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from the beltway to past nutley street watch for that.tor-trailer involved disabled and some other vehicles causing a heavy flow of traffic on the westbound side. a bit of a rubberneck the eastbound side that's 66 past nutley. wanted to talk about metro. right now all rail lines are on time but this weekend we have track work. weekend shut down on the red line friendship heights to grosvenor. as we forward our maps blue line also impacted well. single tracking stadium-armory to morgan boulevard 10:00 p.m. to close. right now metro is on time. any questions at erin fox5 d.c. on twitter. back to you. >> coming up on fox5 news morning, drinking wine may actually reduce your risk of developing a potentially deadly disease. >> and we're following the latest from north carolina where 10,000 tourists are being forced to evacuate the outer banks. >> and as we head to break, live look across the d.c. region on a friday morning. 5:27 is our time right now. we're at 77 degrees. fox5 news morning coming right back. >> ♪ >> ♪♪ >> today on fox5 news mo

outbound 66, leaving the capital beltway, continuing towards nutley. two left lanes are getting by this tractor-trailer, and according to police, loaded with gummy bears. it's causing quite a bit of a slow down fr eastbound all of your lanes are open. no problems as you continue inbound towards the capital beltway. i t hought i was on to something, sticky, gummy bears. a 13 minute ride heads towards 270. i will be back in the next 10 minutes. larry: such a candy girl. i'm awake. overnight, celebrations on the streets. people cheering as the senate votes down the plan to repeal parts of obamacare. autria: the pivotal moment coming when john mccain votes no. eliciting cheers in the senate chamber. the skinny repeal failing in that dramatic early morning votes. sam sweeney is the russell rotunda. this is a huge blow to president trump's agenda. anon president trump ran the republicans had denver promising -- has been promising the repeal or place. last night, it failed. he came down to three senators f maine andllins o mai also john mccain. onspent 60% of

the delay begins before nutley. also, it sound like in montgomery county, the crash along university boulevard eastbound near pine i branch road, authorities on the scene. just be careful. >>> are you okay? where is the other person? >> new video from the crash involving venus williams. from the first offer. >>> we know he's good as football. kirk cousins is about to be a dad. we put him to the test. the diaper test. coming up. >>> dozens of people the international tree climbing championship begins today. is that real? is that a thing? >> i guess. >> more than 60 people representing 13 countries are here for this. >> this is a thing. >> these are the best tree climbers in the world. two are from richmond. this is video from past championships. this year's competition runs through sunday at the national arboretum. if you want to watch it, it's free to go. it's all protected. ropes x helmets. the whole nine yards. >> all that practice as a kid. it's cool. >>> he's pretty great at throwing a football we know. he could

eastbound 66 before nutley street. looks better than we did earlier this morning. there. staying in virginia right now, northbound 95 at prince william parkway. that crash still on the right shoulder. northbound, bw parkway before 32, all lanes now open. that's much, much better. now 95 through that area is quite slow this morning. overall, the beltway looks pretty good. that makes me laugh because i see a similarity here. the beltway, here's my stomach. roads into town are just fine. no big problems on the beltway or my belly. 270 no problems. top of the beltway, the tiniest bit slow. 66 inbound, 95 northbound, looks pretty nor your car this morning. >> i still see the shadow of your belly on the weather wall. >> going to be there for a while. >>> hopefully not too much longer, i guess. >>> as you wake up today, warm and muggy. we're looking at another warm start. we have a weather alert out. by lunchtime, could be feeling close to 100 degrees again. then we go through the afternoon. strong storms are in the forecast. some of which could be severe tonight if you'r

this is as you make your way out on 66 westbound after nutley street.were able to move a disabled vehicle over to the shoulder but traffic really slow right now from the beltway to past nutley street as well. let's go ahead and switch it over and show you what else you're dealing with. northbound 123 as we mentioned and also university boulevard eastbound crash near piney branch road. taking a wide view. we just had in lighter volume around the beltway right now of the relatively quiet friday but it's the summer i'm not surprised. outer loop college park about a five minute delay from 95 to georgia avenue. metro is on steve. >> look at this beautiful view of ocracoke island. so many people from d.c. make that drive down to north carolina. you think on a friday like this everybody would be headed to the beach for a great weekend. this morning they're going the other way. they're leaving that island because of a massive power outage. >> 10,000 tourists are packing up heading home this morning while emergency crews get to work on fixing the power while onl

beforep east of 123 notley street where we have a stalled bus blocking the right lane -- before nutley street. the delays are minimal but they are starting to fill east of 123 towards the capital beltway. the outer loop looks great. no problems. from collegeide park towards 270. coming south, only a 19 minute ride towards the lane divide. the big event that will see a lot of action happening today and tomorrow will be the women's march from the nra to the doj. folks are scheduled to assemble at 10:00 this morning at the nra. and that is where we find john gonzalez. john: it is going to be h-o-t. the nothing will stop this massive rally that is scheduled for this morning. it's actually going to start right outside the beltway and end up in downtown d.c. we are in mobile track 7 following the route. that is the nra headquarters in fairfax county. that is where will start. they're expecting thousands of people. you can see security guards have laid out the caution tape, and they also have cones in the parking lot. this is the route. waples mill road. they will take a couple of back roads

we've got activity out near nutley in the vienna metro.thing occurred with a couple tractor-trailers. not sure if there was debris struck but there's a lot of equipment on scene. at this point, two left lanes are getting by. abrupt slowdown leaving 495. connectivity in service roadway. that's got one right lane getting by. things are better in springfield. 95 northbound. up in the express lanes. fairfax county fairway. it's been contained not shoulder. volume is still pretty light. the delays have nicely eased. >>> which one is yours? are you okay? where is the other person? >>> this morning, we're getting a look at new police body cam video. it shows police responding to the fatal accident involving tennis star venus williams back in june. >> williams drove into an intersection where the two cars collided. she's been cleared of any criminal charges. the family of a 78-year-old man who later died from the injuries has filed a williams. she's worth an estimated $75 million. only spoken once about the accident. her family says it's not enoug

construction if you're heading on eastbound 66 right before you hit the beltway, it looks like by nutley left lane is closed here. i have a traffic lane camera in this area. you can tell from the maps, looks like traffic's moving okay. just not a lot of people out there. even with that left lane closed it's not going to impact you too much. careful if you have a flight out from dulles airport this morning. there are some construction notices in the area. this has been going on for a while. larry and jan we'll get to drive times on 95 coming up. >>> thank you. grass fires race across the hills of silicon valley in california early this morning spreading to at least two homes. ua closest to the fire to leave the area right away. fire crews have the fire under control for now. they'll be keeping an eye on hot spots throughout the day. >>> recreational marijuana has been legal in the state of nevada for less than two weeks and already dozens of dispensaries in the state are concerned they won't have any marijuana left. the plant sales outpaced the expectations of store owners. >>> passengers

inbound 66 before nutley, you can see we're slow there as well.abled vehicle on the right side of the roadway. beltway overall, no major problems on the beltway this morning. inbound new york avenue before 9th street northeast, we had that police shooting there. police were telling you how to get around it. that has cleared out of the way to people shot there. travel times, 270 south. p the beltway, no issues there inner loop or outer loop. 66 inbound starting to get slow. we just showed you why. 95 north in virginia quantico to the beltway also looking okay. listen to wtop 103.5 fm when you hop in your car today. >>> landon dowdy at cnbc headquarters. stars friday to introduce the new iced tea infusion. they're giving a free sample this afternoon between 1:00 and 2:00 p.m. while supplies last. the drinks contain tea, fruit and botanical blends and slightly sweet end with sugar. i'm landon dowdy. >> thank you landon. at least it's iced. >>> fit bit is hosting free sweat sessions in d.c. the first session is tomorrow morning at 9:00 at yards park i

. >> yeah, 5:56 right now. 66 eastbound disabled vehicle blocking the right lane at nutley street.on through so please allow for some extra time through fairfax. about 10 extra minutes. one right lane blocked. westbound side looking nice towards manassas and 28 in chantilly still quiet. we have volume increasing. construction cleared 295 southbound by east capitol street t still just about a five minute delay there. 50 inbound starting to see some volume as well. and then as you head inbound on the southeast-southwest freeway we have congestion building out by m street as usual. aside from that as closer look again you can see that delay on 295 southbound. keep it here to fox5 news morning p w. we'll be back with your 6 o'clock hour coming up and as we take a stretch to break take a live look outside we're all set up in pentagon row for our zip trip. i cannot wait to join the crew a little bit later in the morning. tucker will be coming up with some live reports. keep it here to fox5. >> ♪ >> ♪♪ ♪♪ it's go time at dunkin' two egg and cheese wake-up wraps for $2.