Moment but its close. Just some light sprinkles from Calvert County and Anne Arundel County here and there with the patchy drizzle. A quick look at temps. Running at 70 in annapolis. Low to mid60s in the Shenandoah Valley and 40s and as now in mountains. Heres whats in the news right now. President obama meets with congressional leaders today to give them a preview of his plan to combat isis. Tomorrow hell reveal the plan to the nation during an address on the eve of the 9 11 attacks. The president s plan is not expected to call for combat forces. More air strikes against isis targets in iraq are possible. Air strikes in syria are also not being rolled out. Today a World Health Organization doctor infected with the ebola virus will be heading to Emory University in atlanta. The hospital there, the doctor whose name is not being released had been working at a center there in sierra leone. Dutch investigators have release add preliminary report about the crash of Malaysia Airlines flight 17 over the war torn section of the ukraine. The report did not assign any blame for the deadly crash. It did say the aircraft broke mid flight possibly as a result of structural damage caused by multiple high Energy Objects that hit the plane. 298 people on board were killed in the crash. A d. C. Police officer is recovering after being struck by a passing vehicle early this morning. This is in the 500 block of Eastern Avenue northeast d. C. The driver did stay on the scene. The officer was taken to the hospital with serious injuries. Ray rice is no longer a Baltimore Raven thanks to the tmz video that just came out about 24 hours ago. The team terminated rices contract hours after the tape of him hitting his then fiance went public. Now this tape may lead to n. F. L. To revise its Domestic Violence policy for the second time in less than a month. Nick giovanni joins us now with more. Nick . Reporter guys, look, when you look at this parting ways with rice was really the only option the ravens had yesterday. A video released by tmz, quote, changed things as far as the teams stance and level of support they could offer rice. Youve likely seen that video. Were not going to show it again but it was a clip that the n. F. L. And the ravens both claim they hadnt seen till yesterday of rice punching his then fiance now wife. Hours after the release of the video, the ravens moved forward in releasing rice while the n. F. L. Suspended him indefinitely. The fallout over rice extended all the way to the white house last night. In the wake of the news press secretary josh ernest put out this statement saying, quote, the president is the father of to daughters and like any american, he believes that Domestic Violence is contemptible and unacceptable in a civilized society. Hitting a woman is not something a real man does, and thats true whether or not an act of violence happens in the public eye or far too often behind closed doors. Heres what ravens Head Coach John Harbaugh had to say about rices release. In my opinion its for both of them as a couple in going forward. My hope is that they can make it work and from everything that i understand in talking to ray up until his suspension, talking to him a lot, it seemed like they really were working hard and doing well in that direction and i hope they can weather this part of it, too. We decided against showing the Surveillance Video again t. Is on our website wusa9. Com. I think we can all agree its a lot for the league to digest as a whole but the ravens especially given the short week. They face the steelers thursday night, a game you can see right here on wusa9. Back to you guys. Nick, thank you. Police say one man is responsible for the shootings of three alexandria residents. Charms severance has been in a Loudoun County jail in march on an unrelated weapons charge. Now hes charged with murder. Vanessa herring mass more on the version has more on the investigation. Reporter this is a Long Time Coming for the three geams. Ruth ann lodato was murdered in february. Nancy dunning was shot at her front door 11 years ago and ron kirby was murdered in november. Police say theyve been investigating dunnings murder for more this afternoon a decade and the case never went cold but they say it picked up momentum when lodato and kirby were shot. Police found sip harassments in similarities in all three murders. Severance was held on an unrelated gun charge. Gunnings family spoke briefly after the charges were announced. I dont know if it was targeted or not because i cant get into the mentality of mr. Severance. Police say they havent found a murder weapon. They do say tests show game gun was used in all three crimes. The commonwealth doesnt plan to seek the Death Penalty which may point to severances mental state. Back to you. Vanessa, thank you. Its 6 06. The eye of the tech world are all on apple. The company is just hours away from a major announcement. The experts expect not one but two iphones and a wearable device for your wrist will be unveiled soon. The pressure is on apple to deliver. Not one but two phones which will definitely make this one of the biggest iphone launches weve ever seen. The first will be a 4. 7inch model, the iphone 6, a lot larger screen, thinner device and still good battery life as well. Apples built a temporary building next to its headquarters. Thats where the announcement is expected to made this afternoon. A lot of pressure on them. It is 6 07. Lawmakers in ferguson, missouri announce plans for a Community Review board. A wildfire shuts down sections of Yosemite National park. More on that as well. Wusa9 is back to prove a point about internet speeds, we slowed down an up escalator. This is crazy 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 speedmatch upload speeds as fast as your download speeds join now at fiosspeedmatch. Com verizon. 6 09. We have a few sprinkle itself out there mainly along coastal communities to the east of washington. That will be the case today. Some spotty showers, patchy drizzle. Still some drizzle in the catoctins now. Highs midz 70s. Mid70s. Looks like well dry out some before another front brings some storms to the region. Rights now monika and timesaver traffic. Side of i 95, this is the big story of the morning so far. Take a look at your uponto this is at route monitor. This is at route 32 in maryland. This is what it looks like to the late clearing work zone near route 198 as two right lanes remain blocked. We do not have any indication as to why its there so late in the rush hour. Again, this is what youre dealing with for a good four miles southbound 95. Use the bw parkway, route 1 or route 29. Back to you guys. Plans are in the works for a citizen review board in ferguson, missouri to improve relations between police and the community. Of course Ferguson CityCouncil Approved the plan in the wake of the Police Shooting of teenager michael brown. Council members also announce add plan for sweeping changes in the court system. The citys judicial system has been accused of unfairly targeting low income blacks for years. Arizona is under a state of emergency after recordsetting rains turned streets into rivers. Four inches of rain fell in just four hours yesterday. Among the hardest hit areas, interstate 15 about 50 miles outside las vegas. Reporter there are hundreds of cars up and down interstate 15 that are just trapped. There are whole sections of a highway that are completely gone and buckled. A woman was killed after her car was trapped in flood waters around tucson. Rescuers were unable to reach her in time. The Yosemite National park campsites are shut down because of a huge wildfire. Just yesterday more than 80 people had to be evacuated by helicopter from the parks famed half dome rock. The cooler weather is helping slow the spread of the fire. Despite the flames, yosemite remains open this morning. Heres another look at our question of the morning. According to a survey, doctors get this wrong over 90 of the time. Is it a, due date, b, appointment time, or c, the bill . Our facebook friend linda wrote b, appointment times. And if taken on time in the last year, it would be a miracle. Well have more of your responses and the co in Fairfax County we had to cut a lot of waste. We consolidated offices. 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Anncvideoconferences its youof the day. Rtant hi hi, buddy anncr thats why the wifi and free hot breakfast are something to smile about. And good reasons to book now. Feel the hamptonality we are following breaking news about a missing family. Police are asking for help trying to find a mother and two children from clarksburg. They want anyone with information to call 911. Nick giovanni is in our newsroom with more on this unfolding story, nick . Reporter this is a complicated scenario which may be one of the Reasons Police are asking for help at this hour. Take a look at what theyre doing. Three people are missing, including this person right here, 27yearold katherine hagle and her two children right there. They were reported missing last night from her home in clarksburg, maryland along with two of her three children president catherine has been diagnosed as having paranoia sciz friend ya. Her common law husband said she started giving misleading statements about the childrens whereabouts over the weekend and Katherine Catherine disappeared yesterday afternoon after her husband suggested contacting police. She walked into a trant center but she but they dont know where she went from there. Police are asking for your help. That is the latest. Well certainly continue following this. Back to you in the studio. Lets go to howard now for an update on our yellow alert. What does that mean for today . Yellow alerts is when we have nuisance and inconvenient weather n. Is bored e weather. This is borderline. Its a marginal yellow alert. I think youll be able to get most of your activities done. Could be a passing shower into the early evening hours. Heres a look at the day planner. Temperatures will at least be held in check. [ stand by for captions ] were looking at all this moisture thanks to this area of low pressure down in southeast virginia, northeastern North Carolina which brought upwards of ten inches of rain across parts of southeast virginia and still raining heavily with active flood warnings in norfolk. If youre going down there the next few hours, keep that in mind. For us winds out of the east. A few sprinkles showing up near Calvert County all the way up toward areas in Anne Arundel County as well. Weve got coastal flood advisories with the easterly winds. This stuff is going to work its way from east to west. So thats why we have the forecast for spotty showers and occasional drizzle. The guy in smithsburg saying he has drizzle up there in the low 60s. About 63. Prince frederick was 07 last check. Winchester 63. Leesburg, martinsburg all at 64 degrees. Another look at our michael son weather camera, we have broken clouds but mostly cloudy. 70 degrees at Reagan National with a north, northeast wind at 9 miles an hour. Thats a cool direction for us as the water temps are in the low 70s right now. A lot of clouds socked in. That will be the case. Heavy rains in southeast virginia and the lower part of delmar advancement thats going to odell mar v. A. Thats the delmarva. Thats going to be east. Nothing terribly heavy. I dont think the rain will be too widespread. Thats where the yellow alert is marginal and might even drop it by lunch time. In any event, lots of clouds. Temps in the 70s today. Tonight well drop back into the 60s with mostly cloudy skies. On wednesday well start with clouds but looks like well get some sunshine. Slight chance of a shower over toward areas east of the bay. Then look. See cleveland here wednesday evening . Thats a cold front. Well track that because thats coming here for thursday evening. So thursday turns very warm, humid ahead of it. By 4 30 thursday, notice from frederick in hagerstown back west, we have showers and storms. Blue ridge west out to the Shenandoah Valley and the mountains. Well have to watch this because ravens and steelers thursday night. This line of showers and storms approaching right near kickoff perhaps. Hopefully the timing will change. But for tail tailgaters, you have to consider that. Today a little bit below average. Average is now in the low 80s. Well only be in the mid70s for highs. Looking at your threeday forecast, temperatures will be dopping out in the mid70s topping out in the mid70s. 60s tonight. Upper 60s in town. Hot on thursday. I think well make a run toward 90. Late thunderstorms. Im going to keep it green. In yellow alerts. I think it will be mainly after the rush hour. If it looks like its going to affect the evening commute, well have to upgrade thursday to a yellow alert. Saturday showers. 47 may be optimistic. Sunday looks good for the red skins home opener and 77. Weve been making phone calls. Weve been trying to figure out why this road work is still in place on the side of i95 right here near route 198. Take a look at this delay from like route 32 right now all the way down to 198. This is what you have to deal with. This is at route 32. Can you believe this . On the southbound side of 95 all because of that late clearing road work along the right side of the roadway. They said they would clear it up right around 6 00 in the morning. We have made several phone call. Were waiting for the phone call back to find out why this is happening but at least youre watching from home. If this is your route into work, avoid it at all costs. I would say use the bw parkway, route 1 not a great option but its better than this and same as route 29 which tends to get heavy early on as well. But again the lanes are open on route 29 at least. Lets go over to another live picture, this time over to 270. Your slowest stretch is 109 to 121. Thats here. Once youre here, it breaks free down into germantown to the point where the lanes divide. Were in great shape on 270 early this morning. There are no issues to tell you about on river road through bethesda. The great seneca highway as well. Lets go back over to the maps. Just heard about a serious crash on the westbound side of route 7 at spring vale road in respectton. Reston. All lanes are blocked. If you plan to head through that, maybe use hunter mill road as your alternate route. 66 slowing down 31 miles an hour 31 minutes to go from manassas to centreville. Once beyond that youre great into fairfax. No issues right now in the tysons area closer in on route 7. Again that accident was westbound route 7 at springvale road over on to 95 northbound. You have the slow traffic lorton, newington and springfield. A typical delay trying to get into woodbridge as well. Lets take a look one more time at the American Legion bridge. No issues on the west side of town between 270 and tysons corner. 495 in good shape here. Back to you guys. Thanks a lot, monika. Barry and zlaurie from gaithersburg, thank you. If you need to fill up this morning, dont let gas prices driving you crazy. If you happen to be heading to waldorf, maryland, aaas fuel finder, the least expensive gas youre going to find 3. 23 a gallon at the 7eleven on berry road. But the exxon on leonardtown road, the same gallon of at shell, we believe the world needs a broader mix of energies, to move, to keep warm, to make clay piggies. Thats why we are supplying natural gas, to generate cleaner electricity, that has around 50 fewer co2 emissions than coal. Lets broaden the Worlds Energy mix, lets go. Im sure she knows couples in our situation. I just hope she has good coffee. At least were talking about it. I was kidding. I know just try to be serious in there, okay . Okay, youre right. Its just going to be simple steps. Thats all we need. Yeah. Just hope she doesnt tell us we have to work until were 80. The its time to talk about retirement conversation. Wells fargo can help with my retirement plan. A tool that gives you manageable steps for retirement. We can do it with you or try it online. Together, well go far. Karen i think its deplorable want to take away minimum wage. Joyce i think they got Better Things to do with their time than worry about the minimum wage. Karen it irritates the crap out of me that i would have to listen to somebody that has billions of dollars determine what the lowestpaid person could possibly make. Joyce thats a misuse of wealth and power and i really think its amost evil. Welcome back. 6 25. Notice the spotty showers at 4 00 p. M. Mid70s. About 75, 76 should do it for the high. Looks like well see a little more sun and warmer temperatures for your wednesday. Monika . On the soon side they dont have a good answer as to why the work zone is still in place in the two right lanes n. Is your delay from route 232 down to the work zone. Well keep you posted. A man charged with killing a d. C. Corrections Department Officer is being held without bond. Police say the 29yearold suspect lived in a neighboring highrise but they dont believe the two knew each other. At this point no word on a motive. Police now believe the two toddlers killed in cheverly are linked to a custody battle. Sonia spoon is being held without bond in the murders of her two daughter. The two were suffocated. They say the mother has given a detailed confession of the case. Years and years of debate about d. C. Statehood will take center stage on capitol hill. Here we go again. The Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs will now hold a first hearing on d. C. Statehood in 20 years. Nickey burdine is live on capitol hill with a preview this morning. Good morning, nikki. Reporter good morning. The issue itself has been around for years and years but its been 20 years since the issue has actually been brought to light. It seems now that is really happening and it will get another chance on whether or not d. C. Will become the 51st state. A Senate Committee announced their decision yesterday that it will hold a hearing next monday. The bill would unite the eight wards in d. C. Into one state. A Homeland Security and Government Affairs committee is headed by democrat harper. 16 democrats have also signed on as sponsors. However, the bill is not expected to go far in the republicanled house because the bill has no republican cosponsors. The more than 646,000 d. C. Residents hope for the support of majority leader harry reid and president obama will help. One of the most vocal backers, however, has been d. C. Mayor gray who held a rally last year. I am going to make this ham. People will make this happen because it is time for this kind of indignity to stop in the district of columbia. Reporter president obama voiced miz backing of the issue in voiced his backing of the issue. He said im in d. C. So im for it. 6 28. Find an alternate route if you normally take h street or massachusetts avenue northwest. A new construction project could drive you crazy for years. That area is tough on a good day so the lanes are going to be closed in that area between 2ened and 4th street and they will remain that way six days week for the next two years during some of the busiest times of the day. 7 00 a. M. To 10 00 p. M. Monday through friday and 8 00 to 8 00 on saturdays. Crews are upgrading the utilities underground and fixing the roads as well. Heres a quick look outside. There are more road delays in our current future. This is a live look at national airport. Monika is here with a preview of the commute. Look out 95 commuters. Good morning, monika. It is really ugly. We have been aski maryland state highway why the Construction Zone on the southbound side of i95 is still in place near route 198 and before the icc. This is your delay from route 32. Yes, this is route 32 so its a good three to fourmile solid bumper to bumper backup because of that work zone and now were hearing they said it would clear up by 6 00 in the morning. Now theyre saying 7 00 in the morning. Still a few minutes to go. At least a half an hour on the southbound side of i95. If this is your normal commute, i would use the bw parkway instead. Theres always the option of route 1 or route 29 which are not great options but bw parkway is probably the best one out of the three. This time were checking out 270. Your overqualm delay will be right here route 109 to 121 and then clarksburg is looks great into germantown. Another live picture at the American Legion bridge. This is fine but on the westbound side of route 7 at springvale road, watch out for the accident cleanup. It was serious and is causing delays throughout that intersection. No delays on the beltway as you head into tysons corner. Howard . Out on the weather terrace here, a very comfortable morning. Weve got temps in the 60s. While its dry here, there are a few areas to our east generally that are dealing with a little bit of light sprinkle activity and a couple of patches of drizzle in some of our Higher Elevations north asdz west. North and west. We have mostly cloudy skies. Sun coming up in about 15 minutes. Well see a little bit of it but still a good deal of clouds. Comfortable, midz 70s. There will be a few showers and mid70s. There will be a few showers and patchy drizzle as well. Doppler picking up a lot of activity. Still very heavy rain in southeastern virginia, lower delmarva and the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay where theres active flood warnings in the norfolk area this morning. Be mindful of that if you have to head that way. Northern neck is fairly quiet at the moment. A little shower activity there. Weve seen a few sprinkles on coastal areas and calvert and anne arundel counties. Temps this morning are running 70 in town but mainly the low to mid60s in our suburbs. Lets go back to andrea and michael. Thanks, howard. Time so see what our partners at cbs this morning are working on. Thats where Norah Odonnell is standing by live with a preview. Good morning. Good morning to you, mike and andre ya. Heed some major fallout avid crow surfaced showing ray reuss punching his then fiance. Well bring in n. F. L. s today james brown to join us. There are real questions about how much the n. F. L. Knew about this tape and the actions of the Baltimore Ravens and patriots owner bob kraft will join us in studio 57 as well. Plus, u. S. News world report is out with its highly anticipated list of the best colleges in the country. The editor is here to explain whether your colleges made the list. I dont know why georgetown, where i went, made. Im looking forward to getting my hands on this list as well. And new Research Shows having children hurts womens careers but helps fathers . Well dig into that. The news is back in the morning and well see you at 7 00. Would definitely be interested in that one. Thank you. Take care, guys. The United Nations and a leading terrorism expert released a report on the number of foreign fighters now in syria. They estimate over 12,000 foreigners spanning 74 countries have gone to fight in syria. 60 to 70 are from other middle Eastern Countries and about 20 to 25 from western nations like fans, Great Britain and the like france, Great Britain and the united states. The president is expected to make his case to fight terrorism tomorrow. It will include political, diplomatic and military efforts. It is important for congress to understand what the plan is, to have buyin, to debate it, and engage in the kinds of consultations that this administration is le now. Republican congressman frank wolf of virginia s haintroduced a resolution to authorize expanded u. S. Air strikes in syria. The virginia lawmaker says he wants to hear specifics from president obama. U. S. Law enforcement officials now believe they know the identity of the masked man in the execution video of american journalist james foley. The suspect is believed to be tied to a group of oax dreamists based in london of extremists based in london. Investigators still are not a hundred sure. Two people spoke on the condition of anonymity since the investigation is still ongoing at this point. You might want to check your bank account if you used a credit or debit account at home depot within the last few months. The company confirst its data systems have been breached. Home depot says theres no evidence that debit card pin numbers were compromised. Americans are saving more than ever for college. The 529 plan is worth more than 20,000. The network says its almost double what it was six years ago. The bad news is the amount still isnt enough to cover a year at a fouryear public university. Maybe the books. Maybe. Coming up on 6 35. Wusa9 and d. C. Jobs want to get you hired. Care options is hiring a senior care visitor. So a part heavy rain time position, no experience required. 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The attorney general has announced a new nationwide Takeback Program to help combat Prescription Drug abuse. A problem he calls an urgent and growing threat. Jericka duncan has itself story. Reporter Prescription Drug addition and abuse reptd nothing less than a Public Health represent nothing less than a Public Health crisis. Reporter the attorney general announce add new Drug Enforcement initiative. The measure will authorize pharmacies and other Health Care Facilities to serve as official dropoff sites for unused and expired Prescription Drugs taking up space and posing a threat in medicine cabinets across the country. The dea will dispose of drugs. Pharmacies will have locked drop boxes where you can leave your medications and prepaid envelopes will also be available at drugstores, libraries and Community Centers if you prefer to get rid of your medications by mail. The attorney general cited a survey that shows about 6. 5 Million People as young as 12 years old are socalled nonmedical users of Prescription Drugs and nearly four in ten teens who have abused these drugs say they obtained them from their parents medicine chest. The attorney general but most importantly as a parent i am committed to ending the National Epidemic that has already stolen too many lives and torn apart too many families. Reporter a representative at cvs tells us they have hosted drug takeback events at hundreds of their stores each year and will continue to do so. Jericka duncan, cbs news, new york. The takeback initiative is expected to ramp up within the next month. The department of justice is still working out the details of the program. Unlimited pasta and soda for a month and a half. And amazon slashes the price of its new fire phone for less than 1. Wusa9 is back right after this with some pretty cool deals. They were married for 53 years. She was his everything. 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Ted watches us and also gives instructions to little kids. Thank you, ted. Its going to be a day to take your allergy medicine before you go fishing because itz one of those its one of those days. Its been one of those days, weeks, months. The mold is going nuts with the shower activity weve been having. And tree pollen, late flowering trees are producing some pollen as well. If youre wondering why youre feeling like you have a cold, hey, you might have a cold but it could be allergies. Everything is high except for the tree pollen. The grasses are high. Occasional breaks but also a passing shower, a little drizzle. I dont think it will be too wide spread. While we have a yellow alert out, this is marginal, something we may be dropping off. Highs will be in the mid70s. About 76 should do it for us. Lots of rain. You can certainly see it across areas in southeastern virginia. There were totals in the 10 inch category. Widespread 3 to 6 inches. Flash flood warnings in the norfolk area are in effect right now. This is trying to lift up toward the northern neck. Having a tough time with this wind, though, out of the east, notice the showers that are coming across the bay on the west shore now down toward Calvert County and Anne Arundel County trying to sneak in toward aquasco. This will be the case, these passing showers should be fairly light and maybe intermittent wipers. Temps in the 60s to about 70. Plenty of clouds looking out at our weather camera this morning. 70 at Reagan National. Had some low 60s north and west. The humidity is 73 and a north, north easterly wind at 10 miles an hour. Futurecast, all right, heres the story. The low is going to go northeast and take the bulk of the rain with it but with the surface wind out of the northeast, east northeast, well have a couple of sprinkles pop up. There goes the storm. Here come the light showers from the east crossing the bay, moving from east to west today. Thats not our normal direction but thats what weve got. We should have plenty of clouds and it will keep temps in the 70s. Tomorrow will get better. Well see some sun break out. Morning clouds. That will help boost temperatures into the lower s on. Then our attention turns to the west 80s. Then our attention turns to the west. A cold front is coming. Thursday morning starts out fine. It will get very warm. We could make a run toward 90 on thursday but late in the afternoon here come the showers and storms. The oblem is the timing. Futurecast the ravens and steelers have a game thursday night which well broadcast on wusa. If youre going to that game or tame gating, it could certainly tailgating, it could certainly have an impact on that. Once the front pushes through, cooler air moves in and friday looks nice. The weekend a little mixed, chances of showers. A yellow alert today, its marginal. 76. Tonight 68 with low 60s north and west. Tomorrow clouds give way to partly cloudy conditions 83. For thursday hot and humid, approaching 90 if not get there with some late storms. Well drop to 65 by friday morning. Friday looks good with highs in the 80degree range. Saturday showers 74 if not cooler. By sunday looking at sunshine returning. Good for the skins home opener and 77. Monika samtani stepping in. So 95 southbound its just not getting any better yet. No, its not getting any better on 95 or really anywhere else right now. We have a whole lot of issues unfortunately. First of all its this late clearing work zone on the southbound side of i95 right near route 198. Its been there along the right side since early this morning. And no indication as to why it has not been cleared up. In fact, take a look at the delay from route 32. No one is moving all the way down to the work zone with the two right lanes blocked there. Theyre now telling us that hopefully fingers crossed it will be clear up by 7 00 so just a few more minutes to go. If youre heading out the door, please avoid this. Im talking about a three to fourmile backup. Use route 29, the bw parkway or route 1. Lets go back to our maps. You can see the slowdown on the bw parkway and route 29 which is thats why its happening. Everyone is using that as your alternate route. You really dont have any options. A pedestrian struck in springfield on forest glen road at capital view drive just above the beltway. The outer loop slows college park to silver spring. A pedestrian struck between route 117 clopper road and i 2730. Lets take a live look from our sky 9. Theyve been hovering above that looks like the lanes are getting through. I did see police on the scene there just a short time ago. Hopefully they were able to clear up that situation for you here in gaithersburg west of i 270. Lets go back over to the maps. Another serious crash, this one in the reston area. It looks like even our mdot people are trying to move around the camera to see if they can see the activity. Theres 270 right there. Lets go back over to the maps. If youre planning to head in from the west, you want to know on the westbound side of route 7 at springvale road in reston, there was a serious crash. The intersection was blocked on the westbound side. That was clawing delays through causing delays through that area. The dulles toll road is fine. 66 is about a 31minute ride from manassas to centreville, just that stretch from about route 234 to route 29. Beyond that youre in good shape all the way through fairfax really inside the beltway is where youre going to slow down again trying to get in toward the district. Over on 95 slowdowns of course as you travel into springfield coming up from lorton and 395 in the landmark area. Lets check out what it looks like outside once again. Here at the 14th street bridge, this is really what it looks like on all of your potomac and Anacostia River crossings. Were in good shape this morning into the downtown area. Thanks, monika. Your commute already stressful enough so dont let gas prices drive you crazy. One of the cheaper places to get gas in our area is fredricksburg, virginia, but you can still save a lot by comparison shopping. According to the aaa website a gallon of regular unleaded 3. 30 a gallon at the interstate Service Center on warrenton road. But if you go to the wawa on harrison road, there regular unleaded is going for 3. 02 a gallon. 6 51. Time to answer the question of the morning. The according to a survey doctors get this wrong over 90 of the time. Is it a, due date, b, appointment time or c, the bill . Our facebook friend cheryl jones wrote c because doctors offices are never on time for their appointments. 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Customers who buy never ending pasta passes have seven weeks to eat as much as they want. It comes with until limited coke cola soft drinks. Only a thousand passes will be sold. You can use them at any of the 800 locations. 76 today. A couple of showers here, patchy drizzle. Marginal yellow alert. Tomorrow some sun returns 83. Hot on thursday with late storms. That could interview with the ravenssteelers game or at least the tailgating of it. Friday looks better with showers on saturday. A couple of issues. This ongoing construction on the southbound side of i95 near route 198 blocking the two right lanes. Its still there causing a good three to fourmile backup. Here northbound 395 an accident at the 14th street bridge. This one blocks the right lane. Cbs this morning is next. But tomorrow morning our dear friend Monika Samtani will not be here. She is traveling a new road taking the extra mile going off to seek some new opportunities. We love her. We miss her already. 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