Hope youre enjoying your day so far and if youre awake good morning for real. Time is 5 oclock in the morning. Connecticut avenue back opened after a crash left one person with injuries. This happened around 11 00 p. M. Last night near bradley lane in chevy chase. At one point police blocked off two lanes. One person was taken to the hospital show with nonlifethreatening injuries. Were following a developing story from Loudoun County. Two sheriffs deputies recovering after being shot while responding to a domestic call on Mountain Hollow place. Deputies say when they arrived 39yearold Douglas Johnson jr. Was arguing with his 19yearold daughter and at one point johnson went upstairs and grabbed a gun. Gun. Almost simultaneously he was tased and as he was being apprehended he managed to get several shots offs shots off, hit two of our deputies. Im just grateful all things being considered that its turned out as good as it has. It could have been certainly been lot both deputies are in good condition. Johnson is charged with two counts of at at the present attl murder held without bond. Following developing news from silver spring. Police are investigating a mans murder. Officers were called to quebec street after the victim was shot and killed. Police are trying to find who is responsible. Pope francis spent Christmas Eve mostly cloudy cussing on refugees and mike grants during a Midnight Mass drew connection with their travels and the holy family during biblical times. He compared them to mary and josephs find nothing place to stay in bethlehem and saying faith demands all foreigners be welcomed. This is his fifth christmas as leader of the worlds 1. 2 billion roman catholics. 10,000 people heard the popes message inside the saint peters others followed from the outside. Also provides force Protection Security operation in syria and iraq. It is a Vital Mission and we want to thank you very much. The president delivered this holiday message Via Teleconference from his maralago estate in palm beach. All five military branches heard from the president. He spoke to coast guards men serving guantanamo bay. Im such a prolfic song writer. Theres a lot going on. You know what we do have. Whats that. The christmas smoking jacket. Yes. Its back, baby. Hohoho. I santa. You cant see me but trust me im here. There you go. Good morning. You preserve it so well. This is actually an heirloom hes gracing us from. My grandfather wore it for years and then my father and he got better sense and gave it to me. And then youll pass it on. You look sharp. Whats new. Thank you. Anybody spot santa this morning . Uhuh. I need to check and see exactly where he is in the world. I think i passed him on the road. Or may have been a deer or a fox or something. I dont know. At that early in the morning its all the same. The deal is he doesnt have to worry about speed limits. True. Yeah. So magical. No snow tucker. No snow this morning. I thought we had some last night. I was like look, papa, its snow. We had a little light rain. Maybe you saw it differently. [laughter] 37 at bwi marshal font that will be coming through. Because of that we got very gusty winds in our future, right . Uhhuh so so, if you have a fire in the fireplace this morning the smoke will go right up the chimney and out which is what you want. Oh, good. It will be cruising. Gusts of 50 miles an hour as that cold air rushes in. Chilly afternoon temperatures right now about 40t later this afternoon theyll be falling in the 30s. Ooh. Okay. Okay . Uhhuh. So, i got time. We got time. Nothing but time. Okay. Maybe were done. Ill be back in a minute with all the forecast and how cold its going to be. Its reamly going to be very cold the next couple days. Okay. Thanks. Good to see you tucker. Hohoho. Hes so jolly. He called me a hoe but im not sure. Coming up on fox5 news morning, were going to talk about whats happening out west. The thomas fire now the largest in california state history. Prince georges county right her georges county police ask for your help solving an attack in beltsville. Were going to break right now. Were going to take a little break with a little mariah carey, one of my favorites of all time. Yeah. All i want for christmas is you its a great song. Hey, 5 06 is the time. Merry christmas. Back in a moment. Im Master Sergeant keenan stationed in italy currently at aldofra. Holiday greetings to my wife and my daughters and son cameron cadence and allen. Happy holidays. See more greeting from our gr troops on our fox5 facebook page. It is seven minutes after the hour now and at least five people are dead, several more injured following a suicide bombing in afghanistan. The attack happened early this morning near an Afghan Government office in the capitol city of kabul. Afghan Officials Say the bomber blew himself up around 8 oclock local time. No one has claimed responsibility for this attack. The thomas fire is now the largest wildfire in after scorching over 273,000 acres. According to the california fire department, the blaze has surpassed the size of the cedar fire near san diego back in 2003. Currently there are more than 2800 firefighters trying to put out those flames. The blaze is only 65 percent contained since it first started three weeks ago. Crews are expected to continue working around the clock until january 7th. This morning, an intense search continues for a man who broke into a womans home and then sexually assaulted her. This happened Early Saturday Morning on lime tree way in beltsville. Investigators say after the assault the man simply left the home. Police are offering a 25,000 reward for information that leads to his arrest. In Charles County this morning a man is behind bars accused of killing his neighbor. Investigators say the homicide happened saturday afternoon on bowie road. Earlier reports say that Marcus Johnson went to the home of his neighbor, Wayne Procter and they got into an argument. Sheriffs pulled out a gun and shot procter in his hand. Johnson ran but deputies caught up with him. He faces first and Second Degree murder charges. It will be 2018 when lawmakers are back to work here in washington. And there are already hints that it could be what could be first in congress. Foxs steve rapport with the story. Reporter despite numerous obstacles Congress Managed to overhaul the countrys tax code. President trump was never shy about wanting to reform the tax system. What next now . The first big political football of 2018 could be infrastructure. I think all see the president roll out infrastructure flan january both democrats and republicans say their infrastructure is crumbling. Reporter President Trump has wanted to fix and upgrade roads bridges and tunnels. Some democrats plan to go forward by looking backward at the repercussions of tax reform. It helped basically large corporations and high income people. If we could have focused on middle income we could have i think grown helped grow the middle class which would have been good for our future. Reporter democrats are hoping to gain some seats in the november midterms by convincing voters the republican tax plan is no good. They want to focus on the packages tax breaks for corporations and the wealthy t ultimately they want to solidify their identity as the party of the middle class. Senator Bernie Sanders beliefs democratic victories in new jersey, virginia and alabama aresigns of frustration with the gop. If i were the republicans i would worry very much about 2018. Reporter with the republicans razor thin margin in the senate beginning in january the gop may have to rely on democratic support. In new york, steve rapport, fox news. Well, seven continents and seven marathons in seven days. Remember we were talking about this marathon man. Yeah. Coming up on fox5 news morning the story of a super marathoner who is helping raise money for an excellent cause. All right. Were going to look outside across the d. C. Region. 5 10 is the time. 39 is the temp. Back in a moment. Im Staff Sergeant kramer. Happy new years to my husband justin who just made it home for the holidays for his deployment. I miss you and love you so much. Just know i will be home real soon. Soon. What do you think . Hey, think ben will like it . Yeah, was i the only one hearing the angelic music . Im serious, i never know what to get him. Just tell me you got him fios too. Sigh. Mrs. Layne, fios is a 100 fiberoptic network. That, plus this sick console, hell be like whaaaaaattt. Your new tech is best on the 100 fiber optic network. So get fios. Now just 79. 99 per month with a 2year price guarantee with a 2year agreement. Oh, pretty. The washington monument, i believe thats in alexandria. Is that correct . Yeah. Oh, christmas tree, oh, christmas tree. Yeah, the masonic temple there. All righty. Christmas morning, tuck. Seen santa in the past couple hours tweet me. I dont think hes in this part of the world. I have to look at norad. Usually when i get up this time of day hes around. I dont know. Hes on the move. Thats for sure. Wisdom is like dont tell any secrets. [laughter] only threw a couple presents under my tree this morning. You must have been a naughty boy. I guess well find out together. All right. Here come the strong winds. Maybe ill change that. Sounds a little funny. Strong winds on the way. We got an arctic front coming through and these temperatures youre pretty much looking at our high temperatures for the day and then the winds will pick up this afternoon so if you get the new bike and you want to go for a bike ride be prepared for a chilly afternoon. 40 now in washington. 37 in leonardtown. Off to your north and west you got temperatures in the 30s. 36 in frederick. Winchester down to 32 degrees. Again quite chilly out there. Theres your wind advisory in effect until 2 oclock today. Unfortunately we could see winds gusting here in the 50 Miles Per Hour so when you start to hear the wind rattling on the windows youll know its that front coming through and its an arctic front thats going to deliver a lot of cold air around here later loon. Allison mentioned a snow flurry. I think it was. You can see the end of that getting out of here. The bigger picture, area of low pressure well have impressive snows in parts of new england but for us we should turn part to mostly sunny and be windy and chilly later this afternoon. Look at your lake effect snows kicking in off to our north and west. Well go 40. Thats our current temperature. Wont get much warmer than that later this afternoon. Very gusty winds. Wind chills in the 20s later today. A chilly afternoon. Theres your sevenday forecast. The real theme this week cold, lots and lots of cold. Were Still Holding out the possibility of storminess at the end of the week which would likely be snow. Right now looks like that storm is going to be a little further south than we thought a few days ago. That means less for us. Theres a possibility here there could be something towards the e o well just have to kind of wait and see. Notice the cold temperatures. Daytime highs only around freezing wednesday, thursday into our weekend. Its part of the reason were looking for that storm to stay in the south. No traffic today. Tucker. Well toss it back to you. Hes over helo hawaii. Hes off the east coast. 7 billion gifts already. He only gave me three. Well, the kids, you know. Its about the children, tucker. Thank you very much. Im a child at heart, wisdom. True. That is true. Well, he is a marathon man on a mission. Jonathan terrell has run his share of races but hes taking on the world marathon challenge, soming very few people can conquer. Seven marathons on seven continents in seven days. He told maureen umeh how his marathons will help Mental Health initiatives for children. Seven marathons seven days seven continents. How are you going do this . Well, were all cape town, south africa the end of january. Then when the weather is clear into antarctica we get on a soviet built specialized airplane that flies into novo antarctica and two hours later we run the marathon. Then we pile back on this plane get back to cape town run the second marathon. After that were on this luxury or Business Class airbus thats been chartered and takes us around the rest of no concern of missing flights and things like that . Its chartered. No, were not doing frequent flier miles. I was going to say one heck of a frequent flier mile program. Im concerned about recuperation. How do you recuperate on a plane after youve done marathon. Well, you have to be very careful. I was just talking to dr. Robert about that but i have a whole recovery routine i go through, a lot of stretching, a lot of rolling and i also wear compression tights afterwards that the pooling of blood in lower part of the body. You have to focus on rehydration and all that. You are a iron man. People want to know how they can donate. Give us the information for that and either you or dr. Robb can do that. You can find out about what im doing and follow my journi on my web site, take the risk run and donate through the web site. Dr. Robb ill let you have the last word on why people should care about this issue. I think when you treat a Mental Illness in a teen you can turn them lives around and get them back to school and their friends and their family and thats why its so important. And change the world really. Children are the future as they say. Absolutely. Help change the world. Dr. Robb, my goodness, jonathan i am rooting for. Thank you. Take pictures. Send them to us. We want to see it. We will. Man or a mission. Marathon man. Thank you both. Coming up, a scandal leads to a change at the miss America Pageant and mariah carey to times square. Were going to break right now. Live look outside across the d. C. Region. Oh, no. [laughter] leave mariah alone. She was having a moment. Come on, mariah. Come on. She can do it. Come on mimi. She can do it. Hi im Airman First Class brandon ttllis. I would like to say happy new years to my beautiful wife colleen. I miss you, baby. I love you. I hope that you have a wonderful new years arent andl see you soon. [lance] it is absolute chaos out here . Dont know if you can hear me, can we get a shot of this cold front, right here. Brace yourself for the season of audi sales event. It all starts with a wish. The final days of wish list are here. Hurry in and sign and drive off in a new lincoln with zero down and a complimentary first months payment. [vo] the season of audi sales event is here. Audi will cover your first months lease payment on select models during the season of audi sales event. Whiz. Yes. Good morning. Good morning. Five 21 right now. Christmas is a time many associate with Family Friends and presents. For those who dont celebrate the holiday the day is often filled with different traditions which gives a boost to businesses around the country. Foxs ellison barber has the story. Reporter people often think of chinese food as the cuisine of choice for those who dont celebrate christmas people who see december 25th as simply december 25th. That idea about late december chinese food dates back to immigrants in the 1800s. It was just sort of informally people did it on christmas. I dont think people recognized it as very common until maybe the 70s or 80s. Reporter according to grub hub that perception may be more accurate now than ever before. The number of chinese orders on Christmas Day more than doubled compared with other sundays in the winter. The most popular peking duck and roast duck. Few places in the country that in the last 50 years would not have a chinese restaurant. Reporter chinese restaurants arent the only businesses cashing in on christmas. So are movie theater. The idea of having an entire group of people home off work what better place to go than to a cinema. Reporter theres a reason plenty of blockbusters hit the big green around the holidays. Fandango pulled 1500 moviegoers between the ages of 18 and 34. 86 percent of them say they plan to see at least two movies during the christmas season. And waze says navigations to movie theaters more than doubled on Christmas Day compared to other days in december. Its insane how many films come out. It feels like a big overload but they have so many different types of movies. Reporter this years Holiday Box Office is getting big help from the latest star wars installment and franchise films like Pitch Perfect and jumanji. Star wars the last jedi posted the second biggest opening for a movie ever ea im ellison barber, fox news. Well, the top ranks of the Miss America Organization experiencing a shakeup. Miss americas chief executive operating officer and board chair all called it quit following reports of detailing vulgar emails mostly written by ceo sam haskell. 49 former miss america competitors signed a petition calling on the groups leadership to step down. Miss america 2008 is among the beauty pageants former contestants who have been calling on top bosses to quit. There have been so many amazing women who have tried to come forward and change this and tried to change the culture. The emails already costing the pageant its Television Production partner and is raising questions about the future of the nationally televised broadcast. Pop artist mariah carey back to ring in the new year. Shell return to dick clarks new years rocking eve for a second straight year. Now carrie made headlines after she was accused of lip syncing last year during the event. What. She stated she was sabotaged and blamed the incident on an earpiece malfunction. Yeah. I remember watching that, too. Oh, boy. Okay. I still remember where i was when i heard vision of love for the first time. Tuck, youre on. And she was like 19 years old. And i i mean, were in the car, my cousin and i we were like what is this voice. I remember seeing her the first time i saw her singing it on arsonio hall. Mariah, ill be watching. Tuck. You