>> now, abc 7 news at 11:00 am on your side. jonathan: mary christmas, and thanks for being with us tonight. dreams of a white christmas is nothing more than a dream this year because this christmas was covered in fog and heavy rain, and there were tornadoes in the southeast. we have team coverage of the

weird christmas weather, starting with tom roussey on the national mall come just a shirt, no jacket. jonathan, you absolutely do not need a jacket tonight. a warm christmas night, all kinds of folks behind me enjoying the warm christmas near the washington monument. this will be remembered not just for how warm it was but also how wet it was. ♪ tom: on christmas night, all was bright at the white house christmas tree, until -- this family from waldorf tried their best to stay dry, but it was not working. >> really cold. rain on me. >> it's too much rain. tom: does it feel like christmas? >> no. the weather like this is

utterly bizarre for this time of year. jim and tina from manassas say they cannot ever remember a christmas this warm andwet at the same time, making it tough to get into the holiday spirit. born and raised here, so we are used to cold winters. the toy train, this area do not see bad flooding like other areas of the country, and some folks like the weather. >> we got rain, so that's good. this christmas was, believe it or not the high temperature last christmas was not much lower. it was 61 degrees last year. steve rudin tells me that happened a little after midnight and then the temperatures plummeted. two years ago, the high temperature that your was 33 degrees. live along the national mall, tom roussey, abc 7 news. jonathan: tom, thanks.

a third day of wild and dangerous weather in the southwest. today, our first glimpse of a surveillance video of a massive tornado that were through mississippi wednesday. that went from the central part of the state all the way to theh northern part come into tennessee. ago, anotherours tornado, this time in alabama. this is been a dangerous storm system. evening, into this because right now search and rescue efforts are underway in birmingham, where another tornado touchdown, unleashing damage and risking lives. birmingham residents are trying to cope with the distraction caused by confirmed tornado that's what through parts of the alabama city earlier tonight. >> it was confined to approximately one square mile. we had three structures that collapsed. jay: flooding damaged hundreds of homes in stranded scores across the south after several

inches of rain fell in a short time. in fayette county, georgia, flooding destroyed sections of road. >> i don't know how we are live. it is a christmas miracle. jay: others were not as fortunate. this terrifying image was captured by a bank surveillance camera in mississippi. unseasonably warm weather spawned dozens of tornadoes. the death toll stands at 14. according to the national ofther service, the threat flooding is not over in parts of the midsouth going into tomorrow. notthan: one place that was expecting a white christmas, and they got it, vegas. the national climate data center put out their odds of a white christmas and las vegas had a 0% chance of snow on the ground. you could clean up on that. flurries, snow

normally in the mountains they get snow, but not on the vegas strip. no such luck around here, it was today.ht gray we had heavy downpours at time and crazy fog in the afternoon. steve: and imagine if this was all snow. it would have been a blizzard. 10 inches of snow compared with one inch of rain. county,wn, montgomery they would have had about 14 inches of snow. leesburg, over an inch and mount airy. the heavy rain moved in, now they have moved out. mostly cloudy skies the remainder of the overnight. dense fog, especially around the river. aboutsibility falling, one mile in winchester.

not bad in the district, but frederick about .3 of a mi le. the fallout continues overnight. we are in the 50's right now, losing a couple degrees overnight. nighttime lows between 50 and 58, cooler tomorrow, and a big warm-up and the potential for record-breaking warmth sunday. more on that from the belfort furniture weather center coming up. jonathan: a bit of christmas adventure for some folks heading from rochester to dulles.] emergencyeclared an at 3:00 this afternoon shortly after takeoff. the pilot said there was an engine problem. your plane landed safely, nobody hurt. passengers finally arrived at dulles airport and about 8:00. the faa is investigating. two people were treated for minor injuries after the suv they were riding in slammed into a townhouse in gaithersburg. the police say it looks like an

exited. >> it was quite a shock. eve inn christmas gaithersburg, residents were enjoying company and gifts when they heard a loud crash. >> it was a grinding sound when it hit. then i called the police. >> crazy. . >> i cannot believe my eyes. mike: montgomery county fire and rescue responded. at about 11:00, the driver of 70's -- in his 70's was parking in front of his townhome. >> he lost control, jumped the embankment, and hit a load bearing wall. mike: the townhouse was deemed unsafe and boarded up. say there is disbelief one of their neighbors was displaced on christmas day. >> it's terrible. we are praying for them. >> it's sad, and i hope nobody

was hurt. mike: nobody was inside at the time, but the driver in a teenaged passenger suffered minor injuries. >> the passenger compartment was intact. as a precaution, they were transported to the hospital and offered assistance from the red cross. >> i feel very sorry for them. mike: mike carter-conneen, abc 7 news. new information after early morning shooting in falls church. the police have arrested a man hours ago, charged with the murder of edward serrano. witnesses say were fighting at a party before the shooting. reporter: residents waking up to the unthinkable on christmas morning, a body lying on the street. fairfax county police identified the victim as edgar serrano. they got a call early this

morning about a fight. when they arrived, they found the body lying in the street. all the police will say is he had injuries to his upper body and they believe he was the victim. homicides are rare in neighbors are shaken. >> we found one individual who has died and we are currently investigating. >> we were stunned. it's like watching reality tv. this is such a safe neighborhood. this has never happened here before. reporter: the police are still investigating the circumstances leading up to the murder. jeannette reyes, abc 7 news. jonathan: fire investigators say that summit he may have set a fire that started this morning and former president bill clinton's childhood home. flames were shooting out of the back when firefighters arrived. this is an arkansas. firefighters knock down the flames. there was significant damage on

the inside from the fire and water. the police chief thinks that kids started the fire. accelerant.odor of there was also graffiti around the point of the initial setting of the fire. jonathan: the national parks service maintains the home. clinton spent the first four years of his life in that home. this was scary, a midnight tour of austria on christmas eve sounds romantic, but probably not for this three-year-old wearing nothing but a nightshirt and socks. she let herself out of her hotel room sometime that night and got out of the hotel. the receptionist saw her at another hotel, rainout, and got the kid inside. it took the police a wild to bash it took the police a wild to find out where she should be. coming up -- >> it's an awesome event that

brings people together and shows what christmas is all about. jonathan: celebrating 40 years of giving on christmas day. later, taking it all in stride. steve harvey is trying to bounce back after crowning the wrong miss universe. and join us tomorrow for special presentation of "diverted," the untold stories of a flight that premiered on our website year.om earlier this since then, we have gotten a lot of reaction, including three people who have come forward with their personal stories. ♪

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praised those countries that have taken part. for some this is a day of prayer, for others a day of service. many volunteers wanted to help at the basilica of the national shrine of the immaculate conception that they had to turn away some volunteers. jeff goldberg shows us the massive effort to help strangers have a christmas meal. feel of has the mass-produced madness, but there is a method. >> we have a process in place. jeff: for the 40th straight year, the national shrine is packing and delivering 1000 meals to people in need in d.c. and prince george's and montgomery counties, while also serving 1000 meals on site. 'sis family from olney delivering meals to an apartment building near howard university. wanted her children to

not just hear about the holiday spirit but to feel it. >> it's important to teach them and to have them be part of the giving experience. >> good morning. merry christmas. jeff: this christmas gift is about more than just nourishment. >> it means love enjoy. it means happiness. -- means love and joy. jeff: and for the volunteers it means much of the same. there was a waiting list of 200 people who wanted to volunteer but could not. the basilica but love to have them all, but there are simply not enough room anywhere. >> they are doing what pope francis calls being selfless and giving to others. ♪ jeff: it is a day of prayer and peace, giving and receiving. >> it's really valuable to us. jeff: it is a gift in itself. jeff goldberg, abc 7 news. jewishn: d.c.'s

community center organize service projects across the and morea called d-25, than 1000 volunteers prepared food for the homeless and help post-christmas parties at area shelters. this is the 29th year of that effort. in burke, virginia, distributing more meals and gifts to more than 400 homeless people in the area with a team of volunteers that helps the homeless on the 25th day of every month, not just december. once the holidays are done, what to do with the tree? norway spruce at the center of the rockefeller center in new york will be milled into lumber for habitat for humanity. they build homes all across the country. this is the ninth year that habitat will be getting the rockefeller center tree. last year' helped build five homes in philadelphia from just that one tree.

today was a good day to stay inside and watch movies. sometimes it felt like the rain was coming out of a speigot. fortunately, or unfortunately depending on how you look at it, the fog is coming to an end. this is from dorothy at the tidal basin. another few months, or a couple months, i don't know, the cherry blossoms will be in full bloom. thank you so much for sending that photo, a beautiful day at the tidal basin come even though it was cloudy and foggy. send them in, pics@wjla.com. we would love to see your pictures, post-christmas and pre-new year's. the national harbor right now, the wheel still spinning even though it is cloudy and foggy. the temperature slowly fall through the overnight. 59 degrees right now at reagan national.

the almanac shows a high of 69 degrees, making this the third warmest christmas on record. those records downtown, they started keeping those in the late 1800s at 22nd and him street northwest. the record today, 72 in 1964. we do not quite make it there. above average the entire month with the exception of last saturday. 59 leesburg and manassas, 62 fredericksburg. southern maryland 63. hagerstown now 58. cooler air out there well to the north and west. detroit in the 30's, columbus, pittsburgh, and indianapolis in the 40's. a heavy rain that we had earlier today has moved out. a trip to the south where they had reports of two funnel clouds and three tornadoes. the heaviest of the action has moved to the east of birmingham, alabama, and now rough weather in atlanta where they had airport delays.

heading back home right now, mostly cloudy, but all the rain out of here. we look for dense fog especially along the potomac early in the morning. of course, sheltered valleys to the north and west. , mostlye lows, 50 to 58 cloudy. at the farmer's market in the morning, middle 50's fairfax, brentwood, largo 55. futurecast through the day tomorrow, it will not be a washout, but grab the umbrella, especially later in the afternoon, as we are likely to see showers pop up. then the skies clear sunday. with enough sunshine and wind out of the south, southwest, we should be up there hit at least 70 degrees, maybe even tie the record at reagan national that stands at 72. that will be sunday. after that, a cold front sags to the south, which will cool us

down. highs tomorrow in the 50's. cooler than today. the average this time of year is 45. 70 degrees sunday, upper 40's monday. back into the 50's tuesday and wednesday of next week. jonathan: crazy weather. thanks, steve. we would like for the redskins to tear apart philadelphia. robert: hopefully, that would be a perfect christmas present. the nba, lebron james and seth curry go at it.

>> and now the toyota sports desk, brought to you by your local toyota dealers. redskins left for philly today, a big business trip this week and hopefully back at the end of see -- with the nfc east title. they landed at about 7:00. wonder if there are couches on the airplane.

there are new couches in the locker room and they play cards every day in the locker room. maybe that is why the chemistry is so good. coach gruden: i don't know if it's because of the couches, but i just think it's people in general get along pretty good down there overall. a lot of good personality mixes and they get along good and have respect for one another. they play little cards down there, whatever. robert: no, it's the couches. i asked year watched lebron james against the warriors in the finals. against golden state, if lebron loses this, there is no excuse, the full squad. the warriors up six. the warriors on the run. seth curry running. the slam. golden state up 8. fourth quarter, the cavs hanging in. lebron gets the past, dunk time. with 25.d the cavs

minutes to go, the cavs trail, seth curry too much. -83.iors win, 89 bulls and thunder in okc. merry christmas, shy town -- chi-town. fourth quarter, chicago up 8. gasol is therefore the putback. bulls win 105-96. heat and the pelicans. wade, too easy, the easy finish. in overtime. wade again, threads the needle, chris bosh, and one. the final for this one, 94-88. and serena williams was named the associated press female

athlete of the year. this is the fourth time she has won the award. her regulations to serena. jonathan: when you do the highlights of seth curry, you have to do the "boom goes the dynamite" from now on. miss colombia, got the crown, then it was not her. when we come back, h discover the world

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very -- steve harvey has not lost his sense of humor. you may have heard that he ombiakenly named miss col the winner of the miss universe pageant. the is making the most of it, posting this on facebook, wishing everyone a merry easter. robert: i get it.

steve: cooler tomorrow, 60, near 70 on sunday, upper 40's monday. jonathan: thanks for being with us.

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