Bill no. That is good. Even if you look across the country there is nothing major. Not a huge storm. We have a few clouds in cumberland but our region, that is what i look for, within a four or five or sixhour drive. We are good to go. Its great. I love to deliver that to you. Good evening. In our area i want to widen this out to show the midatlantic. The only exception is up to the north. Tomorrow we expect snow in new york. If you have plans tomorrow, Late Afternoon and evening. That is an area to watch. Break it down for you in a little bit. In terms of right now, look at the radar. Look at rain, blue, snow. You go to new england and none of it is showing up. We are in the mid30s in the beltway tomorrow. Then we go up a little bit by tomorrow morning. The colder spot is shenandoah valley. The outlying areas below freezing tonight. There are some areas that wont get to freezing. We talk about the forecast looking to friday. In the weekend. The christmas forecast swinging back and forth with what Mother Nature wants to do with that. We will fine tune that the best we can in a little bit. Larry look forward to that. You can download the news app before you go. Breaking news from the world of business to pass along. Papa john c. E. O. Stepping down after two months after he criticized the nfl for the response to the players protest. He says it hurt it takes effect on new years day. Kimberly Charles County home burned out shell after quickmoving fire this afternoon. No word on a cause. Right now Capitol Heights churn picking up the pieces after a car slammed right through the wall. Will they be able to host Christmas Services there . A group of parishioners are waiting for the structural engineer. Depending on the assessment, the church may have to scramble to find a new home for christmas. The white crown vic with a hole to the church. It caused the hub caps to fly off. This felt like struck the building. The neighbor barber was so stunned she dropped the french fries in the street. The collision from him hitting the building. And the passenger had a gauge. This is the second car to hit the church in the last month. The intersection of marlboro pike is a mess. What comes to my mind, something needs to be done. He, the drive, and the passenger in the hospital. Larry the state Department Confirms eight americans among though killed when a tour bus overturned in mexico. The grim number includes three members of a lorton family. Larry i5 is back open after an amtrak train derailed. Kimberly a construction worker is critically hurt after being pinned under the excavator. Larry a car slams into a crowd of people in australia. Lindsey mastis has developments. Lindsey the authorities do not believe its terror related. But it appears to be deliberate. Another man is also under arrest. Another man is under arrest after found with knives and filming the event. He ran into pedestrians before crashing in the tram station. We saw running and people scattered on the road. The driver has a history of mental illness. Venus williams did not violate any cars right of way when she crashed into another car in june. She was caught in an intersection when a light turned red. She tried to clear the intersection and another car cut her off. She is still facing a civil lawsuit from the family of the man killed. Kimberly breaking news. An old familiar tune. The race against time to keep the government open past tomorrow night. The senate is expected to pass a measure to keep it open temporarily. Kenneth moton is tracking the progress of the deal. Republicans deliver tax cuts for christmas. Now there is a looming government shutdown. We hope the future will different. The continuing resolution to give a fourweek extension to pay for flood insurance. Intelligence surveillance and the Children Health insurance program. C. H. I. P. Provides healthcare for 9 million children. Do something to make sure they dont get hit with the cuts. White house indicated it is ready to back shortterm funding. President trump tweeted the democrats want a shutdown for the holidays to distract from the popular just passed tax cut. News break. The republicans control the congress. And they have the signature in the white house. They have the votes to keep government open. Spending caps, healthcare, and protections for socalled dreamers is what democrats want. Kenneth moton, abc7 news. Larry a dale City Middle School teacher will be virginia next secretary of education. Ralph person to the position. He was also a veteran serving in iraq war. Kimberly still ahead, the first people charged with rioting at the inauguration. Acquitted. They did after the verdict was read. Larry digging in the potential fallout of the Corporate Tax cuts. Why it will take effect as the tax overhaul. Kimberly three months after this crash, that claimed a Police Officers life, a heartwarming gift for his family. My daughter said i can give daddy a hug. Kimberly the person behind the special gift of a final hug with dad. Larry next, apple admitting it is slowing down older iphones. 7 on your side with the Company Explanation that calls the slowdown a feature to help kimberly 7 on your side with news of a guilty plea in a multistate fraud case. The former owner of first glass sleep diagnostic center and the first class medical admitted to giving the doctors kickbacks for the treatment patients did not need. The sleep clinics operated in northern vass and larry a popular Conspiracy Theory for years that every time apple releases a new iphone the old ones get slower. Apple says now that is partly true but not to make you buy a new phone. Nathan baca is here and apple says it is a feature. Nathan they do. In october i reported on a study that says apple is not intentionally slowing down the phone. Now another Testing Group uncovered new evidence that apple is admitting to slowing down older iphones. The Testing Group confirms in part what people suspected for years. The iphones get slower with age. What we found was that starting with software update, apple started to limit the use of the phone. Most people use the phone battery on the screen but there is a life span. That is in m. H. A. When the battery is no power to operate at the Peak Performance it scales that back. Apple says the iphone 6 and the 7 slowdown pretend the older iphone from suddenly turn it off. We caught up with the apple loyalists outside the georgetown store. I never had a problem in the past. I only kept it for two or three years. I had to replace it with a new iphone. It makes sense. Yeah. Interesting study. To find out your battery life span search for battery checkers on the app store. It is up to 80. They build after the iphone doesnt wo capacity. I have done nothing differently and its crazy. Kimberly i have to ask santa for a new thing. Bill of course you do. Larry what are the odds . The 8 and the x just came out. Bill pretty high is my guess. Busiest travel day of the year. Meteorologist josh knight in the weather center. Focus today and tomorrow. Its lucky weather wise. Its quiet around here and a good portion of the area. So let me take you through this everything quickly. Its not a whole lot going on. You can see the icon here. Just the moon. So there is not a lot. Wider picture. We are closer to minneapolis. To michigan and we are looking clear. Tomorrow a cold front is on the way. This is going to bring us rain for the eastern half of the country. This is a pretty easy day. 60 in rally for tomorrow. 43 in st. Louis. Much cooler with the snow as you get to the northwest. Heading to the west coast. It looks good. That cold front, though, is working the way here to us. It brings us rain getting in the weekend. More on that, back to you. Bill thank you. Focus timing here on that. Noon on saturday. We focus in on the holiday weekend. Hop to the afternoon time frame. He rain. But i see it as rain. Now we move to the everything time on saturday. That should scoot out of here. This cold front is moving out. Watch on sunday. We have this at 8 00. Sunday is the dry day. Saturday we have rain. Sunday is dry day. We note we have clouds but we are dry. We have been talking about the weather system, the cold air that is hit and miss christmas day. This is the forecast model. We tend to agree with it. Its a quick weather mover. This is Christmas Eve night. This is when santa will be here. Very close. There are maybe snowflakes or la kids get up. We are not expecting snow. We have a weak weather system Christmas Eve to christmas morning. Otherwise its quiet. 30s to the west. The cold air is continuing to filter in. By christmas at 7 00 in the morning we are at freezing. We will hang there and maybe drop in spots throughout the day. Christmas likely in the mid30s for the highs in the day. That is what we have wrapped this up altogether in the sevenday forecast. Dry on sunday. 46. Monday is 37. That is a falling or a chilly for tuesday, wednesday, thursday. Days eight, nine, ten. We are showing the possibility of the first snowfall late next week and next week and that is something to keep an eyes on after the sevenday forecast. Hopefully it answered questions where the problems are this weekend. Larry a lot of us heard big snow. Nothing else. Kimberly two thumbs up. Larry still ahead the effect Corporate Tax could have on all of us. Kimberly and the reaction following a not guilty verdict for the first of 200 people headed to trial for the Inauguration Day riot. Larry special get for children of Fallen Police officer they say lets them hug their dad again. Kimberly tonight Charlie Brown christmas will air at 8 00. Followed by first, lets see what is in the works for tomorrows good morning washington. Thank you, guys. Tomorrow on good morning washington. On the hunt for the last minute gifts . Why it may be smarter to wait until after christmas for the perfect holiday present. Plus the ultimate christmas countdown with a Live Performance from nashville and a special appearance from santa claus himself. See you bright and early for traffic and weather every ten minutes tomorrow at 4 25 on good morning washington. What if more of the came from Renewable Resources . What if the electric grid could detect, fix and even prevent Power Outages . What if our grid were less vulnerable and more secure . What if all these what ifs became a reality . Well, they are. At dominion energy, were completely transforming our power grid and the way we think of energy. To move from what if to whats next. Dominion energy. Larry Fairfax CountyPolice Officer is recovering after his work to help clear a crash that snarled the morning commute ended up getting him hurt in a second crash. Started when a dump truck overturned on route 28 on i66. Taking out a power pole in the process. Police officer said to direct traffic through the mess was hit by a car. Again the officer is expected to recover. We are told the driver stayed at the scene. To chargings have been filed at this hour. Kimberly i hope you have a tish shy nearby. Three months after a crash killed a d. C. Police officer the colleagues are stepping in to help the officers children get through the holidays. Cheryl conner shows us the very special creation that is letting the children in their words hug their dad once more. As cute as a button. The eyes are just that. Off the uniform of fallen d. C. Police officer barry eastman. My kids were so thrilled to receiver them. Officer eastmans wife jennifer showed us the bears made for the children, 5yearold twins violet and dasher. And Rebecca Werner worked with eastman used sewing skills to make twin bears who are wearing patches on their feet. My daughter said i can give daddy a hug. The kids slept with the bear since they were dropped off on tuesday. They cant decide on names. So many people reach out to the kids and are doing wonderful things for them. Officer eastman was a d. C. Police officer for four years. In september he was coming home from work around 8 00 in the morning when his car crossed the center line on route 32 and hit a tractor trailer. They love talking about their dad. They are proud of him. Pictures show a proud husband and father. On this first christmas without him, Jennifer Eastman keeping up with traditions. Going to see Christmas Lights in the car. Baking cookies. Officer eastman is watching out for them while the teddy bears wear his pants. In ellicott city, cheryl conner, abc7 news. Larry what a story. Well, coming up, firefighters help bring a child into the world to help celebrate her first christmas. Kimberly the impact the tax rate could have on the economy. Larry the first trial of those riots from the kimberly almost one year ago it was hours of chaos feet from the inauguration of president trump. This afternoon the first six people going to trial for the chaos were found not guilty. Larry the defendants in the case faced the most serious charges. Stephen tschida was in the packed courtroom as the verdict came down. Stephen songs, cheering and hugs. Defendants and the supporters gathered in front of the courthouse moments before the mass acquittal. Its been a year of our lives. A whole year. Thank you. They faced rioting and it stemmed from the violence on downtown d. C. On Inauguration Day. He live streamed the violence and maintains a freelance journalist. Not guilty echoed through the courtroom. Woods face contorted and he doubled over sobbing. My lawyer is the most i want to thank him so much. Prosecutors relied on the Police Testimony and the video evidence. The defense hammered away at the First Amendment rights and freedom of assembly and the right to protest the election of donald trump. Most of the jurors are not trump supporters. Or are concerned about things like freedom of the press. The u. S. Attorneys Office Issued a statement saying the evidence clearly shows there was a riot and suggesting it will move ahead trying the remaining individuals charged. Stephen tschida, abc7 news. Larry al franken delivered the Farewell Speech on the floor of the senate. He is leaving office january 2 after several women touched them inappropriately years ago. I hope my colleagues on both sides of the aisle will stand up for truth. I have spent enough my republican friends in the last eight and a half years to know you are motivated by values just like democrats. I hope you will fight for the values forthrightly. Larry minnesotas Lieutenant Governor tina smith will take frankens place in the senate for the next year. Kimberly the government Prince Georges County moving to a new home. County executive Rushern Baker today dedicated the new county Administration Building named after the late county executive wayne curry. The facilities in largo not in the county seat which is Upper Marlboro and the hope is it will be a new downtown center. If you think about bethesda. If you think about u street or rockville. Somes, people shops, people. Kimberly if you build it, they will come. The building on mccormick drive. Scheduled to open next year. Larry well, a random draw will decide virginia delegate election. Race ended in next wednesday a name is pulled out of bowl and the person is declared a winner. If the democrat wins the house is split 50 50, if the republican wins g. O. P. Holds 51 49 advantage. Kimberly i cant believe they are settling it that way. Larry crazy. Kimberly republicans on capitol hill still celebrating after the Party Success overhauling the country tax come system this week tax system this week. And Major Companies across the u. S. Saw the tax rates slashed. As we report, some Companies Say they will give the savings back to the employees. G. O. P. Celebrating the first legislative achievement with the package of tax reform. President trump an amazing experience. I have to tell you. One of the biggest thing the tax bill will do is cut the Corporate Tax rate from 35 to 21 which makes the United States competitive globally. We are bringing the Corporate Tax rates back down to be competitive in the world to create jobs and industry. You will see it in the economy. Reporter companies are celebrating the cut. In the hours after the bill passed, several Companies Announced plans to use some of their tax savings to give back to their employees. At t pledged to give it more than 200,000 American Workers a 1,000 bonus. Fifth Third Bank Corp and wells fargo are going to raise the Company Minimum wages to 15 an hour. Boeing announced 300 million in investments as a result of the law including 100 million for the workforce development. Democrats speaking out against the bill say republicans will rue the day it was passed. The g. O. P. Tax scam is about bleeding the middle class dry to pad the pockets of corpora wealthiest 1 . Republicans say taxpayers will begin to see the benefit of the bill in the paycheck as early as february. Our coverage of this continues ahead. The action to take now to benefit from deductions about to vanish. Kimberly plus, coming up. Abc7. The only cameras there to catch the reuion here. Darling little girl and her beloved biscuit. Larry i love that. At 6 00, breaking and entering. Masked men storm a liquor store in montgomery county. This is nothing like you have seen before. We will show you why at 6 00. Bill welcome back. Focus here on the next couple of days. Tonight we will get to the mid30s. Some of the colder outlying spots in the 20s. No problems whatsoever. If you leave now or the morning or drive around. Josh and i were looking at around the country a sidebar only one airport i found, one in the entire country ontario, california, has a delay of 15 minutes to 30 minutes. Everywhere else, boston, d. C. , dulles, laguardia, newark, portland, seattle all green. Incredible. No travel problems now. Probably not any tomorrow morning. At least widespread issues. Tomorrow to saturday and some rain in the area. Notice the numbers. Started with the rain chance. Its more likely than not. Overnight friday night to early saturday and potential a lull on saturday morning before more rain in the afternoon. Its cool. Cooler. Closer to the normal. Drops down more on christmas. We break it down for you and the rest of the sevenday larry the countdown to christmas in less than four days. Kimberly panic larry if you still havent figured out perfect gift, we are looking at toys that are packed with the fun and education. Kimberly perfect combo. For sinclair cares, joy lambert shows us the toys the child on your list will not put down. From superheroes. The online searches can get exhausting trying to find the perfect holiday gift. Looking at the mom blogs to see what their are giving. What they recommend. They are supporting s. T. E. M. In the product filling the toy aisles with the education. As the child ages you add to the collection to build complex structure. Think about it. The legos or the traditional brands. The more pieces they have. The more they build. These dont hurt when you stand on them. The noggin stick is one of the hottest for the babies. This changes color every time you shake it. Helps with the visual tracking. Does the baby know they are educated . Of course not. Even barbie hopping on the s. T. E. M. Wagon. Barbie is familiar to kids but the s. T. E. M. And the engineering may not be. This is trickery. This is cool. This is a craze. And this is another one. Chemistry. This is one that we felt to the college kids and 5yearold. This season emphasis is on anything fostering the Critical Thinking and the problem solving. For curtis, she is hoping a gift now will also provide henry with the skills he will be glad to have later. For sin clair cares i lambert. Larry this is cool. A texas woman is an internet sensation after she put an end to the family elf on the shelf. She swears it wasnt intentional and she just wanted to help hide elfis from the kids. I panicked. They were coming around. I preheated the oven for pasta and i didnt think to look. Instarted to smell something functiony. I panicked and i said colorful words. By then the kids heard the word elf and they thought he magically reappeared. I started to grab him out and the kids are like, dont touch him. He will lose his magic. Larry he already lost the magic i think. Kimberly he lost more than that. Larry look at that. A child was upset with the fate. But another is happy he no longer was a snitch to santa. And the joy was short lived. Elfis made a grand kimberly that self on the shelf brings more stress to the holidays. I tell you what. Larry i even get nervous. Kimberly the reunion that will make your year. The cameras are rolling when the smart little girl is reunited with the sweet pup who she feared was gone forever. Larry good story. Look at the tail ahead the First Responders who delivered a baby. Deliver holiday joy for her first christmas. Kimberly a modern couple. Engagement knows toes after they announced the engagement last month. Its planned for may 19 at wind sar castle. They plan to spend christmas with the rest of the royal family at the country estate. Larry i love the pictures. Santa has a busy two days ahead for him. But before he makes his rounds, he took time to visit the baltimore aquarium. Jolly st. Nick and the elves visiting the exhibit this afternoon. Yes, did he make a flash. Driving again on saturday. And sunday at 10 00 a. M. Exercise before the big day. Kimberly santa is everywhere. Larry he is. Kimberly emotional thank you. Days before christmas. Jazz yarborough entered the world on october 10. He did so with the help of the d. C. Firefighters. Well, today, the family had a chance to say how grateful they are. He was able to assist me. Baby jazz entered the world. Im grateful. Grateful for the other three gentlemen who assisted and everyone else who participated in my screaming and ranting and the hollering. Kimberly no one blames you. Firefighters in addition to everything else, made sure that the siblings were safe while they took the mother to the hospital. Larry four months after Hurricane Harvey destroyed the Corpus Christi familys home a Guardian Angel came to the rescue. We report that texas familys life back on track. Overwhelming gratitude by a family for the gift of a lifetime. When Hurricane Harvey hit the family small town last summer, they braced for the worst. Sounded like a train through the balcony. Intense. The home was destroyed by the category four storm. The devastation inspired the act of kindness. I bruterred it out. Why dont we give them that tiny house . They decided to donate it to a family in need. So after three days of driving a bit of sunshine after the storm. Matt gutman, abc news, los angeles. Kimberly i love stories like that. Ahead on abc7 news at 6 00 a woman sues the n. R. A. Over inheritance in a story you will see only on 7. The president surprise christmas greeting. Out of the white house and personally thanking some special people. We have the get away in the middle of the evening rush. Well be right back. Kimberly well be right back right now. Larry only on 7 kimberly im crying. Larry heartwarming reunion between mans best friend and a family in southeast. Biscuit biscuit kimberly we were there. After running off earlier in the day. Someone opened the gate. Family surveillance camera showed someone walking by the house twice and opening the gate and letting biscuit run right out. The familys story took off on social media. Mayor Muriel Bowser used the findbiscuit. It doesnt matter how cute you are. You cannot take a dog from their family. Kimberly that is right last night as the crew was about to leave the familys home, two people walked up with biscuit in tow. Larry look at that tail my goodness. They found him several blocks away. Read his tag and brought him home. Biscuit was a familys Christmas Present two years ago. Kimberly a lot of people call us to report on the lost dog stories and we cant typically. The Surveillance Video made the story crazy. Who would do kimberly to bring the puppy back. Thank you. Larry thumbs up to you. Thumbs up to bill kelly working hard to make sure that things are clear. Kimberly giving him credit for weather . Larry well, you know, he pays me to do that. Bill i do. That is true. You know we get blamed when its not so i will take it whenever i can. There are no weather reported problems at all. Comfortable. A little cool. But no rain or snow in that record its comfortable. You put a light jacket on and good to go. 39 around falls church. 38 for centreville. Manassas is cool. The Bigger Picture is no weather issues for us around the region. Especially in the immediate area. The we delays for the slight delays and there is nothing to speak of. High and dry. Not just for the eastern half of the country but to west. Snow in michigan. Snow in minnesota and wisconsin. That is not out of the question at all. 53 degrees tomorrow afternoon. 2 00. We will go 53 at 5 00. Notice the day tomorrow. Increasing clouds. You are leaving tomorrow in the morning to drive. It should be good to go. Same with the afternoon. Tomorrow night to saturday is the next weather maker. With the good chance of rainfall. Cool it down. Then we look at the seven day forecast in a bit. Christmas day. Flurries are possible early. Talking like early. 3 00 in the morning and 4 00 in the morning. I dont think it affects santas visit there. It should be cooler than saturday. Look at the sevenday forecast in a minute. Kimberly all right. Thank you. Larry robert is hoar with sports. The guy who does it all. Robert yes. I dont do it all. Larry you do. Robert i just do some. One thing to be a good ball player if you have the brains to go with it, its special. Erin hawksworth with the team player. Lower, lower, john, john. Cmonment finish. Erin as a senior, john preston embraces his leadership role. Everyone looking to you to take example and you have to be perfect. Head coach paid him one of the highest compliments. All the success. He has been a fouryear starter for me. A leader since he stepped on. It pushes me to be the man he wants me to be. Show other guys as well. Book smart to the hardcore. Its hand in hand. Off the court. Have it. Same as on the court have it. The eagles guard would love nothing more than to win a state championship. I led the team. Congratulations. You are this weeks team player. That is the guy who does it all. Seattle seahawks have to come out of pocket. They will fine 100,000 for failing to follow concussion protocol. Quarterback wilson took a hit to the head. He was sent to the sideline and before being cleared he returned to the game. Seahawks made history, too, the first team to be disciplined for not following the concussion protocol. Since the guidelines punishment added in 2016. Kimberly he is went in the he went in and said im okay, fine. Went back in the game. Cant do that. Larry even if wilson said so, you still cant. Robert exactly. Larry in 20 years it could be a problem. Kimberly so who doesnt want to save on taxes next year . 7 on your side wit what do you think . Hey, think ben will like it . Yeah, was i the only one hearing the angelic music . Im serious, i never know what to get him. Just tell me you got him fios too. Sigh. Mrs. Layne, fios is a 100 fiberoptic network. That, plus this sick console, hell be like whaaaaaattt. Your new tech is best on the 100 fiber optic network. So get fios. Now just 79. 99 per month with a 2year price guarantee with a 2year agreement. Jonathan the recent changes in the tax code has many of you scratching your head. We spoke to the tax experts to find out the moves that you can make now. Big changes in taxes could hit the wallet hard in the new year and might feel like you have had a cut in pay. This is a dramatic change. Although they are doubling the standard deduction with the new tax reform legislation, the exemption is going away. The changes to the tax brackets means most taxpayers will pay less. Even though the Child Tax Credit will increase for most families the banks says it wont make up for loss of the exemptions. There is an increase there for the 400. So instead of it being 1,000, its 1,400. It doesnt take up for the 4,000. What can you do . Prepay what you can toward the end of 2017 to the charitable donation and the property tax. District of columbia and some counties in maryland allow you to do so. Pay taxes this year will give you a layer refund which will allow you to get money back to put aside. Take the savings to pay next year tax bill. Some might benefit adjusting the w4 to keep more money in the pocket. But remember everyone tax needs are different. Strategize to see what else liability. Kimberly a smash and grab at a local liquor store but it is what they dont take that is the real head scratcher. Lars not guilty. Larry not guilty is the verdict for inauguration protesters. What does it mean for the next batch . Kimberly remember this . Dog rescued from the ravine. A good update for the dog and the dogs hero. From abc7 news, breaking news alert. Jonathan the house passing a spending bill. If approved by the senate the measure will fund the government through january 19 to avoid government shutdown. Kimberly is the weather going to cooperate . We have team Co Monitoring the roads. Sam sweeney at the airport. Larry but it depends on the weather. Bill the weather is not going to play a role on the travel conditions. Just the roads themselves are with the amount of people. 42 in d. C. Herndon in 30s. That is it. No freezing temperatures out there now. All temperatures are above freezing. Philly, new york city, to central p. A. The temperatures are also above freezing. Thin the Bigger Picture take temperatures aside is there rain or snow . If you are heading anywhere tonight in a reasonable five or sixhour drive, seven hour you are fine. No problems. Most of the day tomorrow as well. A little bit of change