leon: ticketed on a holiday. >> absolutely ridiculous. leon: for a project that is not even ready. investigates. plus, a pedestrian struck by a cop cruiser. and count down to the showdown. what is at stake for democrats, next. now, abc seven news at 11:00

am on your side. leon: first, anger over parking punishment. there is free street parking in most of the district for the columbus day holiday. alison: but people were slapped with fines for the d.c. streetcar project. leon: 7 on your side investigator chris papst dug into the situation and has what he found out. chris, what is the word? during holidays, leon, americans are used to getting a break from traffic, a break from nuisances like paying and getting parking tickets. that was the case today nbc, unless you parked -- that was the case today in d.c., unless you parked next to one of the streetcar rails. unless you happen to park along the h street benning road courrridor.

>> i think it's ridiculous. >> they are not issuing tickets and any other part of the city. why issue tickets for a project that don't even work? issuinghey began tickets for streetcar parking violations, including parking over the white line come in july of 2014. between last year and this year, tickets were issued. at $100 apiece, the district has collected 117 grand. street.l not park on h chris: the trouble streetcar project has spanned three d.c. mayors and has cost millions. while the streetcar has yet to carry a single passenger, parking tickets will continue to

be issued, even on holidays, from 8:00 in the morning until 10:00 at night. >> if you wish you a ticket, take the money and donate it to a cause. ddo ddote reached out to for a comment, but it is a holiday. nobody got back to us. chris papst, abc 7 news. alison: breaking news from kansas city, where two firefighters have died. flames ripped through this apartment building. this is a live look because crews are still continuing to battle flames. those firefighters had just rescued two people when the part of the building they were in collapsed. leon: that is difficult to see that. changing gears, beautiful weather today, but we may have showers moving in tomorrow. brian van de graaff has more on the timing.

brian: it looks like we could have spotty showers tomorrow, leon. the belfort furniture weather center, just scattered clouds right now, not a big deal tomorrow, just keep the umbrella on hand. 63 across the city, the wind out of the south that 7. tonight will not get as cool. upper 50's falls church and springfield, 60 in waldorf. we will have some peeks of sunshine, but for the kids heading to school, i think they're ok. through the day, a spotty showers, nothing heavy, nothing severe, and we still stay in the mid-70's. a cooler push of air is coming, and a look at the timing of that coming up. leon: thanks, brian. a fire engineon caused a crash with a police cruiser. fire officials say that the final report showed the brake

issues worldly fire engine. all vehicles now will be tested for safety. nobody, fortunately, was seriously hurt. alison: a serious crash involving a d.c. police cruiser, a car hitting a pedestrian on connecticut avenue northwest this evening. stephen tschida has the investigation and how they are doing. stephen? a little before 2:00 this afternoon, a police suv was racing down connecticut avenue at the same time a pedestrian was crossing, and they collide it right over here. a cell phone captured the scene seconds after impact. witnesses say that a man trying to cross connecticut avenue before the walk signal changed. thee was trying to beat police car across the intersection, but he cannot. stephen: the police vehicle accelerated down connecticut avenue. the police vehicle veered to

miss the man. they do not hit the pedestrian had on, but slammed into the median. >> it appears he sideswiped the mirror with the pedestrian. police: they say the vehicle was going so fast that even in indirect hit sent the man flying. >> he fell back on his head and started bleeding. stephen: crucial to determining what happened here, surveillance cameras, but folks who live here say they have seen close cars -- close calls before between pedestrians and police cars. >> you have pedestrians thinking they can eat the police car. the police car. stephen: the pedestrian was taken to the hospital with serious injuries. the police officer was not injured. leon: scary new statistics about

drug use in virginia. inst year's, deaths from hero and opioid abuse were more than those who died on the road. that is the first time that has happened. the commonwealth is cracking down. more than 95 kilos of heroin were seized, with a street value of $19 million. alison: terrifying moments in herndon when a man set himself on fire at a gas station. it happened at a sunoco station. a 50-year-old man brought less than one dollar of gas, poured it on himself, and let himself on fire. this played out in the middle of the afternoon. at man died from his wounds the hospital. verified witnesses tried to save him, but were not able to. for: the stage is set tomorrow's first major

democratic presidential debate in las vegas. everyone will be watching hillary clinton and bernie sanders, but a group of contenders will be trying to make names for themselves. all of this as hillary defends her e-mail and joe biden is keeping quiet. , deep in debate prep behind closed doors. tonight, everyone is watching the one person who will not be anywhere in your the stage, joe biden. spending the weekend in delaware , but dodging questions about whether he plans to run for the white house. in onent obama weighing 60 minutes with nothing but praise for biden. president obama: i think joe will go down as one of the finest vice presidents in history and one of the most consequential. leon: he will not say whether biden should enter the race, but he asked strong words for clinton. she made abama: mistake, she has acknowledged it. i think the way that it has been

part because of politics. i think she would be the first to knowledge maybe she would have handled the original decision better and the disclosures more glee. leon: national polls show clinton with a commanding lead, biting trailing far behind, but he could cost crucial votes in iowa and new hampshire -- joe biden trailing behind. i like and respect mrs. clinton, but we have differences of opinion. debate organizer still hoping that joe biden surprises everyone in shows up. they even have a podium ready, just in case. our senior political reporter scott thuman is in las vegas tonight. he will have live coverage and analysis of the event, starting tomorrow. alison: evaluating paid family leave in montgomery county. the countyowtop,

council got a grant from the u.s. department of labor to study this as several companies are introducing more time off. d.c. is taking up a bill that would give 16 weeks of paid leave. opponents a constrain the bottom line for businesses. new developments in the redskins name controversy. california's governor band public schools from using the redskins name as a team mascot. some native americans view the term as offensive. some students say they understand the concerns, but say that the name should stay and the choice to remove it should be a local one. >> i don't think we treat it that. >> it's sad, i wanted to graduate as a redskin. that is what we are. that is why i come to the school. leon: the law gives the four schools impacted by it time to

phase it out. one school said that changing uniforms, artwork, and statues will cost almost $750,000. still ahead, and emotional homecoming for responders after helping in south carolina. apology fromn olive garden. why they are saying sorry to a police officer. leon: and we continued to follow the breaking news in kansas city,two firefighters killed. oh, well that's a good price.

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extensive damage to a high school stadium in washington state. it turned the field into a virtual lake. and if this stadium looks familiar, it's because it was film "then the 1999

10 things i hate about you." alison: back at home, what a homecoming, virginia task force one returning to virginia today. they deployed about a week ago when parts of south carolina, where they received more than two feet of rain. when the fire department cannot access a person, we help get to those people. alison: all southbound lanes of i-95 through the state reopened. northbound lanes are expected to reopen in a day or so. leon: no charges for the man who killed cecil the lion. zimbabwe stopped their mission prosecute the dentist, who initially was going to face poaching charges, but he did not

break any hunting laws. to af garden apologizing kansas city police officer who was turned away from the restaurant for being armed. the officer was going to celebrate his birthday with his family in full uniform, on duty at the time, so he was armed. a worker said they do not allow guns inside the restaurant. tonight, olive garden said the incident was unacceptable and that police officers are always welcome. alison: free breadsticks for him. there is something you don't see every day -- a hot air balloon making a surprise landing in ashland. it dropped right down into a townhome complex. nervous neighbors captured it on video. the balloon pilot said this was the plan and nobody was in danger. unpredictable wind forced him to change his landing spot. leon: ok, would have been nice to warn the neighbors. boy, hard to believe, but the

lottery for the national christmas tree lighting opens this friday. placeghting takes december 3. free tickets are given out every year by lottery. submit your name starting 10 a.m. friday through 10 a.m. monday. amazing that we are talking about this holiday tradition already. alison: it's that time already? brian: we don't even have the halloween costumes yet. alison: it's going to feel more winter like for the weekend. air.: a bit cooler tomorrow we will have showers, but they will be spotty in nature. outside, across the region this evening, we got to 75 today. the average is 70, so we did all right. 50 this morning downtown, not bad, a little cool. we did see some 30's in the

western suburbs early this morning. if finale had some cold air in some spots. airefinitely had some cold in some spots. especially manassas, upper 30's. 61 leesburg, 61 winchester. scattered clouds working their way across, and we also have the wind out of the southwest. that should keep the temperatures from bottoming out as much tonight and should be less intense of a chill. scattered clouds working their way across. also showers through western pennsylvania, ohio, kentucky. as those push eastward ahead of the front, behind the front, we may have showers and dampness. it appears like a lot of them will break up over the mountains, so we have some chances, but i don't think everybody is getting in on the action. a 40% chance of rain, so not everybody gets in on it. it does not look too impressive. across the mid-atlantic, nothing to chilly.

the cold air across the upper midwest will be here by the weekend. tomorrow morning, the front gets close, scattered clouds, may get some sunshine. spotty showers in the morning. the front tries to push across come even if it passes through the afternoon, just a few spotty showers, not a lot of heavy stuff. cooler midweek wednesday, talking upper 60's, as opposed to the low to mid 70's, so it is cooler. the real cool pushes over the weekend. futurecast shows a few sprinkles in the morning, through the afternoon some sprinkles, not that impressive. spotty showers tomorrow a cold, they, not as rain still possible. especially early, early in the morning. i think will have the coolest numbers. by the afternoon, the better chance of an isolated shower. don't be too concerned about it.

70 wednesday, 69 thursday. the seven-day forecast shows a cool weekend, upper 50's. alison: not too bad. ok, silence. brian: i have nothing more to say. leon: being philosophical. erin: we have a shocking report that has all the sports world b uzzing tonight. the latest on steve spurrier.

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convert those turnovers into seven points instead of three. for example, after this interception, the redskins settled for a field goal. here is jay gruden. coach gruden: it's deflating. the good teams that are 5-0 right now are converting turnovers and points and protecting the football. cincinnati, new england, the teams that are playing well, they are doing that. we have to do a better job that once we get a big play like that we put our foot on their throat and make it a bigger play. to multipleing reports, former redskins head coach steve spurrier told his players and coaches tonight he is retiring from football immediately. his retirement was first reported by si.com. is expected to name an interim head coach tuesday, this after they lost their fourth straight sec game

saturday to lsu. you don't have to be a sports fan to know it has been more than a century since the cubs have been to the world series. it's been rough for chicago fans, but tonight was a good moment. 2-2 in the bottom of the fifth inning. kris bryant blasted deep into the night, a home run. chicago takes the lead. next batter, new picture, same result, anthony rizzo with a frozen rope. chicago takes the 5-2 lead. to a six8-6 thanks home run explosion. leadubs take a 2-1 series over the cardinals. blue jays-rangers, toronto playing long ball. doubt, third no home run of the inning. check out this nice catch by pitcher david price, in the bullpen.

the blue jays victory ties the series at 2-2. the decisive game five will be wednesday afternoon in toronto. i'm off wednesday, so i will be watching. houston, fans had the place rocking as the astros built a 6-2 lead but kansas city rallies big, a five-run eighth-inning, things in part twoan error by the astros shortstop. game five of that series will be wednesday night in kansas city. and the capitals are back in action tomorrow night. puck drops tomorrow at 7:00, facing the sharks. up, treasure inside of a toy, a very special toy. ♪

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brian: we could have showers tomorrow, but they will be few and far between. 70, milder. wednesday and thursday, breezy, a touch cooler. we could have showers friday through sunday. low 40's downtown, which means we could be below freezing in the suburbs. leon: jimmy kimmel live is next. alison: have a great night.

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