Transcripts For WTTG Fox 5 Morning News Saturday 20170415 :

Transcripts For WTTG Fox 5 Morning News Saturday 20170415

Definitely. Its nice morning. Weve a string of beautiful weather days this week. Sure did. Lets take a live look outside. No rain coming from those clouds but as we take a view of northwest d. C. You definitely see that when it overcast. A warm front is approaching. That will move through this afternoon and with the warm front comes some very warm temperatures. Lets get straight to it. Its mild but it actually feels pretty refreshing. Temperatures in the mid50s. Its not humid, its not too warm. We are coming off of a very comfortable friday afternoon and friday evening so its 56 at Reagan National, 55 at dulles. Bwi marshall waking up to 54 degrees. Lets check some of our suburban spots where there are some 40s showing up in the mountains. 46 cumberland, 47 martinsburg and 45 in winchester. Most of us in the mid50s. It will take awhile but our temperatures should really jump well into the 70s later this afternoon. Its all due to the timing that of warm front. Satellite and radar not showing many showers but just some increased cloud cover around dan i think we see more clouds than sun unlike the past few days which have been so bright and beautiful today will be a bit of a cloudier one and maybe spotty shower later this afternoon or this evening but otherwise it will be rain free which is great for the nats game this afternoon beginning in the 1 oclock hour. Heres your planning forecast for your saturday. 63 degrees by 11 00 a. M. Still kind of cool this morning and cloud deal. Well see peaks of sunshine later today as that south wind increases and well hit a High Temperature of 77. Still on track for a very warm Easter Holiday. Ill have that still ahead in your sevenday forecast. Thanks so much caitlin. Happening today, metro safe track surge 14 begins. And this will affect rider whose use the green line t our alexandria limon joining ugg live from greenbelt with all the details. Alex what do riders need to know . Reporter well, anarchy the first thing they need to know is that this station right here the greenbelt station will be closed for the next month as part of this safe track sur a especially buses, the ones coming through that will replace the trains. What i can also show you over here is that there is a mobile command unit and thats basically the and unit thats going to be coordinating all of these work crews coming through for safe track surge 14. Now, as you mentioned, it does get started today. Metro originally said this was going to be a longer period of continuous single tracking. Instead tthe agency now says surge 14 will be a shutdown and the reason for that is to reduce the amount of time the repair work will impact customers. Surge 14 will be divided into two phases. The first one is from today through may 14th. And im sorry, from today through april 29th and buses will replace trains between greenbelt and prince Georges Plaza and two stations will be closed, greenbelt and college park. Free shuttle buses will run between greenbelt and prince Georges Plaza and they stop at college park. Now, green line trains will run close to regular service everywhere else on the line. About every six to eight minutes. Metro says yellow rush plus trains will not operate during this time. Now, phase two is from april 30th through may 14th and the work zone will be shortened a bit between greenbelt and college park only. As a result, though, the greenbelt station will remain closed again with shuttle buses operating instead of those trains and the once again, metro says yellow rush plus will not operate during phase two, either, and this, of course, will cause trickling delays and in effect customers in various ways on the green line as well as the yellow line so for a complete list of all of the, effects that this work will cause you can check fox5d. C. Com or metros web site. Live in greenbelt, alexandria limon. Ill send it back to you. All new at morning take a good look. Right now Montgomery County police are searching for this woman. This is 25yearold sandra diaz. She was last seen thursday afternoon when she left her home. No one has heard from her since. Her family is concerned about her physical and emotional well being. If you have seen this woman, youre urged to call that number on your screen. Also new this morning otwo virginia children who were reported missing yesterday were found early this morning. Two young boys ages five and one were last seen yesterday in the portsmouth virginia area. Police say their alleged abductor is their mother who was making threats yesterday against her children. She is not in custody at this time. And this morning d. C. Police are investigating a double shooting that happened in southeast d. C. It happened around 8 30 last night in the 3500 block of stanton road. Police say the victims are two men. No word on their conditions or what led to the gunfire. So far no arrests have been made. Now to fairfax where a man is accused of hitting a 75yearold woman two times with his car and then driving off. The crash happened yesterday morning on fair oaks area. Fox5s tisha lewis spoke with the victims daughter. Reporter Maria Ascencio was someone who put someone before herself including her three children, five grandchildren and two great grandchildren. She moved to the United States from el salvador to the United States 20 years ago to give them a better life. She was always like asking what do you need, what can i do for you. Reporter the 75yearold matriarch loved her family and she loved her morning walks in this fair oaks neighborhood. This morning was no exception. An hour later she didnt come back home and thats why i was calling to her phone. Reporter but Sandra Chavez never did reach her movement instead please answered the phone saying there had been an accident. I feel in my heart like something wrong happened and i said no, please, no, not my mother. Reporter police say keen Maria Ascencio has she was crossing the street but thats not all. The car came down rugby road struck her turned around and struck her again. Reporter he was arrested after a woman noticed him acting strangely. She took a photo of him. When she did that the man assault said her grabbed jewelry from her and went into one of the businesses. Reporter police were called when he fled to the gym r when officers arrived they noticed front end damage to his car and quickly connected him tom ascencios death. One thing i have peace in my heart that are she received jesus in her heart, the only saviour and she was sure about her salvation so i know that shes in a better place now. Now. To maryland now the jokers jinx ride at Six Flags America in Upper Marlboro will be closed again today. The rollercoaster will not reopen until workers figure out why it got stuck on thursday. Two dozen riders were stranded on t until firefighters were able to rescue them. A similar incident happened several years ago. Time now 7 07. Coming up more on the war of words between the u. S. And north korea. New reports suggest the country could conduct a nuclear test soon. Plus, chaotic moments last night at penn station in new york. Find out what sent hundreds of travelers returning in chaos there. Lets take a live look outside right now if youre just joining us. Time is 7 08. Pretty mild out there. Caitlin will join us again with another look at your saturday forecast o well be right back. Welcome back. Time now 7 10. Lets take a look at some of our top stories. A little boy from North Carolina died yesterday while eating a popular eating at a popular rotating restaurant in atlanta georgia. Officials say the fiveyearold boy got trapped at the sun dial restaurant. The boy became trapped between the stationary and moving parts. He later died at the hospital. And President Trump is spending the weekend at his maralago resort in florida. North korea continues to warn of a nuclear test. Well get the very latest from the foxs greg palkett. Reporter kim jong uns Deputy Foreign minister talking to Associated Press today and telling them basically what we have been hearing from other north korean officials. That they will confront what they call reckless u. S. Military maneuvers with a preemptive strike using a powerful nuclear deterrent. [speaking Foreign Language] the interpreter we are taking into account the most aggressive and dan come up with and we have also got outer loop options outer loop countermeasures ready in our hands which means well go to war if they choose. Reporter as the people in pyongyang mark the birth date of their founder thats kim ill sung, there are also reports north korea could detonate yet another nuclear device. The word from the officials that the government will do that at the time and the the place of their choosing. Finally, as we watch north Korean Military officers pay their respects at the birthplace of the found of north korea just outside of pyongyang we also heard that Officials Say that President Trump is the one causing all the trouble. He says that the vicious and aggressive provocations are coming from the white house. [speaking Foreign Language] the interpreter even though that the u. S. Tried to invade the country to attack, they wouldnt do it because we have such a mighty strength and if they do, we their head and blow them up. Reporter by the way, at one point President Trump has suggested he could have a hamburger with kim jong un work it all out. Well, the official even rejected that calling those words lip service. Fighting words. In pyongyang north korea greg palkett fox news. While President Trump spends easter weekend at home in florida Vice President pence is on the road. Hell be in south korea as part of a 10 day overseas tour. The strip intended to reinforce that the u. S. Is fully committed to its security alliances especially in the face of north Koreas Nuclear threats. Hell also visit japan indonesia and australia. The Defense Department released new video of thursdays strike in afghanistan. It shows the moment u. S. Forces dropped amass sieve ordnance air blast bottom of the beltway its the largest nonnuclear weapon ever used in combat carrying 11 tons of explosives. It blew out caves believed to be used by isis fighters close to the border of pakistan. Army general john nho right weapon against the right target. The enemy used these tunnels and mine fields to move around the battlefield and protect themselves from the attacks from afghan and u. S. Forces. This was the right weapon against the right target. I want to assure the people of afghanistan that our forces take every possible precaution to prevent civilian casualties. 94 isis fighters were killed in the attack which the president described as a very, very successful mission. Your time now 7 14. Caitlin is joining us. Good morning. Hello. Big weekend. A lot of travel, a lot of plans outdoors, anything ranging from nats baseball to Easter Egg Hunts to time with family. A lot of outdoor maybe brunches happening tomorrow. Yes. Weve got the Cherry Blossoms festival wrapping up. Thats right, the Cherry Blossoms that keep on giving. Feels like every weekend were here were still talking about it. My mom asked how do the trees look. I havent seen them. I havent seen them either. Theyve had a rough start. All the other trees and flowers everything maybe thats helped and hopefully its still beautiful down that were at the tidal basin because we have great weather again this weekend for the holiday its awesome. If youre traveling today no problems despite the cloud cover. Not expecting any rain and we will see a little bit of sunshine as a warm front crosses by later this afternoon. The it will be warm even though its cool right now. Were wrapping up what was an fantastic weather week. Oh, april in d. C. Is just its one of my favorite months here. Probably april and october those transitioning months where the weather can be just perfect because in between you know how cold and howl hot it can be. Easter weekend warmup that is our big weather headline going into today but this easter weekend warmup does that not come without the pollen unfortunately weve got really high levels of the tree pollen still in place mainly i think from elm trees or oak trees. The mold grasses and weeds stay low but i think its the tree pollen bothering everyone. Well get help hopefully clear out a lot of that tree pollen h windows opened weather 54 baltimore, 56 annapolis and d. C. 55 dulles, 40s across the mountains so very nice there and all across the northeast it is pretty cool. 43 in boston, 52 new york, 52 in pittsburgh, line in columbus. It will be a great easter weekend across much of the eastern seaboard. Satellite and radar showing some cloud cover thats been increasing during the overnight hours. So it is a little cloudy and cool but you dont see much rain out there and i think aside from maybe a sprinkle or two later on this evening we hold off on those rain chances until the very end of the week. Really though more like early monday morning. So, heres the setup. High pressure just off shore that makes way for this warm front to move through. That will increase the cloud cover. It already kind of has but through the morning and into the afternoon hours i think we see more clouds than sunshine. Temperatures well into the 70s and still above normal. Weve had several days in a row now with above normal temperatures and today well continue that trend and sunday certainly reinforcing trend. Bermuda high and that southerly flow around it will push temperatures well into the 80s. This is tomorrow so i think the little ones will be sweating in their easter bon nets, you, too, because with High Temperatures in the mid to upper 80s and some humidity, this will feel, imuch more like maybe late may, early june or just really a summer afternoon but heres the way it looks for your easter weekend forecast f77 degrees partly sunny for today. Very warm tomorrow. 86. Annie, how cute are these little bunnies. My gosh. Theyre so fun to look at. I love them. I know, right. Makes me want pet bunny, too. Probably a little bit of hard work. You get the idea. It is going to be a beautiful weekend if not a little hot for tomorrow. Sevenday forecast shows we cool off on monday, 76. Cooler 70 on tuesday. Whole work week itself does feature temperatures above normal as we soar back into the 70s but notice ive got a little rain cloud on each day because as the front passes through sunday night, it could bring an isolated shower or even a thunderstorm to our area and of gets stuck to our south monday and tuesday, sole southern areas could see a chance of a shower. Next storm system arrives wednesday into thursday. Youve got several chances of showers but again, this is some beneficial rain that we could use. Well seal how this pans out as we get closer but for now just putting that chance of shower in just about every day of the work week. Thats the way it looks. Annie, ill send it back to you. Thanks caitrin. To a major announcement from nas s the Space Agency Says saturns moon could support life thanks to the presence of hydrogen. The casini detected Hydrogen Molecules in the geysers shooting off the moons. Bryan llenas has more on this discovery. Exciting news coming from nasa. Scientists say an ocean world orbiting saturn could be a top contender for life beyond earth, the liquid ocean lies beneath the surface of saturns moon. Nasas casini spacecraft has found Hydrogen Molecules in the geysers there possibly the result of reactions between water and rock. This finding at the result of 12 years of casini investigations and it really represents a capstone finding for the mission. Because we now know that they have almost all the ingredients that that you would need to support life as we know it on earth. Reporter nasa scientists are quick to point out that this latest discovery does not mean theres life on insell that that their may and the conditions for life. Youre rope pap also believed to have a subsurface ocean may have water vapor jets spewing into space as well. If we have a salty ocean in contact with a rocky core and energy from a variety of sources, we have many of the ingredients for it to be necessary for life. Reporter a spacecraft underdevelopment called the europa clipper could shed more life on the matter. Its stole launch sometime in the 2020s. Bryan llenas, time now is 7 19. Heres a look at some events going on this weekend north korea d. C. If youre looking for something to do today to enjoy the nice weather. This afternoon the Washington Nationals take on the philadelphia phillies. The game starts at 1 05. The nationals are hosting Jackie Robinson day and black heritage today celebrating the anniversary robinson breaking the color barrier in Major League Baseball p players will wear number 42 in honor of robinson. Check out the Southwest Waterfront fireworks festival happening today from 2 oclock to 9 30 at the district wharf. There will be plenty of food trucks live music a beer garden and a spectacular fireworks display that kicks off at 8 30 tonight. A time honored tradition will take place at the white house on monday. Yes, it is the annual easter egg roll. President trump will be there for this annual event. White House Press Secretary sean spicer says about 21,000 people will attend this year, thats a little smaller from last year when president president obama hosted 35,000 people. It dates back to 1838 when president Rutherford B Hayes opened up the white house gates. Every year since each administrati

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