that volume is building on the outer loop as you head west to college park to get to silver spring and on to bethesda. the volume building 270 on the wet pavement to get out of frederick county to hyattstown and points south to rockville. 66, fender bender eastbound near the vienna metro is over on the left shoulder. part of the focal point of delays we've seen coming in from fair oaks, not to mention it's still quite slow getting to manassas and centreville. virginia 95 delays out of stafford headed for quantico and northbound trying to leave triangle into dumfries. they were checking for a crash on the shoulder in dumfries and another one near the prince william parkway. so far nothing blocking your path there. that's a look the a our drive. how about the wet weather? >> wet is the operative word of the day. yellow alert today because we're dealing with rain on and off most of the day. at times going to be in the moderate to heavy side. other times just lulls. a nasty raw day with the wind picking up, too. it will be out of the north, northwest 10 to 20. we could have gusts tonight, tomorrow in the 30 mile an hour range. look at temperatures 55 to maybe 60 degrees.

we're 50 to 55 now. it's not going to move much. low pressure spinning oaf the bay and delmarva bringing in moisture off the atlantic. some of this has been moderate to heavy. when you see this red showing up, that is some heavy rain we're looking at in the baltimore region. you notice it's trying to rotate back toward d.c. we've had waves of rain at times coming through us. you see the heavier showers south, northeast. so keep the rain gear handy and if you can telework, i suggest doing that andrea and mike? >> thank you, howard. here's what's in the news right now. three teenage girls from suburban denver may have been trying to join isis militants in syria. they stole money from their parents and flew to germany. >> that is where they were stopped by the f.b.i. when they landed. the two sisters and a friend have now been returned to colorado. this announcement comes one month after 19-year-old shannon connolly of arvada, colorado pled guilty to charges that she conspired to help militants in syria. north korea's release of an american hostage is fueling new hope two others will also be

free. jeffrey fowle is heading back home to ohio after being freed early tuesday. the state department is still trying to free americans matthew miller and kenneth bae. they are the longest held american prisoners since korean war. miller, one of the recent prisoners remains incarcerated. >> experience matters in the world series. san francisco pitcher madison bumgarner pitched seven brilliant innings. san francisco takes game one in kansas city against the royals. final score 7-16789 the giants -- 7-1. the giants have lost the last seven world series games -- have won their last seven world series games [ inaudible ] the. has been criticized for lacking an aggressive response to the virus, something the administration is acknowledging. >> there have been some

shortcomings in the response and the president has been pressing on his team for quite some time now to ensure that our response lives up to the high standards that he has set for his team in service of the american people. >> the president is also being criticized for picking klain for his lack of medical experience. the government has announce add new list of protocols. all passengers arriving in the u.s. from the three west african nations that are having ebola must past one of five airports in the united states and dulles international is one of the five. once they land, the travelers will have their temperatures checked for signs of fever which may indicate the ebola infection. there is some good news for an american cameraman being treated for ebola. a ashoka mukpo is being released from the nebraska medical center with a clean bill of health. his blood tested negative for the deadly ebola virus yesterday prompting m to tweet, the knowledge that there's no more virus in my blood is a profound relief. i'm so lucky. >> the 33-year-old cameraman

was admitted to the biocontainment facility more than two weeks ago after becoming sick in liberia. one of the two nurses who contracted the virus while treating the first patient diagnosed with ebola in the united states also just got some good news. doctors treating nina pham right here at the national institutes of health have now upgraded her condition from fair to good. ben bradlee, the former editor of "the washington post" died yesterday. he was 93. >> bradlee served as the executive editor of the paper for 23 years and managed the paper's coverage of the watergate scandal and president nixon's downfall. delia goncalves is live outside "the washington post" with a look back at the legend's career. >> reporter: what a life and career ben bradlee had here in washington and at "the washington post." certainly a sad day for a lot of the folks who worked with him and were inspired by you can see here behind me, there's a message of memorium already on the ticker outside

the "washington post" headquarters here on 15th street in part saying he is a man who will be forever remembered for his deep impact on the professional -- profession of journalism. he was a man who inspired young journalists. he never stopped asking questions. >> i do not believe the first version of events in this city. i don't believe t. people don't tell the truth. they don't tell the truth in a hundred different ways. and it's become so easy to lie. >> reporter: the harvard graduate and world war ii navy vet worked at the u.s. embassy in paris and later "newsweek." then settled in washington. as managing editor of the post, bradlee published the pentagon papers which revealed that the u.s. had secretly increased its military involvement in the vietnam war. his legacy grew with the watergate scandal and that

eventually led to the resignation of president richard nixon. >> he had the touch. he had the ability to encourage people, stimulate people, but not run over them. >> reporter: jason robarts played bradlee in the movie "all the president's men." >> i have to trust them and i hate trusting anybody. >> reporter: and because of that trust, the post received 19 pulitzer prizes during bradlee's nearly quarter of a century at the helm. cbs's bob schieffer, a great friend of ben bradlee, spoke about him earlier today. and he called him a true leader and a quintessential washington reporter. ben bradlee received the medal of freedom by president obama just last year. back to you. >> delia, thank you, reporting live from outside "the washington post." there are new warning bells being sounded by apple's icloud

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didn't disclose it. barbara comstock shepherded a trio of bills through the legislature and into law, but barbara comstock never officially disclosed that all the while she was being paid thousands of dollars. no wonder she hid it. 6:09 on this wet wednesday morning. here's doppler 9000. our temperatures now in the low to mid-50s. they're not going to move much, 55 to maybe 60. look at the heavier rain up toward the baltimore area extending toward elkton and the upper part of the delaware bay. that is headed right toward d.c. over the next couple of hours. it's going to be a wet one out

there. >> reporter: we have our first big snag. the curves west of connecticut avenue before you get to rockville pike, someone slid off to the road to the right. there are injuries. the outer loop between connecticut and rockville pike, going to be the right side of the roadway blocked by this response. it's still headed that way. going to snag up your trip out of college park west. virginia eastbound 66, the accident before nutley street near the metro over on the shoulder. one of the focal point of delays coming from fair oaks into vienna. back to you. we're taking a look at the latest news from the tech world. >> questioning the cloud. everybody has nervousness when it comes to banking. then the scandal about all those picks being released. what have we learned? what goes into the cloud doesn't necessarily stay in the cloud. >> exactly. this all goes back to when news broke of some celebrities having their phones hacked and new picks stolen. apple is posting a new security warning about the online storage system. several news outlets are reporting some chinese internet users are seeing warnings

indicated they've been diverted to an unthore riced website when they -- unauthorized website when they try to sign into their cloud accounts. no word if this will impact cloud users here in the states. pretty common complaint from smartphone and tablet users alike is a quick draining battery. what you may not realize is some of the apps you've downloaded are draining battery power, even when our a note using them. it might seem counterintuitive to run a app to pinpoint the apps running down the battery power. battery doctor is a free ios and android app that offers users a complete set of tools to manage the phone's battery life. it's able to advise you when it's best to recharge and offer tips for saving battery life. for one, disabling automatic time zones on your i phone. that can boost your battery life by as much as 30% so something to consider there. assuming you have enough battery life, you can now watch the simpsons episodes whenever you want. yesterday 21st century fox

debuted simpsons world, a website which let's fans stream every episode. that's more than 550 and counting. in case you are counting. all you need is a subscription, participating cable or satellite provider. you can access the show at simpsonsworld.com or through the app. they keep turning them out. >> you can't the make five phone calls and your battery goes dead. you're going to watch a television show? you'll sit in next to the wall plugged in like at the airport. >> i like that image. that's a good one. 6:12. here's another look at the question of the morning. there are about 38,000 pounds in the -- towns in the u.s. that don't have one of these. is it a, a post office, b, wal- mart, or c, a stoplight. >> can't wait to hear your responses. we'll have the correct answer in about 30 minutes.

6:15 on this hump day and, boy, we're jumping puddles. >> we are.

indoor recess for sure. we are raising funds here. >> we're trying to raise some funds for a playground at d.c. general, a homeless shelter. they built a brand new playground but they need help when it comes to finances and staffing it. if you would like to help, the address is on wusa9.com or you can text 25543 the word play. >> playtime. >> thank you. >> time to play with doppler 9000, very busy this morning. we always could use the rain. there's the silver lining there, part of the water sake cool but if you have -- cycle but if you have to be outside in this stuff or work outside, you're raising your fist at mother nature. moisture is coming in off the atlantic. some has been moderate to heavy. look at orange and red we're seeing from prince george's, northern anne arundel county, baltimore, the upper part of the bay. look at the motion here going right toward washington as we

head into the next hour, hour and a half. yes, rush hour will get worse. we're in sort of a lull. we had heavier showers roll through. light showers crossing the river here in toward arlington, southwest, southeast. but as you go in toward prince george's county there, the route 50 corridor, new york avenue, now we're seeing some of the heavier showers. you head up toward odenton, not quite to columbia but 95, 295, route 1 headed toward baltimore, moderate to heavy rain coming southwest right toward d.c. south of town we're watching heavier showers in prince william county, dale city down 95, just to the north and west of quantico where things are lessening in the lorton area for the moment. had some heavier showers which have come through montgomery county, loudoun, eastern areas ever fauquier county. west of may argument, -- hey mark, gainesville this is headed for warrenton. montgomery county, a lot of rain up there.

west of 270, east of 270 back into howard county. this is tracking back in toward loudoun or fairfax. you get the idea. waves and waves of rain at least for the first half of the day as temperatures there struggle. even the afternoon we'll have showers around. by 5:00 the better chance of showers will be south and southeast of d.c. but look at the temperatures. they're barely moving. we'll be lucky to get to 60 today. most of us mid mid- to upper 50s. showers taper off tonight as they move east. we'll see lows in the 40s to near 50. right now 55 in the warm spot. 50 in the cool spots locally with some 30s and 40s in the mountains. but it's just a nosy morning out there. it's raw, -- nasty morning out there. it's raw, damp. i haven't talked about the winds. they're going to increase as the storm system deepens off the atlantic. gusts later today, tonight, tomorrow could be in the 30 mile an hour range. here we are by 9:00. still with some showers around. we'll get some lulls at times

but other times, the rain is going to pick back up again. it won't be till later this afternoon that this whole area starts to pull away. that might not happen for some of us until sunset which is about 6:20 this evening. our forecast yellow alert day today with the rain, rawness, 60 and again that may be wishful thinking. 48 tonight. the winds will keep blowing. tomorrow a mix of sun and clouds, potentially more clouds in the afternoon, especially east 63. by friday much nicer, 67. your weekend looks good. and next week we get warmer, 75 monday. around 80 on tuesday. beverly farmer, 6:19. you were talking about a beltway accident last time. that's never good. >> never good. we've got a lane blocked on the outer loop of the beltway in one of the worst spots right in bethesda so that's not helping the rides out of college park. elsewhere we're getting word of other accidents and other weather-related issues. metrorail had an earlier problem impacting silver, blue, orange line. broken down train at mcpherson square has been resolved but

there's still residual delays if you're headed out to catch the metro. accident on 210, 228 berry road. they're dealing with a crash on mcarthur boulevard on the clara barton parkway. we're dealing with a crash in rockville on randolph road at park lawn drive. beach drive near military road where there may be a tree down or some obstruction in the roadway on beach drive. let's look at the camera west of connecticut avenue. the crash between connecticut, 355 on those sharp curves. a couple of vikings tangled here. the right lane has been blocked with the response to the scene although the pace looks better west of connecticut. i'm hope be the fire department has moved out of the way. that's done the damage coming over from college park. inbound 50 delay building past 202 to take you to kenilworth and knock avenues just with lanes open. they are checking eastbound 50 near 301 for the report of a crash as well. 66 lined newspaper manassas, centreville -- lined up in manassas, centreville, just past the vienna metro, the crash still on the shoulder.

a folk cal point of delays for folks coming in on 123. northbound 95 did have a crash on the shoulder at the prince william parkway that you're looking at for the slowdowns there. that's a look at your drive. we'll be back with more news, traffic, weather, all important wet other this wet wednesday. thank -- weather on this wet wednesday. thanks for joining wusa9. now the wusa9 restaurant alert. in this closure, a cleveland park tap house that racked up 34 health code violations. i'm investigative reporter russ ptacek. text food to 25543 to report violations and search hundreds of sus speptions on the restaurant -- suspensions on the restaurant alert like uptown tap house. 34 violations included multiple live roaches and mice droppings on prep tables. uptown tap house passed reinspection and is back in business. text food to 25543 to track this and other area

6:24. clouds and rain and drizzle. notice the waves of moisture that continue to come through us. here we are at 9:00. now lunch time. even toward mid afternoon scattered showers still around. temperatures barely budging. upper 50s at 3:00. we'll be lucky to get 2060 today. by -- to 60 today. by 5:00, 6:00 p.m. we'll start to see tapering of showers, especially on the north side of the region and

better weather as we head toward the weekend. now beverly farmer with a look at what's becoming a complicated morning commute. >> reporter: we're not going to get the better traffic any time soon. it is better on the beltway west of connecticut avenue right side of screen headed away from you. the outer loop before rockville pike, a crash to the right shoulder. overall delays coming out of college park as you leave i-95 around to the scene. 66 already jammed up to get through manassas and centreville with an accident near the vienna metro over on the left shoulder. you're quite slow from 123, too. back to you. >> thank you, beverly. we have new information about the georgetown rabbi charged with voyeurism. a towson university newspaper reports that a towson student says rabbi berry fruendel took classmates on a tour of his synagogue and invited them to use a ritual bath where he's accused of installing a hidden camera to secretly record women. >> police have seized computers

and cameras from his home and from the kester israel synagogue. police are searching for multiple men who exposed themselves on the metro. >> the incidents appear to be unrelated but they appear to be becoming more frequent. nikki burdine joins us live with more. >> reporter: the fact that none of these incidents seem to be related is what metro says is the most disturbing part because they say this is part of a growing trend. let's get you right to the screen grabs of the surveillance video of the four men. the first one you're looking at is a man police say exposed himself on the redline train at rhode island avenue. they say he did this allegedly on september 3 and it happened around midnight. the second man allegedly exposed himself on the red line as well as gallery place on august 28. that happened around 10:00 at night. the third screen grab is of a man police say exposed himself

on the redline at glenmont on october 6 around 2:45 in the afternoon. and then the last one is a man who allegedly exposed himself to riders on the green line at nailer road on september 13. that happened just before midnight. police say these men have exposed themselves to different people over the past two months. they say the fact that there are four different men, four separate occasions, all different locations and that they don't seem related makes this even more disturbing because they say thy don't -- say they don't appear to be related and the trend seems to be grohing, especially the last couple of months. police are taking this very seriously and are asking anyone with information about these men to come forward. if you'd like to take a better look at the men on the screen grabs, we have them on our week site wusa9.com. back to you. >> nikki, thank you. those are some pretty clear pictures. somebody should be able to help. a road project to improve one of the main routes in and out of d.c. is going to drive some of you crazy for the next

several months. around 10:00 this morning ddot director matt brown will announce the start of a large- scale project to fully replace the 16th street bridge over military road in northwest. that project also includes improvements to military road. >> the entire project is expected to last 11 months but that is of course weather permitting. four lanes of travel on the bridge will be reduced to a single lane in each direction. a new median will be installed. a number of bus routes will be disrupted and will have to be redirected around the construction. >> that is going to be a mess for a long, long time. here's a look outside. gray skies, rain, wet roads, never a good combination, especially in our region. >> howard bernstein will have more on the forecast in a moment. here is beverly farmer with more on the roads. >> reporter: the beltway crash we had out of the way on the outer loop of the beltway between connecticut avenue and

rockville pike, one of the worst locations because that's already a bottleneck on the outer loop out of college park headed for silver spring. impacts traffic southbound 29, new hampshire, 95. pretty tough now. volume building on 50 inbound through cheverly. eastbound on 50 at 301, they were checking for a crash. still wrapping up crash 228 westbound to go north on 210. we're getting word now that downtown we've got an issue beech drive near military road with possibly a tree down. also clara barton parkway near chain bridge, possibly a tree down with all the wet weather, not surprising on the parkways to have some problems with trees. as far as the beltway wilson bridge, your lanes are open. virginia 95 we've seen the delays still coming up into dumfries, making your way into woodbridge and spring field. 395 to get through landmark. 66 lined newspaper manassas getting into -- lined up in manassas getting into fair oaks. eastbound, the crash on the left shoulder, a delay on 123

just to get to that and the beltway. dulles greenway to the airport, toll way or west out to the airport still checks in incident free for you right now. that's a look at the drive. back you to, howard. if you can telecommute today, i say do it. it's a nasty morning out the. we'll have rain showers on and off through much of the day tapering later on in the afternoon. cloudy skies and light rain in d.c. at the moment. our day planner calling for the rain off and on and temperatures not moving much. if we're lucky near 60. with the rain around and the breeze picking up, just raw. there's an upper level of low pressure spinning over the northern neck right now, lower part of the potomac, chesapeake. bringing in the moisture, tapping into atlantic moisture. the storm is off shore trying to get into new york and coastal jersey. for us we're watching the heavier rains around baltimore tracking toward d.c. i think the next hour, 7:00 hour could be rather wet around here with the moisture up to our northeast moving to the

southwest. we'll zoom in and show you that in d.c. proper at the moment, it's not so bad. light sprinkles here and especially east. you get into walker mill and toward central avenue north where 50 and the beltway come together, now we're picking up the heavier rains coming out of the baltimore area through laurel and beltsville. east of columbia, boom, right toward d.c. so we're going to have very wet periods at times with highs today only in the 50s to near 60. andrea and mike? >> thanks, howard. time to see what our partners at cbs this morning are working on today. >> one of our favorites joins us from new york. good morning, gayle king. welcome back. >> i can tell you exactly what we're working on. let's try that again. mike and andrea, i can tell you exactly what we're working o. it's great to be back. thank you, mike. ahead a missing persons report leads to an f.b.i. scramble. the three american girls stopped while apparently trying to join isis and why they're likely not going to face any charges on that.

and $4,000 to study rabbit massage and 800,000 to train mountain lions? nancy core advertise has the -- core tess has thage look at wasteful government spending. and a new meaning to trick or treat in colorado this halloween. the news is back in the morning. we'll see you at 7:00 sharp. mike and andrea, back you to. when you were a little kid, didn't you love halloween going door to door? >> it was neat but now it's scary. glur' right. we didn't have to -- you're right. we didn't have to worry about what was in the goody bag. we'll see you at 7:00. we all know war can change the landscape of a country but very few of us have seen it happen. >> kobani, an important city on the boarder between syria -- border two syria and turkey. some new satellite images show the destruction. we show you some of the

dramatic views before and after. >> reporter: this is kobani seen from above where weeks of fighting and aerial bombardment have led to widespread destruction. take a closer look at kobani's eastern industrial zone where some of the heaviest fighting has taken place. this is what the area looked like earlier this year. now look at a satellite photograph from october 15 in the aftermath of an air strike. more than a dozen buildings leveled by coalition bombs. not far away, a similar scene, a compound of buildings captured by isis where there was once trees and buildings before, now there is rubble and several massive bomb crater. the fighting and air strikes have forced thousands to flee kobani looking at a border crossing just north of town, what was an empty field now turned into a makeshift parking lot with hundreds of cars, trucks and buses abandoned by

refugees crossing into turkey. michael holmes, cnn. a new controversy is surrounding the secret service. a report from the homeland security department's inspector general has investigated a mission which pulled agents from their assignment near the white house. >> they were sent to rural maryland, home of a department employee who was involved in a personal dispute with a neighbor. homeland security inspector general calls the mission problematic. the report says the mission motivated by the employee's friendship with high level secret service officials. more is going to come out on that, that's for sure. still ahead, wusa9 and dc jobs are trying to get you hired. innovative object solutions is hiring a drupal developer. it's a full-time position requiring more than a year's experience. if you want to find out more, go to wusa9.com/dcjobs. i'm with wusa9. let's

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is quite busy. howard county to upper baltimore. all of this is moving southwest. the stuff in montgomery county moving toward loudoun and fairfax. eight going to cross the potomac. numerous showers at times through mid afternoon, perhaps some tapering later on in the afternoon but cool and damp and just a nasty day, highs 55 to 60. back with doppler 9000 and a seven-day forecast which has good news for the weekend. that's coming up in a few minutes. right now another check of timesaver traffic with beverly farmer. it's going from bad to worse out there. >> absolutely. we've had troubles with trees down impacting beech drive. beech drive near military joyce road with a tree down across the roadway there. also fire department had gone to respond from the chain bridge for a tree down near the train bridge. they moved off. i'm not sure if the tree is still in the roadway or they need heavier access to get through that beltway route 4 volume building. northbound 301 a crash at the tractor-trailer. the northbound lanes rosaryville road are blocked for the time being trying to get that truck out of your way.

that's a look at the ride. back to you. it's election season and early voting is under way in some areas like here in the district and maryland. on monday president obama cast an early ballot at the dr. martin luther king, jr. community center near his home on chicago's south side. >> he's making his decision on his vote. wait until you see this. an impromptu conversation started. a young man make as comment to the president and he just happens to be next to that man's girlfriend. take a look. scott pelley has more. >> reporter: voting is not only a civic duty, it can be fun, a chance to socialize with your neighbors. watch as mike jones takes that chance with one of his neighbors during early voting in chicago. yes, that was mike jones telling the president of the united states to keep his hands off his girlfriend.

>> i'm sorry, please excuse him [ inaudible ] >> reporter: he was nice about it but the president couldn't resist a parting shot. >> reporter: just a little constituent service from the president of the united states. >> wow. >> he is smooth. >> but he never took his eyes off the screen.

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welcome back to wusa9. this is a live look outside. for most ever the day we'll be under a yellow alert. >> check ahead on the airport -- at the airport on your flight. not a bad idea to do that today. plenty of issues, wet roads,

leaves. howard has the details on the rain and how long it's going to stick around in just a minute. but game one ever the world series is in the books. >> experience tends to win out, especially this year. san francisco giants have been in the world series a lot in the last five years. guess what? they know what they're doing. >> that's even when they ran into a hot team like the royals who actually swept their way into the world series. >> she were perfect-- >> they were perfect. >> till now. the winner of game one has gone on to win it all in ten of the last 11 years for the world series. the environment as electric and the power and light district last night with the royals back in the fall classic for the first time since 1985. top of the 1st, giants quiet the crowd in a hurry. two on for pablo sandoval. the kung fu panda send it is to the wall. two batters later, hunter pence would be back in business. booked himself a round trip. a two-run shot puts san francisco out in front 3-0 to

open the game before the royals first at-bat. that was ample run support for this man. madison bumgarner struck out five in seven innings of work. 7-1 game two tonight at 8:07. >> that disrupts a lot of things when you don't get on base. the old adage is you can't steal first and bumgarner did a great job of keeping us off base. >>it's about going out making pitches and executing. it's a boring answer but for me, that's all it is. i'm just trying to make pitches and take all the other stuff and push it aside. >> ray rice is not about to push aside $3.5 million. that's how much he stands to recoup from the ravens as a result from a grievance he's filed against the team first reported by pro football talk yesterday. that's the salary he would have made this season had the league stuck to its original two-game suspension over the now infamous elevator incident that happened in february. his appeal of the sus

suspension is set for -- suspension is set for november 5 and 6th. the owe nice is on trent murphy to grow up in a hurry and fill the shoes of brian orakpo. the redskins fill orakpo's roster spot by bringing in everett brown. brown was in training camp with the redskins this year but was cut at the end of the preseason. leading up to dallas week, the cowboys have also cut michael sam so he's no longer on their practice squad. >> i didn't know that. >> he's out. >> thank you, sir. let's take a look. this is a live picture. you can see it's the united states plane carrying hostage jeffrey fowle who had been held by the north koreans. it's fueling hope that two other americans still in custody there might be released. >>he had been held prisoner since may for having a bible in his hotel room. >> he left a bible in the hotel room. >> his family is expected he

has been released. the state department is still trying to free other americans, matthew miller and kenneth bae. bae is the longest held american prisoner since the korean war in a labor camp. this is the plane he is now, now back on united states soil just landing. he's expected to go home back to ohio. >> the u.s. -- [ inaudible ] let's turn to howard bernstein, 6:48 on our yellow most of the day alert day. >>it's going to be pretty nasty here for the next several hours but the showers are going to linger into the afternoon for most of us. i'm thinking the 7:00, 8:00 hour in d.c. if you can avoid commuting, avoid commuting. some heavy rain about to move in. big upper level low spinning over areas in the chesapeake bay, the northern neck, over the d.c. region. that's drawing in moisture off the atlantic. this ban i'm -- band i'm watching producing moderate to heavy rains. see the orange and red area that's stretched up around elkton, the upper part of the chesapeake, south of baltimore

right now and coming toward d.c. out of areas that border howard and prince george's county, that route 1, 95, 295 corridor there coming in from laurel and savage and odenton right now. this is all moving toward the southwest. i know that's not the usual direction for us but that's what's happening. this is the last hour of motion here. boom, here it is in college park now headed toward d.c. prince george's county mainly north of route 50 seeing the heavier showers from laurel back toward odenton and bwi. some showers into montgomery county. we'll take you to the south though. we've been tracking this area for a while. now down to the south, down 95. so woodbridge light showers but you get to stafford headed toward fredricksburg, heavier rains there. light to moderate showers much of charles county. warrenton, the showers still light to moderate but they were a lot heavier coming out of fauquier county about an hour ago. and off to the northwest, i just want to get back into montgomery county from rockville north to germantown, out into eastern loudoun and northwestern fairfax coming out of howard. so there's a lot of rain out

there this morning. and we'll be in andout of the showers for much of the day. so temperatures, they're not going to move much. we're in low to mid-50s now. do we get to 58, maybe 60? that's it for the day. the showers will taper off late afternoon, evening. and they'll linger maybe a little bit east ever the bay. temps this morning, low to mid- 50s. 56 the warm spot in annapolis with 52 in gaithersburg. they're not getting to move much. tomorrow will be breezy. it's going to be windier today, tonight, tomorrow with the gusts near the 30 mile an hour range. rainy and raw today, 60. that may be optimistic. 48 tonight. isolated showers east of the bay. tomorrow 63. a mix of sun and clouds, still breezy to windy but much nicer on friday, 67. the weekend still looks good. near 70 saturday. mid-60s sunday and even warmer next week monday and tuesday. good morning, beverly or is it? >> it's not such a good morning on the roadways. that wet forecast had to happen. we have a number of problems out there, including a tractor- trailer crash blocking the northbound lanes of 301 at

rosaryville road heading out of -- toward upper marlboro out of brandywine. more volume on route 5 heading up through the signals at brandywine and into catch springs. clinton inner loop delays near st. barnabas headed for the wilson bridge. got a closure of beech drive closed down between joyce road, military road due to a tree down across the roadway. we have everything with this wet weather this morning. that's going to tie up the ride for northwest commuters. beech drive again closed right near military road and joyce road. i-95 virginia, volume into woodbridge, past the prince william parkway across the occoquan, into newington, springfield. more volume to the beltway on to 395 heading past landmark and shirlington. the lanes are open but the wet ride is slowing everybody's trip. beltway into silver spring and bah these dark the early morning crash west of connecticut avenue, looks like there's still activity on the right shoulder because that seems to be the focal point of delays out of college park and west.

that is your slowdown 95 south, 29. and i-270 south we're still slow into hyattstown. then the heavy traffic in germantown trying to make it down to the beltway. andrea, mike, back to you. >> thanks a lot, bev. we want to take you to a live picture one more time of the fowle family. they are being reunited at wright patterson air force base in ohio. he was the man would who was held, an american held in north korea after they found a bible left in his hotel room. >> this is his hometown of ohio. he's from miami. there are two other americans still being held in north korea and the state department says they're working hard to reunite them with their families here as well. so we're hoping we'll have the same fate for those two

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october 29 and october 31 from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. howard? we're looking very wet here, at least through the morning. showers ripping gear through much the -- linger through much of the area through the afternoon. highs 50s to 60 if we're lucky. tomorrow partly cloudy, 63. next week we're going to be warm. going to be 80 by tuesday. beverly? >> liking that idea but the wet stuff is going to take you a lot of extra time today. northbound side of 301, still blocked at rosaryville road trying to get between upper marlboro. a tree down in the way at joyce road. everywhere else including inbound 66 a slow go in the rain trying to get out of manassas into centreville. back to you. >> cbs this morning is next with a modern medical miracle. >> a man paralyzed from the chest down is able to walk again. vinita nair has more on the breakthrough. >> we'll be back at 7:25 with

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