adrianna: adrianna over yesterday. steve: a big change. a lot cooler. it is going to get brighter as we move through the late afternoon hours, and once the sunsets, it is going to get dark, and beautiful -- a lightning strike here -- it will be beautiful tonight. check out live reports for weather on the go. looking at 50 degrees. there it is, between the hours of 4 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. check him out there. talk about the seven-day outlook -- colder area in time for the holiday weekend. we look to seven-day outlook con just a bit. announcer: you are watching abc 7 news at noon on your side. now, the any moment house will vote for a second time on a procedural tax bill. early moment -- early morning vote in the senate. a vote laters today -- really more of a formality. it would appear president donald trump a congressional republicans are getting ready to celebrate their first significant victory in 2017 just days before the year ends. the vote came in around 1:00 this morning, and it is the first overhaul of the u.s. tax code in over 30 years. the bill pa

adrianna: stay with us. more news is coming up next. >> you are watching abc 7 news at noon, on your side. adrian hollywood" host billy bush is really his silence after president trump question whether a tape of him making lewd comments about women israel. bush wrote an op-ed in "the new york times, saying it is. theilly bush is slamming president, confirming it was donald trump's voice on the infamous access hollywood tape that resurfaced last year in the final weeks of the presidential campaign. trump: i am automatically attracted to beautiful women. i just start kissing them. >> the tape cost bush's job. he has written an op-ed published sunday, entitled "yes, donald trump, you said that." present trump: you can do anything. grab them by the [bleep] >> trump can be heard making lewd comments about women and bragging about sexual assault. the new york times reported last week trump had cast doubts on the authenticity of the tape, and told at least one senator he did not believe the voice with his. bush wro

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adrianna: enjoy.oming up, with christmas right around the corner, tips for you on how adrianna: shoppers, listen up. with christmas just 12 days away, we're breaking down how to get those great prices you see online in stores. all you have to do is ask. becky whirly shows us how it is done. >> online shopping. finding the lowest prices easing. not as easy in a department store. but the upside of them all, you get your stuff right away. can i get my local stores to give me a discount or match an online price just by asking? and will it be awkward? i heading into a bunch of stores to pick random items and see if they will match or even beat the prices i find online. first, i just ask for a discount. is it any discount i am not thinking of? >> >> all right. the problem is compounded same shoes online for another $25 off. next time, i will show them the online price first. i have a question. this facial cream cost $110 in the beauty store. i price checked it and i found it for $68 on amazon. can you match

adrianna: were like -- sir, come on. a woman arrested on her first with a well-known lawyer in houston. to his placeack when she got drunk. she poured wine on his antiwar hall paintings, threw them on the ground, along with 220,000 sculptures. 300cost of the damage, grand. she gets drunk, he brings her back to his place. not quite the way it should turn out. 2017, taking a look at the celebrities who joined us. >> you said it is going to be the most epic final season ever. >> our producer is upset with me. >> tv, broadway, professional weightlifting. country music's biggest night. going to wear this to remind everyone how important you are? i am going to have the oscar, the grammy, and the kennedy center honor. >> we are people. >> i am the best version of myself. >> i don't take anything for granted. look great. >> even the moments when i was moved. >> last no champagne today? i was going to say. >> do you pension yourself and say -- what is going on? >> you said imagination changed your reality. orwere you obsessed wit

adrianna: oh boy.people don't read 100 books in a lifetime, but a chicago boy he read that many in one day. his parents were so proud, they streamed his accomplishment on facebook live. every time he finished a book, he did a little dance. >> that's a lot of books. to kind of talk him down a little bit. but he was like no, i want to read 100. when i am 22, i want to be an astronaut. when i am 23, i want to be a ninja turtle. caleb said his favorite books are about dogs and of course, ninja turtles. he's got it covered. steve: that's a lot of books. that's cool. adrianna: good for him. for theo, we are ready cold air. it's the middle of december. a taste of winter this weekend. put you bit of snow to in the holiday spirit. clouds here and going to amount to a whole lot. it is going to stay chilly out there today. we may add a degree or two downtown. 44 in dulles, 43 over martinsburg. right at freezing over maryland. talking about clear skies, sunshine this afternoon. doing holiday shopping, make sure yo

adrianna: we will take it. alex: i think we can deal with that. 31 degrees at reagan national airport you go with out of the northwest around 12 miles per hour. here is radar at the moment. i turned it down. you could see almost everything out there. a lot of this is not hitting the ground. there were some flurries that will bc area. we saw some around the white house, but since then it diminished. we are watching the boundary continue to shift to the south. we will sea breeze h in as this continues to move southward. degrees at reagan national. you have to go further to the west to get into the teens. it feels even colder out there. one degree in pittsburgh. 22 at reagan national. 12, harrisburg. 34, 35 friday under carly cloudy skies. a 30% chance of peak snow showers on saturday. right now it does not look like a big snow maker by any means. we will have a dusting north and west of town. we continue to watch the latest guidance coming in. 28 havertys furniture helps even when life isn't.t [sfx

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adrianna: thank you. getss legend kobe bryant both of the numbers he wore during his 20 year career retire eight for the first half of his career and then switched to number 24. he retired as the nba's third all-time leading scorer. he left it all out on the floor and he says the grind is what made him great. >> those times when you get up early and you work hard, the times when you stay up late and work hard, when you don't feel like working, you are too tired but you do it anyway. that is actually the dream. hisanna: he has taken competitive fire to the business world with his own media company and he has invested millions in the sports drink body armor. next up for him, the hall of fame. coming up, we will take a look adrianna: can you believe that 2017 is almost over? the year was full of crazy trends from food, fashion and entertainment. here's lara spencer with a preview of the year the 2017 airing here on abc seven. >> 2017. starbucks introduced the unicorn frappuccino. there was also unicorn makeu

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adrianna: we hope to see you tomorrow.you can help make a child's holidays brighter. head online to donate. any donation you make will be shipped to us to donate for toys -- donate to toys for tots. it will be chilly, but not the intense cold coming in our 10 day forecast. we are talking about the lowest temperatures we have seen since the mid of march. highs in the 40's. this is heavy coat weather. bring out the gloves, scarf, all of that. this morning is not bad. mostly clear skies. the clouds scoured out behind the rain. coldest spot is around maryland, mount airy. a range of temperatures across the area, but generally in the 40's. it will be a great day today. thess time for the kids at bus stop, 51 degrees. it is friday night lights. not nearly as low as last week. upper 30's by 10:00. the big playoffs, high school football playoffs going on at m&t bank in baltimore, maryland. tomorrow morning, colder, 20's to 30 across the area. is the high temperatures saturday. chilly for toys for tots. 56 degrees coming your way o

adrianna: and i'm adrianna hopkins, in for larry smith, who is caught up in this mess. autria: you ask yourself, what would i do? veronica: the weather cooperating, across the eastern storms,the country, no but things will be changing as we get closer to the holiday weekend. dulles, 37 degrees. gaithersburg, germantown. even 37 right now. fredericksburg, warrenton, just dipping below freezing over the last hour, warrenton included. highs 50's across the area. 46, that'sperature, why we say it will feel a bit like a spring day for us as far as cloud cover goes today. we have seen some jerking through with the weather system that came through just a few hours ago. there will be a few clouds later today and a few clouds tomorrow, but still looking very pretty. it's all part of your weather headlines getting out the door. the coldest day will be the winter solstice on thursday and then we will talk about the rain and the timing coming up. angela? angela: starting out and a great fashion on the weather side. a couple of hot spots, but for folks traveling on interstate 66, 1

adrianna: thanks, steve. stay with us. more on the >> from abc 7 news, this is a breaking news alert. adrianna: following breaking news out of washington state, you can see a train is derailed an amtrak trail has derailed on , a thoroughfare in the northwest. we do know authorities are treating this as a mass casualty situation. they say right now there are on the roadways, but they are finding fatalities in the train cars. once they get that information, they will pass that along to. injuries and casualties have been reported. q mccray is following the latest. q: authorities are not confirming injuries and casualties this noon vehicles on the roadways and the pictures you are looking at into posted by the sheriff stormed through the trains wheels came off, these are pictures of every damage done to the overpass as well. the amtrak train derailed right outside of said -- outside of seattle washington outside tacoma. you notice at least one of the trains cars was dangling off of the overpass, looking at right now on i-5. yo

adrianna: that is not all he did. them $1000 worth groceries, tickets to a wizards game, and he paid tuition for the twins' private school. that is amazing. i love stuff like this. larry: so many good stories that happened. she is pretty great, too. eileen whelan. a balmy 38 degrees. enjoy it. temperatures taking a nose dive. our high is 28. our average is 44, well below that. hopefully santa got you a new winter coat. post christmas shopping today, it is going to be dry. by 2:00 this afternoon. the wind will be light compared to yesterday. this arctic air settling in, single digit highs. out a few flurries. tomorrow, doing better than today. the low 30's. with the wind feeling like the teens and 20's tomorrow. 29 is the coldest day of the week. into our weekend, chances for some snow. lovers, it is not looking as impressive as it did earlier. monday, for new year's day, going to be cold. >> i am heading to mass and not noon i am heading to nasa -- massanutten, do you think it that way?ld up on the beltway or 60, free

adrianna: breaking overnight, a historic political shakeup. autria: doug jones turning alabama blue. beating out roy moore for the alabama senate seat. last night he took the stage with the message for his supporters. >> i want to thank you for coming when the vote is this close, it's not over. we also know that god is always in control. poll numbersxit are showing unprecedented turnout. andanna: black, latino, women voters being the key to doug jones win. key.rnout was doug jones got the backing he desperately needed to pull off this impressive win after voters turned out in record numbers. 96% of african-americans supported jones. very similar to president obama in 2012. jones also did well with white voters, winning 31%, double the obama share from five years ago. more along with women the 2012 election. most voters said that the allegations of sexual misconduct against roy moore were not an important factor when casting their vote. on that topic, exit polls showed that roy moore gained momentum late in the race after the allegations surfac

larry: adrianna hopkins has more.drianna: this started with a car crashing into a crowd of pedestrians in australia, and police have announced the driver is an australian citizen of afghan dissent with a history of drug abuse and mental illness. there is no evidence he is a part of any terror group, but they will not say whether they think this is an act of terrorism. they think the crash was deliberate. the car ran a red light and then sped up before hitting people. 14 people were injured. a second person is in police custody that was not in the car but was filming nearby. police found him carrying several knives. they are not sure if involved, but they are still investigating. veronica, let's have a check of the weather. veronica: a very cold one for us today. our temperatures will stay weighed down by about 10 degrees lower than yesterday. -- way down by about 10 degrees lower than yesterday. not too bad in and around the beltway, but under this mainly clear sky we will see sunshine for the afternoon hours. i am ca

adrianna: and i am adrianna hopkins. v.j., take it away. veronica: around 4:00 today, notice the difference. 5:00 --eratures by lower than this morning's breeding spirit upper 30's, lower 40's, mild this morning. you can see today, we have very quickly arrived. comfortable. we are fine for this morning's rush. we could get a little sprinkle, but i'm not worried about anything that is going to fall today. once we clear outcome of the wind will pick up. temperatures will start falling -- 39 degrees today with wind chills in the mid 30's. check of the windchills for tomorrow. this time, i'm not sure if i'm ready for this, guys, but a layer-up kind of a for your wednesday. 22 to 28 what it will feel like by 7:00 just like that. we will hit january tomorrow, julie. julie: all right, v.j. on the looking at big delays for those south on a out of white oak heading down to the four owners. sky track 7 -- four corners. sky track 7 on the scene of this crash. a pedestrian was struck with minor injuries. traffic is getting bites the left. you want to u

adrianna: you know?rs of thing, jon voight is a major supporter of donald trump, so for him i'm sure it's an honor to be in the hall of presidents. autria: thinking -- that's a good looking man. [laughter] adrianna: but when they make faces,haracters, these either you are spot on or it totally misses the mark. larry: all right, adrianna. thanks. so, a holdup for your holidays. autria: what did it mean for you , catching your flight? tracking somere rain for your holiday. on the other side of the break i will take you day by day and show you the rain that we will get. first, your weather on the go. z2momz zi0z y2momy yi0y well, no need for a heavy coat today. some of you will be hard-pressed and will want to wear the jacket later. feels right, it's going to like spring, with temperatures rising into the 50's by lunchtime. 60 degrees, late morning temperatures closer to what the average high temperatures typically are. it is going to remain nice. there will be some breezes and clouds moving through from ti

adrianna: i am adrianna hopkins. going to be new year's eve, i guess you will have to have the longjohns on. eileen: as we ring in the new year, it will feel similar to right now. we have single-digit wind chills.

adrianna: we are tracking snow. surface temperatures dipping close to freezing. let's get to veronica johnson. the national weather service issuing winter weather advisories as we get ready to get the first snow of the season. calverto stafford and under the advisory. it starts at midnight and runs through 4:00 saturday. we could see one to two inches of snowfall. the high is 42. we will have more, coming up. on the roads, lanes are open. this crash is gone as you approach powder mill road. delays are improving quickly for those traveling out of laurel. all lanes are open. ride virginia, a 19 minute on the northbound side. the earlier crash we had southbound in dumfries has cleared. to the update the ride west on 66 in 10. yournna: we are always on side with traffic alerts. get the latest sent to your phone. inria: a massive response just the. more than 50 firefighter -- more firefighters are putting out flames at a hotel. it was put out quickly. no one was hurt. adrianna: we are watching the developments in the fight against the california wildfires. the wind pi

adrianna: a man face down on the tracks. time. >> this is not going to go the way you think. >> it was funny. >> you think things are good and then they are bad, you think things are bad and they are good. >>> good morning, america. winter weather alert. two new storms moving into the midwest and northeast right now bringing a blast of snow and ice. this driver losing control sliding off the road. his car sinking into the water. and now concerns about more than a foot of snow heading for new york and pennsylvania as millions wake up to windchills in the single digits. >>> down to the wire, republicans scrambling to pass their tax bill as key gop lawmakers withhold support. a bedridden senator mccain holes a critical vote. >>> a player

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autria: let's start with adrianna hopkins.stion on everyone's mind -- is this a terror attack?

adrianna: in just two hours doubled inthe fire size, 25,000 acres now burning.0 homes in harm way. people leaving the area, one person killed on the -- in a traffic accident as the road closed. the wind is helping the fire to spread and the worst part of it, it is feeding off of vegetation that hasn't burned in decades. trucks catching fire at the ups facility. john gonzalez is live with the unbelievable images this morning. is such a during what busy time of year for ups during the holidays, a major fire here in frederick, 10 packaging trucks in this trailer, absolutely destroyed. take a look at the trailer, it's just a charred shell. this gives an indication of just how large this fire was. again, 10 trucks destroyed. this trailer was parked right over there in that loading dock area. you can see the excessive damage to the walls there. a fire investigator on the scene telling me that the sprinkler system worked, which is good news, because this fire could have spread and been a lot worse . take a look at this picture of the flames, giving you an indication of

here is adrianna diaz. resilience. here is adrianna diaz. >> hi, mike. >> yea, mike. >> welcome home. >> it was a heartfelt homecoming for mike caster, the latest stop on his long road to recovery. he is back home in southern california for the first time since the night this photo was taken. at a country music festival in las vegas. caster was shot in the back, his girlfriend, tawni temple risk herd life to get him off to the hospital. we met them two days later. >> mike, if tawni wasn't there? >> i did take a bullet for her. she was just paying me back. >> doctors said it was too dangerous to premove the shrapnel, leaving him paralyzed from the waist down. >> low, middle high. >> but caster is a fighter. for eight weeks, recoveringy has been his full time job at craig hospital. rehab center in denver. >> at 41, he has to relearn what used to be second nature. >> you never think of, all of the things that you took for granted, you know, so easy. now, you know, going to the bathroom. just sitting in a chair. >> yes, mi

adrianna:t crews are telling us right now from the scene of a deadly fire. have students are now coping in class today. autria: the tolls on i-66? you better get used to them. adrianna:

isry: adrianna hopkins tracking the developments.drianna: it killed 29 people and injured 20 others. it happened at an apartment complex in south korea. most of the victims or women. about 20 people were rescued from the roof. others jumped from balconies onto inflatable mats. it took about two hours to ring the fire under control. he began in a parking lot and spread. fire officials are launching an investigation. are tracking developments out of greece after a massive explosion. in the last half hour, the justice minister announced someone shot at security guards outside the building. no one was injured in the so far, no group is claiming responsibility. investigators are trying to figure out what started a fire in germantown. larry: ryan is live with the latest. was a long night for firefighters and investigators. damaged before christmas. is a lot of water damage and smoke damage. firefighters were called for smoke in the area around 9:00 last night. --n they pulled up to the when they pulled up to a blank road, they found the fi

adrianna: i am adrianna hopkins.y: in northeast d.c., a man was found dead shot inside a home on bryant street. right now they only have a vague description of the suspect. adrianna: a death investigation in largo is now a homicide. around 9:30 last night a patrol officer found a man with a car on a -- capitale lane. no word on the suspect. larry: a winter weather advisory canceled for the josh: it'll be tough to change -- shake these cold temperatures. 31 in d.c.. upper-20's toward the beltway. even colder outside of the beltway. as we zoom out, i want to show you the chance for a few flurries slightly north and west of d.c. not going to amount to much more than that. we top out around 30. colder tomorrow with single-digit wind chills. saturday, the chance for a few snow showers north of town, but we stay cold into 2018. allie: northbound d.c. 295 north of benning road -- an accident. they are starting the clearing process. expect delays in the northbound direction. southbound d.c. to 95 will be distracted by the ac

adrianna: >>> welcome back to "gma."e love y'all. you guys are awesome. >> you could have been sleeping in. you could still be in your onesies but you chose to -- >> i knew that joke wasn't going away. >> i knew we'd bring it right back. back to the 1kri79, the holidays are winding down and while they're filled with family and fun and onesies this time of year can be stressful so i want to ask you guys in a moment of honesty if you've ever meditated to deal with stress. please applause. [ applause ] all right. >> i'm >> now if you are skeptical about what it can do for you, i also want you to applause. [ applause ] we got some skeptics. what if we can meditate in 60 seconds? >> it's possible, yes. we are going to do that. we are going to do that. >> dan is the expert. you have a new book out. >> yes, there it is. >> "meditation for fidgety skeptics." so, dan, can you turn all of these skeptics on to the meditation bandwagon. >> i'm going to do my best. if you're skeptical you're my people. i am not what you call a therio

and i'm adrianna hopkins, in for autria godfrey. toss to eileen winter weather advisory until 11am for frederick, montgomery, and loudoun counties - isolated early morning slick spots with flurries/light snow showers (nothing falling as of this writing -- very dry air to overcome) - cold is the big weather story across much of the country; including the dmv - arctic blast to ring in new year's (sub-freezing temperatures!) today: isolated flurries, snow showers early. clouds give way to sun. cold and breezy. highs: 29-33 and cold. lows: 12-18 winds: nw 5-15 mph thursday: partly cloudy. unseasonably cold. highs: 25-29 winds: nw 5-10 mph this winter weather is not just delivering cold temperatures here. several states now dealing with historic snow and this winter weather is not just delivering cold temperatures here. several states now dealing with historic snow and icy roads-- just as millions travel home after christmas. abc's serena marshall continues our coverage, in nortwest. do not get caught unprepared for the elements. downloa

and im adrianna hopkins. a traffic alert right now on a major commuter route.. let's get right to julie wright. - cold start; seasonably cool finish - another cold push of air tomorrow through the - cold start; seasonably cool finish tomorrow through the weekend - tracking a coastal system this weekend; little to no impact in the dmv - staying unseasonably cold next week today: partly to mostly sunny. breezy, at times. highs: 47-53 winds: nw 5-10+ mph tonight: mostly cloudy and cold. lows: 27-34 winds: nw 5 mph friday: partly to mostly cloudy. unseasonably cold. highs: 41-43 winds: nw to sw 5 mph breaking overnight.. a new round of winds fanning the flames in california. take a look at this unbelivable video - a new fire erupting near bel-air.. catching drivers by surprise. the flames engulfing interstate 4-0-5 - making for a hellish commute. that - just one of at least four major fires raging out of control.. scorching tens of thousands of acres -- shutting down forcing mass evacuations. hundreds of homes already destoryed. at least seven firefighters were inju

adrianna: i'm adrianna hopkins. a homicide investigation in the district.around 7:30 last night after neighbors heard gunshots and a loud explosion. it is unclear how that person died. larry: police are trying to find the person who shot a man and left him to die on the side of i-295. the man was found near route 50. he was taken to the hospital where he died a few hours later. police are if he was pushed out of a moving car. let's get a check of the forecast. molly: thanks, larry. we should feel a little bit warmer compared to yesterday. making it to 34 degrees. not amounting to too much. maybe an inch at the mason-dixon line. half inch or less for the pc metro -- d.c. metro. definitely need to layer up. as we heada change out of 2017. 20 percent chance for another storm on wednesday. allie: we are looking at the interstate today because this is going to be a big travel weekend period. this is the right on 95. we are not stacked up yet. look for the line up around 9:00 or 10:00 as people start to get back in place for new year's eve. the right on the wilso

adrianna: happening today, a somber look back at 2017.y report which includes officers killed in traffic accidents, shootings and other causes. this year's report shows a decrease from last year. larry: the wizards will be sporting a new look. they unveiled the city addition uniform. the uniforms for every team. it says district of columbia across the chest. the wizards will wea the jersey starting january 30. adrianna: it is bitterly cold out there. >> the arctic blast is here to stay for quite a while. overnight tonight, dropping into the low 20's. warming up tomorrow if you can call this warm. we are still below average. a quick look at the forecast. for new year's eve, temperatures .t 27 an accident involves a pedestrian right before you get to prince william parkway. out. an accident at the intersection of 28-29 in centerville. no problems here. 95 and southbound across the occoquan. we saw a lot of southbound traffic around the 10:00 hour. but right now, everything is in good shape. that ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >>> welcome back to

good morning, i'm autria godfrey, and i'm adrianna hopkins in for larry smith -- who will be calling our six o'clock hour of good morning washington to talk about all the chaos happening at that airport i let's start the half hour with a check on the weather. today: partly cloudy, milder highs: 50-56 winds: southwest 5-10 mph tonight: mostly cloudy lows: 38-42 winds: light tuesday: partly sunny & mild highs: 56-62 winds: sw 5-10 breaking news this morning -- breaking news this morning --