is planning attacks, including in the u.s. alison: roz plater is at reagan national airport with the latest. as: the warning comes thousands are headed for their thanksgiving vacations, and many are heading to europe where tensions are still running high. worldwide travel alert appeared on the state department website monday evening, cautioning travelers about possible risks because of increased terror threats. they urged citizens to be vigilant in public places, public transportation, and to avoid crowds especially holiday festivals or events. >> i'm normally not concerned about things like that, but you have to think about it. brussels, the high level security lockdown will continue for another week. >> we are still facing the same types of threats as yesterday. heats upthe manhunt

for the suspected terror attacks mastermind. vehiclend an abandoned and a paris suburb where his vehicles found the night of the attacks. the french military has launched its first airstrikes outside of syria, now making targets in iraq. french president francois hollande is set to meet with president obama tuesday. the official say the warning is not meant to stop you from traveling, they simply want you to be aware of what's going on around you. roz plater, abc 7 news. alison: stay with abc 7 and wjla.com for up-to-the-minute information about the war on terror. leon: a man is under arrest after throwing fireworks in a parking lot of a mosque. he is charging connection with the incident in falls church. fairfax county police say there is no threat to the public. the man is in jail as the police

investigate. alison: breaking now, a double shooting in the district, the two separate in locations, one on minnesota avenue, the second just around the corner on pennsylvania avenue. no arrests have been made and no word on how serious the injuries are. and we are also following breaking news at towson university, where a diving coach was indicted in connection with a recording device inside the women's locker room. the coaches facing administrative -- is facing criminal charges and is on administrative leave with pay. metro aftertions on a person was killed by a train, shutting down the capitol heights station at 8:00. shuttles were brought into transport passengers. there were delays on the blue and silver lines for several hours. the police are still investigating. alison: cars slamming into building along with a slew of

other accidents along route one in hyattsville, and now neighbors want change. new plans are on the table as the state promise a short and long-term fixes, but is it enough? tom roussey is live with more. tom? want to lookif you at the problem, look no further than across from dematha high school, this electric crossing paul was knocked down. but imagine this was a person instead of a pole. >> we would have been crushed. justjohn says it is not scary crossing the street with his little girl but scary just being on the sidewalks because on route one, cars don't just get into accidents, they often leave the road. [honk] tom: they have slammed into a car wash, hit a to place, and destroyed a greenhouse. >> the car's beating so much

that we are going into buildings, that's a problem. we have two accidents per week. it is a big concern. tom: state and local officials walked hyattsville route one today. they have lowered the speed limit in nearby north brentwood and put a bigger signs in hyattsville, but residents want speed cameras like those in nearby college park. that came after college student pedestrians were killed. >> in college park, it took two deaths. i don't wanted it to come to that here. a spokesperson for the state highway administration says the state wants to do short-term and long-term things to try to make route one saver, both for crossing the street and just standing on the sidewalk. tom roussey, abc 7 news. alison: thank you, tom. right now, the police are

searching for suspects after a terrifying attack right near d.c.'s convention center. officer say that a man had a knife and kidnapped a woman early saturday morning on the 11th street. he drove her to another location, rob her, and sexually assaulted her. the suspect let the woman go and drove away. in northeast, the police are investigating an assault on wiley street. a man grabbed a woman and try to sexually assault her saturday night. she got away and was not hurt. if you have information about either incident, d.c. police want to talk to you. leon: what would you do if a simple google search revealed sensitive, private information about your child? the 7 on your side i-team found a dozenion from students in prince george's county. joce sterman has the stunning records we found in public view. joce: defending his own mother, this family wanted the world to

understand the kind of young man he was when they gather to honor him one month ago. every areanown in are of his life. joce: we know something, too, something we should not. when we search the information on the internet, his confidential student record was posted online. >> it's really shocking. joce: his records are not the only ones. we discovered a staffer's notes detailing medical and disciplinary information, plans, and special needs for students at oxon hill middle. those things are supposed to be confidential. >> absolutely, they are all protected. joce: protected by a federal law hippa but for like student records. person's job to enforce it on behalf of the u.s. department of education.

a law that is designed to make sure that this information stays private. >> what you showed me this morning would clearly trickle an investigation -- trigger an investigation. joce: it was on a website called weebley. should that be used to post confidential information? >> no, you want to use a site designed to protect information. joce: but jim jones, tech and security expert, says weebly is popular with educators who want with colleagues and students. it has password protections, but it does not have red flags when secret information goes public. >> we are not expecting sensitive information to be in there. joce: you know who else was not expecting that? parents, like this woman, brought to tears. >> it's confidential, between her and her guidance to counselor. joce: her daughter's sensitive

medical information was on the net. the district did not know the notes were posted until 7 on your side told them. prince george's county schools would not talk on camera about the problem, but they said the website was taken down in a statement. with also, too, until we double checked. we clicked on the link and it was not found. but we access the cached material, which has all the student information still on the internet. the link has disappeared, but the trouble has not. the u.s. department of education said they are making sure that they are not in violation of ferpa. they said they will advise schools that weebly should not be used for confidential information. >> we appreciate you letting her know. clearly they would not let us know. joce: joce sterman, abc 7 news. leon: prince george's county schools say that they make every

effort to protect confidential information and they want all parents to know that student records are safe and secure. a spokesperson would not answer specific questions about how long the information was available and whether the district reported the leak. alison: tomorrow will be the worst time to hit the roads for the thanks giving holiday. this is according to aaa. with gas prices low, traffic could be worse than ever, on top of the news that three of the roadways were named among the 50 worst bottlenecks in the country. jay korff has that survey and the holiday travel outlook. sounds bleak. ndeed, but knows a prize, we a know traffic congestion is a huge area of the washington, d.c., region. mix that with the bottlenecks in the holiday travels, and there is a mess on your hands. alliancecan highway says drivers are delayed by millions of hours per year and

burn millions of gallons of gas per year at traffic bottlenecks. 41st bottleneck is in alexandria on duke street. road in dulles toll fairfax county. the worst in the area is in arlington county, the dreaded mile-long stretch of 395 approaching the 14th street bridge before it crosses the potomac into washington. >> i was at a standstill for, like, three hours. jay: she is driving from maine to florida. she says this is among the most congested in the country, made worse on this night because of holiday travelers. >> everybody has the same idea to be the holiday traffic. and they are out tonight creating the holiday traffic. jay: the report's findings are hoping to encourage transportation leaders to eliminate chokepoints and save money and time.

according to this study, one of the worst bottlenecks in the ,ountry, number one, chicago followed by los angeles. jay korff, abc 7 news. leon: coming up next -- star wars fans, get ready for a big jimmy kimmel live. we have the sneak peek next. in thei'm steve rudin belfort furniture weather center. a cold night ahead, but moving

alison: the video was terrifying, responders pulling a man from a burning car in suitland in september. tonight, a touching moment of thanks from that victim. larry dunmore suffered serious burns but has recovered, and today he showed up at the morningside volunteer fire department and met his rescue were for the first time. he told firefighter day you'll colin's, "you gave me a second chance at life." wow. amazing. leon: has to feel good. lots of folks counting down, just 24 days until the premiere of the new star wars movie. tonight,n celebration

the entire cast will be on jimmy kimmel live, next on abc 7. leon: kidd o'shea got a special sneak peek at the shell and he is live in los angeles. evening from hollywood boulevard, where people are out tonight. earlier this evening they take the special edition of jimmy kimmel live, the "star wars" edition. for everyone watching from home tonight, all the star wars fans, what's the message? is going torams reveal the beginning of the movie, the first word in the new "star wars" movie, revealed exclusively on my show tonight. i actually said a tear. kidd: and you showed a clip of the movie that people can rewind. if they have that capability. if not, no. kidd: there will also be a

special edition of eyewitness news where jimmy kimmel interviews people on hollywood boulevard. there is a scene with harrison ford and chewbacca, and more of my interview will happen tomorrow morning on "good morning washington." we spent some time with him, a really great guy, talked about the show in what goes into it every day. watch that tomorrow morning. on hollywood boulevard, jimmy kimmel's star on the hollywood walk of fame. nature to watch the special "star wars" edition of the show tonight after the news. closer to home come efforts to make the holiday happier for those in need, hundreds of volunteers took part. they prepared 20,000 servings of thanksgiving dishes that will be served at area shelters. 19th consecutive year for the program. alison: 7 on your side with

consumer news and a bit of a surprising reason that your turkey may cost more than sheer. the american farm bureau federation says the cost of a 16-pound turkey is up more than 6% from last year, and they blame the jump on the avian flu outbreak that killed millions of birds earlier this year. a 16-pound turkey will cost just over $23. so there you go. leon: and if you fry it, it's worth every penny. steve: in your house or on your deck -- not in your house, on your deck. , on abc news at 5:00 -- alison: what time is that on? steve: 5:00. we will have the weather outlook. leon: at 5:00? steve: yes, it is, right here on 7. [laughter]

steve: i also have a poll on my twitter page, asking how much snow -- whoa. alison: where you going? steve: right here. how much snow you think we will get this year. this is a most like "the gong show." the coldest day so far this season. coldfully we have not had days anytime like that soon. below average last weekend, things will get better. i hope they do soon, quickly. 36 degrees the current temperature at reagan national airport, mainly clear skies right now. 36 winchester, 34 leesburg, 36 annapolis, 31 over at andrews. huge quiet and dry, the area of high pressure overhead keeping us dry and clear overnight. it also allows the colder air to filter in from the north. nighttime lows, middle to upper 20's and the north and west, 30

to 32 inside the beltway with light wind. tomorrow, sunglasses, hats, scarf possibly, gloves, you will need it all tomorrow morning, it will be cold, 29 degrees petworth, 27 wake-up temperature in fairfax. the wind starts to change through the day tomorrow. not as cold, with highs approaching 50 degrees. as we move into the day wednesday and thanksgiving day, the wind will be out of the south southwest, pushing the daytime highs, ready for this, near 60 degrees, even warmer towards the end of the week, black friday, looking at 65 degrees. the travel forecast up and down the east coast, boston, new york, philadelphia, in the 40's tomorrow, just fine for travel. chicago, detroit, a lot of snow melting, upper 30's. closer to home, the high tomorrow 50 degrees, lots of

sunshine. the temperatures in the middle 60's friday, cold front moves through for the weekend, the temperatures dropping into the 50's. i am firmly seated at this point. alison: all right, good, thank you. increase been a 900% pet poison the hotline for something most of us have in our homes and pockets. the problem is an increasingly popular sweetener called xylitol . humans have no problems metabolizing it, but it can be deadly to dogs. two dogs found a package of gum in both had to be hospitalized. >> if i had not been home and caught him eating the gum, he never would have survived. we would have come home and he would have been dead. a lot of times it's too late. alison: why such a huge increase

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interception return for a touchdown to unnecessary roughing. i asked young what he thought about the comments. >> everyone says we don't have leaders, but jason hatcher is a leader. he spoke his opinion, and that is what you want. forward,ally, moving we cannot put the refs in the situation to call that. we need to do better on our parts. nba, magic and cavs. turns his back, throws it up, another look. i never want to play horse with him. that was not enough. lebron and the cavs win. tomorrow, the maryland terps tip-off against illinois state in cancun, mexico, nice trip. and they moved up in the polls today from three to two.

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>> dicky: it's "jimmy kimmel live"! the "star wars" special. tonight the cast of "star wars: the force awakens," featuring harrison ford, carrie fisher, john boyega, adam driver, daisy ridley, and director j.j. abrams. with cleto and the cletones. and now, may the force be with him, here's jimmy kimmel! and now, here's jimmy kimmel! [ cheers and applause ]