washed today, do it. we re dry until thursday. that s the big change. by thursday, more rain. big story about today besides the sunshine breezy conditions. that s all we ve got going. we ll talk about the rain on le thursday, buts talk about the roads with melissa. good morning. good morning, right now the bd,tway looking goo outer loop, outer loop, we don t have anything. no roadwork, nothing like that. 66 at 123 eastbound, westbound, everything is rolling along well. nothing in your way. in fairfax, northbound fairfax county parkway, crash reported northbound. southbound lanes not impacted. southbound 295, the ramp to the inbound 11th street bridge hadt e left side blocked by a crash. that s on the shoulder. a second crash in the same area also on the shoulder at this point. as youook here northbound, southbound on bw parkway, route 1, 95, 29, everything northbound and southbound nice and green and moving. all right. thank you. 5:02. new this morning, d.c. police sa
we have rain showers moving out of here. but we re still seeing themfor our friends in southern maryland. for the most part, they are gon they re moving out of prince george s county where i have some of my friends out there. sharon, thanks for watching in clinton, maryland. again, they re moving out, and we re going continue to see clearing conditions throughout the day today. high pressure moving in. and you can see, look all the way to themidwest. we re looking dry. again, it isgoing to be a nice day out there finally even though yesterday evening was rece. 69 the temperatight now. main story today, the wind. we re going to see wind gusts up to 30 miles per hour throughout the day today. let s talk more rain because we have i in this forecast especially for the weekend. c ll show you thating up. first to the roads with melissa. good morning. good morning. a couple of problems here in d.c. washington, southbound 295 the ramp to inbound 11th bridge, we talked about that a
moving out of the area. look at all this clearing out there. that s all sunshine that is going to be headed our way for today. as far as what our current temperature is, 67 degreesnow. winds are the main story today. they re pushing in from the northwest. no humidity. pushing allthat down to the south. 81 will be the daytime high, around normal for this time of year. we have lower result, and again, breezy northwest winds. no rain today, but we have a chance for tomorrow and into thursday. we ll talk about timing and the father s day forecast in detail coming up. first let s talk about traffic. good morning, melissa. reporter: good morning. chopper 4 showing an issue in prince george s county.nn this is the i loop near st. barnabas rd. a crash and report of a tree partially blocking the right lane on the beltway. we have some real delays there this morning. it is going to be a little bit difficult through that section. that s not an compare we expect a slowdown trls eay in
crane company has actually had 17 federal safety violations since 2013, some of them quite serious. the company did not respond to us, but has said they are cooperating with the investigation. and while officials say that weather was certainly one factor in what happened here behind me, determining the exact cause could take up to six months. clayton sandell, abc news, dallas. canada is taking steps on two environmental issues. it will ban single-use plastic items as soon as 2021 to counter pollution and waste. an exact list has not yet been released but the ban is likely to include bags, straws, and fast food containers. canada will also ban facilities from keeping whales, dolphins, or porpoises in captivity. marineland in niagara falls will be the zoo that is most affected. it has dozens of whales and dolphins. parks that presently have the sea creatures can keep them but the new law also bans making them perform. i think that that is great, canada is doing that. yo
ensuring the fund will never run out of money will be taken up before the senate s august recess. the promise follows activist jon stewart accusing mcconnell of slow-walking the bill for political reasons. all that emotion from jon stewart, then we saw action right away. turning to the growing legal problems for cardi b. the grammy-winning rapper made an appearance in court. that s right, good morning, thank you. cardi b appearing at a new nyc vesquare garden or barclay s center but the biggest courtroom queens, new york has to offer. this morning cardi b swapped screaming crowds at the american music awards and b.e.t. awards for fans waiting outside a courthouse in queens, new york. cardi appearing in front of a judge for upgraded charges after a fight in a strip club last summer. the grammy winner arraigned on an 11-count indictment including two charges of felony attempted assault. we don t believe that the indictment changes anything. we understood that it was a