>> i cannot wait to come home and see you. surprise of a lifetime for the family of one hard-working military member. we will show you the emotional reunion at the caps game tonight. brian:

can we repeat sunday? we will let you know. the news is next. >> now, abc 7 news at 11:00, on your side. kimberly: a disturbing story to begin with, but it could have been so much worse. a young toddler was shot in the leg in southeast d.c. the little girl was rushed to the hospital and is expected to be ok. the police are remaining tightlipped about this. melissa dipane has what we know right now. melissa: the police say kids were playing with a gun when it went off and shot the little girl in the leg and apartment in the 2500 block of pomeroy road in southeast. the police say there is a lot of information to sort out. the toddler was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries and was conscious and breathing when she was transported. >>

figure out what's going on. we don't want to compromise an ongoing investigation or anyone's identities before we have everything figured out. still lots of questions to answer in this case about the gun and where it came from, but the case is still under investigation. melissa dipane, abc 7 news. kimberly: montgomery county police rushed to the fields of germantown apartments when a man was found dead after a caller told dispatchers that they heard a gunshot before 5 p.m. when first responders arrived at falling waters circle, the man was found dead. it is still under investigation. close call for a fairfax county police officer. he narrowly avoided getting hit by a driver during a traffic stop last night. the driver really smashed his cruiser's front door. the police posted these photos as a

drive. it is cold again tonight. meteorologist brian van de graaff has a look at the second half of the weekend forecast. brian: it is cool this evening, but we got to 38, which is above average and beat yesterday's 31. outside right now, 37 at reagan national airport. as we head through the evening, i expect these numbers to drop back. tomorrow morning, mid-to-upper 20's in the burbs, lower 30's downtown. we will have sunshine to start sunday morning. plenty of sunshine, sunrise at 7:21. in the afternoon, clouds roll in and an isolated shower cannot be ruled out. the forecast coming up. kimberly: a very special night at a caps game, not because they were facing anaheim for the only time this season, but because of a reunion unfolding at the capital one arena. q mccray is

q? q: definitely a change of pace. on a saturday night i'm smiling for good reason. we are live at the capital one arena where it was an amazing reunion. a mom and three little daughters got a surprise. the daughters had no idea. they thought they were here to watch a holiday greeting video with their dad who has been deployed overseas in africa for 14 months. after they watched, dad got on the big screen and said hello and merry christmas, and then this happened. >> we have an extra gift for you. how about this -- stanley family, go see what it is. let's open the gift for them. a little something extra

[cheers and applause] look who it is! james stanley reunited with his family! a holiday miracle! q: a miracle to say the least. there was not a dry eye in the house. , a lot nhl hockey fans of them around me now, they all felt the love. a reunion 14 months in the making. and we spoke to the family right after. >> i was surprised and also very excited. >> i've known about this for a little over a month. it was really difficult not to spill the beans. >> i could not think of a better way to do with that in front of everyone. q: the

creek, virginia. dad ben has -- data has been deployed in africa for 14 months. he missed last christmas. his threemom and daughters are concerned, this is the best christmas gift ever. so a happy holidays and merry christmas to them and everyone at home. back to you. kimberly: awesome stuff. and a toy for every child is the intent of toys for tots, and today thousands of families waited in line to make sure they had a christmas gift for their children. ryan hughes was there for the annual distribution event that shows the true meaning of the holidays. >> thank you. inside a prince george's county police headquarters, the gymnasium looking like santa's workshop, toys and lines of bicycles ready to roll.

two-year-old daughter, in the middle of the line wrapping around the parking lot. families started showing up friday afternoon for the toys for tots distribution. >> it's a blessing. it is me and my husband. we don't have a whole lot. teaming upfor tots with the prince george's county police and the marine corps to make christmas dreams come true. >> there are men and women in uniform. ryan: more than 45,000 toys were collected the past several months. , the roomtribution will be emptied. abc 7 is a proud sponsor, and the generosity of the community helping some 7000 families provide a better and brighter holiday. >> tell everybody thank you for your donations. it really helps. ryan" h: her

cancer months ago, but they emptied their piggy banks to go shopping. >> helping give back to kids who don't have an actual christmas. it makes us feel good. >> we need more people like them. makes this a better world. ryan: ryan hughes, abc 7 news. kimberly: now to honoring our nation's heroes, more than 50,000 volunteers arrived at arlington national hes onry to lay wreat soldiers graves, 15,000 volunteers. >> behind every tombstone as a family. goldstar moms, we don't talk about their son or daughter dying. we talk about that they lived, and the character they had. kimberly: it was a moving and beautiful site at arlington national cemetery. hundreds of

eaths relayed on tombstones nationwide. coming up on abc seven news at 11:00 am a break in the murder mystery of a former nba player. raging wildfires in california pushing more people out of their homes.

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kimberly: now a big break in a cold case. the wife of former nba player lorenzo and right will have her first court hearing monday. she is charged in his murder years later. final chapter is unfolding in the seven-year-old murder mystery of lorenzen wrigh who played in the nbat. his ex-wife was charged with his death saturday. >> she has been indicted for conspiracy to commit murder and first-degree

and first-degree murder for her ex-husband. reporter: earlier this month, billy turner was arrested and charged in the same murder. >> how could you have murdered my son! how! reporter: the case began seven years ago when police dispatchers received this call. >> 911, what is your much as a? -- what is your emergency? hello? reporter: then silence. his body was found in a field days later. lastolice found the gun month. they are not saying anything about a motive. >> will find out how and why he was murdered and in due time they will. reporter: the police are still looking at other people in the

each other when they attended the same church. had agreed to settle on a dispute about how she had spent the million dollar life insurance policy that had been intended for their six children. kimberly: a royal caribbean cruises is being deep cleaned after hundreds were sick on board. health officials believe that 220 people were infected with the nora virus. one woman said her son started to feel sick just days into the trip. she thought it had to do with his diabetes until they saw the doctor on board. >> as we were sitting there, more people were coming in and everybody was puking everywhere. they were running to the bathroom with diarrhea. it was frightening. kimberly: pretty much a vacation nightmare. earlier this

people came down with a similar illness aboard a bourdais royal caribbean ship in australia. and five people were injured after a chair lift malfunction at a ski resort outside of state college, pennsylvania. chair slidountain, a backwards, crashing into another chair, setting up a chain reaction. everybody is expected to recover, but the accident stranded skiers and took about 90 minutes for crews to get everyone down safely. that is a long time on the chairlift. the wildfires in california are still burning out of control. this has been happening for over two weeks. on the left side, a view from the ground on the right -- on the left side come if you from the ground, the right a view from space. brian: outside around here, pretty mild compared to what they are having out west. around here today, upper 40's.

the average is 46. yesterday the high was only 31. a milder trend the next couple days as we head into the last part of the week and towards christmas. 37 downtown, mid 20's in the burbs, culpeper 26, 28 winchester, 34 hagerstown. tomorrow morning, getting coffee , overnight the temperatures will be cool. just know that it will be pretty cool out there. early morning, it will be chilly. the big picture, we have clouds streaming in from southwestern virginia. i think we will have sunshine early tomorrow morning, but because there is no energy in the south, as of late the last couple systems have been on the northern jet stream and bringing went to retype weather. this is bringing clouds and a chance of rain, milder weather from the south and west.

we like that. outside overnight, pretty calm. cool, 20's and 30's in the morning. midday, clouds roll in, upper 40's, maybe flirting with 50. light showers possible in the afternoon. those will be very hit or miss, leesburg, cumberland, north and west of town, early evening. at the redskins game, may have a sprinkle. monday, partly to mostly sunny, pushing 50, near 60. for the tailgaters tomorrow, no problems come afternoon temperatures making a run at 50, just an isolated shower heading home. last minute shopping, 53 next saturday. 60 on tuesday. heading into wednesday, dropping back slightly. sunshi,

a milder push towards the end of next week, and cooler weather in time for christmas eve and christmas day. some models have a sprinkle or shower, but the confidence on that right now is low. has had ageorgetown stellar start, but scott had said they had not been tested yet. they wererect, and tested today. syracuse-georgetown, you have to love it. caps trying tong keep pace in the metropolitan division.

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a nice groove, winners of six of their last seven. at home tonight taking on anaheim. in the third, the caps down 2-1. a good look and scored the equalizer. the game would go to overtime tied at 2-2. in the extra period, alex ovechkin with the slap shot, and the great 8 scores the game-winner, number 23 on the season. eir 6th street at home, 3-2. college passed ball special. when georgetown and syracuse meet all the basketball court, all bets are off. these teams have had some battles over the years. today another chapter was written inside the capital one arena. two of the men who founded the rivalry, syracuse head coach jim boeheim and georgetown's

ewing. the hoyas adding to their lead with the slain. georgetown would lead by as many as 13 points with 10 minutes left in the game. about a minute left, the orange only down two. grad stealing the bucket. tied. over time, syracuse turns to the big-time three-pointer. georgetown drops their first game of the season, falling to rival syracuse 86-79 in overtime. , if youetown-syracuse were there, you know what i'm talking about. it has always been something. this was a great game today. it was like a firecracker compared to a bomb with those games. no way was at the same, not even the same neighborhood, not even the same country, not even the same

things? scott: that was coach boeheim. smith center, the colonials down at the half, but cutting it to single digits. they would cut miami's lead. but the hurricanes had too much size. monti walker with the alley-oop. g.w. loses 59-50. matchup, nonconference against a mason. cavs led 37-29 at the break. second half, virginia continues to build their lead. guy with a floater, good. uva with a 19 point lead. cavs win 80-60. big test for virginia tech, visiting kentucky. the hokies

tied at 60-60. less than a minute remaining, virginia tech down two. draining the three. virginia tech comes up short against the wildcats, 93-86. college football, fcs semifinals, james madison and south dakota state. a huge night for marcus marshall, 203 yards on the ground including this 87 yard touchdown. big, and they will face north dakota state for the championship game january 6. the redskins have activated kicker dustin hopkins. that means that nick rhodes has been cut. redskins play arizona tomorrow at fedex field.

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kimberly: another one bites the dust. a congressman says he will not run for reelection following accusations of sexual harassment. the democrat from nevada made the announcement earlier today. he denies the allegations and promises to cooperate with the house ethics committee. a recent poll shows that a majority of americans are opposed to the tax plan that is set to pass a house and senate next week, doubling the standard

deductions will be lower. it also eliminates the obamacare individual mandate. president trump is pushing back against claims the reforms will only help the rich. >> the democrats have their standard soundbite. they talk about for the wealthy. kimberly: the bill is expected to add 1.5 trillion dollars to the deficit over the next decade.

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kimberly: it looks like actor george clooney's next project will be about watergate, developing an eight part series for netflix. the watergate scandal took down president nixon in 1974. clooney is not the only major movie name to talk about watergate again. stephen