responsibility. 12 people are confirmed dead. 45 people recover from the injuries. residents of berlin are vowing not to hide. >> i think it's important that we are here to show that we are not frightened. >> the first victim is the man contracted to drive the truck. the attacker killed him and halftimed the vehicle. jonathan: it has u.s. stepping up the security around the holiday celebrations. in fact, there is a christmas market open now in the district. similar to the one in berlin. stephen tschida spent time talking to people in the market and has the story. stephen: free of fear and festive. >> it's important to come out and celebrate the holiday season. >> the downtown holiday market in d.c. is bustling with the holiday shoppers. some here say they are troubled by what has happened in europe. but they carry on as

terror attack are similar to being attacked by a great white shark. stephen: other cities have stepped up security. they are monitoring events but not providing info about what it is doing. we have spotted several cruisers and officers nearby and here today. >> what the police probably will do is have more physical presence. psychologically people feel better if they see the police. >> emily visited the market attacked in berlin a year ago and she was two blocks away when the "charlie hebdo" mass cure took place in paris. she visited the christmas market in d.c. today without concern. >> you can't stop what you are doing. it happens everywhere in the world. nowhere is safe at the moment. >> the police officers are interspersed throughout the crowd. we check with the d.c.

are monitoring the situation globally and responding but not being specific. but you can see a strong police presence tonight. that is the latest. reporting live, stephen tschida, abc7 news. jonathan: thanks. abc7 is closely monitoring the situation in germany as the police hunt for the person or the people behind last night's attack. we will bring you new information when we learn it and bring it on air and on air. and the website. wjla.com. maureen: last night security measures around the capitol worked as designed. take a look at this. officers deployed security barriers as an apparently stolen car fled from police. instead the car slammed in the barrier. two people jumped out and ran. people say they were captured a few minutes later. jonathan: this just in tonight. that is an explosion at fireworks market outside of mexico city. not planned obviously. we are told that 60 people have been

the number could go up. we continue to monitor the story as the information comes in. somebody on the cell phone is shooting the pictures as it started small and it began to explode at that plant. maureen: back to breaking news in herndon where a mother and her children were hit by a car. police have now reopened centreville road in front of the village center at dulles shopping center. we are told the mother with her 11 and 14-year-old children should recover. the driver stayed at the scene. jonathan: federal court released a search warrant used in a probe of hillary clinton's use of a private e-mail server while serving as secretary of state. this is issued days before the presidential election. the warrant belonged to a laptop that belonged to clinton's aide and her estranged husband anthony weiner. no information was found and the inv

reopened. they said there was nothing at all to merit the actions of saying they would reopen the case. maureen: developing now with a month until the inauguration, with one month until the inauguration, president obama is making the most of the time he has left. in the past hour he used a 1953 law to block offshore drilling in the atlantic and arctic ocean. congress would have to repeal the law to reverse the president's decision. jonathan: amtrak is boosting service for the inauguration. they will offer additional trains and increased seating capacity before and after the january 20 event including the added northeast regional service starting january 21. maureen: the commuters will soon have a new option for catching the bus in the takoma park. the new terminal officially opens on thursday. as brianne carter tells

they are anxious for the improvement it should bring. >> at one of the busiest intersections. new hampshire avenue and the university boulevard, folks are dodging the traffic to catch a bus. but this week it moves to a safer location because thursday morning after financial debate and the project delays the $34 million takoma-langely crossroads transit center will finally have buses pulling in to one of the 12 bays. >> three, two, one. >> the transit officials gathered for ribbon-cutting facility for that is outfitted for canopy and restrooms for bus operators and public and the real-time arrival screen. including the ride-on, the bus, the metro bus and the shuttle. >> transit center will provide a safe e p

routes serving 12,000 passengers a day. >> it serves a huge pedestrian need here. that is what it's about. >> having all the buses in one place is not only expected to improve the safety for pedestrians using it. it is also expected to improve the traffic if approved along the corridor where there are many busy intersections. >> over there, it's a lot of the crosswalk, too. shade. this is a lot nicer environment. >> in takoma park, brianne carter, abc7 news. jonathan: a glitch is uber's explanation for the $28,000 charge that showed up on some customer's accounts. a woman in philadelphia and an abc7 employee in the district both reported the shocking charges showing up for a single ride that should have been a few bucks. $28,000. uber says the engineers are isolating the problem to try and fix

rescued from a burning car by strangers. the act of heroism on video. >> i'm mike make in reston, virginia, where the police are investigating after a grinch stole christmas decorations from several homes in the neighborhood. why the residents call the act of the vandalism and theft creepy. jonathan: first, though, what is next in the investigation in the assassination of the russian ambassador to turkey? doug: change in the wind directions will bring us a warming trend as we head to the christmas weekend. lay it out day by day. still to come at "abc7 news

announcer: you're watching "abc7 news at 6:00". on your side. jonathan: a solemn moment in turkey as soldiers retrieve the body of the russian ambassador assassinated. andrei karlov's wife was there to retrieve the body. 18 investigators from moscow arrived in anca rar to determine if -- an car -- an ankara to determine if the man who shot them was working alone. the man fired shots

hours after the ambassador was gunned down less than a mile away. no one was hurt and the embassy was closed at the time. maureen: new information on a deadly police shooting outside of inova fairfax hospital last august. today the investigators released surveillance video of a fairfax county deputy confronting a man at a bus stop. carrying a sign post at a weapon. investigators say before the deputy arrived yovani amaya gomez hit a security guard with the post. the video shows the deputy shooting gomez as he ran toward him with the post raised. they have cleared the deputy of wrongdoing. take a look at this video. you can see them pulling the driver from the car as it burst into flames. police in pearland, texas, people stopped to help after the car veered off the road to improve of trees. the injured driver suffered broken bones but the authorities say he should be all right. jonathan: comin

6:00, a grinch steals frosty and leaves a neighborhood shocked and angry. the disturbing clues left behind. we have that coming up. maureen: we are getting a break from the arctic air but it doesn't mean the holiday weekend is problem-free. chief meteorologist doug hill breaks down potential issues in the storm watch

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on select volkswagen models. right now at the volkswagen sign then drive event. maureen: a video of a huge explosion of fireworks in mexico city. 60 people have been hurt. people are told not to come within three miles of the open air market. you can imagine there already reports of nearby homes being damaged. jonathan: well, about an hour ago the d.c. council passed one of the most generous paid family leave plans in the country. measure gives more than a half a million full and the part-time workers six weeks of paid time off. two eeks of personal sick leave. funded by a payroll tax increase of less than 1% on fifth businesses in the year

>> my husband and i just bought a house here and we want to have a family. access to paid leave is something neither of us have for work. we work for small non-profits and we don't have to choose between making an an income and taking care of the families. jonathan: mayor bowser has concerned with the plans and has not said if she will sign it. maureen: mayor bowser signed legislation today. this is still up in the air and congress will have 30 days to review the measure. they can block it or allow it to become law. after the grinch stole christmas, you remember this. he had a big change of heart and returned everything. jonathan: we hope it happens

there are several neighbors that are wondering who stole the christmas decorations late last week. they can hope they have the same storybook ending of all of that stuff coming back. >> days before christmas and all along stone throw's drive, not a creature was stirring except a thief who would steal decoration and then hide. >> it takes away from the spirit of christmas. it's sad. >> many wreaths hung on the front door with care in hopes st. nicholas soon would be there. >> it's lit up. the trees lit up. >> the children were nestled snug in their beds but some here suspect a couple of teens quietly fled. >> whatever it is, i think there needs to be vigilance about it. >> when out on the lawns the next morning arose such a clatter, residents called fairfax county police to look into the matter. >> all of that was just in disarray. >> when what to the wondering eyes should disappear? frosty the snowman was missing and then they found the decapitated reindeer. >> his head was somehowdy

tached. this sounded creepy. >> wires were slashed. >> christmas shouldn't be tampered with. >> detectives believe around midnight the crook went to work. filling the trunk with the lawn ornaments. bah humbug, what a jerk. whoever it was, he, she or they drove out of sight. residents are watching sure to keep porch lights on at night. in reston, mike carter-conneen, abc7 news. maureen: what a shame. doug: hoping the right things happen. jonathan: yeah. maureen: you are doing the right thing. give us a fantastic, beautiful, clear skies and sunshine. doug: this is the way it works. if you asked me for that, i was going to call for rain and clouds for a month. but since you asked, i'll call for the sunshine. see how easy it is? the temperatures are freezing cold because it's 32 or lower but not blustery from a few nights

a quiet pattern for the weekend. future cast for friday looks nice as well. a big travel day. we are expecting sunshine up and down the coast. there are temperatures to the upper 40's. there is no major weather system expected in the continental u.s. most of the country for the day on friday will be dry with the temperatures much warmer than they have been for the past several days. 49 tomorrowment -- tomorrow. 53 on friday. we have plenty of sunshine on saturday. highs to 48. the clouds will increase as we get through christmas eve-eve through the nighttime hours. there could be scattered showers. we may have a cloudy start. we are thinking we have a chance of sunshine and temperatures in the upper 30's. a warming trend coming up. 53 on thursday. it's still comfortable on

friday. we have a quiet look ahead toward the end of 2016. maureen: thank you. >> do you wonder that cam newton has the number of the redskins every time? robert: every year. face face was like he didn't want to do that. things aren't looking up if for redskins. bad loss to the panthers. where do we go from here? i'll let the experts tell you that next in sports. why are you checking i want to see if it changed. credit scores don't change that much do they? really? i'll take it! sir, your credit... is great, right? when was the last time you checked?

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robert: the name of the game is urgency for the redskins lt night. didn't seem that way after watching them come out flat. bad pass, the run game was terrible. cam newton picking apart the defense. there is no room for error. the skins needed to come right out of the gate on point. jay gruden talked about the sluggish start. >> we have a slow start. we haven't been able to dig ourselves out. we haven't been able to get the momentum on our side for whatever reason. last night, we didn't even give our fans anything to

defensively they try to keep us in the game, in the game, in the game but we couldn't get anything going. >> a lot of turnover mistakes. third down we didn't play good. came out and had more energy. make more plays. stop us when we need the plays to make it. score points. we didn't do it. robert: not only did they lose last night they are two spots back from the second wild card spot. they have to play saturday. a short week to recover. that turn-around is quick. last night in the abc7 post game special, former nfl running back jordan talked about what the turn-around means for the team. >> coming in on a short week after losing a game like this will linger on. with the redskins not controlling their own playoff destiny, it will be interesting to see which guys show up next week to play and which guys are waiting for the season to end. robert: basketball news. this just in. wizards announced

undergo plasma treatment on both knees and miss six weeks. he enhas played in only one game this season for washington. miss him some more. jonathan: i can't imagine the skins players think about the season being over. robert: they have to play it out. maureen: mr. hill? doug: let's look at things. because you asked we have pleasant weather for next few days. 53 on thursday. it's going to knock us down to upper 40s with more sunshine on friday. steve rudin up to date on the holiday travel outlook. big travel day on friday. we will update the christmas weekend. chance of showers and the timing to break it down. nice weekend. that's at 11:00. maureen: thank you. your christmas gift to us. doug: thank you. big spender. maureen: don't expect

. tonight, the manhunt. the christmas terror attack. what we've now learned. authorities believe the driver of the truck was hijacked. he'd be eating in a diner and had just called his wife. tonight, isis now claiming responsibility. and authorities here in the u.s. now on high alert. images coming in right now of the explosions in mexico tonight. in an open-air market, fireworks ignited. at least 60 injured. homes set on fire. also developing, the new video from inside the assassination. the russian diplomat, gunned down. tonight, we learn, the shooter was a member of the police riot squad. the travel nightmare in this country, just days until christmas. the passengers and their luggage, piled up. and the major federal investigation breaking late today, a million vehicles here in the u.s. the new rollaway