. >> and mollet! i'm going to have to talk to her for real and see if she enjoyed russia. as o you like escargot, well? >> i do. but i don't eat raw escargot, i eat them cooked. not that i eat them all the time. >> too slippery. t aexture thing. >> give me meatlaf. >> i li that, too. >> i'm not a meatloaf guy. >> what you do like to eat? >> it should be -- my person opinion, meatloaf is the final half life of everything. you cook food all week, you got a little of this left over, a of little that left over, you smoosh it up in a pan, bank it, call it ketchup and serve it to ykids. that'smy personal of meatloaf. a rain-free start across the area. there are drops on the stote m 4 radar already. they're impacting primarily the mountains of west virginia and parts of the shenandoah valley. no rain around town. you don't need the umbrella here for the next couple of hours. equally divided and controlled mild.po 58 at dulles a. 66 in washington. 6 2 in germantown this the planner for today, 60s to get you g

want to check in with melissa mollet. more on the first 4 traffic alert on the beltway.>big problem here, and another problemfter this one. here's the initial problem with this police investigation we've been talking about this morning. in greenbelt, outer loop after 201, some lanes are getting by. we still have in closures and a two-mile back up. take a look at thatdelay. three lanes are open. doesn't really matter. still have the two-mile back up. inner loop there, left lane shut down because of the investigation. we have slowdowns there as folks are also looking acrs the roadway to see what's going on. after this on the outer loop, college park, near 95, we have at least two, perhaps three lanes here in the center of the roadway shut down because of that new crash. whyte's ferry also closete high wa on the potomac is the reason there. let's look at your travel times here. 66 inbound, 58 miles per hour.or 95 nbound, quantico to the beway, 61 miles per hour. maryland now, 64 m es per hour outhbound on 270. and 95 to270, after all of thesecrashes on the outer loop, you c

melissa mollet has the latest on the troles on i 270. melissa? was the scene at 270 at clapper road.to tractrailer fully engulfed. we have since reopened some lanes. if you take a live look now, we still have some pretty good delays southbound. live look. a five mile backup. you have to allow extra time. it looks better than it did. another issue, columbia, crash on the left side. little bit of delay as folks look at that as well. travel times from maryla, 270 south, 21 miles per hour. it will take you 34 minutes now because of that issue we just showed you. outer loop of the beltway, 44 miles per hour. taking a look at 66 in boundnd 95 northbound, no major issues. remember to listen to wtop, 103.5 f.m. when you hop in your car. chuck? >>> thank you, melissa. beautiful picture here. take a check of that on your screen. a lot of beautif pre-dawn color. sun is up at 6:03. currently 5:51. northeast wind is lots of reds and oranges in the sky. 66 here in washington. what had been eye light wind is coming back around the thrtheast. that brings in e co

now over to melissa mollet. >> good morning.ooking at woodbridge, minivi le road at prince william parkway, a crash hanging around. not affecting prince william, just near it. it's only affecting minniebell road. 270 northbound, southbound, rolling along nicely.p, outer loonner loop, all of the earlier roadwork has disappeared. as we zoom in, only one thing hanging around, northeast 44th, south of nannieelen boroughs, fire investigation there. 62 in maryland, 32 to the beltway, miles per hour gets threw in ten minutes. -- gets threw in ten minutes -- gets you through in ten minutes. >>> 43 million americans are expected travel for the holiday. an estimated 37.6 million will be driving. aaa that's is the highest number it's ever recorded, and expect the traffic to start sooner than usual. dare expected to start as early as wednesdanu and conti through monday. if you're hitting the oad early, aaa plengremmendsvoiding the resource and hit the road at off-peak times. >>>e we h story of a stray dog stuck under the hood of her ca she

we have melissa mollet with first 4 traffic. >> chuck will join uslater. lauren ricketts has the >>forecast. > a nice mild morning. the sun coming up before00 6: a.m. it is going to be beautiful out there a beautiful sunrise into the morning. comfortable, degrees now. we've got the south wind at tbout seven miles per hour. humidity kept aay today. as we continue through the day, maybe a few more cclouds,uld have an isolated shower, we are seeing a few isolated showers mainly to the norh, through hagerstown around the mason dixon line. again, this is going to continue to push into maryland, could have a few isolated showers as we get this morning's started but they won't last long. we'ltalk about the remainder of the day and whether you can see some showers. we've got weather day at nats park. i'll join chuck bell later this afternoon and doug kammerer will announce the summer outlook at 4:00 p.m. we'll talk more aboutt. tha first to traffic and melissa mollet. good morning. >> good morning. first 4 traffic alert at 4:00 a.m. we're talking aboutlaurel, nort

if now to melissa mollet.g a look, chopper 4 just coming up on the problem at con cticut avenue. a truck on the right side of the roadway. excuse me, blocking a lane. looks like they may have just gone off to the right shoulder bich, of course, would much, much better. inner loop, outer loop, the rest of it isooking quite good. northbou 395, those hov lanes before the 14th street bridge, still very slow. we were closed a shortime ago. fachkt r fairfax, eastbound 66 under 1 is 223, aane blocked -- fairfax county, eastbound eastbound at 66 and 1 is 223, a lane blocked. local lanes before west montgomery, have an accident on the right side of the roadway. seeing delays headed southbou. travel times, 66, slow fairfax county to the beltway. quaico to the beltway, 28 miles per hour. top of the beltway, outer loop, 27 miles per hour. remember to listen to w to p 103.5. >>> 6:53. this morning and all week we are hmongoring the heroes of the classroo it is -- honoring the heroes of the clam. >> we kick thin off with mo

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. >> we're going to talk to melissa mollet about your first 4 traffic in a second. first, storm team 4 meteorologist cluck behucks ell de the weather alert. >> we're under the gun for strong to severe storms during the middle parts of the afternoon. probably just in time for the evening commute to get going. that's wh storm chances really start to ramp up. so four things to know, storm team 4 weather alert today. what does that mean? keep a weather eye to the sky and a weather ear to wnbc -- wnbc? your nbc washington app. the main timing will be about 2:00 to :starting in the shenandoah valley -- 2:00 to 8:00, starting in the shenandoah valley. athe good news, this i one-and-done show for weather. quiet weather returns tomorrow. there's the activity to the west. even overnight storms across central pennsylvania. all kwoid for now. temratures -- quiet fornow. temperatures in the comfortable range. 57 in manassas. 61 in leesburg. 56 in clinton, maryland. your planneror today, plan on a big warmup. temperatures into the mid to upper 80s today. not everyone's going to g

let's go to melissa mollet. she's had a busy, busy morning. >>> it he ben an busy morning.ew, problem northbound 395, hov after glebe. a new crash has just ouppened. if y're headed that way, a warning for u. outer loop after 201, kenilworth avenue. looking better than it was. same situation, outer loop near 95 from aarlier crash via two different accidents there. right now the top of the beltway is still slow, going back six miles per hour through the section approaching it kenilworth avenue. allow extra time if you're heading out soon. we got off the phone with police about this. leesburg, 15 nearet luckz and montessoriy, all lanes shut down. a serious crash and medevac on the way. sounds like one person with serious injuries right now. >>> takin a look it the district, westbound pennsylvania avenue at continue, had an accident there. as far as your travel times, 66, 33 miles per hour inbound, 95, nearly eight miles per hour headed into town. 270 southbound, 35 miles per hour. toppg the beltway, 28 miles per hour. listen to wtop 103 f.m. when you hop in the car. guys? >> t

meliss mollet is standing by such a nice ride into rk. window open, sun roof open, very comfortable, indeed. even a few spots in the open window weather for sure. we get to keep it super nice all day longtoday. much like yesterday, low humidi little less of a today. aftern highs once again just a average. our average high is 77. the forect for today is 76. much lss wind though as i was mentio i'll time that out with you in let's to the lovely and northb o270 bef montrose, the left lane. i don't know if they were doing you have the left side blocked. it is so early this morning. capito heights, outer loop, twos left let by a not impacting the beltway. inner loop, outer loop. 66 town and out of town no worrie 95 into maryland, 32 down to the beltwa 67 miles gets you there story. three people are in the hospital after stabbed in a popular park in arlington. two of the victims were rushed condit one victim with minor injuri but is expected to be okay. one person has been arrested. we working to get mo bur nor johnson iii was involved with peo

checking mollet is road closures after yesterday's bad weather. let's get to the all-imfrrtant ay forecast with chuck bell. >> finally a friday with not much in the way of a rain chance which is good news. we've had so many rainy fridays the last two or three months. you see on the radar loop, fading showers. as you're getting up early this morning, most of that rain is gone. don't need to worry about the umbrella today. eventually the clouds will move out, and the humidity because it's still a little stickyt oude this morning, the humidity is going away later today, as well. right now, still plenty warm. 74 in martinsburg, west virginia. 74 in fredericksburg. 72 in arlington. 76 by the bay. in annapolis, your gardening forecast, after a sunny day, look at the weekend forecast. saturday, mostly sunny, highs around 80 degrees. if you've got tod get yarrk done, today or tomorrow are the best days to do it. sunday, heat and humidity coming back in a big way. we'b talk at that and of course the beach forecast and look at the outlook for memorial day i

meat, ssa mollet, is the warm air coming back. ore about the memorial day weekend comingup. >> thank you. >>> hyattsville,uter loop after 450, two left lanes getting by the work zone. you'renot seeing big slowdown there. 66, 95 looking good into town and out of town. prince george's county, same situaton. no big claints there. everything is rolling along nicely. northwest, inbound at 7th, lane v shut down by a crash. and 44th south of nanny helen rr boroughs closed. >>> summer here. and soo some you will try tob eat the heat swimming. mind r things to keep in to keep your family safe in the summer. >>> later on "ellen" -- >> are you saying you're betten fri with jen than me? >> i don't need to say it, it's obvious. a lot of people know that. >> she told me that she was so k excited with me because she was tiredan ofng out with you. >> wow. wow. >> yeah. >> reese witherspoon drops by. of which them does jennifer aniston like better? ellen calls jen to find out. uh-oh. see what happens. >>> welcome ck. warmer weather is finally arri

and melissa mollet 82 and dry on a saturday. how much do you love me w?>. >> i love, love, love, love, love you. i have outdoor plans, and that's amazing. between 123 and the beltway, we'll talk about itntil it's open again. all lanes shut down because of a sinkhole. the northbound lanes are pushed on to 123. this has disappeared. inner loop and outer loop nice and clear. northbound geora after 16th, left lane gets by the work zone. an issue on 395. we'll talk about it in a minute. >>> this week we're taking a look at alternative wellness. perhaps when you'r feeling rundown or in need of a lift, you go to a doctor. >> this morning, justin finch looks at the benefits of hypnotherapy. >> reporter: this maip may not be the picture that comes to find when you think about hypnosis or hypnotherap >> everyone at the -- >> reporter: we sat in on this exercise called witch's brew. in the hot seat suzanne windsor taking in positive feedback to visualize and later action actuallyize her -- actualize her ams in the spotlight. we asked what life would be like without

maollet mollet? >> -- molette? >>> millions will be kking off the unofficial start to summer. >> with that will come gridlock. we'll let you know when to leave. here's the bay bridge in maryland. things are calm right now. this will look like a parking lot most loyikely in a few hour as people head to the beaches. aaa says the absolutely worst time to hit the road between 4:45 p.m. and 6 p.m. the weather won't help at that time either as chuck told us. that's when early travelers will ix with commuters on the road. a number of travelers will be going somewhere this weekend, half -- million and a half, rather, more than last year. you'll want to hit the gas station, too, to avoid the long lines early. >> not going to wait to get gas. i'm afraid, you know, if i'm stuck on the bridge or something like that. i'm trying to prepare. >> higher, mo definitely. when the holidays come, gas prices go higher. so just budget quarterly so you can be prepared for it. >> before hitting the road, aaa advises that youave the battery

for now, let's go to first 4 traffic and melissa mollet. 4 >>> first traffic alert here. talking about centreville, eastbound 66 before 29. the right side of the road is blocked this morning. this is a fatal crash investigation. the left side's getting through. right now it's not much impact. if this sticks around, it's obviously going to be a very different morning for a lot of fks. we have a reporter headed that way. inner loop, outer loop, no problems. a little roadwork, but it's not you.ing nothing worth worrying about at this point. as you look at 95, 32 to the beltway, southbound, 69 miles per hour. more coming p. u >>> 4:23. summertime means bk yard barbecues, pool parties, and hopefully a vacation or two. >> it's important to know how to secure your home before you head out of town. melissa mollet joins us live from the newsroom with tades. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. there's a lot to think about when packing up to take that trip. what you need to remember is what you'ree ling behind. rockville resident frama swn a. her husband and two sons love to tr

weekend storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell is in with the forecast and we'll check wi melissa mollet for the traffic update. check? >> this will be more hiss and miss as compared to the super soakers we've been dealing with. i think if we get rain today this would make seven fridays in a row with rain if we vify with rain today. there's a leading edge of thunderstorms here rolling into western west virginia. thish first pus of thunderstorm chances is just barely going to miss us to the south and west. that also means that for the southwestern part of the news4 area, south of fauquier county toward orange and culpeper, be on the okout. a little higher chance for the first round of thunderstorms to get you to. that's between now and lunchtime. otherwise, a quiet to the day. partly cloudy, 50s in the suburbs to about 60 downtown in eayside. later in th day, even with the first chance in and out before lunch, later on in the afternoon, there will be an opportunity for more thunderstorms. we're under the slight risk for severe weather today from the good folks at the storm prediction cent

melissa mollet standing by with first 4 traffic. >> weh begin wite birthday boy, meteorologist chuck bell. good morning, happy birthday. >> thanks. you know, you get older every day as it is. >> gee, thanks for that. >> 52, party. all the way to the break of 7:00 p.m. tonight when i go to bed. cloudy skies for tonight. dealing with rain across central virginia. it's generally coming in our direction. keep the umbrella handy. not expecting a lot of rain, but a couple of showers around. mainly dry during the afternoon hours and warmer for sure. yesterday, temperatures were driven back into the mid 60s during the afternoon. nicely.e will recover tomorrow we'll start out dry and end with thunderstorm chances. right now, most of the rain, west of richmond, south o charlottesville, trending generally northward. a dry start for now couin ude hit-and-miss rain showers between now and lunchtime today. 5 temperatures, in the shenandoah. low 60s around town. your planner then for today, clouds and rain chances throughh lunme. peeks of sunshine this afternoon with highs in the mid 7s. more comin

let's head over to storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell before we check the commute with melissa mollet. what do we ne toknow? >> grab the umbrella for sure. it's had a chance to dry out, but over the next four days there's at least a chance of rain each and every day. this morning, really ai hit-and-miss chances between now and lunchtime. i'm optimistic afternoon activities will be dry. tomorrow, a dry start and wet finish. same story for saay. mainly dry for the first part of saturday and may stay dry all the way up to 5:00, 6:00 saturday afternoon befor rain moves in. sunday, rain pretty much all day for mother's day. that won't make me very popular at all. rain near charlottesvie this morning. it's doing its best to try and lift back to the north. chance t to keep a rain for the early parts of the day today. temperatures are mild. we're in the 50s and low 60sdao get your y going. and once we get a f peeks of afternoon, to the temperatures should jump to the r 70s. up a closer look at the rain amount on mother's day coming up in a few minutes., for nowver to a mom of three. >> yes. y

melissa mollet is tracking thosd coions right now. >> let's start with storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell and more on this chilly rain. >>> yes, indeed. sun's already up, but you'd never know it to look outside. no sunlight for us today. feels a lot more likeid the me of march. temperatures this afternoon will stay in the mid to upper 50s. that would be typical for mid-march. mid-may we should have highs in the mid 70s. a far cryrom that. more rain hate, yay for that, insulaterhine -- it's going to be chilly and rainy all day, temperatures likely to be cooler than average most if not all the way through the coming week. we're in the 40s to only around 50 now. the storm team 4 radar shows thunderstorms, even more south of richmond. that will leave us in an unsettled patte for the day. future weather here shows clouds cover all day long with hit-and-miss rain chances pretth mut any time during the day. may not rain every minute of the day, but it could rain at any time. temperatures today stuck in the 50s. kids, indoor recess and no outdoor play time after school t ay. the rest of the

let's begin with melissa mollet and the latest on this. what can you tell us? >>> good morning again. this centreville. the first affic alert means eastbound 66 before 29 we are already seeing delays at 5:00 a.m. this is ag.rare thin two right lanes are blocked by the crash investigation. a slowdown, going to get worse if it sticks around. as you can see when we zoom out, looks like a blip on the radar. we're going to keep r ooez eyes that. purcellville at 9, an accident. northbound, southbound, no ss iues. a problem northbound 295 before nnsylvania, southeast. a tractor-trailer ran out of gas. it might be there for the commute. annandale, outer loop, two right lanes getting by a work zon we'll look at 66 coming up in a couple of minutes. good morning to you, chuck. >> reporter: good morning. everybody's off to a more comfortable start this morning than yesterday. winds have switched around to the northwest. as a result, it will be a much cooler day today than yesterday. a reallyrefreshing morning. a cooling breeze from the northwest all afternoon. so temperatu

then we'll check in with melissa mollet for a first 4 traffic update.ice to see the sun coming up is time. morning. >> absolutely. ubt. it will be up before 6:00 this morning. enjoy it, everybody. it's going to be a lot warmer around here for the next couple of days. the cool pattern is officially gone. it may be a long time before we have any stretch of cooler-than-average weather again. right now a predawn glow in the sky. again, sun's off in about 25 minutes fromw. we will be watching for a chance for storms, a hchher ance, just barely to the south an southwest. if you're traveling today toward charlottesville, richmond, lynchburg, roanoke, be on the lookout. thunderstorms are likely there. we're sort of on the periphery of any real chances for severe weather. that chance does exst for later on in the day today. higher chances for storms in virginia thamaryland, but everybody should keep a weather eye to the sky in theafternoon. we're starting off in the comfortable zone. all e 50s pretty mu across the area. today's high, toasty warm 84 degrees. 40%

to melissa mollet. >>> westbound 50 landover, a report of a crash. a crash, we are seeing delays westbound after 410. a warning for you. eastbound looks nice and open. eastbound at suddenly, the cameras -- sudley, the cameras shifted, you can see a little before the slowdown there. inbound parkway stand tan had a crash that cleared out of the way. pennsylvania avenue shut down between 27th and 28th in the southeast. wires are down, so the repairs should last through the morning rush. the beltwa inner loop, outer loop, typical at this point. nothing to complain about too much. travel times in virginia, 66 bo ind, 33 miles per hour because of that issue at sudley. 95 northbound, 50 miles per hour. 270 southbound, 37 miles per hour. top of the top, outer loop, 27 miles per hour. remember to listen to wtop 103.5 f.m. when you happen in your car today.? guys >> thank you. >>> 6:54. a handful of days left in the school year. for hundreds of young, local teachers this will be their final year. >> as the news4 i-team investigation realed, wye spread worry ab

melissa mollet will update us on road conditions. if you are cold natured, you might need a little jacket this morning. that sounds like a complaint. >> not a complaint. >> complaint department is mposed. >> coint department is closed. we're not hearing any of that. the nation's capitol waiting on sunrise which is only 18 minutes away. temperature has fallen below 50 degrees for many, many spots.f out west o i-95. 49 in chantilly, 49 in manassas mostly ei-95 corridor in the mid to upper 50s. bay side communities a little closer to 60. your planner for today, sun's up at 5:50 and down at 8:20. 14:30 of sunlight today. high temperatures in the mid 70s. this great weather isn't going to last long. we'll be back to thunderstorm chances and very warm weather tomorrow. more about that and the timing of any storm chances coming up. melissa, good morning. >> good morning. outer loop at central avenue, we'll get more light there. this will overturn t tractor-trailer. so thatn ca open. nd y had ac units in there they had to offload that before

. >> melissa mollet is keeping a look on the mrning news for us. we'll start with chuck bell and a look at the earliest rays of the day. >> yes, indeed. sun's coming up here before 6:00 in the morning. already a little hint of early morning brightening taking place over washington. skies have been clearing out during the overnight hours. other than just a few ea fair-wther clouds out there, nothing to worry about. a far better day to be outside today comp ed toyesterday. nicer weather for sure. less humid, lorraine chances. nobody -- lower rain chances. all good news. right now, we're starting off the tgif mostly in the 60s. mid to upper 60s for most of the dc metro area. your planner then for your commute today, dry roads in, dry roads all afternoon. dry roads on the way home, as well. now that said, there is a tiny chance for a shower or two today. not around the washington area. but if you're traveling down live fredericksburg, you into southern maryland, the northern neck, charlottesville or richmond, there could be a stray showere. well south

storm teamlo 4 meteorost chuck bell is here with your forecast before we check in with melissa mollet. what kindf day are we going to have? >> if you can't find the umbrella, you're probably going to get away with it for toda a lot of cloud chaps and rain chances are fairly low. temperature wise, it is a mildb nning to your wednesday. upper 50ed to near 60 in the shenlldoah va. low to mid 60s. don't expect a big warmup today. northeast winds are moving on in and as a result klutz will continue to lower and thicken.sc ol-day forecast for kids, plan on low 60s at the bus stops this morning. not much of a rain forekacast. yesterday's high, 81 degrees. today's 71. the daily grade, satisfactory. it's the weather equivalent of meh. >> i was going to say it's kind of anmeh, it's okay. we don't have any issues around 125. eastbound, two right lanes getb hat work zone. inner loop and outer loop, no issues. b.w. parkway, left lane is the only thing getting by the paving there. eun? >> melissa, thank you. 4:32. >> s corth has information about a deadly fire. >> we don't have an official number.

we'll check in with melissa mollet. first, let's start withm stor team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. what about today? >> on the whole, i think most everyone is going to like today. a little bit more cloud cover today but a little bit cooler as a result of that. winds have turned from the east and northeast.e much likthe weather we have on monday, it's a nice, cool feel outside. 62 inin arlgton, 59 in brandy wine, 5 in olumbia, 64 in front royal,. virginia your planner for today, a lot of clouds and w'll see breaks of sunshine during the early to middle parts of the afternoon. depending where you travel, there will be a big range of mp teeratures. we should be in the mid to upper 70s. probably going to be 80 or warmer frt safford and ed fricksburg. parts of northern maryland might not get above 70. everyone gets a little preview of summertime tomorrow. more about that forecast coming up. melissa, did you want to get in line right behind me? >> yes. no, i don't. i would give him ad. band ai i don't want him to get hurt. >> thank you. >> i don't know if a band aid would do it, maybe cr

. >> first, melissa mollet is tracking breaking news on i-70. what's going on? >> reporter: mess in frederick county. chopper 4 will beere in a minute. eastbound 70 at south mountain, so as you're he ed into myersville, you can see this closure just around the corner. a tractor-trailer fire and hazmat shutting down all lanes. you can see that slowdown here. when it's copurple, of se, on the maps, that means we're closed not just veye, very dela what kwlyou'll want to do if yoe headed out, take 40 instead. that will get you around this. right now, about a fewer-mile back up. folks are sitting still on i-70. silver spring outer loop before university, left side is blocked by the crash. wheaton, connecticut avenue at veers mill, crash reported there. fairfax, eastbound 66, the ramp to southbound 123 blocked by thd downtree. good morning, chuck. >>> good morning. tgif, everybody. much nicer weather for today. lower humidity, lorraine chances. no more 90s for the foreseeable future. that's good news. starting off at 60 in manassas. ur3 in gaithersb 61 in ellicott cit

melissa mollet is standing by th a check onhe roads. >> let's start with storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. what's happening? >> up and down we go. the same weather front that has brought us two crazily busy days. that is down to the south forus again. the four things you need to know is cloudy this morning.we ill get sunshine back. later on into the afternoon. ehat won't be th case tomorrow. 90s on thursday afternoon. cooler for sure. 59 in pcilville. 61 here in shington. forecast for the commute, dry in roads and for the most part dry roads on the way home. here will be a 30% chance of a shower orod twoay after about 5:00 or 6:00. so a very late rainay chance tod and it's not a ve.y high mid to upper 70s. if you're traveling down towds fredericksburg, culpepper you'll probably be in the 80s. more about tomorrow and the weekend rain chances coming up, melissa. >> beltway, inner loop and outer loop, a brand new problem there. blocking the entire ramp. hopefully that gets out o the way here pretty soon. 66 and 95, no complaints on 66 or 95. right lane getting by. >> oneincident took pl

are you kidding me, melissa mollet. 80s and sunshine over the weekend. >> i love it. i will absolutely payor the 85 degree weather. northbound gw parkway, the rig ane is blocked by the sinkhole repair. the right side hass reopened a of last night. southbound georgia at the beltway, do have a crash there. inner loop, outer loop, no complaints on they. beltwa 66 and 95 look just fine. taking a live look 270 at 118, ger4:ntown. >>> right now. still ahead, an alternative wellness plan thousands of years old. how you can make it work for you today. be sure to check out ellen at 3:00 right here on nbc 4 and >>> you're watching "news 4 today." >>> it's 4:23. if you're planning on making a oothie this morning, a quick warning for you. the food & drug administration is now testing f frozenits for harmful viruses. for the next 18 months the fda will sample frozen berries for hepatitis a and neurovirus. the concern is thaton people d't always cook frozen berres before using them. cooking wouldeduce or eliminate any contamination. i totally do that, put frozen berries right into

melissa mollet has first 4 traffic. >> we'll begin,mryj though, wit storm team 4 meteorologist chuckll and a loe at thnumbers this morning. >> i thinké$vá-q going to like most of the numbers, mostly in 50s in fairf county, 54 in leesburg, beautiful loudoun county, 56 in prince george's county. a little úgcátk 62 in jjy 63 in annapolis. cooler in parts of the shenandoah valley where winchester's at 48 on this fine tuesday morning. what a nice day ó1wúit's goi.w today. plenty of sunshine and a quick jump in temperatures. of hours. the sun's up minutes after 6:00 a.m. by 9:00 most areas will be closing in on 70. today's high expected toeach 82. that's almost ten degrees warmer than average for early may. folks. it's going to be really cloudy and a lot cooler starting tomorrow. melissa will detail that coming up. >> aght. thank you. >>> right now i'm going to detail a whole lot of roadwork happening around town. e ndover, inner loop bef landover road, right lane gets ikjo work zone. left lane is getting by here. annandale, outer loop express express lanes. fairfax, eastboundet66 bween

over to melissa mollet and monday traffic. >>> good morning.nner loop, outer loop, nice and clear. earlier roadwork has disappeared for us. inbound south capitol after the frederick douglass bridge, right lane blocked by a work zone. maybe slow headed inbound. white's fer shut down again. we have high water on the potomac river as the cause there. and leesburg, shreve mill near the dulles greenway, road closed. water over the banks of sicolin creek. >> thank you. >>> coming up on 4:53. check your freezer. tyson's food is recalling nearly 12 million pounds frozen, ready-to-eat chicken strips that could be contaminated wit metal. the food safety inspection service says it is aware of six complaints from people who found pi es of metal ine food. the frozen products have use by dates of october 1st, 2019, through march 7th, 2020. if you have the chicken, throw it away or return it to the store where you bought it. >>> and a heads-up about a robo call school system known as the one ring. if you see a 222 pop up, don't answer it. the calls aring from

melissa mollet is standing by with what ton n first 4 -- whati to know first 4 traffic. >> first to storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell and the forecast. >>> it's goingn to be aher very chilly day today. it will be a better day than yesteay when we had precious little sunshine and a boatload of rain. today morene sunshi less rain doesn't mean no rain at all. there are showers across central west virginia. interior new england, the adirondacks, that's snow, everybody. several inches of sw up toward like lake placid in upstate new york and mt. washington, new hampshire. it's literally the year to be talking about snow in my humble opinion. one or two drops along the blue ridge. most of us off to a dry start. chilly but dry. 46 in leesburg. 48 in the shenandoah valley. 52 in arlington. reasonable sunshine, clouds building, then a likelihood of showers in the afternoon. today's high short of only about 63 today. but the ten-day forecast has 80s in abundance. >> i love it. thank you. thank you. >>> mclean, gw parkway between he3 and beltway. lanes blocked with the sinkhole. northbound lanes

melissa mollet off this memorial day, butheck bell is here.ack from the beach with aa loo t the forecast. >> yeah. it was beautiful weather out at the coastline over t week. saturday barely made it t into low 70s with sunshine. it felt so good. it was extra painful to have to leave theeach and comeack to work. >> i bet. >> i sailed in, no traffic to worry about. typically that's tf case. iou want to beat the mess of traffic, you kind of have to leave before your vacation is over. not too hot today. 92 yesterday, in the 80s today. a far more usable outdoor weather day. tomorrow, a chance of afternoon and evening thunderstorms. then the realhint, a hint of summer weather, heat and humidity for wednesday and thursday. now, show though,

melissa mollet has been tracking trouble all morning on the beltway. >> good morning.4 tfic alert here this morning, take a look. chopper 4 showing you this is the outer loop at arena drive.h the cras actually happened at central avenue. they then dragged it up here to arena dre. helpful we still have a five here. delays at the bridge here. 270 southbound after falls, crash on the left sid woodbridge northbound 95 before prince william parkway, middle of the roadblocked by a disabled suv. 66 in bound, fairfax county parkway, 18 minute commute in. . outer loop top of the beltway, 27 miles per hour. remember to listen to wtop when you hop in your car today. >>> a local organization is offering a new service that can potentially save lives in the fight against breast cancer. the brem foundation is partnering with lyft to provide women in under served communities des to their doctor's appointments. that's the ceo and president, andrea wolf. many women can'tt mammograms or follow up screenings because they can't make it to the facilities. this is om the brem foundation lunc

melissa mollet is standing by with a lookat he roads. >> i'm sorry. i just -- melissa's dress, i thought about that bucket of kfc. the col combination there. >> what? >> it's the red and white. >> melissa, that was a compliment. >> i'm going to take it that way. i'm going to have to come in there right now. >> it's not you, i blame dylan. storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell is here tracking the possibility of strong storms. >> it's 4:01, ladies and gentlemen. >> those comments from aaron leave a mark, don't they? all oght. cly and mild after a couple of rounds of thunderstorms yesterday and during the overnight hours. another little taste of summer coming our w for today. likely going to have more thunderstorms later in the day today. i think the coverage and the intensity today will be less than yesterday. so that's good news.ed activity storm -- the storms could pa the skies with winds. gicouple of sprinkles along the virginia/west vira border. temperatures are on the mild side. mostly in the mid 60s for now. we'll have no trouble today climbing b

our melissa i mollet standing by with a look at your traffic. >> we'll start with storm team 4 chuck bell and a beautiful sunrise. >> yes, indeed. sun is up officially a little more than two minutes fronow. skies have been mainly clear overnight. the clouds you can see out here now, there's a lotore where that came from. cooler weather. temperatures this afternoon will be 10 degrees or moreooler an yesterday. not much of a rain threat. rain chances only 20%. a very unsettled pattern is tting up shop here in the next couple of days. unsettled is meteorological code for higher raince chan school bus forecast for kids. dry weather at the bus stops this morning and most of your recess and after schoolil activities w not be affected by rain for today. daily gre, we'll call it satisfactory. today's high, 73. increasing rain chances for the weekend coming up. melissa, good morning. >> good morning tyou. we're talking about a tractor-trailer fire on the right side of the road. you can see f there. putting that out pretty quickly. nobody hurt thank goodness. food is being off loaded right now

. >> melissa mollet is back tracking the commute for you this morning. let's start with storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell and a look at the warmth to come. >> yes. i think mt of us will be above 90 degrees again this afternoon. not as far above as yesterday. >> does it make a heat wave? >> no. well, that wuld be two in a row. i don't know. t's -- what's important is it's coming to anend. we will not be 90 tomorrow or over the weekend. much like yesterday, there is af opportunity some stronger storms later on in the day. i was happy to report yesterday was more of a miss than a hit for a thunderstorm. that's okay by me. but today we'll have a chance for isolated, stronger thunderstorms during the middle and later parts o the afternoon. nothing on radar at this point in time. it's offyo a dr start. a dry commute into work. temperatures are mild. 70 in leesburg, 75 in arlington. 68 in columbia, maryland. 75 in california, maryland. al yourner then for today, mild and muggy this morning. plenty warm during the course of the afternoon. most areas will get

we'll get to melissa mollet. o and then to chuck bell. melissa, what du have? >> good morning. inbound, northbound 5, leonardtown road at huckleberry drive. all northbound lanes are shut ow d important for everybody coming into town this morning. that's because of the fatal crash investigation. we just got off the phone with c pol they are telling us it was a two vehicle, head-on collision. two people killed. another being transported. the inbound situation is causing the problem for people. into town and out of town, 66 and 95, no complaints there this morning. outer loop of the beltway, the ramp to southbound pennsylvanian avue, we industrial that ramp blocked by the work ne. and i want to show you this camera again. i was looking for some oers here. really theoggiest spot, area with the most fog this morning, that stretch of 270 through clarksburg andgermantown. chuck, it really is dense out there in spots. down to under a mile in money locations. keep the low beams on and lights down. temperatures starting off mostly in the 50s in the suburbs. there's a dense fog advisory f

. >> then we'll check iwith melissa mollet. she's back in first 4 traffic with a look at the commute. chuck, show us what we need to know today. >>> all right. another chance for strong to severe thunderstorms later on in the day today. it was definitely more of a miss unanimous a hit yesterday. no one -- more of a miss than a hid yesterday. no one complained about that. a slight risk of strong to severe storms up into pennsylvania. that's where most of the severe weather yesterday was. for us, a chance for a couple of thunderstorms. we'll watch it carefully. you see on the radar loop, this goes back 12 hours. wat all the lightningt the beginning across pennsylvania. it was quite the light show just north of us and just south of us. we didave scattered thunderstorms yesterday, everybody caught a break and not a single pers was heard to complain about tht. temperatures this morning with nothing showing up on storm team 4 radar in the 60s and 70s. future weather he, by 3:00 in the afternoon, we're likely to see thunderstorms bubb

melissa mollet joins us with a look at what you and your family need to know to stay safe this summer. melissa, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. there is no better time to have thischat, and no simpler way to keep your child safe than ensuring they know the dangers ofater and learn to swim. as we show, you can never be too young to learn to swim. she's just 2 years old but bella flame has been in swim lessons since she was only four months old. >> she takes off, and i feel confident that she can paddle herself over to the wall. she knows what to do. >> reporter:lifetime's aquatics manager in gaithys knowing what to do is key. first up, he says swim lessons early are essential. >> they're going to be more confident and better in the pool and better swimmers. >> reporter: and teachds fromw infancy hoto float on their backs. omething else to stress, that waiting patience coup life saving. tell them you must give them the green light before they head in. make sure they're clear on the pool rules. no running, horseplay, and only diving in designated areas. take breaks. and a goodw

then moilissa mollet is g to check in with -- going to --ck >> chehe traffic in first 4 traffic? >> what she said. >>> all right. skies have been trying their best to clear out during the overnight hours. we're off to a dry start here this morning. most of us don't have to worry about a rain chance probably until at least tomorrow or later in the day on sunday. not many of us have to worry about rain today. right now, 63 in germantown. 68 in quanticin 59 winchester, virginia. forecast then for today, plenty of sunshine. it will be warm this afternoon. high around 85 degrees. so fill quite a bit warmer than average. hower may be a lonesome or two in the northern neck, the only places that might see a shower. otherwise, fantastic weather.d sunny arm tomorrow. we start a cooling trend on sunday with rain chances. and monday, oh, monday's going to be so nic's a shame it's going to be monday. >>> montrose, northbound, southbound, main andlaocal es, everything is rolling along. silver spring northbound georgia after 16th street, right lane is still the only thing getti by that work zon

. >> melissa mollet begins our team coverage before we check in with chuckell for the forecast. melissa, what's going on? >> good morning. this is greenbelt this morning. talking abouthe beltway. the outer loop after kenilworthb is shut downause of a police investigatiolo the inner , everything but one lane is closed, as well, through the stretch. take a look at this.ou already y see all that purple. that's where we have everything just stopped. molette green was actually on her way in here. she is one of the vehicles sitting in that parking lot. tell us what you're seeing there up ahead. >> reporter: well, i can see a lot of emergency vehicles and lights. can't see exactly what is going o i'm just stuck in thismess for 35 minutes now. i'm basically parked. my car is shut off, and traffic has built up way behind me. so i g not goin anywhere any time soon. i can hear emergency vehicles, sirens around me, but i can't see anything from my vantage point. what do you see? >> yeah.s this i going to be a big situ ion for quite a while how it seems at least at this point. again, on the

news4's melissa mollet joins us live in the newsroom are details. hi, melissa. >> reporter: hi, there's a lot to think about when packing up to take that trip. you what need too is remember what you're leaving behind. rockville resident frama shawn . her husband and two sons love to travel, but when they head out of town -- >> you got to think two steps ahead. >> ahead of the criminals that leave them behind. >> one of the first things we do when we're planning to leave is that we make sure we have some lights that are on. >> reporter: a neighborhood break-in last year has her on high alert. montgomery county cty resource officer katherine beard has four things to know about leaving home. first, those lights. >> lights on timers are a good thing, especially when they come on at dusk and they -- they turn off at dawn. >> reporter: and few other things on officer beard's list -- an alarm system -- w >> an added of security. >> reporter: and surveillance cameras. ones connected to an app are especially handy. >> we've done a number of invesgations with

let's start with melissa mollet. tell us about the crash. >>> good morning, guys. news4 traffic, a big problem, briantown 5 inbound. all northbound lanes shut down because of this fatal investigation. southbound lanes only getting by on the right side. we're seeing the tiniest slowdown now because it is so early. but if this hangs around, no doubt it's going to start commute. the morni we have a reporter on the way. we'll let you know as soon as they arrive.le forestvoutbound, ramp to pennsylvania avenue. the ramp is blocked by a work zone there. laurel, between 197nd 198, right lane is getting by. taking a look in falls church, westbound 66 at the connector, left side blocked by a crh. >>> your forecast, today's off to a foggy start across the region. visibility down to only a mile nowpa in ts of howard county, urnld a mile from -- under a mile from gaithersburg to esburg, frederick unty, maryland. be on the lookout for thick fog. lower speeds and low beams on. temperatures haven't really rived a lot du the overnight hours. we've stayed mostly in the upper 50s to

melissa mollet is standing by with your first 4 traffic. >> but we will begin with meteorologist chuck bell. >> very chilly, but t at least sun is already up. let the warming st of the get yh perfect da a ya chilly but. and as always,ng a thingouse indoors to the outdoors. start them off easy though in the nice bright indoor directay dlight and move them into the sun as the summer progresses. theen extd forecast minutes away. >>> chopper 4 over georgia avenue at the beltway, this is where we had theli ear police crash that ended with an overturned vehicle and a couple of suspects being taken to the hospital. right now everytng is nice and clear and open. that was a short closure. about 40 minutes earlier today. >>> inner loop/outer loop of the beltway, no major problems.m iaille, 270 near 109, you can see the delay towards urbana. lanes are open. vehiclesn bothshoulders causing delays. manassas, industrial road at hawkins drive, tractor-trailer fire. that road is shut down. in issues. >>> heir jobs d a allegedlayers la year. >>he adults who were supposed to be supervisi the student ath

. >> melissa mollet is looking at the roads and railsor your commute. we'll start with storm team 4 meteorologist chuctbell. the sm team 4 forecast. talk about the weather, chuck. >> okay. i can do that. we are going to have an close to 90 degrees today. so be ready for more heat and humidity across the area. it's mild and dry this morning. most of us as i mentioned getting up close to 90 degrees. we are going to have to keep an eye out for the chance of thunderstorms today.uc not quite as of a threat as yesterday. thankfully yesterday's threat didn't really materialize for us. the atmosphere isn't as energized today. any individual storm could still pack quite a punch. the good news in the forecast is that theumanity goes away tomorrow. storm team 4 radar scanning tyo skies for this morning, finding no rain drops. there's a slight risk of strong toere weather especially for the northern half. we'll keep you posted. doug and amelia will be around to keep you posted. we're in the 60s to around 70 how it. i think you'll like t way this shapes up. about 72

mollet? >> reporter: hey, guys. good morning. i had to ditch the news car.n't this so much beter? this california roadster no, sir bright yellow. --ig roadster in this br yellow. i love it. honk the horn for me. yes, yes. and the high school students from chincoteague tisland. y're there on the pier. we've got to get them ready for school at 7:50. we still he time to do that. all right. thank you for joining us this morning. 's been a wonderful one-tank rip experience. ererybody who knows chincoteague knows that oysts and clams are the special key. it's ld out -- specialty. it's laid out here. tommy clark does this. he knows oysters and clams like the back of his hands, right? >> yes, i do. >> reporter: so delicious. fresh. >> fresh. right out of chincoteague waters. we are an aqua farm, a completely green industry that we grow the oysters and clams. they filter, and our only byproduct is good, clean water., >> goo clean water. and that's what it's all about as we overlook this beautiful assateague channel behinds us where we got to enjoy the sunrise. i want

chuck bell with the forecast and melissa mollet with the roads. l still aittle cool to start, though, right?h, >> yea cool, cloudy, foggy the first thing this morning.ra no in. you don'tut need to worry a rain this morning. it will rain on your afternoon plans. your thursday morning is off to just a cloudyd foggy start. there's the view over international airport. you can normally see the whole air trafficontrol tower. now barely seeing the dim lights there because of the fog. dense fog advisory until 9:00 this morning. that does include arlington county where the airport is, the district, prince george's county, fairfax county, and everywhere north of there up to the mason dixon line. visibility under a milethrough much of the shenandoah valley. northern parts of montgomery leesburg,d up north of as well. be careful for the fog this morning. it will make it even harder to see th bkids at thes stop. keep the speeds down. cool, perfect morning if you're a runner. this is one of the greatest m springnings for running. nice cool and cloudy outside. t