alison: this happened in two takoma park neighborhoods minutes apart. richard reeve is live at takoma park with the latest today. any leads at this point? richard: yeah. police don't have too many leads. look at this. this is most of the damage along grant avenue in front of this house here in takoma park. most cleaned up. but the ornaments were crushed earlier and up and down the street. this wasn't the only neighborhood >> someone began tossing the decorations down the street and egging at least one house. ten minutes before, police tell us decorative lights were pulled down and electrical cords for cut. young people were involved is the suspicious but no one knows for sure. they came home to find the neighbor's yard a mess. >> it was ripped apart. all the electrical wiring was broken. we found pieces down the road. there were footprints in the snow everywhere. richard: neighbors tell us there have been vandalisms and the break-ins in the cars in recent years but certainly nothing like this. coming trying to enlist the help of residents to stop this v

. >> in takoma park, someone is vandalizing christmas decorations. the grinch is afoot in at least two neighborhoods and police are looking for answers. the latest coming michelle: new at 6:00, state police in maryland want to know if you saw something the could help in a teen hit by a car in road rage incident. these are if cars involved on the afternoon of november 28. we are told a man in the gray b.m.w. that we showed you stopped behind a red honda civic on 198 east in laurel. the teen got out. alison: there is a grinch out there. he is tearing apart neighborhoods and minutes apart. the police urge residents to consider joining a surveillance camera program. this festive front yard is a welcome holiday edition along grant avenue. but saturday night, a grinch came to the takoma park neighborhood. >> it was stepped on, squashed and ripped apart. she came home to find decorations in ruins. >> it was broken. >> ten minutes before they found decorative lights pulled downed and the electrical cords cut. the vandals paid no attention to the warning sign

this is in takoma park. a downed pole right now so there you can see they have the big trucks out there blocking off the road but just a heads up east-west highway shut down between fairview and new hampshire avenue. hopefully this one doesn't take as long as the closings we had yesterday but that's the latest. we'll check in with erin in a minute. first here's tucker. >> thank you steve. bus stop forecast. temperatures getting chilly early this morning back in the 30's for much of the area and low 40's here in the city. after school today it's going to be a cool december afternoon, daytime highs about upper 40's to about 50. 50 will be here in the city. much of the area doesn't get out of the 40's so it will be a chilly afternoon. 43 in washington. leonardtown 37. 37 in fredericksburg. manassas, you're now in the 20's. 28 for you. 31 dul 32 culpeper. winchester 36 degrees. 38 up in hagerstown. and you can see temperatures correspondingly chilly overnight. want to take you quickly to los angeles. the reason

live in a takoma park. >>> a virginia man heading to a doctor's appointment thought angry driver hit his car with a brick. but after a chase that ended at the pentagon the man learned the brick was >> both drivers are former military one of them locked up. the other is telling his story tonight fox 5 paul wagner live in arlington with bit of a cautionary tale. >> reporter: this is the highway where part oh chase took place yesterday ending at the pentagon there in the are background behind me, anthony miranda, a former marine told me he's feeling lucky to be alive. he hasn't slept since the shooting. listen now to part of his story. >> he's given me the finger when he's trying to merge in at me. i honk at him. i'm in the lane, he continues, i go out to the left lane finally and i honking at him again and get in front of him because i'm annoyed and give him a little brake tap and he comes around my left side, and what i thought was a rock but really a gunshot. then i ended up chasing after him because he sped off. >> reporter: that's aiden cara bello. virginia state police say he is t

live in takoma park, angelie hemphill fox 5 local news. >>> we've learned the identity of a man found shot to death inside a car in front of a house in hyattsville. police identified the victim as dian at any parker, he was found dead early yesterday morning outside of this home on sly go parkway. detectives believe he was trying to steal a car when the homeowner opened fire from inside the house and shot him in the leg. officers think a second person ran from the scene. investigators are now trying to determine if the homeowner's actions were justified. >>> a virginia house race for november's election was originally scheduled to select a winner today by drawing a name from a hat in light of a tie vote. but the democrat's decision to push forward with legal action caused the drawing cancelled and the district to continue on without an elected representative. political reporter ronica cleary live with more on this. ronica? . >> reporter: sarah, it's amazing that it was going to come down to the drawing of a name from a hat. how did we get there? well, it goes back to november's electi

our stephanie ramirez is live at an event in takoma park d.c. where speakers where already taken a stage. >> reporter: yeah, not just any speakers. i'm told the seven more people taking the stage tonight are actually sex trafficking survivors who are really sharing their stories for two reasons, one, to make sure people understand sex trafficking is real and two, to show there is hopeful these victims just need our help. tonight's event is called escape into the sun. it's free. it started 30 minutes ago and end at 8:00. activist stacy lewis is the organizer and survivor behind this. the speakers and survivors are sharing their stories how they were captured as either young children or young adults and how they escaped the world of slavery, who will shine another spotlight on d.c.'s missing children. we don't know where these kids are in the district, but i can tell you according to the national center for missing and exploited children, of the more than 18,500 kids reported as endangered run-aways last year, one in six were likely victims of sex

livea: suzanne kennedy's of the takoma park station. this is all because of a piece of the metro past? we will explain that in a second. ultimately this means another day of challenging commute for metro riders. this is a safety issue. one that metro wants to manage and will ultimately fix this weekend. the problem is with a communication cable that is used to transmit speed and location of trains. metro says that it's for decades old and dates to the original construction of the system. between brooke land and fort totten and fort totten and takoma park will be limited to one train on a track at a time. trains will be running every 10 grove andtween shady glenmont rather than every eight minutes. additional trains will run between grosvenor and noma gallaudet. meaning service will be every five minutes at that station rather than every four state -- four minutes. buses will be coming in so that they can help do the work possible. reporting live in northwest washington, suzanne kennedy, "good morning washington." a new look at a devasta

we're here takoma park ihop.ome grab some pancakes, y'all. >> best of the morning. >> reporter: there you go. merry christmas. back to you. >> that sounds so good right now. >> how are those ladies still awake. >> you remember how we used to do it. >> glory days. >> glory days. >> absolutely. >> let's get to it. we are -- merry christmas. >> merry christmas. >> merry christmas. >> steve welcome back. we missed you. although i checked your social pages every minute so i felt like i was kind of with you. >> i thought about you guys. >> did you. >> that's too bad. just like let it all go. see ya'. >> i didn't say i thought about you all the time. >> okay. >> 35 dulles. 37b. 37 bwi marshall.very strong colg through. winds have picked up. winds are now gusting here in the city to 32. gust over 50. so very windy conditions over the next couple hours as that colder air works in and then it will be a chilly afternoon and our wind chills will be in the 20's. good news is most people can take it easy today. so, if you're g

alison: the police are searching for a real-life grinch that hit two takoma park neighborhoods hours apart. outdoor decorations were stepped on, torn apart, scattered down the street along grand avenue. avenue,y holly lights were pulled down and electrical cords were cut. >> sing all the el found a couple pieces on the road and footprints in the snow. alison: the police have very little to go on and they have no surveillance video, so they are urging neighborhoods to participate in a watchdog camera program and purchase a home surveillance system. nancy: turning to the stormwatch's forecast, we saw our first snowfall this past weekend, but the snowfall here was nothing compared to the south. got so much snow that it could be spotted from space. tens of thousands were without power because of the record-setting snow. was not so bad here, bill. bill: that almost looks like a scar across the u.s., i love that. line. talk about the fine that is just a great picture from space. the record snowfall over the weekend at and also baltimore. 41 right now, far from freezing, manassas 40, 41 woo

traffic sign lodged into the windshield of a car, the vehicle skidding off the road into the grass in takoma parkr over, the driver kept going. he was eventually arrested for dwi. a 7 on your side consumer alert, iphone users from several states are suing apple after the tech giant confirmed it slows down phones -- older phones when the newer ones are released. the class-action lawsuits say the company should have told owner sooner. apple claims they do it to save battery life otherwise phones would crash or shut down. you can get a replacement battery for about $80. a warning tonight about some gifts under your tree. electronics that connect to the internet put you at risk. hackers are waiting to strike. the furby connect is one of them. used betweenol to the toy and phone are not secure and somebody could be hanging by your window with a phone or laptop and make the furby do whatever they connect meets federal privacy requirements and specific requirements need to be met for the hack to work, but admit that internet connected devices are vulnerable. >> an lg box could literally scope out your h

fox's kristyn leon is live at the takoma park ihop.orning. >> reporter: good morning, allison. i imagine so. not too long ago, i'd say about an hour ago this whole place was packed, cooks, little cooker elves hard at work. merry christmas guys. >> merry christmas. >> reporter: merry christmas. thank you for what you're doing. it's been a crazy morning here. we saw the strawberry pancakes come out, the stake omelette waiting for some more. it's died down a little bit. merry christmas guys. thank you. >> merry christmas from takoma park ihop. >> reporter: you have been running around for the last 24 hours, right? >> 24 hours, yes, we have. >> reporter: 24 hours. and what do you see? a lot of people super excited to be here obviously. >> and enjoying themselves. >> reporter: enjoying themselves. i'm going to bug some customers now. i feel bad. merry christmas from fox5. all right, all right. we'll go this way over here. so, yeah, you know, we're wondering why a lot of know, grab some pancakes obviously. they're up bright and early. hey, m

keep that in mind if you're heading out towards takoma park.n the southbound side after powder mill road. no delays there. metro is on time except for that ongoing red line work. back to you. >> let's take a look at the stories you were engaging with the most this morning on social media. >> wisdom is back with our realtime news tracker. >> first up this morning the city of tel aviv has a message for jerusalem. no harsh feelings well kind of following president trump's announcement of using the embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem. australia passed a bill allowing same-sex marriage across the nation. it changes the definition of marriage of a union between a man and a woman to a union of two people. five lawmakers have registered their opposition to australia's bill. >>> more than a million lower income children are at risk of losing their health insurance next year if congress doesn't act soon. federal funding for the children's health insurance program ran out at the end of september. chip covers about 9 million children whose parents usually e

trains are single tracking between greg land and for cotton and for cotton and takoma park. trains will run every 10 minutes rather than eight minutes between shady grove and glenmont. this coming after an extended closure on this section of the red lines, which ended just a few days ago. >> i am not happy with it, but what you do? what do you do? it is not really a walking city like other big cities, so i can't walk to work. >> we want it to get fixed. metro.being able to use living here in two dozen two, i use it regularly. get back to normal. suzanne: import information about service this weekend. buses will replace trains between silver spring and rhode island avenue's thomas o metro can do the necessary repair work . they hope to have it wrapped up in time for the monday morning commute. suzanne kennedy, abc 7. adrianna: the numbers are in for the first week of toll lanes inside the beltway. aubrey layne says the average rush-hour drive inside the beltway was 10 to 12 minutes compared 15 to 30 minutes a year ago. just a handful of drivers paid the highest toll of the we

crash on takoma park. dumfries, delays remain. that's looking better than it was.ur travel times. again, 66 inbound. 95 northbound from quantico on up. looking quite good. the earlier problem. 95 south. top of the beltway. no major delays. even though we have that problem at georgia. listen to wtop 103.5 fm when you hop in your car. >>> i'm landon subscription music service in march. warner music signed on an youtube is in talks with sony, universal music and several independent labels to service -- the service is called remix will join a crowded market with spotify and others. they launched an ad, video service. youtube offers exclusive content. for this report, i'm landon dowdy. >> thanks, landon. >>> stressed out moms cope with -- with wine, two, three. >> i have no idea what you're talking about. >> we see jokes about mommy juice all over social media. >> a number of women a bugs alcohol rising dramatically, some are trying to put a cork in it. an expert on alcohol abuse. he says in the last 15 years, heavy use or addiction increased 60% among women and recomme

right now 7:17 starting you off with a look on east-west highway in takoma park maryland.owned wires the traffic you're looking at right now is on new hampshire avenue. east-west 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. let's see. let's go back -- let me see if we can forward our maps. my clicker isn't 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 tractor-trailer crash into cape saint claire. 95 northbound at prince william parkway crash is blocking the right shoulder and the left shoulder. disabled tractor-trailer. through woodbridge you're slow. just about a 30 mi

takoma station also closed. something else to mention, 5 there. this is in park hall. we have a crash in st. mary's county.ight now you have to at all the nate to get past that crash. two right lanes getting by the work sdwlozone. we don't have problems near pennsylvania avenue. 95 and virginia just fine. southbound near quantico, a little slow. no reports of anything the spur, you're on time. eun? >> melissa, thank you. a cake debate heading to our nation's highest court. how a fight over a wedding cake could trigger changes to a religious rights. >>> flu fears on the rise. why the illness could be stronger and sooner than usual. >> pops up for the olympics. talking with the nigerian bobsled team. they're the first ever to compete in the winter games. that's exciting. >> it is. you can hear about the history they're making. ellen airs weekday s >>> welcome back. 5:23. flu season has arrived and it's earlier and more widespread than at this time last year. across the country, there far. that is double the number than this time last year. this season it looks like you could still get the flu even after gett

park 95 to the 270 spur. ongoing metro track work right now just keep in mind between silver spring and fort totten we do have shuttle buses service replacing those trains. takomastation closed. take marc trains or metrobus. steve and allison. >> more questions surrounding the secretary of state position. is the current secretary of state on the way out? rumors continue to swirl this morning we'll tell you how the white house is responding. >> an update on that american airlines pilot glitch. holiday travelers you can breathe easy, breathe a sigh of relief. relief. >> ♪ ♪ ♪ stepping into the unknown, it can be difficult to find the way. but with the compassion and strength of a name, and the security of the cross and shield, obstacles... become openings. as we have for more than 75 years, we'll continue to light the way. using our knowledge to create new healthcare solutions giving you the power to shine forward... to whatever awaits tomorrow. carefirst blue cross blue shield. live fearless. >> ♪ >> the next shakeup at the white house could be on the horizon reports that secretary of state rex tillerson would be out by the end of the year. sources inside and ou