reagan national airport how are things going? anna-lysa: things are looking a lot better at the drop-off and pickup areas airport. about two hours ago, it took about 30 minutes to get here. it usually takes 10 minutes from our studios in rosslyn. some people are frustrated butter remaining hopeful. >> this is my first time in washington, d.c. we are representing bank over. bags packed, stomachs empty, people from all over have to pass through reagan national airport. estimates 50 million americans come a 3% increase from last year. folks are feeling the impact. aftern missed his flight driving from virginia beach. >> we had seconds to go. anna-lysa: why did you become so emotional about him missing it? >> because i wedding to pick them up. anna-lysa: they also experienced delays on the gw parkway. >> get on the metro. anna-lysa: despite later setbacks, they remain thankful. >> i'm thankful for my wonderful family. >> i thank god for everything. anna-lysa: some really good news tonight, her son who missed the flight earlier was ab

live at reagan national tonight. lauren, what are y >> shawn, sarah, the skies could be a little clearer this christmas and not for good reason. when american airlines is saying about the glech that gave all pilots off over the holidays and what you can do if you purchased atic wet them. sue. >> hi there, lauren, you have a warmer jacket own tonight. you'll need it. after hitting 70 at reagan national today suburban areas into the mid 0s. we'll have a look at the forecast in a now to a story you'll see first here on "fox5". within the last two weeks two residents in montgomery county fell for the so-called grand parent scam. they both lost $5,000. joyce thomas was one of those. someone calling that was her grandson said he needed help and was in an accident and someone was hurt and locked up and needed $5,000 to get out of jail. within a few hours she realized she was scammed after calling her grandson's cell phone. >> he answered the phone and now i'm like, where are you? you know? what happened? where are you? >> h

temperatures this hour, 45 degrees at reagan national airport. 41 in reston. same in annapolis and woodbridge. satellite and radar, heavy rain to the north and east of baltimore. the immediate metro will stay wet, chilly, and cloudy through the if you're putting off voting thinking it is going to get better this afternoon, not a tremendous amount of improvement over the next 4-5 hours. get out while you can while the polls are not that busy in the midday hours. highs around 50 degrees. i think that is more unlikely through the afternoon. probably around 45-49 degrees. where talking more about the wet chilly afternoon. if you have outdoor plans for your outdoor patio and you live in the district and closed in communities, you won't want to miss the forecast. we're looking at the first hard freeze of the season. adrianna: president trump is calling on north korea to make a deal. he is in south korea, 35 miles from the north korean border. it is his first korean peninsula. he says he knows military force will be a last resort, but could be necessary if kim jong-u

right now slipping to 59 degrees at reagan national airport. colder air tonight. tracking showers for tomorrow night. more on that in a few minutes. announcer: you're watching "abc7 news at 6:00". on your side. michelle: tonight a brizzing thief struck three times in two days. this happened friday. the clerk fearing for his life in the situation. it was the first of the three similar attacks caught on video. an hour later he hit a different store. if you recognize the man or his hoodie and the ski mask call the police. a burglar caught on video. this is from november 18. you see the man grab the cash drawer before checking out the wine and the beer selection. he is on the loose. jonathan: video of a caper straight out of the movies. two crooks wearing costumes to look like they are old guys robbing an atlanta area jewelry store. the video is pretty clear. they swiped hundreds of thousands of high end watches. and then away they went. the thieves now have a $10,000ry ward out for the cap -- reward out bizarre theft. that is a thief making out with a mounted zebra h

reagan national is forecast 26. the record is 26. we are already yet 33. 33.e are already at going to bes are very close if not broken in many spots. the weekend outlook looks like this, widespread morning freeze tomorrow, freeze warning in effect. sunshine, high clouds in the afternoon, gorgeous, but chilly. sunday we rebound to a whopping 50 degrees. sunday, biking, vikings-redskins, 47 at fedex field. it will be dry but cloudy. 47 to 50. national harbor, sunday night, 5:00 until 7:00, the christmas tree lighting. julie wright will be in the seeing that. a great night, bundle up. steve rudin was there earlier only 5:00 newscast and gave us a sneak peek. the tree is beautiful. strongly encourage you to go out there. the next weather maker bringing a chance of showers monday. not an organized weather system. temperatures rebound next week. the early part of next weekend, much more fall like with upper 50's, lows of the 40's. we will be wearing shorts. jonathan: as the temperatures drop, $1000 for iphone co still get a refreshing any

reagan national 32. lots of 20's ou out there. dulles is 25. bw marshall 27. cold front came through a couple days ago. we're looking at bright sunshine. maybe not more than a cloud or two later today. one of those gorgeous beautiful days. >> okay. >> you got up at 3:00 in the morning. by 3:00 in the afternoon you feel like have i been up for every. >> exactly. >> one of notice days. >> exactly. you got some time to go. keep going. >> yeah, i'm going to keep going. >> only 6:04 and 39 seconds. >> hey, that cold front is going to give us a sprinkle or a shower. this is tomorrow afternoon. so, we might get a sprinkle tomorrow. i'm fast weekend forecast. we'll talk more about the weekend forecast coming up in ae. o have to stand in line in some places. where our annie yu is in clarksburg there's a fire pit. >> that's nice. >> people can stand in front of the fire pit and stay warm. >> people stand in front of the fire pit. >> yes. >> are we talking about the snooze fest that was the redskins game later on. >> they won. >> we're going to discuss that. >> the jinx

and they're temperatures outside 41 de dreez, reagan national. bwi preez freezing, 32. 20s north and west of town here to start the day. certainly chilly. today's planner features some through the afternoon. and 48 by 10 a.m., up to 57, 1:00 and near 60 by 4:00. checking the forecast and erin como is back with busy travel. what are we calling it terrible traffic tuesday. >> terrible turkey traffic tuesday. >> i like it. >> it's a good name. >> right now unfortunately seeing flashing lights 66 eastbound coming from mannasas to virginia. it's by 234 prince william parkway right shoulder blocked use caution there. this is the topside of the bement we college park there as you make your way past new hampshire you're in great shape. rest of beltway inand outer loop will keep you updated. things looking on inner loop nice. questions, erinfoxdc on twitter. good news it seems like typical tuesday morning right now. we'll let you know when that changes, wisdom and holy. >> coming up on "fox news morning" the international criminal court ordered investigat

we're live at reagan national. looks like you have a front-row seat to all the planes waiting to take off. how cool is that? >> reporter: so cool. i'll tell you what, it never gets old coming out here on the runway. thanks to american airlines for getting us out here today as this plane just came in. the bags are loading. american has 250 flights alone just this airline getting out of reagan national today. factor in all the other airlines that are going out of here today, and you know it's going to be a very busy day. this plane right here has about 40 minutes to turn around before it heads up to boston. and it's the case ul up and country. it's a busy day at the airport. before the first flight even left reagan national this morning -- this was the scene at the security checkpoint line. >> so what you're seeing here today is a pretty long line. >> on and on and on, the line stretched, the reason, these guys, a fairly new program with explosive detection k-9 teams using their noses for security. >> they're giving

. >> reagan national expected to be the 25th busiest this week. dulles ranked 23rd. bwi marshall comes in just ahead at 22nd. by the way, bwi marshall is making it easier for you to fly and pick up loved ones this holiday season. >> free parking for the first hour in hourly garages. it's also adding 50 spaces to the cell phone lot. the arrivals area will be less congested. now have to pick up and drop off passengers on the departure level. all these changes are expected to be in effect through mid-january and hopefully making travel months smoother. it gets really congested there.

chilly at reagan national. wind out of the west-southwest 13 miles per hour, adding extra chill. satellite and radar, it is quiet and dry. we will stay that way through the afternoon into the overnight. we may see a chance of a shower later on tomorrow into early wednesday. other than that, it will be dry. here is your hourly forecast of the afternoon. highs struggle to make it close to 50 degrees. we will build on that tomorrow. 32 to 39 degrees. coming up, we looked at the thanksgiving travel outlook and the black friday shopping forecast. adrianna: coming up news at noon, the streets turned into an airport runway. find out what went wrong right after takeoff. was, if your christmas wish to have this under your tree, you're out of luck. details on this robot designed to give gymnasts a run for their money. here is a quick check of traffic with eric smith. eric: good afternoon. mostly quiet so far today. we have a couple of work zones slowing you down. 66 eastbound after route 50 in fairfax to very heavy past route 123. that is where the lifeline to shut down for a work zone. do

live at reagan national, i news. >> ♪ >> all right, 4:35 is the time right now.ood morning erin como. >> good morning. >> good morning mike thomas. >> good morning. i just noticed our point set >> 'tis the season. >> are you feeling holly jolly. >> doesn't feel like the season. >> it's hard to complain about yesterday. it was gorgeous. sun was out. 70 degrees. won't do that again. >> it got up to 70? >> got up to 70. >> felt it but i didn't realize it did. >> i don't think we'll do it again. i think that was it for the year. >> last hurrah. >> last hurrah with the 70's. we'll do 60's still. fox5 satellite showing you there we have some clouds moving through courtesy of a cold front that's getting out of this warm pattern that we had and kind of changing us over to a more milder pattern. not so much cool for this time of year as average highs should just be 52 degrees. we're already at 45, dulles 38, bwi 42 degrees at this hour. today is another above normal day. just not as warm as yesterday. be51by 10 o'clock, up to 59 near 60 at 4 o'clock this afternoon. that's

for those of you leaving reagan national, no weather worries. we have clear skies, temperatures right around 40 degrees. a little colder elsewhere across the area. as we take a look at the area airports elsewhere across the region, nice and quiet. we are really looking out. 36, boston. 54, dulles. 72, miami. across much of the country, today and tomorrow, looking very quiet. if you are headed up to boston like myself tomorrow, 51. 51 in oklahoma. the only areas that will be northwest. i'm eileen whelan. autria: if you are looking to get a head start on the thanksgiving drive, you might want to leave right now. this evening will be the worst possible time to travel this week. that is when thanksgiving travelers will makes with regular -- mix with regular commuters. the other heaviest travel days this thanksgiving holiday are wednesday, sunday, and saturday. all major airports will be surrounded with heavy congestion. larry: we will send out urgent traffic alerts. make sure you don't miss them by sending up for our text alert service. an early-mor

currently you 52 reagan national and up in baltimore 50. cold front coming through an area low pressure develops off the coast bringing us rain shower ought overnight. whipped pick up. and it will be breezy afternoon. but it should be sunny and pleasant afternoon. temperatures mid 50s. cooler than yesterday. take a jacket. >> most people are in a good mood anyway that gives you another five degrees at least. >> those who to get to the airport. >> or grocery store. >> and erin did you get to the store yesterday i did not. >> i did. parking in the lot was a lot more stressful than actually shopping. >> there were a lot of cars. >> it was more issue of inability to park or share you know the usual. >> the ush. >> once i got to the grocery story was this a good mood. >> snawver cool road. police directing traffic. a scene causing a backup. snrv on the road he again. 6:0 take a look is that the holy and wisdom on the roads. they're joining free thanksgiving day traffic traffic for a good reason. this morning, holy and wisdom, hi, guys are helpin

i'll explain in a minute. 77 degrees reagan national. b. >> reporter: 76, dulles 76. well above that yesterday, well above that later on today. bus stop forecast 45 to in some places 60 but most will still need the light jacket as they get off to school this morning. after school shorts and t-shirts. 74 to 80 degrees, mix of clouds and sun with the chance of a shower as we head into the 5 o'clock and 6 o'clock hours tonight. 78 your daytime high today. look at tomorrow though. clds much cooler. 59 degrees on and off drizzle. don't forget to set those clocks back sunday. could wake up to drizzle sunday but by late sunday afternoon i think the sun is poking back through. we get up to 70. that's a check of the forecast. back to you, erin for traffic. >> pretty pleasant weekend for the first weekend in november. i can't believe it's that time of year alread. as you wake up around the dmv this morning we still have construction lingering in some areas including southbound gw parkway between the key bridge and roosevelt bridge. left lane blocked but you know, you can see al

traffic is light on the way to dulles reagan national as well as bwi.know if that changes. if you have an early morning flight to catch right now all metro rail lines are on time. things looking nice in southern maryland. 301 at the five split we're problem free through dale city on 95 looking good on 66 from gainsville all the way through centreville and into fairfax. problem free on 270 as you head into the district from frederick. we'll get you covered if anything else pops up. maureen and holly. >> erin thank you. time is 5:18. >> let's take a look at the stories you're engaging with the most on social media. wisdom joins us with our realtime tracker. >> investigations into the deleted russian twitter accounts used shortly before last year's presidential election reveal how russian agents intended to focus media and hillary clinton. some tweets were retrieved by matching the account handles against an archive obtained by the associated press. >>> now to the third woman -- that a third woman has come forward with allegations of sexual assault alleged

i guarantee they will not be there this time tomorrow. 51 at reagan national airport. no wind chill to worry about, at least right now. satellite and radar, clouds around the capital beltway. they will stick around for most of the day. once that front moves through, skies clear later on tonight. forecast shows high temperatures in the lower to middle 50's. then the big plunge this evening. we are talking about a freeze watch in effect late tomorrow night into early saturday morning. it does include the district, arlington, alexandria, all of a sudden ireland tomorrow night into saturday morning. could be looking at temperatures in downtown d.c. around 30 degrees. week and and looking to next week, coming up in a few minutes. adrianna: the woman who threw urine on a metro bus driver would not spend 120 days in jail. during today's sentencing, a judge told opal brown she had no remorse and said "you just don't get it. " prosecutors are calling for these types of incidents to be misdemeanors. happening now, hundreds of students from across the country deciding to walk out

spotone other big trouble was any road leading to reagan national airport. a section of the gw parkway was a virtual parking lot much of the day. the airport says the sunday after thanksgiving is normally its biggest travel day of the year. as bad as that was, 95 in off to eat. >> just relax a little bit and then drive when the traffic eases up. tom: they really try to see it as the glass half-full. >> we are getting to see part of the road that we normally just zoom by. such an optimistic viewpoint because they were planning to drive all the way to florida. we just moved into fairfax county, and still traffic is fine. that is the case through the d.c. area. smoothly in moving the baltimore and richmond areas as well. reporting live along i-95 in northern virginia, tom roussey, abc 7 news. reminder -- get up-to-the-minute traffic and weather updates with the abc 7 app. it is free in your app store. president trump and his family are who left home to spend time with family. he is back at the white house tonight. and the president is returning to confusion con

traffic on way to bwi, reagan national and dulles. and if you skip the roads trying to get to work on metro all rail lines 5 a.m. currently on time. i'll let you know when that changes back to you holy and maureen. >> coming back on "fox news morning". >> we're like all right somebody will come out and nobody came out and we sat there and slept in the car. >> arizona ar family of five who spent the night in the dessert is rescued after becoming strabded. we'll have their story ahead. will have welcome back to "fox news morning". it's 5:09 and it's 51 degrees. man these brakes sneak up on you don't they. >> we want to get you update now on the death of a border patrol agent we told you about yesterday. fbi says they're investigating death as potential assault. agent martinez died sunday after suffering extensive his partner was sear quusly injured. federal agents are not saying why they believe they were attacked. there's a $5,000 reward for information. >>> the man accused of halloween terror attack in new york city is now rnl khaed w

thin clouds with wind out of the south. 51 degrees at reagan national airport. five degrees cooler at dulles. 55 and culpeper. cooler t satellite and radar, 12:17 thousand filtering overhead. it will stay dry. if you're doing anything outdoors, maybe getting an early .tart, it will stay dry later tonight, a cold front to the north and west will sweep across the mid-atlantic. that will trigger showers. when that moves through, cooler temperatures for today and tomorrow, but at least it will be dry. you're out to lunch forecast, upper 50's lower 60's with a good amount of sunshine. futurecast, starting at 9:00 tonight, if you are traveling from 9:00 until midnight it will at 6:00 a.m. we will look for showers east of 95 across southern maryland. when we get those out of here by 7:00 tom everything dries out. cooler air will overspread the area. nighttime lows 43-48 degrees. tomorrow, temperatures above freezing. if you see showers in your neighborhood, you won't have to freezing.t roadways highs in the upper 40's to lower 50's. a great time to download the storm-w

live in reagan national, ryan hughes. autria: you have expect those planes to be heavier on the return trip home. our free stormwatch 7 app gives you the forecast wherever you are and we have got live traffic in the new zap, as well as traffic cameras wh who helped to get three ucla players release from china? the president tweeting that he got them out of a long prison sentence and called their father and ungrateful fool after he told cnn that he will not think the president for any help he may or may not have offered. the president tweeting about the nfl this morning, saying that they're thinking about the new idea, keeping teams in the locker room next season during almost as, that it's bad as kneeling. "when will the commissioner get smart, the issue is cut -- killing the league." what happened that led to a person being hit and killed on the dulles toll road before 10:00 last night on the eastbound lanes of the toll route -- toll road. the person that was hit died at the scene. the driverid arrived. d.c. fire and ems

look at these temperatures. 58 degrees right now at reagan national airport. middle 50's in reston. fredericksburg at 58 degrees. woodbridge also at 58. show you storm wat 7 satellite and radar, really not a whole lot going on. high pressure remains in firm control, and that means lots of sunshine. as we move through the afternoon hours, daytime highs will make it into the upper 50's. would not be surprised some areas see temperatures around 60 degrees. clear skies, 5:00 p.m., a few added clouds by 7:00. but it will stay dry. coming up, talking about our next best chance for showers around the area, and this weekend, we are looking ahead to christmas tree shopping forecasts. more on that coming up in just a few minutes. adrianna? adrianna: all right. back to work for lawmakers on capitol hill today. the end of recess comes as minnesota senator al franken breaks his silence in sexual harassment allegations against him emerged. ere's abc's sarina marshall. reporter: sexual harassment and other allegations of improper conduct echoing through the marbled halls of capitol hill. before re

around 36 degrees at reagan national airport. the wind, once they settle down, will allow the coldest of the air to move in later tonight. you definitely feel it by later tomorrow morning. abovegh is 45, well average for this time of year. for this evening, if you're going out and about, make sure you bundle up. make sure you have a gloves, and long pants. temperatures near freezing by 9:00. we will talk about the rest of the weekend, redskins football, and milder air on the way. adrianna: be sure to download the abc seven news out together latest on this weekend's weather. it is a free download through the app store or on google play. the mother of one of the alleged victims of carlos bell is speaking out. don gonzalez is live in hyattsville with the details on what she had to say. --john gonzalez is live in hyattsville with what she had to say. john: the family of one of the young victims in this sex abuse scandal that has really rocked charles county has formerly filed a lawsuit today. the mother of this middle school or sayin

. >> it was 50 at reagan national.z and partly cloudy skies a little later. definitely a chill rear start. temperature now is 44 as mentioned and with a little bit of a breeze out of the north, northeast at 12 feels like 38. not a huge wind chill but it's definitely noticeable. as are the temperatures that already dropped to the freezing mark in many suburban areas. frederick you're there mar tipsburg and win chester 3 and culpeper 34. mannasas 33. so it's definitely going to be a chill hi start tomorrow morning and this is a substantial temperature change not just from high temperature today which did hit 70 reagan national and 68 dulles and then comparing it to last night at 11 you could see we were quite a bit chillier. 6 colder to as many we look around the region. 42 for district. if not it's a little chillier in suburb urban areas. out of the northeast 5 to 10. we have a bright start clouds around in the afternoon and thickening later in the day and touch 56 and hold off showers until well after the christmas tre

reagan national 32 this morning. cold temperatures out there early.utside the beltway temperatures in the 20s. cool start to the day. cold start at the day. nice warmup in store. back in the low to mid 50's. it should be have very pleasant afternoon with lots of sunshine and quiet conditions. you can see clear skies across the mid atlantic here if you're traveling headed home after enjoying grandma's house in d.c., up towards new york and boston, you're in good shape later today down not carolinas down into atlanta out to -- all the way out to chicago we've got quiet conditions for the afternoon. so it should be beautiful afternoon. although a little cool. temps again in the low to mid 50s this afternoon. 54 degrees. all right. this weekend we got a shower chance on saturday talk about the timing on know what we got to expect temperature wise. warmer temperatures tomorrow. back to you guys. >> i'll take it. that sounds really pleasant. 8:36. if you are venturing out for black friday shopping, really quiet conditions. we do have an outer loop after riv

temperatures at 50 degrees at reagan national. another 2 degrees across the board. mars burke, upper 40's. fredericksburg, 50's later on this afternoon. the clouds are with us and will stick around a little bit longer than we originally anticipated. at least it will be dry out there. coat is what you need this afternoon going to lunch. sunshine by about 2:00. as we moved to the new 10 hour -- noon the afternoon time power and into the afternoon come the clouds break apart for the afternoon. tonight under mainly clear skies, temperatures are going to drop quickly into the upper 20's and the middle 30's, depending on the location. commute, 40 seven degrees. slowly falling temperatures by 8:00. they really take a tumble play and :00, 10:00, 11:00 tonight. tomorrow morning, chill in the air. waking up tomorrow, you will see a good amount of sunshine. grab your sunglasses, warm jacket. daytime highs in the low 50's. the weekend is looking not so great. 60 on saturday. above average. much colder behind the cold front on sunday come with highs only around 45 degrees. 10-a

year, that it is going to feel cooler than where we were yesterday when we hit 70 degrees at reagan nationalirport. we are not going to see anything like that anytime soon around here. going to the national christmas tree lighting ceremony, looking good, although a bit on the chilly side. don't forget to download your stormwatch 7 weather app, even though we are not expecting anything severe in terms of storms. it's always fun to look at the temperatures out there as it gets colder when the sun sets at 4:45. 7:00 tonight, notice how it is dry around the beltway. you, wantsated for to bring a few showers in as we move towards that 9:00, hour. it begins to break apart. by 11:00, most of the shower activity is out of here, and then our skies begin to clear. that means no problems at all for the rush-hour commute. if you are going to be out and about early for our friday morning, bring the sunglasses. temperatures, a definite chill in the air. 40's in's, lower fairfax and bethesda. a planner for tomorrow, highs in the lower 50's, and in the theend, always looking at weekend -- mid 50's on sunday

temperatures around the area, pleasantly warm. 68 degrees at reagan national airport. three degrees warmer at dulles. temperatures cooler to the west of us. western maryland, middle 50's at this hour. the clouds are just beginning to overspread the capital beltway. lots of sunshine still for southern maryland. lot of sunshine now, but it will fade as a goes through the next hour or two. the frederick, maryland area, earlier, a few passing showers. it did not amount to a lot. for thisve plans afternoon, keep an umbrella handy, even though you will probably not need it. temperatures make it to the upper 70's. i would not be surprised some areas see highs around 80 degrees. hour,il nighttime lows tonight around 40 to 50 degrees with milder temperatures closer to the capital beltway. getting up tomorrow morning, maybe going to the farmers market, temperatures on the cool , then we warm up a little bit. highs only around 60 degrees. here is our futurecast as we move through tomorrow. notice how the clouds increase and showers arrive from the south and west tomorrow evening

reagan national airport, as well as the roads where things seem to be running pretty smoothly in our area. i was there yesterday at 5:00 p.m. >> you were. >> absolute nightmare. it took from entrance to exit on the airport property, one hour. took me a full hour to get on and off the property. >> the live picture. yesterday morning at this time, it was bumper to bumper cars in that picture. now it's nothing. >> it was awful yesterday. >> today we're colder than we've been all week. >> yes, it's cold. below freezing. it's one of those -- you start thawing your turkey. it's freezing outside. look at these feels-like temperatures. it feels like 27 degrees. 31 in clinton. everyone feels like freezing. the actual temperatures are below freezing except for the district. it's all right, we feel below freezing. if you have any prep work to do, 7:00 a.m., still below freezing. by 8:00 a.m., 33 degrees. if you have to get up early, walk the dog or head outside, it is a cold one. bundle up. by 9:00 a.m., sunny skies, temperatures in the 30s. a chilly afternoon. we'll look at your thanksgiving f

thing on the way to dulles and reagan national typical morning congestion.toll plaza. that >> music world mourning the loss of actor and singer david cassidy. he had been in critical condition suffering from organ failure shortly before his death. >> '70's heart throb shot to fame when he starred and sang in the partridge family. cassidy just 67 years old. a lot of reaction pouring in. his co-star canny danny bonaduce posted on twitter quote i have known, loved and admired david cassidy for 48 out of my 58 years. he has been as kind to me as any real brother could ever be. we've been through a lot together, and he was always there for me. >> that song take me back to my am radio working days with the cart machines. >> oh yeah. >> he definitely left his mark. super talented family as well. >>> time right now 8:17. we're getting an early start on wishing i was happy thank thanksgiving. >> absolutely. so we're trying to spread some holiday cheer this morning in mutiple ways. we know annie and bob are out doing their thing and holly and stop on this special holi

the interior picture on the left is inside reagan national airport. >> that's the problem. on the right that is the s so-called misery map from flight aware and the problem with that map is, the bigger the circle the more the misery. >> right. look who has the biggest circle on the map right now. >> how could be that us. >> a lot of flights early in the morning. west coast flights haven't ramped perhaps and d.c. and new york are leader leading the charge when it comes to air traffic. >> four delays at bwi marshall. three at reagan. >> that's in the terrible. >> no. >> we're still green. so just little bit of rode on there. >> okay. >> let's check in with tucker. no need to go anywhere except maybe outside later today. >> that's a cool little chart. i'll study that later. >> it was cool. >> near 60 later today. here are your headlines. sun the first half of the day. let clouds late this afternoon i'll show you why here on satellite picture in just a second. it will be mild today. about 60 for daytime highs then cooling temperatures overnight tonight an

fox5's melanie alnwick is lie from reagan national airport with more., can you -- i can't imagine that they would let this happen during the holidays but i don't know. >> reporter: you know, i think there's going to be a lot of questions as far as this online scheduling system and what exactly went wrong with it in the technical details, but i got to tell you, it's the pilot's union that actually brought this out into the public. the airline is saying that it remains confident that it's going to get everything taken care of and that people will get to their destinations. they're not expecting a lot of cancellations. that's what the airline is saying publically, but behind the scenes they are scrambling to try to fill those pilot seats and for now passengers' plans may be up in the air. so, the week that we're talking about, these critical holiday travel times, that's december 17th through the 31st, a glitch in the online pilot scheduling system showed that crews were already assigned to fly those routes when they actually weren't and that allowed too ma

live at reagan national with the breaking "7 on your side" consumer alert. sam, how are they going to fix this? sam: michelle, this is going to be a lot of work but experts say they will an hopefully will get this done. here is what we can tell you. 15,000 flights according to the union are affected. american airlines says the number is vastly inflated. here is what they said happened. last week the pilots got notification they were able to take vacation anytime in the christmas rush. as you can imagine, a lot of pilots took advantage of that and took off. the problem was quickly rectified but not before hundreds if not thousands of pilots took leave. now american airlines is scrambling to get all of the flights restaffed ahead of the busy travel season. it affects flights between december 17 and december 31. i talked to an airline expert a few moments ago who said this is he can't remember anytime it happened in the u.s. aviation history. he gave us advice if your flight happens to be affected. >> hopefully they will get the flights staffed. they still have

a flight attendant is honored for her th the story from reagan national airport when i was 3, children's national helped me beat the odds so i can play with my grandkids. so i can celebrate 50. when i was 14, they saved my heart so i could bring family together. so i can serve my country. so i can do what i love. so i can give back. so i can play in the junior olympics. so i can make plays. so i can do this. so i can race my friends. children's national didn't just help us grow up, they helped us grow up stronger. listen, houston astros fans have had a lot of disappointment over 1986. being swept in 2005 against the white sox. but today is the day they got to celebrate. the 2017 world series champions, the astros. thousands of astros fans clad in orange shirts and jerseys crowded the parade route. they brought the city their first baseball crown ever. they started out in 1962. they were the colt 45s. the houston school district canceled class today so students, staff, and families could all attend this monument

things are picking up at reagan national airport this morning. i spoke with travelers. we have a lot of international travelers. i spoke to folks traveling to hondorez and spain is. domestic flights to la, texas and miami. so, all parts of the country. let's give awe h a fist look at reagan national. if you look behind me here blinds look good. that is the good news here. obviously still a good number of folks here at 4:30 and things will only be picking up as the day goes on. i want to show you the board. arrivals both looking good. at this points you do see a little bit of red on those boards and nothing signi significant. delays just by ten or 15 minutes. nothing bad there. and of course, thanksgiving traditionally biggest travel time of year as you mentioned aaa says more people are getting out of dodge this y year. 4 million people expected to fly by air. i want to show you a security line check here at 4:30. and this is what i fear most when i travel. and right now, things are looking excellent. to so, tsa says they have beefed up security and they also want to ke

these are moving toward georgetown and howard university and reagan national. not even worthy of yellow weather alert but be aware as you are stepping out this morning. this is how the rest of your day pans out. 7:30 in the morning is cloudy out there with temperatures in the 40s. and you are looking at some scattered showers on your way to work so there could be a few wet roads out there. then throughout day you notice those showers are just off and on and sort of hit or miss, some areas will get clouds and other areas will actually get a sprinkle or two on the windshield. te are driving hem, 5:00 this afternoon, the scattered showers are still there. so you may also run into a few slick spots on the way home with high temperatures today right around the 51-degree mark. ellen? >>> this was why i love hanging out with you. trying to contain your excitement about the cold front. trying. >> it's great. >> all right if you're heading out this morning we have a closure on georgia avenue in northwest. the closure is between long fellow street and jefferson street in

aperture at reagan national, we have cracked the 50 degree mark, now at 51. winds are out of the north/northeast. azil stay consistent through the afternoon. a light jacket is all you are going to need. sunglasses go, if you are watching in northern maryland, the clouds have already arrived. ,he immediate metro era -- area the sun beginning to fade as clouds build in from the west. widen the view just a bit. with the clouds, rain and showers on the way later tonight, early tomorrow morning. once we get that out of here, we are going to look for clearing through the day tomorrow. the hour-by-hour for mainly in the lower 50's. temperatures by 7:00 tonight in the upper 40's. we will look ahead to the upcoming weekend. we have a cold front, a fairly strong one, on the way. that will bring another chance for rain. we are looking ahead to thanks giving travel monday, tuesday, wednesday. the big day on thursday. there is black friday next week for all the earlybird shoppers. more on that in a few minutes. adrianna: are you a big fan of red light cameras? maybe, mayb

today, 50 degrees at reagan national airport. maybe a little better than that south and west of town. near 60 on thursday. mild on sunday. that will see temperatures that cool off a little bit more monday of next week. adrianna: stay with us. more news is coming up. abc 7 newswatching at noon -- on your side. now, an: right investigation underway following a police-involved shooting in prince george's county overnight. john gonzalez has details on what caused officers to open fire, injuring a man. john: this is still an open investigation. the man, who police say was armed, is still in critical condition at this hour. this happened at this condo community off of landover road. what we have noticed today is that there are a number of these security camera over the place. take a look. it was right across the street where this police-involved shooting occurred last night. prince george's has the lead on the investigation. it was britain's burg police that got the call around 9:00 last night. the response was for a man carrying a gun

we are live this afternoon at reagan national. ryan hughes, abc 7 news. kellye: let's talk -- adrianna: let's talk about the weather. ryan van de graaff is here with a check of the forecast. >> gorgeous blue skies, temperatures exceeding our best expectations from yesterday. the breezes are picking up. that cooler air is on the approach. be prepared for a bit of a cooling trend. look at the bay bridge camera. it's a little shaky out there as the winds are starting to pick up. low-60's briefly. now we are at 56. look to the west. this is the source of our air mass moving in. 45 winchester. 46 in hagerstown. your hour-by-hour forecast to show how those temperatures peaked here middle of the day, then you're going back down again. through the afternoon, 50's. those temperatures will be stepping back as we head through the afternoon. for thanksgiving thursday, plenty of sunshine, dry, but noticeably cooler, temperatures only in the mid-40's. we do rebound a little friday, for the big shopping day. the temperatures get a little cooler. you will need an extra l

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from reagan national airport, evan koslof, wusa9. >> and the tsa says the busiest days of travel willcourse be today and sunday. your best bet is to leave tomorrow on thanksgiving day if you really want to avoid the crowds. and before you leave town for the holiday, be sure to download the free wusa9 traffic app. to stay up-to-date on accidents and congested spots. >>> in other news, this afternoon, a rescue mission is underway after a u.s. navy plane crashed with 11 people on board. the c-2 a transport went down in the ocean south of japan. eight crew members have been rescued so far in good condition. cbs news correspondent ben tray sigh flew within would be -- tracy flew on one of the planes last week. >> reporter: the cargo plane crashed while it was returning to the uss ronald reagan wednesday afternoon and this happened while the u and japanese forces were pacific. now the plane went down into the philippines sea southeast of okinawa which is one of the southern most parts of japan. their defense ministry says an engine malfunctioned and the c- 2 cargo plane seems to be the caus

same story as you make your way to dulles airport quiet reagan national and bwi.ume picking up on 66 both directions through gainsville. and good news we're at speed as you make your way inbound to centerville. 28 quiet. i'll let you know if that changes and 95. look at yellow line we have volume and not enough to cause major slow downs through wood bridge yet between quantico and dale city. watch for a tap of brakes to get closer to springfield interchange. problem free in tysons, any questions again erinfoxdc on twitter let's keep you moving this wednesday morning, holiday and wisdom. >> m coming up a brutal attack of a woman an a live look at the assault. >> and 5:27, tox news morning is dang. ok, i gotta run... hey wait. there's something i need to tell you. dang. dang. dang. dang. daaaang. see zero in a whole new way. get zero down, zero deposit, zero first month's payment, and zero due at signing on select volkswagen models. now with the people first warranty. z2i1zz z16fz y2i1zy y

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