I do have good news. Thank you very much. Welcome, everybody. A Beautiful Day coming up from the Weather Department today. 61 in gaithersburg, 63 in brandywine. Suns not up for another hour and a half. Temperatures will stay in the mid60s through 11 00. And then 70s. Planning out the afternoon, sunny, warm, low humidity. Temperatures hovering in the low 80s with 100 sunshine for the afternoon and thinning out to evening. Suns down at 7 48 this evening. Holding temperatures in the 80s through 7 00 and back to the low 70s by 7 00 p. M. Emilia siegel has that school forecast. Right now, we want to stick with the Biggest Issue that is going to be the biggest problem probably throughout the morning. At least lets hope so that no crashes top up. The ramp from southbound gw parkway to inbound key bridge shut down. Inner loop and outer loop looking good. Nice and green. 95, dont have any problems there. Prince georges county, nice and green this morning. Of course, they all went back to school
Right side of the roadway. Chopper 4 over the scene. We have a fourmile backup. Its on the washington, d. C. App right now. Right now, its a pretty good option, 95. Two lanes blocked ramp from southbound gw parkway to inbound key bridge that is shut down starting today through friday. Take the roosevelt bridge instead. 100 eastbound at route 1, a crash there as well. See slowdowns there. Innerloop and outer loop, no major problems. More on this problem on the beltway coming up, eun. Thank you, melissa. Developing this morning. You wont be able to go to the Washington Monument when it opens today. There is a problem with the elevator. News4s molette green is live outside the white house to decide what is being done to fix the problem. Molette, good morning. Reporter good morning, no operating elevator means no visiting the Washington Monument. Theyre standing by waiting on a repair crew set to arrive sometime this morning to get to work on this latest elevator problem. This had malfunct
New tonight people found it difficult to work with him. Troubling details of the day the gunman was fired. And a tv station trying to carry on, reporting on a tragedy in their own family. Its just really hard. Holding back too. New video just in from roanoke, virginia tonight where the community gathered to morn Alison Parker and adam ward. The young reporter and photographer were killed this morning on live tv. A memorial is also building outside their tv station. Wdbj. And tonight we have Team Coverage from roanoke to monmon. What could have led to this senseless tragedy. Were looking through records that Vester Flanagans rough exit and the chilling message he left behind for the news director when he was fired. Tonight, were also hearing from flanagans family for the first time, and were watching the outpouring of love and support for Alison Parker and adam ward. Thats where we begin tonight with news4s david culver, who attended that vigil in franklin county. As the sunset over fra
Survived. Ward and parker were interviewing vicki gardner. She was hit in the chest and rushed to the hospital for emergency surgery. She is in stable condition right now. And so much more to this story than we can tell you here. We have more on how the community is recovering. You can check the nbc washington app for more stories. We will find out more about the vigils going on there in roanoke in 15 minutes. Todays d. C. Mayor is expected to ask for more power to fight crime in the district. She took her plan to Council Members yesterday and will make it public today. Part of the plan is to allow police to search and detain people who are on probation for violent and gun related crimes. 45 of suspects arrested for murder this year had a prior gun charge. 103 people have been killed on the streets of d. C. So far this year. It is now 4 31. Time for weather and traffic on the 1s. And a beautiful, nice, mild start to our thursday. Were liking it. Meteorologist chuck bell has your weathe
A developing story, the search is underway for a 16yearold boy who went missing after fishing in Fairfax County. He was fishing with his friends in Little Hunting Creek near where it joins the Potomac River. News4s Megan Mcgrath has the latest on the search. Reporter well, aaron, the boats have been moving around all morning long and theyre actually in the spot right now where we cant see them from the vantage point. But three boats are out there. From the Fairfax County Fire Department and the police and the coast guard. What we were told earlier this morning, this is now considered a recovery effort. It was a little after 8 00 last night, Three Friends were fishing on the little Huntington Creek where it meets the Potomac River. Were told that the 16yearold went into the creek and appeared to be trying to swim across the creek at the narrow spot where its about 40 feet wide. He got halfway across, began to struggle. There was apparently another couple that was in the area. They witne