monika? >> good morning, everybody. if you're planning to head into arlington, we'll start off with that. there have been downed wires. authorities have been there overnight. basically blocking off old dominion drive between north glebe road and williamsburg boulevard. not difficult to get around it. use rock spring road back over to old dominion. you should be ok. let's head over to the beltway and zoom in to 95 coming in virginia. take a live look. if you're planning to head up from dale city up into lorton, you're good to go up on to 395. this time, we'll zoom into 66. if you're planning to head in from the west, you'll be fine. let's take a live look. no problems from manassas into centreville and fairfax. it is a clear ride this morning. and now over to your travel times. we'll start off with the outer loop of the beltway, 95 to 270. the beltway, route 4 to the wilson bridge, 9 minutes this morning. in my next report, let's take a look at the gw parkway at 5:09. >>> police have a driver in custody after an early mo

monika is in with timesaver traffic. >> good morning, everybody. going to fly westbound on route 50 right now coming in from the bay bridge through annapolis, bowie, mitchellville and all the way to the beltway. your lanes are open. in my next report, we'll take a look at virginia roads at 5:00, back to you. >>> the four astronauts who will close a chapter in american space travel history are in florida. on friday morning, the space shuttle "atlantis" will blast off making it the last ever space shuttle launch. be sure to check with channel 9 for all of the action from cape canaveral. our own kristin fisher is travelling to the cape and will cover all of the action for us live. now, on the day when americans situate their independence from england, the british paid tribute to one of our leaders. a statue of ronald reagan was unveiled in london. british foreign secretary william hague called him one of the truest friends britain has ever had. >> what would the 4th of july be without the nathan's hot dog eating contest on coney island. >> there were

monika? >> thank you, so much, olga. i've change the the light to green because things are looking great outside. no problems to report right now. a bit of volume forming. we're ok with that during the rush hour. let's take you over to the beltway. we'll zoom into the northside of town. take a live look on the beltway. volume toward georgia avenue. that will be about it. once you head past georgia avenue over to 270, you will be ok. it looks like university boulevard. things are looking fine on the topside of town. let's head back over to the beltway and zoom into 270 and take a live look out of frederick right now. you see the yellow cars there. once you pass route 109, it will slow down into germantown. the lanes are open down the point where the lanes divide and over to the inner and outer loops of the beltway. on the inbound side of i-66, 71 thans the beltway, the toll road from hunter mill to the beltway, only 6 minutes. route 4 to the wilson bridge, only 9 minutes. another look coming up at 6:12. andrea and mike, b

monika, over to you. >>> good morning, everybody.e started off with traffic looking pretty good with the exception of one incident in arlington. it has been on old dominion drive. basically blocked because of wires down. here is a live look right here. authorities are on the scene blocking it off between north gleaves road -- old glebe road and old dominion. live view from sky 9 on the outer loop. authorities moved this accident to the left shoulder. that's what remains of it. it is really not causing any problems as you can see as you travel on the outer and inner loop of the beltway. let's take you over to the northbound side of i-395. that's about it. you're ok past that to the 14th street bridge. we'll take you over to the northbound side of i-95. live, a little bit of volume from the prince william parkway to route 123. newington to springfield, it has been incident free. now a look at your travel times starting off with the outer loop of the beltway. 95 to 270, it is 10 minutes. 95 from 216, 10 minutes. 295 leading the beltway.

>> monika, thanks. brittany norwood, the former college soccer star turned murder suspect made an appearance in a montgomery county courtroom today. she's accused of killing her coworker at the lululemon athletica store in bethesda back in march. andrea mccarren was in the courtroom for the proceedings today. what did you hear? >> reporter: lesli, the high profile trial is now set to begin october 24th. it is expected to last about eight days. and today in the courtroom, the key prosecutor, montgomery county state's attorney john mccarthy, detailed the evidence that he'll present at that jury trial. 28-year-old brittany norwood is accused of killing her 30-year- old coworker, jayna murray, in a struggle so violent, it crushed murray's skull and severed her spinal cord. montgomery county state's attorney john mccarthy outlined some of the evidence he will bring to trial in october. more than 1100 pages of discovery, crime scene photos, dna, along with expert analysis of blood splatter, fingerprint and sh

monika, it is tuesday, back to work. >> it is back to work.one incident to tell you about in arlington. downed wires block old dominion road between glee and now over to the 66, no delays between manassas, centreville and the beltway. over to 270 in maryland, we're still looking good from frederick down to urbana, gaithersburg and rockville. coming up, another look around the area at 4:31. andrea, jessica? >> here are stories we're following for you. the debate over raising the debt limit resumes on capitol hill. senators are cutting their july recess short to hammer out a deal. >> republicans and democrats remain at odds over taxes and there are no new talks scheduled this week between the white house and g.o.p. leaders. >> a new generation of veterans is returning home from overseas conflicts. some of them have visible wounds, others have wounds which are not as apparent. >> more efforts to being made to make sure the homecoming and the recovery is there. >> spanky gibson knows what it is like to shift from combat back to the homefront. >> y

. >>> thank you, monika. >>> here is a look at things making news today. same-sex couples can now apply for marriage licenses in new york. >> they must use online forms which now feature gender neutral terminology on them. the forms allow couples to either enter information saying bride or groom or simply just spouse. the first marriage license isn't expected to be issued until july 25th. that is the first business day after the state's law legalizing gay marriage becomes active. >>> jury selection begins in the case against baseball legend roger clemens. he's accused of lying to congress to about using steroids during his 23-year pitching career. the trial is expected to last four to six weeks. >>> casey anthony could be a free woman as early as tomorrow. a federal jury acquitted the florida woman tuesday of murdering her 2-year-old daughter, caylee. anthony will be sentenced thursday on four counts of lying to investigators but since she's already served three years in prison, legal experts don't believe she'll get any additional time. >>> the largest fo

monika samtani is in for angie.ernstein. >> you notice the sticky, steamy feel. the humidity in the air. >> from garage to garage. >> exactly. >> follow the ac. it will be the rule of the day today. our current temperatures are fairly warm right now. most of us are sitting in the sticky and muggy 70s. that's about it for the overnight lows at least at the city center. most of us in the upper 70s. we did drop down in the northern and western suburbs. if you're getting into the petersburg area. 64 degrees. we're seeing slightly cooler temperatures off to the mountain areas as well. for most of us, it will be a pretty muggy start. there is also a slight rain chance in the forecast. grab your umbrella. we don't have very many clouds around. we kept the overnight mainly clear but with the south- southwest winds, we'll continue to pump in the humidity. as we head in toward the afternoon, temperatures go up as well as the humidity values and our air quality is very, very poor. we're only seeing about code orange today. so,

monika samtani, what a mess. >> it was. it happened an hour ago.n the phone with maryland state police. let's take a look. we are looking at the outer loop of the beltway right after college park but before new hampshire. a vehicle stopped with a flat tire. a friend arrived to help. everybody got out of the cars to try to fix the flat tire. in the meantime maryland state police cannot explain why this happened but a

and monika samtani has timesaver traffic. this is a live shot from sky 9 looking at the bay bridge. on the eastbound side, traffic began to get heavy at 1:30 this afternoon. but authorities tell me that there are three eastbound lanes available. and that is what it looks like trying to get there. but it is incident free. beyond this, eastbound 50 slows from route 113 to coastal highway. here's what it looks like on the southbound side of i90, long stretches beginning at the get way and it looks like the pass woodbridge down the triangle. and now we'll take a look over to virginia beach what it looks like in newport news. if you're planning to head on this side of the road, you're looking fine, no problems on route 64 and 264. this is north from 95 to new york city. back to you. >>> coming up another twist in the casey anthony murder trial as the judge unexpectedly calls for an indefinite recess in the case. >>> we have new disturbing information on the nightclub where a beating took place, allegedly involving some washington d.c. police officers. we'll show you some dramatic videota