point? >> reporter: this accident happened at about 3:00 a.m. this morning on southbound 295. and traffic has reopened again and the investigation is continuing. now, we do know there were multiple fatalities, however, the information about the victims is still not completely out because of notification issues. joining me now a sergeant schlosser. a serious incident had the road closed for a good part of the morning. >> at 2:30 this morning, the park police were investigating the accident. we have two confirmed fatalities on the scene and there were several additional okay pants in t okay pants taken to local hospitals. >> and the long close sure was due to the investigation that had to begin immediately after an sdecht like this. >> that's right, our park police reconstructionists and detectives were on the scene for several hours reconstructing the crash scene. >> we do have numbers on the number of people that were killed in this crash at this point? >> i'm confirming there are two fatalities and there were multiple okay paptss in the vehicle. >> and were there witnesses to this crash? >> i'm not sure. our detectives will be hook pog for that and that will be part of their investigation. >> thank you very much for that. instead, southbound 295 reopened after a serious accident early this morning. the investigation is no cleared up here, but it continues on other fronts. and we will have more information on this accident as it becomes available. back to you. >> we'll talk to you again later this morning. thank you, derrick. also in prince george's county, a woman was hit by a car and killed overnight. police say she was trying to cross route 210 at kirby hill road in fort washington about 12:15 this morning. the driver did stay on the scene and did cooperate. authorities say alcohol was not a factor. as federal authorities continue to search for it a maryland woman who disappeared in aruba, police search the hoemg of the man last seen with her. last night, police and the fbi searched the home of gary giordano. he was the last known person with robyn gardner who went missing while snorkeling. experts say it's good that federal authorities are getting involved early in hopes of finding guard per. >> giordano has an alleged history of violence toward women and in this case it will be good that the fbi is pro brought in early. >> giordano's court hearing is set for monday. he can only be held in aruban court for eight days and prosecutors need evidence of a crime to hold him longer. >>several people are in the hospital after a greyhound bus got into an accident on the pennsylvania turnpike. investigators say rescue crews had to free a woman who got trapped under the bus when it overturned near the lebanon lancaster exit. about two dozen were hurt. no word on the extent of the injuries. a traffic alert for you. all lanes of the outer loop of the beltway back open after being closed all night for construction on the hot lanes project. crews are working to install steam beams across the roadway. take a look at this, it's the backup around midnight near the old dominion drive overpass. traffic did ease before lanes were reopened about 8:00 this morning. a live picture of that area, lanes will close again tonight at 9:30 through 8:00 tomorrow morning. traffic is being detoured on to the dulles toll road and detour signs are up. it will be hard to avoid delays if you plan to take metro. the transit agency doing work on four of its five train lines. maintenance is on the metro red line, blue, orange and yellow, as well. trains are sharing tracks between various stations. crews are also making platform and station repairs. there is no scheduled work on the green line. should all be finished by tomorrow evening. the redskins started the preseason off in the right way downing the pittsburgh steelers. defense held the normally potent steelers offense to just 186 total yards. on the other side of the ball, washington racked up more than 450 total yards of offense. the mvp, kicker graham gano. he outscored the steelers by himself mailing three field goals. the redskins went on to win 16-7. and sure it was only a preseason game, but fans came out in force to support our team. darcy spencer was at fedex field. >> reporter: it's the first preseason game and the redskins are battling the steelers on home turf. so far fans like what they see. the skins were the first to score a touchdown. >> excellent defense. offense has a ways to go, but they moved the ball up and down the field and the defense played really great. >> reporter: redskins fans are hoping for improvements over last year's 6-10 record. the skins dumped quarterback donovan mcnabb, a disappointment for some. and it's unclear who will replace him. >> lots of energy. the redskins got a touchdown, i was happy and thrilled to see grossman accomplish that. >> they did pretty well because they scored first. >> reporter: this is the first game the skins are playing following an nfl lockout that threatened the season. some fans believe that a few games might be canceled, but no one we spoke to feared that the lockout would continue. >> we knew the players would rally and the owners would rally. we knew that would happen. >> reporter: were you concerned that the season wasn't going to happen? >> in, i no, i figured they had play. too much money out there. >> reporter: while the youngest fans had to head home early to make bedtime, others wouldn't miss a minute, even if it is a preseason game. darcy spencer, news 4 today. and we'll have plenty more later in this half hour including reaction from the players on that win. we're moments away from a critical test in the republican race for president. ahead, more on the straw poll that has all eyes on iowa and one person who could shake up this race as early as today. and bert and ernie. children adore the popular characters. find out why the pair has sparked a national conversation among adults. these sweet honey clustery things have fiber? fiber one. almost tastes like one of jack's cereals. uh, forgot jack's cereal. 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[ male announcer ] half a days worth of fiber. not that anyone has to know. fiber beyond recognition. fiber one. later this morning the 012 election kicks off in iowa. this is the first major poll of the election season and nine republican candidates on the ballot there. while it's not a deciding factor, it can certainly help or break campaigns. steve handelsman followed the candidates. >> reporter: conservatives gathered before the straw poll. michele bachmann implied she'll win. >> tomorrow is the day that we make the down payment on taking the country back. >> reporter: iowa state university's been getting ready for the all day vote. candidates have to get their >> we do some things inx5p (t&h% that are working. there's some things that folks in washington could look to texas and get some good lessons from. >> reporter: perry's christian conservatism has appeal in iowa. >> he can get the energy going among social conservatives maybe a little better than tim pawlenty or certainly mitt romney. >> we've had three years or so of president obama's direction -- >> reporter: tim pawlenty needs a top place. >> he has to do very well in order to stay alive. >> reporter: mitt lom any was romney was in new hampshire. he's skipping the straw poll. like rick perry, in an unconventional move to try to win the republican nomination, even to try to win the iowa caucuses early next year, without winning the straw poll. from ames, iowa, i'm steve handelsman, nbc news. meanwhile president obama is heading to the midwest on a three day bus tour to rally support for 2012. the president will host town hall meetings in minnesota, iowa and illinois. he plans to discuss ways to help grow the economy and also to hear from americans who are frustrated with the recent dealings in washington. after his trip, he and the first family will travel to martha's vineyard for vacation. bob mcdonnell will be in presidential territory at least for a night. the governor announced he will headline the gop fund-raiser in new hampshire. the state is known for holding the nation's first presidential primary in february, but mcdonnell says his aim is to help new hampshire republicans elect a new governor next fall. mcdonnell is on many short lists as a vice presidential running mate. he said he would likely run if asked. >> the florida pastor who sparked outrage for burning the koran is planning on holding a rally in new york for the anniversary of the september 11th attacks. terry jones says he and another pastor will talk about radical islam and what he calls the dangers of the koran at a rally on september 10th. he hasn't said where in new york city that rally will been held, however. a series of violent protests were sparked when jones' church burned the koran. new york's former police commissioner is joining the fight against rioters in london. he's agreed to act as an unpaid adviser to the british government. bratton will offer his experience. he's tackled gang violence during his years as police chief in los angeles and boston and as well as commissioner in new york. he earned the reputation for his ability to quell gang influence. five have died in the week long rioting and more than 1700 have been arrested. a big day in cuba as fidel castro celebrated his 85th birthday. children painted murals of castro and more than 20 different musical acts performed to honor the long time leader. he took power in 1959 and ruled for almost 50 years before turning over the reins to his brother. one of mexico's top beauty queens is claiming her title has been taken away because she gained weight. 19-year-old cynthia dell a say xwa was crowned but said pageant officials has been pressuring her to lose weight but has instead gained six pounds. officials say weight had nothing to do but she showed a lack of dedication and discipline. >> discipline to keep away from the cookies. >> if she gained, she looks great to me. >> yeah, hello. >> looking for some wet stuff. >> yeah, it's headed here. it will be here within the next hour. so it's already raining in southern fairfax and northern fairfax county. at we'll help you plan the weekend inside or out. ♪ [ female announcer ] sweet honey taste. 80 calories per serving. 40% daily value of fiber. i'm here in the downtown area where the crowd is growing. 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[ female announcer ] ...or this huge. new fiber one 80 calories. yes, you can actually love breakfast. despite calls for bert and ernie to join together this holy matrimo matrimony, turns out they're just best friends who live together. fans around the world have been calling for the two to tie the knot. this week sesame street put out a statement who says the guys are just buddies who happen to live together. the street says they are created to teach children that people can be good friends with those who are very different from themselves. says they're puppets, they don't have sexual orientations. people are debating this on facebook. >> i was reading some of the -- >> i posted it and it is creating a firestorm. so go figure. >> log on and check it out. okay. so are you ready for a little bit of rain? >> yes. >> okay. and no 100s in the forecast. >> wi like that. keep it coming. we do need the rain. we're five inches plus behind for the year, so we'll take what we can get. clud clouds are rolled in to town and we have had some thunderstorms. we have 78 degrees. the humidity has come up since yesterday thanks to those southerly winds. and the heat index has a feels like 80 outside. i want to draw your attention, i got a call from gary in hollywood, maryland, st. mary's county, and he says the air quality there is so bad the winds are out of the south coming right up from that swamp fire right in to southern maryland. he says he's a smoker and even this is unbearable for him. hopefully we'll get and you couple thunderstorms to help clear out the air. but most of the activity is up to the north. a few showers hanging on on down around mour mt. vernon, but route 15, you're getting a heavy downpour he moment and it looks like we'll get more as we head into the afternoon. everybody is now in the 70s with the exception of beautiful coupling better la cumberland. they are 68. on our way up to the middle 80s yesterday. not as hot as yesterday thanks to the clouds. the rain starts to move in today, it's already out there, but the darker green is the heavy rain and this is the one to two inch chance tomorrow. so we have the clouds already thickening up, we have thunderstorms popping. sunset 8:06, highs today in the middle 80s. planning ahead, a soaking rain tomorrow. again, one to two inches. don't be surprised if we get some flash flooding from this with the ground being so dry. and all this heavy rain moving in. it tuesday is a keeper and so is wednesday. beyond that, we have some more showers beginning to move back in on thursday. and friday, just a chance of showers and thunderstorms with highs around 85 degrees. so that is the scoop. looks like we've been wanting the rain and now we're finally having the rain come here. >> the way we had to struggle new july with the heat, hack of rain, this is so welcome rain. thank you, kim. time for us to review the tape on this morning after a redskin win. here's hakem dermish. when mike shanahan and his coaching staff review the game tape this morning, there will be more positives than negatives for sure. starting running back tim hightower was quick on his feet last night bursting through the steelers defensive live and rex gross an was actually pretty good throwing for more than 200 yards and one touchdown. grossman leading the redskins down the field on their very first possession. handoff goes to tim hightower. gets great protection from the offensive line. around the end. 16 yard gainer for hightower. he finished with 44 yards on ten carries. unfortunately, the drive stalls in the red zone. from 29 yards out. wide left. graham also missed a 49 yard field goal, as well. second quarter, moore gets the ball. cofield and kerrigan make the stop. redskins first round pick ryan kerrigan helping to make the play. pittsburgh has to punt. redskins third and flower, throws off his back foot to moss for the up down. for the touchdown. moss finished with seven catches, 64 yards. jim haslett's defense gets tested. ball to isaac redman and he races 22 yards for the score. steelers tie it up at seven. but kicker graham gano outscored the steelers all by himself. he was 3-3 on field goals, including his last one, hitting a 45 yarder. the redskins only had three penalties, no turnovers. they defeat the steelers 16-7 in hair first preseason game of the year. >> it definitely was fast. i don't know if faster than i anticipated, i don't know about that, but it certainly is a different speed than college and different speed than practice. but it was good to get this under my belt and i'm just going to use this to build for next week. >> we did a great job up front on our offensive line creating holes for tim hightower and that guy's fun to watch run. so it set up some play action passes and we were able to get into a pretty good rhythm in the first half. >> i think right now the preseason and you want to come out and look good, so we did that part of it, but still have a lot of room to improve. >> next week the redskins play the colts and you can see the game here on nbc 4 at 7:00. talk baseball now. the hottest ticket for a sporting event last night was in woodbridge, a sellout crowd of more than 9,000 packed the stadium for steven strasburg's second rehab start. he's recovering from tommy johns surgery and was impressive. a picture perfect moment. facing myrtle beach. first batter of the game. and, oh, yeah, strasburg gets a strikeout hitting 98 miles per hour on the radar. he hit 99 at one point. 26 of his 33 pitches were strikes. then strasburg here throws a curveball for strike three. he went three innings, gave up two hits, no runs, no walk, they win 1-0. in philadelphia, it was the hernandez hitting clinic. facing cole hamels with two on, sends one to the left side. ramos scores. and then in the sixth, hernandez up again, base knock to center. desmond rounding third. here comes the though from victorino and desmond is in there. hernandez went 2-3 with two rbis and gets the win. the nats beat the phillies 4-2. that's your morning sports. i'm hakem dermish. have a great day. so you remember dennis rod man. definitely a colorful player. but he was also talented and last night he was inducted into the basketball hall of fame. rod man became emotional when thanking his wife and regretted not being a better father for his kids. >> my wife, michelle, has put up with a lot of crap from me. i haven't been a great father. i haven't been a great husband. and i think she's tolerated everything from me for 11 years and i've been very much appreciative of what she's done. i have one regret, i wish i was a better father. >> the five time nba champion wore two distinct outfits to the ceremony, something he'd done throughout his career. he said he just wanted to be an individual who is very colorful. 9:27 is our time now. coming up, we'll take a look at how some of your investments may have faired after a rock wi week on wall street. plus attention job hunters. this morning we have a local expert in our studio to share who is hiring in d.c. and see nasa's latest spacecraft designed to look for signs of life on mars. navigating today's real estate market is complicated. you've seen the signs. that's why having the right real estate agent is more important than ever. at remax.com, you can find experts in short sales or bank-owned properties or commercial real estate, agents who can help speed up the process, no matter how intricate. and that's good news, whether you're trying to sell or hoping to buy. because the only sign you really want to see is "sold." nobody sells more real estate than re/max. visit remax.com today. good saturday morning. it is august 13th, i'm air aaro gilchrist. let's get a check of our forecast. we started out really nice and now we're moving down. >> starting the slippery slope. it's getting wet outside. thunderstorms already marching through. we'll have a break and then we're going to have more. let's take a look right now. up in northern frederick county, that's where they're heaviest. we have also a thunderstorm there right between pewbuoy and shady side. route 50 and is that 301? i should know. i apologize. but pretty heavy rain there. and just east along route 15 and parts of eastern frederick county. and as we look off to the west, cable town and middleburg and gainesville, bob king facebooked me that he was watching the storm clouds ol in. it is in the lower 70s occupy there to you are on north, 78 already in d.c. 77 in fredericksburg. you'll have a high of 87 today. and pretty much everybody has a good shot for showers and thunderstorms which will help the folks in southern matter land because they are dealing with the really smoky air quality. winds out of the south, bringing up all of the swamp smoke. just really bad down there. >> so hope for the the rain. all right. thank yyou, kim. president obama's health care reform law faces an uphill battle. in atlanta, an appeals court sided with the states. attorneys are expected to ask the full 11th circuit to review the ruling and there's a chance this debate will reach the stream court before it's all said and done. a bizarre and wild week on wall street ended order a good note. the dow ended up friday 125 points, closing the week at 11,269. >> reporter: the dow climbed again. bolstered by a retail report that showed consumers spending more on autos, furniture, gasoline and back to school supplies. >> when you see the numbers that we saw today in retail sales, allows us to take pause and realize, wait a minute, maybe the stock market isn't the only economic indicator. >> reporter: another report showed businesses have increased their inventories of resources for the 18th month in a row. caterpillar ceo. >> well, you read the headline, it's been one thing. if you look at our core business and the day to day sales, what i hear from customers or distribute tore, it's steady as she goes. >> reporter: in fact caterpillar has hired 1,000 over the last six weeks. but the earth isn't moving for everyone. a sr. say of consumer sentiment taken over the past ten days fell to a 30 year low. no surprise with the record whiplash on wall street. >> i'm worried about all the stocks that i bought and now they're worthless. >> i don't see retirement for us. i think we'll have a long, long years of working. >> reporter: so while a week of chaos may have ended on an up, the uncertainty is unlikely to goi aw go away any i'm soon. kristen dahlgren, nbc news, washington. and the unpredictable stock market has caused major problems in virginia as public employees will, the pension fund has taken a big hit because of the uncertainty. the value has dropped by 6.4% since july 1st. that's about $3.5 billion. state officials quick to point out that while there are big drops since july, it's gone up about 20% in the past fiscal year. also taking a hit, 529 college plans. parents using 529s to help finance children's education, but a lot of states have seen major drops since july, some accounts down as much as 5%. financial analysts say that while the value has dropped, contributions have gone up as parents see an opportunity hire to buy low to help their children's future education. jobs haven't been spared in this topsy-turvy economy either. the unemployment rate stands at 9.1%. that's an improvement after we added jobs? job, but a lot of people are still asking where are the jobs? a staffing firm is here to help us answer some of these questions. if you look at d.c. particular urks what eye the picture look like? >> unemployment is significantly lower in the d.c. met row poll tan area. you're looking at about 6.2% versus that 9%. so obviously that bodes well for job seekers in this area because that means that people are hiring. >> so then where are the jobs? the low he is unemployment rates in our area. >> interestly enough, information technology being one, areas like network and computer specialists and web developers, programmers. in the legal area, attorneys, paralegals, administration assistants, executive level. and in finance and accounting, you're looking at a broad range from compliance officers to your traditionals in that area, also. >> what about areas that require typically postsecondary education and higher degrees. is there an up side in fields that aren't -- >> what i would tell you is that the numbers that we typically see are kind of spread out. so since we specialize very specifically to these area, this is more of where the focus is. also you just see companies looking at the highly more skilled individuals right now, more strategic placements, position for growth for the organization, things like that. >> so what are the skill sets that employers are looking for? >> again, information technology, finance and accounting, attorneys kind of keeping those things broad. but if or in those area, the biggest market is postgraduates above 25 has very low unemployment area, also. but it's also starting to on get competitive, which is good because that means there is a little bit of shortage in terms of those highly skill sets, also. >> is there something for people who are on the same level education wise, maybe even experience w do you get a leg up? >> you have to be pretty intense. you have to keep up your search particularly during these summer months. you don't want to take time off while other people might be taking s taking vacation, companies are still hiring. set some goals to attain a certain number of maybe business contacts or hiring contacts. both things that will keep your name out there in front of individuals. >> and i've heard people say that you have to be willing on broaden your horizons a little bit, as well? >> that's a very good point. at the end of the day, don't lock yourself into what you are maybe used to doing, but people a looking at also for transferable skills these days. so that's another way to kind of broaden your horizon in terms of the job market. >> one of the key things is that d.c., there are options out there. >> absolutely. >> all right. barry, we appreciate you coming in. it is 9:38. and it wasn't just the new boys that helped the rest skins pick off a big win. we'll hear from santana moss and his decision on return to the team. plus, space exploration. get a close up view of nasa's latest rover getting ready to head to mars. -dad, why are you getting that? -tt's my cereal. is there a prize in there? oh, there's a prize, all right. is it a robot? no. is it a jet plane? nope. is it a dinosaur?] [ male announcer ] inside every box of heart healthy cheerios are those great tasting little o's made from carefully selected oats that c help lower cholesterol. stickers? uh-uh. a superhero? ♪ kinda. 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[ male announcer ] fiber beyond recognition. fiber one. nearly 5600 acres has been destroyed from a giant wildfi wildfiring on. crews are working to bring the water into cover this blaze. according to incident reports, this is the largest fire in that refuge's history. it started nine days ago when lightning struck the area. the fire's gotten so big, smoke from is visible in satellite pictures taken from space. this is something that is not uncommon for that part of southeastern virginia and the smoke, they get it in north carolina, they can see it down there. you were talking earlier about parts of maryland, too. >> and the name of that swamp is the great dismal. >> for a reason, right? >> now i understand why amanda marie shields facebooked me and said it's horrible, their air quality. they're down wind from these fires. >> i can't imagine being in that position. >> and she said this isn't the first time this week that they've had it. so winds have changed. unfortunately, the winds are southerly and that is just aiming right at in you southern maryland. so let me know what's going on. keep me updated on pass book. it's great to see you. good morning. and let's take a look. we've got rain that can help you out a lot the if we have thunderstorms across southern maryland. we don't have ooch netoo many n at the moment, but out in sh shenandoah county, you haven't seen so your yard xraul is a-okay and you can get the great bargains. i'm always looking for a great light fixture. 78 degrees. dew point 67, humidity up to 68%. here is why you have the horribly smelling air across southern maryland. it's coming right off the great dismal swamp fire. again, some soaking rains will help clear the air out. we're hoping that happens this afternoon. definitely tomorrow. let's zoom in on some of these thunderstorms. the biggest one just off to the east along route 50 and it's right near london town and points north headed right towards annapolis. no lightning associated with this. it is not the severe, but takes soaker. and up toward the north in to the pennsylvania line, we have heavy rain. likewise just west of leesburg. so greg who is fame to us giving the daily greg, i'm talking to you, that's your heavy rain shower moving over you and it extends in to portions of the eastern west virginia panhandle. so what you see is what you get. we'll have thunderstorms throughout the day today. temperatures will stay in the middle 80s. you folks that don't get rain right away, you'll have a shot of getting in to the upper 80s. 78 already in d.c., but frederick down to 70. 79 in annapolis and 79 in fredericksburg at the moment. and here is future cast. the time line is right up here in the title. so you can keep an eye on that in that is by 6:30 tonight. and by tomorrow morning, that's when we'll see the real heavy rain start to saturate the ground. look at all the heavy rain from montgomery back into fairfax county and southern loudoun county. and that will be the case throughout the day. so because we're so dry and the ground is relatively hard, we'll have a lot of runoff from the rain we get. i think we'll have some flash flooding unfortunately tomorrow. >> and the storms are popping up. temperatures in the middle 80s this afternoon. this evening they become more widespread. overnight we get the heavy rain to kick off your sunday. cooler tomorrow. 82. we'll wrap a couple showers around on monday and then have good days tuesday and wednesday should be dry. then as we think about the end of the week, we have a chance of thunderstorms thursday. and better chances on friday. don't forget you can stay connected with me on facebook. i'm weather kim. and aaron has some awesome stuff on your facebook page. you sparked some awesome debate. >> who knew so many people had opinions about bert and ernie. all right. thank you, kim. so it wasn't the prettiest of games, but the redskins started the preseason on the right note defeating the steelers. the defense held the steelers offense to just 186 total yards. and waupg racked up more than 450 total yards of offense. the mvp, kicker graham gano, he outscored the steelers by himself. nailing these field goals. the redskins went on to win 16-7. as the skins welcome many new faces to the team, there is still a main stay on the wild receiver core. santana moss enters his seventh season with washington. he hopes to lead the team both on and off the field. >> it ain't been an easy 11 year, but i can say the journey, i appreciate it, learned so much, done so much. you don't probably hear this and that about me when it comes to what i've done, but when it comes to what i've done, you can look it up, you know, and that's what i appreciate about it. i feel like my work that i put out there on the field speaks louder than my words about. >> during the offseason, you were adamant about coming pack he back here. w >> i've been through the good, i've been through the bad. it's not necessarily to say that he ever time someone says it's time to go, it's time to go. just because i don't have a renk here doesn't mean i'm going to get a ring somewhere else. i've never been a big believer about packing up and leaving because something wasn't going good. >> for a long time, it was the three musketeers, you, saun dea taylor and clinton portis. nor i now it's just you. a little different. >> it is, but you'll always miss them and they'll never be for gotten, but at the end of the day, that's a job to to be done. i put on my work hat and say it's time to go to work regardless of the situation. i feel like it's a privilege to be here with the younger guys coming in because i get the chance to give them the feedback they might need. being the guy that im, a lot of people say he's self focused, but -- i can't stay around a lot of people. i talk must have. >> i know this. >> but i say it when it's time to be said and when it's time to be heard. >> this is your 11th year. could it be your best? >> every year i just try to get better. i never put nothing in front to say i want to do more of this or that. i just always state in my mind that must have is enough never. you always want to get back. they say the orderer the wine, the finer it tastes. maybe. >> maybe. the redskins open the regular season in less than a month from now. they'll be at home against the new york giants on september 11th. it is 9:56 right now. from the pelt way beltway to me construction bound to cause delays. we'll run down the trouble spots. and there is plenty on do around town. that is before it starts raining. the big events that may just get you out of house. ♪ mmm. oh gosh. oh dear. big deal. you're delicious. so what. i've got news for you. there's no such thing... ...as a bear sheriff. you think i'm afraid of you? hey what? you don't have to be mean to the cake. i do. you don't. i do. just eat yoplait light. they have great flavors like... boston cream pie, raspberry cheesecake. even though 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(announcer) 28 delicious flavors at around 100 calories each. new this morning, a deadly accident on the parkway. we're live with what happened and the impact on traffic hours after the crash. plus the investigation into what happened to a maryland woman in aruba heats up as the pbi raids the home of the man she traveled this with. good morning. welcome to "news 4 today." it's saturday, august 13th. we'll get to the headlines, but first a quick look at our forecast. kim martucci is in for chuck bell and we're still looking at some showers. >> it's raining pretty mefly in a lot of locations. let's take a quick tour. we will start off to the east first right along route 50 this. it doesn't have any light anything, but it is putting down some decent rainfall. it's headed right over animal annapolis and points north. whitehall, you have heavy rain. a little bit of lightning with that one. sandy hook to leesburg and on over mere silver spring, we have rain, too. we're in the upper 70s. not as warm as yesterday, but certainly stormier. more to come in just a few minutes. overnight, u.s. park police are on the scene of a deadly accident in prince gornl's county. it happened on the bw parkway at 197 where a truck slammed in to a tree. derrick ward is live for us on the scene this morning with the latest developments there. >> reporter: well, there are some intermittent closures here on the bw parkway southbound near the scene of the accident, it is near the potter mill road exit just south of the exit at 197. they are me moving some of the trees that were damaged in this crash it just to give you the idea of the severity. for some reason an suv left the road in this area, struck a tree and there were several fatali fataliti fatalities. possibly members of the same family. now, this is still an active scene because they have to get some of the trees out of the way. joining me is sergeant schlosser. i understand several medevacs, as well. >> that's right. about 2:20 this morning, a vehicle roadway and went into the tree line. there were numerous people in the vehicle, two fatalities scene. we have several patients transferred to local hospitals. >> and the investigation is now turning in to finding out what caused this car to leave the road as we understand this was a single car crash. you are interested, though, in talking to any witnesses, anyone who might have been on the parkway at the time of this and has some insight in to why this happened. >> right. the united states park police detectives are still investigating the scene. if anybody did witness it, we ask they call our criminal investigation tip line at 202-610-8737. >> thank you, sergeant. and again, as we are hearing now, there are at least three fatalities in this accident. we're also hear has gone one of those may have been a baby, a child that was ejected from the vehicle. again, you can see by the damage to the trees, the impact of this, we don't know about the speed. we do know we don't see skid marks, so that eventually may play into the investigation. no world on the identities of the victim in this crash here. live on 295, now back to you. also in prince gornl's county, a woman was hit by a car and killed overnight. police say she was trying to cross route 20 2 10. the driver is cooperating and alcohol is not a factor. as federal authorities join the investigation into the disappearance of a maryland woman in a rue inabout a, polic fbi searched the home of jord giorda giordano. criminal experts say it's good federal authorities are stepping in early to help with the investigation fp. >> giordano has an alleged history of violence toward women and in this particular case, it will be good that the fbi is produce the in early unlike in the holloway case. giordano's court hearing is set for monday. he can only be help for eight days and prosecutors need evidence of a crime to continue to hold him. they plan to ask for an extension on monday. start dag, people who have arrest s their name will have an opportunity to turn themselves in. safe sur rrender is open for th next three saturdays. it allows anyone wanted for a nonviolent felony or misdemeanor to turn themselves in. during the last event, 98% of the people were able to return home that say day. those who wish to settle their warrant can go to the courthouse on indiana avenue between 9:30 and 4:30 any of the next three saturdays. a traffic alert for you. all lanes of the outer loop of the beltway in tyson's corner pack open after being closed all night for construction on the hot lanes project. cues are working this weekend to install steel beams across the roadway. take a look at the video. will is what the backup looked like around midnight. traffic did ease before the lanes were reopened at 8:00 this morning. a live look now at that area for you. lanes will close again between 9:30 tonight and 8:00 tomorrow morning. traffic is being detoured and signs are up to help you get back to the outer loop. track work may cause you delay this is weekend on metro. maintenance is on the metro red line, blue, orange and yellow, as well. trains are sharing tracks between various stations. no scheduled work on the green line. delays could be up to 20 minutes. nearly two dozen people need major car repairs after they filled up with diesel instead of regular gasoline. this happened at the get go gas station on west patrick street in frederick. officials say a tanker dispensed diesel in to the station's unleaded tanks. the station learned about the problem after people started calling saying their cars weren't running correctly. the tanks have been cleaned out. giant eagle says they are working with individual customers to pay them back for the repairs. despite high prices at the pump, americans are not changing the types of cars we want to drive. a recent survey by auto pacific showed that only 16% of people will pick a smaller car their next vehicle and about 25% still want an suv or crossover, about 14% want a pickup truck. the same number last year. a giant food store in northwest d.c. is shutting down to make way if a huge new development project. on september 8th, the giant at 0 and 8th streets will close. it will be torn down to make way for a brand new grocery store, a nearly 200 room hotel, apartments, condos and senior living units. the pharmacy will close on august 22nd and all prescriptionses will be transferred to the safe way on l street. store officials also say they're working on a shuttle bus schedule taking shoppers to the giant on 14th and park. coming up on 10:07. all eyes on the forecast. kim mar chewity back in a pew hints with a look at just how soon we'll see showers. and why a man in northern virginia may suddenly have a lot of people claiming him as a close personal friend. you're watching "news 4 today." not that long ago, many families were priced out of an overheated housing market. but the times have changed. get the facts at 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