It is saturday, february 6, 2016 and this is wlwt news 5 today. From cincinnati s First Television station, this is news 5 today. Jonathan good morning. Welcome. Thank you for joining us. I am jonathan and this is meteorologist jennifer. What is going on . Jennifer pretty quiet. Enjoying sunshine. Jonathan one degrees below freezing. Jennifer we will get to the 40 s this afternoon with sunshine, so it should be nice. We will enjoy the weekend and focus on getting back to weekend next week. Getting back to winter next week. We brought them out in the lowtomid 20 s for everyone around to 75 and now climbing with sunshine. Home to light wind at three miles an hour at times, so not much of a problem. If we did have a south wind temperatures climbing, but doing well with sunshine with the fewer clouds. Partly cloudy for the midday, 36 through the afternoon and temperatures stay in the mid 40 s for highs today. We should improve upon yesterday s 43. A couple of Degrees Higher this afternoon.
My apologies. 30 more seconds. The hear ing will come to order. Sports have always played a huge role culturally and otherwise in the United States. Just last week on thanksgiving millions of americans were probably paying more attention to their tv sets than to their turkeys. Its part of our cultural deal. I hope its a good one. Athletes have become eicons in america. I remember my at that time 10yearold son had this poster of ray nichke that took up half his room. Thats the way it was then. Hes now 45. Thats the way it was then and now. Whether we like it or not major league athletes are role models for youth. Generations of children have grown up watching sporting events with their parents. It is a family affair. Game day traditions have been handed down from generation to the next. Its an amazing american phenomenon. Kids wear the jerseys of their favorite players. They have their posters and they collect their cards. Most of which are not charged for, i guess. But its an amazing f
Noel mcclaren is live to tell us what investigators are now announcing about this crime, noel. Reporter police tell us that they are still searching for clues as to who may have ton this. They do believe that it is drug or possibly gangrelated but still, no arrests. It is one of the most barbaric murders philadelphia homicide detectives say that they have ever seen. Hand and feet were bound, their eyes were covered and they were stabbed multiple times, two of the three i believe their throats were slit and then flown in the Schuylkill River. Reporter three friend abducted from an undisclosed location in the van were believed to be tortured, taped up, stabbed, and anchor to the bottom of the Schuylkill River left to die. Two victims were recovered this morning near kelly drive, their throats, slashed but one man managed to get away, police say that the 23 yearold survivor, flagged down help on the side of the road and they got to him, just in the nick of time. He was walking, in his und
Backup. Outer loop on route 50, we have three lanes blocked. By the time you get to the beltway, the outer loop here a good luck road its cleared out of the way. Outer loop approaching that area is a bit slow here this morning. Wide look at things overall Everything Else looks like its moving just fine. Thats the only problem there at 50. 66 headed into town 95 headed into or out of town no problems there. First 4 traffic tracker on 95 southbound here in virginia just passing through and we dont have any issues there. More at 5 11. Well take a live look at 270. A developing story, police in Prince Georges County now know the name of the man suspected of sexually assaulting a 12yearold girl. Until now, Surveillance Video is the only lead we have seen. Police say this man, isiah bogans sexually assaulted a 12yearold girl last week. The girls mother spotted him last friday and tried to tackle him but he escaped. She told police about a tattoo on his neck that read blessed. If you know whe
Will be on saturday. Temperatures in the 60s, but lots of sunshine. Looking good on sunday the mid 70s. Then for memorial day should make it into the low 80s. A little more humid, but beautiful weather for them. Your what to wear forecast is coming up at 6 11. Whats going on this morning on the roads . Right now, first 4 traffic tracker on 95 northbound here. Kind of past Prince William parkway. We still had some pretty good volume from 2 from the earlier road work. 95 at triangle is loosening up there. 95 a bit slower than it typically is as youre headed past quantico, up through dale city. 13 miles an hour is your slowest spot. Hearing in my ear from the producer no more days. That is good. B. W. Parkway, looking nice and green. Prince georges county overall looking quite good. A little slow inbound as were headed north there on indian head highway. Travel times coming up in a couple of minutes. Thanks melissa. 6 02. Theres more talk in d. C. About how to get around on the streetcars