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WUSA Wusa 9 News At 6am August 7, 2014

Proper. Watching victs this morning in visibilities this morning in some cases near zero. A quarter mile in culpeper. Threequarters in luray and martinsburg, you have some fog around you. Your visibility down to one quarter of a mile. Our temperatures are comfortable. 60s and low 70s. This really has been a very fine summer temperature wise. Nothing too hot. We got to 99 that one day in july. But right now were in the 60s w6 4 gaithersburg with 64 gaithersburg. 63 with some fog just to the west of manassas. This afternoon looking good. Sunny, dry, low humidity. Its going to abgreat day for the nationals and to be a great day for the nationals and mets game. Thats right after the noon news. High in washington 86. Lets check in with Monika Samtani. Traffic wise we have some headaches. Its super busy. On the outer loop of the beltway right after New Hampshire avenue, an accident blocks a lane right here. Its causing delays from the 95 interchange. Weve had an ongoing accident on the bw parkway northbound at route 175. It looks like my maps arent working but northbound bw parkway is closed at route 175. In fact, lets take a live look from our sky 9 right there. Its caused delays from at least before route 32. I am suggesting that you go head and use route 1. This does not look like its going anywhere too soon with all the lanes blocked. 95 on the northbound side, lets go back to the maps. There is an accident after quantico. Multiple vehicles involved there. The left lane is closed there and major delays northbound i 95 in virginia. Back to you gu thank you, monika. Theres a state of emergency in the west african nation of liberia. As the ebola virus spreads into more populated areas. Nearly a thousand people have died so far and the virus has spread to a fourth country nigeria in addition to liberia, guinea and sierra leone. The United States and its allies plan to send additional medical workers overseas to help contain the outbreak. Lets get all the help Health Workers we need on the ground. Lets help to bolster the systems they already have in place. Lets nip as early as possible any additional outbreaks of the disease. Health care workers are fanning out across neighborhoods but many are being met with fear and denial. There are reports people are hiding sick relatives and perying them in secret. Ople say theyre afraid isolation wards are merely a death sentence. The temporary ceasefire between israel and hamas is scheduled to expire late tonight. But efforts are under way in egypt to try and negotiate an extended ceasefire. Early this morning government officials told cnn israel is willing to extend the cease fire unconditionally. Israel withdraw its Ground Forces from gaza on constitutions tuesday. A homeless woman snuck on to a plane at san joses International Airport and flew to los angeles earlier this week. Marilyn hartman stopped and talked after a judge spared her from having to do any jail time. It was stupid and something i dont want to repeat. Reporter 62yearold Marilyn Hartman wont say how she got past security screeners and gate agents in san jose to board a Southwest Airlines flight to lax without a ticket. She now says shell never do it again. It was clearly wrong on my part and i certainly dont want to do it again because i certainly dont want to do any jail time. Reporter hartman was discovered after flight attendants did a head count and realized there was an extra passenger on board. Chicago native says shes a retired secretary who is currently homeless. In court she entered a plea of no contest to charges of being a storyaway. She is now banned from lax and San Franciscos sfo. Obviously theyll be on the watch for me so i wouldnt dare attempt it again. I dont want to be in that position. I want to go with a paid ticket. Reporter hartman has been arrested six times this year alone for trying to board a plane in San Francisco without a ticket and was placed on probation. I have 4. 25. Reporter hartman says she has no idea where shell go next but was given instructions to a nearby shelter after she was released from custody. That was Juan Fernandez reporting. This is san joses second big breach this year. A teenager snuck into a wheel well of a plane and survive add flight to hawaii survived a flight to hawaii. A construction worker died in arlington. The worker was helping load a flat bed truck with tree trunks when they rolled off and crushed him. Arlington county police and federal osha investigators looked over the scene. Police told us the victim was part of a subcontracting crew at the construction site and his name has not yet been released. The man who attacked two people after an argument in a Montgomery County mall parking lot now waits to learn his punishment. A jury convicted David Goldberg of attempted voluntary manslaughter and eight other serious charges. This all unfolded at Montgomery Mall last november. Goldberg stabbed two people in an argument over who had the right of way. He faces up to 165 years behind bars when hes sentenced in december. A happy ending to a report after the amber alert we told you about yesterday morning. Virginia state police say 3 yearold tommy engle is safe and his father is in custody. They canceled that alert yesterday afternoon after finding father and son in pikeville, kentucky where they have family. Investigators say the father also named tommy engle called police early yesterday and let officers talk with his son as well as texting them pictures of the child. Virginia officials feared the 3 yearold was in extreme danger after hearing his father had made threats. Theres a scary new reason to double check your Online Security this morning. That story still ahead. Plus, new technology is being tested that could help keep crews battling wildfi 6 09 on this thursday morning. Sunrise coming up in six minutes in washington. Just a few clouds out there. We have some fog west. Thats going to burn off the next couple of hours and were in for a delightful august day. Low humidity. Ful sunshine and highs full sunshine and highs in the 80s. Question marks about the weekend forecast. Im talk about that and the latest all coming up in about 6, 7 minutes. Thank you, howard. Technology thats been used by the military could soon be in the hands of firefighters across the country. The Fire Department in prescott, arizona lost 19 of its hotshot firefighters last summer. Now theyre testing out a system that could prevent a similar tragedy. Reporter the 2013 Yarnell Hill Fire claimed the lives of 19 Granite Mountain hotshots from prescott, arizona when the firefighterss exact location couldnt be pinpointed. They were quickly being overrun by fire [ inaudible ] reporter now Technology Originally developed by new yorkbased Persistent Systems aims to drastically improve two Way Communications between fire crews and wildfire command centers. It allows every radio to repeat through every other radio, no matter how they move, no matter how dynamic the situation becomes. Reporter in prescott, arizona, firefighters are putting wave to wave relay to the test. It has a flip down tablet as you can see right here. Then it has a radio system here. Reporter the radio serves as personal cell towers for firefighters enabling command centers to better track whats happening in the field. Weve got a fire crew. We have a couple of different firefighter fighter elements. Reporter and firefighters to know more about the lay of the land. By drawing on a tablet, an Operations Supervisor can remotely guide a fireman to a safer location. Pictures and video can also be shared. They can use an android tablet to send crucial information back to the command center. They plan to continue the testing. With an eye towards using wave relays during next years fire season. While the system shows promise, it does need some upgrades. Right now the bulky harness weighs 10 pounds and firefighters already carry around heavy equipment. Plus, the price is out of range for many Fire Departments. Its 6 11. Time to look at the question of the morning. 37 of women say this is the most important thing to take on vacation. Is it a, your own pillow, b, comfy pajamas or c, walking shoes . Facebook friend ashley says a, followed by c but i take all three when traveling anywhere. Post your guess and comments on our wusa9 facebook fan page. Well have more of your responses and the correct answer in well, not that kind of fresh. On the freshness of our chicken. But i can guarantee the freshness of our chicken because we go beyond what the usda requires. With extra inspections in American Family owned farms, refrigerated trucks that deliver daily and everywhere in between. Thats what it takes to bring your family a fresh tasting chicken. Perdue. We believe in a better chicken. 6 15. Time to check your money. Other than a slight began for japans nikkei, the other asian markets closed down. The numbers also dropped in europe when their exchanges opened this morning. Here stocks stabilized yesterday after tuesdays loss. Checking the numbers the dow rose 13 points. The s p 500 up less than a point. The nasdaq gained two points. Cybersecurity experts say change your passwords and get serious about protecting your identity. U. S. Authorities are now investigating the Largest Online data theft on record. Russian hackers stole 1. 2 billion user names and password comnations, collected 524 million email addresses and breached about 420,000 websites. Airlines are raking in record profits this year thanks in part to all those fees most of us get hit with. Did you know carriers are also rewarding their most valued customers who are being offered a little known perk for their loyalty. Dan yal yell the Danielle Nottingham reports. Reporter you never know when its coming. Its very exclusive. Reporter its a perk to pamper uniteds top customers. At lax, employees wait for passengers with connections and grab them at the door. Then a luxury car chauffeurs them to their connection. No racing through the airport and no charge. What did you think . Very surprised. Reporter united uses mercedes. Delta has porsches and requires you to fly 120,000 miles a year to be considered. More airlines are offering the free ride. Aviation experts say its part of the competition for travelers who buy pricey tickets. 70 of the receive few comes from 20 of its passengers so it makes sense that airlines would reward the people that spend the most money on them. Reporter carriers are wooing big spenders at a time when its tougher for the occasional flyer to earn miles and escape the growing list of fees. Any time you have something, it just eases things a little bit, it helps. This way theyre doing it in style. And theyre doing it in style. Reporter with other perks like expedited security and early boarding, its a good time to be a frequent flyer. Danielle nottingham, cbs news, los angeles. Gatetogate chauffeur service is offered at other major airports like atlanta, chicago, minneapolis and new york. Id love to sign up for that. That aint happening for me. You have to spend a lot of time on an airplane to get that perk. Not so much. I just heard a survey on the radio this morning that said this was the cool place to be, the young people, the things we have to do and you can add in the weather. Today its going to be terrific. There will be one of the best plays in the entire country to be on this august 7. Its august. Were talking about highs only the mid80s with low humidity levels. Take that, san diego. Weather wise i want to be serious a moment and talk about whats happening in the pacifics, the tropics affecting hawaii. Iselle and julio is out there. Julio is a hurricane as well with winds 85 miles an hour. Thats expect todz pass just north of the expected to pass just north of the Hawaiian Island but iselle will make a hit to the big island. 90 mile an hour winds. Forecast to 80 mile an hour winds. 8 00 tonight hawaii time, it will be approaching the big island of hawaii. Hilo is over there. Pass south of honolulu, ohau if ive got it right. Ive been working on my hawaiian geography. And then will pass farther south of the Western Islands by friday evening. The winds, theyll be some big winds. They dont get hurricanes often. This is the fourth time since 1950 hawaii is being hit with a hurricane. Tropical Storm Force Winds in yellow getting there later this afternoon. Orange will be severe thunderstorm winds and red would be the Hurricane Force winds. You see how it goes right over hilo and the north part of hawaii, the big island of hawaii. Looks like well get some of the stronger winds south of kahului. Honolulu gets the tropical Storm Force Winds but the severe thunderstorm winds stay off shore and this brushes kahului as it moves out into the pacific. But this is a rare event. For us the sun is up. A hazy looking sun this morning. Temps will be nice. Well get rid of some of the humidity. It is going to be great. 84 by 3 00. 85 by 5 00. Mid80s for the nats this afternoon. Looks like a beautiful evening. Right now cool enough for some dense fog to have formed. Shenandoah valley in toward manassas and fred rigsburg and down fredricksburg and down toward culpeper and warrenton this morning. Were okay in d. C. , baltimore. Visibilities are rather low. Talking about visibilities in spots that have dropped less than a quarter mile. Now back to a quarter mile harrisonburg, luray, over toward warrenton and also martinsburg has visibility a quarter mime. Culpeper sitting at one half mile. This will burn off in another hour or so. We start off with temps in the 60s, low 70s. This afternoon were going into the mid80s. Kind after neat looking sunrise this morning with 73 officially at Reagan National and a wind north, northwest only 6 miles an hour which will dry us out. Our forecast 86 today. Lots of sun, very pleasant. Tonight were in the 60s. Low 60s north and west. Clouds increase tomorrow. Comfortable day 85. West of 1 could see a of 81 could see a shower. Shower. Showers still possible sunday, highs between 80 and 85. Heres monika now, timesaver traffic. Not a good day at all. Especially on the bw parkway where theres been this ongoing accident investigation and reconstruction on the northbound side. Its at route 175 but you can go no further than route 32. I believe this is probably all that traffic stuck in between. The accident again with the reconstruction ongoing here at anne arundel at route 175. So my suggestion is, yes, route 32 is slow but you want to take that across to route 1 or take route 1 off the beltway if thats where you usually go instead of the parkway. 95 is in good shape and route 29 as well all morning long. Lets take a look now at another map, this time on the beltway. Outer loop at New Hampshire avenue where the crash was moved to the shoulder but delays out of college park now into silver spring. And again everything moved to the showldzer. Your main shoulder. Your main line is open. Northbound i95 you have slow traffic as well trying to get up toward quantico where the accident was cleared. Its going to take you about 27 minutes from aquia harbor to dumfries, so thats a lot longer than normal, especially in august with the summer traffic pattern. One youre in springfield youre okay. Lets take a live look outside if youre planning to head here on the beltway. This is what i was talking about on the outer loop from 95 toward New Hampshire avenue. Thats where youre going to find your heaviest traffic. Well take one more last live look this time to the 14th street bridge. I believe northbound on 395 looking good here across the potomac river. Were trying to keep the price of gas from driving you crazy. This halfhour, were checking prices in front royal, virginia with the help of aaas fuel finder. The most expensive price recorded for a gallon of regular unleaded is 3. 28 at the 7eleven on winchester road. While a couple of stays are selling regular unleaded for 3. 18 a gallon, including the wilco food mart on commerce avenue. Hi, im lesli foster. As part of our give joy operation backpack program, were raising backtoschool funds for local kids in need. With the donation of 25 you can help send a homeless child on a field trip this school year. Visit wusa9. Com backpack and you can make that happen with just the click of a button. Hazy in washington this morning. The sun came up at 6 25. Kind after neat looking picture there. We do have dense fog off to the west. A dense fog advisory south of 66 along and west of 95. Manassas to fredricksburg back to the Shenandoah Valley. Visibilities in warrenton right now in luray and harrisonburg at onequarter, half mile in culpeper. Really nice day ahead with highs in the the mid80s. Monika . On the outer loop of the beltway, an earlier accident after New Hampshire avenue was cleared but it left early delays for you, emily in the summer especially in the summer youre not used to this this time of the morning on the outer lp heading westbound on 495. Very big delays on the bw parkway. A serious crash northbound at 175. I will keep you posted. Back to you. The popular phrase what happens in vegas stays in vegas doesnt apply when youre talking about members of the dng city council d. C. City council. Thats because the Council Members used taxpayer dollars on their recent trip. Nikki burdine is outside the Wilson Building with this story. Good morning, nikki. Reporter good morning. That saying doesnt always apply and they probably wish the details of their trip to vegas werent made public. For example, 14,000 was spent on a trip to vegas. The trip was approved by the councils secretary, but that doesnt make all the money that was spent any easier to understand.

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