i.d. the person, next of kin will be notified. stephen: yeah, the mayor did say that she does believe that this individual is of russian descent. but no identification on the individual we understand from the investigators. that raises a lot of questions about how would you get into a hotel, how would you check into a hotel without providing some i.d. or credit card. now, once this individual is identified as the mayor said then the question notifying the next of kin will begin and that could take quite a while. real mystery on our hands. stephen tschida. alison: let us know if you learn anything new about that. meanwhile, u.s. park police just ended their search in the woods near the b.w. parkway for lisa weish. she has been missing for days. maryland bureau chief brad bell explains the circumstances behind the disappearance and the urgency in the search.

brad: lisa vanished saturday after running out of gas on the b.w. parkway at the exit for 197 in south laurel. she was last spotted walking down the ramp toward a gas station. >> right now trying to be positive about anything. it's tough. it really is. reporter: her brother today watching park police mount full-on search in the area for his sister. >> the officers searching wooded areas. volunteers with dogs combing the forest and the parkway. police closing down lanes on the parkway, searching the median trip. the family has been driving in circles hoping to see something. >> as long as we got breath we'll search and keep trying to find her. it's really tough for the family. we have to keep trying. >> she is 46 years old 5. '7". 110 pounds. she may be disoriented from a

medical condition. in the case, every second counts. we explain she is a die yacht yacht -- dialysis patient and hasn't had treatment since friday so the family is hoping the search and anyone out there can make a difference. in laurel, brad bell, abc7 news. jonathan: montgomery county police say last night's shooting of a father was not a random act. this happened in silver spring. the man answered the front door, got in an argument and then he was shot. the victim's young son was at home at the time. he wasn't hurt. so far, no arrests have been made. the search for a maryland man suspected of killing his wife inside the shop they own has now reached manhattan, new york. the wanted posters among those on a time square digital billboard. police now are also releasing surveillance video from inside the dunkin' donuts store where they believe he killed his wife. heehaws last seen in new jersey in april. he is a featured fugitive on

our wall of justice. for more on the story log on to the website wjla.com and search "wall of justice." alison: a new memorial unveiled for victims of helicopter crash at the regional park. not far from where the crash took place. the chopper known as trooper 2 crashed on the way in rainy weather. killing the pilot, two e.m.t.'s and one of the two patients on board. they concluded the pilot's decision to make a rapid descent was the chief cause of the accident. >> the florida man who flew a gyrocopter on the grounds of the capitol will plead guilty to operating without a license. this is according to hughes' lawyer. hughes is expected to plead guilty in d.c. he was arrested in april after flying it from gettysburg, peninsula, to the grass field to call attention on the

influence of big money in politics. alison: let's switch over to a really delightful topic today. the weather! you know, it's been a record day. we were wondering if we may break records. jonathan: it's unusually warm out there for this time of the year. that is going to change fast. as weather tends to do. chief meteorologist doug hill has a look at the weekend forecast. doug: we broke records. 80 degrees. outside the belfort furniture weather center. it's 79 now at the reagan airport. breezy. upper 70's. we have 80's all over the place. the record was officially 78. we set a new record of 80. the old record set in 1948 on this day. also hitting 80 today. the last time we had an 80-degree temperature in washington in november was 12 years ago. definitely a special weather day here. here comes the scattered showers and the clouds with the cold front. so for this evening we will call for the isolated showers. still be mild. we will turn cooler.

heading through the day tomorrow the showers linger in the morning. don't get caught left in the dark about what is changing with the weather. subscribe to the weather alerts at wjla.com/text. i'll be back in a couple of minutes. jonathan: thanks. stay connected even when you are not in front of the television set. joinload it from the app store or the google play. updates will be sent to your phone or tablet. alison: virginia tech police warned the blackburg campus about a threat made against muslims. graffiti was found inside a restroom. it said, "i will be here 11-11-2015 to kill all muslims." the school now working with the number of law enforcement agencies to try to investigate the threat. prepare for changes at some airports. this comes after a recent u.s. government report found the airport screening were not effective. the changes also coming as the investigators look into whether a bomb caused that deadly russian plane crash in

egypt. the t.s.a. plans to conduct greater screening of the employees and reconfiguration of some airports with access points. >> there has to be more discipline. depending where you go sometimes it's a free-for-all and that makes it difficult. alison: russia has suspended all flights in egypt until the cause of the crash has been determined. there are reports that an explosion can be heard on one of the flight recorder. jonathan: the president is saying thanks but no thanks to the keystone pipeline. the senior political reporter scott thuman is in the newsroom. some thought that the president might go against the party's base. clearly he didn't do that today. scott: no, he didn't. this to me and other people not a surprise. the issue had been lingering for years now with the president intentionally staying on the sideline as long as he could. staying he wanted the state department to look into it. and the environmental dangers

and the other concerns. today he made the position known denying the application by a canadian company to build a 1200 plus mile pipeline to bring oil south across the middle of the country. the president contended it wouldn't do much to lower gas prices or create long-term jobs. environmental groups today loudly cheered this decision saying it is a "day of celebration." >> president president obama: for years the keystone pipeline occupied what i consider an overinflated role in the american discourse. america is a leader in taking action to fight climate change. scott: now republicans call this disappointing and emparissing. a lot of strong words there staying this is a political move to favor liberal environmentalists. but some democrats are critical, too. including maryland senator steny hoyer who said they could have addressed this and take care of the concerns and

create the construction jobs. canada's government is upset. but it may not be the end. the republicans are going to use this on the campaign trail saying if they win back the white house they could encourage canada to reapply and congress could play a role in that. still some to be determined in this one. alison: we will see what happens. thank you for the wrap-up. now we turn to the poplight on education. we are celebrating launch of the alexandria city public schools 2020. this is considered the biggest school event of the year. the celebration starts at 5:30 tonight and it runs until 8:00 at the jefferson-houston school. the guests will enjoy food, free food, live entertainment and a balloon drop so you know the kids will like that. jonathan: love balloon drops. alison: and free food. jonathan: you thought the beltway is bad news in rush hour traffic. it is. but it doesn't have anything on interstate 66. despite the plans to cut down the travel plans 66 is the worth interstate in the country. brianne carter is in mobile

track 7. even on a goo day it is slow. i say that and you are humming right along. you are moving right along. brianne: jonathan, just as you said that things are quickly coming to a halt on 66 westbound, we thought we were smooth sailing hoping that people were leaving work early and the congestion wouldn't be so bad. look in front of us. braig lights and we are entering the bumper to bump erthat so many in the region are used to seeing around this time of day. now this comes as we are hearing that it is about seven hours and 15 minutes of this. every single day. that is according to a new study that posts 66 at the top of the worst highways in america. post on the website that rated freeways based on the data from the federal highway administration. look at the total hours of congestion. how slow it gets and the road roughness. 66 takes the top spot. interstate 10 in new orleans

comes in second. roads in houston, los angeles and denver round out the top five. coming up here tonight at 5:00 on abc7 news, what commuters are saying about this. their reaction, those who drive on it every day and what they say about the proposal to fix the problem as well. reporting live in mobile track, brianne carter, back to you. jonathan: thanks. coming up on "abc7 news at 4:00" -- toyota's billion dollar investment in the united states. what they are building and working on here. we have that coming up. alison: plus, hillary clinton on jimmy kimmell. what she is saying about her husband and lincoln chafee -- and carly fiorina joins "the view" today. the presidential candidates in the spotlight up next. jonathan: plus, a wish granted for a "star wars" fan battling cancer. dream came through. it's a great story. that is coming up, too. alison: earlier this week we put plumbers to the test. after seeing the "7 on your side" story we heard plumbing nightmares.

the problems encountered and how you can avoid them at 4:45 today. "abc7 news at 4:00" returns after this.

jonathan: check this out. amazing video out of anaheim where everybody made it out safely from the apartment complex fire. a big one, too.

40 people without a home. the chopper there capturing the flames shooting in the air. look at that. it is fully engulfed. no word on how it got started but amazingly again, no one reported injured as of right now. joyce mitchell the former prison guard in new york ordered to pay $80,000 in restitution after helping spring two convicted killers from the clinton correctional facility. one of them was captured. the other shot and killed. mitchell is not appealing her punishments. the fine and at least two years in prison. alison: well, donald trump is hosting s&l this weekend. you may have heard. and last night, hillary clinton was on jimmy kimmell live. clinton touched on issues like if her husband bill clinton would run again if he could. that was a yes, by the way. bill could become a trail blazer she said. >> president clinton, would he be, would he -- he is the first man. would he be the first gentleman? the first mate? who decides that?

>> well, he said the other day that it was fine for all the talk of me running to break a glass ceiling to become president but he was going to break the iron grip that women had on the spouse of the president. alison: in the end, jimmy kimmell mocked clinton and thanked her for showing up to his talk show very last. presidential candidate carly fiorina confronted the critics on "the view" this morning. in an episode last week a co-host said herface looked " demented." >> i have been called a bimbo from the time i was a secretary to the time i was a ceo. we need to have civil conversations in this country about our differences as well as about the things that unite us. so i think all too often we demonize a messenger because we don't like the message. >> the interview did end on a much lighter note and fiorina

said that she is a big fan of whoopi goldberg's movies. jonathan: well, it has been a year since maryland voters elected larry hogan as governor. that was surprising in a republican for a state of a wide majority of registered democrat. tonight in baltimore the governor is going to celebrate with the supporters at 7:00. alison: well, "7 on your side" now with a consumer alert. toyota is investing $1 billion in artificial intelligence. it's not all going to vehicles. the five-year investment will create a state-of-the-art lab in silicon valley. and another near m.i.t. in addition to driverless car they are working an robotic for home, factories and healthcare as well. jonathan: i don't know how i feel about arability -- a robot driving a car. let's talk to jamie sullivan about what is happening on friday afternoon. jamie: a low go. we are going to start with the traffic on the inner loop of the beltway. i feel like the inner loop has

been an issue every afternoon. today it continues. let's move to the map and talk about why we are so slow near connecticut avenue. this delay starting in tyson continuing through virginia on the american legion bridge. through maryland as you get to silver springs. past this point at the university boulevard we have an accident. you get a little bit of a break and then you are slowing again from 95 continuing closer to greenbelt. an earlier crash that caused about a ten-mile backup from bethesda because we have the crash before the baltimore-washington parkway. that is gone. but again we have the slowing as well heading southbound on 95. you can see here on the outer loop of the beltway approaching kenilworth avenue where we had an earlier crash. traffic is getting looser. it was slow from route 4. the top side of the beltway will take you an hour to great from 270 to 95. then in d.c., normal slowing. again the inner loop of the beltway is the big issue this afternoon. back to you.

jonathan: thanks. it's one of the rare days that if you didn't get a chance to get outside, i feel bad for you. i didn't get a chance either. but it's a great day that you really need to get out a little bit. alison: special. record-setting temperatures across the d.c. area. our suzanne kennedy is in that pentagon row ice ring today of all places. so suzanne, this is like a summer skate. jonathan: roller blading. suzanne: it absolutely is. you know the definition of irony in my opinion is doing a warm weather live report in front of a christmas tree. it feels more like southern california than washington, d.c. in november. if you take a look over here, people are on the ice rink despite the fact that if you look at my phone here it is 81 degrees. that means that we set a record today. we saw a lot of people on the roads today out in the trails. cycling. running. just enjoying warm temperatures. everybody was having a great time.

i was also a fantastic day to cut the work day short. and dine elfresco as we saw people doing in restaurants in the northwest washington. everyone enjoying the warm temperatures. >> this is beautiful. it's like spring or summer combined. it's warm and sunny. i love it. i am appreciating this last bit of heat. >> this feels fantastic. i love warm weather and the sun and to dine outside in november who wouldn't love today? suzanne: tonight at 5:00 we will show you what others were doing to enjoy the beautiful day. reporting live in arlington, suzanne kennedy, abc7 news. jonathan: you are right. hard to look at the onments over your shoulder when it's 80 degrees outside.

doug: she could be at the costa mesa mall. alison: so true. what about the record? doug: we talk about the reagan national airport. it's the official reporting station from washington, d.c. period. it doesn't matter what happens. only happens there. so the record in washington was 78. we hit 80. look at the temperatures at this hour. the gusterly winds are continuing to bring in the mild air. 78 in arlington at the army-navy country club. a beautiful view. the clouds will come and go but there are more cloudiness ahead of the cold front. 26-mile-per-hour gusts in

athens. 79 in falls church in northeast washington. 79. 78 in chevy chase. big numbers. the early september numbers in november. the clouds may come in. we could see overcast in the morning in the superbs that are in the 50's and the lower 60's. not a ton of rain. it will come through overnight. lingering showers in the morning. a brief shower could pass to the system north and west on tuesday.

alison: we have had a nice stretch. i know. i know. let's move on. coming up next at "abc7 news at 4:00" -- ryan seacrest is in town. opening a new studio. we will let you know what will make this special. and who gets to use it. the charitable work that he is working on in d.c. that is next. jonathan: don't run with scissors. you won't bring how many ribbon cuttings she attend today. we will let you know as we tag along with a

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jonathan: this is a great story. a dream come through for a man in houston. dying of cancer. he got to see the "star wars: the force awakens" the new one before millions of fans. a disney tudio presentative confirm's the unedited version delivered to his home yesterday. this saf someone came on twitter and said please, her is a "star wars" fan and he won't live long enough to see the movie. disney sent him an early copy of the movie to see it. alison: what a nice move! jonathan: very nice. good for him. alison: a new opportunity out there. this is for children battling severe illnesses. jonathan: no limitation on the creativity thanks to a new recording studio. "good morning washington" kidd o'shea shows us how ryan seacrest is helping out at

children's national. >> kidd: really exciting day at children national. ryan seacrest is interviewing big celebrities in the seacrest studios that just opened. this is the ninth seacrest to open nationwide. the first in atlanta his hometown. now they have nine under their belt. the purpose of the studios is to make it easier on kids when they come to the hospital and to see the scary stuff and hear the scary stuff. this is the first thing you see when you walk in the at it trium at children's -- atrium at children's national. it is supposed to take your mind off what is going on here. we caught up with him on the red carpet. here is what he said about the new seacrest studios. what made you say i want to do this and be interactive? ryan: i thought about doing something tangible. i want to do something to give to the hospital. that's why we came up with the

idea. kidd: there were several celebrities here today at the childrens national. i'm kidd o'shea, abc7 news. jonathan: coming up here on "abc7 news at 4:00" -- half a high school caught in a sexting scandal. half! you won't believe the long lasting trouble they could be in. alison: plus, if you had a grand opening or a ground breaking, odds are the mayor was there. abc7's sam ford was on hand for the jam-packed day in d.c. we will let you know how many events she attended with diabetes, steady is exciting. only glucerna has carbsteady, clinically proven to help minimize blood sugar spikes. so you stay steady ahead.

announcer: you're watching "abc7 news at 4:00". on your side. jonathan: tonight on "abc7 news at 5:00" and 11:00, an inside look at the rising murder rate in d.c. alison: now it's the heart of the deadly violence are illegal guns. "7 on your side" fighting back investigator jennifer donelan will have the story for us later. but right now she has a.t.s. senior special agent tom facen in the studios to discuss the efforts. jennifer: thank you for joining us. we talk about this and we have seen the murder number in d.c. rise. they are the highest they have been since 2010. we lost 136 people in the city. the majority of those homicides are to guns. armed robberies, we have over 1,000 armed robberies with a gun. a lot of people and families asking where are the guns coming from. you are with the a.t.f. and this is part of what you do. what are you finding?

>> washington, d.c. is what we call a market city. it's a place where the need for guns and the desire for the fire averages but where the guns are not readily sold. it abuts two market states in maryland, the primary source of firearms with the city. north carolina and south carolina, further down 95. jennifer: right now, take your attention to what you are seeing on the screen. these are the gun, your a.t.f. agents pulled off the d.c. streets. that is serious fire power. >> absolutely. we had the weapons from shotguns. we had something that might look like a rifle but is a long-handle pistol. a long barrel pistol. we had that. and we have multiple handguns, pistols, revol everrers. jennifer: are you seeing automatic weapons? >> not automatic. that is a man gun. but an assault weapon.

the a.k.-47 rifles or based on the m-16 patterns. jennifer: how are they getting here? we have talked about this. you talk about the thefts from the homes and businesses. but what is a straw purchase? >> it's an individual who is not prohibited himself or herself purchasing a firearm at a gun store. in reality not purchasing for themselves but for another person who is prohibited or they don't want their name in the record purchasing a firearm. jennifer: so i'm a felon. i take my boyfriend to gun show and i say you buy me that fun, you give me the fun and the next day i go and do -- >> and you give him the money. it's your money. jennifer: that is illegal. >> yes. jennifer: the other thing we talk about is the age of the

guns that you are finding on the d.c. streets. they are not purchased yesterday. and show up in a homicide if you are lucky enough to find the gun at that point. but they are older, aren't they? >> it's a statistic that is 13 years old but that is an odd skew to it. there could be a number of guns that are 60 years old. that throws off the skew, throws off the average. the multiple average is five or six years ago. but they could have been purchased days before they are part of a crime scene. jennifer: we appreciate your work. a.t.f. is the only organization approved to run this on the guns. we have a special on abc7 news at 11:00. "7 on your side" special. we'll sit down with the grieving families and we will sit down with tom to talk about where the guns are coming from. we will meet with the tough of police. we ask tough questions. you will find it interesting about who has the guns.

it's surprising. jonathan: thank you. turn the attention to the weather. this is a day that you feel like you got away with something. you do. beautiful. friday. doug: good stuff. it will change. it won't get dramatically controler but noticeably cooler over the weekend. look at the h.d. weather bug camera in the chesapeake bay. sunshine, 77 there. yesterday, at this time they were locked in with the fog. but today they were in good shape with the sunshine all day long. the temperatures have been delightful. we set the high today. reagan national of 80 degrees. 80 is record high. only the first time we have had a temperature in november at 80 since 2003. 79 now at reagan national airport. through the evening hours we will be cloudy and showers. it's mild over night. lows in 59 to fairfax. 52 in dale city. 59 in aspen hill. here come the clouds and the scattered showersment to and

through the mornings. the skies are going to brighten. it will be cooler as the temperatures will fall through the day. we get in the day, it's bright and sunny. 57. it's delightful on monday. showers on tuesday. a little warmup by the middle of next week. alison. alison: thank you so much. well, checking news around the nation. ohio woman says her maternal instincts kicked in when she rushed to save a baby from a crash. sarah by aback, a mom -- sarah rayback, a muslim of two, driving along the interstate and saw a vehicle flipped over in the westbound lane. she saw baby items on the road and heard a woman screaming for someone to save her baby. >> i'm scared of fire. but i heard the baby crying, i didn't care. i just knew that baby had to get out. there is too many kids dying now. alison: she has training as a nursing assistant. the woman and her two children involved in that crash were taken to the hospital. along with a man in another

vehicle. we are told they have all since been released. jonathan: wow! scary. alison: yeah. jonathan: this is kind of insane when you think about it. sexting scandal in colorado. not a few. but hundreds of high school students naught the middle of this thing. and many could be in serious trouble. they explain the charges that the children could be facing. reporter: this morning a sexting scandal alleging half of a high school student body illegally exchanged photos of naked student bodies. >> hundreds of images of our students. reporter: officials in canyon city, colorado, say the scandal involves as many as 500 teens at the local high school. the principle says the students used smartphone apps designed to keep the pictures hidden. >> it a photo vault app. it's an app that is free. if you enter the right password. that is where your photo vault is. reporter: so many football player involved the team is

forfeiting this weekend's game. overnight emergency meetings were held with concerned parents. >> are there adults involved? what is going to happen? how far will it go? reporter: authorities are considering the expulsions and some may have to ridge center as a sex offender. >> it could cause them not to get the scholarship they are going for. >> see what they are doing. alison: well, back at home now it's always a busy day. we are going along with what they call the scissors and the shovels day.

>> this began where uber opened an east coast headquarters and say that a bringing 500 jobs. the next event was a wall-breaking for renovation of the phyllis weekly ymca. the mayor laid muscle into it. she went to northeast to cut the ribbon for the opening of 36 units of low-income housing called the weinstein. she went to archer park, another housing development in southeast where she worked with a number of people to celebrate the opening of that particular facility. and she didn't use a shovel. but she used concrete. this is just another sign of this number of the development project there are going in the city. the mayor is going to china

next week. so perhaps she wanted to do all of this because she wouldn't in the city for a while. but anyway, we are waiting for her here. she is going to be here soon. the scissors to celebrate d.c. altogether, she said she went to i guess seven places so far in the city today. she thought about going to 16 but well, that was too many. reporting from northeast washington, sam ford, abc7 news. jonathan: she better not bring them to china. t.s.a. will go nutty. a couple of weeks ago we showed you the james bond new ride. up next, we take a sneak peek inside the villain's vehicle. equally cool. horace: i'm horace holmes. earlier in the week we put plumbers to the hidden camera test. now we will show you what a family says plumbers did to their home when they called them in. coming up next on abc7 news.

jonathan: the latest installment of the 007 movie franchise hits u.s. theaters today. we are getting a look at the bond villain car. it's gorgeous. love it. orange jaguar. this is a concept car that the villain uses to chase bond

around rome. this particular model is called a hero. but it was designed to look menacing. jack war created the -- jaguar created the car just for the film and used to generate buzz. but you won't find it at any car dealership not now. i am imagining after the movie there will be a blood of people wanting one of these. alison: or just buy an orange car. jonathan: i want the flame-thrower. i want that option. that would be nice for traffic. alison: now to astronauts. sky and shell completed a second spacewalk outside the international space station today. they had to fix an ammonia leak in the cooling system. they did encounter minor damage while performing the repair work. but nasa says neither issue posed an immediate threat. which is a good thing. jonathan: is there minor glove damage in space? anything called "minor." if you get glove damage, you get back inside. >> exactly. jonathan: floating around like that.

>> i tore it. jonathan: coming up for us, plumbing nightmare. less than a week on the "7 on your side" plumber's test the horror stories flooded the newsroom. we will share them with you and tell you how to protect yourself. erin: i'm erin hawksworth live at like -- lake braddock high school. this is so big there has been vandalism. we'll tell you what is all

jonathan: "7 on your side" with hidden camera plumber test. alison: the troubleshooter horace holmes brought us a revealing look and good information about how to guard ourselves from getting ripped off. now he is back to show us how it can go wrong if you don't ask the right questions. horace: that is right. we got a lot of people calling in saying they have problems with a plumber. so we decided to let you see the problems, some of the horror stories to give you

information of how to protect yourself. if you think it can't happen to you -- >> they tore up the bathroom, took the tub out, toilet and raid yachter -- radiator. horace: think again. >> in the message he said he messed up. horace: wanda thought she had a solution for a simple problem, low water pressure in the kitchen. she called a plumber who said he could fix the problem. he came to the home and began cutting floors, walls, pipes all through the kitchen and then stopped. >> the problem was underneath the house. pipes over here that were old and clogged right by the sink. >> this is the communication that i have had with him. horace: if you were the homeowner what would you do? they hired a plumber to put it back together. >> you get lot of contractors who don't know what they are doing. they figure they can get in and make a dollar.

then they are gone. >> that is what the wilson family in d.c. said happened to the 88-year-old mother who hired a local plumbing company because the toilet wouldn't flush. >> the toilet of the one bathroom in her house. she signed a contract. the plumbers wanted her to pay 11,000 of the 15,000 bill up front. you are the homeowner. what would you do? wilson paid the money. this is what she was left with. the wilsons say not only did the workers demolish the bathroom up here but created holes to the floor and to the ceiling of the kitchen down there. and then by doing that, created another leak. >> the better business bureau said consumers should try not the pay a contractor more than one-third of the estimated bill up front. the wilson said the plumber left a month ago without a trace. >> took advantage of my mother. horace: mrs. wilson is left without a bathroom and out $11,000. they are now having to pay for

another plumber to put the kitchen back together. the big take-away for the consumer is make sure you do the research on the contractor before you hire them. check out references and see if they are licensed. jonathan: $250 for a new toilet at home depot. how heart breaken. alison: let's talk about the day. it is gorgeous. jonathan: and the weekend, too. steve rudin at the ice rink at pentagon road. i hope you are not -- how the they have the ice out there? it's too warm. steve: whoa! we will stabilize. no peng wing to he -- penguin to help me out. even though it is 80 degrees the kids are enjoying themselves. enjoy the ice rink. it will get cooler around here. wouldn't you know it's just in time for the upcoming weekend. the forecast at the

temperatures tomorrow in the lower 60's. we will see the morning clouds give way to sunshine in the an. cool and a breezy day on sunday. then we have a warmup on the way. we will be back in 60's by next week. jamie sullivan can you do this? jimenez -- james -- jamie: oh, no! maybe. good work. this is just going to add to the slowdown. it will have everyone in looking over to see what is going on. we have the inner loop on the top of the beltway. bumper to bumper.

continuing toward the american legion bridge. we are seeing the volume as well through prince george's county but no crashes to report. slow one. back to you. jonathan: thank you. before the sun even came up the students of the south county high school were pumped. the stallions are visiting the lake braddock bruins. this is the play of undefeated. alison: in is a big rivalry. the kids know each other because they are all neighbors. erin hawksworth is at lake braddock tonight. it will be backed tonight. erin: it is. i am impressed. this is lake braddock but this is south county. their squad. look at that!

yes! we are going to talk to jack hatman, the president of the squad. i made this up. how big of a game is this? you haven't been able to beat them in quite a while. >> it's huge. we haven't won in three years but we are going to win tonight. [cheering] erin: this starts at 7:00. they are fired up. we will see you then. alison: thank you. we want to know what everyone is thinking on twitter. we have more than 1,100 people voted so far. so vote for who you think will win. the poll is open.

jonathan: that is a credit. they are both undefeated. the price wars. holiday shopping season starting to heat up. but getting stores to follow through on the price match promises may not be as easy as it sounds. we will ex

this is not even thanksgiving week but the price wars have already begun. target and wal-mart blowing out the price-matching and free shipping there. many cases you may get the best holiday shopping deals but staying home. the wars are underway. not "star wars." you have to wait till december for the movie. price wars. target fired the first salvo october 1 when it announced it would announce matching prices with amazon, sam's club and costco. wal-mart will price match with the price catcher app where you scan your receipt and get a gift card if another store

has the item for less. best buy jumped in the price wars by offering free shipping on everything without a $25 minimum purchase. from the doesn't that stink file the reason so many people don't price match it's so darn confusing. "time" magazine says every store has a different policy. some will match stores on the market or the brick and mortar stores is enough to make you say doesn't that stink? if you don't ask, the wal-mart's case use the app you won't get money back. if you are ordering any gift you should get free shipping. cup that with a price match and don't waste your money. i'm john matarese, abc7 news. for the family and friends another day of enduring loss. leon: tonight, remembering trooper 2. helicopter members and those killed in 2008 are memorialized. plus, murders in d.c. at the highest numbers in years. why maryland and virginia are

part of the problem. and top honors. >> i have to sit there and think man this sucks. leon: award for worst freeway in the country is handed out. it's one that you know all too well. now, "abc7 news at 5:00" -- on your side. leon: all right. 5:00. rush hour hitting full stride here. folks are making their home way on friday night. alison: that is right. for the drivers on 66, it can feel like a slow road to nowhere. leon: we are explaining why. it shouldn't be hard to do. brianne: going nowhere fast on 66 westbound. take a look at the traffic in front of us. you see a sea of red brake lights. now a study saying this is what you see more than seven hours a day on 66. making it worst highway in the country.

>> he says his commute is every easy. he is stuck on 66 every day. >> you have to sit there and think man this really sucks. >> the list posted on the website thrillis rated freeways based on data. according to the list on average it is slow-going on 66, seven hours and 15 minutes of the day. i-10 in new orleans comes in second with five and a half hours of traffic. third is the 610 loop in houston with five hours of congestion a day. >> it's probably more a reflection of the d.c. metro area