Tracking what this same system is bringing us. Lets get right to eileen. Unseasonably cold today through the weekend rain snow chances increasing tonight tomorrow highest impacts to southern md around 2 of snow possible cold blustery sunday today cloudy cold. Few showers over southern md. Highs 4042 winds n to s 5 mph tonight cloudy cold. Rain snow mix over southern md. Lows 2934 winds s 5 mph saturday am rain snow mix. Any accumulation over southern md. Clearing west to east. Highs 3539 winds ne breaking right now in gaithersburg into an apartemnt on teachers way. The victim says he heard a knock and opened the door. Thats when three men flashed their guns and got inside. Stealing a laptop, wallet, cell phone and two guns. Police say they took off in a 2004 or 2005 white Crown Victoria with tinted windows and maryland tags. And in Howard County a fire overnight at a super 8 motel in jessup. This is on washington boulevard. Crews arrived to find heavy smoke on the second floor. The flames were quickly knocked down and no one was hurt. Firefighters in Southern California in an uphill battle against six major wildfires burning out of control. The latest forcing a state of emergency just north of san diego as it grows by the hour. The lilac fire has already destroyed dozens of homes and is threatening thousands more. Dry and windy weather conditions are not helping in the fight. The fires have destroyed so many homes. Leaving many with nothing to come back to. The thomas fire alone has burned over 100thousand acres and is expected to get even worse. Crews expect these fires to burn through christmas. Stay with abc seven for continuing coverage from california. Well have a live report from the ground in Ventura County, coming up at six oclock. Nearly a decade after her murder a break in the case of Pamela Butler could come in just a matter of hours. This Morning Police will begin searching an area of staffod find her remains. That search based on the word of the man who killed her. Family members say they hope it will bring them closure. Butlers boyfriend Jose Rodriguez cruz pleaded guilty to her murder two months ago. Saying he strangled her to death after the two got into an argument. He agreed to help locate butlers remains in exchange for a 12year sentence. The search is near i95 and garrisonville road. Virginia state police say access to the express lanes will be cut off at ten am. Butlers family is hopeful. But investigators say the terrain in that area has changed over the years which could make it difficult to find any remains. Hundreds gathering for an emotional vigil on the National Mall to remember a mclean man killed by police. Bijan ghaisar was shot by Us Park Police following a chase three weeks ago. He died of his injuries ten details of exactly what lead to the shooting are still unknown. His family says this night was about honoring bijans life. But they say they will never give up seeking justice. Bijans family says he was shot in the head three times despite being unarmed. Park police never said why they shot him and the fbi is now leading the investigation the fallout from Sexual Misconduct allegations is ramping up on capitol hill. Less than 24 hours ago, two lawmakers announced. Theyll step down. Senator al franken of minnesota says hell resign in the coming weeks. Eight women have accused the minnesota democrat of misconduct. Also, arizona gop congressman trent franks announced, hell step aside. He faced an ethics investigation. He says he never tried to have sexual contact with any member of his staff. Congrssman franks with two previous female subordinates about surrogate pregnancy made them feel uncomfortable. Still ahead a Community Coming together overnight. The new details after a student opens fire at a new mexico high school. A mother lashing out in court her message to the man accused of murdering her son. Eileen live tease as you head out the door heres a look at your on the go. Traffic watch 7 go travel times. What if we could keep more amof what we earn . D. Trillions of dollars going back to taxpayers. Who could possibly be against that . Well, the National Debt is 20 trillion. As we keep adding to it, guess who pays the bill . Him. And her. And her. Congress, we should grow the economy. Not the debt. 1thats like a big yummy hug. . So hug it up hug more. Hug large. Hug medium . Hug that. Live it a hug life with 1. 99 medium or larger hot chocolate. America runs on dunkin. Increasing tonight tomorrow highest impacts to southern md around 2 of snow possible cold blustery sunday today cloudy cold. Few showers over southern md. Highs 4042 winds n to s 5 mph tonight cloudy cold. Rain snow mix over southern md. Lows 2934 saturday am rain snow mix. Any accumulation over southern md. Clearing west to east. Highs 3539 winds ne to se 5 mph coming up caps fans give back. 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By the mother of murdered nba player lorenzen wright. Deborah marion lashed out at billy turner, who was indicted tuesday on a firstdegree the judge told her. He would not allow another such interruption. Wrights body was found in a field outside memphis in july of 2010, ten days after he was reported missing. He was shot multiple times. Turner is being held on onemillion dollars bond. Despite recent concerns about ticket sales. This morning the ioc says sales for the Winter Olympics in south korea are picking up. Selling tickets has been a major challenge as problems loom around these games. The biggest concern is north koreas missile testing but the ioc says there is no security threat. 55 percent of tickets have been sold. The ioc hopes to get at least 90 percent of the tickets sold by the start of the games. If youre heading to the caps game tonight dont f the capitals are hosting a toy drive at capital one arena. Fans can drop off a new, unwrapped toys at the f street entrance. If you donate. Youll get a poster of caps goaltender braden hotlby. Last season caps and wizards fans donated more than 15hundred toys and 16hundred dollars to the salvation army. Dont forget were still collecting for toys for tots just head to wjladotcom slash toys. And help us make the holidays bright for children in need. Well donate it to toys for tots for you you can order through next wednesday. 5 xx and its time for kidds class weve all gotten a present we didnt really like and with the Holiday Season upon us i was looking for some advice on what you do with that gift, so i headed out to Jo Wilson Elementary School in ne dc for this weeks kids class, here is what they had to say time now for weather today through the weekend rain snow chances increasing tonight tomorrow highest impacts to southern md around 2 of snow possible cold blustery sunday today cloudy cold. Few showers over southern md. Highs 4042 winds n to s 5 mph tonight cloudy cold. Rain snow mix over southern md. Lows 2934 winds s 5 mph saturday am rain snow mix. Any accumulation over southern md. Clearing west to east. Highs 3539 winds ne to se 5 mph coming up the most popular apps of 2017. Change. Why ups is ditching some of those iconic brown vans. And getting the perfect rock shot. The new phone case helping caputre that onceinalifetime moment next. when it comes to holiday shopping, my wife loves style, my son is all about technology and my daughter . She just loves horses. Dont you just love onestop shopping . I do. Ring in the holidays with buick. Get up to 20 below msrp on most 2017 luxury suv models. Thats over 7,100 on this Buick Envision essence. Experience the new buick this Holiday Season. Were following two breaking news for you right now accidents closing bw parkway in maryland and i95 in virginia. John gonzalez begins our were following two breaking news for accidents closing bw parkway in maryland and i95 in virginia. John gonzalez begins our julie toss to q sevens on stormwatch with a alert. Eileen is tracking the timeline in the stormwatch seven weather center. Unseasonably cold today through the weekend rain snow chances increasing tonight tomorrow highest impacts to southern md around 2 of snow possible cold blustery sunday today cloudy cold. Few showers over southern md. Highs 4042 winds n to s 5 mph tonight cloudy cold. Rain snow mix over southern md. Lows 2934 winds s 5 mph saturday am rain snow southern md. Clearing west to east. Highs 3539 winds ne to se 5 mph breaking overnight breaking overnight a breakthrough on brexit. The European Commission saying sufficient progress has been made at talks this morning. Negotiations will now enter the challenging second phase to discuss trade and security as britain works to leave the european union. British Prime Minister theresa may scrambled all week after an earlier agreement was derailed because of issues surrounding the border between Northern Ireland and the republic of ireland. 5 xx and those new tolls on i66 going into effect just minutes ago. As calls for them to be suspended grow louder. It comes after tolls in the first few days topped out at forty dollars for some commuters now more than 15 state senators and delegates are calling for an immediate suspension to the toll program. Vdot says their demands are politically motivated and claims the tolls are working as planned. Happening now a search for a vintage vespa stolen from an iconic arlington shop this celestegreen scooter was parked right outside the Italian Store on saturday when it was swiped. The incident caught on this surveillance video. Police say the two theives were driving this red ford. The shop owners tell us the vespa has been in the family for years. And they hope the public can help bring it back. New this morning dockless bikes hitting the streets in silver spring. The spin company put out 100 bikes in the area overnight. Its the Third Company to take part in the project Montgomery County department of transportation. You need the app to use them. Seven on your side as you get ready for the holidays. And those shipping deadlines will be here before you know it. Items being mailed by usps ground shipping must be processed in less than week that deadline next thursday, december 14th. The deadline for first class shipping is december 19th. Priority and priority express deadlines are the 20th and 22nd. But itll cost you. A flat rate box is 18 dollars. Shipping heavy packages could cost more than sixty bucks and the maker of those big, brown trucks is thinking outside the box to get all those packages delivered in time for the holidays. Just a few hours ago the city council in golden, colorado, approved a Pilot Program for ups to use golf carts for deliveries in residential neighborhoods. The idea is to make things safer so drivers and pedestrians dont have to peer around the big trucks. For identity. An adopted Arlington Woman finding out who she really is. The incredible reunion decades in the making. Plus its snowing in texas. Were tracking chances for flakes to fall in our area. Eileen . Eileen live tease and heres a look at your traffic watch travel times. Dear suswe get it. Ackers, we know it can be a texture thing, and there are lots of brands choose from. But its time for you to pick up your big spoon and try new hood cottage cheese. Its the brand people have trusted for more than 170 years. Like pineapple, cucumber dill or classic country style. And since its packed with satisfying protein, youll want to try all of hoods amazing flavors. Dont miss out on delicious. 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Flames jumping highways burning dozens of homes and thousands of acres. The latest wildfire erupted just north of san diego. So far at least 141thousand acres have burned. And things wont get any easier for firefighters as winds help spread the flames. Crews fear these flames could burn through christmas. Stay with abc seven for continuing coverage from california. Well have a live report from the ground in Ventura County, coming up in about 15 minutes. At six oclock. In just a few hours police plan to search an area of Stafford County for the body of Pamela Butler. Her boyfriend, Jose Rodriguez cruz, claims thats where he buried her body about nine years ago. Two months ago. Butlers boyfriend Jose Rodriguezcruz, pleaded guilty to Second Degree murder. He promised to show police where her body is. For a 12 year sentence. The search is happening near i95 and garrisonville road. Virginia state police say access to the express lanes will be cut off at ten am and could last for a few hours. As controversy swirls over president trumps decision to recognize jerusalem as israels capital, hes reaching out to jewish americans. He and First Lady Melania Trump hosted their first hanukkah reception at the white house. About 300 guests were there. Clashes are erupting in the middle east, after president trumps announcement this week. Hezbollahs leader is callin f but israeli president Benjamin Netanyahu is praising president trumps announcement. And he says israel is talking with more countries about recognizing jerusalem as its capital. On the hill a government shut down averted. For the time being. The house and Senate Passing a temporary funding bill to keep the government running. The catch . It only lasts for two weeks. Theyll have to come to an agreement on a longterm spending plan by december 22nd. Or well be facing the same problem all over again. The fallout from Sexual Misconduct allegations is ramping up on capitol hill. Less than 24 hours ago, two lawmakers announced. Theyll step down. Senator al franken of minnesota says hell resign in the coming weeks. Eight women have accused the minnesota democrat of misconduct. Also, arizona gop congressman trent franks announced, hell step aside. He faced an ethics investigation. He says he never tried to have sexual contact with any member of his staff. Congrssman franks says discussions with two pr about surrogate pregnancy made them feel uncomfortable. Today marks one year since mgm casino opened its doors at national harbor. So what kind of Economic Impact has it had on the community . Suzanne kennedy is in the newsroom with more. Its 5 and time for a check on weather. Unseasonably cold today through the weekend rain snow chances increasing tonight tomorrow highest impacts to southern md around 2 of snow possible cold blustery sunday today cloudy cold. Few showers over southern md. Highs 4042 tonight cloudy cold. Rain snow mix over southern md. Lows 2934 winds s 5 mph saturday am rain snow mix. Any accumulation over southern md. Clearing west to east. Highs 3539 winds ne to se 5 mph most of us know who our biological parents are and whether or not we and sisters. But for those who dont, the question who am i can linger for a lifetime. As Suzanne Kennedy shows us. One local mother and daughter, recently set off together to find their shared history. And solve the mystery of their identity. 814 2327 coming up at six a new state of emergency in a take a look at this live pictures from Ventura County right now as the flames explode in size. A live report from the front line coming up at the top of the hour. Announcer now, good morning washington on your side. We begin with a breaking news alert. Two major crashes clearing. Julie wright checking tracking your ride into work. Adrianna we are tracking snow