$415. >> we just used gift cards, no cash. >> reporter: some hardly had time to stop and chat, as they worked up a sweat shopping for deals. >> are these items for yourself or others? >> half and half. >> are you sure? >> yes. >> reporter: there were even door buster deals. >> even regular price is half the price than you would buy them in france. >> reporter: but there were those who were dropping it and making returns. >> i'm returning a jacket. my wife told me to bring it in and return the jacket. it's my mother-in-laws. >> reporter: how bad of a mission is that what is it you do to return that? >> no idea. >> you're going to return santa's gift? >> yeah, i'm sure he will understand. >> reporter: some who would like to drop their christmas

gift are keeping it. >> what did you get from grandma? >> shoe laces that said i love you on them. >> do you love them? >> no. >> your grandma might be disappointed that you're not wearing those shoe laces. >> i bet. >> reporter: at tyson's corner, 9 news now. now if you've got a gift card you don't want, or if it's for a store you don't frequent, you have another option. some will buy cards from you for a fee though. plastic jungle gives you up to 92% of the value of the card. a couple options there. richmond police say they've arrested a man suspected of killing two people, and kidnapping a 2-year-old boy on christmas eve. a police spokesman said jamal

clemons surrendered around 4:30 this afternoon. police believe he shot edmond balmer injury and edward clapp and stole an suv to get away. that suv had a 2-year-old in it. kaiden was found unharmed. investigators don't believe he knew kaiden was in the car when he took it. a diplomatic encounter. today, kim jung un met -- they pay met to pay respects to kim jung il. now to iraq, a suicide bombing happened in baghdad during the morning rush hour at a checkpoint, leading to the heavily guarded interior ministry. police say the bomber actually got through a half dozen other

checkpoints before setting off explosives hidden in the car. gross is a u.s. government contractor who has been held in cuba for two years. he's accused of trying to undermine that government. cuba recently announced plans to release nearly 3,000 prisoners as an international goodwill gesture, but gross will not be among them. his supporters hope for a change of heart in havana. >> we believe that injustice anywhere is injustice everywhere. so we stand in faith, in hope, in love and in peace that the government will have a heart and let allen gross go. >> the department says it's disappointed cuba is not releasing gross. an act that would improve relations between the two countries. the christmas holiday has come and gone with no sign of a blind man who vanished two weeks ago. his family hoped he would contact them somehow during the holiday, but it didn't happen.

police in charlotte, north carolina are looking into the case, because they think smith may have gotten off the train there on his way to birmingham, alabama. >> to the confusion, when they told him, evidently, he would have to wait and catch another train to go to birmingham. he said send me back to d.c. nowamtrak says they put him on a train back to d.c. we have heard nothing from him. >> smith has been totally blind since becoming the victim of a shooting in prince george's county a decade ago. he also suffers from bouts of depression. bars and restaurants near the verizon center are getting a late christmas gift. that is a game from the wizards. as kristin fisher reports, tonight, they're getting back to business as usual. >> reporter: i'm kristin fisher, live outside the verizon center for the first home game of the season for the washington wizards. >> we've missed the washington wizards, we're excited to see them play tonight. >> reporter: he is the general manager of the district chop

house and brewery. it's located just one block away from the wizards home court. >> we were hoping they would resolve this as quickly as possible, and come back. >> reporter: the five month long lockout was a brutal wait for all of the bars and restaurants near the verizon center. especially clyde's, which is literally next door. the wizards average nearly 16,000 fans per game last year. that's far below the league average, but still almost 700,000 people a season, parking, eating, and drinking at these bars and restaurants. >> there is definitely a noticeable spike when the wizards play next door. we're very excited to have it back. meantime, a chilly, and clear monday, but rain is on the way. annie, are the showers coming in tonight? >> we'll be okay tonight.

no need for the umbrellas just yet. the showers arriving on tuesday, thane they'll be out of here. you can see that storm system out to the far west and southwest of us. right now, temperatures, it is chilly out here. 43 downtown. 30 in manassas. a two blanket night. lows getting down into the 30s. the winds are a lot calmer now. we had a very blustery afternoon. we'll talk about the showers and when it might be the heaviest, coming up a little later. back to you. thanks annie. still to come, a local high school senior diagnosed with autism uses his motivation to advocate, and earns a christmas award in the process. first, winning the lottery big time. who is maryland's new

millionaire? the search for the winner, next.

♪[ music ] now to a story on the price of getting around. if you drive less, you're gas costs should go down, right? apparently not the case. according to aaa, the average american household will have spent $4,155 on gas by the time 2011 is over. that's $840 more than last

year, despite driving fewer miles. data shows americans drove 244 billion miles this year. 3billion less than 2010. aaa mid-atlantic says this could get even worse. it predicts next year, regular unleaded will hit $4 a gallon by spring. one person in maryland won the powerball jackpot this weekend. we don't know much about the winner. he has yet to come forward publicly, but we do know he bought it at leslie's restaurant and cocktails. its owner called on saturday to confirm the numbers and confirm he is a winner. >> one of my employees talked to him. and said, i think you've got the ticket here. he said i'll be in in about two days to see you. i want everything to settle down a little bit.

>> nobody recognizes the winner. leslie's will get a $25,000 commission for selling the winning ticket. some beautiful weather to start the last week of 2011. how long did it last? annie lets us know when we break out the umbrellas. the full forecast is coming up.

i'm specialist in kuwait. i want to give a shot out to my mom, and nieces and nephews. happy christmas and happy new year's, love you guys. the presidential campaign kicks off in iowa. voters will caucus next tuesday and make their choice for the nominee. until then, gop nominees will blanket iowa. newt gingrich, and mitt romney are starting multicity bus tours this week. also hitting airwaves with this new ad. >> i'm going to do something to government. i'm going to make it simpler,

and smaller, and smarter. >> rick santorum, ron paul, and michele bachmann also have big campaign stops in iowa this week as well. gingrich's lead over romney keeps getting narrower. 26% of republicans picked the former house speaker. 23% picked romney. the 3% margin is a sharp drop from earlier this month, when gingrich led by 15 points in the polls. change may be on the political horizon that could affect the upcoming presidential election in a big way. a recent u.s.a. today poll says 2.5 million americans have switched, or abandoned their political parties. breaking down all the numbers. >> reporter: on a gusty winter's day outside the white house. >> i think people have lost a lot of trust in pretty much anyone. >> reporter: the weather isn't the only chill in the air.

a recent poll suggests political winds are shifting too. >> people just want some decisions to be made. >> there are a lot of people suffering out of work. they don't care about democrat or republican, they just want answers. >> reporter: the numbers may be surprising. according to pollsters, 1.7 million people have left the department party since 2008. the same year dennis kucinich ran an unsuccessful bid for congress. >> i start to see the system, and the system is failing the american people right now. >> reporter: the eight swing states that have seen the biggest democrat disappearing act. colorado, florida, iowa, nevada, new hampshire, north carolina, and pennsylvania. >> i think the political state it is, everybody is scared about what's happening. >> people are searching for signs of improvement. >> mostly i blame the republicans. i think they're very much in

the mode of just saying no, and are willing to take down the entire country and the economy just to make sure that obama doesn't get reelected. >> i think the republicans are trying to make a play. what you saw happen with the house republicans last week was interesting. it was what the president wanted and what the house republicans wanted. >> reporter: in washington, 9 news now. >> though democrats have taken a big hit, according to this poll, they still dominate the political field with more than 42 million voters. but independents have shown the most growth since 2008. it was seven years ago today that a devastating tsunami hit south asia, killing a quarter of a million people. thailand was one of the hardest hit nations. today, localists and tourists alike attended local ceremonies to those who lost their lives. a trench spanning more than a mile was dug along a beach in

one resort town allowing families to light candles and pay their respects. i was in indonesia a few months after and literally, a mile in had been wiped clean. >> still dealing with rebuilding. a lot of beach towns. the good thing for us right now is we have not seen any severe weather this holiday season. it's been really good. we're thankful for that. looking at the post christmas forecast and looking furled -- forward to the new year's eve forecast. we did see clouds and a storm system slowly approaching the mid-atlantic. it has been fairly quiet, so we're very blessed. you look in the deep south. dropping rain and heavy rain in some locations. this is coming up our way. i think tomorrow morning's commute should generally be okay. but we've got high pressure in control right now. as we move offshore, already,

you can see some clouds moving in. but we're going to see partly cloudy conditions tonight. and it will be a fairly quiet night before things get a little more active for tomorrow. right now temperatures in arlington, 41 degrees. springfield, upper 30s. reston 34. manassas already below the freezing mark. we've got the rain on its way, then quiet after that. tonight, cold with clouds moving in. tuesday, locate your umbrella. a wintery mix slightly possible. wednesday, looking dry. but colder and breezy once again. here's a look at our future cast to show you what things are going to look like according to this model. at 7:00 tomorrow morning, you can see the clouds moving in, but no green on there, which means it be will dry for that commute. late morning, early afternoon, the showers start to arrive. it will be heavy at times. in the afternoon, we're looking at the yellows and the oranges

looking at moderate to heavy rainfall. i think up to an inch possible in some locations. flash flooding is a slight possibility. all of the ground is not as saturated. we had time in between the last system to not deal with as much of the water content in the soil. tuesday night i think the evening commute will be impacted as the storm pulls away. a slight chance again, we can see a little wintery mix west of the divide, as we can see a little bit of the accumulations are not going to be a major factor at all. tonight, becoming partly cloudy and cold. two blanket night lows getting down into the 30s. 30 manassas and 32 leesburg. showers possible, the farther west you are. temperatures in the 30s. afternoon looking to be cold and a wash out. it will be mild though. some of that raining about heavy at times. 46 to 51 degrees.

not as blustery southeast winds just at 5 to 10 miles per hour. highs tomorrow, 50 in downtown. 51 in arlington. keep in mind, we should be in the near mid-40s for this time of year, here's a look at your seven-day forecast. we deal with the rain tomorrow, but wednesday is dry. but breezy. temperatures around 43 degrees. thursday and friday, a little milder by friday. low 50s, partly cloudy conditions. dry for the rest of the week. new year's weekend, looking pretty nice here. low 50s for saturday, upper 40s, sunday on new year's day, low 50s under partly cloudy conditions. i think for new year's eve, it will be chilly. but at least it will be dry. >> okay, we'll take it. thank you annie. up next from dealing with a disorder to creating an opportunity, how a local teenager uses his autism to motivate and help others. that when we return.

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well, i love that hawaii 5- o music. instead of retreating from family other friends, trenton is using his position to motivate and advocate for people with disabilities. and now the glen park senior is being rewarded. >> it's not my fault. i was born this way. >> when he was 9, he was diagnosed with epilepsy. when he was so, he was diagnosed with an intellectual disability called aspbergers syndrome. >> there's very few kids in my school that know my disability, because as you know, my disabilities are hidden, since i'm slightly autistic, i find myself being slightly challenged when i'm having conversations with my peers. they'll just say, he's just a normal weird guy. he doesn't have any normal

disabilities. he's not in a wheelchair or anything. >> seizures are electrical surges in the brain. >> hip calls for hidden inspiration project. it gives back to kids in many ways. one of the main ways it does it is a scholarship that me and mom have been funding from our nonprofit organization. we give to people that normally won't get scholarships. those people that don't have the highest of gpa's, yet, they go through this with disabilities. i really wanted to go to engineering school, and become a biomedical engineer that specializes in prosthetics. when i got something in the mail from the university of pittsburgh, i'm like, what could they want? i open it up and they're giving me a full scholarship. that shows me there are some schools that really value what i do. >> the more we've found out that he's been different, the more he's able to bridge a gap

in so many people's lives, and especially my life. >> it makes me feel that all that work and struggling and crying at home finally equal success. >> now he's going to college. trenton has received numerous community service awards for hip kids. you can find out more information, look for that information on facebook. it's the hidden inspirations project, or hip kids. that's going to do it for us tonight. good night.

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