Passengers a day. Lets give you a look at some of the other statistics from t. S. A. In addition to that number of passengers they say to handle the extra security 1400 extra t. S. A. Officers as well as additional k9 teams. How do you navigate all of this . Of course seasoned travelers know. The two hour rule still applies. If youre going domestically they want you here two hours ahead of time internationally three hours ahead of time. As far as the things you might bring for the holiday, dont wrap your presents. You can wrap them but they say sometimes it just holds up the line a little bit so its just better not to wrap them if you dont have to. Baked goods, i dont know anybody thats ever traveled with a pie or Something Like that but apparently if you have baked goods it is okay to bring them as long as they are a solid. If its anything pourable or a jelly or a jam that is not okay. That has to go in checked luggage. Theres a new policy for electronic devices. Any personal elero phone need to come out of your carryons. Please put them in a bin. Nothing above them or below them. Thats a new policy that just started getting implemented this year. Reporter i think most people are pretty savvy about their Holiday Travel at least getting through the airport these days and so we dont expect there to be too many hiccups here today. I looked at the arrival its and departures. Everything looks like it is right on time so well be hanging out here the rest of the day, see how things are going, just let folks know anything that they need to in terms of getting here on time, getting here safely and just getting to your holiday destinations with a smile on your face. Live at Reagan National airport, im melanie alnwick, fox5 local news. I like the sound of that mel. Also roads are quiet on the way to bwi Reagan National and dulles right now so thats good news for travelers, too. Yup, really is. Sounds good. 4 32 and shut down averted. Later today President Trump is expected to sign a bill preventing a government shutdown. The last night Congress Passed a stop gap measure to keep the government running until january 19. The now the federal government was set to run out of money by midnight tonight. The temporary spending bill did not address funding for the Childrens HealthInsurance Program or democrats demands to protect immigrant children under the dream act. A followup to a fire that broke out last night in montgomery county. Fire crews bat battled a house fire in germantown on brink road. Crews had to bring in several water tankers because there arent any hydrants in that area. No one was home when that fire started. No word yet on a cause. Caught on camera. Police in maryland are investigating after a fight was caught on camera at Suitland High School. According to a letter sent to parents a weapon was used during the fight. Three people got hurt. You can see several students involved in that fight. Officials say students planned the fight and positioned themselves between buses after school so they werent immediately seen by security. District officials tell us the students involved have been disciplined. That could range from suspension to expulsion. One person could be facing charges. This morning a d. C. Council member is encouraging District Residents to be careful about leaving valuables and gifts in their cars. Yesterday Morning Council member robert white discovered thieves are broken into his car his brotherinlaws car and his neighbors car plus his wifes car was stolen. White says it happened near holly and 16th streets northwest. He believes the Christmas Season is the reason for the increased thefts. What im hearing is that there are rashes of breakins certain times of the year especially during the holidays. One of my law School Classmates reached out to say that a number of cars last night were broken into her neighborhood in d. C. As well. The d. C. Government encourages people to install security cameras outside their homes and businesses. D. C. Government says it will reimburse residents for installing security cameras. Six people facing serious criminal charges stemming from the 2017 inauguration protest yesterday. D. C. Police arrested almost 200 protesters last january after violence broke out near dupont circle. Store windows were smashed and cars were set on fire but attorneys for the defendants said there was no evidence their clients took part. They also say there was no criminal intent behind their protesting. 188 other people were arrested that day and they are still awaiting a trial. President trump is no longer facing a lawsuit that charges that he was violating the constitution because of Foreign Government spent money at his business. Federal judge dismissed the suit that was brought by the Group Citizens for responsibility and ethics in washington. Now it had argued that the president was violating the emollients clause of the constitution through money made at places like trump hotel here in d. C. The judge said the plaintiffs had not proven injury in the case. All right, it is 435 right now and let me just tell you wisdom martin not only does he have the best outfit on, he has cats all over his sweater. Its grumpy cat, which is fitting for someone up on this anchor desk. Okay, ill go with in cause i hate cats and i hate that sweater. But you like being grumpy so its a win. I dont like being grumpy. I just get annoyed at certain things. Like what. Like that. Like that outfit. I am a mean one. Is that a fashion forward look . I guess it depends on your perspective. Anyway, lets talk weather mike. Its christmastime. Be merry. Put a smile on your face. How about the forecast . Are we going to get a white christmas. Were going have some possibly maybe a little bit of snow shower activity but it looks like it would get in here before dawn on Christmas Day. Ill talk more about that coming up. Reagan national 39 degrees. Chilly outside as you start your day here. Reagan at 39. Dulles 36, bwi 35 degrees. Satellite and radar, we have clouds and if youre traveling north today, watch out. Youre getting a li mix and ice in northern portions of pennsylvania followed by some snow showers. Nothing too big but enough that if youre traveling early this morning you may hit a new york. Here locally were going to keep it dry, just kind of cloudy from time to time this afternoon with temperatures rising into the 50s. Thats weather. Erin back to you for traffic. Thanks, mike. That was a beautiful forecast given by a delightful man in an outfit. How about that . Okay. They lingered on you because everybody had to just take in notice lights. Right now i can tell you that the roads are really quiet. Were looking super pleasant through 270. No issues southbound or northbound right now. If youre headed up to deep creek outer loop inner loop looks good. 95 looks good from the capital beltway to the baltimore beltway. Traffic on the way to bwi Reagan National and dulles looking good. Its pretty quiet people trafficwise in the airport so thats good news. Ill keep you updated. The inner loop looks great down by national harbor. Maybe you have to hit the outlets for some last minute shopping. Metro Service Begins at 5 00 guys. All right and coming up on fox5 news morning. The new year is quickly approaching. If one of your goals is to quit smoki y this out. The road for x smokers to help repair the damage that they did to their lungs may lead them into the kitchen. As we head to break we want to take a live look across the d. C. Region. Playing some great classic tunes for you. Little bit of a warmup this morning. Well be right back. All right, time now is 4 40 this friday morning and were back with whats hot on the web. Its the stories youre engaging with the most this morning on social media. First up the groups helping to rebuild the texas gulf coast after Hurricane Harvey as collected more than a billion dollars in donations. Hurricane harvey slammed texas in august with high winds. Much of those funds were being put to use. Most of the money was raised by the red cross. The Greater Houston Community foundation raised more than 108 million and the on Line Campaign by star j. J. Watts raised 37 million. Last week was the deadline to enroll and Officials Say there was a surge in signups. Now, the exact number of people who signed up wont be known for a few weeks because some states have later deadlines. Deadlines. Is a goal of yours then heres some food former smokers can eat to help repair their lungs. Scientists say a diet high in apples tomatoes could speed the healing of smoke damaged lungs. The foods respiratory benefits might not just be restricted to exsmokers. It may slow down the lungs natural aging process if you have never smoked. Thats good information. Were you looking for something to stream this weekend . Listen up. Will smith is starring in the Netflix Original movie bright quote that comes out today. The 90 million netflix flan is about police and orks forced to Work Together to solve crimes. On line reviews arent great but our on line producer tammy says these going to check it out. If you use waze to tell you traffic you could get a holiday actor to tell you which way to go. Waze is giving users the option to use liam neesons voice for direction. The teach is feature is only ave until january 1 14th. I would take that. If i could pick somebody it would be the rock or maybe darth vader somebody like that. Who would you choose. Thats a tough one. Morgan freeman. Okay. I love his voice. All right. All right. Well, moving on, you let us know on twitter who you want to hear coming through your car app. Right now coming up on fox5 news morning. Reunited and it feels so good. A mother and her newborn meet the d. C. Firefighters who helped her with her delivery. Well be right back. Nice feelgood story. It all starts with a wish. The final days of wish list are here. In a new lincoln with zero down and a complimentary first months payment. Whatever you were about to do just became whatever youre about to do after you get coffee. Nothing comes before coffee. Thats why were introducing a new line of cafequality espresso drinks from mccafe. Get a small peppermint mocha for just two dollars. This is fox5 news morning. Back now at 4 45 with a check of this mornings top stories. In breaking news right now the search for a 12yearold boy missing in Prince William county. Now his picture is on your screen. This is Brendan Escobar 4foot 8inches tall. He was last seen leaving his home in woodbridge around 7 00. A short Term Government funding bill is now headed to the president s desk for the Senate Passed the stop gap spending bill last night just hours after the house. Now the government will stay opened through january 19th, so for now no shutdown. It also gives lawmakers more time for Unfinished Business including immigration, a potential budget agreement as well as healthcare. Long time veterans sports broadcast dick enberg has died. Reports say enberg died of an apparent heart attack. Ed a famous catch phrase, it was oh my. That catch phrase helped him on his rise to fame. Enberg covered sports for nbc cbs and espn throughout his 60 year career. He was 82 years old. At 4 46 we say good morning to you and thank you so much for joining us. It is friday. Good to see you, mike thomas. In all of your holiday glory. Thank you. Yeah, were getting ready for the holidays here at fox5. I love it. Festive. Are those real lights. Those are, yeah, sure, i made it myself, why not. Theyre plastic but i think they serve amazon special. Five dollars. [laughter] all right. Youre a fashionista. I try to be. Im an amazon fashionista. All right. Checking out futurecast, guys, we head through today, were mostly dealing with clouds. Well see peaks of sunshine here and there. More clouds than sun. Well start to get an area of low pressure riding up just off to our west. Thats going to throw us some showers, not snow, not mix just rain shower activity through the overnight hours and into your day on saturday. Saturdays cloudy with on again, off again showers. Not a washout but a decent chance that well get some rain throughout the day and warmer temperatures. Temperatures tomorrow in the 60s. Full details on the sevenday coming up. Erin back to you for traffic. 4 47. For this friday morning mike thomas they dont want to let that shot go cause you look so good. Thank. Holiday cheer. You know what else is full of holiday cheer. Green all over our roads. We are crash free and delay free around the dmv. Quiet on the way to bwi Reagan National and dulles. Things on 95 through Virginia Beach problem free on 270 toward deep creek. We have some construction though on seven. Its eastbound side between townsend road and tyco road. A little bit of caution there. Otherwise were looking good. Metro testifies picks up at 5 05 Service Picks up at 5 0. Caught on camera a violent fight at Suitland High School in prince georges county. Police are now investigating following reports that someone pulled a weapon during that fight. Fox5s Anjali Hemphill is live at the school with more. Reporter good morning, guys. Well, not only did dozens of people participate in this fight, now at least one student here at Suitland High School could be facing charges after investigators say a weapon was pulled out during all this and before we show you this video, we do want to warn you that the images may be disturbing. You can hear and see several students involved in that brawl that takes place outside the school. This was on dismissal and these images are pretty tough to watch especially when you remember that these are just teenagers. District officials tell fox5 the students planned this fight and even hid themselves between the parked school buses after school so they were not immediately spotted by security. Our cori coffin showed this video to several parents last night who say this was the first they heard of the incident. This year i havent heard about much. I hear sometimes, you know, from time to time different incidents but this year this is the first that i heard of. Its scary. I mean, its something to think about, you know. Having her come here every day and deal with stuff like this. Reporter whats your initial thoughts seeing that . Its rough. Its rough. Wow. Reporter according to a letter that was sent home to parents, a weapon was used during that fight and three people were hurt. However, its not clear what that weapon was. The School District says the students have been identified and they will be disciplined whic c suspension to expulsion. And again, guys, one person may be facing charges. Thats the latest in suitland, Anjali Hemphill, fox5 local news. All right, thank you very much for that report. 4 50 is the time right now. There was a special prechristmas reunion at a firehouse in northeast d. C. Yesterday. Thank you so much. Merry christmas to you all. Capri cia and her two month old son jazz stopped by the fire station to meet the firefighters who helped deliver jazz. Surprise. [laughter] thank you all. Thank you. I cannot thank you all enough. I mean, seriously. Iit was a dire emergency and jazz could not wait. Jazz couldnt wait and you all came to his rescue. You all helped me. You all helped my children. You all saved the day really am truly blessed and ecstatic and grateful. Well, its normal for us cause this is what we do on a normal basis. Not every day we get an opportunity bring them back to check on them and check on their welfare and also do Something Special for the family around the holidays. Firefighter eric delaney and his crew showered baby jazz with gifts including a d. C. Fire and ems tshirt and hats. They gave presents to jazzs older siblings and mom a gift card to help the family out this christmas. Good story. Good thing they were there. I remember having all well, i didnt have all three of children. You were there. When they were born getting to the hospital i was like please dont have this baby in this car because im going to pass out. Couldnt handle it. Id rather pass out at the hospital around the professionals. Thats what i remember. For sure. And stay out of that whole thing. So, yeah, kudos to them for doing such a great job. I have no experience on that yet wisdom but ill say just visiting the fire houses for firehouse friday its so nice to see them connect get that positive experience after the fact. 4 51 is the time. Coming up on fox5 news morning. Well, could Christmas Tree syndrome wreak havoc on your holidays. Coming up details on the Holiday Health risk that could make you sick. Were going to break right now with a live look outside across the d. C. Region at 4 52. The temperature right now 39 degrees. You only have a few more days left until christmas in fact today, saturday, sunday and then the big day arrives when santa comes down the chimney, so you better get out, get your stuff done, get ready for santa. Are you done yet. Get ready for santa. Yeah, thats what i thought. Well be right back. All right. 4 54 right now. Mike thomas has left wisdom martin speechless. Im just saying if youre turning on your tv right now at 4 54 in the morning theres nothing wrong with your tv. Theres something wrongit [laughter] well played. Has that really changed in the three years ive worked here . Touche. I was hoping for the bunny suit. Maybe later in the show. Its early. Weather conditions as we head into your Holiday Weekend theyre not looking half bad. Theyre going to get warmer saturday. Temperatures in a few spots may be awfully close to 65 degrees tomorrow afternoon. High res satellite and radar this morning showing some high thin cloud cover coming in from the west. Its going to be more clouds than sun type of day though. I think well see a little bit from time to time. Snow off to the north up through new york, southern portions of northern portions of pennsylvania dealing with a little bit of mix, sleet and some isowatch out if youre traveling north today. Other than that, around town here in d. C. Baltimore not expecting too much to be going on. 30 to 40 degrees mostly cloudy as the kids get off to school. After School Feeling a little better. Peak of sunshine here and there. Well keep it dry. 50 to 58 degrees. Its not until later on tonight that we see chances increase here in d. C. 56 your daytime high for today. Look at tomorrow. Cloudy and showery but 64 degrees. Down to 49 on Christmas Eve. If were lucky late Christmas Eve into early Christmas Morning predawn we could see a snowflake or two but most of Christmas Day is dry clearing, 43 degrees. All right, thats weather. Erin back to you for traffic. So far so good for our Early Morning ride this friday morning. I know its set to be a busy traffic day. The only issue were dealing with is 14th street northwest at thomas circle. We have a malfunctioning traffic light. You can see all those secondaries in northwest still quiet. Were looking good in northeast as well. No issues as you make your way out by union station. And were seeing quiet conditions across the legion bridge. Looking good 270 both directions and were also problem free bottom side of the beltway through annandale and looking good through springfield. No issues at the interchange there at the mixing bowl. Metro service picking up at 5 00. 4 56 and coming up on fox5 news morning. Broken windows and shattered glass, the disturbing wakeup call for a d. C. Family and the search for the culprits in a recent rash of car breakins. As we head to break lets take a live look across the d. C. Region. Time now is 4 56 its a chilly 39 degrees out there. Grab your jacket. Mike thomas is going to have a festive look at your forecast as we continue. This is what i make. Honey bunches of oats. Its crispy sweetened flakes, plus crunchy granola clusters, plus a touch of honey. It is mmmm, is good it all adds up to a mouthful of joy. Honey bunches of oats. Have you tried it yet . Right now at 5 00 lawmakers rally to keep the government running the the shutdown was averted and the president could sign the tax overhaul bill today. Details ahead. For some people today is the day they pack up the car or head to the airport to make it home for the holidays so we have your travel forecast. Today is friday, december 22nd. Live look outside right now as we get your day started at straight up 5 oclock. Good morning. Thank you for joining us. It is friday december 22nd. All right, nothing happening on the roads. Its busier on mike thomas sweater than it is on the roads. What are those flashing lights, mike . You know, its busier on most things than it is right here but hey were doing the holidays big here at fox5. Clouds building and temperatures in the 50s later today. But we are starting chilly. Grab the coat. Hey erin. Mike is swearing a sweater with cats all over