and low humidity in place this morning. montgomery, arlington, fairfax, prince george s counties all in the mid 60s. hometown forecast for bowie, right now it s generally in the 60s there. and by 7:30, 8:00, it s going to be near 70. by noontime, ought to be in the low 80s. and for the rest of the afternoon, for the entire region, day planner, e., look at that gorgeous sun rise in 20 minutes, at 6:20, by noontime in the mid 80s. upper 80s, near 90, mid afternoon. low humidity in place throughout the day. delightful summer day coming up. by this evening, humidity returns. i ll be back in ten minutes with another update and traffic. we ve got an update now with danella. good morning. good morning. thanks, tom. checking breaking news on the roadway. let s start in virginia. still seeing franconia road and gum street, all your lanes are blocked in that area due to a fatal crash. let s head over to a disabled vehicle. i-95 northbound. north of the occoquan bridge, police on the
virginia. not many not much volume, excuse me, as you make your way eastbound and westbound past sully. check for road work, cones are up in the area on 66 out side beltway. inside the beltway, the nice smooth ride. live look past east falls church in metro. travel lanes are open. no accidents to warn you back. so far, metro, marc, and vre are running without any reported delays. back in ten, we ll talk about the beltway. back over to you both. thanks. see you soon. starting today, v dot will begin taking down dozens of trees in fairfax county. crews will be cutting down trees along the streets in great falls. megan mcgrath is live with more on why vdot is sponser issing the tree removal. it was that bad storm that we had back in july that brought a huge oak tree crashing down on top of a car that was traveling down georgetown pike. that tree, it turns out, was rotten. 40-ton ok tree. unfortunately did driver inside that vehicle. well, after that accident happened, a nu
in elkins, west virginia, and closer to washington we re at the low 70s. around the bay, 60s. eastern shore. ocean city, 65. many of our suburbs, the rural areas of virginia are just in the low to mid 60s right now. dlektful morning. chilly out in west virginia and western maryland where many places are down into the low 50s on this august morning. and by 5:00 we ll be in the 60s still throughout much of the region. cool and calm. then by noontime, the low to mid 80s. low humidity, low humidity through the afternoon, pleasant, beautiful summer day with just a few clouds beginning to build by late afternoon. we ought to reach upper 80s, near 90 by mid afternoon. it will feel comfortable with that low humidity. more humidity tonight and tomorrow. i ll be back in ten minutes with another update. danella has a look at your monday morning commute. first traffic report looks good. not too many problems. still have overnight road work taking effect this morning. if you re travelin
riggs vehicle involving an overturned vehicle. and between connecticut and georgia avenue, going to step out and see what we can see from sky 9. look at all the heavy traffic. that means there is an accident there. police were just arriving on the scene. be aware of this delay. inner loop of the beltway eastbound 495 between connecticut avenue and georgia avenue this morning. i ll keep you posted on the situation. with the rain coming down, it s not helping things much here. we ll go to a live shot southbound on i-275 at clarks burke. 270 at clarks burke. you have off and on delays but the lanes are open. more on the situation on the beltway at 6:11. at the top of the hour, we are following breaking news now. two deadly stabbings in the district in just one hour. the investigation into one of the stabbings is tying up the commute. delia goncalves is live in northwest with the latest. delia? reporter: an update for you, andrea. traffic is flowing smoothly about four ho
she will make a stop in china where it is believed that she will discuss a possible deal to free a chinese dissident. danielle nottingham reports the issue could become a diplomatic dilemma for the obama administration. reporter: the human activist is reportedly under u.s. protection possibly behind the walls of the american embassy in beijing. it s believed u.s. and chinese officials are now working out a deal that would allow him to leave the country. he is a blind self-taught lawyer who spent four years in jail after speaking out against forced abortions in china. he and his family have been under house arrest where they were beaten and harassed. last week he escaped and later released an internet plea to the chinese government. although i m free, my worries are deepened, he says. my wife, mother and children are still in the guards evil hands. the white house is not commenting on chen s case but the obama administration nation as diplomatic crisis that could strain rel