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that just popped up. braddock road west of 123, remember that is near george mason. we have a crash reported there just a short time ago. and taking a look here at the beltway, the beltway is looking good. southbound georgia avenue at eastern avenue, we have the debris still report in the center of the roadway. we ll have travel times in ten minutes. thank you, melissa. 6:01 and today d.c. s quest for statehood could hit a big road block in congress. the house will vote on a bill to take away the district s ability to spend local tax dollars without congressional approval. erika gonzalez is live at freedom plaza with strong words coming from the white house with today s vote. erika? reporter: senior advisers say this is fundament to a well-functioning democracy and would recommend the president veto the republican bill. so this is part of a statement released yesterday. the administration is disappointed that the congress has failed to provide elected the most basic autho
look at the color on the screen this morning. all those amazing storm shots yesterday. some rain boughs as rainbows as well. mother nature delivering this this morning. we ll have clouds around. mostly cloudy to start and even a sprinkle of clouds but sunshine will build in by noon. a little less humid. yesterday we were in the mid-had the strong storms. we re looking at just a few sprinkles. you see them here. not much going on but from fredricksburg to colonial beach into the northern neck, that s it. that s the area that s rained. this is ground clutter north of it. if it heads together, it will head toward st. mary s county, charles. upper 60s to upper 70s. here s what s in the news right now. president obama has authorized a request for 350 additional troops in iraq. the white house says the troops will help protect american diplomatic facilities and personnel in baghdad. the additional forces will be about security at the u.s. embassy in baghdad. a video showing t
investigation. washington at 5:00 begins now. live and in hd, this is good morning washington, on your side. but glad youre with us. wednesday, october 24. i am steve chenevey. i am cynne simpson. let s get to meteorologist jeras. are headline for today, and other warm wednesday. do have a slow cooldown coming and a wild card for the weekend. watching tropical storm sandy, which is almost a hurricane. up to somewaking conditions, 61 at 54 at dulles.l, the express forecast, looking to be warminges up. 76 at noon, 81 at 5:00. we will have more on the seven- day in a moment. back to you. thank you. we will take you to stafford county, virginia. part of interstate 95 northbound closed due to a fuel spill. brianne carter has an update. centreport parkway, the lanes of 95 starting to develop delays. mile-marker 138 is where the happened. a big backup starting already. we understand traffic is able to shoulder not much moving. they are asking drivers to come parkway an
for for this time of the morning, kind of strange. not bad though. i m wisdom martin. i m sarah simmons. let s talk with tucker barnes now and get the latest on the weather. we have some clouds rolling through and maybe a sprinkle for the start of your morning. otherwise, any time you are talking about 80 degrees in october, that is bonus weather. we love bonus weather. 61 at reagan national. 60 ooh, we re going down. a few light sprinkles touching the ground. much of this is what we call virga. another mild afternoon with temperatures topping out in the 80s. in washingtoning we ll go 80. quantico, 81. in washington, we ll go 80. if you are south and west of the city, you could be in the low 1r0. fredericksburg hit 84 yesterday? yes, it did. if you are south and west of the city, you could be in the low 80s. nothing wrong with that. a busy morning on 95 already. you got that right. we do have footage from this crash involving what was an overturned