And because the flights cant be that close they have to be delayed. The flyovers and fireworks shutting down the flights at Reagan National airport. Between 6 15 and 745 p. M. And between now and 45 p. M. On the fourth of july there will be no Flight Operations at dca at all. The faa making that announcement on social media today. Hopefully they will divert them to dulles or something which is not enjoyable. Joseph bishop henchman. The flight was atan log national and 9 21 on the fourth. Onhe other hand, why is this all being done at the last minute. Air traffic has been stopped in the past for the flyovers. It has never been stopped before because of theireworks. The reason the fireworks are affecting the flight this year is because theti loca where they are being launched has changed to west potomac park and thats now closer to the flight path. And the Airport Authority couldnt tell us exactly how many flights will be affectedse becof this change but dozens of flights do usually come
This is tomorrow morning. No issues today. Ill have all the details on your friday forecast and your weekend forecast. Well talk more about the snow coming up in just a minute. Erin. Friday morning commute traffic is light in the district. Looking good on new york avenue so far. We have a problem in prince georges county. Utility work 214 at brightseat road. Watch for those closures in the left lanes. Well keep you updated and take a look at a crash on 29 out by timber wood on the top side of the beltway next. 7 01. Following breaking news from gaithersburg maryland where police are searching for three armed men. Were told the suspect stole weapons before they left or they fled. Fox5s mel i wa Melanie Alnwicks us live with the latest. Reporter good morning steve and allison. Still no information from police in terms of was this person targeted or was this completely random. But it was definitely a very scary situation here at the gaithersburg station apartments overnight last night. It
Wednesday, december 20. Michael thomas is talking about weather ahead and erin como is talking about the roads and mike, not as nice and still not bad. Not as nice and not the worst day in the world. Could be worst for late de. Lots of clouds. Temperatures not moving far from where they are now and currently 52. Hey, erin. Ill take the degree rights now. We have a crash Harmony Church in hamilton. We get you around that one. Ill tell you maureen, holly, you ladies are popping in those colors. Pop, pop, thanks, erin. Ow top story this morning the republicans push to reform the the National Tax Code is almost complete app now it has one more hurd toll clear before getting president tr trump. Melanie alnwick live on capitol hill with the the latest this morning. The the vote was late, mel. Thats right theyll be back at it early again this morning. House republicans were celebrating yesterday because they tug their hurdle. Turns out they were a few chains technical changes that had to be m
Holly agrees i think. I agree that today is a day to be festive i will say that. Thanks erin. Thanks mike. Appreciate you both. All right. So, the weather actually should cooperate today for all the planes trains and automobiles that are rushing out of town in time for christmas so expect more volume. However, youre trying to get away. And if your travels include an airplane theres plenty you should know before you get to the airport. Fox5s Melanie Alnwick live at Reagan National with all the details. Mel. Reporter hey, good morning, guys. Just checking around the maps and the travel board arent it and itlooks like the only delaye a few out of los angeles but for the most part everything is on time and going well. The airport here really not very crowded at this point its still a little bit early so we expect maybe later those t. S. A. Checkpoints will stack up just a little bit. If you think that youve seen a lot more crowds on airplanes and in the airports lately, youre absolutely ri
It is very cold out here, this is certainly something that we will all feel as we step outside this morning, temperatures will be around freezing mark today, right now i think its at 28 here in urbana, behind me you do see a couple or few of snowplows. They say theyve been out since 1 00 a. M. In case something happens and were all kind of doing the same, watching the sky, waiting for something to fall. I can tell you we do see sometimes with the flurries coming down and then it stops and started up again, but thats basically what we have been seeing out here, but you know be well just kind of continue to monitor whats happening out here. No treatment has happened in maryland, but in virginia, vdot said they started treatment last night. Laid down sand and salt in case for icy conditions, of course, these crews are treating them, you know, differently, because with snow you have traction but with ice, its a different beast. We dont want people slipping and sliding, they last night. Wel