announcer: now, "abc 7 news at noon," on your side. they: right off the top, holiday rush. millions are making their way to their holiday destinations. depending on how you plan to get there, you may be running into some trouble. we have all the angles covered, beginning with john gonzalez, who is live in mobile trak 7. john: we are in mobile trak 7, and the story has changed. we were driving the beltway this morning, 66, wisconsin avenue. very light traffic, a lot of folks staying home from work

the story has changed a bit. cam from mobileh trak 7. you see all the red lights. it is picking up. we just got off the beltway, where there is a 12 minute backup on the outer loop. on that section between colesville road and georgia avenue, there was a bad accident, so that is compounding matters. million people in the d.c. area traveling over the next few days, and today is predicted to be the busiest travel day of the year. it is starting to pick up. the saying goes, leaving early, stay late. like traffic early this morning. right now we are at a standstill, some folks deciding to leave a little bit later. are going to drive over to the eastern shore. we have a place below solace barry, maryland, and enjoy christmas day -- below salisbury, and enjoy christmas day, then come back to tysons

john: you are one of 2.6 million in this area traveling. does that surprise you? the highest ever? >> not really. it doesn't surprise me. i see people shuffling around with suitcases. john: the exodus is on. gotten past this traffic signal since we last spoke a couple seconds ago. is 43%2.6 million, that of the entire population in the d.c. area, just to give you some perspective. aaa making sure that we know that about 60,000 of these motorists will need help. they will be on the side of the road over the next couple of days, so be mindful of the folks that are broken down on the shoulders. reporting live inside mobile track, john gonzalez, abc 7 news. jummy: if you plan to travel for the weekend, let us help you get there. head to wjla.com/text to sign up for traffic alerts.

road, many are taking to the skies. an estimated 42 million americans are expected to fly during the holidays. this is what it looks like on the website flightaware. you can get an idea of what the flight situation and the air traffic situation looks like. scott taylor has more. scott: take a look at this. we have people traveling all over the country. the tsa pre-check is filling up. i feel sorry for those folks, but i am already tired, so let's check out where people are traveling this holiday. we ran into one lady who explains it all. .> i was going home i'm going back home to arizona. scott: how special is it to get home quickly? >> it is very special. prettyther has been pleasant. from arizona, i expected it to be much worse.

that is what you have to go. look, no line at all. mom and dads, grandparents, check out clear. it is a little expensive, but right now you get two three months. back to you guys. jummy: the question many are asking about the holiday weekend -- how is the weather shaping up? let's go to chief meteorologist doug hill with a look at the holiday forecast. tomorrowhave some rain at times, clearing out for christmas day. here is a look at the travel weather conditions across the country. in the east we are fine with increasing cloudiness, some dry weather up and down the coast. some areas of light rain or snow. freezing,atures above which means you will have very little impact. the farther south we go, the warmer it gets. 80 in orlando today. 70 in miami.

nation. there is the possibility of rain continuing from san francisco to the southland, almost through san diego, and the higher elevations east of seattle, it looks like a little snow. temperatures are fairly mild. as we look ahead, we will see the possibility of rain at times tomorrow, up and down the east coast. this is in the morning to midday. it should and with skies remaining cloudy through the afternoon. the farther west you go, it looks fine with temperatures above average, with no impediments, especially if you are driving. high clouds moving in ahead of the cold front, temperatures across the areas right now in the 40's. 46 at reagan national. we expect the numbers to climb, but only into the mid 40's by this afternoon. then tonight the clouds get lower and sicker and the rain will begin before sunrise. we will timeout the rain for the weekend. a look at the next 10 days coming up in nine minutes.

a woman is dead -- jummy: a woman is dead and her husband is facing charges after a crash in senegal. drove offez umanzor the road and her -- and the car rolled over. 22-year-old darling ramirez was ejected from the car and killed. he is being charged with a dui charge. a plane headed from malta to libya ended with the hijackers surrendering. all 118 people aboard the plane were allowed to get off at the malta international airport. two men from libya threatened to blow the plane up with him and aids. to blow theid -- plane up with hand grenades. new information in the berlin christmas market attack. police have shot and killed a man believed

for killing 12 people. marci gonzalez has more. marcyi: the manhattan overnight ended in a dramatic shootout. amri was shot to death by police. officers initially approached him during a routine patrol, asking him for his id. instead, officials explained amri pulled out a pistol and shot this officer in the shoulder. you can see where the bullet pierced his uniform. another officer returned fire, killing amri. the italian interior ministry saying the men killed is without a shadow of a doubt the terrorist law enforcement across europe have been desperately trying to track down. >> every policeman in berlin,

man. investigators are trying to figure out how he left germany. he may have traveled through france, arriving in milan by train just hours before he was killed. they desperately want to know why he went there and how the most wanted man in europe was able to travel to at least three countries unnoticed. marcy gonzalez, abc news, new york. jummy: police in australia say a plan to launch a series of christmas day attacks has been stopped. five people have been arrested. the suspects were inspired by isis and were planning to a track a train station using bombs, knives, and guns. now to breaking news just into our newsroom from springfield, virginia. police are calling the death of a 22-year-old man last night a homicide or it he was found dead on blarney stone court. if you have

police want to know from you. take aswitch gears to look at donald trump's transition to the white house. the president elect is adding new names to his team, but the biggest news is coming from his twitter page. as elizabeth reports, his surviving tweet about america cap inabilities is surprising were leaders. >> could the single tweet market major break from u.s. policy for nearly 40 years, a tweet that read in part that the u.s. must greatly strengthen and expand its nuclear capabilities. >> there were all kinds of warnings, when she said that a guy that you can bait with a tweet is not somebody that you put in charge of a nuclear arsenal. in one moment, one day, he combines that message. afterted just hours vladimir putin said we need to strengthen the military potential of strategic nuclear forces. this morning, putin

that he saw nothing unusual about trump's pledge, announcing new names to his white house team, including adding sean spicer as press secretary. also, ivanka trump is expected to play a key role in her father's administration. >> some guy went up to her and started giving her a hard time. >> a passenger, reportedly upset, started yelling at her and her family on a jetblue flight to owyhee for a vacation. the man was ejected from the flight. a response today from the newly announced press secretary, sean spicer, who told the media out that this was a response to a lot of countries, that if they increase their nuclear capability, america will act. on "abc 7 newsp at noon

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within risky -- within minutes, rescue crews arrived on the scene and got him down with the latter. upittle scared but shaken from that incident. go.: here we let's get you into the christmas weekend. of time fromperiod sunrise tomorrow until noon or 1:00 tomorrow with some rain. this is from skyline drive, pinnacles, looking to the northwest, shenandoah national park. that is the area of cloudiness that pushes to the washington area. a cold front will bring us the rain i just described. pretty comfortable, in the 40's. a look at the clouds around the area. went from the west, northwest. the heavier clouds just off to the west, and that will move into the area. in luray,hester, 39 43 in frederick. 46 in washington, 45 in anpo

a cloudy but dry friday. saturday, different story. i think we will wind up about 46. about what we have now in many areas with the clouds taking over, not a lot of warning from the sun. cloudy and 41 late tonight as the clouds continue to lower and sickened. in the overnight, that is when we expect rain to move in from -- clouds continue to lower and thicken. in the overnight, that is when we expect rain to move in. moisture will continue coming in from the east as we go through the day and the night. by tomorrow, we will see the story change little bit as the rain takes over before sunrise. the heaviest rain will stay to the south, but it will be some solid hours of rain to do with through tomorrow morning and midday. the models have been pretty consistent that taking the main area of rain around midday early afternoon. we will hang on to cloudiness, but that is all right.

even in new england, temperatures warm enough, but they will just be rain. by 1:00 in the afternoon, the rain will be out of here. skies will clear late afternoon through early evening, and as we get into the day sunday, we will have the chances for more sunshine. it will not be bright and clear, but high pressure will build in to give us more sunshine. temperatures still expected to be probably in the mid to upper 40's. that is the very latest on what we have for you. jummy: doug, thank you. we are about to close the books on 2016. this year we saw many entertainers, newsmakers, and political figures pass. tonight, abc's "20/20" looks back at the people we lost. elizabeth vargas has more on that. who will you be profiling tonight? elizabeth: you know, we lost so many people this past year. wereally was incredible as

people to include in our hour tonight. ali,usly prince, muhammad fidel castro, nancy reagan, florence henderson, america's favorite television mom. tonight we have an intimate look into all of these people who passed. many more are included in the hour. we talked to the people who are closest to them. i covered many of these deaths when they occurred in 2016. i learned something in watching what we put together, and listening to the stories and anecdotes told by the people who were closest to them. it is a very intimate and important look at the many notable people that we lost. jummy: absolutely. if you look online and on social media, people say that it seems that we lost more than the usual amount of people this year. which passing had the biggest impact on you? elizabeth: my goodness, that is almost impossible.

death of muhammad ali and the death of prince, who i grew up listening to. it was extraordinarily tragic in prince's case. and thinking about muhammad ali and humanitarian rights and what he meant to this country on so many levels -- on a civil rights level, on an antiwar level. it was so much more than an athlete. i am also a huge fan of leonard cohen, who just died. that man was a true poet, and the song "hallelujah," which we feature tonight, gave hope to so many people who might be going through hard times. to see him pass was really sad. jummy: we look forward to seeing that special tonight right here on abc 7. elizabeth vargas, thank you. coming up, we are doing some last-minute holiday shopping. one consumer expert has a tip that could help

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prime is now delivering up until 11:59 p.m. on christmas eve. just in time for the holidays, the story of getting back and paying it forward. a d.c. homeless man as a place to live thanks to the generosity of two strangers. sam sweeney has the story. sam: for three years, floyd carter has been homeless. >> how are you doing this morning? sam: three years ago, he fell on hard times and joined the ranks of dcps homeless. nowhere to go. you live in abandoned cars, buildings, laying down. placee has always found a to hide and sleep at night. but during the day is a different story. he spends his time outside the plea street whole foods, and becoming a site to residents. floyd: looking for a place to rest my head. sam: until this month --

about to give up, and these special people came in. people who just smile and nod, this couple struck up a conversation with floyd. >> when he said he had a housing voucher for months and months but was able to get his foot in , wedoor to get an apartment thought that is not right. let's see what we can do about that. and eric quickly learned that floyd had become a ghost in a bureaucratic system. one large obstacle -- they needed $1300. >> we decided we would cover that for him so he could move in. sam: fast-forward a few weeks, and it is move-in day. in me they seen something that nobody else seen. they dug deep in my heart. sam: a christmas for everyone. : they made of the best christmas i have had in my life. jummy:

address, floyd has an id and already has job offers on the table. he wants to be a chef at a hotel or coming up, a final check of the holiday weekend forecast.

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