leaving over the next hour or so. much of the morning rain will be exiting. for the morning commute, watch out for the damp roads. we ll be in the low 60s. then sun for the afternoon commute. dry roads. should be nice in the upper 70s later this afternoon. the next weather and traffic on the 1s at 5:11. storm team 4 by 4 is hitting the road. thank you. right now a water main break in beltsville could affect your morning commute. this is happening on route 1 near montgomery road. megan mcgrath is live there with what s going on. reporter: a lot of people take route 1 in the southbound direction from beltsville to hop on the beltway, but there s a problem this morning. take a look at the hole in the right-hand lane right at montgomery road by the shell station. we had a water main break overnight that created this huge hole. and we re also now smelling natural gas in the area. in fact, there s now a washington gas truck on the scene as well. this is going to take some time
find out what type and how long kiss that boring bird goodbye at our thanksgiving we re gonna make our turkey fly that s my kind of holiday. it s black friday we re shopping deals in little black dresses cute hair and heels. let s go! that s my kind of holiday. live from the abc 7 broadcast center, this is abc 7 news at noon. on your side. daycare workers are under arrest. what they are accused to doing to the toddlers and their care. with aegin this noon deadly storm making its way across the gulf coast. there is a threat to your holiday plans. we start was storm watch because that same winter storm is heading for us. it has already claimed the lives of at least 12 people and led to massive flight cancellations in dallas. now we are bracing for the impact that we could see on your thank giving travel plans. a massive storm system is on a collision course with holiday travelers. it is already upending plans for getting around as thanksgiving approaches
lanes of route 29 here just in this area are closed at the moment. we don t know how long that will be the case, just until police are done with their investigation. the post office is offering a $50,000 reward on attack on a mail carrier in the district. two men jumped the carrier on his route off hawaii avenue northeast yesterday evening. they beat him and robbed him and threatened him with a gun. pat collins found out what may have saved the carrier s life. pat. reporter: this is the part where they dumped him. after they duct taped him, after they pistol whipped him, after they threatened to kill him. he s a postal and pastor and his out loud prayer may have saved his life. this is the truck at this popular post used to bring mail to this neighborhood for years and years. people who live here are most upset by what happened to their postman pastor. one of the nicest postal workers you could ever meet. when we heard about it, we were devastated. very devastated. re