This is not intended as a departure from the strong commitment to facilitate lasting peace agreement. We want an agreement that is a great deal for the israelis. Great deal for the palestinians. Those opposed to the deal says the u. S. Is no longer acting as mediator for two state solution. You have made it difficult for the United States to act as an unbiased broker in any peace negotiations. When everybody warns that this is a bad idea you might want to give credence that this could be a bad idea. The ranking republican senator says it shouldnt matter. If you allow someone to say all right have it my way wher should not be in the position of the country. Benjamin netanyahu praised president trumps move and a dire reaction from the Palestinian Authority president. Mahmoud abbas said that trumps decision will lead us in to wars that will never end. President trump says democrats are to blame if there is a government shutdown. Congress has until friday to pass a spending bill. Developing now senator al franken is set to make an announce 9 tomorrow about the calls for him to resign. Tonight 31 of franken colleagues caller if him to step down after a former aid accused the minnesota democrat of trying to kiss her after draw a line in the sand and say none of it is acceptable. We should be held to the higher standard, not the lower standard and be valuing women. That is where the debate has to go. Ed the latest accuser the latest accuser is the sixth woman to say that franken assaulted or harassed her and the Ethics Committee is looking into the investigation. Larry calls after six other women filed lawsuit against Harvey Weinstein saying they represent dozens if not hundreds of women assaulted by weinstein. Alison since the weinstein scandal broke it seems like every day we hear of another man accused of assault and harassment. That is part of the reason that Time Magazine named the silence breakers as people of the year. Lindsey mastis has reaction. Nd throughout the United States. A lot of reaction online including from those involved with the project and with time. We are getting insight because of it. This tweet reads lips getting the a lindsey getting the attention of congress as well. Time recognizing what women have known. There are men among us who use position of power and influence to manipulate, harass and assault women. Some are bringing up the commanderinchief as well. A woman writes lindsey people are focusing on changes made because of the silence back to you. Larry a week from today election workers in Fairfax County will recount ballot for the 40th house district. Tim hugo leads by 106 votes. Two other house recounts are in the works with another expected. Depending on the outcome the democrats can take control of the chamber for the First Time Since 2000. A big change on the first of the year for the virginia drivers. You wont have to put inspection stickers in the center of the windshield anymore. January 1 they will go in the lower left corner like much of the rest of the country. Virginia state police say they dont want them to conflict with the vehicle crash avoidance system on the newer vehicles. Larry its december 6. It feels like december out there for once. Chief meteorologist bill kelly is live on capitol hill tonight with another sign of the season. Hey, bill. Bill yes what is up with the 60s and the 70s we ha that is nice. Another sign we are getting close here to the christmas time is the Christmas Tree lighting going on tonight. The event kicked off. People are here speaking. We have official lighting here set for 5 30, 5 28 is what they are shooting for. We are if the mid40s. 47 another 5 00. 46 at 6 00. There is plenty of cloud cover out there. We are talking about a cooler weekend. Even cooler next week in a bit. Back to you. Jonathan we have breaking news out of missouri where a small plane has crashed into a gas station near st. Louis. This is a live look now at the scene in suburban chesterfield. The pilot died as the plane hit a car and a gas pump. No one on the ground was hurt. Authorities say the pilot trying to reach a local airport but didnt make it. The investigation is now underway. Alison now new information after an 11yearold was shot in suitland. We first brought you breaking news as the story unfolded last night at 11 00. Stephen tschida is live in suitland. What have you learned about the gunman and what happened here . Stephen well, alison, we learned that this man is 33 years old. The gun was his legally. It was in the town home. As last report the boy is in critical condition. Military, putting his legally owned gun away. He told investigators he had it in his hand when it went off. 11yearold boy struck in the upper body. He was watching the boy at the time. Im not criticizing nobody but i wouldnt have had a weapon around any kid. The man is cooperating. He told them he picked up the child and ran to his neighbor the boys mother. She was at home. He drove the injured child and the mother to the joint base andrews where they stabilize boy and transferred the child to Children National medical center. Where he underwent surgery. The boy is still in critical condition. Loretta hamilton stopped by. Her daughter lives around the corner. I hope and pray he will be okay. That is why i came here to see how the boy now the investigation continues. Once it wraps up if findings will be handed off to the state Attorney Office for review. And possibly charges. Reporting live, stephen tschida, abc7 news. Larry several raids across the area as the federal agencies crack down on the gang activity. Brad bell is live outside the f. B. I. Headquarters in northwest with what is happening now. Brad . Brad yeah, will, its it is possible raids are going on. Difficult to find out because a lot of the Court Documents are sealed. What the sources are telling us is this is a big deal. A big effort. It was in fact a joint effort. Between the a. F. T. And the f. B. I. An investigation that started last spring. The tar get gangs daling with the guns and drugs. We are told that it yielded arrests over several arrests made. Today is the day they really want to fan out and round people up. We do not know the exact number yet. But sources told me it is in the double digits and so it is at least ten. For gangs involved, we know one gang according to the documents is the bloods gang. There is a person in particular that the Law Enforcement refers to as a ring leader here. Someone that the others they were targeting said they were scared of. We dont know for sure but we believe he was one of those who was targeted today. Documents are sealed but we will stay on the case and bring details as they are available. Brad bell, abc7 news. Alison keep us posted. Thank you. Early morning crash in aspen hill killed a gaithersburg man. 28yearold mario flores Georgia Avenue is closed for much of the morning commute. Jonathan take a moment to see if you can bring a missing man home. This is a picture of william smith. 81yearold last seen at his home in the Woodland Village neighborhood of indian head but its not clear when he left there. He wears glasses and he could have on a tan jacket and tan pants. If you see him, please call the police. Alison coming up at 5 00, growing chorus of commuter complaints. What a group is planning to do to fight the new tolls along i66. Smoke replaces smog over los angeles and what crews are doing to stop the fires now. Alison later making sure the military families have the meals they need on the home front for the holidays. Larry we are standing by for lighting of the capitol Christmas Tree. Well your brain is an amazing thing. But as you get older, it naturally begins to change, ven trouble with recall. 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This is frightening. The new fire in los angeles burning up to the normally busy 405 freeway. Shutting it down and charring multimillion dollar homes in bel air. This is a horal area to have a fire like this horrible area to have a fire like this. They are some of the hundreds of the structures damaged or destroyed in multiple out of control fires. We cant describe what im the creek fire in l. A. County forcing 120,000 people to evacuate. At least 27,000 others forced from the homes by the thomas fire in censure ra county. The flames were so big. We packed up. Everybody is gone. Flames scorching 80,000 acres so far. Fueled by strong santa ana winds gusting up to 60 miles per hour. Low humidity and the bone dry brush. With this area it has been years since anything burned at all. Several firefighters injured trying to save houses and lives. This one collapsing in the street overcome by heat. Some residents with hoses in hand staying behind to help in the firefight. We came together and we put out the fires. Any hot spots that we could. They werent able to put them all out in the neighborhood. The flames just jumped unpredictably. This house was destroyed but the one next door was untouched. Across the street a couple other leveled. Marci gonzalez, abc7 news. Jonathan devastating. Happening at home, the Christmas Tree lighting. Alison paul ryan is set to flip the switch in 15 minutes. And bill kelly is there as well. Hi, bill. This is a beautiful night. We start with this vantage point. This is a beautiful sunset out there. A crack in the clouds to get the colors. The sun went down half an hour ago. We are still talking and red deto light it in 15 minutes ready to light it in 15 minutes. The top of the tree is unique. This tree from montana, and the way it split, they could use it and 20pound star alone will never be used again. It weighs 90 pounds. That is an interesting stat. If you are heading out. Delightful night. Winds are not strong. Much cooler than it was at the same time yesterday. 43 frederick. Woodbridge at 44. If we compare temperatures to the same time yesterday look at the difference. We are down between roughly 10 to 20 degrees from the time yesterday. Eastbound 25 degrees cooler. Dover is 23 down from yesterday. For the rest of the night, keep temperatures in the midtothe low 40s. Not bad. 45 at 7 00. 45 by 8 00. Midtolow 30s around the area tonight. Watch what happens. Some of the clouds break. We are not expecting rain for the daytime tomorrow. A nice thursday. This is stopped at 7 00 on friday. Notice the green creeping up to vals. This is what bears matching. You notice the green is not in the area. It is off to the east and south. There are models that want to bring it closer there could be snowflakes. Youll be clear. This is east of our area. This is that bears watching. This is what it looks like at 7 00 on saturday. If you go to eastern virginia and west virginia. Or north carolina. That is, you can encounter snowflakes there as well. This is not a bad day. Highs in the mid40s. A little below normal. We should be around 50. There are flurries that are not out of the area. We could have a weekend. Yet another front the third one to roll through in a week. Wednesday is a High Temperature a week from today. 33 degrees. Different everything. This is 41 or the 47 or so. Its rebounding but its cooler than it has been of late. Today is below normal for the high. We are minutes away from the tree lighting. Well bring it to you. For now im chief meteorologist bill kelly. Back to you. Larry thanks. Imagine sitting down on the subway to find two Musical Legends next to you. Nancy yeah. Alison well explain that. Hero 24 7 on patrol. Im kellye lynn at the library of congress. Visit from a w. W. E. Super star. That story coming up in spotlight on education. Alison but first a look at what is coming up tonight larry Adrianna Hopkins with a preview of tomorrows good morning washington. Adrianna thanks. Tomorrow on good morning washington, warning on a new email phishing scam targeting ebay, paypal and amazon and how to avoid getting ripped off. Creator of the thanks and giving campaign will talk about the strategy to give free cancer care to every child who needs it. Wake up with us for traffic able weather every ten minutes starting at 4 25 a. M. On good morning washi larry hundreds of local students packed the library of congress for a celebrity book reading. As kellye lynn shows us in the spotlight on education, the reader of the w. W. E. Superstar. Kellye a thunderous reception as the star of wrestling and film took the stage. Who is that . A w. W. E. Wrestler. The 16time World Champion wasnt in d. C. To wrestle but to read. Once upon a time in sp there was a boy named ferdinand. The wrestler turned actor is the voice behind the leading character. The message of the book is strong. Be happy being yourself. We talk about a book that he is going to play in, that is really cool. Im going to go see the movie. Its a great movie. The fun on screen is a direct reflection of the fun we had making it. I had an easy part. I just stand at the sound booth. They took my voice to create the universe. Its a great movie. With a message he hopes children will embrace. Even if you are different like ferd and in and you like ferdinand and you like to smell the flowers, as long as youre happy, thats cool. At the library of congress, kellye lynn, abc7 nathan im nathan baca. We are looking into the grade fixing allegations. Lawmakers say enough is enough for the i66 tolls. Im explain how they are taking their fight to richmond when abc7 news at 5 00 four. Three. Two. One. [applause] larry moments ago House Speaker paul ryan getting help from a boy named riley to light the u. S. Capitol christmas. Riley is from montana. So is the tree. There you go. Alison beautiful. I love to see that. The Group Airline for americans predicts a Record Number of us will travel for the holidays. It expects 51 million americans to travel over the holiday. Its about 80,000 passengers every day. Larry the fight for tolls is heati taxpayers were lied to and they are taking the fight to richmond. Tonight, the instapoll asking should the tolls on i66 be capped . Go to the abc7 news app to click on explore to get to abc7 votes. Transportation reporter between sam sweeney is live on your side with the brewing battle. Sam . We are heard of the prices of 30 to 40. They will demand that vdot suspend the program. They say what is happening is highway robbery. Vdot called it a winwin. The single drivers can use 66 in rush hour for a fee. Car pooling is still free. It sounds great. Unless people with the hybrids can use it. I also understand people were cheating and going to the one person and not paying. Fine. Pay for it. Some are calling for vdot to cap the to prices and lower the toll prices altogether. This is not the right thing to do. There are ways to do this. Move people to move the cars to an efficient manner. Without having to get a parttime job. He says he is calling for program to be suspended if there are not immediate changes. How much more volume son the side streets now that the drivers are steering clear of 66 . We have that coming up at 6 00. Reporting live along 66 in arlington, im sam sweeney. Abc7 news. The state board of education expected to tackle the albalawi High School Grade fixing allegations for the first time this everything. This is part of the ateam investigation and it caused removal of the principal this week. Nathan baca is live outside the state board of education. Nathan . Nathan behind the doors the state board of Education Holding the first meeting since the albalawi High School News came out. Its the humam khalil abumulal with the ballou High School News came out. Some have expressed concern they have not received communication from the Chancellor Office this week about the investigation. However the word eight board member tells us he is getting regular update from the chancellor. On the table is an up a jit on graduation requirements. They first reported monday how one proposal gets rid of the requiring algebra ii and classes of world history, government and the d. C. History. If you dont learn soft skills how to show up on time and how to speak to communicate as well as the math and the english. You are not going to succeed in life. We need to do better. That graduation requirement task force still expects to take a while to figure out the actual final proposal that will be coming forward. Reporting live in northwest washington, nathan baca, abc7 news. Larry meanwhile Maryland Governor larry hogan plans to meet with the naacp next week to talk about the grade issue and the Branch Graduation rates in prince georges county. According to the investigation more than 5,000 students had the grade changed. Alison most parents continue to support Adult Children after they leave home and a it could cost them big retirement. A new study that reveals 80 of parents paid for their childs living expenses. More than half cover grocery bills. 28 paid for at least some college tuition. Or loans. Experts say parents would have nearly a quarter Million Dollars more. A loveable dog. Larry meet the hero dog saving