Announcement the nomination ofan his secretary of defense. Defen. We are going to appoint mad dog mattis. Mat [cheers and applause] as our secretary of defense. [cheers and applause] but were not announcingouin it until monday so dont tellel anybody. Reporter but there are road blocks aheadte asr militay leaders have to be retired for become secretary of defense. Ense the congress has s alreadyha working in the house and the toa senate to get that waiver for fr general mattis because therese e will be tremendous support forpf him. Reporter mr. Trump still hasnt held a press conferencefc since winning the election butcb says he will have one on december 15th. Mber 15t in new york, patricia stark,a sr fox news. New four 31 is the time. 31 i happening today, its citizentin day for a Northern Virginia en. N. In march after she was found fou unconscious at her home. An autopsy revealed she had several drugs includingsy rev oxycodone in her system. David evers pled guilty. Lty. He faces up to 40 years in in prison. 4 32 and happening now in i the district, police are onice n the lookout for five to six to men wanted in connection way deadly shooting in northeast it happened around 7 30 last night in the 1800 blockd ar of capitol avenue. Nue. Police say two men were shot, wo one of them was killed. Kled. So far a motive is unclear. Unce county now where police are investigating after a womanaften was shot in the leg while inside her apartment. Rtnt police say the bullet cameleme through a window. W. It happened around 3 30 yesterday after on stuarttu lane. T no word on the womansord he wos condition or a suspect. It police say it aioppn ears to be accidental. Cidental. 1,000dollar reward is nowol belainr g offered for informatif that could help officials figure out where an oil plume ou along the Potomac River ise poto coming fc rom. The oily substance was firstst spotted last weekend neareend n hydraulic fluid or lubricant. Wssc officials believe theve t plume cop reach its intakets ine valves in the coming days butayb insist it is taking steps tog ss make sure the plume doesnt d affect the water supply. Sup also this morning, metro mro officials getting ready forea f meeting on the hill. On theill. Its an oversight hearing to heg discuss the agencys safety and budget challenges. Hallge this is in the middle ofis i metros proposal cut hoursou thats not sitting well withl w everyone. Fox5s melanie live at metro headquarterseadqus this morning in northwest with w theest details. Detai mel. Reporter good morning, guys. Ter yeah, you know, this is reallyo turning into a big test ofin wills between the mtoetro boarda met federal general manager paul and district of columbia cm officials. This committee voted yesterdayee to approve Paul Wiedefeldsieded plan to curtail those late night hours even after safeter e track is done. Heres whaist the plan as approved now looks like. Ike. Five to 11 30 a. M. 5 00 00 top 1 00 a. M. On friday. Frida 7 00 a. M. To 1 00 a. M. On saturday. Satu and 8 00 a. M. To 11 00 p. M. On o sunday now that does allow aow those extra eight hours a weekee for maintenance andd inspections, that is somethingeg also that the house oversightusr committee is going to betee isog looking at. Now, Paul Wiedefeld wants thets cut backs to last for two t years but d. C. Officials are pushing back hard. Ard. Ward two councilman jack evans says hell not accept time frame. So, this would be something beot that general manager Paul Wiedefeld says is absolutelyy unacceptable and wont put the t system back into the good repair that he and federaler Officials Say it needs to be. So, later councilman Jackman Evans said that he would now wow consult with mayor bowser toto see what they want to do. O d also wants to let you know aaa midatlantic is weighing in ongn this putting out a statement ste yesterday saying essentiallyenay now been voted on willill basically hurt d. C. Businesseses and mean higher traffic in the d. C. Region as people usee use their cars instead of using public transportation. Rtatn. Also aaa saying that this is something again a call foror d. C. Maryland and virginia to t get their act together when it t comes to coming up with dedicated funding for the for t metro system but now we have h two weeks to go until the fullhl board meeting. Meeting. Well see what happens then. Atps live at metro headquarters,rter, im Melanie Alnwick fox5 local5l news. News. Paying close attention to that. Thats a contentious issue. Isse it affects a lot of people. P. Also affecting last people gary mcgradype talking aboutng t weather because he teased us earlier. What did you say earlier. Say a warmup, right. Warmup, rig no, not a i said get your warm clothes ready. Oh, i heard what i wantedantd to hear. Shocking. Sh see, see, i know. See no, listen, its not today. Tay its going to be next week but it does look like some super charged cold air is going tooi t you cold air lovers i want you v to know by next week, we got wot something for you. You. 45 degrees here in town now. Its colder down tots south ofso its clearer there. Its they dont have as much wind c so temperatures have droppeded off for culpeperulpepe fredericksburg manassasanassa sitting at 37 degrees. 7 de temperatures generally in thees 40s north and west. Gennd wes westminster youre atet 37 degrees but frederick isredei 43. 43 the winds are like around 10,und 12 Miles Per Hour in someom spots so thats keeping thekeept atmosphere mixed up. U tends to kee warmer and there are a fewre clouds as well so all thatll soh goes together. Es tether. Now, listen heres where weerer are today and temperatures will actually not and the warming up a whole heck of a lot in some spots winchester i think you top out in the mid 40s. You could be a little bitd be ai warmer way little bit moreay l sunshine there. Whernse we will have a few morer clouds today will be north and west. West were still going get sunshine h too. The breeze is going to btoe up u 15 Miles Per Hour or so ando a occasional gusts higher thanustt that. Thats going to make it aha to k little chilly oute i tthere pre much all day long. Much well go for a high f h 53 degrees. 53 d good amount of sunshine today. O. Good amount of sunshine, weunsh, stay dry. D lets z weekend forecast is coming up in just a few f minutes guys im going to comeom upstairs and join in you a you a couple of minutes. Inutes sounds good to me gary. 4 37. 4 37 taking a wide view of our of our roads and look at all the beautiful green behind me. M we dont have any slowdownswd through college park on theco top of the beltway from that 95 over tolleg bel the 270 spur. Things in kensington on our o or secondaries looking good. G same story out in reston ason a well as tice tysons thisons th morning. 50 as well through arlington this morningno nice and quiet. Quiet all area bridges including theng 14th street bridge, 11th street, Roosevelt Memorial memia Douglas Bridge allly in greatn a shape right now so if yourer heading into the district fortrr work i real like what im seeing. 4 37, metro gearing up for service at 5 00. Ice so far the only delays we haveav on schedule are for safe track r surge 11 with continuousontinuos single tracking between westckin falls and East Falls Church on c the silver and orange line. In watch for crowded conditionsditi and extra crowding around stadiumarmory on the blue back to you wismouedom. U cove isdom. Thank you very much erin. The nfl Community Mourning the t loss of a former player killedil in an apparent road ragee attack. Atck. The very latest in the death of joe mcknight and howd ho players are reacting this morning. How would you like tow receive apotexul message fromsam that president elect donaldsi trump . Its one of the storiesde tntrep . Ndin g itthisr weve got the details coming up next. As we head to break a live l look outside. De time right now is 4 38, temperature 45 degrees. 5 degree. Find your sweaters, find yourdou jackets, turn on your heaters. Ee thats all im going to say. Ay we offered women a what made their mystskin more radiant . Nt. What . wait only dove has 1 4 moisturizing cream. Smooth dewy skin. Dove, your daily beauty treatment for radiant skin. Mmm. I cant believe its so delicious. I cant believe it has 40 fewer calories than butter. I cant believe its made with real, simple ingredients. I cant believe were on a whale. I cant believe my role isnt bigger. Oh, its real. Real ingredients. Unbelievable taste. Welcome back. 4 40 right now and we are back with whats trending on the nown web this friday morning. First up, texts from donaldrodo trump could actually be inlly b your future thats because ofcas something called a wireless a wl emergency alert. In 2006 when congress passedesse the warning alert and Response Network act. K act this system can be used to send texts to all cell phonesele in the country. Now no, president has used thee system so far but given donaldhd trumps love of twitter hewitter could be the first one to use it. Next up, the obamause administration wants gender wan equality when it comes topty w military drafts. Yesterday it declared supportdup for requiring women toquir register for the draft. Gist its a step towarder incorporating women at all levels of the military. The support comes at ann unusual time just two days d after congress agreed to strip s a provision from its annual defense bill to force women to register. Joe mcknight was killede mcg during anht was apparent road rr altercation in new orleansnew or yesterday. The 28yearold rolledd mcknight was a fourth roundourt draft pick of the new york jets in 2010 em played withla the jets and the kansas cityans chiefs as both a running back and a return specialist. Alist. Joe mcknight also played inso pi police say he was shot after a exiting his vehicle duringle d thncidncidents. The suspect a 54yearold manarm is now in custody. Ody. Finally santa claus nous n longer welcome in one oregon ore school district. They have decidedsc to ban religious themed decorations in thes th classroom during thee holidays a mover they say to show respect for all religions. Li now some parents do call the move unnecessary. Unnecessa all right. Time right now is all r 4 42 mon after a metro train derails at clues as to what may haves as caused it. Weve got the details coming t comin up. Up but first its beginning tosi look a lot like christmas intm i our nations capitol. Highlights from president obamas final Tree Lighting. L g thats up next. As we head to break right now live look outside at 4 42. The temperature is 45 degrees. De back in a moment. A beautiful view of the city. Y26i0y y17vy . . This is fox5 news morning. Three, two, one. One [cheers and applause] applaus 4 45 and its officiallyffica the holiday season. Seaso president obama and firsta an family taking part in theirn t final National ChristmasTree Lighting last night. Thousands of people were oneoe e hand for the ceremony whichonyhh brooks, g Kelly Clarkson andson james taylor. Tay eva longoria was the host andst thats a beautiful tree. Have you ever been downu eved there. I saw the tree last year. St a im going downton night. Nig im going see the nutcrackercrar and take pictures by the tree. He it is a very nice tree. T absolutely beautiful. Beaut never seen that. Nev you havent gary. Thats a relatively new one cause the other one broke in bo half with the wind storm so stos ive seen the other one buter o still. I guess we should saye shld s officially good morning tocily g everyone. With usith using up im erin como professor gary mcgrady andesso the one and only wisdom martin [laughter] did you like thatik introduction. I did like that. How did i get the nickname nickname professor and he gets the g nickname the one and ownly. Wn [laughter]au its like the guy thatt brings tests and the one and own. How does that happen. How heres why. Im okay with it. Youre always droppings dro knowledge. Exactly. Thyou wiu wisdom. Its a compliment, right. s and a c my best knowledge co off camera, right. , ri even though i misunderstanddd you sometimes you said itsmetid i want everybody to know its k next week, okay. Got it. Its not going to be supers colds around here for ther weekend. Weekend. Although this morning ilt felt a little chill in thehotle air. Well, theres a little wel bit theres a little bit ofla breeze in the air so thatsohat going to lower the temps just t a little bit. 45 degrees here at reagan national. On 43 for dulles and 40 degreesdegr for bwi. Now, look, heres the weekend forecast. Im more and more confidenforetn now that sunday is going to beyg dry but its going to beo cloudy, okay. Oka just a few clouds tomorrow so tw temperature of 50 degrees. 0 de evening showers and i mean spotty evening showers on sunday. Ay. Temperatures both days right around 50 atdegrees ourr so. Heres futurecast thisuturast morning. Were good today, lots ofoday, o sunshine. Look, were good tomorrow, tomor too. We stay dry but look whatdry but happens on sunday. This is sunday morning. S sund mr clouds start coming in and the rain shower activity forivy sunday evening looks spottyay now. Very, verypott spotty. , very the system that was coming upha from the south and southwestw or forecast to do so is going ii to be breaking unjust a littleta this morning. Mor this is satellite right nows ll but thats breaking up too sooos expect lots of sunshine today. D temperatures will be managing up into the low 50s with breezy conditions. Contions. So it will feel a little cool out theretl today even with the sunshine. Thats all right. Thats what we expect in december. December. Next weekend super cold. Okay. Next weekends. So youre saying the closeru we get ttho christmas the coldee its going get. Thats a good i didntd d think of it that way but youre right. Thank you professor. Thanku i was paying attention. Pi was a erin como good morning to you. Ty martin and professor mcgrady. Ssg i dont mind cold weather forer the holidays so ill take it. I just remember to get out all those warm clothes you mayyou have had packed away. 66 eastbound is flowing as youwg make your way from manassas mans all the way throughay throu centreville. Plenty of green on the map. N thm still at speed. Speed 234 sudley tends to back uplete first. Ill let you know when thatwh tt happens. 29, 28 also looking good ind in chantilly. No problems insides theides t beltway. Closer look at 395 actuallyua all green on the map because b mixing bowl on up as you passs edsall road through pentagon pea city seeing quiet conditions. Dii seven moving along fine. Ving a. No issues through yourhrough secondaries in old town and i ad really like what im seeing asi you pass on the inner loop inneo through oxon hill getting tol gt be wilson bridge. Moving over for a closer look cl there you can see that werewe all green all good and all of o the secondaries suitland sui parkway still flowing freelyg pennsylvania avenue looking good and upper marlborfrsyolvano outside the beltway fourtway inbound past dower house isus is still quiet. St theres plenty of green allils l over. N. 295 coming up as you make yourae way past the 11t bridge is also quiet. 295 southbound big area of slowdowns yesterday. Yesterd things are flowing freely downre past benning road right now. Ht ill let you know if thatno changes. Any questions at erin fox5erin d. C. On twitter. Tter 4 49 is the time right now. W tracking metro and nearly five months after a metro trainin derailed near the East Falls Church station the ntsb says nt the agencys ineffectiveneffec inspection and maintenanceectiom practices are to blame. S e to only a few passengers were on wo board when it happened back intd july none one was hurt. E one hut the ntsb found the spacing between the rails was nearly 2inches wider than acceptedhanp by the washington transitnra authority. The report also highlightedighlt crumbling cross ties along the t tracks. Ac metro says replacing those cross ties is a major focus ofos safe track. Tra now whether you believe them orow w not, facebook is a is waging a war on those fake tf news articles. Still ahead, the new tools its rolling out to help its users decide between fact andt d fiction. Fict but first growing tragedyst g from those raging wildfires wils continues to grow. Were going to talk about that when we come back. 50. Ning ow is 4 fox5 news morning is back is b after this. Ter ts. You love allday breakfast. But you dont love that you cant get all your favorites. But now you can get more of what you love. So you can find Something Else to not love. Like hearing the sound of your own voice. softly like hearing the sound of your own voice. Get more choices you love, now with all day breakfast. Back now at 4 52. More tragedy in tennessee where the death toll from b to those massive wildfires has sadly Officials Say moreals y mo people are still missing. Sing a hotline has been set up forp r family and friends to reportoep missing loved ones. Ved now, beginning today, homeowners and business ownersss will be allowed to go to their properties. The wildfires began earlier this week aldftfireer officials believe flames from a manmadeam fire quickly spread to windyto and dry conditions. D dry happening today, familiesni of those killed on thisng weeks plane crash in colombia will wil begin receiving the bodies of bs their loved ones. One 71 people were killed kd includin from as brazilian soccer team. Officials suspended theuspe Charter Company that pilotedcomp that flighant. Y ligh a recording suggested theed t plane ran out of fuel before crashing. Hing. Changes are brewing athang starbucks. Its ceo sayess h e will step down coming next april. A this is the second time howard w schultz is resigning from the sition. N. He first did so back in 2000 in0 but took on the role again in 2008. 20 the companys coo will takel over as ceo. C schultz says hell continues to be chairman of the boardtheod causes important to the company. Mpan all right. 4 53 is the time. E t i mean, 4 54 cause it just jus changed over right now. N every minute counts thisry mt time of the morning. E time every seconds c oounts ad General Motors up counts as well. Good morning to you. L moto as t. Youre important to us. Wow. W all these accolades. Ccade are you blushing, gary. We made gary mcgrady blush. I ran from the kitchendy getting some coffee so im afeea little bit out of breath. H. 40 degrees here in the city. Eree now, i still have not first taste of coffee. Gaithersburg is 37 degrees. Gr these are the feelslike temps t okay when you factor in thehe wind so it feels like its in the 30sn yo uitp to t fheee nod west. West. Actually air temperatures tempee north and west are in the 40s but theres more wind up thereo so it feels like its in the t 30s. s. Down to the south theresre really no wind and the skieso wi are fairly clear so the air temperature in culpeper andulpe fredericksburg is actually 32tu2 but with no wind were not wre n getting a wind chill readingea down there. Re. Its really different from theyi across the area this morningor where there is a breeze its i obviously wind chilling and where there isnt a breezere temps just down right coldjust down to freezing for theeezingfe southern area. All right, later today, heres our planner. Planner its good amounts of sunshine. H i think there are a few more a r clouds north and west but west still a good amount of o sunshine there. There. Certainly here in thece district, too. Aboutboart off atrtai 45 degrees in the city at 8 00 8 a. M. Thats obviously chilly. Hill breeze for the afternoon again a today. Toda winds will be right 15 Miles Per Hour sustaineds s but we will have some gustse gu upwards of 20 maybe a little a l bit more than that. N th. Generally speaking out of the west andof t northwest. Orthwest temperature will make it intot thwelower 50s. I think were going to go 53o g or so for a high temperaturere here but were 51 at noon. Atoo and we cool off a little bittl even by 4 oclock with the sunshine, temperature will be wl about 51 degrees or so. R s weekends looks pretty goodds tomorrow. L temperature right aroundatrigh 50 degrees. Well have lots of sunshine. Ve n dry on sunday but more clouds, bad weekend. Wee you know, fewer and viewer and r weekends left to get out there and do that christmaseft mas shopping, holiday shopping. Sho. Guys, back up to you. 4 56 right now gary. 4 56 rih come ot n up to the loft. The lf well get you that first cupfirt of coffee. Of coffee. If youre getting up thising t friday morning trying to getng g the last day of the work week started 295 southbound fromd 29o the beltway to 50 no longer jammed. Mm wide opened conditions there. T. Youre looking really good in in northern maryland. Yl also from the outer loop sider e of things 95 over to georgia geg youre at speed. Ed 270 looki not seeing any problems coming in on colesville road. Roa route one, 95, bw parkway allkwa quiet. On the way to bwi no slowdowns. Ill let you know when thatenha changes. Chan back to you whiz. All right. Thank you very much. Ba thk 56 is the time rightyo now. Are you feeling a little tiredie this morning . If so, youresoe not alone. No still a heads at 5 00 how a a growing problem of lack of lac sleep among americans isricans s costing the country big bucks. 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