virginia in the springfield area. sounds like a broken down tractor-trailer. westbound university, ramp with the overturned car with the ramp blocked. we talked with police. they were just getting on the scene there and we'll kind of keep you updated on that one throughout the morning. north quaker lane in alexandria, this is where justin finch is this morning. two water main breaks. northbound 295, ramp to westbound cleared with a possible crash. >>> 5:31. following breaking news in the district. chris lawrence at the live desk. chris? >> aaron, this is something you might see in a movie. investigators tell us someone stole a d.c. police cruiser and crashed it around 1:00 in southeast d.c. they nabbed it not other officers chased the suspect but he didn't get far. crashed that cruiser on f street. needles to say, the suspect was arrested there at the scene. at the live desk, chris lawrence, news 4. >> thank you, chris. >>> it's now 5:32. here are some of the top stories we're following this morning. a federal judge has ordered the trump administration to revise part of

traffic diverted onto eastbound virginia avenue northwest. 66 westbound from i street blocked and rockek parkway from white horse freeway blocked. detour around that. metro is on time. back to you. >> erin thanks very much. up and down the east coast it's not just us, the cars have having trouble. drivers struggling with the snow and ice. cars sometimes don't want to get going just like some of us. >> understand that. thousands of them have turned to aaa for help during this wintry blast and our annie yu is with aaa's midatlantic at the fleet headquarters this morning. she's getting all the details on how to manage in this really cold weather and annie, to be honest, every time i were you sh push that button ine car i have now i cross my fingers in these temps that it starts. >> reporter: right, me, too. i mean, i have an 09 and my car is in good shape. i maintain it well and things like that but frigid temperature when i turn my knob, it makes this weird -- like a very high like eeek and then it turns on and i'm like should i be concerned. i've got rob mormon here to tell us a little

virginia. it's just gross. there's a crash on the freeway westbound at m street as well. but this is what i'm concerned about.he inner loop up across the legion bridge because of a crash that's still blocking a lane. still dealing with huge 66 delays as well. and gw parkway slow downs. we have crash on gw parkway it's on the northbound side after 123. now the northbound side spout run to the beltway will take you 25 minutes. southbound side a little bit better 13 minutes from the beltway to spout run but old dominion is backed up we're seeing an hour and four minutes 66 eastbound road to the beltway. that's because of that inner loop mess. there's also an inner loop crash on the off ramp to leesburg pike closing the ramp through tysons it is just jam packed trying to get through tysons or through fairfax this morning get an early start. traffic is terrible. there we have it. okay. so as we take look at the inner loop again still an hour just from 66 to the legion bridge to give you some perspective. as you move things along we also have a freeway crash northbound before the southeast southwest merge crash blo

virginia at old keen mill road. looks good here. same situation on 66. no complaints eastbound or westbound. as we look at the beltway, it's nice and green as well. aaron? >> thank you, melissa. >>> 5:32 the district. there is a search for a critical missing 2-year-old boy. take a look at your screen. d.c. police say this is emir sheffield last seen with his biological father in the 2400 block of alabama avenue in southeast near garfield elementary school. call police if you know where emir might be. >>> now to california. at least 17 people are dead and hundreds of search crews are digging through mud and wreckage searching for 17 missing people. some residents are working to rescue pets like the ones on your screen here. officials say 1500 homes are still threatened by the rain-soaked hills. >>> it is a chilling confession. a 17-year-old gang member details the brutal murder of a 15-year-old girl. in her own words, venus iraheta says she killed alexandra reyes rivas for revenge. you can listen to that confession in the nbc washington justin finch will have a live report on the confession.

westbound was shut down. we had two other accidents in that area as well. so watch for that one. the one near virginiaem. kind of a mess on the turnpike westbound. seeing really bad speeds, five, 11 miles an hour leading to this scene right here. other problems around the area 309 northbound at flourtown. we've got an accident here as well causing some problem there and ice lincoln drive is closed and that's between wayne and wissahickon avenue because of icy conditions out there so you need to be careful. on the main roads it may be just a slick spot or two but much more than that in other places, tam. >> thank you, karen. >>> now let's head outside to meteorologist, david murphy. does it feel better today than yesterday. >> still pretty cold to start out and karen's talking about that ice on sidewalks and on some streets. 27 degrees right now. not melting anything just yet. however the sun is up and later this afternoon we are going to improve to a high of 42. so, another round of melting this afternoon. tomorrow a high of 50 degrees, lots of clouds, rain arriving at night. it will be light in the e

north of prince william parkway in virginia, you can see main lanes, express lanes, everything looking good there right now. brand new crash here in the mcclain area westbound georgetown pike near the difficult run parking lot. good example of a road that would have no problem like georgetown pike, but obviously slippery there. you still have water main breaks they're dealing with all over the area. university boulevard near connecticut. have the work zone blocking the left lane each way. and van dorn, the left lane gets by at the water main b >>> this just into our newsroom. arlington county schools are closed today. again, we're hearing from school systems as they reassess the situation out there. arlington county schools. we're also following the road closures this morning. the conditions out there. as you prepare for that commute to work or school today. >> there are delays and cancellations in some areas. let's go to teams on the ground in d.c., maryland and virginia. we'll start with justin finch, who is spending a snowy day at the beach. he is at ocean city for us this morning. justin, looks like things are getting a little worse there. >> reporter:

pennsylvania turnpike west bun before virginia drive the left lane, also we have got this 15 to six vehicles involved overturned vehicle with entrapment westboundsed at bensalem. rahel, over to you. >> our next update 7:55. up next this morning a teacher is arrested for questioning her supervisor's pay, i'm rahel solomon, good morning. >>> congratulations i want to give to alabama crimson tide to beat the georgia bulldogs for winning the national championship. >> after months of criticizing them for taking the knee, the president finally stood for the national anthem but he may not know the words to the "national anthem." take a look. ♪ >> he looks like a guy who jumped on stage at a karaoke bar who jumped on stage to sing "despacito." some may remember he does not speak spanish. despacito -- puerto rico. >> oh, gorchlt we all know the puerto rico part. i refuse to believe, guys, the president of the united states does not know "the star-spangled banner." we learn that when we're kids in school. he knows. he didn't feel like singing that day maybe, james corden. welcome back to "cbs this morning." hey, john dickerson, still here. so far, so goo

northbound rock creek parkway diverted eastbound on to virginia avenue with the southbound lanes still open. there is no access from i street over to westboundhere from 10 to 12 hours to make those repairs. that is our traffic watch. back to you. larry: ok. autria: thanks. larry: get updates anytime. autria: live tv, people. life, tv. that's it for "good morning america." come over to news channel 8 want some inspirational stories for a change? you gotta check out the american dream. saturdays, 1pm, newschannel8 >> announcer: it's "live with kelly and ryan"! today, big-screen star blake lively, and from "this is us," milo ventimiglia, plus actress uzo aduba. and ryan takes us back to his hometown of atlanta, georgia. all next on "live"! [upbeat music] ♪ now, here are kelly ripa and ryan seacrest! >> ♪ you got me like ah ♪ and ooh ♪ with all the things you do >> ryan: good morning. >> kelly: whoo! >> ryan: good morning. y'all, what's up? [cheers and applause] ♪

virginia eastbound 66 this is 234 and the beltway. you're down to about 35 minutes on that slow can see right there. westbound inbound route 295 baltimore washington parkway 17 minutes from 295 to the third street tunnel. it looked jammed last time i look going into the third street tunnel. district is slow as well. and we've got those water main breaks it's been a busy morning with them yet again although cold temperatures in rockville hungerford road we still have the right lane block due to water main break it's on hun hungerford road where you hit frederick avenue at wisconsin at rockville. indian head slow. that is a look at traffic. city and allison. >> congress gets back to work today and new face in the crowd today. >> midnight tina smith resigned as lieutenant governor of minnesota. smith was appointed by minnesota's governor to fill the seat vacated by now former senator al franken. smith will be sworn in today along with alabama senator elect doug jones who says he is ready to get to work. meanwhile, after more than 40 years in the senate utah's or ren hatch announced he will retire at the end his