Temperatures in the 20s. It is bonechilling cold outside. Dont expect to warm up much today. You will feel it as soon as you step outside. Its not just the temps. That wind is making it feel a lot colder than it really is. Get ready to bundle up. It will be a fun ride, folks. Im angie goff. Thanks for joining us today. Im richard jordan. We are not used to these kind of cold temperatures. But our forecast team has been expecting this. And it is here. Lakeeffect snow . Pennsylvania created slick roads and contributed to a number of accidents. Many roads had to actually be shut down. A little snow spotted here overnight, too. Lets check in with meteorologist chuck bell. We were chitchatting before the show and both saw conversationial snow flakes around the area last night. Its indicative of how much cold air has arrived and its here to stay, everybody. Temperatures not just into the upper 20s, but low 20s. The wind, oh, is it windy outside. Winds are gusting to around 30 miles an hour a
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Roadway. And that is too much. Cut them in half, double the traffic and you raise the same amount of revenue and make it a use willful road for the people useful road for the people on it and the roads that the car comes off of. Reporter the Maryland Transportation Authority said the traffic is growing at the rate of three percent 3 per month and firstyear revenues higher. They said the toll roadways purpose is to provide relatively congestion tree travel with reliable travel times. And it will respond directly, presumably priestly to cut the tolls in half. Reading between the lines and the statements, it sounds like the answer is no. Indeed, it does. Another big story, the fiscal cliff debate. And fox 5 learned that president obama and john boehner spoke on the issue today, but the results have not been made public. The white house is asking federal agencies to plan for 100 billion in spending cuts and that is what happened if not resolved. Administration believes the deal will be don
Some members wanting to be mayor or whatever they want to be. I even had one office. The staff said we agree that this is good policy and that is bad politics. Reporter the question, what comes now . Thousless 450 red tops in place and 1500 more in storage will just sit there until the council can come up with a plan that works. I am not sure what the next step is. Reporter somehow the city will use the meters in the future, even if they have to paint over the red. The other big bill show coresponse order, loring speed camera fines, it passed last night. More that tonight at 6 and hearing from the mayor, shawn. Back to you. Thank you. And a bank was evacuated when someone tried to blow up the atm. Sky fox is over the scene in shelton boulevard. Someone called to report a explosion overnight. Security video later conern confirmed an explosive device went off around 4 a. M. The atm was scotched to damage and still functions. Police evacuated the bank and northbound homes this afternoon a
Those 50s where we were yesterday. Winds are light and they will remain light and calm throughout the course of the day. We are talking about plenty of sunshine. Your high today, 46 degrees. It will be chilly. Bundle up if you are heading out anywhere today. Trust me. It is not going to warm up much beyond this and might be even a little cooler to the north and west of the city. We have some changes coming up as well in the weekend. Well have the details later. Gwen and a have worn vests so we can maybe give you the news and make it more comical. I dont know. Were styling. Julie wright is standing by. Julie, of a worn those pants. I want to take those pants and wear them right now with you. After youre done, i want those pants. People cant see how cute they are. They can see them now. It is very festive. All you need is a vest now. You need a vest. I need a vest. Next report, reindeer ears. Outer loop headed over for the exit for 270. At the point where you make the decision to go nort