announcer: now "abc7 news at 4:00". on your side. michelle: goodbye to the feel of late summer. hello late fall. jonathan: rainy afternoon will usher in a big change for our weather. alison: storm watch meteorologist steve rudin is here with the forecast. steve: the cold front moved through at 2:00 or 3:00 in the afternoon. a lot of you saw gusty winds and heavier downpours. it continues to move to the east. but we're not done with it yet. more rain to the west of us. western pennsylvania to west virginia. this all moving our way in the overnight hours. so if you have afternoon plans, late afternoon plans into the evening for friday night football, an umbrella and a raincoat is necessary. here is the forecast as we move through the overnight hours. we will look for temperatures in the lower 60's. 7:00, falling in 50's. the bigger story not just the temperatures but the wind

in the upper 40's to low 30's. i will tell you all about it and what to expect for the weekend and a little warming trend next week. more on that. jonathan: we'll see you then. stay connected with storm watch team. we have you covered on all platforms. you can download the storm watch app to get the forecast at your fingertips. michelle: new at 4:00 -- alison: allegations a woman coworkers by putting cleaner in the coffee. jeff goldberg is live with this story. jeff? jeff: this is a story a lot of people are talking about. thankfully, nobody seriously injured. which happened at jas forwarding, a freight company in sterling. eight people work in this office. according to authorities this situation happened because the suspect had issues with coworkers and management. here is a photo of the

32-year-old mayda rivera-juarez. she was arrested this morning charged with felony assault. according to the loudoun county sheriff office, rivera-juarez had been repeatedly putting glass in kitchen cleaning products in the water portion of the keurig coffee machine in the office. it was in mid-september a month ago that two employees reported feeling sick after drinking the coffee. in the weeks that followed, authorities say employees were able to gather evidence implicated rivera-juarez in tampering with the coffee machine. a week ago, management brought the case to the loudoun county sheriff office that started which investigation leading to the arrest this morning. >> that is a little bit crazy. i'm not sure why someone would do that. >> that's crazy. >> there is always bad stuff going on lately. jeff: rivera-juarez remains in jail without bond was terminated from her job at jas

when that happened. we tried getting a comment from the employees and the management here, they did not want to speak with us. we have more at 5:00, including we will hear from the loudoun county sheriff mike chapman about how the case all came together. until then, live in sterling, jeff goldberg, abc7 news. michelle: thank you. now to a developing story we have been monitoring all day. a cyber attack takes down some of the biggest sites on the in the. i started before 9:00 this morning and it amazon, twitter, netflix and the "new york times" were all impacted. lindsey mastis is in the newsroom with the latest. lindsey: this has been going on all day. this is an image of denial of service but in this case we don't know who is responsible. we know the hackers are

this company works with the infrastructure of the internet. they are connecting your computer to the site that you want to see. now the feds are looking into this. >> i have seen reports of this. the department of security, the u.s. government agency responsible for monitoring our security in cyber space and coordinating with the public and the private sector to protect u.s. interests in situation. they will take a close look at it. lindsey: a lot of people have told me there is much more affected. i have gotten tweets saying it has affected paypal. for some people they are mentioning that the phones have been offline or had issues all day long. i have heard from one person saying that their employees were not even able to clock in today because of this. now they are investigating and

mitigating the attacks right now but to be honest we don't know if this is over. back to you. jonathan: all right. thanks. in vote 2016 today, donald trump scheduled to be at a rally -- there he is now. he is unon stage as we speak. he came out a few seconds ago. earlier he talked about how busy he will be in the last days before the election day in north carolina. >> i don't know what kind of shape i'm in bu happy and at leastly have known win, lose, draw, i'm almost sure if the people come out we will win. jonathan: now on the democratic side, hillary clinton's first public event of the day is scheduled to start in a half an hour in cleveland, ohio. she was active on twitter earlier in the day. that is when trump sent out a tweet saying he won the third and final debate. she responded saying where was the comedy last night? referring to the annual al

the votetrak 2016 is back on the road today to get the pulse of the people. maryland bureau chief brad bell live outside the laurel mark station. what are folks talking about today? brad: well, you know what? this is interesting that trump is in pennsylvania. we just left pennsylvania. talking to folks up there. you know, there is a lot of confusion. people don't know who they will vote for. we rolled in the votetrak 2016 hummer to laurel a half an hour ago. a few minutes ago th we did have an opportunity to talk to the commuters as they get off. they told us what we have been hearing all week long. they are not really excited about this election. we talk to a woman who said she remains undecided. she doesn't know which candidate will be best for her. now when we come back at 5:00, we will have a little bit of a wrap up of what we have been hearing all week. and what we heard today when we stopped off in her i have,

it's a battleground state. clinton is leading in the polls but as you saw there, trump is not yet giving up. we will be back at 5:00 with the story. then at 6:00 with more on what the local commuters have to say about the election which is just a matter of a couple weeks away. in laurel, brad bell, abc7 news. alison: william there, brad. thank you. family members of the d.c. man shot by police last week are now demanding justice and transparency. 23-year-old mark geo by a d.c. police officer. it happened october 14 on whaler place southeast. the officers were responding to a call for shots fired when they say george took off. according to police, george had a gun. however, his attorney claims a witness says he was unarmed. his family is calling on the mayor and police to release body cam video. >> we are asking they

any body camera footage is available or dash cam footage is available. and have it released to the family not a month from now or two months from now. right now. alison: george's attorney admits a gun was found on the scene but it's not clear who it belongs to. d.c. police telling abc7 news there is no video of the incident because the officers were in plain clothes. michelle: coming up at "abc7 news at 4:00" -- united a rival. meet the holocaust survivors for the first time today and left with a special surprise. jonathan: later -- >> i just do what everyone else would have done. jonathan: he says he was just doing his job. find out why that has the firefighters, this particular firefighter here being called a hero today. >> a pedestrian problem on m street. you can see some folks walking on the street here. we'll explain what the problem is. and what the solutions might

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and download your dvr shows anywhere. jonathan: well, tonight, the h.o.v. lanes will be closed on interstate 395 in virginia. we are talking about between the interchange and the d.c. line. that stretch right there. they will close it down. the crews are resurfacing the bridge. the lanes will close tonight at 9:00. they will stay closed until

so, prepare and you have to plan around so you don't get caught in the mess. alison: another project aimed to revitalize a d.c. neighborhood is underway. today mayor muriel bowser was among those in a ceremony in northwest to mark the start of the kennedy street revitalization project. the project hopes to make kennedy street a popular destination for residents and businesses along a one-mile stretch from georgia avenue to north capital street. michelle: plenty of any given day but on one stretch of m street the sidewalk abruptly ends. leaving pedestrians nowhere to walk but street. it's between connecticut avenue and 17th street. that is where richard reeve is live with a story you will see only on 7. richard: yeah, this is a big challenge for pedestrians. as you said, the sidewalk here along m street is fine and then all of a sudden you run in a chain link fence. what happens?

like we have seen folks do. not too late. or walk down the street. take a look at the video. it is a tough choice for the pedestrians. they have to decide if they want to take the crasswalk or walk into -- crosswalk or walk into oncoming traffic. we have seen some walking with cars behind them. the cars have no idea what the people are doing in the street. now we should tell you this is a licensedded construction site. people have the right to be here. there has been discussion about having a temp street or some enclosed sidewalk. but right now it's not happening. >> honestly, people don't use the crosswalk when they are set up. they need to create an aisle that people can walk on this side of the street, especially when it's the entire block long. richard: now we did talk to ddot. they are sending a folks out to do a site survey. if they find out some results

in northwest washington, richard reeve, abc7 news. jonathan: thanks. capital bike share officially launching today. the first stations in reston and tysons. this is a ribbon cutting at a tysons station. capital bike share has more than a hundred stations in d.c., alexander montgomery county -- and montgomery county. alison: trenice bishop has details on the traffic. trenice: we this afternoon before the rush hour is starting. a few incidents as well. look at the i.c.c. this is far less traveled for most folks but there is an accident at colevilles road. you can see the police activity under the sign making your way through the stretch. the volume is fairly light on the i.c.c. this shouldn't cause much of a delay for folks heading this way. traveling the 270 corridor, 495. the outer loop.

georgetown here and the 270 spur. everything is cleaned up but it leaves with the heavy volume. the beltway is not the place to be. in you are traveling i-59 to maryland to 267 the outer loop delays are extremely heavy. if you can think about funneling through the city. elsewhere, we have volume on 66. but no report of incidents on 66. still slow if you make a trip that is typical as well this afternoon. eastbound 7 to sycamore street is under speed but folks are moving okay here. not much of a problem. back to you at the desk. alison: okay. thank you. well, between howard university homecoming, the walk to stop diabetes and the start of the d.c. horse show, traffic could be a bit of a problem this weekend. michelle: kidd o'shea lacks at the other events in the weekend kickoff. kidd: time for the weekend

zoo. treat station, animal demonstrations, keeper chats and decorated trails this is a fun evening for treats for the family. entertainment stage will have jugglers and a d.j. don't miss the theme hay maze and the scarecrow field as well. it is tonight and through the weekend. on tap magazine and cantina marino is hosting beer garden, great october afternoon. listen to live music at the water front. they have $15 tastings and food from king ribs. bump kip bowling and more tomorrow from -- pumpkin bowling and more tomorrow is:00 to 4:00. the caps are taking on the rangers. rock your red and cheer them on this weekend. so much going on. whatever you do, i hope you do something to make you happy. i'm "good morning washington's" kidd o'shea.

alison: all right. the weather will be different. this weekend than what we have had. jonathan: somebody flipped the switch. steve: it happened in one hour. the worst of it is over now. now we watch the temperatures slowly fall. take a look at the match to show you where the temperatures are. look across the bay to eastern maryland at 81 we have windy conditions later tonight. the temperatures will fall through the 60's. eventually in the 50's. we are dealing with the wind chill factors. satellite and the radar from the stormwatch7. this is the leading edge of the cooler air that advances to the east.

of this over the next eight to 12 hours. once this is out of here that means sunshine on the way as we move in the saturday afternoon. the nighttime lows fall in the upper 40's in downtown d.c. lower 40's further north and west of us. lingering showers but the wind gusts unward of 40 miles per hour. -- upward of 40 miles per hour. tomorrow, bundle un. we'll have a wind advise troy the south and west of us. shenandoah, rockingham county. through noon on saturday. wind gusts up 35 to 40 miles per hour moving through the midhours of saturday. they will ease late saturday night. the highs tomorrow are around 60 degrees. brisk and blustery. wind gusts at 35 miles per hour. future cast takes all the

want to get out and pick a pumpkin and enjoy the cooler weather a lot of sunshine on the way. there are lingering showers well west of us. it won't amount to a lot. seven-day outlook. upper 60's on sunday. upper 60's on monday. cooler air tuesday and wednesday with the highs around 60 degrees. autumn is here. we had a nice taste of summer for four days. record warmth. it's gone. michelle: grab a sweater and the boots. that time of year. steve: scarves and gloves. jonathan: today in studio we are not alone. alison: in fact. we have a big deal name here with us. michelle: we will let you know who it is later. kevin: i'm kevin lewis in clarksburg where a builder is guaranteeing you will save money and it is all thanks to guaranteeing you will save money and it is all thanks to the sun. woman: barbara comstock is too right-wing to represent me.

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alison: "7 on your side" in health matters and new guidelines with how much time your children should spend looking at screens. the american academy of pediatrics counts digital media as screen time. the group is recommending children ages 2 to 5 get no more than one hour per day. for kids ages 6 and older parents can determine their own restrictions. however, the academy does

you set is consistent every day. jonathan: don't let them text. then they talk like they text. they are in a group and they are like "l.o.l." use words! michelle: they abbreviate everything. a builder is promising energy savings based on the national average would help families pocket more than $250 a year. jonathan: the secret behind this is solar panels. alison: montgomery county reporter kevin lewis explains the new and only community in maryland where charge. kevin: construction in clarksburg is now as commonplace as congestion on the beltway. but this budding development named clarksburg square is different. >> the solar panels are on the roof line. kevin: chris is a sales manager overseeing the creation of maryland's first all-solar neighborhood. >> innovation is in our d.n.a. kevin: all 190 town homes at

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alison: thank you. still ahead at "abc7 news at 4:00". stormwatch7 tracking a big change in the weather. mike: i'm mike carter-conneen outside the memorial museum. where the survivors visited for the first time and present with documents relating to the family members.

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announcer: you're watching "abc7 news at 4:00". on your side. jonathan: 7 is on storm watch as rain moves in the area. rain that is not only falling but bringing the temperatures down with it. if you went out yesterday you felt 80-degree temperatures. today you might need a jacket. steve: a huge change on the way. the cold front arrived 2:00 or 3:00 this afternoon. a lot of you had rain that moved through. now it is moving bay. behind it we have showers. a lot of football games tonight. make sure you bundle up, the winds will kick up. the showers will continue through the evening hours into the overnight. but the heaviest rain is now gone. we are not looking for anything to become severe. for what is going on the wider view to eastern ohio and western pennsylvania. this should be out of here by 9:00 or 10:00 tomorrow morning. then the skies will begin to clear. chilly tonight.

by the capital beltway. it will stay damp and windy. 20 miles per hour come early tomorrow morning. if you are going to the farmer's market make sure that you bundle up. a good deal of sunshine through the mid-morning and the afternoon hours. but the sun won't help with the wind chill factors that are only in the upper 40 to the lower 50's in if daytime hours tomorrow. the winds will ease as we head through the late into tomorrow evening. better news on the way in terms of the lower wind conditions and warmer temperatures on the way for the day on sunday. show you what is going on with the temperatures now. cold front, the leading edge of it has moved through. mainly in the 60's this hour. but the temperatures will continue to fall as we move through the evening. and the winds will start to pick up. more on that. plus, what to expect for the rest of the weekend. and into early next week. we have a big cooldown

alison: thank you. today marks 15 years since thomas morris jr. died after inhaling anthrax at a postal center in northeast d.c. next day one of his colleagues joseph died. today the post office is named after both men and two candlelight vigils are planned in their memory tonight at 5:30 and 10:30. the case is still unsolved. drug take-back day and that is your opportunity to get any expired or unwanted prescription medication out of your house and dispose of them safely. fire stations, police stations and the community centers across the region serve as dropoff points. jonathan: executive rushern baker helped celebrate a decision to move forward with a new hospital in largo today. they unanimously approved the application for the state-of-the-art center on

replace the prince george's county hospital center. michelle: switching gearing now. alison: we talked about this yet. the thrill for me. i got to have an opportunity to tape a few clues for upcoming episodes of "jeopardy." but i wasn't the only one here taping for the show this week. the man himself is here. everybody's favorite host, "jeopardy" host alex trebek is here. great to have you. jonathan: welcome back. >> thank you. good to be with you again. alison: how has your visit >> it was great. i was taping clues yesterday at the new national museum of african american history and culture. lines around the building at 9:00 in the morning because they only give out 500 daily tickets and the rest of the people make reservations far in advanced. they are booked for two or three months ahead. it was exciting to be there and do that.

taped our "jeopardy" tournament. i couldn't believe the change. i was there for the 75th anniversary of the u.s.o. a big gala. and i said what do you do with all the chairs when you pull them out of here? they said we don't take the chairs out. we put a floor above them. a beautiful banquet floor. i have to tell you something. i have been a citizen now for something like i think 25 years. when you are in military personnel or people whose families were associated with the military and the president's marine corps band plays in the colors, and everybody is standing with the hand on their heart, i mean, your heart wrestles to hold back the tears. they follow it with the national anthem. there is patriotism in that! jonathan: all around the city. you were saying when the show was here and you were filming this is one of your favorite cities to come.

but you go to limited stops. >> i love washington, d.c. i have always loved it. i mentioned this morning. the first time we did contestant search on the road we came to washington, d.c. and the pass rate for people taking the test was twice as high as anywhere else in the country. jonathan: smart people. >> i said there are a lot of people who are very, very intelligent in our nation's capital. that makes me feel good a from that day on i have had a warm spot in my heart for washington. and my redskins. [laughter] 4-2 now. i'm so disappointed they are not playing at home this weekend. they are playing in detroit. i would have looked forward to going to a game here. i have never seen a game with them live. michelle: we have to arrange that. make it happen. you are in town so frequently.

>> i don't go anywhere special. this morning i had breakfast i had to have something to eat today. i had it at the hotel. i really don't get out much. i stay in my room. alison: you probably have a rigorous schedule when you are here. they have you all over town. >> i will be taping clues tomorrow morning and tomorrow afternoon in two different locations that i cannot disclose for some reason because tell them where you are going to be. that is not right. yeah. michelle: did you record clues for the tournament here as well? >> we did. but the team tournament is going to air as you know right after the election. alison: november 9. >> those are the shows we tape at constitution hall. a great competition. the kids are fantastic. jonathan: you have been doing the show a couple of years. >> 33. jonathan: do you still love it? >> i love it. people who come to the taping ask what is the best part of

minutes i spend on stage with three very bright people. i don't like spending time with stupid people. if you put me out there with bright people and i am having a good time. alison: there you go. yesterday i had the opportunity to work with your crew. what a great group of professionals. that must have been one of the main things that you love. they were so nice. >> you add that at the end. not only are they professional bu all around the country where i travel and they have had experiences with the contestant coordinators and the clue crew people. they say the same thing. these guys are just nice people. jonathan: they are. >> that makes me feel very, very good.

alison: we do here. we appreciate you stopping by. >> feeling is mutual. michelle: great to see you again. alison: you know the only place in d.c. to watch "jeopardy" is here on abc7. 7:30. jonathan: what is abc7? alison: the only place to watch "jeopardy." michelle: thank you. coming up at 4:00, something that might make your canadian heart shutter, alex. >> the land took some planning. michelle: $150,000 sticks gone. how police think the thieves managed the daring heist. jonathan: plus -- >> i'm always pushing myself to the maximum extent possible. jonathan: she is an inspiration. cerebral palsy won't stop

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selected by online voting through the public. michelle: cool. hockey sticks can be expensive thieves knew which ones were worth the most. they stole 500 sticks adding up to $so,000. they think drilled in through the roof and piled the sticks in a van out the >> they are sold at a great price. maybe someone could ask questions. >> they want to know if another attempted robbery 24 hours later could be connected. jonathan: with hall rine around the corn -- halloween around the corner many of us are getting in the spooky spirit. a pennsylvania home is ready. the homeowner looking to set a world record.

40 x 29 ouija. remember the spirits move it around. creepy. murphy said he talked to "guinness book of world records" about getting in the book and how he stumbled upon the home random. >> a friend of mine said there is a hotel and a week later we were living here. everything was a canvas. very cool. with the creepy touches he is opening up the home for tours this weekend. ingenius. michelle: i like it. jonathan: if that thing on the roof moves around by itself, time to go. michelle: give him the recognition and be done with it. alison: still ahead on "abc7 news at 4:00" --

crazy. alison: the firefighter said he can't believe he survived. why he is called a hero after this week's gas explosion in portland. michelle: united by horrific events in the past but find out how the hol cast

michelle: a family of six is dead following a house fire near omaha, nebraska. relatives say the parents and the four young daughters died. the family was well known in the small town. prepare food for the victims' relatives and first responders. jonathan: a firefighter in oregon hailed as a hero for the quick actions before the explosion. this was a mess. the blast destroyed a building with several businesses and the blast did injure eight people. but this thing could have been deadly easy. the firefighter peter st. john said he came to the scene. he saw gas waves coming outside the building. that is the kind of build up

serious. so his team ran around pulling the fire alarms to get everybody out of the building the. the force of the explosion when it happened moments later threw him 20 feet. >> i must have blacked out for a little bit. i felt the heatwave push me back and then i was on the ground. jonathan: again, he and his team got everybody out before the explosio the explosion. he says he does not feel like a hero because he says it is his job to protect people. that is amazing, too. when you consider he saw the waves of the gas coming out of the buildings and didn't hesitate. pull the alarm. get people out of here. people started to evacuate the building. michelle: thank goodness they did. seconds count in a situation like that. jonathan: no question. the facade across the street

michelle: what a brave guy. jonathan: very. michelle: another kind of superhero officially became an ambassador for the united nations today. wonder woman named honorary ambassador for the empowerment of women and girls. the comic book character's 75th birthday. her image will be used by the up on social media to promote women's empowerment. but several u.n. staffers started an online petition asking the secretary general to reconsider the choice in vo sexualized woman. jonathan: an arlington woman is not letting cerebral palsy stop her. she has run half marathons. scott abraham has the rising star. >> hitting pavement. >> i consider myself just me. scott: arlington native jamie

entire life. scott: jamie is a runner. >> to me it is running. i am always pushing myself to the maximum extent possible. >> a true competitor. she ran 75 races ranging from a 5k to a half marathon. finishing last in every race is all right with jamie. >> i am blessed. that is something that i am scott: she has gotten the running bug. started out as a goal to be healthy has turned into a passion. jamie gets stronger as the years go by. plans to continue running as long as she can. >> everybody has some type of struggle. mine is just a little bit more public than others arement -- others are. keep going. >> racing for her next finish line. i'm scott abraham with the

michelle: wow! great determination. jonathan: no question. alison: talk about the weather. steve? windy and cold tomorrow. steve: it will put everyone in a halloween decorating spirit to get the jack-o-lantern. >> want to come to my house? steve: send a picture and we will consider it. we are having -- we are looking for people's homes that are decked out r us a picture. burst.com/wjla. jonathan: then you show up? steve: thursday night and friday night of next week and halloween night i may show up at your doorstep. we will let you know ahead of time of course. send your pictures in first. i might be dressed as something. jonathan: go in a costume! steve: not a clown, though. burst.com/wjla.

i have already received quite a few and it looks fantastic. talk about the weather and the fall foliage report. we are getting closer and closer to the peak period around the metro area, further to the west you go. panhandle of west virginia, western maryland, great color. cold fronted leading edge of it is over here to move across the bay. behind it we have scattered showers that will continue for at least the evening hours and into the this is dry on the capital beltway. cross country championships in montgomery county is tomorrow morning through the afternoon. it will be windy and chilly. we will warm up for sunday to 67 degrees. look at traffic with trenice bishop. trenice: we are thankful for the dry pavement but the

to the evening. anyplace to put a car on this afternoon and heavy volume on the beltway. take you to the b.w. parkway southbound. the crash before the camera here between 175 and inside the beltway another accident at 3410 still blocking the left lane. 270 northbound the heavy volume to make a trip to father hurley. no report of a crash but heavy volume to the truck scale. we had a closure on 355. back to you at the desk. alison: thank you. holocaust museum hosted special guests. each of their families were murdered in concentration camps. that history is very

today the wish came through. >> albert was 15 men nazi forces invaded the french up to and took his mother who died in a concentration camp. his wife, 81-year-old esther has fewer memories because she was a child but remembers hershiser mother was taken and killed at auschwitz. >> to think through that. >> albert survived the holocaust. but others were taken to other families normandy. they met in paris in 1960. they marry and settled in brooklyn. >> yet was the 53rd anniversary. the best thing that ever happened to her. >> the couple brought here by

lifetime wishes to senior citizens. they lit candles for the family. after the tour, they receive from the archive copies of internment and the deportation kochments for their mothers. image, one of the few that survived. >> we don't have everything for the family. everything destroyed. >> after that they found each other. today they have their own family. children and grand children. in a story they hope will never be forgotten. in southwest washington, mike carter-conneen, abc7 news. michelle: that is so power to feel have the union. and the young ones to see it as well.

jonathan: imagine surviving the holocaust and this is the first time they went through the museum. it's a very powerful museum. alison: the people who gather all of that information, probably loved being able to share that with them. that is their purpose. michelle: next on "abc7 news at 4:00" -- tiny targets.

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michelle: target has a plan to get people excited again. they have small ebb stores. john matarese -- smaller stores. john matarese shows us how it works. john: for decades stores in the d.c. area have more products and building more sprawling suburban locations. but target is making a change to shake up getting smaller. this is what we think when we think of target. giant box in the back of a huge parking lot. even the popular video game mine craft has noticed but target is starting to shrink. the chain decided to fight declining sales with the smaller stores like these. instead of building the 150,000 square feet, they are

square feet. from the doesn't that stink file, why sometimes small stores don't work. wal-mart is closing 150 of the smaller express stores because of poor sales. if you like the idea of a small wal-mart you say doesn't that stink? target is aiming for purr been a location and to hit the young millennials. they believe the millennials want small stores or not mile craft meme with no shoppers or cars. target says we could see hundred of the new stores in the next decade as we change the way we shop. don't be surprised. don't waste your money. i'm john matarese. abc7 news. alison: tonight, felony assault in the office with a strange brew. the concoction the police say this woman cooked up for her coworkers. only on 7, what do you do when the sidewalk ends? you take your chances.

with the pedestrians facing few options. a special day on the ice. hosted by a hockey great. announcer: "abc7 news at 5:00". on your side. jonathan: we're on storm watch. alison: that is right. the fall temperatures arrived. across the area, we had rain moving in. winds picking up. steve rudin has the forecast. if you have plans tonight, jeopardy? planning to do. friday night football, have an umbrella. raincoat and dress warmly. the warm air is gone. leading edge of the cold front is moving into delmarva area across the bay. otherwise the scattered showers remain. widen the view out. we have to get all of this. that is why you need the raincoat later tonight. temperatures across the area cooled down significantly.

tonight hour by hour, falling in the 50's. that is one part of the story. the bigger part is gusty winds and the wind chill factors that will make it feel eight to ten degrees colder than this. more on what to expect for the rest of the weekend into early next week in a few minutes. jonathan: thank you. alison: don't get caught off-guard if the weather t you can download the app. get instant local updates wherever you are. jonathan: developing news. a woman accused of poiseing the -- poisoning the coworkers. alison: jeff goldberg has what one employee is accused of mixing in with the morning brew. jeff: after hearing the 32-year-old mayda rivera-juarez is accused of poisoning the coffee of coworkers, one word comes to people's mind.