To hit. Nearly 90 million of us will dry or fly to a loved one 2 more than mast year and while airports are busy majority of people are are driving. Unfortunately were dealing with a bunch of problem already. I want to start you with an issue on cam canal road. If you head to georgetown this could impact you. Canal road closed in both dealing with water main break and icy conditions because of that icy condition we had a crash as well on the inbound side. All traffic being sdi verity todd northbound fox hall road and from there president vare road in or outbound. Watch for extra congestion. Gw parkway inbound looking good roosevelt. And keep that in mind if you try to get to 11 street coverage this morning. Fox5 Melanie Alnwick is at the truck stop in woodbridge. I hope you listen to good dance music and enjoy snacks on travels. Reporter thats right, for me its not dance music its more like country music. But, you know everybody has got the Different Things they like to do to keep themselves buddy on the roads. You can see i 95 behind me moving well and another thing that we have noticed here if you check out the parking lot here at the people like to play license plate game right if you come to a rest stop you gets a lot of vie arty. We see North Carolina and also minnesota. I can tack to you quick for a second. Tell me where youre headed to. I dont speak english. Where are you headed too. Georgia. Where did you start out. New jersey. How has it been so far. Long. What do you do to keep yourself and entertained. Is awake. Good luck on your travels. Stay safe. Enjoy your weekend. It really is as much as people are out on the roads its tough to be out there with so many other people, a lot of folks are having few with it. Were also having fun on twitter asking people what are favorite road snabz and Favorite Music and pit stops. Couple road snabz sounds like too many people healthy. Theyre not honest. Old bay popcorn or almonds and Quest Nutrition bars thing. We know you dont stay all that healthy on the roads. Thats what a road trip is for time to indulge. Theres lots of indulgences at the airport while people are waiting in the long lines. Lets check in with an app right now. Hey, mel, long lines is definitely the case out here. We have seen us free and grow and check out the line now and the only line it s it a precheck you can see the people line here. People headed to all parts across the country and we met passengers headed to ohio, chicago, california, maine, even dallas, texas for the big game thursday. And were talking more than 27 million americans traveling by air this thanksgiving week and were certainly seeing that in those long lines today. Triggering very long lines and were seeing passengers coming and going in paves. Right now its busy time and earlier this morning it was a very busy time as well. Everyone trying to catch that a. M. Flight. We did check some other flights and so far no major delays. Its just long lines. This is gates 35 to 45 on other side where you have 1 through 35 its extremely long. Expect long lines as you head out this morning. Thats the latest from Reagan National. Annie yu, fox5 local news. Annie, thank you very much. Tucker barnes how are we looking out there tuck. I dont do traffic it appears were looking at soym. An idea whether its raining or smoking. I am sitting at your side of the table. Well get along okay . Who am sitting next to for third annual. Youre the host right. What. I deposit switch the name tags as all. Im about to go work them ever. Reagan National Toll dole, 23, 2 23, 24 every below freezing to carts the stay. Sunshine first of ha of day. Well get clouds later this afternoon. See rain showers out to the west to cincinnati. That will get in here early tomorrow morning. Well have scattered showers around for first half of tomorrow morning. If you run turkey trot in bethesda and that thing well have showers around. Tomorrow afternoon it will be cloud and most of the rain should be on the light side. High and clouds ron the increase. I took pictures of table settings and placement. I made sure space between tuck are and i if that. Chas ill know. Dont mix it up. You will number the middle. Lets get to news now. Firefighters trying to figure out how a car crashed into a townhouse in gaithersburg. This happened on kaymar way people gets you out of their home saferly the driver wept to the hospital with non lifethreatening injuries no word yet what led to this bizarre cash. Two people were involved in a fire and. Remember those people who were in wheel chairs and dog in the home pulled out safe and sound. Good morning. Were on cher aton streets liver right crews are still here. Heres the house its a mess you can see extensive damage on the ground floor and also upstairs as well. And if you look at the back here the fire fightsers were on the roof they had to tear foot back to gets inside. Complicated by the pact theres elderly woman trapped inside confined to a hospital bed. She lives here with daughter and dog theres the family dog also rescued the dog is fine and mother grandmother the the daughter Prince George county fire chief mark bayshore. And theyre just in the process of beginning their interviews and investigation and as soon as we know something more well let you know. And again, okay, so they fire. It didnt spread to any other homes. Theres a big fire and Police Presence here this morning. But, again, elderly woman in the hospital with critical burns and daughter was minor burns and family dog rescued a terrible fire on this thanksgiving eave guys. Not what you want to hear at all. Thanks for the update. Other top story this morning wayne state under arrest Detroit Police officers fighting for life after shot in the head while on patrol. 29yearold kol up rose underwent surgery overnight and units with the k 9 unit and investigating possible theft of cars off campus when he attempted to question a person on a bike. They found rows on the ground and police say they do have a person of interest in custody and so far no charges filed. The search is on for the opinion person that shot a maryland man inside a car shop last night in Prince George country. The victim in Critical Condition. Police say the shooting happened during attempted robbery at rockys auto repair sh this happened around 6 0. 7 09 lets turn to politics now and president he lent donald trump waking newspaper florida this morning where hell spend thanksgiving at palm beach resort. Yesterday in interview with New York TimesDonald Trump Backed way from one of top Campaign Promises prosecuting Hillary Clinton over her email scandal and trump says doing so would be deviceive for the nation and president elect also condemned white supremists president elect is reportedly tapping incomey haley to am bar door to united nations. Haley is first woman to be south car line agovernor and is considered rising star in republican party. However her appointment could pose concerns of her qualifications for a major Foreign Policy role. Former rivral ben carson mr. Trump asked him to led the department of housing and urban development. Outta owe he was considering the occasion and it was one of the officers on the table. The day after being capped Antoine Wilson will be in the school system. Stay with us at 7 0 well hear from him 1st and only on fox, 7 30. Renewed debate about School Bus Safety following horrific, would seatbelts have made a difference. A closer look at the reg difference. A closer look at the reg daitions here in our area. Z26ndz zi0z z26nez zi0z y26ney yi0y happening right now. At 7 13 in Maryland Police in Charles County looking for a of an accident. Now sky fox was over the scene on route 5 near sun station road in waldorf. Two cars hit each other. One driver ran off and the other was trapped in one of the vehicles. Theres no word on that trivrs condition. Overseas well kind of Central America we should say sure taken auto set to make rand fall in costa rica that country has not seen a storm since 100s. Thoughts Evacuation Order already causing widespread damage and a child thad died. Wildfires burning across several states. National fire Officials Say theres 44 uncontinued large fires in Southern United States and firefighters are doing well suppressing wildfires and investigators say more fires are being lit each day. Right responsible for pane for many of the wildfires burning. Seems like all over the east coast. Weve been unusually dry since early september. Really for the year were runing a good deficit. Talking about fires we lucked out with high wind we had the last couple days and i saw the warnings and everything we had with you mix dryness and winds. Got a good things. Not a good combination. Few showers in the i think tomorrow morning a few showers around. Cold temperatures. 35 now in washington. 23 binghamton and parts of new york got two feet of snow. Yeah. Thats the way to be thanksgiving. 5 up to new york city parade looks good and no issues tomorrow morning theres showers as well if you go to the parade but weept be until average. We have clouds in the if you travel up and down 95 today no written today but rain early tomorrow morning. Lets look at thanksgiving travel map. Most trouble spots here are just out to the west. We have pretty good reigns in illinois this morning and ten kentucky that pushes into the region tomorrow with showers and then we should be in the clear hereby friday, saturday, when you return from gand mas house on sunday. When i think house i think little red riding hood. Thats appropriate. She was going grandmas house. When you turn on sunday it will be fab tastic. 52 today. Good coming. Exactly. Hopefully better luck with travels than little red riding hood. I know little surprise twist in middle there. Hi, erin, good morning. Im excited now. Tuck area ep i got promoted from the kids table to adult table. Thats a big deal. Huge deal. Ruin it. Right now inner loop jammed from dulles toll road to leemingon bridge crash blocking left lane. Outer loop had looking better. As we forward cameras topside of beltway outer loop there was a crash. Its out by New Hampshire avenue causing slow downs. We can see better you view of that. 95 to george atypical delay ever 20 minutes and as we take a look at maps several other carbs around the dmv need to be aware of whether youre trying thanksgiving commute taking that to get started. Inner loop crash at routes 1 moved to the shoulder delays to branch avenue and another crash 210 northbound kirby hill road delays to for the washington. We have the covered. Metro on time. Right now allison and steph. Thank you. If you details in the tennessee bud deadly bus crash that killed five children. Johnny walker had received license to drift bus a few months ago in april and two involved in another accident after sideswiping car. Walker is hold on bond. Twelve students are hospitalized. Civil of them in intensive care. That tragedy of tennessee refilling nationwide debate whether students should have seatbelts. Only a handful of states actually require belts on larger school buses. Lets find out more about it. Holly joins us what the regulations are here. A lot of people talking about it. Discussion going on quite sometime. This morning investigators say really its too early to know whether seatbelts could have save the five children killed monday but the crash has certainly revamped discussion whether the vehicles should carry some of the most vul narable members of our Community Need to be safer. Six states require belts on buses and virginia and maryland that considered legislation this past year and none of those ten states enacted it. In maryland the push back came mainly from School Systems saying mandating speedlimit was not affordable. For reference costs between 7 and 10,000 per bus to install seatbelts. I cross the river virginia doesnt require belts. They say its because the vehicles are so safe and most school bus incidents happen off the bus rather than an on board. Down to the terrible tragedy are in ten step. 4yearold driver in the crash was charged with vehicular homicide. There are no words. There are no words. You dont think you put your kid on the bus and theyre not going to come home. You toe there is always that cost analysis that comes into done. Some say that youre safer not wearing a speed limit in larger vehicle than you know strapped down in school bus. Its all over the map. Nonetheless of no comfort to those families. They still dont know what caused the explosion or what was behind it. There was a device inside the package with intention to explode. Happened, face an upper body. In the meantime the kansas water park a 10yearold boy was killed this summer said the ride will be demolished now the 169 8 foot ride was closed since the accident. It will be torn down and that little born 10yearold caleb schwab as killed and two other boys hurt. Two years after his death a 1 very special americans highest civilian honor president ial medal of freedom. President barack obama handed out awards yesterday. One of final acts in office. Theres bobby diniro. Among those ellen gentlemen den res, bruce springstein. Bill and mel aind gates, tom hanks, kareem abdul jabbour bar and actress cecily tyson. El hen a problem before receiving medal of youre resit yent doesnt mean you walk into white house. Before ceremony she said she was not able to get into white house because she forgot id. She got in in time for the sayre Malala Yousafzai moany. And she was one of the ones that you know mannequin challenge and all kinds of stuff. But what a great showing yesterday here in washington. Its uk tucker time as should be. Hi. Guys. 35 in washington. Part of the area are waking up temperatures in the teens and low 20s be prepared for cold to start the day. Eventually low 50s daytime highs and cloud this afternoon and rain will hold off. Out and about later today if you travel locally youlling in type shape as far as warm is concern. I cant garn teen roads will fb fwraet shape. Rain showers will move in tonight and tomorrow morning and showers and first half of our thanksgiving day tomorrow well have showers around. Then we might get a peak of sunshine tomorrow afternoon and things dry dry out. Spotty shower friday and mostly the weekend looks good and temperatures mid to low 50s and lots of sunshine. Erin erin is back with traffic. Debt your turkey dance skills ready for 7 45. Turkey danceoff. Rights now taking a live look hoynd me at breaking news. Hall road it was completely shut down because of icy conditions. You can see that truck sideways there. They need it towed out of the way and debris. That is result that crash of icy conditions because of a water main break. So a big mess there. Canal road was shut down in both directions fox hall road and right now letting northbound traffic by. I would avoid the area any way theyre stopping traffic intermittently and letting it through and take reservoir as alternate to get around one. Big delays as well. From this Vantage Point theyre detouring traffic around. Its a big mess out there. Lets go ahead and switch it over for a look at sky fox. We have a crash over the leemon bridge beautiful view of the trees slugage traffic across the bridge, earlier crash blocking shoulder back to dulles toll road and you look at that next. Allison and steve. Straight ahead an interview tapped to be the next d. C. Chancellor Antoine Wilson will join us liver. From accepting big time position to plans for City School System well talk to him . . 7 30 right now. Take act look as we do drivg around the area get you set inet case youre heading out of townf for the Holiday Weekend verynder long Holiday Weekend for so for many. So far so good. Well check back iarn with thewh crews in just a few minutes. Min right now at 7 31 on fox5, chance to get to know the mane n who has been tapped to be thehe next d. C. Schools chancellor. Nco Antoine Wilson and hell bell snooping a role that by no roleb account is easy. Comes way lot of highfig expectations as well. El. And the mayor Muriel Bowser nomineese to be the new chancellor oflo o district schools already has a lot of chalk dust under hiser fingernails. Fing wilson comes to d. C. From oakland, california w hes beenb superintendent of schools since june of 2014. 01 before that he was assistant is superintendent in denver,nve dolorado. He has also been a high school h and middle school principle. That mayor bowyer says wilson brings great credentials to thet Kaya Henderson and Michelle Rowe hes boosted the prevail of prel Charter Schools in his previouse jobs. Jobs having an opportunity toortut serve the families of oakland. We are pleased to welcome wco Antoine Wilson to fox5 for his f first interview the nominee forr dc schools chancellor. El welcome. Thanks for coming in thising ini morning. Thanks for having me. Ha im excite. A lot of questions for you we want to hear about yourself asqs well. You group in the midwest wentstw documented some of yourcument experience there. Here. Middle School Principal all then way up to running a major schooh system out in the west coast. Est what is it t bring most to d. C. The studentse the parents of the students herr in the nations capitol. First and for most, i would w say im excited to be in d. C. And excited to work withith talented educators who are hereh want to mention that first n terms of what i bring, i bring r focus on doing whats r