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Next tonight here, the bust, catching thieves stealing holiday packages at your door. matt gutman with the team behind the bust tonight. >> hey, stop! put that back! >> reporter: theyre the brazen thieves that strike in broad daylight and in the dead of night. the holidays are peak season for porch pirates. >> most of the time, these package thieves are just going random doorstep to doorstep. theyre just taking the packages. they dont even know what theyre taking. >> reporter: we teamed up with ...

>> put it down. go away. sara porch pirates have targeted communities all across the dmv but the holiday season prevents -- presents even more opportunities. have you ever ever had the package stolen? >> ive not that my neighbor did sara please spend a few minutes asking people if theyve been visited by package thieves and it didnt take long. >> im sitting on the porch resting and i go back inside after the pact which was delivered and i come back outside 20 minutes later the package is gone. >>...

>> put it down. go away. sara porch pirates have targeted communities all across the dmv but the holiday season prevents -- presents even more opportunities. have you ever ever had the package stolen? >> ive not that my neighbor did sara please spend a few minutes asking people if theyve been visited by package thieves and it didnt take long. >> im sitting on the porch resting and i go back inside after the pact which was delivered and i come back outside 20 minutes later the package is gone. >>...

Folks there at the bagram airfield in afghanistan. a surprise visit kept under wraps successfully until the president was on the ground and speaking to the troops and know we are told the presidents impact on his way back to the united states. after serving dinner to troops in afghanistan. >> julie: dont you know it, the holidays are here faster than ever had with black friday and cyber monday ahead of us, watch out for porch pirates. evan lambert from our washington, d.c., affiliate explains wh...

Stolen? >> i did not but my neighbor did. >> we spent a few minutes asking people if theyve been visited by package thieves and it wasnt hard to find victims. >> im sitting outside on the porch just resting and i go back inside after the package was delivered, i come back outside about 20 minutes later, the package is gone. >> somebody stole it from my front porch and i never got to see those things and it was pretty heartbreaking and i dont think people should take things from other peoples hou...

Talk about messing with the wrong guy. a former bounty hunter catches suspected package thieves at his home in las vegas. >> trying to steal something? >> no. >> huh? >> give it here. >> alex pulling a gun on the suspect says they take off. police arrested him about an hour later finding several stolen packages in stolen get away car. cant make that you mean. an ohio student is suspended for posting bible verses in high school after lbgt flags were displayed in hallways. the student says she was...

The parks department wants to outlaw feeding birds and squirrels saying it will clean up parks, critics call it cruel. you could get anywhere from a $50 fine to nighttime bars. time for the good, the bad and the ugly. we begin with the good. a man rages past firefighters risking his own life to save his family dog from his burning home in california. he fights through the flames and heavy smoke emerging minutes later with his dog. they are expected to be okay. talk about messing with the wrong g...

The biggest heist yet with more than a billion packages being delivered as more people do their shopping online. >> that one as well. >> were going to be running two teams. make sure everybody is vested up. >> this police unit is trying to catch package thieves in the act. >> a flat screen tv. >> we have whats made to look like a blue ray player over here. >> someone trying to steal this, theyll be disappointed when they open it up. >> absolutely. >> theres nothing in here. >> as you see someone...

Leiberman, did a ride along with him. >> as you can see hes thinking about it, thinking about it, then he walks right up to the front there. and he goes ahead and takes the package. >> reporter: its something thats happening all across the country. some of it caught on camera. are you seeing more packages being stolen this year? >> absolutely. i think its becoming quite the epidemic. >> reporter: one survey found 23 million americans have had a package stolen. and this holiday season may be the ...

Front there and -- goes ahead. wow. takes the package. >> its something thats happening all across the country, some of it caught on camera. >> are you seeing more packages being stolen this year? >> absolutely. i think its becoming quite the epidemic. >> one survey found 23 million americans have had a package stolen. and this holiday season may be the biggest heist yet with more than a billion packages being delivered as more people do their shopping online. >> that one, as well. were going to...