Today, 34 atlantean clock mix of clouds and sun. More4 at clouds movela in ofinte afternoon hours and we keep itep chilly today, only about 36, 3 37 degrees for your daytime dti high. Gh. Could more snow be on the way . Y well have those answers ans coming up in a few more minutes. All right erin como house the cs roads. Thats important for thehe weekend commute. 4 31 friday morning weve seenie a light dusting of snow in snow some places, heavier snow inin others but for the most parttart around the dmv or commuteomte inside the beltway is quietui and looking good. Ive seen a lot of salt on thean roads in the northwest section i of the district when i droveen into work this morning butork th still use caution watch for for slick spots. K spo you could never be too t cautious when any type ofype o precipitation falls and landss n on the roads. On updated if any ifny crashes pop up but the big news were following this morning is coming down froming o baltimore. Ltim 95 on the southbound side s three lanes blocked right nowow before one excuse me beforeer 175. 175. Between 100 and 175 weree seeing huge delays actually extending back towards 895owds 5 right now. N the crash involving ath tractortrailer, a box trucke cr and a fuel spill so a huge hug your best bet to get around that huge delay this morningde if you want to make your waye yy toward the capital beltway beltw take either route one rte o southbound or baltimorewashington parkway. Inr those are your best alternatesyr and keep in mind that this hi were seeing an influx of traffic on the onramps aroundud 100. 10 premorning rush and wereornid already seeing traffic thats ta parked. Pa Anjali Hemphill has teamm coverage. She made her way off of 95 to to get to that crash scene. How are things shaping up fors h you this morning . Morni reporter . Reporte reporter erin were youn we just spoke about 10 minutespo ago and weke a were in standstit traffic on southbound 95. Bound 9 its actually only took usook u about 10 minutes to gett minuts through but thats only only because theres not that mucht traffic on the roads right roa g now. We are now trying to loop back c around to get you back to see how that traffic is shapinghapi up. Theyre saying delays areays a starting to build back up onck o southbound side. Sohbound side. Northbound side is moving very well. I did just drive through theough see lots of crews scene therecee as you said, a fuel spill iss being cleaned up as we speak. Pe we also saw a box truck way down the embankment on theent oe right side and also what looked like an overturned tractortrailer blocking attraic least three of the lanes. T thre so, eve eryone is getting by in a single file lane on the left t side and while things are thing pretty slow right now, thingsows are only going to get worse as a traffic starts to build forbuilf the morning rush hour. G rush h so, you are going to want to avoid the area. A they do that expect to be outxp there for an extended perioder of time but as you can see,ee erin, roadways are lookingoo pretty good this morning m except for a little bit ofe bito wetness on the roads and maybe y some slick spots on those tho secondary roads, the beltway, i95, those major roadways arere for most part completelyety clear. Clear. Back to you in the studio. 4 33 right now and todays Senior Intelligence officials oc will be briefing president elect donald trump on their findings thattel russs interfered with theinte president ial election on his behalf. Ordered them to issue a reporthp on the alleged russian hacking. Ck trump questioning the the officials saying how couldow c they be so sure about thet th hacking if they had notad examined dnc servers. Ser president elect trump hasiden selected formetr indiana senator dan coats to lead theda office of the directorco off national intelligence. Coats served as a member of the senate intelligencentelli committee before retiring lastft year. If confirmed by the senate hehet would oversee the umbrella umbre office created after 9 11 to improve coordination of u. S. F spy and Law Enforcement agencies. Agci a democratic congresswomangrm from texas confirmed lateed yesterday that she and as many y as 10 colleagues will contestesn the validity of Donald Trumps election today when lawmakersmae meet at the capitol to certify trumps Electoral College victory. Representative sheilantat jackson lee told politico shetio and her allies will cite voter t suppression tactics in several states. 4 34 right nowa clear out there, pretty cold,ttl too. Too. Were at 33 degrees. 33 degree of course everybodys wakingodyk up running to their window andwd seeing what they got, mike thomas in terms of snow, thatt is. Yeah, unfortunately theyrene going to be rathergoing be disappointed there. Ointed t as you see at the bottom ofottoo our screen theres nothingre not scrolling so kids are probablys going to be disappointed thisins morning to wake up to find out o that most will have school onchn time. Time. Roadways pretty clear thistty morning as erin has been reporting so far. F Storm Tracker radar showing sho not much left. L any flurry activity has moved out of the s aouctthern marylann its on the Eastern Shore andsha thats it for today. T temperatures at the airport 33 reagan dulles 29 bwi in baltimore 30 degrees this hour h but factor in the winds it feels much colder. 24 degrees is your feellike is temperature here in d. C. In d. 15 in westminster. 20 in martinsburg as well as henchester. Winchester got about 3inchesi of snow yesterday. Terd your bus stop forecast for today, sorry kids yes youllou have school, 24 to 32 treeses with cold conditions in the morning. More clouds in the afternoo much warmer. Thats a check of the the forecast. Ca erin como roads busy despite des the lack of snow. Thlack thats right. Thats because of a crashause involving a box truck a tractortrailer an fuel spill 95 southbound coming down fromnm baltimore youll hit a delay between 175 and 100. A 1 that crash is blocking threeg th lanes. Just the left lane getting by. Ee but we have Team Coverage withet Anjali Hemphill. Shes out in that area rightut i now and reported its only about a 10n d re minutes slowdow between delay simply becausedela volume is so light so make sure you give is yourself somes extra time and watch forch backups on the on and and offramps at 100. 1 as mike thomas just told you roads have been pretty quiet so far this morning. So far thi we are seeing some very lighterg volume around the area. A. Again it is premorning rush sogu that could change as moresore folks hit the road. Maryland highway letting usti know snow emergency plans areer in effect in Garrett Frederick i and carroll counties. I saw a sizable amoanuntd ca off on the road as i drove intorovet the station in northwest d. C. Thd so they have treated the roads. The good news is the outerjus e loop on 270 still very quiet. Ui seeing quiet conditions on 95 and 66 in virginia. Any questions at erin fox5 d. C. On twitter. Ti gop leaders inn tw tithe houu set to be studying ways to way finance a wall on our southernn border. Vice President Joe Biden offers some choice words ofe prs advice for theor president electly. Pr heading to break right now. H taking another live look lk outside the roads here looking o pretty clear but they are wet. A might be some slick spots. S take caution as youre headingea out this morning. Out mor more news weather, traffic tra coming up as fox5 news morning inues. Ues. So if you have a flat tire, dead battery, need a tow or lock your keys in the car, geicos emergency roadside assistance is there 24 7. Oh dear, i got a flat tire. Hmmm. Uh. 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O sears plans to sell its sellt brand of tools to stanley to st black and decker for about 900 million. 900 mil sears sales are falling andsale theyre closing 150 mores stores. Sears hopes the sales of its i tools will help with its mounting losses. Ting so amazing because craftsman tools are associatedsa with sears. I know. End of an era. 4 41. 4 41 coming up, new reportt suggesting our local waterwaysal arent getting healthier. Healtr Johns Hopkins teamed upns te with under armour to offer you and the rest of the country some new specialized new speci equipment. Heading to break right now, r lets take another live looke l outside right now. Right now. Things looking pretty clearng p but it is cold and there are tra some areas that did get some snfallll. Well fill you in with theth details when fox5 news morningoi continues. Today on fox5 news morning. Thats not just outside outsi your window much we have our ab season. As well, some of you might just j see dust. E some of you may not. Y n if youre in the north andth and west of the city, youve got a little bit more but for mostos of the people in and around here, its pretty quiet. Qui even with a bit of snow sno roads are in pretty good shapeos except this place right here. Rir youre looking at a wreck involving two trucks which which closed lanes of 95 south in jessup. Ss we have team traffic coverage cg helping you get around that ss. S. Were saying good morning. D mor thanks for joining us. Us. Im maureen umeh. Me im holly morris. Mri today a friday january 6th. Ry. Weve got mike thomas in thes t weather center, weve got erin n of course in the Traffic Center working hard but mike mik were going start with you. Y. All right, holly, well, ielli think you were right earlierar if you look out the window itt might look like dust but its not dust. Snow lovers first snowfall of the season a litfirstle disappointing. For those of in you Southern Maryland you may get anotherof i led into the weekend. D in t heres your satellite and y radar. Ou that storm is bringing that that brought us thethatg snow last night has phtushed upp into new england bringri something snow to southern portions of new york city and long island this morning. Mning. Lets take a look at what you wu can expect as we head through th the course of tonight and into tomorrow. Mo area of low pressure is goingeso to start to develop off the offt southeast coastline and starte t to push its way up and out to sea kind of at the same timehe e but it should be close enoughnog that at least the d. C. Region ro has a shot at seeing a little ll more snow as we work into yourr day on saturday. Y. Again, well talk much more more details about this coming upoutn in just a second. Second. Regardless of whether or notr ot d. C. Gets snow or not theow or t weekend is cold. C 20s and 30s and really moremoe 20s than 30s as we heade hea through the course of thisfhis weekend. Its very, very cold coming up here. Here. Heres your sevendayre forecast. s y 37 dfoegreesre today with some n early but more clouds later insn thday. Y. So we head into your saturdaysau only 29 here in d. C. Even colder for sunday. Y. Starting in the teens, only up 228 in the afternoon. Brutally cold weekend heading ha our way. Our w well start to moderate a bite a next week. Ee by the time we get to tuesday,ud wednesday, temperatures tperatu approaching the 50degree mark once again. Once a hang in there. The cold will bhreak as we headd into next week. Thats a check of the checkth forecast. Fo erin como has traffic thisraff morning. Hey erin. 4 47. We showed you this crash werese tracking morning coming down dow through jessup maryland 95 onssp the southbound side turning me g into a parking lot between 175 and 100. D 100 theres a big crash scenece there involving a box truck, ack tractortrailer and a fuel a fue spill. So huge mess that needs to get g cleaned you up. You up. On and off ramps seeing a o little bit of snow trafficff rit arourand 100 so if you donton want to sit in those delays myay best advice coming down from fro 895, the Baltimore Beltway hospital onto baltimorewashington parkway. Volume not too terrible washinme not premorning rushg sh but defin accident scene in mind if i youre traveling through t jessup this morning. Well forward our camerasrassup r because wereca getting reporp of icy conditions along the icc from gaithersburg. Ersbur this camera right here is justt west of 650 New Hampshire andrea you can see the light dusting dg of snow in the median and ton a the side. E sid notice how light volume is onhts the icc but please allow for aor lot of extra time as you head ha out in that area. Out you can see the heaviest 195es southbound from 175 to 100 but b you are a little sluggish back to 895. 95. Aside from that keep in mind min that the maryland departmenten of state highway letting us u know they have snow emergencyha plans in effect through Garrett Frederick andve ss in el counties. Counti crews are treating the roadsoa where needed. Hopefully well get the crewshee to the icc soon. Any questions at erin fox5 d. C. On twitter. Thanks erin. D. Nks er. 4 48. 4 48 after talking about it all week, well, we finally got some snow. However, the amount that fell really of course depends onf co where you live. Ur fox5s Melanie Alnwick is is just arriving in frederickrederk where snowfall might impactac the morning commute there. Om the mel, what are you seeing . T arue tell us all about it. It. Reporter were wre definitely seeing a few inches of snow on the grassy areasrass and in the parking lots as well, but thats i think the the thing that impressed me the t most as we got into frederickde county and downtown frederick fi as were approaching rightng rit now. Were seeing a little bit moreie slush on the roads. Slus. Were definitely seeing a little bit more the areashe a where you have to be tricky. Havk the other thing is when youwh y look at those parking lots,ng lt then you really get a sense ofso what these roads would lookld lo like if indeed, they had not been treat ted. If you didnt have all the apparatus that were out here ouh all night salting and sanding. Turning into the parking lot for the train station and the a looking at our forward camera cr here, just take a look there. Te definitely it is slick going here. He and so thats what park par pentagon lots are like near Frederick County and imy and guessing in some of the otherthr areas as well we might seeig around this morning, your, your roads may be fine but untreated areas, this is the i kind of thing that you are a going to be dealing with this morning. Morning. Frederick county did get ak little bit more thanco other oth folks here around the area. Are. It was just totally clear on on 270 heading north. We did notice some slow n traffic on 270 southbound and a that was because we had a salt t truck kind of train goingng along there along 270lo 2 southbound and so i thinknk people were heeding advice to t leave early this morning and they got slowed up a littlelod p bit behind those trucks, but again, thats the thing, you y got to let them do their workher because as you can see right rit here the roads would be far,uldr far worse if we did not have hav all of those salt trucks outuckt there, guys. Ers. So, were going to visit around downtown frederick foricf a little while and let yound y know how its going. Sounds good, mel. Sou be safe out there. There. Well see you in a bit. Yoin a 4 50 is the time. Im in more news this Morning House from 1876 that could allow a them to slash federal workers pay. Pa it could cut their pay down to t one dollar. Its knodwn as the holman ruleol and it allows members of of congress to propose amendment ae that is target specificspe Government Employees orrnme programs in an effort to cutnt spending. Ding the United States postalni servted ice has discontinued a partnership with staples that st allowed private employees toloyo provide its services atces a stores. Now the announcement comes com after three years of protestsro and boycotts staged by unionnion members who were angry that postal work was being subcontracted to the officee supplies giant. Partnership will that officially end in march. March this morning the chesapeakei bay seems to be getting healthier. Thier. The Chesapeake Bay foundationndo gave it a c minus for Water Quality the highest mark sincekn the organization startedrt grading Water Quality. The plow crab rockfish and levels of nitrogen and phosphorus p which improved since 2014. Ce01 coming up on fox5 news morning two business stapleso bu in maryland teaming up to helptt improve your health. Lth. And the four teens charged c in the Facebook Live assaulteb due to go before aoo judge. Ge as we go to break letsak ls take another live look across as the d. C. Region on this friday morning. In it definitely can be slick out there in spots so be careful. Sr bridges and overpasses ins particular. Were at 4 52 right now, 33 degrees. Weve got more on the other oer side. Dont go anywhere. Nywhere. Youre watching fox5 news news morning. Mo the four teens charged withtn hate crimes in the Facebook Live beating of app special needs teen will face ames in jud in chicago today. Officials say the 18yearold victim thought he was a sleepover with a classmate. Instead they drove around in a a stolen car for days before a fight escalated into what was w then posted on facebook. Ac the victim was tied upd u stripped and beaten on camera. Ar highest court in maryland coi delayed action on wn hether tott overhaul the states moneyon based bail s it would have allowed defendants with notdefeo much money to not havet to pay p bail or pay what they cant than afford. The Maryland Court of appeals aa was considering a rule change c that would have directed directe judges not to set bail higher than what a defendant couldnt cd afford. A person who is a flight riskghs or danger to society would be we jailed without bail. Il Maryland Governor larryed hogan unveiledd g proposals yesterday to boost manufacturing jobs and expand workforce traininging jo program hogan said the proposals will wl help increase opportunitiestu for workers and employers especially in highpeally unemployment areas like le baltimore. While the governorverno acknowledged the tremendousndou job growth and economicth and progress he said its nott n being experienced in all areas of the state. He state. Collaboration with johnsjos hopkins medicine to back upk its health and fitness app with scientific research. Esearc under armour has several apps including my fitness pal thatssp has more than 190 millionllio registered users. Regi. Under the agreement hopkins will provide the app with w clinical and research guidanceec on the areas ofh sleep fitnesss activity and nutrition. Well, youre going to needou to be movinggo ainround thisunds morning to keep warm. P it is cold out there no matter t how much snow you got, right, mike . Yeah, absolutely righth, abs holly. We got some breaking news intoen the weather department. Ent. Congratulations students oflati loudoun county. You have a twohour delay love a t so, toloudounda cy. Ounty schooli virginia on a twohour delay. So, thats really kind of the ot first one that weve gottenotte around the d. C. Area. Are i would not count if you you know, d. C. Schools, prince,e georges county schools, i c wouldnt count on it, kids,ou od im sorry and for that reason, o lets do the bus stop forecast c as you head out the door this morning, bundle it up. It up. 24 to 32 to start your day. Day after school not much warmer,are temperatures hanging in the han 30s all day. 30s all we are not out of the woods yet snowwise tomorrow. Omro snow still possible especially if you live south and east. And. Southern maryland youll wantarl to keep an eye onan that storm. O all weekends long though cold tl air just settled in. Edn. Highs only in the 20s here in washington for your weekend. R we all right, thats a check of c f the weather. Th erin comoe has traffic. Traffic hey, erin. Ri good morning. 4 57. Even the roads are pretty pretty quiet. We have this big issue were tracking out of jessup maryland. 95 on the southbound side between 175 and 100, theres are crash involving a box truck, ar, tractortrailer and a fuel and e spill causing a big mess. Mes you can see all of this backedhk up traffic between 175 and and 100. So please allow for about 10 to 15 extra minutes to get through that area and watchd wat for sluggish traffic on 100 as well. Well. Baltimorewashington parkway a great option to get around that. Also as weshin fortionward ondur watch for icy conditions along a the icc in both directions these entire stretch. Etch this camera by 6 50 you can0 yoc see a median. Keep it to fox5 news morning. Fx well get you moving5 news aroun the dmv this morning. This is fox5 news morning. Today on fox5 news morning, even with a bit ofis foxn fo snr are in pretty g