And on glebe road itself, thats all been resolved and lanes arent opened in shirlington are reopened in shirlington heading for the 14th street bridge. Kenilworth in eastern looking good with light volume heading to cheverly back to you. Today students will return to high school for the First Time Since the double shooting wednesday night. As you might imagine some the students are very sr of the students are very concerned for their safety. Delia goncalves is hive if frederick live in frederick with the latest at the high school. Delia do they know anything about who pulled it . Reporter well, police are following several leads. They told us theyre interviewed lot of the children and a lot of the students i should say who were here for wednesday evenings game. And they are following up on the leads but still asking Community Members and even students to call them with tips. They do need more information. And so police are continuing their investigation. Students are coming back to school knowing that the shooter is still out there. So certainly a lot of unease. And in fact were told the two boys who were shot in the leg and the back rep a local gang and police are looking into possible Gang Activity. Its been widely discussed as well by students at Thomas Johnson high school. Police are following tips that they received from students that four young men dressed if black walked into in black walked into the m gyridung wednesday nights jv basketball game. Were told that same group allegedly left the building just minutes before the shooting. I just am praying for them. Is just heard a bunch of stuff like between the games and everything. Not even knowing right now who the shooter was. A small group of people that weve been given some information may be involved. Reporter what can students expect when they return to classes today . A whole lot of security. Ill have more on that angle of the story coming up at 30. Back to 6 30. Back to you. Thank you delia live in frederick this morning. A d. C. Elementary schoolteacher the facing child sex abuse charges this morning. That subject is leroy ware. Ware is charged with mister demeanor sex abuse of a child. A similar disturbing story a local music teacher is being held without bond this morning on sex charges. The fredericksburg freelance star reports jay n emachine smith is accused of taking indecent liberties of a minor. In this case a 17yearold girl. Her parents say they hired him to give their daughter music lessons. They called detectives when they discovered the inappropriate relationship. A Montgomery County man is facing up to 130 years in prison this morning after being convicted of sexually assaulting four young men. Prosecutors say Joey Poindexter sought out victims at beer pong tournaments. Last month, he was convicted of sexually assaulting a fifth man. His second trial started monday. Police say the four victims were so incapacitated. They didnt even realize they had been assaulted until investigators discovered video of the assaults on poindexters computer and showed it to them. An army veteran from Prince Georges County is in custody this morning. Accused of threatening to shoot his wife and others at the u. S. Capitol. Michael bogoslavski claims he is suffering from post Traumatic Stress disorder after suffering in both iraq and afghanistan. Serving in both iraq and afghanistan. He was arrested after calling his wife saying he planned to shoot her and anyone who got in his way. He was glad to die at the hands of police. Bog bogoslavskis wife is a senator. Led to a delayed response during last months fatal accident in a metro train tunnel. Nikki burdine is outside Lenfant Plaza metro station to explain. Nikki this is a problem we hear about after every metro accident and it never gets fixed. Reporter youre right. Its a big problem. Its problem they say theyve been complaining about for a long time now. And in fact we heard a lot of venting from firefighters and from medic leaders yesterday in a hearing with d. C. Council. Who say there are may josh problems that rub major problems that must be fixed. Ling and the hearing yesterday, we heard a lot from Union Leaders who say these things need to be fixed and firefighters have had trouble using their radios in metro tunnels and if building all over in building all over down time for some time now. Just to use their cell phones because the radios are just so unreliable. We also heard from paramedics who have problems with computer displays. Theyre supposed to give that information about emergency calls. They said they have even missed some emergency runs because of the calls they werent ever transmitted. There are also complaints about the lack of training and firefighters talked about the problems specifically with responding to Lenfant Plaza metro emergency and you can just hear the frustration in their voices. Listen. But right now, as they told us in the military, communication is everything. Without it, your system crashes, thats what happened at Lenfant Plaza. Reporter firefighters say there is one simple solution to one of those problems. Coming up in our next half hour ill tell you what it is. Back to you in the studio. All right Nikki Burdine live outside the plaza metro station. Republican lawmakers in West Virginia are on a collision course with the states governor this morning. Over an abortion bill. Lawmakers are pushing to ban abortion more than 20 weeks after conception. Governor tomlin vetoed a similar proposal last year. And supporters of the bill are citing moral and religious grounds. Opponents say the measure would likely be unconstitutional. A measure which would prevent the public from scrutinizing most everything to do with the Death Penalty could actually become law in virginia. The Washington Post reports that it could be smooth sailing for the bill since governor mcauliffe is a chief supporter. Even though hoe opposes the Death Penalty. The measure is intended to keep drugs for lethal injections from flowing into virginia by shielding manufacturers from public scrutiny. The baltimore Symphony Orchestra is celebrating a very special milestone. And the latest on the search for those missing after a deadly plane crash in taiwan. Wusa9 is back right after this. We thought our cable internet was fast. But, our uploads are half the speed of our downloads so our internet is really halffast. So halffast. Someone did a halffast job posting our vacation pics. When i post my slow jams, im a little half fast totally half fast stop living with half fast internet. Only verizon fios comes with speedmatch uploads as fast as downloads. And the fastest wifi available from any provider. Call the Verizon Center for customers with disabilities at 800. 974. 6006 tty v welcome back. 6 09 on this very cold friday morning. Thankfully the winds are light because we have some readings in the upper Single Digits. Going to start sunny this morning. It will be very cold but you know this afternoon, a little below average. Upper 30s and low 40s with a few more clouds around. And then were going above average temperaturewise for the weekend. Ill have that full weekend seven day forecast coming up at about 6 17. Right now heres beverly farmer with your timesaver traffic. Howard, accident isnt going to impact on the southbound lanes of the the ride on the southbound lanes. Southbound ramp to 450 is where the crash is blocking a portion of the ramp and you should get around it but there are delays building inside the beltway pretty much from 410 down to old capital plaza. Also an accident from 202. Beltway getting past branch avenue on the inner loop of the beltway just between allentown road and route 5. Crash is tying up the right side of the roadway beginning in the transition lane to exit at route 5. Thats creating a delay. That have the piece is good down to the the pace is good down to the wilson bridge. Heaviest volume of traffic past quantico and express lane merge there. And then again in woodbridge lanes are open in lorton heading into newington and on to 395. Back to you. Thank you. The developer of a proposed luxury hotel in college park is going ore design the to redesign the project now. It was too fall and a hazard to air traffic. The new design will be ten stories high instead of the original 13. The baltimore symphony is celebrating ten years at the strathmore music center. A gala performance was held lastnitis at the bethesda music venue featuring more than 80 members of the bso playing along with a worldrenowned pianist. Her musicians not only perform regularly at strathmore, they also engage with students in the local schools. Were all about inclusion and access. We want everyone to feel that this is an art form they can participate in. They can come. You can come in jeans, you can come in a you know tuxedo, whatever you want. And really enjoy the concerts. The baltimore Symphony Orchestra averaged more than 80 attendance rates for each event. The bso will celebrate its 100th birthday next year. Really interesting way to honor black History Month at the American History museum. Today they are going to host a performance based on the training sessions of actual 19 60s civil rights sitins. There will be two performances one at 1 30 and another at 3 00 on the second floor of the east wing and the performance lasts between 20 and 30 minutes. Thats one of the things you see in the movie selma. Really very difficult they have to learn to take the words and sitting and everything. Coming up on 6 13 is. 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I dont want to tell you guys your job, but. Policies without the price tags. Now, thats progressive. Welcome back. Its 6 16 this friday morning. In the news right now we are learning new information this morning about wednesdays transasia plane crash in taipei. According to the top air safety official there, flight data shows bothen gins both enjoins lost power moments before the flight crashed into a river. That has raised the confirmed death toll to 35. There were 15 survivors that we know of. And at last check, eight people are still missing. Meanwhile a professor at the university ofsouth carolina was killed yesterday in what investigators are calling a murder suicide. It happened at the new school of Public Health in downtown columbia. The detectives stay two people involve say the two people involved had a relationship. No other details have yet been realested. The university has texted alerts warning students to stay inside. The jury selection is underway in the trial thats being dubbed the american sniper murder trial. Prosecutors say in 2013, Eddie Ray Routh shot and killed navy s. E. A. L. Chris kyle and his friend chad littlefield in texas. About 800 people have been called as potential jurors. This morning a funeral is being held for the driver of the suv that was hit by a commuter train north of new york city. The crash also killed five rail passengers earlier this week. The witness says ellen brody a 49yearold mother of three got out of her vehicle when a Railroad Crossing gate came down on the suv. She then got back in and the suv ended up sitting in the danger zone inside the gates. For about half a minute before it was hit. Well today marks what would have been president round Ronald ReagansRonald Reagans 104th birthday. At 10 00 this morning Reagan National airport will hold a wreath laying ceremony at the statue of the 40th president. Finally, 6,000 pieces of atwork are heading over to the National Gallery from the corcoran collection. It closed its doors in 2014 after significant financial trouble. According to the National Gallery, the collection that will be on display now been a quote transformative infusion of art. Were told that its going to feature art from both europe and the u. S. That will be good. Such a beautiful building. You know glad theres something thats going to be there. Indeed. Thank you nick. 6 18. Its cold outside. But things are going to change a golfable weekend. Yeah in fact even though you might get out this afternoon for the hearty ones because the winds arent so bad. They are really really light. Go from teens the 50s in to 50s . Yeah today upper 30s and low 40eds. 40s. But thats still going to be better than the morning when you are in the single digit. Were starting out with sunshine well dark first and then sunshine with some clouds here and there this afternoon. Upper 30s and low 40s. Southwest west southwest winds at about 10 miles an hour. So thats a lot better than yesterday when we had some gusts in the upper 30s. Cold stuff this morning is up in northern new england. So saw some reedings readings in northern New Hampshire and Northern New York state colder than 20 below. But were sitting at 20 here with some of the suburbs now close to 10. In fact its 7 in west minister. 9 in culpeper with 21 in cumberland. That warm air the breeze is starting to kick up mixing up the atmosphere a little bit. In town a cold start. Now Reagan National is right an the potomac but that gets a little bit of warmth from the river but still its 20. The winds are calm and full moon was couple of nights ago. Cold air is in place can thats going to retreat to the north with some milder air coming in late today with a few more clouds and then the mild conditions will be with us for the weekend. Because the storm track well to the north. 41 today. Tonight not nearly as cold into the 20s with light winds. Tomorrow 52. If you like it cold, not your weekend, but boy its going to be pleasant out this for most of us. There for most of us. Sunday even milder but a for more clouds. Upper 50s as we head into monday a dumb of cold hours couple of cold showers. Can then in the 40s and then in the 40s tuesday and wednesday and well get colder even still by thursday and friday. 6 20. Heres beverly farmer with timesaver traffic and brie in the 6 00 hour bev. Absolutely. Where weve a little busier as we typically do in the 6 00 hour. The good news is sky 9 has been showing up the accident on the southbound lanes of the baltimore washington parkway at the ramp to 50. On the shoulder of the rach but the delays inside the beltway easing up just a bit. But southbound on the bw parkway inside the beltway. Beltway heading south of andrews past route 4 allentown road still sluggish the crash between allentown road and branch avenue. Moved over to the right shoulder. No lanes are blocked anymore. Thats good. 66 your volume see that eastbound coming in past fair oaks to the vienna metro. But with all lanes open into rosslyn. Thank you for joining us this morning. Good friday morning. Wusa9 news will be Rig Technology has improved our lives, in small ways. In big ways. But what about this . Couldnt this be better too . At redfin we asked ourselves the same question. Which led us to create new ways to take you inside a home or instantly schedule a tour. But we paired that with our own agents who arent paid on commission but on your happiness. And thats what makes it all work the world has changed and now real estate has too. I2 at 6 23. Heres some stories you may have missed. President obama is pushing for new authority to use military force against isis. The white house says the president will ask congress for the authority for strikes in both iraq and syria but House Speaker boehner says it wont be smooth sailing on the hill. Speaker boehner says it would be up to the president to rally support from lawmakers and the public. President obama also wants to make good on the Campaign Promise to shut down the Guantanamo Bay detention facility. The white house says terrorists are using the facility as a propaganda tool to recruit new members. The administration points to the isis videos showing the executions of a jordanian pilot and japanese journalist. But republicans say theyre concerned about the threat posed by detape knees who might be detainees who might be released if the facility shuts down. It is not a secure decision. Its a political decision based on promises the president made on his campaign. The bill to stop transfers out of began tan know bay will start making its way through the Legislature Next week. 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