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sources say he was killed by a u.s. airstrike in syria. we learned that it was successful just a minutes ago. he is a well-known terrorist leader, believed to be the man who appeared in a series of brutal beheading videos. leon: a major development. another development here, a 16 scandal comeexting a secret service agent sent messages to somebody he thought was a 14-year-old girl. alison: a shocking revelation tonight about his confession. the police say he said it was not his first time having explicit texts with teenagers. leon: richard reeve has the story. richard: these documents tell the story that apparently this agent had texted other users he thought were underaged girls.
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at the center of this case, a 14-year-old girl who turned out to be a police officer. the alleged activity occurring over several months. at the white house, the robert moore was a uniform secret service agent, and trusted with protecting the president. now he is charged with using a phone to send obscene messages to who he thought was a 14-year-old girl. the real recipient was in undercover delaware police officer. moore met thethat officer through an app. engaged in online chats while on duty, once asking an undercover officer to send him "something exciting." authorities say he also meetings to arrange
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with a fictitious 14-year-old. investigators used his ip address to track them down. moore surrendered to maryland state police on monday, waving his miranda rights, admitting he set the texts and explicit photos. he has been stripped of his security clearances and gear. is not only on administrative leave, he faces criminal charges that include the attempted transfer up scene material to a minor. he could face 15 years behind bars if convicted. richard reeve, abc 7 news. whoever did this needs to pay for it, because she did not deserve this. leon: a chilling portrait of a young woman before she was murdered. alison: her body was found near a dumpster in takoma park this
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week. who killed her is a mystery. jay korff has an exclusive entry with a womanview who knew her and her struggles. jay: this is the dumpster where the woman's body was found couple days ago. spoke exclusively yesterday with the woman who knows the story very well, and she tells us tonight this woman was fighting demons. tuesday, the police found the body of a woman near this dumpster in takoma park. she worked a nearby office and had been stabbed to death. when the authorities announce the name of the victim, this person's heart sank. >> the first thing i thought of was, do i need to call the police? jay: she did call the police and reported to us what she told us. >> just to be stamped like that, thrown into the trash like a
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piece of garbage, that is what bothered me about this. drug and hall in counseling. she knew the woman from last july until this june while she went to rehab following a dui arrest. >> she needed help. the last several months of her life, she seemed like she was getting it together. jay: she said her personal life was in turmoil. the woman said the man that she was having an affair with was abusive. >> there were occasions when she would come in here bruised and admitted that she was afraid of him. and she would confide in say he is the one who caused the bruises. convince theied to woman to leave the man, to no avail. about how she loved him, but how she needed to get away from him. jay: she does not know who killed elena, but she is certain
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that the only vengeance for her former client will be justice. we spoke with the authorities this evening, who are pursuing some good leads, but at this hour they do not have a suspect. -- theyeve this was not believe this was not a random crime. jay korff, abc 7 news. leon: happening now, threats of violence and graffiti at two universities in our area, at the center racial tension. extra security is in place at howard and the metro stations nearby. this after violent threats were made in students on campus. a letter was posted online using racial slurs to express anger the university of missouri president was a forced -- was forced to resign. tonight, howard students rallied circlece, gathering in a on the yard. at bowie state university,
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outrage over a manage that ika,ars to be a swast discovered outside of the martin luther king jr. art center. the graffiti has since been removed and the police are investigating this is a possible hate crime. alison: they are the men and women that you trust to make decisions about your health, but your own doctor could be hiding a secret. i-teamur side investigator joce sterman discovered hundreds of local physicians dealing with addiction. and they don't have to say a word to you. joce: in photos posted on facebook, this arlington ob/gyn is the face of happiness. this man has seen another side. >> we continue to be terrified to this day. of the physician convicted of assaulting him on the street and inside this northwest d.c. condo.
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the incident was fueled by cocaine and alcohol, discipline records say. sentenceven a 180-day in a restraining order from the court. virginia's medical court had a lighter touch. even though they found he was impaired, he was only given a reprimand and allowed to keep his license. but there was one condition -- he had to enter the virginia health practitioners monitoring program. black whole thing is in a secret box in terms of the public. joce: these programs are generally confidential to the public. 7 on your side only uncovered birch's involvement because it was in public disciplinary records, but you will never hear about the other doctors. outrage,hould be an but the public has been kept in the dark.
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joce: the i-team discovered more than 200 doctors enrolled in virginia's monitoring program since 210. toyland has 170 dating back 2012. the stories are shocking -- taking xanax and drinking wine between procedures, drunk driving convictions, testing positive for drugs, blood alcohol tests as high as .325. those are worst-case in areas. in some cases, doctors were allowed to continue practicing once enrolled in state programs and going through treatment. >> they should not be on the job when they are unstable, but that is the early part of addiction treatment and it's very quickly resolved. this addiction researcher says his study of hundreds of physicians in treatment found rates, in part thanks to years of specialized addiction care provided by those state programs. >> the kind of addiction
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treatment all of i should have, their prognosis is excellent. joce: we wanted to know the kind of progress that will birch was making in his recovery. when we visited his office in arlington, we found it unlocked and empty, with bills and letters thrown around the lobby. >> that's disconcerting my letter was in a pile with other letters. saw any redver flags are ob/gyn was struggling with addiction. >> i would hate to think he could never practice again because he delivered quality care for my family. joce: new documents show the medical board changed its mind ch couldether bir provide safe care to patients, suspended his license seven months after he was released from the state monitoring program for failing drug tests and alcohol in his system. the i-team repeatedly contacted leaving many
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messages, but we never got a response. we also asked the virginia board of medicine to talk about his case and their monitoring program, but they declined. joce sterman, abc 7 news. alison: 7 on your side with more health matters, and this a major lawsuit over birth control. they got 100 women say pregnant because of mislabeled pills. the suit claims the pills were packed in the wrong order, meaning that placebo pills were taken at the wrong time of the month, leaving women unprotected. >> that could potentially result week so nore hormonal suppression and therefore conception can occur. alison: these women are seeking millions in damages, some asking for the total cost of raising a child, including education. the parent company says the safety is a top rarity in this involves an extremely small number of pill packs. we have good news
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tonight for air travelers. wi-fi on airplanes is about to get faster. leon: those details coming up. plus -- tom: every single one of these lines is a different lawsuit prosecutors say was fired by the same silver spring man. steve: steve rudin in the weather center. gusty wind tomorrow, up to 30 miles per hour.
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lawsuits. leon: a serial scam artist was shut down, racking up hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage. it just in a year and a half, he filed 100 lawsuits. now he is going to prison for 70 years. tom roussey has more on the story. the authorities say he is a pathological scammer? they are is what saying. he got convicted on 26 counts of perjury. they say he is not to be trusted. he somehow got food stamps from d.c. and maryland at the same time. he probably cannot even be tested on his resume where he claimed to be a stunt driver. but that's nothing. prosecutors say that 51-year-old hinton cheated companies and taxpayers. montgomery county's state's attorney says he has never seen anybody like him. >> the judge said you are a liar and there is nothing could say
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about it. tom: at one point he had filed more than 100 lawsuits in a year and a half, suing everybody from to mcdonald's. he even tried to join a class action suit from maryland claiming he was owed money for the gulf oil spill. he also sued nascar holdings in daytona. >> he is the definition of frivolous lawsuits, hundreds of them. the office investigated, they got sued. hinton claimed that he got treatment similar to freddie gray. he said he was yanked out of his thrown on theen van floor so hard that he hit his head and knocked out. surveillance video shows nothing of the sort. but for the fact he is locked up, there would be more victims. tom: here are some of the many, many lawsuits e-filed. wouldutor said when he
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file them, he would send them by fedex using an account number from nih he somehow got a hold of, then claimed he did not have the money to file the court fees. they say he pulled in $100,000 per year fraudulently. tom roussey, abc 7 news. alison: 7 on your side with a consumer alert, and some good news for all you flyers. technology will be seven times faster than current theds according to go-go, company that powers wi-fi on most north american plains. that means that you can stream movies, access e-mail, browse the web. the technology rolls out next year and the bulk will follow in the coming years. the: and you know that airlines will now charge seven times as much to use it. a sandwich company based out of pittsburgh has a cult following
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since the 1930's. starting tomorrow, they are expanding into maryland, a new location in hagerstown. the first 100 people in line will get free sandwiches for a year. saying that the fries go into the sandwich, and that thick white bread. mmm, sounds really good right now, a goodman night snack. -- a good midnight snack. we have a cold front? steve: yes, and windy conditions tomorrow into saturday. sunday, a little bit of relief. 66 degrees was the high today, well above average this time of year. we normally see 59. record not even close, 77. reaganees right now at national comedy temperatures slowly falling into the 40's overnight. manassas, 57 leesburg, 59
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winchester, just waiting for the cold front to move through. it's located to the north and west, 49 pittsburgh, 46 indianapolis, a good indication of what's on the way tomorrow, one of the coldest days so far of the season saturday. the satellite and radar, the moisture lifts to the north and east. the skies mainly clear, dry overnight. sunshine early tomorrow morning, allowing temperatures to drop to 49 degrees at 7:00, mainly clear skies. manassas lower 40's, fairfax 44, the district looking at about 49. these are actual air temperatures. it will feel cooler than that because of the windchill factor. the wind out of the northwest 5 miles per20, 3 hour. 9:00 and the morning, 20 miles per hour winds sustained at reagan national.
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through the day, it does not get a lot better. windier off to the west, the higher ridges of the shenandoah. those will he the slightest wind gusts, about 45. day sunday.king the day planner tomorrow, 7:00 in the morning, sunglasses, a sweater, a hat that you will have to hold onto, 45 degrees, mid 50's noontime and recess. it will be chilly them even though the daytime highs will be about 60. the next seven days, cool and breezy saturday, lots of near 60 on sunday. a nice trend next week, well into the 60's. talking middle to upper 60's wednesday and thursday. alison: love it. steve: november weather, we will take it. leon: how about the caps? good,: the caps looked
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but i'm thinking about that sandwich. was there a fried egg on it? steve: i don't think there is. it out.i will check the caps and flyers in philly tonight. sports is coming up. [ female announcer ] business travel isn't just about the going. it's also about the going home. and being connected all along the way. whether you're working or recharging, do business travel on your terms. acela. take off.
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against the flyers, alex ovechkin thought he broke a record tonight for goals by russian player, but they took the goal back. bad refs. the caps down by a goal, jason chimera with his fourth goal of the season. then late in the second, jason -- jason chimera again on the power play, the caps win 5-2. the skins will face one of the hottest quarterbacks in the league sunday, welcoming drew brees and the saints with open arms. just don't do that during the game. you can expect brees to have a good game. the saints have won three of their last four. kirk: he is one of those guys, when you look at what he has done statistically, it's very impressive. and he's doing it again this year.
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fortunately, it's not my job to stop him, he is one of the best of all time and he is a great example and sets the bar high for the rest of us young quarterbacks to follow. robert: back by popular demand, guinness world record day. has bulldog named otto broken the record for skateboarding through the longest human tunnel in peru, presented with an official certificate. speaking of guinness world longest underhand shot, 84 feet, nothing but net. and it did not stop there. the longest blindfolded shot. and then the kneeling shot. they were just passing out certificates like nothing. and bryce harper was named a
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