in later today. there are your temperature, 53 degrees at reagan national. lots of 50s and 60s. win chester, 50 degrees. somewhat cool this morning with a cloud cover but once we see the sunshine break out and that frontal system approach from the north and west, we should quickly warm up. nothing here, a sprinkle off to the north and east but that s about it. off to the north and west out into eastern ohio, that s a cold front that will get in here late today and tonight and start to usher in much cooler and much drier air. we ll get windy around here as we get into the overnight hours and tomorrow. partly sunny skies and warm. 72 daytime high. guess, what allison? we might have some snow in the five-day. we ll have more coming up. i am not listening to that. thank you so much, tucker. we are back now with an alert for commuters. metro will be conducting safety work over the president s day holiday. there will be no service between metro center and l enfant plaza. the cl
at 10:00. i m shawn yancy. i m brian bolter. tonight two local counties admit they have a 911 problem on their hands and both wonder what verizon is doing to fix it. fox 5 s roz plater working the story down in the newsroom. it was a terrifying night for a silver spring community. the system they counted on to call for help was down and now lots of people are asking verizon what happened and why. just after 8:00 the night of january 26th this house on lanock way in silver spring on fire, trapped inside a 94-year- old woman. it was the same night of that horrible thunder snowstorm that left the area in gridlock. the power was out and so were many landlines. it was a feeling of just being completely helpless. reporter: rick dessey pulled out his verizon cell phone, called 911 but couldn t get through and neither could his neighbors. i remember even having my front door open and we have a glass storm door. i could feel the heat from the fire. reporter: two neighbors