larry: kimberly suiters has a that. kimberly: dietitians, nutrition experts. you can call them and have a personal conversation with them about the issues. number to call 703-236-9220. we'll be right back after this. larry: plus, a military plane on a medical mission. brian: looking toward the weekend we have temperatures in the 40's. at night we are in the 20's. a breeze for saturday. sunday, a few more clouds but dry both days. perfect for anything you need to do outdoors but throw on an extra layer. there will be he gets a lot of compliments. he wears his army hat, walks around with his army shirt looking all nice. and then people just say, ?thank you for serving our country? and i'm like, that's my dad. members of the military community by the end of 2017. i'm very proud of him. male vo: comcast. alison: "7 on your side" with health matters. kimberly suiters is in the abc7 help center with a panel you eat your way through the holidays. hopefully without feeling guilty about it. we need tips, kim. kimberly: i'm really glad you brought that up. that is a top

kimberly suiters has results. kimberly: "7 on your side" in the middle of a christmas tree test to see how flammable your christmas tree really is. here is why. when we went out and caught last minute shoppers looking for their tries, many admitted to keeping their weeks, even months longer than firefighters recommend. >> once up it's through february. >> it's easier to leave it up. kimberly: this is what we are doing. we have two artificial trees. this one has been pretreated with a fire retardant. this one has not. the two live trees, of course, came live. nothing treated about them. until we added two products we purchased online. fire retardant that promise to protect the christmas tree from a fire. we will give them two weeks to dry out. with the help of the arlington county fire department we are going to set them on fire and see how well they work. i'm one of those people who likes to keep a tree up at least for the 12 days of christmas. so that means january 6. check with "7 on your side" around then for ou

alison: kimberly suiters is in the abc7 help center. the good for pandas, not for kimberly: the number to call 703-236-9220. 92-20. we are doing an ask the nutritionist phone bank. we have a robust group here. ready for your phone calls. to answer your questions about how to stay healthy through the holidays. it's not always losing weight. it's taking care of your body and everyone here is an expert in that topic. healthy, getting in shape. living on a healthy budget and taking the right vitamins and minimals. a lot of people are curious about that. we always get asked how do i lose the gut? you can ask about that, too. now back to you. jonathan: no, no. i was going to ask you why did they put this stuff? do they want us to grade it? yogurt and berries, chickpeas. kimberly: choose those things over the fried pretzels and the chocolate and yummy stuff. alison: it's hard to do that in the holidays. we have to ask how we increase our will power. kimberly: snack on that stuff first and you will get full. then treat yourself to something deli

try to return the not so perfect gifts you received over the holiday, consumer investigator kimberly suiters explains why one lawmaker wants to make it illegal for stores to ask kimberly: it's the post holiday grind. having to go back to store to return gifts you don't like. target and other retailers are concerned preventing fraud. but should you have to pay for it with a piece of your private information? this is what happens when you want to make a simple return. $10 shirt with tags on. major retailer says they have to swipe your driver's license first and the shopper happens to be a state senator from montgomery county. >> it's not okay. to return a shirt they shouldn't get my height, my weight, my home address. kimberly: she is going to limit the data that that retailers can collect from you. similar to other states. concerned about identity theft, this shopper is information. these two shoppers don't mind turning over their tv. >> i was affected by the target hack that happened a few years ago. if they can't afford taking in the personal information fraud protection should be the prior

i'm kimberly suiters. we begin with breaking news from cambridge, massachusetts, where hundreds of firefighters are live pictures of a 10-alarm fire that has damaged nearly a dozen buildings, at least two people injured. we don't know how the fire started, but there is a long fight ahead on this cold night. crews from surrounding cities have been called in to help. stay with abc 7 and wjla.com as we follow this massive fire in cambridge, massachusetts. the temperatures are about to tumble. it is so cold that i have a for me alert josh knight has the first look at the forecast. josh: that's right, ready or not, more of the winter weather is on the way. we start out with a shot from the national harbor, a beautiful afternoon as we collected toys with the marines for toys for tots, thank you to everybody who came out, all your generosity. still time to give. feels-like temperature, 29 degrees. just keep in mind that the temperatures are not terrible, but once you factor in the breeze, which will stick around

i'm kimberly suiters. winter beginning just a few days, but we ran the gamut of at least three seasons. after nic start saturday, -- after an icy start saturday, we climbed into the 60's sunday, and now it is cold again. crew are prepping for what could be a dicey morning commute. would begin the weather coverage with meteorologist josh knight. continue to filter in. everybody with this northerly breeze, dropping into the 30's for just about every body. these are at or below freezing, frederick, winchester, hagerstown. inwill take a little longer the district and southern maryland, still hanging in the mid 30's. tomorrow morning we are all in the mid 20's. if you have to take the dogs out later, we are looking for the wind to drive things out. i don't think we will see a lot of water left over, but where it is left over there could be patchy ice. hagerstown picked up almost .1 inches. not a lot of water to work with for the re-freeze. to the north and west is where we are more likely to run into patchy ice

i'm kimberly suiters. yes, the winter-like temperatures mean old man winter is in town. we are in the 30's right now. we have coverage of the cold tonight to help you stay warm and maybe save money. we begin with our first forecast for meteorologist ryan miller. aan: good evening, kimberly, cold day around the region. we are in the 30's for the highs today, 39 at reagan national, more 30's in the northwestern suburbs. you factor in the wind with the air temperature, the windchill, it feels like lower 20's in a few spots and 25 degrees inside the beltway. holiday parties and things to do outside, grabbed a heavy coat. the windchill at times will be better, mostly clear this this evening, 33 overnight lows into the 20' to 8. we are clear and quiet across the dmv. snow showers in parts of ohio, pennsylvania, in new york. we have a storm in the midwest i could come our way to marwan bring us a chance of snow flurries in the northwestern suburbs. waking up to clouds and temperatures in the 20's, the clouds with us for the day tomorrow. we do have snow chances in the extended

i'm kimberly suiters. a busy night for firefighters in fires happening a couple hours apart, one in the alexandria section of fairfax county, the second in prince george's county where two people had to be rescued. anna-lysa gayle is live in hyattsville. how are they doing tonight? anna-lysa: we are just hearing from a worker here at the apartments that one of the people rescued from the apartments may have passed away. we are still working to confirm that. the latest we had learned was he is in critical condition and one of the other people who was rescued was apparently after he was in his sleep. here is what he said. what happened? >> i was asleep, then i saw smoke in my room. when i started to come out, i see the smoke is too much. so i fell. and they rescued me. man, who do not what to be identified, lives inside of this apartment with two roommates. one of the roommates was away for the night, the other man is in his 70's. we are told the man in his 70's is in critical condition. they are praying for

i'm kimberly suiters. parts of the midwest and great lakes digging out from snow. a cold we can for us, we stayed try, but that is about to change. let's get the forecast from ryan miller. ryan: good evening from the weather center. we have temperatures in the upper 30's and we will not hit below freezing, the good news during the evening and through the overnight. to the northwest, dealing with precipitation, western maryland right now saying m of northern virginia into west virginia. we are dealing with areas that can see freezing rain overnight. the temperatures will be critical. we are holding in the mid and upper 30's. to the west, where the temperatures are lower, those are the areas that are vulnerable that could see freezing rain. we have freezing rain advisories for the areas in pink. this part of maryland under an ice storm warning. 30's for all of us. rain after midnight, staying ,bove freezing by the beltway and lots of rain for the morning commute. we will talk about the arctic last coming our way in a few minutes. than 100 75re million people across t

i'm kimberly suiters. the weekend started with freezing rain and ice and we hit what was the high today? josh: up to 66 today. it has been all over the place. like that guy in the beginning, he was paying attention. he knew what was going to go on. we might have hit 66, started in the 50's this morning. now things have really taken a nosedive. bak into the 40's and 30's across the area. you see right around lunch time we hit the 66 and had for a few hours today probably just about two and then we really started to cool back off. 49 by 2:00. now it's around 41 degrees. here is a look. you can see all of our breeze is out of the northwest. for everybody, that cold front has pushed all the way across the area. behind it the cool temperatures really start to settle in. 34 in winchester. 35 hagerstown. meanwhile, 40's as we get to d.c. and off to the southeast buthe for everybody and ultimately overnight into the 20's. now we're drying out across the area and showers still hang on just south of fredericksburg i

michelle: kimberly suiters joins us. is on the naughty -- debit card is on the naughty list. kimberly: you were saying who pays with the debit card anymore? consumers wanting to avoid debt like the debit card because it's just like cash. that is a nice thing. but tucked away in credit cards are the extra layers of protection that you may not have considered. paying by credit could expand 50% will reimburse you if it's damaged or stolen in the first month of purchase. 57% will price match if it drops two to four months after you buy it. even if a her chant won't guarantee a return, 26% of credit cards will. so get the refund when you find the lower price, hold on to the receive. when you file a claim. you have two to four months to act. items are capped at $500 bus. citi has a price rewind tool. if you register what you buy, they will search for lower prices for you and led you know and credit you the price difference. you might make money on that purchase. michelle: so many protections for using a credit card. kimberly: don't build up the debt. michelle: there's that. jonathan

alison: "7 on your side" consumer investigator kimberly suiters is here with the update now. kim? kimberly: we know you have been following along with us. "7 on your side" has been reporting on service dogs by warren retrievers for four years. this week a richmond judge held the company owner personally liable for contempt of court, fines and fees. $80,000 plus per day penalties for every day he doesn't cooperate with the attorney general's investigation. the last time "7 on yo was back in may of 2012. it was the first report on service dogs by warren retrievers. >> i wouldn't trade 100 years for the one day i sit in this seat. kimberly: warren introduced us to his puppies, one of his trainers and one of his happiest clients. >> she is a definite gift. she is a life-saver. kimberly: fast forward three years later, the same client distraught. she had been charged $18,000 for what she called nothing more than a hyper puppy. >> it didn't work out like that. kimberly: more than 35 customers filed complaints for the virginia attorney general accusing warren of overcharging for undertrai

consumer investigator kimberly suiters has been following the story for the last 11 months and is here today with an update. >> to see her inspiring story, to see it end well is heartwarming. there are so many families. it doesn't end that way for. now the president will sign into law a mental health reform package next week. their daughters and sons to eating disorder. the family in february shared a story of a beautiful 19-year-old leslie who died from alexandria and bulimia and how they saw her disease as a choice rather than the deadliest mental disorder with 20% mentally rate. the westin family. this has been a 16-year journey for them. that is when she was born. they stard around. i got off the face time call with kitty who lost her daughter anna to an eating disorder when she was 21. >> when she came to me at 14 and announced she was going on a diet that was going to be a fatal decision i would have done things differently. i would have felt strongly that people with eating disorders can recover if they >> so for the families like that, the most important aspect of the new law f