Germantown and south and east of there it stretches over to poolesville and then across the potomac to near olney and south of there, ashburn, and now just coming into western Fairfax County from great falls through reston getting a little bit of that sleet and then it breaks up. A little west of there into the central Shenandoah Valley. The temperatures are above freezing, though, so thankfully, any wrp tare where the wintry m falling. Youll need a raincoat and umbrella for the afternoon. A breakdown hour by hour for the day ahead. A look at our. Breaking news on the roads, tom. Thank you. N rou 123 and spout run parkway. There are emergency repairs going on right now. News 4s Megan Mcgrath live with more on that. Meg megan . Ae lar sinkhole down there on the southbound lanes of the g. W. Parkway. You can see one of the detours in place. The ramp from 123 down to the parkway completely shut. These are the folks that werh o parkway and theyre being forced off. So a lot of people kind of confused here this morning. A lot of folks heading to the airport dont know how they should be getting there the. Here is the closure. Its the southbound lanes of the g. W. Parkway between 123 and spout run. Theres a sinkhole. Were told that its 25 feet by 30 feet wide. So a large sinkhole on the southbound lanes, enough to damage a are car, certainly if it drove thr they shut everything down and were told this is going to be a long process in terms of the repair so its certainly going to be with us through the morning rush hour and perhaps into the afternoon as well. Now with more on the work around and what people sh mollett. T it and pushing it out on the nbc washington app. Sign up so you get the alerts early. Southbound blocked between 123 and spout run. They are pushing people off on 123 and then you can turn left down old dominion to get back through the spout run area. Another accident here, spoke with police, 295 southbound. That ramp to 11th Street Bridge. Hat right l at 270 it opens back up. 66 and the beltway a little bit of sheen. Slowest through dale city. Eun . Thank you, melissa. 6 03 is your time. Spring ridge is closed today. Theres a break in the water line at the school and crews will spend the day fixing the water. N t with the process. Seven people are rekofg vehics crashed. You can see the scene here on route 1 in elkridge. A huge response at kit kat r. The fair chief tweeted a thank you for everyone who prayed for those hurt in the crash. A new proposal to bring a stadi to southwest washington. At first the city planned to acquire land at Buzzard Point by trading the Reeves Center on u street northwest. Mayor elect Muriel Bowser believes they can make more money by selling. 150 million to buy the land. D. C. United would then pay about the same to buil sheriffs will discuss how the county deals with drugs. Theyre holding a News Conference at 10 00 and were told detectives arrested 90 people on drug charges in the last 12. An alert for university of maryland students after a classmate was sexually assaulted just off campus. Police say the woman was at an n s fold into a room by a man. She says he put a hand over her mouth and told her to be quiet. The student bit him. He began slapping and groping her. She was able to get away. Those we talked to say the university does a good job of ting sex assaults. They inform us. We get email mule times a day about whats happening. Theyre really good about informing us. Theresw sexl assault workshop that all students are required to take, im pretty sure. At least three have reported being groped near campus since september. Police do not believe the cases are connected. On campus. Ty the seven society just announce add 57,000 donation. Its to Fund Training for bystander intervention. Uva outlining its own prevention plan. They plan to hire more trauma counselors. They will fund a new Police Substation to incr campus. All of these changes in response to a Rolling Stone article that suggested a culture of rape at uva. It is beginning to look a lot like christmas on capitol hill. House speake. In keeping with tradition, the tree will be decorated with we are watching a developing story a. Man goes on a shooting spree before killing himself. This morning were learning about how the man may have known his victims. Plus, no more freebies. Youll start getting tickets t to watch outew Traffic Cameras for. And after a weekend of shopping, today is the day to give back. Well tell you how to participate in giving tuesday. Welcome back. Today is giving tuesday. The global day is dedicated to giving back and you can help by donating to your Favorite Charity anytime today. D. C. Gives more is hosting a happy hour at fifth and k streets starting at 6 00. The Army Historical association all giving tuesday donations to the college of Southern Maryland will go towards scholarships. A lot of smaller organizations, too. United way is a good place to search for nonprofits to donate to. Even the smallest. 6 11. A live look over the district. W weve been watching rainfall for several hours now and its goito tom, whats going on out there . Just a little light rain in washington and south and east of us more moderate. Further north and west sleet mixing in. Where you see the area in pink and then into Loudoun County and montgomery, theres a little bit of sleet. Mel on temperatures roadways and will stay steady throughout the rest of the day a few are more showers coming back later tonight at wh the win now melissa is checking on Road Conditions. With everything wet, whats it looking like now . A couple can of brandnew accidents. I want to talk about this, though. This is our biggest problem. It is blocked from 123 to spout run the get off 123 and head down to old dominion and work your way back. Looking good, pretty typical. 295 southbound, that right lane is still blocked. Here are some travel times for you in maryland. The outer loop 95 to 270, 29 minutes. 66 east from Fairfax County parkway, 95 northbound a little slow about 15 minutes hyped as you head from quantico to the beltway. Im back in ten minutes. Are accused of stealing thousands of dollars worth of gift cards. How the manager uncovered the heist. Reporter if youre going to be driving in the district, new Traffic Cameras will start issuing tickets. Its not just speed and red lights but another offense that can get you in trouble. Your weather and traffic are always on news 4 today. Current temperatures 16 after the hour now. A cold, wet morning. Most of you are seeing rain but there could be pockets of sleet and freezing rain, too. Tom tells us when it moves out and the changes in store the rest of the week at 6 21. Poe he lease will be back out at thee separate shooting scenes treg to figure out why a man killed four people. Jody hunt was accused of those shootings monday. He was found dead in his truck after a day long man hunt. Mo lease say he knew all four victims and one had filed Domestic Abuse charges against him last month. Breaking news. A tragic scene in kenya where dozens of quar. Al shabab is behind it. The workers were attacked while they slept, many shot or beheaded. The group is the same group that was behind the deadly mall attack. Aw goff, you thank you. New cameras are watching your speed and if you stop at a stop sign. They are issuing tickets if you. Richard, reporter hi, eun. Good morning. This is one of tho the other one also in northwest over at park place and newton. The 30 day warning period is over. You have the two stop sign cameras and six new speed cameras. Those are all in northeast washington. Many drivers already familiar with those. Aaa did a survey. Half questioned said they had gone over ten miles an hour in a residential zone. So were used to the cameras. There is a bill pending in congress that would restrict funding if they have Traffic Cameras for different projects. Traffic is a local issue and should be handled by local law enforcement. You have eight new Traffic Cameras that go into effect in the district. We posted ths on our website. Reporting live this morning, richard jordan, news 4. Approaching 6 19. More fallout from the sex assault allegations against bill cosby. The comedian resigned as a trustee. He has been a prominent proponent of his alma matter in philadelphia and a board member since 1982. More than a dozen women say he sexually assaulted them. He has not been charged and wont comment on the accusation s. His attorney claims they are unsubstantiated. A judge affirmed several corruption verdicts against Maureen Odonnell and bob mcdonnell. W trial was also denied during yes prosecutors say they tried to help a dietary supplement maker in exchange for thousands of dollars in gifts. They were convicted in september and will be sentenced next month. Dn of a new ethics panel that recommended a 250 cap on gifts. Waivers for things like trips. They want barred and Commission Member banned from voting. We want to he show you Surveillance Video of an attack about 2 45 in the morning. They ran up on these exchange studen the men stole some personal friend of the victims says nd they are students from mexico and they thought they were safe here. The women were not hurt during that robbery. They were walking home from the Noma Gallaudet metro station. You could be delayed on your way to work. Crews are starting on the wal any road widening project. The road will change from two to four lanes. You can expect delays between d mariah court. The pro yekt is expected to be finished about year from now. Troy berry will be sworn ins as sheriff, the first africanamerican to serve in the post in the agencys 350year history. Berry unseated rex coffey and did not face an opponent in november. He will take charge of a department of more than 600 employees. A big congratulations. A wet tuesday morning. Lets check in with tom kierein with your traffic and weather on the 1s. Just checking all the latest weather watchers and observations around the region. An area of sleet. Dulles reporting light sleet and 35 degrees above freezing. Any sleet or snow thats falling is melting on roads this morning. Where you see pink we are getting the sleet around dulles, where the ray tar sight is located. More sleet in northern fauquier county, southwestern Loudoun County and into clark and warren counties in the Shenandoah Valley. From near poe thome up to poolesville to near da mass cans cuss, a little bit of light sleet there. Temperatures above freezing so even where the wintry mix is, it is melting on road now here is the timing the rest of the day. A little bit of rain now through 10 00 this morning. Another area moving in in green. All moving through around 5 00 through 8 00 p. M. Across northern virginia, the district and maryland. Continues to track away and by 10 0 11 00 tonight its mostly over with. Watch out, there might be just a little bit of slushiness on some of those roads in far mourn maryland. Were going to hold stead i in the upper thursday. Then rebounding as the weather roller coaster continu. We might get rain friday night and again saturday. Your drive time forecast and how is the drive time on the roads now, melissa . Not so hot if youre heading southbound. Blocked from 123 to spout run. Try to get over to the parkway off old dough mminion. Opene same thing if youre on 1. Perhaps some of the folks who cross the river will cross earlie. 14th street bridge slow as is 270 southbound. Looking typical for this time of the day. More on the sinkhole coming up. Jurors will hear testimony from the companys late founder, steve jobs. This lawsuit has taken a decade. The software is no longer used. Businesses are being warned to look out for hacker attacks. The fbi sent out a five page warning. Investigators believe north korea may be behind the attack because of an upcoming movie called the interview. Right now two postal employees are under investigation accused of stealing gift cards out. A postal worker in Capitol Heights admitted to stealing 2,000 in cards. She also claims her coworker stole more than 9,000. A manager found a razor blade and hundreds of open letters and unless. So far no charges filed. You still have a chance to make sure northern virginias ryan stills stays on the voice. Now i come to you with open arms he was the first singer on stage last night. He sang open arms can bjorny. You can vote until noon today. Well find out tonight if he makes it to the next. He is a fan favorite. Hes been saved through social media. Good luck to him. And if the people love you, you cant go wrong. The largest chi safety seat recall. The new investigation by the federal government into how the manufacturer handled the the president gets a new progress rep learn how much progress is being made battling the virus ns rig now. The southbound George Washington parkway shut down between route. Melissa is tracking the situation. Shell help you get around this mess in just a few minutes. Were continuing to track breaking news right now. Some alternate route route 123 and spout run. Crews are working to repair the more on how to get around the mess. The weather is a far cry from what we saw yesterday. Now its cold, wet, and in some cases sleet and freezing rain may be falling. Im aaron gilchrist. And im eun yang. Its tuesday, december 2, 2014. The radar is nice and colorful as you can tell. Some spots are seeing sleet no matter what youre getting. Youre going to want to slow down on the co your drive time forecast. Its colorful but not so nice. A drop overnight. We plunged about 35 degrees since yesterday afternoon. Down to the 30s and it is some chilly rain falling in washington. North and west, this area in pink is the zone where were. Thats continuing to track off to the north and east. Its melting on roads. Its near 40 in washington. Have a raincoat and an umbrella today. Youll be need iing it for the drive d the sle nor and west of us in the upper 30s and stof look at the changes the next 24 hours. Now melissa has big backups. At the 11th Street Bridge there the crash still has the right lane blocked and take a look at this, eastern at kenilworth. S area about seven miles behind very, very slow because of the accident. Also still have this situation, megan mc parkway southbound blo between 123 and spout run. Orthbound lanes a if youre on g. W. Parkway, youre going to get pushed off. Take a left down to get back on to the parkway. Your best bet if youre trying toai very, very busy, jammed outer loop at colesville road. A wider look at things looking typical at this point this morning. 95 closed through dale eu 6 32 now. The Child Safety Seat maker responsible for the biggest recall of its kind in u. S. Had history is facing some tough questions from the government. Tracie potts is live with more. Tracie, good morning. Reporter one big, tough question and that is when did graco know the seats were th were recalled earlier this year, more than 6 million infants and toddler seats. Thats not the issue. The issue now nhtsa wants to know did graco know about this before they reported it . The law says they have five Business Days to do that but now they have opened an investigation into how long it took to make that report. Graco says theyve cooperated, will continue to cooperate, that they thoroughly analyzed data about the seats and the defect in the belts in those seats sud do and went ahead and made the report. No further, in fact, the govern finds that they delayed the transportation secretary says that is totally unacceptable. Graco to be looking at a 35 million fine. E eun . Tracie potts, thank you. Breaking news out of lebanon u bakr al re getting baghdadi. He has not been seen lately. 6 34. Today president obama plans to take the fight against ebola to the National Institutes of health in bethesda. Doctors there published resulf the president will Push Congress to act quickly on his emergency funding quest. The ebola epidemic is said to be getting better. The spread is stable in guinea. Still an outofcontrol status for sierra leone. The w. H. O. Says the most optimistic predictions have the epidemic under control in the middle of next year. Major d. C. Road could close. Weve told you about the Capital Crossing project that would cover the third street tunnel to make way for new developments. Adam tuss learned the develop ers want to shut down th up con. I think it could be crowded. It wont look very pretty. Well, if its benefiting drivers and help with the commute, thats fine with me. The project is expecto compl dont know how long any closure would last. F transportation is not happy with the idea because the tunnel is part of the. Vacuation route out of the transportation officials your thoughts about connecti. The federal Highway Administration considering all modes of transportation for the pro jekt. More protests here and around the country in the wake of the Michael Brown case. A look at what the president wants to do to help improve the communitys trust in police. And im heartily sorry for everything i put my family through. Ray rice breaks his silence for the First Time Since the nation saw him hit the woman who is now his wife. What he had to say about the fallout from the video and are. And well tell you how you can relive the moments from an iconic tv show here in wash. This year is the 50th anniversary of the rudolph the rednosed reign dear s. New stamp in the town of rudolph, ohio. The town on its mail at this time of year. The kid want to kno they can use a website that launched early d puts this santa trackerp every year. We put a link on it. Its up on my twitter l as well. You can see right now san