Were staying on top of this developing story, but we can tell you there is a traffic situation as a result. You can see here on n street, 19th and n where we are, cars are piling up because of the traffic trouble getting into this part of the downtown area where it is busy. Weve talked to several workers who cant get into the building because of the situation and Melissa Mollet is following the getaround to all of this. Melissa . Right now i have brandnew information for you, molette, about the closures here. D. C. Police letting us know that i street is also affected. I street, k, l, and m shut down between 18th and 21st. A pretty large grid as molette is saying. Folks cant even get get into their buildings at this point. A brandnew crash here. And taking a look at prince georges county, were slow, 22 miles an hour just before the beltway, chuck . We have a clear sky after a beauty of a day. It promises to be every bit as nice. A mild day coming your way. Clouds will start to come back into our forecast tomorrow. In a few minutes ill tell you when the next chance is for rain. Time for a walk worth an extra mile out there today as temperatures will climb from the 30s and 40s, well into the 60s today. Well get into what to wear coming up in a few minutes. Thank you, chuck. A memorial is growing as france offers a major offensive against isis. A country is in its Second National day of mourning following fridays deadly attacks that killed 129 people and injured 300 more. Angie goff is following all of the latest developments including what were learning about the suspects at the live desk. Angie . Good morning. New information in on the paris attacks. Two more suicide bombers identified. Officials say that one is from syria, another from france. A person who was known to authorities, a senior turkish official say they actually alerted france about one of the attackers last year but not gott no response. The French Interior minister saying this morning they did 168 raids overnight. Youre looking at new video. Duh f dozens are in custody. These raids happened across the country. Lots of weapons and equipment were also seized. Eun . The attack promised a new Major Military offensive. French military jets headed toward isis. France said it dropped 20 bombs but isis claims it abandoned its sites before the planes arrived. Here in the nations capital, france is on a lot of peoples minds right now. Youll probably see mm flags at halfstaff including the white house. The flag on the Capital Building also flying at halfstaff in memory of the 129 people who died in france on friday. Theres also a memorial growing outside the embassy in northwest d. C. Were following this news on nbc washington app. Well let you know the latest as it comes in. Ahead, a woman who murdered her husband in sterling. Well find out how long shell stay in prison. She shot her husband after a fight inside their home in 2013. Corporal steven spraulding was a Police Officer at the airport. There was a long history of Domestic Violence in the home. 6 05 now. Were working to learn more about a stabbing in d. C. Right now. D. C. Police say man was stabbed on connecticut avenue south of due pond circle. We dont know his condition right now. North Point High School will open on time today. After police learned of a students threat. The student made a broad violent threat on friday. They began talking and sharing through social media that the threat was through the school. The school worked with the Sheriffs Office to investigate it. School officials met with students and that students parents over the weekend. Eat is not clear how hell be disciplined. A body found on saturday in laurel is the body of lisa wyche. Police found the body on the patuxent bridge on halloween. We have a link on the nbc washington app. Just search missing. Well find out if theyll get the green light. They want to remove stujts from froing areas to schools with fewer students. This, of course, comes after work sessions and a few public meetings. Parents were upset because many of the schools students are being pulled from opened recently. There will be a meeting tonight in rockville. Redskins celebrating a huge win as the team prepares for its next challenge. The skins dominated at home 4714. I thought that was a typo when i saw that yesterday for the first time. Thats how we like to see it though. Kirk cousins, four touchdowns for the team. He gave the game ball to his father who is battling skin cancer and hadnt made it to game until now. They face the 90 panthers after this. Breaking news on the road right now. A large section of grid shut down and offices closed. Well have more coming jup the message from these parents that brought in people from all different faiths. A camera is rolling as this strong tornado is touching down. Where this twister was spotted that caught people off guard. Developing right now at 6 10, two palestinians died after a fight. Israel says soldiers were thereto demolish the home of a murderer which sparked that fighting. Crews are cleaning up from a toernlds in california. Thank a look. Thats the funnel cloud there. You can see it. It turned down in Northern California in modesto. This is very rare for california. All rights there say it knocked down trees and fences and ripped off a church roof. Breaking news in the northwest. We still have this problem 267891st street at k. Were still shut down in this area. A pretty large grid that is shut down. I street, k street, l street, m street all closed from 18th to 21st. A fairly large section. This thing actually stretched out. Its not that big. Were talking about a section right here that is quite slow. This morning you cannot get through. This morning 270 through the top of the beltway looking typical. 66 and northbound rolling along as they should. Chuck . Thank you, melissa. Weve got a beautiful clear sky, a bit of a november chill as soon as we get the sun up. Temperatures will respond quite nicely. Its cold out. 29 in culpeper, 30 in manassas and bristol. 40 in gaithersburg. Home forecast, up to 63 at noon and still at a comfy 50s tonight. No slowdowns today, tonight, or tomorrow. That is definitely welcome news. Temperatures out the door in the 40s. Sevenday forecast in ten minutes. Well see you then, chuck. Thank you. A longer trip than expected. An incident on a plane in d. C. That ended with passengers being pulled off that flight. Plus paying more for your thanksgiving feast. The problem thats driving up prices and how you may be able to avoid spending attacks in paris sparking grief. The city is in its second day of mourning. Were looking live at one of many memorials across paris. 129 people died in france. More than 350 are hurt, nearly 100 of them in critical condition. Just a minute ago a moment of silence was held across the country for the victims. The city is so on edge right now. The sound of firecrackers sent hundreds of people run in terror. The police with guns drawn. People had gathered at the Notre Dame Cathedral led by the archbishop. A message of unity and spreading peace in Loudoun County. People of all faiths parade together. That i wrote messages of love in response to the terror in paris. Organizers tell us a service was about inclusion and diversity. We all have our common humanity to share regardless of any religion that might try to define that. In addition to praying together all faith leaders in Loudoun County condemned the attacks in paris. There is an investigation into suspected arson of a mosque right now. This happened in ontario, canada. Investigators say someone set a fire to the mosque two nights ago. It was attacked back during 9 11 as well. Its not clear whether this was related to the paris attack. No one was in the building and no one was hurt. Coming up at 6 30, some of the places youll notice increased security. It is 6 17. New details about what led to a shooting inside union station. Police say a man slashed a woman during a domestic dispute saturday night. The victim and the suspect then went inside the station. An offduty baltimore Police Officer saw the man walking with a knife and he ordered him to drop it. He came at him and he shot him. Hes being charged with assault with a deadly weapon. The airline says there were concerns over two passengers over flight 2124. Police took everyone off the plane and brought nbombsniffing dogs. After the plane was cleared passengers reboarded and made it safely to bostons low gab airport. Passengers say they didnt mind the minor inconvenience. No, we were totally happy. They checked it from top to bottom. The two wo passengers who prompted the incident were questioned and then released. Some of d. C. Mayor muriel bowsers top aides were sent southeast. That includes kevin donahue. Mayor bowser has much higher in the rest of the district. Georgetown is renaming two buildingings on campus with ties to slavery. Maledy hall will be called temporarily freedom hall and Mcsherry Hall now independence hall. The new working Group Recommended renaming those buildings. Its not fully open just yet but tonight well get a taste of what a new museum is expected to off. Its all to mark the 150th anniversary of the movement along with the Voting Rights act. The portrait gallery has new portraits honoring the achievements of five people. Theres corp rap kyle carpenter, queen of soul aretha franklin. Maya lin and Fashion DesignerCatalina Herrera as well as Baseball Hall of famer hank aaron. The event raised 2 million. Theres a bit of a panic across the country as news of a possible shortage of turkeys spreads. You shouldnt worry as long as youre willing to pay a little more. The blame for all this, the outbreak of avian flu back in april and may. More than 7 million turkeys were lost. Theres good news here. Frozen turkeys which many of us buy a weak or so before the holiday were actually frozen in march. When it comes to the farm, its taken to be packaged, ready, sealed up and flash frozen down to zero degrees. Although there may be enough turkeys to go around, they present a 20 price hike this thanksgiving. Thats expensive, especially if youre feeding a big family. I cand something else. Whats that. Chicken, ham, beef. For thanksgiving . I feel like you have to have a turkey. Sorry, tradition. Yes. I need to have stuffing, mashed potatoes. Now im hungry. Ch okay. What a great toss. Im hungry. Hotcakes and sausage on the way. Hope you had a great weekend, everybody. What a great day yesterday turned into. It was top down weather yesterday for many and it will be that way again for today. Mild to get your monday starting. All the sunshine you want today. Its going be well above average. Temperatures this afternoon nearly 10 degrees above average. Well be in plus. A little cooler tomorrow. A real speak of warm air comes o your way wednesday and thursday. After that closer to average. Rain chances, our best chance for rain by far is coming up on thursday. There might even be be a little chance on thursday as well. Toward the panhandle. What to wear for today. Youll need a jacket on your way. Jeans and short sleeves for later on today with temperature s climbing into the upper 50th. 67 today. 60 for tomorrow with clouds coming back into the picture tomorrow. A little chance but thats not until after the sun goes down. Showers likely on your third and cooler and dryer weather. Heres more with Melissa Mollet melissa rig. We have more. I street, k street, l street, m street all shut down between 18th and 21st. I made a new map for you to show you whats going on. Its a pretty big grid. You cant get into the offices here. Molette green is there on the scene updating us on that. You can use New Hampshire and connecticut to get around it. You cannot go through it. B inner loop and outer looping look good. 66 looks good, 95. No incidents. Everything rolling just fine. Eun . Thank you. Its 6 23. The fbi wants to know who broke in and took weapons. Bostons fbi office said it happened saturday night at the Lincoln Army Reserve Center in worcester. Police didnt say what kind or how many weapons were stolen. The fbi says theres no indication the weapons are connected to any kind of terror threat. New this morning, a big split in where students choose to get an education. That. Ca ta released just this morning shows a number of International Students showing a number of College Students is up. Thats the largest yeartoyear gain in 35 years ochlen the flip side, the state Department Says the number of americans grew by only 5 . Get your wallets ready. Tickets for the annual Virginia Railway express santa train go on sail november 23rd and this one sells out quickly. More than 7,000 of them. They sell in minutes. You can buy as many as six tickets other line. Im sorry, what . Where am i sh. You know, you see somebody break out with the black and white stripes. On the run in philadelphia. They got out of the circusn. They made a break for it galloping at full speed and weaving in and out of traffic. We saw two cops chasing a zebra. We thought it was a horse. E cops were trying to usher them but they had no control of them. It was crazy. The zebras ran for two miles until the Police Caught up with them. Do you think one said, listen, ill distract the zoo cooper, you go that way, ill go this way. In just a few hours well find out oxfords word of the year. Last years word was vape which is the vapor from an ecigarette. This years winners, selfie and app. Sign of the time. Oxford adding more than 100 new words including twerk and uber. What was the first one . Im a little disturbed. Its a little upsetting. The College Dictionary came out with its wor s word of the last week. It was dadbod. What is the definition . Softer, rounder. Ill take it. 6 26. Time now. Commuters in Northern Virginia trying out a new option to get to work. Well tell you what riders are saying about the new option. Also ahead, running out of time what to pay what you owe. The deadline for drivers with toll violations who want to avoid the penalties. A cold start to your monday as you live look at the national mall. Dont let it ruin your day thou the centers for medicare and Medicaid Services recently asked patients to rate the quality of over 3,500 hospitals. Fewer than 10 received 5 stars. Among them was Cancer Treatment centers of america in philadelphia. Cancercenter. Com eastern. man hmm. Hat do you think . stranger good mornin store p. A. attention shoppers, theres a lost couple in the mens department. vo theres a great big unkhaki world out there. Explore it in a subaru crosstrek. Love. Its what makes a subaru, a subaru. We continue to follow breaking news in northwest washington. Police working a barricade situation thats affecting how youre getting to work. Take a live look at the scene there. This is happening on k street in northwest. Police have 18 to 21st street shut down on m street through i street northwest. Police tell us the person barricaded here is someone having a Mental Health crisis. Were working to learn how long these road closures might last. Right now melissa is helping you get around. Melissa. K street, i street, l street, m street shut down. I made a map. You can use these instead. Not the a greatest alternates. Its your only real way around this this morning. Inbound you have a crash and top of the beltway at connecticut avenue looking good from chopper. Chuck is here with your four things to know this morning. All righty. Four things indeed on a monday. A great looking roy toy get the work and school week starts. Mild day. We even have another shot at 70 degrees coming up. Dry for now. Next real rain chance is thursday. Current temperature, 36 in leesburg, 36 in college park. Time for a walk. A day so nice its worth the extra mile. Temperatures will be climbing up into the mid60s this afternoon. Well get into what to wr with your school forecast. Thank you chuck. A new way to get to work. The new virginia rail station is open for business. Kristin wright is there live to show us around. Kristin, good morning. Reporter hey, good morning. This is very exciting. I have never seen so many people so excited to head to work on a monday morning. The first train left at 4 57. The next one leaves at 7 07 and while we wait for it i wanted to show you the platform. Its the longest platform in the system. Its 700 feet. Thats a lot of rm for people. Again, first train left at 4 57. Heres won testify trains that left this morning. So far weve seen four trains leave from the new spotsylvania station. The trains are brandnew. This is the first extension of the Commuter Service since it started operations in 1992. And guess what . People are thrilled. Its been a long time coming. I think its a great being here and being open. So i appreciate it. It makes a very big difference. I usually commute up the road. This beats, you know, me having to wait in traffic and me possibly not getting to work on time, whereas, if im, you know, riding the vre train, i can get off and my job is like five minutes away. The new service runs on the existing fredericksburg station schedule with trains leaving five minutes prior. Just to give you a little bit of sper techive its the fastest growing. Vre expects 900 people to leave here from the news statn today. Thank you. Time is running out if you want to save money on unpaid tolls. Maryland Officials Say if you pay before midnight theyll waive any late fees. If you do not pay, your vehicle registration could be suspended. You can pay online at an easy pass location or over the phone. It is early afternoon in paris now. About 12 30. Were looking live at one of many memorials. As you can see, a large gathering. The same was said for a mass last night, a special one by the citys archbishop. One of the 129 people who died was from california. 23yearold noheme gonzalez was in her final year. At a vigil last night students called her a hard worker and a role model. Mimi is in our harts, neme is here in our harts today and forever. They say she went to paris to learn french. Here in Washington Police are reacting to the attacks. Police say they are working to have the most up to date detectives. Fishlgs say an airport insider could have allowed the bomb on the plane. In the u. S. Airport employees are regularly checked against terror watch lists. They also undergo background checks but Security Experts say that is not enough. They want constant random checks of tsa workers and to make workers go through check points throughout the day. And well have much more coming up on the attacks in paris. Youll probably see updates on the nbc washington app where were posting the latest news. 6 35. A new Murder Investigation in prince georges county. Police found the man Near University boulevard yesterday. They say he was outside an Apartment Building with what theyre calling trauma to his upper body. No motive or suspects right now. There is a reward for information. This morning a teenager is charged with hazing. Older members of the team gamed up on attacked the boys during a hazing ritual last month. The Sheriffs Office tells us more arrests could be coming. Red skin players will be helping families at thanksgiving. Theyll be giving out thanksgiving dinners. Theyve about been working with c capital area food banks. Always a wonderful event. Breaking news in the district right now. Still have a large grid of street shut down here in downtown. Live pictures showing you some of the closures right now. Well have the full details coming up. Outrage in a community after an officerinvolved shooting. What happened that has some people there leaving protests. Also ahead, a new safety feature. How the new safety check can alert you if there is a crisis nearby. Nearby. Your time nearby. Your time this is more than just a town. This is our home. And Small Business saturday. Is more than just a day. Its our day. To shop small at the places we love. With the people we love. For stuff we cant get anywhere else. And food that tastes like home. Because the money we spend here. Can help keep our town growing. On Small Business saturday, lets all shop small. For the neighborhood, the town, the home we love. On november 28th, shop small. Happening today, man responsible for several freeway shootings. They say they can prove their client wasnt near the crime scene. Prosecutors say ballistics test time four of the shootings between august and september. Theres another Deadly Police shooting sparking controversy, this time in minneapolis. They got into an altercation with clark. The naacp and black lives Matter Movement led protests on sunday. The Criminal Division is leading the investigation. The two officers involved are now on paid administrative leave. Live picture at some of the closures. I street, k street, l street, m street shup down. I drew a little grid to show you exactly what is closed. None of those are affected. Theyre going to be slow but theyre unaffected by the closure. We have a brandnew crash. Nothing to worry about right now. 66 inbound and 95 northbound not so bad. Chuck now with the school day forecast. I hear recess is pretty good today. Recess. Aplus weather for recess. Look outside. Theres our mostly clear sky. The suns not up but its a few more minutes away. 36 in gaithersburg right now. You eat need your jacket. We like to say shedable layers today. Jeans and i think you can get away with short sleeves later this afternoon. Temperatures will climb into the 30s and 40s. Aplus weather for today. Sevenday forecast in ten. Were watching a pair of breaking news stories right now as we work to get you up to the minute the minute youre up. First in northwest washington where police have several busy streets blocked off after an overnight barricade situation. Plus, new developments overnight as france takes on isis. What were learning on a series of raids there when we go to the live desk ahead. Welcome back at 6 45. Were tracking breaking news. This is having a major impact on your morning commute. Police tell us the person barricaded is having a Mental Health crisis. This is happening not far from dupont circle. 18th through 21st and m through i shut down. We begin with molette green live on the scene. Molette. Reporter aaron, ive got anxious workers standing beside me wondering what this is about. This section is shut down. Were at 19th and m street where you can see the police activity. Police telling us this person having some Mental Health crisis. This happened somewhere around 1 30. They emphasized its not an active shooter situation. The person is contained. They will not confirm whether or not the person is armed. Your best bet is to avoid this area until things are cleared up. Were working to find out what led up to this incident at 19th and k at an Office Billing there. But this has been quite a scene for people who work and drive in this area. You can see its a tough go traffic wise. Weve seen big buses. Weve seen. This is a situation theyre telling you you have to get into this area. Melissa mollet. So, you cannot take i street, k street, l street, m street. The best is to use New Hampshire or connecticut. Youre not going to be able to get to this grid for the next time being. Guys . Melissa, thank you. 6 47. Tensions are high in france. The terrorist attack killed more than 129 people and injured more than 300. Threats continue around the country and they coto mourn there. News4s angie goff has the latest on more than 100 raids that wrapped up a few hours ago. Angie . Thats right. French police did dozens of raids across the country. 7 are arrests and more than 100 under house arrest following the raids at more than 168 locations. Youre looking at video. Police seized an arsenal of weapons. Now were getting word from a na nato spokesperson. They may revoke article 5 which states an attack on one ally is an attack on all allies. This was only invoked once before following the 9 11 terror attacks. Also we learned there be be a moment of silence held at nato headquarters at noon today. Aaron . Thank you. Britains government says its doubles security. 6 49. Were told theres increased security here in washington. Flags are flying at halfstaff. Take a look at the white house where you can see its honored the 129 People Killed in the paris attacks. The flag on the Capitol Building is also flying at halfstaff. Theres also a growing memorial outside of the French Embassy in northwest washington. Good morning. Im landon dowdy at cn kcnbc headquarters. Facebook says it will use its safety check more. It was developed by facebooks social good team after japans earthquake and tsunami in 2011 but its only been activated five times since launching last year. They say 4. 1 Million People used the feature within 24 hours this weekend. Im landon dowdy. Thank you, landon. This is continuing coverage of the paris attacks and it continues into the today show. Savannah guthrie is live with the very latest coming up at 7 00 right after news4 today. Ten minutes before the top of the hour. A woman who murdered her husband. Shell find owl outhow long shell spend in prison. She shot her husband after a fight. He was a Police Officer with the airports authority. The lou don county sheriff said there was a lock history of Domestic Violence in the home. D. C. Police conducting an investigation into a home right now. They say man was stabbed west of dupont circle. The attack happened at around 2 00 this morning. Officials say a student made a broad violent threat during a fight on friday. Students began talking and sharing through social media. That the threat was against the school. The school worked with the Sheriffs Department to investigate. The school met with the student and parents over the weekend. A body found saturday in laurel is the body of lisa wyche. Park police found the body near the patuxent bridge. Wyche had been missing since halloween. Her family had set up a gofundme page. If you want to help, go to the nbc washington app and search missing. Officials want to rework the attendance zones to move students from growing areas like gaithersburg. The decision will be made at tonights meeting. Its happening at 6 00 at the board of Education Building in rockvil rockville. After getting a huge win the skins dominated the saints, 4714. Kirk cousins led up with four touchdowns. They gave the game ball to his father. Breaking news in northwest washington, we still continue to have this problem here this morning. A live picture right now of some of these closures at 21st street. Police blocking this area because of a situation. I street, k street, l street, m street, everything shut down to 21st. Right now you see the grid. Thats closed down right here. Theyre going to be packed but thats your only way around this problem this morning. People cannot get into their Office Billings here this morning with police. Kind of later volume than normal. Northbound at lorton road, a crash there. Inbound post office run also an accident. No major problem. Indian head highway, nine Miles Per Hour and top of the beltway, looking pretty good. Chuck . Thanks, melissa. The sun this instant. The suns up now on whats going to be a beautiful monday and a lovely golden glow to our sky out there. 42 at national airport. Its a cool start. Sunshine, you saw it coming up. Its going to be clear skieskie. Already thinking about the weekend . I know you are. Saturdays highs back down into the mid50s. It will be cooler at the end of the week but most of the team between now and the end of the weekend, were going to be well above average. 46 in edgewater, maryland, this morning, 30s and 40s early. Up into the low 60s by lunchtime and most areas io the mid and upper 60s. Sundown before 5 00 this afternoon. Tomorrow looks dry too. Could bring delays. That rain takes a long time to get here. It shows up as we get toward late in the day on wednesday. Thursday will be far and away our rainiest day of the week. Might even have some Thunder Showers to deal with on thursday afternoon. Then after the rain drops, a dry evening. Its a rare site. People actually happy to go to work. Its all because of a major expansion of the vre. News4s Kristin Wright is there this morning. Kristin, i imagine people are happy about this big difference. Repter they are. Talking to my friend jerry here whos about to get on the train, how exciting is this for you . Very. Ive been waiting for this for a while. Reporter its been a long time coming. What kind of difference does this new spotsylvania train make for you in your life and your work . Ten minutes each way, morning and afternoon. Its a great spot. Get to park in an actual paved lot now. Ite greats. Right. Compared to fredericksburg station. With pits and holes. It wasnt fun. Thank you, jerry. You bet. Next train coming here is leaving at 7 07. The last train leaves at 7 31. The first one left. So far everys gone off without a hitch. Back to you guys. Break news out of a great fallsing we have new pictures in of a fire. We want to show it to you. Well take you there. Pretty dramatic pictures. Look at the flames. Fairfax county fire on the scene. No reports if anyone hurt. The flames are out. Theyre looking for hotspots. Stay with news4 first to see what caused the fire. Angie, thank you. 6 56. You have until midnight to pay any overdue tolls in maryland. Theyll wave the fees. If you dont pay by midnight it could be suspended. Officials learned about a possible threat there. The accused stunl and his parents met with officials over the weekend. More than 100 people under house arrest in france right now from dozens of raids overnight. Frances interior minister says even more raids plan to keep people safe. Barricade situation. Police have 18th through 21st streets closed. First 4 traffic on twig ir. That is the broadcast this morning. We appreciate you waking up with us. The today show is good morning. Breaking news. Authorities identify the alleged mastermind behind the paris attacks. The 27yearold belgian believed to be in syria. As france launches a fierce response targeting isis in syria, and police carry out more than 168 raids all across europe, intensifying the manhunt for a key suspect who weve learned was questioned by police but slipped away. This morning, more harrowing stories of survival. I want to tell all the people i love i love them. Thats it, because i almost didnt have the opportunity to do it. Paris and the world pausing to honor the victims today, monday, november 16t