today. >> virginia, call preponderanceer, fairfax, loudoun, page county schools all on two hour delay and rappahannock, mannasas park, falls siltsy and arlington county schools also on two hour delay. >> in maryland, anne arrundel, charles, frederick, montgomery and prince george county schools all on two hour delays and two hour delay for d.c. public schools as well. >> and federal government is opening on time today. >> all right. we talked about the cold weather. we talked about the refreeze now we want to know at least i do when it's over. >> later. >> later. >> spring starts next week. we're five days away from spring. >> it will feel more seasonable then but not 70s and 80s to end february and bring in march. that's unfortunate reality. this morning it's brutally cold. 2 in washington and teens norm and west. check out wind ch gusting up and over 20 to 40 and feels like nine single digits in washington and four gaithersburg and zero hagerstown. bundle up you will certainly need extra layers today. let's check the forecast. erin como for a check of traffic. >> well, right now at 5 o 02 keep you posted on roads if you make your way charles county, oliver shop road reopened between burst store and oaks road traffic getting by and reminder to use caution and slow down whether you make your way district, maryland or virginia on secondarys and they're dealing with icy patches, once we get to maiming oar things look going on 55 and 56 slow it down and watch for icy conditions this morning and as you head out if you take public transportation, metro bus running on regular service and metro access running vre as normal and metro service kicked in with normal schedule except for safe track. any questions erin "fox5" on twitter. >> and 5 o 02 is the time. out from snow storms and waking up to bitter cold temperatures and slick roads and sidewalks. >> annie yu is checking out the road he conditions. any black ice out there, annie. >> yeah, good morning, holly, wisdom, we see icy patches on the roadways. mostly secondary roads. i can tell you those big roads look pretty good many this morning. beltway, 95. we're right outside woodbridge high school old bridge road you can see the lanes look good and this is pretty much what we see on main access roads really those neighborhood roads in poor shape here. right outside this is the sidewalk odds of wood bridge high school. you can see it's not looking great. probably why they decided to close schools in prince william county and mannasas city. they didn't want to take chances. kids have to walk to school as well as wait at these bus stops. we're seeing a lot of sidewalks in this type of condition. much of it covered with solid snow and black ice wet it is ice and so you want to definitely watch that speed and also break lightly. because of hydroplaning and spinning out. back to you in the studio. >> sounds good. good advice. appreciate. it we want to know where it's like where you are. are you on a side street not being plowed or sidewalks covered in snow and ice. #winter's revenge. you can share picture and videos too. >> what does this bitter cold weather mean for the cherry bloss omz. weather roller coaster makes bad news for the blooms. >> melanie alnwick on the tidal basin joins us with the latest there, hey, mel. >> hey, good morning, guys, the thing we're concerned about are chino cherry trees the pink ones that tend to bloom first. you can see where you actually have the petales coming out that's the area most at risk. for the most part, hopefully we'll be able to save some of these buds. the key temperature her we know now it's be blow that. 4 is where national park service says these cherry trees will lose 90% of blooms and that is not great. however, the the question is how long can they stay at 24 degrees or sub24 degree temperatures and still be able to come out of it. last weekend a national park service said they were pleased the way things are happening on and again another cold snap. we have to wait and see. peak bloom still predicted now for 19 to 2 and good news guys also is there's still many other varieties of cherry months only trees here around the tidal basin. maybe we won't get them as we like to see them but we still see other cherry blossoms and blooms throughout the cherry blossom festival which happens to begin today. life on the tidal basin. melanie alnwick, "fox5 local news". >> that point any kind spring is good sign to me. i'll take it. remember you can track the weather 24/7 with your mobile device down load the "fox 5 news" and "fox5" weather app search d.c. news and weather in the app store and the apps are free. >> speaking of warm let's get to michael thomas and get an update. >> update on brutally cold temperatures and wind chills with us not just this morning but through most of the afternoon as well. today winter like day with believe it or not spring less than a week away. partly cloudy skies out there. check out that wind chill. 9 degrees what it feels like as you step outside in washington. winds west, northwest at 15. kind of locking in the cold air for the day today. wind add voosryes in effect 8 a.m. to p.m. tonight and wind gusts later this morning and afternoon could gust between 40 and 50 and with air temperatures as cold as they will be that will not help things feel too here and we'll have appeared of clouds cover and sunshine as we head through the afternoon with winds coming up off great lakes which still are not frozen. there could be lake effect snow flurry as we work our way to the afternoon hours. forecast for today minimum of clouds and sun and flurries, muingtry, winds gust time to time. highs in the lower 30s. let's check the forecast with erin como back with a check on the roads. >> on time traffic brought to you by toy oat a visit via toyota.com for special officers. >> 5:07 now if you head out and want to avoid the roads and take metro bus keep in mind regular service today and adjustments could be possible due to snow routes and secondary conditions. metro access operating today and service restored vre operating on normal service. blue and yellow lines up packed by safe track. we'll let you know if any other metro road service delays kick in but they geared up for service at good and rest of commute again watch for icy patches slow down use caution and coop you posted on any other crashes that pop up. >> metro transit find itself under microscope. >> and shortest player in d 1 college basketball leads the mount into the big dance. >> live break now across the very cold dmv. 5:08 is the time. 23 temp. back in a moment. >> just a day before the travel plan is supposed to take he effect we'll hearing argument from people or organizations that want to top the ban. in are amar a judge will hear arguments from the american civil liberties union. more than half a dozen states are trying to derail the executive order. >> fbi director will announce the bureau is treingt investigating president trump and his administration ties to russia during the presidential election. since mr. trump's inauguration congress intelligence committees in house and senate announced investigations into trump link to russia. fbi avoid question and the bureau is looking into the matter. it will be made public after today. >> a document leaked rather forced trump administration to release details about tax returns from 2005 the documents say he made more than 150 million income and paid 38 million in income taxes and president repeatedly refused to release rirnz and last night's release was preemptive move moments before rachel's show. it's not clear how the form were leaked. white house blasted the move calling it desperate ratings stunt and said it's illegal to steal and publish tax returns. >> this morning republican liters in the houshmandzadeh doubling efforts to overhaul america's healthcare system and hope to get it through next week so senate can debate on. it he discussed legislation with phone and he september mining peps and health secretary tom price to hear gop senators concerns. >> a new report criticizes how metro drew up a safe plan. metro could have done a better job planning and implementing the repair work and claims the program could have been more efficient and reduced passenger disruption and possibly saved money. report commends metro for beginning new preventative maintenance program that goes into effect this summer. >> march mad ness and tournament playing games mount st. mary facing new orleans. featuring the shortest player in division one. robinson hits the jumper to give the too many a one point lead and fibished with 2 point. mount st. mary whips 77-76 second tournament win ever on thursday they face depending champion villanova that's exciting. >> very exciting. >> good for them. >> yeah. >> wish them the best of luck. >> absolutely. >> villanova has a couple players from this area too. >> it's whip, win for us. >> win, whip >> m coming up on "fox news morning" a woman badly burned when headphones explode in her face during a flight. >> and some members of beehive they they know her sem of her twins. >> and we look across the region 5:12, 23. feels like it's i don't know six out there. we'll check in with michael thomas after the break. fox news morning coming right back. look at those roads, folks, be careful when you head out this morning dunkin's full-bodied, cold brew coffee. takes 12 hours to steep... and almost no time to sip. keep on with ultra smooth taste, now available with a sweet and salted kick. america runs on dunkin'. >> plenty of school delays and closings because of refreeze after yesterday's snowstorm. >> big ones in virginia prince william county schools closed and fauquier closed staying in virginia culpeper, fairfax, loudoun, page county schools on two hour delay and rappahannock, mannasas park, false church schools also on two hour lay delay and arlington on two our delay as well. >> maryland, anne arrundel, charles, frederick, montgomery and prince george on two hour delay and two hour delay for d.c. public schools. >> however the federal government is on on time today. all right. lots of information to get out. this information is also on our web site as well keep that in mind if you missed anything. >> you will want to wear lots of layers today. it's super cold. wind is chipping is that not correct michael thomas. >> you are correct unfortunately holly you'll be correct all morning long. >> it's never bad when i'm right all day long i'm just saying. >> it is when it is brutally cold. >> never a good sign when you wake up you see pinks and purples and blues all over the temperature map it's brutally cold. this is air temperature in beckly, investigate were were and 9 degrees fresh snow pack on the ground and new york 12. new york city 21. so again just cold winter air settled over the region and with whipped factored in this is what it feels like nine. four gaithersburg and six frederick and zero hagerstown most school counties are delayed. good news we'll get the sun up in the sky and wind chills should subside a bit. even this afternoon they're probably in the teens. wind gust later this afternoon 40 to 50. there is wind advisory going into it effect starting:00 until 6:00 night and again because of sguingty winds. sat late light and radar pushed norm. it's grabbing arctic air and throwing it down in our direction. that's why we will be so cold study. again there's area of of low pressure which is what is left of the storm pushing north. high pressure is building in so cold air is funneled down to direction. also a bit of squeeze play. that's why winds are in effect. call afternoon and feel like 20s all day long. scattered flurries are possible later this afternoon as well. 33 the daytime high today. that's all we'll be able to do and again it will feel colder than that thanks to muingtry winds. later tonight winds shiingtly better. still relatively breezy. lows once again down to teens and 20s for overnight lows. 7 day forecast. 42 tomorrow and up to 50s timely by st. patrick day and late shower on st. patrick day and most of the day is dry. saturday few early scattered showers and temperatures back to 50s as we start spring next week. spring arrives monday. probably not a lot of flowers blooming though. erin is back with traffic. >> i have friends visiting i said thank goodness you picked next week instead of this week because of cold temperatures. >> and no ice. >> mike mentioned whipped advisories. this is in effect for bridges this morning. right now live look 29 southbound 50 down to 11 street bridge looking good and same story northbound side light volume. as we forward cameras that's the trend all over maryland, virginia and district. this is george aavenue as awe approach the beltway. you see taillight look going and snow off to the side there. again watch for icy patches be prepared to show down this morning. use caution. i would suggest taking it slow. as we forward things along once again i can promise you 66 is a lot brighter than that. volume light gainsville to the beltway. wide view, green, topside of of beltway clearedly georgia avenue and 270. quiet drive this morning. no delays yet from 70 to spur and metro rail is on time and metro bus schedule is normal and metro access back in full swing. any questions erin "fox5" d.c. wisdom and holly. >> 5:18 is the time. first up, on what's hot on the web, chairman of senate hold public hears on possible links between presidents done done's campaign and russia. no word yet on when the meeting will take place and house intelligence committee like senate panel is conducting its own investigation of the possible russia ties and will hold first public hearings on monday. >> there's claims that the mainngredient in the we'd killer roundup may cause cancer. this comes after research shows the ingredient is safe. a federal court in san francisco challenges that. >> "abc news" could face big and expensive legal trouble. a south dakota judge ordered a company to face a 5.7 defamation lawsuit after referring to meat product sold by company beef product as pink slime. >> also this morning australian woman badly burned when headphones exploded in face during her flight fro to melbourne. she heard a bang and felt her face burping. >> and family did bion say gave is a hint on sem of babies, fans think the earrings she is wearing in this picture might hold a clue. take a look. those are the same earrings she wore in the video, if i were a boy. so, does this mean that she is having twin boys? maybe so. beyonce is known for giving subtle hints for things going on in her life. , for instance, perfect her album eliminate came out she poinged a pick of her kissing a lemon. >> all right. >> all right. >> she's a master at doing things like this. >> she is a matter she could have liked those and now the beehive is like oh, boy it's a boy. >> time now 5:20 coming up. many expect the photograph reserve to raise helpeding rit for banks >> so good-bye to the famous blink. the last ones with deflated and sailed to retirement. >> across the dmv 5:20 and temperature 22. back in a moment. >> 5:3 today the federal reserve will mack a decision on whether it raise interest rate. it is expected the fed will raise rates for the first year and banks will benefit. banks are challenging big fees. customers are paying average of $666 a year for overdraft and atm fees and maintenance charges on accounts. >> fda approved a new drug for breast cancer. nevartis will be cheaper than pfizer ebritz which analysts say could help it win it's one of the stable of 13 new medicines with blockbuster revenue in billions of dollars. >> word knee man marcus could put itself up for sale and may have a buyer on the line. owners of dallas-based department store change are looking at options as retailers struggles to attract shoppers and store reported loss of more than $11 7 million last quarter and it could be hudson bay canadian company. >> it's been seen in the air over two super bowls and academy awarts and this morning the iconic goodyear blimp was decommissioned after 11 years and 158 flights work rz de plated and de constructed spirit of innovations tuesday to make way for newer blimp. okay so there's going to be a new one. they're not doing away with it altogether. >> yes. >> that particular one. >> i got you. >> it's an icon. >> yeah, yeah, >> something other than goodyear. >> maybe it will be a different looking goodyear. >> could be a different front. >> i'm not ready for that type of change in my life. >> i know. >> what change am ready for? >> spring. >> right wisdom you. >> said it not me. >> or want more snow. i don't know what you're saying. >> yes, you you know. >> you don't have changes in the for the cast in terms temperatures today. as we get towards the weekend we warmp a little bit. let's go over to current temperature. degrees outside this morning on march 15. wind chills 9 degrees. what is feels like outside. as you step out your door in d.c.. so extra layers certainly needed this morning. satellite and radar showing partly cloudy skies to start here and minimum of clouds and sunshine as we head into the afternoon. maybe a snow flurry or two. here's a look at average planner. 28 degrees start to the morning. 30 by afternoon hours. we'll keep winds around all day long. wind advisory in effect starting a.m. winds gusting up and over to 30 miles an hour later this afternoon and by 5:00 few snow flurry as around the region high today 32/33. so very chilly march day on the way. again better news on the forecast coming up in a bit. erin como now with traffic. >> 5:26 now roads queue net terms of volume. you can see controlling on bottom only of screen school closes and delays. we're off to later start. if you are out and ba and avoid driving metro bus running regular service. adjustments may be possible and some doubts because of icy conditions will keep up updated. metro access and vre on normal service and metro rail service kicked in 5 a.m. and deal with safe track impacting the blue and yellow lines. aside from that rest of metro rails are on time. there's a wide view of the sooner light volume 53 anne arrundel and problem free fairfax and 395. again watch for icy conditions especially on secondarys, bridges, overpasses, on and off ramps, take it slow as you head out. use caution 270. no problems if frederick now and olney looking good and glenmont also quiet. if you happen top have early morning flight traffic on way to bwi. dulles and reagan national check with carrier ahead of flight and any questions @erinfoxdc on twitter. we'll be right waking to bitter cold temperatures this thursday, march 15. not only the refreeze we're dealing with but high wind as well and those gusts get strong are throughout the day. >> i'mies wiz ways. >> i'm holly morris. >> if you just getting up the story is the free fwreez and school closes and delays. >> some schools decided overnight what they would do today. prince william yount i can schools closed and mannasas city schools close and fauquier closed today. >> staying in virginia, culpeper, fairfax, loudoun, page county schools all on two hour delay. rappahannock county, mannasas arlington county and warren county schools also on a two hour delay. >> let's head to maryland, anne arrundel, charles, friday rick, montgomery and prince george zone two hour delay and two hour delay for d.c. public schools too. >> however the federal government opening on time today. police list is updating on bottom of your screen as well as foxdc.com and "fox 5 news" and weather app. we want to know what michael thomas and airport erin are having to say about what is going on with warm and the roads. less look at headlines. refreeze it causing issues on the road, mike we'll start with you. >> all of the snow that fell was wet, heavy snow and here in washington d.c. wet, heavy sleet all that overnight took a mrupth with temperatures and froze solid. 22 current number in washington and 18 gaithersburg and 19 fred ring and 1 hagerstown and winds will gust all day today and by the way i'm worried about any freezing on trees and with winds gusting could be downed troz and power lanes. we have to look further for that with winds gusting above 40. 9 in washington. gauge rzburg and 0 hagerstown and 12 leopard up to and 1r5 frederickburg. brought alley cold. bundle up. erin como is ice causing problems yet. >> 5:32 quiet conditions and watch for icy patches on secondary around virginia, maryland and district. this is a live look at the key bridge volume light rosalyn to george up to and again bruls, overpasses, an and on ramps tem to freeze first. also impacting bridge including bay bridge as well. volume light right now. however use caution. watch for icy patches. our commute into the district looking good and we'll keep you posted and look at metro next. back to you. >> thanks, people in dmv digging out from yesterday's storm storm and bitter cold temperatures. >> some annie what are you seeing throughout how was commute. >> good morning, wisdom, holly, the major roadways are clear and it was secondary street you have to be careful on. you're on old bridge road. so it is ice. be careful as you turn and if you're on ramps, bridges and overpasses watch that need. but isis it the wigest concern whether you're driving or walking. if you look outside her here it's not clear. most is could haveed with ity patches and harding solid snow making it sli and this is pretty much we're seeing. rot streent b guess it's better to be safe and sorry because of the sidewalks. preps william decided to close today. you wouldn't want any student to walk in this. we have walkers that need to stand in the sidewalks. major roads type. okay on the beltway. 95 looks good and just neighborhood streets and vdot tells us they continue to treat the roadways. they're making those passes through neighborhoods and treating them with salt and sand and they're also cleaning out those drainage areas and things like that. if you see problem spots let me know. back to you in the studio. >> annie, thank you. we want to know what it's like where you are. are you on a side street not plowed or sidewalks covered in snow and ice. tweet us using #winter revenge and you can share pictures. we love videos two too. >> winter storm knocked power out for more than 14,000 yesterday and department of emergency services opened overnight shelter to have mean while states to north have much and one of the places hardest hit was hamilton, new hampshire. the state will remain under winter storm watch until later today. >> a family in north potomac can got return home after a fire danaged their them to. montgomery county firefighters say the fire started in the chimney and then went into the attic. the family was able to get out saferly and the good news no one was hurt. >> we are getting first look at one of president trump's old tax returns. president trump made more than and paid nearly 38 million in taxes that year. that came as rachel madtau has not on taind report.org. johnston says the fax forms were mailed to him and he believes the president himself could be behind it. >> all right. time to talk warm. michael thomas: here to give us an update. we know it's cold out it will be cold out call sdm that's your warm head lien. >> there will be flurries and more conversational variety than mrooe ing up variety. >> when is the controversial warm-up coming up. >> maybe this weekend. we get close to 55. >> that sound that sound tropical right now. way better than 2. look at wind chilling 90 sustained 1r and gutting up and over 0 to start the day and gusting up and over 40 to 50 this afternoon. because of that a whipped advisory takes effect 8 p.m. i think it's up door lunch type of day. won't want to be out and good. >> tomorrow better day more sunshine around the region and temperatures make it to 40s. 10 to 15 below normal. sloy and steady win the race by the time we get to the weekend we see 50ness into play. >> all right. what about the traffic erin what's it looking like this morning. >> 5:37 and right now major are in good shape. watch for icy it and slick spot. especially brjs, overpasses, app own off, if you juan to take metro bus companies will keep up updated oween that one. metro access is operating today and met row rail back to normal sketch for you. safe track included blue and yellow single track watch for those slow sdoupz and vre on normal service as well. we'll let yo amtrak schedule. you may have adjustments due to the the snow. if you are headed for early morning flight traffic on the way and dulles looking good on the reads and again you could enter counter flight delays and keep it to cabier fox news morning in just a few. dunkin's full-bodied, cold brew coffee. takes 12 hours to steep... keep on with ultra smooth taste, now available with a sweet and salted kick. america runs on dunkin'. time now. new fbi and department of justice are going to arrest four people behind two massive yahoo email attacks. hammers are accused of stealing data that included names, email addresses and passwords of one million accounts. >> a florida neighborhood on high alert after a deadly cobra is on the loose. it has not been seen since monday. it escaped from its owner's home. florida fish and wild life conservation requires owners have to rooms where they cannot escape. they're investigating that. >> and annual kick butt day an event to turn the taken only tobacco companies to pray pray on kids for stop early. >> kick butt day celebrates activist in 1996. >> can we talk about that snake. >> let not. >> critical report about metro safe track program mraws he ate and what he is reviewing this morning. >> another cold night not good for the cherry trees this as annual festival begins today we head to tidal base up after the break. about that snake. >> who has deadly snakes -- fios is not cable. we're wired differently. maybe that's why we've been ranked highest in cutomer satisfaction by jd power 4 years in a row. get 150 meg internet, tv and phone. all for $79.99 per month, for the first year with a two-year agreement. it's the only internet with equal upload and download speeds. cable only offers upload speeds that are a fraction of the download speeds. plus get hbo for a year and free multi-room dvr service for two years. get the best. go to getfios.com all right. 5:44 is the time. here's what it looks likes in northwest d.c.. crews out and about checking it out for thus morning. they looked protest it good and definitely side roads have plaque out r ice out there. any precipitation on the ground is frozen solid it's bitter cold out there. lots of schools on delays this morning. be careful allow extra time and increase your stopping distance as you hit the roads on this wednesday morning. >> all right. you know some people enjoyed all the snow we got yesterday like this for example remember harlem globetrotters took part in d.c. tradition hoops green cast a snowball night. she was in here yesterday. after words she posed for pictures with the crowd. we know globetrotters are getting ready in d.c. and fairfax this weekend. yes, ops green. >> and buckets as well. >> they were a lot of fu see they're out and about hurting city. >> that was a slushy wet snow. >> right the snowballs were dense. >> yes very much so. >> you packed it hard it was more like rock than snowball. >> definitely any look at fluffy snow it's frozen sold id with team awrz as low as they are. >> i walked outside this morning and stepped on it and i was like. >> whoop. >> yeah. >> not good. >> watch those sidewalks. those sidewalks slick especially those not cleared yesterday. if i showed you this map it's mid-march. and we're seeing a cold air mass so far this winter. 14 buffalo and 22 in washington some suburbs in teens and in. >> winds blowing out of norman wet today and that continues to kick up as we head to the afternoon hours. 2 not a bad gust now in d.c.. it will be dusting up and over 40 later this afternoon. 30 annapolis and baltimore. 5 dulles and get back to winds. this is what it feels like if you step outside around the ream don't. in my opinion. single digit in washington. feels like two gaithersburg and zero hagerstown and six martinsburg and lot of real feel temperatures off norm ear and down south. twelve leonardtown and 10 quantico. doesn't feel warm anywhere. you syruply need it today. gust 40 and 50 and start 8 a.m. and goes until . as far as precipitation goes you could do a snow flurry or two this afternoon with wind coming off the lakes. winter warm advisory is posted for mountains far ought wet and could get few in67s moup tan tops sky resort are hoping forgetting thinking about reopening this weekend. surface kind of pattern here high pressure trying to build in and storm system locked up over portions of new england. and that kind of squeeze play creates winds out of north and those winds out of north will bring in klold and lock it in through the day today. highs later today this afternoon north 30s will feel like 20s all lay doing again i mentioned maybe isolated snow youry or two, daytime high clouds mixed with sunshine. wind subside slowly this afternoon. definitely if you are out and about early to late even wind blowing a bit down to 24 in the district and back to teens for many suburbs. "fox5" accuweather 7-day forecast. little tomorrow. sunshine, 4. well below where we should be. 56 is the average high this time of year. friday st. patrick ace day coming into picture. saturday to start with scattered showers as well. we head to next week. spring starts on monday feel like about 55 degrees. >> all right. that's a check of forecast and erin como is back with a look at roads. icy situations yet? >> right now we're dealing with icy reports on secondarys, bridges, on and off ramps, big metro slow downs earlier malfunction and on later at west false church. expect residual delays in carlton in addition to the safe track slowing down yellow and blue line by hundreding street. and take a look metro bus on normal service once again. we'll let you know if they have to detour because of snowy conditions on secondarys. metro access picked up today and v are e. that's causing big slow downs fairfax parkway and we and green the mixing bowl to dale city. aside from that northbound 95 quiet once you get to mixing bowl traffic 35 looking good and upper loop or annandale we'll let you know if that changes. joling at some only of your screen. it looks like because we're off to later start the roads are quiet. if you read to work you're in good shape on the beltway and mus major. wisdom and holly. >> you better watch for the sink hole that opened near van dorp street. it's 30 to 40 feet deep. yesterday a man drove his pickup truck into the hole and had to be rescued by firefighters. he was not hurt. screws set up traffic cones around the sing ol but avoid that as much as possible. >> 30 to 40 feet deep that's significant good drove his truck in. it yeah. >> wow. blossom festival this started and it's up sure how that will and melanie alnwick is live at the tidal base up with the latest update. it will be cold for anybody stapting out for festival activities today, right, mel? >> yeah, let's hope they have a lot of heaters there at the welcome stage here on the tidal basin where there's several groups scheduled to start performing at noon today to kickoff the cherry blossom festival and big question will there be cherry blossoms with the peak bloom date comes as you mentioned you know first they pushed it up and now back and peak bloom scheduled between the 19th and 22 and another big question is whether there will actually be a peak bloom. queev been frying to take a close look at blossoms here and you can see why the lighter covers are flowering staplings. we're at least a couple hour here into what is the danger zone where the cherry trees can lose up to 90% of mroomz. 4 degrees is mark there. it looks like we're not getting north of 4 until almost 10:00 this morning. it's a question as to how long can they deal with that ultra cold weather before they lose too much of it. and soom of it depends on what stapling again the trees are blooming in. and good news, however, is that the cherries are one of the most early bloomers here but there are cherry trees around the tidal basin that don't bloom until mid april. doesn't mean we will have no they'rery blossoms but early bloomers and machino goes we will see 10% bloom loss at least and not hoping howeversh the cherry blossom festival runs for several weeks. so, people will still be able to come out and enjoy the festivities and we'll still be able to come and enjoy some of the blooms here. but you know we really just don't know at this point. i'm not seeing what would be visible damage and no grouping and i think we'll have to wait until above freezing and see whether those bill tiny blossoms i guess back to you guys. >> fingers, koz, everything crossed that pressure mop. >> met row under the microscope again. the transit agency rollout of safe track project could have been more efficient. the report says metro could have done a better job with planning and implementation of repair work which would have disrupted passengers we spoke to wamu transportation reporter and "fox5" contributor de carlo about the report. >> metro afree with that to a point. she said yes, we were hasty getting this going and for a good reason. and metro general manager paul wiedefeld issued a three day email in response to ge oxt directly that the when he tracked a year long effort to rebuild oldest part of traffic infra struck he said gm saw emergency and took action and in fact would have acted faster had he he known sever aty of the program. this is suggesting how fire department ran hoses while house is being burned down. >> and a new preventative maintenance program that will go into effect this summer. >> developing this morning a whole foods market in glover park neighborhood is dealing with rodent issues for the secretary time in two months. the vocation is on the 300 of wisconsin avenue northwest. anth closed during up inspection due to their tail you're to written mize pro departments and other pets. another inspection is set for this morning. >> better whole food news the company will on its 6th location in the district today this onth street northeast. they -- there have been -- having a traditional groundbreaking ceremony to celebrate and they want you to join they will. shoppers will be greeted with door buster deals and array of instore product demonstration and samples as well. yesterday was national pi day and they went crazy over how the rockies celebrate. >> they celebrate by loining up in perfect numbers. pi. it's a fake. perhaps that's why caption read what are the khans. the picture was photo shopped from the team background picture on their wait toer page. >> oh, well it's good to know glad you all figured that out. i have no dwrd what the numbers. >> 3, 1, had, and i'll explain that to you. >> maybe this is where you need to go today wisdom off the school. you'll probably be going alone. >> i am factoring close closings and delays. check the bottom of your screen. pickup temperatures 11 a.m. for some of you, 2 to 29 with wind chill values in upper single digits to teens. let's good to the wind chill advisory wind chill or i'm sorry wind advisory in eye infect starting at eight aex this morning and not showing too much relief. we'll get mild as we get towards the weekend. let's check the forecast. airport erin is back. >> that's rite, mike, we are keeping upit dad dated on your commute and we have metro delays. earlier train malfunction on residual to branch avenue. orange at west false church and metro fweerz at five and wetting a we have a crash blocking right lanes of fairfax county parkway. you see in the picture it's involveing a truck and we're seeing traffic slowing towards that location. keep it to "fox5" we're back in a few with more weather news and traffic your path to retirement may not always be clear. we can help guide your retirement savings. so wherever your retirement journey takes you, we can help you reach your goals. call us or your advisor t. rowe price. invest with confidence. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ what? 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in virginia with delays now, culpeper county, fairfax county and page county schools on

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