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address. for sanders is calling after his campaign improperly accessed data gathered by clinton's team. montgomery county police investigating a crash involving their own. of the ng advantage final weekend before christmas. we'll hear from shoppers braving the news starts right now. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org. > folks bundled up but more bitterly cold weather is just ahead. here's our first look. what's been a rare occasion this winter has been winter. from our nation's capitol. clear skies, cold temperatures in.lly coming one of the cold of the mornings we've had this season.

high temperature only in the 40's. 30's. hagerstown, 45, felt more like 8 with the northwest winds 10 to 20. gusts even higher. culpeper, a real-time temperature of 25. reagan national 30. 25.assas right at some of the coldest spots to start off daybreak. pattern in place, all going away. the breeze has already eased and already seeing temperatures fall fast. the thing is, 46 in the average for this time of year. sunshine tomorrow. without the breeze it should feel great. monday, overcast late in the day. monday.ures warm up on 53. rain into tuesday and wednesday, christmas eve on thursday and we more also be setting record warmth and christmas day, our entire forecast, just minutes away. to sign up for our weather alert. wjla.com/text and enter your cell phone number.

gears.ing you saw it on a.b.c. 7. democratic presidential debate sanders al surrounding campaign staff improperly accessing voter information for hillary clinton. ashley coleman is live in the newsroom with more. ashley? fireworks here were as expected at tonight's democratic debate. the hot topics included national the ity, gun control, economy, but it all began with an issue that gripped the week.nes this >> the third and final democratic debate of the year apology.ith an >> not only do i apologize to i hope weclinton, and can work together on an independent investigation, i ant to apologize to my supporters. this is not the type of campaign that we run. reporter: former secretary of hillary clinton accepted vermont senator's bernie apology. it comes after some of his

taffers improperly accessed data.voter after the apology, the debate urned to the issue of national security. all three candidates had strong president epublican date donald trump. > he's becoming isis' best recruiter. they are going to people showing insultingdonald trump islam and muslims in order to radical jihadists. > banning assault rifles got heated.o'malley the w training videos, easiest way to boy an assault weapon in america is at a show. of the flip-flop of washington, that both of my two colleagues on this state have for the last ere 40 years. we need common sense. >> calm down a little bit,

martin. let's tell the truth, martin. news est a.b.c. "washington post" poll shows clinton with a commanding lead at 59%. has 28% and o'malley has 5%. tonight's democratic debate is of the year. life in the newsroom tonight, news.y coleman, a.b.c. 7 >> our current commander-in-chief is taking a break from the white house. first nt obama and the family arrived in hawaii for their annual christmas vacation. to spends are expected a few weeks in hawaii. the republican presidential the weekend on the campaign trail, too. criticize ntinues to donald trump. during a town hall event in new hampshire he called the frontrunner a jerk. new hampshire's primary is set for february 9 about a week iowa caucuses. wastonight a police cruiser involved in a crash necessity bethesda.

road.pened near manor an sawyer had to be taken to the hospital to be checked out. is still under investigation but police do not believe the officer was at fault. investigating are motorcycle lving a accident. not release information on the injuries or what caused the crash. a man was killed after police rob an officer with a toy gun. this morning early near the home of the off-duty baltimore city police officer. says he was leaving his vehicle when a man approached him with what looked like a handgun. reached back en into his vehicle, got his opened fire.n and >> a toy gun, which was very bed to me as being realistic, like a black toy revolver. >> the officer was not hurt in incident. his name has not yet been

released but he's an 18-year of the force. assigned to the special ops section. airfax county police are looking for the man behind a shooting at a home on brockham rive overnight in the alexandria area. an officer says the shooter and victim, a 49-year-old man, got some kind of argument before the shooting. the victim was taken to the hospital. not considered life-threatening. an 18-year-old driver was killed crash in the springfield area late last night. was e say laween a. akrawi driving along the westbound lanes of the springfield parkway he lost control and hit several trees. he died at the scene. a 17 year old passenger suffered nonlife-threatening injuries. police believe speed was indeed deadly crash.at a new study recommends that more added to es must be the chesapeake bay bridge in order to avoid more gridlock. ccording to the maryland transportation authority. the bay bridge carries nearly

96,000 cars on peak summer travel days. the volume is only expected to nearly 129,000 by the year 2040. the study says if the bridge is widened or replaced before then there will be daily long s, up to 14 miles eastbound. it sounds hard to believe but we're less than a week away from it being the with final weekend before the storess shoppers hit the in full force. we're live from georgetown with more. you say the cold weather really ade people get into the shopping spirit? kimberly.'s right, today's colder temperatures are warming the hearts of store holiday shoppers up lly appear to be picking the pace. ♪ it was six days before christmas. nd all through georgetown -- shoppers were grinning, prices

were way down. a lot of the stores that don't see deep discounts have it this year. >> drawn by steep discounts shoppers crowded the streets of the finishing ut touches on their holiday shopping. >> oh, super busy. busy. much busier than last week. this has been great. matt: until recently the unseasonably warm weather in the northeast has been hurting sales reluctant s had been to spend their days inside shopping. it's getting a lot better. retailers were also feeling pressured to keep up with the discounts and often free shipping offered online. >> do you prefer shopping online stores? > for the fun things, at stores. for worry things online. >> shipping is so convenient. two day free shipping. the same sweater at nike that online.0 was $150 >> as a result, sale signs are

now in full bloom here in georgetown and throughout the washington area. has shoppers like claudia moss very much in the mood. ♪ sales at final note, brick and mortar stores are up run about les online 5%. matt, a.b.c.getown, 7 news. kimberly: good news on both fronts. up, christmas will be a lot brighter for thousands of families thanks to your generosity. we'll take to you this year's toy for tots distribution day. shattering records at the box office. learn how much money the new made over just the past 24 hours. when a.b.c. 7 news

>> you're watching a.b.c. 7 news at 11:00. >> a high school football player being hailed is as a hero after he shielded gunfire.m

the 15-year-old was killed on thursday. girls ed on top of three to shield them from gunshots in knoxville. that the victims says dobson told them to duck. wasn't a hero, if it for him, if he had just run off probably me or her would have been shot. >> it was part of a shooting earlier that rted night. police believe the shootings were gang-related. relatives of the husband and killed 14 people in san bernardino removed items from the couple's home today. say the family arrived at the couple's townhouse with a you've u-haul truck. lawyer said it was a difficult day and no questions answered. >> officers held a dwi event today in claritin. it took place at several balls.

took advantage at various businesses. we checked in with arlington police. say not a single arrest was made at the crawl tonight. soccer fans. i'm included in this. .c. united as a new broadcast partnership with sinclair broadcast group that. means some of the team's matches 7 l air right here on a.b.c. and our sister station news channel 8 and this will kick off d.c. united's season. we ask for your help. stepped up and answered the call. a.b.c. 7 is a proud sponsor of and oys for tots program today, volunteers distributed ens of thousands of gifts to local children in need. reporter: we should all try to give back. just in time for christmas, holiday ers spread cheer at headquarters. >> it's overwhelming the size event.pe of the it. hard work that goes into

the volunteers. reporter: organizers estimate hey gave out about 25,000 toys to more than 50,000 children. all day long the line wrapped around the building. way longer this year and colder. reporter: according to the app, 39 degrees at noon but felt more like 36 degrees ith the wind chill and folks bundled up in winter coats and blankets huddled together for warmth. in the thousands stood line for three or more hours. people helped to provide warm. once they got inside they said it was well worth the wait. out.t helped me big time. >> right now, i'm not working. pregnant so ths lot. came in handy a >> hundreds of volunteers participated and there were some crowd.r faces in the >> many police officers brought their own children to help. families can't afford toys, so i'm helping them to get some presents for their kids.

it feels good. just feels right doing something good like this. younger and those volunteers offered their toy expertise. > i know what 7-year-olds like because i'm seven. reporter: the event was a big success but the need cots and oys for tots is still collecting donations. >> we'll distribute all the way eve.ntil christmas it's not too late to give. reporter: in palmer park, a.b.c. 7 news. >> i can't get enough of those little girls, it feels good. something ght to do this good. >> it's so great to see that early on and the 7-year-old expert on what 7-year-olds want, it's great. >> it feels a little more like season today. >> we've had very few of these but we'll see exactly how cold we start off tomorrow. in fact, maybe you're thinking getting out a little earlier before sunday services to get that last gift or get that you haven't gotten yet. let's take a look at our

nation's capitol. of 25.time temperature manassas, 25. just went up to 27. in frederick. 34 in lou ray. rystal clear skies allowing temperatures to fall back without the breeze we had earlier. ever ng of the breeze, since friday and through most of today, northwest winds 10 to 20. gusts even higher at 25. we've been in this cold pattern. breezy and cold. now that the breeze has gone allows for one of the coldest starts. chilly lots of sunshine throughout the day. we get past your sunday. we go to monday. cloud cover comes back. way of rain and temperatures start to go back up. then we'll talk some rain. record warmth. so that's the big picture over days.ext two lets go in close and tight. tomorrow morning, lows, 19 could be the coldest spot. pepper. 20 in manassas. outer suburbs of washington. 30 in downtown washington.

fast.'t warm up very a cold start. 43 in hagerstown. charlestown the same. 46 in washington. right near 47. 48 in old town. fredericksburg at 50. warren and page county to 47 and 48 respectively that covers sunday. sunny skies without a breeze. it should feel better than yesterday and today. coming in he clouds towards monday but it will take temperatures back up towards the s. hold the rain off. here's a look at our sky cast tomorrow. beautiful, crystal clear start colde day and sunrise at a 30 downtown. 24 to 25 middle of the road temperature. lots of bright sunshine. only up to 46 but without the breeze we're feeling much better. seven-day forecast, wednesday, christmas eve could have rain christmas eve that would be a record high

breaking the previous record of set in 1933. christmas day, mild at 60. year we were at 61. even a mild day at that time. football tomorrow. to be cold. if you're out tailgating. bundle up. the stadium will be at 41. y the time the game ends, with a victory, up to about 46 for the high temperature in the afternoon. tleelsly good football weather considering the time of the year. >> not bad. fingers have our crossed about the redskins. >> yeah. >> you think they will win? >> i do. think they will beat the bills. speaking of victory, that's what the wizards were aiming for. john wall was trying to help his team get back to their one

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>> at the start of the season any experts believed the wizards would be playing for a spot in the eastern conference finals. but after they changed their bradley beal and got hurt they were in a downward spiral. john wall had a big first half. goes right by walker for two of his 20 first half points. clinging to a three-pointe lead. gortat chipped in with 18 as the izards go on to win it by eight. maybe the wizards can take a q have aryland who at 9-1 been living up to their expectations. tonight they played in baltimore years. first time in 16 hosting princeton at royal farms arena. game tied at 27. jake saves it off the miss and check out the great ball the turf.y melo tremble winds up with it and drains three. four at the half. in the pulls away

second. led the terps with 19 points. hosting asheville many yas were down by as as eight in the second half. his only three of the game. just over a minute to got. one.s down by thomas lays it in giving sheville a three-point lead so georgetown loses to another mid major, 79-73. frustrated john thompson iii after the game. i still believe in the group. we've just got to get ourselves that we're in e right now. left. is a lot of season a lot of season left for that to happen. we've just got to fight.

in umber eight virginia action hosting 12th ranked villanueva today. gil grabs the offensive rebound. goes up strong for two of his game high 22. by 12.s up less than two minutes to go. uva up by seven. the dribbling of malcolm brogdon. fired three and they are up in charlottesville. virginia wins it 86-75. the national spotlight was on shepherd university today as the first ever for their division ii championship against northwest missouri state in kansas.ity, the bearcats dominated right from the start. shepherd down 7-0. bowles, nice play action fake. finds j. williams. in for the touchdown. so with 30 seconds to go in the half, disaster strikes. off.pass is picked and he takes it to the house

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