we'll check in with julie wright for more in just a second. i'm sarah simmons. >> i'm melanie alnwick. thank you for joining us whether one of our regulars or checking in from out of town. >> glad to have you glad to have tucker as well. >> lots of layers particularly early this morning. temperatures are falling back into the low to mid-30s. we are 35 in town. it will feel cold today. we have sunshine early but we'll cloud up and then eventually things are going to get windy later this afternoon as we have this arctic front that we've been talking about coming in. >> i have my layers ready to go. i know what it is going to feel like. >> not as cold as it was four years ago. >> it will be on the brisk side. >> just north of chicago, there is this arctic front that will be working its way towards us a little later this afternoon. that will set us up for a very cold week. today will be the warmest of this entire week for us with temperatures expected to be in the low to mid-40s. we might make it to 45 degrees for a few hours today as the winds wi

let's check in with julie wright now. >> there is a live picture of the 14th street bridge. we are noticing that our closure points are already in position at this time. traffic is are being diverted out of the express lanes coming northbound out into the main line here. traffic will not have access to come into the third street tunnel across the mall. you will be diverted onto the southeast-southwest freeway. already closed this morning, that third street tunnel, and the ninth street tunnel and 12th street tunnel as well. 66 coming across the tr bridge, but keep in mind, that point at constitution avenue will be blocked off at 23rd and third street until later on today. they have blocked access coming across lower 14th headed across the mall. the freeway remains open but you will be denied access to and from the tunnels tomorrow morning. lanes are open with no accidents to report as you make your way around the capital beltway. metro is your better bet headed into downtown this morning. mo metro is running extended service just for you. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time

we'll go now to julie wright. you think a lot of people will be figuring out what boots will go with their ball gowanus tonight? >> you and i would not have trouble with that. >> not at all. >> but man is it going to be cold out there. right now, what you need to know traveling into downtown, which i strongly suggest to you to heed the warnings. we have reporters live downtown telling out the same thing. use metro this morning. tr brim remains open at this time but they are did i haveing traffic over to pennsylvania avenue and over toward the whitehurst freeway. 14th street bridge is open right now. here is the southeast-southwest freeway. traffic is denied access to and from the third street tunnel from both the freeway and new york avenue. you are denied access to the third street tunnel. it remains closed at this time. coming across the 14th street bridge, you are denied access onto lower 14th street. all traffic coming out of the main line will be forced over to southeast-southwest freeway. metro, your way to

. >>> time to check in with julie wright. julie wright, how's our commute this morning? >>reporter: so far so good, wisdom. no accidents to report just yet. nice and quiet on the roads as we continue to get the morning stretch and get out of bed. today is one of those days you don't want to get out of bed. 66 fair oaks heading inbound, incident free as you continue in toward the capitol beltway. you'll also find lanes open northbound on i-95, but traffic behaving nicely northbound out of staffford. no issues 610 headed out towards quantico. a nice easy trip south of 118 headed out towards rockville. here we are at the american legion bridge. outer loop looks great coming out of montgomery county. that's a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. >> thank you, julie. >>> late last night house lawmakers approved a fiscal cliff deal. it will avoid tax hikes for middle class americans and delays across the board spending cuts. >> the bill is now on its way to president obama who is expected to sign the bill into law. fox 5's melanie alwick is live on capitol hill this morning wi

let's get to julie wright with the traffic. >> here we are live. this happens to be 50 courtesy of the folk up in sky fox. no problems between landover and andrews. southbound baltimore-washington parkway, the incident has cleared. we have problems with metrorail this morning. the green-yellow line experiencing delays due to a switch problem at long tonight plaza. allow extra time there. southbound 270, nice and clear right now. no travel spots to report leaving germantown headed out towards the split. dulles toll road still in good shape leaving 28 for the beltway. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. e traffic. >> thank you. >>> a woman in ohio dubbed the cleaning fairy is arrested again. this time, for shoveling a snowy sidewalk in front of a stranger's house. 53-year-old susan warren is believe toed to be behind the act. now, back in may, she broke into a home, cleaned it up a bit while the home owner was upstairs sleeping. she left a $75 bill on a nap kip. she was sentenced to one-euro probation for breaking and entering. her latest a

julie wright is in with your latest. >> i know you said i was back. i was like where was i yesterday. >> your voice wasn't back yet. >> it is a little froggy still. here is this big hole in the road that you were talking about that you encountered on your way to work. the 20-inch water main break. there is ongoing repairs that we can see from jason's shot live now at the scene. this is tying up 355 between bradley boulevard and willard avenue. traffic is able to squeeze by to the right both southbound and northbound on 355 wisconsin avenue but this will tieen your commute for those traveling from the capital beltway headed southbound through bethesda. you may want to think about alternate routes which include connecticut avenue. 395 still in good shape in both ine headed north from duke street up to the 14th street bridge. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. e traffic. >> thank you. >>> justin bieber is speaking out about the tram you can death of a photographer hit by a car and killed after taking pictures of the singer's sports car. >> the

. >>> time now to welcome back julie wright and on time traffic. >> hello, lady. rest room it's kind of difficult getting up at 2:15 when you're used to getting home at 2:15. >> welcome to 2013. >>reporter: i'm off kilter here. all right, guys. if you're traveling south along 270, we're off to a quiet start. i know we gotta get back into the swing of it. kids going back-to-school and you got a get back to work. germantown heading toward the american legion bridge, traffic flowing on the outer loop and inner loop of the beltway. traffic flowing freeley leaving fair oaks continuing in toward the capitol beltway. northbound 95 nice and easy right now both the express lanes up toward the beltway. that's a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. >> all right, julie, thank you. >>> and now to a news alert this morning. late last night the house approved a bill to avoid the so- called fiscal cliff and the measure is now on its way to president obama for him to sign. >> if the president and congress fail to act, the billions of tax hikes and spending cuts were set to take ef

let's do some traffic and get the latest from julie wright. she can't have any up in because she is very busy. >> you got that right. melanie alnwick reporting live from the scene of this crash on the inner loop of the beltway where it occurred south of 50 the january hanson highway involving a prince george's fire department truck, another suv and the tractor-trailer. a couple of vehicle wound up into the jersey wall doing damage here with alet of debris spread out on the outer loop. what this means for your inbound commute this morning is that traffic is squeezing by in each direction as you travel to and from landover. this is part of that fire thack that -- truck that made it over the jersey wall. these large chunks of debris spread out across the beltway. they have to get that cleaned up. they have to get the vehicle back up on its wheels to pull it out of the way. there will be a lengthy investigation so folks traveling on the east side of town this morning, heed the warning. wake up early and plan on using 295. that's a check of your fo

let's check in now with traffic with julie wright. >> all right. already starting to hear from a lot of folk around the listening and viewing area about the icy conditions that they are encountering. craig said icy conditions for his commute traveling through waldorf so heads up along 301 and 5 trying to make your way out towards brandywine and out to the capital beltway. make sure you have plenty of wiper fluid. not a bad idea to top that off before you leave home. may need an ice scraper today. we're also hearing of icy conditions out in winchester and leesburg. icy conditions reported down in stafford along 610 and 95. accident reported before you reach quantico. that wreck already pulled to the shoulder. northbound 395 coming across the 14th street bridge. doing the bridge check here because the bridges, ramps and overpasses freeze before anything else. some have been pretreated for you. here we are live at the american legion bridge with traffic continuing to travel with ease. no mention of any problems at this time here but that will change a

julie wright has your traffic. we'll do it right after the break.  >>> welcome back to fox 5 morning news. happy friday, everyone. january18th, 2013. live lock outside and things appear to be pretty calm right now. also, tucker tells us there is going to be some sunshine. we'll see that. it will make an appearance. it will rejoin us. >> it has been a while. >> after a long absence. sunshine has been a bit of a stranger around these parts. >> a special guest appearance. it will be here all weekend. here for a three-day stay. actually more than three days but the sun won't warm us up starting monday so there you go. >> only doing a three day a week job. >> it needs a couple of days. wants to be down in florida with the warmer temperatures. let's do some temperatures. we are done with that storm if we can call it that from yesterday. didn't impact us here a whole lot in the immediate washington area. 38 in town. 37 in annapolis. places like leonardtown, you are 32 degrees. we'll get close to f

let's do some traffic and julie wright. good morning. >> on the roads this morning, the big story occurred last night. a 20-inch water main break is what we're talking about. that continues to tie up your commute along wisconsin avenue in each direction between bradley boulevard and willard avenue. so again this morning, you will find traffic able to squeeze by to the right both north and southbound. but the repairs are ongoing. this is what you are waking up to. if you typically travel 355 wisconsin avenue from the capital beltway, start thinking of your alternate routes. connecticut avenue, even the beltway head over to river road in your destination is d.c. this will impact the drive. we are anticipating slower than usual traffic volumes and delays coming southbound on the beltway and coming often the beltway to go southbound along 355. we are checking out the camera right now here at bradley and so far traffic volume working in our favor. there is no delay. we'll find that lanes are open southbound on 270, volume increa

thank you, tucker. >> time now to check in with julie wright. she will tell us how this is affecting the morning commute. we know it is an interesting one because any time we get any kind of weather, there is drama on the roads. >> i know. the people want all the snow and they get it and they tweet me, what's going on the roads? well, you asked for it. can to show you l up as many what you are welcome backing up to. this is southbound 270 coming in out of hyattstown. according to police, they've already cleared it over to the shoulder n this area, you can clearly see you are just kind of following the track from the person in front of you. you are able to map train both lanes headed southbound out towards clarkburg. the ramps are questionable as well. -- you are able to maintain both lanes head southbound out towards clarkburg. the clicker has decided for the to work right now. we had accident activity reported inner loop of the beltway near 202 on the left side of the highway. inbound new york avenue, that is pretty much a clear wet pavement as

looking good. >> time now to check in with julie wright. she has a look at on-time traffic. >> just a reminder, if you ever want to get in touch with tucker, just tweet him at fox 5 weather. >> so if you are mad about the forecast. >> we are in the business of communication. 395 here at duke street, we have the lanes open in both the express lanes and main line headed out to the 14th street bridge. no problems to report on the inner loop headed from annandale towards merrifield. 66 traffic behaving nicely coming in out of manassas and you will find yourself at speed leaving bladensburg road headed in towards the third street tunnel. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. traffic. >> thank you. >>> this year's flu season is just packing a powerful punch rapidly spreading across the country. in boston, officials have declared a public health emergency after 700 cases have been confirmed. that is compared to just 70 cases in all of last year. >>> in maryland, more than 2300 people have been diagnosed with the flu and doctors say this se

let's do some traffic and get the latest from julie wright. she has the latest on your freeway roadways. >> we started off with the crew in sky fox. eastbound along the icc after layhill road, the accident activity continues to block the two left lanes. not too much of a backup as you travel between shady grove road and i-95. definitely something to watch out for. inner loop of the beltway traveling out of oxon hill, heavy volume continues from before 295 over to the brim. i have a stalled tractor- trailer on the right shoulder but again causing a tie-up in those through lanes as you travel between maryland and virginia. now, we'll go to the maps and show you what else is happening out there on the roads. busy ride as you can see starting to slow out of urbana. you are down to about 31 miles per hour headed out to urbana and the truck scaled but then above speed out of germantown headed south towards gaithersburg and rockville. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> d.c. school officials have released their plan to consolidate 15 sc

let's do some traffic and julie wright has all things traffic for you this morning. a very busy drive around town and we are strongly encouraging to you take metro this morning. versus trying to make that trip into downtown. let me start off quickly and show you what is happening out here on the roads. southbound baltimore-washington parkway near powder mill road, accident involving one vehicle overturned tying up the left lane both north and southbound. marc is running on a modified schedule this morning. special service available for those on the brunswick and penn lines. if we have the cameras, we'll pop them up for you. if you are traveling into downtown, you need to know what you can aened cannot do. the 14th street bridge is open across the potomac. all traffic being diverted over to the southeast-southwest freeway. there are closures from the third street tunnel between new york avenue and the southeast- southwest prey. tr bridge open for business headed into d.c. but they did i have are the you over to pennsylvania avenue and the whitehurst freeway at this ti

let's do some traffic and get the latest from julie wright. >> you are right. both hands on the steering wheel. my trip coming in along 270 out of gaithersburg, right at that point of the lane divide, you're right the wind is just gusting. you are a like whoa, hold on to the steering wheel. there is a portion of porter street shut down between connecticut avenue and beach drive. the flooding is causing problems along clopper road at first field. only the left lane is able to get by o woodfield road, shut down each way at churchill downs. this is all due to flooding. outer loop of the beltway at river road, traffic rolling freely. you will find your lanes are open if you are continuing on the northbound side of georgia avenue. southbound between aspen hill road and hewitt. that is where we have the water main break. stay to the left to get by. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. traffic. >>> service on the green line is back to normal finally after a messy rush hour commute. the green line experienced power problems causing several delays and leaving p

let's do traffic and find out if jewel wree wright is still here -- julie wright is still here. >> we'll show you what's happening out here on the roads. traveling along 66, still have delays to deal with. there is a police investigation and tony made mention of this. 123 now shut down in each direction for an on going investigation of a possible explosive device. be aware of this area. 123 each way. we'll continue with the cameras and pop them up for you. no big problems at the wilson bridge. we mentioned 66. heavy and slow east of fair oaks for the capitol beltway with the lanes open. top side of the beltway better than expected. easy over towards 270. southbound baltimore parkway, lanes are open. that's a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. >> lights out for another old school light bulb in the new year. 75 watt incandescent bulbs can be made or imports. retailer can sell existing stock until they run out but phasing out bulbs in favor of led. they were retired last year. 60 and 40 watt bulbs are okay but phased outcome next year 2014. >> take the 60 watt. it's a classic. tucker says

let's see how we're kicking off traffic with julie wright. hopefully better than yesterday. >> off day better start but we are dealing with tree debris, wires down. this is a portion of porter street blocked off in each direction between connecticut and beach. that is due to trees and wires down across the highway. no one able to get through. 66 in the clear so far from fair oaks headed inbound from the capital beltway. interstates, i don't think will be a problem for you. northbound i-59 in the clear as well as you travel the main lines through woodbridge. the guy changing the flat tire squeezing tire. we are dealing with standing water. we have that along k street near 27th street near the whitehurst freeway. we have some problems for those traveling up in montgomery county. beach drive remains shut down between 410 and the d.c. line due to flooding and westbound clopper road west of first field, only the right lane getting by. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >> thank you. >>> bigger is better when it comes to car safety appar

speaking of close to perfect, let's do traffic and julie wright. >> aww. >> i meant the redskins julie. >>> you know -- it's a good thing we're like family here. tucker being my older brother. westbound on 50. earlier incident kennel worth avenue. that has cleared. accident reported at 4 10 as you leave the capitol beltway. inbound 11th street bridge no accidents there just volume. let's continue with the cameras. show you the delay there. 395 across the 14th street bridge heavy volume. and crossing over the potomic. now on the utter loop. the delay headed to georgia. don't forget water main break repairs between bradley boulevard. only the right lane gets by. that's a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. >> thank you very much. as we enter the new year there are bound to be changes in washington whether it's in politics or sports. for the past three years bob mccartney has offered his annual predictions quiz. bob joins us this morning for a look at 2013 predictions. >> happy new year, tony. >> it's a fun column all the time. before we look at this year's predictions, let's look back a

let's do traffic and get advice from julie wright about the roadways. julie? >> the best advice i can give you now avoid i-95 in maryland. the live shot from the crew in skyfox. crash involving this vehicle, which appears the front part of this vehicle is underneath the back of this tractor-trailer. we know one person has been extracted and been taken and transported away from the scene. northbound i-95, no one getting by at this time, traveling north of 216 at the car rest area. delays starting to building from before 198 headed to this accident scene. coming in from powder mill road in laurel this morning, stick with the baltimore washington parkway headed towards baltimore bwi marshall. southbound lanes are open. but this is wall to wall traffic northbound on i-95 in maryland headed to that accident accident, north of 216 at the car rest area. traveling around -- signal light lanes only to the 3rd street tunnel. lanes open, no problems at the bridge. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. >>> thanks, julie. the biggest party in america kicks off thi

here's julie wright. and while julie is talking we'll say why we were giggling. >> i want to know the secret. >>> we'll pull up this camera here. i wanted to show you this earlier. now we can see the road has been treated and traffic is able to get through. this is southern maryland where tucker was talking about. a lot of the storm hit overnight. traffic is moving once again. unfortunately, a number of accidents have popped up. we have in charles county the accident along 301 as you continue to make your way up towards small wood road. let's continue now and show you what else is happening out here on the highways. if you are travel the outleter loop you are below speed. college park around georgia avenue. streets have been treated. southbound 95 headed south towards 198 and 212 to the beltway. also backed up with a 40 minute commute out of laurel. ramps and overpasses are still questionable. lanes are open. delays continue from the beltway to king street crossing over the 14th street bridge. that's off

let's go to julie wright. she's got the latest on your on- time traffic. >> for the record, i did not make fun of you. >> thank you. the reports i'm getting from viewers, it was allison and tucker specifically. >> i just asked for your parking spot. >> boy. i wasn't that sick. >> move your feet, you lose your seat. [ laughter ] >> southbound kenilworth avenue, pennsylvania avenue for the accident. left side is blocked off. queens chapel dealing with a water main break. repairs are ongoing. 50 the accident at 197 cleared. traffic slows leaving 410 river dale heading to the northeast. lanes are open traveling the outer loop of the beltway trying to get past georgia avenue. earlier incident has cleared. checking for accident activity, i think up the roadway headed to germantown. 117 the long draft. westbound lanes remain closed at this time. traveling west on 66, lanes open. below speed in manassas and leaving fair oaks to 123 with an incident on the shoulder. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. >>> th

i heard a little eek from julie wright over there. >> julie and i are the only two people would don't care whether we see another flake of snow in our life. >> you're right. dry pavement right now. i even woke up at midnight just to check the roads. i was a little scared. dry pavement out of clarkszburg to accompany this trip out of clarkburg and making your way out to rockville. -- dry pavement out of clarksburg. we do have one little hitch in our get along. this is northbound 28 shut down at new braddock road because of a crash. southbound, your lanes are open. 66 still at speed coming in from haymarket to the beltway. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> president obama and first lady michelle obama found room for a little down time last night ahead of monday's inauguration ceremonies. they celebrated mrs. obama's birthday with dinner at cafe milano. surprised patrons had to go through a security checkpoint. >>> we are just three days out from all of the pomp and circumstance. >> today, more than 6,000 national guard personnel will be deployed inside the district to he

now we want to check in with julie wright. she has the latest road closures and the situation with the parking lots. >> good morning. this is a live picture from the crew in sky fox over the greenbelt metro. strongly encouraging everyone to take metro. this lot about 40, 45% full. that's what we're noticing. the crew was over the new carrollton stop. a lot of folks are taking metro. but it's going to be difficult for you to get a parking. get there now because we want you to get a place to park. so again, a lot of people making their way into that stop at this time. all right, downtown, a number of our streets across the mall remain closed off at this time. this happens to be the camera shot at 7th and e. there are police out there to help direct traffic but the buses are helping drop off folks. that's going to be what we're finding downtown. 14th street bridge, traffic being diverted. still open but either to the white hurts freeway or pennsylvania avenue. that's a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. >> thanks, julie. of cou

and julie wright, she has a big smile on her face. i don't know if that's because she's happy or about to make fun of me. >> i usually am happy when i'm making fun of you. i'll let it slide right now. traffic flowing freely between college park and your exits in silver spring. we have trouble if you are heading north in baltimore. accident activity involving the overturned tractor-trailer. northbound traffic being diverted off at belfast. here we are live at the american legion bridge, traffic flowing freely between 270 and tyson's. no issues reported here. southbound 270 still in the clear. an easy start to our friday eve is what i like to call it, wisdom, as you travel down towards the beltway. 66 coming in, no problems headed towards vienna. 66 closer to the tr bridge, nice, easy commute right now crossing over the potomac. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. e traffic. >>> the virginia general assembly met for its first meeting ever the year yesterday. during the governor's state of the commonwealth, mcdonnell said the g

time now to check in with julie wright. >> kind. busy for a friday morning. it started off with an accident and another crash and a vehicle fire and that is what we are alooking at right now along 95 southbound. v-d.o.t. just turned that camera around. we had the remains of the fire after dale city tying up the right shoulder and then we had the stalled vehicle. light traffic volume right now headed out towards stafford and fredericksburg. no trouble spots for report as you travel out of dale city in both the main line and express lanes continuing out towards woodbridge. you will find lanes are open continuing out to the third street tunnel. outbound at south dakota avenue, we had reports of a stalled vehicle. earlier this morning, there was a serious crash. two people medevaced away from the scene. 97 up in westminster remains closed off in each direction at liberty road. this closure will be in place throughout the remopped are of the morning drive. no one getting by 97 at liberty road until further notice. -- this closure will be in place throughout the re

>> busy day for julie wright. running and eating. >> inner loop of the beltway. big tie ups with an earl yish incident cleared on the inner loop westbound 4. authorities checking for the crash at this location. southbound 270 down to 31 miles an hour. as you travel out of rockville, 29 miles an hour. almost at speed now at 53 miles an hour. show you what's happening here. eastern avenue heavy slow and steady out towards the 11th street bridge. lanes are open with heavy volume out of centerville leaving fair oaks and traffic slows at the beltway. that's a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. >> thank you so much. it is a wednesday morning and we're happy you are with us. coming up next, ever wonder what those antiques hanging around your house are worth? now is your chance to find out. >> reporter: good morning. one of the many things going on at this year's washington winter show. one of the premiere antique shows on the east coast. we're getting a wonderful preview this morning at american university. if you like that thrill of a find, you are going to like this

let's do some traffic and get the latest in julie wright. i'm hearing you might not have anywhere to go for the redskin game. you are welcome to come to my house. of a -- i've got a 26-inch rca. what's wrong with that? >> i didn't know if would fit in a tent. smoketown road at gideon drive, here is the accident scene. this one involves a police cruiser. there is an ongoing investigation at this time. gideon drive is blocked off. no one can cross over smoketown at this point. some traffic is able to squeeze by to the left and to the right. so again, be very cautious of this as you travel along smoketown road. but a lengthy investigation anticipated. police tell us this will be there for a while. checking for a crash near the franconia springfield parkway. traveling eastbound 66, no trouble spots to report coming inbound from fair oaks. southbound 270, lanes are open out of hyattstown. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. e traffic. >> thank you. >>> a montgomery county elementary school is overenrolled by hundreds of students and som

for that we go to julie wright. >> julie, i finally got the girls coats. >> after all these years. [ laughter ] >> beetle bailey doesn't like a coat. he pulls at it. >> i have to try. it's so cold. >> i know, it's freezing. traveling on 95 traveling to and from 212 and the capital beltway, flowing freely. lighter than usual follow for friday. nobody complaining about that. we have to take what we can expect this afternoon, yesterday morning. plan your trip accordingly. friday afternoons are busy travel days. a lot of traffic. so you're late for dinner that sort of of thing, plan accordingly. have a full tank of gas, wiper fluid and maybe call the baby- sitter to be on the safe side. lanes are open 395 coming across the 14th street bridge with an easy drive so far this morning. no problems to report southbound 270. this is a slow stretch, and it's not that bad. approaching and passing 109 to the scales. 55out of germantown headed to the split. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. >>> julie, thank you very much. 7:17. making headlines, smooth sailing for senator john kerry. t

just what i know our friend julie wright and wisdom martin like. they like more weather. >> mother nature is such a tease though. you know where we're going back to. >> i know. february is almost here so i know what is in store for us. >> let's check in with julie wright to see what is in store out on the roadways i don't i'm just going to hibernate until april. all right. trouble on the roads early this morning. northbound route one in virginia as you approach 123, accident activity tying up at late two lanes. we'll show you what else is happening here on the roads. 395 across the 14th street bridge, easy drive right now with no issues reported. outser loop of the beltway at speed leaving college park trying to get past colesville road. both 95 and 295 clear traveling between bwi marshall and the capital beltway. northbound i-95, no issues here in virginia in both the express lane and main line. traffic is a little bit below speed coming flu woodbridge but lanes are open headed out through the beltway. a little bit of fog to contend with this morn

let's check in with julie wright now. wright now. >> all right, you guys. accident out here are starting to pepper our commute. and this is what we're finding westbound on 50 as you make your way over towards the bay bridge. only one right leap is able to get by at this time. delays are starting to form back at piney creek, exit 40 headed westbound on 50 headed over to the bay bridge and out towards this accident scene. bridges, ramps and overpasses are what we're concerned with. they tend to freeze before anything else. it take a while for you guys to get out there and mick with the chemicals and help break up the snow. we do have problems to report northbound on i-95. three separate incidents between quantico appear dale city have cleared. tie-ups include the trip new stafford leaving aquia harbor headed up through 234. now leaving newington headed up towards 395. hov leap are in better shape as you continue northbound. no problems to report on the beltway between annandale and merrifield. eastbound 66 in the clear with just wet pavement coming in out of

. >> we have one more thing before we get to julie wright. the flooding in parts of the area means some changes for some schools in our area. in virginia, shenandoah county public schools are closed because of high water. an also culpeper county public schools are delayed for two hours because of road flooding. >> let's check in with julie wright to get the latest on traffic. traffic. >> you think you'd get used to it by now. this is what i know. two water rescues in progress rye now. sky fox happens to be over the one chosest to damascus. you can see the standing water. crew trying to get out there and rest could that vehicle t doesn't matter how much water water you think there may be. the problem is especially at this hour, you come up to standing water, don't down, turn around. we had a couple of water rescues last night and we are having one this morning. also brighton dam road, another water rescue in progress this morning. we a lot of roads that are flooded as more people get out and about. piper lane and negotiateville road in manassa

julie wright is here. i know she is here and she has the traffic coming up after the break.  >>> i'm so happy i get to say that it is friday. you may not be so happy with what we have in store later on today. we'll talk with tucker in a second about that. first, school closings and delays to tell you about because of the winter weather. >> in virginia, culpeper county schools are closed. king george county schools are closed today with code two for 12 month employees. page county public schools are closed. twelve month employees are asked to report at 8:00 a.m. >> spotsylvania county public schools are closed today. code two for 12 month employees. stafford county public schools closed today. orange county public schools are delayed for two hours. >> the federal government is open today. employees can take unscheduled leave or telework again today. we'll have a lot to stay on top of throughout the morning. you can get the most up to date list by heading to myfoxdc.com and it is als

let's check some with traffic nowant julie wright. >> we had some problems out here. the weather not helping our commute for those along marc brunswick line. we are told you can anticipate at least an hour delay on marc brunswick trains. metro will honor your tickets. out here on the roads behind me, this is 395 at duke street. for the most part, just anticipating some precipitation here. we've had two separate accidents before and after quantico so already delays are forming at 610 head north up towards dumfries. this is northbound i-95 here in wood brim. this is that delay in the main line that i just mentioned headed out of woodbridge. brings, ramps and overpasses, that is what we're concerned with. i got a number of tweets coming in talking about how the ramp to and from the beltway are still slippery. i saw a number of truck on my drive in this morning on stand- by to help give you some traction. if you get behind a play train or salt truck rain, allow them to do their job. it will give you some traction. looking through the rain, this is like a nice little icicl

julie wright is here. i mean she's right here, right over here. she'll have the traffic right after the break. e break.  >>> welcome back on this friday. live look over washington, d.c., waking up to an easy day, should be out there on the roads. we don't have anything standing in your way. so it should be pretty decent out there for your morning commute, right, tuck in. >> weatherwise we're fine. we do have showers back in the forecast this afternoon. i think after 1:00 or 2:00, we'll get some scattered showers. we are talking about a very spring-like weekend with temperatures well into the 60s by sunday. showers moving in, again, not this morning. morning commute, kids going to the bus stop, that kind of thing, the next couple of hours, we'll be dry. but certainly in time for the afternoon commute, we'll have showers around here and enough to wet the roadways. 40 at reagan national. 38 in annapolis, 32 this morning in leonardtown. we are watching parts of the region fall below freezing. 0 in manassas. 32 in frederick. high temperatures tod

. >>> time now to check in with julie wright to see how the commute is going. >> not too bad. we had accident activity westbound on 50 near 24 in davidsonville. they've moved that over to the shoulder so the lanes are open. if you are traveling inbound on 50 leaving i-97. traffic volume a little bit heavier than what you're used to but no incidents to complicate matters. you will find lanes are open if you are continuing along 214 headed inbound towards the beltway. we'll continue now with the maps. we'll show what you is happening northbound along i- 95. lanes are open, the pace is good as you continue to aquia harbor. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. traffic. >> thank you. >>> some of this morning's top stories, a parental nightmare. >> a day care employee is accused of abusing a small child and it is all caught on camera. police say 19-year-old jonathan cummings admits he kicked a 2- year-old boy out of day care. the alleged incident happened last friday. turns out the day care is unlicensed. the parents of the boy say as many as 30 to 40 children were at the h

i think julie wright will take it as well. this is as close as we are going to get to 08 right now. >> i always like it when gwen works. it gets warmer, the sun comes out. >> there is a trend here. >> don't you want to wake up at 2:00 every morning? here is our live shot of southbound 95, traffic at 198, the overnight construction cleared. no problems between landover and college park. for the most part, major arteries looking good. still could find a little slick spot here and there on the secondary roads but we are starting out well above freezing so i don't think this will be an issue for you this morning. fog definitely will be so allow some extra time on the roads. traffic continues to roll with ease continuing out towards the 14th street bridge. your commute eastbound along 66 nice and easy coming in out of manassas. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. traffic. >>> a big story we are following this morning, president obama will be in nevada today to announce his plan on immigration reform. >> the trip comes jus

reality check. >> weird weather. >> thank you, gwen. >> let's go to julie wright. she's going to love the next two days. don't put away the sweaters. >> julie has her open toes today. >> and that mini sweater. >> allison. >> go ahead. i'll tell her. >> tony needs his own ask allison segment. in the beltway, the delays forming back 210 headed toward the bridge. this is with all of the lanes open. show you what else we have out here on the roadways. been quite busy. problems now inbound new york avenue. we have the stalled car tying up the right side. delays from 410 out of river dale. route 7 that's tying up the right side of the highway. average speed here coming in bound towards 123 down to 19 miles an hour. northbound on route 1 the water main break at north king's highway, stay to the left. and a quick peak at our cameras. delay in virginia off the northbound 395. traffic is heavy and slow all the way out towards seminary road. that's a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. >> in today's sports breakfast, wedding bells for a washington national. >> from charm cit

thanks thanks, tucker. >> let's go to julie wright. find out what's going on in traffic. >> i'm only standing here. wow. all right, guys. this is the big story this morning. this is the fire truck, tractor trailer and the suv that collided. the fire truck up on the roll back. unfortunately the tractor trailer still overturned. the cab heavily damaged. but again, stay to the left. both north and southbound 95 trying to get through landover. southbound traffic slowing from the bw parkway. quick peak in virginia and show you what's happening here. accident activity. and that's what was tying up to the left side of the roadway. the left lane still blocked. outer loop lanes are open. 66 eastbound you're tied up leaving 123 to the beltway. that's a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. >> thank you, julie wright. 748 now. coming up next. gems and jewelry on display for the first time ever. >> reporter: had to come check it out right? we are actually learning about mayan civilization. it is evident by this exhibit where we are live this mornin

. >> let's check in with julie wright now. she has a lot to talk about as far as the morning commute is concerned. >> the accident you mentioned occurred in the 3:00 hour. traffic is able to get by sickle file to the right on both the inner loop and outer loop of the beltway. what has been reopened are the ramps from other to exit op to 495, 95 and head southbound toward andrews. one lane is able to get by to the right in each direction. but on the east side of town, this is dim going to complicate things for you guys this morning as you travel between andrews and greenbelt in college park. better bet right now, i would suggest cutting through town. d.c. route 295 kept ill worth avenue will save you a lot of headache and you don't have to sit through the delays starting to build here on the east side of the beltway. beltway just south of 50, only the right lane getting by in each direction. quickly, let's pop up the cameras. if you are traveling on the beltway, you will find that lanes are open. no problems to report as you co

. >> let's check in with julie wright. >> we've already got some problems out there. tucker is talking about it being a dry snow which is good for clearing. once you get on the roadways especially with the chemicals that mix in, you will need the wiper fluid because the visibility goes like that. i got behind a tractor-trailer on my drive in to work. it get that light film but it is thick enough that you can't really see through it. northbound i-95 after 234 dumfries, two left lanes already tied up at the scene of this crash. center of the roadway blocked after that in dale city because of an incident. now, we are receiving word northbound there may be another problem closer to the beltway. let's go to the cameras. i want to show you what you're waking up to here on the roads. we are fining that our major arteries for the most part have been cleared shoulder to shoulder. love this camera angle. you can still see the snow that continues to fall at this point. shoulder to shoulder, major arteries have been cleared. coming inbound on wisconsin avenue, you would find that

. >> time now to check in with julie wright to see how the early morning commute is going. >> can we just get on board with mother nature and not have this happen during rush hour. i think that is the bigger problem. it is like this weekend nothing going on. no, we have to do it during rush hour. we are waking up to dry pavement. nothing happening here along 270. i noticed on my trip southbound coming in off the ramp from 124 and 117, there are at least four salt trucks there. so crews are on stand-by. they are ready for this precipitation. as gwen was mentioning, it is going to be a sloppy commute. you got to leave early and plan ahead. make sure you have plenty of wiper fluid and the ice scraper. that all helps. lanes are open with light volume on 95 and 295. coming across the american legion bridge, this is appear easy commute so far. remember, the bridges, ramps and overpasses freeze before anything so make note of that. northbound 95 out of woodbridge, no trouble spots to report right now. we are hearing of precipitation moving in from the west. northbound 95 as you continue up

. >> let's check in with julie wright for a check on other roadways out there. quite a mess out there. >> you are absolutely right. and just to take you back on what melanie is saying, so far so good. not as bad as what we expected. i don't want you to get that feeling of being too over confident. temperatures may be 34 right now. the elevated passages, bridges, ramps and overpasses tend to freeze before anything else. northbound i 95, this is where earlier this morning we had a lot of icy conditions reported out towards springfield. icy conditions continue to plague our commute. 38 miles an hour headed out toward. there's always that one person driving too fast. and unfortunately we'll be talking about that person later on. we've had problems with the railroad gates out there along 29 gainsville road. that issue has been fixed. here we are live at new hampshire avenue. trafb no problems between college park and silver spring. 295 still slow. that's a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. >> thank you, julie. and you can stay on top of today's weather with the fo

let's do traffic and get the latest from julie wright. i've got ribs over here. >> the longest weather report ever. i just want a rib and he's talking forever. talking about the game, i do want you to know i am supporting you guys who are going. the gates open four hours, parking gates open four hours ahead of the game and stadium gates two hours ahead of the game. here come my ribs. yummy. traffic first. westbound 214, central avenue before of the beltway, the crash. eastbound 66, crash is before the beltway. that's what was tying up the second lane from the right and slowing you down. you guys did that on purpose. that was a nice redskins logo there. you missed that. second lane on the blocked. drive safe and have a great weekend. >>> congress avoids the fiscal cliff temporarily, and a lot of new members on capitol hill. john roberts is sitting in for chris wallace and joins me live from atlanta for a preview of the show sunday. good morning, john, good to see you. >> good morning to you, tony. what do you think of 2013 so far in congre

. >> you know what else is coming, julie wright. >>> i was going to say you don't take the heat. you bring the heat, girl. >> okay. >> 66 eastbound coming from from manassas still an easy drive. no problems to report leaving manassas headed inbound towards fair oaks and out towards 123. you will find your lanes are open on the beltway where we had overnight construction near arlington boulevard and again near rou 7. all of that has cleared. no problems to report now northbound on 395 and 95 as you travel from the occoquan headed out to the pentagon. lanes are open and traffic running smoothly each way. north of town, all lanes are open between college park and bethesda. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. e traffic. >> thank you. >>> our big story we are following this morning, a bipartisan deal for our nation's immigration reform. >> just one day after a joint deal was announced by lawmakers, president obama is heading to nevada to announce his plan. melanie a.-- alnwick has that story. >> the president's trip to vegas is to unveil his plan for immigration reform. eigh

julie wright is excited for the big game this weekend. aren't you? >> uh-huh. let's start off talking to the crew in sky fox. northbound along 16th street approaching 4 10rbg the east- west highway, this is where we have the crash involving the overturned vehicle. -- approaching 410, the east- west highway. tow truck on the scene. this car, as you can see, overturned on its side, that little suv this didn't make it through the intersection. anticipate a slow reid on the northbound side of 16th street headed in the direction of the beltway. a few moments ago, sky fox was above this scene. this is the water main break. repairs are ongoing as we speak. a 120-inch water main break occurred last night traveling between bradley boulevard and willard avenue. you will find the repairs are happening as we speak. the right lane is getting by both northbound and southbound. this is our inbound commute for folks headed out from the capital beltway. so start thinking about your alternate routes early. pick up connecticut avenue or even use the beltway at river road as an al

first look at on-time traffic on this redskins friday, here is julie wright. hey, julie. >> this is the closest -- i don't have anything burgundy and gold. i apologize. >> can you go shopping afterwards. >> to follow up on what sarah was just reporting, there is a closure point on the southbound stretch of route 50 south of the beltway there. no one automobile to get by on the southbound side of the highway. manchester over to old branch road will be your workaround. better news here, wisconsin avenue at bradley. yesterday, we had to deal with the water main break. lanes are open. i traveled this myself this morning coming south from the beltway out to the d.c. line. pretty smooth sailing right now. easy trip southbound 355 wisconsin avenue headed out towards chevy chase. lanes are open on the other side of town with no issues on northbound i-95. a nice, easy trip continuing out towards newington. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. traffic. >>> the state of the skins this morning, looking good as they head into the playoff bat until sunday at fedex

. >>> time now to check in with julie wright. she will help us and a half gate around the traffic tie-ups out in that area. >> we are doing our best. there are the live picture from the ground right there behind melanie. the fire truck and the tractor- trailer both still here overturned on that jersey wall. that is where we had a lot of debris that was spread out on the highway that they had to leer off the outer loop of the beltway. so again, just to reiterate when she said. if you are coming northbound on 95, 459 from andrews headed up towards landover, three right lanes are now available for you. if you are coming southbound from prince george's county leaving greenbelt, two right lanes are now able to get by. but again, callers have told me at least a 45-minute wait trying to get from 202 to 50. that is just one exit apart there. a 45-minute wait trying to get northbound on the outer loop of the beltway. now, very much a slow ride on both loops of the beltway with the inner loop starting to slow back at the baltimore- washing

julie wright joins us with that. >> sky fox live over what is the third water rescue of this morning. this is taking place along brighten dam road. they have the stick in the water. three feet of water. this is what scott graham was talking about. once that water gets above the doors, they have to go out there in a boat and rescue the victims. makes it very difficult with more water reported out there on the roads. again, if you see standing water, don't drown, turn around. that's what we keep telling you and we still continue to see people that get stuck out there. this happens to be a portion of brighton dam road. three foot of water here. all right. live to our cameras around town. accident activity. southbound gw parkway at 123. delays building. 3 25 inbound along the suitland parkway. the ramp to branch avenue. south capitol street and the douglas bridge. brie debris also a trouble this morning. beach drive between knolls avenue and connecticut avenue blocked off. interstates don't look too bad. 270 wide open but slowing out of gaithersburg. top stretch of 270 below speed. that's

julie wright. >>reporter: "here comes the sun that's how it would sound if barry white were singing it. you were doing that and i said, wisdom, john, paul, and then he started naming the books of the new testament. i can't help him. i can't help him, folks. i'm trying. mark, luke, yeah, whatever. on the dulles toll road, an accident before route 7. now it's the squeeze in the right lane as you guys work your way inbound this morning. heads up making your way in from wolf trap headed toward the capitol beltway. you want to stay to the left in order to get by. let's pull up the maps, other problems to deal with this morning. those traveling out of la plata, beantown road before you reach the 301 interchange for the accident, that's tying up the right side. we'll pick up the cameras once again and show you what's happening on the roads. outer loop on the beltway slowing past coldville road headed over to georgia avenue. that's a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. >> annually, thanks. >>> a reminder