as we take a look at this camera, the twinkling lights, that is the woodrow wilson bridge. one sign without any trouble. across the american legion bridge -- the 270 spur and river road. roadwork on the beltway between university boulevard and new hampshire avenue -- a light volume at this hour. back to you. >> an answer to the biggest question this election season -- that is, will president obama or mitt romney lead for the next four years? >> voters reelected president obama for the next term. brianne carter has reaction from the president and romney. >> good morning. after a long and drawn-out campaign a long and drawn-out night of watching numbers come in. the battleground states -- after nearly sweeping them, he said he was rehired and will be back here for four more years. >> thank you. >> president barack obama celebrates his return to washington to lead the country for four more years. >> we know in our hearts that for the united states of america the best is yet to come. >> nearly sweeping battleground states including ohio and virginia he earned more than 300 elec

>>> above the wilson bridge, we've got a crescent moon smiling like a cheshire cat. good morning. by 6:30 this morning, la plata, maryland, 39 degrees. by noontime, low 50s. all around the region today, here's your hour by hour forecast. we'll reach near 60 by midafternoon. clear sky and breezes gusting to around 15 to 20 miles an hour will then settle down by late afternoon. going out tonight? here's your friday evening planner. chilly and a calm wind under a clear sky. we'll be down to the 40s after sunset. mid-40s by midnight. a look at the weekend and into next week. detail is in ten minutes. danella, good morning. >>> we're going to head up to i-270. checking cameras in that area, and we'll fly over it together. nice and clear. looking for road work, and not seeing any accidents either as you make your way through frederick northbound and southbound. a live look at gaithersburg and even in the rockville area, your lanes are open. taking the spur to the beltway, things look good if you continue and head towards the outer loop and the american legion bridge. outer loop and inne

quiet is your trip toward the wilson bridge. you will find reversible roads carrying two-with a travel. southbound along 270, a nice, easy drive for those continuing out of hyattstown. no issues reported continuing out to the lane divide. 395 behaving nicely on both the express lanes and main line. hov rules lifted in virginia on 95, 395 as well as on 66. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. raffic. >>> our big story, three days after e-cia director david petraeus resigned following his admitted affair with his buying on ferreira, more questions arrived. >> congress is demanding answers wondering why they weren't told sooner. melanie alnwick has the latest on this story. >> reporter: tuesday, while all of america was focused on the election, behind the scenes, cia director david petraeus is being advised to resign as his affair was about to become very public and now members of congress are asking questions about the timing. david petraeus and paula broadwell first met in the spring of 2006. four years later, a dissertat

route 210 down to the wilson bridge looks absolutely fine.o issues as you come in to the beltway from southern maryland as well. let's go back over to the maps. this time we're heading to the bw parkway and route 50 inside the beltway through cheverly. no issues into the northeast corridor. all the anacostia river crossings are fine if that's where you're headed right now. we'll take another live look north of town at the beltway. no problems here at river road. i'll be back with more at 5:40. back to you guys. >> thanks, monika. >>> 5:41 now. the david petraeus sex scandal is now threatening the career of the man who succeeded him as the commander of u.s. troops in afghanistan. >> petraeus resigned as c.i.a. director last week admitting his extramarital affair with his biographer paula broadwell. f.b.i. agents discovered their relationships when they traced threatening e-mails from broadwell and the e-mails were sent to jill kelley, a florida woman who knows both general petraeus and general john allen. now the pentagon is looking into quest

checking travel speeds as you make your way from van dorn to the wilson bridge. you can see crossing the wilson bridge in both directions. picking up in volume, no major delays. travel speeds at 62 miles per hour. seven minutes to get from van dorn street to the wilson bridge. >> thank you, danella. >>> 5:33. 36 degrees. coming up, voters plan to head to the polls in maryland. we'll check out key ballot questions in a live report. >> plus reopening >>> 14 before the 6:00 hour. a little more than an hour from now, maryland voters can head to the polls. folks in the old line state will vote on several issues. news 4's tony tull is live with more. tony, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. we have seven questions on the maryland ballot, all very important. as you mentioned just a moment ago, we have three very important ones we're going to talk about. the first one here, question four, the maryland d.r.e.a.m. act. that's going to tell whether undocumented students will pay in-state tuition if they have graduated high school here in maryland and their parents pay

still an easy drive for those continuing their trip on the wilson bridge. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. raffic. >>> the presidential campaign is down to its last hours. the candidates have one last full day to get their message out and then it is time to get out the vote. >> melanie alnwick is in the newsroom with the final push. >> rerter: good morning. both candidates enter marathon runs to hit as many battleground states as possible. as the race ticks down to the final hours, their aim isn't just to convince the undecided. they need to energize their supporter and get them out to vote. president obama began the day in new hampshire and ended in you're ore arc colorado cheered by a crowd of 20,000 people. he also made stops in florida and ohio telling supporters he will need them even after the election to help push his policies through congress. sunday saw a first for mitt romney as he campaigned in traditionally democratic pennsylvania where polls suggest the state is relatively close. romney also held events in iowa, ohio and virginia an

live look over in oxen hill on the beltway, traffic moving well here, if you are heading to the wilson bridge, it looks pretty much like this as well. back over to our maps, 270 southbound, closer in, rockville, bethesda. over to the beltway and the american legion bridge. it is beginning to get a tiny bit heavy just past this point as you approach route 121. i'll be back with more traffic coming up at 5:23. back to you guys. >>> the redskins trying to find a winning formula after losing to one of the worst teams. >>> we want to take another look at our question of the morning. the average american does this 256 times a year. blow their nose, donate to charity or cook a meal? >> tonya mccaulley wrote c. i doubt a. >> log onto the wusa9 facebook fan page and we'll reveal the answer during our 6:00 hour >>> ac 5:21. freeze warnings out here this morning. once the growing season is completely done, we don't worry about freeze warnings any more. through the morning just a couple of clouds still hanging out here with upper 30s by 9:00. we'll head toward lunch time 45, 46 or so and sunny in the aft

look at this great camera off in the distance with twinkling lights, that is the woodrow wilson bridge. crossing the american legion bridge is good. everything is cleared up in the tyson's area with overnight roadwork. it is a little bit rough surface here. no problems, 270. washington parkway all checked out fine. >> thank you so much. 4:55 right now. a dancing with the stars co-host is undergoing surgery now for thyroid surgery. >> she is 41 and her doctor recently discovered a novel on her thyroid. it was found to be cancerous. her thyroid will have to be removed. doctors say she is expected to make a complete recovery. there are rumors cheryl burke is in the running to be the next bachelorette. she has expressed interest in the past and is shopping her own reality tv. >> it is the dance that will not go away. >> and now gangum style has smashed a record to be the most viewed video in the youtube history. 5 million the likes -- that is how many people like the video. the man behind the video was presented with a certificate for the achievement. since his release in july, it has led

lighter than usual traffic volume each way at the wilson bridge and traffic flowing freely at the americanbridge as you travel between tyson and 270 and leaving bethesda headed out to the dulles toll road. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. etraffic. >>> in bridge county, a cat sitting up on top of a power loon for four days brought out lots of curious neighbors and finally the utility company. the cat had been perched there since thursday. it went back and forth from sitting on the line to going all the way to the top of the pole. finally, pg & e crews -- you should see what our floor directors are doing. >> you don't want to know. >> they were called in to help with the situation. they arrived last night and raiseed a bucket as the cat stared wide-eyed. just as the linemen were making sure it was safe to get help to the cat, it jumped 30 feet to the ground. they came you out to the rescue the cat and as soon as they got there, after four days, the cat jumped down and took off running. >> that is the thing with candidates. it is 30 feet. they can jump, run off, he will be comple

across the wilson bridge to the accident move to the shoulder. -- extremely slow train to get the wilson out. 43 degrees. winds out of the northwest at 8 hour.per of degrees below what on theperature thermometer says. 40's were around 50 degrees but partly sunny skies. a chance of rain on sunday. thanks for being with us this morning. than 30 minutes. we will see with another news update. ♪ who are you who, who, who, who ♪ ♪ i really want to know [ cheers and applause ] >>> that is an excellent musical selection for what we're about to show you in just a little bit. good morning, america. robin roberts, recuperating. she tweeted out about the show today. great to have amy robach here. here's why. we showed you right there. that's a painting from the 16th century. now, pull out just a little bit. it is trending. why is it trending right now? we're going to show you. >> that's right. max is -- >> really? >> he's back at the philadelphia museum of art. and you can see that was, perhaps, born a century ago. >> it really pulls it together, doesn't it? >> in "pop news" he's wearing a cool, tie

first, over the south side of beltway, the wilson bridge rea, stretching from burke springfield and across into upper marlborough, just a few sprinkles out there to speak of. headed northbound, straddling frederick and even clipping parts of upper montgomery county hills, a few sprinkles as well, and off to west, near winchester, shenandoah valley. a few sprinkles. in southern maryland, some sunshine. white is the clouds. ground.k is just the rappahannock and culpeper , sunshine. fredericksburg, 57 degrees at this time. satellite and radar composite, notice the circulation, leftovers from sandy. the upper level circulation in canada, the quebec area. there is the circulation, the upper level low pressure system. but there is energy swinging in backside of that which drop in early tomorrow morning. i do think that could bring us a more sprinkles tomorrow maybe one or two flurries tomorrow morning. nothing to get excited about or about, just isolated snowflakes. and a freeze watch in effect far of washington from 4:00 a.m. through 9:00 a.m. 33-40 degrees for the low temperatures by tomorrow

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problems own that out of brandy wine on route 5 looking good on the beltway to oxon hill and the wilson bridge. inside the beltway 295 incident- free to the 11th street bridge. a live look outside and show you what it looks like first on the inbody side of i-66 out here in virginia looking good coming from the west. no problems out of manassas into centerville and fairfax. this time to the north side of town. 32 out of columbia and a live lookout the beltway in college park also nodallies yet. and i'll be back with more coming up at 5:24. back to you guys. >>> thank you monika. this year the district was marred by two resignations from the d.c. city council. >> and it appears campaign finance questions surrounding a long time d.c. politician cost him a council seat. we'll have more on that coming up. we'll be back. >>> welcome back. 5:22. we've got lots of clouds out there this morning,. thes in the 30s to low -- temperatures in the 30s to low 40s. a wind out there, windchills are even in the 20s and 30s. we're going to watch moisture south and east of town. could be a few sprinkles in spots h

that's like building 4 nat's stadiums, 5 wilson bridges, and 8 dc convention centers...all in one year. and not a penny of it comes from taxpayers. freight railroads s plan to sped $23 billion on their network. that's like launching 4 mars rovers, 10 gps satellites, and 20 space shuttles ...all in one year. and not a penny of it comes from taxpayers. >>> making headlines this morning, a couple earthquakes rocked the western hemisphere. 48 people died in the worst earthquake to hit guatemala in 36 years. people are still missing and the number of dead is expected to rise. 7.4 hit off the west coast. also felt in mexico city. then early this morning, a strong 6.3 struck off canada's pacific coast. centered not far from vancouver island. 85 miles off the coast of british columbia. no reports of damages and no tsunami warning. >> doctors in philadelphia say they have successfully separated 8 month old conjoined twins. the surgery took place in philadelphia. the girls were joined at the xeft and stomach. both babies are doing well and should lead healthy lives. >> seseme street is doing a h

open to and from the wilson bridge.has cleared, and now experiencing delays south off the bw parkway to pennsylvania avenue. 16 minutes now. trip south on 270, still tied up leaving i-70, 32 miles per hour southbound. germantown, well above speed at 62 miles per hour. only to hit the brakes again at 30 miles per hour leaving rockville to the split. leaving 270 into the sunshine at connecticut avenue and new hampshire avenue and route one. no accidents, just volume delays 95 to colesville road. delays inbound 66 from manassas towards centreville. fair oaks to 123, travel on the toll roads westbound near route 7 accident activity there. 395 across the 14th street bridge all lanes are open. that is a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. >>> the election of course is over and now the hard work of avoiding another recession begins. the election and battle over the so-called fiscal cliff are the big topics on fox news sunday this weekend. chris wallace is host of the show and joins me live with a preview. good morning to you,

all the way to 495 and that's good all the way down to the wilson bridge. a live look first in maryland, and show you what it looks ike if you're planning to head here on the west side of town at the american legion bridge. very, very quiet across the potomac river. let's go back to the maps this time we're heading over to virginia. on the inbound side of i-66. manassas into centreville all lanes are open. no issues as you travel to fair tax, the beltway through tysons corner the lanes are open. this time northbound 95 here in newington. back with more traffic coming up in a few minutes at 5:10. back to you guys. >>> thanks, later today president obama plans to make the first postelection comments about trying to avoid that fiscal cliff. >> the president and congress need to act before january 1st to prevent a combination of tax increases and automatic spending cuts from taking effect and this could be huge. ko im is live at capitol hill with details on what's happening later today. good morning ko. >> reporter: good morning mike and andrea. it's a huge iss

traveling through oxon hill to the wilson bridge you're fine. here's what it looks like in oxon hill. by the way in prince george's county, 34 rght street at -- 34th street at 1st street, watch out for that activity. i'm going to end with a pretty shot of downtown d.c. back to you. >> thank you. >>> time to toss it over to our partners at cbs this morning. gayle king is in new york. gee, gayle, i can't imagine what you guys are covering this morning. >> oh, one direction was in town the other night. madonna was here. we can talk about that or we could talk about the general. good morning to you, mike and andrea. senator john mccain will be with us today. we'll ask him about the petraeus sex scandal, the benghazi hearings and the possibility of susan rice becoming the next secretary of state. a lot of republicans want to hit the reset button. we'll hear from a group of romney supporters in virginia about his loss, the president and the future of the republican party. those stories and more when we see you at 7:00. mike and andrea, see you soon. >

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light traffic volume each way at the wilson bridge and here we are at the american legion bridge. traffic flowing freely. eastbound i-90 still sloping up an incident involving a truck fire. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. etraffic. -- eastbound i-90 still cleaning up an incident involving a truck fire. >>> to prince george's county now where a man is recovering after being burned when his home caught fire. take a look at this video. the flames broke out around 7:30 last night at a house along northern avenue in glendale. nearly 65 firefighters were called out to the scene and it took about an hour to put out the blaze. the victim in his 50s was taken to a burn unit, in good condition right now. his home is a total loss, however. the cause of the fire is under investigation. igation. >>> a big story we are following this morning, the looming fiscal cliff when automatic spending cuts and tax hikes are due to kick in at the end of the year that. threat is being taken seriously in virginia where governor bob mcdonnell has ordered state agencies to prepare to cut their bud

as you cross over the wilson bridge and heading towards pennsylvania avenue, no issues here. continuing around the beltway in prince george's county, looping around montgomery county here. here's a live look at connecticut avenue. inner loop and outer loop, absolutely clear. i'm back in ten minutes. aaron and eun, over to you. >>> still to come, the crime that has police trying to track down an eccentric software entrepreneur this morning. >>> plus the latest honor for >>> i'm angie goff at the news 4 live desk. a syrian jet bombed near the turkish border. it happened over the town, leaving people running for their lives. this is the second day of attacks in the area. the attacks continue as forces loyal to syrian president bashar al assad try to regain control of the area which fell to the rebels last week. >>> one homeowner says his faulty furnace may have caused the deadly house explosion in indianapolis. the couple who lived next door died in the blast. investigators have been looking at gas meters and pipe lines trying to figure out what happened saturday night. they hav

. >> on the roads, you will find your lanes are open traveling to and from the wilson bridge. we do have unlittle hiccup and this happens to be on the southbound stretch of the prince william parkway. we have accident activity. coming northbound up towards 66, your lanes are open. on the roads, 395 in good shape continuing across the inbound 14th street bridge. light traffic volume continuing over to the southeast-southwest freeway. traffic running smoothly at new hampshire avenue. lanes are open continuing out towards college park and over towards the exit for 270. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. e traffic. >> thank you. >>> metro is now taking online orders for its commemorative 2013 inaugural smartrip card. they will bear a picture of the president and be preload wade $1 pass. you will also be able to use the card as a flash pass for unlimited bus travel on inauguration day. >>> for youer women in the u.s. are giving birth to premature babies. a new report from the march of dimes shows the rate of premature births fell by nearly 12% last year. it is the lowest

railroads plan to spend $23 billion on their network.ht that's like building 4 nat's stadiums, 5 wilson bridgesand 8 dc convention centers...all in one year. and not a penny of it comes from taxpayers. freight railroads plan to spendd $23 billion on their network. that's like launching 4 mars rovers, 10 gps satellites, and 20 space shuttles ...all in one year. and not a penny of it comes from taxpayers. >>> if you want to know what jamie dimon thinks, just ask. the outspoken chairman of jpmorgan chase is an important voice for the financial industry and not short of opinions. i oke to him about politics, policy and regulation this week. >> the foundation of business is pretty strong. companies are in good shape, a lot of cash. middle market companies, small business. if you look at the numbers, housing looks like it is turning, household formation is going up. business itself looks pretty good and i think the american economy -- to me the most important thing is we solve the short-run fiscal cliff and the long rloun issues and if we do that the economy can boom. hope that proem works on that an

lanes are open for those traveling at the wilson bridge. we had some overnight construction southbound 355 at cedar lane headed out towards nih. >>> america has decided. president barack obama wins the election and earns a second term as president. >> take a look. the president claiming far more than the required 270 electoral votes but just narrowly winning the popular vote. melanie alnwick is live in the newsroom with a look at the results. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning. despite a still weak economy and one of the most expensive campaigns in history, president obama managed to prevail in most of those hard-fought swing states and that made the difference sending him back to the oval office for four more years. obama spoke in his hometown of chicago. he told supporters he knows the path ahead is not easy yet, he still believes america has a better future. >> but despite all our differences, most of us share certain hopes for america's future. we want our kids to grow up in a country where they have access to the best schoo

no problems to report here as you head toward the wilson bridge and beyond into alexandria and springfield you're going to be just fine. let's go back over to the maps this time on the northbound side of i-95 in virginia. same story. still light across the occoquan river into springfield and 395. we'll go live into springfield northbound 95. again this is the exit for the beltway. no delays, no volume to worry about right now. i'll be back with more coming up at 4:55. >> thanks, monika. >>> relief from traffic chaos on the beltway in virginia begins saturday. that's when the i-495 express lanes open up. >> it could be great. we'll keep our fingers crossed. as peggy fox tells us, you're going to need one of those passes on your windshield to use them. >> reporter: you know the drive into this busy place, whether for work or play, could be a lot easier come saturday when the express lanes open up but you're going to need an ez pass. if you commute with three or more people on board, you can ride for free as long as you have a flex pass. anyone who has an ez pass or smart tag can use the new

leaving andrews to oxon hill and across the wilson bridge. one more look outside this is at northbound 95 in lorton. no delays yet on to springfield and 395. back in a few minutes but first drivers in the potomac section of montgomery county prepare for more delays along river road near falls road because they are filming a movie starring dame judi dench at a home in the area. the whole morning show knows about this. it didn't work out for me. the filmabling is expects to run from 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. today and do be prepared. the upcoming three day weekend means some metro stations will be closed on the orange line, buses will replace trains between east falls church and clarendon so crews can work on the switches at the ballston station. the stations will be closed there and work on the green and red lines will also mean some single tracking and be sure to leave yourself plenty of time on metro. >>> thank you monika. in health news researchers say many doctors don't know their patients' wishes when making treatment decisions. a study look

railroads plan to spen$23 billion on their network.ht that's like building 4 nat's stadiums, 5 wilson bridgesand 8 dc convention centers...all in one year. and not a penny of it comes from taxpayers. freight railroads plan to spend $23 billion on their network. that's like launching 4 mars rovers, 10 gps satellites, and 20 space shuttles ...all in one year. and not a penny of it comes from taxpayers. >>> hope you follow me on twitter a engoogle+. look for @maria bartiromo. >>> a look at what impacts your money and move markets this week. earnings are expected from disney, kohls, whole foods and groupon among others and the new york area power provider coned. >>> on tuesday, it is judgment day. november 6th, the election. on thursday, we will find out if the u.s. imports or exports more good with the international trade balance. on friday the latest reading of consumer sentiment will be out. something you won't see in the real estate section this week. the president's home woululd ha a mamarket price of $284.9 million. a slight increase from four years ago. real estate site zill made the estim

that's like buikilding 4 nat's stadiums, 5 wilson bridges, and 8 dc convention centers...all in one yeard not a penny of it comes from taxpayers. freight railroads plan to spendd $23 billion on their network. that's like launching 4 mars rovers, 10 gps satellites, and 20 space shuttles ...all in one year. and not a penny of it comes from taxpayers. >>> for more on our show and our guests, check out the website and i hope you will follow me on twitter and google+. look for@maria bartiromo. look for the stories that may move the market and impact your money this week. earnings reports from hewlett-packard, loews and best buy among others. monday the nation's realtors will relea the numberf existing homes sold last month. on tuesday the housing starts number. residential units that began construction last month federal reserve chairman will speak to the economic club of new york on tuesday. thursday is thanksgiving. happy turkey day,everybody.. all markets are closedor the holiday. on friday, it's here. can you believe it? the kickoff to the holiday shopping season will begin the day after

that is the woodrow wilson bridge. no problems there or the american legion bridge. in manassas closing to 34 the pence plan parkway. south of i-66. back to you. >> we will continue our election day coverage with a look at those who did early voting compared to those who will cast their ballots today. >> president obama is viewed as having that as with early voters. mitt romney is confident it will receive more votes today. and that's how easily shakes out? >> it is. early voting has more important -- the obama folks the pentagon on the the mitt romney does. the romney campaign says partly because there are more rural voters and older voters like the tradition of going to the polling places, they are more likely to vote on election day. and allow them to hide what is coming up to keep them a little bit behind the curtains. keeping the pedal to the metal paul ryan coming to virginia today. very unusual for the ticket to be out on election day. president obama will be playing basketball while mitt romney is in ohio, pennsylvania. paul ryan joins him for those here in v

delays across the woodrow wilson bridge? and has been cleared. >> coming up next, how some students and professors are protesting a smoking ban at a local university. >> the highly anticipated winter >> a tale of two winters. >> what type of winter can we expect this season? most of us would choose the one from last year. >> that was pretty mild. here's the deal. two weeks ago hurricane sandy created blizzard conditions. powerful nor'easter dropped snow on areas of new york and new jersey. are these indications that people have a snowy winter? typically, when forecasting the outlook, we monitor the ocean temperatures in the equatorial pacific. this season, it neither of these cycles is dominant. it gives us a little insight. >> the odds would have been increased. some of the historic types of big snowstorms have been associated. >> we have to focus on more localized air pressure patterns. these are rapidly cycling weather patterns that blocked and steer cold there are rahman northern hemisphere. -- of around the northern hem

for those continuing to make their trip along the capital beltway in each direction over at the wilson bridgetraffic volume moving at speed as you continue to make your way between oxon hill and alexandria. northbound on i-95, lanes are open. no trouble spots to report there as you continue from dumfries headed out to the capital beltway. lanes are open eastbound on 66. no trouble spots to report coming in from manassas. overnight construction on the beltway. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. imetraffic. >> thank you. >>> a fox 5 follow-up right now to a story we first brought you yesterday. d.c. drivers caught speeding will pay a lower fine. that policy change went into effect on monday. any driver going 10 miles over the speed limit will pay $50. faster, you will pay $100. d.c. mayor vincent gray instituted the changes just as the council was preparing to introduce legislation to lower the fines even more. gray and police chief cathy lanier say, if fines are too low, drivers will not have an incentive to slow down. some experts disagree with that. >> there is no link between abus

on the woodrow wilson bridge, we are good. roadwork set up today on connected ave. >> it is 5:32.started with the showdown between the white house and congress over taxes. >> the president will talk about the economy for the first time since winning reelection. >> it is all we heard about during the election and the campaign. the economy, and that is what we are expecting to hear about again this afternoon when he makes an address at 1:05 this afternoon. >> having a little trouble there, but we will check back in charlie. 5:33 right now. the campaign has released a video with an emotional moment from the commander in chief. >> it happened one day after winning reelection. >>i am really rpuod of that. i am proud of you. >> he got a little teary eyed it there. he is addressing campaign staffers when he thanked them for all their hard work. >> president obama wing replacements for federal white house aids and cabinet members expected to leave. timothy geithner, hillary clinton, and leon panetta all planning to leave sometime next year. >> we will talk metro first. east falls church a

headed across the wilson bridge, a 10 minute ride on the south side.hat's a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. >> thank you very much. during president obama's victory speech he said he wants to meet with mitt romney to discuss how to work together. after the campaign, is it possible the two can actually do that? joining us now with more reaction, peter fenn and jim. congratulations for your party. sorry jim about what happened last night. >> it's fine. >> let's talk about it. let's analyze it and get to whether or not they'll meet and what purpose it will service. >> peter i'm going to start with you. why do you think the president won? it was looking like it was very close in terms of the popular vote not in terms of the electoral college. >> first of all, it's always great in campaigns because everybody has to have the one silver bullet for why they think. it's not a one silver bullet. he had a superb. he's a very well liked president. folks are concerned about the economy and nervous about it. but he stayed around 50% with job approval. that was

across the american legion good, nos been problems at the woodrow wilson bridge. back to you. >> thank you. e about an early morning shooting that happens out west on the usc campus in southern california. greg jummy olabanji has been following this situation. >> allard just went out to students -- analyst. the threat is over. staff were or involved in the shooting. now the campus is open and you get on campus with the proper school id card. have announced classes will resume on time later this morning. the shooting happened at 11:35 night west coast time at the a halloween party student union on campus. started as an argument between two males and one shot the other. the victim is in critical hospital and is in surgery. three other bystanders were hit by gunfire. they are expected to be ok. they reported two people are in police custody. it's been a violent night overseas. there was anted stampede at a public halloween party in madrid and it has left three women dead and others in critical condition. reports the panic a flare was thrown large crowd of people. we

all green to and from the wilson bridge. for those traveling southbound along 270, an easy commute coming in from hyattstown working your way out towards 121. volume increasing. 395 looking good in the main loon and express lanes headed north from landmark. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. raffic. >>> voters in maryland spoke out in favor of re-electing president obama. >> they also weighed in on some key ballot questions. fox 5's holly morris is live in national harbor with the result of some of those contentious issues. >> good morning. there were seven key questions that were on the ballot yesterday. perhaps none getting more attention than question seven itself dealing with the expansion of gambling and the building of a new casino here in prince george's county. question seven did pass and it is fair to say that the celebration of its passing took to the skies here at national harbor last night. fireworks were set off upon word that question seven would indeed pass. question seven alloud for the additional g

you are at speed each way over at the wilson bridge. no issues reported off of 66 as you continue eastbound coming in from manassas. we do have the crash southbound prince william parkway at wellington road. this is southbound headed away from 66. southbound lanes are blocked. northbound, everybody is getting by. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> d.c. public schools will close 20 schools, most of them at the beginning of the next academic year. >> the reason, the growth in charter school enrollment. john henrehan has the story. >> reporter: cheryl bridge has given up on d.c. public schools. her sixth great daughter went for farabee hope elementary school from head start to fisk grade. now the daughter is in a publicly funded charter school. >> the cool are not up to where they need to be. here, they said my daughter was prefishent. charter school, she got bs and cs. that shouldn't have been. >> reporter: it is one of 20 d.c. public school buildings which will be closed and it is largely the growth of the charter schools

also, if you're crossing over the wilson bridge, no issues there. a live look at the american legion bridge. picking up volume, no major delays, no accidents. checking bridges, this time the 14th street bridges as you make your way into the district. no issues there. even on 395, you are nice and clear north and southbound. and the key bridge, again, nice and clear. i'm back in ten. eun, over to you. >> danella, thank you. >>> it is now 5:31. today president obama will take on a crisis that could plunge our nation into a deep recession. he'll use his first speech since being re-elected to address the so-called fiscal cliff. nbc's tracie potts is live on capitol hill with more on what the president will say. tracie, good morning. >> reporter: eun, good morning. we're expecting the president to do two things. first of all, he's not taking questions when he speaks in the east room early this afternoon. he will urge congress to quickly extend the bush tax cuts because they expire at the end of the year and also cooperate in dealing with the rest of the f

no problems to report at the wilson bridge. traffic flowing freely on the top stretch of the beltway and headed over towards 270. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> one central question has been answered but man more will follow. former cia director david petraeus will testify about the attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi. >> president obama continues to come to the defense of one of the key players under scrutiny during a news conference at the white house. melanie alnwick is live with the latest on this > reporter: the controversies over this matter just keep piling on. the most recent regarding the resignation of ex-cia director general david petraeus and as you said, we did learn he will testify friday morning in a closed door hearing before the house intelligence committee. petraeus we know had visit libya on his own, conducted his own investigation into what happened there. his testimony will be before the house intelligence committee about those matters, about what he discovered but not about his affa

you can see the beautiful sky looking toward the woodrow wilson bridge there. current temperatures, upper 40s already. montgomery county, gaithersburg, to low 50s across the area. 55 degrees right now down around areas of fredericksburg, stafford county, spotsylvania county, hanging on to 55 degrees. overnight we'll drop down again to the low 30s, upper 20s west. 37 degrees right in d.c. so that means that you'll not only need a chair, but a blanket and coat to take in the leonid showers. >>> former washington mystics player is facing assault charges. police in atlanta say she turned herself in late last night on an arrest warrant. she's accused of attacking her former girlfriend and teammate jennifer lacy earlier this week. lacy said she smashed her car windows with a baseball bat and shot into her suv. lacy was not injured. her bond is set at $100,000. she'll be back in the courtroom at the end of the month. >>> after more than two hours on lockdown, a minneapolis office building is now reopened. police received a report of possible shots fired inside that bu

flowing freely seeing nothing but green on the inner loop leaving oxon hill headed over towards the wilson bridge. overnight construction cleared. all three lanes maintained now headed out past the d.c. line coming inbond off of 50 and kenilworth avenue. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. e traffic. >> thank you. >>> a wild scene in northeast d.c. last night. three people shot inside a convenience store. the suspect took off. >> police believe it all began because of a dispute between the gunman and a store clerk. fox 5's melanie alnwick is live at police headquarters in northwest with the details. >> reporter: good morning. early this morning, d.c. police did tell me they think they have some pretty good leads in this case. they've got surveillance video the suspect fired several round into the marketplace convenience store that was outside a bp gas station while sitting inside his car. it was multiple rounds that this suspect actually shot into that marketplace convenience store. it happened 7:30 tuesday night. two men were struck, a clerk and a custer more, in the leg. a female cust

no problems at the wilson bridge. inbound 66 at route 234, an accident was moved to the shoulder a while ago but lots of slow stuff coming right through manassas by the earlier accident. i'll be back with more at 6:58. back to you guys. >>> hehoward bernstein is here. you had everything on. the gloves, the umbrella, the big coat. >> if you don't like when it's cold or damp, you're not going to be happy. >> this is winter in louisiana. >> exactly. >> it goes right to the bone. >> very humid outside. we still have showers and drizzle around, high humidity. we'll get rid of the rain the next few hours. then in the afternoon, maybe even late this morning, especially west, reports of partly cloudy skies in cross junction near 81. here's a look the at bus stop forecast. it's still kind of raw out there with temperatures which are down into the 40s. windchills in the 30s. we've got numerous showers and areas of drizzle. sunrise coming up in a few minutes. don't plan on seeing it. look at this on the day planner. it's just dr

>>> waking you up here at 6:00 on this tuesday, november 13th with a live look at the woodrow wilson bridge this morning. and it will be wet roadways as you hed out there this morning. keep that in mind as the rush hour and congress back in session. the roads will be packed today. it will be a busy day, everyone. good morning. i'm sarah simmons i'm wisdom martin. welcome to fox 5 morning news and now, let's turn things over to tucker barnes to talk about this weather. >> wet and chilly. let's also mention chilly. it was 70 yesterday and right now, we are 45 degrees. we have lost 25 degrees and we won't rebound a whole lot today. >> basically what you're feeling right now. >> what you see is what you get. get ready for a chilly day. let's get to the radar, show you the shower activity first and that is moving through with our cold front and here is the good news. rain will not last all day. i think it will be out of here at 8:00, 9:00, 10:00 this morning. rain showers definitely for your morning commute. kids going to the bus stop will want a jacket or umbrella because i think the rain will

beltway, no issues, clear from the interchange to van dorn and wilson bridge. about 60 miles per hour, and back over to you. >> we checked on amtrak for you. running trains in to and through new york this morning. there you go. >>> 6:22. 44 degrees. a police officer charged with attempted murder. what he's accused of doing to a man already in handcuffs. >>> controversy over a model's photo shoot in anncr: which do you believe? what mitt romney's tv ads say about women? or what mitt romney himself says? mitt romney: do i believe the supreme court... should overturn roe v. wade? yes. and it would be my preference that they, that they... reverse roe v. wade. hopefully reverse roe v. wade. overturn roe v. wade. planned parenthood, we're going to get rid of that. i'll cut off funding to planned parenthood. anncr: no matter what mitt romney's ads say. we know what he'll do. president obama: i'm barack obama and... i approve this message. [monotone] she says, "switch to progressive and you could save hundreds." call or click today. >>> an increasdible >>> a brazilian

look at that sunset there from the guylord resort looking towards the will droe wilson bridge. 55 leesburgnd 60 right now, though, in warrenten. we'll drop overnight and chilly, back down to the 30s and even 29 culpepper to pax river and 41 degrees your overnight temperature there in d.c. and then tomorrow's high temperature, 60 to 64 degrees. the other thing that i've got to talk about coming up in a couple minutes are those weekend events. today opening tomorrow, too. starting at 10:00 a.m. is the rockville ice rink. montgomery county, a lot of folks getting out and how ironic this is a mild weekend for us. events for the weekend and a look at your extended forecast in just a few. >>> she's a hit on the hit comedy "modern family" but today more drama for ariel winter. her mother is accused of mentally and physically abusing the 14-year-old and as jason kennedy reports, winter has been removed from her mother's care. >> i'm not giving you my design. >> reporter: plays alex dunfphy on me "modern family." >> do you think she got framed? >> reporter: now her real family has been swept up in

let's head over to the wilson bridge. nice and clear as you make your way across in both directions. volume pretty light. and crossing over the american legion bridge, a live look on the outer loop as well as the inner loop. traffic is starting to increase in volume but not too much. i did have the opportunity yesterday to visit elizabeth sea ton high school in prince george's county. shout out to the varsity -- jv cheerleaders. i just want to thank the entire school. it was a great day. they asked great questions. and a big shout out to the guidance counselor there and an entire shout out to the family. it was a great day. >> where are you doing the cartwheel? i want to see that photo. >>> turns out human error stopped the metro trains during the time change this month. there was a communications breakdown in the control center. trains were supposed to keep running another hour when daylight savings time ended on november 4th. the examiner asked about discipline for the mistake, and the commander responded, quote, everyon

taking the beltway from i-95 toward the wilson bridge, a live look at the 210.ght volume still. thank goodness it's friday because, as you head into virginia, no issues. aaron and eun, back over to you. >>> 6:22. 41 degrees. the prayer that caused a scare on the flight to dulles. ♪ >>> plus a rap song the critical beep-bop-boop-bop boop-beep. [monotone] she says, "switch to progressive and you could save hundreds." call or click today. >>> welcome back at 6:25. the name george bush may be appearing on bat ols again. george p. bush the nephew the former president george bush and son of former florida governor jeb bush. >>> a new video game that simulates combat, has seven members of the elite s.e.a.l. team 6 are in trouble for disclosing information to the makers of medal of honor, war fighter. they apparently showed combat equipment unique to their unit. s.e.a.l.s received letters of reprimand which could end their military career and were also docked pay. >>> 6:26. a textbook stealing scam at a >>> lights, camera, traffic. this is a new one. where a movie crew

taking a live look at the woodrow wilson bridge. things moving along quite well. should be fairly easy for you to get to the polls at least weather-wise. hopefully, traffic is not an issue. i'm sarah simmons. >> i'm wisdom martin. welcome to fox 5 morning news. let's talk to tucker barnes and see what it is going to be like en route to the polls, at the polls and after the polls. >> it will be cold, cold and cold. pretty much t we have cold temperatures across the area. most of the area at or below freezing with the exception. here in downtown and out close to the bay. it is going to be a cold start to your day so definitely coats. i think we'll move on to coats now from sweaters. 35 at reagan national. dulles, 29 degrees. bwi marshall, 32 degrees. these are the coldest temperature we've had yet this season so freeze warning for most of the area here until 9:00 a.m. the deck of clouds. there you go rolling through. that will probably keep temperature from falling further like a little blankie. >> oh, thank you for that. >> sunny start to the day. we'll see clouds

on the inner loop for the wilson bridge and beyond across the river in towards springfield just fine this morning. back with more traffic coming up in a few minutes. mike and jess. >>> all right, monika we'll see you then. making news now at 5:10 this morning. the cia is now revealing new information about the deadly attack in libya. that killed four americans. the intelligence agency says it rushed in security teams less that be 25 minutes after the -- than 25 minutes after the attack started in september and the teams took control of the effort to evacuate u.s. personnel but again four people died. >>> new york's mayor made his choice in the presidential election. mayor michael bloomberg is endorsing president obama. the president held rallies in three states yesterday, wisconsin, nevada and colorado and today he'll campaign in another swing state. ohio. >>> and it's all about the swing states, republican challenger mitt romney made three stops right here in virginia yesterday. he returned to his economic themes including sharp criticisms of the president. today, he'll take his fin

as you look outside right now, wood row wilson bridge over the potomac. 51 degrees the current temperatureith the north-northwest winds coming in at 17 miles an hour. we saw a high temperature of 56 degrees. you look at that and you go, that's not too much. but believe it or not, that was the warmest temperature in the last two weeks just about. well before sandy. we're seeing the temperatures in the 50s. 56, a welcome number, and with sunshine. today was not half bad. we're going to see a lot more of the 50s, 60s, and maybe 70s. 46 right now in leesburg. 51 down towards pax river. a little bit on the cool side. a lot better than we've been over the past few days. nothing to show you on the radar right now. this is not rain down to the south. we're seeing clear skies. we'll continue to see that. where we're not seeing the clear skies, up to the north. new york, central park, did set a record today, or yesterday for snowfall in the month of november. over four inches of snow fell in new york. and now that storm just down to the south and east. you can see it spinning just off to of the sout