as always, reagan national airport urges everyone to get you early, especially if have flights tomorrow. anna-lysa gayle, abc 7 news. you.n: anna-lysa, thank that was the scene at reagan national, but look at this. we are not the only ones dealing with traffic. this is a live picture from the airport, lax, in los basically total gridlock. and this is the second day in a row they have had bumper to bumper traffic just this holiday season. jonathan: millions of people with exactly the same idea, picking up somebody from the airport. maryland state police are out in full force to keep the roads safe. the day before thanksgiving is times one deadliest the roads nationwide. state police are looking for speeders, signs of dui, or distractive and aggressive drivers. extra troopers are in prince george's and montgomery county, so please drive safely. alison: from backups on the road to big wait times at the grocery store, this was the scene atroots in olney, people grabbing the last-minute holiday necessities. are still buying turkeys, others picking up premade pies. some people said they waite

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

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

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

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

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

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

congratulations, betty, at reagan national airport, bob born fox 5 local news. >> that's a test meant to, how -- she has survived all of these mergers and the changes in the airline industry. she's still, loves her job, even though we've seen a lot of changes, >> it's incredible. again, it's har kens back to, you know, that mad man era of flight, you know, flight being this event. >> it was, you dressed up for it >> and now you just curse when you have to get on plane. >> just think about everything continues on fox5dc.com >> join us on fox 5 plus on channel 20. debbie: when you work at a children's hospice, people ask you, how can you possibly do this? and we say, how can we not? if these kids go through what they go through, we can support them. dr. ralph northam has been our volunteer medical director for the last eighteen years. he's made such a difference in so many families' lives. ralph northam: these kids have given me more than i could ever give them. every family in virginia can afford good healthcare when they need it. announcer: today on "tmz" -- harvey: we got harvey wins

say travelers should expect plenty of traffic on roadways near major airports, including reagan national airport, washington dulles international airport, and bwi marshall airport. in the day ahead-- two very lucky turkeys will meet the president of the united states. wishbone and drumstick - spent the night at the willard hotel this morning. the traditional thanksgiving pardon from president trump at the white house this afternoon. they'll live out the rest of their days at virginia tech. coming up-- a tearful plea for help after thieves strike a woman home. why she says-- the robbery could cost her dog, his life. - chilly thanksgiving; dry black friday - mostly dry weekend; colder sunday today: partly to mostly sunny. breezy to windy. highs: 59-61 winds: sw 10-15 g 20+ mph tonight: mostly cloudy. showers, mainly east of i-95. lows: 43-48 winds: sw 5-10 mph wednesday: mostly sunny. cooler and breezy. highs: 49-52 winds: nw 10-15 g 20 mph coming up-- a historic arena-- now a pile of rubble. missed it all from 20 feet away. how it happened.. developing now-- five new lawsuits have been filed in t

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

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

temperatures are on the cool side. 48 at reagan national airport. wind out of the west-southwest. morning low temperature earlier today was at 39 degrees. we have ticked up about 10 degrees. 45 in martinsburg. 46, dallas. dulles.ch -- 46, hard-pressed to find any cloud cover. this will stay on the cool side, even though it will be very bright. it will be a little breezy. temperatures struggle to make it into the upper 40's to around 50 degrees. sunshine makes it look so nice. even though it is a little chilly. daytime highs, 48 in winchester. it should make it to around 51 low 50's in manassas. andrews the same, around 50 degrees. driving home this evening, no worries with the weather. it will be dry, although a little cool. temperature still in the upper 40's to around 50 degrees. nighttime lows dip back down into the 30's. wind out of the southwest at five to 10 miles per hour. waking up tomorrow morning, a jacket, gloves, hat -- you will need it. walking to the metro stop or taking the dog out, around 25 in college park. 33 in manassas. tomorrow, upper 50's. do not worry about

live at reagan national airport, back to you guys.band from the dc transit system for being too religious, the archdiocese of washington filing a lawsuit to challenge the decision. secretary of medications representing the archdiocese, thank you for joining us. had you purchased ad space before? >> we had. we had for ten years for 2015 when they instituted new guidelines around advertising they would accept or decline. jillian: a statement referencing what you are talking about coming in 2015, wm ata changed its advertising to nonpublic and prohibits issue oriented advertising including political, religious and advocacy advertising. the question was declined because it was prohibited by their current advertising guidelines so that happened in 2015, did you try to do this again last your taker your offense that you would try again this year? >> the first time we dealt with these was when pope francis came two years ago and they declined the advertising we proposed back then because the american flag was included in the advertising whic

we have fallen by four degrees. 66 at the reagan national airport. morning low earlier today was show you the temperatures across the board in the 60's. dulles is 64. 63 over to frederick. down at the yard, it looks fantastic. a lot of sunshine for right now. temperatures are in the middle to the upper 60's. that is when we find josh knight. a lot of cool things going on out there. hey, josh. josh: steve, you are not kidding. i was just saying driving here i feel like every time i come by there is a new building and a new restaurant, something opened up. this is different. there is an art installation lighting up tonight officially opening up tomorrow. it's here in the yards park. to give us an idea what it is all about and everything going on down here i want to introduce you to joe. joe, you are with forest city. this is behind a lot of what is going on. >> all the great stuff going on at the yards has been a work in progress over the last several years. josh: this is pretty cool. what are we trying to do? >> we are so excited to launch the light y

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

reporting live at the reagan national airport, sam sweeney, abc7 news. michelle: thank you. the stormwatch7 weather team tracking the holiday rush. jonathan: the funny chief meteorologist bill kelly is joining us now with the one blip on the radar. you saw the brake lights and you gave an oh, my goodness. bill: i'm very thankful i'm working and not out on the roads. boy, oh, boy. let me show you the air problems. not dealing with those. the airline travel is due to the weather. the weather is very quiet. we got in the low 60's today. the only blip we are talking about is back over here. this is a cold front that is sweeping through the area. later tonight and tomorrow morning. notice the sliver of rain and snow behind it. this is a minor deal. it will cut across until the travel forecast for tomorrow. earn everywhere is dry. there are lingering rain showers by and large the map for the weather part is looking good. we will talk about the thanksgiving and black friday in a few minutes. you can see the traffic map to get an idea what is happening on the roads. great the breaki

. >> news4's david culver has been chatting with passengers at reagan national airport and he joins us now live with a look at some changes there at the airport. david? >> reporter: hey there, leon and pat. yeah, i have been chatting with passengers in the midst of what is an exciting time for them and yet a very stressful time for them. so, some of them obviously not willing to talk because they just need to get to their flight and get to their gate as quickly as possible. you know, not a huge rush right now as we look live down here. you can see terminal c as we stretch down, you can see folks getting out of their cars being dropped off headed into the airport. we've seen a steady pace, though, throughout the day today. you kind of think about it, the range of travel now for this holiday has expanded, especially here in the d.c. area. now, throughout the day today we have been connecting with some of the passengers, some of them getting as much together as quickly as possible to try to get through those tsa lines as efficiently as possible. and others just standing by waiting for lo

sam sweeney is live for us at reagan national airport with the latest update. sam? sam: overnight the airline was scramble to staff their planes with pilots for the month of december. also dealing with a p.r. nightmare. the union still says thousands of flights are unstaffed but american says that is disingenuous and they believe everything will be okay. by yesterday afternoon, american airlines was trending online. >> you wouldn't know if you have a flight or not. that is scary. sam: social media lit up after reports that computer glitch offered vacation to too many pilots around christmastime. 24 of the 200,000 flights it will operate this december only a few hundred still need pilots. "airline weekly" editor believes everyone will get to the destination with no problem. >> it sounds like it will be fine. i understand that anyone holding tickets for american airlines around the holidays doesn't want to hear "probably" but it sounds like they are rapidly getting people to cover the flights. sam: american is offering the pilots time and a half to get them back in th

our first major flyover -- reagan national airport, carefully making sure air traffic control knew wese of the air force memorial, right on the edge of arlington national cemetery. two landmarks so revered by the colonel and his colleagues. >> that's where our nation's heroes are laid to rest. >> a sharp dive of several hundred feet in just a matter of seconds, and we were basically looking into the windows of the pentagon, an amazing view that continued to get even more scenic as we flew along the river, past the memorial bridge and lincoln memorial. >> just to be here is such an honor. >> after a cruise up the potomac, we reversed course back toward washington, where the colonel and i reflected on the beauty of the nation's capital and its landmarks that are so rarely accessible by air because of washington's no-fly zones. you tapped me a few times. i tapped you a few times. we're looking out like we're kids enjoying the view out there. >> that's exactly right. >> do you have a favorite when it comes to flying over washington? >> when i see the capitol from the air, when i see the w

we hit 55 at reagan national airport. fifty-three at dulles and 52 at bwi thurgood marshal. as we take a look at where we are right now in d.c. it is currently s. we have some clouds and some partly cloudy skies lingering into tonight. a little bit on the chilly side. thirty-nine at winchester, 30 at culpeper. we've got 39 at baltimore and 43 at gaithersburg . winds are doing fairly we'll. we don't have any wind gusts. we had some strong winds earlier today. right now winds are staying very calm and they will be that way for tomorrow, anywhere from about nine to 13-mile per hour and from the west, five to ten miles per hour and your overnight lowe's as we hit 37-degrees. as you get ready for tomorrow, serving up lots of sunshine on the weather buffet. it's going to be hanging around into the week. full details a little later. developing tonight an inestigation finds more than 100 l 30 women have reported sexually assaults at massage energy locations across the country. the report comes from buzz feed knews and it comes following three alleged sexual assaults. tenly d and lan

fox5's melanie alnwick is live from reagan national airport now with more.tially a huge mess, mel, good >> yeah, that's right, steve and allison. just looking at this board here you can see american airlines is easily the biggest airline here at reagan national airport. in fact, it's the biggest airline in the country so it's going to affect a lot of people. if they don't get pilots into those planes during those critical weeks. right now crew assignments and passenger plans are up in the air even though american says it does expect to avoid mass cancellations. december 17 to 31 those are the weeks in question, they're critical holiday travel times but a glitch in american's online pilot scheduling system showed that crews were already assigned to flights for those days when they actually weren't. and that allowed too many pilots to take time off. so we now have some 15,000 flights without a full crew grounded until those seats are filled. american airlines has a plan to use reserve pilots. it's offering 150 percent of pay to pilots who are willing to pick u

a big celebration was hell for betty nash at reagan national airport. she still works the washington to boston shuttle. started her career with eastern airlines. remember eastern? on november 4th, 1957. that was so long ago, that dwight d eisenhower was president at the time. through bankruptcies and merger, betty wound up working for american >> the customers give me energy, just the fact that i can still be here with 60 years, i can't believe it. >> we sold sandwiches for 50 cents and milk for 15 cents. in the old days we saw a lot of among, coats, nowadays, we see a lot of flip-flops, depending on where you go. >> that's true. people used to dress up to flip. betty said her longevity is based on a fairly simple principal. that is all people little love and attention. >> good for her. >> on you cool to be on a flight with hire. >> keep an eye out for her >> i'm sure she could teach those flight attendants today a thing or two >> and i'm sure she has. a role model. >>> i saw caitlin talking about winter weather, which is hard to believe with what it fe

david curly, reagan national airport. >>> we want to update the breaking news story now. a pennsylvania state trooper shot on route 33 north hamilton county earlier this morning. >> the investigation continues and walter perez is on the scene joining us live on the phone with the latest from northampton county. >> reporter: i have new information here. i am told that the officer shot is corporal with the pennsylvania state police and there was an exchange of gun fire apparently the corporal pulled over the vehicle on the highway. and there was an exchange of gun fire and the suspect i am told, fled the scene in that blue pontiac taken down to easton hospital we are showing from sky 6 hd, the suspect is taken into police custody and treated for gunshot wounds, the corporal was flown from the scene with a medical helicopter to saint lukes hospital and treated for multiple gunshot wounds. this is new information we just got this moments ago at the officer involved a corporal with the pennsylvania state police and there was an exchange of gun fire and the suspect was hit and

kris van cleave, cbs news, reagan national airport, virginia. >>> and a live look now at the big boardhe. the dow is down 118 points. technology companies like ebay and microsoft taking sharp losses along with industrial companies. >>> a warning for parents getting a head start on holiday shopping. new research found potential lead exposure in fidget spinners. a portland mother started a facebook page testing toys for lead. using an x-ray device she found hundreds of spinners contain high levels of lead. another group did research on the toy finding levels of lead reaching 33,000 parts per million. that's 300 times higher than the legal limit for children's products. >>> let's get a check on our weather now with julie. hey there. >> we are still tracking some showers on hi-def doppler this afternoon. and, in fact, scattered showers continue off and on around the bay. let's look where we're seeing rain right now on hi-def doppler. moderate to heavy rain downpours at times in just isolated areas. most of us seeing breaks in the clouds and plenty of sunshine. here, though, over the south

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

it stretched down the george washington memorial parkway south of reagan national airport. at some point the suspect's vehicle veered off the parkway on to anderson avenue. the crash appears to have turn right on to ft. hunt road. now we're awaiting a public information officer from the united states park police who will hopefully answer some of the questions, fill in some of the details. when we get that, we'll bring it to you live. live in fairfax county, jackie bensen, news 4. >> jackie, thank you. we'll get back to you. >>> also breaking tonight a haz-mat situation just cleared from georgetown university. this picture is from d.c. fire and ems. they say there was a fire in a laboratory containing unknown chemicals. staff extinguished the flames. three people were taken to the hospital. the incident is considered under control now. >>> turning to our weather and what promises to bring a little bit of everything for your weekend. >> yeah, cold, rain, wind. doug, you got it all for us, don't you? >> yeah, even warm temperatures, guys, and that's this time tomorrow. we coul

live view towards reagan national airport. not much of a line to get checked in for all the early morning pre-6:00 a.m. flights. cold start. 41 now at the airport. a south wind has windchills back into the low 30s. luckily, that's a south wind. won't help you much this morning. temperatures in the 30s and 40s. there's a windchill. but southerly winds need a warmup coming your way. some spots south of the city. that leads us to a rain chance late tonight. b. more about travel weather a a few. chris? >>> we're following breaking news in michigan where a massive fire continues to burn. a high pressure gas line exploded in a suburb of detroit. when there's a high pressure gas main leak, it causes a very loud roar. our sister station in detroit says the sound is deafening, up to a quarter of a mile away. a spokesperson says they shut down the line and they're letting the fire burn itself out. the good thing is so far, no one has been hurt in that fire. >>> here at home, we're getting a unique view of the house fire in prince george

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fox5's melanie alnwick live at reagan national airport with what you need to know this morning. good morning, mel. >> reporter: good morning, guys. yeah, american is scrambling to try to get some of these pilots assigned to the flights and does say -- and says to the passengers that it expects it will avoid mass cancellations over the holiday travel season but right now, those crew schedules and passengers plans are up in the air. the weeks of december 17th t the critical holiday travel season, a glitch in american's online schedulely system showed that pilots were already assigned to flights when they weren't and that allowed too many pilots to drop flights they didn't want resulting in 15,000 flights without a full crew grounded until those pilot seats are full. they're operating 150 percent of pay to pilots who pick up open trips but the union, the allied pilot's association says that plan violates the contract. the airline and the union hope to negotiate a solution but that's not certain passengers with nonrefundable tickets and let's be honest, that's most of us, may need t

suzanne kennedy is live at reagan national airport with the glitch putting thousands of flights at riskht now it's the countdown to kickoff. your washington countdown to kickoff. your washington redskins taking on the dallas cowboys in texas. the skins need a win to keep their hopes alive. washington and dallas are both 5-and-6. kick off is set for 8:25 tonight. and here's a gift idea for all the redskins fans in your family. tonight.. kirk cousins, ryan kerrigan, josh norman, and other redskins will be wearing cusomized cleats. it is all part of the nfl's "my cause, my cleats" program. if you want to buy your favorite player's cleats, bidding is open. go to redskins dot com. all proceeds will benefit the charity featured on the player's cleats. its a sure sign of the season... the radio city christmas spectular with those famous rockettes. this morning - two veterans of the famous troup.. revealing some backstage secrets. this time of year they perform as many as four shows a day. thats about three thousand kicks in each of them -- burning about a thousand calories in each show! so how

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

kris van cleave, cbs news reagan national airport virginia. >> trump wrapping up his visit to china thisoon. it's the third stop on his five days tour of asia. in his speech the president promised to fix what he called an unfair trading relationship between the u.s. and china. he blamed the policies of past administrations for the trade imbalance. the president also revealed that both the u.s. and china are in agreement on what needs to be done about north korea's nuclear ambitions. president trump heads to vietnam next where he may meet russian president vladimir putin at an economic summit. >>> senate republicans will be rolling out their tax reform plan later today while house republicans continue to work on their version. the senate bill is expected to eliminate state and the local deductions and limit the amount of people who pay the estate tax. the proposal could also keep the seven current tax brackets and drop the corporate tax rate to 20 percent but not until 2019. >>> the sexual assault allegations against kevin spacey has cost the actor another role. spacey is being cut out of

didn't think i would ever be able to fly with her because i don't know how >> reporter: at reagan national airport> so people who live in d.c. have three months to choose health insurance during open enroll. in northwest d -- enrollment. in northwest district of columbia they helped people do just that. it had free health screenings, zumba classes, children's activities and most importantly, help in choosing the right health coverage. >> we have 26 different health plans to choose from. to fit every budget. offered by kaiser and care first bluecross/blueshield. so people can choose. we have open enrollment from november 1st through january 31st. which is a full three months for d.c. residents to get enrolled. >> and if you couldn't make today's event, you can still get free in-person assistance in choosing health care. at one of the district's 11 health care enrollment centers. just go to d.c.healthlink.com to find one. >>> well, kentucky state police are investigating an assault on a senator rand paul. state troopers were center to paul's home -- sent to paul's home friday afternoon in bowling gr

so yes, and we actually tied some record, here's the record , reagan national airport, 26 degrees, that and dwi thoroughgood marshall 21 in 1973 and dulles at 16 in 1973. here's what we did, in terms of the tying the record with those national airport and for dwi. but we didn't get near actually the run for dulles. however it was still bitter cold out there with our highs today, everything in the upper 30's. we could not even make that 40-. i want to tell you that these highs, as i said are from 20 degrees or so cooler then they should be. cold weather continues to stay in place and right now temperatures in the 20's pretty after cross the board. warmer in the city at 35. but we're not loan, that arctic air has settled in. i will let you know when things will change in my seven day forecast, now back to you. >> thank >>> tonight, a montgomery county man is under arrest, accused of murdering a woman in wheaton. donya menendez was found dead in the shopping center yesterday, her body was discovered behind some dumpsters. she had been missing since monday and tonight, we have new details,

live view towards reagan national airport. line to get checked in for all the early morning pre-6:00 a.m. flights. cold start. 41 now at the airport. a south wind has windchills back into the low 30s. luckily, that's a south wind. won't help you much this morning. temperatures in the 30s and 40s. there's a windchill. but southerly winds need a warmup coming your way. some spots south of the city. that leads us to a rain chance late tonight. b. more about

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

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reagan national airport, as well as the roads where things seem to be running pretty smoothly in our.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 --

. >> david kerley with us live from reagan national airport.nd david, it was both republicans and democrats today grilling the tsa chief. but democrats in particular claiming that money is being siphoned away from the tsa, new technology to close security gaps? >> reporter: every time you buy a plane ticket, david, there is a security fee. and a good portion of that is actually going to pay the national debt, not security here at these checkpoints. the democrats say if we spent that money on new, high tech scanners, you could fix some of these security issues. david? >> david kerley, who covers aviation for us. thank you, david. >>> when we come back here tonight, new video. the deadly plane crash, the former sports star killed. >>> three college basketball players arrested in china. the allegations against them. >>> and the scare at the airport. the jet engine busting into flames upon landing. allow you to take advantage of growth opportunities. with a level of protection in down markets. so you can head into retirement with confidence. bright

at reagan national airport i'm sam sweeney, abc7 >> what will the weather hold for the holiday? chief meteorologist bill kelly is tracking the forecast. walked in more than an hour ago. a crisp, fall afternoon. feels like it's time for turkey. >> it feels nice. total side bar here but in the southwest right now phoenix, palm springs, l.a. upper 80's and 90's. talk about not feeling like thanksgiving. i'll take this. >> so this is a map that shows some of the travel delays. look at this. zero across the board and that is due to weather conditions that are nice. it feels like it's 42. you want a coat this everything. 45 at 7:00. 44 at 8:00. 43 by 9:00. it does not account for the wind. we see the wind chills lower than that. there is the everything planner so good we show it to you twice. on thanksgiving 38 degrees. at 9:00. if you get up early, you are at or below freezing when you walk out. some of the cooler spots say the shenandoah valley down in 20's. 46 by 2:00 in the afternoon. down to 41 at 7:00. we will talk about the black friday forecast and the weekend in minutes. >> i

. >> and our senior transportation correspondent david kerley joining us live inside reagan national airport. david, long lines behind you at this hour and adding to the holiday travel concerns is a new tsa regulation for our carry-on electronics, those tablets and games? >> reporter: yes. any big electronic device, potentially, is going to have to come out of your bag in the future. they're phasing this in. so, you may not see it over this holiday period, but down the road, they're looking for potential of explosives in those devices. they're going to want you to take out of your bag. >> all right, david, thank you. >>> next, what can all the holiday travelers expect from the weather? abc's rob marciano tracking it all. he's along the west side highway here in new york. rob, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, tom. the wind is blowing here on the back side of a system that's going through the northeast. look at the radar. some snow in maine and rain along i-95, but other than that, pretty sparse. we'll take it. but the winds are going to blow tomorrow morning. chicago, still in the 20s

checking out the roads, but we want to get with ryan hughes, who is already live at a very busy reagan national airportticket counter. now take a look at the lines at this screening area, just wrapping around. some people traveling maybe for it a long time are going to see changes to screening. anything larger than a cell phone has to come out of the carry-on bag before screening. here with me is lisa with the tsa who has more on appropriate items. talk to maybe it -- talked to me about what people can and cannot bring on board. >> a lot of people like to bring sauce. what we asked them to do is think about if this should go in your checked or carry-on bag. stuffing is a solid and can definitely go into your carry-on, but things like gravy and cranberry sauce, those things are more like liquids and they should go into your checked bag. another tip, you are not allowed to bring a bottle of water through a checkpoint. people like to stay hydrated. but you can bring an empty bottle. save a few dollars and fill it up on the other side. ryan: what about this thing that's hidden back here? >> we know that pe

"fox5" lindsey watts starts us live from reagan national airport. hey, lindsay. >> shawn, tony, buzzest travel day of the year. you wouldn't know it at reagan tonight. i'm the only person in the tsa live if you can believe it. someone went through a moment ago. it has been calm in the last few hours. we can show you video this morning when we had a crew out there. is that the when we saw the holiday crowds here at reagan. when we sfwot here we saw a little bit of an issue with traffic. it was around 7:00 tonight and it took us about 40 minutes get from the entrance of the airport to the terminal. other than that, though, it has been very quiet. travelers we talked to have been happy to see this. some wondering if maybe more people traveled yesterday with so much hype surrounding to today. take a listen. it's been great we're expecting a lot of congestion and delays. >> it's calm. i was expected it to be chaotic. they talk about worst travel day of the we're year so nobody wants to do it. we actually got a better fare today than yesterday. >> i flew i