middlebrook road, a crash on the left shoulder slowing things a little bit in middlebrook. then it opens back up after that. 66 at nutley street. a crash on that shoulder. little slow in bound at nutley. prince gorges county looking good. slow in bound. indian head highway. top of the beltway, typically slow into town and out of town. bw parkway going 40 miles per hour. chuck. >>> outside early morning picture of the rising sun. a gorgeous sky on your wednesday morning. temperatures in the 50s and 60s. not much of a breeze out there now. winds today will be very light. out of the south at probably less than 5 miles per hour. we really do need the rain. we're going from dry to drought around here. only about an inch and a half of rain since august 1st. that's about a three inch shortage in rainfall over that same period of time. a cool start this morning. a sunny afternoon coming. nice and warm. outside later on this afternoon, temperatures running nearly 10 degrees warmer than average. right now 50 in frederick, 49 in mart continuesburg. low 60s inside the beltway. 62 by th

earlier crash on middlebrook road. i cleared away and traffic is getting better. seven-mile backup of bumper-to-bumper traffic. now a seven-mile traffic but it's not bumper to bumper. loosening up past 24. move to the map. accident is involving a pedestrian. university boulevard at langely drive. down to one lane. you see solid red line. a lot of police activity. you are slowing down in the area. there is congestion on 95. if you have to catch a flight, 95 and the b.w. parkway is slowing. as far as the cape call slow -- typical slowing working your way closer to the american legion bridge we are almost in single digits. we have crashes on 66. one eastbound near the toll road with the lane blocked. outbound on 66 trying to get closer on fairfax near 123 with the left lane blocked. 95 in virginia at route one. it is congested getting there. slow-go on friday. back to you. leon: all right, jamie. coming up next on "abc7 news at 4:00" -- the two simple ways to get the money you deserve. how to collect on class action alison: a couple of minutes on the web could earn y

bw parkway, 95, 29, everything looking nice and green. 270 and middlebrook road, no issues through germantown. >>> if you're just waking up, we want to tell you about breaking news, you're looking live at the scene of a deadly shooting in prince george's county. news4's kristin wright arrived a short time ago. >>> back at 5:17. we're talking about that breaking news we first told you about when the newscast began at 40026. prince george's police are searching for a motive after a homicide. kristin wright is there with more on the victims. good morning. >> reporter: hey, good morning. that's right, three people are shot and one of them is dead. police still here some some five hours after the shooting. look behind me, you can see several evidence markers. we counted at least 12 of them, possibly more. this could be shell casings we're just not sure. the shooting happened at 12:30 this morning. detectives have been out here all night long, working on collecting evidence. officers got here and found a woman and would men with gunshot wounds. one of the men died here. the other man and woman were

the we're still doing fairly well on i- 270 with no major issues as you travel southbound from middlebrook road to the capital beltway now a 13-minute commute. eastbound on i-66, it's been fairly quiet for the most part. we do have volume starting to pick up, however, in areas like fairfax. again, that's typical for your morning ride. from chain bridge road to l street northwest a20-minute commute. northbound on i-95 on the virginia side from richmond highway to i-395, a 10-minute commute. we're doing fairly well with a few trouble spots around the metro. we'll send it over you to. >>> it's 6:17. in the news right now, military helicopters are now being used to rescue people in japan from flooding triggered by two daze of heavy rain just north of tokyo. 20 inches fell in the span of just 24 hours. one woman is still missing hours after a landslide hit houses there. >>> meanwhile europe continues to deal with an in flux of migrants. just yesterday more than 300 refugees from iraq and syria walked on foot through a highway on the danish-german border. the danish police were forced to close t

looking at 66 into and out of town, no issues there. 270 at middlebrook road looking quite good this morning. b.w. parkway, 95, 29 and the top of the beltway, all nice and clear and green for us right now. branch avenue southbound at the beltway, two right lanes blocked there because of road work. remember to listen to our friends on wtop 103.5 f.m. when you hop in your car this morning. >>> 5:02, a big meeting at metro today. the first public meeting about the train derailment that happened last month. the safety and security committee of metro both are meeting this morning. five cars went off the rails at the smithsonian station a month ago. you might remember the shutdown and the huge delays caused by that. news4 transportation reporter adam tuss will join us live in about 15 minutes. >>> check the nbc washington app to see what the federal government says about train safety. jeh johnson is speaking at union station this afternoon. the head of the tsa and amtrak's chief of police will be there too. they will discuss how they're all keeping you safe when you get on a train. >>> dev

southbound i-270 no issues towards the capital beltway from middlebrook road to the capital beltway, a 13-minute commute. eastbound on i-66 volume primarily in manassas. from sully road to north lee highway a34-minute commute. as you make the trip northbound on i-95 on the virginia side from gordon boulevard up to i- 395, a 10-minute chute. for now we'll send it over -- commute. for now we'll send it over to you. >>> one person has died in the northern california wildfire that has consumed more than 78 square miles. thousands of people have been evacuated from the fast-moving flames which have destroyed at least 500 homes so far. chelsea edwards has more from middletown, california. >> reporter: the insatiable fire burning 20 miles of napa valley is california's top priority. the governor has issue add state of emergency and fire -- issued a state of emergency and fire crews working elsewhere have been moved here to stop the destruction. >> it's utter chaos. there's nothing like it. i've never seen anything like it. >> reporter: embers rain down on people trying to escape after the f

want to show you how things are on i-270 from middlebrook road down to the capital beltway a 12 minuteeastbound 66 been really quiet. we had a rough week certainly along the corridor from nutley street to north lee highway a 12 minute commute. northbound i-95 on the virginia side, no issues from lorton road as you go up to i-395. a nine minute commute. and southbound on the parkway from laurel bowie road down to 36th street northeast a 13 minute commute. the mixing bowl, you can see traffic is certainly rocking and rolling in all directions. as you make your way up i-395 or travel on the inner loop of the beltway. you'll have no issues this morning, everything is shaping up quite nicely. the look from our maryland camera shows how things on i- 270. again democracy boulevard traveling from frederick to the capital beltway in bethesda, no problems, a live rook from the traffic land cram shows you things here, this is -- kenilworth avenue at eastern avenue making your way from 295 into town. you won't have any trouble traffic still fairly light and we hope it stays this way for the next u

the crash between middlebrook road and maryland 124 has been moved over to the shoulder with delays intoer spring from interstate 95 into georgia avenue. dave: thank you. taking a look at the news, prince george's county public's will officials disciplined the teacher's aide who put a four-year-old on the run earlier this week. than one hour. older children eventually realize that he was lost and notified the school. officials say that they are reviewing dismissal procedures. it happened again yesterday as well. a woman accused of trying to grab a child right out of the stroller on a metro train is due in court this morning. the 48-year-old is charged with attempted abduction after trying to snatch the two-year-old out of a train near foggy bottom. she was tackled and detained by fellow riders. you can get more traffic, weather, and news updates on "good morning washington." so everyone is saying, "hey! you gotta get fios!" but why? well, fios is a 100 percent fiber optic network to the home, so you can get access to the fastest internet and in-home wi-fi available. and fios gives you bi

starting to see slow traffic southbound 270 from father hurly boulevard to middlebrook drive.ou. >> all right. now top stories. the military trial for army sergeant bowe bergdahl continues in texas today. bergdahl is facing the possibility of life behind bars for allegedly decircuit his fellow soldiers in afghanistan in 2009. and bergdahl was held five years by the taliban until a prisoner swap with the u.s. >> and sentencing is set today for alexandra menendez. back in january menendez struck the owner of mk auto sales and service on columbia pike in arlington and dragged him several feet. she ran over another man's foot before taking off. sentencing is set for 9:30 this morning. >> and police are investigating a deadly crash in laurel. involving a tour bus. police say 45-year-old michael pay loma of silver springs driving pickup on fort meade and struck a tour bus. he died at the scene. you can get more news, traffic and weather updates on good morning washington. on newschanel 8. hope you have a great friday. ♪ this is my heartbeat song >>> good morning, america. 1 in a mil