Airport like this there would be backup. Gosh i thought whats going on. It looked green and then finally it went off. I thought oh, no, it could be something way worse than just weather. Reporter delta has many backup planes and crews at its atlanta hub but because so planes are so full it could take another day or more for operations to get back to normal. Now, in atlanta, the mayor there said that there was no evidence that this fire was caused deliberately. So, its just one of those terrible accidents. Fortunately nobody injured but with atlanta being the Busiest Airport in the world whatever happens there has a Ripple Effect everywhere else and again thats why were seeing a little bit of extra traffic here at the delta counter this morning. A lot of people we talked to said that theyre just hoping they can get to their holiday destinations. Melanie alnwick fox5 local news. The push for tax reform line after last minute drama and tough negotiations over the final numbers. Republicans in congress now looking to seal the deal on their bill. Republicans should have the votes to pass legislation but theyll do it without any democrats some of whom say they wanted to vote for a tax cut but were cut out of the deal. Mitch mcconnell has decided that 51 goats votes was all he was needed and theyre going to make it political. The Trump Administration says families will start seeing bigger paychecks starting in february. Republican senator john mccain is back in arizona after undergoing treatment for brain cancer. President trump says the senator will likely miss the tax reform vote. The 81yearold underwent surgery back in july to remove a blood clot in his brain after being diagnosed with gee [000 02 54;00] rumors had suggested the president was close to calling for Robert Mueller to be fired. We learned that russian president Vladimir Putin called President Trump to thank him. Putin says hes grateful to the cia for providing a tip that helped thwart a series of bombingsing in saint petersburg. Its the second call between the two leaders over the past few days t a group of suspects were planning to bomb a cathedral and other crowded sites this weekend. Time right now is 4 33. Fox5 following a developing story from fairfax county. Police there searching for a second suspect in a string of weekend robberies. Around 10 00 saturday night two men robbed a Verizon Store in the 6100 block of little river turnpike in alexandria. Police arrested one of the suspects and theyre still looking for a second who ran away. Anyone with information is asked to contact police. Prince georges county Police Searching for sevenyearold girl. She was last seen at school last tuesday in new carrollton. About barbara youre asked to call police. A weekend robbery in frederick. Police arrested the man on your screen 21yearold Dylan Richard fox. Fox smashed a window and broke into the gun center on rosemont avenue. Despite the Damage Police say nothing was taken from the store. Time right now is 4 34. Jury deliberations could begin as early as today in the inauguration protest day trial. 694 defendants arrested on january 20 are on trial. Theyll face multiple riot related felonies and misdemeanors. All six will face the possibility of more than 60 years in prison if they are convicted. And meanwhile contracted Service Workers at Dulles International airport are expected to go on strike today. The move comes at the peak of the Holiday Season as employees are recognitirecognition process. Workers and supporters will gather for a large rally to announce the strike vote results. 4 34 4 35 is the time. For a check of weather and traffic t good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Good weekend. It was nice. Warming it up a little bit. Snow from friday melted really quick so the ground was a little soggy my only complaint. Talk about today were all going to enjoy that. Oh, yeah. Wait until tomorrow when well have more sunshine and temperatures up near 60 in the afternoon. Theres satellite and radar. Not much. Nothing organized across the eastern half of the country here and were not really concerned about any rain until potentially wednesday. Well watch it. But generally its quiet and should remain so through the day. Temperatures chilly this morning. 43 Reagan National, dulles 38, bwi 39 degrees. Your planner for the day features dry conditions. Mix of clouds and sun, 48 by 10 oclock. By 1 oclock, 54 degrees by 4 oclock this afternoon not too shabby at all, up to about 56 degrees later today. All right, well talk more about the 60s coming up and whether or not we have any cold on the sevenday in a few more minutes. First erin has traffic. Quiet conditions 270 southbound from 70 down to 121. Key bridge looks good. Light volume. All area bridges at speed. Lets forward our maps along show you what else youre up against as you make your way through clarksburg youre in good shape. No issues on 270 except construction work across Monocacy River bridge. Keep to it 270. Not a bad bet. Thats an ongoing project. No issues in virginia. Quiet on 66. Seeing no problems in Southern Maryland right now. Very quiet at the 301 split. Any questions at erin fox5 d. C. On twitter. Wisdom and maureen, back to you. 4 36 is the time right now. Coming up on fox5 news morning, twitter, social media, they go crazy over a pair of shoes that lebron james was wearing during the wizards home game. Comic kevin after his appearance on saturday night live. We are live right now but we are going to break with a live look outside across the region. Time right now is 4 37. Really . I had to wait on it. The 42 degrees is the temperature. Were back in a moment. It all starts with a wish. The final days of wish list are here. Hurry in and sign and drive off in a new lincoln with zero down and a complementary first months payment. Time right now 4 39. Were back with whats hot on the web. Holly morris joins us with the stories youre engaging with the most this morning on social media. Good morning. Good morning both of you. Good morning, everybody. Carolina panthers owner Jerry Richardson announced hell put the franchise up for sale. The business move comes after the nfl opened an investigation into him for sexually harassing and racially insulting employees. Former employees spoke of lewd remarks lingering gazes and inappropriate touching and at least one occasion of a racial slur directed against an africanamerican employee. Next up, comedian kevin a little too far during this weekends saturday night live skit. Hart is called out on twitter for his sexist topic during his opening monologue. He insisted that all of the fun responsibility lies on the shoulder of the father and not at all with the mother. Twitter users were quick to call out the host over his tone deaf monologue about traditional gender roles. The Trump Administration is now prohibiting officials at the nations Top Public Health agency from using a list of seven words or phrases. The forbidden terms are vulnerable, end title. , diversity, transgender, fetus, evidence based and science based. The ban is related to the budget and supporting materials that are expected to be given to the cdcs partners ton congress in the president s budget for 2019. The Washington Wizards played against the Cleveland Cavaliers last night right here in the district and if you watched the first half of the game, closely, you might have noticed lebron james special message to president. James wore one were black nike basketball shoe and one white shoe with the word equality on the back of each one. Now with the white house blocks away of course james explained his decision to wear the different colored sneakers was to display that it doesnt matter your race whatever the case may be this is a beautiful country referencing President Trump but never actually saying his name. And finally microsoft is rewarding a nineyearold for his selfless act of kindness. Earlier this month he decided to give up an xbox in exchange for purchasing more than 60 blankets for the less fortunate. Well, microsoft got wind of micahs selflessness and wanted to repay his kindness. They surprised him with a bag full of toys including, yes, you guessed it a new xbox. I love it. Good story, right. Nicely on. Merry christmas. Thanks holly. 4 41 is the time. Coming up, a father pleads with car thieves to return vehicle which was full of Christmas Gifts for his kids. Delaware agrees to pay millions to settle a lawsuit filed after februarys prison riot and standoff. Heading to break, a live look across the d. C. 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Police say barbara aparasio was last seen at school. They believe she left on her own. If you know where she is call police. Good morning. Thanks for join, us. Today is monday december 18. Good to see erin como roads thats good news. Good news on this end. What about on your side. Pretty good news on this end. Youre from the south. You like the warm weather. Uhhuh. Warm weather is coming back for a little bit. Yeah. All right. Okay. So, there is satellite and radar and notice its quiet. Yes, there is snow flying offer to the north but cold air is retreating off to the north as well. And some warmer air will be moving in as we work our way into the afternoon hours. Temperatures outside still chilly. Still jacket weather. It is mid to late december. 38 in dulles, 30 manassas, 31 culpeper so theres some below freezing temperatures for you. Hagerstown at 37, fred vic at 36. Winds conflicted for now but eventually the southerly flow is going to win out and by the afternoon hours were really kind of warming things up. Wind chills arent too bad from where current temps r feels like 36 here in town, 34 at gaithersburg. Well talk about the sunrise, sunset in just a minute. First let me get you your twoday forecast. 57 today mix of clouds and sun. Tomorrow a little bit more sunshine and look at that 60 degrees. Feel g thats t over to erin for traffic. 4 46. Were taking a look at our maps. Green on gw parkway camera shows you that the inner loop looks great. No issues on the key bridge. All area bridges are in the clear. Right now 66 cruising. No problems as you make your way out on 395. 95 as well. Route one looks good. Things in stafford and fredericksburg problem free. 410 between chillum manor and riggs road all lanes blocked with a water main break. Metro Service Picks up at 5 00. Any questions at erin fox5 d. C. On twitter. Reporter 4 47 right now. Im Melanie Alnwick live at Reagan National airport where i suppose you could call it mop up monday for many of the airlines and travelers headed to and out of Atlanta Airport after an electrical fire last night caused a full ground stop, a complete outage and that is really has had a Ripple Effect for Airline Travelers all over the country. Lets take from Atlanta Airport yesterday. The electrical fire started about 1 oclock in the afternoon. The entire airport was plunged into darkness. Now, this fire was in an underground tunnel and that knocked out multiple power systems. Then were told toxic fumes kept Georgia Power crews from accessing the site for hours while on the tarmacs and in the terminals passengers were stranded. Theres not a backup system or something to put in place . I mean, you would think in a big airport like this there would be something here to backup. My first thought gosh it could be whether. Then i thought zero no it could be something way worse than just weather. Reporter deltas hub is in atlanta so that is the airline that seems to be the most impacted by this outage. Fortunately, though, because the hub is there they do have many backup planes and crews but because planes are so full right now for Holiday Travel many travel experts do say they believe it could be at least today and maybe even stretching into later this week before all flight schedules get back to normal. A little busier than normal monday morning operations here at Reagan National airport. We talked to a number of people who were supposed to get on flights yesterday and still trying get to their destinations today. Live at Reagan National airport, Melanie Alnwick fox5 local news. Thank you melanie. 4 49. Hyattsville Police Searching for a stolen car filled with Christmas Gifts. On saturday police say Steven Hawkins lost his keys inside of Prince Georges County plaza. Now, Police Believe that someone found them and tried alarms in the parking lot until they came across the parked mercedes. I just want them to bring my car back. Damaged undamaged. No charges. I just want my car back. Hawkins gave fox5 these photos of the car. Its a 2009 whitme cls550 with maryland license plate number t364214. If you spot that vehicle, call police. The state of delaware has agreed to pay 7. 5 million to settle a lawsuit filed by the family of a correctional officer. On february 1st, 18 inmates rioted at the james t. Vaughn Correctional Center in smyrna not far from dover. The 18 hour siege resulted in the death of lieutenant steven floyd. Under the terms of the agreement delaware doesnt have to admit fault in the siege. Coming up on fox5 news morning, the us a gymnastics Sexual Abuse Scandal is leading a number of sponsors to reconsider supporting the sport. Despite being slammed by some critics star wars pulls in half a billion dollars worldwide. Were going to break with a live look outside across the region at 4 50, temperature 42 degrees. Back in a moment. 4 52. Proctor and gamble could drop its sponsorship of u. S. A. Gymnastics in wake of the Sexual Abuse Scandal rocking the. The company said the partnership had concluded but procter and gamble hasnt decided if theyll renew the relationship. Procter and gamble has sponsored u. S. A. Gymnastics since 2008. New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is reportedly irritated over this photo. The man on the left is his successor, governorelect phil murphy. Hes standing behind a cutout of the now famous image of christie lounging in a beach chair. Now, it was used as a prop at a gala that murphy attended last thursday. Photo capped off a week of tension between the arrived at the International Space station just in time for christmas. This is footage from friday when the rocket launched from florida. Its loaded with nearly 5,000 pounds of supplies and experiments including some barley seeds from budweiser. The beer maker wants to be the first to serve beer on mars and theyre testing how the seeds will sprout in space. The capsule was carrying Christmas Gifts for the astronauts including a copy of the new star wars movie. And no surprise here the new star wars movie the last jedi won the box office. It earned 220 million here in the united states. Its the second biggest opening ever behind its predecessor the force awakens. If you add in its overseas take the new Star Wars Film made dollars worldwide. Did you see it . Oh, i saw it. Oh, we got to wait until good day so you can its all good. Its good. You liked it . You didnt love it. I got nothing else to say about it. Oh othe tease that he is.