Good evening, we have several breaking stories tonight. The nfl upholding tom bradys suspension, saying he destroyed his cell phone and Text Messages, but we begin with the other case that broke wide open today. For the first time, the prison seamstress breaking down in court, right in front of the cameras. Here are the pictures tonight, wiping away tears, pleading guilty revealing her sexual relationship her plot with the two escaped killers and what she was supposed to do to her husband. And remember american taxpayers footing the bill in this case for the Emergency Response that terrified towns on lockdown. One convict dead the other caught. Tonight the woman at the center of it all for the first time on why she did it. Reporter today Joyce Mitchell in shackles and tears, pleading guilty to helping the two murderers escape. She was swept off her feet a bit for a period. And then when she realized who she was dealing with everything changed. In newly released statements mitchell desc
Open fields. Its in the upper 60s to near 70 as well as Shenandoah Valley. Out in the mountains. Around northwest washington all the pavement is dry. Live view from our tower camera. Humid morning, in the mid 70s with some hazy sunshine. It will be hot by noon. Already into the upper 80s by then. Then we get up to around 92 or 93. Then by 5 00, theres a small chance of an isolated thundershower coming through. Not as numerous as we saw yesterday. By then temperatures will be back down to around 90 degrees. Your drive time forecast, thats coming up next weather and traffic on the 1s at 4 41. Whats going on now, melissa . Well, at this point, we still have that issue again here in Montgomery County, in bethesda. Were talking about bradley boulevard shut down there at huntington parkway. Could be something were dealing with throughout the morning. Best alternate is wilson lane or old georgetown road to make your way around it. 270 into and out of town no issues there. 66 here, its fine. 9
Down to a quarter of a mile. Your walk to work forecast next weather and traffic on the 1s at 5 11. Melissa, whats doing on now . Still have some road work. Talking about the inner loop at colesville road. That should be out of the way in next couple of minutes. It was supposed to wrap up around 5 00 a. M. Inner loop at the dulles, still have that disabled vehicle. Overall Prince Georges County looking good. Branch avenue, pennsylvania avenue, indian head highway into and out of town is rolling along. Beltway at central avenue, again looking quite good there. Here is our biggest problem of the morning. Bradley boulevard right now shut down at huntington parkway. Both directions. You can do river or wilson or old georgetown. Dont take bradley and hit this problem at huntington. News4s Zachary Kiesch is out on the scene right now. How are we looking . Reporter youre absolutely right, melissa. Im at the intersection of huntington boulevard and huntington parkway and bradley boulevard. Wha
Your what to wear forecast is coming up. Thank you, tom. Right now your morning commute in bethesda could be impacted by this scene here. A water main ruptured on bradley boulevard. And the road is closed. News4s Zachary Kiesch is live now with why crews have to work so slowly to repair this break. Good morning. Reporter eun, i have some good morning i have some new information here. The most alarming part of this they still dont know exactly what it will take to fix it. They dont know if its one or two sections. This pipe runs right through the intersection here of bradley boulevard and huntington parkway. They say theres six to eight inches of water that needs pumped out. The pump is working as hard as it can, but theres a lot of water in the hole they need to get out of there so they can get to this water main break and find out exactly what the problem is. We know its about a 60yearold plus water main break. That pipe down there. There are a number of residents in the community tha
Riders. Metro says you cant touch it. You cant get to it or grab it. Metro says it poses no risks to riders or employees. Asbestos is known to be linked to a host of illnesses. I thought asbestos was almost completely gone everywhere. Not in the 1,000 series. I will be avoiding those as much as possible. Reporter now metro says it is working to retire these 40yearold railcars. We will have much more coming up for you at 5 00 and 6 00. Thanks adam. Storm team 4 tracking blistering heat and isolated showers coming this afternoon. Feels like temperatures sored over the 100 degree mark today. Veronica johnson is in the storm center. Really steamy out there. We have had neighbors top out with heat index values in the triple digits and yes we are tracking more storms. Not quite the coverage as we saw yesterday. You can see them blossoming here and many more down to the south down i95 even down through Stafford County thats where the storms are that we will be keeping our eye on. Check this o