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worry 95-year-old woman was struck and killed by a car. theon: investigators are on scene at river road, reconstructing what happened. richard reeve has the latest. rich? the police have been here all evening. the accident reconstruction team beginning to wrap up its investigation. this was just a sad story, a 95-year-old woman crossing the street to go to her regular bowling day. shortly after we arrived we spoke with her son. a police accident reconstruction team is investigating, trying to learn details of this pedestrian crash that killed 95-year-old march. >> a little bit before 7:00, she tried to cross the street to go bowling and was hit. they won't tell me any details. richard: bill says his mother
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lived just two blocks away. the driver of this eastbound dark-colored bmw stayed at the scene. it is not clear if marge was using the crosswalk and if the light was it her favor, but all of the overhead streetlights were dark. >> it was dark at the time of the collision. that is another factor we are considering as far as visibility. >> she was alert. she was in a quicksilver group. richard: a very active woman. the springfield drive sign, the streetlights are out. that will no doubt be part of the investigation. 96ge was supposed to turn years old in mid-december. richard reeve, abc 7 news. leon: so sad. happening now, two firefighters
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injured happening a seven alarm blaze in new jersey. the residence outside, gathering to watch the response. no word on the severity of the injuries. indictment more than a year after the death of a woman. a little girl was removed from life support last year, her cause of death determined to be severe head trauma. ellis is being held without bond. developments in a murder mystery, a woman who owned a day care murdered in her upscale home. now, new video of mitchell col e, the man charged with her death. tom roussey has the motive. was taken into custody earlier today after spending hours at police headquarters, then was taken out by detectives
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as cameras were rolling. here is video of 56-year-old mitchell cole, being charged with first-degree murder in this crime. alsoody of amanda jones, 56, was found yesterday in upper marlboro. we are told that cole had done yard work for her in the past and had a relationship with her. he was asked if he killed her. this is what he said. anything you want to say, sir? did you kill mrs. jones? >> no. tom: 56-year-old amanda jones ran a day care out of her upper marlboro home. she had had a relationship with cole in the past. things went south last year and was given a restraining order, at but they were apparently seeing each other again. we are told by law enforcement the motive may have been jealousy, cole may have found
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out that jones was seeing another man. jones' daughter discovered the body yesterday, and her mind immediately jumped to the suspect in this case. hard toreally, really think that somebody who knew her would have done this. was.eautiful a person she tom: court records showed that cole filed a civil suit against jones two years ago for $10,000, winning $2500. the court records on say why he filed the suit. tom roussey, abc 7 news. alison: dozens attended a fundraiser in honor of american university graduate matthew , the former senate intern shot and killed at the
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shaw howard metro station in august. a memorial fund will apply lessons learned abroad here in washington. >> i would come home from work or school and he would have a giant smile on his face. he was just so good at relating to people whenever we needed him. 19son: the police arrested a ural suspect several days after the shooting for investigators say that shlonsky was the mistaken victim of a drive-by. leon: the house has voted to real arise a school voucher program in the district, allowing students to get federal funding and pay tuition at private schools. this extends the tuition program for five more years and increases the money by $20 million per year. by bill has to be approved the senate. this is being championed by
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outgoing house speaker john boehner. a conservative majority said they would support paul ryan, but will not formally endorse him, who was seeking support from two other major groups of republicans before going to run. the full house will vote on speaker a week from tomorrow. alison: beautiful fall weather and mild temperatures, but there is a cool down on the outlook. steve: one more beautiful day tomorrow, back into the 70's, a good deal of sunshine. not one but two cold fronts on the way. outside the belfort furniture weather center, 46 manassas and culpeper and frederick. milder to the east, annapolis 57, southern maryland 57. the wind is out of the south that 3 to 7, staying that way overnight. the cold temperatures mean a cool start as you wake up early in the morning. the suburbs in the middle 40's,
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downtown d.c. about 50. we warm up nicely, about 70 degrees noontime. clouds increase through the late afternoon and early evening, lower 70's. the cold front tomorrow night. more on that, plus the upcoming weekend, plus the latest on the marine corps marathon. all the details coming up. now, a sexeloping scandal over maintenance work. prosecutors in baltimore investigating allegations three minutes workers refuse to provide service unless a female resident had sex with them. 11 women are now claiming they were victimized, one said she had a worker who would not fix or heat without sexual favors. no charges have been filed at this time. the employees involved work for the baltimore public housing authority. leon: the race for the white house, vice president joe biden
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said while he will not be making another run for the presidency, he will not be quiet either. there was a press conference at the rose garden today. vice president biden said while his family was supportive, the time to do it had passed. we willsident biden: spend the next 15 months fighting for what we have always cared about, what my family has always cared about, with every ounce of our being, and working alongside the president and members of the congress and our future nominee. leon: hillary clinton in bernie sanders praised biden's lifetime of service, sing to respect his decision. republican donald trump quickly reacted, saying that he thinks the vice president made the right decision and said, "i would rather run against hillary because her temper is so bad -- because her record is so bad." even with momentum,
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hillary clinton will be a hot seat tomorrow, testifying before a house committee about benghazi . three americans died in the 2012 attack. lawmakers have question clinton's actions in the aftermath. the hearing is expected to last several hours. we will live stream it on wjla.com. 7 on your side with a consumer .lert -- another toyota recall 6.5 million cars being recalled, camrys, androllas, tundras, to fix power window switches that could catch fire. if you want to see which model years are impacted, just visit wjla.com. leon: still ahead --a life saving lesson. alison: a student's experiment taught her about it. plus -- they are still celebrating plus -[ female announcer ] business travel isn't just about the going.
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the day. leon: all day. alison: we are officially in the future. is whereober 21, 2015 marty and doc land in the movie "back to the future 2." alison: roz plater has some of the fun tonight. roz: there were big crowds that turned out, loyal fans who said, look, a lot of the things from the movie came true already -- things like drones and videophones or facetime. >> let's do this thing, man. delorean made to resemble the time machine from the movie "back to the future" was the highlight of this anniversary celebration of the popular movie, which has a whole new generation of fans. >> the most exciting part to me is when they were traveling in
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the car. two, marty mcfly travels to the future, october 21, 2015. the future has finally arrived. in theie takes place fictional town of hill valley, and for this special day, reston was renamed. for diehard fans, there is a six-hour movie marathon. of the best comedies of its day and it's timeless. movie,ust a fun family one of the few family movies that you can see anymore that is fun. roz: beyond the fund, what makes the movie special is the takeaway. >> the trilogy as a whole, the lesson is none of our futures are written, our future is what we make of it. that idea, and living to our potential. roz: the movie marathon is still going on until 1:00 this
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morning, and there is more to come. sunday, there is a red carpet preview of part one of the trilogy, and we are told that actor christopher lloyd who plays doc in the movie will be here for that. alison: thank you, roz. a life teacher gets saving lesson in her own classroom. she teaches eighth-grade math. two students were working on a science project and they asked to take her blood pressure. the reading was categorized as a hypertensive emergency. she went straight to the doctor. she is still waiting for a diagnosis, but she says she wants the story to remind people to be proactive about health screening. leon: the reading was 196 over 110, which is like stroke territory, so she was very lucky. alison: think of this. leon: you have good numbers. steve: i do.
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we were in the 70's today, we will do it again tomorrow. rest of the week and will be cooler, but that is good for the runners at the marine corps marathon sunday. , thewe are, 58 degrees skies, just a few widely scattered clouds. 73 was the high earlier today. the average this time of year is 67, the record 85 in 1947. right now 54 winchester in leesburg, middle 40's luray and culpeper. to the north, lower 50's and a bump over milder air to the west moves our way for the day tomorrow. the high pressure stays overhead. tonight, tomorrow, a cold front on the way tomorrow evening. that is when we drop temperatures, by friday, into the 60's for the daytime highs. the satellite radar, the action well to the west, the frontal system still a ways off.
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dry and sunny tomorrow morning. midday, clouds increase just a little bit. should stay dry. tonight, 50 degrees, the wind out of the southwest at about five miles per hour. tomorrow morning, a little cooler, especially around the suburbs, 46 college park, middle 40's bethesda and gaithersburg, low 40's further west into the mountains. therrow, the wind out of south southwest, warming nicely midday, upper 60's, 70 degrees. sunglasses, absolutely, you will need them. into the early afternoon. in the clouds increase as this cold front approaches from the north and west. that will hold off until later tomorrow night. once the cold front moves through, the cooler, drier air moves in from the north. you will feel the difference friday. another shot of cooler air as we move into the day saturday. the day planner tomorrow, 52
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degrees morning temperature, sunshine, middle to upper 60's by the time we head towards lunchtime. outdoor dining tomorrow, cap salute the, go for it. practice for the kids will go on as scheduled. just a few clouds here and there. the 70 outlook, friday 57. middle 60's. sunday, the marine corps marathon, temperatures of 68 to 70 later in the day. in the morning it will be a little cooler than that. 10:00, restart, looking at about at 10:00, then into the middle 60's. hopefully everybody will be done by 1:00. if i was walking it, it would take longer. we were rebound into the middle 60's next week. 30% chance of showers sunday is mainly north and west of d.c., don't think it will be a problem for the runners. alison: that's good.
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desk, brought to you by your local toyota dealers. robert: what does code red mean? we don't know, and apparently the redskins players are not sure either. we just know that is how jay gruden describes the upcoming game against the buccaneers. redskins are 2-4. for all we know code red means must win. but we asked the players. >> um --
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i don't know. code red means if we lose, the season is over. >> i don't know. i think to him it is a state of emergency. everybody knows what went wrong the last game, everybody knows their mistakes. we have to correct them, that's it. wizards continued preseason action today in miami. jared dudley return from surgery today, did not score tonight. the wizards trailing by one, down to the wire. 5-104 with the less than a minute to go. but it's not fair, the heat have dwyane wade in in the fourth quarter of the preseason, and he does that. wiz lose 110-105.
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the mets only a game away from punching their ticket to the world series. sorry, but "back to the future" may not get this one. the mets are leading in the eighth. royals just one win away from your return trip to the world series, but the blue jays did not go quietly. troy tulowitzki hits one over everybody's head, clears the basis. toronto wins 7-1 and forces the series back to kansas city for game six friday. this is ugly. soccer, a shanghai player did not exactly execute he bicycle kick the way wanted. that happened. he was carried off on a stretcher. the good news is he would be ok and will play with his team for the final. note -- tom brady
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love. it's what makes a subaru, a subaru. will not run for the white house, our top trending story on wjla.com. also, the trailer for a new documentary about a plane crash that reshaped aviation safety. watch that only on wjla.com. and more great fall weather ahead. steve's forecast and more at wjla.com. leon: this will make for a very haunting halloween, in the skies as well. an arizona man made a one with a ghost attached. nobody is admitting to flying this so far, but guarantee it will make for some nightmares. especially if it glows in the dark. wet batman suits. [laughter]
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alison: it does not get any better than what we had today. steve: it will be nice tomorrow, 75 the high. on friday. the marine corps marathon sunday, we are talking morning temperatures in the 50's, daytime highs upper 60's, near 70. another cold front, lower 60's monday and tuesday. leon: jimmy kimmel live is next. alison: have a great night.
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