Staying that way for hours. Julie wright will have your workaround. But John Gonzalez has your breaking news coming in from police. This accident occurring just before 2 00 this morning right down the street from gates of heaven cemetery. Now a fatal accident investigation. Take a look. One of the vehicles involved, to drivers, one, two driver has now died at the hospital. Of pickup truck spun out control, ending up on the other side of Georgia Avenue. This is where the accident actually occurred, on the northbound lanes. Pickup where it the trucks collided. One inbound on georgia, just about 70 yards of the road you have the other pickup truck, with letters on the ground next to it. You have the Collision Reconstruction Team julie wright, they are taking measurements, pictures, collecting as much evidence as profit as possible. You can see traffic already detouring around the accident. We are told, julie wright, Georgia Avenue will be closed for the rest of the morning commute. Absolutely. Coming south on you will want to detour and pickup connecticut avenue and use that as one of your north of south workarounds. Use maryland 182 as another alternative route to avoid this closure point on Georgia Avenue. As we just heard from John Gonzalez, Georgia Avenue will be closed throughout the morning commute. Airport drive blocked off between woodfield road and Terrace Drive until further notice. Im back within the next 10 minutes and we will take a look at 95 in woodbridge to the day. Veronica its only going to warm up a little bit. The rate may be over, but the clouds and the wind are sticking around. You will need the code. , butour warmest just yet mainly breezy and overcast for the day. Tracking flurries for the weekend with colder air expected next week. The colder air is moving out of here and headed east. We have got shaky cam this morning. The winds, gusting now, 25 to 30 Miles Per Hour out of the northwest. That temperature of 45 degrees. Temperatures rising about five to six degrees. The capitol for Christmas Tree this evening, with the events coming through this evening, it is going to start looking a the 270the beltway at spur back open after a man was hit and killed on the inner loop. 53yearold edward long of Montgomery County got out of his car to pick something up off the road when he was hit. The driver of the striking car was also hit got that hit and it is expected to be ok. For the tollys system on 66 to be shut down. Our cameras capturing the moment when the tolls jumped to 40 just to go nine miles on the beltway. Prince William County supervisors meeting with state delegates last night and they were not happy. Anybody any good except for the very wealthy. Its obvious something has gone wrong. What i was told through the planning process was we are at 15 to 20 will roundtrip, so 40 one way is in supervisors asked of the governor to suspend the tolls to the state can figure out a way to prevent people from paying those exorbitant prices. Autria a house in alexandria catching fire. This was on north peyton street. The fire started in the basement. Crews were able to put it out and no one was hurt. Happening right now, the massive fire in california burning out of control. The largest and most devastating of the wildfires is the thomas fire in ventura county. It has now burned 85 square miles. To give you perspective, d. C. Is 88 square miles. As a tuesday night, it is 0 contained. In los angeles, the creek fire went from burning 4000 acres to 11,000 hours on tuesday. Has burned about 5000 acres so far. There have been massive evacuations as well. Feeding the fires, it has been difficult for firefighters to battle. Larry an 11yearold boy Critical Condition after accidentally being shot last night. Adult was putting away a firearm in a firearm and it discharged, striking the boy in the upper body. Rushed to the hospital where he underwent surgery last night. A tragice calling this accident. Right now, americans on alert overseas. President trump officially set to recognize jerusalem as israels capital. There are fears that this could move us to spark more violence against americans . Despite some strong oppositions from u. S. Allies, President Trump made jerusalem as the capital of israel as a move that has caused controversy all around the world. Hes also expected to instruct the state department to begin the multiyear process of moving the American Embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem. Has been warned that it could lead to violent protests and demonstrations. Coming up in the next half hour, we will talk about the new warning from the state department. Live outside the white house, ryan hughes. The hill, President Trumps son in the hot seat today. He will appear for the Intelligence Community and he faces growing questions about his meetings with russian operatives during the trump campaign. Trump junior denies any wrongdoing. Autria two arlington teachers in court today after smoking pot during school hours. We have police repor details they went to not to get caught. Police say that they would smoke in their office before classes and use an air freshener to mask the smell. They had a system in place a system in place in place to give their cover, including eyedrops. Search warrants show that they confiscated special marijuana laced gummy candies. We are learning more about the fire in frederick. The company now saying that they will cover up to 200 per package lost in the blaze. Ups is not saying exactly how many items were lost and we still know how the fire started. Ups, saying that your packages could take a lot longer to get your doorstep. Temperatures dropping another one for the weekend and i will show you where we could see a stepping into the unknown, it can be difficult to find the way. But with the compassion and strength of a name, and the security of the cross and shield, obstacles. Become openings. As we have for more than 75 years, well continue to light the way. Using our knowledge to create new Healthcare Solutions giving you the power to shine forward. To whatever awaits tomorrow. Carefirst blue cross blue shield. Live fearless. What if we could keep more amof what we earn . D. Trillions of dollars going back to taxpayers. Who could possibly be against that . Well, the National Debt is 20 trillion. As we keep adding to it, guess who pays the bill . Him. And her. And her. Congress, we should grow the economy. Tickets toave four ice at the Gaylord National harbour. The story of rudolph the red nose reindeer being told with 2 Million Pounds of ice. Caller number three wins those tickets. If you dont win now, keep watching. Weve got other giveaways before the show is over. We will have our ice for real here. You took my line. Its going to turn much colder around here. Bus stop forecast for this morning, over cost overcast and breezy. 38 to 45 degrees. Temperatures not going up much later today. 50 is the average high. Sunshine coming our way late in the day. Southern maryland, areas in the northern neck, east of 95, could see a few flurries this upcoming weekend. Still right now we are keeping a close eye on the commute in Silver Spring. We have a deadly crash charging on Georgia Avenue. We have a new crash to report out here at rocks bridge on 15. Through dale city, a 25 minute commute to travel about 17 miles. Thats the traffic watch and im to check oninutes 66. Lets say good morning now to our favorite toys for tots ambassador, kidd oshea. Adrianna kidd the toy donations are coming in, as well as the cash donations for our marines we will tell you how much they are trying to raise. Plus no flag, no problem. What needs to happen next for as a person who loves the finer things, this Holiday Season, ive asked for a luxurious new buick suv. fingers crossed. ring in the holidays with buick. Get up to 20 below msrp on most 2017 luxury suv models. Thats almost 7,400 on this Buick Enclave leather. Experience the new buick this Holiday Season for remaining 2017s. Autria a terror plot stopped in its tracks. Larry the target, a british head of state. Islamic extremists plan to kill theresa may by blowing up the gates to downing street where she lives the using in improvised explosive device. The authorities arrested the men behind the plot last week before the could desperate for they could carry it out. They should appear in court today. This was just one of nine terror plots targeting london last year. Russia, banned from competing next year in the winter olympics. Found that the country was involved in a state run doping program that went on for years. During the games russian intelligence agents posed as maintenance workers at the athlete testing lab and swapped dirty urine samples for clean ones. Its to protect the integrity of the olympic games. Denies itadimir putin was a state coverup. Only russian athletes that they are not doping will be allowed to compete, but they will have to wear a neutral uniform. Ladies and gentlemen, im so proud and humbled to present the muhammad ali legacy award to colin kaepernick. Beyonce, the Sports Illustrated person of the year ceremony. Making headlines for his controversial choice to neil during the national anthem. Autria hes one of 10 candidates in the running of 2017 person of the year time magazine. It recognizes an individual or group that has influenced the worse. Or better or other nominees include President Trump, robert mueller, kim jongun, jeff bezos, the me too movement, patty jenkins, the crown prince of saudi arabia, shes in paying, and the dreamers. Dozens of children in the district will get to shop with a cop. 100 preselected children ages five to 17 will shop with a Police Officer and shop for Holiday Gifts at the walmart in northeast. Is aimed at fostering strong relationships between police and families. Right now a friendly competition at Union Station. Versus thed oshea marine corps as we try to collect toys for kids this Holiday Season. Hows it. Idd i lost my donation bin i gave it to one of the marines. I thought they could get more donations than i could. A train just came in from brunswick. They have been collecting these donations since 5 00 this morning. This is amtrak marc train service, an annual event, they will collect 50,000 in cash over the next couple of days with toys as well, endless amounts of toys. Joann . Come over here, come say hi. Years. Retiring after 40 jamie is retiring after 40 years at amtrak. You have done it for the past 10 years . The past five or six. All of the riders coming to work, they still take time, everything. They are asking if they will be here tomorrow. Kidd she also made chicken noodle soup. We will have more from Union Station in just a little bit. Back to you guys. We are also collecting toys here. You can donate by heading to wjla. Com toys. Just place your order by the 13th, a week from tomorrow. Check on theor a forecast. Temperatures are just heading on down. Turning to more like the holiday. Temperatures by the end of the week, the weekend, will feel like its christmas. Thats next wednesday. Todays High Temperature, 49 degrees. You can see just how the pattern is going to continue to change. Today will be the coldest cold front moving through through Southern Maryland earlier this morning. I will take you into the future and show you how all of these clouds will be sticking with us throughout the day. All of aher cloudy back into areas of western and northwestern maryland. 48 degrees by 4 00, staying under the temperature mark with breezy conditions. Its going to allow you to feel the chill. Lighting, youhe will have to bundle up, have a scarf and a hat ready to go. We are counting down the days, just 19 days left until christmas. Even colder conditions expected by the end of the month on friday with a cold front moving through. Flurries, look at this, shopping on sunday, the highs are 36 degrees. Readings, we will talk more about what that will feel like in 10 minutes. Talkinge are still about the deadly crash that occurred back in the 2 00 hour, shut down between aspen hill and verona drive, shut down until further notice. Connecticut avenue is a good option for you as a workaround. John gonzalez is at the scene gathering more details. 15 just north of the bridge for the crash, follow Police Direction in order to get by each way. 66, 31 minutes from manassas to the capital beltway. From the beltway, that nine mile stretch headed into d. C. Is going to cost you seven dollars and . 50 right now. How high will it go today . We will keep an eye on that for you. Autria there is you are watching good morning washington, on your side. Actor fired amidst allegations of sexual assault. Danny masterson is being dropped from the show the ranch. Kendis gibson has the details in todays gma first look. Danny masterson is out of a job after being fired from his netflix Comedy Series the ranch. He says in a statement that from day one i have denied the outrageous allegations against me. Law enforcement investigated these claims 15 years ago and determined them to be without merit. Netflix decided it was in their best business interest to cut ties with him. He is accused of raping three women in the early 2000s. One woman alleged that he forced himself on her at a house party shethen choked her when fought back. The lapd reportedly investigated and then closed the case in 2004. Coming up at 7 a. M. , dane abrams and Larry Hackett way and live. Away in life. Weigh in live. Z2ls1z zi0z y2ls1y yi0y just became whatever whayoure about to dout to do after you get coffee. Nothing comes before coffee. Thats why were introducing a new line of cafequality espresso drinks from mccafe. Get a small peppermint mocha for just two dollars. Now, good morning washington, o alert. Autria and that breaking news happening right now in Montgomery County. Larry Georgia Avenue, shutdown, staying that way for hours. John gonzalez is live in aspen hill with the latest. John . John Montgomery County police have the entire area here closed off. My driver, dead. The other in the hospital, in serious but stable condition. Take a look at the scene. This is one of the pickup trucks. Both of them the only vehicles involved in the accident. Speeding out of control. The driver dying at the hospital. This is where the collision occurred. One headed northbound on georgia, the other coming from hewitt avenue up the road about 70 yards from where we are standing. The other one had significant damage to the front end there. But we are told that Georgia Avenue will be closed throughout the morning commute. Julie backup from where you are . John let me step out closer to the road. You, right nowth not a whole lot. Not a whole lot. The road is closed off so far up the hill that traffic may be turned around at a point where we cannot see it from where we are. Julie lets go back to the maps and show you those workarounds. The accident occurred up at hewitt, that is what john was talking about. Between connecticut avenue and layhill road, those are your workarounds. Stick with connecticut avenue and maryland 100 82 as the workaround and as the volume increases on Georgia Avenue we will see those delays starting to form. Eastbound 60, reports of drywall in the area and a 32 minute ride from the beltway towards 15 at the point of rocks bridge for th to get by. Back in the next 10 minutes and we will keep a close eye on the ride on 270. Right now, vj, who turned up the ac . Veronica i know, right . A little bit breezy on area roads with damp conditions behind the rain and the cold front that moved through what you were sleeping. Lunchtime today, still overcast, with a green light all the way through because of no major systems coming through the area with chances for late day sunshine as well. Clouds and rain moving out of here through Southern Maryland. Degrees. S, close to 50 notice the temperatures dont go up much for today. Tomorrow, too, midtoupper 40s. More sunshine tomorrow, clouds for the weekend with a chance for flurries. I will show you where the flurries could be setting up and where you could have a chance for a white process. Overseas. Autria President Trump set to officially recognize jerusalem as israels capital. There are fears that this could spark violence against americans. This move getting a lot of reaction. It would be a major shift in foreign policy. No other country in the world has its capital in jerusalem and this morning the white house is causing a bit of controversy and getting some strong opposition. The president set to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel. Hes also expected to start the multiyear process instructing the state department to move the embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem. Have someould dangerous consequences and is already receiving resounding disapproval from u. S. Allies in the middle east, including jordan and turkey. Moving the embassy would threaten mideast peace efforts and security and stability in in islam, judaism, and christianity. It could spark regional protests that put the military at risk. There is already a travel warning for u. S. Citizens traveling to jerusalem and the west bank. Troops are now sitting by for protest and sending by for possible violent demonstrations. The president expected to release more about this coming up later this morning. We are live outside the white house. Roy moore is getting another boost from the former white house chief strategist, steve bannon, they appeared at a rally last night in alabama. Moore faces off against doug jones next thursday. He says that the election boils down to one thing. Do you support the program of donald j. Trump that judge moore supports . Do the good folks in alabama support the program of Hillary Clinton already rejected november 8 of 2016 that doug jones represents . The rnc cut ties with roy moore after several women accused of Sexual Misconduct allegations that he denies, but it is once again helping him. Mitch mcconnell previously said that roy moore should bow out that now he says that alabama voters should be the ones to decide. Larry this morning a recount will be held in the 40th district for the house of delegates race. Just 106 votes separate the delegates. Icials found that both votes cast for hugo in a canvas of ballots after Election Night and it was prompting the request for a recount. The nbc firing of matt lauer has apparently given the network a ratings boost. The today show eat Good Morning America last week for the first week in three months. Happened since last december. Ratings also shot up for their nightly news. Developing right now, a Major Business deal that could reshape the entire entertainment we are world. Disney is in advanced talks to purchase 20th century fox, including all of their movie and television assets like xmen, dead pool, and the avatar franchises. The value of the deal could top 60 billion and it could be announced as early as next week. Larry the national zoo has a new fan favorite animal that isnt the prettiest site in the world. Naked mole rats are quickly gaining popularity. The zoo has collected tens of thousands of dollars to build them a new home. They are naked and i like them. They are small little rats. Its funny that they have that big of a follow naked, thats why. The zoo has raised thousands of dollars in donations to build an exhibit set to open next year. Autria speaking of a different kind of beauty, ladies, feast your eyes on this. Wait until you see how much this piece diamond just went for at auction. Upstate new york could see their first foot of snow, coming up on the other side of the break. I will show you o 1thats like a big yummy hug. . So hug it up hug more. Hug large. Hug medium . Hug that. Live it a hug life with 1. 99 medium or larger hot chocolate. America runs on dunkin. Autria one of the biggest im in some a planet has sold for 6. 5 million at auction. The 709 carat gem is the 14th largest in the world. I want to know how much it weighs. Larry thats hard to wave your hand. Autria all right, well, vj . Veronica well, ill take one. Maybe a piece . Maybe that much . My husband might be listening. About cold and icy conditions coming our way. The weekend and next week at this time, 29 temperaturedchill in winchester, 36 degrees in. C. , not too bad this morning High Temperature today of 49 degrees, breezy to windy throughout the day with a bit of withine late into tomorrow a bit more. A lot of you have been asking if there is a chance of seeing a white christmas. Unfortunately not looking like we will have a white christmas. Getting into areas of western maryland, West Virginia and pennsylvania and theres a 50 to 60 chance, julie. When i return we will take you hourbyhour through the weekend with those flurries. Aree on the roads we looking at delays in Silver Spring with a fatal crash closing of a portion of georgia between aspen hill and verona drive. Plan on using connecticut avenue and workaround. For those traveling at Linden Church road for the crash, follow Police Direction to get high. We have delays in bound on southern avenue. A stalled vehicle tying up the far right lane. Just check the 66 express lane itss using the app and 8. 25 to travel between d. C. And the beltway. Back in the next 10 minutes with another up eight on the 66, as well as 95 in virginia. Autria not the site has a highway . [laughter] autria a Holiday Shipping delay. Larry what is the hold up with your gifts . Autria well its a perfect nespresso hold on a second. Orge. Mmm. [mel torme sings comin home baby] hey there. Want a lift . Where are we going . No dont tell me. Let me guess. Have a nice ride. How far would you go for coffee thats a cup above . I brought you nespresso. You are watching good morning washington, on your side. Back on the air at 6 46, abc 7 tracking a breaking traffic alert. Deadly crash in Montgomery County, Georgia Avenue, closed and staying that way for hours. John gonzalez has more on what we can expect coming in from police. John . John members of the Montgomery County collision reconstruction unit have been here for hours taking measurements, taking pictures. Causedto figure out what what is a fatal accident. One driver died at the hospital. The pickup truck, so maynard mangled from where we are, hard to tell what the make and model is. This one spun out of control, the driver dying. The other pickup truck was trying to come out of hewitt avenue onto georgia. Thats where the accident occurred. The other pickup truck is over here, significant damage to the front end. All the way around because we are told us this stretch of Georgia Avenue will be closed throughout the morning commute, if not longer. That is traffic turning around on hewitt avenue, trying to get to georgia. It is not possible and it will be for hours. Julie thats why we are suggesting that folks stick with connecticut avenue. Georgia avenue, shut down until further notice between aspen hill road and verona drive. New this morning, the beltway at the 270 spur is back open after a man was hit and. Illed on the inner loop edward long of montgomery apparently got out of his car to pick up something off the road when he was hit. Driver of the striking car was hurt but is expected to be ok. Two days, thats all it fuming about the new tolls. Autria our cameras capture the moment that the price jumped up to 40 to drive on the beltway. Are saying lawmakers that enough is enough. Larry suzanne, how is it going out there . Right now from route seven in falls church in bound is about 9. 25. As high asn tolls 40 over the last few days and to be honest, im anxious to see where it is in the 8 00 hour. As we talked about, there are on the tolls here on i66. It all depends on what the traffic is. Morning drivers being hit the hardest. Prince William County lawmakers, the situation and they are upset with what they are seeing and are calling for changes. Ive been told that we are looking at 15 to 20 roundtrip. 40 one way is in excess of that and something has clearly gone wrong. Worse untilg to get the state can figure out a solution so that the state are not paying exorbitant tolls. Again, this is what the traffic is looking like here. Have been0 they watching things and the traffic has been higher there. They saw an 8 increase on tuesday. The governor said that monday people shouldnt be upset about this because its not really impacting the single driver, they were not supposed to be on i66 anyway. Its just giving them another option, an option they may or may not be willing to pay for. Seven, suzanne kennedy. Larry right now, and 11 euro boy in Critical Condition after what police call a horrific tragedy. Ae adult was putting away firearm when it went off, hitting the boy in the upper body. The man rushed the child to the hospital where he underwent surgery last night. Hes currently in critical but stable condition. Autria two arlington teachers in court today after it is said they smoked pot during school hours and now we have details on the lengths they went to to not get caught. They would smoke in their office before classes at Taylor Elementary and use an air freshener to mask the smell. They had a system in place to keep their cover, including eyedrops, lotion, at a smoking buddy and smoking in a locked, windowless room. They are set to be arraigned at 2 00 this afternoon. Larry fire in frederick. The company saying that it will cover up to 100 for package loss. Ups is not saying how many items were lost and we still dont know how the fire got started. Ups says that deliveries are being delayed following an unexpected surge from online orders after thanksgiving. The good news, the Package Delivery company says they hope to return to normal operations by the end of today. Ive got a package coming, its a big box of coffee. I need it. This is the time of year when we need to start focusing on the road. Sometimes its the little systems and there is a little one that could come through friday during the evening into saturday morning. Today first, clouds holding to breezy and chilly, late day 49 to 50 degrees by the afternoon for today. By the way, i want to thank the teachers of for having me out yesterday at the ellen Brown Community center. Talking to those prek kids and their Great Questions about tornadoes and hurricanes. Out there,having me guys. Check out the temperatures to the west. State college, charleston, lower 40s by friday. High temperatures, 40 to 45 in manassas. As mentioned, a flurry could be produced going into saturday morning, something we will keep an eye on. Not talking about anything major. Minimal system that could cause slick patches on news channel 8. Julie . Julie still looking at the commute in Silver Spring, close off because of a deadly crash on Georgia Avenue it connecticut avenue and layhill road as your workaround so theres not too much of a delay building right now. Its still working in your favor. On those traveling inbound southern avenue, stalled trucks blocking the far right lane. Tolls between the beltway in d. C. , 7. 75. Westbound on the freeway, this is where we are checking southbound manent 95 for a car fire with problems in southeast. Lets pull up the traffic land camera. The farwhere we have right lane closed off because of an incident. Follow Police Direction in order to get by. Back in 10 minutes and we will update the ride on 395. Over to you. We have got four tickets with your name on them. Rudolph the red nose reindeer is being brought to life at the Gaylord National harbor. Caller number seven, right now winning the tickets. Right now a friendly competition at Union Station. Oshea and the marine corps collecting toys. How much money is in your bucket . Sergeant brown, here, you so far, the competition but luckily we have a train coming in from baltimore and penn station, waiting for that train in a moment. Hundreds of people running off the train to catch metro and get to work and in the process we will drop off donations with checks up to 200 so far today. Its an amazing annual event that amtrak and mark hold every year. Some 50,000 will be collected over the next couple of days. But whats really cool is that people are stopping by and they brought toys. Grab a toy quick and make a great difference, we are doing this all for the kids. The best part is it if you didnt bring one today, you can bring one tomorrow. Im going to try to be Sergeant Brown here, but i dont know if i will be able to. Bill quickly, i want to thank all of the marines out here this morning. If we could show them off and thank them for coming out, we have had great donations. Here comes the train, guys. Back to you. Thanks, kidd. Time for your 60 second express. President trump expects the move forward, recognizing jerusalem is the capital of israel, causing controversy around the world. Authorities arrested men behind the plot before they could carry it out. The entire area, close off. One driver dead. Georgia avenue will be closed throughout the morning commute. 40 oneway, something has clearly gone wrong. Bradley attacks. Here he is at the other end. 51 points in the game. Autria and they continue to donate to toys for tots. Heading up Union Station . Make sure that you drop the money in the bucket. 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Those huge fires raging in california exploding in size, fueled by santa ana winds, scorching tens of thousands of acres and closing in on the pacific coastline. The brave firefighters flying right into the fire zone and the new concerns about that ferocious wind this morning. Breaking news, bracing for violence, the middle east on edge this morning. Protests erupting as President Trump prepares to make that announcement recognizing jerusalem as the capital of israel and moving the u. S. Embassy there. World leaders call the decision dangerous. Security stepped up at our