left-hand side. we have the digital signs of the arrows pushing you to the left. all lanes blocked to the right-hand side where they are working -- while they are working on this. let's move to the maps and talk about how slow you actually are approaching this activity. it is eastbound on the icc near shady grove road. not quite backed up to 370 yet but as we get a little bit into the commute it may be. if you want to avoid it, reuse route 28. you can also use shady grove. we are single digits approaching this activity. nine miles per hour heading eastbound on the icc because of a trash truck fire. you have alternates but no longer are all lanes blocked. for more you can get a text alert. the sign upom/text and that will do the most up-to-date information. back to you. >> whatever this thing is, it

doesn't appear to be attached to anything. it's going down. jonathan: they were both right. , that wasyou heard new video from national guardsmen trying to shoot down this multimillion dollar blimp after it settled into a pennsylvania tree line. alison: a mile long was carried more than 100 miles north yesterday, knocking out power as it came down across power lines. how in the world could this happen? bell as the brad search for answers. reporter: everybody is still talking about it. we called aberdeen proving grounds. no answer today. we are not at the base. we are in the town of aberdeen. this old museum he's howitzer is a good way of explaining. they test military gear, often

to the point of breaking to find out if it works. the blip system was well past its testing phase. clearly something broke. is, it isr this thing not appear to be attached to anything. there is a line dragging. reporter: a day after they watch the fall from above >> -- it will land in the cornfield. reporter: norad's eye in the sky was reduced to trash. a team removing the secretive insert -- surveillance gear. we have additionally secured the site down in the ravine. deflating working on it. reporter: the high-tech method of releasing helium from the $182 million lent, state troopers opening fire with shotguns. >> that is how we are deflating it. reporter: it has to work.

when we come back at 5:00 we will talk more about how it is possible that this blimp could have broken. it was on a tether of about one inch diameter. somehow something went wrong. when we come back at 5:00 we will see we can find some answers. brad bell, abc 7 news. jonathan: the whole blimp project is part of a project because billions of dollars. this thing has been years in the works. they are supposed to detect missiles fired at the d.c. area. we will take a closer look at how much of your tax money is going to this program and if the program is even working. police are calling this an assault with a dangerous weapon but if you look at the video it is a shooting, camera. -- caught on camera. this was in october 6. d.c. police releasing this video

now for you to see. firing two people and and jumping into a car and speeding off. if he see anything in the video you recognize, d.c. police would like to hear from you. the early morning shooting is now a homicide investigation in northeast washington. -- leon bree junior with shot multiple times and died at the hospital. they are offering a reward for information that leads to an arrest. jonathan: tomorrow marks 12 years since the deadly shooting at anacostia high school. one mother try to turn on the life of the gun and he ended up killing again. tomorrow justice will be served. sam ford has a look at what will be an emotional sentencing day tomorrow. reporter: 27-year-old eric postel will be sentenced tomorrow for the murder of paul

danzo. it will not just began -- just be danzo's family present. that andr even befriended postel and his family after she believed he was shooting at someone else. charged as a juvenile, he promised to turn his life around it was featured in a magazine article in 2012. a year later after an argument in a downtown club, postel killed 23-year-old paul danz ando -- danzo and the jury convicted him. after 12 years, to think about the young men and took his life is being sentenced on the same day as takings of appeals's that somebody -- somebody

else's. his own. michael says she is she and thethat 's mother had become friends and led a group of mothers of homicide victims. and again they will all be here tomorrow. i will have a lot more on the story coming up on abc 7 news at 5:00. sam ford, abc 7 news. alison: thank you very much. neil cohene man -- is the man that metro wants of the next general manager. we are learning more about his credentials they don't include rail. what is his background? brianne carter is in the newsroom. is metro thinking outside the box? reporter: he does have a different background than the different general manager.

but a strong background when it comes to transportation. it is not a done deal yet. they say they have no official comment on this. has bothtand he operational and financial experience in the transportation industry. cohen begin working as the vice president and chief financial officer back in 2013. in that job get a strong financial focus with responsibility for accounting and control, financial planning, and audits. he previously worked for northwest airlines and u.s. airways, including merger and acquisition activities. while metro has not made an official announcement about the selection, we wanted to know ridersll the thing about the new potential leader. >> of a operations is important with delays in train failures. >> they have to find a better way to manage the money. unioner: the new riders has been vocal about problems

and looking for changes in metro. what do they think about the man? we will have more coming up at 5:00. brianne carter, abc 7 news. jonathan: three years ago to the day superstorm sandy made landfall, devastating you are city in the jersey shore. more than 100 deaths blamed on the storm and three years later the rebuilding does continue in a number of communities. sandy cost more than $50 billion in damage up and down the east coast. that makes it the costliest storm in u.s. history. alison: nothing like that now around here. another great day in the books. -- grey day in the books. doug hill has a look at the weekend. spooky or nice? doug: tomorrow will be cooler but whole lot sunnier than today. cloudy outside the weather center. let's look from alexandria where skies are mostly cloudy. is a very comfortable afternoon with temperatures running into the upper 60's at the moment. 69 at reagan national.

69 at annapolis. very comfortable temperatures but cool air is on the way. we expect overnight lows to drop to the lower 40's in many areas. 42 in gaithersburg. 45 and upper marlboro. see is fromss you the cold front moving through right now. no rain with it, just clear skies and a chillier temperature. but nicea bit cooler and bright and sunny with highs about 62. more about the holiday weekend weather coming up. it's not a holiday, it is halloween. alison: thank you so much. first full day of deliberations and the alexandria murders trial. the jury decide the fate of charles severance, accused of killing three people. jeff goldberg standing by for a verdict. today there was a request of the jury. tell us what they wanted to. -- wanted. reporter: at about 2:00 we got

word that the jury has sent a note to the judge. certainly getting everybody inside the courtroom, lawyers, reporters, getting word and getting tweets from other lawyers inside the courtroom. there has been another request from jurors to the judge. the situation getting everyone's attention. as for the note that came to the judge this afternoon, it was a request from jurors for the entire list of evidence exhibits from both the prosecution and defense, plus five more copies of jury instructions, plus more markers and highlighters. cellophane tape and an easel. the office supplies and copies of jury instructions were no problem, but they decided to not give jurors the whole list of exhibits that will provide specific items if requested. impossible to predict exactly what is going to the minds of jurors at this moment, but this request does suggest they are being very detailed in their deliberations and perhaps a lot more work to do. we will go inside the storm --

courtroom, not right now, find it with the request is in tweeted out to you. we will have an update for you at 5:00. jeff goldberg, abc 7 news. jonathan: stay with abc 7 for live updates on the murder trial. you can follow jeff on twitter and us. the only place you would get live updates from inside the courtroom. 4:00,: still to come at we will take you dancing with "good morning washington." >> i never thought i would be speaker. jonathan: but he is now. paul ryan takes the gavel. 's vision for the house and we will test your knowledge of the speakership. a plane catches fire in florida. the view from a nearby playing in with the pilot reported moments before the plane

jonathan: look at your tv right now. this is the view from a passenger across the tarmac. this is in fort lauderdale. this is what they saw. a going six -- boeing 767 on fire. the faa says this dynamic international airways flight was

about to take off on the pilot reported a fuel leak problem. the airport was shut down because of this. the airline says the plane was safely diverted but some were injured. it's unclear how severely. we will hear -- have more only get an update on this. alison: china is any gets one couple one child policy. the change comes as china struggles with an aging population. ing has warned the country could be home to more than 400 million people over the age of 60 by 2030. the company -- country of more than one billioneople institute of the role in jerry sandusky with the new trial. 's attorney claims did not get a fair tri i 22 when he was convicted of sexually abusing several young boys. the judge did grant a motion requiring the attorney general's office to provide information on related grand jury leaks.

this comes after a boston man filed a criminal complaint alleging he was sexually asedb'. the state is investigating those claims. jonathan: not sure if you can see it in this plastic bag. inside of these little pellets of rubber. you will find these all over the fields and the d.c. area. is supposed to cushion the fall of any student-athletes but the problem is they could be black from speaking the kids sk? this is a question 7 on your side iteam has been investigating into. in mclean they have the but they havehem all over the d.c. and virginia. this is the new thing. reporter: absolutely. you may not notice it at a distance but want to get close to the fields you really see it. be black rubber pellets. they turned her hands black if you're down here on the field

long enough. that is what soccer goalies are doing all day long in practices and games. they are slamming down of this material again and again. half of the kids are worried that they can be exposing themselves to potential harm. they have seen cases across e country of cancer, athletes linked together by the fact that it played on this rubber and got sick. there is a demand right now for comprehensive federal testing that we discovered has never been done even though this rubber has been out and used on athletic fields for the better part of a decade. not just here in the d.c. area but across the country. no testing has been done by the federal government that really looks at health impacts here. people are demanding it even know reps say individual studies show this stuff is safe. jonathan: what is holding up the federal testing? reporter: there is a lot of things holding this up. people have been looking in hearing about these problems. but congress is an issue.

they say they have not mandated it so far. the agency that would normally haveplaces like the epa not done the testing because basically congress has not forced them to do the testing. it still in limbo. congress recently sent a letter to the epa asking for everything they know about the black rubber pellets, any links they can find so far to cancer cases across the country. jonathan:. you will see that story right here tonight on abc news 11:00. josie will be back with more leading up to that here on a b-17 --abc 7 news at 5:00 and 6:00. alison: an update on the breaking news. the trash truck fire is closing all that one lane. we are told it will take a very long time to clean this up. right before the shady grove metro station. jennifer is near the end mobile track seven. how bad is the backup? reporter: can use a really bad?

let me give you an idea. a shot of our camera from the front of mobile track seven. we are inching and that is really an exaggeration. i will go 12 rooftop cam -- go to our rooftop camera. this is the icc. these cars should be moving. some video of the trash truck fire around 2:30. the load was on fire. the driver don't it -- dumped it. it will take a while. we understand the left shoulder is moving by. we will have updates for you. and jamie sullivan will also have updates. back to you. alison: thank you very much. just how bad was the flooding and rain in south carolina? you can now see the damage from space. nasa put this picture out from one of its weather satellites.

runoff flowing downstream, right into the atlantic ocean. at least 15 people were killed in those floods. experts believe rebuilding costs will be in the billions. jonathan: what's happening with the weather around here, it's almost unseasonably warm. doug: for five degrees above average. it will be cooler tomorrow but in exchange we get sunshine. i think that is a good trade. we cindy weather pictures to pics@wjla.com. catherine in west virginia did that. this was this morning, the double rainbow. thank you for that. we are off and running with a change in the weather pattern because the cold front coming through. cloudiest associated with the front rolling to the area. no rain associated. in the west the skies of started to clear once again. we will see clear skies throughout the region tonight along with chilly temperatures. mid 40's for an average. maybe a few upper 30's and the

normally colder areas. the wind at 5-10 miles per hour. in the next seven days it will stay on the cool side. good stuff for tomorrow. sunshine and 62. clouds increase late in the day. the weather will be fine for the trick-or-treaters. sunday, some showers in the afternoon and the possibility again on monday. next week back into the 70's. all good stuff. trick or treat weather with temperatures in the 50's. i've got a question for you. when was the first time the washington area received measurable snowfall last year? we need more than a trace. november 20, december 14, or january 6? think about it. no fair going to the computer and googling it. alison: you think we would remember. we try to forget. doug: i think it was almost four inches. jonathan: don't you just block us about overtime?

alison: did you hear about this? it started as a fight but it turned into a dance off for the d.c. cop. alya taylor thoughts yet the better moves. she thought she could do the wit and nae nae better. today, taylor was on "gmw." and it was on. [laughter] jonathan: wow. was a fun morning at "good morning washington." the officer who was dancing the video has just received praise from everywhere, even the president on twitter. "who knew community policing greatinvolve the nae nae. example of police having fun and keeping us safe." jonathan: really great. alison: tomorrow on "good morning washington," a special halloween edition. a tour of the most haunted

places in town. catch gmw every weekday morning starting at 4:24. >> if there was ever a time for us to step up, this would be that time. jonathan: he is now one of the most powerful men in washington. paul ryan is the speaker of the house. 's vision coming up next. can you answer these questions? a little trivia for you. we will have the answers a little later in the newscast. countdown to veterans day sponsored by paralyzed veterans of

jonathan: new house speaker paul ryan said this is a job he did not wa the week ago. he will have to deal with a split republican party and the democrats across the aisle. how will he be the house the democrats -- house of representatives? reporter: paul ryan elected speaker of the house. what itthey told me happened i haven't the moon, the stars, and all the planets of fallen on me. we should all feel that way. reporter: the family of the lawmaker sat in the gallery. mitt romney watched as his 2012 running mate became second in line for the presidency. outgoing speaker john boehner, a box of tissues in hand, delivers

his last speech in the house floor a speaker looking -- >> just to the right things for the right reasons and good things will happen. in this to should really happened to you. reporter this comes after a tumultuous four years leaving the house. two year $80l billion budget deal of president obama has mender fire. >> iv with no regrets, no burdens. sayster: manager it is time to avoid last-minute crisis in government. all voices will be heard and more work will be done in committees. >> we are not settling scores. we are wiping the slate clean. reporter: ryan is the youngest figure in 170 years. deadlines are coming up for appropriations bills so he will get -- hit the ground running and john boehner will leave his congressional seat on saturday. earlier we asked you

some questions about how speakership. paul ryan is the 54th speaker. the first was frederick wallenberg of pennsylvania. the longest-serving house speaker was say no reverent of ofes -- samuel rayburn taxes. 17 years. the most ballots it took to fill an open speaker's position was 133 back in 1856. video of a, after forceful arrest by d.c. police officers some will be getting a

>> you're watching abc 7 news at 4:00, on your side. jonathan: have you seen this video? this is cell phone video that was shot. there is a geither on something and does not want to be arrested. the police are having a hard time getting them under control. they say they were having a drug-induced rage. this sparked calls of police brutality. subset is situation should of been avoided if they just had tasers. a lot of country -- officers across the country do. the plan is for supervisors to get tasers but some say this will not be much help to them. reporter: cell phone video of

officers taking down a man apparently in the midst of a drug-induced episode sparked outrage. >> why did they get it down and start punching him in the face? reporter: cell phone video may make police appear like they are out of line but they are actually falling proper method. burton believes most people have a sanitized expectation of police work. >> the use of force even when done properly is not very good. reporter: he believes the best way to avoid the use of billy clubs is tasers. d.c. police do not use tasers on the beat but tuesday night when asked about the arrest video, the chief announced a major change in department policy. >> we are going to deploy tasers to supervisors. reporter: some believe situations like this will continue to take place if only supervisors or sergeants get tasers. >> why would you restrict that the just a supervisor who is not in the field?

most of the time you're coming on the scene after the use of force. only major.c. is the police department in the area that does not provide its officers with tasers. we are waiting to hear how and when this plan will be implanted. stephen tschida, abc 7 news. jonathan: take a look at this. great fall colors over grateful. look at the color. you can see all the oranges and reds popping out. some trees have no leaves left at all. it will be a great weekend to go out and see the colors before they go. i think the temperature will agree with all of us. alison: if you still have some great fall colors, take a picture and send it in. we will put it on the air right here on abc 7 news. pics@wjla.com. leave is your name, location, and then tune in and watch for it. doug is here. now we have the winter. the trivia question from

the last time, we will take a look at it. when was the first time that washington recorded measurable snowfall last winter? november 20, december 14, or january 6? alison: i will say this summer 14. jonathan: i will say january 6. doug: wehner! -- winner! when will we get our first know this year? i don't have my dartboard with me to figure it out. let's talk about some good stuff coming weather-wise of the next couple of days. that will be more sunshine and a little bit cooler temperatures. this is the rockville campus of montgomery college. skies are cloudy but it's a little bit of breaks in the overcast. clear and chilly tonight. 29 degrees by tomorrow morning. time but wendshield are getting there slowly but surely. 62 tomorrow with a full day of sunshine.

saturday should be sunny most of the day. sunday, increasing cloudiness. the weather will be fine for the kids at night. sunday, 66 and maybe an isolated shower or so in the afternoon. tomorrow night before you go to bed, you would be wrong to do it tomorrow night, trying to clocks back on saturday night as we returned eastern standard time. the difference in sunrise and sunset is pretty start. --urday, seven: 30 4 a.m. 7:34 a.m. and sunday 6:35 a.m. sunday morning. the sunsets at 5:08 p.m. the amount of daylight will continue to shrink all the way through december 22. i will go back and reload more stuff for you. alison: thank you. natalie case of body shaming in frederick. the owner of a new bar studio criticized after a story on

their studio ran in the paper. suzanne kennedy told us what one person at this -- had to say. reporter: this is the article that ran in the newspaper about a week ago. it was sent back to the owners of this fitness studio a few days later with negative comments about the two women's bodies. " you do not model a healthy lifestyle." and you are "fat boarding nonobese. -- on obese." this brought up a conversation about the negative impact of body shaming. >> in our society it is important to be strong and healthy. it's important to put the image out there. and it is important for us to not judge other people for their version of strong and healthy. reporter: who would write, as like these? coming up at 5:00 i will tell you what these women know about the person who sent back the article to them and whether or not they plan to contact her. suzanne kennedy, abc 7 news.

jonathan: continuing now with her breaking news we are following. a trash truck fire on the icc closes all that one lane. it's just a big hump of nothing. this is right before the shady grove metro station. jennifer donelan is on the icc and she has been slow traffic. are there any bright spots out there at all? reporter: know, that we have arrived at this spot. i will show you with the front camera where they are diverting everything down to one lane. ever the sort of tunneling in. a live picture. there is a front end loader on the scene. that is what we were waiting for is a remove the trash. to our frontback picture because we can see the front end loader moving towards us. i think the traffic which is ugly full wrap up shortly and he

will be reopening all lanes. we have a live picture of the front end loader approaching our mobile track seven. this is the scene everyone has been waiting for. once they clear everything out, they will reopen the highways so big thumbs up to that guy. hopefully this is over soon. jonathan: thanks for that. coming up at 4:00, a woman declared dead by the irs and social security but she is alive. how they turned her life upside down and to make sure this is not happen to you. presented with a shocking plan that can make all their troubles go away. that ahead in narrator: for state senate, who shares our vues? jeremy mcpike - supports school funding. thinks women should make their own health care decisions. and favors background checks on all gun sales.

hal parrish? as mayor, he slashed education. fought to block women's health clinics. parrish gets an "a" from the gun lobby - they oppose background checks to keep guns out of the hands of dangerous people. virginia extreme or mainstream? vote mcpike for virginia. feinblatt: everytown for gun safety action fund sponsored this ad.

alison: called to the white house. 's office.k in fitz >> time for the "scandal" scoop. is going to be good. tonight, olivia is called to the oval office and is a bit confused. she think it is to discuss fit'' s this -- impeachment case.

the meeting is about her and her future. >> we did not call you to talk about the investigation. >> we called eager to discusa way, our way. it's the only way out of this. the only way to keep you from testifying. you two are getting married. >> you'll have to watch "scandal " right here tonight at 8:00. that is your "scandal" scoop. alison: a big lineup tonight on abc 7. it begins with the classic. "is the great pumpkin, charlie brown." " at 9:00.scandal jonathan: want more money? we have you covered with the\ " good morning washington" giveaway. alison: you just have to watch in the call in and win. jonathan: the social media world

goes nuts over this wayward blimp. we will say you some the nniest names that are now going viral. i will tell you how teachers visiting parents outs woman: my mom and i have the same hands.

same eyes. same laugh. and since she's had moderate alzheimer's disease, i've discovered we have the same fighting spirit, too. that's why i asked her doctor about new once-a-day namzaric™. vo: new namzaric is approved for moderate to severe alzheimer's disease in patients who are currently taking, and can continue to take certain doses of both namenda and donepezil. new namzaric is the first and only treatment to combine 2 proven alzheimer's medicines into a single once-a-day capsule that works 2 ways to fight the symptoms of moderate to severe alzheimer's disease. once-a-day namzaric may improve cognition and overall function and may slow the worsening of symptoms for a while. namzaric does not change how the disease progresses. it shouldn't be taken by anyone allergic to memantine, donepezil, piperidine or any of the ingredients in namzaric. before starting treatment,

tell the doctor about any medical conditions they have... including heart or lung problems, seizures, stomach ulcers, bladder, kidney, or liver problems. tell the doctor if the patient will have any procedures involving anesthesia, which may cause muscle problems. other serious side effects may occur, including slow heartbeat and fainting; increased stomach acid, which may raise the chancelcers; nausea and vomiting; difficulty passing urine, seizures, and worsening of lung problems. the most common side effects associated with namzaric

alison: there is a program that takes teachers into the students'homes. tonight's pilot on education, kelly visits abc public school in southeast washington th'gette visits. >> let me hear from -- reporter: students are accustomed to seeing teachers in school but not necessarily outside school. >> i never thought a teacher would be coming to my house. reporter: every student here does affect me that. visit parents at home. >> our attendance ras of gun of committed sleep. familyr: is part of a engagement partnership and studies show the concept works. johns hopkins researchers found students with families received home visits at 24% fewer absences and were more likely to

read at or above great level. >> the teachers can ask questions like, tell me your hopes and dreams for your child. tell me about how i can be your child's best teacher. reporter: every teacher post business of home -- pictures of homes visits. is intended to remind students of the connection between them, their parents, and teachers. >> the u.s. president is the most powerful person in the whole world. says it: katrina minors is blossomed into a valuable relationship. >> you don't have that triangle, we all etimes -- just communicating all the time. hometer: communication at means advancing kids in the classroom. kellye lynn, abc 7 news. alison: the college board is expanding way some students are waiting for their sat scores

even after placing rush orders. is being delivered revenue electronic recording system and it's taking longer than expected. the college board says in a rushed score is not the field within two business days of the request, it will refund the fee that the student paid. jonathan: a high school football coach in washington state is on paid to leave after refusing to stop praying.the school distrde. leadingedy has been the prayers voluntarily with his athletes on the public football field after the games. he is joined by his students and players and some of the other players. school officials say this can be seen as violating the separation of church and state. kennedy is fighting the ruling. he says he is prepared to sue the school district. saying this is been going on for a long time. is voluntary. flight of a deal? alison: people still talking

about it. treat,s not a trick or a it was a thief in texas caught stealing a family's halloween decorations. this happened last night in an el paso neighborhood. and man was seen walking towards the family house and then running away with an inflatable pirate minion. the family says the men targeted the home despite them having three surveillance cameras. >> it is scary and sad that we can't even put things up, for these things out here. somebody will just take it. reporter: alison: they are not giving up on surveillance cameras. they plan to install one more they can record a vehicle's license plate. jonathan: that kind of stinks. landed, itblimp landed on social media imaginations.

the media had a lot of fun with this story. alison: we would like to show you a few twitters. here is one with lionel reggie. there is his face and says "is it me you are looking for?" of missing takeoff children on the milk cartons. looking for a missing blimp. my favorite is this one. ting the blimp bronco. pretty good stuff. alison: coming up at 5:00 we will talk about the program that cost the government billions of dollars. is it worth it? 7 on your side with a government watchdog investigation. jonathan: you may have seen the photos of the dog photobombing its owners on the internet. now hear what they have to say about its behavior. those were adorable pictures. let's talk about the weather. alison: we have got halloween

coming. everybody must know what it will be like. doug: nothing like today. steve: a nice street but if you like temperatures in the 70's, we had it again on the seven day outlook. saturday will be sunday -- sunny. you will not have to wear a jacket over your costumes. just a light shirt underneath the costume. the temperature will make it to around 60 degrees. 66 for a high on sunday with a few added clouds and maybe a sprinkle. don't expect it to amount to a whole lot. here is your trick-or-treat forecast. 59 degrees by 7:00. upper 50's by 8:00. mostly kids will be home by 9:00 or 10:00 is the temperatures fall back into the middle 50's. as you head to bed late saturday night or early sunday morning, fall back by one hour as daylight savings time comes to an end.

the fall color change looks fantastic outwards frederick in hagerstown. west, washington counties almost missing the boat at this point. the fall color change has reached its peak. monday. and then back into the 70's on tuesday and wednesday. jamie has an update on traffic. jamie: we will start out with the icc trash truck fire. mobile seven is on cbs you an idea what to expect. we have three lanes blocked off with the cones right at shady grove. everyone getting over. two lanes that are available but the crews are still on scene. we are crossing our fingers that they will get this wrapped up shortly. with the two lanes getting by, hopefully traffic will get better. let's show you what we have. this is a back up for you with the traffic approaching this area. this is mobile track seven to give you the reference point of the different view we are

seeing. traffic now again getting by using the two left lanes with the back of his slow. let's talk about how slowly are. 10 miles per hour. about half a mile stretch. nothing building too much. traveling on 370 and getting to the iccm that is where we see the heaviest stretch. out on 395 in virginia is slowing. we are ok on the capital beltway working with the wilson bridge to the mixing bowl. that is it for traffic. back to you. alison: next at 4:00, "walking dead" minus the zombies. hadn't to convince the government you are alive when it thinks you are

did you know that good nutrition is critical for brain health? brain food, hmmm. ensure has b vitamins that help support brain health - now that's smart nutrition. ensure's complete balanced nutrition has 26 vitamins and minerals more and more people with type 2 diabetes are learning about long-acting levemir®. as my diabetes changed, it got harder to control my blood sugar. today, i'm asking about levemir®. vo: levemir® is an injectable insulin that can give you blood sugar control for up to 24 hours. and levemir® helps lower your a1c. without refrigeration. that's 50% longer than lantus®, which lasts 28 days.

levemir® comes in flextouch, the latest in insulin pen technology from novo nordisk. levemir® is a long-acting insulin used to control high blood sugar in adults and children with diabetes and is not recommended to treat diabetic ketoacidosis. do not use levemir® if you are allergic to any of its ingredients. the most common side effect is low blood sugar, which may cause symptoms such as sweating, shakiness, confusion, and headache. severe low blood sugar can be serious ask your doctor about alcohol use,ing. or dring. other possible sideffects include injection site reactions. tell your doctor about all medicines you take and all of your medical conditions. check your blood sugar. your insulin dose should not be changed without asking your doctor. get medical help right away if you have trouble breathing, sweating, extreme drowsiness, swelling of your face, tongue, or throat, dizziness, or confusion. today's the day to ask about levemir® flextouch. covered by most health insurance and medicare plans.

jonathan: there is a woman struggling to get her life on track right now because she was missed achingly declared dead by the government. she is alive. she did not know she was dead.

her alarming story and had you need to protect yourself so you do not waste your money. reporter: imagine getting a phone call from your credit card company saying they shut off your card because you are dead. it has happened to people in the d.c. area, including one woman whose credit card for selling locked up. we are familiar with "the walking dead." meet karen, who really is the walking dead. >> i was going on vacation. before we arrived i got a call from one of my creditors. reporter: they gave her some grave news. the government had visitor is deceased. >> the division called to see who handles my affairs. i said this is karen. reporter: her name was on the social security death master file. for several weeks she said she was the walking dead. a virtual zombie's creditors refused to knowledge that she was alive. >> social security sent us a

letter that indicates that you are deceased. reporter: she is one of 14,000 americans every year who are incorrectly listed as deceased. that's according to a scripps new service report. the socialecurity administration blames clerical errors for most of them. accounts fro recent mortgage application denied. >> it has been overwhelming. reporter: they say get out your ssn when absolutely necessary. if someone says your name is on a yet with, contact social security immediately and don't assume it will be automatically fid. it can be -- you can be considered dead til proven otherwise. reporter: social security promised texpedite h c if you get a colics om a creditor, don't assume it is a joke. called the social security office immediately. chancesking no

it was under arrest for a threat to kill students at a local high school? and what will he said fueled their anger. a somber irony. >> sentenced on the same day for taking somebody else's. leon: a woman prepares to watch executed forler be a second murder. the runaway blump. the abc 7 news iteam found out how much of your money is going to it and whether it even works. >> you're watching abc 7 news at 5:00, on your side. threatenede say he to bomb and should of his high school but the growth he tried to force to carry out the plan went to the principal instead. noted 15-year-old boy is under arrest. diane cho is live out that the school in stafford county to explain. reporter: students and parents here at the high school where

shaken up after hearing that the arrest. a parent we talked to said they are glad the student who heard about it came forward. leslie says she got a call from the school today after authorities say a 15-year-old student threatened to bomb brightpoint high school and shoot students. on tuesday a student told the principal the 15-year-old boy told her if she did not accept a gun he was going to bring her and helped carry out his plan, he would shoot her. >> they are going to fear for their safety. every she came forward. reporter: deputies say the 15-year-old brother the threat at school and they say that students and others who overheard it told their parents who in turn reported it to the principal. investigators after executing the search warrant at the home and on his computer, they did not find anyvidence of a written plan. deputies say they found guns in the home but they were secured and locked.