good morning, erin como. >> good morning. >> i missed the blue memo i'm a list disappointed. the red tie you. >> should be dispointd you're the pop of color accent to the blue. >> yes. >> works nicely. >> we'll go with that, mike. >> i'll roll with that. >> ladies bring you up. >> glass half full. >> glass half empty. >> that's fine. >> let's get to. it you feel the wind blowing this morning. >> yes he. >> it's not feeling cold out just yet. the winds are helping it feel cooler. but, air temperature-wise we don't have the cold air s spilling me immediately to you d.c. at this hour. it's coming. i'll show you the temperature map. maybe a leftover shower or sprinkle over southern maryland for the most part this rain is moving east and out of our concern. just some clouds off to the north and west amorning. here are temperatures and there's cold air. cumberland, 6, martinsburg, 40. hagerstown 39 and winds blowing north and west. that will continue to bring in some of the cooler air. 51 in d.c. and 50 quantico and i mentioned the winds they're breezy out. there gaithersburg stain

erin como, good morning, mike thomas very cold weather >> we've seen just a little bit. and again, i don't want to blow this up to be anything more than it is, it will be a little bit of light snow, not sledible snow, not pile up on the roadways or the sidewalks, but where it is falling and that's here north of town, look up towards urbana, this is kind of our high resolution satellite taking a look from the top down. if i go in closer on storm tracker, it's lighter, because a decent amount of it is evaporating. where it is falling you could path of totalitily get a quick coating. we still need to give it another hour for things to settle up and we get maybe little bit of a heavier for the most part, it's not a huge deal, just one of those if you run into snow, take i he does on the roadways, don't hurry along, you'll be in and out of it quick. it's very thin up there. we'll give the threat for snow showers into 10:00, 11:00 and we're just cold, 34 here in town. later on, tomorrow, we get more sunshine, no snow threat but colder, a high of only 29 degrees, cold is here t

erin como talking about what's happening on the roads and mike thomas talking about what we've been talkingbout and what we will continue to talk about from now until may, cold >> yeah, cold weather. wisdom, maureen, good morning. maureen, great advice.

erin como joins us live next. there she is right there. hey, erin como.you some of hollywood's biggest they'll and how they spent their christmas. the fox beat i n on fox5. stay tuned. >> you're like holding court right now. >> i am holding core. ♪ >> 10:40. let's head back tout to erin como. holiday in the park making magic happen today. >> there she is again erin como. >> looks comfy. >> she sure do. looks comfy. good morning. >> you know what, guys, i am so happy right now. santa and mrs. claus they a late night. big of snuck into santa's house right now i have my partner in holiday spirit of crime denise stokes. thank you for opening the door and let us show everyone what it's like in santa's home. >> snuck in. we broke in. [ laughter ] >> i was trying to be a little secretive about that. we broke no santa' house but he's sleeping right now. a lot of milk and cookies yesterday. beautiful in here. >> it really is great in here. and take a deep breath you can smell the cookie smell, the baking cookie smell it. >> smells like that. i don't know yes if yo

good morning to you erin como and good morning to you michael thomas. freezing cold out there. >> so cold. >> it's bitter. >> that wind hits you it cuts through your clothes like a knife. >> my hair is so staticy no amount will help that. >> that dry air. >> lucky us it should be dry all day. no weather concerns there. look at temperatures, reagan national 23 degrees outside right now. dulles 0. bwi 21 degrees. and again it's chilly and c cold. check out these wind chill values, woohoo 7 degrees it feels like in gaithersburg and 4 in frederick and 4 in hagerstown and five winchester and x-ray layers is all we recommend. twelve quantico. and lake effect snow going. and other than it's pretty queue eight rounts the region today. we'll watch this system coming down through minneapolis that's a clipper racing its way through overnight. snow showers to northern we'll go through that in detail in a bit. partly cloudy skies and windy and breezy all day long. temperatures slowly rising fly the 20s, mid to low 30s and winds won't feel that way. let's check the w

for that we turn to erin como. hey, erin. >> 4:47.ng this breaking news out of gaithersburg, downed wires impacting a route on 355. a car completely sideways into those wires that are down. we have crews working hard to get that cleared. again, this is both directions of 355 shut down in gaithersburg at the intersection of chestnut street. crews telling us it could be out there through at least 8:00 a.m. this morning so take 270. plan on another alternate. if you have any questions about getting around at erin fox5 d.c. on twitter but looking so great this morning. we'll have more on that with your next look at traffic. >> ♪ >> 4:47 and we've got a news alert for you this morning virginia commuters are aware during next week's rush hour along i-66 you'll see some changes on the road. >> fox5's annie yu live in the news room now with more details on what you can expect. good morning, annie. >> reporter: good morning, ladies. we've been talking about this for a few weeks now. new rules are coming to i-66 inside the beltway for those who

good to see erin como roads >> that's good news. good news on this end.retty good news on this end. you're from the south. you like the warm weather. >> uh-huh. >> warm weather is coming back for a little bit. >> yeah. >> all right. okay. >> so, there is satellite and radar and notice it's quiet. yes, there is snow flying offer to the north but cold air is retreating off to the north as well. and some warmer air will be moving in as we work our way into the afternoon hours. temperatures outside still chilly. still jacket weather. it is mid to late december. 38 in dulles, 30 manassas, 31 culpeper so there's some below freezing temperatures for you. hagerstown at 37, fred vic at 36. winds conflicted for now but eventually the southerly flow is going to win out and by the afternoon hours we're really kind of warming things up. wind chills aren't too bad from where current temps r feels like 36 here in town, 34 at gaithersburg. we'll talk about the sunrise, sunset in just a minute. first let me get you your twoday forecast. 57 today mix of clouds and sun. tom

. >> erin como watching roads and hopefully it's calm and michael thomas it's expected to get better today. >> pleasant yesterday afternoon. sun came out. >> gorgeous. >> good day. went for a jog. if you didn't yet today is the day. >> starting tomorrow cloudy and cool for a couple days. i'llel size get out and enjoy today while it lasts. satellite and radar not much going on. we have cloud cover out there to start the day. as you make for beautiful sunrise and yes temperatures do warming as we head into the afternoon. temps outside now on the chilly side. especially if you liver down to the south where temperatures are in 0s. mannasas, culpeper, reagan 32, dulles 7, bwi 40. today's planner features blue skies in the afternoon and 52 by 10:00 and 1:00, lunch tomorrow hours breaking out sunshine 5 start going down the second half of day. here you go. 60. if we hit it would tight w warmest temperatures so far this month. 6 2 fredericksburg and culpeper and 50s north and west. let's check airport for traffic. >> 4:36 now. tracking morning commute unfortunately construction is causing sl

fox news starts right now. >> tuesday december 19. >> there's erin como with flashing lights behind him means you're you busy. >> and i'm less busy than erin today which is always nice to see. >> and we'll check back in a few. >> mix or details of the deadly amtrak derailment in washington state. >> we learned that the train hey have been going way too fwhaingts it went off the tracks. "fox5" melanie alnwick live outside ntsb with breaking news. mel. >> 80 in 30 mile an hour zone. go tem least her sunday afternoon and arrived in washington state late last night. >> and event date arecorder and going to terrifying video from the scene where you can see 13 of 14 rail cards da dangling over the interstate. >> the train was making an inaugural run. >> dozens were injured many seriously three confirmed dead. and the train is shaking as it approached the curb. >>. >> and you can never wrap your head around that. that's there's never explanation for why several hours back behind us at this time. ntsb investigators expect to be there for more than a week m coming through the evidence. derailmen

erin como is watching the roads that are quiet right now and mike thomas talking about cold weather.ood morning. >> good morning. it is chilly outside. temperatures back in the 30's this morning. clear skies, though. we're expecting a lot of sun this afternoon. highs today only in the 40's. hi erin. >> all majors are quiet. as wisdom mentioned it's going to be a busy one later this afternoon. >> thank you both. see you in just a bit. we have news to get to right now. we'll begin with top stories and breaking news. more than a dozen people injured after a vehicle rammed into a crowd in australia today. >> we have learned that there have been some arrests. our melanie alnwick is monitoring all the very latest developments and she's live in the news room for us this morning. good morning mel. >> reporter: good morning. police on the ground told reporters they believe this was deliberate act. two men were arrested. one was taken out of the car and wresed police. people were holiday shopping and waiting at a cable car stop outside flinder straight. witnesses say the white suzuki suv ran a

good morning to you erin como. >> good morning. >> good morning to you mike thomas. >> good morning to we got through the coldest day of the week. congratulations. >> we're all here. >> winds will get breezy again. we'll have more sunshine. temperatures mid 40's today. >> okay. >> cool. we have some snowflakes flying believe it or not in some places. seeing snow flurries along the i-81 corridor. they're going to try their best to try and scoot their way a little bit farther eastward. there we go out towards winchester maybe you'll see a couple snowflakes flying here right around now. woodstock there as well. and again, we'll watch this piece of energy all associated with this clipper system that's moving through. see if it doesn't slide across. this is very, very light stuff. even if it does hit the ground it's likely to melt right away. temperatures up here are marginal put closer to d.c. we're a little bit too warm for anything to stick so this should not cause any sort of major morning commute problems but we'll keep an eye on it. 36 degrees in and washington, annapolis th 36. a dus

erin como watching all that activity taking place on route 50. alking about what else but cold weather. >> of course. good morning. erin is going to be the busier one of the two of us today that's for sure. >> right. >> you're rocking the red for the caps. >> exactly that's my plan. >> i believe it's the fourth game in a row with four. we got clouds out there for now but dry air trying to push in from the north and west. there it is. so, hopefully a little bit more sunshine coming our way today versus yesterday. temperatures are chilly. 37 cumberland 38 martinsburg, 39 dulles. d.c. 44. winds while not as bad as yesterday still a little bit breezy. because of that current wind chill values down into the 30's and even 20's for everybody across the region. feels like 37 in d.c., 27 winchester 26 martinsburg 25 hagerstown. of course you should be doing that anyway, it is december. high pressure moving in out to the west. there's a westerly wind today. actually that wind direction is the only reason we'll be up near 50 today. this stalled frontal bound

erin como watching the roads, mike thomas talking about freezing temperatures outside. >> yeah. >> 15els like three . >> [laughter] >> pretty bad. >> it is pretty bad. bundle it up. extra layers, all that good stuff, the furry boots, whatever you need to get through today if you're heading out to work or heading out early this morning. again, it's very brutally cold. what it isn't is snowing anywhere at least locally. we're going to be very quiet here weather-wise today in fact a decent amount of sunshine this afternoon but the sun's not going to help you feel too much better. look at these numbers right now. 16 here in washington, gaithersburg is at 11. frederick 14. martinsburg 11. winchester is at 10 degrees. excuse me. 18 for annapolis. 13 this morning in baltimore. there is a little bit of wind. it's not overly gusty but you don't need it to be too gusty when temperatures are this low to get to it feel like this. look at this. negative two is what it feels like in gaithersburg as well as hagerstown. feels like three here in d.c., three at quantico, feels like negative six there i

let's bring in caitlin roth and erin como. they're talking w

. >> time to get an update on traffic with erin como. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> and mike thomas talking weather. >> good morning. how was your weekend. >> went too fast. >> have you ever gone in and said man, that was a long weekend. >> never have i ever. >> i don't think so. >> not on a monday anyway. weekend was good. we had temperatures up near 60 yesterday. we'll be right there later on today. enjoy the next day or so 'cause then the big cold is coming later this week. >> bottom falls out. >> bottom falls out a little bit. there's a check of your satellite and radar. not too much going on. you can see there's a little stretch of clouds coming through ohio into west virginia, kind of this zone right here, that's going to try and move across here over the next few hours so we'll mix with some cloud cover today and then as we move into the day tomorrow, more and more clouds going to move in. have some rain showers have for your tuesday afternoon. 38 degrees reagan national right now but suburbs are very cold this morning.

. >>> today is wednesday, december 27th, talking traffic with erin como and mike thomas talking about what it is cold weather >> a touch of snow in portions of northern and it's sticking around >> i'll start wearing sweatpants to work. it's freezing. we have a crash in alexandria, richmond highway southbound and huntingdon steering you clear of that one. >> we'll check in with you in a few. it is cold outside this morning, if work or any other reason takes you outdoors, baby it's really cold outside. let me say it right. just get ready. biting cold temperatures will greet you at the door, some places so could snowflakes >> the colder weather plans could is that clear around, because after all it is winter. as we usher in the new year with freezing temperature, what else do we decide to do but send annie yu out on the coldest day so far of the year, which will get worse. good morning to you, annie yu. >> reporter: good morning, you're right, it's winter, it is supposed to be cold out here. but of course with the talk about possible snow, it ups the anti-here's the deal, win of north of

find out from erin como what is happening and hopefully a little bit of good news at 6 o'clock. kway have reopened to powder mill road. speeds under 40 miles an hour leading toward that location. you saw from skyfox a few miles of very slow moving traffic as you make your way down to the capital beltway this morning. northbound picking up in volume. southbound side give yourself about 10 extra minutes. you can always take 95 southbound to get around that. we'll have a full look at your commute next. back to you. >> we are also following breaking news out of gaithersburg maryland where police are searching for three heavily armed men who broke into a home on teachers way. >> we're told the suspect's weapons before they fled. fox5's melanie alnwick is there and she joins us now with the latest. mel. >>ep

er erin como watching the roads. mike thomas talking about cold weather.ou need some hot coffee. >> i do. >> all right. >> i'm going to get some during the next break. >> grab that coffee. >>'m here. >> i see you. >> mike thomas. >> stay warm. >> only 5 o'clock on a friday. >> not okay wisdom. >> right, right. >> stay warm today guys. it is going to be a cold one. we have a little bit of snow in the forecast. we'll talk about it all coming up in a minute. hey, erin. >> a crash on some of our secondaries in the district. i'll get you around this one in southwest as we continue. >> want to take you to new york city now. a fire breaking out of that place in the bronx at least 12 people including an infant are said to be dead. that fire happening in a bronx apartment building. the four alarm fire broke out just before 7:00 last night in the building not far from the bronx zoo. officials say four other people are fighting for their lives. about 170 firefighters responded to the scene to help rescue people trapped as they battled temperatures in the teens. offic

erin como is talking about some trouble on i50, a tractor-trailer overturned there. we've got the details from her in just a bit but let's get the headlines from you first mike, then you erin. >> lucky me, weather is a lot quieter than traffic will be today, that's for sure. just some clouds mixing with some sunshine out there, highs near 50 this afternoon. colder weather on the way, maybe some snow for some. details ahead. hey, erin. >> it's only 5 o'clock and you can see this delay behind me. we have an overturned tractor-trailer crash as you cross the bay bridge from the eastern shore you'll have to divert let's get team coverage. >> we want to tell you more about that breaking news story on i50 in annapolis maryland. >> there's an overturned tractor-trailer on u.s. route 50 that could put a halt to your morning commute. annie yu is live on the scene with the latest. hey, annie. >> reporter: good morning, holly and maureen. that's right, maryland state police tell us just after 2 o'clock this morning, a tractor-trailer somehow overturned and so it's causing quite a

erin como is back with traffic. >> unfortunately busy morning at 5:48.es. outer loop by river road. again, because of that we're seeing big delays. you're parked back onto the spur and onto the outer loop as well. delays on 270 southbound go back to democracy boulevard. delays on the outer loop go back to old georgetown drive time isn't terrible but again, you're parked for about 10 minutes there. as we take a look at the map you can see average speeds 14 miles per hour again back to old georgetown road on the beltway. on the outer loop and again democracy boulevard and 270 southbound. as we forward things along blue line delays. we had an earlier train malfunction at franconia-springfield. delays to largo town center on the blue line. earlier crash at nutley cleared. traffic picking up there. that's your traffic. back to you guys. >> time right now 5:49. the trailer used by fema to house disaster victims are apparently a massive money pit. the federal government typically spends up to $150,000 a piece on the trailers that at it leases to disaster victim

erin como let's check in with you. >> 5:26 right now. those you need an e-z pass or e-z pass flex. we have inner loop construction between pennsylvania avenue and branch avenue. the left lane is blocked. we have an arrow truck out there. keep it to the right. this is causing a slow down this morning o270 congestion building. from 70 to 121 you're in great shape. i had chipotle last night and the queso and i have not met a queso i don't love. >> thanks erin. 5:27 right now. coming up on fox5 news morning, new studies show bacteria in your mouth could be a clue about your risk of developing cancer. >> okay. and d.c.'s veterans affairs reopens an investigation into claims that a female employee was sexually harassed by her superior. >> we're going to take a break. as we do, let's look live. look at that gorgeous moon out there this morning, right? >> ♪ >>> that's a super moon we're looking at? i guess it's still super. i think it looks pretty >> super blue moon in a couple of weeks. >> right, exactly. 5:27 is our time right now, 37 degrees.

don't cross me erin como. [ laughter ] >> or you will pay.o clown dole and the star wars franchise accusing them of taking marketing too far. but -- >> you're pretty good. >> fast footer chains can cash in, why can't produce companies do the same? >> i got to say you work on this wisdom. >> maureen, don't cut me off. [ laughter ] >> british than his british actor by far. >> erin como -- >> he's showing off for you. >> that was good. >> i am your >> yes. >> that's good. >> i appreciate that. >> you love star trek. >> star wars, not star trek. >> lord vader. >> most people who love star trek love star trek. >> are you on facebook. i am. >> we have news about facebook. >> i hope it's good news. >> ut-oh. >> here we go. if you ever get annoyed when facebook posts asked do you like the post or share it if you agree, facebook are hearing you and they're making a change. starting this week, they're pushing engagement baiting those posts off your timeline. what exact does this mean. if you own a page for your business you have to work on content that

our earn erin como is talking about this low down here in montgomery country.a pike at oak leaf drive unfortunately a pedestrian struck and not sure of the condition right now. we'll get all those details for you. but traffic is moving just at a slower pace right there. and at least on the one side of your screen. we'll get more information and looks like other traffic is let through this the appoint too. pod only line pedestrian struck welcome back to "fox news morning" we'll have complete weather and traffic on the fives at 6:35. >> first 6:30 election day in alabama. voters head to polls today in one of the biggest senate races since the presidential election. roy moore and doug jones battling it out for jeff sessions vacated senate seat. last night both candidates held rallies and jones focused on sexual misconduct against moore. moore defended himself and went after the when who accused him of sexual misconduct asking them why they stayed silent so long. >> i ran five state campaigns and three county cam nainz the same country and never once was this menti

. >> michael thomas is talking about weather ahead and erin como is talking about the roads and mike, not as nice and still not bad. >> not as nice and not the worst day in the world. could be worst for late de. lots of clouds. temperatures not moving far from where they are now and currently 52. hey, erin. >> i'll take the degree rights now. we have a crash harmony church in hamilton. we get you around that one. i'll tell you maureen, holly, you ladies are popping in those colors. >> pop, pop, >> thanks, erin. >> ow top story this morning the republicans push to reform the the national tax code is almost complete app now it has one more hurd toll clear before getting president tr trump. melanie alnwick live on capitol hill with the the latest this morning. the the vote was late, mel. >> that's right they'll be back at it early again this morning. house republicans were celebrating yesterday because they tug their hurdle. turns out they were a few chains technical changes that had to be made in the senate. so their celebration in the house was damped entered a bit. and over the goal l

kevin mccarthy and erin como who would love nothing more in life than to have john cena actually readorning steve and everybody in dc i'm here with erin. she's a self proclaim massive john cena fan. so we are here today at the library of congress really cool event. as you mentioned there are 400 approximately 400 elementary school and younger middle school kids here to be read to. john cena will be reading the entire story of ferdinand about 20 minutes or so. >> right. >> to the crowd. talk about were you' about. >> i'm so excited about all morning he was teasing kevin how jealous i was to give him big hug for me. thank you guys for letting me tag along and shadow kevin for the day. get to help him do the red carpet interview after the ev event. just know what it's like to be super star good john cena is right next door. an hour from now he'll be walking this area and erin and i will be interviewing him one of the things i love about erin passes passion for john cena what she likes about him and what he does personally for kids. talk about what,ing. >> exactly a total package. it's ea

erin como fox d.c.ook at roads next. >> researchers may have found way to improve lives of food allergy sufferers, and those driving near dulles got the fullmont he tuesday. >> i heard about that. >> as we head to break looking live across the d.c. region. you don't want to do monte this morning you want to put arizona many clothes as you can. wind chill makes it feel like teens. some places even single di digits. "fox news morning" coming right back. >> today on "fox news morning" stunning vk torrey for the first time in decades a democrat whim represent alabama in the u.s. senate. >> and new information about the hours before walt whait man high school senior disappeared and was found d dead. >> and dangerously cold temperatures along with strong winds waiting for you on the other side of your front door. "fox5 news morning" starts right now. >> and this is "fox news morning". >>> good morning to you and thank you very much for joininging us. >> it's wednesday, december 13. >> we're watching roads wit

erin como take it over. not looking forward to a rough evening commute. a few problems picked up for our morning commute currently in northeast newton street northeast between 22nd and 24th, water main break right now. watch for slick conditions with the really cold temperatures as mike mentioned. i would suggest detouring around that street. water department is out there and some homes in that area northeast without water this here on fox5. you can see monroe street still looks good south dakota and rhode island also looking good. watch for slick spots in northeast this morning. aside from that one, talbert street southeast between mount view place and talbert terrace southeast downed wires you'll have to detour around. branch avenue southern avenue suitland parkway still look good. 295 quiet from the beltway to past laboratory road. the 11th street bridge looks good. excuse me. and then as you make your way out on 295 southbound, dipping below 30 miles per hour as you get south of 50 down to the 11th stree

erin como is talking about the roads and mike, let's get that headline from you. >> yeah, much warmerit's going to be windy later on today and that's going to help things keep feeling temperatures middle 40's but winds gusting over 30 is going to help it feel like the 30's all day. hey erin. >> plenty of green on the road. metro is on time. we'll get you around the red line problems. >> if you're just getting up with us now, we'll start with breaking news. it's from rockville. a pedestrian was struck overnight near the intersection of 355 and east middle lane. rockville pike was closed for several hours but it has since reopened. fox5 is still waiting to hear from first responders on the victim's condition and also what may have led to that accident. >>> and we're also following a developing story from annapolis. around 11:50 last night fire crews responded to a 911 call to find this, a driver who had plowed their pickup truck into the side of a building. happened on eagle wood drive. two people were taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries. no word though on how they were

. >> let's talk more about this terrible traffic day with erin como. >> i still miss the sound of terrible turkey traffic tuesday. >> erin we moved forward. we don't go backwards. >> we've moved forward. come up with something else. onward and upward wisdom. okay. we do have skyfox for you. they're over this big crash that anjali hemphill was telling you about. this is 28. all southbound lanes blocked at 66. you'll have to detour around this. messy scene out there involving an overturned tractor-trailer a fuel spill downed power lines. luckily no serious injuries involved. all northbound lanes of 28 reopened, all southbound lanes remain shut down for some time with a big cleanup out there. a lot of emergency responders there, so please use caution as you head on the northbound side as well. let's switch it over right now for a look at our maps. this is causing a backup on 66 dipping do unto 29 miles per hour as you head from 234 sudley road to 28 and heading northbound a rubberneck delay as as you make your way out in maryland this is closer to the bwi area, 97 northbound before 32 a crash

erin como is watching the busy travel day that we have in store.eather. good morning. >> hey, good morning. today's pret it's just cold out there. grab a jacket as you head out the door. what does the weekend and christmas day have in store? i got answers coming up. hey, erin. >> 5:30. 28 is shut down in centreville in both directions at 66. traffic is being diverted and you can't access the dulles airport from 28 so we'll help you get around that one. >> all right. thank you erin, thank you mike. time right now is 5:31. we're following some breaking news from australia this morning. at least 14 people injured after an suv plowed into a crowd of pedestrians outside of a station in central melbourne today. police say it appears that this was a deliberate act although they are not yet labeling it as an act of terrorism. two people have been taken into custody. >> a north korean soldier has defected to the south. south korea says he crosseduth d as fellow north korean soldiers chased after him a shootout followed as they approached the line. the soldi

. >> say good morning to erin como. hi there. >> good morning. busy d o we have all those changes on 66 that melanie was telling you about. skyfox, they're over bw parkway. volume building in maryland. heading down to the beltway so we're starting to see things slow a bit as you approach the beltway and then through college park past new hampshire avenue especially the outer loop side of things. want to switch it over because it is a mess right now in virginia. look at this. northbound 395 at the 14th street bridge there's a crash blocking the left lane as well as the exit ramp right now to gw parkway. you're merging into just one lane to get through so take a look at what this is doing to your drive time. we are seeing such heavy delays right now as we -- let's see if we can forward things along and show you what you're dealing with right now. huge backup. you're parked on the 14th street bridge. so, to get just from the pentagon to the third street tunnel red zone 24 minute trip. traffic is just completely parked out there. so if you typically

today is tuesday, december 12 good morning erin como and michael thomas let's started. >> let's kick it off. bitter cold. that's the next story in d.c.. oh, boy, get ready. this will be coldest we've been since last wiptser basically. it could possibly end up being coldest day of month as we work our way through wedn wednesday. bitter cold is on the way. that's headline. satellite and radar showing clouds. snow off north. there's a front back out west as the front swings through later today we too could pick up a snow shower or flurry and that will not be a big deal. that's a quick move. nothing coming by sticks. later on tonight the big story begins and that is cold pushing into our region. you see the winds kick up later this afternoon as well as cold air starting to move in. 43 now. not a terrible start. 38 mannasas. 39 dulles and 39 gaithersburg as well and chilly and not overly cold like tomorrow morning. again big picture showing what is cold air up here to the north and west and piece of this is going to break offer. minneapolis at 10. chicago 23 going to head our direction la

let's bring in caitlin roth and erin como.hey're talking w traffic and ladies let's get the headlines. caitlin, you first. >> maureen we're coming off of our first snow of the season on saturday. looked beautiful. a lot has melted. it is still chilly this morning. few more flurries in the forecast. i'll have all the details. erin. >> right now we're delay free and all metro rail lines are on time. how is that for a monday morning headline. >> winning. thanks erin. >>> we're going to start right now at 5 o'clock with some news in montgomery county. it's a tragic tend to a desperate weekend search for a missing teen after his body was found yesterday in the woods of a bethesda neighborhood. >> the teen went missing saturday night. fox5's melanie alnwick is live in bethesda now with the very latest in this story. mel. >> reporter: good morning, guys. we're live outside of walt whitman high school where this teen went to school. he was a senior here. montgomery county police say this is an ongoing investigation. and apparently the

holiday weekend traffic bwi, reagan interests nagal bwi and dulles look going and 70 from frederick erin como to you. >> all right. time now is 4:47 and overnight fire 2350eug9ers worked to put out a massive fire at large antique store in mount vernon. >> off mount vernon at buckman road. kristin leon is here with the latest in that story. good morning. >> good morning, you can see right behind me still very much active scene as crews continue to mop up what remains here. mop up the hot spots at this antique store. as far as the the building goes yes the building did suffer some is structural damage there. a wall partially collapsed from this massive fire. i do want to point out now and show you the video of how massive those flames really were last night. and that's what's crew he's to get under control. there firefighters tell us that one of the problems that they faced last night with the fire was one of their hydrants was not working they had to regroup and switch gears a bit and essentially you go from offeiv dime putting out this fire. about 90 to 100 firefighters were out on the scene.

erin como was on the red carpet with stars including former fifth harmon knee singer >> one of the biggestgs in the country and now, as a solo artist how has the journey been put together >> it's been great. i've been writing sons since i was like 16. this was a completely different environment. i was lucky to be able to do it in the studio and not my bathroom in a laptop. >> erin talked to a whole lot of the stars tonight. you can see all of the interviews and more from the show tomorrow morning on good day dc. she looked like she was pumped up and excited. >>> up next, a couple that takes their love of christmas trees to a whole new level. >>> coming up tomorrow morning on fox 5, a travel expert has advice on how to deal with cancelled or delayed flights this holiday season. plus interviews with actor zach local chefs show you how they made a giant ginger bread display at the local harbor. at all happens tomorrow morning. ns tomorrow morning. [lance] it is absolute chaos out here! ...don't know if you can hear me, can we get a shot of this cold front, right here. [vo] progress is an unst

mike thomas is talking about our weekend forecast, erin como is talking about track which already is mess in some parts. let's start with you mike. >> good news for me is that weather is not a mess. we had a little messiness late last night with showers moving through. those have cleared. sunshine is back this afternoon. full forecast coming up. >> gaithersburg an overturned car and downed wires closing 355. red line delays from the partial shut down. lots to get to on the roads. >> thank you erin. want to tell you more about what erin is talking about in this breaking news out of montgomery county. let's take you to a live look right now. you'll want to plan ahead if you're traveling along route 355. >>> this is in gaithersburg. parts of that road near frederick avenue remains closed this morning in both directions because of a crash. that crash happened just after midnight. fox5 is told at least one person has been taken to the hospital. st condition. montgomery county police say wires are down as you can see right there from that live picture and roadways in that area of route 355

our erin como she caught up with bunch of the cleanse on the red carp at this year's jingle ball at capitolvin mccarthy sets down with actor zac efron and zendaya to dish about the upcoming movie musical the greatest showman. plus, he is best known for his roles as the daily show correspondent dee ranged minimill i don't know nair. john hodge man will join us live to talk about his new tell all book vacation land. ♪ ♪♪ hmm i can't believe how great this tastes! i can't believe it comes in... vegaaaan. and organiiiic. enjoy i can't believe it's not butter! i'll take that. hey, l'eggo my eggo. i don't see your name on it. really? ba bam! know the rules. keep your eggo. l'eggo my eggo. okay. ♪ >>> that's tucker. at a today is national gingerbread house day as part of the gaylord national resort celebrations including a massive ice display, all new musical productions the host tell's pastry team spent 340 hours building, shaping, baking assembling ajayi nor muss gingerbread version of the capital city. this is do not miss event. so we sent our own mike thomas to the gaylord nati

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our very own erin como an assignment at this year's jingle ball at the cap one arena.actor zendaya with entertainment reporter kevin mccarthy and local chefs show you how they made a giant gingerbread display at the national harbor. 7:46 now. hi, tuck. [ laughter ] >> maybe it's just me. that gingerbread struck me as hill odd. all right. >> can i go to the forecast? >> it's fine. >> let's go to the forecast. thank you. >> what's up, tuck? >> guess what? it will be cloudy. >> he wanted an introduction. >> okay. >> lots of -- tucker barnes with the weather. >> allison super sweet. here's the deal. clouds coming from. arctic front coming through and winds will pick up and very blustery and cold afternoon. you know the lighter jacket this morning will have to give way to the afternoon. want the hat and gloves if you'll be out tonight. very cold late this afternoon ton night. could be passing flurry again arctic front moving in. i'll show you it to in just a second. windy and cold wednesday. daytime highs tomorrow honestly most of the region probably won't get much above fr

. >> let's check in with erin como for what traffic is doing out there. hopefully not too much right. >> 6:05 we have one problem. because volume is light it's not causing major slow downs. early fire in thornburg. 95 northbound lanes blocked 606. traffic diverted and we have a mile backup. route 1 to get around that. 95 wide open. all metro rail lines are on time and keep in mind medical ceer tuesday and thursday evening starting 9 p.m. to close. trains will be single tracking and that's scheduled for that time period. through february 15, 2018 already getting to new year. as we move things over you see the inner loop super quiet and very pleasant national harbor. quiet livingston road looks g no issues in southern maryland brandywine, clinton, waldorf this morning and as we look on dulles toll road outer loop across the wilson bridge and entire stretch of beltway no slow zones in college park. westbound cross bay bridge annapolis smooth sailing there 270 speeds from frederick and college park none of the normal congestion same story 95 beltsville proble

erin como has got her eyes on the road and mike, man, what do we have in store? >> not bad.ot much to complain about later today. still chilly this morning. don't think you can head out without the jacket but as you mentioned upper 50's later, hey erin. >> traffic is quiet. look at all that 14 behind me and metro is on time. i'll take this for a start to the work week. >> 5 o'clock is the time right now. so let's bring you up top date on what's happening in the news. restoration at last. the power back on at the busiest airport in the world after thousands were stranded at a atlanta's international airport. >> and it's all of course right in the thick of christmas travel. fox5's melanie alnwick live at reagan national airport with how these major delays could affect us here locally. looks busy already there this morning, mel. >> reporter: yeah, that's right. you know, most of the times when we get here early in the morning it's not that busy but look at the delta counter already very stacked up as people are waiting to get on flights and that's because there are a number of

erin como is coming in for traffic. now and northbound 95 before dale believed disabled vehicle blocking center lane there. use caution main lanes and watch for extra congestion that point. -- and 66 eastbound. volume picking up. 26 minute trip between 234 s sutly road and beltway once you get inside the belt we you're in good shape. yellow line once you past 234 to 28 he and that's why we see most of congestion. yellow zone 70 to 121 and volume and no crashes and once you past 21 gaithersburg down past the spur you're in good shape and i'll let you know if that changes making ur your way gw parkway. cabin john look good and inner and outer loop speed across the leemon bridge and all areas pleasant. no problems key bridge rosalyn and georgetown. all metro rail lines on time. silver spring to fort totten tacoma station closed. limited shuttle service is replacing rail service. you take marked trains and metro bus if you need alternate. if you have questions erinfoxdc twitter and upper and outer loop good bottom side of th

erin como is tracking roadways this morning and they're looking good or bad? >> great until now and volume building. this is first issue we had all morning and 66 eastbound crash before putly and did move to shoulder and heavy flow of volume as you get to bement way. and a ten minute slow down s sutly road to nutly street. and forwarding things along. nice conditions outer loop. nosh use 95 all way over to 20 spur. connecticut avenue, river r road, canal road looking good. gw parkway problem free in both directions seeing green on map except for where the crash is 6 nutly street. 15 minute ride 70 to 121 no typical 270 congestion. i have you covered if it change that morning. coming down if 32 great shape. bw parkway good to bwi no problems reagan to dulles. i'll let you know if it changes metro on time questions erin "fox5" d.c. on twitter maureen and holly. >> 5:19 is the time and the torreys you're engaging with on social media. >> wisdom is back with the realtime news from tracker. hey, wiz. >> uber and lyft are getting slammed from profit tiers. both ride

our erin como will be long shortly with the work around as we talk about the impack it's having on commuters this morning. and also, the results of that accident sadly not good this morning. welcome back to morning morning we'll have "weather and traffic on the 5s" and traffic on the 5s" at 6:35. "fox 5 news morning" welcome back. it's a deadly car crash in montgomery county and shut down parts of georgia avenue and happened 1:50 this morning and two cars inquiry involved in this deadly crash. there's a two mile road closure in at area. aspen hill to verona drive and that will impact your commute. if you live in the area expect road closures throughout the morning and we'll bring any breaking updates stns we get them. >> 11-year-old boy fighting for his life in the district at children's hospital after hit by a stray bullet at apartment complex in suitland, maryland yesterday. police are call this a terrible accident. a 3-year-old man was babysitting a boy when put ago way a gun and it won't off. stray bullet hit that boy and man rushed him to the hospital where he underwent emergency surger

. >> let's talk about traffic with erin como.ing. >> 6:36 right now and we have a water main break in bethesda and you're taking a live look right now. this is old georgetown road northbound side impacted between charles street and at avista road. traffic getting by and use caution crews working hard out there no major delays in bethesda yet. moving to sky fox a crash quickly moved to shoulder, 66 eastbound by 9 in centerville and major backup because that crash previously had a shoulder getting by. want to switch over from 66 eastbound view from sky fox to a look at drive time. an hour. it's improved by an hour and 0 minutes to 60 minutes between 234 that's sutly road to beltway. delays cents back to ga gainsville and keep in mind 9 gainsville dealing with a lot of bailout traffic buzz people trying to void getting stuck in this. be prepared for speeds dipping under 30 miles an hour. things dip to fairfax and you have normal congestion. 95 northbound this is a close to 0 minute trip in main lanes as you make your way beltway to

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. >> let's go to erin como and talk about traffic. >> we have a crash maple avenue between nutley and louis street. a fire scene blocking all locations right now at that intersection so please use caution as you make your way out on maple avenue out in vienna. aside from that we're seeing very light volume. we do have a crash right now ooakwood road before van dorn street. things at the mixing bowl looking good. skyfox over the mixing really quiet. not seeing any problems out there. if not -- there we have it. you can see just how smooth things are sailing. pretty beautiful shot where traffic is moving in all directions. as we switch over from skyfox i can tell you that elsewhere we're seeing nice conditions, too, on the top side of the beltway. a little bit of volume 295 and southbound kenilworth avenue. 25 miles per hour average by benning road. overall green zone though. 50 looks great. the outer loop and inner loop past 50 quiet. problem free in bowie. fairfax 66 looks good. looks like by reagan national things back up to 44 miles per hour. we're seeing some heavier volume there b

fox5's erin como introduces us and shares their tips for a safe holiday season. >> for this editi in them for all of their hard work and dedication to the community we also have holiday safety tips for you. so i want to move over to firefighter, tell me little bit about light safety this holiday season. >> we just want to remind everyone it please inspect their wires. you want to make sure there is no damage, fraying, any wires showing, especially the ones you'll be using indoor on the tree. also, another reminder, is we like to recommend using battery operated candles. prevent the risk of anything happening with a live lit candle. >> you also don't want to overload your outlet, right? >> correct. just usually one plug, or use extension cord, surge protector, anything like that to stay from overloading one particular out lit. >> those are really good tips. firefighter tell me what you are holding in your hand? >> when purchasing your lights at the store, be sure to choose brands tested by national laboratory, just to make sure they're safe to use in your home. >> awesome. something t

find out from erin como what is happening and hopefully a little bit of good news at 6 o'clock. good morning erin. >> that's right steve and allison. all lanes of bw parkway have reopened to powder mill road. speeds under 40 miles an hour leading toward that location. you saw from skyfox a few miles of very slow moving traffic as you make your way down to the capital beltway this morning. northbound picking up in volume. southbound side give yourself about 10 extra minutes. you can always take 95 southbound to get around that. we'll have a full look at your commute next. back to you. >> we are also following breaking news out of gaithersburg maryland where police are searching for three heavily armed men who broke into a home on teachers way. >> we're told the suspect's weapons before they fled. fox5's melanie alnwick is there and she joins us now with the latest. mel. >>ep very scary moments last night for someone who lives in the gaithersburg station apartments here. it's a very large apartment complex so to be honest we really didn't get a pinpoint from gaithersburg police as

. >> that's right yes they are ready to roll erin como and michael thomas. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> clouds out there today. rain kind of moved on. winds are blowing and bringing in colder air. well let you know how cold it will get good fatal crash investigation closing portion of georgia avenue and aspen hill and 2 mill stretch. keep it to connecticut avenue. this cause as i big backup for the morning rush once people hit the road. >> we appreciate that and we've been talking about it all morning long. and beginning with breaking news out of montgomery county and joming ahill and aspen hill closed because ever a deadly car crash. >> crash happened 1:50 this morning. melanie alnwick is liver at the the scene with breaking details, mel. >> good morning, guys, yeah, so, initially, there was -- were two patients transported to the hospital. we're told they're both male and we just received word that one of those patients has d died. one of those -- the fatal was in but you can see here, very wide investigation area and now that this has become a fatal crash investigation montgomery