parkway closed.y easy work around. 198 to 197 back to the parkway or to avoid it all pop over and use route 1 southbound. that works as a pretty good alternate for this time being. we'll keep you updated. 66 out of manassas beginning to slow down. blurry-eyed but that's all right. 's fday. out to the rails, only delay so far. marc brunswick 870, six minutes behind schedule. joe and eun. >>> thank you, jerry. 5:42. ahead, metro making millions in upgrades. one of them could be a great relief to riders. >>> also, a high-ranking congressman urging airports to take drastic action. what he says they should do to eliminate the controversial pat-down. >>> president bush poking hey, you made your own lunch. yep! look in your bag, made you something. (announcer) it's more than just that great peanut taste, choosing jif is a simple way to show someone how much you care. choosey moms, choose jif. have you tried honey bunches of oats with real strawberries? wow. it's serisly strawberry. they're everywhere. it's

from there, can you reconnect to the parkway. another viable option would be i-95 coming in out of laurel. the roadwork has been cleared. on the flownd side, the -- on the northbound side, the lane are open. if you are continuing out on the american legion bridge, no trouble spots to report coming out of montgomery county headed down into fairfax. eastbound 66, traffic volume moving at speed into the beltway. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> we want to get the latest on that breaking news of those shutdowns on the bw parkway. sherry ly is joining us live with the latest. >> reporter: u.s. park police still on the scene here but right behind me, you can see they are just finishing up their investigation that has been going on for several hours this morning. traffic in the northbound lanes still slow going as people pass by here. police are telling us that this deadly accident appears to be one of those situations that just went horribly wrong when main's car broke down. this accident happened around 1:00 this morn

there was a fatal crash last night on the bw parkway. pamela brown said it was a pedestrian that was followed of the disabled vehicle struck by another car. live pictures of the documentation process. southbound between 198 and 197 will be closed until further notice. back to you. >> thank you. >>> 5:11. >> coming up, the myspace- facebook masekela, how they are americans together -- matt to cchup. >> we could be one step closer to knowing the fate of the man accused of killing chandra levy, three o when my husband got sick and couldn't work anymore, it was up to me to support our family. karri danner went back to school, to become a nurse. my education made all the difference but now some in washington want regulations restricting access to career colleges and universities, denying opportunity to millions of people like karri, letting government decide who can go to college. it's my education, and my job,. don't let washington get in the way. >>> welcome back. we begin with breaking news. a deadly accident has shut down the southbound b

parkway. southbound b.w. parkway te tour, 198 to 197. you can al use i-95 or pop on down and use route 50. megan mcgrath remains on the scene. the commute under way at the wilson bridge but nothing to worry about either direction. all the travel lanes are open so far th morning. joe, eun. >> thank you very much, jerry. a major traffic alert. work-related to the wilson idge project, the far right lane will be closed between eisenhower and east of telegraph road beginning tonight. that will cut off access to the north kings highway, huntington avenue and telegraph road exits. >>> th morning a new pub to curb distracted driving particularly on the beltway. aaa wants 100 companies to sign a new orange cone safety pledge, according to a aaa survey half of drivers who use cell phones are making work-related calls even in constructi zones. if they get word from their boss, they're more hikely to change their behavior. >> i think if our executives are saying this is the right thing to do, then our employees will feel the same way and hopefully t

then you pick up the baltimore- washington parkway. there is an accident investigation underway right now. a tow truck has arrived on the scene. now we go to greta and alison. >> thank you. >>> a deadly accident has shut down part of the southbound baltimore-washington parkway at this hour. the road is closed south of 198 and it will stay closed for much of the morning. a man was trying to push his broken-down car off the highway when he fell onto the road and it was struck by another vehicle. the man was pronounced dead at the scene. we will have a live report in our next half-hour. >>> more anger in college park after another student was attacked on campus. this happened at a parking garage. john gonzales has the latest on the search for the suspect. >> usually if any incidents happened, it is off-campus. >> students admit the used to hearing about crime off school grounds. but news about a student being attacked on campus has many alarms. >> the crime on campus is usually pretty low. >> a student parked inside a garage when she was

the parkway has been reopened.a brown for the latest on the accident investigation. >> good morning. the scene has been cleared on the bw parkway southbound. traffic is moving now. this unfolded at around 1:00 this morning. u.s. park police say that a man driving down bw parkway southbound between 198 and 197 got out of his car after it apparently broke down. an oncoming car struck the vehicle and driver. he was dead on arrival. we don't have anymore information on that driver. there or other cars on the scene. investigators are in the process of investigating the drivers of those cars as defined above what they witnessed and what their possible involvement was an accident. there's a tour bus that had to swerve to miss the collision. the tour bus is stuck on a muddy median on the bw parkway. there were passengers on the tour bus. that is another situation police are trying to resolve. there's only one fatality, no other injuries to reports. the investigation is underway. back to you. >> thank you. >>> i'm glad bw p

parkway. r whatever reason it became disabled. so that car stopped on the parkway. they say the driver then got out to investigate. as he was out of his vehicle, a passing car going southbound struck him anhe died on the scene. w there are other vehicles that were involved as well. everybody stayed on the scene. again, they have reopened the parkway again. it's a reminder just how dangerous it can be to exit your vehicle on the side of the highway. back to you. eun, joe. >> got to be very careful. thanksery much, megan. >>> breaking news out of new zealand where a mine explosion has trapped more than a couple dozen miners underground. aaron gilchrist is gathering the la freft our newsroom. aaron, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. new reports just coming in, eun. some indicating between 27 and 30 men may be trapped underground in new zealand's largest coal mine. rescuers still can't go in due to safety reasons. a massive explosion was caused by gas buildup. there's concern that could still be a risk. this happened just a fewhours ago and trapping the men 660 f

there is a downed tree at perring parkway. in northeast baltimore, mclean, all lanes still close because of a downed tree. we have an accident at cold spring and greenspring. catonsville has a down trade. rolling road is blocked. philadelphia road and old mountain road. another being cleared at harford road. route 24, defected traffic lights. darlington, trapped church road, all lanes closed because of another downed tree. lima picking up at harford road. no significant delays on the -- there was an accident just pass 175. we will keep you posted. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. back to you. >> thank you. it came and went in just a matter of minutes, but last night's storms did leave a lot of damage. >> massive damage to homes and apartments in the northeast parts of the city and parts fell. we have live team coverage beginning with jennifer franciotti. she joins us live from the city. >> we're in the dutch village community area. this is fleetwood and jubilee court. most sobering comment i got was from it for our fire

then back on the parkway. all the southbound lanes are closed here between 198 and 197 as they reroute the traffic t could be closed down for a few more hours which will impact the rush hour but they are doing all that they can to get this cleared before then if at all possible. they do have accident reconstruction teams out here right now conducting the investigation and as we bet more updates on the situation --s with a get more with respect dates on the situation, we will -- as we get more updates on the situation, we will bring them to you. >>> more than two dozen workers are missing of a mine explosion in new zealand. police say electricity in the pike river mine went out shortly before that blast. 27 people are missing, some of them miners, another local contractors. five workers did make it out. they are being treated for minor injuries. a gas explosion is a possible cause. officials say they don't know of any deaths. >>> another big story, a stunning admission from fort detrick. the apartmenty post in

and so, like alanna, a number of people will be heading up to northern parkway and mcclean. this is where they have temporary shelter. they have two mta buses here. they have the mount pleasant ice rink, which will also be opened very soon to serve as temporary shelter. firefighters are going door to door trying to evacuate people and get them out. they do not feel these homes, the structure, is safe for them to be in. as being see, the debris on the lawn here -- as you can see, the debris on the lawn here, the windows were blown out, we have car damage, trees fell on cars. we have downed power lines. it's just a major disaster area here. and right now, the focus is for safety. and to make sure the folks in the homes get out and they are safe. and, again, we are trying to have -- make sure they are safe and get them to temporary shelter. reporting live, sherrie johnson. >> thanks. >>> it's going to be a much different pictures when the sunrises and we get a better look at the apartment complex. in the meantime, you can see how bad it is. as you can imagine, there are power o

in the city, on northern parkway, a accident neared cold spring lane. now back to you. >> thanks. >>> the weather is the big story this morning. in some communities, it's really bad. people living near the dutchville apartments that thought a train was coming through the neighborhood. windows were blown out. we are live there in a minute but first let's start with charlie crowson live at forest avenue and oakley road. what's going on? >> reporter: its been a long night for residents in the parkville area. after 1:30, the storm blew through and brought significant dang. let's show you what we see along forest avenue. we have downed power lines, downed trees, as many as a dozen emergency crews from baltimore county out here working the parkville area. talked to several of the fire crew members and what they are telling us is they are going from hot spot to hot spot. power here right now very spotty throughout the morning. and you expect that with the downed power lines. this tree top we see right here was shoring off the top of a tree 20 yards from here b

southbound bw parkway, fatal crash. the investigation cleared from the roadway so lanes are open traveling southbound out of laurel. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> today, metro and d-d.o.t. engineers are going to meet to try to figure out ho a road construct crew dug far enough down to cause a piece of the ceiling at the farragut north station to crash on to the platform. that station is only about 15 feet below street level. the engineers will look at whether the final construction drawings were inaccurate or if d-d.o.t. simply misread them. nobody was hurt in that ceiling crash wednesday afternoon. metro says workers have now unspecked the brake on all of metro's 586 escalators after passengers were injured last month. a recent report criticized metro's routine maintenance procedures for those escalators. instead of replacing them, the general manager wants to focus on repairs. >>> the new dollar coin will be unvade today by the u.s. mint. this one features president abraham lincoln. the lincoln pre

here are conditions across the map as we focus in the bw parkway here.e do have the roadway closed. this is an ongoing fatal accident investigation between 197 and 198. you can use 95 as an alternate early this morning. a wider view of the area, moving to 270, southbound right now, it looks like no incidents, no accidents, just a little volume starting to build around that germantown area. over to the travel times, we want to show you southbound d.c. 295, headed towards 295 about five minutes there. d.c. 295 down toward the beltway, seven minutes. and it looks like you're doing good overall when it comes to our travel speeds. i'll send it back to you. we'll be looking at 95 in virginia at 5:39. >>> thank you, angie. we'll see you in a little bit. police are investigating a deadly pedestrian crash, we were just talking about it on the baltimore-washington parkway. the crash angie was telling us about happened in the southbound lanes before route 197. police say a man was working on a disabled vehicle when another car struck and killed him. the striking dr

mcclean at perring parkway has been reopened but mcclean remains closed at northern parkway because ofebris. >> we will have constant updates on the traffic and weather of course all morning long. don't forget, this is the big story on "good morning, maryland" at nine. hope you join us. the chevy malibu was designed to catch the eye... but great design is also what you don't see. like dependability, a one-hundred thousand-mile, five-year powertrain warranty and being named a consumers digest best buy three years running. it's easy to see why over a thousand people a day are switching to chevy. qualified lessees can get a low mileage lease on this 2011 malibu ls for around one ninety-nine a month. call for details. the switch to chevy starts at chevydealer.com.

and meantime, debris has northern parkway closed. in falseton, a downed tree and one on ole mountain road and a light out on route 124 and you're looking at another light out in darlington. trapped church road is also closed and another downed tree in catonsville and cedar circle drive. you'll want to take the beltway instead and one more issue there on washington avenue, there's a traffic light out there. that's 295 at 175. that's an area where we have an accident and there's the northside of the beltway and the same for the westside of the beltway. and remember, wjz-13 is always on, for traffic information, go to wjz.com. >>> don, back to you. >> we have one presumably weather related school closing. anne arundel middle has no power. -- roundable mid--- arundel middle has in electricity. >>> now, and anne is on the scene with more. >> reporter: to give you an update, i spoke with the firefighters who said that three were taken to the hospital with nonlife threatening injuries and one is a child. to show you how dangerous things are

we'll have a look at the parkway. back to you. >>> 6:19. we've all heard the excuse "my dog ate my homework." but a man is saying "my dog ate my donations" after his pup devoured more than $1200. he wakes up to find $50 on his deck. he realized his dog cosmo got into the fund-raising cash. cosmo ate all the checks and saved the cash for a rainy day. >> i started digging here. i barely got below the surface and got a lot of bills and dirt. >> apparently he's planning a vacation. >> leftover bills were found when nature took its course a couple days later. cosmo's owner will replace the cash out of his own pocket. >>> still to come: a renewed effort to get virginia school children to eat locally. >>> the capitals visit the big apple. could they keep their winning streak alive? we'll let you know. ♪ ♪ [ female announcer ] bursting with mouth-watering real fruit and refreshingly blended with creamy, low-fat yogurt. mcdonald's new strawberry banana and wildberry smoothies are 100% pure sipping fun. the simple joy of real fruit smoothies. ♪ >>> 6

accessing rockge creek parkway, the calvert street access southbound has limited access.osed. that is not changed. in pretty good shape as far as traffic on 270. nothing in maryland on 95. >>> big american music awards last night. there was a big winner last night. take a look. >> justin bieber a. >> that's right. the teenage singing sensation won four awards including breakthrough artists and artists of the year. his mentor usher won favorite male soule r&d and d--. brad paisley and lady gaga and taylor swift won awards as well. eminem did as well. >> us your was justin bieber's mentor. >> i have a 14-year-old sister who started a justin bieber fan club at her school. 00 usher was justin bieber' mentor. >> the executive producer of the stars says that the show's security system is checking on votes. a blogger said that he orchestrated e-mails shenanigans to keep bristol palin in the competition. there is still controversy brewing. cast your votes for them tonight. >> someone is admitting that they orchestrated illegal votes? >> i guess so. >> with the internet, you'll th

the early morning accident over to the bw parkway up here it's going southbound between 197 and 198 we have the roadway closed right now. so as a result of that you'll want to use 95 early this morning as your alternate. some construction in virginia on the outer loop at 193, georgetown pike. please be careful there. and we have more to look out for on the beltway between gallows road and 236 as well. the cameras live on interstate 270, still very nice and quiet past 121. coming up in your next traffic report, a look at 95 and 66 in virginia at 4:40. back to you. >>> thank you, angie. here's a look at things which happened while you slept. >> multicar crash on the baltimore washington parkway has left one person dead. u.s. park police say a man was working on his vehicle in the right lane of the southbound side of the parkway just north of route 197 when he was hit by another vehicle. the driver of the vehicle did stay on the scene though. however, an on coming tour bus narrowly missed that collision, and swerved. the bus is stuck. an accident reconstruction team is on the scene. early

we had a crash in the district now gone on 295 suitland parkway. we can see just a little foggy here at colesville road, 495 moving nicely here. we will take you to our next camera in virginia where it is clear and crisp and clean on the way to the pentagon. no excuses. that is it for traffic. >> thanks, lisa. 4:54 and 47 degrees. still ahead, captured by pirates more than a year ago, a retired couple finally tasting freedom. but for hundreds of others it is not over >> a long year of captivity is over for a retired british couple in west africa. they were released sunday 388 days after somali pirates took them prisoner and they are beginning that long journey home. >> looking thinner and frailer paul and rachel chandler are safe in the hands of brezec officials. -- british officials. their first meal a breakfast of fried eggs. >> it is nice to be among everyday people. we were with people and these people are not criminals. >> retiring early they had planned a vacation of a lifetime, six months at sea. instead they were captured by armed pirates i

and then using the brakes again around 70, 100 the fairfax county parkway fog to contend with. staying in virginia, pushing it over to 66 that trip making it eastbound right here looks like that construction inside the beltway is clear. what we're dealing with is volume between route 50 and 123. >>> back to the graphics, want to let you know 95 and 270 you're okay on the outer loop, only ten minutes. 95 southbound no problems on the way toward the beltway. d.c. 295, seven minutes toward the 11th street bridge. still ahead in your next traffic report at 6:12 a check on the dulles toll road eastbound. >>> thank you, angie. we get to stories happening today. d.c. mayor elect vincent gray will be talking money today. he is delivering a state of the budget and finances address doing that at the wilson building this morning. >>> winter on both sides of the potomac. maryland state highway administration and vdot both testing plows and salt trucks today as well as going over some of the less sons learned from the blizzards last february. >>> vice president joe biden well comes wounded

some debris still blocking northern parkway. that's going to be northern parkway between hill road. can take cold spring lane there. meanwhile, an accident, kingston. hunt valley, there's an accident on mccormick at wright avenue. several accidents in the city, some of them include orleans at north broadway. east pratt. west franklin street. one more in glen burnie on richie highway at new jersey highway. college avenue at king george street. and perry hall. there's a look at your drive times and speeds on the beltway. the slowest spot, about 31 miles per hour. we can live with that. the top side of the beltway, isn't looking so pretty there at york road. lots of brake lights on the inner and outer loop there. this traffic report is brought to you by the 2011 sonata. only one of two cars that achieved five-star safety. back to you. >> thank you, sharon. >>> 10 weeks in. and some experts in the wjz pro football challenge are starting to emerge. jessica kartalija is live at wjz.com, to update the bobblehead leader board. >> the sports guys have some familiar company at the top. sports

we will pan out to one of the roofs, and there is a whole debris field just south of northern parkway, where crews are diligently working amount to take care of the operation. a lot of roads are shut down in these neighborhoods but police are detouring traffic. you're trying to navigate yourself through, the grease off plenty of time -- did yourself plenty of time. >> capt. roy, this is tony pann. i want to ask you a quick question. the weather service has been looking into the debris field of looking for twists in the debris field. from your vantage point, does it look like the trees have fallen in the same direction, or are some of them spending as if a tornado would have been coming through? you can still get 120-mile-per- hour winds with a micro bursts. what is your impression? >> pretty much all the trees fell in the same direction but there is a lot of damage. it is a small, narrow path, so to speak, which leads you to believe it might have been a tornado. but you are right, it could have been a microburst some of them are snapped. it talks about the power of the wind, tony. >>

in the clear from fairfax county parkway to beltway. 267 no problems to report. inner loop, 395 to the toll road, only 13 minutes. speaking of toll road, check it in real time in the next report at 5:09. >>> 5:01. an hour ago, metro decided to reopen farragut north station in time for morning rush. >> red line station had been closed since yesterday when a chunk of concrete fell from the ceiling onto the platform where passengers were standing. kristin fisher joins us live with more on how this may have happened. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. great news for commuters this morning. overnight structural engineers have been examining the ceiling at this farragut north metro station, and as you said, they determined it is indeed safe for metro riders. it will reopen, actually opened a few moments ago. now, this station actually shut down around 8:00 last night after chunks of concrete fell to the platform yesterday afternoon. incredibly, no one was hurt. d.c. fire officials say one of the chunks was the size of a human head. certainly large enough to cause

the victim was pushing his car on the southbound side of the parkway. according to police a car struck him and the man died on the scene. police say this is a reminder of the dangers of doing repairs on a dark highway. >> when people are disabled on the highway, they should stay in their vehicles, notify the police or a tow truck to come to assist them. we can make sure that the scene is a lot safer for you if you need to make repairs to the vehicle. >> this incident closed the southbound side of the parkway until 6:00 this morning. >>> it was a slow morning commute on i-270 after a car burst into flames on the roadway. sky 9 captured the scene in gaithersburg on the southbound lanes of the interstate near route 124. montgomery county fire and rescue rushed to put out that smoky blaze. it closed down two lanes of the highway and the lanes were able to reopen a short time later. no one was injured in that incident. >>> displaced victims are trying to heal right now after a fire ripped through their northwest washington building. late last night, fire off

a solid slow go from the prince william parkway to the parkway. this is taking 25 minutes. accident has cleared out of the way. on the inner loop from 395 to the dulles toll road, that is 30 minutes. the outer loop is driving behind 95 and 270. dc 95 is a bright spot. the very latest on the outer loop accident at pennsylvania avenue is coming up in the next traffic update. back to you. >>> thank you. how is this for perspective. dwight eisenhower was president when the intercounty connector was first put on the master plan. >> planners say opening day for the toll road is weeks away. there are a few parts that are ready to go right now. >> scott broom gives us a sneak peek of the highway. >> reporter: the road is paved. the lines are painted. for now, not a bit of traffic in our way. as we cross montgomery county on the first section of the icc. seven miles from shady grove to georgia avenue. 22 minutes on local roads. seven minutes on the icc. >> we are close to opening the first section of the intercounty connector. >> reporter: ray feldman says the time is measured in we

still ahead, more details on george washington parkway accident at 6:19. back to you. >>> in a few hours, congressman charlie rangal learns his punishment for violating ethics rules. >> one of the stories making news. house ethics committee will deliberate behind closed doors. they found he violated several rules on fund-raising. could be sun sheurd, reprimanded or fined. >>> senate democrats calling for another vote on don't ask, don't tell. majority leader harry reid will call for vote after thanksgiving on whether or not to allow gays and lesbians to serve openly in the military. >>> 6:13. brazilian blowout craze swept into hair salons across the country. >> beauty industry insiders say it revolutionized how women care for hair. critics say you pay a high price for that look. >> the manufacturer denies allegations. >> my hair is really uneven. >> reporter: this 15-year-old posted the aftermath of her treatment on her facebook page. >> i thought it was pretty. >> reporter: until the transformation into bone straight locks damaged her hair. >> hair starts

a crash on the george washington parkway. one lane gets by to the right. we take you to virginia where everything is smooth and quiet and the transition lights to the pentagon. more news now. >> 44 degrees outside. your time now is 5:22. >> coming up sports. >> a record on ice. >> and later today on oprah. makeup magic. >> the caps had a rematch with the sabres last night. the first of four games. 13 seconds, set up a five-on-three power play. yes, sir. it was 1-0, capitals and they were fired up early in the second period. the caps pouring it on. the puck looks like a pinball. look at this. 3-0, washington. just owning the crease. matt bradley had a goal. the caps beat buffalo 4-2. the celtics gave the wizards an up close and personal lesson on what it takes to be a champion. ray allen's pass deflected to kenn garnett. boston beats washington by 31. the wizards are now 3-7. there is a look at your morning sports. have a great day everybody. >> thank you. it is 5:26 now. the news continues at 5:30. >> still ahead, the world's largest retailer takes over th

i want to let you know the bw parkway that had been closed all morning long southbound between 197 and 198 as we take a closer look, everything has cleared out of the way. the delays should be clearing as well. 95 always you can use that as an alternate to avoid the remnants of that crash activity. 270 fine out of frederick. moving it outside we do have a little volume building, starting around the germantown road area toward i370. over to the graphics again, we want to show you travel times. eastbound 66 you're doing fine from fairfax county parkway, the dulles toll road six minutes from 674 towards the capital beltway. the inner loop itself not too shabby between 395 and the dulles toll road. still ahead in your next traffic report at 6:11 a focus on prince george's county roads. back to you. >>> taking a look at what's happening today, the jury resumes deliberations in the chandra levy murder case. jurors metaphor a second day thursday but did not reach a verdict. defendant ingmar guandique is facing murder charges in levee's disappearance and death in 2001. >>> and the investigatio

a person was struck and killed on the parkway north of route 197. we were told that person had pulled of to the side of the road and were odds their car when they re hit. several other vehicles were also involved. everyone stayed in the scene. investigators are now tryingto reconstruct the accident to try toigure out exactly handicapped. the southbound lanes of the baltimore-washington parkway are expected to remain closed until thetart of the morning rush. we have a crew on the scene and we will bring you a live report as soon as we can. >>> three ople are in the hospital after they were pulled from a burning building in northwest washington. the fire broke out 10:30 last night kennedy street northwest. two women and a man were rush to the hospital suffering from smoem inhalation. no word on their conditions. firefighter also twisted his ankle. >>> we now know it was, in fact, a tornado that caused a that damage in baltimore. the national weather service says the twister touched

that is not blocking any lanes, but on the vw parkway, right there at route 198 it is closed because of a fatal crash that happened at 1:00 this morning. all southbound traffic is being detoured. it does begin as you approach the exit we do have one accident on baltimore city that's going to be on forest park drive. back to you. >> i think the tragedy today is just devastating. >>> authorities in central ohio say an unemployed tree trimmer chases charges of kidnapping a girl. he told them where to find the bodies. they were stuffed inside a hollow tree t. suspect's name is matthew hoffman. he has previously served time in prison. the storey has been unfolding. in a town called mount vernon. brad has more about what deputies say hoffman had been doing leading up to the murders. >> reporter: knox county if i recalls were mood when they announced their worst fears have come true. >> this is probably the saddest day. >> reporter: ten-year-old, his mother and her 41-year-old friend had been missing for over a week when herman failed show up at her job. then sunday a s.w.a.t. rescued herma

northern parkway at hillen road and perring parkway is blocked at the same location.e as the alternate route. the main lines don't look bad this morning. southbound 95, fort mchenry tunnel is 95 toward the unnel, 4 minutes at 53 miles per hour -s well. 11 minutts, 54 miles per hour there. that's look at your morning travels, patrice, back over to you. >>> the rain fell steadily across our region yesterday, but overnight the weather became much more intenss and destructive. right nnw city firefighters are on the scene at northeast %-winds ripped through the area, roofs were blown off of several homes, and now the search is oo for possible victims ttapped inside. megan gilliland is live there injury and it's amazzng to look at that scene, megan. >> repooter: good morning, patrice. we have been talking to phillip3 all morning long. he lives in his community and3 you live aacouple of blocks away. >> i live out on that roadway where there's a lot of debris scattered right in front of my door, literally. >> we're looking standing arrun3 %-this came from the house that are a

still ahead at 5:24 a check on the george washington parkway drive. andrea back to you. >>> thank you, angie. right now at 5:18 we've a commuter alert through rock creek park. workers will make repairs to the roadway between morning and evening rush hours. the following roads will be closed, beach drive from joys road to till den street. broad branch road from brandy wine street to beach drive and glover road from ross drive to broad branch road. >>> the annual ticket or click it campaign. local police are cracking down on drivers not wearing seat belts. not wearing a seat belt could mean $25 ticket in maryland, $50 in dc in virginia drivers have to be pulled over for another offense first, but if you're not wearing your seat belt when that happens it's $25. >>> the midway point of the redskins series is focused on the end of the game against the lions. the team is trying to move past the donovan mcnabb benching story before the big game with the eagles. >>> as we go to break, here's our question of the day. > >> this morning we want to know the avera

in the next traffic report, we will have a drive down the bw parkway. back to you. >>> well, they have been the focus of many news stories, concerns about commuters. so 9 news now spoke with metro chairman about the safety of the system's escalators. >> problems are on the mind of riders after six were injured last month. benjamin told nine news that metro's escalators are safe but he admitted the escalators metro uses are old and no longer being manufactured. in order to make repairs, metro crews must rebuild each escalator by hand, a process which will take time. >> we don't want any passenger ever to be injured. safety is a key thing that we all have to adopt as our number one priority, and i think we did do that. >> reporter: one thing he did say is metro should have moved the escalator brake warnings off the maintenance list and put them on the safety sensitive list, which means they would have received higher priority. >>> a new look for the nationals. we'll give you a sneak peek. >>> and hundreds of millions of basketball fans in china towned in

still ahead in the next report at 6:11, we are going to be traveling the gw parkway. back to you. >>> we bring you a check on the stories happening today. farooque ahmed is due in court this morning in alexandria. he's a northern virginia man accused of plotting a terror attack against metro. he was arrested last month and is held without bail. >>> a memorial set for today for sue ann marcum. she was the american university professor killed in her chevy chase home last month. tonight's memorial service starts at 8:00 at the bender arena at the au campus. the district begins inspections of dozens of bridges and overpasses in the city. the one getting a look today the frederick douglas bridge. it carries south capitol street over the anacostia river. expect lane closures between 10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. also today, we are expecting closures in virginia's congressional election. a week after the election. kristin fisher is live with news that keith fimian is expected to possibly concede today. kristin, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, mike. that's absolutely righ

we will have a check on the bw parkway. >>> right now the time is 5:18. you may be noticing remnants from midterm elections on the way to work. campaign signs are still posted in many places like this stretch of 450 in lanham, maryland. each jurisdiction has laws regulating sign removal but they say enforcement is a problem since it is hard to say who put up the sign. people are encouraged to remove the signs or call the public works department for help. we'd like to say thank you for helping us to raise money for the uso holiday food basket program. we ran a phone bank last night during our broadcast that raised $26,300. so 832 military families in our area will enjoy a full thanksgiving turkey dinner. however, we want to get to 1200. so go to our website at wusa9.com and click on the uso banner on the home page. >>> the pros pull their punches for fight night fund-raiser. >> and they had to clean the hats off of the ice at the verizon center and it's good news. we will tell you which cap put three in the net. and before we go to the break, it's time for

between mclean and perring parkway. the lights are the lights that were put up in the neighborhood of dutch village. the police are guarding residents' property that remains as cleanup officials continue to clean up the area. but there is a significant police presence here and a police curfew that is being enforced by officers from the northeast district. and a command post on the scene. back to you on tv hill. >> thank you very much, captain mike perry. and for an in-depth look at captain mike perry, let's go to bernadette woods. >> that's right. they have released a statement. they should have another statement by tomorrow. this is all we're going to know. damage that we're seeing out there. we have this on the loop. when we replay, here's the clock. it's around the 1:30 hour. that made those areas. the reason why, you just saw the roof coming up. peeled off from the top. that's why you want to be at the lowest level when we're dealing with this type of storm like this. another thing, even though the storm got out of

number parkway remains closed over at mclean. keep that in mind. the cleanup continues. we have a problem on northbound 95. a disabled tractor trail is off to the side. dundalk, watch for an accident in that region. this is northbound 95 at 895. the disabled tractor-trailer is off to the side. a bit slow in that area. beltway on the east side is running smoothly at this hour. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. back to you. >> thank you. hundreds of baltimore residents are waking up today without a home. >> jennifer franciotti is live with more on how they are coping. good morning. >> many of them spend the night here at this home. it has become a makeshift shelter for them after the storm ripped through the area. the dutch village community is under police protection. they have blocked off the entrances for safety reasons. wind gusts of up to 80 miles per hour swept through and damaged more than 100 homes and caused a few non life-threatening injuries. roofs were ripped off. trees were felled. power lines were left scattered on the ground. it was a miracle that nobo

columbus parkway onramp. it will be closed until late morning, early afternoon because of a truck accident that happened about an hour and a half ago. they are still cleaning up. it will be an extensive investigation. interstate 80 is not affected. looking at the bay bridge, still about a 15-minute wait. when you get into san francisco, slow. northbound 101 traffic looks okay there. 8:56. >>> it will be warner today. possibly for -- possibility for 70s and have thes. a little cooler at the end of the week. >> it looks good for election day? >> yes. >> and the game start at 4:30 right here. thanks for watching everybody. >> bye now.

heading towards dc, pg or montgomery county, no issues on the bw parkway or route 29. looking at the maps, still accident free. we just have some debris in the roadway on the carroll county side of sykesville. westbound route 26 right there at 96, some debris is partially blocking one of the westbound lanes. traffic is able to get around that with no problems. jamie, back to you. >> all right, funny lady betty white can add forest ranger to the list of achievement. >> yeah. listen to this. the 80-year-old actress known for roles on "the golden girls" was made an honorary forest ranger by the u.s. forest service. white says as a young girl she wanted to be a ranger but at the time, women weren't allowed. way to go, betty white. >> she dateded smoky bear's father. >>> tina fey will celebrate when she receives the top humor prize at kennedy center on sunday. she will be the youngest honoree to receive the mark twain prize for humor since creation over a decade ago. >>> and nashville pulled out the stops ahead of the country music awards in town this week. gwyneth paltrow

parkway south of 395 near the rport. traffic is running freely.to you. >> thank you, dan. >>> still ahead on "news 4 midday" the latest on the harry potter movie, why fans are calling it dark. >>> what's driving more people to make the decision to have cosmetic procedur? convenience, safety, cost, we'll talk about em all with dr. steven hopping. first, a look at what's hot on nbcwashington.com. >>> i must be the one to kill harry potter. >> he must no be named is back. lord is back to kill harry potter. they lined up to see "harry potter and deathly hallows." many have followed the boy wizard since the beginning. >> i've been reading the books and watching the movie since i guess i was like 14, so even though i'm3 now, can't help but come out, take a break from doing some schoolwork and spend time with my friends. >> crics say the move have i is the darkest of the series and mirrors the book. it's the first part of the finale. second part will be in theaters in july. >> welcome to his class and give him a kiss. didn't even turn back. >> the movie

you will zoom down the bw parkway and jump out and kiss the driver bye and your thoughts should be on the sales proposal more than getting past security at bwi. emily schmidt reports this morning what the tsa plans to ease your stress. >> reporter: busy holiday travel often means crowded flights. >> come on through. >> reporter: but it's a preflight routine that has some customers missing the personal safety. >> you can do that out here before if -- but if you touch my junk you will be arrest. >> reporter: he says that's how he told tsa he didn't want a hands on pat-down search. he canceled the flight and posted the interaction on youtube. officials say the wary -- worry is unwarranted. >> it's protecting the public. >> reporter: two security measures prompt the concern. first 300 full body scanser in 60 airports with more to come. >> they in no way resemble electronic strip searches. >> reporter: pilot unions worry about radiation exposure for pilots who fly frequently and who have already passed extensive security checks. >> to waste the resources, take them away from the true threa

>> the parkway is fell open. they -- is now open. virginia, 66 westbound. and roadwork is now cleared. 66 west not good. maryland traffic delays 29 of burtonsville. back inside. >> thanks. 41 degrees. 6:41. >> the look to 2012. >> back in the driver's seat. how gm is set to m >> getting a fresh new look after divorce. how some people want to give their appearance a left as they reenter the dating phase. and some doctors are offering a divorce deal. that report is tonight at 5:00. >> look for gm stock to trade this morning on the new york stock exchange. they got a great response from their public offering. here is more on their move back from the brink. >> good morning. we talked a lot about the road to recovery. it was a bumpy road at first, but they of looking at a record- breaking trend for the better. they will begin trading on wall street. shares opening at $33 a share. it is now a public company after a couple of years after the bankruptcy. the largest in u.s. history, gm is making money again for the first time in several years. they are set to make

parkway. it will be a bit slow in both directions, that's all. >>> congress has passed a bill aimed at encouraging workers, federal workers, to stay home and telecommute to their jobs, especialfully traffic-congested areas around here. republicans voted against that idea saying it would cause more money to implement and add another layer of federal bureaucracy. reporters said it would improve productivity and moral and take some cars off those congest highways. well today, republicans in the house, they blocked the bill that would extend the jobless benefits for the long-term unemployed beyond the holiday season. and an extension of the jobless benefits enacted last summer is all set to expire the first of next month. that is unless it is renewed. if it's not, 2 million people will lose their benefits about two weeks before christmas. >>> well, a typical fall day out there today, out on the terrace with a look at what tomorrow brings us. >> yeah, just a little breezy, but not windy like it was

it looks like the bulk of the damage along the city/county line is south of northern parkway. two roofs off of the building and where they landed 1/4 mile from where they blew off. this is along northern parkway and the crews are taking that debris and moving that out of the way. and it struck the town homes as it was traveling in the area and as mark pans to the left, we'll see one of the town homes there on the very end -- it suffered significant roof damage and as you go to the left, there's where the roofs came off of the apartments. it's fortunate that no one was killed. you can see the significant amount of debris and damage. it flew 1/4 of a mile and it didn't hit a lot of houses, it hit several, but not a lot. and there's a plethora -- dozens and dozens of bge vehicles here along mclain boulevard and it looks like a police command boost is set up. this effects the city of baltimore and some of this damage occurred in baltimore county along the edge of the city/county line. it's fortunate no one was killed. >>> thank you, captain mike perry and we'll get a closer look a

this is the beltway at the b-w parkway. so far so good. the parkway underneath the ramp is without delay down towards west nursery road. 95 south of caton avenue, a disabled vehicle at the off ramp, but no sign of delays. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> a maryland woman is among the four dead in a murder-suicides in pennsylvania. the woman and her three children were all shot by their father. the father and turned the gun on himself. one son survive. the man is from reisterstown. he attended franklin high school. two more democrats have been added to the u.s. senate. koons replaces the opening after biden was inaugurated. robert byrd held the seat since 1959. a vote is still being held in alaska. the latest count shows senator lisa murkowski with a 1700-vote lead over joe miller. miller continues to challenge more that 7600 of those rights in the vote that cannot properly spell murkowski's name. those votes are expected to be counted by the end of the week. >> facebook has its eye on being more of a one-stop shop for keeping in

two accidents in baltimore city one at northern parkway at jfx. and we have debris issues from baltimore city into parkville especially along perring and mcclean boulevard. i will have a list of those in a few minutes. now back to you. >> thank you. >>> 6:18. before we get to more severe weather, we want to take a break and talk about thanksgiving. we know the holiday brings nice, quiet, four-day weekend, perfect for relaxing. but for some, it means the days are fighting off the crowds or searching for the best holiday deals and it's chaotic. black friday. if you need help, we have you covered. here's charlie crowson. >> reporter: it's a day that is part scavenger hurt, part rock concert. we are talking about black friday. day after thanks giving where retailers roll out the holiday red carpet with big deals and savings. >> every year, it gets bigger and bigger. people come out early and earlier. >> reporter: this is a manager at best buy in timonium and suggest above all else, shoppers should have a game plan for stops, sales and strategy. >> you

. >>> police are on the scene of a four-car know on the southbound gw parkway. ashley joins us now with more. >> reporter: this is certainly adding to the already standing delays we haveround the region. here's the view of the capital beltway just prior to this camera shot is the exit for the gw parkway. the delays due to t accident that is after chain bridge, we only have one left lane squeezing by and it is jammed from the capitol belay all the way down to chain bridge. this is also directly affecting drivers along 123. northbound was slammed with delays if you leave chain bridge road to get to the gw parkway and southbound 123 was solid from the cia to hop on to the beltway. as you can see, no trip in the park. we've got significant delays around the region. these delays do stretch from inner loop drives toward the college park area. as you can see, the outer loop which are the headlights, they continue solidly over toward 270. 270 was a pretty nationally lineup. that's the pace headed northbound. gw parkway southbound after chain bridge, one left lane squeez

parkway as you take it on up. the roads are in the clear here. a little wet, but smooth all the way down towards the beltway. we're going to bring it on out and at this time take you north of the district as we focus in on 95 and 270, and the drivers are moving at speed. just a little bit of the spray to deal with this morning. there is your life condition at 29. and speaking of your travel times, let's take you there. the inner loop in virginia, and everyone is on time here from 395 over to the toll road. in d.c., 295, no problems headed southbound towards the capitol. still ahead at 5:24, an update on the g.w. conditions. >> thank you. >>> a judge reject as plea deal from a former pastor. tommy shelton is charged with sexually molesting two boys in the 1990s. he tried to cut a deal for probation and the judge said he should serve time if convicted. the alleged abuse happened when he was served at the head of the church. >>> and people taken into custody were part of a group protesting the military's don't ask, don't tell policy for gay service

san jose still slow rate here at the slowest from the guadalupe parkway heading north.eveloping story out of tiburon a suspect is on the list after crash of a police officer earlier this morning there were trees and the driver was stolen vehicle that case ended in an accident involving a police car. here's the place to discover gavin. >> about 2:00 a.m. this morning officers were part tiburon boulevard and the her crash rest of them lived in that direction sidecar had taken out the traffic signal light at the corner of tiburon boulevard the car sped past and they turned they turn their lights on been accelerated. they chased him into downtown tiburon he came back out tiburon boulevard he lost control break here where it closed for the first crash was jumped of the car fled over a fence into a neighborhood here. the area that we think he's hiding in the is bounded by it this area. speaking in other words ther wasn't ever again damaged th >> police believe there suspects might be related to an accident last monday. >> a cable car driver remains in critical condition after

still ahead the gw parkway, conditions southbound at 5:39. back to you. >>> thank you, angie.hanksgiving week is starting with the possible disruption looming at the nation's airports. >> a loosely organized protest called national opt out day is scheduled wednesday, the day before thanksgiving, the busiest travel day of the year over new screening methods which include detailed body imaging scanners or for passengers who refuse that a thorough pat down. >> while the head of the tsa says his agency will work to make screening as least invasive as possible, he says the new scanners and pat down techniques are here to stay. >>> and tens of millions of people will be driving this week. and they will encounter somewhat of an unusual trend at the gas station. usually prices drop after the summer driving season, but the average cost of gas has actually jumped 27 cents a gallon since september 1st. the average cost for regular nationwide is about 287 a gallon. >>> tensions could be rachetted up at osbourn high school in manassas, virginia. 15-year-old miguel hernandez was stabbed to