crews are just arriving on the scene inbound on the suitland parkway at forestville road. if you're planning to head elsewhere, 95 between baltimore beltway and our beltway is absolutely final. no delays to -- fine. no delays to report. a live look at the beltway near colesville road. it may be a bit of a sunshine factor, especially on the inner loop as you head toward college park. this time we'll head over to route 50. if you're coming in from annapolis, no problems. we'll take a live look at i-93 as you came -- i-97 as you come to the beltway. a quick look outside one more time. if you're planning to head over to woodfield road at air park road, watch out for wires down and the signal lights are out as well. my next report is at 6:25. >>> it is 6:18. we want to take another look at our question of the morning. it is 66% of adults use these even though they were originally marketed to youngsters. is it a, video games, b, piggy banks or c, gummy vitamins. >> here's a look at a response you posted on the facebook fan page. kathy believes many of us are still children at he

the fire broke out at 6:30 this morning in the 5600 block of regency court in suitland. news4's erica has more. >> reporter: it's still an active scene. firefighters are still trying to knock down a lot of the damage and take out, you can see there from the window, a lot of the destroyed furniture and so forth. meanwhile, what we know is that about 30 people have been displaced. and the damages are at least at the quarter million-dollar mark. it took nearly 100 prince george's county firefighters to tackle this three-alarm fire at the andrews ridge apartments in suitland this morning. >> with that fire on the terrace level, there's nowhere to go but up for the fire. so it basically ha ecall leapfrogs from balcony to balcony. >> reporter: crews had to work for an hour to contain the blaze. there were reports of hoarding on the first level. a highly flammable and dangerous situation they say. crews hosed down the garden-style apartments. tore through windows and eventually made their way to the roof. jessica hanson said she saw plumes of smoke, ran out of her and her broth

nailer road, suitland parkway, suitland road. on up towards the north, towards branch avenue southeast and in towards rollins avenue. all these areas, of course, highly traveled during this time of day. and, again, it includes right off the potomac there, areas around guylord national resorts and very powerful storms moving through with some intense winds, possibly some hail. it's been warned on for a tornado and will probably have some tornado warnings with it. let me go ahead and open up a little bit here. i'll go ahead and put the radaron for you and loop it for you. there we go. we see the storms down to the south. there will be more filling in over the next couple of hours. up until about 9:00 or 10:00 p.m. we'll see storms not just coming up from the south, but coming from our west. that's the line that you see here. it is showing some small signs of weakening. we get that a lot of times when a system comes over the mountain. this is actually the line that's directly out ahead of the cold front currently. we knew this was g

you can get by inbound along the suitland parkway.sachusetts he have, the earlier accident we reported there just east of ward circle has cleared. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. imetraffic. >> the physicians committee for responsible medicine is out way list of worst healthy fast food kids meals so the worst of the best. tops on that list, chick-fil-a grilled introductionettes meal with fries and chocolate milk. entire meal has the seam cholesterol as a big mac. it is followed by the sodium packed mcdonald's cheeseburger happy meal with fries, apples and milk. fries and apples are really small now. the friday are like a third of the size. >> only in the kids meal? >> that is kind of great. then there is the sonic junior burger with apples an apple juice. researchs are say that meal has more sugar than two twinkies. burger king's hamburger meal makes the list for cholesterol concerns. and denny's build your own grand slam makes the bad list. >> turkey bacon which is a processed meat which is very closely linked to colorec

on this tuesday number waldorf suitland adelphi, 67. you will feel the humidity throughout the day with occasional showers. 80 degrees for the high temperature, wind at 5-13. lower humidity tomorrow sunshine less humid, but a little breezy on wednesday. to lisa. >> there was a crash on 95 northbound. on your way through columbia, towards baltimore, minor collision near 175 at. that activity has been moved to the shoulders. on the george washington parkway, police reporting that is closed southbound at the cia because of a large tree that came down on the road. that is notable. did you hear what i said? the george washington parkway is closed southbound, a major commuter route. maryland, i love this camera, wet pavement, but not very wild on the beltway. >> 67 degrees. >> still ahead, i will officials doing what they can to ease traffic gridlock near the new maryland live! casino. a busy [ female announcer ] with xfinity you can always expect more. like more on demand shows and movies than ever. and more ways to discover them too. plus m

temperatures on the cool side again. 57 degrees in leesburg, 52 and fort washington, 56 in arlington. 55 in suitland. 56 in rockville to start the day. we will warm up to about 80 degrees. a few thundershowers possible, nothing stronger or severe, nothing widespread. just a few stray thunderstorms will pop up in the afternoon and evening. that's from 2:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m., with a light breeze. near 90 degrees by sunday. our return to a little humidity by them. >> 95 in virginia northbound, coming out of fredericksburg into stafford, there's lingering road work at 610 but there's only one lane blocked. no major delays to report upstream either. a pretty good ride between the 14th street bridge and the beltway on both sides. giving you the green light on 95 between richmond and baltimore. we will take you live to the picture . red headed away from us is southbound on the way to richmond. headlights are headed up to 495 in virginia. now to news. >> our top story a new scandal in the district. another councilman resigning. >> council chair kwame brown stepping down. he announced it last night just h

prince george's county are investigating an early morning fire that occurred in an apartment in suitland, maryland. authorities believe the fire started in a ground level apartment on regency park court. neverly 100 firefighters were called out to the scene. several families are now looking for a new place to stay. >>> jury deliberation in the penn state sexual abuse scandal is continuing. more than half the jury has been seated in the case against jerry sandusky. opening arguments could start in just a few days. manuel gallegus reports that new details coming out could prove very damaging for the former assistant football coach. >> reporter: jerry sandusky arrived for a second day of jury selection. the process is moving quickly. nine jurors were chosen during the first day of questioning. four of them have ties to penn state where sandusky was an assistant football coach. they include a long time football season ticket holder, a former protessor who taught 37 years at university, a current penn state student, and a penn state graduate who earned both a bachelor's and master's degree. s

another maryland man, 45-year- old tashik champion of suitland has been indicted in connection with thise. champion will be tried later. it was thought he was the triggerman, john henrehan, fox 5 news. >>> now is your chance to tell facebook what you think of its privacy policy. laura evans is here with your fox 5 top five. >> up first concerns over a global pan dem. no. 5, a little -- pandemic. no. 5, a little known disease called chagas is causing some experts to be concerned of a global pandemic. it's mostly found in latin american countries. the disease can be treated if it's caught early. no. 4, international health experts predict global cancer cases will rise 75% by the year 2030. part of the reason? more developing countries are adopting western lifestyles linked to cancer including poor diets, lack of exercise, smoking and drinking too much alcohol. no. 3, facebook wants to know what you think of its privacy policy. starting today you can vote on the changes the social networking site makes. today's vote will cover new sections explaining how the site uses people's information.

jones was shot and killed in the suitland area back in 2011. >>> should the next phase of the silver line be built with union labor? that's the question facing the washington airport's authority today. the board expected to vote this morning on whether to leave a controversial pro-labor provision in its construction plan. that provision is a sticking point with virginia lawmakers who are threatening to withhold $150 million in funding if it remains. the airport's authority has publicly voiced support for the labor agreement in the past. >>> city leaders are fighting back against a plan to crack down on illegal illegal immigrants in the district. the d.c. council voted to limit a new federal law requiring police to hold a suspected illegal immigrant for 48 hours. council members say they will only detain those who have previously been convicted of a dangerous crime. the new 48 requirement gives them time to interview the detainee and decide if they should be deported. >>> a former redskin is coming out of the closet. wade davis says he's gay. the former cornerback was a member of the

but it's also a very big birthday for a man from suitland, maryland.hillip pinkett born on june 17th, 2012. that makes today his 100th birthday. he looks great. friends and family threw him a party at his home for the windsor crossing senior apartments. pinkett is originally from bailey's crossroads, virginia, served in the navy during world war ii, married his high school sweetheart, and today he celebrated with his daughter, four grandchildren, and four great grandchildren. happy birthday to him. >> up and around and smiling and looking like a million bucks. >> he really does. warm-up's coming, right? >> unfortunately i wish we could just bottle this whole weekend up and just copy and paste it right down through the rest of the month of june. but alas, we cannot do that. so for tomorrow what's the last of the cooler weather? plenty of clouds around tomorrow. 40% chance you'll need the umbrella. just sort of have it around, know where it is for tomorrow. not a big threat. certainly not going to be a washout. tuesday the warmer air starts to move in. w

you will find that lanes are open if you are traveling inbound south capital street towards the suitlandss bridge, all with ease as you work your way in through southeast. no problems reported here or if you are reporting inbound new york avenue leaving northeast to northwest. you will find yourself at speed out of bethesda. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> the postal inspector service is investigating an unusual robbery at union station. take a look at this picture. this come from a surveillance camera there. it is believed these four young men robbed the post office there at about 2:30 monday afternoon. the up inspector says the they all went up to the counter when the clerk turned away, one of them reached across the counter and took some money. >>> imagine having to work until you are 75 or 80 years old. oh, gosh. details who have says we may need to raise the retirement age and why. stay with us. time now is 4:50. graduation, huh ? crazy, right ? well, with this droid razr by motorola on verizon 4g lte, you guys can stay in touch. ( grunts ) cool. you can video call

here is a live look at our weatherbug network. 58 in rockville. 59 in suitland. a comfortable start to the day. low humidity. it will be warm. 80's. not human with a lot of sunshine. the humidity will turn on sunday. low 90's, as well. hot and humid by the end of the weekend. near 90's. beaches are looking good your brights untenured 80's pure water temperatures near 70. >> we turn to the very latest scandal involving the d.c. city council. former council chair, kwame brown, is preparing to head the go to court today. >> he is expected to face two charges. brianne carter is live with more. >> a busy schedule today for kwame brown. two court appearance is scheduled. the first of which will happen at 11:00 a.m. right here in federal court and just hours later, another appearance to face a judge of d.c. superior court. former d.c. council chair, kwame brown, is expected to face two judges today on two separate charges. >> it seems like every other week someone else is getting into something and it is very tiring. >> he is facing federal charges of bank fraud for all

in good shape inside the beltway on 66 falls church, but on 395 and opened the suitland parkway. a nice trip on north avenue, ken north avenue, through northwest, along massachusetts avenue and through rock creek park. the beltway at georgia avenue across the bay bridge, and good on the beltway in landover. now to adam caskey. >> up to the rooftop cameras overlooking the federal city this morning, clouds in the distance. a mixture of clouds and moonlight early this morning. and rise at 5:42 and we will have a good amount of sunshine for the majority of the day. clouds moving towards the 95 corridor and continuing northeast. we have rain in new york all the way up to and england -- through new england. high pressure will give us sunshine today and lower humidity. ever fresh in northerly breeze. sunny and 83 tomorrow. additional clouds tomorrow, 78 degrees. below average high temperature is all the way through the weekend. >> a ribbon cutting ceremony will be held later today to officially renamed 1 red line metro station. until now it is the station you have come to know as the ne

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inbound on the suitland parkway, traffic is heavy and slow approaching the inbound 11th street bridge is 395. no accidents, just volume. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> ahead this morning, georgetown is gearing up for a fun-filled evening. you are invite out to play. >> there will be a scavenger hunt sure to have you work up a sweat. the best part, it is all to benefit a great organization that helps young girls. holly morris is coming your way next to explain what it is all about. about. we need to look for a new van. yeah. i just don't know where to start. glad you found us. start by test-driving nearly every make and model, all in one place. carmax. start here. what makes hershey's pure chocolate goodness that brings people together. hershey's makes it a s'more... you make it special. pure hershey's. >>> good morning i am holly morris on this thursday morning as you can see i am gain on the water front. not old town alexandria today, we are live in georgetown. today they are kicking off their summer play date. and the first one is going to be the georgetown dash.

currently we're looking into a report of a fire in suitland near regency park.the latest on that, and you can always catch us at nbcwashington.com.

there's a two-alarm fire going on in suitland, maryland.nyone has been injured or if anyone is involved. we'll have an update later this morning at wusa9.com and of course on 9news now at noon. >>> it is time for the news before you go on wednesday, june 6. we start with a woman and her 8-year-old are dead after just a tragic two-car collision in fairfax, virginia. this was last night along lee highway in germantown road. a 6-year-old boy is in critical condition. a man is also hospitalized. police are trying to determine the cause of the crash. >>> don't worry if you see a lot of police activity around the postal service facility on shady grove road in gaithersburg today. starting at 9:00 this morning, teens will conduct a hazmat drill. it should wrap up by noon. >>> a walkoff win courtesy of bryce harper hit the bases loaded single in the bottom of the 12th last night to bring in the winning run. nationals topped the mets 7-6. marlins lost so now the nats lead the division by one game. >>> it 16:55. time to reveal the answer to our questi

. >>> investigators are trying to figure out what cause an apartment fire out of suitland that hurt 1irefighter and bunked out several families. that fire broke out early this morning at andrews ridge complex on regency park court. investigators believe the fire began in a terrace level unit and spread up the upper floors, took about 45 minutes for firefighters to knock it down. >>> a woman now being treated for smoke inhalation after a fire in her northeast d.c. apartment. the flames broke out earlier today in the 200 block of 61st street. firefighters also rescued a black cat from the home and they actually treated the little thing with some oxygen. the cause of this fire is under investigation as well. >>> today adventis healthcare broke ground on the first free standing cancer center in montgomery county. services will range from chemotherapy to rehabilitation and nutrition counseling to be located on the ground of shady grove in rockville. >>> still ahead tonight on 9news a health alert, flesh eating bacteria has been getting a lot of attention in the news lately and 9 wants you

jones was shot and killed in the suitland area back in 2011. >>> the d.c.ouncil is standing up to a -- to the federal government over its plan to crack down on illegal immigration. d.c. council voted to him a law requiring police to hold a suspected illegal immigrant for 48 hours. council members say they will only detain those who have been previously convicted of a dangerous crime. the 48-hour requirement is designed to give i.c.e. time to interview detainees and decide if they should be deported. >>> today the senate banking committee will hold its first hearing on jpmorgan's $2 billion trading losses. jpmorgan acknowledged the loss may ten. the company says the money was in a portfolio that was supposed to manage the risks the banks take with its own money. the bank officials say the portfolio turned out to be more volatile than they first thought. ceo jamie dimon is scheduled to appear before the committee next week. >>> take a look. a rare celestial event turned out to be pretty nice for a lot of star gazers around the area. look at video. amazing vid

there is a tornado on the ground this will be the area just north of sea and road -- just north of suitland road up past marlboro pike, somewhere in that area is probably where we are looking for a tornado or fall. it is possible too, given the nature of this storm that if there is a circulation it could be arraigned unwrapped. we will not get a chance to see the final because the rain may be wrapped into the system. -- the funnel because the rain may be wrapped into the system. there is the part we were telling you about. andrews, across marlboro pike in district heights. that is where it is if it is on the ground. a densely populated area. if you are able to hear me right now and you live in those areas go downstairs to an interior room of your house. there are real are indications right now and that specific region of circulation and a possible tornado surrounded by areas of heavy rain. you see all the little white crosshatches, those are residential street. densely populated area. we cannot narrow it down any more than that except to save from walker road on the north to andrews air for

the wayne curry sports and leshing complex, prince george's plaza, suitland community center and glass community centers will be the first ones open between now and i think 10:30. they'll pe open, they'll be staffed by multiple agency from the county. social services, family services, multiple agencies will be there to help and provide assistance, but we want people not to be in their homes with this heat going the way it is and if they need to get out, go to these cooling centers. we'll have more that will be coming online as the day progress progresses. >> we'll check back with you as our coverage continues. >> the heat, no power, that's not a good combination. a lot of people will be pretty uncomfortable getting through this. we heard from the power companies it could dedays. >> fire and ems is extremely busy responding to over 800 incidents. more than 400 were storm related and 200 were heat related incidents. today will still be a dangerous situation. we're edging toward the 100-degree mark. take precautions. >> we'll continue next at 10:00 a.m. stick around. more live pictures as

we are starting to see some of that tournament i was in suitland the other day listening to a reportting some feedback and we are moving forward. we also have our cadets running each one of these targeted neighborhoods, just to show people that we are serious about this. we are very pleased with the movement. >> you are there. >> and just a quick headline. the county passed a bill thousandsing the police to run a gun registry check. >> we have a bill that will allow police to run to make sure that offenders do not have a gun. this has worked well in baltimore. >>> still ahead this morning, former governor george allen fresh off a primary win. the republican senate candidate joins us live for his very first tv interview since securing that nomination. >> first, a scene straight out of a movie. check it out. complete with a surprise twist. we're going to show you when some daring robbers try to break into a truck while speeding down a highway. yep, no joke. we'll be right back. houghts? wow. outstanding. off the charts. boo-yah! excelente! that went well. add flavor to your day with du

and suitland parkway near .tanton road we will move quickly, delays beltway look like this, to the 14thtagonnd northern maryland most. still inin is virginia. valley eastward, and inroaching the beltway virginia, light rain. it's falling apart a little as it hits the beltway. hot and humid by the end of

. >> the storm that just moved over suitland and south of new carrollton has a new tornado warning onoy, maryland. here's d.c. proper and northern virginia and this storm went south of glendale and it is still rotating and i wanted to get back on, wolf, because it will show you the green and the red. the green going one way and the red going the other way and glendale, just to the southeast is the main rotation and the next stop is buoy, maryland. if you're in this area i'd say within 5 or 10 miles either way. that is a significant storm. wbal worted damage reported and they're to the west of baltimore. this is a bwi dca almost to richmond, virginia, vent and i had a tornado on the ground about one-half mile north of elizabeth city, north carolina, so this is carolinas, this is mid atlantic, all of the way up possibly even into pennsylvania. i did have a tornado warning for a while in new york and lancaster that has now expired, but these storms aren't going to quit until well after sunset, wolf. >> appreciate it, very much. ominous pictures coming in from the d.c., maryland, area. >>

also, i need you to look out for if you're traveling along suitland parkway in d.c.eller plaza. >> happy wednesday. it's june 13th. people are already lining up outside with bieber fever. >> be careful what you say. >> i know. >> it was raining overnight, you guys. >> wrenching rain. >> more than 25 people. now it's getting bigger. sara, what's the line like? >> we have a group here. when did you get here? >> yesterday at 6:00 a.m. >> 6:00 a.m.? >> yeah. for justin. >> and you slept on the street? >> yes. >> and your parents are okay with that? >> yes, they are. >> i found a dad in the crowd who has taken the place of his daughters. when did a they swap out for the hotel? >> they were here for 12 hours and swapped out about 6:00 to go back to clean up. >> how long are you covering their shift? >> hopefully, they'll be back sometime. >> do you know who justin bieber is? >> i hope so. i just rode five hours with my daughters in a car to get here. >> sounds good. >> should he have to spend his father's day week doing that? what a good daddy. >> we want to invite people

let's go to westbound suitland parkway approaching stanton road. at duke and delays >>> we have temperatures going to be hold be steady in the 60s for another hour or so, and then we begin to climb to the 70s by noontime. there is the latest statistics now for reagan national airport. we have the rain continuing to advance through the area from west too east. that will move on through and will be with us in the early afternoon hours. by late afternoon we'll probably just have perhaps a lingering shower and maybe a rumble of thunder. [ obama ] i'm barack obama and i approve this message. [ male announcer ] it started like this... i speak the language of business. i know how jobs are created. [ male announcer ] but it ended like this. one of the worst economic records in the country. when mitt romney was governor, massachusetts lost 40,000 manufacturing jobs. a rate twice the national average. and fell to forty-seventh in job creation. fourth from the bottom. instead of hiring workers from his own state, romney outsourced call center jobs to india. h

breaking news in and out out of suitland, maryland.hopper 4 just flew over an apartment five in the 5600 block of regency park court, the andrews ridge apartments, firefighters have been battling flames in this building for about 45 minutes now. they're still trying to get those flames under control. updates here and at nbcwashington.com. weather and traffic coming up. when it comes to gardening, we're, well, inexperienced. is this right? right here, like this? ♪ turn that off! plants can smell our fear then miracle-gro expand'n gro made things a lot easier for us. it expands when you water it. and improves your soil. for big beautiful plants that grow up to three times the flowers and vegetables. guaranteed. we were so bad at this before. particularly you. [ laughs ] everyone grows with miracle-gro. >>> partly sunny and chilly around the region in the 50s, later today, low to mid 70s, a chance of a passing afternoon thundershower and tomorrow, warmer after a chilly start. greater chance of afternoon thundershowers, how's traffic? >> a