>> now, abc 7 news at 11:00, on your side. kimberly: stockings may be hung by the chimney with care, but are they full? leon: by now they better be because you were just about out of options. tom roussey is live in columbia

heights with last-minute shopping options. tom? tom: leon, what a bizarre christmas eve. the christmas tree over here, but the temperatures are so warm that if your bosses approved, and i swear mine did, you can wear shorts and it's not cold. a lot of folks enjoying the evening, but a lot have had to go inside stores like target for last-minute shopping. it is closing as we speak and almost every other store is now closed too. >> merry christmas. tom: after 6:00, few places remained open. so the places that were were, to say the least, busy. that said, folks at the columbia heights target had not lost the christmas spirit. >> oh! tom: many shoppers had to come

because they procrastinated, but some came by choice. >> this is a tradition for my daughter and i. tom: it's a chance to bond and teacher about doing for others. >> you are giving to people instead of expecting them to give to you. tom: earlier, folks in bethesda enjoyed the weather. are you called? >>- are you cold? >> no. tom: this family dressed for the temperatures, which were record-breaking. >> usually we have snow falling. and it's hot and you are able to wear t-shirts and shorts, so it's crazy. tom: weather outside or in, for many, christmas eve was all about family. >> it's fun. >> that's wonderful. tom: we have this family enjoying the very warm temperatures tonight.

by the way, if anyone has not fi only options left our 24-hour drugstores, which actually do have some decent gifts. otherwise, pretty much everything is closed. live in columbia heights, tom roussey, abc 7 news. leon: it's too late to go out and buy some real pants. tom is wearing shorts at 11:00 on christmas eve? come on. kimberly: at the amazing, isn't it. we are fully colluded than the studio, a fitting end to a day with temperatures falling through the area. steve rudin has the holiday forecast. steve: no need for a jacket, it is beautiful outside with record-breaking temperatures at all three major airports. bwi marshall 71 degrees. the at record was in the 60's. we could tie the record tomorrow greg and national, which is 72.

-- we could tie the record tomorrow at reagan national, which is 72. 66 right now in waldorf, it is a mild for 11:00 in the evening. scattered showers have moved off across the delmarva, lingering showers overnight. mid-50's, lower 60's, talking about christmas day. a cooldown, and that a much bigger cooldown early next week. more on that in just a few minutes. kimberly: on this christmas eve, thousands of people are thankful to be alive after deadly tornadoes and severe weather tore through the south and midwest. we are talking about arkansas all the way to michigan residents returni home to begin the process of cleaning up and rebuilding. for one family in arkansas, it was especially emotional. >> daniel was in his room. >> i was running to get my dad and my dad was running to get me. and god helped me get out. kimberly: at least 24 tornadoes

were reported, the largest in mississippi, stretching over 150 miles. leon: tracking a developing story from gaithersburg, a shooting inside of a mcdonald near like forest mall. one person was shot in the bathroom and is expected to survive. no word on arrests or suspects. we will let you know if we learn more in this half hour. new information on the man whose body was found inside of a car in the anacostia river identified as lamonte gordon of temple hills, but they are not saying how the 51-year-old died. kimberly: 7 on your side fighting back against crime, a local hero in the hiking community is turning to you for help. she was carjacked last friday night. she said that two men attacked her as sheep worked her car in southeast -- attacked her

as she packed her car in southeast. >> no time to scream, a broken lip, two broken teeth, and a broken jaw. kimberly: she needed stitches and has already undergone one surgery to reconstruct her face. the police are hoping that you can help her find her four-day oor honda civic. leon: 2015 will go down as a violent year. as of december 23, 12,942 people died in the u.s. at the hands of somebody else with a gun, and tomorrow the nba wants to do something to stop that violence. >> a gun should never be an option. leon: the league will air a series of ads calling for an end to gun violenctripleheader that will air right here on abc, produced and directed by spike lee.

they feature nba stars and also families of victims of gun violence. >> we will do whatever it takes to stop senseless gun violence in this country. >> i think it will have a tremendous impact on society and on communities. leon: this is the first time a professional sports league has made such a strong stand on a politically divisive issue funded by "every town for gun safety," founded by former new york mayor michael bloomberg. ♪ ♪ kimberly: pope francis focused on the themes of love and mercy at midnight mass at st. peter's basilica. thousands flock to the vatican for the christmas eve mass. christmas day, pope francis will deliver his address to the world in st. peter's square. this marks the pope's third christmas celebration at the vatican. leon: thousands have gathered

for the invite mass at the immaculate shrine of the immaculate conception, starting with a children's choir followed by a children's mass and pageant. the basilica will hold several matches that's -- masses beginning at 7:30 tomorrow morning. kimberly: hundreds of luminary candles outside of the franciscan friars, blessed with holy waters and volunteers marked the knights of the seven nights of light. >> is a tradition the franciscans have had in the southwest and they have with the way of jesus coming into our homes. kimberly: each luminaria bears the name of a loved one who has died. they will remain lit through new year's eve. leon: coming up, the spirit of the season after the holiday. he high the scenes at the u.s. botanical gardens.

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kimberly: ok, kids, if you are up, he is getting closer. this is a live look at norad's santa claus tracker, near québec, montréal. they estimate he has delivered more than 5 billion gifts so far. just a few more than i have delivered. a lot of people have d new year's off, if you are lucky. leon: could be a perfect time to visit washington d.c.'s rd to the world. reporter: just steps from the u.s. capital, the u.s. botanical gardens, housing more than 65,000 plants. this time of year, more than 20,000 poinsettias highlight this display of nature.

>> i come for the plants and the model trains. reporter: the kids are enamored by the trains >>. i like the trains! reporter: are you staying all day? >> yeah. reporter: why do you like the trains so much? >> i like how they go around. reporter: there are natural marvels for kids one to 92. the botanical garden features the white house, washington monument the capital and supreme court, all made from natural materials -- dried fruit, acorns, leaves, pinecones, meticulously finished with thousands of man-hours. >> people come to the holiday display and love it. it is one of our most popular. reporter: building the u.s. botanical garden was the dream of thomas jefferson and others.

given the results more than two decades later, they probably would not have been disappointed. >> this year's theme is particularly evan center's -- particularly of interest to our founding fathers. the kids come into this room and see the miniature train display. reporter: if you are lucky enough to be here, taken the 25-foot christmas tree adorned with thousands of ornaments and watch children of all ages marvel, enjoy, and dream. leon: the exhibit at the u.s. botanic gardens will be on display until january 3. get out by there if you can. kimberly: check this out, santa sporting water skis on the potomac today near the alexandria waterfront. he was flanked by some elves and even the grinch, and nobody wearing a coat. not to be outdone in florida,

648 surfing santas hitting the waves, 43 sky diving into the event. they shatter the world record of 320 surfing santas set just last tuesday. they were raising money for local nonprofits. you had to go to california to see santa and more of his natural element, were these cameras caught him getting some runs in on his slopes on the snowboards before midnight. he called some air. leon: shredding santa. kimberly: he was busy today. leon: the only place they are getting snow is in california. steve: beautiful blue skies, a lot of folks out there. kimberly: santa mail may come once a year, but that is more often than this. leon: the clouds clear, you may get a chance to see a really cool full moon called the cold

moon, because it is the last full moon of the year. this has not happened since 1977 and you will not get a chance to see another one until 2034. steve: exactly. ready to have some fun? kimberly: yeah, go. steve: a little holiday music. ♪ steve: christmas is not my holiday, but i'm into the spirit. the current temperature at reagan national, 62 degrees. earlier in the day, we hit 71 degrees at reagan national airport. the average this time of year is 45, the record 69 in 1933. we broke that record and we are looking for temperatures to stay above average not only tomorrow but into the day sunday. by monday, not so great. so far this month only one day with temperatures below average, and that was last week with daytime highs only in the 40's.

♪ steve: don't we have to have your music than this? -- don't we havepeppier mysusc? the wide view, this is the cold front over here which will wiggle to the south, the north and south, and we look for warm temperatures core, warm temperatures the next few days. 44 state college, 43 pittsburgh on the other side of the front. 70 richmond, 75 virginia beach. they had a daytime high today of 80 degrees. the satellite and radar quiet conditions across the mid-atlantic, showers earlier this evening across southern maryland. everything has cleared nicely around the capital beltway. those heading out to midnight mass, midnight services, no problems. tomorrow, a few showers. overnight, 55 to 62, mostly

cloudy, patchy fog. early tomorrow morning, pretty nice lower 60's. if you are getting a bike for christmas, you will be able to test it in the afternoon. it will be dry in the yearly morning, clouds increase later in the day. showers tomorrow evening, some heavy at times, moving across the bay. showers back into the forecast saturday. not going to be a washout. a wide variety of stuff. ♪ steve: 69 degrees, isolated showers. finally getting into the beat here. kimberly: took a little while. steve: 60 degree saturday, only 49 degrees monday. leon: this is not "american bandstand." steve: it was a noble effort. i did not dress in costume. all the things i could have been. kimberly: the lights on the virginia house look like

something out of dr. seuss. leon: it is all for a little boy fighting a big battle. jay korff reports why this holiday is so special for ryan and why it is a celebration for the entire committee. jay: this home looks a lot like whoville. two weeks ago, volunteers decorated ryan's front yard to look like his town because "the grinch that stole christmas" is his favorite christmas. >> a lot of people said it would be the best christmas ever, and it has been. jay: then santa claus and u.s. marines aboard an old fire truck rambling to deliver presents. this series of holiday surprises is a gift for a community that has wrapped its collective arms around ryan. >> i remember the day we were told it was a nightmare. our whole world came crashing down. jay: six months ago, crushing news, a brain cancer with no cure. ryan is in a clinical trial, his

tumor shredding, but most live only nine to 12 months after diagnosis. >> i just think that's not going to be ryan. it's not. sorry. because i cannot lose them. so he's going to beat this. he's going to be the first to survive. i have hope. >> are you ready for christmas? >> yeah. jay: so santa sat down with ryan and his family, handing out president after present, all donated by the marines and toys for tots. on this night, the coolness of cancer was forgotten, giving the little boy and his family all that anyone wants while facing uncertainty -- the strength to fight and have hope. >> it's easy to be a marine, but it's harder to be so many like you. stay brave, all right? >> we never live in the past. we make memories and live life to the fullest. santa: merry christmas, and god bless all of us.

kimberly: they say that healthy people have lots of which is and unhealthy people have one wish and we wish that for ryan.

>> and now the toyota sports desk, brought to you by your local toyota dealers. robert: according to reports, the nationals have signed former new york mets second baseman murphy to a three-year deal worth $37.5 million. he was mr. october the season, setting a major league record homering in six straight games in the nlcs. the redskins back on the field today, a big day saturday. beat the eagles and clinch the nfc east. don't have to worry about dallas the following sunday if they win. you want to finish strong, but it really does not make a

difference. jay gruden is not thinking about dallas, he is focused on philly at the moment. coach gruden: i try not to get ahead of myself. i will not even think about that. there are a lot of issues involved. all of the stuff you want to deal with, the momentum is something to think about, but let's not put the horse before the carriage. is that the saying? the carriage before the horse, the cart before the carriage, something like that. robert: a phrase that we have been hearing a lot lately -- "you like that." kirk cousins and his brother filed a trademark application for the phrase. kirk: look at what putting our foot on the gas pedal the whole time has done. basically, man, basically it's just like the first 7, 8 games

it's like we don't want to put it all on me because i'm new but now it's giving us our best shot." leon: i like that. robert: a video just surfaced of desert bryant of the cowboys -- dez bryant racing a horse. what do you think, steve, did he went? -- did he win? steve: nope, by a horse's nose. robert: and a tripleheader tomorrow on abc 7. the will be a rematch of the nba finals. kimberly: i think he was a had the first 30 yards. robert: from the angle. leon: that is what jay gruden was talking about. changes coming to the golden

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kimberly: what are we waking up to christmas morning? steve: he is going to wake up to a stomach it, but the rest of us are waking up with a war morning. 69 degrees the high tomorrow near 60's saturday. in the 40's on monday. kimberly:

and now abc's "jimmy kimmel live." ♪ ♪ >> announcer: from hollywood it's “jimmy kimmel live”! tonight from “star wars: the force awakens,” oscar isaac, american ballet theatre principal dancer misty copeland, and music from jeff lynne's elo with cleto and the cletones. and now, let's get to it -- here's jimmy kimmel! [ cheers and applause ]