A tree, and burst into flames. Another person was taken to the hospital. Investigators have been working the scene. One of your workarounds is macarthur boulevard. Julie, what can you tell us . Julie we are waiting to get the road reopened in each direction. Macarthur boulevard is a good option for folks coming inbound toward d. C. Dont forget about river road comi the clara barton parkway was locked off between glen echo and chain bridge. We are going to show you 66 eastbound before fair oaks. This is where they had the crash with one overturned, traffic squeezing by single vial single file to the left. Fairfax police are tweeting this out. The morning commute jammed up because of a crash, a car going down there braddock near backlick road between munro in montgomery. Southwest kenilworth avenue before the rose metros green line was single tracking between u street and Georgia Avenue because of a piece of disabled equipment in u street. That is our traffic with another update on the roads and the rails. But right now i have to say, i am happy to see the rate has gone away. Eileen yes, on this first day of december, we say byebye to the rain and hello to the sunshine. A much clearer picture on our satellite radar this morning. Temperatures are now dropping into the 40s, so 46 getting out the door in gaithersburg, 49 in hagerstown. Lot of wet leaves, so just take it slow. You can finally grabbed the sunglasses and leave the umbrella at home. Sunny and 53 by 9 00. Temperatures will be warming up to 55 by lunch, with winds gusting at 25. The National Tree lighting is happening later this evening. Steve rueter will be reporting live. Veronica johnson will be previewing it for us later this hour. We will look at a cooler weekend forecast larry shots were fired and a man was found dead added park at a park in old town alexandria. We are still working our contact for information, but we do know it is a 41yearold victim who was not a city resident. Suzanne kennedy is on the scene, and we will check in with her later this hour. Jummy i am following some breaking news, a Police Officer hospital. This is happening in washington state, in tacoma, outside seattle. The officer was rushed into surgery, where he unfortunately did not make it. After as for the shooter, police say the suspect is still in the home. The homeowner and two children were escorted to safety when the officer was shot. The last time an officer was killed in tacoma was in 1997 lost in tennessee as wildfires continue to burn. The total number of deaths is 7. More than 700 buildings have been destroyed or damaged. 300 and the popular vacation town of gatlinburg. Dolly partons charity, the dollywood foundation, announced they will donate 1000 a month to every Single Family who has settling in the southern u. S. , tornadoes slamming that area in the last 36 hours. Those storms are responsible for at least five deaths in alabama and tennessee. In charlotte, north carolina, the wind was powerful enough to flip this 18wheeler. A mother told her son to get out of his room seconds before a tree came down. Autria main break and sewage backup that bc residents want fixed now. That d. C. Residents want fixed now. Some residents are still without heat and hot water because of damage to their furnace, and some still have sewage water mixed in with overflow from the pipes. Treated like secondclass citizens. Autria d. C. Water says to get reimbursement residents will have to file a claim. An investigation process will follow, and that could take weeks. Larry final preparations are underway for one of the districts biggest holiday traditions. President obama and the first family will host the ceremony for the last night on the lips on the lips. Performers include james taylor and marc anthony. Veronica johnson is out there right now. We will check in with her in 10 minutes or so. With a look at what it takes to pull this event off. Autria and Maryland School is closed today. A smelly problem keeping kids out of class. Plus, rolling out the welcome wagon. The printed message these flags larry a heads up for parents will be closed today. Students have been told not to show up because of a sewage problem. Staff still has to report to work. No other county schools are affected. Eileen just getting out of my driveway this morning, so many leaves because of gusty showers that rolled through late last night. I have a cautionary like for the morning rush. The sun is coming up in about an hour. It w lunch time, dry and cool for the evening rush. Temperatures right now in the upper 40s, climbing into the mid 50s for this afternoon. It will get cold later on tonight. It will be breezy, too. We are starting off in the mid 40s by 7 00, pulling into the mid 30s by the Early Morning hours. It will be cold getting out the door. He friday forecast looking good. After a cold start, temperatures pretty seasonable. 52 by the afternoon with winds gusting to 20 Miles Per Hour at weekend of december, lots of sunshine saturday but breezy. A high of 48. 47 on sunday. Another cool day, the more cloud cover. It is just a stray shower, late. Rain is in the forecast. I will let you know when you need the umbrella coming up. On the roads julie on the roads, very much a busy commute despite the fact it is not raining. And chain bridge. We will check back with sam sweeney shortly. Use river road or macarthur boulevard as your workaround. Coming from centreville, 66 jammed up because of a crash involving an overturned jeep, back up on its wheels, hooked up to a tow truck. A car into a house, and as a result there was a gas main has closed off a portion of braddock road to back late. You will find an eightcar pileup south on kenilworth avenue before perots before burroughs. We also have delays in eastbound on the freeway headed from virginia in toward main avenue. The crash there was reported on the right side of the road. Green and yellow lines, expect delays because of an earlier problem outside of u street. That is our traffic watch. In the next 10 minutes, we will have in update on your ride in northeast. Autria it is beginning to look a lot like christmas on the National Mall. Larry for Micah Johnson is out there. What is going on . Veronica thats right, today is the big day. We kick off the Holiday Season shortly after 7 00. The sun will start rising, and will be performing. Rehearsals start just after 9 00. The event right after 5 00, where president barack obama and his family will hit the stage to flip the switch. We will talk about some of the big acts. What you need to know if you have one of those lottery tickets to come down here, and what you gone do . Lift up your head the paranoia haunt you . Everybody lack confidence, everybody lack confidence i keep my feefifofum i keep my heart undone announcer you are watching good morning washington, on your side. Larry now to the trunk transition. Donald trump is kicking off a thankyou tour today he will talk about his deal to keep a thousand jobs and a carrier manufacturing plant from moving to mexico. Mr. Trump we are not just going to let them take our company is out, fire everybody. These are people with carrier for many years. We are not going to let it happen. Larry questions remain who trump will pick for secretary of giuliani, and mitt romney. Autria until the inauguration, Vice President elect mike pence is staying in a rental house in a chevy chase neighborhood. His liberal neighbors are sending a conservative his liberal neighbors are sending a message to him. They have been putting up rainbow flags symbolizing gay pride. In disagreement with some of his thinking. We do have, obviously, disagreements, and this is one way that i can show my disagreement. Autria residents say that despite their differences, he is welcome in the neighborhood. Larry sam sweeney is reporting that clara barton parkway is reopened. He told us earlier that the fiery crash overnight that killed one person and shut that wright in a few moments on how this will impact your morning commute. Jummy also some new information out of columbia out of colombia, all about the play crash that killed members of a brazilian soccer club. According to a leaked recording, the pilot told airtraffic controllers he ran out of fuel. The pilot also desperately pleaded for permission to land but was told to wait seven minutes because another plane had mechanical fourminute spiral and slammed into a mountainside in the andes monday night. Unbelievably, six of the 77 people on board did survive. Larry there is a new twist in the investigation into the attack at ohio state university. The knife that abdul are 10 used he was shot and killed by police. Autria happening at 6 18, the finishing touches on a starstudded holiday tradition. Larry Veronica Johnson is on the National Mall, where everyone is getting busy ready to light the National Christmas tree. Veronica yes, they are. The sun will be coming up shortly after 7 00. You will see behind me that there are many, many tapes. The holiday on the northwestern side of th ell ipse, the tree that is just over 30 feet tall that will be lit. Over 30 feet tall, the tree those lights have been put up already. It is always great to see all these eliminated, 600 led energy them white, 375 of them red, white, and blue. It is a monthlong celebration with sestamibis with festivities, performers. Most of the events do start around 5 00, 6 00 in the evening and continue until about 7 00, 8 00 as part of the pageant of peace. It is not just the big colorado spruce you will catch that are all part of the pathway to peace that you can find that represent the states throughout the u. S. They represent our territories and the district of columbia, all decorated. I mentioned a little bit on what you cannot bring, a little bit on what you cannot bring laser peers, weapons, no toys, that sort of thing. There are big restrictions. I will be joined in a couple of minutes by someone from the National Parks service who will lay it all out for you. You can watch it here on abc 7. Steve rudin will be down here all afternoon and evening until the switch is flipped. We will have a lot more, including the forecast, in a few minutes. Autria looking forward to it. Thank you. The weather should be nice this afternoon or early evening for the lighting. In a few minutes. Larry and we have breaking news from julie wright on the clara barton parkway. Julie the good news is it has been reopened in each direction. The clara barton parkway open each way. Delays are still with us between glen echo and chain bridge, but that should improve quickly. Clara barton reopened after this mornings deadly crash. Unfortunately, we still have our hands full. Headed to fair oaks. It looks like the right side of the road is all that is blocked right now. Over in annandale, braddock road as a result of a gasoline break. That occurred after a car struck a house. Fairfax police are on the scene and they say they will be there for another hour. We have an eightcar pileup southbound on kenilworth avenue before you reach burroughs coming in from riverdale and inbound on 50 as you travel past 410 headed to the new yorkkenilworth avenue split. Back in the next 10 minutes with another update on your ride into northeast. Now we will get a check of the forecast. Eileen, it is looking better compared to yesterday with the weather and the fog. Eileen and so perfect as far as the timing goes, because as for running a was talking about the Tree Lighting tonight, steve rudin will be there for the lighting that begins at 5 00. The sun setting at 4 47. Up to 50 at 6 00, down to 47 by 8 00. It will get pretty cold overnight with wake up temperatures in the 30s tomorrow. Tomorrow, friday looking good, breezy and chilly saturday with a high of 48. Mostly cloudy sunday with highs in the upper 40s. Tomorrow, Veronica Johnson is all over the place and she will be helping assist Tree Lighting at the dulles town center. Temperatures will go into the upper 40s. It will be breezy and cool. Autria godfrey at the jingle bell 5k. She is going to be all called up in a little elf costume. Hopefully it is warm, autria. It will be cold when the race kicks off. And and saturday through the day, temperatures will be in the looking good for the toys for tots event at the national harbor. I will leave you with a quick look at our extended forecast. It is not working. I will have that intent. Larry this morning, it is dr. Oz versus olive oil not her look at this. A Silicon Valley server farm. The vault to mans greatest wonders. Selfies, cat videos and winking emojis. Speaking of tech wonders, with the geico app you can get roadside assistance, cards. Or even file a claim. Do that. Yeah, yeah that should work. Its not happening. Just try again. Uh, i think i found your problem. Thanks. Hmm. The awardwinning geico app. Announcer you are watching good morning washington, on your side. In this morning plus gma first look, and all of oil trade association suing dr. Oz because of this comment. That you buy in the supermarket is not the real deal. Telling his viewers that their olive oil might be fake. In a suit filed this week, the north American Olive Oil association saying the famous tv doctor willfully and maliciously disseminated false information about all of oils lawsuit is based on is discredited and constitutionally . . . . Announcer now, good morning washington, on your side. We begin with a breaking news alert. Autria breaking right now, a car crashing into a house in annandale and hitting a gas meter. Larry Suzanne Kennedy has the latest for us. Suzanne we are at the corner of birch lane and braddock road. This is where this happened you can see the car went right into this onestory home on the corner. Authorities telling us it is a fourdoor nissan that went off the road and hit a gas meter, and that was causing all the issues here. Immediately the homeowner smelled gas and called authorities. They have cut off the valves, so there is no longer the issue of a ghastly. One person was sent to the there is no longer the issue of a gas leak. One was sent to the hospital. We know it was the driver. Braddock road is a thoroughfare used frequently during the morning commute. This road was closed down, but you can see it is reopened. They have shut off the gas and are going to make the necessary repairs, to make sure that the house is ok to be inside of. Suzanne kennedy, good morning washington. Autria thanks for the update. Larry reopened. Lets get right to julie wright for the latest. Julie it is like yesterday except it is not raining or foggy. The latest problem is going to be the eightcar pileup that has closed off a portion of kenilworth avenue after burrows avenue. You are looking at a 44 minute commute out of riverdale coming into northeast washington. All traffic is diverted to the service road, where you can inbound 50 is at a crawl. A 15minute ride right now. That will be about a half hour commute. Eastbound we had a crash reported on main avenue, lacking up traffic on 395. Better news on 66 for those coming inbound to fair oaks, but still an 80 have him in a ride from manassas. Green and yellow lines due to earlier problems when they were single tracking between u street and Georgia Avenue. We have a check of the forecast. It looks like it will be up night for the National Lighting of our christmas tree. Eileen it is already looking great this morning. What a beautiful start to the first day of december and the first day of meteorological winter. At st. Marys Elementary School sun will rise this morning at 7 08. Temperatures starting off in the lower 50s, a few upper 40s in the suburbs, steady through 10 00. The wind will gusts 25, so you will feel that. We will top out around 56, back to 50. By 11 00 we are down to 44, and overnight we will fall into the 30s. We have a chilly weekend ahead. Forecast. Details coming up. Jummy breaking overnight, california sheriffs deputies nabbing the second man who sought his way out of a jail cell who sawed his way out of a jail cell and rub both down there was a sevenhour standoff. Chavez was arrested along with because Officials Say he was clearly on jugs on drugs and was carrying crack cocaine when arrested. Autria a new crackdown in Fairfax County against people driving while intoxicated. A nineofficer guilty of ui a nineofficer dwi enforcement squad. One county resident says she wishes her stepdaughter had been caught by police. She was killed after being at a party drinking beer and vodka. Her dad took the call. Her dad would say, lauren, dont drink and drive. Members of the squad will receive advanced training in dwi detection and drug recognition and will learn how to deliver testimony to ensure successful prosecution. Larry deputies were called out to a dollar store in charlotte because a beaver made its way inside. It is looking at, you know, things for the home. It was caught and will be released to a wildlife rehabilitator. Autria he is an eager beaver. Larry nice. Autria thank you for all the the coffee kicked in. Today, the celebration on the emerge restored. Ished. Emerge everyday with emergenc packed with b vitamins, antioxidants, electrolytes plus more vitamin c than 10 oranges. Why not feel this good everyday . Emerge and see. If you could see your cough, its just a cough. Sfx woman coughing youd see how often you cough all day. And so would everyone else. Robitussin 12 hour delivers fast, powerful cough relief that lasts up to 12 hours. Autria breaking a groundbreaking celebration for the famous house on the National Mall. The house in Downtown Washington has been boarded up for 40 years. It is the oldest structure on the mall. The building will be moved 33 feet away from the street and will be transformed into an Education Center to welcome visitors to the National Mall and construction gardens. Larry good morning washington holiday extravaganza. We have tickets to holiday in the park. Here is the phone number on your screen, 703five to 87334, to be among the first to get in to the park at our six flags. Julie we are talking about eightcar pileup hea