One jaywalker after another. Im really going to be late for work. Reporter the crackdown at the vienna metro is a surprise to some pedestrians on their way to catch the subway. Insanity. Its ridiculous. Theres nothing theres nothing rational about it. Its pretty benign behavior. Reporter 16 seconds to cross inside the crosswalk. Its not that long. Its not too bad. Ive seen a couple of people get stopped, so i was wondering what that was about. Usually half the time i would be delayed. Reporter but when the hand goes red at the crosswalk, stop. If i write one, its only fair to write everybody. Reporter or else the cop on patrol will stop you in your tracks. Violators walk away with a 15 ticket for breaking the law. I support doing that otherwise it could cause accidents. Reporter thats the reason for the crackdown. Fairfax Police Officer carl jenkins says its about safety, after 24 crashes involving jaywalkers and bikers near the metro station. Safety, thats the biggest thing. We get co
Theres debris here in the roadway. Police cars are on randolph road. New hampshire avenue at randolph road. Theres a shot from one of the traffic cameras. New hampshire is closed near midland and wolf. Eastbound randolph is closed at vital way. Alternates are layhill road or columbia pike to get around that. Otherwise no major problems right now headed in or out of town. We have a little bit of a slowdown on d. C. 295. 65 in virginia, no problems there. Heading to Prince Georges county, looking good this morning. We do have a problem with a house fire on 11th street near south edison and South Emerson shut down in arlington. Tom, how is it looking outside . A live view of the storm team 4 city camera overlooking capitol hill th morning. Theres the capitol and the first prixdawn glow showing up. Your weather headlines this election day, a chilly morning followed by a mild afternoon with the warm pattern continuing into tomorrow. Right now storm team 4 radar is scanning the skies. We don
Commute. It ought to be drying out a bit. A chance of spotty can drizzle as we hit the upper six. Im back in 10 minutes with a look at where all of this rain ends at 6 11. What are you finding, megan . Reporter well, we are seeing some problems out here on the road the rain itself has tapered off a little bit. A little light rain. 295 north towards benning road. We are told by a number of different sources that there is standing water in the area near benning road causing this traffic jam. We are barely moving. Were at a crawl on 295 because of that water. Back at mile marker 7. We saw a little standing water ourselves. Some spots are swamped, wet. Definitely make sure you bank a little extra time in your commute. With more on traffic, we send it over to melissa. How is it looking . Looking a little nasty. We can see where you are and see we have red in that area near in washington. Bw parkway, an earlier crash keeping things very slow. Otherwise, looking pretty typical. We are slow he
Would happen if the redskins left Prince Georges County. What happens in landover, to businesses and residents if they went into the district. And a new Sports Illustrated article on the redskins controversy. A lot coming up throughout the hour. Back to you at fed i think so fedexfield. Lots of breaking developments in the case of Hannah Graham, the missing uva student from fairfax county. Police in charlottesville have just wrapped up a news conference. Police are looking to bring Jesse Matthew back to virginia. David culver is live in charlottesville where we just heard from the chief. David . Reporter we sure did, barbara and pat. 30 minutes ago, he wrapped up his press conference and he stressed one thing. He said at this point hes preparing for trial. Trial against Jesse Matthew. Now a short time ago, matthew waived his right to extradition and a hearing that happened in galveston, texas. That means hes going to be headed back to charlottesville to face those abduction charges. Th
Huge concert overnight. Chris martin and bruce springsteen, honoring the singers commitment to a big cause with a show for the ages. Still looking up to the lighter. Just right outside here. Yeah. Just a few hours ago in times square. A night to remember just popped up like that. And with or without bono, the show went on. Chris martin and the boss up there. What a backup plan. Bruce springsteen right there, fills in for bono. Got a lot of good friends. And we have a lot to get to this morning. Beginning with the wild weather. West coast, threatening mudslides and flooding, and storms in the east. The Flash Flood Watch from san diego to los angeles. And not just that, watching the new storm. We have had round one. Now you can see it churning, pushing the moisture up. And the people getting ready. Look at the video from glendora, the sandbags pile up, and the krails. That keeps the water in the street instead of in peoples yards. How much water will come in . 3 to 5 inches, anywhere in