dufief mill at travilah, all lanes are blocked. that's from the overnight fatal crash. 66 and 95 looking typical. same thing in prince george's county. top of the beltway rolling al nicely. beltway at -- 270 at montrose road, no problems there. guys? >> melissa thank you. 6:54 and today the 2015 world police and fire games will kick off in the district. the games include 61 sports with nearly 10,000 athletes representing 64 countries. the opening ceremony is tonight at rfk stadium. i'll be helping out with those ceremonies. news4's molette green is live at the stadium with more on what's happening today. molette, good morning. >> reporter: aaron, good morning. it will be really exciting to see the first responders from all over the world come right here. they have been training like world class athletes. this is the first time these games is are coming to the united states. i want to tell you that fan fest is at 3:00. you can see classic and modern public safety vehicles and be able to talk to the public safety workers about what t

right in front of travilah elementary school. police say it's not clear what caused the crash because it was just a single vehicle accident but they are considering the possibility that alcohol and speed may be factors. they have not told us the age or the names of those involved in this cash. but as soon as we get an update we'll pass angelo to you and -- along to you and we'll let you know. that's the latest if potomac, i'm nikki burdine -- in potomac, i'm nikki burdine, wusa9. >>> d.c. police say they know what's behind the latest spike in the homicide rate. they say it's a problem because of increased sales and the use of synthetic trucks. those drugs are sold under the names k2, spice and a host of others. >> you will get lots of patches of it where it is much much more potent. when that happens we see the spikes in overdoses and violence. >> police chief cathy lanier said just yesterday the city recorded its 64th homicide of the year, that's up from 53 killings at the same time last year. >>> from our prince george's county

dufief mill at travilah, still have the lanes blocked. the alternate is 28 darnestown road to avoid that crash clean-up scene. blue and yellow line single-tracking. i wanted to mention it between national airport and braddock road. 66 okay, getting a tad slow through dale city. northbound north beauregard, one lane getting by. >>> 5:54 is our time. when and how is the best time to teach your kids about gender identity and sexual orientation? that was the debate in fairfax county last night. the school board voted in favor of adding gender identity and sexual orientation to the family life education curriculum for seventh through tenth graders. some parents don't think the classroom is the place for those lessons. they now have the option to opt out of those class lessons. >> we actually think the right decision was made. the parents deserved to have their kids opt out and we made sure the kids that need and want to be educated are in the right position. >> some are pleased that the parents have a chance to opt out. >>> scores from the mis

really can't see anything from this spot except where the road is closed which is right here at travilah road and dufief mill road. however we have video of the accident where it actually happened just before midnight. police tell us a blue sedan ran off the road and hit austere and stopped in someone's front yard in the 1300 block of dufief mill road. two people were pronounced dead

the crash happened on dufief mill road near travilah road. a car hit a tree. you can see the rear axle of the car came off. we learned that police are investigating whether speed and alcohol may have been factors in the crash. coming up melissa mollet will have the latest on closures in the area. >> thanks. let's check in with amelia segal for a check on the forecast. >> happy friday. here's the latest check of storm team 4 radar. clear in our area and we are looking at mainly dry day. just the chance of an afternoon or evening shower. not the case tomorrow. rain moves in during the morning hours. it will be heavy at times throughout the day. on into the evening hours coming to an end around midnight. and there is the concern for flash flooding across the area. just about everybody under a flash flood watch except for extreme parts of southern maryland and around the northern neck. this is running until 2:00 a.m. on sunday. one to two inches of rain is likely. some spots could see up to three inches of rain. right now, we're at 70 degrees. mostly cloudy skies