Furniture weather center. With a check of the forecast. Rain, more clouds on the way . What do you got . Doug more rain tomorrow. Warmest day is Christmas Eve. We are expecting the record highs across the area. Cloudy. No rain outside the belfort furniture weather center. Show you the conditions in the day at southern Frederick County maryland at oakdale high school. Cloudy day. As we got through the early afternoon, it rightened up. This hooped in other spots as well. Generally the clouds will rule the day and we will stay cloudy and mild through the night. 61 in manassas and leesburg. 59 in hagerstown and baltimore. 58 at Reagan National airport. Around sunrise the next batch of rain will begin and be with us through tomorrow. Along the gulf coast, there could be a bit of it. Tomorrow is a huge travel day. Eastern corridor of the nation. Rains, thunderstorms, possibility, 95 corridor from new england to florida. You get west of the low pressure center, cold air and snow in the rockies. Intermountain west. Northern idaho. Pacific northwest will be rainy as well. The travel weather. We will check out christmas day. The weekend, a lot of weather stuff planned this afternoon. Back in a few minutes. Alison see you then, doug. Thank you. A lastminute scramble will save some local students from a long afternoon. Mike carterconneen live to explain how Charles County is dealing with a labor dispute with the school bus drivers. Hey, mike. Tell us about it. Mike you can see the bus lot behind me is empty at John Hanson Middle School in waldorf. The kids have gone home for winter break and very little drama. Only 20 bus drivers did not complete the shifts today. Charles county Public SchoolOfficials Say as a result only one because carries High School Students was running ten minutes late. Most students like those at this middle school saw no difference. The routes of the 20 bus drivers on vike were covered by strike were covered. Many parents were scrambling this afternoon and it got Media Attention this strike, what the drivers hoped. Those who organized or participated in the Service Disruption have three demands. They want to hired for fulltime employees with better benefits. They currently work for 26 different contractors. Two, they want to union size. Three they want higher salaries with a starting wage of 20 an hour. When i asked about the parents who might be unhappy with the strike, the strike organizer had this message. So parents have to understand they want a better life for their children and their families. The bus drivers want the same thing. So if a parent is mad because the people here want a better life and a better situation for the families i feel sorry for them. Then theyre being selfish. They are not looking at the true reality. Mike that is strike organizer saying that many drivers, many more drivers wanted to participate but they felt threatened and worried about losing their job. Coming up at 5 00, hear what parents had to say about the Service Disruption and how Charles County compares to other neighboring counties with contrasting bus drivers. Mike carterconneen, abc7 news. Alison thank you. We have new information about the metro payment problems we told you about yesterday. Riders could not pay the fares with the credit or debit cars for several hours yesterday. This morning metro released a statement blaming an outage with the equipment that processes debit and the credit cards. The Transit Agency says no customer information was compromised in the outage. Jonathan we have new developments to tell you about a death of a teacher in custody of the security guards. Alonzo smith is calling for her sons body to be exhumed and the United Nations to get involved in the investigation. Stephen tschida is joining us live to explain why. Stephen . Stephen november 1, 4 00 in the morning the security guards here restrained alonzo smith. When the d. C. Police arrived they found him unconscious and up responseive. He was later reported dead. And mayor bowser released the body cam that was released. We have the video for you. Today, Beverly Smith says she believes the security guards inflicted a fatal injury. That is why she and her supporters are calling for the u. N. To step in. I viewed my sons body. His neck was broken. There was massive bruises, Blunt Force Trauma to my sons face that the medical examiner did not report. Stephen Beverly Smith is accusing someone involved as a coverup. The security yards are under investigation. If they are charged she will not be satisfied. Reporting live. Alison u that. A 71yearold man is in custody accused of sexual assaulting a 10yearold boy at a Fairfax County recreation center. They arrested hadad of oakton yesterday. Employee at the recreation facility saw what he considers suspicious behavior in a locker room saturday around 6 00 p. M. Police are asking anyone with information to please contact them. Jonathan new at 4 00, the second suspect in the shooting of two boys outside gymnasium pleaded guilty. Brandon tyler ended the plea deal today. He fired seven shots from a gun after he was in a basketball game. A woman struck by a stray bullet driving to rockville kept driving. It took several minutes to realize what happened to her. She is now recovering as the police are searching for the gunman. What a bizarre situation here in rockville. Police say the woman was not targeted, was the victim of a stray bullet. She felt something on her leg but ignored it. She felt a Burning Sensation on her leg and noticed a bullet hole in her s. U. V. She rushed over to the fire hill. This is the Engine Company three fire station. She was treated here and transported to the hospital. Take a look at this. The police are combing for clues to see who fired the shot. It was quiet. Sounded like firecrackers. I thought where is that coming from . So you heard a series of shots. Yes. The residents a mile away said they heard about seven shots at 8 00 last night. The woman is still searching for gunman. Alison wednesday with learning more about the woman behind the wheel of a car that slammed in a crowd of people on the las vegas strip. By all accounts Lakeisha Holloway had turned her life around after a rough childhood. She had become an awardwinning high school graduate. And a caring mother. But her 3yearold daughter was in the car when she served right in the crowd. One person was killed and three dozen others were injured. One injured is Bryant Holmes from hyattsville and now lives in pittsburgh, new mexico. He in albuquerque, new mexico. I understand you broke your leg. How are you doing today . Not all the way broke my leg. I bruised it up bad. Its like a torn a. C. L. Or some sort. Not just a bruised leg. Swollen, black eye. Thank to feel walk away. Alison describe the scene that night. It was crazy. I was walking to the area and i heard the people starting to scream. I turned around. As soon as i turn around i have seen the car speed on the sidewalk. The aftermath. Not knowing what is going on. People said it was a terror attack and gunshots. I didnt hear any gunshots but the scene after was crazy. Alison now that the suspect has been name and we learned about her, what are your thoughts about that . Im praying for her and her family honestly. I hate that whatever she was going through had to lead to that, and lead to me getting hit by a car. Thankful to walk away. Honestly, i cant wait for the video. They have to have surveillance. Im praying for her child as well. I hope she will end up in a great home. Alison absolutely. Brian, thank you for talking to us. We are glad that you seem to be doing okay today. Thank you for taking the time. Best of luck. All right. We appreciate brian holmes calling in. Another story to tell you about here. Three people are dead. Seven others are hurt after two massive Chain Reaction crashes in arkansas. The accidents shut down north and southbound lanes of interstate 49 near texarkana. A tractortrailer traveling southbound in heavy fog was hit from behind setting off the first Chain Reaction collision. At the same time, three trucks crashed in the northbound lanes. Jonathan scary situation. Coming up for us on abc7 news at 4 00 facing the music. We will tell you what happened when Bowe Bergdahl made his first appearance in military court. Plus you pick up a 9 11 pick up a 911 call and you never know what is on the other side of it. Know what is on the other side of it. Alison its the holidays, which means a house full of people, who all want to get online. So hurry and get verizon fios. Only fios has the Fastest Internet and wifi available, with speeds from 50 to 500 megs. And right now, for only 79. 99 a month online, you get 50 meg fios internet, tv and phone for your first year. Plus, with a 2year agreement, fios gives you 400 back, and all the premium movie channels for a year. So go online or call now for this great offer. Get out of the past. Get fios. Alison breaking news out of kentucky this afternoon where the governor is ordering new marriage license forms be made that do not include the county clerk name. This is in response to kim davis. You will remember she is the county clerk who refused to issue samesex marriage licenses citing her religious beliefs. She spent five days to work for not issuing the licenses but returned to work later. Jonathan Bowe Bergdahl journey from taliban prisoner to a man freed in a controversial prisoner swap arranged by president obama took another turn today. Bergdahl was in court for desertion and misbehavior before the enemy. The military terms that Bowe Bergdahl appeared for article 39a arraignment hearing. In translation, his first hearing for charges which could put the 29yearold in prison for life. He said little. Mostly sir, yes, sir to the judge. Sergeant bergdahl deferred all of these decisions to a later hearing. Reporter bergdahl said more publicly in interviews with the filmmaker for the basis of the serial podcast. He said he walked away from a combat outpost in afghanistan in 2009 to bring attention to what he called poor leadership in his unit. The guys standing next to me were literally in danger of seriously going wrong. Reporter the taliban capture and held bergdahl until president obama secured his release last year as part of a swap for five Guantanamo Bay detainees. Since then the army wondered what to do with him ranging from no jail time to the courtmartial. Military experts sabering bergs words will be closely reviewed. He inevitably are saying things that are going to hurt him. Reporter his words could be used against him. Instead of the 2009 action bergdahl said he hope would send a message instead. Emily schmidt, abc news. Jonathan his next hearing is january 12. He is on administrative army duty in san antonio. Alison we have an update on the progress of a districts tunnel boring machine. Lucy, as she is called, finished the first dig associated with the first street tunnel project in time for the holidays. The 2600mile project took five months to dig. The tunnel is 100 feet below ground. It went through 500 Million Pounds of sand, silt and clay. Jonathan those things are so much fun to watch. You feel like a kid watching that go. All right. Time for a check of the traffic situation. Joy pounds is here with detail. Joy hello. Good an. Not bad but on the main line a lot of people may be doing last minute Christmas Shopping. We will check out the inner loop. Its solid on the inner loop. 270 spur. Watch out there. 395. No better. Tough. Jammedded up solid at washington boulevard toward duke street. Westbound 66. If you are trying to use that. You will struggle now. You make the way to the beltway through fairfax. It looks like southbound 95 is heavy and slow toward the occoquan. Be careful. Back to you. Alison okay, joy. Thank you very much. A utah family is thanking a 911 dispatcher who helped save the life of their baby girl as she was born along with the highway. Listen to this. Cmon, cmon. Alison they rushed to the hospital on friday. But the baby wouldnt wait. They called the 911 operator to help. A young man who just started the job two weeks after training. He coached them through the delivery process. Which included using a shoe lace to get the umbilical cord from around the babys neck. They said oh, youll get a pregnancy call. And then it happened. It helped us. Stay calm in the fact of helping her breathe. That was terrifying. Alison goodness. So kristen gave birth to an 8pound 4ounce baby girl named ann. Jonathan so cute. Alison sweet. The family of six cant wait to celebrate christmas with the newest addition. Jonathan the dispatcher must have sat back and said holy cow. Alison two weeks on the job. Doug got it done so now hes a pro. Jonathan check it off the list. Alison so we have this weird weather but still, you look out and you expect it to be cold. Jonathan we have tans for christmas. Doug i fell you. Im not sure how much sunshine on Christmas Eve but the air mass is so warm it will be 73, 74 degrees and set a record. Its crazy. The rain has ended for now. That is the keyword, now. Capitol wheel. Cloudy skies across the area. The temperatures are mild. Numbers are now running in the upper 50s across most of the area. Giving a live look at the weather bug camera. 56 degrees. Breaking for the overcast if you get to the highest ground and the Eastern Continental divide. More clouds coming and more rain heading in this direction. 60 in anacostia. Without the benefit of the sunshine. Just prolonged southerly and the southwesterly winds. Tomorrow morning the wakeup temperatures from the northern suburb west in the city, south and east and low to mid50s. The values are ten degrees warmer than the average high temperatures. The rain is gone but that is temporary. The next big batch of rain will fill in and move to increasing southwesterly winds toward the area tomorrow. The rain coming back in the morning. For the morning rush, throughout the day. Afternoon evening rush it calms down. Then Christmas Eve bank of light showers move through. A quick look at the travel weather tomorrow. Showers and rain over the mountain, metro to new england. Scattered showers and storms south. Another line of showers and storms coming through chicago land. Christmas cast for you. Take a look for Christmas Eve, partly to mostly cloudy. And breezy. 30 chance of showers with a high of a recordshattering 74 degrees. Highs of 69. Alison one for the record books. Thank you. Coming up, abc7 news at 4 00 losing ground. Find out which candidate is catching up to donald trump in the polls. Jonathan but first you may have the gifts but can you get them there on time . We look at the busiest day for shipping coming up next. Jonathan you may be done with the Christmas Shopping and that is fantastic, but are they all where they need to be . Ups planning to deliver millions of packages today. Alison amazon said if you want it there by christmas order by 9 00. The click is ticking. Elizabeth hur looks at the busiest shipping day of the year. Reporter calling all procrastinators rushing to get the presents in the mail to make sure the pretty boxes arrive in time for christmas. The National Retail federation announce only 10 of americans are done be their Holiday Shopping. Reporter so you still have time. Deadline for twoday shipping is today. One day shipping is tomorrow but it will cost you. If you going directly to the u. S. Postal service or even fedex and ups, you will be sticker shock. Reporter we are talking two to three times the price of regular shipping. So how about considering amazon prime now. You can place an order on Christmas Eve, on the 24th at say 10 00 p. M. And if you pay 7. 50 in addition to the prime membership you can get the gift the same night in an hour. But the member does cost you 99 a year. If you dont mind, there are other options. Ship to store. Buy online and pick it up at the Customer Service desk. If you dont feel like walking in, curb side is for you. You order from the phone and schedule a pickup. Got your items here. Then there is deliv. Uber for deliver us. They deliver to your home and offer sameday delivery options for 5. The catch is they are only in 17 markets for now. Elizabeth hur, abc news. Alison time is running out one way or the other. Coming up at abc7 news at 4 00 we look at what the National Retail federation has to say about the Holiday Shopping numbers. Jonathan you already know this is one of the hottest gifts for the holiday. Did you know that joce sterman . Joce absolutely well tell you what the custom agents found that ma alison the 7 on your side team was the first to post potential problems with what many consider one of the hottest toys of the season. We are looking out for you and so is u. S. Customs. Agents seized counterfeits that put you at risk. 7 on your side investigator joce sterman is here with details on all that is going on and the operation. Joce this right here is one of the 445 counterfeit hoverboard seized last week by customs. The scammers got so good to make them look identical. Customs agents can tell the difference and they are trying to keep the potentially dangerous toys out of the house this christmas. The agents working out of norfolk, virginia, discovered 400 counterfeit hoverboards like this one on a ship last week. They had the dangerous batteries, the kind that could spark a fire. They had fake Samsung Battery labels picked up and detected by the agents. Keep looking for the fakes. Alison we will look at the hoverboard hazards and the impact of the 911 nuance calls tonight at 8 00 on abc7. To the weather now. It started out rain and dreary but after the rain left it was warm. Warm you have to go outside. Jonathan doug hill has more on what could be a recordsetting week for weather. Doug we think we could set a record but i dont think we are seeing sunshine on Christmas Eve at all. Maybe a little but without that its a record still in the bag. Live look at frederick, maryland. St. John catholic school. Patches of blue. Not widespread but part of the break from the precipitation pattern around the area. 61 in manassas. 69 in baltimore. Heading to the overnight hours it will stay mild. Wake up temperatures east and south of town this time around. Wakeup 52 to 55 degrees. The rain is back. Showers will be heavy and breezy and there will be highs in the upper 60s tomorrow. Christmas cast looking to Christmas Eve. I look like well have mostly skies. We could have sun. 30 chance of passing showers. 74. 69 is the record high. 70 to 71, anything above that is a record. On christmas day. Its partly sunny. 69 degrees with a 40 chance of showers. The next seven day, prescription possibilities every day. Briefly colder on monday. Tuesday is back to 60 degrees with another chance of showers. Jonathan thank you. Turning to vote 2016. The latest jabs between the candidates. Trump is losing a little ground in the polls. On the trail in iowa today. Hillary clinton again said donald trump language is helping terrorists recruit. It is playing into the hands of the jihadist. Refusing to respond to the latest attack involving a sexually derogatory term to describe how she was beaten by obama in 2008. She lost. The fury sparked by unsupported claim that clinton made in the last debate. Trump now mocking that claim. Donald trump is on video and isis is using him on the video to recruit. Reporter a poll shows that ted cruz is catching up. Four points behind him nationally. The texas senator is still careful not to criticize the g. O. P. Rival when asked about trump disparaging slam on clinton. I dont need to be a political pundit. I will let donald trump speak for himself. Reporter but Carly Fiorina has a warning for trump. In a radio interview saying she has also been called derogatory names. We cannot have candidates who insult women beat Hillary Clinton. They found 50 of americans would be embarrassed if donald trump were president and that figure is higher among women. In northwest, abc news. Jonathan Hillary Clinton is announcing a 2 billion annual effort to cure alzheimers disease by 2025. Its for a broader healthcare strategy in the 2016 president ial election. Democratic front runner says it will prevent effectively treat and make a cure possible for alzheimers. The plan guarantees consistent fund something researchers can work toward advancing treatment. Alison Virginia GovernorTerry Mcauliffe was in the area today touting was he says is a major victory for the new virginia economy. Today the governor announced a new multimillion partnership between inova health system. It will focus on the Biomedical Research to allow the medical personnel to work sidebyside on both campuses in Northern Virginia. They are sure it will lead to significant medical breakthrough. We have to vake advantage of the take advantage of the next two years. This is the opportunity to grow. What we are doing here today will make a difference. Alison the project leaders say the Research Venture will help tackle cancer, Heart Disease and other lifethreatening illnesses. Jonathan xray vision may be the stuff of comic book legends but laboratory in massachusetts, m. I. T, the legends are coming to life. Group of researchers say they have developed software to use the variation of the radio signals to see through walls. That will let them track the movement. The group says the its to improve technology for the caregivers to keep a closer eye on told hers and the elderly. I was a kid watching superman and xray vision thats not what he used it for. Alison always a pro and con for things like that. Jonathan technology is good in some hands. Others not so much. Alison coming up at abc7 news at 4 00 the spacewalk lasted more than three hours. Find out what we didnt see to make the headlines today. Jonathan the search for the teenager being accused on the run with his mother after a teenager being accused on the run with his mother after a deadly drun its the holidays, which means a house full of people, who all want to get online. So hurry and g verizon fios. Only fios has the Fastest Internet and wifi available, with speeds from 50 to 500 megs. And right now, for only 79. 99 a month online, you get 50 meg fios internet, tv and phone for your first year. Plus, with a 2year agreement, fios gives you 40back, and all the premium movie channels for a year. So go online or call now for this great offer. Get out of the past. Get fios. Jonathan bab now with the thousands of people that depended on stonehenge for the winter solstice. Many of them wear animal costumes. I dont know how it got started but there they are. This year was unseasonably warm so the animal costume is probably not the best getup when its 61 degrees. Overheating going on. Even if the sun blocks our view one thing we dont see often is the earth rising. Check this out. Today, nasa released this photo from a mission orbiting the moon. Its compositive from the lunar surface since 2009. That is our spinning ball there. The top part is the sahara desert. Alison amazing. What a picture. Another image from nasa to give a scifi high five. See the picture here. This is kellys third spacewalk. Jonathan we may not have a white christmas, but it will be bright. The last full moon of the year is christmas day. It is called a full cold moon. It wont happen again for 19 years. So at least we get a full moon. There is your space news for the day. You are caught up. Coming up at 4 00, the last bit of dash and a look at the deals out there in the last shopping days before christmas. Plus, feeding the hungry. Look at what is on the menu after a big local donation. Alison 7 on your side about a consumer alert for a data breach. Company behind hello kitty said hackers made the way to 3 million User Accounts but there is no evidence that personal information was stolen. They have fixed the problem that gave the hackers access in the first place. Jonathan so the clock is ticking to get the Christmas Shopping done. How much are we whying this year . Kathy allen joins us from Columbia Heights in d. C. What are the deals that you are seeing this late in the game . I heard this is a great time to get out there and buy. That is right. In fact, some of the prices this week and really up until the final moment are going to be the lowest of the season. You will not struggle to find 65 or 70 off winter gear. Electronics are on sale, pajama, decor. Everything you are looking for will be discounted. Jonathan has the warm weather affected sales in a good or a bad way . There is no question that warm weather improves the desire to buy cold weather items but it doesnt inspire you to buy toys for the children or electronics so we have seen retailer move the winter items a little bit faster because of sales. Overall we think that retail will turn out okay. It will get cold eventually. Jonathan i had a friend that went and bought a winter coat. He didnt need it. But the sale was so great, it was almost half price. They are getting it out of there as fast as they can. What are the retailer doing to get rid of the cold weather gear they are not needing this year . Absolutely. A lot of retailers can stock it away and use it next year. Some fashion retailers however cant use the items next year. So we are expecting to see continued deep discounts through the season. Of course, a lot of those discounts will continue after christmas and in the new year. So if you dont buy one for christmas you can still get a really lowprice coat in january. Jonathan my last question, kathy. After christmas, some of the after christmas sales in years past have been huge. What are you looking forward to this year . Same thing. 47 of shoppers head to the store after christmas to take advantage of the deals. 43 will shot online. If you look for the leftover holiday items, wrapping paper or ornaments, you can find them. Jonathan we appreciate you taking the time. Happy holidays. Alison a british man spreading Holiday Cheer by running around japan dressed as a Christmas Tree. Take a look. Joseph is wearing the costume. There he is literally running through the streets of tokyo. Jonathan awesome. Alison he takes the act to part of the city that are not lit up with christmas decorations. He said he likes to make people laugh and smile where they dont expect it. Jonathan mission accomplished. Alison very cute. All right. We want to see your scenes of the season. Just email us your picture rand video to pics wjla. Com. Jonathan how about this . The National Park service is giving the gift of food to the d. C. Central kitchen this holiday season. Earlier today they donated 700 pounds of venison. It will be used in the meals that the kitchen prepares daily for the nonprofit partners in the d. C. Metro area, including homeless shelters and the afterschool programs. Alison coming up at abc7 news at 5 00 a broad two weeks ago at the Montgomery Blair results in arrest and charges. Well show you cell phone video of the fight. Jonathan plus a family tradition. Five decades in the making gives us a look at the white house history. The National Christmas true through a familys perspective at 5 00. Alison its the first full day of winter. While it doesnt look or feel like it around here, the Sierra Nevada mountains are slammed by heavy winter. I made for great sledding conditions for kids. But it with was a big problem for all the delivery drivers who had trouble getting the last minute christmas packages to the destinations. At the lower elevations snow mixed with rain causing a slushy mess out on the roadways. Jonathan even in reno, nevada, normally they dont see a ton of snow. They are getting hammered as well. It looks like that. I was shocked. Alison so different than what we are experiencing here. Jonathan maybe by Christmas Eve. The texas oak panhandle cowell get major snow levels. Well set a record high. Alison what about travel . We have rain tomorrow. Doug well talk about that. Start with the weekend outlook on tuesday afternoon. First thing this is the map for travel tomorrow. Huge travel day. A lot of rain indicated there. Showers and storms in the northwest. The Northern Rockies and the coast, snow and the wintery weather could be a problem. Look at the problems in the 70s. Christmas day, 40 chance of showers. Heading to the weekend it wont turn cooler than that. 62 on saturday. 66 on sunday. Beyond that, there are chances every day. And coming up ten before 5 00, rush hour at the peak. Joy ponds has a look at what is happening on this tuesday. Joy its getting busy. Dont worry about this. The tough spot the interloop from tysons to the 270 spur. Heavy and slow. Its not even moving making your way around the loop. If you are used to the westbound 626 a mess. Now beltway through manassas. Southbound 95. Heavy and slow in gaithersburg to frederick. Back to you. Jonathan coming up at 4 00 why u. S. Marshals are calling the search for a texas alison 76 people are still missing. The body of a man has been recovered making him the first confirmed death from the tragedy. Jonathan 7 on your side on a consumer alert for recall involving older large ford cars because of headlight problems. They are recalling 313,000 vehicles and impacts 2003 through 2005 crown victories and the grand marquis cars. The headlights can go dark and cause a crash. They will replace the lighting control module for you. Crews cleaning up a a mess after a crane fell on a house. It toppled the home in plymouth and split the roof. There to trim trees on the house. The larger cranes are being brought in to get the one that toppled over out of there. Alison right now, the u. S. Marshals are intensifying the hunt for an 18yearold from texas and his mother. Ethan couch claimed to have affluenza. Now brad bell says detectives are calling it a major case. Brad u. S. Marshals and the f. B. I. On the lookout for ethan couch and his mother. They are not ruling anything out. Sources tell abc news by now its assumed ethan may try to change his appearance. Some folks are cooperating. They may not be truthful with us. Brad while it is believed ethan is on the run with his mother tanya possibly traveling in the ford pickup truck. She isnt the only person who could be in trouble with the law. If the investigation shows other family members or associates, friends, anyone is offering support to ethan they will likely be charged as well. Brad couch was 1 when he killed four people driving drunk in 2013. But was sentenced to probation using the affluenza defense. Condition caused by his wealthy upbringing. Its not a an officially recognized diagnosis. Couch now 18 van gnashed this month after skipping the probation hearing. This video showing him at a party near a beer pong table was posted on twitter. They saw him running once the video surfaced. I want to say to the family of the victim we are doing this for you. We will find him an bring hill back to tarant county. Brad brad bell, abc7 news. Announcer now abc7 news at 5 00. On your side. Jonathan a dupont restaurant temporarily closes. The owners son is one of six americans killed in afghanistan. Tonight family and friends are mourning Staff Sergeant. Alison a suicide bomber loaded a motorcycle with explosives and drove right into his unit in afghanistan. Suzanne kennedy with more on how he is being remembered. Suzanne . Suzanne the 30yearold Staff Sergeant was with the air force office of special investigations. He was stationed at els worth air force base in south dakota. Deployed to afghanistan in october. He was outside Bagram Air Base when he was one of six killed. His mother operate the bub and pop Sandwich Shop in washington. Today customers came by for lunch were greeted by a sign on the door telling them of the attack and the loss to the family. A woman left a teddy bear and miniature Christmas Tree at the front door. My heart is so full. Im grieving for my friends. And im truly devastated. Im truly devastated. The Staff Sergeants mother lives in Northern Virginia and we stopped by the house and they asked us to respect the familys privacy. They would have no comment. It also claimed the life of the first openly gay female active service member. She also had local ties. She graduated from George Washington university in 2010. Live in the newsroom, suzanne kennedy, abc7 news. Jonathan very sad. Thank you. Developing right now from the secret service, squad car broken into at the headquarters downtown. Richard reeve is outside the headquarters. What was stolen from the car . Richard well get to that in a moment but first what reis remarkable about in the story is when it happened. 42 00 in the afternoon. But also where it happened. A couple of blocks from the secret Service Headquarters here. It happened on j street. We have video to show you. Here is what police are telling us what happened. Agent was approaching his car yesterday. He noticed the back of the car was unzipped as if it was a jeep vehicle we believe