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gunshots. explosion. here, there, everywhere. it went on for ages. people were running everywhere. marci: eight people detained. prosecutors saying while abaaoud is not among them they haven't identified the bodies of two people killed in the raid, including a woman police say blew herself up with a suicide belt. police also still searching for two of the killers who carried out the paris massacre and trying to figure out who the terrorist texted just before the attack. the chilling message found on a cell phone outside of the theater. "here we go. we are starting." several officers were injured in this morning's raid which was one of more than 100 that took place overnight across france, as a man hunt continues. in paris, marci gonzalez, abc7 news. alison: we have learned that several police members were injured in the raids this morning. but this police dog right here did not survive. this is diesel. a 7-year-old ben january
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shepherd. he -- belgian shepherd. he was killed in the ongoing operation that was resolved there. it's believe that he was the first to go in the apartment where the terror suspects were hiding. back here at home, our senior political reporter scott thuman just returned from paris. he is live there in our newsroom now. scott, it appears that this was another cell taken out in saint denis? is that what you are hearing? scott: we don't know if it's another cell. they are believe to be closely related to the wave of attacks that took place. they think they may have been looking at what would have been a secondary wave. prosecutor there in parisian say -- there in paris says it possibly staved off another attack because it was used as the cell's hideaway. they think they have made progress tracking down more people. 414 raids over the past few days. that have resulted in 60 results.
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and seized 75 weapons. they are making progress. what is interesting that the french president who is continuing to press this as the global conference coalition taking part. alison: scott, thank you very much. jonathan: here in the washington area 9 it 0% of us really are going -- 90% of us will be out of tow for thanksgiving. a lot of us will be flying. many on edge after several incidents including ones at b.w.i. in dules.suzanne kennedyd to be on one of those flights yesterday. over the past few days you have encountered weary and wary travelers. suzanne: it is a mentality similar to what we saw in this country. specifically here in washington, d.c. post-9/11. air travelers concerned about their security following several terror attacks and false alarms. two of those false alarms took place overnight. two planes bound for paris, diverted after bomb threats were called in. one of them taken off from here in washington, d.c., at
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dulles international airport. the planes were inspected, found to be safe and eventually did take off. at the local airports today people are cognizant of the heightened sense of awareness. aviation safety experts say airlines will be conservative following an event like what we saw in paris. >> you will see erring on the side of safety and security more frequently. after an event like what happened in paris. you see it more because people are on a higher state of alert. suzanne: all of this happening as you mention as we head in the very busy holiday travel season. at 5:00, we'll tell you what people are saying about the heightened sevens of awareness. suzanne kennedy, abc7 news. alison: thank you. meanwhile muslims across the world have denounced the attacks in paris. using the #notinmyname.
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tweets like this going out -- we posted thestory to facebook. others commented -- jonathan: tomorrow, congress is expected to vote on new legislation that would place restrictions on iraqi and syrian refugees. the bill calls for the obama administration to certify every potential u.s.-bound refugee going through an extra layer of security. 29 governors in the u.s. already said the refugees are not welcome in their states. we talked to local muslim at the islamic center of washington about the proposal. >> some people -- [inaudible] people are involved. the criminal enemy. this is the united states. we are united.
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joining me now is the bob marlow, of the muslim society. we appreciate you taking the time. the first question for you is how the muslim community responding or reabouting to what took place in -- reacting to what took place in paris? >> in horror. people feel sympathy for the french people or anyone affected by that. but there is concern about we don't want this to result in a backlh against people who had nothing to do with it. jonathan: that's what i want to ask you about. there is backlash against muslims. they'll hang with a broad brush and not recognize the individual cells of terrorists, holding up the muslim faith for the calling
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card to carry out terrorist attacks. paints the muslim community in a bad light. >> you hit it on the head. they are holding up the rest of the community. these people are not considered muslims at all. they violate every possible tenet of faith. they do everything which is so contrary to everything that any muslim would believe anywhere in the world. jonathan: have you seen any backlash so far? have you countered it? how do you deal with it? >> some of the backlash so far is positive. a lot of the interfaith partners and thesick partners reached out -- civic partners reached out saying what can we do? we are concerned about the kids in school. even in the best of time there is bullying that goes on with the name calling and teasing. we are trying to tell the whole community look we need to work together with the authorities. we need to make sure that this is put behind us as quickly as possible. we all pray and hope for the arrest and conclusion of the investigation in france. we certainly want, we want
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everyone to be safe. we certainly don't want anyone looking at the community and thinking that this could be a potential problem. jonathan: a fight that will go on for years to come. we appreciate you taking the time. >> thank you very much. alison: all right, jonathan. ben carson's campaign released this. a map saying the states saying no to syrian refugees coming to america through the state. but the problem is the borders were off in new england so it was take down an replaced by a proper map. the states in blue are the ones welcoming refugee including virginia. jonathan: new today. a magazine claiming this or something like it brought down the russian jetliner n october 31. look at it. a soda can. more than 200 people were killed when the plane was blown out of the sky. the image of a bomb hidden in
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a soda can surfaced online and is now making the rounds with the social media. alison: stay with abc7 for continuing coverage of the war terror. when news breaks we will have itfor you here. you can sign up for breaking news text alerts at wjla.com/text. jonathan: let's change gears and talk about what isgoing on with the weather situation. we have a developing story there. if you have been outside, the winds of change are blowing strongly. rain is moving in this evening and it could complicate the morning commute and get heavy at times. chief meteorologist doug hill keeping an eye on the stuff and including the timing. when does it get here? doug: steady rain after dnight. 65 degrees. these are above average temperatures for this time of november across the map even with the clouds.
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it will drop to the mid-to-upper 50's. radar now, showers and some of this is not reaching the ground. on't surprise me as you get through the evening to show more in way of showers. the big story is the cold front. the timing is after midnight. rain will be heavy at times. maybe isolated thunderstorm or two through the morning commute. there could be showers in the afternoon. most looks like will taper off in the afternoon. it will be in good shape. this will have an impact on the morning commute. more to talk about. alison: thank you, doug. we'll see you soon. don't leave work tomorrow before -- leave for work tomorrow befor watching "good morning washington." we will help you navigate your rain in when the roads get slow because of it. the live coverage begins at 4:24. jonathan: we have breaking news to tell you about from north bethesda where children had to get off the school bus
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on the interstate. news chopper 7 over the scene 40 minutes ago. we are told it was a coolant line that broke on the bus crippling it. we are hearing that all the children should be fine. that is scary to get out on the interstate. >> a tie of relief that all of them are uninjured. this started 2:00 in the afternoon. two montgomery school buses heading back from a field trip when the firefighters say a radiator line bur in the rear engine compartment on a bus. a chemical believed to be antifreeze sprayed in the cabin getting on 12 students, all of them in the second grade. some complain of warm liquid on their skin. but they didn't take y to the hospital. the locaon of the leak was tricky. it created a buffer for the young children on the side of the highway.
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>> on the floor. some of h substitutes were walking through that. we evaluated all of them. >> replacement bus took em back to the school in gaithersburg. all of them are safe tonight. we're live in north bethesda, i'm kevin lewis. jonathan: thanks for. that coming up fr us on "abc7 news at0". arlington committed how much to renovation of the boston mall? we will let you know the shocking figure out there coming up. alison: an exterminator said a house was clear. we wil tell you what a homeowner found after getting a second opinion. jonathan: a family speaking out after a triple murder. why they say the suspect in the case should not have gotten close to them at the time of the killings. we'll have that for you right discover the world
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sam ford has more. sam: we're outside the forest hills apartment just the d.c. line in oxen hill, maryland, where three people lost their lives last friday in what some are calling a domestic rage incident. police say 34-year-old clifford brown junior murdered his ex-girlfriend walters. her mother and family friend james gibson. the family members of the deceased say brown had been pulling guns on walters and the system kept let them out with little punishment until he walked in the apartment and killed three people while playing cards. while the family blamed authorities the county prosecutor spokesman says the victim walkers was back out of pressing charges in a previous case. >> this is like a virus that you cannot get rid of. cannot get rid of.
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you know, it's sad, they didn't do anything about it. >> we have a victim that doesn't want to go forward. maybe because they're afraid or they are still in a relationship with the defendant. sam: however, walters had filed for a stay-away order against brown. the hearing was set for monday of this week. of course, by that time. she was dead. it was too late. we'll have more on the story coming up on "abc7 news at 5:00". jonathan: sam, thanks. let's check the traffic situation. what is going on out there. it's wednesday. hutch day. how are we doing on the roads? jamie: better than an hour ago. rkway was closed because of a jackknife tractor trailer at the bridge. there was a tractor-trailer stuck under there that didn't do what it was supposed to do.
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not supposed to be on the g.w. has you down to 13 miles per hour because of that. this stretch getting from the capital beltway continuing in. it will take you 30 minute. 15 minutes ago when it was closed it was 45 minutes. traffic is now starting to move. some areas at a slow pace. joce sterman at the moile track 7 knows what i'm talking about because she did have delays. it looks a little better now, though. >> the tractor trailer disregarded the sign of getting on the highway tried to make it under an overpass. couldn't make it. instead of waiting for the park police, decided to turn around on his own. that did not work. as a result they had to close down the highway. it does now appear to be back
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open and things are moving much more quickly. back to you. jamie: you are still at 9 miles per hour. they are using that to head in. it's not a bad idea. most of the traffic in the afternoon on 66 is heading outbound in the westbound stretch. it is no longer closed. alison: good news. thank you, jamie. across the nation, two are dead. after strong storms pounded the northwest. this is spokane, washington, where the classes were canceled.
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half a million people were left without power there to seattle. doug: the leaves are off the trees but it's still 60's. mild. 68 tomorrow mid-morning before the cold front passes. the blue sky has gone bye-bye. waiting game for showers. we are picking up a few showers on the doppler radar. the sar moistening a little bit. widespread, so a few light
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showers and spotty drizzle. but later tonight that will change as the main event approaches. that is as the moisture develops out of the cold front. this has produced tornado warnings all over the place. along the coast. water stop coming in at the destin beach. what we are watching with the system is that the area is really, really pretty -- this is 70 miles wide. on the leading ed. thunderstorms will continue to look closely at the cells and time it out. we think what will happen is the time we get t 1:00 in the morning, some of the steadier rain will come in here. by the rush hr. once this is through we have a cleang trend with us for a few days. another cold front is coming through the area on saturday.
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68 tomorrow. cooler temperatures with the clearing sky and breezes on friday. sunny, 54 on saturday. then blustery on sunday. sunny and breezy. highs in he mid-40's. warmup for next week. morning rush. give yourself extra time. rush hour and rain don't mix. alison: we have learned that. jonathan: oil and water. thanks. alison: big improvements are in the works for boston mall. it has been in decline for years as many big name stores leaving. they had agreed to invest $55 million for renovation. this covers a portion of the $317 million expansion project planned by the owner for a city.
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>> a one was attacked in the s.u.v. while the child was strapped in the car seat. what she said happened in orgetown in broad daylight. that's still ahead. horace: i'm hce holmes. she claims that termites are eating away at her house. but the exterminator has a different story. you can be the judge. "7 on yourside" story is coming i am totally blind. and sometimes i struggle to sleep at night, and stay awake during thday.
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jonathan: a viewer contacted us and told us she was desperate and being eaten out of her house and home. alison: she blamed the pest control company for not making good on the promise. "7 on your side" troubleshooter horace holmes is here to explain. horace: the problem she has is with termites. if you don't think the little insects can cause big damage just look at what she says they have done to her home. >> here is part of it. >> to betty, a promise is a promise. >> this has been almost two years. it won't go away. i just keep coming. it's right, it's what they promised me. >> what she feels is a broken promise from the pest control company led to her literally being eaten out of house and home. >> they will destroy the house. >> they are termites. >> millions of them. >> they are in the walls, in the floors. horace: inside and outside the house, she says. >> she says what makes her really mad is the fact that
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she has been acustomer of the rminex for na >>t's just comptely stroyed. >> a couple of years ago, terminex she said found new evidence of termites in th house,treated and paido have the damageddso replaced in the fmily r and thedining area. she says recently the problem in the living room becam evident. le me you how soft his floor is. look down here. it feels like it could just give away aths point at any time. >> they give me a guarantee that the termites were here. they came back and they'd get rid of them and fix the damage. horace holmes she claims she has been locked in a battle with the terminex to make good on the guarantee. she says they insist there are no more live termites in her home. she called in another pest control company for a second opinion. they told her she has -- >> active colony of termites.
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maybe two colonies. there are millions in a colony. >> horace: with one company's word against another she called a contractor who pulled up the living room floor. this is what they found. >> it just shredded. horace: makes you cringe as a homeowner, doesn't it? terminex told us they can't treat her living room floor because the crawl space under the home is too small to access the foundation. we called a spokesperson who said that a technician will return to the home, try to treat it and added the company offered her $3,400 for repairs insisting we hav donguarante. she says she has not received the money. jonathan: shocking. all right. thanks. our best stories and the best way atth "7 on yr side" team can hp you is you coming forward and letting us know what is going on. we have a hot lto you alys. one mr the een,
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866-236-3401. you can e-mail us at tips@wjla.com. alison: still ahead at "abc7 news at 4:00" -- eaern shore college clos for a third y. amid a security scare. the latest on a missing student and when the asses may resume coming up.e ae trackg showers that are movininthe area. could see heavier rain er that. doug hill back with the timing and how it wl affecthe morning commute. 's coming upaftertis >> a youngaby cked by a band of teagers in broad daylight and the heart ofgeorgetown. m stephenll tell you
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jonathan: live over d.c. winds blowing. chilly. this is nothing compared to what is coming in. doug: a little bit. temperatures are plenty warm. if you look out the window it's not bad. just wait. a taste of the early december temperatures are coming. we will tell you the story. 65 now in the capital. 57 in charlottesville.
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comfortable, cloudy and breezy. showers popping up on doppler radar. moving from the south to north. all the rain in the next 12 to 18 hours will move south to north across the area. this is all believing ahead of a cold front. it is moving in ourdirection. as it does the rain wi continue to move south to north. there are thunderstorms. vere weather but we will see'slated thunderstorms as we get through tomorrow morning. the future cast shows the rain ahead of the cold front. i will continue with a southerly wind. 6:00 in the morning we will be in the middle of it. heavy downpour, rumble of under or to. we expect clearing late n the afternoon. we have much cooler weather moves in the area as we head through saturday to sunday.
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he is how it looks. 68 degrees or the tomorrow. rain is likely. friday partly coudy. breezy. 55. turninblustery on sunday. milder as we head next week. alison: thou. crime alert now. in georgetown after a moth says she wasattacked right in her car wi her child inside as stephen tschida reports the sunroof was smashed in with a rock. ephen: 10:30 a.m., he heart of georgetown. you frequently see families s earlier thiweek as a young mother got in the suv with her baby, a swarm of tgers surrounded her. they pounded on her vehicl one grabbed a rock and shattered her sunroof. >> the child and her mom, trying to protect and go about her business. >> the woman laid on her horn. th pack of teens backed off
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and she drove away. n attack so braz and ted has some in the neighborhood baffled -- provoked s some in the neighborhood baffled. >> i don't understand why the kids surround a car like that. residents say after school hours they will se teenagers roaming wisconsin ater. -- wisconsin avenue. businesses complain of smash and grab but nothinglike this. rickie said he was already afraidthe teens prowling georgetown. tonight, police are on the look-out for the teenagers. i spoke with the oung mother who was i tack and she said it happened so quickly and so traumatized she didn't get an opportunity to take a god look. atthe teenagers. not much for policeto go on. stephe tschida, abc7 news. jonathan: a virginia judge, as
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convicted sex offender welch is charged with the murder of two girls. the trial was set to start november 24 but it has been pushed back well to next year. march 15. 12-year-old sheila lyon and her 10-year-old sister disappeared from amaryland mall in 1975 and they have not been seen since. alison:for a third day in a row, classes canceled at washington college. that campus cla student the are worries h has heapon. bell has been llowing the story eastern shore colle. it wilbe a lere th opn again. bradju about one hour ago the sco announed tat they will be closed uil november 30th. the students can ome back on november 29. they will be closed through the thanksgiving break. seven instructional days lost e yesterday.he issue. we can show you the pictures of what went on. was an emergency evcuation
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of the school. students told at 1030 to pack up their belongs and leave the campus. out ofconcerns that a fellow student who is missing might come back and cause harm. the young man, 19 years old named jacob marberger. he has been a star student but he ran in trouble this fall. he was in trouble with the school. caught on campus wi the gun. he reportedly went home and got gun. hasn't been seen nce. he has not really threatened the school. police telling us that they had better be safe than sorry. >> i don't want to wrongly alarm anyone. but we have to make sure that he is okay and the community is okay. we're being proactive. we are talking to the
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businesses in town who are missing their customers. jonathan: they want a judge to throw out a lawsuit filed by johnson, the u.v.udent who was bloodied in an arrest outside a bar in charottesville over st. patty's dayweekend. tried to go to the bar withfak. the charges were dropped. but in the motion the lawyers said they had probable cause for arrest in the first place. alison: investigation i underway right now ater a school bus ended up crashi down an embankmentin faircounty. this is horeshoe dive. they righted the bus after it ditch. on theide in the is eecteo ber okay. still ahead heren"abc7 ews at taking flight in school. sort of. how cildrt one school are
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improve in te classroom. jonathan: how cool is that? this is not a child's onesi we will let you kno beloed to and why it could fetch a lot of mon at auction. >> did bekham. >> yes, i am. [cheering] alison: tat was a big reveal on immy kimmell. people's man alive. apologes to matt damon for falling shrt again. who is becks thanking? his answer next.
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jonathan: breaking news to tell you about. chopper 7 over the scene. bomb squad unit. it iclosed off. here is why. found a suitcase block. unattended on the cu. that got people's attention. you can imagine everybody is nervous these days. this is a suitcase that next to it left unattended. somebody cald it in. the bomb squad is out there. getting a root set u to look at it. this is not a full call but they have enough to check it out to see if it is tru
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suspicious or just ju never got to the trash service when they picked up the trash. we wll le you know whatever haens ith this thing. al will contie to follow th breaking news. first, we ant lighter news for you. ore fun. "people" magazinena ed siest man alive. it's david thed exsoccer star and father o four calls thi a huge honor. i wasrvealed last night o jimmyll live. of his careet moment he thaks people who made it possible. >> i wou like to thank my parents. >> sure, sure. >> for bringi me into this world of course. i would like toy hair dresser, my stylist. jonathan: h has a hair drser? that s what we look like getting out of bed. n: he works really hard
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on that. he takes the crown from actor hensworth last year's winner. jonathan: i have a barber. you could get the ultimate memorabilia. that is not a child's onsie. it looks likethat. for the right buyer this could be a super deal. part of the superman costume going up for auction on thursday. chriopher reeves wore this in the movie releasedin 1978. bidding starts at $50,000. the interesting part is whoever buys it, i hope it's more memorabilia and put in a case i hope they don't wear it. alison: a lot of "star wars" going up with sotherby. saber thing down. get theht that would be fun still ahead at at 4:00" --
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jonaht's spotlight on education, this is cool. the ocal school transforming itself to aviation lab to engage students. as kellye lynn shows us the highech learning environment is the first of its kind in washington. >> take off. increase throttle to 75. taking off. kellye: a simulated flight test manned by the students. >> i want to be a pilot some day. kellye: the flexible aviation classroom experiment or fle-a could make it possible by placing students in the simulated test range control room and operation center. >> we are standing in one of the only flight test evaluation centers in the country. kellye: the mission here range from introductory to flight experiences to more intricate
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and advanced survival support operations. while engaged in the mission, students gain an in-depth understanding of aviation positions like engineers, technologists and scientists. >> i thi the concepis. i wasn't sure whati wanted to do or a career but i you think after this class i want to go into aeonautical engineering. kellye: their mission is to attract, inspire and develop young eople for future careers in defenstechnology. in northwest, kellye lynn, abc7 news. jonathan: how great is that? abc7 consumer alert for you. if you haven't heard american airlines is going to make changes to your frequent flyer program. listen up for this. the biggest airline at the national airport will join other legacy carriers in counting points via ticket prices. so instead of miles flown, that is going to be happening next year. keep that in mind. it's not what your miles are
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but what you pay for the ticket. people who rely on the discounted fairs won't back up the points as quickly as after the program goes through. alison: speaking of discounts. amazon's first black friday deals go on sale in two days. the online retail giant will roll out deals a week early but not at once. they plan to offer bargains every five minute for eight straight days starting friday. a few deals are $50 off x-box one console. kindle paperwhites will cost $99. jonathan: cool. alison: yeah. jonathan: a new nickname for the university of north dakota. the fighting hawks. they have been without a mascot since 2012 when the state retired the fighting sioux to comply with the ncaa standards that deemed hostile and abusive. a committee considered 1200 nicknames before whittling it
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down and putting it for a vote. similar to the redskins in washington, the old logo was an indian head. alison: coming up on "abc7 news at 5:00" -- a slippery slope. you are looking at the concerns from the local muslim community after last week's attacks in paris. jonathan: double di paris. jonathan: double dipping. "7 on your side" to take a look at what your vote if you move before election day. alison: all right. jonathan: now turning to the forecast. we are looking at rain that is moving in this evening. i could get heavy, too. alison: right. steve rudin is on the museum of national african-american history and culture. they are getting ready to light up the building. it will be beautiful. will we need umbrellas out there? steve: not yet. i will begin at 5:30 until 9:00 tonight. you can see behind me they have lit the building up a little bit. but at 5:30 they will play a movie that lasts seven minutes and play it over and over
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again until 9:00 tonight. sound system and all. this is the first official event for the museum. it is going to be absolutely spectacular. now tonight is the last night you can see it. you have to head out now to take a look at it. after that, it will be gone. let's talk about the upcoming weekend. a lot going on this weekend. 54 degrees for a high temperature on saturday. this is going to drop for the highs on sunday. only in the upper 40's. at least we will have the sunshine to make it look a little bit nicer out there. don't forget about the thanksgiving parade. montgomery county and silver springs. brian van de graaff and julie wright will host it. i will start off in the middle 30's by 8:00 in the morning. by noon we are talking about temperatures 50 degrees. let's talk about the next seven days. 55 on friday. 54 on saturday. busy travel period for thanksgiving. tuesday it will be dry around here. the temperatures in the lower 50's. upper 50's to near 60 deges for a very busy travel day on
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wednesday of next week. once again, 5:30 until 9:00 we will be here live at 5:30. right here on abc7. i promise you what you see behind my will like completely different. let's head over to jamie sullivan who has a check on traffic. james you know, steve -- jamie: you know, steve, we are worried about spots that are bumper to bumper. in maryland 95 heading northbound to baltimore just after 195. which is what we used to get to b.w.i. a crash blocking one of the lanes. as we pull back a little bit, you see it. a solid red line in the teens. it will take you 40 minutes to get from route 32 to continue toward the baltimore beltway. the best option for you, even though it is slow here approaching route 100, the b.w. parkway. again, if you have to get to b.w.i. or baltimore. take a live look outside. because the capital beltway seeing delays as well. you can see on the inner loop, a sluggish ride this afternoon. jonathan? jonathan: thank you. one more look at the breaking
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news we have going on. there is a robot making its way to a suitcase left unattended on the side of the curb. the empty trash can. the suitcase is next to it. folks are suspicious of this. everyone's nerves are on edge. the bomb squad was called in and the robot is approaching the suitcase to see if there is anything in it. perhaps it was left out with the trash and meant to get flown away and didn't. just to be safe the bomb squad is out there to see what is inside the suitcase. when we figure out what is going on we'll get back to you with it. alison: next on "abc7 news at 4:00" -- how you can raise money for projects in need the easy way to get strangers to pitch in. so you don't get left in a financial
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all of it raised by local families. all it takes is a need, a few clicks of a mouse and a touching story. like that of 8-year-old jackson. despite his special needs, he has an infectious smile and a love of bubble gum. each morning his mom cheryl sends him off to school. >> it's friday, jackson. john: with a big hug and a smile. but as you can see, jackson is getting too big for sheryl to lift and she desperately needs a mobility van. >> right now he weighs a total of 75 pounds. john: but a wheelchair van costs $50,000. everything we needfor jackson costs more. john: she set up the page on go fund me. the goal is $10,000 toward a jack-mobile. >> we don't expect anyone to give us a brand new van. of course. it would be nice but we don't expect that. john: crowd funding and crowd sourcing exploded in
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popularity. campaign for boy's medical fund, man planning to study a year in israel, a woman hoping to attend an opera academy. people in need of money for a good cause. the bill you can't afford? crowd sourcing can help you, too. want to find it? go fund me is success. you need a cause. one with an emotional hook. medical expenses. volunteer programs. funerals and memorials. youth sports. pets in need are the postpopular. you sign up for free. go fund takes a small cut of the money raised. so far the jack-mobile fund is up to $3,000. hard to resist. given that smile. some people have used crowd sourcing to try to buy stuff or take a vacation. go fund me says the pictures tend not to be successful so keep it honest so you don't waste your money. i'm john matarese, abc7 news. >> i don't like it at all. it scares me to think that they are taking over. alison: tonight, the new fear of flying.
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two security incidents at local airports in two days. begin to test the nerves of airline passengers. out of jail and into a fit of rage. >> a suspect's violent past comes to light after a triple murder. and voter rolls that need to get with the times. >> i registered and got a sticker. i'll see if i can vote again. alison: the item takes a trip to show you how easy it is. announcer: now, "abc7 news at 5:00". on your side. alison: we begin with breaking news out of capital beltway. look -- news from beltsville. this is where the bomb crews are there to this is a residential area.
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you can tell. the bomb techs are on the vene. it's not a full call-out with a lot of response but enough to assess the situation and take care of the suspicious device. the 7600 block of weathersfield place in beltsville, maryland. prince george's county fire department on the scene. we'll watch this and let you know what happens here. leon: you can't see them but you can hear them. more than 5,000 shots ringing out. that is just from the police. tonight two terror suspects are dead. another seven in custody. after the early morning raid in the paris suburb. alison: the fate of the man accused of planning last friday's deadly attacks is still in question right now. jonathan elias monitoring the latest development in the war on terror tonight. jonathan: prosecutors said today that abdelhamid abaaoud was not one of the seven people ar
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