antoine wilson gets up at 3:00 a.m. to meditate and get in a workout. he tells our tom sherwood he knows he has a lot to learn t form oakland, california, superintendent antoine wilson. he started work here two weeks ago. he's on a mission to visit all 100-plus schools within a year and to get up to speed on the billion-dollar school system and its 48,000 students. >> the learning curve for me is around just getting to know the city, getting to know what is important to the city. i am a quick lerner, though. >> reporter: wilson already reaching out to the washington teachers union knowing conflicts are natural. the wtu says it was given little input on his appointment. >> those communications have been cordial. they have been i think productive. and i think we are relying on the importance of teaching, we're relying on the importance of supporting teachers. >> reporter: wilson follows reform efforts of michelle reid and kaya henderson. one spoke does showing middle schools are improving across the city, better than their reputations. a tall, imposing pe

chancellor antoine wilson's first day in the job. now he came from california where he was superintendent of public schools in oakland. he was named to the post in november. >> dorothy hight will be honored by the u.s. poingtal service by her very own stamp and it will be unveiled today. dorothy heidt stamp is the series and 15th twom appear in the series. >> that's pretty cool. >> yes, it is. >> michael thomas. good morning again and talk about this as weather we're having. because i would say it's unseasonably warm. >> it's not bad. believe it or not we finished twelve m warmest january and record. we only spent 7 days below freezing in move january. so actually, i think it was second most. i'll look at the stats on that later. satellite and radar this morning and clear skies overnight and quickly clouding here. peaks of sun now and then and snowfall, falling in west virginia that stays west and i won't rule out an isolated snow sure -- not snow shower, shower east of i 81 was we work through the afternoon. most are dry today. dull

meanwhile, out front, new chancellor antoine wilson said devos talked to students and teachers, even school leaders inside. >> we also talked about the importance of strengthening the support for public schools and making sure that we have a system of fairness throughout all schools. and public school systems serve everyone, educate everyone. and i think it's great that families come out. and others come out and make sure that we do everything we can to protect it. >> reporter: so while the protests and police are gone, folks are still sending a message to secretary, posting signs on their vehicles, showing their support for public schools. in southwest, delia goncalves, wusa 9. >> the education secretary later released a statement that says in part, i respect peaceful protest. and i will not be deterred in executing the vital mission of the department of education. no school door in america will be blocked from those seeking to help our nation's school children. >>> well, students from several loudoun county high schools walked out of class today to protest president trump's travel

. >>> we want to let you knowto lw that later this morning d.c.er public schools chancellorha antoine wilson is going to be live on fox he's going to talk about the abe incident at savoy as well aslls his new role at dcps at 8:30. 83 >> the push to get president esn trump's education secretary sery nominee confirmed, means as rare early wakeup call today toa for on the senate.nae. majority leader mitchrity leatc mcconnell has called for a or procedural vote to cut off off debate on betsy devos tovo t begin at 6:30 this morning. senate rules require thatre tha another 30 hours must pass after that procedural vote before members can take itrs ca final vote on devos' nomination. na that means her confirmationonfit vote could come on monday.onday. >> senator jeff sessions isssios one step closer to being being confirmed as the next attorneyty general. sessions survived his firstis ft test for a vote yesterday.est the next step is a filibusterlis vote that is likely to take ke place early next week. nearly every democrat in theve chamber votedry d against mr. sessions. democratic leaders said the

today was new school chancellor first day on the job and we asked antoine wilson about the beg bug and rodent problem at the welcome ceremony this afternoon. >> the most important thing we're prioritizing saferty and working with the department of health and human services owe to make sure students' needs are being taken care of and we're doing everything we can to make sure it's a safe learning environment for the students which is our obligation. >> wilson replaced former chancellor kai henderson who led the districts 5 1/2 years and muriel bowser named him to the post in november. >> speaking up on behalf of ref uhe gees and immigrants dozens gathered at the reagan national airport to deannounce president trump executive order banning people from certain countries from coming into america. >> plus one maryland man got a when a car slammed into his home. unfortunately this is not the first time this has happened. hear from the home owner next on "fox5"news at 10. healthy, free, the world before me, the long brown path before me leading wherever i choose. the east and the west are min

chancellor antoine wilson official first day on the job. he's replacing okay ahenderson who led the district 5 1/2 years and came from california where he was super intend enter in oakland. >>> 5:05 now. mike i know he it says 3 degrows outside. actually maybe it was in my head it felt milder when i wept out this morning. >> i think it's because how mild it was yesterday. we get that temperature hangover a little bit. it's not feeling too bad out there. we have 0s still and yes, it's a pleasant 3 we'll call it. i think you still need jacket as you head outside early this morning mountains again. weak little piece of energy not expected to cross. again can't rule out isolated area of drizzle or two. mostly dry today and cloud cover crosses mountains that we'll deal with through the afternoon. mostly cloudy day in store for us. actually up to 38 at this hour now. 39 gaithersburg and 35 off towards annapolis and 38 baltimore. again, milder than yesterday. look at fredericksburg, 48. later on this afternoon temperatures once again look look the

chancellor antoine wilson first official day on the job. wilson replacing chancellor kaia henderson who led district 5 1/2 road and he was named to the post in never and will welcome her to the system this morning at 10:30. >> lar lar will deliver thirty state of the stated dress title real lasting change before that rally opposing fracking will be held. they want governor and i maryland lawmakers to passe permanent ban on fracking. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> hi. >> hello. >> good morning. >> cloud cover out there and temps in the0s for the most part. dulles down to 28. and more clouds than yesterday. yesterday turned to beautiful day. >> i'm trying to remember. >> mid 50s. average sunshine. >> yeah, no complaint. >> yeah, it turned out pretty good current numbers. out at dulles again 8. 39 here in baltimore. bwi marshall. not here but there and we've got cloud cover and snow out to the west and during the evening hours and effective east of us the clouds are still with us and there are some light snow showers off to north and wes

. >> mayor muriel bowser, the school's chancellor, antoine wilson. both made the announcement today in brooke land middle school. more than $6 million will go to middle schools and high schools for the 2016-2017 school years. it will fund college and career support. extracurricular activities. chancellor wilson says this is just the beginning. >> we're trying to prepare our students not just for success we're not trying to prepare students just in high school and even success here in d.c. we want our students to be globally competitive. >> middle school students will soon take courses in engineering, computer science, using new computers. and there will also be added days for the school year at 11 high schools. >>> when a 2-month-old kitten was found in a storm drain, it didn't look good. she could barely hold her head up. and she was paralyzed. >> but thanks to the incredible people at the humane rescue alliance, they never stopped believing in the little lady. and as you can see, she is surprising everybody. and our nikki burdine has the adorable s

chancellor antoine wilson first official day on the job replacing former chancellor hende mayor bowsert november she will welcome him 10:30 this morning. >> maryland governor larry hogan will deliver third state of the stated dress speech inteetled real and lasting change and before address a rally oppose fracking will be healed. they want governor and maryland lawmakers to posts a permanent ban on fracking. >> virginia govern for terri mcauliffe will be over northern virginia making speechs in a couple hours. he will be in false church to announce veteran small business awards finalist and later today will talk about economic development in arlington. >> all right. 7:24. gets over to tucker, hi. >> hi, guys, 56 yesterday i think. >> nice. >> mild day. >> won't be quite as warm today. cloud cover out early and temperatures 30s. let me mention spots below freezing this morning. chilly temperatures for parts of area like east northeast winds at 3 and not a lot happening locally front comes through overnight and we're not picking up cloud cover out there but generally cloudy. sun right no