National captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] larry because of the lingering ice issues, scoop some schools are still closed today. Twohour delay for saint marys, calvert, fredericksburg, and matheson county. Veronica i really think that this will be the last day to see that. Autria go to wjla. Com text to get text alerts on whether your Childs School is closed. Larry from the 20s to the 60s. Veronica its going to be huge, everybody, huge. [laughter] veronica theres a small system to the west of us. The might be a county or two around here with isolated that have some slick conditions. All of that blue represents the snow. As you get into the morning into we could switch over the light snow and maybe a little bit of rain or freezing on contact. Until about 9 a. M. This morning, temperatures are lower now. Freezing, 32. 5 00, 33 degrees. On futureat area weather. By 10 00 a. M. A. M. , we have got more chances for rain coming our way. I will track to ship for you and show you how much rain we could get out of the system in about 10 minutes. Roads, heavy volume delays on the outer loop of the capital beltway were we makingports of a crash your way past colesville road. The accident on the left side of the highway, already seeing delays out of college park. Story this morning is the fatal crash after compton road where only the left lane is able to get by of this time. Is outsidenedy mobile trak 7. Whats the latest . Any further information you can suzanne we want to give you a live picture right now so you can see whats going on. Fairfax police are about three hours into the investigation. This scene taking place on braden can drive at the compton village neighborhood. You can see a white utility van hit a tree, one person is dead and a second person was transported with nonlifethreatening injuries to an area hospital. No word yet on why the van went off the right side of the roadway. Back here live you can see that one lane is getting by as the investigation continues. Of course we are going to be monitoring the will pass along any new information as it becomes available. Reporting live this morning, Suzanne Kennedy. Back to you. Autria this morning crews are for ag fireplace ashes fire that destroyed a Silver Spring home. 75 firefighters were called to knock down the flames and the only person inside escaped unharmed. Damage is estimated at 300,000. To business onwn capitol hill as lawmakers begin for thetion hearings president elect Donald Trumps cabinet. Jeff sessions will appear before the Senate Judiciary committee at 9 30 this morning. His hearing in the afternoon. For other hearings are set for tomorrow, including the secretary of state nominee, rex tillerson. Confirmation hearings for cabinet picks have been the nominee for the secretary of education was originally scheduled for tomorrow, but that has been delayed until next week , the move coming after democrats raised concerns that some background and ethics reviews had yet to be finished. Back over to you. Autria . Autria a farewell eight years in the making, president obama will be making his final address to the country. He said its a chance to say thank you for his amazing journey. Josh earnest describes the speech as forwardlooking and heartfelt. Brieflypected to discuss his administrations accomplishments before offering his thoughts on the challenges the country faces. Tickets are selling for 5,000 on ebay and craigslist. Hillary clinton will make her Second Public appearance in d. C. Since losing the president ial election, speaking during the opening of a new exhibition and museum are department that will be partly named after her. The Diplomacy Center will house and artifacts. One of the four exhibition halls will be called hillary a lot of you Hillary Rodham clinton pavilion. It has happened again. The Washington Monument once again goes dark. A tale of two watch parties. The heartbreak in the late game triumph. Its go time at dunkin with two wakeup wraps for 3. Enjoy two freshly made oventoasted wraps with bacon, sausage, or ham and keep on all day. America runs on dunkin. If you are well rested, you missed a good football classic. Rematch between alabama and clemson went down to the final second. Trailing in the final quarter for the first time all season long, the second true freshman, quarterback to win a National Title, the first since 1985. Clemson opted not to go for the field goal and was down inside instead, watson had the gamewinning touchdown pass with , winning the go National Title 35 to 31, their first since 1981. Pretty good stuff down there. Thenica i love the end of game like that, where somebody gets the gatorade with ice on them. Well, you would not want that and conditions like this. Look at this, again, the air, pax river, 29. Gainesville, 25 degrees. The air is cold but it is also very dry. Keep that in mind when you look at t radar. These are snow showers, a big batch of it off to the west, western maryland, a lot of it really evaporating and not reaching the ground. There could still be the possibility of a few flakes, switching over from light snow to some showers here and there. Gains we are seeing in middletown, winchester, moving east it could hit areas like. Arry Veale Berryville maybe with spotty, slick road conditions. Greasy, wind just over 20 miles per hour. Thats ok, at least its going to be warmer. Tomorrow when the wind picks up, 52 is the high temperature. The warmth coming in we could see some fog and we will talk about the weekend wintry weather, coming up. Stretch of theop capital beltway we have read working your way through Silver Spring. The accident occurred before Georgia Avenue on the left side of the highway, which is why traffic is at a standstill as you ke your way past colesville road. Randolph road north of the beltway, that a fatal crash remaining under virginia,ion here in northbound, where only the left lane is able to get past the scene. Southbound, your lanes are open. More trouble in virginia. Got an accident involving a adlib its bill road. No one is able to get past the scene northbound and southbound. In 10 minutes we will update your ride. The big apple, taking on the president elect. New York City Council cannot stop talking about donald trump, next. News, andaking overnight police chase coming to jummy breaking overnight, a police chase in california coming to a dramatic end. The man leading the chased down the highway for more than two hours before police eventually opened fire in used swat teams and canines to finally get him out of the car, the suspect stopping to taunt Police Multiple Times during the pursuit shutting down the 405 in both directions. This morning we are learning that the man is a gang member and a potential murder suspect in the deadly shooting of his sisterinlaw. As soon as we get any new details out of the left coast, we will be sure to let you know. Man accused of shooting five people in a shooting spree at the Fort Lauderdale airport has been ordered to be held without bond. Esta von santi on go faces charges and for the first time we are hearing from the family of the accused shooter. My deepest condolences to the innocent people that lost their lives or were injured. The families, friends, my mothers, brothers, and sisters. Santi argo has reportedly confessed to the crimes, but the motive remains a mystery so far. Larry a roadblock for the death with dignity bill. Jason chavez says the he plans Congressional Authority to block the bill. This would have made the district the seventh jurisdiction to allow doctors to help end the lives of terminally ill patients. He tells reporters that he fundamentally disagrees with the bill. Ahead, a funeral mass will be held for virginias longestserving state senator. Charles colden died last week at the age of 90, representing the 29th district for a record 40 years and the funeral mass begins at 10 30 this morning in manassas. He served as an usher there for 50 years and he will be buried at stonewall. Autria the new York City Council is all about donald trump. More specifically they will look at the impact of paying to protect the president elect on the city. The big apple already asked for the federal government to pay for his security costs. The first bill they posted was 35 million. Larry new word this morning from the National Parks service Washington Monument goes dark. Including the red aviation lights, which is important for airplanes. Officials telling abc seven that it was because of a ground fault, a leak or a gap in the power system meaning that the entire structure was getting zero power. We were looking back to admire the Washington Monument and lo and behold, it was gone, just lack. A differents problem from last week when the lighting system went out of sync. They were up and running at about 7 15. The crew will be back out there this morning to double check and triple check the electrical systems. Agoia it wasnt that long when they talk about a makeover following the 2011 earthquake. The price tag was 15 million. The scaffolding came down about 2. 5 years ago and that was equal to the amount of time it took to place. The monument is close to visitors until 2019. Us,ase you are just joining because of lingering ice issues, spotsylvania, king george, west moreland schools will be closed today. You can be the first to know if your Childs School makes a schedule change, head to wjla. Com text to sign up for text alerts. Larry why not throw on the perfect cup of coffee using science this morning . This man quit his job as a biochemist and have the goal of literally making the perfect cup of coffee. Hebrews all the joe himself and takes environment into the factor for every batch. He also double filters is water and uses Laboratory Techniques to control every facet of the brew. You can learn more from our online partner. That is a lot of time. Au im in. [laughter] of course. Autria beans . [laughter] larry backyard with a bag. These are good. [laughter] yeah these were good, amazon, it was a great show on the making of coffee. Autria did it not work . Veronica i need more hosing. Its all about the right temperature. Larry i want to see that video. [laughter] autria finally get the outside temperature first . [laughter] veronica that would be ice coffee today. A. M. , slick spots around the area. Im trackinghat with snow showers and flurries. If it doesnt evaporate we could see it materialize in some of these locations. Off to the east, good chances until 9 a. M. , 10 a. M. This morning, staying west of the area. Degrees, we have been in the deep freeze ever since friday. It will feel like the 20 when the system comes through and we have some ripples over the next couple of days in the wind picks up. Theer chance of rain for next one. Wednesday morning, 6 00 a. M. , possibility for rain until about 6 a. M. , 7 00 a. M. And if you are wondering what the weekend looks we are heading back to the real cold stuff this weekend and there could be a bit in the way of some wintry weather, but very little around the area and something that you need to know. Expanded forecast for you, Martin Luther king jr. Day, 52 is theig on the hourly forecast coming up in about 10 minutes. This busy ride shaping up tuesday, moving over to the map we can show you the delays for those traveling in virginia at compton road where we had the left lane squeezing by. Suzanne kennedy is live at the scene tweeting that they should be opening this up shortly. Another crash involving a tractortrailer, southbound at lovettsville road, northbound and southbound on 15 its closed in each direction. Top side of the beltway, the outer loop in each direction, a crash on the left side of the highway,s so for delays at college park. Before the beltway that was tying up the left side of the highway. In with blueking line delays towards largo due to a train malfunction outside king street. Thats the traffic watch, back in the next 10 minutes. Afoot and lighthearted i take to the open road. Healthy, free, the world before me, the long brown path before me leading wherever i choose. The east and the west are mine. The north and the south are mine. You are watching good morning washington, on your side. 6 24 is the time this tuesday morning. Take a look, the lights are back they had issues last night, but they restored power at just. Like 10 19 last night larry said, snap a picture while you can, who knows how long it will last this time. Larry exactly, my goodness. A manhunt is on the way for the alleged killer of a police officer. This morning in our gma first look, police are searching for a man they say gunned down in orlando officer. We are bringing this dirt bag to jail. Walmartty outside this when a shopper alerted her that a wanted murder suspect named Marquis Floyd was in the store. Had a security vest on and everything, walking right by me. Im walking right past the officer and i heard him say and he shot her, he shot her there and he took off running. Sergeant clayton died at the hospit. Can tell you that it doesnt matter where he goes, we will track them down to the ends of the earth, trust me on that. We will have the latest on the search for the killer, coming up. My husband wants to stay free from artificial ingredients. Whole family nts to stay free from artificial preservatives. And my debit card wants to stay on a diet. Fill your cart with giants natures promise brand. Great prices on over 800 organic and freefrom items. Eat well for less. My giant. Always wins. Especially in my business. With slow internet from the phone company, you cant keep up. Youre stuck, watching spinning wheels and progress bars until someonf e else scoops your story. Switch to comcast business. With highspeed internet up to 10 gigabits per second. You wouldnt pick a slow race car. Then why settle for slow internet . Comcast business. Built for speed. Built for business. Rex tillerson put exxons interests before americas. Im not here to represent the us governments interest. Instead, tillerson sided with putin. With billions in russian oil deals. He opposed us sanctions on russia. For war crimes forced to pay hundreds of millions for toxic pollution. Putting profits ahead of our kids health. And protect american interests not corporate interests. Now, good morning washington, on your side. It makes you uneasy and its very sad and upsetting. Larry a Montgomery County couple targeted. The hateful message and what they say vandals did that makes this extra frightening. Larry finally cracking the freezing mark today, you are definitely going to have to bundle up if you step outside. We are getting there. Small victory. Baby steps. Thermometer, climbing. 6 30 right now, lets get you over to Veronica Johnson for a quick check on the forecast. Veronica its Something Like inch by inch. Closer to us. You can see the line down towards harrisonburg, all snowsenting a bit of light and flurries. Dont focus so much on the light blue, but the areas of darker blue is where it could be coming down. The air is so dry, a lot of this is of apparatus. Martinsburg, it really is north and west, red, northern talk your county. , switching over to freezing rain by 9 a. M. And after that i think we are fine. Go, 37t temperatures degrees, out in the 20s, to the 30s, finally above freezing. A cold one is what its going to be because we will have the wind to deal with. Wind chill in the upper 20s today. Now, as far as a look at the weekend and into the first part of next week, Martin Luther king day, 52. Julie we are talking about delays on the top side of the capital beltway, it is quite slow at this point as you work your way from college park was the exit for 270. 740 minute commute, sky track went above the crash that caused a lot of the delay and it has now been pushed over to the shoulder. All lanes are now open but it is slow moving from college park headed west. South of the beltway it could serve you well as an alternate. Going back to the map, better news on 28. Braden 10,on road at this activity reporting live at the scene, tweeting out that names are now open. You will find a tractortrailer crash here coming in with all lanes blocked in each direction and traffic being detoured coming out of virginia. On will find delays in down four. Marlboro road. Heading towards largo, experiencing delays at metro due to a train malfunction outside king street. Back in the next 10 minutes with another update on the roads and rails. Jummy d. C. Police looking for a critical missing person. Alexis taylor was last seen a week ago near the van ness metro Station Police say that she may also be known as jonathan sharp. Anyone who may have seen her is asked to contact d. C. Police. Larry developing right now, a message of hate. Autria the target is people who came to america to escape persecution. They say that the attackers knew exactly what they were doing. John it seems that way, autria, and this is a we were talking about swastikas in arlington and now this, a hate crime that occurred to this woman and her husband here at the Regent Square condominiums on saturday. She sat down with abc seven news and spoke to us. Started, we understand, when she hung a black lives matter banner last month outside of her window. Management here said that she had to take it down because no personal signs are allowed. Well, she did. It was gone for about 10 days when the next morning their car was hit with eggs, the building was covered in toilet paper, and a long letter was left on their car including messages and symbols of antisomatic hatred aimed at jews like herself and thoughts of why the black lives Matter Movement is racist and full of hate. This woman says that she fled. She and her family fled ukraine when she w a thing. And now this. It seems so much more personal. So much more we dont like this thing you did, so we have come up with this extra personal way of making you feel terrible