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Transcripts For WTTG Fox 5 News Ten 20170315

This is fox5 local news at 10. 10 tonight, now has moved out and now intense wind and a possible refreeze is moving in. Right now at 10, the overnight affect and the growing list oft School Delays and closures. And what do you get when you mix two congress men from opposite sides of the aisle, a blizzard and a canceled fight, a road trip. Can you give me some general directions. How these texas lawmakers are bringing bipartisanship toto washington. A popular whole foods store closes for the second time this year because of a rodent problem. Fox5 news at 10 starts right now. It its a gusty night across our reg onwith blow freezingonwi temperatures. Were looking at a refreeze and single digit wind chills in thei month im tony perkins and im im shawn yancy. T thanks fori joini right to the School Delays and closures for tomorrow the following School District are fn a twohour delay in maryland, Charles County, frederick county, prince georges countyie and Anne Arrundel county Public Schools. Those two hour delays in virginia include culpeper, fairfax county, loudon and Manassas Park city Public Schools. Public schools are canceled in fauquier counties manassas cityt publicie schools, Prince William county schools. Fox5 has Live Team Coverage for you tonight from the roads tooas how School District are handlinn this winter blast. Lets begin tonight with sue palka and the freezing effectsen were going to see overnight. Hi, sue. Hi, shawn and tony it is absolutely a bitter blast. Ast. I forget how this feels. I have to mention it wasnt juss snow that we had today. It was this crunchy stuff, a combination snow and sleet and e let me tell you, listen to how hard us. It is completely solid out here. We are concerned about this vers hard freeze were going to havet tonight leading to some black ice. Wisconsin avenue here is boneis dry thanks to all the winds thad we had earlier today. Heres a brave sole going by without a coat. Anyplace that had a little bitei of melting today it likely froze around 9 00 tonight and these winds arent going to be able to do much about that because its already ice think. Al we want you to have the big heads up that tomorrow morningrn bitter cold and black ice will be the two headlines. Head so where is all of this wind and this bitter blast coming from . M its still from the noreaster which is working its way up the coast where it continued to dump almost 33 inches of snow in end well new york. Can you believe that . But all of this cold and wind is presens the deepening area of lowof l pressure as well as a highs we pressure that is going to be building in. Bu that means were headed for thee teens tonight oray if were lucky. Somebody just wrote to me ae little whiling a on twitter saying how much longer are wear going to have to deal with the big wind gusts . I think theyre going to be through tomorrow. Everyone is so bitter, d. C. Has dropped to 30, but most places are blow 30 and into the mid 20s. What about the wind gusts . They are hard to take. Still getting a gust to 41 in 41 the city. Mid and upper 30s elsewhere. Sewh what that translates into is a wind chill temperature thatpera already feels like its in the teens t and some single digits. If you think thats bad i have one more stop four, tomorrow morning wind chill temperaturesc are going to be inhi the low to mid single digits. It wont get much better during the day. Most of the day were going to see the wind chills staying in thhiell teens and 20s with winds that will gust up and over 30 miles an hour for most of the day. Thats the bitter blast part of this story tony and shawn. Well let you know when we can do s coming up with our seven dayseve forecast a little bit late. St a youre going to l need the layes tomorrow morning and youll also need to watch your step because of the black ice. I feel cold four. Four the hood is working, i have to say. Y. Some d. C. Public school parentso are frustrated with last minute decisions that left themhem scrambling today. First the School District decided to open late. Te. Halfway through the school datee they anouned all after schoolcho activities including after care were canceled. Lindsay watts is live i attestedder elementary school. What are the mayor and the School Chancellor saying aboutan these decisions . Shawn and tony, unfortunately neither one of them would do an interview with us tonight and answer questions. Parents, though, had a lot to say. Happy camnyth percent as they p up their kids. Especially for the parents to drop their kids off and then there was no after care. To pick up three hours of instructional time. Me. Clearly the new superintendent was not thinking or was badly advised. It was around 5 00 p. M. W d. C. Made the call to open two hours late. As soon as kids dropped off theiopr kids, the district is cancelling after school activities, including childcare that parents rely on that goess until 6 00 p. M. Un this wasti tweeted about half pt noon. Parents got epa email, but somt missed it. Youre on your working mode, no, your personal email. With their school convenientlyl next to a hill, kids were sleded ready after a quick day of we didnt have much learning. Only 16 people in our class. Oh, wow. I didnt know that. Hat absences were the kay were excused. D. C. Schools chancellor anton wilson wouldnt do an interview tonight but said in a letter to parents our priority is to open schools so we can provide students with instruction, supervision and nutrition. It was chancellor wilson who hsn made the call to cancel after school activities. D. C. Public school spokes womank says it was made because of concern about freezing Road Conditions later in the evening. As far as the call to delay school today, that was made by mayor Muriel Bowser afterter consulting with the chancellor and other district agencies. Overwhelmingly today, the parents we talked to feel like school should have just been canceled. It would have been the firstfirs snow school day for d. C. Ps this live, lindsay watts, fox5 localo news. The winter storm knocked the power out for thousands ofhous people in Charles County. The countys department ofrtme Emergency Services opened an overnight Emergency Shelter to give residents a warm place to stay. Fox5 Anjali Hemphill reports. Reporter well, tonight thenh Recreational Center has been turned into an emergency center. And while im told theres only one person staying here rightght now, the county is prepared fora any residents to come here and spend the night even bring their animals. Im told submit could he crewsub have beenmi working non stop sie Early Morning hours to restore power to 14,000 people ineopl Charles County alone. Extra crews from the Eastern Shore and Northern Virginia were even brought in to deal with the workload mainly brought on byn the strong winds we had overnight. S. M. Ko says they mainly dealtiy with fallen trees here am whichc fell on power lines power to homes during very coldd temperatures. Good news is s. M. Co tells me they are down to just a couple thousand in this area without power. Most of those just pockets ever isolated outages. This Emergency Shelter at port tobacco Recreational Center will remain open if anyone needs the services. We are still dealing with verywith strong winds tonight as well ass temperatures dipping way blowow freezing causing some ice. E they are aware of that andat theyre going to be working non stop on the roads out here until tomorrow. Month in Charles County, Anjali Hemphill, fox5 a local news. Ne hey, Montgomery Countyey, schools we didnt want to leaveo you out, you guys also have a twohour delay. Montgomery county Public Schools on a two hur delay. New at 10 tonight, amtrak will run on modified schedule tomorrow. It will effect travel between new york city and boston and nes york city a if you have a ticket its best to call on time to make suree your train is running on time. Te be extra careful because plain platform could be slippery and wet. If you live in alexandria watchd out for the sing hole. Were told this hole is about 30 to 40 feet deep. This afternoon a man drove his pickup truck right into the hole, firefighters had to rescuc him, the good news is he was not hurt. The whole was filling up withh water. Workers drained it this afternoon. They set up cones around thearou sing hole. Try and void that area, if you can. New at 10, a leak from the white house has forced the Trump Administration to releaseease details about the president s tax returns from 2005. The documents say he made more than 150 million in income that year and paid 38 million in income taxes. The president has repeatedly refused to release his returns, but tonights release was a it came just minutes before rachel mat nows msnbc show which featured a report on the 2005 tax form. Its not clear how the forms cle were leaked. The white house blasted the move calling it a desperate stunt. Tut its totally illegal to steel and publish tax returns. Coming up next, how wow gradede todays snow response . Were talking about everything herevey from plowing the road in your neighborhood to the decisions to account ally close schools. Were going to break down aboutn how you feel about your local jurisdictions response to the storm. A local whole foods shutdown. It wasnt because much the snow. You can get the forecast any time with the fox5 weather app. Download it for free. Its available in i tubes ande n the google play store. Just a reminder well be going on at 4 00 a. M. Tune in, well be there for you bright and early. What . There are bumps along the road of life. And for each one theres triplea. Its just three kids, right . As we recover from thes biggest snow andwe ice r storm e seen this season what grade would uglify your local jurisdictions response to this winter blast . So far the reviewing have been pretty good. Teisha lewis is live inve arlington with the latest. I would give the folks in Montgomery County a thumbs up. Last night they were great andga this morning they were great. Reporter youre not alone. There were lots of thumbs up. We had a chance to ask people in arlington and the response was overwhelmingly positive. Just comparing the winter response this year compared toto last years blizzard, i think a people will overwhelmingly agree, if you recall last year after the snowfall the roads were still covered the day after. This year it seems that theit road ss are pretty clear and a t of residents noticeed. The grades are still coming in today my commute was easy. I was behind five salt trucks this morning so i give it an a. For the most part area citiesit and counties scored high in their response to the late Winter Weather blast across the region. Re 95 percent. Thats an a. Yeah. They did a great job. And clean the payments andand parking lots and the roads by by 9 00 they were still working onn it. That was really good. Id give them an a. They did great. Out here early this morning. I was out by 5 50 and the roads were ready to give. E. David levy lives in the district. A plus compared to where there district where i live. E. Virginia was better prepared for monday nights winter storm. Orm. I think they preprepped and think they had a lot of plows out of i could hear them all day long. What grade would you give thethe district. Di i give the district a c minus they seemed to be a little bit better than last year in a lot of respects, but also melted a little bit more a than l normal. On social media we did see posts complaining about this, thiss maryland neighborhood stillne covered in snow. Its save to say this could bebe considered an f. And back out here live we are in arlington and i many with photo journalist extraordinary dan goa richor who i work with often. We are driving in article and so far so good, its clear. The big concern for tonight as temperatures continue to drop that what you dont see could be dangerous. Were talking about the freezing ice. You still want to be careful and caution because tomorrow could be an issue. Ssue except for the one neighborhoodo we saw out in maryland. Ylan teisha lewis, fox5 local news. Developing tonight, a wholeoe foods market in the glover parkk neighborhood is dealing with this location is on the 2300 230 block of wisconsin avenue northwest. The Grocery Store voluntarilylut closed during an inspection duet to their failure to minimizeimiz rodents and other pests. This is the second time thisime whole foods location has beene shutdown for those issues. The last incident happened in february. Another inspection is set for tomorrow morning. Rnin also developing tonight policeop are lookingin for the vandals we spray painted racist graffiti on a liquor store in northwest. They wrote the offensive wordsds on the side of could he delaware deli. They believe the incident happened sometime last night. So far police have not made any arrests. A d. C. Man is under arrest foray tacking a staff member at an lgtb community center. Andrew cook got into a verbal altercation. Hes accused of assaulting andsu then threatening the victim. They say he also threw a brick glass when he left. Cook is now charged withwith destruction of property andrty assault. When we come back tonight, 9ight high ranking military officers were died in a scandal involving sex, trips and luxury items. Well have the details coming up next. And talk about a wedding to remember, dozens of couples tied the not today with some pizza. Its all in honor of a math equation. The local pizza shop and pizza celebrated pi day by hosting dozens of weddings and pizza turned its chinatown locationoc into a popup wedding chapelding complete with flowers, music and of course pizza pi for all the wedding guests. Well be right back. Developing tonight, a retireo navyni admiral is among 9 high ranking mita indicted in a growing bribery scandal. The indictment alleges that retired admiral Bruce Loveless and other everrers accepted the services of prostitutes as well as fancy meals and trips fromom defense contractor leonard francis. In exchange those officers provided francis with classified information that helped his company. More than 20 former and current Navy Officials have been charged in the threeyear old case. Prosecutors say francis has cheated the navy out of nearly 35 million. President trump met with the saudi deputy crown prince at the white house. Prince muhammad benzol in is in charge of economic reforms. Form neither the president or the guest made any statements durinn a pair of photo ops. The two were expected to discuss export in h saudi labia. An increase in energy productiou has made the us less reliant on foreign oil. Control mode tonight trying to defense the gop backedked healthcare act. Alth they release a dismalforecast d for the bill. Foxs joel waldman has the latest. Reporter the cbo score, mr. President , President Trump ignoring questions about the Congress Budget report on theo American Healthcare act. Among the sobering numbersmber outlined by the non partisantisa score keeper 14 millionion americans are predicted to lose their insurance in the firsthe year and nearly double that a decade later. Despite the grim outlook the o white house is still selling the bill. The goal of this is to make sure that every american has the choice and a plan that they can afford and that they have the choice to buy. While so many in the administration are questioning the numbness cbo report there ie one they like. The agency has concluded the gop bill would reduce the 337 bill over a decade while lowering insurance premiums over that time. But angry democrats argue its a mute point because it ripsnt Health Insurance b away present those who need it the most, the poor. The sooner theyll pull the plug on this and we can down to making progress. Its not just democrats who are upset. Some conservative members of Congress Says the new bill still resembles obamacare too much. Lets have a fair process where we can make the changes what i just described. Scri actually repeal obama and bringing down the costs for working class families. Republican leaders hope to push the bill through the house the next week and the senate the week after that, but the measure clearly still faces some major hurdles to passage. In washington, joel walled man, fox news. All right. Back, one of my favorite stories of the day. Its really great. Ll ay republican, a democrat and 1600 miles on the open were on a bipartisan Cross Country road trip town haulip t where were taking your questions, your comments, your suggestions. These two congress men from texas were trying to get to d. C. When their flights were canceled due to the winter storm so they decided to rent a car and document their journal on social media. That story is coming up next. I wonder what songs they wereeyw singing in the car. Tomorrow morning on fox5 how wow like to be treated from a doctor who is suffering from shlep deprivation. Also, tonight were going to be talking to tracey baxton about this seasons baxton family l values. The news kicks off at 4 00 a. M. 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