Freezing so this morning before you head out, maybe a very warm jacket. 31 degrees is the current temperature. 30 river dale. In the district were at 32 degrees. Bull run 24 degrees. So as we go through your day today, 7 00 this morning, warm jacket, again, we could see a chance of flurries very early, but by 7 00 well also see those nice dry roads around. 29 degrees by noon. Lunchtime 46. Winds will start to increase, so it will get breezy and by 3 00 p. M. Were looking at a milder day. 53 degrees. Breezy outside so not as cold as yesterday. The good news is the roads are dry this morning. We like to see that. Lets check the roadways. We love dry roads. Very helpful for everybody. 66 here and 95, you can see really rolling just fine here this morning. No incidents there. Taking a look at 95 in maryland from 32 down to the beltway, its going to take you ten minutes. Youre on time and you dont have to wy there. Beltway looking good. Live shot here of the american he john bridge and you
Anytime there is a problem on the metro. Perhaps you want News Headlines or metro. Sign up for all of it. Wjla. Com text. Alison did you see this . Flames lit up the night in lorton after a fire broke out inside a trash and recycling center. Tonight, the flames are under control. But the fire continues to smolder. Sending smoke across the area including right on to i95. Q mccray joins us live near the scene with the response and how those nearby are dealing with this. Q . Q that is the question. How will the people nearby deal with the smoke and the stench . The smoke is moving away from us but when it does move it moves like a fog and it smells like melting plastic. We have been on top of the story since late last night with skytrak7 over the scene. This was the scene around 10 00 last night. Red hot flames glowing in t night sky. First responders doing their best to save the trash and recycling plant in lorton. The threestory fire is under control but the smoke isnt. It continues to
The Investigation Continues whats going on. They have since reopened everything. Show you should chblt have any problem. A little bit of debris still in the roadway. If you travel along this stretch, keep your eyes open. You dont want to necessarily run over it. Everything is open and back to normal now. Back you do all in the studio. Good morning, everybody. Im storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. Your headlines on a chilly nur years morning. Babe, its coal outside. Youre going to see more. The weekend and another shot next week. Winter is finally here after the mildest december on record by a long shot. Were in the upper 30s and low 40s right now as you plan out the next 24 hours. A chilly to cold start this morning. Back to 42. And even colder tomorrow. How long the cold air sticks around. Ill give you the weekend forecast coming up in a few more minutes. Back to you. Its a busy morning cleaning up after new years e. R. A. More than a Million People watched the ball drop, security
We hit High Temperatures today of 95 degrees. But thats just the start of what could be one of the hottest streaks so far this year. Here at the live desk, were following developments in illinois where police are using everything they can to bring down three men suspected of killing an officer and stealing his gear. Helicopters in the air above fox lake, an area about an hour north of chicago. All investigators will say right now is theyre looking for two white men and a black man. Tonight a memorial is growing outside the police department. People have been coming by to leave messages and other mementos outside the station. Lieutenant Charles Gliniewicz was married with four sons. He was just about to retire. He was chasing the men this morning when he radioed in for backup. Another officer rushed to the scene, but when he got there, the lieutenant had already been shot. The suspects got away with his gun and some of his other gear. Now officials had locked down a local high school. B
Example. Drugs and crime were rampant here on this block. He taught his son on the streets then on the streets they took his son. His neighborhood just got a fac. I headed up georgia avenue, past Howard University to fish in the hood. After 18 years, the restaurant is still around. Bill is the owner. You just weigh what you want. The neighborhood is seeing transformation. But its still heavy native washingtonian. I expected to find black folk, but the clientele has changed. You dont want a neighborhood with just one kind of person. That is boring. Around the time brown versus board of education, terry and kathy ruby and Bonnie Watson moved out of the city to a mostly white section of prince georges county. They were just kids then. We were teenagers who went to the civil rights demonstration. It was fun for us. We is have a picture in Time Magazine of us. Yep, theyre white. They live in tacoma park, washington. They dont like especially in their own neighborhood. I like a lot of divers