monika?>> well, if you're planning to head around town early this morning, normally 5:00 is when it all begins to happen. we have just a few minor issues around town but nothing really big i'm happy to say. i'm going to zoom in here on our traffic feature on the northbound side of 395 right here. there's a disabled vehicle on the shoulder after duke street. maybe attracting a little bit of attention but i see all green here so i think you're going to be fine heading up to the 14th street bridge using 395. we'll take a look now at a live picture. here's 66 on the inbound side. this is at route 28 in centreville. no delays yet out of manassas to this point and over to the beltway. let's go back to the ipad traffic feature. on the north end of town i'm always concerned with the beltway. this is where it begins to get heavy leaving the 95 interchange to georgia avenue. right now it seems to be flowing well on the westbound side. let's take another live look if you're planning to head here on 270

here's monika now with timesaver traffic. things are getting busier and slower. >> busier and slower, yes. both of those. but what i'm happy to say is we don't have any major incidents or accidents to report. all morning long we've been in really good shape. we deserve a break. if you're planning to head around town, take a look at the traffic feature behind me. this is a free download at the app store. wusa ipad app. you click on the traffic tab and this is what you get. real time street level information. you can zoom into your neighborhood and get the information you need before you head out the door in case you miss our traffic reports. you also can use this traffic key. here are all your slow lines and incidents indicated by these icons. really easy to navigate. if you're planning to head inbound on i-66, we're in great shape. you have the normal slow traffic out of manassas into centreville. no big deals as you head for fairfax over to the beltway. let's take a live look outside. here's what it looks like northbound on

that's why monika samtani is here. >>> even though you see to lanes getting by, it's the beltway. eight coming up from tysons corner. the inner loop is northbound 495. look at this black line on our traffic feature where delays begin almost to tysons corner. if you're heading out the door, you absolutely want to excuse your alternate -- choose your alternate routes. you don't have a lot of options if you're a virginia driver. you can get off the georgetown pike. police are diverting traffic there and route 123. you can take the clain bridge. another problem you is can't -- chain bridge. another problem you is can't make the left on canal road. you have to go to arizona avenue, make a left there and left on mcarthur to get yourself back on the beltway. the option is to take the beltway the other way around. or have lunch in tysons corner. how about that? >> good advice. thank as lot, monika. >>> the first alert weather team has been tracking yet another storm, this one is supposed to get here by the end of the week. however, howard has some new information that could change that. h

here's jess in for monika. >>> we're going to start i-66. this is at route 28.t accident to tell you before the morning. this looks good but this is the problem. on northbound 28 near leland road out of manassas park, we have wires down. a utility pole is affected in this accident. the right lane is blocked and this could be a problem for hours to come. we're going to keep you updated on this situation. i'll send it back to you guys. >>> 5:10. here are some of the stories we're following that are new this morning. a painting stolen more than 60 years ago is back on the wall at the baltimore museum of art. the renoir went missing in 1951 and it was found two years ago when a virginia woman said she bought it at a flea market for seven bucks. >>> a piece of the wild west is on the auction block. why the long barrel gun will be up for grabs next month. the colt-45 is just one of the items in what's thought to be the most extensive collection of the sheriff's belongings in the world. historians believe he carried it during the fight at tomb season, arizona. >>> -- t

we'll check in with jessica in for monika on traffic.d some issues this morning and deadly at that. weather wise a cold day for march. temperatures will struggle to get toward 40 degrees. windchills will hold in the upper 20s to low 30s. gusty, too. this morning's gust will be potentially near 40 at times. we'll be gusting near 30 once we get into the afternoon all thanks to the big nor'easter. this has hurricane force winds that are hammering areas from nova scotia toward southeastern massachusetts. for us just a couple of flurries and snow showers are lingering on the back side here coming out of frederick county, virginia southeast into southwestern loudoun county. still a few flurries, sprinkles -- snow showers, not sprinkles for sure. this is all moving southeast. there's been somewhat of a persistent band north of cross junction, north of winchester into berryville. there could be a little coating coming out of that. a few other snow showers out of woodstock, some of the higher elevations but that's t. a lot of us seeing clear skie

here's jessica in for monika this morning. >>> thanks so much. we only have two accidents and it's only 5:00 in the morning. we're going to start here. we're taking a look at an accident. this is southbound of the bw parkway. you can see the volume that's built up here. this is between 100 and anne arundel mills. what's going on is only one left lane is blocked southbound at this point but you can see all the volume that's accumulated. we're going to move to i-495 new hampshire avenue and give you a look at the beltway this morning. take a look at that particular camera. actually, it doesn't look like we have it. there it is. you can see traffic is moving by at speed but there is black ice out on the roadways so you want to be careful with that. we're going to end with an accident in woodbridge, virginia. let's take a look the at trafficland camera. this is an accident i-95 north of prince william parkway. only the right lane gets by at this point. so be aware that there are incidents out there. i'll send it back to you guys. >>> tonight is the l

here comes jessica in for monika with timesaver traffic. >>> timesaver traffic is looking good for young. we'll start at u.s. 50 and maryland 202 in sheverly. this is heading into new york avenue. we're picking up a little bit of volume but nothing abnormal. pretty typical for a friday morning and we're liking it. we're going to look at 95 at the prince william parkway. traffic is flowing on the right. starting to get a lot of volume as we head to the truck scales. again pretty typical. i want to tell but a situation we've been monitoring. an accident on northbound 28. this is near leeland road out of manassas park. what we saw was a traffic accident earlier this morning and a utility pole. lines came down on the roadway. that's blocking the right hand lane and it's expected to be affecting traffic for us until maybe as far as 8:00 this morning. we will stay on the situation. we will be watching your traffic all morning long right here at wusa9 and i will send it over to andrea and mike. >>> it's 6:22. here's another look at the question of the morning. the average family with children

monika is going to have the latest traffic trouble spots when we come back. >> and we want to remind you, our help desk is here to help you. if you have any questions or issues dealing weather related, they have a list of available resources that can help you. so call them at 202-895-5560. we're listening to your issues and we hope to get you solutions. we'll >>> we are here. march madness. people are mad and they'd like to do something about a tractor- trailer overturned out there. >> yes, there is an overturned tractor-trailer. i thought, you know, during the midday, there would be this lull and we'd have it nice and easy. not so much. let's take a look at our traffic feature on our free wusa9 ipad app. what i'm talking about is an accident on the eastbound side of route 50 right here at route 704. it's just outside the beltway. in fact, let's just go straight to our chart camera. it's an overturned tractor- trailer. look at this, guys. only the right lane is getting by. crews are on the scene. they've been tweeting at me as well telling me there is one injury here on the eastbound

monika is off., it's got to be quiet at this hour. >>> it's happy friday, howard bernstein. that's what i'm talking about. not looking bad. the american legion bridge is open. there was a crash on the inner loop earlier but that is cleared up. let's take a look at this. 95, 495 north of maryland, 201, this is in greenbelt. you're looking clear. it is a happy friday. let's go to i-95 south of route 234, this is in dumfries. the overnight construction is gone. the hov lanes are opening up at this point so everything is free and clear at this point. andrea and mike, happy friday. >> happy friday. >>> the search for relisha rudd is intensifying as police reveal the man believed to have abducted her purchased construction trash bags and he may have used them to dispose of evidence, perhaps a body. >> kahlil tatum purchased other disturbing items such as a shovel and the chemical agent sometimes used when burying bodies. >> reporter: relisha rudd was seen with kahlil tatum on march 1. >> that was the last

up against some of your faifertle wusa9 -- favorite wusa9 team members like me, howard, mike and monika. you can wine a 60-inch television. log on to wusa9.com to learn more. >>> children of all ages will be packing into verizon center this thursday evening. that's when the ringling brothers barnum & bailey circus opens its new show "built to amaze." we have gigi the clown here with us. guess what? she has a certified degree, a bark lore of fun arts. >> yes, i do. what can i say. >> built to amaze, a brand new experience. what does that mean, brand new experience? everyone will see brand new acts from the greatest show on earth. one of my favorites, a great way to celebrate march madness none other than the king charms troupe -- charles troupe. it's been part of the family since 1969. we are now seeing second and third generation performers. they ride on unicycles and play basketball. >> wow. perfect for march madness. >> it is. >> you have a comedy troupe as well. >> it's alex and irene that. they're fabulous. there's one act that they do, they bring back old time vaudeville. they do a

monika is off. jessica doyle will be doing the traffic and howard? >> tomorrow will be the wet day.ing to a couple of guys at the locker room at the gym yesterday. they were a baseball and softball coach. i have to have some of these practices indoors. they have to rent gym space. it's becoming costly as well. let's get you going on this friday morning. a few showers today. boarderline yellow alert today. boy, tomorrow and even into sunday looks soggy. temperatures today will be climbing from the 40s to near

monika is off this week so jessica doyle is stepping in for traffic.eyou know a school delay with all -- to let you know a school delay with all this. culpeper county schools are opening two hours late. probably icy spots the issue. >>> we want to get to howard bernstein. what's the latest we snowed here. >> april. i forget the exact date but i think we had measurable snow in the second week of april around here. >> the way our winter is going, who knows. >> weather wise, it's a very cold morning out there. winds are going to howl 30, 40 mile an hour gusts this morning. they'll gust to 30 this afternoon. lookat

. >> reporter: monika allen was in chemotherapy at the time of the race, and the tutu was not only foroceeds for a self-profit group. when the magazine contacted her asking to use a photo of her from the los angeles marathon she was thrilled. >> we thought, wow, we'll be in "self" magazine, and we assumed maybe positive use, maybe doing a trend on running in tutus. >> reporter: it was allen's first marathon since being diagnosed with inoperable brain cancer. >> i did 12 cycles over a year of higher-dose chemo therapy. there's a chance i wouldn't live five years, but i feel great. >> reporter: the magazine wanted the photo for the "bs meter." >> i was really offended. it's kind of an insult to put into a huge magazine and called lame. >> reporter: a racing tutu epidemic has struck and it's because people think the fru-fru skirts make run faster. if you say it makes people run away from you faster maybe we would believe it. >> if they thought this was a silly trend that they didn't understand, they should ask us. >> reporter: in fact, allen makes the tutus for her company which donates a

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where it'll fester and turn into a losing plus of capital losses in vinnie will be there on their monika with you know sir philip green smoke a cigar but it has to come up yeah everything's good. this is a new line of the cake yeah look at look at little kate upton so cute yeah all right well we got to go so states we got to go ok dear leader. state in the second half a whole lot more. ukrainian treasures have come to our land it's a threat to russia which. for me is a small republic and russia is a huge country and defend us. along came to an end when the first moment of cocktail was thrown at our guy who stood there defending the law and order and we believe that he. has never surrendered to anyone and it never will. loon and children on the news knowing the close women news is working with martin luther king said i have a dream is to have a drawn. drones have not caused a huge number of civilian casualties. for the most part they have been very precise six strikes against. this small body on the ground is a little girl and just next to her is a little boy of eight. we do some of her s

mike, back to you. >> thanks, monika. >>> new this morning, continuing what monika just said westboundannapolis road is closed after a deadly accident overnight. that is where two cars collided at about 1:00 this morning. this is at the intersection of annapolis road and fontana road in lanham which is right near the enterprise shopping center if you're familiar with that neighborhood. one person died in this. police say they believe speed may have been a factor in the crash. >>> the d.c. political corruption investigation will not keep mayor vincent gray from his routine. he's scheduled to attend a ribbon cutting for a new health resource center in southwest d.c. later this morning. delia goncalves is live at the wilson building with a look at what could be next in this investigation. good morning, delia. >> reporter: good morning, andrea and mike. it's business as usual here at the wilson building but the mayor's attorney spoke to wusa9 and tells us a federal indictment could be in the near future. the only question at this point this morning is if that indictment will come before or

here comes monika in. we started off much better but just in the last half-hour things starting to get a little difficult for commuters. >>> the rush hour is back, everybody. look at this issue over in fairfax station. live from our sky 9. it was a large bowldzer that fell off a truck northbound on route 123 -- boulder that fell off a truck northbound on route 123. you have a single lane getting by under police direction. please keep this in mind. it could be a mess this morning. let's go over to our ipad traffic feature. i'm see a couple of issues cropping up around town. right here on the outer loop of the beltway action i'll zoom into it on the ramp to get on northbound 270, a broken down vehicle blocking the right lane. everybody is coming up to it at speed. so that's an issue. an accident reported in prince george's county on the outer loop of the beltway at route 450. that's north of 50 so be aware of that. no lane information given yet on that crash. let's go over to a couple of live pictures. first

>> thanks, monika. >>> d.c. police are searching this morning for the people responsible for shooting and killing a man in southeast. >> this all happened around 11:50 last night roughly one block from the anacostia metro station. delia goncalves is live in southeast this morning along bowen road with more on the shooting and who police say they're looking for. good morning, delia. >> reporter: good morning, bowen and sayles still blocked off for several hours. we're about six hours out after this murder occurred and police still here on the scene combing for evidence and searching for the suspects. let's take a look at some video shot earlier today as we had a crew here out on the scene as this happened. police are telling us it was just about midnight when they arrived and found an adult man shot several times in the upper body. he unfortunately was pronounced dead here on the scene and then quickly the search for the suspects picked up from there. police telling us at this hour they are looking for four men t

. >>> thanks a lot monika. the virginia d. o. t. is warning people be careful this morning. black ice is the main concern. any of the leftover plow spray is frozen. so that is the biggest dole this morning. >> exactly. yesterday it was stay home, stay home. the crews have done some of it and hank silverburg joins us live from falls church. hank how do the roads look there this morning? >> the major roads as we drove in through northern virginia, they were pretty good. a lot of them are right down to the pavement. even some of the side streets are down to the pavement. where you have problems is neighborhoods like this. we're near -- appropriately named winter hill apartments. in falls church. if you can look over here you can see this hill right here. still snow-covered. and if you come down this hill too fast, either to go right or go straight you're going to spin out. trying to go up it. if you stop on the hill you may not get up. that's the problem you you're going to have in the region this morning. of course also the problem of trying to dig your car out. a lot of peopl