these are the latest visibilities in miles. a few isolated locations down under a half a mile. and temperatures out of the mountains are cooler. in the 50s. maryland, eastern shore, low 6 0s. mid to upper six in southeastern virginia. the moving color showers and storms passing north and northwest of washington in the last couple hours. the waters are still very chilly. warm air giving us some fog. and we will have that dissipating in the next few hours with sunshine breaking out. sunrise is just about 15 minutes away. and we'll have temperatures in the upper 60s, near 70 by 9:00. near noon time, near 80. for festivities at the zoo and other things going on today, just a slight chance of a thunderstorm mid to late afternoon. most areas should stay dry. a look at night planner, a mild night coming up. a look at those temperatures in 10 minutes. jerry, how is it looking now? now back to you, kimberly and joe. i'm sorry. >> that's okay. just before we get to jerry we want to talk about new york avenue. >> a traffic alert that most of you have been dreading for weeks because you've been hearing about it. >> that's right. today a long-term construction project begins on new york avenue that could cause major headaches for commuters. each direction of new york avenue will lose one lane between penn street and florida avenue. >> that's where melissa mollett joins us. melissa, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. for a stretch of road that sees 90,000 vehicles going from four lanes down to six is going to be quite a big adjustment. joining us from ddot is the project manager out here. what is your expectation for today? i know it's a little nerve-racking for you guys. >> almost reduced the capacity of new york avenue by two-thirds. we are keeping it at two riverside, reducing it by one-third. new york avenue from six lanes will go to four lanes. this will create can backlog and heavy traffic. we have made all the planning for that and we try to get the word out. and at the same time we have provided paying people $50 a month. >> do you think people will be apt to sign up for this bridge bucks program once they see out here? >> our experience is that. when the traffic starts to get heavy, people start signing up for it. >> physically what are you all doing first? what's the first step here? >> the first step is actually new york avenue bridge, two bridges side by side. we have closed the north bridge. we're going to start with demolishing the north bridge, reconstructing it, and switching traffic, demolish the south and put all the traffic on the north bridge until it's done. that takes a two-year process. >> are you avoiding this area? >> i will take metro generally most of the time. yes, the best idea is to take public transit and try not to drive this area. that's the best help we can get. >> of course there are lots of alternate routes. instead of coming down here through this mess as they say it's going to be for those routes, four of them actually, we have those listed on nbcwashington.com. also a link to a twitter. so you can sign up to perhaps get a little more information about problems that might be out here. traffic updates and touch. link up on ddot as well on nbcwashington as well. i think this area will be keeping you busy for some time to come here. >> melissa, absolutely no doubt about it. we, in turn, will keep you updated and let you know how it goes. right now doing okay but only time will tell. we were talking about the fog this morning. a bunch out to the west yet to burn off. if you're coming from the west, 66, route 50, just be prepared that your visibility may be reduced in a couple spots. the closer you get to the beltway, the better off the visibility is. in from the north on interstate 270, surprisingly quiet. that is good news from frederick to rockville. 109 should be over the shoulder. after that, you're good to go all the way down. check downtown. traffic, again, very quiet. southeast-southwest freeway both directions. out on the rails, marc brunswick 872 slightly delayed. no delays metro, no delays on vre. kimberly, joe. pain at the pump may have peaked. the hrupl pwurg survey shows the rise of gasoline prices have slowed during the last two weeks. nationally the average is $3.86 a gallon. however, here in d.c., prices have already hit $4.09, up four cents just overnight. maryland, regular $3.88. virginia the cheapest at $3.78. west virginia, $3.91 per goal tkpwal lesson of regular >> new from overnight. police investigating a deadly shooting in prince george's county. 1:00 a.m., officers responded to a shooting in the 700 block of cady drive in fort washington. when they arrived they found a man lying in the street with a gunshot wound. he was taken to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead. police have not released information bay possible suspect. emergency crews rescued a man pinned underneath a car after a crash involving three vehicles. police say the man was walking when a car hit him. it happened last night in the 2600 block of naylor road in southeast washington. police investigators searched for crews. emergency crews checked out a second person with nonlife-threatening injuries. the cause of the crash remains under investigation this morning. 6:06 our time. grief counselors will be on hand at battlefield high school in virginia to help students deal the death of a classmate. 15-year-old kendra kaylene tucker died last wednesday after the car she was riding in with four other teenagers hit a deer and then a tree. speed was a factor in the crash. none of the teenagers was wearing seatbelts. two others were killed on that very same road last august. today maryland politicians and residents will pay tribute to one of the most colorful politicians in that state's history. william donald schaefer will lie in repose at the statehouse in annapolis. current governor martin o'malley will greet the casket at 9:30 this morning at the statehouse. the rotunda will be open from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 this afternoon. his casket will then be taken on motorcade tour of baltimore before his body lies in repose once more from 6:00 to 9:00 tonight and 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. tomorrow at baltimore city hall. his funeral is scheduled for wednesday at 11:00. in the district, absentee voters have until 4:45 to vote in a special election. voters are choose choosing a new at-large member for d.c. council. nine are vying for the seat. it has been left open since kwame brown was elect totd council chair position. the normal voting process will take place tomorrow. 6:08, 65 degrees outside. we now know the doctor's decision congresswoman gabrielle giffords is told whether or not she's healthy enough to attend her husband's shuttle launch on friday. how an alligator crawled into her bathroom. >> we are off to a warm start this morning. how high temperatures will soar today and when we'll see rain again. so here's something you don't see every day in your bathroom. check this out. a woman found an alligator in her house near tampa. the seven-foot gator snuck in through the doingy door. they called animal control and they removed the gator. she has since sealed up the gator door. >> scary enough to make you want to get rid of all your lacoste polo shirts. that's pretty frightening. yeah. not frightening today, our weather. >> look at the beautiful picture of all that fog across the river. how widespread is that? >> i don't use this word very often but it's a theorial. good morning. 6:11. i'm meteorologist tom kierein. we have patchy dense fog around the region on this monday morning. many students back to school. as we look at temperatures, 50s to near 60 degrees in most locations with patchy dense fog in the rural areas. the last 12 hours, last of the storms and showers are gone temporarily. but we do have sun coming up in six minutes. it will be shining. and it should get the fog dissipated. a slight chance of an isolated thunderstorm this afternoon for outdoor activities. be aware of that. el be up around 80 degrees. here's your night planner. clouding up. mid-60s by this time tomorrow morning. storms later this week. a look at that in 10 minutes. how is traffic? northern virginia, i-95 headed up to and beyond route 17. never mind that. they just moved the camera. that's a big old pole there. trust me, it's not in the roadway. it's on the shoulder. a truck broken down on the shoulder. anyway, if i stand there you won't know it's there. i-95, travel lanes are open. okay. we'll be okay with this one. beltway, river road, both directions, no hangups. a little bit of fog as you approach the potomac, as tom has been talking about. bear that in mind. one more stop on this tour, beltway south of town, both directions eisenhower avenue, it's a beautiful thing. got to love live tv. check the trains. so far so good. i just received an alert. broken down train on the red line, twin brook. get more information on that and guess back to you. brunswick 872 18 minutes behind schedule. a man tries to hijack a plane in europe. the demand and where he wantsed to go. royal wedding is almost here. next we'll go live to london where the sun is shining but spirits are dampened. bree: sis, help me create my oasis. marcy: ok, romantic garden? bree: oh, is there a castle nearby? marcy: no, but there's a charming farmhouse. bree: right next to my posh castle! i'm sensing a theme here. well, i am the queen, dear sister. now with the countdown to the royal wedding, hundreds of thousands will descend on london as prince william and kate middleton exchange vows this friday. millions others will be watching on tv. with so many eyes on the ceremony, there is a lot going on to make sure it all goes smoothly. nbc's tracie potts is joining us live from buckingham palace with a look at preparations, and that includes security. good morning, tracee. >> reporter: kimberly, good morning. we awe the royal cavalry going by. they're going to be rehearsing this week. kate and william spent time with her family on his last weekend as a bachelor. this is a very popular couple, especially here in and around london. they could be one day england's king and queen. it's just five days until the wedding and londoners are wrapped up in a commoner married a prince. kate middle ton grew up in buckleberry. her parents started what is now a very successful party supply business in a small shed in their backyard. william, a prince, second in line to the british throne, had a privileged upbringing with all the attractions of being a windsor. his seemingly perfect childhood disrupted with the tragic death of his mother diana in 1997. the couple caught each other's eye while attending st. andrew's university. it's said this dress kate modeled at a fashion show in 2002 may have been what did it for william. >> they were breakfasting together of course by the end of the first year they had something of a very close friendship. the second year they moved in today. >> reporter: seven years later, rumors of a royal engagement were confirmed in november. despite what will be a very public life for their daughter, middletons parents welcome the news. >> he's wonderful and we're extremely fond of him. >> reporter: a couple's wish for a happily ever after. here in the united states -- or there i should say in the united states it looks like people may actually be more excited than they are here in great britain. there's a poll out this morning that shows a third of the british who say they are genuinely excited and under half will watch it on tv. >> tracee, we hear a lot of londoners are taking vacation to get out of town while the media descend. can you tkpweugs an idea what that's like for you there. >> reporter: well, yeah, it's huge. i've heard there are 7,000 of us here or expected to be here. i can tell you right now, and you can't really see it from the point of view where i am. but i'm standing on a platform that's three stories high, probably many feet long. a good 30, 35 media outlets here. it's huge. fortunately things haven't locked up in terms of mobility and moving around. there's a lot of media. it's getting more crowded. but you can at least still get around. you can imagine lots of reporters friends have already started to arrive. >> very good. and you'll be there all week together. >> reporter: yep. >> thanks very much, tracie potts live in london. stay with news 4 for coverage of the royal wedding. wepbldy rieger is in london as well. look for live reports each night at 11:00. 6:19 is our time right now. congresswoman gabrielle giffords will attend her husband's space shuttle launch on friday. she suffered a gunshot wound to her head and is undergoing treatment in houston there. her doctors now she she can stand on her own and even walk a little. she is married to mark kelly, the commander of the endeavor's final mission. wikileaks revealed new information about guantanamo bay inmates. the u.s. government believes that many of them are terrorists. the records contain details of more than 700 detainee interrogations, including evidence collected by the united states. they also provide new insights into the prison's most notorious detainees, khalid shake mohammed. the government called the release of all this information unfortunate. right now 6:20, libyan officials are assessing the damage of moammar gadhafi's compound. several missiles hit that compound destroying a library, office, and resepgdz hall. gadhafi's whereabouts at the time of the strike are not clear but security forces say at least four people were injured. several members of congress have called for more air strikes in an effort to push gadhafi out of power. a man is under arrest for trying to hijack a plane and fly it into libya. the man assaulted a flight attendant on a flight from paris to rome and then asked the plane to be diverted to tripoli. flight attendants were able to overpower that man and the pilot notified police, who arrested the man when the plane arrived safely in rome. the man was from kazakhstan and armed with nail clippers. folks in st. louis beginning to clean up after a massive f-4 tornado ripped through the city. inspectors from fema will determine if the city is eligible for federal relief funds. more than 700 homes were damaged. luckily, there were no deaths from that storm. the lack of major injuries is thanks to a 40-minute lead time about the tornado. i talked to a lot of relatives in st. louis and they said there was plenty of warning and several relatives were in shopping malls at the time this began to hit. they were all guided to underground areas where they were safe. >> do they have sirens. >> this was a warning coming through other channels but they do have sirens that go off in st. louis. >> pretty good tracking. >> indeed. radar technology improved dramaticly. we are able to get warnings out much sooner than the past and that's a good thing. no severe weather threat as we start off this morning. pavement is drying out from overnight showers and thunderstorms. those are gone. right now upper 50s to near 60 degrees. 60 in washington. we do have patchy fog, though. watch out for that. ground fog around the rivers. showers and thunderstorms but not severe in the midwest and to our north. there's some of that a theorial fog over the potomac river. the sun came up just a few minutes ago. we'll have our temperatures soaring to near 80 by midafternoon. a slight chance of an isolated thunderstorm by mid to late afternoon. tomorrow, mostly cloudy, near 80. we could get more storms, perhaps severe wednesday, wednesday night, thursday morning. wednesday afternoon and night through midday thursday. after that cooling down. dry thankfully. it's been such a wet pattern. maybe an isolated thunderstorm. how is traffic? loading up a little bit on i-95 northbound. moving along relatively well all things considered out of dale city, up to 395. i think folks got one more day of spring break out there. southbound 95 moving along nicely. very light volume of traffic in the h.o.v. lanes. but a lot of buses. a lot of tour pwutsz i suspect headed down for the easter egg roll. there's mr. sun. inner loop comes to the sunshine before too long. so just keep that in mind. one more stop heading along interstate 66 in the two-lane stretch. just a little volume. no accidents reported. no construction either direction on 66. out on the rails, continuing delays on metrorail's red line. broken down train at the twinbrook. delays both directions. no delays on vre. significant delay mark brunswick 872 delayed close to 20 minutes. kimberly, joe. >> jerry, thanks a lot. talk about a jailbreak. how 500 terrorists escaped from a prison. what will happen at a mctkopd's in maryland following the release of this a rally held tonight in response to this beating caught on tape. it happened last month at a baltimore area mcdonald's. 22-year-old chrissy lee polis a transgender woman. 500 prisoners have escaped from an afghan prison. most of them were taliban fighters. afghan officials say the 476 prisoners escaped through a tunnel they dug under the prison walls in kandahar. 100 escapeees are taliban commanders and the others are fighters with the insurgency. according to the governor, a massive search operation is under way and several prisoners are back behind bars at this hour. 6:27 the time. unusual reason for a power outage in prince george's county. >> we are hours away from the white house easter egg roll. expected to be bigger and better than ever. >> off the a warm, muggy, foggy start. tom kierein will let us know whether the humidity will stick around hi, i'm mark fisher, ceo of sport and health. rich amador, our capital one commercial banker really rolls up his sleeves to help keep our business growing. he's done hands-on research to better understand our growing cash flow needs. rich, i am 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[ laughs ] [ all ] what's in your wallet? right now 6:30. a new construction project is under way in d.c. how it will slow down 90,000 drivers every day. they are ready to roll. we're live at the white house with what to expect at this year's easter egg roll. what's the duck doing there? >> good morning, bugs and daffy. good morning to you. i'm joe krebs. >> i'm kimberly suiters in for eun yang on this april 25th. live look outside at a beautiful sunrise at 6:31. you can see the reflection of the sun off the water. >> wonderful. >> really lovely this morning. it's warming up quite nicely. >> always say i have my head in the clouds. i do today. >> a cloud on the ground there. some a theorial fog there. some fog over the potomac. very cold still. warm air over that. so we create low level fog. sun has been up for 10 minutes. and we have a mostly clear start over the fog. we're down into the 50s. we do have patchy dense fog in the rural areas. these are the latest visibilities at area airports. many locations quarter mile or less. so watch out for the patchy dense fog. allow yourself extra time as you head off to work and school. 50s in western maryland and west virginia. mid-60s in the lower part of the bay, lower eastern shore were. fog over the potomac. temperatures by noon time, near 80. a slight chance of an isolated storm mid to late afternoon. if you hear thunder, get inside. a look at night planner in 10 minutes. new york avenue where we're starting to see a little bit of a delay now through the traffic lights here at bladensburg road as folks wiggle their way through the work zone on penn street towards florida avenue. not horrible yet. we'll keep a close watch on it. i want to give you a couple at gnat routes. intersection of florida avenue, rhode island avenue. not bad. another good alternate may be over on benning road, east capital street to benning road. right now all the alternate routes are good options. out on the rails, nothing to fear on vre. continuing delays on metrorail. delays are still with us. marc, brunswick 872 and 892 are both delayed. kimberly, joe. >> thank you, jerry. >> jerry, thanks a lot. new from overnight, a deadly shoot around 1:00 a.m. in the 700 block of cady drive in fort washington. when police arrived on the scene they found a man lying in the street with a gunshot wound. he was taken to a local hospital wrefs e pronounced dead. police are not releasing any more information about the crime at this time. we should soon learn the name of a man who was killed in a house fire this weekend. he was a professor at howard university. it started on scarboro county. food left on a stove overnight may have sparked that fire. the professor's wife, who also teaches at howard, happened to be in california at the time attending a family funeral. neighbors say the fire say terrible tragedy for the couple. >> we feel terrible for the family. it's a terrible loss for his wife. >> they're very sweet neighbors. it's just such a loss for the whole neighborhood. >> rescuers took another man in the home to be treated for smoke inhalation. that fire caused about $400,000 in damage >> 6:34 is our time. today marylanders will pay preub beauty to a former governor and mayor and one of the most colorful political permits in the state's history. william donald schaefer will lie in repose at the statehouse in annapolis. current governor martin o'malley will greet the the casket at 9:30 this morning at the statehouse. the rotunda will be open from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 this afternoon. his casket will then be taken on motorcade tour of baltimore before his body lies in repose once more from 6:00 to 9:00 tonight and 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. tomorrow at baltimore city hall. his funeral is scheduled for wednesday at 11:00. 6:35 right now. lights are back on for pepco customers in upper marlboro. this time they can't blame the weather for the outage. instead it was a snake that caused homes to go dark. customers went for three hours without power when a large breaker on crane highway lost power. when crews went to check out the breaker they found what they called simply a large snake stuck inside. can't use that excuse again. today the first family will host the easter egg roll at the white house. less than an hour, thousands of families will file in for all the action. tracee wilkins is live from the south lawn with a preview. good morning, tracee. >> reporter: good morning, joe. we're going to have so much fun this morning. look who we have here. cartoon superstars bugs bunny and daffy duck. what are you going to do today? sports. basketball, baseball, stretching, all of this good stuff. the theme for this year is get up and go. this falls in line with the first lady's let's move initiative. there's going to be a lot of moving going on. there will be dance instruction, obstacle courses, basketball, tennis lessons. the kids will also learn how to do yoga. and the kids can practice whipping their hair back and forth with a live performance of willow smith. kelly ripa will be here. and elmo as well. this is the 133rd white house easter egg roll. it's the third year tickets were distributed online. they had 30,000 people from all 50 states and d.c. who received tickets. these folks will be here in less than an hour, coming out, figuring out how they're going to move not just for today but the rest of the year. these guys have a brand-new tv series on cartoon network, may 3rd at 8:00 p.m. looney tunes new show. they're going to be roommates. kind of like the odd couple i guess. >> like a reality show? >> yeah. i wonder if it will be a reality show. yeah. but they won't fight, though. it will be no fighting. no-fighting reality show. >> tracee, thanks very much. >> hopefully they speak a little bit in that show. it will be a quiet show. >> we'll see. >> time 6:37. the "today" show is coming up at 7:00. let's check in with matt lauer to see what they're working on. hey, hat. >> kimberly, good morning to you. dramatic new images of the tornado that hit the airport in st. louis. and al is tracking more dangerous twisters in the midsection. details on that >> also ahead, moammar gadhafi's compound targeted. the latest in a live report. on a much lighter note, meredith will be in london leading up to friday's wedding. a rare tour at kensington palace and we'll talk to some of the people lucky enough to be invited to the ceremony on a monday morning right here on "today". kimberly, back to you. the challenge from virginia governor bob mcdonald. what he wants you to do every two weeks. and meteorologist tom kierein says warm weather and rain are in the forecast. when the storms will start to roll in and just how strong they might be. 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think that's haines point. pretty much obscured by fog right now just over the waters. by noon time, near 80. we'll hover low 80s mid to late afternoon. we might get an isolated thunderstorm. night planner, mostly cloudy. any storms today dissipating by 7:00. more storms later this week. a look in 10 minutes. accident 95 northbound approaching dunnfries. as you head up from triangle, be aware you can see the collection of vehicles on the shourtd. fire department came and checked and moved on. squeezing that left lane 95 northbound. see how the commute is treating us once again into town. loading up quickly 395 headed downtown to the southeast southwest freeway 270 heavy. quite slow in a couple spots off and on to montgomery village headed south towards rockville. out on the rails, rd line delays we had on metrorail have cleared. good news there. no delays vre. two on marc brunswick 872 and 892. kimberly, joe. >> jerry, thank you. 6:43. costly change for washingtonians. what was once 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quite a challenge. the rehab project will shut down one inbound and one outbound as they replace the aging understructure of the bridge. ddot saying expect major delays. mile-longanbachups could cause drivers lots of center time to and from work here. they're offer $50 a month to use on public transportation. only 400 people have signed up. they think once they really start, people see what's happening here they expect the number to rise quite a bit. for alternate routes they are pushing. jerry has been talking about the routes. to sign up for tweets that will alert you to backups daily go to nbcwashington.com. going to be quite a tricky situation out here for quite some time. back to you. indeed. thanks very much, melissa. a new survey of gasoline prices show the pain at the pump may be peaking. lumber survey shows the rise in the last two weeks. some drivers may not exactly agree with the news, however. nationally the average is right at #$.86 a gallon of regular. d.c., prices have already hit $4.09, up four pennies just overnight. maryland 3rbgs$.88. virginia still has the cheapest price. it's $3.78 in the commonwealth. and in west virginia, it is $3.91 per gallon. with gas price going up, bob mcdonald is challenging virginians to go green when it comes to daily travel habits. he wants everyone in the commonwealth to walk, bike or car pool at least once every two weeks. the governor says this challenge is to get people to change how they look at their commute and try to make it more environmentally friendly. montgomery county is close to naming its next choice for school superintendent. the county's board of education meets tonight and will officially announce its choice to the new position. that person will need to be approved by the state superintendent of schools. current superintendent dr. jerry weisst is retiring at the end of june. he headed the school system for 12 years. new d.c. residents will now have to pay up to make sure the trash gets picked up. starting today new trash containers and recycling carts will cost $45. before new homeowners could get one of each for free. it is to help fight the budget deficit and let the district replenish supplies. tomorrow a special election here in the district. voters choosing a new at large member of the d.c. council. nine candidates vying for that seat. it's been left open since kwame brown was elected to council chairman's position. absentee voters have until 4:45 to cast their ballots. just as walmart is moving into several parts of our area it is also testing a grocery delivery service. nicole lapin joins us live with more on that story. >> reporter: hey, good morning, kimberly. they started the testing of groceries and other items you just mentioned. reports say the retail giant launched a new service in san jose, california, called walmart to go. you can buy stuff online and have it delivered for five bucks. the company does have a successful online delivery business over in the uk. also this morning, apple started prepping retailers for the launch of its much anticipated white iphone. apple stores received promotional information featuring the device long delayed, as you know, because of manufacturing issues, the stuff like keeping the paint from peeling under intense heat, the basics. announcement could come on wednesday. expect big lines around the block at the apple store over in georgetown. >> they tend to like it that way. thanks, nicole. >> thank you. 6:51. >> tom kierein joins us to take a look at the forecast for today. how long is the fog going to be with us us? >> another couple hours and it will be dissipating. here's a video taken and posted on our facebook page. news 4 today facebook page. yesterday afternoon, this is around 7:30 over burtonsville, maryland. that looks like a funnel cloud coming out of the bottom of that thunderstorm. but it never did touchdown. thank our viewer for posting that on news 4 today facebook page. here's a photo that was sent in by one of my twitter followers of tree damage in leesburg. wind gusts 60 miles per hour from the thunderstorms that came through yesterday and some hail as well. right now, though, things settled down. 50s throughout much of the region. 57, reagan national. near 60 by the bay. these are the latest visibilities in miles. manassas, zero visibility. quarter mile visibility in charles county, across the potomac, king george, stafford. but elsewhere visibility not too about in the rural areas of virginia and maryland, near zero visibility. out of the mountains, near 50 degrees. mid-60s around the bay and lower part of the eastern shore, low 60s. as we look at what's been happening the last 12 hours, showers and thunderstorms passing to our north. those will stay there today. >> however, late this afternoon a small chance of fog. by later today, up around 80 degrees. we'll have a small chance of isolated storm. for most of the event at the white house and zoo should be dry. if you hear thunder, get everyone inside. mid-60s tomorrow morning. tuesday, near 80. wednesday and thursday, both days could get storms. wednesday afternoon and evening through midday thursday. some possibility of isolated severe storms on wednesday. cooler thursday. finally, a dry pattern friday, saturday, sunday. small chance of an isolated storm. how is traffic now? >> over on the beltway in virginia we're starting to find brake lights leaving springfield as you head up through braddock, i-66 on the inner loop with the lanes open. outer loop still moving along well. i-66 down towards the springfield interchange. the accident in northern virginia had been out of the roadway with no fire department activity. however they just arrived. double backed on i-95 northbound. accident leaves only one travel lane getting by to the far right, which means those of you coming out of triangle, may want to consider route 1 as alternate until this gets cleared out. woodrow wilson bridge, both ways, no delays. sunshine i do believe will be a factor as time marchs on. earlier problems on metro have cleared. no delays on vre. marc brunswick 872 and 892 remain delayed. kimberly, joe. >> thank you, jerry. >> today the white house will hold one of its most anticipated events of the year, the easter egg roll. tracee wilkins is live from the south lawn with a preview. good morning again, tracee. >> good morning, kimberly. look at all the activity. not only do we have sunlight, you can see all the volunteers are out here. loading up into their different stations and preparing for an paoeugt day. get up and go. that is the theme for this egg roll. there's going to be a lot of movement going on. there will be dance instruction for the kids, obstacle courses, basketball, tennis, yoga and whip your hair back and forth with a live performance from willow smith. celebrities reading books, like kelly ripa and john lithgow and elmo as well. it's the third year tickets were distributed online as opposed to at the ellipse. we're expecting 30,000 people from all 50 states and d.c. they have received tickets and will be leading themselves onto the lawn. a wet lawn but a fantastic day. and i've got to tell you, one of the highlights of being out here on the lawn has been meeting this guy to my right, smoky the bear who helps to remind us it's so important that you don't start forest fires, right? only you can prevent forest fires. this is your first time here, smoky. it's a great lesson for the kids. thank you all for joining us. back to you in the studio. >> you said the greens are very wet. parents need to wear boots? >> i'm sorry. >> it is very wet out there, we understand. >> yes. and -- yeah, it is. hopefully when we get the sun out it will dry out the lawn a little bit. >> our time right now is 6:56. prince george's county police investigating a deadly shooting that happened 1:00 a.m. in the 700 block of cady drive in fort washington. security forces say four people were 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