mike: in lorton, mike carter-conneen, abc7 news.n: that would be an interesting place to call home. michelle: yes. for sure. hot enough for you? jonathan: this was good. sweaty day. but toasty. doug: the folks north and west under the severe thunderstorm warnings like earlier in the day. pounded with heavy rain. give you an update, wide view of the radar. pick out the reds and the yellows to tell you off the bat on the presentation who has the heaviest weather. there is severe thunderstorm warnings in effect until 6:45 north and east. it should expire if they haven't already. it's this area over southern west virginia, jefferson county and westward to winchester that we had new clusters of heavy thunderstorms. again the possibility of the severe weather and wind gusts over 50 miles per hour. large hl this is the cluster now. so you can see the way it is moving east northeast. to brunswick across potomac to maryland. roundhill to berryville. in those areas, storms. second part is a new warning. this runs until 7:00 tonight. you can s

>> reporter: aaron, this all takes place in a two-story town house on the 8500 block in lorton.ake a look at the damage on the back. this is where all of this broke out early this morning. as you can see, it's still wood frame. the two surrounding homes, the beige home and blue home have taken some smoke and fire damage. the beige house taking the most damage buckling under the heat and intensity of the flames. i want to give you another view of the fire from the front. you can see at least three homes there are behind fire scene tape. we do understand that one of those fire damaged homes, we're hearing the people who live in the center home are not believed to have been home when this fire broke out this morning. now back out live, we do have fairfax county fire investigators on scene here surveying this property seeing how all of this may have broken out this morning as they continue to look for a cause of this fire. we also have firefighters continuing to douse this fire, continuing to knock out hot spots that may be inside and could flare-up here. that is the latest live her

john gonzalez is live in lorton where he is gathering brand new information. trt :22 out ... squirt water through. right now. the search is on for following the discovery of a noose at crofton middle school. take a good look at these pictures. a teacher had seen a noose hanging from an exterior light fixture before 11 thursday morning. a school custodian reportedly removed the noose immediately. this is just the latest incident of noose's being found on school grounds in our area others were recently found at american university and the university of maryland college park. today the department of public works will launch four new farmer's markets where you can drop of your food waste in the district. it's all part of the district's citywide food waste drop off program. the new markets will be at columbia heights, glover park-burleith, 14th & kennedy, and brookland. that makes a total of 30-drop off locations around the district. free basil plants will be offered for the first 30-people to drop off wast happening today. the grand re-opening of a walmart in bowi

that's allowing some areas to drop into the area. 37 lorton, 34 in winchester. 33 dulles. yes, it is a little bit colder this morning. that's why we have a frost advisory up. blue shaded counties until 9:00 a.m. freeze warning farther west. bus stop by 7:00 a.m., some areas could be in the upper 30s or low 40s. this afternoon, 67 by the afternoon hour. thursday rain starts to approach us. next weather system. timing looks like it's to clear out. 68, mostly sunny. there's the rain forecast. sunday looks like a pretty good day so far. next week we warm up. melissa, good morning. >> good morning. chopper 4 over 95 and 195. you can see the left lane. no major slowdown. we'll keep an eye on it. that could start to be an issue. northbound 295 after pennsylvania avenue now has the right lane blocked. this isec went down an embankment. now they're trying to tow that out of the way. southbound 295 as you approach the area. a little slow as well. henderson road, traffic alternating around that crash. 66 and 95 looking pretty typical right now. randolph road west of kemp mill have a

lorton, 42. warring ton is 40. stop forecast this morning, the kids will need a jacket by 8:00 a.m. 3:00 p.m., sunny and cool. locally, nice and dry. we don't have to worry about the rain until the end of the week. take aisle look as we go through time. tuesday, wednesday, thursday, friday. look at how far down to our south that warm air is. even to start the weekend, we are going to be cool. warm air moves back up. we'll start to see temperatures back into the 70s. pollen going to stay high saturday. 64 for high temperature. mostly sunny and cool. take a look as we go through this week. temperatures in the 60s. rain chances thursday, friday, rain likely on saturday. let's check the roads with melissa mollet. >> good morning, she be na. chopper 4 over 270 southbound. everything gets rolling. everything looks good now. inner loop and outer loop of the beltd way, southbound, sinkle -- army navy drive, police activity, helicopter over the scene searching for two suspects that bailed out after a t stop. fort hunt road

over the higher elevations, parts of the shend freeze warnings, frost advisories. 42 lorton. 43 dulles. if you're exercising, nice and dry. 61 by noon, 63 by afternoon. normal highs, 73. don't expect the 70s to come back. future weather keeping us dry through the first half of the week. then we go through thursday. that's the first big rain chance. friday and into saturday. could be looking at a rainy pattern. let's check the roads. >> taking a look, chopper 4 over the beltway. volume is not too bad as you can see. it is looking a little rough, 295 southbound. aga si single file delays. this is not helping out. southbound connecticut avenue at jones bridge, right turn lane there is blocked. beltway looking good. 270 looks okay. so does the top of the beltway. taking a look at 66, no major problems. 95 north quantico to the beltway. remember to listen to wtop 103.35 a.m. coming up, hits on the gridlock game changer. changing your commute to ten minutes earlier can shave off a lot of time. >> details on president barack oba obama's speech. >>> collin ferrell is sobriety. >> ellen airs we

lorton coming in at 46 degrees. in the district, 56. very comfortable. if you're exercising, looking very good. cool 57 degrees. mostly sunny skies. it's going warmer as we go through the afternoon. by lunchtime you'll need the sunglasses. 76 degrees. if you are exercising by 6:00 p.m. we're talking about the low 80s. short sleeve weather for today and especially as we go into tomorrow and wednesday. that high pressure will keep us dry and it will help to heat us up. we have near record highs. ragan national, this is for tomorrow by the way. dulles we can beat that record. bwi. hot day as we go through tomorrow and thursday. today will be the warmup ahead of it. that cool morning, aaron, will move way up to the north. there's the hot air setting in for wednesday really through friday. for today though, 83 degrees for a high temperature. sunny and warm. tomorrow looking at 91 for a high. normal high in the mid 70s. thursday as well, then we go into friday. still hot afternoon storms but we do cool down f t morning. some problems out there. good morning, m

of your travel approaching the air and space we have had off and on slowing interstate 95 through lorton. collision heading to -- all lanes have been reopened. that is a look at the traffic watch p you'busted tail.rd. and impressed the boss. maybe, it's time to be your own. transform your career with strayer university's mba program today. is so strong, it bursts through the street and flies in all directions. muddy water to run down the street. several cars damaged and windows shattered publicly no one hurt. it is not every day you see a horse galloping through the streets of new york city. this horse apparently made a run for the kitchen and decided to take a tour of the big apple. quick run, they were able to catch her and she was not hurt. woods arrested for driving the influence but alcohol is not a factor. registered a zero on the breathalyzer test. wheel -- behind the wheel. in the statement, the golfing legend explained an unexpected to prescribed medication. after this memorial day melee that had them fighting off a suspension. the four-game suspension pitcher hunter, suspended

and lorton. we'll start to see more changes. 64 degrees by the afternoon. look at the clouds moving in. that will come with rain. >> we are looking for a pretty hefty dose of rain this time tomorrow morning. as you get into the afternoon, try not to rain all day tomorrow. a lot of moisture coming our way. for the morning commute, 100% chance of heavy rain tomorrow. temperatures near 60 degrees. we'll be relatively mild. rain chances taper off a little bit as we get into the afternoon. you could see a sliver or two of sunshine tomorrow but it won't last for long. not going to worry about the outdoor planner. we'll detail more about that. looks like saturday will be the rainier of the two days this week. >> taking a look at the beltway. inner loop and outer loop looking okay. a possible report of something happening in bound on 210 there. we'll check into that. inner loop after old georgetown road have the work zone blocking the right lane to clay brook avenue. 66 coming into town, out of town no worries. earlier work zone there near 29 centerville. aaron? >>

softball games, so it depends on where you were with what you saw out there. 84 degrees in d.c., 82 lorton, 75 winchester. really nice temperatures this first day of may, but we don't have any 80s in the entire 10-day forecast. we're changing things. we're changing things in a big way. right sitting at 75 degrees. still warm with that south wind at 13 miles per hour. everybody is still on the warm side. just about everybody still in the 70s. still close to 80 in huntington. still tracking a couple showers, southern maryland in calvin county and st. mary's county. and watch back here to frederick county, virginia. making your way to caplin bridge. there's one line. there's another line here, you can see it forming. you can see that south flow. that's why we're still on the warm side of things. tomorrow waking up at the bus stop, rather nice for the kids. 64 degrees. breezy at noon for recess. looking pretty good there, though. around 64 degrees at 4:00. winds tomorrow could gust at 25 to 30 miles an 65 degrees. a nice start. i mentioned the breeze, though, and it is going to be starting to

the fairfax county fire department is now calling a man who lived in a lorton town house that caught fire last week a person of interest in that fire. his name is darryn hinsman and he was last seen the night before the fire. he may be traveling with donna may metro hins man and may be in texas or florida. the town home is a total loss. records show the house is under foreclosure. >>> we're working to learn whether two volunteer firefighters from prince george's county will return to work after being acquitted of assault charges. christopher kelly was accused of attacking two colleagues at the scene of a house fire in hyattsville in 2015. prosecutors say they attacked two female career firefighters. the chief later described the incident as a turf battle. defense lawyers say this cell phone video tells a different story and shows the a jury acquitted the volunteer firefighters after a four-day trial. >>> all right. well, you better believe police believe this boy is a hero. >> yeah. 9-year-old boy in a cape has made it his mission to thank officers across the country with donuts. his

current temperatures right now in the district at 70 degrees. 71 in lorton. you can see cooler up towards montgomery county. gaithersburg. heading out for dinner, temperatures in the 70s, working their way into the 60s. like i said, that shower chance is really limited. continue to push through the night, start to dry out. storm chances also very limited. i will still have the umbrella handy. going to be heading to 7-8:00 dinner. later hours, temperatures in the 60s again. partly cloudy conditions. actually dry by the start of your sunday. if you are going to be heading to the rolling thunder, you will be seeing temperatures in the 60s around 8:00 a.m. and cool by lunchtime. temperatures work their way into the low 70s. guess what, that rain chance returns by sunday evening and afternoon. i want to walk us through it on the future weather further south. getting wet in the district. head through sunday, it's going to be hit our miss. we could see showers as well as spotty thunderstorm or two. have the umbrella handy again for sunday night. head into monday, th

not as chilly as it was yesterday and the morning before. 57 in leesburg. 58 lorton. 52 in frederick. here's future weather. this is what it's going to do. 7:00 a.m. mostly east and southeast. 95 we expect the break continuing to move through by lunchtime. have the umbrella. friday still looking at a cloudy, rainy pattern. most of that rain will be later in the day tomorrow. saturday morning, more rain starts to move in. we'll be starting your weekend on a wet note. first of all. 58 saturday with rain. 73 on sunday with sun. those are two very different days. look at the big warmup next week. let's check the roads this morning with melissa. good morning. >>> we did have this work zone inner loop with two left lanes getting by. it has just cleared. the only issues, inner loop on new hampshire avenue, crash on the shoulder. inbound 50 or i should say outbound 50 near 197 have the tow truck still on the scene blocking the right lane. that should be gone pretty soon. 95 northbound and southbound okay. little bit of a slowdown southbound. we'll have a look at prince george's county coming

today - the historic lorton prison is reopening as opened back in 19-16 and housed inmates for 85 yearslosed in 2001. but instead of tearing it down.. it was re-developed into these apartments, townhomes and single-family homes. if you aren't too creeped out.. one-bedrooms rentals at "liberty crest" start at 900 a month. time now for weather - code orange air quality alert today - two more summery days - storm chances return - much cooler weekend highs: 91-94 winds: sw 10 mph tonight: isolated storms early. mild and muggy. lows: 67-70 winds: sw 5 mph friday: partly sunny. afternoon thunderstorms possible. highs: 89-92 winds: w to ne 5 mph smartphones can do just about anything these days... add one more morning ritual to that list. the case to replace your coffee machine - coming up. but first - here's whats ahead tonight on abc seven news at eleven, (man) hmm. ♪hat do you think? (stranger) good mornin'! ♪ there's a lost couple in the men's department. (vo) there's a great big un-khaki world out there. explore it in a subaru crosstrek. love. it's what makes a subaru, a subaru. right now

fire fighters are on the scene of a 2 alarm fire in lorton.ut just after one-thirty this morning, near south-run road and golden ridge road. we have a crew on the way to the scene and will have a live update coming up a little later. good morning washington. toss to eileen - cloudy & cool today (stray shower) - heaviest rain tonight & through 2pm tomorrow - warmer & breezy sunday - hot & humid coming today: cloudy and cool. isolated shower/drizzle. highs: 52-56 winds: e 5-10 mph tonight: rain likely. lows: 48-52 winds: e 5 mph saturday: rain through 3pm. cloudy and cool. highs: 52-56 winds: ne 5-10 mph developing right now.. for more details about an f-b-i raid in annapolis thursday. here's what we know. agents raided a republican consulting firm. this is in connection to the 2013 virginia governor's race. it relates to work the consultanting firm did for then-candidate ken cuccinelli. cuccinelli says he hasn't been interviewed by law enforcement. we're told there was also a raid in arlington - connected to the case. also happening now- two fi

a few spots -- taking a look at woodbridge, i-95 southbound, these delays will begin prior to the lorton exit. here you see the stalled tractor-trailer to the right shoulder. as you had tore the occoquan, this is a table or -- southbound traffic will continue delays south of dale city. already messy. on traffic is missing in through dale city, up this way as well. so, we have plenty of volume in both directions to worry about, and already. westbound0 -- 370 dealing with an issue. looking better and didn't realize how difficult it was going to be to tie all that space together. with an open floor plan, you need to separate it with furniture. bassett had everything that we needed. fabric combinations marry the rooms together. having someone with bassett has been invaluable. we could've never dreamed up this room without bassett. me to listen carefully. i'm ralph northam,aught and when survivors of the virginia tech shooting asked me to support an assault weapons ban and close the gun show loophole, i took on the fight. i saw what those weapons can do as an army doctor during the gulf war.

firefighters are keeping a close eye this morning on the sight of an overnight townhouse fire in lortonhters tell us the home was vacant but there were people inside adjoining homes. they were evacuated. no injuries so far reported, but we're trying to find out when those neighbors will be allowed back inside their homes. an investigation into what caused the fire is underway in fairfax county. >>> the tunnel collapsed at the nuclear waste site in washington state might have happened days earlier. workers found the collapse on tuesday. there are no reports of elevated radiation levels and the sinkhole has been filled. a spokesperson for the department of energy says workers do not patrol tunnel site collapsed up to 4 days before. >>> it's been a tough six weeks for united airlines. a scorpion has been spotted on a united plane for the second time in less than a month. it happened on a flight from houston bound for ecuador. the airline says the scorpion crawled out of a passenger's clothing as the plane was preparing to take off. paramedics determined no one has been stung. it took off a

whether you're headed to or from the virginia area you're in good shape through lorton.once you get to the beltway. not seeing any problems bottom side. things looking fine. 66 eastbound also quiet. if you're getting your commute started toward deep creek on 270 northbound or the bay bridge traffic is looking good. we'll move to our maps and show you we're crash free and delay free. any questions at erin fox5 d.c. on twitter. we got you covered this friday morning. >> 4:48 is the time. in the news this morning victory for republican greg gianforte. last night he won montana's special election filling the state's only seat in the u.s. house of representatives. >> that's why gianforte's win comes days after he was charged with misdemeanor assault of the after he body slammed a reporter. now he's apologizing. fox5's an annie yu joins us live. >> reporter: polls closed at 10 o'clo republican candidate greg seat vacated by ryan zinkeial- despite being charged a day earlier with assault. gianforte arm multi- multimillie p all this capping off a whirlwind final hours of the cam

still sitting in the 85 degree mark at lorton. high in dulles around 82, in leesburg around 82 degrees. we'll continue to see nothing on the radar. storm team 4 radar all clear and we'll stay clear overnight for the next few hours. but tracking some moisture down to the south and some storms to the west. that's going to have an impact on your tuesday. i'll explain. see you back here in a couple of minutes. >> thanks, doug. >>> speaking of do. he says he was not drunk when he was arrested for dui in florida today. woods released a statement saying in part, what happened was an unexpected reaction to prescribed immediate cage. i didn't realize the mix of medications affected me so strongly ". he had a fourth back surgery in april. his statement, he did take responsibility for his actions and apologized to his family and friends and says he will do everything he can to ensure it doesn't happen again. woods was arrested around 3:00 this morning in jupiter, florida where he has a home. he was released by 11:00 a.m. >>> two people are b

that's what jack taylor would say. 55 in winchester, 65 in lorton, virginia.ar shows not much out there just yet. i can tell you it's misting out here in northwest. it doesn't show up on the radar

near south run and golden ridge roads in lorton.hat fire forced residents in surrounding homes to evacuate. no injuries reported. the cause is under investigation it's wind or go home for the wizards, boasting the celeks in game 6 of the second round of the nba playouts. the wizards were blown out in game 75 boston. the name is at home and during this series every home team has won. game 6 tips off at 8:00 p.m. we're back with weather and traffic in two minutes. >> reporter: mostly cloudy friday. steadier ram is going to move back into the area as we head through evening hours. daytime highs into the upper 60s overnight and early saturday, the next batch of heavy ram. carry the political if you have friday night plans. as we head into mother's day. our forecast is looking much brighter, daytime highs in the low 70s with sunshine returning. now here is angela with your traffic update. >> reporter: on the roads, down in southern maryland it's fallen power cables, southbound rains of rout have blocked at ward road. we have a crash near

the home is nestled between a cluster of townhomes in this neighborhood in lorton. we can tell you that power and gas has been turned off to some of the homes here. some of the folks will be displaced for some time because not only is that home a total loss by the adjacent homes also significant damage to those. and neighbors tell us that they actually saw the homeowner leaving about an hour and a half before this fire started. one man telling me he actually approach to because he saw him with several pieces of luggage. he said, are you moving out? he said no, we're not going anywhere and then the fire at 1:30 started with an explosion. you see some of the video. heavy smoke pouring out of the house. firefighters dowsing the house with water. they are still doing that. the fire started in the rear of the home and quickly spread. suchlame so large and heavy smoke that firefighters were unable to go inside. they fought the entire thing from outside. if you come back to us l hats. those are fire investigators. we cover a lot of fires. and we are noticing not only inves

very comfortable with the clear skies again. 45 in gaithersburg. 45 winchester, 52 leesburg, 55 in lorton. if you're dining out, by lunchtime, 58 degrees. mostly sunny, staying nice. rain up around new england and down to the south. we're going to be into a dry stretch until the end of the week. cooler air is here and warm air is here. hot air arrives at the ind of the week. end of the wooek and into the weekend we'll have more cool air try to move in. very comfortable for your weekend. we'll be getting rid of the 90ed. there's the high. 75. there you see those 90s. then our next chance comes friday and the cooler air behind it gives us temperatures around 80 this weekend. we'll take a closer look at the heat in the forecast coming up. i >> you can hear and see it right there on that video, anger on a tampa highway. a man was caught on camera screaming at another driver who says he cut him off. state troopers say he did more than just yell, too. they say that same man sped in front of the van driver, slammed on the brakes and then caused a collision with his jeep. the driver was arrested

the 90s are not going to be lasting. 46 lorton, 46 dulles. some of you might need a light jacket this morning. 44 degrees in manassas. if you're walking the dog today or if you need one to walk, we have this one available at the humane. eun was saying awww. he needs a home. head to the humane rescue. if you are walking the dog by 8:00 a.m., 61 degrees. lunchtime, mid 70s. 6 p.m., low 80 heated up tomorrow. in the low 90s tomorrow. in the low 90s on thursday. we'll be near 90 friday with our next chance of storms but look at saturday. we're cooling down into the 70s behind that. despite a roller coaster ride, let's check your traffic this morning. hopefully no roller coaster rides there. melissa mollet. >> getting a little bumpy i have to say. outer loop at branch avenue, have this problem blocking the right side of the roadway. this is a car, a vehicle i should say actually a truck is what we're being told on fire on the right side of the roadway. you can see the smoke, the response and everybody staying to the left to get by there. no doubt

so much warmer that we may be near 90 on both wednesday and thursday. 46 in gaithersburg. 49 in lorton planning out the day, plan on sunshine and a cooling breeze in the northwest. ten day forecast with sheena coming up. >> thank you, chuck. >>> 6:32. in your top stories this morning, europe's police agency warns that more damage from the worldwide cyber attack may be seen this morning when people head back to work. already there have been 200,000 victims in roughly 150 countries. head to the nbc washington app and search cyber attack to learn how you can protect your computer. >>> this morning students at cross set middle school will be greeted with messages of hope and love to replace a symbol of hate. the community got chalk the walk. they have suspect conor prout and -- they planted a noose in the courtyard. >> at 8:00 tonight it is another game seven. this time the wizards are playing with the season on the line. they're in boston against the celtics. the winner moves onto the eastern conference final. the loser gets knocked out of the playoffs. so far neither team has won on the

that's what jack taylor would say. 55 in winchester, 65 in lorton, virginia. radar shows not much out there just yet. i can tell you it's misting out here in northwest. it doesn't show up on the radar plan on more clouds and sunshine. you'll see a little sun from time to time. just enough sunshine to get temperatures up to 80 degrees. a chance you'll get rained on once or twice. some of the storms could be on the strong side. we'll keep you posted on that. for now let's go over to mr. jack taylor and see what he's got going on in transportation. >> unfortunately it will be on the red line this morning. red line, no train service from noma-gallaudet and fort totten. they're saying please consider the green line although they have established shuttle bus service. pretty big deal in chantilly. 50 westbound beyond 28. see all the flashing lines on the right. traffic is moving again. that is an inprompt. aaron, back in to you. >>> 6:02. more on that breaking news out of metro right now. this morning, you'll likely be slowed down quite a bit. >> right now no train s

we'll switch from the camera to a look at 95 lorton. traffic picking up now.ier stream and south of that point fredericksburg to stafford seeing delays of construction as well. let's switch to maps. other slow downs, 295 northbound you know late clearing construction by b beping road you're backed up dealing with that. 6:00 hour is m comng up on "fox news morning". my wife got me to be a devoted vegetarian... except for every ladies' night. only glad has forceflex to prevent rips, leaks, and punctures. so whatever you throw in the bag... stays in the bag. be happy, it's glad. you've worked hard. busted tail. and impressed the boss. maybe, it's time to be your own. transform your career with strayer university's mba program today. let's get it, america. >> strong reaction from democrats and republicans as president donald trump weighs in. >> must watch game. getting ready for a nail b biter. rocking the red this morning for the caps practice facility in arlington. >> first a live look outside. it is wednesday mor

sglvrjts as you make your way through lorton route 1 blocking shoulder and mess of slow moving traffic 307b minute delay. south at that point jammed fredericksburg and the otherer loot 295 southbound delayed r50 to pjs avenue. sluggish track. 50 inbound beverly slows. let's look live at sky fox n now. over 270 crash by false road waiting for semi-to get toe ouvrt way and delays extend past shady grove toe 307 with half hour delay. keep it in mind as you head to the beltway this time in cred rick. >> we'll way fwlair. just a null keep it to "fox5". we're back in a few. ♪ all i really wanna do ♪ ♪ is, baby, be friends with you ♪ quin was crazy about curls. but it took a twist of fate to find a high-end curler at such a head turning price. and that's the beauty of a store full of surprises. you never know what you're gonna find, but you know you're gonna love it. ♪♪ >> wednesday morning a lot of people talking about president fashion since he left and once again look reg laxd and

northbound 95 from the lorton area. a 43 minute ride from the typical ride northbound 95 to southeast frewive. if you want to try an alternate route to hook up to commute driving 22 miles. we have given you alternates but leave now. you want to get there and you don't want to miss any of the pre-game festivities on the ice or at the ballpark. that is the traffic watch. jeff goldberg now joining us to check out 395. jeff: there is a lot of traffic but this is to be expected. the other side north from arlington it's backing up. this is mobile track. looking behind us right now. traffic will get worse for the home games, nats and the capitals. if you want to head out to d.c. for either game you will get on the road to virginia as soon as you can. >> the center field gate opens at 5:00. we will be with you through the 5:00 hour or to northwest. back to you. >> this is getting busy. we have complete coverage. we'll see you at 5:00. now back to the studio. jonathan: thank you. coming up next at 4:00, no more free rides. how m

northbound 95 crash at lorton there's about a 20 minute delay from dale city to that point.n the southbound side as well. route 1 dealing with heavy know of volume for thisim alternate. would problems on the bottom side of the beltway. we have crash on the ramp to 295 from 210 blocking the left lane. outer loop crash by 295 as well. in addition to that look at the red on the map from the inner loop from branch avenue to across the wilson bridge. very stacked up with congestion this morning. for our wide view you can still see a lot of red on our map. bw parkway outside the beltway jams in both directions to and from the beltway to past powder mill road. 95 southbound slow from the icc on down and then we also have a lot of volume lingering from fredericksburg to the aquia harbor on 95 northbound. metro is on time except for safetrack. a quiet metro commute that's good news. just watch out for green line and yellow rush plus issues. back to you, steve. >> all right. erin thank you very much. >>> still ahead mother's day and father's day canceled? what? canceled? one elementar

. >> that was meagan fitzgerald reporting from lorton. the pentagon confirms the man who lived in the house was a pentagon police officer until a year ago. he has not been seen since that fire started. >>> in stark contrast in washington's political climate, one week ago, we were following the jubilant celebration in the white house rose garden after the house passed a bill to repeal obamacare. tonight the storm clouds are back over the white house. the president refusing to talk about a tweet that seems to imply he recorded conversations with fbi director, the one that he blayne alexander is covering the latest fire storm at the white house. we often say what a difference a week makes, but this time around, wow. >> a tremendous difference from last week to this week. good afternoon to you. as you could imagine, that tweet that you spoke about was the first question right out of the gate during today's white house press briefing. and sean spicer refused to elaborate on it, saying the tweet speaks for itself. >> hello, everybody. hi, leste

lorton, go ahead, greg. caller: just a couple of quick points. -- ifing is, with comey the president does not like him, he can fire him. that is the way it is. the way he responded to the hillary clinton investigation, he should have been fired. secondly, the president has the power to decide -- that is part of the constitution. as thesefar investigations go with russian collusion, can we really say this campaign did not have contact with china, maybe other countries, to lay groundwork to see what they are going to do depending on if he gets elected? thirdly, what about the dnc, who colluded against bernie sanders so that he could not obtain the nomination? host: that is a lot of time -- that is a lot of points and we do not have a lot of time. we will let jen speak on that. guest: i guess i would say that .he dnc had its own drama, too it is appearing to -- i think it is important to point out that the russian investigation, looking at potential collusion with the trunk campaign and russian officials was to

i'll let you know if that changes bottom side through oxon hill. 95 through lorton looking really quietorthbound delays. southbound side if you're getting your memorial day travel plan started early you're quiet towards richmond this morning. we're seeing a lot of green on our maps and keep in mind va express lanes if you're headed up for memorial day weekend the northbound side today until 10:00 a.m. then they reverse to go south. i have the full schedule on my twitter at erin fox5 d.c. metro is on time except for safe track act of affecting the orange line. any questions at erin fox5 d.c. on twitter. >> ♪ >> 5:18. let's take a look at the stories you're engaging with the most this morning on social media with our realtime news tracker. >> all right. >> let's go over to wisdom now. i think he's got a look at what's hot on the web. >> good morning to you both. first there's a new immigration policy in place. the justice department has given border authorities first rights for inmates head for deportation. the program could move up to 500 prisoners a year. the justice department says it

traffic flowing through lorton on the northbound side.outhbound side just as quiet if you're starting your memorial day travel plans making your way toward richmond or say virginia beach not seeing any issues there. typical commute 66 eastbound. volume building at sudley road. if you're making your wale toward the district it's a 10 minute delay from gainsville to centreville at 28. be prepared for that one. other than that we're moving things over. seeing some police activity right now. they repositioned the camera. it was facing the beltway at new hampshire avenue. it looks like we have a big crash scene on new hampshire avenue right at the beltway. so we're going to get more information on that big crash scene and bring it to you with your next look at traffic. holly. >> thanks erin. if you are planning on hitting the road this holiday weekend, be prepared to have some company. aaa says nearly 40 million americans will travel 50 miles or more for memorial day weekend and that includes nearly 35 million people driving to their memorial

northbound 95 after lorton, a crash blocking the right lane. >> a check of your forecast is next. >>>od morning. you still need the jacket outside. 36 manassas. 36 frederick. temperatures will chillier than yesterday. 48 degrees in the district. we have the frost advisory north and west of the district shown in the blue shaded areas. don't be surprise first down you see frost. freeze warning higher elevations. rain chances return thursday and especially saturday morning. the rest of your weekend looks pretty good. >> thank you. another local news update in about 25 minutes. >> back to the "today" show after this short break. ♪ >>> 7:30 now on a tuesday morning. it's the 9th of may, 2017. the camera can keep pulling back. you'll see more and more people. mostly juyoung lay days of a certain age group. harry styles is kicking off our summer concert series this morning with an appearance on the plaza. some of those people have been camping out for days. last night harry sent them a thank you gift, pizza. >> how sweet. this is a time of year when we have to go into the witness protection

northbound 95 we have a collision at lorton road, that impacting your ride and southbound i270, you're agrove road has been moved tohe lanes reopened, moving at a crawling pace, southbound i170. back over to you. >> anchor: you can get more news, weather and traffic on good morning washington on news channel 8. we'll see you in 30 minutes. now back to "good morning z2cpsz zi0z y2cpsy yi0y >>> good morning, america. it's 8:00 a.m. the president takes aim at former acting attorney general sally yates over her testimony on russian interference in the election as she reveals she warned the white house about michael flynn weeks before he was fired. why did the president wait 18 days to take action? >>> ashley graham revealing her private struggles with body shaming, even from her own father, the backlash and bullying from critics who say she's trying to look thin. her message for every woman about being your best self. she's right here this morning live. ♪ >>> new this morning, a moment like this, one of the biggest shows in pop culture history is back, kelly, carrie, jennifer, adam, "ameri

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overnight in fairfax county fire crews have still on the scene of early morning house fire this is in lorton. the fire broke out around 1:40 this morning in townhouse in the 8500 block of colder court. fortunately no one was at home but the home suffered significant damage as you can see right there and so two adjacent townhomes. no word on the cause but several investigators have arrived on the scene to take a look. ♪ >>> new this morning attorney general jeff sessions is telling the nation's federal prosecutors the most serious charges against most suspects. the move undoes an obama policy that was aimed at easing overcrowding. sessions made fighting violent crime a priority for the justice department. ♪ >>> president trump offers his fullest explanation yet for his rash al behind the firing of james comey. >> it came on the same day comey's temporary row place many testified before congress. fox5's annie yu joins us live in studio with more. annie. >> reporter: good ang allison and steve. white house has been scrambling to keep up with the president on this, but it is now evident that thi

taking a closer look at those delays, you can see you're sluggish into lorton open up a bit and thenw down to the mixing bowl. also 395 about a 20 minute delay from the beltway on through and 66 over an hour about an hour and 15 minute delay from 234 prince william parkway into fairfax this morning. just a steady flow of solid congestion. metro is on time except for safetrack. woo keep updated on your commute. that's your look at traffic. allison and steve. >>> how does $8,000 a month sound to you? pretty good, right? it's only an internship i'm talking about, and it's not the only one paying big bucks. >> i had never heard of this before in my life. >> i either. yeah. >> great opportunities for some folks it there. >>> also it is crunch time if you're flying american airlines if as you're about to get crunched physically. they're reducing the leg room on new plains. talk about that coming up. ♪ ♪♪ fios is not cable. we're wired differently. tisfaction by jd power 4 years in a row. and now you can love fios too. get 150 meg internet, tv and