here is melissa mollett with traffic. >>> good morning. right now have a new crash here this is the outer loop, the ramp to southbound 95 there in virginia. we have the ramp blocked right now. aren't seeing any slowdowns on the map, but we promise this is something that is going on. we'll keep you updated on this one here. outer loop at university boulevard, several disabled cars on the right shoulder. there were pieces of metal i understand in the middle of the roadway. flattened some tires. folks off to the right. >>> developing this morning, nearly 100 workers will return to the shenandoah national park to search for a missing firefighter from woodbridge. it has been six days since anyone has seen or had contact with nicole mittendorff. yesterday teams focused on the area near the white oak canyon trail. her car was located at the trail entrance on saturday. mittendorff works as a firefighter and paramedic for fairfax county and she's an avid triathlete and runner. family and ed for her safe return. ♪ that taught my heart to >> she was

melissa mollett, happy birthday to you. >> thank you, thank you. celebrating at work unfortunately.birthday. outer loop after connect automatic avenue, a brand new accident there. not sure yet what it's blocking. 270 at democracy, everything except the left lane blocked. they are repairing the overhead sign there southbound at democracy. 66 and 95, no problems. looking good there. and 270 at address again that is your slow spot here this morning. i'll be back in a few minutes. >>> capitals win in overtime? >> an overtime victory and the whole city can celebrate. the caps now at that time lead in the series. carol maloney shows us the challenges that still lie ahead in the quest for the stanley p cup. >> reporter: a childhood dream comes true as the caps defeat the penguins 4-3 in overtime. t.j. osh will ie lrd had two goals in the game nine minutes in to the sudden death session. he goes for the wrap around and it needed official review, but crossed the line. a hat trick in dramatic fashion. caps take the first game of the series with an incredible finish. >> the kind of stuff you d

as of now, melissa mollett is giving me the evil eye, keep rain off the weekend. doing everything i can. >> i'm trying to have a crab feast in my yard. i just want to sit there and enjoy myself with a littlet of sunshine. right now here at beltway at the interchange mixing bowl, nice and clear this morning. no worries there right now. taking a look at 395, so still have two pieces of road work hanging around. 395 north at duke, left lane getting by. and southbound at sat seminary, two lanes getting by. overall no issues in prince george's county. not sure what is going on on 301. no report on anything, but i'll keep an eye on it. 270 south from 70 to the spur going to take you 26 minutes. you are on time. remember to listen to our friends on wtop 103.5 fm when you hop in your car. >> you keep talking about this crab feast, we're sitting in here wondering what time we should come over. >> it's for my birthday and i jupgs want to sit there by myself, but you guys are welcome. >> oh, wow. >> just layout the newspaper, put on the bib. >> don't talk to me anybody. . >>

melissa mollett, good tuesday morning to you. >> good tuesday morning.e yesterday, so in the northbound lanes at duke, left lane gets by the work zone. and southbound after seminary, the two left lanes getting by the work zone there. otherwise looking pretty good. big look at the beltway, everything is moving along just fine. inner loop and outer loop, the bottom of the beltway has cleared out of the way. of 6 a 66 and 95 rolling along just fine. 270 at shady grove, no worries. >>> how to decision 2016. polls open in five states in just a few hours including maryland. voters will weigh in on more than the race for the republican and democratic presidential nominee's. >> maryland's u.s. senate seat and school boards will be decided today. the big congressional races we'll be tracking for you are in districts four, six and eight. now, ourbc indicates most maryland residents will vote for the presidential front runners today. maryland has a closed primary, that means only registered republicans and democrats can vote in their respective races. donald trump

for now, melissa mollett is dealing with wet roads on a monday. >> wet roads on a monday.e 270 at montgomery village avenue, you can see the sheen on the roadway. it's not coming down very hard, but it is coming down all over the place. all the green that looks like a big b 395 at seminary, a work zone. overall, no major problems. see you in a few minutes. 12k3w4r50 good morn >> good morning. in laurel, maryland, take a look at the map. this is what is going on. fourth street between marshall court still shut down because of a police-involved shooting. this is the indus market. laurel spokeswoman telling us a suspect was arrested outside the market and another suspect shot inside the market. that person now in the hospital. his condition unknown. but she will update us on this vehic investigation shortly. >>> the anne arundel sheriff's office says sheriff ronald bateman was arrested during a domestic incident at his home last we're supposed to typfind out m later this morning. so keep an eye on the nbc washington app. >>> a boy is in critical condition after he was hit by

melissa mollett has new troubles. >>> new troubles 193 at locksford road. report of a crash. we're not sure which direction there on 193. as soon as we get more information, i'll pass it along. inner loop before landover, 202, a crash on the right shoulder. not slowing anything now. 66 and 95 looking quite good here this morning. no problems there. and remember, northbound georgia avenue there at colesville, we have that left lane getting by the work zone, that is the only thing here that is getting by the work zone. 270 at 118, germantown road, looking quite good. everybody headed south around the bend here. slows for a minute and then picks back up. >>> it is a controversial plan that will have some teachers carrying guns at school. that's not what people are upset about. >>> have you used your new chip card at a store yet? neither have a lot of people. why so many retailers are behind on installing take technology. >>> and we talked about it being tax day a little earlier in the show. but what do you do if you're not ready to file your returns yet? what you need to know ab

i know melissa mollett is in full agreement. >> i hear them clapping and i'm clapping in here, as well. i cannot wait until monday. i already have my plans in place. taking a look at the beltway, we're now clear here. all of the construction is of the way. inner loop and outer loop, everything nice and green this morning. 270 northbound/southbound, also nice and clear. had earlier road work that is out of the way. 66 west of ox road looking good. no major issues there. taking a look at 95 now, quantico to the beltway, going to take you 17 minutes exactly on time. average speed 66 miles per hour here. remember to listen to wtop 103.5 fm when you hop in your car this morning for the latest traffic troubles. >> we'll make plans together for monday, melissa. >>> new details this morning in the death of a washington state woman dismembered after going on a date. a look at the charges her accused killer now takess. >>> we're also getting a closer look at how long it takes for private ambulances to arrive since they started responding to calls in d.c. and the numbers may or may not surprise y

for now, here is melissa mollett with a problem in manassas. >> and it has a partial closure.sudley road, all lanes are blocked because of a car that went into a telephone pole. eastbound we understand is open. also 95 south, the ramp to westbound old keene mill, no access because of paving rit now. 395 two different pieces of road work here, northbound after duke street, the right lane only henk get being by. and southbound after seminary, two left lanes getting by the work zone. we'll take a look at 270 coming up. >>> it's 4:28. developing this morning, a suspicious death investigation in fairfax county. a 21-year-old man was found dead at his town home in t centreville area. police say a member of the family found him unconscious yesterday afternoon. investigators found trauma to his upper boady. the neighbors were shaken. a neighbor tells us the victim was a student at george mason university and lived with his sister and parents. police spent much of the night talking with neighbors and looking for evidence. >> it's still early on in the investigation right now. our detec

melissa mollett has been a busy morning in first 4 traffic. >> very busy here.breaking news still in rosslyn. so the fire is now out at the rosslyn station. sounds like this is really wrapping up and going to be moving out of the way, but trains are still affected because of the fire there outside rosslyn station. so orange line single tracking between foggy bottom and blue line and silver line delays only running between wheelly reston east and ballston. as f bound 3rd street tunnel near new york avenue, crash blocking the left side of the roadway there. as you take a look at 66 and 95, no major problem, but we do have a report of some debris in the roadway inner loop. we're sending chopper there. >>> commuters between alexandria and arlington are expected to get a faster ride starting today. the new traffic lanes just for them and the fine drivers could get if they're caught using them. >>> also ahead, probably not the position you want to find yourself. wow. the close call for one paddle boarder enjoying their weekend out on the water. the nra and its campaig

melissa mollett has a look at your first 4 traffic. >> good morning.at road where we had the earlier problem. also down in stafford, eastbound 610 eustace, >>> good morning. i'm meteorologist chuck bell. this is the view from our tower looking down from the park lot. our next door neighbors on nebraska avenue can barely see the top of the tower at the church next door. low clouds and fog and drizzle and light rain on tap for today. you'll need your jacket. >>> get the latest news and weather anytime on the nbc washiton app.ng >>> good morning. on a special today's take. salt n pepa is here. and check out the hook while his d.j. revolves it. vanilla ice is with us and you can't throw a house party without kid n play. that and much more coming up now. >> from nbc news, this is "today's take" with al roker, natalie morales, willie geist and tamron hall. live from studio 1-a in rockefeller plaza. >> welcome to "today." it's friday morning. a very special today's take on the 90s. if you have been watching all morning you have ian our concert outsideth willi

temperatures will be climbing up into the upper 60s and as we were mentioning, melissa mollett, the forecast a guarantee you will like it. 100% -- >> can i keep this until monday? >> yes. he'll give you -- >> $1,000? >> how with 50 cents. >> awesome. guarantee, no rain. >> taking a look at a new problem northbound branch avenue before the exit to the outer loop, we have two lanes because of a crash there, two different crashes. you have to stay left to get by that accident. eastbound 7 at main street, aova rollover crash. southbound connecticut near aspen, a crash. and travel times in ten minutes. >>> today the second phase of the earthquake repair work kicks off. you may remember the cathedral was damaged back in earthquake. and molette green has more on the repairs and how long they're expected to take. >> reporter: for years we've been looking at the scaffolding outside and surrounding this beautiful structure. now we'll see something big happen. some of the shaky pinnacle pieces we saw just yesterday, they're coming out. a giant crane arrives at about 9:00 this morning to remove the heav

melissa mollett now with an update on first 4 traffic. >>> looking good 270 southbound at the spur passinggomery mall, democracy boulevard things have opened up. no more worries there. south capitol street southwest at the chesapeake, the southbound lanes blocked because of downed wires. 66 inbound after 340, still have the left lane blocked because of the earlier crash. and 95 here in virginia at prince william county northbound southbound looking good. northbound starting to see some delays. >>> 5:55. more arrests stemming from the dead will he san bernardino smoothing. authorities arrested three people with family ties to the couple responsible for the attack. the brother are of the shooter was arrested along with his wife and also the wife's sister all fraud conspiracy. they're accused of lying under oath to get immigration benefits. neighbors say those arrested were remorseful. >> they just know that they had no control of what their brother did. >> the three people arrested are not charged with any terrorism related offenses. >>> an iphone is at the center of a legal dispute between

. >>> and i'm melissa mollett, first 4 traffic center talking about a problem headed out of the district. we'll tell you what you will have to deal with >>> first we're off to a cold start this morning. take a live look outside of union station where the wind is blowing the flag. looks like it picked up. >> let's get right to storm item 4 meteorologist chuck bell. >> it's been a free-fall of temperatures since about 5:00 yesterday afternoon. yesterday 5:00 p.m., 74 degrees. windchill right now just 12 hours later, 24 gldegrees. so feels 50 degrees colder now than just 12 hours ago. another hard freeze tonight and no warmth for a while. current windchill now 17 in hagerstown. 19 in frederick. only 20 degrees in prince george's county. occasional snowflakes to be found out there, but nothing will stick to the ground. the next 24 hours will all be cold. 35 this morning with chills in the 20s. 46 at 5:00 this afternoon and tomorrow morning. we'll detail how long the cold will last coming up a little later. now it's traffic time. >>> northbound foxhall road near reservoir, could be shut down

. >>> and i'm melissa mollett.have a closure this laytonsville on the roads and a problem on the rail himse. details on both coming up. >>> but first, it's coming up on 5:30 on your friday morning. four things you need to know about the weather to get you ready for the day. patchy frost, but only in the rural outlying areas out to the shenandoah valley, northern maryland and out towards like charles town, west virginia. no widespread freeze like we've had. classic april weather is finally here. sunshine highs right on average this afternoon. about 67 weekend plans, no worries today, tomorrow or sunday. no rain, no problems. but that does make for more and more in the way of pollen. talking temperatures, sun is up at 6:31. temperatures will be in the upper 30s in the rural area, but low 40s in town. sunshine at lunchtime, go out and sit outside in your neighborhood parking lot or anybody you want to do to be outside today. temperatures mid to upper 60s. a nice little warming trend coming our way. we'll be 80 degrees

we're keeping it it out of the weekend for now, because melissa mollett said you put rain on saturdayll never be nice to you again. >> i do have plans for my brirt d birthday coming up. we'll talk about that outer loop to southbound 95, the crash is now on the shoulder. seeing a tiny slowdown, but not bothering things too much. westbound 175 at route 1, this pedestrian accident, we have chopper on the way to that one. westbound lanes are still blocked as far as we know and eastbound lanes are open here this morning. 9 at stone an any oig point roaa brand new crash. suitland parkway, have that accident still hanging around and same thing marlboro pike at woodyard road. new hampshire avenue at oak view drive just inside the beltway, still have that accident. i'll be back at 6:01 with more on that problem there on 175. >>> it's now 5:54. montgomery county police are searching for the person who killed a transgender woman in a hotel in rockville. the investigators say 22-year-old kianna monroe died of trauma to the upper body. on her facee she lived in d.c. and worked as a makeup artist.

melissa mollett, how is traffic holding up? >>> 95 south after centreport parkway, a disabled vehicle blocking the right lane. you can see just a tine any bit of a slowdown there. south 295 after east capitol, left lane getting by the crash. backups building there on 295. we have police on the scene hoping to get that out of the way before too much volume starts to build. 270 at old hundred, rolling along just fine. and overall prince george's county again roads are totally fine here. might be just a little wet as you can see on >>> at 5:02, we have breaking news. sources telling news 4 an arrest has been made in a deadly stabbing at the deanwood metro station in northeast d.c. a 15-year-old boy died after being stabbed inside the station yesterday. >> he is the second 15-year-old killed after a confrontation at that metro station in less than three week. let's go live now to molette green outside of police headquarters with more on this arrest. >> reporter: good morning. yeah, and that's why we're outside d.c. police headquart

here is melissa mollett, where should we avoid? >>> avoid the bottom of the beltway if you can. chopper over the fatal crash this morning, right now we now have two right lanes getting by outer loop at branch avenue. so that is an improvement. we still have about a four mile backup there. 270 southbound here at montrose road, we're still jammed, a five mile backup because of some sign work happening at the exit for montgomery mall. it is very slow because they have everything going down to one left lane. 66 inbound after 50, crash on the left shoulder there. blue and silver line delays because of track work between largo c road. and orange line delays to vienna, problem at cheverly. >>> what would you do if you saw a man lying in the middle of a busy road? these by stand exerciers did no. the shocking video coming up. >>> and something that had a lot of you sitting in traffic last night, but will you need to avoid the area this morning? the latest on the suspicious package found near the woodrow wilson bridge. >>> and why the head of metro waders union delores kelley: although w

best chance for rain is friday, but as of now, melissa mollett, your weekend will be uninterrupted byay you later. outer loop at flp in thanew ham disabled vehicle. route one, slowing a bit. 395 inbound at seminary, look like that has cleared out of the way. we had a disabled vehicle there. this is also gone, motorcycle crash northbound firth sterling, no more worries there. overall prince george's county looking typical. inbound 210 is a little slow, pretty typical for the average tuesday morning. to which t top of the beltway look going and 270 south going about 40 miles per hour. >>> i'm kristin wright at the live desk. here in the newsroom, we're keeping tabs on day three of the search for survivors of that earthquake in ecuador. we're getting in some really intense on the ground pictures of rescues. but the feeling right now in ecuador is t dwindling. the death toll now up to 413 people tand it will probably kep going up. thousands are injured and left with absolutely nothing. while here at home, fair tags county fire is getting ready to send a few member of virginia task force o

i mentioned it, i've teased it, here it is in print, melissa mollett, a "7-day forecast" filled withshine through the weekend. warmest day of the next seven will be 79 next monday. not even a chance for rain in the next seven days. >> we will make you stick to it. you do not want to battle eun or myself on the weather and he is parkway southbound still a bit slow there because of that earlier crash. northbound we had folks looking to the left. right now that looks like that has pretty much cleared up. as we back out and take a big look at things, you can see overall we're looking pretty typical generally speaking. prince george's county no problems there. 66 inbound before 29, still have that crash blocking the left lane. 95 northbound looking good. northbound route 1, at hassett, a crash slowing things. 295 south at east capitol, disabled car in the left lane. 270 at monday stroh's, lotrosmo normal. >>> it was completely unprovoked, that is how authorities are describing a shooting that left a constable in the hospital. this is new video out of houston, texas. this morning authoriti

it is getting to be traffic time, so time to bring in melissa mollett. no rain yet, so whatever troubles you have, you can't blame it on the rain. >> no blaming it on the rain no singing. northbound before 301 merge, left side blocked by a crash. no rain through the area right now as chuck said. still, though, have that problem. northbound rock creek parkway after virginia avenue, police activity blocking the right lane there. 270 at falls road, you can see no problems or any rain falling. and top of the beltway, those routes looking good. travel times in ten minutes. >>> now give yourself plenty of time if you are heading to the nats home opener today. there are just a handledfful of parking locations. there are no parking in some neighborhoods. kristin wright has more on the best ways to get here and where to park. >> reporter: you know, what parking is not easy. we all know that. i remember coming to a game last year with my husband, we spent most of the time in the car parking because we came with no parking plan whatsoever. and let me tell you, that

it's lonely out here with my buddy melissa mollett around, but i'll be morning. right now you have me all to yourself. man, oh, man, is it cold. weather headlines, let the warming begin. we'll at least be back up into the 50s today after the 40s yesterday. sunshine for your sunday, but rain chances early tomorrow morning. so enjoy the dry weather while it's here. right now 25 in gaithersburg and manassas, 23 culpeper, 31 now at national airport. freeze warning this place all over the news 4 nation aun i will 10:00 a.m. near record cold. haven't broken any records just yet, but we're within a couple degrees. thankfully a lighter wind and mild are afternoon. so today nice day to be outside after a cold start. highs today upper 40s and low 50s. we'll look at the week ahead coming up. >>> now to decision 2016. it was a busy night for the number two candidates in the race for the presidency. bernie sanders and tg each took home a win. sanders cruised to a victory delegates go, it was a tie. each wins seven in the state. but sanders has created hoe men dumb beating cli