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Might be smart to think and plan a workaround. Thisuld get harrier as the morning goes along. Melissa, what else is happening around he . Three issues on the beltway and two on 270. Inner loop after connecticut avenue where justin was is a major mess for a lot of people. A we a lot of other issues too. Also this one the other s uationouter loop after New Hampshire avenue is shut down so that entire closure right now, because of a crash on investigati take a look at 270. Ride is shut down. Overturned tractortrailer and fuel spill there so that wcl se some delays even as youre heading southbound, people looking in the northbound lanes and wondering what is going on. Oe cleanup could take sometime. Here is anothere. Good morning, chuck. Good morning, melissa. Four thing you need to know about the weather. A wet start this morning and shower are likely to linger into the afternoon. So much cooler. A Little Christmas in july present almost. Sunshine back tomorrow and hang around the rest of
For the most part here. You want to take it sl and perhaps fine another way to get this re you are going morning, right, melissa . Absolutely. A lot of different problems you have possess maybe take your favorite alternate here to get around everything. Another shot, another vantge point where justin is this morning. Inner loop at connecticut avenue and youre just getting by in one lane. A long time before that gets cleared up. Twomile backup and looks ling rain movihrough and not help things at all. Top of the beltway, outer loopw at nempshire avenue where megan fj is wiitzgerald is ther. We e getting by one ride of the road. Meagan, how are things looking at this point . This is a crash investigation. Reporter part of theood news this morning it does look like traffic is just now starting to me along the westbound lane of ther outeop before University Avenue because according to Maryland State Police, the backup is miles. Now to give you an idea of whatt happened ou here. We got chop
Around mount vernon, wood bridge, over towards waldorf. If there was any heavy flooding it would be in this area over the next half hour to an hour. Watch out. It could come up very, very quickly. The line extending all the way down i95. Really just a mess out there night on i95. Going to be a mess of a night for sure, but we are drying ando startinsee that threat, that flash flood threat diminishing. That is some veryllood news. W talk much more about this over the next couple of minutes. Doug, thanku. We could use some good news tonight. People headed out of the district this afternoon have not been able to use canal road. It remains shut down in both directions between reservoir and fox hole road. So the crews can repair asi hole. It was caused by mondays heavy rain and tonights rain probably not making their job anya eer. The repairs were extented pecte take at least through torrow mornings rush. Well let you know asoon as the road opens on our nbc washington app. A reminder from p
medicine physician and fletcher in, north carolina. he has lectured across the country about medical ethics bias in medicine and criminal justice reform. he lived with his wife and two children in asheville, north carolina. welcome, dr. gilmer. thank you. and to his left is chip jones author of the organ thieves. he s been a journalist for nearly 30 years at the richmond times-dispatch the roanoke times, virginia business magazine and others as part of a reporting team at the roanoke times. he was nominated for a pulitzer prize for news coverage of the pits and cole strike. welcome chip jones. thanks to you both for coming today and agreeing to share your stories. i m so pleased to be with both of you. so one thing that really stuck with me about both of your books, is that there seem to be no one advocating on behalf of the subjects of your book? in your case chip a black man who was sent to the hospital after a fall. without his family s knowledge. had something very terrib