Will let us know and erin will have an early check on thisn mornings commute. President obama waking up o in cuba this morning. The commander in choo hec have is on an historic yet Controversial Mission to thesi o united nation. Melanie alnwick joins us live le outside the embassy in d. C. I d reporter good morning. R go. I was just thinking back toing o last summer when there was soaso much jubilation here when the cuban flag was raised oversed or what was the cuban tub intersection. Rs now the Cuban Embassy insy washington, d. C. For the firsthr time in 60 years, this morningii in cuba president obama is being greeted with cheers and tight security. Ti some people are calling it a new kind of global warmingf glor taking place in half van hf florida in what may be one ofma the final melting points ofs the cold president obama thet ah leader of the free worldree w landed in havana sundayy afternoon. Rn the islands nation just aboutt 90 miles off the coast of cst florida has been a flas
Lighting on the ellipse last night. This marks the 90. Tree for the Tree Lighting ceremony. Im sarah simmons. Welcome to fox 5 morning news. A huge day here on fox 5. Today is our annual stuff a truck food drive. We are teaming up with the capital area food bank. Wisdom martin will join us just a bit later on this morning from a stuff a truck location. Well have everything you need to know if you want to donate as well. First, lets get to gwen tolbart in for tucker barnes. It is cold out there. It is nippy. You want to make sure you are tressed warm. Satelliteradar composite showing you plenty of clouds. Could see some patchy fog this morning. Current temperatures, 39 at Reagan National airport. 3 at dulles. 33 at bwi marshall. Winds are pretty light today. 38 at dulles. Back to you. Thank you. We have some breaking news out of tokyo this morning. A strong earthquake off the coast of northeastern japan trigger as a tsunami warning. The preliminary magnitude is 7. 3. This is the same ar
Twelve other locations are on our website and at the bottom of our screen. You can also make a donation by calling the number on your screen or text feed cafb to 85944. Well be checking in all morning to see how things are going. I sure hope they have the scarf and the heavy coat on, gwen went. They will need it to start the day. Absolutely will. Definitely. Weve got some clouds outside and some fog to talk about as well. If you are venturing out anywhere on the highways and biways, just be careful. Visibility certainly reduced. Yesterday, we talked about how we would be below seasonal compared to how wave been above seasonal. Reagan National Airport kicked in at 44 degrees. Dulles at 45 and b wait a minute Thurgood Marshall at 42 degrees. Current temperatures at Reagan National is 40. 4degrees at bwi Thurgood Marshall. The winds are light as well today. Not a lot happening there. If i were a cloud salesman, i would be very rich today. We have plenty of clouds out there. Not a lot of s
Testing. They are saddened by their loss and their thoughts and prayers where whites family. He does leave behind a wife and two sons. Live from west goshen township im diana rocco for cbs3 Eyewitness News. This just in one of two men accused of trying to break into connie murrays northeast philadelphia home overnight, has been identified as her own nephew. Police have now charged the two with attempted burglary, murray was found dead in penny pack park last tuesday morning, police say her husband has confessed to that crime. Well, philadelphia is trying to land itself in the political spotlight again, the Democratic Committee is in town right now, sampling the sites for the party convention. City is pulling out all of the stops hoping to land it. Eyewitness News Reporter Noel Mcclaren is live at the sport complex in south philadelphia with what the the group spent this day doing, noel . Reporter well, with five cities, still vying to host the 2016, Democratic National convention, the
California now and its growing fast. 12,000 acres, east of sacramento. The fire is only 5 contained tonight and it is threatening about 500 homes. Sean bennet said if this jumps highway 50, things could get a whole lot worse tonight. On day three of the fire, one of the busiest areas they focus their attention on is the south fork of the american river. Look at the smoke at the top of the trees right there. You can see the column of smoke for miles away. Making runs northeast into largely unpopulated forestland. The main fire remains highway 50 and pines and park on the other side. Residents say if it jumps to the other side of 50, it could be a lot of issues. I brought my water truck and talked to all the firefighters and that way they knew the hydrants and once it jumps the highway, youre kind of stuck. We show you to the north state, we show you along 50. Heres the central valley, the courtney fire thats going on. 320 acres, homes gone in oakhurst. They had a fire there. This one, t