He was currently out on bond awaiting sentencing in a drug case and had been rearrested in october for leading police on a car chase. Crashing that car and then tossing a handgun in the grass. Prince georges county Police Posted photos on twitter showing the handgun and rifle they found inside of thomas lexus this morning. As for his front seat passenger, he ran away in the shooting. The police later caught and arrested that man in his 30s. So far, he isnt facing any charges. But that could very well change. The vehicle does match a transcription for a vehicle believe to be involved a robbery and shootings in this vicinity. That is not for southern but its one of the investigative leads were actively working on for you. Kevin its worth noting that the two men were camped out in where someone murdered a 23yearold man just last month. There are a lot of moving pieces to this policeinvolved shooting. Investigators still putting them all together this afternoon. Live in Capitol Heights im kevin lewis, abc7 news. Alison kevin, thank you. Now developing out of baltimore. A 13yearold boy is in Critical Condition after being shot in the head. But police tell abc7 the teen is not just a victim here. Lindsey mastis is in the satellite center. Police just provided an update, right . Lindsey thats right. They want everyone to learn that replica guns can be dangerous. This is a picture of the replica gun that he allegedly used and when he and friends tried to carjack a guy in the middle of the day. The target happened to be a 73yearold man who used to be a Baltimore Police officer, is currently a private investigator and has a concealed weapon permit. Once the teen opened the door and waved the gun the driver took action. The teen was shot. The rest of the group ran away. Family of the 13yearold are devastated and they are confused. His aunts insist his family would never allow him to have a replica gun. No. He dont have possession of stuff like that. If he sees his friends or Something Like that, he is a teenager. He wants to hold it and play with it. But no, he doesnt have possession of stuff like that. His mom dont allow him to have possession of stuff like that. Lindsey Baltimore City council recently passed a bill banning replica guns. Police are simply hopeful that the 13yearold will survive. They want to address the ongoing issue of young people and carjacking. Back to you. Jonathan okay. Thanks. Happening now, an allout manhunt across europe. Authorities are searching for this man. 24yearold well have a picture in a second. 24yearold anis amri. He is from understand u that is him. He is wanted for capture. He is wanted for questioning. He may not be the truck driver that plowed through the people in the Christmas Market in berlin killing 12 and injuring others but isis has already come forward claiming responsibility for the attack. You remember the seen at Union Station in july in chaotic. People were evacuated following a bomb threat. The roads were closed off. They were searching a package they saw. Police arrested the man who called in the threat. They say he did it for his amusement and it was a hoax. The man is james cherry. He was in court for making a false threat. A lot of you first learn about the breaking stories via text. You can sign up for breaking alerts on wjla. Com text. Its easy to do. Go on the website. You can do that. If news breaks you will immediately know about it on your phone or tablet. Alison well, a magnitude 2. 2 earthquake, so a small one rattled part of Central Virginia today. This is just north of ashlan but the epicenter is not far from mineral. That is the same location of the large 5. 8 magnitude quake we had in 201. That one, of course, rattled the midatlantic. No reports of any damage today. 22 people did report the quake. Lets turn to the weather. It may be fine now but what about the travel forecast . Stormwatch7s chief meteorologist doug hill has a look at that. Richard reeve is at the airport for folks arriving for the holidays but well begin with doug and the weather. Doug man, we are off to a great start as we head to the Holiday Weekend. If only we could keep it like this. We wont. But right now its gorgeous. 55 degrees, plenty of sunshine. Its 60 in washington. There is a cold front going through as we speak. To the north we are dealing with the cloudiness. With the clouds comes a few snowshowers over portion of new tomorrow is fine traveling. Then we get to saturday and everything changes. Rain likely. We will highlight that and the rest of the Holiday Weekend forecast in ten minutes. John . Jonathan all right. Thank you very much. While we have nice weather here it is a nightmare situation for travel, especially when you figure what is going on out west. In los angeles, at lax. They have long lines out there. Because they have construction going on there. It is a nightmare. A different story here. If you go to reagan, you can get out easily. Despite the travel problems there were longawaited emotional reunions. Richard the travel mantra. Nobody likes to travel. Everybody loves the destination. These are folks unloading from the taxis getting ready to get on the plane. 138,000 d. C. Residents will be flying. Why do they do it . They come to the airport to find out. This tells the reason. This is 19yearold deanna hayes of woodbridge hugging her fiance terry perry. They havent seen each other since last january. We found her in the baggage area. Her eyes searching. Clutching a bouquet of roses. She didnt know the airport. She had never been here before. We led her upstairs for the arrivals and she spotted terry who is stationed in fort bliss in texas. Havent seen each other in nearly a year. This was an awesome reunion. We face time all the time. I still get to see him but not physically. I dont get to hug him. I dont get to kiss him and say hi all the time. Is this the best Christmas Present ever . Yes, it is. My heart is beating. Richard terry has two weeks of leave to stick around here. She told us she went to three different shops to find the perfect bouquet of roses. That is love. Coming up at 6 00, we will hear from two sisters about what the meaning of christmas is for them. Reporting live, richard reeve, abc7 news. Alison very sweet. All right. Thank you. With christmas around the corner, porch pirates have been nabbing packages across the area. In montgomery county, four of the criminals were just picked up. 7 on your side now fighting back against crime. Ryan hughes is in germantown where the victims are being reunited with the packages here. Hey, ryan. Ryan its looking like a department store. Dozens of packages now lining the take inside the conference room. Kitchen towels and even a chair that were stolen off the porch of the home. Today, the people who ordered those gifts online as you said, getting a chance to stop by here to pick it up. Montgomery county police say they have seen a big increase this year of porch pirates stealing gifts from home. They made a handful of arrests over the past few weeks but the majority of the items being stolen happened two days ago. 18 and 17yearold were charged after police say they were following a delivery truck. Officers were able to nab them. Recover 30 packages. They notified the people in the area and today they stopped by to pick up what they ordered. Take a listen. I think its fantastic. I had no idea it had disappeared. There were rumors that people had been coming around to steal gifts from the neighborhood. Ryan two teenagers were arrested last weak for stealing packages. We are told a dozen packages in that case. Police tell us this is an ongoing investigation. That they expect more arrests to come. We have more coming up at 5 00. For now, we live in georgetown, ryan hughes. Alison thank you. As abc7 fights back against crime. We want to alert you to a special web page at wjla. Com. Under the 7 on your side tab, you can click on porch pirate and right there we are posting pictures and videos of the grinches. Unfortunately, there are quite a few of them out there. Jonathan hopefully you can help find one. Coming up next at 4 00 for us, a fitting farewell for a jeopardy champion. Alison also next, 200 people in hagerstown lined the streets to see. And this. Hey, you cant vape on a bus, man. Alison an ecigarette explosion. Just how bad this guy was hurt after he put the ecigarette in his pocket. But you dont lovereakfast. That you cant get all your favorites. But now you can get more of what you love. So you can find Something Else to not love. Like hearing the sound of your own voice. softly like hearing the sound of your own voice. Get more choices you love, now with all day breakfast. Hey, you cant vape on the bus, man. Jonathan 7 on your side consumer alert. New concern this afternoon regarding dangerous ecigarettes. You see that . This was out in california. This guy suffered thirddegree burns after he put the and then he was told by the bus driver you cant smoke. He put it in his pocket and it exploded. Industry experts say the battery is likely to blame. Last night on abc7 many of you watched the end of an incredible jeopardy run by a young woman whose life ended too soon. America watched as Cindy Stowell who had stage four cancer won six straight nights. Suzanne kennedy with her final words about her time on the show. Suzanne it was always something she wanted to do. In her final days she saw it as a way to help others. This is hard. Im dying of cancer. I would like the money to be used to help others. Zeus her run on jeopardy ended with last nights episode, airing 16 days after the 41yearold died from colon cancer. Her boyfriend says the austin, texas, woman dug deep to be able to take the episode august. Its still amazing to me. She was not doing well the day before. She was understandably worn out and exhausted right afterwards. She did, she did great. Suzanne before her audition she emailed the jeopardy producers telling them she didnt have long to live. She passed the audition and was booked for the first available taping. She has had a crazy run of skill and a little luck mixed in. What is the peach state . Correct. What is the joy of cooking . Cooking, yes. Suzanne she answered her final question on last nights show correctly but still came in second place in her final appearance. Afterwards, host alex trebek paid tribute to the woman who showed unusual strength. Congratulations, young lady. Suzanne she came from behind several time to extend the run to six nights. In the end she earned more than 100,000. All of cancerrelated charities. In the newsroom, suzanne kennedy, abc7 news. Alison strength is right. Jonathan amazing. Alison to have a clear mind to answer the questions while you are going through so much in your life. That is amazing. Jonathan all right. Alison 7 on your side now with the health alert. That one is guidance when it comes to newborns. Because doctors are now recommending not cutting the umbilical cord for at least 30 seconds to a minute after birth. This is a critical period, of course, in which the oxygenrich blood still flows to the baby which is just beginning to breathe on its own out of the womb. So this is double what happens now. The cord is usually cut 15 to 20 seconds after birth unless the newborn is premature. A big change there. Speaking of newborns this couple from virginia temporarily moved to phoenix. They are on their way back now but they are not coming margaret and mike are now the parents of five quintuplets. My goodness. The couple struggled for years to get pregnant, suffering two miscarriages. I didnt design a nursery before we left because i was worried id lose the baseball and lose the baby and have to go to a nursery and clean that up. That would be difficult for me. The day i went to the hospital, i told mike this is the first day im not afraid. Alison the family of seven is expected to head back next month. You can follow the babys progress on their blog. How in world they have time to blog with five babies is beyond me. But its called a bundle of bodinets, their last name there. Congratulations. Jonathan they wont see any sleep for a long, long time. Alison many years. Many years. Santa came to congratulate them, too. Abc7 on traffic watch. Jamie sullivan has a look at the the getaway day. Right . Jamie it is. Anyone who is trying to leave the d. C. Area heading north, may try to catch a flight at b. W. I. If you decide you want to take the baltimore washington parkway the slowest area just past route 32 for you. You drop down to 15 Miles Per Hour. 59 the not terrible. Between the beltway heading north to 31 minutes. 95 in a better option for you now trying to catch a flight at b. W. I. Not bad heading closer to reagan. Its moving well now heading inbound on the g. W. Parkway. Its outbound we see the heavier volume as we approach the capital beltway. We are in the single digits. Closer here to bradley boulevard. We are seeing volume. This is on the interloop. So before you get to bradley boulevard. Watch for the police activity. Traveling on 359 you can see some sun glare leaving the city. 10 Miles Per Hour. That is your southeast, southwest freeway we see slowing as well. You get a good idea here with the sun coming in of what to expect. Heading northbound, b. W. Parkway slower than 95. Jonathan im still going to quintuplets. The parents are getting older and they want to get in trouble. You you forget your names. Alison you had twins. Doug twins about killed us. Jonathan get it all done in one day. Doug well, those two. We have other ones, too. Alison john said how warm it felt. Doug 50s. Jonathan it was great. Doug i wish we could keep it like this all winter. For the next two weeks in general we will stay at or above average in temperatures. Lets take care of here and now. The cold front is working. 25 to 33 degrees overnight with mostly clear skies. Here are the in college park. 27 in gaithersburg. Expect the low to be 30 in leesburg. 29 in woodbridge. 33 in annapolis. 30 degrees in upper marlboro. The forecast as we head through the day tomorrow looks nice. We will see plenty of sunshine through the midday and the early afternoon. Clouds will increase tomorrow and the evening. Highs of 47. Clouds in advance of a cold front that will definitely have an effect on the weather here on saturday. Look for the travel conditions tomorrow. Around the country. We start to the great lakes. There is a disturbance to bring us light snow. It should not be enough to impact the air operations. Look at the temperatures above freezing. Very cold air, plenty of sunshine in the east. Warm temperatures to the south, through the 50s. New orleans is 71 and the sunshine. 54 in San Francisco with rain. Rain and the snowshowers. Seattle, takoma. But the temperatures are above freezing. As far as what will happen in the day tomorrow. Future cast shows through the afternoon the rain and snow will move through the lakes. If the modeling is right in the early afternoon it should be out of here. Better news for sunday, Christmas Day as the High Pressure builds in to give us plenty of sunshine and system temperature. The first is 47 tomorrow. Then on saturday, Christmas Eve and the first night of hanukkah is rain. We will taper off to 70 chance for midday. Ending. Sunday looks great. Sunshine and 49 for the first day of kwanzaa on monday. 56 in the sunshine. 60 on tuesday. New years eve and new years day is cool, crisp and bright sunshine. Conway is now a member of the trump administration. Her new role and who the president elect tapped as press secretary. I know i have to be strong. Not only for my family bu my nephew as well. Alison yeah. This weeks rising star is doing it all. Lifting spirits on the court and for her family. Her young nephew is in the fight of his life. Did you know slow internet can actually hold your business back . Everything. Comcast business offers blazing fast and reliable internet thats 10 times faster than slow internet from the phone company. Say hello to internet speeds up to 150 mbps. And add phone and tv for only 34. 90 more a month. Call today. Comcast business. Built for business. Alison a High School Student making a name for herself in the hard work in the classroom, as a cheerleader and for her help at home. Erin hawksworth introduces us now to this weeks team player erin mirna madanado a varsity cheerleader at the high school is the prime example of perseverance. I have been doing it since elementary school. Its something that i love to do. She won the m. V. P. At the dcsaa cheerleading competition last year, helping her team place first. What was that experience like for you . It was good. I didnt expect it. She is also a rock star in the classroom with a 4. 10 g. M. A. All while helping take care of her 8yearold nephew who has leukemia. You obviously love and care about him so much. It has to be hard. Yeah. I know i have to be strong. Not only for my family but a i had to be strong for them. She is an athlete that knows what being a substitute athlete is about. Erin how have you handled that . Doing well at school and everything you are going through with your family . I would say time management. And determination is really important to me. With time management i am able to do everything i have to do at home. Erin keep up the great work. You are this weeks team player. Alison wow jonathan you got to love that. Alison good for her. Jonathan great spirit. Alison strong young lady. Jonathan no question. Coming up next at 4 00, donald trump names new members to the next administration including a familiar name. Plus,ca he keep his can he keep his personal security detail or will the secret service completely take over . Mixed reaction from metro riders about the new smart trip card for the inauguration. Im amy aubert w why are you checking i want to see if it changed. Credit scores dont change that much do they . Really . Ill take it sir, your credit. Is great, right . When was the last time you checked . Yeah, i better check my credit score. Here, try credit karma. Its free. Alright, no more surprises. Credit karma. Give yourself some credit. Doug a cold front moving across the area. If you look up, you will see a big blue line with blue triangles on it. No, not really. Mild temperatures in the 50s. 56 here. 57 in annapolis. As we get through the evening a brief band of clouddiness. A quiet evening. The temperatures will drop quickly ahead of the system. The snow is running through new england. That will be offshore overnight. The outlook overnight is for the partly cloudy and the clear skies. Temperatures ranging from 25 to 33 degrees by tomorrow morning. The friday forecast, another great getaway forecast. Sunshine in the morning. Clouds in the afternoon. 47 degrees. Looking ahead to the Holiday Weekend clouds all day long on saturday. Rain in morning and rain in midday. Hopefully it will rain and then sunshine on Christmas Day. Highs to 49. Steve rudin is back in 20 minutes with a look at the next ten days of weather. Alison looks nice. Thank you. Well, as donald trump prepares to take over as the 45th president of the united states. His staff continues to grow. Kellyanne conway, of course, trumps former Campaign Manager will stay on with the the president. She will help implement the legislative priorities for the white house. Sean spicer will take over as White House Press secretary. Leading the briefings from the brady room, he has been the Republican National committee communication director. Spicer will be one of the most visible faces of the next administration. Jonathan well, donald trump says he is giving up his business but he has no plans to give up his private Security Team. Jeff goldberg is in the abc7 live desk with his decision. And another one that is breaking from tradition. Jeff . Jeff that is right. This does seem unprecedented. Donald trumps private Security Team has been with him since he won the election. He will reportedly keep some member of the team on staff after he becomes president. That is an an arrangement receiving some criticism from former members of the secret service. The private Security Team, former military and the Law Enforcement have been with donald trump in the postelection thank you rallies in addition to the secret service. This is a break from tradition. Dropped the private security after winning the election and relied on local Law Enforcement at big events. In a political article published this weak, former secret Service Agent says, its playing with fire to have private security working alongside the secret service, saying it increases possibility of confusion and risk. Today outside the white house several people we spoke to dont think it will create problems once trump is sworn in. There shouldnt be much if they are both on the same level of what is secure and the perimeter. My sense is mr. Trump and the people will understand they have to work out an arrangement to protect his life and that of his family. Trump spokesman jason miller calling the politico story nonsense saying it was blowing the issue out of proportion. Still unknown how many people in the private Security Team will stay on president. One member will likely have a special place in the administration. We have more on that at 5 00. Until then, live in the newsroom, jeff goldberg, abc7 news. Alison thank you very much. This might just be the perfect gift for the donald trump fan in your family. Its gold genie is the company. Store in the arab emirates. Selling a iphone 7 case encased in solid gold encrusted with diamonds on the edges and it bears the face of donald trump. Jonathan they specialize in gold plaiting any item you want. If you dont believe us the price is 155,000. Alison you dont have to worry about anyone else getting it for them. Jonathan the new metro smartcard is causing quite a chatter. Alison they are adding a sleeve to the fare card after it doesnt crude a picture of the president elect. Amy aubert has more. Amy metro is gearing up for a busy Inauguration Day. Smart trip cards for Inauguration Day are available for 10. It gives riders access to unlimited trips on january 20. You can purchase the cards on wmata website. That is a good idea. They will get more service by doing that. Amy what is currently pictured on the cards stirring up discussion. I think the picture should be on the card. That was a cheap shot. The 2017 cards showing an american flag. The cards from the 2009 inauguration as well as the 2013 inauguration picture president barack obama. He is not going to like that. He will react some kind of crazy, hysterical way. That is cool. Trump sometimes, he sa anything. When asked why president elect trumps photo was not used metro released a statement saying metro requested to use requested permission to use a photo but received no response from the campaign. Due if they did it for obama they should do it for trump. Metro is working closely with the inaugural committee to design a sleeve. They could not confirm the president elect picture will be used or when it will be complete. They should do something now that they are in this position. Amy aubert, abc7 news. Amy a big economic boost announced today for the city of hagerstown. Larry hogan said more than 7 million is being pledged. Over five years. To go toward a Downtown Revitalization plan. The announcement came at the maryland theater, restored venue th i think it will make a big difference. What i love is the county commissioners together with the city of hagerstown and the school board and the university and the state. And a lot of private investors and the private Business People involved. With the maryland theater. Its an examining of how we should its an example of how we should do things. Alison it includes expanding both University System of Maryland Education center and an arts operated public high school. Jonathan there is new information this evening, declassified report on Edward Snowden says he has remained contact with russian intelligence since arriving in moscow three years ago. That is from a congressional investigation. In 2013, he revealed that the u. S. Government was trying to hack in to key data lines collecting info on telephone calls and examining emails from overseeings. While at least 72 people died in russia after drinking counterfeit bath lotion containing methanol. I have no idea why they are doing that. There is no explanation either. But the death occurred occurreda siberian city. 33 people still in the hospital. Six others were lucky they were released. Alison winter vacation is finally underway for the royal couple. Queen elizabeth ii and her husband Prince Phillip left this morning by helicopter after delaying the trip to the country home because of what has now been described as having heavy colds. The couple was supposed to leave yesterday but never turned up for the train. Buckingham palings later issued a statement about their colds. Jonathan still ahead for us the 7 on your side consumer alert. Update to a story we have been following for years. Dogs being billed as being able to detect complications from diabetes. Is that really possible . The lawsuits across the country and a Virginia Judge tak breeder. That is coming up. What is going on . They are breaking into my house. Could you come really quick . Alison this 11yearold plea for help. How she was able to survive and ultimately help the police track down the burglars. Thats next. Jonathan there was a real life home alone story she is the main character. Alison only it was not funny at all what this 11yearold girl had to go through. I need help. I need help. Desperate whispers from ashley bermudas as she called 911 after seeing an unknown car pull into her driveway. She hid in her closet and the crooks made their way through the home, eventually finding ashley. Oh, no, please. Please. I wont say anything. I promise you. Jonathan oh, my gosh. Police say the men immediately took off after seeing ashley. They were later caught because they crashed their car in a truck. The 911 operator credits ashley staying level headed for it ending the way it did. Scary. Alison terrible situation. Jonathan coming up next at abc7 news at 4 00 female the effects of the alcohol you drank feel the effects of the alcohol you drank . Jonathan a admitting to drinking. Wait until you see what they found next to the seat and how far over the legal limit the stumbling guy was. Lifesaving dogs and highprice puppies. A Virginia Judge rules against company that claims to train diabetic a jonathan take a second. Look at the dash cam video. See the semi . He is not staying on the road. A walmart truck driver caught driving recklessly. The he drives off the road. Hits a sign. Crosses multiple lanes before stopping. You see that . He didnt climb out of the truck. He fell out of the truck. As you may have guessed he was drunk. So drunk he was crawling. That is the deputy holding up what was next to his seat. Bottles of vodka. His Company Fired him after they learned of his d. U. I. What a shock. Alison wow jonathan i cant believe it. Alison terrible. 7 on your side with a consumer alert now. Ikea reached 50 million settlement with three families whose children died after the product tipped over. The accidents took place between 2014 and 2016 with dressers. It led to a recall of 8 million dressers and chests by ikea. Diabetic alert dogs. Are they truly lifesavers or really nothing more than pricy pets . Jonathan well, the Virginia Company that breeds themselves retrievers is now sued by the families all over the country. This week the Virginia Attorney general took action. 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 doesnt cooperate with the attorney generals 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 wouldnt 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 lifesaver. 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 didnt work out like that. Kimberly more than 35 customers filed complaints for the Virginia Attorney general accusing warren of overcharging for undertrained power playpies, overpromising lifesaving diabetic alert dogs. This month warren ice accusers and defenders faced off on a national stage. Part of the fiery exchanges are on the dr. Phil show website. And the founder of if National Institute for diabetic alert dogs lilly grace warns against trained to save a life. Anytime you take a new puppy, ten, 12, 14weekold puppy and you put it out there as a Trained Service dog, that is a fraud. Kimberly 7 on your side did reach out to dan warren and his richmond attorney. They did not return our calls today. We spoke to the attorney in may and he says he has cooperated with government attorneys and the claim of unhappy clients usually only come up when people dont want to pay the bills for the dogs. Back to you. Alison thank you for the followup there. Well, if you are thinking about buying a new home heading to the new year good luck. It is getting more expensive by the week. That is just for the mortgage. 30year fixed rate loans surge again. The average interest up to 4. 3 . The highest levels in more than two years. Realtors are predicting this with the hawaiiing home prices could slow the jonathan a small Traffic Accident that led to a major drug bust. Discovery that prescription drugs were stolen from a voluntary drop box to turn in prescribed medications anonymously. As Maryland Bureau chief brad bell reports the Person Police say took the drugs was trusted with protecting them. Brad all operations of the Anne Arundel County drug lab are suspended because of the alleged actions of this woman. Annette box. The civilian supervisor of the lab. Police say she was busted yesterday when the officers spotted a pile of medicine in her car. They thought that to be suspicious. That she had so many prescription drugs. Brad Police Believe she took the drugs that included the painkillers from the Police Drug Drop Boxes like this one are where citizens dispose of unwanted medicine. She has access to the bins. The drop boxes. She wasnt disposing of them properly. She had extra in therca. In the car. Brad now the d. E. A. Is being called in to investigate. The Anne Arundel County police will also do their own interim investigation. Box, the 48yearold Lab Supervisor is charged with multiple count of drug possessions. So far the Anne Arundel Police say they found no indication that any evidence or criminal cases have been tampered with. In millersville, brad bell, abc7 news. Jonathan during the holidays memories are made around the dinner table. Help us set a place at the table for those who sacrificed so much for all of us by nominating a veteran to win dining room set valued at 3,000. Easy to do it. Go to wjla. Com 7salutes and nominate a deserving veteran today. Nominations are accepted through december 28. Good luck. Alison all right. Steve is here now to talk about the weather and specifically the weekend which happens to be a pretty big one. Steve a huge weekend. The kwanzaa, thanksgiving not thanksgiving. Christmas. We have hanukkah. Get it all out of there. Alison a lot of holidays but not thanksgiving. Stephen well talk about tonight and then the upcoming weekend. Temperatures if you have the outdoor shopping plans or if you are going for a walk, temperatures are in the 40s. Mainly clear skies. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10. In the overnight, temperatures range in the middle 20s. Suburban locations to the lower 30s downtown d. C. Winds will be relatively light. Dont have to worry about the wind chill factor. Tomorrow, the clouds increase in the latest afternoon hour. Not as mild as earlier today. Highs will make it in the upper 40s. But still, shopping weather, the lastminute shopping looks fine. A lot of the kids are out of school for the year. Then you look for them to have Outdoor Activities and they will be fine tomorrow. Future cast. Cloud cover. 5 00 friday. Nearing the busy travel period. A lot of folks are getting ready to head out. By saturday, Christmas Eve, you will likely need an umbrella. Not a snow shovel. This is rain for the Early Morning hours. By noon, 3 verz to 4 00 in the afternoon 3 00 to 4 00, n the afternoon, it begins to clear out. You may see peaks of sunshine but dont count on a lot. The extended outlook from storm watch 7. First day of hanukkah and Christmas Eve on saturday. The highs upper 40 to 50 on sunday. Kwanzaa is on monday. Middle 50s. Look at tuesday. Around 60 degrees. We are going to end the year. 2016 with a high around 40 degrees. The first day of the new year shows a High Temperature of 41 with a lot of sunshine. But still, no snow in sight on our tenday outlook. Lets get a check on what is going on for the rush hour commute. Here is jamie sullivan. Jamie we will start out with anyone traveling to d. C. North toward baltimore washington airport. If you are heading to b. W. I. , you dont want to take the baltimore wa out. Then you hit the brakes again closer to route 32. 95 is my suggestion. It will take you 31 minutes between the beltways now. Big picture look around the capital beltway. We are seeing not bad traffic at all through prince georges county. In virginia, getting from the springfield interchange in alexandria is slow. Leaving d. C. , all the arteries are heavy. Kenilworth avenue. D. C. , 295, freeway and 395 in virginia as you try to head outbound. 7 Miles Per Hour in the northwest corner on the inner loop. A live look near bradley boulevard shows this is the inner loop. Just working your way north. Outer loop, a little looser as far as the volume goes but it is still going to be slow. 395 leaving the city, you can see definitely some volume. 10 Miles Per Hour is the average. This is the bottom side of the beltway near the wilson bridge. No crashes to report right now. Alison . Alison thank you. Still ahead at 4 00. If you have enough t tree, big ticket items can wait until next year. The four popular items that will cost much less in 2017 compared to right now. That is next. Jonathan are you ready for christmas . We are on the countdown. It continues. Now three days left. Jonathan there are some things that you shouldnt buy now. John matarese shows us that patience can pay off so you dont waste your money. John this is it. The final day to finish the shopping. People trying to find the lowest price on a gift for someone special. If you wait until after christmas you will score a much better deal. Every store is advertising big sales in the countdown to christmas. But the kippaling personal finance says if its not a gift and you can wait you will get a better price later. Among them cars. The best deals are the yearend sales between christmas and new years. Plus you wont have to pay for a big red bow. Name brand tvs. The best sales are around the super bowl. Furniture, january is the Biggest Furniture sales. Jewelry. Those are best after valentines day. Luggage, the biggest sales are in march. The secret is the discounts are not that great. Wall street journal say retailers make higher Profit Margins this time of year than the spring and summer. Doesnt that stink . The journal says many of the biggest Holiday Season markdowns are in items that were never sold at the full price to begin with. If you need it by Christmas Day you need it. But waiting a week could reap benefits if its clothing so you dont waste your money. John matarese, abc7 news. Alison next at 5ers. Metro newest recruit are ready to keep us safe through the holidays and in the inauguration. He is busy. Im busy. To see him now for christmas is amazing. Alison the spirit of the season takes hold. We captured great reunions as the folks head home. The longs are long for a miracle on seventh street to get you in the holiday spirit with spirit abc7 news at 5 00. On your side. Alison the market targeted in berlin is back open as the world searching for a man that broke through it killing a dozen people. Security are being stepped up at markets and Public Places around the country. In d. C. , Metro Transit Police have new members to keep us all safe. Transportation reporter Brianne Carter live at the Lenfant Metro station you will see only on 7. Brianne well, as we inch closer to inauguration, security is top of mind. Especially here at metro. The newest members of the department will be looking at everything from the trash cans within the system to possibly even bags that are left behinds like this one. They are the newest members of the explosive detection unit. They are we got a firsthand look at the five newest members, the graduating class of the latest academy. Blaine, rocco, bin, sampson and itis join the second largest k79 team in the region. It has been ten weeks of training and it was all time to wrap up just in time for inauguration. These are dogs walking by a trash can and they will immediately go to work. Its amazing. They are looking for key explosives. We put them to the test. We hid something and see if they can find it. Jonathan well see you then. Thank you. In germany the market did reopen for business today. German prosecutors searched several places in berlin and the western part of germany where they thought that anis amri could be hiding