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There just a little bit. Before we get to that, we want to tell that you two people have been confirmed killed from some powerful storms in the southeast. Sy veer weather spawned tornadoes, funnel clouds and dangerous winds. Officials say it was on the ground for two miles and damaged buildings and flipped over cars as it barreled through. At least nine people had to be hospitalized for minor injuries. Around here, we are dealing with a few dicey situations of our own. Within last half hour, weve learned that at least one person had to be rescued from their vehicle because of high water on gold line road in olney, maryland. Montgomery county fire officials want people to avoid the area ever gold mine road at chandley mill road because the water is still rising there. Dont even go in that area. Dont drive across large bodies of water in the middle of the road. Lets check in with tucker barnes. Clearly, still some ramifications we are dealing with. Scene of the accident several hours, here is what happened. We had the flash flooding last night. Anywhere between an inch to 2 1 2 inches of water last night. We do still have flood warnings for many of the rivers locally. No more flash flood warnings but we still have flood warnings for the river. All right. Be safe. That is part one. Part two is the wind and the wind advisory which will be a big issue here hater today. The temperature is tumbling, seven degrees in the past hour. Lets start with a look at this wind advisory which is in effect through 6 00 tonight. Winds could gust 45 to 50 Miles Per Hour today behind this front. So a very blustery day. Not going to be bitter cold today but noticeably cooler with our temperatures hanging out in the upper 40s for the first half of the day and then well be gradually falling again later this afternoon. A big change from yesterday when we hit 70 degrees up ahead of the front. There goes the front. You can see the last of rain showers pushing offer the Eastern Shore there. Should be done with the rain. Should see plenty of sunshine today. Kind of a partly to mostly sunny day. And again, very, very windy here with wind out of the west as the cooler air starts to work on in. Becoming sunny, very windy and cooler. There we go. I think we covered it all. 47 your daytime high. Let me just emphasize again, winds gusting to 50. We are still dealing with flood issues this morning. Well be feeling with wind issues during the course of the day. I cant wait to see what the camera will look like bouncing around like that. Time now to check in with julie wright. Winds restricts already posted for those traveling on the bay bridge and key bridge. Getting back to the flooding, weve got a lot of t as a result of the storms that came through last night, we have problems along porter street, closed between connecticut avenue and beach drive. Trees and wires down along this stretch. There is a petworth of beach drive shut down between 410 and the d. C. Line due to flooding. Westbound clopper road at first field west of 270, only the left lane is able to get through because of standing water. There is a portion of beach drive shut down between 410 and the d. C. Line due to flooding. Try not to drive through standing water. Dont drown, turn around. Lanes are open traveling through annandale and merrifield. A quiet start leaving the occoquan for the pentagon. Thats a check of your fox 5 ontime traffic. E traffic. Thank you. New to a developing story out of alabama where a hostage situation enters its third day. 70yearold jimmy lee dikes has been holding a sixyearold boy hostage since tuesday afternoon t all began when he allegedly boarded the boys bus, his school bus, killed the driver and then kidnapped the boy. Dikes and the buy are now locked up in an underground shelter and police have not said whether he is making demands. Neighbors describe the retired truck driver as intimidating. I just always called him mean man. Everybody knew i tried to get several of the neighbors that one who has since moved away, i tried to get them to take action with me, but they didnt want to get involved. Authorities say there is for reason to believe the boy is hurt. Dikes was scheduled to appear in court yesterday for charges he shot at neighborhoods in a dispute over a speed bump. President obamas choice to be the next defense secretary is expected to get a grilling from senators this morning. Chuck hagel is a former republican senator from nebraska but so far, no republican has publicly endorsed his nomination. The hearings are due to start at 9 30. On the immigration front, president obama says he is looking for reforms to be done within six months. He tells a Spanish Language Teach Network that a deal should an trainable this year. He also says that politics, not technical issues, are standing in the way of immigration reform. Now to the aftermath of the mess on metro that happened last night. Several delays after power problems left swarms of people stranded. Some passengers even walked through a tunnel trying to get out. Metro is now looking into the problem of riders getting off trains to ensure it doesnt happen again. Fox 5s Melanie Alnwick is live at the navy yard station in southeast this morning with the latest. Reporter metro is apologizing to passengers foren inconvenience after yesterdays mess and it will hold a debriefing with Fire Department officials this morning to try to figure out what happened and to prevent it from happening again. D. C. Fire trucks and ambulances converged on the anacostia and navy yard stations in the middle of the evening rush hour. There was smoke in the tunnel. Metro called firefighters to check on what it called an arcing insulator, a part of the third rail that is generating smoke due to wayward electrical current. Firefighters cut power to two trains and that left a lot of riders stuck. Passengers were sitting on hot, dark trains not getting much direction they say. One says the conductor told them there was a fire on the track and when the lights went out, people panicked. We were on there. Women started passing out. Somebody had an asthma attack. I hit the emergency exit button. That is the center door and it opened up. I proceeded to walk down the tunnel. Reporter many metro rider did follow him south. The metro Spokesman Says passengers should never self evacuate unless they are in a lifethreatening situation saying they could get killed even just by coming close to the third rail. Passengers do complain they werent getting enough direction from metro and didnt know what else to do. It wasnt until after 8 00 last night that all the delays on the green line were cleared. So definitely the idea of communication, also what exactly happened with the firefighters. I dont think they were supposed to cut power to both trains. All of those issues will be discussed this morning. What a mess. Hopefully, it is an easier commute for those travelers this morning. Thank you. Lawyers for George Zimmerman make a request to delay his trial in the killing of Trayvon Martin. Well look at why next. A u. S. Navy vessel remains stuck aground weeks after it hit a reef in the philippines. The navy said they will take drastic action. Why they say the ship cant be saved, straight ahead. Well be back. [ mom ] dear chex cereal, i just had to write. You cant imagine how long ive been searching for Something Like this for my family. Im amazed you make so many great flavors that are gluten free. My guys are crazy for chocolate chex and honey nut chex. For me, its cinnamon. It means a lot to be able to give them something thats good for them, that also puts smiles on their faces. cause i really love those smiles. Were the harris family. And we love chex. [ male announcer ] love chex . Connect with us on facebook. I just served my motherinlaw your chicken noodle soup but she loved it so much. I told her it was homemade. Everyone tells a little white lie now and then. But now she wants my recipe [ clears his throat ] [ softly ] shes right behind me isnt she . [ male announcer ] progresso. You gotta taste this soup. Of green giant vegetables its easy to eat like a giant. And feel like a green giant. Ho ho ho green giant a u. S. Navy ship ran ground off a coral reef off the philippines and new this morning, the navy is troying to take it apart. U. S. S. Guardian is a mine sweeper that got stuck last week. The navy says it is a complete loss but removing it intact would cause more damage to the reef and the ships hull. There is also the chance that it could break up or sink if crews try to remove it without dismantling it first. In florida, lawyers for the map accused of killing Trayvon Martin are requesting more time to prepare for trial. Attorneys for George Zimmerman made the request yesterday saying the trial should be moved from june to november. A Pretrial Hearing for zimmerman in which he will argue selfdefense is scheduled for april. His attorney is also asking the public for more donations for zimmerman to help pay for his legal fees. Coming up, we have speed cameras, we have red light cameras. Today begins another crackdown on the roads that could get you a 100 ticket in the district. What to watch out for coming up. Man, theyre always in our pockets. All right, tucker barnes. Weve got rain showers moving out. Winds moving in. It will be a very windy day. In fact, a wind advisory. Ill have all the details on your weather and julie has a look at your traffic too coming up . Just a minute. Inute. Coming up in just a minute. At hononda, we know some people are never happy with the way things arar. And are always dreaming of how they could be. Smarter, simpler, howonearthdoesitdothat. Er. And they make it that way. Because things can always be better. We like those people. They think like us. Introducing the best civic sedan yet. Made possible by honda. Heres a better idea. Pillsbury grands flaky layers biscuits in just 15 minutes the light delicate layers add a layer of warmth to your next dinner. Pillsbury grands biscuits let the making begin. [ malcrrkkhshziiiizzlllee. To this symphony of flavor beautiful. Shhhhshshshshhshshhhhhsshhhshs. Gorgeous here comes the crescendo. Kkerrrrbbuuuuuucraaackkk. Just. Incredible. Pillsbury toaster strudel. If beethoven made breakfast. Today, well get our first look at items from olympic gymnast Gabby Douglas that will now belong to the smoap. She is donating her credentials from last summers london games along with the wrist step and uneven bar grips she used. They will also give the leotard she wore in her first competitive season. Were watching this like five times. The items go on display to the public on friday at the American History museum. They will eventually be housed at the National Museum of africanamerican culture when it opens in 2015. It will be very windy out there today. Wind advisory in effect until 6 00 tonight. Good news, the rain over with. Still dealing with some issues here. Some flood warnings. The flash flood warnings have expired but we still have some issues with the roadways, that kind of thing beinged intoed. The next story here, the gusty winds as they move in from the west. With, it the cooler air. 53 now in washington. That still seems warm but it has fallen seven degrees in the past hour. 56 in appear appear list. Breaking out in the 40s here north and west. 46 in gaithersburg and in frederick. Our high temperatures, you are looking at them. The temperatures will continue to kind of fall and i think theyll bottom out here in the mid40s during the midday and then continue to fall here later this afternoon and tonight as we get a reenforcing shot of cold air. Here are your winds. Look at annapolis, 44. 40 in baltimore. 46 in hagerstown. We are forecasting wind to approach 50 Miles Per Hour. At least wind gusts to approach 50 Miles Per Hour later today. So a very, very windy day. Do consider, if youve got if i loose objects, that kind of thing out on the deck to kind of get those secured. With winds blowing out of the west here at about 50, well have some issues with the potential for some falling tree limbs, that kind of thing. There go your rain showers off to the east. Very heavy rain for parts of the area. We are still dealing with some of the aftereffects, some of thed intoing issues. There is the bigger picture. We are done with the rain showers but we still have snow flying out to the west. We arent going to get any snow today but later tonight, another piece of inning. Another reinforcing shot of cold air will arrive. That will wring out probably some snow showers early tomorrow morning just in time for the rush hour. Maybe a light accumulation, maybe enough to coat the ground. Another piece of information. Could do more snow showers saturday night with another little clipper system and temperatures hang out in the 40s to begin the new week. And we are turning the page to february here starting tomorrow. Lets find out about the roads with julie. Snow again . It just melted it when it was 70 degrees. Oh, yeah, its winter time, julie. I just remembered. A portion of porter street remains blocked off. This is what were waking up to this morning. A number of streets are still dealing with flooding. Porter street is dealing with trees and wires down. Now receiving word of a crash northbound on the baltimore washington parkway near 198. Beach drive shut down between 410 and the d. C. Line. Typical flooding area there and that remains closed off westbound clopper road west of 270 at first field. Woodfield road shut down each way at churchill down. Lets continue with the flooding. The beltway here at river road. Traffic running smoothly notch problems to report in each direct as you travel between 270 and your exits at the American Legion bridge. Southbound Georgia Avenue between aspen hill and hewitt, only the left lane squeezing by at the scene of this water main break. Northbound, your lanes or open. Thats a check of your lanes are open. Thats a check of your fox 5 ontime traffic. Ate warping to drivers in the district. Starting today, you will get slapped with a ticket for crossing into the bike lanes on pennsylvania avenue. Mayor grayished the emergency order months ago making uturns across bike lanes illegal in an effort to shut down on accidents. Some helmet cam video shows how bad appear accident can happen in a flash. One man had a driver pull in front of him just yesterday. I was literally right beside his door and i had to slap on his door to stop him from making the turn. Up until now, drivers making those illegal uturns got a warning. Starting today, they get a 100 ticket. In maryland, governor Martin Omalleys state of the saturday address. He called on state lawmaker to reenact a ban on assault weapons. It was the center piece of a long list of priorities for the General Assembly which included taking on Traffic Congestion and eliminating the states death penalty. It costs three times as much as locking someone up for life without parole. And it cannot be reversed if an innocent person is executed. There was mixed reaction to omalleys address. Democrats praised it as a blueprint to move the state forward while republicans say it sounded more like omalley had his eye on a president ial run in 2016. D. C. Announced a surplus as you may remember to the tune of about 417 million. Mayor gray said all of the money will remain in the citys bank account. Decision has drawn some criticism including from d. C. Council member, marion barry. Barry will join us live in our 8 00 hour to discuss his plan to force the mayor to spend some of that money which includes spending about 100 million on social services. So well speak with him coming up again in the 8 00 hour. Still ahead, another popular novel makes its way to the big screen. Its romantic zombie comedy. I didnt think those three words would go together. Well hear from one of the stars of the film, up next. Well be right back. [ female announcer ] at yoplait, we want you to feel even better about your favorite flavors. So when you call, tweet, and post, we listen. Thats why yoplait light and yoplait original are now made with no high fructose corn syrup. And why we use only natural colors and Natural Flavors in yoplait original. So, anything else we can do for you, let us know. But youll keep it to yogurt, right . cause we shouldnt really help with your love life. Yoplait. It is so good yer always after me lucky charms whoa. I forgot how good these taste [ lucky ] theyre magically delicious the one and only, cheerios the new movie warm bodies is kind of a roam yes and juliet for the zombie loving crowd. The comedy Romance Centers around a girl very much alive who finds herself falling for a guy who may be dead but still has boyfriend potential. Movie reviewer, kevin mccarthy, talked to Theresa Palmer who plays the lovelorn leading lady. When he is explaining how humans can become zombies because they are on their phones all the time. As an actress and being in the business and dealing with e mails and twitter all time, what is your balance of staying off the phone and stay ago way from the media. Do you put it aside for a couple of hours a day . I think the onslaught of twitter and social media, you can get wrapped up in all that sort of stuff. For me, it is another technical thing but i have a web site and it is all about living your zen life and philanthropy, spirituality, meditation and i do all of that stuff, yoga, go to pilates. I love the line of everything you are seeing now you may be seeing for the last time. Yeah. If you could watch one movie for the rest of your life and it was the last thing you were going to see, what would it be. Romeo and juliet. It is that love story, and action and Beautiful People and very colorful. I think it says a lot about society and it is just a really special movie. I think you nailed the american accent in this movie. It is perfect. I wanted to ask you as an actress, what is the hardest part about the american accent and what are some words that are troublesome trying to change . It is funny because everyone asks me as an aussie to say no because there are 10 syllables. So i would say the os are probably the hardest. Like no. No, it is so different from the way we say it as an australian. I was talking to Miles Per Hour<\/a> today behind this front. So a very blustery day. Not going to be bitter cold today but noticeably cooler with our temperatures hanging out in the upper 40s for the first half of the day and then well be gradually falling again later this afternoon. A big change from yesterday when we hit 70 degrees up ahead of the front. There goes the front. You can see the last of rain showers pushing offer the Eastern Shore<\/a> there. Should be done with the rain. Should see plenty of sunshine today. Kind of a partly to mostly sunny day. And again, very, very windy here with wind out of the west as the cooler air starts to work on in. Becoming sunny, very windy and cooler. There we go. I think we covered it all. 47 your daytime high. Let me just emphasize again, winds gusting to 50. We are still dealing with flood issues this morning. Well be feeling with wind issues during the course of the day. I cant wait to see what the camera will look like bouncing around like that. Time now to check in with julie wright. Winds restricts already posted for those traveling on the bay bridge and key bridge. Getting back to the flooding, weve got a lot of t as a result of the storms that came through last night, we have problems along porter street, closed between connecticut avenue and beach drive. Trees and wires down along this stretch. There is a petworth of beach drive shut down between 410 and the d. C. Line due to flooding. Westbound clopper road at first field west of 270, only the left lane is able to get through because of standing water. There is a portion of beach drive shut down between 410 and the d. C. Line due to flooding. Try not to drive through standing water. Dont drown, turn around. Lanes are open traveling through annandale and merrifield. A quiet start leaving the occoquan for the pentagon. Thats a check of your fox 5 ontime traffic. E traffic. Thank you. New to a developing story out of alabama where a hostage situation enters its third day. 70yearold jimmy lee dikes has been holding a sixyearold boy hostage since tuesday afternoon t all began when he allegedly boarded the boys bus, his school bus, killed the driver and then kidnapped the boy. Dikes and the buy are now locked up in an underground shelter and police have not said whether he is making demands. Neighbors describe the retired truck driver as intimidating. I just always called him mean man. Everybody knew i tried to get several of the neighbors that one who has since moved away, i tried to get them to take action with me, but they didnt want to get involved. Authorities say there is for reason to believe the boy is hurt. Dikes was scheduled to appear in court yesterday for charges he shot at neighborhoods in a dispute over a speed bump. President obamas choice to be the next defense secretary is expected to get a grilling from senators this morning. Chuck hagel is a former republican senator from nebraska but so far, no republican has publicly endorsed his nomination. The hearings are due to start at 9 30. On the immigration front, president obama says he is looking for reforms to be done within six months. He tells a Spanish Language<\/a> Teach Network<\/a> that a deal should an trainable this year. He also says that politics, not technical issues, are standing in the way of immigration reform. Now to the aftermath of the mess on metro that happened last night. Several delays after power problems left swarms of people stranded. Some passengers even walked through a tunnel trying to get out. Metro is now looking into the problem of riders getting off trains to ensure it doesnt happen again. Fox 5s Melanie Alnwick<\/a> is live at the navy yard station in southeast this morning with the latest. Reporter metro is apologizing to passengers foren inconvenience after yesterdays mess and it will hold a debriefing with Fire Department<\/a> officials this morning to try to figure out what happened and to prevent it from happening again. D. C. Fire trucks and ambulances converged on the anacostia and navy yard stations in the middle of the evening rush hour. There was smoke in the tunnel. Metro called firefighters to check on what it called an arcing insulator, a part of the third rail that is generating smoke due to wayward electrical current. Firefighters cut power to two trains and that left a lot of riders stuck. Passengers were sitting on hot, dark trains not getting much direction they say. One says the conductor told them there was a fire on the track and when the lights went out, people panicked. We were on there. Women started passing out. Somebody had an asthma attack. I hit the emergency exit button. That is the center door and it opened up. I proceeded to walk down the tunnel. Reporter many metro rider did follow him south. The metro Spokesman Says<\/a> passengers should never self evacuate unless they are in a lifethreatening situation saying they could get killed even just by coming close to the third rail. Passengers do complain they werent getting enough direction from metro and didnt know what else to do. It wasnt until after 8 00 last night that all the delays on the green line were cleared. So definitely the idea of communication, also what exactly happened with the firefighters. I dont think they were supposed to cut power to both trains. All of those issues will be discussed this morning. What a mess. Hopefully, it is an easier commute for those travelers this morning. Thank you. Lawyers for George Zimmerman<\/a> make a request to delay his trial in the killing of Trayvon Martin<\/a>. Well look at why next. A u. S. Navy vessel remains stuck aground weeks after it hit a reef in the philippines. The navy said they will take drastic action. Why they say the ship cant be saved, straight ahead. Well be back. [ mom ] dear chex cereal, i just had to write. You cant imagine how long ive been searching for Something Like<\/a> this for my family. Im amazed you make so many great flavors that are gluten free. My guys are crazy for chocolate chex and honey nut chex. For me, its cinnamon. It means a lot to be able to give them something thats good for them, that also puts smiles on their faces. cause i really love those smiles. Were the harris family. And we love chex. [ male announcer ] love chex . Connect with us on facebook. I just served my motherinlaw your chicken noodle soup but she loved it so much. I told her it was homemade. Everyone tells a little white lie now and then. But now she wants my recipe [ clears his throat ] [ softly ] shes right behind me isnt she . [ male announcer ] progresso. You gotta taste this soup. Of green giant vegetables its easy to eat like a giant. And feel like a green giant. Ho ho ho green giant a u. S. Navy ship ran ground off a coral reef off the philippines and new this morning, the navy is troying to take it apart. U. S. S. Guardian is a mine sweeper that got stuck last week. The navy says it is a complete loss but removing it intact would cause more damage to the reef and the ships hull. There is also the chance that it could break up or sink if crews try to remove it without dismantling it first. In florida, lawyers for the map accused of killing Trayvon Martin<\/a> are requesting more time to prepare for trial. Attorneys for George Zimmerman<\/a> made the request yesterday saying the trial should be moved from june to november. A Pretrial Hearing<\/a> for zimmerman in which he will argue selfdefense is scheduled for april. His attorney is also asking the public for more donations for zimmerman to help pay for his legal fees. Coming up, we have speed cameras, we have red light cameras. Today begins another crackdown on the roads that could get you a 100 ticket in the district. What to watch out for coming up. Man, theyre always in our pockets. All right, tucker barnes. Weve got rain showers moving out. Winds moving in. It will be a very windy day. In fact, a wind advisory. Ill have all the details on your weather and julie has a look at your traffic too coming up . Just a minute. Inute. Coming up in just a minute. At hononda, we know some people are never happy with the way things arar. And are always dreaming of how they could be. Smarter, simpler, howonearthdoesitdothat. Er. And they make it that way. Because things can always be better. We like those people. They think like us. Introducing the best civic sedan yet. Made possible by honda. Heres a better idea. Pillsbury grands flaky layers biscuits in just 15 minutes the light delicate layers add a layer of warmth to your next dinner. Pillsbury grands biscuits let the making begin. [ malcrrkkhshziiiizzlllee. To this symphony of flavor beautiful. Shhhhshshshshhshshhhhhsshhhshs. Gorgeous here comes the crescendo. Kkerrrrbbuuuuuucraaackkk. Just. Incredible. Pillsbury toaster strudel. If beethoven made breakfast. Today, well get our first look at items from olympic gymnast Gabby Douglas<\/a> that will now belong to the smoap. She is donating her credentials from last summers london games along with the wrist step and uneven bar grips she used. They will also give the leotard she wore in her first competitive season. Were watching this like five times. The items go on display to the public on friday at the American History<\/a> museum. They will eventually be housed at the National Museum<\/a> of africanamerican culture when it opens in 2015. It will be very windy out there today. Wind advisory in effect until 6 00 tonight. Good news, the rain over with. Still dealing with some issues here. Some flood warnings. The flash flood warnings have expired but we still have some issues with the roadways, that kind of thing beinged intoed. The next story here, the gusty winds as they move in from the west. With, it the cooler air. 53 now in washington. That still seems warm but it has fallen seven degrees in the past hour. 56 in appear appear list. Breaking out in the 40s here north and west. 46 in gaithersburg and in frederick. Our high temperatures, you are looking at them. The temperatures will continue to kind of fall and i think theyll bottom out here in the mid40s during the midday and then continue to fall here later this afternoon and tonight as we get a reenforcing shot of cold air. Here are your winds. Look at annapolis, 44. 40 in baltimore. 46 in hagerstown. We are forecasting wind to approach 50 Miles Per Hour<\/a>. At least wind gusts to approach 50 Miles Per Hour<\/a> later today. So a very, very windy day. Do consider, if youve got if i loose objects, that kind of thing out on the deck to kind of get those secured. With winds blowing out of the west here at about 50, well have some issues with the potential for some falling tree limbs, that kind of thing. There go your rain showers off to the east. Very heavy rain for parts of the area. We are still dealing with some of the aftereffects, some of thed intoing issues. There is the bigger picture. We are done with the rain showers but we still have snow flying out to the west. We arent going to get any snow today but later tonight, another piece of inning. Another reinforcing shot of cold air will arrive. That will wring out probably some snow showers early tomorrow morning just in time for the rush hour. Maybe a light accumulation, maybe enough to coat the ground. Another piece of information. Could do more snow showers saturday night with another little clipper system and temperatures hang out in the 40s to begin the new week. And we are turning the page to february here starting tomorrow. Lets find out about the roads with julie. Snow again . It just melted it when it was 70 degrees. Oh, yeah, its winter time, julie. I just remembered. A portion of porter street remains blocked off. This is what were waking up to this morning. A number of streets are still dealing with flooding. Porter street is dealing with trees and wires down. Now receiving word of a crash northbound on the baltimore washington parkway near 198. Beach drive shut down between 410 and the d. C. Line. Typical flooding area there and that remains closed off westbound clopper road west of 270 at first field. Woodfield road shut down each way at churchill down. Lets continue with the flooding. The beltway here at river road. Traffic running smoothly notch problems to report in each direct as you travel between 270 and your exits at the American Legion<\/a> bridge. Southbound Georgia Avenue<\/a> between aspen hill and hewitt, only the left lane squeezing by at the scene of this water main break. Northbound, your lanes or open. Thats a check of your lanes are open. Thats a check of your fox 5 ontime traffic. Ate warping to drivers in the district. Starting today, you will get slapped with a ticket for crossing into the bike lanes on pennsylvania avenue. Mayor grayished the emergency order months ago making uturns across bike lanes illegal in an effort to shut down on accidents. Some helmet cam video shows how bad appear accident can happen in a flash. One man had a driver pull in front of him just yesterday. I was literally right beside his door and i had to slap on his door to stop him from making the turn. Up until now, drivers making those illegal uturns got a warning. Starting today, they get a 100 ticket. In maryland, governor Martin Omalleys<\/a> state of the saturday address. He called on state lawmaker to reenact a ban on assault weapons. It was the center piece of a long list of priorities for the General Assembly<\/a> which included taking on Traffic Congestion<\/a> and eliminating the states death penalty. It costs three times as much as locking someone up for life without parole. And it cannot be reversed if an innocent person is executed. There was mixed reaction to omalleys address. Democrats praised it as a blueprint to move the state forward while republicans say it sounded more like omalley had his eye on a president ial run in 2016. D. C. Announced a surplus as you may remember to the tune of about 417 million. Mayor gray said all of the money will remain in the citys bank account. Decision has drawn some criticism including from d. C. Council member, marion barry. Barry will join us live in our 8 00 hour to discuss his plan to force the mayor to spend some of that money which includes spending about 100 million on social services. So well speak with him coming up again in the 8 00 hour. Still ahead, another popular novel makes its way to the big screen. Its romantic zombie comedy. I didnt think those three words would go together. Well hear from one of the stars of the film, up next. Well be right back. [ female announcer ] at yoplait, we want you to feel even better about your favorite flavors. So when you call, tweet, and post, we listen. Thats why yoplait light and yoplait original are now made with no high fructose corn syrup. And why we use only natural colors and Natural Flavors<\/a> in yoplait original. So, anything else we can do for you, let us know. But youll keep it to yogurt, right . cause we shouldnt really help with your love life. Yoplait. It is so good yer always after me lucky charms whoa. I forgot how good these taste [ lucky ] theyre magically delicious the one and only, cheerios the new movie warm bodies is kind of a roam yes and juliet for the zombie loving crowd. The comedy Romance Centers<\/a> around a girl very much alive who finds herself falling for a guy who may be dead but still has boyfriend potential. Movie reviewer, kevin mccarthy, talked to Theresa Palmer<\/a> who plays the lovelorn leading lady. When he is explaining how humans can become zombies because they are on their phones all the time. As an actress and being in the business and dealing with e mails and twitter all time, what is your balance of staying off the phone and stay ago way from the media. Do you put it aside for a couple of hours a day . I think the onslaught of twitter and social media, you can get wrapped up in all that sort of stuff. For me, it is another technical thing but i have a web site and it is all about living your zen life and philanthropy, spirituality, meditation and i do all of that stuff, yoga, go to pilates. I love the line of everything you are seeing now you may be seeing for the last time. Yeah. If you could watch one movie for the rest of your life and it was the last thing you were going to see, what would it be. Romeo and juliet. It is that love story, and action and Beautiful People<\/a> and very colorful. I think it says a lot about society and it is just a really special movie. I think you nailed the american accent in this movie. It is perfect. I wanted to ask you as an actress, what is the hardest part about the american accent and what are some words that are troublesome trying to change . It is funny because everyone asks me as an aussie to say no because there are 10 syllables. So i would say the os are probably the hardest. Like no. No, it is so different from the way we say it as an australian. I was talking to Hugh Jackman Sandy<\/a> said he has a sentence that he says that has every vowel and consonant. My dialect coach makes me say like father, mother, brother, sister, something else. I forgot. It is the rs and as. I grew up watching so much American Television<\/a> that it feels easier for me, i think, to do the american accent. The movie is warm bodies. Rush you out to the see it. Kevin joins us tomorrow morning with reviews of all the new movies that are opening this weekend. The dead guy has boyfriend potential. How desperate do you have to be to be dating a dead guy . That is all im saying about the movie. Somebody will like the movie. Somebody will. Big changes to our weather coming up. Plus, some of you will face flooded roads on your commute this morning thanks to last nights rain. Weather and traffic coming up next. The metro message to rail riders after last nights big troubles. Just days after she took part in the inauguration festivities, a teenager becomes a victim of gun violence. Im halfway to your heart you have to let me know so i dont make my worst mistake turn around and let you go [ female announcer ] when sweet and salty come together, the taste is irresistible. Made with sweet, smooth Peanut Butter<\/a> and salted, roasted peanuts. Sweet and salty nut bars by nature valley. Nature at its most delicious. You can see how strong the winds are. The winds are going to get a lot stronger. So there you go. We are in for some changes today as far as the weather is concern judi no shortage of wild weather across the u. S. The southeast saw some tornadoes, funnel clouds and some high winds. One tornado touched down in georgia and killed one person and destroyed buildings and flipped over some cars. A man in tennessee was also killed when high winds knocked a tree down on top of a she had. Then, there is the snow in the midwest and in the west making for some driving hazards that include parts of iowa, nebraska, wisconsin, oregon, colorado and utah. Closer to home, this is what some of you will deal with this morning. High standing watt ore several roads around the region. This was in annandale just about an hour ago at annandale road and walnut hill lane. Thankfully, the water has already receded there. Just a little bit of everything. From snow to flooding, rain, warm weather. We hit 07 again yesterday. Last night, the flooding rain is the big issue with a little more than 2 inches at dulles. In the wake of our system now, we are dealing with winds, very, very gusty winds and have a wind advisory until 6 00 tonight. That is the next part to our story. It will be colder after it will be cooler today as well. Lets start with our temperatures. We are already starting to fall. Still mild out there. I just stepped outside. Can you notice the chill starting to set in but 53, really not bad for the last day of january. There is your cold. Not too far to our north and west. Pittsburgh is 30. 18 in chicago. You can probably gather that is heading our direction. Well be back beneath the freezing mark later tonight so colder temperatures on the way later this afternoon. How are they arriving . With wind and a lot of it. Winds gusting 45 to 50 Miles Per Hour<\/a> around here today. Weve already seen winds gusting to about 45 early this morning. And these winds will be with us for a good part of the day here out of the west as that cool air starts to work in behind our front. Winds the next part of the weather story here. There is your satelliteradar. Rain out of here. We talked about the rain totals, very impressive amounts. Later tonight, we could do some light snow as we get another little piece of energy in here. And maybe some light accumulations early tomorrow morning. Ill have more on that coming up. For today, should be plenty of sunshine. Could be windy and cooler with temperatures falling into the 40s. I liked the spike in the temperatures but it will feel kind of good to get back to what is supposed to be normal because i feel all messed up. It was almost a little muggy and humid yesterday. And like ive been sneezing like it is spring. It was so weird. The only problem is the kids are really confused. Now they want to come out like its summertime with short sleeves. A little early for that. A little bit early. Julie wright, how is that morning commute . I had the doors open yesterday. Beagle bailey was running in and out on the deck. Hi tail was wagging. He loved it. Today, well have snow. Were all going to have the pneumonia. That is what is going to happen. Porter street still closed off between connecticut avenue and beach drive. Trees and wires down there. This happens quite often when we get a lot of rain. Beach drive shut down between 410 and the d. C. Line. That is due to flooding. Flooding tying up a portion of clopper road west of 270. Pipe every lane at nokesville road out of manassas, flooding there as well. Evergrown mills road out of belmont ridge. That intersection remains blocked off because of flooding. We are receiving word of flooding along north capital street as you approach new york avenue. Be very careful out here on the roads inform you come up to an area where you see the standing water, turn around, do not drown. That is the thought. Well show you what else is happening. Lanes are open along 66 as you travel between vienna and the capital beltway. No problems to report on the beltway between annandale and merrifield. Traffic flowing freely for those traveling southbound along 270 out of germantown. We are at speed in each direct as you travel between the American Legion<\/a> bridge and your exit for 270. Thats a check of your fox 5 ontime traffic. E traffic. A metro mess during last nights evening commutes has brought up two issues that we have heard before. We are talking stranded passengers complaining about a lack of direction from metro and riders getting out of the train and walking dangerously close to a live rail. Melanie alnwick is live at the navy yard station in southeast with more on this story. Reporter wisdom, the problems on the green line between the navy yard and anacostia station started around 5 00 in the evening and then all of the residual delays didnt clear until after 8 00 at night. There is certainly a lot of frustrated passengers this morning and there will also be a lot of discussion about what happened and how to handle swayings like this in the future. D. C. Fire trucks and ambulances converged on the anacostia and navy yard stations. It was reported around 5 00. Metro called firefighters to check on what is called an arcing insulator. That we are told is part of the third rail that can generate smoke if there is a wayward electrical current. Now, firefighters mistakenly cut power to two trains instead of just a small section that they were supposed to be working on and that stranded thousands of riders for hours. Some people panicked. There were some medical emergencies and one rider decided to open the doors and get out himself and 50 to 150 passengers followed him on to the track bed. The power just went out and then we were just sitting on the train for about 30 minutes or so. It was getting pretty hot. I know we had an emergency situation where a lady was i dont know if she was diabetic or not but she had shortness of breath and me and another guy pulled her over to the back door and opened the back door so the lady could breathe. Selfevacuation, meaning you take it upon yourself to leave the train is something you should only do if your life is immediately threatened. If you can move to another railcar, that is always a better option. When you heave the train, you are exposing yourself. If you just come near the third rail, it can kill you. Reporter now, where people got out and selfevacuated that apparently was only on one train. On the other train, Emergency Personnel<\/a> did eventually arrive and help some of of the passengers out through a vent chest. Others were able to get off at some of the platforms and they were very, very crowded but they did eventually have to wait for shuttle busses to get them to where they were going. There will be a meeting this morning with metro and with Public Safety<\/a> officials to try to talk about what happened here yesterday and how they can do a better job in the future. All right. Thank you. Checking our other top stories now, the firefighter injured in yesterdays Early Morning<\/a> crash on the beltway continues to recover in a baltimore hospital this morning. Prince georges county Fire Department<\/a> says 30yearold lieutenant ryan emmons right arm was severed in the accident but doctors were able to reattach it. He is listed in guarded condition at Union Memorial<\/a> hospital. Three other firefighters were also injured but have since been released. Now to a news alert out of district. Police are trying to track down a suspect involved in a stabbing on i ametrobus. This happened last night on h and 11th street northeast. Police arrived to find a man stabbed twice in the scheft. He is in serious condition at a local hospital. Still no word on what prompted the attacks. Still ahead, the owner of that nightclub in brazil where a deadly fire broke out is playing the blame game. The first hearing on gun control plays out on capitol hill on the stands. 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Israel is not confirming anything which is Standard Practice<\/a> but the pentagon says israeli warplanes did bomb a convoy near the lebanese border which was allegedly transporting advanced russian missiles to hezbollah. Israel has said it would never allow them to get chemical weapons from syria. Activists on both sides of the gun control debate were on capitol hill for the first Senate Hearing<\/a> on gun violence since last months shooting in connecticut. Among the witnesses was former arizona congresswoman gabrielle giffords. She told lawmakers now is the time to take action. It will be hard but the time is now. You must act. Be bold. Be courageous. Americans are counting on you. Giffords and her husband, astronaut mark kelley, visited the white house and met the president following her appearance on capitol hill. Just a day before that hearing, a chicago teenager who performed at president obamas inaugural festivities here in washington was shot and killed near her school. 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We give day three parter because tomorrow morning we might get light snow. How about that . Wow so interesting. We could wrap it up just in time to the weekend. Reagan national, about an inch plus of rain there. Dulles, 2. 31 inches yesterday. We had a swath of rain just to the west of washington. Very impressive rain totals. Still dealing with some Flooding Issues<\/a> early this morning on some of of the rivers as theyre flooding the banks here with all the of the rain we had in a short period of time. 53 in washington. That temperature has tumbled about seven degrees in the past hour. 56 in annapolis. 40s north and west. Most of the day, well be hanging out in the 40s. Temperatures wont rebound a whole lot here with the cooler air moving in from the north and west. It is very cold off to the north and west. Temperatures in the 20s out towards pittsburgh and out in ohio. Here are your current wind gusts. 2 in washington. Annapolis, 44mile per hour wind gust. 44 in martinsburg. We do have a wind advisory in effect until 6 00 tonight. The concern is the wind which are already with us could be gusting up to about 50 later this afternoon. So very, very windy day. Rain is out of here. We should be looking at quieter conditions. More sunshine today. It will be very windy around here as we get a cooldown. Becoming sunny. Very windy and cooler gusting out of the west at about 50. We do increase the clouds and get another little shot of cold air and that may squeeze out a little moisture tomorrow morning. There could somebody late snow showers, maybe enough to coat the ground tomorrow morning just in time for the morning rush hour with temperatures below freezing. That could get interesting. There is your accuweather saved. Could do more snow showers with the little clipper system saturday night and temperatures hang out in the 40s here. We are kicking off february just about where we should be. Lets see how were kicking off traffic with julie wright. Hopefully better than yesterday. Off day better start but we are dealing with tree debris, wires down. This is a portion of porter street blocked off in each direction between connecticut and beach. That is due to trees and wires down across the highway. No one able to get through. 66 in the clear so far from fair oaks headed inbound from the capital beltway. Interstates, i dont think will be a problem for you. Northbound i59 in the clear as well as you travel the main lines through woodbridge. The guy changing the flat tire squeezing tire. We are dealing with standing water. We have that along k street near 27th street near the whitehurst freeway. We have some problems for those traveling up in montgomery county. Beach drive remains shut down between 410 and the d. C. Line due to flooding and westbound clopper road west of first field, only the right lane getting by. Thats a check of your fox 5 ontime traffic. Thank you. Bigger is better when it comes to car safety apparently. 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And cheese fold it all up and boom i just made an unbeatable unsloppy Joe Pillsbury<\/a> grands biscuits. Let the making begin. Thats why i got them pillsbury toaster strudel. Warm flaky pastry with delicious sweet filling my kids will love. Plus i get two boxtops for their school. Toaster strudel. The one kids want to eat. Off the wall, dave ross, wisdom martin. The super bowl edition. Going to get to your picks in a moment, kind sir. Im going to shock you. It is super bowl time. Im he not in new orleans but age in new orleans mode. Why arent you wearing a tie . Because it is new orleans mode. Too many of those beignets. Most of the time, it will be the qie gayot would make the mistake more so than the guy who wins the game. Who will make the critical mistake into. You know what . Who do you have more faith in . Ive been breaking down tape, watching games into hours and hours while i was eating my beig ne. Ts. Of a come to the conclusion that i dont have any idea who is going to make the first mistake. I watched nine games. he young guy. You just dont know what he may hit the wall . The other thing, on the other side,. So far, haze done well. You just dont know what it is going to stop. On the other side, you have joe flacco who has been outstanning in the playoffs. In his regular season, he had his ups and downs. He has a contract here. He is trying to get paid. You dont know when that will run out. Which quarterback is going to be the best . Idont know. I think that, if i had faith in one guy over the other guy, it would be cool joe of course, you will. That is safe for you. The safe pick. The a safe pick. Tom is a wild card. He could be the highest of highs but he can be down low. I think cool joe will be that is a flat line. It is prediction time. Youve had your hurricanes and eaten your beignets. No hurricanes for me. Who are you picking and why . I have avenue watched a lot of tape while i was drinking my h206789 and eating the beignets. It is going to come down to whoever make the least amount of mistakes, whichever defense you arent answering it today. The team that scores the most points will win the game. I need a pick. The people out there demand it and i want it. Who is going to win . The team that scores the most points. I want a pick. I dont understand why you got to act like a baby. Im picking the 49ers. See you next week. Im standing by my numbers. The numbers never lie. Ver lie. Gorp wisdom, taking the easy way out. Every time. The team that scores the most points. Its due. It is 100 . Lets get to our fan of the day. Shsrita, happy birthday today. Have a great day. [ female announcer ] at yoplait, we want you to feel even better about your favorite flavors. So when you call, tweet, and post, we listen. Thats why yoplait light and yoplait original are now made with no high fructose corn syrup. 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