[captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> i started to get kicked in the head. i got pistol whipped. they went through my pockets. kimberly: a mailman attack doing his job. how he tried to get away in an interview you will see only on seven. plus, a smashing , where people woke up to find their car windows broken. and, all good things must come to an end. americans jumping in planes, trains, and automobiles to journey home after the thanksgiving holiday. the news starts now. >> now, abc 7 news at 6:30, on your side. kimberly: i'm kimberly suiters.

cautioning his fellow mail carriers after he was attacked and robbed. it happened yesterday in northeast. that mailman talked to ryan hughes about the horrifying ordeal. he joins us live with the details. do we know what they were after? ryan: we can tell you they were after money, not the mail. the victim is out of the hospital after getting three stitches in his four head. cell phone, even his shoes and pants. the victim is speaking out, because he says he wants to protect his coworkers. >> as soon as i laid down, i started to get kicked in the head. i got pistol whipped. ryan: bruised, battered, and fearing for his life, this postal carrier asked that we hide his face after he was attacked and robbed on the job. >> i am trying to support my

ryan: police are back at the scene this afternoon in the 2000 block of second street north east, searching through the grass and looking for evidence. investigators say the mail carrier was headed back to his truck saturday evening when he ran into two men sitting on the sidewalk. >> one of them put a gun to my four head, and told me to lay on the ground. ryan: did as he was told, but the suspects grew angrier when they found out he didn't have any cash. >> they said, strip him. they took my shoes and pants. ryan: the suspects backed off as a car came down the street. the victim says he took off, asking them for help when a shot was fired into the air. he kept running until spotting a police officer near fourth and brian street. the victim tells abc seven he

stuff like this could definitely happen again. kimberly: authorities -- ryan: authorities believe it was an isolated incident. the victim didn't get a good lock -- a good look at the suspects because they have their faces covered. the postal service is offering a reward of up to $50,000 or information leading to arrest and hughes, abc 7 news. kimberly: continuing the crime alert in d.c., two men were shot a few blocks from the metro station. one of those men died. it happened just before 1:00 this afternoon in the 600 block of elm street. about 90 minutes ago, we learned a man who was shot just after 4:00 in the 1300 block of howard road southeast has died. that is less than two miles and

scene by the navy yard. a plea from the mayor. cheryl conner is live with what the mayor had to say. carol: the mayor is calling on the public to come forward with any information to help them identify sex -- suspects. a 16-year-old who was shot on friday, we heard from the interim police chief and he tells us she was the target, but it is not clear how many shots were fired or why she was shot. this afternoon, over by the navy yard, an adult male was killed. there was a female inside the car. it does not appear to be random. it does not appear to be related to the 16-year-old. it was also a shooting that

in howard street. the details, they are still working to get those those out. three incidents in 48 hours. the mayor is calling of the public's help to come forward with any information to identify the suspects. >> we are here to ask for the public's help in addressing some very significant incidents that happened in the district of columbia over the last several days. cheryl: i spoke to a witness over there near the navy yard shooting. she says she heard gunshots. she started looking towards where it happened, and she realized that someone was inside the car, firing his gun. what we know now is, one man was killed. there was a woman inside the car. we don't know her condition at this point. we have spoken to her and will

channel 8, then abc 7 news at 11:00. kimberly: a violent weekend in the district. in alexandria, police are investigating after someone snap -- smashed the windows of two dozen cars in the west end. a string of destruction of property reports happened on at least seven streets, including seminary road, north van dorn street and kenmore avenue. police are askin a comfortable day to be outside today. changes on the way this week. josh knight has a first look at the springlike forecast. josh: temperatures for some of us near 70 for part of this week. for today, that was exactly what is typical towards the end of november. topping out in the 50's, cooling off quickly. the ec feels like 44,

mind, it is cool. high pressure keeping skies clear, but cloud cover on the way, then the rain further to the west. clear skies tonight allow temperatures to tumble quickly. tomorrow morning, most of us wake up starting off with temperatures around freezing. 33 in d.c., 37 in manassas. building with a c on the report card. a b rain on tuesday. i will time that out coming up. kimberly: heading home for the holidays, this is 495, crowded but traffic is moving. it is the busiest thanksgiving travel days in years. a busy day to pick up and drop off at the airport. 49 million people traveled at least 50 miles from home between wednesday and today. that is the most since 2007.

willing to travel because of lower gas prices and an improving economy. covering metro, if you want to give yourself a little extra time to get to work if you ride the orange or silver lining. the surge 11 begins, reducing service on the lines. orange and silver line trains will be single tracking between east falls church and west falls church stations through december 21 area the trains will run every 20 minutes between the ni and coming up, the president-elect unleashes his unhappiness with a recount effort on twitter. plus, an update.

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results. president-elect trump raged against recount efforts in a tweet storm. he fired off a dozen tweets focused on recounts initiated by jill stein. trump went after stein and hillary clinton for supporting recounts in wisconsin, michigan, and pennsylvania. trump said he "won the popular vote, if you deduct the millions who voted illegally." and quote. votes in the popular vote. clinton's campaign says the goals are to look for outside interference with the recount. bei bei gets better. a good news update from the zoo, after the beloved panda cub underwent surgery. that is next. plus, a pretty day, but we are

kimberly: hundreds of people came together, jewish, muslim, christian, to lift voices in harmony in a show of unity. anna-lysa gayle is live with more on the singing for hope. anna-lysa: they 300 people singing on the steps of the lincoln memorial, they hope this reflects the historic site which the park service says is a symbol of unity, hope and strength. cracks i had a lot of friends who came to protest last weekend after the election. i wanted to expose my kids to finding their voice in a positive way. >> the memorial has been a place where leaders in the past spoke

we are doing the same thing, but to music. anna-lysa: there were more than 30 faiths represented from all over the dmv. thethe group once to promote hoe and unity to heal our divided nation. weeks after the election, organizers say they are hoping to build bridges of understanding. coming up at 11:00, and at 10:00 on news channel 8, we wil that were here. live from the lincoln memorial, anna-lysa gayle, abc 7 news. kimberly: an update on the national zoo's giant panda cub. it is good news. bei bei continues to make progress after friday's surgery to remove a bowel obstruction. the zoo posted a photo on facebook, saying the 15-month-old cub is back with mom to keep him calm.

bamboo so he can have that treat again. i love that the mother gives him a sense of calm. that is sweet. josh: i say it every time, but to think he was about this, it is incredible. kimberly: a beautiful night. josh: clear skies, so all moral, things are -- overall, things are nice. i want to start off with clear skies. temperature is dropping down into the 20's and 30's across the area. your overnight lows dipping to about 26-30 six. downtown, most of us hanging around the mid-30's. the breeze turns to the south, and that will be the beginning of the warm up over the next few days. tomorrow's high, 56. looking for clouds building through the day. a little warmer than today, today we topped out at 54. the upward trend will be the big story.

monday night, at 10:00, cloudy skies but not really any rain yet. fast forward to tuesday morning, the showers will be moving in. tuesday's rain is relatively light and it will be scattered. there will be times when it is not raining, but it should stay cloudy and the chances with us into the afternoon. the good news, we look like we will get a bit of a break late tuesday. just in time for the drive home. things will break down tuesday night. don't be fooled, wedsd it again. we start off with the dry weather, 7:30 wednesday morning, cloudy skies. then the rain moves in. some of it will be heavy. totals around an inch to two inches in some places. this is rain we could use. for reagan national, we are six inches behind since we began the fall season. 90% chance of rain on tuesday, 80% chance wednesday, both of those days you can count on the

the day on wednesday and heavier. tuesday will be a little bit lighter. if you chance -- a slim chance that they may hang out until thursday. warmer temperatures, today was 54, 56 by monday. close to 70 degrees by wednesday. if the rain moves in, that will cool us off. before the rain shows up wednesday, that will be your chance for that. speaking of the holidays, later into next weekend is when things cool off. toys for harbour, we will have the gang out there collecting toys for toys for tots. a nice day for that, feeling more seasonal. 68 tuesday and wednesday, tomorrow is drive. the umbrella, ready by tuesday. again, little more like what you would expect. low 50's, and the first half of

it appears he will most likely be wearing burgundy and gold. the latest is coming up next. georgetown and howard came down

>> and now, the toyota sports desk brought to you by kimberly: it appears the redskins do not want to let kirk cousins go. if they can't reach a deal with cousins before free agency opens in march, reports say they will place a franchise tag on him. he is being paid nearly $20 million guaranteed this season. the franchise quarterback tag next season will be nearly 24 million dollars. cousins is expected back in washington either with a

tact. without a.j. green, the struggling bengals really had their hands full against the ravens. we start off in the first, no score. joe flacco lobs one, he keeps both feet inbounds for the touchdown. with just over a minute to go in the game, the bengals trailing by seven, dalton stripped. seal the deal, the ravens hang on to win and the ravens are tied with the steelers a top the afc north. baltimore owns the tiebreaker. scott abraham has more. scott: it was a typical afc north showdown in baltimore. one of the more exciting brand of football, the ravens remained atop the division with a 19-14 win over the bengals.

headed into december. >> feels good to come up with the win. we came out and made a statement. >> the team played exceptionally hard, exceptionally physical, and played with toys. scott: kicker justin tucker was the difference maker, with four field goals including three from over 50 yards. >> we have the best kicker in the league. we have to keep him humble. i told him, i had never kicker make contract demands. scott: the defense forced two turnovers, coming up with three sacks. >> it was a hard game. i tried to rush, and it was one of those times. >> the defense love to have the game put on us at the end. it has been like that all year. it comes down to the last two

it is going to come down to the last two minutes. scott: it is officially a two horse race for the afc north, but the ravens and the steelers at 6-5. the ravens are back here next week, hosting the miami dolphins. scott abraham, abc 7 news sports. kimberly: it is good to see the ageless terrell suggs getting it done. after georgetown cap thing they needed was a lost a howard. competitive early thanks to miller. off the drive, scores. he had 16 in the first half. georgetown led by 10 at the break. rodney prior was a beast for the hoyas. he drained 53-pointers, putting georgetown up like 13 in the second half.

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this week. josh: with that, some rain. we need the rain. tomorrow is dry, 36 early, 56 the high. the clouds are moving in. they will be here throughout tuesday and wednesday. that will mean that temperatures will manage to warm up, but the rain moving in, as well. 68 on wednesday. as we head into next weekend,

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