one atom takes place tonight and be held at the shirlington library in arlington.open house is at 6:00 p.m. followed by the hearing at 6:30 a sexual assault that happened in broad daylight at falls church. >> they may be linked to six similar crimes. last friday afternoon, a woman was pushing a stroller when a man grabbed her from behind. the intersection of south maple avenue and gibson street. >> he did not let go until she started screaming. this individual is escalating his attacks. a very brazen and aggressive. he needs to be caught. >> date created this composite sketch after six women were trapped. the woman immediately identified the suspect as her attacker. police say he is it here -- he is a short skinny hispanic man and no longer has a beard. >> a man is in the hospital after being shot and then struck by a car. around 7:30 tuesday night, he was shot outside of the shopping center. the shooting is believed to have stemmed from a fight with an acquaintance. he was walking along bayside avenue and was hit by a driver. police believe the incidents are unrel

woodbridge and into newington. 395 as you head north to the beltway up through landmark towards shirlington and 14th street bridge, all lanes reported open there. on 66 thru lanes are open. you're starting to bog down in manassas. 270 delays off and on leaving frederick you're below speed most of the way into hyattstown and south into germantown before the pace improves getting down into rockville. your next timesaver traffic comes up at 6:00. back to you. >> thank you, beverly. >>> making news at 5:50, a video has surfaced that may show american journalist austin tice. he disappeared in syria in august. the state department has previously said it believes tice is alive and being held by the syrian government. however, department officials have not confirmed the authenticity of this video. >>> a military court has decided to hear more arguments in the dispute involving the accused fort hood shooter. army psychiatrist major nadal hassan has refused to shave off his beard on religious grounds. the army bans beards. hassan is charged with killing 14 people back in november 2009. >>> norths in

heavy traffic into newington and springfield and past landmark and shirlington.least no obstacles. maryland drivers 270 lineups off and on out of frederick to high yachts sewn and then through germantown and getting down into rockville, the issue has been southbound in the local lanes close to falls road see how slowly they're moving on the right side of the screen. word of a broken down vehicle there. lineup out of college park to silver spring. you know that drill. inbound rhode island avenue blocked at northeast with a crash. next timesaver traffic comes up at 6:43. back to you. >> thank you, beverly. >>> we'll -- well never, never has a washington crowd cheered for a pittsburgh time as much as they did last night. just as the nationals finished the top of the 9th, word went out across the park that the pirates beat the braves. the crowd went wild. the players went wild. they didn't even mind a 2-0 loss to the phillies. >> kristin fisher is live at nationals park this morning celebrating the first division title for the washington franchise since 1981. kristin

from there, we went to his shirlington apartment and where none answered the door. the next stop is the campaign headquarters on north washington street in alexandrea, where the only thing we found was a locked door. the congressman's pyrotechnic was not returning calls -- press secretary was not returning calls or e-mail. we were told the congressman was not in and that no one could talk to us. this afternoon, the arlington gop chairman, his name is charles hawkinson, called for jim moran to resign. i'm going to bring in a democratic activist. i'm sorry, strategist and a slip of the tongue there. this doesn't look good, does it? >> and today they trying to get the facts to figure out what is happening. sure, they want to be careful with what they say. >> how damaging is this? >> and this is hard to say. he resigned which, i think is appropriate and arlington is a democratic area. i think he will be ableso tosurvive this. >> and the other odd thing, he was not responding to questions for interviews today, the press secretary didn't respond to phone calls or e-mail a

lanes open into shirlington and approaching the 14th street bridge.f you're traveling on 66 again no issues to report as you head in from front royal coming in toward manassas and into the beltway with that road work cleared. just the fog factor that we'll warn everybody about this morning. your next check of timesaver traffic at 4:55. back to you. >> thank you, beverly. >>> a new study is raising questions about the treatment of heart disease. bait today blockers are the standard -- beta blockers are the standard of care for many patients you. patients. >> but it might not be offering the -- for many patients. >> but it might not be offering the protection they need. >> reporter: this woman has suffered heart problems and five years ago her health was deteriorating fast. she was in heart failure and suffering from an irregular heart beat. dr. steinbaum treated her with a beta blocker but a new study is raising questions about beta blockers and whether they actually protect the heart. >> a new trial is questioning the use of bait today blockers as --

on 66, minor incident in quickly moved to the shoulder. 395, out of shirlington, over bridge, not veryc. the southeast's southwest 5, it's quiet. passing connecticut avenue on the beltway, looks good. a slow stretch in hyattstown and urbana. onks good at new hampshire the beltway. now to jacqui jeras. >> good morning. i learned some great stuff at a conference last week. today we have a slight risk for southeastern maryland. there's a new category called enhanced. warm temperatures, 66 degrees, disguise at this hour. a dew point of 56. we have a fair amount of moisture in the atmosphere. the cold front approaches, it provides a lift for us and start squeezing out the rain showers. at reagan national is 66, 67 in dulles. mid to upper 60s across the board this morning. that's pretty comfortable. we're not complaining. we can thank the cloud cover for this. here are the cloud pushing in the west. showers staying well off to our west. should sneak in here now.al hours from morning we will see things picking up get stronger by the afternoon. low swirling across the great lakes. if you are t

good through shirlington. across the 14th street bridge we welcome you into the nation's capital. looking good. 270 southbound near montgomery village avenue, a crash reported, a deer. everything confined to the shoulder at 118. a little extra time needed towards for mead, a crash after 32. >> new details on a backlog of problems with a pharmacy at the heart of the meningitis outbreak in massachusetts. >> why in arizona church is encouraging people to text u9 ÷q9té8r >> you are watching abc 7's "good morning washington" with cynne simpson and steve chenevey. this is "good morning washington," on your side. >> hearing news of another blast overseas in iraq. >> jummy olabanji is an ally of desk with more. do you know anything about casualties or injuries? >> there have been casualties. three separate car bombs exploded at the same time in baghdad early this morning killing at least six people and injuring more than a dozen people. it happened in three different areas in the northwestern neighborhood of shula. we are trying to get some video for later in the newscast that shows the e

are seeing delay southbound 395, washington boulevard, a slow crawl towards king street between shirlington and king street. a dump truck rocking the right lane. -- blocking the right wing. southbound the leis around the fairfax county parkway to quantico. serious crash on suitland parkway in prince william county through manassas. old georgetown road, a crash on the left side of the roadway expecting the right side of the road on southbound old georgetown. also slow traffic on the inner loop of the beltway. not too bad pass the legion bridge towards the i-270 super river road. a delay to the split with i-270, over towards 355, connecticut ave. that is the latest. leon and allison, back to you. >> still to come, an update on the remarkable recovery of the young pakistani girl shot by the taliban as her father arrived. >> and we found video of a car being set on fire in prince george's county, one of a car set on fire in the past 24 hours. >> and at 6:00, one of the thousands of runners at the marine corps marathon is guaranteed t ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] combine the pnc cashbuilder vi