When you have bad traffic, its hard to stay sane for too long. The next light is already red usually. Then you have to wait at the next one. People speed past you and have to stop at the light. Were all here together now. The forecast is looking good, especially if you like the mild weather. 41 degrees right now in washington. Almost everybody is above 50 except manassas. Theyve dropped to 30 degrees. Still chilly. You want a jacket. You might want to shed the jacket in the afternoon. 39 degrees right now clinton. 40 quantico. 35 gaithersburg. 41 in leesburg. As you are leaving the house, nice dry roads. No rain in the forecast today. But we have nice mild temperatures. Were going to be back in the 50s. Look at the radar. Were nice and dry. We dont have rain in the forecast for quite a while. Not until we approach the weekend. A closer look at that forecast coming up and milder temperatures ahead. Letec hopefully not too bad. Not too bad. A couple of things happening. Shady grove road,
Plus Christmas Gifts money, wallet house keys everything gone a desperate plea from a maryland man, hundreds of dollars worth of Christmas Gifts. Plus President Trump weighs in on the possibility of firing special Counsel Robert Mueller, a special homecoming for john mccain. Fox 5 news at 10 00 starts now. Off the top tonight at 10 00, imagine delays continue for thousands of air travelers. This after a power outage at atlantas Jackson International airport left the worlds Busiest Airport in a near blackout. Its caused widespread flight delays and cancelations krysten leon is live at reagan International Airport. How is it impacting travelers at such a busy time reporter this power outage has had a Ripple Effect on all airports across the country be including here at Reagan National and dulles. But before i go into details about how its impacted us, i want to show you video and point out what other passengers were doing at the time of that power outage in atlanta and how they spent the
Im molette green. A worstcase scenario to start this busy Holiday Travel week. Thats right, the lights are back on at the airport in atlanta, and passengers around the world will feel this impact for days. Yes. That includes people into and out of our areaa. An underground electrical fire plunged Atlanta Hartsfield jackson airport, that is, into darkness and bringing the worlds Busiest Airport to a standstill. Earn wveryone was just kind shocked and kind of went on with it because we saw it would come back really soon. But it wasnt really soon. It took over 11 hours. Around midnight the lights came back on and the damage is done. News 4s justin finch is live now at Reagan National airport where travelers are feeling the impact and there are flights left to reschedule. Thats so right, eun, reagan looking a lot smoother now than it was some hours before. This had all of the makings of a holiday nightmare. Were talking about a week out from christmas, crowds here showing up early to get a
[ bleep ] [ bleep ]. A man elected to keep d. C. Neighborhoods safe arrested for dui. The shocking video of him locked inside a bathroom peppering police with racial slurs. It was a great day today. Temperatures well above average. But the cold is coming. Ill show you when it moves in and what it means for christmas. News 4 at 11 00, starts now. School board meetings can be dull sometimes. But not tonight. Not in Prince Georges County. Im doreen gentzler. Im jim handly. Tempers flared as ceo Kevin Maxwell tried to explain what comes next after the grading scandal rocked the School District. Shomari stone is in Upper Marlboro with what parents heard tonight and what the School District failed to do before the state stepped in, shomari. Reporter good evening. It was a heated Prince Georges County Public School si parents packed the auditorium. The school board meeting, many of them demand to snow why they say dr. Kevin maxwell did nothing when he became aware of the recordkeeping issues
50 degrees in leesburg. Bus stop forecast looking good. Kids will want a jacket because it is a little bit chilly in some spots. Through the afternoon cooler than yesterday. Well be around 50 degrees. More clouds. Nice and dry. The wet weather is down to the south. If youre doing your Holiday Travel anywhere from louisiana to tennessee to the carolinas, thats going to be wet. Where im heading, melissa, all the way down to florida, thats nice and dry. Bring back sand and shells and all of that. In waterford a brand new problem, 9 at Hamilton Station. All lanes blocked. Sounds like we have a vehicle on its roof here. In bound 66 at fairfax drive, also have a crash. That one is on the right shoulder. Northbound 270 at middlebrook road and germantown, do have a crash blocking the right lane. When youre looking at prince gorges county, no problems into town and out of town. The beltway is looking quite good. Were on the problem in waterford coming up. Tax cuts and jobs act is passed. Breaki