Good to see you this morning. Hi. Good to see you as well, too, thanks for joining us this sunday morning, im tom fitzgerald, its sunday, december 17, 2017, a live look outside for you on the big d day. Well begin checking in on weather today, gary mcgrady standing we in the weather center. How are you doing, gary . Doesnt look like theres snow. No snow. Is is there snow on the way. Thats the question. Theres nothing. Okay. Spoiler alert. Listen, well be up to 60 i think before we get snow. How about that . Heres where we are. Not today. A few late day shower and i mean a few. Doesnt look like it will very wet at all. Most of us stay dry all day long. So you know. Dont worry about that. Lots of clouds out there to today, though, 3 in the city and now 26 gaithersburg. Most of suburbs are in the 20s this morning. Lower 2 mannasas 23, culpeper 24, winchester youre 34. Youre above freezing, mar tips bug at freezing, fredericksburg is down below freezing, 25 in annapolis sitting on freezing at 32. Now, well look at satellite and radar here. Theres nothing in terms of radar to look at. At least not close to home. What we see this morning a lot of cloud cover already filling in. And i just have to believe today will be mostly cloudy to cloudy. So do not expect a lot of sunshine as we look further back out to the west and southwest. There are showers moving into Tennessee Valley right now. That eventually is what is going to bring us at least a chance for a few showers late this afternoon. And but you know what, again, i just think its a few. Few and far between later on today. So, dont worry about that. If you even are out today without umbrella i dont think it will be a big deal. Temperatures today a lot like yesterday. Clou cloudy skies, temperature of 48 or so. Few spots will make it up to 50. With no sunshine or limited amounts of sunshine today dont expect temperatures any warmer than that. Well talk about what is coming up during the workweek and well this is important week. People start traveling and getting going. Well detail all the that. And i mentioned 60s coming our way for one day. Thats a good teerksz hu . It is, looking forward to it. Lets get to a developing story in southeast d. C. A toddler is in the hospital after shot inside an apar apartment. Police say this happened after two children were playing with a gun and that gun wept off. Theres many questions about this investigation. For more now we turn to fox5 Anjali Hemphill live at Police Headquarters this morning with the latest, good morning, anjali. Reporter good morning, guys, luckily this little girl is expected to be okay. However, were still waiting for d. C. Police to release this morning if they recovered gun may belong to and will nip face charges in all of this. For now the the shooting remains under investigation. I want to take you you back to yesterday take a look at id haveo of the scene shot after the shooting happened. The shooting taking place inside this Apartment Building off palm roy road near the berry farm section of city. It happened 3 p. M. Yesterday on saturday were told it was inside one of those buildings. And now sources tell fox5 that this little girl that was shot is possibly years old. And police however are not releasing any age. But they do say that it was not just her u. That there was more than one child playing with this weapon when it wept off. Now this say familiar Apartment Building unfortunately there have now been three juveniles who have been shot at this Apartment Building in the last 18 mo months. In september, a 16yearold was gunned down his name myangelo starnz. He died. Last year a 6yearold boy was hit by a bullet playing on the ground of the apartment complex there. Luckily that boy survived. Yesterday that little girl that was shot was taken to a local hospital with injury to her leg. She is expected to survive. The shooting remains under investigation. Live in northwest this morning, Anjali Hemphill, fox5 local news. New this morning, one person is in the hospital after a fire broke out inside app Apartment Building in north west happened north street before 1 00 early this morning. Firefighters were able to contain the flames to second floor. A woman was injured and is expected to recover. And investigators are now looking into what caused this fire. Now over to montgomery documenty details about a deadly pedestrian accident in silver spring. This happened yesterday morning Piney Branch Rd owe hit a man lying on the pavement in the road and they believed the victim was injured before he was hit by the car. The man became trapped under the investigation and had to be freed by First Responders and the victim later died at the hospital. This incident still under investigation this morning. And this morning the search is on for two men Police Believe shot and killed another man in germantown yesterday. This happened inside apartment on Falling Water circle. Were told the suspects drove away in jeep. Please are canvassing the neighborhood to see if anyone heard or saw anything. Investigators say they still dont have a motive for this killing. And to upper marboro where another intense search is underway. Police are looking for the gunman that shot and killed a man on friday night. Officers were kild called to van differ court around 11 when they arrived they found a man already dead. They he had several gun shot wounds. Motive in this case either. Well, this morning the Trump Administration is report edry banning the cdc from using certain words. According to the Washington Post this order is high highlighted in new budget documens cdc officials were allegedly given in a list of seven banned words during preeving on thursday. Those words include fetus, diversity, transgender, sciencebased, alternative word choices were given in some cases and Trump Administration is disputing this court saying it is a mischaracterization. We could be just days away from congress approving a major overall haul of the tax code. Thats right because the house is expected to vote on the measure on tuesday. The senate can vote very soon after that. And this morning, fox news caroline shivly has the la latest. This weekend republicans say they have the votes to push through their tax reform bill last week after unveiling the version last week. It keeps 7 tax brackets and Corporate Tax rate slashed and repeels obamacare individual mandate. While retaining deduction for medical expenses. And five of sex tack brackets the are reduced from todays rates and expected to add 1. 46 trillion to the deficit over the next decade. Standard does he duction is double. So will the child tax credit. Filers that itemize and others are capped. That stings for those that use deductions in high tax states. Republicans are calling strong middle class tax relief and democrats state wealthy get biggest cuts and remind us individual kax cuts eventually expire while the business tax cut is permanent. Im very excited about this moment. It has been 31 years in ma making. Tax reform bill is a sdalingter and helps wealt wealthesting most powerful and hurts the middle class. The house should vote tuesday with the senate aa day later. Senate goes 1st and theyre hoping to give the extra time for senators thad cook written and john nk cane to get back to work. Both have been ill. The president said he wants a tax bill ob his desk by christmas and congress looks like will deliver to him a few days early. Fox news. Developing this morning, U Capitol Police are now helping and providing extra protection to new jersey senator corey booker after a death threat was reportedly made against him and his family. The mayor of newark, until energy, says the City Police Department is working with capitolle police to provide security at his home. The nature of the threat is not yet known. President trump reaching to senator john mccain this morning who is in the hospital battling brain cancer s president called mccains wife cindy on friday. President trump spoke with her to check in on the senator. The 81yearold senator was diagnosed with brain cancer in july and admitted to Walter Reed Military Medical Center if bethesda for side effects of his treatment of cancer. Best wishes go to senator of course were tracking that one. More to come this morning. Thats right, coming up next at 7 those massive wildfires in california are spreading two weeks later. Who is at risk now. And another law maker under fire for Sexual Harassment this time as a woman. Stay with us whatever you were about to do just became whatever youre about to do after you get coffee. Nothing comes before coffee. Thats why were introducing a new line of cafequality espresso drinks from mccafe. Get a small peppermint mocha for just two dollars. You can see in the pictures where the drunk driver struck the door of police cruiser. Officers tell us the driver stopped and was charged with dui. And now to those wildfires out west. In Southern California the fire started two weeks ago and are still growing this mor morning. Flames are threatening thousands of homes despite hundreds of firefighters work ago round the clock to battle them. Foxs will cater this morning has the latest. The raging wildfire now californias Third Largest ever with more devastation possible from resurge ebt of the harsh santa ana wind that fueled the fire. Its crazy went to sleep midnight and woke to roar of this fire coming through 3 a. M. New evacuation orders santd abarn aare county thomas fire destroyed more than 1,000 structures including 7 50 homes in coastal communities in Southern California. I hear the crackle and pop and loud sounds and bangs and booms and it was right behind our house. Fire claimed a second life thursday. Firefighter Korey Iverson died working with strike team on eastern nravrk of nearly 400 square miles. He leaves behind a pregnant wife and twoyearold dau daughter. Hes part of our family and has his own family and we think about his wife and children and just give all the support we can to them and department. And then you also think about your own family to make sure you make contact with them. More than 8,000 firefighters battle from the air and on the ground. Round the clock as they doe everything they can to protect these communities. Will car, fox news. An now to the latest Sexual Harassment scandal on the h hill. Potential female law maker ends her bid for house seat over Sexual Harassment allegations. She announced she was quitting the congressional race. Ramsey claims he was fired after rejecting her advances and ramsey released a statement calling them a lie. And she said in part its rush to claim the high ground Democratic Party implemented zero tolerance standard im disappointed and disillusions by the political process. We very good news, bad news on metro. Theres free wifi at 0 metro stations. Metro began offering it earlier this year. New stations are with you can stay connected including due hospital circle. An cast dont and bethesda. Metro says they hope to have wifi in all stations by the middle of next year. Thats good news. Heres the bad news. Big change coming to metro for weekend riders. You will now have to start paying for parking. Metro laws on garages on saturday and goes into effect february. Paul wed felt said the change will begin a six Month Pilot Program and it will have a parking lot and garage for now. It will start in february. Starting today metro bus is adding new service that will take to you more places and improve on time performance new service will take you to war of d. C. And pentagon transit set center and . Maryland to learn more about this and metro tracking app. Good new, news, bad news. Metro sandwich. You got the bad its 7 16 sunday morning overrulely one week before christmas eve. Its time to ask. Is it a few days before winter. White christmas, lets have it. Pressure is on. I dont feel pressure at all. Ive been down this road a time or two it will or wont. Yesterday i say this quickly. Yesterday some of the long range models were showing maybe a little snow on christmas, today its gone. A some. We dont hang our hats on long range stuff. 7 days away. Ill take the maybe. Its always a maybe. Always maybe. Its like a 0 chance. Heres where we are out there this morning. Diffused sunshine coming throughen i lot of clouds too. I think well carry cloud theme through most of the day. It will be not cloudy out. There temperatures this morning in some spots really, really cold, mannasas 23, culpeper 24. Here in town 3. Notice the clouds streaming in. Again its not going to be cloudy this afternoon and little bit of sunshine poking through during the morning hours. And again as we start getting into the afternoon hours, look at this big smruing of rain coming in our direction. Breaks up a bit. And hater this afternoon i have to say theres a chance of hour or two. It will stay fairly cool. Upper 40s today and temperatures in the auto 50s. Again a lot of cloud cover. And a few showers later on this afternoon. It does not look like a you big deal at all. Future kaingtd sarts us off. Future cast is showing do this again. For some reason no tat aon future cast. Mostly cloudy skies. 1 00, temperature, 47. And later on this afternoon tell evk your name. Gabby. Courtney. Isabel. Alicia. Get here. I will you have ever been on tv before. Look there you see yourself. Yes. You guys go to school where. Stone ridge. Stob ridge, right, and of course youre out of school right you have more school. We get out next week. Somebody call their teachers and see if you can get out the whole week. Will be doing for the hol holidays. Well, me and my sister will go down to florida. Where its warm, right. Yeah. You have big luggage i would like to get in this. We go to new orleans because or family is there. Im going to kenya. Theres the winner right there. These guys got to come in this morning for a tour really push this but dont right there. Oh, it worked. Two of you move here. Come over to this side. Somebody has to read the 7 day forecast. Wait a minute. Somebody is in the way of sunday. Youre in the way of sunday. Move out of wait. Gabby. Go for it. Um. Whats sunday say. Sunday 47. 47 degrees. All right. Now, somebody reveal monday we cannot see monday. Okay. You can read monday. Monday surprise 49 deg degrees. Light showers. Okay to this a microphone. Alicia you. Get to read the best day not quite tuesday. Tuesday, 55 degrees. Oh, and what does it say though 55 and what is the little description there. Sun and clouds. Thank you so much. All right. I forgot your name. Business bell. You get to read the good day i think wednesday. 60 degrees and looks mild. Everybody likes 60 around here. Who would like to see a white christmas. I dont like snow. You dont like snow [ laughter ]. Howell are you. 13. Is that why you go do kenya theres no snow there. No, i just dont like snow. How about you you would like to she a white christmas. Yeah. Youre go to florida, woptd happen then. Yeah. White christmas for you. Yeah. Where are you going. New orleans. Not happening there. It a little in new orleans last year. Everybody wave, say and teesh a. Say over to you tom and tisha. Over to you tom and tisha. Its not that important. Bye. What . Thank you very much is. Gary has been replaced now. Four new weather great working with you gary. Good luck to you. Whatever your future plans are. Well continue here on sunday morning. tis the season of holiday tiping. But theres one person you do not wants to slip an extra dollar or two, to. Who and why. What is wrong with this situation . Well a lot. Well tell you about what happened with this driver in detroit. Fox 5 news continues 7 what if more of the energy we used what if the electric grid could detect, fix and even prevent Power Outages . What if our grid were less vulnerable and more secure . What if all these what ifs became a reality . Well, they are. At dominion energy, were completely transforming our power grid and the way we think of energy. To move from what if to whats next. Dominion energy. Time check now 7 25. This video now mechanic in detroit michigan defied the odds with this stunt here. They drove a low rider in three wheels. That was before salt trucks began treating roads and now his dangerous stunt has gone viral get this with more than 5 million views but please, please, please, do not try this at home. Ever. How too many selfies athey bad for your hel. Yeah, that gets a little too much sometimes. A new study is supporting that been turns out journal of Mental Health says addiction take place from sharing too many selfies. Can become chronic uncontrollable habit for some. You know these people out there. Expert say too many selfies can lead to self esteem issues and especially in younger people. Also season of giving and you might feel the urge to tip somebody a little bit. Duck ham as we like to say great state of new jersey. This one person you do not want to tip and thats mai mailman. I was surprised to see this. Even though theyre working hard delivering holiday packages and delivering mail youre not allow todd tip them. Its the law. Tunz out lefter carriers are federal employees and cannot accept cash or cash equivalent redeemed for cash is off the books. Now, its illegal. So, what the Postal Service is saying is that a thank you and handshake goes a long way. Its a live christmas take. Meyer rudolf and matthew prod rick and be sure to watch tonight at 7. Looking forward to that. Redskins gametime coming up next. Well see you back here on the hill 8 really . Really . Really . Really . Really . Really . See zero in a whole new way. Get zero down, zero deposit, zero first months payment, and zero due at signing on select volkswagen models. Now with the people first warranty. Last week the red skips lost to the chargers after a list les performance in la. Intercepted on deflection. Which killed any chance. As slim as it was. Mack being playoffs. 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