jimmy says right now, drivers are seeing traffic troubles on route 355. a deadly crash between a metro bus and motorcycle this morning. this is on rockville pike near nih in bethesda. on bus say the metro ride- and motorcycle crash just after 6:00 this morning. the driver of the motorcycle was rushed to the hospital where he died. police are investigating the cause of the crash.

jamie sullivan has a check on the traffic. take a look here. this is rockville pike. from cedarlocked off lane to jones bridge road. it is open. no cars are going through. it is open continuing towards south drive. nothing to worry about right now. this morning was rough. we are clear in the area of bethesda. typical afternoon congestion. as far as the volume we see on the beltway, working your way from college park towards lanham , construction is at kenilworth avenue. mostly green through prince

george's county. nothing to worry about in virginia after crossing the wilson bridge. 395 an easy ride from the capital beltway to the 14th street bridge. in the dca area, the freeway is ok. a little bit of volume. no crashes to report. jummy: thank you. all eyes on the forecast. a beautiful live picture in arlington. doug hill is here with a look at our first forecast. delightful outside. clear skies and sunshine. it is going to be gorgeous all day. hagerstown, washington county, clear, blue skies. temperatures already into the 70's. just about everyone will see

high temperatures in the 70's this afternoon. the 70's. in 72, for washington. 70, springfield. through the afternoon, everyone will top out in the 70's. above average for this afternoon. through thend rain carolinas. yesterday, it got pushed south end it will stay there. a couple clouds could sneak in this afternoon. a little of this rain may come north. by the end of the week, there's a possibility we could tie or break the record high temperature. never get left out in the cold. long on to wjla.com/text and

get our alerts. jummy: police and fire crews are investigating a pedestrian accident involving children. three juveniles were taken to the hospital with serious, non-life-threatening injuries. developing now, some people in prince william county on alert. police investigating a disturbing sexual assault. john gonzalez is in manassas with the growing concern. investigating what they describe as a sexual assault in manassas. we know how early the sun is setting. 6:15 monday night. a 19-year-old was walking home here at the corner of yellow lily drive and rosemary, when a man approached her from behind.

he started touching her inappropriately. she was able to fight him off and break free. it happened in front of the rosemary ridge apartments. not something residents want to hear. >> it is creepy. i am trying to find a new place to live. a place that does not have that happen in the area. clearly it happens everywhere. that is very upsetting. description -- the description is very vague. a white male, between the age of 17 and 39. the woman told police he was wearing a gray hoodie at the time. john gonzales, abc 7 news. jummy: the department of terrorism official who pleaded

guilty to terrorism and stalking wills then -- who pleaded guilty to stalking will spend 32 months in jail. recorded 11 cell phone videos of women at naked in their apartment. wilson high school in fairfax county are back in class. werestudents and a teacher injured during a chemistry experiment. jeannette reyes is at the school with the changes being made. jeanette:ays -- students return. d them.ncipal welcome it is hard to imagine what this looked like on friday. chaos and then order as teachers an emergencymade evacuation. a helicopter hovering overhead as badly burned students were flown to a hospital.

it was the results of a chemistry experience -- ment gone awry.ienc students return, joined by three of the students, -- three of the injured students, now doing much better. principal thanks students and teachers for their heroism. reads -- i know social media is buzzing with rumors and gossip. she'll just so from these rumors and stick to the facts. -- shield yourself from these rumors and stick to the facts. will be moved. community group says classes containing more than 24 students engaged in science activities

cannot safely be supervised by one teacher. this class has 31 students. the chemical safety board is looking into the incident. jummy: election news now. results are in. managed to keep control of the senate. all republican incumbents won their senate races. in the senate, district 29, did get to celebrate. jeremy mcpike edged out hal parrish. is theknowledge challenges ahead. >> we have to reach out to the onse and make sure we focus common goals. we might disagree on tactics, but we have to focus on the goals. one difference is their

stance on guns. mcpike is a supporter of gun control legislation. has support of the nra. alexandria has a new mayor. allison silverberg defeated bill youle. silverberg says the main reason she won was her concern about overdevelopment in alexandria. a historic election and loudoun county. voters made changes to its board of ousting the chair and adding two black supervisors for the first time in county history. sam sweeney is in leesburg with the newly elected supervisor and what she wants to tackle first. the four-term chair

is absentchairperson from office. the first-ever african-american this county,st in but the entire state of will take his place. phyllis randall. you serve as a mental health council, but you will be resigning from that position. what is on the agenda? an ethics pledge. i talked a lot about ethics and transparency. the government belongs to the people. the first emotion i will -- the first motion i will put forward -- is an ethics pledge.

jummy: from state politics to the white house. a new poll finding donald trump net connect with ben carson in the race. 4% support,ps to his lowest number in a national poll. hillary clinton maintains a lead at 53% to bernie sanders, who has about 35%. development in the death of a police officer in illinois. why investigators no longer think he was killed in the line of duty and the accusation coming out today. a mid air scare caught on camera. one thing credited with saving this falling crane. live in nashville with

kidd o'shea. he has everything you need to know ahead of the cma's. be backoug hill will with when you should grab the umbrella.

jummy: authorities in illinois announced a police lieutenant death was a carefully staged suicide. gliniewicz had been laundering money for years.

he was found dead of a gunshot wound yards away from his squad car. the shooting led to a manhunt, but no arrests were made. a unique story about a parachute and it being credited with saving three people on a plane with engine problems. the dissent was caught on camera. the aircraft developed engine trouble. simon tried to land on the nearest runway. he pulled out a built in parachute that allowed the plane to dissent. the aircraft hit a truck on the ground, but they only -- the truck driver and people on the plane only suffered minor injuries. the most important part of thanksgiving for some is the pipe. you can order your part and help people in need.

brian van de graaff is live at farragut square with more on this. eating high,were not wearing it on our head. brian: this is an annual thing. food and friends is an organization that helps people that are homebound or have illnesses. this is one of their biggest drives over the year. i'm going to bring in stacy england. she will talk about the event and why it is important. stacy: it is an easy way to support friends over the holiday season. you can buy pies online. pumpkin, sweet potato. every pot you by provides a full day of meals for people suffering from critical illnesses. you get to pick them up

at a local cvs. this is one more chore you do not have to worry about during the holidays. it is a win-win situation. stacy: our baker is a local baker in virginia. everybody loves the pie. they are perfect gifts for thanksgiving dinners. making mashed potatoes and leave the desserts to us. brian: if you are not going to be home, you can donate a pie. stacy: absolutely. you can buy a apple or pumpkin high to be delivered to a client. brian: we are doing samples at arrogant square all afternoon. -- at farragut square all afternoon. i am going to do apple. back to you. only you could make that

high hat looks so amazing. thank you. doug: we will have on facebook before he puts the microphone down. the sunglasses on, the hat for some shade. bonus days.are days that get carried into november. enjoy it while it lasts. a couple of changes, but nothing noticeable until the weekend. from the hd weatherbug camera in germantown high above weatherbug headquarters. started with clear skies. through the morning, clear skies. clear skies. temperatures respond nicely. 74, aspen hill. 72, 4 washington. 75, chevy chase. at 68.ty close to 70 in most spots.

by this afternoon, everyone will be around the 70 degree mark. we will pick up a few clouds. same area of cloudiness with rain that was to the south of us through the end of the weekend. monday and tuesday, we pushed the clouds south. screw -- we're going to creep back up a little bit. we will give you a satellite look with the rain. movetle disturbance could up. a chance of a shower sometime in the morning. cloudy about 70 for the afternoon. we will start to clear up. friday, we will get a push of warm air. we could be 78 degrees. that is the record high for today. we could break it.

line of showers through friday night. a few lingering clouds friday and saturday morning. with some tonight clouds. a shower possible early in the morning. tomorrow, a lot of clouds. a spotty showers here and there. we will start to warm up for the one day for friday. we will see. we could be close to a record. over the weekend, sunshine and may be lingering shower early in the morning. much cooler on sunday into monday. another slow warming trend for next week. jummy: coming up on abc 7 news and and. kidd o'shea taking over nashville. putting me to work. your preview of the red carpet coming up.

jummy: hours away from the cma awards in nashville, tennessee. kidd o'shea is alive, getting us ready from nashvegas. kidd: behind me, fans are lined up here out wide the country music hall of fame and museum. they want the best seat in the house. there was excitement here early this morning as tim mcgraw played a special concert for fans on "good morning america." we caught up with larry spencer. the closest woman to tim mcgraw. how was it. rocked.m mcgraw

it every single time. the national crowd brought it. how earlyot realize it was. it did not seem to matter. kidd: are these the new boots? new kicks on.y i got the boots, the hat, great country music. i do not want to go home. i want to come back soon. i wish i could be here tonight for the cma's. i have to be on the set for "good morning america" tomorrow. it is going to be a good show. kidd: producers say you do not want to miss these duets -- justin timberlake, reba mcentire, john mellencamp, fall out boy. it should the good. coverage all afternoon, starting at 4:00, right here on

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