The accident. We are getting sprinkles west of the metro area. Theres one heavy downpour south of us in richmond. A few scattered sprinkles pulling out of the mountains into the panhandle of West Virginia, east of winchester, coming into loudoun and western frederick county. A few sprinkles that stretch into northern fauquier county. A cool morning. Mild afternoon. You need a jacket this morning. Youll be comfortable in shorts as we get mild. Have an umbrella handy. A few sprinkles coming through late morning and during the afternoon. Coming up weather and traffic on the 1s, live with the storm team 4 by 4 and your neighborhood forecast. Thank you. Its 6 01. Soon you will be able to ride the d. C. Streetcars. Today begins a final round of testing. Megan mcgrath joins us where the street cars are out and running already right now. Well, it has been a long time coming, april. We are starting to see a lot of movement here. In fact, there is a street car kind of making its way slowly towards me right as we speak here live. The first dry runs. The first practice runs getting under way at 6 00 this morning. There have been lots of delays leading up to this day. Today is the first time we will see the street ts cars on the roadways during rush hour. Because this is a practice day, there wont be any they will leave every 10 minutes. The video youre seeing, some of the activity on trolley depea. A lot of activity as they have been getting street cars in place. Here on benning road, they have a dedicated lane for the trolley. They to the floor to share the lanes or the road with traffic. That is not th, though, on street. The trolleys will be in the regular lanes of traffic. It will be interesting to see how that impacts rush hour as people get used to the new pattern. Reporting live from the depot, Megan Mcgrath, back to you. Megan, thank you. This is the first time street cars are running for deckation. Theres a new effort to make sure your kids r. Look, listen, be safe pr starts off today at sc around h street. It will include tool kit teachers and safety presentations about stre a man accused of shooting an Alexandria Police officer goes on trial. He shot him in a traffic stop he had to relearn how to and walk. 6 khrrpb 04 now. A 15yearold h student remains in a induced coma. He was severely injured of the fright fest event flags witnessing took this cell phone video. Parking lot and outside in bow. His head hit the concret he was punched two tim. Theyre wondering he was. Ictim of the socal security has to be be if youre going to hav li prepared for them. The teen is in icu in condition. Six flags says it has be security and traffic enf and is calling this an incident. Doctors are telling people not to be alarmed after they brought a doctor here with ebola in sierra leone. Medical experts say even if the doctor does have ebola, there is virtually no risk that the disease could spread to anybody else today laurel is cracking down on drivers who run red lights. Today youll notice five new signs going up in different areas. The signs remind drivers to brake at signals. Red light running is a serious problem nationwide and kills hundreds of people each year. It is monday morning. The Science Behind what you choose to wear today may be more complicated than you realize. How it changes as the week continues. The scare that put the university of ke on lockdown overnight. And to storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell to see how it looks at nats park. News 4 today will tomorrow to scroll through your drive times the on the bottom of your screen through the commercial new this morning, the American Academy of pediatrics is recommending teenage use longacting birth methods. Condoms are the least ef way among teen girls. Instead, girls should us or hormonal implan. Teens having sex sho use condoms, of course protect against sexu transmitted diseases. This next story may make you rethink that outfit you pick out for work. Most women start the week wearing black. As the week goes on they choose brighter clothes to lift their mood ahead out oe weeke out of 2,000 women, 20 say they pick a different color to wear every day of the workweek. As you can expect, black is the most popular workweek color. Black is just easy. I dont think it has to do with the fact that it is monday, tu. It is a uniform. The same study says black is the best color for confince building too. It gets you in the right state of mine, followed by red. And it matches skin tone, hair color, eye color. It just works well. 6 10 is our time right now. A nice morning across our area. And its going to get warmer as the take goes on. The notice ended with such a bang we had to accepted check bell out to nats park to look at our weather out there. Chuck, good morning. Hey, good morning, eun and aaron. Cloudy skies. Theres no one in line here at the pox office. If you wanted a ticket there wouldnt b. Your forecast around the metro area county by county today. A risk of a passing sprinkle or two. Gradually climbing up into the 70s. All about your friday. What should you ex. Give us the earlier start time. Because rain chances will be increasing as we go through the course of the day on friday. All fingers are crossed for an early game. A nats win to go with my playoff beard. Breaking news with melissa. Good morning. Breaking news montgomery county. Olney, 108 at olney. All of 108 shut down between brookville and georgia avenue. Taking a look at a wider look at things. Otherwise looking pretty about. No major problems. 295 is slow past 50 as it typically is. 95 northbound in maryland, beltway to 32, 12 minutes. Virginia, quantico to the beltway, 29. Just a couple of minutes behind. Im back in 10 minutes. A quiet conversation with huge implications. The discussion could could lead to a change in gay marriage laws. Today we celebrate the fuel that is getting us going every morning. Morning. Its coffee. Mornin Fairfax County its coffwe had to cut a lot of waste. We consolidated offices. Started sharing printers. We can walk a few feet. Replaced computers, but kept the monitors. They still work fine. We even discovered that the phone company overcharged us by three Million Dollars i approve this message because congress doesnt need another right winger. They need someone who can balance a budget. Oh, and we definitely didnt need so many government studies. Bottoms up. Its National Coffee day. Were celebrating with a cup. So are you apparently. Scott squire tweeted us, coffee and light reading. History and Colonial Williamsburg which is beautiful of course. Tweet us news4today. Well let you know where you can get a free cup of coffee today. Just a short while ago, afghanistans new president call for others to lay down their weapons. New video from ashraf ghani at his inauguration. You are seeing the first democratic handover since the 2001 u. S. Led invasion. All of this despite two deadly invasions in the capital of kabul. He swore in his election challenger in a deal brokered in part by u. S. Leaders. The u. S. Is expecting this new president to sign off on a security deal to allow 10,000 troops to stay there after the combat mission officially ends in december. Aaron, back to you. Thank you. 16 after the hour. The all clear has been given after reports of gunfire on campus at the university of kentucky. Three shots were fed at 10 00 last night. Police did issue an alert telling students to stay inside their doors as they looked for a group of men dressed in black. A trial for one of the accused boston bombers friends. Phillips lied. He pleaded not guilty. Three people died in the bombing. More than 260 others were hurt. Two of Dzhokhar Tsarnaevs friends have already been convicted. Several arrested and Police Reported tpwupb fire after more protests overnight in ferguson, missouri. It doesnt look like the unrest is going away any time soon. The new round started off at the same time as a Police Officer was shot. Police say the protests and that shooting are not related. Police say right now they are closing in on a man accused of killing a Pennsylvania State trooper. They shifted their search area slightly over the weekend. Eric frein is accused of ambushing that trooper and killing him. He also attacked and seriously. As of this morning, frein has been running for more than two weeks. Today the Supreme Court will start discussing whether to hear the virginia gay marriage case. Justices are also considering gay marriage cases in utah, oklahoma and wisconsin. The court could agree to hear one or more this winter, deny the them all, or delay the decision. It was ruled unconstitutional by a lower Court Earlier this year but a stay was issued to hold marriages until the Supreme Court decided what to do. 6 18. California is cracking down on sexual assaults on college campuses. The state just adopted a yes means yes assault rule. The bill defines by law what concept means. Under the bill, someone drunk, drugged or unconscious cannot grant consent. Instead, both parties must consciously agree to engage in sexual activity. Is. A terrifying ordeal for a woman in arizona after live power lines fell on her car during a rainstorm. Take a look. The woman sat in her car not touching the outside for more than an hour as crews worked to cut power to the wires. She was eventually taken out of her car. Her daughter says she was scared and had an anxiety attack but is expected to be okay. All right. We are staying on top of breaking news in first 4 traffic this mor right to melissa. This is in olney. 108 completely shut down at olney mill road. Chopper 4 over the scene. Very serious crash. One person pulled out of the vehicle a little while ago. 108 shut down between brooksville road and georgia avenue. So your alternates will be to divert traffic on muncaster. You will want to take georgia. Its going to be out there for quite a while if youre hea no major problems right now. 66 and 95 looking pretty typical. Average speeds 45 Miles Per Hour right now. Not so terrible this morning. Taking a look at prince georges side of things. A little slow headed towards the beltway on pennsylvania avenue and branch area. 66 is moving approximate along at Prince William parkway. Part of that are these good areas thanks to dry roads. That were going to have for a little bit longer. Thats right, melissa. Have an umbrella with you, though, as the day progresses because we may get a few sprinkles moving in latee m are the afternoon commute. Storm team 4 showing a few sprinkles making some of the roads just slightly damp. The panhandle of West Virginia. Right now getting it martinsburg. Movi into montgomery and frederick in the next half hour or so. Some of the pavement may get damp. Were hovering around 60 degrees in nearby suburbs and the rural areas. Clouds aroun will stay with us. Mostly cloudy. Mild afternoon again. I will make it into the upper 70s. Thats warmer than average. As we get into the last day of september tomorrow, Beautiful Day. Upper 50s in the morning. Afternoon highs reaching 80 tuesday afte. On the first day of october, wednesday, upper 70s again and partly sunny. A few sprinkles wednesday similar to today midday and afternoon. Beautiful day on thursday. Low 60s. Afternoon highs upper 70s. All eyes on the nationals game. It should be mostly dry early afternoon. Late afternoon or evening game, may be interrupted by showers or thunder showers. Before then up around 80. Fresh change for the weekend. Highs only 60 to near 70 on sunday. Great Outdoor Activities on the weekend. Next weather and traffic on the 1s at 6 30. Hour hourbyhour breakdown. Thats the way it looks. Back to you. Coming up on 6 22. Today jury selection begins in the penalty retrial of murderer jodi arias. A previous jury convicted her of first degree murder but was deadlocked whether she should be put to death for murder of her ex boyfriend. Travis alexander was stabbed 30 times and shot in the head. Prosecutors will again seek the death penalty. Attorneys may be hard pressed to find jurors untainted by the high profile case. In news for your health now, keeping your kids active could improve their brain function. A new study in the pediatrics journal found nine months of exertion improved elementary skills. At this time people go crazy for anything pumpkin flavored. You dont have to go far to find the pumpkin stuff. It is enticing of orange colored packages. Pumpkin cream cheese, pumpkin granola, and pumpkin creamer for National Coffee day. But they dont have pumpkin in them. What they have is a ton of sugar. Real pumpkin is good for you. It has plenty of fiber and vitamins. You just have to know what to do with it. If you add pumpkin to a soup or stew or your morning oatmeal, thats when youre getting true Health Benefits of pumpkin. Dieticians recommend pumpkin seeds which go great on salads. I like pumpkin pie but thats about the only thing. The bread, though. Thats the best time of year for that stuff. This ought to make you happy. Free coffee. National coffee day. We have been telling you some of your favorite chains offering free coffee at krispy kreme stores. You can get free small coffee or 1 espresso drinks. There was one survey that said 58 would prefer a cup of coffee over well, a bible at the center of a huge fight. Why this historic book that belonged to Martin Luther king jr. Will take center stage in a court battle. U. S. Led air strikes continue. Watching the sky for rain today. Who could see it first at 6 31. Starting today news 4 will keep our drive time scrolling during co. To the people of the coffeedrinking world. The time has come to put down the dark roast youve been putting up with and reach for a Dunkin Donuts dark roast. Bold start, smooth finish, never bitter. Rejoice with the 99cent medium hot or iced dark roast today. Were taking a live look at nats park. All quiet right now. This place was booming after an incredible nohitter by jordan zimmermann. So exciting to be a nats fan. Best way to start the season. The ball driven to left center. Hes got it hes got it its a nohitter. Jordan zimmermann. 1931 the last time this nohitter. Jordan zimmermann did it in a big way. Heading off into the playoffs. It is really something to the fans. We will turn to storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein. Our resident chief nats fan. Are you ready to go . Lets hope we can keep the movo going. What an incredible catch. What a gorgeous weekend. This morning we have had a change occur. Storm team 4 radar showing a few sprinkles coming from that disturbance. Just to the west, the areas in the light green, light scattered sprinkles. From martinsburg, frederick, leesburg. Elsewhere, staying dry this morning. Temperatures right now are rather cool. Hovering around 60 degrees. Live this monday morning. Sunrise 7 02. By 8 00, still mostly cloudy. Mid60s by noon time. We may get a few sprinkles in the metro area during the middle and latter part of the afternoon. Checking on problems this monday morning with breaking news. Montgomery county, crash at 108 at olney between brookville and georgia. Your alternate is duncaster or georgia. This is going to be in the way for some time. You will encounter this up in the olney area. Wider look at things. Looking typical at this point this morning. 270, frederi. Gaithersburg. Sudley and 66 moving along. More coming up. Thank you, melissa. New developments in the fight against isis. Carrying out air strikes in iraq and syria. Jihadists around the world will strike back for these kinds of attacks. This is video of air strikes from last week. This group is different from isis. The u. S. Used it as a terrorist organization because they want to impose islamic law on syria. The president is plaming u. S. Intense to allow isis to thrive in syria. He said they found a safe haven in syria after fleeing from iraq after the u. S. Led invasion. I think they underestimated what had been taking place in syria. They were able to reconstitute themselves and attract foreign fighters who believed in their jihadist nonsense. The president also says i miss judged the iraqi army and their willingness to fight isis. Eventually the u. S. Will have to accepted american troops to fight Islamic State group militants. He said he doesnt believe the president s approach for air strike to dismantle isis. Coming up on the today show, the latest details on the continuing air strikes in syria. More of the president s mission that he underestimated isis and what that means for our military after news 4 today. 6 33. More than two weeks since anybody has seen uva student hannah graham. Searches are stretching outside the area where she disappeared. They went out on atvs to comb a i cup side south of charlottesville. The search is much smaller, though. Only 50 trained volunteers showed up yesterday. They are following up on more than 1,600 tips and racing against time t. Fortunately, we have had very little rain since this has gone on. So the preservation of clues or evidence is still good at this point. But were still looking for anything that might lead to us hannah. Jesse matthew, who is accused of abducting hannah, is schedule to be in court on thursday. We just learned maryland is getting a slice of a half billion award from the obama administration. 15 million is going to a program in the state that helps Community Colleges p now companies such as ibm are training workers with little education for jobs in Cyber Security or i. T. , information technology. We will learn more about this program when the Vice President announces all of the winners at the white house later on this morning. Back to you, eun. Thank you. Expect to go learn more of a arrest of a maryland woman who was killed inside her home. Nicole burgess was found s to death inside her Davidson Home last march. Her dog was also stand to death. So far they have not released any details on that person. They are planning to hold a conference to release more information. In Prince William county, a te spotted with a pellet gun during a fire drill near lakeridge middle school. A t