into a nightmare. the search for a man who sexually assaulted a woman in northwest d.c. travel problems with southwest airlines leading to long problems at the airport. and check out this video, a mail truck against a waterspout.

the new starts now. now, abc 7 news at 11:00, on your side. kellye: first, a woman gets into a car that she mistook from uber and is sexually assaulted. this happened in northwest d.c., and roz plater is live with the latest. kellye, the police need the public's help to track down a knife wielding suspect. this is a precautionary tale about how to stay safe. the police say the bizarre attack happened 3:30 saturday morning on a residential stretch two blocks off wisconsin avenue. >> normally it's a pretty safe neighborhood. roz: the woman got into a silver four-door sedan which she mistakenly thought was an uber vehicle.

the driver then pulled out a knife and sexually assaulted her. that could so easily happen and it's so shocking. scary. we need to be aware of that. >> the fact that it happened at all is really scary. it makes you think twice. roz: the woman eventually escaped and the attacker took off with her belongings in the car. many here say they take uber frequently and follow safeguards. >> i try to make sure that the license plate matches up, that it is the same make and model because they provide that. if i waive them over, they will roll down their window and i will ask. roz: steps that will help make sure this does not happen to anybody else. >> it's really unfortunate and i hope that she is able to heal well. roz: the police have not released any other details about the vehicle. a believe the suspect is

middle eastern in his early 30's with curly black hair. roz plater, abc 7 news. kellye: frederick police are looking into the people responsible for the vandalism of roger brooke tawny, who wrote the 1857 dred scott decision. thursday, city leaders will reveal proposals to relocate the statue. >> some of the public says stay, some say go. we are going through that process. kellye: estimates to move the statue are $5,000. civil rights activists turned hero jonathan daniels was rumored at the national cathedral tonight. he was a seminary student shot in alabama in 1965, killed while protecting then-17-year-old ruby sale. it's all full important -- it

that this wastant a part of a racist southern region. it lead the episcopal church to recognize him as a saint in 1991. there is a limestone carving of daniels, located next to rosa parks and mother theresa. -- and mother teresa. southwest airlines is the computer issues delayed hundreds of flights and airline employees have to process travelers manually at the airport. customers are advised to arrive two hours early. >> sometimes murphy's law gets you. kellye: southwest has not said how long the computer issues will blast. a planned metro station at potomac yards will not open for five years.

metro says they need time to plan and build the new station for the yellow and blue lines. break up theould longest section of track without a stop. weather,ing the prepared to use the blankets again, a cold night ahead. devon lucie has the first look at the forecast. devon: from the belfort furniture weather center, perfect conditions for another cold start. crystal clear skies, lack of a breeze. the glassy potomac, everything looking great, but farthest west , the air of washington temperatures are meeting the dewpoint temperatures. the high temperatures today, after the morning lows, 37 frederick, 47 downtown. coldest since april, but we

did recover into the lower 70's today, plenty of sunshine. falling into 40's in some spots. columbus day monday might be the best day of the entire week. laurent tuesday. by tuesday.d cooler monday.kets on the complete seven-day forecast and the beautiful skycast a few minutes away. kellye: the university of maryland football team has to have a new game plan on and off the field after firing head coach randy edsall today. the school held a press conference this afternoon to talk about the shakeup. stephen tschida is live in college park with the reaction. stephen? this was farye, from a surprise, it was expected. it's official, randy edsall is

offensiveeir coordinator is their new interim head coach. today, randy edsall got the axe. >> i think some students are happy there is a change. tenure got off's to a good start, but it quickly floundered. 2-4 this season, losing big yesterday. all of the losses this season by at least 21 points. >> the way that we are losing really brought to my attention it might need to be addressed. stephen: the offensive coordinator will take over as interim coach. >> we will focus our energy and asort to finish this season strongly as possible.

stephen: on campus, some people expected edsall's ouster. now they are hoping for something else. >> a lot more w's in the future. stephen: next week is a bye week, so the team will have extra time to work with the new coach before they take on penn state. stephen tschida, abc 7 news. weekendalso not a good for the redskins fans, their againsting in overtime the atlanta falcons. robert burton was in atlanta for the game and he will have a full report later in sports. tonight we are hearing from the man thank full to be alive after being buried in 12 feet of dirt in columbia. tomy was digging a trench repair a water line when it collapsed. his son joined firefighters rescuing him. nearly an hour later, he was pulled to safety. >> when i came out of the hole

there were 100 people in my front yard clapping and everything. i was amazed that all those people were there for me. kellye: he was treated and released from the hospital. montgomery county police have identified a man killed in a motorcycle crash in bethesda this afternoon on old georgetown road. a honda accord was trying to make a left turn onto the road when it struck a harley davidson. the motorcyclist, 52-year-old gary seward, died at the hospital. the police continue to investigate. people including a firefighter are recovering from minor injuries from a house fire in beltsville just before 4 a.m. on old baltimore pike. no word on the cause of the fire. closing the gap, where donald trump and ben carson stand in a new poll. and a waterspout bursts a mail truck.

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iranian court has handed down a verdict against a "washington post" reporter accused of espionage. iran is not releasing the verdict or saying what his possible a punishment could be. administration and secret service deny he was ever working as a spy. blast in turkey killed nearly 100 people and injured more than 200 as they took part in a peace rally. turkish investigators believe that suicide bombers carried out the attack, but nobody so far has claimed responsibility. ran through runners the streets of virginia and d.c. for the army 10-miler, including wounded military personnel.

one of them says he has made it a tradition to help others cheer. find a wounded warrior from walter reed and help mentor them. largestit is the 10-mile race in the world. california's governor has signed legislation banning the use of the name redskins as a mascot or team name. schools will be allowed to keep uniforms bearing the uniforms if they are purchased before 2017, the school must select a new team name, mascot, and nickname. in the race for the white house, donald trump and donald carson both top 20% in a new poll. no other candidate is in the double digits. senators ted cruz and marco rubio and former florida governor jeb bush round out the

top five. first immigrant presidential debate is tuesday night in vegas, hillary clinton will be in the center of the stage. to her right will be senator bernie sanders and mark o'malley. jim webb and lincoln chafee will be to the left. should he enter the race before the debate, a podium will be set aside for vice president joe biden. a wild scene on camera in tampa, a waterspout damaging a large mail truck. [crashing] kellye: it is overtaken by the waterspout as it approaches the skyway bridge. it lifted the truck twice. driver wasthe truck not hurt, but it did nearby nearby -- it did damage nearby property. really frightening just to look at the video. devon: waterspouts are typically weaker tornadoes, but still

enough wind that it could cause damage. hardly a cloud in the sky for us. sunshine, a cold start. i hope that you bundled up. memorial, aorps beautiful shot. .ide is the same set up if you have the windows open, may want to close them down a little bit. it will be colder. temperatures, already into the 40's, culpeper, manassas, luray. the satellite radar combined, crystal clear skies over washington. crystal clear skies allowing the temperatures to drop very quickly. we could also have a little bit together, so watch out for that. a cold front coming in tuesday.

wednesday and thursday, the temperatures go back down. that is the bigger picture. let's reset the forecast, towards tomorrow morning. manassas, culpeper upper 30's in the morning. frederick and winchester as well, maybe leesburg. that is quite a range of temperatures, upper 30's, low 50's. another beautiful, sunny day. mid to upper 70's to the north, reston.ge park, 75 fredericksburg will be on the high end, 77. , 75.hannock academy tuesday, the cold front comes in, possibly arriving in the morning time frame with showers. i have seen some forecast guidance that take it into the afternoon with thunderstorms.

we go with the early afternoon frontal passing, then we drop into the low, mid 70's. columbus day may be the best day of the week. a second cold front comes through friday, which could drop the highs all the way down into the upper 50's. tomorrow morning, it could be one heck of a day. you will need to dress in layers, 44 degree start. 70 degrees by midday and afternoon, high of 76. looking very nice, beautiful blue skies. we will have a few wispy clouds coming in. kellye: a tough day for local sports. devon: heartbreakers. erin: at least the redskins looked like a professional football team through five games, which is not been true for about two years now. sports is coming up.

>> and now the toyota sports desk, brought to you by your local toyota dealers. erin: the redskins had a chance win in an improbable atlanta, but to win big games on the road, you have to te advantage of every opportunity. unfortunately, that was not the case. robert burton is at the georgia dome with more. robert: an agonizing walk back to the locker room after what mostd have been the skins' impressive when the season, knocking off the undefeated falcons. e> everybody is 2-2 or 2-3, will see how the later games play out, but we will continue to fight. we have to sp back. 4-0, theyden: they are

are an excellent team at home. they played hard, we played hard. ale was high after there was a pick off with five minutes left in the fourth quarter. it left skins thinking if only they can hold on. obviously, we did not finish. it did not go the way we wanted to go. at the same time, we will try to get there. goal gave thed redskins a 16-12 lead. later, a game-tying field goal sent it into overtime. >> thank the lord that happened, but we wish it had a different outcome. in overtime, kirk cousins through a pick six. it where i thought

i needed to, and until i see the film i cannot say much else with conviction. coach gruden: it's unfortunate are receiver slipped and fell and they got the pick six. it's about the nfl. a lot of these games are decided on bang-bang plays, and today atlanta made a few big ones. robert: the falcons are now 4-0 against the nfc east. the redskins take on the jets in new york next sunday. robert burton, it abc seven sports. erin: the silver lining in this for the redskins is the nfc east is still wide open thanks in part to the patriots, who demolished the cowboys. the pats continue to play with a chip on their shoulder. tom brady with the touchdown pass. a 59 yard touchdown. the patriots blowout the cowboys, 30-6. dallas is now 2-3.

it does not come as much of a surprise come after days of speculation, it is official -- marilyn head coach randy edsall has been fired. the terps have lost three straight games by at least three touchdowns. under randy2-4 edsall the season, who has a $ 3.1 million buyout. than have more resources when we came in five years ago. we are looking at in a couple years having an indoor facility and a better revenue stream. but i think also playing in the big ten, playing football in the is a tougher job. i think we are in a better position than five years ago. erin: major league baseball has suspended chase utley two utley

for a takeout slide against ruben tejada yesterday. thetorre reviewed all angles and said the slide is illegal, but utley is appealing. you ask me, i thought that was a dirty play. my leg hurt just thinking about it. i don't see how that is going to get overturned. kellye: i'm so glad there was some action. coming up -- plenty of fun events this weekend.

kellye: there were plenty of options to eat out this weekend. capital city brewing company held an oktoberfest. more than 65 regional breweries set up. traditional german food was also available. d.c. wrapped up today. it included food from more than 60 restaurants, along with live entertainment. wow. this place is spectacular.

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