To the sousa bridge. Its nice to see the 14th street bridge moving for a change. Sunrise is at 6 33 this morning. We are looking pretty good with temperatures which will be getting into the mid 80s. Boy, look at that sky. Im going to go back to t. Just want to show you we have broken clouds around this morning. A good looking sky to start your day here in washington with those as i said mid80s here. Low 80s by lunch time. 4 00 85. High about 87 but it will feel less humid as drier air is moving in from pennsylvania this morning. A few of those clouds, you can follow them. There were showers and storms that hit the mountains and out in West Virginia yesterday, came through dry on that front. Were not going to have any rain chances till perhaps the weekend. This morning upper 60s in hagerstown and cumberland. Weve got 70 now in gaithersburg. La plata 72 with mid70s here in d. C. Over toward easton at 75. The difference is once you get south of 70, the humidity levels are still way up. So its still kind of muggy but thats going to change as the day wears on. Looking at our forecast highs today, mid70s at garrett county. 85 in cumberland. 81 in westminster. Down south fredricksburg about 87, 88 degrees toward tappahannock with mid80s andrews and 87 here in washington. Nick and andrea, back to you. Thanks, howard. Heres whats in the news right now. A second american from the minneapolis area has been killed while fighting for isis. Thats the radical terror grouwwp trying to take over parts of the middle east. This comes just one day after u. S. Officials confirm the death of Douglas Mcarthur mccain who was listed on the governments terror watch list. The f. B. I. Is investigating a possible data breach at jpmorgan chase. An official familiar with the investigation says the damage from the cyberattack have not yet been determined. A spokesman for the bank says companies of its size experience cyberattacks nearly every day and they have multiple layers of defense but did not offer any details on the matter. Rescue crews are still trying to locate the pilot of a downed military plane in virginia. The Massachusetts AirNational Guard says the pilot took off wednesday morning headed for louisiana, but crashed near the mountains of deerfield, virginia. Later this morning, crews will resume both ground and air searches. As youve been hearing, driving on connecticut avenue could drive you crazy today. If youre among the thousands of drivers who travel along connecticut avenue through the chevy chase community, please, please and please again plan a new route before you leave your home. Cannot emphasize that enough. The emergency repaving going on it will cause nightmare delays all day today. Nikki burdine is down the road from Chevy Chase Circle with more. Good morning, nikki. Reporter good morning. Yeah, just within the past few minutes, we were looking at road crews. They moved down connecticut avenue right here. Im going to step out of the way so you can see. Theyve been here working on this all morning long. Its a 24hour project theyve been working on that was supposed to be finished tuesday. They came across another problem. Looks like theyre going to be here working, repaving, resurfacing these roads well into the weekend. So not good news for commuters here this morning. Heres what happened. About two weeks ago the maryland Highway Administration started work to resurface connecticut avenue. Its all part of a 2. 5 million safety resurfacing project between 410 and the d. C. Line. It was supposed to be done on tuesday but then when crews got here and started digging up that road, they found an even bigger problem. This was all really came down yesterday as to okay, weve got a pavement issue underneath. What can we do, how quickly can we do it. It became apparent that we couldnt just do one lane at a time during offpeak hours because the pavement was so poor. We had to get it all done at once. Reporter you heard him say they were trying to get this done during offpeak hours and working overnight, but obviously now thats not the case. The crews just moved down a little bit more toward the Chevy Chase Circle. That doesnt mean they wont have do come back through here because theres still a little work that needs to be done on connecticut avenue. Theyll be here all day all through morning rush hour and likely through the weekend. Avoid this area because as you know connecticut avenue gets busy and when not all the lanes are open, its going to be a headache. Back to you all. Its a headache most of the time driving there. Thank you, nikki. It is 6 0 5. The oldest daughter of governor Bob Mcdonnell helped bolster the defense as the trial comes to a close. She testified her parents marriage had been troubled for years. Her mother developed what she called a mild obsession with virginia businessman jonnie william. His gift to the family are at the heart of the trial. Reporter been emotional up there, governor, with jeanine testifying. How was that for you . I love my children but your oldest is always special. Jonnie williams gave jeanine and her husband a 10,000 check for their wedding. She said she returned the money once she rrmsed that she realized that, quote, jong any williams was a Jonnie Williams was a criminal. A boat flipped over in the rough ways off of ocean city. The coast [ inaudible ] a crew member on the reality show cops is killed by a bullet from an officers gun. Wusa9 is back 6 08. Look at the pretty sky. Sunrise 6 33. A few clouds out there making for some great clorp. Its going to be a great color. Its going to be a nice day, sunny, drier air moves in. Back with your Holiday Weekend up in about six minutes. Now monika with a new accident on the outer loop of montgomery county. Thats right. Its right here on the north side of town. Take a look at your monitor right now on the outer loop. This is the delay from colesville road just before swra gentleman avenue in sill just before Georgia Avenue in Silver Spring. Multiple vehicles involved and some injuries as well. This is the outer loop westbound i495 after colesville road but before Georgia Avenue. I will keep you posted here on the top stretch of the beltway. Back to you guys. Thanks, monika. Police in omaha, nebraska say a member of the production crew for the Television Show cops was accidentally shot and killed by an officer during the investigation of a robbery. The shooting also left the suspect dead. Police say he was armed with a pellet gun. This was a friendly fire situation. Reporter omaha police say it was an officers bullet that struck and killed a crew member for the reality show cops during a robbery attempt at a Fast Food Restaurant tuesday night. 38yearold audio technician bryce dion was shot as the armed suspect was trying to exit the building. Officers are returning fire. Bryce is in that vestibule and gets struck by a round. Reporter the suspect identified at 32yearold cortez washington was also killed. His weapon . A realistic looking pellet gun. It has been determined that mr. Washingtons handgun is an air soft pistol that fires plastic pellet bullets. Reporter bryce was a seven year veteran of the long running show which documents Police Departments nationwide. Cops truly is a reality show. Its not manipulated. Its not managed. Its not staged. Its all true and its real and it happens as it happens. Unfortunately thats our highlight and our low light. Reporter the crews video is now evidence that will be shown to a grand jury. Based on our view, the officers had no choice other than to respond in the manner they did. The three officers involved have been placed on leave. Theres new information about the possible fate of the Malaysian Airlines plane which disappeared months ago. Authorities now say the plane might have turned south earlier than previously thought. Thats based on new analysis of data from a failed Satellite Phone call to the aircraft. The search area remains focused in the southern indian ocean. The flight vanished in march. A fire and explosion at a bp refinery has finally been contained. The blast happened at a refinery in whiting, indiana just east of chicago. One worker was taken to the hospital as a precaution. The explosion felt as far away as two miles. A lot of people arent happy with this policy. Louisianas governor bobby jindal is suing the Obama Administration over the common core academic standards. Those are math and english benchmarks which lay out what students sd houlowkn after completing each grade. Jindal accuses the Education Department of violating federal law by forcing states to adopt the standards. The republican governor is asking a judge to declare the federal governments actions unconstitutional. There is an outcry regarding a new report over the impact of wait times at v. A. Health care facilities in phoenix. The report came from the v. A. s office of inspector general. Investiganot be certain the deaths another the phoenix facility were caused by delays in receiving quality care. The National Commander says the v. A. , quote, needs to do more to investigate itself on this matter. 6 12. Heres another look at our question of the morning. This will happen to a baby 780 times in its first year of life. A, get their picture taken, b, woken up by its parents or c, commented on by a stranger . Wusa9 facebook friend rita maria love wrote b, woken up by its parents. Short and sweet. There it is. Well have more of your responses. You can make them longer if you want and the correct answer to the survey in about 30 minutes. vo ours is a world of passengers. The redeyes. daughter im really tired. vo the transfers. Well, thats kid number three. vo the copilots. All sitting. Trusting. Waiting. For a safe arrival. Introducing the allnew subaru legacy. Designed to help the driver in you. Care for the passenger in them. The subaru legacy. Its not just a sedan. Its a subaru. Hello and welcome back to wusa9. Take another look. Howard has been showing us some beautiful pictures. He was the most tweeted of our staff yesterday with the foursome that you put on twitter. Had a plane just over the sunrise. I just grabbed the plane in front of this. Ill tweet it in a moment. We get such pretty color. Sunrise 6 33. 20 to 40 minutes before sunrise and the photographers know what im talking about, you get that magic light and it changes so quickly that you have to be hovering over it just to grab it. A minute later grab it and its completely different. A minute ago you were hovering over the computer trying to find that plane going by. I have no idea what the takeoff schedule is at national so im sitting there waiting for something to fly through the screen. A beautiful shot. It was great. Well take the shot one more time and then ill give you the day planner. Sun is up at 6 33, 16, 17 minutes. Going to be a good day, sunny and warm. Let me give you an hourly breakdown as we head into the afternoon. 1 00 83. 3 00 85. I think we can make 87 today. But one thing thats going to be difficult today than yesterday, the humidity levels are way down thanks to winds out of the northwest and north, northwest at 10 miles an hour. Watching this drier air. Its up in pennsylvania. That will be moving in and giving us some very pleasant warm conditions today and tomorrow. However, by the weekend, the heat and the humidity will come back. In fact, its going to last lake day through early next week. Tuesday afternoon storm saturday, emily west of d. C. As you go out toward the shenandoah valley, the mountains of West Virginia, western maryland, a much better chance to see afternoon storms than here in washington. But our chance of storms will be picking up some sunday, monday and tuesday afternoon and when we get into this hot, humid air mass. Drier air,g with the dew points in the 50s here. Our dew points still well in the 60s. Still kind of sticky out there but thats going to change. With the ex around, temperatures have a tougher time dropping off. So we have lots of 70s. Low to mid70s in virginia, maryland, d. C. Look at the low 60s. Down to 06 in pittsburgh. Up there they have a few upper 50s. Here were lucky to see a few upper 60s like germantown and bull run at 69 along with white oak. Bowie 70. 75 for alexandria. Fairfax 73. Centreville along with ashburn this morning at a comfortable 71 degrees. And dumfries as well. One more look on our michael son weather camera. This is a great looking picture this morning. 76. Clear skies reported at Reagan National with the wind out of the north, northwest at 9. The dew points still in the upper 60s. Were going to get that number to drop. Thats growing to feel better thanks to the front thats coming through now with the cooler, drier air here. High pressure in wisconsin will build in. This will give us some good weather as i said for today and tomorrow. Just want to show you what happens as we head into saturday. First things first. Drier air in place tonight. 50s and 60s for the overnight lows tonight. I suggest you open the windows and take advantage of that. Tomorrow is going to be a fine day. South and west of roanoke well look for showers and storms. If your weekend travels take you down i81 toward perhaps bristol or knoxville. As we head toward saturday morning, the humidity returns. A couple of showers south. Then in the afternoon look out here in the west and down richmond, maybe sneaking into fredricksburg and warrenton but the best chances will be west and southwest of washington by saturday afternoon. Cristobal is out in the atlantic. Its past bermuda moving to the northeast. The recommend fans of crist remnants of cristobal could affect iceland. Less humid. 50s and 60s tonight. Tomorrow 85 in town. Low 80s north and west. 90 on saturday with the afternoon storm threat mainly west. Sunday through tuesday low 90s, humid with the afternoon thunderstorm. Its 6 19. Here comes Monika Samtani and of course the 6 00 hour, of course more problems. Really big problems unfortunately. Theres an accident. Were hearing that multiple vehicles are involved on the outer loop of the beltway before Georgia Avenue. If youre planning to head there let me go back to that map again. On the outer loop after colesville road but before Georgia Avenue, look at that red line forming there. Youve got delays from at least New Hampshire avenue. In fact, weve got a live picture on our traffic feature on our ipad to show you that delay and its barely moving just like this from New Hampshire avenue heading westbound on 495. The accident before Georgia Avenue. I know that police are just arriving on the scene to give us lane information and whats involved. In the meantime, if you were just about to head out the door, i dont think you want to sit in this. Maybe use the icc or inside the beltway use the eastwest highway instead of sitting in this traffic. As that accident clears up, this delay is going to grow. Its right smack in the middle of the rush hour. Ill keep you posted on that situation. Lets go back over to our maps. I want to remind you that inside the beltway on connecticut avenue right here in the cheivey chase area, a chevy chase area, a construction project. Its emergency road work going on just pass the Chevy Chase Circle and pass eastwest highway. Then theyll turn around and do the southbound sield as well. Lets go over to virginia on the northbound side of i95. Not looking back from triangle to dumfries and woodbridge in springfield. Right now i dont see any red forming. You have a bit of yellow in the springfield area which means its just slowing down exiting to the beltway or continuing on to 395 to the 14th street bridge. Ill go there live right now northbound 395. This is what it looks like to and across the bridge spanning. I just wanted bridge span. I just wanted you to take a look at this. Take a depend breathe. I know its been tough over the bridge span. Today free and clear into the downtown area. Such good news for you. Lets go over to 66 on the inbound side where there are no issues as well. Our trafficland camera inbound 66 is going to be fine for you as you travel here beyond nutley street. Were going to go back to that accident, our sky 9 just arrived at the scene on the outer loop before Georgia Avenue. Youre looking at it at the same time as i am. No traffic getting by. Emergency equipment has arrived on the scene. And i do believe there were multiple vehicles involved. Boy, if theyve got all the lanes blocked, you know that is not where you want to go on the outer loop before Georgia Avenue. Again, jampacked from im going to say now the 95 interchange. Your alternate routes are going to be the icc or eastwest highway there inside the beltway. Ill keep you posted. Sky 9 just arrived at the scene. Back to you guys. Wusa9 wants to hem you find the best and wore help you find the best and worst gas prices in the area. Were in chilham, maryland where itself most expensive gas is on university boulevard at the exion at 3. 43. The cheapest is at arrows gas on university boulevard. Gas there will cost you just 3. 27. Stay with us. Well be right back after the break. Welcome home woah, this kitchen is beautiful give him the tour. Let me show you softclose drawers, farm sink wheres my room . We had to take just a little bit for the kitchen. Ranked highest in customer satisfaction. Ikea kitchens. Oh, hi there bill. Hey are you in town for another meeting . Yup, i brought my ateam. Make the most of the weekend before its gone. This is my family. This is joe. Hi joe hi there be a weekender and book your stay at hampton. Feel the hamptonality. Welcome home woah, this kitchen is beautiful give him the tour. Let me show you softclose drawers, farm sink wheres my room . We had to take just a little bit for the kitchen. Ranked highest in customer satisfaction. Ikea kitchens. A beautiful morning out there. Just a few clouds. Sunrise at 6 33 this morning. I want to show you our futurecast because were expecting the drier air to move in as temperatures will be dropping a little bit more into the 60s up north and low to mid 70s in town. By lunch time 75 to about 80, 81. But drier. Its going to feel real good this afternoon. Dont forget the sunscreen and the shades if youre going to be outside. 3 00 temp 85. Well have a high today of 87. For the past week its been all the virginia problems. Today its all the maryland problems. Take a look the at screen on the outer loop before Georgia Avenue. Multiplevehicle crash Emergency Response and tow truck on the scene now. Nothing getting by on the outer loop of the beltway here before Georgia Avenue. Jampacked from at least the 95 interchange heading westbound on 495 and it doesnt look like theyre going to open up any lanes any time soon. In the meantime again, traffic delays are growing quickly. I am suggesting that you do not head on the beltway westbound side. Go ahead and use the icc north of 495 or the south side use eastwlets quickly look at mdot. Theres a car fire northbound 270 at Montrose Road with it looks like a couple of lanes blocked along the right side. Back to you guys. Thanks, monika. America is heading toward becoming a cashless society. A new survey finds more and more people are using credit and debit cards, even for small purchases such as a cup of coffee. The survey from creditcards. Com finds the credit and debit card craze is coming from younger and younger consumers. Its if youre over 50, youre very likely to still use cash but if youre under 50, youre just as likely to use a debit card or credit card as you are cash. Creditcards. Com says most tech savvy People Choose plastic over cash. Internet service [ inaudible ] thats the word from Time Warner Cable after a nationwide outage which lasted hours. The company says the problem happened during routine maintenance but its still investigating the exact cause. Cable tv and phone service were not affected. Skins owner dan snyder wants to bring back the good old times the team had at rfk stadium. He confirms the team is getting the ball rolling on building a new stadium. It could have that retrofeel because hes going back and looking at plans to use risk as an inspiration. Vanessa herring joins us with more on the plans. Reporter snyder says the new redskins home will definitely have the retro feel. As for where it will be, he says hes hope to all options. He told Comcast Sportsnet, he started the process of meeting with archialready seen some preliminary drawings. Fedex field has been the redskins home since it opened in 1997, but during the teams 17 years there, theyve only made the playoffs four times. At rfk they had better luck going to the playoffs seven times and advanced to the super bowl four times. Snyder hopes to bring some of that luck back for future seasons. Speaking of the super bowl, snyder is also hoping a new stadium will bring the big game to the area saying hosting the biggest sporting event in the world in the Nations Capital is a no brainer. Theres no timeline for the new stadium just yet. Back to you. Vanessa, thank you. 6 28. Donations from the ice bucket challenge continue to pour in. Since late july the challenge has raised about 9 million a week for als research, as of yesterday the total give ton als was approaching 100 million. Now the association is working on figuring out how to spend the donations wisely. Research, care and advocacy are the groups three main anythings. Everyone from microsoft founder bill gates to former president george w. Bush were doused. It will be a sunny day but much less humid than yesterday. Howard will have more on todays weather in just a bit but we want to get a look at the roadways and whats happening out there. Are we seeing the getaway starting early for the Holiday Weekend . I thought that things were lighter than normal but because of this accident, its a whole different story. Youre looking at it live from our sky 9 on the outer loop before Georgia Avenue. It looks like the accident vehicles were just moved off to the shoulder and a few lanes open now but take a look at the backup. This begins almost back to the 95 interchange. Our sky 9 taking a look at it. The further back you go, the heavier it gets. That traffic was just set free within the last minute. Oh, boy, that is terrible. It goes all the way back into college park right now. That is not good. If youre obviously watching at home or wherever you are, dont go to the beltway. Outer loop side toward Silver Spring. Go ahead and choose your alternate route. Icc ive been subjecting on the north side and east suggesting on the north side and eastwest highway on the west side. Lets go back over to our maps. The holiday, yes it will begin today and definitely throughout the day tomorrow. Just remember to use your seat belt. No cell phones, please. And drive sober or get pulled over. The big campaign is on. Partly sunny skies in a few minutes anyway. Sunrise coming up at 6 33. The few clouds we have making for a very pretty morning sky here in washington. And its still a little muggy. If you havent been outside yet, you have the ac on, it feels better in your house. We will change that. As the morning wears on, drier air will move in and it will feel really nice by the middle of the day and afternoon. Lets start out with a look toward the east just a few moments before sunrise. Well have a good deal of sun. Going to be a warm one. Mid to upper 80s as the drier air moves in so it will comfortably be warm. A front has come through and ahead of it a few showers or storms actually missed us. Just throwing a few clouds our way. Temperatures starting to fall to the 60s north and west of us where the air is a little bit drier. Were still mid70s in town, 76. A warm afternoon. 87 in d. C. And fredericksburg. 38 for martinsburg and 83 also in annapolis. Lets go inside back now to nick and andrea. Thank you, sir. Time to see what our partners over at cbs this morning have on tap. Anthony mason is live in new york with a preview. Good morning, anthony. Good morning, andrea and nick. Ahead bob orr and the hacking attack on chase bank that may have compromised customers information. Massive waves proofing too difficult for many surfers in southern california. Were at seal beach where the high surf is leading to hundreds of rescues and damaging piers. A groom calls off the wedding and turns the party into a charity event. We talked to him about how giving back is becoming a bigger trend for both weddings and breakups. Well see you all at 7 00. Well be watching, an known. Have a good morning anthony. 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Land of discovery. 6 36. Getting a glimpse of the sun coming over the horizon on this fine thursday morning. A lot of sunshine today. In fact, by lunch time low 80s and its suddenly going to feel drier as the morning wears on and lower humidity levels are moving in. 85 at 4 00 after hitting a high of 87. We drop into the 50s and 60s tonight. The Labor Day Weekend forecast coming up in about 7 minutes. I just tweeted that its miserable in all capital letters. Yup, on the outer loop right here before Georgia Avenue, this is a crash that was moved to the shoulder. It was there long enough to cause delays from college park on our ipad traffic feature. If you look closely here on the left side, thats traffic barely moving at route 1 all the way across the 95 interchange to Silver Spring where again the accident vehicles were removed. This is what it left for you. Back to you guys. The 1500member class of 2018 at Howard University wrapping up their first full week on campus. The start of a new school year is always an anxious and exciting time for students, but the same can be said for the universitys new president dr. Wayne frederick. I spoke with president frederick about his goals for his beloved alma mater. Welcome. Good morning. Good morning. This has to be one of the scariest experiences of your life. Reporter orientation day for incoming freshmen at Howard University, including International Students from 20 Different Countries brought back a flood of memories for dr. Wayne a. I. Frederick. I came here 26 years ago with a big dream. My dream was to become a physician. Reporter the 16yearold freshman was new to howard and this native of trinidad was also living on his own in this country for the very first time. The thing that touched me the most was that there were no limitations on my possibilities. And thats how i always felt. I never felt there wassing in i could not something i could not do. Reporter he achieved his dream and dr. Frederick sees as one of his primary responsibilities instilling that same level of confidence of Limitless Possibilities in todays students. The day you were interim president , the day after when you were president , what changed . It was an outpouring of support that i think was totally humbling. People were able to rally around a particular person, a particular vision and start to see a direction that they can go in. Reporter a direction president frederick would like to take howard in starts with getting the universitys fiscal house in order. We have to make sure that we balance the books, that we make sure that the revenues are diversified, that we control expenses. Reporter and that, not enrollment numbers or staffing, is his foremost challenge. The financial instability at Howard University hospital led to a downgrade in the schools Credit Rating by moodys financial services. Moodys declared the universitys overall outlook as negative in part because of Howard University hospitals estimated 37 million operating loss in fiscal year 2014. We have to look for other sources of revenue. Reporter thats why president frederick is seeking an appropriate hospital partner, one committed to serving the community, least likely to get the medical care they deserve and a partner that will enable the hospital to continue as a strong teaching facility. Also part of his rebuilding strategy, using new technology and social media to highlight what the university is doing well. My goal is to give back to the university in every way so that it can then multiply that in other means, that they will get an excellent education and begin to understand what the world around them is. Last but not least, they will leave here with an ability to go change the world around them. Dr. Fredericks formal inauguration will take place in the spring. A 16yearold freshman and now school president. At 88 pounds he said he was a scrawny kid. An impressive resume. A character loved by children for decades isnt what we thought it was. And all charges are dropped against a former redskins player. Well have more on those stories coming up. Wusa9 is hey can you fix this . You bet thats our new interactive speaker wall. sup . Thinks its a speaking wall. This can even dim your lights. Your 3dprinted girlfriend will love that. Real mature. There you go. A laser drone for cats. I wish i had lasers. I dont. Pew pew pew. The new radioshack is finally here. The store of your past is now the store of your future. Come see one of our remodeled stores and save 50 percent off skullcandy headphones. Or get a 20dollar gift card with air raid speaker purchase. Welcome back. Now 6 44 on this thursday morning. Howard is in with us. Yesterday souly. Today just a little toasty. Its starting out on the muggy side. This afternoon youre going to really love. Humidity levels drop off. If youre not looking at the tv, take a sec. Look at the screen. We have much prettier pictures on the weather graphics than this one shot. We have had a spectacular morning out there. I have them on my facebook page. We have tv obligations we must take care ever and are happy to do so on this glorious thursday morning. Thursday we welcome you in style here in washington. 78 at 11 00 with 83 by 1 00. And the key to today will be the lower humidity levels as the morning wears on. I know its a little sticky right now but give it a few hours. Its going to get better. 85 at 3 00 on our way to 87. I know its going to get better. Im look at the dew point temperatures n. Is a real true measure of how much moisture is in the area. Humidity varies with the temperature, relative to the temperature. This is not. When you see these numbers up north in martinsburg and winchester and hagerstown, out toward cumberland, upper 50s and low 60s. This drier air is moving in. Our dew point is in the 60s, even 70s in spots. Thats going to change the next few hours. Where its drier, it is the mountains. Upper 60s cumberland to headacherstown. Were still generally in the low to mid70s although we have a couple of spots in the upper 60s. One more shot of that beautiful sunrise this morning on our michael son weather camera. 76. Mostly sunny at Reagan National. Dew point still 68 but if you can tune in at noon or just follow us throughout the day, track wusa9. Com weather, im see this number really start to drop off and its going to feel so much better around here this afternoon. So a cold front is coming through. There are different ways to define a cold front. Sometimes its by the dew point temperatures. Some time the wind shifts. Certainly cooler and drier to the north. Warm and sticky to the south. This by the way, that is cristobal in the atlantic. Still a hurricane with 75 mile an hour winds. But really for us, the key is the drier air that will move in later today. Going to give us a nice afternoon, comfortably warm. Beautiful tonight. 50s and 60s by friday morning. My windows are going to be open. Were going to take advantage of mother natures ac. I urge you to join me. Tomorrow fantastic, sunshine, 80 to 85 for the highs. As we head in toward saturday, some of the moisture friday evening will work toward us saturday evening. The hot, humid conditions sunday right through tuesday, right through labor day. 87 today, quite warm but less humid. Tonight 65. Thats d. C. Well have a lot of 50s north and west. Tomorrow 895. A gorge 85. A gorgeous day. 60s tomorrow night. Saturday hot, humid, chance of a storm mainly west, 90. Then low 90s sunday through tuesday with a chance for mainly an afternoon thunderstorm. Monika samtani, we started off well but then things came to a screeching halt. We started off better than well. It was lighter than normal all morning until this crash on the louder loop right before georgia outer loop right before Georgia Avenue. Im going to step out and show what you it looks like now from our sky 9. Much improved in Silver Spring. That is better than it was just a few short minutes ago. Thats becaused accident was moved out of the road 10 minutes or so but it left delays solid from college park and then heading into Silver Spring. The pace starts to pick up like this because the lanes reopened. Lets take a look at our ipad traffic feature. That sky 9 shot was closer to the accident. The further way you get from it like for example here at New Hampshire avenue, the worst it gets because its jampacked here and sets free closer into Silver Spring. Lets go to our next camera shot at the American Legion bridge. Unusual slowdowns here heading southbound toward the bridge span. Thats because everyone that was stuck in sill enter spring moved toward bethesda and south on the beltway toward the legion bridge. Im going to say this is a mixture of those commuting to work that were stuck in that delay and those that are getting away for the holiday. So all sorts of things this morning. On 270 southbound were in good shape, though, as you head from frederick down to the point where the lanes divide. A few brake lights for you but the lanes are open right now. Lets go back to our maps. Also want to remind you in bethesda and chevy chase, northbound on connecticut avenue between the Chevy Chase Circle and eastwest highway, right here inside the beltway, emergency road repair and it could slow you down especially tomorrow when they head on to the southbound side. If youre traveling in virginia, inbound i66, not too bad. Youve got the brake lights into manassas. Thats usual. Centerville into fairfax, thats usual as well. Beyond that youre good to the beltway. No problems on the beltway dulles toll road into annandale and springfield. Were in good shape on i95 coming up from dale city to springfield. If you are planning to get into virginia, aaa is telling me that theres going to be Something Like one million virginians traveling for the labor day holiday. A lot of you by car. You need to buckle up, use your seat belt, no cell phone. Drive sober or get pulled over campaign is under way for the Holiday Weekend. A live look at the 14th street bridge. Not too bad this morning. Back to you guys. Wusa9 wants to help you find the best and worst gas prices in the area. This morning were in alexandria, virginia, where the most expensive gallon of regular gas is at the citgo on west glebe road. Its going for 3. 69 a gallon according to aaas fuel finder. The cheapest gallon of regular unleaded is at the shell on wisconsin avenue northwest. Gas there will cost you just 3. 79. It is 6 49. Coming up on 6 50. Time to answer the question of the morning. This will happen to a baby 780 times in its first year of live. Is it a, get their picture taken, b, be woken up by his parents or c, commented on by a stranger . Wusa9 facebook friend Kimberly Michelle wrote a, what parent cant resist taking their babys photo. Theyre always making those cute faces. Could not disagree there. The answer is a, get their picture taken. To prove a point about internet speeds we slowed down an up escalator this is crazy like i dont get it, this one is working ladies, shouldnt up be as fast as down . Yeah. Shouldnt internet speeds match as well . Yes. Do your socks match . My socks match. Do your eyeballs match . Yes. Cable does not match the speeds. Makes you want to go mad. Erggggh. Only verizon fios comes with speed match. Upload speeds as fast as your download speeds. Join now at fiosspeedmatch. Com. Verizon. Call the Verizon Center for customers with disabilities at 80 im Nikki Burdine on connecticut avenue where paving continues here and will continue throughout the morning, throughout the day and likely throughout the entire weekend. Right now youre looking at connecticut between eastwest and Chevy Chase Circle. This section of northbound connecticut avenue is closed right now. Our crews worked to repave this. Right now just one lane northbound, both lanes southbound in this section, but again it will be closing and opening and paving and repaving secretaries of this road all sections of this road all morning, all day likely till saturday evening. Back to you. Redskins owner dan snyder wants to bring back the good times the team had at rfk. He plans to use rfk as inspiration for a new stadium. Snyder told Comcast Sportsnet he started the process of meeting with architectural firms and hes already seen in preliminary drawings. Fedex field has been the redskins home since 1997 but theres no timeline for the new stadium just yet. Staying with the skins, former redskins tight end fred davis is no longer facing assault charges. He was charged with domestic dispute assault back in june. The charges have been dropped. Federal prosecutors have closed the case on the shooting at the navy yard. They cleared all local and federal officers who shot at gunmen aaron alexis. The military contractor killed 12 people on september 16. He was killed during an exchange of gunfire with police. We now know the name of the soldier who took her own life at fort lee just outside of richmond. The army has identified her as 33yearold Sergeant First Class paula walker from yonkers, new york. She worked as a Human Resources specialist at fort lee. She barricadedderself in an office room and shot herself. She served 14 years in the service. The World Health Organization says the Ebola Outbreak eventually could exceed 20,000 cases worldwide. This alert comes as the centers for Disease Control and prevention says one of its Staff Members may have been exposed to the ebola virus. The cdc employee was exposed to an International Health worker in west africa who did test positive for the ebola virus. The cdc says the employee was in close proximity to the patient but had lower risk contact and is reported to be healthy and has no symptoms. The worker will not be qarn ran teened quarantined but will be monitored for 21 days. The ever popular childrens character hello kitty turns 40. Hello kitty not a cat. What . Thats right. The Japanese Company that owns and manages the brand says hello kitty has s a little girl from london. Hello kitty has her own real cat as a pet named charmy kitty apparently. Im just going by what im told. In october hello kitty and friends will hold a 40th Anniversary Party in los angeles at the japanese american museum. Thats not a cat . Look at the whiskers. Looks good for 40 either way. 87 this afternoon. Less humid. Thats the key. Lots of sunshine. Tomorrow gorgeous, 85. Over the weekend the humidity returns. Storms mainly west on saturday. Then sunday through tuesday hot, humid. Afternoon storm threats, highs in the low 90s. Nick, youre new to the mornings. This is why youll love being here early in the morning because you could be stuck in this. On the outer loop before Georgia Avenue, the crash cleared a while ago but delays from college park. Use the icc. Pay for it. Yes, i said it. If youre planning to head to 395 and 95, heres the 14th street bridge. Oh, what a relief from the rest of this week, how its been. Much better today. Cbs this morning is next. Its the end of an era. Hes tall. Yes, he is. Youre looking sharp. More than a half million cds are housed at the library of congress. Find out why researchers there are destroying old disks. Plus, power problems in a number of chrysler models but the auto giant has not issue add recall. Is the company putting drivers at risk . Howard and i will be back in 25 minutes. Were about the same height. With traffic and wet gler join us weather. Join us on wusa9. Com, facebook and twitter. Well see you at noon and its thursday, august 28th 2014. Welcome to cbs this morning. Destruction and wild waves in california. Were tracking Severe Weather aclos the country. Hackers target americas largest bank and that might not be all. B boorr on the fbi investigation. And grandma abandoned at the airport. One airlines bigtime Customer Service fails. But we begin this morning