monika samtani good morning. >>> good morning howard. on the northbound side of i-95, you're beginning to see slow traffic now. basically from quantico up towards dumfries, a little more here in springfield. although just more volume i would say than any delays. accident clean-up continues on the inbound side of route 29 in gainesville. i'll give you that coming up in my next report. andrea and mike? >>> thanks monika. 5:40 now. if you've been to the national mall anytime sense early spring, you are seen the washington monument and all the lights surrounding it with the scaffolding. >> and we've enjoyed the beautiful lights of the scaffolding around the monuments but the national park service says this sunday will be the last night it will be lit up. after that the lites will be turned off. the three month process of removing the scaffolding is scheduled to begin the week of november 11th. crews are still working inside the monument though making repairs from damage caused by the august 2011 earthquake. >>> our high temperatures are goin

let's send it over to monika samtani and find out if you have any issues early on this monday morning. >> reporter: yes we do. a crash happened at 3:15 southbound on route 29 crews tell us that exit is still blocked off southbound on route 29 out in warrenton, involving the tractor trailer. they tell us it is fairly minor in nature, taking time for clean it up on southbound route 29. coming in you are going to be in great shape from manassas to sentterville. between the dulles toll road a tiny bit of traffic, no big deal as you head down to springfield on 495. on the northbound side of 95, heading to 495, no issues as you head to 395 and the 14th street bridge. college park into silver spring, 95 coming in from baltimore, 270 on to frederick. at new hampshire avenue, nice and quiet early this morning. back to you guys. >>> the negative campaigning almost over. tomorrow virginiaians -- those in virginia will head to the poll to elect a new governor. >> reporter: it is one of the most closely watched contests in the nation. the governor's race in the commonwealth of virginia. >> good af

monika samtani stepping in now. she's got timesaver traffic. >> always good -- you get all the good news today for the weekend. i get all the bad news. there's a lot of it too. one accident on route 210 at fort washington road and lots of slow traffic including on the beltway, 39 miles an hour into silver spring leaving college park. at least the lanes are open so that's g. you have delays on the marc trains 7893 -- trains 839 is 22 minutes late. 505 is canceled. it broke down along its route so you want to use 407 instead. over to 66 on the inbound side. slowest stretch is going to be in the manassas and centreville. a tiny bit in fairfax. then good in vienna. no problems on the beltway from the toll road to spring field. one last live look, this time from our sky 9. actually northbound 95 looking good in spring field. it's just going to be slow as usual as you head up to 395 and the 14th street bridge. at least your lanes are open trouble free this morning. boy, mike, you are surrounded by talented people this mor

here comes monika samtani. she's back with more timesaver traffic. >> well, if you're planning to head over here on the northbound side of i-95, this is what it looks like at powder mill road in maryland where the crash involves four vehicles. only the left lane is now getting by and you have got delays coming up northbound on i-95 toward powder mill road. please keep this in mind for your travel plans as on veterans day you're used to traffic being very, very light. let's go over to the maps and just to give you some perspective, this is where it is on the northbound side of 95 heading toward powder mill road. now, on the inbound side of i- 66 looking great. no hov restrictions on 66, 95, 395, or i-270. we're going to end with a live look on the northbound side of i-95 looking good to 395 and the 14th street bridge and into the downtown area. light volumes on this veterans day. back to you guys. >> es it 16:19. here's -- it is 6:19. 44% of men say this celebrity would make the best wingman. is it a, ryan gosli

monika samtani come in now. thank you for -- fixing my jacket. >> i'm trying to -- >> about three minutes too late. >> not laugh too much. >>> georgia avenue between ingram and kennedy, northwest, there's police activity and georgia avenue is blocked there. follow police direction. no laughing matter at all on the inner loop of the beltway. it's very heavy from college park right over through to the 95 interchange from at least new hampshire avenue. i should say. where there was a multivehicle accident. everything was moved to the shoulder and we'll take a live look and see if we can check out that delay. and again it's the inner loop that's mostly affected from at least new hampshire avenue into college park with the lanes now open. back over to the maps, this time and this time we're going to head over to 270 where it's pretty normal. 31 miles an hour 109 to 121 before it picks up into rockville. in problems on route 355 right now or river road and we're going to end with a live look on the west side of town a

monika samtani, stepping in. volumes billing it's friday. -- building it's friday. how's it looking? we have a serious crash inside the beltway in adele fie east of takoma park. >>> off of rigs roads at drexel. that makes it south of university boulevard and we're just getting word in about this crash. i'll have details for you i'm sure in the next few moments. but in the meantime rigs road at drexel south of university boulevard, for what i believe is a serious two car crash. and again i'll keep you posted. on the beltway itself though, coming out of college park into silver spring it's still friday morning light. i'm happy to say. there are 340 problems on route -- no problems on route 21 or i- 95 headed to the beltway. here's what it looks like at the american legion bridge west side of town between bethesda and tysons corner. we're going back to the maps many this time we're heading over actually to another live picture. planning to head northbound on i-95 you're going to be okay coming into springfield. and the beltway north of town here near new hampshire aven

monika samtani stepping in now. timesaver traffic for you here on a thursday morning. >> thank so you much, howard. we're going to check out the beltway first which is pretty much all green all around town. you know how mild the beltway is. it's 64 miles and all of those miles look fine right now coming into the beltway on the dulles toll road, sterling all the way toward highsons you're fine. 66 -- tysons you're fine. same story 66 coming from manassas. 95 which i believe is now beginning to get heavy out of quantico. it's going to be off and on into woodbridge and then here in springfield. both the main and hov lanes although open you can see how heavy it is right here exiting for the beltway. 395 there are no issues to the 14th street bridge. i just want it to stay that way unlike yesterday it was a really tough rush hour yesterday. let's go back over to our maps this time all the way out east coming in from route 50 you're fine out of annapolis, the bw parkway, laurel, greenbelt, chervely. we're going to -- chev

over to monika samtani now. all right, it's now 5:30 here on this friday morning. >>> hey, it's 5:30 and you know we are good to go early on this friday morning. headed to work early so you can leave early as well. it's a get time to do that. all green on the beltway. college park silver spring. bethesda. route 29's in great shape out of burtonsville. 95 out of baltimore. the bw parkway in through greenbelt route 50 from annapolis. and no problems on the beltway. really all around town. let's take a live look first at new hampshire avenue, look how light it is. the outer loop is right here and no delays yet 95 into silver spring. back over to the maps, this time we're going to head over to the west side. no problems on the dulles toll road coming in from sterling and the airport. we're good in tysons corner on route 7. 66 manassas, centreville fairfax, all lanes are open right now. we're going to end with the live look on our traffic land camera here in tysons. this is the beltway at route 7. back to you mike an

i'm mike hydeck, glad you're with us, this is the aforementioned monika samtani. cooler than all of us combined. howard we're just paying rent. >> exactly trying not to drag the bar down too low right? weather-wise, cold morning 20s and 30s but we'll get rid of the chill pretty quickly. back in the 50s if not 60s in a few spots today. we're going to have a couple of clouds starting to roll in. even this morning some high clouds before they thicken up this afternoon later into the evening. your day planner calling for temperatures to rise nicely out of the morning economical and you can see 51 by 11:00 and 56 at 1:00. then into the afternoon mid- to upper 50s here in d.c.. with near 60s south and west and it all depends on how thick the clouds get. that are coming from the southwest and some rain will be moving in and the form of showers tonight. better chance south and east of town. you see the high clouds already just knocking on the door in many areas, west of town we have the high thin clouds and that will give us some oh faded or sunshine or milky sunshine as

let's turn it over to monika samtani. we've had a fatal accident overnight causing problems. >>> a deadly accident in oakton and now the situation as well on the beltway north of town. you're looking at it live from sky 9 on the outer loop before connecticut avenue. first there was a crash with a single vehicle on the right side. now crash on the left side of the road. one lane is getting by on the outer loop before connecticut avenue. you can definitely expect major delays westbound 495 forming quickly through silver spring and in fact they're panning over to show you the delay right now on the outer loop heading for the crash before connecticut avenue. in fact, let's take a look at our maps so i can show you where it is. again on the outer loop it's westbound 495 towards the crash single right lane is getting by. now the crash in oakton that we referred to earlier. it's on germantown road east of route 123. it was a single vehicle, fatal crash and, yes, crews are still on the scene since 1:30 this morning. we're going t

monika samtani, good morning good good morning. i have this long list of incidents and i'm going to hold my paper in my hand this time so i get all the roads right for you. first of all if you travel out of mclean, you want to know that the road is shut down it georgetown pike and burrford drive because of road work. i'm subjecting you use springfield road and take it to old dom minion as your -- dominion as your alternate route. everything looks good on 66 in from manassas but at gilbert's corner braddock road is shut down east of route 15 because of an overturned tractor- trailer. braddock road is shut down compleeptly east of route 15 -- completely east of route 15. follow me at monica at -- monika at 9:00 if you need more information on that. on the west side of town we're in great shape it 270 in bethesda and heading down toward tysons corner. let go back over to the maps and this time we'll head to the inside of the beltway. no problems on 66 or 395 as you can see if you are planning to head over to the northbound side of i-9

let's go over to monika samtani. hopefully not too much in the negative news department. >> no. i think traffic is just building right now basically on the beltway as well. outer loop side as you travel into silver spring. here on the inner loop at route 210, looking good through oxon hill to the wilson bridge. there are no issues on 295 to the 11th street bridge or 395 to the 14th. back to you guys. >> thank you, monika. >>> 6:116789 here are some of the other stories happening now. philippine officials are working very hard to speed relief areas to the hardest hit areas by typhoon haiyan. more shipments of food, water and medical supplies can make it to people in need after two more airports opened. as many as 2500 people may have died in the storm but the numbers keep changing. 11 million people have been impacted. >>> israel has authorized the building of more than 20,000 housing units in the west bank of east jerusalem. palestinian officials oppose the move. israeli officials say, however, the down-- are down playing the situation saying the decision is bureaucratic. >>> go

. >>> let's go over to monika samtani. >>> 2:30 this morning 16th street and closed between alaska and military road because of a tree down. a large tree down across the roadway. and we believe there could be a tractor trailer involved as well. the street shut down, 16th street, use beach or georgia avenue, and remember the culvert is shut down for six months as well so no shortcut either available for you there. 66 in get shape. manassas, centerville, we'll take a live look on northbound 95. looking fine in springfield. late this morning. back to the maps. the beltway is fine, again college park into silver springs, don't forget about the closure on 16th street because of the tree down in the road, we'll take a live look one more time here. andrea? mike? >>> there was a gunman suspected of firing shots in a mall in new jersey. he is now apparently dead. his body was found inside this mall. it happened yesterday at the garden state plaza mall in new jersey, and there were reports of gunfire just before closing and witnesses say the shooter was dressed in black. >> the mall was on lockd

let's send it over to monika samtani and get an early look at timesaver traffic. >> good morning, everybody. on the outer loop at route 4 pennsylvania avenue, crews are looking for an accident, a car went into the ditch. we believe it's all on the shoulder so it shouldn't affect your ride too much. on the inbound side of i-66 you're in good shape. on the outbound side of the dulles connector road, you want to watch out for construction basically between 66 and route 123 on the beltway itself outer loop at gallows road, there had been overnight construction as well. let's take a live look in springfield on the northbound side of 95 we're in great shape. there are no issues, very light this morning, veterans day as you head for 395 and the 14th street bridge. i don't think today you're going to have any problems during rush hour. let's go back to the maps and this time on the southbound tied 270 from gaithersburg to bah these today, we're in great shape. on the southbound side of 95 there was overnight construction at 195 and at route 216. we'll take a live look one more time here at the belt

monika samtani will have your timesaver traffic in moments. >> yes i will. >> got to focus on the -- and olga breese is in for howard bernstein and it's a economically one out there. -- chilly one out there. >> it's very cold. in fact i think a lot of folks were already out this morning and heading back out you definitely going to feel that chill. temperatures right now very much on the brisk and chilly side. we've had mainly clearing overnight and that's really let the temperatures drop down and winds are starting to die down as well. although the temperatures are in the 20s. city center near 30 degrees. it is feeling much colder than that. in fact, we are looking at temperatures that are feeling a little bit chillier the clicker is not moving me forward. but -- rest assured that our forecast for today is definitely going to be on the cool side. we will get sunny sunshine through midday into the afternoon. we'll see a little bit of cloud cover move in. but highs today well below average. monika? >>> well, olga you know there's a couple of pieces of business i need to tell everybody.

she's monika samtani. >> wind gusts 20 to 30 just like winchester a few prince ago. loudoun county, montgomery county, it will be knocking on your door in the next few minutes actually in the northern part of those counties. looking outside here in d.c., a quiet, cloudy morning. we'll -- we're going to drop 10 degrees between now and 9:00. noon we're not going to see temperatures move much. cloudy, windy, 42. gusts 25, if not 30. then some breaks here late this afternoon as temperatures fall to the low 40s, drop 235 to 30 -- drop 25 to 30 tonight. snow has been falling in ferret k and a couple of rain showers to our south. here's garrett county north and west with the light snow blowing around. the cold air is into cumberland. hagerstown starting to see their temps drop. snow showers between newland

let's go over to monika samtani. she's going to update us on timesaver traffic. >>> thank so you much, howard. good morning, everybody. finally friday. it feels good. traffic is good as well. dale city to woodbridge on 95. southbound 95 in newington at backlick road, there is an accident. it involves a tractor-trailer but it's all on the shoulder and again that's subpoena on i- 95. we'll take a look at the northbound side in springfield. traffic moving well, very light. both main and hov lanes. this is the southbound side heading toward newington. remember the activity is on the shoulder there. let's take a look at our maps again and this time over to the bw parkway and route 50. no problems to report through cheverly. we're in good shape on the beltway in prince george's county heading southbound toward the wilson bridge and into virginia and alexandria the lanes are open right now. we'll take another live look, this time on 270 at falls road. no delays yet 109 all the way down to the split. back to you guys. >> tha

monika samtani, we started off well? >>> a couple of little issues. i'm going to start off with the one out west southbound route 17 has been blocked off at route 29 in warrenton with a tractor trailer crash. a wrecker has been on the scene for awhile. in the moon time -- meantime, closer in, no problems heading south, springfield great shape on the toll road coming in from sterling and 66 in from may that's. >>> let a look outside, and -- in from manassas. let's look outside and down to germantown, no problems. southern side of maryland route 4 and 301 incident free right now. 395 as well. >>> this week president obama will hit the road to try to promote his affordable healthcare act. >> the government site was down, it has been plagued with problems. 48% of americans believe the government has done a poor job implementing healthcare reform. >> getting this website working so millions of americans have access to quality affordable healthcare insurance. >> they are trying to change a tire on a car going 75 miles per hour down the expressway. >> the wh

let's turn it over to monika samtani. she's got the latest on the morning commute. >> the crash in manassas battlefield route 29 at route 234. want to watch out for that and on the inbound side of i-66, very slow traffic now out of manassas. look at that. it's yellow which means it's slow but it's all the way basically in from gainesville, manassas, centreville into fairfax and then the pace improves i would say right there in vienna. let's take a live look outside. if you're planning to head northbound on 95, is started early this morning out of aquia harbor, the delays and continue to woodbridge and then lorton, newington and spring field pretty much looks like this. 395 is fine through landmark and shirlington and the 14th street bridge. let's go back to the map. there's a crash on the northbound side of the bw parkway. it is at route 175 in the left lane. you've got delays beginning at route 32 on the southbound side of the bw parkway. it looks like it's slowing down as well as you come down from route 100. back to yo

here comes monika samtani, timesaver traffic on this monday morning. >> a couple of things you need to know about early this morning. first of all, it's a bad situation over in oakton on germantown road east of route 123 where there's a crash involving a single vehicle. it happened about 1:30 this morning and left one person dead. so crews are still on the scene investigating there. germantown road east of route 123. we'll take a live look at 66 nearby at route 123 and this is of course not affected. you're going to be fine as you travel through this area of mclean basically in vienna as you head for the s goback to th there was a single vehicle accident on the outer loop after georgia avenue. a car hit the guardrail. crews were about to clear that up and now there's a three-car accident right in that same area. in fact, let's take a live look from our sky 9 on the outer loop of the beltway. this is backup to georgia avenue and that crash i've been telling you about. so hey there it is. be aware of the delay already forming here on the outer loop through silver spring. westbound 495. i