Grand opening of mgm nationalnal harbor. Or. Its a sure bet traffic will bel a nightmare. Well have the odds on gettinget in and around that day plus howh you can double down for a goodod time as the celebrity lineup ses to perform in the casinos firsr few months continues to grow. And later, hes ooh billionairee and the next president of thehe United States. But trump latest fashion fauxasx pas might have you saying cantt we make ties great again . Good . . We love friday but we love l it even more when its pay day, right . Happy happy happy thatat you all are with us. Th good day d. C. D. Its just after 9 00 oclock onl a friday december 2nd. E2nd im holly morris alongside ofsif the lovely allison seymour, the effervescent maureen umeh and ad always cool cat wisdom martin. Enjoy your weekend early. Im lovely the. Im he have stress zen takehe that. The first family lighting thg National Christmas tree one last time. Me well take you back to that tt starstudded special moment. En i unfo
And coming up, well have oon interview with Paul Wiedefeld about the Safetrack Program and its impact on your commute. Time for weather and traffic on the 1s. And depending on where you live is where you saw Severe Weather. I didnt much of rain. I didnt either, but we he know there was some. Nary a drop in most locations. Northern maryland was hardest hit. But 4 things you need to know for today, number one, were off to a dry start to the work and school week, although the school weeks are getting fewer and farther between. One or tuesday showers. Just a little rain coming our way tomorrow ahead of refreshingly less humid air. Youll love wednesday and thursday the way things are going. Colin is going to be close to the coast, but big push of cool canadian air should keep colin off our part of the well get in to the break down of your commute coming up. The story of the morning could potentially be metrorail and the orange and blue lines that will be affected this morning. Orange line t
And we have breaking news where we are learning that three High School Students are dead. This is a real tragic story out of damascus. We have confirmed that three students from Clarksburg High School have died after this crash on burnt hill road. You can see right there, that is the truck. You cant really recognize it after it slammed into a tree and then was overtaken by flames. The three victims as you mentioned were students. We are still working to find out more about them. Also, what caused this and what happened. Kristin wright is on scene right now gathering more information. Im angie goff at the live desk. There are no ceilings, no limits on any of us. And this is our moment to come thank you, all the struggle continues im going to fight for you, the American People. Like nobody has ever fought before. The end of the primaries is only the beginning of the work we are called to do. 5 02 now. Good morning, everybody. It is wednesday, june 8, 2016. Im aaron gilchrist. Im eun yang
Up on the fives at 7 05. Happy wednesday im allison seymour. Im steve chenevey. Welcome to fox 5 news morning. Right now this is the scene up and down the east coast and it has been the last couple hours and tens of thousands of verizon workers picketing outside various verizon offices. Including several locations in the d. C. Reeping joan and will all them pact the verizon customer. Well, fox5 bob bone is in the picket line for more. Bob, good morning. Hey, allison, steve, good morning to you. Were outside verizon work office here. This is south floyd street in alexandria and you can see theres a dozen people here this morning walking in the picket line in front of this Company Offices here in alexandria. We also have a live picture mary field gallows road and another picket line as well. Theyre estimating as many as 40,000 Union Workers for verizon on strike this morning and contract talks since august have been going nowhere theres a chance of contract for these folks. And joining u
The 19 year old replied yes, sir. There are no winners in this situation. It was a tragic incident and reflected in what seemed to be the remorse of this man coming forward and taking responsibility for his actions. Reporter ellis lawyer says his client is devastated and filled with remorse. Ellis was a recent graduate as were two teens who died in the violent crash. Alex m erk and calvin lee. The papers of alex issued a statement, calling the plea bittersweet. They wrote, while it relieves us from having to endure the endless pain of sitting through days of trial, it drives home the cold hard fact that our son died at the hands of human being. Sentencing guidelines for this case are between 3 months and 8 years, thats not binding. Ellis could face up to 10 years in prison on each count. Coming up at 6 00, we will bring you more from the merck family. Ellis will be sentenced on june 3rd. We posted the familys statement in entirety on the website, you can read it also on the wusa 9 app.