Grand opening of mgm nationalnal harbor. Or. Its a sure bet traffic will bel a nightmare. Well have the odds on gettinget in and around that day plus howh you can double down for a goodod time as the celebrity lineup ses to perform in the casinos firsr few months continues to grow. And later, hes ooh billionairee and the next president of thehe United States. But trump latest fashion fauxasx pas might have you saying cantt we make ties great again . Good . . We love friday but we love l it even more when its pay day, right . Happy happy happy thatat you all are with us. Th good day d. C. D. Its just after 9 00 oclock onl a friday december 2nd. E2nd im holly morris alongside ofsif the lovely allison seymour, the effervescent maureen umeh and ad always cool cat wisdom martin. Enjoy your weekend early. Im lovely the. Im he have stress zen takehe that. The first family lighting thg National Christmas tree one last time. Me well take you back to that tt starstudded special moment. En i unfortunately missed it but ib gathered it was phenomenal. Nal i admitted forgot it wast itw happening. Ening totally forgot. T i got a chance to see some om it yesterday. It was pretty cool. Its y aesmazingit w. Last one, too, so yeah prettt ive got to get there don ite live one of these years. Of the. I was telling holly earl yes all my years ive never seen it i live. The setting is amazing. Every time to get in on the t lottery and i suspect and thata fine because i work in thehe business maybe give somebody gis else a chance but, hey, im just a regular person. Per no, no new york city i dont think see. I think itsyo truly a lottery. Ltery they try to get people from around the nation that has beens the obama thing they did it witt the white house easter egg roll. I dont think theres someoneom i like that think thatnk happens. That might explain it. I think youre just nothat winnmiinhignk y the lowry. Story. I would love to think its thatld l. Ov th thats good. Yea. Lets talk about weather. Because its going to start feef like winter out there. R outhe i was just out there a shortst a time ago it feels like winter te me already. Wdy. Okay. Kay. But nonetheless well turn to fox5s mike thomas so he cano hc give us some more informationnfi about what i was just talking tg about. Abou which is weather. Hello, young mike thomas. Tma thats what io. Wisdom comes with age. Ge yes, it does. It [ laughter ]er holly, i didnt see youdntey yesterday. E yo to see you. Thank you, thank you good to see you. Ou, th im glad yourese heere. Er little nip tee outside thisps morning film it was. Mornfilm cold, yup. Old, y december feel coming back atkt you. Yo but the good news for your your friday, hey, another sunny andua breezy day coming your way muchh like yesterday was. Like yes so very pleasant decemberecbe weather here. He. But, definitely chilly outsideut this morning. Orng. Some clouds kind of moved acrosr earlier this morning but wellnb get rid of those and well be wb afternoon witness exception of those of you that live out to the west. Witnes we dont wan yt toou t forget our our viewers panhandle of maryland, m mountains of west virginia,ins i theyll be dealing with moreithm clouds. Ouds maybe even some snowflakes innoe the mountains tonight. Big storm system there that brought us rain earlier thisn eh week is spinning off to theo t north here, and thats going tog be hanging around the nextd then couple of days and keepingnd kei things on the cooler side. R sid. 49 here in washington right nown 43 for gaithersburg. 45 for dulles. Manassas 36 degrees this hour. Sh they too will warm it up as wep head through the afternoon. 53 degrees your daytime high later today. La mostly sunnyter skies. Unny ski cool and breezy. Y what does it weekend hold in store . Ive got the answersnswe coming up in just a bit. Just a. All right, guys, ill send itd i back to you on the good day goo couch. Appreciate it, mike. App thank you. Reci well, of course, the bige, e story at 9 00 is president elect donald trump even took his own staff by surprise last night lai when he name his latest cabinett choice in front of thousands of supporters at a Campaign Style rally his choice for defense dee second is drawing bipartisanisa complications. Cati foxs doug luzader has more on m the move. Reporter general jamesames matt mad dog mattis is a popular figure within the military butyt this experience would make his s nomination for secretary of defense a little more difficult. To say thank you to ohio. Ohi reporter for almost ant hour in front of a large crowdac in cincinnati, it seem liket sel donald trump was back on the the campaign trail. Familiar themes usual attack ont the enough a cabinet pick. We are going to appoint mad dog mattis as our secretary of defense. But were not announcing it till monday so dont tell anybody. Ay reporter but heres thes complication with mattis. Ca wit he retired back in 2013 and theres a law barring officers c from serving as andy fenceen secretary win seven years of their retirement. Irem exception. I think hes going to bengo b widely accepted not just bite jb rang and file but also lawmakers. I believe from both parties on thefrom hill. Th reporter mattis news new almost overshadowed trumpss other big story a stop att carrier air conditioning in indiana after helping toping convince them to scrap plans too send 800 union jobs to mexico. Companies are not going to leave the United States any more without consequences. Quences. Reporter but the carrierer deal required about 7 millionmo in state tax incentives. S. Drawing fire from liberals ands from some conservatives. At when the president of the United States says, we wilntl ot allow companies to leave the the country without consequences, ii he has the power to do that, tt, what else does he have the powep to do . Too . Reporter as far as the a mattis nomination for secretarye of defense is concern, that,ha brings this up now to eight ofit these cabinet level positions now filled with perspectiveti in washington, doug luzader, fox news. It look like donald trumplir will be inheriting an economy in pretty solid shape. Us employers added a solid 176,000 jobs last month and thee Unemployment Rate dropped to fourpoint 6 down from f fourpoint 9 . 9 but it didnt fall for the bev b reasons many of the unemployedlo just gave up looking for work. The report mixed signalsigna highlight the challenges facing president elect trump on thetrup surface. E. Steady job gains and low Unemployment Rate suggests the t ec increases and fewer americans as working or looking for work forw point to longer term challenges. On the hill metro safety set front and center. D cee today lawmakers will get updatet on the transit agencys latestet service and budget challenges. They also want to know if metrot has set a direct path for savee and reliable also sustainable operations. It marks prepared preparedpa for the hearings virginia the subway is facing leadershipe crisis because of its board ofoa directors and may need a federal takeover. Metro gm Paul Wiedefeld says thy system is safer since safetracka work began in june but it stelll needs more time. Create more time metro proposed Cutting Service hoursvu but this is not popular with dc lawmakers. Last night a Board Meeting in the distt rict ga ot pretty heaa about how and when and where toe make those service cutbacks. Fox5s Melanie Alnwick live inii northwest now with more. Wi m good morning. Reporte ysys. That hearing on the hill ishe h playing into this controversyonv over how and when to cut backac Metro Service hours or whetherhe it is going to happen. Appe really a test of wills going on right now between the metro board, metro general manager ana d. C. Leaders who are vehementlyy opposed to the plan that general manager Paul Wiedefeld says is so necessary in order to meet te the houses expectations, thehe department of transportationsio expectations, federal oversight reliable Metro Service. Vice. Here is the plan that was approved by the committee lastes night with a strong descension e from d. C. Members of thatrs o committee. So theyre saying that heres how Metro Service would lookld l after safetrack is over. Ve 5am to 11 30 p. M. Monday through thursday. 5 00 a. M. To 1am on friday. 7 00 a. M. To 1 00 a. M. On saturday. Then 8am to 1 00 p. M. On sundayn that does allow for those extrat eight hours a week for maintenance and ins necessary. Ssar now he wants this plan to go on for two years. Ea d. C. Says it will not accept acp anything more than one year witw then the time to go ando reevaluate. Luat we put the question out onn o twitter to metro riders askingsg how they felt about that proposal since it seems to bemse the one that is goin forward. A couple of people did respond to me directlyf pe saying, markm christopher said its better than the current optsions sayins that he does though however hev thats how it is right nowht n closing at midnight during thehe week and patti said with a lotot of nats fans were hearing fromo saying it will be hassle fromero getting home after week nighteek nats games. Ames another thing that will bet ll b impacted. Impa act lot of nats fans also talkil to me on twitter saying thatingt they dont like this planla either. Eith as well as pereople who have tov get to work early on saturdaysat and sundays and some people who perhaps a lot of people who peoo depend on that late night lat ng service to either get home fromf bars and restaurants or to get home from work. W we do have lot of people i aa up pretty early here in the citc i see a lot of people who are leaving work because theyvese been on duty so late. Ate whether its police officers, oc whether its people that work in the service economy, so thereohe really is a big quandary here aa to what to do. T jack evans yesterday board two councilman ward two councilman represents a lot of bars and restaurants in his rep district also metro Board Chairman said he will do a vetov said hell go back and talk witw mayor bowser and see if the citc is really firm on that. Tt. I think guys theres going to bi a lot of conversations going ong in the next two weeks beforeef that final metro board vote. Vo. Back to you. See how it all shakes out. S. Thanks mel. Ks appreciate it. Meanwhile nearly five monthsivet after metro trail derailed neara the East Falls Church station ntsb he had the agencys up effective inspection andion maintenance practices are toceeo blame. Only few passengers were oner o board when it happened back in july and no one was hurt. Was h they found the spacing between e the rails was nearly 2inches 2h wider than accepted by they t washington transit authority. At the roar also highlightediged crumbling doctors ties along tht tracks. Metro says replacing those croso ties is a major focus of safetrack. 1,000 reward now beingow b offered for information that could help officials figure outo where an oil plume along the the Potomac River is coming from. The oily substance first spotteo last weekend. Fluid or lubricant. Officials believe the plumelu could be intake valves in thes n coming days. D it is making steps to make surer that plume does not affect thete water supply. Uppl a salute to veterans with help from a former airman turnee nfl star. Sr first though just about one o week now until thousands ofands people hoping to get lucky. Lky theyll flood the new mgn casins at National Harbor, of course. E well take through life with afw look at what you need to know tt navigate the traffic that ishat expect 9 12 is our time. T mmm. I cant believe its so delicious. I cant believe it has 40 fewer calories than butter. I cant believe its made with real, simple ingredients. I cant believe were on a whale. I cant believe my role isnt bigger. Oh, its real. Real ingredients. Unbelievable taste. . . I love this song. I love the whole cd. You have it. All nine cuts amazing. I got to pick that up. Im loving it. You have your tickets, only your. Ne ot to can i worry your cd. D. Yes. Its in my car right now. W all right. Ll well the wait is almost over. Ve we are talking about the mgmgm National Harbor next week is tht grand opening and the big named celebrities just keep piling up. Umhmm. Hmm were playing bruno mars hell be that this month. But also likelybe tha appeari more than double the traffic trc fox5s bob barnard joins us nown when they roll out the red carpc good morning to you, bob. Reporter hey, wisdom, guys, i was starting to jam butt it wasnt pretty thing im gladg the camera wasnt on me. M a little birdie has told me they actually had soft openingopin yesterday here mgm National Natl harbor and apparently it went very well. Ve the grand opening is next thursday. Sday thursday 11 00 p. M. Is when thet general public can come. Come. And take look. I mean it looks d like its don. It looks spectacular but it ists still a construction site. Con a lot ofst construction workers here, and basically what youre looking at and you see on the sign there jim gatlin theth comedian will be here two nightt in january. Ua. The front structure thats thett parking garage. Age. The big tower in the back on thh right there with the mgm logo lg thats the hotel. The casino is in between. Eten and again, the whole thing opens up next week with a lot of stars coming in the coming weeks. Wee we can show you Sarah Jessica ji parker actually will open up heh city star will have boutiqueouqu here at the mgm National Harbor. And bruno mars will be here in i late december, december womenthh Lionell Ritchie on december 22nd. Duran duran new years eve. Cher, earth wind and fire and fa stink coming up. Stin the folk at mgm and localnd loc officials are expecting the t traffic around this place to beo crazy when it opens next week. And they producing this video mgm National Harbor sharing itog on their Facebook Page. Age just kind of giving people i on had you to get here and getnd around. Basically their mantra is comeim early and stay late. L theyre recommending you take te metro to stop either in princer georges county or northernthern virginia and come in by metro bus. Bu theyre saying there will beyinw this water taxi from alexandriai to National Harbor. You can also park at the outlete mall nearby. Y. Theyll a have circumstancece later bus that will bring you tt the casino from the city you ciy come down 295, the bell way from virginia and from maryland butyn there are a lot of oneway onew streets and ramps getting intoei this place. They warn people that oxon hill road, indiana head highway will be pretty rough. Ou basically theres no way aroundn it. Theyve done some road widening, lane additions but theyre they saying at least for the firstass few weeks, guys, after the opening just even coming acrosss the Woodrow Wilson bridge cominn down the beltway from northern parts of Prince Georges Countyt could be pretty nightmare ish. Sh plan plans. They do say there is selfs s parking obviously that bighat garage structure and theres ths Valet Parking 25 for the firstr 12 hours. Rs. Gu. S. Okay. Dont go anywhere, bob. T gonywh hold on. Ere, can we play the b music . Queue the bruno mars. You dont want to do that. B come on. No, no. No, no. N no. Come on. You dont want that. D let me see it. T. Play it. Pla s ts hear it. Nice knowing you. G u [ laughter ] down. Do i know. He pulled a wisdom martin rightt there. Nice knowing you. Knowi you oh, man. H,. Bob, you got to know when tot hold them and know when to foldd them. Them. That was a good job. He was doing a little bitit like the Britney Spears walkpeal with purpose there. With purpose i think thats what he was h doing all right. Ow. 9 is our time right now coming up a former nfl star sta gunned down in apparent case ofe road rage. Roadage. The head of starbucks steppingti down and talk about a real lifei jail bird. Bd. My favorite story of the dayy you got to see this pictuo weve got a check on what else s is making headlines next. Later why Nocturnal Animalsls director tom ford says he willil not be dressing future first f Lady Melania Trump and why hee wouldnt have dressed hillarydsd clinton either. Utoh. Toh well be right back. Elle stronger is rebuilding a newborns heart. And restoring a fathers faith. Stronger is being a typical kid. Despite a rare disorder. Stronger is seeking answers and not giving up until you find them. Because we dont just want kids to grow up. We want them to grow up stronger. With your support, we can find more answers faster. . . Now they play it. [ laughter ] nug ] meanwhile bob is halfway bacl to the station by now. Wisdom, would you like to lie bust a move . Bust mov tt i know. Ha that would be a no. He plays like he cant danced but he can. No, no. We have witnessed it. Witne no, i cant. Come on. No. No. Okay maybe youre right. Y 9 22 is our time rigmahtyb now. N erin como back in the loft withw a chegg of the other storiesthes making headlines on friday fday morning. Hey, erin. Thank you very much, holly. Ou we begin with sad v news thiss t morning in the worl football. Former nfl running back joe mc joe knight shot and killed during ag apparent road rage altercationti in new orleans yesterday. Terd witnesses say mc knight was mc a apologizing to a 54yearold roland gassier when he shot himh twice. E. Gas sorry was arrested at theede scene. Mc knight was a 2,104th roundthu pick for the new york jets. J he also played for the Kansas City Chiefs before tearing hisin achilleas in went 14. 14. The death toll from thosemho massive wildfires nearear gatlinburg tennessee risen to 11. 11. Officials say more people are still missing. S say st beginning today, homeowners anda Business Owners will be alloweda to go see their properties. Ies. The wildfir week after officials blamedls flames from a manmade fire quickly spread due to windy andd dry conditions. Ons. Authorities have charge add 49yearold