announcer: now, abc 7 news at noon -- on your side. jummy: right off the top this noon, a developing story out of alexandria. that is where a person is in critical condition after being shocked by a downed wire. this caused power outages for quite a wild. john gonzalez is on the scene with the very latest. john: severely burned by electricity. i spoke to one of the

town, alexandria. he told me the victim is his friend. he was unresponsive when he was rushed to the hospital this morning. take a look at the scene here. that crane you see in the middle of this massive construction project was involved in this accident. we understand that the operator, for some unknown reason, struck the powerline there next to that church. and this is what the street has looked like for several hours. city of alexandria police have the stet and workers with american property construction are watching on with very concerned looks on their faces. the company is based right here and now examine area. this industrial accident occurring at around 7:30 a.m. >> a crane operator hit an electrical wire, which fell down to the street and struck another construction worker working at this construction site. the victim is an adult male who

company. john: the worker suffered serious burns. he was rushed to the hospital. he is in critical but stable condition. osha is assisting alexandria engineers in trying to shore up the jobsite and investigate, and figure out what happened. the accident caused over 1000 customers to lose power. we are told many of the customers have gotten the power back this afternoon. in alexandria, john gonzales, back to you. jummy: on terror. this morning, military officials a two americans were killed in kabul, afghanistan, during an attack near a coalition base. one was a service member. the other was a civilian. the two were part of a nato mission to advise and assist afghan security forces. and now we turn to the race for the white house, where there are very high-stakes for republican

university of las vegas. many political experts feel this may be trumps last chance to close the gap before election day. lauren: good afternoon. get ready. this may be the last time we see clinton and trump together ahead of the election. for him, it comes amid his latest rallying cry that the election is red. for her, after days of debate trip -- prep, she is ready to address the e-mail controversy. the candidates getting ready to face off in their final debate, coming as trump has been hammering his message to voters that the election is rigged. mr. trump: they have rigged it from the beginning. they want to try to rig the election. lauren: some prominent republicans saying it's just not

well. president obama: it happens to be based on no facts. i invite mr. trump to stop whining and go try to get votes. lauren: clinton, meanwhile, has not addressed her latest e-mail controversy. hacked wikileaks e-mails appear to reveal her campaign chairman organizing possible running mates in rough food groups like latinos and women. debate prep has kept clinton off mr. trump: you know what debate prep is? resting. lying down, going to sleep. lauren: clinton has a 6-12 point lead over trump in the latest national polls. >> she has to win. she knows that running out the clock is what she needs to do. lauren: it all get started right here just hours from now.

first debate, six topics. we will see if the candidates forgo the handshake greeting like they did the last time around. jummy: make sure you stay with abc seven news. we are your vote 2016 headquarters. our chief political horse bonnet will be live in las vegas with more on what we can expect -- political correspondent will be live in las vegas with more on what we can expect from tonight's debate. meanwhile, some virginia voters are taking legal action to be allowed to vote in the election. a computer glitch at the online registration website kept some voters from meeting monday's deadline to enroll. election officials say there is no statutory provision in virginia that allows for extending the voter registration deadline. let's turn to the weather now.

80's again today, but a drastic changes coming over the next few days. hill is here with a look at the forecast. doug: we are looking at another day of temperatures above average. for the weekend, temperatures will be below average. a very pleasant afternoon. some areas already in the 80's. 85 in manassas. 86 in fredericksburg. 85 in culpeper. 84 in airport because the cool breeze is coming across the river. here are the records for today. reagan stands at 88. however, dulles and bwi are both in the possibility of tying the record for today. we could see a shower late this afternoon in a few spots. a cold front will try to

i think we will have an increasing chance of shower. we will quickly look at futurecast through the rest of the day to see showers pop north and west through the afternoon and evening. as we get through the day, a little sunshine, still very warm. things change on friday with a cold front, showers, and a big change for the weekend. we will give you all the numbers. we will share that with you coming up in a little over eight minutes. jummy: thank you. developing right now in prince george's county, the search is on for the person responsible for shooting to people in a car, killing one of them. this happened overnight in largo. police found a man and a woman suffering from gunshots, along with a puppy, who was still alive. both victims taken to the hospital. the female identified as 18-year-old alyssa banks. she later died. so far, there are no suspects in the case.

charges in the stabbing death of another teenager, police say this 18-year-old killed a 17 euros. authorities believe it started after an argument on a metro bus -- 17-year-old. authorities believe it started after an argument on a metro bus. an arrest has been made in the robbery of an all-night diner. authorities say the robbed the diner with a gun. it was a wild chain of events in prince george's county. the suspect got away. one week later, we have new surveillance video and a chance to hear the frantic 911 calls. >> the robbery lasts only three minutes. three men dressed as ninjas storm into the diner and pistol

knocking him to the ground. >> bank on i am still here. >> unshaken come -- thank on i am still here. >> unshaken, joe gets up and calls 911. >> we have just been robbed by three guys in masks. they just left. >> robbery just occurred. three males wearing m on. >> the men get away in a stolen bmw, go down the part way, then crash, causing a seven car pileup. the robbers carjack another car, and disappear. back in the diner, joe is left with a sliced here, but he is back to work the next night. he has not missed a shift in 35 years and the local paper made him a hero.

for two hours. they had to send the truck out and fill it up again. the reporter from the paper personally put one on my doorknob. reporter: joe does want the men caught. if you have any information, police went to hear from you -- want to hear from you. jummy: metro is considering extending its weekend hours. ahead of tomorrow's meeting, they say a 1:00, they say a 1:00 a.m. closing may be better than a midnight closure. meanwhile, it was another rough morning for some riders. there was an incident by one station that caused several delays of the silver, orange, and blue lines. at this hour, normal service has

in laurel near route to 16. no word on how the crash was caused. luckily, no one was hurt. coming up, a heart stopping experience for an 11-year-old boy. he came face to face with an intruder in his own home. we will tell you what happened. also, the latest on the

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look at this traumatic home invasion caught on camera in new jersey. an 11 year old boy comes face to face with an intruder in his home. the boy walks into his house not knowing anyone is inside. you see he has his backpack on. suddenly, he makes contact with the man. >> i immediately run out of the house. i see that my neighbor's driving by in the car. i stopped her and asked her for her after the boy called 911. heading into next months presidential election, how is virginia feeling? a new poll is out of virginia voters. 53% think the state economy is going in the right direction.

in the presidential race, clinton is holding a nine point lead in the commonwealth of virginia. two pennsylvania, where our brad is. he has just arrived in philadelphia. brad: we are in the birthplace of democracy, philadelphia, independence hall. this is where george washington served as es accounts, a standard of honesty and personal integrity for the presidency. an interesting election cycle and an interesting view of this presidential election. we are going to head to one of the local eateries to see what the locals have to say. we will be live with a vote

6:00. brad bell, abc seven news. jummy: there is an encouraging sign from the conjoined twins who were separated last week in a 27 hour surgery. overall, doctors are pleased with their progress. they have opened their eyes. people all over the world have heard the story of these two little boys. >> it's amazing how people babies the way they do. you can really feel their love and their messages. these are all the messages. jummy: the boys spend 72 hours in intensive care and a few months in a rehab center. doug, gosh, it is still in the 80's out there. doug: 82, 83. bwi and dulles have the best chance of setting records.

the weekend looks fine. it's going to be a whole different pattern. breezy, chile. definitely bring a jacket if you have outdoor plans over the weekend. this comes from stephen ross in virginia. absolutely beautiful. a little fall color showing up in the trees. this is from beautiful maryland, just north of frederick. share your photography phone, at burst.com/wjla. this is week two of our contest. every week, we pick a winner. it is announced on good morning washington. and we will send you some goodies from the weather team. the colors will only get better and better locally in the next

chase. 85 and dale city. record highs of 84 at bwi thurgood marshall. both of those will be tied or fall. not crystal clear skies like we have had in the last couple of days, but plenty of sunshine clouds. the warmest time will be 2:30 p.m.-3:00 p.m. this afternoon. a front getting close to the area this afternoon. maybe a shower west. then it drifts back to the north-northwest. that is where most of the showers will be tomorrow morning. shower chances to the west. a little bit of a breeze. 80's in most areas. cold front is on the march. it will start early friday morning. a probability of rain at times, up to 80%, especially after

night as the rain finally shifts to the east. we could have wind gusts of 25-35 miles per hour in the area. high pressure building in from the great lakes. low pressure brings in this cold front. it could be a windy saturday, plenty of sunshine, but very windy indeed. 85 today. still around 80 tomorrow with a slight chance of a shower in the afternoon. friday, the chance up. very breezy friday night. partly cloudy and windy on saturday. highs in the 50's. that's a big change, you will notice that -- highs overnight in the 50's. that's a big change. you will notice that. 59 on tuesday.

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gay employees. woman: barbara comstock. too right-wing for northern virginia. narrator: house majority pac is responsible for the content of this ad. ms. clinton: it's just awfully good that someone with the temperament of donald trump is not in charge of the law in our country. mr. trump: because you'd be in jail. jummy: there is a good chance we will see more exchanges just like that one tonight in las vegas as hillary clinton and donald trump face-off in the third and final debate. joining us now is cokie roberts. what are you expecting to see tonight? cokie: who knows? you know, things have been really extraordinary.

been telling him, as they did for the first two debates, that he should stick to the issues and remind people they want a change in washington. talk about the things voters are upset about, trade, immigration, things like that. whether he is able to do that or not, we have absolutely no way of knowing. he certainly didn't in the first two debates. hillary clinton's advisers are about what her presidency would be like in inspiring ways that will inspire people. whether that is possible or not is also very much up in the air. jummy: the ratings for the second debate were down 20% from the first, which set a record. do you think people are turned off by what they are seeing from both candidates and to you think people will tune in tonight? okie: both candidates certainly

certainly have the highest negative ratings we have ever seen in a campaign. we also have a lot of parents feeling they cannot watch the debates with their children because they are r-rated. third debates usually have lower viewership than the earlier ones, but this year has been completely unpredictable in all of its aspects, and that will be true for tonight as well. but keep in people see these debates after they are over. they watch them the next day. they watch them on a device, all of that. we are not quite sure what the total viewership is. jummy: cokie roberts live for us

jummy: for this wisconsin police officer. take a look. she was walking to help another driver when another driver almost clipped her. luckily, she was able to get out of the way. doug: warm today. we may set some records. 85. cooler tomorrow with rain on the

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hern virginia. narrator: women vote! is responsible for the content of this ad. >> welcome, everybody, to celebrity week, las vegas. today, we've got one of the biggest stars from the strip. ventriloquist, paul zerdin playing for his favorite charity. this guy's amazing so don't you move. >> hey, this sounds fun. from bally's las vegas, [dramatic music] ? ? hey, everybody, welcome to the show. it's celebrity week: las vegas on "who wants to be a millionaire." [cheers and applause] [dramatic musical flourish] ? ? this is terrible. the rest of the show i have to speak for myself. today's first celebrity contestant is is a ventriloquist who has brought his hilarious brand of sharp-tongued characters to the las vegas strip