>> the charging documents make it crystal clear they were intimate in some fashion and he is accused of shooting her in the head and the groin as well. >> withhim everywhere we go. >> desiree attended court and sported a white shirt with her cousin's name. this is after police say ricco shot and killed her 'cuz, zella a transgender woman. it happened at 6:00 p.m. thursday. >> he is a fun loving person. you can never stay mad at him. there was an ongoing relationship between them. >> prosecutors say he already

faces life without parole and plus 20 years. they are reviewing whether they can tack on the hate charges as well. >> for hate crime you have to show that it is done because of the gender or religious affiliation. >> respect people and how they want to live their life. >> he has quite the rap sheet. they have charged him with crimes like attempted first and second-degree murder.

i'm kevin lewis, abc7 news. maureen. thank you. a teenager was kill and another wounded in a stabbing. police responded to a call for a domestic related stabbing. this is where they found the teens. they made an arrest at the scene. >> you are not used to it. >> please have not released the identity of the 14-year-old boy killed. >> families will have to find other places to live after fire damaged the apartment. they believe it started on a balcony and traveled to an addict where there aren't sprinklers. no unwith was hurt and the

cause is under evacuation. >> a cold start to the work week. an area with the temperatures in the 20's. brian van de graaff joins us. a lot of 30s and 20's this morning. brian: we are live in the weather center. it's 52 at the naval air station. chilly tonight. we will slip in 40's in the city, 30's in the burbs. the coolest spot is culpeper, manassas, frederick, mid-30's. how long will this stick around? we have a seven-day outlook

coming up. >> the new rules for the drone operators. the f.a.a. annound the strayingsm drone operators will be -- recreational drone operators will have to register their drones. suzanne kennedy has more. >> the federal government knows 700,000 drones will be sold this holiday season. the number of drones are soaring. more to be purchased in the holiday season. they are mandating that they be registered. >> if you enter a national air space this is a serious matter. >> they would be required to know the rules with the drones

and they could be punished if they don't operate it safely. the register for pilots or the owners to be tracked down. >> we are hyper focused on ensuring the safety of the aviation system. including the safe integration of the air crasser season. >> there is already confusion. >> how is this regulated? how do we go about the process? is this going to hurt the average user who wants to take really nice photography? >> they will have to register the drones but there is a grace period. they hope to have the policy together by mid-november to be in place in time for middecember. reporting live, suzanne kennedy, abc7 news. >> we have new video of an

aggressive owl, not a drone. attacking the runners on a popular local trail. this happened along the capital crescent trail in bethesda. montgomery county park department released video of the barred owl. four people have been attacked by the bird. the runners are urged to hide the pony tail and not use the trail at night. >> the texas teenager whose homemade clock mistaken for a bomb is visiting the white house. 14-year-old muhammad will take part in astronomy night on the south lawn. the teenager has been in the d.c. area all weekend. in arlington, the council on the american islamic relations or care gave muhammad the american muslim of the year award. the "washington post" sign comes off the headquarters on 15th street northwest. it will be moved to k-street.

according to a company memo it will the inside the fourth floor of the digs. coming up at 6:00 -- >> i'm lucky. maureen: motel clerk opened up about a vicious attack by the robbers and what he is sharing about the close call. will he or won't he run for the white h

announcer: you're watching "abc7 news at 6:00". on your side. maureen: the baltimore city council voted to make ketch davis the permanent police commissioner. he had been appointed on an interim basis. it came amid the civil unrest and spike in violence in baltimore following the death of freddie gray. a group of demonstrators are gathered outside the city hall. in vote 2016 news, the clock is ticking for vice president joe biden. he is expected to announce whether he will enter the presidential race in the next 48 hours. right now hillary clinton is leading with 48% of the vote. if he enters the race, biden would have 17%. there are questions about

another race in washington. some republicans are wondering if the wisconsin congressman paul ryan will run for speaker of the house. his spokesperson said today the congressman looked forward to listening and speaking to the colleagues this week. outgoing speaker john boehner says he will delay the resignation from congress until a successor is set. coming up at "abc7 news at 6:00" -- alert for metro riders. the weeknight track work that could delay travels. a cold start to the week. when is warmer weather on the way? brian will let us know in the forecast. erin: i'm erin hawksworth. if kirk cousins isn't to blame for sunday's loss, who is? hear what jay gruden thinks. believe it or not there was a bright spot yesterday. we talk about it when "abc7 news at 6:00" continues.

maureen: a local motel clerk are thank to feel be alive after he was attacked at the budget motor in northeast. the robbers fired a gun at the

clerk and ran off with undisclosed cash. stephen tschida spoke with the clerk today. >> he is cut, bruised and in pain. four men came in at 10:30 looking for the rooms robbed him while he worked at a new york avenue motel. stephen: he lay on the ground and he saw a gun in the hand of the robber. >> he heard it go down. >> they shot at me but they missed. >> the man stood over him with the gun. he is lucky that the bullet missed. >> police are pulling over the surveillance video to track down the robbers.

he is nervous about returning to work. this is the fifth time in the past few years that the motel has been robbed. stephen tschida, abc7 news. maureen: first lady michelle obama wants a new campaign today to encourage teens to pursue education beyond high school. the goal of the better make room campaign is to create space for teens to achieve the dream. >> the truth is right now the space doesn't exist in the popular culture. today the national conversation is focused on celebrity. their story and hairstyles. the tweets they send. the points they score. maureen: the campaign is going to partner with television network to engage the students. president obama said by the year 2020 he hopes the u.s. will become number one in the world for college

graduates. >> amazon has tired a lawsuit against a thousand people accused of posting fake reviews. a woman admitted that she wrote hundreds of glowing reviews for $4 apiece. >> if they notice there are a lot of reviews, they won't trust amazon. >> previous research estimates that 30% of the product reviews online are fake. plan on changes to metro rail schedule because of the weeknight track work. tonight at 10:00, the trains on all six lines will run 20 to 25 minutes. metro is single tracking to allow for repairs. major progress in the effort

to clean up from the last week mudslide in southern california. crews alled away the last of the vehicles. but they still must review the hardened earth before the high can reopen -- highway can reopen and it is hoped it will reopen by thursday. >> snow is causing problems in ohio, michigan and vermont. icy, upstate new york, the bad roads are blamed for 50 crashes. >> it just kept coming and ket coming. it's too early for snow. >> some areas saw the temperatures dip ten degrees to 20 degrees below normal for this time of year. what do we say? poor folks.

brian: we didn't have snow. we did have frost. although it will be cold tonight it won't be as cold. we are headed in the right direction. maureen: bring on tomorrow. brian: exactly! look at the low we anticipate for later tonight. we had cold air in place hence the frost and the freeze some people are feeling across the area. a chilly start to the morning. as the sun goes down we see it in the upper 50's. in downtown, 55.

the sun is down and we are seeing the sun going away in four minutes. clear skies and the light winds the temperatures are going to be dropping back quickly. it's chilly tonight for sure. tomorrow is cold in the morning. we will get to 70 tomorrow an and we are going to feel the warmth. tomorrow there is a chilly start. through the afternoon the mid-to-upper 60's. a nice warming trend. 72 in winchester tomorrow. looking at the metro, upper 60's for potomac. 68 in clinton. the other numbers to the southern maryland are 67 in charlotte hall. so a warmer trend.

wednesday and thursday the mid-70's. by friday it's cooler. that is the forecast coming up in a bit. back to you. erin: all right. well, brashad brelan was one of the only good things about the redskins performance sunday. we have to talk about the bad. by that we mean kirk cousins. we hear from jay gruden on the quarterback after the break.

>> for the fourth time, kirk cousins threw two interceptions in a game, the latest sunday in a loss to the jets. that brings the total to eight picks in six games. but that is not enough to convince gruden to make a quarterback change. after the game he stood by his man and blamed the wind for cousins's struggles. today gruden is asked if he is making too many excuses. >> i'm not trying to make excuses for anybody. it wasn't good enough for anybody. not kirk, myself or the offensive line or the coaching staff. there is nobody played good enough to win a football game on sunday afternoon. i'm not making excuses or babying anybody. trying to get ready to play

the buccaneers moving toward to get it on the right track. >> the run game was awful. the run defense not good either. the bright spot was bralen. he did what the coaches were asking for. he had three take-aways and two fumble recoveries and an interception. it just wasn't enough. >> we talk about it every week. point to the guys to get the ball and the turnovers all week. we are getting good stuff our way but we have to get more. erin: starting tonight there will be no beer cans at the upper deck at the roger centre in the blue jays. it's been banned after they reacted to a play earlier against texas throwing the cans on the field. they host kansas city in game

three of the alcs. toronto till looking for a win. duke's coach k. announced the 2016 olympics will be his last to coach the men's basketball team. no word on his successor. maureen: another blue monday for skin fans. erin: hopefully it won't continue. bad case of the mondays for us here. maureen: at least we know where the weather is concerned it's looking up. brian: yes. tonight is chilly. 30s and 40's. tomorrow, 38 in the morning. by noontime the low 60's. mid-to-upper 60's by the afternoon. near 70 degrees downtown. wednesday and thursday are in the mid-70's. we have another cold front. it will take us to the 60's. not as harsh. >> looking forward to that. thank you. "world news tonight" with david muir is coming up next. [ female announcer ] business travel isn't just about the going.

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