>> and i'm maureen umeh. maureme today is 45 january 13th butry b don't be scared.do sca we'll walk you through it.ght. mike thomas talk about the wintry weather on the way,ther w erin como talking traffic.raic first let's bring up to speedup on what's happening in thepenin news this morning.ne take a good look at yourd look r screen right now. sc andou seen this mother her child. maduba polin and her four her fr month old baby were last ine las touch with family yesterday at 4:30 p.m. pleased to be.m. pld driving a dodge caravan with wit maryland tags reading 6ce6816. if you've seen them please call police.ic >> d.c. police need your help finding 72-year-old violette la fleur. she was lastla f seen early suny morning at the safe way. way. she has a medium complexion and black hair andle brown eyes. violette la fleur was seen wearing a black north face coat black pants and silver if you have any information inf you're asked to call d.c. police. >> search is on for a manh n fo police say is groping women in the district and they need and your help to find him.im >> this happened over the past s two days all within 1 mile of1 l each other.ther. our melanie alnwick live inive northwest this morning with aisw snapshot of what police arece ae looking for.or. mel. >> reporter: good morning ladies. yeah, we're talking aboutng, wea three incidents in 24 hours,, all in the third district andtr this guy is very bold.erbo we're talking about these things happening at hours ofng a the day when normally theremall are a lot of people around.ero the most recent happened here right in front of the the residences at thomas circle.ir that was 8:30 in the morning m yesterday. police say the suspect gropedcte the victim. now, it was over the clothing c but shocking and upsetting as you can imagine none thehe levels the suspect was at it wednesday as well groping al woman as she walked down theow t street in logan circle.ir that was 5:00 p.m. 5:00 .m and that same morning at 8:20,0, at 15th street northwest again n reaching out and grabbing ain woman as she walked past.d pas police released a photo of the they believe -- the victimsic told police that he is a black b male in his 30's two visitso between five-two and five-five in height association not terribly tall, heavy buildui dark complexion and a fullexioa trimmed beard.me he was wearing a red flanneled n type shirt. ve done storiesdone stories like this in the past andin pas police always tell that you say any time something likeik this happens there's always aays concerns that the attackserns t might escalate and there'she also concerns there might bere t other victims hoop perhaps didn't feel comfortable goingmfn to police and filing police report about it so they want to hear from people iboutf theye encountered this suspect or if f they know anything about it,t, please they're trying to get get this guy before he strikesikes again. live in northwest, i'm melanie alnwick fox5 local news.al n >> all right, mel, thanks for that updearth the latest ones that tragedy in baltimore. balto six children killed in a houseei fire yesterday.teay their ages range from nineages months to 11 years old.. their mother kate malone andlond three of her other childrentherc were table to escape but were wr jured.d. right now investigat trying to figure out wham outha exactly caused that fire.t fie. baltimore's mayor says they know a space heater was in the t home and will be looking atki that in the investigation.estig. >> this morning police ares trying to figure out whomo firer a bullet through the window ofif a northern virginia day-care center while children and staff members were inside.ers ws the bullet went through aenthro window just above the main entrance of bright hors sons day-care center. luck no one was hurt.wasur >> republican representativeresv mike pompeo diverging fromerginm president-elect donald trumpt- during his confirmationelringoni hearing for cia director.to pompeo going a lot further than this boss went earlier this week in saying he thinkse s russia was responsible forib f hacking the dnc. pompeo defined the incomingomin president saying that he wouldst not bring back waterboardingerbi and similar torture techniques. >> johns hopkins retiredir surgeon ben carson sailingarsonl through his confirmationugh conf hearing for housing and urban un development secretary t carson pointed to his experience growing up poor in detroit andit working in east baltimore as pers take over the 48 billion-dollar department and itson-d safety net programs. >> this morning another ano aftershock from the tumultuous h presidential campaign.esidentiac the inspector general the department of justice hasrtme opened an inventstigation into o the fbi's actions before the election and it includes ilu whether director james comey c followed policy when he publicly discussed hillary clinton's e-mails at leastat three times during the timesurin presidential campaign.esidal c top democrats still blamesti b comey's handling of the e-mailal scandal for clinton's loss.on'ss >> action to repeal obamacareobm moves ahead today in congress. s the house is due to vote onot the measure the senate passed yesterday.yestda this measure strips theis mea democrats ability to ability to filibuster future debate on that healthcare lsteraw. faw several republicans are still urging the party to take moreakm time to consider what it will replace obamacare with.amace wi despite the president-elect'sntt promise that the repeal willlil come with replacements almost simultaneously. 20 million people have gained ge coverage under obamacare. ♪♪♪♪ >> 5:05 is our time right now.in we're at a very, very 55 degrees.55 degrees. however, mike thomas, did ihos,d hear correctly that we'verectly already hit the high for today? >> we've probably already hitro the high for today.the high for we may be sitting at it right r now in fact with temperaturesema now at 57 degrees here inerin washington. so, yeah, early high with w temperatures falling throughures the day. although i think we'll holdhinkh onto 50's at least through the h early part of the afternoon aer before temperatures reallys ealy start to fall off tonight. toigt look at these temperaturest around the region. again, as just mentitharoned byb holly a nice start to the day.hy annapolis waking up top 60-degree temperatures as welltl as fredericksburg.risb 57 again leer in washington.hi some 40's starting to pop up.opu look at manassas, 46, culpeperur 47. though a chillier start there t but still above where even where high temperatures should beempe for this time of the year.raimea i turned off the heat in theeate house last night. it was very nice withohic w temperatures around the regiongn getting up into the 70's.o 7 look down towards saint louis.ou seat pink on the radar. the rar. that's the next system heading h our way late during the overnight hours and then into t your saturday that could bringld us a chance for some snow. s we'll talk about that cominglk up atco 5:15 but 55 de daytime high today.imhigh a mix of clouds and sun.un. breezy with those temperatureseu falling through the secondugse half of the day. oe d all right, that's a check ofat'f the weather. now it's time for traffic withfw erin como. com >> on-time traffic brought to bo you by toyota.you by toyot visit buy a toyota.com for special offers. >> 5:07.:0 track something breaking newsean out of ashton this morning. route 108 closed bothoth directions between newenew hampshire and mink hollowand road.ro what we're dealing wh is a wh is crash involving a jackknifed jai tractor-trailer t it hit ait a pole. pole. also downed wires an fueles an l spill. it's a big mess that they'll th' need to clean up.p. as you can see volume pickinge c up. avoid that area if possible inse ashton. we'llas keep you updated. we have a crew on the way. aside from that 270 southbound dealing with app disabledsabl vehicle of disabled truck. at prince orchard road.ar volume is starting to increaseas past that scene and we're also seeing things pick up by the byt truck scales. i'll let you know when any kno a major delays pick up on 2700 southbound.ound. heading for look unside theg fo district right now riggs roadowg closed between capitol streetetn and south dakota avenue.ve posted on that crash but we're e seeing big delays popping up ppp on new hampshire because ofau that. metro right now service is on ss time across all six rail lines. any questions at erin fox5esti d.c. on twitter. turning out to be a busy a b morning already.ing alrea back to you holly and maureen.rn >> thanks erin. appreciate it. i >> coming up on fox5 news5 n morning police releaseel surveillance video of aneiance arrest that led to the firingg of three officers. >> actor idris elba want to elbt know what you're doing maureenau for valentine's day.for lent >> waiting for him to call.oal as we head to break a live a liv look across the d.c. region..ego time is 5:08.:0 it is a mild start to thert t t morning but changes afoot.afo traffic moving right here buterb more details after fox5 newsews morning comes right back. rightb >> ♪♪ >> ♪♪ >> 5:09. officials threatening to retaliate againstals israel.ae. they say tel aviv firedvi fired rockets into an airport westto of a damascus. no deaths from this strikes stre have been reported.n reported >> in iraq the fight to take t down isis ishe continuing inin i mosul. we received word from therdm th country's government of its its plans to change its strategy say after reportedly making majoraj progress in the longon anticipated battle. battle. asides from mosul joint forces will also work to recover another largeant territory that's currentlyy thas under the islamic state's cur's control. >> cubangovernment is praising president obama's decision to end the so-called pl wet foot dry foot policy. the practice made automaticic residency to every cuban who arrived in the u.s. or gave automatic 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whe flares a beach. a >> i do, bea too.oo >> 5:12 is our time. 55 degrees.rees pretty mild right now.d rit no it's going get cooler cooler throughout the day.th mike thomas willro talk ugmorere about it on the other side.rid stay with us. >> ♪♪ly >> new this morning at 5:14,hi two members of the r ands b thd group tower of power areower a recovering after being hit byngy a train in oakland california.af the drummer and bass playerass y what walking across tracks tck before a scheduled gig when they were struck. the group of about a dozen musicians been a popular institution intii the r and b world sinceld sce forming in oakland back in 1968.19 >> this morni68ng the redskins d searching for a new offensive coordinator.ditor. their former oc sean mcvay is the new head coach of the coo los angeles rams. r at the age 31 mcvay is thehe youngest head coach in nfl in n history and the skins have too scratch a name off theirname the potential defensiveenve coordinator list that'ss because mcvay has already alreay hired wade phillips to be his bh defensive coordinator.or >> let's hope it all helps. hps that's the bottom line.min win games.win gam all right. looking outside, it is reallysea nice out there right now. n soak it up.t up. 55 degrees. mike thomas let's bring into brg the shot. you have it there, one moreeor day and then it's like,, whate,t the bottom falls out.lsut >> yes, one more day and the bottom sort of falls out.ut it deeds on where you live.e yo the good news is if you likeyou the mild temperatures they'reert coming back next week. wee but for at least the short term, one more mild and breezy day coming our way especiallyrep this morecningia.llorni. temperatures we could beerat sitting at our high hh already early this morning. 57 degrees here in washington.ao 53 for quantico but still someom 's's. fredericksburg good morning,ks 60 for you.bu60 60 for annapolis as well. we are starting to see someee s 40's pulling into theng io th mountains, though. come slapped at 46, 48 for6,8 hagerstown. colder air will be heading in our direction as early asir wil laditerectr thisio afternoon.ftr temperatures will startmperatur falling and we'll head for theel 30's during the overnighturing e hours. all is kind of calm herernis kin around the region for now.d of t we do havehe som re clouds egiod there. ther it will be a mix of clouds andln sun today. this is the next system we're watching. it is disorganized it don't have its act together and thatdh means things as we head weea through the day tomorrow won'twt be kind of what you would expect from a typical winterin system around here.d h it will be more scattered ander e lilike. 48 degrees here we are at at futurecast 1:00 p.m. today.. again, it's just a mix of clouds dan we'll have more and o more clouds as we head throughdr the evening hours.the evening h. let's get to tomorrow.t's ge that's the time everybody isybo concerned with. let's head to the morning.head 10 o'clock in the morning young see snow up near blue pushingusi up to the mountainsly all oflyll the pink you see is showing sleet and freezingg sl rain coming up throughout d.c.o. area. there we are at 1 o'clock.ck this looks pretty ominous and i think it's overdoomining it js a bit especially if you live east of d.c. cambridge 38 degrees and snowing. probably not. same deal with sou thernth maryland. i think this is more of ath is e showery kind of rain event fornf southern maryland than it is a snow and even sleet. evesl but you could see some flakesoms early in the day. here in d.c., even with flakesh flying i don't think we see much, if any, accumulation. i think it's more of a sleet ofs and freezing rain concern forzig us here in washi rngton.ngn. so, quick look at your snow cast. sleet and freezing rain mostly f here in the pink zonreeez across the d.c. area.d. area. dusting to an inch off to theofo north. north. that's really all i'm expecting. the major concerns with thiss wh is going to be icing and slick s spots on the roads. that's about it. ven-dayvedayt your se forecast. we'll talk much more detailtalkd about this in just a bit.etailth alisl in right, erin como has t traffic. hey, erin.ri >> thank very much mike. 5:17. this is a live look at 66 at where volume is increasing as you pass sudley road but the good news is nodl m slowdowns yet. traffic still flowing fromlo gainsville towards thein beltway.svbelt we'll let you know when thatou k normal morning congestion starts to slow us down.noal m moving from vorirgiartsnia let'' take a look at our maps. map we are dealing with a problemblm in maryland up in ashton. take a look at this. tractor-trailer crash route r 108 closed both directions between new hampshire and mink m hollow road. r tractor-trailer crash there'saih a pole down a fuel spill asl sp well some downed wires so big so scene there that needs to geto cleaned up. right now plan to detour around that andt no give your yu itself some extra minutes. minut riggs road closed in thes road district between capitol c street and south dakota dak avenue. dealing with a big crash scene causing no, sir as long as on north capitol as well as riggs s road and new hampshire. pump of the brakes there.f thbrt 270 delay free from 70 down toow the spur.thpur. earlier issue we were dealingisu with on the southbounde side by prince orchard has cleared and s i like what i'm seeing rightm s now in terms of light volume.um. we'll let ink when thingslet start to pick up for thisintoupf friday morning.ng as for the outer loop top of the beltway still looking goodki and if you have an early morning flight we're quiet on qn 95 on the way to bwi lookingoo good on the way to well as dulles.ulle woo we'll copy you posted butteb again you can see 66 inn addition to that 28 alsohat 28 a cruising and if you want tong ad skip the roads and keep it to ra the rails metro and metrobus mes on time right now. back to you guys. >> 5:21 right now.>> first volkswagen, now federal regulators say fiat-chryslert- has been cheating on emissionsai tests. the epa issued a notice ofef violation to the company.ompa it claims fiat-chrysler failedld to disclose software in some ins diesel vehicles.eh it allows vehicles to emit more pollution than aloudluon t under the clean air act. >> amazon says it plans too crea 1 with full benefits over ther next 18 months. the seattle based company saysas the positions are for workers wr across the country and across ar all skill and experienceie levels. most of the positions will bee atthe po fulfillment centers anw employees will also work inor the cloud technology.ecology. machine learning and advanced logistics. >> baltimore gas and electricmoa company workers have voted to unionize under thenderhe international brotherhood ofho electric workers.orrs organizers say the union willil give nearly 1500 workers a "voice at the table." table." the vote to unionize was 741 for, 610 against.gain. >> 5:22 is the time. the tim let's take a look at thes at stories you're engaging withagii the most this morning onst thiso social media with our realtimrne news tracker.rack >> and over to wisdom now with w more on what's hot on the web. b what do you got whiz. >> good morning to you. first up it's the lar ggest uoo. military reinforcement of europe in decades. decades more than 3,000 u.s. troops are in poland.d. russia views their presence as a threat to their security.r set the troops are part of are parto president obama's response to reassure nato allies conc russia. russia. also this morning, aso thimn massachusetts judge denying exxon mobil's request for ann order exempting from handing over the documents on its views on climate change. prosecutors are investigatingesi whether exxon knowingly misledle its shareholders and the a public as to what it knew k about climate change.abou now the company'st spoke persor says exxon is reviewing theng t decision to determine its next steps. next if you, a driver in iy, arizona is being credited withtw saving a trooper's life a man m shot and wounded the trooperroop on a remote highway and thennd started slamming the trooper's head into the pavement.he pavem. the driver says that's whativ was happening when he pulleden over. that's when he shot the personid hun herting the tr sooper to dea and finally let's end with's end this. the owner of the washingtonng post and ceo of amazon ama purchased what will become the e biggest house in the city.e in . the house was the former forme textile museum. jeff besos purchased the name for $23 million. mon those are your trendingose stories this morning. >> i also heard not only wasarsw it 23 million but he paid cash. >> okay.>> o >> nice work if you can get it. >> those are the type of friends we all need. >> yeah.an gethosefrie >> wisdom, thank you.ha y >> all right.>> all it is 5:24 right now. n let's go ahead and talk a little weather. nice today. tod >> one more. mor one more nice day. day >> got you tomorrow.ro >> not bad but much sketchier sc tomorrow holly.morrow holly as you head outside it's not aot bad start.dtart. 57 here in washington.ashing i believe it's even warmer wme than yesterday.rd. 60 degrees in annapolis, 57ap for fredericksburg, 53 at 5 quantico. 59 degrees, good morning to you down in leonardtown.. temperatures fall during the seconds half of the date. date. the good news is shower is activity should stay south anduu west for the time being butng that whole system will liftl lif northward into your day on d saturday and bring us thes t chance for a messy wintry mixtry 55 degrees your daytime high today.to for -- rather your temperatureeu later on this afternoon, early r afternoon high. i think we've already hit our ho high for today, probably today midnight high actually.dnig we'll get moreht hig details one forecast and what you cant c expect for your saturdayday coming up in that just a few a f minutes. all right, that's a check ofmit the weathea r.check erin comweato has got a check ok the traffic this morning.hirnin. >> hey, right now it's 5:25. 55. we pulled up a live look atooat this problem we're tracking ing ashton this morning. this in route 108 remains shut down innn both directions right now.r we're dealing with a wit tractor-trailer crash, a fuel fe spill downed pole, downedl down wires. they're cleaning it up. kind of zooming the camera cam around to show you some of to u work trucks. truck traffic diverting around that area. we have a crew out there so we'll get i was look at that cleanup as well with your ne exx look at traffic.raic from here we'll switch over towh a look at our maps show youhow what else you're facing foracinf your morning commute.orning com again, it's 108 closed between n new hampshire and mink hollowshn road.d again that tractmior-traileror crash in the process ofash ingetting cleaned up.tting . in d.c. right now riggs road ris closed in northeast betweenbetw capitost dakota avenue.ko a you can see a lot oflot of congestion on our map on riggs g road as well as north capitolap and new hampshire because ofau that. th south dakota avenue alsols dealing with the sluggishhe sggs commute. volume is light so if thisf doesn't reopen soon it could c cause more issues thisusmore morning. we'll let you know about that y one. for the rest of your fridaye reo mornf ing commute taking a widew view of the dmv.e things are looking goodd insides the beltway.tway problem free in glen echo. e looking good in potomac.n potom. cabin john clara barton quiet.ui all inbound bridges including iu the key bridge from rosslyn into georgetown cruising atowuii speed.spd. 270 we were delay free just ae j moment ago and just like that la you can see that yellow on thelt map coming down from urbana.rba. starting to see some delaysay towards 27. things still looking pretty stio good by the truck scales andle a 70's volume increasing but not t enough to cause any big slowdowns. 95 baltimore-washington bal parkway quiet.ti quiet. northbound coming fromrthb virginia volume increasing by 630 in stafford.d. metro is on time of holly and maureen. >> thanks erin. 5:26 right now and coming up com on fox5 news morning, metro update on the safe trackaftr program. pr >> and a number of trumpr rump cabinet nominees are contradicting his campaign vows. >> as we head to break, liveto look outside this morning. morni ooh, that's a pretty picture. look at that. t >> ooh. >> yeah, i like it.>> yea i l >> man. >> it's very friday the 13thish. >> it is. very appropriate. >> it is going to be a luckyverp day for alrol of going us. we have deemed it so righte de here.ig 5:27 is ouhtr time.im 57 degrees.57 degrees fox5 news morning back right b g after this. >> ♪♪ >> ♪♪ now at havertys furniture, it's our new year savings event. save up to one-thousand dollars in bonus discounts to create your perfect home. plus you'll get twenty-four month, no-interest financing. hurry, the new year savings event ends january 16th. with havertys, your home can be perfect, even when life isn't. the new year savings event at havertys. life looks good. >> fox5 news morning.>> family tragedy. six children from the same fox family are kilildrled after getting trapped inside theirtrae burning home.e. go west young man. m the redskins are searching forns a new offensive a coordinatoratr after sean mcvay decides toidest take hold of his destiny. dti and domestic incident atdome the white house. one ofwh the first dogs bites aa family friend.rien fox5 news morning starts right now. >> ♪♪ ♪ >> ♪♪ >> this is fox5 news morning. mi >> good morning to you.ng t thank you very much for joining us.ank yo i'm wisdom martin.g ui'm wisd >> iom'm m holly morris.orri today is friday the 13th. 13t >> all right. all rht mike thomas, erin como here talking weather and traffic onro the friday the 13th.3th. hopefully, you know, no bad luck, none of that.t. >> no, no, no.o, no, n >> none that of stuff.e thatf st we don't believe in that. t >> we bring nothing but goodoo luck to you on this holidayol weekend that we're heading into. >> there you go. ime t 0 is our time right now.ng let's gent you caught up on thee news.ws this morning investigators are trying to pinpoint what causedtu a house fire in baltimore that killed six children from oneon family.fa it broke just after midnightid yesterday. the children's mother katie k malone and three other kids were able to escape. esc they are all still in then hospital. baltimore's mayor spoke aboutpo the tragedy and at least one lso issue investigators aregators a definitely looking into.nt >> i understand there may evenst be a spaance heater involvedr in here. weon't't know. we know in there was one in the house.ou and those things as we know, k you got to make sure you haveu e all the protections possibleos on them because you just don't t know what the capacity and capability of them are when it n comes to taking care of a household. >> malone and two boys remaino n critical condition.cr a daughter who helped rescueiter her w younger brothers iss actually in good shape. sha malone worked for congressman elijah cummings office in catonsville.nsvie. police are trying figurece n out who fired a a day care while staff andle stf children were inside at brightri hors sons day care in fallsn s church around 2:30 yesterday afternoon. fortunately no one was hurt. on. >> d.c. police are asking for ar your help finding 72-year-old violette la fleur. la fleur. she was last seen yesterday yese morning in fort washington atorg the safe way in the 900 blocklok of swan creek road. 5-foot three and weighs 140 pounds medium complexionco black hair and brown eyes.haro she was last seen wearing aeang black north face coat, blackoata pants and silver shoes.ver shoe. if you have any informationy in about her whereabouts you'reu being asked to call d.c.all d.c. police. >> also this morning, police in fairfax county saythis a missing alexandria teenager teea could be in danger. 17-year-old venus romero ihrata's mother reported herer missing on monday to annandalenn high school's resource officer.ficer. now the officer spoke to thekeoe stein teen but could notn te determine where she was. investigators received a tiprmit that the teen was involvedolved with known gang members andnown threats had reportedly been gpoe made against her.er. >> metro announced new about its safe track surge plan. it will begin february 11th.y th major work impacting rush hour h service was suspended duringur the month of january because of the inauguration. metro's safe track program tocko upgrade and repair the rail thel system is expected to be overe o in late june.e. >> republican representativeepre mike pompeo diverging fromerginm president-elect donald trumpt- during hisel confirmationfirm hearing for cia director. pompeo says he thinks russia was responsible for hackingacki the dnc. pompeo also defined the incoming -- defied the the incoming president saying henti would not bring backringac waterboarding and similarim torture techniques.iq retired johns hopkinspkins neurosurgeon ben carson largely sailing through hisilin confirmation hearing.confirmati he pointed to hison experiencesc growing up poor in detroit and working in east baltimore as perspective that will help him m take over the $48 billionil department and its s programs. >> this morning another aftershock from the tumultu touu presidential campaign.esidentiam the inspector general of the department of justice s has opened an investigation intoti the fbi's actions before the the election. it includes whether director deo james comey followed policy p when he publically discussedllys hillary clinton's e-mails at-mat least three times during theimen presidential campaign.esal top democrats still blameti b comey's handling of the e-mailai scandal for clinton's loss. l >> action to repeal obamacareba moves ahead today in congress.dn the house is due to vote one is that measure that the senateheee passed yesterday. now it strips the democrats ability to filibuster futureto debate on the h fealthcare law.. several republicans are stillepa urging the party to take moree m time to consider what it will replace obamacare with despitees the president-elect's promiselep that the repeal will come way replacement almost simultaneously.aneo 20 million people have gained gd coverage under obamacare.mare >> ♪♪>> ♪♪ >> 5:34 is our time right now. h you know what,t mike, all the early risers are getting rewarded today with a highith ah temperature right now.. >> right, prty the early part of the t afternoon we should be in theoun 50's here in washington.e in wao >> but those afternoon people an always get it.alwa >> you're right. >> they always get the'r he ighg >> good for the early risers especially if you live south lih of days. 60 to start the day.t th >> yesterday was amazing. amazi >> when i walked outside an i wo short-sleeve shirt.sht-sl >> shorts an t-shirt on.hi >> we went out to dinner lastlat night in georgetown and peoplee were eating outsiand de like the restaurants had theirs ha tables -- >> i cut my eat off. i had >> i the windowsed.indowsed. >> i didn't go that far.idn'go >> really? it was 70 degrees. >> my kid walked out of school yesterday with short sleevesthho on. >> we might get back thereback e next week believe it or not.ot >> we got to take a break. bre. >> friday will be good since we'll be out for thehe inauguration. >> actually right now i would guess 60's if i waslly ri doing inauguration. >> nice. >> all right. let's get to it. let's get to the forec orec hey the weekend is whatend isha everybody is focusing on.ybody f i want to focusoc on that. tha 9:00 a.m. today on futurecast ft today's a mix of clouds andlouda sun around the region and we'll cloud up during thel clou evening. let me take you to 6:00 a.m. you see all the pink there on futurecast.tu that is sleet and freezing rain a little bit of snow ups sl through northern virginia.hern we move through the morningorni hours. hour things start to build a littlebl bit. that looks very ominous.mino i expect it to be much lighterhh snow and i do that expect it it to have trouble stickingcking initially.init however, the big concern with this particular system is withsi the sleet and the freezing freen rain the transition to sleet and freezing rain in the afternoon could leave sfromeeees slick spots on side roads, sidewalks and the like.de i dwaon't thinklk this is a big snow maker here in washington.a. we clear it out during theurinth evening hours.ening hours this is all i'm expecting.ti. mostly rain south and east of eo d.c. through southern sth maryland, eastern shore. shore sleet and freezing rain alongd r the i-95ee corridor and throughr northern portions of virginia.ii and then north of therehe towards hagerstown a dustingtong to an inch of snow plus sleetuss and freezing rain for you as well.well again, not a huge deal aroundron the d.c. area weather-wise but still enough that you shouldough take caution if you're heading out and about tomoron irowomor afternoon. that's a check of the weather.hk erin c oomo's got trafficly. try we're taking a live look inoo ashton maryland.aryl 108 closed in both directionsec between new hampshire and mink n hollow road. this tractor-trailer crash isorc involving downed wires, a fuelee spill as well as a downed poled so big mess out there to clean up. up. we have a crew and we'll geta you a look at that cleanup but for now avoid the areacr a andtd give yourself some extra time. let's switch it over for aswitch look at our maps. at r m we're dealing with thisith thi patrick henry drive closed due d a crash out in falls church. chc it's between 50 and route r seven so you have to detour detu around that intersection.nterset seven corners intersection traffic light also on flash sog please slow it down treat thatrt intersection as though youshoug would a stop sign.wod a any questions at erin fox5es d.c. on twitter. breaking bakinmeti news green line dealing witheali some delays. we'll take a look at metroro next.next wisdom back to you.k you >> coming up on fox5 news morning maryland governorrn larry hogan presents a series of crime fighting measures. >> cvs unveils a new genericener of the epipen which is much muc cheaper. >> the time isch 5ea:37, the temperature 57 warm degrees.re back in a moment. ♪♪ it's go time at dunkin' with two wake-up wraps for $3. enjoy two freshly made oven-toasted wraps with bacon, sausage, or ham and keep on all day. america runs on dunkin'. z25enz z17vz y25eny y17vy >> 5:40. maryland governor larry hogan unveiling his anti-crime initiative plan. repeatn deals witnd ghovveil rapists drunk drivers victims' i rights and sex trafficking.fficg hogan says he hopes the initiatives make marylande accountable and supportscotabl victims. >> british scientists found a new link between earlyw schizophrenia and an increased i risk of developing type two diabetes.abet the study shows people with peo the mental illness are three a t times more likely to get type t two diabetes which researchers say highlights the importancetht of considering physical health at the onset of the disorderisde and a more natural approach to t managing it.ng i >> there have been no birthn nth defects found in the first case of zika virus infectionec in a pretty good woman in the united states. in case study from thease university of miami doctors provided new insight into thentt virus.vis. it shows fetal exposure doesose not necessarily mean mea infection. the infant was born full termfut in october and showed no signs s of the birth defects linked to zika in florida.ka iorid doctors will continue totie monitor the child becauseld reports of zika related rel developmental problems canlems arise months and 18 years after birth.r birth. >> cvs selling a rival generic version of mylan's epipen. this comes after they were wer skewerrered before congress con because of its soaring cost to consumers. cvs says it will change $110han1 for a two pack of the authorized generic version.on epipen costs more than $600.0. >> 5:42. coming up on fox5 news morning a local school superintendentpei is suing her county schoolnty sc board. >> and a former marylandyl senator barbara mikulskiikul accept add new job. >> as we head to break a lived v look across the d.c. region onsr a friday the 13th morning. 5:42 is our time. time. we're pretty mild out thereilt t for january for sure. d degrees. changes on the horizon thoughong th the weaeather.h mike thomas talthking about it on the other side. stay with us. >> ♪♪ >> ♪♪ >> oh, yeah. >> who is that, mike. you>> w shoee mikeouik thomas just light up when this song came on.n. >> come on it's rebecca black's friday.rida one of my favorite songs ofngs all time. >> oh, my gosh, i love you.gosho okay, 5:45 . >> [laughter] he'e's got. that outhear mike.he mike. >> listen. >> you hear the crickets. >> all i is the sweet soothingth sounds -- >> oh, my gosh, he is smitten. t look at him.im. >> i'm surprised here i gotis g energy now. en now i'm ready to do >> let me google this young lady. who is that.lawho is tha >> rebecca black. bck she's got one of the most downloaded youtube videos.id fantastic s high pressure offc to the north thishi weekend. wed let's focus on the weekendheeekd here and what's going onng on weather-wise.weat we have a process called coldd air damning.. cold air will get pushed southward up against the appalachian mountains.ntai the whole system tomorrow isrows going to be driven by whereen b the cold air is and it will be mostly east of the easternas shore. kind of from the i-95 corridoroo off to the west there.he that's where the best chance of getting a winter precip preci will be and there's kind of myf expectations of where you'llre see it. y mostly a sleet and freezing a s rain event herele in d.c..c snow, a little more snow off to the north of town so here'ser what our expectations r snowon r sleet and freezing rain aroundrd the area on saturday. accumulations very minor.veryinr i do not expect anybody to bedyb impressed by the snowfall totals. tota no shreddable snows for shred anybdaody. anyb sorry kids not ready for that icy slick spots are there biggest concern mostly on backnb roads, side roads and rds a sidewalks. i still think main roads are going to be othkayin especiallya treated is your families it's those side streets that are the conside scern.con freezing rain advisories outorio to the west in the pink. t winter weather advisories toeata the north indv the purple.ur what about the rest of yourbout martin luther king weekend? tug 36 degrees your high temperature on saturday although we may comemperat in ur that number.be sunday good news, looks dry now, mid 40's and monday looksyo dry as well though it does does look gray with a lot of cloudss around, cool and cloudy fory f martin luther king jr. day. d satellite and radar out thereutt this morning. a mix of clouds and clear skies. skies. temperatures are mild to startea the day. it feels great out there.ls gret 57 degrees here in washington.as 60 in annapolis.ap 57 in fredericksburg.derisbur hard to believe 24 hours from f now we're talking about snowut s in the forecast.ect. 55 degrees your daytime highme h today. a mix of clouds and sun.un it will be breezy this brey afternoon as some cooler air cor pushes in from the north.he n there's a quick lo seven-day forecastok. aven-dare 60's do come back next week. w all right, that's a look atoo the weather. erin como has got a look atat the roads this morning.e ro i jusadts heard my favorite sog erin. >> i know mike and i had a sing too long remember beck a sing along to rebecca black. tractor-trailer crash.ailer crah you can see crews are workinge i really hard out there.out th we got this video fed in from our photographer mike out atogra the scene. again the intersection 108ctio18 shut down in both directions din by mink hollow road.k hoow r starts out by new hampshirere and lingers the closure c through mink hollow.thro you'll need to detour aroundr ao that. doesn't look like this cleanup e will be done any time soon.oo let's move to our perhaps. perps patrick henry drive in falls fal church closed between a crash c between 50 and seven.en. intersection of seven corners o the intersection is on flashectn right now. that traffic light not working.wo have to treat thatt intersection as a stop sign. ass once we get more congestion it could cause big single tracking other green g line between georgia and mia and street. heads up for my green line riders. riders. any questions at erin fox5es d.c. on twitter. starting to see a lot more congestion pop up but we have ourng ton commute popr this friday the 13th morning. >> 5:49 right now and n and yesterday a virginia senatea s committee announced a bill to stop the steve alexandria fromaf spilling sewage into theling potomac river. under the bill alexandria willnw have until mid 2020 to handle tl the problem or the city will w risk losing all its state itsta appropriations. however, the bill does not have the green light just yet.rg it still has to be voted on by the full senate and then the t house. >> superintendent of howard county schools iserinte suing hr own school board.rd. the superintendent renee fous f alleges board members have taken illegal measures aimedllea at undermining her authority. she says the school board has engaged in conduct that is a direct threat to the orderly administration of the school system. former maryland senat in elected office but she'll be keeping a hand in politics pt as a professor of public pli policy at johns hopkinspks university.iv the baltimore native served as the top democrat on the senatemr appropriations committee andat spent four decades in congress.re johns hopkins says mikulski miki will also serve as an adviser ai to the university's president.rt >> ♪♪ >> time right now is 5:50.e ri let's take a look at the lat t stories you're engaging withg wt most this morning on socialmorn media with our realtime newsth m tracker. tracker. >> maureen joins us now withen u what's hot on the web.'s hot one >> good morning guys.>> gmorn first up during their firstheirr round of confirmation hearingsar on capitol hill a lot of donald trump'sapit cabinet pickp have contradicted trump's cane'n promises.promis james mattis trump's nomineeom to be defense secretary told t the senate that the u.s. must honor the iranian nuclear deal a something trump vowed tovoweto dianantle. he also cited moscow as one ofwo the nation's top threats. next, c-span's online feed was w interrupted by russia's newsa's channel russia today.hann the russia today feed fee interrupted footage of footaf representative ma speaking dark hearing. hearing. c-span is investigating the matter but believes their feed f was interrupted because of aedaa routing era. next president obama declaring five new nationaling n monuments. he has now used his executive eu authority more than any otheranr president to protect historic ho sites all across the country. c two of the five new sites areews in alabama where violent actsios were made against blackre children and civil rights maddra acti cvists.iv meanwhile president obamae pres surprising vice president joengv biden with the presidential medal of freedom theicwith t nas highest civilian honor.on when biden found outer aboutbo the award he immediately beganeg tearing up. had no inklingad no kling it was going to happen.pe very touching if you haven'tav seen it go ahead and watch it. and finally, the obama's firstmr dog sunny may be in the doghouse because she bit ait white house guest.st a family friend of the obamas went to kiss sunny on theny cheek but sunny bit the guest tg on the face. the 18-year-old girl needed toee get stitches from the whiteitch house physician.esuse phi no laughing matter there. ighin think this is the second time or at as that sg unis inys t no has beent too frisky so into the goodintog look for the dog.loog >> i will say it's never aser a good idea to put your face youra near a dog's face as well.l. >> exactly. exa >> it's a little threatening.ni >> all right. rht thanks mo. >> absolutely. >> this is also trending today. british broadcaster sky tvhis ns r annoskunces ity wtvill not ar spoof program featuringeatung michael jackson.on this after his daughter paris pr says she was "incrediblyibly offended by the portrayal ofayao him." him. >> the episode part of a ede p series called urban myths had been due to air on sky arts art and tells the long rumored but b untrue story of michael jackson on a road trip with roat elizabeth taylor and marlon mar brando after the 9/11 attacks. s earlier this week the trailerral for the series was released reae and was the first glimpse ofse wham actor joseph fines whoes wo would made up as michaelae jackson. fines says he was shocked to be given the part of michaelys f jackson last year.jack at the time it was outrage te it that a white actor has beeneen chosen to play the king ofg of pop. after the trailer came outailece that the images made her want w to vomit. >> sky said they will theyey w will just pull the episode in te question and go ahead withad wit airing the other episodes inpi e seseries. >> hm. >> h that's interesting that iteresnt took that to make them --hem >> right. >> i know it's michaelmiae jackson's daughter but hern'daug being offended made them dumpe d that altogether when they hadn d a whole year of. o >> people being offended. offen >> and it was spoof 'cause is i saw the trailer and it looked i like it was nothing serious aboutt was it. >> meant to be tongue ineant cheek. >> yeah. but it's just interesting that her being inupset by i tust and they a they just okay, well, we'll scrap s the whole thing. >> there's more to the story. s. >> could be, could be. bould >> all right.>> >> interesting. let us know was think>>.nk >> all right. ime.the te. t happening today the national naa portrait gallery will put up a photo portrait ofai president-elect donald trump.t- electhe portrait was taken in 19 and shows trump wearing a suit s and touring an apple in his in right hands and is one of fourf works in the smithsonian'ssonias collection representing the president-elect.esident-elect. >> he looks so much youngerlooko there. i mean, it was 1989. >> right. >> that's some time ago butt' that'ss asomazing. amazi all right. kickoff 2017 in a monstrouson way. for this week's special foxeciaf beat free friday give away you could win fornicates a prize p took see monster jam, jam, jam, jam they could have youaveu down there doing the announcing for the event.cingort it features trucks atv's and ata speedsters on january 28th at the verizon center.thverizo it's a prize with a retail value of $350. go to facebook page -- our pag r facebook page between now and 11:59 and enter for a chancenter to win. one winner selected by randoman drawing on january 17th.uary 1 all entrants must be 11:59 p.m. that would be. be. all entrants must be 18 or be 1o older. complete rules available fox5dc.com/contests./contests. >> sit on the edge of your othe seat because that's all you'll need. need. >> man i love a good monster mot jam. 5:54 is our time right now. that means it's time for ourtimr facebook fan of the day.ok fan h today it is pamela martinez and pamela says she watches uses every morning while workinghile out. >> after her workout it's time to get the kids readyer for w school. pamela says fox5 keeps herays fe updated with weather traffic wer trending movies and all the alle local news.cal n if you would like to be the wou fan of theld day post your pic below this one. >> all right. rht it's funny because mike iau m guess this morning the kidsningk will need a light jacket butke when they leave 93 might needhtd a heavier one. >> definitely heavier than yesterday. shorts and t-shirts todaynd t-s probably not.. pickup temperature for kids at t the bus stop 48 to 50 degrees.0r cool to mild start of the day od depend on where you live. after school about the same. 4957 degrees out there and tre a then temperatures really fally l off as we get towards sunsetun and then through the eveninggh e hours tonight.nigh so, 55 degrees your daytime high today. yes, we are tracking a wintry w kind of mess here tomorrow.omoro not expecting bigig accumulations but could still si cause some travel problems. pblm 46 and it does look dry now onn sunday. su monday more clouds around,ro and then if you liked the warm r weather that we had the pastd tp few days, good news.s, good new. it comes back at thehe understand of next week. 60 onrsta tuesday. tsd 63 though wet on wednesday and 62 next thursday.da leading up towards inauguration time hopefully we can keep some 60's in thein t forecast. >> warmer weather for that dayah sounds like a dream so many so m people outside right, mike., m >> right. >> breaking news out of ashtonsh maryland. dealing with a closure on 108ma8 in both directions atirecon tractor-trailer crash.actor-aile tractor-trailer jackknifed astr a result ofaile the crash do you understand pole downed wires w an fuel spill. you can see video from our crew tn his msee orning. tng they're working hard out thereoe to try to get that cleaned up.ge you can see those wires thatt t are down.are dn. avoid that area and we'll keepa you posted.os let's switch over to a look at our maps. our this isn't the only big problem.m. a new crash coming throughhr cheverly right now 50 inboundnd after bw parkway jammed backmed to 410 on 50 and that's also impacting at least one lane on the off-ramp.amp. delays in that area.a flash. treat that intersection as though you would a stop sign.th. that traffic light isigs malfunctioning. also crash on patrick henry hen drive closed due to a crash c between 50 and seven. and sev green line delays as well. w single tracking to u street. any questions at erin fox5 d.c. on twitter. k in jus back in just a fewesti with ya oufer 6 o'clock hour tht friday the 13th. 1h. >> ♪♪ >> ♪♪ >> ♪♪ news mning fox5 news morning. >> ahead at 6:00 the searchea for a serial sex offender inendn the district.ct three attacks happening justus this week.eek. coming up, who police say theyay are on the lookout for. for we'll have a live report.ort. >> plus, still an active scene this morning in montgomery county. a tractor-trailer crash ininng in ashton. you saw erin talking aboutngbo this. th causing major problems. pros. a fuel spill has 108 closed at mink hollow road.ollowd. >> look at this picture steve.re a a little ominous. >> looks a little scary. >> i know.ks nothing buthi ba ck tododay. no unlucky news here. he. we'll talk weather traffic allff the news you need to know. kno that's straight ahead and with d that we say good morning.orng i'm holly morris in for i f allison seymour.n seymour. >> and i'm steve chenevey. well do you mean fox5 news'm syf mornoxing.in first up at 6:00 and new this ti morning a desperate search sea under way for a mother and a four month old child missing from silver spring. sin this is maduba polan and her daughter zoey. they were last in touch withlan family members yesterday atrdaya 4:30. 4:30 they are el

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