got away with the money. michelle: the men are still on the loose. brad bell is live in beltsville with what police are looking for. brad? brad: yeah, they want to catch the guys before they do it again. over the years we have shown you a lot of wild videos of the people stealing whole a.t.m.'s and not being able to get into them. last week the robber on the other side of that car in a free standing a.t.m. waited until it was open. now we show you how they did it. >> it was an unusual robbery and it was successful. armed couriers loading the a.t.m. at a beltsville bank of america hit for more than $200,000. now we can show you how it happened. abc7 obtained the bank security camera video. watch closely as the gunman suddenly appear, the weapons raised. seeming lie pointed at the victim's head. the victims are forced to the ground as the robbers grab a bag stuffed with cash. >> obviously concerns u

this, in the robbery. >> watch it again. look closely. the guy in black has a handgun. his accomplice the one with the red sleeves is holding what appears to be an a.k.-47 like assault rifle. the video doesn't show the rest of the caper, as the masked suspect run out of view. they jump into this van. they drive less than a quarter mile before they ditch that getaway car and vanish. the police now hope something in this video helps somebody recognize the pair. >> this stuff appeared to be well organized. and the people did appear to know what they were doing. that is a concern. >> so our team has done research and we have found there are similar cases like this in houston and athens, georgia, where the robbers waited for the couriers to open the a.t.m. to get to the money. but around here it is highly unusual. police are opening that somebody recognizes the guys in that

michelle: president trump is hailing tax overhaul passed by congress as a victory. but the democrats say the fight isn't over. >> i guess it's very simple. when you think you haven't heard this express. but we are making america great again. you haven't heard that, have you? >> republicans will rue the day they pass this bill. you can bet democrats will make sure of that. >> now polls show a majority of the americans believe the tax changes will benefit the rich and the corporations more than the middle class. senator al franken announced

will be january 2. the minnesota democrat announced last month he would step down after accusations of sexual misconduct. many democrats pressured him to step down but now some of them are having second thoughts on that asking franken to reconsider. jonathan: we knew it would be a close race. but it's not a close race. it's a tie. that is where we are now in the virginia 94 district race. a tie. after a recount this week the democrat had one vote lead. just one. now after a challenge the ballot was included. we are back now to a dead heat. richard reeve at the "live desk" with how this could come down to a coin flip. have we seen this before, rich? richard: it has only happened once, 20 years ago. coin toss for a name drawn out of a glass bowl. the race is a tie. there is no winner here. this is because of a single ballot that wasn't counted on tuesday. a ballot republicans contested this morning. >> we are declaring victory

smiles for the democrat shelly simonds. the election officials say he is won a five-hour recount by a single vote. >> two elected officials will observe them. they will make a call on what their determination is on the vote. riches then attorneys for the republican incumbent david yancey presented a letter by a g.o.p.-appointed recall official who says he signed off on a ballot not counted and he was "confused" at the time. the republicans argue it should go to yancey because it had bubbles for both candidates names filled in and the slash through the simonds name. he had chosen republican candidate in every other race in the ballot. in the end the election officials approved the ballot in favor of yancey which means right now there is no winner. >> in this case is not making a difference in one district. flipping it democrat or republican. but making a difference with who controls legislative chamber and the flow of legislation which will have a huge impact on public policy

>> house democrats are seething. after conceding this and the majority the republicans are now desperately trying to claw both back like a snarling dog that won't let go of a bone. the state board of elections will make the coin toss or whatever, no date set yet. it's possible we may see a second recount. from the "live desk," richard reeve, abc7 news. jonathan: okay. thanks. more than a thousand young immigrants decrepitted on the cap -- decrepitting -- descending on the capitol and urging them to vote nos it includes dream act. organizers say since president trump repealed daca and pushed it to the hands of congress, thousands of children whose parents lost them to the u.s. illegally have lost their status. >> they are making a positive contribution to our country, to the communities. to the job sites. to the schools, to the military. in so many different ways. dreamers are

better. jonathan: democratic leaders said they would force a vote on the dream act before the holiday recess but it seems unlikely. michelle: developing in mexico, several members to a virginia family are among 12 people killed when a tour bus flipped over yesterday. the details are heartbreaking. lorton resident anna behar, her 11-year-old son daniel and her mother all died in this crash. family member says the boy died in his dad's arms on the side of a road. his father is recovering in a florida hospital. officials blame the bus driver's negligence and speeding for the crash. jonathan: the ntsb officials have a specific question they want to ask the engineer on board the amtrak train that derailed in washington state. michelle: and the homeowner wakes up in the middle of the night to fight a fire on his porch. but it's what alerted him that is the real story here. we'll

bill: good evening, everyone. we are out here live at the meadow lark winter walk of life. photo top over there. a lot of folks are coming up to take the pictures. look at these cool, what do you call that? tree toppers? >> i don't know. bill: i don't know either. they look really cool. we will tell you more about the location and talk about the winter forecast. the christmas forecast as well. we will see you're in a few minutes. i like those. those are very, very cool.

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jonathan: federal investigators wanted to know if the engineer in the deadly derailment was distracted. there was an engineer in training in the cab with him. the train hurdled off overpass on monday going more than 80 miles per hour. the speed limit posted for that section of the track or the curve was 30. officials say the train emergency brake went off automatically. that could mean that the engineer didn't realize the danger until it was too late. charlottesville now honoring the woman struck and killed by a car in the white nationalist rally. heather heyer was one of the counterprotesters. fourth street where she was hit and killed by a car renamed the honorary heather heyer way. her mother says she hopes this will help keep her daughter's memory and what she was fi

>> women who left dangerous relationships for a shelter said the shelter is dangerous as well. they say there is mold and no heat at the county only domestic violence shelter. the woman didn't want to be identified but they shared photos showing the filthy and run down conditions. >> it's not livable. there is mold in there. there is stuff in the vent. dust everywhere. food has had mold on it. >> at the end of the day it's about our kids. >> the shelter is run by the non-profit family crisis center. they haven't returned our calls. yesterday an emergency county inspection found code violations there. they may provide alternate housing for the women and children until the repairs are done. jonathan: it appears that wal-mart landed on santa's naughty list. why some workers say the company is being a grinch. >> locked out.

the culinary talents to the next level are getting burned.

snee this video shows a man fighting a fire on the front porch. the doorbell alerted him to the fire in the first place. he was asleep. he got an alert and it was because of that, the doorbell. >> i looked to my right and outside the bedroom window i saw what looked to be flames. >> good thing he did. you can see the house is still there. a few weeks ago the christmas lights caught fire outside of a tennessee home as in the case it was a doorbell camera again that alerted the owner to the danger. check out this home surveillance video in d.c. who does this? a woman that is stealing christmas decorations from the front yard of a home on 25th street. that is her. taking her time. digging up the ornaments. there she goes. the boxes. want them? taking them. bye-bye.

they want to find out who she is. michelle: terrible. people dressed as santa claus picketed outside wal-mart. they are demanding they bring back holiday pay for workers after being eliminated last year. the wal-mart says they get a paid holiday off and cash out unused time off. jonathan: a top culinary store abruptly closed the doors and leaving the staff and students out in the cold days before christmas. michelle: some of them reached out to kimberly suiters to help them find answers and get the money back. kimberly: locked out. some met in the parking lot in gaithersburg.

>> a lot of cash has been paid. >> $20,000 investment? >> more. yes. >> i put in about the same as colin from my savings account up front. >> they have lost trust in the school's owner francois who has a go fund me page for his lost investment due to a fire and flood. >> people are putting money in saying sorry for your loss. it's b.s. and two weeks before christmas. >> they worry about the dedicated staff. >> carlos the dishwasher has been there 15 years. he was crying the day after. i don't know where to go. >> they have no health insurance and they haven't been paid. >> for 41 years the school graduated some of the top chef. silverman and carla hall. and accepting the new students for 2018.

thaw lished about it through a leak. >> a leak. they were trying to place us. >> they promised that the chief financial officer would explain but no one called back. or anxioused the door when we knock -- answered the door when we knocked. kimberly suiters, abc7 news. bill: good evening. we will switch gears to talk about what is going on tonight. there are a lot of folks out there. how is everyone doing? this is hard to see. we talk about the numbers. looking out here at the live camera, national harbor. the temperatures are in the 40's. there are 30's out there. we are at 46 at reagan. wind that is out of the northwest at

wing chester at 34. and the numbers tonight will drop down. new york city is 40 degree mark. ocean city at 35. back to columbus the temperatures are in the upper 30's now. the showers held well south as expected and now the clouds are clearing up. so tonight we will call it a mostly clear night throughout the evening. watch this tonight and tomorrow. 11:00 take you to tomorrow morning. the skies are clear out there.

that is looking good. by tomorrow afternoon. then tomorrow evening we have nothing but sunshine around the area. gorgeous first day of winter. temperature wise is close to that normal. we start out near freezing mark tomorrow. afternoon in the mid-40's. this time tomorrow night is low 40's. cool side. we look out ahead, focusing on what is going on in the overall seven-day forecast. there is the 40's tomorrow. we will start to warm things up by friday. we are in the 50's. look at saturday. 59 degrees. rain is going to be our forecast. what we will be watching here on saturday. then we work on over to sunday. christmas eve and monday. cold air working on in. so we are bringing the temperature on christmas day down to the mid-30's. falling temperature type of scenario. possible if not likely it's warmer in the morning than it will be in the afternoon as the temperatures drop. the trend

december. there is a possibility, talking to the folks out when is the next snowfall. we are going to be eyeballing the chances beyond the seven-day forecast for next week. the big focus is for this evening and this forecast going to be the christmas traveling. the christmas day. right now the rain to deal with saturday. mild temperatures. falling sunday. looks like a better travel day potentially than saturday. live on the beautiful evening. send it to you. michelle: all right. looking good. thank you, bill. jonathan: a lot of questions about the redskins. especially when the season wraps up. this season is wrapped up. >> it's an important off-season. >> i feel like it's that way every year. coming up, kirk cousins staying in washington not a given. he will be a free agent in a couple of weeks. what is going through his mind? we will tell you

announcer: now the toyota sports desk brought to you by your local toyota dealer. robert: two more games to go this season for the redskins. yes, it's been a taxing season but they can still avoid a losing season. they win out they are 8-8. it's not great but better than 7-9. after this, what happened to jay gruden? is he still here? don't forget about kirk cousins who is a free agent after this season is over. he was asked about that today. this is what he's saying. >> the possibilities have come out before. i guess now that it has been, you know, the third go-around of that, you j

out and play. let the chips fall where they may. you know, i just want to make sure that in and of this season that we leave fedex field on a high note and give our home fans something to feel good about as they leave fedex field for the last time this season. robert: it's all about the team there. good stuff here. wizards are doing their part in the holidays. today the annual family to family event put on by to monumental sports stars from both teams to provide underserved families with gifts to make sure no one is left out in the holidays. this is a highlight for john wall every year. >> we try to come out and put a smile on people's faces. honor to give out presents. put a smile on their faces. they never thought they would have it and something i do with the team and the organization throughout the community. do it on my own. robert: bad news here finally. orioles closer lana: briton will miss the -- zac briton will miss the 2018 season.

workout. jonathan: ouch. painful. thank you. michelle: days from christmas and weather feels great. bill kelly hanging out with the beautiful lights there in vienna. bill: yes, the beautiful lights. we have hundreds of thousands of them. about the same amount of people out here. [cheers & applause] having a great night with the lights. kids. adults. really freaking out because it's a good place. no, just enjoying the lights tonight. we encourage you to come out here. what is your name? >> caleb. >> say hello. >> hello! bill: are you plugging your ears? is that what you are doing? what is your name? >> brianna. >> say have a good night. >> have a good night. bill: send it on back to you. michelle: count as a christmas wish for them. sure it does. >> i'm going with that. michelle: all right. "world news tonight" with david muir is coming up next. jonathan: that will do it for us. thank y

see you at 11:00. have a great night.

tonight, several dropping stories as we come on. what president trump tonight calls an incredible christmas gift. his first major legislative victory. his tax cuts pass. corporate america getting the biggest cuts. and they're permanent. tonight, what does the middle class get? holiday travel concerns at this hour. two storm systems, just as millions set out to travel for christmas. several major travel hubs set to get hit in the midwest and then the east. ginger zee with the new timing. just in tonight, the u.s. embassy confirming eight americans are dead after boarding that tour bus, all part of a holiday vacation. the desperate search at this hour. the mother killed, the baby, just six weeks old, stolen. the o