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brianne? brianne: the ramp off the b.w. parkway is still closed. take a oak why. you can see the investigation underway off the northbound lane of baltimore-washington parkway. you can see the park police are on the scene to determine how this happened. it was just after 2:00 this afternoon. when the crews working in the grass made the discovery of the overturned car submerged in water down an embankment. we understand according to the park police this is a heavily wooded area. there is water down there. they say it is 100 feet down from the roadway where the car was discovered. authoritiesauthority were able o the scene. look at what they found once they got there. >> lieutenant from the united states park police and officer from the fish and the wildlife service responded. they were able to break in the car to determine whether or not there was anyone in distress in the vehicle. >> once they got into the vehicle they found an adult male subject who was later pronounced dead by the anne
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arundel emergency medical services. brianne: we are still waiting for information on where the car was traveling off the road. we understand the accident investigation team is going to be reconstructing where the car would have been traveling. the speed and any other factors that may have played a role in this. the man found inside just after 2:00 this afternoon. the ramp is expected to be closed for quite some time. the traffic here on the northbound lanes of the baltimore-washington parkway continuing to back up. the investigation ongoing. reporting live, brianne carter, abc7 news. leon: thank you. in a span of less than 15 minutes, two police officers opened fire on two different suspects in two parts of our area killing both. unlake so many stories we have heard in the last few months in both of these cases, one in frederick and one in d.c. it sounds like the officers had every reason to pull the trigger.
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this begins off the frederick municipality airport. brad bell has the latest. what have you learned there? brad: this happened at the sheetz convenience store. it was behind me in this row of parked car where the police spotted the s.u.v. where the expired tags. the officer ran the tags and realized it was stolen. the fatal encounter happened where the yellow police caution tape is. this is happening in the business morning rush while people were filling up on coffee and gas. this began outside a crowded convenience store. state troopers assisted by frederick police. standing behind a man and allegedly stolen survivor. the suspect jumps in the driver's seat. feet from rick. >> he was told to get on the ground. brad: but instead he jumps in car and tries to raceway. the path was blocked by the
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frederick police officer. >> he drove him up on and pinned him in the vehicle. brad: the trooper ran for the suspect's door. >> as he exited the vehicle he again continued to refuse the orders to surrender. the trooper fired. the suspect is killed. brad: among the horrified witnesses at the busy sheetz store, carl castle minutes before he encountered the suspect in the restroom. >> he was taking a shower in the sink. brad: castle says the man was pounding his chest and flashing a wad of cash. >> he was saying let's go party. he just started to flip through $100 bill. the suspect s.u.v. was stolen in a robbery in baltimore last night. >> the trooper did the right thing. no question in my mind. he had an opportunity to give himself up.
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brad: the entire encounter was encountered on video. the state police are not ready to release the video. if officeer rammed in his car was injured but not serious. we have not learned the identity of the suspect. brad bell, abc7 news. alison: at the same time the d.c. police were called to the robbery in northwest. when they arrived one of the suspect pulled out a gun and started shooting. the d.c. bureau chief sam ford picks up the team coverage live from the scene. sam? sam: that was before 9:00 this morning where gas and the alaska avenue come together in front of the millerly quore store. the streets have been closed down ever since. the police came to the scene en masse. the employees of the morris and millerly quore store arrived for work and found masked armed robbers inside
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and called 9/11. >> arrive on the scene and didn't have a chance to get out of the car before the suspect opened fire on the officer. >> chris jackson incredulous said the first shot got his attention. >> i opened the front door. i thought he was shooting. then he retreats and they tell him to stop. he returns fire again. >> he told the man repeatedly to drop the weapon and he kept shooting before they opened up on him. the young male's body behind the tarp. the numbered marking on the ground, shell casings amount second suspect fled. blocks away minutes later the police stopped this man. he was not wearing the clothing described but they believe he was a suspect and he stopped looking for anyone else. for residents this was scary. >> get on the ground. get on the ground. >> people on the ground, kids
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on the ground because of the shooting going on. >> the police recruits brought in to control traffic and look for evidence. several streets were closed for much of the day. >> we are back life at alaska and calmea. chris jackson said police told the suspect three times to drop the weapon but he would not. he kept shooting until they killed him. sam ford, abc7 news. alison: tomorrow marks six months since marches turned to riots in the street of baltimore. freddie gray laid to rest april 27, two weeks after he was arrested. he died a week later and now six police officers face charges. today business who were looted or burned are struggling to get back on their feet. many owners say they hope that the discord will lead to true reconciliation so all sides can find peace. leon: the sun outside today
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but we have rain on the way moving in the area. chief meteorologist doug hill standing by in the storm watch weather center with a check of the forecast. how much are we talking about? a lot? doug: maybe an inch. but that is late tomorrow, overnight through wednesday. so it shouldn't be a big deal. 58 right now at reagan national airport. the winds are out of the east. it will increase as the weather system converge on the area. 57 in frederick. 56 in annapolis and fredericksburg. 59 in manassas. through the everything hours we will be partly cloudy to clear. temperatures are 37 to 47. we will notice increase in cloudiness this morning and through the day we will deal with this. the circulation left over from hurricane patricia. pulling tropical moisture from the gulf of mexico and the atlantic. it will arrive in the afternoon and become steady on wednesday morning. look ahead to weekend and turning back the clock for daylight savoring time coming
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to -- saving time coming to an ends. alison: students came to school as usual. but many were still on edge. suzanne kennedy reports it was the first day back to class after two teenagers were arrested for allegedly plotting to attack the northern virginia high school. suzanne: anxiety and fear on the minds of some as they return to the high school in spotsylvania after the students and the parents learned of a thwarted terror attack against the school. the buses rolled in before daylight. a typical early morning start on a day that feels anything but normal. >> i think everybody is a little scared. suzanne: the fear comes after weekend announcement that a 15 and a 17-year-old student planned call in a bomb threat and shoot as many students as they could as they evacuated. >> we have substitutes come forward they -- students come forward they had seen social media and received texts they were concerned about. at that point we put in the
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threat assessment team which involves the sheriff department and an investigation was launched. suzanne: students walking to class vizzed concerns. >> some people are nervous. they don't know if it is really taken care of. suzanne: authorities say they arrested the only people they believe to be responsible for the attack. both have been expel and both face charges of conspiracy to commit murder. in spotsylvania county, suzanne kennedy, abc7 news. alison: many question and few answers surrounding the death of two woodbridge teenagers. the bodies of india davis and lyle farringer were found in the back of a van saturday afternoon. police say both suffered trauma but would not elaborate. farringer's father told abc7 news he knew something was wrong when his son missed curfew friday night.
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>> for him not to call, to let us know what was going on we knew something was up. >> his mother said the 17-year-old recently broke up and didn't know why the two were together. the autopsy results are pending. leon: as they say, all things must come to an end. ed walker's last episode of the big broadcast radio show aired sunday night. then three hours later, walker passed away. he was a staple on the washington airwaves for six decades. helping start wamu in 1951. he co-hosted the joy boys with willard scott in the 1950's and 1960's. he worked here before moving on to big broadcast in 1990. walker was recently diagnosed with cancer and taped his farewell message and show from the hospital bedside. we are told that he listened to the show surrounded by family. ed walker, was 83.
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alison: wow! all right. well still to come on "abc7 news at 5:00" -- a lot of people are talking about this one today. knowing the risk. the new concerns about some meat products that could have you changing the way you eat. leon: later, no help needed. find out why pakistan's government says it doesn't need international help after the deadly earthquake. alison: "7 on your side" after the i-team digs deeper after the owner of not one but two local horse farms is charged with dozens of counts of animal cruelty. >> the defense is wrapping up its case in the charles severance industrial. we are talking about another man named charles. i'm jeff goldberg.
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alison: the defense is wrapping up the case in the alexandria murder trial but not without presenting an alternate theory for one of the crimes. our northern virginia bureau chief jeff goldberg in the courtroom all day and joins us life from fairfax with the argument we're talking about. jeff? jeff: alison, the defense is wrapping up the case as we speak to find a witness for the defense on the stand right now. she is a private investigator,
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reading experts from charles severance's writing. focusing on the racist, homophobic views. jurors heard about another man named charles. his name is charles roth. he looks similar to charles severance and is a composite sketch released after the murder of ruthanne lodato. today the defense attorneys implied he could be a suspect in the lodato killing. police detective displayed roth's coach in court similar to the description of charles severance's clothing but he says that roth, the familiar face in old town was questioned about the murder and never charged. today, further testimony from defense witness dr. william scaskill that diagnosed severance with schizophrenic and paranoid tendencies deflected in his writings. while many passages indicate violence and murder it doesn't reflect homicidal ideiation that severance would be the
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agent in taking the life. prosecutor porter highlighting to the jurors some of severance notorious writing like tomahawking the homestead, knock, talk, enter, kill, murder, exit. and he says it was questionable and incomplete because he never interviewed severance himself. instead basing it on the writing and on the account from the friends and family. he admitted an interview would have been helpful but that severance a vocal opponent of the mental health system would not allow it. once the final witness complete her testimony tonight the defense will have wrapped its case. we expect tomorrow the prosecution will have the turn for rebuttal. followed by the jury instructions. wi expect closing arguments to take police on wednesday. after which the case is in the hands of the jury. live in fairfax, jeff goldberg, abc7 news. alison: remember, you can get instant updates from the
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courtroom following jeff on twitter. @abc7jeffg. leon: turning to a developing story. there are tornado watches from louisiana to alabama. eight inches of rain fell in louisiana last nice and spurred a tornado that injured an elderly woman. in texas the winds were so strong it caused an empty tankser to run aground. alison: we want to tell you about a big exciting weekend for the colleagues and friends here at abc7. our chief meteorologist doug hill was honored with the national academy of arts and sciences silver circle award. it honors those who made significant contribution in broadcaster or the cable try for 20 years. he will tell you about the forecast today. he has been doing this in washington for 31 years.
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leon: they renamed it the silver tongued devil award. doug: a great evening. a lot of fun. alison: wonderful. there is a video online. doug: for 37 years. weather wise, the same storm we talked about. the hurricane came to shore on friday night it was enormous but it ran in mountains and it dissipated in 24 hours. no energy left. got over the mountains and saw what it did. now it is going to pull the moisture our way. we are not finished with it yet. this is from spotsylvania. 54 there. the cloudy skies. the clearing moved from the north to south in the day. throughout the last frames we
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are seeing the clearing of the sun breaking through. 55 in napolitano. -- annapolis. it's low in the 40's. at this hour, it's still 58. there is not a lot to difference between the temperatures here and west of the mountains to the eastern seaboard. as this is building eastward it will open the door for a warm front. the leading edge with the moisture hurricane patricia. the winds out of the east, what happens in this part of the country the easterly winds blow up the eastern slope of the mountain and they will get the highest rainfall. the moisture comes up.
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you will see in the rainfall totals we have the thunderstorms in the gulf and heavy rain moving in, the heaviest rain will stay west of the washington area. with that said by wednesday morning the rain is in the future indeed. we will center this at 8:00. heavy rain moving across the midwest. the thunderstorms and it will lift through and the breezes will increase from the west. it will be a few scattered showers. we will be in good shape heading to the end of the week and the weekend. as far as how much rain the rain totals suggest it will stay an inch to outer inch. but as you go west, the amount will get higher and higher. the forecast temperature wise with the showers moving in
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mid-50's. for the metro we won't be a lot different. rain develop and the showers in the afternoon. they will become likely overnight and wednesday. tapering off. nice day for thursday. breezy and 70. sunshine. friday is gorgeous and cool. the trick-or-treaters will be fine. 37 years of tv. almost went off the back of the set. alison: silver circle. doug: pretty much. saturday night is perfect for trick-or-treaters. drive rand cool. sunday is cool. leon, the first time, every six months we do this. saturday night turn the clocks back an hour. leon: that is number one. all right. count down begins. alison: congratulations again. doug: thank you. leon: way to go. alison: all right. well, still to come, maryland governor pants to -- governor wants to change the rules when it comes to keeping your kids healthy. leon: we explain about what
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leon: "7 on your side" with health matters and a ground-breaking report from the world health organization that might have you look funny at your dinner plate. w.h.o. says processed meats like hot dog and ham can cause cancer. researchers caution that risk of developing cancer is small and they say the risk does increase with the amount that is consumed. >> i don't think this is that much news. we have known for years that high-fat diet, obesity in general are associated with the higher rate of cancer. especially colon cancer and others. leon: scientists say eating a lot of red meat can increase your risk of cancer. they define processed meat, meat that is salted, cured or smoked to enhance the flavor or for preservation. alison: a missouri teen battling cancer didn't want to miss out one of her goals. fairy tale wedding. the last item on her bucket
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list. steve harris has the story of how a community came together to make her dream come true. reporter: most little girls dream of having a fairytale wedding. emily is no exception. three years ago she was diagnosed with a bone cancer that took her leg. a couple of months ago they found inoperable tumor in her hip and doctors told her to start working on her bucket list. a list that included playing basketball, riding a harley. >> how was it? >> awesome! reporter: getting a tattoo and a miniature pig. one-by-one she finished them all. all except the little girl's dream. >> she said mom, this isn't fair. i'm not supposed to die yet. i'm supposed to get married one day and have kids. reporter: this is where jakes have the story. they met at a bowling alley five months ago. >> he came in to this knowing how sick she was and fell in love with her anyway. reporter: e asked and she said yes. people came together to make it happen from the winery to the ice sculptor made by two bikers. >> take a moment and look at
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each other. >> to big dave, the tattoo artist and the ordained minister who married them. it was a wedding of a lifetime. >> all i wanted was her to look beautiful in front of her friends and family. it turned into a fairy tale. >> at 17 she got a fairy tale wedding, sooner than she hoped. but life doesn't always cooperate. >> more than anything she wanted to walk down the aisle. but unfortunately her legs would not cooperate a couple days before. >> what matters, what really matter is that emily's dream came true. leon: how about that? alison: wow! surrounded by so many people who love her and support her. leon: those people, every one of them changed after watching that. >> wow! leon: amazing. wish her the best. coming up at fave five -- making more dreams come true. how a "7 on your side" story may save the holidays for local kids this year. alison: plus, recovering from
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on live television. i know we can't stop all gun violence, but we can save lives if our leaders take action. narrator: but we can't count on hal parrish to act. he gets an "a" from the gun lobby, they fund his candidacy... while fighting against background checks to keep guns out of the hands of dangerous people. parrish will make us less safe. parker: politicians' condolences aren't enough. it's time for them to act. feinblatt: everytown for gun safety action fund sponsored this ad.
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animal cruelty. friday we told you how 81 emaciated and starved horses were seized from the farm. that were supposed to be a sanctuary for them. i-team investigator chris papst first reported the story. le is -- he is live in the satellite center with the new developments today. what can you tell us? chris: the owner of the peaceful farm ann was taken to custody. the relatives are taking care of the animals at the somerset farm, those that have not been seized. we have learned that the investigation is coming to maryland. when the orange county officials announced that the farm owner had been arrested, the crowd cheered. she faces 27 charges of animal cruelty. last week authorities seized 81 severe limail nourished horses from her farm. seven were dead and nine more were euthanized. >> what i saw was one of the most horrendous sights i have of seen in law enforcement.
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chris: we did digging in her past and learned in 2013, peaceful farm, a non-profit horse rescue reported more than $1. 1 million in donations and we learned that she ran another horse farm in montgomery county. records indicate that she bought the property in 2010. as you can see it's no longer used as a horse farm. in the short time it was the way she treated her animals did get authorities' attention. in june, montgomery county animal service issued an order forcing her to kline the property in dickerson. she was cited for not providing the horses with water. afterwards, the county conducted weekly health inspections. in july, she moved all of her horses to her orange county farm. >> we had been in touch with orange county. we have offered anything they find valuable in the investigation they're conducting. >> now her 77-acre horse farm
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in montgomery county is for sale. it comes with a 5,400 square foot home and $2 million price tag. the investigation is ongoing. more charges are likely. chris papst, abc7 news. leon: update to share with you now about the twins born pra maturely and -- prematurely and 18 days apart. late last night the family posted that the older son passed away. here is a picture taken shortly before he died. the parents say he lived for 23 days after being born at 23 weeks. they were able to hold him in his final moments. his mother is still receiving treatment tonight. alison: thoughts go out to them today. the death toll of the powerful earthquake in afghanistan is 180. hundreds of others are injured. the 7.5-magnitude quake could be felt in pakistan, india. but a top official in pakistan
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meteorological department says there wasn't massive destruction since the quake was centered so deep underground. pakistan's government says it does not plan to ask for any international help in the aftermath of the quake. officials say the five people killed in a boat accident in canada were british nationals. there were 27 people on the whale watching boat when it capsized off the coast of vancouver. they continue to search for a person that is missing. the opener says the team is heart broken and they are doing everything they can to help passengers and the staff. no word on what caused the boat to capsized. "7 on your side" is on your side with a health notice for maryland residents. larry hogan announced there is a plan to test all maryland children for lead at ages 1 and 2. previously only children in the high-risk areas and those enrolled in medicaid had to be tested.
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they say they are seeing more lead pointings in areas that were previously considered low risk. leon: embarrassing moment for the candidates in vote 2016. now governor chris christie is saying sorry for his behavior on an amtrak train. christie says he boarded a quiet car by mistake over the weekend and took a phone call on board in the car. the story spread like wildfire on the internet. he says once he realized the mistake he left the quiet car and went to the cafe car. maryland congressman chris van hollen received endorsements for the bid for the senate. the international association of firefighters and the local unions from baltimore, prince george and montgomery county threw their support to him. alison: "7 on your side" now with a happy ending to a story about a charity in need. two weeks ago our troubleshooter horace holmes told you how the montgomery
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county toys-for-tots program lost the warehouse. they depend on donations and they couldn't afford to rent a new space so they asked for help. today that help arrived after a local businessman saw our story and donated a warehouse in gaithersburg. >> you don't have to know people to help people. that is our biggest reward. reach some child's heart for the christmas holiday. alison: so the next step is find donations to fill the 8,000 square foot warehouse donated by metropolitan moving and storage. leon: way to go! alison: yes. great ending. coming up at 5:00. leon: 40 to 50 miles per hour. alison: the woman accused of driving into that crowd at a parade heads to court. >> police say she was supposed to be taking care of an elderly woman. now she is on the fighting back wall of justice. what happened? next.
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steve: here we are on monday. never too early to talk about the upcoming weekend. sunday is 65. the trick-or-treat forecast. hard to believe. halloween on saturday. the temperatures in the upper 50's to the lower 50's. stay with us. 50's to the lower 50's. stay with us. "abc7 news at 5:00" continues okay. so everyone is saying, "hey! you gotta get fios!" but why? why fios? well fios is a 100 percent fiber optic network, so you can get 100% out of all your devices.
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jennifer: i'm jennifer donelan. this is the "7 on your side" fighting back wall of justice. your tips help the police make a number of arrests already. can you do it again? they say andrea's job was to take care of an elderly woman bin stead she stole from her. she joins samuel buck robinson on the wall of justice. the d.c. police and the marshals are looking for him in a violent burglary. donna cochran is wanted for embezzlement. arlington county police are looking for pamela nissling. let's set the wall of justice in motion.
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the spotlight is on pamela. the arlington county police need your help to locate pamela. the 44-year-old woman accused of stealing from someone who was supposed to be a friend. it happened almost a year ago and the detectives say she may have taken off for california but she still has business ties in the arlington community and police hope someone can help find her. >> our victim here thinks he is in a trusting relationship. he goes and wakes up next morning to find his possessions have been stolen and pawned off by the suspect. jennifer: she is 5'1", 44 years old, black hair, brown eyes and is wanted for grand larceny and larceny with intent to sell. police want her off the wall of justice to put her behind bars. if you know where she is, call the arlington county police. we'll see you next week with a "7 on your side" fighting back wall of justice.
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leon: coming up at five five -- -- coming up at "abc7 news at 5:00" -- streaming the nfl sunday morning. horace: i'm horace holmes. you pay them to keep peace of mind in case something goes wrong with your appliance in your home. but what happens if you feel that the home warranty isn't worth the paper it's written on? that happened to a viewer and he turned to "7 on your side." are the home warranties worth it?
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leon: they promised they have you covered in case any mechanical device in your home breaks down. but the upper marlboro man says the company he contracted with let him down and he called "7 on your side." our troubleshooter horace holmes looks into whether it's worth it. horace: all joe meyersuanceed in the hot day in july is get the air conditioning back on. >> it was burning up. horace: he thought the home warranty would cover it so the first call was to stanley safe club warranty. on the website they say the club benefit provides comprehensive coverage to most of the home's me can a system and the major a -- mechanical
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systems and they use contractors to quickly remedy any covered maintenance or repair. >> they said in your contract you can get an outside company to come in and look at our unit. we will cover that. >> the contractor he called discovered the a.c. unit needed a new motor. so he was only charged for labor and the service fee. $544. he contacted stanley for the reimbursement check. >> that was july. it's october and i'm still going back and forth about being reimbursed. >> we received 550 complaints on them. >> the better business bureau has given stanley safe club an "f" rating. "7 on your side" found a suit against stanley filed in district court in d.c. and one in maryland. state of new jersey where he is headquartered has filed a complaint for the consumer affairs division saying that they allegedly used the deceptive tactics to sell the
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so-called warranties that were service contracts. he was told the complaint was denied because the h-vac was still under the manufacturer's warranty. >> it was a new home. you told me stuff in your home will probably not be covered because it's a brand new home. horace: there it is in the eight-page contract sent to meyer after he joined the stanley warnly club. part or items under the manufacturer's warranty are not covered. >> don't hand over money until you receive the contract and read through it in the entirety. horace: he did not read the contract ahead of time and he regrets it. >> if i have to pay $550 out of my pocket i don't need a warranty. i can do it myself. horace: so the big question buying a home warranty like the within stanley safe club and many others offer, is it worth it? according to the expert and consumer reports not necessarily. the agency sels if a product breaks after the manufacturer's warranty expires there are other ways to get a free or a low-cost repair. for instance if you purchase
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the item with a credit card. the card company can extend the manufacturer's warranty for extra year. consumer report says it is best to take the money you would have paid to a warranty company and put it in a savings account. by the way, we contacted stanley safe club warranty and the company refused comment. i'm horace holmes, abc7 news. alison: great information there. thank you so much. move on for a check of the roadways. angela foster on traffic watch for us. angela: out on the roads, heavy congestion as usual on the beltway. traveling through mclane approaching the dulles toll road. that will continue to the i-270 spur. we are looking at this heading to herndon. we have an legislation northbound. southbound the baltimore
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parkway is an accident clean-up. we'll send it back to you. >> you got it. take a look now to see what is coming up at 6:00 ahead. a man tried to call 911 and turned away. the reason? he left the district while fleeing men who robbed him. what prompted that action. and remembering ed walker tonight on "abc7 news at 6:00". see you here. alison: let's talk about the weather. this sounds like a good week ahead. doug? doug: i think so. we have a little speed bump here. that is developing later tonight through wednesday with the rain in the area. 58 degrees in the nation's capital. 57 in leesburg. frederick at 55. it will stay cool. increasing cloudiness to the morning. chilly when you wake up.
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upper 30's in the lower suburb. 40's in the metro. the big story is the remnant circulation dret over from hurricane patricia. the circulation center on the mississippi/louisiana border. i will move north and it pulls moisture from the gulf. we'll be the recipient of that. first if the form of scattered showers in the afternoon. moisture will come in from the ocean and the easterly winds keep it chilly. the way it will come together the heaviest rain is higher elevations to the west. the moisture will come in and get lifted up the eastern slope of the mountain. you see it will start off slowly. steady rain for the morning rush. they taper off the showers. how much rain the totals look like they will be an inch or less for most of the area with higher elevations at the higher ridge top. the next seven days for you, beautiful tomorrow in the morning but then clouds and the afternoon showers.
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100% of rain on wednesday. at night we go from 60 to 40. and it's dry. sunday in the 60's. that is the latest to you. leon: speaking of trick-or-treat we have to figure out if the next is a trick or treat. nfl says the fans dreamed more than 460 million total minutes of the video from yesterday's bills-jaguars game. the game in london was available through streaming online. because this is the first game available under these circumstances the nfl says there is no way to compare it to previous broadcast. alison: a start. something new. leon: see what happens. alison: hey, erin. erin: too bad they were dreaming the redskins games because the fans online would have been in for a treat. leon: got that right. erin: the win was exciting but the redskins didn't walk away unscatheed from the victory over the buccaneers.
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linebacker rain kerrigan underwent surgery on his right-hand today and will visit the surgeon next week to see if he will miss playing time. washington is buzzing after the redskins pulled off the biggest comeback win in franchise history. a complete team win and all three phases of the game that should give them plenty of momentum heading to the bye. >> this shows the character. you have to have a strong character and will to come after that. to get your teeth knocked in for a quarter. we took the punches and we came out swinging in the second half. we got a victory as a sign of resilience for the guys. speaking together. it was nice. erin: wizards are gearing up to open up the season wednesday on the road to the orlando magic. when were at the wizards practice and we had a chance to catch up with assistant coach randy whitman who worked with the late flip saunders who died sunday after losing
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the battle to hodgkins lymphoma. an emotional whitman on his former boss. >> you lose a colleague, not only a colleague but a great friend. he was a good friend. he has been there for me many times to pick me up when i have been fired. or something in my family has gone wrong. it's a tough day. erin: saunders was adored in nba circlings and he spent more than 20 years in the nba including nearly three years in washington with if wizards. leon: yeah. alison: sad. leon: he was going in and thought it was treatable. erin: it happened so fast. in august it was announced he had it. leon: never take anything for granted for sure. alison: still to come, a homecoming parade turned into a crime scene.
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maureen: she is accused of driving her car in a crowd of people. the woman charged in the crash at the oklahoma state homecoming parade appeared in court a short time ago. we have the latest. reporter: family members of adacia chambers came to her defense. >> this is not her character. we don't have answers either. reporter: here is what is known. around 10:30 on saturday morning, a crowd of oklahoma state homecoming fans were watching the parade when 25-year-old chambers allegedly drove her gray car in screaming crowd. the impact too graphic to show. >> hit people just like thump, thump, thump. people were flying. reporter: 47 injured, four people lost their lives. 65-year-old marvin stone, his wife bonnie, 23-year-old student nikita nakal and 2-year-old nash lucas whose
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father says was a symbol of love and joy. word of comfort from the victim and their family came from the father. >> trust in god. love those who have been lost. >> she had been previously treated for mental illness. >> she was very good about hiding her problems. reporter: investigators say she was under the influence but her boyfriend says it's impossible. >> i know the test will come back negative. i know that there is no way she was drunk or impaired. no drug whatsoever. she wasn't that type of person. >> chambers is being held on $1 million bond. she has been charged with four count of murder in the second degree. that may change however as the fifth victim is reportedly in grave condition. lana zak, abc news washington.
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alison: that is it for "abc7 news at 5:00". but at 2:00, a robbery victim's call to 911 turned away. the reason and how abc7 is getting changes from the very top. plus, a gruesome discovery. just feet from a busy with highway. how long this car sat undiscovered with a driver trapped inside. announcer: from abc7 news, this is a breaking news alert. leon: the breaking news we have laurel where the car was discovered off the baltimore-washington parkway near route 198. the car has been removed from the water. you are seeing here the pictures, live pictures from news chopper 7. you can see the car is out of the water and on the ramp. we showed you earlier the car found upside down with a man's body inside. they have yet to remove the body. police are trying to determine how the man died and how long the car was in the water.
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it is believed it may have been there since thursday. we will keep you posted. now first at 6:00, a man hild up at gunpoint says the call for help to 911 was turned away. the reason? the 911 operator said because he left the district while fleeing the attackers. that is a story you'll see only on 7. steve steve live with more on the -- stephen tschida live with more on the story. you spoke to the victim in the story. what is the latest? stephen: big changes. right now the d.c. police and the 911 call center are making changes to their protocol. this is because of a story you are about to see about an incident which took place on road island avenue 10:30 on saturday night. gun violence soars across the district. police say it will take the public's help to stop it. but a recent victim tried to alert d.c. police. but got sorry, not now instead. >> the police depa
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