breaking news in fairfax county. that's where a fiery tractor trailer crash is causing some big problems. this is on a ramp from the fairfax county parkway to i-95. tracee wilkins is live on that scene with more. >> good morning. this is a major, major mess. let me show you what's going on here in the fairfax county parkway. they are turning cars around here. if you're heading northbound, coming from route one to herndon, they're going to turn you around before you get to 95 and force you to go back toward route 1. you're going to have to go up toward springfield to get to where you need to go. if you're coming northbound on to the fairfax county parkway. let me shoe you, this is just a jammed mess. go over to the 95 northbound ramp you can see exactly what happened here. there was a tractor trailer crash earlier this morning. let me give you a closer look. around 2:15 this morning a tractor trailer heading on that ramp trying to go northbound on 95 overturned, caught fire. according to fairfax county, fire, ems, the

this is on the ramp to fairfax county parkway. traveling northbound i-95 you cannot get on or off of fairfax county parkway. you can see quite an active accident scene here. as chopper is over the scene, also getting able to take a look at the delays. delays are serious. really as you make your way from dale city on i-95, it's slow going all of the way from fairfax county parkway. the right lane still blocked by emergency response workers. again, big delays. please avoid i-95 to allow cruise time to work. checking out other roads in our area. you can see not too bad here. as far as delays. seeing delays just a bit as you make your way westbound on 50 in maryland heading from 201, slow to new york avenue and also seeing delays outer loop. back to you. >> 6:33. >>> this morning police hope new video will help lead them to the people responsible for brutally beating a man in the district's eastern market neighborhood. they packed a community meeting last night. kathy lanier spoke about her efforts to stop a spike in crime. police rel

carter is in fairfax county >> . delays and closures continue interstate 95 in the fairfax county corridor as investigators are still on the scene after a fatal tanker accident overnight. at 2:00 this morning a gas was driving on the ramp interstate 95 when the control and rolled far happening after that. the driver was found dead on the according to virginia state police. still remain on the scene. the identity of the driver has e available. there's no word on just how long delays and closures will last. john. >> city leaders have finally answered the cries of residents the petworth neighborhood who s that thed for year sherman circle park is simply dark. today there are street lights inside the park. will be officially unveiled we didoday just after this after a catholic university over $60.s killed >> the republican national to night inontinues tampa, florida. we will hear from some big names including senator mitch john mccain as former secretary of state condoleezza rice. the big name for tonight will be vice pr

we begin our top stories with breaking news from fairfax. fairfax police are investigating a deadly police involved crash in alexandria. cruiser and another car this morning at road.nia the person who died was not an officer. the road is closed while police investigate the crash. starting today, drivers could delays in the great falls area as vdot crews remove about 60 dead or dying trees. this comes after a man died last when a tree fell on his car as he drove along georgetown pike. the work is expected to take three weeks. the maryland house of delegates today on aworking gambling in the state of maryland. approved the bill on friday. table games at existing casinos and a casino at national harbor in prince george's county. >> checking news around the south korean authorities say four construction workers large fire broke capital.e at least 20 people were injured site near anuction ancient palace. they died after inhaling toxic smoke. smoke filled the heart of the the palace was not damaged. the death toll continues to after an two powerfu

, as well as the ramp from southbound fairfax county to northbound 95. in addition, the lewisdale road adjacent is close in both directions. we are trying to get details on how long this investigation will take place. it will certainly slow you down on your drive on i-953 virginia. you may want to take route one or any other alternate. we will keep you posted. >> thank you so much. do not expect to see rg3 on the field when the redskins host the tampa bay buccaneers. >> he has had his chance. he will wait for the regular season. robert will get the night off. this comes on the heels of another round of cuts for the team, including longtime tight and chirs cooley. he had a franchise record. also in number of injuries in the past few seasons. he got emotional while addressing the media on tuesday. >> i appreciate everything. i'm sorry, i am a baby. i appreciate everything you guys have done for me. i guess, i'd just want to say thank-you to our fans. it has been great. thank you. >> the redskins also kick -- cut one of the kickers and signed a kicker from

from fairfax county parkway. crews are still working. still seeing them at the area. the truck fire, the the exit ramp at fairfax county parkway is shut down right now. to northbound 95. northbound 95 you can't get on or off that exit ramp right now. traveling along i-95, two of your right northbound lanes are blocked at fair fabs county parkway as crews are still working to clear this accident scene. for now, it's a very active accident scene. just be aware of this as you make your commute. i'm going to keep watching this for you. back in ten minutes with another update. richard and eun, over to you. >>> right now hurricane isaac is punishing louisiana with powerful winds and rain. a live look in new orleans now which has been battered for hours. nbc's danielle lee nows that latest from the big easy. good morning. >> reporter: isaac is coming ashore with a fury. vicious winds and heavy rain are barreling down on coastal cities in four different states. the storm is knocking down trees and taking out power lines.

. >> breaking news in fairfax county. and emergency crews are on the deadly tanker crashed. >> this is near the fairfax parkway. is at the latest. there is still a large first responder presence at the scene. spoke to police a short time ago. confirming there is one fatality. the tractor-trailer accident happened a little earlier this morning. several road closures as a result. the ramp from the fairfax county to interstate 95 northbound is where this accident occurred. down.emains shut g in the southbound down i-95 to get on the parkway, that is also closed. that remains closed at this point. other area lot of here and around parkwayrfax county interstate 95 corridor. again, d.c. police out here on the scene. number of agencies are out here. as to what led up to this accident, it is still unclear at this point. we will follow up and bring you latest. fairfax county, brianne carter, abc 7 news. the latest on the morning -- let's check in with angela. mentioned, we have result of this --ctor trailer fire in overnight. nort

two northbound lanes of i-59 in fairfax -- i-95 in fairfax are closed after a deadly tanker crash. the fire crews got to the report of a vehicle fire at 2:00 this morning and they arrived to find a burning tanker. the second fire was sparked from the hazardous material inside the tanker which had leaked on to the highway. once the fire was out, crews discovered the driver's body inside the wreckage. police are investigating the incident now. >>> police have release some surveillance video that they say is related to the beating of a d.c. man earlier this month near capitol hill. the video was taken at a gas station on pennsylvania avenue in northeast and it allegedly shows the suspects in that crime moments after they attacked 29-year-old thomas mattlin. he was headed home after a night out with friends on august 18 and he was savagely beaten. >> i just wanted to ask the public to please came watch this video, show it to anybody they know and see if anybody can be recognized from this video. >> victim's wife says he's still in the icu recovering from his injuries. if you recognize

i want to show you fairfax county parkway. as you start making your way past this area, you're going to be heavy on the brakes again. no accidents just yet. no major delays. that's good. please give yourself extra time. it's going to be a slow trip. especially on i-95 in virginia. i-66. look at i-270 because starting to slow down here as well. live look at falls road. as you make your way southbound. we soog some volume here as well as wet pavement. aaron, over to you. >> thank you, danella. >>> the future of gambling in prince george's county could be decided today. maryland's house of delegates will take up a bill that would bring a casino to the county and table games to all maryland sinos. final vote could come as early as tonight. they could approve a new version of the legislation yesterday. it would lower taxes that maryland live! and a new casino planned in baltimore would have to pay. that would help them cope with the possible loss of business that they would face if a new casino is built in prince george's county. a

vernon highway in fairfax county. police believe the boy road into traffic on his bike and the driver couldn't avoid him. the driver did stay on the scene and has not been charged. >>> right now montgomery county police need your help finding a missing 23-year-old man. ali vanished last night. he was last seen at the falls grove shopping center in rockville. he is paralyzed and uses a moteerized wheelchair to get around. family and police are concerned about his mental well being. if you've seen him, please call police. >>> a substitute teacher in loudoun county is out of a job after police say she showed up drunk for the first day of class. it happened at stone mill middle school on monday. jacqueline barnes has been with the loudoun public county schools for less than six months. the school said she had no interaction with the students, though, the morning of her arrest. >>> a couple of dare devils from arlington took their love to new heights when they tied the knot. bob ewing and his bride recently wed in the east

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it is in the alexandria section of fairfax county. in this people living o would are wondering wh a 5-year-old girl. that is something fairfax county police are trying to figure out. fairfax county detectives were at this apartment complex in alexandria. there were talking to neighbors lookingributing fliers s that might catch predator. >> a 5-year-old child? >> neighbors were stunned to that today's ago a man girl anda 5-year-old sexually assaulted her. sometime between 7:00 and 8:00 evening the man or the basement ofinto the an apartment building. that's where the attack took place. >> the site of a man holding the of a 5-year-old child may alarm bells at first glance. hopefully, by learning this was abduction and an attack, put two and two together. >> police are looking at weather and the little girl was being supervised at the time. big wake-up call. >> the world is a dangerous to leave the kids playing by themselves. >> fairfax county police say of the girl's age she give a vague to of her attacker. asking anyone who makes anyth

montgomery, arlington, fairfax, prince george's counties all in the mid 60s. hometown forecast for bowie, right now it's generally in the 60s there. and by 7:30, 8:00, it's going to be near 70. by noontime, ought to be in the low 80s. and for the rest of the afternoon, for the entire region, day planner, e., look at that gorgeous sun rise in 20 minutes, at 6:20, by noontime in the mid 80s. upper 80s, near 90, mid afternoon. low humidity in place throughout the day. delightful summer day coming up. by this evening, humidity returns. i'll be back in ten minutes with another update and traffic. we've got an update now with danella. good morning. >> good morning. thanks, tom. checking breaking news on the roadway. let's start in virginia. still seeing franconia road and gum street, all your lanes are blocked in that area due to a fatal crash. let's head over to a disabled vehicle. i-95 northbound. north of the occoquan bridge, police on the scene. delays on i-95 northbound as you make your way past fairfax county parkway, seeing volume. travel labs are open. headi

looking at highsons -- tysons this morning, looks nice in fairfax county. winds north, northwest at 9 bringing in the drier air, the humidity at 73%. a quick look at our satellite and radar. eight quiet here. showers and storms down in the carolinas with the front that went through yesterday morning. our forecast green across the boards. 85, a great day today. mainly in the 60s tonight. upper 60s in town. near 60 in the suburbs. tomorrow 88, warmer but still not too humid. friday looks fantastic but hot, 96. you folks who love summer, one last chance for your friday. saturday low 90s. maybe by sunday we'll get a couple of storms from isaac moving this way but a better chance to see some of that moisture on unfortunately the labor day holiday. monika samtani, timesaver traffic not good. >> not good. if you're just beginning to get ready to head out the door, i want you to listen to this first, especially if you're a commuter on the northbound side of i-95. good morning, everybody. about 2:12 this morning, crews in virginia got a call about a major tanker fir

frightening fairfax county. skeletal -- >> the frightening fairfax county. remains were found. there was no id found near the body. police are investigating. a security guard was found dead at a modern art museum. the officer dead of a gunshot wound. they say he did not do it in a area and no one in the museum and witnessed it. >> new questions for maryland voters. the secretary of state has language fromthe questions, the biggest of which are whether voters favor include cable games of whether toon couples to marry. -- aning up, and attacked shakes of parents at a playground. showers.a few do it again to tomorrow? tracks the controversy has a congressman backpedaling, but the president offers his >> we are following a developing story as the congressman rose the congressman's remarks over rate. >> he says he misspoke when he legitimate rate rarely in pregnancy. e rape rarely pregnancy. some are even encouraging him to run for senate. >> the views are offensive. idea we, and the qualifying what types about does not to the american people. >> the romney campaign has itself from

both incidents happened in and around a fairfax county park. on april 26th the teen slashed three horses that were part of the spirit open equestrian program. the second attack happened a month later. the teen-ager was found guilty on three felony counts of animal maiming. >>> some women in the takoma park area feeling a little vulnerable, this after reports of a pervert trying to shoot video up a woman's skirt at the metro station. tuesday police say a man 18 to 25 years old pretended he wanted directions, but he continually brushed his book bag against the woman's leg. she tried to get away, but the man kept following her. >> it's scary to think that we live around this and this is going on in my community. >> get this. the same guy apparently tried to do the same thing to the same woman on eastern avenue on wednesday. she looked down and saw a cell phone camera look back up at her through a hole in the bag. police are trying to catch this guy, but the description so far is pretty vague. >>> virginia now confirms two adults in the commonwealt

the closest rain to washington right now is just coming in to central fairfax county from fairfax city and falls church. and farther west to burke and near chantilly. it's raining pretty hard as well as right around hey market getting light to moderate shower there's. farther south, dale city and down just southeast of manassas, getting moderate downpours into western stafford. that's advancing northwest of i-95. arlington and then the district. southern montgomery county, the next hour or so. northwestern montgomery county, they're getting moderate showers. farther northwest of there, northern loudoun getting some mod showers. the whole area in yellow is severe risk zone. covers northern virginia, the district, all of maryland, eastern shore. this is a chance for damaging winds. looks like the time for that will be 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. if you hear thunder, get inside. turn on nbc4. temperatures around the region, 70s. much of the area, 60s farther west and north. 77 at reagan national. here's the day planner. by 7:00 a.m., a few scattered showers coming through the metro area. could

police investigating a deadly crash involving a fairfax county police cruiser. it happened a short time ago near franconia road and dumphries. person was killed. that person was not the police officer. we have a crack the scene and we will have more in a live report at the top of the hour. >> texting our top stories vdot crews will descend on the great falls area today to start removing about 50 dead or dying trees. the project comes after a man died when a tree fell on his car. he was driving along georgetown pike. the work is expected to take several weeks. drivers could face delays in the area. the maryland house of delegates begins work today on a bill to expand gambling in the state. the state senate approved legislation on friday to allow table games in the existing casinos and a casino at national harbor in prince george's county. there will be a moment of silence this morning. one year since the devastating collapse at the indiana state fair. seven people died, 58 others injured when a strong wind gust blew down the stage just before a concert by the cou

days later fairfax county detectives brought him back to northern virginia. so far he is not facing additional charges for being a fugitive the past 12 years. >>> john hinckley's efforts to gain more freedom may have hit a roadblock. federal prosecutors filed a motion to stop hinckley from getting extended visits with his mother in williamsburg. while he is still under care at st. elizabeth hospital, the lawyers filed a motion after a mental health facility in williamsburg decided not to participate in hinckley's treatment. hinckley was found not guilty by reason of insanity for attempting to assassinate president ronald reagan in 1981. >>> maryland state police are still investigating a bad accident that happened in upper marlboro this evening. a pickup truck collided with a car causing the car to veer off the road. the pickup ran off the road near route 4 and richie marlboro road, then fell down an embankment. the driver of the car suffered minor injuries and was taken to a local hospital. the driver of the pickup valerie gerard was cited for seven traffic

it was then that fairfax county firefighters found the body of the driver behind the wheel. the cause of the crash still under investigation. >> the driver ever the vehicle -- of the vehicle had lost control of the truck and the vehicle went off the road to the right and overturned. >> reporter: the accident caused major delays on i-95 north in the middle of the morning rush. cleanup crews had to remove what was left of the tractor- trailer. now they have to repair the roadway. the fire was so hot, so intense, that it damaged the pavement. that work is expected to take most of the day to complete so expect that exit ramp to still be closed during the evening rush. in fairfax county, chris finish fisher -- kristin fisher, 9news now. >> the driver has been identified at 59-year-old edwin hall of charles town, west virginia. police say that that ramp should be opening very soon. >>> montgomery coty police are asking for our help to find a missing man. 23-year-old al alhari was last seen at the falls grove shopping center off shady grove road in rockville. he's paralyzed and use

fairfax county police are asking for help solving a horrible crime. the assault of a 5-year-old girl. it happened at a playground. will thomas is live in fairfax with more. >> reporter: brian, good evening. you said it. a horrible crime indeed. any kind of a sexual assault is bad enough but police tell me this was violent, forcible. the victim a 5-year-old girl. let me give you a better idea where we are. brian mentioned manitoba drive. that is the street that leads to this apartment complex. the streets, the main streets, little river turnpike right at beauregard street, little riv turnpike area of alexandria, if you will. yesterday evening between 7:00 and 8:00 at night police say the 5-year-old girl was playing inside the playground area in the middle of the apartment complex. they say that's when a man took her away, lead her to a basement and sexually assaulted her. right now detectives are inside this apartment complex canvassing looking for witnesses. let's hear from fairfax police. >> hopefully it's fresh in people's mind. this playground is i

you will find lane closures and no access to the fairfax county parkway. i'll have more on this coming up in my next report. >>> the heart of hurricane isaac is slamming into the louisiana coast this morning. >> the outer bands of the storm reach as far as the florida panhandle. scott broom joins us live from pensacola, florida. let's check on the conditions now. good morning, scott. >> reporter: good morning. the wind is still blowing. i'm here in part because this is a region wide event and we're tracking some of the evacuees from new orleans who have fled to places like pensacola here where we're still going through some marginal tropical storm conditions. take a look at what was going on last night. that's when we had full tropical storm conditions here in pensacola beach. very strong winds at times. some downpours. these are the kind of conditions that folks of new orleans have come to and they consider this an evacuation vacation here. there has been some minor flooding throughout pensacola beach and the florida panhandle but nothing as serious as wh

fairfax, falls church, this will make its way through the washington area in the next 37 minutes, fairfax the next minute or so in an nonedale. you'll probably need the umbrellas for 15 minutes to half an hour. that rain will move out of here. i think we'll be a-okay. this making its way over i-95 in the next half hour towards the north. what are we going to be seeing? one frontal boundary moves to the south. this is actually a little trough coming through right now. that's helping to cool our temperatures down. an area of low pressure to the south tomorrow. that's where most of the shower activity should stay. on wednesday, it moves a little bit to the north. we'll see a better chance of showers, more cloud cover on wednesday. temperatures still in the lower 80s. we're going to stay on this cool trend right on through the end of the workweek. i don't for see any 90s at all any time soon. partly cloudy, scattered showers. 68 to 76 degrees. most areas x though, already in the mid 60s. partly cloudy, cooler with areas of fog tomorrow morning. 56 in some of the coolest suburbs to 69 in the c

in fairfax city, look at that on the west side. we're seeing stuff. farther south and west we're still dealing with some heavy downpours across parts of prince william county, stafford, out toward areas in goldvein and southern fauquier. a slow drift east. yesterday was southern maryland that got the heavy rains. today so far it's been on the west and northwest side of the metro. the other thing i want to tell you, temperatures are in the mid- to upper 80s now. we'll get a little sunshine. we'll likely make the low 90s which means we'll get a few more of these showers and storms, slow movers for the afternoon. they certainly could impact your plans. i'll come back in a few minutes and talk about what you can expect for the weekend. there's a cold front on the way. we've got some good news in that seven day. >> thank you, howard. >>> at least one building at walter reed hospital has been -- walter reid hospital has been evacuated because of a bomb threat. officials aren't giving us much information but the hospital's website says all appointments have

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. >> just ahead a person is dead in a crash involving a fairfax county policeman. >> the present central candidate and his running mate hit the road. >> we have it look at all the fun you can have it this year's montgomery county fair. good morning to you washington. 6:00. >> let's get right to steve rudin for a look at the weather. >> a beautiful star to our monday morning comfortable temperatures, low humidity and lots of sunshine in about 20 minutes or so. the forecast today calls for a 6-91 degrees partly to mostly sunny skies. overnight, increasing clouds and showers possible late and two more, better chance of isolated thunderstorms. 85-90 degrees tomorrow. >> we want to get started with breaking news coming in from alexandria. >> a man is dead after a head on collision with a police cruiser. it happened at franconia road and jones the street. >> good morning we just checked back in with fairfax county police and they do not have an update for us as far as the officer's condition. the officer is still in the hospital. it is still a very active the scene this morning. more and more

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a deadly car accident occurred this morning involving a fairfax county police officer. the accident happened just before 3:00 a.m. at the intersection of gum street and francona road. kristen fisher has more now from the scene. >> reporter: this is all that's left of the silver infinity that crashed into a fairfax county police cruiser before bursting into flames. the driver, an adult man, was killed instantly. but somehow the officer, a seven year veteran, was still able to call for help. what happened was the fairfax county police officer was heading this way on ancona road. the driver of the silver infinity was heading this way. for whatever reason the driver swerved into the police officer's lane. the two collided head on. >> that car caught on fire. the driver of the car was pronounced dead on the screen. the officer was transported to a local hospital. >> reporter: fairfax police closed this section of francona road for four hours. they had to clear the roadway to let the accident reconstruction team figure out what happened. what caused the driver of the infinity

from oakland to fairfax is where had the downpour. and lingering sprinkles in northwest near the palisades neighborhood and in parts of arlington. there was a downpour in tysons corner, which is now drifted over falls church into the as a sprinkle . a235, -- south of 235, some downpours. much wind in the to push thesere along. and thethey just drift downpours amount to some heavy rainfall. over an inch in spots. south of gaithersburg there is a little sprinkle. there is the boundary overhead, storms.showers and still be around tomorrow. ofare seeing a good amount clearing off to the west, especially the shenandoah valley and west. expect a little more sunshine well. metro area as 85 degrees in martinsburg. 92 degrees for the high temperature. showers andd afternoonthrough the nighttime we cannot rule it out. even for the drive tomorrow morning, we could have a couple some majorn arteries. tomorrow afternoon, slight of severe thunderstorms. even better chance into friday. that's when it will be most widespread. stormlated severe possib

the storm knocked out power at verizon's generator call centers fairfax and arlington --i in fairfax and arlington. generators never kicked in. d not seetchers coul people's phone numbers when they called or their addresses. e entire report will be meeting tomorrow at a the washington council of .overnments . jummy olabanji >> thanks so much. we're learning more about the texas a&moting at university. a man being served with an on aion notice opened fire law-enforcement officer. officer and another man were killed. the alleged gunman, thomas shot andwas eventually killed by other officers. the university went into a lockdown mode. >> this has gotten to be truly tragic. kind of out of control. >> it's a fact of life that you to have crazy people. there are several pictures on facebook page of rifles that he purchased. his family members said that he with mental illness. >> presidential candidate mitt romney says gun laws are not the answer to the recent mass shootings. spoke after the shootout in texas. not about the about it's choose to commit violence against others. he said more th

we're told this alexandria center was not nearly as impacted as fairfax and arlington. verizon says the audit started with fairfax and arlington and they're on top of the problem there, but tell that to the folks in fairfax. >> they have not fixed the problem almost anywhere. they are working diligently i believe at doing that. >> so both sides said the tone of the meeting was cordial. everybody is trying to get on the same page, but as one 911 director put it, they've got a long journey ahead of them. it's kind of like they're on the new jersey turnpike he said at exit 1 and they've got 17 more exits to go. karen gray houston in the fox 5 newsroom. >> if some of you saw storms late this afternoon, tonight it's all clear, but it may not last. fox 5's gary mcgrady in the weather center with more. what are we looking at now? >> we've got a little roller coaster ride coming the next several days, laura. in terms of what it is right now. i want everybody to see the radar and nothing is on. it there are no storms tonight anywhere. anything we had earlier to the south is gone

county and jay grant, you're with fairfax county public schools. how will this impact the area? >> greatly. we have 4,400, 4,500 students that are on free or reduced fare meals. last year we served about 20,000 kids and we're looking for bigger numbers this year. we're turning $1 into $4 worth of school supplies in this drive. if you're going to give, now is the time. get your stuff out to apple federal credit union because those are all collection sites. >> that's the kind of math we like. we want to remind you that you can donate backpacks and also make cash donations, as well as sending your checks to nbc 4. all you have to do is go to nbcwashington.com or send us a check to nebraska avenue in northwest d.c. if you can, boxer, my friend right here, he is modeling what we're looking for. this backpack, it's full now. we are coming -- >> it's stuffed! >> we are coming through and we'll deliver these backpacks by the end of the month. in the last seven years, we have given more than 50,000 out. really making a difference in the community. back to y

it was then that fairfax county firefighters found the body of the driver behind the wheel. the cause of the crash still under investigation. >> the driver of the vehicle had lost control of the truck and the vehicle went off to the road to the right and overturned. >> reporter: the accident caused major delays on i-95 north in the middle of the morning rush. clean-up crews had to remove what was left of the tractor trailer. now they have to repair the roadway. the fire was so hot and intense that it damaged the pavement. kristin fisher accident 9 , v kristin fisher, 9 news now. >> the driver has been identified as 39-year-old edwin hall of west virginia. >>> at the national zoo there's a newly renovated section called the american trails exhibit which features sea lions, seals, otters, beavers and eagles. the space also includes a seal rock cafe that serves sustainable seafood. >>> in two hours the redskins will take the field for their final preseason game against the tampa bay buck nearlies. kristen berset is live at fedex field. >> reporter: there's going to be plenty to

in springfield things are fine but southbound the fairfax county parkway an accident in fairfax station. it's blocked at burke center parkway. you want to use 123 instead. i'll be back with more traffic coming up at 5:40. back to you. >> thank you, monika. >>> two very young police officers took off. they were pursuing a car looking for some theft suspects. now one of those officers is dead. the patrol car they were both in careened off i-95, went right through a guardrail and down an embankment. >> 23-year-old officer adrian morris was thrown from the car and killed. 9news now reporter jessica doyle is at prince george's county police headquarters where they're both investigating and mourning their loss. >> reporter: good morning to both of you. good morning, everybody. there is still a lot to be learned in this case so they are desperately investigating. this is the first loss for the prince george's county police department since 2010. that loss officer adrian morris. he was killed after a police crash yesterday. he and his partner were in an apparent police chase. they were pursuing

. >>> a herndon teenager was found guilty of wounding animals at fairfax county's frying pan park. his weapon of choice, a machete. in april three horses were slashed, then in may a goat and other animals cut. all the animals are recovering. they're okay. that 17-year-old will be sentenced later this year. >>> if you ever want to disappear, it seems mexico is not a bad choice. that's where 39-year-old wesley thomason hid to escape prosecution in fairfax county on drug and sex charges. thomason spent the past 12 years on the fugitive list. police recently found him living in an ex patriot community in central mexico. now he's back here to face trial. >>> today's hot muggy weather is causing some storms to pop up across the area, so our 9news weather team issued a yellow weather alert. who is getting the most of it now? >> right now it's out north and west of town toward hagerstown where they're getting more heavier amounts of rain. i think around the i-95 corridor we'll get probably light to moderate rain this evening. i think the severe thunderstorms threat is minimal, but you can

a crash near fairfax drive in ballston. delays getting past fairfax drive, getting through falls church where the left lane has been blocked near fairfax drive with the recovery effort. if you travel on the beltway in maryland, slow spot getting into the work zone between new hampshire and university boulevard and off and on around to georgia avenue in silver spring. the story we've been talking about since early this morning on 95 south of fredricksburg close to the carmel church exit. that's the 104 mile marker, route 207. some traffic is able to get buy in each direction but delays. your next check of timesaver traffic comes up at 6:58. back to you. >> 6:45 our check on weather right here now with howard. >> still quick outside. the humid -- sticky outside. humidity lefts are up. you guys in frederick, maybe up in montgomery, you felt a little bit of the humidity drop but it's not going to be lasting all that long. let's start you off with the day planner. we're expecting the high clouds to be around for the day today wi

from route 286 fairfax county parkway, you're at about 38 miles per hour. you are a slow 15 minutes to get to the beltway at this point. let's head over to route 50 passing the beltway. inbound here you are seeing a little bit of volume more. westbound as well as opposed to, as you make your way outbound. but as you head towards 295 here's your travel speed. 59 miles per hour. not bad. seven minutes. good news, aaron, no accidents on 50 in maryland. over to you. >> thank you, danella. >>> if you live in montgomery county today is your chance to sound off about pepco's response during june's derecho. maryland's public service commission will hold five more meetings this month. that derecho knocked out power to tens of thousands of people for several days. tonight's hearing begins at 7:00 in rockville. there's another meeting tomorrow in prince george's county. >>> today stafford county will begin repairs on the two homes damaged by a landslide. the landslide developed in september after the earthquake and tropical storm lee. the county is using $62,000 from

west of i-95 and fairfax in around berk, virginia, up to fairfax city. farther north and west up into the howard county. these are moving off to the north and east. just a few scattered sprinkles. remaining cloudy. 8:00 a.m. temperatures in the 60s to near 70. by noontime, sun ought to break out. mild in the 70s. mid afternoon, ought to hit the low 80s. late afternoon back down to the upper 70s. a 30% chance of a shower or thunder shower when you're heading back home from work and school on this monday. and then tomorrow, beautiful day. great late summer. late august weather. coming up for tuesday, wednesday, and thursday, each day morning lows 60s. afternoon highs in the mid 80s. and only a small chance of an isolated afternoon shower or thunder shower. friday, saturday, sunday, seven-day outlook. we'll keep this trend going. only a small chance of a shower. otherwise, partly cloudy. danella is here with a look at the monday morning traffic. >>> thanks, tom. chopper 4 right now is over 395. you're traveling westbound edsall, trying to get on southbound.

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that's about to enter fairfax county. another moderate shower now just moving out of northern prince george's county and northern anne arundel. a few sprinkles. across the region we are going to have this passing shower activity for the next few hours. lower humidity moves in. it's already in place in the ohio valley. and closer to the mountains it's beginning to turn less humid now. and that will be moving in during the afternoon hour by hour. by noontime, the mid 80s. maybe a few showers south and east of the metro area. partly sunny elsewhere. turning less humid and mostly sunny during the afternoon. blustery northwest winds. i'm back in ten minutes with a hometown forecast. danella has a look now at your first4 traffic. we have a crash along route 1. i'm watching it for you right now. northbound lanes are blocked. this is at forest place. all your linebacker lanes are blocked. your work around is going to be a left on sacramento drive. make a right on pole road. another right on frye road and a another left on route o

getting a few sprinkles in fairfax, the district, and mo h montgomery county. thunder and lightning over the next hour or so. day planner, by 5:00 a.m., some of the showers coming through, a little thunder and lightning. perhaps around noontime may get a brief break then. then likelihood, mid afternoon into evening storms. some of them could be severe. 3:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. until midnight. we could get some passing downpours with thunder and lightning. a look at the weekend in ten minutes. danella? >> good morning. if you're traveling northbound i-95 just past in 234, crash there. traveling on 395 things look good. live look at glebe. as you make your way southbound as well as northbound. no issues to report. you're clear as you crossover the 14th street bridge and make your way into the industry the northbound travel speed on 395 as you head from the beltway to the 14th street bridge, driving at 54 miles per hour, 12 minutes. i'm back in ten. aaron and eun, over to you. >>> 4:43. it is 7 degrees out there. still to come, another standout performance by a nati

a police is in the hospital after a serious crash in fairfax county. let's head out to derrick for the latest. >> good morning, yes. we are near the scene of the accident, franconia and gum street. this happened just before 3:00 a.m. this morning. joining me now is officer don garn we're the fairfax police police officer. >> as far as we know, as you said, just prior to 3:00 this morning, one of our officers in a marked cruiser was traveling east on franconia road approaching the intersection of gum street. there was a 2006 infinity westbound on franconia road also approaching gum street. for an unknown reason at some point the citizen's vehicle suddenly veered dramatically to the left and struck the cruiser head-on. the citizen's car, we believe to be a 2006 infinity, caught fire and the voodriver of that car a sole occupant died at the scene. the police officer is at the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. >> what about the other driver? >> male, female? >> it's an adult male. >> was the officer responding to a call or was he just driving? >

look live at fairfax county parkway. a quick tap on the brakes there. 11-minute ride from 286 to the beltway at 86 miles an hour. no serious delays at spout run. >>> coming up on 5:42. who says people don't read anymore? the surprise source that helped boost earnings at barnes and noble. >>> plus, hoping to avoid future scenes like this one. sc[ male announcer ] you paid in to medicare for years. every paycheck. now, when you need it obama has cut $716 billion dollars from medicare. why? to pay for obamacare. so now the money you paid for your guaranteed healthcare is going to a massive new government program that's not for you. the romney-ryan plan protects medicare benefits for today's seniors and strengthens the plan for the next generation. [ romney ] i'm mitt romney and i approve this message. . >>> welcome back at 5:45. before you send your kids to school this year you may want to talk to them about the dangerses of drugs and alcohol. researchers at columbia university found 97% of students surveyed say they have c

there was a longstanding crash on 66 at fairfax drive. those delays began from falls church to get into rosslyn. 95/virginia was closed in both directions in caramel church between fredericksburg and richmond. some traffic is now getting through however, they still have hours to go to restraint wires across interstate. >> a former university of maryland student accused of making online peretz is expected to plead guilty today about alexander song threatened to go on a shooting rampage. >> these threats spread fear throughout the campus and police say the 19-year-old rode on multiple websites that he wanted to go on a shooting rampage here at the university of maryland. he is expected to plead guilty today to multiple counts. the former honors student wrote that he hopes to kill enough people to make the national news and urged everyone to stay away from the mall tomorrow at 1:30. the mall is the central green on campus. police arrested him and said he was shaking crying, and he said he felt stressed out. authorities did not find any weapo

much of arlington and fairfax counties as well. the view from space showing a few clouds drifting in from the west. they're producing a few sprinkles of rain, those patches of green you see there in western maryland right now in allegheny county down into the hylands of west virginia. those are advancing northeast into pennsylvania intending to dissipate as they move to the east. i don't think we'll have any rain today. just a few clouds coming in for the afternoon. partly sunny. low humidity. highs reaching near 90 by mid-afternoon and back down to the mid-80s by late afternoon and before sunset. we look at tonight and some maybe rain on our way for tomorrow. we look at that and the rest of the week and weekend in a few minutes, barbara. >> thank you. >>> it may take longer than usual to get around one fairfax county community in the coming days. v-dot is prepares to take down dozens of trees in the great falls area. the massive effort comes a little more than a month after a tree fell on a car killing its driver. megan mcgrath is

a story coming out of fairfax county this morning. police said they are looking for man who learned a girl from a playground and sexually assaulted her. live now with details for us. >> all this happened in the of the apartment me.lex behind on wednesday evening, between a00 and it o'clock tonight, a five-year-r -- girl was playing in a paid playground. he grabbed her and sexually her, according to police. yesterday, talking with g outbors and handin fliers. trying to pinpoint who this man is. she was only able to give a very n of herscriptio attacker. police are asking anyone who may to give themthing a call. jummy olabanji, abc 7 news. >> is a 6:36 right now. d.c. government employes will be inting a little extra money their paychecks. workers will be repaid for those of furlough days. the d.c. government ended the year with a surplus. the time now is 6:37. we all know that they have stressful jobs. >> we have proof. share that when they evidenceis some new that doctors are stressed. suffering and symptom of burnout. says being aske

the ramp to 286, the fairfax county parkway is closed. s clo that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. ic. >> thank you so much. >>> time now, 5:20. we'll be right back.  >>> welcome back. it is 5:22 right now. we are taking a live look at the woodrow wilson bridge. traffic moving along pretty well there. not the case on i-95. we'll check in with julie wright and get the latest on that in a little bit. it is a midweek opening for i anew kids interactive movie. audience participation is definitely encouraged. >> kevin mccarthy talked with cloris leachman. the movie's producer also joined in the conversation about how to make movies that resonate with kids. >> you have an amazing vision. you have it down to an exact science of how to get these kids engaged in your film. >> i hope so. i learned that you can't get it. can you plan it to the last second but the child will doe side whether it is good or not. that begins and ends right there. >> your vision f you could hypothetically go back into cloris' career and give the version