Sorry but it may be too little too late. Well tell you why. Dawned the dawgs home. Later a wild end the rose bowl. Georgia needing Double Overtime to punch their ticket to the National Championship game. The bug dogs are the underdogs going into next weeks champion schill because they have to face alabama. Well have all the highlights as good day at 9a starts now. 12 degrees outside at 9 00 oclock on this new years day after new years day. Right. Everybody shaking off cobwebs of new year. Hold on. Let me drink my tea. Utoh. 12 degrees outside. 42 inside today. Well huddle for warmth. Glad youre with us. A minute past the hour. Hope awed great new years. Welcome back everybody. Hopefully getting back not swing of things. Schools in d. C. Open tomorrow. It is january 2nd. Glad to be with ahead this morning new year in the Nations Capital what does the mayor have in store for 2018. We sat down with her 30 minutes ago. What she told us is coming you. Lets continue to talk about it. The weather it is freezing out there. Right . And those freezing temperatures really are starting to take toll on the region. Weve actually been talking about School Delays this mor morning. Water main breaks. Icy rescues. And there likely be plenty more in the days ahead. In fact tuck is back now with our first check of the forecast because by the end of the week it will get even colder. What. Thats hard to believe. Isnt it. Yes. We dont yeah. Feels like it been cold enough. Sure enough holly by friday and saturday our daytime highs may not get out of the teens for much much of the area and this theres just no end to this relentless cold here any time soon. In fact loo looking long term i think monday the next chance most of the area gets above the freezing mark. All right. Lets get it to. Lets dive on in. Cold temps to start your day. Up to 15 at reagan national. Thats a the past hour. Most of the area is at least in the low teens. Lets see ten in winchester still quite chilly. 12 in hagerstown. 12 in fredericksburg. Culpeper our cold spot at 1 degrees. Very very cold temperatures out there. Again weve got wind chills which are taking another ten or 15 degrees off those actual air temperatures it feels like zero to five right now for most of the area. Should be a sunny and bright day it will not be a warm day. Daytime highs in the mid to upper 20s but it will be a dry day which is good news. Anything that tried to move in today would bring us nothing but snow and we might have little of that in the forecast by Late Wednesday night early thursday. More on the timing on that and the possibilities with that system coming up but your forecast for this afternoon, unrei lening cold. 28 your daytime high. The good news there should be plenty of sunshine at least when youre looking out your window it will look like a nice day. Tuck, later in the week when we have the single digit lows is that pushing record terri still well above record lows . Certainly the possibility. I think the best chances for breaking records will be out at dulles. Some of the records at national or here in d. C. Are pretty extreme like minus 12s and minus 14s stuff we did back in the late 1800s. Local records by this weekend yeah. Bun up. 9 04 is the time. Were not the only ones dealing with old man winter the frigid bone chilling temperatures continue to playing much of the United States. Topeka kansas minus 14 monday. 17 below in annapolis. And 30 below in montana. Anyone dealing with those temperatures would unlike toll find sympathy in northern north dakota. The town of mine nut was 40 degrees below zero. In michigan frozen track cribbed to delays on amtrak train, wisconsin Polar Bear Plunge was the coldest to date at negative 20 degrees. Look at this. Are you kidding me . Was that person standing in the water to high five everybody else that came out. How is that possible another plump in indiana was canceled because of the chill. Out west frozen branches brought down power lines leaving thousands of people without heat. The National Weather service says most regions will see a warmup midweek. Then back down to freezing temperatures going into the weekend. I know they did the pole bare plunges in the chesapeake yesterday. If any of you did it let us know how youre doing today. Got to be adrenaline rush when youre jumping in there. A day later wrap myself in warm blankets. My heart stops on memorial weekend because the pool water is still too cold. Check this out as well. A daring overnight water rescue in upper montgomery county. This happened in the town of boyds on west Old Baltimore road near Shiloh Church road. Police say a car crashed into the waters of 10mile creek three people had to be rescued. As you can imagine the creek water was very cold. Ems crews evaluated all three passengers. Thankfully, everyone was here at home, major problems though at a southeast middle school. Also blamed on the extreme cold. Water main break flooded Kramer Middle School overnight and also sparked a gas leak. Crews have been on the scene all morning long. And so has our Melanie Alnwick much she joins us now with all the details. So, mel, whats the update now . Reporter good morning. They are still really in the thick of this here in terms of the amount of work that needs to be done to repair all of the damage caused by this cold weather. You can see weve got a little bit of idle right now getting ready to get back started again. The dc water crews im sorry the Washington Gas crease crews digging here in front of the school all night. If you thread the needle there in between the flagpole you can see the valves there. We had a gas leak that apparently was caused by all of the water in the basement so you see those basement level win windows. That is where the basement is and the boiler room and apparently a lot of water got into the part of the gas problem. What we understand several feet of water in the basement caused by a burst pipe. Initially we thought there may have been water main break because there is water main break across the street. I think mike we can probably see those dc water crews there across the street trying to get started on that particular water main break we were told was on 18 street between w and p. We thought initially that water main break had something to do with the water flooding the basement in the school. That was interior burst pipe something that d. C. Water had been reminding folks about that this could definitely be something that would happen in these very very cold temperatures. So a lot of work to be done here. Fortunately for the 193 degrees students that go to this middle school, today is the last day of winter break for them. But i got to tell you given what im told as far as the damage here, i just dont know yet whether they can count oncoming back to school whether d. C. Schools is going to have to come up with different plan for them. So that is the latest here from southeast. Im Melanie Alnwick, fox5 local news. Melanie, thank you. Checking the morning briefing now first up al frankens last day in the us senate. The minnesota democrat announced his resignation last month after multiple women accused of him of sexual misconduct. Franken has not announced what he will do next, but he plans to remain in the public eye. Minnesota, Lieutenant Governor tina smith will be sworn as his replacement tomorrow. President President Trump back here in washington this morning after returning from florida last night. And he begins his second year in office 2018 confronting iran and trying to build on some of last years momentum in congress. The president just preparing to sit down with Republican Leaders in congress now to come up with a game plan for 2018 and position themselves for the mid term elections. President trump arriving back at the white house last night ignoring questions from reporters. But he wasnt holding back on criticizing pakistan and am acknowledging growing protests in iran which threaten the regime there. The president seemed to you were the protesters on writing, along with human rights, the wealth of iran is being looted. Time for change. He has long railed against the Iran Nuclear Deal struck by the obama administration. So what does he do next . Thats the big question. Who you does he support these protests because there have been protests in the past during the obama administration, and they didnt go anywhere 2018 begins with Big Questions for congress, too. The president had a big win with tax reform in december. Can he follow it up with Something Else . Perhaps a deal on Infrastructure Spending or immigration. There is the looming threat of a government shut down after congress kicked the can down the road last year. I think this could be a very good year for the economy, and year in which the American People take, you know, assessment of this administration and this congress and say, you know what, these folks are getting results for the American People. And Many Democrats are salivating in mid term elections. Republicans have problem. Theyre going into the mid terms. Theyre Approval Rating wouldnt melt an ice cube. So theyre looking at a blood bath in 2018. And everything for republicans will be more difficult in congress this year because of the math. In the senate they will have just one vote majority. The new years always a time oh reflect on the accomplishments of the past year and the work needed going in the next year thats happening in the halls of the Wilson Building right here in d. C. Last hour d. C. Mayor Muriel Bowser stopped by to talk about the cities accomplishments and touched on the grade fixing scandal at ballou high school. Its a very serious issue. We take it very seriously. Our office of the state superintendent is conducting evaluation, investigating all of the allegations at balloon you will of a our policies citywide and so we expect that report in i think two weeks and so that will give us a good road map of the things that need to be fi fixed. Looking at things specifically at ballou and things that need to be changed. You talked about resources. We endeavor to support families to make sure kids are there. Few years back i started kids ride free on metro because it was it used its to be the case families were paying 30 a month to get their kid to sc school. Now they can ride free on metro rail and metro bus. Mayor went ton say that they will will being into the attendance policy to make sure its not an out liar in the system and make sure the policy is clear for all students in the diss trek. They expect those results to come back in the next couple of weeks. Well, it is a good day new year tradition. Coming up later, live coach and spiritual adviser dr. Gwen mcgregor will join us live with a look at what to expect in the year ahead. High profile hollywood teaming up to stop workplace Sexual Harassment. Former miss america who turned reigns of the beauty organization. Allison seymour is coming back with the details of that next. And then the people go inside. Do you understand charlie . Mom . Yeah . Can i have a Peanut Butter sandwich . Yeah, you sure can. Can charlie have one, too . Charlie can have one too. And one for charlie. gasp look mom charlie took a bite. with full mouth unbelievable. Feed his imagination, with the fresh roasted peanut taste he loves. 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It was full of Sexual Harassment scandals and hollywood as well as in politics right here in washington, of course, and that led to the me too campaign on social medial women around the world coming forward to share their stories of Sexual Harassment with the hash tag me foo on social media and hundreds of women in holly holded wood are saying enough is enough. Reece witherspoon, shondra rhymes, Jennifer Aniston just a few of the hundreds of celebrity whos have come together to form an anti Harassment Coalition called times up. They say the initiative is an extension of the me too campaign. They launched times up yesterday with an open letter in the New York Times vowing support for times up is dedicated to confronting abusive power and promoting workplace equality. The initiative will provide Legal Defense fund for that will advocate for legislation fighting workplace harassment. After monday as announcement other members of the movement took to social media to spread the word, the initiative has the support of hundreds again of celebrities just to name a few more. Natalie portman, carrie washington, eva longoria, America Ferrara rasheed at a jones. Jj abrams and Justin Timberlake also voiced their support for this movement. Meantime, another big announcement for powerful women came out this week. The Miss America Organization has named former fox news anchor Gretchen Carlson the new chairwoman for the pat jents board of directors. This mark the first time a former pageant winner had as served in this role there she is years ago. Carlsonwon that pageant back in 1989. Three other past miss america winners are joining her on the board. The old ceo you might remember after sending sexist o males about former couldnt kess taints. In a tweet Gretchen Carlson says hes honored to move the iconic Miss America Program forward. Carlson left fox news back in 2016 and later selled with the Cable Network after file a Sexual Harassment lawsuit against news fox news c edge o roger ales. Such a number of Sexual Assault and harass many accusations come to go light this year many people are pl planning to wear black to the golden globe award. Remember this whole situation where i forget her name in this moment. Rose mcgowan came out and called them hypocrites saying youre wearing black its not enough to say just wear the black you need to macaco vocal stand too and all of this. We have yet to see what happens. Times up hash tag and movement happening. Right. I hope that that does help because you do need women behind uhuh need the support. For lot of people they cant afford lawyers. I was going to say providing deal defense fund for regular women is huge. Thats right. Remember congress they were given Legal Defense when someone came out against them. Exactly. This is nice to see. Yeah. Thank you al. All righty. 9 17 if your new Year Resolution includes eating right and many of you probably made that resolution yesterday. Chef annal knee is here to show us the right way to meal prep. First caitlin what are you work ong. Maureen g morning. A holiday return headache for International Travelers return to the us last night. It was a problem. Why went 17 was a good year for the airline industry, and finally, definitive proof time travel is possible. Well have all the details when we check what else is making headlines coming up next. Sounds like a lot of airlines stories. Well be right back. Packed with flavor, one hero was on a mission to save snack time. You want a piece of me . Good, im delicious. Creamy, delicious, 100 real cheese. Mini babybel. Snack a little bigger. Yeeeeaaaahhh uh oh. A painful sore throat . Not now. Take cepacol instamax. Look unlike regular cough drops it contains 2 max strength pain relievers and cools in seconds. Bye bye sore throat. Take cepacol instamax. Z2i1zz z16fz y2i1zy y16fy 9 21 is our time on this tuesday morning. That means its time for us to check in with caitlin and see what some of the other stories are making headlines this morning. Hey, caitlin. Good morning. First up on this tuesday morning, openly transgender people can now enlist in the u. S. Armed forces. That took effect yesterday. The main requirement is certification from a medical provider. Verifying that the individual must have gone 18 months without clinically significant distress or impair many. Supporters say its a landmark moment for american equality. They also believe this move will deliver much needed boost in enroll many. All right. U. S. Customs system outage affected airports across the country left hours as many were just trying to get home on new years day. This is all yesterday. Spokeswoman for the agency says the two hour delay began around 7 30 p. M. Last night. Customs and Border Protection officers were forced to pro