Temperatures middle 40s but winds gusting over 30 is going to help it feel like the 30s all day. Hey erin. Plenty of green on the road. Metro is on time. Well get you around the red line problems. If youre just getting up with us now, well start with breaking news. Its from rockville. A pedestrian was struck overnight near the intersection of 355 and east middle lane. Rockville pike was closed for several hours but it has since reopened. Fox5 is still waiting to hear from First Responders on the victims condition and also what may have led to that accident. And were also following a developing story from annapolis. Around 11 50 last night fire crews responded to a 911 call to find this, a driver who had plowed their pickup truck into the side of a building. Happened on eagle wood drive. Two people were taken to the hospital with lifethreatening injuries. No word though on how they were injured. One victim was that found outside the building, a second had to be removed from the damaged building. The Anne Arrundel county Fire Department has not said if the driver was among those 5 01 right now and house and Senate Republicans have reached a deal on their tax bill and it could have it to the president by next week. President trump says if the bill is done by christmas, americans could actually see tax cuts by february. Critics claim the plan will heavily benefit the rich. Chuck schumer wants the final vote delayed until alabama senator elect doug jones is sworn in in january. Meanwhile President Trump wants to pay for the border wall by trimming surveillance costs and freezing the pay of federal officers at the department of Homeland Security in 2019. The president wants to offset some of the costs of the 1. 6 billion border wall by having the dhs decrease its funding for technology by 175 million. The exact report details are uncertain because the information is coming from a whistleblower. Lets get the latest on the russia probe now. The Deputy Attorney general taking the hot seat. Rod rosenstein grilled on 90 papers of Text Messages between two fbi officls criticizing President Trump who was campaigning at the time. Rosenstein appointed special Counsel Robert Mueller who is overseeing the investigation ever since attorney general Jeff Sessions recused himself. Some lawmakers say its evidence the investigation is biased against the president. Time now is three past the hour. In a followup this morning the two off duty First Responders killed last week a deadly crash along i270 will be laid to rest today. Traffic delays along Montrose Road in rockville should be expected starting at 7 oclock during the funeral of deputy chief state fire marshal sander cohen. State troopers will be present in the area of woodfield road in gaithersburg. D. C. Police need your help finding some bold thieves. Theyre wanted for a string of burglaries happening at Stores Across the district t melanie live from northwest with the details. Mel. Reporter good morning, guys. Here on f street, this is one of the locations where the burglars hit twice. Theyre looking for items that are very valuable during the holiday season. Were talking about clothes, were talking about jewelry and watches what else is another hot holiday item . Just across the street, the Verizon Wireless as well. Those two locations right here were some of the most recent hit. Lets take you to the video. Were talking about here at the benson jewelers wednesday at 3 16 in the morning youre going to be able to see here that they break through the glass then jump through the door. The suspect here has on a door but no mask. He stuffs items into his pockets and then takes off the suspects in a dark colored van. Then in a Verizon Wireless store just across f street there, monday, 9 25 in the morning, you can see that the suspects walk in and then they make off with several boxes. Theres another store here this all december 1st. This is 9 19 in the morning they should have someone as they nuke that store on benning road once again taking large items out and putting them into a trash can taking them out of the store. On december 3rd, 11 48 in the morning they walk in told the people to get downloading items into boxes and trash cans and then also 4 55 in the morning on h street, this is the Clothing Store, that was december 5th. This is a Clothing Store on h street. Again, they walk in, walk out with several boxes. Here there was an identifiable van here, this is a van that were told was stolen from youngs Memorial Christian Church in garfield heights. That van has since been recovered. Police were able to isolate some pictures and enlarge them of the suspects. You can see in some cases theyre wearing hats and hoods but they may be identifbl police are still looking for this crew. Theyre looking for items they can probably resell during the holiday season. Anyone with information is asked to call d. C. Police and there are rewards in each of these cases. Live in northwest, im Melanie Alnwick, fox5 local news. All righty. Lets do this. Okay, so, were all excited especially about the opening of the wawa today. Yeah. Im so excited. I like wawa. Did you like wawa. Admittedly. Ill go on a wawa run if you let me. Oh, let you . I totally endorse it. I endorse it. Lets do it. They open until 9 00 right. Until 9 oclock. A whole lot could happen by 9 00. Maybe we should send mike out. If were heading out earlier what should we wear . Well its december 15 layers. Yes. Lots of clothes. You need it. It wont be as cold as yesterday but we do have some snowflakes flying out there in some of our northwest suburbs. A couple flurries try and come across in d d. C. I hours. Best chances between 6 oclock and 8 oclock. Good news nothing is going to stick. Temperatures still cold out there this morning, 36 degrees. Thats about our high yesterday as well. Not nearly as bad as yesterday morning. 34 gaithersburg. 30 frederick. 26 martinsburg, 28 cumberland. Winds still blowing though much like the temperatures not as bad as yesterday. 25 in washington is what it feels like, feels like 18 in hagerstown, 19 in winchester 23 at dulles. Heres your forecast for the day today. Morning cloud cover and a passing flurry possible through about the 8, 9 oclock hour and then we should start clearing things up. More sunshine by the afternoon. Staying breezy though. Winds later on today will kick up once again with gusts up towards 30 miles an hour. All right, thats a check of the forecast. Erin is back with traffic. 5 07 right now keeping our eyes on the roads. Beneath us in the camera this is a look in the district in the northeast new york avenue at bladensburg road. Volume picking up. Not enough to cause any slowdowns. Keep in mind red line delays. There will be a segment shut down. Theyre, woulding on repairing a cable issue so just be prepared theyre running trains at a little bit slower than normal shady grove to glenmont every 10 minutes. Grosvenor to noma every five instead of every four. One train at a time by the takoma station. Well keep you updated on the red line. Let me know on twitter at erin fox5 d. C. If you have any questions about the red line. Things looking good in virginia. Looking good through lorton. Problem free route one northbound. Well take a look at your maryland majors next. Any questions at erin fox5 d. C. On twitter. Maureen and holly back to you. The new u. S. Embassy in london is nearly complete and it took only 1 billion. Fire crews are forced to deal with wind and dry conditions in their continual effort to tame californias wildfires. As we head to break were going to take a live look across the d. C. Region. Its 5 08 right now, 35 degrees. Back after this. All right. Welcome back to fox5 news morning. Today is thursday, december 14th. Time right now is 5 09. It is cold. Wind chills are still a factor but here is the silver lining. It will be a lot warmer than it was yesterday with temperatures expected to reach the low 40s and with in we say good morning to those in the white house. Lights s all right, guys, lets do this. Lets do thursday. Feels down right tropical out there in the 40s. Santa ana winds and dry conditions are strengthening those california wildfires. So far the largest blaze called the thomas fire has burned nearly 240,000 acres. 900 buildings have been destroyed, many of them homes and th at least 50,000 people have been evacuated. Reinforcements are being called in from across the country. 8,000 firefighters are now on the front lines. Pennsylvania Police Investigating a possible murdersuicide at a penn state satellite campus. Police found the woman and her estranged husband dead and they believe he killed himself. Terror suspect akayed ullah faces a judge wednesday he did for his arraignment. Ullah tried to explosives at the bus terminal. He cla isis and often viewed the groups online propaganda. The few people injured in the incident are expected to recover. Akayed ullah faces life in prison. Hes not eligible for the Death Penalty because no one died in the attack. Police investigating the death of dan johnson. Officials say johnson was that found dead yesterday days after allegations surfaced that he had molested a member of his church when she was 17. Authorities discovered johnsons body near a bridge in Mount Washington kentucky and believe he most likely killed himself. More details are expected to be released today following a completed autopsy. Senator john mccain back in the hospital. Officials at Walter Reed Medical Center say hes being treated for normal side effects of his ongoing cancer therapy. Officials say mccain missed work on monday and tuesday but is set to return to the u. S. Senate floor as soon as possible. No word on how long he will be hospitalized. The new u. S. Embassy in london is a fortress and with a 1 billion price tag its become the most expensive embassy ever. So heres some highlights. In an age of terrorist attacks the walls are blast resistant. The glass is shatter proof. Theres a 100foot wide moat and the new Embassy Opens on january 16. Its going to be dedicated to President Trump next year. 1 billion. Right. Amazing. Sign of the times. Coming up, def jam founder Russell Simmons facing multiple rape allegations. A man catches uber to go a few miles winds up with a five figure bill. Lets head to break. As we do well take another live look across the d. C. Region on this thursday morning. 5 12 is our time. Were at 35 degrees. Not quite as bitter as yesterday but its still cold out there. Were coming right back. Heard about eucrisa for mildtomoderate eczema . It can be used almost everywhere on almost everybody. The arm of an arm wrestler . The back of a quarterback . The face of a fairy . Prescription eucrisa is a nose to toes eczema ointment. It blocks overactive pde4 enzymes within your skin. And its steroidfree. Do not use if you are allergic to eucrisa or its ingredients. Allergic reactions may occur at or near the application site. The most common side effect is application site pain. Time right now is 5 14. Heres a look at the stories were following for you today, thursday house and Senate Republicans have reached an agreement on tax cuts. The revised legislation would lower the Corporate Tax rate from 35 percent to 21 percent. It would drop the individual tax rate for the richest americans from 39 to 37 percent. Democrats are critical of the plan. Many wondering how it will help middle and low income families. Today is the big fcc vote on whether to repeal obama era Net Neutrality rules. It requires equal foot to go all web traffic. More than a hundred republican lawmakers sent a letter to the fcc applauding the rules. Wawa will celebrate its first location in the district. Its on 19th street northwest. It opens at 8 00 a. M. The grand Opening Ceremony begins at 9 00. Looks impressive. Uhhuh. Specifically that coffee bar. He little more high end. Theyll have indoor and outdoor seating so it should be fun. 8 oclock to theubc. What street is 19th street. Well let you know. Indoor or outdoor seating guess which one you should choose today. Indoor. Indoor seating recommended. Its going to be breezy again later on this afternoon. Winds arent terrible right now but well change wind directions later today with a cold front coming through and thats going to kick up the winds. Gusts over 30 possible as the kids get home from school. Tracking snow flurries off to the north this morning. Hagerstown seeing a few coming down, down the. I 81 corridor and then some of these are going to try and move across as we head through the next few hours here. Even if we do get a few snow flurries here in washington whatever falls shouldnt be sticking here. Temperatures above freezing this morning. And again, its going to cause much of an issue with are morning commute. Theres our clipper system. Its starting to fall apart. Low is going to reorganize itself off the coast and head off to the north and east. Behind it well start 36 degrees in washington. Quantico 38. Manassas good morning 35 for you as wie as culpeper. 37 for fredericksburg. Martinsburg 26. Hagerstown 27 but again those locations were in the teens yesterday so just about everybody on this map at least 10 degrees warmer than they were at this time when we were waking up yesterday. Winds again not nearly as bad as yesterday morning, either. Only sustained at nine. 14 in quantico, 15 in fredericksburg. See these arrows, coming out of the south and west so that will help temperatures get a little warmer later on this afternoon but again once that breeze kicks up today, not really going to feel like it with it probably feeling like the 30s all day with the wind chills taken into effect. 25 is what it feels like as you step outside here in d. C. Right now, 22 in gaithersburg, 25 in baltimore. Yes, not warm enough that you dont need a jacket. You certainly do this morning. 19 degrees in frederick is what it feels like, 18 in hagerstown. Heres your setup again. Clipper will push itself off the coastline. Well start to pull in flow out of the north and west. We will turn breezy later cold front swings through later on today. And that will help cool us down for your day on friday. Highs today upper 30s north and west. 40s low to mid 40s closer here to d. C. In fact well go 45 here in washington, 44 for leonardtown, 44 for fredericksburg. Want warmer temperatures you say . 37, passing snow shower in the second half of the day but that shouldnt be a huge deal. Saturdays mostly sunny, 46. Warmup into next week. Look at monday, 57. By tuesday nearing 60 degrees in a few spots. Dont worry that wont last. Well get cold again later again next week. Thats a check of the forecast. Over to erin for that traffic. 5 18 on have we made to it thursday. We have. I got lost in the week. We made it to thursday morning. And unfortunately waking up to some metro delays. In addition to the red line adjustments as they fix a cable problem in the at a, ma area yellow line expect residual delays. Orange line late clearing track work. Expect delays. Fi Clear Conditions at the 301 split. Proproblem free in fort washington. Any questions at erin fox5 d. C. On twitter. Holly and maureen. All right thank you erin. It is 5 19. Lets take a look at the stories you are engaging with the most this morning on social media. Wisdom is back with our realtime news tracker. Hey whiz. Good morning. First up three women are accusing Russell Simmons of rape. The women say they were t too scared to report the sexual assaults but have come out because of the Harvey Weinstein scandal. Selma hayek is the latest to come forward with allegations of Sexual Harassment against weinstein. Weinstein has released a statement saying all of the sexual allegations as portrayed by selma are not accurate and others who witnessed the events have a different account transpired. Switching gears now to another shakeup in the trump administration. Omarosa has resigned. New reports are out that say with her departure comes an even more lack of diversity in the white house. Omarosa was only one of two black officials among trumps more than three dozen cabinet members and senior staffers. Uber comes across with another uhoh. The popular ride hailing program uber charged a man more than 18,000 for a 20 minute ride. This incident happened in toronto. First claims say that uber was sticking to it but after complaints, uber officials said that the fare amount for the ride was incorrectly put into the meter and then they provided a full refund. And finall, meet a last minute holiday gift, cause the original watergate lock that burglars picked opened picked opened during the infamous break in that resulted in president nixons downfall is that available. The starting bid of 50,000. Bidding begins today. Holly, maureen. Thank you. Coming up, two Ride Sharing Services are now the subject of a federal probe. And target introduces a new service to compete with amazon. Heading to break, a live look across the d. C. Region. 5 21 is the time and 35 degrees is the temperature. This is the sherman shame. Family. Merry christmas from germany. Merry christmas. Merry christmas. See more greetings from our troops on our fox5 facebook page. 5 23 and the department of justice is investigating allegations that a former uber executive stole selfdriving Car Technology from googles self driving spinoff wemo. So far the Justice Department declined comment. Uber stays it has not seen evidence of fraud or misuse of data. Microsoft rolled out a new feature on its Search Engine bing. It will give a demonstration of new intelligent searches. Microsoft says the demand for mo