Because of crash duke strot and metro turning out to be on time now. I have you covered steve and allison. Thank you very much. Election day in alabama. Voters head to the polls today in one of Biggest Senate races since the president ial election. Roy moore, doug jones battling it out for Jeff Sessions vacated senate seat. Bell mel is live on capitol hill this morning to break on the highly contested senate race, mel. Good morning, steve, allison. When senator Jeff Sessions long time senator from alabama was chosen as trumps pick for attorney general political analysts physical urd that was safe move because there was no way in their opinion that alabama voters would ever fill that seat with dem caxt now race is toss up. And that could mean a shakeup in the senate. And. Jm roy moore wouldnt say much about politics or sports or anything else last night outside final election eave cap pain question validity of recent polls and talk need to challenge establishment. Its difficult to drain
Good day at 9a starts right now. Good right now. Going to be cold a whole lot later. Get ready to snuggle in. Were glad youre with us on this tuesday, december 12th. All right. Ahead this morning were celebrating National Gingerbread house day. With major sugar rush. Well catch up with local chefs at National Harbor to see how they brought this giant display honoring the district live and get this, the entire thing took 340 hours and 200 pounds of powdered sugar to build. Wow. It looks spectacular. I wouldnt where it goes after its done. Somebodys belly. A lot of sugar. Every attempt ive made at Gingerbread House forget about it. You have to have double the candy. You eat the candy. Put it on. Eat the candy. Expert on the way to get the answers to all of our questions. Outside right now. You better get yourselves ready by this time tomorrow well be dealing with arctic blast. Weve been talking about it all morning. Expected to keep temperatures below the freezing mark. Lets send things
Six others were damaged force and no one was hurt. Darya we have a crew headed to the scene. Michelle apon 13,005 under a is a little but overton about the football field the brush is very dry in a steep in that area of the awful dilemma with some pretty warm conditions as of right now 71 degrees will have some live north wind that is not too bad but later on today customer to one of multiple digit heat but mid90s still pretty one does with the firefighters will be dealing with this afternoon along with a string shower thunderstorm chance donald from the mobile application in the news you can follow exactly whats happening but were looking at a little bit closer to the bay area we have mostly cloudy skies. Michelle apon 4 isolated showers and thunderstorms may bet if youre traveling man off to the east heading into top of this weekend your bill will showers and thunderstorms possibly tomorrow but as of right now most of the bay and is pretty much dried. Michelle apon looking at the nor
Your friday night. Looking at the weekend forecast in a few more minutes. Right now it is traffic time that means it is melissa mollets turn. It my turn to talk at benning road. We have the right side of the road blocked there because of a disabled vehicle in the left lane on 295 northbound there at nanny Helen Burroughs avenue, we also have slow downs there. Brand new crash there. We want to warn you if youre coming out of fredrick to the baltimore avenue. Noth crash there as well. 270 at clarks burg, northbound, southbound, looking good. Northbound yesterday around noon, lots of outlet shoppers were headed north and slowing things. Another new crash in maryland. Well talk about that in just a second. Just in to our newsroom, new numbers indicate donald trump has pulled within seven points of Hillary Clinton in virginia this according to the wason service that stands at 46 to 39 . Key findings include clintons lead among women and millennials and trumps strong lead over white voters a
Area teenager. Good evening im pam moore. Steve tonight friends and family are hopeful she is okay. 15yearold pearl pinson was abudcted in public in vallejo wednesday. The man believed to have taken her was shot and killed yesterday in southern california. Pam today, investigators were in sonoma county. Searching on land. And in the water. For any sign of pearl. Searchrers ahead. But first, kron 4s Justine Waldman was with pearls family and friends. Reporter only getting harder for the family. Rose and since sister the florida abortion is less show were in peoples hearts. Reporter one of the be here to show their support. The 15 yearold freshman vanished on wednesday but mrs. Heard screaming and gunshots coming from the overpass by her house man witnesses say was dragging her against her will 19 year old castro died in a shootout with police in Santa Barbara on thursday. Possibly taking any answers as to where she could be. Along with the sadness the family feels comes a deep determina