spray paint on a now starknow white wall replaced the faces that inclued chuck brown donnyoy simpson barack obama and bill cosby. >> it's been there for fives bet years.he it's kind of weather beaten bea and worn and we decided let's's just do something spanking brand new for the next five years. >> virginia alley says it wasyss simply time for a change.chge. the d.c. landmark that isark tht known for serving up chili andid half smokes had been serving up a dose of controversy aftera declaring they wouldn't removeme on the mural. >> i think it'ons interesting we always have this moralis outrage. when you look at abrahamk at arm lincoln and some of the things that happened with sally thinksa of some of the historicalical figures will that owned slaves that lynched black people. pe >> even now that the mural andwe cosby have been removed peopleoe have

>> absolutely surprised. su i'm just wondering -- i'm -- 'm thinking we're not the united ud nations, we're just ben's chili bowl.chil >> reporter: for now ben'sorow welcomes people to put their th own messages on the wall.all there's just one rule. >> negative images or negativenv words they're going to be goinge immediately whited out. ot. >> the whole country seems toeet be changing.ch let's see most importantlypor what the community wants upnityp there. >> reporter: that's why they're lett ringepor customerst vote. they have a long list of names s that ranges from rosa parks tors eleanor holmes norton toon o prince even names like rachelra ray and jimmy fallon made thedee cut or you can write in yourn own wr candidate.ca what if people vote that theyat want to see done trump. tr will you paint him on this.ou p >> we're like let the people decide. i don't think they're goingai lo decide that. out here hre now, you can see unity, peace,peace, love, some of the words thatf td

the wall.wall. now, ben's chili bowl as ili boi mentioned is letting peopleeope voteline on who they want too th be seen seen on this wall.this . there's a long list of names, maybe 15 or 20 suggested namesss that they have up online. onl you can go to our web site ifsif you want to vote.ot. now, if you ask me, since theyny are asking, i say any time that tyrese's name is on thee ie list for pretty much anything pt that's whoy mu i'm voting for. what about you guys, jim,t you , sarah, any thoughts.thoug >> good to know who yourho yo favorites are there, alex.s ar >> i was thinking she wasas going to pull a can of sprayf sy paint and tag it live on theg ie air but that's okay alex. ax >> t you.you. some major developments duringdg today's metro board meeting.ng. nearly two dozen employeesen e have been fired all accused ofso falsifying track records in a derailment last year. >> new information about what may have caused an innfcoridenti that happened the other day on n the yellow line. line. bob barnard with more. >> reporter: at the start ofter: a metro boar

meeting, general manager paulpa wiedefeld delivered thelivered transit agency's final reportrer oft its system wide track inspection investigation.ve >> at the end of the day theythe investigation uncovered tracktrk inspection practices thatpractia resulted in disciplinaryscpl action for half after track inspection department.tio >> reporter: wiedefeld sayseld five of 12 track inspectionns supervisors and 16 of 52 track inspectors have been fired.fire. other employees suspended or demoted for allegedlyal falsifying records.ifr a result of an investigationesto following that many silverin line train derailment near the t east falls church metro mro station. >> this is the right approach.h. the one the public supports. if someone false if i say a saya record they deserve to beeyeser fired. >> we're still in the processprc of investigating it. i. it's an ongoing investigation.s i don't want to get too in i depth into those firingsirin because we're still going have h to defd

>> reporter: metro officials ofi also revealing it was operatorsr error that caused the doors to open on a yellow line trainrain away from the platform attform t reagan national airport tuesday. the statement he made to us is s that he was positionedos stationary outside of theio station t he got upna rytop reme a garment, his jacket and atet t that point his statement isatens that his elbow triggered thegere door. we're looking into the device.d. we didn't find any defect with the device. >> reporter: we're told that same operator was at ther was a controls of the yellow linelow e train involved in the deadlyeay smoke incident at l'enfant plaza two years ago.go metro board members also hearing from an official withffw the federal transitran administration about a new safety management systemty manat designed to help change the he safety culture within metro. >> safety is everyone'sverone's business and everyone owns safety. this messaging truly has to come from the highest levels h of the organization. >> reporter: all this asof t metro's months

wide safe track program headseas towards a march completion.a man in the district bob barnard fox5 local news. new >> and joining us for a littles moreli insight is wamuly martin dicaro. >> with his elbow he told to metro it was his elbowelow accidentally opening the doors d on the aerial track nearack nea reagan national airport.rport. he's been placed onn placed on administrative leave pendingratl the investeaigation.vegation. no one was injured but it could have potentially been dangerous had the train been packed and peoplade were pressed up against the door when theyn h opened suddenly before thely train reached the platform. well, we've learned from aa source with knowledge of the incident that the trainnowlnt t operate was at the hat thcontro the yellow line train two traino years ago that got filled with h smoke right here at l'enfantenfn plaza station.ati that was the day that carl tha glover of alexandria die

80 other passengers were sickened. on that day two years ago thishs train operator whose name what you mean not released acting heroically. he was praised to are his calm s as he moved from rail car toar rail car trying to reassure passengers who were coughingo on the toxic smoke and he wasnde also trying to deal with bad instructions from the rail the l operations control center who tried in vein to get him toto reverse that train to the graine platform two years ago. ao >> yeah. >> reporter: yes, go head.es >> go ahead, martin. ma >> reporter: so, we do know kow the gentleman's name becausebece his name was released in the ntsb investigative documentsents published two years ago duringrs the investigation.e instig his name was james curly andcura again he received praise fromivs both metro and passengers thattt dale. in this case two days agoaysago tuesday he allegedly made ade mistake by opening the doors dos with his elbow as he climbed out of the seat to take offthe e his jacket short of the platform. ou said,es t-like y you're like what arek the odds h here but, you know, safty

been a huge issue of coursee ofu moving forward here. you know, so how do they deal t-, i know he's on o administrative leave.ministratie how do they deal wit leah ah a situation like this andation lit especially since they were talking about this new safetyafy management system? is thatstems something to address something like this seems to be just a mistaken it's impossible toble o eliminate human error entire en technological.te what safety management systemsgs do and they're the standard star across the transit industry isdy they create a atmosphere and aa culture where it's second secd nature you're followingowing protocols, you're beingols, trained regularly andned relarld employees are being put in a ina position where they're doing whi the right thing. tng. if we look at bob's reportepot just moments ago about the h track inspectors who were wre fired after the east falls fll church derailment last year, y to correct this issue metro isth going to revise its training manual, retrain the entire etire track inspection departmenton d and make sure that everyoneevere who comes on board in thisd in s department which has lost a

doing everything correctly andyr by the book and thatd a supervisors are also on board.b it's a top to bottom issue, i correct. you want supervisors who are also not condoning behaviorbehvr that shouldn't be takinge taking place. >> it does take awhile to turn a massive ship like this in thi the direction it needs to go tog so it appears as thoughthoug they're at least attempting to t move in the right direction.dire thanks for talking with us with today. appreciate it. ter: rightr: all right, all right., >> if we don't get no justice,j we don't get no peace. pece. if we don't get no justice, we,e don't get no peace.eac >> massive crowds thissive crow afternoon in philadelphia to pretty president donald trumpena ahead of his remarks to gop lawmakers. they held a rally at thomas om pain plaza near city hall.ity ha they marched to the lowes hotel are republicans wereare rc holding their annual treat.. once president trump took therue stage he laid out how he and and fellow republicans are mapping p out strategy.strateg >> president trump back at thent white house and that's wheree a that fox5'thats tom fitzgeraldid is with a look at what thewh the

comments covered a wide rangeder of topics. >> reporter: yes,of sarah andahd jim, there was a lot to unpackou in philadelphia today. tody. and the president got right atht it meeting with republicansepu hoping to map out a strategy for 2017 right off the top, top, the president took aim at cities like d.c. and on the on e jurisdictions around theoundthe country who have now declared themselves as sanctuary cities. >> at long last, cracking downkn on sanctuary cities. cities. [applause] it's time restore theore civil rights of americans to protect their jobs their hopes and their dreams for a much better future. >> reporter: the president also went on tetor: double downn his call that he hm call forl fr al major

voter fraud in this country,.co. the president says from hisro viewpoint anywhere from three to 5 million people voted illegally in 2016 and he saysays critics who claim there is absolutely no evidence toe t support that claim just got it wrong. wrong. [applause] >> we also need to keep the ballot box safe from illegal voting. and believe me, you take au taka look at what's registering,s re, folks. they like to say, oh, trump, rum trump, trump. take a look at what'st hat's registering. we are going to protect the the integrity of the ballot boxlot o and we are going to defend theee votes of the american citizens. >> reporter: now, while ahil a lot of these comments today in n philadelphia by presidentesint trump were aimed at democrats,dm we also got a look at how he he views republicans right now. w. the president harking back to friday's inaugural speechgural s telling not only republicansepus but democrats as

wants results and that thethat e republicans in general no longer have a democratic white house to blame for nonactiononon in washington. [applause] [appla >> now we have to deliver. deli. enough all talk, no action.a we have to deliver.ve to d this is our chance to achievea great and lasting change fornger our beloved nation.. >> reporter: well, the the president went on to say thatsat republican platform issues like controlling violent crimeoi and having mexico build a wall on the southern u.s. border bodr are top priorities that havingri come after the mexicanorithe men president canceleda visit here today after president trumpsid suggested that thing in ad thata tweet this morning. the president arreeived backt re here sarah and jim at the a white house at 3:30 after taking his very first ride asirs president on air fo

we're live at the white housewhe tonight tom fitzgerald fox5 local news. >> straight ahead atne 5:00 a conspiracy to steal departmentto vehicles. s >> paul wagner is on top of that story l wagn tonight.nig. >> ♪♪ly. >> yeah, sarah and jim it's a is northern virginia man.rthernirg he admitted in federal court cot today that he stole state department vehicles, two of twof them armored in a conspiracy onp with a state department dpartmet employee. i'll have that story straight ahead.straig >> and a big bust. big bust. man is pulled over forver for speeding but ends up getting arrested after police find allta this. what he was planning to doan withn the 1200 cartons of cigarettes. >> you can't get your fingers y into that opening and climbing m it. >> and building that border b wall companies alreadyuild puttg in bids to help brings to hel president trump's promise totrur life. fe. hey, sue. se >> hi jim, sarah.sar january has decided to cometo ce back rolling into town on veryn strong winds.ng winds. we've had that winds that havehh gusted between 45 and 50 milesad an hour this afternoon. currently 35 miles an hour

46 at baltimore.bal wind advisory is. in that effect. i'll let you know how long we'll havely to deal witho dealh these strong winds and what itnt means for that our temperatures tonight and theme weekend just ahead. we'll be right baanckur. esweek k. >> ♪♪ >> ♪♪

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five years in nipra ison after admitting taking in part in a conspiracy to steal z he >> fox5's paul wagner liveer from the state departmentte dart tonight with this story. s paul. >> reporter: yeah, jim and sarah, the prosecutors in thissi case say that the conspiracycony began back in 2011 and that and person b, that is, thehe head of the armorede a maintenance division here atncer the state department was inwa conspiracy with this man named a james radcliff who ran a car aca collision center out in springfield and that the twold worked a together to steal thesl vehicles and then resell them tm in exchange for kickbacks. >> sir, do you have anything to say. >> reporter: yotghat's jamess radcliff leaving court today.od. he declined to comment on his h guilty plea or the scheme thats government says

with the help of the fbi andi ad the inspector general.enral. according to a court documentoud filed in the case, radcliffe, r managed the car collisionc center in springfield whereing the state department wouldartmew bring its vehicles to be b repaired. sometime beginning in 2011 the document says radcliff and saysd person b who is not identifiedfd by name conspired to sell sll tires and unarmored stateunarmoa department vehicles and split st the proceeds of the vehicle sales. sale the document also says person b gave radcliff two suburbansubs that radcliff kept at hisf kepti business or home. ho the suburbans used by the the state department retail atl more than $48,000 a piece.iece. government prosecutors say radcliff sold the vehicles toeho customers who were told thats w he had acquired them at auto auctions. in total, there were 12wer12 suburbans and one hummer.d oneu. these are the vehicles thecles e government says were stolen.

now, what we understand iser that there were a total of 15 o5 vehicles that were stolen overe a period of atn least two years, perhaps a little bitt longer and in this courth document that we were able to see it says that that two of te suburbans armored and thoseans r vehicles were given by thisy hi man identified only as person pn b to mr. radcliff who keptpt those armored vehicles at his business and at his home.red hi. he's now facing up to five t fie years in prison butsonut prosecutors respect suggesting that he could be spending aspen much as 18 months to 24 months m in that prison. that's just a little less thansn those five years.years. we're live outside the stateate department, paul wagner, fox5 f5 local news.nws. >> ♪♪ >> the postal service isrviceis offering up to $50,000 a$50,0 reward of that amount fornt for information leading to theo the arrest of two men who assaulted that postal worker.orr investigators say the lettery te carrier was working in georgetown when that these twot suspects assaulted him. m. take a look. o

recognize him h the attack at happened in the middle of thelee afternoon. afte investigators say the assaultasa happened after the suspectsusecs broke into and stole from twofr separate postal serviceservce vehicles. >> meantime police say the ntime po burglar who stliruckce s mayultp times in fairfax county is now o behind bars.rs nicholas cormea charged with w seven counts of burglary and a five counts of grand larceny. l. investigates think he's behindek a series of breaks in. a neighbors surveillance videoid helped lead police to him. >> all right.gh. could not believe what i wasat s experiencing when i walked outlt the door. door. a monsoon,. m >> no, no. >> the winds. ere inense.s were intense. >> to say the very least.l sue palka, when i steppedi outside i literally had like -- >> she needed bonnet.boet. >> dirt flying into my face.flyc >> oh, yeah.h, y >> i was just trying to pumpryi gas and i could barely handlecoe it. it. >> the wind are hard to take. t. feels like every 24 hours wehoue get these big gusts and today,t

sarah and jim, these have beensn gusting up and over 50 mileser an hour in and some spots.pots. we actually got warm beforerm bf the cold front arrived and a we've been dropping ever since e and the winds have beenthe wav picking up so a wind advisory is in that effect for all the areas you seeef highlighted here until 7 o'clock. we've been keeping a close eye, we think it will probably r expire at 7 o'clock but thatth by no means means that thes thae wind stops at 7 o'clock. o'lock. it just means that the gusts ths to 50 are probably less likely y but it will stay breezy brey overnight just to give you a a little sample of some of theof e winds we saw today, catholic university 48 miles per hour gusts. newington virginia in fairfax,fi 51 miles per hour.ur and hyattsville and princend george's county a 46 miles pern hour gt.t.mi here's where those gusts are gue right now.ght n one of the highest is still stll baltimore at 46. quantico leonardtown 37. frederick and gaithersburgitrsbg gusting to 32. obviously that's having an havig effect on that wind chill.chil. first let's check temperaturesht because believe it or not wet

today but it's been dropping ever since and now it's 49 int'n the district, 41 in winchesterwr and cumberland, 48 at culpeper and 50 in leonardtown.eondtown. that's a very dramaticram temperature change though incha the last 24 hours.ours at 5 o'clock yesterday it wastet 22 degrees warmer in cuerland.d. 14 degrees warmer in frederick. 8 degrees warmer in theame district. there's a chill in the air asch those temperatures drop t itin feels like it's 30's to low 40's. here's your evening planner.eve. we keep it pretty windy at windt 7 o'clock with a temperaturek wi of 46.th byof 9 o'clock we're stille l breezy but not quite as windyndy but we'll keep breezes around a all night long temperature attet 9:00 about 42 and by by 11 o'clock 40 degrees and a anda preview of your friday we'reidae thinking it stays breezy andt sd chilly only in the 40's on o friday. but it should be a prettypret bright day as well.ay as wel. we'll talk more about forty friy and the weekend as well as how

around jim and sarah.nd >> i can't wait. wt. a young boy could be in be beg trouble over an inauguration protest.pr >> there are reports he's a celebrity's son. son. >> thousands of protesters are planning.

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no word if he was disciplined wc for hisip actions. ac drew carey went on to say hehe didn't vote for either president trump or hillary clinton. clinto he's a libertarian.bertaria >> hundreds of thousands ofeds s people also gearing up to come e down to the national malll ma again, this time for the marchme for life rally. mlly. >> pro life march kicks offrch i tomorrow right here in the rig nation's capitol.na here's what you need to knowtito if you plan u toneed attend. a it all starts at therts at the washington monument near theentt corner of 15th street northwest and constitution and avenue. it will start with music c at at 11:45 then the rally starts atst noon. no the march will begin at about at 1 o'clock. it will end in front of the fron u.s. supreme court. there are no ticketsu.s. ser required but if you plane no tn attending the march it's best'st to take metro the transittrsit agency says it will runn additional trains to helpto elp accommodate the crowds.ate the w they also say and this is is always good advice buy thaty tht smart trip card in advancedvnce because there will likely beely some long lines. li >> it's been busy here in thee e nation's capitol the last couple weeks. >> uh-huh. >> the battle over sanctuary

cities.ties. >> d.c.'s mayor and otherother mayors getting ready for big big fight. >> hear the pitch for thee president on the border ber wallly. t to tackle's effor racism. how one pastor's racistracist anonymous meetings are openingpg people's minds and bringing andb people together. >> ♪♪

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>> ♪♪ >> this is fox5 local news at 5:00. >> a gunman police custodyunmano tonight for an incident neart n oxon hill high school.. police responded to reports ofps shots fire around 10:30 this:30s morning.ing. no one was that hit by the bullet. oxon hill high and januaryn hanson elementary were placed ee on lockdown for about 10out minutes. investigators say an argument at

didn't involve any students.stu >> and police in montgomeryn mo county respect investigating ane string of armed robberies thatet happened at pharmacies.armaes. officers were at the scene early this morning in the cvs on arlington road in bethesda. e that store was held up justp ju before 3 o'clock.before 3 o' police say the robber had abbera gun and was dressed in alld in a black and wearing a mask.m >> thirty four other pharmacies robbed in the county this morning the cvs ons wisconsin avenue in bethesdan ae and the rite-aid on east-west highway in silver spring.pring. police are not yet sure ifhee if crimes are connected but theybuy received a similar suspect description in all three cases. >> and hartford county policetyc made a major bust this week. a north carolina man was thatlit arrested for traveling up 95 u with a retail value ofl val o $77,000. police say the man was man was initially pulled over forfor speeding. police found th e cigarettescigaret during a search in the back ofof his car. >> ♪♪>> >> at long last, cracking downin on sanctuary cities

[applause] it's time to restore there e civil rights of americans tocano protect their jobs, their hopes and their dreams for a much better future.ure. >> it looks like president trump and leaders of major major cities across the country are a gearing up for a fight and they cop end up in court. cou >> mayors of major citiesajor ct spoke up after the presidentrest signed an executive order.der. >> so will this encourage undocumented immigrants tom move intom these cities andie a more importantly are thesere cities prepared. prepad. here's fox5's matt ackland. ac >> reporter: this part ofrt of d.c. in the columnial heightsa neighborhood has a romp immigrant popuhblation.orgrant o in fact we're toldpu lathat abot 25,000 nondocumentedndocumente immigrants live in d.c. c. lots of mayors across thes the country are speaking outng out against trump's executiveexecuti order. in fact, we heard one comment last night frommment lao boston's mayor that we wantt wew you to

>> if necessary we'll use citywy hall itself to shelter and protect anyone who is targetedtg unjustly. >> people want to live hereo lir they'll live here.they'l they can use my office.l lian ue that he can use an my offy icoen this buicilding, anyplace theypc want to use they'll be able toel use this building as a safe safe space. >> reporter: mayor bowser isteay also taking a stand againstagain this executive order on sanctuary cities signed bygnedby president trump.rup. today we spoke to the head of her latino affairs department.et she told us that at this pointht there hasn't been a lot oflot of people coming to d.c. to findfin safety because it's a sanctuary city but she says a s lot of calls have come in of inf people concerned about whatutwht could happen next. next. >> it's a feeling of being bing scared and it's okay to feel fe scared because there's uncertainty but we are, we're getting calls, so it is stillil people don't know what is know h going to happen or how it'show going to happen. >> reporter: alsoto members ofbf

[000:33:57;00] they sent a letter to mayoror bowser asking her for morerore information about plan thatat she has to iomoven funding inta special legal service forervir immigrants. they say that they believeb that that violates federal lawra and they are asking for her too provide information to them tem before february 1st.ebr in the district, matt acklandt l fox5 local news.s. >> meantime the push continuespn to build that border wall between mexico and uitldhe u tnd states. now a company in massachusettsss says they're willing to use their materials to help put helt the wall in place. p the company says they would be e able to build a wire wall thati would make it difficult for people to cut through orcut climb. tr >> so, this is the rawher material we start with this, ti, low carbon steel.ons >> you can't get your fingerseto into that opening and climbing m it. >> we're bringing in wires wi from behind the machine andine we're welding cross wires across the machine to make aakea

grid pattern.grid >> i think we could find thi enough people >> a lot of these companiese are looking at these proclamations and thinking wehin can cash in.cash n. the ceo says it would push the h president's agenda of giving g objects jobs back to thects american people. people. >> a church in north carolinanol started up a new effort tort to tackle racism.tackle r >> they call this racist anonymous. people gather at the church to share their experiehences withre racism and raise awanreness to n the problem. fox's david henry has more.e. >> hi, i'm nathan and i'm a racist. >> reporter: racism is the conversation.conv >> let's end racism.et >> reporter: here at trinityt united church of christ inchrisn concorde. concorde. >> how you to overcome racism? well, if i knew that, i wouldi be a millionaire.illionaire. probably a billionaire. [laughter] >> reporter: james conyersmes says he's notco a racist. >> racism hit me almost atst birth really. r i come from a mixed family. >>d reporter: while mikee

michaels says he used to be a racist. everybody hated me.ybod >> reporter: he says he can't count the amount of times he was beat up.me >> i wanted to take my life.s he when i said d i wtoa tntedak toe my life i picked out a coffinc grave site the whole 9 yards. this 12 step racist anonymousnos group last summer.mmr. >> i humbly ask god to removegom my shortcomings.hort >> reporter: now a few aree inviting us in showing us who they are. >> you're not going to stop top just because you dime aou de a meeting. >> reporter: in hopes oforter: f change. chan >> like i said it's kind of at' deal. you can get over it.yo >> ru ecaporter: people here at racist anonymous say racismraci can live inside of anyone fromoo people sitting on the churchc pews to the men and women whoe preach to them. >> are you a racist?ac >> i am a racist.rac >> reporter: even pastor pator nathan king notices racism in his lifely. lfely. >> because i've noticed things n about myself that arethat judgments based on a person'sper outward appearance. >> reporter: the pastor saystwap he willastor never turn anyoney

from his churc anonymous. an >> reporter: but says we all we might have racism in ouro hearts even if we don'tdon't realize it. i. >> ♪♪ >> reporter: a choiror rehearsal might be what yousa expectl mi to see here at a chuu but it's the small group of grof white, black and mixedmied backgrounds. >> we all the same. >> reporter: that's not>> afraid to t wackle r eptr:he rai each other f in concorde,c david henry, fox 46, charlotte. >> i got to say i've never heard of doing somotethi tng lie that but you got to give it to o them for anybody that's like open to change and open to to looking at themselves in a in different way.differ >> and it's racist anonymous but it's brave for the peoplebr who spoke on avcamera.era. >> yeah. >> showed who they were.howed w >> absolutely. >> good. >> yeah. >> it's good to see some s good positive change because it tcac only work for the better.ork fo. >> absolutely. >> well, in tough politicalpl times it is important to t choose your battles.oose you ba. >> yeah, that seems like zoo's s around the country are reallyly getting on the bandwagon.andwag.

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the 21st annual state police polar bear plunge.p >> it may be january hoop jumped in couldn't have i asked for better weather.n fox5's photojournalist jack j brings us sights and sounds on unfortunately not theot t shrinkage from the day. >> for the spirit out here the it's a great way to start theare plunge because the energy thatst was out here today was exceptional.ptio >> reporter: the water temperatur reep is a balmy 40.. >> ♪♪ >> i really just wanted tonted o come out and support the charity and miss school andool have a day of fun. >> ♪♪ >> reporter: students from across the state they raised over $300,000.$30 >> it was like going to antarctica for a day anday ad

running through the >> ♪♪ >> a lot of people don't have ha the opportunities that i haveve to play sports and i want to makew sure that i can be a parta of giving people that chance. >> ♪♪ly. >> it was really, really cold when he were juremalped in the water. it was like needles pointing poi in your thighs but it was allas worth it in the end.wortit in it was really fun. >> ♪♪ >> and gary says, oh,say whatever, it's not that cold. c >> i did that once. on my hands were --ere- >> why. >> it was for charity.chrity. my hands were prunes. >> this is like the warme wr midwest polar plunge i can remember. reme >> yeah, i bet. >> i don't -- i don't rememberte one being this warm. 61. in annapolis and around thed th bay it was like 58 when they8 were doing that, somethingt, s like that.like that >> but the wind --ut the wi

>> oh, sure.h, that's one thing when you comeye out -- >> for sure. sure. >> whew. he oppoflike the opposite of the wind chill factor.ll factor. >> if they had this tomorrow,ey if they had thi hs tomorrow would they be in bigm trouble.to >> it would be colder but notd l going to be like --de i mean, im can remember where it's beenen 30 degrees outside. o i can remember when they'reer we getting in the water 'causein t it's warmer than it is outside. >> ooh. >> yeah, how about that? how about how a that? it was nicewas n today. i mean, for the most part the winds are really cooking andkind they have been all day long. l we've had wind gusts 40,ind gus 50 miles an hour.50 mes an a couple places over 50 miles per hour. listen, it does look like thisks wind will gust through theth evening. evening. it probably begins to back offgk about 8 o'c olock.t wind advisory is in place formem just about everybody from d.c. c to the north and northwest andwd over across the bay to they to t eastern shore. this will go until 7 o'clock. o.

not quite as bad down to the sout current wind gusts 35 miles g per hour.us that's nothing to laugh at inlau the city. gaithersburg is still up closeie to 40. to 40. and you notice down to the tothe south -- again, it's stillt's sl blowing down here but we'redown not seeing the 30's, thewe're 4s and even the 50 miles per hourh wind gusts that we've had that d across central and thent northern sections of marylandma up into pennsylvania.up int baltimore is still gusting to to 46. wow.wow. okay. temperature at 7 o'clock 'clock 46 degrees or so s-the windso sd will make it feel colder outcolo there. it will be down right windy atit 7 o'clock, just breezy i thinkt by 9 o'clock. o'cck. the wind should settle a little bit.little bit occasional gusts around 20 toalg 25 through the evening hoursustt and the wind hewi elvel remain o 15, 20 miles per hour duringiles most of the overnight.er there might be a period right rt before the sunrise tomorrow t morning where the winds wille wi calm down just a little bit.bit. 49 degrees near down. gaithersburg is 43.3. we got the coldest of the aire i coming inners if.nerf. northwestern areas did notesterd make it into the lowerly 60's n6 but we did here in 0town and look back to the north and nortd west.

pittsburgh is 36, columbus 34. some of the coldest air we'veh had in quite awhie le.cote awhi. next couple days we'll settle se in at about 46 degrees for a high temperature.mpera still breezy tomorrow.bree it will stillzy be a littlel breezy on saturday, not badtba though but winds will be 10 tol 15, okay, but 46 degrees, gooded amounts of sunshine.u either way we're shaping up onen saturday. look at all the snow blowingw bw around and the cold air here.ol wind advisory in place outace west and that's going to rungoi through tomorrow and theygh t could have as much as two tos t 4 inches of snow out there. here in town tonightut we'rewe'e down to about 36 degrees.36 dree temperatures out in thees out ie suburbs really depend -- ipend - think we have clear enoughen skies but i don't think the t wind dies off enough tonighttoit to get temperatures out thereree real, real cold.al, realold. so, we're thinking rightight around freezing ought to doing o it. here in town 36.n 36. notice constant wind overnightet northwest 10 to 15. 15 a few clouds, definitely a chilly breeze out there. ther how about tomorrow? muchw? muh colder. temperature of only 46 degrees. and with the winds it willinds feel cooler especially out in on she shade, too.

and here's yo forecast. days. days.couple of we're a little cooler onn sunday. more clouds. i think we'r e actually mostlytuall cloudy sunday afternoon andnd late sunday we could have ad haa few snow showers.s even some light snow showers coming in monday with thise li h clipper coming through.hrough. temperature on 9140. monday, 40. it looks dry for the remainder of next week.ry fof nexweek. so, a little smidgen of snow on the seven-dayge forecast.for. not much.not much. nobody needs to freak out yetfre and we don't see any blizzardsel coming so that's always good i guess. >> don't even utter that word. >> we're looking at theven looe anniversary right now. n >> i know. knw. >> this time last year it was like this much snow on thesnow h ground last year.y >> i know.>> i kw. >> crazy. of snow.sstick >> let's just not talk aboutlk a it. >> okay. >> all right. straight ahead in sports -- >> it's not beetlejuice.eetleju. >> we hear from kirk cousins

with his future with the

redski.s. >> brody logan coming up next.xt >> ♪♪ >> ♪♪ >> how about like with a scene from the young and the restless. >> i didn't know it was going ben't kn a quiz on soap operas.p kirk cousins is young and i a think redskins fans are a bit restless. >> perfect. >> absolutely. you got it. >> the redskins have a lot oflof decisions to make in free agency. will they sign desean jackson and pierre garcon garco chris baker is a player that t has blossomed get more moneymore to play elsewhere.where. the biggest free agency domino a

everyone is waiting to fall isol kirk cousins.sins about opportunities with other teams but hasrtun stated his desire to remain in washingtonra if the price is right. the p and today he said he wouldid play on the franchise tagfranch saying "i'm not afraid of theai tag." here's cousins today. >> a lot of guys that are freehe agents. ag they death know what's goingen to happen.th k happen. fortunately in my situation itui think there will be teams thatw are interested.nt there are guys who enter freer agency and don't know ifknow if they'll have a job.th it's a part of theey business but i've got a great agent, ag mike mccartney has done a phenomenal job for me, prettye,y much called everything beforele it's happened soev i trust mikem to do the job to protect meect e and i feel good about what'sd au going to transpire here going forward. forward. continuity is important.mprtant. they started to develop thatelht in washington.hi i would love to be able to help build washington andashingn bring them back to the days of d the hogs and those and those champiips.ips. that's what we're strivingat for. under the right insegt of circumstances i would love to be back. >> under the right setnc ofest f circumstances. bruce allen doubling down on

his comments from saying contract negotiationstras have not begun with kirkn cousins but "he knows our intent." the goal is to get long termon as in a long term deal withde wh the quarterback.uarterback. while cousins inmany in enjoys his first pro bowlfirst b justin tucker showing off hisofs leg. this video on twitter a a 75-yard many kick in practiceman cutting p through the thick orlando humidity at sea level in orlando.orl john wall named a reserve.re >> i was impressed by that by tt kick and no one seemed to bee se looking around going oh, my gosh. >> everyone in the practice,r they just mess around -- he'sd s a guy who does everything.veng. he does that and sings withnd the opera. kind of cool. he's a ren ce man.issance man. >> indeed.

>> thank you brody. >> all right.>> t many already consider llt righei su holiday of of course but one bu company is hoping to make that holiday a little longer.. craft heinz company has combined the two days into onene called smonday.smoday. they say everyone is exhausteds the day after the super bowl with millions calling outallingu every year.yea super bowl 51 takes place --la is this a commercial that's tha goino to be on. >> it should be. >> i'm justsh wondering.. super bowl taking place nexte nt sunday. hopeful that commercial.commerc. >> they're putting their money with their mouth is. all employees for kraft heinz get e day ofoff. >> good.f. if they're going call for it.al. >> absolutely. >> up next a twitter battlebattl between zoos and aquariumsquiums around the country.untry. >> started with the nationaled t zoo's picture of h a cute babyu seal. we have that store, awww. awww. >> so cute. c

>> i don't know, he's got some tough competition though, jim. i saw it. >> ♪♪ >> hot on the web tonight it is a twitter war over the cutest animals and it o an l all started when the national zooatl tweeted out a photo of its newtn baby seal. take a look. pretty cute, right? you saw yo this before the break. well, the zoo announced the animal's birth on twitterwitter saying the pup appears to be nursing moving and bonding bon well with mom. om a twitter user from norfolkm nok challenged the aquarium toariumo come up with something cuter. they countered with on osprey.ne the national zoo responded with the photo of a baby orangutan.an other zoos jumped on the bandwagon. atlanta tweeted a pic of a ted a piof babya panda. p bronx zoo got in on the actionec

with this photo of two tiger tig cubs playing together.cubs stop the competition, it. and miami zoo add thedd photo of a baby deer with itsy s mom, too. mom, pretty cute. one.'s a har thanks for being with usankt everyone. fox5 local news at 6:00 starts right now.. >> ♪♪ >> this is fox5 local news ats o 6:00. >> we begin with the questionqut who system paying for that wall the the trump trump administration announced onenno of their proposal today.oposa thanks for joining us, i'm shawn yancy. >> i'm jim locate kay.>> tony has i the night off.nig the president says he wants toi add a 20 percent tariff ont tarn mexican imports.mexi he made the announcement afterut a gop retreat in philadelphia. protesters greeted the president as em stood firm on executive orders. fox's lauren blanchard startsla us offuren tonight. t >> reporter: candidateep donald trump has been promising to build a wall all

along the u.s.-mexican border bd since day one of his campaign. and through executive action the ball rolling to that end.at. part of an immigrationmmgration overhaul which includes cutting federal funds to soo called sanctuary cities cit knowing most major changes cannot be carried out with thete approval of congress both both president trump and vice n president pence traveled toiden philadelphia today addressingg fellow republicans on ways they can work together inetherin getting the administration's agenda through the gop led congress. >> this congress is going to goi be the busiest congress we'vere had in decades.cades maybe ever. eer buckle up. up. we're had had to go to work.ha >> reporter: andd ha>> reportend congressional lawmakers aremaker using this week's annual gopl p retreat to do just that. laying out proposals forpr passingo mr. trump's top legislative goals an overhaul a of the federal tax code andtax a the repeal and replacement ofplf the affordable care act. >> obamacare is a disaster,r,