facebook page with a black ribbon, saying that they stand in solidarity with the brazilian club. we are staying on top of the story all morning long. as soon as reader new details, we will be sure to pass them over to you. autria: let's get a check on the forecast in our area. chronica: rain is in our forecast and that will again have an impact on area even air travel coming our way for tomorrow. soggy conditions this morning, breezy just a little bit, cautionary light for your forecast through the lunch hour. plenty wet, for the afternoon rush we're back to the green light with spotty lighter showers forecast in the area. you can see the green on the map getting a little live a break right now, but areas to the west , green and orange county, there will be more rain coming our way today. the best chance today is 10:00 a.m. and between 1:00 and 2:00 in the afternoon. temperatures today topping out at 65 degrees. we stay until at least the 50's overnight. talking about a severe weather chance tomorrow. julie: talking about the wet pavement and the effect it has an the commute in virginia and 395. if you're traveling elsewhere you will find the top side of the outer loop, the lanes are open, but the pace is definitely slow going. no problems to report between oxon hill in alexandria. 301 northbound trying to make your way towards cedar road, squeeze bunt to the left, headed update that ride on 270. back over to you. autria: new this morning, a woman assaulted in a d.c. hotel held at night point. larry: police say they have a picture of who attacked her. john, what can you tell us? john: perhaps and hopefully a big break in the case. d.c. police this morning releasing a visual on a person of interest connected to this atmp the grand hyatt in downtown d.c. . it was around 7:45 saturday night that a woman was held at knife point inside one of the rooms here. she was physically assaulted and somehow able to fight this guy away. take a look at this new image taken from a surveillance camera inside one of the hallways of this upscale hotel. not the best image, but what police want to know is if someone recognizes this man that police department sexual assault unit describing the incident as an assault with an attempt to commit first-degree sexual abuse well armed. this is a large hotel year in a very busy district. police believe that someone knows or saw this man saturday night and are currently offering a reward of up to $1000 to anyone with any key information. reporting live in northwest, john gonzalez. montgomery county police investigating after several people were stabbed in gaithersburg. one person was taken to the hospital and treated for nonlife threatening stab rooms. a second was treated for minor cuts believed to have come from a book -- come from a broken bottle. so far police have not taken anyone into custody. autria: classes resume at ohio state university is authorities attack on campus. a somali immigrant cloud his car into a group of pedestrians yesterday. then allegedly got out and began stabbing people with a butcher knife. 11 people were taken to the hospital. one is in critical condition. a campus police officer shot and killed him after he failed to a late orders to stop. >> the officer was on the scene less than a minute. he engaged the suspect and eliminated the threat. on facebook that he was sick and tired of seeing fellow muslims killed and tortured. he allegedly posted in anti-u.s. rant on facebook minutes before the attack. investigators believe that he acted alone. >> more world leaders heading to cuba as the country memorializes fidel castro. nicholas maduro touchdown in havana, thousands waiting in line for hours, to pay their final respects in the capital. bringing thanks for what they say was years of service and to be sure that they kept the example of castro. thousands more are expected today. take a look at this, wheels up, the moment the first commercial flight left new york city for cuba yesterday. passengers applauded and cheered as the flight left havana. nine other airlines are planning red -- planning regularly scheduled flights soon. autria: a major step forward for fami government want to block the vote. plus we are following breaking news. wildfires ravaging a popular ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? all the care your family needs. all connected for you. larry: take a look at this, a d.c. fixture in place for the holidays. crews putting up the capital tree on the west lawn. luckily it's not today. veronica: it would not be any fun out there at all. much will warmer weather, weather, all of it here in the next 48 hours. look at the green, showing you where it is raining, raining to baltimore, meaning a pockets going to stay through the morning hours, the heaviest pocket of ra that this is future whether here this morning, continuing up interstate 95 with another slug of heavier moisture coming in by late morning again. hagerstown, woodstock, moving east by 1:00. 1:00, 2:00 today there will be the waves of moderate rain moving through the showers for the afternoon hours. 5:00 a.m. tomorrow, here comes isolated, strong, potentially isolated thunderstorms. look at the gaithersburg area, heavy rain for early tomorrow morning. 8 a.m. we get a bit of a break with the front coming through during the afternoon hours tomorrow. another reason why it's a weather alert a for us on a wednesday, coming up. just a couple of minutes i'm back to talk about what the end of the work we cold in the upcoming weekend. the capital beltway causing problems on the highways. going up the first map for you on the inner loop of the beltway to go westbound, at that left-hand exit we have the crash at the end of the ramp, so moved to the left to get by. no accidents to report right now on the top side of the beltway between college park in bethesda. the ramp to inbound new york avenue is where we have a activity at his location, heads up coming inbound heading into northeast washington. further south on kenilworth, the lanes are open back towards the 11th street bridge. safetrack surge 11 is still in full effect. orange and silver lined single tracking through december 21, expect those trains to operate every 20 minutes. blue lines, expect crowding. that is the traffic watch. back in the next 10 minutes update your ride on 95 in virginia. larry? larry: a bill that could change lives heading for a vote in he gets a lot of compliments. he wears his army hat, walks around with his army shirt looking all nice. and then people just say, ?thank you for serving our country? and i'm like, that's my dad. male vo: no one deserves a warmer welcome home. that's why we're hiring 10,000 members of the military community by the end of 2017. autria: a scene from a nightmare playing out in tennessee. people evacuating as severe wildfires grow overnight. people staying in guest cabins at dollywood among those being forced out. to come in. the message this morning? get out. the flames just keep spreading because it is dry and windy. the average wind speed last night was 40 miles per hour with wind gusts up to 74. larry: one of the most generous family leave hills in the country headed for a vote in d.c., but not everyone is on board. what could be in store for families and the businesses that employ them? suzanne? suzanne: we have of a year or so. it seems that this proposed legislation is headed towards the finish line. it would be the most generous program of its kind in the nation, allowing for parents of newborns or adoptive children to take leave and it would impact people with sick or ill parents or grandparents. they would be able to take eight weeks of leave. here is what the program looks like. the plan would allow workers to draw up to 90% of their salary $1000 per week and funded by a payroll tax on businesses of all sizes. two-parent households, each parent would be able to take up 11 weeks in the first year of the baby's birth or adoption. however, the plan does not apply to personal medical leave. that part of the proposal was scratched in order to bring down the cost to employers. it would be the first in the country to a require businesses to fully fund the family leave benefit week and it will then head to congress for final approval. suzanne kennedy, good morning washington. autria: a day of disruption, kluber drivers say that they are joining in the fight for $15 and are calling today a day of disruption. it is the first time they are joining together with fast food, hour. workers at nearly 20 airports are also calling for union rights. we are learning more about the 2017 presidential inauguration. larry: all courtesy of air b and b. interesting numbers. jummy: new report out this morning, the property rental service giving us a glimpse into the future in january. it noted that ecb looking's following election day and estimates some 10,000 people will be staying in those properties for the inauguration. the typical price of these bookings? $125 or night. we know where a lot of them are coming from. current bookings show new york, los angeles, boston, chicago. the top cities that guests will them staying in adams morgan on the h street court or. still looking for a place to stay? kidd o'shea is about to put his apartment -- where, is that? call us. we're charging. [laughter] autria: i'm surprised at the cities where the majority of people coming from. these are not states where he won, you know? i was thinking more florida. i do know. autria: new york, hometown -- jummy: new york, hometown. larry: all right, thanks, julie. michelle obama is previewing the 2016 holiday decor this morning. tomorrow at 5:00 in the evening she and president obama will host the 94th annual national christmas tree lighting. autria: it started with a great thursday, then black friday, sam sweeney is live in the newsroom with the efforts to make today about the people who truly deserve it. sam: it is called giving tuesday. you can see it's a global day and you can take part in it. we have come up with a source. it's called giving tuesday.org. you put in your city and state and it will populate a list of everything you need to know. called toys for tots. every year you can bring in the new, unused gifts and it will help a child in need. pay close attention here, it's easier than ever to get. you don't even need to leave your house. it will link you write to amazon. all the toys we want to give out this christmas are listed right here. it ships right to the station and we are able to distribute help out. no excuse there. backups are see you guys. autria: thank you, sam. you will be out there? bronco: but i like how easy that is. you can do it right on your phone. easy, pc. larry: we have done it was cyber monday and with giving tuesday. veronica: and make sure that you have your umbrella. gear up. you in a moment how much rain the area could get. umbrella in hand, jackets on, a thin jacket for today, it is way warm right now. temperatures in the 50's, going for a high in the mid 60 process. look at the showers right now. green, areas of yellow up there, heavier rain coming down. some areas are getting a bit of and manassas, fairfax, warrenton in the next couple of minutes. not sure why that shot is there, but it was kind of cool. rainfall totals, as promised, more than an inch could fall in many of the neighborhoods through d.c. and around prince george's county down to charles county here by the time the system was out late on wednesday. two inches. close to that in winchester by wednesday afternoon. today, again, wet spotty showers for the drop-off time for the kids in the 50's to the mid 60's this afternoon. it could be a little bit breezy across the area as well. high temperatures, close to 70 degrees possible. over 70 with the same locations tomorrow. i will have a look at that in a few minutes. veronica -- julie: moving along headed into d.c., where we have some delays of your traveling inbound a new york avenue trying to get through those traffic lights towards the third street tunnel. before the suitland parkway accident look at -- accident at six locations is the beltway. the next map, we will pull that off for you as well headed inbound a new york avenue. the lanes are open trying to get past the anacostia, but southbound that brant to new york avenue is where we had a crash involving a car a dear. expect delays not only on the bw parkway, but coming out of chevrolet. you will find delays westbound on the freeway where the crash occurred after main avenue. stay to the left in order to get by. continuing from the roads to the rails, delays on the orange line due to an earlier train malfunction in vienna. finally, safetrack surge 11 is still in full effect. you will also find -- expect delays on the orange and silver because of that single tracking between east and west falls church. back in the next 10 minutes with an update on the roads and rails. larry: passengers on one flight telling the story of a landing like none other. why a woman jumped from a plane >> from news channel 8, you are watching "good morning washington." autria: 6:26, a bizarre security scare at houston airport. a female passenger opened the emergency exit just after her flight landed and made a run for >> this morning, passengers on the jet are stunned. >> she jumped out of the plane. >> not at the gate yet, the emergency doors were gone, as well as a passenger. spotted on video obtained, she was seen running from the tarmac towards terminal. authorities quickly realized that this was not a threat, but a medical case. team, 92. >> the woman, hospitalized overnight. but this is not the first time in the past few years we have seen flight attendants that decided to quit a deploying the emergency chute and bailing out of the aircraft in their jobs. more details, coming up, plus the latest on the airport worker strike at the chicago o'hare airport. - i am the power of one. - i am the power of one. - we are the power of one. - by agreeing to have my... both: our... - novec power bill rounded up each month. - my few cents... - added to my few cents... both: added to our few cents... - add up to help improve lives in the local community. - support operation round up by having your novec power bill rounded up to the next dollar. all: that's the power of one. >> now, "good morning washington," on your side. we begin with a breaking news alert. autria: good morning, washington. in several popular tennessee tourist towns. dollywood is among the attractions in the wild -- in the line of fire. mary: a jetliner that went down what you were sleeping, and entire brazilian soccer team killed. autria: first, let's get a check on your forecast with monica johnson. the rain is on the way. >> we have gone showers across the area a the way. especially prior to 1:00 this afternoon. a good soaking that we will get for the next few days. we really could stand to pick up some rain around here. it has been so dry. weather alert day because of the soaking we will get in the morning. temperatures going way up over 70 degrees tomorrow. showers out there, gaithersburg and north of d.c. through maryland. more rain to, out of west virginia, areas of southwestern virginia, that's what's to come in the next couple of hours. temperature wise, 48 to 50 degrees. only going up and away. look at the sky conditions. rain continues. over 60 by lunchtime today. more rain coming through the area with temperatures today topping out in the mid 60's across the storms in the forecast again for tomorrow, the better risk is to see some flooding and high wind across the area. we will talk more about that in 10 minutes. julie: wet pavement and wet paper, that is causing problems. live above an incident on kenilworth avenue before you reach the capital beltway, this is where a truck lost a load of boxes of paper that is wet, obviously. southbound kenilworth avenue, stay to the left on the new pavement coming southbound on kenilworth avenue approaching the capital beltway. northbound the lanes are open. traffic is able to get by but if there is a distraction it will cost you some time. moving back to the map to show you what else we have on the roads, traveling inbound towards new york avenue we had a car versus dear situation that is still in the process of being cleared. delays are coming inbound well as on 50 from chevrolet towards that scene on kenilworth avenue headed south. next, showing you what else we have westbound, crash reported by d.c. police near maine avenue , moved to the left to get by. delays have already been seen westbound on the freeway towards the outbound 14th street bridge. delays to report if you are traveling inbound on the suitland parkway and the crash there was tying up the left lane . last two maps talking about earlier train malfunctions, expect delays there. safetrack surge 11 is still in effect with single tracking between east and west falls church. back in the next 10 minutes to update that ride on 270. autria? autria: today we are preparing for what could be an important day in politics. mike pence teased that a big announcement was in the works. larry: that is what he told reporters on monday. will be back at it, first thing in the morning. >> the promise of a big day in washington. president-elect donald is expected to announce more cabinet picks, including an according to a source, a georgia representative, tom price. a former orthopedic surgeon and ardent obamacare critic. >> ever since they passed obamacare, the failures of the campaign promise to repeal the affordable care act. the most recent bill includes tax credits for buying private policies and putting money aside in health savings accounts. trump has tempered his stance since the election, whereas price has been set -- steadfast, saying this out to the supreme court upheld the law in 2012. >> the supreme court ruling that its constitutional doesn't mean that it's good policy for the >> trump is still meeting with retired general david petronius. the former cia director is still on probation after he pled guilty to removing classified information. autria: a new roadway safety campaign with some star power. the two and a half million accidents that happen every year teammates, talking about how they liked to play together in washington or sacramento. for bradley it was the difference. 31 points, including a career-best. getting the win, 101 to 95. autria: new video in this morning from the national zoo. pictures that you just have to no matter how the markets change... at t. rowe price... our disciplined approach remains. in our investment experience around the world. call us or your advisor... t. rowe price. autria: there is some good news at the national zoo. veterinarians say that everyone's favorite panda cub, bei bei, is recovering well after surgery. showing that he's in good spirits. they had to remove an intestinal no more bamboo, instead he's getting apples, biscuits, and sweet potatoes. he's not the only one who has to go on a diet after the holidays. we want to say good morning to smith county high school in lorton. sean anderson's history class has been tasked with a project based on media and its impact in society and they are going to wake up with us every morning. they have been told to watch have on society. good morning, hope we are doing a good job. vj, what is it like in lorton this morning? veronica: 57 degrees, the rain is taking a break in the area, but there will be more showers filling in throughout the day. keeping the number of a handy, it's kind of like a medium-sized umbrella. i don't think we will see too many pockets of yellow and orange moving through. the story is going to change 7:00 a.m., out the door. temperatures are quickly going up today. it could be a little bit breezy with wet weather moving through. by the time we get to 11 a.m., lunchtime, 60 to 61 degrees, rain is likely. especially during the first part of the day. jacket on, but it is a light jacket for today. temperatures that could help to fuel some thunderstorms. today is a chance to get some lightning and gusty winds. tomorrow, the possibility of isolated severe weather across the area. i will show you how far and wide that could go in about 10 minutes. julie: continuing southbound of for the beltway on the map on the left side of the outer loop, the capital beltway, authorities heads up, it's already slow leaving westbound 95. on the next map we will show you what else we have you, the ramped inbound new york avenue, car versus deer. cleanup continues coming in from prince george's plaza. working your way on the freeway, you want to move to the left in order to get by. we do have dels expect delays towards vienna and prince george's plaza. that's our traffic watch. back in the next 10 minutes and we will update the ride. larry: right now we are hooking you up with some chances to get into the six flags holiday extravaganza. we have four tickets to a holiday in the park into richer hands on it you just have to be caller number seven right now. and good luck. right now, we are staying on top of the wildfires in tennessee. jummy: storage buildings, burning to the ground overnight. i have a look at the middle of that fast-moving inferno. larry: a brazilian soccer club team. ? think of your fellow man. ? ? lend him a helping hand. ? ? put a little love in your heart. ? ? take a good look around... ? ? ...and if you're lookin' down, ? ? put a little love in your heart. ? ?put a little love in your heart.? ? in your heart. ? and will have given ninety million dollars to help real people like these. in my future, i'm twice as likely to have a stroke. i'm at higher risk for depression. i'm 26% more likely to develop an irregular heartbeat. i have a 65% higher chance of developing diabetes. no matter who we are, these diseases can be managed or prevented when caught early on. because with better research, the right medicine, jummy: back with breaking news, a massive fire in tennessee. this is the city of gatlinburg, prompting the fire department -- fire department order mandatory evacuations. the fire is going to be gr way. we are told that the fire has already burned a golf course, major hotels, schools, and businesses in the area. guests of a popular resort moved out. fire crews from agencies across east and middle tennessee are there now trying to help out. no word on how much, if any, of that fire is contained. take a look at what randy posted from the inside of this hotel. the sign to the gatlinburg welcome center, you can see that has been burned. the next picture there is from a girl named brittany. she was trapped in her home for four hours until someone was able to come and rescue her and her father. she said that all they had was the clothes on their back. one last picture we can show you -- someone saying -- please pray -- good people losing everything before we will continue to update the story as we get more information. autria? autria: breaking news of gavin following a morning, 75 people killed in a plane crash in columbia. among the victims, members of her brazilian soccer team on the way to a tournament. in all, 81 people were on board the aircraft on its way to columbia from bolivia. just before 10:00 it declared an failure. rough weather has hampered recovery efforts there. they said they greatly regret the accident and all activities will be suspended until further notice. larry: developing now, students heading back to class at ohio state university after an apparent terrorist attack on campus. somali immigrant cloud his car into a group of pedestrians and allegedly got out and began stabbing people with a butcher knife 11 people were taken to the hospital, one in critical condition. a campus police officer shot and killed the attacker after he failed to stop. autria: sam sweeney has a special way to give back to the community today. sam: more than 700,000 people gave last year. this year we want to show you what we are passionate about. toys for tots, we are asking than ever. remember in years past you had to drop it off in a box around town? now all you have to do is go to our website, toys for tots, click the link and the toys the meter located right here on the amazon site. you purchase it and it sends it to our station and then it will be gifted to a child. if you still want to bring it in, you can, or you can meet the team out of the national harbor. i know that vijay and i mean be remiss if i didn't talk about my charity. it's an incredible organization that helps seniors in the district. if you want to help them out along with me, you can go to their website along with the night, they provide housing for seniors across the district. back upstairs to you guys. jummy: speaking of giving invited to yesterday for stacy stewart. we have been a long partner of the march of dimes, working with them every year for the babies walk in the district. only the second female to ever leave the organization, which you know, you would think with mothers and babies, the second woman in the first woman of color, so i'm really excited for her. here's the meeting from last night with my glasses on. of the united states, welcoming her to this great organization. if you want to give and help premature babies in the area, give to the march of dimes today. autria: cool, good job. what's going on with the forecast? veronica: i would tell my kids that now that they are driving on the roads, make sure that you give yourself some extra time. 10 or 15 minutes, build it into your schedule. throughout the day today. especially prior to about 1:00 or 2:00 in the afternoon. gaithersburg, warrenton, all still a little wet this morning. dreyer conditions down to the south currently, but everywhere it's cloudy. if we don't get the wind picking up, i'm forecasting a bit in the way of wind with breezy conditions for the afternoon and it will be a foggy afternoon for us. 46 in manassas. andrews. for the next few days temperatures go way up. 70 to 71 degrees on wednesday with record warmth, back down to the end of the work week. the big umbrella that is going to be needed tomorrow, just to sober coming through in the morning hours, showing a dry weekend. thursday, friday, is that your julie: we still have to put it up. [laughter] southampton north avenue, sky track 7 is above the mess, the wet pavement busy clearing, only the left side of the roadway getting by. john gonzalez is live at the scene and he can give us another update of what he sees from the ground. john: that's right, we are on the ground with papers, papers everywhere here. let me give you a shot camera from up above. you can see that there are a lot of flashing lights here, both of the two right lanes are closed right now. this is on kenilworth avenue, 201 between ivy lane and the beltway. you can see maryland state troopers here with the maryland state highway administration crews, cleaning up all of this mess. let me see if i can give you a closer look. you can actually see it right your screen, some of the paper left over. mike, try to get around this truck with the flashing arrow. again, both right lanes, two right lanes closed right now is the crews continue to clean up. you have got a bobcat here pushing it off the roadway. that is a lot of paper on the roadway. it's not clear exactly why this happened. it happened at around 3:30 this morning. julie: here's hoping it's not a check. nonetheless, johnny g, taking it back inside to update the right elsewhere, showing you what else we have an outer loop the beltway, checking for a crash after new hampshire avenue, keep your eyes peeled for that. delays outbound on the 14th street bridge. the crash their tying up the two right lanes north and southbound. that's the traffic watch. caps on of the beltway. larry: the washington capitals, going in for a good cause in arlington. from 7:00 until 11:00 the entire team along with the coaching staff will be playing poker, blackjack, and there will be raffles and auctions on everything from game use experiences to equipment. the organization and as they have raised more sounds ago great night. autria: so fun to see them out of uniform, just like one of us, ray is a. what's going on in the now? kidd: you will have to wait longer for new episodes of "keeping up with the kardashians." the show is not currently filming and tmc reports that they halted production after she now with the recent hospitalization of kanye west, the show will be on hold until the end of the year, possibly longer. this brings up the conversation that will be had around the water coolers today. his social media and being constantly connected, is this part of the effect? you have a breakdown of that family. autria: let's the men joined into that clan. mary: well, one is no longer a man. autria: and who is married? chloe? a tough run of luck. some problemos. kidd: unless you are the kardashians, you seem like you glide right through. like you said, i hope that this is the beginning of the end. do a christmas special in 10 years. [laughter] jummy: we know everything about them, there is still social media, but when the cameras are constantly following you, it's not healthy. kidd: but it's not healthy in our personal lives, either. so, we are part of the problem. coming up after 6:00, an update on taylor swift, who her own tv show. tell you all about that, but right now it is time for our 62nd express. >> a soccer team, crashing in columbia. only five survivors. everyone else was killed. >> firefighters have issued a mandatory evacuation for downtown gatlinburg. >> we were suffocating from the smoke so bad. >> d.c. police releasing a visual on a person of interest into a crowded. >> he ran out and started stabbing people. >> this is something they have been working on for more than a year. in the past it was one of the most generous programs of its kind in the country. allowing parents to have leave to bond with newborn or adopted children. >> turning spending into giving this tuesday. gifts. >> join us as we move over to i want to go really big with my appetizers. we can do it without blowing our budget. oh yeah, this is great! everything for the holidays. he gets a lot of compliments. he wears his army hat, walks around with his army shirt looking all nice. and then people just say, ?thank you for serving our country? male vo: no one deserves a warmer welcome home. that's why we're hiring 10,000 members of the military community by the end of 2017. i'm very proud of him. male vo: comcast. my cookie exchange is super competitive. mine too! everything for the holidays. good morning, america. breaking news, a deadly plane crash. at least 75 people killed after a flight carrying this soccer team plummets to the ground. at least five people make it out alive. emergency responders searching for more survivors right now. state of emergency, mass evacuations as dozens of wildfires tear through t southeast. >> if you are a person that prays we could use your prayers. >> an aquarium with more than 10,000 animals abandoned as orange haze surrounds resort after resort. the growing fires threatening dolly parton's theme park. 100 homes burning as firefighters pour in to battle the blazes. new details about what may have turned this honor student into a terrorist going on a rampage with his car then slashing people injuring 11. >> he was trying to hurt as many as he could. >> the hero officer who stopped