Right near silver hill road police are dealing with. 95 corridor lanes have been open now coming up out of dale city into woodbridge, springfield. Little volume near the express lane entrance north of 610 and getting into dale city but lanes are open up toward the beltway. Waldorf, mattawoman beantown road still shut down near poplar hill between the park and ride and route 5 and shut down with that utility pole and wires down. Also in clinton a stretch of piscataway road is closed close to steed road. Breaking news from overnight, search crews found a large chunk of airasia flight 8501. Sonar shows much of the jet lying up side down at the bottom of the java sea. More bodies have also been recovered including a find attendant in their uniform. Heavy rain is hampering some of todays recovery efforts. While the sonar image has been spotted rkt investigate a on spotted rveght investigators are still trying to locate the blax box recorders spotted, investigators are still trying to locate the black box recordsers. Rescue work assured way at the site of a gas explosion that killed 17 people and injured 20 this morning in china. Chinese newspapers report witnesses heard three blasts in an auto parts factory blowing away the walls and ceiling. Other factories nearby were damaged as well. Weve been following breaking news out of Capitol Heights. Police are investigating a body found in a taxi around 1 00 this morning. Nikki burdine is live at the scene with what we know so far. Good morning. Reporter good morning. Prince georges county police are still here on the scene on balsamtree drive. A manual was found shot to death inside a taxicab here around 1 00 this morning. I know its still dark out here and police are still investigating so we cant get too close to the scene. But take a look at some of the video. You can get a better idea of whats going on here. It happened around 1 00 this morning in the 800 block of balsamtree drive. We dont know if the victim is the cab driver, a passenger or either of the two. We just know that the man was sitting in the cab when he was found with a gunshot found. Police say those who live around here should be cautious. There is no indication of an immediate threat, however, but they do not have a suspect description off anything like that theyre asking for the publics help right now. They dont know who is responsible or what this person looks like. Ive been speaking to people who have been coming out here all morning wondering whats going o. Those neighbors tell me they did not hear anything unusual this morning. They did hear a gunshot. They didnt see anything out of the order father. Everybody is per ordinary. Everybody is perplexed about what happened. But police here in Capitol Heights investigating a man found shot to death sitting inside a taxicab. We dont know that victims name. Well keep you updated as soon as we get more information. In Capitol Heights, im Nikki Burdine. Back to you in the studio. Check back in with you throughout the morning. Prince georges county police have identified a man found murdered yesterday morning in fairmont heights. Officers were asked to check on 31yearold raphael frazer at his home on wood hill court. Thats when they found his body. A black fourdoor 2014 chrysler 300 with virginia tags that was missing from the home has been found in the district. A 25,000 reward is being offered for information that leads to an arrest. Virginia is dealing with a serious flu outbreak. One of the latest victims a Loudoun County student. Administrators at creightons elementary sent an email saying that Joshua Johnson died of the flu on december 26 after spending several days in the hospital. Virginia state Health Officials say theyre one of several states now showing widespread flu activity. The issue in infants and children is that their respiratory airways are much smaller so theyre at higher risk for things like viral bronchitis, pneumonias. Thats where theyre more susceptible. Even though this years flu vaccine is less effective than in years past, doctors still recommend getting the shot. It can lessen your symptoms or reduce the length of your illness. Meanwhile it was a love story but one that came to a bitter end unfortunately. 95yearold Eddie Harrison married his 96yearold sweetheart edith hill but her daughter didnt approve and a judge allowed the daughter to move her to florida. The family said she had dementia. Eddie claimed edith did not want to go and he didnt want her to go. He died yesterday in Fairfax County with his family by his side. Edith wasnt there but the pastor who married them was. Eddie was 95. D. C. City leaders and transportation officials had all but promised they would have streetcars up and running by the end of this year which means just hours away from the selfimposed deadline, passengers are supposed to be on these trains very soon. Delia goncalves is live along the streetcar route in northeast washington with more on this expensive project that is still in limbo. Reporter while very expensive project and its been a long time for a lot of these residents on h street who had to live through a lot of the construction, weve seen a lot of the streetcars coming through on the test runs this morning. Beautiful gleaming streetcars but they will not be carrying passengers at least by the end of this year as once promised by the administration. Mayor gray just releasing information to us a short time ago saying that safety is their number one priority and safety is the reason why this project is on hold for now. Ddot conducting all their safety checks and all the requirements but when they submitted their paperwork to the state safety organization, thats when the organization said ddot needed to cross some tst and dot some is and do a little more work. Hopefully they can get passengers on the streetcars soon after the new yeyou alluded to, this has been an expensive project, 123 million all taxpayer money. This project has been in the works for decades and the physical work, though, started in 2008. Right now we only have a two mile stretch of streetcars from Union Station to benning road. Eventually the city is hoping the streetcar project will be a whole 22 miles and travel all the way to georgetown. But right now the big news today is the d. C. Streetcars will not be carrying passengers by the end of this year because of safety checks that still need to be performed and conducted. The mayor is hoping, though, that passengers will get on board soon after the new year. Well have reaction from some loin the next half hour. Throw that to the top of the new years resolution list. Both maryland and stanford got blownaway last night even though they were playing each other. That was because of the winds. Flags and the flag bearers face covered. It was a game early Second Quarter. That was brown tying the game up. How would stanford respond . How about with 35 unanswered points. The terps fall hard in this one. 4521. They firn the year at 7 they finish the year at 76. Tough way to go out but a solid first season. Not too shabby. Less than 18 hours well be ringing in the new year. Well look at the preparations in new york city coming up. If youre headed out to celebrate tonight, may we suggest a jacket or two. Allyson rae is going to break down your forecast we have clear skies and temperatures are at 32 degrees. Winds out of the 2340r9 north out of the north, northwest. The dew point is low and it is going to be very dry and sunny today. 25 degrees right now in baltimore. 18 for manassas and la plata at 19. High today 35 to 39. Lots of sunshine out there. A little bit after light breeze making it feel pretty cool. Lets go over to beverly with traffic. Starting 95 in virginia where we have a problem northbound side of 95 trying to make your way up past 17 and toward the center parkway. A crash about the 135mile marker. Vehicles on both sides of the roadway and moved on to the shoulder but the left lane was still blocked by the response. Thats idea tieup northbound out of stafford. Checking out the rest of the trip around town. Beltway passing route 5 wide open. Out of waldorf, mattawoman beantown road shut down between the park and ride and cleanup of utility pole and wires down. Back you to, mike. Thank you, bev. The new years eve celebrations started around the world this morning. We are 18 hours away from the start of 2015 on the east coast. With time to spare in times square, the centerpiece of the celebration in new york is good to go. Don champion takes us behind the scenes. Reporter hours before the big celebration even begins, security is high in times square as new york city to ring in the new year. The top two are the brooklyn bridge, one next to it is the williamsburg bridge. Reporter in this is a rare look inside the nypds joint operations center. Later today it will be manned by local, state and federal authorities who will keep a close watch on the celebration. In here cameras can scan every inch of times square. Officers have already been out in full force in the area. Bombsniffing dogs are also on patrol. We will be patrolling the city by air, by sea, on the ground, and in the subway system. Three, two, one. Happy new year. Reporter two producers tested the world famous new years eve ball. They powered up the 32,000 and hoisted the ball into him. Organizers expect into position. Organizers expect a Million People to ring in the new year in person. 190 million around the u. S. Will watch it all on tv. People from all over the world are already here to celebrate. We wanted it to be an amazing experience. We wanted to see the ball drop. Reporter around the world a billion people will watch the times square celebration. Don champion, cbs news, new york. This years performers include taylor swift and eldina menzel. After the Party PopularRide Sharing Services want to make sure everyone gets home safe and sound. Lyft and uber are joining forces with madd. They will donate a dollar for every driver who doesnt drink and drive. Frederick, maryland will start the new year with a bang. Legitimately, literally, every way you can think of. Local civil war reenactors will be firing their muskets to celebrate the new year. It will end with the lowering of a giant lighted key at the top of the bridge. It all starts at midnight at the suspension bridge over Carroll Creek behind the library. Time for another look at our question of the morning. New york is not the home of the largest new years ich city is it n is it a, side australia, b is it . Is it a, sydney, australia, b, london, england or c, Rio De Janeiro, brazil. Wanda says sydney. I have always wanted to go to sydney for the celebration and the fact that new years eve is webuyanycar. Com has helped thousands of people let go of all the hassle that comes with selling or trading in. We make selling your car truck or suv fast, safe and fair with three simple steps one get your free online valuation. Two drive to your local carbuying center. Three walk out with a check in as little as thirty minutes. Buying cars is all we do. All makes and models and no dealership pressure well even settle your loan or lease. So, dont wait. Get your free online valuation now at webuyanycar. Com. Overnight search crews found a large chunk of airasia flight 8501. A sonar image shows much of the jet lying upside down on the bottom of the java sea. More bodies have also been recovered. 162 people were on board this plane. Investigators are still trying to find the planes black box recorders. Reporter im Nikki BurdineCapitol Heights where Prince Georges County police are investigating after a man was found shot to death insides a cab. Police say its not clear if the victim was the cab driver or passenger or just somebody in the vehicle but they are investigating. They just towed away the cab here from balsamtree drive. They are looking for who is responsible but they dont have a suspect description. Well have a live report coming up. For now delia . Reporter were over here on h street in northeast. Take a look. The brand new gleaming, shiny streetcars are on the road but no passengers. Passengers will not be on those streetcars for some time. We just got word from the mayor that safety concerns are putting this project on hold. Theyre hoping to get passengers in the cars soon after the new year. Well tell you why and exactly when coming up in a live report. What happens in vegas does not stay in vegas, snow included t. Started last night making the trek lets just say it took a couple hours longer than some drivers expected. Here in the d. C. Area it will be cold enough for the ski areas to make snow but we probably wont see any flakes flying. No weather just your Comfort Level might be a problem. Just a little chilly. We will see well warm up by the time the weekend arrives. Lets take a look outside from our michael son camera. Were clear and cold. Almost everybody is below freezing. Here in d. C. 32. Right there at freezing but most places are into the 20s, if not into the teens. Highs today were going to head to the mid to upper 30s. You dont head to the 40s till you head south of 66. A little uncomfortable today but its sunny, beautiful and were going to see the sunshine stick around for your new years day as well. It is going to be cold tomorrow morning. High pressure is in place. Our futurecast is going to look quiet until we head into friday. 9 00 tonight were still staying pretty dry and clear and those clear skies will allow for the temperature to drop once again first thing tomorrow morning. As we head through friday and into saturday, this is midnight friday into saturday. The clouds are back and so are our rain chances by saturday night and into sunday. 35 to 39 degrees today. Yeah, its pretty chilly. As you enjoy your new years celebrations, temperatures will already be below freezing by midnight into the 20s. But then temperatures continue to fall. 38 degrees today. Tonight 26. A lot of places back into the teens first thing tomorrow morning. For your new years day, the winter classic is looking great. Sunshine, 42 degrees. Overnight 32 degrees for first thing friday morning so just getting a little bit better. 47 for friday with milder temperatures. A little more of the cloud cover working its way in. Saturday most of the day on saturday will be dry. 43 degrees. Well see some rain arrive as early as about dinner time. Lasting through sunday. Most of it in the morning but tapering off as the day unfolds. Look at monday. If you think todays cold, wait till monday. Well be blustery. Highs will be in the mid30s. Lets go to beverly with traffic. Reporter got a few issues out there this morning weve got to deal with. Not so much on the interstates but folks out of waldorf, your issue, mattawoman beantown the cut through between 5 and 301 closed down near poplar hill between the park and ride and route 5. Utility pole and wires down since the early morning. The ride for folks in accokeek, a closed down with a situation near steed road. Closed down at park are lane. Northbound 210 a crash north of swan creek thats been reported. Beltway past kenilworth avenue, past route 5 actually looks nice and light volume. A crash on the inner loop ramp to go south on the bw parkway in greenbelt. 66 your lanes are open into fair oaks. No issues heading toward the beltway. Thanks for watching wusa9 this last commute of the year. Happy new years eve. We here you go. Wow thanks get a free beverage in any size for enrolling in dd perks, and start earning points towards more rewards with every purchase. Join today for a free beverage on us. America runs on dunkin. Discover brookside and discover an exciting combination of tastes. Rich, dark chocolate covering soft centers. Flavored with exotic fruit juices. Its chocolate and fruit flavors like youve never experienced before. Discover brookside. If you want it go out and get it people of the coffeedrinking world, dunkin has a dark roast coffee thats deliciously roasted just right, for a bold start and smooth finish thats never bitter put down the dark roast youve been putting up with and reach for the one you deserve. Search crews have recovered three more bodies from the airasia flight. Reporter cbs news has confirmed officials of the country now have a sonar image showing a large dark object upside down at the bottom of the java sea. This comes as rescuers recovered more bodies from the water, including a Flight Attendant in uniform. This begins the investigation in ernest. By finding the remains floating on the water, by bringing up the wreckage that in fact is floating, we know that we finally have evidence of this particular aircrafts crash into the water. Reporter while heavy rain and clouds hampered efforts today, investigators remain focused on locating the planes socalled black box recorders to determine how the plane went down. Theyre getting help from the u. S. Navys u. S. S. Sampson which is specially quipped to detect underwater beacons. The side scanner is something many dont have available to them. Reporter the victimss families are waiting at the airport as police collect d. N. A. And photographs to help recover the bodies recovered. Mark albert for cbs news. U. S. S. Fort worth is also standing by in singapore prepared to join the search efforts if they get a request to do so. We are learning more now about the bishop from maryland who was involved in a fatal hit and run of a bicyclist north of baltimore on saturday. A 2010 Police Report reveals the officer says he pulled over Bishop Heather cook back then stinking of booze and admitting that she had had a few drinks. She was then ordered under supervised probation for dui. The Episcopal Diocese of maryland said they knew about the dui before promoting her to bishop. Tom was a very special man, a wonderful father, great husband, a great friend. It really sucks he was taken out of the world like this. The Episcopal Diocese of maryland has suspended cook from her duties pending a detailed investigation. No word on any charges being filed. D. C. Mayor vincent gray has completed his last official acts as mayor including a few bills into law. One includes funding for a 300 million soccer stadium set to go up in buzzards point in southwest d. C. Mayor gray also signed a bill that establishes a memorial to victims of the metro crash back in 2009. He leaves Office Friday when Muriel Bowser will be sworn in. A Flying Dog Brewery is branching out across the potomac. Officials of the brewery will open a separate farm brewery about 17 miles away on the site of a recently announced hops farm in northern virginia. Farmworks brewery is expected to open in 2015 in leesburg. It will include a 15barrel brew house, tasting area, hospitality area and will focus on highly experimental beers that will include barrel aged wild fermentation and some sour beers. Lets go ahead and take a look outside, shall we . Clear but cold is how we sum it up. Indeed, temperatures in the 30s probably out in the burbs in the upper 20s. Allyson joins us on the weather terrace with more. Reporter good morning. Ive been out here for about two minutes. My hands feel like icicles. So thats gloves would be good today. Lets take a look outside. Clear, 32 degrees, feels about 25 out here thanks to a little bit after breeze. Not much but youll notice it. Here we are with the teens. 18 for manassas. Culpeper at 18. 21 for fredricksburg. 25 for baltimore. And 30 as you head through gaithersburg. 35 to 39 today. Thats it. Some areas might reach that 40 degree mark as you head farther south through manassas and culpeper. Its still going to feel chilly, especially with a little bit of a light breeze out of the west, northwest 10 to 15 miles per hour. Lets go over to beverly with traffic. Reporter checking out the ride for northbound 95 commuters out of fredricksburg trying to make your way north of stafford, still sluggish but the crash moved on to both showedders. The pace beyond that shoulders. The pace beyond that still looking good. Clinton, accokeek area, they still got the closure of piscataway road each direction between livingston road, steed road near parker lane with a utility pole and wires down. The accident took out a utility pole and wires in waldorf. Mattawoman beantown is still closed between floral and park and ride. Inner loop ramp to go south on the bw parkway in greenbelt, world of a crash. Nick, mike, back to you. Police have now been working a murder scene in Capital Heights for more than five hours. When officers first got there they found a man dead insides a cab with a gunshot wound. Nikki burdine is live on the scene with more on what investigators are letting us know at this point. Reporter weve been getting updates from Prince Georges County police all morning but all we know is at this point a man was found shot to death sitting in a cab on balsamtree drive in Capitol Heights around 1 00. The cab was just towed away. See if you can take a look at some of this video. You can see this is the cab that was towed away this morning just a few moments ago where a man was found shot to death sitting insides the cab. Itots n clear if that victim was the cab driver or if the victim was a passenger or neither of the two. Police are not saying. But they are looking for a suspect, although they dont have a description for us. Neighbors around here ive been talking to tell me they did not hear anything out of the ordinary. They didnt hear a gunshot or anything that was alarming to them. Police say the initial call didnt come out for a gunshot either. The initial call was for a suspicious car. That was the cab that was just sitting out here on balsamtree drive in the 800 block. Police came out here just after 1 00 and thats when they found that manual. He was pronounced dead here at the scene. I asked police if people should be concerned, those who live around here about their safety and heres what they said. Theres nothing as of right now that would make it look like they look be scared of anything in particular. Were still on g like that were to come about, we would definitely put it out because we definitely care for the safety of the citizens of Prince Georges County. Reporter police just cleared the scene so no road closures. A man found shot to death inside a cab on balsamtree drive in Capitol Heights. Well keep you updated on any information we get. Meanwhile if you have any information about what happened, police are asking for tips. That number is 866411tips. 866411 tips. There is a 25,000 reward being offered. In Capitol Heights, im Nikki Burdine. Back to you in the studio. Thank you, nikki. 6 32. Police say a missing 14month old boy from read rick, maryland is most frederick, maryland is most likely dead. His name is cameron, beckford. His mother was visiting columbus, ohio with both her son and her daughter and they believe she abandoned cameron on a strangers front porch friday night. Police scoured the area, including a nearby creek but they found no sign of the boy. The mother is in Police Custody and facing charges. Were told the daughter is in the custody of child services. Some disturbing news that weve been following here. Someone is filming up the skirts of women riding metro and posting the videos to a porn site. Some of the victims may be teenagers. Passengers are horrified. It is disgusting and despicable and a disgrace. Not only do we have to worry about people snatching our stuff but people using our stuff to look under. Thats very bad. Metro Transit Police are investigating. They encourage passengers to report any suspicious behavior. D. C. Mayor vincent gray was among those who promised passengers would be able to ride streetcars in the city by the end of the year. That might not actually work out. That only gives the city a few more hours to pull that off. Weve seen the streetcars doing tests in and around the live shot where delia is this morning but looks like no one is getting on except the people testing it. Good morning, delia. Reporter thats right. They still have lot of work to do. Apparently some safety concerns that are putting this project on hold. Thats the news we just received from the Mayors Office that ddot has to go back to the Oversight Committee and send some paperwork in in regards to what theyve already done to make sure the d. C. Streetcars are safe for passengers. The mayor says safety is their number one priority. Thats why this project is not getting off the ground just yet but is hoping soon after the new year. We see a streetcar just passing through right now tolling its bell. You can see it looks iewfl beautiful but they are empty in awfully beautiful but they are empty inside as they continue to conduct the test runs up and down the h street corridor. This is a twomile stretch so far. It will carry passengers from Union Station to benning road. The streetcar is supposed to be about 22 miles and carry passengers all the way to georgetown but were only at two miles so far and there have been a number of delays since the work first began in 2008 and it took a couple of decades to ge the first shovel in the ground. Its been a long and expensive project costing taxpayers 123 million. We talked to some. Heres what they said. I dont think its worth a dime. I think its causing taxpayers money. Theyre only putting them over here i dont know fits just for the im not being prejudiced its just that what is it good for . It only go to the bridge and back down and turn around. They need to make it longer if theyre going to do it. I need to see how it functions with the traffic and how many people it takes up and how much it costs and things of that nature. Im still not sure. Reporter again the streetcar project on hold. The mayor says, quote, well continue to work side by side day and night with the state safety oversightmake this system ready soon after the new year. Back to you. Delia goncalves cueing up the streetcar cameo yet again. Well done. 6 36. Congratulations, marlene brock. You are the facebook fan of the day. Marlene says, ive been watching wusa9 since i moved here in 2008. Its the only channel i watch to start my day and my familys day every day. Marlene is one of the winners getting four lift tickets for round top, white tail or liberty mountain. We want you to if you want it go out and get it welcome back. It is 20 minutes to 7 00. Were off to a good start. Clear skies, though. High pressure is here. Its going to be chilly. Feels into the teens. A light wind for the most part. 25 for springfield. 28 for alexandria. And as you head to arlington, 28 as well. Temperatures are going to stay into the 30s today. Details on a warmup in just a bit. Lets go to beverly with traffic. Northbound side of 210 just north of swan creek road with a crash slowing things up out of fort washington. Also close by, the continued closure of piscataway road close to steed road between floral park and wind brook drive at parker lane still shut down repairing a utility pole and wires down due to the crash. A stretch of mattawoman beantown closed between route 5 and park and ride with the utility pole and wires down. Beltway getting past New Hampshire avenue, the volume very light as you make your way through Silver Spring on toward bethesda. 66 running freely getting into manassas, getting into fair oaks, vienna and falls church. Were looking g. Nick, mike, back to you. Hes got another two years in office but debate is already building about the site of the obama president ial library. Several potential sites have been selected around chicago, illinois where of course the president has served as a u. S. Senator but concerns have been raised about some of the choices. Reporter the South Shore Cultural Center at 71st and the of three sites proposed by the university of chicago. Another is at the Southwest Corner of Washington Park on king drive not far from the museum a block from a green line l stop. The third is in jackson park just off stoney island. The one thing all three sites have in common, according to a source close to the obama president ial foundation is that the university of chicago doesnt control any of them and that there needed to be a high degree of certainty that if the bid was accepted, the process would be in place for the land to be transferred. Why the concern . Avoiding the same kind of brutal lake tbronts brawl weve seen over the proposed lucas museum. With mayor efan yell still out still out of town, theyre working [ inaudible ] in this case the city would control the land as long as its the Obama Library or it would revert back to the Park District. The u of c, the former white house official who has played her cards close to the vest for the entire process said only we have been working closely with city officials and other stakeholders on our dynamic proposal. Up next weve learned public hearing, City Council Deliberations and a Park District board vote rather than simply picking one of these three sites and ending up with a lucas style controversy which could eliminate the u of c from consideration. President obama of course is currently vacationing in hawaii where he was born but spent most of his adult life in chicago. 6 42. Time to answer the question of the morning on our facebook fan page. New york is not the home of the Worlds Largest new years celebration. Which city is it, though . A, sydney australia, b, london, england, or c, Rio De Janeiro in brazil . Our facebook friend joe says its c. Ive been in rio and over ten Million People gather to ask for good luck in the new year. Guess what . That is the right answer. Ed answer is in fact Rio De Janeiro. Ten million. Ten mil. Time to check in with our partners at cbs morning. Good morning to you, mike and nick. Were in indonesia with the overnight discovery that may provide some new clues into the final moments of flight 8501. Plus, were going to take a look back at the biggest stories and most memorable moments of the year. And then a closer look at some of the more unique new years eve traditions from dropping chili to dropping a drag queen. Thats how america celebrates. Well see you at 7 00. Im looking forward to celebrating in our Nations Capital tonight. Indeed so am i. However, i have to anchor the morning show so ill be sleeping as i celebrate. What are the chances any of your teammates end up in times square . Is that a no no . I dont think that will happen but you will also see us on the air tomorrow morning. I think im going to wear something sparkly for the new years day. Sounds good. Happy new year. See you tomorrow morning. Happy new year, guys. Take care. Normally thousands of people drive from Southern California into vegas to start the new year. But a trip to vegas today could be a bit of a gamble after snow started falling overnight. Yes, snow in the desert. Reporter the 15 freeway was a sea of blinking red lights not in celebration of the holidays. Drivers were riding the brakes when they were moving at all. Its about three hours and a half just to be up here. Reporter but in this case thats okay because high winds, flurries and rain are a wintry mix creating slick conditions for unakiss topped and sometimes unaccustomed and sometimes illequipped drivers. Nayss confetti is slowing down drivers eggtory get the new Years Eve Party started. Its making me nervous. I told my friend [indiscernible] ive seen almost like ten accidents. Thats fun. Who needs confetti. When its falling from the sky. Theyre making snowballs. Yes. They had the last time they had snow was in 2008. They had over 3 inches of snow t. Wasnt even just a dusting. That was significant. Go big or go home in vegas. We talked new years eve plans but this is also the eve of the winter classic. The weather is setting up perfectly no outdoor hockey for outdoor hockey glit going to be great for spectators. It will feel like winter. Ull need your sunglasses. Im afraid for the glare for the players off the ice. I think they would appreciate the clouds. Lets talk about how long the sunshine does hold, though, for our area. Its going to hold for a while so enjoy t. Heres a look at the washington monument. Looking good from our michael son camera. 32 degrees. Winds are pretty light but its just enough of a wind to make it feel pretty cool out there. Feels only 25 degrees. Highs today mid to upper 30s. Its going to be a cool one for sure. 42 for culpeper. Thats where you get a little warmer the farther south you go through fredricksburg and north. High pressure is here is going to stay till about friday before it starts to give way to all scoff clouds headed your way to a couple of clouds headed your way. Well be below freezing before the new year arrives. It will be easily dropping down to near freezing with clear skies in place again tonight. Here is overnight friday to saturday. The clouds return. All ahead of the rain sunday night and into saturday night into sunday. 35 to 39 today. Lots of sunshine. We are going to have some clouds stream on in but they are going to be fair weather clouds. Here we are by midnight, 31. By 2 00 were looking at 28 degrees. Heres a look at your threeday planner. 42 for your new years day. Lots of sunshine. Then comes the rain and monday back to work and even colder. Lets go to beverly with traffic. Reporter checking out the ride to see who is going to work this morning, allyson, northbound side of 95 and 395, weve had the light volume in virginia heading past edsall road, continuing into landmark, shirlington, the pentagon, across the 14th street bridge. Volume is light but weve had a couple of issues especially southern maryland. Had the accident northbound on 210 north of swan screek road tying up the creek road tying up the ride out of washington. Stretch of piscataway road closed off near steed road. Shut down each way because after utility pole and wires. Mattawoman beantown shut down north of route 5 with that issue. Eastern avenue out of cheverly, youre good to go. Thanks for wachg us this last day of the here you go. Wow thanks get a free beverage in any size for enrolling in dd perks, and start earning points towards more rewards with every purchase. Join today for a free beverage on us. America runs on dunkin. The Holiday Season is here, which means its time for the volkswagen signthendrive event. For practically just your signature, you could drive home for the holidays in a germanengineered volkswagen. Like the sporty, advanced new jetta. And the 2015 motor trend car of the year allnew golf. If youre wishing for a new volkswagen this season. Just about all you need is a finely tuned. Pen. Hurry in to the sign then drive event and get a fivehundred dollar new years bonus on select new volkswagen models. Offer ends january 2nd. People of the coffeedrinking world, dunkin has a dark roast coffee thats deliciously roasted just right, for a bold start and smooth finish thats never bitter put down the dark roast youve been putting up with and reach for the one you deserve. In the news right now, 6 54. Seven bodies have now been recovered from airasias plane crash in the java sea of the the plane went down on sunday after flying through some bad weather on a trip from indonesia to singapore. Investigators are now focused on finding the planes flight data recorder and the cockpit voice recorder so they can find out why the plane went down. On the health front, Loudoun County school Officials Say a fifth grader died friday from flu complications after spending a week in the hospital. Virginia constituent Health Officials say theyre state Health Officials say theyre one of several states showing widespread activity. This years vaccine is not an optimal match to the strain but there are still benefits to being vaccinated. Troubled past of an episcopal bishop in maryland involved in a fatal hit and run after cyclist in North Baltimore on saturday. 2010 Police Report reveals that Bishop Heather cook was back then ordered to undergo a supervised probation for dui. The Episcopal Diocese of maryland says they knew about the dui before they promoted cook to bishop. She is currently on leave pending an investigation into saturdays hit and run. Reporter the d. C. Streetcars are here on h street but theyre not carrying passengers. They are conducting test runs because we have confirmed from the Mayors Office safety concerns are putting this project on hold. They will not be carrying passengers today as the administration had promised. There are safety concerns. Ddot working on tying those loose ends up and the mayor says they will work day and night to make sure this happens and everyone is safe. Theyre hoping to get passengers on board after the new year. Nick . Access denied for the streetcars and access denied for maryland by stanford. Stanford ended up taking it 45 21 in this one. You see wes brown punching it in to tie the game up early Second Quarter but that is as close as maryland would get. They are crurked in this one again. The final 45 to 21. Terps finish the year 76. Going to be chilly today, 3 degrees. Just a little bit of a wind to make it feel kind of cool out there. For tonight as you make your new years eve plans, youll need some coats. Plural. 26 degrees by first thing new years day 42 degrees and sunshine. Well see some clouds and warmer temperatures by friday. Lets go to beverly with traffic. Reporter still tied up waldorf, mattawoman beantown road is closed between route 5 leonardtown road and the park and ride. Also the closure in accokeek at piscataway road closed down between steed road, northeasterly park with the floral park with the utility pole and wires down. Beltway running freely headed west into Silver Spring and looking good. Back to you. Cbs this morning is next. They have the story of three imprisoned journalists from al jazeera who might be freed tonight. Theyll also be looking at some unusual celebrations from across the country. Beverly and i will be back in 25 minutes with traffic and weather. Get news, weather and traffic 24 hours a day on the wusa9 app. Join allyson and i at noon. Happy new years if you want it go out and get it good morning. It is new years eve, wednesday, december 31 st 2014. Welcome to cbs this morning. New clues the case of flight 85 8501. Overnight drivers trapped in heavy snow how snow and cold will impact the celebration on new years eve. Celebrations are kicking off around the globe. Well show you the uni americans are ringing in the new year. 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