sarah simmons is live with an update. sarah, how are they doing. >> reporter: the roads are open, you can see they've managed to patch ups area where the sinkhole was. they put a plate in there. d dot was out earlier. 6th street between h and e is open. police say they were notified about 6:30 of the sinkhole. i want to take you to a picture. she sent this photo telling us her car got caught in the sinkhole when it opened up. she was ok, strangers helped her. that is at least one person who said they were affected in some way by the sinkhole. let's take a video -- take a did. this is just a block north of the verizon center in the now,ed lane. we reached out to d dot to see if they know what caused it. it's unclear right now. but i talked to the woman who lives nearby who got a call about the sinkhole. she was worried and came rushing home from work. >> i got a call from the washington post that there was a sinkhole. i don't know how he tracked me down on 6th street and i here. i came right down. there has been an area --

sarah simmons picks up the story. >> it's all quiet now that's not the case earlier west failure road and valley forest drive. police had this house surrounded for hours after someone called 911 for a break in here. the road were blocked off along with sealular road for hours. initial reports said a armed man wased in with a hostage and and foupt no one there. the police helicopter was called foot search. they believed it me mae have been armed and on the loose. they found a man inside the general area and to come on for questioning. >> officers spoke about the complexity of the investigation. >>> when we went in the home there was no one. that doesn't mean information they have when they initially got on scene was direct correct. it's all fluid and these things happen anyone realtime. so i'm not saying they were incorrec someoneed in of the house just that, that's what's caused barricade to be called. which we wept in no one was found inside. >> mees are not calling the many suspect only they have detained him for questioning at this time. in upper marboro, sarah simmons, "fox5 local

the islamic state anal wade a has called upon their fellers to sarah simmons has more on this one. >>reporter: we're outside at this holiday market. it is closed up for the night, but when it is open it is a very fessive atmosphere. when you so what happen with the attack in berlin today it really does sort of rattle your sense of safety. itself though loan sort of attacks that make it difficult for local and federal authorities to get a handle on where exactly the danger lies. terrorism experts say there are certainly threats against the us that investigators are to thwart every day. what happened oversees didn't come entirely out of the blue, though. the us state department issued a travel alert before thanksgiving for those visiting holiday markets and other celebrations in europe. experts we talked with told us about the best way to project a possible terrorist attack. you just put yourself in the shoes of the terrorists and see what will be the ways. for example, if you are in a mall if you interior a crowded places, board meetings. remember in california what happened or in a

"fox5" sarah simmons has more. >> get organized we'll start in five. >> starting in five. >> yes. >>is not any ordinary flag football game. this time cops are playing right alongside the kids. >> we're having a football mixer. >> officers from montgomery village in germantown decided to mix things up a bit with thursday's game. >> the cost of what we're trying to do is build baseline in law enforcement and community connection. team is passional about race relations in the community and following in steps of colin kaepernick some of the players took a knee during national anthem in september to call attention to social injustice. and the team's coach say the meet-ups are a two way street helping officers understand issues from the student's point of view too. >> they are not up to no good or gang banger and because you have your hood on doesn't mean you're about to cause trouble. that's important. >> communication line seems to be on. some of these officers were born and raised in montgomery county and truly want to make a difference here at home. >> people feel like that's my police

sarah simmons is there with the latest. sarah? >> reporter: d dot is out here trying to the sinkhole. there's a plate they put down hopefully in the next hour or so they might be finished covering it up temporarily. 6th between 8th and e is shutdown, unclear when it will reopen. folks are walking around and causing a traffic nightmare. it's unclear what caused it. police say they got a call about this at about 6:30. let's take you to video. you can get an idea of what this looked like before they started patching it up. it's a block north of the we reached out to d dot to get some sort of a timeline on repair, we have not heard anything back. i talked with a woman who lived nearby and got a call about the sinkhole and worried and came rushing home >> i got a call from the washington post that there was a sinkhole. i don't know they tracked me down. in front of on 6th street and i live here >> reporter: there has been an area when we're -- it's a residential building, we have 46 units. and there is when once in a while when a truck

she's headed to prison and sarah simmons joins us with ow the scheme works, sarah. >> tony and shawn, targeted stores around the can'ty like t. j. max and knee man marcus. in total she took about 4 0 0,000 from the stores. court documents are also showing she pled guilty to wire flawed august and she is now facing 30 months in federal prison. let's take a look at some of the pictures ever the handbags we're talking about. this is from instagram account rich girls collection. here's how it worked. court documents state that sorebud bought brand name purses online and returned counterfeit purses in their place. counterfeit bags which were smuggled into the country from china. she then sold authenticate bags on instagram for more than $2,000 each she used multiple credit cards and returned counterfeit bags in place of legitimate once as over 60 department store locations in 12 different states. so she obviously was making money on both ends of the scheme. those who bought bags from her through instagram and ebay had a lot to say about the experiences on the web site pue buyer beware rich

the district also has its share of holiday markets that attractt big crowds.big sarah simmons is live in northwest with more on this. sarah. >>reporter: shawn, we're outside the downtown holidayay market. this is right near the verizon center. you can see actually it's closed up for the night. but when it is open this is very festive atmosphere for the holidays. when you see things like what happened in berlin with the truck attack, it kind of rattles your sense of safety t. it's these loan wolf attacks that the authorities are worried about and having a difficult time for federal and local authorities to get a ha the danger lies. terrorism experts say they are certainly also worried about wor threats against the us innovators are working to sort those every day.ery what happened oversees did notd come out of the blue, though.ouh the us state department issued a travel alert before thanksgiving for those visiting holiday markets and other celebrations in europe. experts talk about the best way to project a possible terrorist attack. you just put yourself in the sures of the terrorists

thanks for joining us i'm sarah simmons in for shawn much and i'm tony perkins. we're learning new details about what happened on davon drive on this evening. fox5's teisha lewis there live with an >>reporter: tony and sarah, neighbors tescribed this neighborhood as calm and quiet,, but it was anything but tonight. what we can tell you is that some type of altercation happened outside that on. in can pennsylvania, you can see detectives over my right ove shoulder going through the front lawn looking for clues and pieces and also information that can help them kind of put together the puzzle of what exactly went down tonight.nigh what i can tell you is that the shooting happened shortly after

thank you for staying with us tonight i'm tony perkins. >> i'm sarah simmons. >> in for shawn. >> arcticion bringing frigid temperatures and even colder wind chills. let's get right to sue palka for an update on this, hey, sue. >> sarah, tony, we are head lining the fact that those wind il

thanks for joining us, i'm tony perkins and i'm sarah simmons in for shawn. tonight a large crowd gathered to remember tricia mccauley. police found her dead inside her car early this morning after sha went missing on christmas day. police have arrested aidry andir duane johnson charging him with her murder. fox5's marina maracco is more on the case. the details coming d out of theet investigation arenr truly disturbing, the medical examiner's office saying that death and according to police sources she was also sexually assaulted. tonight we're also learning details about the suspect's past. he was just arrested before mccauley went missing. police say this is 29 year old duane aidry and johnson.hnso mpd says he's from asher marlboro oh, maryland. court records show he has multiple recent addresses thates show him to be a d.c. resident,n along with a long rap sheet that dates back to 2011 filled with shoplifting incidents, the majority of which johnson pled guilty. just five days before tricias mccauley went missing, johnsonos went before a judge yet again o

good evening, i'm tony perkinsmo and i'm sarah simmons in foror shawn. it has happened to all of us, you put something down and when you go back later the item isn't there. many times someone comes along and moves it, but in one maryland man's case someone camn in to steel it.eel marina maracco has the exclusivu story from bladessance ^berg. >> you walk out of the elevatort and you see the security camera at this blades den ^berg apartment complex and down the hall is the first apartment to f their right.ght. it's inside the apartment wheret the surveillance camera set upet by these neighbors that police are hoping will finally put thet pair of thieves behind bars. >> things went missing approximately three times beforh we decided to install the >>reporter: after leonard night kept noticing things missing from his camera he got a home surveillance camera in hopes of finding the crooks red handed. the first thing that went missing was $150 in cash.cash the second time it was a pair of ugg boots and somewhere alongere the times one of my tablets wenn missi

. >> i'm sarah simmons in for shawn yancy. whether you commute, live or visit the district, safety is the number one priority for police. one of the biggest challenges to safer city streets is begun violence and the department struggle todd get a handle on it. >> another soot shooting left a man critically injured in southeast ironically steps away from mpd crime deterrent "fox5" maryland even 'morocco has for from the scene. >> and in this neighborhood a 26-year-old man shot in the middle of the street 16 and w streets here in southeast. and right here on the sidewalk a daily reminder of the violent crimes here in the city. another crime scene. ironically the man taken to the hospital with 11 gun shot wounds was shot on the watch of not one but two crime cameras set up by electronic billboard that says cram in use in this area. >> do you thing the signs are deter excellent no they don't mean nothing to this younger generation out here and evidence of that today when they shot right in front of two cameras, two crime cameras i

we thank you for joining us tonight, i'm tony perkins and i'm sarah simmons in for shawn. off the top tonight the use strikes back. the white house has handed downd a sweeping set of punishments for russia.fo this comes after the us accused of russia of trying to sway they presidential election for donald trump. the sanctions target russiassia intelligence agents that russiaa says were involved. the move freezes their us assets and blocks americans from doing business with russia. the state department is also kicking out 35 russia dim mats a from its embassy in washington n and its con so date in san francisco. she have 72 hours to leave thehe us and the us has shutdown two government compounds in the us, one in maryland and one in newin york. allegation calling the obama administration quote, losers and is threatening retaliation. president elect testimony has repeated. tonight he rhys lease a statement that read it's times for our country to meet onme bigger and better things. i will meet with thehe intelligence community next weem in order to be updated on the facts of

sarah simmons reporting. thank you, sarah.. > a wild police chase that started in the district evented in alexandria, virginia thisrgin afternoon and the woman who led police on the chase was already in handcuffs when it began. fox5's marina maracco is live in northwest to explain this one. what happened? >>reporter: very interesting story, shawn, because still wel don't know how exactly she got out of those handcuffs from the back of the housing authorityriy cruiser to the front and 11 miles from right here, northwest d.c., this housingng complex here, garfield terracere across the river and intod virginia all the way down to alexandria, virginia and you'll see this video here. this is how it all ended on king street as she was going the wrong way. she's 26 years old. she's from stafford, virginiata andff according to housing authorities she crashed into at least ten other cars on her wayo out of the city through the t third street tunnel and onto i395. she started driving the wrong way on an on ramp at king

thanks for joining us i'm sarah simmons in for shawn much and i'm tony perkins. we're learning new details about what happened on davon drive on this evening. fox5's teisha lewis there live with an >>reporter: tony and sarah, neighbors tescribed this neighborhood as calm and quiet,, but it was anything but tonight. what we can tell you is that some type of altercation happened outside that on. in can pennsylvania, you can see detectives over my right ove shoulder going through the front lawn looking for clues and pieces and also information that can help them kind of put together the puzzle of what exactly went down tonight.nigh what i can tell you is that the shooting happened shortly after old woman were, in fact, shot. two other women were injured. they were not shot, but of the injured it includes a 16 yeara 6 old girl, all four women were taken to the hospital forfor treatment. all are expected to survive. now, again this happened here near dave onand med forwardward drives in annandale. everyone involved in this altercation and this incident reportedly knew

. >> thanks for joining us tonight, everyone, i'm sarah simmons. >> i'm lauren demarco. >> tony and shawn have the night off. we start with information just in from d.c. police from on a deadly crash in northeast 4 0 block of east they tried to pull over a stolen car when the driver took off and lost them. when they tracked the car down it was at the scene of a crash. three wars were involved insluding a stolen vehicle. one victim did not survive. they did arrest the juvenile male in the stone heen car. >> we have major crash unit out there and it will take them a little time to piece together exactly what happened regarding crash and but we do like i said have one suspect in custody and that was the one that created the dispute. >> now to a heartbreaking loss for two northern virginia families tonight. two young people were killed less than two miles apart in fairfax down they. >> the deaths are likely connected but they're searching for the killer. police are giving no indication of a motive here spoke to tonight have no idea who would do this or why. you can see what's left behind of c

good evening to you i'm tony perkins and i'm sarah simmons in for shawn. it's happened to all of us, you put something down and when you go back later the item isn't there. in my along and moves it. in one maryland man's life someone stole it. >>reporter: you see the security camera at this bladensburg apartment complex. it's inside the apartment where that surveillance camera set up by these neighbors that police are hoping will finally put the pair of thieves behind bars. things went missing approximately three times before we decided to install the camera. after leonard knit kept noticing things missing from his apartment he got a home surveillance camera in hopes of confirming his suspicious and catching the crooks. the first thing was $150 in cash. the second time it was ugg boots and somewhere along the lines one of my tablets went missing. with a quick check to make sure no one was home, suspect walks in scopes the apartment and the camera doesn't lie. after showing their full face mugs to the recording camera they finally realize they've been caugh

fox5's sarah simmons joins us to break it all down. >>reporter: metro board members have gone round and round about how, when and to where to make cutbacks. they are adamant about keeping people go out on the town and workers still need the system to get home. look at this proposal and you can see why it's a problem for d.c. board members. metro will close at 11:30:00 p.m. on monday and thursday. one a.m. on friday and saturday and it will run from 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. on sunday. that would give metro an extra eight hours a week to complete maintenance work. a veto from d.c. metro board members could kill that plan. we are not the year. so you can pass mr. augustan's resolution and at the end of this meeting i will inform the general manager and the board that we tend to exercise our jurisdictional veto at the meeting and then we go back to immediately it is not a threat. it's a threat. it is the position of the district of colombia a. there's no way we're going to have this preventive maintenance reel data back in a year. this is n

thank you for joining us, i'm tony perkins and i'm sarah simmons in for shawn. the white house handed down a sweeping set of punishments. this after the us accused of russia of trying to sway the presidential election for donald trump. the sanctions target russian the move freezes their us assets and blocks americans present doing business with russia. the state department is also kicking out 35 russian dim mats from its embassy in washington and it its consolate in san francisco. they have 72 hours to leave the us and the us has shutdown two russian government owned compounds in the us. one of them in maryland. the other in new york. russia denies all the hacking allegations and is threatening retaliation. president elect trump has repeatedly rejected the claims of russian interference in the election. tonight the president elect release a statement that read in part it's time for our country to move onto bigger and better things. i'll meet with members of the intelligence committee next week in order to be updated on this situation. lauren demarco is live at t

it's good to have you with us, i'm tony perkins and i'm sarah simmons, shawn has the night objection to the formha a vigils underway for tricia mack cull i, the local yoga instructor went missing on christmas and herher body was later found in her car. tonight a man who was driving that car is now in custody. fox5's matt ackland starts usac off with the latest. >>reporter: i've been all overl the city today and this is the story everyone is talking about. this is a story everyone has really been upset over. we are just getting in some breaking news. i know marina maracco told youma some breaking news at 5:30. but i want to update you some that we have now. we are told that the cause of examiner is strangulation withit blunt force trauma.e you talked about a suspect thatp is in custody, his name 29 year old aidry and duane johnson ofof upper marlboro open the we'rebo standing on mro o street.ee this is where last night a man was walking his doing down the sidewalk. he was on social media. he saw e one of these alerts to be on the lookout for h car.look he saw the car. he approached th

we thank you for joining us tonight at 11, i'm tony perkins and i'm sarah simmons in for shawn. friends and family gathered tonight to remember tricia mccauley, the yoga instructor and actress was last seen on christmas. night inside her car in northwest. d.c. police announced earlier today a man found near the vehicle has been arrested and charged in connection with her murder. fox5's marina maracco is live tonight in northwest with more. marina reporter roar the details that we're learning from the investigation are truly disturbing, the medical examiner's office saying that tricia mccauley was strangle led to death and according to police sources she was also sexually assaulted. we're also learning more about the suspect's past and his long wrap sheet right here in the district. police say this is 9 year old duane johnson, mpd says he's from upper marlboro maryland. the court records show he has multiple recent addresses that show him to be a d.c. resident along with a long rap sheet that dates back to 2011 filled with shopping lifting incidents the majority of which johnson

it is good to have you with us at 6:00, i'm shawn yancy >> i'm sarah simmons, tony has the night off. mother nature could make it miserable. we're tracking the weekend storms, fox news correspond jonathan hunt starts us off with the mad rush at the airport. >> travelers can expect increased traffic this holiday season according to industry projections more americans set to travel than ever before. the american automobile association says more than 103 million people expected to travel. airports see long lines as passes arrive for check in. >> you can -- it's pretty nuts, 3040 minutes to get in and out >> our pilot was telling us it would be like another 20 minutes, he hasn't seen so much airplanes on went track. it took us awhile to get to our largest trade organization projects a 3.5% increase in air travel over last year's holiday numbers. along with heavy traffic, travelers can expect increased security at airports across the country. as officials react to recent international terror threats. >> eight, nine bomb squad cars when we first pulled in. there was a lot of traffic and the

. >> i'm sarah simmons. >> in for shawn. >> arctic blast is bearing down on the d.c. region bringing frigid temperatures and even colder wind chills. let's get right to sue palka for an update on this, hey, sue. >> sarah, tony, we are head lining the fact that those wind il take tomorrow. many places will wake up tomorrow morning to wind chills in single dij digits and it's not quite here yet cold are air a couple hours away temperature here in d.c. is 41. that front will come through between 2 and 4 in the morning and when it does we could also see some snow showers with it. and that's what the crews are worried about. it doesn't may much to cause slippery problems. they'll monitor for that all night. and boy the big story really is the cold airen ait looks like endless supply of pink on the weather map. because it goes up to canada and ina lass ka. it's truly arctic air coming in and real shock to the system. because not only is it coldest air is then but coldest in december since 2010. we have acouple of snow showers up towards baltimore. some not hitting the ground

sarah simmons joins us with the video. >>reporter: this is video.o. it's exclusive coverage given to us by a couple involved in the accident last thursday night. it shows mr. caldwell struggling to walk a straight line with an officer as you can see lookingo on here.on this comes on the heels of today's news that charlesrles caldwell is resigning as chairir of the prince william county liquor controlled board. police charged the former chairman with driving under the influence. the video seems to confirm what investigators are telling uss that caldwell failed the field so bitty test and he refused the breast lighter test. he had two drinks over a two-hour period and that he took the breathalyzer, but the results were inconc field sobriety test because he is almost 75 years old and isnd not steady on his feet. he claimed the incident was quote, blown out of proportion. this is video you're looking atn right now of caldwell making an appearance on good day d.c..c earlier this year. he was talking about alcohol fails approved for some university of maryl

thanks for staying with us i'm sarah simmons in for shawn yancy. >> i'm tony perkins the fight ep keep you safe in the city. shooting tonight highlighting the struggle to curble crime in so condition after someone shot him in southeast. but it apparently deposit matter in the gunman it all happened in fuel view m crime cameras. marina morocco had more. >> here in the anacostia neighborhood south east a 26-year-old man shot in the middle of the street 16 and w on southeast and right on the sidewalk a daily reminder of the violent crimes here in the city and another crime scene. wounds was shot under the watch of not one but two crime cameras set up npd and this is electronic billboard cct cameras in use by mpd in this area. >> do you think these signs on cameras are a deter sfwlent no. they don't mean nothing to this -- this younger generation out here. and it's evidence of that today when they shot right in front of two cameras a crime camera two crime ca middle of the block the individual just shot they keep telling us they are getting guns off the street but everything single day the

. >>> and thanks for joining us tonight i'm sarah simmons. >> i'm jim lokay. >> sarah and tony are off. new information about a missing montgomery county man. john was seen earlier this month at the home of a family member. >> they have released a video of a woman using his credit card. marina morocco has more. >> this beauty supply behind me here is last known connection it a missing man from bethesda. 36-year-old john donnaho went missing from his parents home onel more lane december 12 and here in hyattsville his credit card was used a went missing this woman walking into the store with a young boy is who police wants to speak would it see how she gotta hold of his card. >> what's not normal is his credit card was used and we have not seen him since the 13th and we need to find out the link and how those people or that person got swron's credit card. >> donaho lives in downtown bethesda and his family runs well known real estate developing company donahoe and he left the home in 2011 black chevy equinox tag number 2 ak 8853. if you have any information regarding his disappearances o

it is good to have you with us at 6:00, i'm shawn yancy >> i'm sarah simmons, tony has the night off.nature could make it miserable. we're tracking the weekend storms, fox news correspond jonathan hunt starts us off with the mad rush at the airport. >> travelers can expect increased traffic this holiday season according to industry projections more americans set to travel than ever before. the american automobile association says more than 103 million people expected to travel. airports see long lines as passes arrive for check in. >> you can -- it's pretty nuts, 3040 minutes to get in and out >> our pilot was telling us it would be like another 20 minutes, he hasn't seen so much airplanes on went track. it took us awhile to get to our

it is good to have you with us, i am tony perkins >> i'm sarah simmons in for shawn. . sue got you cover on what to expect >>> hi there, sarah and tony. not just one chance, a second too. the one we want to get you ready for is the possibility of snow showers or squalls as the arctic air comes in. it has not arrived yet but single digit windchills to greet you for thursday morning. it's quite a shock to the system. this is the coldest air we've seen in december in six years coming into town, certainly the coldest air of this season but it's not here yet. 44 right now in the district. mid 30's out there. the breeze is not terrible but the cold air is banked up on the other side of the mountains, it's 16 in detroit. it's 12 in chicago. two degrees in minneapolis, two below in far go and's plenty of pink on the map. all of that pushing in our direction, while it's going to probably not be below zero, we're going to top out in the 20's tomorrow. we got clouds. nothing really showing up on radar but when front comes through, a little bit later tonight, we're going to go giv

metro officials say they desperately need that time to fix and maintain the sarah simmons joins us now. the meeting got a little heated. metro board members and lawmakers have gone round and round about how, when andy offie to make service cutbacks. they are adamant about keeping late night service hours becauss a lot of money is made in this city late at night when people a look ato this proposal and you can see why it's a problem for d.c. board members. metro would close 11679. 30 through 1:00 a.m. and it would run from # 1:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. on sunday. that would give metro an extra eight hours a week to complete maintenance work.k. a vet ohio from board membersrs could kill the plan. we are not willing to go beyond a year. you can resolution and at the end of this meeting i will inform the board that we plan to exercise our jurisdictional vote ohio.cto it's in the a threat, mr. golden, it is what i -- it's a threat.a it is the position of the district of columbia.um there's no way we're going to have this preventive maintenancn program up andti running and get reel data back in a

the city ♪ living just enough, for the city living for the city >> thank you for joining us i'm sarah simmonsand another in the hospital after a traffic sdmept laurel. >> police sent several days searching the scene. >> it happened here earlier this afternoon just across the street here this is old sandy spring road and the car basically left the road and hit the tree here. laurel officials say 58-year-old sonya smith of baltimore was killed in the accident and she was the passenger. the driver was male and he was taken to a nearby hospital listed in critical condition. confusion over whether the occupants in the car may have been injured before the accident but that turned out not to be the case. >> there was earlier report does other injuries sustained at the accident. we believe other injuries reported earlier were injured in the accident. >> luckily somebody didn't get hit. >> there were many officers here for several hours. the car was moved from the scene about 3:00 today and once again an investigation is underway still no cause known at this point. and in laurel, matt ackland, "fox5 l

sarah simmons is here with more on today's big watch up. players teamed up with the officers. we've seen police departments violent out breaks so officers in montgomery county are reaching out to foster a sense of understanding through a friendly game of flag football. get yourselves organized becauso we're goingrga to start in five. this isn't any ordinary flag football game. this time cops are playing right alongside the kids.ds. we are having a football mixer. officers from montgomeryville mo age in germantown decided to mix things up game. we're trying to build a connection.conn the watkinsville football team feels passionate about race relations. following in the steps of column in kaepernick to call attention to social injustice. the meetup are a two-way street helping officers understand issues from the students' point of view.. they aren't no good. around with yourng hood on doest mean you're about to cause trouble. that's important.tant the communication line seems toe be open.be o some of these officers were borw ande raised in montgomery county and truly want to mak

sarah simmons picks up the story. >> it's all quiet now and that was not the case earlier valley force drive. surrounded for hours after someone called 9111 about a break in here. the roads were blocked off around the road for hours and initial reports came out that an armed man was inside possibly with a hoingt tam. officers finally entered into the home and found no one there. the police helicopter was then called into the search when investigators believe the suspect may have been armed and on the loose. and investigators eventually found a man outside the home in the general area and took him complexity of the investigation. >> when we went in the home there was no one. that doesn't mean information they had when they initially got on scene was incorrect. it's all very fluid and these things happen anyone realtime. so i'm not saying they were incorrect in assuming there was someone inside of the house. just that. that's what caused the barricade to be called when we went in after the perimeter was set up nobody was in inside. >> police are not calling the many suspect o time. upper

will have given ninety million dollars >>> thanks for joining us as 6:00, i'm tony perkins >> i'm sarah simmons. it was cold out there today. and many finally took the winter coats out of the closet as we dealt with those wind chills in the teens this morning. >>> gwen joins us. gwen is this cold weather here to stay? that's the question. >>> for awhile. yes, it is. keep the coats out. grab the hats. get the gloves and mitts whatever you need. pump up te temperatures are taking a big dip and significant windchills as sarah mentioned. let's take a look at what's going on. cold air moving in from the north up and down midatlantic. we're seeing temperatures in the 20's and 30's with those cold northwesterly winds and right now, here's a look at your current temperatures, we're at 35 at dc, 30 at gaithersburg, 32 at baltimore, 31 at dulles, 30 at winchester, hagerstown at 30 it is definitely cold. the winds have improved since earlier. wind gusting 16 to 22 miles an hour, you factor in the air temperature and wind and this is where we end up getting the windchill. this is what it feels like when yo

. >> thanks for joining us tonight, everyone, i'm sarah simmons. >> i'm lauren demarco. >> tony and shawn on a deadly crash in northeast 4 0 block of east

. >> i'm sarah simmons. >> shawn yancy has the night off. if are you heading outside tonight, even if it's just for a few moments you'll want to bundle up. temperatures into the 20s tonight. but wind chills feel much more like the teens. >> squen here. she's got your overnight and weekend forecast. hey, gwen. >> hi, there, you're absolutely right, both of you, you have to dress warm if you go out anywhere. do not take this lightly at all. dangerous cold weather actually an far. we have not been this cold since last february. fair warning to everybody. be safer out there. we have definitely very, very cold conditions for this entire weekend. so, let's begin now with a look at maps and show you what is happening, because we have air that is coming in well from the north. take a look at the numbers on this map. and as i just zoom in a little closer to the north you see a lot of minuses here. well, all that cold air will be invading us up and down the mid atlantic and starting with some pretty serious temperatures as we drop into the 20s as sara

use as directed >>> i'm tony perkins, i'm sarah simmons, in over 24 hours, we will see good-bye to 2016ything they can to make sure people are safe. fox 5 lauren demarco is live in alexandria with more. lauren? >> reporter:. >> reporter: this will be one of the biggest celebrations it's called first night, family friend, it's a ticket event. there's things you can take the kids to, police will be out in full force in alexandria, there will be street closures, you want to be careful about where you park and when you need to leave. there will, of course, be the whole capping off of the event with fireworks over the potomac river. then across the water, we have the brand new mgm national harbor. the director of hotel operations says the resort will be t safety location in the dc region. he says there are more than 3,000 cameras on site, an an experienced staff. if you don't have hotel or restaurant reservation, you need to have tickets that are 75 bucks a pop to get into the resort. he says they can be purchased through ticket master, if you are going to the concert there, duran, you will

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