it is blocked off between -- and tilden street. on scene.photographer it is blocking a portion of beach drives. off inins closed use the 16th or connecticut avenue as your workaround. we have problems with the signals on the flash near branch avenue. 95 in virginia, a 21 minute commute for those leaving dale city. that is our traffic watch. we will update your ride on the top stretch of 495. a man shot in northeast. melissa is live with the warning from police. an active investigation taking place as we see police collecting evidence in this shooting in the 4400 block of pontiac street northeast. -- of pond street northeast. a shooting occurred, they are collecting evidence. away from where a teenager was shot and killed this week and. investigators are continuing that investigation as well as the investigation here. as soon as we get more information, we will let you know. >> reaction is pouring in. anthony scaramucci is off the job. deskweeney is at the live with more. sam: it is the biggest story in the district. everyone is tal

as we mentioned, from tilden street to joyce road.e prepared that there are going to be traffic changes in area. guys, back to you. >> adam tuss, live for us long beach drive. adam, thank you. >>> it's 5:50 now. what's so funny? >> that jacket is awesome. >> i was wondering where you were going with that. >> crocodile dundee. looking good, adam. >> or news 4 reporter -- >>> little leaguers in virginia are getting a new baseball park. washington nationals dream foundation and other local organizations will host th pudge rodriguez field in annandale. the former catcher will help to dedicate the field. the renovated field will serve the community by hosting mason district little league games. very nice. ballpark brings a community together. >>> we've been seeing amazing pictures out of texas. we've shown you some of the rescues from the flooding there. >> most of the rescues included people, family and pets. deputies in one county rounded up a herd of cows trapped in the flooding from harvey. two dogs and even someone on horseback helped

the stretch runs north of tilden street to joyce road.we have been warned -- you have been warned. michelle: we look tonight at the flying fortress and explain why the fam mission isn't over yet. >> this is a landing gear for a b-17 flying fortress, bomber used in world war ii. this reconnects the veterans with the path and educates the people who don't know much about world war ii. how this particular plane, the machine guns helped win the war. we will take you up for a flight tonight at 11:00. a show you how to come to the airport and look first-hand at amazing piece of history. the amazing aircraft tonight at 11:00. tim barber, abc7 news. jonathan: lucky guy. good story. look at the top of the screen to the picture. see what is blowing from the ground? gas. that is a serious leak. it has shut down a roadway and gas spewed for an hour in bethesda before they shut it thank goodness before it found ignition source. that would have been horrible. crews have to replace the pipe but it is shut down. we have coverage of what was hurricane har

and then closed between tilden street and broad branch road. downed tree.:30 half hour coming right up this monday morning. >> ♪ >> ♪♪ [vo] one moment can change a life. intelligent technology can help protect it. the all-new audi q5 is here. >> ♪ >> welcome back. it is 6:30 on a monday morning. we're glad you're with us right here on fox5 news morning. live look over the dmv. some rain i believe in the forecast today. tucker and erin will be along on the 5s and your traffic. welcome back to fox5 news morning. if you're just getting up right now at 6:30 let's get you up to date on the latest from the weekend violence in charlottesville. vigils remembering the woman killed when police say man plowed his car into a group of demonstrators. this as that suspect is due to go before a judge today. our steve chenevey is live in charlottesville this morning to begin our coverage. good morning, steve. >> reporter: good morning, allison. one of the vigils that you talked about as a matter of fact the largest one we found is directly behind me. this is where that car

beach drive closed between tilden and blagden avenue. you're going to find unfortunately, the roadway blocked for the foreseeable future. plan ahead. no word as to how quickly they can potentially clear this from the roadway. crews are working for another hour on the rock creek parkway. traffic alternates by one direction at a time. a live look at the beltway. inner, outer loop. it is very quiet. good to see all green at this hour. nothing in your way. if you're headed out early, you should get by unscathed. back to you. >> jack, thank you. a loudoun county family is mourning today after a search for a mother, her son and cousin ended in tragedy. the search began after courtney ash and the two boys went missing on her car was found overturned in a creek. the loudoun county sheriff says the car was driving in stormy weather when it hit a guardrail. >> that ford taurus flipped over and ended up in the water. it was found off evergreen mills road in leesburg. ash's body was ejected from the car. her son and 9-year-old cousin were found in t

a new section of drive is back tilden street it has been and this morning it is open to drivers. the work has shifted north. just south of military road. the next phase is broken into two different segments with work , and werea, reopen that expect that to be completed in the fall of 2018. another year-long closure happening along each drive. expect aims to be a little less impactful for morning and evening commutes. autria: from the roads to the rails, happening today, finally digging begins on the purple line. it is the start of construction on the project. -- light rail project. larry: long way to come. princelyairfax county, and county, heading back today, they have some great weather for us. feel i couldes taste of fallout there. starting off in the 50's this morning, nice and dry area it will be gorgeous, clouds , andning from the bus stop that next tropical storm could be irma. expect ring on tuesday and sunday as well. tomorrow, just going to be a cool, rainy day. going to be quite breezy, not going to see a lot of rain, but hollowly ocean city, bethany beach, getting clo

that's from tilden to joyce road. be aware of that.s is a multiyear project and it's happening in stages. once again, the good news we get. this really busy stretch that goes by the national zoo, back open and it looks great. back to you, guys. >> adam tuss, thank you. >>> right now shall let's turn to wtops jack taylor for a look at the morning commute. good morning, jack. >> good morning. we had a hiccup in woodbridge on 95 northbound near 123. chopper 4 found it on shoulder. we've got a delay that remains. but a flashing light or two shouldn't slow you down that much. be aware if you're headed north this morning. baltimore washington parkway northbound had activity after 197. that got moved over to the median. still ail little bit of a delay. southbound not too bad. 95 is an alternate slow from the itc headed to join the outer loop delay. all in all, not the traffic. chuck, can you keep it going with nice weather? >> absolutely. sun is already up there. a large amount of sunshine. i was going to say a fair amount but large amount. t

this fire started just after one this afternoon near tilden park and above uc berkeley. you can actually see memorial stadium from where these flames burned. no homes or structures burned during this fire. at one point this was what crews call a five alarm fire. at least 12 departments responded. it's always concerning when you have somethiing like this in the hills. half of this fire burned in oakland. the other in berkeley. the fire chief talked about the concerns and challenges earlier today. (pam) (pam) (pam) new details tonight - about that near collision at s-f-o last month.. that's when an air canada plane... almost landed on a crowded taxiway.... instead of the runway where it was supposed to touchdown. new images show just how close that jet - came to crashing into other planes. pilots in one of the planes on the ground .... alerted air traffic controllers... saying, the air canada plane appeared to be headed right towards them. the tower told the incoming jet to go around... and at the last second... the air canada pilot pulled up and flew over the other planes

it's closed by tilden street northwest. caution there.ne blocked on the ramp to the third street tunnel. give minutes there. it's a motorcycle crash. in beltsville just outside the beltway things back to normal 201 northbound by sunny side road. earlier crash investigation cleared. all metro rail lines are on time. any questions at erin fox5 d.c. on twitter. back to you guys. >> 5:49 is the time right now. at least 4,000 nonmuslim villagers in myanmar are evacuated from the country. this comes as thousands of muslim citizens attempted to flee the country to bangladesh. the mass exodus was sparked when violence erupted on friday between soldiers and muslim rebels who ambushed 30 police stations in a deadly attack. the violence continued through the weekend. 104 people were killed most soldiers. the pope expressed his solidarity with the muslim minority and plans to visit the country. >> the president of the philippines orders police to kill the "idiots who violently resist arrest." this comes two days after the funeral for a teenager turne

beach road closed between tilden and blackmon. chopper 4 has been hanging out on 270.far so good if you're riding from urbana to the lane divide. nothing in your way. new trouble in virginia on 66 trying to get into centreville. the cash is blocking right now, but that will change by the time you hit the road. >> jack, tharpg you. >>> hackers target hol wide again. we have a spoiler alert for game of thrones fans. >>> plus an iconic sign in d.c. now, there could be changes to the uptown theater. how one neighborhood took action and delivered results. >>> coming up on ellen. diane keaton and the first ntould be an i the moment you could put this iyourselfment. in the driver's seat of a new mercedes-benz. come to mgm national harbor and enter the choose your ride giveaway. the more you play, the more chances you earn to win your share of $350,000 in prizes including a new mercedes-benz convertible, sedan or suv. so get a move on. join m life rewards and enter the choose your ride giveaway for a chance at your share of $350,000 in prizes and freeplay®. this is monumental.

tilden to joyce road. that's the stretch that's closed. as we make our way, it's a nice, smooth ride. we'll monitor the ride and tell if you there are issues. be aware that there are going to be traffic pattern changes in the area. back to you. >> thank you. >>> right now, activist reverend al sharpton is at the king memorial to honor the memory of the reverend dr. martin luther king jr. these are live pictures. in about an hour, sharpton and 1,000 religious leaders will march from the mlk memorial to the department of justice for the ministers march for justice. the march on washington was 54 years ago today. organizers say they're uniting to represent the country's inclusive future. >>> up next, how mtv's video music awards got political fast. >>> and the most-talked-about moments this morning. >>> and a water rescue late last frantic effort to save two men who were struggling totay above swa >>> welcome back. as we reported a few minutes ago, local emergency crews are headed to houston to help with the recovery from hurricane harvey. mo

time, they are going to close the next section of roadway from tilden to joyce road.art of a years long process to restore beach drive. the next major closings will be the fall of 2018. jonathan: the air and space museum, handing out very free, stylish, solar eclipse viewing glasses. 1200 were handed out in less than an hour. you are going to need special glasses so you don't have damage to your eyes. classes will be handed out every morning. party. 8 will benews channel with you through the eclipse. we are going to have live coverage from coast on our sister station and on our website wjla.com. jonathan: we are so excited about that. allison: it is going to be a lot of fun. jonathan: our job is to get the weather. allison: is it going to cooperate? doug: i think it's going to be fine. it will be partly to mostly sunny. remember, the clouds are moving along, so they won't disrupt much for long. let's get started, talking beach stuff. wherehat time of day everybody is taking the umbra was down. with temperatures running in the upper 70's to lower 80's, and our forecast

this fire started just after one this afternoon near tilden park and above uc berkeley. you can actually see memorial stadium from where these flames burned. no homes or structures burned during this fire. at one point this was what crews call a five alarm fire. at least 12 departments responded. it's always concerning when you have somethiing like this in the hills. half of this fire burned in oakland. the other in berkeley. the fire chief talked about the concerns and challenges earlier today. ( james ) and this fire burned in the same area that burned during the 1991 oakland hills fire. 25 people were killed and nearly four-thousand homes burned down. that fire took three days to contain and is still considered one of the worst fires in u-s history. (tiffany) another big story we are following this morning... a high speed chase ends when officers open fire killing an armed robbery suspect. it happened in richmond just before 5:30 last night. the chase started in vallejo. police say vallejo officers followed the suspect, who exited interstate- 80 at richmond parkway.<>

they will close the next section of roadway from tilden street to joyce wrote as part of your fun project to restore beach drive. eric smith has a look at what is happening on the roads. >> it is a busy friday slow spots in the beltway, the inner loop past connecticut avenue, activity on the right shoulder with a tow truck ready to get the car out of their. delays heading this way out of bethesda, old georgetown road, we expect the typical trouble .pot to be troublesome already the capital beltway past river road, things looking pretty good. not too much elsewhere on the beltway, not much volume. 95 in virginia still has several slow spots, this is southbound's fairfax county parkway. that is northbound traffic on top of your screen, jammed from wharton. -- lorton. delays through stafford county as well. >> thank you. president trump is giving congress an ultimatum, pay for his mexico border wall or place a government shutdown. campaign promises to americans that mexico would pay for the wall. little chance congress will take the bait as democrats and republicans are against funding the w

the work from tilden street to rock creek parkway is now finished. there is a new staircase and crosswalk that goes to the national zoo and the flashing signal to help out pedestrians. the national park service threw today's block party. >> we want to and we just wanted to create an opportunity for everyone to see the roadway. >> so this is just phase one of the project that's done and there's still more construction to do. everything is expected to be finished by fall of 2019. they call it the stinky plant for a reason, and if you visit the u.s. botanical garden, the stench is potent right now. the first of three corpse flower started to bloom last night. once they are fully open, they'll collapse within two days and they'll extend hours in peak bloom until 10:00 p.m. >> nbc 4 is working for you in the community as students prepare to head back to school. you'll hear from a couple of kids who can't wait. >> he fought for civil rights and broke racial barriers and made us laugh all at the same time. a closer look at dick gregory's impact on risingomi

you can see the yellow crime scene tape here on tilden road. the white honda accord is in the middle of that. it's the vehicle that the man who was shot is believed to have pulled up in here around 8:00 tonight. obviously prompting a very strong investigative response by the police and prince george's county police. we understand the man was taken to a local hospital. we do not have information as to the i can tell you right now police are investigating, we are trying to figure you the where the actual shooting took place before he drove here to the police station. live. >>> jackie thank you. also a three alarm fire destroys a apartment building, these are pictures from the state fire marshal at the wood bridge, one resident said he believed a lightening strike started the fire. one of the building's alarms went off and it's believed everyone got out safely. fighters have not been able to conduct searches yet. >>> while we wait to learn if it was lightening that started the blaze, we have storms to watch as they move into the area. >> maybe a i

we have an issue in northwest as well p beach drive right now shut down between tilden street and broadg detoured. right now volume is light but we'll let you know if that starts to cause any big slowdowns. the rest of your secondaries in northwest looking pleasant right now. 270 southbound looking really nice all the way down to the beltway. problem free on 70, 355 looks good as well. no problems in rockville. things in colesville looking good. any questions at erin fox5 d.c. on twitter. i'll let you know if anything else pops up you need to be aware of. wisdom and maureen. >> thank you erin. >>> three people are dead after being shot at a wisconsin drag way just outside milwaukee. that shooting began around 8 o'clock eastern standard time. investigators are still trying to piece together exactly what led up to tha no word on a suspect if one is in custody. the great lakes drag way is the oldest operating drag strip in the u.s. >> a teenaged girl shot in the head by a stray bullet as she was driving in northeast has died. we're told 17-year-old jamahri sydnor died of her injuries this

beach drive will close from tilden to joyce road in northwest.vers will be detoured around the work. cars can now use the newly reopened section from rock creek and potomac parkway. work expected to happen until 2018. we have more details and work around in the washington app. search tropical storm harvey sinking into texas. a little boy, and his dog, being carried out of the chaos. new video ahead of the devastation and firsthand account of how first responders are trained for situations just like these. >> we continue to watch some showers out there. in the texas area. of course, a lot of heavy rain coming through the region as well. we have more on that forecast. yeah, i just saved a whole lot of money by swhuh.ing to geico. we should take a closer look at geico... you know, geico insures way more than cars. boats, motorcycles... even rvs! geico insures rvs? what's an rv? we've been over this, jeff... we're stickers! i'm not a real moose? give him some space. deep breaths, jeff. what's a sticker?!? take a closer look at geico. great