surface temperatures dipping close to freezing. let's get to veronica johnson. the national weather service issuing winter weather advisories as we get ready to get the first snow of the season. calverto stafford and under the advisory. it starts at midnight and runs through 4:00 saturday. we could see one to two inches of snowfall. the high is 42. we will have more, coming up. on the roads, lanes are open. this crash is gone as you approach powder mill road. delays are improving quickly for those traveling out of laurel. all lanes are open. ride virginia, a 19 minute on the northbound side. the earlier crash we had southbound in dumfries has cleared. to the update the ride west on 66 in 10. yournna: we are always on side with traffic alerts. get the latest sent to your phone. inria: a massive response just the. more than 50 firefighter -- more firefighters are putting out flames at a hotel. it was put out quickly. no one was hurt. adrianna: we are watching the developments in the fight against the california wildfires. the wind picked up again, fueling the flames. autria: the thomas 5% contained. is live with the latest. >> these fires continue to grow in ventura county. we are in one of the areas heavily impacted. you can see how the flames are crawling up the hillside. of how bad itpse is here. we could see the hillside completely consumed by fire. we could smell it and see it. we are experiencing how bad the wind is here. i was speaking with the share for partnering, trying to figure out how this has been. when it comes to this fire, one of the huge issues is the size of it. it has grown. it sits at why that number remains at a standstill, it is because of the magnitude of this fire. able tows have not been be on the offense to get this contained because they are trying to protect structures. 100e were just about structures damaged. number has been upgraded to over 400 structures. that does not include unincorporated areas as well as the destroyed structures. wind has call him to down, but not much. the wind is heavy and it is causing a lot of frustration for firefighters who are going to try and get this fire under control. the fires have been difficult to tackle for crews across ventura county. reopen the 101. it is advising anyone under in vacuum a and -- under a vacuous and to move if possible. the battle crews have ahead of them is long. autria: police begin the search the body of pamella butler. her boyfriend confessed to burying her body. her family saying this is the closure they have been waiting to have. so we can go on with our lives, do what we have to do. pleadedjose crews guilty to her murder after they got into an argument. virginia state police say access to the express lanes will be cut off at garrisonville road in stafford. that begins at 10:00 a.m. and will last several hours. police have not given definite times when it will lift, but we will update you. >> i love you so much. autria: raw emotion as hundreds gathered at a vigil. a 25-year-old was shot and killed by park police following a car chase in alexandria. she was unarmed and police have not explained why they shot him. frustration has mounted as family and friends demand answers. >> he is he cried for the most recent gun shooting. autria: fairfax county police chief says the dashcam video footage should be made public. toianna: calls are growing suspend the toll lanes on i-66. the tolls on the first day topped out at $40 for some solo drivers. says lawmaker demands are politically motivated in the tolls are working as planned. says lawmaker demands are politically motivated and the tolls are working as planned. that don't go together. snow and the alamo. here is a look at your d.c. travel times. autria: this is not something you see every day. snow at the alamo. it happened on the same night families were greeting sam up. everyone was on his good list this year so they deserved snow. they got 2.5 inches down there. that is rare. northern texas, not unusual to see snow. a stones throw from mexico, look at this. they are still getting a little snow now, starting to mix with the rain. it is on the tail end of the system that will impact our area. look at the moisture here. they may see flakes georgia. probably some flurries through the afternoon and evening rush year. temperatures forecast to get into the upper 30's to lower 40's. we get in terms of our first snow is going to be tomorrow,rough probably through lunchtime tomorrow. some accumulation is expected. today, 42 degrees. the flurries are showing up during the afternoon and evening. i will take you hour-by-hour and show you how much you are going to get in your neighborhood. autria: it is never too early to start thinking about this. mind the battery. you don't want a dead data re-. tire inflation -- you might want to get that rechecked. why wait until the last minute to get these tips in. julie: 20 minute commute heading to 270. a crash after georgia avenue. look for the time to double. a 21 minute ride from 234 business to the beltway. that is our traffic watch. the president getting some work done. what happened that caused trump to book a trip to walter reed. can berapping presents tough. it is a lot of work. we asked second graders if they knew how 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, we'll 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. announcer: you are watching "good morning washington," on your side. adrianna: a home invasion in montgomery county. autria: firearms involved. let's get to suzanne kennedy at the live desk. this taking place near gaithersburg middle school. 2 guns,d suspects stole a laptop, wallet, and cell phone. we don't know if the suspects were wielding one in the break-in. no one was injured. today is the third and final day of rage in the middle east. it is unlikely anger will die down any time soon. they called for three days of uprising to protest trump recognizing jerusalem as israel' israel is talking with more countries about recognizing jerusalem as its capital. >> do you rumor these moments? acceptable.s, a lasting peace agreement. some people latching on to those odd speech patterns, some questioning his health. his throat was dry. nothing more than that. he has a physical scheduled for the first part of next year. itria: the white house says will take place at walter reed in january. a man accused in a shooting at a bar owned by nicholas shay has has been indicted. a woman yelled at him from a van . once she approached the van, he shot her. six people are set -- adrianna: six people are expected to be ok after a crash in lower manhattan. an suv.rear-ended that sent the link and onto the sidewalk and a cyclist was struck. driver had ae the medical emergency and has not been charged. one cop in new jersey saw something out of this world while he was on patrol. adashcam video caught fireball streaking through the sky. there was a meteorite that disintegrated as it hit the earth' >> it was moving at high speeds, causing a fireball across the sky. that meteorite was likely thousands of miles away. kidd: what do you think happened when i asked second graders how to wrap presents? do you know how expensive this stuff is? wrappingyou think paper costs? >> $100. >> close. kidd: do you wrap a lot of presence at home? ar let's wrap. go. ♪ kidd: we've got one here. time is up. what happened here? -- iught you told me thought you said you knew how to wrap presents. you put pretty good if it like that. if you put it down here, all right. not bad. you like wrapping presents? >> yes. kidd: it took four guys to wrap it up properly. once you get grown, it is the same way. the biggest mistakes they made, i don't think they had enough paper. the tape concept, they were trying to fold it. they did not know the bose had adhesive. bows hade -- the adhesive. all of the things we take for granted. if you're heading out, there could be delays around richmond and roanoke. morning, the whole area has a coastal storm that starts moving north and east into the d.c. area. travel delays are possible, with slick spots from southern maryland to eastern pennsylvania. jersey, as well as new york city. sunday, it will be dry and quiet. cold air moves in for your second half of the upcoming weekend. to 39.cloudy, 33 dry conditions expected. the blue is the snow for late today. we get a break and we are back in on it. acrossll showing snow the area. julie: lanes are open. we started off with a lot of commuting from maryland. the outer loop north of town, they were checking for an accident neage 95 out of stafford, quiet, looking for a couple of people here. that is our traffic watch. what do you do when your town is a shortcut. how a place in new jersey plans to stop the thousands of announcer: you are watching good morning washington, on your side. welcome back. this is a look at your traffic watch on the go travel times. a little slow northbound 95. julie wright will have your traffic updates, coming up. >> in new jersey town is set to find drivers who use its streets as a work around for traffic. lyon you, new jersey, is pulling out the stops in an attempt to stop traffic. the town will close access to dozens of local streets because of the proximity to new york city. >> a lot of traffic coming through the local streets. >> you can't get emergency equipment around, you cannot get police to respond to calls. >> officials blame google maps and waze. >> once one road gets filled up, to anothervehicles road, another road, and another road. >> we will have the latest. >> announcer: now, good morning washington on your side. >> california exploding. more wildfires burning. more than 2000 people running for their lives. the latest is the west coast turns into a scene straight out of hell. latest round of sexual assault allegations and their impacts on congress. >> we are getting ready for snow. >> just a little bit of snow. >> baby snow. adrianna: let's get over to veronica johnson for the latest on this snowstorm. wordica: i like the "baby." it is like toddler snow. there could be isolated patches that has be a system minimal to moderate impacts. light accumulation after midnight. cloud cover through your morning . to 42 degrees. there is your cloud cover. no flurries showing up until the midnight hour. most of the snow will come before noon tomorrow. >> i am not ready for this. on the roads, enjoy the dry pavement. this is the inner loop heading south towards the wilson bridge. a nine minute ride. beltwayk 7 above the now and avenue. we are seeing some slowdowns. all lanes are open. we will show you 295, leaving the beltway towards the 11th street bridge, that is your commute. >> the fallout from sexual misconduct allegations. >> al franken and trent franks will resign in the next few weeks as they battle accusations of inappropriate behavior. worst day of his life, al franken acknowledged it is time to go. >> i will be resigning as a member of the united states senate. >> eight men -- eight women have accused him of sexual misconduct. for someas apologized of his behavior. >> some of the allegations are not true. >> enough is enough. >> he took this parting shot at trump and roy moore. >> i am aware there is some that i amhe fact leaving while a man who has bragged on tape about his history of sexual assault sits , and a man office who preys on young girls campaigns for the senate with the full support of his party. >> they face multiple allegations of sexual misconduct. the republicans are seeing first in their party to fall on capitol hill. in a statement, he acknowledged conversations of surrogacy with two female subordinates. he insists he has never physically intimidated or attempted to have sexual contact with any member of my staff. also underawmaker is scrutiny. farenthold may have sexually harassed a former staffer and retaliated against her for complaining. at least two colleagues have called for him to resign. >> at bryan singer is accused of sexually assaulting a 17-year-old boy. a claims he demanded sex from a a yacht and pushed him on a bed and sexually assaulted him. singer denies the allegations. -- explicits court photos of a teenager during an investigation. david abbott got a warrant to sims'ictures of david penis as- david sims' part of an investigation. killed himself two years ago. a 1966 green vespa was parked outside a store when it was stolen. two people in a red ford took the scooter. here is the video. >> we were surprised, but it feels like the trail. >> they are working to track down the vespa and the thieves who stole it. the spin company puts out 100 bikes in the area overnight. it is the third company to take part in the project. app to useed the them. are talking about snow getting here tomorrow. the extremely rare doing this. we cannot get enough of the winter weather hitting texas. look at these kids making snow angels in el paso. far west texas. it is more normal for them to some accumulation, but that is a decent amount. veronica: we won't be able to make snow angels around here. december 18 is the average date of a first snowfall. wanted to show you a look at saturday at 8:00. the national weather service issuing these advisories. they continue until 4:00 p.m. spotsylvania, you are in it. they are all getting about one to two inches, if not more snow depending on where you are. it will be dry this morning. 40 to 41 degrees. high temperatures will help the road temperatures with the onset of this system. 29 to 34 degrees. maryland one location we have to watch. this area here, anyone traveling even round out of d.c., bowie will have some slick spots. we will have the timing of it, coming up. julie: we are looking at a crash involving a truck and a vehicle. tr time now, the outer loop, a 20 minute commute out of college park. in the next 10 minutes, we will 395.at adrianna: following breaking news for you in california. wildfires growing overnight. : a search nine years in the making along i-95 will begin today. disposed of back in 2009. i will have the latest what do you think? hey, think ben will like it? yeah, was i the only one hearing the angelic music? just tell me you got him fios too. sigh. mrs. layne, fios is a 100% fiber-optic network. that, plus this sick console, he'll be like whaaaaaattt. your new tech is best on the 100% fiber optic network. so get fios. now just $79.99 per month with a 2-year price guarantee with a 2-year agreement. announcer: you are watching "good morning washington," on your side. in about three hours, police will block access to the express ines at garrison road stafford county so they can search for the remains of pamela closurely hoping for nine years after she disappeared. is a search years in the making. it is a matter of time before thece start searching express lanes here along i-95 pamela butler. josetober, who today -- reyes reagan is crews pleaded guilty to killing her. he admitted to strangling her. he accepted a plea deal of 12 years behind bars if he told police where he dumped her body in 2009. her family, this is the closure they have been looking for for years. >> so we can go on with our lives and do with dignity and respect. q: when it comes to the search, it will begin around 10:30 this morning. we will be here for that to show you what is going on. for more on the search for her .ody that is the latest from stafford county. the search begins around 10:00. virginia state police are saying access will be cut off at garrisonville road in stafford. this closure will last for several hours. police have not said when they will list it. lift it.ill respondersn 51st racing to put super eight motel. thiswas just before 1:00 morning. flames were contained to one room and it was quickly put out. no one was hurt. southern california in flames. firefighters battling six wildfires. the newest interrupted north of san diego and wind is fueling the fires, making the battle difficult. one of the largest is the thomas fire. it has burned 100,000 acres and is only 5% contained. destroyed hundreds of structures. >> my house, on fire. my house is on fire. >> a lot of propane tanks are blowing up. >> nearly 200,000 people have been forced to leave their homes. crewsea burn through christmas. attorneys general are stewing the trump administration over the air we breathe, specifically the failure to enforce smog standards. the standards passed in 2015 would prevent 230,000 asthma attacks in children, 160,000 missed school days and 28,000 missed workdays. night halfys last white house hanukkah party will go down as a special one. he says it was all about jerusalem. it came a day after he announced the u.s. will observe jerusalem as israel's capital. the national menorah on the national mall will be lit next tuesday on the first night of the holiday. a big milestone for a big proving to be a boon for the d.c. area. >> the mgm national harbor has been a financial boon for the region. it is the highest grossing casino in maryland, with revenue through november approaching $600 million. they have contributed 150 million dollars to the education trust fund. mgm has donated $1 million to institutes of higher education. it has provided employment for the workers coming from prince george's county. there were concerns about traffic and crime, but there have not been major issues. there will be special entertainment at the harbor to mark the milestone. toys online for our toys for tots drive. donation you make will be shipped to us and we will donate it for you to toys for tots. speaking of toys, don't forget to bring one to the cap's game tonight. fans can drop off a new toy at the f street entrance. when we were out and about, we love to get to meet our viewers. >> viewers love to meet john gonzalez. picture lastis night. this couple said they are huge abc 7 fans and bigger caps fans. anniversarys the 66 -- the 66th anniversary of know, they know. >> that is so cute. >> 66 years. >> he can't put his mind around that. >> you are tracking this line of snowflakes heading our way. the kids will love it. not enough snow to make snow angels, but may be slushy snow balls. in the lower 40's from noon until 4:00. here.t the timing this is the line of the first accumulating flakes. maryland with southern and areas down in the northern neck. warrenton,sas, culpeper, the temperature at freezing. it will accumulate as we get 10 9:00 and 10:00 tomorrow morning. critical in these areas. southbound 95, areas of 301, through anne arundel county, where there will be slick spots on the road. of theour first snowfall season. there could be locations here that may get over two inches of snow tomorrow. better to go out tomorrow and do some holiday shopping. we will have more on our weather alert day. julie: on the roads, you are going to find the inner loop of the beltway, 12 minute ride from oxon h we checked out the tolls on 66, better than expected. town,ose heading out of winter tips for the car. tires,he battery, the have an emergency kit handy. county, this is where we have the fender bender involving a truck and a vehicle. dump truck and a vehicle. check out this cutie, our pet of the day. look at that handsome fellow. from one handsome fellow to another. >> good one. kidd: i am sure that was a compliment. sean ditty combs has the most money. heas beyonce came in second with the biggest moneymaker and drake in third. earning reviews for her acting in "mud bound." she could be heading for an oscar. she is set to receive the braking performance award at a film festival. the previous winter won the oscar for best supporting actor. yet.e not seen the film she looks incredible in it. i cannot wait. beyonce shoppes at target, just like us. she was spotted at target with blue ivy. we cannot show video or picture, them. it just looks like beyonce shopping at target. -- n see why people freak >> you turn the tour lit paper beyonce.there is >> i agree. i don't see crowds around her. target, everyone would be gawking. you had billions of dollars, don't you have someone who goes to target for you? >> michelle obama did it. >> she shopped at our local target in alexandria. 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