a stalled fight against cancer. >> we will always put a priority on maintaining safety. but what you will see over the next few week is that lines, procedures, wait times are all going to get longer. >> the president says we have to have another tax increase in order to avoid the sequester. well, mr. president, you got your tax increase. it is time to cut spending here in washington. >> reporter: also today, president is scheduled to meet with republican senators lindsay graham and john mccain. now, both have been outspoken critics of cuts to the defense department. now, the meeting is supposed to be about immigration reform and the republicans' plan that they are working on. we do think perhaps it will provide an opening for at least some conversation to begin about these cuts. back to you. >> we certainly hope so. >> thank you. new this morning, in even egypt, a hot air balloon crash

has killed 18 people and injured three others. a hot air balloon caught fire and crashed into a sugar cane field. the victims are from france, britain, japan and hong kong. three survivors were taken to a local hospital and it is one of the worst accidents involving tourists in egypt. also new this morning, the u.s. supreme court takes up the question of dn actual sam peopling to help involve crimes. the justices will hear arguments from maryland officials who want police to be allowed to take dna samples from people who have been arrested but not convicted. twenty-eight states and the federal government already do this type of sampling. privacy advocates claim this is unconstitutional. the justices will make a final decision in the case later this year. also in this morning's top stories, hundreds of concerned parents and residents in prince george's county are coming together calling for an end to violence they say is killing their children. a meeting was hosted by radio one last night calling it a state of emergency. it comes after six prince george's county school students

have been murdered since the beginning of the school year. community leaders say they are ready to work with parents to create a safer environment. we've got a quick school closing to tell you about. it is in garrett county, maryland where the schools are closed today due to the weather. so we just want to pass that along to you. making headline, a growing scandal involving an ingredient and some groceries. >> the impact only seen overseas so far. now, one major retailer is working to let customers here know one. hits popular products is safe. more on that story coming up.  [ anououncer ] ihop is in time square to compare

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the number of teens dying behind the wheel had been dropping for decades. a new report shows deaths of teen drivers are rising. deaths of 16 and 17-year-old drivers were up 19% compared to the year before. there were 107 drivers aged 16 who died between january and june. that compares with 86 killed in the first half of 2011. for 17-year-olds, 133 died in the first half of last year. 116 were killed in the first six months of 2011. dr. c. everett koop passed away at his home in nam ma'am. the former u.s. surge ongeneral became a household name with his ain't-smoking crusade but he also spoke out on controversial issues like

abortion, drugs and aids. >> people with aids need a helping hand, reading, running errands, the little everyday things that we take for granted become almost impossible to do. >> that is dr. koop in a psa with actor johnny depp and then assistant secretary of health back in 1988. koop served as president reagan's surgeon general from 1981 to 1989. his nomination met a wall of opposition because of his conservative ruse but he is now remembered as a hero to aids activists. he was 96 years old. ikea says it is withdrawing its famous meatballs from stores in 21 countries overseas following reports that the meat could be contaminate. move comes after authorities in the czech republic detected horse dna in packs ever the frozen meatballs. ikea said it has not made its way to any stores in the u.s.

all meatballs in the u.s. are made from a u.s. supplier. while not getting enough sleep can impact just about every aspect of your life. >> that runs the range from your appear at this time to your sanity. not getting enough shut-eye could even alter your genes. more on that is up next. >> we are also checking with tucker for more on the rain that is heading our way today. some areas will see that dreaded wintry mix. and due to this, garrett county, maryland schools are closed today because of the weather we're having. we'll have any updates for you on myfoxdc.com as well. time now is 5:42. on't know where to start. glad you found us. start by test-driving nearly every make and model, all in one place. carmax. start here.

welcome back. a live look outside and it looks fairly easy and pleasant right now. >> just a little on the cold side. >> yeah. >> but it looks okay. >> it looks okay. that will change though as we head on into the later morning hours. already changing for some places out there. gulf air the county, maryland schools are closed already. they are already getting hit by the winter weather j they are not getting hit yet but they will be. it will be moving in shortly. they will be dealing with a freezing rain issue so it doesn't take a lot of freezing rain to start causing unders. >> that is i pain. >> locally, we'll be dealing with a god moderate band of

rain later this afternoon. the next several hours will be dry so going to school over the next few hours, going to work, that kind of thing, morning commute, nice and dry. later this afternoon, it will be rain coming down for the evening commute, enough to probably slow things down but it will mostly be liquid here locally. cold enough to support winter presip out there early today. 33 at reagan national. look at all the 20s on the map particularly out to the west. 27 in culpeper. 27 out at dulles. martinsburg, you are 26 degrees. salbury, behind me, right there, 30 degrees. once again, it is actually a god thing that the precipitation is still off to the south and west because if it were moving in at this hour, we would be dealing with much more of a winter issue across the region. >> that is our oncoming storm system and clouds moving in overnight. it will a cloudy day. that is a guarantee and rain showers eventually a guarantee

as well. out to the west, along the front of the appalachians there as you get out towards washington county and out into western maryland and parts of northern virginia and west virginia, we could be dealing with a wintry mix later this morning, early this afternoon. here along the 95 corridor, if you are in southern maryland, washington, up towards columbia and baltimore, it will just be rain for us. the further west you get, the better chance you will be dealing with that wintry mix. you get a wintry mix, just plain old blizzard conditions back into oklahoma this morning. 40-mile an hour winds there. all the way up to chicago where there will be likely travel issues. reminds me of a bowl of fruit loops. i don't know why. your winter weather advisory, your counties in purple includes front royal, winchester, hagerstown, you have that winter weather

advisory. the winter storm warning, we mentioned garrett county has closed schools. they are guaranteed a periods of freezing rain and sleet. that will be the primary issue out to the west today. cloudy skies, rain, sleet developing. might be a few sleet pellets locally and quickly transitions to rain. 45 your daytime high so chilly rain this afternoon. 42 tonight, rain early. not going to cool off a whole lot overnight. winds will pick up out of the east at 10 to 15. and wednesday and thursday don't look great. might be a little sunshine both days with a few showers around and we'll get the sun back by the end of the week but we'll also cool temperatures down into the low 40s by the end of the weekend. let's find out what is going on with the roads. i think julie has been busy as well. >> we've had a left activity on the inner loop of the beltway south of the bw parkway. that is where earlier this morning, we had the crash south of the bw parkway involving the overturned tractor-trailer. it was overturned on its side and it took out about 100 feet of the sound barrier wall. now, we are being told that the

lanes are open on the beltway. the crew in sky fox joining us this morning, they happen to be hovering above this scene. on the inner loop of the beltway south of the baltimore- washington parkway. it looks like we do have all of lane open on the southbound stretch of the beltway continuing from the bw parkway around towards 450 and out towards andrews. veryling delay at this point off the inner loop but still some activity on the shoulder that could cause some rubbernecking delays as our roll yum begins to increase. let's continue now quickly with our cameras. we'll show you what else is happening out here on the roads. 66, not a bad right out of manassas. 395 looking good leaving the beltway to the 14th street bridge. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. e traffic. >> thank you. more proof bad sleep can have a dramatic effect on your health all of the new study out of the uk found the activity of the hundreds of genes was altered when people's sleep was cut to less than six hours a day. for a week, areas suchs the immune system and how the body

responds to damage and stress were also affected. substandard sleep has been linked to heart disease, diabetes, obesity and poor brain function. i love how we do these stories on lack of sleep. >> and the last one was poor bristol-myers squibb function. a shaky start for the caps this season. >> details on the new contract up next in this morning's sports breakfast. -- and the last one was poor brain function. 

welcome back. before we get to sports breakfast, wanted to pass along allegheny county maryland schools are closed today due to that wintry weather we'll have moving into the area. >> you they can watch sports breakfast. >> exactly. just kick back. >> there you go. >> put it on. tell everybody to turn it on and leave it there. >> you know what has been enjoyable as of late, washington wizards. they've been red-hot. ever since wisdom said he should have shut john wall down, playoffs, tucker barnes. >> they are for the going to the playoffs. junior high school but they played like a playoff team since the return of one john wall. yesterday, up there north of the border against toronto. you guys remember it is whole beef when toronto was in town. you saw bradley deal do what he did. he had 25 in the last meeting. he has averaged over 20 in the last six games nene, spin move

and the foul. he was a beast yesterday. wizards had an 11-point lead in the second half. look at john wall. that is the linda ronstadt blue bayou. >> what? >> you remember that song? >> the wizards get another win. you didn't listen to linda ronstadt. 09-84. >> no, but apparently you did. -- 90-84. >> blue bayou. i have no idea how it goes. they won. national, boys of summer down there in spring. gio gonzalez has spent a tumultuous off-season. we like to think everything is over for him. what do you think of the spring training lids. you will only see that in spring training. that is cory brown lay south and helping out gio with some good defense and then gio doing

what gio does, high and tight, strike three. nats get 17 wins. they win 6-4. >> i don't like the hats by wait. >> you don't like them? >> tuck officer. >> don't like them. >> i'm the only one that likes them. >> it doesn't matter. we won't see them. >> i wonder if linda ronstadt would have worn them. >> bj and the bear would have worn them. >> you know that interesting reference. how about the caps, two signings yesterday. john erskine and holtby. they got a big game tonight at 7:00 p.m. at the verizon center. this solves, you would hope the goal tending issues.

he is ayoung kid. he is only 23. after locked him up new the 2015 season getting a cool $3.7 million per season, 23. >> how do they live on that? >> how do you make it? >> you get all the bj and the bear shows you want to watch and all the linda ronstadt albums you want to get. >> i can't believe you're still saying that. >> you just lost a whole bunch of street cred for saying that. >> the schedule is out. that is the last year that he will be in the acc as a member of the football and basketball organization. they have agot sick games against bowl teams. that is not easy. maryland only one four games last year. we were talking more about the uniforms last year than we did their actual play. >> they had a linebacker playing quarterback. >> that was a rough year. they did have a ton injuries.

this is and one date to point out, november 9th. sir cruise will come to bird stadium. we have the influx of the old big east in the acc starting to meld together. get ready for the new conference realignment. >> thank you, dave. straight ahead at 6 clark a little drama involving home making queen martha stewart and some major retailer. we'll talk about that with fox business network in new york. we'll be right back. ♪

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