. >> i'm erin como. >> today istis, march 21. mike, warmer temperatures and rain moving in. >> rain moving through. the good news is it won't stick around for the entire morning. and then into the afternoon the clouds break up quite a bit. we'll get to sunshine and warmer temperatures and it will feel like spring on first full day of spring. so stormtracker radar showing showers continuing to push off east. mostly leftover southern maryland and kind of eastern portions of anne arrundel and calvert counties and central portions of virginia. . that does not mean we're in the clear. spotty drizzle here and there and certainly a lot of cloud cover. there we viii:00 in the morning cloudy skies in future cast and move into the afternoon. breaking the clouds up 1, 2, 3:00 today and we'll get to sunshine and warmer temperatures will takeover. but, again, they won't last too long. there's accuweather 7-day forecast. 64 today and 51 tomorrow high today in the 40s all day thursday. good news we start going back up on friday near 60 and then

erin como back to you for traffic. >> all right. it is 4:36. we have made it to friday eve and as you make your way out on the top of the beltway outer loop construction zone still in place. three left lanes blocked. that could cause some slowdowns as more folks hit the roads this morning but the good news is volume right now is light enough that it's only about a five minute delay as you pass bw parkway getting to 95. just watch for that slow zone. keep in mind 95 north and southbound looking great between the baltimore beltway and capital beltway. so if you have an early flight to catch k-nothing slowing you down right now on the way to bwi. aside from that 270 southbound a little bitf popping up from 70 to the beltway. most of that volume is closer toly 70 and the truck scales. you'll loosen up just a bit in terms of congestion between gaithersburg and the spur. we'll take a look at your virginia majors next. any questions at erin fox5 d.c. on twitter. >> coming up, a sign thanking people for not feeding ducks has gone viral and people are f

send it over to erin como for tr a check of the roads.ds >> 5:55. we got you covered this cov this thursday morning.thursday red line signal m problemm outside silver spring.sr delays in both directions onrecs the red line as you make yourkey way to and from shady grove.gro d.c. police traffic letting usan know a trafg fic in the district 1700 block of i street northwest. one northbound lane is blocked. expect delays. updated.p you 95 southbound disabled truck trk on fairfax county parkwayy way cleared.cl typical delays on thepi northbound side of 95 comingcalg up from dale city.ci let's hop outside and show you a live look at what's going ongg around the area. are things looking good on theon inner loop out throughugh annandale. and 395 is cruising. cruising we're seeing heavier traffic t pick up past king street.str no delays just yet as you headue to the 14th street bridge.rid 66 you can see some brakeme lights as you pass 234. usual delays from manas leave the house about 15about minutes early and keep it top io fox5. we'll help you get around o

all right, that's a check of t the forecashat't.fo erin como is back with a look at traffic.tr >> th starting monday morning offing o with some construction fromconsm overnight on the outer loophe ol between pennsylvania avenuevenue and ritchie marlboro. watch for a tap of the brakest as you head past that area.t ar. then things open up as you proceed towardstowards baltimore-washington parkway.wa moving shoinver to dale city, 9y northbound we do have a crash closing the on and off ramp tooa the truck scales.the tr in dale city watchuck out for r that on and off ramp closedoff but you can see that 95 north no and southbound in general very e light volume not causingra any y delays in that area south ofh of that point in stafford you'retaf in the clear past courthouser road looking good in good in fredericksburg as well. w 66 eastbound traffic istraffic i flowing. in fact let's take a live lookvl outside and show you 66.66 you can seat eastbound sidestboe looking good towards theowards e beltway and problem free westbound past gains vigil anyg questions at erin fox5 d.c. onrn twitter.

look forward to on the 7 day erin como. some beach weather perhaps coming up? >> listen i love jogging outside when it's warm. i can not wait for nice, long slow run on saturday morning. >> make it quick. >> i know that's what you were thinking with too. right now 395 northbound de debris on ramp. traffic getting by. oos a little caution. notice green inside the beltway from springfield interchange to the 14 street bridge. 895 nobody dale city to beltway a 5 minute delay and you see the yellow zone as you cross the ak acommonwealth of pennsylvania. jammed up traffic there. rest of wednesday morning commute. 66 looking good close to beltway. no problems. but before that point in gainsville, we have some congestion from 2 to 234 sutly safe track 13 single tracking huptsing ton to vandoren blue and yellow ongoing through april 12. otherwise no metro rail or bus delays yetal sop and wisdom. >> horrible story out of chicago a 15-year-old girl was gang raped on facebook live in chicago. this happened sunday. police are looking for five or six men suspected of sexuall

erin como is back with a look at traffic. >> that's right. his mondausy this monday morning despite the fact thissph is the calm weather-wiseeat before the storm tomorrow. this is 210 northbound crashhbo in the process of clearing.eari. 210 northbound has been closed for accident investigation in just north of the beltwavy bytha livingston road and it looks ro like traffic is starting tosta double-check with police andpoln let you know about that one.knon we're also dealing with bigith delays on 66 as we take a look o at our cameras, 66 you'reras, 6 dealing with a crasu'h blockingn the left lane.th this is a view as you approachac the rosslyn tunnel. tu keep it to fox5 news morning.o we'll get you around all thosese slowdowns. sl >> ♪♪ >> ♪♪ow >> ♪♪ fox5 s is fox5 news morning. >> straight ahead atnews mor 6:a dramatic rescue in princeu george's county a police's c officer pulled a driver from a burning car saving that maned' n life. we're on the scene with whatwh police say led up to the fieryy scene.scene. >> today's other big s

erin como is here with that. hi, erin. >> well, 5:07 metro rail service picked up 5:00 this morning. so far so good excepts for safe track. surge 16 single tracking between braddock and huntington vandoren street. shuttle service between franconia and pent gop. plan ahead. otherwise metro rails on time now. i'll let you know if that changes. movering to wednesday morning commute on roads. beltway looks nice as you pass through the american legion bridge now. problem free annandale and upper loop springfield to 66. 66 quiet in riverdale park seeing no issues baltimore washington parkway. 5 northbound to aquia harbor wide on at speed and route 1 cruising at speed. 17 no issues there. i'll let you know if anything picks up crash-wise. pleasant start to the morning commute. not enough to slow us down. same story chantilly and problem free 270. no issues as you make your way 355. if you have questions @erinfoxdc and at an parent in peru and all passengers survived. >> a scary moment when a woman breaks into a crane 15

there erin como our traffic anchor will be part of auction. someone will win that 52,000 car tpt and also performance from andy grammar coming later. we will be checking back in with you a few more times before this wonderful event is over with. we'll take it back to you in the studio. >> lindsay, thank you so much. moving on we remember the video of water pouring in it's been six years since a deadly earthquake and tsunami hit japan in 2011. >> across the country there was a moment of silence today held at the act time the earthquake hit and triggered tsunami that destroyed much of japan northern pacific coastline it left 18,000 people dead or missing and many towns affected by the disaster are only partially reb struggling to find ways to finance reconstruction. >> and speaking of japan the famous kery months only trees are getting close to peak bloom in washington d.c. and tree is century old japanese gift the u.s. is expected to peak between march 19 and 22 no matter what mother nature does the cherry blossom festival kicks off wednesday m

over to erin como now with a wia look at the roads. roa >> on-time traffic brought too you by toyota.oyota. visit buy a toyota.com fora.m fr special offers.offe >> before we get to those t roads we'll take a look at'll te your rails.rai. safe track surge teen phase one first weekday impacted bycty the single tracking on thele blue and yellow line betweenbetn braddock road and huntingdonntin van dorn street.van doeet. trains running every 24 anderyn minutes no yellow rush pluslus service between franconia-springfield and-s greenbelt.eenbelt. plan ahead on metro today. we'll move it over for a lookt v y your roads. we had some earlier ea the outer loop out byter loop o pennsylvania avenue.a outer loop in college park byk new hampshire avenue lookingaven good. georgia we are degree free there. th baltimore-washington parkwaywash problem free. light volume.probligh as we fot rwvoard our cameras cm we'll take a look in virginiavir and show you what else you'rels up against this morning.rning. 95 northbound by princeri william parkway steady

erin como loved herove he conversational snow. >> i just like the flurries. f i think they're pretty even though i would prefer much muc rather prefer a warm spring pre day.a wa right now taking a look atok some breaking news. 1800 block of benning road northeast we have a housee a fire. use caution there. you can takeus 17th street or o 16th around that one. we'll keep you updated on thatnt fire that's closing things closg down. we have a crew set up so we swe will take a live look at thatt t as soon as it becomes available this morning out of the northeast section of thee district. inner loop crash as we move mv over to the beltway, it's at t bw parkway, right near thear southbound ramp. that could cause some cause some slowdowns as well.slowdown we also have a new crash csh that's in northbound 270 in270 n frederick right by 85 85 involving a tractor-trailero into the guardrail there. t so that may cause some problems. that's a brand new crash.c on the beltway traffic isltway c looking good. bottom side through alexandriare problem free on 395 and evend ee

let's send it to erin como como with your traffic.raffic. >> 4:35 and if you're takingtakg metro their service begins at still dealing with safe trackh k surge 13 in place until april 1st single tracking bluele and yellow line betweentween braddock road and huntingtonhun van dorn treatment i'll letrn te you know if any other atmetro mo slowdowns pick up thisis morning. metrobus set to operate on aon normal? esche today.norm we'll look at our mapsal.map keep in mind no yellow rushell h plus service between franconia-springfield anda-s greenbelt. a lot of green on the maps. live look outside we'll show you how light volume is ioff grf you're trying to get on the on t roads. not seeing any majoreing anyajor slowdowns. things are looking really nice on 295 bottom of the beltway.. keep in mind 395 is moving movg along just fine from thee mixing bowl up to the 14thth street bridge and we're problem free in cabin john.hn. the outer loop 95 andoop 95 baltimore-washington parkwaye- looking good.wa ly same story in virginia on 66 and 95. 9 any questions at erin fox5 d.c. on teswtiitter. >> all r

let'ch head to erin como with a check of the traffic. >> 5:06 behind me happening now. two lanes getting by 95 southbound this is by 6 19 we have two crashes now this involving tractor-trailer. all lanes temporarily blocked causing big problems and other crash at russel road. a lot of issues once you past 234 dumfries road we see a lot of backups past joplin road. traffic moving slowly. once you hit 234 head off on dumfries and take route 1 southbound and hook back to 95 southbound once you pass quantico. keep in mind you hit tap of brakes there. use caution this morning. as we forward cameras to maps we show you the long line of read and route one is a better bet you see how many miles of backed up traffic leadsing to the two crashes. aside from that montgomery hills 97 georgia avenue southbound over turned tractor-trailer slowing things down there metro is on time for safe track. erin fox d.c. on twitter. >> coming up, communities in four different states battling wildfires burning nearly 1 million acres of land. >> and first they went off and were back on. why did th

uwes s.ay joining it is friday and i'm erin'm erin como. >> all right. re. here.rtin march tenth. mike thomas there talkingere about the weather andeatherand everything that's happeninghap with the rollercoaster ride r that is the meteorological m spring but not the official spring. >> not official spring yet. off >> i pay attspention to you.rieu i take notes.ke n >> oasionanally. >> occasionally.>> o >> how cold is it going to be tomorrow.ccol >> it's going to be veryd is s goin be chillyve rytomorrow.too temperatures aren't likely tore ick ma it out of the 30's the 3' erin. for the runners downtown theywny need to be aware of that. we were up here yesterday 74e but now down we go. let's head over to futurecast.fu i'll show you what you can expect this morning.expe right now it's dry in's dry n washington but by 7:30 in the te morning we'll have showers pushing in.ng we' sh look at inthat rg ain-snow linei off to the north and west. west hagerstown cumberland likely liy seeing snow at that hour.w at tr we work our way into 9, 10 o'clock proba just a little bit of snow in and wash

erin como will talk more about it when she and erin come back with us on the fives at 6:35. welcome back at 6 news morning. carbon monoxide square montgomery country and an apartment building was evacuate add around 3:00 this morning after a woman living there came home from work to find her carbon monoxide detector going on. ten people were evalit yad on the scene for co exposure. thankfully newspaper of them had to go tonight hospital and all residents have been awe lod back in. >> and now to a "fox5" sdlusive. "fox5" the only station to track down the montgomery county public school superintendent as we continue to press for answers in alleged rain of a 14-year-old student by her 17 and 18-year-old classmates at rockville high school and super intend end assured parents that stints are safe within the school system. >> we will do everything in our power to keep all students safe every day. i have five children and four grandchildren i understand. >> and "fox5" also learned that there were immigration orders against both of the suspects in this case and meaning officials a

let's check the forecast with erin como for a check of roads. >> 34:56 now starting with live look at topside of beltway outer loop near new hampshire avenue. light volume. at that point a disabled vehicle blocking right shoulder closer to george aavenue. not causing maiping or slow down. . charles country, we did have earlier crash. now that has cleared. oliver shop road reopened. and between burst store and oaks road. that traffic getting by. use caution this morning and reduce speeds especially on secondarys, bridges, overpasses, on and off rampps tend to freeze first. if you have wet patches slow down and reduce speeds. metro rail fearing up for service at five and keep in mind the including safe track impacting blue and yellow. back to you. >> thanks, erin, coming up fbi director james comey expected to tell the world if president trump was ever subject of fbi investigation. >> and some members of bee-think they know the sex of the painyes after she posted more picture on line. >> we're at 4:57. just coming up on 5:00. 23 degrees outside. bitter cold though. fox news morning back

we'll check in with erin como in just a couple minutes and we'll find out what's happening there. we know there's an incident. hopefully that will work itself out and they'll get that cleared soon so folks can get on with their commute because it's only 6:14. >> only 6:14. folks trying to get there early tuck. >> that's not a fun way to start at the morning. bus stop forecast let's get to it. still chilly this morning. we got temperatures in the 30's so heads up you're going to want a jacket but we got springtime temperatures to look forward to later today with temperatures in the low 60's. so, it should gradually get milder out there and i think we'll get a little sunshine later today. not so much this morning. i'll show you the radar in a second. let's do numbers. 37 in washington. still chilly. not as cold as it was 24 hours ago but the temperatures still in the 30's. baltimore is a cold spot at 32. martinsburg is 30. 37 in hagerstown. 32 out in cumberland. 36 in culpeper. all right. want to show you this little batch of shower activity that's moving in from the north and and t

let's check the forecast and head to erin como >> 4:55 and snow and sleet and ice mix putting a damper on commute. i'll keep you updated on public transportation options as well as we go toward the 5:00 hour. widespread slight cancellations at bwi, reagan national and dulles. and if you're trying it take vre they're operating on s schedule today. limited schedule for vre. also metro rail operating at 5 a.m. service on saturday schedule. trains every 12 minutes and severe weather plan service for metro bus and as you make your way trying to take dash in alexandria their service is not opening until 7 a.m. on snow routes as well and metro access service is us is spended today. any questions erin fox d.c. on twitter. >> if you're among those who flights were cancelled you need to call airline. also remember getting a flight on wednesday will be determined by how much snow fell and where it fell. if you fly south you should be fine to fly out tomorrow. if you fly anywhere in north east may stick around here later than you may have hoped. >> we have greet museums and places for to you pass

erin como has forecast. >> promise it will get a lot better. warmer temperatures and maybe even a little afternoon sunshine. details on that weather coming up. erin how are the roads. >> it's a rough monday morning commute. look at that jam-up right now. a crash on the inner loop of braddock road. jammed solid from before the springfield interchange and aside from those problems on the roads with the fog and the drizzle, metro dealing with delays as well across the orange blue and silver lines. there's a single problem outside eastern market. in addition to those delays we have safe track with single tracking on the blue and yellow line. maureen and allison we'll get back to you and have more road information in just a few. >> ♪ >> 7:01 right now. new this morning d.c. firefighters have been unable to locate a missing person last seen in the potomac river. d.c. police say a person was reported in water near the key bridge around 11:30 last night. several hours of searching by boat and on land turned up nothing. officials are now calling it a

so our resident metro expertxper erin como drove on into the loft. she has details now. hey, erin.n. >> holly, that's right.at's this is the first weekdaye firse morning impacted by safetrack surge 13. lasting the first phase throughe april 1st and then the secondec phase through april 9th.th it's single tracking on the blu and yellow linone between braddc road and huntington van dornor trains running every 24 minutess so riders having to adjust todjt that pattern in in addition too that now yes yellow rush servicr between franconia springfieldine and green belt. bel blue and yellow riders froms fro virginia to leave early consider car pooling or taking metro buss to get around that one. no surprise here safetrackafra taking a toll on riders actualll view metro. new data is showing just howng much of an impact the safe truck work is having on reliabilitylil and customer satisfaction.ctio our metro contributor martin mti dicaro exclusively obtained metro's latest annual reportualp card known as vital signs. 70% of rider trips were trips w considered on time last year.r me

. >> say good morning to erin como and look at the roads sgle good morning, 6:07 now and look at maps. 76 out and dealing with rain. we'll move over from weather and get a look at traffic. this is this afternoon tucker said we need expert help there and it's hot on the web in morning. there we go. 270 northbound crash route 15 through frederick head ago way from gaithersburg to hit that crash and a lot of red on the northbound side. i want to point this out for frederick commuters. blocking several lanes 20 northbound 15 and 07 southbound usual slow downs from 70 to urbana and once you get to the outer loop looking good. 95 to george aavenue to college park inner loop fine. 95, baltimore washington you head out in the district. 11th street northwest between g and h street water main break repair going on to avoid slow slow downs keep to twelfth street northwest as you make your way to fairfax tracking wire and poles down from earlier crash scene prayburn drive closed after olly lane. 66 eastbound the light volume we were seeing through mannasas just like that turned into steady conges

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erin como will talk about this later on in the traffic report. in the meantime talking to tucker barnes about what is happening outside. >> let's get to it. rain showers. maybe a thunderstorm will develop here this morning. definitely head to the bus stop for the first half of day. things get more scattered this afternoon. and we keep it mild, huld as well. temperatures in 70s this afternoon. at least temperatures are on the warm side when you walk to school. definitely rain jacket here. 61 washington. leopard town 6 for you and 62 fredericksburg and 50s forming and west 56 out of dullen and 52 hagerstown. rain shower activity light in baltimore not so much measurable locally. i want to point out that in addition to cloud cover we have this batch of moisture to richmond. gets what that is headed in our direction. i expect showers and pote potentially even a few thunderstorms to develop later this morning as atmosphere is little unstable here across the area. this is cooler in drier air working in later this arm. future cast you can see the shower

thank >>> erin como, good morning. >> good morning. roads are still really busy this morning. good news for your metro ride, normal service resume on the red line. earlier malfunction outside rhode island avenue those delays should start to clear. aside from the red line delay safetrack work impacting the yellow and blue lines. moving over to the drive time. some very big slow zones. 395 northbound from the beltway to king street that's a 23 minute ride. average speeds under 10 miles an hour. 66 eastbound from 29 to 28, that is a 38 minute ride just to get from gainsville into centreville this morning. outer loop 95 to georgia of a just a ten minute commute about five minute delay there and then 270 from 109 in urbana to the beltway that will take you an hour and 11 minutes. so 270 has an been huge problem this morning. aside from that as you make your way out on 66 you can see through fairfax the eastbound side jams as well. 295 southbound remains heavy and top side of the beltway you can see that delay we showed you. 95 southbound from north of the icc jams to the b bw parkw

so we sent our erin como, barnes to just meditate in bethesda to see what all this hype is about. hey, good morning, guys. >> good morning. >> list scene i've learned more in the last 20 minutes about meditation than i knew my whole life it's fascinating right. >> you really gave eight chance and you did deep bre breening cd your hours. giving us great tips. >> tell everybody where we are. this is grand new. >> this is just breathe in bethesda. they're right across from some public parking so you're able to score parking spot. they have lunch time classes. beautiful studio and they even lunch time evening and morning classes. >> just meditate. >> just meditate. did i say just breathe. >> did you. >> see. i'm so relaxed. i forgot where i was. [ laughter ] >> sell everybody why meditation is such a great craze today? >> it's been around for thousands of years and it's one of the most simplest things that anybody can do to bring down your stress level which will make you healthier person and more calm person moreappier person for your familiar and friends. there's no reason >> zamir,

. >> erin como remains in second place. unc. she's got unc going all the way and allison seymour. >> way to go allison. >> third. fortieth overall. let's see the neck page. >> who do you have going all way, do you remember. >> unc. >> really chris? >> hold up. hold up. hold up chris. let's talk about this photo. my goodness. >> let's talk about this photo of the from 1925 it. >> has to make an appearance every now and then. >> you are the slim man. >> so handsome and slim. >> sarah fraser that's what i'm talking about sarah fraser. >> wisdom, kevin and mike. four, five, six and then bottom of the barrel -- >> that's me. >> unfortunately. >> look i said from the get go i went for the upset bracket.& >> steve and holly seven and eight. >> i lived it and upset bracket is -- >> loser! >> the boys over dogging you, steve. >> you know what? my team is still alive like tucker'. >> u got ucla. >> i got kentucky. >> still alive for tonight. >> i had duke. i'm buffed. >> you're frozen. >> tucker, who did you have? >> tucker has gonzaga. >

.>> 9 let's find out what sells making headlines this morning for t wha we turn things over to erin como. >> thank you very much, steve. >>> first up, the man accused of jumping v terheth whitee housef late friday night is expected to appear in federal court today.. court documents show 26-year-old jonathan tran of californiaa claimed he had an appointment with the president.resint. president trump was at the whitw house at the time.ime tran was also carrying a laptopp with a letter addressed to thehe president. if convicted he faces up to tenn years in prison.. >>> ferguson miss sorey now a new documentary raisingng questions about the death ofthdt michael brown.l bwn. footage in the documentary challenges the police theoryory brown summit add strong armedrmd rob breach the documentaryumta claims surveillance video showss brown traded what appears to beb a small bag of marijuana for twt boxes of cigarettes.xes the killed by a police officer. brown left them at the store ana returned to pick them up the u e next morning.next morning documentary says the footage foo disputes claims by aut

over to erin como in the kitchen. >> that's right. we are saluting the free states food and drinks coming up next we're in the of the nominee pour maryland's chef the year. tucker is showing us the blaze to be for this weekend maryland day festival right now 10:27. we'll be right back in the good day cafe. >> 10:29. can't get enough of the puppy pictures. we'll share one of allison' coming up in a minute. >> are we. >> we had a big anniv yesterday. >> i know did you. i know. here's something up right now we keep an eye on the pictures you're zenning. >> so great. >> went by so quick. five puppies altogether. >> bandana. >> national pup if he day. saturday shaping up to be picture perfect outside going to be in the 70s. if you're looking for way to get outside maybe tip a few back, safely, carefully, downtown crown wine and beer in gaithersburg might be the best place to be. >> this weekend it's hosting the maryland day beer festival. we were wondering where tucker went to. of course that's where he is. >> may not come back. >> live th

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. >> let's say good morning to say erin como get a look atin traffic this morning. c hi, eriomno .traffi >> hey, good morning, a lot ofol breaking news tracking off the top of the 6:00.:00. southbound five in charlesnd fin untyty closed. c there's a serious crash scene sc at jones lane.es la that's also impactingmact northbound lanes. traffic getting by on thenottin northbound side but veryth slowly. significant delays in bothican directions so please use charles county this morning.orn. avoid leonardtown road androd ad southbound. outer loop right now we have aea crash. it's moved over to the the shoulder o at kenilworth butth we have huge delays back to to lanham. that yellow line is quickly going to turn red.go right now dealing with just ag a line of parked traffic tryingar to get past thatke crash scenea so be prepared for the outerther loop issues we're dealing withg this morning. aside from that college parklega typical outer loop delays just t past 95 over to georgia.eo. about a 10 minute slowdownlowdn there. 270 we do have building volumeoe from 70 down to