temple is in annapolis tonight and so is our ducis rodgers. the preview of the owls conference title game. ducis. >> reporter: jeff, it's the biggest game of the season and a bigger game awaits if temple is able to win tomorrow. temple cop find itself in a new year's bowl game but head coach matt rhule does not want his team to look past navy just yet. coach rhule knows to get his hands this afternoon aac championship trophy he will have to find a way to stop navy's triple option offense. the midshipmen are second in the nation in rushing offense 342 yards per game. that number seems silly. they hung 75 points on smu just last week. >> they have 20 different ways to attack what you're doing and so when we go on the field tomorrow we know that they know what they're doing against us better than we know what we're doing against them and so we have to just hope your players make plays turn it into football and get off blocks and tackle 'cause at the end of the day that is what football is it's about getting off blocks and making tackles but i wou

temple packed their bags for annapolis maryland. temple, they could got get their ands on the american trophy last year, it's within reach again. >> you have had six straight wins. what's the difference? >> i think we have gotten better. we have put early pressure to the side, went back to playing ball and having fun. we try to play the philly temple style of football that's been good to us. >> temple wins this game if? >> if we play our best. >> more tomorrow morning on the temple play book here on "6abc." keep it here all day, semple-navy at noon. >> penn state also playing for a championship, nittany lions in the conference game. if penn state wins, they could end up in the college playoffs. >> we are excited to be here playing for the big ten championship. whatever happens, we'll be appreciative and blessed for whatever opportunity we get. >> penn state rung back barclay will play despite leaving last week with an >> carson wentz could be shart handed once again. jordan matthews misses practice today. he's questionable for sunda

live in annapolis with the owls, i'm ducis rodgers channel6 "action news." monica, back to you. >> thank you ducis. turning to our whether it finally felt like december today. sunny skies chilly winds though and you should probably keep your coats and scarves handy for the weekend. meteorologist cecily tynan here with our first check of the accuweather forecast. hi cecily. >> hi monica. that theme of dry conditions but cold winds will continue right into the weekend. right now the wind chill makes it feel like 39 degrees in philadelphia, so if you're heading out for your friday night you definitely do want to bundle up and temperatures definitely dropping from here. satellite6 along with action radar showing that we do have some high clouds but generally they're in the far north suburbs. some instability clouds and now that the sun has set they will be thinning out so tonight partly cloudy skies. we keep the breeze all night long. so, temperatures don't look that bad. temps in the 40's. 46 degrees at 7 o'clock. by 9 o'clock 43, by 11 o'clock 42 but you facto

the owls dominated navy today in annapolis. highlights and that was one fantastic coaching job on top of the performance. the combination was phenomenonal. >> i almost wish it didn't happen, i don't want matt rhule to leave. it was amazing. for the first time, as you said the owls team won seven straight games, their ten and three record tied for the most in school history. so much to be proud of and they are not done. owls fans to annapolis. temple trot the out to a 21, nothing lead. keith kirkwood, walker 16 to 25, 199 yards, two touchdowns no interceptions, todd thomas both scored on the ground. matt rhule got that gatorade shower as this team got to hoist the trophy. they scored 75 points to just ten 34-10 the final. >> first conference championship in almost a half a century. what's that like? >> you know, unexplainable. i'm happy for the team and university >> so blessed to be able to coach these kids. they're wonderful people. never faltered, they battled. we're one of top teams in college football right now based on the

with the very latest from annapolis, john henry, wusa9. >> the sailing association told us they were monitoring today's cold front, but they were ultimately caughoff guard by just how strong the wind became when it hit annapolis. now this wasn't the only water rescue. three people were pulled from the potomac river when several sailboats overturned near the wilson bridge. >>> it's gotten much colder since this afternoon, know. any certain about refreezing tonight, howard bernstein, out on the weather terrace? >> it's a low concern. the winds that we had and after the front many roadways and sidewalks and weather terrace completely dry now. once we get below freezing i'm thinking most things will be dried out. the rain is down from richmond to ocean city and south. we're just dealing with leftover clouds. the chill continues to move in. we're now 30 degrees colder than we were for the high today. we hit 67. we're now 37. into the mountains and west of the mountains, teens and 20s, a closer look at the temperatures around the metro, we've got a couple areas around lovettsville down to

., 49 manassas, further annapolis. in the afternoon, the cloud cover sticks around, taking us through sunday. the good news is tomorrow is dry. the rain gets out of here just in time for the monday morning commute. 6:30 a.m., a few showers, but quickly after that we dry out. the next chance of rain tuesday morning. monday, not a problem for most of us. i think tuesday will be more of a washout. of the day. after that, the big talker is the next blast of cold air, the coldest batch of the season, friday to saturday, highs in the 40's. a lot of us will be lucky to get out of the 30's. 47 tomorrow, back into the 50's monday, just a few early showers. a better chance of rain tuesday, chance of rain wednesday, still unsettled thursday. quiet and cold friday and rain and maybe some snowflakes, way out there, so keeping a close eye on it. for now, get ready for the rain tuesday. kimberly: these chillier temperatures remind me of what it is like to catch a cold in the fall. robert: your hands are numb. i'm just thinking about

. >> the temple owls are headed back to annapolis to take on wake forest december 27th. temple who won the championshipp 25 today. that rule flilled to be stay home. >> when i play, it's usually regional. there will be a crowd there. for us it's in the recruiting area. it's hopefully a chance for the kids to get to the 11th win. >> 11th win would be great. looking at the bright side. penn state. >> penn state and temple are for real. >> they are absolutely. we'll be right back. ♪ ♪ ♪ i really did save hundreds on my car insurance with geico. i should take a closer look at geico... geico has a long history of great savings and great service. over seventy-five years. wait. seventy-five years? that is great. speaking of great, check out these hot riffs. you likema uh, yeah i have an early day tomorrow so... wait. almost there. gotta tune the "a." (humming) gottgreat savings." and a whole lot more. >> finally tonight a huge congratulations to the high school football team that road back tonight theeiing two state champs. ♪ >> the thoroughfare fire company escorted th

in the district. 43 annapolis. mostly cloudy and mainly dry. take a look at the high today in your neighborhood. officially in the district, we hit 67. 68 in annapolis, even the suburbs, 61 in leesburg. a world of difference tomorrow. we start off around 28 degrees. plenty of clouds in the forecast tomorrow from start to finish. around lunchtime, in the mid-30s. a high of 39 and dry tomorrow evening at 31. weather having a low impact, but at the bus stop, again, any standing water will be ice, so just keep that in mind, make sure the kids are aware of that as well. if you want to go out and grab a quick lunch tomorrow, make sure you have u a warm jacket as you make a quick walk. layer, gloves. if you're still holding off trying to get the christmas tree tomorrow night, it's looking dry, but cold out there. here's the school day forecast on tuesday at the bus stop, cold again. 26 degrees, but in the afternoon, more siun, it will feel much warmer. around 43. then on wednesday, back to normal where you should be this time of year. 49 degrees, wint

we take you to annapolis for the rising star. tim was a three-point specialist. >> three from the corner is good. >> hit big. i feel like in an ocean now. that has to be the best feeling for a shooter. >> one of the leaders of the navy men's basketball team. >> he is a tough kid. he makes basketball plays for us. >> tim tore his a.c.l. >> i had a season-ending injury. hoping to play a lot. it was devastating. >> no pity party. he tackled the rehab with a vengeance. >> you have to have the self-motivation. nobody checks up at you for nine months. >> a long process to recover from the a.c.l. injury. he had his fair share of the ups and the downs but he is healthy in a senior season determined to leave annapolis in a big way. >> this is what i've been working for, for 22, 23 years. i couldn't be happier where i am personally. >> getting ready to serve our country. >> coming here the biggest thing to me is following in the footsteps of those before me of the naval academy. >> bright future awaits for this future. >> do you know someo

problem free on 50 headingeadi inbound from annapolis. annapol. keep in mind if you're heading out by the white house today whi we have the national christmasnn tree lightinalg c taking place.. road closures kick in as earlysy as 2:30 p.m.p.m. we'll take a close look at all of those road closures with w your next look at traffic.

temple owls get ready to cap historic season to trip to annapolis with a military bowl. today is tuesday, december 27th, good morning, i'm jim donovan. >> i'm rahel solomon. let's get you out the door with a check on weather and traffic with katie and pat. >> good morning. >> where is my meisha? >> i'm not meisha. >> am i not good enough for you, jim donovan? >> i like my meisha. meisha and i, just -- >> all right. let's just go to weather there. >> that's rare for you. >> no coffee date. >> no coffee date. >> we're making progress. >> i'll do my best. traffic wise, not a lot to talk about. >> all right, pat, you've redeem yourself. >> he comes bearing wonderful traffic weather news, right? >> mild outside. >> and it is very mild outside. i, how much, come bearing the news of more rain, wind, and possibly there might be some snow mixed into this. >> you're the bad guy? >> i don't think we're talking accumulation, but regardless, some of the white stuff. we back it up. snow doesn't look like for days. pat, you're not terrible. no, stop it. so looking at a cold front right

if you're heading down to annapolis, temple and navy. same thing you'll see a decent amount of sunshine. temperatures in the upper 40s, close to 50 degrees. with the biting wind out of the northwest it will feel cooler than the numbers. the pattern turns unsettle the next week. here's philadelphia, southern branch of the jet stream kind of running like this. we'll get an area of low pressure riding along it. it will bring rain out of the gulf into the mid atlantic and the northeast. similar to last week tuesday and thursday looks miserable again, lots of clouds and rain drops. future tracker 6 look at all the moisture starting to build. the weekend overall is dry. there's the system i was talking about for monday morning, very weak and unorganized, not much moisture to it. as we advance this, you can see how the moisture to the south lifts to the north. monday is dry for the most part outside of that little system. tuesday, wednesday, thursday, all that mess begins to pull through. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, today look

annapolis is 20 warmer. everybody is warmer than what we are and sustained wind gustsy, run in, 15, 20 miles an hour and gust up to 0 in some places and dulles 1 out west and higher elevations there's a whipped advisory in place until 10 a.m. notice showers to west of us. a lot will struggle to get over the mountains. some of it will expect we could indeed have showers here coming across what will amount to littleed commute, temperatures later today headed for upper0s. some of you lower to mid 60s and 0 is possible down south. i don't think here. down to the south there may be enough sunshine this afternoon. here's erin como with a look at tuesday. erin this is the last tuesday morning of the year. >> on time traffic brought to you by toyota. visit toyota.com for special offers. >> last tuesday of the year, that's right gary, unfortunately we have problems this morning. if you head owe beltsville route one on southbound side shut down right now shoulder getting by as awe approach boulder mill road and north

temperatures m >> that would be great. >> and sunshine. >> unreal. >> getting boats out in annapolis. >> might as well. the both may be out of the water totally. temps 65 de grows and they're they're now 49 overnight low was 45 above normal. geoffs you an idea how warm it is. 5 in boston you see not far norm and west colderror eric is lurking 35 in chris christie chick and 3 in detroit that moves in later tonight and it will take another 1 to 18 hours to get here. we're tracking rain showers locally moving across the city as we speak and beltway. so that will no doubt impact morning rush i'll let erin tell you about roads again rain showers here next couple horz and then get it out of here and should get pretty quick clearing and at least partly sunny conditions this afternoon with very mild air. 65. again rain showers out by 10:00 again rain showers out by 10:00. afternoon sunshine mid 60s. on owes those windows steve. >> very nice. right. >> all right. >> let's check in with erin and look at traffic this morning. >> everybody headed back to work. >> that's right yeah we're seeing so

problem free 50 from annapolis and traffic in a few. back to you holly and maureen. >> ge getting a lot of late night laughs, actor alec baldwin impersonation of trump saturday night live and what's in it for him. payout he's getting next. >> i can imagine and first the "fox5" follow up after a disturbing brawl inside a maryland high school. school add mt tores keeping students safer and 250e67ing them a lesson. >> let's look outside wednesday morning the shortest day of the year. first day of winter. feels like it right now at least. 30 degrees. below reez freezing. 5 o 08 is the time gabbing in 30 sektsz. now to "fox5" follow up a viewer contacted us after a man tried to break into her home. the homeowner was frustrate because police were not vigorously investigatinging the case and after days of asking officials why this happened and could this happen more often than not "fox5" finally received a reply. and in a statement, d.c. police's public information office said following the call for service a report was not taken. once this wa

that's what it comes down to. >> i'll be in annapolis for reports through game day saturday. watch on "6abc" saturday at noon. tiger woods is back -- somewhat. today's first round of the world challenge, his first action in 15 months. he had two back surgeries in that time. he carves two double bogeys, 1 over 73. 18 golfer in the field. tiger woods is in 17th place. that's sport. >> all right, deuc ducis. >> the retirement community and media were at the senior center, helping to decorate the tree. "jimmy kimmel live" followed by "nightline." "action news" continues at 4:30 with pamela edwards, david murphy and karen rodgers with traffic. for cecily tynan, ducis rodgers and the entire news team, goodnight. ♪ ♪ ♪

quince orchard loading to bus annapolis. cougars will face defending state champ wise for the titles. pumas are on a 27-game win streak. you can watch the championship showdown between wise and quince orchard on the sister station. me tv. a lack where you can find it on the opening capable provider. opening kick off is 7:30. wizard's forward mahini is expected to miss another week due to right knee soreness. m.r.i. showed no suck crucial damage. wizards are -- structural damage. they are back on the court tonight. jonathan: we need a win streak from them. scott: they are struggling but it's early. alison: look at the weather heading into the weekend. doug: coldment to and the weekend. brian is in tonight and he'll have a look at the weekend. alison: "world news tonight" with david muir up next. >>> tonight, the deadly storm system. the sheets of ice and the snow. the dangerous commute at this hour. and the deep freeze sweeping in across much of this country. from seattle to chicago to the northeast. >>> the chilling moment i

annapolis feels like it's 31. that's where the state championship is between clint orchard and wise at 7:30. teens and 20s for wind chills. the army and navy game, 39 to 33 with light winds. cold again on sunday with more clouds. we lowered the temperatures on sunday because of the clouds. then showers possible on monday. could be a yellow weather alert. it could effect the morning back into the 50s on monday for us. that storm is going to hit the great lakes and will go north of us and bring up warmer air. by 7:00 tomorrow, these are actual temperatures, 30 downtown, 24 manassas, 25 in fairfax. by 10:00 we are still in the low to mid 30s but clear. by 2:00 we are still generally in the 30s. i think most the suburbs will hold in the 30s tomorrow. we are going to try to creep up to 40 downtown. at 5:30, 24 hours from now, 36 in fredericksburg and 31 in gaithersburg. already in the 20s in cumberland and also into romney. now, by sunday morning we will take this all the way into sunday morning, clouds roll in pretty

a.m., the rain increases gaithersburg into silver spring, back to d.c., baltimore, and annapolis. a very quick hitting cold front. noon, one, things are clearing out. daytime highs tomorrow, 47 degrees. the morning showers giving way to afternoon sunshine and windy. we have a wind advisory in effect for the far western regions, but it will be breezy and the d.c. metro with wind gusts getting into the lower 30's. the new year's eve forecast, mostly cloudy skies. but it stays dry, upper 30's, lower 40's. we definitely need the heavier jacket. the ex chance of wet weather the later half of sunday, with a high of 46. also on monday, but sunshine tuesday with a temperature of 57 degrees. things are looking quite mild before the cooldown late next week. michelle, over to you. michelle: very nice, especially when you consider scenes like this in colorado, where at least 25 cars were involved in a pilot on a snow-covered road. -- in a pileup on a snow-covered road. a tv reporter was involved in the crash and began shooting video. nobody was seriously hurt. jonathan: they always say to sta

. >>> it is game day for the temple owls they are in annapolis to face navy for the conference win. >>> before we get to those stories he is back, meteorologist chris sowers has a look at the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. >> reporter: it's blustery, temperatures are not that bad, you factor in the wind. iyou sound better. >> reporter: i feel a little bit better, we'll give it a go. there's the view of the center city skyline. not too bad, that's about it. witches are the big story -- windchills are the big story. feels like 37 degrees in philadelphia. the actual air temperature is 44. 23 in the poconos, feels like trenton. 33 in millville. 35 degrees give or take in dover. satellite and radar along with action radar. we have high pressure in control. you see a lot of clouds out there this morning, a lot of this is fair weather clouds, when the sun comes up, we'll have a combination of sun an clouds later on. that's the call from accuweather. windy and chilly, high temperatures around 49. 11:00 a.m., 44. 1:00 p.m., 47. by 3:00 p.m. there's the 49 degrees again with the wind

beat the buckeyes during the are weighing possible celebration on championship got out ofeading bo annapolis to face wake december 27. the owls clinched aac championship saturday with a win over navy. it was their first conference championship victory since 1967. >> time to talk to david murphy, when you wake up, you'll hear the rain drops, it's starting to taper off. >> reporter: i have to mention i was in annapolis, we had the best time down there. when you pull in the parking lot, temple fans, it was a great turnout by philly fans. >> took over the house. >> reporter: we did. storm tracker 6 live showing there's rain out there. we'll take a closer look in a moment. you can see up north there's a little bit of light. we hav valley. let's get you outside and, sky6 live hd looking at damp conditions looking over penns boy we've had the open for a while and there's a lot of rain, that hams in -- happens in the early days. we have rain highlighted in the lighter shade of green. it pushing toward the east, places like chadds ford in the western edge of chester county drying out. as is delaware.

. >> lauren mayk has followed the team to annapolis, maryland. some fans have been waiting for this for a long time? >> reporter: yeah, keith and erin, fans have high hopes for this game, you can see the big screen over my shoulder there. we talked to some fans who were once players, they wore the temple yuuniform and they didn' get to do this, they didn't get to play in a bowl game. so win or lose, this is a special day. the team colors are everywhere. but this isn't just a football game. it's a bowl game with all the fun and fanfare and it's temple's second one in a row. how are you feeling about this one? >> a lot more confident. >> reporter: the team has ten wins, a championship and momentum. it's a great time to be an owl. nbc10 caught up with former temple football players. what is it like to be here? what go you as you're looking around? >> this is an amazing experience for us. during our time at temple, we all played and we didn't get the bowl game experience. >> i looked at it as we were part of the foundation hope any that put this toge

annapolis. fredericks so. again all this is dependent on sunshine here or there and maybe temperature goes up more than that. future cast shows mostly cloudy this morning and mostly cloudy through the day today and look what happens by 5 . i think most of any rain stays to the south of us and would be few and far between. but, later on through the evening hours there could be a few showers come on across and during the overnight as well. maybe a couple of flurries way up north and west and into pennsylvania and tomorrow morning, looks like we'll start with sunshine. that's your forecast. how about a look at traffic. caitlin roth doing duty this morning. >> hey. >> back again. >> i can't talk, either, wisdom you're not alone. still waking up and maybe you're waking up too as you watched us as well. no reported accident or delays or major slow downs on the roads. we begin in southern maryland if this is where you live all green on the local roads route 10, route 5 branch avenue split by brandy win 301 rosaryvill

. >>> the owls will fly to annapolis maryland where they face navy tomorrow. the second straight appearance in the conference title game. navy is making its first appearance and looking for its first football conference win in the academy history. the owls have won 6 games in a row. our ducis rogers will be in annapolis for reports beginning today through game day on saturday. you can watch the temple navy game on 6abc saturday at noon. >>> 5:18. coming up we have newly released surveillance footage showing a person of interest in the envelope bombing in center city. >>> why testosterone treatment may do more harm than good in some men. (vo) your love is purely thoughtful, purely natural, purely fancy feast. delicious entrées, crafted to the last detail. flaked tuna, white-meat chicken, never any by-products or fillers. purely natural tastes purely fancy feast. out there. >> reporter: it is. [laughter] route 100 by the pennsylvania turnpike, hopefully the construction crews who are out there have their gloves on at least. past the downingtown interchange righ

quantico 25, leonardtown 28, annapolis 3. look what's going on in northwestern suburbs these are actual temperatures. fair skies, light winds. temperatures dropped to the teens and t i will show you this is what it looks like in terms of wind chill. north and west the winds are calm. not much of an effect on the temperatures and dulles feels like 1. here in town feels like lower 20s and fredericksburg feels like 2 4 we'll warm up a little today upper 30s and far north and west and i think we're lower 40s in town. i think we get to 43 before it's all said and done. annapolis upper 30s to 40 or so and you get the idea. sunshine, cool, temperatures only upper 30s to low 40s. wind not a problem today. only 5 miles an hour or so and eventually gets over to the southeast. that's forecast. how about traffic, erin como is back with that, hello, airport. >> 4:35 now gary taking a liver look in from virginia, gainsville, mannasas, centerville, 66, headlights eastbound side passing by lee highway very light volume. no slow down from 24

second quarter. 23 ranked temple owls putting the finishing touches for tomorrow's military bowl in annapolis maryland. the band giving a warm welcome to headcoach ed foley in downtown washington, dc. excited to see their team try for a record victory of the season. foley said the guys are taking this experience seriously. he screamed it. i like this guy. >> we down in boca, didn't like the way we wanted. every guy is committed to come out tomorrow and play as hard as they can and knocking them off the ball. >> temple football is good for a long team. >> show you guys what we're going to do tomorrow [cheers and applause] >> we can watch temple and lake forest and the military bowl from annapolis kick off at 3:30. penn state hit the road and the air, they arrived in los angeles to begin the rose ball receive. they hit the california venture. penn state takes on usc. fourth straight weeks, the wildcats as best team in the nation. the defending national champs play wedne >>> one game left for the eagles against the cowboys. did you see what andy reid pulled off. the chiefs leading denver by 17 p

everybody else stays dry. 49 current temperatures and 4 culpeper and 50 annapolis and a very pleasant evening and temperature slow to fall. 46, 7:00, 9:00, 44 with more clouds coming to the picture and by 11:00, 40. again a chilly night tonight. we have another front going to come on through and that will keep us on the dry side. and but see our temperatures dropping into the 20s and 30s overnight. those temperatures you see here overnight these are the eye highs we'll see thursday and friday and we may not see 35 anywhere on our maps as we get to late week. 20s and 30s tomorrow morning. we start out cloudy. chilly on tuesday morning. but dry. and then another frontal boundary in area of low pressure that comes up the coast could bring couple showers. ybybe flurry responsible for flurries maybe area of low pressure south bringing showers in and we'll see how far north they get. we should get up to 45 tomorrow. 43 dulles and 43 winchester and 46 culpeper and mannasas and 44 annapolis. so just to track that moisture tomorrow you can see mostly just clouds tomorrow morning maybe by 6:00

almost 60 annapolis this morning. wow. radar shows where the rain is all right. now this is not means but as it continues to move in our direction this all headed out ahead of a fairly significant cold front which comes through later this evening into the overnight and that bring in temperatures. ahead of the front rain initially and it looks like rain is out by this afternoon and we get into sunshine. here's where i think temperatures will government cooler north and west. but you know what? those are model numbers there. i think it may end up being warmer than upper 50s. could be low 60s out there before it start to cool off a little bit in the afternoon. we'll be basically mild to warm this afternoon. it will be dry this afternoon. it will be breezy okay? and breezy this morning and then winds switch to a different direction out of west. kicking up 10 to 20 miles an hour. one mild day, one warm day if you will and colder. tomorrow we will be not bad. even with the cold front moving through tomorrow we'll be 50. that's way above normal and 50 thursday as well.

still mild, 61 wash attorneys 51 baltimore w and 52 in annapolis. 55 out at dulles but we'll quickly fall into the 40s by midnight and into the 40s byy dawn. much colder towards our north and west, chicago at 27.at the northern plains digging out from the christmas day blizzard in the teens, but there's that warm arranging itself just into along the east coast. 61 washington, the cold air isar on the move, going to be movinge in by tomorrow.orro despite the contrast in temperatures, a very quiet picture, satellite and radar showing some snow showers across the inter mountain west. the not showing the system thatt will start to develop over the rockies which will bring a w little bit of aill wintry mix by thursday morning. cooler, but still beautiful. and then we go into a clear wednesday night.es by thursdaday morning you wake . weave got a pretty weak system moving by, but strong enough to produce some rain and yes, snow, showers during the early morning of thursday. the concern is the timingmi between five to seven a.m. that is fauquier county.unty changing over to rain showers, it

near 10 degrees now and annapolis. air temperatures will continue to slide. between eight be and 18 degrees and shave another six to 10 degrees off for the windchill. wake skies, still breezy, single-digit wind chills in the metro area. that is good news. the national weather service has issued a winter storm watch for the maryland counties in parts of west virginia that are adjacent to garrett county. freezing rainand enough to accumulate some and have an impact driving. metro area goes, we have a chance through 3:00 or 4:00 and have areas of freezing rain. it will take a while before it gets buffering. we have seen these before were the models get the cold air out of here too soon to stays colder longer. this computer model shows freezing reciprocation -- precipitation. it continues warmer air moves in, changes it to rain, and it comes to an end as we push into the mid-50's. as we get into sunday, a different system moves in. as far as the deal saturday morning, a winter mix possible. impact, highest impact would be north of the metro area. it would be drie

that is what sparked this annapolis mansion fire that killed six people. news 4's megan fitzgerald has tips about how to properly care for your tree. >> reporter: finding that perfect christmas tree is a big part of the holiday season for a lot of folks and people to keep safety in mind. here is what they're telling folks, once you get that christmas tree home they want you to cut off about an inch of the base here, then once you get it into your home and put too into the tree stand like the one here the essential part is watering it every single day. it hopes to hydrate the tree so it's less susceptible to a fire. you may recall it was january of annapolis mansion went up in flames, cher lost her brother, her sister-in-law and their four young grandchildren. >> everyone is of course in pain, it's changed all of our lives. for me i've found my voice in advocacy. >> sher has dedicated her live to spreading these christmas tree safety tips. reporting in ol rings mill, megan fitzgera n >> it's important to water that tree. it's another important reminder, unp

at demascus earlier a nice send off as they head to annapolis to face the 2016 champs in franklin from reports reisterstown. >> we've had a great past two seasons. >> you can cheer for a team that you know isn't going to lose is pretty amazing and not many people request >> it's remashable. hopefully we get our nine ninth win this time. the support from the un community is unmatched anywhere. >> throw the records out when these two teams meet. >>> army and navy, 117th time they meet this saturday up in baltimore. one of the best rivalries around in sports. although navy has won the last 14 meetings but expect a tight better this year. sadly navy banged up with both starting quarterback and running back out with injuries. last two games have been close. expect that this saturday. army 6-5 record, navy comes in at 9-3. >> we recognize that it's hard to beat these guys. they are a good football team. they are very similar to us and even though we -- you know, being in that many games we have been close and they were hard fought games. we never take that for granite. >> that game on saturd

that's an incredible introduction it is a pleasure and honor to be here to be presenting at the annapolis book festival. the state i went to high schooli not too far from here and so anytime i can come back to my second home i certainly take that opportunity. i'm actually here talking to you about my new book and it really is brand-new. it came out on april 12. just a few days ago. and it's the definitive history of racist ideas in america. on april twelfth, 1860 jefferson davis who, at the time was one of the u.s. senators from mississippi stood before his colleagues in the u.s. senate and under the phrase, inequality between the black and white races was stamped from thewh beginning. and so ironically my book came out on the very day that the title was inspired hee t. he read that statement and made that statement because there is a bill on the floor that was considering granting funds to educate black people in d.c. of course he got up and argued against it. many of you know jefferson davis later became the president of the confederacy. i start with that small story to say that was ind

of course, yesterday morning was darn near warm at annapolis was close to 60. at 5:00 a.m. yesterday. here's the satellite and radar. northern counties, maryland up into pennsylvania we'll see a little bit of cloud cover. other than that, mostly sunny this morning h coming on in. temperature gets up to about 50 for a high. temperatures will be in the 40's north and west. little cooler around hagerstown. you may have a few more clouds, otherwise pretty sunny out there on the cool side. here's erin como. >>> take a look at metro 5:26, they're till on time. wide view of the beltway and traffic is looking great. largo problem-free, a live look in maryland, 50 inbound coming in from cheverly past 202. over live look on 270. volume continues to pick up by shady grove road, not enough to cause delays to the spur. from 70 down to the spur, still a great speed through gaithersburg and rockville. outer loop, inner loop, same story, making your way over to baltimore washington parkway. i'm not seeing any problems on 66. 95 to virginia i'll let you know if and when any of that changes.

. >>> an important reminder this morning about a holiday hazard that's likely in your home, a annapolis fire that killed six people. news4's megan fitzgerald has tips about how to properly care for your tree. >> finding the perfect christmas tree is a big part of the holiday season for a lot of folks, fire officials realize that. but they want people to keep safety in mind. here's what they're telling folks, once you get the christmas tree home, they want to you cut off about an inch of the base here. then once you get it into your home and you put it into the tree stand like the one here, the essei watering it every single day. that's because it helps to hydrate the tree. so it is less susceptible to a fire. these trips are extremely personal. you may recall it was january 2015, when we watched as an annapolis mansion went up in flames, cher lost her brother. her sister-in-law. and her four young grandchildren. >> everyone is in pain. it's changed all of our lives. advocacy. >> sher has dedicated her life to spreading these christmas tree safety tips. hoping what happened to her family

. >>> plus, a midshipman in annapolis talk a little trash ahead of today's army/navy game. >>> welcome to tackle your tailgate forecast. huge army/navy game. the good news in baltimore, it will be cold. starts out mostly sunny. it's a 3:00 game. then very cold. no windchills to speak of. so dress for the 30s and remember, it's a 3:00 game, so by the end of the game temps could dip into the upper 20s briefly. >>> wise the newest state championships thursday and friday night. but the trophies were handed out in annapolis, where navy has played since the late 1800's. >> it's such a rich tradition with navy football. this is a memorial stadium here. the memorial is up on the upper concourse. to bring our students here, to bring our schools and communities here, it fits what we're about in high school athletics and i think it's tremendous, the testament to the people at navy to allow us to host this event. >> the 1 a and 2 a state championship games will be played here later today. for wusa9 sports -- >>> speaking of football, tens of thousands of people will see it in person will watch it

still chilly in the 40s. 45 washington and 43 gaithersburg and 41 westminster and 41 annapolis and we're expecting temperatures to rise overnight as cold front approaches and there's not much cold air associated with the cold front. winds fairly light right now. i'm showing you this because we expect wins to increase out of the south and then shift and increase out of northwest as the frobts passes and at advisory north and west of washington including frederick count question and western county and frederick and northern fauquier and further out to shenandoah valley ridge tops you can see wind gusts over 40 miles an hour. that takes effect at 8 p.m. tonight and lasts until tomorrow morning. here's planning forecast for this evening. if you go out, maybe braving some more shopping and doing all those returns i know so busy at the malls again today and temperatures will be slowly rising upper 40s under cloudy skies. as front approaches we do have a shot for showers early tomorrow morning and best chances north and west. a lot of moisture associated with it will brak up by the time it weec

for ref at the military bowl down in annapolis. temple comes in with 10 wins, number 11 would be the most in school history. he had foley interim temple coach. matt ruhle down at baylor. ed likes what he sees early on temple opening ocean walker up top 48-yard adonis jenning gives the owls a seven-zero rower le lead. weak forest is six-six. >> you'd never know by the way the first half unfolded. 20-yard touchdown pass. temple trailed 31-10 at the house. trailing 31-20 in the fourth quarter. >> it is dallas week for eagles that usually stirs at least a little something eagles fans not much at stake this sandy when they meet at the lingering. cowboys have home field advantage rapid up throughout the playoffs eagles heading tomorrow pour the playoffs. one final showcase for carson wentz against a pretty good and developing cowboys defense. frank wright today on what impressed him the most through 15 games. >> you want to see accuracy. you want to see good decision making. you want to see, um, the ability to sustain success when things

the owls are in annapolis for the military bowl, facing off against wake forest. with a win, this team could stake its claim as the best in school history. the team is showing they're already winners off the field. over the christmas weekend they hit the bowling lanes with local veterans. the team tweeted, quote, this is what it's all about, bowling with those who have served our country. that's awesome. >>> nbc 10 will be following temple as they compete in the military bowl. look for our live reports tomorrow from annapolis. >>> while we're talking football, the eagles are gearing up for their final game of the season. they take on the cowboys on new year's day. nbc 10 will have exclusive pregame coverage including a one-on-one with quarterback carson wentz, sunday at 9:30 a.m. >>> a busy time for the ski resorts up in the poconos. this is a live look at camelback mountain. it still feels like winter up there. but we do expect a big warm-up for us tomorrow. >> chief meteorologist glenn "hurricane" schwartz is here with your neighborhood forecast. glenn? >> yeah,

one problem in glen burnie.ie some fallen power cables power b between maryland 10 andnd baltimore annapolis boulevard.oa you'll need to detour aroundeed that. back to you guys. ba>> 4:57 is the time right nowt a deadly sceneime breakinging overnight prince george's county as a plan is shot and ist killed. we're live at 5:00 with the latest. >> president-elect donald trump set to continue his thank you tour as 1re0ssidep sef thousands voice their concernsvc over his conflicte of interestr as commander in chief.hief. the action they're takingacti today right near don.c.ar back after this. >> ♪♪ >> emerge restored. fortified. replenished. emerge everyday with emergen-c packed with b vitamins, antioxidants, electrolytes plus more vitamin c than 10 oranges. why not feel this good everyday? emerge and see. it's just a cough. if you could see your cough, you'd see just how far it can spread. robitussin dm max is now better tasting, with the same fast powerful cough relief. robitussin dm max. because it's never just a cough. ♪♪ with advil, you'll ask what sinus headache? what stiff joints?

despite the fact we'ret w seeing wet conditions from theot earlier rain that movedt m through from annapolis 50apol 5 inbound looking really problem free through anne tough arrundel. rundel. no issues in bowie this morning.rn crofton quiet as well.oft same story coming inbound from virginia on 66 gainsville youvi can see nice and quiet on 29n and 50 as well on the virginiair side reston and tysons lookingki good. take a live look around therounh area next.ar n that's your traffic.that back to you wisdom andsdom a maureen.een. >> thank you erin.n. >>> 4:47. developing this morning alo north carolina manping arrestedn northwest d.c. after he brought a arrive tell into aell se saoao shop. unfolded at comet ping-pongomet- the pizza shop recently madead national headlines for being f b at the center of a fake news fan article. fox5's melanie alnwick joins als us now live with the details. di >> reporter: yeah, unfortunately wisdom andm and maureen it appears that those fake news articles and thosese conspiracy theories are whats ae perhaps drew the shooter here. that's so much as what he told t d

today marks the one year anniversary of the fire that devastated the annapolis yacht club. this was the scene a year ago-- after an electrical malfunction with an artificial christmas tree ignited the blaze that gutted the historic building. the club is being rebuilt and is expected to open next year. the redskins keep their playoff hopes alive with a big win on the road against a division-rival. the win was even sweeter for one of the skins best player-- who racked up big numbers against his former team. robert burton has more. the new york giants also beat the dallas also beat the dallas cowboys last night. new york and washington favce each other in the final game of the regular season-- and a wild-card birth may hang in the balance when they do. i think the democrats are putting it out because they suffered one of the greatest defeats in the history of politics in this un the president-elect sounds off on reports of russian interference on election day. this-- as congressional leaders call for a full investigation. the details.. coming up. plus, samsung takes drastic ac

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everyone this morning is belowm that freezing mark.g mark 30 in annapolis, 30 leonardtown, 26 quantico, 29 2 culpeper and 27 in winchester ws of our first really chillyeallyy blast of air that came in yesterday and the wow did it feel cold. it's always a shock the firstirst time it happens and despitend di the sunshine today, it will, wl just be cold all through the afternoon.af couple of clouds off towards our north and west.our no here's the setup for this for ekekend. sunny and cold today.d today high pressure still overhead.e o we've got that flow out of the t northeast and then high pressure moves out by tomorrow. low pressure approachestomo witw its warm front. we'll see the clouds increasencs pretty quickly. quily so i think sunday definitely det on temperatures stay in the 30's,es it's cold. col now low pressure system willre bring us some rain by s mondayon morning but depending on theendg exact timing of it enough of that cold air may ged dammededd up against the mountains.nt areas north and west off washington to start as app icy mix. mi that's something we'll watche' throug

military bowl in annapolis is tomorrow. williams the last living medal of honor recipient from the battle of iwo jima from world wear ii. he said -- world war ii. he said he was glad to be there. >> there are people who stand and always say my flag. that's my flag. we need to honor those among us who made that supreme sacrifice for us. thank you very much. >> imagine being in that room in that speech. >> we had woody williams on "good morning washington." i asked him his memorable moment. he said he was supposed to do the coin flip and the other coach wasn't told so he flipped the coin. he is the last medal recipient from give him the coin! just slap it out of his hand and say i got this. give it to him. here. >> just that easy. >> tomorrow at annapolis, wake forest-temple. >> it should be a good one. >> it should be good. >> awesome. all right, man. talk to you soon. okay. well, tonight marks a day after christmas. the third night of hanukkah an the first night of kwanzaa. >> today represents unity. this is the first night

rain crossinge into shady side, and that is going into annapolis and dunkirk. it extends all the down to st. mary's and calvert counties. the bulk of the heaviest is pushing out of here right now. we will be left with showers continuing until about 9:00 a.m. until mid to late morning. clearing out of woodstock, harrisonburg, winchester, about two hours away. by 8:30, 9:00, things should be clearing away. of snow in inches higher elevations tonight. keep that in mind. 42 by 9:00. this evening, temperatures will drop in a hurry, and this is what we will be left with for tomorrow. starting off with windchill in the 20's, feeling like around freezing tomorrow afternoon. a very cold day coming our way tomorrow. we will talk about the weekend in 10 minutes. jamie: we have not seen many big issues as far as crashes. we have seen wet roads. you are definitely going to want to use caution. not many places that you need to leave extra time. x, you are able to get by an accident, accident coming in southbound on the george washington parkway. 16 miles per hour you drop do

the sound of philly's own, outside navy marine corps memorial stadium in annapolis, the band getting the crowd revved up for the bowl game they have been waiting for. what made you decide to take the drive staytoday? >> why not? >> reporter: the team tries for its 11th win. >> we have traditionally been a basketball school, but for us to be champions of the american conference and now at a bowl game so close to home, it's amazing for us. >> akia johnson is part of the temple family. it's a big day for them, and for a temple family soft another kind. >> there are five of us here and he'll be on the field, so about half of us are here. >> reporter: but they're cheering for one particular player, their brother. are you feeling nervous? butterflies? what are you feeling? >> we got our temperature gear on, got our faces painted. >> reporter: bringing a sea of cherry and white to show some owl spirit and hoping for one more win. >> reporter: and in just a few hours, we'll see if they have more to celebrate here, for those who made their way out here to come to this bowl game, former temple