alison: all right. jonathan: it is almost friday.rrow possibility of snow showers in the afternoon, should not be anything of concern. the weekend, 48, back into the 50's early next week. one week left before christmas. jonathan: all of the snow will melt away by then. bill: if we get any. jonathan: jimmy kimmel is coming your way next. alison: >> dicky: from hollywood, it's "jimmy kimmel live"! tonight -- will smith, pharrell williams, "this year in unnecessary censorship," and music from n.e.r.d. and now, you've been warned, here's jimmy kimmel! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> jimmy: thank you. hi, i'm jimmy, i'm the host of the show. thanks for watching. thanks for coming. do you feel the holiday spirit

alison: thank you. convenient store robberies caught on camera in prince george's county and now the police are looking for at least two men that they believe struck more than half a dozen times. abc7's maryland bureau chief brad bell has a closer look at the surveillance video tonight. brad? brad: the video is a big part of this. we see people from time to time go on the crime spree. these guys are targeting 7-eleven. places covered with cameras so they usually wear a mask. but one screwed up and was caught on camera. two-handed bandits with the way they hold the gun. they have hit seven times in prince george's county in the district. the victim doesn't want to be shown said it is a terrifying experience. >> the customer. it's harmful to the community and the store. it's hard to keep the concentration and watch out for the robbers. >> so tonight police are asking for your help to make an i.d. in the robbery, you can see, the men wear masks. but in one case one of them slipped up exposing himself to se

alison: a crime alert. police say the guys you are about to see worked as a team and this is at the trader joe's at bethesda last month. one talked to the woman and the owe stole the wallet out of her purse. they use the credit card at best buy. so if call the police. michelle: maryland mother accused of killing her baby remains behind bars. a judge refuse grant bond for rebecca briones. police say the rockville woman shook her 2-month-old and banged the baby's head against the bed. tonight prosecutors say she is seven month espregnant. they are worried about the unborn child's welfare. alison: the holidays are often difficult time for families who lost loved ones to violence. that is why volunteers and the group murder mistaken hosts a christmas party in an attempt to raise the spirits. two of the children were killed a week before christmas in 1993 and this event is a way to keep the memories alive and bring smiles to people's faces. >> we take in the children. they are the most at risk. >> i don't want t

alison: nancy, thank you. the police in new mexico are trying to figure out what caused a shooting rampage at a high school. a student showed up at the school and just started shooting. two students were shot and killed. the school went on lock down, the shooter is dead, but it's not clear whether he took his life or the police killed him. jonathan: we're learning what led to the resignation of an arizona congressman. this announcement comes on the heel of the house ethics committee investigation into possible sexual harassment on his part. in a statement, al franken said a conversationm about surrogacy. alison: the news about franks coming just hours after senator al franken resignation, but not before delivering a parting shot to republicans. >> there is some irony in the fact that i am leaving, while a man who has bragged on tape about his history of sexual assault sits in the oval office, and a man who has repeatedly preyed on young girls campaigns for the senate. alison: the growing number of sexual haras

alison: tom, thank you. if you want to find all of our recordings about the new toll lanes and what you need to know before hitting the road each and every day, download the abc 7 news app. michelle: vice president mike pence could be next on the list to testify in the russian investigation. aids with the vice president said he knew that michael flynn contacted the russian ambassador but insist that pence did not know they had discussed sanctions. flynn pled guilty last week to lying to the fbi. alison: the white house says that president trump will move ahead with plans to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital. the expected tomorrow. the president also plans to move the u.s. embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem but it will not happen immediately. u.s. allies expressed concern the move could be detrimental to the peace process in the region. charges against a man who was indicted on two federal gun charges, this after a jury found him not guilty of murder in the death of a woman. the jury found him guilty on

alison: thank you. new information on a bizarre case we brought you at 11:00. a man found beaten and tied up an apartment on fire. richard reeve trying to piece together this mystery. rich? richard: a very strange case. a man inside tied up, beaten inaround inside a burning apartment. windows have been blown out and now covered with flywood. wait until you see what it looks like inside. this gutted apartment is now a crime scene. >> you see smoke from under the door. he said help! hollered for help. richard: the frantic shouts coming from inside the burning unit. man in his late 60's trapped inside. >> they brought the old man here. messed up. tied up. beat up. >> firefighters alerted by a 7:15, 911 call rushed in and found the man lying on the floor suffering from injuries to his face and his hands restrained behind his neck. >> i came home from work and all i can do is say my place is on fire. >> this woman who doesn't want to be identified says she has known the victim for years. even attends church

alison: breaking news. tonight several people are checked out after a carbon monoxide leak at rockville home. crews on the scene in the 100 block of washington street. maryland bureau chief brad bell is live with the breaking details. brad? brad: as you can see the fire department is still on the scene of the house in the downtown section of rockville close to the courthouse. look, this is really what made all the difference. the people were able to go ahead and get out of the home. now the alarm sounded and they came out. fire department arrived. they went in. listen to this. they found 200 p million. everybody got out of the house, got fresh air and they are okay. the cause we are told is work done on the surface and something wasn't connected. the exhaust gases were getting all through the home. the fire department is talking about this as a good news story. they have this in the home. the fire department stressing you have to have these and you have to test them to make sure that they actually work. in

alison: all right. coming up, a little boy born without an arm gets an unforgettable christmas gift. the group behind the special gift and how they made it. larry: first, only on abc7 i-team faking the grade investigation reveals the grade fixing problem may start long before the communities get to high school. "what if" more of the came from renewable resources? "what if" the electric grid could detect, fix and even prevent power outages? "what if" our grid were less vulnerable and more secure? "what if" all these "what if"s became a reality? well, they are. at dominion energy, we're completely transforming our power grid and the way we think of energy... ...to move from "what if" to "what's next." dominion energy. alison: check out the video. boom right there. the driver through the gas station pump. it happened in fresno. the driver wasn't alone. 22-year-old mother and the two siblings were in the truck with him. no surprise here, the police suspect the man was drunk. they say the blood alcohol level

alison: no more op-ed. that is a warning from a federal judge to paul manafort in a hearing this morning. the judge did not penalize the former campaign manager for an op-ed he ghost wrote. manafort and his business associate rick gates will remain under house arrest until a hearing in january at least. they both face dozens of charges from conspiracy to money laundering. nancy: a woman says she was attacked by what she thought was the -- it happened a few blocks from the u.s. capital. brianne carter has more on what police are saying. brianne: the police are not confirming if the man was a driver for a for-hire company. authorities say it was in this area that the car was driving when the man pulled over and attacked the woman. according to police the woman believed she was getting a ride from a for-hire driver. the driver pulled the car over. the man grabbed her and attempted to reach down her pants. the woman tells police she began screaming inside the car the man strangled and punched her several times.

alison: josh, thank you. prosecutors want paul manafort's revoked. special counsel prosecutors say that he was ghost writing an editorial about his political work in the ukraine but was working for the russians with ties to russian intelligence, and he was doing it as recently as last week. rt faces felony charges related to his work in the ukraine. and the supreme court ruled the latest version of the travel ban effect, placing limits on travel from six majority-muslim countries, north korea, and venezuela. michelle: she was sexually harassed by donald trump is telling her story. year's campaign, at least 13 women accused then-candidate trump of sexual harassment. one of them said despite the new focus on sexual misconduct, she feels relieved. >> i'm so thankful that women are coming forward, but yes, i do feel forgotten. you cannot help but wonder why people are not talking about trump. michelle: billy bush is reaffirming it was president trump's voice on the infamous "access hollywood" video that surfaced

alison: the g.o.p. the tax overall will encourage the companies to hire more and spend more. tonight at&t will give a $1,000 bonus to $200,000 of the employees. thigh also plan to invest $1 billion in the u.s. the prince george's county police are trying to track down a killer. >> this murder victim lived with the mother. i asked the police today if they think that was random. they told me that nothing is off the table. >> the you detectives canvass for clues in the murder of kermit holland around 10:50 friday night. the 53-year-old found shot dead in the garage of his mother's home. at the retirement community in upper marlboro. >> it's important to look into that. >> today the investigators releasing this photo of holland's black toyota rav 4. taken during the murder. the s.u.v. with the maryland tags a17-6667. >> it's a senior living community. so this typically is not the type of the instance we see. we understand grave concern for the people living in the nei >> his hobby was watching the televisio

alison: thank you. less than two months ago, the chelsea bomber was convicted. you will remember that scene. bombs went off in the new york neighborhood before a gun battle and then a take-down in new jersey. rahami could be locked away for life. sentencing is set for next month. we will take you back to new york at 5:00 and 6:00 today and if anything breaks in between. you can also stream the live newscasts through the abc7 news app. michelle? michelle: just in this afternoon, the pentagon will allow transgender people to enlist in the military begins january 1. that is in direct opposition to the president's previous decision to ban transgender service. two federal courts previously ruled against that ban weather now. after snow started the weekend, a big chill is on the way. temperatures are about to plummet. we may not even get above freezing later this week. stormwatch7's chief meteorologist bill kelly has the forecast for us. hi, bill. bill: good afternoon to you. good afternoon, everyone. it's ki

alison: indeed! mechanics used the special camera and then they found a dead mouse buried deep in if you want to avoid something like this, like infestation in the car, experts say the best thing to do is keep your windows up when the car is parked. so critters can't get in there. larry: i have heard new cars having a mouse in the car but that is not -- alison: no. larry: not quite what they mean. bill: not the car smell you want there. alison: we have had, you know, throwup smell with kids in the car. little ones. >> that is a good day. alison: it takes forever to get rid of. larry: let's be real. bill: this is almost impossible task to keep a car clean with kids. almost impossible. hands in the air. dirty for ten years. alison: speaking of kids, we have lunch box weather. bill: we do. meteorologist molly cochran was there at the dale city elementary school in virginia. look at that. the kid cam was run by sophie. she is taking care of the shots there. the group involved. the h she was talking about

alison: u.s. embassies across are on high alert after president trump recognize jerusalem as the capital city of israel comes saying he to that city. tim barber joins us with a closer look the impact today's announcement is having. tim? there were protests at the white house right after the president made the controversial this vision come a decision the president said was a campaign promise. president trump's decision to call jerusalem israel's capital and move the u.s. embassy there in raged and delighted people across the world. >> this is nothing less than a recognition of reality. tim: in 1995, congress passed a resolution to call jerusalem israel's capital, but it was waived by president clinton, president bush, and president obama amid fears that it would spark violence. >> there will be more violence and bloodshed. tim: jerusalem is also claimed by christianity and islam. capital of a future palestinian state. most jewish americans are in favor of moving the u.s. embassy, a change that the

alison: wow! interesting to see. despite the cold there is for the start of hanukkah. >> former president jimmy carter lit the first minora in 1979. bill: the winds, a formidable opponent. alison: took them a while. bill: it sure did. winds stick around. good evening to all of you. looking at the capital wheel. we have gusts for the 30 to 40 miles per hour range. the overall wind speed in 15 to 25 miles per hour range. you saw leesburg there from 30 to 26. manassas is 37- andrews at 45. this is relatively warm. 17 in winchester. d.c., we are below freezing. the farther east, warmer. the numbers will fall below freezing in the hour. so currently we also have snowshowers that are working across. we had it earlier. we talk about that in the mountains to the west. the future cast. we show you that. working to the overnight we experience nighttime. tomorrow the thermometer might read 17 to 18 or 24 through the downtown, or the metro i should say. looking at the wind. the wind chill is down there to the single digits. it's

alison: free if not.kers of "star wars" print their own money every time a new episode comes out. but in britain they are literally printing their own "star >> it has a light sky. then a dark side. all the proceeds from the sale of the notes go to charity. larry: cool. yeah. i wonder if people try to use them at the store. >> probably. >> okay. coming up at 5:00 -- >> they hope to prevent 1 million pound of food waste in 2018. i'm mike carter-conneen. coming up oh you the new vehicle could help the kitchen meet that goal. >> have you seen this man? police say he is armed and dangerous. the "7 on your side" wall of justice is next. alison: new at 6:00, must see video of the grinch trying to steal christmas. police mask the person behind steve: clouds will stick around in the overnight hours. the temperatures will drop to the mid-to-upper 40's. cold front on the way. this will arrive this time tomorrow night. once the cold front moves on through, noticeable difference in the air temperature. we are going to

alison: bill, thank you. keep up with the cold and possible snow by downloading the stormwatch 7 weather app and get the latest alerts at your fingertips anytime. jonathan: in montgomery county, two people dead, but the details are sparse. tim barber joins us from silver spring with the active investigation that is ongoing. tim: jonathan, there are two people dead inside of this 12 at thepartment building corner of fenwick lane and 2nd avenue. policetgomery county department is out here and we are working to get more information about how these two people wound up dead. as soon as we get the details, we will bring them to you on abc 7 and and the abc 7 mobile questions tonight about how the police responded after a teenager was reported missing. the teenager was found dead over the weekend. alison: many thought he had gone home after the police broke up a party. instead his body was found in a stream. tonight his father questioned if more could have been done. anna-lysa gayle joins us live with the story. ann

alison: creative way some lawmakers. alison: several immigrant rights group are ramping up the effort to call on congress to pass a daca bill before the end of the year. the goal is to protect the so-called dreamers from deportation. nancy: they even installed a jumbo tran on capitol hill. >> on the faces of the dreamers appear one after the another. >> we have people across the country, california, tex. >> brought to the u.s. illegally as children. now hundreds of thousands could face the deportation with the deferred action for childhood arrivals policy now in limbo after president trump rescinded president obama's daca executive order. >> we are here and here to stay. we are in front of them. we are not afraid to share the story. >> organizers say the jumbo tran will be operating 24/7 for two weeks. >> look out the window. provide this. >> today they attended a mass and they marched to the capital for a rally. in the next two weeks they are planning more protest and events each day. >> we need congress to do the right

alison: it is a story going viral on social media.t the dog was missing from a home in southeast. d.c. police and even the mayor muriel bowser used #findb iscuit./ anight we have heartwarming update because biscuit is now home. jay korff has the story that you will see only on 7. this is fantastic. jay. jay: the family heartbroken most of the day when biscuit went missing. now tears of joy. >> oh, my god. >> biscuit! >> biscuit! jay: to understand why seven-year-old reagan turner and her mother are crying tears of elation, we need to take you back several painful hours when their beloved dog biscuit ran off. >> i'm just frantic. out the lab redo it all got wednesday afternoon of the yard. several minutes later, he was gone. >> the world can be heartless sometimes. jay: home surveillance shows a man walking by. the man walks around the front, opens the gate, and out goes biscuit. >> it does not matter how cute they are. you cannot take a dog from their family. jay: it is especially meaningful for reagan because biscuit was her surprise

alison: so nice. the hospital we use the celebrate christmas, birthdays, -- will use the toys to celebrate christmas, birthdays, and holidays throughout the year. jonathan: very nice to see, one kid making a difference like that. alison: hi, erin. erin: the wizards try to bounce back tonight at home against the pelicans. >> and now the toyota sports desk, brought to you by your local toyota dealers. erin: the wizards' main objective is consistency right now. washington is not where it wants to be in the eastern conference, and tonight they looked to get back on track against the pelicans. john wall got off to a great start, draining three 3, 14 points overall in the first. the second half belonged to bradley beal. dribbles through traffic, sticks the foul line jumper. the was or its cruised -- the wizards cruise to the victory. the capitals of the road in dallas. in the second, 2-1 stars, dmitry orlov, check out the awesome toe drag move. we are tied at 2-2. going to overtime, top shelf for the game-w

alison: tom, thank you. the white house denies a tweet about president trump towards kirsten gillibrand was a personal attack. the president said that gillibrand bag to the president for campaign contributions -- begged the president for campaign contributions years ago and "would do anything" for the. >> issue, neither will the president who stood up yesterday, and the millions of women who have been marching to do not agree with this. the way talking about our system functions as it is, the politicians repeatedly beg for money. that is nothing new, and that comment is nothing new. among: gillibrand is several democratic senators who called on the president to reside over allegations of sexual misconduct. nancy: the department of justice is taking a maryland business to court after it fired one of its worker. the doj said the consulting firm fired a coast guard reservist who was deployed. violated the uniform services employment and reemployment rights act, which promises to hold the jobs of service members

alison: this is exciting. a coach that you featured is part of our heroes 24/7 series is celebrating a big victory for the team tonight. won the national championship in florida. he is a metropolitan police officer that we profiled who is in charge of that team's defense. he often picks up students for practice and pays for equipment and travels out of pocket and he is really dedicated to the kids, and it has paid off. alison: congrats. erin: that is really cool. the caps have been playing hot. they are in new york tonight. ♪ think of your fellow man, ♪ lend him a helping hand, ♪ put a little love in your heart.♪ ♪ you'll see it's getting late, oh please don't hesitate...♪ ♪ put a little love in your heart.♪ ♪ in your heart... ♪ in your heart... ♪ in your heart... ♪ in your heart. (vo) going on now, our subaru share the love event will have donated over one hundred fifteen million dollars to those in need. >> and the now the toyota sports desk, brought to you by your local toyota dealers. erin: the capitals in

alison: some commuters were ned up over the cost. aubrey lane says he will not suspend the new measures but he will ask vdoto to review the algorithm. alexandria continue to honor the lives of those who risked their lives. michelle: proclamation will be read at the beginning of the city council meeting tomorrow including the u.s. capitol police, alexandria police, alexandria fire and sheriff office. this is special for a few reasons. >> it is important for the officers, the troopers and the 911 center employees to be reminded that people out there appreciate what they do. we hear the negative thing about the law enforcement and public service. the city council meeting begins at 7:00. alison: switch gears to talk about the weather. >> it will make the weekend look balmy. you have the winds kicking up. alison: tes? maybe even single digits. there is a beautiful night. 44 is the temperature. we are not far off the normal. the nowhere hall high is 48. we got to 49. let's talk about the snow. it was significant for a couple of reasons. th

alison? alison: much. coming up next at "abc7 news at 4:00" -- the data is in on i-66 for week one.y promise a faster commute and plan to deliver. michelle: rocket that launched in june supposed to be relaunched today but space-x pulled the plug on the mission for now. we will explain the de alison: so i-66 toll lane began a week ago yesterday. the early numbers are in. according to vdot, your commute is better than before. what do you think? used to take 15 to 30 minutes and slinks from 10 to 12. average round trip price during rush hour was $14.28. average peak prices in the morning top $10. we saw highs reach $40 last week. michelle: space-x delays the latest delivery to the international space station because it needs more time for safety checks. the company now hosts to launch the first recycled rocket for nasa tomorrow. the capsule will hold nearly $5,000 pounds of supply -- 5,000 pounds of supplies including a barley experiment for budweiser. space-x will try to land the booster at cape canaveral to save money. waiting one day not so bad. on the subject of the deliveries, the

alison: me neither.s, a coming up for dedication that reaches for the heavens. >> you can tell me, here's a piece of paper, and i'm saying, i'm sorry. nancy: why a maryland family want some inspirational stories for a change? you gotta check out the american dream. saturdays, 1pm, newschannel8 nancy: 40 years ago, an african-american couple living in college park looked outside their window and saw a burning cross. the man who confessed to it is now an ordained priest who this past summer admitted he was a part of the kkk. the couple is now suing the catholic church. >> for barbara and philip butler, this fight against father william aitchison is not over. >> father forgive them, they know not what they do, but you knew. >> last august, aitchison admitted it was he who left a burning cross at the butlers' front yard. >> >> the priest admitted he was a kkk member in college. a sent the butlers handwritten apology -- >> are you to tell me, here's a piece of paper saying i'm sorry -- you don't mean this.the

alison: i'm sure! larry: "7 on your side" warning with the batteries that you want to hear before kids open christmas presents. alison: first, ambulance or uber? why more and more peop the hospital. larry: new at 6:00. the story behind a dramatic drone rescue. >> i didn't sleep at all. i cried. larry: the race to save a 92-year-old hunter to disappeared and what he said he was doing in the josh: welcome back. i'm meteorologist josh knight. we are doing weather from the ice skating rink in pentagon city. get to the graphic it. having a great time. it's so mild. we have the temperatures hanging closeer to the 60-degree mark right now. but we're dropping off tonight. back to the 30's and the 0ed. work our way throughout the day it's noticeably cooler. temperatures top out at 50. and with more cloud cover for tomorrow as well. we work our way to the weekend. we have one warm guy. saturday looking for temperatures close to low 60's. unfortunately with the warmth we are bringing in the chance for rain. if yo

alison: josh, thank you. developing in southeast washington, a shooting on a basketball court outside of a rec center. personice say that one has died and they are still looking for whoever pulled the trigger. stay with abc seven for. updates jonathan: and one person was hurt and a fire in northeast washington. anna-lysa gayle just spoke with fire officials about this. anna-lysa? we know a woman in her 40's was transported to the hospital with life-threatening injuries and a firefighter with minor injuries. firefighters got the call just before 9 p.m. on downing street after learning somebody was possibly trapped in the fire. when they got here they found the woman unconscious and surrounded by heavy smoke in an apartment on the first floor of the brooklyn manor apartments in the brentwood neighborhood. one person was displaced as a result of this fire, and at this time the red cross is assisting that person. this intersection at 15th and downing street's will be closed for quite some time. anna-lysa gayle, a

alison: thank you. we searched for a toll road with per mile rate approaching one like i-66 and we couldn't find anywhere with $3.45 a mile. the highest on beltway express lane. it can be $1 a mile it hit over $2.50 earlier this year. the chicago sky awe averaging 67 cents a mile. delaware dole is 33 excellents a mile -- the delaware toll is 33 cents a mile. nancy: this is how much it cost if you got on i-66 right now. $6.25 for the length of i breaking news alert through the abc7 news app. police involved shooting last month but what makes it unique it wasn't their department. stephen tschida joins us with more tonight. stephen: 25-year-old was shot november 17 after a car accident and a chase by the park police. he was shot in the head and pronounced dead days later. joining in that chase, fairfax county police today the police chief head this news conference to say that the cameras on his police cruisers, fairfax police cruisers caught this shooting go down. the chief called for the release of that v

alison: keep us posted. thank you. early morning crash in aspen hill killed a gaithersburg man. 28-year-old mario flores georgia avenue is closed for much of the morning commute. jonathan: take a moment to see if you can bring a missing man home. this is a picture of william smith. 81-year-old last seen at his home in the woodland village neighborhood of indian head but it's not clear when he left there. he wears glasses and he could have on a tan jacket and tan pants. if you see him, please call the police. alison: coming up at 5:00, growing chorus of commuter complaints. what a group is planning to do to fight the new tolls along i-66. >> smoke replaces smog over los angeles and what crews are doing to stop the fires now. alison: later making sure the military families have the meals they need on the home front for the holidays. larry: we are standing by for lighting of the capitol christmas tree. we'll your brain is an amazing thing. but as you get older, it naturally begins to change, ven trouble with

alison: the medical marvel. an alison: to a "7 on your side" consumer alert as we rush to finish last-minute shopping. michelle: with so many of us going online, we should be aware of the scams. scam artists are waiting to take advantage with tricky schemes. jonathan: it can ruin your computer if you fall for this. "7 on your side" troubleshooter horace holmes joining us with a detailed warning about what is happening out there. horace: ruin your computer and your pocketbook. according to the better business bureau, 20% of all online scam occur in december. now we are in the final push to get the presents shipped out in time for christmas. millions of us are vulnerable. >> imagine you receive an e-mail from the inbox informs you they could not address was wrong and you are instructed to click on another link to get an invoice and pick up a package. but if you click on the link you walk into a world of trouble. you could be required on the site to give out personal information. fedex posted this to warn customers

go ahead, laugh, alison. alison: we know. jonathan: many respiratory diseases cause complications more often in men than women. see! according to a study in a medical journal. she has been laughing the whole time. on top of that woman's immune system may be stronger. alison: hmm-mm. jonathan: other scientists aren't ready to agree but every woman i sit next to here, they agree. bill: right. jonathan: they think it's nonsense. really? stop whining. nancy: it seems like the world has ended. jonathan: if your husband got it, you say suck it up butter cup. alison: i don't like the study because it makes it worse. it's like giving them evidence. jonathan: license to be that way. bill: by "them" who do y refer to? alison: you men. jonathan: the man flu. i thought it was a person flu. everybody gets it. nancy: everyone does this time of year. jonathan: we just whine more. nancy: yeah. bill: it's a nice life to do that now. i want to start you out. this is at the maryland/west virginia line. it's beginning to look like christmas. nan

alison: so he got to work 15 days before the wedding.n't know if he -- if he didn't know how to do something in particular he did what we would all do. heg the bride saw her dress the day of the wedding. >> i was so overcome with emotion. i didn't know what to say. i just was speechless. i saw it and i was like how did you even know that this exactly what i wanted? alison: since she posted the video on facebook he has now gotten dozens of requests to make other wedding dresses. nancy: that is amazing. jonathan: first, he did in a workshop with tools but he had a sewing machine. if a guy can sew that well, that is keeper. absolutely. nancy: another thing, it took 15 days. hem started 15 days before the wedding on this. you didn't think you want to start a little bit earlier than two weeks out? bill: i can't even tell you if that long or short period of time. no clue. alison: short. jonathan: i can't get over that. good for him. nancy: raising the bill: a beautiful shot. isn't this nice? this time of year you want to go out and experience

alison: the next story is great. florida man never thought he would walk again much less get a college degree. but this week he did both. paralyzed from the waist down in a car crash five years ago he walked across the stage at florida international university to accept the business degree. he was able to move thanks robotic suit or exo skeleton. >> for me walking on the stage for graduation it means everything. alison: he already has a job with the company that developed the suit. jonathan: inspirational. you see the kid. good for him. bill: great place to work, too with the experience. michelle: inspiration to the graduates as well. you can do anything you set your mind to. alison: it is warm out there. bill: it doesn't feel like december. jonathan: not so much. bill: i'm not going to complain because it's technically not winter yet. so the snow lovers out there and i put myself in that category we have a lot of wenter to go. but i like to ski. i don't like to drive on the snow. jonathan: i like to drive to the slo

here's alison brie right here. and then -- that's alison.e great stand-up from a nice, young kid. his name is jaboukie young-white is here tonight. [ cheers and applause ] his stand-up is very funny. very funny guy. guys, we have exactly eight shows left before we go on christmas break, which means it's time for that beloved "tonight show" tradition. it is time for 12 days of christmas sweaters. here we go. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ 12 days of christmas sweaters eight days left ♪ >> jimmy: that is right. every show between now and christmas, we'll be giving one lucky audience member a a stunning christmas sweater from the countdown to christmas cabinet. now, since there are eight shows left, let's open door number eight. [ drum roll ] oh! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ look at this. wow. this -- [ cheers ] that's a lot of neck. lot of neck on this one right there. a lot of neck. extra neck. you got some nutcrackers and some necks right there. it's good stuff. [ light laughter ] now let's see who's going home with tonight's sweater. everyone, look

alison: okay. bill, thank you. we have breaking news tonight out of rockville where several people are evaluated for possible exposure to carbon monoxide on washington street in rockville. we are told right now no one is being sent to the hospital but the fire officials are still on the scene. we'll keep you posted. jonathan: talk about this. u.f.o.'s, are they real or not whether you believe there is lay out there or not the pentagon has been investigating for years. >> public safety food delivery day in prince george's jonathan: wouldn't you know it. santa claus arriving a week early in the first responders. michelle: putting together baskets of food for families in need. alison: maryland bureau chief brad bell shows us for everyone tipping in a true labor of love. christmas came early. boxes from the prince george's county police, firefighters, sheriff and the correction officers. >> this is wonderful. >> residents shirley maddox lined up for a gift to give her a chance to give a gift. >> i usually cook every th

alison: didn't work out. jonathan: coming up, the tech view to change how you will stream your favorite shows and videos. >> plus, the new phase of one of the congressional investigio the 2016 election. >> all day federal authorities have been rounding up suspects targeting gangs, drugs. >> christmas comes early. still ahead the shopping free for some children in need. the new friendship they are forging on "abc7 alison: the house intelligence committee interviewed donald trump jr. the president's son denied collusion in another closed door interview with the senate judiciary committee. today's session was voluntary and not under oath. well, happening across the d.m.v. right now sweeping by raids by federal agencies. the target, gangs, guns and drugs. brad bell outside the a.t.f. headquarters with more. brad? brad: we are told this is a major operation. we are outside the washington field office of the f.b.i. this was a joint operation between the two agencies. part of an investigation we are told started las

that,e: thank you for alison.you would like to see more of those stories, you can look at .com.ebsite, france24 newsl be back with more and headlines after a very short break. do stay with us here on "france 24." >> this has been awarded the prize of the international european correspondents association. revisited. free from jihadist occupation, timbuktu has struggled to recover. despite the presence of french forces, the threat remains. ongoing intimidation cause for concern. can't t them but too wipe away e stains of occupation? 4 andvisited on france 2 france man: hard and soft, male and female, we take them to market, caught in pots, traps, nets, hand lines baited with chicken necks. itit is coererce and sport, also culture, but, ultimately, it is art--the art of crabbing, an artistry underwritten by the blue crab. there's a dance unique to the crab potter's craft, the heart-driving, herky-jerky rhyt.

alison: but still ahead at 5:00, rioting or practicing the first amendment rights. the question a jury is about to decide in the ain august ration day protest. jonathan: plus, brazen thieves go to ra store to catch an employee on a ladder by surprise. what they made him do, next. alison: why southeast washington only full-service hospital is going to stop delivering babies. >> a lot of my paycheck. jonathan: community demanding answers from metro after left them and the homes rattled.

alison: mute button for a while. we want to go back to the big story of the they, the winter weather alert. before the break we showed you the traffic camera that looks at the bay bridge l'enfant -- tl plaz. this is the other side toward the bridge. with this vantage point and the weather you can't see where it curves off to cross the chesapeake there. a little obstructed. bill: fresh off the press. literally. they did cancel -- the national weather service canceled the winter weather advisesy for d.c. but still -- advisory for tabbing but -- advisory for d.c. but still in effect for anne arundel. farther north, the more snow. this is northeast of baltimore. coming down good. accumulating to the roads. they are taking it slow. this is looking at the chesapeake bay bridge. another vantage point. you can't see the bridge at all. this is the roof. locally, .2 of an inch officially at reagan. it caused problems out there. it's that or friday commute. either way the commute is tough. kingsville, higher total the pickedu h

alison: it's a crazy story.ourt in portugal recently acquitted a manager missing violence charges because it decided that a woman who is not reliant on her husband can't be a victim of directing violence. judges in this court said if she was so strong, she should have just left the house. an extreme case of victim blaming. they report that news outlets in portugal were furious over this and they pointed out that the judge's ideas in this case were riddled with stereotypes and in egypt, another interesting story having to do with women. a female pop singer has been given two years in prison for a racy music video. it shows her in a classroom of men suggestively eating an apple and a banana. it is sexual, but nothing that would be shocking for most other pop stars. thathave been ruled incited debauchery. she is a little-known singer, 21 years old and she apologized on facebook and said she never expected to get such a backlash. genie: let's come back to france, where the president of the national assembly is set t

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. >>> alison betwesweeney is obse with the holidays.tree. >> i love christmas decorations. decorating the the tree. that is fun family with the music and the kids and -- it's so much easier now because they're older. i'm not like, no, don't put it there. oh, close to the ornaments, honey. >> reporter: christmas ocd? we get it. alison is the executive producer and star of her new holiday movie. her favorite part? special effects. movie was shot in sight. >> tell me how you did it? >> with cgi. to see your movie get cgi'd. when there's trees. it's -- blows your mind. if you would like to join us, we're going to go tree shopping. >> reporter: alison's been acting since she was 4 years old. now as mom to 1-year-old ben and 8-year-old megan, there might be a big role reversal coming up. >> any sign from either of them they may be following in your footsteps. >> so megan is a performance. we read books together at home. she does everyone's contact, she gets superinto it. >> let the wild rumpus start. >> she's got the bug. >> maybe she could e

alison sargent takes a look at the international papers. allison: lots of focus on the shocking win by doug jones who repeated republican -- who defeated republican roy moore. let's start with the front page about it was biggest paper. a triumphant doug jones on their front page along with the headline alabama rejects moore. the paper calls a stunning victory aided by scandal. jones is the state's first democrat senator and 25 years on the paper declares that deep red alabama is now leaning blue. this ends weeks of suspense, alabama kind of knew that all eyes were on them for the senate john archibald says this result is first and foremost a message from alabama to women. he said all are listed for women and victims and compassion. is a lot of pride in the alabama press today.

alison: now the opioid crisis.ntana is the 12th state to sue drug company for the role in the crisis. but it's not just state us going after big pharma. so are hospitals in alabama and mississippi. >> they are struggling because of the huge burden dumped on them. nancy: it targets a dozen drug manufacturers to accuse them of deceptive marketing and selling highly addictive dangerous opioids. the companies deny they have done anything wrong and work ing to help those districted. >> a push for the emergency funds to fight the opioid epidemic. woodbridge supervisor is asking for $200,000 in funding. he says that the money is desperately needed to boost the treatment for those michelle: a washington state couple has a memorable story to tell about the engagement. the couple on the way home after the happy moment. when they saw a building on fire. the groom-to-be a volunteer firefighter jumped into action. >> we both looked at each other and said station 84 is there. we don't see the lights on. no movement. michelle: th