Street to porter, that is where they are working on that water main break at this point. But a significant amount of water here on this major thorofare. Were a little concerned about what that might mean as more traffic starts to come across this area. We have seen the d. C. Water crews bringing a little bit of salt and gradient just around one lane of this area but i feel like it needs a little bit more coverage at this point. I dont know exactly when this water main break began. It seems like its so new they havent even posted it on twitter or their web site yet as far as emergency outages. D. C. Water is working on two other water main breaks this morning. One on girard street northeast and one on 34th street in southeast. So, definitely a looks like theyve gotten on top of this one. If you may recall last week we talked about sometimes they have to prioritize these and sometimes they need to just shut the water off and wait until they can get crews but were seeing some be like this is definitely a high priority break for them. Dont know if any residential cust socustomers are affected h. Well stay on top of it. Live in northwest, im Melanie Alnwick, fox5 local news. Mel, quite a mess out there this morning. Were sure youll keep us updated. The cold and the damage causing continued impact at Howard University in a major way. Undergraduate students will not be returning to class today as scheduled. Frozen pipes led to sporadic heating and steam damage in several buildings. Emergency repairs under way. Right now only four of nine dorm buildings have reliable heat. Some buildings expect to be closed for a month. Undergrads will not start until next tuesday. Graduate programs expected to resume today. Fallout continues from the fire and fury inside the Trump White House. Wikileaks tweeted out a google doc containing the entire book. President trumps supporters denounced the book on sunday talk shows with Senior AdviserSteven Miller calling it a book of fiction. Steve bannon released a statement on sunday saying that he regrets his comments in the book distracted from the president s accomplishments. Fire and furry is number on amazon. If you were waiting for President Trumps fake news awards today you have to wait longer. He says hes delaying the announcement until wednesday. He says the fake news awards will go to the most corrupt and bias of the mainstream media. President says the importance of the awards is far greater than anyone could have anticipated. 4 33 is the time. We continue to follow coverage of the issues surrounding novembers election in virginia. Four democratic voters are appealing a Court Decision that cleared the way for republicans to take control of the statehouse of delegates. The judges decision came down late friday following a ballot mixup. The four voters are appealing the judges decision hoping to from being seated on wednesday. He beat out his democratic challenger by more than 70 votes but the state board of elections acknowledges it sent out more than 140 incorrect ballots. Time right now is 4 34. Lawmakers in maryland and virginia are looking to provide more funding for metro. Leaders in both states are set to debate bills which would give metro a permanent and dependable Funding Source arenandcould be worth hundredsf millions of dollars a year. If youre taking metro dont forget to preload your smart trip today. Starting today you can no longer carry a negative balance on your card. Metro is encouraging riders to sign up for auto reload. 4 34 is the time right now. Time to get to weather and traffic. Good morning to you, erin como. Good to see you. Good morning. Mike thomas cold. Good morning, yeah, brutally cold all weekend. Yesterday morning we had single digits. At dulles ga frigid to start the day. The cold keeps the ground nice and cool and cold ground even if air temperatures are able to squeeze above freezing today with rain, sleet or snow coming down whatever hits the ground freezes on contact and then we got trouble. Okay. Big trouble on the road. Yes, big trouble on the road especially for the afternoon commute today is what could be compromised. We have an area of precipitation, snow, sleet, freezing rain coming across through portions of ohio, through kentucky this morning. Its going to cross the mountains and the big question here is how much moisture is going to remain as it crosses the mountains cause the mountains do tend to rip things apart a little bit. Well watch this as it pushes into our area. Most of us here in d. C. And all counties north and west are under a Winter Weather advisory starting at 3 oclock this afternoon. Temperatures play a major role in all of this. 20 degrees reagan national, dulles 18, bwi 14. We move through the Morning Hours were fine but heading into the late morning early afternoon there it is. Even though its showing rain on futurecast remember the ground isol likely freezing here and then its out of here by the late evening hours and were clearing out the rest of the week. Actually things will turn rather mild. The daytime high today. Watch out this afternoon for that mix. Thats a check of weather. Erin over to you for traffic. Cold temperatures and a lot of water main breaks not doing great things for the roads early this monday morning. Melanie alnwick out at porter street between 34th and 35th closed with a water main break. We have one in takoma park eastwest highway at red top road. All lanes blocked in all directions. Volume is light right now. As you wake up watch for slick spots. Annapolis road out in lanham eastbound side between Ardwick Ardmore road and Veterans Parkway water main break there blocking those two right lanes. Again youre seeing a lot of green on the map. Light in terms of volume. Another water main break bw parkway northbound at the beltway blocking the left merge lanely well let you know if any other water main breaks develop this morning. Any questions at erin fox5 d. C. On twitter. Back to you. Coming up on fox5 news morning, celebrities use the Golden Globes as a platform to stand up against sexual and a popular Clothing Store comes under fire for a very questionable piece of clothing for sale on its web site. As we head to break were taking a live look outside at the washington monument. 4 37 is the time. 19 degrees is the temperature. Back in a moment. My healthy routine helps me feel my best. So i add activia yogurt to my day. With its billions of live and active probiotics, activia may help support my digestive health, so i can take on my day. Activia. Now in probiotic dailies. Before we start, i just want to say if anyone still doesnt have fios, please stay out of the way so your lag doesnt get us all killed, ben. Whats so good about fios anyway . Uh. Whats so great about a 100 fiberoptic network that makes your gaming system actually work awesomely . Hey. Did you take out the trash . Haha, garbage boy dad, i already took out ben. Its not funny. Gaming is best on a 100 fiberoptic network. So get fios. Now, just 79. 99 per month with a 2year price guarantee with a 2year agreement. 4 39 is the time. Welcome back to fox5 news morning. Today is monday, january 8 at 4 39. Cold temperatures outside leading to a number of water main breaks in our region. This is a live look at the water main break at porter and 34th street in northwest washington, d. C. Melanie alnwick is live on the scene talking about this and were also talking about a number of water main breaks throughout the region. Erin como is going to get you updated on that. Mike thomas is going to talk about the conditions in regards to the weather which is making this so bad on the roads. Time right now is 4 39 and we are back with whats hot on the web the stories youre engaging with the most th holly morris joins us with the stories youre engaging with the most this morning on social media. Lets talk about those stories were engaging with the most on social media this morning. Good morning, everybody. Good to see you on this monday and first up Oprah Winfrey is being praised this morning after she used her golden globe Lifetime Achievement speech to thank the women and men who have bravely shared their personal stories of sexual abuse and Sexual Harassment. While accepting her cecil b. Dee mill award last night she shared a powerful message to the young girls watching saying nobody will ever have to say me, too, again, a new day is on the horizon. The blackout that came with the message Oprah Winfrey not the only star standing for victims of Sexual Harassment and assault. Angelina jolie jessica biel Kerry WashingtonKatherine Zetajones and countless others dazzled on the Golden Globes red carpet as they united in solidarity by wearing black. The color black was chosen as a way for the movie and the. V industry to make a statement against sexual misco the downfall of shamed movie mogul harvey weinstein. Also trending this morning, veteran filmmaker kirk douglas honored with a standing ovation for his long career at sunday nights Golden Globes. The 101yearold took to the stage with daughterinlaw kathKatherine Zetajones to present an award. The actor paid tribute to her fatherinlaws career. Lets switch gears this morning. H and m facing a fierce backlash for the release of what some consider a racist hoodie. Twitter users noticed the uk web site of h and m was selling a green hooded top with the phrase coolest monkey in the jungle modeled by a black child. Many accusing h and m with a lack of awareness at best or casual racism at worst. As of early this morning the item is still for sale. A song you wont be able to get out of your heads. Steph curry a sending social media into a frenzy with his new brita filter it shows him trying to be a positive inspiration coach in the new year. Catching phrase and criticism as critics say it is irritatingly catchy. Which is what an ad is supposed to be. I havent heard it but sounds like a successful ad then. Steph curry. Winning. Still winning. Coming up Police Officers have new information in the search for a missing maryland man. And new rules at the mva could be economic wait renewing your license. Traffic seemed to move pretty well at the shot right here but be careful in some spots. Weve had broken pipe issues which leads to slick roads. Well wewell get you the latesn all of that. Its 4 42, 19 degrees. Fox5 news morning back right after this. Come in now for the new year Savings Event at havertys furniture. Save up to one thousand dollars in bonus discounts. Plus, you can get 24 month financing with no interest. Start the new year by adding stylish pieces throughout your home. With havertys, your home can be perfect, even when life isnt. [sfx crash] this sale ends january 15th at havertys. Life looks good. This is fox5 news morning. Time right now is it 4 45. Heres a look at the stories were following you today monday january 8th. Montgomery county Police Searching for a missing derwood man. Anthony harris left his home sunday in the 15,900 block of frederick road. Hes 6foot four, 190 be pounds. If youve seen Anthony Harris call police. Cold impacting classes at Howard University. Undera frozen pipes led to sporadic heating and steam damage in several buildings. Some buildings expected to be closed for a month. Students enrolled in graduate programs must still report for class. Four democratic voters in virginia are appealing a Court Decision which cleared the way for republicans to take control of the statehouse of delegates. The judges decision came late friday following a ballot mixup. The four people appealing the judges decision hoping to stop republican Robert Thomas from being seated on wednesday. And if youre taking the metro this morning do not forget to reload your smart trip card. Starting today you can no longer carry a negative balance on your card. Metro is encouraging riders to sign up for auto reload through their smart trip account. That program assures a passenger always has money on their card. Good morning to you. Thank you for joining us. Today is monday january 8th. Erin como talking about water main breaks and slick roads and mike thomas talking about whats causing all of this. Which is the cold weather. Which is the cold weather that has not kind of let up all weekend long. Brutally cold weekend. I stayed ins it was great. I think a lot of people stayed in. That was the smart thing to do. Good news is were finally going through a warmup guess what by the end of the week temperatures near 60. Stop it. It. Noted what. We have a couple speed bumps to get through. Today is most certainly one of them. There off to the west you can see the colors, the purples, the pinks, the blues, that is trouble. Thats wintry mix. Cold air is trying to leave. Its trying to exit our region but its very stubborn. It moves slowly. We have a cold front approaching from the west. Thats what the moisture is along and thats going to give us a chance for sleet possibly freezing rain. Winter weather advisories all these counties you see here in the purple shading including Prince Georges County fairfax d. C. Baltimore Montgomery CountyHoward County all under Winter Weather advisories. Locally they go into effect at 3 00. They start a little earlier off to the west. Well go through them in details coming up in a few more minutes. Thats weather. Over to erin now for traffic. We have a lot of water main breaks. New crash in stafford. Left lane Left Shoulder blocked just after 630 courthouse road. Seeing a big slowdown past that scene. Factor in 10 extra minutes. Youre pretty clear the rest of the stretch of 95. 395 looks good as well. You can see in terms of our majors 270 sill quiet by father hurley. Light volume around the area. Except these water main breaks causing problems. Porter street between 34th and 35th water main break blocking all lanes much watch for slick spouts around the area. Several others in maryland as well. Water main break eastwest highway at red top road. I want to get to the district right now. Fox5s Melanie Alnwick has our Team Coverage from porter street where it is cold and the road looks slick. Reporter hey, good morning, erin. Yeah, one of the interesting things you can notice about the water that has come from this water main break is you can kind of see the ripples in the ice as its started to freeze [inaudible] alnwicks shot having some problems right there but as you can see the roads very slick, a broken water main pipe on 34 and porter street in northwest. Well catch up with melanie later. Lets bring you up to speed on what else is happening in the news this morning. New details in the search for a missing maryland man suffering from dementia. Police say 65yearold Daniel Dehaven might have been picked up while walking along route one last tuesday january 2nd and then dropped off along annapolis road in gambrills. Police are asking people to be on the lookout for dehaven in the gambrills area. He is he went missing last tuesday from a costco parking lot in beltsville. Family friends and volunteers gathered for several days to search for him. Theyll search again today. People who live in maryland who need to renew their drivers licenses will now have to dig up extra documentation. Since january 1st the Motor Vehicle administration has been requiring additional documents to show proof of age identity address and Social Securityum they add suggest bringing a copy of your birth certificate and passport along with your Social Security card and utility bill. This is required to comply with federal law. Starting today tresidents in Prince Georges County with yard Waste Collection can set their Christmas Trees at the curb for recycled pickup. Trees have to be outside by 6 00 a. M. On their regularly scheduled yard Waste Collection day. They also have to be stripped of all decorations and bags. Coming up on fox5 news morning, while most of america is experiencing unusually freezing temperatures another country is in the midst of 117degree not 170, that would be big news, 117degree heat wave. And new leadership adding up to new rules for the miss america pageant. All right. Were going to break right now at 4 50. I believe this is in virginia. In alexandria, virginia, thats where were looking at right now. 19 degrees is the temperature. Were talking a lot about water main breaks this morning but mike thomas said believe it or not at some point this week, we could get up to 60 degrees. Hes going to explain that coming up. More. Youre doing great. [laugher] you look amazing. The egg white grill. So you can bring on the day. Before we start, i just want to say if anyone still doesnt have fios, please stay out of the way so your lag doesnt get us all killed, ben. Whats so good about fios anyway . Uh. Whats so great about a 100 fiberoptic network that makes your gaming system actually work awesomely . Hey. Did you take out the trash . Haha, garbage boy dad, i already took out ben. Its not funny. Gaming is best on a 100 fiberoptic network. So get fios. Now, just 79. 99 per month with a 2year price guarantee with a 2year agreement. Mommy youre strong aw, you bet i am the egg white grill. E day. Welcome back to fox5 news morning. Today is monday, january 8th. Time right now is 4 53. Cold temperatures outside leading to a number of water main breaks in our region. This is a live look at a water main break on porter street near 34th street in northwest. Our Melanie Alnwick is reporting live from the scene. Shell have a full report on the break in about eight minutes. All right. Time right now 4 53. And while were in the middle of a deep freeze people in Sydney Australia are sweating their way through a heat wave. On sunday the temperature hit 117 degrees fahrenheit just shy of the record of 118 set back in 1939. The scorching heat has left thousands without power. A heat wave plan has been activated. Another shakeup for the miss america pageant. Board members raised the 25. This is the first major rule change to the pageant since miss America Gretchen Carlson became chair woman. Carlson hinted at major reform that could also get rid of the swimsuit competition. Dunkin donuts making changes to their menu. The chain will be offering a new simplified menu at new england locations. Dunkin donuts is ditching some of its less popular items that are time consuming to make such as smoothies afternoon sandwiches and some of the breakfast sandwiches. The simplified menu will hit Stores Nationwide in mid march. Move over star wars theres a new Box Office Champ this morning. Jumanji has topped the charts after three weekends in theaters. Columbia pictures says the jumanji reboot earned an additional 36 million this weekend bringing its total to more than 244 million. All right. Just a warning to you. If you go see jumanji and take toilet humor in there and it goes on for awhile. 4 54 is the time right now. Toilet humor. Yeah. Youve been warned. All those potty mouths. Did you like it or not like it. Meh. It wasnt bad. Thats not a bad review for you. Whats the last movie you did like. Fast and furious, the last fast and furious. Im done. Says it all. Training day. Purple rain. Exactly. [laughter] guys, lets get to the Weather Forecast cause we got a tricky one coming our way later this afternoon. Cold air is leaving but its slow to leave. Because of that with moisture moving in we could have travel concerns as we head into your afternoon commute time. Theres satellite and radar. You see all the colors out to the west. Will take some time getting across the mountains but when it gets here could lead to some icing concerns. Heres futurecast. 9 00 a. M. We head into the afternoon hours, even though you see green, which indicates rain there, its likely to freeze on contact. Because of how cold we were this weekend. Ground temperatures well below zero freezing across most of the region thanks to some very cold air we have here over the weekend. Remember, widespread single digit lows yesterday morning. There we go into the afternoon and evening hours. Even by 9 oclock, still could be some hanging around so again, take it easy, especially on untreated roadways and sidewalks later on this afternoon. Before school were fine. For the kids at the bus stop. 14 to 24 degrees, cold conditions, though and then after school temperatures rising up to near to above freezing for most of us but again, with that cold ground, we could have some icing and some sleet concerns as we roll through those afternoon hours. Quick look at the sevenday cause there is relief on the way. Tomorrow well above freezing at 47. Look at friday. Yes, clouds and rain but 59 degrees. All right, thats a check of the weather. Over to erin for traffic. 4 56 and were going to start you off with this nasty crash were dealing with out in stafford right after 630 courthouse road impacting 95 northbound commute. About a 10 minute delay once you pass this point things open up getting into dale city in towards the mixing bowl. Other big story, several water main breaks that could impact us. Lets see if we can forward our came show you what else youre up against. Melanie alnwick is out on porter street right now. She showed us where the water is freezing in ripples. Please use caution. Porter street closed between 34th and 35th street. All lanes blocked. But again, slow it down. Watch for those slick spots. Theyre trying to salt and treat the roads. We have a few water main breaks in maryland. This one in greenbelt. Another in takoma park. Eastwest highway at red top road. All lanes blocked in both directions. Any questions at erin fox5 d. C. On twitter. Back to you. Coming up on fox5 news morning fmaryland and virginia leaders move one step closer to providing metro with some much needed funding. And President Trump delays the fake news awards. Heading to break right now live look at the beltway in Prince Georges County. Traffic moving pretty well but then again it is only 4 57. Details on your weather and traffic news coming up on fox5 news morning when we return. Z2l2xz z16fz y2l2xy y16fy im a small business, but i have. Big dreams. And big plans. So how do i make the efforts of 8 employees. Feel like 50 . How can i share new plans virtually . How can i download an efile . Virtual tours . Zipfile . Really big files . In seconds, not minutes. Just like that. Like everything. The answer is simple. Ill do what ive always done. Dream more, dream faster, and above all. Now, ill dream gig. 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