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Right now at 6, a big push to save East Potomac Park. Our Fox 5 team standing by with more on the rally set to be held on Capitol Hill. On this Veterans Day, we honor the brave men and women who have served our country. More on the ceremonies happening throughout the area. Here we are. And when the skies remain clear for Veterans Day celebrations, our Fox 5 weather team's got you covered with everything you need to know. Your news at 6 starts now. We'll be right back. Well, happy Veterans Day, and a big thank you to everybody who has served. We do appreciate it. Also, it's making for pretty good traffic around the region today, so if you need to get anywhere today, It is your day for everybody enjoying a federal holiday. I was also going to say, you know, if today is anything like it was yesterday with the weather, I mean, it's going to be picture perfect out there for all the Veterans Day events happening. Yes, a lot of activities outside today, and you always want some dry weather on Veterans Day. Fortunately, it's going to be a nice day as well. So we're going to hold off the rain until tomorrow. You won't need the rain gear or anything like that if you're heading out and about. I know it's chilly to start out, but today will be the last warm day. We'll get to near 70 degrees by the afternoon. So if you enjoyed yesterday, you'll like today's forecast. forecast. We do have some rain and cooler air arriving by the end of the week. So we'll talk more about that coming up. Anyway. All right. Thank you. Take a look here as you're headed out the door on your Wednesday morning commute. Exactly what Steve said. You're really not going to see too much traffic whatsoever this morning. Baltimore Avenue towards Georgia. We're looking at your top side there. It's going to be about six minutes or six miles. No incidents report just yet. Back to you. Calls to save East Potomac Park growing louder now as a coalition of D.C. lawmakers and park users are headed to the hill. Let's check in with our Melanie Olveda. She's live in Southwest following this story for us this morning, Mel. Good morning, guys. So time is certainly ticking down here at East Potomac Golf Course. The Trump administration says they plan to close it on Sunday. Well, now, as you mentioned, kind of an interesting twist here. These local lawmakers are getting ready to rally on Capitol Hill, but they're asking local lawmakers not to approve additional funding here for the park. The Park Service says It says that it needs to close East Potomac Park, the golf course, all of Ohio Drive and Hay. Haines Point, because the seawall is unsafe. On the west side that you see here, parts of it are being... inundated by the Potomac, and it is definitely failing in parts. Now, opponents say Ohio Drive itself and the park is not impacted by the seawall, and that the closure is just a pretext to start work on the Washington National Golf Course plan. On Capitol Hill, there's a vote teed up on supplemental funding requests. Now, it includes $500 million for the Department of the Interior for its construction account. Some of that money, the department says, would be used to repair the seawall. But park advocates and D.C. elected officials are going. Going to press members of Congress not to approve it. They want clear rules that the money can only be used for the seawall and cannot be diverted to President Trump's redevelopment of Haines Point for his championship golf course. And as we know, there is still a lawsuit underway here. The judge has already issued one temporary restraining order against any tree cutting, and she just modified that to include not just East Potomac Park and the golf course, but all of this Haines Point Peninsula south of Buckeye Drive. And on Friday, One more development will be watched. There is a hearing on whether there will be a restraining order to stop the closure of the park. And certainly talking to golfers and employees here, they can't wait to see what happens. We'll send it back to you. Well, thanks very much. In the meantime, the other project that we've been talking about, the Arch. Nine members of the Kennedy family now suing the Trump administration to stop the construction of that arch near Arlington National Cemetery. The lawsuit warns the arch would cast a shadow over President John F. Kennedy's gravesite and the iconic eternal flame. The plaintiffs argue federal officials approved the controversial project without required congressional authorization. The jury found the accused Naresh Dutt-Bhatt, guilty of first-degree murder, signed for person juror number 79, dated November 10, 2026. Well, Naresh Bhatt has been found guilty of first-degree murder in the death of his wife, Mamta Khafle. It took the jury four hours to deliberate. They also found him guilty of concealing and defiling her body. On the stand, he admitted to cutting her body with a saw and dumping her remains in the trash in 2024. He claimed she died by suicide and that he panicked, but the jury did not buy that. Mamta's family, friends, and supporters cheered as that verdict When it came out in the court we were not surprised. For those who were close to the family and for those who had so many proofs already, we were not surprised that he dismembered Mamta and we were certain and sure that he killed Mamta and today nobody can undo that. How cruelly he stole Mamta from all of us, from this world, but at least now we are happy that the justice has been served. Maybe I could sleep better tonight. We can all sleep better tonight. Yes, what a peace in my heart. Naresh Bhatt is now facing life in prison. He'll be sentenced on March 12th. Fox 5 News alert out of California, where at least three people were killed in a crash after a vehicle hit a food stand. This happened in North Hollywood. Three others critically hurt. Police say the driver was among those injured. This during the evening rush hour outside of a metro station. L.A. police say the driver's in his 60s. The cause of the crash, though, still under investigation. Well, no Pete Hegseth impeachment for now. The GOP-led House blocked that effort yesterday, referring the resolution to the Judiciary Committee. Outgoing Republican Congressman Thomas Massie accused the Pentagon chief of carrying out unlawful orders. Hegseth called the attempt a partisan spectacle. Democrats, they couldn't try again when they have control in January. All right, 6.05 this morning. Let's get you outside our camera out towards the wharf. And my goodness, yesterday was beautiful. I hope today is much of the same. I mean, can't argue with the sunshine yesterday, Taylor. It looks like we're already off to a pretty good start today. It was beautiful yesterday. Temperatures approached near 70 today. Again, the same thing. So great for any kind of outdoor plans. If you have the day off, something like that. Certainly be the last nice day we have, too. So you got to enjoy it. Chilly to start out, though. Temperatures are currently in the 40s for pretty much everyone. Not nearly as bad as yesterday morning, but we do have some 30s popping up on our temperature map. We're at 38 in Frederick, 39 in Culpeper, 42 in Gaithersburg, and then, of course, 48 degrees right now. We'll check in with radar once again, last day of dry weather, so enjoy it. We won't have anything to really track today with that high pressure still dominating. I do think we'll get some cloud coverage increasing towards the tail end of the day. So, yes, we'll get a nice sunrise, maybe not a completely sunny sunset, though. I think we'll get into the mid-50s around 9 a.m., mid-60s by noon, 5 p.m. We're talking mostly sunny, mid-60s by then. We'll fast forward into tomorrow where we're going to be tracking some showers out there. It looks like my future cast got a little bit hung up. But it looks like by tomorrow morning, we'll have those showers approaching. And those will be on and off in nature throughout tomorrow during the daytime. And you can also take a look ahead to that seven-day and weekend forecast by downloading the Fox Local app. All you have to do is scan a QR code right there on your screen. All right, let's head over now to the Fox 5 Fan Club, all for Veterans Day and honoring our vets this morning. 606 with your time. We have Kenneth from Martinsburg. Happy birthday and Veterans Day to Ken White, Sergeant Tyrone White as well. We have a bunch right there. Also, we have Kenneth White from Martinsburg. Thank you for sending this in. Happy birthday and Veterans Day right there. It looks like we have the copied text, but I think we're just going through the pictures right now. So happy Veterans Day. Thank you for your service. We love it. Yeah, happy Veterans Day. Everyone out there that, of course, serves, we, of course, definitely appreciate all of your sacrifices that you guys have made here on Fox 5. We'll take a look here at your Wednesday morning commute. Overview-wise, that's what it looks like as you are headed out the door. Slowly moving our way over to the outer loop of the Beltway. This is 355 to the American Legion Bridge, should be clear for you. 270 traveling south. We're looking at 70 towards the Beltway. About 29 minutes right now. You're completely clear on this holiday that we're seeing a lot of people off from work. It's about 24 minutes here. Quantico towards the Beltway. That is traveling at Northbound 95. A quick peek there at the Mixing Bowl as well as Prince William Parkway. Things seem to be moving smoothly there. BW Parkway, North and Southbound. It's about 17 minutes in both directions. 195 towards Beltway. Beltway towards 195. This is a look at the Outerloops as well. Baltimore toward Georgia Avenue for your top five. Truth there as well. Back to you, Jessica. Anyway, thank you. Well, developing out of Northern Virginia, major change could be coming to a popular Alexandria Park. There's a proposal now to transform the site into a new sports and events complex. So what are we talking about? Well, let's get to Maureen Ume. She's in Alexandria. Hi, Ma. Hey, good morning. So, yeah, we're talking about Cameron Run Regional Park. A lot of people come here. It's a destination point. But what the city wants to do is transform it even more into a real destination, a sports and an event center. So, here are the plans as we're hearing them come out from city officials right now. The proposal would bring a new indoor complex to the site, eventually end Nova Park's nearly 50-year run operating the park. The proposed complex would cover 210,000 square feet and cost about $117 million. Under the plan, the city would issue Issue $107 million. in bonds, while a new nonprofit called ALX Sports would raise another $10 million and operate the facility under a 30-year lease. The city estimates that the project could generate about $160 million for city services over that period, including $20 million for affordable housing. Nova Parks lease is scheduled to end in 2028. Now, some of the attractions will close earlier than that, though, but things like Great Waves Water Park, the mini golf and batting cages, they are expected to remain open through Labor Day 2027. The holiday attraction is scheduled to wrap up at this final season on January 3rd. Now, keep in mind, this is still under consideration. Their city officials are mulling what they want to do about this. They want to, of course, get public input. There will be a meeting tomorrow night via Zoom at 6 p.m. It's the first community meeting to talk about this proposal. So we'll have to see what happens there. But again, if they have, city officials have their way, they will transform all of this into a sports and events location, generating potentially millions for Alexandria. That's the latest from here. I'll send it back to you guys in the studio. A lot to get to this morning, including a response from... From ICE, after a University of Maryland student and her mother were taken into custody, what the agency is now saying. Plus, an honor flight for 50 veterans across the country. More on their special visit to the memorials that were built in their honor.