view from space showing a few showers and thunder now into east central west virginia. those are headed east-northeast, the panhandle of west virginia. we have a lot of cloudiyness over our recently right now, along with haze and humidity. low 80s by noon time. mid and upper 80s midafternoon with sunshine in and out. a chance for passing thunderstorms this afternoon and early this evening. a slight risk an isolated storm could produce wind damage. a look at night planner at 6:11. breaking news on the beltway. tractor trailer crash in a hazmat situation. >> blueberry alert out there. ramp from outer loop to 295 is closed. tracee wilkins is there. any improvement at all? >> reporter: just a few seconds ago they did reopen the ramp. they're allowing traffic to squeeze by in the far right-hand lane. as you can see the overturned tractor trailer carrying those blue berries is still there on its side. when maryland state highway tried to turn the truck up, the roof started to split. it was about to make a huge mess. they said we're going to leave it for now. it's not blocking the far right lane. folks can come on through. after rush we'll do the work necessary to get this truck upright. let me show you what traffic was looking like a little while ago. this is the issue. they want to make sure they're keeping traffic moving. so if there's an opportunity to move traffic past accidents like this one, they're going to do it. so what that will mean is drivers heading down the off-ramp from northbound 95 on to 295 northbound in oxen hill, they're going to get the opportunity to see the bottom of a tractor trailer. that could mean some rubber necking and some slowing down here. for more information on how to get around this mess here's jerry edwards. >> very good news with one travel lane open. that certainly is going to help the commute. there's a couple other options certainly you can use. the easiest option is outer loop of the beltway, stay with the beltway, north on route 210. that's the indian head highway. turns into south capital street. right into town. very easy work around. let's see how that's doing volume wise. headed into town, wide open from the beltway to the inbound douglas bridge. right lane open on 295 a hopeful sign that things won't be as bad as they possibly would have been. we'll keep you updated on that. switch gears, head out. trains so far the only delay mark brunswick 870 delayed under 10 minutes. joe, eun >> jerry, thank you. >> 6:03. right now rescue crews are sifting through the debris in hopes of finding more survivors. so far the news has been grim. 116 people are dead. 400 more on injured. that takes it the deadliest single tornado to strike the u.s. in more than 60 years and the ninth deadliest on record. kimberly suiters is live in our newsroom with what's ahead today. weather can be another factor. >> more on that in a moment. president obama, who is in london today, plans to visit joplin sunday to witness the destruction firsthand. he gave a three-minute statement letting everyone know, quote, we're here for you. the american people are by your side. we'll stay there until every neighborhood is repaired, every neighborhood rebuilt. rating the twister as ef-4, 198 miles per hour. the local hospital itself faced an emergency. five patients who were in critical condition died as a result of this tornado. a hospital visitor was also killed. even with the threat of rain you mentioned, eun, lightning, severe weather, the search for survivors continues today. ordinary residents doing the heartbreaking work of finding the dead. >> i ended up pulling two bodies out of the rubble. i helped a guy get out of his office. >> it's tough. it's very tough. they're with the lord now. so i feel comfortable about that. >> we're just devastating. they tell us another front is coming in so we're going to try to leave town. >> very late last night thunderstorms in joplin. a flash flood warning has been issued for joplin because of all the rainfall. normally after a huge storm like this you get a bright clear sky. not in this case. lightning hampered rescue efforts. two rescuers were injured by lightning. so far only 17 people found alive in all the debris. eun, back to you in the studio. >> kimberly live in our newsroom. thank you. >> and right now let's get more on the threat of severe weather in the midwest from meteorologist tom kierein. >> there is a high risk of tornados in this zone i've circled from southeastern kansas, eastern oklahoma, western arkansas and extreme northeastern texas later this afternoon. here's joplin, missouri. it's close enough that unfortunately there is a risk there of severe storms later this afternoon. right now it does look like the highest risk will be to the west and to their southwest for some perhaps tornados to develop in this zone. very high risk zone there. however, from there all the way to our region, there is a slight risk of isolated thunderstorms that could produce wind damage and hail. i'll have the latest coming up in a few minutes. back to you. >> thanks, tom. >> stay with news 4 for continuing coverage of the cleanup in missouri. in 10 minutes, live to joplin to get a better look at the damage on the ground. we have learned one of the two pedestrians hit by a car last night in montgomery county has died. >> she and her husband were struck on viers mill road. news 4's megan mcgrath is live in wheaton with the latest. good morning. >> reporter: well, good morning. it could take some time. a couple weeks possibly for the state attorney to decide whether or not to charge the driver involved in the hit and run accident. he has been identified as 29-year-old pierre michelle. it took police about two hours after this accident to actually locate him and his car. this all happened a little before 10:00 last night. there was a husband and wife who had just gotten off a bus. veirs mill, center street. they were walking across the street to go to their home which is in the neighborhood just on the other side of the roadway here when they were hit by a white bmw traveling eastbound on veirs mill. according to police, the driver of that vehicle stopped for a moment following the collision, then jumped back into the car and kept going. police fanned out into the neighborhood and a little while later they did eventually find the car and the driver and a passenger 37. >> the vehicle was located by patrol officers in a nearby neighborhood. we later found them in the neighborhood. >> at different locations. >> two different locations and not in the vehicle. >> and the wife who was struck has died as a result of her injuries. we got that word overnight. her husband is listed in critical condition at an area hospital. again, the investigation continues and it remains to be seen whether any charges will be filed. it's not usual for someone to be interviewed and released and for charges to be filed down the road arnold the state attorney reviews all the evidence. >> megan mcgrath reporting live. megan, thanks very much. we have 71 degrees right now. the president and first lady just landed in london. the new addition to their schedule today. you might call it a rap sure re-do. the preacher says he has a new date for the end of the world. and we are off to a warm and muggy start on this tuesday morning. meteorologist tom kierein says there is a chance we could see severe weather today. [ male announcer ] the inspiration for its shape was an archer drawing his bow. ♪ could that have also inspired its 556 horsepower supercharged engine? ♪ the all-new cadillac cts-v coupe. we don't just make luxury cars, we make cadillacs. maybe a little thunder and lightning with that. temperatures around the region in the 60s to near 70 degrees now. and later today we will have mostly cloudy sky for the morning. it is right now over the jefferson memorial. a little sunshine by mid to late morning. during the afternoon, partly cloudy. a chance of thunderstorms developing later this afternoon, early this evening. there is a slight risk an isolated storm would produce wind damage until about 8:00 or so this evening. after that, partly cloudy. upper 60s by dawn on wednesday. a look at the rest of the week. the holiday weekend at 6:21. how is traffic? >> tom, head out and giving you improving information. tractor trailer accident still could be a factor. right now we're doing okay. tractor trailer overturned from the outer loop to 295 north. one lane on that ramp is open. so right now traffic is moving along well. come back later on today to clean the mess up. now over on 270 no concerns there. we do have problems that just popped up in northern virginia, 395 northbound, duke street. police fire and rescue arrived on the scene. the right side of the roadway is blocked with fire equipment. delays developing very quickly from edsell road. we'll keep you updated. out on the rails, marc brunswick 87 0rbgs penn 403, metro, vre, no delays. joe, eun. >> 6:13. the late add to the president's schedule today as they stop in london. and the show won't go on. more severe weather could hamper recovery efforts in joplin, missouri. there are signs of hope amid all the destruction. 17 have been pulled from the rubble and rescuers are hopingg for more success today. khsb sloan howard joins us. sloan, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. well, i'm joining you. this is really the center of it all. of course there was a six-mile swath that the tornado hit just two days ago. and you can see it's unbelievable to think these were actually homes right now. there are neighborhoods where you can see shelves of homes -- shells of homes, rather. but look at this. this is just unbelievable. you can see the cars toppled. there are trees under them. this is what you're seeing block by block by block. and i can tell you yesterday they actually did three sweeps kind of throughout the day and then another sweep. they were looking more through apartments in the evening. but what made everything a lot more difficult, of course, is we were having just torrential downpours throughout the day. that of course made it more difficult for rescuers to dig through all of this rubble. i know they definitely continued their efforts but it definitely hampered it. >> sloan, what are the conditions this morning? have you seen any severe weather? >> reporter: so far so good, actually. we've been up for about two hours now and it's completely dry. and we're hoping that it's going to stay that way for at least a little bit longer. i know i looked at the forecast and it looks like there's about 30% or 40% chance of severe storms later today. i know we're all just kind of crossing our fingers that doesn't happen. again, it's going to make it a lot easier for the rescue workers to go through this rubble when it is dry. >> they have a big job ahead of them. sloan, thank you >> we have learned the president will visit joplin on sunday. the president and first lady will meet with prince william and kate at buckingham palace. the obamas arrived late last night for a two-night stay. a welcoming ceremony is planned for about 200 royals and dignitaries. the president will meet with british prime minister david cameron as well. yesterday he spoke to thousands of people in dublin. the washington convention center he told the influential lobbyist group his country cannot go back to 1967 borders, as president obama suggested. lawmakers on both sides said the u.s. supports israel security and criticizes any palestinian ties to terrorist groups. >> also today, congress will hear suggestions on how to keep air traffic controllers from falling asleep on the job. a senate subcommittee is holding a hearing on air traffic control safety. faa administrator randy babbit and paul ronaldi are set to testify. a sleep expert from washington state university is also expected to tell committee members on-shift napping may actually be the best way to prevent fatigue. a low-flying performance grounded the blue angels and jeopardized a tradition in annapolis. four of the six f-18 hornets flew too low in one formation at some point during this air show in lynchburg on sunday. as the team reviews what happened it can't perform at the naval academy tomorrow. they performed almost every year since 1954. the team also might not get to do their traditional flyover on friday. four blue angels pirates happen to be graduates of the academy. today the case against casey anthony will finally begin. the 25-year-old is accused of killing her daughter caylee nearly three years ago. the child's body was found buried near the anthony home in orlando five months after she disappeared. casey anthony claimed a babysitter kidnapped caylee. jurors were picked 100 miles away in clearwater, florida due to all the media coverage. the actual trial will take place in orlando. >> tom will join us here. sounds like we have storms headed our way. >> the sky looks threatening. we have remnants of thundershowers. they are passing over top of us and producing a little sprinkle on the prince george's arundel county line, northeast. radar is showing a cluster of showers in the panhandle of west virginia, heading north and east. probably moving into the northern shenandoah valley the next hour or so. maybe a little thunder with that. if it holds together across the blue ridge, loudon, northern faulkier. later today, increasing chance of storms. it's mild and muggy. we're in the upper 60s to near 70 degrees from the mountains all the way to the atlantic beaches. low 70s right on the ocean. there's the cloudy sky and the haze in the air under the jefferson memorial. live picture from city camera. temperatures by 9:00 in the mid and upper 70s. low 80s by noon time. more sun as we get into the afternoon. chance of severe storms mid to late afternoon as we cloud back up. mid and upper 80s. that risk extends into early this evening perhaps with damaging winds. small chance of that. tomorrow, partly cloudy. mid-80s. thursday afternoon. hot thursday and friday. just a very small chance of a storm friday. maybe an increased chance over the weekend. memorial day looking dry. interstate i-70 where there had been an accident on i-70. good news a couple minutes ago everything cleaned up. traveling both directions on interstate 70 between the baltimore beltway and frederick city moving along very nicely. unfortunately problems over in virginia. accident 395 northbound north of duke street. before you get to seminary road, right side is blocked. two lanes get by to the left. delays at capital beltway. let's check your trains. how are we doing out there this morning? so far so good metro and vre. marc penn 403 delayed up to 40 minutes. we'll keep you updated. >> 6:22, 72 degrees. resetting the dooms day clock. >> the big bump that stopped the >> presidential motorcade had a bit of a glitch in ireland yesterday. check this out. don't you hate that? the undercarriage of one of the limousines got stuck on a hump in the driveway while trying to go through the gates while hundreds of people watched. that's what happens to really, really long cars. the president was not in that particular limo but watched from a second one. eventually agents ordered a bus to block the view while they tried to get the stuck limo out of there. >> two days after the beginning of the end was supposed to happen, preacher harold camping said the apocalypse will still happen but on october 21st. he tells his listeners saturday was a spiritual judgment day. he said since god's judgment and salvation were completed saturday there's no point in continue to go warn people about it. his station will play christian music until the world ends. >> i wonder if they're promising no repeats. >> that's going to be hard to do. >> that would be hard to do. coming up next at 6:30, overturned tractor trailer on a beltway ramp. how conditions improved over the last half hour >> also ahead overnight, police track down the driver they believe to be responsible for a deadly hit and run accident in breaking news at 6:29. an overturned tractor trailer is slowing down traffic on the beltway. some traffic is now getting by on the ramp from the outer ramp to i-295. tracee wilkins is live with an update on conditions. good morning, tracee. >> reporter: good morning, joe. let me start by saying this was a single vehicle accident. we're told the driver is okay. let me show you what it's looking like on the off-ramp. the truck is still there. it's going to remain there until after morning rush. so they're allowing traffic to get by in the far right-hand lane. this is the northbound 295 off-ramp from 95 heading over the woodrow wilson bridge, into maryland. if you take the 295 off-ramp, as you drive by, you'll see the bottom side of this tractor trailer on your left-hand side. it's going to stay there for now. because as they try to get this truck upright the tractor started to fall apart and the top started to come off a bit. a now it's going to make a huge mess. what they decided to do was allow morning traffic to come on by. they will lift it upright later in the day after the traffic dies down a bit. what that is going to mean is a backup into d.c. there are ways around it. we go to jerry edwards. >> very easy way outer loop past the accident scene, past the accident at the exit 295 north. and stay with the beltway north on route 210. 210 northbound will take you into the district by way of south capital street. volume very late. very little in the way of delays getting past the accident over on the beltway and the ramp. good news at this point. of course that could change at a moment's notice. we'll keep you updated on that. right now everybody appears to be getting by. accident 395 northbound north of duke street. delays begin at least at the capital beltway. once clear of the accident scene, little volume across the 14th street bridge. over to the american legion, both ways looking good. headed out to catch a train, penn 403 on marc. other than that, metro, vre doing well. >> thank you very much, jerry. find out if it's a good day to take a train. >> it's a sultry summer feel to the air this morning. there's the live picture from our city camera showing the summer-like haze that hangs over the district. right now the radar is scanning the sky that's cloudy. not picking up any rain near washington. a few sprinkles in northern arundel county. the area farther west where you see the batch of green and blue, shower activity east into the mountains just now about to cross into the northern shenandoah valley and may move up to virginia in another half hour or so. maybe a little thunder associated with that. otherwise, closer to washington the big story is the humidity and the mild temperatures. we're in the upper 60s to around 70 degrees now. and later today we'll climb into the 80s by midafternoon, mid and upper 80s. and sunshine in and out late morning into the afternoon. and late afternoon into the early evening hours we have a chance of a passing thunderstorm. there's only a small risk that an isolated storm would produce wind damage or hail from midafternoon to early evening from 3:00 p.m. to as late as 8:00 p.m. night planner at 6:41. eun and joe. >> thank you very much, tom. a break in the bad weather means rescue crews can dig through miles of debris in joplin, missouri. 116 people are dead. 400 or more are injured. that makes it the deadliest single tornado to strike the u.s. in more than # 0 years and the ninth deadliest on record. kimberly suiters is live now with new information. good morning. >> good morning, eun. first we know president obama, who is in london plans to visit joplin on sunday to witness all the destruction firsthand. he let everyone know america is here for you. the american people are by your side and will stay there until every home is repaired, every neighborhood rebuilt. a preliminary report rates this twister as a high ef-4 with wind speeds as fast as 198 miles per hour. just two miles short of an ef-5, which is the very tippy-top of the fujita scale. even with the threat of rain and lightning and more severe weather on the horizon, we know that the search for survivors continues overnight. it continues today. and ordinary citizens are doing the heartbreaking work of finding the dead. >> i ended up pulling two bodies out of the rubble. the people that were trapped, there was one i kind of shoved a wall to help a guy get out of his house. >> this hits more at home. you know, it hits to the soul. it's tough. it's very tough. but they're with the lord now so i feel comfortable about that. >> we're just devastated. they're telling us another front's coming in so we're going to try to leave town. >> plus, rescue efforts have been hampered by frequent lightning strikes. at least two police officers were injured overnight by lightning. one was hospitalized. the other kept on working. and so far only 17 people have been found alive in the debris. eun, back to you in the studio. >> hope rescuers have some success today. kimberly, thank you. >> you're welcome. >> school canceled for the rest of the year in joplin. the auditorium is completely wrecked. most of the roof is gone. and several walls collapsed. seniors had just received their diplomas on sunday when the tornado hit. luckily they were across town on campus of the local college. well, this morning montgomery county police say they have now found and spoken with the driver who hit a couple crossing the street, killing the woman and critically injuring her husband. news 4's megan mcgrath has been on the scene all morning long and joins us with the very latest. megan. >> well, joe, this happened right before 10:00 last night. the husband and wife had just gotten off a bus. they live across the street on the other side of veirs mill road. they were headed across near center hill street when they remember struck by a white bmw traveling eastbound. police say the driver of that bmw initially stopped but then got back into the car and left the scene. the woman died as a result of her injuries. her husband is in critical condition. police responding to the accident began to fan out and the community looking for the driver. they found the car on a nearby street here in the neighborhood surrounding the area where the kurd. a little while later, two hours after the accident they found the driver and the pattern who was in that car. they were in two different locations in that neighborhood surrounding the area where the accident occurred. that driver, the person they believe was driving the car at the time is identified as 29-year-old pierre michelle. police have talked to him, interviewed him. he's been given a breathalyzer and then released. basically what we've been told is the state attorney has to look over the evidence and decide at a later time whether or not charges will be filed. one person dead. another person in critical condition as a result of the accident. joe, back to you. >> my began mcgrath reporting live. thanks very much, megan. coming up at 7:00, the "today" show. let's check in with meredith to see what they're working on. good morning, meredith. >> hey, joe, good morning to you. the latest on what is now one of the deadliest tornados in u.s. history. there have been stories of survival in joplin, missouri. 17 people pulled from the debris alive. al is there again this morning >> also ahead, nearly three years a after caylee anthony's death her mother's murder trial is set to begin today. will she testify? plus, a deal with teen bullying. would you let your child get plastic surgery in order to fit in with classmates when we get start odd a tuesday morning right here on "today". back to you, joe. >> meredith, thanks very much. have a great day. >> you too. >> the star-studded lineup for this year's fourth of july concert on the mall. and new evidence linking the head of the imf to the maid who accused him of sexual assault should and you've got changes. the new e-mail system yahoo! is unveiling today. >> it's already 72 degrees outside. meteorologist tom kierein good morning. time for weather and traffic on the ones, 6:41. showers, a little bit of thunder out of the highlands of west virginia, shenandoah. they're drifting off to the east-northeast. may hold together and cross the blue ridge into faulkier in a half hour. mild and muggy. we are under cloud cover. temperatures in the upper 60s to near 70 now. and we will have our temperatures with a little sunshine breaking out by mid morning, mid-70s. partly sunny, midafternoon in the upper 80s. late afternoon, early evening hours we have a chance for thunderstorms to pop up. there is a slight risk an isolated storm would produce hail or wind damage. partly cloudy after that. a look at the end of the week and into the memorial day weekend 6:51. toepl, authorities continue to deal with an accident 395 northbound inside the beltway north from landmark towards seminary roads. right side still blocked. two lanes do get by to the left. unfortunately because the accident has been in the roadway delays well before the beltway 95 past 395. after that breaks loose briefly at the 14th street bridge. head over and see how we're doing trip i-270. no accidents from frederick, rockville down to the split. moving along relatively well all things considered for this time of the morning. no delays metro or vre. 892 slightly delayed. penn 403 close to 40 minutes at this point. joe, eun. >> jerry, thank you. 6:43. 71 degrees. the local museum shutting down after just five months what is missing from 6:46. president obama and the first lady are in england. they will meet with prince william and catherine at buckingham palace as part of the british state visit with queen elizabeth, the second in lesson tkofpblt obamas arrived late last night for a two-night stay. a welcoming ceremony is planned for about 200 royals and dignitaries. the president will meet with british prime minister david cameron as well. volcanic eruption in iceland is causing problems for airline passengers. it canceled flights. an international hub reopened after a 36-hour closure. the volcano began erupting over the weekend. an employee at the national zoo is charged with attempted animal cruelty accused of trying to kill feral cats in her columbia heights neighborhood. it's a story we brought you first on 4. nico is charged with attempted animal cruelty. they say their evidence includes surveillance video. people who feed the cats say the animals serve a purpose in their community. >> i've seen cats walk away with rats this big in their mouth. and i have never seen a rat at the front door, in the garden or anything. >> it's not attacking anybody. they're doing no harm. >> in the past she has written articles about cats killing bird populations. her attorney denies the charges against his client. . a man in a wheelchair involved in a rough arrest had a blood alcohol level three times the league limit. it was captured on video and posted on youtube last thursday. twaoeut harris said the two metro police officers picked him up from his wheelchair and threw him to the ground. investigators say that harris suddenly stood up and then fell on the metal grate. police charged him with drinking in public and assault on an officer. the maid at the center of the schwarzenegger/shriver separation has hired a lawyer. she hired a los angeles law firm to represent her. the site received a letter challenging unflattering reports about the housekeeper. no plans to file a lawsuit. arnold schwarzenegger admitted to fathering a child with the household employee. this morning we are learning about possible dna evidence in the sex assault case against the former head of the imf. a source familiar with the investigation say a sample taken from strauss-kahn matches dna found on a maid's shirt. another source says the results are preliminary and more testing is needed. strauss-kahn is currently out on bail and staying at a guarded manhattan apartment. 6:49 is the time. gasoline prices are dropping once again and have hit a five-week low. the department of energy says the 12 cent drop since last week is the largest weekly drop since december of 2008. the national average dropped another two cents to $3.82 per gallon. d.c., the average is $4.08, down a penny. price dropped two cents to $3.87. and two cents in virginia to $3.76. that's almost a 20-cent drop from last week. also new cars will be getting better gas mileage and they'll be lighter but you may be strand at some point. nicole lapin of worldwide exchange joins us for this story. it is disturbing. >> it is a little disturbing. automakers don't have a square to spare. most are ditching the spare tire. that's the thing, including g.m. which left it out of the chevy cruze altogether. this does drop 26 pounds off the car's weight, which does help over time. it is hoping to average 42 miles per gallon on the highway. if you get a flat or you can use the on star service to call for emergency road side assistance. all right. also making headlines this morning, yahoo! is giving e-mail service a long promised face lift. it will switch over its estimated 277 million users. it is supposed to be two times faster and apparently capable of seconding attachments up to 100 megabytes, better junk mail controls and ability to chat with friends logged into facebook. guys, nobody will make fun of me hopefully for still using yahoo! >> wonder how it compares with gmail. >> they want to be the first and the fastest. >> okay. interesting. thanks very much, nicole. you have a great day. >> you too, guys. >> apparently it is game over for the national pinball museum. it's being forced to close after just five months of being open in georgetown. museum's owner says he has to leave his space at the shops at georgetown park so that mall can be renovated. pinball fans, don't be too down, though. the owner says he will find someplace else to keep the museum alive. steve martin will celebrate the fourth of july in washington. he will perform as part of the capital fourth concert. he will bring his banjo and sing an original song called me and paul revere. it tells a story of the famous ride through the eyes of paul revere's horse. josh grobin will perform. jimmy smits will emcee the evens. we get to hear the horse's perspective. >> looking forward to that. >> all right. tom is here to tell us it's started to feel a little like july. >> it certainly is. feels like a summer sultry morning right now. around the region, high humidity in place and clouds. radar scanning the sky. clouds aren't producing any rain near washington harbor. the batch of color is an area of some rain. it's just pulling out of the highlands of west virginia, shenandoah valley. right now they're getting rain in rockingham county, shenandoah county, drifting farther east coming into warren county. and just far southern frederick county, virginia that's going to advance off, perhaps hold together as it crosses the blue ridge into arapahanac, loudon. clouds and haze in the air. temperatures in the upper 60s to near 70. out of the mountains it is a bit cooler, in the mid to low 60s there. over the last 12 hours, cloud cover over the remnants of thunder showers that have broken up. light rain in the next hour or so. it's tend to go break up. there is the low cloud cover and the haze over the potomac now. we will be into the low 80s by noon time. probably more sun by then. during the afternoon, clouds build again as we climb into the mid, upper 80s. late afternoon, early evening we have a chance of some scattered storms developing, similar to yesterday. might produce wind damage or hail. then wednesday partly cloudy. tomorrow's highs into the mid-80s. wednesday evening, thursday morning, might get a thundershower. again, thursday afternoon, hot. friday, partly cloudy and hot. a small chance of a storm. increased chance saturday and sunday. memorial day looking nice. how is traffic, jerry? >> beltway south of town, accident occurred in the early morning hours on the ramp from the outer loop of the beltway on to route 295 off woodrow wilson bridge. for a while that ramp was completely closed. traffic getting by. one lane on the ramp. very little in the way of delays which is very good news. crews come back, upright the truck. minimal delays. we will keep you updated. rush hour picking up speed along i-95. over on the capital beltway getting reports of an accident on the outer loop as you head around the dulles possibly as far down as tysons corner. you can see coming down from the american legion bridge towards tysons, traffic jamming up really quickly. of course the accident on 395 northbound, duke street. out of the roadway. but look at that. delays begin as you head north out of larton. 395 to the 14th street bridge. heading out to catch a train, check your trails this morning. right now metro, vre, okay. marc penn 403 and 892 delayed. >> jerry, thank you. this morning one of two pedestrianing hit by a car last night in montgomery county has died. the woman and her husband were struck while crossing veirs mill road in wheaton. her husband is seriously hurt. now officials are deciding whether to charge the driver, who left the scene. megan mcgrath is live with the latest. megan, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, eun. this was a hit and run accident that happened a little before 10:00 last night. as you mentioned, a husband and wife were crossing the road on the way to their house in the community on the other side of the road. they had just gotten off the bus when a bmw traveling eastbound on veirs mill hit them. the wife died as a result of her injuries. the husband is listed in critical condition. police say the driver of that bmw initially stopped but got back into the car and drove away. police responded to the scene, fanned out in the surrounding community. a little while later they located the car. two hours later they found the man they believed to be the driver and the passenger in that car. the driver has been identified as 29-year-old pierre michelle. no charges have been filed yet. eun, back to you. >> megan, thank you. 6:56 is our time. here's the morning's top stories. rescue crews are battling more bad weather in the search for survivors in joplin, missouri. 17 people have been pulled from the rubble. so far 116 are confirmed dead. 400 injured. in a statement from london, president obama said he will tore the tornado-ravaged city on sunday. benjamin netanyahu is expected to reiterate his country cannot go back to 1967 borders as president obama suggested. opening statements in the casey anthony murder trial. she is accused of killing her daughter 2-year-old daughter caylee in 2008. the case moves to orlando after jury selection 100 miles away in clearwater, florida. that is news 4 today. thank you for starting your day with us. >> the "today" show is next. right back here tomorrow morning at 4:30. hope you'll join us then. until then, have a great day. we'll see you tomorrow. >> bye. i'm drinkin' dunkin'. dunkin' iced latte. iced dunkin' decaf. estoy tomando café helado. large caramel iced with skim. one shot of hazelnut, iced, cream 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