Andrea mccarren, wusa9. Good morning. Youre watching wusa9 at 5 00 a. M. Im Jessica Doyle in for andrea and mike. Monika samtani has your timesaver traffic. Hardworking women and hard working women there, too. Wow. Another hardworking woman olga breese is watching your weather. The weather is treating me pretty well this morning so at least the forecast is clear cut. What we normally expect this time of the year. We do have a little bit of clouds starting to move in, though. It will stick with us till about 10 00, 11 00. Then well see more sunshine in the afternoon. Outside right now, we have a little bit of a brisk wind starting to pick on up. That will make it feel a bit blustery. If youre stepping out early, make sure you have your hat, scarves, gloves and a fairly insulated coat. Well be partly cloudy by 11 00. Well get our temperatures through the 30s, close to the 40sdegree mark by midday. I think the outer areas north and west will stick to the lower 40s but in the city center,
To others its a unique way to celebrate family time and u. S. History all at once. Christmas is a time of reflection and really being thoughtful about what you have. Its the best country in the world. Must have been awfully calendar out there to do that reenactment. Good morning. Welcome to wusa9 at 6 00 a. M. Today is thursday, december 26, 2013. Not a lot of days left in this year. Counting down. Going by fast. Im Jessica Doyle in for andrea roane and mike hydeck this morning. And Monika Samtani has your timesaver traffic. If you have to go to work today, it will be easy. We like that. Easy is good. Olga breese has a forecast that may make you smile. The forecast has something to look forward to in it but this morning were in our typical winter pattern. At least were dry. Always thankful for that when temperatures dip this low. The michael son web cam very uneventful now. Its been a quiet night. Were building in a little bit of cloud cover. When i show you the satellite, youll see ex
It was insane. Ive been working for fedex for almost 20 years. So is this as big as i have ever seen . Internet sales are a major reason why and as amazon. Com is reimbursing shipping fees, offering customers a 20 gift card. But she would rather see her daughter open gifts on christmas morning. I couldnt wait to see her face. And it didnt happen. So i was disappointed. Reporter the shipping giant expects to get any late packages before the weekend. For cbs news, washington. Coming up at 6 00, tracking down some local folks still waiting for their deliveries to arrive. Well, a bit of a delay for folks waiting for mail from the u. S. Service postal after this truck flipped on i270 this morning. It happened in the northbound local lanes around 7 30. No one was hurt, but you can see, man, what a traffic nightmare as traffic was only able to get by on the shoulder for a little while there. Well today, the retailers are hoping you will help burn off your holiday dinner by taking laps around
Scene. Well have a live update for you in a few minutes. No word on what sparked this fire at a home on m street in southeast d. C. It began on the second floor and spread through the attic. One man managed to get out. Christmas chaos at two of the nations biggest shippers. Tonight, u. P. S. And fedex are scrambling to get service back on schedule. Fedex calls the incidents isolated. They made deliveries on christmas. Some say their packages were declared delivered, but they werent. Amazon is offering shipping refunds and 20 gift cards whose shipments were delayed. David culver joins us live with the latest on this in virginia. Reporter the question on social media, who did not receive their package in time christmas . I read through several facebook posts and tweets and emails. We met up with some of those still waiting for their gifts. Around midday, lynn sat at her counter. She checked the tracking number. Where is the package . Out for delivery, december 26 at 9 50 a. M. We are sti
Bad weather and extra last minute Online Shopping br to blame. On its website ups said the volume of air packages in our system exceeded the capacity of our network. Some angry customers complained on the ups Facebook Page while others took to twitter with the hash tag ups fail. But many took the delays in stride. In boston gary expressed symphony for deliver drivers working late on christmas eve. I saw ups and Federal Express Truck Drivers out there at 10 00, 11 00 at night doing the best they could. Reporter some online retailers including am son. Com are offering gift cards and refunds for shipping fees for items that didnt make it on time. Ups officials told Bloomberg Business week the Company Expected to ship more than 132 million items the week before christmas. Late packages were the least of peoples problems up north. Hundreds of thousands of people from the upper midwest to new england and canada remained without power after last weekends huge ice storm. Tree limbs snapped pow