Accident blocking the center lane starting to see some traffic pick up in that area. So just be mindful as you get ready to head out the door. North of that accident, youll be fine as you approach the 14th street bridge but you will see that delay. Again if you add about 5 minutes to your morning commute, youll be good to go. Coming up in ten minutes, well show you how things are shaping up on 295 plus inbound on 50. For now well send it over to you. We continue to follow breaking news from overnight. A Death Investigation after police find a body inside a car that crashed into the anacostia river. Delia goncalves is live in southeast. Do you have some answers for us on what happened, delia . Reporter well, we dont know what happened just yet. Police still trying to figure that out. We will pass that along to you as soon as we find out. I did talk to police here on the scene. They did tell me the car is out of the water. Theyre waiting on a tow truck to come retrieve it. Park police have essentially shut down this section of anacostia drive by the sousa bridge in the park. Were about half a mile away from the scene. Heres some up close video that we took when this first occurred between 11 00 and 11 30 last night. The car inside the river was overturned and sinking. It was about 20 feet from the boat ramp here in Anacostia Park. Drivers recovered a mans body, pulled that body from the vehicle but investigators, as we mentioned, still trying to figure out how the car ended up in the river in the first place. Again if you are heading to this area, weve seen police turn around a number of morning joggers and walkers. Find a detour if you are headed to this area because the investigation is still ongoing. Thats the very latest here from southeast, delia goncalves, wusa9. Thank you, delia. Coming up on 6 03. Were following a developing story out of afghanistan. New York City Police officer was among six Service Members killed during a suicide bombing in afghanistan. His name joseph lem, a 15year veteran ever the new york police department. He was in iraq serving in the national guard. Hed been deployed twice to afghanistan and once to iraq. The pentagon says the service men were on patrol nearby Bagram Air Base when a suicide bomber drove a motorcycle packed with explosives right at them. The taliban has claimed responsibility. So far this year 20 u. S. Service members have been killed, two american civilians have also died. Joseph lem lives behind a wife and three children. A grand jury in texas has decided not to charge the jailers watching sandra bland before she died. The 28yearold woman died days after she was arrested in july. She was discovered hanging in her jail cell. Blands relatives continue to question the report that she committed suicide. Next month another grand jury will convene to decide whether or not to indict the Police Officer who arrested bland after pulling her over for a minor traffic charge. A judge has now set a new trial date for baltimore Police Officer william porter. His second trial will now start june 13. Thats after the trials of the other five officers charged in the death of freddie gray. Officer reporters first trial ended in a hung jury last week. The new trial date indicates the prosecutors may no longer use porer as a witness in the upcoming trials. Video shows the arrest of a chevy chase man daiquiri bloom of zachary bloomstein using pepper spray and handcuffs to subdue him. Video of the arrest shows an officer repeatedly punking the 19yearold punching the 19 yearold in the head. He faces charges of disorderly conduct. Hannah camaro was last seen in the 4800 block of woodlawn drive in hyattsville. Hannah was wearing a pink and white jacket with blue uniform pants. If you have any information that could lead police to hannah, give them a call. Reporter im Nikki Burdine with breaking news out of new delhi where ten people are dead in a plane crash. This is what we know so far. It happened just outside new delhis main airport. The plane belongs to Indias Border Security force and crashed into a boundary wall and ended up in a small body of water. There were eight engineers and two pilots on board. There were no survivors. The plane was headed east. Still no word yet on the cause of that crash. Back to you. There were loud cheers as the company spacex successfully landed a 15story rocket at cape canaveral. Last night marked the first time an unmanned rocket safely returned to land vertically at cape canaveral. People who witnessed the moment were in awe. Mesmerized. I was blown away. I kind of want to be an gnaw now. The mission is considered a huge victory for spacex. The company led by Billionaire Elon Musk and it could mean cheaper space travel in the future. Six after the hour. The senior senator from South Carolina has died to sus spend his president ial campaign. Now many are wondering who Lindsey Graham will endorse for the race for the white house. Bill cosby files another defamation lawsuit in an attempt to clear his name. Allison . Allyson . The rain is coming down through the district. We are going to clear up this afternoon. Its mild out here. It feels kind of cool with the raincooled air but were headed for the 60s this afternoon. As things clear up, the southwesterly winds continue. Your drive home will be a lot drier. We have another chance for rain tomorrow. We have record highs to talk about and an unsettled pattern right through the weekend. Lots to cover. Keep it right here to wake up washington. Looks like the wet weather having an impact on the roads. You can see from our maryland camera rye here that the roads are slick and youll see some residual rain or at least a little bit of wet stuff come off the road as you travel. Make sure you take it easy this morning. We have a few trouble spots. Well get you around those and how things are this holiday, ford americas bestselling brand is giving you more. The ford holiday sales event. With 0 financing for 60 months on 2015 f150 and focus and 2016 fusion and escape. Plus 1,000 dollars Holiday Bonus cash on 2015 focus and 2016 fusion and escape. Its the best gift ever. Now during the ford holiday sales event get 0 financing for 60 months plus 1,000 dollars Holiday Bonus cash on select vehicles. See your local ford dealer. vo some call it giving back. We call it share the love. During our share the love event, get a new subaru, and well donate 250 to those in need. Bringing our total donations to over sixtyfive million dollars. And bringing love where its needed most. Love. Its what makes a subaru, a subaru. Es. Welcome back to wake up washington. If youre heading out the door, we are looking at some showers across the region. Its not going to let up for a few hours. If youre trying to hold off and maybe wait till its drier, youll have to wait till after the lunch hour to see things clear up and the roads to dry out. So were looking at steady rain across the area for your morning commute. By 9 00 the heavier stuff pushes off through southern maryland. Starting to thin out through frederick and leesburg and 1 corridor. 81 corridor. By midmorning a couple of pockets of heavy rain left over. Most areas west of 95 are drier so your the late lunch hour will be a little bit more comfortable. Temperatures are headed to the low 60s today despite the clouds. The southwesterly winds will add in warm air. A little bit of sunshine possible for areas north and west later on this afternoon. Well dry out. Well stay okay overnight. Its tomorrow where another round of showers is headed our way and even a thunderstorm. This is all ahead of our near record highs for thursday. Temperatures today headed to the mid60s. Its mild. Its kind of humid out there. Well be tracking some dense fog later on tonight. Lots of details as we cover your holiday week. Well have your seven day planner looking ahead to the Christmas Holiday straight ahead. Time for your fast five traffic report. We got a report of fair driving conditions around much of the metro, particularly the bw parkway, 50, the i495, the beltway, i66 and 95 both on the maryland and virginia side in part due to the weather. We have slick roads which is certainly causing some issues primarily on i395 at this point at glebe road. Heres a live look right now at i395 at shirlington circle. Thats just close to the scene. So you can see at least some of the delays on the northbound side as you approach the 14th street bridge. Again add 15 minutes to your morning commute. Take it easy on the roads. Thats really going to be your best bet to get around that trouble spot. Traveling inbound on i66 no major issues. Traffic is moving but the volume starting to pick up and we expect will become a factor as we get closer to the 6 30 halfhour. Well have much more coming up roughly in ten minutes. For now over to you. One of the countrys Largest School systems has been caught violating the federal disabilities act. Theres a new study out suggesting the decline of americas wild Bee Population is directly connected to the growth of biofuel and the corn explosion. Youre watching wake up son, the Holiday Seasons just like football season. You got your big games. Cheese plates, turkey, appetizers. And regular games. Get it all at a great price. And the Holiday Season is won. Thats my boy fill your cart with everything you need this season, all at one place. My giant. Es. Tracking the mercury because its going to tracking the mercury because its going to break some records. Its going to be so warm. Its december. Our kids are still in school today and half day tomorrow. You can wear shorts to school. Its almost humid. Were talking showers. If youre enjoying today off, maybe the whole week off, kind of a sleepy morning as we get through a wet start but by the afternoon well dry things out. You can get your errands done in time for the Christmas Holiday. Well track more rain tomorrow. Its kind of an unsettled week so we have rain chances lingering through the seven day but the best chances for rain are going to be today and tomorrow. So i know when youre trying to get all your ear ands done but errands done but thats going to be the case. Look at these temperatures. Low 50s. Its mild out there. It does feel a little cool with the rain factored in, some rain cooled air but it is going to warm up nicely this afternoon. The rain is not lasting all day. It will last for a few more hours. Were talking about lunch time and getting out of here and heading to the north and east near baltimore. Take a look at your futurecast. 10 00 some showers still lingering but areas through the 1 corridor starting 81 corridor starting to dry out. Areas to the north and west you might see some sunshine, that with the southwesterly winds only helping our temperatures continuing to increase. Headed to the low 60s today. 12 30 if you are headed to work and going out for lunch, it will be drier for your lunch hour. Here we are at 4 00. Clearing skies over here. Your drive home will be a lot easier than this morning. Tomorrow yellow weather alert day because both commutes will be impacted. Showers and heavier showers arriving for the morning right through the lunch time. Its not going to be the consistent rain were seeing today but there will be waves of rain right through the afternoon. On thursday we have another chance for rain but not as great because this will start to fall apart as it gets closer to us but thats when we head to the mid70s. Temperatures today 60s. Were warmer than yesterday. Temperatures continue to climb right through thursday. We cool off but not by much. Well stay into the 60s right through the weekend. Larry, over to you. Your time right now 6 16. Still waiting on sky 9 to get into place for an overturned vehicle that we have on team graph road on telegraph road. Police still on scene. Once sky 9 gets in place, well give an air give you an aerial perspective. Delays on the blue, orange and silver line now resolved. Normal service at federal center. Buses are now running on schedule as well. Taking you around the capital beltway, doing well around the beltway with no issues either on the inner or outer loop. 295 southbound as you approach the 11th Street Bridge starting to see increasing volume as we get closer to the 6 30 half hour. Again typical. The problem spot, however, is on 395 northbound as you approach glebe road and making your way toward the 14th street bridge. We have an accident that continues to block the center lane. Looks like the wet roads starting to have an impact on the morning commute so take it it easy out there. Well send it over to you. Some muslims in kenya are being hailed as heroes this morning after protecting christian bus passengers. Kenya media reports the muslims protected the passengers by refusing to split into groups. They told the attackers, quote, kill them together or leave them alone. At least two people were killed. The somaliabased alshabaab terror group says it carried out the attack. Who will Lindsey Graham endorse when it comes to the race for president . Its a key question a day after the South Carolina senator announced hes dropping out of the race himself. Graham has given no indication on who he will support. In announcing the suspension of his campaign, graham says he remains committed to achieving security for the american people. One student says he and 14 other Indian Students were treated like criminals. The students were stopped from boarding an air india flight to San Francisco sunday night. They claim u. S. Authorities told them the two universities they had been admitted to are under scrutiny. The students say theyd all been issued valid visas and had been cleared by homeland security. Air india says the move was aimed at preventing the students from being, quote, inconvenienced. Amtrak says its now finished safety improvements at the scene of a deadly derailment outside of philadelphia. The train jumped the tracks in may after hitting a curb at more than twice the posted speed. Eight people were killed and hundreds injured. Over the weekend am track activated the safety amtrak act safetied the safety activated the Safety System that might have prevented the crash. Bill cosby counter sues and using the womans suing say the woman is trying to rekindle her career. He also counter sued seven other women. Patricia elliot has died. She had cancer. She starred opposite david bowie in the elephant man and also starred in one life to live. Theres been a dramatic decline in the number of wild bees in the u. S. Thats according to a new study. The First National effort to map their numbers. The study finds wild bees declined in many farming areas between 2008 and 2013. The researchers say the conversion of land to grow corn for biofuels is a key element in the bees decline. Whats your wish this Holiday Season . Were building a wall of wishes where you can share what you wish for. What are you wishing for this year . Here are a few wishes that some of you have posted already. This one says my wish is for forgiveness and everyone loves one another. This is from yetta smith. I wish to commit moran dom acts of kindness. You can get your wish on the wall by tweeting or instagraming with the wallofwishes or posting on the wusa9 facebook page. You can check out the wishes on the wall at wusa9. Com wishes. Our time 16 21. The our time is 6 21. The fda enchedzs its owe ends its ban keeping gay this is the one place were not afraid to fail. Some of these experiments may not work. But a few might shape the future. Like turning algae into biofuel. New technology for capturing co2 emissions. And cars twice as efficient as the average car today. Ideas exxonmobil scientists are working on to make energy go further. No matter how many tries it takes. Energy lives here. Es. Welcome back. Some disturbing new findings about a link between tap water and childrens lead levels. The study comes out of flint michigan. It finds children who had the highest levels of lead in their blood live in areas that have the highest lefts of lead in tap water. Most new york city public Elementary Schools are violating the americans with disabilities act. Thats according to the u. S. Attorney. He found that schools in Six Districts are not fully accessible for children with disabilities. The letter has been sent to those School Districts to fix the problem. For the first time in 32 years, gay and bisexual men will once again be allowed to donate blood, but there are some restricts. Men who have had sex with another man in the Previous Year still cannot donate and that puts the food and Drug Administration on par with restrictions in australia and the united kingdom. The lifetime ban on gay and bisexual men donating blood started during the aids crisis. Montgomery county police are asking you to donate life in honor of a fallen officer. Theyre conducting a blood drive in honor of officer noah leotta. Officer leotta was killed while on alcohol patrol. Es. The findings of a study about alcohol could change the way you buy liquor in maryland. And virginia residents, you can turn your frown upside down and offer a smile the next time you need a new license. Allyson . We are starting off a little bit on the dreary side this morning. However, things are going to turn around this afternoon. Were starting off with some showers. Take a look at first alert doppler. Its wet across the board. No escaping the rain this morning. Well dry out this afternoon. Temperatures are increasing to the low 60s. We are going to get pretty hot come Christmas Eve but we have a lot more rain to go through as well so ill time everything out for you. Keep it right here to wake up washington. Larry, over to you. Traveling inbound on i66 no major issues but looks like the wet roads are certainly a factor for commuters this morning as you approach the capital beltway in fairfax. Again drop the speed, increase the distance it you and the driver in front of you. On benning road things fairly well. Still kind of quiet out there but traffic is starting to pick up for the most part. So commuters will need to be mindful this morning. Were still keeping a close eye on i395 where we have delays going on. Again, this accident associated with the wet roads this morning so its certainly having an impact for our commuters. You will need to take it easy out there. Well have much more coming up catch holidaycookie cheer on the tip of your tongue with Dunkin Donuts holiday cookieflavored coffees. From 2 00 to 6 00 p. M. , enjoy any medium latte or macchiato for 1. 99. Is giving you more. Americas bestselling branddium latte the ford holiday sales event. With 0 financing for 60 months on 2015 f150 and focus and 2016 fusion and escape. Plus 1,000 dollars Holiday Bonus cash on 2015 focus and 2016 fusion and escape. Its the best gift ever. Now during the ford holiday sales event get 0 financing for 60 months plus 1,000 dollars Holiday Bonus cash on select vehicles. See your local ford dealer. To take your coffee at dunkin. Every cup as unique as you. Always fresh with that signature smooth taste. We take pride in every cup, but only one is your coffee, your dunkin. America runs on dunkin. Es. Streaming live on facebook, live on wusa9. Com and here on tv, thanks for waking up with us. Im mike hydeck. Im andrea roane. Larry miller is here with traffic. We begin with allyson rae and your wet morning. I think some people are hoping for a White Christmas. Not going to happen this year, not even close. Were starting off pretty wet and were going to have another chance of rain tomorrow. This chance or these showers this morning are not going to last all day either. So well have a drier afternoon if youre trying to do some lastminute errands. Temperatures into the low 50s. It is raining at a pretty good rate here for areas into the southern parts of the beltway all the way down through 64. Rain is going to continue through the lunch hour. Then things start to dry out. So lastminute shoppers if youre one of them, go out after lunch time. You wont have to lug around the umbrella. Temperatures headed to the low 60s. Another mild day. Only the start of our warmup. It continues. Well talk about that coming up. Larry, what are you shaking your head at . You always bring the bad news. I said its going to dry out. Thats good news. 6 30 is your time. Metro riders, we had earlier issues on the orange, silver and blue lines thats resolved now. Normal service on the trains. Buses are running on schedule as well. We have volume starting to pick up on 295 southbound as you approach the 11th Street Bridge. Want to let you know earlier issues on i395 as well as telegraph road all but resolved at this point but you will see residual delays as you approach the 14th street bridge traveling northbound on i395 so be mindful of that. Want to let you know the bridges are clear so were talking about the roosevelt bridge, 14th street bridge and memorial bridge. Good to go there this morning. The volume as you approach the bridge traveling southbound again on 295. Well walk you around the metro and show you how things are shaping up on i270 as well as i66 and 50. For right now heres i270 at the spur. Again no issues there this morning, but again wet roads, you can see it there, certainly a factor for commuters this morning so take it easy. Well have much more coming up shortly. Well send it over to you. Thank you, larry. 6 31 now. We begin with breaking news from overnight. Police are investigating a car that crashed into the anacostia river. Then they discovered a body inside. Delia goncalves joins us live from southeast d. C. With what we know so far. And this is still developing. Delia . Reporter thats right. Weve been following this breaking news all morning long and were staying on top of police, but they remain tight lipped at the early stage in the investigation. In fact park police are blocking off the 1900 block here of anacostia drive in Anacostia Park keeping us about half a mile from the scene, but we have some closeup video. Take a look. The call came in between 11 00 and 1 30 11 30. It was just about 20 feet from the boat ramp. You can barely see a tire poking out from behind this yellow inflatable raft as drivers moved in to recover a mans body from inside that vehicle. A police dog searched the park grounds nearby for further evidence. Reporter heres the huge question that remains. How did that vehicle get in the river in the first place . Police on the scene still trying to figure that out. As soon as we find that out, well pass it along to you. A heads up. I know its raining but weve seen a lot of joggers and walkers out this morning. Theyve been turned around. If this is your route, you should find a detour. Delia goncalves, wusa9. Were following a developing story out of rockville. Police are looking for a gunman who shot [ coughing ] excuse me. Shot at a driver just before 8 00 last night. Officers went there but found nothing. Then a short time later a woman limped into the fire station on hungerford drive with a gunshot wound to the leg. She told police she had heard a loud noise but didnt realize she was shot till the pain started a few minutes later. Police found a bullet hole in they are drivers side door. Police are searching for suspects after a shooting outside a Capitol Heights apartment building. It happened in the 1200 block of balboa avenue at the corner of benning road. Police say the victim was seriously wounded and the attack does not appear to be random. Reporter im Nikki Burdine with breaking news out of charles county. Bus drivers could be going on strike this afternoon. A letter was just posted on the Public Schools website warning parents about this possible strike. The letter says this. Some bus drivers say they plan to take kids to school this morning but they will not be back at school to take them home. In case this does happen, the school has arranged for some substitute bus drivers to be on standby. Obviously there could still be some major delays. Parents will be kept updated if it does indeed happen. The reason for the strike . Thats still not clear. 6 34 now. Marylands Comptroller Peter Franchot is planning to release some results of a study that could lead to major changes when it comes to liquor laws in the county. The study is about the Economic Impact of privately owned liquor stores. Franchot will be joined by Small Business owners and local leaders who want to end the countys alcohol monopoly. The issue has been debated to years. Local Liquor Store Owners say it hurts the county businesses and costs the state money. Smile, virginia drivers. Its okay to do so now. You can flash the grin for your drivers license photo. The states dmv has required a neutral expression on drivers licenses and i. D. Cards since 2009 but some new Verification Software allows you to smile now when you have your picture taken. Our pets always make us smile. We have three great pictures to show you. All you have to do is petpics9 to share your pictures with us. Doggie spa. Look at the red bib underneath. So very cute. Thank you so much. The next one, merry christmas, wusa9, from two of your most loyal listeners, freckles and baxter. Thank you, myra. And this last one, she loves kids and shes so friendly. Her name is kiara. Rey, thank you for sharing. Again, its petpics9. Chipotle once again dealing with questions are aing the regarding the safety of its food. [ inaudible ] the rain continues here across the district and really all across the dmv. Were tracking a steady rain. If you use your wusa9 app today, youll be able to track that back edge of the line heading closer to your area when we dry out this afternoon. It will be warm and mostly cloudy this afternoon so a big turn around. Another chance for rain tomorrow. Ill track it when i return. Larry, over to you. Thanks. We have a bit of an update right now on i395 northbound. Again this will be parts of edsall road, duke street as well as seminary road. All lanes are blocked at this point because of an earlier accident. Looks like police are not done cleaning that up. Were going to have much more on that spend less time chasing sales and more time making room at the table. Find thoughtful gifts at amazing prices everyday at t. J. Maxx, marshalls and homegoods. Your four Legged Friend deserves something as special as everyone else in the family. Find thoughtful gifts at amazing prices everyday at t. J. Maxx, marshalls and homegoods. Find thoughtful gifts at amazing prices everyday ok, weheres dad. Mom. The twins. Aunt alice. You didnt tell me aunt alice was coming. Of course. Dont forget grandpa. Can the test drive be over now . 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We have a fourmile backup i 395 northbound it glebe road and washington boulevard where we have an accident also three lanes blocked at one point all lanes of traffic were blocked as well. So its certainly frustrating commute at this point. Route 1 is an alternate that commuters in that area and parts of arlington as well as alexandria can take. 50 is open as well as 29. There are alternates in place. We suggest that you use them because its certainly shaping up to be a frustrating commute. Much more in about ten minutes. Well send it over to you. More and more american banks say their Community Branches are becoming obsolete. More of your neighbors are getting rid of their Home Internet service. Wakeup washington is back welcome. Always a friendly hello. Always a perfectly flaky crust. Always mrs. Smiths flaky crust pies. The only one made with real butter and abundant seasonal fruit. Warm and welcoming and fresh from your oven with our flakiest crust ever. Youre always welcome at mrs. Smiths. Es. Welcome back. Time to look at your money at 6 44. Erickson and apple have reached a sevenyear deal. It will end an outstanding Patent Litigation between the two companies. The move paves the way for both to collaborate on the development of 5g smartphones and on video and on wireless networks. If the the closest you get to a bank is the atm, apparently youre not alone. Theres a new report that finds four in ten americans havent visited a bank branch in at least six months and only 45 have gone to a branch within the past 30 days mostly for financial consultations and account openings rather than the routine transactions. More americans apparently are dropping costly Home Broadband service in favor of mobile broadband on the smartphones. Theres a new survey from the Pew Research Center that says the percentage of people relying on cell phone Internet Service this year has jumped 13 . Thats up from 8 in 2013. Many redskins fans are getting their wish this Holiday Season. A team in contention for the post season. With the teams win sunday and losses by both the eagles and giants, washington can win the nfc east. Can you believe it, this saturday, if they can notch their second road win of the season in philadelphia. That wont be easy. The fans are channeling their inner kirk cousins. I like that. I like that. You like that . Its been a different day. So good. Feeling amazing. In most divisions the skins wouldnt be in lineup for a playoff spot but its all about this year. The nfc east has been weak this season so d. C. s 500 record could very well do the job. The redskinseagles game is this saturday, right here on wusa9. Join us early for our pregame show starting at 7 00. Well have special guests and live reports from philly and then of course the game kicks off at 8 35 p. M. You like that . You like that . Yeah, kirk cousins like that. Time to see what our partners at cbs this morning is covering. Norah odonnell is live in new york with a preview. Good morning. Im pulling for the redskins, too. A big game. Lots of news today to get to. Were in Northern California tracking heavy rain and snow that could impact nearly 25 Million People. Plus, the record breaking warmth in the east. Also only on cbs this morning, were going to take you inside an Amazon Fulfillment Center where the company says it can now deliver that Christmas Present in an hour. Unbelievable, right . And the 2. 5 billion lottery thats making thousands of Ticket Holders rich this morning. The news is back in the morning. Well see you right at 7 00. Hope youre having a nice holiday week. Thank you, norah. Were starting it. Today is the first full day of winter, even though it doesnt feel like it here. Does not feel close. As we head for record warmth on thursday, other parts of the country are not so fortunate. The snow is pilling up in the mountains of Washington State piling up in the mountains of washington the state, so much snow that police had to shut down interstate 90 and the search for a missing skier had to be suspended because of fears of an avalanche there. Were taking everything really slow, checking conditions every 30 minutes, digging snow pit and making sure the snow is still stable for us to be out there. Now closer to the coast heavy winds toppled trees on homes in western oregon and the latest round of heavy rain is forcing families in some portland neighborhoods to evacuate yet again. As we said, this is the first full day of winter and people are looking for a White Christmas but you have an interesting statistic. The d. C. Area, its not typical to see a White Christmas. What were the numbers again . We see it about every 15 years. We havent seen one since 2002 and thats the only time weve seen it in the past 20 years. It was only about a quarter of an inch so thats barely white. Thats still seeing green under there, under the snow. With this el nino, we are seeing the very messy situation off to the west. Its very typical of an el nino wear when you have the jet stream going and the big waves. They get the warm we get the warm air and they get that messy weather. Well stay warm through the next five, seven days even. Morning showers. If youre trying to do the last minute errands, shoppers, i hope youre still not shopping. This afternoon will be a lot drier, more convenient to go outdoors and do all the last minute errands and it will be mild. Temperatures headed to the 60s today. Tomorrow yellow weather alert day because we have morning, afternoon and evening showers. Record highs on thursday. Were talking about temperatures in the mid70s. I bumped up the temperature compared to what we had forecast yesterday. 75 on thursday. Very mild. Were going to stay warm behind the front for friday, saturday, sunday right into monday. If youre heading to philadelphia for the skins game, it will be comfortable. Looking at some rain possible. Well keep you up to date on that. Showers and pockets of heavier rain that area in green through prince georges county. Good moderate rainfall. Temperatures are in the 50s. Didnt change much from last night. Rain continues but you can already see the back of this rain. Not growing to last long. Were talking lunch time and its out of here. Well stay wet through mid morning. Areas east will see the lingering showers. Areas off to the west are drying out. Moments of sunshine today with the help of southwesterly winds. Were going to the 60s. Tomorrow morning were going to wake up rain, even heavier rain and even a rumble of thunder possible. Through the afternoon the rain continues. Through the evening the rain continues. If you have to do lastminute shopping, maybe today is your day. By thursday were looking at a front headed our way. Its ahead of this front. We see temperatures head to the mid70s. But the rain chances are a little bit slimmer on thursday as the front kind of falls apart. Best rain chances are this morning and pretty much all day tomorrow. Not going to rain all day but theyll be scattered throughout the area. 63 today. 66 for tomorrow. 75 record highs on thursday. The records is only 69. Were going to kill that record. Christmas 66 degrees. Larry, over to you. Thank you so much. We have a mess on i395 northbound. Again this is between glebe road and washington boulevard where we have several lanes blocked, three at this point. At one point it was all lanes blocked and a fourmile backup almost at four and a half miles. Heres a live look from our trafficland cam. You can see traffic brought to a crawl here. This is between seminary road and king street. Youll need to add half an hour to your morning commute if youre committed to taking i 395. We suggest you consider an alternate route at this point. Sky 9 however over 29, the ramp there from 29 over to i66 for an accident. You can see the increasing volume here on 29. Thats the accident there thats blocking the ramp. So commuters will need to add some additional time there. Police are going to be on scene for a while cleaning that mess up as well. Back to the maps. I want to show you how things are shaping up. On the inner loop of the beltway no issues this morning. The volume primarily close to the exit near Andrews Air Force base. From kenilworth avenue to keppler road, youre looking at now a 17minute commute. Traveling southbound on i270 weve been doing well throughout much of the day. Traveling from middlebrook road toward the capital beltway, youre looking at now a 21 minute commute. Well send it over to you. Weve been following breaking news for you all morning long here out of southeast washington. A car was inside the anacostia river. Police discovered there was a body in that car. A man was retrieved from that car and right now we just learned that a tow truck moved into the scene and hopes to retrieve that car. We are here following the story on anacostia drive, the 1900 block in the park still shut downing and all the latest updates will be on our wusa9 mobile app. Back to you. Thank you, delia. Its expected to be a pretty emotional day for hundreds of people taking part in a special ceremony in vienna, virginia today. Thats because they will become american citizens. Deputy secretary of labor chris lew will be delivering the keynote address. President obama plans to host a high level summit on the refugee crisis next year. Its going to take place during a gathering of World Leaders at the u. N. General assembly. The United Nations says 60 Million People have been forced to flee their homes in recent years and thats the highest level since world war ii. 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Somebody has got to be on the other end all the time. Es. Were looking at showers this morning. We will dry out later on this afternoon. Your drive home will be much easier. Tomorrow rain kind of scattered throughout the day. Record highs on thursday. Christmas day mid60s and some sunshine. Not too shabby. Larry, over to you. The backup on i395 at this point up to five miles. We have two lanes blocked. At one point we had all lanes. Then we went to through. Now were at two. Youll need to add about half an hour to your commute. I also recommend taking an alternate route. 29 will be your best bet. Cbs is next with a look inside spains lottery. That catch holidaycookie cheer on the tip of your tongue with Dunkin Donuts holiday cookieflavored coffees. From 2 00 to 6 00 p. M. , enjoy any medium latte or macchiato for 1. 99. To take your coffee at dunkin. Every cup as unique as you. Always fresh with that signature smooth taste. 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