A tree, and burst into flames. Another person was taken to the hospital. Investigators have been working the scene. One of your workarounds is macarthur boulevard. Julie, what can you tell us . Julie we are waiting to get the road reopened in each direction. Macarthur boulevard is a good option for folks coming inbound toward d. C. Dont forget about river road comi the clara barton parkway was locked off between glen echo and chain bridge. We are going to show you 66 eastbound before fair oaks. This is where they had the crash with one overturned, traffic squeezing by single vial single file to the left. Fairfax police are tweeting this out. The morning commute jammed up because of a crash, a car going down there braddock near backlick road between munro in montgomery. Southwest kenilworth avenue before the rose metros green line was single tracking between u street and Georgia Avenue because of a piece of disabled equipment in u street. That is our traffic with another update on the roads and the rails. But right now i have to say, i am happy to see the rate has gone away. Eileen yes, on this first day of december, we say byebye to the rain and hello to the sunshine. A much clearer picture on our satellite radar this morning. Temperatures are now dropping into the 40s, so 46 getting out the door in gaithersburg, 49 in hagerstown. Lot of wet leaves, so just take it slow. You can finally grabbed the sunglasses and leave the umbrella at home. Sunny and 53 by 9 00. Temperatures will be warming up to 55 by lunch, with winds gusting at 25. The National Tree lighting is happening later this evening. Steve rueter will be reporting live. Veronica johnson will be previewing it for us later this hour. We will look at a cooler weekend forecast larry shots were fired and a man was found dead added park at a park in old town alexandria. We are still working our contact for information, but we do know it is a 41yearold victim who was not a city resident. Suzanne kennedy is on the scene, and we will check in with her later this hour. Jummy i am following some breaking news, a Police Officer hospital. This is happening in washington state, in tacoma, outside seattle. The officer was rushed into surgery, where he unfortunately did not make it. After as for the shooter, police say the suspect is still in the home. The homeowner and two children were escorted to safety when the officer was shot. The last time an officer was killed in tacoma was in 1997 lost in tennessee as wildfires continue to burn. The total number of deaths is 7. More than 700 buildings have been destroyed or damaged. 300 and the popular vacation town of gatlinburg. Dolly partons charity, the dollywood foundation, announced they will donate 1000 a month to every Single Family who has settling in the southern u. S. , tornadoes slamming that area in the last 36 hours. Those storms are responsible for at least five deaths in alabama and tennessee. In charlotte, north carolina, the wind was powerful enough to flip this 18wheeler. A mother told her son to get out of his room seconds before a tree came down. Autria main break and sewage backup that bc residents want fixed now. That d. C. Residents want fixed now. Some residents are still without heat and hot water because of damage to their furnace, and some still have sewage water mixed in with overflow from the pipes. Treated like secondclass citizens. Autria d. C. Water says to get reimbursement residents will have to file a claim. An investigation process will follow, and that could take weeks. Larry final preparations are underway for one of the districts biggest holiday traditions. President obama and the first family will host the ceremony for the last night on the lips on the lips. Performers include james taylor and marc anthony. Veronica johnson is out there right now. We will check in with her in 10 minutes or so. With a look at what it takes to pull this event off. Autria and Maryland School is closed today. A smelly problem keeping kids out of class. Plus, rolling out the welcome wagon. The printed message these flags larry a heads up for parents will be closed today. Students have been told not to show up because of a sewage problem. Staff still has to report to work. No other county schools are affected. Eileen just getting out of my driveway this morning, so many leaves because of gusty showers that rolled through late last night. I have a cautionary like for the morning rush. The sun is coming up in about an hour. It w lunch time, dry and cool for the evening rush. Temperatures right now in the upper 40s, climbing into the mid 50s for this afternoon. It will get cold later on tonight. It will be breezy, too. We are starting off in the mid 40s by 7 00, pulling into the mid 30s by the Early Morning hours. It will be cold getting out the door. He friday forecast looking good. After a cold start, temperatures pretty seasonable. 52 by the afternoon with winds gusting to 20 Miles Per Hour at weekend of december, lots of sunshine saturday but breezy. A high of 48. 47 on sunday. Another cool day, the more cloud cover. It is just a stray shower, late. Rain is in the forecast. I will let you know when you need the umbrella coming up. On the roads julie on the roads, very much a busy commute despite the fact it is not raining. And chain bridge. We will check back with sam sweeney shortly. Use river road or macarthur boulevard as your workaround. Coming from centreville, 66 jammed up because of a crash involving an overturned jeep, back up on its wheels, hooked up to a tow truck. A car into a house, and as a result there was a gas main has closed off a portion of braddock road to back late. You will find an eightcar pileup south on kenilworth avenue before perots before burroughs. We also have delays in eastbound on the freeway headed from virginia in toward main avenue. The crash there was reported on the right side of the road. Green and yellow lines, expect delays because of an earlier problem outside of u street. That is our traffic watch. In the next 10 minutes, we will have in update on your ride in northeast. Autria it is beginning to look a lot like christmas on the National Mall. Larry for Micah Johnson is out there. What is going on . Veronica thats right, today is the big day. We kick off the Holiday Season shortly after 7 00. The sun will start rising, and will be performing. Rehearsals start just after 9 00. The event right after 5 00, where president barack obama and his family will hit the stage to flip the switch. We will talk about some of the big acts. What you need to know if you have one of those lottery tickets to come down here, and what you gone do . Lift up your head the paranoia haunt you . Everybody lack confidence, everybody lack confidence i keep my feefifofum i keep my heart undone announcer you are watching good morning washington, on your side. Larry now to the trunk transition. Donald trump is kicking off a thankyou tour today he will talk about his deal to keep a thousand jobs and a carrier manufacturing plant from moving to mexico. Mr. Trump we are not just going to let them take our company is out, fire everybody. These are people with carrier for many years. We are not going to let it happen. Larry questions remain who trump will pick for secretary of giuliani, and mitt romney. Autria until the inauguration, Vice President elect mike pence is staying in a rental house in a chevy chase neighborhood. His liberal neighbors are sending a conservative his liberal neighbors are sending a message to him. They have been putting up rainbow flags symbolizing gay pride. In disagreement with some of his thinking. We do have, obviously, disagreements, and this is one way that i can show my disagreement. Autria residents say that despite their differences, he is welcome in the neighborhood. Larry sam sweeney is reporting that clara barton parkway is reopened. He told us earlier that the fiery crash overnight that killed one person and shut that wright in a few moments on how this will impact your morning commute. Jummy also some new information out of columbia out of colombia, all about the play crash that killed members of a brazilian soccer club. According to a leaked recording, the pilot told airtraffic controllers he ran out of fuel. The pilot also desperately pleaded for permission to land but was told to wait seven minutes because another plane had mechanical fourminute spiral and slammed into a mountainside in the andes monday night. Unbelievably, six of the 77 people on board did survive. Larry there is a new twist in the investigation into the attack at ohio state university. The knife that abdul are 10 used he was shot and killed by police. Autria happening at 6 18, the finishing touches on a starstudded holiday tradition. Larry Veronica Johnson is on the National Mall, where everyone is getting busy ready to light the National Christmas tree. Veronica yes, they are. The sun will be coming up shortly after 7 00. You will see behind me that there are many, many tapes. The holiday on the northwestern side of th ell ipse, the tree that is just over 30 feet tall that will be lit. Over 30 feet tall, the tree those lights have been put up already. It is always great to see all these eliminated, 600 led energy them white, 375 of them red, white, and blue. It is a monthlong celebration with sestamibis with festivities, performers. Most of the events do start around 5 00, 6 00 in the evening and continue until about 7 00, 8 00 as part of the pageant of peace. It is not just the big colorado spruce you will catch that are all part of the pathway to peace that you can find that represent the states throughout the u. S. They represent our territories and the district of columbia, all decorated. I mentioned a little bit on what you cannot bring, a little bit on what you cannot bring laser peers, weapons, no toys, that sort of thing. There are big restrictions. I will be joined in a couple of minutes by someone from the National Parks service who will lay it all out for you. You can watch it here on abc 7. Steve rudin will be down here all afternoon and evening until the switch is flipped. We will have a lot more, including the forecast, in a few minutes. Autria looking forward to it. Thank you. The weather should be nice this afternoon or early evening for the lighting. In a few minutes. Larry and we have breaking news from julie wright on the clara barton parkway. Julie the good news is it has been reopened in each direction. The clara barton parkway open each way. Delays are still with us between glen echo and chain bridge, but that should improve quickly. Clara barton reopened after this mornings deadly crash. Unfortunately, we still have our hands full. Headed to fair oaks. It looks like the right side of the road is all that is blocked right now. Over in annandale, braddock road as a result of a gasoline break. That occurred after a car struck a house. Fairfax police are on the scene and they say they will be there for another hour. We have an eightcar pileup southbound on kenilworth avenue before you reach burroughs coming in from riverdale and inbound on 50 as you travel past 410 headed to the new yorkkenilworth avenue split. Back in the next 10 minutes with another update on your ride into northeast. Now we will get a check of the forecast. Eileen, it is looking better compared to yesterday with the weather and the fog. Eileen and so perfect as far as the timing goes, because as for running a was talking about the Tree Lighting tonight, steve rudin will be there for the lighting that begins at 5 00. The sun setting at 4 47. Up to 50 at 6 00, down to 47 by 8 00. It will get pretty cold overnight with wake up temperatures in the 30s tomorrow. Tomorrow, friday looking good, breezy and chilly saturday with a high of 48. Mostly cloudy sunday with highs in the upper 40s. Tomorrow, Veronica Johnson is all over the place and she will be helping assist Tree Lighting at the dulles town center. Temperatures will go into the upper 40s. It will be breezy and cool. Autria godfrey at the jingle bell 5k. She is going to be all called up in a little elf costume. Hopefully it is warm, autria. It will be cold when the race kicks off. And and saturday through the day, temperatures will be in the looking good for the toys for tots event at the national harbor. I will leave you with a quick look at our extended forecast. It is not working. I will have that intent. Larry this morning, it is dr. Oz versus olive oil not her look at this. A Silicon Valley server farm. The vault to mans greatest wonders. Selfies, cat videos and winking emojis. Speaking of tech wonders, with the geico app you can get roadside assistance, cards. Or even file a claim. Do that. Yeah, yeah that should work. Its not happening. Just try again. Uh, i think i found your problem. Thanks. Hmm. The awardwinning geico app. Announcer you are watching good morning washington, on your side. In this morning plus gma first look, and all of oil trade association suing dr. Oz because of this comment. That you buy in the supermarket is not the real deal. Telling his viewers that their olive oil might be fake. In a suit filed this week, the north American Olive Oil association saying the famous tv doctor willfully and maliciously disseminated false information about all of oils lawsuit is based on is discredited and constitutionally . . . . Announcer now, good morning washington, on your side. We begin with a breaking news alert. Autria breaking right now, a car crashing into a house in annandale and hitting a gas meter. Larry Suzanne Kennedy has the latest for us. Suzanne we are at the corner of birch lane and braddock road. This is where this happened you can see the car went right into this onestory home on the corner. Authorities telling us it is a fourdoor nissan that went off the road and hit a gas meter, and that was causing all the issues here. Immediately the homeowner smelled gas and called authorities. They have cut off the valves, so there is no longer the issue of a ghastly. One person was sent to the there is no longer the issue of a gas leak. One was sent to the hospital. We know it was the driver. Braddock road is a thoroughfare used frequently during the morning commute. This road was closed down, but you can see it is reopened. They have shut off the gas and are going to make the necessary repairs, to make sure that the house is ok to be inside of. Suzanne kennedy, good morning washington. Autria thanks for the update. Larry reopened. Lets get right to julie wright for the latest. Julie it is like yesterday except it is not raining or foggy. The latest problem is going to be the eightcar pileup that has closed off a portion of kenilworth avenue after burrows avenue. You are looking at a 44 minute commute out of riverdale coming into northeast washington. All traffic is diverted to the service road, where you can inbound 50 is at a crawl. A 15minute ride right now. That will be about a half hour commute. Eastbound we had a crash reported on main avenue, lacking up traffic on 395. Better news on 66 for those coming inbound to fair oaks, but still an 80 have him in a ride from manassas. Green and yellow lines due to earlier problems when they were single tracking between u street and Georgia Avenue. We have a check of the forecast. It looks like it will be up night for the National Lighting of our christmas tree. Eileen it is already looking great this morning. What a beautiful start to the first day of december and the first day of meteorological winter. At st. Marys Elementary School sun will rise this morning at 7 08. Temperatures starting off in the lower 50s, a few upper 40s in the suburbs, steady through 10 00. The wind will gusts 25, so you will feel that. We will top out around 56, back to 50. By 11 00 we are down to 44, and overnight we will fall into the 30s. We have a chilly weekend ahead. Forecast. Details coming up. Jummy breaking overnight, california sheriffs deputies nabbing the second man who sought his way out of a jail cell who sawed his way out of a jail cell and rub both down there was a sevenhour standoff. Chavez was arrested along with because Officials Say he was clearly on jugs on drugs and was carrying crack cocaine when arrested. Autria a new crackdown in Fairfax County against people driving while intoxicated. A nineofficer guilty of ui a nineofficer dwi enforcement squad. One county resident says she wishes her stepdaughter had been caught by police. She was killed after being at a party drinking beer and vodka. Her dad took the call. Her dad would say, lauren, dont drink and drive. Members of the squad will receive advanced training in dwi detection and drug recognition and will learn how to deliver testimony to ensure successful prosecution. Larry deputies were called out to a dollar store in charlotte because a beaver made its way inside. It is looking at, you know, things for the home. It was caught and will be released to a wildlife rehabilitator. Autria he is an eager beaver. Larry nice. Autria thank you for all the the coffee kicked in. Today, the celebration on the emerge restored. Ished. Emerge everyday with emergenc packed with b vitamins, antioxidants, electrolytes plus more vitamin c than 10 oranges. Why not feel this good everyday . Emerge and see. If you could see your cough, its just a cough. Sfx woman coughing youd see how often you cough all day. And so would everyone else. Robitussin 12 hour delivers fast, powerful cough relief that lasts up to 12 hours. Autria breaking a groundbreaking celebration for the famous house on the National Mall. The house in Downtown Washington has been boarded up for 40 years. It is the oldest structure on the mall. The building will be moved 33 feet away from the street and will be transformed into an Education Center to welcome visitors to the National Mall and construction gardens. Larry good morning washington holiday extravaganza. We have tickets to holiday in the park. Here is the phone number on your screen, 703five to 87334, to be among the first to get in to the park at our six flags. Julie we are talking about eightcar pileup headed into northeast washington as you work your way southbound on kenilworth avenue headed toward burrou southbound toward pennsylvania avenue. But right now, about a 51 minute commute as the delays continue to build out of riverdale southbound on 295. I believe d. C. Police are tweeting out some video third we will show you what that looks like as well. Inbound on 50 as you travel in from the capital beltway, and 18minute ride for about three or four miles at this point ride in down on the john henson highway, a big mess make your way into northeast washington. John gonzalez is headed to the scene and will be with us live in just a moment. We have that video of kenilworth avenue. The lanes are blocked and all traffic is being diverted into the service road as a workaround. Eastbound on the freeway at main avenue, an accident there as well. 60 is another hot spot, accident activity with one overt eastbound from manassas to 740 looks to be about an 80minute ride. Right now we will check on the forecast with the always sunshiney, smiley eileen whelan. Eileen we have sunshine returning after two gloomy days and more seasonable temperatures. It is not budging much. Where waking up to temperatures weekend. We can temperatures about 53 degrees by monday next week. Looking good today, tomorrow, saturday, and sunday. Nice and dry for all those days, and temperatures will be on the cool side but saturday and sunday. Breezy saturday, wind gusting to about 20. When you only have a high of 48, it definitely feels colder. I am still keeping in an isolated chance of a stray shower be dry all weekend long. We have more rain coming our way next week. We are going to start off monday at 53. Then tuesday, mostly cloudy, chilly, and rainy, high temperatures only in the upper 40s. We are drying out again on wednesday. I will let you know how much rain we got yesterday and how much we still need as far as our deficit. Autria larry a busy scene in annandale. That is not even the scariest part. What happened after the accident that sent crews scrambling. My gosh, it is beautiful out here now. It is getting closer to sunrise. There is the south lawn of the white house. There is the colorado spruce where all of the ceremonies will be centered on this evening. Look at that sugarplums and stars. We will talk about this lighting i am the power of one. I am the power of one. We are the power of one. By agreeing to have my. Both our. Novec power bill rounded up each month. My few cents. Added to my few cents. Add up to help improve lives in the local community. Support Operation Round up by having your novec power bill rounded up to the next dollar. Thats the power of your small change added to others. All thats the power of one. Autria welcome back to good morning washington. You learn looking at a 51minute ride heading to 295 on kenilworth avenue at burroughs. Police are tweeting out this video, eight cars involved in this crash. A lot of equipment headed southbound trying to work your way back out toward eastern and continuing tort eased capitol street. 50 is also jampacked from the beltway inbound tour northeast washington. That is one of the hotspots we had on the roads this morning. The other is at the clara barton sweeney. Sam we have better news along the clara barton parkway. It has reopened after a severalhour death investigation, involving an accident that took place. Take a look at the video. This happened just before 1 00. The car on the maryland side of the clara barton parkway just after the glen echo circle, went over the median and hit a tree, burst into flames. One can was able to get out, but the second person was killed. They tried to put out the flames, but it was too late to get that person out. The investigation when all my long. The clara barton parkway right now is reopened. Jummy 6 47 right now. More breaking news overnight from alexandria. A man found dead outside of a park in old town. This is a look at the scene. Police got a shawl police got they found the body when they got on the scene. We are trying to get you more information. The victim was 41 years old and not a resident of the city of alexandria. Autria . Autria new developments this morning out of tennessee as wildfires there continue to burn. Crews found three more bodies, bringing the total number of deaths to seven. More than 700 buildings have been destroyed or damaged, 300 in the popular vacation town of gatlinburg. Help is coming from dolly parton foundation, announced it will donate 1000 a month to every Single Family who has lost their home in the fires for six months. Larry the dust is settling in the united states, and we know that tornadoes are now responsible for at least five deaths in alabama and tennessee. In charlotte, north carolina, the wind was powerful enough to his mother told him to get out of his bedroom seconds before the tree came down. Autria the procession for fidel castro left havana yesterday and will end up in santiago. Castro is set to be buried there on sunday. Larry happening now, the finishing touches on a starstudded holiday tradition. Autria Veronica Johnson is the National Christmas tree. Veronica it will be a very beautiful thing. You can see behind me just over my shoulder, just over 30 feet high. The other thing you can see below are a whole lot of seats. There are several thousand. I was trying to get an actual count on how many were here. Several thousand, but some 20,000 people, a lot more, will be here for the lighting of the there are some things that you need to know if you are going to come down here. I am joined by ranger jenny from National Parks service. You have been up early this morning. It is an exciting day. When you come down this afternoon, check the information on your ticket no bags, no umbrellas. Come in with layers and some shoes for the mud. It will be a great and fun evening. Veronica you are going right down the list. What time do here . Not everybody has a ticket, so there is also an area for standing. Everything down here is ticketed. Whether you are in a seat or in standing room. Gates open at 4 15. If you have a ticket, dicey down here. For those who work around the white house downtown, constitution, 15th street, 17th street, c, d, e, f, the last block between 17th and 18th will be closed starting at 2 30. The 15th street and 17th street closures go to new york avenue. You will be able to go down 15th street and e street until 4 30. Check the news, the website, and plan ahead. Bike share and Public Transportation are good options today. Veronica i love your enthusiasm, too. Everyone is really pumped. Steve rudin will be down here starting at about 4 00 this afternoon, and temperatures will be getting chilly. They will cool back down into the 40s. In the studio. Eileen whelan has a lot more on the forecast. Eileen ranger jenny did a great job, reminding people to wear some boots or something. Because we have had so much rain, the lawn is going to be squishy. Temperatures will be falling into the upper 40s by 7 00, but at least it will be nice and dry, so perfect weather for the Tree Lighting. Heres a quick look at live doppler. Nothing being picked up. It will be a dry day, but at dulles, a record daily rainfall. We still are between about a 4 and 6plus inch rainfall deficit since september 1. There are a lot of wet leaves and the pavement is wet, so use extra caution for the drive. We have a lot of sunlight headed in our direction. Summarizes that sunrise is at 7 0 eight. Temperatures only in the upper 40s. Chillier mornings coming our way. We are dry to start the new work week. We will dry out briefly wednesday, with yet another chance for rain coming your way on thursday. Back over to julie. You have had your hands full. Julie the big story is the ride headed into northeast, where we have the eightcar pileup on southbound kenilworth avenue headed out toward burroughs. Washington. Sky track 7 is above the scene right now. You can see the activity here as folks continue to clear the accident vehicles from your path. Then they have some degree to sweep up at all traffic southbound after burroughs is being diverted to the service road. You continue you can continue on kenilworth out toward pennsylvania avenue. Kenilworth avenues split. A 45 minute commute headed across the potomac headed into selfies. We will continue with our commute in virginia and get an update from Suzanne Kennedy. Suzanne the good news is that braddock road has reopened here. Take a look behind me, and you can see an active scene here at 6620 the vehicle went off the road and hit this familys home. They are pulling the car out from the house right now. Authorities for a period of time were dealing with a ghastly, but they have been able to shut it off. Now they will see if the house is safe to be inside. Suzanne kennedy. Back to you. Autria it is a special edition us. Instead, he is with the folks of 98. 7 wmzq for a great event today. What is going on . Kidd good morning, larry and autria. It is the saint jude radiosonde. Operators are busy taking your phone calls right here in bc, helping in d. C. , helping this is an exciting day. It really is, and we so appreciate you guys coming out. Kidd st. Judes does great work for families. Does not charge them anything. Imagine when you find out your child has cancer. There is so many things going on, and yet no bills. Because of people who donate. You said that your son, when he gets a cold, you forgot. Imagine if Something Like this happens. Im sorry. That is what you think about when this happens. You just never know. That is why it is incredible to know that st. Judes exists. Kidd for now, back to you guys. Larry breaking right now, a sevencar , john gonzalez, that they are calling this a mass casualty incident. John it is a tremendous operation. Mass casualties, a major collision of the southbound lanes of 295. Crews are moving very quickly. Four tow trucks have come here, last of the debris. At least seven vehicles involved. At one point, one of the vehicles on top of others. You can see again the last two are the tow trucks, removing one of the cars for this accident. 295 is still closed off. All traffic headed southbound is being diverted onto kenilworth avenue. If you spend the camera around, you can see d. C. Police have this entire highway closed off right now. Heard of, at least two serious injuries. That is the update right now. You can keep tuned to newschannel 8. I want to go really big with my appetizers. We can do it without blowing our budget. Oh yeah, this is great everything for the holidays. Fios is not cable. Were wired differently. That means incredibly fast 150 meg internet for the holidays. So in the 3. 7 seconds it takes gary watson to beat the local ed jump record, fly, gary, fly. Rfect song. His sister can live stream it. While his mom downloads how to set a dislocated shoulder. Get 150 meg internet, tv and phone for just 79. 99 per month online for the first year. Cable cant offer that. Only fios can. My Cookie Exchange is super competitive. Mine too everything for the holidays. Good morning, america. Trail of destruction. 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