two people shot on the bw parkway and police say the investigation scene will impact your morning commute. >> plus, the debate is done. president obama says the white house will not release photos of osama bin laden's body and they are not releasing any more details about the raid either. fox 5 morning news continues right now. good morning. it is straight up 6:00 on this thursday as we take a live look outside. a beautiful sunrise this morning on what is going be for a beautiful day today. thank you for waking up with us. i'm sarah simmons. >> i'm steve chenevey. police are investigating a

double shooting that happened along the bw parkway. the northbound side will be closed for a while longer while the investigation continues. let's get a check of our weather with tony perkins. we saw the beautiful sunrise out there. it is the start of a chilly day but it will be micer later on. >> chilly this morning. some of you in the 30s this morning. let's start with the bus stop forecast as you think about getting the kids ready for school early this morning. going to be a fine day but give the kids or put the kids in their jackets. it is chilly. temperatures in the mid-40s for most of the area. skies will be sunny but it is a cold start to the day, folks. 40s and some 0s out there as well. sunrise officially is at 6:06. -- and some 30s out there as well. 47 in washington. 44 at baltimore.

harrisonburg is at 35. we know that manassas is at 39- degree this morning. but your highs look like. -- look like this. 70 in town. more coming up in just a little bit. >> we are edging ever so closely to swimsuit weather. getting closer. you're ready for that. >> yeah. not for me personally. >> i was just waiting. i don't think julie is ready for that either, not for you. >> wait a minute. is it safe? could you can open your eyes now. >> i'm scared. >> i'm still dressed. have no fear. >> i just ate breakfast, don't you know. i'm kidding. inner loop of the beltway at kenilworth avenue, we have an incident tying up the right side of the roadway. the big story this morning will be this police investigation of

a double shooting which occurred back in the 2:00 hour closing the northbound side of the baltimore-washington parkway in riverdale. so traveling between 410 and the capital beltway, you have no access along this stretch at this time. delays are already forming at least a mile gabbingup northbound with all traffic being diverted off at 410. coming out of d.c., better bet is to stick with 50 or kenneth worth avenue and use that as your workaround. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. president obama heading to ground zero this morning in new york to follow up on the killing of osama bin laden. he will arrive in new york city in just a few hours and will participate in a wreath laying at the 9-11 memorial. the president will also meet with relatives of 9-11 victims but he is not making any public statement. the debate over whether or not to release the photos of bin laden's body has been decided. >> the white house will not release those photos and president obama says he will not release any new details

about sunday's raid either. he was waving off critics who say the photos should be released to put to rest any conspiracy theories. in an interview with 60 minutes, the president explained why he decided not to release those photos. >> it is important for us to make sure that very graphic photos of somebody who was shot in the head are not floating around as an incitement to additional violence, as a propaganda tool. that is not who we are. >> pakistan continues to face criticism for not knowing bin laden was hiding in plain sight. a look at other top stories this morning. firefighters say a faulty do it yourself job is to plame for the gas explosion that leveled a home in rockville. two people were critically injured. investigators say man representing the house was trying to convert a gas dryer to an electric dryer but he didn't have the right tool to

finish the job and left the gas line open. the death of a north carolina teenager found dead in a maryland river has been ruled a homicide. 16-year-old fell issue rae barnes disappeared in december while visiting family in baltimore. her body was found in the susquehanna river two weeks ago. maryland state police are not releasing the cause of death and so far, no arrests have been made. a man from prince george's county has been indicted in connection with stabbings in virginia. 34-year-old delonte cook is accused of taking part in an armed home robbery in november 2008 in springfield. three men were stabbed to death in that robbery and police say cook faces federal robbery charges. authorities also say more charges are expected to be filed. a familiar scene in d.c. city leaders fighting for autonomy and voting rights ending up in handcuffs. mary cheh and seven other people arrested last night after walking into traffic and blocking constitution avenue. capital police acted quickly

cuffing protesters. cheh rallied the crowd before hand asking people to join her. she even said she brought $100 for bail. cheh says d.c. needs to keep up the fight. >> this is the essence of democracy. >> you missed last time you feel like you need to do it this time. >> absolutely. we have to keep up the impression that we care. >> reporter: last month, d.c. mayor vince gray and several councilmembers were arrested in front of the hart senate office building. coming up next, apple catching flak to keeping tabs on its users whereabouts. morning a year after the deadly coal mine explosion in west virginia, familiar lits of the 29 miners who were killed are offered millions in settlement money. we'll be right back -- familiar lits of the 29 meunchers who were killed-- families of the 29 miners who were killed n. are offered millions in settlement money.

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workers at the fukushima nuclear power plant have entered the plant for the first time. they are installing radiation machines. they must be lowered before workers can install cooling systems. missy energy has offered settlements to families of 29 miners killed in the up he big branch coal mine on april 5th last year. each family was offered $3 million to settle their claims. this mine explosion was the deadliest in the u.s. coal field since 1970. the justice department deciding whether to investigate revelations that apple and google cell phones track their honer's locations. attorney general eric holder told the senate judiciary committee that he takes the issue seriously. apple ceo steve jobs as said his company has never knowingly violated customer privacy by using the tracking data collected on the phone. tony has your full forecast coming up next. a much calmer scene here compared to what has been happening along the mississippi river.

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president obama signed an order declaring an emergency for parts of tennessee, mississippi and kentucky because, as you can see, there is veer flooding there. the move means nemeira aand other agencies can help coordinate efforts. new image this is morning of the devastation in alabama. look at these pictures. these are from the tuscaloosa news. as of last night, 30 people still missing following the deadly tornadoes one week ago. that number down dramatically from 240 people who were still reported missing on tuesday. at least 39 people were killed in tuscaloosa county alone.

shelters are busy helping to care for survivors like one- year-old carter matthews who slept through the storm. the tornado picked up his home ripping it from its foundation. >> i don't know that i could sleep through that storm. i can't imagine what they're going through down there. it will take months, maybe even years to fully recover from that. >> whenever you see that type of damage, it is the same thing with what happened in japan a couple of months ago. i look at it and i just think where do you even start? there is so much destruction. where do you start? it will take a very long time. >> happy news for us. >> and for much of the eastern united states. quiet conditions today. we can use it in the eastern united states after all the storms last week and even some storms earlier this week in parts of the eastern u.s. but quieter conditions and certainly for us, yeah. here are your weather headlines for today and the next couple of days. for the most part, they are pretty good. for today, i think you'll like this. we've got sunny skies.

so that is nice. plenty of sunshine and warmer temperatures. yesterday during the day, we were in the 50s. our official high was at 62 degrees. that was at midnight. but temperatures in the 50s yesterday so much warmer today. now, main thing for today, it is going to be windy. we've already got wind blowing around 10 miles per hour or so and those winds will pick up during the day. weekend looks pretty good but there is a chance of some -- there is a chance of some showers here and there over the course of the weekend. let's take a look at the current temperatures around the region. 46degrees here in washington. buffalo, 39. not a big surprise there. but cincinnati is 39. chicago is 37 degrees this morning. so some cold air has made its way in. in the nation's midsection, dallas, 59. lincoln, nebraska, 51. here is a look at the satellite- radar for the region. we do have a few clouds out there but a pretty sky this morning. during the course of the day

today, we'll see plenty of sunshine. not a lot happening here. up to the north, there are a couple of pressure systems that will bring us the windy conditions. aside from that, it is quiet in all -- most of the eastern united states with the exception of what is going on up to the north. so the forecast for today looks like this. lots of sunshine. it will be windy at times. high today about 70 degrees. that is close to normal. there are your wind out of the northwest. they could gust up to 25 or 30 miles per hour. tonight, still breezy. partly cloudy but another cool night with temperatures in the 40s across much of the region. five-day forecast, i think today is the nicest day of the workweek. tomorrow, not bad but more clouds will build in touring the afternoon and we could see some showers in the evening tomorrow -- during the afternoon and we could see some showers during the evening tomorrow. sunday, about a 0% chance of some showers. monday, 72 under partly sunny skies.

we'll have more coming up in just a little bit. stick with us for that. julie, now, we come to you. >> i know. i was waiting for the toss. i wasn't quite sure what was going on there. let's say good morning to the crew in sky fox. i do believe they are over the scene of the ongoing investigation along the baltimore-washington parkway. let's pop that up for we could. if you are traveling northbound on the baltimore-washington parkway, can you go no further than 410 at this point because of the ongoing investigation of the double shooting which occurred around 2:00 this morning. stacy cohan has been reporting live at the scene from that location. as you can see, the northbound side of the baltimore- washington parkway closed north of 410 between 410 and the capital beltway. traffic coming northbound slowing for about a mile now leaving 450 capital plaza and can you go no further north than 410 at this point. we'll take it back inside and

we'll map out th alternates to you. you will want to stick with 50 or use went kenilworth avenue to get by. v we'll map out the alternates to you. -- we'll map out the alternates for you. traveling in virginia, 39 # at duke street, no incidents to report. traffic volume remains heavy and steady as you work from duke street up towards seminary road. we also have delays forming on 66 out at fair oak headed east towards 123. doesn't look too bad leaving business 234 headed into centreville. a reminder for drivers to slow down in school zones. in howard county, eight mobile steed cameras will be up and running this fall. if you drive more than 12 miles over the posted speed limit in a school zone, you will get a $40 fine. gas prices hitting household budgets hard. aaa says the average household

in virginia spent $422 on gas last month. two years ago, that number was $182. in maryland, you are looking at $341 last month versus $156 two years ago and in tease, $88 versus $47 in 2009. our business beat is next. >> a little entertainment news as we head to break this morning. mariah carey and nick cannon are keeping up tradition of unusual celebrity baby names. carey gave birth to twins, a boy and a girl on april 30th. their daughter is named monroe after marilyn monroe. their son is named moroccan after the decor of the room where nickproposed. t

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some drivers are going to great lengths now to steer clear of high gas prices. and the market activity from yesterday, well, it was the best news for investors. let's take a look at where stocks finished yesterday. it was an up and down day for the dow. more down than up. the dow closed down almost 84 points yesterday. dax also down 13 points. now, we'll see today if futures can respond to what happened overseas in japan where the nikkei was up 155 points. at this point, dow futures are flat or negative. just a small bit here in the united states. would you believe more people buying golf carts that are street level spending # how to $10,000 for golf carts. they are treat legal to try to get around paying the gas prices. president obama saying the white house will not release any photos showing a dead osama bin laden. he talked about it on 60 minutes. more on the decision and why

you went hear more details on the moments leading up to the death. the latest on an early morning shooting that will affect your commute on the b wmplet parkway this morning and how the investigation is impacting traffic there. there are some lane closures you need to be aware of. we'll get a live report coming up from stacy cohan and we'll check in with julie wright. that is all coming up when fox 5 morning news continues. 

different season, unfortunately same results for the cap. they fell to the lightning last night 5-3. tampa bay going to the eastern conference finals for the first time since 2004. that is the year tampa won the stanley cup. here is something for caps fans and everyone else to celebrate. it is cinco de mayo. a lot of people think that the day honors mexican independence but it actually celebrates the

mexican victory over french forces in the battle of puebla back on this day in 1862. the french had occupied parts of mexico after mexico said it was suspending payments on a foreign debt. if you are curious as to when mexican independence day actually is, that is in september so you have to plan another celebration then. grammy nominated soul singer being honored today in d.c. it is officially raheem devon day in d.c. he will be receiving a key to the city this afternoon. he is honored for his work in hiv aids and education. he is all serving as a judge for our own fox 5 expect factor audition competition which you will see here on fox 5 morning news next week and we'll talk with raheem live coming up in our 9:00 hour this morning. we'll congratulate him on his

big day today. >> it will be fun to have him in here. >> it will be. what is going to be fun is being outside today. it will be rather breezy but other than that a great day to be outside. let's take a look at the temperatures. we do get off to a cool start though this morning. we are primarily in the 40s. 46degrees now in d.c. 45 at dulles airport. 44 in baltimore. ocean city is at 49 degrees. and fredericksburg is at 44. here is a look at the satellite- radar, not a bad look. there are a few clouds out there but for the most part, we'll see lots of sunshine today. most of the eastern united states is quiet. off to the west, that is a frontal boundary that will make its way through here but not until late tomorrow. so the showers associated with that also won't be here until late tomorrow. tomorrow evening, something like that. >> your forecast then for today look like this. lots of sunshine be windy at time. those winds could gust up to 25 or 30 miles per hour later on

today. look for a high today of about 70 degrees. coming up in about 15 minutes, today's edition of ask the weather guys. it is going to be really great. that is all i'm going to say about it. you do want to tune in. we have a little bit of a price for you. >> we like surprises. >> look forward to it. >> all right. before we get to julie wright, we want to talk about what has been happening out on the bw parkway this morning. a double shooting there just before 3:00 a.m. >> it is expected to impact traffic throughout the morning commute too. fox 5's stacy cohan is live on the scene with the latest for us this morning. >> good morning. this is absolutely a crime story and a traffic story and i know we do have sky fox with us. you can get a better look at where we are situated here on the bw parkway. there was a double shooting early this morning and the bw parkway shut down northbound between riverdale road and the beltway. there is no access. i understand the traffic is already backing up and this

investigation continues. now that we do have daylight, they are -- investigate irons are better able to get a look at what happened here. now, early this morning, it was very dark outside when this shooting was discovered. park police received a 911 call from the b. with that parkway. there were two victims. here is what the u.s. park police spokesperson had to say shortly after the shooting. >> around 2:15 this morning, u.s. park police officers responded northbound baltimore- washington parkway in the area of the beltway. they found a vehicle that had two people in it. both had received gunshot wounds. >> reporter: i do see that the tow truck has arrived on the scene here. that is usually a sign that an investigation is wrapping up. i would caution folks that this does not mean that this roadway is going to be reopened soon. the investigators are trying to proceed but they do have to find everything that they need to find right now because once

traffic reopens, their crime scene is rendered useless. so he will take their time. as soon as we know anything about the roadway reopening, we'll report it to you live. very little information on the shooting, motive or suspects. i'm stacy cohan. back to you. >> thank you very much. now, for the latest, we want to get to julie wright. a very messy day out there on the roadways. >> unfortunately, it is. stacy's ground shot shows thought roadway remains closed at this point. we'll say good morning to the crew in sky fox once again. they are live above the scene here in riverdale. as stacy pointed out, the bw parkway is shut down as you travel between 410 and riverdale road. it will be like this until further notice. so again, traveling northbound, can you go no further than 410. already delays leaving capital plaza headed northbound up towards this low sure point. traffic being diverted off the bw parkway and onto 410. we'll take it back inside and we'll update you on your alternate routes. coming from d.c. against the rush hour flow you will want to stick with route 50 and ken ill worth avenue and use that as the alternate route to get you

back out towards the capital beltway. this is going against the rush hour flow so we are not anticipating it to be as heavy as it is coming inbound to the city this morning. already district attorney lays forming at 410 on route 50 and again approaching new york avenue. other side of town, still going to find delays if you are traveling south on 270 approaching and passing 109. here is the live shot out of gaithersburg and headed down into rockville. all of your lanes here are open. no incidents to report on the beltway outer loop between college park and bethesda. 395, gridlock duke street to seminary road. traffic slows again on the 14th street bridge. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >> thank you. our big story this morning, president obama heading to ground zero today in the wake of the killing of osama bin laden. >> the president will lay a wreath at the 9-11 memorial and than meet with families of some of those killed at the world trade center. mr.obama heads to new york one day after rereeling the administering will not make public pictures of bin laden's body. the president says the white house is not going to release

any more information about the raid by knifey seals last sunday. president obama talked to cbs' 60 minutes about why he is not releasing those photos. >> it is important for us to make sure that very graphic photos of somebody shot in the head are not floating around as an incitement to additional violence, as a propaganda tool. that is not who we are. >> the u.s. military is also getting criticism for the choice of the name of the navy seal mission. the leader of the apache tribe is asking the president for an apology for using the code name geronimo for the operation. we are now learning what caused a gas explosion that leveled a home in voccolaville yesterday. two people inside the home were critically injured. fire investigators say a faulty do it yourself job is to blame. man renting the house was trying to convert a dryer from

a gas dryer to an electric dryer and apparently left the gas line open. the death of a north carolina teenager found dead in a maryland river has been ruled a homicide. 16-year-old felicia barnes disappeared in december while visiting family in baltimore. her body was found in the susquehanna river two weeks ago. maryland state police are not releasing the cause of death and so far, no arrests have been made. just last month, d.c. mayor vince gray and several councilmember were arrested in front of the hart senate office building. the fight for autonomy and voting rights in the district lands city leaders in handcuffs. word three council woman mary chez and seven other people were taken into custody last night after walking into traffic and blocking constitution avenue. cheh rallied the crowd before hand asking people to join her. she says d.c. needs to keep up the fight. >> this is the essence of democracy. >> you missed last time. >> >> you have to keep up the impression that we care. >> some of the people arrested lasted month who decided not to

pay the fine will appear in court today. $19.25. that is how much it could one day cost you in tolls on the dulles toll road to go to the airport and that is just one way. the washington examiner reports consultanted to the airport's authority say tolls could rise that much by the year 2040 in order to help pay for the metro extension to the airport. raising tolls has always been part of the funding plan. those consultants say tolerates could be lower if the project can get a special low interest federal loan. coming up next, it is always a difficult decision especially here in washington, decide wring to go out to eat. in this morning's smart phone zone, we will introduce you to a new app that puts the local dining deals at your fingertips. 

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& g steak house at the w hotels. some great stuff available there. as i mentioned, this is brand- new. the iphone version i thought was pretty solid. a couple of times, i did find the droid version slightly more difficult to navigate. it is constantly improving and i've already used it several times with much success. for more information, head to myfoxdc.com. look under the morning tab for the smart phone zone and if you have a suggestion about an app you want to see covered, look for the link to send that in as well. >> sounds like one to check out. thank you very much. want to check headlines this morning. emergency crews in tuscaloosa, alabama releasing more photos as they continue to do a grid by grid search for more victims of last week's deadly tornado. these pictures are from the tuscaloosa news. as of last night, 0 people are still missing but that number down significantly from earlier this week when more than 200 people were still missing. the storm claimed at least 39

lives in tuscaloosa county alone. this little guy, one-year-old carter matthews, slept through the tornado as it ripped his home from its foundation. recent rains have led to severe flooding. president obama has signed an order declaring an emergency for parts of tennessee, mississippi and kentucky. fema and other departments can now help coordinate all disof ther relief efforts. heavy rains and sun scwent rising waters have damaged roads and -- and subsequent rising waters have damaged roads and areas along the mississippi. there is a frontal boundary in the nation's midsection that will make its way eastward but for today, the east coast of the united states is in good shape. let's jump right in and show you what is happening out there. we'll start with the current temperatures being reported across the region. we are at 46-degree here in washington. so it is definitely a cool, breezy start to the day. 46 in d.c. 43 in gaithersburg.

frederick, maryland is at 45 degrees as is dulles airport. manassas, 43 degrees. as we look off to the east, cambridge, maryland is at 46 degrees at this hour. let's take a look at the satellite-radar composite -- no, i want to show you the wind. the current sustained winds, 10 miles per hour here in the district. 12 at dulles. eight in bald. six in fredericksburg so a breezy day. these winds could gust later on today up to around 25 miles per hour or so. now, the satellite-radar, what you will see is mostly quiet conditions. we do have i few clouds out there this morning but -- a few clouds out there this morning but today will be a mostly sunny day. things are quest well out to the west as well. there is a frontal boundary out there. it will make its way eastward and it will bring us some showers but that won't -- you can barely see it way out in the plains. that won't be until friday evening and friday night here in the area and even right now there is only a 0% chance of that. forecast for today and the next

five days, lots of sunshine, rather breezy. winds could gust up to about 25 miles per hour. high today about 70 degrees. that is nice. then tomorrow, first half of the day, not bad. we will get clouds moving in and like i said being make a few showers tomorrow evening. saturday, i think the first half of the day is fine. some late showers possible in the afternoon and evening. sunday, shower possible. 73degrees monday. we're looking for partly sunny skies and 72. that is a look at the weather. it is time now for ask the weather guys, a segment where turn and i put our big heads together to answer your most pressing questions weather- related or otherwise. today's question, love this question, comes from ma ri. el york. she says please tell us the history of a road being named no father helen kumariy. must have been well respected in this area to have a road

named after him. she is talking about mart hurley boulevard. not just was he well respected, he still is well respected. i think a lot of people think because there is a road name after him, he is not with us anymore. because tucker and i didn't know the complete history, we wanted to go to the source like we often do. so ladies and gentlemen, joining us right here in studio is father leonard hurley. he is with us now. hello, there, sir. >> good morning to you all. >> good morning. >> hope you all are awake. >> we're awake. >> please clean up that traffic. >> do you get perturbed or is it interesting to you because every day, on the radio, here on our show, we are making reference to father hurley boulevard usually because it is rather backed up. >> nothing wrong with my anatomy. just the road drivers. if they had stayed with the original plans, they wouldn't have the backup they have today

and because of the glut of -- instead of having cows and pasteurs, they put in town houses. >> they put in town houses. >> and it is crazy. >> i'm glad you bring that up too. the reason the road is named after you, you were instrumental in some of the original plans for germantown. >> right. unfortunately, i'm still alive. everybody else is dead. that is true. all of the -- all those that worked with me. '74 is when we started. germantown began to develop. at that time, that i had master plan that got shuffled and shuffled but they worked very well together. that is the reason we ran into this what is called the germantown alliance. brought together the builder and all of those who were involved in all the subdivisions so that they chose what was going o the state

highway was germantown road and the highway or the byway was germantown drive and between the two, there was constant confusion. they got rid of the drive and they had nothing else to stick on the telephone pole so they put my name up there. >> now, were you surprised by that when they put your name up? >> sure. i had no reason to put mew name up. i was only part of a big group of cooperators and that is the whole reason he were listed eventually because of the tremendous cooperation that happened in that community to get the thing developed. >> you also had a parish that was locationed on -- >> that is the reason i ended up in germantown. i came out of d.c. after 25 years of priesthood in d.c. downtown. they gave me a six acre cornfield and said build it. >> and build it you did. you have a good sense of humor.

some people, this question is kind of assumes that you're no longer with us. are people surprised when they meet you and you are father hurley. >> yes, at 80 years old, i think i'm still quite with us. it depends on who you talk to. you have to admit there is a variation depending on who you talk to. that is the same thing we had in germantown when we first started. germantown was not open to the community. we're looking back at '74. blacks, catholic an jews need not apply. you couldn't buy anything in the area. that is how tight it was. then as soon as it started opening up, fortunately, i'm very much of an activist, have been for years, all my life, i guess and all 80 years of it and because of that, we started moving together as a community and we got the other two ministers who were there prior to my getting there, which were not catholic, and we started working together as three clergy men and then that thing

began to expand. so we got the community to go with us and then even the county council gave us a bad time. but they have since recanted and they said because their figures were listing children in the area, 90% and we found out when we went back to the books and went door by door that 90% was the kids. the problem was they were only expecting 20. so that blew everything up. we had to open two grammar schools in the same september. >> the growth has been phenomenal. i know it has grown in some ways that you didn't anticipate. but regardless, it is a success out there. i do want for mention, we have to wrap opportunity but i want it mention that father hurley is now the chaplain at carol manor nursing and rehabilitation center in northeast washington, still very active. you have have i marvelous voice. did he radio and testifying for a long time here. >> 13 1/2 years.

>> i want to ask you real quick, you joked about it being so busy. when you drive under that big sign on 270 that says father hurley boulevard -- >> i don't even get to that part of the county. i have enough downtown to keep me busy. thank you for the invite. >> we are so pelossoed that you are here. >> the answer are there. just keep asking and i will keep sending more information. >> a great source of information and inspiration in our community. we appreciate t there is the answer to your question. thank you for writing in. if you have a question you want answered, go to you are on web site, myfoxdc.com and click on the weather tab. father hurley, thank you. >> thank you. >> let's see how father hurley boulevard is looking right now. >> you probably feel like you know him personally by now. expwoo exactly. yeah, we just showed you the camera, father hurley at 270 and traffic starting to slow there in germantown headed out

towards 370. it is a double shooting that remains under investigate and closing the northbound side of the baltimore-washington parkway north of 410. that is where the crew in sky fox is traveling between 410 and the capital beltway. you are denied access at this point. if we have those pictures from sky fox, let's pull them out. northbound side still blocked off at this time with an ongoing investigation diverting all traffic off the parkway at 410 in riverdale. delays are forting back at 450. your better bet is to plan to using alternate routes. we'll take it back inside for you. -- delays are forming back at 450. can you stick with kenilworth avenue and use that as your alternate route headed back up towards 495. southeast washington, all of your land are open. no problems to report along this stretch. inbound new york avenue leaving northeast to northwest, some heavy volume delays getting through those traffic lights. no incidents have been reported. you will also fine the outer loop of the beltway below speed. college park headed in towards silver spring. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. coming up next hour, we all

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>> reporter: good morning, everybody. i'm holly morris. and if you're looking for a little inspiration on this thursday morning, i am going to have it in abundance this morning as we are live at the sports and learning complex in landover where the special olympics of prince george's county is getting ready to host the 44th annual spring games. it is going to be lots of excitement here today when all of the special limb peens --

when they show up. and this morning we'll be here as they get ready to compete. we'll talk with the athletes and the volunteers. sarah, it takes 600 volunteers to pull this off and we'll find out how you can become a special olympic volunteer if you want to. >> thank you, holly. it will be a great day for it as well. and now let's say hello to our facebook fan of the day. it is shannon martin. she watches us in martinsberg, west virginia. we do appreciate you watching from that far away. to be tomorrow's fan of the day find us on facebook by searching fox 5 morning news and post a comment under shannon's photo there. that does it for the 6:00 hour. now over to allison who is joining steve. good morning. good morni.