you may just have to jump on the outer loop and loop around. to the wrod, taking the roadway at college park, had a crash here just in the right shoulder lane. on the inner loop of the beltway, it looks like it's still in the right shoulder lane making your commute today. your volume's still light. traveling on 395, still have the accident in the process of clearing. police still on the scene. had a crash just 395 northbound at shirlington. in the left hov lane. looks like the car is out of the roadway. you still see accident activity blocking the left lane. now back to you both. >> danella, thanks. >>> today we'll get the first look at design concepts for an overhaul of the national mall. the nonprofit trust for the national mall holding that design competition. finalists' plans include adding lakeside gardens, underground pavillions, and grassy amphitheaters to the mall. you can see models of their visions this week at the smithsonian castle and the national museum of american history. a panel of design experts will select the winner and anno

this is impacting traffic on the outer loop as well. hess road is closed at suffolk lane because of fire activity. in howard county, an accident at johns hopkins road. this is the accident scene. you can see the left lane is squeezing by it on the inner loop at 70. outer loop traffic very heavy opposite the accident scene. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> good morning. so far so good on this monday morning. right now, upper 40's and low 50's in most spots. 43 in taneytown. a mixture of sun and clouds. a slight chance for rain shower. breezy with a high temperature near 67. big changes coming up over the next several days. here is keith mills, the man. >> thank you. good morning. the orioles and yankees kickoff a series tonight at new york. yankees swept by the rays. the orioles sweep the twins. jason hammel shut down the twins. j.j. hardy got it started against anthony swarzak. 1-0. jason hammel was the big story. he gets luke hughes. one homerun in 22 innings. much needed insurance. wilson betemit finds the gap. there was jus

just change the magnetic field intensity in a closed loop and you will induce a voltage in that loop. now, this loop happens to be a copper wire so the voltage in that produces a current. so look at this, you get a current. change the magnetic field in two loops of that closed copper wire, two loops of that circuit and guess what you get, gang? twice as much voltage. three loops, three, da, da, da, da, da. so that's the rule. all you got to do is change the magnetic field intensity and you will induce a voltage which will produce a current if you're talking about a conductor. ain't that neat? that is really, really nice. now we can produce electricity. see, now all of europe started converting to electricity. they started having lamps and all that stuff and they had all these kids up on the hills going like this, okay? and these kids are all doing this thing, okay? and one day they say, hey, we're getting tired doing this. see that waterfall coming down? why don't we put this wire on a great big piece of wood and have it rotate, huh? by the waterfall, put a little paddlewheel and we g

not just on the inner loop put outer loop as well. a live look at 695, liberty road. that's the outer loop on the left side of the screen. volume, not bad. the folks are moving slowly because of rubber necking as they approach i-70, they can look at the accident on the other side. speak of the other side, that's where we got bottlenecking going on as well, pretty much stop and go as you approach baltimore national pike, we continue to have one lane open, your left lane is open with the overturned tanker. hazmat is there theys with are leaking asphalt materi >>> baltimore county firefighters are helping harford county firefighters with a blaze. it started around 5:00 this morning, on heses road. two people were inside, they escaped without jury. no word on the cause. >>> today is a final day of a legislative session. >> lawmakers have a lot of issues to work out , the biggest one, the budget. linda so is standing by with how close they are on a compromise, linda. >>> lawmakers have to reach an agreement on a host of bills related to the budget if they can come to a com

on the outer loop again go no further than route 29. on the north side, i really suggest you go ahead and use the i kc c-- use the ic cthis morning. again no further than route 29. you can work your way around even university boulevard may be an option for you. it is going to be there for awhile. on the other side of town, southbound 270, absolutely no problems to report coming out of frederick. we'll take a live look at shady grove road. a little windy and wet but no delays. coming up another look at the accident north of town. >>> a hockey hat trick, special right? but not as rare as one in soccer. we'll show you the become cunited -- the bc united player that pulled that off. >>> according to a survey in women's health, what is the top gripe women have about flying. having to sit still the whole time, turbulence or not being able to talk on their phone? >> facebook friend caton na mason dixon wrote planes can be noisy enough without everybody talking for hours on end. >> we'll have the answer in our 6:00 hour. we'll be right back. >>

traffic on the inner loop is slow leaving 214 central avenue.eck of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. etraffic. >> thank you. >>> still ahead on fox 5 morning news, smoky robinson, the supremes, the temptations. smoky robinson, one of my all- time favorite interviews i've ever done. local students are learning about music legends by stepping into their shoes on stage. it's performance so good they are holing an encore and holly morris is there to tell us all about it.  >>> good morning i am holly morris and how's this for a monday morning wake up call ♪ [ music ] ♪ >> i know it is a dreary, rainy, cold morning but we will make you feel a whole lot better and brighten your day with the help of the drama and performing arts department where we are live and they just wrapped up an amazing production from soul train to mo town in fact it received so many accolades they are having an encore performance weekend this weekend why we are here and will find out about it and get a preview and most importantly, tell you how to get tickets bac

loop has only the . factor ll lanes open leaving 270 to 95.to the inner loop is open. wjla.com has the latest the weather and road conditions. we will have more traffic and weather every ten minutes right here on "good morning ."shington there was a major development in the trayvon martin case. zimmerman, the man with murdering martin, was released on bond around midnight. brianne carter is live in a satellite center with details. >> in the case that has had so much attention, a quiet police overnight for. zimmerman walked out of jail wearing a bulletproof vests according to some reports. safety is still a major concern. in the middle of the night, zimmerman, the man 17-year-oldurdering martin, walked out of jail. the 28-year-old wearing a brown jeans and carrying his belongings in a paper bag. he said nothing to reporters climbing into the back of a white suv. where he will be while he waits trial is still a secret. fitted with an electronic device so that the will know hisce whereabouts. attention on the case, his safety remains a concern. >> there's still a lot of e

just change the magnetic field intensity in a closed loop and you will induce a voltage in that loop. now, this loop happens to be a copper wire so the voltage in that produces a current. so look at this, you get a current. change the magnetic field in two loops of that closed copper wire, two loops of that circuit and guess what you get, gang? twice as much voltage. three loops, three, da, da, da, da, da. so that's the rule. all you got to do is change the magnetic field intensity and you will induce a voltage which will produce a current if you're talking about a conductor. ain't that neat? that is really, really nice. now we can produce electricity. see, now all of europe started converting to electricity. they started having lamps and all that stuff and they had all these kids up on the hills going like this, okay? and these kids are all doing this thing, okay? and one day they say, hey, we're getting tired doing this. see that waterfall coming down? why don't we put this wire on a great big piece of wood and have it rotate, huh? by the waterfall, put a little paddlewheel and we g

what jason is focused in on now is outer loop.ming from college park towards silver spring, you are being diverted off the beltway at 29 colesville road. you do have some options. 29, can you take that north up towards georgia. if you commit to the beltway at georgia avenue, you do so well past the accident scene. our doe lay on the outer loop is already starting to form back at new hampshire avenue. we'll take it back inside and we'll map out a couple of alternatives for you. the outer loop being shut down until further notice. there is the option of university boulevard to georgia avenue. can you call ahead and let somebody know that. the icc for you guys traveling in out of columbia and jessup, that is another viable option and even 410. that is riverdale road south of the beltway. randolph road is another option if you are traveling from the east to the west. coming from bethesda, your lanes remain open on the inner loop. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. raffic. >> thank you. >>> new this morning, an update on a ca

and outer loop of the beltway.build from newington off and on to springfield, a lot of company. nothing to complicate your trip all the way up. normal at the occoquan. back to you. >> thank you. 42 degrees right now. >> able admission from kanye west, how he is expressing his love for >> the question now becomes, and has kim kardashian captured the heart of another young celebrity? >> kanye west has deep feelings for the reality tv star and express those feelings in his new song. >> ♪ i now admit i fell in love with kim about the same time she fell in love with him ♪ >> he implied that he is currently dating kim kardashian. there were photographed leaving a new york bidder after watching "hunger games." -- a new york movie theater. there's no need for six degrees of kevin bacon, at least for this revelation. >> the actor and his wife are distant cousins, it turns out. they appeared on the pbs show that digs out celebrity ancestral. have been married 23 years and have two children. but the news in stride with kevin

. >>> the outer loop of the beltway, around 2:00 this morning. authorities have been dealing with a tractor trailer accident. also two other vehicles involved. it did leave one person dead and another person seriously injured. delia will have details about exactly what happened in a couple of minutes. in the meantime, let me show you the delay and what you can do to get around it. first of all, this is what it looks like at university boulevard again. once you get to colesville road, you can get no further than that. you are being diverted at colesville road off the beltway. if you are planning to head to there area of the beltway, go ahead and use the ic cas your alternate route. on the south side of the beltway you can either use university boulevard to piney branch road. sitting in that delay again you can go no further than colesville road. please plan early. i think this is going to be there awhile with the reconstruction on the skean. if you are planning to head on the northbound side great news for virginia drivers, no problems to report h

in the area on the inner loop and the outer loop. traveling on 29, right now, through columbia, southbound lanes are filling up with the drive from i-70 to maryland 32. get instant traffic updates, follow us on twitter at maryland traffic. back over to you. >>> health news, there is a growing evidence that the most common drug use to treat diabetes could help in the fight against cancer. it's called metaphormon. it's used to help diabetic patients control blood sugar. it appears to be helping patients fight cancer. >> one of the most compelling study was in breast cancer, women undergoing chemotherapy before surgery. look at the women who were diabetic, they had a better clinical response to the chemotherapy. the drug has been around for 50 years. testing is underway at this time. >>> other health news, this is important for expectant moms. a study finds if you are obese, diabetic and pregnant, you could have an increased risk of having a baby with autism or other developmental disorders. the risk is general. the biggest risk, some p

here's a live look at connecticut avenue, inner loop, outer loop, you're clear. outer loop speeds, good at 56 miles per hour. over to you. >> thank you. >>> decision 2012 coverage now. it is do or die for the gop candidates. today is the last day of campaigning before tomorrow's primaries in maryland, d.c., and wisconsin. mitt romney is predicting he'll come out in top. he told a crowd in wisconsin he will probably win the nomination. in the state-by-state battle to accumulate the more than 1,100 delegates needed to win the presidential nomination, romney has an estimated 565 delegates. that's according to real clear politics. >>> wisconsin senator ron johnson is endorsing mitt romney. he made the announcement on "meet the press." johnson pointed to romney's experience in the private sector as a major reason for backing the candidate. in a statement, romney said he looked forward to working with the senator on the campaign trail. >>> and presidential hopeful rick santorum says he will not drop out of the race for president if he loses tomorrow's primaries. the fo

on the outer loop. you had that going on since about the 5:00 hour on the outer loop. very slow and heavy leaving the 95 interchange heading for silver spring with the accident now gone. we'll take you over to the northbound side of i-95 in virginia. wait till you hear n. i just got off the phone with virginia state police. northbound 95 in dale city, disabled tractor-trailer. let's take a live look. what happened was he ran out of gas but they cannot explain why he is blocking all the through lanes. he ran out of gas and came across the through lanes and they're blocked right now waiting on some gas. once they fill it up, he'll be able to get out of there. cannot explain why he did that just be aware it's the hov lanes that are open. threw lanes are not. northbound 395 at duke street, very slow and heavy as you head for seminary road. all lanes are open here. we'll go back over to the maps on the inbound side of i-66. that's incident free. just slow into centreville. toll road looks great this morning. in my next report we'll update you on the disabled tractor- traile

so the outer loop is still a mess.ident and what it looked like earlier this morning. this was a fatal crash involving a tractor-trailer and at least two other vehicles. and as we said, at least one person died in this crash. police are still in the process of investigating to try and figure out exactly what led to all of this. and they're also still working to clean up the crash. so know that the outer loop is still a mess. with more information on how you can get around all of this, we'll go to matt. >> reporter: good morning. like you said, we have two lanes open. we're slowly but steadily improving. however, the damage still done. you're going to find an average of 22 miles per hour. that's just about from 95 out into the accident scene. once you pass georgia, things are actually still doing great as you head down to the 270 stretch. if you want to stick with university over to georgia, that will save you some time. once again, with two lanes open, things are going to get back to normal pretty quickly. they're goin

traveling on the inner loop and outer loop, you are clear now. if you're continuing on the inner loop, heading into virginia, here's a look at the wilson bridge. travel lanes are open in both directions. clear making your way into virginia. here's a live look at van dorn street. your travel speed from the wilson bridge to van dorn, 56 miles per hour. back to you. >> thank you, danella. >>> now 5:12. 54 degrees. ahead, an alarming study about autism. >>> plus, police may have a motive in a shooting rampage over the holiday weekend. the facebook post that could provide the key. >>> and next, what's new this year at the white house for the annual easter egg roll. >>> the first family attended easter services at the first episcopal church in northwest. they greeted members of the congregation. >>> this morning the first family will host thousands of kids at the white house for the annual easter egg roll. 35,000 people expected to attend. we have more live from the south lawn, more on the roll. always exciting. good morning. >> reporter: always exciti

part of the outer loop is closed now. police shut down a stretch of the highway to investigate a deadly accident between georgia avenue and colesville road. >> news4's tracee wilkins is on colesville road now. traffic is being diverted. with more on the situation that drivers can expect, here's more. >> reporter: good morning. yeah, they diverting traffic and trying to get cars turned around. cars up on the accident. they're trying to get them to turn around and come up 29. they're working to do that while at the same time also trying to deal with major backups. at least two miles of backup on the outer loop of the beltway because of this accident. what you're seeing through the trees, cars basically at a standstill. just trying to make their way on to 29. let me give you a closer look at this accident. this is a fatal accident. we're told by maryland state troopers that we're looking at at least one tractor-trailer and two cars involved in this accident. a severe crash that happened early this morning. they've got the in

on the outer loop westbound. i'll tell you what you can doing do to get around it. back to you guys. >> reporter: monika, jessica doyle is off today. we have the headlines for you. ben bernancke's press conference will dominate wall street this week. he will address the media wednesday at the conclusion of the two day policy meeting. traders expect the feds to leave interest rates unchanged. they will be listening to ben bernancke, it is also the first time he will discuss last month's weak jobs report. >>> new figures on housing prices and home sales as well as consumer confidence are scheduled to be release this had we can. we are scheduled to find out how fast the economy grew in the first months of theier. economists believe it grew by 2.5%. the numbers from friday, the dow stands at 13 and 2 points. nasdaq dipped about 7. it is three losing weeks if a row. republican eater murdoch is facing a two day grilling at britain's high court this week. the media mogul and his son, james are, are defending their futur

you can see the inner loop and outer loop. certainly moving freely. 95 at white marsh is moving just fine. >> all right. >> the pavement is dry. a beautiful morning. debitors in the 50's. -- temperatures in the 50's. no rain today or tomorrow for the game. or saturday or easter sunday, for that matter. a few clouds on easter sunday. the apertures in the lower 60's on sunday. raid on monday and tuesday, but that is after all the other stuff is out of the way. >> ideal. we have our art and black on today. -- orange and black on today. >> we did that yesterday. i am sure you did. >> sure. >> thank you for joining us. >> we are back with an update at 7:25. have a good day. >> follow breaking news and weather any time at wbaltv.com and stay connected on facebook and twitter.

you can make it to the beltway onto the inner loop. otherwise you'll have to cross the beltway to spring hill and pay the toll again to get toward the beltway. let's look on the other side of town. northbound 95 things l looking -- are looking okay. we'll take a live look over to 395 as well. right now on the northbound side at duke street actually looking great as you head through landmark toward seminary road and the 14th street bridge. we'll look at the accident near tyson andrea and mike. >>> coming up next in sports, two amazing shots from yesterday's master's golf tournament you have to see to believe. >> unbelievable. right now it is time for a check of ire question of the mortgage. the average american will buy five of which of these things in a year? oil changes, movie tickets or flower bouquets. >>> stream of consciousness here from our facebook friend glenda. oil changes between three and four months. flowers on valentine's mother's day and hospital visits so i'll go with movie tickets. >> think you know the answer? give it

headlights are the outer loop. they are past the crash on their way to 270.t camera will take us to reality, stop and go traffic on the beltway, but at least getting by after colesville road. virginia is slowing and 95 from dale city to newington. and the the beltway past duke street up to kings street. back to you. >> thank you. 6:00 hour 40 right now. we will check in with doug hill at a look at what is -- with a look at what is happening outside. quite a change we have had in 48 hours. >> most people waking up to wet weather with a little cold. far west in allegany county, a winter wonderland. snow continues to fall. under strong warnings in effect from frostburg westward in maryland and adjacent sections of west virginia. winter weather advisory in the pink area and you might even see snowflakes close to washington along the blue ridge in the patuxent mountain range. areas of rain drifting to the north and northwest. steady rain from south to north across the area. gusty wind and cold air and still a few showers and may be imbedded the snowflakes. there.

inner and outer loops of the beltway, just take it easy this morning. back over to the maps, this time 270 on the southbound side leaving frederick. no problems to report from i- 70, 270 looks great into clarksburg. we'll take a live look outside in montgomery county. no problems here at convince orchard and route 28. great seneca highway is doing well also. coming up in my next report, an update on the two accidents north of town at 5:24. andrea and mike? >> thank you, monika. >>> he entertained americans for decades. >> now music fans all over the country are mourning the death of dick clark. >> gentlemen, here's chubby checkers. >> for more than four decades clark introduced some of the rock 'n' roll's biggest acts, hippest dance moves and the latest hairstyles to american teenagers and families. he also is one of the first to give national exposure to black performers. the music was just beginning -- just the beginning of clark's empire. >> he wasn't just the star of it. he was really the conceptualized of it. he understood the market. >> clock host

both loops in springfield but we're just getting word of the accident on the outer loop of the beltway right in the tyson's area near route 7. lock blocking the right lane. i'll have more on that situation coming up in my next report. back to you mike and andrea. >>> see you then monika. here's what's making news now. they are going to go ahead with a vigil for trayvon martin at reston town center. even though the property owner hasn't approved it as of yet. it's set for april 10th. 6:30 p.m.. they contacted a property management office last week but they were told it was too short of a notice. >>> a police chase ends with rescuers taking six people to the hospital including a small child. fairfax county police say officers pursued a suspect that someone stole some merchandise from tyson's corner. the chase ended with a crash near arlington cemetery where an suv flipped over several times. >>> nasa getting ready to welcome the space shuttle discovery to the home at the hasi center. in preparation for the april 17th approval at dulles, two training jets flew some practice runs over the

this is the outer loop at 29. out are loop, yes, they are diverting traffic at 29 but don't even go that far. get off at university boulevard. take university boulevard up to georgia avenue. randolph road is an option. you guys coming out of prince george's county may want to stick with 410. use that as an alternative to get you underneath or above the beltway. this outer loop already gridlocked here approaching 29. icc, that is an option for you as well. if you do not have the pass, can you travel the icc. they will send you the little fee in the mail. keep an eye out for that. that is an option for you guys traveling over to 270. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >> thank you. >>> new this morning, an update on a case being closely followed across the nation. >> george zimmerman was released on bond around midnight last night. melanie alnwick joins us now in studio with the latest on this. >> reporter: good morning. there were no protesters, no questions shouted at zimmerman as he walked out of the s

now speaking of the inner loop, taking the inner loop this time in the college park area, you'll have that left shoulder lane taken away by the roadwork. you can see very light volume making your way on the inner loop of the beltway in this area. checking travel speeds for you, not bad on the inner loop. making your way from i-95 to route 50, you're traveling at 61 miles per hour. that trip just a nine-minute drive right now. i'm back in ten minutes with another look at traffic. aaron and eun, back to you. >> thank you. >>> 4:33. breaking news. in afghanistan a u.s. defense official says an american military chopper has crashed. four u.s. troops were on board the army black hawk when it went down in southwestern afghanistan. defense officials say they don't believe anyone survived. the military says enemy fire could have caused the crash, but early indications show weather may have played a factor. >>> election day is less than seven months away now, and president obama holds a sizable lead over mitt romney in the latest nbc news/"wall street journal" poll. the president leads the pre

the outer loop is a complete mess. they are just beginning to turn vehicles around and get them off of the outer loop. and one of the exits they're using, they're ae allowing folkn to 29, they've got the ramps and detour set up to move traffic off of the beltway. but we -- it must be at least two miles of vehicles backed up on the beltway in where the accident happened. the accident is right in the middle of colesville and georgia avenue. not far from the hospital. that's where it is on the highway. and it involves two tractor-trailers and a car. we have it confirmed from maryland state police that this is a fatal accident. so in addition to the intensities of the crash itself, there's also an investigation that's going to have to happen. so what's happening now is that all of the cars stuck behind this accident, that's -- the vehicles have to turn around, get off of the beltway, and so you saw some cars and some trucks turned like they were trying to make their way around, but with all of that traffic backed up, this

and again on the inner loop between route 1 and green belt metro, inner loop virginia, lanes are open, annandale to 66. that is a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. >>> traffic alert for belt way drivers northern virginia, starting tonight at 9, construction crews plan to close the left lane on both the inner and outer loop, 495, between u.s. route 1 and eisenhower connector that is in the alexandria area, work is for barrier removal and will last until 5 in the morning wednesday. >>> monitoring metro, with a new campaign to keep you safe when you ride metro is rolling out a public awareness campaign to protect riders from sexual harassment the first phase is handing out flyers later comes ads and public service announcements metro general manager, richard sarles wants passengers to know any situation involving inappropriate touching or unwanted comments will not be tolerated. >> some do not rise to the level of criminal activity but we keep track if there are any patterns we can address that. >> the campaign includes an online forum who allows riders sexually harassed to report the

headed from the toll road onto the inner loop is still closed. the beltway north of interstate 95, accident on the ramp to 212. >> gusty pretty much all we. possible today near 70. in the 50'

the inner loop or outer loop in montgomery county. traveling along 395 now, northbound as you approach little river turnpike, had an accident. it's still here, just on the right shoulder lane. you see two vehicles are involved, but travel lanes are open on 395, making your way on 395, continuing northbound across that 14th street bridge, you're in the clear with a nice travel speed, as well. volume very light. traveling at about 5 miles per hour, a 12-minute drive from the beltway to the 14th street bridge. i'm back in ten minutes. back to you. >> thank you. >>> new this morning, people in chile are surveying damage after a strong 6.7 earthquake rocked the country. authorities evacuated tall buildings in the capital of santiago. there were reports of highway rockslides. chile's oceanography service ruled out the possibility of a tsunami. there was one death, a 72-year-old man who had a heart attack during the quake. >>> with no clear competition in the primaries, mitt romney is looking ahead to the general election and thinking about

outer loop and delays leaving the 95 interchange college park heading over to georgia avenue which you are used to seeing the you make your usual morning commute. inbound 50, delays maryland, 202 to the bw parkway. >>> all right big story this morning possible ncaa violations at a local college howard university is launching a self-imposedded investigation claims temporarily suspending some student athletes from competition, sherry lee is live with details how this could effect the students good morning. >> good morning wisdom in fact, the suspension of some student athletes from competition is a lot better than howard universities initial reaction which was to suspend all of its sports programs from competition it has backed away from that and says most teams will compete as scheduled the university announced yesterday it launched an internal investigation into ncaa violations but isn't giving details, several students tell tong 5 it has to do with misuse of textbook vouchers athletes who bought extra books with vouchers returned them with cash or used the vouchers to buy other items

a live look at the capital beltway, north of maryland 650, we are shutdown on the outer loop of the capital beltway, between georgia, still no access fromson 29. >>> george zimmerman has been release ed from a florida jail. he was wearing a electronic monitoring bracelet as he left the jail. this is video as he was leaving the facility. his destination is still unknown as a result of keeping his safety. he is awaiting trial on second degree murder charges. he says he shot the 17-year-old in self defense. there is a similar case locally. some are calling it a case of racial profiling. two brothers are accused of beating a black teenager during neighborhood watch patrol. sherrie johnson has more on the story. >> reporter: in a few hours, the trial is set to begin for two brothers accused of beating a is a-year-old black teenager. the brothers were part of a community patrol organization in northwest baltimore. it happened in november of 2010, when the brothers were pa trelling a north docks jewish neighborhood. the brothers are white and claimed self defense. they said the teen was holding a

only the right lane is getting through on the outer loop. that's going to be southbound 495 as you are heading for springfield. look at all the red. live look in springfield and this is also going to slow down for you exiting to the inner loop of the beltway with everyone stopping on the other side of 495. so the major problems in virginia at this point this morning. let's go over to the beltway. north of town. the beltway is fine as you head west from college park into silver spring. no problems here. ongoing activity with the fire in frederick eastbound i-70 near route 40. we'll take a live look here at georgia avenue just normal delays on the outer loop. coming up in my next report, i'll update you on the situation in springfield at 6:25. back to you. >>> thank monika. time for the question of the morning -- >> one of our viewers wrote to us to say he liked the song and wasn't sure what one of the lyrics were, we made it the question of the morning. listen. ♪ come rise up, come give love, what are you waiting for ♪ ♪ the song is "brand ne

inner loop of the beltway, off to the side. 50 miles per hour on the west side outer loop. closer to security, still moving well on the north side. westbound 50, watch for some debris in the road and the cleanup process continues. the area bridges are in good shape. this is the j.f.x. at coldspring lane. southbound traffic moving well to the construction zone. 95 at white marsh looking like a delay is forming. building from white marsh down to the beltway northeast. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> good morning. so for the brain is keeping away. we have some rain in the western suburbs -- so far the rain is keeping way. 49 in parkton. we can see some light rain around hagerstown. we have a chance for some light rain showers later this morning. this will not be the drought- busting rain that we need. high temperatures in the upper 50's and low 60's. we'll come back and check the forecast going into the weekend. here is keith mills. >> thank you. good morning. the orioles find a way to win. to beaty hold lot on the whites ta sox. cold night in chicago. fourth straig

on the outer loop, as well.ing on the inner loop, making your way around the beltway, if you're traveling at river road, again, very light volume. and making your way this time at university boulevard, inner loop nice and clear. outer loop, as well. no major delays at this time. travel speed from the inner loop, from i-270 to i-95, you're at 59 miles per hour. just ten minutes to make that trip. eun, back to you. >> thank you, danella. >>> next week your tap water may taste and smell differently if you live in northern virginia. virginia american water will be flushing hydrants to clean mineral deposits and sediments from water mains. hydrants will be flushed in alexandria from this sunday through may 25. crews will be flushing hydrants in prince william county starting this monday, and running through the end of june. >>> firefighters blaming a lawnmower for starting this house fire in mclean. the owner's son was starting the mower when a spark set some leaves on fire. it spread to the shed, continued down the

traveling on the inner loop here and outer loop, as well, your travel lanes are open.ing any problems. travel speed on the outer loop, though, traveling at 61 miles per hour. just nine minutes to get from route 50 to i-95. back in ten with a look at the rails. back to you. >> we'll see you then. thanks. >>> after two close losses the nats put together the most complete game to hand the hot new york mets their first loss. the surprise starter had a stellar outing, striking out six and allow two hits in five scoreless innings. jayson werth handled the offense in the 6-2 win. the nats now 3-2 on the season. they'll look to take the series from the mets this afternoon. go, nats. >> let me clear my throat on this one. >>> the wizards won. yeah, for the second morning in a row. the wizards waking up winners. >> woohoo. >> washington took down the orlando magic 93-85. it was a career night for kevin serafin who scored a career-high 24 points and 13 rebounds. john wahl added 15 and 17 assists. only the second time this season the wizards have won back-to-back games. they try f

and outer loop.o issues to reported at this time. your travel speed, 59 miles per hour. six-minute drive from the wilson bridge to van dorn street. and if you're taking the rails, i'm still checking them. so far, not seeing reported delays on the metro, marc, or vre. aaron and eun, over to you. >> thank you. >>> 5:22 now. we're getting a better idea of change mitt romney would make to the federal government should he become our next president. the presumptive gop nominee laid out his policy plans in great deal at a fundraiser last night. romney told supporters he'd consider eliminating the department of housing and urban development. he also says he'd restructure the department of education or consolidate it with other agencies. romney also went into greater detail about how he would reform the tax code that includes eliminating tax loopholes and deductions for the wealthy. >>> investors will try to recover from wall street's worst two weeks so far this year. the dow last about 137 points. the s&p fe

of town outer loop, 95 headed around towards georgia.te 1 and college park that is a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. >>> all right thank you julie. well, we are still waiting for the mega millions lottery winners to come forward. players from kansas, illinois and baltimore county maryland will split the record breaking jackpot from friday night's drawing the maryland winner has the option of staying anonymous but that is not the case in illinois where a winners name home city and prize total are made public while no one in virginia won part of the mega millions jackpot sales of the ticket in common wealth pulled in $22 million for the public school system, by the way there were five tickets from virginia won $250,000 matching the first five numbers. >> bruce springsteen and the e street band are back on tour last night they rocked out verizon center a lot of fans said they would do anything to see the boss live in concert. paul was there for the excitement before the show. ♪ [ music ] >> reporter: bruce springsteen and the e street

it's a little slow on the outer loop toward 66. inner loop is still pretty good from springfield ot to 66. some pockets of volume across the occoquan. and then up to springfield and 395 to the 14th street bridge. in maryland, traffic is moving pretty smoothly down 270 at west montgomery ave. the outer loop of the beltway is extremely slow from college park to silver spring. the accident was near georgia avenue has been cleared away. everything is open. the activity is on the side. back to you. >> thank you. a team of nasa legends will help guide the space shuttle discovery to its new home today. by now it is on the dulles greenway. overnight crews detected from the back of a jumbo jet. yesterday's rains slowed down the job a little, but today's transfer ceremony is still a go. >> brianne carter is outside the udvar-hazy center where the 30- year-old craft will retire. >> use of the weather was a little bit of a problem yesterday. they cannot separatewere able last night to separate the two aircraft. the shovel it was hanging in the

let me take you back inside outer loop, just how slow it is gain this grid locked picture beginning to slow, 4 t 5 college -- 495 college park, headed west. a lot of folks have bailed out using the icc. travelling northbound 395 virginia, lanes are open belt way headed up towards duke is where you will find slow traffic. that is a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. >>> all right julie thank you. new this morning george zimmerman is free on bond. >> the man accused of shooting and killing florida teen trayvon martin was we leased from jail, around midnight. mel good morning. >> good morning. there were no protestors, no questions shouted at zimmerman as he walked out of the seminole county jail it was a low key event given all the attention this case grabbed he was wearing a brown jacket s blue jeans he left with several paper bags containing his belongings he walked to a white suv got in the back and paid no attention to photographers outside the car that left the parking lot with seminole county sheriffs blocking access. he must now observe a strict 7:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. curfew sur

grex big issue on the beltway, outer loop the beltway.ckup begins at interstate 95 at college park try to get past the accident before georgia avenue in silver spring blocking two right lanes. this is the pace all the way to georgia avenue, barely moving between college park and silver spring. accidents in the two right lanes. 270 is very heavy from frederick county passed 109. no accidents or incidents. the accident in prince george's county inbound route 5, branch avenue just inside the beltway off the road. police still on the scene. back to you. >> thank you. 5:52. honda is apologizing for offensive language in one of its casting of sheets for a commercial. >> and blackberry continues to lose its appeal in more and more offices. ellen braitman has details from new york. >> the number of companies ditching blackberry for the workers is growing. nationwide mutual is the latest business that includes j.p. morgan chase and halliburton that support the switch to apple and and droid phones. the blackberry does remain the official smartphone

if you are planning to head to the outer loop, north side of town just take the ic c. going to take the south side of town, let me step out, south side take route 29 to dale drive to georgia and on the north side route 29 to dennis to georgia. route 29, you cannot access the beltway. be aware of that this morning on the outer loop all lanes blocked with this serious situation. i of course will keep you posted throughout the morning on this situation and let you know what you need to do, coming up in my next report in a few minutes, back to you, guys. >>> we are following breaking news out of montgomery county. you just heard monika say a portion of the outer loop has been shut down. >> two other vehicles and a tractor trailer involved in that accident. one person was killed in the crash and we are told the tractor trailer is leaking diesel fuel onto the beltway. the clean up expected to take hours, which means the accident is going to make an impact during rush hour. we have a live crew on the scene and our live reports will start at 5:00 this morning. >>> the man accu

the montgomery county, inner loop and outer loop, no issues to report. traveling in virginia, live look at robinson terminal. making your way on the inner loop heading toward the dulles toll road. your travel speed, driving at 60 miles per hour, 14 minutes from the interchange to the toll road. i'm back in 15 minutes with more. >>> the once-hot washington nationals are suddenly ice cold. they just got swept by the los angeles dodgers and have lost four games in a row. the dodgers completed the sweep with the 2-0 win yesterday in los angeles. before you get too down on the nats, they're still 14-8 on the season and tied with the braves for first place in the national league east. the nationals will try to get back in the win column tomorrow night at home against the diamondbacks. go, nats. we're not disappointed yet. >> no, ice cold is harsh. slightly chilled. >> and dodgers -- >> cooled. >> dodgers have been on a role, too. a hot team. >>> the nationals will count on brice harper to turn things around. the 19-year-old phenom made his debut saturday night

and if you're taking the inner loop or outer loop of the beltway, in between university boulevard and colesville road, you'll see the right side blocked by roadwork. again, just stick to the left. you see volume's light. you're going to make your way past each work zone easily. now back to you all. >> all right. thank you, danella. >>> we are following a developing story out of california this morning. there are low ties to the man accused of opening fire at a korean christian college in oakland. we have more live from the newsroom on that. melissa, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, police have 43-year-old one go in custody. they say he opened fire on students at oikos university. he lived in springfield and hayes, virginia, before moving to oakland a few years ago. go's brother, in the military, was killed in a car crash in virginia last year. school officials say he was a former nursing student at oikos. 35 people were inside when gunfire broke out. people say he was banging on doors, trying to get in. of seven fatalities, five died at the scene, two at the hospital. the shoo

we will update you that inner loop at 70, watch for delays. the north side in great shape at this hour. we will keep you posted on one accident on the west side. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> the session is scheduled to end at midnight tonight. house and senate have not reached a deal on the budget. >> kim dacey has more. >> negotiators worked on friday and had a session on saturday appeared they have not reached an agreement on the budget. plans for an income-tax hikes in exchange for a higher rate on six-figure earners. reduction is on income tax -- house conferees to express concern. they want to discuss the offer and come back with a counter proposal. are willing to accept part of a plan. they will accept shifting and 50% of the cost for the first year. both sides remain confident they can reach an agreement by midnight. >> we will have a different sense of timing. nothing happens until you have something to break through. i think we will get there. >> if they cannot reach a compromise, the session will have to be extended. >>

no issues on the inner loop here.uter loop, as well, you're clear as you make your way through to virginia. now, traveling on the outer loop, your outer loop speed in virginia, looking at 62 miles per hour to get from the dulles toll road all the way to the interchange. just a 13-minute drive. back to you both. >> all right. thank you. >>> 4:53. metro riders prepare yourselves for the return of delays. after a bit of a spring break, midday track work resumes today. weekend projects will start back up again on friday. and there are some major delays riders can expect this summer. portions of the red line will shut down for eight weekends between july and august for major reconstruction. and the yellow and green line will see closures over the labor day weekend for bridge inspections. >>> hundreds of capital one bank employees will soon be looking for a new job. the mclean-based bank says it's laying off nearly 500 assistant bank managers, 166 of them work in our area. capital one blames the cuts on its corporate restru

want to show you braddock road as you travel on the inner loop. you still see the cones up, but they look to be out of the roadway. same thing on the outer loop coming from braddock. earlier you were forced off. it looks like you're able to travel without issue. crossing the american legion bridge on the inner loop, overnight roadwork blocked all of your lanes. now you are flowing without issue. however, taking the outer loop this time near new hampshire avenue, you see this left lane is going to be taken away. closer on the outer loop as you get closer to colesville road, you'll see three left lanes taken away. volume still light. not too much of an issue. stick to the right side of the roadway. i'm back in ten minutes with a look at your traffic. back to you. >> thank you, danella. >>> this morning, atc college in northern virginia is closed. it abruptly shut down surprising students and faculty. the for-profit college operatesed campuses in arlington, alexandria, and manassas. had been in business for more than 25 years. apparently it closed it

inner loop, absolutely clear. inner loop speed, 70 minutes to get from i-270 to i-95 and i'm back with a look at your rails. back over do you both. >> we'll see you then. >>> two washington's airports are among the worst when it comes to on time flights. the bureau of transportation studied the departure and arrival times for majorarities. dulles is the ninth worst. only 29% of the flights were laid. reagan national was next on the list with 22% of flights arriving late and 18% light die par turs. coming in first place or last depending how you look eight was newark with 33% late arrivals and 27% late takeoffs. >> well, spring marks the unofficial start to the tourism season in washington and starting today visitors have a new way of checking out the city's sights. open top sight-seeing will open up a national bus tour that includes two dozen stops. children under the age of 5 are free. the buses replace tour mobile which went out of business last year. >>> he has become an international sensation practically over

traveling ining inner loop and loop, not bad. 60 miles an hour in virginia on the outer loop. traveling at 201, you're looking good. from route 50, that's a half hour. >> it's 58 degrees. ahead on "news 4 today," paying the price for not doing the right thing. how a woman who thought she hit the jackpot is being punished for taking a wad of >>> officials in yes, ma'am about want more help from the military in fighting al qaeda. they've requested more official drone strikes and additional money to help their country. right now they can only attack individuals with known links to the terrorist group. the request to attack larger groups was rejected. they banned drones from taking off or landing in the country. it's come as they've seen an increase in al qaeda militants living there. >>> it turns out the missiles north korea showed a couple of weeks ago were fake. the six showed during the parade were filled with components that could never fly together. the analysts said that the missiles despite looking real per poorly made or looked fake. it was featured during the parade cele

you're going to be forced on to the inner loop of the beltway. heading to the beltway in prince george's county, kenilworth avenue, the outer loop has all lanes blocked except for the left lane which will get you by the work zone. in montgomery county, once you make your way past new hampshire avenue, you'll have to stick in the right lane as you travel on the inner loop. continuing on the inner loop past new hampshire avenue, making your way toward to time route 1, you'll still see the right lane blocked by construction. in the corner here, construction crews are up. you can see that volume is light around the beltway. it's not really causing too much trouble, but keep an eye out for it. i'm back in ten minutes with a live look at traffic. back to you both. >> thank you. >>> a developing story now. the family of osama bin laden expected to be deported to saudi arabia today. his three widows and nine children currently live in pakistan where they've been under police watch since last year's raid on the compound. pakistani officials charged them w

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