melissa will have the way to avoid both p of theseblem spots. >> first we want to check in with nicole jacobs in forestville for us with the latest on what's happening there. nico nicole. we're having some issues here but you're looking at a live picture. the beltway overpass over this stretch of suitland parkway that nwe believe may have bee impacted by the truck going t area. t we'll get back to nicole in a couple of minutes. >> another problem in then a hill area right now. >> aimee cho is live for us this morning where a motorcycle crashed and causes a road closure. amy. >> i'm learning a man and a woman are now in the hospital witheriousinjuries. they were riding a motorcycle together when they were struck by a vehicle. it happened a little before midnight. i want to step out of the way and give you a look behind me at where it happened. lice have been her for hours investigating. they told me the driver of the vehicle is. ok this is on viers mill eastbound near aspen hill road. we have seen thecl motor here lying on the ground. also see police searching the ground for flash flights f cl

back to you. >> nicole jacobs for us live there. thank you. also getting word of an overnight motorcycle

in loudoun county, nicole jacobs, news 4. launchedan in virginia a restaurant rant. you may recall harassing a spanish family for speaking spanish. the woman on the receiving end of the verbal asslt wants action. take a listen. >> you [ bleep ], come over here in america,okay. >> the victim says she was with relatives from guatemala a andy's restaurant in lovettsville, virginia last week. the woman in the video demanded to seeheir passports. the victim didn't want to be on camera but told us she is nsidering legal action now. >> if you do something wrong you have to payhe consequences. >> you c be affected by individuals' words. we are human beings and we all should be treated with loudoun r condemned the attack but says wouldvirginia statutes i be tough to pursue charges in the case. >>> a very bright future cut short when a 22-year old was killed by a stray bullet in northeast d.c.. tom marnett was driving home from work wednesday night on 17th street when the bullet hit his suv. tonight police are still t searching f person who shot him. news 4 spoke with his fath

nicole jacobs, news 4. >> that's just awesome. >> what a great idea.ou go in there and you can learn something new. >> exactly. >> every time you . so, gotd c after that beautiful fall day we enjoyed. >> it was gorgeous, wasn't it? >> yes. while it lasted. >> you know, i think i had more people stop byy desk today asking me about the weekend -- >> right. >> than i have i a long time. that's because we have the nor'easter coming. big changes tonight. 72, the high today. simply amazing. it was wonder. . sunshine, blue skies, 72 degrees. good day to get out and about. tomorrow, cut that number in hatch. 36, that will be the wind chill in some areas doring theng hours right now. out there right now, yeah, we've fallen, but that's f norma this time of night. 58 degrees. notice out of the north, and that means a colder wind. winds out of the north at 15 miles per hour right now. winds goingy to s gusty. down to 48 already in gaithersburg, 49234 cu in culpe. 50 in the frederick area. no rain right now. as we look at the wider picture, i don't expect any rain,

news 4's nicole jacobs is live with details on the brand-new speed cameras going up there. nicole, good >>morning. eporter: good morning to you, eun. i can tell you highway safety officials and prince gorges county police officers are trying to send a strong for drivers to slow down here on indian head highway. certainly it's been widely reported and the numbers point to a notoriously dangerous roadway. haver this year two people been killed in crashes here, but over the last ten years there have bee 47 fatal crashesrd accoing to maryland state highway administration. starting today red light cameras go into effect ticketing drive speeding 12 miles per hour or more over the posted speed limit. we're talking about the area of ndd fort road a maryland route 21 residents in this area along with communitynd civic leaders are all getting behind this effort hopin that the roadway is safer. eun, aaron, back to you. >> nicole jacobs live for us fort washington. nicole, thank you. >> 5:06. in the district you'll g ext time to cross some of the busiest streets. d.c. mayor muriel bowse

nicole jacobs is on the scene with the latest. nicole, what are you seeing?> the actual valve break is about a block down the road. we have pic cres we show you in just a second but the southbound lanes here are mpletely shutdow here on route 355 and if you take a look here to the left here, you can see how cars are having to make the u-turn. an offic now aiding them in doing that. at first it's a little jarring, i believe,hen vehicles come up and immediately see road e. clos they're going at the normal 40 miles per hour speed limit here. so definitely a major traffic headache that we're told will take place here and is taking place. the pio saying that it take some time to get this underway. i can tell you,om fromne who is here coordinating the bus routes this morning that anyone catching a bus between preserve and middlebrook rd will have to catch it at middlebrook. the water is really shooting up into the sky and that's mething that they have been contending with here this morning. we'll continue to keep you updated on the progress here but according to th

nicole jacobs is on the ground now to kick off our team coverage. nicole, what are you seeing?> well, what we're seeing from the ground right now is really slow moving traffic here on pennsylvania avenue. we wantou to give a look up iove with chopper there. you can sees really impacting everything here. we're told that a dump truck landed to overpass shortly before 3:30 this morning. a bucket truck now is holding the inspection team as ty take a look at that bridge to check the structure of it to make sure that it has not been compromised but of course all of this having residual effects with all the back up here and they're telling me here on the scene they hope this wraps up shortly. back to you. >> all right. thank you. showing you the delays here, a rree mile maybe more back up. big, big delays because of it. the two left lanes blocked because of the incident below. do you see any changes here? >> not really. the worst of it is going to be a avenue ennsylva because you cannot access to parkway inbound at that point. that's where the closure is. we have people continuing on

. >> nicole jacobs, news 4. >> i think i'm salivating. >> you know it's good. >> grandfather's recipe>> did y see the butter she was pouring on those biscuits. >> everything is better with biscuit. >> walmart is carrying these products. >> literally. biscuits will be in 600 stores next year. look out. how would you like to own an island? here's your chance. all you need ismi $15 ion. >> is that all? >> and it can be your it's a 13 acre private island 36 miles outside of the district with beautiful views of the potomac there. the island's name was changed for a ti. >> you sai it very nice. >> i hope that's right. >> it's known as chop island. yone that purchases this island has the right to name it whatever they nt. it could be aaron gilcrest . island >> no i wouldn't use that. have to be something more discreet. >> we're workingyoor a local mom may have found the solution to keeping track of all the produ recalls. how you can sort through them and find the ones specific to your family. >> plus pounding winds and whipping rain. hurricane michael is heading for the u.s. and millions are

nicole jacobs, news4. >> that fishe. da >> mm-hmm. >> check out this new madeo. a driveres a truck through the front of a 7/11 this morning. as you see, three people dressed in black head inside for the atm. they ted to free the machine or reach the cash inside but they can't do it. police say a fourth guy was behind the wheel. they are still looking for the gold tf-350hat probably has some damage to the rear bumper. >> that never works. >> they keep trying. >> we're working for your health tonight. so adults can now receive the cervical cancer vaccine. the food &n drug administrat approved the hpv vaccine for men and women up to age 45. gardisil 9 ptects against cervical cancer. it was only for preteens. now adults between 27 and 45 ee doses of ve t the vaccine. each dose costsust over $200. >> it's one of the best known choirs in america, if not the world. performing at inaugurations reagan through trump. tonight after 150 years it is changing its tune. ♪ >> the mormon tabernacle choir wi now be called the tabernacle choir at temple uare. the name change is par

nicole jacobs begins our team coverage from capitol hill. >> reporter: doreen, no matter what side of the fence you are s on, there a lot of passion behind this issue, and a distinguishable divide. even still, in these final hours, protesters are still going hard. on theast front lawn, nestled between the supreme court and the ils. capitol ng, hundreds stand in protest under the night sky with candles and a message. >> we are strong, we are united. >> reporter: car men cruz, never shy about her criticism of the commander in chief, and the laett kavanaugh debate, adds another r. >> the more they try to shut us up, the more we'reoi g to say hell no. >> reporter: with protests come arrests. c u.s.apitol police making more than300 thursday. actress amy schumer,oun of chuck schumer in that number. >> far too many people, family members, friends, who are survivors of sexual abuse. >> reporter: t accusations against judge kavanaugh and his demeanor during last thursday's hearin enough for carson ellrod to say no to confirmation. >> there's nothing right about somebody who lacks the composure

night nicole jacobs drous us to the maryland woman who is taking an old famous ripe to e shelves of walmart> if could you smell the aro coming from leslie riley's kitchen, it would make the taste of mama's biscuits that much more special. the back story to her creation -- >> friends and familysed to call them my business kits. >> it is special in and of itself. >> came from of course grandma. >> taking her grandma's hand written recipe. >> about 1887. >> and tweaking it to come up with this. e exactly started h four years ago today. an anniversary she had not thought of until now. >> my goodness! oh! >>nd one so fitting for her latestmp acshment that launches today. >> and here i am, full circle. and it ises on the she of walmart. >> a chance meeting with the ut buyers summit her in front of the right people. >> they liked it. >> they chose two ofth. >> making sure you have two. >> from her blueberry lemon to cinnamon cream. their all hand made in a distribution central she built and self--funded. >> that's perfect. >> it is perfect for a small business owner whose specialie innt -- >> ve.

news 4's nicole jacobs went to the first all-signing starbucks. >> reporter: theustle and bustle of northeastd.c. is nothing new for the everyday comings and going.or the deaf and hard of hearingcommunity, just imagine, all of this is mixed with quiet. but on h street, their eye cans connect with the signs pointing to this new starbucks store front whereinside, a different world comes to life. it's all the norms of coffee, but it creates a space of comfort for the death. ha translator: they don't to feel isolated. deaf and hard-of-hearing people have a place to come, to call their ow >> reporter: the first of its kind in the u.s.,n all-signing starbucks. 25 employees here all are fluent in american sign language. >> translator: the store provides a model of what a successful profitable business run by deaf peopl can look like. >> reporter: just a short distance away from gallaudet university where thousands of deaf students graduate every year, it's a prime location for a signing stre andisually accommodating for effective communication. >> translator: there are fewer you walk into the space

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and we have nicole jacobs live, just about 2,000 feet below it.hat are you seeing back at the closure point? >> w wellre still seeing of course southbound lanes completely shutdown as we have been all morni long and this will be the scene for some time according to the cio. they have done a lot of wor ahead of them. i want to get you again to chopper video just y to give another look. again we're some ways down but you can get alor look and see that water still bubbling up there. i can tell you they're telling us this will be a tedious repair process. she also says that at some point during the repair process water servicebe interrupted all together because the pipes will have to be cut completely now fortunately, that will happen while most people are at work but crews again have ahead hours of repairs of them to go as they go underground to fix this 8 inch svalve. you ca how cars here taking a live look now are having to either make a u-turn or turn on high pois drive they try to avoid this mess here going southbound. back to you. >> i'll take i

it will >> reporter: in fort washington, nicole jacobs, news 4. >> just six days to go until the midtermlections, and there is a major push underway by democrats. nonpartisan faithll groups as as grassroots activists to get black voters out to the polls. one political action group, black pack, is spending $8 million targeting black votersr in f and nine other states, all part of the effort to boost african-american irticipation in the midterms and beyonds hoped. taylor thomas has toy's talk around town. a lot of eyes all over the country, particularly here asll focused on the races for governor office in florida and georgia, and andrew gillimnd stacey abrams could be the first black governors of the what do they have to say about it? >> they are watching closer, and th are more than qualified, and they with aware of the issues in the states. there's concern in florida where in the past there's voter suppression concerns, also, racial comments made by the opposing canada there, and in georgia, the possible misuse of power in that race. either way, o listeners know the outcome, especially

jacobs. she joins us now live from the scene in good faithersburg with very latest. what's going on, nicole? >> angie and molette, t work here is slow, but definitely steady. you can see here behind me, one lane of the southbound side is able to get through, which is great news and incredible prress, compared to what it was earlier this morning when it was completely shut down. but i want to give you a different perspective now. one from high above, where you can actually see the scope of this hole and exactly what work crews have cut out for them. a morning mess on route n355 gaithersburg. chopper video showing sprouts of water bubblinghe up during morning rush. and before that, these images show water shooting several feet into the air. a valve break causing the disruption, making for miles of backup and hours of repairs ahatd. >> unforty, infrastructure under the ground, water, corrosion, things happen, things break, and tha what happened here. >> reporter: wssc spokesperson lynn riggers tells news 4, the fix isn't necessarily easy. >> then's 8-inch valve on an 8-inch water line and that

nicole. good stuff. president trump has not been shy about criticizing the federal reserve. our next guest says it is okay. it is encouraging! join us and we have spencer jacobll street journal kind of guy. most people look at this say the president of the united states should not be messing around with the independence of the fed. but you say it is okay, make your case. >> here's the thing you have to understand about the fed. his independence is very hard, the reputation rather is hard to earn. and very easy to lose. and we had double -- the fact that the present is criticized the fed will not help him. matter fact, when it comes to a split decision, where the fed has to know, is not sure whether or not to raise by a court-appointed or not, this might push over the edge, which is not good for the person sitting in the white house at that moment. republican or democrat because the fed is like to be pushed around and they need toassert the independence. the fact that at present, and this is not the first time . this is not the first time that someone in the white house or the congress have tried to assert their will with the fed. but it sends the message to