And later, Redemption Song. Mariah carey returning to the times yeah stage last night. A second shot at ring in a new year and this time she nail it. Good day at 9a starts now. Why do i have to sit on the hump in the middle. Because im sitting on the hump here. We wanted to spread it out. I feel taller than wisdom. Here we go. Good day everybody. 9 01 on this monday, january 1st. What was that. I was trying to do a different voice. It didnt come out right. Welcome to america. Whats going on . Goodness. This is how were starting new year, everybody. Surprise first day of january, 2018. Are we saying 2018 or 2018. Whatever you want to call it. Im more 2018. Okay. We lets go with it. Its also National Hangover day. If you were out kicking it last night and drank too much. You probably sound like i am hung over. The only real cool for that post part headache is time. But there are ways to manage the pain and suffering. Well have those details coming up a little bit later. Okay. Let me tell
Fredericksburg 6. Culpeper 2. Gaithersburg 8. And unfortunately we have lots and lots of cold in the 7 day forecast and well fwet used to it. Lets get to news. School skimzal begany and garrett out of maryland and hampshire and Orange County virginia sklz on two hour delay today. Cold weather might be to blame for blooded middle school with gas leak in south east d. C. No electricity, heat, crime are middle school. Melanie alnwick is there though live with the latest. Mel, its hard welcome back to class for these kids. Good morning. Thats right, it is. We should say they get one extra day here because d. C. Public schools g lot of damage here to clean up because of the problems with water and gas. And you can see here right in front the Washington Gas crews theyve been digging down to get to the gas line there. There was a strong smell of natural gas in the air and d. C. Fire hazmat crews tell me they understand that the water that was in the basement somehow compromised boiler room an
Westminster and twelve leonardtown and five fredericksburg and everybody off to cold start. No high temperatures above freezing. Ill have the details on this cold blast here to stay believe it or not next weekend. Coldest air yet arriving saturday and sunday. Details on that coming up. 13 this morning. High temps in the mid 20s. More weather back to you. Thanks, tuck, a few School Systems west of districts opening late today because of fridgeit temps, clark county, virginia schools on one hour delay this morning andal gapey and garrett countrys in maryland on two hour delays. And hampshire and West Virginia also delayed two hours and Orange County virginia schools you are on a two hour delay as well. Developing right now fox5 on top of major problems because of this major cold. South east d. C. A burst pipe flooded gas leak. Theres no electricity and theres no heat in crimeer middle school on q street in southeast and Melanie Alnwick is there. Shes live with the latest n now. Mel. Repo
Recently as to what is cold. Arlington county schools decided to close, same deal with alexandria city schools, Fairfax County schools Largest School district there in Northern Virginia is closed and Loudoun County schools also closed. Prince William County and Spotsylvania County schools Stafford County manassas city and Manassas Park schools, all closed this morning. In virginia, fauquier county, Culpeper County, Warren County, page county schools, you are on a twohour delay. Ignore the alexandria city schools at the top of that. We just said that they were closed so that has changed recently. D. C. Public schools here on a twohour delay this morning and for federal workers or those who follow opm, the federal government is opened today but operating on a twohour delay. Federal workers do have the option for unscheduled leave or unscheduled telework. Those are your closings. Well keep them on the bottom of your screen throughout the morning. Tucker barnes how is it right on time. Got
Bomb cyclone. Well talk more about that coming up. Lets get right to the radar. Snow continues across the area. Not terribly heavy up and down the i95 corridor but it is coming down, it is sticking and it will be with us for a few more hours. I will give you all the details on how much snow weve seen and how much more we can expect and what we can look forward to later today. Ill give you a hint. Lots of wind and lots of cold coming up in just a couple minutes but you can see that live radar, our storm our snow continues across the area. It will be with us for a few more hours. Erin im going to toss to you. I take it most everybody is kind of waiting it out or allison and steve . We are trying. The situation with the schools have been changing throughout the morning a lot of schools going from delayed earlier this morning or overnight to closed now. They are all scrolling at the bottom of your screen throughout the morning show. Lets get you caught up on the major systems closed or del