melissa, chopper 4 up over the beltway. >> up over the top of the beltway. right there at university boulevard you can see the inner and outer loop, moving fine for us. don't have any real volume at least at this point to complain about like we like to do. inner and outer loop, rest looks good. 66, 95 into and out of town, looking good as well. 270 at old hundred road, with etimcally -- we typically see volume at this point, but it looks good. travel times in ten minutes. >> see you then. >>> 6:01. some major track work happening on metro this weekend. four stations are set to close tonight. news4's zachary kiesch live with what we need to know. zachary? >> reporter: yes, good morning, aaron. the closure will start at 12:01 saturday. stay that way through metro closing on sunday. so if you're out late tonight you could be impacted. buses are going to replace trains between eastern market on the orange line and between eastern market and benning road on the blue and silver line. there are a number of stations that are going to be closed, here at stadium armory

this is kenilworth avenue at the beltway. i don't have a direction on kenilworth, but the right lane is blocked because of a disabled vehicle. it sounds like it's headed to the beltway not away from the beltway. 95 here, northbound and southbound looking better than it did. now going 59 near 123. we had slowdowns earlier. wide look at things, inner and outer loop just fine. 95 at 198 is rolling along well. back in ten minutes. >> thank you. >>> developing on the potomac river right now, the race is on to find a missing teenage swimmer. this was megan mcgrath on the scene and will bring us the latest in the search efforts. >>> it is the trial captivating the nation's attention. what is expected to happen in the so-called prep school rape trial today. and when you bundle your home and auto insurance through progressive, you'll save a bundle! [ laughs ] jamie. right. make a bad bundle joke, a buck goes in the jar. i guess that's just how the cookie bundles. now, you're gonna have two bundles of joy! i'm not pregnant. i'm gonna go

richie marlboro at the beltway. the eastbound lane is blocked and west bound lane is blocked. earlier problem with roadway. now wssc is out there because of a water main issue. beltway looks good. 270 at middlebrook rolling along nicely. 95 at route 1 >>> you're watching "news4 today." >> sending plainclothes officers out there and the subject got scared off by the cries for help. but who knows. >> we're learning there will be more police on the beat after another attack of a woman in arlington. you may be able to help police in arlington county. if you recognize the man in that sketch. it is the sixth attack in recent weeks in that area. and this time the victim was a mother with her 3-year-old daughter. they were walking together in lubber run park around 8:00 on friday night when this happened. police say if you're using the trails, it is safer to walk in pairs or in groups. >>> d.c. police now looking for a man accused of a sex assault in northwest washington. they say that man may be an uber driver driving a white sports car with black leather seats. now police say that ma

we're doing really well around the capital beltway. no major issues to slow you down either on the inner or outer loop. 295 and 395 both on the maryland and d.c. side free and clear of any issues. you can see traffic certain hi rocking and rolling both on the inner and outer loop but nothing to slow you down just yet. from our maryland camera we can see things on i-270 from frederick to the capital beltway. all lanes are open as you approach clarkburg and making your way into bethesda. we'll have another look at huh traffic is. -- how traffic is shaping up in virginia coming up in ten minutes. over to you. >>> new this morning d.c. police continue their manhunt for marcus king. a 19-year-old man who lives in shaw. now charged in connection with that shooting death of an au graduate outside the shaw metro. in fact, it just happened about two blocks away from his home. let's take a look at the picture of the suspect. he's 19 years old and marcus king we're told is on the run. armed and dangerous. he is wanted for the second degree murder

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. >> right now, an update on the problem we were talking about a couple of minutes away on the beltway. outer loop at georgia avenue, that incident on the shoulder. shouldn't slow you down too much this morning. in upper marlboro, ritchie-marlboro road at the beltway, eastbound lanes are blocked because of the water main break. and wssc is out on the scene. 270 at old hundred road seeing a bit of volume headed southbound. when you look at the map, 270 looks yellow. but really moving, no major problems. 95 at 123, northbound and southbound rolling along nicely. travel times in ten minutes. >> thank you. >>> many of you are going back to school this morning. it is the first day of school in prince george's county. >> yep. parents as you finish packing the lunches, a lot of new things to know about. news4's molette green is live at the bladensburg for us with school officials talking to them about the new changes. molette? >> reporter: absolutely. even without a big budget increase prince george's schools opened today with great expectations. 2,000 newly enrolled student, no 129,000 stude

road work kind of popped up here between the beltway and allentown road. big look at the beltway. no problems, inner and outer loop. everything is rolling along quite nicely. do have the two right lanes blocked there, but not slowing anything. 270 at father hurley boulevard, rolling along nicely. overall, 66 and 95 looking nice and green for us this morning. weather and traffic always on the 1s. >>> thank you, melissa. not long from now, a lot more students are waking up to go back to school. loudoun, prince william and charles counties are headed back today. montgomery county schools are also starting today. and the biggest district in maryland is a little bigger this year. news4's kristin wright is live at walt whitman high school with more for us. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. that's right. a record number of students in montgomery county, more than 156,000. as you said, eun, making it the largest school district in maryland. significant changes this year, one of them being the school start times. this is a big debate over the last several years. the idea that parents

ritchie-marlboro road at the beltway. had a report that a contractor hit a pipe, so they're calling it a water main break technically. though no water is flowing. wssc is on the scene. right now, eastbound lanes are blocked and westbound just have that left lane blocked this morning. we'll keep you updated on that one. 66 west at sycamore, probably blocked for the next ten minutes or so. other than that looking good. 95 here northbound, southbound, everything rolling along quite nicely. remember to listen to our friends on wtop 103.5 when you hop in your car this morning. top of the beltway is nice and green. b.w. parkway, 95 and 29, everything there flowing just fine. don't have any worries or any road work really to worry about in that area this morning. again, 66, 95, everything looking quite good at this point. 270 at old hundred road also flowing well northbound and southbound through hyattsville. it will back up in the next hour or so. otherwise, looking quite good. see you back here in ten minutes. >>> emergency. >

as far as travel times from 118 to the beltway, not bad. it's just getting to 118 that's the problem. top of the beltway outer loop to 270 you're on time. 66 northbound, no issues there. remember to listen to our friends on wtop 103.5 f.m. when you hop in your car. >> melissa, thank you. >>> it's a major airline shaming you for trying to spend the least amount of money on your next flight. the passenger rights group who says yes. >>> and professional baseball player makes history, but not for anything on the field. we're going to tell you why. >>> and it's first day of school for some kids in our area today. so it might be too late for them, but if hey terry stop! they have a special! so, what did you guys think of the test drive? i love the jetta. but what about a deal? terry, stop! it's quite alright... you know what? we want to make a deal with you. we're twins, so could you give us two for the price of one? come on, give us a deal. look at how old i am. do you come here often? he works here, terry! you work here, right? yes... ok let's g

east of the beltway on route 50, all lanes are open. no issues there. we'll have your drive times around the metro coming up after the seven-day forecast. we'll send it over to you. >>> a group of art students are called in to help forensic scientists identify the remains of more than 1200 nameless bodies. >> on the campaign trail, republican candidates turn their attention to iowa. we're back after this. it's 6:41. ♪ hey! let me help with that. oh, thank you! ♪ introducing the one-and-only volkswagen golf sportwagen. the sportier utility vehicle. plan to reduce the use of antibiotics over the next few years. but what are you having for dinner tonight? try perdue® simply smart and harvestland®. two trusted perdue brands of chicken raised with no antibiotics ever. ♪ >>> welcome bafnlgt the new york city medical examiner's office has a backlog of more than 1,000 unidentified remains. scientists in the office have turned to local art students. >> reporter: these are the nameless faces of unsolved crimes molded out of clay in the hope that someone can identi

down to the beltway, a 20 minute commute, volume is the problem on i-66 as you get toward the capitaltway. mainly in fairfax, to constitution avenue northwest. a 40 minute commute northbound on 95. up to i-395 and an 11 minute commute and westbound on 50 from mlk highway to penn street northeast, a 20 minute commute. we'll send it over to you. >> transportation leaders want to close a historic train station. they would like to hear from you first. >> coming up, where you want to be tonight if you want to stop the closure of the laurel train station. we're back after this. >>> did you know gabby street caught a baseball? hall of fame dodgers broadcaster, vince scully told the story while calling the nationals game in l.a. last week. street made a bet with a journalist that he could catch a baseball from the 555-foot drop. street stood at the bottom of the monument, glove on his left hand and 13 baseballs are dropped. street later told the washington post that he missed 11 of them, but caught balls 4 and 13. this is one of them. and that's your nats inside pitch nchts 98 people have bee

big look at the beltway, nice. 395 as you approach the beltway just a tad slow. back in ten minutes. >> thank you. >>> 4:32 right now, and we're working to find out if a prince george's county woman will be charged for running a man over with her car. the two had an argument inside their home in lannan yesterday. the man walked out and the woman followed him in the suv, eventually running him over on see brook drive. >> i ran in, i ran in and i was like, i need you to come out and the girl was trying to pull him from under the car. >> the man died at the scene. police have not yet identified him. >>> more than 100 people have been killed this year so far in the district. the city's 102nd homicide happened yesterday in northeast. police say someone stabbed bobby ellis to death. no suspects right now. >>> d.c. police have more than 200 arrests in an effort to crack the down on prostitution. nine so called johns were arrested. this crackdown program started in mid july and officials say they're finding many of the men they have arrested are visiting the district fro

big look at the beltway. no major problems. a little slow at the top of the beltway. as you're passing through the beltway, and 66 inbound kind of slower than normal this morning. eun? >> thank you, melissa. >>> right now, we're helping you get your kids out the door as thousands of your children head back for the first day of school. we have crews in maryland and virginia right now to help show you the changes in those four school districts that are opening today. >>> but first, storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell is tracking the conditions you and your kids will be dealing with in your commuter forecast. chuck? >> tracking some rain drops on a monday morning. showers across southern st. mary's county and light sprinkles and light rain showers across much of central virginia. they're lifting northbound here. even though it will not be a washout of a monday, you will want your umbrella just to be on the safe side. couple of showers south of fredericksburg along i-95. and out the door temperatures are in the low to mid 70s in most areas. no major weather slowdowns du

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around the capital beltway, still fairly quiet but on the southbound side of the bw parkway from a live look at our cameras this morning we have issues going on the southbound side of bw parkway at 193, but around the capital beltway still fairly quiet. another update in 10 minutes, over to you. >>> this morning concerns are growing that china's economic slow down could signal global economic trouble. overnight sequestration european stocks continued to plummet. today's sell off, overseas, follows last week's wall street tumble. on friday the dow lost 530 points. it was the worst session in four years. it also marked the end of the work week on wall street in four years. china's economic problems hurt u.s. companies like apple and wal-mart, who have counted on chinese demand to drive growth in recent years. some say investors shouldn't be too concerned. >> reporter: this is a normal part of markets, really. they usually occur every year or so. we have been long overdue, more than four years since the last correction. one thing you should remember if you are putting money your retirement

. >>> i just said we had nothing happening on the beltway. as soon as i said it, something popped up. maybe i won't talk for the rest of the morning. outer loop at new hampshire avenue, two lanes blocked. that is typical in the morning and has been throughout most of the summer. i thought maybe today we would get away with. it again, outer loop at new hampshire there, the two right lanes blocked here this morning. beltway at river road, right now no major problems there. road looking quite good there. inner loop and outer loop, 66 no problems. 95, northbound/southbound, no issues there. yesterday, of course, we had a lot of slowdowns northbound. outer frederick, a little construction -- outer fredericksburg, a little construction. inner loop and outer loop rolling just fine. tap of the beltway bw parkway, 95, and 29 nice and green. back in ten minutes, 4:41. >> see you then. >>> 4:33. today, officials in the district are ramping up efforts to warn people about the dangers of synthetic drugs. the attorney's office and d.c. prevention center hav

we -- inside the beltway, it is dry. nowline of thunderstorms beginning to break apart across montgomery county. areas ofears -- heavier rain around the gaithersburg area. the brakes are leading to pop up and behind it is where conditions are starting to improve. moving to the south and west, these are the stronger storms. two-hour delays reported at dulles airport. behind this things are improving and improving quickly. that will be the leading edge of the cooler and drier air that will filter across our area in the overnight hours. that severe thunderstorm warning well to the south and west until seven about this evening. wind gusts capable of 60 miles per hour. the latest in terms of the flash flood watch. areas shaded in green. this is until midnight tonight. i suspect it will come that much earlier than that. temperatures are in the 80's right now most of the beltway. that cooler, drier air will to the north and west of us. 63-70 for overnight lows. the cold front moves through. that will bring us a beautiful day tom

big look at the beltway, looks okay right now. i'm assuming we'll get some slowdowns at the bottom in a couple of minutes. back to you. >>> a car crashed into a fire hydrant in california causing a giant water fall. look at all the water. it shot straight into the air. raining down on commuters below. it happened yesterday. the car struck the hydrant. received a free car wash. crews worked to turn it off. no one was hurt. >>> nasa is taking a big step to make its facility on the eastern shore safer. tomorrow, the space agency will break ground on a $6 million fire station on wallops island. right now, that's a station an the north end of the island and nasa is building one on the south end. they're hoping it will reduce response times. >>> thousands of children could be at risk for infection after seattle children's hospital says it failed to properly clean surgical equipment. more than 10,000 children who underwent procedures at the bellevue surgical center may be at risk for hepatitis b or c or hiv. doctors believe the risk is lo

beltway at central avenue looking good. same thing on 95 in maryland out of baltimore and all the way from the beltway all the way up to baltimore, nice and clear. back in ten minutes. >> thanks. >>> today you may need to find an alternate route if you're heading to the tidal basen. the tidal reservoir inlet bridge will be closed to car, pedestrians and cyclists. it closes at 6:30 tonight but it will reopen before the monday morning rush. news4's darcy spencer will join us in ten minutes. >>> the ashley madison hack is hitting pretty close to home here in d.c. nbc's edward lawrence is join us now from capitol hill with the latest on this. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, aaron. yes, some of the i.p. addresses to the house and the senate. we are learning more about the consequences for some of the people who use the ashley madison website. hackers released on thursday more information about the folks who used the website. 13,000 e-mail addresses had military or government endings. the military is now investigating that. it's against military law to cheat on your spouse. so there could be some criminal charges in place for

then a wide look at the beltway overall everything is looking quite good on the beltway. 295 as you're passing 50 starts to get slow. that of course is totally typical for this time of the day. southbound g.w. parkway, that ramp to key bridge is now closed through saturday. of the supposed to -- it was supposed to reopen later today, but shut down through saturday. take the roosevelt bridge instead. go further south on g.w. parkway to cross the river. see you in ten minutes. >> thank you, melissa. >>> 5:53 and police are looking for the person who spray painted swastikas on two speed cameras. leggett is appalled and he called it an act of hate and anti-semitism. the graffiti was gone yesterday. and police found another one in rockville. >>> police say the same person may be responsible for a series of bold robberies in northwest washington. take a look at this video. the robber breaks the front door of a community arts center in columbia heights. and police say he stole donations. officers say someone robbed businesses on 11th street. also on georgia avenue. people who live in the area

around the capital beltway, still very quiet. also on 395 and 295 as well, you will see some volume on the anacostia freeway but once you get past that toward the 11th street bridge, you'll have some time to get to your destination on time. want to give you a live look and show you how things are shaping up along i -270 southbound, all lanes are open as you push the capital beltway. your next update in ten minutes. over to you. >>> right now police need your help to identify six men that could they say be responsible for that deadly shooting that happened here saturday right outside the shaw-howard university metro. as we all know now 23-year-old matthew is lon i ask, an american -- matthew shlonsky, an american university graduate was killed. the video shows some of the suspects during a home burglary in northwest washington. police tracked them down with the same getaway car. the burgundy chrysler was later recovered riddled with bullet holes. the other suspects all caught on camera on 7th street ducking and running from bullets

here's a live look along the beltway here at new hampshire avenue. on the inner loop. we'll have another traffic update now in about ten minutes. we'll send it over to you. >> reporter: it's called the 300 men march. they started last night in baltimore. now they're in laurel and they're making their way all the way down to d.c. i'm here with one of the organizers. tell me why you guys are marching. >> we're trying to raise awareness to the resources that are needed to really decrease the murder rate that's happening in baltimore. that's one step but also a step higher, we really want to show the rest of the country what it looks like when men step up and get engaged in the communities, working with these young boys. the reason why we say boys, we're focusing on them because that's the majority of the gun victim -- the victims as well as the perpetrators. so this is the model. this is what we have to do. this is what we're showing the rest of the country. we've got to get out and be physically engaged and grab these young people. we have to stop this

in the mid 70s around the beltway and inside the beltway. mid to upper 70s around the bay, near 70 shenandoah valley. 60s in the mountains. later today peaking in the upper 80s. that chance of afternoon or maybe evening showers and thundershowers. tomorrow, partly sunny, still very humid. afternoon highs in the upper 80s. a small chance of a morning shower. showers tomorrow could produce heavy downpours. we might get one to two inches of rain from some of those storms as they come on through tomorrow afternoon and evening. we might have localized flooding. after that, much better, nice weather moves in friday, saturday, sunday. highs in the 80s with lower humidity. a terrific summer weekend coming up. into the first part of next week, settled, more humid, highs in the 80s. partly cloudy each day. a look at the storm timing for later today coming up next weather & traffic on the 1s at 5:31. melissa has an update on traffic. don't lie to us. >> i'm not going lie to you now. 270 here at old hundred road -- he's making fun of something my son di

parkway close to the beltway it will take you about 15 minutes. once you get past that through falls church, we are ok getting through arlington. in d.c., we had some debris cleared away on the third street tunnel right after new york avenue. it has you down in the teens. take a live look in this area. we have afternoon congestion, but debris was just coming in. this is in montgomery county on the top side of the beltway just right near colesville road, not causing a backup yet. we are still clear from new hampshire avenue toward silver spring, and beyond that. that is a look at traffic this afternoon. jummy: thank you. nfl commissioner roger goodell and quarterback tom brady or both in new york for their deflate-gate case. a federal judge is expected to either uphold or throw out tom brady's four-game suspension. both are back in court for a status hearing and the judge said he would rule by this friday. >> judge berman has no qualms about the dedication and efforts of both sides. he just said they could not reach one. jummy: an appeal is expected

the middle 90's inside the beltway. upper 90's in fredericksburg. close to 100 in frederick maryland. the live doppler radar. nothing going on inside the capital beltway. to the west, looking at the scattered showers. west virginia, the panhandle of west virginia are the areas that will likely see thunderstorms. at least in the next hour or two. show you the wider view. we are dry inside the beltway for d.c. you will see scattered showers and the thunderstorms. the radar with the temperatures are falling through the 70's moving through the overnight hours. more on the seven-day outlook and looking ahead to the upcoming weekend in a few minutes. leon: tonight a somber goodbye to a maryland man devoted to doing a world of good. lenny robinson, better known as the route 29 batman dedicated free time in life to cheering up kids with cancer. he was killed when his car broke down and he was involved in an accident. kevin lewis has more on the man who will be hard to forget. kevin: 900 people paid respects to lenny robinson, better known as the route 29 bat

top of the beltway, b.w. parkway, 29, no issues. a little bit slow, inbound indian head highway, 13 miles an hour. slow on pennsylvania avenue as you approach the beltway as well. guys? >> all right, thank you. >>> 6:54 right now. kiss that contract good-bye. this morning we have learned another carrier is letting you have more or less time to lease a phone. cnbc's landon dowdy here to explain it for us. good morning. >> hey, good morning. sprint is the latest to drop a two-year contract. the company is shifting entirely to a model where customer lease their phones, and you won't get your device at a discount. unveiling a new plan called iphones forever. for $22, upgrade to the newest iphone as soon as it's available. aaron, back over to you. >> landon dowdy at cnbc, thank you. >>> a developing story in indonesia now. army official there said the search and rescue team did reach the site of the plane crash. crews were able to recover the black box there and that should help determine what caused the plane to crash. it went missing t

connecticut avenue at the beltway, overnight road work. you can get by on the right side of the roadway. 270 northbound, southbound, looking quite good. remember to listen to our friends on wtop 103.5 f.m. when you hop in your car. >>> thank you. he's leading in the polls in decision 2016 and for first time you're starting to see donald trump's plan on immigration. not just hearing about it. we're breaking down the details. >>> and a professional baseball player makes history. but not for anything on the field. we'll tell you why patients across the country have spoken. they recently rated their care experience at over 3,500 hospitals nationwide in a survey conducted for the centers for medicare and medicaid. just seven percent received five stars. among them were four hospitals that are part of cancer treatment centers of america. learn more at cancercenter.com. cancer treatment centers of america. care that never quits. appointments available now. >>> you're watching "news4 today." >> this week a woman shot by a police officer is out of t

. >>> follow the c-span cities tour as we travel outside the washington beltway to communities across america. >> the idea behind the cities tour is to take the programming for htv, or american history television and book tv out on the road beyond the beltway to produce pieces that are more visual, that provide a window into these cities that viewers would normally go to that also have really rich histories and a rich literary scene, as well. >> a lot of people have already kind of heard the history of the big cities, like new york and l.a., chicago. but what about the smaller ones like albany, new york. what's the history of that? >> they've been to over 75 cities. we will have hit 95 cities in april of 2016. >> most of our c-span is event coverage. these are not event coverage type of pieces. they're shorter. they take you some place. they take you to a home, a historic site. >> we partner with our cable affiliate to explore the history and literary culture of various cities. >> the key entry into the city is the cable operator who contacts the city. in essence, it's the cable indus

and in the beltway they cranked up the old victrola again to play that same old song about how donald trump this time had gone too far, republican voters would not like it, his moment was over. and once again the beltway common wisdom, the sort of national elite media political view of what republican voters would think and what they would do turns out to be 108 degrees totally wrong. it's not even like donald trump is like not sinking as much as he thought or just maintaining, donald trump is still on the assent. beltway common wisdom has been wrong about donald trump's campaign so far and the wisdom will be wrong again the next time he says -- the next time he says something spectacularly offensive. i hereby predict that no matter what that is, no matter what spectacularly offensive or disgusting thing he says next, republican voters will not like it. republican voters said? this latest cnn poll that not only do they prefer donald trump as their party's presidential nominee by a huge margin, they also prefer him to all of the other republican presidential candidates when you ask spe

right along suitland parkway over to the beltway in prince george's county. these showers from clinton and up to bowie will be continuing to track off to the northea and east. we are in the 70s with 50% humidity or more. so it is quite steamy as we start off early this morning. now melissa is checking on the roads and what's happening now? >> have a problem in the district, right there at main avenue. we have a disabled truck off to the right side -- or a burr i should say. you're only getting by in the right lanes. we'll try to get some more information on that in the next couple of minutes. outer loop at new hampshire avenue, we have some construction there on the top of the beltway. b.w. parkway, 95, everything looking good. 270 into and out of town rolling along nicely. central avenue at kettering drive is blocked because of road work. see you at 4:41. >>> and everybody in the community and her family, whoever was close to her, you meant something to her. >> as the family mourns one of the most recent murder victim, police are conflicted on how to fight th

take a look at the beltway overall, no major problems on the beltway.. 295 as you pass 50 that's starting toet slow. normal volume here at this point this morning. 66 a tad slow through manassas. otherwise, just fine. and then northbound on 95, dale city is your slow spot at 44 miles per hour. see you at the top of the hour, 6:01. >> thank you, melissa, see you then. >>> if your iphone 6 plus photos have been coming out blurry it may not be your fall. apple is recalling a is a small percentage of the devices. they have a component that could fail making your photos look plurry. they're mainly sold between september of 2014 and this year. the company will replace the cameras on the bad phones. >>> 5:55. developing now, wall street may be jittery this morning. nasiamarkets plunged overnight and american traders are hoping to recover from last week. cnbc's landon dowdy has more on this. good morning. >> hey, good morning to you. it was a tough week on wall street. another day, another declining and we can expect to see more red arrows following friday's se

same thing when you look at the top of the beltway. b.w. parkway, 95 and 29 all nice and green. see you right back here, weather and traffic always on the 1s. >>> tonight there's a vigil for loretta carswell. her cousin shot her last week and barricade himself for more than 24 hours on 18th and otis streets in northeast washington. his name is roosevelt robinson and he now faces first degree murder charges. carswell was 63. her friends tell news4 she was a metrobus driver who retired two years ago. >>> we should learn the results today of a mental evaluation for a man police say murdered an american university student on a metro train earlier this summer. police say jasper spires stabbed 24-year-old kevin sutherland to death at the noma gallaudet station. two days before, spires attacked man during a robbery in northwest. spires should be in the courtroom this morning. >>> a developing story now. savannah state university waking up on edge this morning after a shooting on campus. the school was locked down. a man was shot at the student union or near it we're told. we don't know

it is quiet and dry inside the capital beltway. when we had to the north and west, you can see a line of heavy range is beginning to enter frederick. this will move off towards the east. not at a very fast rate. brunswick already looking at very heavy rain. that will continue. leesburg, give it another 45 minutes in your skies will begin to darken. if you are traveling out to the redskins football game tonight, we have a -- flood watch in effect until midnight tonight. temperatures will slowly fall from the 80's into the 70's with storms until about 8:00 or 9:00 tonight. more on the weekend forecast to make up in a few minutes. leon: anytime we expect severe weather you can make abc 7 news your first stop. you can find the forecast on a website at wjla.com. we push instant updates straight your smartphone weather weather

announcer: follow the c-span city's tour as we travel outside the washington beltway to communities. >> the idea behind the tour is to take program from american history television and book tv beyond the beltway. we will produce pieces that are more visual, and will provide a window into the cities that viewers with -- would not normally go to. >> a lot of people have already heard history of the big cities like new york, los angeles, chicago, but what about all ones like albany, new york? what is the history? >> we have been to over 75 cities. we will hit 95 in april of 2016. our coverage is a vent, these are not those type pieces. these take you to a historic site or home. announcer: we partner with affiliates to appreciate the culture of various cities. >> the key entry to the city is the cable operator who contacts the city. >> they are looking for great characters. you and your viewers to identify with these people that were best we are talking about. an experience type of program, where we take people on the road where they can touch things, see things, learn about the local his

inner and outer loop of the beltway, no major problems on the beltway right now. remember this, southbound g.w. parkway, that's shut down through saturday. it was supposed to be all better by tonight. now it's shut down through saturday. alternate there is the roosevelt bridge instead. take a look at 66 right now. as you're headed inbound, just a mess this morning. allow a bit of extra time. back in ten minutes with some travel times. >> see you then, thank you, melissa. >>> it is now 5:25. "news4 your health," 6:25, sorry about this, 6:25. do you suffer with high cholesterol? well, you'll soon be able to get your hands on a new cholesterol lowering drug. it's the second fda approved drug that suppresses the genes that slow down production of cholesterol receptors in the liver. that means there will be more receptors to act like a sponge and soak up cholesterol. >>> well, money could be getting in the way of another city applying to host the 2024 olympic games. los angeles city analysts say that the construction costs for the olympic village were significantly und

as we pull out a little bit, you get a better idea of the beltway, not too bad right now through montgomery county. we're in pretty good shape. on the gw parkway, no delays. 95 in virginia. france story. let's take a live look outside. you get a really good idea out .ere how heavy we actually are moving back to the map, this stretch is slow from morton .ontinuing south you can get a better idea of how slow we are in this stretch right there traveling in the teens right now, and a crash to watch out for in woodbridge. carefuls blocked, so be getting by. larry: let's get back to the breaking news we talked about at the top of the hour. a2-alarm fire at an apartment building on south laurel drive -- a two-alarm fire at an apartment building on south laurel drive. >> you can see this is a three-story garden style apartment building. the worst of the damage is up on the third floor. you can will see smoke pouring from that unit. inside in the window, a firefighter doing his job right here right now trying to get the fire put out. it is described as out, but there is still smoke coming from the c

this is inside the capital beltway. for the next 36 hours, another beautiful day with a nice mix of sun and clouds. highs in the middle 80's under partly cloudy skies. winds will be out of the southwest at 3-7 miles per hour. saturday and sunday, lower 80's. water temperature will be in the upper 70's and take you out with a seven day outlook. i promise you hotter weather and you got it. temperatures around 90 degrees along with added humidity. it will feel a few degrees hotter with that. kids, most of them are back to school. arlington the exception. a lot of kids are back to school but look at the heat they have to deal with next week. lower 90's. arlington kids are like, yes! loving it. 4:00, coming up at tackling mental illness in the work ways. a mental health expert will join us with information on things to look out for to keep yourself and your coworker safe. kimberly: and is -- stay on top of any breaking news by signing up for text alert. we will be right back. kimberly: yesterday's deadly shooting of a tv news

near 70 from the bayside area communities into the inside of the beltway. commuter forecast, mild and dry here for the next hour or two. sunny and plenty warm from 8:00 to 10:00 this morning. nothing to worry about early on, but after lunch time today, after about 3:00 or 4:00, there will be a chance for showers and thunderstorms coming through as a cold front comes our way. today's high up near 90 degrees. back to you. >>> all right, chuck, thank you. 6:01 now and today it's back to school for thousands of students in the district. as you finish preparing the lunches and backpacks we want to let you know about some changes. >> molette green is outside the newly renovated school. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, brand spanking new, 540 at this school. the first thing that the kids will see when they arrive is this art structure behind me. the lights look like rain drops and etched at the top are weather or climate terms like groundwater and condensation. nearly $60 million put in this school. a lot of money and a lot of focus on strengthening the mid

inside the beltway it's upper 60's. coming up, me details around the weekend. we look at the weather and the beaches as well. kimberly: this is something we haven't seen in half a century. this morning the u.s. flag waved over embassy in havana cuba. we have more on the next step to restore through cuba. a moment in history, more than 50 years in the making. today, the u.s. flag raised above the american embassy for the first time since 1961. they broke diplomatic relations in the midst of the cold war. secretary of state john kerry in havana for the u.s. embassy. >> this is a memorable occasion. >> u.s. and cuba restored full diplomatic relations. but not reaction to the move is positive. marco rubio himself the son of cuban immigrants talking to a new york audience about the castro regime violation of human rights. pointing out they weren't invited to the ceremony. >> their exclusion from the event ensured it's little more than propaganda rally. >> kerry spent time with cuba's foreign minister who eit rated that the full normal relation between the country de

but the beltway and the republican elites who are really freaked out by donald trump being their party's front-runner, they've all been pretty confident all along that donald trump wouldn't really be able to hold his own at the debate. he wouldn't really look presidential at the debate. he would not fit in in a bad way once he got up on that formal stage in a formal debate context with other real republican politici politicians. but the debate happened. 24 million freaking people watched that debate. and it turns out the clear result of that debate is that republicans like him even more than they did before. in this latest cnn poll, donald trum trump's lead is stronger than it was before. if you compare the last cnn poll done before the debate with this new one came out today. so it's the same poll. you're comparing apples to apples. just the same debate before and after. you compare them. basically all of these candidates highlighted here, they all basically stayed the same. in terms of their pre-debate polling and post-debate polling. all of these candidates stay either exactly the sam

big look at the beltway. no problems inner loop, outer loop, 295 inbound slow passing 50, 66, and 95 looking typical at this point. guys? >> thank you. >>> another one of those days where you need to do whatever you can to stay cool to avoid sweating if you can. >> i know, it's funny because it's going to be cloudier than it has been. but the humidity still hanging around, tom. >> yeah, texting you'll work up a sweat today. we've got a lot of humidity in the air. not as hot as yesterday. got up to near 90 much of the region. a lot of clouds around this morning. a live view from storm team 4 tower cam looking east, overlooking northeast washington in the foreground, off in the distance. on the horizon, there's prince george's county. a pink tinge to the clouds. sunrise in a few minutes. by 8:00, in the mid 70s. by noontime, low 80s. ought to be hitting the upper 80s by around 2:00, 3:00, then later, maybe a passing shower, maybe a passing thundershower during the afternoon hours around the metro area. a little

top side of the beltway looks pretty good as well. no delays for you. averaging in the 50's in the outer from 95 close to the 270 spur. parkway, in great shape. we are up to speed. accident not causing delays on the offramp from the inner loop the beltway to eisenhower avenue. everything is over to the side. let's take a live look at 95 in virginia. a crash coming in and it is being reported on i-95 northbound right near lorton. no reports of any lanes blocked right now. you can see a little bit of activity off to the side that we have some road work in place. jummy, back to you. so much.ank you he sees looking for ways to honor former mayor and council member marion barry, and the city wants your help. our john gonzales has more on how you can be a part of celebrity d.c.'s -- celebrating d.c.'s there for life. for perhapso you do the most prominent political figure in d.c.? do you build a statue, do you rename a building for him would you create a holiday for marion barry? known as the mayor for life, passed away this past november. he was 78 years old.

the 66 west and the beltway two lanes blocked until 5:00 this morning. member this one, this is the one that's going jam people up, ramp from southbound gw parkway to the key bridge, it's shut down through friday. just go a little farther down gw parkway. 95, gw parkway. everything looking quite good there. top of the beltway, no issues there. 66 in compton road. out of town just fine. 95, northbound, fredericksburg, southbound, we're a little slow because of earlier road work. after stafford, you're just fine. >>> she is accused of intentionally running over her husband and killing him. and this morning, we're learning about a possible motive. >>> so you heard of police dogs sniffing for drugs but how about pornography. how a black >> announcer: you're watching "news4 today." >>> she has no one to back her up because nobody wants to talk. but she didn't just run him over. >> a neighbor defends a woman who police say killed her husband sunday, pinning him between her suv and a tree near their home in prince george's county. that neighbor tells news4 she f

around the beltway doing well on the inner and outer loop. here's a live look over the wilson bridge. no issues on the inner and outer loop. all lanes are open. traveling inbound on 66, no issues going into rosslyn. over the key bridge all lanes are open. traffic still fairly light for the most part. we'll have the drive times coming up aft seven-day forecast. >>> do you know -- after the seven-day forecast. >>> do you know what's in your hamburger? is it beef, pork? >> you may not actually know what you're eating. find out why when 9news rolls on. do you like the passaaadd? it's a good looking car. this is the model rear end event. the model year end sales event. it's year end! it's the rear end event. year end, rear end, check it out. talk about turbocharging my engine. you're gorgeous. what kind of car do you like? new, or many miles on it? get a $1000 volkswagen reward card on select 2015 passat models. or lease a 2015 passat limited edition for $189 a month after a $1000 bonus. >>> hello and welcome back to wusa9. do you know what's in y

robert: right now the beltway between new jersey and the university, the accident popped up. right lanes are blocked. solid delays building around through college park and i-95. where we have six lanes but they are all jammed up at this point in time. moving along the beltway. look at the inner loop, the right side of the screen leaving river road. most of the slow traffic above georgetown pike to the 270 spur. passing an avenue at new hampshire avenue. left side of the screen is the inner loop moving in toward college park to capital greenbe. westbound slow moving from the third street tunnel to the 14th street bridge. an accident at southbound 95 near pohick road midway between springfield and morton, left side of the roadway. slow traffic nonetheless moving toward the southbound commute. 395 also to the pentagon. approaching the area of 95. that is the latest from the traffic center. jonathan, kimberly, back to you. jonathan: robert, thanks. did you walk outside? did you feel like you were cutting your way through the air? kimberly: no way i was doing a run today. too hot.

quiet and dry inside the capital beltway. when we had to the north and west, you can see a line of heavy range is beginning to enter frederick. this will move off towards the east. not at a very fast rate. brunswick already looking at very heavy rain. that will continue. leesburg, give it another 45 minutes in your skies will begin to darken. if you are traveling out to the redskins football game tonight, we have a -- flood watch in effect until midnight tonight. temperatures will slowly fall from the 80's into the 70's with storms until about 8:00 or 9:00 tonight. more on the weekend forecast to make up in a few minutes. leon: anytime we expect severe weather you can make abc 7 news your first stop. you can find the forecast on a website at wjla.com. we push instant updates straight your smartphone weather weather app. kimberly: breaking news this afternoon. deflategate -- d.c. police named a suspect at that shooting at the -- they need help tracking down the sandman. night -- this man down. 19-year-old marcus king. a big bre

wide look at the beltway. no major problems. looking pretty good. 66 through manassas. 40 miles per hour, 270 at falls road this morning. no major problems. southbound, same thing northbound. looking quite good. again, this is the big issue, southbound, if you're heading out the door i'd say ache 95 and save yourself time. >>> 6:25 now, big changes are coming to montgomery county schools this year. the district will have athletic trainers on staff at each of its 25 high schools. it's part of the effort to reduce concussions among athletes. the athletic trainers will be onsite for practices and games and on call for injuries. recent study found concussions impacting high school females in particular. 1100 suffered concussions throughout the washington area including montgomery county. >>> an eagle will head back to its natural habitat after being found injured on a pier in the potomac river. national wildlife officers will release this bird at widewater state park. beautiful. it may want you to break into song. >> i'm waiting for

. >>> follow the c-span cities tour as we travel outside the washington beltway to communities across america. >> the idea behind the cities tour is to take the programming for htv, or american history television and book tv out on the road beyond the beltway to produce pieces that are more visual, that provide a window into these cities that viewers would normally go to that also have really rich histories and a rich literary scene, as well. >> a lot of people have already kind of heard the history of the big cities, like new york and l.a., chicago. but what about the smaller ones like albany, new york. what's the history of that? >> they've been to over 75 cities. we will have hit 95 cities in april of 2016. >> most of our c-span is event coverage. these are not event coverage type of pieces. they're shorter. they take you some place. they take you to a home, a historic site. >> we partner with our cable affiliate to explore the history and literary culture of various cities. >> the key entry into the city is the cable operator who contacts the city. in essence, it's the cable indus

nighttime for the middle 50's to around 65 or 66 degrees inside the capital beltway. a comfortable night ahead. winds out of the north at three-six miles for our. nothing going on tomorrow. just a few scattered clouds here in their. if you have outdoor plants tomorrow morning, afternoon, evening, no problem. it will be wonderful weather and the heat and humidity will build into the upcoming weekend. high tomorrow is 85 degrees of early cloudy skies. a look at your weekend forecast. the beach forecast looking ready nice. temperatures will be in the oh -- lower 80's for -- water temperatures in the upper 70's. andr 80's, near 90 saturday sunday. we will continue that trend into monday and tuesday of next week. values have a heat index that will make it feel a little bit hotter than that. 30% chance for a few storms. not going to be a washout. jonathan: i guess that is ok. steve: take advantage of it now because winter is coming. jonathan: stop that crazy talk. kimberly: we want to bring you up-to-date of the surviving panda cub at the washington zoo. it appears to be thr