most locations. now it's partly cloudy throughout much of north virginia, the district, and northern maryland. partly south and west, it's cloudy. we're getting a few sprinkles in northern fauquier county and much more farther south and west. it's coming our way probably the next two to three hours. right now low to mid-60s throughout most of the metro area. upper 60s near the bay waters and eastern shore. farther west in the 60s, shenandoah valley and the mountains. sunrise at 7:16. we may have midmorning showers all the way through midday. maybe thunder and lightning late this morning to early afternoon, by then into the low 70s. then turning blustery with winds gusting to 60 miles an hour in the afternoon. we'll look at your friday evening planner in ten minutes. danella has a look at your morning commute. >> good morning. starting with the rails, marc has a slight delay, penn south 401 a delay of six minutes. if you're taking 95 at rockville pike, report of an accident. and prince george's county, inner loop and outer loop is clear. and if you're crossing into virginia, here's the view at robinson terminal. inner loop and outer loop is clear as well. i'm back in ten with another update. back to you both. >> thanks very much, danella. 5:02. a tornado spotted on i-95. the national weather service confirmed a tornado touched down on the highway in northern virginia. people stuck in traffic on the highway used their cell phones to take pictures and video of the twister. take a look. this video was taken by darlene brock around 5:30 in quantico. you can see debris swirling as the twister moved across the interstate. brock tells us it only takes a few seconds for the funnel cloud to form. >> the car was rocked, and there was debris hitting the car. it was just very terrifying. i thought maybe it was going to pick my car up and take me away. but it didn't. just rocked it some. >> the storm snarled traffic for hours last night. i-95 was backed up from springfield to quantico, in part because a large tree fell onto one of the southbound lanes. no injuries were reported. >> some of the worst storm damage is in vienna, virginia. the strong winds knocked over trees and power lines along hunter mill road and wickens road. dominion has been working all night to restore power. we just checked, and the number of out aages has gone down in t past hour. right now there are 1,100 outages. and the weather rattled frazzled nerves in louisa county, virginia. the tornado ripped the roof off this historic home not far from the august earthquake in mineral. a 3.2 aftershock hit mineral on wednesday and forced the evacuation of two schools. the storm caused confusion at the university of maryland. the university sent out alerts a tornado was going to hit campus, and students and faculty should seek shelter. but a tornado warning was not issued in college park. the officials tell news 4 rotation was spotted so they issued the warnings as a precaution. a missing maryland boy with his mother dead and his father in custody. an amber alert for 11-year-old william mcquain. police found jane mcquain dead in her home. mcquain's father curtis lopez did not live in the home, but witnesses saw him loading things from the house into an suv. they followed the vehicle to charlotte, where they arrested lopez. mcclain hasn't been at school since september 30th. the school sent automated calls to the home later designated as the emergency contact. as they continue the search for william, his football coach remains hopeful. >> we're out here for a reason. we want to bring back what we learned to the kids. any time something happens to one of the kids, it hurts. >> police say lopez gave them inconsistent statements. sources tell news 4 that he now has an attorney but has not said anything about his missing stepson. today a family will return to the nightclub where their loved one died to announce plans of a lawsuit. ali muhammad died last october outside dc-9 in the "u" street area of northwest washington. initially, five employees were accused of beating muhammad for throwing a rock through the window. prosecutors later dropped the charges for lack of evidence. the family is now filing a civil suit citing the medical examiner's findings that the death was a homicide. the united states has not said whether it will reconsider an offer to exchange two detainees with cuba. the u.s. wants cuba to release alan gross from potomac, maryland. he's serving a 15-year sentence for bringing illegal communications equipment into cuba back in 2009. the u.s. says that equipment was going to help a cuban jewish community there. cuba says the american prisoner offered to be traded rene gonzalez, who's already served most of his sentence for spying. instead, cuba is calling for the release of others convicted along with gonzalez. workers removed the last of four pinnacles from the top of the national cathedral today. portions of the spire on the center tower broke off during the earthquake in august. the same team that rappelled the washington monument to check for damage will also check out the cathedral. repairs are expected to take ten years to complete and will cost tens of millions of dollars. the cathedral will reopen to the public saturday, november 12th. it's been a rough year for d.c.'s emergency management team, but the agency says it's ready to respond faster during an emergency. they came under fire for taking a half hour to send out an alert after the earthquake. its slow response is also to blame for the traffic mess we saw during january's snowstorm. the agency says it will now send out a message right away during an emergency even if it's just to tell people to stay put until more information is available. we have a traffic alert for metro riders. there will be major delays this weekend for crews so the crews can perform track work. the trains on the red line will share one line. on the orange and blue lines, they'll share 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formula, and new super-convenient chewable tablets! welcome back. 5:10. 64 degrees outside. after some wild weather last night, we're expecting, hoping, for a calmer day today. the man with answers, meteorologist tom kierein in the storm center. >> it's not going to be much drier, unfortunately. looks like more rain on the way. right now we don't have any rain, i'm happy to report. starting off with a partly cloudy sky in washington. over the last 12 hours, we've had showers and storms racing through. it's settled down over the last four or five hours. from anacostia to brandywine, hyattsville, centerville, and clarksburg, partly cloudy. farther south and west, those areas of color, those are light showers from richmond to charlottesville into the highlands of west virginia. those are advancing north. we'll likely see those here around 8:00 or 9:00 this morning. temperatures will hold steady in the low to mid-60s. 66 at reagan national. we'll have high humidity in place. we're in the 50s now in much of western maryland and west virginia as well as the shenandoah valley. throughout the day, we'll have temperatures holding steady in the 60s through the morning and briefly getting into the low 70s midafternoon. from midmorning all the way into early afternoon, likely have showers coming through. maybe thunder and lightning. i don't anticipate any severe storms like yesterday. breezy and cooler this afternoon as we clear out. sunshine back mid to late afternoon and clearing out this evening with a blustery northwest wind gusting to 25 miles an hour. lower humidity moving in. we'll be down into the 50s mid to late evening. a look at much cooler weather on the way for saturday morning, the rest of the weekend and next week in ten minutes. danella, good morning. how's traffic? if you're taking the beltway this morning, a couple of issues. the outer loop of the beltway, mdot cameras found the accident that's here. they're getting a shot of this right now, seeing a lot of delays outer loop of the beltway at connecticut avenue. the accident is closer to rockville pike. you can see we have a lot of activity here, and delays are starting now. the inner loop of the beltway in maryland around georgia avenue, i have report of a second accident there. i'm going to keep watching this for you and letting you know of delays and the status of this accident. if you're traveling in d.c., checking roadways for you there. so far no crashes or any incidents to report right now. this is seventh and "h" street, clear in chinatown. i'll be back in ten minutes with another update. back to you both. it i 64 degrees. ahead on "news 4 today," look out. the official who had to duck to [ speaking french ] [ speaking french ] movie buffs! this film is tres bien, but the interest rate on your checking account is le pew. interest on your checking? earn more with new high yield free checking at capital one bank. your interest rate will be five times the national average. five times 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"the new york times" brought it to their attention when they found articles of theirs that were similar to marr's. a new york city judge sentenced galyon group founder to 11 years in prison and fined him $10 million. authorities say he made more than $50 million in profits from illegal trades. prosecutors asked for a 19-year sentence, but the judge credited him for acts of charity and cited health problems as reasons for leniency. a hearing scheduled for 7:00 this morning could push wall street protesters from a park in new york city. the company that owns the park wants to power wash the area and says that protesters have created unsanitary conditions. protesters say the claim to clean up is just an attempt to kick them out. instead, they've been trying to clean the area themselves. demonstrators blame wall street and corporate interests for economic problems. and the occupy wall street protesters now have the support of former vice president al gore. gore wrote in his blog that elected officials have failed the public on everything from the economy to the climate crisis. he says we're in crisis. and a new york times editorial said the message of the protesters is that no one in washington has been listening. bank of america was the first to impose the $5 debit card fee outraging other customers. now other banks, including chase, sun trust, and wells fargo are using similar fees. a group of democrats wants the justice department to investigate, calling the timing of these fees suspicious. as banks add more fees, many are taking a look at other options that include internet only banking. online banks have lower overhead costs so they can offer added features like interest on deposits. they also charge lower fees, including courtesy overdraft protection. there can be draw-backs. with few or no atms, you could be stuck paying atm fees. deposits may also be a challenge for some. >> some of the online banks have a smartphone mobile app that allows you to take a picture of your check and deposit it that way. there are things you need to figure out. what do you need from your financial institution? >> if online banks sound overwhelming, there are other options. experts say you can try community banks and credit unions, which offer free checking and lower fees. protesters threw eggs at an official of the international monetary fund, and it was caught on camera. mark lewis was delivering a keynote speech to students at the university of turkey when he to duck behind the podium to avoid eggs being thrown at him. once they left the lecture hall, lewis continued with his speech. errors by air traffic controllers have gone up the past three years. the government accountability office released its latest report and found errors by air traffic controllers that handle departures and arrivals have nearly doubled. the federal aviation administration attributed the increases to better error reporting. the agency is also using a new plane tracking system to better able to spot planes that get too close together. and transportation secretary ray lahood now says he will leave the obama administration at the end of his term. the former illinois congressman gave no reason for that decision. he's the only republican currently in the president's cabinet. he's become an advocate for safer driving and job creating transportation projects. his spokesman says that la hood has not discussed his decision with the president. more people are riding amtrak than ever before. amtrak says it carried more than 30 million passengers the last 12 months, which makes is the most since the rail was createded four decades ago. amtrak has set ridership records the last four years. despite that, congress wants to take away the railroad subsidies, and they're trying to take away the most valuable routes in the corridor that links washington, philadelphia, new york, and boston. >> time for weather and traffic on the ones. >> let's check in with meteorologist tom kierein. more rain? >> unfortunately. we did briefly clear out overnight. there's capitol hill under a partly cloudy sky right now, live picture from the city camera. if you look at the radar, here comes more rain. right now the leading edge of that rain is in fredericksburg towards culpeper. this is light rain that stretches from the shenandoah valley to up near petersburg. right now no rain around washington. the pavement still a bit wet from the overnight showers we had that dissipated a few hours ago. right now low and mid-60s throughout most of the region. 66 at reagan national. 50s shenandoah valley, and mid-50s out in the mountains. sunrise 7:16. we could have passing showers in the metro area another couple of hours. off and on this morning, thunder and lightning and brief downpours into early afternoon. we'll clear out in late afternoon. winds gusting to 25 miles an hour. then down into the 50s this evening as we clear out. that wind's still a bit gusty overnight. leaves swirling around with the wind gusting to 25 miles an hour. wind even stronger on saturday. chilly in the morning in the 40s. sunny during the day. winds gusting 35 miles an hour out of the west and highs upper 60s. diminished wind sunday and monday. highs near 70, partly cloudy, chilly in the mornings. could get showers late tuesday, perhaps into wednesday next week, much cooler. danella, how's traffic? wet roadways causing a few problems. first let's start at i-77 at westbound route 100. this is the ramp to westbound route 100, seeing the right lane blocked by an overturned vehicle there. now at the outer loop of the beltway as you pass connecticut avenue and make your way towards 395, we have an accident. looks like the entire outer loop of the beltway is shut down in this area. still checking cameras. if you're driving past new hampshire avenue, past colesville road and university boulevard, i'm not seeing any major delays just yet, but you are jammed at connecticut avenue. also on the beltway, this time at the inner loop, i still have report of an accident. this one at georgia avenue. i'm checking on that now. if you're taking 395 at duke street, not too much of a problem for you. clear from edsall. as you make your way towards the 14th street bridge, still checking that. the bridge is clear as well. i'm back in ten with another update. back to you both. >> thanks, danella. lady luck appears to be on the side of one california city. "men's health" magazine ranks san diego number one on the list of america's luckiest towns. some of the data includes the most lottery and sweepstakes winners, the fewest lightning strikes, and the fewest deaths from falling objects. rounding out the top five, number two went to baltimore. phoenix, arizona, came in third. wilmington, delaware, in fourth. and richmond, virginia, took fifth place. d.c.? well, d.c. is in 52nd place. and the least lucky town in the country is charleston, west virginia. might want to avoid charleston. >> i feel lucky in d.c. my goodness. the college hoops season is just around the corner. many schools are holding free midnight madness for fans. university of maryland gets things going at 9:30. georgetown at 8:30 at mcdonough arena. george washington's colonial invasion starts at 7:00 p.m. after the volleyball game. and george mason's madness starts at 9:30. the brewers versus the cardinals. brewers came into st. louis having not run a playoff road game since the 1982 world series. but solid pitching from randy wolf helped hold the cardinals in check with ryan braun continuing to swing a hot bat, helping the brewers win 4-2. the series now shifts back to milwaukee for game number five. in the american league, the detroit tigers will get to play at least one more game this season. facing elimination, the tigers swung a hot bat against the texas rangers last night, building a 6-2 lead, and then hung on as the rangers mounted a comeback. they won the game 7-5. rangers still lead the series 3-2 and can move on to the world series with a win saturday at home in texas. thousands of people across the country are waiting in line as we speak to get their hands on the new iphone. today you can get your very own ipad 2 from the comfort of your own home, and you can get it for free. today's nbc 4 fandemonium prize is a brand new ipad 2. all you need to do is like our facebook page. we'll pick the winner at 6:00 and make the announcement during the 11:00 p.m. news cast. talk about an uninvited guest. guest. the impact mother n man: the forecast -- plenty of sunshine through today with seasonable temperatures. we should reach our normal high by this afternoon. hey, ellen! what are you doing? not much -- just brewing up some dunkin' donuts coffee. want some? [ whoosh! ] i'd love some. one taste, and you'll understand. delicious dunkin' donuts coffee. mm! good! pick some up where you buy groceries. hey, did you ever think about getting curtains? america runs on dunkin'. business trip. president obama prepares to try to sell his jobs plan in a state with one of the nation's highest unemployment rates. good morning. i'm eun yang. >> good morning to you. i'm joe krebs. welcome back to "news 4 today. it's friday, the 14th day of october. we have some storms last night. looks like we might get still a little rain today, tom says. >> it does look like we're going to have more rain coming our way in another few hours. i thought you were going to throw something at me, i'm mentioning rain. as the day progresses, yes, have your umbrella handy once again and keep the eggs in the refrigerator. as we take a look at the radar now, we do have some showers beginning to approach us. they are now moving up toward fredericksburg to near warrenton, culpeper. they're getting some light rain right now. there's more moderate showers south of charlottesville, west of richmond. those will be coming toward the metro area perhaps in another three hours or so. right now in washington, no rain or no rain anywhere actually in the immediate vicinity. the next rain is 35, 40 miles to our southwest. temperatures are low to mid-60s. mostly cloudy now. 66 at reagan national. 50 shenandoah valley and into the mountains. sunrise at 7:16. yes, some of these morning showers by 8:00, 9:00 this morning into the metro area. sooner than that, farther south. and maybe thunder and lightning too a brief downpour. after that, breezy, much cooler. we should be clearing out by 3:00 or 4:00 this afternoon back down into the 60s. a look at your friday evening planner in ten minutes. danella, how's the friday commute? still a little tough. give yourself extra time. the roadways are wet. the first accident is northbound i-97 as you're taking the ramp to westbound route 100. have the right lane blocked by an overturned vehicle. now onto the outer loop of the beltway, earlier there. the beltway as you make your way towards 395, had the whole outer loop shut down. i'm still seeing the police in your left shoulder lane and a lot of crowding as you approach connecticut avenue. good news here, the beltway has reopened, and that should definitely help your commute. checking cameras around new hampshire avenue as well as colesville road, here's the scene here. not too bad for this time of morning. it's good news the beltway reopens. i'll be back in ten minutes with a look at your rails as well as your traffic. back to you. >> danella, thank you. 5:32. this morning president obama and republican speaker john boehner are talking about how to create jobs. can they agree on a plan both their parties will accept? tracie potts has the latest from capitol hill. tracie, good morning. >> reporter: eun, good morning. there's the magic question. senate republicans have already rejected the president's plan and come up with their own promising 5 million jobs by easing restrictions, government regulations on businesses, oil drilling, and a big tax overhaul. depositio democrats, though, argue that tax breaks won't create jobs or we'd have seen them already with the bush tax cuts. president obama talked about some of this in a phone call yesterday with republican house speaker john boehner. boehner says his republicans will consider government money for infrastructure as long as we do it in a fiscally responsible way. he congratulated boehner on free trade deals with colombia and south korea. that will create 250,000 jobs. today president obama and south korea's president lee will travel to michigan, where they'll visit an auto plant there in michigan, a gm plant, that's producing a car that was designed in south korea, the type of collaboration they say that this type of agreement would encourage. 1,750 jobs at that one plant. they're hoping for more. states are putting on pressure to help with jobs. the republicans want to get rid of the new health law, but that's something democrats won't even consider. >> tracie potts live on capitol hill. tracie, thank you. not even the thunderous pour last night could dampen the spirits at the white house state dinner. about 200 people attended the formal affair. both president obama and president lee offered toasts, emphasizing the alliance and partnership between the two countries. >> success breeds success, speaks to the true grit, reputation, and hard work anything is possible. the spirit of our country shared. in english it translates as yes, we can. >> but the skies opened up as guests began to arrive last night. many of the hems on the guests' floor length gowns were soaked, and the men's tuxedos were soaked as well. money is the big headline of decision 2012 in virginia today. totals in for the last three months of fund-raising in the race for senate. democrat tim kaine is well ahead of republican george allen. the former governor raised $1.3 million in donations. allen, also a former governor, raised $900,000 in the same period. right now montgomery county police are trying to answer a number of questions about the disappearance of an 11-year-old boy. his mother is dead, and his stepfather is now in jail. no one has seen william mcclain since september the 30th. police found his mother jane mcclain dead inside her germantown home on wednesday night. detectives tracked down her suv to a hotel in charlotte, north carolina, and that's where they arrested the boy's stepfather curtis lopez. william mcclain played football for a neighborhood rec league, and his coach says the entire team is worried. >> right now all we know is what we hear on the news. as a community, the e-mails have been going out through this organization all day, and we're just hoping and praying for a safe return for william. >> a source tells news 4 that lopez has hired an attorney since his arrest. and lopez hasn't made any statements since his arrest. ali muhammad died last october outside dc-9 in northwest washington. initially five employees were accused of beating muhammad for throwing a rock through the club's window. prosecutors dropped charges for a lack of evidence. the family is now filing a civil suit citing the coroner's findings the death was a homicide. prosecutors have to wait until next week to wrap up the trial against michael jackson's doctor. they called the nation's leading expert on propofol to the stand before the judge called a recess until monday. a sleep expert testified that it was inconceivable that dr. conrad murray would use propofol to treat insomnia. the doctor says using a cocktail of drugs, including propofol, could be a recipe for disaster. >> all bets are off. you really can't be still 100% sure that that is not enough to kind of tip them along that sedation continuum and cause a deeper level of sedation and compromise their ability to breathe. 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should have some of the light rain moving in, then moderate to perhaps briefly heavy downpours late this morning into early afternoon, maybe thunder and lightning. a blustery northwest wind will be gusting to around 25 miles an hour as we head down into the 50s by mid to late evening. danella, good morning. how's traffic? the rails look pretty good. metro and vre, no delays. and on the marc train, brunswick east 870 a minor delay of five minutes. taking the beltway at connecticut avenue, an earlier accident as you make your way towards 395. that accident is out of the roadway. still seeing crowding as you make your way along the outer loop you'll see some congestion. but that accident is out of the way. here's the scene now. still have some activity in your left shoulder lane. cars are moving slowly past 355. taking 270, starting to see crowding around urbanna and clarksburg. you know how that is. once you get to clarksburg, lanes open up for you. here's the view at falls road, seeing 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few hours, the wait for the new iphone will be over. several people have lined up overnight to get the latest iphone, the iphone 4s. news 4's tracee wilkins is live outside an apple store with details. >> good morning, joe. we have a few dozen people out here. this is the apple store behind me. here's the line as it works its way down. yeah, we have people that are knocked out asleep this morning on the street waiting for the iphone 4. one of the people we saw who's actually awake, thank goodness, is sam, who's going to talk to us about why he's here. you already have the iphone 4, but you're here for the iphone 4s, and you were saying because it's faster. >> absolutely. it's faster and a better camera. it's definitely something i want. the siri voice assistant looks pretty cool. it's been years in the making, that voice system. it should be pretty cool. i can't wait to get my hands on it. >> reporter: it also says a longer battery life. >> absolutely. being in school, your phone's going off nonstop. it doesn't hurt to get an extra hour or two. >> reporter: why not wait and just get it in the day time or maybe tomorrow. why? why here overnight? >> there's like a cult-like atmosphere to apple. i've been to the ipad launch. i was at the iphone 4 launch also. it just becomes a thing. i'm here with my roommate now who has a blackberry and can't wait to get rid of that. i'll be here while that happens. it's a big moment for someone's life. >> reporter: so you're done with the blackberry? >> oh, yeah. i couldn't be more excited. >> reporter: was it the outage the other day that made you say i'm definitely going? you're changing cultures going with the iphone? >> i'm kind of in the culture because i have my ipad here. i love all their products. i'm just exciteded to get it. >> reporter: so it's a complete crossover for you? >> definitely. >> reporter: we have the folks lined up waiting for the store to open. they already sold in preorders more than 1 million of these phones. that's just in preorders. imagine what it's going to be like the next couple of days. they're expecting sales to be through the roof. tracee wilkins live this morning in georgetown. back to you all in the studio. >> hope they have enough ready to go. thanks very much, tracee. apple co-founder steve wozniak is among those in line to get the new iphone. he already ordered two online, but he wants to get one for his wife and doesn't mind waiting all night long. he's been waiting outside his local apple store in california. but eat your hearts out, the iphone is already on sale down under in australia. hundreds of people lined up around the block and filed into the apple store in sydney. apple says more people preordered this latest edition than any of the previous ones. >> they get to do everything first. we could soon see engineers dangling off the top of the national cathedral. the same team that rappelled the washington monument to inspect for earthquake damage will also check out the cathedral. those inspections are scheduled to start next week. today workers plan to remove the last of four pinnacles from the cathedral's center tower. the pieces broke off during the earthquake back in august. the cathedral is scheduled to reopen to the public saturday, november 12th. ongoing repairs could take ten years and tens of millions to complete. d.c.'s management team says it will be better prepared for disasters after a pair of high profile slip-ups. the agency came under fire after taking a half hour to send out an alert about the earthquake back in august. their slow response is also blamed for the traffic mess we saw during a january snowstorm. the agency says it will now send out a message right away during an emergency, likely telling people to stay put until more information is available. we have a traffic alert for metro riders. there will be major delays this weekend so crews can perform track work. on the red line, trains will share one track between shady grove and twinbrook. on the blue and orange lines, trains will single track between eastern market and stadium armory. also, orange line trains will share one track between vienna and west falls church. on the blue and yellow lines, trains will single track between national airport and braddock road. all of these projects will start tonight at 10:00 and last through saturday night. the work will be wrapped up just in time for the martin luther king jr. memorial dedication. metro will open two hours early at 5:00 a.m. on sunday. we just showed video a little while ago of a snowstorm in january, a reminder of things to come. might rain today. >> i can't even think about that. >> don't go there. if your shoes are feeling a little tight this morning, it's because you're growing webbed feet. we've had more rain, and we unfortunately have more coming our way later this morning. have an umbrella handy. as we look now at our sky over washington, we have a mostly cloudy sky now. that's the washington monument, which is visible now. yesterday morning you could hardly even see it. we had low cloudiness and drizzle. 66 at reagan national. here we are with the strong storms coming through northern virginia. now there's the leading edge of the rain. seeing this light rain moving into stafford, spotsylvania, fauquier, loudoun. it's about to move into the metro area in perhaps another hour or so. we have already wet roads with the overnight showers. roads getting wetter with showers coming in. light rain in the 60s. 50s farther to our west. going forward throughout the day, these areas of moving color, zones of potential rain through this morning and early afternoon. later this afternoon, should be the last of it. clearing out and turning blustery with winds gusting to 25 miles an hour. this afternoon out of the north and west, clearing out tonight and turning much cooler. expect showers moving in over the next few hours. light initially, then moderate and briefly heavy by midafternoon with thunder and lightning. breezy and clearing out in the afternoon with sunshine back. overnight tonight, much cooler under a clearing sky. we'll be down into the 50s this evening. into the 40s tomorrow morning. saturday and sunday, we'll have sunshine. but a blustery wind tomorrow gusting to 35 miles an hour. lighter winds on sunday and monday as we reach around 70 and partly cloudy. maybe showers again tuesday afternoon and evening into wednesday. danella, good morning. how's traffic? we're still seeing problems from the earlier accident outer loop of the beltway just past connecticut avenue. that accident has been cleared, but the damage has been done. we are bumper to bumper as you make your way past university boulevard heading on the outer loop all the way to connecticut avenue. and it starts to open up a bit, and you see some relief as you make your way towards 355. traveling 66 in virginia. not seeing any accidents traveling east or west on i-66, but just as you make your way from nutley and head inside the beltway, starting to see some crowding. as you continue through the rosslyn tunnel, it's clear for you at this time. i'm back in ten with another update. 5:54 now. a new fee for using your debit card has millions of banking customers up in arms. now some in congress want the justice department to take a closer look at the banks behind them. bank of america was the first to impose a $5 fee for debit card purchases. the move was quickly followed by other banks, including jp morgan chase, suntrust, and wells fargo. a group of house democrats say they don't see any signs of collusion but call the timing of these fees suspicious. if you're tired of paying these fees, you do have options. many customers are turning to online internet banking. many of these banks have lower overhead, so they can charge added features. there can be drawbacks. with little to no atms, you can be stuck paying atm fees if your bank doesn't reimburse you, and making deposits can be a challenge if you don't have a smart phone. >> some of the online banks do have a smart phone mobile app that allows you to take a picture of your check and then deposit it that way. those are things you need to figure out. what do you need from your financial institution? >> if online banks sound too overwhelming, there are other options. experts say you can try community banks and credit unions with also offer free checking and lower fees. frustrated blackberry users may take their business elsewhere, after this week's widespread outages. the ceo of research in motion, the company that makes blackberry, apologized for the four-day outage and says everything has been fixed. the service disruption began on monday after a malfunction occurred at the service center. some e-mails may still be delayed because of backlogged messages. the holidays are still a couple of months away, but the united states postal service is ready for them now. they released a series of new stamps for the 2011 season. they include two new ones for christmas, one featuring the traditional madonna and child and one has 1950s style ornaments. they have a stamp for kwanzaa and a new design for hanukkah as well. thousands of customers are waiting in line as we speak to get their hands on the new iphone, but today you can get the new ipad 2 from the comfort of your own home, and you can get it absolutely free. today's nbc 4 fandemonium prize is an ipad 2. all you have to do is like our page on facebook and sign up to win great prizes. we pick the winner at 6:00 and make the announcement of that winner during the 11:00 p.m. news cast. they say it's good to have some goals, right? always. >> it's always good. sure >> a 100-year-old man in canada is trying to make it into the guinness book of records as the world's oldest runner. >> this weekend's race is his eighth marathon. singh trains by running ten miles a day. he started running at the age of 89. there's always hope. singh says it helped him cope with the loss of his wife and son. he says his secret to running marathons is staying positive and drinking lots of tea. >> you know, i think those are two good things to live by no matter what your goals are. >> stay positive and drink lots of tea. >> good for mr. singh. >> absolutely. congratulations to him. our time is 5:57. coming up at 6:00, the crime spree targeting metro ♪ ♪ [ multiple sounds making melodic tune ] ♪ [ male announcer ] at northrop grumman, every innovation, every solution, comes together for a single purpose -- to make the world a safer place. that's the value of performance. northrop grumman. today.