you. new this morning a fire at a building in the old curtis chevrolet building northwest dc, it sends one firefighter to the hospital with minor injuries. the flames broke out around 3:00 a.m. this morning no word what caused the fire, that building is located on the 5900 block georgia avenue it is now vacant, the space used to be office buildings and served as former dc mayor fente s 2010 re- election headquarters. more deadly explosions in iraq leave almost 60 dead all targeting shiite muslims a blast in the capital killed 27 people an hour ago we got reports more attacks in southern iraq. 30 shiite pilgrims heading to the holy city were killed near nesaria. the bombing of pilgrims in the south are raising new fears of religious fighting between suni and shiites after combat troops pulled out last month. president obama will outline a new strategy aimed at preserving the strength of the military in the face of hundreds of billions if budget cuts new framework focuses
or anything. i smell a free pizza coming your way. if only. on the roads now, say good morning to our friends in sky fox checking out the drive on 66 it is quite complicated a multivehicle accident before you reach 234, off the road to the shoulder still slow when you roll out of manassas. fair lakes fair oaks, headed eastbound towards vienna. wall to wall traffic as you continue inbound towards the belt way. more slow traffic all this out on 66 had towards 495, thanks chopper brad. crash east 50. louden county parkway v dot are on the scene at that location. 395 slowing as you work your way north of duke street headed out towards seminary road no incidents just volume delays, traffic once again crossing the 14th street bridge, outer loop, below speed, 40 miles an hour find southbound 270, not looking bad in german town. lanes are open headed south to middle brook road. that is a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. our big story, president obama will today mark a maj
republican iowa caucuses. they both have 25% of the ballots passed romney wins by an 8 vote margin. foxes general for davis has more general for davis has more. reporter: mitt romney ekes out the narrowest of victories beating rick santorum by 8 votes. mitt romney gave credit to the runner up. congratulations to rick santorum, this has been a great victory for him and his efforts. romney set his sights on president obama. we are all working together because of our concern it is being lead by a president who may be a nice guy but just is over his head. rick santorum suggests his rise to the top is because of his agenda. what wins in america are bold ideas sharp contrasts and a plan that includes everyone. ron paul placed third and he will care hi his support to new afternoon carry his support to new hampshire. this will continue and we will keep scoring just as we have tonight. one time front runner rick perry finished fifth, it is causing him to take
this season, 14 baltimore, dulles airport, 15 degrees, gaithersburg 10 degrees quantico, it is 19 degrees, across the board just very cold air in place, and when you factor in winds which are not that strong to be honest, our wind chills, even more, it feels like 10 degrees here in washington feels like 8 degrees baltimore, 14 manassas, and 10 annapolis, rough start to the day. good amount of sunshine early more clouds will build in later. not as breezy as yesterday. another cold day our highs in the mid-30s, it will be less breezy so it will feel better than it did yesterday. more details on all of that. coming up in a bit right now a check on traffic we go to julie wright for that. we have that crash along the bw parkway in place for a half hour, it is gone. lanes are now open, crews in sky fox, checking out the alternative route. you are going to find route 50, bumper to bumper, wall to wall traffic hardly moving, as you make your way from 410 past 202 over to new york a
a few school closings because of the weather. allegheny public mountain schools are closed in mountain ridge school district. garrett county schools are closed as well snow emergency plan in effect for garrett county they got snow out there by the i saw a trace myself yesterday. tony perkens good morning happy new year may i say i am freaking out because of the cold. don t i know i ve got like seven layers on the kids today. because we are not used to it. going back to school and back to work you wake up here it is. it will be with us for a few days cold temperatures and maybe snow flurries as well this is a look at hd radar we are seeing a bit of snow up north near frederick maryland off to the west manassas, to the north and west, front royal they have snowfalling where you see this snow we are getting reports this is moderate snowfall it is a narrow band of snow and not most of you are not getting any snow but where you are getting it, it is a moderate snowfall