Yeah, cold weather. Wisdom, maureen, good morning. Maureen, great advice. Extra layers this morning. It feels like Single Digits here in d. C. Even feels like below zero in a few of our suburbs. Well go through those. Well let you know how long the cold lasts coming up. Hey, erin. Right now roads are quiet but i cant stress enough, mike, it is cold out there. You need the boots, the layers, the scarves, the gloves. Whew. Backback to you guys. If youre just getting up were following a developing story from afghanistan. At least 35 people are dead after an attack on a news agency in kabul. 56 more people have been wounded. Local media reporting that the blast happened early this morning at the office of afghan voice news agency. Officials say a suicide bomber was likely behind the attack. Afghan journalism groups condemn the bombing. Recent reports show a surge in attacks against reporters in afghanistan. Former u. S. Senate candidate from alabama roy moore is taking his case to court. Moore wants to block the state of alabama if officially declaring doug jones as the winner of the u. S. Senate race. About 14 hours before a state meeting to certify jones. Jones defeated moore by 20,000 votes in the substitute suit mos attorney said there should be a Fraud Investigation and a new election. Our big story involves a police chase in Fairfax County that ended in a violent crash. Multiple people were taken to the hospital. Several vehicles were involved including a van carrying seven people. Fox5s annie yu live on the scene in herndon this morning with the story. Annie. Reporter wisdom and maureen, its quiet out here now but last night around 8 oclock, this intersection behind me, which is centreville road and frying pan road, it was quite a scene with multiple vehicles and Police Vehicles surrounding the area. A lot of people saw this. A lot of you wondering what happened. We have video from last night. This happened just after 8 oclock. Police say the suspect initially knocked on the door of a home on autumn drive which is not too far from here. Were told that door. The suspect assaulted that child. He then fled in a stolen vehicle and then crashed into a man driving a pickup truck, assaulted that guy and then carjacked the pickup truck. He then led police on a short pursuit. Officers responding to the initial child assault call spotted him and eventually the suspect crashed into a van right here at this intersection that was carrying seven people and finally they arrested him and he is in the hospital this morning facing multiple charges. Police still have no information this morning about the condition of the child and the circumstances surrounding that incident. Take a listen. This is a multifacted investigation. We have several scenes, crime scenes. The crash is quite a bad crash. And we have called out multiple resources. Our command bus is on scene and as we piece things together and find for the initial call, what led to this pursuit, what led to the crash, we have all the investigative units on scene to peace that all together. Reporter again, this suspect is in custody. Hes facing multiple charges. As for the passengers in the van, were told one of the seven was airlifted to a hospital. That person remains in serious condition. And an officer was also injured but were told the officer is expected to be okay. Thats the very latest here from herndon, virginia, annie yu, fox5 local news. 5 04 is the time. Were following a developing story which started in upper Montgomery County and ended in virginia. Two suspects are in custody after a police chase and a crash brought rush hour a screeching halt. Started 5 30 wednesdays afternoon with a robbery call in germantown. The owner of a pizza shop said two suspects pulled a gun and robbed him. Then they took off. The owner told someone to call the police. He then gave chase and so d state 270 ending with a crash in mclean, virginia. No one was hurt. The owner says chasing the suspects, though, was purely instinct. I dont know if something just kicked in me like follow them, you know, because they tried to come harm my business, my employees and i take everybody that works here as family. After making it all the way into virginia, officers were able to get the suspects car to crash along the gw parkway near route 123 in mclean. Police tell us amazingly no one was hurt during the chase or the resulting crash. 5 05 is the time right now. New this morning, virginia congressman h. Morgan griffith has proposed legislation that would require the district to pay a larger share of its medicaid cost. It would undo part of the revitalization cost. D. C. Officials say this change however could cost the city at least a half a billion dollars a year. 5 05 on this thursday morning and, okay, we got to talk about it. Not the roads just yet. No. Well talk about the weather because thats really the news. Yeah, if you got one of those new fancy cars where you can start it before you get in the car. Oh, i know. I wish i had that this morning. Thats the best thing in the world today. I dont. I had to, you know, drive a little faster than normal to get the engine to warm up. Drive a little faster, too. You definitely want to get that car warm today because temperatures this morning brutally cold across the region. Teens for our current air temperatures. Youll see in it just a second but feels like Single Digits. Satellite and radar, not much happening, which is good. Just some clouds coming across. Well see a little bit of that this morning. More sunshine this afternoon. The story is the cold. 16 right now in washington. Its 13 though in manassas, 13 for dulles as well. Winchester is at 10 as is cumberland and westminster. Baltimore 13. Leonardtown 18. Fredericksburg, good morning, 16 degrees. Not terrible wind but enough that when you factor it in, feels like one, now just 1 degree is what it feels like here in d. C. Negative one or gaithersburg. Martinsburg negative three. 11 for hagerstown. Zero at dulles. Manassas three. Moral of the story. Bundle it up as you head out the door this morning, extra layers absolutely needed. Were not going to warm it up too much this afternoon, well below our seasonal average. Only 28 degrees for a daytime high and its deceptively sunny later this afternoon but very cold. Thats a check of the forecast. Erin is back now with traffic. How does it look, erin . Roads are quiet but we have a metro alert. Blue line delays to Largo Town Center. Disabled train at franconiaspringfield. If youre taking the blue line watch for minor delays. Cruising at speed outer loop and inner loop side of things. Well see if we can forward our maps. Aside from that blue line delay we arent seeing any big problems on the roads anywhere right now. 66 eastbound Fairfax County parkway to the beltway we are at speed. Looking great past the vienna metro station. Same story as you make your way to the beltway. Conditions on 95. Love what were seeing on the roads. Very light volume. Any questions at erin fox5 d. C. On twitter. Back to you. Coming up on fox5 news morning, president obama and prince harry discuss the internet and the upcoming Royal Wedding. And an explosion at a supermarket in russias second largest city is being investigated as a terrorist attack. Heading to break, a live look across the d. C. Region. 5 08 is the time, 15 degrees the temperature. 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 complimentary first months payment. Welcome back to oh, goodness. So cold my mouth doesnt even work. Welcome back to fox5 news morning. Thats what im trying to say. Today is thursday, december 28th. Time is 5 09. Please bundle up in layers before you head out. The High Temperature is only expected to be in the mid20s today. And right now in d. C. The wind is making it feel like 1 degree. No joke. 1 degree. Mike is back in about six minutes with more on how long this arctic blast is going to last. All right. Lets talk news right now. As we turn to the latest on the explosion in russias second largest city. President Vladimir Putin is confirming wednesdays attack was a terrorist attack. At least 13 people were injured when a device containing 200 grams of explosives and shrapnel went off at a petersburg. Authorities are looking for the suspect behind that explosion as no one has claimed responsibility for the blast. The snow keeps on piling up across parts of the north this morning as folks from erie pennsylvania continue to dig out from a storm that that dumped more than 65inches on the city. The snowflakes come below zero wind chills. Forecasters are warning of hypothermia and frost bite as arctic air centers in over the central u. S. And starts spreading east. In new york city all passengers have been safely rescued from a ferry that got stuck yesterday. Evacuation began last night. Now, more than 120 people were on board. The ferry got stuck after hitting a sand bar off the coast of new york city and wouldnt bump until high tide came in. Last month more than a hundred passengers were rescued from a ferry that got stuck off lower manhattan. In alabama officials are trying to piece together how a 17yearold was left bruised bloodied and swollen during an encounter with police. According to reports, Police Officers in troy approached Ulysses Wilkerson while he was officers say they chased him down before a struggle ensued. Well, this morning wilkersons family is demanding answers as they claim he was handcuffed then beaten. Officers insist they found a gun on wilkerson. The investigation is ongoing. Well, it was a surprise radio for radio listeners in the uk on wednesday. Instead of hearing one of the bbcs normal hosts it was prince harrys voice as part of a guest hosting gig. The spot included interviews with some big names including former president barack obama. Mr. Obama is makinged had lines for seeming to critique President Trump without mentioning him by name. One of the dangers of the internet is that people can have entirely different realities. They can be just cocooned in information that reinforces their current biases. The question of whether the formal first couple who have a friendly relationship with the prince will get a invite to the big Royal Wedding in may. Prince harryay together. Coming up on fox5 news morning, men get ready. Male Birth Control is about to come on the market. And the Israeli Government honors President Trump with a train station. Were going to break right now. Lets take a live look outside. 15 degrees. Man its cold out there. 5 12 is the time. Were back after this. Whoa the mercedesbenz winter event is back and you wont want to stop for anything else. [ barks ] ho lease the gla 250 for 349 a month at your local mercedesbenz dealer. Mercedesbenz. The best or nothing. Filed a lawsuit yesterday about 14 hours before a state meeting to certify jones. Jones defeated moore by 20,000 votes. In the suit his attorney argues there should be a Fraud Investigation and eventually a new 911 what are you reporting . We have been on an amtrak accident. Were south of tacoma north of olympia. Tons of pu people are hurt. That was one of the dozens of 911 calls from passengers and witnesses after an amtrak train derailed in Washington State earlier this month. The high speed amtrak train was going 78 miles an hour in a 30 miles an hour zone when it derailed. Three people were killed. A hundred more others injured. If being a millionaire is one of your new years resolutions you now have twice the chance at jackpots worth more than 300 million. The Mega Millions and powerball have a combined jackpot adding up to more than 643 million. Remember, theres only two drawings left in 2017. The next Mega Millions drawing is scheduled for 11 00 p. M. On friday. Now, you can buy a lot of heaters with that money. You can buy a lot of. Blankets. Heated garages, driveways, startup cars. Buy a ticket to someplace warm. Buy an island. You can buy an island. There you. Oh thats warm all the time. Mike thomas. Buy a house in california. You can buy a house in florida. You can get out of here when we have this kind of arctic chill settling in. Thats what everybody will want to do today. Look, the arctic kind of invasion has begun here in terms of the brutally cold air and as one of our coldest mornings in december in recent memory. 16 degrees in washington. Actual air temperature detroit negative one. Chicago two. Minneapolis three. Canada we love you, but youre sharing a little bit too much of this cold air this morning. Negative 25 big trout lake. Negative 35 degrees in churchill. Thats cold enough that when you spit it will freeze before your spit hits the grounds. Youll hear a little pop. Wind chills feels like Single Digits across most of the region. Feels like one here in d. C. , negative one for gaithersburg. Martinsburg negative three. Hagerstown 11 anyo warmer spots we got problems out there. Feels like 6 degrees at fredericksburg. Heres some of the extreme wind chills ive seen so far today. Winter green virginia, thats where ski resort is, negative 17 degrees. Their peak kind of cold wind chill this morning. Increment West Virginia negative 14. Middletown maryland off to the north Frederick County negative seven and gaithersburg locally has been as low as negative 5 degrees in terms of wind chills this morning so some extreme weather. Wind chill advisories north and west until 8 oclock. Wind chill values between negative five and negative 20s are possible as they are get off to work, most schools are still closed for the holiday week here. 3 degrees is what it will feel like by 8 oclock in d. C. We roll into your afternoon hours it will feel like 11 i lunchtime, 12 at quantico. Later in the afternoon finally well get out of the teens and into the 20s right around 4, 5 oclock. But then as we work our way through the evening hou tonight temperatures fall once again and were back to teens. I dont think were Single Digits tomorrow morning but at least teens by tomorrow morning. Satellite and radar showing not much going on. We dont expect any snow today. High pressure dominating the weather pattern bring in all this cold air. Highs later on this afternoon 20s here locally in d. C. You have to get pretty far to the south before you start hitting the 30s once again. There you go. 28 degrees here in washington. 27 for quantico. Fredericksburg 27 for you. Winchester maybe only 22 degrees this afternoon. Better tomorrow i suppose. Up to 35 degrees. Few more clouds around. Maybe some light snow showers around on saturday. Could leave a dusting or two, best chance of that would be up towards the marylandpennsylvania border. We end 2017 cold at 28 degrees once again and then we start 2018 brutally cold. Only 26 degrees would be one of our coldest new years in several decades here. All right, thats weather. Erin, back to you for traffic. How does it look out there. We have some breaking news. We have a crash involving several vehicles and injuries. This is the outer loop before river road. One lane blocked but you can see that slowdn. Right now its only about a five minute delay as you approach river road. Just use caution there. You can see its turning into a parking lot past that serious scene. Now aside from that as you take metro this morning we do have blue line delays. A disabled train at franconiaspringfield. Delays to Largo Town Center. Allow for extra time on the blue line. Taking a look at the rest of your ride, were in very nice shape as you make your way out 395. No problems bottom side of the beltway and things on 95 from fredericksburg all the way into stafford cruising at speed through dale city as well. As you make your way out on 295, youre in great shape. No problems on 50 inbound. Speeds are looking good. Well keep you updated as you make your way out this morning but 95 southbound coming down from 198, looking great. If you have an early flight on the way to bwi Reagan National and dulles youre quiet. Just that big injury crash outer loop by river road. Back to you. 5 19 is the time right now. Lets take a look at the stories youre engaging with the most this morning on social media with our realtime news tracker. First up President Trump will now value train station named after him. Israels transportation a plan to dig a rail way tunnel under jerusalems olde city. Trains are expected to pass near sights hole to Jews Christians and muslims before ending at the western wall. The western wall station will be named for trump. A new report says the department of justice has covered up years of suckets. Sexual misconduct. The number of incidents increased during the past five years. The report mentions a top u. S. Marshall accused of sleeping with nine women in his office an Senior Lawyer who groped two women but received promotions and bonuses. Birth control for men may be on the horizon in the new year. Researchers are set to test a hormone gel in 2018. But so far researchers found a male contraceptive shot was 96 percent effective but that study was stopped earlier than expected because of complaints from men about mood swings muscle cramps and other effects. 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