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sbl you can call it a figure out of this war. the new star force movie set a ew record for the highest single day opening of any movie. $120 millionre than from late night thursday's screening and from friday's show. marks the largest opening weekend of any movie released in december. on track toakens is million for just opening weekend. i'm hearing from fans it's well deserved. is ball player michael sam catching a lot of heat for tweeting a spoiler from the new movie.rs most of us who want to see it, i don't want to hear anything. the tweet andeted owned up to his mistake by tweeting the oops. to explain how you can try to avoid those spoilers if you've not seen the movie yet. when we
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>> the roller coaster continues. >> that spot before you get up o the fun spot, tomorrow morning, bundle up. hats, coats, gloves, scarves even. 19 in culpeper. 30 downtown and 24 in leesburg suburbs. right around daybreak, you want to get in a little shopping want the service you'll to stay warm. 46 in the afternoon without a breeze feels like but that's the of year.or this time it seems like such a cold day but that's an average day. >> we've been so spoiled. we're looking at a 55-degree temperature spread this week. >> ridiculous. blowing. we're not finished yet.
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>> a developing story tonight. an educator died while in custody in d.c. his death is being ruled a
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homicide and outraged family are demanding answers. here are details about what zo smith.o alisten > six weeks after the death of alonzo smith the second examininger just issued this a ing that his death was homicide caused by sudden cath yack death. caused by acute cocaine toxicity while restrained. very upset. highly upset. >> smith's grandmother says that hisrt still doesn't address injuries. >> he was beaten. his neck was broken. a xwash in the back of his head. collarbone had been broken. bruises. area had many i think this is a cover-up. >> smith was found unconscious and in handcuffs november 1 in a hallway of the marbury plaza apartment complex in the southeast. in custody of special
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police officers, armed security district.censed by the all the family knows about what happened comes from witnesses. to know what ranspired prior to him running hollering help, help, help, they help me. to >> this is video shot by multiple organizations demanding justice for smith. a was a 27-year-old father, teaching assistant for special needs students and an author. 7 they are a.b.c. still vetting the case. so far, no one has been charged. tell me the truth. don't hide it or sweep it under the rug. out with it, whether it's bad. or >> a.b.c. 7 news. >> a secret service officer shot to death in the southwest. olice say 30-year-old arthur baldwin of upper marlboro was shot in an attempted robbery. confirms thatvice baldwin was on leave from its
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foreign missions branch. withse he had been charged attempted burglary. police have not yet made any in baldwin's death. a top general is recommending a former rtial for the prisoner bo. he was released in a exchange ial prisoner earlier this year. he's accused of deserting his in afghanistan. ace a oing to fist court-martial. he said he left the post to court-martial. he said he left the post to a hear row like
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>> a long awaited debut at the national zoo. ome lucky members of the media got a chance to look at right up d panda cub close and john gonzalez was one of them. day long we've been give an comparison of just how big has gotten in just over 3 1/2 months. this is what he started as, just of butter, and today he ooks a lot like this stormtrooper. moments ago we went in and saw time.r the first other than the first lady michelle obama and the first china, he hasn't been seen by anyone other than zoo keepers. first time little images. got a chance to get an update on his health, his development, about k to zookeepers
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that big public debut. more importantly, how he's djusting here in the nation's capitol. >> he was smiling. at one point it looked like he waved at us. he's doing grateful everything is right on track. he's growing very well, heavier brother or sister was at this age. he's starting to walk and he's teeth. in his pretty soon he'll start eating on his own but right now he's he's on track ut for where he needs to be. proud papa is out here in the yard. baby he doing with his and mom. >> he doesn't have any interaction. just his mom. he's still only inside right now. eventually when he goes outside with his mom he'll have a window so they can say hi to each other. reporter: so even though we're first time ese images the public will have to-wit a little longer. on january ll open 16 for everyone to see baba. of baba. get enough
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still to come on "saturday news extra," planes, trains and automobiles. what you need to know ahead of holiday travel season. plus it's finally feeling like december
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>> the democratic presidential candidates faced off in their final debate of the year. did address bernie sanders campaign staff improperly
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information for hillary clinton. recap.ez has a eporter: following impassioned opening statements touching on issues in the republican race. values to thender fascist pleas of billionaires with big mouths. questions quickly turned to the elephant in the debate hall. >> does secretary clinton an apology tonight. >> yes, i apologize. sorry r: saying he's after four of his campaign workers tapped into hillary clinton's private voter data. to apologize to my supporters. this is not the type of campaign that we run. we should move on because i don't think the american people in this.hat interested reporter: the third democratic debate getting to the issues hat are on many americans' minds, from the economy to terrorism. >> i think it's absolutely the policy for us to be even imagining that we're going to
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tens of thus of merican troops into syria and iraq to fight isis. reporter: to heated issues on control. >> do not tell me -- that i have standing upurage in to the gun people. reporter: working to differentiate themselves from who still has a kidnapping lead in the latest national poll while the emocratic candidates at times also shared a united message. debate we the kind of need to take to the republicans. eporter: it will be nearly a month before the democratic presidential candidates share the stage again. scheduled fore is january 17 in south carolina. a.b.c. news, manchester, new hampshire. >> in case you haven't checked the calendar christmas is coming riday and it could be a record-breaking holiday when it comes to travel. plenty of people will hit the roads, rails and runways.
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we have a look at the travel forecast. >> there is no place like home for christmas. and this year record-breaking travel to eople may get there. -- i know.s > this year he won't have to drive. his kids will. they likely won't be alone on the roads. the number of ts year end travelers will top 100 million nationally for the first on record. to not make the weekends -- make it a little easier. > here in the d.c. region 2.5 of the six million people are expected to get out of town between december 23 and january more than 1% from last year. while most people will get behind the wheel 5% will fly. use trains or buses. be the worst ll day? december 23. and what do they say is contributing to that? of lower gas prices. >> the lowest i've paid on the
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$176. is > we just filled up for $1.81 efore we left 69 they are knocking off some of the holiday shopping. says he would rather be home than try to brave the likely back-up. saw them backed up on 95 going south. wantwas something we don't to be in. reporter: in virginia, briann carter, a.b.c. 7 news. always stay a step ahead when you travel through wjla.com. where you will find gasoline prices and links to check for any delays. metro has also released its holiday service schedule. onre will be regular service christmas eve. on christmas day, metro rail and metro bus will operate on a schedule. on new year's eve metrorail will remain open until 3:00 a.m. good news. on new year's day buses and a sundayll separate on
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schedule. we ought to just take the train and get off the roads. and try to avoid 95 congestion which seems to be the biggest headache. 66 congestion. >> it's fun to ride the train. expensive. >> we need to discuss finally the weather. cold pushes that we've had, that have been very few and far between. heat.bout record we could still have more record heat. capitol, our nation's culpeper is well on the way to the teens by tomorrow morning. culpeper.in 23. probably going to be at least that if not colder. 38 at reagan national. actual air temperatures. breeze.h of a they have started to subside but earlier in the day and also winds were up st 10 to 20. gusts higher than that. ir temperatures that were well under 50 degrees and you got a stronger breeze with
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temperatures under 50. a wind chill factor. breeze, cold that was there. and more accurately what it eels like to you when you combine the wind with the actual air temperature. tomorrow, chilly on sunday but then the cloud cover comes and on monday. chances.ly rain cool because temperatures go up even despite clouds moving back into monday. then we'll talk about up, rain chances and record warmth. that's the big picture. tomorrow morning, low temperatures, if you need to get to nd do some shopping, get a sunday service, 24 in baltimore. washington suburbs, 19. culpeper, 20 in manassas. 23 in winchester. much of a ere is not wind to make it feel worse. 43 in hagerstown. 45 in charlestown and 46 in berriville. washington.y in close to 47 shown there. -- waldorf, 50 in
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fredericksburg. the breeze, it feels so much better than it did. friday and saturday as well. 50 in culpeper. here's a look at the cloud cover into monday. starts to come back. high thin wispy cirrus clouds. cloudy, mostly cloudy, but at least temperatures will be on the rise. his is how it should work altogether. beautiful crisp, clear day. beautiful sunrise. cloud in the sky. but cold at 30. that's a high end temperature. 24 is about middle of the road. throughout the day, tons of sunshine, crystal clear blue in downtown 6 reagan. lows once again. t will be a very cold day and right into the seven-day forecast, temperatures on up 50s.the 60's. rain on wednesday and that would high on christmas eve beating the previous record of 69 in 1933. christmas day, 60. very mild. well above average. last year it was actually 61.
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it or not. so if we just do a notch above 60 we would have two consecutive christmases at 61. i don't know if that's ever happened before. football weather tomorrow, not bad for this time of year. tailgate weather cold so bundle up. 41 at kickoff. 46 for the high. the game by the time ends 4, 2 and hopefully that's with a w. >> absolutely. crossed. coming up next on "saturday news extra," -- hard for me to talk. [laughter] >> keep my mouth shut is easier. stars may be keeping silent but we can't make that promise for the fans. to avoid star how wars spoilers up next. ♪
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>> unless you've been living under a rock, the new star wars is in theaters nationwide. the more people who see it, you could chance that see or hear something about the plot you don't want to hear. ow you can block those spoilers. >> of course, the internet can be a blessing or a curse but if want to see star wars and spoilers, there are some ways to avoid it. launching an extension, if you type in star wars, force awakens, if you the extension and say i
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don't want to see anything about star wars, you will get a message like. stopped the spoilers cocky, e but don't get kid. put the key words in there and will make sure you don't see that content. twitter, tweet deck. download. put in specific notes and details. even celeb names to make sure you don't see content that you don't want to see. there is one other thing you can do. you could just not go onne but during this day and age everyone hard time doing that. the one thing you won't have to worry about is getting spoilers stars e celebs and movie themselves. >> i don't enjoy -- -- a power trip. >> the reason we're keeping it a ecret is so that people can enjoy it. >> to watch it and not know what happens, amazing. what durable know goods to avoid spoilers. go to our facebook page right ow and leave your message
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there. >> a.b.c. 7 news. out facebook fans c.e.o. mark is a huge star wars fan himself. photo on his acebook page showing his ewborn daughter in a jedi tunic. he wrote, the force is strong with this one. it's going to keep going
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