right now to monika santani. >> reporter: northbound side of 35. 14th street bridge i'll have more on your virginia roadways coming up at 5:46. >> reporter: thank you monika. >>> the future of alexandria's water front is up for discussion. dozens of people shared their ideas. their goal it circulating a petition to try to except the city from changing current zoning laws. >>> a family is still out of their home after it was damaged after hurricane irene. the family decided to have fun with it. they kpix move back into their home for at least six more months so they turned their house into an elaborate house for trick or treaters. the home is on comanche road. >>> local breast cancer patients dive into their recovery exercises literally, coming up in today's money check. >>> plus we are way better off than one in a million. sometime today you will become one of 7 billion. >>> let's see who is celebrating a birthday today. dan rather is 80. james holly is 61 today and oscar winning director peter jackson is 50. actor and former "saturday night live"

right now to monika santani. >> reporter: a live look in virginia right now. 395.ook at the heavy traffic there. we are just getting word of an accident at duke street. i'll have more details on this coming up in my next report. >>> it sank more than 2000 years ago. archaeologists have recovered the final piece of a roman barge from the rome river in france. the first parts of the ship have yielded an on board kitchen with a ceramic oven. researchers will study the artifact as they piece the ship back together. >>> a 300-pound turtle is back if the atlantic ocean. he was rescued in may and the aquarium had to amputate his left front flipper because of a severe injury from a crab pot. marine biologists will see how it's captains now -- how it's capitals now. , how it will adapt now. >>> a handwritten murder confession note found inside an electrical breaker box. >>> former heavyweight boxing champ holyfield is 4. >>> amy cart soldier 44 today. tray parker is 42 and former "saturday night live" cast member chris ca tan is 41. >>> good morning. welcome back to 9news n

monika santani is coming in now with your monday morning timesaver traffic. >> thank you so much. we have a problem already with public transportation first of all, because of construction here at connecticut avenue and woodley road it is causing delays on buses l-2 and l-4 and i just got work that mark penn line 505 is cancelled this morning. because of that 511 will depart at 5:40 this morning. a little bit of a delay there as well. if you are planning to head to the south side of town, route 4 everything is fine at the beltway. whether you are trying to head past andrews air force base to the wilson bridge or heading north toward college park, you are going to be okay. first of all, again at branch avenue, everything is fine on the beltway. now let's go to the west side of town at the american legion bridge. along the west side between 270, tyson's corn and 266. coming up in my next report, we'll go into the district at 5:08. >>> thank you monika. it has been seven months since jana murray was murdered. today britney norwood is charged in the case. 9 news reporter kristen fish

and monika santani, we have roads falling apart and accidents. a bad monday morning. >> reporter: that is my traffic report in a nutshell today. it has been really tough. actually it is no laughing matter, especially if you have to deal with the detours set up. here's what we are talking about. first of all allentown road is blocked with an accident involving a tractor trailer right at branch avenue. it hit a bridge abutment and lost its load of lumber. 25, huge hole in the right lane, detours in place there as well. live picture inbound 66 slowing down in centerville. if you are taking 95 it is heavy, and will end with a live look at the american legion bridge. university boulevard to georgia avenue looks good here across the potomac river. coming up a report at 6:25. back to you guys. >>> before we head to break, it is time to look at the question of the morning. >> and that is, on average women tend to do this five times more than men. talk on the phone, send texts, or post pictures on facebook. >> our friend cody is alleging his bets. at firs

mere's monika santani.ffic in just a moment. >>> here's the forecast with howard bernstein. we get the week off. >> reporter: late this afternoon, we might just see a passing shower or two. especially north and west in town. our bigger shower day, that is going to be late wednesday. a chillyier finish to the week. clouds and sunshine. mostly include did i at times. by 5:00, 65. thanks to a system coming through the midwest this morning, it will be coming through here later on. we have some clouds, a weak area of cloudiness, in detroit and coming in toledo, ohio. frederick down to 39 this morning. 37 in the stanton harrisonburg area. andrews is 48 and on the bay. naval academy at 51. mid to upper 60s, near 70 for a high later on. monika santani stepping in. she has a look at the construction. >> reporter: construction believe it or not an accident early this morning. too early. howard is saying. downtown everything is fine across the 14th street bridge. let's go to the southbound side of i-95. woodbridge, th

monika santani, your turn. >> we are going to look right now at a map. there is still construction in place. should be cleared up shortly on the southbound side of i-95 between laurel and route 212. more on the maryland roadways coming up in my next report at 5:01. mike back to you. >>> later today two montgomery county council members will present a counter proposal to a county wide push for a teen curfew. they are expected to propose an antiloiterring bill. the measure would strengthen the existing laws but not target existing age groups. it would stop minors from being out after 11:00 at night. >>> special recognition at arlington national ceremony. a dedication ceremony was held honoring chaplains. it sits side by side with other memorials honoring protestants and catholics. >>> steve jobs biography is the only biography authorized by the man. it is written by walter isaacson. >>> the latest on loretta lynn's health scare. >>> karin brown has those stories and more in today's look at entertainment. >> reporter: the legendary loretta lynn is out of th

here's monika santani. >>> an accident on allentown road. if you are planning to head south of town, south of the beltway at andrews air force base. it is completely blocked with this accident involving a tractor trailer. it lost its load of lumber and hit the bridge abutment there. south of the beltway, on allentown road at branch avenue, we have this alternate set up for you. that should get you around that without much of a problem. but give yourself a little bit of an early start if that is where you are headed. southbound capital street a huge hole developed overnight. the right lane is blocked. northbound 295 past this scene you should be okay as

monika santani, what do you have there? reporter: my new clicker. >> it is pretty big. >> reporter: it is bigger than howard's. >> whatever you need, monica. >> reporter: very good. okay. >> reporter: that is only because of the artificial enhancement. we are going to move on. right now. we have a decent day ahead. grab an umbrella. in the mountains, you'll likely see a sprinkle or two. looks like the morning midday will be dry. let's get you moving here on this monday morning. we are talking about a few clouds here and there at times. lunch time 61. with partly sunny conditions. this afternoon again mostly cloudy, can't rule t

monika santani, happy monday. >> not so happy for those in virginia unfortunately. on the northbound side of i-95. i have been telling you about an accident right at the inner loop of the beltway. look at the slow traffic it is causing in fact. let's take a live look. it is basically jammed from dale city all the way up into springfield. it is going to take you that whole stretch to get through because of the ramp on the inner loop of the beltway. on the northbound side of 295, this accident has been here for awhile. it is just in its clearing stages. causing all the slow traffic. not only on route 210 at berry road. it is causing major back-up as well. let's go over to the north side of town. southbound on 270 you have got a couple of slow stretches. frederick and urbana. into clarks burglary u g. it is running at a good clip, i think as you head down patch this point where the lanes divide, at least it is incident free. i'll update you on the situation on 95 and springfield. back to you guys. >>> it is 61:00. next in sports, i think i have howard's frog, a great p

monika santani, happy halloween. >> >> reporter: you are looking at the inner look southbound 45. prince georges county fire is on the scene. you have delays at allentown road heading southbound on the beltway. let's go to a map so i can show you. past branch avenue, crews are on the scene. on route 5 branch avenue at route 301 in brandywine. let's go north. there are two separate accidents i want to tell you about. if you are heading southbound at 195. another one in greenbelt at goddard drive. we'll end with a live look at the beltway. normal flow traffic heading into silver spring. in my next report i'll update you on all of those accidents. >> 6:31 now. we'll continue to follow breaking news. >> reporter: a car crash and shooting in northeast washington. police are still on the scene. surae chinn has been there all morning. surae, which is the latest? >> >> reporter: firefighters just left the scene there. i had been remarking i could smell the rubber and plastic. minutes later the firefighters arrived because that fire rekindled. you see the front hood and trunk were sticking

monika santani, you are looking very halloween like today. >> i'm really happy we won't have the raind to bundle up. please be careful as you are out on the roads. here's what the beltway looks like. no problems to report. down to 95 on the northbound side between dale city the construction has been cleared. near the way station into springfield on 35 you are going to be just fine this morning. this time head to the north side of town. here's what 66 looks like inside the beltway. now the maps on the north side of town. we are looking good we have the construction on the outer loop. we'll end with a live look on 270 on the southbound side looking great. coming up in my next report back into maryland at 4:55. >>> the main hall of union station reopens again. union station had to close the hall after pieces of the ceiling fell friday night. engineers say those loose files tiles were cause bid the earthquake back in august. >>> a 27-year-old lieutenant in the united states army is celebrating a big win. chad moore completed the race. >> reporter: if you are thinking about the new york ma

monika santani stepping in. we have a very busy, busy monday morning. we have had a situation in the district on the southbound side of 295 at south capital street where a huge hole developed southbound side in the right lane. it is three by six feet. police is on the scene assessing the situation. it is a bit of a safety concern. in the meantime the right lane is blocked. left lane is getting by. south capital street remains blocked as well. your choices are north of this point take malcolm x, on the south side, take chesapeake street to overlook avenue. that is your detour. police are on the scene helping you get around the situation as well. we are hearing south capital street may reopen by 5:00. let's go over to the map north side of town. on the beltway where you have construction being picked up. very slow and heavy as they were picking up the cones from the overnight construction. lanes should be reopened shortly and i'll show you that next time around as well. coming up in my next report we'll look at both those situations. >>> thank you monika.

monika santani stepping in 4:30 monday. >> reporter: it is the construction in the usual spots.with columns on the map. let's start off with the north side of town. a live picture on the outer loop at new hampshire avenue. the right lane blocked only for 20 to 30 minutes and then you should be okay westbound. downtown no problems across the 14th street bridge and into the west corridor. wilson bridge south side looking fine. leaving sustain stain hill or alexandria, we'll go over to the northbound side of i-95 and 395, everything is running smoothly. >>> as howard said, some 3 million homes and businesses are without electricity following this weekend's snowstorm in the north east. >> this system took downpour lines all the way to maine. 11 deaths are being blamed on the storm. drive drew levenson has more. >> reporter: they started digging and cleared out sunday after saturday's freak nor'easter raced up the east coast. heavy, wet snow downed trees and power lines. this tree sliced through megan fitzgerald's home. >> we heard crash and go crackling, everything. this tree wound

. >>> here's monika santani. >> i'm awake. >>> you need the rain gear, and maybe later this afternoong about severe weather. because there will be a threat as the cold front gets closer. starting you also with the day planner, as usual. it is a wet one. we have showers out there now. we'll have rain at times. mid-60s at noon. highs today near 70 with a 5:00 p.m. temperature near 67. the threat later on of thunderstorms. look at the satellite radar. you see this batch of moisture that has moved in on top of us. out at the shenandoah valley, you are dry so far. another run of showers and storms in ten -- in kentucky and ohio. there are the showers. some of them heavy from baltimore right up and down the i-95 corridor, through dc, through south of town, in areas like quantico and dale city and woodbridge, pennsylvania. up toward areas just outside of dc, in arlington and mcclain, seeing some of the heavier showers and some of this yellow area across areas in southwestern prince georges county. the temperatures in the 60s with wet roads. here's monika, with more. >> give yourself a few ex

monika santani it is not just the rain affecting us this morning? >> reporter: no. it was an overnight accident as well. south of the beltway here in huntington. good morning, everybody. we have been on the phone with the dispatch supervisor, they are telling us a pole went down, it was a two car accident on the southbound side of south kingshighway at route one. you will be diverted through the area but i suggest you use route one or telegraph road as your alternate route. now with the update, it should be 6:00 when they are able to get a tem prayer pole up and open up the roadway for you. be aware of that in huntington. if you are planning to head over on 66, the toll road, route 7, there was overnight construction in place right at the beltway. a live look at 66 right now. it looks okay at gallows road. be aware of the construction. coming up in my next report, i will certainly look at maryland. back to you guys. >> reporter: as if stealing someone's identity and ruining finances wasn't bad enough, some criminals are take that go crime to a new low. stealing soci

here's monika santani with the latest. >> reporter: it will definitely complicate rush hour.d side of 295 right around here at south capital street. three by six foot hole developed in the right lane overnight. what authorities are telling me -n fact i spoke to operator 70, mp.d. police are on the scene trying to assess the situation. in the meantime, south capital street is blocked. they are detouring you on to overlook avenue. or to get around that area on to 295 past the incident there, southbound 295 at south capital street. it is the right lane. the left lane is getting by but we will keep you posted on this huge situation. we have crews headed to the scene as well. in the meantime, lookout for police direction. in the meantime let's go to howard. >> good morning, everybody. your weather 65 degrees. cloudy skies. upper 60s here at noon. sunshine returning later today. 5:00 p.m. temperature. have a weak front to the north. with that showers in west virginia, parts of western maryland, kind of zoomed in here to western maryland. you notice here this is winchester. a cross

monika santani has traffic today.wild night yesterday. >> reporter: yes the sun came out and heated things up and boom, a couple of tornadoes. down around the triangle, quantico, there was some damage. yeah a crazy afternoon. this morning we've got some nothing and also have showers and storms that will be returning over the next few hours. finally, later this afternoon, we are going to clear out. here it is, a look at the day planner. 9:00 and noon, even through early to mid-afternoon, showers and storms will be around. later on, 3:00, to 5:00, degrees will pick up, too. up around 70 if in the in the lower 70s for the highs. there were the big storms yesterday afternoon and evening, but this morning, look at whether's coming here from west virginia, southwestern virginia, the radar, from roanoke, that will be here in the next couple of hours. if you leave early enough, you can beat this stuff. 6 this morning in annapolis -- 9 this morning in -- 69 this morning in annapolis. cumberland visibility here a quarter mile.

. >>> monika santani will have traffic in just a moment. >> reporter: howard bernstein has our weatherirst. it is going to clear up, the fog, north and east up around college park over to fort mead. fredericksburg and those areas as well. 61 by noon with sunshine. 65 with highs today between 65 and 70. a

monika santani has been watching your timesaver photographic. >> good morning everybody. one of the big problems this morning has been on 66 on then bound side. let's go over there, where there has been an accident inbound right here between the beltway and vienna. if you are planning to head inbound that is a tractor trailer involved both shoulders. that is going to slow you down in fact sky 9 is head that had way. now let's look live at the 14th street bridge. i'm just getting word of two separate accidents. be aware that have if you are planning to head northbound on i-95. brake lights actually begin at 95 and continue all the way to georgia avenue. the good news on the north side is, it is incident free. right now of a commuter alert. we are going look at the glass half full when it comes to traffic in montgomery county. a report from the county finds the traffic isn't getting any worse, it is just staying the same. the 2011 mobile assessment report signed some of the worst overall congestion is southbound route 29 and also says university boulevard from wheaton to la

. >>> in four minutes, monika santani gives us a preview. >>> and should we expect more rain today? howard, there is your weather first when 9news returns. >>> it is 6:12. we are looking at live doppler 9 hd with rain west of us that will be here in the next couple of hours. grab the rain gear but also, grab the sun shades. you are going to need them mid afternoon. sun to finish the day, highs around 70. monika. >>> southbound side of 25 at howard road we are just getting word of an accident. no problems on the beltway's south side of town or 35 at the 14th street bridge. surae? >>> we are talking about smart growth, we were talking about a planned community sort of. so explain what this conference is all about. >> reporter: the rail pollution is a national conference on livable communities with transit. it is a chance to show off neighborhoods right here in washington. i did get a chance to speak with john robert smith, the president of reconnecting america. >> a local community is one where people can afford to live, and are connected to jobs, education, healthcare, to every day n