route 1 northbound between gunston road and lorton, the left lane is getting by. inbound 66, the left lane is still blocked. and westbound 50 before kenilworth avenue we have an accident on the left shoulder. we'll look at 270 and travel times coming up. >>> thank you. and developing now, families have been displaced in an apartment fire on hanover parkway in greenbelt. >> justin finch is live on the scene right now with more information. justin? >> reporter: hey there, eun and aaron. good morning. we are right outside this apartment complex here where there's restoration work going on. crews are moving in and they tell me they are trying to get to work right now on getting water out of the buildings. at this time, we understand this fire took place in the second and third floors of this apartment building here. and that perhaps several apartments have been damaged as a result. now, on scene here just crews arrived here on scene. they have heavy fire showing from the roof of this apartment complex through the three-story apartment building at that time. we underst

not too bad as we are looking live here to lorton. however, it gets worse as you travel across the occoquan. we have southbound delays into garrisonville, all the way to fredericksburg. off and on slow traffic for you, southbound on 95. northbound from dale city as you cross the occoquan heading up to lorton. you are good to go for the most part on the northbound lane. a quick peak and 95 in maryland. we have residual delays. 95 south downed approaching the capital beltway approaching the capital beltway, a collision is causing some problems, major delays but not delays here. southbound i-270 -- this is the way we have been looking for most of the day between the beltway and father hurley boulevard. back to you. jummy: thank you. the world this morning the loss of hollywood legend carrie fisher. her role as princess leia in star wars catapulted her to a pop-culture -- to pop-culture immortality. the 65-year-old passed away on tuesday after suffering a heart attack on a flight on friday. tributes continued to pour in. >> the legendary

you can see a lot of people are slowing, the volume is building and through lorton. you can get by, nothing is closed. a crash in alexandria just coming in madison street. if you live in alexandria, heads up, you may see some of those emergency crews out. everything about this is in the green. looks great from centreville, 270 headed south from germantown , volume in the 50's and 60's. there is a crash being reported right now on the inner loop closer towards the bw parkway. will keep you updated on that accident in 95, virginia. back to you guys. at trump tower. still ahead, the mystery bag but the building on lockdown. jummy: the cub scout can't that -- larry: the cub scout >> you are watching "good morning washington," on your side. jummy: chaos at trump tower in new york as the building was evacuated tuesday night. unattended bags caught the attention of police and had to be inspected by the bomb squad and secret service. it turned out to be a bag of the president-elect to donald trump was not in the building he has been spending the holidays in florida. larry: s

q mccray joins us live alongside i-95 in lorton. it looks like the traffic is moving okay right now. q: not so much. this is along the i-95 corridor. pan right. what do you see? red lights. brake lights. this is the case from 4:30 or 5:00. if we were to pan left, off in the distance, you will see the white lights. that is how it looks on the southbound side. we were stuck in the southbound side traffic from the mixing bowl to radiobridge. it took us an hour. i was a mess. people are tired of this. >> 95 is still southbound. it's terrible. i shouldn't have gone out. >> you got to suck it up. the holidays. right? >> yeah. >> we need six lanes. it's horrible out there. >> six lanes would do the chick right now but there are only four on the northbound side. if you are traveling here, bring your patience. i'm q mccray. back to you. >> thank you. a man was hit by a tractor trailer along this happened in woodbridge. virginia state police say isaac salgado was walking to get fuel after his s.u.v. ran out of the of gas. he was hit a half mi

we go to a live look at 950 southbound at lorton.ays we have an accident that blocks a right shoulder. you can see the flashing lights. in the southbound slowdown from newington to d.c. area. the fairfax county parkway to past plank road to fredericksburg. stop and go the entire way. slow to spotsylvania and garrison. the issue on the beltway near virginia 7. first of all, a lot of volume to get the tysons corner. outside of that, we have report of a police activity ongoing tollston road. they are blocking westbound lanes causing a tieup on the beltway to make the exit to virginia 7 to possibly get to the mall. if you are making a ride on the b.w. parkway, southbound due to a stall. back to you. michelle: thank you. look at this. this is snow in north dakota that made it difficult to get around. naver gaiting the streets was tricky -- navigating the streets was difficult and dangerous. they expect it to drop to 2 degrees. kellye: i have to tell you. i am excited about 60 degrees tomorrow. doug: the temperature will rise tonight. the

we're at 56 now downtown. 55 in lorton, 55 in warrenton. afternoon temperatures, upper town. not a big change today but it will turn very chilly by early this evening if you're going to a tree lighting. i'll have the specific forecast coming up at the top of the hour. tomorrow starting out in the 30s and highs tomorrow in the upper 40s and low 50s. here's your whole ten-day forecast. breezy today and tomorrow as well with highs in the 50s and lows in the 30s. still a small chance for a shower late sunday and sunday ig daywide rainfall come up on tuesday and thursday of next week. i'll be back to detail hour by hour. for now it looks like there will be be hours and hours of waiting. let's go to melissa to find out where. >> it is going to be like this for much of the morning commute. clara barton parkway, a major out for so many people shut down. if you're coming inbound, traffic stopped at the your ultimate there, best thing to do. it's going to get quite busy too. beltway looking fine this morning. flying on 56 to the parkway. you're on time. it's going to take you nine minu

right now 95 at lorton road the live picture showing you traffic flowing. inner loop and outer loop, construction out of the way. nothing happening on the beltway. 270 northbound and southbound. northbound at falls road, earlier we had a little blip of red there on the screen. it wasn't anything. it sort of just disappeared and no major problems there. we don't have any problems northbound and southbound there on 270. as far as metro goes, all lines are open right now. everything running at this point on time. back here at 5:31. >> thank you, melissa. help santa out. thousands of children sending wish lists that go unfulfilled. today you can help change that. we'll explain coming up. >>> plus, an update on the double hand transplant -- >> i can't even handle im on how fios is not cable. we're wired differently. that means incredibly fast 150 meg internet for the holidays. so in the 3.7 seconds it takes gary watson to beat the local sled jump record, fly, gary, fly. ...his friend can download 13 versions of th

in the metro zone, low to mid-20's will be the story. 20 in burtonsville. 21 in reston. 23 in lorton. 27 in downtown washington. with light winds. the winds are taking a break. over the next few days the weather is quiet. we will 40 in the afternoon tomorrow. 49 on wednesday with sunshine. minor frontal system will come through thursday with clouds. isolated sprinkle or shower but 55-degree temperatures. when we look ahead to friday, a get away day. it looks good coast to coast. the eastern three-quarters of the nation quiet. look at the temperatures. boston is 45. rapid city, they have been below zero and they are 36 above. so quiet weather and break from intense cold. a little rain to get into the portion of the southwestern section of the arizona, pacific northwest rain. that is about it. the christmas eve and the first day of the hanukkah with calls for clouds and sunshine. passing shower forecast eve night. christmas day, a few clouds and 53 degrees. look at the next ten days. any more icy cold air? not really. the temperatures are warming up to 505 on thursday. cooler on friday.

reporting in lorton, alexandra limon, mike is back with the seven day forecast, including ag look atew year's eve. . afoot and light-hearted i take to the open road. healthy, free, the world before me, the long brown path before me leading wherever i choose. the east and the west are mine. the north and the south are mine. all seems beautiful to me. > mike is back moderating the sweater just a little bit there. you can't have green on the green. >> that's a good point.a go i had to go with the snow flakes, but i still feel just as christmas i.chri a lot of people hitting the roads for the holidays. my favorite thing last year, we did the 11:00 news last year. we both hit the road, both on pennsylvania to get coffee and who is in front of me, mike thomas. anybody doing some late traveling tomorrow? what it's it looks like? late tomorrow night, early monday morning, a little l slick spots.ts. i am relatively certain we don't see any of that in washington. outside tonight low fog around the airport. it's not nearly as bad as it was about an hour ago. things are really starting to clear

too bad a 95, not variety ride, but northbound past lorton, problems mainly because of an accident. everything has mainly been moved to jumm been charged with arson after an early morning house fire in montgomery county. the fire broke out before 2:00 this morning on sea island court in spencerville. the firefighters got on scene, the flames were shooting through the roof. the water shooting out of the hoses froze to the side of the house because it was so cold. out safely.e it now to a warning about laser lights popular around the holidays. can be aays the lights distraction to pilots. suzanne kennedy has more. suzanne: it is the holiday season, and that means lots of merry and bright decorations. could all those christmas lights be a danger to planes in the sky? across the country, laser light projectors like this star shower and similar brands are flying off the shelves. the faa is warning decorators about the new projectors, saying they could cars cause harm to pilots or aircraft to the star shower parent company telling abc news the product complies with faa guidelines. as a ne

fn alexandria limon is live frome f lorton this morning where it's almost go time. , aallex., ale >>orter: hey, annie, ann good morning and this group of veterans is actually called take point now and they arehe ae veterans that raise money and a for help and awareness forness f other veterans. now, this right here with me is greg rainy. greg rainy, it is rainy outainyt here and despite that you are getting trod launch from these boat docks behind me to head bee on a 1200-mile ride from the d.c. area to miami. now, step back in so i can askin you why are you guys doingar this?e ng >> well, this an effort to raise money this particular parr event to raise money for the t semper fi fund.d. we're about inspiring veteranser to get out and seize thehe greatness that they once hade in there military and take an opportunity to generate that will same teamwork and camarari the military. auseseorter: bec y sometimes when that veteranst vs leave the service or whenhe service members leave, they encounter a lot of issues and a this organization, this groupsro take point now is trying tont ni he

lorton, virginia, is a cold spot. 35 at dulles airport.he next couple of hours will be climbing up and close to 50 degrees for a high today. good morning, melissa. >> good morning. nice and light here this morning. we get a little busy. probably just after work today. right now, though, looking quite good. inner loop and outer loop of the beltway and virginia looking good. bottom of the beltway through prince george's county, no problems there. you can see the same thing with 270. now at prince william parkway nice as well. nice dry roads helping for this holiday commute. guys? >> all right, melissa, thank you. >> donald trump stunned americans. tuesday's tweet came hours after russia's president delivered a similar message. nbc's edward lawrence will join us in a few minutes to break this all down. >> ""golf digest"" reports that he'll play with tiger woods at his resort in palm beach. >>> i vacca and her children are waking up after a troubled flight. she was confronted by a passenger on jetblue from new york. witnesses heard him say, th

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at 8 o'clock this morning on gary's forecast map and a behind me this is 95 as you y head through lorton hello wisdom and maureen looking a little bit worse out t there. so, just wanted to show you y they weren't paying attentionate closesly to the traffic there and getting their researcho the done. do it happens advertisementspens traffic moving along on 66 despite the rain we're amovi sen spray come up so please allow aw for extra time. seeing a steady flow ofow of traff beltway. crash free but that's good news but the bad news is slickek conditions. as we take a look at 395 we're ' cruising but again leave al b goodut a amount of buffer room d please use caution this morning get an earlier start.t we'lanl kee ep you updated. updd over all it's been quieter quier week because of the holidayauseo but we'll keep youf updated. ut any questions at erin fox5rix5 d.c. on twitter.witt back to you maureen and wisdom. wisdom. >> all right, coming up onng u fox5 news morning several severl groups promising to disrupto dit the presidential inauguration.t. >> and chicago city leaders fast track th

atowa tiny bt of congestion from dale cityal c to lorton.rton onor northbound route one, route roue one reopened after theer t occoquan bridge but the left thl lane still blocked and you canll see just a tinyoc bit ofit congestion leading towards theot occoquan like i said no big no delays. delays. we'll certainly keep youl ainl updated. hey, metro rails are still on ai time. time. back to you guys. >> this morning for a cyoollegee basketball star to be suspended.de >> coming up details on whatn w he did that many say was foul wf play. >> technically technical foul play. >> technical foul play. >> technically. ♪♪ >>> live look at security lines at reagan national airport rigog now. if you are getting ready to jumm in a cab or a ride share or however you plan to get to the t airport, that's what you'rehat e looking at right now.ing ight n. not too bad. b >> how about metro. h >> you can take metro if youowaf like. like. metro is actually no delaysos right now. it's a good option as well.l. >>> happy happy travelers. safe travels. travels >>>

lorton to the fairfax county parkway. most delays in stafford county to the southbound stretch.ride northbound especially. capital beltway is improving past georgetown pike for the inner loop. the outer loop delays remain. that is the worth of it. it's not as bad avenue. -- back to you. michelle: the gift card you don't want don't have to wait. the fou jonathan: ever get a gift card you are never going to use? john matarese, the consumer reporter shows how to trade them in for cash so you don't waste your money. john: if you are like gift card or two this past weekend. consumers receiver more than 100 million gift cards. if you are holding a few duds, we are here to help. >> forget the clothing and the books, most of us this holiday season ended up with a wallet full of gift cards. that is fine if you like the stores or the restaurants. not so much if you will never end up using them. kevin rodriguez ends up shopping stores every january he normally would never visit. >> it makes us go to the stores we got them to. >> rather than buying things you don't need or letting them expi

through lorton, continuing north closer to newington, and springfield. 395, an easy ride from alexandria getting into the district. we are clear from 395. the beltway top stretch, only about 14 minutes. the stretch on 270 southbound, you are moving well. it is going to be a little bit wet out there. jummy: breaking right now, a queen anne's county sheriff's deputy is in critical condition after being shot overnight. this started with a domestic dispute. we know that the deputy went to a house on edge moore road in chestertown. once inside, the suspect opened fire. the deputy is in surgery, in critical condition. the suspect was shot and taken to the hospital by ambulance. we are talking with officials and as soon as we get the latest, we will make sure that you hear it. larry: law-enforcement fatalities have hit their highest levels in five years. 35 officers were killed nationwide in 2016, with firearm incidents being the number one cause of death. 64 officers were shot and killed, 21 ambushed. six of the killed officers were female. among them, ashley guindon, who was shot and killed i

the traffic near lorton, that is tough for both directions. 95 has been a huge mess.s week between holidays. ton of people that are going two and 'fro at this point. so the delays will continue. southbound below dumfries is heavy. not bad but once you are past dumfries it looks tough all the way to fredericksburg. also looking at 395 northbound across 134 street bridge in d.c. that is planty slow to the freeway heavy east and westbound. especially westbound the opposite way. jonathan: tonight at 6:00, dogs were rescued described as fimny. what police believe is going on and who was charged with this. more on the sanctions against russia and how it will impact our local area. that is coming up for us at 6:00. michelle: the black sand beaches of hawaii are getting a stark contrast of the white tonight. check out this photo from nasa that shows two of hawaii volcanos that are covered on snow christmas day. right on time for the holiday. jonathan: hang ten. that is a dinosaur using a snow blower in north dakota. you wondered what t-rex's little arms was good for. snow blo

on route 1 northbound out of lorton, the left line is tied up there.has been reported the george washington parkway, headed to the key bridge. county, in montgomery the accident has been moved out of the way, but delays remain on shady grove road out of crabbs branch way in the next 10 minutes, we will update the ride on the top stretch of the beltway. kidd: time to get you "in the now." many of you watched the end of a red oak -- of an incredible "jeopardy" run. but there is a heartbreaking story. she had stage four cancer. >> i think it is important to set goals for yourself, no matter how much time you have left. comenk that being able to on "jeopardy" and say i want to do good and do something that will leave the world a better place, to kind of have that goal in mind really made me feel like it was something to strive for, something to help me keep going. kidd: cindy passed away on december 5, just eight days before her first episode aired. we will share even more of cindy's story. the side of her that you did not see on the show. , and really inc

so it's a chill night. 30 right now in front royal. 31 towards lorton. if you're heading down there, game time at 8:30. some people getting back from work. 31 by 8:00. with a will feel like low 20s. a cold night. these will be the lows. most areas in the teens. so is a cold night and a cold start to our tuesday. we will warm though a little bit. not going to see any rain or snow. and most of this week looks fairly tranquil. as you look back to the west, that's good news for you travelers out there. chicago only in the teens. now wednesday and thursday, we track this front. that comes across the northern front. son at least the eastern half of the nation. it gets a little worse friday and saturday. tomorrow, not a bad day. a little on the cool side. take the coat. you'll need that a as you step out the door. it's the coat and the jacket. 50 degrees on wednesday. 55 on thursday. we're going. up here. then the front cooling to the 40s. now the weekend a little chilly. shower activity late. but right now christmas looking pretty good. we have you in the 50s.

it's slow here. 95 southbound at from lorton to the stafford county border.jam packed from courthouse to the beltway. back to you in the studio. jonathan: thank you. seven on storm watch, the dream for the white christmas is a nightmare for folks in the neighborhood. they were hit with a winter storm on the 25th. although the storm weakened, thousands remain without power. 13,700 powerless to stop. more than 17,000 in the dark in michigan. doug is joining us. we have short sleeve shirts. then you have people skiing. doug: winter green is over 1,300 in elevation. the snow guns come on later tonight when it drops below freezing. they are still able to make snow. if it was 68 every day, we would be in san diego. we are not. it will get colder. it's not like what we had a couple of weeks ago that is an instant freeze. we drop from the 50's to the 40's. by morning we will settle down in the lower to the mid-30's. thursday with the rain likely in the morning and it should taper off with the afternoon clearing. the holiday weekend, partly cloudy, 46. showers on sund

he was from lorton. he was driving on 95 when his car ran out of gas near the prince william parkway exit. two men with him decided to walk down 95 to the nearest gas station. as they were walking, a tractor-trailer hit him. state police say no one else was hurt. >>> there is relief on the way for metro riders. the huge safetrack plan is taking a break until february. . transportation reporter adam tuss tweeted the news out today. he's live now at the metro station. >> reporter: this is going to be a welcome break for so many frustrated riders who have been putting up with the safetrack work. but enjoy the break while it lasts because that work is going to be back. hitting the pause on safetrack until february, but u when it picks back. up, here's areas they have identified where work needs to take place. the blue and yellow lines in huntington, a a compleshutdown. green line work between green belt and college park. for some who ride from alex alexandria safetrack made the trip almost >> on the single t

this is right near lorton. it will take you 17 minutes. the pace is not terrible. nothing is bumper-to-bumper and no accidents. alison: thank you. coming up next at "abc7 news at 4:00" -- a mystery shopper scam making the rounds. we will show you the two signs look at this... a silicon valley server farm. the vault to man's greatest wonders... selfies, cat videos and winking emojis. speaking of tech wonders, with the geico app you can get roadside assistance, digital id cards... or even file a claim. do that.. yeah, yeah that should work. it's not happening... just try again. hmm... the award-winning geico app. download it today. you love all-day breakfast. but you don't love that you can't get all your favorites. but now you can get more of what you love. so you can find something else to not love. (softly) like hearing the sound of your own voice. get more choices you love, now with all day breakfast. jonathan: some job offers to work from home could drain your bank account. consumer reporter john matarese has a holiday season warn something you don't waste your

clear skies allowing the temperatures to fall. 26 degrees right now. 28 front royal. 28 in lorton. it's boing to be another cold night tonight. not quite as cold as last night. i don't think we'll hit the mid-teens like this morning. stilin you wake up and walk out the door on your wednesday. no rain to talk about. no rain or snow. i don't even see any snow chances for the rest of the year. i apologize u. it would be nice. i don't think it's going to happen. wet christmas, possibly. at least christmas eve. current temperatures around the area, you notice this cold air a across the east. this isn't frigid like it was yesterday. 14 in chicago. today they got sbo the upper 20s. this is rem any sent of what's happening. cool air across the east and it's going to stick around. we have the clear skies that allows us to cool tonight. back to the west, we're tracking another front and another system bringing snow to the great lakes. there will be another one of those over the next few days. just like this one, it will track to the north. so we have the cool air ahead of it. here comes the

temperatures, at 51 degrees, outside the beltway, some areas in the upper 40s, 52 in manassas and 52 in lorton. hour in some spots. we'll be breezy tomorrow morning, winds will calm late tomorrow night and we're looking good, but cloudy for sunday. if you're headed up to annapolis for the acc title game, it's going to be a little breezy out there. next chance of rain comes on tuesday, temperatures in the 40s, could even see a little further precipitation some spots there. wednesday and thursday, still have rain chances and some could cooldown big-time next weekend. >>> the holidays could be a perfect time to catch a movie with the family. with the family. >> we look at what's new in nd lung cancer patient. the day i got the diagnosis, i was just shocked. the surgeon in dallas said i needed to have the top left lobe of my lung removed. i wanted to know what my other options were. and i found that at cancer treatment centers of america. at ctca, our experts examine a variety of therapies, treatments and technologies to identify a plan specifically for each patient. my doctor understood that who

area fartherdownstream in the past 20 to 30 minutes you can see the next batch is coming up through lorton. we are not finished with the rain yet. but the big picture is encouraging. after we get through the next couple of hours we think moderate bands move through. out of the viewing area. behind that patchy rain. late tonight it will come to an end. storm system will continue to develop and move offshore. that will pull the rain with it. there are warning above 2,000 feet. that will improve in the morning. all of us will see better weather here before long. in the future cast, this has trailing edge of the steady rain out of here. overnight a few patchy showers as the storm continues to move offshore. in the morning it should be a pleasant day. temperatures are starting off there is a pressure system. clouds are moving in ahead of a cold front. this is a strong cold front. even though it doesn't have the potential to produce very much precipitation at all, maybe a stray shower. maybe rain or snowshower in spots but the cold air will pour in on friday. the winds are gusting to keep wind c

reporting in lorton, alexandrana limon, fox5 a local news.ews. > that with christmashris practically here, less than two hours away, people scrambling tm get home, earlier today you bet it was stuff on the roads and at some airports because weatherrpr was certainly a can pennsylvaniaor. the in california, snow in midwest causing big back understand for many travelers. the holidays can be an emotional tile as together from near and far. stieve williams was at reagan national airport where thehe holiday spirit was in full in force. take a listen. are you guys prepared to do jingle bells or rudolph. >> that would be great. for the fields we go, laughing all the way. way it's nice to be able to come to here and see the great big big christmas cheer.hee it really gets me in the holiday spirit. jingle bells, jingle all thehe way. owe, what fun it is to ride in a one-horse open sleigh. a wonderful experience to be able to come and see my family, spend sometime with my my girlfriend. i'm really looking forward to it. this is probably one of my mosto favorite gigs. it's one of my most favorit

lorton had activity on the right side getting out well. inner loop at branch avenue, a crash there on the right side. 66, 95, no major issues there and 210 northbound at kerby hill we have a problem caue ing sowns inbound. >> thank you. we will check that ever >>> it's in the 30s and 40s right now. a little breezy outside. it will stay that way for the remainder of your friday and saturday a little breezy as well. temperatures about average and staying dry through the rainfall show up tuesday, wednesday, thursday next week ahead of the big cooldown. >> thank you, chuck. we will check in with you in ?? >>> it's 8:00 on >>> 8:00 on "today." coming up, trump's surprise, while on this is thank you tour, he announces a cabinet pi mattis as my secretary of defense. my people over there are probably saying, you weren't supposed to do that. >> tempers flare as aides from both campaigns. >> i would rather lose than win the way you guys did. >> no, you wouldn't. >> hold the cell phone. >> i'm scared. >> i want to go back home. >> what happens when y

we're up to 47 in washington, 52, lorton, virginia, 56 in lorenton, so quite a nice day to be outside. hourly temperatures, most neighborhoods in the low 50s between now and 2:00, 3:00 this afternoon. northwest winds coming back this afternoon mean a quick drop in temperatures, down to 34 degrees by 11:00 tonight. look at tomorrow and the weekend coming up in a few. >>> well a lot of you, thousands and thousands are getting out of town for the holidays. >> starting today, travel is really going to start picking up. let's check in with news4's justin finch who is live for us at reagan national airport. hi, justin. >> hey there melissa. the rush is getting under way here. you know and the d.c. area, aaa says some six million people are set to travel somewhere for the holidays. more than 100 million nationwide. and if those numbers hold, aaa says this holiday travel record-breaking year. >> all packed up, this family is westward bound for a warm holiday with loved ones. and with two small kids, a travel plan is critical. >> planning the meals. planning the snacks. planning for the tantru

that starts and continues through lorton to get to dale city. the beltway, bumper to bumper as you head north passing by old dominion continuing to the 270 spur and wrapping around to silver spring. 8 miles per hour is the average. g.w. parkway looks good. 66 heading outbound is not too bad. 395, the volume from the pentagon to edsall road. it's 33 from the 11 street bridge to the baltimore washington parkway. that is a look at traffic. back to you. report now and with the new year comes new laws. gaithersburg is making a change to the smoking ban. the city voted to amend the rule to add vaping and e-cigarettes to the list of banned substances. that manes you cannot smoke -- that means you cannot smoke or vape in any public property or the city owned vehicles. the new rule goes into effect on new year's day. jonathan: let's talk about what is happening outside with the weather. a lot of folks are gearing up for the weekend. a lot of folks are getting ready to travel. alison: a lot going on. doug: the travel weather conditions tomorrow and friday

lorton northbound 1, a crash reported there. wanted to let you know about that one. 95 northbound, slowest spot through woodbridge. southbound through quantico as well. on 270 no major issues. a crash just got off the phone with police. they are not there yet but crabbs branch way. brand-new crash there. we'll let you know coming up in n it is 6:32. checking on your top stories. right now there is a massive manhunt across all of europe for this man. he's the prime suspect in that terror attack at a christmas market in berlin. police say he deliberately rammed a tractor-trailer into the crowd. >> more than 100 million people are getting ready to travel for the holiday weekend. four out of ten of them are leaving from the d.c. area. airports and trains will be crowded but the biggest crowds will be on the roads. 93 million people plan to drive for their holiday destinations. >>> in loudoun county a woman could be facing years in jail and thousands of dollars in fine for animal cruelty and neglect. loudoun animal services said kate

. >> all the donation are heading to the lorton community action center which serves people in need in southwest fairfax county. >>> well, some of that freezing air that's been up to the north and west is already starting to move our way. doug's tracking and timing it all from the cold, to the possible chance of snow. >>> if you have the nbc washington app, did you know that you can see weather the moment you open the app? during the break, open up the app settings and put the power of storm team 4 rig on your hth >>> you're watching news 4 at 4:00. >> yeah, but me said not three feet away from me, said dad, i swear, i'm ready for total responsibility. >> jason, you are not ready for total responsibility. >> a huge social media reaction this afternoon to the death of actor and talk show personality, alan thicke. the 69-year-old star of the sitcom, "growing pains" was playing hockey with his son when he suffered a heart attack. >> nearly everyone says thicke was an amazing father, in fact, his last words to his son, complimenting a nice shot while they were playing that hockey game. kit

problems to report from the stafford area and then running par tlol that route 1 look going towards lortonale city to the beltway all in the clear. coming in stafford country and prince william country light volume building at this hour. not much. inside the beltway, 9 5 northbound look going there. looks route 7 a couple of slow downs but that's probably volume building at this hour. 66 eastbound looking pretty good no slow downs to report 234 to nutly street and we're fine in that area of fairfax country and 295 route 50 to 11 street bridge looking quiet and no reported accidents or delays at this hour, mature each, holly, >> thanks, caitlin, time 5:1 and let's look at stories you're social media. >> wisdom is standing by in the realtime news trainger. >> first up marnl marnl spelling big business for the state of colorado in the first ten months of 2016, pot shops in colorado made more than $1 billion in sales. now, according to a report, marijuana has had overall 2.4 billion economic impact on the state. >>> next up, president obama admitted word christmas from annual christmas card. m

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it starts newington south to lorton and the occoquan continuing to dale city and woodbridge. heavy traffic north on the belt belt passing by old dominion. 6 miles per hour is what you are averaging here. no crashes to report. we are dealing with the brush fire. a lot of the vienna metro. a lot of slowing. once you get to fairfax you get a break. that is a look at traffic. we will keep you updated on the brushfire. alison: thank you. "7 on your side" with a consumer alert about mcdonald's. not everyone is loving it. a man in chicago is suing mcdonald's restaurants in two illinois counties for overpricing their value meals. the man tells "daily herald" two cheeseburgers, medium drink and a meal costs $5.90 which is 41 contracts -- 41 cents than buying them individually. he is seeking a class action suit for consumer fraud. jonathan: i can hear the outrage boiling inside me. no, that's indigestion. then just don't buy it way. doug: order two burgers and fries instead of a number six. i learned my first job in mcdonald's in tenth grade. hamburgers, cheeseburgers, fries, fish sand

. >> reporter: as for the 2014 grand jury lorton that found short staffing meant that only a third of the city's 12,000 commercial buildings like the ghost ship were being actually inspected -- [ no response ] >> reporter: noel gallo had a comment. >> it's extremely extremely, um, disappointing. >> reporter: now, the mayor says that so far, they have been been busy with recovery efforts and dealing with the families and that answers to the questions will be forthcoming. at the same time new questions are arising about ensuring safety of the buildings and at the same time possibly allowing people to stay in them. it's going to be a tightrope for the mayor to walk . back to you. >> thank you. >>> in the wake of the fire east bay artists are making their voices heard. some interrupted a press conference today. take a listen. >> my friend died. i can tell you whatever i want. >> i sympathize with that. >> okay. well -- [ simultaneous speakers the shouting match erupted after a restaurant owner at jack london square went public with her concerns about an artist warehouse down the street. n

walking in. 6:56 right now.56 right n they've closed down thee clos northbound side of route oneoune in lorton you're jammed back to gordon boulevard.ulev take 95 northbound to getrthbndt around it. ar we'll keep you updated on that o breaking news. keep it to fox5. ox5. >> ♪♪ s morning.ning. new >> the outdoor christmashr market that was the scene of terror and carnage this weekge w reopens as the search for ther t suspect continues. a suspect who hassu been very be much on the radar of police.ol >> near d.c. security gettinget tighter as we inch closer to cl the presidential inauguration.ur this as the trump team trump t releases new information onortio the festivities.viti. ahead this hour we go one-on-one with the toph th top inauguration official.auon off >> no more uber in maryland? d? state officials due to decideueo on a policy designed keepee passenger safe but as uber threatened to say goodbye. gdbye >> a look inside reaganagan national airport on this on this thursday morning.orng the travel rush definitely avel big story for us and for many m of you about to head out ford the holid

we got this tweet in from the virginia rail express.in r 302 stopped at lorton approximately 20 minutes to a medical emergency.mergn if you take the vre coming from northern virginia expect vr that 20 minute delay.at let's go 20 back to skyfox talt about the big crash of thee big morning so far.cras this is in themo district 295is southbound a single vehicle crash. doesn't look like this is the best view ofok lik it. earlier we had it zoomed onom the southbound lanes whichd la showed the car that was into w o the guardrail and was kind of ko off to the shoulder so notot blocking any lanes but delaysuty were building and will thatilth probably continue to build contd here in the 6:00 a.m. hour.the : let's go back to our maps and a we'll show you that delay because emergency vehiclesncy have been on thev scene but nout tow truck yet.ruck yet. i believe once that tow truck tk does get in or seems it was cleared then you just see some e heavier delays.ay all right. all back to southern maryland herehn on our maps here.er looks like just not too bad there are some inboundel you get a little

g irfax county will host a ribbon cuttingtodax ccouneremoo celebrate the completion ofate the new lorton vre stathtionti park and ride project. it's an expansion project thati spaces, new pedestrian connections and lightingesecons improvements.provents hopefully that will help outilhp with the commute. >> to montgomery county amogome special retirement party forty one member of the finest. fin lieutenant thomas jacocks the longest serving police officer at a single agencyff in theyn t state of maryland. myland. he turned in his badge lastadges night after 61 years. he says he is still not takingog a break though. he plans to continuestinu volunteering for the force. probably his car just driverser >> right. going to the store ended up at work. >> right.>> r. >> happening in the district mayor muriel bowser and its department of health announce a plan to end therimu hriivelnth epidemic. >> this comes of course onn world aids day today where there is also a push fromaidsisa grlsoups arouno da tpuhe worldo stop the spread inn a video message president barack obamaid spoke about the success

you can see that yellow right yh now coming up from dale city c towards lorton we do have some owowdowns little bit of volume picking up south of 50.f 50. the northbound side we have asie crash between howard road andnd the 11th street bridge a care ar spun outer there because ofer t those slick conditions.he we'll take a qe uislck looklook outside and show you what you're up against. heavier rain top of the beltway light volume throughvolh college park 95 over to georgia but a slower commuteute than usual. want to tap those brakes takep h it slow. grab your umbrella.os our umbr elmetro ilas on time if you wanw to hop on the rails instead.heli back to you maureen and steve.ae >> thanks erin. e >>> president-elect donaldid trump announcing more jobsenunc coming back to the united unite states. >> police department changing their dress code for religious reasons. more on that story next. story . >> president-elect donald trump announced jobs comingin back to the u.s. u.s >> fox news correspondent cresp jackie ibanez is monitoringitorn the latest. >> very very strong withy on israel. i thin

slightly heavier than what we would like to see.wolike traffic in lorton looking lookig good. seeing any issues one out in wellington.ellington. certainly keep you updated.ted. 395 cruising and met throw is on time except for safe track.. i'll toss it back to you holly and bac steve. s. >> the rv is priceless.cess. love it erin. erin. >>> uber is, has a plan ofla course for self driving carsvias but it's hitting another bump b in the road this morning.d th we'll have details cisoming up.. >> remembering a broadcasting legend.ge tributes pouring in thisis morning for craig sager. sag we'll take a look at how he'se' being honored.g honor if you don't recognize himim there, well, you will afteril the break.. >> definitely.ef as we head to break on thishi friday, cold, cold, cold, people. pe no other way to say it pleaseles bundle up for your health. h we're back in just 30 seconds.es don't go away. >> ♪♪ ♪♪ >> i would like all of you told join me in applause for a likppr great man an life well lived. ld thank you. y [cheers and applause] appla >> last night the entire nbae n play

all the way into stafford as yoy get closer to the beltway intoay newington through dale city andd lortonow that the roads are quite and basically problem free rightreer now. maybe you're trying to get that last minute shopping in nown n might be the time to hit the hie roads. a lot of stores opening earlyper today. da 395 northbound edsall road tol the 14th street bridge quiet. q problem free on the freeway 695 in both directions cruisingising along past the third streethirdt tunnel in southeast down by thet ballpark things are looking are good. no problems on suit hand parkway district heights nice and quietq bell way through largo is also moving along and all metro raili lines on time right now.gh i got you covered this morning g with your traffic. >> thanks erin. e another busy travel day at thet nation's airports.rts. millions are high tailing it ou of town to be with family and a frie >> fox5's melanie alnwick likelk at reagan national airport withw how you can see how the securits line is going this hour, mel. m how we looking? >> reporter: looking pretty pre good right now.. certa

r both directions blocked in lorton. that's traffic. traff back to you.back tyou. >> 7: 18. need your help finding two missing 15-year-olds. take a look all-o right screen.r on the left that's reginaegin christmas who was last seentee nearly a week ago on minnesotane avenue in southeast.southet. that's on the left. now on your right jenae davis d last spotted on november 27thbe7 on reynolds place ins ac southeast. if you've seen either of these young ladies, please callleca police immediately.ediately. >>> in loudoun county nownty n police need your help finding fi friday. celine nap frequents the areas of ashburn fre village shoppingn center, the dulles town spentpe and potomac falls. fal if you have seen this seen is 16-year-old, police ask thatol you give them a call. cal worried parents there.ar >>> overnight in the districther pursuit of affordable housingeou keeps people out in the coldold overnight. >> here with where that's happening and why those residents spent theere nwiigppn camping out is melanie it leaving officers opens at 9 o'clock opened until 12 for u the f

good morning, everybody, temperatures are in the teens all across the area. 19 in washington, 17 in lorton17 in fredericksburg and 18 in leesburg. it's going to be cold at those bus stops early this morning. not a lot of wind but that tiniest breeze has windchills down close to see owe this morning. nothing to worry about precipwise. still >> and that's a look at your weather, folks. >> tweets pouring in from del boca vista. >>> coming up, why president-elect trump is facing calls to give up his glamorous new hotel in washington and the new twist in his legal battle with the celebrity chef who bailed on that project. >>> and coming up on rossen reports, can this device sniff out the freshness of meat, poultry or fish in your fridge? we are going to try that out, but first this is "today" on nbc. fridge? is we'll check it ou but first.t, ♪ [ laughter ] >>> alisa keys. >> after your local news. nounce] for tim and richard smucker, giving a gift of their family's delicious jam always made the holidays just a little bit sweeter. we forgot to put our names on