and saying that she doesn't care what happened to the girl. >> she plungedded it in the chest of a minor. and jones general kept a knife out of fear. >> jones lived at the home occasionally because the older daughter and jones are best friends. he filed a complaint with the police school against kaelia minor after she assaulted his 13-year-old daughter a few weeks ago. because she was with jones. >> minor captained the dance team at coolidge high and she excelled academically and looked forward to college. she boarded a because and jones got on and minor ran off with jones' cell phone.

killed snatched the cell phone for her to come off the bus to fight her. >> in court documents she said she sat in front of the bus to avoid minor and held a knife to protect herself and swung in self-defense. she didn't know she had stabbed the 17-year-old. >> she is not a murder. she was afraid. >> there is a vigil for kaelia minor going on now at the scene of the fatal stabbing. when she ordered kyla jones held without bond some of the family members jumped out of the seat and cheered. jones will be in court for another hearing and will

hearing. reporting live, stephen tschida, abc7 news. alison: thank you. in prince george's county the search is on for someone responsible for a deadly shooting in largo. it happened overnight. police say the two victims were sitting in a car when they were shot. allyssa banks died at the hospital. the man she was with is expected to survive. you can track crime in the neighborhood with the spot crime map at larry? larry: we are following a developer story out of portland where eight people are hurt after a powerful gas explosion in a shopping district. alison: fire officials evacuated a number of

was reported. moments later is when the building exploded. now one building is completely leveled. the surrounding building are damaged. crews working around the clock to get the fire inside of the building maintained. they can't go into the building. it's going to be before they can go in and decipher what caused the explosion. they believe because of construction around the area that that is what initially caused the leak. northwest portland. alison: now to what will be a big night in vote 2016. hillary clinton and donald trump face off of course in their third and the final debate. this time in las vegas. tonight's abc7 instapoll is asking which candidate you think will win tonight's

wjla.com/votenow. lauren lister has a preview. lauren: on the trip today a wall of taco trucks protesting off the trump hotel. playing off the immigration remarks. on stage tonight sources tell abc7 the republican candidate will be aggressive in his approach similar to the last debate. trump criticizing clinton's stamina. >> she is home sleeping and i'm working. that is the way it will be in clinton has been off the campaign trail preparing. this is a new ad. >> my vision of america everyone has a place. >> she is expected to take on trump over his claims of rigged election and the women accusing him of sex wault misconduct. aides say she is ready to answer questions about the e-mails hacked by wikileaks and trump is expected to ramp

in las vegas, i'm lauryn ricketts, abc7 news. larry: votetrak 2016 in philadelphia to get pulse of the peak of the city that served as the seat of the democracy when the nation was born. brad bell is live in city of brotherly love. what are people telling you today? brad: we have been all over town in the votetrak 2016 hummer asking people what they feel. we are in south this is one of the things that makes philly philly. >> on the strip a wall of taco truck -- brad: the city of brotherly love is a lot of

commerce. >> some will argue the best saturday witches of america. >> three variety of pork. >> the birthplace of the american democracy. constitution and the bill of rights were written here. this is where washington served as president before the capital moved to d.c. what would the founding fathers think of the election. >> they are turning over in their grave. >> they would be as disappointing as people in america are. >> we hear the overarming dissatisfaction with a nasty campaign. >> that is the thing.

>> they would appreciate people are able to express themselves again. what do you think of the election? >> donald trump is not a the live interviews. i'm sorry about the language. we will be back at 6:00. giving people an opportunity to sound off as well. hopefully we will have cleaner language. sorry, folks. in philadelphia, brad bell. larry: she hurt my ears. nice job. tomorrow votetrak 2016 heading north to allentown, pennsylvania. alison: this just in.

fire at the rockville pike. our friends shared this video with us. we will continue to follow the breaking news. time to talk about the the mercury rose in the area today. doug hill has numbers. >> the temperatures are 20 degrees above average today. check out the records. close but no record. we were close to the high. a brand new high record level. 86 at dulles. it's 20 degrees above average

a book deal weather wise. we will bounce back to more average numbers friday and through the weekend. >> you can make this west of we could be in the 60's in the morning. we talk about what is come in a couple of minutes. back to you. alison: thank you. now covering metro after a slew of problems on the blue, orange, silver lines this morning, metro says the problem was once again one of the arcing insulator. this is near the rosslyn station before 6:00 this morning. service was suspended for 20 minutes.

slotting nine hours for a public hearing on how long metro should stay open. brianne carter has a closer look. brianne: an arcing insulator at the rosslyn station impacted the orange, blue and the silver line. this comes as the transit authority looks to way to find more time for maintenance reducing the operating hours. >> i think they should stay open on weekends. because i think it is ridiculous just like the baseball game where they closed and then people were stuck. brianne: thursday, metro will hold a hearing on four proposals to change the operating hour of the rail system. two of the proposal call for restored late night service. each of the four proposals would give crews eight hour of the track access for the maintenance when safetrack comes to an end. >> maybe people have to make a sacrifice. brianne: district leaders want

employees are pushing for the late night service to return setting a loss of revenue over the past five months. she has seen itfest-hand. i was walking around saying why are they empty? these are never empty. i was like oh, no. metro! brianne: last week paul wiedefeld told reporters he thinks he needs 18 more months of additional maintenance time before he knows when the operating hours t in the last hour they heard from metro, they have already received more than 300 comments leading up to tomorrow's public hearing. the public hearing starting at noon, scheduled for 9-1/2 hours to give everyone a chance to weigh in. the comment period ends october 25. reporting live, brianne carter, abc7 news. larry: thank you. get text alerts on metro from

43817. alison: the metropolitan washington council of government transportation planning board is looking ahead now to some of the regions next big projects. the list of priorities include $348 million to expand the h street streetcar from union station totowntown. they are also talking about widening route 68 to the dulles toll road. larry: coming up at "abc7 news at 5:00" -- whose luggage doesn't get lost. just delayed. alison: later -- >> i started pumping when i saw him. alison: an 11-year-old just home from school come face to face with a burglar. what police say we can all learn from this young man. >> a non-profit helping families in need says without enough funding they will be working out of a storage unit this holiday season.

alison: the obama administration is calling for new rules to force airlines to refund your bag fees if there is any delay.

you a refund if they lose your bag but not if they are delayed. larry: a group in loudoun county says it needs help so it doesn't find itself homeless. amy aubert explains. amy: for gloria, this is the new normal. >> this is a home, i don't know for how she helps low income family and seen yours. >> this is crowded. they are used to working out of a warehouse. >> this is it for now. >> without funds they could no

space. >> reaching out saying what did we do? where did we go? we have always relied on you. >> she plans to operate this season differently. >> without the space they had last year. with this site packed full they are looking for another unit once the holiday donations roll >> hoping for a miracle. you never know what may happen.

october. it is about to female like october quickly. get started with a look around the area. 82 degrees. look at the sunshine. there are shadows and the colors that are coming on strongly. the next few weeks moving'sward. ronald sent this in he is from greenbelt. it doesn't look like we have color like this in greenbelt. when you enter the fall foalen contest and send us pictures autobuses burst, -- pictures to burst.com/wjla make sure you tell where you say the picture was taken. with want to track the changes throughout the area. every thursday afternoon we will pick a winner and then on

the photograph and put it on the social media sites and send you goodies from the weather team. it still feels like summer now. 86 in washington. 87 in fredericksburg. through the evening we have partly cloudy skies. it will be take most to get to future cast has clues. this may be overdone in the model but this has an idea of a front to drop south to lift north as a warm front. a few more showers could develop outwest. the cold front is going to

weekend. the front will bring us showers at the leading edge of the front through the afternoon hours. it may be 3:00, 3:00 or 4:00 before the rain moves in the area. this is eventually clearing out. pattern change looks like this. yesterday, 20 degrees above average or more. the front sweeps through and the cooldown for the upcoming weekend. the temperatures are below average by ten degrees. there is another cold front on monday. it will keep temperatures on the chilly side for most of the week. wibdy. look at the future wind gusts by friday evening. 38-mile-per-hour gusts in baltimore and a windy day forward as well. the next seven days, 80.

front. the cool weather will remain for most of next week. that is the latest. larry: all right, doug. say goodbye to the 80's. we do have a lot of pictures of the fall foliage. viewers like you have sent in. they are all online. see the gallery on wjla.com. keep sending them in. alison: all right. from pretty pictures to what may not be a pretty pictur the third and the final debate leading up to the election. a lot of people are saying the tweet by the maker of excedrin hit the nail on the head. "it's not just an ordinary debate so don't just use any pain relief." clever. chief political correspondent scott thuman is taking his excedrin. only 20 days now. is it safe to say that people

fatigue? everyone knows what is at stake. but i think people are really tuned in. you will hear from the candidates to share the stage at the same time. this is happening three times. this is this is the closing argument. but it doesn't mean it will just be mud slinging. one of the biggest spokesperson for hillary clinton. this has to be an opportunity to talk policy. donald trump people say same thing. they don't want everything to be lost in the noise. whether it happens is yet to be seen. i don't think people are tired of that portion of it. alison: so it seems that yell, they will talk about policy

do you think there is room in the platform to sway the voters one way or another? california i do. this does know who they like and who they want to become present but they don't feel enthused enough to commit. to say i will get off the couch that day or stop by af that is the audience to go after. if you have that many people that could go left or right that could affect the election. alison: scott thuman, thank you. larry: a common refrain for women in the workplace. >> there is still so much i want to do with my life in terms of my career or traveling. larry: still to come a new way a company wants to stop your biological clock until the time is right. alison: but first a look at

abc7. a treat in the form of charlie brown. that is taking place right before the presidential debate.

man: or me. woman: or me. woman: barbara comstock would overturn roe vs. wade. barbara comstock: i think roe vs. wade should be overturned. woman: barbara comstock voted to defund planned parenthood... man: five times. woman: barbara comstock is against marriage equality. man: she even voted to let federal contractors discriminate against gay employees... man: twice. woman: barbara comstock. too right-wing for northern virginia. narrator: house majority pac

larry: an 11-year-old boy in new jersey got the scare of his young life. he was home from school and opened the door to find a thief inside. look at the surveillance video

this man broke in the home and cased the house. out of camera view the boy walked in. he finally sees the suspect. then he darts outside. >> my heart started pumping when i saw him. then i immediately run out of the house. i see that my neighbor is driving by in her car. i stop her and ask her for her help. larry: so smart. the suspect initially got away allegedly steali is behind bars and police say he is sorry for making the boy go through all that. alison: wow! what a strong little boy. incredible to have the presence of mind and react that way. larry: danger. get out. alison: strong children. this is a 3-year-old who took dressing up for school picture to a whole new level. how precious is she?

dressed up as supergirl on picture day. this is school picture day. the family posted the photo and it has gone viral. his daughter is partially deaf and he has been amazed at the words of encouragement that is two have received. larry: i love her doll of choice for the picture. alison: just fantastic. larry: i love it. alison: i love the support her family gave her, too. go for it. if that is what you want to wear t larry: such a sweetheart. still ahead at "abc7 news at 5:00" -- from not verity to princeton. meet a local student using love o'poetry to inspire. alison: later, d.c. mayor muriel bowser personally thanks heroes in our midst. what the folks did to save a life. >> bethesda has everything. massive high-rises and quiet city streets. what is the plan for the next 20 years?

alison: 32 buildings is the plan for bethesda. richard reeve is there and it's raising questions about too much density and not enough services like school.

richard: yeah, that is right, alison. look at business avenue. just at a standstill right now. very emblematic of the growth here. look at this here. we have high-rises going way up in the sky. quiet city neighborhoods. but now there is a 20-year growth plan here. not everybody likes it. fast growing bethesda. place of contrast. >> how do we want this community to evolve richard: tall steel and glass high-rises blocks away leafy neighborhoods. >> we need to grow. we need to keep developing the area. richard: at the farmer's market off wisconsin avenue most favor growth. but in nearby neighborhoods not so much. >> the office buildings come with cars. the cars have to be put somewhere. richard: this website shows off the bethesda downtown plan, a blue print for the next 20 years. >> there isn't sufficient infrastructure to support this

richard: chevy chase mayor opposes the plan, pointing to the commercial development that is five times the size of the pentagon. under one scenario up to 32 buildings that are 20 stories high. >> the extent and the density of the development in tysons corner. they are concerned that something similar to that could happen. richard: counsel councilmember argue higher buildings could mean more green space. >> we could hav a slung ugly buildings that meet the standards that we have in place today but does it get us where we want to be? richard this is not a done deal. there are public hearings like the one tonight and the council will likely vote in march. richard reeve, abc7 news. larry: "7 on your side" in health matters and the revolutionary technology designed to stop your biological clock until you are

prelude fertility says it can offer four-step fertility process. egg and sperm freezing, embryo creation. egg freezing alone is $10,000 to $15,000 this company will do it all for $1399 a month. >> we are all about empowering women to make choices and take control of their fertility when they are most fertile. >> their focus is on women delaying child bearing for we have to realize a lot of the women may get pregnant on their own. >> critics say estimated 12% of women have trouble conceive something what they are offering is nothing more than a marketing gimmick. alison: well, many people say man's best friend is a dog. but for a woman in north carolina, her best friend is her duck. daniel. carol fitzgerald walks the duck around with a leash. gives it diapers, too. she says she is not taking

care of her. she says daniel helps her with her ptsd that she suffered after a bad car accident. she says if she didn't find that duck at a flea market she would probably never leave her home. true friends right there. larry: they are friends. looks like he is enjoying it. okay. alison: taking selfies. larry: that is right. the european space agency holding out host that the lander touched down safely on mars. mission control in germany that entered the planet's atmosphere. multiple satellites attempted to make contact with the probe but without success. the lander's mother ship is working properly and collecting information about the planet from orbit. alison: speaking of space. different type of space, everybody get up. it is time to jam now. talking about space jam. the 1996 animated basketball classic is returning to theaters. this is for its 20th anniversary if you can believe it. the film stars nba legend

with the looney tunes in a basketball game against aliens. i features a number of other nba hall of famers. catch "space jam" in theaters november 13-16. larry: michael jordan making money. alison: you know it. larry: we have breaking news for you, this from miami. look at the pictures here where the scaffolding collapsed at a construction site. multiple people injured. that is a live picture from the scene. no traffic moving through the area now. this miami. six people were hurt, forced to the hospital. vehicle also damaging in miami. this is one of the main drives there in the heart of the city. coming up at 5:00 -- >> oh, my gosh. larry: good samaritans springing to action after an s.u.v. flips over and crashes

-- >> one of the most closely watched races in virginia. i'm jeff goldberg. we have claims. plus a new issue develops in the race. >> the final time that hillary clinton and donald trump will share the stage before election day. what do they do? what should you watch for? i'm scott thuman in las vegas

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larry: tonight michelle marsh introduces us to a southeast d.c. college student who made transition and says poetry helped him get there. >> known as princeton university as the boy wraps and sings and dances at the same time. i say this because as a black boy at a predominantly white institution there are far worse things i have been called. >> behind the mic, powerful voice a rhyme at a time addressing racism, poverty and sharing the childhood experiences. >> i could be genuine on stage and the story is important.

anything. >> what was your childhood like? >> you have gone from poverty- to princeton. how did you make the transition? >> poetry. it helped me find confidence to be smart and struggle in the school system. i helped me articulate my situation. breathing. look, momma, how my chest falls then rises like daddy's body. >> when he isn't traveling across the country for poetry competition or sharing the talents with others, as far away as south africa he is involved in the community work. he coaches the former high school slam team. in the future he hopes to

politics. >> i am planning to be the first senator of d.c. 2032. i'm grateful to be back in d.c. it reminded me why i'm at princeton in the first place. michelle: a big supporter for statehood and he is studying sociology at princeton. is there someone who inspires you and has overcome great challenges and they are excelling and helping others? e-mail us. we would love to hear the story. inspire@wjla.com. alison: he will be tough to top each week. thank you. great young man. coming up at "abc7 news at 5:00" -- yesterday, oh, yesterday he called the redskins losers. that's all. no big deal. what the players are saying about the viral comments from pundit stephen a. smith. mike: i'm mike carter-conneen in dupont circle. coming up, the incredible story of a group of good

cardiac arrest and woman: barbara comstock is too right-wing to represent me. woman: or me. woman: barbara comstock would overturn roe vs. wade. barbara comstock: i think roe vs. wade should be overturned. woman: barbara comstock. man: too right-wing for northern virginia. narrator: house majority pac

woman: barbara comstock is too right-wing. woman: barbara comstock is against marriage equality. man: she even voted to allow federal contractors to discriminate woman: barbara comstock. too right-wing for northern virginia. narrator: house majority pac

alison: today, fire chief and engine company nine honored 20 individuals who helped save a man's life this month in dupont circle. as mike carter-conneen reports one of the good samaritans knew exactly what to do because she just attended a c.p.r. class the day before. mike: describing a day she will never forget. it started like a day like any other. meeting in if boss' office. >> i'm more nervous now than when i did the c.p.r. mike: her coworker went cardiac arrest, not moving or breathing. >> i grabbed his arm and shook him. called his name. "are you okay? are you okay?" mike: it happened here at the connecticut avenue office building a couple weeks ago. object 7. it -- october 7. the day after she attended c.p.r. training. >> instantly it came back to me. mic she calls the timing of the c.p.r. training divine intervention but she worried that the story might sound too

believe it if i tell them this. >> she was honored with the coworkers who helped with the chest compression. police officer andy, the first first-responder on the scene. >> gave him chest compressions. >> also on hands is the provider of the c.p.r. training and the firefighters who >> the first few minutes are critical. >> kenny continues his recovery in the hospital. >> thank you all. we appreciate all that you have done. >> meanwhile, she plans to attend another c.p.r. class, this time bringing her son. >> you never know when you will use it or when you need to use it. >> in northwest washington, mike carter-conneen, abc7 news. alison: amazing. >> great story. larry: you take the training thinking i may never -- then

>> you have dial 311 in washington to sign up for a c.p.r. class. larry: right now in florida -- >> hurry. >> people running toward the flames. s.u.v. flipped over and crashed in a gas pump. the driver got out. passenger was stuck inside. >> i'm like get her o get her out. she was unconscious. she couldn't move. there are people trying to get out. the window was so small it flipped over. >> larry: in the end the group got her out. the rescuer said never leave a person stranded. he is glad everyone is okay. alison: goodness. larry: we have had two stories

trenice bishop has traffic watch. trenice: i have a report of an incident. stalled car. i check traffic cameras and you have look for yourself. i don't see anything except for the regular volume that you see leaving the city. we are on 395 southbound and we have report of an incident there. we can get to the camera. report is actually a pretty nice car. stretch limo off to the right side of the roadway. i saw the state highway administration push him down the street. doug, do we look forward to sweater weather for the rest of the week or keep t-shirts for the rest of the week? doug: change of wardrobe for the rest of the week. this is going to the south

wheel. clouds in the sky. 86 still. 82 in luray. 84 in frederick. 83 in joint base andrews. 62 to 66 is the low. that is mild for the overnight reading. the future cast shows a to the north tomorrow. showers west of the city. cold front will come through the area. we have period of rain in the afternoon and the early evening. winds developing from the northwest. they are gusting late in the day. from 80 to 67.

sunday. typical late october weather with sunshine and chilly autumn temperatures for the rest of the week. let's talk sports. robert? robot: i don't think stephen a. smith is on the redskins best friend list. he called redskins "losers" after the team showed a little excitement over the wins against the eagles sunday. erin was at the park today and she has more erin: the redskins war of words with espn continues today. do you take it personal? >> without question. erin: this video of chris baker and ricky jean francois saying, "we run the east" prompted that rant from smith on a show "first take." >> what do you want a cookie? no wonder y'all are losers. y'all aren't even in first place. especially today smith did not back down saying this. >> you are not in first place and it's because you lost to

so, your definition of kings of the division is being second place team? erin: but today in response the redskins defended their team. stephen a. smith went in on you. how disrespectful do you it? to call the entire teams losers? >> it's disrespectful. we are the defending n.f.c. east champions. we will continue to keep winning games. and earn everybody's respect. >> we are a confident group. second place? a person who took the comments personal was head coach jay gruden. >> i know he does a good job with he does he doesn't know our team or our coaches. he doesn't know the coaches or the fan base. for him toalca us losers is out of line by him. >> perhaps the team will use this as motivation as they prepare for detroit this week. at redskins park, erin hawksworth, abc7 sports. robert: thanks. hey, look. there is nothing wrong with

time. it's funny. robert: it's stephen a. smith. c'mon now. larry: now he is relevant in d.c. for another 24 hours. robert: once again. good job! you said it again. alison: thank you. larry: it's one of the most highly contested congressional races in the country. alison: that is right. hear what the candidates said in the tenth district debate in virginia. ?? stand by me ?? includes supporting those in our community who need help. our energyshare program does just that, assisting with bill pay and providing free, energy-saving upgrades. it's more than helping customers, it's helping neighbors.

larry: vote 2016 isn't just dozen of congressional races up for grabs including the tenth district in virginia. northern virginia chief was there. >> the tenth district race between barbara comstock and the democrat luann bennett has become one of the most closely watch races in the country. with analysts calling this a tossup and wondering if the presidential race will impact

faced off in fairfax in a forum sponsored by the northern virginia chamber of commerce. this focused on substance. healthcare, transportation, energy. no major fireworks and the candidates showed respect to one another. bennett saying it's time for change. >> we need leaders in congress who want to get something done. we don't have that now. >> i am the only one that has done what my opponent talked about. i practice what she preaches. you have not heard examples

northern virginia. >> there are disagreements over equal pay. we will focus more on that topic in campaign adds that lead up to election day. in fairfax, jeff goldberg, abc7 news. larry: now "abc7 news at 6:00". on your side. jonathan: we are now three hours from the final presidential debate. for the white house. that is an understatement. it's fitting that the final debate is in las vegas. what do the candidates have to do in the final stretch, scott thuman? scott: first, they will recognize, they have a massive

message to a vital group of people. they have to do more than win the final debate. they have inspire. >> the real undecided are the people deciding whether or not to vote. all they need to do is convey to the public don't sit home on the couch. take a couple hours off from support me. >> and john says it could be 10 to 15% of the electorate. they know who they want to win but not if it's leaving the house. >> the third debate gives her the opportunity to win the election or donald trump the eighty to begin his come back. which will be fast and aggressive. scott: convincing the voters to have confidence in the system is another according to