keeping her safe from a stranger's grasp. thanks so much for watching. i'm john quiñones, and we'll see you next time on "what would you do?" -- captions by vitac -- but what set it off in the first place? >> a sprint to the finish and a razor close presidential race. tonight we're meeting the elections workers getting creative to help young people cast their very first ballots. >> tracking showers and a cauldron of clouds. i'll let you know if it's going to be a trick or a treat for halloween coming up. >> always live abc seven news starts right now. >> and we begin tonight with that attack on board a united

airlines flight out of san francisco. good evening. >> i'm ama daetz, and i'm dan ashley. thanks for joining us here. one passenger turned on another in a bloody beating. and now under federal investigation tonight, a traveler tells us the victim is deaf and nonverbal. >> abc seven news reporter j.r. stone has the details in this case. and a warning for you. the descriptions here are intense. >> the next thing i know, i just hear the this just these sort of bloodcurdling screams. >> sandhya gupta is describing the moment she woke up two hours into her united airlines flight from sfo to washington dulles airport on monday. in the row in front of her, she could see one passenger attacking another. >> he was just very violently and very aggressively just pummeling the guy who was in the window seat in front of me. it was it was vicious. this wasn't like a barroom. i'm going to throw a couple of punches

around. i mean, this was this was vicious. >> the fbi says the suspect, everett chad nelson, had just gone the bathroom and was walking back to his seat when he attacked the victim, who was sound asleep in a random row, not his. another passenger jumped in to help. >> basically kind of like wrapped this guy and sort of like a hug. and the assailant just. it was the weirdest thing. he just went limp. this doctor is basically just, like, trying to, like, stop the bleeding. i mean, his face was just a mess. it was awful. there was blood spatter on the on the window shade and all that kind of stuff. >> it was then that gupta says they learned that the victim couldn't hear or speak when he was trying to communicate with us in sign language. >> that's when we realized that he was deaf and nonverbal. >> that victim was communicating with the united flight crew by phone messages, according to sandhya. >> he also just kept texting. i'm so scared. it was just

awful. >> gupta says some of those texts describe flight attendants saying that the suspect had claimed the victim attacked him in the street earlier, but that victim wrote that he had never seen the man before in his life. a suspect was arrested shortly after the plane landed at dulles and is still in jail. at last check. the victim, who was being treated by the doctor on board, was okay, but physically and mentally shaken over what happened. j.r. stone abc seven news. >> all right. let's turn now to your forecast with showers moving into the bay area tonight. but the good news for the trick or treaters is these showers are not sticking around for very long. >> abc seven news meteorologist andy patel is tracking the wet weather and has your halloween forecast. hi, sandhya. hi, there. >> yeah, it's going to be a splash and dash kind of situation, which is obviously welcome. any time. but let's take a look at live doppler seven and we'll talk about what is happening right now. those showers are moving in exactly as we had predicted. as we take you into street level radar, right

into the north bay across highway 101, we are seeing some damp roadways. also seeing some wet weather around oakland and emeryville. street level radar tracking. the showers on the peninsula heading towards the burlingame foster city area next. so watch out if you are going to be stepping out this evening. it is a level one on our exclusive abc7 news storm impact scale. that front is going to get in and out before you know it. so as we time it out for you right now, we have those showers going into the wee hours of the morning crossing parts of the peninsula, the south bay, and then just an isolated shower at 9 a.m. in the north bay. so here's a look at the halloween forecast. 7:00 in the morning we'll have 40s and 50s that isolated shower. partly cloudy in the afternoon, a cauldron of clouds at 4 p.m. they'll be creepy, but it's going to be all treats. no tricks, not go to sleep. chilly, that's for sure. but it is going to be spooky. cool. ama and dan. all right. >> thank you. sandhya. >> well, sorry. giants loyalists

fans are filling the streets in los angeles right now, celebrating the dodgers world series victory over the new york yankees. they've been setting off fireworks, waving flags as you see here. some taking part in sideshows. police did order the crowd to disperse near dodger stadium. they're trying to keep people out of the downtown area as well. we'll have the highlights of the game later in sports. >> now to your voice, your vote and a sprint to the finish in the race for the white house. vice president kamala harris and former president trump are focusing on battleground states. trump took aim at president biden's garbage comment during a stop in green bay, wisconsin, getting in a garbage truck before the rally. >> joe biden finally said what he and kamala really think of our supporters. he called them garbage. and they mean >> harris visited three states today. she tried to reach out to independents and republicans during an event in pennsylvania. >> unlike donald trump, i don't

believe people who disagree with me are the enemy from within. >> he wants to put them in jail. i'll give them a seat at the table. >> trump is planning to hold rallies in new mexico and nevada tomorrow. harris will also be in nevada as well as arizona. >> this is the first presidential election where a majority of gen z is actually eligible to vote, and bay area election officials are getting creative to try to reach them and convince them to go to the polls. abc seven news reporter lauren martinez introduces you to the election influencers who hope views will drive votes. >> yeah. ready? three. two. one. >> see ya. >> during this election, social media trends are being used to target young voters. >> can i call you rosie? does the team at the santa clara county register of voters are creating reels on instagram and different platforms?

>> i'm gen z. i do my fair share of scrolling, and i kind of see it as a way to research about what i would want to see online. >> carla mendez is a graphic designer for the team. it's just like one of the most popular posters that the media team has designed, because it's so usable for gen z. >> there's also this one which is inspired by an anime film. >> on wednesday, the registrar of voters office announced more than 7000, 16 and 17 year olds had pre-registered to vote in the county for this election. it's a lot of fun to like, take stuff that i know gen z will like and be able to make it very voting specific for the first time. influencers and content creators had a huge presence at the dnc and rnc. we are on the floor. brian holland is a first time voter at 18 years old, he gave his 108,000 followers on instagram a behind the scenes look at the rnc. melinda hale was invited to the dnc to give her 55,000 and counting

followers a firsthand look. >> i think it's very smart to utilize us and utilize our following because we all have very different demographics. we all have different mediums in which we present information. you know, some people like to do a little bit more produced content. i'm very conversational. i want you to feel like you're talking to a best friend. >> back at the register of voters office, bags of ballots from 26 precincts were brought back for counting on wednesday. everyone should vote. >> the election is coming up in san jose. >> lauren martinez, abc seven news. >> abc seven will help you navigate all of the races and the measures on the november 5th ballot. we have a voter guide on our website just go to abc seven news.com. you'll find it under the election section. >> an east bay ice cream shop is in bad shape after a car like this slammed into its front door. car crashed into the lord's ice cream on moraga road. happened just before 530 tonight. moraga police say the driver told them he was blinded by the sun. one customer got a bit scraped up, but no one else was hurt. >> we're following the story of

an embattled san jose city council member accused of sexual misconduct. the san jose city council has rejected a request by omar torres for a 30 day leave of absence. torres made the request citing mental health issues tied to an ongoing investigation. he's accused of sending sexually explicit text messages to a minor. today, the santa clara county democratic party joined the growing calls for his resignation. their statement reads, in part, quote, council member torres admitted conduct has rendered him unable to represent and serve his constituents and disqualifies him from continued service on the city council. we reached out to torres attorney, but we did not hear back. local news >> police arrested more than 80 people tonight following a march by striking hotel workers in san francisco. they ended up right outside the westin saint francis, which is one of the hotels where workers have walked out. hundreds of people took

part in a march that went through downtown that ended with a sit in on the street. roughly 2000 hotel workers in san francisco are currently on strike. they're demanding higher wages, better staffing and fair workloads. a partial levee collapse in san joaquin county has officials scrambling to prevent disaster and massive flooding. victoria island, southeast of discovery bay, is under threat if one levee holding back the water from the victoria canal fails on october 21st, a partial collapse of the levee sent water just gushing out. a civil engineering firm is partnering with the county to prevent the worst case scenario. >> just easy to say. complete failure and complete failure would put 6200 acres into my foreground here, under 18ft of water. >> in addition to drowning thousands of acres of farmland, officials say a levee failure would also flood highway four between the bay area and stockton, with ten feet of water in 12 hours. emergency services have turned to the state for

help to reinforce the levee. >> some education news facing a growing budget deficit. the oakland unified school district is again looking at potentially having to close schools. the superintendent is going to present options to the board of education at a meeting two weeks from today. right now, the district says it is dealing with a $79 million deficit with enrollment expected to drop in the coming years. the district is weighing closures as well as mergers to try to make ends meet. palo alto residents will get a chance to sound off on that slimy spill tied to a tesla facility that we've been talking about here. a public meeting is set for friday. on october 17th, residents noticed a neon green liquid outside a tesla facility, but then they had to wait five days for information about it from the city. officials now say hundreds of gallons of coolant for a supercomputer were accidentally released into a storm drain, gutter and creek. they say it does not pose a health risk. friday's hearing will be at 5 p.m. at the ventura community center.

>> frightening moments at fleet week when a parachutist crashed into the crowd. what happened to the teenage girl crushed underneath? >> the menendez brothers are trying a new approach to end their murder sentence. now multiple paths out of prison. but which one is the quickest? >> a dmv disk that san francisco cannot forgive. the hated nickname showing up on licenses with one lawmaker putting up a fight. >> all of that's coming up. but first, here's a look at what's ahead on jimmy kimmel live! right after abc seven news at 11. >> jimmy, thanks, dan and ama tonight. we've got a mystery to solve. >> i mean, there's a whole kind of different thing with halloween in the uk, but then all your things went viral and now it's sort of, well, you know what? >> we've infected and ruined the world.

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navy parachute team paused scheduled demonstrations to conduct this review of procedures, end quote. >> philadelphia's district attorney says he's facing an avalanche of hateful attacks on x, primarily by elon musk's supporters. it comes after da larry krasner filed a lawsuit over a daily million dollar giveaway to registered voters, orchestrated by elon musk's superpac. prosecutors say it's an illegal lottery. a judge has ordered musk to appear in a philadelphia courtroom tomorrow for an emergency hearing. the judge also asked for enhanced security for the proceedings. >> the attorney for the menendez brothers is trying a new tactic to get them out of prison tonight. governor gavin newsom's office is considering a push for clemency in the murder of their parents. los angeles district attorney george gascon sent the governor a letter supporting a reduced sentence or a pardon. the former san francisco da is also asking a judge to give the menendez brothers a new sentence because of new evidence of abuse

by their father. both paths to freedom likely require the state parole board's approval. >> san franciscans have so much pride for their city and some strong feelings about what to call it. >> yeah, we don't like some things. well, the tourists say san fran cringe a little bit. but putting that despised nickname on driver's licenses was just a bridge too far for one local lawmaker. >> abc seven news reporter tara campbell breaks down the san fran slight showing up on ids and the fight to fix it. >> it is not san fran, it is san francisco state senator scott wiener calling out the dmv for issuing a series of driver's licenses to san franciscans, listing the city of residence as san fran for any self-respecting san franciscan that does not make the cut. >> in this letter, wiener asking the dmv to stop using what he describes as an intolerable term. >> don't be a tourist and don't make us residents and denizens be tourists either. it doesn't sound good. it kind of bothers

me. i think it's an insult to the great tradition of san francisco. you might as well just say frisco. if you were going to go that way. >> in fact, that's one of the state senator's suggestions, listing some alternatives for the dmv, including sf, the city, the city by the bay, and the best city in the world. >> trying to make a little bit of light of it and have some fun with it, while also conveying that this needs to be corrected and uh-, and i'm confident it will be corrected. >> in a statement, the dmv saying, quote, we're aware that a city abbreviation issue occurred recently for a relatively small number of customers during a short time frame. we have already made a fix, and those who received a card with the incorrect abbreviation can visit a dmv office for a no charge replacement. meanwhile, the state senator is calling it a teachable moment. >> a lot of people who do not live in san francisco do call it san fran. san franciscans hate that that phrase, phrasing uh-

and uh- and so i think it's a good opportunity to educate people that that's not how you refer to san francisco. tara campbell, abc seven news. >> strong reaction. yes. not clear how the abbreviation came to be on licenses in the first place. >> and again, if any san franciscans feel strongly enough, they can get theirs fixed so long as they don't mind another trip to the dmv, which is a little rough. >> worse, they could have put san fran kelly on. >> oh my goodness, that would get people riled up. fighting words. all right, let's check on our weather because halloween is tomorrow, right? >> trick or treat time. sandy. yeah. >> and it's going to be all treats, that's for sure. >> let's take a look at live doppler seven. we are seeing some showers moving in here on our radar right now. i'm going to take you into street level radar. let's start with the east bay because we are seeing some steady rain from concord clayton road heading into clayton. also around san leandro, castro valley across 580 bancroft avenue. we are also seeing some

showers in the north bay, three hundredths of an inch in the past few minutes. in santa rosa, so it's coming down pretty quick though moving. so it's not going to be here very long. sierra is picking up some snow showers and so are the mountains up in northern california there. so this is good news. of course we'll take any moisture we can get. here's a look at the wider perspective. there is the front. and once the front passes through we'll be dealing with just some residual isolated showers in the early morning hours. temperatures right now, seconds and 50s. here's a look at your halloween forecast. so first thing tomorrow morning, as the kids are getting to school 8:00 in the morning, you're looking at 40s and 50s 9:00 when they're parading around school, 40s and 50s. and then as we head towards noontime, temperatures will be in the 50s and 60s. if you have little ones and you're taking them out trick or treating earlier in the day. a look at the 355 temperatures in the 50s and 60s. and then later on at night, the sun goes down

shortly after six. it is still going to be comfortable. you will notice the temperatures will begin to fall for you. late night adults going out partying, 40s and 50s. a live view from our golden gate bridge camera. it is a little damp out there. some raindrops on the lens overnight tonight into tomorrow morning. showers spreading, halloween. no tricks, all treats and friday night into saturday morning is our next round of rain. that one looks like it's going to bring us heavier rain overnight into early morning. it's a level one light level one system. scattered showers, slippery roads, breezy conditions and light accumulations. so here we go. 2:00 in the morning. it's in the east bay. the peninsula, 4 a.m. still looking at those scattered showers, especially for parts of the bay area. and then at 9:00, an isolated shower in the north bay can't be ruled out. the rest of the day is just going to be a mix of clouds and a few peeks of sun. rainfall totals will be anywhere from a few hundredths of an inch to about 15 hundredths of an inch. some areas may not measure in the sierra. it's certainly going to

measure in form of snow up to four inches above 7000. a winter weather advisory right now 11 p.m. until 2 p.m. tomorrow for the tahoe area. gusty winds. so watch out for that 30s to 50s on the temperatures. most areas because of the cloud cover held up because we're not going to see that radiational cooling that we've been seeing the last couple of days tomorrow afternoon, 50s and 60s. and here's a look at the accuweather seven day forecast morning drops, followed by a beautiful halloween. rain arrives late at night and we are expecting that's friday going into saturday, a level one system. breezy sunday. don't forget to fall back. it is going to be bright and windy. you get that extra hour of sleep. it certainly will be warmer as we head towards election day and the mild pattern continues into wednesday. ama and dan. >> okay sandhya, thank you so much. we do have some sad news to share with you today from our abc seven news family. one of our beloved coworkers and longtime employee, emily montgomery, passed away suddenly yesterday. >> just a total surprise to say

she was a longtime employee is an understatement. she began her career right here, back in 1983. she worked in news archiving, was our teleprompter operator here each night, and recently trained to be a director. >> emily was a bay area native and her knowledge helped improve our newscast. she was a friend to us all, and she will also be missed. >> i could tell by her smile she was a great lady. >> our thoughts are with her friends and family. >> we'll be right back.

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giants fans grimace, but the dodgers are world champions tonight. the off season question now is what are the giants going to do about it? open up that wallet. game five of the world series in the bronx. yankees up five zero gerrit cole had not allowed a hit until the fifth finally gave one up, then tommy edman to center. aaron judge drops the ball. goodness, that should have been out. number one. next batter will smith grounds to short anthony volpe off target. that should have been out number two. so now the bases are loaded cole strikes out the next two batters then gets mookie betts. this should be out number three. except cole doesn't cover first base. you i thought you were. no, i thought you were going to run scores. it's five one. and the last guy. the yankee fans want to see is series mvp freddie freeman, who doesn't make outs anymore. knocks in a pair tied for most rbi's in a world series with 12. five three game. the next batter, teoscar hernandez, off the wall. he would look good in a giants union next season. betts scores freeman to. now we're tied at five. this is all in one inning a complete collapse. betts would drive in the winning run on a sac fly. walker buehler strikes out alex

verdugo. good night. game over. drive home safely. dodgers win their eighth world series. they win it four games to one. seven six is your final. the fingerprints on dodger nation. >> this trophy belongs to everybody. >> it's been. it's been a lot. and this is this is it right here. not this. that one. >> that one. that's what it's about. that's what it's about. >> what a series for freeman. when steph curry is hurt, the chances for the warriors to win a game are pretty slim. but this is a new season. new team on display for the second night in a row against the pelicans. happy halloween everybody. is that sasquatch. i have no idea what the costume is. no, steph, no wigs. but draymond green was everywhere. the bomb to trace jackson davis for the jam somewhere brock purdy. smiling lindy waters the third got the start tonight. he was great last night. no look pass to kevon looney. dubs had only 13 of 38 threes but draymond had three of them. he went for 14 points six

assists five blocks. nice passing here. tj d with authority 33 assists in this one for the dubs. buddy hield with the miss. brandon pisemsky taps it back to buddy. reload. heald leads the way again with 21 points jonathan kuminga this is sweet. oh in and out. he had 16 points. everybody just loving it. one more look. where'd he go? warriors roll 104 89. ooh, that was nasty. they're four and one heading on a five game road trip back east. sports on abc

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montgomery. yes. we appreciate your time. jimmy kimmel is next. eddie redmayne and sheryl lee ralph. >> have a great night. >> lou: from hollywood, it's “jimmy kimmel live!” tonight -- eddie redmayne, sheryl lee ralph, and music from magdalena bay. with cleto and the cletones. and now, jimmy kimmel!