i subject you get off in lorton and make your way around it. i'll have more details in my next report. back you to guys. >> thank you, monika. >>> 5:09. in this morning's health alert, teens who smoke marijuana regularly could wind up with a lower iq as an adult. >> researchers in new zealand noticed sharp drops in iq in those who smoked pot before the age of 18. this subjects heavy marijuana use is dangerous for the developing brain. a government study released in june shows 23% of american high school students smoke pot. >> we controlled for the amount of alcohol used over the same years. we also controlled for or adjusted for the amount of hard drug use. it predicts how well you do educationally. then predicts how well you do in the job market. it also predicts how you end up health wise. >> more than a thousand teenagers in new zealand were tested for this story. the cannabis use in new zealand is legal. >>> the canning of chris cooley. >> isaac makes landfall. people arriving on the gulf coast -- living on the gulf coast are on edge. our o

it's lorton road eastbound to the telegraph road to the beltway.t's route 1 to the beltway which will be much heavier than normal and in newington lorton road to route 1 to route 638. those are your alternate routes but give yourself extra time you'll need to deal with it. let's show you how good it sells where. this is north of the accident scene in springfield. very light. that's because everyone is stuck behind the accident. 395 looks pretty much the same up to the 14th street bridge. a last live look out on the other side of town. route 50 at the bay bridge, nothing like yesterday. it's looking good. all lanes are open across the bridge span east and westbound this morning. we'll be back with more traffic at 6:58. back to you guys. >>> monika has had a busy morning. howard has a busy morning as well. it's beautiful here. he's also looking at what's happening down in the gulf. >> gorgeous. gorgeous. it is pretty now. it's going to be as pretty all day long. it's going to be a perfect day. i don't use that word often. humidity is down. winds will

i suggest taking eastbound lorton road. i'll have more details on that coming up in my next report at 4:47. andrea and mike? >>> 4:42. time for the first your money segment this morning. jessica doyle is off but we do have the headlines for you. will the fed change interest rates? wall street will be watching for that this week. the beige book comes out and that's when the federal report sums up the economic conditions across the country and the fed uses that information to set the interest rates. ben bernanke will speak at a conference in wyoming on friday. investors are going to look to see if he says anything about the feds stimulating the economy. >>> stock market flat tuesday. the dow dropped 22 points. nasdaq was up 4. s&p 500 was down one. >>> the obama administration finalized its new rules on the mileage standards for the auto industry. the regulations require cars and trucks to nearly double their fuel efficiency over the next 13 years. the new cars and trucks will have to average 54 miles per gallon. again, this

as you make your way past lorton road.n virginia, have a disabled tractor trailer in the right shoulder lane. police are on the scene. traveling southbound are open. northbound as you pass lorton and continue toward the beltway, road work is set up but cones are up. 395, no issues to worry about. live look at glebe in both directions. back over to you. >>> the time is 4:41. still to come, a rough weekend or an nfl play, chad johnson. the latest fallout. >>> the mishap that caused this damage to a >>> hundreds of people gathered at a sikh temple in oak creek, wisconsin, for the first sunday service since the deadly shooting rampage. many worshippers washed away the bad memories in a cleansing ceremony. they say joining together was an important step in the healing process. some said they t. return to the temple felt like a rebirth. a white supreme u.s. opened fire last sunday killing six people. the gunman eventually took his own life. here in the nation's capitol, dozens held a candlelight vigil. last night sikh elders led

it's going to be spotty off and on lorton, newington and springfield. the earlier accident was cleared to the shoulder. we'll take a live look on the northbound side of i-95 where you can see the activity. just the police vehicle left on the shoulder. otherwise the lanes are open but take a look at the backup. this is what it looks like in newington at backlick road. let's go back over to the maps and this time to the west side of town. looking good across the american legion bridge into tysons, toll road, 66. everything is final. a live look at -- is fine. a live look at our sunshine. no problems other than that on the beltway north of town. i'll be back with more traffic at 6:58. back to you. >>> well, their approval rating may not be so good, but, boy, their house sure looks beautiful. as we look at the u.s. capitol this morning. temperature about 74. >> yeah, pretty morning out there. we have some great pictures all over the place. we thank the viewers for sending those to us on facebook. we love interacting with you guys in the morning so keep that

and i'll give you a live look as you make your way south at lorton.o, if you're traveling i-95 southbound or northbound, nice and clear at lorton. in fact, your travel speed from prince william parkway looks good, 62 miles per hour. that drive just taking 13 minutes. now, let's head over to 395 as you make your way southbound trying to get to exit 3b. that ramp still shut down by the road work there, but hopefully, it should be clearing any minute now. should be done by 5:00 p.m. also, i'll be back in ten minutes to let you know if that did clear and we'll check the rails. eun, over to you. >> danella, thank you. >>> the nationals are on their way home this morning with another win in their back pocket. stephen strasburg earned his 14th win of the season, struck out seven in the 6-4 win over the san francisco giants. danny espinoza helped out at the plate with a two-run homer. the loss wasn't the only bad news for the giants. they also lost all-star slugger melky cabrera, suspended for 50 games for testing positive for testosterone. cabrera admitted t

building to get into dumfries making your way past the prince william parkway and more volume into lorton- newington but the stretch of 95 between fredricksburg and richmond close to the 104 mile marker still shut down with ongoing utility repairs after a serious overnight crash. that's going to be the case north and southbound near the exit for 207 carmel church for some hours. here's the beltway near kenilworth avenue moving freely. on the inner loop near route 5 branch avenue checking for the report of a crash. accident northbound 210 near one of the intersections of old fort road had police responding. back in virginia prince william parkway at hoadley road the westbound lane blocked with a crash. back to you. >> thank you, beverly. >>> we're learning more about the gunman accused of killing six people at a sikh temple in wisconsin last weekend. it's looking more like he targeted his victims because of their religion. >> delia goncalves is live in the satellite center with more on the suspected killer and some of his victims. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. page left no lette

in the backup here, lorton. route 1 already heavy with the typical volume headed out towards fort belvoir. outer loop north of town, no problems to report college park headed for 270. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. -timetraffic. >> all right. thank you. we'll ight back with some big news for redskins fans this morning. come on, kids.s. we gotta go! oh, nah, i gotta go. oh, can you make that to go? these days, nobody has time to get sick, but minute clinic makes it easy to get well. our nurse practitioners can diagnose and write prescriptions for everything from strep throat to sinus infections, with no appointment necessary, so you can feel better in no time. you guys wanna go to the park? yeah! yeah! minute clinic -- the walk-in clinic at cvs/pharmacy, where you'll get $10 off sports physicals. only for a limited time. find a clinic near you at minuteclinic.com. i'm barack now mitt romney's attacking the president on medicare? the nonpartisan a-a-r-p says obamacare "cracks down on medicare fraud,

today, upper 80's-lorton 90 +, partly sunny skies. let's get an update on the morning commute with lisa baden. >> on 95 virginia northbound, it will be better than average getting to the pentagon. no worries on 66. travel times are normal and to 70 delays are typical southbound. we haven't accident on 644 in alexandria between south van dorn street and roosevelt drive. jummy olabanji will fill you in on the details of that in a little while. >> we are following breaking news this morning in alexandria. there was a head-on collision between a car and a police cruiser. it left the driver of the card dead. jummy olabanji joins us now with the latest. >> we have an up date especially for viewers who use this area. vdot has placed orange cones on the west side of franconia road. they will open up traffic to one lane going east and west in a few minutes. you can see how serious this crash was. it was just before 3:00 this morning when a man driving an infinity was going westbound anti veered across several lanes of traffic and went into a f

a live look at lorton, still sluggish for you. speed out of prince william parkway, about 20 miles per hour to get to the beltway, that drive looking at 37 minutes right now. let's look passing i-66 at fairfax county parkway. not bad here. bring your sunglasses today. travel speeds here about 46 miles per hour. 13 minutes to get to the beltway. then, if you're traveling route 50 in maryland, we'll check that out. sluggish westbound as you make your way toward new york avenue. no accidents, just delays. eun, over to you. >> danella, thank you. >>> 6:54 now. breaking news in london. the british government is threatening to raid the ecuadorian embassy if they do not hand over wikileaks founder julian assange. assange has been taking refuge inside that embassy since june 19th. he is wanted in sweden to face trial for rape. today, ecuador's president is expected to announce whether his country will grant asylum to assange, but even if ecuador agrees to protect him, it is unlikely that british authorities will let him leave the uk freel

a lot of traffic through lorton.arting to see delays on 270 between 109 to 121 clarksburg, on the brakes. once you get past that, not bad most part making the 270 towards the capital beltway. back to you. >> thank you. county police investigating a double shooting in woodbrige that happened 3:30 yesterday afternoon. detectives say two men were shot. t appear tot does no be random. their injuries is known. expected to survive. suspect is in custody. cracks around prince george's two law-enforcement yearsrs gunned down 10 ago will be honored this morning. sergeant james arnaud and pfc were fatallygruder shot as they try to dig a man custody for emergency evaluation. be wreath-laying at 10:00 the this morning outside sheriff's office in muldrow? . the washington metropolitan regions inng the top ae country for having tokforce educated enough fill the available jobs. roughly half of the available jobs in the region require a college degree. second in the country only to silicon valley in california. 5:44, 66 degrees. >>

this is what it looks like approaching lorton. great till you hit springfield. then you've got the brake lights. one last look at 395 at duke street. this is slow from duke to seminary and improves at the 14th street bridge. more traffic at 6:58. >>> here is howard. he's back from vacation and he has a forecast that we'd like to have on our vacation. >> temperatures in the mid-80s today. we're looking at just a chance of an afternoon shower or storm kind of like we've seen the last few days. i think the pattern isn't going to change much but we'll get warmer into the weekend and early next week. here we go with the start of the bus stop forecast. school is in session in several areas now. school's opening -- schools opening more and more by the day it seems. patchy fog well south and southwest of town. temps ranging from the upper 50s to low 70s here over the next couple of hours at the bus stop with the coolest spots well west of d.c. sunrise occurred 6:29 setting at about 7:52 this evening. your day planner lunch time recess. outside would be great. 82 degrees

in lorton no obstacles making your way to springfield. there's a crash northbound on telegraph road franconia springfield road. police dealing with that right now. if you are making the drive on 66, volume delays are brief to get east of manassas to centreville, into fair oaks as you make your way inside the beltway to falls church. going to see more volume the left side of the screen is the eastbound traffic sliding out of the hov rules. maryland beltway, outer loop delays forming to get into silver spring but with all lanes open there. 270 the crash had been southbound after you pass 109 before clarksburg but out of the roadway with just volume delays around that. your next check of timesaver traffic, 6:25. andrea, mike, back to you. >> thank you, beverly. >>> if is now 6:18 -- it is now 6:18. are you ready for some football? we have a preview of tonight's preseason kick yuf for the redskins-- >> kickoff for the redskins. >> let's get another check of the question. which one of these things outsells an ipod. is it a, an iphone, b, heari

these are delays that are back between lorton and wood bridge. just the aftereffects from earlier on. that accident has been cleared up. those lanes are open. things just backing up. live pictures courtesy of sky fox this morning. 95 north there as we take a look outside. not raining right now at least it looks like. that could change i hear in the coming hours. >> we do have rain in the forecast and lots of clouds. if i were a cloud salesman, i would be rich today. that is what will be out there. >> and a lot of unhappy people as far as school because it is the first day of school. they got to deal with the rain. did you like your first day of school? >> i was always excited. you had new clothes, new notebooks and pens and pencils and stuff. >> what about you, sarah? >> i didn't. i don't know why. i didn't want the summer to end. i was having too much fun not being on a schedule. >> really? >> i didn't look forward to the first day of school. >> i was in the country. i was bored. i was like i got to go get around some people. >> you sure it is n

heavy stuff around lorton and dale city, mount vernon, alexandria. yes, could get a little bit of lightning to show up as well. the muggies have come back. almost tropical, sticky stuff. we've got upper 60s to the north and west. after the dry air, that's gone. our readings this morning upper 60s, west of town in the shenandoah valley. 73 easton, baltimore, gaithersburg. fredricksburg is 74. a sticky 79. looking outside at tysons, a little bit of wetness on the roads on our michael & son weather camera. 77 degrees. cloudy at national airport. south, swerm winds at -- southwesterly winds at 8 and humidity 88%. we've got the morning showers and storm. they move into pennsylvania and weaken. we get some sunny breaks today but also the scattering of showers and storms for the afternoon. the forecast in detail. today 88, 89. watch out. yellow alert day. obviously you're being slowed down this morning. we'll watch for the storms this afternoon. low 70s tonight with a few upper 60's north and west with a few evening showers or storms. tomorrow a chance of a

traveling 95 northbound, watch for the volume there through lorton heading up into newington. traveling 395, no issues to report for you. seeing the volume start to build slightly as you leave the beltway heading past edsall road but no accidents or incidents. 66 slowing out of man as as and near 123. 270, you will find the volume as you are on the brakes leaving frederick towards 109 and towards 121. once you get towards father hurley boulevard, everything is smooth sailing. seeing the delays 66 unbound out of manassas. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >> thank you. >>> our top story this morning, a fire rips through a maryland home with a family inside. >> a little girl has died and two others are in crit cap condition. melanie alnwick has the latest on the investigation. -- two others are in critical condition. >> reporter: the firefighters arrived four minutes after getting the call that this duplex was on fire. even in that short period of time, the smoke and flame became deadly killing that little girlfriend called jade and critically injuring her father. th

there's an accident just after lorton and it's sitting on the right shoulder. now we're reaching really the main part of the rush hour. that means it's going to slow you down on the northbound side of i-95 getting past that accident although your lanes are open. let's take a live look a little further north on 395. once you're beyond all of that mess, things are great at the 14th street bridge. all the poteau pack and anacostia -- potomac and anacostia crossings look like this. taking a look at the bw parkway and route 50 inside the beltway through cheverly. everything is fine. northbound on new hampshire avenue right before the beltway, an accident at oakview drive. let's take a look at new york avenue at bladensburg road heading through the northeast corridor. lanes are open. i'll be back with traffic at 6:25. >> thank you, monika. >>> coming up on 6:19 now, next in sports, we're going to catch up on rookie bryce harper. >> right now time for another check of our question of the morning. a new survey finds women are more likely to give men their phone number

rain.cial 7100 and the fairfax county parkway is where a downpour is moving south towards lorton and church and vienna have just a few sprinkles. downpour 40 minutes ago in chantilly and restaurant with lightning and thunder has started to dissipate. southern cal county, south of westminster, a little downpour. we will see the rain become more radar screen,the ofe numerous in terms storms into the afternoon and evening. creepy performance of yesterday. kind of a repeat performance of yesterday. helen, maryland, they received 1.2 inches. big meadows received 1.2 inches almost. action of shore, off carolina coast. new england if there's an area of low pressure. maryland and virginia beach's got heavy rainfall. 83 degrees in washington, 71 at dulles airport now./ 80 degrees in martinsburg. on our way to nearly 90 degrees downpours, lightning and thunder. to an end by midnight, temperatures dropping down to nearly 70. tomorrow, dry and hot, low to 90's the next couple days with storm chances again by the weekend. all right. thanks so much. new york mayor michael bloomberg once the city's

it's trying to get over toward lorton. let's see what's going on with live doppler 9000hd. green south of lorton which may mean one or two drops on our windshield somewhere, that's it. a quiet morning. a sticky morning. it's 72 in baltimore. 70 winchester and hagerstown. a little cooler in the mountains. the air is a little bit drier so they've been in the low 60s. a much more pleasant morning there while we're looking at 78. outside we're in tysons corner this morning. about a half an hour before the sun rise so skies starting to brighten just a bit. 78 degrees. mostly cloudy at reagan national on the hour with a dew point of 74 giving us a relative humidity at 87%. feeling more like 80, 81 already with the heat index. high clouds still streaming in from the storms in the carolinas. you can see them coming across the region. you're also making a little bit of eastward progress so it's going to take a while. maybe later in the afternoon when we'll start to see more sunshine than this morning where we're still dealing with clouds in many areas with some sun through midday. a

already, i-95 northbound at lorton. the road is wet. northbound getting just some volume here already. so give yourself extra time this morning. let's head over to i-66 because the rain is coming down here as well. you are seeing volume here as well. again, give yourself extra time. it's going to be a slow friday. aaron and eun, back over to you. >> thank you. >>> today a bill to expand gambling in maryland could move a step closer to becoming law. the full state senate will debate that measure today. senate committee voted in favor of it yesterday. the legislation could bring a casino to prince george's county and table games to all casinos in the state. maryland voters would have to approve any legislation the lawmakers pass. >>> right now one man is in the hospital after his brother and daughter were killed in a house fire in capitol heights. this morning we're hearing from the family. 15-year-old rickey cole died in the fire along carrington court wednesday. his 5-year-old niece jade buffaloe also died. her father, james cole, is in

shepherds town, west virginia, you didn't get left out either, 2 1/2 inches, lorton, virginia, one and a quarter and this is our doppler estimate, the 24- hour rain totals and that skewed along the bay and east, i think it got punished here with a lot of heavy rain. inside, we can estimate how much rain fell and doppler's estimating again anywhere from four to almost seven inches of rain in and around the easton area and that is lighter into the district and lighter still as we went farther to the west. speaking of heavy rain, we know that that is not a direct hit with tropical storm isaac on the peninsula of florida. that did go across the keys, of course. like at the heavy rain in one of the bands that is coming along the coast here. lots of reports of flooding in palm beach, and of course, some of the outer bands into south carolina. it won't be long before new orleans starts getting their first reins from our strong tropical storm isaac, with winds of 70 miles an hour and i will show you that track in a moment. and quo estimate 24-hour rain totals down here in florida and from fort

john from lorton, virginia, however, seemed skeptical about it. i'm supposed to believe we should take blind faith in the economy that is driven by what housewives want to buy that is made in the u.s. or not, the same economy that chopped my retirement fund in half, a five- step plan that will save us all but he didn't say how? i'm starting to get a little nervous. is this the best the rnc can do? but the major league reaction was out on the wusa9 facebook passenger and that all circled around actor director clint eastwood and his empty chair routine that took everybody by surprised, steven called it quite bizarre, rambling and puzzling. it was a bad idea. maybe it sounded good before, but it sure did not deliver. oh, sure, there were maybe one or two zingers, but the whole thing was like small town bad theater, but jay arrowwood called it brilliant. if you didn't get it, you never will. the chair represented empty ideas, the president that is never around for the american people dodging of questions, empty hope, empty promises. well, all i know i

this will cross over around lorton and 95 in the next hour. this may go over toward ft.ashington and diminish altogether around 1:00. the nats game should be okay, by the way, this gorgeous shot brought to you by michael and son. 85 now, dew point 71, not a good thing, winds east, southeast at 10, pressure back on the rise, 29.83 inches of mercury. temperatures in the 80s which is good for the first part of august, 82 great falls, 81 vienna, 82 bethesda, 84 college park, 82 bowie. we had no hurricanes in the month of july. i talk about that on my blog at www.wusa9.com. is it common or uncommon? economic it out. heating up with more storm -- check it out. heating up with more storms, isolated storms, hot tomorrow, a dry morning commute, afternoon storms, some heavy, some severe possibly. tonight isolated storms, partly cloudy, mild, 66 to 74, a suppose a little muggy downtown. tomorrow morning -- i suppose a little muggy downtown. tomorrow morning 70s and 80s, wind light southwest 5 to 10, by afternoon thursday partly cloudy, hot, thunderstorms, some heavy, some severe, h

making your way past lorton heading southbound as well as northbound. travel lanes are open. not bad. continuing on to 395, nice and clear as well from the beltway to the 14th street bridge. both directions. no issues. now, traveling 66 inside the beltway, did see a work zone there. we'll talk to them in ten minutes. aaron, over to you. >>> danella, today in decision 2012 mitt romney and his running mate paul ryan will hold a joint town mall. the two campaigned separately since romney announced ryan two weengs ago in virginia. president obama is not campaigning today. he has events scheduled in ohio, nevada, and new york in the week ahead. >>> leaders from both the republican and democratic party say the presidential race has reached new points, low points, with negative ads. virginia governor bb mcdonnell and martin o'malley talked about the tone of the race on "meet the press" this weekend. both accused the other side creating personal attacks. >> governor romney is a guy you would never want to play pikup basketball with. always crying foul. >> they would sigh whether it's

very little delay coming north from wood brim and lorton. again, add extra time to this commute. route one, i know a lot of you will want to keep that. that is the route headed up towards fort belvoir. that will get busy fast. 234 may an viable option for you. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. imetraffic. >> thank you. >>> some nervous moments on the maryland bay bridge. up next, we'll tell you what brought out engineers for an unscheduled inspection. >> it also brought traffic to a stand still. we'll get the details about that coming up. stay with us. [ mom ] dear chex cereal, i've never written a fan letter before, but you've done the impossible. you made gluten free cereals in a whole bunch of yummy flavors. cinnamon chex and honey nut chex are two of our favorites. when my husband found the chocolate one, we were in cereal heaven. the only problem is, with so many great flavors, you're making it very hard to choose. your fans, the mcgregor family. 'cause we love chex. ♪ [ male announcer ] and now try new gluten free apple cinnamon chex. >>> both spans of the gay br

northbound delays are out of dumfries, dale city through woodbridge into lorton and knowing 10. newington. new york avenue at west virginia and montana avenue have a problem with traffic signals. metrorail is a normal service. >> coming missouri the state -- senate candidate doesn't backpedaling. >> we will have the latest on two major food [ male announcer ] since 1996 welfare recipients were required to work. this bipartisan reform successfully reduced welfare rolls. on july 12th president obama quietly ended the work requirement... gutting welfare reform. one of the most respected newspapers in america called it, "nuts!" saying, "if you want to get more people to work, "you don't loosen the requirements -- you tighten them." mitt romney's plan for a stronger middle class will put work back iwelfare. [ romney ] i'm mitt romney and i approve this message. >> you are watching"good morning, washington." >> missouri congressman todd akin said a woman's body can prevent pregnancy during rape. >> if it is a legitimate rate, the female body has ways to fight it off. let's assume that

the suitland parkway. 66 as a normal volume of traffic and 95 virgt of falmouth and a crash between lorton and millington on the franconia's/springfield parkway. southbound 395 duke street is closed. you can access the exit for eastbound duke street and get around this. >> our top story this morning -- d.c. police are still searching for the motive behind the shooting of a security guard at the stanley research co.. >> police are learning more about the suspect. >> the 28-year-old is from herndon, virginia. police were all over his neighborhood yesterday and his neighbors were shocked to find out that he was involved. fbi investigators searched the family home of the 28-year-old. no one leaving the home would talk to reporters but sources said people living inside the home were interviewed by police. members described the family as retired military with two younger sons. they said they were good neighbors. >> it is very surprising. >> to is unbelievable to me. >> just before 11:00 yesterday morning, the suspect walked into the family research council near eighth and g and got into an argum

in lorton and newington. now one 395 in landmark. 270 southbound.wo accidents on the outer loop between new hampshire avenue and holy cross hospital. nothing blocking now. 197 at the baltimore-washington 197 is blocked because of an accident. a tractor-trailer and a vehicle involved. looks like the vehicle rolled hit by thet was truck. is 197 between powder mill road and the b-w parkway. more from newschopper 7, but now news.o >> thank you. congratulations to john crawford from suitland, maryland. fo foury's winner county fair tickets, ride wristband and $25 to .urchase their food >> go to wjla.com/facebook. we will announce the next winner time tomorrow morning. i would like the deep-fried bar.ker >> its around 70 degrees. bar.ker >> its ai got the chance. to start my own business. i know what it's like to hire people and to make ends meet. from those experiences, i had the chance of running the olympics. the games were in real trouble. there'd been way too much spending. and in massachusetts i found a budget that was badly out of balance. our legi

. -- lorton, crossing the occoquan. maryland, eastbound and westbound on 50 -- a round about way is where we see slow traffic and the same for5 on the baltimore washington parkway. >> thanks, angela. 6:20 is your time. samsung is not giving up the fight over patent rights. on friday a judge ordered the company to pay more than a billion dollars of damages to apple after a jury ruled samsung copied pat and tent -- patented iphone as well as ipad technology and samsung is considering taking its fight to the supreme court. it seems car rental companies are getting along. a major deal. details from rob nilsson in new york. >> topping america's money -- hertz is buying $50 in a $2.3 billion deal. regulators still have to locate the plant -- which some fear could lead to less competition and higher prices. general motors is telling president obama and mitt romney to stay away -- they are betting candidates -- banning candidates from the visiting -- campaign visits. the cost of filling up keeps rising. aaa says the average pri

us the heads up northbound on i-59 with the heavy volume as you work your way northbound leaving lortoncontinuing up to the springfield interchange. heavy and slow volume there as you work your way along northbound i-95. dephrase from 95 around towards university boulevard. headsen here on the outer loop of the beltway out of alexandria. achain to our traffic pattern, five lanes available. three local lanes, two through lanes as you alexandria headed toward that wilson bridge and back over towards oxon hill. all part of this long-term construct project at the wilson bridge. miller road near 123, authorities are checking for an accident there possibly involving a car into a building. we do know if you are travel ago long 270, lanes are open, no accidents to report. average speed coming in out of urbana down to about 31 miles per hour. as you continue south, 53 miles per hour out of gaithersburg headed for the lane divide. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. imetraffic. . >>> we continue to follow a developing story near milwaukee this morning. >> a gunman opened fire on a sikh t

northbound i-95, heavy and slow in the main line and express lanes as you work your way north of lorton headed up to the fsp. >>> montgomery county firefighters are helping fight muscular dystrophy. they kicked off their fill the boot campaign. if you don't happen to see any of them but would like to help out, you can make a donation at any montgomery county fire station. over the last 28 years, montgomery county firefighters have raised nearly $2 million for the muscular dystrophy association. it is a good cause, something they do every year, the firefighters around here. donate if you can. >>> still ahead on fox 5 morning news, it touts itself as three days of 180-mile per hour excitement. >> we are not talking about on the play like some people like to drive. we are talking about the grand prix of baltimore. holly is getting a preview of a big event you may want to check out this labor day weekend. >>> good morning. i'm holly morris. if you are looking for a fast pace labor day weekend, maybe you need to hop on 95. try the speed limit. but come north for the baltimore grand prix beca

once you get to lorton, thins do improve. no real problems appromixing bo an earlier wreck has moved out of the way. 395 running incident-free at this time from the beltway up across the 14th street bridge. seeing the volume build across man as is into centreville. -- across manassas to centreville. >>> this one is getting a lot of buzz, a lot of conversation started. a graduation speech land a high school valedictorian in hot water. she took the the podium to address her class and end up being denied her diploma. we have the details in this report. >> reporter: kaitlin not only marched in the high school band, she marched her way to the top of the class. >> never got a b. straight as the whole way through high school. >> reporter: graduating with a 4.0, kaitlin earned the title of class valedictorian. her dad david says he could not be more proud of his daughter. >> tears are in my eyes. >> reporter: those tears have turned to anger after indicate lip went to pick up her diploma from the high school principal. >> he looks at

elsewhere, northbound i-95 in the backup we had an incident in lorton. that's on the shoulder. hov labors faring well at this point heading northbound. inbounded south capitol street towards the douglas bridge all lanes open coming in from suitland parkway no problems towards the capital. lanes open on the freeway from the 3rd street tunnel to the outbound 14th street bridge. eastbound traffic flowing into the sunshine. southbound 270 delays approaching 109. fare father hurley boulevard, slow there. no problems coming in out of lawyer. that's a check of your "fox 5 on-time traffic." >>> all right. more now on the republican national convention. tonight, 2008 presidential nominee john mccain, condoleezza rice and running mate paul ryan will all speak. last night, governor romney officially clinched the gop nomination when he topped the 1144 delegate threshold. there were a number of rousing speeches including virginia governor bob mcdonnell, governor romney's wife ann and new jersey governor chris christie. >> this is the man who will work harder than anyone so that we can work

just be cloe at lorton. delays really start at prince william parkway. 37 miles per hour.to the beltway. that drive is taking 21 minutes. traveling alon i-66, things look better eastbound at fairfax county parkway. nice and clear as you head toward the beltway, you're at about 52 miles per hour. that's not bad. eun, back over to you. >>> 6:32. right now there are storms out in the midwest that could spell trouble around here. but before they arrive, some summer relief outside right now. the temperature dropped overnight and it does not feel like august out there this morning. >> no, it doesn't. meteorologist tom kierein is out on the storm 4 weather deck right now. you are just loving this. >> can i move my cubicle out here? >> you and me both, tom. >> gorgeous morning under way with the air is fresh and cool. just a few clouds are coming through. turquoise sky over there. the clouds sort of a blueberry color. we've got the low humidity in place. all around our region we had clouds drifting in from the west and they're going to be with us off and on through the day. off ah

now you're slowing before you reach lorton off and on to get past 123. here's 270 in germantown where things are moving very well. heading on down through rockville only brief delays on the 270 spur as you merge down on to the outer loop of the beltway so that's good news, too. had been a crash on the outer loop near 236. it's moved on to the shoulder. the pace coming down from gallows road, the inner loop, any volume building heading toward gallows road is brief. the outer loop in alexandria we already heard that's good news with all lanes open, the thru and local lanes, five lanes now is good news for you to get across the wilson bridge. that's a look at timesaver traffic. back to you. >>> here we have our weather update from howard. >> cloudy skies out there. muggy. out on the weather terrace, it's soupy. the humidity way up this morning. temperatures are also still way up in the 70s, even 80 down south. the clouds are going to keep us from getting to the 90s today. we'll take that after being 98 yesterday. your day planner does have the threat for so

if you're heading down to virginia taking on 95 south, here's a look as you make your way towards lortont's talk travel speeds, about 21 miles per hour, that drive taking 36 minutes. back over to you, barbara. >> thanks. >> that's blood territory over there. >> i don't want y' all here no more, right? you should know letting him here without instructions. >> i want to go home. >> spike lee takes us back to brooklyn in his film red hook summer. a boy is sent to the red hook prongs to spent the summer with his grandfather. spike lee joins us with more on the movie and other upcoming projects. >> glad to be here. >> tell us about the movie first. i know you grew up in brooklyn, is this a little bit of a auto biography? >> not at all. i think there's -- there are auto biograph cal moments from the film but more from the screen writer, james mcbride. this kid is being sent to spend a summer with his grandfather who he has never met before who is also a baptist peacher. >> tell ugs about the baptist preacher. why did you choose that role? i know that's an important role in the black community?

virginia on i-95, everything is fine from lorton into newington and springfield and 395. there is an accident on the southbound side of the fairfax county parkway. it's blocked at burke center parkway here in springfield. 95 still looking good up to 395. i'll be back with more traffic at 5:24. >>> that area of 95 looking good. what about the forecast? >> forecast looks good. we do have areas of fog this morning so i think some folks are going to have a little bit of a slower commute but that's only in several pacific areas. we will get some sunshine later on this afternoon. and then the cloud cover rolls back n. here's how we look with our day planner. although we're starting out in the 60s, fairly comfortable, a little cool to the north and west, we will warm up fairly quickly. by midday most of us will hit the lower 80s between 12:00 and 1:00. watch how the clouds start to move back in. winds today mainly out of the northeast. that's keeping things fairly overcast as we head into the afternoon with late day showers and storms. i have the satellite and radar 12-hour loop

no issues from lorton up to new york avenue at bladensburg, starting to see some volume but no incidentseported. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. imetraffic. >> from now on, august 22nd will be nobody as chuck brown day. >> the mayor unveiled plans for what would be chuck brown memorial park. brown's four children joined the mayor and other family members for that announcement. >> we the brown family would like to give thanks to the mayor and the city and all of you for the support throughout the year for my husband and his career. and we can't wait for the groundbreaking. >> we are hopeful that chuck brown park will be a place where residents of d.c. can go to remember the lifetime of memories they shared together through four decades of chuck performing for the city and the love affair he had with his fans and they had with him. >> if the council approves the proposal, part of langdon park will feature a theater at the amphitheatre which would be renovated. >>> the washington nationals were looking for a weep last night butt atlanta braves wanted no part of that. high heigh

you can see there coming up to an intersection there, they were near lorton road and it looks like we've got very light volume around town. so that is some good news as you make the trip northbound 95678 look like we are starting to slow there in newington but again, you can see plenty of space between cars. nothing dramatic as you head up towards the mixing bowl. let's move on to traffic land as you travel 395. starting to slow across the 14th street bridge. we do have some delays on the freeway heading towards main avenue in the eastbound direction. no problems to report right now on the beltway in virginia. 66 heavy and slow though as you approach route 50 fair oak. delays from 7100 and than here, past route 50 toward 123 before it break free. beltway in maryland is heavy. the usual stretch of the outer loop. 95 college park into silver spring toward university boulevard. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. -timetraffic. >> thank you. >>> there are just a few weeks of summer fun left and fox 5 is teaming one busch gardens in williamsburg to help you make the most of it. we ar

traveling northbound, we've got volume heading up through woodbridge across the occoquan and here through lortonntinue into the mixing bowl and springfield. 395 looking really good so no real issues there. here, past 121, be careful. all, if you are traveling 95 southbound in spotsylvania, mile marker 127 still deal with the accident activity on both shoulders. over to you. >> thank you. >>> an unlikely guest checked into new mexico's angel fire resort. there he is. a bear. it was all caught on camera as you can see here. surveillance footage shows the bear wandering down an empty hallway before just taking off. he just walks out the door. it likes he entered the hotel through the back door that was apparently left open. just three weeks ago in the same up to, ablack bear was found in someone's kitchen. >> we did a story about a bear in a mall a couple of weeks ago. >> they are probably out looking for food before they hibernate. >> make me nervous. >> a little bit. >> not yogi bear. >>> a boxing congress roos -- a boxing kangaroo is attracting a lot of attention. >> we have more on this. >> rep

i'll give you a live look past lorton. you can see some congestion here as you continue northbound.e you see the volume. actually no accidents. that's good. travel speed, 37 miles per hour from prince william parkway to the beltway. 21 minutes. over to the rails. two on the vre, both are along the fredericksburg line. aaron, over to you. >> thank you, danella. >>> the gay marriage debate could give chick-fil-a more business than usual today. more than half a million people expected to crowd locations around the country. chick-fil-a's president recently reiterated the company's religious beliefs that include marriage only between a man and a woman. supporters will hold a peaceful sit-in today. on friday, same-sex couples will hold a kissing at the restaurant chain. >>> 13 million americans could get rebate checks from health insurance companies. part of the president's affordable care act. the medical loss ratio helps to keep health insurance companies accountable for how they spend money from premiums. companies have to pay out $1.1 billion for an average of $127 a customer. >>> the

big delays on i-95 out of lorton. all lanes open now northbound i- 95. accident activity in the striped safety zone. your lanes are open if you are traveling south on 270-6789 heavy volume starting to form as you work your way south of 109 headed out towards the truck scales. keep your eyes open for the yellow buses and for the little ones waiting at the bus stop. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> the best record in major league baseball still belongs to your washington nationals but do they really have what it take to win it all? >> yes, they do. you have to be positive. plus robert griffin iii on the run saturday against that nasty chicago bears defense. was it really as bad as it looked. >> yes, it was. >> dave ross and wisdom are next off the wall. >>> and just a few weeks of summer fun time left and fox 5 is teaming up with busch gardens to help you make the most of it. >> we are giving way a pack of four single day tickets to busch garden. for your chance to win, can you enter any time this week. go to myfoxdc.com and look under con

i-95 though in virginia, heavy on the brakes in lorton. the l delays continue. you're slow as you make your way to springfield parkway. on i-95, no accidents. >>> we are following breaking news out of central america. a major earthquake has struck off the coast of el salvador. the magnitude 7.3 quake struck just after 10:30 last night. it triggered a tsunami warning for more than a dozen countries in the region. that warning was later canceled but there are reports of any injuries or damage yet. >>> breaking news in afghanistan this morning. we're now learning two u.s. soldiers were killed by an afghan soldier who turned his weapon on nato troops. that's new from reuters this hour. the attack happened northeast of kabul. a vehicle in a convoy hit a roadside bomb. when the troops got out to survey the damage the afghan fired on coalition allies. international troops returned fire and killed the attacker. this shooting is the latest in a series of similar insider attacks against international troops. >>> republican national committee officials are shortening the c

so get ready in lorton, and woodbridge.ome back and tell you what those storms mean to the all important nats game in just a bit.

chopper 4 is in the lorton area. you can see solid delays here. very slow trip for you. i'll give you a travel speed from the occoquan because that's really where you're going to start hitting the brakes before you hit the solid delays. 28 miles per hour. 22 minutes at loose to get to the beltway. slow going this morning. now, heading over to the beltway in virginia and making your way on the inner loop. nice and clear towards braddock. travel speed from the interchange to the dulles toll road, 58 miles an hour, 14 minutes. aaron and eun? >> thank you. >>> 6:22. 68 degrees. coming up, the music legend in the hospital this morning. >>> and how a badly injured >>> nasa hoping to get the mars rover curiosity on move this week. yesterday it used the laser beam as target practice, burning a small hole in a nearby rock. next flight controller will command curiosity to move the wheels side to side. scientists have had to shift their schedules to live on mars time since the landing. day there's are about 40 minutes longer than they are here on earth. and that adds up. some parti

i'll give you a look at lorton. just hitting the brakes. i'm checking speed sensors in this area. you're at about 13 miles per hour. not very good. and the delays are growing. again, i-95 as you get closer to the beltway, that's where that crash is. back with a look at metro. we had delays. i'll let you know if they are still going on. eun? >> danella, thank you. >>> breaking news. at least three people were hurt in a bombing near a hotel in syria. that explosion rocked the hotel in damascus earlier today. u.n. observers were staying there but no u.n. staffers were hurt. >>> maryland governor martin o'malley will sign a hotly debated gambling expansion bill into law. the general assembly passed it early this morning after months at a stand still. that means table games and a new casino in prince george's county are one step closer to reality. but first, voters will have a say. news 4 ears melissa mollet is at national harbor with the details. >> reporter: that's right. the senate passed this bill, 71-58, late last night. excuse me, the the house did. early this morning the senate

as you make your way from lorton and heading to the back way. solid delays in this area but really underspeed on i-95 the entire way. let's see from occoquan and heading to the beltway. 28 miles per hour. it's taking you 22 minutes. give yourself extra time. i would still recommend route 1 because i-95 pretty slow. >>> 5:54. we could be on track to see record prices at the pump this year. analysts say gas prices typically begin to drop in the latter part of the summer. but that has nn't happened this year. it's the highest ever last year. for what you're paying today, new numbers just in from aaa say d.c., you're paying about $3.91 for a gallon of gas. down a penny from yesterday. in maryland, $3.69 this morning which hasn't moved much in recent days. in virginia, the average is $3.58. jumped one cent overnight. west virginia, you're paying $3.74 which dropped a fraction of a penny. >>> as facebook stock continues to fall, critics say ceo mark zuckerberg is, quote, in over his hoodie. social media company's stock plunged to an all-time low of $1

live look as you travel past the lorton area. northbound as well as southbound no, accidents to report. and no delays as you make your way towards 395. aaron, northbound, they're at 63 miles per hour. what more could you ask for? >>> police looking for the person who hit a woman and left her for dead in a parking lot. it happened at center street near el don street in herndon. news 4's tracee wilkins is live at the scene with the latest. >> good morning. i'm going to direct your attention over here to this parking lot where police are actively and thoroughly looking for evidence, taking measurements and conducting this investigation. they're trying to figure out who is responsible for this fatal hit and run that happened just after midnight in this apartment complex parking lot. officers responded to the 600 block of center street and found a woman who has not been identified dead in the parking lot. they say that she was pronounced da dead here at the scene. a short distance from where this woman was struck, a black toyota that

clearance alston died on i-95 near lorton. when he got out of his car, he was hit. 19-year-old carol rude-johnson is charged with driving under the influence. police say she took off instead of stopping. alston's family has a message for her. >> we forgive the young lady. we want her to know that she is loved. and he's gone, but not forgotten. and we know that he's in a better place. >> news4's derrick ward will have more from the victim's family, including their message for the public. that's coming up on news4 at 6:00. >>> we have some breaking news in prince george's county. police have made an arrest in connection with the police pursuit on i-95 that ended with the death of a prince george's county police officer. chris gordon is live from police headquarters in palmer park. chris? >> reporter: good evening. this new information was shared with us within the last half hour here at prince george's county police headquarters. one suspect is under arrest, and in custody. another suspect is being sought this evening. now, prin

i'll give you a look at lorton, heavy on the brakes but really traveling from prince william parkway,w, about 36 miles per hour. that drive will take you 21 minutes to make it to the beltway. now, continuing on to 395, you are a bit sluggish here as well from the beltway, but the good news is it's stop-and-go for you as you head towards king street, then it looks better as you head to the 14th street bridge. your drive time there about 16 minutes to get from the beltway to the 14th street bridge. eun, over to you. >> danella, thank you. >>> this is one of the biggest olympic wipeouts so far. one american bmx rider's olympic gold medal dreams are still alive, but for a moment, there was concern she wouldn't even be able to compete. she took a nasty fall during her seeding run. crani lost control and flew over the handlebars. amazingly, she is not hurt. she finished her run and made it through to the semifinals. she is considered a medal contender in the bmx events. >>> the u.s. men finished first and second in the men's 110-meter hurdles. aries merritt in the red way up front, got the