into early saturday morning. want to show you the vie advisories that already have been posted. there is indication these may expand a little further easement out towards haggerstown, all under a winter storm watch. there is concern of ice accumulation. the main event is going to be sleet and freeing rain. because of that, we have a storm watch. >> early sunshine, chilly temperature, 38 the daytime high. let's do some traffic. julie wright is there this morning. >> we are checking out the current sky fox. we'll get to the live shot in a minute. they are hovering over an accident on 28 and compton road. northbound i-95, not a bad ride. all the lanes here are open headed out towards 95. 395 traffic will slow as you approach duke street from seminary road. heads up as you try to work your way through southeast washington. on the other side of town in virginia, the inner loop of the beltway, traveling between 236 and gallows road as you guys push north up the west side leaving annandale. let's check in with the crew on sky fox. accident activity southbound activity. some traffic now able to get by on that southbound stretch, single file to the west. this is on the southbound side. definitely a rubber necking delay as you can see. fire and rescue remains there as well the south of 66, single file to the west getting by. that's a look at the fox 5 ontime traffic. julie, new this morning, we began overseas in southern afghanistan where we have learned that six american marines died over night. their helicopter crashed in helmand province. nato is investigating the cause of the crash and says there was no enemy activity in the area. that's desite a claim by the taliban that claims to have shot down that helicopter. the crash is the deadliest one since 30 soldiers died in a helicopter attack back in august. we are also getting reports that an afghan soldier shot and killed four french soldiers in another part of afghanistan, forcing the french president to suspend all training of afghan soldiers now to today's other top stories. a police standoff in southeast washington has come to an end. it comes with a traffic stop in alexandria late last night. fairfax police attempted to pull over a car on telegraph road and northeast highway. but the suspect took off. they fold the car to northwest d.c. where the suspect jumped out and barricaded himself into a home. we got word that the suspect was taken into custody. no word on the suspect's identity or what, if any, charges will be filed. police identified a suspect. a linda america corkel asked for help, forcing the elderly woman to withdraw money from a bank account. police are still looking for mccorkel and a second woman may be involved in that theft the search continues for the parents of a baby girl left on a porch. a vigil is being held for the two-year-old girl who died. just ask god to forgive you. i mean, how could you? how could you put a baby? she didn't ask to be born. neighbors say they hope this case will bring attention to the city's safe haven law. she was dropped off a mu doors away from a safe haven. last chance for republican candidates to convince voters ahead of tomorrow's primary. fox's doug luzzader is joining us from capitol hill. good morning. >> good morning, allison. the south carolina primary is tonight you can tell it from the tone of some of the candidate that the race is tightening. you can barely hear mitt romney say that. >> i know when it's time to make a strategic retreat. >> reporter: just hours earlier, rick perry had dropped out, endorsing newt gingrich, but bad news for gingrich, too. appearing on abc news, his ex- wife accused him of once asking her for an open marriage so he can continue an affair with his current wife, callista. >> do you want to respond? >> no but i will. i am appalled that you would begin a presidential debate on a topic like that >> gingrich called the story false and the other three on stage chose not to pile on. the guy on the war path, though, last night, rick santorum, slamming both gingrich and romney for once slamming health care reform similar to president obama's. >> i've been fighting for health reform, private sector bottom up, the way america works best for 20 years while these two guys were playing footies with the left. >> romney scolded the others for attacking his record. i don't recall a single day saying, thank heaven washington is there for me. thank heaven. i said, please, get out of my way. let me start as which and put americans to work. >> and that back to work theme carried through the night. >> most of the things that the federal government could do to get us back to work is get out of the way. [ cheers ]. >> i have an off to the parents of america. elect us and your kids will be able to move out because they'll have work. [ cheers ]. >> and, you know, as you can hear, that's the line that went over pretty well. some of the most recent poll show that newt gingrich has a very, very narrow lead over mitt romney, within the margin of error but it shows that this race is getting very, very close as we come down to the wire. >> gingrich came out really strong with his reaction when he was asked about his ex- wife's interview. any sense of how this played with voters? did they seem to like that? was it a little too negative and strong? any order word on what voters in the palmeito state might make of that. >> we'll have to see what kind of polling comes out in the wake of this debate. it's always the gingrich theme to lash out at the news media. it goes over very well and may work with south carolina voters. you have a lot of evangelical christians in south carolina who were not too comfortable with his marital his troy begin with and this is playing into that past. >> thank you, doug former gop candidate for president herman cain is clear who he is endorsing. the american people. he told the crowd we are the ones that will have to lead this revolution. take nor what it is. it is hosted for comedy central stephen colbert who has thrown his support behind cain who is no longer a presidential candidate. meanwhile, president obama is making his own pitch, attending an event, a fundraiser. >> i am just as determined now as i was then, and if you are willing to stand alongside me, we will knock those obstacles out the way. we will reach for that vision of america that we believe in, in our hearts and change will come. if you will work harder this time than you did last time, change will come. >> tickets for the president's speech cost $100 each. allison, mayors from more than 70 cities are joining forces to support gay marriage. mayors for the freedom to marry will be launched this morning at the conference. chicago mayor, rahm emanuel pledged to defend the rights. a maryland couple claim they are victim of discrimination. >> they claim they were discriminated against because they are gay. sherry li has the story. >> good morning. that couple had been together for 11 years. and they are legal spouses. now, they have filed that complaint with health and human services saying that washington adventist hospital here discriminated against them because they are gay. now, linda cole arrived at the hospital with cat. the hospital would not allow cat to be with linda until her sister arrived. a new federal law says that hospitals that accept that receive medicaid or medicare not to discriminate. >> a woman at the front desk said, we have family here now, and let kristen back and kristen brought linda back. and as they were about to cross the door, kristen took linda's hand and said, i know what just happened here. >> now, the hospital claims that this was all a misunderstanding and that linda was stopped by the e.r. receptionist because cat was receiving emergency treatment. the patient, they say, has to be assessed first before anyone is allowed in. that's the latest here in takoma park. back to you. >> thank you very much. it is now 7:11 on this friday morning. occupy protesters back at it today. the latest target, the nation's highest court. and the cruise ship in italy facing another problem, mother nature and the turf war continues in the district. details of a new proposal after months of consideration. and we have a live look outside as we go to the break. not a bad view. we do see a little backup there. this is i-395 at duke street. tucker barnes will be here with the weather and julie wright will talk to us about traffic. stay with us. us. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] combine a pnc cashbuilder visa credit card with a pnc performance select checking account and get up to 1.75% cash back for just about every purchase. learn more and apply today at pnc.com/cashbuilder. pnc bank. for the achiever in you. 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[ male announcer ] ...without their even knowing it. that's the value of performance. northrop grumman. 7:15. back now with a live look out of italy where the costa concordia cruise ship has shifted again. that has forced rescuers to suspend their search. meanwhile, a former crew member defended the captain saying that the captain saved thousands of lives and never abandoned ship. he is ski under house arrest a gay protest planned in more than 100 cities. demonstrators say they will occupy the courts today to pro pest the land mark supreme court decision that removed corporate and federal spending. the group called move to amend will kick off a petition drive to get an amendment to the constitution thousands of evacuations are underway in parts oregon. a winter storm followed by warmer temperatures caused major flooding in much of the pacific northwest. oregon's governor has declared a state of emergency and in washington state, a thick layer of ice brought the seattle area into a stand still, leaving hundreds of thousands without power. officials warn flooding in the state could become a concern in the days to come. >> wintertime. >> hit hard out there? meanwhile, nothing much here of course not a lot but maybe later tonight, we'll get a first real taste of that wintry mix that we don't like that we often get here in the wintertime. but today is fine. tomorrow morning, look like we could have a period of sleet and freezing rain around here. >> at least until saturday. >> just a period. >> right, by 10:00 tomorrow morning, it will shift to rain. let's kick it off with the temperatures in washington. that clipper came in here kind of rocking cold. afternoon high temperature, you are looking at them, 36, 38 degrees. we're going to be a lot warmer. detroit, five degrees for you. cold core there. minneapolis, 3 degrees. seattle, still at the freezing mark, 32. you can see for a change, we've got some real cold temperatures across the lower 48 this morning. new orleans right now, 68. all right. one-two combinations here. rain showers down toward mississippi and alabama and snow up towards chicago. they're going to kind of gang up on us. area of low pressure will track right to the south of our area and drag in just enough moisture and the cold is going to stick around just long enough that we're going to see a brief period of snow tonight and that's going to transition into freezing rain and sleet. again, the timing on that, any time after about 10:00 or 11:00 tonight, through tomorrow morning, maybe sen or 8:00. south of the iety, generally a rain event. north and west, that's where the most problem will occur and you have storm watch for several communities there like winchester, martinningburg. you have a winter storm watch. there is the 5:00 day. should transition to rain and then 52 by tuesday. back in the 50s next week. >> crazy weather. 56 on monday is what you have there. i like that >> everybody likes that >> up and down. >> that's okay. as long as it goes up. >> here is julie with the latest on traffic. they pick on the aiming other desk and you forget my name? >> no, i didn't forget your name. >> you are like, here is umm, umm, umm, that one in the corner. you know, that one in the corner there. >> julie, you are unforgettable. don't ever worry about it. ♪ unforgettable >> why does it sound funny when tony says that? >> south of compton road, we have the accident activity involved in the tractor trailer. traffic is able too get by to the left as you travel southbound along 28. no incidents to report on the northbound side. on the other side of bound, coming from falls road headed toward the split, traffic volume moving at speed here. outer loop not too bad. traveling outbound across the sousa bridge, that's where i have the stalled car, stay to the right in order to get by. that's the check for fox 5 ontime traffic. thank you, julie. >> fox 5 monitoring metro. two veteran employees are charged with stealing from the transit agency. in court yesterday, prosecutor the say that horseas dexter mcdade would service fare cards machines that neither needed to replenish or emptied and used the coins to purchase scratch off ticket. eventually, they would more than $60,000. police were able to track them using the gps devices attached to their car. officials wanted a 20 crept tax on plastic bags but changed their mind. virginia shoppers we talked to seemed to be prepared for anything. >> i think whether it a nickel or 20 crept, it will change people's behavior many the important part is getting people to realize that there is a cost with certain behaviors. i don't think asking people to -- if you have a problem wit, bring a canvas bag and don't pay for it. >> lawmakers say that the taxis about cutting pollution, not making money. they'll present an amendment for a five-cent tax this morning. d.c. regulators are focusing on a new law now about trucks. the proposal reportedly addresses parking. currently, through trucks can be forced to move if they don't have anyone waiting in line. under this plan, most vendors can use the parking meters. >> i have something to say about the bag tax. yes. >> i was talking to a gentleman. he mentioned if i'm in the mall and i got something from macy's, that identification was now gone. that's identification on the bag and also, shoplifting, because, now, i regularly walk out of places with stuff because i remember to bring things. interesting how we have to learn all these new behavior. hackers launch a retaliation after the government shut down a site and new research reveals a connection between your height and heartbeat. you still have a heartbeat and still be shawler size and get ready to be mystified. our annie were you is hanging out with a group of magicians. they are in town for the elephant row magic show which starts tonight. i think i'm getting my answer right there. we'll check later with annie. welcome back. 7:25 now. a day after the fed shut down one of the world's biggest sharing fight called megaupload, hackers say they took down the justice department site for retaliation. hackers from a group called unanimous are claiming credit for taking down six websites, not only the justice department but music studios. the u.s. education department wants to know how you feel about cheating. they are asking for public input at developing guidelines to prevent and detect cheating at schools. they will use your recommendations. this effort is in response to the numerous cheating scandals that have come to light recently. tony? >> a new study finds tall men are less likely to develop heart failure than short men. the study does not prove a few extra inches protects the heart. amists say that it's possible that short and tall people are different in other ways that could affect the heart and something in the biology of taller people might decrease stress in the heart. data from the study came from 22,000 male doctors followed by more than 20 years. >> essentially, we have some information but don't know what it means. >> isn't that always the case? >> yes, it is. >> perry drops out the gingrich attacks the media. santorum wins in iowa and romney's lead in south carolina shrinks. >> that was just yesterday in the race for the white house. we'll break it all down coming up next. and a look outside. a slick winter weather is coming to parts of our area. just what will it bring? we'll show you what happens. and julie wright will have the latest on the friday commute. 39 degrees now. who does not love cute little animals doing humanistic things. meet winkleheimer smith. this squirrel was rescued which an artist after having a run-in with a cat. it now spend the day indoors with her owner all the time and has picked up painting as her hobby. >> did she paint that baby head? >> what is she painting? looks like momma is doing a lot of painting. >> i think that looks look an acorn there. >> yeah, that is an acorn. >> all right. >> that was a shot of the clock. >> you think that is the good name? >> winkleheimer. >> you know what i got out of the story, you can be friends with a squirrel. >> very obviously. i never thought that you could, though. >> are you supposed to have that? very closely, with that bushy tail, squirrel and rat. you look at the rat, cute. you look at a rat, disgusting. >> and squirrels can paint. >> elephants can paint. all kind of animals can paint. >> chimps. >> not me, though. let's get to it. right now, our temperature at reagan national in the 30s, we are on the cold side to start your morning. it will be a cold day. listen, even this afternoon with some sunshine building in here in the next couple of hours. definitelily bundle up here. it's going to be chilly when kits head home. 27 in frederick. that temperature is falling. haggerstown, when i got here this morning, haggerstown was 34 degrees. it's now 20 degrees there. they have fallen 14 degrees. a lot to talk about, trying to get it in here quickly. wake-up with sunshine. clipper out of here. we have this little piece of energy still flying. they have a winter storm watch in chicago. that's going to come gliding in here later this afternoon and tonight. the clouds move in this afternoon and tonight, we will be dealing with the potential for a little wintry mix, not going to be a lot of moisture available for the system but it's not going to take a lot as the temperatures are going to be at or below freezing. we are thinking a quick burst of snow, and then it will quickly transition over to sleet and the dreaded freezing rain as we get closer to daybreak. south and east of the city, mostly rain. that's where most of the problems are likely as is traditional around here. we have a winter storm watch issued for those counties in blue. winter storm watch and the big culprit here, ice accumulation. we could see a little ice accumulation here during the late night hours. chilly temps, mention the winter storm watch tonight 30 your overnight low. we will be below freezing here in washington. here is the forecast. hope family we'll get to the 40s to. just happening in there. 50s by monday and tuesday. that's a look at weather and i'm going to send it to julie wright. good friday morning. >> all right. to the crew in sky fox. southbound 28 south of 66 in tomorrow ton road. still there in play. they're going to roll had out of your way. north bound, all of your lanes are open. taking it back inside, we'll update the ridell square. as you travel springfield up toward 66, about a 20 minute. 395