northbound b.w. parkway at the beltway, take a look at that. northbound b.w. parkway as you're approaching the beltway. red line, still single tracking between medical center and friendship heights because of the arcing insulator. 270 looks good. top of the beltway starting to get slow because of the problem we saw there. 95 over to 270. going to take you 15 minutes. 66 in bound don't have any problems. 95 northbound behaving itself as well. i'm back in ten minutes. >>> thanks, melissa. leave your smart trip card at home. the company that wants to make sure you can get a free ride home this new year's. >>> and a developing situation right now just outside of phoenix after a medical helicopter goes down overnight with three people on board. i'm angie goff. the new inform >>> breaking news right now at 6:15. this is out of manassas. more than a dozen people are without a home this morning after a fire spread through several townhouses. this happened this morning. there is no word on the cause of the fire. no one was hurt. >>> eun, we're also following breaking ne

northbound at the b.w. parkway is blocked. outer loop there at new hampshire avenue.

b.w. parkway shut down. all lanes are blocked because of a car fire. you can see northbounde're starting to get slow because of this problem as well. so it could be a nasty commute starting now at b.w. parkway. right now southbound 270 to the spur we're on time. beltway over 27 f taking a little longer than it has been. 56 minutes. inbound is on time and want co-to the beltway on time as well. chuck? >> thank you, melissa. outside today, what should you expect? well, i'll tell you one thing. expect a big change in the weather. it will become increasingly breezy by later on this afternoon. a clearing sky, falling temperatures and increasing wind as wintertime comes back into the area. school day forecast, temperatures in the 40s. a lot of clouds around. southern maryland getting breezy by midday but notice temperatures will be falling. what to wear then? put your winter coat at least under your arm because you'll need it on your way home. be ready for a cold start to the weekend. a complete check of the seven-day forecast which includes the mention of 70 for santa. that's com

b.w. parkway everything slowing. 95 in triangle, northbound lanes before triangle do have a crash on the right side of the roadway. should be out of the way soon. i'll see you back here in ten minutes at 4:41. >> thank you, melissa. >>> 5,000 pounds of marble countertops fell off the beltway. this happened during rush hour in the express lane. the marble was cleaned up last night. no delays today. >>> the man responsible for taking down child predators in northern virginia may have been one himself. david abbott killed himself when manassas city police tried to serve warrants at his home. he was accused of molesting two boys in prince williams county. they're trying to figure out if abbott had any other victims. >>> d.c. police are trying to find children who may have molested children. cameron lieu which is teaches at turner elementary. he pulled an 8-year-old out of the classroom squeezing his arm so hard that it left a mark. >>> the mother of a 27-year-old man who died at an apartment complex in d.c. wants to see surveillance video from outside of that building. alonzo smith was in the cust

northbound at 175. it's been shut down for an accident involving a tractor trailer. if you can at all costs avoid i-95 through vad vad. b.w. parkway has exfrom visitors there. due to the closure and the slow-moving volume. we have a huge pileup in stafford county. this was close to fredericksburg. it's looking better now. back to you in the studio. jonathan: thank you. italians will be ringing in the new year without fireworks. many cities have been banned to use them for the smog levels. rome, milan have limited driving in an attempt to clear the air. it applies to cars and italy motorcycles and the scooters. the increase in smog is blamed on a warmer than usual and drier than usual winter. alison: well, after a nearly three-hour delay passengers on a united flight from seattle to chicago thought their trip was almost over. it was until the plane slid off the taxiway. the plane was inspected and put back on the pavement before coming to the gate. none of the 164 people on board were hurt. jonathan: to add inadult to injury. wait another five or six hours for delays. then get off the runway. we're here! alison: so what about the w

totally normal. 301 northbound between billingsley, we have a crash blocking the left lane there in white plains there. the problem we were seeing in. >> announcer: right now on b.w. parkwaythbound as you're passing 32. it's a little bit slow. pretty light as you're headed southbound. >> thank you. developing now, a homicide investigation in ft. washington, maryland. we're learning the victim was targeted there. "news4's" derrick ward with more from prince george's county. derrick. >> reporter: daylight is likely to bring investigators back here to the homicide investigation that began late last night. we're at the block of tucker road in ft. washington. a single-car crash turned tout have a victim inside. police say he suffered from upper body trauma. they do not think it was random. they have been here for some time. they left. they've been searching some field adjacent to tucker road. we're live in ft. washington. derrick ward, "news4." back to you. >> thanks, derrick. 6:54. one man is dead after a deadly motorcycle accident in charles county. sheriff's deputies say john barnett was on his motorcycle when he ran into a car saturday on st. charles parkway. there's near