South of that we have delays on 395 northbound across the 14th street bridge. Metro is on time. Well keep you updated on your monday morning ride, guys. Start this hour with news out of Montgomery County right now where the search for a missing teenager ends in tragedy. The young mans body found yesterday in the woods of a bethesda neighborhood. After he went missing on saturday night. Fox5s Melanie Alnwick is now live in bethesda with the latest. Mel. Reporter hey, good morning, steve and allison. Now, this is still an open investigation according to Montgomery County police trying to figure out how and why 17yearold navid sepehri died. It appears that he disappeared after a night out with his friends on saturday. Lets take you to the video of the scene when our fox5 crews arrived, they still saw investigators there, dogs in the woods, flashlights as they were continuing to search for the teen right after they discovered that the body was found looking for more evidence. Now, apparently there was an allday search for him. Th lane in bethesda near the bannockburn swim club. Navid was last seen according to his friends around 11 30 saturday night. Some friends say that he was walking with a group and somehow got separated from them and then they couldnt find him but police have not yet confirmed those accounts. Navid was a 17yearold senior at Walt Whitman High School. In a letter sent to the community the principal says his death appears to be accidental and asked people to remember navids love of art and commitment to others. The medical examiner will have to do an autopsy to determine the manner and cause of death. Theres a number of stories out there on social media that frankly we havent been able to confirm by police so thats why were not really getting into some of those details that you might see circulating around. Also want to let you know that this is likely to be a difficult day for students as they return here to my whitman high school. A few weeks ago at the end of november a 16yearold student died and so this is yet another tragedy that they are process that grief, of course, as usual they will have additional grief counselors here at the school to support those students. Live in bethesda, im Melanie Alnwick, fox5 local news. 7 003 right now. Melanie thank you. In Loudoun County fire officials investigating a deadly house fire. Crews say the fire was well involved when they arrived scene. Right now theres no information on the person who was killed. Also developing i dont of night d. C. Fire and ems responded to a fire on 13th street northwest. That fire was accidental. Originated apparent around a gas fireplace. Three people and two pets displaced. Nobody was hurt and they have somewhere else to stay. And a malfunctioning fireplace is to blame for a house fire in Fort Washington early yesterday morning. Firefighters tell us the home is on breamer circle. It had a missing brick in the chimney. That allowed the the fireplace to shoot into the walls and attic of that home. The fire caused about 200,000 in damage. Lets get to the wildfires in Southern California. The thomas fire the largest one continues to burn out of control forcing new evacuations in ventura and Santa Barbara counties well north of los angeles. Some of those evacuations taking place in the middle of the night. It is the fifth largest fire on record in the state of california burning more than 270 square miles. That is an area larger than new york city. More than 800 homes and other buildings have already been destroyed. This is like unbelievable to me almost. Living here 25 years, ive never even imagined that this was ever going to happen to us. Its probably the scariest experience ive ever had. Certainly its the closest experience ive ever had up close and personal with fire and were talking fire everywhere. Crews say the thomas fire is only 10 percent all new this morning d. C. Police looking for a man who robbed a mcdonalds after climbing through the drive through window. This happened yesterday morning around 5 00 in the morning at the Fast Food Restaurant on Georgia Avenue. Police say that man climbed through the drive through window. Once inside he robbed the ststore and took off with an undisclosed amount of money. Anyone with information is asked to call police. The search continues for a pair of Armed Robbery suspects. The Surveillance Video captured the men entering a hardware to are in petworth just before closing on saturday night. One of the men pulled a gun on the manager and forced her to the back of the store. No one was hurt but the suspects did get away with an undisclosed amount of some and. Lets get our first forecast. What a great weekend. Snow, i think everybody enjoyed it. Yes. Didnt stop people from doing what they had to do. Uhuh. And. Perfect actually. Waking up this morning and everybody is back to work and lets get to it. Looking at temperatures in the tmid 30s. Quiet and cool, thats what were going to go with with again daytime highs a few degrees warmer than yesterday. 36 now in washington. 31 dulles. 36 up in baltimore at bwi marshall. All three area airports record snow on saturday. Between about two and 4inches so well look at that in just a sec. As far as today is concerned, a little bit of cloud cover early. Were getting that east of us. A few flurries up towards philadelphia this morning. And we should gradually turn mostly sunny here late this morning and then later this afternoon well have a few more clouds move in with our next system that will be approaching from the west. In between with High Pressure in charge, 45 today so again a few degrees warmer than yesterday. Thats about where we should be this time of year. Thank you, tucker. My pleasure. Get a check on our commute this morning. Good morning, erin como. Hey, good morning. Im just walking into the studio because we have breaking news. Skyfox is over that crash i showed you at the top of the 7 00 Georgia Avenue at randolph road. This is involving a Police Cruiser. Now luckily no injuries reported. Just property dag blocking two left lanes so traffic is really, really starting to slow on Georgia Avenue northbound north of randolph. Lets take a skyfox view of this crash to show you what youre up against. You can see the cruiser with flashing lights. Another truck in front of that. The officer and truck involved in a crash. Looks like the right lane is just blocked and two left lanes opened. Again, this is Georgia Avenue northbound near randolph road. Luckily no injuries reported. But again, big delays in Montgomery County. Well switch it over from that view of skyfox back to our maps and show you what else youre dealing with this morning. Aside from that big slowdown were dealing with other issues this morning including this crash blocking the left shoulder. This is 66 eastbound after sudley road. Keep it to the left. Schuylkill expressway me. Keep it to the right to get by through that area. As you take a look at that delay its eased a bit from 29 in gainesville to 234 Prince William parkway. Yellow zone 11 minutes but its a big delay as you head toward that location. From 109 to the beltway, 37 minute ride as you try to make your way from clarksburg to the beltway. From 95 to 270 on the outer loop. No crashes there. Just a whole lot of congestion. Same story on the inner loop. Volume picking up but not as bad. As we take a look at the bottom side of the beltway, red zone. Close to 20s minute drive from branch avenue to the wilson bridge. And metro is back to being on time. Capitol Improvement Project wrapped up yesterday for the red line, guys. Well, politically all eyes on the Alabama Senate election. In a race that is still too close to call. Republican roy moore taking on democrat doug jones. This comes as moore continues to try to shake off allegations he made sexual advances on teen girls when he was a deputy district attorney. Maureen umeh joins us with the details. Reporter good morning both of you. A couple polls have given roy moore an edge over democrat doug jones. This is the real clear politics average of polls now 49 percent to 45 percent but still most of these polls are within the margin of President Trump clearly thinks that he can push roy moore over the top as they begin their last full day of campaigning roy moore and doug jones are pursuing two very different strategies. Jones with one Campaign Appearance after another. Moore relying on a last minute push from President Trump who recorded this robo call for alabama voters. Get out and vote for roy moore. His vote is our Republican Senate and its needed. We need roy to help us with the Republican Senate. We will win and we will make America Great again. Reporter after some initial wariness the president is now all in for moore. The former alabama judge who has faced numerous allegations of Sexual Misconduct charges he denied over the weekend. I did not know them. I had no encounter with them. I never molested anyone and for them to say that, i dont know why theyre saying it. But its not true. I am so e relying on new jersey democratic senator cory booker to help him mobilize among others black voters who could ultimately determine the outcome of the race. We know who we are, alabama. We know who we are. This is an election to tell the world who we are. Reporter and as far as the impact of President Trump on this race, one thing to keep in mind trump carried alabama last year by 28 points. Steve and allison. Mo thanks very much. As the president campaigns for moore several of the women who have come forward with accusations of Sexual Assault against President Trump will come together today to demand a congressional investigation. At least 16 women have accused the now president of Sexual Misconduct saying that they demand accountability. Fox5s bob barnard is live at the white house with more on whats expected. Bob. Reporter hey, allison and steve, yes, these 16 women are coming together for the first time today in new york city. All 16 were part of a recently released documentary called 16 women and donald trump. These are women who have accused the president of groping them, forcibly kissing them fondling them hume yell hul 88ing and harassing them. This was before the whole me too movement. These 16 women will be having a News Conference in new york saying they Want Congress to investigate these accusations against President Trump. The white house has basically said all of these women are lying but donald trump in that famous access Hollywood Video from 2005 all but admitted this is what he has done and gotten a way with because hes famous. So, guys well see. This will be a pretty dramatic thing later on this morning with all these women coming together with their accusations of misconduct against the president. Guys. Bob thanks so much. Meantime an overhaul of the countrys tax code is under way with lawmakers and senate bills. One key republican is already sing ling she might not be on board just yet. Controversy in the nfl after a quarterback takes a hard hit and appears to show signs of a concussion and then was allowed back in the game. Why . Well talk about it. Its 7 12. Hello and welcome back everybody. It is 7 14 right now. And normally thats our facebook fan of the day music right there. Well get to it eventually. Lets wait on it. Nice little sunrise this morning, tuck. About an hour and a half away. Facebook fan of the day. Okay, fox5 first five. Surprise. When i hear the ominous weather music i think serious weather. I think its our first december snow in like five years. Its exactly what you called for. Youre so amazing. Allison, thank you, thats sweet. Didnt slow anything down. Business as usual. I made my annual trip to the mall on saturday and it was packed. Were you able to find parking spot within a mile. I actually lucked out. He tells me your presents have both been purchased. You know actually im going to be honest i was out with steve on saturday night. I think he bought himself a present. I did. [laughter] one for you, one for me. We all got presents. Thats okay. 36 now in washington. Well be in the mid 40s later today. It will be a nice afternoon. Should be plenty of sun here kind of late morning. Well get more clouds later today. Our next little clipper system is near chicago and that will bring us a lot of cold air not just cool but cold air for the middle of the week. A little bit of tomorrow and then were right back into the cold by the middle of the week. Look at your daytime highs on wednesday. 32 degrees. Hm. 45 today. 48 tomorrow. Might be a snow shower or a rain shower to the north. Well talk more about that and then cold wednesday, thursday. Getting nicer for the weekend, though. Yes. That will help. Good morning erin. Traffic is picking up monday morning. Dealing with issues in Montgomery County. This is Georgia Avenue northbound north of randolph road. Crash blocks one lane. Its involving a Police Cruiser. Minor injuries. Just a little bit of Property Damage between that cruiser and a truck. Southbound side normal flow, northbound side backing up. We have some other slowdowns 66 on the eastbound side after sudley road. Crash is blocking the left shoulder. Typical slowdowns as you make your way from 29 in gainesville to 234 Prince William parkway. 11 minute ride. Overall from sudley road to the beltway about a 45 minute trip. You can see 95 northbound looks pretty good right now just 25 minutes from dale city to the beltway. Southbound side and then northbound 395, 18 minutes from the beltway to the 14th street bridge much not terrible. Key bridge from rosslyn into georgetown stacking up. Gw parkway jamming from spout run to the bridges. Red line capitol Improvement Project completed yesterday. Train Service Restored between fort totten and Silver Spring. Takoma reopened. Earlier single tracking this morning but right now everything on the red line back to normal. Inner loop looks good to and from the legion bridge. On the spur youre in good shape gw parkway again that delay from the beltway down to past spout run. Not terrible just a lot of congestion. 38 minute trip from 109 to the local lane split and then seven inbo inbound in leesburg dealing with some volume. Any questions at erin fox5 d. C. On twitter guys. Erin thanks very much. The president has Given Congress a christmas deadline two weeks from today to merge the house and Senate Tax Bills and get them both approved but there could be a possible snag. Republican senator Susan Collins. Her last minute opposition to the gop healthcare bill helped to sink the legislation back in july. Th senators deal breakers. This one could be medicare. I dont want seniors to have the anxiety of wondering whether the tax bill somehow is going to trigger a cut in medicare. Collins says Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell and House Speaker paul ryan both promised there would be no cuts to Senior Healthcare programs but some other issues need to be reconciled, the size of the Corporate Tax whether to include a repeal of the Affordable Care acts individual mandate. New this morning a call for a complete ban on Window Blinds with cords. A new u. S. Study shows the number of children who either are injured or killed after being strangled by the cords still a big problem. Despite decades of safety concerns, nearly 17,000 Young Children were hurt by these kinds of blinds between 199 and 2015. 300 of them died. The Safety Commission says windows and Window Blinds are among the top five hidden hazards in homes. Questions this morning about the nfls concussion protocol after this hit. On Houston Texans quarterback tom savage. Now if you watch it again, he was allowed to return to the game but this hands are shaking. It appears like he may have that possibly suffered some type of seizure, thats at least what some people were calling and saying. The texans allowed him to go back in and play the next series of game. That replay of the hit had gone viral. In the Third Quarter the texans pr staff said yes, he did sustain a concussion. Questions of the nfl policy that cleared him to go back into the game. A texas woman says she was kicked off of a Spirit Airlines flight along with her twoyearold son and parents. Shes a pianist and a cancer research. She says before the cabin door closed she started breastfeeding her child. Flight attendants told her to stop and get the child into his she claims she only asked for a few minutes to