out of the cold. we do have some police at the scene but officers tell me they are just monitoring things for now. no inspe

. >>> time now to check in with julie wright. good morning to you. we are talking about love this morning. we'll talk about love songs coming up later on. i just tweeted you too by the way. >> did you get my tweet? >> i did get your tweet and i responded. care as sitting on the desk going is that a place in missouri? >> i'm not listening to your streets. >> wisdom, you got to school her on into one. northbound i-95, no problems to report. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> all right. whitney houston's body is back on the east coast arriving in her home state of new jersey late last night. that is where her family is making funeral arrangements. services expected to take place later this week. authorities say houston's body was found underwatter in a bathtub but won't release cause of death until the toxicology tests results are in. the pop icon was found dead in her beverly hilton hotel room saturday. >>> montgomery county splice are suving for a missing 8-year- old girl. london marshall was last seen yesterday afternoon around 4:30 wh

good morning to you, julie wright. happy valentine's day. >> happy valentine's day. do i not see any red on that desk today. >> we were early yesterday. we couldn't help ourselves. still really excited for it. we have tucker here. >> his nose is red but that's for a different reason. it is early in the morning. we know how tucker barnes lives. sarah, think about it. wisdom got it. as you work your way in from fair oaks towards 123, lanes are open, overnight construction cleared. no problems as you travel through the hot lane zone. southbound 270, easy commute right now from montrose road headed out to the lane divide. no trouble spots to report on the beltway between college park and bethesda. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >> thank you. >>> whitney houston's body is back on the east coast this morning, arriving in her home state of new jersey late last night. that is where her family is making funeral arrangements. a service is expected to take place later on this week. authorities say houston's body was found under water in a bathtub but will not rel

let's head to julie wright to see how people can get around that area. >> not going to be easy. it will be shut down until further notice. authorities will come after the rush hour to begin making repairs. here we are live at van dorn street. no problems to report on the beltway traveling between springfield and the wilson bridge. traffic coming in out of germantown headed to the lane divide. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> thank you, julie. in politics now, mitt romney pulls off wins in both michigan and arizona. the republican presidential candidate beat rival rick santorum by a slim margin in michigan where romney was born. his victory in arizona was more solid. romney handily beat santorum in arizona 47 to 27%. they both thanked their supporters last night. >> in this room are the people who knocked on the doors and made the calls and went to the polls and it made an enormous difference. we didn't win by a lot but we won by enough. that's all that counts. >> the people of michigan looked into the hearts of the candidates and all i have to say is i love you

traffic and julie wright has your latest good morning julie. >> hey, good morning tucker right now we will say good morning to the crew in sky fox they are hovering above the belt way in virginia making their way eastbound along 66 you will find your lanes are open no problems to report just wall to wall traffic as you continue to work your way eastbound headed in towards the capital belt way. we will take it back inside. if you are travelling well north of town delays on the belt way, leaving 95, georgia avenue, and inner loop will slow, leaving around bw parkway accident reported 108, near 32, that is a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. >> jury selection begins in the murder trial of george hughly. >> he is the university of virginia student accused of killing his girlfriend yeardly

julie wright does. >> i'm trying. we do have reports right now northbound on the baltimore- washington parkway near 202, checking for an incident there. beltway near the american legion bridge doesn't look too bad between montgomery and fairfax. your lanes are open. the lanes are open 395 leaving duke street headed out towards seminary road. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. raffic. >> thank you. >>> a ceremonial groundbreaking on the national mall for the national museum of african- american history and culture. now, it will be the smithsonian's 19th museum and president obama was even on hand for the big event. fox 5's john henrehan has the story. >> reporter: america today is sometimes described as the world's most successful multicultural nation. but today's success came after the eras of slavery and racial segregation. >> i want my taughters to he soot shackles that bound slaves on their voyage across the ocean and the shards of glass that flew from the 16th street baptist church and understand that in

let's do some traffic and julie wright. you hike my voice like this, don't you? >> you sound a little barry white to me. it is a little soothing. it is. >> i'll call you on the phone later. >> i can't wait for that. on the roads, we've been talking about this accident which occurred back in the 3:00 hour. there has been a change. now, there some traffic able to squeeze by to the left here inner loop of the beltway as you travel from before connecticut avenue in the direction of silver spring. some traffic is able to get by to the left but notice this wall-to-wall traffic early this morning. we've already got traffic stacked up for about a mile now as you work your way around the scene and head over towards georgia avenue. a lot of activity has been moved over to the shoulder. the accident activity is right out of our camera shot here on the inner loop of the beltway. there is the combination of connecticut avenue and 4 10rbg the east-west highway that could save you some time. 410 parallelling the beltway continuing over towards college park. if you want to come

let's do some traffic and julie wright has got your latest. >> all right. not looking so bad out there on the roads right now or busy for that matter. if you are traveling out of college park headed across the top stretch of the beltway over towards 27 0rbg right now about a eight-minute commute as you leave i-59 headed over towards that ramp to take you northbound on 270. 270 traffic still in good shape coming out of germantown headed for the lane divide. your lanes are open from 7100 headed in towards the beltway actually about a 10-minute right right now. northbound 59 still hooking good as you work your way up to 395. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. ic. fur. >> thank you. >>> a d.c. council committee hearing has produced few answers about how harry thomas, jr. was able to steal hundreds of thousands of dollars from a nonprofit organization here in d.c. >> councilmember jim graham said the hearing was not to investigate the illegal activity of the former councilmember but to find out why the organization didn't catch the fraud. >> this heari

julie wright, you there?g, honey, like that. >> i know you do. >> on the roads, we have seer tie-ups to report. the live shot here northbound 207 as you work out to the northbound spur, we've got two right lanes getting by the scene of this crash. this wreck involving a couple vehicle, a pickup truck and a tractor-trailer. they just moved the tractor- trailer out of your way. we've got two right lane getting by on the northbound spur as you guys travel out of the virginia in the direction of montrose road. this is going to be your commute. it is definitely gridlocked at this point headed northbound. about a two-mile back-up right now. two right lane getting by as you continue north on the spur headed out towards montrose road. we'll update the ride. accident activity occur on the northbound side of the highway. but check out this drive on the sound stretch. definitely bow le speed here at montrose road headed on to the southbound spur. that is due to rubbernecking delays, you can see the flashing lights. that

let's do some traffic now with julie wright. i went running yesterday. >> you did?> yeah. >> did you knock out 10 miles? >> not 10 but i'm tired now and i'm sore. >> what is last time you ran, tucker? >> a week or so ago. >> traffic volume looking pretty good as you work your way out to the 14th street bridge. southbound 270, nice and clear as well leaving germantown coming from father hurley boulevard head out past mva. you are still at speed coming across the american legion bridge headed down 66. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >> thank you. everyone deserve as a little pampering, right? >> i think so. >> coming up next, looking to add a little glow to your skin too. how about the golden touch? >> i'll take the golden touch on my face. stay with us. we'll be right back. k.  >>> does he pick up his socks? >> no, he doesn't pick up his socks he's not good. he thinks he is neat but he has people would help him. i'm like it's not you that is neat. it is the people would pick up your socks. those are the neat people. >> the secrets come out. the

let's get the impact from julie wright. she has the latest on the roadways out there. >> all right, you guys. you are right. the inner loop is shut down. that is my trip into work as the inner loop of the beltway is closed off at connecticut avenue. we don't see any traffic at all here. i noticed a lot of people were coming off the ramp staying to the left to go back north on connecticut avenue trying to work their way back over to university boulevard or what have you. some people can go southbound on connecticut avenue, pick up 410, the east-west highway. use that as an alternative route as well. outer loop, lanes are open. no problems to report leaving college park to 270. >> thank you. >>> meanwhile, we are following some breaking news this morning out of forestville, maryland. a toddler is in the hospital clinging to life after getting caught in a house fire. this happened on the 6100 block of hillmar drive early this morning. first floor of the family's two- story town house caught on fire. the father, mother and a 9-

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. >> time now to check in with julie wright with a look at traffic. what's happening, julie? >> not a lot, wisdom. good morning to you, sir. we are looking pretty good as you travel the capital beltway. i think this camera is stuck. this looks like something we saw from last night. i think they need to recirculate this. it got stuck on us. that is not what the commute looks like right now. that looks like last night around 6:00. if you are traveling 395 at seminary road, your lanes are open. no trouble spots to report as you travel between the beltway and the 14th street bridge. overnight construct has been picked up. the construction southbound on 27 0rbg the crews were pick up the cones there on old georgetown road as i was headed south. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. ffic. >> thank you. >>> we begin this morning with some breaking news. police in prince george's county are investigating the discovery of two bodies in new carrollton. the first was around 10: 45 last night. a man was found lying on the ground on 85th avenue. he later died. then, about 45 minute

lats do some traffic and julie wright. >> are you feeling okay today?y not sounding great. >> aww! >> not sounding great. >> you were kissing a cupid cutie yesterday, weren't you? >> exactly. it was a cute cupid though. >> when we started the show, we showed you an incident on the shoulder that has cleared. our lanes are open, no problems to report headed in towards the capital beltway. here we are live southbound 270 coming in out of gaithersburg. nice, easy drive so far head south of mva continuing out towards rockville. no problems on the beltway between college park and bethesda. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. etraffic. >> thank you. >>> a reminder that today a whole lot of parking spaces in bethesda go a away. two lots near elm street and woodmont go away. when the slow sure is complete, there should be 940 spaces. >>> a virginia couple hoped to get married on valentine's day but they got turned down. >> the rope, they are both women. john henrehan talked about them with their effort to change virginia law. >> reporter: highway signs

let's do traffic and julie wright's got your latest. >> 70 degrees tomorrow?m going 68 but we could do 70. >> i might just have to -- you know that tickle in my throat. >> it's been coming on. >> it has. on the roads, you will find lanes are open traveling southbound out of 270 coming in out of gaithersburg. nice and easy, that's how we like it. no problems to report on the beltway between college park and bethesda. lanes are open if you are traveling south on 95, 295 coming in out of laurel. 66 is at speed. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. ffic. >>> as you head out the door for your commute, think of this. here is a look at what you are paying at the pump. gas prices are higher than they have ever been this time of year. according to aaa, the average price for i gallon of regular in the district is now $3.77. 3 it is only expected to go higher. >> the potential is dim there for gas prices to get worse. >> it is time for the political leadership of this country to step up and say this is unconscionable. >> more expensive warm weather grades will hi

let's get more on the traffic impact on 295 with julie wright. what is the latest out there? >> right now, you will find traffic volume is light at this time so not a lot happening as you work your way past the scene. light traffic volume right now on the beltway traveling between an and del and merrifield. inbound new york avenue, good to go leaving northeast to northwest. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >> thank you. >>> two bridge county firefighters remain in critical but stable condition. they are two of the seven firefighters injured during a fire in riverdale heights friday. family members say one man breathed in super heated air and has intubation tubes down his throat. still no definitive ruling on what caused the fire. >>> at the university of maryland, police say a female resident in cumberland hall says she woke up to find a stranger in her room touching her leg. police believe he was also trying to steal her laptop. and a georgetown university student was sexually assaulted early sunday morning. this happened off campus on 36th street just north of

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julie wright. >> good morning. no problems reported. nice, easy commute if you are traveling the top stretch of the beltway. all lanes are open southbound on 95 and 295 out of laurel. 50 behaving nicely traveling to and from annapolis and bowie. traveling inbound leaving nutley street to the beltway, overnight crash along canal and arizona avenue. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. etraffic. >>> a wild and scary scene in maryland. a bmw left the road and crashed into a kentucky fried chicken restaurant at the intersection of sheriff road and martin luther king way. >> will thomas has the story. >> that is a tragedy for somebody to be coming out of the store and just happened to get hit. >> they said he was doing a hundred mile an hour. >> reporter: police say speed is definitely part of the equation here in seat pleasant a black four-door bmw came down mlk boulevard about 6:30 and left the road and slammed into this kfc. >> as it was turning end over end, parts of the vehicle were coming loose. >> reporter: here is an intentat

monday and tuesday, we're back up near 50. >> julie wright has got your latest.ood morning. >> i need your help. we have to say a quick congratulation to iona mcclellan. she won her spelling bee yesterday. >> all right. congratulation! >> tucker is going spelling bee, how do you spell that? >> congratulations, iona. that is fantastic. >> it is good news. on the roads, you will find lanes are open, no problems reported along the top stretch of the beltway as you work your way around from colesville road headed out towards 270. no problems to report at the wilson bridge. traffic is flowing freely along 359 at duke street as you work your way north of the capital beltway. it is still an easy ride out to the west on 66. >>> class is canceled today at the washington latin public charter school in northwest d.c. a stomach bug has swept through the building and lots of kids have been getting sick. the middle school had to shut town early yesterday because the illness was spreading. today, the middle and upper schools are closed senate are you born gay or is it a choice.

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ask julie wright. your freezing temperatures to the west and north. hagerstown, good morning. you picked up about an inch of snow yesterday. 27degrees. 34 in fredericksburg. let's look at the satellite- radar. just a few clouds left over from our weak storm system yesterday. they should dissipate quickly. so bright sunshine, a beautiful thursday afternoon and that will lead into a beautiful friday. can't guarantee it will be a beautiful saturday. i'll let you know why mere in a couple of minutes. 48 your daytime high in washington. how about a 50 in fredericksburg, it will feel great later today. >> time now to check in with julie wright. good morning. >> good morning, guys. yes, maybe a little chilly right now, wisdom, for a run but later on today, you got it. you can strap up and come with me. i keep sending this invite out to sarah but she doesn't take me up on it. >> i'll bring my kids. >>> i want to reiterate that we can d. have the wintry mix last night. temperatures flirting with the freezing mark. so again, you could encounter some icy patches here and there. early thi

. >> time to check in with julie wright. >> got a lot happening right now.e are just getting word here and we are getting mixed reports but what i think i know is that the incident is southbound i-97 before you reach route 50 at the farm road overpass possibly involving an overturned vehicle. southbound i-97 tied up as you approach 50. if you are going northbound coming from annapolis headed back up towards baltimore, your lanes are open. this is the southbound stretch of i-97 that is affected with this incident. we were getting mixed reports. there was a car fire and one overturned. southbound 97, no one is getting by. northbound i-95 in virginia. lanes are open. it is heavy and slow leaving booed bridge from the prince william parkway headed up to the occoquan. >>> this morning, we were learning some new details surrounding wit any houston's death. >> the queen of pop was found in a beverly hilton hotel last night, saturday night, just one night before the grammy awards. stacy cohan is live in the newsroom with the latest on houston's death plus how the po

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that 54, daytime high. >> back into the 50s. >> thank you, tucker. >>> time now to check in with julie wrightat is happening on the roads. >> good morning to you, julie. >> you thought we had forgotten about you. >> how does that happen? >> it was a flair for the dramatic. we wanted to some build-up. >> right now, pretty nice and quiet out here. main lines looking good, no problems reported heading across the occoquan. beltway here at new hampshire avenue at speed as you work your way from 650 towards georgia avenue. westbound 50, the accident activity at 704 off the road to the shoulder. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. etraffic. >>> now to our big story, the payroll tax cut. president barack obama and republicans on capitol hill both want the same thick, to keep the 2% payroll tax cut alive. >> if it expires, 160 million working americans will see their taxes go up. stacy cohan has the latest. it looks like they might be close to something. >> can you believe it? we've been talking about this story for months now. it would appear they have reached an agreement on that payroll ta

. >>> let's tune in now to julie wright to see what is happening on the roads. >> i'm not listening to tucker. >> is that different from any other day though for you? >> that's not nice. julie, we can't put up with this, can we? >> no! on the beltway, lanes are open at new hampshire avenue. southbound 3 at rydell, we had the accident activity. northbound lanes are open as you work past the shopping center. southbound lanes are blocked. in baltimore, 95 reopened this morning. overnight crash last night had the roadway shut down for quite some time 95, 89, both open for business as you travel to and from baltimore this morning. no problems on 270 at the exit for 66. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. etraffic. >>> talking the economy now and finally a deal on the payroll tax cut. lawmaker on capitol hill are calling it quits on a bruising election year fight. after a marathon session late last night, they announced an agreement on one of president obama's priorities, making sure taxes do not go up for 160 million working americans on march 1st. >>> checking other headlines, a h

let's do some traffic and julie wright has got your latest. rain showing things down? >> not yet.is a combination of the fact we don't have a lot of people out on the roads just yet so it will later on as more people get out and about. right now, check out the ride here at university boulevard. lanes are open as you work your way around towards university boulevard and continuing over towards 270 with no problem to report at this time. we do have some problems to report northbound i-95. it is already a slow go as you travel out of woodbridge continuing northbound up towards the occoquan. 359 in good shape leaving duke street continuing out to the 14th street bridge. accident activity at 450 at 410. heads up there. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. ic. >>> caught on camera, a deer smashing through a window at the washington highlands interim library in southwest. now, the library wasn't open at the time. stunned staff members called for help. animal control officer as arrived quickly. deer suffered a broken jaw and unfortunately had to be euthanized. no one else was hurt

. >>> time now to check in with julie wright to see what is happening on the roads. busy morning out on 450. >> it is. 450 is a very tricky commute. it will be like that for a while. a very large sinkhole has closed a portion of westbound 450 before you reach route one. our very own jason smith live out here bringing you these pictures. the roadway remains closed. in the distance in the back there, you can see that large sinkhole. i know it is dark but they do have some lights out there. that is possibly the result of a water main break we had in this area a few weeks ago. eastbound, the lanes are open. authorities tell me they will come back after 9:00 to start making the repairs westbound along 450. taking it back inside, we'll update the ride here. northbound 395 had the stalled car tying up the left side of the road and another helper possibly on the seen with them. most of the activity now on the shoulder but expect delays headed northbound as you leave seminary road headed up to king street. earlier, we had police activity tying up the right lane outbound at ne

julie wright, can you imagine.rnes in the short shorts. >> the fact that he just called it an outfit, i'm trying not for imagine. please don't be one of those guys that runs in compression shorts only. >> the ladies love it. i see the way they stop as i'm running by. >> i had like some psychedelic pants and i love running. it's good sport, a lot of fun. you get out there and have a good time. good luck, tucker barnes. you can do it. >> i need advice. i don't know what i'm doing. >> not just compression shorts. wear something over that. outer loop. beltway here at colesville road, traffic definitely below speed as you work your way west of new hampshire avenue headed in towards silver spring. the lanes are open. no problems to report right now southbound along 270 coming in out of germantown headed out towards the lane divide. if you are making your trip along 66, we have delays leaving fair oaks headed inbound towards 123 and brief delays at the beltway. northbound i-95 at dale city down to 45 miles per hour. that'

julie wright will be there with me. to be a beautiful day. >> 50s in some areas. >> and we'll be in the 70s later this afternoon. these temperatures starting off on the mild side. we'll be absolutely warm later today. 48 now in washington. 51 in quantico. 45 for you in leonardtown. temperatures, i mean just two mornings ago, we were welcome backing up with temperatures in the teens and low 20s. what i a difference a couple of days makes. sunrise at about 6:50 this morning. and it should be beautiful as we had some overnight showers but they are pushing now well east of the city. here is your sent smell radar and a few light showers that moved through overnight. i think those will stay south and west of those during the day. we will see some cloudiness during the course of the day. not going finance a perfectly sunny day but when all is said and done and you are talking about temperatures in the upper 60s and low 70s in february. out to the west, we've got our next area of low pressure and this will bring us a cold front

julie wright is back. good morning. >> good morning to you.e do have problems for our friend traveling up in howard county along 144. it is now blocked off near the fairgrounds between 32 and 97. we have a utility pole down with wires. 144 remains blocked off until further notice. other side of town not as busy. southbound 270 coming in out of gaithersburg this morning. light traffic volume as you work your way southbound. lanes are open coming across the american legion bridge. light traffic volume northbound i-59 in the express lanes and main line as you guys travel out of woodbridge headed up towards the beltway. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >> thank you. >>> a lot of talk this morning about pain at the pump and it is only expect to get worse. experts predict the national average could reach $4.25 a gallon by late april. reason for the spike, oil prices are up. and a trickle down could end up hurting the nation's overall economic recovery. in tease, current average for i gallon of recollect is $3.7 -- of regular is $3.76. >

let's check in with julie wright and get the latest. >> good morning to you all once again. so far, so good. light showers moving through the area. as you work your way out of landover headed northbound 95, 495 approaching the baltimore- washington parkway. lanes are open, no problems to report on the beltway as you travel both the inner and outer loop. coming south on the bw park way, you are good to go coming in out of laurel. no problems to report south of 198 powder mill road headed down towards riverdale. we'll update the ride elsewhere. outer loop at university boulevard, no incidents to report continuing over towards 270. still nice and easy this morning. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. ic. >>> fox 5 monitoring metro for you this morning. and there is a big heads up for commuters out there. the south entrance of the dupont circle station is closed today and will be shut down through october. crews need that time to remace the three escalators. they have been deemed some of the least reliable within the metro system. it is all part of a multi-year $150 mil

let's do some traffic and julie wright has got your latest. did you say up and watch the end of the game? >> i didn't see the end. after madonna, kind of crashed after that. >> you went to bed early. >> i did. i was up late the other two nights. i had to go to bed. >> i bet you were. >> some of us aren't home and in bed at 8:00 every night, tucker barnes. on the roads, we say good morning to our crew in sky fox. inner loop of the beltway as you work your way past route one in the direction of greenbelt. that is where the action occurred. most of this has been confined over to the narrow left shoulder. southbound 95, 495, leaving route one in the direction of the baltimore-washington parkway. all lanes are open. traffic is tight there as you travel south of i-95 in the direction of greenbelt and landover. let's take it back inside. accident number two occurred on the southbound stretch of the baltimore-washington parkway and as you guys work your way south here, the right side of the roadway is what is blocked off here at this accident scene. w

julie wright. how you doing this morning? >> i'm with you. i'm ready to hit the ground running. we'll talk about the gardenia bush. let's get it going here, the whole nine yards. just for the record, folks, for tucker barnes to say he has nothing to talk about, trust me, that will never happen. all right. on the roads, traveling northbound i-95, no problems to report here in the hov lanes or the man line headed north of dale city. accident activity involving the tractor-trailer was northbound 610 aquia harbor. southbound 270 in good shape. still an easy commute coming across the american legion bridge. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. raffic. >> thank you. >>> two prince george's county firefighters remain in critical but stable condition. ethan sorrel and kevin tool were injured. family members say sorrel breathed in soup are heated air and has an incident -- an intubation tube down his throat. >>> a 14-year-old boy attacked with a knife after a fight on the platform of the metro center stop. a spokesman says two groups of young people started arguing around 6:00 la

let's check in with julie wright. >> it is not so bad right now. we do have lanes open if you are traveling northbound on 295 from the beltway to the 11th street bridge. the crew in sky fox checking out the drive on the beltway near 59 college park. you will find lanes are open continuing past new hampshire avenue. no trouble spots to report on 95 coming southbound out of beltville headed for the beltway. you will find the bw park wais nice quiet trip coming in out of laurel. -- the bw parkway is a nice quiet trip coming in out of laurel. a little bit below speed at landover road, down to 47 miles per hour headed towards northeast. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >> thank you. >>> we continue to follow breaking news out of new carrollton this morning. police are investigating the detect of two men whose bodies were found less than a mile apart. the first body was found on the 5300 block of 58th avenue. the second nearby on garrison road and 78th avenue. >> lauren demarco is live in new carrollton with more. >> reporter: good morning.

julie wright has been busy too.hat is going on this morning. >> i've gait couple of things i want to make note of. braddock road to backlick road. that is shut down. last night, there was a crash around 6:30 that knocked over utility poles so the roadway remains closed at this time. what we know is that this is a serious accident. it remains under investigation involving a tractor-trailer and that vehicle behind it which actually is partially underneath the tractor-trailer. you will find that new york avenue remains closed off in each direction at this point at florida avenue. so again, alternative routes include rhode island avenue to north capital street and beeping road to h street back over to north cap. that vehicle wedged underneath the back end of that tractor- trailer. no word on the victim at this time. but what we do know is this is a lengthsy investigation that has been going on since about 1:00 this morning and if folk trying to get through northeast washington, this will impact your commute with new yor

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traffic and julie wright has your latest good morning julie. >> hey, good morning tucker right now we will say good morning to the crew in sky fox they are hovering above the belt way in virginia making their way eastbound along 66 you will find your lanes are open no problems to report just wall to wall traffic as you continue to work your way eastbound headed in towards the capital belt way. we will take it back inside. if you are travelling well north of town delays on the belt way, leaving 95, georgia avenue, and inner loop will slow, leaving around bw parkway accident reported 108, near 32, that is a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. >> jury selection begins in the murder trial of george hughly. >> he is the university of virginia student accused of killing his girlfriend yeardly love. >> it has been almost two years since yardly love was found dead in her apartment building she was a varsity lacrosse player and had allegedly just broken up with fellow lacrosse play evercxfing, george hughly they say he admitted to kicking in her bedroom door and shaking her now apparently thi

is not karmageddon. >> but a little dab will do you. >> speaking of the belt way and elsewhere, julie wright has a look at this mornings difficult traffic. >> i want to piggy back on what tucker is talking about if you can leave earlier this morning, fill up your wiper fluid you will need it for the trip home fill up with a tank of gas as well. you want to get those things taken care of before you hit the roads this evening to travel home the crew in sky fox they have had a go at it. over the george washington parkway, travelling southbound, south of cia that is where we have the accidents, one car over turned one to the left getting by, coming southbound you can expect those delays creeping along from the belt way only the left lane getting by southbound george washington parkway only one left lane squeezing by, involving the over turned vehicle a lot of folks can bailout, as the alternative routes headed into northwest, 66 inside of the belt way, hov rules apply keep that in mind southbound george washington parkway down to one left lane, squeezing by the scene of this crash, thank you jer

high temperatures this weekend, 36 sunday. >> cold. >> thank you sir. >> julie wright with an update on traffic. >> good to see all of you once again checking out the ride coming from the west not only does the belt way slow leaving bradock to 66 as you dies travel eastbound accident activity on the shoulder a tow truck on the scene with this incident lanes are open spotty delays out of manassas, in the direction of centerville nor slow traffic, 2100 fair oaks and finally the last two miles to the belt way, heavy slow and steady, also back inside and update the ride elsewhere if you are continuing to make your way along 2 5, you are leaving -- 295, you are leaving the belt way, accident activity reported there, that is where i have a stalled car tieing up the left side of the highway, southbound 270, falling out of gaithersburg more delays as you head out towards the lane divide that is a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. >> pentagon is getting set to announce new military rolls for women. >> they will let women serve closer to front lines, sarah similar monos is back with more. >

julie wright has the latee. julie, this is the weekend. it's going to be good four.h, it's going to be a great weekend. hope you have a good weekend. >> what about the super bowl party? >> i'm going to be out of control. i don't expect anything less remember, we showed you a few shots. before you reach connecticut avenue along the right side, we are gridlocked on the outer loop of the beltway. problems out to the west, georgetown pike closed off in each direction here, tollson road coming in bound on route 7 can save you some time. that's not bus yes right now. average speed on that inner loom down to 66 miles per hour at route 50. that's a look at the fox 5 ontime traffic. have a good weekend >>> up until last week, donald trump was still dropping hints that he may run as president as an independent. in true trump fashion, he surprised the world again and endorsed the one candidate he directly criticized, mitt romney. chris wallace is here. a bit of a circus, it felt like. >> good morning to you >> yes, good morning to you. it's donald trump. always feels like a cir

. >>> now, it is time to turn things over to julie wright to see how the roads are going this morning. >> good morning. so far, so good. no problem reported out here on the roads. this is a live shot of 66 coming in out of moon as as. volume increasing but no incidents to report. the beltway running smoothly between annandale and merrifield. northbound i-59 starting to see a little congestion north of the prince william parkway headed for the occoquan. traffic slows again as you work your way north of lorton headed for the springfield interchange. slow spot will be southbound along 270 coming in out of frederick headed out towards hyattstown. lanes are open continuing into towards rockville. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. etraffic. >>> now to our big story, extending the payroll tax cut. negotiators for lawmakers in the house and senate are close to an agreement f they can't agree on the details, they could vote on it as early as today. fox 5's stacy cohan live on capitol hill with the latest on the negotiation. >> this is a very big deal. social security is something ev

. >> let's check in with julie wright. >> good morning. we are off to a pretty good start this morning. not a lot going on south of town. up fortunately, up in howard county, another crash has tied up our commute along 32 as you travel between linden church road and tridelphia road. there is an accident closing the road each way. no trouble spots to report on the inner loop. traffic flowing freely each way traveling between 95 and georgia avenue. taking it back inside, we'll update the ride northbound along i-59 in good shape here leaving the prince william parkway headed northbound across the occoquan. inbound new york avenue looks good to go leaving northeast to northwest. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. etraffic. >>> new this morning, a man is in serious condition after being stabbed early this morning in the district. it happened around 3:00 a.m. in the 1400 block of fairmont avenue northwest. no word right now on why the man was taxed or any suspects that police are looking for. >>> we are in the midst of a crime we've he

i'll have all the details on the mild forecast and julie wright will have a look at your traffic coming up in just a minute. [ female announcer ] what would you call an ordinary breakfast pastry that's been wrapped in a flaky crust stuffed with a gooey center toasted up all golden brown then given a delicious design? a toaster strudel. pillsbury toaster strudel. so delicious...so fun. here's a better idea... pillsbury grands! flaky layers biscuits. in just 15 minutes, the light delicate layers add a layer of warmth to your next dinner. pillsbury grands! dinner ideas made easy. >>> welcome back to fox 5 morning news. reagan national airport is what you are looking at there in that live pictures. all the bright lights and fairly warm weather for this time of the year. >> normally, you would want to fly somewhere to get away from the cold. you should be flying here because it will be pretty nice out there, tucker barnes. >> going to be another warm one. what is our record high for the day? >> 72. >> 75. >> 77. >> oh, my! >> we'll be in the upper 60s. i think a few of us will touch 70 degre

julie wright has got your latest this morning. >> had an accident along southbound 270. moved it over to the shoulder as you work your way southbound approaching 85. no trouble spots to report leaving hyattstown. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> first lady michelle obama down in orlando, florida for her let's movie initiative. >> i have been traveling all over country. >> she started her date disney leading a large group of kids in the platypus walk. from there, the first lady worked with the kids in a number of different activities. that looks like fun. the first lady wasn't the only familiar face getting kids of disney stars took to the stage as well as fitness guru tony horton, the man behind p90x. >> i have seen that at home. you know who needs that is the wizards. they got a rare road win. another winless sunday for tiger woods. those subjects will be discussed when dave ross comes back for another live version of off the wall. >>> this is a three-hour guided bus tour from chariots for hire for just $24. you can get to see the white house, the washi

let's see if julie wright can make people happy too. what's going on?> i'm trying but now i'm receiving word that there is an accident northbound 4 at 258. anne arundel police tell me they are en route to the scene and possibly a medevac helicopter in route to the location as well. on the roads, southbound 270 not so bad as you travel from gaithersburg head out to the lane divide and not so busy. looking good as you travel from 109 headed into germantown and continuing out towards rockville. still an easy go coming in from mayor oaks -- fair oak headed into the beltway. ♪ come on, baby don't you wanna go ♪ ♪ ain't no place, sweet home chicago note note. >> president obama was feeling the rhythm last night during a concert at the white house. he belted out the blues singing about chicago with the legendary artist bb king. president and first lady hosted the concert as a celebration of black history month. the concert was also a tribute to the blues featuring an all- star line-up including mick jagger, buddy guy and jeff beck. >> fox 5's karen gray housto

. >>> let's get the latest on traffic and check in with julie wright. >> good morning to you all. look to call in the j team, jeremy and jeff and me and we are checking out the ride as you head in from the capital beltway. this is westbound 50 approaching 459. heads up, accident activity allows traffic to squeeze by one to the left and one to the right. if you are coming inbound on route 50, expect it to be a slow go as you travel early this morning leaving bowie, continuing out towards 704. do we have that chopper shot? i can see the accident activity over here in the corner. one to the left and one to the right is able to squeeze by. >> there it is for those conning close in towards the capital beltway. most of the roadway remains backed up at this point as you guys travel inbound over towards 495. outpound head back out towards bowie and annapolis, your lanes are open. >> we'll show you the other side of town. for those continuing along northbound 59, accident activity here north of pohick road. coming from lorton headed out towards newington, the accident activity tying up the

. >> julie wright loves it too. >> here you go with the satellite-radar. we are not terribly concerned with any rain later this morning. you see the shower activity out towards chicago and western tennessee. not well organized. we could see a late-day shower. the best chance will be later tonight with a frontal system. and then our temperatures tomorrow will be even warmer than today. bottom line, the pattern here for the next couple of days, very conducive to spring fever. >> i agree. >> it will be a little breezy with winds out of the south and west just like yesterday gusting at time to 20 to 25. a beautiful day, 60-degree your daytime high this afternoon. >> it will that be time when the restaurants start to pull out their outdoor furniture, you get for sit outside. >> of a seep hints of that -- of a he seen hints of that -- of a seen hints of that the last couple of days. >> it is nice. you get your sippy drink. >> a little sippy sippy. we know what you mean. >> we have a couple of tie-ups. the crew in sky fox joining us right now talking about the ac

speaking of friday celebrations, time now to check in with julie wright to see what is going on early this morning on the roads. >> good morning. i heard celebration and all i'm hearing now is kool and the gang going on in my head. >> that is the most overplayed song ever in the history of radio. >> when you hear it, you still get the toe tapping and the head bopping. >> you got that. >> unless it's tucker and then air off beat. >> head towards thornburgh, got an accident involving an overturned truck. traffic is able to get by but that is on the southbound stretch of the highway. northbound, all lanes are open. no problems to report as continue your trip on 66 eastbound coming in from manassas headed over towards the capital beltway. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >> thank you. >>> the big story this morning, a guilty verdict in the trial of former university of virginia la crosse player, george huguely. the jury came back with a second degree murder conviction for killing yeardley love back in 2010. melanie alnwick has more details. >> reporter: wisdom, jurors had tak