Protections, antibullying protections for transgenderansnr students are still in place. P betsy devos says thethe transgender debate is best e left for states and individualn schools to decide. There were protests outside proi the white house after tdehis nee ruling came down from the he Trump Administration reversing g the federal guidance. Gudance transgender rights. Advocatesads say it was necessary tos nessa protect students from discrimination. The issue rose to the National Stage after North Carolina carla state Legislature Passed of a pa bill mandating thating that transgender people in in government owned buildingsgs must use east rooms that th correspond with the gender one n their birth certificate. And a virginia teen fought fortr the rights to use mail restrooms not a separate restroom. Stroom. Opponents argue that was was federal overreach and violatedva the safety and privacy ofriv of other students. Um spther said this administration wanted to takestn a clo wseran look at the legal standards. The president as i said yesterday has s a Firm Believer in states rights. When you look at r the guidance that was issued under thender e Obama Administration first ofono all lets remember to the besttt of my knowledge that was stalled, never fullymy kully implemented and i think thereand were various reasons i for thah several legal reasons and several procedural reasons. O reporter right now 15 no 15 states do protect explicitlyexpy transgender students. Meanwhile 13 states have sued the Obama Administration and a a texas judge had put thoseut thos guidelines on hold so you canu n see where there was definitelyny al patch work of enforcementnf to begin with. Wi so, live here at theere at department of education, imucon melanie alnwick, fox5 local news. Melanie alnwick reportinganie this morning. Morn today marks day two of theya conservative political actionitn conference taking place at plac national harbor. Harbor. Big names are expected to takete the stage this morning. Moning. President ial adviser kellyanne e by education secretary betsyreyy devos this afternoon and White Housethis chief of staff Reince PriebusPacific Northwest steve bannon willhwes take partba in panel discussionn tomorrow President Trump isrr set to address theow p could and presence. U. S. Secretary of statef Rex Tillerson in mexico cityco t part of the mission to build a fence on the border. President trump has insistedfen that mexico umpap yha for a bore wall and has taken steps onstepo illegal immigration. M Homeland Security secretaryland john kelly is also s traveling separately to guatemala beforetf making his way up north tortt meet tillerson. Tillon he and tillerson plan to meetmet with the mexican president. Pr next week were andrend expected to get President Trumps reboot on thetrumps oto executive order on the travel ban. The first ban remains in legal limbo. The new order will drop thehe indefinite suspension ofn of sy instead the order will likelyi call for a temporaryporary suspension of all refugees from any country until thosel te countries can put in place a a background security test whichw meets u. S. Standards. Andards. President was very clear in his executive order that theseh were countries that we didnt have the proper vetting for pro whenpe it came to ensuring the safety of americans. Ameans. The new measure will will implement the same 50 percent50e cut in refugee admissions this t year limiting admissions to 50,000. Some 35,000 refugees haves hv already entered the country meanintherg e will only be about 15,000 spots left forlefto the remainder of the year. It will exempt permanent residents and the visa holderses from that ban. Ba fire investigators believese a fiveyearold boyfiveyear accidentally started the firealt that killedhe him. Hi. They say he was playing with a a lighter. After that fire fire sttarted neighbors triedneo to help find him but no one cool get inside the garage gage where he was because of thebecaf inflame flames. Two other people inside gote go out okay. Happening today, have a Governor Terry mcauliffe expected to sign new sig new legislation to combat the opioid epidemic. Pidc. Legislation includes limitingde the number of days someone can be prescribed opioids unlessribe they fall under certaintain chronic pain categories. Ories. 4 35 is the time. Me. Mike thomas weather andweather traffic on the 5s. Well start with you and aand a little check of our forecast f this morning. Morg. What a. M. Forecast it isst ii with temperatures expected toexp be more like, say, april or may than late february here. Rua. We got some springlikepringlik temperatures coming thisoming ti afternoon. Dulles at 52, bwi marshall arshal little on the chilly side atde 48 but well above where theyre should be for this time year. High thin clouds to start theart dane you can see them breaking a little bit out to e west. It will kind of be filteredfiltd sunshine as we head through heat the afternoon here. There is some patchy fog outy fu there. I see one her western wer portions of Loudoun County on towards hartford countywa northern portions of baltimorerf county and annapolis you seeee 3mile visibilities there so vis do watch out for a little bitit of fog here and there. Th theres your planner for thelan day today, though. Though quickly rising through thehrouge 60s and into the 70s laters l this afternoon. Th all right, thats a check ofghtt the forecastha. Tfocast. Caitlin roth is back thiss bck i morning for some traffic. Tr that is an amazing forecast. Recast. That cannot be beat mike thomas. Thomas. Already on this thursdayread morning you got to navigate na the roads got to get to work. O if you commute into southernmutn sections of d. C. Down around branch avenue use the bottom the of the beltway, the inner loop,l there to get onto 295 youreo 2e going have some problems. Northbound 295 is closedis lose between assumed and malcolm xana avenue due to a crash cash investigation on scene. You cannot access this portion all lanes are blocked againked n between suitland parkway and malcolm x avenue. You can seat northboundmalc dely right there. Gh if you do use 29t 5 youre goinn to want to use some sort of sorf work around to access then thn getting into the district. S looks like maybe you can get yot on branch avenue go up that that way on route four in maryland ma or some other local way. Northbound 295 closed. 295 all right. Maryland commute, though, is okay on the top of the beltway so far just very light volume v outer loop 95 on baltimorewashington parkwayship 270 southbound delay free fromem Frederick County down through Montgomery County and 66 y a 66 eastbound youre looking at aune quiet drive from manassas ma through centreville and intoe ao fairfax. Thats a look at traffic. Raffi more coming up at 4 45. Wisdom, good morning. All right, good morning to you. Well see you in just aom, rigl moment. L coming up on fox5 senyoewu sin r researchers say eating moreati fruits and vegetables tond veges greatly improve the quality of f your life. Ife. Nasa scientists announce anoc the discovery of a new soleew lateral system with at least three earthlike planets. Hlike a live look outside across , 4 37, temperatureemeratur 53 degrees. Back in a m. Ment fios is not cable. Were wired differently. In the last 10 years, we have received 6 times more awards than cable, including the jd power award for highest Customer Satisfaction r the fourth year in a row. Only fios has the fastest internet, on the most awarded network. Get this amazing offer 150 meg internet with equal upload and download speeds, tv and phone for just 79. 99 per month for the first year. Cable cant offer internet speeds this fast at a price this good, only fios can. Time to look to the storieso youre engaging with the most this morning on social media. Ng. Holly morris joins us with th whats hot on the web. He web. He has been confirmed with congress and Scott Pruittot already in the hot seat because emails betweense himself and the fossil fueloss industry have been released. Ele. The emails revealed he had hd cozy relationships with canh an lobbyists while oklahomaswhilek attorney gleneral. Emails were withheld duringhelg pruitts epa confirmationfi hearings by the state attorneyr Generals Office and werentent recently turned over. Tur nasa announced the te discovery of a new solarsolar system that has at least three earthlike planets withwi climate that is support life. L. Theyre 39 light years from earth. Rth. Nasa says finding earth is not just a matter oferf if but when. Hen forget five a day, eating ea 10 portion os of fruits and vegetables is dramaticallyamat better for you. U. Although the recommended five portions of fruits and vegetables today reduces disease risk the greatest the gt benefit came from eating 10ti portions a day. California judge blocks a law that bans web sites fromb s revealing and actors ages. Or the law took effect in januaryjy allowing actors to take downakdn their ages. The law raises ra First Amendment concerns. Onns. And finally, who emceedo the white house Correspondents Dinner alshooso known as nerd prom . Normallynol a comedian performs a funny monologue along with theth the president but this year notis clear if President Trump evenre plans to attend which is onsiden april 29th. April th. Plus, the White Househouse correspondents associationde has yet to annntounce who willhw be this years talent which wh organizers typically wouldically have known w weeks ago. All right. Thank you holly morris. Rri you got it. You got coming up on fox5 morning d. C. Dell get Eleanor Holmes norton vowing to fight fi to preserve affordablefordabe healthcare. Health a fairfax cocaunty policeunte officer is on leave afterafter plowing his cruise near ase nea minivan. Its 4 42 and 54 degrees. De. Back after this. This today on fox5 news morningn missing andfox5 endangered. Dange the fbi joining local police in searching for a northernnorhn virginia teen who disappearedisp after meeting a man online. Onl live look outside right rit now. The calendar, well, it may say y february but today is going toio feel more like april or may. Ma no complaints here. O good morning to you t thanks for joining cousng. T u. Im maureen umeh. M maureen umeh and im wisdom martin. Imisa its thursday,rt february 23rd. R caitlin roth two days a rowa rw shes graced us with herhe presence and we appreciate it caitlin. Us. Ays good to see shes not gracing us now. Ot o oh, caitlin. Il theres her map. T we know shes hehere. H weve seen her before. R we know shes here. We shes awak ke noandw shes reao roll which when shes calleds cd upon. Shes filling in for erin como who has been under the he weather. Erin if youre watching feelinge well soon. Ll in the meantime were going i to mike thomas first becauseirss hes got to talk about somet soe fabulous weather. Fa we need to come buup with more e words torn describe the e amazing. Ing. Splendiferous. Oh, good lord. Everybody is happy herehappyr today because its going to be e feeling like spring. Ke spri. Even for erin at home i thinkth she would enjoy thesejoy these temperatures as well. Atures 54 here in that be washington,as 56 in manassas, fredericksburgrg culpeper, some chilly spots sps Frederick Maryland 45 degreeslan this hour. D with all the warmth expectedexpd later today do be aware allergy sufferers tree pollenoln abnormally high for this timehit of year as would be expectedexec with the warmer temperatures. Pe grass pollen also a littleraen high as well. As well. Heres your fox5 accuweathercc sevenday forecast, 70s for the next three days. Those temperatures much moreerao typical of early may here. Hee. Well cool it down though onough sunday with temperatures with ts dropping back into the 50s. Ac all right, thats a chk eck of e the forecast here. Cast h lets head over to caitlincaitli roth now standing by fory f traffic. Good morning, mike, alreadyg, is busy start ou at there for fr commuters and if you are trying to get into d. C. From gei southern maryland, northboundor 295 is closed between suitlandti parkway and malcolm x avenue. Coa Emergency Personnel on scene sc cleaning up, investigating soti you cannot access 295 on thatn h section. Follow local detours to worko wr yourself around there if youe iu usually use 295 or just avoid it all together. Oget the maryland commute is goodmuti in Prince Georges County over r to Montgomery County and even ad up through frederick as 95bw 9bw park pay top side accident side activity beltway a and 70 southbound are delay free. Free. Well check in on the virginia a roads in less than 10 minutes. Maureen. Out of Northern Virginia a 15yearold girl missing after r meeting l a mimanline. Police learned she had been communicating with a man from estonia. Estonia. Now the fbi is involve. Annie yu ivs live with the the latest on this story. Stor reporter hey, good morning, wisdom andorter maure. Thats right Makayla Mattei mati turned 15 years old last lt month. Last friday her family says it was a typical day. She left home around 6 45 in45 the morning to head to the bus s stop and she never made it to io class and hasnt been seenen since then. Picture of shes in the ninth grade r weighs about 180 pounds standson about fivefour. Vefour. The Police Department has beenep investigating tharis case andcad they learned she had been communicating were it a stranger she met on thewenger m internetet. On et. Now the fbi has joined in one this investigation saying theyga believe shes with thisti man. A this is meiti metsla is stranger her Mother Police activity her daughter is herty h traveling with righter now andod fears for her life. Ife take a lift the end to here end mother. I am heartbroken. I was just sitting across fromom her celebrating and now shes gone and its just unimaginable. Unim i would have never thoughtag on that day that just a mere few ar weeks later she would be disappeared and just gone. On reporter to makaylas mother she hass diabetes and relies on that medication. Y tomoriday tomorrow will be one weekrr sowince shes gone se missing and the fbi says if say you have any information aboutbo their whereabouts, please callpl them. That number is 202 2782000. 2 . Thats the latest from woodbridge annie yu fox5 locallc news. 4 49 is the time right now. N. The maryland woman accused of f using the credit card avenueard missing assemblyman due in court on fraud charges. Car she was caught on video buyingdg items. It is unclear how she gothe g ahold of his credit card. Ar donahoe was last seen december 13th at his parentsis home. This morning a fairfaxg a fax county Police Officer is on restricted duty pending thedinge outcome of a crash the officerf was involved in. Was invd in. The dashcam from another car car recorded the officers marked md cruiser collide with a minivanan on leesburg pike. Urg pike the officer was responding toesn a call. A preliminary investigation with the lights and sirensand ss off. Well, today delegatede Eleanor Holmes norton will will host a town hall to protect the Affordable Care act. Act. The event will be held at the Old Council Chambers inmbersin northwest tonight. Rthwest she wants to hear fromr om residents who benefit from theee health insurance. Th insura republicans are trying repeals r and replaceying the affordablefd care act. Care act. If that happens its estimatedt 106,000 d. C. Residents whots who have preexisting health heal conditions will be at risk of of having their health insurancealh this kemorningn a Montgomery CountyPolice Officer is nowic ale o medal of valor recipient much after Jeffrey Hughes wasffe presented with the honor honor yesterday for his bravery inis last summers deadly apartmentay explosion in silver spring. N in he was off duty when s he heardd a loud explosion at the t apartments on piney branch road. Identssed several res who were jumping from their ahea the ntsb is still stil investigating the cause ofc that explosion. Xplosi new disturbing allegationstua coming to ligtiht ionn the uberr Sexual Assault probe. E. Wisdom, get ready. Okay. Your favorite viral game g app will once again havelle aga people trying to catch them thm all. Were going to break rightakt now with a live look outsideuts across the dmv. Across the dmv. The time is 4 51 right now. I was waiting on it. It. Fox5 news morning back in a moment. The drama. Fios is not cable. Were wired differently. In the last 10 years, we have received 6 times more awards than cable, including the jd power award for highest Customer Satisfaction r the fourth year in a row. Only fios has the fastest internet, on the most awarded network. Get this amazing offer 150 meg internet with equal upload and download speeds, tv and phone for just 79. 99 per month for the first year. Cable cant offer internet speeds this fast at a price this good, only fios can. Were back at 4 53. Ere in world news breaking news newa fromking niraq. Iraq. Security forces pushed their way into the mosulway inul International Airport thisio morning taking control of the runway whilenaking c exchangingg gunfire with isis militants. Il the advance is part major ma assault that of the is it adat five days ago toth drive isis is from western mosul. Om weste the battle for wes