A problem in our area and whatha parents can do to keep theirphe kids safe on the streets. A minor change that couldt c make a major difference forrencf anybody grocery shopping. Why sell by labels may havee reached their expiration date. First, though, a winter a wn break the Holiday Weekend willkd feel more like spring and thehe warmup starts today. S tod how long will it last . Good day at 9a starts now. I wish you can see have seenavee tucker dancing over there. Re. Hes getting his grieve on andr so are we. Its time for good day. A minute past the hour friday. February 17th. 7th let me emphasize the friday part one more time. Its friday. On friday. Im steve alongside holly, Holly Maureen and wisdomly. Doml ahead this morning monopoly thimble getting the thumbs down. After more than 70 years theea e iconic board game pieces timem may actually be up. E u well tell was could take itsaki place coming up i have to say ii posted this on my work Facebook Page. Page. Im a monopoly purist. Pis bring the thimble back was my m hash tag. Really. I thought the thimble was the most useless one. I always chose that i triedcs to put it oh and my littlee finger. Fing exactly. I did do that also. Thats probably a its use. Ae well talk about that. Ll tal first at 9 00 k letabsou talk k the weather. Athe. We woke up with temperaturesatu below freezing but just wait byb this afternoon its going totso start to feel a lot like springn and winter break will lastill lt through the Holiday Weekend. Lidn tucker back with the first lookl at the forecast. He fecas hello to you. Ou good morning. D morning. Quickly with the monopoly. Yes. Yes yesterday i was with two. Hwo younger people in their 20s andd that monopoly story went by thet didnt know what a tim bell was. I get it. Get i i know. All those millennials. Right. Ight maybe thats why their phasing y that one out. I never played monopoly. Ol. What . What . Really . Its about money. Money. Its about capitalism. About making money. On you never played monopoly. Y. Never. Well dedicate our whole houh at 10 00 oclock to that. Winds out of the north at sevenn wind chills 28. S 2 we are in for that warmup steve mentioned. Meione starting later today. Od its a cloudy and little chilly very chilly out thisui morning. Mornin overnight lows back in the 20s, and it will still be a cool coo afternoon. But our winds will start towills shift out of the south and west and we should see daytime highss about 50 today. T weekend forecast off the chartst here. Our daytime highs goodhsoo 20 degrees or so above normal. Nice southerly breeze. Breeze. Well come back and visit the forecast for the weekend. But its going to be very veryer pleasant around here if you like springtime, youll love, you le saturday, sunday, monday, suay, forecast much thats this mh th afternoon. Make plans to have good timeoodm starting about 4 00 p. M. Abo 4 0 happy hour starts at 4 00 p. M. 0m in many spots. Ts 50 degrees later. Finally news we can use. Ly n maybe on monday well havede to set up Monopoly Game andnd break during the breaks and seee how wisdom does. See how far we can get in two hours. S. Interesting. Esng. Umhmm. Thanks tucker. Thucke always good to talk to you. 9 03 is the time right now. Our other big story thishi hour Senate Democrats in thets e midst of all nighter. N live look at capitol hill rightt now this time they areisime th protesting President Trumps tmp pick to lead the epa final vote on scott pruett will likely comc this afternoon democrats deniede their quest for a delay in hisrn confirmation until they couldyou review emails related to hisis controversial ties with oil, gas and cole industry. Pruett faced backlash for thoseo ties and donations that hee received from oil and cass goes during his campaign for oklahomh attorney general also todayo tod President Donald Trump hits thet road. Commander in chief trying toef o recapture some campaign magic mc with stops in South Carolina ana florida over the weekend. Nd. The washington get away comes just one day after his firstis r solo press conference and that d is still the talk of the townn this morning. President talking to the media unfiltered yesterday and it didd turn into a bit of a fiery facec off. Off. Foxs doug luzader with some of the highlights. Reporter probably safe tosat say that we have never seen thet kind of president ial pressial p conference that we saw play out yesterday. President trump and seed to see media and that probably thrilled his supporters and angered his detractors. Tors. This administration is running like a finetunedetu machine. Reporter a defiant aia President Trump at a remarkable freewheeling press couldnt friend at the white house. Turning the tables on the mediaa so you should take that takth instead of having to get up anda ask a very insulting questionuet like that. Where are you from . Cbc heres another beauty. Bt i want to find a friendlyrien reporter. Reporter but was this jusths classic trump . Over loading the media at a time when the white e house has a very full plate. Te think of it, he just announceded his new pick for labor secretary after his first had too withdrawal. Draw his nom know to head the epa faced all night senate sessionas last night. His travel ban tied up ind up i federal court is about to beut itteitten. His pick to replace his now now departed National Security adviser just turn him down, anda hes facing multiple calls fromm congress for investigations intt possib t trump said right at the toptt of the press conference that t hes speaking to the people. He l he wanted to go out there, andra change the narrative, and rebutt the claims that his his administration was in chaos, cos that it was in turmoil. Reporter while Trump Supporters may have been heartened by this performance,e, his detractors likely saw it asa even more evidence of chaos. Ch. But it does look like trump iss convinced of this. His that he is his best advocate. And with that, i just say, God Bless America and lets takk some questions. Tns reporter speaking ofg o taking questions from the mediaa the white house overnightig apparently hired a newew communications director. Veteran gop media strategist mike dub key. In washington, doug luzader foxx news. Ne. One of the other most talkedt about moments from the presser a Bizarre Exchange between april r ryan correspondent with americaa urban radio networks. Some critics called offensive to africanamericans. Canic just look at this. Are you going to include thee cbc mr. Preside conversations with your urban a jenn, inner city agenda gea am i going to include. Nclu the congressional blackla caucus and the congressional i would. I tell you what you want to it wanthat weeting . Do you to set up the meeting . Ti . No, no new york city. O w yor. Are they friends of yours. Y f im just a reporter. m set up the meeting. Juset i know some of themthe. Lets go. O. Set up a meeting. Set up a i would love to meet w mithee te black kay cuss. I think its great thek kas gre congressional black caucus. I think its great. Great the congressional blacksion caucus says it did try to set ut a meeting with the president bub they say their letter wasas ignored. And of course theyre still sti hoping that the press makes it happen and two sides areidre reportedly talking. Great move on the president s part to have that meeting now. I. Absolutely. I think it will happen. Nkt wi President Trump up early thil morning on twitter firing off aa series of tweets aboutsbout yesterdays press conference hic trip and his pick for hisoris National Security adviser. A there you see on the screen. Ee general Keith Kellogg is in play along with three other candidates. Meanwhile, lets talk abouto news thats happening locally ii our area. Aa. Li string of early morningning robberies in the area arere connected. Nnecd. The it appears the suspect hasph routine between 4 00 and 6 00 o the morning onofre days. Days. Eight robberies or attemptedempt robberies have been reportedhavb between december 3rd and february 13th. Between Queens Chapel road,quee hamiltonha street and yeager roa the descriptions have all beenle similar. A black male between 5foot 5fo eight and 6 feet tall wearingri all black with hood covering his head. Another school in theher sc district may be dealing with bed bug problems. M. If so, this will make themakt third school in d. C. With bed bugs. Bugs. Fox5s bob barnard live inive i southeast with more on thishis story. Bob . Reporter hey, wisdom. M. Were outside stanton Elementary School, naylor road southeast. E. Nothing confirmed from d. C. Ps. They say theres not anotn infestation here. Thats what theyre saying buti weve heard from someoneeone affiliated with the school who says staff told them that, yes,y they have had bed bugs in thishi particular school. Ch we also heard last night from aa viewer who sai school in the district that also has bed bugs. Bs. The latest confirmed is Minor Elementary School in northeast d. C. C. We were there early yesterday morning. In and last night we saw an exterminator truck there at the school where apparently in thetl last week or so there have beene three individual cases ofases o students with bed bugs at the school, and like savoy Elementary School in southeasttt d. C. Where theyre under going a massive cleanup inside the school, theyre replacing alleyr the carpeting, savoy elementarye school will be reopened februar. At minor theyre just trying tot upping, get the word out. Orut the school is not closing orlosr anything but just getting the word out to families to do as d good job of checking your kidsrd out and making sure that theyre not bringing bed bugs to schoolo which is something parents thata weve spoken to this morning sam is an ongoing problem all overr the city. D. C. Is infested most likelyk you get them on the metroetro because they have the cloth t co seats now. It was different when you had the Leather Seats andferent wipe them down with the hand han sanitizer now you have the cloto seats so they get the bugs inugi them so you take them home. H reporter and bring them tomo school. Right. It minot be the schools fault i could be met pros toes fault. Ft the whole city has them. Tm reporter what about people at home not doing a good job sending their kids to schoolch with bed bugs. Bug it comes to cleaning yours e house. We all could do a little better. Reporter thats the senseen weve been getting out here thii morning. Dont blame the schools. Ls these bed bugs are probablyy brought in from the outside from who knows, you know, staff,ff, kids, what have you. The rodent problem youll seelee rat traps around most schoolscho just something that you have tot deal with living in the cityha. But again weve heard a case off bed bugs now at stantonanto Elementary School. Soo d. C. Ps only saying, guys, gs, theres no infestation here. They are notorious hitchhikers all that is true. Rue i mean they are reallyeall ridiculously hard to get tough to combat. Ough it is. Thanks bob gangs getting a lot ofs ge attention this week some of thew the news. In series of arrests stemming fromm pair of missing teens. Ns. Were taking a closer look howkh widespread that problem really l is in the nations capitol wantt parents can do to keep theirp tr children out of gangs. 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A partnership with direct relief to help millions in need heal their skin so they can go back to work, or school. Join us to help millions in crisis heal their skin. Back with the latest on the e murder of gaithersburg teen connected to growing gango g activity in Northern Virginia. No a total of ten arrests in the case including these threese thr people on your screen right nown they are three of five people charged with murder in the death of 15yearold did he maris m reyes a story that fox5 has beee following very closely. Lo we have also learned that tha Customs Officials have detainede detainers against four of thest suspects meaning theyre in the country ill he will legally orly violated the terms of their of r legal status. Ltatu what does this case mean insa the ongoing fight against gangg violence in the area. Area. Melanie alnwick joins us liv from arlington with more. H m good morning, mel. Mel. What can you tell us . Reporter good morning, guys. In talking with people who arehe reallyn activity and the preventionvent efforts, not just in northern nr virginia but around the d. C. Region, they say that this doesd happen from time to time where we will get a spike thatme realy gets a lot of attention in the media. Generally the Gang Activity is limited to gang on gangn Gang Violence. Some sort of internal fightingin that bring it to this sort of of level of public prominence. Mine. But for those of us that havet been in the dc area for long fon period of time, we know thatnowt this is the way it happens. It kind of ebbs and flows. I asked if the Gang Activity was indeed on the resurgence. Apparently, it seems like it was high for little while, then it e dipped for little bit, and thenn it started to come back again. Heres what Robert Vilchez justs told us a little while ago you u go about that. Were paying close attentiont to see whats going on ining onn central america, those ganghoseg infested countries like el salvador, honduras and guatemala, and whatever happenss ther start to see here, we d those recent arrivals newcomers to be vulnerable from those predators that are that are gangs and we dont want those kids to slip through the cracks. Reporter thats why the prevention effort very granularu level are so important reallyanl getting into the schools. Oo. But they say government cant dd it a alone. It really is educating parents, educating family, and reallylly getting down into the elementarr level to Start Talking to kids s about staying out of gangs and d why it would be so important. Or little bit more on how prevalene Gang Violence is in the northerr Virginia Area according to the o Northern Virginia ganga Prevention Task force. Ce there are five of these trance c National Gangs that are really prevalent in just about everygsy county in the region. Ion they are responsible for about 5 of the Violent Crimes in Northern Virginia. Nia. Two to three homicide as y basis. Basi so its not like theres gangs activity happening on everyn single Street Corner but b certainly when something likengk this most recent case happens he something that gets everyone eve paying attention to it and in in some ways that can be a goode a thing. Because it does get the publicc talking about it. Ut it does get more people reaching out, more parents who sometimesm are working many jobs. J theyre very busy, and theirir children are forming their ownwn little social groups gettinget those parents of kids who couldd be vulnerable to start paying more attention, reaching out fof some of the resources and seeinn what everyone can do as a community to try to keep thesehe kids out of gangs. Gangs. Back to you. Mel, thanks very. Ery. 9 17 right now. 17 right now all right. All ri. Allison whats on tap . Ap all coming up major glitchtc that means hundreds of women w living in d. C. May need to get g retested for zika. Plus, the stroller recall everye new parent needs to know aboutnt and later, talk about a lucky ly guy. Weve got an update on that t super bow a super date when we check out o what else is making headlines next. All right. Tracy morgan in the new comedy fistfight. Kevin sits down with the alwayse off the wall actor in todays fox beat. Well be right back. Fios is not cable. Were wired differently. So we wired the wagners house th 150 meg internet. Which means that in the time it takes mr. Wagner to pour a 20oz. Cup of coffee, tommy can download 40 songs, and jan can upload 180 photos. 12 seconds. Thats the power of fiber optics. Get 150 meg internet with equal upload and download speeds, tv and phone for just 79. 99 per month for the first year. Cable cant offer internet speeds this fast at a price this good. Only fios can. 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