d.w.i. from a father who lost his daughter. suzanne kennedy has efforts to keep the roads safe. suzanne: a lot of people are out and about at the restaurants and bars in bethesda in the holiday season. authorities say the holiday drunk driving crackdown in full swing. they had 12 crashes with suspected drunk drivers. in one case the woman behind the wheel was pregnant. they say there are no excuses for drunk driving in the holiday much less any other time of the year. >> maryland motorists to stay sober this holiday season. when the maryland state police are out enforcing that message they will do so in honor of officer noah leotta who was killed thanksgiving weekend monitoring d. u.i. enforcement.

>> a fine young man. we lost our fierce sector on the highway to keep us safe. a tragedy for a number of reasons. suzanne: joe lost his 15-year-old drawer in a drunk drive -- daughter in a drunk driving crash 23 years ago. today he joined other law enforcements cracking down on impaired driving. >> there is no excuse for impaired driving. we will accept no excuses. if you are looking for a warning i'm giving it to you. alison: 200 will be injured in this month. the fatalities and the injuries can be avoided. >> there is never an excuse. it's a choice people make and it costs peoples lives. suzanne: in recent years there have been fewer drunk driving

crashes but in this year alone in maryland 6,700 people have been arrested for drunk driving. reporting live in bethesda, suzanne kennedy, abc7 news. leon: developing now a possible disruption of the school bus service in charles county. the school superintendent tells us that some bus drivers may be planning to bring kids to school tomorrow morning but may not return to take them home. she sent out a letter to parents saying that the schools are making preparations in case that happens. that includes the range of the substitute drivers. baltimore police officer william porter will be tried again in the death of freddie gray. a new trial date was set. up13, 2016. last week a mistrial was declared after the jury couldn't reach unanimous decision. they were the first of six office gores on trial for the death of freddie gray who died from injuries he suffered in the back of the police van.

a big warmingum ahead with the temperatures in -- warmup ahead with temperatures in the 60's or maybe 7 o's christmas eve. but there is rain in the forecast, too. chief meteorologist doug hill has the outlook. i hope it's as beautiful as we'd like. doug: fine shape. cloud cover over the belfort furniture weather center in arlington. 57 at reagan national airport. the temperatures are well above average for this time of day and the month. rain across the corridor. the western suburbs could see showers but you will see sprinkles. patchy fog. showers could reach you for driver to work. rain and warm temperatures are part of the forecast for the

next several days. record temperatures are possible here by christmas eve. we will give you details and the timing and the rain in a few minutes. leon: the woman who is accused of plowing the car in the crowd of people on the las vegas strip is under round the clock seems. police say lakeisha holloway drove her car in a crowd in tonight of the paris hotel. one killed and dozens others were injured and police are still trying to figure out a possible motive. >> she has disassociation with the father of her child. she is homeless and residing in the vehicle. they tested her to sea if she is under the influence of drugs. lindsey graham is out of the field for the race for the

white house. meantime, sparring between donald trump and democrat hillary clinton. >> he is becoming isis' best recruiter. they are going to people showing videos of donald trump insulting islam and muslims. >> i demand an apology from hillary. she should apologize. leon: rubio, christie and cruz running tight in the new hampshire polls behind trump. developing news about a exposed data of thousands of uber drivers. the source familiar with the situation told reuters that a federal probe was open to examine the may breach. the investigators are looking an employee of lift the rival

company may be involved. a statement released friday it's not been revealed by the d.o.j. new details following a "7 on your side" investigation into crumb rubber. the material on the athletic fields all over the area. they are demanding individual testing but it doesn't look like they will get that. joce sterman started the whole investigation is live in the newsroom to explain why. joce: the consumer product safety commission asked by two u.s. senators to do independent testing but the agency told me today it did not get the funding it needed to do the own testing in the omnibus budget bill. they will focus on a california study. it will look at the concerns that the "7 on your side" i-team first told you about. there are major questions about crumb rubber and potential link to cancer. especially after a list was put together with 150 athletes who played on crumb and then got sick.

the sin themmic turf committee said -- inthettic turf committee -- sin sinjin -- synthetic turf commission says there is no connection coto the study. but others say they will look at the rubber if they contact the skin or if the athletes swallow it. those are the lingering questions that many on both sides want answers. joce sterman, abc7 news. leon: coming up at "abc7 news at 6:00" -- a big change at the d.m.v. where you will be allowed to smile for the license photo. and consumer alert for the drivers like b.m.w. fined millions of dollars. scary moments in orlando. rider stuck on the sky tower of seaworld park. how they were rescued from up there coming up next. son, the holiday season's just like football season...

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leon: there is a fine for recall failure if they fail to tell properly of the recall and the failure to fix the problem with the mini cooper. a dozen people trapped on the park ride in orlando are safely on the ground tonight now. the group was stuck up on the sky tower ride at seaworld for two hours. no one was hurt. coming up ahead here on "abc7 news at 6:00" -- christmas gifts dumped on a path near chandra creek. how a -- chantilly creek. how they're trying to track down the right owners. plus -- steve: if the mild temperatures don't have you in the holiday spirit yet, i have a place for you to go that will get you in one quickly. i'm steve rudin. details coming up.

leon: a possible thief swiping packages and then taking them. that's what a man is suspected of happening. last week he found a holiday gift built on a walking path. diane cho live with the search for the rightful owner. diane, tell us about this.

diane: well, this is part of the package that man found on friday night while walking along the path. a portion of the box with the address on it on the box. she has a brand new doll in the original packaging. she has no idea which child was supposed to receive it this christmas. >> i couldn't find it in the store and i found it online and waiting for it to come in i'd be upset. >> the sister ordered for her nearses online but all that was left was an empty package which she found the rest of the next dale near a creek. the man that found the doll

found a blanket nearby. >> this was for a little girl. >> someone claimed this blanket this afternoon but no one asked about a missing doll. >> i would like to find the person who did it. or make them feel bad. maybe see the little girl getting it. make them feel ashamed of what they did. >> amazon agreed to resend the gift after hearing what happened. in chantilly, diane cho, abc7 news. leon: good luck with that, folks. thank you, diane. the official start of winter. it is finally starting to feel

like winter. doug hill, tell us there is good stuff from those of us who don't like snow. doug: it's great. really good for folks that will enjoy the outdoor decorations this year. steve rudin with the walk of lights. what is happening? steve: take a look over my shoulder. this is beautiful. we have a million lights. there are 2,500 people. they will continue this for two weeks. it's $12 if you order tickets online and $14 at the door. but they sell out quickly.

they sell out quickly. enjoy this while you can. time is limited. thigh have a walk and bonfire. they are doing it for four years strong. next year will get bigger and better. a lot to enjoy. it's nicer because the weather is great. doug: anybody on christmas eve will be there in short sleeved shirts. it's 58 and 38 the high and low.

49 in hagerstown. 56 in an drews. 57 in the reagan national airport. the western suburbs in the next couple of hours pick up a shower. maybe sprinkle and maybe fog. nothing heavy expected. i could be more showers in the overnight hours tomorrow morning when the next batch comes from central tennessee. most of the afternoon should be cloudy. the future cast will show this with the showers coming through in the morning. 8:30 in the morning, areas of rain. watch how quickly it moves out in afternoon hours.

larger area of rain moves in wednesday. travel day is wednesday. rain is widespread heading to 81. headed farther south to raleigh, durham, or charlotte or 95 or up 95 to new york and new england. rain will be an issue by the afternoon and the evening. christmas cast. christmas eve and christmas day. 74 degrees. if we get 70 or higher that would be a record high for christmas eve. seems like a slam dunk. christmas day is cooler but 68 for a high. not a record for christmas day but quite warm. here are the records for christmas eve. we will be above that. nearly 30 degrees above average. these are forecast. if we're anywhere close to being right that is one for the record book christmas eve 2015. next seven days, 60% chance of showers in the morning. 90% of rainy day wednesday. up to 67.

christmas eve. a chance for a shower. more importantly glimpses of sunshine. breezy and warm. 74 degrees. 68 on christmas day. 66 saturday and sunday. chance of showers and the temperatures still 12 to 13 degrees above average. leon and erin. leon: what is really cool is the skins are playing meaningful football this time of year. nobody would have predicted that. erin: i know. can you believe we're saying that when rgiii was the quarterback to start the season? then here comes kirk cousins. desean jackson doesn't want to make headlines this week. find out what that is about. giant mistake by odell beckham jr. will co

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three years. he knows a thing or two about the eagles. jackson was healthy and see what he can be. he is clicking with cousins. he said all the right things adding he doesn't want to make the crucial game in philly all about him. >> i want to make the headline moves and i don't care about that. we have a game to win. if we win i'll go crazy in my mind. i'm not going to make the game more than it is. erin: but it is huge. elsewhere in the n.f.c. east, o'del beckham jr. has been suspended a game by the league in the conduct in the panthers game sunday where hedrew three personal foul penalties. the most flagrant penalties is when he deliberately helmet to

helmet. the wizards are at the verizon center tonight hosting the kings. leon: what is there to appeal? erin: hoping there's a chance. doug: he has magic hands, though. leon: yeah. doug: we talk about how warm it will get. rain will be an issue. steve rudin will be here tonight at 11:00 to talk about a warm weather pattern. and the timing of the rain. people will be traveling wednesday. wednesday is the rainiest day of the week. join steve for that tonight when gets back from meadow lark. beautiful pictures. leon: he was having fun. he may not come back. [laughter] put out an a.p.b. for him. holiday season's just like football season...

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