Clear skies and cooler conditions. Temperatures will continue to move on up. Were not quite as cool as we were yesterday. Yesterday we were in the teens and twernts. Rig 20s. Right now were at 31. And temperatures will continue to move up, by 11 00, well be in the 40s. But well see an increase in the cloud cover. So again were talking about a warming up trend, but then we cool down wednesday were still tracking the holiday, well let you know what we can expect for that, that will be in about 12 minutes. New this morning, part of Rockville Pike in rockville is closed after an accident turns deadly. Police say the driver of this moped is dead after a hit and run crash late last night. It all happened at Rockville Pike and congressional lane not far from the twinbrooks metro station. Police say the driver of the car ditched the vehicle just a few yards from the scene and ran away. He was tracked down and is now in polic yet been released. And this morning a little girl is recovering after
Tonight with what is expected to be an historic vote on tax re form. The senate is still debating the gop legislation. Youre looking at a live picture from capital hill. Members began this debate more than six hours ago. A vote is still expected sometime tonight. Earlier today the house of representatives passed a sweeping rewrite of the nations tax code, the first in three decades, but a prosed yurl naf yew basically wiped out that vote. Senate democrats say three provisions in the house bill violate senate rules and therefore have to be removed and so the house will have a redo tomorrow. The legislation is expected to pass again. We will of course keep an eye on this throughout the evening. Also developing tonight a single vote may spell the end of the republican control in vas house of delegates. The Democratic Delegate shell i simmons seems to have won by one vote. Her victory would mean an democrats in the statehouse. It would also mean a rare power sharing agreement may have to b
With temperatures in the teens and 20s it could lead to slick spots. Ill have more on this and saturdays snow chance at 6 15. Thank you, amelia. The blast of weather will lead to treacherous driving conditions. For people heading home for the holidays, more than 3,000 flights across the country have been delayed just today. In boston, a jetblue flight skid off the runway at Logan Airport last night. No one was hurt. Its not just a problem at the airport. Theres some trouble spots on the roads as well. Even though the snow has stopped in most places, the temperatures are dropping, and slick spots remain. Now lets turn to a christmas night tragedy off a country road in our area. This fiery crash you see here, this happened in la plata and it left three people dead and their families now are looking for answers. This accident happened early this morning. Tonight police are trying to figure out what caused a mercedes to swerve off rosehill road and burst into flames. As Mark Segraves fathe
Those stories in a moment. Well begin here in herndon in Fairfax County. Sky 9 as you can see is over the scene of a violent looking crash at the intersection of centreville road and frying pan road. A lot of police on the scene, as you can see. We arent clear why at this point. Lets get down to the ground and to our pete muntean who is leave for us. Reporter i just got this update from Fairfax County police. We now know eight people were taken to the hospital. 1 was flown by medevac here with serious injuries. Seven were taken by ground including one Fairfax County Police Officer. The exact circumstances of this crash are still not clear. Heres what i can tell you from what ive seen. This crash involved two cars it appears, the first a chevy pickup truck. It looks like it was towing a utility trailer of some kind. The second is a red honda minivan, both cars seriously damaged, both about a few hundred feet apart. Police say this crash happened at ago. Police have not moved the cars si
More shelters and public buildings open up in an effort to help the homeless. Remember that d. C. Has one of the highest homeless rates of any major city. When you see someone who is openlyless out there in the cold you can call and request they be picked up and driven to a shelter call 311 or the number on your screen. Right now the weather outside if you didnt get the memo has been cold for some time. We were talking about the teens earlier but we are seeing a little bit of a warm up for the most part. Feels like 10 degrees better than what it felt like this morning. Good morning everybody. Slowly improving but still very cold. Actually feels like 14. Weve upped a little bit more. 23 degrees outside and sunshine out there but its still very chilly. Cold air in place that will stick around. Those winds out of the northwest at 8 Miles Per Hour help to carry that heat away from your body continuing to feel cold out there. Andrews feels like 12 de in rockville and 20 in fairfax one of th