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sweater. steve rudin is tracking the rain and the big drop in the temperatures. it's noticeable. steve: if you think is it cool now, wait until later tonight. and waking unearly tomorrow where the winds will gust at 35 to 45 miles per hour. leading edge of the front moved across the bay. there are showers across the west of us. this will move through in overni clear and the windy conditions will remain. look at the temperature drop. further west we have temperatures in the 50's. the outlook for the overnight the temperatures will continue to follow in the 50's inside the beltway. we will see 40's in the suburban location and the wind chill. more on that plus wind advisory for part of the area coming up in a few minutes.
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alert. fairfax county say they found another bank card skimming device. michelle: that brings the total to eight in four months. this is not only gas stations targeted. we are joined from the latest location at a wal-mart. q? q: you are right. according to police if you shop at this location with the last couple of months, go ahead and double check the statements. >> is it horrible. >> devastating. the customers were not pleased when we told the favorite store is target of the credit card skimming. this is the location they hit since june. most are gas stations but the recent case is the richmond highway wal-mart in alexandria. >> i don't know how they gain access to this and have time to open up the machine. >> here is how they do it.
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machine card reader. >> the skimmers secretly swipe your card information and pin number. the crooks will go shopping. >> criminals often just charge gas or groceries. >> they suggest you check your bank and the credit card statements from fraudulent charges. but even more than that check the scanners before you use the card. >> you always recommend to inspect the machine. look for marks ored a he'sive. -- look for marks or adhesive. >> i come here all the time. i may have to go somewhere else. to have my money stolen like that. q i asked the fairfax county police department and they don't have exact number of how many people were affected by the skimmers. they want you to check and double check your account and if you have been a victim, call the police. q mccray, abc7 news. jonathan: thank you.
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today across much of the nation. particularly, on the east coast. the reason? multiple cyber attack against online company and not over yet. it's a company that connects the web address to the right servers. among the websites hit harder twittest, netflix, playstation network. you name it. there were a lot on the attack. michelle: montgomery county man faces criminal charges after his 20-month-old daughter nearly overdose. jason hall was watching his daughter when she became unresponsive. the little girl 13-year-old brother called the mom who rushed home and called 911. the neighbor performed c. p.r. on the girl before the paramedics arrived. the hospital says it found p.c.p. and xanax in the baby's system. hall is charged with reck lest endangerment and ne -- reckless endangerment and
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the campaign trail. both putting the full court press on swing states with 18 days until election day. clinton is finishing an event. and our brad bell has been on them cap pain trail for a couple of weeks now. after a few days in pennsylvania he is in maryland. he join us now to give folks election. it must be fun to listen to folks go off on this one. >> my gosh. you can feel the breeze when people are venting. tonight, votetrak 2016 is on the tracks. forgive the pun. we have at the laurel station and we set up a soap box. you are right. people are eager to share
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>> this is crazy. it's very crazy. >> i'm voting for hillary clinton. beyond that it's a crazy election. >> it's unfortunate and disappointing the choices we have. >> i prefer not to answer. >> i won't say much. interesting. very interesting. >> terrible. terrible election. i think that there is just -- i like some for one and some things on the other but they have negative qualities. >> after a couple of weeks of going this, that is what we heard the most. people are not satisfied. we will offer a soap box
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jonathan: thank you. votetrak 2016 out there as well. get them on #votetrak2016 and be part of the conversation as they go around the area and the swing states to find out who people talk about. michelle: the clock is ticking for virginians who haven't registered to vote yet. you have until 11:59 tonight after the judge ordered the deadline extended. terry mcauliffe says 21,000 the extension. jonathan: still ahead here at 6:00, office feud taken to a new level after a woman accused of poisoning her coworkers. where police say she was hiding the poison in plain sight. >> they are going to get registration project ahead of schedule. i'll have an update on the vandalism that happened here
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husband and wife get an amazing surprise. what they were given after they achieve a long-time goal of visiting the holocaust
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on issues that matter to northern virginia, barbara comstock and donald trump have a lot in common. bill o'reilly: overturn roe v. wade; that's a specific thing that you would do? trump: well, overturn or overturn... comstock: i think roe v. wade should be overturned. trump and comstock.
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to planned parenthood. while comstock voted five times to defund planned parenthood. northern virginia, we need luann bennett. standing up to trump and comstock. standing up for us. i'm luann bennett and i approve this message. jonathan: the ribbon is cut. they opened 29 locations today and spread across reston and
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share locations across the area. michelle: project revitalizing a neighborhood. they want to make kennedy street a popular destination for residents and businesses. the area is getting a makeover stretches one mile from georgia avenue to north capitol street. among the goals are spruce unstore front, bring undestination retailers and improve pedestrian safety. jonathan: a search going on for a p d.c. apartment building and children were sleeping inside. i rapping out overnight. 15 bullets fired to apartment window. they believe a rifle was used. no was hurt. michelle: the hol cast museum hosted two -- holocaust museum
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survivors and they both lost their mother and the other family members to holocaust. they survived by going to hiding. they met after the war and got married. they wanted to visit the museum for years. they did so today thanks to the non-profit group wish of a lifetime. >> close to our heart. to think the f history. michelle: after the tour, the museum presented them with copy of the internment and deportation orders for their mothers. they also found a photo of albert's cousin at his bar mitzvah. jonathan: responding to division and hate with unity and love. project to restore a historic school defaced by vandals. michelle: the temperature is
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when milder temperatures will return. robert: i'm robert burton. coming up in sports it's friday. game of the night high school football. some one won't be dressing sunday for the redskins. we will tell you who that is
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woman: barbara comstock is too right-wing to represent me. 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.
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michelle: new at 6:00, syrian refugees targeted for what they believe was a hate crime. a threatening note left on the door of their dundalk home. among the messages "terrorists leave." and "9/11 was your fault." they spoke on the condition we not show their >> now i only go to because my child goes to school. i learn about my child. my family. michelle: police say they traced the note to a 14-year-old girl and they are calling it a dispute with the child and the family and they
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and division covering a historic school for african-americans in ashburn. now five teenagers are charged in the case. as amy aubert explains the messages of division united the community not only to find those responsible to bring the old schoolhouse back to life. >> restoring the old ashburn schoolhouse was in the works before the building was and havized with vul -- vandalized with graffiti in early october. >> the boards to get a sense of what do we see. >> layer by layer they are uncovering history. >> this shows that still a living space. there are people who remember it and care about it. >> some of the graffiti remains on the windows because they were just installed and they are waiting for an expert to remove it. >> helping the group meat the $100,000 restoration goal. ten days after the vandalism
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month. in the days following the vannedlism we are raising $1,000 an hour. >> it didn't stop there. >> it went out as a result of the engagement from the members of the community. >> the five suspects are charged with felony destruction of property and misdemeanor entering the property of another for purpose of was a loudoun commonwealth attorney determined it did not meet the legal requirements for a hate crime. >> as an educator i am hoping that they learn from this. they hope it will be ready to go by next summer. michelle: a virginia woman is held without bond after
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coworkers. mayda rivera-juarez put cleaning products inside the coffee maker at work over several months -- police say. two employees at the shipping company jas forwarding got sick after drinking the coffee. the police charged rivera-juarez with felony assault saying she was a disgruntled worker who was motivated by anger. jonathan: there is some reassuring news for wine lovers. while bad weather may have hurt production it did not affect the quality of this year's vintage. i know you are happy vine and wine says production was down 5% worldwide. that could mean price increases but the u.s. wine production is un2%. local wineries say the weather has not had a significant impact on them. the local wine is pretty good. michelle: virginia i was there two or three weeks ago. jonathan: villages. wine tasting? good for you. michelle: put it on the list. the rain stopped. are we done with it?
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it will pick up. i want to show you something. almanac page. 79 degrees with the high. yesterday we were in the middle to upper 80's. feast your eye on this. you won't see it much longer. satellite and the radar from the stormwatch7. showers are approaching from the west. loudoun, you a the shower activity. it will continue through the evening hours. if you have plans to go to the friday night football game or if you thought maybe you were going to eat dinner outside and bark cue, put it on hold. at least for now. get through all of this later tonight. once it moves east, the skies will clear midday tomorrow. the nighttime lows are from lower to middle 40's to the west of us and the lower 50's downtown d.c.
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but the wind gust upward of 40 miles per hour. if you are waking untomorrow, going for a job or getting ready for the marine corps marathon next weekend and you want a practice run in. it is on the chilly side of things. with temperatures in the upper 40's. it will feel eight to ten degrees colder than that. east moving to the late night hours and the morning. wind gusts through the day on saturday. the winds ease late saturday afternoon and evening hours. i will signal a change in wind direction.
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downtown d.c. future cast clears us out nightly for the midday hours tomorrow. the good news. sunshine. sunglasses. you will need them. sunday around 67 degrees. monday is in the upper 60's to 60 on tuesday and wednesday. little of a warming trend come late next week. michelle: all thank you. robert: it's friday, gain of the night. a good one. jonathan: perfect weather. robert: scott abraham is there. high school football. huge match up in chantilly. scott abraham will have a
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announcer: and now, the toyota sports desk. brought to you by the loc robert: can't wait for it. showdown in chantilly. one of the teams defending a title. scott abraham has a preview of the match up. what's up, man? scott: hey, robert. this is what you call a rivalry game. two schools separated by only seven miles. west field hosting centreville tonight at the high school football game of the week. it's senior night for the bulldogs so there is a lot of emotion inside the stadium.
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this is the westfield student section. [cheering] they are called "the dog pound." you can see they are ready to go. it's a blackout here in westfield. thunder sticks are ready to go. robert, we will have highlights of this game later tonight on newschannel8 on high school sports final starting at 11:30. it will be a good one. back to you. robert: thanks. i get nervous for you every friday. redskins tight end a concussion. josh docson is on injured reserve. four straight wins for the redskins. they are on a roll. right now they are on cloud nine. who wouldn't be? they can make it five straight with a win over the lions. but saying, "act like you've been here before" might need to be yelled in the locker
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high on wins or too lows on losses. you have to stay the same. this league or the season is not a sprint. it's a marathon. we celebrate the wins but it doesn't go further than tuesday. we come back wednesday to prepare for the next week. robert: the wizards host the raptors for the final preseason game. open up the regular season in atlanta on thursday, 27th. high school football wizards tonight. a jonathan: thanks. michelle: thank you. steve: bundle up if you have a football game. with have temperatures around 59 to 60 degrees. windchill factor will make it feel ten degrees colder than that. not as cool on sunday. sunshine. monday is upper 60's. michelle: sounds good. thank you, steve.
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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.
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irginia. narrator: house majority pac is responsible for the content of this ad. tonight, several breaking stories. the chemical cloud over an american city. you'll see the pictures. the massive spill. families told to shelter in place. more than 50 hospitalized. also breaking, a massive attack on the internet, under way right now. affecting millions of americans coast to coast. time ago. everything from netflix to amazon to ebay. the fbi responding right now. and the question, who's behind it? at this hour, the storm system moving through the northeast, from new york to boston. the system already turning deadly. the microburst, winds 95 miles per hour. clinton and trump. the handshake. the stinging jokes. but tonight, what we did not know. what the candidates said to each other when the mike wasn't on. and, developing now, the nfl

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