Fellow soldier. And the Community Honors one of their own with a super bowl bash to benefit a man who lost everything in a deadly house fire. Thanks for joining us tonight. Im laura evans. Im maureen umeh. Well get to those stories in a moment, but first the beginning of the workweek could bring more winter weather, but how long will it last . Lets head over to fox 5s gwen tolbart in the Weather Center for more. Weve got really cold conditions sticking around and another chance for snow. Lets take a look at radar. A few light flurries pushing their way cross the area tonight, not a lot to be too concerned with. Well have a little change in the beginning of the workweek. Lets go to our weather maps and look at our satellite and radar composite. Weve got a lot of clouds and some of that quick moving snow there are tryst pushing its way across the area snow Activity Still pushing its way across the area. There is a winter storm warning for areas along the Allegheny Front, grant and pendle
A big win for the ravens. They are bringing the lombardi trophy back to baltimore beating the 49ers in super bowl xlvii. An exciting game complete with a power outage that delayed the action for more than a half hour. It was dramatic. But the ravens still won so it is all good. If they hadnt, it would not be good. Somebody would have been paying for something this morning. Good morning. Im sarah simmons. Im wisdom martin. This is a live look outside over the washington, d. C. Area. Chilly start to your day. But if you are in baltimore, do you really care how cold it is outside . Not at all. Theyre just happy they got a win. Lets check in with tucker this morning who is excited. And also tired. I am tired. Three hours. Going to be a long day. Cold temperatures, were in the 20s right now. Clear skies, should be a decent start to your day. Kids at the bus stop want to be ready for a cold winter morning. Our highs later today will get into the mid30s. 12 in columbus. 17 in pittsburgh. We a
Southwest airlines was a slowmoving maze of one weary passenger after another with a story to tell about the lightening strike that took dead aim at their travel adinner gary eight dinner area. We were supposed to go miami and our cruise got canceled. Aim engine imagine juggling this by yourself and a 5monthold baby. The f. A. A. Suspended all arrivals and departures at b. W. I. After the control tower was struck by lightening at 2 20. One employee was injured. Flights resumed at 5 00 p. M. But by then the damage was done. Really im still in limbo right now. Hoping to get to chicago but not knowing if were going to make it. Not knowing if im going to make it. Since several northeast airports including boston new york and philadelphia were affected the airlines could be playing catch up for a while. I do expect this evening to be continued flight delays. I would expect tomorrow their operation should be more or less normal. 100 and 20 flights were canceled here at b. W. I. You can expec
Driver attempted to accelerate and tried to beat the train. The driver was rushed to the hospital by ambulance in critical condition. A spokesman for the Prince Georges County Fire Department says the car had plates indicating it was registered to a volunteer firefighter in the brians area of charles county. A First Responder says it may have actually been the car owners son who was driving the vehicle. The message after this is clear. Dont take the chance, you see the flashing lights. Even though theres not a gate present, you see the flashing lights, obey the signs and come to a complete stop until the train passes. Csx investigators on the scene say the train was traveling at a slow speed when it went through that intersection. But the exact speed will be determined through the investigation. The train wasnt damaged and no one on board was hurt. Brian. Audrey barnes tonight. Following a developing story where an explosion at a Sandwich Shop sent one man to the hospital, left a local
Inauguration. Plus wrapping up a workweek filled with rain and cold temperatures. And maryland reveals its own plans for gun control reform, what the governor is proposing and how critics are responding. Thanks for joining us tonight. Im brian bolter. Im maureen umeh. Just three days until inauguration and last minute preps underway. Excitement is kicking into high gear. Fox 5s Audrey Barnes begins our inauguration coverage tonight. Reporter theres a different kind of energy in the city already, a whole lot of out of towners arriving for the inaugural festivities this weekend. I interviewed people from san jose, california, to miami, florida, and several places in between and let me tell you they are ready to party. The doors hadnt even opened yet and people were already lining up outside blues alley in georgetown to hear dawn and group in vogue perform. Their shows are sold out which is one reason Operations Director chris ross is loving this inauguration weekend already. We had some