Were going to get to mike and erin in just a moment. First we have a Couple School closings and delays. Well start in maryland. Marlton Elementary School in Upper Marlboro is closed today due to heating problems. All other Prince Georges County schools though are open on time. Elsewhere in maryland, Dorchester County schools are closed. Queen annes County Schools on a 90 minute delay and Talbot County schools you are on a twohour delay. Lets take you to virginia. Shenandoah County Schools closed today. King george, page and Spotsylvania County schools are also closed today while Stafford County and frederick city schools are on a twohour delay. And in West Virginia, Jefferson County schools you are closed today. All right. Erin como is talking about traffic. A lot of red behind you. Im afraid to ask what thats all about. Mike thomas talking about weather. No delay. You guys hit it. All right guys well its the cold ground temperatures were worried about today. Actually most most of the atmosphere supports rain coming down but could freeze on contact. We got details o up. Erin that looks like trouble. It is. Unfortunately we have several water main breaks you need to steer clear of. Crash after courthouse road. Well talk about those drive times, help you out this morning in thank you both of you. If youre just waking up with us now at 5 oclock major problems continue with streets impacted by water main breaks. One of the newest overnight happened on porter street near 34th in northwest. All of this as we wait for more icing issues across the d. C. Region this afternoon. Thats where we find fox5s Melanie Alnwick. Shes live with details. What a situation, mel. Reporter good morning, guys. The icing issue is real and present right now here at 34th street and porter street. You can see where the water as it was flowing from that broken main literally just froze in ripples, froze in place as it was pouring down the street. You can see the crews up the street, they are actively digly into the street right now to try to locate that water main and get repaired. So, we think this is probably one of those priority repairs. Sometimes well see them shut off the water and then have to deal with other higher issues. One of the things that goes into it is the impact on the surrounding area and the number of customers. We dont know at this point how many customers may be impacted by this break but im going to assume that there probably are some right now without water just based on the Quick Response here from d. C. Water. Theyve been dealing with 141 or more water main breaks since december 1st and theyre saying most of them happening just in the last week. So, really these things are happening as fast as crews can get to them. And theyre really or faster we should say than crews can get to them. You just dont know where theyre going to pop up. Now you add cold weather to it, cold pavement temperatures and you end up with the impact of potentially some slippery areas. We have seen d. C. Water crews coming through here and putting down some salt and some of the hopefully its not going to cause too much of a problem. But it really is important to just let people know that when they see a situation like this they really do have to take it very carefully. Live in northwest, im Melanie Alnwick, fox5 local news. All right, mel, thank you for that. The cold and the damage its causing continues to impact Howard University in a major way. Undergraduate students will not be able to return to class today as schedule. Frozen pipes led to heating and steam damage in several buildings. Right now only four of nine dorm buildings have reliable heat. Some buildings could be closed for a month. Undergraduates wont start until next tuesday, january 16th. Graduate programs are expected to resume today. 5 04 is our time right now. Arent the bombshell new book fire and fury inside the Trump White House remains at the top of amazons best seller list this morning. The book paints a dysfunctional picture of President Trump and questions his fitness for office. Many of President Trumps top supporters were on the sunday talk shows calling the book complete nonsense and white house cleavage gist says he regretted the impact the comments had on President Trumps presidency but did not apologize. President trump makes a scheduling change to his fake news awards. Last week the president announced on twitter he would prevent the fake news awards today but then yesterday he tweeted the fake news awards those going to the most corrupt and biased of the Mainstream Media will be presented to the losers on wednesday, january 17th. The interest and importance of these awards is far greater than anyone could have anticipated. Five minutes past the hour right now. Lawmakers in maryland and virginia are set to debate several bills which would give the metro a permanent and dependable source of funding, this would be the first time in more than 50 years that both states exam metro funding at the same time. This could funnel hundreds of millions of dollars a year to the transit agency. And if youre taking the metro this morning, dont forget to reload your smart trip card. Starting today, you can no longer carry a riders are encouraged to sign up for auto reload through their smart trip account. That will ensure a passenger always has money on their card. I didnt even know that was an option really auto reload. I didnt know that either. Thats good. 5 06 is our time. Were talking about traffic which we know is a problem. Weather probably part of the reason for that problem. Probably part of the reason. Yeah, we had cold temperatures. Im sure pipes have been bursting all weekend long. We have relief temperaturewise on the way. Actually near 60 by the end of the week but we do have today to get through first and that is kind of a transition day. Cold air is leaving but some do want to update you on breaking news. Fairfax County School virginia, schools are closed today. Really . So, thats just in. Okay. Because of fear of icing. Okay. So there you go. Fairfax County Schools congratulations you are closed today. 20 degrees outside of washington, manassas gaithersburg 17 degrees at this hour. Temperatures going to play a role because its this moisture off our west starts to move into our region later on today. Even if it falls as rain it could freeze on contact. Winter weather advisories start today at 3 oclock. The precip could start feeling even a little bit before then. Be weather ready weather aware this afternoon. If youre going to be pulling into work get your windshield wipers on. You dont want to have to be scraping ice off the car later this afternoon. Dry through the afternoon and its the afternoon hours when the wintry mix comes in. Even with a temperature of 34 its the ground were concerned about. Watch untreated roadways. Erin has trouble on the roads this morning. Thats right mike. We have crashes water main breaks causing a big problem early this monday morning. This in start after 630 courthouse road. Left lane Left Shoulder blocked. 10 minute use caution much watch for slick spots on sidewalks. Several water main breaks in the area. Getting updates from the water department. Two eastbound lanes on eastwest highway in takoma park near New Hampshire avenue remain closed for water main repairs. Lanes that are opened surrounding that area could cause delays because of icy spots. Metro is on time but use caution. Any questions at erin fox5 d. C. On twitter. Coming up, Transportation Leaders investigating the weather related problems at j. F. K. Airport. Were following a developing story from texas where a Sports Reporter has gone missing. Heading to break right now take a live look outside on this monday morning. This is Prince Georges County 495 traffic moving well there luckily, no issues there. Well have more news, weather and traffic when fox5 news morning returns. The Arctic National wildlife refuge one of the most pristine and beautiful parts of the world. But Barbara Comstock just voted to put it up for sale. Why . To pay for tax cuts for billionaires and big corporations. Comstock supported Donald Trumps tax scheme for the wealthy, adding 1. 5 trillion to the debt and leaving us with the bill. Tell Barbara Comstock we wont stand for selling our wild lands to give billionaires a tax cut. Welcome back. 5 09. Heres a live shot from porter and 34th streets in northwest d. C. This is where melanie is this morning. And as you can see, just from the shear sheen and the shine, that is nothing but a sheet of ice. Of course there are a lot of water main breaks throughout the area causing lots of problems. The cold weather continue to wreak havoc in our region. Well update you on this particular situation throughout the morning and keep you abreast of anything else that will be happening in and around the area but if you are out there driving this morning please exercise caution. 5 10 is our time. Off the coast of china, a tanker full of toxic oil is currently on fire and threatening to explode. Fears of an environmental disaster are growing. The vessel has been leaking oil since it collide we had a chinese cargo ship on saturday night. The tanker belongs to an Iranian Company and was carrying 136,000 tons of oil. All 32 crew members on board remain missing. Concern is also growing for a missing Sports Reporter in houston texas. 29yearold Courtney Rowland reportedly hasnt been seen since saturday afternoon. Rowland had attended a texas a m football camp prior to going missing but her roommate reportedly received Text Messages from her about a suspicious man follong the Port Authority of new york and new jersey is launching an investigation into a burst water pipe which led to flooding inside a baggage claim area at j. F. K. International airport. Crews yesterday had to rush passengers out of the baggage area to avoid getting wet. The flood added to the problems at j. F. K. Which was trying to get back up to full speed after days of delays and cancellations stemming from last thursdays storm. Spacex successfully launching another rocket over the weekend this one carrying a topsecret satellite for the u. S. Government. The launch in Cape Canaveral carried the summa satellite. Not much information was given about the satellites purpose other than it was carrying a restricted pay load. Four key figures in the flint, michigan water crisis is due in court today. They all worked in the Citys Department of environmental quality. Liam smith the fired former head of the deq responsible for overseeing flints water switch will be in court with them. Their case has been delayed for 18 months. All are charged with Involuntary Manslaughter for failure to alert the public of legionnaires disease which killed 12 people. Meanwhile the fight over the estate and body of Charles Manson also heads to court today. Manson died in november nearly a half century after ordering his followers to kill actress sharon tate and eight others in 1969. A judge must sort out who is entitled to songs manson wrote that were used by the beach boys and guns n roses. They will also decide who gets the commercial rights to mansons name likeness and any of his possessions which could be worth thousands of dollars to collectors. At least two people claim to have wills signed by manson. A third claims manson did not leave a will. Some sad news in the music world today. Ray thomas from the moody blues has passed away. He died after a four year battle with prostate cancer. He was 76 years old. Thomas played the flute solo on one of the moody blues biggest hits night in white satin. The band will be inducted into the rock and roll hall of fame later this year. The winner of saturdays 560 million Powerball Jackpot has yet to come forward. The Winning Ticket was sold in New Hampshire. That followed one winner in fridays 445 Mega Millions jackpot. That 60 was ticket was sold in florida. That winner has not come forward either. Because theyre both still in shock. It wasnt me so i dont care anymore. Any more. Im going to be salty. Good to work maureen. Coming up on fox5 news morning the Carolina Panthers questioned about the treatment of quarterback cam newton. Disney accused of browning up white actors in the filming of its new aladdin movie. As we go to break lets take a look outside. Live look at the Lincoln Memorial of course this morning. 5 13 is our time. Its still very cold out there, folks. Only 19 degrees but hope is on the horizon mike thomas says. Fox5 news morning coming right back. Before we start, i just want to say if anyone still doesnt have fios, please stay out of the way so your lag doesnt get us all killed, ben. Whats so good about fios anyway . Uh. Whats so great about a 100 fiberoptic network that makes your gaming system actually work awesomely . Hey. Did you take out the trash . Haha, garbage boy dad, i already took out ben. Its not funny. So get fios. Now, just 79. 99 per month with a 2year price guarantee with a 2year agreement. With dunkin deals, you get two egg cheese wakeup wrap sandwiches for 2. And two of those for two of those means you deserve a few of those. Stop in for the latest dunkin deal, two egg cheese wakeup wrap sandwiches for 2. America runs on dunkin. A wintry mix will move through this afternoon could set up for a slick and dangerous evening commute. Several School Systems arent taking any chances. Fairfax and loudoun County Schools will both be closed today as a precaution because of this weather system moving in that could make roads more slick, conditions worse than they already are with this bitter cold that really settled into the region this weekend. Thats what we need to think about when theyre picking the kiddos up today. Mike what time is this all supposed to start. Believe here in the d. C. Area, mediate its in the afternoon hours, early afternoon. Like 1 00, 2 00. Like noon between noon and 2 00. Noon and 2 oclock. Ill show you futurecast k it. It will be earlier for those out to the west. Temperatures are the big power teens and 20s to start the day. Yesterday morning we had Single Digits so the ground is extremely cold so whatever falls even though were warming kind of above our head so it may fall as rain but when it hits the ground it may freeze on contact here especially on untreated roads and surfaces. High pressure scooting off to the east. Thats going to start to pull that cold air out of town so good news there. The bad news is cold air is very slow to move in these kind of situations so as the cold front swings in from the west with all that moisture its going to kick up some precipitation which again could freeze on contact here around the region. Heres that same radar you just looked at. There it is out to the west moving through ohio, through kentucky this morning. Starting to push into Western Areas of West Virginia there and then were watching this area right here just starting to pop up in the maryland panhandle. I dont think too much of that is hitting the ground but well continue to watch it. Heres that timing holly was asking about. Right around the noon hour according to our latest models well have to start watching out in d. C. In the green which indicates futurecast showing us rain its the ground t because theyre well below freezing and what falls could freeze on contact on untreated surfaces. Be careful with that that especially if youre heading out later this afternoon. Things should wind down later this evening. Winter weather advisories for all these counties you here in purple. Does include d. C. Doesnt start until 3 oclock. Well see if they bump that timing up. Bus stop forecast 14 to 24 degrees before school its after school hours that were concerned about the mix around the region and watch out for those slick spots. Fox5 accuweather 7day forecast we got relief on the way. 34 today. Then look at that, just to the freezing mark later on tonight and then up to 47 tomorrow with more sunshine. Into the end of the week staying unsettled with the chance of just rain because look at those temperatures up near 60 by friday. All right, thats a check of the forecast. Erin is back with traffic. 5 18 right now. Some good news for you. A crash that we were dealing with out in stafford did clear. Unfortunately residual delays lingering. This camera is north of courthouse road crash previously blocking left lane Left Shoulder. Factor in that extra time. Or consider taking route one northbound. Melanie alnwick guessing us Team Coverage. Several water main breaks. Annapolis road eastbound. Two right lanes blocked. Watch for slick spots on those additional lanes in that area. Another one between on were. Bw parkway northbound the beltway. Metro is on time. Melanie is out on porter street where thats shut down in northwest near 34th