Okay steve. Lots the 30s. Cool afternoon and a very cool weekend. Details on the Weather Forecast and maybe a snowflake in the forecast as well. Erin. Unfortunately a busy crowded morning around the dmv. Traffic easing a bit on new york avenue. We had an earlier disabled tractortrailer by montana avenue that set us back. Outer loop parked with a. M. 30 minute delay solid crawling along from 95 to 270. Huge delays on suitland parkway inbound. On 50 traffic is once again moving westbound after an overturned tractorTrailer Crash really set us back at Cape Saint Claire road. We have team coverage. Fox5s annie yu shes out on location with the very latest. Reporter h hey, erin. The good news is the lanes reopened westbound. Eastbound youre good too. The miles of backup along the bay bridge. Bay bridge headed into d. C. Check this out. Just miles and miles of backups that sort of accumulated over the last five, six hours. Finally being let through. Along route 50 near Cape Saint Claire road. We are told that this is the result of a tractortrailer accident that happened around 2 oclock this morning. The tractortrailer overturned to its side. Were told the drivers okay. No one was injured. But pretty much crews were out here trying to get all of this debris taken care of because there was a fuel spill, there was also Meat Products scattered across both of the westbound and eastbound sides. Now, all westbound lanes of route 50, again, reopened after hours of being closed. But its bumper to bumper out here, so please keep that in mind. Youre slow going but you are moving. Back in you to guys in the studio. Annie thanks very much. Two past the hour right now. Developing in Montgomery County overnight firefighters investigating a possible case of arson after crews responded to a townhouse on cedarwood drive in rockville after 2 00 a. M. One person was injured two displaced from the home. One person is in custody. That incident is under investigation. Police investigating a deadly shooting in southwest around 11 oclock last night or forrester street. Officers on the scene found man who had been shot in the chest. He later died. Now, at this time theres still no word on a suspect. Also in d. C. , overnight smoke inside of a homeless shelter forced residents out into the street. Firefighters say they traced the smoke back to a small smoldering fire in one of the ducts. No injuries reported and the injury has been deemed safe. Residents have been allowed back into that building. If your normal drive takes you on 95 through Stafford County you might see some activity tomorrow aimed at solving a painful mystery. The search for the remains of Pamela Butler. Fox5s bob barnard is live in northwest with more on this update. Bob, good morning. Reporter hey, allison, steve, good morning to you. Yes, this is where Pamela Butler lived and was murdered back in febru the basement of her home here on Fourth Street northwest. Her then boyfriend Jose Rodriguez cruz has recently pled guilty to the murder explained what happened and told the authorities that he did bury her body along i95 in Stafford County and we believe tomorrow morning, Virginia State police, d. C. Police, homicide detectives will be there searching the woods on along both the north and southbound lanes and also in the median for the remains of Pamela Butler. She was an analyst with the epa when she disappeared. This has been a mystery for many years but again, mr. Cruz has admitted to killing her and now is we believe not physically going to but verbally tell the authorities where they can find her body. Last night we spoke to derek butler, via video chat, the brother of Pamela Butler. I hope that hes telling the truth. I believe that the District Attorney and the him pretty good before we actually made the deal. So, im hopeful but i do have mixed emotions about it. Even though we know what happened to my sister, shes still missing. She didnt have a proper burial. She doesnt have a proper resting place and thats what we want for her. Reporter now, we believe that perhaps as early as tomorrow this haunting mystery for many years may finally come to an end for the butler family. Jose Rodriguez Cruz is serving a 12 Year Prison Sentence after pleading guilty to the murder, guys. Bob, thank you very much. That sounds ominous, tuck. Yeah, nothing terribly ominous around here. Its going to be cool today. A couple of flakes tomorrow maybe. Parts of the area, yes, southeast of us maybe a few flakes. Well talk about those in a second. Lets get to it. Yeah, temps overnight going back into the 20s and 30s so feeling like december not the very blustery wind conditions we had yesterday morning. But still going to be on the chilly side this afternoon. Current numbers Reagan National the warm spot at 43. Dulles has bounced up to 34 and the bwi marshall 36 but much of the area again in kind of the low to mid 30s here to start your morning. It will be a cool afternoon. I think well get a little more sunshine than yesterday so well go partly sunny today and we will be dry here locally. Notice the lake effect snows kicking up in new york and we may get a chance for a few flakes around here both tomorrow evening with a weak area of low pressure off the coast. Saturday well get a little clipper system thats going to reinforce the cold air but might bring a few snow showers on saturday, so nothing terribly exciting but at least we got something to talk about. 50 this afternoon. That will be in the city. Much of the area doesnt get out of the 40s. Take your jacket. It will be a cool december afternoon but pleasant with partly sunny conditions. Thank you, tucker. Thank you. All right, erin getting any better out there . You know, a little bit but delays from the Eastern Shore. This is a look at skyfox as annie yu gave us in the team coverage, 50 westbound lanes have reopened at exit 29. Youre no longer forced to detour at Cape Saint Claire road over to college park to two. We have heavy delays lingering from the bay bridge to past that that point at exit 29. Give yourself 45 extra minutes. Eastbound side all lanes reopened as well. Lets switch over for a look at that delay as you come off the bay bridge from kent island. Seeing big slowdowns. Look at that, guys, just a minute ago it was standstill so i guess since theyve reopened those lanes thats really easing so thats extremely good news for your morning commute. Unfortunately elsewhere were still dealing with big problems. Even though a crash on suitland parkway just cleared between stanton road and alabama avenue, delays. Pennsylvania avenue inbound seeing significant delays. This is a look at a crash 95 northbound at Prince William parkway coming from virginia through dale city into wo crash blocking the right lane right shoulder. A 30minute delay from dale city to the beltway. This is a look 95. 27 minute ride. Do you hit that backup in woodbridge keep that in mind in the main lanes. No crashes just some heavy volume building. As we take a look inside the beltway dont forget this is the first week so just want to remind everyone you need an ez pass, ez pass flex if you are traveling on those hov lanes through 9 30 this morning inside the beltway from the beltway through rosslyn. This is the inner loop in great shape. Outer loop heavier across the legion bridge. The inner loop Saint Barnabas road to the wilson bridge 20 minute trip. Been seeing really heavy volume in oxon hill as you try to get from pennsylvania avenue down across the bridge. Give yourself extra time. 395 typical delays. Metro is on time except for ongoing red line delays for the Capital Improvement project. Back to you guys. Lets get to the breaking news coming out of Southern California overnight. More wildfires and mor winds, high winds i should say. Fire crews battling those strong winds trying to save as many homes as possible. Its a tough battle right now. So far more than 100,000 acres of land has been scorched mostly from the thomas fire, that was the big one that started in Ventura County north of los angeles quite a bit but these pictures are from right outside los angeles. Another fire there threatening the famed wealthy neighborhood of belair just northwest of l. A. Evacuees found plenty of company on the road last night driving by the flames swallowing the hillside. Back in Ventura County some people digging through the rubble of what used to be their homes. The photos and the mementoes and the you know, the family heirlooms theyre gone and theyre not coming back. Thats all that mattered was that we were okay and our dog was okay. Now we just have to were going to start over. The toxic smoke from the fires forced the closure of nearly 300 schools in Southern California and the worst is yet to come. Hurricane force winds up to 80 Miles Per Hour expected in some areas later today. Already had some 85 miles an ho malibu. Well have a live report from california coming up in 15 minutes. We are also hours away from a huge announcement on senator al frankens political future. A chorus of calls for franken to step aside in the wake of Sexual Misconduct allegations grew very loud yesterday when more than 30 senators said their colleague has to go. Fox5s Melanie Alnwick is live on the hill this morning with more now. Good morning, mel. Reporter good morning, steve and allison. Senator frankens office tweet ted last night that he is meeting with his family but that any reports that a final decision has been made are inaccurate. Yesterday a seventh and eighth accuser came forward. Whatever senator al franken is thinking right now, hes keeping it to himself or at least within a tight circle. Many of his Senate Colleagues have largely abandoned him. I do not feel that he should continue to serve. Reporter one member of congress after another came forward on twitter to call on franken to allegations from a seventh accuser, the atlantic quickly followed with a story of an eighth. If franken does resign it may also have to do with congressman john conyers who was forced to resign this week after numerous Sexual Harassment allegations. Some of his supporters in the Congressional Black Caucus suggested there was a double standard as long as franken clung to his seat and conyers gave up his. But in both cases, democrats point to President Trump who has faced his own accusations of Sexual Harassment. [cheers and applause] reporter and then there is roy moore. The Alabama Republican Senate candidate could win next weeks special election. After numerous allegations of Sexual Harassment and assault moore would put Senate Republicans in a bind and would almost certainly become both the subject of a Senate Ethics investigation and a potent weapon for democrats in next years midterm elections. What the democrats are doing is making ready, they are battening down the hatches as they get ready to launch an allout assault o especially over roy moore. Reporter now, we should mention going back to senator al franken that only one of those eight allegations is alleged to have occurred while franken was a sitting senator and he has said that he will cooperate with any Senate Ethics investigation. As far as the timing of that announcement today his office so far has not said the time or the place. Live on capitol hill, im Melanie Alnwick, fox5 local news. Mel, thanks very much. 7 12 now. The other big story on capitol hill today, action to avoid a Government Shutdown. Federal agencies run out of money at midnight tomorrow. House leaders have planned a vote for today on a bill to keep the government running at least through december 22nd. The senate is due to take it up after that. Avoiding a Government Shutdown will likely be a big topic when President Trump meets with Democratic Leaders nancy pelosi and Chuck Schumer later today. Tensions remain high in the middle east this morning as the fallout continues from the president s historic move recognizers let me as israels capitol. Several World Leaders calling for an emergency session of the United Nations to discuss the issue. The United States issuing warnings to americans abroad about the possibility of protests. Just hours ago the leader of hamas called for uprising in the wake of President Trumps decision. Big protests planned nationwide today including right here in the district in an attempt to save net neutrality. Details after the break. Hey, what would the day be without yet another traffic issue . Oh, boy. I know. Thats kind of the way its been the last couple days. This is 95 northbound down in woodbridge an area that needs no help when it comes to congestion this time of the mornin messenger folks if you havent left yet. Erin will have details in a few minutes. Traffic in a weird way its a sign of popularity. Like were a popular city. It is. Everyone wants to be here. And were definitely popping in that category. Okay. All right. Yeah. Were growing. My little spin on it. 43 now in washington. It is going to be a cool day. Mid to upper 40s for daytime highs. I think well see a little more sunshine than yesterday although it wont be complete sunshine as well have some clouds moving through but it should be a nice afternoon. Regionally you can see the chilly temperatures. Binghamton 27 this morning, 29 in detroit. Lake effect snows are kicking in. Ill show you those in a second. I want to just take you out to the l. A. Basin where theyre dealing with santa ana winds and those wildfires. What drives the wildfires are the wins. 85 Miles Per Hour wind gusts. Theres reports of 50, 60, 70 Miles Per Hour wind gusts. Unfortunately theyre not going to get control of over the fires when the winds are blowing that strong. Right. So theyre going to have to wait and see. Looks like 24 more hours of a lot of wind there. For us regionally we are again looking at some clouds just to our south, so well be kind of partly sunny today. Cool. Upper 40s. Take a jacket. There will be a bit of a wind out of the west at about 10 to 15 and well just keep it quiet around here for another 24 hours. Yeah, that is lake effect snows this morning in parts of new york. For us i want to mention we have a few chances for flakes late friday and early saturday east of town. And then during the day on saturday there will be a weak clipper system that could bring us a few snow showers. Again, none of this is a big deal but we havent seen flake yet this year so maybe it will be our first flake of the season. First flake of the season tomorrow. Maybe so. Okay. All right. Erin well give you all the time you need cause i know its busy out there. So sad, guys. Right now 7 17 starting you off with a look on eastwest highway in takoma park maryland. Downed pole and downed wires the traffic youre looking at right now is on New Hampshire avenue. Eastwest highway closed. Should be out there for several hours for cleanups. Avoid that and detour around that. Aside from that 50 out through annapolis dealing with big problems. Lets see. Lets go back let me see if we can forward our maps. My clicker isnt working. This is a look as you make your way out on 270. 42 minute trip between 109 and the local lane split. 42 minute ride there. This is a look right now 66 on the eastbound side. 29 to 234. 13 minute trip to get from gainsville into manassas so be prepared for that. The big story this morning was the bay bridge. Keep in mind that is moving again. 50 is easing delays from the bay bridge through an earlier closure point with a tractorTrailer Crash into Cape Saint Claire. 95 northbound at Prince William parkway crash is blocking the right shoulder and the left shoulder. Disabled tractortrailer. Through woodbridge youre slow. Just about a 30 minute delay from dale city on up. This is a look at the traffic thats startin westbound coming from the sandy point plaza you can see traffic is moving. Id still give yourself about 15 extra minutes to get from kent island into annapolis. Eastbound side is nice and quiet this morning. Aside from that one just keep in mind were dealing with those ongoing red line delays this morning. And were going to keep you moving of the just give yourself extra time to get through that one. 270 delays and 30 minute delay college park 95 to the 270 spur. Whew. I feel like things are kind of stabilizing a little bit so fingers crossed it stays that way. Thanks erin. Uhhuh. 7 19 right now. Today people across the nation and right here in the district will be protesting at their local Verizon Store to stave net neutrality. Its part of a National Eff