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

election at the polling booths where so many cities are corrupt. >> democrats accuse trump flurry of the fraud accusations to prepare for a loss. >> do you expect legal challenges? >> we will spend time with the poll workers and the cyber team. we have a system that is easy to vote. >> clinton's debate prep is including how to eradicate that is a constant drip of the documents to give her skeptics fodder for distrust. >> also tonight he points out that this is one of the first if not the first time you will have a major presidential debate on the campus where it is a majority minority. most of the students are not white. why is that relevant? that is who he believes the candidates >> ed to tap into.

paid and people slammed by the recessions and have still not recovered in a battle ground state like this in nevada. back to you. michelle: thank you. civil rights group suing virginia over the voter registration website crash. the lawyers committee for the civil rights says the clients and the other virginians were denied a right to register to vote because of the glitch shortly before monday's deadline. they want registration to extended by three days. were election coverage continues with votetrak 2016. on the road. this time in philadelphia. you can watch the debate live on abc7 at 9:00 with highlights and analysis at 111:00. tomorrow night we look at where the race heads from here. your voice, your vote airs at 7:00 tomorrow night for the sister station newschannel8. and wjla.com. jonathan: powerful video from

were hurt after a building exploded. this is the aftermath. there is not a lot there. the natural gas explosion leveled a bagel shop and beauty salon. three firefighters and police officers were hurt but all will survive. michelle: a month after being shot in a shootout and taken into custody, he is finally behand bars. ahmad khan rahami has been moved from a hospital to a state prison in new jersey. his protection. he seaccused of setting off bombs in new york and new jersey and injuring 30 people. jonathan: new developments in war on terror. a curbeddish official involved in the battle liberate mosul suggests that intelligence that isis leader is in the iraqi city that is under siege by the coalition forces. iraqi troops and their kurdish counterparts are marching toward mosul and they found the residents of a town that

killed their isis occupiers. two americans one military and one civilian killed in attack. the pair was visiting the site as part of the u.s. mission to train and assist afghan forces. they are the first americans killed in the country since august. michelle: happening now dozens gathered to reme 137-year-old kaelia minor. the high school senior was stabbed to death monday night at the metro bus stop. the vigil is still going strong right now. these are live pictures where we have seen people leaving flowers and sharing stories. singing right now. this is all about minor. this has been a huge groundswell for her in the past hour. earlier this afternoon the teenager accused in the murder

stephen tschida has more from the courthouse with what those who know the suspect are saying. stephen: her friends say it was self-defense but the judge ordered 18-year-old kyla jones held without bond. this is after prosecutors stated that she plunged a steak knife in her victim's chest intent to inflict severe injury. says friends of the defendant. 18-year-old kyla jones is charged with second-degree murder. she and kaelia minor apparently got into an argument on a metro bus. minor is believe to have taken jones cell phone. jones lived at derrick robinson's home occasionally and believes that minor took the phone to lure diminutive jones off the bus for a fight. >> one day my daughter was here and they went out to a

them. stefs he maintains that she was inciting the violence but minor's family says she was a good girl. >> i was nervous and scared. >> why? >> because i thought they was going to do something because they didn't like my >> when the judge ordered jones held without bond, minor's family jumped from the seats and cheered. jones will remain behind bars until the next court appearance at least october 238. stephen tschida, abc7 news. jonathan: judge denieded request to halt lawsuit against goerge huguely. he is serving a 23-year prison ten sense tense for killing his -- sentence for killing

hearing. the virginia case will go to trial next march. michelle: still ahead the race for the white house ends up in the gutter. how the d.n.c. is responding after the tour bus was caught dumping raw sewage in a storm drain. jon plus steps taken at a local airport to make sure that potentially dangerous phones do not make it on board planes. michelle: first, overall plan for part of reagan national airport when the security lines will be "abc7 news at 6:00". doug: the sun has set. after 6:00, still in the 80s in spots. we talk about the big change

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michelle: we are now getting a first look at the big changes about to come to reagan normal airport. the agency that oversees the airport plans to build the existing terminals b and c and the parking deck. the major expansion should be completed in 2020. a year later they will convert the parking spaces. jonathan: now to "7 on your side" consumer alert. it's a dangerous situation that prompted unprecedented move.

samsung galaxy note 7 from planes because they can do this. they can catch fire and explode into flames without warnings. passengers caught with them will have they confiscate and possibly face a fine. at baltimore washington thurgood marshall. the travelers can drop the phone is off there and get a refund for a new phone before boarding the flight. michelle: speaking of phones, the federal government reached $48 million settlement with the f.c.c. says t-mobile failed to tell customers about day sta restrictions on cell phone plans it called unlimited. the carrier slowed down connections for customers who hit the usage limit. jonathan: crime alert in fairfax county. police found a credit card skimming device. this isn't the exclusive spot they found. it was found attached to a cash register inside a wal-mart. there in front for everybody

cashier found it before 5:00 yesterday afternoon. police say they are investigating this but no word at this point of how many victims there are, they don't know how long the skimmer was there. michelle: coming up next at 6:00 -- brad: votetrak 2016 is in philadelphia. we are talking politics and roast pork sandwiches. jonathan: it wasn't your imagination. we had record heat today. everything changes and the timing of the temperature plunge that has doug hill using the word "blustery."

>> the democratic national committee apologizing after letting campaign bus drivers dump raw sewage in a storm drain and into the middle of the street. it happened yesterday morning outside of atlanta. witnesses say the guy, the driver pulled in front of an auto parts store, jumped out and emptied the bus's bathroom waste right there in the middle of the street. not a good move. clean-up is underway. they had a hazmat team that came to help.

mistake and says it is cooperating with authorities. they could face a hefty fine when this is set and done. michelle: just when you thought you have seen everything this election cycle there is yet a new twist. jonathan: yeah. right now abc7 is on the road looking for stories from real people about this year's race. today the search brings votetrak 2016 to philadelphia. city of brotherly love. brad bell joins us live to the city where the nation was founded. hey, brad. brad: there is another debate going on here. the producer says cheesesteaks are the best and i say it's roast pork sandwiches. this is what you get at john's roast pork sandwich. we came to talk more about politics so we set up a soap box and let people sound off. many were happy to share their opinion. >> the whole putting up a wall and not letting people in. philadelphia is one of the

country, i think. and you can't judge people based on their religion or what god they belief in. >> to me it is more about who can look better. that is what i think. >> this is election is making us look like we don't know what the heck we are doing in america. >> i am going to be voting for she is the candidate, as a recent college graduate, who has the comprehensive plan to restructure the debt crisis. brad: so back live now. you know the debate between the roast pork and cheesesteak is good natured. something we saw in philadelphia here, though, people are running out of good humor when it comes to this election campaign. a lot of anger here. more than we have seen in some

visited. votetrak 2016. load up and tomorrow we'll be in allentown, pennsylvania, as we come our swing through -- we continue our swing through this swing state of pennsylvania. in pennsylvania, brad bell, abc7 news. jonathan: we are unified on anchor desk about one thing. you made us hungry. tomorrow brad is heading to allentown, pennsylvania. join the conversation with us on the election. use #votetrak2016. cover and hold on. that is what we are told to do during an earthquake. drill planned for tomorrow. the great east shake out planned for 10:20 in the morning. for businesses and schools along the area. jonathan: people are caught up with the san andreas fault in

went off everybody felt it here. church bells went off. doug: pay attention to that, especially the kids in school. don't let it shake you up. michelle: this is beautiful. doug: kyle sent this. look at the beauty. the hills and the green. jonathan: every color in his backyard. doug: this is gorgeous. that i we show you pictures at burst.com/wjla. we are getting midway through week two with the contest. go to burst.com/wjla and send us the pictures and make sure you tell where you say you took photograph. thursday afternoon we will choose a winner and they are announced on friday morning at "good morning washington." get your picture on the air, get cool stuff from the friends in the storm watch 7 weather team. the record deal today. one degree short at reagan national. only 87 today.

but we broke in a big way the existing record at dulles and b.w.i. it's already 84 in washington, manassas. 84 in culpeper. 87 in annapolis. 78 at the patuxent river naval air station. through the everything it will stay mild. we will drop in 70's. showers overnight. west of the metro area. funnel system t this is reflection of the future cast. you see showers south and the overnight drift north. cold front that is going back to the warm front. they will get out of here, the showers through the day. we will turn partly sunny and southeasterly winds. that is 80 degrees. through tomorrow night the showers could develop overnight west of the metro area. the best chance of rain is friday when the strong cold front comes in. bring blustery conditions to

this model has the rain coming in at 6:00. other models have it coming in at lunchtime. i'll take a wile guess and says it will come in between noon and 6:00. check the numbers. 80 tomorrow. 67 with a 70% chance of rain on friday. partly cloudy and windy. highs in the upper 50's for saturday. sunny is breezy. lower 60's on sunday and pleasant autumn weather and sunshi wednesday. it will stay cool for next week but the longer range computer models suggest the week after may start to warm back up. that's all i'll say. robert: that is all we need, doug. will jordan reid be ready for sunday against the lions? ricky jean francois may have the ultimate response to stephen a. smith and his claim

woman: barbara comstock is too right-wing. woman: barbara comstock is against marriage equality. man: she even voted to allow federal contractors to discriminate against gay employees. right-wing for northern virginia. narrator: women vote!

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you are going to lock through the hallway en route to the locker room, bragging, bragging about the fact that we are the real champion of the n.f.c. east. what do you want >> a cookie? no wonder y'all are losers. robert: that was stephen a. smith's from espn that has the

monday following the red over the eagles the team showed excitement to claim they were winning the n.f.c. east. stephen a. smith disagrees saying they were too excited and called the redskins "losers." defense lineman chris baker and ricky jean francois dop take kindly to the comments responding on twitter. today head coach jay gruden defended the team. jay: i know he does a good job with what he does but he doesn't know our team or our fan base. and for him to call us "losers" i him. erin: when he calls you "losers" and says there is a loser mentality, what is your reaction to that? >> i don't remember the last time words won a championship. robert: for the tight end jordan reed, good news. jay gruden is not ruling him out for sunday against the lions. he returned to practice today even wearing a yellow jersey for no contact. he is still going through the concussion protocol and

specialist on friday. in soccer, d.c. united will plan to orlando. that is this sunday at 4:00. a win would put them in fourth place. united star goalkeeper bill will join me tonight at 9:00 on newschannel8. the preview playoffs and orlando city. in the alcs the indians are leading the blue jays in the eighth. a win tonight could put cleveland in the world series. if cleveland goes series wins it, what is going on? michelle: the world will end it. jonathan: browns make it safe it's not a trifecta. robert: but what if it happens next year? michelle: weather feeling nice? doug: we have track showers tonight. steve will talk about the change over the weekend. michelle: "world news tonight" with david muir coming up next.

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tonight, breaking news. what we've just learned about donald trump's strategy for tonight's debate. he also plans to bring president obama's half brother from kenya. and the clinton camp tonight. what they made sure would not happen right before the debate starts. also tonight here, the massive gas explosion. we have the pictures. witnesses smelled gas right before. tonight, many injured. the school shooting. suspects opening fire on students leaving class. and now, the urgent manhunt at this hour. on the front lines tonight. our team right there, the oil burning in the fields of iraq. the assault on isis. the american troops helping. and the attack elsewhere tonight, outside a u.s. embassy. this truck barrelling right into a crowd. and just in tonight, the verdict in the rape case against