Star studded cast to light the National Christmas tree, highlights from tonights pageant of peace. Thanks for joining us tonight. Im will thomas. Im shawn yancy. We begin with a frightening of George Washington university. Someone tried to sexually assault a woman in a restroom. Police have their hands full with several burglaries all within the last 36 hours. Fox 5s Audrey Barnes has tonights news alert. Those burglaries happened in the ivory Tower Residence Hall this afternoon. Around the corner in rice hall a female employee was attacked in a third floor bathroom on tuesday. The incidents have triggered a flurry of security alerts across the downtown campus. Theres a guard posted at front desk rice hall on i street now after someone tried to sexually assault a female employee in a third floor bathroom. When she walked in, the suspect turned the light out and jumped her. She fought back and he fled. From now on no one can get in or out of the building without a g world card or escort
Massacre, critics are taking aim at the controversial plan to put armed guards in schools. The head of the powerful group is sticking to its guns on the explosive issue. One Congress Wont be able to do anything about until sometime next month. Brian mooar has details. Reporter in his first interview after the connecticut shooting tragedy, nra chief Wayne Lapierre was defiant. Look, a gun is a tool. The problem is the criminal. Reporter the powerful gun lobby and its allies insist gun laws arent the answer. They want more guns in the hands of good guys. If its crazy to call for putting police and Armed Security in our schools to protect our children, then call me crazy. People resisted having weapons on airplanes. But i oversaw the federal air marshals, and its a deterrent. Reporter legislation will have to waited for the new congress to get settled in, but the debate is already underway. Trying to prevent School Shootings . Schools without talking about guns is like stopping lung cance
Things look good for santa. All his helpers are trying to finish up their preparations. There could be some slippery conditions out on the roads. A lot of clouds building into the midatlantic. The rain is reaching parts of southern virginia. This will turn over to an icy mix. Look at the temperatures right now. It will not be pure rain. We will see some sleet around baltimore. It will be chilly today. Watch out for the slippery conditions. So far pretty light traffic. 1 accident along Greenspring Valley road and spring hill road. Watch for an accident and maybe some lanes closed. Up to speed on the major roadways. Problem free on the j. F. X. Traveling south down to coldspring. Southbound traffic is not to have the right now. Moving well at the harbor tunnel. 64 on southbound 83. This is 895 approaching the harbor tunnel. 295 southbound, 55 Miles Per Hour down towards 100. We will let you know as those problems develop. Maybe a stressful day as the clock is winding down for procrastina
Black ice we would normally see, but will still be some slippery spots overnight. The Winter Weather earlier in the day, quickly moving up the east coast. At new york city and boston, the bullseye right now. Not havethe wind will really begin to increase, and we could have went gusts up to 3540 m. P. H. All the warnings have been canceled for the immediate metro. If your travel plans ticket to the wewestern allegany, still the potential of additional snowfall. Gradual clearing for the evening, 3440, the wind increasing. The wind chill factor will decrease. By tomorrow morning, the wind chill factor in the teens across much of the region. Coming up, what to expect new years eve into 2013. For the second time in less than a week, were talking about a fire in greenbelt, md. , out with a report. Unfortunately, this one claim somebodys life. The greenbelt fire chief is going door to door, making sure that residents are protecting themselves against worstcase scenarios. It is a board to have
Excess of 40 to 45 miles per hour, reaching up to 51, actually, at dulles. There are some areas that maybe we didnt get reporting stations from yet. Well have some update on that, but those winds are definitely strong. These are official numbers that came in just prior to the 5 00 hour. Here is a look at current wind gusts now, still vety strong, from 17 to 32 miles per hour. Theyre going to start to diminish and thats good news. Well have light wind as we move into the overnight hours. Temperatures, 40 degrees at reagan. 37 at dulles. I want to say that those winds today gave a significant wind chill and only felt like it was in the low 20s in many of our neighborhoods. Skies not too bad. We had a few clouds. We are looking mostly clear through the course of the night. Mostly clear, will be cold. The winds will improve, 32 degrees for the low and light winds is the good news for sunday and the sunshine will definitely be around but we had somechances as we get closer towards christmas