That meteor shower is not the only thing thats being watched in the sky today. Thats right. Scientists are tracking an asteroid that will come closer to earth than any other asteroid ever recorded. It will only be 17,000 miles away from our planet. Well talk about that coming up throughout the Morning Hours. For tucker well cover that at 6 45. Its amazing when you see those pictures, i dont remember hearing a lot of talk, a lot of chatter about that in the days leading up to that. What happened in russia . Yeah. Thats because nobody saw it coming. That explains it. Thats incredible. We got questions for greg later on. It happens occasionally. Greg will talk about it. Lets talk weather. A lot going on here. This morning were fine, its quiet and cold, 37 at Reagan National, and bwi marshall has dipped below the freezing mark at 31. There might be some frost on your windshield this morning. Hi it on mine, so be ready for that. You might need an extra minute to scrape. Otherwise all the ro
There i am. Hey, were just starting off fine. We got some partly cloudy conditions out there at the moment, temperatures cooling off back into the 30s. Should be nice, quiet morning commute for you, a quiet start to your day and later this afternoon clouds move in, some showers, a little snow tonight and then well talk about the weekend as well. We got a lot to talk about. Roads are nice and quiet. There is a little bit of cloud cover streaming in. We do have a couple fronts coming in today. The first one is moving through as we speak, and we wont notice much change in the air mass. Itll be chilly either way to start your day with temperatures in the low to mid 30s. But we are going to warm up this afternoon ahead of our next front. And it should be a nice, mild day today with partly sunny conditions for at least the first half of the day. Highs expected to be well into the 50s. Maybe well be 54, 55 for a daytime high today. Nice looking conditions. Then some late day showers and then
good, in just a minute. tony and allison. our top story this morning is metro s fare hike. it is not closing the budget grab like it s supposed to so the board of directors is meeting to discuss another proposed fare increase. under the proposal peek rail fares would increase to $1.90 and a surge charge from 20 cents to 50 cents would be added during the peak periods and for trips in the congested zone. bus fares rise from $1.25 to $1.50 for smart trip users and $1.60 for riders using cash. john henrehan will have the latest on the meeting at 5:00. a close call on 395 yesterday and the driver never saw it coming. a light pole fell on to his minivan, missing him by just inches. now he wants to make sure other drivers aren t in danger. roz plater has the story. reporter: rush hour tuesday evening drive ago long 395 north near the south capitol street exit, a light drizzle but no wind. pennsylvania business man duane miller got the shock of his life. all of a sudden