melissa mollet, what do the roads look like? >> the skies look great with the roads here this morning no complaints. southbound coalsville at university boulevard, still have two right lanes getting by that crash here this morning. inner loop and outer loop of the beltway, no big problem there. as we zoom in, remember outbound river work zone there. 66 and 95 also looking okay. >> thank you, melissa. >>> we do have breaking news this morning we are broken glass and bullet casings, it's not something that you'd expect to find on gallery court montgomery village. this morning montgomery police are investigating a double murder there. >> that's right. news 4's justin finch is live with more of how neighbors woke up to gunshots. justin. >> reporter: adam, good morning. neighbors also very quickly calling police alerting montgomery county police to this block and the scene of a double homicide. let's take you to the video of that scene. this is how police found it last night. major crime division also called in on this date. their fo

melissa mollet, 80%. that means be umbrella ready. >> i will be. thank you for that warning. >> prince george's county, no issues there. into or out of town. no roadwork or anything. 270 from 70 to the spurt, you're on time. 26 minutes if you're speeding a bit. if you're headed out of town, same situation. no big problems that way. southbound rock creek parkway before virginia avenue in northwest. again, left lane gets by that bridge work here. this morning, southbound 95 at 17 falmouth, right lane getting by the pachg. live look beltway forestville road, no problems there. >>> he's accused of posing as a maintenance worker and raping a woman at a condo building in arlington. this morning, still on the run. the new hopes help to find him. >>> the congressional baseball shooting, what representative scalise's family wants more people to do as well as an update on his condition. >>> it's going to cost a bit more to take the bus. why metro is fios is not cable. we're a 100% fiber optic network. now with our new fios gigabit connection,

let's check the roads with melissa mollet. good morning. >> good morning. the beltway looking quite good. don't have any big issues. still have slowdowns as you're approaching 95. we don't have reports of a problem right now. you're seeing a little bit of a slowdown. 66 into town. you're fine there. 95 northbound and southbound, you're okay. but we still again do have this crash. 95 at old keene mill road. you see it here in the distance, they have the response on the scene. but it's not slowing anything too much this morning. outbound, bethesda river road western avenue. and it looks quite a bit better than it did a couple weeks ago. inbound l now, they're working on outbound lanes. aaron. >> melissa, thank you. >>> it's 5:02 right now. this morning, two montgomery county families that were supposed to be preparing to send their kids to college are planning funerals. this is shadi najjar and artem ziberov. the two high school seniors were killed while sitting in a car in german village. najjar's father said his son told him he'd be late coming home tuesday

melissa mollet is here with the commute. we want to check the forecast with storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell and sheena parveen. they're outside. looks nice out there. >> beautiful. grass earlier. what did you get? >> look at the size of this mushroom. another cloudy, cool may and this mushroom weighs about 3 pounds. >> wash your hands. >> theer's the view on the first sunrise of june. welcome to summer, everybody. we had a few lingering rain drops and there may still be one approaching great falls, fairfax county in the potomac. otherwise, 99% dry as we head out the door. nice and cool. 56 in manassas, 57 in gaithersburg. hour by hour planner, clouds will be gone by 9:00 or 10:00. we'll be left with 100% sunshine today. afternoon highs up in the low 80s. if you're looking for something to complain about, might be a little breezy. perfect kite flying weather. we'll have more about the outlook of season might look like. for now let's go to melissa mollet. >> thank you so much. i sort of look like the sun this morning. be

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melissa mollet has breaking news. we're going to check in with chuck bell and sheena parveen. melissa. >> great news in northern virginia. inner loop at van dorn street. we're shut down. a four-mile backup here this morning because of this crash. so we understand from v-dot this is a collision reconstruction situation. that means it could be around for a couple of hours. take a look at the backups on the map. all of these folks already in trouble this morning. if you need to head that way, you can do franconia road and do duke street depending where you're to or headed from. right now they don't look so bad. lots of people going to try that same thing to avoid this, this morning. major, major mess. we'll keep our eyes on it this morning. >> good morning, sheena. >> good morning, melissa. chuck and i are out here. it is nice outside. >> nice. early sunrises like this are all back lit. >> this is nice back light. >> it's in my eyes. >> i can't see traffic. i know you're there. >> here's the sign of beautiful sunrise to start your monday. just fantastic. 69 degrees in the district

now back to the ac with melissa mollet. >> that's where i have to be. inner loop between branch avenue and saint barnabas. the broken down truck has two lanes getting by at this point this morning. as we zoom in a little, the other issue, outer loop and local lanes, route 1, alexandria. disabled vehicle, blocking a lane. charles street near washington avenue and oak plata had the road shut down. we just tweeted about that. eastbound 7 near east loudoun street, single lanes getting by that crash there. aaron? >> melissa, thank you. >>> it is a big day in virginia politics. the decision voters make in the race for governor will set the stage for a political contest that will be watched nationwide this fall. on the democratic side former governor tom pariello and ralph northam. and former rnc chair ed gillespie is leading over cory stewart and state senator frank wagner. justin finch is live at the polls. >> a look at what voters need to know before heading out. justin, good morning. >> reporter: aaron, angie, good morning. that's right. polls have opened

melissa mollet has breaking news. we're going to check in with chuck bell and sheena parveen. lissa. >> great news in northern virginia. inner loop at van dorn street. we're shut down. a four-mile backup here this morning because of this crash. so we understand from v-dot this is a collision reconstruction situation. that means it could be around for a couple of hours. take a look at the backups on the map. all of these folks

melissa mollet will have your updated routes.r reporter justin finch. >> reporter: lots of traffic going into washington morning. route 50 going towards d.c. at this time. the traffic out here is bumper to bumper. it will eventually be off routed away from the anacostia river bridge, which is now the scene of that fatal crash. let's get you to video of that scene this morning. overnight, reports of a four-vehicle wreck out here on the anacostia river bridge. we also have reports of at least three cars that caught fire. reports of one person dead, one person trapped and two others suffered injuries as a result of this crash. this did trigger the closing of lanes on both signs of the bridge and trickling off to new york avenue and surrounding areas around that bridge and new york avenue northeast. we've seen closures on south dakota avenue northeast as well as other interested in and around this area. emergency officials arrive on scene to assist the scene and also get wrapped up here. expect the closures to last into the rush hour

melissa mollet is here with the commute.want to check the forecast with storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell and sheena parveen. they're outside. looks nice out there. >> beautiful.

for now it is time to go to melissa mollet who is not in danger of getting sprayed. >> no. i'm very protected in here but i would really, really love that this morning. 270 northbound and southbound, no problems out here. 66 in town and out of town no problems. 95 from virginia to quantico, no problems. we have pretty light volume all over the place. inner loop and outer loop of the beltway, don't have any major issues there. live look there going good. >> melissa, thank you. >>> 5:00 right now. storm team 4 weather alert day. with things expected to get down right toasty, people are goin to be whatever they can to stay cool. >> dancing in the sprinklers. >> megan mcgrath is giving us tips on how you can stay safe if you plan to be outside. hi, megan. great to see you. >> reporter: good morning, guys. yeah, we're here at the have i naen metro station. right now it's not too bad. i checked the temperature a little while ago, 69 degrees. swee hawe have a very nice bree. mid 90s, that's what we're expecting. folks need to take a couple of precautions out there. use some common

let's check the roads with melissa mollet. >> good mog

let's go over to melissa mollet. >>> take a look at this. amtrak again temporary service suspension today, trains cannot operate between d.c. and philadelphia because of those two people hit and killed. here's what's happening on camden line service to and from greenbelt, and to and from new carrollton. otherwise, uneffected. green, orange, use either of those. metro is honoring tickets. outer look at georgia, rest of the roadways are okay. that looks nice and light. that's good for us this morning. as far as travel times, 270 southbound from germantown to the spur, quickly. top of the beltway, 95 to 270 going 32 miles per hour. 56 inbound. fairfax to the belt, no issues. and quantico, okay as well at 45 miles per hour. take you 25 minutes. listen to 102.5 fm when you hop >>> metro stays open late on fourth of july. trains run until midnight, a half hour later than usual. trains operate every 12 minutes until 6:00 p.m., increase to rush hour service before and after the fireworks on national mall. parking at metro lots will be free. >>> uber

let's check the roads with melissa mollet. >> good morning.reaking news on the roads, talk about it in a second. rails again on amtrak, we have temporary service suspension this morning. trains cannot operate between d.c. and philadelphia because of two people killed on the tracks overnight. on marc, delays. camden line service to and from greenbelt, penn line service to and from new carrollton headed northbound this morning. metro, you have to do that, green and orange line, either of those into d.c. westbound freeway, seventh street blocked by a crash. 295 before pennsylvania. police activity drawing attention. outer loop ramp to bw parkway, car into ditch. chopper 4 over that now. >> thank pool. called dry drowning, and it has happened to this little boy. symptoms to look out to to keep your summer safe and secure. >>> we're tracking that breaking news melissa mentioned, trains delayed after two people hit and killed by an amtrak train. >>> and we'll check in with the news crew at the scene and at union station still ahead. here's a live lo

melissa mollet, any serious injuries yet?s street near washington avenue and oak avenue, we do have the road shut down. trying to get more information about what's going on there. northbound side at brandy wine road, still have that crash reported. as we zoom into the situation on 295 before malcolm x, that is now on the shoulder. eastbound 7 near east loudoun street, single lane still getting by that crash here this morning. remember on metro on the red line, delays at shady grove because of a problem there at glenmont. take a look at 270. >>> here's a look at some of the top stories we're follong morning. attorney general jeff sessions headed to capitol hill this morning. lawmakers will ask questions about his contacts with russia during the campaign. >>> polls about ready to open in the virginia race for governor. tom pariello and republican governor ralph northam. we have ed gilles pea, warren stewart and frank wagner. >> the warriors are nba champions again. >> two times in three years. the golden state warriors claimed

melissa mollet begins our coverage. issa. >> reporter: breaking news in prince george's county. live picture from chopper 4. we've been there for over an hour. indian head highway at palmer road, crash in the northbound lanes. southbound lanes are also shut down this morning. so it looks like crews are doing some good work. they're trying to get things out of the way and reopen the roadway hopefully in the next 30 minutes right now indian head highway near palmer, all lanes shut down. your alternate oxon hill road or fort road depending which way you're headed. inner loop at 50, arlington boulevard has one lane blocked. then because of the problems with the d.c. officers overnight, down in adams morgan 18th street near columbia road has police activity and some lanes blocked as well. good morning, chuck. >> good morning, melissa. great day to be outside once again. no chance for rain for your friday as skies are partly cloudy to mostly clear out here early. temperatures are comfy, indeed. here's a live picture of what wi

first 4 traffic and miss melissa mollet. >> we're going to get to that in a moment. >> first, here's megan fitzgerald at the live desk following a very bad crash. >> reporter: benning road northeast is shut down west of d.c. 295. it's been that way for hours and it's likely going to be a problem if you take that way to work. d.c.ol happened by someone slamming into a pole and then the driver was trapped inside. take a look at that car there. it's a mangled mess at the moment. we don't know if there was anyone else in the car or how badly hurt anybody was. we're working to get all of this information for you and find out when that road will reopen, but for right now we're going to throw it over to melissa mollet who is tracking that traffic impact. hey, melissa. >> good morning, megan. this is a live picture. it's a little hard to see. you can see flashing lights in the distance. benning road again between oklahoma avenue and 295 here shut down right now this morning. this could last, d.c. police telling us through the morning commute. pennsylvania avenue probably the best way to get

there's melissa mollet. you can point at the map. that's all right.nly dry and outside chance of a shower today. better chance for rain and cooler weather. sunshine returns. >> i see that. very good. would you like to see traffic? northbound 95 here. do have a delay here at prince william parkway because of a new crash here. ats iom sething that people do have to deal with this morning. hearing in my ear, brand-new crash at university boulevard. in bowie, chopper 4 after central avenue a one mile backup there. take a look at travel times coming up. ♪ ♪ >>> ariana grande's one love concert has rai million. she organized that concert which featured several other artists 13 days after a suicide bomber killed 22 people at her concert. >> and the money will go towards helping the families and victims of those attacks. good to see that. >>> apple is going head to head with amazon and google. the battle over the home digital assistant and how much it's going to cost you to go high tech. >>> plus, cosby's sex assault trial. the first witness makes a -- delive

now let's get over to melissa mollet iir >> good morning.f the problems northbound 95 at stafford there, crash in the left lane. we are seeing some real delays. also delays in woodbridge. 66 looks okay right now. live picture chopper over 66 just outside the beltway. have the normal delays headed in bound on the beltway. eastbou eastbound, the 12th street expressway, looking quite good. southbound gw parkway at 123 has police activity on the right side. right now no major issues through prince george's county or the top of the beltway. 270 looking good. as for your travel times, no major issues slowing anything down. remember to listen to wtop 103.5 f.m. when you hop in your car. right now chuck bell is outside. hi, chuck. >> reporter: good morning, melissa. good morning, everybody. finally friday is here. this morning giving a little friendly shout out. something free and fun for kids of all ages 6 to is 1:00 tonight right here on the national mall. they'll be handing out free solar observing sunglasses and stuff and there will be a bunch o

. >>> 5:03 on a tuesday morningmentlet get to melissa mollet. you got a hiccup. >> a problem on crash blocking the left lane. we're going to look into both issues this morning. inner loop and outer loop of the beltway. no big problems. a little bit of roadwork, but nothing to worry about. it's not slowing anything down. two right lanes getting by. 66 here at 50. these are the inbound folks this morning. no big worries there. angie? >> melissa, thank you. >>> the murder of a virginia teen is getting attention across the country after police say she was the victim of road rage. not a hate crime. volunteers from the muslim society lit candles and tried to comfort each other. police say that the teen was run down and beaten and dumped in a pond sunday morning. she along with a group of friends were heading back for ramadan services. this man attacked her aft another teen in that group. now, nabra's father has one question for torres. >> look at this. look at the eyes. why kill my daughter? for what? she don't do anything to him. to anybody. love eve

. >> melissa mollet will have a look at the roads. storm team meteorologist chuck bell and sheena parveen are outside this morning. the sun is up. >> yep. >> is it already going to work? >> a beautiful day outside. >> it's my thursday and her friday. another day off. i have to look into this. there needs to be a full investigation. >> i'm going to be sick next week. that's what's happening. >> that's what it is. good forecast, sheena. hope flip she'll get to enjoy her long weekend and hopefully everyone at home will enjoy theirs as well. >> beautiful skies over washington. temperatures, a few spots in the 50s. frederick, maryland, leesburg, virginia in the 50s. everyone else, low to mid-60s. it will be a hot one today. upper 80s in the suburbs. about 91 in washington. not too terribly humid yet. the humidity will build as we get into tomorrow and over the weekend. we're off to a comfortable start. next best chance for rain will be coming up on saturday night. to the beach, again, that late-day chance saturday, saturday night. but sund

for now, let's go to melissa mollet who is breathing deep in traffic, right? >> i am. it could get ugly throughout the day. lots of people are, no doubt, leaving for the beach later today. so best advice, we'll keep saying it, leave as early as you can today or as late as you can. same thing applies tomorrow as well. the bay bridge right now, nice light volume. green in both directions. you only care about the outbound direction this morning. prince george's county, no problems there. 56 and 95, also looking quite good this morning. tiny slowdowns southbound near quanti quantico. nothing reported. might be a work zone. >> it is 5:01. big developments while you were sleeping concerning a top vatican cardinal. >>> erika gonzalez at the live did he say he can. >> aaron, eun, good morning to the treasurer. he's the most senior catholic p cardinal. his name is george pell. we have not heard from the pope on the charges. he's at the vatican attending a mass blessing 36 bishops appointed over the last year. these are some live images, i believe, that we have this morning? pol

first, melissa mollet is going check your commute.awake. >> kind of. >> storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell going to bring us the forecast from outdoors. hey, chuck. >> hey, good morning. sunrise almost here in washington. our friends and neighbors well to our north in the great state of maine, the sun's already up. sunrise this morning in down east maine was at morning. they are not only much farther to the east but they're also a lot farther to the north. that's why they get so much longer days in the summer. there's a great look at our sky in the morning. sunrise ready to occur in the next 10, 15 minutes. cool and comfy this morning. if you slept with the windows you needed your little blanket this morning. it will be a reasonable day to be outside. no chance for rain. plenty of chance for sunshine this morning. we will have midday clouds around. no chance for rain so your outdoor planner running, you bet. biking weather. cool? well, if you're going to find something to complain about, it won't be the best pool day but eating out

melissa mollet has your traffic. good morning, melissa. >> good morning. a little more road work here happening on the beltway. inner loop after branch avenue, two lanes getting by. going to be on time. it will take you 11 minutes. headed out of time to bwi perhaps you're fine as well. nothing in your way. 66, 95 virginia okay. right now we have a little bit of a slowdown you can see as you're headed southbound out of quantico. aaron? >> melissa, thank you. >>> 4:37. new this morning, a lead warning. something you hear about when you buy your home. it could be in your food, food you feed your children. >>> the fed raising rates, now we're breaking it down. >> new details from this deadly high rise fire. 28 floors of a london building burned. the latest on the investigation in that. >>> and we will be bringing you live team coverage on the introducing fios gigabit connection. superfast internet at an incredible price. with speeds up to 940 megs. and, it's just $79.99 a month online for 1 year. and only $5 more per month for the second year. get fios gigabit

we start with melissa mollet. have a look at your commute. >> check in with storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell and sheena parveen. they made their way outside. how does it feel? >> yes. feels fantastic. nice breeze. very comfortable. >> i'm a fan so far. it's not raining on us. always appreciate that. >> not yet. we'll see the rain moving in. cloudy skies, local rain. around charlottesville, the rain is reading in our direction. for your my 7:00 a.m., 73 degrees. kind of scattered. by 5:00 p.m., wet roads. chance of showers. things starting to wind down. before you leave this morning and get in the car, grab the umbrella. melissa mollet, the good news is it's not raining right now. >> that is good, good news. right now, no big problems on the road. we do have this situation still, inner loop at braddock. this crash is now on the shoulder which is, of course, good news. inner loop and outer loop, not seeing any of that. 66 and 95, no big problem there. taking a look at 270 from frederick on time. going to save y

. >> melissa mollet has a check of the commute.sheena parveen is outside with storm team 4 forecast. how is it feeling? >> feels fantastic. a beautiful start to first day of summer. feels wonderful. i don't know if you can see the thermometer. it says 72 degrees. this is old. there are spider webs on the back. don't touch it. i have to wash my hands. temperatures are comfortable. 72 in the district. 68 in clinton. here's how the first day of summer will shape up, really nice. 7:00 a.m., 74 degrees. by noon, 85. by 4, 88 degrees. humidity will be comfortable. a mix of sun and clouds. by end of the week, we could be talking about remnants of tropical storm cindyn of mexico bringing us some rain so i will show you that forecast and the timing of that coming up. let's check the roads this wednesday morning. >>> a crash on the shoulder. never impacted the beltway. still looking good. in clinton. woodyard at richardson. lanes blocked both ways because of a crash there. southbound 95 after route 1, spotsylvania, left lane getting by. nort

for now let's go to melissa mollet. >> good morning, guys. chopper 4 over the top of the beltway for us looking quite good. outer loop, headlights on new hampshire avenue. just got off the phone with police, southbound at st. mary's, that crash is gone and this one should be gone soon. that's good. southbound 15 after point rocks, i know a lot use that. they are using southbound traffic letting it go in the northbound lanes as well. try and alternate. should be out of the way soon. see a one mile backup. shiplett boulevard at burke lake road. ♪ ♪ alexandria. this church is less than a mile away from where the shots were fired in del ray yesterday morning. the pastor told us the focus of the service was from psalms 120, i am for peace but they are from war. there was another gathering at nearby middle school. as they try to rebound from this horrible act, the investigation into why this happened is in full swing. >> federal agents are interviewing witnesses and reviewing videos of the shooting like this one. >> that's terrifying to listen to.

let's go into melissa mollet who's always a beam of moonshine. >> never any clouds.is delay through virginia this morning as you're headed out through triangle this morning. a couple mile backup because of this over turned vehicle of the right side of the roadway. a triangle. inner loop and outer loop of the beltway, looking pretty good. still have the crash on the right shoulder. taking a look at 270 southbound out of frederick, slow out of germantown. >>> 6:32. some of the top stories we're following for you this morning. london police have identified three suspects in saturday night's people dead. the suspects were killed by police. their names have not been released. meanwhile, investigators conducted new raids this morning and detained several other people. >>> d.c.anc commissioner kendall simmons said he was humiliated and scarred. it shows the moment passes. >>> bill cosby is accused of sex assault. his accuser is planning to testify. the trial is expected to last as long as four weeks. >>> people of all colors, ages and from different churches attended a rall

. >> melissa mollet has a check on your commute. first meteorologist chuck bell. >> sheena has a scheduled day off for today and tomorrow so she's not one of the million dollar winners and flown the coop. she'll be back with us unless she wins the lottery while she's on vacation. you never know. outside on a quiet and cool morning, four things to know about the weather. nice and cool for now. big promises of a big-time warmup coming our way soon. delightful friday. i'm pretty sure delightful should have two ls, not three. the heat returns on sunday. it's going to be a sizzler for all of next week. today's forecast, in the 40s and 50s this morning. almost need a little layer of fleece for your early morning activities. later on this afternoon, partly sunny and nice. high up around 74 degrees. tomorrow looks like a back up near 80. a peek at the weekend with your ten day forecast. let's go over to melissa. >> little peek at traffic here. outbound river road at golds borrow, do still have the road work happening. this should be out of

we'll check the roads with melissa mollet in a moment. but first, look who is back.autiful weather. you can thank me for the weather. >> you had a nice barbecue, too. you were there for the ams conference. >> good barbecue. >> lucky guy. >> the cold front passed us by in kansas city on friday evening. i enjoyed a fresh evening friday evening in kansas city and had the same front pass through here on saturday afternoon. i got the same front twice. i was pretty happy about it. mild for your monday today. our little humidity break is going to continue. humidity on vacation the next few days. that means that mornings will be nice and cool and most of the week looks like it's going to be on the dry side. out the koor this morning. plenty of 50s on the map. 55 in front royal. 56 manassas. 72 in the urban heat island at national plan on sunshine and low humidity. some of the things that people love to hear most. especially in the last week of june. we'll take a look little farther into the week in a few minutes. for now, it's melissa mollet. >> good morning, chuck. inner lo

melissa mollet staying on top of it. >> breaking news in first 4 traffic.uge problem for a lot of people headed into the district. new york avenue on the anacostia river bridge, all lanes are blocked causing a big slowdown all over the place. all of this green rain falling, adding to the pain. justin finch is close to the scene, really showing us what's going on as far as so many delays. hi, justin. >> reporter: hey there, melissa. traffic is creeping along inbound route 50 into the washington area. perhaps you can see just before it hits the anacostia river bridge, cars are being directed off forn there. we've been following this in the area of the anacostia river bridge. this was a fatal, fiery, four-car crash. three cars involved did catch fire. the result, shutting down the 3600 block of -- in the d.c. area. also roads nearby. we know at this point, one person has died on the scene. one person is listed in critical condition. two others suffering nonlife-threatening injuries and one person treated on scene. as you make your way in and around this area t

and we are working for you this morning to get you out the door on time. >> melissa mollet of courseeeping an eye on how long it will take to get to work. chuck and sheena have moved outside to the deck. morning, guys. >> cloudy skies. i could see the full moon pretty easily on my way in. that is not the case right now. >> and it was misting a little bit outside currently. anyways, we do have cooler temperatures in the morning. 63 in the district. warrington, 52. frederick, 52. winchester, 48 degrees. 60 in quantico. right now, radar is showing a few sprinkles trying to develop near bethesda,

for now it is time to go to melissa mollet who is not in danger of getting sprayed. >> no. very protected in here but i would really, really love that this morning. 270 northbound and southbound, no problems out here. 66 in town and out of town no problems. 95 from virginia to quantico, no problems. we have pretty light volume all over the place. inner loop and outer loop of the beltway, don't have any major issues there. live look there going good. >> melissa, thank you. >>> 5:00 right now. storm team 4 weather alert day. with things expected to get down right toasty, people are goin

. >> before we do that, want to get to melissa mollet. high, guys, busy morning clearly in the weather department. busy morning on the roads. melissa mollet tracking developments this morning. >> that's right, guys. here's the problem. we do have breaking news northeast. benning road shut down both directions between oklahoma avenue and d.c. 295. you can sort of see it here in the distance. this could be a situation that lasts through the you. inner loop express lanes between springfield interchange and gallows road, we have some closures there. milling and paving. remember this one, this is worse than i thought it was going to be there at least right now. this came by out bound river road after little falls parkway, we have the milling and paving project. be really careful as you're headed through that area. you found the clicker? >> and i just found chuck. >> they're like, hey, we're coming early. >> chuck running in here. happy friday. >> yes, indeed. we're doing really well. >> i was wondering where the clicker was. it was underneath

for now, melissa mollet -- she circled something on the map. >> i circled something. happening inner loop, heading towards the american legion, we do have that little spec of red. we'll let you know in anything changes. 66 is fine and so is 95 here in virginia. two things here if you're headed into the district, we talked about this a minute ago. still hanging around, southbound at 295 pennsylvania avenue. left lane blocked northbound after malcolm x right lane. 301 at 5:00, nice, light volume there. aaron? >> melissa, thank you. >>> new details in the hazing death of a penn state student. video showing the final hours of a pledge's life a could soon describe in this case. >>> and a spoofing scam involving capitol police. what officials want you to be aware of the next time your phone rings. >>> plus, paying incredible price. with speeds up to 940 megs. that's 20x faster than most people have. and, it's just $79.99 a month online for 1 year. and only $5 more per month for the second year. get fios gigabit connection for $79.99 with tv, hbo for 1 year and multi-room dv

speaking of commute, let's check in with melissa mollet on this wednesday. >> i hope not. i think it will be just fine this morning. no major problems right now. one of you will kind of take a wide look at things here. allentown road, though, between 5 and auth, we still have that one lane getting by for that water main breeak. inner loop and outer loop okay. south of braddock, all lanes blocked with downs wires. coming off of 70 southbound, a little slow. after that, you look okay. if you're headed northbound as well. we'll take a look at the bridge coming up. >> thank you, melissa. [ gunfire ] >>> that is the sound of gunshots recorded by a homeowner's surveillance video. gunning down two young men one day before graduation. >>> shadi najjar and artem ziberov were killed monday night while sitting in a car. there are a number of questions surrounding the case. news4's justin finch is live at the high school. justin. >> reporter: eun, good morning. montgomery county police spent hours on that block where those teens were found trying to gather more clues in the case. in t

that's good news, melissa mollet. >> very good news, sheena. especially for anybody headed out of town today. here's another live look. 50 there at sandy point. as you get on the bay bridge, you're nice and clear this morning. remember to leave early. the advice is before 10:00 today or after 10:00 in the evening. inner loop after 4, right lane blocked by the work zone. rest of the beltway looks okay this morning. taking a look at 270, had that work zone northbound after 80, urbana work zone there. it's now clear. 66 at germantown road, no problems into or out of town. >>> thank you, melissa. we're working for you. starting the fourth of july weekend early. here's a live look at the roads this morning. pretty clear so far. traffic is light. that's going to change. a look at the best times to travel strai >>> a 13-year-old killed after being hit by a vre train. what we're learning about the final moments of her fe, as welill fios is not cable. we're a 100% fiber optic network. now with our new fios gigabit connection, you get amaz

. >>> we want to get a check on your traffic is melissa mollet. hopefully everything is good to go. >> everything is looking quite good. no road closures like last night because of the downed wires and trees and the storms. what we're looking at is bigger picture this morning, anging i. from rockville pike to.work zone blocking the right lane. outer loop fine this morning. 66 and 95, no big woirs. that situation in silver spring has resolved itself roadwise where justin is this morning but lots of cleanup. >> to the spur, you're on time as well as heading southbound or northbound. angie. >> some might say this is a sign. after a rainbow appea remember a virginia teenager. the muslim society light candles and tried to comfort each other after learning about the murder of nabra has a then. the teen was run down, beaten and dumped in a pond sunday morning. she and a group of friends were headed back for ramadan services. she was attacked after getting into a fight with another in the group. now he has one question for this man. >> [ inaudible ] why k

back to melissa mollet tracking the breaking news in your first 4 traffic. what are you seeing, melissa. >> breaking news in district heights. westbound lanes of silver hill are still shut down. you can see this telephone pole that that vehicle hit this morning. fatal crash there. again, eastbound between brooks and pennsylvania avenue open, westbound still shut down. your alternates there to get around this, southern avenue as opposed to staying -- if you don't want to deal with the beltway, which doesn't look so bad there. inbound 14th street bridge, a crash blocking a lane there. 66 inbound the manassas rest area, left lane blocked by a crash. beltway, no major issues. northbound 295 at 4, a crash on the left shoulder. as far as travel times, 270 looks okay. top of the beltway, no major issues there. taking a look at 66 and 95 in virginia, also rolling along just fine. remember to listen to wtop 103.5 fm in your car today. hi, sheena. >> good morning. gorgeous conditions to start off your tuesday. now, we're not getting much in the way of rain right now. b

by the way. >>> welcome in on this frid gilchrist. >> i'm erika gonzalez in for eun yang. >> melissa mollet standing by in the first 4 traffic center. we'll check in with chuck bell and lauren rickets after that. what have you got, melissa? >> breaking news in the district. here is the problem. terrible crash and investigation now underway here. look at that, just mangled car right now. crews still out on the scene. this means we still have benning road. live picture between oklahoma avenue and dc 295 shut down. very hard to see the response but it is there in the distance. that's something we'll be dealing with. they say probably for the next couple of hours. you can see that closure here. when it's purple, no data, nothing coming through at all. no flow, just flow. southbound g.w. parkway has some lanes blocked by a crash. northbound 395 before washington reported there. as we widen out, inner loop and outer loop of the beltway, no major issues right now. on metro orange line, the line is now completely open. trains are running but they are single tracking between cheverly and new carroll

melissa mollet will have a check on the forecast. are you sure it's june, chuck? >> absolutely. it's going to be a great day. number one rule of photography, don't fight the sun. backlit this morning, early sunrises of june. earliest sunrises of the year for the next seven to ten days. enjoy it. live view over capitol hill as the first rays of thursday morning find their way into your backyard. 49 in gaithersburg, 46 out in winchester, virginia. 56 downtown at very cool, comfortable start. going to be a great day today. mix of clouds and sunshine. no rain chance. today's high near 74 degrees. big weekend coming up, capital pride this weekend. parade saturday afternoon at 4:30. festival on pennsylvania avenue saturday afternoon until early parts of the afternoon. let's go in to melissa mollet and see if there's any issue on the roads. >> couple of new problems, westbound 50 before 201 kenil worth avenue. crash reported there. 395 is looking typically slow. southbound 395 ramp to washington boulevard at 27th, that was an accident. it's off of our system. that is gone. inner loop a

we will be checking in with melissa mollet. chuck, yesterday we hit a record.ay? >> it's going to be close. we made it all the way to 95 degrees, our hottest day of the year at this point in time. today's record is a little higher, it's 96. because it's one degree warmer, we may have a little harder time reaching it, but record or no record, it is going to be another day with high heat and humidity and very poor air quality as well. right now it is 77 at national airport. 78 in annapolis. 73 leesburg, 67 in warrington. everybody is a tic warmer than yesterday morning. four things to know about the weather, another steambath coming up today. code orange air quality today. heat indexes like yesterday back up to 100 degrees. still watching for a little better chance for thunderstorms tomorrow. there is an isolated chance for a shower or a storm. melissa mollet, it's another day to stay huddled up in the air conditioning. >> sounds pretty good for me. inner loop and outer loop of the beltway, we have cleared the work zone. outer loop at connecticut, we had it block

let's go over to melissa mollet and first 4 traffic.ood morning to you. >> good morning to you, chuck. taking a look at the beltway. inner loop and outer loop, couple of earlier pieces of road work going on. same thing on 66 and 95. earlier road work has cleared. on 270 clear from 70 down to the spur as you're headed southbound. if you're headed northbound, would he had an earlier bit of road work han 80 in urbana and that has cleared out of the way. last day for safetrack surge 15. they're still closed today. taking a look at your travel times. everything looking good in maryland and virginia. erika? >> thanks, melissa. we are working for you to help your children become financially fit, from babies to teens, we brought you the tips. coming up, the advice for your older children, too. >>> and dr. apple? tech giant is working to become your one stop shop for everything medical. new details about the program being called an itunes for health. >>> and live pictures from the scene of yesterday's shooting of a congressman and aide our team

let's go into melissa mollet.ope the traffic is taking it easy on us this morning. >> you know what, it's actually pretty nice out there. perhaps some people on vacation on this monday morning. chopper 4 over 270 southbound at the split, you can see those folks there headed onto the inner loop of the beltway. northbound 28 after compton road, do have a new disabled vehicle there causing some slowdowns there. wanted to warch you about that. 66, 95 in virginia, no major issues. slowdowns headed into quantico. the beltway looking quite good. take a look at travel times coming up. >>> melissa, thank you. 6:32 right now. our top story this morning, d.c. delegate eleanor holmes norton was missing from this year's capital pride parade. her office said it would cost money to be put on the wait list. >>> attorney general jeff sessions will testify tomorrow before theat committee. it comes a few days after former fbi director james comey's testimony raised questions about the attorney general and russia. meanwhile, presiden

got to check in with melissa mollet now. >> good morning, guys.aking a look at first alert traffic. chopper 4 over the outer loop of the beltway. new crash on the shoulder here just after the new hampshire avenue exit. still have pretty good volume at the top of the beltway. prince george's county, between brooks drive and pennsylvania avenue, remember in district heights, eastbound lanes are now open and one westbound lane is open. that is the fatal crash investigation from overnight. beltway, rest all of the green showing us where the rain was falling across the area this morning. couple of things happening here. route 1 at russell road. mt. vernon, crash reported there. northbound indian head after palmer, crash reported there as well this morning. travel times overall looking typical. at the top of the beltway, 66 in virginia. 95 virginia. you can see it looks okay as well. listen to wtop 103.5 fm when you hop in your car. good morning, sheena. >> good morning, melissa. as far as showers are kerpd, a few passing light passing showers this morn

time for traffic with melissa mollet.ood morning. >> chopper 4 over bw parkway at the light volume. love to see that whatever time of day it is. outer loop, after pennsylvania avenue, disabled vehicle there along the right side. not seeing really much of a slowdown there because of that. as you head inbound on indian head highway, near palmer, livingston road, disabled vehicle blocks the center of the roadway. starting to see slowdown there. charles town, northbound at palmswood road. have a crash there as well. as far as your travel times around town, take a look. 270 south from germantown to the spur, you're on time there. 68 miles per hour. you'll get there in 11 minutes. top of the beltway, showing the outer loop. 95 to 270 again on time. inner loop is also looking quite good this morning. 66 inbound and 95 northbound. both of those, you are in the clear. no major issues there. remember to listen to wcop 103.5 fm when you hop in your car today. >>> minutes away from the 6:00 a.m. hour and we have new numbers about the

let's check the commute with melissa mollet. good morning. >>> good morning. a reminder, silver, blue orange line delays both directions, track problem outside federal center southwest. red line shad shady grow and rockville stations closed. outer loop, taillights at university boulevard. you can see that normal slow down there. clinton, woodyard at richardson, lanes blocked because of a crash. we have travel times coming up. eun? >>> thank you. breaking news now. we just received information about prince philip. >> angie goff at the live desk. >> not many details, breaking news out of london where we learned that prince philip has been admitted to the hospital to be treated for an infection as precautionary measure and as a result of this, we're hearing he will miss the queen's speech this morning, this according to british media. many outlets reporting it. the queen's speech signals state opening of parliament and once the speech is delivered, new parliamentary session begin. we'll continue to follow up on any updates on his condition. once again, prince phi

melissa mollet standing by with what's going on with traffic. melissa? >> this breaking news continuing. we have northbound lanes that have just reo end. still seeing that delay here from chopper 4. northbound indian head highway at palmer, 1 1/2 to 2 mile backup. this just reopened. 13w0u7bd still shut down for the next couple of minutes. i think it will take a little while to get the crews out of the way and cleared up. >> outer loop to northbound b.w. parkway there on the beltway. so a little slow there. inner route at 470. >>> beautiful day outside, melissa. yet again a light breeze now. here in northwest washington, the planes roaring up the river this morning. if you're about ready to head down to national airport and fly out of town, that's a mistake. it will be be river. if you're on southwest and you don't have an assigned seat, sit on the right side of the plane for the city view. cool and comfy right now. 62 in washington. 56 at george and martha's place in mount vernon. cool and dry to comfortable and sunny. highs in the upper 70s and low 80s

for right now, melissa mollet has three things circled on her maps. >> i do.thbound branch avenue, shortcut road. remember, as you head into prince george's county today, part of shortcut still blocked from the earlier crash. chopper 4 over the top of the beltway showing us pretty nice light volume there. outer loop near connecticut avenue. we'll take a look at the three circles in a minute. >> thank you, melissa. >>> following a developing story on capitol hill. democratic senators were on the floor well after midnight to blast republicans for holding secret meetings in their effort to repeal and replace the affordable care act. >> they expressed their fear that republicans will jam a bill through with little debate by the end of next week. >> i don't think we ought to vote on a bill that will touch every single human being in this country when one party is locked not able to read the bill and not able to discuss it and help make suggestions and changes. >> now, republicans could provide an outline of their health care proposal as early as tomorrow. they're a

let's check the roadways right now with melissa mollet. see how it's looking.g. >>> good morning. the right side blocked by a crash. a 1.5-mile backup this morning this morning as you head inbound. report that a pedestrian was hit. also involving two cars. they're trying to figure out what was going on there. inner loop and outer loop of the beltway, nice and clear here this morning. 56, 95, no major issues there. lawyers road east of soapstone drive, the morning rush here. look at the travel times. 270 looks okay. top of the beltway, same thing. virginia, no worries. remember to listen to wtop 103.5 fm when you hop in your car. >> thank you, melissa. >>> if you love eating burgers, who doesn't? i love that when you can win hundreds of dollars doing what you love. z burger is having the eighth annual burger eating contest in a couple of week can wolf down multiple burgers in minutes to try out. last year, 28 burgers in ten minutes. wow. if you want to beat that, go to z-burger eating contest.com to enter. >> you topped out at 13? >> 13 was the max. my lucky num