Afternoon showers looking likely. And then a frigid weekend is on th coming up chuck bell will join us live with your bus stop forecast. Overall were looking pretty good. We do have the problem that i want to mention. In the troh green line a delay single tracking between branch avenue and naylor road. And then this just popped up, bw ramp south from 450 annapolis road that is blocked because of a crash. Fair pax countkparkway, the ramp blocked. 66 at germantown road flowing just fine. Overall, no major problems. A little slow inner loop passing braddock road. Otherwise no major issues. Beltway at indian head highway rolling along nicely. Travel times coming up. Coming up on 6 02. A massive winter storm bearing down on new england this morning. This storm expected to dump about two feet of snow over the next few days there. Schools in boston already closed today and tomorrow. This is the Third Straight monday that area has been hammered with a winter snowstorm. Massachusetts Governor C
We start our day early at 4 00 a. M. In fact. Make sure you get the very latest information. We invite you to check us out on the tube and online as well. We could get a decision this week in the whistleblower trial involving the d. C. Police chief. Closing arguments are expected to begin tomorrow. Today chief cathy lanier faced a tough crossexamination. Our Kristin Wright joins us now from d. C. Superior court. Kristin . Repor well chief lanier took the stand for a second day today, and her testimony contradicted that of several officers last week who said look there was no clearcut policy on celebrity escorts and that chief lanier approved many of them. Superior court, police chief cathy lanier testified that mpd considers celebrity escorts on a casebycase basis approves them only when Public Safety is a factor. Today lanier testified for several hours in the whistleblower case filed by a former commander of the department. Captain Hilton Burton says he was demoted in retaliation aft
This is tracking off to the east just maybe brief sprinkle over the next hour or so. As we start off this morning, we have these clouds passing over the petro area. Just maybe light fog in the rural areas. Your Morning Headlines for this monday afternoon showers looking likely. Scattered rain showers during the afternoon. Then a big change in to the weekend. Our maybe coldest weather of the season so far coming up this weekend. Right now were above freezing. Mid to upper 30s to near 40 degrees. Next weather and traffic on the 1s chuck bell joins us live with you forecast for this monday. Melissa, how is the commute . Overall no major problems right now. 66 east between the toll road and westmoreland we have the left lane blocked. Supposed to be until 5 00 a. M. Its sticking around right now. Well keep you updated. Wide look at things overall beltway looking pretty good. Everything moving and nice and green. Prince georges county, branch avenue pennsylvania avenue indian head highway, e
But a couple of light showers and sprinkles to start the morning through college park just east of laurel, these are not too big of a deal. A couple more showers as you head off to the west. Notice where it is a little bit colder you could see a couple of wet flakes or even a little bit of sleet and that will be possible again later on tonight as the last bit of precipitation heads on out and temperatures fall a little bit. Count on a lot more rain headed your way for this afternoon and into the evening. For now temperatures up into the 30s. 39 for college park. Temperatures stay in the mid 40s and it will be drier and breezy. A cup of stray showers until this afternoon when more rain heads your way. 44 by 5 00. Beverly time for timesaver traffic. A couple of issues. A problem on the green line, a power issue for metro rail commuters. Between branch avenue and naylor road. New crash 95 at bw parkway. That is tying up the right lane. Quite a jam up. As far as the maryland beltway is con
Are you ready for some football . Florida state and auburn ready for the championship game. Josh is at the rose bowl for all the action tonight. All good morning, america. Oh, that gets you ready. With Robin Roberts on the base this morning. Happy monday, happy new year, everyone. Hope you had a great vacation. Josh there in pasadena for the big game tonight. Were all back from our vacations as well. Robin, yours was not all peace and quiet. Broke a little news. It wasnt exactly breaking news for family and friends and others. Yes, well share that later. Were all going to share some of our vacation plans and photos. I know people at home cant wait for that. Really, the big story. What everyone is talking about. The freezing, freezing cold weather. Look at the roads. Looks like something out of ice road truckers. By tomorrow, every state in the lower 48 will be below zero. Thats something. Our extreme weather team out in force on the roads and in the airports this morning. And ginger wi