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Hey erin. Traffic is quiet. Look at all that 14 behind me and metro is on time. Ill take this for a start to the work week. 5 oclock is the time right now. So lets bring you up top date on whats happening in the news. Restoration at last. The power back on at the Busiest Airport in the world after thousands were stranded at a atlantas international airport. And its all of course right in the thick of christmas travel. Fox5s Melanie Alnwick live at Reagan National airport with how these major delays could affect us here locally. Looks busy already there this morning, mel. Reporter yeah, thats right. You know, most of the times when we get here early in the morning its not that busy but look at the delta counter already very stacked up as people are waiting to get on flights and thats because there are a number of people here that were supposed to get on flights yesterday, now trying get on flights for today. Delta certainly not the only airline impacted by this but perhaps delta being the heaviest impacted. Its already canceled some 300 flights for today after all of those flights to or from atlanta were halted when the power went from atlanta yesterday. The entire airport was plunged into darkness sunday afternoon. An electrical fire in the underground tunnels knocked out multiple power systems. Toxic fumes kept Georgia Power crews from accessing the site for hours certainly tell you depth at a with it delta being the hub. What travel experts are telling us it could be today into tomorrow possibly later in the week for all of these flights to get mopped up because airlines are just full right now because of Holiday Travel so well keep an eye on it here from Reagan National airport, im Melanie Alnwick, fox5 local news. 5 03 is the time. The push for tax reform is getting close to the finish line. After last minute drama and tough negotiations over the final numbers. Republicans in congress now looking to seal the deal on their bill. Republicans should have the votes to pass the legislation but theyll do it without any democrats. Some of whom say they wanted to vote for a tax cut but were cut out of the deal. Once Mitch Mcconnell has decided that 51 votes was all he was needing and theyre all going to be republicans and make it political, thats exactly what happened. Vice president mi needs to break a tie. The Trump Administration says families will start seeing bigger paychecks starting in february. Republican senator john mccain is back in arizona after under going treatment for brain cancer. President trump says the senator will likely miss the tax reform vote. The 81yearold underwent surgery back in july to remove a blood clot in his brain after being diagnosed with glioblastoma. Time right now 5 04. President trump says hes not considering firing special Counsel Robert Mueller. The president made the comments yesterday despite his repeated criticism of the investigation. Mueller is investigating whether there was collusion between the president s president ial campaign and russian officials. Rumors had suggested that the president was close to calling for mueller to be fired. Developing in of weekend robberies. Around 10 00 saturday night, two men robbed a Verizon Store in the 6100 block of little river turnpike in alexandria. Police arrested one of the suspects but theyre still looking for a second who ran away. Anyone with information is asked to call police. A germantown man facing two burglary charges related to a weekend robbery in frederick. Just after midnight, this Morning Police arrested the man on your screen there, 24yearold Dylan Richard fox. Early saturday Morning Police say fox smashed the window and broke into the gun center on rosemont avenue. Despite the Damage Police say nothing was taken from the store. All right. 5 05. Were going to do weather and traffic on the 5s. No, we are burying the lead. Whats the lead. Oh, whats thatly . It is maureens birthday today. Happy birthday. It is. Thank you. I was hoping to just slide through witho a radar here. Thank you for that. Youve never looked. Youre 29. Yes. You look good. Thank you, guys. Thank you, thank you, thank you. Starting the party early. I know, right. You get to celebrate all day. 30 . 31 . Whats the big age. 29. Exactly, mike. Thank you guys. I appreciate it. Winchester, dut [inaudible] not much going on. Eastern half of the country were quiet and we should remain that way through the day, through the early part of the week and temperatures going to be on the mild side. Check this forecast out. Sun mixed with just some clouds, few here and there. Dry but mild. 57 degrees later today, even warmer tomorrow. How warm will we thats weather. Over to erin for traffic. 06 right now. Taking a look at traffic you can see were looking really nice on the inner loop, no problems on gw parkway, cabin john parkway nice and quiet. No problems on 95 from fredericksburg into stafford through dale city. You are in the clear right now. 395 is also problem free. We can see some Police Activity blocking the shoulder but no real slowdowns there in virginia. 66 also in the clear. Eastbound side gainsville into manassas and through centreville. Then as you make your way out just keep in mind we have a water main break. Its 4 10 out in hyattsville between chillum manor road and riggs road. All eastbound lanes blocked. Westbound lanes getting by. Just watch for slick conditions. Metro rail line all service on time right now. Ill let you know if that changes. Thats your look at traffic. Holly and maureen back to you. Thank you erin. Coming up, about [inaudible] central pakistan this morning following this weekends deadly attack. Two suicide bombers linked to isis targeted a Church Killing nine people and injuring dozens more. It was the first attack on a church claimed by the isis affiliate in pakistan. Were trumps controversial phone call to sergeant johnsons widow. Crews say the return of power winds could raise th right now the fire is 40 percent contained. Crews say full containment is nt expected until january and even then the fire will probably burn through the new year. Pope francis blew out his birthday candle on an extra long pizza at the vatican to the delight of children. He turned 81 on sunday. Thousands of children saint Peters Square shouted birthday wishes to the pope. He replied thanks a lot. His birthday coincided with his weekly sunday appearance to the faithful. Cowboysraiders Fourth Quarter tied up at 17 all with five minutes left. Cowboys go for it on fourth and one, dak prescott gets stopped short but the tape ruled it was a first down. Dallas gets the first and takes the lead with a field goal. Raiders try to answer with 30 seconds left but they fail. After a touchback in the end zone cowboys winning this one, 20 to 17. Coming up on fox5 news morning, ted cruz gets into a twitter battle with Luke Skywalker. And a game show contestant fails to answer a valuable question even though the [inaudible] investigation. Mueller is investigating whether there was collusion between the president ial campaign and russian officials. Rumors had suggested the president was close to calling for mueller to be fired. Power is back on at the Atlanta International airport. Its been fully restored on all couldnt courses. As many as a thousand flights were temporarily grounded after the worlds Busiest Airport lost power on sunday. The exact cause of that fire is still unknown. 5 14 is our time right now. People getting up and going on this monday morning and it looks like mike for the most part i guess a pretty uneventful monday. Yeah, uneventful monday. Looks like early half of the week is uneventful unless you like warmer temperatures. Some of our warmer suburbs will miss out and stay in the 40s. D. C. South mid to upper 50s. By tomorrow 60 degrees not out of just across the maryland marylandborder. Expecting a dry day on this monday. Winter solstice coming up later on this week. We are down to nine hours, 27 minutes of sunlight. Well lose about another minute and then starting on friday actually well start gaining daylight second by second 11 [inaudible] mix of clouds should win out a little more. The deeper we get into those afternoon hours. Assocso thats your forecast for today. 57 degrees with clouds mixed with well keep showers in the forecast and right now Christmas Day looks like much of the same. Doesnt look like any snow for christmas but i think between christmas and new years, the cold air will return and then our snow chances will return as well. All right, thats a check of the forecast. Over to erin as you make your way out also keep in mind theres a water main break out in hyattsville, 410 impacted on all and westbound between chillum manor road and riggs road. Because the temperatures are so cold please watch for slick conditions. Metro is on time. Any questions at erin fox5 d. C. On twitter. Back to you. 5 18 is the time right now. Lets take a look at the stories youre engaging with the most this morning on social media. Wisdom is back with our realtime news tracker. Hey, whiz. Good morning to you both. First up, new reports out about how the government paid money on a [inaudible] its backers say its still exists. Lets switch gears and talk about this. A cnn political commentary and under fire for calling a georgetown student an antisemitic bigot because he was wearing a bacon seat. Hillary rosen tweeted look at the guy in the bacon suit. This is a georgetown hoyas fans antisemitic smear to the Syracuse Team she added in the tweet. Now, it has since been completed off of page. Next up attorney and professor anita hill has been picked to lead a new commission tasked with addressing rampant Sexual Misconduct in harassment. [inaudible] mark hamil best known for his role as Luke Skywalker clapped back at republican senator ted cruz in the twitter debate about ending net neutrality. And finally its always tough to answer questions under pressure as weve seen time and time again on these tv quiz shoes. The spanish game show whos still standing, well, he was asked what steve rogers was in the avengers, was o he a doctor, was him. And you still missed the question. Chalk it up to nerves. He might just might not have known his altar ego. Like doctor strange, do you know his real name. Yeah, but i dont have a shirt. [laughter] you dont know all the superhero names, im just saying. Somebody may have given him the shirt. Im trying to cut him some slack. All right. One superhero fan to another, we hear you. We got you. Thanks wisdom. Coming up, one of the wo face a federal probe connected to a slew of delivery complaints. And most of us enjoy a glass of wine every now and then, you know, to maybe unwind but a new wine brand from california is promising to do a lot more than that. Right. Uhhuh. Heading to break heres a live look at the d. C. Region. It is 5 21 what do you think . Hey, think ben will like it . Yeah, was i the only one hearing the angelic music . Im serious, i never know what to get him. Just tell me you got him fios too. Sigh. Mrs. Layne, fios is a 100 fiberoptic network. That, plus this sick console, hell be like whaaaaaattt. Your new tech is best on the 100 fiber optic network. So get fios. Now just 79. 99 per month with a 2year price guarantee with a 2year agreement. Customs and Border Protection say they plan to pay a nearly 300 million project to a fire company to hire 5,000 Border Patrol agents. The need for the hiring deal stems from an executive order signed by President Trump to increase the number of border3 agents in the country. Meanwhile say it is falling short. Hershey is closing in a 1. 6 billion amplify snack brands. Its part of hersheys move to build its interest in snack foods. Get ready for weed wine. A california winery has introduced the worlds first marijuana infused wine. Revel coast winery promises to get drinkers high instead of drunk. It promises to hangovers. The wine is actually alcohol free. Each bottle will cost about 60 and contains 16 hill grams of thc. It goes on sale in january. Hm. Okay. I dont think well be having that demo in the loft. No, i dont think so. No. Does it still give would it give you the mix of clouds and sun for your monday afternoon here as you get your work week started. 48 degrees by 10 00 a. M. By the afternoon hours were warming it up a bit. Those are above normal temperatures. Mid50s by 1 oclock. Then we get to the 4 oclock hour 56 degrees. A high of 57 here in washington. As well as manassas. Fredericksburg maybe 58 for you. Off to the north and west a little cooler. Looks like highs only in the lower 50s for you. Thats a check of the weather forecast. Over to erin now for traffic. 5 26 right now. Keeping our eyes on the roads, 295 still looks great northbound as you head to the 11th street bridge. Lets show you what else youre up against. Six thousand nine hundred fiftythird street tunnel look good. Not seeing problems on gw parkway. At speed on our secondaries. Looking Goodbye Union station. Traffic on the way to Reagan National dulles and bwi quiet. Show you what else youre dealing with. Southern maryland traffic increasing in terms of volume but not enough to cause any major slowdowns just yet. Three at the 501 split as you head into any questions at erin fox5 d. C. On twitter. Were also tracking a water main break in hyattsville on 410t as for that new wine, i dont need any drinks that make me hungrier than i already am. A caribbean vacation turns into a might fair more cruise passengers. Airport workers in our region are expected to decide if theyll walk off the job straight to the picket line. Another live look across the d. C. Region on a monday morning. 5 27 is our time right now. 41 degrees. Back in a moment. Air travel nightmare. The worlds Busiest Airport loses power grounding flights and stranding passengers across the country. The impact is expected to be felt by air travelers all week. Tax reform. Gop lawmakers look to seal the deal on the biggest tax code overhaul in 30 years. And russian probe. President trump says special Counsel Robert Mueller isnt going anywhere any time soon. Fox5 news morning starts right now. This is fox5 news morning. Good morning to you. And thank you very [inaudible] overnight at the Busiest Airport in the world. The power is back on Atlanta Hartsfield international. Forcing cancelations and delays. Or Melanie Alnwick live at Reagan National airport with how this is impacting air travel in our region. The line looks longer than the last time we checked in with you. Reporter i think youre right holly. I think it is getting longer. I think thats because more people are arriving here to the airport. Looks like all flights travel through atlanta at some point. Its the Busiest Airport in the world. Yesterday 1800 flights out of atlanta were canceled. You can imagine the Ripple Effect that it is having across the an electrical [inaudible] a lot of rerouteing to try to get home. So far were on Delta Airlines yesterday and our flight got delayed because we were supposed to go to atlanta. They scheduled us on another flight. We have to go to minnesota. Well have to ride it out and find out what happens. Go redskins. Reporter brandon also told us that he spent at least six or seven hours of uninterrupted ti we said thats got to be a good thing. So, you know, people are trying to make the best of it here and weve seen about four or five cancellations on the board this morning heading into im sorry, heading out of atlanta and so were going to keep checking the board and see how things are going but it does look like things eventually are going to get mopped up. Could take a little while. Travel experts are saying because the flights are so full during the Holiday Season thats why its going to take a little bit longer than normal to get everybody back to where they need to go. Live at Reagan National, im Melanie Alnwick, fox5 local news. Time right now is 5 33. The push for tax reform is getting close to the finish line after some last minute drama and tough negotiations over the final numbers. Republicans are expected to have the votes to pass the bill. Vice president mike pence is standing by just in case he needs to break a tie. Now, the Trump Administration says families will start seeing bigger paychecks starting in also this morning republican senator john mccain is back in arizona after undergoing treatment for brain cancer. President trump says the senator will likely miss the tax reform vote. The 81yearold underwent surgery back in july to remove a blood clot in his brain after being diagnosed with glioblastoma. President trump says hes not considering firing robert mueller. He made the comments yesterday despite the repeated criticism of the investigation. Mueller is investigating whether there was collusion between the president s president ial campaign and russian officials. Rumors had suggested that the president was close to calling for mueller to be fired. 5 34 is our time right now. Have you seen this missing teen . Police in Prince Georges County say 14yearold Barbara Aparicio was last seen at school on tuesday in new carrollton. They believe she left on her own. Over the weekend her family and friends handed out fliers at a Busiest Airport<\/a> in the world after thousands were stranded at a atlantas international airport. And its all of course right in the thick of christmas travel. Fox5s Melanie Alnwick<\/a> live at Reagan National<\/a> airport with how these major delays could affect us here locally. Looks busy already there this morning, mel. Reporter yeah, thats right. You know, most of the times when we get here early in the morning its not that busy but look at the delta counter already very stacked up as people are waiting to get on flights and thats because there are a number of people here that were supposed to get on flights yesterday, now trying get on flights for today. Delta certainly not the only airline impacted by this but perhaps delta being the heaviest impacted. Its already canceled some 300 flights for today after all of those flights to or from atlanta were halted when the power went from atlanta yesterday. The entire airport was plunged into darkness sunday afternoon. An electrical fire in the underground tunnels knocked out multiple power systems. Toxic fumes kept Georgia Power<\/a> crews from accessing the site for hours certainly tell you depth at a with it delta being the hub. What travel experts are telling us it could be today into tomorrow possibly later in the week for all of these flights to get mopped up because airlines are just full right now because of Holiday Travel<\/a> so well keep an eye on it here from Reagan National<\/a> airport, im Melanie Alnwick<\/a>, fox5 local news. 5 03 is the time. The push for tax reform is getting close to the finish line. After last minute drama and tough negotiations over the final numbers. Republicans in congress now looking to seal the deal on their bill. Republicans should have the votes to pass the legislation but theyll do it without any democrats. Some of whom say they wanted to vote for a tax cut but were cut out of the deal. Once Mitch Mcconnell<\/a> has decided that 51 votes was all he was needing and theyre all going to be republicans and make it political, thats exactly what happened. Vice president mi needs to break a tie. The Trump Administration<\/a> says families will start seeing bigger paychecks starting in february. Republican senator john mccain is back in arizona after under going treatment for brain cancer. President trump says the senator will likely miss the tax reform vote. The 81yearold underwent surgery back in july to remove a blood clot in his brain after being diagnosed with glioblastoma. Time right now 5 04. President trump says hes not considering firing special Counsel Robert Mueller<\/a>. The president made the comments yesterday despite his repeated criticism of the investigation. Mueller is investigating whether there was collusion between the president s president ial campaign and russian officials. Rumors had suggested that the president was close to calling for mueller to be fired. Developing in of weekend robberies. Around 10 00 saturday night, two men robbed a Verizon Store<\/a> in the 6100 block of little river turnpike in alexandria. Police arrested one of the suspects but theyre still looking for a second who ran away. Anyone with information is asked to call police. A germantown man facing two burglary charges related to a weekend robbery in frederick. Just after midnight, this Morning Police<\/a> arrested the man on your screen there, 24yearold Dylan Richard<\/a> fox. Early saturday Morning Police<\/a> say fox smashed the window and broke into the gun center on rosemont avenue. Despite the Damage Police<\/a> say nothing was taken from the store. All right. 5 05. Were going to do weather and traffic on the 5s. No, we are burying the lead. Whats the lead. Oh, whats thatly . It is maureens birthday today. Happy birthday. It is. Thank you. I was hoping to just slide through witho a radar here. Thank you for that. Youve never looked. Youre 29. Yes. You look good. Thank you, guys. Thank you, thank you, thank you. Starting the party early. I know, right. You get to celebrate all day. 30 . 31 . Whats the big age. 29. Exactly, mike. Thank you guys. I appreciate it. Winchester, dut [inaudible] not much going on. Eastern half of the country were quiet and we should remain that way through the day, through the early part of the week and temperatures going to be on the mild side. Check this forecast out. Sun mixed with just some clouds, few here and there. Dry but mild. 57 degrees later today, even warmer tomorrow. How warm will we thats weather. Over to erin for traffic. 06 right now. Taking a look at traffic you can see were looking really nice on the inner loop, no problems on gw parkway, cabin john parkway nice and quiet. No problems on 95 from fredericksburg into stafford through dale city. You are in the clear right now. 395 is also problem free. We can see some Police Activity<\/a> blocking the shoulder but no real slowdowns there in virginia. 66 also in the clear. Eastbound side gainsville into manassas and through centreville. Then as you make your way out just keep in mind we have a water main break. Its 4 10 out in hyattsville between chillum manor road and riggs road. All eastbound lanes blocked. Westbound lanes getting by. Just watch for slick conditions. Metro rail line all service on time right now. Ill let you know if that changes. Thats your look at traffic. Holly and maureen back to you. Thank you erin. Coming up, about [inaudible] central pakistan this morning following this weekends deadly attack. Two suicide bombers linked to isis targeted a Church Killing<\/a> nine people and injuring dozens more. It was the first attack on a church claimed by the isis affiliate in pakistan. Were trumps controversial phone call to sergeant johnsons widow. Crews say the return of power winds could raise th right now the fire is 40 percent contained. Crews say full containment is nt expected until january and even then the fire will probably burn through the new year. Pope francis blew out his birthday candle on an extra long pizza at the vatican to the delight of children. He turned 81 on sunday. Thousands of children saint Peters Square<\/a> shouted birthday wishes to the pope. He replied thanks a lot. His birthday coincided with his weekly sunday appearance to the faithful. Cowboysraiders Fourth Quarter<\/a> tied up at 17 all with five minutes left. Cowboys go for it on fourth and one, dak prescott gets stopped short but the tape ruled it was a first down. Dallas gets the first and takes the lead with a field goal. Raiders try to answer with 30 seconds left but they fail. After a touchback in the end zone cowboys winning this one, 20 to 17. Coming up on fox5 news morning, ted cruz gets into a twitter battle with Luke Skywalker<\/a>. And a game show contestant fails to answer a valuable question even though the [inaudible] investigation. Mueller is investigating whether there was collusion between the president ial campaign and russian officials. Rumors had suggested the president was close to calling for mueller to be fired. Power is back on at the Atlanta International<\/a> airport. Its been fully restored on all couldnt courses. As many as a thousand flights were temporarily grounded after the worlds Busiest Airport<\/a> lost power on sunday. The exact cause of that fire is still unknown. 5 14 is our time right now. People getting up and going on this monday morning and it looks like mike for the most part i guess a pretty uneventful monday. Yeah, uneventful monday. Looks like early half of the week is uneventful unless you like warmer temperatures. Some of our warmer suburbs will miss out and stay in the 40s. D. C. South mid to upper 50s. By tomorrow 60 degrees not out of just across the maryland marylandborder. Expecting a dry day on this monday. Winter solstice coming up later on this week. We are down to nine hours, 27 minutes of sunlight. Well lose about another minute and then starting on friday actually well start gaining daylight second by second 11 [inaudible] mix of clouds should win out a little more. The deeper we get into those afternoon hours. Assocso thats your forecast for today. 57 degrees with clouds mixed with well keep showers in the forecast and right now Christmas Day<\/a> looks like much of the same. Doesnt look like any snow for christmas but i think between christmas and new years, the cold air will return and then our snow chances will return as well. All right, thats a check of the forecast. Over to erin as you make your way out also keep in mind theres a water main break out in hyattsville, 410 impacted on all and westbound between chillum manor road and riggs road. Because the temperatures are so cold please watch for slick conditions. Metro is on time. Any questions at erin fox5 d. C. On twitter. Back to you. 5 18 is the time right now. Lets take a look at the stories youre engaging with the most this morning on social media. Wisdom is back with our realtime news tracker. Hey, whiz. Good morning to you both. First up, new reports out about how the government paid money on a [inaudible] its backers say its still exists. Lets switch gears and talk about this. A cnn political commentary and under fire for calling a georgetown student an antisemitic bigot because he was wearing a bacon seat. Hillary rosen tweeted look at the guy in the bacon suit. This is a georgetown hoyas fans antisemitic smear to the Syracuse Team<\/a> she added in the tweet. Now, it has since been completed off of page. Next up attorney and professor anita hill has been picked to lead a new commission tasked with addressing rampant Sexual Misconduct<\/a> in harassment. [inaudible] mark hamil best known for his role as Luke Skywalker<\/a> clapped back at republican senator ted cruz in the twitter debate about ending net neutrality. And finally its always tough to answer questions under pressure as weve seen time and time again on these tv quiz shoes. The spanish game show whos still standing, well, he was asked what steve rogers was in the avengers, was o he a doctor, was him. And you still missed the question. Chalk it up to nerves. He might just might not have known his altar ego. Like doctor strange, do you know his real name. Yeah, but i dont have a shirt. [laughter] you dont know all the superhero names, im just saying. Somebody may have given him the shirt. Im trying to cut him some slack. All right. One superhero fan to another, we hear you. We got you. Thanks wisdom. Coming up, one of the wo face a federal probe connected to a slew of delivery complaints. And most of us enjoy a glass of wine every now and then, you know, to maybe unwind but a new wine brand from california is promising to do a lot more than that. Right. Uhhuh. Heading to break heres a live look at the d. C. Region. It is 5 21 what do you think . Hey, think ben will like it . Yeah, was i the only one hearing the angelic music . Im serious, i never know what to get him. Just tell me you got him fios too. Sigh. Mrs. Layne, fios is a 100 fiberoptic network. That, plus this sick console, hell be like whaaaaaattt. Your new tech is best on the 100 fiber optic network. So get fios. Now just 79. 99 per month with a 2year price guarantee with a 2year agreement. Customs and Border Protection<\/a> say they plan to pay a nearly 300 million project to a fire company to hire 5,000 Border Patrol<\/a> agents. The need for the hiring deal stems from an executive order signed by President Trump<\/a> to increase the number of border3 agents in the country. Meanwhile say it is falling short. Hershey is closing in a 1. 6 billion amplify snack brands. Its part of hersheys move to build its interest in snack foods. Get ready for weed wine. A california winery has introduced the worlds first marijuana infused wine. Revel coast winery promises to get drinkers high instead of drunk. It promises to hangovers. The wine is actually alcohol free. Each bottle will cost about 60 and contains 16 hill grams of thc. It goes on sale in january. Hm. Okay. I dont think well be having that demo in the loft. No, i dont think so. No. Does it still give would it give you the mix of clouds and sun for your monday afternoon here as you get your work week started. 48 degrees by 10 00 a. M. By the afternoon hours were warming it up a bit. Those are above normal temperatures. Mid50s by 1 oclock. Then we get to the 4 oclock hour 56 degrees. A high of 57 here in washington. As well as manassas. Fredericksburg maybe 58 for you. Off to the north and west a little cooler. Looks like highs only in the lower 50s for you. Thats a check of the weather forecast. Over to erin now for traffic. 5 26 right now. Keeping our eyes on the roads, 295 still looks great northbound as you head to the 11th street bridge. Lets show you what else youre up against. Six thousand nine hundred fiftythird street tunnel look good. Not seeing problems on gw parkway. At speed on our secondaries. Looking Goodbye Union<\/a> station. Traffic on the way to Reagan National<\/a> dulles and bwi quiet. Show you what else youre dealing with. Southern maryland traffic increasing in terms of volume but not enough to cause any major slowdowns just yet. Three at the 501 split as you head into any questions at erin fox5 d. C. On twitter. Were also tracking a water main break in hyattsville on 410t as for that new wine, i dont need any drinks that make me hungrier than i already am. A caribbean vacation turns into a might fair more cruise passengers. Airport workers in our region are expected to decide if theyll walk off the job straight to the picket line. Another live look across the d. C. Region on a monday morning. 5 27 is our time right now. 41 degrees. Back in a moment. Air travel nightmare. The worlds Busiest Airport<\/a> loses power grounding flights and stranding passengers across the country. The impact is expected to be felt by air travelers all week. Tax reform. Gop lawmakers look to seal the deal on the biggest tax code overhaul in 30 years. And russian probe. President trump says special Counsel Robert Mueller<\/a> isnt going anywhere any time soon. Fox5 news morning starts right now. This is fox5 news morning. Good morning to you. And thank you very [inaudible] overnight at the Busiest Airport<\/a> in the world. The power is back on Atlanta Hartsfield<\/a> international. Forcing cancelations and delays. Or Melanie Alnwick<\/a> live at Reagan National<\/a> airport with how this is impacting air travel in our region. The line looks longer than the last time we checked in with you. Reporter i think youre right holly. I think it is getting longer. I think thats because more people are arriving here to the airport. Looks like all flights travel through atlanta at some point. Its the Busiest Airport<\/a> in the world. Yesterday 1800 flights out of atlanta were canceled. You can imagine the Ripple Effect<\/a> that it is having across the an electrical [inaudible] a lot of rerouteing to try to get home. So far were on Delta Airlines<\/a> yesterday and our flight got delayed because we were supposed to go to atlanta. They scheduled us on another flight. We have to go to minnesota. Well have to ride it out and find out what happens. Go redskins. Reporter brandon also told us that he spent at least six or seven hours of uninterrupted ti we said thats got to be a good thing. So, you know, people are trying to make the best of it here and weve seen about four or five cancellations on the board this morning heading into im sorry, heading out of atlanta and so were going to keep checking the board and see how things are going but it does look like things eventually are going to get mopped up. Could take a little while. Travel experts are saying because the flights are so full during the Holiday Season<\/a> thats why its going to take a little bit longer than normal to get everybody back to where they need to go. Live at Reagan National<\/a>, im Melanie Alnwick<\/a>, fox5 local news. Time right now is 5 33. The push for tax reform is getting close to the finish line after some last minute drama and tough negotiations over the final numbers. Republicans are expected to have the votes to pass the bill. Vice president mike pence is standing by just in case he needs to break a tie. Now, the Trump Administration<\/a> says families will start seeing bigger paychecks starting in also this morning republican senator john mccain is back in arizona after undergoing treatment for brain cancer. President trump says the senator will likely miss the tax reform vote. The 81yearold underwent surgery back in july to remove a blood clot in his brain after being diagnosed with glioblastoma. President trump says hes not considering firing robert mueller. He made the comments yesterday despite the repeated criticism of the investigation. Mueller is investigating whether there was collusion between the president s president ial campaign and russian officials. Rumors had suggested that the president was close to calling for mueller to be fired. 5 34 is our time right now. Have you seen this missing teen . Police in Prince Georges County<\/a> say 14yearold Barbara Aparicio<\/a> was last seen at school on tuesday in new carrollton. They believe she left on her own. Over the weekend her family and friends handed out fliers at a Shopping Center<\/a> in riverdale. If youve seen barbara or you know where she is please call police. Jury deliberations could begin as early as today in the Inauguration Day<\/a> protest trial. Six of the 194 defendants arrested on january 20th are going to trial. They face multiple riot related felonies and misdemeanors, all six will face the possibility of a strong sentence. Meanwhile Contract Service<\/a> workers at Dulles International<\/a> airport are expected to go on strike today. The move comes at the peak of the Holiday Season<\/a> as employees are demanding a fair recognition process that allows workers to exercise their legal right to join a union. Beginning at 2 00 workers and supporters will gather for a large rally to announce the strike vote results. 5 35 is the time right now and theres mike thomas to talk weather. Hey, guys, good morning. Were starting an early week warmup here, so if youre sick of the cold a little bit and ready for warmer temperatures, well the early signs are there. Were 8 degrees warmer than this time yesterday, gaithersburg 10 degrees warmer, baltimore 12 degrees warmer but dont let that fool you cause its still on the chilly side of things. 41 in temperatures have continued to fall south and west so theyre well below freezing. Fredericksburg 31 degrees. Quantico 37. Heres a look at satellite and radar around the region. Its quiet. Were expecting a quiet day here with just a mix of some clouds and some sunshine. Not the wost monday in the world. Temperatures later today up to 57 degrees. More sunshine for your tuesday means, guess what, warmer temperatures. Potentially up to 60. Yeah, 60 degrees in december here in washington, d. C. Tomorrow afternoon. All right, in thats a check of the weather forecast. Over to erin. Metro delays on the red line. Signal problem outside van ness. Delays to shady grove. Traffic looking good into georgeorgetown from georgetown into rosslyn. All eastbound lanes blocked until this afternoon. One westbound lane is blocked. One right lane open on the westbound side so again avoid those eastbound lanes. We have a fox5 crew on the way. Use caution its a water main break. Watch for slick conditions. Any questions at erin fox5 d. C. On twitter. Wisdom and holly, back to you. 5 36 is the time right now. Coming up on fox5 news morning, a caribbean holiday turns into a nightmare for dozens of cruise passengers. And new Research Suggests<\/a> something you probably already have in your cabinet at home could help protect your vision. All welcome back to fox5 news morning. It is monday, december 18th. Enjoy the warm mild air while it lasts. Were expecting a high in the mid 50 today, maybe even 60 tomorrow mike says. Hes back in about four minutes with your full weather forecast. In the news morning, Royal Caribbean<\/a> says 220 people on board one of its caribbean cruise ships fell ill with a stomach virus during its voyage. It is still not known what caused this particular illness. The ship returned to florida saturday morning after a five day trip and most of the sick were treated on board that ship. The cdc warns that the flu is widespread in 12 states. Researchers say virus may be prevalent in many different places. However, it doesnt mean there are a lot of flu cases across the country. Doctors say the best defense against the flu is still the flu shot. A new study of u. S. Adults found those who drink hot tea on daily basis are 74 percent less likely to have glaucoma. Experts note it may or may not be the tea which wards off eye disease but they do believe the findings raise a question that should be studied further. Researchers say the link was only found with hot caffeinate, decaf and iced tea showed that theres no benefit and neither did coffee. Coming up on fox5 news morning, star wars was a mustsee for many fans this weekend but a screening at one theater led to a wave of enraged fans arguing with employees. And lebron james and the shoes that he wore during the wizards home game trending this morning. And lets head to bre getting you going on a monday morning. 41 trees is 41 degrees is our temperature. Mike is going to talk a little forecast on the other side of the break. Well its a perfect nespresso morning here, george. Hold on a second. Mmm. [mel torme sings comin home baby] hey there. Want a lift . Me. Let me guess. Have a nice ride. How far would you go for coffee thats a cup above . I brought you nespresso. Nespresso. What else . Whatever you were about to do just became whatever youre about to do after you get coffee. Nothing comes before coffee. Thats why were introducing a new line of cafequality espresso drinks from mccafe. For just two dollars. All right. 5 44 is the time right now as we take a live look outside at the capitol wheel. I just love this song. All this stuff puts me in the christmas spirit. Well, this is the week to be in it. Were coming up on it, right. Yeah, one week from today. Yea [inaudible] friday, saturday, sunday looks around so unfortunately if youre traveling this weekend keep an eye on this. Good news is it doesnt look like it will be snow here. I can almost guarantee it wont be. Well be way too warm for it. Satellite and radar showing not too much going on across our half of the country. Again snow showers moved through new york earlier but generally speaking we are quiet. High pressure taking control which will help keep us on the calmer side of things weatherwise for the next few days. 41 in, what. Off to the south of town we hit the 20s. Hagerstown in the 30s. Jacket weather for sure. But this core of the cold, you see 8 degrees there in gram bee canada thats moving away which allow room for warmer air to move up from the south. 64 in tampa. 47 in atlanta where theyre having all those airport problems that mel has been on all morning long. Some of that warmth going to head up in our direction later on today courtesy of High Pressure<\/a> giving us mild conditions for him of year. We should only be doing 47 degrees for a daytime high, 46, well do 56, 57 later on this afternoon with again partly sunny skies out there. Todays planner, you planning your day 48 by 10 oclock but then into the 50 by 1 oclock, more sunshine, 56 degrees by the time we get to your 4 oclock hour so your high today will go 57. 57 for manassas as well. 55 for quantico. Hagerstown 52. Frederick 53. Fredericksburg and culpeper you two may be the winners, maybe 58 degrees later on this afternoon. All right, winter solstice. New jersey governor c ris christie is reportedly irate over this photo. Now, the man on the left is his successor phil murphy. Hes standing behind cutout of the famous image of christie lounging in a beach chair. The photo capped off a week of tension between the two men. Nine minutes before 6 00 right now. Lets take a look at the stories youre\u25a0c engaging the most with this morning on social media. Maureen umeh joins us with our realtime news tracker. Good morning both of you. Carolina panthers owner jerry\u25a0c richardson announced hes going to put the franchise up for sale. The business move comes after the nfl opened an investigation into him for sexually harassing and racially insulting employees. Former employees spoke of lewd remarks lingering gazes and inappropriate touching in at least one occasion of a racial slur directed against an africanamerican employee. Next up, Comedian Kevin Hart<\/a> may have taken his jokes a little too far during this wdukends saturday night live skit. Hart is being called out for his opening monologue insisting all rqatjju r ities lies on the shoulder of the father and not the mother. Twitter users were quick to call him out. Buzzing on the web, the Trump Administration<\/a> prohibiting officials at the nations Top Public Health<\/a> agency from using a list of seven words or phrasing. Theyre forbidden terms are vulnerable entitlement transgender fetus evidence based and science based. O the budget and supporting materials expected to be given to the cdcs partners and\u25a0c tz congress. The washington wizard played against the Cleveland Cavs<\/a> in the district. If you watched the first half of the game closely you may have noticed lebron james special message to the presidqt. James wore one black nike basketball shoe and one white with the word equality on the back of each shoe. Q it white house blocks away james explained his decision was to\u25a0c display it doesnt matter your race whatever the is a beautiful country referencing President Trump<\/a> but never saying his name. Finally microsoft\u25a0c rewarding a nineyearold for his selfless act of kindness. uhis xbox in order to purchase 60 blankets for the unfortunate. Microsoft wanted to repay his kindness. They surprised fry with a bag full o toys including, you guessed it a new xbox. Those are your trending storieaip c c thanks mo. Seven minutes before\u25a0c 6 00 prince harry interviewed former p esident barack obama for a radio program. During the invictus\u25a0c games which harry organization. The full interview airs deces er 27 on the bbc. This is probably the least surprising Box Office Victory<\/a> of the year. Star warsstar warsstar war destroys the competition. Its the second biggest opening ever behind only predecessor which was the force awakens. Star wars fans at one california theater were highly disappointed because technical issues caused the first 10 minutes of the last jedi to play without sound. Now, in videoc and picture pictures shared on social media patrons can be seen screaming at the workers to restart the film. Did they pick a later showing or was it just that uess it was just that showing. That is crazy. That is crazy. Although having seen it you didnt miss anything. First hint. Ill just leave it at that. Wisdoms review,\u25a0c the first hint. Six minutes before 6 00 that means its time to say hello to our facebook fan of the day. Good morning to\u25a0c francis foreman. Keeping things very purple and very bright. Francis is a huge fox5 fan and celebrating a big birthday today. 80 years young today so happy birthday. Friends call her a legend in clarksburg, maryland so again, happy birthday to you frances. Do you know her. I know frances. I see her at the Grocery Store<\/a> all the time. Theres two legends in clarksburg, frances and\u25a0c you. I didnt know clarksburg are room for two legends. Frances you are gorgeous and i do\u25a0c not believe believe isdom with your str wars reviews better be careful. Those star wars fans will riot again. You dont know when way im going. We kind of know. The beginning of the movie i just said, you know you didnt miss much. You didnt miss much. Thats all im going to say. [inaudible] [laughter] washington, d. C. Is looking pretty good\u25a0c today. Mix of clouds and sun. Well be on the good side of thing. ig picture showing mostly quiet eastern half of the coutry. Little system moving through the great lakes thats\u25a0c not a huge deal and a few showers near new orleans. Thats about it. Shou d be quiet conditions for the next few days continuing to lose daylight here but were down to losing 10 to 15 seconds a day for the next three or four days and then were done, were out of here starting on friday little bit of daylight back. A nine hours 27 minutes, sunrise at 7 21, sun sets adc 4 48 p. M. Bus stop forecast, 28 to 40. Chill to start. \u25a0c afternoon feeling pretty good. Tomorrow near 60s. Clouds move in 51. Thursday is the first day of winter. Over to erin for traffic. One lane rj getting by. This is 70 on the eastbound side at mile marker five up in hagerstown. Serious crash cleanup. Had all lanes temporarily blocked. Use caution. Watch for delays. Water main break in hyattsville this morning. You can see this big scene. Our photographer max just called me tm lane is getting by in either direction. They opened up a westbound lane to eastbound traffic so traffic west and eastbound is getting through. This\u25a0c is between riggs road and chillum manor use caution though because that activity is going to be causing a rubberneck delay throughout the afternoon. Red line dealing with some delays. Keep it to fox5 news morning. Well be right back with more news, weather and traffic here on fox5. [lance] it is absolute chaos out here . Dont know if you can hear me, can we get a shot of this cold front, right here. [vo] progress is an unstoppable force. Brace yourself for the season of audi sales event. Heard about eucrisa for mildtomoderate eczema . It can be used almost everywhere on almost everybody. The arm of an arm wrestler . The back of a quarterback . The face of a fairy . Prescription eucrisa is a nose to toes eczema ointment. It blocks overactive pde4 enzymes within your skin. And its steroidfree. Do not use if you are allergic to eucrisa or its ingredients. Allergic reactions may occur at or near the application site. The most common side effect is application site pain. Ask your doctor about eucrisa. It all starts with a wish. The final days of wish list are here. Hurry in and sign and drive off in a new lincoln with zero down and a complementary first months payment. What if more of the energy we used came from Renewable Resources<\/a> . What if the electric grid could detect, fix and even prevent Power Outages<\/a> . What if our grid were less vulnerable and more secure . What if all these what ifs became a reality . Well, they are. At dominion energy, were completely transforming our power grid and the way we think of energy. To move from what if to whats next. Dominion energy. [vo] the season of audi sales event is here. Audi will cover your first months lease payment on select models during the season of audi sales event. This is fox5 news morning. Straight ahead at 6 00 a busy week on the hill as deadne lawmakers on track to deliver a tax reform plan to President Trump<\/a> by christmas. Power is back on at the worlds Busiest Airport<\/a>. The outage brought the Atlanta Hartfield<\/a> airport to the a stand still. More than a thousand flights were canceled. Travel nightmare. Happy holidays. [laughter] live look outside on this monday morning. Its december 18th. C weather and traffic coming up on the 5s at 6 05. Developing overnight, restoration at last. The power is back on at the Busiest Airport<\/a> in the world after thousands were stranded atlantas international airport. And its all right in the thick of christmas travel. Never a good time to be spanned stranded at the airport but this is even worse. Melanie alnwick is\u25a0c live at Reagan National<\/a> airport with how these delays are affecting us here locally. Good morning mel. Reporter good morning, guys. Busy time here this morning at\u25a0c deltas terminal. 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