news 4's megan mcgrath live with more on that. meg megan? >> ae lar sinkhole down there on the southbound lanes of the g.w. parkway. you can see one of the detours in place. the ramp from 123 down to the parkway completely shut. these are the folks that werh o parkway and they're being forced off. so a lot of people kind of confused here this morning. a lot of folks heading to the airport don't know how they should be getting there the. here is the closure. it's the southbound lanes of the g.w. parkway between 123 and spout run. there's a sinkhole. we're told that it's 25 feet by 30 feet wide. so a large sinkhole on the southbound lanes, enough to damage a are car, certainly if it drove thr they shut everything down and we're told this is going to be a long process in terms of the repair so it's certainly going to be with us through the morning rush hour and perhaps into the afternoon as well. now with more on the work around and what people sh mollett. t it and pushing it out on the nbc washington app. sign up so you get the alerts early. s

megan mcgrath will be up . yo alternate 123 to old dominion and work back over to spout run and the parkway that way. going to be nasty here. otherwise looking quite good as lk at the beltway. 95 and maryland, b.w. parkway, also n pictures inen minutes. >>> melissa, you thank you. speaking of the roads, how a big development project in downtown d.c. could affect your drive on the third street tunnel. >>> then a news 4 i-team investigation, gift cards stolen in >>> welcome back at 4:46. storm team radar here. you see all the changin colors, the green is rain, purple is sleet, a little bit of purple there and, yes, snow in northern maryland. tom kierein will tell you what you can expect in your weather and traffic on the 1s at 4:51. kill four people before taking his own life? s accused of police will b shooting four people at three different locations in morgantown monday. he was found dead in had his truck last night after a day police say he knew all four victims and one had had filed domestic abuse charges ag

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megan mcgrath, news 4. >> megan, a question for you and mike. for folks going north when they hit the beltway, when they get to 395, do you have to jump off the highway if your not hov compliant? >> reporter: you do. once you pass edsall you have to jump off if you're not hov compliant. >> that's right. it is in effect on the i-95 hov lanes. if you don't have three or more people in your vehicle, you cannot continue into the hov lanes. so north of edsall merge over to the right, take the fly back over to the 395 northbound to a avoid the hov lanes. if you have three or more people go straight into the hov lanes >> reporter: that is one of the points we be watching to see if there's any cob fusion. >> thanks for the clarification, megan. appreciate it >> a number of trash workers off the job and walking the picket lines. >>> scattered showers are in the area as you leave for work this monday morning. amelia siegel looks at the high temperatures you will see in your neighborhood coming up at 6:11. >>> first though making sure kids don't miss out o

>> pelley: megan glaros of wbbm, thank you, megan. speaking of storms, that typhoon that struck the philippines over the weekend brought a month's worth of rain there n one day. typhoon hagupit killed at least 21. the winds gusted to 93 miles- per-hour, more than a million crowded into shelters. tonight hagupit has weakened to a tropical storm. there was a terrible accident today just outside washington, d.c. akprivate jet that had taken off from chapel hill, north carolina, hit a house in gaithersburg, maryland. three people on the plane were killed and three more in the house. a mother, a three-year-old and an infant. transportation correspondent jeff pegues has the latest. >> a plane just crashed. >> reporter: the private jet crashed shortly before 11:00 a.m., igniting small explosions and a fire. three homes were damaged. ou co nunez tried to help. >> you could tell it was engulfed, especially in that one section. then we got out. and then a lady was screaming. there were people inside. so we tried to get near the house. there was

but megan's kit was not tested. in fact it sat untouched for nine long years. >> you live like an animal in the wild in survival mode mowing there is this criminal out there and you're helpless do-to-do anything about it. >> reporter: until 2012. >> this man is now wanted by police memphis police. >> reporter: she felt a cold shudder of recognition. i wore a mask and at takdtacked with a knife. megan called the police and demanded they reopen her case. >> i found on my birthday june 21 2012 that his dna was found in my rape kit. >> reporter: anthony oliono a serial rapist now spending the rest of his life behind bars. megan was his first known victim. he raped six others while her kit sat untested. up tested rape kits are a national problem, but memphis holds the distinction of having the most in the country, 12,000 of them. each representing a potential rapist walking free and victim it without justice. >> this is in-defensible. i don't mind telling you that. >> reporter: the mayor and the city are facing two lawsu

>> this is megan. megan is a leopard again koa.of our education animals who comes out on our zoo mobile program. so to schools, birthday parties, senior centers. she is one of the animals. >> reporter: and playing to the camera. >> megan really is. [ laughter ] >> yes, she is. extremely photogenic. i want to show you you something that is pretty cool. if megan doesn't mind turning around here. look at that tail. that was the first thing that struck me when i first met megan is that tail. why is her tail as chunky as it is? >> reporter: she comes from desert climate. when you live in a desert area there might not be as much food around. so you want to have that extra storage of fat. here at the zoo you don't have to worry about that but she stores it any way. >> so you deck out the zoo. i feel like megan has a festive holiday outfit all the time. >> reporter: yeah pretty much. she is pretty beautiful. >> reporter: always in the holiday mood. okay. give me the particulars if people want to come down to zoo lights it runs until januar

megan mcgrath, news 4.k to you in the studio. >> thanks, megan. >>> today settlement talks between the nfl and adrian peterson about his suspension are expected to resume. peterson was suspended without pay after pleading no contest to using a switch on his s. >> for the first time the baltimore ravens are reonn to ray and janay rice c ws enter is view. they said the baltimore ven suggested she apolofor role in the elevator cint. they said they providedalng points to ray rice not h we. the statement gotoat no time prior to ma session did we provi lkg points, a script or te script to janay or speawit her about the presev we did not recommendr t to ray or janay that she apologize in any way. >>> 6:18. a disturb thing journal entry is giving police into insight into the woman accused of stabbing her woman to death in rockville. the women lived in a condo owned by housing unlimited. they help low-income peopl dealing with mental il rita was part of a youbvio talk building howpyas with her living situati. housin

. >> we have the co-chairs the task force here today both megan from the distributing aid tim of the sfmta to provide an overall progress report on the vision zero initiatives and to highlight the work we've accomplished since the resolution passed northeasterly 2014 this is really good opportunity to look back at the year to see what we've accomplished and the next item what we need to accomplish on the next steps oh, director reiskin thank you for being here today. >> good afternoon supervisor kim and members of the committee i want to come here to offer introduce before you get into the 3 machine substantive items first convey i think that things took a leadership that started in this room and it's been picked up bid boards and commissions around the city and fully embraced by the mayor we've made progress and additional supported from the november election we have been working very closely with the other city departments and the executive branch as well as the ta and external stakeholders to take the concept of dissolutions and make it city policy and make that part of what we do

the best thing to do, megan and i have been talking, g to push you off g.w. parkway southbound to 123. get on old dominion. work back ovg.w. parkway and spout run. that is the best thing to do if you're on 12 take old dominion to try to go the airport. going to be a little bit of a mess. in beltsville route 1 at ammandale road. no word on when that will be clearing up. . no major problems. 270 heading out of frederick, southbound you are completely clear through germantown all the way down to the spur. northbound the same thing. 95 in virginia moving right along. again, the slick roads, lots of people will be dealing with this morning. guys? >>> thank you, melissa. it's now 5:03. spring ridge middle school in st. mary's county will be closed this morning. there is a break in the water line and crews will spend the day fixing it and sanitizing the water. they have been called in to help with this process. >>> right now route 1 is back open after a howard county ambulance and several other cars crashed. you can see police attacked the northbt kit kat road in el

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so you did one with megan mullally? >> yeah, who knew? i don't think i even worked with her. but we're in the same mcdonald's commercial. the only thing i remember about it was going upstate and i just got a new walkman, so i was blowing my ears out with the police.

megan mcgrath is live in alexandria to tell us about the new commonwealth tax. megan? >> repor that'right, aaron. gas prices have been going down for months. take a look at the gas station between me here in alexandria. $2.39 for a gallon of regular. that could go up in virginia. we could see an increase in gas prices as much as 5 cents come january the 1st. state lawmakers have been counting on revenue from an internet commerce bill that's being debated up on capitol hill to pay for millions of dollars in road projects in virginia. but that measure is hung up in congress and hasn't passed. so the fallback revenue source for state lawmakers is an increase in the tax on wholesale gas. a 5-cent increase. and that is set to happen on the 1st of the year. now, as often happens, that increase is likely going to be passed on to consumers. so we could see higher gas prices at the pump. and it could happen as soon as thursday. reporting live in alexandria megan mcgrath news4. back to you in the studio. >> megan, thank you. >>> if you are affected by the trash collector strike

it's megan's list. states martin was convicted in august of 1999 in ohio of sexual solicitation avenue minor. the victim was between 12 and 15 years old. listen to his wife's reaction when we asked him about it. >> okay. but we do know that you are on megan's list, aren't you. >>> yes. >> that has nothing to do with this. >>> are you registered in the state of new jersey. >> you were asked to leave. >> martin claims he's notified law enforcement of his whereabouts as required by law, he does not appear on new jersey's online megan's list. it could be because he's considered a low risk offender. new jersey megan's law offenders must promptly tell law enforcement when they move into the state and when they change their addresses while living there. >> are you going to strike me? >> no. >> are you going to strike me. >> inside his new store martin stood in front of me and tried to push his face into mine while under aggressive questioning. his wife called the cherry hill police on us. we told officers who

2014-2015 for the mta we've got a broad range of materials we'll be starting with tim pitching for megan he'll be talking about the research about the refined high energy network it is an important data many undermines the strategy and you'll come back and talk about the engineering product delivery and the education underway and talk about some of the policies o policy rules we have that be coming out of the vision zero task force over the next couple of years with that, i'm going to turn it over to timothy talking about the new data natural lyrics. >> good afternoon, commissioners timothy with mta unfortunately megan can't be here she has a home situation i'm going to go over the updates the network which we've made tremendous progress a couple of years ago just quick you background in 2011, we started working on gathering the data on the resources and we went from intersection data to the correlation with crossroads there's on overlap of neighbors one thing we saw we added in some additional data that come in that includes the various modes as they came available like the corridors we

having megan in my life and having that marriage just helps.nd she's there and i don't have to worry about anything or sometimes when i have projects she'll come with me. man, c'mon. when you got the right woman behind you and beside you and in front of you, come on, dude. you can't go wrong. that's right. >> i agree. >> that's right. >> this is what's most interesting to me about you today. is that you are 36 years old. >> yeah. >> you mention your father passing. your father passed at 36. >> yeah. >> he never was able to see the man that sits before me today that many of us adore. if you could sit across from him, what would you tell him today? >> wow. i would tell him he did great. that's what i would tell him. my memories of him growing up, i could probably count them on both hands. the majority of those memories, he was intoxicated but his heart was i want to be a good father. i would always hear him talking about how proud he was of his three boys. part of what i would tell him is you did well. don't beat yourself up even in the midst of

tonight, join jimmy and his guests -- martin freeman, megan muly

it's megan's list. posting states martin was convicted in august of 1999 in ohio of sexually solicitation of a minor the victim was between 12 and 15 years old. listen to his wife's reaction when we asked him about it. >> okay. but we do know that you're on megan's list, aren't you? >> yes. >> that has nothing to do with this. >> are you register in the state of new jersey. >> you are asked to leave. >> while martin claims he's notified law enforcement of his whereabouts as required by law, he does not appear on new jersey's online megan's list. it could be because he's considered a low risk offender. all new jersey megan's law offenders must promptly tell law enforcement when they move into the state and when they change their addresses while living there. >> he wants to be tough guy now. are you going to strike me? are you going to strike me. >> inside his new store martin stood in front of me and tried to push his face into mine while under aggressive questioning. his wife called the cherry hill poli

and i work very closely together, megan and i work very closely together and i have been hearing for past number of months how much work you guys have been slammed with and i want to say in ihss, when i go down there and walk around, people have such a great attitude and really know that you are doing this for the clients. and it's amazing to me, given all of the things that get slammed on ihss, more and more regulations and all of that, that people manage to have such a great attitude and really care about the worker that they are doing because i know it's not easy for you all. everybody here is from a generic unit, but i know you are dealing with more and more complex cases and you are the ones working with some of our most difficult to serve clients and to be able to do that and have that skill is pretty incredible and thank you for for being here to support tanisha, but for all the work that you do together. tanisha, the people who nominate you had had some things to say about that you i want to read outloud, because i don't want to miss anything that they said. tanisha hogan has

megan mcgrath is live to tell us about this first commute t. megan, good morning. >>> well good morning, aaron. that's right. the structure, the toll structure is now in place, up and running on the express lanes on 95. so this is our first rush hour experience here in the morning with people having to pay tolls. virginia state police have special equipment in their cruisers. take a look. they will be able to tell what kind of an e-zpass people are using, the flex or the normal one and figure out whether people are complying with the rules. if not, you could face fees there. these are the rules. now, the lanes are going to run from edsall to garris sonville in stafford county. cars with three or more people, you can use the lanes for free. you have to use an e-zpass flex. you flip the switch saying you have three or more in your car, and you will not be charged. solo cars or cars with two people, you can still use the lanes, used a toll. how much will you pay? it depends how crowded the lanes are. the average trip anywhere from $6 to $8. this i

." >> and "civil rights and the making of the modern american state," megan ming francis examines the civil rights movement and specifically the naacp effect and the american political landscape in the early 20th century. this event corded at ucla as an hour. >> i am going to introduce and again. we've known each other for quite some time. you'll been it for the professional and personal. on a professional tip, megan ming francis as an assistant professor at the department of political science at the university of washington at seattle. she earned her ba in political science and economics at rice university in 2003 and soon after a 2008, francis earned her doctorate in politics at princeton university where she worked with paul framer, kelley mendel burke and cornell west. she held two distinct postdocs at the university of chicago and indiana university school of law before joining the faculty at pepperdine university where she garnered quite the students following with politics and law and society. francis' work at the intersection of american politics, race, constitutional law in h

megan mcgrath is live alexandria to tell us about the commonwealth's new tax. megan? >> repor well, aaron, yeah, gas prices have been falling for months. take a look at the liberty gas station here in alexandria. 2.39 for a gallon of regular. not bad. but in virginia we could see the price per gallon shoot up 5 cents on january 1st. state lawmakers have been counting on revenue from the internet commerce bill being debated on capitol hill to pay for millions of dollars in road projects here in virginia. but that measure is hung up in congress and hasn't passed. the revenue fallback for state lawmakers is an increase in the tax on wholesale gas, a 5-cent increase. and that is set to happen on the t of the year. now that increase will likely be passed on to consumers meaning higher prices at the pump. >> well, i think if it's for the road improvement it's a good thing. i still would have to pay 5 more cents, though. >> it is cheaper in southern maryland. i will probably fill up over there before i head over this way. >> reporte as you just heard, consumers not too keen

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. >> megan wanted a doll.egan, three days staying dry and boom, you could have. >> she could look at the doll -- >> but she couldn't have it. >> what if the child demands a doll now. it's important to not give in to a tantrum. this commercial shows it. this kid wants a bag of chips now. instead of giving in, mom int t imitates him. >> she looks at him, no. >> what's the moral. >> you really can work with your kids. i think sometimes parents are too busy to be consistent or they are too fearful that their child will not like them. >> also. >> lead by example. see how they behave. you have to teach a child to save for a rainy day. kids have to see you do whatever you want them to do. >> finally, kids will only learn to wait if they see that delaying gratification leads to something good. do what they say. if parents don't keep promises, kids are less likely to wait for a reward. >> in this research of the marshmallow test. >> researchers broke their promise. >> listen i'm so sorry but i don't have that big set o

thanks, megan. and we have breaking news. the massive air bag recall is expanding. news 4's angie goff s wt you to noef. >> automakers announcing that expansion includes subaru's previous recall. it's due to faulty air bags and now covers southern georgia and the following states, alabama, mississippi, louisiana, texas, and south carolina. the cars have air bags made by takata, and they can inflate so much that they can send metal sh shrapnels flying everywhere. >> and this morning's cold rain is a bipg change from this time yesterday when temperatures were in the 60s. storm team 4 meteorologist joins us with the forecast midday. this tuesday. good morning. >> yeah, this morning, barbara, here after we got to near 70 degrees this afternoon. we had some wintery mix going on with sleet and wet snow north and west of the metro area. that was pret predawn and just after dawn, a lot of that began to break up. and now much of the rain we had all morning is pulling off east of washington. over the last several hours we've seen it really tapering off. patches of green in mo

megan, good morning. >> good morning to you.live if you're traveling across the eastern corridor of the nation today. really rough travel expected from maine to florida all of the way to chicago and also the pacific northwest looking sort of rough as well. it will be easy in the middle of the nation where there's not much going on but anything from heavy rain to heavy snow around chicagoland to possible severe weather in the deep south today. so who will see a white christmas? there lies the question on this date. what i see is i think it will happen for the northern plains up to minnesota, potentially in chicago. not likely from new york to boston because of heavy rain today and possible record breaking heat tomorrow. one location that will see a white christmas, hawaii believe it or not on the big island summits there are blizzard warnings up through tonight. anthony? >> megan, thanks. >>> another police shooting in missouri has left an 18-year-old man dead this morning. police say this surveillance video from a gas station sh

. >> the cool n [ [ mamalele a annnnouounc] megan doesn't know that coffee breaks down tooth enamel.nkfully, she uses act restoring mouthwash. itit r rebebuiuildlds s tooth , making yoyourur teeth two times stronger. acact.t. s smimil. making yoyourur teeth two times stronger. geget t the same kind of thery wiwiththouout t anan a appp. smsmarartrtrelelieief f frfromo. a a wawaveve o of f rerelalaxis ththatat b blolockck e eveven. smsmarartrtrelelieief. right there. oh! makes me crazy. [ [ mamalele a annnnouounc] relief starts now. golold d bobondnd extra strength medicated lotion hahas s a a popowewerfrful ir to relieve all day. ggolold d bobondnd. >>. >> want to see a video again and again? share them with your friends. >> santa claus, reindeer flies, even christmas trees can fly. otto works for fly guy promotions in san diego in wrigs beach. he is flying a christmas tree. they have done other stuff like this before. >> would you confuse you on a highway? >> not the only flying christmas tree. this it an artificial tree the phonings lifted that things into the air. >> they landed pe

. >> dude uses a drone to deliver sandwiches and cash. [ [ mamalele a annnnouounc] megan doesn't know that coffee breaks down tooth enamel. thankfully, she uses act restoring mouthwash. itit r rebebuiuildlds s tooth , making yoyourur teeth two times stronger. acact.t. s smimil. making yoyourur teeth two times stronger. geget t the same kind of thery wiwiththouout t anan a appp. smsmarartrtrelelieief f frfromo. a a wawaveve o of f rerelalaxis ththatat b blolockck e eveven. smsmarartrtrelelieief. right there. oh! makes me crazy. [ [ mamalele a annnnouounc] relief starts now. golold d bobondnd extra strength medicated lotion hahas s a a popowewerfrful ir to relieve all day. ggolold d bobondnd. >>> this is one of those videos that is going to make you feel good. this is by dennis known to be a prankster. he uses a drone to deliver sandwiches and cash to homeless people. it is amazing how well it actually works. the next thing you know, they are getting subway deliveries via drone. >> if you are asleep in a park and you see a sand switwich flo in your face, you might freak out. >> this guy

. >> megan wanted a doll. megan, three days staying dry and boom, you could have. >> she could look at the doll -- >> but she couldn't have it. >> what if the child demands a doll now. it's important to not give in to a tantrum. this commercial shows it. this kid wants a bag of chips now. instead of giving in, mom int t imitates him. >> she looks at him, no. >> what's the moral. >> you really can work with your kids. i think sometimes parents are too busy to be consistent or they are too fearful that their child will not like them. >> also. >> lead by example. see how they behave. you have to teach a child to save for a rainy day. kids have to see you do whatever you want them to do. >> finally, kids will only learn to wait if they see that delaying gratification leads to something good. do what they say. if parents don't keep promises, kids are less likely to wait for a reward. >> in this research of the marshmallow test. >> researchers broke their promise. >> listen i'm so sorry but i don't have that big set

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[ [ mamalele a annnnououncncerer ] megan doesn't know that coffee breaks down tooth enamel. thankfully, she uses act restoring mouthwash. itit r rebebuiuildlds s totooth enamel making yourur t teeth two times stronger. acact.t. s smimilele s strong. >>> today we have some of the best videos of the year. keep on watching. >>> sometimes i get home sick and miss asia every now and then. this is another video of hong kong which takes me back when i was a kid, traveling through the city going through the harbor tunnel. doing shopping eating food typical hong kong tourist stuff. they go inside an elevator. they are carrying gopros. they are wearing masks. actually you guys have seen them before. it's the guy on the roof. went into that massive tower in shanghai. fascinating video where they are above the clouds. they are at it again in hong kong. this time they did something a little bit different. they find a ladder up to the roof and we are up on rooft with a great view of hong kong. they are on the china online center. it gets sneaky. they find the computer that is running. the