nancy: kimberly suiters joins us live. dressers? kimberly: you are right. this is a reannouncement of the recall from a year ago. the families said they didn't know about it and the consequences have been dire. for eight families now. the latest victim is a 2-year-old boy from california. of the other seven toddlers who died. one was from woodbridge and another from mount vernon. the ikea dressers if not anchored down can tip over and crush a child. we are talking about 17 million dressers. to date eight children died. the company received 144 reports of injuries to kids. 300 reports of the tipovers. you should contact ikea to choose a refund or repair. and make sure no matter what product you buy you fill out the little white card and send it back to the company so you never miss a recall. i'm consumer investigator, kimberly suiters. back to you. nancy: thank you very much. meantime, president trump spending more than an hour on the phone with russian today. the main topics are syria, iran, north korea and ukraine. the call comes after putin met with the s

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alison: kimberly suiters reports on the dangers of counterfeit cosmetics. kimberly: getting your hands on counterfeit >> i have at least 2000 boxes. kimberly: big difference. texts. aist ads, a few drop off in springfield. how do i know it's real? six boxes, $35. deal of the century. the real stuff would have cost hundreds. the major makeup manufacturers spend millions protecting their brands. private investigators to catch counterfeit sales on the streets of new york. 7 on your side went along for the buy. >> you have the lipstick? >> we have foundation and cosmetics. kimberly: except for the price difference. it is nearly impossible to tell the >> and here is the fake one with the missing serial numbers. >it smells weird. do testingoutubers with real-life consequences. >> i have an eye infection. >> you don't know what's in there. a lot of these people are selling poison. kimberly: patrick is the special agent in charge at u.s. homeland security investigations. online drugs are easy for law enforcement to spot. makeup has to be tested. what are some of the

kimberly suiters. larry: we'll keep that in mind. the "7 on your side" consumer alert after close to a million cars buried with the flood years in the hurricane. and horace holmes tells us they could make your way to the car lot in our area. we have important information to keep you being stuck with one of them. he was so happy when he bought the volvo in northern virginia. >> i heard water go through the vehicle. >> this was soaked in the padding and everything. >> he doesn't know for sure if the car he bought had been underwater. we know scenes like texas, florida, puerto rico and the virgin islands, hundreds of the cars. >> this video from carfax shows how in a few hours flood cars can be dried out and cleaned up. >> this is to be sold at auction. >> they took a mechanic with us to a car auction in virginia to test if we could spot flooded cars. >> he couldn't say if this or any other car was in a flood. >> there are laws that recovers flooded cars to be branded. >> he is a man who wrote the lemon law. >> the brands put on the tit

i'm kimberly suiters in the satellite center, back to you. larry: look at this. the eyes are not fooling you. look at that. crocodile swimming at the florida beach. came ashore hollywood beach. a big crowd gathering to see the gator. a huge crowd. wildfire offers captured him and take him some place else. hopefully far, far away. you are from florida. it's unusual. >> it's very scary. let's ta now. larry: do we have to? alison: we do. bill kelly is live at the national harbor. fun things to do. it's festive out there. larry: before it's over he will see all of it. bill: we are! we will show, try to show you it as well. it's interesting. inside the ice, we'll go back. it's 9 degrees. constant 9 degrees. you come out of there where the current temperature is 45 to 50 degrees. it feels like you are in miami. it's incredible the difference. now we are inside and it is okay. use the backdrop. 50 degrees at national harbor. reagan national. this is a gorgeous evening. we look at the specifics throughout the evening, this the forecast. there is rudolph. in the backdrop,

kimberly suiters at the "live desk" with a new warning before you give your dog its next treat. kimberly: not this treat. these are still great. but bones. this is a serious warning from the f.d.a. said bone treats made 90 pelts sick. 15 dogs died. they differ from the uncooked bumper bones. try, processed, the ham bones, pork femur and rib bones. they report obstruction in the digestive tract. they also caution bones from the kitchen. they can cause the injuries, too. in the trash can. when your dog does get a new toy or any kind of bone try to supervise them for a little bit to make sure he will be okay. not all treats and bones are created equally for all breeds. check with the vet for the safest options. i'm kimberly suiters in the newsroom. back to you in the studio. >> today is giving tuesday. a chance to think of the favorite charities on the heels of black friday and cyber monday. wallet hub.com says maryland is second on the list for most charitable state. utah ranks number one. nancy: at johns hopkins children hospital a fleet of the special wagon and the cars for givin

you can find more on this matter in a full report with 7-on your side's kimberly suiters. just download the abc-7 news app. too soon -- or right on time? a color-your-own - holiday coffee cup from starbucks! take a look. the cup features splashes of red and green - with drawings of presents, snowflakes and a christmas tree with star on top. starbucks stores will have colored pencils for you to make your own design. it may seem a little early but many chains are following suit. mcdonalds is debuting is own all-red holiday cup this weekend. there is much more coming up on good john gonzalez.. what are you working on for 5 0-clock. ralcandidate for'm governor,rtham, and i sponsored this ad. rrator: they call him enron ed.rtham, because washington, dc lobbyist ed gillespie represented the worst of the worst. lenders trying to keep student loan rates high. corporations sending jobs overseas. and of course the enron scandal. now, enron ed is lobbying for donald trump's agenda. like cuts to virginia school funding, and taking away healthcare from thousands of virginians. enron ed

kimberly suiters has details on the latest scam. kimberly: i know you are thinking who gets roped into these things? the scammers hope just a handful of netflix 110 million subscribers do. this e-mail looks legit. it says netflix. can't validate your billing information and your membership suspended. the only red flags we could see in instead of your actual name there is a place that says hi, name. this mistake is tiny. there is no space between 48 and hours. that is a typo that a big savvy multimedia company like netflix would not make. if you fall victim to the scam it directs you to a legitimate looking site that will steal credit card and other personal information you put in. you don't want that to happen. from the "live desk," kimberly suiters, abc7 news. larry: okay. meanwhile, bombshell developments in the last 24 hours in the harvey weinstein sex assault investigation. manhattan district attorney says they will present evidence to the grand jury next week. q mccray looks at how the fallen mogul may have used spies to try to

in summer investigators kimberly suiters has this update. kimberly: the i-team calls this cruel deception, companies with unproven claims about treating are curing cancer. today the fda sent four new warning letters to companies it makesaims that cancer cells commit suicide and may be effective treating breast cancer. when 7 on your side went undercover in local stores, we heard similar claims. they take this and then they go back in the cancer is gone. i think it is a miracle. >> is precisely at this point in time there are unscrupulous g cancers who are hawkin cures on the internet that attempt to exploit patients and families. the fda is increasingly concerned about what it says are companies deliberately preying on sick people with baseless claims. air is a formal approval process . there are formal approval processes for such claims. alison: watch all of the reporting on this matter by downloading the abc 7 news app. jonathan: another hollywood a- dustin hoffman apologizing for sexually harassing an intern in 1985. statement says it does

alison: kimberly suiters takes us into this rare disease that robs children of adulthood. kimberly: three hours north of d.c., a picturesque pennsylvania town, the sun is always shining for this 22-year-old. even when she is struggling, it's shining. friday, christina fell. loss of balance is a side effect of the disease, what some call childhood alzheimer's. by bit, children lose their memory. they put chocolate on the top. but when they turn on the oven, it's on the bottom. >> she never complains. christina is the smile on her face. kimberly: especially when she is with the medical staff at nah, hurt -- at nih, her second home the last 10 years. every two weeks, her mom drives south to bethesda for the spinal tap and experimental drugs. there is no fda-approved treatment for the disease. it's very hard to watch the children go through what they go through. kimberly: christina was adopted when she was 18 months old. has to faceamily with the future may not hold. >> just knowing we may be losing a child. even harder was putting our children through losing a sibling. >> than

i am kimberly suiters. police looking for three missing teens out of bristol, virginia. 217-year-old girls. they have been gone for a full week now. d.c. with the in latest. authorities say they don't believe the girls are in virginia anymore? fbi is: that's why the now involved because police believe the teens may have left the state. the teens voluntarily left the bristol, virginia area at 2:30 in the morning. at that point, they were reported as being missing or runaways. as of friday, the case has been upgraded to the teens teen missing or in danger. old, 5'1",7 years 115 pounds, brown hair, brown eyes, and a stay strong tattoo on her chest. black female, 5'1", 100 36 pounds, black hair, brown eyes. and then another girl, 18, black female, 5'5", 195 pounds, black hair, brown eyes. investigators think the teens left in a small suv, possibly a silver honda crv. if you have any information on to calle, you are asked police. in front of fbi headquarters in northwest, alyssa dupont, abc 7 news. kimberly: the

but kimberly suiters has a royne about the exploding shower door.hey are telling me it sounds like a bomb went off waking them up in the middle of the night. most people say they didn't see it happen. one guy blamed the maid. but it's not the maid's fault. it's designed to shower this way. >> this is not so much the shower door. >> replacing rollers. the blast drew a little blood. >> the experience is not isolated. more than 2,000 people had to go to the e.r. for shattered shower doors. >> he used a slingshot to show how. >> okay, it took a few tries. they demand that they are made with safety glass. tempered glass. >> it has a huge amount of energy. kimberly: it is designed to crumbal in tiny -- crumble in tiny pieces. but it doesn't take a poorly installed towel bar or it can break spontaneously. this photos is one that exploded when no one is around. >> there is a sulphide inclusion. >> so you get a fight between the stone and the glass. >> you can pay them to install a clear safety film. look at the difference. >> if this were the real situation

and kimberly suiters has good guidelines for us to follow. kimberly: two top states for charitable giving? >> virginia. kimberly: top ten. >> maryland. kimberly: yes! very good. number one is utah. 22% of us are giving more this year than we did last year according to bankrate.com. if you like to give money, there are red flags to look out for. the person tells you it's so urgent, the need is so urgent they will come to your house to pick it up. don't do that. what if you ask for background material on a charity and you don't get it? that is a problem. then you are told to send a wire transfer or a third party payment not a good idea. some good quick questions to ask. how exactly is the donation going to help the victims or the people in need? and what percentage goes to administrative coss? is the organization tax exempt? that is something you can check. i have the tips on my facebook page. so it's not a taking tuesday. >> great advice. nancy: starbucks are at it again. michelle: we are talking about it. jonathan: yes. michelle: if the first

i'm kimberly suiters, alongside meteorologist brian van de graaff. the graphics make it look arctic. brian: this morning it was 26 downtown. and we only got to 39 as the high. one more really cold nig should be this time of year. some of the numbers this evening, we have some 20's. luray.4, 27 the wind is much calmer, and we have scattered high clouds that are moving in. futurecast, clouds thicken overnight. that should stop the temperature from dropping as much. a mixture of clouds and sunshine tomorrow, 20's and low 30's through the day, warming. , youu are out early enough may be able to check out the wallops island launch a little after 7:14. a bit of a warming trend in just a bit. kimberly: the cold weather did not stop people from heading out to the national mall. hundreds packed the korean war memorial. who sacrificed so much. some of the veterans were there as fellow americans thanks to them for their service. all over the region finding a way to honor the men and women who serve in the armed forces. one maryland man ran 50 miles from marylan

kimberly suiters takes us inside a government lab. >> the one on the left is a well water tree and then the right had five weeks to dry and seconds to burn. let's show you where 7 on your side is. industrial building on the campus of the national institute of standards and technology. >> this is an experimental lab facility. works are underway. >> hence the hardhats and safety glasses. our guy is the chief of the fire safety division. ?> does this contain the smoke >> in this case, although the christmas tree fire reprent significant heat release rate, this was able to contain all of that. electrictup is an match. fishbowl is a gopro camera that works well until it also burned up. >> every time i watch a try christmas tree burn, i am awed by how fast it spreads. nothe well water tree did catch fire at all. >> that isn't to say it wouldn't catch fire if you put an open flame to it. >> it would be more difficult to ignite a wet tree. in the past, they attempted to use a propane torch. christmas tree fires are rare but they are three times more deadly than a typical house fire which is wh

kimberly suiters interviewedded a whistle blower and she will talk about it soon. larry: i can't wait to hear that. michelle: thank you for the report. muriel bowser says all attendance policies will be reviewed. parents have question about the education. >> that is right. they are disturbed. and they are stunned by this. today the mayor held a news conference to allay concerns around fears. -- and heise schools. the revelation about ballou high prompted mayor bowser to hold an urgent news conference. >> we will review all policies related to the attendance. >> despite the pledge to rectify the situation, laura worries about her daughter's future. >> it makes me wonder what education will she get? >> the mayor did her best to reassure parents. >> if we find things were done wrong or if we find to make policies and the brothers more clear that is what we will do. but some say they have heard this before. >> they are aware of the problems at ballou high school. some are skeptical about the ability to rectify the problems. larry: this is the first case of the kind in

kimberly suiters goes undercover to expose counterfeit coz methoddics warning of the dangers of the beauty market tonight at 11:00. alison: ahead at 6:00, technology that is drawing a face from the d.n.a. in the hunt for a violent rapist. plus shocking video from manhattan. >> i need an ambulance. alison: more on the race to save children trapped in a school bus rammed by the terrorists. what the driver did that may have saved him. we will tell you why a former maryland governor says the project that brought metro to the university of maryland was a huge mistake. coming up at 6:00. >> historic lows at an unemployment factor. there were 5,000 fewer new enrollees for unemployment benefits last week and it could go up in the next future as costa rica follows backlog claims. look at the landscape tomorrow when the federal jobs report for october comes out on the first friday of the month. >> there you go. >> bill is here now to talk about lunchbox weather. >> this is molly who handed the camera over to brian. he says we are good. filming the students out there. she was teaching them about the