Setting up here. It will be in place for the next seven days. A look at your drive time forecast at 6 11. Melissa, chopper 4 up over the beltway. Up over the top of the beltway. Right there at university boulevard you can see the inner and outer loop, moving fine for us. Dont have any real volume at least at this point to complain about like we like to do. Inner and outer loop, rest looks good. 66, 95 into and out of town, looking good as well. 270 at old hundred road, with etimcally we typically see volume at this point, but it looks good. Travel times in ten minutes. See you then. 6 01. Some major track work happening on metro this weekend. Four stations are set to close tonight. News4s Zachary Kiesch live with what we need to know. Zachary . Reporter yes, good morning, aaron. The closure will start at 12 01 saturday. Stay that way through metro closing on sunday. So if youre out late tonight you could be impacted. Buses are going to replace trains between Eastern Market on the orange line and between Eastern Market and benning road on the blue and silver line. There are a number of stations that are going to be closed, here at stadium armory. The other stations that youll want to look out for are potomac avenue, minnesota avenue and deanwood. Green, blue, silver lines will run every 15 minutes or so and the red lines should run every 20 minutes. I should note something happening here at this particular station on sunday. Theyll be doing a full scale Emergency Response drill. Trying to prepare in the case of smoke and fire in the tunnels. Something similar to what happened at Lenfant Plaza about a year ago. So look out for that as well. Thats going to happen at 7 45 to about 10 00 here on sunday morning. Reporting live in southeast d. C. , Zachary Kiesch. Back to you in the studio. Thanks. New this morning, we are working to learn more about a house fire in Prince Georges County that broke out on somerset place overnight. Firefighters broke the front window to fight the flames inside. No word on how much damage was caused. We have a word in to the Fire Department to find out if anyone was injured. Jamyra gallmon pleaded guilty to killing David Messerschmitt earlier this year. Dominique johnson pleaded guilty with gallmon to rob him. Messerschmitt posted an ad on craigslist and looking for other men. Gallmon could face up to 25 years in prison today when shes sentenced. A Montgomery County man accused of trying to cook meth at a federal facility will be in court today. The fbi says Christopher Bartley triggered an explosion at the National Institute of standards and Technology Last month in gaithersburg. He was a leader of the police force there. Hes facing a single charge of trying to manufacture methamphetamine. If convicted he cold spend as much as 20 years in prison. Students past and present will gather today to remember a Montgomery County high school principal. A Memorial Service will be held tonight for Wootton High School principal michael doran. Police found him dead in his apartment on wednesday. They believe the 64yearold died of natural causes. It will take place at wootton stadium at 6 00. Grief counselors will be on hand to support students and families. Im Kristin Wright at the live desk, following a big explosion in los angeles. It happened downtown. It was an underground blast from below the 19 story office building. There are firefighters doing into the building there. These are pictures from inside of this office building. The explosion is loud, felt for blocks. Even knocked the power out down the street at the Staples Center during a shania twain concert. The explosion sparked a fire. You can see the smoke there. There were people hurt. Several sounds like not badly though. Our sister station is reporting that a generator may have exploded. Back to you. Thanks. 6 05 now. A gas explosion destroyed part of a new york city high school. Take a look here. This was john f. Kennedy high school in the bronx. It happened last night. Crews were working on the sixth floor there when they hit a gas line in the schools chemistry lab. Three construction workers were seriously burned. First day of school is supposed to be september 9th. Police in thailand are preventing more bombings. Police say theyre patrolling an increasing and increasing the plainclothes officer presence around the tourist sites. 130 people were hurt. Government Officials Say the motive was to damage thailands economy. Today, you may want to head to the norton job fair here in the district if youre looking for a new gig. It takes place today at the Washington Convention center in northwest. You can get tips on updating your resume, you can do some job hunting and preparing for an interview. You can even learn how to dress for success. The event opens at 10 00 with the job fair starting at 11 00. The annual event is held by congresswoman Eleanor Holmes norton. Dropping the football. Didnt look like anybody hes down. Rg3 injured again. The quarterback took some hard hits in the skins preseason game last night. Now, its not clear when the team will get him back. We are told the quarterback has a concussion and some kind of shoulder injury to deal with right now. You take a look here. Rg3 started against the Detroit Lions last night. He was sacked three times in the first four possessions here. Early in the Second Quarter this happened. Hes taken down under a dog pile. Rg3 is still considered the starting quarterback. Cousins is his backup. Maybe kirk will see play this year. Colt mccoy. Standing by. Hes shaking it off. Its a rough way to start the preseason. Preseason. Not even the season. Preseason. 6 07 right now. More trouble at the site of that warehouse explosion in china. Why firefighters are up against it once again. Ladies, are you making as much as your male counterparts . The study just in that says no. At least if you live in virginia. Lets take another look at the current temperatures this morning. Lately, you have needed the a. C. For your drive to work, but some might want the heat today. Your drive time forecast up next at happening now, new fires are burning at the site of the warehouse explosions in china. Emergency workers are working to put out these flames now. There are four new fires that broke out close to where two massive explosions levelled that chemical warehouse in tianjin last week killing 114 people. At the same time, people are worried about the long term and their health. Water tests show high levels of cyanide. You see the testing being done there in the ground. High levels of cyanide, in the evacuation zone. Workers there in protective suits testing the soil and air. That is not it. A lot of dead fish are suddenly washing up on shore, adding to suspicions this is far from over. Thank you. Much cooler than yesterday. The humidity gone. Yeah, its beautiful out there. Tom, couldnt get much better on a friday. Yeah. The sky is clearing, the roads are drying and nobody is crying except your toddler who didnt get enough sleep. Right now, look at the sky. Got a lilac and purple sky starting off predawn. We had sunrise in half an hour. Morning, midday, afternoon, green lights for driving weatherwise. With the drying pavement this morning from the overnight showers. Maybe have some ponding of water. We did get some roads washed out in culpepper and fauquier county. Mid 7s 70s with lots of sun. A look at nice weekend coming up at 6 21. Melissa has a new accident. Brandnew crash, got off the phone with police. We were seeing something on camera. Its moved out of camera view at least. 370 there the ramp from 370 to shady grove road. Three car accident. Trying to get chopper up over that scene. Top of the belt, outer loop to 295, rolling along nicely. 66 northbound from quantico to the beltway, youre on time as well. Remember to listen to our friends from wtop 103. 5 when you hop in court car. The suspect says they have the wrong guy, why he called news4 and whether he plans to turn himself in. Breaking the glass ceiling, so tell me, did you have anything to do with that shaw murder . No, sir. Why did they think that youre involved . Because i was right there in the alley, right beside the barbershop. Police in the district are searching for this man, 19yearold marcus king is wanted on Second Degree murder charges. Hes wanted in connection with the shooting of the American University graduate near the entrance of the metro station on saturday. Matt shlonsky was an innocent bystander there and king spoke to Mark Segraves earlier this week. As you heard, he said hes innocent. It seems people in the shaw neighborhood are still concerned about growing violence there and an advisory neighborhood commissioner spoke with neighbors about safety concerns in the meeting last night. I keep hearing from everyone, except a few that we need the vice units back. Several d. C. Police Union Members say bringing back the vice units would help. King plans to turn himself in. Were working to find out if thats happened yet. Today, two 13yearold girls will face a judge in a milwaukee court. They are charged with stabbing a classmate. 19 times last year, to appeal to the madeup character slender man. The girls both charged with attempted homicide. They are being tried as adults. Both expected to enter pleas in the case today. North korea says that it is preparing for war after exchanging artillery fire with the south. This morning the north says it placed the front line troops in a quasi state of war. South korea warning the north from taking any rash actions. On thursday, south korea fired several rounds of artillery into the north. North korea i should say the south into the north after north korea sent shells across the border. 6 18. Developing right now, a red flag warning in place in parts of Washington State. Low humidity, high winds and high temperatures making the battle against wildfires there much harder. The government says the state is focusing a quote on an unprecedented cataclysm. This comes as the three firefighters who died were escorted out of the area in a somber procession. Andrew zayak and Tom Zbyszewski and Richard Wheeler died after their truck crashed and they were overcome by flames. This is zbyszewskis parents speaking about their son. They say he was a gifted student who loved helping others and that is what led him to fight fires. I felt so proud to have him there. He was a special kid, you know . Were really going to miss tom. Four other firefighters were injured in that crash. Right now, hurricane danny losing steam. Danny is the First Atlantic hurricane of the season. Overnight, dannys winds fell to about 80 miles per hour. The u. S. National Hurricane Center says danny isnt posing any threat to land right now and should weaken even more by saturday. It was projected to hit puerto rico next week. 6 19 is your time. A beautiful start to the friday morning. Lets get a check of your weather and traffic headlines with tom and melissa. Good morning. Im happy to report the sky is beginning to clear out. Those storms are long gone. Heres a view from space showing the cloud cover breaking up over the atlantic seaboard. Meanwhile, we showed that view of hurricane danny, it is still about 800 miles to the east of the winward islands and the track is going to take it near there. Perhaps maybe near puerto rico. Dominican republic by later part of the weekend. And into the first part of next week. But it is a hurricane now. We wont have to worry about it. It will stay out to sea. Right now in the 60s. Low humidity has moved in. A little bit of a breeze coming in out of the north and west. Still rather humid around the bay. Hang on, that low humidity is coming your way over the next several hours. There is the sky looking at it from our tower camera this morning. Sunrise at 6 27. Temperatures in the low to mid 70s through 8 00. Lower humidity moves in even during the afternoon as the winds diminish. Well if in the mid to upper 80s. A fabulous friday. That is the hash tag for the day. Look at this gorgeous view overlooking the bay. This is near the naval academy. This is posted by my cowork earn, tony pitman. Couple of days ago, absolutely gorgeous sky there. Clouds building. That was taken on wednesday. And well have this nice weather pattern continuing on saturday and again on sunday with low humidity. You have outdoor plans, going to the beach, going to the pool. Outdoor work it will be perfect weather with low humidity, highs in the 80s. A little bit warmer and a little more humid on monday. Then another shot at dry air moves in midweek next week. Dry pattern, look whats missing. Dont have any showers or storms on the storm team 4 seven day outlook through next week. A look at neighborhood highs in the next weather and traffic on the 1s. Whats happening . We still have this crash at ramp 370 shady grove road. Its a three car accident, nobody hurt thank goodness. Blocking some lanes and theyre waiting for a tow to arrive on the scene there. Taking a big look at the beltway hearing about a problem, outer loop, near connecticut or wisconsin here. A new crash so well send chopper over that, looks like chopper has just arrived. Looks like it will be nasty here this morning. More on that coming up in a couple of minutes. Big look at the beltway. Otherwise, no major problems right now. 66 and 95 rolling along just fine right now. Prince georges county also nice and green. More on that crash on the beltway coming up in a couple of minutes. 6 22 and new this morning youll want to watch wall street today because stocks in asia are falling. Taiwan, china, japan, they all dropped by 1 or more and investors could be worried about the possible Interest Rate hike from the Federal Reserve here. The fed said the u. S. Is quote approaching conditions for a rate hike a few days ago. We ourselves came to Ranger School skeptical. With our guards up, ready just in case, you know, the haters and the naysayers. But we didnt come with a chip on our shoulder like we had anything to prove. That is one of the two women who will graduate today as an army ranger. First lieutenant shaye haver and captain Kristen Griest will receive the coveted ranger tab alongside 94 male soldiers. They received incredible praise from leaders and their peers. They spoke yesterday with reporters about why they joined. The reasons why i chose to come are the same as these men here, to get the experience of the elite Leadership School that the army provides. I wanted to be a better leader and i just did that. Just keep reminding yourself why youre there. Despite proving their grit in the two month ranger course, theyre still unable to join infantry and Army Special Forces units. That could change next year after the pentagon reviews rules on women in combat. Some good news for your health this morning. This time last year, the als ice bucket challenge was speeding across the nation. And your facebook feeds too. While you may be over the videos but it turns out they may eventually do a lot of people a lot of good. Scientists at Johns Hopkins say the videos helped with als research. They say the more than 220 million raised funded studies of approaching that could help disease cells return to normal. Well, virginia apparently is the eighth worst state when it comes to womens equality. Education and political empowerment was looked at in virginia and it found 37 more men than women hold positions as executives. There was a 47 gap in getting an education and political representation. Lots of students and parents around american universities, its move in weekend. The school is asking you to exercise some patience. Extra patience and caution if youll be driving through that area. Well, speaking of dorms a local mother and daughter duo have turned their ideas into a successful business. Karen zuckerman and her daughter amanda own the online retailer dormify, selling art work and other things for dorms. They started a few years ago when amanda was looking to make her dorm her own. They began with stylized bedding and all things small space and the company has taken off. Moms or parents in general want their kids to be comfortable in college so the whole aspect of decorating your dorm room is an activity that you do just before you leave for school and its a fun one. Our first customers are now in their first apartments. Everybody says, i can still buy from dormify, right, for my apartment. Zuckerman says business has grown 700 since the operation began and they ship products as far away as australia and the u. K. The fallout continues after hackers hit Ashley Madison and leak users info. This morning, one of the first notable names to surface is apologizing. If youre headed near the National Mall this weekend, youll want to hear this. The closure that could really put a damper on your plans and your commute. Looking live across the area this morning, where some might say its a little bit of a chilly morning. Tom is putting together your neighborhood highs and will tell us when things will warm up at 6 31. And chopper 4 live over the scene of an accident on the inner loop of the beltway. Meli breaking news, big crash top of the beltway. Were talking about the outer loop at connecticut avenue. You can see the accident involving at least three vehicles and right now, we have just reopened. We have two left lanes getting by. We have a five mile backup right now. Top of the beltway. If youre headed that way this going to last for some time. Youll want to take your alternate ther