we'll check in with tucker in just a second. meanwhile, people in texas are counting up their losses after powerful storms rolled through on wednesday. heavy wind and strong winds forced some drivers to abandon their cars on some flooded roadways. the storm knocked down buildings and trees and thankfully no one was hurt. everyone keeps getting hit down there. >> that's right. >> and that is what happen when is temperatures are unseasonably warm. >> hmm. >> and they're here and you get the cold air working in. >> and we can have some feisty storms? >> certainly a possibility here and that is that is unstable. the temperatures in the 60s and i will show you out there and -- . >> and like 63 degrees. >> and that is not bad. >> and show you what we have going on. as we get into our radar, you can see that we have a combination of rain and to that west, very heavy rain now and working east into western maryland. we have some showers across the immediate washington area right now and this is all a part of the frontal system. the rain

he has the latest right now hey, tucker good morning. >> good morning. freezing fog, a little freezing mist, drizzle in spots we are not quite done with it yet. by mid-morning temperatures should bump above the freezing mark. several hours here where it will be touch and go. most of the light freezing rain, the freezing drizzle has not been picked up on radar you can see we are getting a few echos out to the west, front royal and south and west of hagerstown starting to pick up freezing rain but generally speaking, we are getting reports of mist and again, some freezing fog, particularly north and west of the city, that will be with us for several more hours. freezing rain advisory in effect until 9:00 a.m. this morning, counties off to the north and west, including, montgomery, you are under that. much of the area, at or below the freezing mark. 33 washington. baltimore, dulles 31 degrees, win chester, hagerstown 30. a few more hours here eventually this will turn to rain showers this afternoon temperatures in the mid-40s. frontal system out to the west

let's take a look at one of the things that tucker was doing.p and a suggestion underneath t he wrote wind gusts 39 miles per hour you will need extra hairspray, jw. on the bottom. i rewrote it. you need the little at symbol. >> i didn't know that. >> it is not just tucker. >> what did you use to try to communicate. >> i was using a typewriter. i'm very news to this. >> let's take a look at 20s. he says they don't get my order right when i'm at the store, burger king delivering? >> on the bottom is the hash tag. >> but that is if you want burger king to know. >> not so much if you want burger king to know but a trending topic. so when you first do a twitter, you will see the trending topics. if you put that little number sign before something, the hash tag, then it will become a trend topic and people will see it when they search. >> you are teaching me something. >> there you go. >> can you let him now how to use the computer. >> there was one question on facebook that i can't answer. i'll leave that up to you guys. let's take a look at this on

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thank you be tucker.is morning. we've got a lot going on now. traveling out to the west, coming inbound on the dulles toll ray, accident activity wolf trap, the center of the roadway is blocked. delays eastbound from latest hunter mill road. springfield towards 66 earlier wreck cleared to the shoulder. average speed 9 miles per hour. you are literally crawling along up the west side. traveling eastbound along 66, still down to about 17 miles per hour as you head eastbound towards the beltway. continuing eastbound here we are live coming in from westmoreland. bumper-to-bumper traffic at this point as you continue around town. meanwhile, other side of town, delays inbound on route 50 from 410 to bladensville road. that's a check of your fox 5 traffic. >>> the washington monument will soon reopen. a local philanthropist is donating the money needed caused by last summer's earthquake. our stacey cohan is live at the national mall with our top story now. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. 62-year-

all right, tucker. on the roads, that is a great app to have. can you just pinpoint right down to your neighborhood and street. it is very helpful. on the roads, hands at ten and two. it is very windy out there. so far, no problems reported on the top side of the beltway working your way past colesville road. some debris on the outer loop near van dorn street. v d.o.t. has been assigned to pick that up for you. your lanes are open southbound on 95 and 295 coming in out of laurel. this is the drive in the main line and hovs. downtown inbound new york avenue here at north capital street, traffic flowing freely now headed for the third street tunnel. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >> don't expect to use wikipedia for any information today. the popular web site will be offline for the next 24 hours. the blackout is in blow test against proposed anti-piracy legislation. the bill in congress aims to crack down on online sales of pirated american movies, music and other goods. online sources like the social news web site reddit and the b

you just had tucker talking weather i didn't see his ravens tie today. >> tucker is one of those rains fans he is happy they -- ravens fans he is happy they won. >>> grumpy, they didn't look very good. you are in the afc. >> one game to go to the super bowl. buck up pal. >> yeah, where are we. >> right. >> we have been home for weeks. >> red skins, 5 wins, come on i will trade that in. >> no more of that. >>> all right. let's talk about how those ravens got it done yes, tucker is right it wasn't probably the prettiest game they have played all year but got a break early on when they are down 3-0. what is joans doing >> i don't know. >> he was trying to feet the punt inside his 10. then flacco to bolden, alison, like this tony, hands it off. >> nice. >> ravens are fan friendly not saying red skins aren't but by comparison sake they seem to be very fan friendly. >> okay. >>> at the end of the game, knock it down and they beat the rookie quarterback congratulations, john harbaugh one step from having a harbaugh bowl. his brother jim, up in san francisco, crazy to think jim took over a bad

tucker barnes joining us now. tucker, what are we waiting for? >> we're waiting for showers and thunderstorms possibly, allison as we watch this front move in from the west. let's get right to it, hd radar because that will show you where the activity is strongest here. it's been redeveloping here just to the north of washington. and i want you to notice we've got more showers and perhaps more this morning developing south and west of d.c., south and west of fredricksburg, we'll watch those carefully over the next couple of hours. you sour it on the -- saw it on the live shot, clouds increasing and some rain bands getting ready to move through. i just got a statement from the national weather service that we can expect winds gusting to 50 miles an hour with these bameds of rain as they approach the western edge there of the beltway and particularly that band that's west of clarksburg in urbana. you can see all that very heavy rain. again, we've got showers, possibility of some thunderstorms and winds gusting to 50 miles per hour as these storms r

tucker, i'm waiting.i promise, it's coming. >> it's got to be really good. >> i'm just saying. so is summer, which one is going to get here first. >> trying to think of something clever to say. >> baby steps for tucker barnes on the twitter. >> we'll get him there. >> the on roads, with you ill find southbound 270 traffic definitely gridlocked now headed out towards 109. we've got slow going here approaching route # 0 town to about 29 miles per hour. the top side of the beltway leaving college park headed around to colesville road, only about a six-minute ride. not so bad as you work your way westbound around 495. come inbound through northeast washington getting there, new york avenue looks good. no problem to report there. inbound 50 down to about 39 miles per hour here at landover road. you will find yourself at speed on 295 up and across the inbound 11th street bridge. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> in italy this morning, teams have suspended search operations at the site of the cru

tucker keeps talking about the 270 commute in the fog.mera to show you guys because it is really socked in here. something to contend with. allow extra time out on the roads. the slowest stretch on 270 is actually on the top side leaving 80 towards 109. than the pace improves. out to the west, the commute is here. possibly looking for something there. meanwhile, northbound i-59 slow going here just -- i-59 slow going here -- i-95 slow going here just in the mine line. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. raffic. . >>> president obama is going to deliver the state of the union address tonight. >> this election year, the white house says the speech will focus on the economy. lauren demarco is live on capitol hill with a preview. >> thank you. >>> the economy is what everyone is talking about. and tonight at 9:00 p.m., the state of the union address is a perfect opportunity for the pros to lay out his plans and his vision for a second term. as to what voters are feeling about the state of things, signals are mixed. let's take a loo

sunrise occurred one minute ago according to tucker. thank you, tucker.l be back with more.  >>> 7:30 now. people who constantly check their cell phones, even when eating dinner with friends now have a game that helps break the habit. it's called phone stacking and you can play it next time you go out to dinner. here are the rules for phone stacking. the game starts after everyone has placed their order, everybody has to put their cell phones face down on the table, the first one to turn it over and look at it loses and the loser has to pay the bill for everyone at the table. >> good game. >> yeah. now, if the waiter brings the bill before anyone has flipped their phone, then everybody wins and all pay for their own meal. >> pretty good. >> i like it. the phone stacking. >> here's the thing, you got your phones down, one person picks it up, ah, you lost, you're paying for the meal, does that give permission for everybody to pick their phones up and start talk sng >> i think so. >> tony, you realize we would lose this game with our new fox 5 weather

that is a sport. >> see tucker looking like that one isn't.e it is. >> we are using sport loosely there alison. >> tucker barnes@... >> no, then you got to bring cheerleading in. >> hey >> i am saying you need to bring it in. >> that is a sport. >> it is a sport. they are great athletes absolutely. h d radar. >> i am being serious. >> okay. >> they are like gymnasts. i only have 30 seconds left rains move in from the west and south, going to be widespread showers next couple hours we will see breaks later today rain will no be the with us all day but guaranteed next hour or two as you head out the door to work and school. let me show you the bigger picture again this is a warm front moving through the morning then breaks sunshine and a cold front tonight. we are going to warm up winds out of the south and west, upper 50s and a few communities here to the south, down towards frederiksburg, quantico, colonial beach, 43 the winning number in washington, gaithersburg a few icy spots north and west, frederick, where it is 36 let me mention, cumberl

tucker, greg says he can beat president obama in the debates. agreed he would do that which is true, but maybe i remember it wrong. i don't particularly remember obama being that impressive of a debater. he was a great speech maker, but he wasn't that good in the debates. my kids could have beaten him in the debate. your performance in a debate is not to determine the performance on the election day. >> if people are mad at obama and they want to see newt gingrich spank him like the girl he is. >> vote for me. i will be the -- beat the president. >> i don't get it. >> paul, you don't agree that kids doing light january tar -- janitorial work at school is a great motivator, isn't it? >> i think they -- i think that they should work. i definitely think kids should work. but if you will have them do janitor y'all work, get in there and clean private body parts or whatever has to be clean. you clean. >> can i chime in on this? i believe m why the only one with custodial experience. i worked maintenance in high school three of my four years. >> for w

hope you have a great day. >> tucker and julie. >> that's right. >> no, she likes all of us. >> tuckerulie. >> that's okay. >> time for today's trivia question answer, how many times a minute does the average adult elephant's heart beat. >> 25. >> 70. >> the answer 25. >> oh,. >> now part of you would have thought maybe 500 because he is so big. >> the bigger the animal the less the heart beats. >> you are right a human heart beats 70 to 80 times a minute the heart of a mouse beats 500 times a minute. >> that is fast. >> a lot. >> ready for cool photos check this out pictures from nasa's kasini spacecraft it caught -- this is an image of saturn's moons if you look carefully you can see the ring, that is saturn's ring dissecting the moon in half. >> so should be looking at two? the first one -- those are the two. >> looking at the two moons. >> shooting through the ring. >> isn't that amazingly beautiful. i guess we have another picture this is of saturn's moon titan saturn's largest moon and two color photo shows it passing in front of the planet and rings. >> looks unreal. >> other wo

hi tucker. >> hey, melanie.t it, windy late this afternoon, tonight as the cold front comes in the coldest air of the season, highest temperatures near tuesday and wednesday, by the freezing mark. current conditions no problems out there at the moment temperatures in the 30s. 39 regan national, parts of the area at the freezing mark. 32 frederiksburg, 33 win chester, 33 ocean city, clouds win out here, this afternoon and can't rule out the possibility of a couple showers there is your frontal system, leading edge towards cincinnati and ohio. shower activity, possibility of a few showers i think will move in to 3, 5 this afternoon and that will usher in the cooler air. 56 your daytime high another mild one today, scattered showers late this afternoon more details in the forecast more on the cold coming up. >>> thanks so much see you later. >>> well, you don't want to miss this next thing. movie reviewer, kevin mccarthy sits down with steven spielberg and talks about his new movie war horse. plus kevin will give u

i'm tucker perkins with your halfpipe preview >> todd: 21-year-old tucker perkins is used to these conditions. this is what it's like to be on a superpipe >> luke: a great angle of it indeed. look at that cork right there. that's him going inverted. spinning a 900 right there. just to see it from up high, get to check out this pipe in a little bit better light as it was when this was filmed, a beautiful thing. he's way up there, look for big stuff from him throughout the day. tucker perkins, looks like he qualified in second -- not in second place, right around fifth place mark. >> todd: our thanks to tucker perkins, giving us a beautiful shot of the 22-foot superpipe here at killington, vermont. well, the women's competition took place earlier with heavy hearts. as all of our six finalists remembering sarah burke and what she means and what she meant to sports. but in the end it was maddy bowman, south lake tahoe, came away with top honors. >> luke: the big 900 up top. speaking of up top, all these girls have had those memories of being up at the top of the superpipe with sarah, getting all

let's check in with tucker and get the latest. >> we have teens in some spots.cold temperatures to start your morning. going to be a decent day. later this afternoon, the clouds will move in and temperatures will be in the low 40s. kind of a typical january day. >> not as windy so it will feel better. >> good point. let's show you the temperatures. at reagan national, we are in the 20s, 27 degrees. there are your teens not too far for the west. winchester, 16. dulles is 19. ocean city, maryland, good morning. yesterday at this hour, you were in the 50s. we have some clouds out to the west and we've got what we call a clipper system. these are typical little storm that move through during the winter months and they often bring us some snow showers. this one has at least a possibility of bringing us a few snowflakes later this afternoon. really tonight. if you are well off to the north and west, it will arrive late this afternoon. here in the washington area, might be some snow showers and colder air for tomorrow. you can see the snow out in chicago. it will be ve

a little scary with all the wind out there, tucker.it settles down a little bit. you're saying gusts up to what? 50 miles per hour? that's crazy. >> yeah, well, it's that time of year. we had a strong cold front that came through. you could find of feel it yesterday with temperatures were unseasonably warm. but it's going to definitely be on the cold side not only today but right through the weekend. maybe a few snow flakes, one or two leftover. the good news or bad news, depending how you're looking at this not enough to cause any school delays. >> that's what the girls were excited about. don't worry about it. you'll northbound school tomorrow. >> kids are hopeful. >> it's a long weekend. don't get greedy. >> i want the kids to know we still have a few weeks left in winter. still more chances but it's not going to happen today. the shower activity lifting off to the north and east. baltimore still getting some leftover showers there. might be one or two in montgomery county. generally we're going to dry out and we're just going to be

a desperate tucker then wrote madoff. "dear bernie: we apologize.these redemptions are panic- driven. our firm is very dependent on its relationship with your firm. our mission is to remain in business with you." but it was too late. the scheme was up. on december 11, the morning after madoff had allegedly confessed to his sons, the fbi knocked on his door and asked if there was an innocent explanation. madoff said, no, it was, "one big lie." >> he confessed with pride. like, "look what i did. i mean, you're not going to believe what i did when you get to the bottom of this." >> here's a guy who thinks he got over on the world for the last 30 years and doesn't have a bit of remorse. and too bad. >> i have no interest in psychoanalyzing madoff. the man... the man is a monster, he's evil. i cannot fathom hurting every single person i met, every dear friend. it just doesn't get worse than that. >> there's nothing that i would like to say to bernie madoff that i can say on television. but this may be the only huge fraud in history where the government h

. >>> tucker thank you. >>> and big story we are following this morning,. >>> a baby found abandoned in front of a home in northeast dc has died a man found the baby girl wrapped up lying on the steps in front of a home chaning street northeast 3.5 miles away from children's national medical center that is where the little girl was take season later pronounced dead. wisdom mar -- taken and later pronounced dead. wisdom martin, sad ending. >> it is a very sad ending that baby was brought here to children's hospital after being found late last night as you just mentioned the baby did not survive i had a chance to speak with a man who found that baby late last night he was walking to the store, in between 11:30 p.m. and 12:30 a.m. last night when he says he found something laying on the side of -- on the steps he didn't realize it was a baby he went back in and got his father they came back out with a blanket realized it was a baby at that point he says outside on the steps, this infant girl, her skin was ice cold, her body was limp, she was bleeding from the nose did not appear alive a

welcome to fox 5 morning news, let's check with tucker barnes for a look at our day. >>> hey, alison, good morning nice live shot out there, we've seen the sunshine for a change should be a beautiful start to your day with high temperatures later this afternoon in upper 40s. cooler than yesterday, not a bad looking start. 38 right now, regan national, 36 dulles, we've got temperatures in the 20s down towards cull pepper, 32 frederiksburg and ocean city, nice bounce back for you you are now 36 degrees. you are starting to warm up, looking at satellite radar, sunshine we will see clouds move in later this afternoon you can see those starting to develop off to the south and west eastern kentucky and west virginia. mostly cloudy for our evening commute we should be dry for wednesday high temperatures upper 40s should be a nice comfortable afternoon yesterday we were mid- to upper 50s not a bad looking forecast for the end of january. here is your forecast today, sunshine start your day clouds by afternoon high temperatures upper 40s to 50 in frederiksburg. rain in the forecast tomorrow de

i know this weekend will be a the messy, tucker.time to stay in and watch the ravens game. >> always a good time to watch football. >> and especially the ravens. >> redskins, 49ers. i like it all. all the games will be good. >> he is a diplomat, folks. >> conditions in foxboro, 32 at game time. they'll have some sunshine so they won't any weather problems. temperatures at reagan national, 36 degrees. we are getting cold again. this is going to be a chilly friday for us as our winds will be out of the north at 10 to 15. even with sunshine, i don't think our temperatures will be a whole lot warmer than they are right now. cold afternoon. 36 in washington. 32 in winchester. down to 23 degrees in hagerstown. fallen a good 10 degrees in the past hour. you get the idea here. sentinel radar, that little clipper system brought us four flurries and two sprinkles during the overnight hours. i counted. it is now out of here. and we are looking at a much quieter day for the day today. we have this next winter event. not a big deal but as alliso

thank you, tucker. >> lets check in with julie. what are you thinking about the colder temperatures. >> i told tucker, when it is 19 degrees, i'm reporting traffic from my bed. not getting out of bed. >> i love that idea if we could all do that. >> why does effect else get to telecommute but us. northbound i-95, if you are making the trip into the j-o-b this morning, it is nice this morning. hov rules lifted on 59, 395 and on 66 and 270. rear anticipating lighter than usual traffic volumes. that seems to be true for our friends traveling north on 95. southbound 270 still in the dark literally as you guys travel past democracy boulevard headed out to the american legion bridge. no trouble spots to report coming south from 109. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> the push to the presidential election in november officially kick off tomorrow. >> that is when voters hit the polls for the iowa caucuses. the des moines register's latest poll shows a surprise three-man race between mitt romney, ron paul and rick santorum but

trying to help out. >>> thanks tucker barnes.en, travelling 395 northbound, leaving duke street, problems all morning long because of an accident. bumper to bumper slow leaving landmark, headed to king street again as you work your way across the inbound, 14th street bridge. other side of town outer loop of the belt way, slowing, leaving van dooren headed toward telegraph road, no accident, wall to wall traffic. northbound i-95 remains below speed for those continuing to work their way out of wood bridge, coming out across the occoquan. problems to report travelling 295, you definitely are slowing here as you make your way across the inbound 11th street bridge. northbound, 5, accident remains far right lane outer loop commute leaving 95, to georgia avenue down to a 20 minute commute that is a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. >>> thanks julie. a big week in politics republican presidential candidates keeping busy in south carolina, ahead of saturday 's primary. on capital hill, congress starts a new session. joining us, democr

perkens tucker perkens, tucker barnes.com [ laughter ] >> i thought you would never ask. >> what can i say you are witnessing something very special. >> let me do the weather. >> wow. >> all right. >> i don't -- >> you are a handsome man. >> thank you alison. >> tony never expressed such interest. >> all right. all right. >> tony, as long as you got the money we can work on it. 39 win chester, cold temperatures, i am blushing, 48 at the naval air station enjoy today afternoon highs will be upper 50s, few low 60s on the warm side for our afternoon and then the bottom really drops out as the cold air arrives, here are your temperature trends next couple days and there you go. 58 today, and as the cold comes in tonight, by tomorrow windy highs 40 and your weekened highs only 30s both saturday and sunday. all right rain overnight moving out to the north and east we are left with a mix of clouds, sunshine out there as well that will help boost temperatures again with winds out of the west and southwest we should be able to get temperatures into the upper 50s. 15 degrees above normal, ther

tucker barnes standing by with a look at the rest of our monday. >>> good morning. we have cold temperatures moving in overnight generally below freezing north and west of the city chilly start to your day bright and sunny at least the first half a live look at your sentinel satellite we cleared out overnight, picked up a few snow showers north and west of the city, enough to whiten the ground in a few spots. now, sunshine here in your forecast for the first half of your day and a few clouds here later. >>> your cold temperatures, 35 washington, 30 frederiksburg, 20s north and west, win chester, hagerstown, 28 degrees ocean city, 33 degrees there, to start your morning here is your day planner plenty of sunshine, a few clouds this afternoon temperatures mid- to upper 40s a few degrees above normal. more details on the forecast we are going to have a beautiful 5 day, if you like warm weather. details coming up julie wright has a look at your on time traffic. >>> busy ride especially for those travelling into downtown dc, here is what i know i talked to d dot again if

we say good morning to tucker barnes. yeah, i think sarah said it best earlier what a miserable day yesterday. >> definitely better today by this afternoon sunny, temperatures, mid-50s. great looking afternoon forecast. dealing with fog this morning alison. let's kick it off with an update. dense fog advisory just issued a few moments ago for additional counties, including montgomery county maryland, louden county now under a dense fog advisory. i didn't get a chance to update this map until 10:00 a.m., again we are getting widespread reports your visibilities are a quarter mile or less. a few minutes needed as you commute down 270, fog will remain thick for the time being. >>> all right let's push on nice looking tuesday, and a warmer tuesday as well. 44 right now regan national, how about afternoon high temperatures mid-50s. yeah, hard to believe. winds out of the west 6 miles per hour. cold front coming through, sunshine here shortly, sunrise this morning 7:21 a.m. and then off and running with a nice afternoon, dry af

tucker is talking about the fog. check this out. this is southbound 2707. this was my commute in this morning. very difficult to see a car length ahead of you which is very tricky because we also are flirting with the temperatures near the freezing mark. i strongly encourage to you leave early, give yourself plenty of time out there on the roads and slow down. watch out too if it is trash day in your neighborhood, some of it is tipped over. you won't be able to see it because of this fog. allow extra time out here. watch your speed especially on the elevated pass ams. proceed with caution. right now, no incidents to report on the inner or outer loop traveling between 207 and 66. here we are live in virginia northbound i-59 looking good in the main line and the hovs as you head northbound across the occoquan. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >> virginia governor bob mcdonnell is trying to bring more cash to the commonwealth by selling naming rights to transportation routes like highways, bridges and interchanges. that is according to wtop. >> pr

what is ray lewis doing, steve. >> i'm tucker.s little dance. >> we're talking more about the playoffs next hour with our man steve chenevey. i'm just joking. dave ross, i guess. he is on my mind. he is enjoying some were wear temperatures. >> he is relaxing in warmer air. he is not around here because the temperatures here are in the teens and low 20s. >> right. >> good weekend of football. was your husband happy? >> he was very happy. said who won the game. he said we did, of course. he was talking about them. >> that purple team. let's get to the forecast. we have a lot to talk about. interesting changes this week. signed of winter. we have winter weather arriving in the pacific northwest. we'll show you that in a minute. 25 at reagan national. that is cold. one of our coalest mornings so far this season. if you are wondering if it is our coldest morning this year, we are 17 degrees on january 4th. rochester, six degrees. we are to have a cold start as well. six in bismarck. 2 in minneapolis. and i want to focus here out to the

but tucker, not so much. >> all right. here we go.now, you will find the lanes are open if you are traveling southbound along 270 coming in out of clarkburg. opm suggest thawing stay off the roads until after 9:00 this morning because of that chance of freezing rain that tucker has been talking about. inner loop of the beltway, that ramp is still closed as you try to exit onto 202. the ramp is closed from the inner loop to exit westbound speeds are improving now. well above speed as you travel out of the newington headed up to the beltway. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> the response to the icy conditions has been quick and proactive by some agencies. >> federal government offices will be opening up late today. but fox 5's stacy cohan is up early this morning. she is live in arlington with the details. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning. that's right. when we drove in this morning bright and early, it was a little icy in parts. i came in through montgomery county and it seemed like there might be a little

let's get the latest on our weather from tucker barnes. it is cold. >> yes, it returns. cold is back. much, much colder than yesterday and we'll be off to a cold start and a so-so day. we have quiet conditions. not expecting any problems this morning. no wet weather of any kind and just kind of cold out there as we get going here. let's go to our temperature. reagan national is 27 degrees. the wind which was really blowing, winds are now 10 miles per hour out of the north. that is good news. later this afternoon, we'll cloud up. we have a clipper system coming in from the north. high temperatures in the low to mid-40s. back to you. >> thank you. >>> a bethesda mother is facing charges this morning, accused of leaving her young dot anterior lone in her apartment. montgomery county police say the 6-year-old was trying to cook something in the toaster oven when it began smoking. a neighbor called 911 when the alarm went off. >>> a d.c. police officer is facing felony assault charges after allegedly taxing a female bartender. a witness says urell washington, a 25-year vet ra

we'll check in with tucker to get the full forecast coming up in a bit. is. >>> first, it is the episode michael jackson fans have been waiting. for the cast of glee will perform a special tribute to the king of pop. >> fox's william la jeunesse has more on what we can expect. rotor king of pop gets the glee treatment has the cast sings some classic michael jackson songs. >> michael is my favorite ever and i was very scared to see what would happen. very sensitive about michael. >> we've done a couple of tribute episodes but this is the most special one to me. it is the one i enjoyed and grew up with the most. >> michael jackson is one of the -- if not the most important pop artist ever in the entire history of music and to be -- to have the privilege to honor him like this. >> of his so perfect in his timing in recording. he either sang right on the beat or a little bit ahead of it which is a very hard thing to do. >> shania rivera was excited to perform a unique version of criminal. >> that was so amazing. >> reporter: imitation is the best form of flat

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let's say hello to tucker barnes. it looks a little foggy over the capitol dome. >> it is raining across parts of the area, particularly just south of the city here down 95. let's get right to the radar and show you the shower activity. the entire area not seeing rain at the moment but you can see we have a good swath of rain just south of the city into virginia and now pushing across southern maryland so down just south and east of waldorf and la plata, some pretty good activity. these showers will kind of continue on and off for the next few hours. we have more rain out to the west which will move in a little later this morning. let's see if we can do the temperature. right now at reagan national. we are in the 40s. it is 45 degrees now at reagan national. our wind are out of the south at 4 miles per hour. our forecast calling for early rain showers and then we'll get brakes in the clouds later today. it will be warm, high temperatures in the upper 50s. yeah, so we'll go about 58 degrees for the afternoon high. back

sure january 26th i am tony perkens. >> i am alison seymour. >> tucker barnes standing by good morning. >> hey, alison showers moving through hit and miss it will not be everywhere, most of the day we will just feature clouds but probably enough, kids head out to the bus stop they will want to be prepared for showers. shower activity, light, moving west to east and generally a break but rain showers out to the west, they will be moving through during the course of the next couple hours be prepared for rain showers for your thursday and along with it, mild temperatures, upper 40s low 50s by late this afternoon. 41 degrees, 41 regan national, temperatures not terribly cold to start your morning. lots of clouds around, on again, off again showers highs low 50s. the rain will become steady tonight and then we will get some clearing tomorrow details on our weekend forecast coming up in a couple minutes, julie wright has gotten busy. >> yeah, a lot happening on the roads we are getting word from state highway maybe a tractor trailer or larger sized box truck rear ended the van, southbound i-

tucker will fill us in on all that i am alison seymour >> i am matt in for steve this morning. >> is it true, is it going to be colder soon? >> alison, we are using the word frigid around here welcome back. let's kick it off show you these temperatures tumbling overnight, after enjoying highs in the 60s, saturday and sunday struggle with low 40s if you don't like cold, we give you the 5 day. 38 washington check out temperatures north and west, 31 hagerstown. cold temperatures is half the story the other story is the winds they will be employing gusting to 30 -- gusting to 30. 22 dulles, 23 baltimore, 16 washington we will bring out the old wind chill map. coming up shortly. generally a sunny day for us, partial sunshine this morning if you are headed out to the west, see the white on the radar, that is lake-effect snow that will really be kicking into gear over the next couple days the ski areas out to the west, west virginia and western maryland will love it as they expect up to a foot of snow we have winter storm warnings for western maryland starting later this afternoon and tonig

i was okay with it. >> i'm calling tucker like what's going on.oh, boy, those guys are panicking. >> we understood why it was happening. luckily, it wasn't i major deal but it was pretty. >>> -- luckily, it wasn't a major deal but it was pretty. great question. sorry it wasn't quite right yesterday but it was pretty. >> that is actually tucker's philosophy in his lating life. might not be quite right but she's pretty. >> what? >> that's a joke. >> he's in the arguing with you. >> that is about his past -- he's not arguing with you. >> that is about the past. >> i shouldn't have said that. >> blame it on the coffee. >> he didn't have any. >> i didn't mean anything. >> as long as they're pretty. >> funny how the brewers we can go long now. >> let's check in with julie wright. >> so if he didn't have coffee, what did he have this morning? >> you got to take it to the next level, don't you? >>> no more croissants for tony p.. on the roads, we are dealing with the accident activity on the southbound stretch of i-95 as you work your way from the car res

that would be so lovely. >> that's great. >> tucker?y are making. >> the forecast is calling for a little wintertime weather. >> that's free. >> that's always free. the weather is always free. so is the free app. we'll tell you about that later. tony, very nice. >> there is the sat right. there are some clouds moving in. we're going to watch an area of low pressure develop to our south and that's going to team up with the moisture that you see towards chicago. that's going to move through here into some cold air sew thank you fast starting at 11. we're going to get some snow and that dreaded win tri mix. there we are at midnight. notice that band of snow across north central maryland and the pink. the pink is the she had and freezing rain. most of the problem should be from the district north and west. the ice accumulation could be towards winchester and haggerstown. you could see up to a quarter inch of ice. we'll get it all out of heres to not take a lot of ice to cause problems. so be weary here. highs in the 50s by monday and tuesda

. >> tucker barnes also near and dear to my heart we don't go all the way back but we go back. >> we go way back at this point alison. >> this morning alone. >> absolutely right. feels like years and years, look at your fog forecast, still a dense fog advisory, i got it to north and west, looks good thank you to the map, actually filled in an hour ago, as out towards montgomery county howard county, anne arundel, maryland, still under fog advisory until 10:00 a.m. this morning, louden county fairfax county virginia, you too. visibility a quarter mile or less in many spots, once you get rid of the fog, nice day beautiful day high temperatures back into the 50s. well into the 50s. 55 for a daytime high. 43 washington, 48 naval air station, 52 ocean city temperatures are going to be warm era lot more sunshine. sentinel satellite, half clearing taking place, just got to lose the fog and a beautiful afternoon before you get out and enjoy. 5 day forecast, 55 today and maybe some rain here by thursday. all right more details on the forecast in just a minute want to remind you, sign up for f

back to you. >>> tucker, thank you very much. the big story this morning, a generous donation to help repair the washington monument. >> damage of course was done by the east coast earthquake back in august. monument has been closed ever since. stacey cohan is live on the national mall with details now. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. i'm going to keep my voice a little low. behind me the ceremony has just begun to make the formal announcement that david reubenstein will donate $7.5 million to help repair the monument. of course, the monument was badly damaged during the earthquake of august 23rd. i have more details about the extent of that damage. they're saying the most extensive damage was at the top, between 475 and 530 feet. it includes cracks up to 1 inch ride on some of the blocks. other damage includes stones that fell, missing mortar, damage to the elevator counter weight frame. they're estimating even with the donation it will take 10 to 12 months to fix. originally the parks service, or the ad put out

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we'll check in with tucker here in just a moment. i'm sarah simmons. >> i'm wisdom tucker. we were talking about how nice it was when we came in. looks like things are starting to change. >> yeah. >> and so if tucker can tell us if they are or not. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> the rain is moving in now and we knew it would be. heavy at times and the possibility of a thunderstorm? >> um. >> yeah. >> all right. >> and maybe it's severe thunderstorm if you're watching southern maryland with the temperatures and where they bouncing into the 60s. a topsy turvy atmosphere here. we'll have some heavy rain, windy and cooler here. >> to see the excitement in your as -- eyes. >> and there is a lot going on. >> and it's comfortable out there and in northwest maryland, you saying to yourself i don't feel the warm performs -- temperatures. for the rest of the us, not a bad start. 53 in washington right now. 59 at dulles and this is that warmer air pushing to the north and east, fredericksburg, 63 degrees and 62. again, we're going to temporarily pop up near 60 and the temperatur

let's roll on over to tucker now. >> we've got a couple of showers. julie wright has a look at your traffic coming up after the break.  >>> welcome back. taking a look at the washington monument this morning. temperature not too bad out there as we get started and not too bad driving around. you don't have to deal with snow at least. >> or fog for that matter. >> if we do get some significant snow, you can find out when your neighborhood will be plowed by logging online. >> they have a new web site to show the plowing status of fairfax, loud occupy and prince william county neighborhoods. you enter your address and go to myfoxdc.com for a link to that site. >> montgomery county already does it as well. it is pretty neat. we used a couple of years ago. >> it was accurate. >> yeah, it was. the nice thing is you can see if everyone has been plowed around you and your street is maybe still covered in snow. maybe i should contact someone. it is pretty useful. right now, we don't need it. >> don't need it at all. >> maybe we won't n

cold day hey, tucker. >> hey, tony you got it, in addition to cold we have something else parts of the area picked up a dusting of snowfall. we got a picture from angela in hagerstown look at that, fresh snowfall during the overnight hours, portions of the viewing area, montgomery county out towards win chester and front royal picking up, moderate band of snow moving through. otherwise, cold and windy day expected a cross the area, as we continue to be under this northwest flow arctic air moving on in. you can see the light flurry activity that continues, heaviest band of snow to the west dissipated as it moves south, clouds and sunshine you could see a few more snow showers. washington 26 degrees most of the area in the 20s. winds out of the north and west 12, wind chill feels like 20. daytime highs will flirt with the freezing mark. freezing cold forecast, and sunshine this afternoon even with the sun, highs only above freezing more details on the forecast the five day looks warmer coming up alison back to you. >> thank you tucker. >>> with cold temperatures today officials in the di

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please say good morning once again to tucker barnes. >> hello, tucker. >> how are you?e today's question. >> we'll jump right in because there is a lot to talk about with this question. time now no ask the weather guys, segment where tucker barnes and i put our big heads together to answer your most pressing questions, weather- related or otherwise. today's question comes from brodine brown. i'm sorry if i'm not pronouncing your name correctly. she writes: es: if you live in an apartment, you know. all great questions. we'll jump right in. here is the first thing i want to tell you. you go out to california, you are on one of these shows, you tape it, you win prizes, you are all excited and you come home and maybe you tell your friends. first of all, most of the shows don't want to you talk about it. when you tape the show and when the show airs, very different date t could air a couple of months later or a year later in some strange circumstances. whatever you win, all of that, you don't get it until the show airs. it is all pegged to the air date of the show. unless i

let's say hello to tucker barnes, get the latest on our forecast. so we have some rain heading our way? >> plenty of rain too. a good batch of moderate rain that will be here in the afternoon and with us through the even hours and out of here by tomorrow morning. >> in and out, that's the way we like it. >> radar, off to the south and west, you can see the rain approaching from portions of west virginia and southern and western virginia as the showers will creep into the area -- you can see it is still several hours away. we've got several more hours until it gets here. my suggestion is bring your umbrella today or be prepared for some rain. it is cold, 34 in washington. 26 at dulles. probably good the rain is not here yet because if it were arriving at this moment, we would be talking about -- >> freezing rain? >> yes. we will have lots of clouds and rain back in the forecast. the clouds will increase over the next couple of hours. >> all right. let's check in with julie wright and get the latest on the traffic now. >> i just heard you were talking

. >> hi tucker. >> hey, sarah good morning you said it right we have a warm temperature to expect, mid-60s for afternoon highs, springtime arriving 2 months early seems this year. as kids are headed out the door, you will need a jacket generally 30s if you are outside the belt way frederiksburg, 45 degrees, 40 washington you can see lots of 30s off to the north and west, 36 dulles and 39 hagerstown and win chester. should be a bright and sunny day a few clouds passing through but generally we should be dry for our tuesday winds have shifted out of the south and west and that will allow this warm, unseasonably warm air to arrive later today as we have been talking about our high temperatures later expected to be, 20 to 25 degrees above normal get a chance get out and enjoy the afternoon. here is your forecast today, lots of sunshine warm temperatures high temperatures in the mid-60s. maybe 65, 66 degrees, by 3:00 p.m. then we will start to fall back late this afternoon. more details on the forecast coming up in a couple minutes we are expecting plenty of warm temperatures and then we ar