Lanier front and center as we as countdown to the big game. Am got a behind the scenes look att the second largest securityurit event in the nation. And later, forget traps oldd dominion has a plan to fine fin drives moving too slow. Slo whos behind the proposal andpoa why supporters say its a mattet of safety. Of safety. Good day at 9a starts now. All right. Rig. 9 01 is the time. Im were in the right lane. Lane. Hope you are as well. Wl. Good day dc. It is wednesday, february 1st. Er wisdom martin alongside holly morris, maureen umeh and steve e chenevey. Super bowl sunday four days away now. Getting preview of the of commercials youll see durings o the big game. Ue big me. If youre the kind that likes tt get the heads up so you can tell everybody what theyre about too see weve got a sneak peek forer you including a budwei getting a lot of attention. Enon first lets talk about thishi weather. Mild start to the new month. Come tomorrow well know spring is on the way or if were in store for what, six more weeksws of winter . Say it aint so. So. Details now Tucker Barnes backab with a first check of the oth forecast. Good morning. Good morning. Gooding beautiful live shot. Cloud deck mid level working wki through. Thats not your actual live shos we just showed a minute ago, bu, you know what it will be mostlyy cloudy today and we should see our daytime highs get up near 5 this afternoon. Wind chill 37. Chi winds out of the south and easte about six. Ix snow flying this morning western maryland, parts of we virginia, western pennsylvania, and were not expectingxpecng precipitation to make it east of the mountains but we do thinkohk that the cloud cover willer wil continue to stream on in. N i so satellite radar not quiteui doing justice to the amount ofeo cloud cover thats across the ae area. Any sunshine you get early willl give way to clouds thisshi afternoon mostly cloudy buty but mild. Daytime highs high a few degreed above normal. Well see eventuallyua temperatures near 50 degreesdegs later this afternoon. Ter th let me mentiison aft the breezek out of thees 20. 20 a little breezy at times asims well. All right. Day. Dayening on the seven as mentioned, phil arrives tomorrow. Ow well talk about the shadow or the lack thereof. Re and well look at you areyo a weekend forecast as well. As w maybe little bit of a wintry mix around here this weekend illkel give you the timing on that. N ta coming up, guys. Guys. Back to you. Thank you tuck. T big story at 9 00, presidene trump picks Us Appeals Court cot judge neil gorsuch as his pickk to fill the vacancy on the t Supreme Court. Ou later this morning judge neil ni gorsuch is headed to capitol cal hill to meet with lawmakers. Kers but resistance is growing. Growi he will likely face a good fighg in the u. S. Senate. Sat our Melanie Alnwick is on on capitol hill this morning with t the very latest. E very l good morning. Od morng. Mel. Reporter good morning, guys. Gorsuch slipped into town oned o military jet stayed at friends houses friends house so heee would not be revealed before the big announcement. At 49 years old, hed be the Youngest Supreme Court justicete on the current bench and peoplel are saying he better have a lott of stamina for this long and contentious fight ahead judge neil gorsuch of the United StatesSupreme Court to t be of the United States supremee court. Introduction a bit awkwardbid but the message from president st trump very clear. He intends to send a judge withw almost impeccable conservativeae voting record to the highh courts. Ts a judge who likes every out o come he reaches is very likely a bad judge. Judge [ laughter ] stretching for results he prefers rather than those theheh law demands. Law demands reporter gorsuchs prior prr decisions reflect that limitedim view of the courts power. Ower as potential row placement for Justice Antonin Scalia his selection will hardenedarned conservatives wary of trumps ts etiology much his views onview n abortion are not entirely clearr liberals will point to hispointh decisions on obama care, including the hobby lobby casebe which backed religious objections to contraceptive coverage, and theres always alw been a small protest outside the court. Real concerns about his h record, and re whether he will have the, um, independence and judicial the judicial temperament to be ae justice for all the people. Democrats in the senatetsn th really block him . Senate ruless require 60 votes to confirm afi Supreme Court justice which whih means republicans would need some democrats. Rats. But they could simply expand onn what democrats did when they t were last in control. Ontr limiting the power of thehe filibuster giving them all the e votes they need. Senate majority leader mitchr mcconnell wont show his card. Im not going to answer that. Let me just tell you. T met well get this judge confirm. Cm isnt that answer it . T . Well get the judgeudge confirmed. So you would . You well get the judge confirmed. Reporter now mcconnell thereter alluding so called nur op hahn which mean changing then senate rules to require all onll 51 votes to confirm suprememe Court Justice and republicans have 52 members in the senate. The meter mee today include one with vicepresident mike pence and a also with members of the senatet judiciary committee. Live on capitol hill, im i Melanie Alnwick, fox5 local lal news. News all right, mel, thank youht very much. , 9 05 is the time. Also today on capitol hillay the senate is said t oo vote too confirm president trumpsrump nomination for second of state e rex tillerson. Rson democrats have crossed partyvear lines to back the former exxonr mobil ceo. L c several other votes on trump nominees also planned in then t Senate Committees today. Od president s executive ordert on immigration meantime still s causing uproar. Proar. More legal challenges are on tht way. Several states suing the trump p administration over theratir th immigration travel ban. L ban washington state, massachusettss and new york are challenging the executive order and now virginii is joining that lawsuit. It Governor Terry mcauliffecaulfe attorney general mark herring h made the announcement yesterday. Fox5s bob barnard caught up with governor mcauliffe in falls church. Ch heres what he had to say. S i can tell you in virginia ii was notified yesterday tworday companies coming over foresight visits from overseas canceledane their trip. Those seven senm all over the globe im not goini to america now. N i dont know if im going to beg impacted. His action is violation of thefe equal protection clause, the cle establishment clause, and due process. Es hes violated our constitutionun the First Amendment in fifth amendment hes shredding the t United States constitution. Number civil Rights Groups along with self other states s also suing to stop the ban. White house spokesman sean s spicer criticizing the media for referring to president trumps u immigration as a ban. Vice spicer the term miss term represents what the order is,har but he and the president haveav referred to the order as such. The president himself beated bee about the word choice early this morning quieting everybody isryo arguing whether or not it is ah ban. Call it what you want. It is about it wh keeping bad pl with bad intentions out of thefe country. New this morning in princeni georges county, a car crashingn into the basement level of a home in lanham sea brook itoo i happened around 2 00 this 00 is morning. In the 88 year old man will livesll there was sleeping on the couchc in the basemen a the crash. He wasnt hurt. Rt hes own that home since 1971 11 and says this is the fifth time someone has crash into the house. They come over that hill, ana if you go up there and look at the curve, on that side, youe,ou going to see black marks wherehe their tires, they come over ove there and cant navigate thatha corner. That turn. Tur uhhuh. And thats what happened. The driver the car was takenk to the hospital. L all right. L time right now 9 08. 9 0 this morning were following up on a story fox5ol first broughtg you last week. Parents of students at savoyv Elementary School in southeastea are angry over an ongoing bed b bug and rodent problem at the at school. Fox5s annie yu joins us froo southeast this morning with thew latest on that story. Annie . Anni reporter hey, good morning to all of you. Yeah, were talking about bedbob bugs as well as rodentrode infestation here at savoyavoy elementary in southeast d. C. We understand the infestationesn began several weeks ago. Possibly back in december, and while School Officials tell usll that they have have beenhehave treating it regul out here, parents tell us thatsa the situation has just gotten ge worse and even some saying theie children have been bitten by the bed bugs. Gs now behind me savoy right theree is the classroom where thehe infestation began the pre k k classroom here on the first fir floor, and parents are also very upset that they were notwe n notified about the issue right t away. Aw they just got a letter on friday letting them know that the school is working on thishis problem. Lem. Now, as many of you know bednowe bugs can spread quickly so weo w spoke to erin dottie who has w h daughters no the in pre k but kb they are nine and 10 years old. D his daughters were bitten byteny them. He started noticing them aroundn christmas, and he says its juss gotten worse he actually plansys to keep his daughters out ofut school until the problem is i resolved. Lv. The photos he provided us withit are what he says are bed bug b b bites on his young daughters. He said he spoke to a nurse, n that told him that there was ana infestation problem that started in december and it was only thii friday that an official letterlt went home to parents describingg what t increase of unwanted pests inesi the building. The now hes clearly upset andet a concerned over this. Erned this. We also spoke to many parentsy s this morning as well as the teacher at savoy, and they telll us that this is definitely anite problem in the school, and whilw they feel as though the school l is doing what they can to remedd the problem, they are upset that they werent told untilold unt recently. Nt take a listen. We found out friday. Da they let us know friday. Thats, um, makes me kind of angry, because the whole timelee this issue has been going on ana weve been sending the kids to school, and i hear some of the t kids have been bitten, um, to to just find out friday that thisti issue has been going on for that long is very diss concerning. Ce reporter now, the reporte principal here at savoy was nott available to speak with us thist morning. G. But a spokesperson for d. C. Ps p tells us again they are treatint the School Three Times a week. K they have since december. Ec rodent borrows with chemicals. L. The local businesses have asse well as buildings they are by te ex terminate the rodent issue. E they also ordered new mats fortr the pre k class the new mats net will sit 2 feet higher than thee normally would. Ou. So they are taking some steps ss but, again, many parents stillen upset that they were note not notified right away and they the want more to be done so that itt is one 10 resolve. Esol we are now headed over to the chancellors introduction event where we hope to catch up withit the chancellor. We requested an interviewuest edearlier this morning and he w not available. Not ailable. Hopefully we can get some more m answers at this event. S at thisv back to you in the studio. They latch on you can eadesls take those into your own home. E. Right. Just think if youre own home becomes infested you would be furious. S. Think about the day were ini these days email, text messages, there are numerousumeu ways, because we get emailsls about everything these days inhd school. Everything so theres no excuse really nory to the letting at least giving them the heads up this i gs goii on. At least were dealing with it. D ea you getli notified when anr kid has pink eye. Right. Right. There you go. The you or head lice or whatever. R w anything. In heres what ill say with the new chancellor coming on board a lets say were turning a new an page. Perhaps now we see some of these issues be remedied. Edied. Dc schools have been plagued with issues over the past its and couldnt schennable. Nable what bothers me the most you see this happening at some schoolseo and not others. And oth lets get a level playing fielde here and lets make sure thate all kids are truly cared about o if we talk about equal society s lets do that and not have thist nonsense going on. O all right. Ht. Okay. From that well switch geara and ask you some questions. Stio wake up early or work out or get that extra rest . Dont answer. Nobody say anything. Nying. Because we got some moreome m questions. Is it what you eat or when you eat . Dont answer that either. E not yet. Not yet. Et because well find out which onh make the biggest difference whee it comes to your health. H. Weve got the answers coming upp in another edition of the day study hall. Hl. Let it marinate. Eat, sleep wake up early and work out or sleep instead. Te i already fail the course. L r does it matter what what you eat or when you eat . First four days until supernl bowl sunday. Bowl sday. Coming up next well go behindo the scenes to show how former dc police chief Cathy Lanier Isr is working to keep fans safe down in houston. Houston time right now 9 13. Lets go over this again, maureen. Go ahead. All right. The big game now just four daysn awow jay, and Super Bowl Fever r you can imagine is in the air in texas. Preparations in full swing. Sng they have been now for weeks ans this morning were actuallyually getting a look what it takes too host the nfls biggest party. Foxs Lauren Blanchard has moree from houston. Reporter while the super ser bowl is still four days away, aa crews here in houston areon a working around the clock to makk sure everything is ready for tht big game. Ever since boston, everythinh has changed. Cng isnt security is high for supep bowl li and homeland securityy officials are helping localng lc authorities keep everyone safe. F there are no known crediblewi threats. Obviously theres an extremely high profile event. Our intel and law enforcementcee communities at the federal state and local levels are working woi together to ensure securityurit throughout the event. Event reporter nrg stadium will host game with thousands of fanf expected to be there anded to be millions more watching from home, those coordinating therdin whole thing have to make sure se there are no hiccup. Literal allot of moving parts that are involved that just neen to be coordinated in sequence. Local businesses are alsoo preparing for more foot traffic. Looking for a big weekend. Eed everybody got Super Bowl Fever. V we going to be ready for them. M many are predicting the Atlanta Falcons were withinwith their first ever super bowl. Owl. But the patriots have a historyo of winning. Ning with analysts say theyll be hard to beat. Eat there is an element whenlem youre playing the patriots because of pass successes,es because of the aura of their organization. Zati nfl commissioner rogerr r goodell will be the main mn headline today as he hosts his annual press conference here atr the super bowl media center. Ente in h fox news. S and remember fox5 has you hu covered for super bowl sunday. The seven and a half hours of pregame that coverage begins an 11 00 in the morning. Kick off for the actual game 00s at 6 30. 6 3 all right. Like lauren sairid secure had td are the will be super tight fort the super bowl. B massive planning started 15rted1 months ago. Everyone going to the game on t sunday will also need to bebe screened. Scre there will be dogs and xrays a scanners that will check outut everyone and everything going ii and out of nrg stadium and protecting those thousands ofus fans is now the job of formerr d. C. Police chief cathy lanierar who left to oversee security sec fort nfl. Fort n fox news caught up with her just days before the big game. G theres a lot of moving partg and a lot of different events, e but as you can sigh with all ofl the agencies involved here, weve got the best team on the planet working on this. Et w so we are ready for game day. Looking rested and well. Wel. Kathy lanier. Lr. Next to the inauguration thee it super bowl has the highest security designation. Interesting. Sting. Security tightens up during thet super bowl many people wenil loosening up their wallets wal according to the national retaii Federation People across thee at country will be spending about 14 billion on super bow related items. Ms some of them money going tooi t wisdom to pizza because ause thats what im talking about. U. 45 Million People aremilliope planning to throw super bowl bol parties this year super bowlerow season good time to spend moneyn on Home Entertainment were not saying that because its a goods chance to get a new tv to watcht the game. Ame. But tv prices a lot of people pl say actually cheaper betterette deals than you see on blackn b friday. Interesting. Ieres retailers know folks will bub them g do they still do theey s deal, its not a deal a lot of f people buy them then they take e them back . Im sure there are someare people that do that. Le thado t im not sure what the returnetun policy. Dont do that. t d exactly. Dont watch the game and take the tv t bheack. Tvack. Big nono. Although if its within then t rights of the receipt, thats all im saying i wont gett g involved in that. Ha next week you can buy a buy a gently youve tv. Ntouve tv. There you go. T thats what im all about. Aut a discount. Un 9 19 is the time. T facebook videos and proof persistence can pay off. Off check of what else is making min headlines coming up next. Care free in the caribbean. Be the former first family hittingt the beach with a billionaire as they take a little time off aftt eight years in the white house. 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