monika is off this week so jessica doyle is stepping in for traffic. we want to leyou know a school delay with all -- to let you know a school delay with all this. culpeper county schools are opening two hours late. probably icy spots the issue. >>> we want to get to howard bernstein. what's the latest we snowed here. >> april. i forget the exact date but i think we had measurable snow in the second week of april around here. >> the way our winter is going, who knows. >> weather wise, it's a very cold morning out there. winds are going to howl 30, 40 mile an hour gusts this morning. they'll gust to 30 this afternoon. lookat

let's go to jessica doyle with an update on timesaver traffic. >>> thanks so much. we're having a very happy friday on the roadways. take a look here. this is 270 at maryland 109 south going into hyattstown. we're free flowing on the roadways and hope to keep it there all morning long. i'll send it back to you guys. >>> rumor has it the iphone 6 will be coming out in september. a business paper in japan is reporting it might look something like this, these two here. they think there will be a five and a half-inch display and another one with a 4.7 inch display. the current iphone s is just a 4-inch screen. the biggest change will be a new dual sensor camera. >>> the university of nevada las vegas is planning to offer a minor in drones to all engineering students this fall. the curriculum created by industry partners will include a law class on privacy issues and will evolve as they learn and explore more. nevada is one of six states to host unmanned aerial systems testing sites. >>> what a week filled with a pressure cooker debate, a little bit of snow and march mad

monika is off this week so jessica doyle is stepping in for traffic. we want to leyou know a school delay with all -- to let you know a school delay with all this. culpeper county schools are opening two hours late. probably icy spots the issue. >>> we want to get to howard bernstein. what's the latest we snowed here. >> april. i forget the exact date but i think we had measurable snow in the second week of april around here. >> the way our winter is going, who knows. >> weather wise, it's a very cold morning out there. winds are going to howl 30, 40 mile an hour gusts this morning. they'll gust to 30 this afternoon. looking at your day planner, we are expecting sunshine. that's a plus but a cold day. the winds sustained over 20 miles an hour ear through midday with the gusts -- here through midday with the gusts in the 30 to 40 mile an hour range. almost 20 degrees below average. big storm now pounding areas of southeastern massachusetts, especially out toward the cape and nantucket. they're going to get hurricane force wind gusts with the heavy snow.

let's bring jessica doyle in. she has timesaver traffic. we were doing okay until just a few minutes ago. >>> that's how it happens. we have a pop-up accident. this is 495 at new hampshire avenue. as you can see the traffic is flowing nicely. we haven't quite hit the beginning of rush hour traffic yet so if you want to get out, this is a pretty good time to do so. how wferred just mentioned -- howard just mentioned an accident. we'll show you part of the area affected. we're going to look at 66 at 28. this looks great. this is not the problem. north 28 near leland park out of manassas park, wires down. a utility pole affected by a car. here's the problem. the right lane is blocked at this point and this could be hours before it's resolved but we're going to stay on this for you and bring you the latest information. an gray ya, i will --en day ya, i will send it -- andrea, i will send it over to you. >>> kirk williams says potholes are wrecking havoc on his commute and bacon drive should be the pothole alert of the day. it is and here's why.

i'm jessica doyle, wusa9. >>> we want to welcome back an old friend now to wusa9, david balance dampically is an international -- baldacci is a best selling author and now a local author. his new novel is called "definature." whether i say old friend, the first time you came was 1996, '97, for the first book "absolute power." >> the years have gone by really, really quickly. they've piled up. >> i totaled up at least 28 adult books, three children books and now this adding on to that. when do you have time to write all of these books? >> i love it. that's the bottom line. when i finish a book, i don't want to take time off. i want to jump into the next one. if i'm not writing, i'm not comfortable. it's part of my life. >> jumping in seems like with two feet, one in one genre and the other in the other. this is fantasy, miss cal -- mystical. what is it about. >> a 14-year-old girl lives in a village and around the coming is -- quog. it's dangerous. nobody comes because there's nothing beyond there. until she finds out maybe there's something in there and beyond. she pieces together mysterie

here's jessica doyle with more. >>> that's right, howard. it's been an incredible challenging morning on the roadways. the bridges, the ramps, the overpasses are going to freeze first. they'll stay frozen the longest. in those areas please be careful. we're taking a look at a bridge right here. this is the 14th street bridge. want to tell you the d.c. side there's a traffic accident and that's reason why you're seeing this kind of backup. now we're going to move on to our facial accident. i-95, 495 at maryland 214, the camera i'll tell you looks good but east of that, westbound is blocked, bowie to d.c. that's where the fatal accident occurred. the lane is going to be closed until further notice. use 50 as an alternative and we're going to end at i-270 at father hurley boulevard. you can see volume is starting to pick up for the morning commute. andrea and mike, over to you. >> thanks a lot, monika. time to see what our partners are doing over at cbs this morning. >>> gayle king is in new york city. howdie, gayle. >> so funny. i almost start

let's bring jessica doyle in. she has traffic for us. monika is off. it's early so, please, it's got to be quiet at this hour. >>> it's happy friday, howard bernstein. that's what i'm talking about. not looking bad. the american legion bridge is open. there was a crash on the inner loop earlier but that is cleared up. let's take a look at this. 95, 495 north of maryland, 201, this is in greenbelt. you're looking clear. it is a happy friday. let's go to i-95 south of route 234, this is in dumfries. the overnight construction is gone. the hov lanes are opening up at this point so everything is free and clear at this point. andrea and mike, happy friday. >> happy friday. >>> the search for relisha rudd is intensifying as police reveal the man believed to have abducted her purchased construction trash bags and he may have used them to dispose of evidence, perhaps a body. >> kahlil tatum purchased other disturbing items such as a shovel and the chemical agent sometimes used when burying bodies. >> reporter: relisha rudd was seen with kahlil tatum on march 1

jessica doyle, wusa9. >> visa, mastercard and others have announced plans to move to chip-based cards by sometime late next year. in the meantime consumers ought to take their own precautions to protect their credit and debit card info and stay prepared to red