e middlebrook to get around this thing.orthbound lanes are getting by just fine but that's going to be your work around for now. melissa. >> thank you. a couple of otherbl ps around town as well. in leesburg, evergreen mills a ro red cedar drive, lanes blocked there. two trees across the road. we're shutdown there. inner loop and outer loop at tha be nice and clear here this morning. travel time on 270 and the top ef the beltway, no problems. taking a look h at 66. it's okay. 95 north, quantico to the belt way is slow. 25 miles per hour this morning because of earlier crash that's now on the shoulder. remember to listen to wtop 103.5 fm when you hop in your car. looks good outside today,huh? >> sure does. no real weather issues for the comme this mornin the visibility is nice and high. 10 miles per hour in washington. there's somnd areas a little fogginess out there this morning but by and large not any weather impacts on your ride into workc and sl this morning. south westerly breezes today will keep temperatures way abo a

so your best bet is to get off on orchaad ins of middlebrook. now you were telling me -- >> problem on the beltway. that's right, brad. silver spring, outerloop. a brand new crash reported lere. the restks okay. but inbound, new york avenue.e right lan there is blocked by a crash. good morning, chuck bell. >> good morning. it's a pasant start to a monday. the only thing wrong with today is itsnd monday a we have to go back to work. skies mainly clear through the overnight hours. fog not a big concern for us this morning. four things you need about the next couple of days, sunny and warm today. a chance for showers later on in the day tomorrow but not eryone will get rained on. very warm on wednesday and bordering on hot b october standards as we get toward thursday. temperatures could be within a few ticks of 90 by thursday. for t iay thought's all about warmth. temperatures in the upper 70s to aroundes 80 deg later on in the afternoon today. so that's not too bad. 61 currentlyn winchester and 61 in baltore. 68 annapolis. making your plans tet o

germantown southbound 275 after middlebrook road.rash there in the main lanes of 270. 270 sou not so b this morning. top of the beltway, 22 miles per hour there. inbound on 66. no issues but 95 north is slow. only 13 miles per hour. remember to listen to wtop, 103.5 fm when you hop in your car. >> you have an 87 minute ride into the city. a little ahead of yourself here. back to other headlines this morning. first this developing story we'refollowing. the fbi now expanding an investigation into the supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh and it could include the third accuser. >> an exclusive interview with nbnews, julie swetnick described his behavior. >> i saw himo up to girls and paw on them and try to get a little too handsy touching them, private parts. >> nbc news has not verified her story and kavanaugh has denied her.knowing news 4's chris lawrence is in the newsroom now with the latest on the investigation. >> you mentioned new information about deborahra rez, the woman that accused brett kavanaugh of exposing himself back i c

my name is matt middlebrook. i'm with airbnb. it was my mistake to follow our employees, dante, paulo, who i think did a terrific job and summarized key issues, but just to give additional context, i appreciate supervisor safai's focus on the small businesses on the streets and restaurants. we are concerned about the unintended consequences of this legislation. in part, as you heard some of, we currently employ 135 unionized employees on our kitchen staff, in addition to 21 managers in our current cafeterias, which would not necessarily be impacted by this current ordinance. however, just for our company alone, we are in the process and already have building permits to build and open a new office that would employ 110 additional unionized kitchen staff, and so those are the jobs that we would be prevented from adding to our company. as was mentioned, these jobs pay $19.50 an hour to start with, well above minimum wage. they have benefits, 401(k), paid holidays, and as they said, you know, these are dependable in terms of hours an