let me show you what it looks like on the beltway right now. now, after those two accidents, the trooper's vehicle was absolutely crushed. he was stuck inside, and they had to pry him out of the vehicle. this is what state troopers are saying about his condition right now. >> the trooper's condition, he sustained serious injuries from this crash. he's in critical condition at this time. he was taken by maryland state police medevac to shock trauma in baltimore city. >> reporter: now, of course, the next question was, what would cause that vehicle to strike the trooper? i can tell you that state troopers are telling us that they are looking at the possibility of charges in this accident, that the striking vehicle, the one that they believe was involved in the hit and run that then hit the trooper, the drive o vehicle is at prince george's county hospital. he is surrounded by troopers who are watching him at this point. no charges have been filed yet, but it sounds like that's the direction that they're going in at this point. we have no more info

personnel spread out on the beltway investigating that crash. a little over an hour ago we broke the news to you on the nbc washington app and to give you an idea of how big of an impact it's having on commuters, take a look at our first 4 traffic map. it's showing us how much of the beltway is jammed up as people start to make their way home. >> tracee wilkins has just arrived on the scene. tracee, what have you learned and what's the scene there right now? >> reporter: well, right now you can see what's happening right here on the outer loop of the beltway. it is completely empty here. it is shut down at this point because of this accident that's under investigation and expected to be under investigation for some time. a maryland state trooper, it appears, was rear-ended by another vehicle. that trooper was critically injured, has been transported to the hospital where he is in stable condition. from what we understand at this po this trooper sustained. it appears to us that this trooper was helping a vehicle on the side of the road when someho

big look at the beltway overall looking good otherwise. no other real trouble spots on the ay.beltw 66 inbound through manassas is slow, very typical. 95 north through woodbridge slow and 270 at old hundred, that normal slowdown about this timitime of day here through hyatts town. >>> 6:17 our time. chuck bell is in the storm team 4 "weather center," 52 degrees right now. >> yep. that's where we are. >> we call that warm for -- >> no. >> april. >> give me a warm, cold. >> somewhere kind of in between. >> how broke 70 to be warm. >> but it's 6:00 in the morning. >> 70 would be warn, but it's not in the 70s. >> it's getting there, though, right? >> we are getting there. we will be up near 80. will someone cut their microphone, please? they're taking all my time. outside early this morning, a clear sky. sun just inching its way up. going to be a good looking day today. we will quickly replace the 40s and 50s with 70s to near 70 by later this afternoon. so 80 or higher likely today or tomorrow before cooler weather settles pack in beginning on

already a little rain inside the beltway. a gloomy looking start. ll be a gloomy kind of a day. temperatures will stay in the 50s all day long. heaviest and steadiest of the rain likely from about 8:00 or 9:00 this morning up through about 1:00, 2:00 this afternoon. and tapering back to showers there of thereafter. how is the thursday commute? >>> right now overall looking pretty good. nice and green on the beltway here this morning. a little bit of a delay 95 north in the

we aren't seeing any slowdowns on the beltway right now. ight volume, so hoping that is going to stay this week here for the next couple of minutes. outer loop after colesville, a little bit of a slowdown because of a crash. should be off to the right side of the roadway. taking a big look at the beltway, i circled this for you to show you that is the moisture right now moving through the area. we'll have travel times for you in ten minutes. >>> it is 6:33 right now. and the buses thousands use to safe. a new audit finds 95% of d.c. circulator buses had at least one significant safety problem. kristin wright is live in northwest d.c. now to break down the report and what is being done about this. kristin, good morning to you. it would appear we're having trouble with kristin's signal. we'll try to get back to that story for you in just a little bit. >>> it's now 6:33. the search for relisha rudd is not over. they didn't find anything in their search yesterday. rudd was 8 years old when she disappeared two years ago from the d.c. homeless she

nice and green on the beltway here this morning. a little bit of a delay 95 north in the so that could be the rain showing folks down. outer loop at kenilworth, report of a crash, but it's on the shoulder and you can tell it's not impacting traffic the all right now. to which top of the beltway at colesville, rolling along just fine. west bound southeast/southwest freeway before the 3rd street tunnel, still have that crash off to the right side of the roadway. we'll have travel times for you in ten minutes. >>> right now police are still on the scene of a barricade situation in alexandria. it's been going on for hours this is happening on east reed avenue and evans lane. megan mcgrath has been on the scene all morning and she's live thousand with the latest. >> reporter: you can see behind me here, the road low sure closure. the barricade situation is midway down the block. there are further down reed avenue. around 10:00 last night, police say a man inside one of the duplexes fired shots at a relative who was outside the home. . the

you can see outer loop joining the beltway. overall looking very typical. >>> new concerns about safety at metro, the trouble spots outlined by federal safety officials and how metro is responding to it this morning. >> and getting a little money back? who is ready for that. how much money pepco is crediting its customers in d.c. i don't believe that big money can buy votes -- not in our district. and i won't claim to have single handily passed just about every bill in annapolis. we can't settle for the same old politics, not when our basic rights are being threatened by trump and cruz. i'll stand up to their bigotry and be a passionate voice for maryland women and families. in tv and in business, i built relationships. i'm kathleen mathews and i approve this message. >>> michigan's governor says he will drink flint's filtered tap water for a month to show people who live there that it is safe to drink. on monday the governor visited a flint homeowner who has high lead level in her water. for nearly 18 months, people drank and

top of the beltway looking good. sos problem clears up after that on the outer loop once you get over to 95. 66 inbound and 95 northbound looking pretty good. remember to listen to wtop 103.5 fm when you hop in your car. >>> a heartbreaking loss in new orleans. a be democratic loved former saints player killed in a road rage incident. will smith was shot and killed on saturday night. police say cardell hayes rear ended smith's car around 21:30 p.m. in new orleans. they argued and police say hayes shot smith several times chest. smith played for the saints for nine seasons and won a super bowl with the team. >>> a good guy. everybody loves him. just an absolute shame. >> the suspect also shot smith's wife in the leg, she is expected to recover. hayes is now charged with murder and being held on $1 million bond. >>> developing this morning, police have arrested a 22-year-old florida man following a shooting that killed two louisiana college students. police say ernest felton opened tire early sunday morning after leavin

the area that is impacted on the beltway between branch avenue and st. barnabas road, we've learned the driver of the passenger car has died. no other injuries reported at this time. we have a crew headed to the scene there and of course we'll keep you updated on the traffic impact with melissa mollett in first 4 traffic. that is the latest for now. back to you. >>> how to the race for the white house. a lot happening on both sides this morning. the gop frontrunner could be moving more toward the middle while bernie sanders is vowing to stay in the race. tracie potts is live from capitol hillou >> reporter: let's talk about donald trump. his campaign manager says what you see in public isn't the donald trump you see in private. and that the more presidential donald trump will be rolling out soon. he is also commenting on north carolina's bathroom law saying that it's okay for transgender people to choose the bathroom of their choice. but then in an interview last night, trump rolled it back a bit saying that it's a state's rights issue and the federal gov

the outer loop at 450 and the beltway. it had been shut down for nearly four hours since the accident occurred, but a few moments ago they opened it up. you can see the traffic is moving not at a speed limit pace but it's moving nonetheless. take a look at what it was like earlier. bumper to bumper traffic for miles and miles and miles. for many people there was just no way out. were caught up in it all. what was it like out there? >> terrible. the traffic was just -- came to a standstill. couldn't hardly move. you didn't know what lane to get into and you just had to be patient. >> it was horrendous. took us almost an hour to go five miles. >> police cars were whizzing by me on the fast lane and they were going fast, fast. it was at least ten cops passed me by. >> it was backed all the way up. couldn't get on it. i had to go all the way down to 450 and then come through 450 and come back down this way in order to get to work. >> reporter: you had to use the back roads. >> yes, sir. >> we had to get off. they diverted us of

. >> breaking news on the beltway. we're talking about the outer loop here as you're approaching branch avenue. just the right lane, right shoulder getting by. another problem on 270, we'll talk about all of it coming up. >>> something else we're keeping a close eye on for you this morning, the rain moving into our area. take a look at storm team 4 radar, all that green and blue headed our way. chuck bell will let us know if you will need the wipers on your drive into work. >>> well, money meant for the family of a virginia state trooper killed in the line of duty. instead, it wound up in a thief's pocket. the theft might leave you wondering how some people can go so low. >>> and parents outraged after finding out about elevated levels of lead in their kids' drinking water. and tt's not the only reasohan i don't believe that big money can buy votes -- not in our district. and i won't claim to have single handily passed just about every bill in annapolis. we can't settle for the same old politics, not when our basic righ

we are shut down outer loop of the beltway near 123. all lanes blocked. full details on this problem coming up. >>> hate signs discovered near a montgomery county school. the symbol investigators are looking into. >> reporter: big changes coming to buzzard's point. an announcement regarding the new d.c. united stadium. details coming up. >>> and we're off to a pretty decent start temperature-wise. howong will it la lst at giant, shoppers low prices by the thousands, plus a thousand more that just dropped. all these low prices! what are you trying to do, get me to feed the whole neighborhood? no. just trying to save you a whole lot of "bread." [ laughter ] thousands of blue tags, thousands of low prices. my giant. but jamie raskin is the only democrat for congress who's authored landmark progressive laws -- maryland act, assault weapons ban, and more. raskin: i'm jamie raskin, and i approve this message. >>> breaking news on the beltway. outer loop at 123, all lanes shut do

. >>> one week after a violent crash on the beltway, we go inside of the car with the maryland state troopers to show you the dangers they face on the road every day. first tonight, d.c. is remembering a legend of music and entertainment from the warner theater to national harbor and bars and restaurants all over the region. >> people are decked out in purple tonight, celebrating in prince's words "this thing called life." chris lawrence is gathering the latest information on how prince died and how people are reacting tonight. chris? >> we know the medical examiner has prince's body and will be performing an autopsy sometime tomorrow. as for reaction in our area, you could hear it in the air. ♪ tonight it seems like everyone is listening to those old prince songs and fans have been coming downtown to set up tracks outside of the warner theater. prince performed there in 1993 and a sign is up in honor of his memory. some danced and celebrated his music and his commitment to civil rights. >> it was important to us and black lives matter because he was a huge supporter. also embodied a

you can see top of the beltway looking quite good. we have chopper on the way so that problem on 395 just getting a higher view, higher vantage point. chopper 4 thereby will in a little bit. we'll have that the 5at 6:31. >>> thank you, melissa. many are describing crystal city this way that have people sounding off. >>> and cracking down on cyclists in too much of a hurry. why police say they are creating dangerous conditions on a popularecreation trail. r i'm chris van hollen, and i approve this message. narrator: an attack ad from the campaign for donna edwards. so untrue. so outrageous that president obama said, "pull it down." the obama white house called the ad on chris van hollen and the nra "misleading." the sun says van hollen and president obama have the exact same position. the post praised van hollen safety," and condemned the edwards ads that "mislead" voters. donna edwards. will she say anything to win an election? donna edwards. know you're budgeted for the expected, and the unexpected.

rest of the beltway looking good. night and dry. the earlier construction inner loop at gw parkway is out of the way. beltway at colesville road, looking good. 66 inbound and outbound rolling along just fine. 66 miles per hour. what do you think about that. 95, quantico to the beltway, going to take you 17 minutes just like it should. see you back here in ten. >>> one week away now from the new york primary, but some presidential candidates are already eyeing another state. why they're turning their attentbe biggest races of election season. >>> and a rock star heads to capitol hil kathleen matthews: imagine paying 20% more for a cup of coffee just because you're a woman. so why does congress think it's ok that women get paid 20% less than a man for doing the same job? i'll fight for pay equity, to protect planned parenthood, now some politicians will belittle this as a women's agenda. more proof that we just need more women in congress. i'm kathleen mathews and i approve this message. life's morning multitasking for a growing family

top of the beltway, 9 minutes on the upper loop. 66 to the beltway will take you 9 minutes and quantico to the beltway, you're on time at 25. remember to listen to wtop 103.5 fm when you hop in your car. >>> it is 5:42. costs of the future purple line are rising and now local communities want to know what it means for them. montgomery county officials will meet this afternoon to talk about the proposed light rail that would stem from bethesda to the county was told four major projects related to the purple line are expected to cost nearly $14 million more than first planned. >>> it is a new push to get ohio governor john kasich out of the race and the names behind the alleged move may or may not surprise you. >>> and gunned down in front of her own daughter. now police say the man who pulled the trigger is in prison. s ere officer wall street. e nra. they're powerful. they usually get their way. but not with democrat donna edwards. she won't take cash from wall street banks. and when washington insiders wrote a loophole to let the nra spend dark money to kill gun safety laws, donna edwa

just a tad slow because of that crash as you approach the beltway. remember to listen to wtop 103.5 fm. >>> it's 6:13. inspectors with the federal transit administration are going to put an extra set of eyes on metro's troubled tracks. wtop say that the fta has launched a safety blitz to make sure the rails are safe. its focus is on ten track sections where problems were found during last month's one day shutdown. no system wise shut down expected, but some service could be delayed if a major problem is found. >>> the comments about these riders on our nbc washington facebook page are not that nice. and police say they're warranted. today federal, state and local police will announce a joint effort to keep off our streets. as many as 30 atvs surrounded an ambulance carrying a child. one rider reportedly yelled threats at the driver and this past weekend, a group of riders hit and dragged a d.c. police officer. >>> today services begin for the young kentucky couple that died in last month's terror attacks in brussels. two days of visitations begin it a

quantico to the beltway.ember to listen to wtop 103.5 fm when you hop in your car this morning. >>> new developments surrounding the deadly accident involving an amtrak train. what we're speed the train was traveling. >>> and i'm going through new poll numbers out. how you deal about our country right now, whether you think you are falling behind financially. what they're sayi ng wall street. the nra. they're powerful. they usually get their way. but not with democrat donna edwards. she won't take cash from wall street banks. and when washington insiders wrote a loophole to let the nra spend dark money to kill gun safety laws, donna edwards said 'no' she's fighting to ban assault weapons and putting the safety of our communities first. because to democrat donna edwards, the special interests aren't special. we are. working for us pac is responsible for the content of this advertising. time magazine called chris van hollen "a hero to environmentalists, education groups, and gun control advocates" for his accom

big look at the beltway, the overall look at the beltway behaving nicely. you can see the moisture at the bottom of the beltway that could cause a slowdown in the morning commute. chuck bell, if you could just help the rain like you helped give me water, you saved my life. >>> we'll give mother nature a pat on the back to get the showers out of here. if not during the workweek, we need to get them out of here in time for the weekend. the apple blossom festival, a lot of stuff going on this weekend. and the weather may be having a bit of an impact on those weekend plans. cooler pattern by far. we made 86 yesterday. and our average high now 71 degrees. and each one of the next seven days likely to be at or below average temperaturewise. so we have trade in the sunshine and the warm weather for low clouds and light rain showers. here's the view from our t in ba and chevy chase. all cloud cover this morning. visibility not taking too much of a hit with the low clouds out there. generally seven, eight, nine miles from washington and points northbound. better visi

is this the top of the beltway college park, headed into the silver spring area this morning. beltway has never looked so good. nice and clear here this morning. no major problems. southbound 295 after east capitol, left lane getting by the crash. it looks like that will be getting out of the way for us soon. best of t rest of the beltway looking pretty good. 270, you'll be getting wet headed out sometime soon. you can see all the green there. 95 south after centreport parkway, disabled vehicle blocking the right lane. >>> police say a tragedy might have been prevented at a baby shower in charles county after officers stopped a man with a rifle. the charles county sheriff's office says 21-year-old rodrigu rodrigueze nowlin jr. grabbed a rifle out of a car after arguing with a man. guests saw what was happening and street flagged down officers to help. >> he fried to hide behind a vehicle, the officer was able to call him out, the weapon was eventually recovered. >> nowlin faces several charges. . investigators say the gun was reported stolen in north caroli carolina. >>> mayor

once you get inside of the beltway the volume will work against you.moving freely on i- 270. you are good to go. but you will see the volume at the bottle side of i-270 closer to germantown. a live look this morning shows you how things are shaping up along the beltway here. we talked about the volume. you can see it on the camera on the left-hand side of the screen. good news there. much more coming up shortly. over to you. >>> smile for the camera. coming up -- an incredible moment. he was flicking matches on me... for my life. my ex-husband's intentions were to murder me. glenn: i made sure yvette's abuser went away for good, and put in place tougher sentences, because domestic violence can never be tolerated. yvette: mr. ivey showed compassion. i felt like i could trust him. narrator: glenn ivey. in congress, he'll combat domestic violence, and protect president obama's legacy. glenn: i'm glenn ivey and i approve this message, because i'm on your side. >>> we have a friday morning commute alert in case you missed it. agiant panda in china is taking

quantico to the beltway, 23 minutes. 270 southbound and top of the beltway just fine, as well. r to listen to wtop 103.5 fm when you hop in your car. >>> this just iner a dog smuggling case. prosecutors dropped the charges that amber had illegally imported two yorkshire tearers in tearers in to australian. his wife pleaded guilty to providing fake immigration papers.tearers in to australian. his wife pleaded guilty to providing fake immigration papers. a conviction could have september her sent her to prison for ten years. >>> a controversial plan that will have teachers carrying guns at school. but that's not what people are upset about. >>> and have you used your new chip card at a store? why so many retailers are behind on installing that technology. >>> and we talked about it being tax day a little earlier in the show. but what you need to do if u're not ready to fileyo y the nra and its campaign cash are what stands between us and gun reform. "searing tragedy struck in a place parents felt their children were safe" chris van hollen met with nra lobbyists to craft a loophole

aside from that we jam from 50 from the beltway all the way tot 295. 295 from the top of the beltwaytraffic towards east capital.apal. bw parkway north and southboundn jams. jams same story knife and southboundh towards baltimore f you'rebalt headed to bwi for a flight give yourself meantime to get througu that area.that a 270 slows to the spur.to more traffic and metro updatesro in a few. back to you.yo >> all right. we'll look for those, eri erin. >> we'll get the latest on theee election from bet wear bare. >> why one university is uvers apologizing to thousands of pree perspective students. stude ut-oh.ut we're back with that in two minutes. it's 8:27. the nra and its campaign cash are what stands between us and gun reform. "searing tragedy struck in a place parents felt their children were safe" chris van hollen met with nra lobbyists to craft a loophole that would let the nra skirt a new campaign finance law and block gun control. but democrat donna edwards said "no" to the nra loophole and stood up to the gun lobby. and she would ban assault weapons. democrat donna edwards, ma

no major problems on the beltway. taking a look at 270 from 70 down to the spur, going to take you 27 minutes exactly as it should. remember to fm when you hop in your car for the latest on any travel troubles. >>> developing this morning, shots fired as laurel police respond to reports of a burglary. the shooting happened inside the indus international market on fourth street. molette green is live on the scene with what led up to the shooting. >> reporter: good morning. i can tell you that is where all of it went down, that building behind me where the red letters there. it looks like officers are getting close to breaking down and wrapping up here at the scene as some of the crime tape is being taken down. we can tell you that one teen suspect, a 15-year-old, is in custody right now. the other suspect, a 20-year-old man at the hospital. police got the 911 call shortly after 11:00 last night when a burglar alarm sounded from inside this international food market. when they got here, they arrested t trying to get awa

quantico for the beltway, 24 minutes. ber to listen to wtop 103.5 fm when you hop your car. >>> new arrests related to the san bernardino attacks. so why aren't the suspects charged with terrori it's becoming all-too common. how hackers can gain access to your phone and what to do to keep it from happening . >>> wounded by gunshots and rushed to the hospital, we now know a man in prince george's county did not survive those injuries. we got word that this happened about 10:30 last night in the capitol heights area specifically on the 1700 block of kenilworth avenue. police arrived to the scene, they brought that man to the hospital, but he did not survive those scurries. no suspect, no motive in this case. back to you. >>> and you're waking up this morning, it's chilly, a little light rain and drizzle out there. when will we see the sunshine next? your "7-day forecast" coming up in just four minutes. >>> crash 270 south at the spur now. not as much volume as we were seeing. and then take a look at this south capitol at che

we don't have any problems. 95, quantico on the beltway going to take you 18 minutes. that's exactly what it should take on this time of day on your average wednesday morning. you can see you're nice and green all the way up to the beltway and into town on 395. innerloop after lane getting by the work zone there. no problems on the prince george's, reminder on the bay bridge. very normal for this time of day. >>> it is 4:43, new details on a scathing article that later was rescinded. what we're learning will happen to a student who said she was gang raped at the university of virginia. >>> neither took home a win in the wisconsin primaries but it narrator: all that political mail might be overwhelming. let's simplify. only one candidate has been endorsed by the washington post: kathleen matthews. as a journalist and progressive leader at marriott, she has a broad and deep facility with policy. emily's list praises matthews as pro-choice and the post says on gun control, clean energy, "has greater potential, following the van hollen model, to move the ball forward." kath

. >>> breaking news on the beltway. this is actually a good update from when we talked a couple minutes ago. innerloop at 4, we have now reopened. we still have a pretty good backup. we've shrunk that it's the little things, guys. northbound bw parkway after nasa goodard. chopper 4 is going to be over this problem in just a couple minutes so we can see what's happening from above. northbound gw parkway at 123 still have a slowdown there because of a crash. 28 there south of manassas slow from that accident chuck. >>> i like good news going from fire worthy late to just getting through. four things you need to know about the weather. hey, it's a frosty cold start. frost advisory for some in the blue ridge and shenandoah valley. cool sunshine coming your way this morning. pollen count on the creep up. when the rain drops have stopped, final list, after weekend and weekend and weekend in a row with terrible weather, this weekeis heading out for that resolution run this morning, plan on temperatures in the 40s on your way ou

this crash has closed down the capital beltway. earlier it was the inhofe as well as the outer loop. current -- the inner loop as well currently the outer loop is closed due to a serious accident involving a maryland state trooper. near route 450. behind me you can see the crews on scene. this is at route 450. they are diverting traffic off. the outer loop is closed. we are hearing it may be closed for several hours. let's move to the maps. i want to show you big the backup is right now. still currently seven miles as you head north from ritchie marlboro road to get closer to greenbelt. not going to happen. let's talk alternates. if you want you can make your way to 2795 kenilworth avenue and continue up to the b.w. parker. that is bumper to bumper. anything you take to head north will be bumper to bumper. you can always take 410 to 201 and head north. again, a lot of slow traffic. we will keep you updated on the beltway closure. michelle: thank you. more than a decade in the making. d.c. and u.s. authorities settling the final laws

top of the beltway and all of these main routes looking quite good here. 270 south at 80, still have that crash reported and slowdowns in the southbound lanes. going to check on that situation on 3 and also have travel times for you in ten minutes. >>> we are staying on top of breaking news on a quadrup run shooting. one person dead, three others wounded. it unfolded in information recentville. police have been piecing together evidence on hill har drive and kristin wright is on the scene with more information. >> reporter: we moved our better. police on hour four of this investigation. it is a homicide investigation. evidence markers you can see there right in the street. police came out first at about 1:30 this morning. we have video there overnight. they found a woman who had been shot, she did not make it. three men were also shot, one in critical. police say the other two are going to be okay. so again, that is a total of four people shot, a quadruple shooting here in information recentville this morni information recentville this morning. it appears the shooting happened in the

we are moving but bumper to bumper in outer look of the beltway. this is slow going and heavy traffic. the traffic is moving freely. but on the outer loop at 17 over 18 is very back to alison. alison: we turn to the latest with the developing story and metro. they had to single track trains after a train got stuck in a tunnel. the train lost power at 3:00 this afternoon. it was stuck for an hour. the passengers say it became uncomfortably hot inside the train. >> you could hear the engine shut off. we're going in reverse. kept doing that. for a second i thought it was an earthquake. the engineer came on and said it would be a few minutes. alison: this was one of the new trains the 7000 series cars. everybody got off safely. it's not known why the train lost the metro general manager wants to focus to get the fare gates to work well so he is scrapping a pilot program to let you pay to enter the system with your phone. brianne carter is covering metro tonight from the gallery place station with more. brianne: we found that in the what jurorty of the p

take a look, ton of the beld y beltway, the red line pretty nasty.lso ramp to northbound 95, vehicle off the right side and spun around. so right now they're trying to get that out of the way. eastbound 7 at have that accident hanging around. sounds like an overturned vehicle. we're sending chopper there. not quite there yet. taking a look at 395 north at washington boulevard, we have that crash hanging around in the left lane this morning. 66 and 95, looking pretty typical. no reports of anything too wild there. prince george's county overall is nice and green. a little slow there inbound indian head highway. and taking a look 270 at montrose, pretty light volume. chuck. >>> outside today even though the sun is come up and beautiful clear sky over washington right now, take the umbrella. be the smart one in school today. have your umbrella ready for go. rain chances at 80%. a couple dry days, but tuesday and wednesday will be really cold. temperatures 15 to 20 degrees colder than average after today. weather and how it will affect your plans, not mu

as you take a bigger look at the beltway, overall we look nice and green and things seem to be moving pretty well here this morning. 270 southbound, i drove by this one on the way into work at democracy boulevard, you can only get by on the left side of the roadway passing montgomery mall. everything else including the exit blocked off there at democracy because of overhead sign work. see you in ten minutes. >>> the so-called mansion murders in d.c. captivated the diic woman who says she should have been one of the victims. >>> presidential >>> 4:45. in decision 2016, where gop front runner donald trump says the republican nomination race is all but over. protesters at his california rally don't agree with that. tracie potts is live on capitol hill now. are we looking at new troubles for donald trump? >> reporter: well, certainly last night in california, things got pretty rowdy out there. 20 people ended up being there were fights breaking out. at one point someone jumped out a police cruiser and smashed in a window and we've seen protests around a number of the trump rallies. this o

west traffic moving well 301 we to the beltway. ou know when you'reene coming from annapolis whenol w you'll start to hit that usualhl slow down this morning. dis traffic on the way to the way t airports in the clear as well. back to you. >> ♪ >> straight ahead at 5:00at 5:0 metro on damage control afterona smoke is once again reported rep inside ap a tunnel.unnel. >> one day from maryland's primary.ary. two republican rivals bandingang together against their party's's frontrunner.fr details of their plans to plans symptom stop trump. >> but first it could be a little rough for the markets today. dow futures are down 70ture points. pots nasdaq futures are off by 19.y and s & p futures are down by eight points. >> ♪ >> ♪ >> straight ahead, panickedt ah, passengers.en riders fear for their lives as s smoke reportedly fills adllls tunnel once again.ga >> and the search for a killerfl this morning after a man iser found dead inside a northern nor virginia home. h the very latest on the investigation.in >> first though we say goodveh o m

a inbound delays 295 from the beltway to malcolm x avenue. st sterling on a delays. red on the map not looking soooi hot. in prince george's county fivege north is slow by 301 come on01 m whoever here.hoeverere. what are you doing right now riw four west minor congestion from woodyard road to dowerhouseowho road. caution there. in the district inbound 295ict eastern to pennsylvania about at 14 miles per hour.es per hour. if you're taking metro, incidend at green line delays no longeroonge single tracking right now sog rw that's good news.new. the rest of them -- the rest ofs the lines are on or close tor co schedule. so be prepared for that.t. that's your look at traffic.rafc just give yourself extra time ta get around the area. area >> all righty. >>> jason aldeen winning the tog award at last night's academy aa country music awards.wa he said he didn't think it washk in the cards for him to win w enter tear then of the year.hee clearly he was wrong. was wng looks like the cards had otherah plans he beat out luke bryantbra and miranda lambert

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slow traffic 395 from the beltway to the 14th street4t s bridge. bridge.you need a lot i of extra time. t look back at our maps aside froe the 395 northbound delays andaya stalled bus, twitter update ford you. keep in mine anne arundel we arl still dealing with a closure. deadly pedestrian crash investigation three southboundoo at johns hopkins road. that is being traffic is beingsb detoured around thatund tha intersection. 32 backing up because of that. 422 seeing heavy traffic, and, a three south very jammed up tomet the detour. keep in mind if you're take're t metro new problem right now. shady grove bound red lined lin passengers may experience eer delays. there was an earlier off loadede train at forest glenn just aftet 8:00 this morning. t look at all the red on the map.m want to point out you're slow oo the he were through annan dell. 295 from the beltway on up and a 295 southbound by eastern avenue a little bit of technical glitch there with our map.ther things are slow as you make your way through the area past upper marlboro on the outer loop aso

taking a look at 95 here this morning, you can see as you're headed northbound from quantico to the beltway, it will take you 24 minutes. once you hit the sn time there as well. good morning, chuck. > goodrn wednesday, finally here. and the sunshine is now officially a thing of the past. we've been needing some rain and asking for rain. and now it's going to be a long, cloudy stretch. so good-bye to the sunshine and the warm weather. and hello to rain chances. not expecting a lot of rain today but pockets of light rain and drizzle could be near a tenth of an inch or so. not too much of a fog issue this morning with the low clouds and the light rain falling. most of the rain now in southern st. mary's county. there's more rain back to our west coming our way. current temperatures are in the upper 50s to low to mid-60s now. the next 24 hours look this way, very steady temperatures and steady amounts of cloud cover with occasional periods of light rain. grab the umbrella, you'll need it. >>> thank you, chuck. coming up at 6:03, now to decision 2016. many of you may be wondering who won the pri

way out top side of theof the beltway on the outer loop past new hampshire.w hampshire. a look by braddock anddk you can see the inner loop ise picking up.cking p. we're a little bit heavyit across the wilson bridge rightir now. 395 congestion picking up asking well.. metro is on time.tris i would say grab a light a lig jacket. you may need it this morning on your way to metro. back to you. >> 6:19. happening today unitedenin airlines flight attendants will be picking at dullesul airport pressing for a new contract.ntract. this in the midst of recordf rec profits for that airline. airli the protests will take places wi as united ticket counters from 2:00 p.m. until 4:00 p.m. p protests will be taking placela at six other airportsrt throughout the country he.ut cou >> capitol hill now, the louse u military veterans caucus iscus i holding an event to demonstrate the benefits ofit o assistance dogs for veterans vet suffering from ptsd. the presentation will be co-hosted by canine companions i for independence an organization that's trained t and placedha over 5,000000 assis

chopper 4 over the top of the beltway, look at this nice light volume. i'm loving that. northbound branch avenue before the exit to the outer loop, we have two lanes blocked. and outbound suitland parkway near firth sterling, stay left to get by that crash. 66 inbound, a little slow. 36 miles per hour. nothing terrible. through woodbridge, a tad slow, as well. and 7 at east main, still have the rollover crash. 270 looking good at shady grove road. light volume there, as well. >>> 6:54 now. today the second phase of the earthquake repair work on the national cathedral kicks off. it was pretty pad aboutbadly dak in 2011. molette green has more on the repai repairs. >> reporter: we're waiting now to the crane to get here and go all the way up there to the top to remove the broken stone pie and 11:00. once the pieces are taken out of there, newly carved ones will replace them. this is phase two of the restoration from that earthquake back in 2011. this is a ten year process costing about $22 million. big day today. back to you. >>> 6:55 now. the blue line service is running o

and top of the beltway, those routes looking good. travel times in ten minutes. >>> now give yourself plenty of time if you are heading to the nats home opener today. there are just a handledfful of parking locations. there are no parking in some neighborhoods. kristin wright has more on the best ways to get here and where to park. >> reporter: you know, what parking is not easy. we all know that. i remember coming to a game last year with my husband, we spent most of the time in the car parking because we came with no parking plan whatsoever. and let me tell you, that is a big mistake. one that you don't want to make. so if you're going to drive to nationals park today, you want to be strategic. despite the massive amount of development around the park, high rises, condos, you name it, there are still we're told about the same amount of available parking as before. so that is one thing to worry about. advice, use the park mobile app if you can. you can pay the meter on that you can do it from your seat without missing the game. we tal

we'll talk about the impacts all this weather will have on your commute coming up. beltwayroubles continue. >> outer loop at university, still have those disabled vehicles on the shoulder, but that does not seem to be slowing anything town, so that is okay for us here this morning. also still have this issue outer loop the ramp to 95, that ramp is blocked right now traffic being pushed on to westbound old keene mill road here this morning. so that is something we may have to deal with for just a little bit longer. top of the beltway, all of these routes in and out of town are rolling along just fine right now, so no major worries. and taking a look at fairfax county parkway

delay really heavy traffic right nowit from centreville as you gets you inside the beltway.. s self extraxt time there as you travel inl stafford 95 northbound centeren port parkway to 610. 610 delays continue towards the springfield interchange throughr newington.nengton. metro is on time.meti grab a light jack even though it's sunny it doesn't feel likel april in my opinion just quiett yet. back to you steve and allison.si >> all right, erin thanks. than. >>> still to come this morningo new details in the murderls in investigation of nfl player will smith. >> plus what bono was doing onn capitol hill yesterday. yesterdy those stories and more whene whe we're back in 30 seconds. secon. ♪ >> sunshine over friendshipenhi heights.. almost chevy chase marylandse md which we'll talk about in awe'l minute.. >> i thought we were going tohtw say. >> we'll talk about it coming u up. just a little tease. a >> parts of texas bracing forrag more storms after the huge hailh storm they had.ad baseball sized chunks of hails pounding several towns. sev look at that.t that >> wow!>> >> that's

want to show you live look nowik top side of the beltway is veryv jammed look at that basicallyas parkedampshire avenue. from 95 all the way down pastas traffic. you can see as you htread past colesville road heavy flow continues. 95 southbound jams icc to the tt beltway and once you get to gett connecticut do you open up so y that is good news.ew bw parkway very heavy past 197 in both directions.ti and then we're also dealing witt delays on gw parkway by spoutpo run. clara barton basically parkedlyr cabin john inside the beltway bw not so hot. hot leave early give yourself time.m back to you. tu >> still to come this morning another possible victim of charles manson identified. some five decades later. >> new information about prince's death. d those stories and much more when we're back in just 30 seconds.en ♪ >> he's charged with killing acr female friend back in 2000 sand to keep her from talking to newe york prosecutorings about theut disappearance of his first wifee >>> now details this morning in the death of former wwe star china. >> her manager announced heround death was caused

big look at the beltway, no major problems there. s take a look at travel times for you now. 270 south from germantown to the spur, you're on time. top of the beltway outer here right now. 66 inbound and 95 northbound overall no major issues. remember to listen to our friends on wtop 103.5 fm. >>> so how would you feel if a speed camera snapped a picture to tick accouet you and it was the next day? why some say removing the camera was wrong. >>> no one likes sitting in traffic, but one automaker hopes to make your commute a little easier. a look at the n thank you. ordering chinese food is a very predictable experience. i order b14. i get b14. no surprises. buying business internet, on the other hand, can be a roller coaster white knuckle thrill ride. you're promised one speed. but do you consistently get it? you do with comcast business. it's reliable. just like kung pao fish. thank you, ping. reliably fast internet starts at $59.95 a month. comcast business. built for business. narrator: all that political mail mlet's simplify.lming

normal. 395 northbound side roadwork did clear at duke street but we have residual delays from the beltway to seminary road a 15 minute delay now kip tall morning ought of a few lanes. and urban alet me get a oaf the way and so of that point unit more volume through the spir through rockville and president. least moving up. once you get pastor you start to backp a little bit and stafford between 610 and northbound from 301ture ras warm pennsylvania avenue inbound seeing a steady flow of congestion pecking up. more inbound volume from the construction zone that cleared 295 does backup. if you head into annapolis and new york district new york from south, slow traffic. if you take anything except they are -- we'll keep you updated in addition to your morning commute. hi, holly. >> there's a lot going on. prime heir i day. weather will be mazeing. and the big news, our little little baby eaglets are getting named today. online voting to pick the names closed yesterday. here are the choices, freedom and liberty, strarz and tripz. an costsia and potomac. honoring cherry. lop. >> still ahead a m

big look at the beltway. we'll have travel times in ten minutes. >>> we are working to learn more about the two people who died after witnesses say their plane just dropped out of the sky and exploded into flames. what i guess was fuel-fed. >> i tried to put the flames out and they were both already gone. >> now the faa and ntsb are investigating. the plane crashed in queen anne's county near the chesapeake bay bridge yesterday afternoon. it was just 200 yards short of the bay bridge airport runway. maryland state police say the plane was a rv12 like the model here. it bloongelonged to the flight training group near the airport. no students were on board at the time of the crash. >>> today a baltimore judge will consider arguments surrounding testimony in the trials of some of the officers charged in the death of freddie gray. gray is the baltimore man who died as a result of injury he sustain in the back of the police van. prosecutors say gerrit miller testified at edward trial. they were the first bike offic

>> shut downs on the outert dowr loop of the beltway, delays onbe the outer loop of the beltwayople hills area so just a heads up. oe ju we're going to get moreto g mor information if erin coming upomn in a minute.ute. if you just tuned in a headsneda up that you will find lengthyden delays on the outer loop.n th not the way to get your day started gary mcgrady. mcgrady >> not at all.ot hopefully everything is goingngg to stay dry this morningsorni 'cause anything of courseou would compound the morning commuter and it's already beenle compounded with all theound accidents around the area.nd t a tomorrow here we are, we'rere, ' going to introduce tomorrow tom something we wer yesterday we'll introduce a ice chance for a shower early tomorrow, maybe for eight,ig, nine, 10, 11 o'clock we couldk e have a couple showers of afteroa that the front gets through fro drier air comes through and itmg will be gorgeous tomorrowe gorgm afternoon and certainly intont sunday because the high theig pressure will be in.prsu no rain around here on sunday. a nothing but sunshine andun temperatures up

h we'll take a look at a hugeat ag backup on the beltway outer loop from the woodrow wilson bridge to in a few. >> ♪ >> this is fox5 news morning.ox >> right now at 6 o'clock we5 t have breaking news on theaknews beltway. a deadly crash halting traffic c shut down this hour. >> ♪ >> you said it was okay if we of wanted to go crazy and we all adored him.ed h this morning we remember the guitar slaying musical genius beethoven of our times, times prince. >> as the nation mournsion mours prince's death a communityommuny mourns over the search for aseaa virginia firefighter. more on the gut wrenchingthe gu discovery that police made yesterday.yesterday. >> and a live look outside. oute it is friday april 22nd.il 2 what a mess out there.re erin will be along shortly.hort really going to want to check ce her out before you head outead o the door today.oor today. weather and traffic coming up u on the 5s at 6:05. 6:0 good morning to you, i'm'm allison seymour.lin se >> and i'm steve chenevey. welcome to fox5 news morning. mg of course you can see behindeh us this was the news that really sho

rest of the beltway looking very typical for this timing of day. remember because of the security summit downtown, major road, some still open here. rhode island avenue, 6th street, constitution, connecticut. you want to a void the convention center as best you can today it will be wrapped up today and tomorrow they plan to reopen the road roads. use shaw or gallery place instead of mournt vernon as your stop. fwloo five construction officials being we brought this to you first yesterday from the live desk. the overpass was under construction when it just gave way in a pbustling calcutta, in. difficult for officials to get there to help people because it was difficult to get the machinery in because of surrounding buildings. 23 people died, 80 have been injured. and now the construction firnl s officials are investigated for alleged culpable homicide. >>> tesla is fighting to expand its business in virginia. the "washington post" reporting tesla wants the state's permission to open a store in the richmond area. the company already has a store in tys

so we still have this breaking news there on the beltway. 're talking about the outer loop between st. barnabas road and branch avenue. the right lane is the only thing getting by right now. so you're seeing some of those backups here as you're headed on the outer loop between st. barnabas and branch avenue. we'll take a look at those again here throughout the morning. outer loop at st. barnabas road, overall you can see some of the backups and we'll show that you you through the area, as well. blue and silver line delays because of track work between largo town center and addison road. 66 and 95, you can see we don't have any big problem. we still have this outer loop at the american legion bridge, that disabled vehicle still there. big rig into right lanes are what get by at this point this morning. i'll see you back here at 5:41 with a look at travel times. >>> your time right now is 5:32. all eyes on decision 2016 this morning as the gop front runner makes a gradual change in his campaign appearance. rac tracie potts joining us with more.