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announcer: now, jummy: breaking this noon, some new evidence released in the murders of a prominent d.c. family murdered in their northwest d.c. mansion. stephen tschida, this is pretty compelling evidence. stephen: they appeared in
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of 2014. today was basically when the defensive prosecutors come together to set a trial date. during these negotiations, we heard prosecutors say that they conducted hundreds of tests on hundreds of swabs taken from the murder scene. we learned that five items directly link, according to prosecutors, daron these murders. more than 70 swabs link with that home, to those circumstances. that is evidence from his clothing, linking him to that home. the defense says they do not want to set a trial date because the prosecution has had so much time to conduct these dna tests. it wants at least as much time as prosecutors had to conduct
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did not want to tie up the trial date, so again, no trial date for daron wint. this is the suboptimal us -- the savapoulos murders. all parties will be back in court in february. at that time they may finally decide on when daron wint will face a judge injury. stephen tschida, abc 7 news. jummy: also right now at noon, airport in new york after the plane carrying republican vice presidential nominee mike pence slid off the runway last night after landing. no one was hurt, but it is raising questions about how it happened. sam sweeney picks up the story from there. sam: before the sun came up this morning, members from the national transportation safety board arrived at national
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underway. >> i heard a noise. i saw this trump/pence plane screeching to a halt and coming to a stop right here. sam: it had been pulled from the mud, where it slammed down in rainy conditions around 7:45 last night. >> it went off a runway off the right side. it looks like it is intact. sam: governor mike pence recounted the story this morning on "gma." landing at laguardia, and we immediately felt heavy braking on the runway. sam: emergency material at the end of the runway designed to stop runaway jets did its job. >> it is designed to slow the airplane down quickly if the airplane were to go off the runway. sam: airport operations at laguardia had been impacted by
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canceled so far. if you plan on traveling to new york, you should check with your carrier before heading to the airport. sam sweeney. back to you in the studio. jummy: d.c. voters now have more options to cast an early ballot. starting today, d.c. has mine locations for early voting. early voting runs in the district until november 4. some locations already have a 45-minute wait. that 45-minute wait may seem to vote early. 120 5000 people voted yesterday in the free state. that is a -- 125,000 people voted yesterday in the free state. that is a record. investigators are closing the book on a mysterious death. last november, russian today news channel founder mikhail lesson was found dead in the dupont circle hotel. they say his death was now an
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said he had alcohol poisoning and hit his head in a fall. he was a close associate of russian president vladimir putin, which fueled speculation of a conspiracy. also from the district, the new video for a crime alert. on tuesday morning a man walked into a convenience store, rhode island avenue, and pretended he was grabbing snacks. seconds later he forces his way behind the counter with a gun. that is when the magazine falls on the floor. the clerk fights back, but quickly cooperates when the gunmen got the pistol reloaded. after cleaning up the register, the thief makes a run for it. the clerk was not hurt. you can stay up-to-date with crime wherever you live at wjla.com/enews. this weekend, tens of thousands of runners will dissent on northern virginia and in the district for a premier running event in the country.
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faces a double challenge from both metro and mother nature. suzanne: there are two important issues for spectators and runners for this year's marine corps marathon. the first involves transportation. the second, hydration. let's talk about transportation. metro will start running at 7:00 a.m. instead of 5:00 as in previous years. the start time is 7:55. they will keep the starting line open forex late. there will also be shuttle buses . they are from crystal city, the gaylord national, the reagan building, and alston. the buses are $1.75. you will need to use a smart trip card. organizers are asking all runners, especially first-time participants, to make sure they
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degrees will average two to five more runners at the medical stations. we could see as many as 1000 runners in the aid stations on sunday. suzanne: there are also a lot of road closures. for that information, you can go to wjla.com. suzanne kennedy, abc 7 news. jummy: let's get to a closer look at what we can expect this weekend with stormwatch meteorologist doug hill. don't tell it is -- doug: 59 and reagan national with sustained wind at 26 miles per hour, definitely dry and breezy. we have had wind gusts reported at 40 mile per hour gusts. a very breezy day. the wind will stay gusty throughout the day. the highs will range from the upper 50's to about 60 degrees
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the upper 30's to mid 40's. getting into the weekend, let's talk about tomorrow morning. the halloween hustle 5k, the weather will be perfect. we get into sunday morning, and we will take a little more of an expanded look at the weather for the marine corps marathon. but the best weather of the whole morning will be when the runners start. we will give you a timeline of how much it will warm up during the day and take you ahead for the next seven days as well. eight minutes. jummy? jummy: knew this noon, metro is expecting to make more job cuts in the coming year. paul wiedefeld says human resources will meet with 100 workers in the coming days. those jobs are part of a 500-jobs identified for cuts earlier this year. more cuts are possible as metro deals with a growing deficit for the coming year.
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, as the system prepares for what could be one of its most disruptive safetrack surges yet. tomorrow, surged 10 begins on the red line, which includes shutting down trains completely between the noma gallaudet and fort totten stations. shuttle trains will move passengers around those closures. the surge runs through november 22. abc 7 can keep you ahead of any troubles on metro. sign up for our text alerts anytime there is the rails. text "metro" to 43817. coming up, trading your vote. the high-tech way people are trading their vote and why experts say it is legal. plus, a church's miracle cure exposed. wallace found that doctors say could injure or kill those hoping for a miracle. first, why snow is on the mind
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northern virginia, on the issues, barbara comstock and donald trump are the same. comstock and trump promote deportation and reject any comprehensive immigration reform. both oppose background checks that keep guns from suspected terrorists.
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to shut down the government just for politics. time for luann bennett: comprehensive immigration reform now. common sense gun safety laws. bennett tells congress: do your job. i'm luann bennett and i approve this message. jummy: it was a violent scene in north dakota as pipeline protesters clashed with police. hundreds of people gathered to oppose , setting some cars on fire. of leaders say they did not want a violent confrontation, but it was a different scene when police arrived and were forced to arrest noncompliant protesters. now for an update guarding stolen nsa information. federal prosecutors say information seized from a former booz allen hamilton employee
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overseas. harold martin of the third -- harold martin iii is said to have that should still remaining custard. 7 is on your side, tracking your tax dollars. it is no secret that between traffic cameras and parking, driving in d.c. is expensive. abc 7 has uncovered millions of dollars paid out in vehicle damage. our investigator dou much taxpayers lose when government employees get into car crashes. many local -- repair costs come right from taxpayers. our investigation tonight only on abc 7 news at 11:00. they are images that are just hard to forget. the entire area buried under the weight of that blizzard in january. i hate to even think about it. while it is not november, work is underway to be prepared to
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may bring. as john gonzalez reports come in prince george's county, that means it is time for a rodeo. john: there is no snow in the forecast, but it looks like it on prince george's county roads today. >> the roadways for prince george's county -- make sure that everything is safe. john: it is the annual snow and ice control run, or as some call it, the snow rodeo. the department of public works and transportation conducting full dress rehearsal. >> we are tracking new roadways for inventory, roadways that have been added to the inventory, and for any potholes. john: close to 400 employees, including 48 inspectors, are going through the motions today. in forestville, essential personnel are keeping a close i on these monitors that tracked the close to 2000 miles of roadway in the county.
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last year. during this controlled try run, we have been riding along in the salt trucks. they have about 130 salt and plow trucks on the roads in the county today. definitely not vanessa gordon watson's first rodeo. she has done this for 34 years. >> this gets us prepared for when it does snow. john: she was the $4.40 an hour when she started. does it ever get any easier? >> no. john: it is a lot of driving. how many hours have you put in? jummy: a live look outside right now, down pennsylvania avenue at the capital. a little bit of a breeze. i was out at the british and busy. a little breezy.
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at noon. we will have a warm up for the weekend. the good news a not be for everybody competing in the marine corps marathon. temperatures will climb. jummy: lots of water. doug: from champ high school in all the, virginia, a beautiful sunrise across all the -- across out this is kind of the way the sky will look mostly today. partly to mostly sunny, and the breezes will continue. temperatures will climb up probably to about the 60-degree mark. kelly from virginia sent this picture to us. she is the winner of week three with a beautiful image she took of pastors, horses -- of
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in the back. send your pictures to burst.com/wjla. we will announce the winner on "good morning washington" on friday mornings and then share them at noon and social media. once again, the fall foliage contest, burst.com/wjla. our forecast -- it will be beautiful, sunny, breezy, and chilly. northwest wind, 10 to 15 take a few degrees off the temperature, the way it feels outside. the weekend, the short version is gorgeous. tomorrow mostly sunny, 70 degrees. we will get into the middle to upper 70's on sunday. we did think we could see some showers in the afternoon, but they will probably hold off until sunset or shortly after. for most everybody, 78 is incredible. for the runners, it will start off in the 50's.
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middle 70's by 1:00 p.m. for first-timers and inexperienced folks, you really have to take -- two pay attention to what folks tell you. hydrate, drink plenty of water. the forecast for halloween is kind of a new thing we share. we have a forecast here that features temperatures and effects. it will only be in the 50's. it is fine for trick-or-treaters. it the next seven days, our weather trend going forward, we will see the warm weather through sunday, cooler on monday. next week, tuesday and wednesday, thursday, it will warm back up into the 70's. early november is a treat, not so much a trick, weatherwise. jummy: tonight abc news is investigating a church's claim of america your. the genesis 2 charge of health
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everything from autism to breast cancer. it turns out it may be selling poison. "20/20" brian ross joins us now. brian: it is really 21st century snake oil, a church without a church, and people who call themselves archbishops peddling what we found is really an industrial bleach, a clorox high strength, that they are parents of autistic children to get to the kids. they are urging women with breast cancer to use that, do not go to your doctor, avoid mammograms. they hide it under the cloak of being a religious institution. they call the miracle cure a sacrament, and they are collecting donations for it. jummy: i understand you confronted the church leaders. what did they have to say? brian: the archbishop, mark
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very happy to see me. he stood by his claims but marched off, use a lot of language that would surprise you coming from archbishop, if he were a real archbishop. he is aware many people have complained of getting sick from this. one man says his wife died from taking it. federal investigators have opened cases on this. one of the distributors has been sent to prison, is now serving time, so he is aware that the heat is on. jummy: brian ross, of "20/20," at abc 7 news at 10:00. next, a new way to get your vote to john delaney: this was my dad's pickup - he was a union electrician. i grew up working on his jobsites where he taught me the value of hard work and teamwork. that's how i built two businesses from scratch right here in maryland and created thousands of jobs. in congress, i work across party lines -
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roll up your sleeves and work with others. that's what my dad did, and it's what i'll keep doing in congress. i'm john delaney
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jummy: when it comes to presidential elections, maryland is as blue as it comes. if you want your vote to count in a state that is more impactful, you can trade your vote online. it is a virtual handshake between voters in different states. voters can pledge to vote for voters in their respective states, and it is legal. >> is a one-on-one transaction that in itself is an expression of speech, not an illegal act. jummy: it is legal. as long as money is not involved, it is fine. it was first done in the 2000 election when some rolf nader supporters in swing states traded their votes. coming up next, preparing for history in the windy city. doug hill will be back with the
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jummy: folks, we are on the cusp of history. tonight wrigley field in chicago will host its first world series since 1945. nearby bars are charging a $500 cover charge to come in and watch. tickets for tonight's game are
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$5,000. that is a world series record. the washington senators finished 1.5 games behind the tigers. it was the last time the senators would get close to the world series. that team moved to minnesota after the 1960's season. data after the 1960 season. now they are back in d.c.. doug: in chicago it will be try and windy. it will be i what happens with the ball flying out of wrigley field. today, 60 with breezy weather. a sunday evening shower for a halloween monday will be partly to mostly sunny and 62 degrees. trick-or-treat time in the evening, the dancing mummy, get into the forecast. have a good time and have a great weekend.
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>> today on our show, our contestants will be playing for the kind of money that can change their life in an instant. and we're about to find out if one of them can make it happen. from bally's las vegas, let's play "who wants to be a millionaire." [cheers and applause] [dramatic music] ? ? welcome to are you guys ready to play "millionaire" today? [cheers and applause] i am ready, as well. as a brand new dad with a nine-week-old daughter, today's returning contestant says his life could not have changed more in such a short amount of time. the only other thing that might do it: winning $1 million in 30 minutes. that could happen today. from el paso, texas, please welcome back ryan guzman. [cheers and applause] ryan, what's up? >> good to see you again. >> welcome back.

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