i'm nick giovanni. >> nice sports metaphor there, nick. i'm debra alfarone in for andrea roane. larry miller has your timesaver traffic but we begin with first alert meteorologist allyson rae with today's forecast. i bet she will tell you to keep your windows open. >> not if you ask nick. >> debatable. >> it's all debatable. it's all preference. i left my windows open last night. i thought it was nice and cool and comfortable. it is pretty cool out there for sure. temperatures dipped down to the 30s for some areas. it is going to be a chilly start but this is what fall is all about. crisp mornings and sunshine and warm afternoons. your high today 73. that's going to be pretty nice. let's head over to larry million we are traffic. good morning, larry. >>> good morning. around the capital beltway we're still issue and problem free. we are actually having a fairly nice day today. i expect as we round out the rest of rush hour, it will continue that waip. again no issues around the inner or outer loop. 295 and 395 free and clear of any issues. in college park traveling from the bw p

. >> and i am nick giovanni. welcome to the rush hour edition. >> we begin with howard and more on that cool down the for the weekend. >> yeah, today's going to be mild before we struck this will weekend temperature-wise. high -- before we struggle this weekend temperature-wise. some showers up in pennsylvania, new york. a few have passed across far northern maryland. and a couple gusts of wind over 20 miles per hour. but all in all, a fairly quiet morning with temperatures in the 40s to low 50s. upper 50s on the eastern shore. and it will be a sunny day the today with some clouds here and there and highs in the mid- to upper 60s. and let's check in with larry and find out about the friday commute. >>> so far, so good. earlier issues around town all but resolved. the parkway as well as 295 just before exit 4 on the southbound side is also clear. and we are also problem-free around the beltway. sky 9 giving us a live look of the beltway at 50 showing us how things are shaping up approaching the beltway. no issues

. >> and i am nick giovanni. if you're not doing that, welcome to the club. first, we check with larry miller and allyson rae. a nice start to the day. >>> and notice, she said for area sports. >> yeah, yeah, yeah. >> take us all the way down to the florida. all right. it's nice and cool this morning. it is crisp out there. so not as chilly and cold as yesterday. but maybe you are enjoying the under the cover feeling. 52 degrees and nice this afternoon. out on the road, we are looking at dense fog across the area right here in dc. and temperatures are starting off in the 40s and headed to the mid-70s. it's going to be beautiful. and things are changing drastically. those details coming up. >>> -- coming up. >>> good morning. we have polls down. this is east west highway at shelton road. looks like it just opened up. sky 9 is on the scene right now. and you can see crews working to repair the polls. looks like they're getting situation back up and in working order. we suspect it will be clear shortly, again, east west highway in both directions is open. over t

. >>> i'm nick giovanni. welcome to the rush hour edition of 9news this wednesday. >>> this morning's rush hour will be a mess on rockville pike because of yesterday's water main break. larry miller has an update on that. we begin with allyson rae who has today's forecast. >> thanks, andrea. today's forecast is not going to be a mess. it's beautiful out there. starting out cool but comfortably cool. 56 degrees out there in the district. we are going to see temperatures a little cooler as you head out to the suburbs but similar to how we started off yesterday. light jacket and you're good to go. 48 degrees for manassas. 45 for annapolis and leesburg r59. it will be a little -- 59. it will be a little breezy today from time to time but that's about it. we are starting off with a few clouds so that could make for a nice sunrise. we'll keep an eye on the tower cam. temperatures in the 60s for much of the day. we'll top out just about 70 degrees. larry, over to you. >>> the last hour we just got video into the new

. >>> i'm nick giovanni. welcome into the monday rush hour edition of 9news. >> larry miller is here. he has your timesaver traffic and allyson rae has our forecast. let's get started with allyson. she says to fish out that coat from the back of the closet. >> we're rocking. >> i wore two coats this morning. andrea wore a big one. i was out at the national mall yesterday and i saw a lot of winter coats out there. some people were in shorts and t-shirts. whatever makes you feel comfortable this morning but it is near freezing if not below, i'll tell you that. this is the last morning this week we'll see temperatures this cold. a slow and steady warm-up not only during the afternoon hours but the evening hours as well. all ahead of our next cold front. here you go, 32 for leesburg. 30 for frederick, even upper 20s. highs today into the 50s. sunshine and not as breezy. pretty nice out there. here's larry miller. >>> thanks. your time 6:01. we had earlier issues in bethesda. we're giving you the all clear for the

. >>> i'm nick giovanni. our first order of business, you know the drill, check on weather and traffic. >> larry miller has your timesaver traffic. we begin with allyson rae and today's warm-up. >>> it's going to be nice today for sure. a perfect fall day. temperatures are headed to the upper 60s so it's one of those great days where it's not too warm and not too cool. it is a little chilly this morning, especially with a little bit after breeze out of the southwest. -- of a breeze out of the southwest. the southwesterly winds are making all the difference in the forecast. it's 45 degrees in the district and into the 30s as you head outside into the suburbs and through culpeper. you're the coldest spot on the map, 32. highs today upper 60s. by lunch time we're already at the 60-degree mark. larry, over to you. >>> metro riders, we're on schedule this morning. no issues on the rails or the buses so you're certainly good to go there. we're taking you out into southern maryland this morning, in clinton on branch

. >>> i'm nick giovanni. welcome into the rush hour edition of 9news this tuesday. >> we get you started with larry millioner who has your timesaver traffic and we begin with allyson rae who has the forecast. >>> we're going to see an okay day. mid-70s and a little bit of sunshine this afternoon. we're going to start off with some clouds and a few light showers. the showers are going to be very spotty. we do have some showers moving through cumberland right now through hagerstown down 81 through winchester and front royal that will be your best chance for some of these showers. they'll continue to break apart as they come closer to our area. we're warmer this morning into the 50s. near 60 for the district. we're headed mid-70s. enjoy it while it lasts. larry, over to you. >>> still looks like sky -- looks like sky 9 is in place. we have an accident blocking two lanes of southbound i-270 at 124. sky 9 is over the scene to show us not only the accident -- again, this is a tractor- trailer that lost his trailer.

. >>> i'm nick giovanni. welcome into the rush hour edition of 9news. >>> let's get started with a check on weather and traffic. larry miller is covering your commute and helping you navigate around that deadly traffic accident we've been telling you about. we begin with first alert meteorologist howard bernstein. some showers have popped up. >> a few showers are going to come through now. a much better chance of stronger showers and storms later this afternoon and evening. that's why today is a yellow alert day. lots of activity in new york and pennsylvania. a little bit of lightning northern pennsylvania. we've seen some showers in west virginia move in toward garrett county. in the last 40 to 60 minutes, look at this. in fairfax county we've seen some showers leave chantilly, south of reston. it guy came from fairfax now, south of darnestown toward potomac headed toward rockville. we'll have wet roads on 270. in upper montgomery this has moved north of 70 headed toward ellicott city and baltimore. for toda

. >>> i'm nick giovanni. welcome to the rush hour of wusa9. >>> we want to start with our tackers. -- trackers. how is it looking, allyson? >> no snow in the forecast. we are running through a drill. nikki will explain a little later. today is going to be very nice. we're in the 60s right now. 62 for d.c. 57 for gaithersburg. 59 for frederick. temperatures aren't going to warm up much today. we have northerly winds bringing in nice cool air for the rest of the afternoon. a couple of clouds to start off your morning but a lot of sunshine through mid-morning and also afternoon. so it's going to be a nice day to enjoy. 62 by noon. your high today about 67. larry, over to you. >>> your time 6:00. in virginia right now, we're keeping a close eye on an accident on georgetown pike between old dominion drive and spring hill road. sky 9 is making its way to the scene where i understand it is there right now trying to find exactly where this crash site is. i know it's hard to see but you can actually see the flashing l

. >>> i'm nick giovanni. we'll get to those stories in just a second. you know the drill. a check on weather and traffic. >> larry miller has your traffic. we begin with first alert meteorologist howard bernstein. the cooldown is on its way. >> today and tomorrow won't be too bad but saturday will be chilly. temperatures 40s and 50s. in the rural areas like lovettsville and nokesville, down to the low 40s at 42. on the bay a different story. annapolis 53. north beach 54. lots of 40s, a chilly morning. a quiet day. here's our futurecast. we'll take you to lunch time, sunny. not too much after wind, low to mid-60s. we'll top out well in the 60s to possibly a couple of spots near 07. talking more about the cooldown in a few minutes. right now larry is talking timesaver traffic. larry? >>> we still have work going on at rockville pike. one southbound lane open, two northbound lanes open at rockville pike at cedar lane this morning. we are working to get that out. last check we still saw the work continuing. meantime no issues out in prince george's county. 50, the bw parkway a

. >>> i'm nick giovanni. welcome into the rush hour edition of 9news. >>> let's get it started with larry mier. he's been busy with -- miller. he's been busy with traffic and overturned dump trucks. allyson rae has had a great time giving us the forecast. >>> absolutely. my life is pretty easy this week. it's been looking pretty good. i know. i know. larry, i'm good cop. he's bad cop. we're just getting started. come winter it will reverse. 58 degrees. we're looking pretty good this morning. and tomorrow we do have a yellow weather alert. we'll be tracking some showers and storms in just a few minutes. looking at visibility, though, we're looking at some dense fog beginning to develop. watch out along 70, also 66 patchy fog and also through the shenandoah valley. we're into the 50s. it's pretty comfortable out there. it is cool. as we head to the afternoon mid- to upper 70s. high pressure, sunshine, it's pretty nice. i'll track the showers and storms for tomorrow coming up in just a few minutes. here's larry

. >>> i'm nick giovanni. we know time is money so let's get straight to business. >> larry miller has traffic and howard bernstein is on cloud nine. >> i remember four out of five of them. speaking of the clouds or the lack thereof, we have venus and jupiter up here now. mars is right there and mercury will be coming up shortly. so we're actually in for a pretty good day around here. temperatures this morning are starting in the 40s and 50s. but by lunch time, take a long lunch outside if you can. we'll see temperatures close to the 70-degree mark. we'll top out this afternoon in the mid- to upper 70s. so on the weather front we're looking good. how about the commute front? here's larry miller. >>> we have one issue that is going to impact commuters eastbound on i-66. sky 9 will be making its way there shortly. as soon as we get that picture, we'll be sure to send it along to you. let's get a live look and show you how things are shaping up from our trafficland camera. this is i-66 east of compton road. you c

. >>> i'm nick giovanni. welcome into the rush hour edition of 9news this thursday. >> howard bernstein has your forecast but we want to get right to larry miller with this inner loop problem. >> the unfortunate part, it's one of many issues on the inner hootch. we count -- loop. we counted four to five. the top side of the beltway a mess and it's certainly slowing commuters down this morning. we have about a mile, mile and a half backup associated with the jack knifed tractor- trailer. again that's between river road and the i-270 spur. from a look at our camera right now, we can actually see that issue. i'll step out of the way so you can get a better look at it. one ever the cars involved in that accident, a cab, had actually had to be cut in pieces to be removed from the scene. crews have been on the scene for the past half-hour or so. traffic was getting by on the right. you can see right now it's certainly stopped there. so commuters will need to consider alternate routes in order to get to your destina

i'm nick giovanni. >>> i'm andrea roane. yes, the rain is going to complicate things for you as you head out the door but beverly farmer is in for larry monitoring your timesaver traffic. we begin with first alert -- [ no audio ] >>> as we head through the afternoon, we'll see about half an inch of rain until about 6:00. then we're going to pick up about another half to inch of rain after 6:00. the heaviest rain is yet to come. light to moderate rainfall as you step outside and head on your morning commute through 66, 270, even north of frederick it's really coming down. notice south of 95, it's starting to dry out just a little bit. we're not done with the rain by any means. there will be more moments of drier weather through the afternoon, but that's all ahead of our thunderstorms. the heavier rain later on tonight. so 270 just some light rain. as the heavier stuff near leesburg pushes to the north, that will impact your morning rush as well. temperatures headed to upper 60s. the winds will be very gusty, 20 to 30 miles pe

. >> reporter: nick giovanni, wusa 9. >> according to campus police it is still unclear what led the suspects to open fire. >>> today, a judge sentenced a man to 32 years for his daring prisoner escape from a northern virginia hospital. prosecutors say the 43-year-old escaped from custody in march. he was caught hours later getting off a metro bus in d.c. he was originally behind bars for robbery. >>> the man accused of stabbing a fellow metro passenger to death is also due in court today. jasper spires is scheduled for mental observation hearings. he's charged with stabbing kevin sutherland to death. >>> and house republicans were shocked as the front-runner withdrew his candidacy. >> house republicans met to try to determine who the next speaker of the house will be. >> do you want the job? >> no. >> reporter: does anybody? >> we'll find out. >> reporter: majority leader kevin mccarthy dropped out of the race after it became apparent he couldn't get the 218 votes needed to win. >> mccarthy had more than 200 votes, pretty broad support. there were small numbers that weren't happy. >

nick giovanni reports. >> reporter: andrea, this is the video that has sheriff leon lott reaching out to the fbi and justice department to now conduct an independent investigation into the incident. it's not gone viral and sparked a hashtag #on twitter "assault on pring valley." -- on spring valley." the incident is difficult to watch. the resource officer tossed a female student across a classroom monday. look again. here you see the officer grab the girl, remove her from her chair then toss her across the room. >> i've never seen anything so nasty looking, so sick. >> reporter: classmate tony robertson record the video and spoke exclusively to cbs affiliate wltx. he also had been called to the room to escort her out because of discipline problems. >> he's supposed to be someone to protect us, not someone to be afraid of. it was a scary experience. >> reporter: the incident happened in columbia, but they say it started when the girl refused to put away her cell phone and leave the room. the richland county sheriff is now investigating and reportedly called the video disturbing. >> of

i'm nick giovanni. >>> i'm debra alfarone in for andrea roane. larry miller has traffic but we'll begin with meteorologist allyson rae with today's forecast. a little better out there today. >> going to be nice today. we are looking at a chilly start, cooler than we were this time yesterday and we're going to end the day warmer than we were yesterday so not too bad at all. 51 degrees. we also are still tracking pretty high tides out there and the coastal flood advisories are still in place for the washington channel and through the bay. yeah, watch out during high tides specifically. you could see that water start to move on in. meanwhile we're looking at a cool start into the 40s. 39 for luray is the cool spot on the map. watch out for patchy fog through the shenandoah valley. highs today into the 70s. about 74 degrees in d.c. grab the sunglasses. it's going to be butch. here's larry miller. >>> we're keeping a close eye right now on an accident regarding a pedestrian struck maybe about 20minutes ago. it took place on georgia avenue at denson av

nick giovanni has more. >> reporter: so it looks like the gloves are about to come off in round three of the republican primary debate. tonight on the campus of colorado university in boulder, donald trump has suddenly been knocked out of the top spot, some of the national polls, trump's taking aim at the new front-runner, ben carson. a number of pundits are calling tonight a make or breaker for job bush. this may -- jeb bush. this may shed light on the candidates going into the debate. yesterday, ohio governor kasich told the crowd he's fed up. he's done with being polite with the rhetoric between his competition. he says he'll have to start "calling it like it is as long as he's in the race. ." >> what has happened to our party? what has happened to the conservative movement? >> i am second. it's not, like, terrible, but i don't like being second. second it terrible to me. >> i will continue doing what i've been doing, and that is telling the truth and talking about the things i think is relevant. >> reporter: the kasich quote is the theme of the night. the focal point of the debate

nick giovanni, wusa 9. >> the democratic candidates take the stage a month from now in des moines, iowa. to stay on top of the candidates, polling numbers, breaking news, and live updates, download the wusa 9 news app. >>> maryland governor larry hogan has finished his sixth and final round of chemotherapy. governor hogan says under the last four months he's undergone 30 days of 24-hour chemotherapy, three surgery, four spinal taps and countless scans. he was diagnosed in june. >>> the reward for a stolen pony has grown thanks to donations. 5-month-old dreamer's fate has been missing for nearly a month. she went missing following the annual pony swim from virginia's chincoteague island. police believe a white pickup truck seen near the horse's pen may be tied to her disappearance. donors are now offering a $1,000 reward for her return. >>> find out how a teenager landed a date with a beauty pageant contestant for his high school homecoming dance. first, a florida family is devastated after a plane crashes through a bedroom. >>> it sounded like an explosion then a big ball of fire after

i'm nick giovanni. >>> i'm andrea roane. larry miller has your timesaver traffic. he's been busy this morning. he's just been en-- she's just been enjoying her job. first alert meteorologist allyson rae is here with today's lovely forecast. >> it's so nice. we'll get a little more active weather wise come friday and into the weekend. in the meantime we're going to enjoy another great day. temperatures are running a lot warmer than they typically do this time of year. it's cool out there for sure but definitely not with the chill we had yesterday morning. we're at 59 degrees. so we're about 10 degrees warmer than we were yesterday. 55 for damascus over through laurel 57. andrews 61 of the if you're walking to school today, temperatures are looking okay. we'll be into the 50s. clouds, though, and we'll head to the upper 70s by the time recess comes around. we'll talk about those changes for the weekend coming up. here's larry miller. >>> we're keeping a close eye on a situation on the northbound side of 95 at dale city. on the northbound side again where we had an ea

i'm nick giovanni. >>> happy october. i'm andrea roane. larry miller has your timesaver traffic. we begin with first alert meteorologist howard bernstein. today's forecast also includes a nor'easter on our door. >> that's right. looks like the wind and rain will pick up tonight and tomorrow. i think tomorrow will be a real miserable day. today compared to yesterday you might not like t. we're a lot -- like it. we're a lot cooler, mostly 50s. light showers drifting to the north, northeast. spotty drizzle that's not being picked up on first alert doppler because it's too light. east of fredricksburg, colonial beach, dahlgren, southern prince george's, the area of light rain expanding, especially there, east of 301 and northern s.a.t. -- st. mary's county. you'll need jackets and rain gear. 60 on the bay and annapolis. only the low 60s this afternoon. not going to rain all day but the threat for on and off showers will be with us all day. larry miller, i'm hoping we get a lot better news than yesterday which was not nice at all. >>> compared to yesterday we're doing a lot better but

i am nick giovanni. >> and i am andrea roane. and we begin with meteorologist allyson rae back from some time off and ready to get down to serious business. >> what a welcome back. >> yeah, right? i come back with a nor'easter is a category four hurricane. it's busy in the weather department. and you know, today and tomorrow we will see the worst weather. hurricane joaquin continues to travel farther and farther east. so for the dmv, not too concerned with joaquin at this current track. and we are concerned about is the amount of rain we see tonight and into parts of the wee hours of the morning. starting to see moderate rainfall along 66 and 95. it will be a hard commute this morning and this evening. heavier rain farther south and that rain is going to push off to the north throughout the day. and windy, very windy and gusts as high as 40 miles per hour. and the flash flood watch continues until tomorrow. and up to date on joaquin and when the rain gets out of here later. over to you. >>> the rain causing problems on the road.

i'm nick giovanni. >>> i'm andrea roane. we have beverly farmer in to give you your timesaver traffic for larry miller. we begin with first alert meteorologist allyson rae who is not looking forward to us falling back. she misses the sunshine. >> i know. >> an take hour of sleep? >> that's a short lived solution. you get an extra hour of sleep but your days are pretty much cut in half i feel. much of the day is dry through lunch -- is dry. through your lunch hour it's dry. here's a quick snapshot of futurecast. 6:00 -- why are you laughing at me? 6:00 tonight we're dry. showers arriving along 66. farther south of quantico. after the sun sets it's really going to start to push on in. by 9:30 hopefully have your umbrella with you or maybe you're tucked away at home and getting ready for the rain to come on down. the rain will be heaviest tonight and through tomorrow morning. it's not over yet. we're going to look at a wet commute home on wednesday as well. we'll time that out coming up but here are your temperatures. upper 50s

giovanni have passed and avoided will finally celebrate these stairs and i don't want to be a spoiler but behind this black cloak, there's nothing but there is a chalk mark line where the plaque will be placed later today and that happens at 6:00 this evening. back to you in the studio. >> really built up the suspense there. started raising that. >> but i'm just so proud because she has gone up and down those stairs as part of her boot camp she knows from when she speaks. >> dawnting. >> it's tough. >> oh, delia. well this may be the redskins buy week we're talking football but hopefully they were on their job last night scouting their next opponent that would be the undefeated new england patriots. they are still undefeated coming out of thursday night football. tom brady picked apart the dolphins throwing for 356-yards and four touchdowns. here is one of them. the patriots flex this one 36-7 so now the redskins get their shot at becoming the first team to beat new england. we'll have to wait two sundays from now. >> mike already is telling us no problem for his team. >> exactly. >>>

i'm nick giovanni in the newsroom. >>> late sunday a truck crashed through the front of the san miguel school on georgia avenue in northwest d.c. no injuries were reported and the cause of the crash still under investigation. >>> the search continues this morning for the person responsible for a double shooting in prince george's county. a woman was killed and a man has life threatening injuries after a fight outside of a four washington early sunday morning. the shooting happened around 1:15 a.m. at the fort washington marina according to park police. >>> now turk to the forecast. definitely feeling like fall, alison. >> for sure. a cloudy start to the day, but by the end of the day i think we are going to see sunshine in time nor your drive -- in time for your drive home. 50 degrees by 9:00, upper 50s for your lunch hour, topping out into the lower 60s, a few degrees below average, but still pretty nice. showers from patricia arrive tuesday night, turns to rain, heavy at times on wednesday. >>> let's head over to great day washington. >> thanks alison. i'm meg began moony from great