Deadly accident . The transitrat agency says if you get stuck in a tunnel, its not its job to t get you out. And that claim could have aou he major impact on some lawsuits lu against the subway system. Throw as game winning touchdown to hunter retro. Later a College Football classic. The Clemson Tigers the new t n National Champions ending alabamas perfect season and the rematch might have been bettern than the original. Ril good day at 9a starts now. Clemson tigers living largeingar today for sure. E. Thats National Championship should be, right . What amazingg game. Good day d. C. Just afterft 9 00 oclock on a tuesday, january tennesseeth im hollyly alongside of maureen, steve andd wisdom is back. Wi is also ahead this morning d. C. Dress shop sending a message toe the president elect a comment ht made about the gnarring. Gnaing. Well have those details at first though final al dayhoug with temperatures above freezine but the warmup isnt here just yet we already school closingsls in the suburbs. He sub. Details back with first check o the forecast. Tuck . Tuck hey, wisdom, i have noave n details on any of those delays. But i can we got that part covered. Ed all right g. All right, good. T, now im relieved. Now im reli team effort. Ev tea ex lenell. 26 in washington. I can tell you this. Can everybody remains below freezinf this morning. So what was ice last night whent you went to bed is still icetice this morning. Orng look out when you hit thoseu hio sidewalks and some of the roadways, et cetera. Etera. Weve been having issues thiss t morning winds out of the southss here at 10. He all right. Gh the real deal this morning hasns been little batch of light snowo that developed off to our northr and west and it was enough tonot coat the ground in fact placeste like comer land parts of west o virginia reporting up to an incc of snow here and a quick burstur about an hour ago. R a it is falling apart and i thinkt most of the activities that gets in here will just be lightight flurries as it gets closer to to washington. But just give you a heads up iff youre o t hagerstown there could be enougc to coat the ground. Rod. Warmer air moving in most al m l good news forecast in whats wt falling out there and well wll transition to temperatures above freezing this afternoon. Eron you can see a lot of clouds outs there and we are going to remain cloudy for the day just not just going to get sunshine but withh daytime highs in the upper 30sps to about 40s should feel bettere than yesterday and the day the d before and the day before that a and you get the idea. Thede its been five days now with wit temperatures below freezing. Ezin four to five days. Day 40 now 40 this afternoon in n washington. Gton thats a little warmer thanwarmn yesterday about 10 degreesout g warmer than yesterday withrday w southerly wind here. Wi make sure youre dressed forresr another cold one. Okay. I will be back with a seven dayd that if you like springtimeingte temperatures, i promise, youseyo will love. Wi love. There you go. Here y go i like that. I sounds good, thanks, tuck. Listen our other big story sy this morning of course the trump trsitionon. In just about 30 minutes todayoy on capitol hill, the first confirmation hearings will begir for the president in electionsis cabinet picks. Firs nominated for attorney general. L Homeland Security secretaryecrea nominee retired marine generalen john kelly will also face ae grilling by lawmakers today. But it is sessions who is facing the most backlash. Senate democrats will challengea him over his stand on on immigration and civil rights. Rt a number of groups also posing n sessions and hoping to makeo m their voices heard. Melanie alnwick has been livethn capitol hill all morning long. G. She is here now with an update. T good morning, mel. El reporter good morning. Morni it is expected to be a packedked house. So much so that the senateenate Judiciary Committee moved fromro its regular quarters over to tht rabe burn building to large roor in order to be able to fit in in everybody that is interested in attending this hearing. Ring. All eyes, of course, capitolap hill and ears as well going toot be on this hearing that beginsin in just half an hour. Ou people advocating for causes cau like legal marijuana, civil, civ rights and immigration waitedaid out here in the cold for hourslu to get a seat for the main ent. T. Expressing confidence in his c nominee. On i think theyll all pass. Yl. I think every nomination will be theyre all at the highesh level. Reporter but it iss sessions who is likely to drawst the most fire. Fir hes well liked by members of o both parties, but his nominatioo to be federal judge back in 1986 was derailed amidst allegationss that among other things he had used racially charged languageau something that was never proven. But that and sessions positionso on issues like illegal immigration will lead to toughou questions and democrats arecrate trying to slow things down withh other nominees. S. Arguing that ethics filings andd background check are not yet not complete for everyone. On i think what theyre hopingh for is that in the paper workor they might find some kind ofki financial problem or conflictonl that would force someone tone withdrawal or during the hearing someone would misstate misstate something. Reporter already a hearing for one of trumps a plricks bey due voss for secretary oftary education has been pushed back b to next week. W they dont have the votes to derail senator sessions nomination but theyre hoping se that h with their t testimony in opposition theyre hoping to cast senator sessions as someone who is out of the main streameam uber conservative the hearingseg will last for two days. Day live on capitol him, Melanie Alnwick, fox5 local news. Mel, thanks very much. Anery. 90 00 sick is the time. Ie ti pretty nice birthday present fot Donald Trumps soninlaw who turns 36 today. Today. White house office the president elect has app pointapt the Jared Kushner has whiteashie house senior adviser. Kushner a real estate executiveu will be heavily involved in bott domestic and foreign policy. Ic kushner is married to trumps ivanka. Kushners eligible could becould challenge given the 1967 law r barring government officials from hiring relatives. President obama goes back tb where it started in chicago to t make his final president ial speech where hes expected to tell americans not treo los heh in their future no matter whatuo they think about theirha next president. Hes also expect toddy tail somo of his signature accomplishmentn during his eight years in the office office. Office his speech of c ticket in the windy city. Cy. Thousands were handed out forutr free over the weekend but someut of those tickets selling for upu to 5,000 on secondary web sitet like ebay. Like you can catch eb tonights farl for free tonight at 9 00 right0h here on fox5. Now how do you know ifnow thats a real ticket . Like ik you know what i mean. U know no way to tell. O way to tel youll find out when you sho up and theyre like no, no. No. I would be so afraid to buy b that on ebay. Eb i wouldnt buy it. I w i wouldnt buy it either. Nt but i mean obviously bviously i think you buy it with theue risk that it might not be legit. People do it all the time t with sports they take a chance a and they pay lots of money andoa then they get there and like a l oops. Oo in fact that actually happenedd to somebody morning building paul wagner. Wag i was going to say. Ay dont say his name. Name. Paul wagner. Pa why not. He was going to i think ao i t a sporting event and he bought an ticket from someone and got to t the gate and it was not legit. You just at that point youre out of your money. Our money. You are taking a risk when youhy buy Something Like that. Ke tha. Such a better view on tv its its warm and yo comfy. Definitely warm. If you want the experience go to one of the periphery b defe ao area around that area and just s maybe watch it from your cellr c phone or something because to me a better experience actually. Well see. See. My 2 cents. Y 2 cents. All right. Like you said you can watch ityc for free right here on fox fox tonight with a great view. 9 08 at the time. Tim metro transit says if you get y stuck in a tum, theyre not obligated to help you get out. E all right. T ou that argument coming in a core filing as metro has asked aed judge to dismiss all lawsuitsawt against it stemming from thehe 2015 lefant plaza smoke s dentdent. Fox5s bob barnard live ate a lefant plaza with more. Me. Bob, this is pretty strong stron language basically saying if yoy get stuck, were not responsible thats pretty harsh. Atst you think . Reporter it sounds like itnl is. What metro says is basically biy they dont have a fireire department. Pant they contract with the fireheir departments in the regions they serve. Rve those Fire Departments that area really responsibrtle for yourou safety if youre riding metro. Et hard to believe that was years ago here, guys. January of 2015 the yellow linee incident here on yellow linein train outside lefant plaza metro station, and well allll remember because one metro rider died that day. Carol glover was just 61 years j old. She was on the train. S the shewas overcome with smoke andmo died as fellow passengers triedi to save her. That incident also injured moree than 80 metro riders. There havent more than 80n 80 lawsuits filed against metroil a since that time, and it exposedp a lot of safety issuess throughout the system leading tg the Safetrack Program which is ongoing today. Od. Now, in court filings, firstgs,s reported by wtop, metro quoting here, expressly denies it owes w duty to its passengers to assist, rescue and or evacuate them in the event of a fire emergency situation. On. Metro says thats the fire Fire Departments job. Job now virginia senator tim kaineem was on our morning show earlier today, and he reaction to do i think metro definitely is responsible. Sp you know, like i can understandd in a legal filing you might make a claim. Alaim what im interested in is and if i were the family of this thi poor virginia woman fromro alexandria who was killed ind that horrible incident, it wasei horrifying, it would end ragee me. The issue that were focused ono every day is metro under its new leadership taking safet seriously . And i think theyve taken a number of steps in the t last year to suggest that tha theyre going to try to change e eir r profile. Theyve done a number of safety improvements that have been in i inconvenient for metro riders, but they basically said we havev to put safety first. Were not there yet. Reporter now, among the t more than 80 lawsuits filedaw against metro is a 50 millionii filed by the sons of carolar glover. Now, reached out to metro thisis morning. They say because this is part of ong comment about their court cou filings and the arguments mayorr theyre making trying to shift t blame from themselves in thiselt case to the district. Guys. Guys. Bob barnard, well watch anda see what happens with this one. O its litigation right now. Nw nobody wants to takean to take responsibility because it willty cost a lot of money if you b adt fault in this case. C what you hope is that all theatt people who were affected filltei physically including the woman who died that didnt justt jus happen. Somebody is to blame for it youu hope between all the legal leg filing back and forth they donn get overlooked at some point along the way. The y. So callus the way it was puts out there. Again, im taking into accountou the people injured in this. In if youre a Family Member andbea you hear this kind of language, it negates all the pain and pai fferering. The politics and legality. Absolutely. I think if youre doing a kinder gentler metro weve seene their commercials extend to this and let them know there werere w people lives that were affectede and lost. T. D. C. Mayor wants to make lifm easier for people who have hav immigrated to the united statese and living capitol not everyone is on board with the plan. Coming up were sharing yourou comments from our Facebook Pagep little bit later you mightou need a break from the mall aftef the Holiday Season but now could be the perfect time to head bacc if you know what youre lookingi for. A little bit later a list of the things to buy and list of things to skip in the first few monthsn of the new year. Time right now 9 12. 9 1 back in a moment. Back in a mome. Unstop right there im about to pop a cap of mmm fresh in that washer with unstopables inwash scent boosters by downy. And if you want, pour a little more, because this scent lasts for 12 weeks, which is longer than any relationship ive ever been in. Unstopables by downy. For a fresh too feisty to quit. Z27mkz z16fz y27mky y16fy mmm. I cant believe its so delicious. I cant believe it has 40 fewer calories than butter. I cant believe its made with real, simple ingredients. I cant believe were on a whale. I cant believe my role isnt bigger. Oh, its real. Real ingredients. Unbelievable taste. Go ahead, enjoy. It sure is a throw back. Unfortunately lights went out couple times second time in weee the lights were out on the on washington monument. On this time it went dark for 90 minutes last night starting at t 5 30 right there at rush hour rs even the little aviation lights at the top of the monument werer out. Ou so just total darkness. Electricians eventually got the power back up and running butp n thineyll be back out today too figure out what went wrong spokesperson said it might be mt the wiring in the ground. Ng they know the power was i cut fr sure. Sure its just insult to injury foryr the shuddered symbol which is is closed indefinitely to touristst while crews try to overhaul the elevator system inside. Elevator not going up and down. D lights not going on. Tucker asked earlier if therest a lemon law on monuments. 2011. 01 with just days left before bf the new administration takesista over the federal governmentovnmn mayor bowser has introduced new initiative but it is not sittins well with everyone. H eryo mayor bowser wants to help hel immigrants living in thein the district. Shes committed half a million m dollars to a new legal fund tout help dc residents withit deportation proceedings. Initiative would help families with issues pertaining tortai immigration. Grn in closing the door on spendingd more money on the plan in the future. Well, we want to see what tha need is, um, and 500,000 meets0s it, thats where it will be. B but well look at what we wee need moving forward. This story is creating a lot ofl controversy especially on social immediate y you cant even takec care of your own citys homeless veterans, schools, metro, roadsa and now you want to send money n that isnt yours and cantndant afford to spend on those who who have no right to it . I thinkthk its time for someone to take te your place. Lace benjamin wrote, undo you meaneda immigrants in d. C. Pay more taxes than anyone in the wholele they pay taxes like anyone elsee everybody else rather but neverr get a dime in return. Urn never d. C. Government keep itpt recall. Read and educate yourself. Anna writes didnt they say ty y theyre trying to get americas homeless banned from the city sy you kick our citizens in needs d out for people who arent at legally here. Lly he. Makes sense, right . And posie wrote, can you fix metro . Can . N you help the massive amounts of homeless . Can you fix the cou x childrens schools, the roads,c the rats and aft all that 100 helping undo you meaned peoplepl get their papers correct. As you can see a lot of contou canroversy. A lot of people not glad about t this step. Interesting. Interesting story. Re a lot of passion there. Stssi. The mayors take lets put the t money aside now in case anythinn changes with the new administration at least they can something in place. Ing lace obviously a decision the mayoror thought n thats her take andakd all the City Residents disagreeg have the right to voice their tr opinion as well. As i can see some of the pointss theyre making. Ome the making when its your home and you feel like your personal problemsl pr arent being addressed. Umhmm. You want your needs noyous matter whoou needs to be taken care of. Kere o exactly. All right. 9 17 is the time. One9 17 member of congressongrs plans to block d. C. s controversial new assistedd suicide law. Representative jason half vets who shares the house oversightrt committee will invokevoke Congressional Authority to blocr it. Now, hes a republican from utah and he says he fundamentallydamt disagrees with the bill. Eemayor s bowser signed thened legislation last month. Month it would allow doctors to help l end the loot of lives ofes o terminally ill patients in then city. City. 9 19. Coming up the plant hunt for ala cop killer in flor. Lo the end of the line for yahoo . And how a driver ended up way w ticket without ever leaving hiss driveway. Ew we got a check on what else is s making headlines coming up nextt later should a studentstunt shady past limit her future fut potential. Ntial. Sarah fraser is back with allh new edition of law and or. Nd o well be right back. Bac its 9 18. Its 9 18. At ikea, we believe that everything, from your lamp to your couch, should work as hard as you do. That green living is something everyone can afford. 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Esterd lloyd wanted for the dea florida sheriffs deputy killedk in a motorcycle crash during thd search for him. 60yearold excuse me a 60,000 reward is being offeredf for information leading to his h arrest. A manhunt is also happeningp back here at home. Ba police are searc