December 201st. Erin como watching the roads, seeing whats going on out there. Got you covered. And mike thomas talking about weather. Good morning. Good morning. The good news for those drivers is that the cold is all you have to worry about today. Other than that were expecting sunny skies and temperatures later on this afternoon in the 40s. Hey, erin. Huge problems in centreville. Downed power lines and an overturned tractortrailer. 28 at 66 all lanes blocked. We have your work arounds. If youre just waking up at 5 00 a. M. A lot of breaking news to talk about and we start with this. A vehicle rammed into a crowd in australia today injuring more than a dozen people. Police say this was not an accident and some suspects are in custody. Our Melanie Alnwick is monitoring the latest developments in our news room. Mel. Reporter good morning. Just a short time ago police told reporters on the ground they believe this was not this was a deliberate act. Two men have been arrested, one were told was taken out of the car and wrestled to the ground by police. It was just before 5 00 p. M. On melbournes Central Business district. People were Holiday Shopping and waiting at a cable car stop outside the flinder street station. Todays witnesses said a white suzuki ran a red light crashed through pedestrian barriers and into the crowd without braking. Youre looking at pictures taken by sky news photographers of one of the men arrested by victoria police. Hes in handcuffs and was seen calmly talking to investigators. We understand both suspects have been taken from the scene for questioning. At this stage we believe it is a deliberate act. However, we do not know the motivation and it is still early stages of the investigation. Reporter we can tell you that at this. 14 people are injured, many of them said to be in critical condition. One of those, a small child with serious head injuries. Prime minister Malcolm Turnbull called it a shocking act and sent prayers for the victims and first its worth reminding everyone its been one year since the berlin Christmas Market attack. There a man in a stolen truck rammed through Holiday Shoppers killing 12. Well be watching all the developments from australia and well bring them to you on fox5 morning news. Wisdom. Thank you mel. Also breaking overnight a north korean soldier has defected to the south. South korea says he crossed the border early this morning as fellow north korean soldiers chased after him. A shootout followed as they approached the line. The soldier who defected arrived safely and his intentions are being investigated. Yesterday two north korean men found drifting in a fishing boat also defected to the south. Five weeks ago, a soldier defected in a dramatic escape that left him with critical gunshot wounds. We are also following a developing story from hollywood. An apparent natural gas explosion at a restaurant just the around the corner from graumans chinese theater. The blast happened around 11 00 last night our time and people who live in the apartment above were evacuated. One person was checked out for injuries and left the holly. 5 03 is our time right now. This morning republicans are still celebrating their tax reform victory. Yesterday at the white house President Trump and Congressional Republicans threw a Party Following the bills final approval. Still unclear when the president , though, will sign it. Meantime the clock is ticking for congressional lawmakers to avoid a government shutdown. Plans to fund the government for the entire fiscal year have now been abandoned and the house is working on a stop gap bill that would last until january 19th. Last night democratic lawmakers got an email from leader nancy pelosi telling them to vote no on a continuing resolution to fund the government meaning republicans will have until midnight friday to approve the measure. Wisdom. All right. The united nations. Or you can keep reading. It says wisdom. United Nations Holding a emergency General Assembly session over President Trumps decision to recognize jerusalem as the capitol of israel. Members will vote on a resolution criticizing the president s announcement. Mr. Trump says he will cut that vote to censure him on the issue. Meanwhile violence continues between Israeli Soldiers and palestinian protesters. Demonstrators burned the American Flag and pictures of President Trump. Wisdom. All right. Thank you, holly. 5 05 is the time right now. One vote victory is short lived. A court on wednesday threw out one disputed ballot and ruled the race a tie between democrat Shelley Simons and republican david yancy. According to Virginia State law in the event of a tie the winner is chosen by lot. The board of elections said the winner will likely be chosen by drawing a name out of a glass bowl. That is crazy to me by the way. I know. Just to think that an election will come down to someone drawing a name out of glass bowl. And who would think out of all of the hundreds of years of doing this that in this day and age we would have a better system. Unless they think its just so the chance is so slim, you know, it would actually come down dont know. I think they could play like Rock Paper Scissors or something. Make it a competition. Yeah, best out of three. All right. So, a lot of people hitting the roads today so its going to be busy for you. Well have big problems. But people will have to worry about the weather. Only thing they have to worry about is turning the heat on and wearing a jacket. 34 in manassas 28 in fredericksburg. Not much wind but there is just a little bit making it feel like 32 in d. C. 27 in there at gaithersburg. Feeling like 24 in frederick. Just take that into account that it does feel a little bit colder than it actually is outside. High res satellite and radar not too much going on. Few high thin clouds. Thats all we expect today. Other than that lots of sunshine so plenty of afternoon sun, seasonally chilly temperatures, light winds, 48 degrees. Thats a check of the forecast. Over to erin for traffic. Traffic big problems out out of fairfax. Looks like theyre letting some northbound traffic by and southbound side still shut down. Going to doublecheck with Fairfax Police and see if this is for good or if theyre just trying to let people through. They had been diverting both sides to 66. Well keep you updated. In the district pennsylvania avenue at branch avenue in southeast just very light volume. For the morning commute were dealing with these issues but lighter volume overall right now at 5 07. Downed power lines again you can see on that map there but 66 still looks good. 267 looks good. If you have an Early Morning flight to catch advising travelers to get there earl to get through security lines but traffic on the way to bwi Reagan National and dulles not showing you down. Just that big issue on 28. Things by National Harbor looking good. Maybe youre trying to get to the outlets to get some shopping done for the holidays, little bit of last minute shopping. Right now were looking good in southern maryland. Five at the 301 split. All metro rail lines are on time. Ill let you know if any of that changes. If you have any questions for this busy Holiday Travel day at erin fox5 d. C. Wisdom and holly. All right. Thank you very much, erin. Coming up on fox5 news morning, Puerto Ricans are forced to endure several more months of living without electricity. One couple gets an additional bill after giving a hotel a negative online review. As we head to break lets look live across the d. C. Region right now. Were at eight minutes past the hour, a very chilly 33 degrees out there. Fox5 news morning coming right back. 5 08 is our time right now. We welcome you back to fox5 news morning on this thursday december 21st. Make sure you grab your winter coat today, hat, gloves, too, probably. Its pretty cold this morning and its not expected to warm up much. Mike is back in about six minutes with your frigid thursday forecast. All right. We have some disturbing news to tell you about this morning out of libya. Up to 25,000 nigerians have been held in libya as slaves in a slave prison and a sex camp. They were trying to reach europe. Nigerian officials reveal that that number yesterday saying the enslavement is some of the perverse consequences of human trafficking. Nigeria says its working with Government Agencies to help rescue the victims. Another Confederate Monument comes down. This one in memphis, tennessee. It was the statue of Nathan Bedford forest taken platform and lowered onto a truck last year 112 years after the confederate general was first memorialized. The city Council Voted unanimously to remove two controversial statues. The second is of confederate president jefferson davis. A man wanted for a deadly stabbing in alexandria has been arrested. Endless taylor is accused of robbing and stabbing luis bonilla near the meadow woods apartment in the alexandria section of fairfax. Detectives received a tip that taylor was in new england. Officers there helped track him down in hudson, new hampshire. More devastating news for the island of puerto rico. Officials now say the u. S. Territory wont be fully up and running with power until may. Eight months after Hurricane Maria ripped through the caribbean. Puerto ricos governor had initially pledged to have power restored to 95 percent of the island by december. Californias thomas fire might become the largest fire in state history. Officials say its contained and its growth has slowed. Crews caught a break in weather conditions this week but winds are expected to pick up today. Over a thousand structures have been destroyed with another 18,000 still at risk. A federal judge has declared a mistrial in the criminal case of nevada rancher bundy. Bundy led an armed standoff with u. S. Agents back in 2014. A new trial date has been set for next february. Bundy had been charged with 15 counts stemming from the confrontation. Get this. Leaving a negative review could actually put a dent in your wallet. Thats what happened to a customer at an Indiana Hotel who says she was charged hundreds of dollars just for leaving a bad review. Katrina arthur and her husband say her review detailed dirty conditions and how they cleaned the room themselves. She was charged 350 and is now seeking legal action. Coming up on fox5 news morning, comic Dave Chappelle offers a very blunt assessment trump. And if you follow elon musk on twitter chances are that you now have his personal phone number at your disposal. Wow. And as we head to break lets go ahead and look live across the d. C. Region. 5 12 is our time right now. Were at 33 degrees. Fox5 news morning coming right back. Dunkin sweet black pepper bacon sandwich is back. With twice the crispy caramelized peppered bacon. Experience a breakfast sandwich made for bacon lovers. America runs on dunkin we are back now at 5 14 with your top stories on this thursday december 21st. Breaking news right now in australia. At least 14 people hurt after an suv plowed into a crowd of pedestrians on a sidewalk in melbourne. Police say it appears that this was a deliberate act although they are not yet labeling it an act of terrorism. Two men are in custody. Clock is ticking for congressional lawmakers to avoid a government shutdown. Plans to fund the government for the entire fiscal year has been abandoned. Now the house is working on a stop gap bill that would last until january 13. Today is due to be the worst for Holiday Travel leading up to christmas. Congested in the d. C. Region between 3 00 p. M. And 6 00 p. M. Today and tomorrow are expected to be two of the busiest days at the airports with an additional 400,000 air travelers across the united states. 5 15 is our time right now. And i have to admit, mike, it was colder than i anticipated this morning. I got a little spoiled the last two mornings. Yeah, that will happen. But dont worry. We will warm it back up for you holly over the next couple of days. Get ready for later next week because the cold is sticking around. Lets focus on the good news. Winds are starting chilly. Its freezing outside this morning. Later on this afternoon, more kind of seasonal out there. First of a winter solstice officially begins today, 11 29 a. M. So all the morning shows this morning are still in fall but if you watch fox5 news at 5 oclock tonight, thats the first newscast of winter. All right, temperatures outside right now 34 degrees in washington. 24 dulles. 19, though, manassas. So, really chilly there. 25 there in 25 in frederick as well. 32 now in leonardtown. Annapolis at 34 degrees. Most people below freezing this morning. High res satellite and radar showing not too much going on. There were some thin clouds. You see them moving off to the north there. Thats about it. Other than that clear skies. A system that came through yesterday or at least brought us all the clouds yesterday has pushed off the coastline. We had a northwest flow around that storm and thats what helped bring in some of the colder air. High pressure is in control off the north so that means sunny and bright conditions pushing in cooler air still from the north and from the east today t although winds will be light and again as we mentioned first day of winter is going to be a sunny one. Temperatures around the region generally in the 40s. Here in d. C. I think we make 48 degrees under sunny skies. 47 manassas, maybe 49 for fredericksburg and culpeper. Off to the north and west of town a little cooler, 44 for hagerstown, 46 for frederick but generally very kind of seasonal for this time of year. That area of High Pressure just stubb too quickly. Well have our next storm system approach from the south and west. Thats going to throw some moisture not so much here but if youre traveling to the north tomorrow, cause i know tomorrow is still a big travel day youll want to watch if youre headed up into pennsylvania, new york interior new england you could run into travel trouble with slick spots and some snow. Here locally we should be dry, just on the cooler side mixing with more clouds although temperatures tomorrow warmer than today getting into the middle 50s. 48 today, up to 56 tomorrow. Showers on and off throughout the day on saturday. More clouds than sun. Temperatures warm though, 64 degrees. We start going back down on christmas eve. Maybe we squeeze out a snowflake or two but no accumulation on Christmas Day. Temperatures down to 42 and 30s take over after that. Now its time for traffic. If youre waking up in centreville 5 17, both directions of 28 are shut down. This is at 66. Traffic on the ramps being diverted to 66 east and westbound. Theres an overturned t i talked to kenny on our assignment desk and it looks like 28 at 66 should be shut down for several hours. Please use caution and be prepared for extra volume 66 east and westbound surrounding 28 out in centreville. Again, well keep you updated. If you have any questions about getting around that at erin fox5 d. C. On twitter. Aside from that right now 66 is looking good. You can see that red line right there right on 28 south of 66. Your travel time is still looking good. Light volume through gainsville and manassas. Things on 95 look good. Things in the district and in maryland quiet. Metro is on time. Any questions at erin fox5 d. C. On twitter. Back to you. Time right now is 5 18. Lets take a look at the stories youre engaging with the most this morning on social media with our realtime news tracker. First up the lingering uncertainty in congress over the fate of the Childrens HealthInsurance Program is leaving a lot of parents worried. Its unlikely this Week Congress will reauthorize chip which has become a crucial element in how to fund the government. If no decision the next 24 hours lawmakers will likely take up the issue in early january. Comedian and d. C. Native Dave Chappelle has a message for President Trump that could lead to some controversy. In his newest netflix standup special Dave Chappelle talks about the poor whites who voted for President Trump saying the president is only helping those who are rich. Switching gears now lets talk sports. Basketball dad lavar ball set to start a Basketball League for Top High School graduate whose ball says dont want to be exploited by the ncaa. He says hell pay up to 10,000 a month to players rather than play amateur collegiate basketball. Ball says the move will give players a chance to jump start their career while being seen by pro scouts. Also trending former nba star charlie villanuevas home was targeted by burglars. Whats worse is when the burglars take unusual items like the toilet. Villanueva tweeted out stole my toilet. Im not making this up. While tagging the Dallas Police department. And finally, elon musk the spacex and tesla ceo accidentally tweeted his personal phone number to his 16. 7 million twitter followers. And by the time he deleted the tweet of course it had gone viral. Naturally fans and Media Outlets jumped at the chance to reach him but they were met with voicemail messages. Just another reminder to always proof read before hitting send. Ill bet you the first 10,000 calls he got he was like what is going on. What is going on, right. He now has a new number. Right. All right, coming up on fox5 news morning, Delta Airlines says that someone is going to pay for its financial losses related to the Atlanta Airport blackout. And google is vowing to cut back on popup ads. Were going to break right now with a live look outside across the dmv. 5 20 is the time. Back in a moment. Hello im petty officer second class what harry ahmed. Quick shout out to my wife ton my auntie, aunt thelma and m mr. Abu and happy holiday to everyone. And free loveless. Whoa the mercedesbenz winter event is back and you wont want to stop for anything else. [ barks ] ho lease the gla 250 for 349 a month at your local mercedesbenz dealer. Mercedesbenz. The best or nothing. 5 23 right now. After the massive power outage at hartsfieldjackson airport, delta wants someone to pay up. The airline ceo says the company will seek compensation ed bastian says its possible delta lost between 25 and 50 million during the 11 hour outage. He says hes not sure whether the airport or Georgia Power will be held responsible but delta plans to speak to both. More than 1500 flights were canceled due to the blackout. A new survey is revealing the disturbing number of gender discrimination that many people experience at work. 42 percent of women say theyve experienced gender discrimination compared to just 22 percent of men. The groups were asked about topics like earning differentials feeling isolated in the workplace and being denied a promotion. Google cutting down on popup ads. In federal Google Chrome will block ads that dont meet better ads standards. This actually includes googles own ads. Its the intergalactic battle billionaires. Jeff bezos space Firm Blue Origin says theyre a year out from sending tourists into space. While virgin ceo Richard Branson claims hes gng space trip with his Company Virgin atlantic within the next six months and spacex founder elon musk says hell soon reveal the launch schedule to send the first Spacex Astronauts to the International Space station next year. Space race all over again. Yeah. Space race 2018 i guess it will be. Going to be pretty crowded trying to get to space i guess. More room for us down here. Whoohoo there you go. Ill keep my feet firmly on the ground plus thats expensive. Im with you. Lets do it. Cold temperatures outside this morning. Youre going to need a jacket. Youre going to need the heat blowing in the car as temps have fallen back in some cases its in the teens. Here in d. C. Were 34. Feels like 30. Slight breeze out there. Wind not expected to be much of a factor. Should be light to fall. High res satellite and radar just a couple clouds passing. Other than that clear skies have kind of taken over and should remain that way throughout the course of the afternoon today. Sunny and bright, 40 degrees at 10 oclock. By by 4 oclock 47 degrees. Enjoy the sunshine cause clouds start to return tomorrow and it doesnt look like theyre going to break until beyond christmas. Well talk about that coming up. First 48 degrees your daytime high here today. Quantico 46 for you, 47 manassas, maybe up to 49 degrees in fredericksburg. Thats your local forecast. Over to erin now for traffic. How does it look erin. 5 26. We have these big problems in centreville. A crash on 28 involving a tractortrailer and downed wires ooh this morning. Injuries as well. Its on the southbound side of 28. But all north and southbound lanes of 28 respect shut down right now. Also getting information from Fairfax County that traffic is being diverted to 66. 66 eastbound, this is really important for the Holiday Travel, 66 eastbound cant access Dulles Airport via 28. Youre going to have to find an alternate this morning. Keep it to the dulles toll road. Any other alternates if you have any questions at erin fox5 d. C. On twitter. You can see the onramps there are being diverted back to 66. 66 east and westbound surrounding 28 could be seeing a lot of extra congestion this morning. Again, no traffic getting through however on that northbound side or southbound side there. Any questions at erin fox5 d. C. On twitter. All metro rail lines are on time right now. Back to you. Thanks erin. 5 27 right now and coming up on fox5 news morning be prepared for traffic and delays if you are hitting the road today. Weve said it a million times but were reminding you again. Were learning more about a local family who were among the passengers riding on a bus when it flipped and crashed in southern mexico. And taking a break right now as we always do, lets look live outside, speaking of the roads, there you go, getting all ready. 5 27 is our time right now, 33 degrees. Fox5 news morning coming right back. Back [ splash ] [ horn sounds ] dang ok, i gotta run. Hey, wait, theres something i need to tell you dang. Dang dang dang. See zero in a whole new way. Get zero down, zero deposit, zero first months payment, and zero due at signing on select volkswagen models. Now with the people first warranty. Today on fox5 news morning, republican lawmakers celebrate their first victory under President Trump. While democrats equate the passage of the new tax bill to leaving a lump of coal in americas stocking. Political power in the Virginia Statehouse wont be decided by voters but, rather, by pulling a name out of a hat. And if you plan to drive to your holiday destination today, you need to bring your patience and get ready to sit in a lot of traffic. Fox5 news morning starts right now. This is fox5 news morning. Good morning to you. Thank you very much for join, us. It is thursday, december 21st. All right. Erin como is watching the busy travel day that we have in store. And mike thomas talking about the weather. Good morning. Hey, good morning. Todays pret its just cold out there. Grab a jacket as you head out the door. What does the weekend and Christmas Day have in store . I got answers coming up. Hey, erin. 5 30. 28 is shut down in centreville in both directions at 66. Traffic is being diverted and you cant access the Dulles Airport from 28 so well help you get around that one. All right. Thank you erin, thank you mike. Time right now is 5 31. Were following some breaking news from australia this morning. At least 14 people injured after an suv plowed into a crowd of pedestrians outside of a station in central melbourne today. Police say it appears that this was a deliberate act although they are not yet labeling it as an act of terrorism. Two people have been taken into custody. A north korean soldier has defected to the south. South korea says he crosseduth d as fellow north korean soldiers chased after him a shootout followed as they approached the line. The soldier arrived safely. His intentions are being investigated. Yesterday two north korean men found drifting in a fishing south. Four members of the north Korean Military defected this year. Time is 5 31. Erin talked about that that big crash in centreville have virginia. Today is expected to be the most congested for all those Holiday Travelers on the roads. Our Anjali Hemphill is headed to the crash scene right now. How is it looking out there, anjali . Reporter well, hey, holly. Luckily, its early. Traffic is moving well but we are heading to this major accident involving multiple cars. Also, a big rig tractortrailer overturned upside down on its side possibly so it is blocking all of route 28 causing major issues there. Of course we are in the starting the morning commute. If people are heading to work today, were also on a busy travel day so a lot of cars on the roadway and Something Like this happening is not good news for drivers. Its only going to add to the headaches. We know all lanes are blocked northbound and southbound ramps there and was talking about a major issue around that area, route 28, the access drivers are being diverted. They cant access from 66 east going towards Dulles Airport. Again busy travel day not only on the roads but also in the air and if you are trying to make an early flight this morning, this accident is going to affect that if youre heading towards Dulles Airport so make sure you leave extra time, stay out of the way for these responders that are responding to this crash and if you are heading to Dulles Airport you might want to take a different way if you can. Thats the latest from the roads. Ill send it back to you guys. Thank you very much for keeping an eye on the roads for us. We appreciate it. Time is 5 33. Hundreds of contract airport workers expected to be back on the picket lines at Dulles Airport. The strike involves baggage handlers wheelchair attendants and Customer Service agents contracted through huntley u. S. A. Corporation. Theyre protest wag they say are poor work conditions mistreatment and low pay. Theyre demanding the unionize. There are some airport workers who have decided not to join the protests. This morning republicans are still basking in the glow of their tax reform victory. It was a legislative love fest at the white house yesterday. President trump and Congressional Republicans threw a Party Following the final approval of the bill. The president calls the achievement historic. His critics say its historically bad. Well, the clock is ticking for congressional lawmakers to avoid a government shutdown. Plans to fund the government for the entire fiscal year have been abandoned and now the house is working on a stop gap bill that would last until january 19. Last night democratic lawmakers got an email from nancy pelosi telling them to vote no on a continuing resolution to fund the government. Meaning republicans are going to have to do it on there their own. They have until midnight friday night. The one vote victory for virginia democrats in the house of delegates is short lived. A court threw out the one disputed ballot yesterday and ruled the race a tie between democrat Shelley Simmons according to Virginia State law in the event of a tie the winner is chosen by whats called lot meaning the winner will likely be chosen by drawing a name out of a glass bowl. All right. Just giving you time to think about it. Were thinking about it, too. Let that sink in. Let that sink in. Lets say good morning to mike thomas again and talk about weather. Guys, good morning. Its the cold that will get you this morning because weve fallen back to where we more typically should be for this time of year. Lets get over to it. Heres your temperatures outside at this moment. 34 here in d. C. T1 of the few spots above freezing as you go just south look at manassas at 19, culpeper 24, 25 winchester, 23 in frederick. Satellite and radar showing clear skies for most of the region. Just a couple of passing clouds up towards baltimore but sunshine is the story today. Theres futurecast at 1 oclock. Not much on it and again today should be a quiet day. Clouds start to build back tonight into tomorrow and its kind of a mix of clouds and build back in as we head towards saturday. Kind of on again off again showers i should say more so than rain. Next two days 48 with sunshine, tomorrow warmer with more clouds, 56. Thats a check of the forecast. Over to erin for traffic. Right now 5 36 and were keeping an eye on this huge problem Anjali Hemphill is on her way to out in Fairfax County. This is centreville where 28 is closed in both directions right at 66. A crash involving injuries, an overturned tractortrailer and some other some other vehicles as well. Traffic there you see moving is being diverted to 66 east and westbound. Headed to the airport because it is a busy travel day, you cannot access the Dulles Airport via 28 northbound. 66 cant access the Dulles Airport via 28 northbound. Any questions about getting around that at erin fox5 d. C. On twitter. Aside from that were also dealing with a water main break in the district connecticut Avenue Northwest between yuma street and windham place. Caution there. Now also gw parkway looking good. Traffic in southeast quiet. Look good except we have this traffic light malfunctioning in maryland baltimore avenue at amherst road. Caution in hyattsville. Metro rail lines currently on time. Any questions at erin fox5 d. C. On twitter. Back to you guys. All right, time right now is 5 37. Coming up on fox5 news morning, if you want to look younger, try eating a lot less. Hm. And video game addiction is being classified as a mental disorder. Going to break, a live look outside right now, 33 is the temperature. Fox5 news morning is back right after this. Riends is here. Oh, well, what does he look like . [mother] orange and grouchy. laughing thats student loan monster. Remember when i told you if you didnt save for college, other monsters would show up . Wait, so hes living here now . She graduates and moves back home, he follows. Theyre a package deal. chuckling like, uh, oh, snack cakes. Om. [narrator] tame the tuition monster and receive up to a 4,000 Virginia State tax deduction. Welcome back to fox5 news morning. It is thursday, december 21st. 5 40 is our time right now. Cold is back. Definitely going to need a coat asweater this morning, something similar before heading out, hat gloves probably a good idea. Only at 33 degrees. Mike is back in about four minutes with your chilly forecast. Researchers say gaming disorder is a real thing. According to a new study playing too many video games is actually an illness. Doctors say the term gaming disorder is now being considered a Mental Health condition by the world health organization. Now to one researcher who says fasting can delay the signs of scientists analyzed the controversial fad of restricting calories and they found adults eat 25 percent fewer calories per day actually age more than half a year slower. And if you want to think younger, a new Study Suggests that eating salads every day it may keep your brain a decade younger. Older adults who eat at least one serving of leafy greens or salads daily show slower memory declines. Researchers say bald diets are critical in creating dementia in older people. We know what were having for lunch today because salads are pretty good. Yeah, with a lot of dressing. A lot of balsamic vinaigrette. Auto workers express frustration over fords plan to move its electric car production south of the border. A man uses his girlfriends love of netflix to make his proposal a memorable event. As we head to break, live look across the d. C. Region on a thursday morning. This is what it looks right now at the white house. Still dark out there right now of course but the suns going to come up and we are dreaming of a white christmas. Yes. Could we see some flakes . I dont know. Mike will have the answer on the other side of the break. 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Its been awhile since a white christmas. I think inquiry about due but its not looking too great this year. Well talk more about that coming up. First, winter begins today. Starts at 11 29 a. M. So still were kind of in fall here and well be switching over to christmastime here later on this morning. All right, sunny but chilly conditions later on today. Clouds and showers return starting tomorrow and the weekend, were dealing with some rain showers in the forecast turning colder by the time we get to christmas and that cold does look like its going to stick around all the way until we get to at least the new years holiday. 34 degrees in washington. 26 in gaithersburg, 24 at dulles right now. Manassas down to 19 degrees. Culpeper 24. Fredericksburg 28. So chilly all around the region. Were dealing with cold weather out there this morning so again pack your jacket but what you wont need is the umbrella. There we go or the snow shovel because were calm, were quiet. Storm system passed to our south yesterday cleared out the pattern and well be dealing with sunshine thanks to High Pressure today. Still a northerly flow out there which means well keep the Cool Conditions around through the afternoon. Temperatures later today expected to peak in the 40s on this very first day of winter. 48 in fact for d. C. 47 manassas, 49 for fredericksburg, 44 for winchester as well as hagerstown so a nice kind of seasonal late december day. Doing your traveling tomorrow as opposed to today, youll the country rain, snow showers up to chicago, detroit. Off to the north of town here locally, of course the west is nice and quiet in terms of sunny conditions down through california but here locally if youre heading north tomorrow, i think were dry here in town but if youre heading north upstate new york you may have to watch out for a little bit of ice and snow so be aware of that. Some local destinations for you the place to be miami how about that, sunshine, 81 degrees for your daytime high on friday. All right, into the weekend, area of low pressure moves up the appalachians here. We will actually be pretty warm as we head through the day on saturday but lots of clouds and showers. Sunday looks drier but cant rule out an isolated shower and conditions will start getting breezy and gradually cooler through the day. We got a stalled out front and this could be a player as we head towards christmas whether or not were able to squeeze out a snowflake or two. 64 degrees on saturday for christmas eve, falling temperatures, starting out at 49 degrees, so heading into Christmas Day, 42, again maybe a flake or two in the morning. Doesnt look like anything will stick. Wer afternoon and then cold takes over from there. All right, thats a check of the forecast. Erin is back with traffic. Right now at 5 47 we have updates on the overturned tractortrailer involving a fuel spill and downed power lines. You can see it in the distance there. Traffic is starting to really back up on 66 eastbound leading toward that location. But we do have an update for you. Northbound sides of 28 have reopened so northbound lanes moving. Southbound lanes remain shut down at 66 because of that crash. Injuries are nonlifethreatening so thats good newgood news but the wiresn the roadway. You can head northbound on 28 towards the Dulles Airport. Southbound side remains shut down for some time and again down to 20 Miles Per Hour for a few miles on 66 eastbound trying to lead toward that crash, theres still a rubberneck delay even though the northbound side is opened but again, southbound 28 cannot access 66 right now. All southbound lanes are closed of 28. This is just north of 66. Well keep you updated on that. And thats a look at that slow moving traffic leading towards centreville this morning. As you make your way out on 270 looks like traffic is moving but 70 to 109, 14 minute trip yellow zone. Were just seeing some volume out there slowing us down and then as you make your way out on the outer loop, volume is increasing but still a green zone. 95 to and from the Baltimore Beltway looks good. Inner loop bottom side of the beltway is quiet. Problem free right now in oxon hill. Once you cross the beltway we have a new crash branch avenue at offroad caution there. 395 looks good and five has volume increasing. Still a green zone. All metro rail lines are on time. Any questions at erin fox5 d. C. On twitter. Back to you. Thanks erin. 5 49 right now. A maryland mother accused in the 2014 disappearance of her two Young Children is due in court today. Catherine hoggle is charged with their murder. Police believe she was the last person to see her twoyearold son jacob and fouryearold daughter sara before they disappeared. Now hoggle has been diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia. Shes refused to disclose the childrens whereabouts and has been held in a since their disappearance. Time right now is 5 49. A lorton, virginia woman, her young son and the boys grandmother are among eight americans killed in a bush crash in southern mexico. Anna behar and her 11yearold son daniel were riding on the bus with her husband and teenaged son when the bus flipped. Investigators say the driver was speeding when he lost control of the bus and then overcompensated when he tried to get back on the highway. Passengers were traveling from their cruise ship to nearby mayan ruins. A total of 12 people were killed. The driver was injured and taken into custody. Retired gymnast mikhaila maroney is suing the u. S. Olympic committee and u. S. A. Gymnastics. Shes seeking damages from Michigan State university. Thats where dr. Larry nassar worked for several years. Nasar was recently sentenced to six. 60 years in federal prison on child porn charges. Maroney says she was abused dozens of times by nasar. She reached a settlement and had to sign agreement. Maroney now wants those provisions invalidated. Thousands of disney workers voted against a 50cent pay raise. Workers say the latest Contract Offer is an insult and is just not enough. Union leaders will regroup next month. In a statement disney said that they are disappointed with the unions decision and say their offer was fair and reasonable. 5 51 is our time right now. Lets go ahead and take a look at the stories youre engaging with the most this morning on social media using our realtime news tracker. At t set to give bonuses to some employees once the tax reform legislation is signed into law. The Telecom Giant said it would give more than 200,000 u. S. Union members an special bonus of 1,000. Boeing comcast and wells fargo plan to hand out wage raises and bonuses as well. Looks like facebook is in hot water this morning following accusations of age discrimination after it allowed employers like amazon and verizon to exclude millions of Older Americans from seeing their job ads. The Telecom Giant recently posted recruitment ads for jobs in Financial Planning and analysis but restricted the post to facebook feeds for users between the ages of 25 to 36 who lived in washington, d. C. And demonstrated an interest in finance. Facebook has defended the age exclusive ads saying they are a common industry practice. Meantime, you may want to stay away from antismoking drug chantix. A new study into that drug which is hailed as the most effective medication for ditching cigarettes finds one of its ingredients increases the risk of a heart attack. Chantix is linked to self harm and depression in older user. Ford is now moving ahead with plans to build two more plants. The president evidence United Auto Workers union is condemning fords strategic to move production of certain electric vehicles from michigan to mexico. This move goes against President Trumps plan to renegotiate the north american Khloe Kardashian posted shes pregnant. She showed off her baby bump with dad to be Tristan Thompson while thanking everyone for the love and the positive vibes. New this morning a familys beloved dog is back home in time for christmas. Yesterday someone took biscuit from their yard in southeast. It was caught on camera. The story took off on social media. Hundreds shared it including local police and even d. C. s mayor. The family ple believes it helpd bring him home. Two people said they found him wandering on the road. Glad theyre reunited. Massachusetts Grocery Store work worker is now an onle sensation. Take a listen. After noticing the owners of the shop were actually setting up sound equipment for a group of singers he couldnt help but treat customers to his own rendition of oh, holy the man originally hails from brazil and surprise, hes an aspiring singer. Okay. Sounds like hes on his way. We would love to see how this turns out for him, see if we can get a record deal or something. Get out of the produce section. Creative netflix viewer incorporated his favorite show into his Marriage Proposal and the result is going viral. Connor and camilla watched netflix on their first date in college. Shes a fan of the netflix show santa clara diet. Connor enlisted the help of netflix and drew. Connor hit pause to get down on one knee and propose and she said yes. Now, he must have some connection. What, he just said hey, drew barry more can you help me with this, hey, netflix. You know what im saying. We should try that and see what we already know. Yeah. We should try that and see what happens. Hm. Very creative. Maybe theyll respond and maybe theyre just hey, with this. Lets say hello to our facebook fan of the day. Look at that great picture. This is jamaal hammond. Jamaal your mom nominated you becauseshe loves you and she wants to wish you a happy 18th birthday today. Sherri says you are a senior at bowie high school. She says jamaal got to meet his favorite person, tucker barnes, and get this, sharrie says jamaal mentors, speaks out against bullying and promotes Suicide Awareness and adhd awareness. We at fox5 wish you continued success. Enjoy your day. Look at that smile tucker has got going on. I think hes channel, his inner dwayne johnson. Great picture. Lets talk about the weather mike. Okay, were changing seasons today. Were going from fall, were saying goodbye to the fall of 2017 and were welcoming the winter of 20172018 as it begins at 11 29 a. M. All your morning shows are in the fall. Your evening news will start your winter out. Get off to school. Not looking a whole lot winter but feeling a lot like winter. After school, too. Seasonably chilly. Average time this year 45 degrees. Futurecast through the day today shows lots of sunshine. We dont expect much trouble today. If youre hitting the road today weatherwise youre fine. Tomorrow we start to see clouds filter into the region and by the time we get to your day on saturday were going to have some clouds and showers around. 64 degrees though on saturday. 49 for christmas eve. Monday maybe a snowflake or two. That doesnt look like a huge deal. Well start to clear it out and get cold into next week. Thats a check of the forecast. Over to erin for the roads. Its a busy travel day and were also dealing with problems. Take a look right here. Overturned truck fuel spill. Southbound lanes at 28 blocked so you cant access 28 southbound right now. Theyre diverting traffic at 66. But just keep in mind northbound 28 did reopen so you can access n from 66 but we do have a 66 backup through centreville. Aside from that one we have a 66 eastbound crash before Fairfax County parkway as well. Adding to the heavy volume, metro is on time right now. We have a crash in temple hills on branch avenue north way at auth way. Keep it to fox5. Well have more on your busy travel day as we continue. Dunkin sweet black pepper bacon sandwich is back. With twice the crispy caramelized peppered bacon. Experience a breakfast sandwich made for bacon lovers. America runs on dunkin this is fox5 news morning. Straight ah breaking news overnight out of australia where an suv plowed into a crowd of people. Its being called a deliberate act but is it terrorism . Weve got late breaking details. Terrible traffic thursday. Today is predicted to be the worst travel day of the christmas get away a the commute could be a nightmare as people head home to hit the holiday. This morning isnt starting out too great either because theres a major crash causing problems. Details on that just ahead. We love little titles dont we. Oh, yeah. Meantime a live look outside. Speaking of the commute, hey, youre probably going out of town today if youve got christmas plans, heres a live look at Reagan National airport on this thursday morning, december 21st, the first day of winter. Weather and traffic on the 5s at 6 05. Breaking news out of centreville virginia. A multi vehicle crash has shut down route 28 at i66. Officials asking drivers to avoid that area and this comes on the busiest travel d o