today, four cases. mr. fields first of all. the man accuseed of plowing his car to the protesters. heather heyer a woman, 32 years old killed on that day. dozens of people injured. there were two other assault cases. other issues dealt with in the court today. but the big story right now first degree murder charge case against james alex fields. live in charlottesville, richard reeve. jonathan: a woman who says the uber driver sexually assaulted her is speaking out tonight about what happened to her. michelle: the police are looking for the uber driver whose driving account has been deactivated. brianne carter has the woman's story. >> just within the last hour we talked to clark, -- clark who says she was assaulted over the weekend. she was in the front seat of the uber and she nodded off when she woke up to the uber driver's hands all over her. she said he touched her an trieded to undo her clothing. she began to push him away and began hitting him and the uber driver started to strangle her. >> he put his hands around my throat and he began to choke me. it was fight or flight. i wanted to live. so i started doing everything, i started to bite him, scratch him, pulling his hair. just everything. it was super intense. >> clark tells us that he dragged her out of the car, threw her belongings out and sped off. she immediately called police. police tonight identifieded the driver as 32-year-old who at last check tonight he is still said to be on the loose. uber says they are aware of the situationto driver has been removed from the app. the investigation is ongoing. in oxon hill, brianne carter, abc7 news. jonathan: two law enforcement officers hit and killed along interstate 270 last week were laid to rest today. private funeral for carlos wolff held at a church in gaithersburg. a more public funeral for the fire marshall at a synagogue. larry hogan recalling a chance encounter last year. while cohen's boss the fire chief broke down in tears at the lectern. >> i will miss his smile. he live and died because he cared about people. jonathan: the maryland state police still haven't said why a germantown man didn't see two men or the two cars. the investigation continues. michelle: john mccain is said to be brain cancer at walter reed. mccain's office said the 81-year-old is treated for the normal side effects of cancer therapy. the republican leaders are confident he will be well enough to vote on the tax reform next week. jonathan: if he is not, mike pence delayed the trip to israel in case he needs to cast a tie-breaking vote. today marco rubio said he will vote no unless there is increase to the child tax credit. he is the second republican senator to oppose the bill. >> great guy, very supportive. i think senator rubio will be there. we are doing well on the tax front. jonathan: the president but speaking at an event touting the regulation. look at the tape from the left. 1960. on the other side the current day. he is curting the red tape and says -- cutting the red tape to go back to the 1960 and less than that. >> amid protests out unspecified threat the federal communications commission voted to end net neutrality. the commission three republican members voted to repeal while the democratic members vote no. the obama era rules denied for equal access to the internet. opponents argue it hurts the competition. michelle: last week the new tolls on i-66 reached $oh in the morning and a lot of people thought it was highway robbery and it couldn't get any worse but they did. sam sweeney is live along 66 with how high the tolls got today. sam, what are we talking? sam: $44. nobody thought they would go higher than $40. they did this morning. take a look at the traffic now inbounds. that is what officials are trying to avoid. a busy morning on 66. 395. the tolls go up. the more cars there that is how the program was supposed to work. transportation secretary in virginia says the plan is going according to what they had planned all along. last week the lawmakers from both sides of the aisle said they should freeze tolls because they are out of control. there should be a cap and roll back rules they had two weeks ago. if transportation secretary said no, that is not going to happen. this is as planned. the traffic is moving and the tolls are only averaging $10 inbound and $4 outbound. we taught up with the drive -- we caught up with the drivers to hear what they think of the crazy numbers. >> i understand prior to the toll in place i couldn't even use the road. i wouldn't pay $44 unless there was an emergency of some kind. >> it's ridiculous. it's crazy. i live around the neighborhood. the problem is everybody is jumping off now and closing up the these are roads already paid for by us and the taxes and they charge extra to drive it. it's having an adverse effect. it's stupid. >> the tolls jumped to $15. they change every six minutes. that is the good news. this morning the $44 tolls only lasted six minutes. reporting live along 66 in arlington, sam sweeney, abc7 news. jonathan: you do the math coming and going. wanted for the cell phone store robberies and now they are not the only crimes that the older looking men are wanted for. the vehicle of choice is still ahead. michelle: last year was a mild winter so are local hopeful this winter? we will visit to see if they are ready for opening day. bill: we have had temperatures and the dew point low enough to produce the snow, manmade snow but nothing going on out there now at least around th couple of snowshowers tomorrow. we break down timing and look at the weekend coming up. announcer: you're watching "abc7 news at 6:00". on your side. jonathan: two st. louis county police officers expected to survive. lucky to be alive after they were shot this morning. a man who police say fired shots in the neighborhood hours earlier so they came in to figure out what was going on. they were wearing body armor. vigils held tonight to mark the fifth anniversary of the sandy hook school massacre. gunman killing 20 children and six adults at the elementary school. the children were just 6 and 7 years old. the school was torn down and replaced with a brand new building. the connecticut governor ordered flags at half staff today. michelle: update to a story we brought you as breaking news last night. death of two people in silver spring apartment now ruled a murder-suicide. garvey dyer shot his mother rose and then turned gun on himself. ready for the season? we will head to the mountains to find out. >> i request show it to you. >> she did. like an earthquake every couple of minute more more than a year. the strange cause of why the d.c. residents say nothing is being done to stop jonathan: they are looking for two men who broke into a cell phone store. a third man in a vehicle. they believe they are connected to a serial robbery case in d.c. they are busy. they appear to be older and they get from the crime scene to crime scene in a church van. talk about conspicuous. they had jewelry store and theieting shop in d.c. if you see anybody that looks familiar call the police. michelle: the residents of the petworth neighborhood say they are frustrated with the metro lack of action. jonathan: more than shaking the hom >> it's broke a lot of my ditches. i can show them to you. jonathan: she can show you cracks in the walls and the floors, too. >> trains are running at reduced speeds. when the testing concluded the speeds went back up and the vibrations increased significantly. >> at this point the metro denies the charge and says preliminary findings will be available toon. michelle: metro announcing the special late night hours on new year's eve. service will run until 2:00 a.m. no scheduled maintenance on the rail that night and on new year's day. however, there will be limited rail hours on january 1. trains run 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. new year's jonathan: check this out. snowshoe in west virginia. look at the snow. they are making snow. this looks beautiful. the snow is on the ground. they are open for business. last year it was too warm at the ski source. and liberty closed three weeks early. cheryl conner hit the slopes to see if there are higher expectations for this ski season. you may not know it but it has been snowing since last friday. the snow machine at the liberty mountain resort are running 24/7 to prepare the slopes for opening day tomorrow. >> this is the first for the nephew and mom. >> they got excited. >> speaking of exciting, this year is looking better than last season already. the cold air in business. >> we love the nights in the teens and the 20's degrees to make optical snow. we didn't have any of those days last year. >> last year, liberty was open 71 days. it's all based on the weather. this year, general manager ann weimer is hoping for 90 days right till march. the mountain manager took me up on the snowmobile. crews will be grooming the snow all night. >> so far it is looking pretty good. i like what i see. >> snow is water and cold air. that is why we need the freezing temperatures to make it. >> the season will get started tomorrow morning with anywhere from four to 16 inches of snow on the ground. so far the weather is giving it a lift. liberty mountain resort is in fairfield, pennsylvania, five mills from maryland. >> i love this i'm a snow lover. i'm probably in the minority. jonathan: nice to have that season. bill: i see that and i get jealous. jonathan: i want to ski. i hope the mountains get tons of snow. michelle: nothing beats the real powder. bill: let me show you. we look at a little snow. nothing major whatsoever. the good news the temperatures now in the higher terrain are cool enough to support snow. down here, metro area, 36. not bad. perspective, i suppose. 36. it feels like 27 if you are heading on out. it's on the cold side. but all of the temperatures are for the most part at or above freezing with the exception of some of the colder spots to the west. heading to the zoo lights, 36. drop a degree or so at 7:00. 8:00 is 33. at the freezing mark. wind chill is higher than that. otherwise quiet evening. quiet snowshowers over the western mountains. that is it. i say north, up near the great lakes. philly is 31. looking at 43 in knoxville. tomorrow, we will see a dry morning. a few clouds working on in. i mention the chance of the snow tomorrow. it's quick. looking at noon, to 4:00 or 5:00 p.m. from d.c. to the east. that is what this map is showing. this is not a big snow maker. but it is around midday to the afternoon. it picks up more energy moving off to the other than that it is quiet. i bring this up because we will see the surface temperatures below the freezing so not totally out of the question to get the slick spots on the road. the game on sunday is cool. warmer. winds are light. that is the sunday forecast. rebounding the numbers. look at monday. 53. 54 on tuesday. in the extended looking out officially to the beginning of winter which is thursday. numbers will stay pretty quiet as we hop on in to the weekend. jonathan: getting down to it. this is it. robert: three games left. michelle: how packed with will the stands be? jonathan: i will be at sunday's game. robert: i'm holding you to that. jonatha robert: the redskins wonder the football gods have been all season and why are the students crossing out ses on the signs on can' robert: a big one coming up for georgetown. if you are georgetown arrest a syracuse fan the probably the most storied big east battle in conference history. hoyas will host the orange men. students are having fun with this. all the signs around the campus are crossing out the s. shade! it will stay like that until after the game. >> it's great they are behind us. cross out the s's. you can go around campus and the s's are crossed out so it's good that the school is showing support. no s's until after the game. robert: all right. before you know it, the redskins will be cleaning out the lockers but before that, there is till football to enjoy. three more weeks. hopefully the redskins will end on a high note and end up 8-8 but they need help from the football gods, something deangelo hall says they haven't been getting. >> it's like the b we get a guy pulled down. it's they got tripped up. we trip a guy up, flag. p.i., 15-yard gain. it's very weird in that. football a weird game. >> finally the nats and the right-handed reliever kinsler reportedly agreed to a two-year deal, $10 million guaranteed. jonathan: they did lose 15, 20 players injured. rough year. >> rough for the redskins. jonathan: go with that. robert: that is what we are going with. jonathan: locked in. don't phone a friend. bill: talk about the game again not bad this weekend. by sunday upper 40's. 50's next week. this is not bad for this time of year. we should haven't anything major and tuesday another round of rain showers approaching the start of winter on thursday. mild. right now christmas eve looking great. jonathan: we would like a white christmas. >> i would, too. >> "world news tonight" up next. >> see you at 11: energy we used came from renewable resources? 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