earlier crash at quince orchard road is out of the roadway. smooth sailing. look as you make your way in both directions, north and southbound. no issues to report. keith, back over to you. >>> hundreds of people turned out in the district to help kids battle cancer. the group tracy's kids held its courage awards fund-raiser last night at lucky strike in northwest washington. the pediatric arts program helps young cancer patients deal the stress associated with cancer treatment. comcast executive vice president david cohen explains how it started. >> the beauty of tracy's kids, which was founded by a nurse, is that you have a child who's diagnosed with cancer, has to be treated, and the treatment is really hard. i mean chemotherapy, radiation. it makes you sick. it's scary. it's disruptive to themselves, their lives, and to their families. and what she has done in this program is -- >> -- in our area. come cast and nbc universal, parent company of nbc 4 paid for this event. so all donations could go directly to tracy's kids. >>> well, already this week, we've

please use caution. 270 southbound in the gaithersburg area, two different crashes at quince orchard roadu can see right here southbound starting to see some volume. icy conditions, you've got to give yourself extra time. i'm back in ten. over to you. >> thank you. >>> 5:11. new york mayor bloomberg's latest plan to help clean up the city. >>> and ahead, the latest offer for passengers stuck on a cruise ship. >>> they found themselves in the middle of a manhunt. it's my coffee when i want it. you press a button, you have great dunkin' coffee. i got my coffee for the morning, i got my dunkin' k-cup packs for the rest of the day. only available at dunkin' donuts restaurants. america runs on dunkin' coffee. >>> i'm melissa mollet at the live desk. we know the woman allegedly shot by olympic sprinter oscar pistorius was his 30-year-old girlfriend. this is her facebook page. the paraolympian is being charged with murder. steinkampf of shot dead at his home early this morning. some outlets report that the double amputee known as blade runner may have mistaken her for an intruder. he's expected

heading to i-270 southbound at 124, quince orchard road. that crash has cleared. your delays are still about four miles from germantown, heavy on the brakes all the way through gaithersburg. let's shoot over to the beltway. beltway dealing with a problem because as you travel the outer loop of the beltway at connecticut avenue, two left lanes are blocked. delays, they start right at university boulevard. you see here at colesville road, solid all the way as you make your way toward connecticut avenue. and on the rails, delay because of a mechanical problem, marc. penn south train 505. delay now, 31 minutes. mert, vre not -- metro, vre not reporting delays. back to you. >> thank you. 6:02. >>> a news conference just wrapped up involving a popular olympic athlete now charged with murder. melissa mollet is at the live desk with new information. >>> that's right. good morning. we're getting, as you said, more information into the newsroom about a shooting involving south african olympic sprinter oscar pistorius. as you said, he's being charged with murder. south afric

roads. if a few slick spots. montgomery county? >> montgomery county is struggling. 270 southbound, accident activity at quince orchard. left to get by. this is one of a number of accidents. maryland 97 northbound before exit 32. route 3, only the right lane getting by. around the beltway, around the region approaching connecticut avenue is ok. but there's a crash and just before connecticut. no delays back to colesville road. loudoun county does not have any problems so that's good news. interstate 95, lanes are open to the beltway. back to you. >> thank you. abc it reporting that a new announcement is expected today from the airline industry. american airlines and u.s. airways expected to. >> they would become the biggest airline in the world. brianne carter is at reagan national airport to talk about how this would affect all of us. >> it could be good news for travelers at reagan national airport. you normally can see exactly which airline you are getting on. u.s. airlines and american are both on their skill. that will be a thing of the past. they will go under the name american. it could mean more flights in the