HUNTINGTON — Temperatures dropped by 30 degrees early Friday morning and a few inches of snow fell, and the wind chill of minus 2 degrees took its toll on the
reagan national airport 73 in annapolis. clare air to the western mountains. 64 in cumberland. cooler air to the west in the mountains. a lull in action and then things will pick up later this afternoon. partly sunny skies for the forecast. sunshine will act as fuel for the showers and thunderstorms later this afternoon. 77-82 for the afternoon high. a beautiful morning around the beltway. there was overnight construction at university boulevard but that has been stopped. the beltway near 95, there were restrictions around the exit to northbound 395 but that will be gone soon. headlights in this camera a car northbound 95 out of newington getting up to the beltway. looks nice on the beltway at route 4. looks good on the beltway at 270. looks good out of tysons. new this morning, the principal at the center of an infamous suspension has resigned. dr. karen spillman stepped down days after suspending a student who ran onto the football field in a banana costume. the super
to. thank you for waking up with fox 5 morning news. i m sarah simmons. i m allison seymour. steve is off today. let s say good morning to tucker barnes. he has been watching the forecast for us. i would like to say it is going to be pretty but it doesn t sound pretty. no, not pretty. you two are pretty. this weather is not pretty. we can t do enough to make everything pretty. hang in there. today will be another one of those days where we re talking thunderstorms, lots of humidity, lots of gray, you know, maybe two moments of sunshine. that will be about it. i want to get right to our vipir and show you have is that is one of our radar systems. sounds ominous. i know it does. it sounds cool. check out these showers and thunderstorms just to the south and west of the city. some of these storms have been on the strong side already this morning and many counties here including parts of fauquier county, stafford county, king george county, viewerrers down in view
or stay out? gma exclusive. the sisters of amanda knox make what they hope will be their last visit to her in prison, as they wait to see if she will finally go free or stay behind bars. and the pooch who brought an entire interstate to a standstill, all caught on tape. mango the dog s great escape. and what finally brought her home. lock the door in mango s house today. that was something else. it was. on the west coast. but what a start also to that michael jackson trial. just hearing that tape is so eerie. and the prosecutors came right out of the box with that horrifying picture of michael jackson dead. the entire courtroom shocked and transfixed. there was no warning. boom. it was up so quickly. and a major development in another story we ve been tracking. the husband of susan powell, losing custody of his two sons to his missing wife s parents. and the decision on permanent custody could come today. another couple booted from the ballroom. we re going
we begin with breaking news out of virginia tonight. the principal who suspended a student for wearing a banana costume and running on to the football field has resigned. karen spillman is out in stafford, virginia. the freelance star and local reports she handed in her resignation at a school board mao meeting tonight. she suggested the suspension of brian thompson for the school year. but after the story was picked up by national organizations the school reinstated him and issued an apology. an assistant superintendent will take over. jim vance has the night off. i m doreen gentzler. now to the amazing sight on top of the national monument today. the first worker climbed out on the washington monument just before 10:00 a.m. while crowds of people watched from hundreds of feet below. the first steps in an effort to assess the exterior damage to the monument from the earthquake. the monument is 555 feet tall, the equivalent of 170 meters, it was the world s tallest building