announcer: now "abc7 news at 4:00". on your side. michelle: police say he is a martial arts instructor, a montessori teacher and a soccer coach. jonathan: but now renzo davila is under arrest accused of touching a 6-year-old girl inappropriately. police want to know if there are other victims out there. michelle: stephen tschida is monitoring this developing story. stephen: renz he worked extensively with small children. on saturday a 6-year-old girl told an adult she had been touched inappropriately. sunday fairfax county police arrested garcia. 29 "garcia" davila charged with sexual assaulting a 6-year-old girl.

believe it. stephen: he shot martial arts at the lead by example taekwondo center. he coached kids soccer and twice a week held a class at the montessori school in fairfax at chantilly. >> we never let him be by himself. i'm also watching when he is working with the other children in the class. the door is open and somebody is there. stephen: the head of the montessori said garcia instructed b martial arts for an hour and a half class twice a week. she and the other employees say they are having a hard time believing garcia could commit the crime with which he is charged. >> he is a really nice guy. he is very polite. parents love him. children love him. stephen: because he worked with so many children there may be other victims out there. to where this alleged incident took place, now we do hear

do not believe it was at that montessori school but perhaps at another venue or location in silver spring. reporting live, stephen tschida, abc7 news. michelle: thank you. a four-vehicle accident left a person dead and four others injured. this happened at branch avenue and surratts road just before 1:00 this afternoon. prince george's county fire department says one of the cars caution fire killing the person in -- cars caught fire killing the person inside. hospital but no word on their condition. sign up for text alerts from the newsroom. wjla.com. jonathan: this is a big evening. kids dressing up to celebrate halloween today. some started early with parades and parties at the schools because that's what you do on halloween. in silver spring, all the festivities canceled at cloverly elementary school. richard reeve is live to explain what happened. richard? richard: that is right.

here. this is not cool property. this is a park -- school property, this is a park because the parents and the students could not hold the annual halloween party on the school grounds. canceled because some students had religious concerns about it. they wanted to opt out, about 10% of the students at the school. others had safety reasons. the school principal put out a letter to parents. do believe it has become an event that does not allow for the inclusion of all children in instructional day. a fallfest fall which is held in two week -- a fall festival held in two weeks is equally enjoyable for all the children. some parents and students say they are very disappointed. >> the kids aren't allowed to come in costumes. no parties. so we decided for fifth graders who are up with the

cloverly to have the party down here. sign the kids out of school and throw a party down here. richard: this is a big deal for a lot of the students because this is the last year they are in elementary school. a big event for them. you think some of the parents are venting? wait until you hear what some of the students are saying. in silver spring, richard reeve, abc7 news. jonathan: that is not nice. thanks. share your halloween costume pictures with us and we'll she upload them to burst.com/wjla. how many layers should parents grab for the kids? and a big caution. drive slowly while the kids are in costume. michelle: so many are darting across the roads. they have their mind on the candy. storm watch 7 chief meteorologist doug hill is here with a check on tonight's forecast. doug: it looks ideal for trick-or-treating. it will be in the 50's. so a chill in the air. but hopefully the costumes are enough to keep them warm.

concern. clear skies. brilliant sunshine. only 60 degrees now at reagan national airport. winds are gusty at times now down to 5 miles per hour. the winds will not a factor tonight. here is the story for halloween 2016. partly cloudy. temperatures falling from the upper 50's in the middle 50's over the next few hours. especially after sunset. overlight on the chilly side. 38 to 45. we have the high cloudiness building in tonight and after that we are fine at the bus stop. dry, 45. then sunshine returns. another cool afternoon at dismissal time. we look ahead to the first weekend of november coming up in 132 minutes. michelle: see you then, doug. thank you. today in vote 2016 news most of the talk is centered on the investigation into hillary clinton's e-mails. specifically the f.b.i. director's decision to send an e-mail of his own to member of congress last week.

q: he mails were sent last friday. they are having a significant effect on both part of the campaign. we are eight days away from the election. today the clinton campaign is trying to push past the latest e-mail controversy. here is what we know. f.b.i. director james comey sent a letter to lawmakers in congress revealing that newly flagged e-mails found on the laptop of hillary clinton's top aide, huma but the federal agents found the e-mails weeks ago but didn't inform comey on thursday. they are questioning comey's motivation to make the review public right before the vote since there is no evidence of wrongdoing by clinton. she is doing the best to brush the mess to the side. >> there is a lot of noise and distraction but it comes down to what kind of future we want. >> this is the biggest

q: trump is not letting up on the attack. for trump this could be his last chance for upset win. last week at this time he was down by double digits in most polls but now by one point. from the "live desk," i'm q mccray. jonathan: thank you. votetrak 2016 getting the pulse of the people. eight days left before to election. today brad bell is in hagerstown, maryland. what are you hearing there? from home today in hagerstown. you know what? there are a lot of issues in this area. what you can see here is one of the things they are dealing with. we are in the heart of the downtown area. they are in the midst of an urban renewal. you don't see anybody walking around. the economy a big issue here. hagerstown is a mix of old and new.

development. the unemployment rate a couple of points above the state average most people will tell you there aren't enough jobs here. >> in this area we have struggled to get through the recession and recover. brad: there are other issues. the heroin epidemic hit the region hard. retired police officer lost his 139-year-old daughter brook to an overdose. now he is working to build a treatment center in her >> whenever they notice someone addicted to opioid or heroin. brad: all of that plays in their decision-making. >> it's crazy but i'm going with donald trump. >> the issues don't have anything to do with us right now rate. they going back and forth. concentrate on the people. that is the beginning of the

when we come back at 5:00, an in-depth look at issues here. at 6:00 we talk to voters about what they are saying about the latest f.b.i. e-mail controversy. in hagerstown, brad bell, abc7 news. jonathan: tomorrow brad is taking wjla.com/votenow to charlestown, west virginia. logging the miles. i have two words. panda wrestling. michelle: see the video after a man climbs in a enclosure and gets hut in his place. steve: i'm abc7's meteorologist steve rudin. it's halloween. the theme for the house is headhunter. we have a live report. >> i'm mike carter-conneen in northeast washington where today elected officials and cyclists accelerated opening of four-mile long anacostia riverwalk. coming up why this is no

what it was like for the first

jonathan: covers metro and a new budget proposal to increase fares 130 cents in the peak service. the reality check budget would close stations, reduce service and lay off more than a thousand workers on metro. we have a closer look at the

the tenth safetrack surge. this is a big one and a painful one. this time it's on the red line and it affects a lot of folks between fort totten and noma-gallaudet stations. sam sweeney shows us how things went on the first rush hour. >> no matter where you look or where you go, you can't miss the announcement. red line service shut down between fort totten and no-g brookline and rhode island station closed. >> you feel like a piece of meat. i wish they planned better. sam: metro's busy and oldest line is red line. it will cause headaches for 25 days. this morning's commute was a bit of a learning curve for many but went without any major hiccup.

i tried to plan better. sam: shuttle bus helped take riders to affected stations but they are packed. if you are heading downtown the best alternative is take the marc train. ride-on service is free from silver spring and ghomin park and fort totten. bike share is offering $2 rides for nonmembers. >> hopefully in next 12 months it will get better. december 22. for a list of alternatives visit wjla.com. reporting outside the fort totten metro station i'm sam sweeney. back to you. jonathan: thank you. i hope it gets better in the next 12 months? patient man. michelle: lenient. jonathan: get text alerts for abc7 about safetrack. you don't have to wait 12 months. get it in 12 seconds. text "metro" to 43817. michelle: check on the traffic situation. jamie sullivan is on traffic watch with details.

afternoon and continuing until right now. 13 miles per hour. as you head soutbound. all traffic diverted at surratts road. it's right at surratts road that it is blocked. it's diverted at wood-yard road with the accident investigation. if you are traveling along the bottom of the beltway, we had an earlier accident closer to joint base andrews so that is why we are seeing the heavy volume on the outer loop. that is in maryland. virginia outer loop is bumper to bumper from the toll road this is the pace you will be at. that is southbound. northbound is not bad through tysons but as you continue further north you get a good idea here old dominion. some of the heavy volume that we are used to getting closer to the american legion bridge. we will keep a close eye on the closure in maryland on branch avenue. jonathan: thank you very much. hear the music? be careful driving around

out for halloween trick-or-treating. jonathan: be patient. the kids dart out in traffic without thinking about it. trick-or-treating usually gets started in an hour. it ramps up once the gun goes down. today's instapoll is asking how old is too old to trick-or-treat? michelle: never too old. michelle: steve rudin is at his last spookq stop. steve: i don't want anyone to be alarmed. this is in fun and halloween. the grand finale here. just in time for the guillotine. >> off with his head! steve: scary stuff. ed the wizard. thank you for inviting us in. we'll take a walk outside. show us your house.

let you lean forward. you have a haunted porch. the theme this year is the head hunter. >> that's right! all heads out on stakes. we put lights in so they shine through the eyes. steve: you have been doing this for five or six years? we'll look at the front lawn. tell us what is going on. >> those are gravestones that my read the name and get the hint. i like the one that says, "this one's for you." let's read some. doug degrave. robin degrave. steve: pearly gates. all in good fun. how many trick-or-treaters do you get in herndon? >> they line up along the sidewalk waiting to get in. steve: what are you passing

all. we'll come back and see you in half an hour. doug, don't be scared. what i showed you inside the haunted porch was make believe. no one got hurt. doug: good. have fun. adults slow down in the neighborhoods. you know what it is like with the kids. candy, sometimes don't think crossing the street so be careful. it's hazy now. haze is on the grand level. six miles up. a beautiful day. temperatures are cool as we look live at mclean. the outlook tonight, might see the batch line over. 55 degrees at 7:00. with partly cloudy skies. by 11:00, 50 degrees. drop to 40's in most areas

42 in upper marlboro. 41 in poolsville. early on november 1, tomorrow morning. the southern zone is the same. a couple of degrees cooler. comfortable, classic, you know, forecast for early november. if you think the chill is on, we see a warmup in the middle of the week. only temporary. if you thought we were finished with the 70's, huh-uh. it's coming back. tomorrow mor moving ahead of a warm front. in the lower 60's tomorrow. we get through the everything hours and in the day on wednesday we see a swing in the wind direction out of the southwest to push us back to low to mid-70's on wednesday. upper 70's on thursday before a cold front brings afternoon showers and the return of cooler temperatures. 63 tomorrow. 74 on wednesday. 78 on thursday. partly sunny with increasing cloudiness. afternoon showers. breezy through the day on

is spectacular. sunshine. lower 60's. remindser to turn the clocks back one hour before you go to bed. we do pick up another hour of sleep. jonathan: are we going to get rid of daylight saferrings time? doug: there are bigger things to worry about in life. jonathan: it takes me forever. doug: november/march. that's when we change. every year. jonathan: winter weather is taking the toll. >> do you remember what happened nine months this week? these parents will tell you when "abc7 news at 4:00" continues. michelle: coming up later -- what happened when the man accused of killing a popular chef at a wedding went to

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michelle: in january astronaut scott kelly took a stunning photo from the international space station. the haze on the left side of screen is pollution covering a large part of asia. today a startling report from unicef that says 220 million children living in south asia are breathing toxic air every

organization standards. of the 2 billion children in the world, a third breathe polluted air each day. jonathan: cyclists are celebrating today after d.c., maryland and federal leaders opened a new biking and a walking trail along the anacostia river. as mike carter-conneen reports, this was a missing length to connect 70 miles of trails across the region. >> hundreds cheered at the opening of the road. >> this will give us so many more options. >> the $23 million project funded by the u.s. department of transportation plus the d.c. and the maryland funding. >> we look forward to enjoying the entire trail. >> this new four-mile segment seen here in yellow connects more than 40 miles of the trails in maryland with 15 miles in d.c. >> today, the gap is closed and you can bike from the nationals park to college

advocates worked to promotorcycling and increase access to trail and bike share station east of the river. >> this is one of the greenest part of the city. this is not one of the part of the city which is most affluent. with the trail you get most people wondering what is down there. >> you can be in an enclosed tree line section or out on a boardwalk over the river itself see bird life and people kayaking along the river. >> beyond biking and walking most important is if segment reconnects northeast washington with the neighboring communities in maryland, divided for decades by busy route 50. mike: in northeast washington, mike carter-conneen, abc7 news. jonathan: breaking news from the justice department that says it will dedicate all needed resources to quickly

clinton case, the new case that opened up. this comes after james comey sent a letter to congress last friday saying the new e-mails had come to light and investigation was warranted. the f.b.i. has been investigating the use as a private e-mail server in the time at secretary of state. she is the democratic nominee for president. comey's letter came less than two weeks before the presidential election. michelle: still ahead. thank you cards, good pump for halloween. see how nasa is putting every other pumpkin carver to shame this year. cheryl: i'm cheryl conner inside the pumpkin house where tonight trump and clip top face off against frankenstein.

jonathan: a lots of folks getting in the halloween spirit. in this case, it seems it's dr. recommended. the children's national health system in northwest d.c. threw a party for the patients. how much fun is this. look at the outfits, too. the kids carved dozens of carved pumpkins, got to see a doing show and took part in a mini parade throughout the hospital. the staff by the way, they even dressed up and they were

nice job by all. michelle: that is awesome. in kansas city, volunteers dressed babies in the nicu in halloween costumes this weekend but did you know some local nurseries could be busy this week? we are at 40 weeks since the blizzard that covered the area in snow last january. scenes like this. today kevin lewis caught up with the blizzard babies and their proud parents. >> we had a plan. we had an idea it would occur. kevin: this fall a rise in memorial hospital. >> we have heard the jokes. yes. kevin: jennifer manages the labor and the delivery unit. she is less than surprised that winter storm jonas' cold made people more bold. >> people get cooped up. kevin: proof? >> a blizzard miracle. sure. kevin: look no further than sam and jennifer. and their tiny tyke thomas

ivy specialist at children hospital managed to make it home from work despite snow blocked streets. >> i made sure that the driveway and the steps to the house were clear enough for him to get in quickly. kevin: the hospital says enarming it delivers ten babies a day. this month however, that figure has grown to 14. 40% increase. thanks much in part to 30 inches of snow. little thomas will likely hear about for years to come. >> i think it will probably come up. it will be a topic to embarrass him with, i'm sure. any other time we have storms coming. kevin: with yet another winter, plus the presidential inauguration around the corner, who knows what 20137 will bring? reporting in northwest, i'm kevin lewis. abc7 news. jonathan: congratulations to all the parents. the football hat by the way is awesome.

children of all ages will head out tonight trick-or-treating. jonathan: these are some of the photos of the viewers like you uploaded to the burst.com/wjla. share with us. look at the elephant. beautiful. a princess. every little girl has a princess dress. michelle: great makeup as well. to make that happen. we want to check in now with stormwatch7 chief meteorologist doug hill for your trick-or-treat forecast. hole family getting in on it. doug: on this halloween my costume doesn't disturb anybody. scary, huh? look at this. beautiful fall foliage image for us. we are getting running out of time. this is the last week of the fall foliage contest at burst.com/wjla. we are getting closer to peak color. send pictures to the web address. burst.com/wjla. by thursday evening we will have all that we take in as

and we get on bright and early the "good morning washington" team to reveal the winter and send out stuff to show pictures all over the place. tonight everybody wants to know about the weather. we are in fine shape. one more -- i won't play this anymore. i'm mummied out. blah, blah, blah. back and forth. mummy. really cool. anyway, 58 at 5:00, we drop in the mid-50's. perfect weather. forecast overnight after the kids get home and the parents maybe sneak in and get some of i don't know if that has happened in my house. yep. 38 to 45 with the clouds increasing. the forecast for seven days looks good. 63 tomorrow. warmup to 75 on wednesday. thursday is 78. cold front will bring showers in the afternoon. breezy, chilly, sunshine. 60 on friday. saturday, and sunday are terrific. a lot of sunshine. look at monday, cooler than that. as we plow ahead to early november weather. michelle: thank you. "7 on your side" with a

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jonathan: this will make you laugh.

trying to impress a girl but he probably failed after jumping in a giant panda enclosure last week. the panda was asleep. he woke it up. the panda thought really? you want to play? i'm a big fellow, let's do it. he started rolling around, tackles the guy and he could have eat him or clawed him that is not what pandas do. he tackled the kid. he was like this is not a good idea. at some point he gets up and gets away from the panda and runs off. the folk who take care of the panda says that is what he does with us. he wants to play. you woke him up. play with him now. the poor guy was scared to death. now police are trying to track him down. they will probably cite him for being stupid. michelle: i guess that is the end of the date. jonathan: if woman said you're that dumb or drunk? time to go. michelle: no time for dinner.

expose the flint water crisis are honored by the smithsonian. michelle: the michigan mother walters and the virginia tech professor mark edwards will receive american ingenuity awards. others to receive the award are comedian asari, amazon founder and christopher gray whose app matches the students to scholarships. >> we went from really smart to guy who wrestled a panda. d.c. is mourning the death of a journalists. mickey mitchell thompson passed away last thursday. where he previously worked she was diabetic, had been sick for some time. she launched her own publication to capture events she felt was being ignored by the media. she had been a photo journalist for 15 years. michelle: still ahead at

out of it. michelle: how pumpkin carving became more of a tribute for this family this year. >> friends and family of women who was fatally stabbed over the weekend leave in tears.

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. and comstock-trump were prepared to shut down the government just for politics.

common sense gun safety laws. bennett tells congress: do your job. i'm luann bennett and i approve this message. michelle: new developments out of oklahoma where a fugitive is dead following a shoot-out with police. police found michael vance junior at a camp site after receiving a tip. he has been on the run for a week now after a string of violent crimes across the state and recording his gets-away on facebook live. he bragged about killing two of his relatives in the video and shot at officers on the run. jonathan: in the last two hours the man accused of killing a popular chef at a summer wedding appears in court. northern virginia bureau chief was in the courtroom and joins us live from fairfax with new information in the case. jeff, what happened? jeff: this was an emotionally charged hearing. friends and family members of

courtroom. the victim in this case was allegedly stabbed by kempton bonds. the judge decided to uptold the second-degree murder charge against kempton bonds despite his attorney's plea to reduce the charge. kempton bonds enters court monday with the attorney make nothing comment about the upcoming hearing. inside the courtroom, the judge hearing from witnesses describing the scene mill park in centreville in early august when authorities say bonds stabbed and killed 35-year-old caterer johns. >> i'm still believing that, that justice will come and be served. jeff: johns was working a wedding that night where bonds a former fairfax county parks employee managed the property. tensions were high all night. witnesses say that bonds disrupted the party several times by turning off the power and taking down decorations. ultimately leading to a

cell phone video captured by bonds was played in court, including the moment when the police say he pulled out a pocket knife and stabbed johns. >> you stabbed me. >> police! police! police! >> bonds attorney says his client was threatened with words of hate and address and he felt scared. but the judge decided there was a fair probability that malice was present at the time. >> he could have kicked her, smacked er strikalled her or punched her. there are so many decisions that could have been made before the last decision that took her. as far as i'm concerned that's malice. >> the prosecution emphasizing that despite the heated rhetoric and the tone of the environment leading up to the stabbing at no point the prosecution says was bonds physically assaulted by anyone on scene. he is free on second-degree murder charges and free on bond.

happen november 28. live in fairfax, jeff goldberg, abc7 news. michelle: thank you. "7 on your side" with consumer alert. they are recalling oreo fudge cream in the u.s. because of a milk allergin not listed in the ingredients. people who have an allergy or sensitivity to milk are at risk of serious or life threatening allergic reaction. it includes the original and the mint varieties. if you have them, throw them away. jonathan: there are a lot of ways to honor those who alexandria family carving pumpkins to remember a life. chyles this remembering a life. each pumpkin gets an hour of attention and multiple it by 55 pumpkins to add up to happy halloween. >> a great community thing. >> from the alexandria home rick and his white carried on a family tradition for 15

alexa. they will be placed next to the presidential candidates. they face-off for the white house. >> since mother teresa has the sainthood this year we will try to do this. >> they get assigned to a theme. prince with a purple light on the table of those who died this year. for the kids, the characters from "frozen" and the family's mom a big bad wolf. >> she loved carving but she loved to be out with the crowd. their mom who died last year. fran used to carve out time to travel from pittsburgh. so now her favorites will be on display. check out the 3d design of the graver diggers. >> the pumpkin guts get tossed. they filled up ten bags. but they hold on to the seeds for roasting. they give us permission to give out their address so head

among the visitors. >> we forget about the work part. >> in alexandria, cheryl conner, abc7 news? intricate hard work. michelle: worth a trip to alexandria to see it in person. jonathan: the family does say they will display the pumpkins for a few nights. it depends how long they hold up. that is problem with pumpkins. you get a couple nights out of them and they shrivel up. michelle: i see some of them are drooping and not looking nice. still ahead for us, pumpkins competition at the nasa jet propulsion laboratory are nothing short of out of this world. this is incredible. one looks like a giant swing. another looks like spaceship orbiting the planet. alien abduction anyone? >> within you get the rocket scientists doing pumpkins that is how they roll.

that is awesome. michelle: look at the carnival swing. jonathan: good stuff. michelle: i shouldn't even bother trying. jonathan: let's go to steve rudin who is at another spooky house. this got him scared. michelle: this one looks dicey out there. this is the grand finale. steve: it is. you know, we are live in herndon. what makes this cool you see things like this and you say this looks cool, right? then you [scary laughter] all right. enough of the clown stuff here. we are live in herndon as we mentioned. this house is decked out. the homeowner known as "wizard ed." tell us what you have set up here and what is behind the haunted porch. >> yes! on the right side we a coffin with a skeleton inside. steve: we'll walk over there and talk to you. over here.

steve: let travis go in to take a quick look around. fog machine, coffin and the other side is the guillotine. >> yes. we also have a false back with a guy who stands behind there and comes out to shake your hand when you least expect it. plus an air compressor to blow air on you. steve: very cool. talk about the forecast now. head to the halloween forecast. it's looking really, really nice out there for this evening. temperatures generally in the 50's. we will see passing clouds here and there. a quick look at the seven-day, a warming trend on the way moving toward the middle of the upcoming week. by thursday, we are looking at temperatures that will likely push upper 70's to 80. check on traffic with jamie sullivan. jamie: still dealing with a closure in place if you live in clinton maryland or work in the district and head there, we are down to six miles per

this is not too bad if you travel on the bottom side of the beltway. we have an issue on the freeway. southeast/southwest freeway heading westbound. the left lane is blocked at the south capital street with a car fire. temporarily they had eastbound lanes blocked. big picture look, not a terrible ride but we are seeing red on 395 in virginia, as you head south, northbound lanes look great. this is southbound. we are i delays. southbound on the ooper loop of the beltway, heavy to get to tysons. earlier accident has us down to 13 miles per hour. northbound traffic is bumper to bumper as you head on the inner loop from 66 to the american legion bridge. right now is 33 minutes is your average. that is a look at traffic. jonathan: thank you very much. toyota is going to launch a car-sharing service and it will let users unlock doors and start cars with the

in january. if it's successful it will launch the program in other cities. stay tuned. michelle: tonight at 5:00 -- we take you inside the chaos at o'hare airport. we have new video from a passenger on board that plane after it blew a tire and caught fire on the runway. see what happened moments before terrified travelers report to evacuate. that's at 5:0 jonathan: coming up next at 4:00 for us, out of 91 application, 12 make it to the final round. we put the spotlight on education and a young man trying to unlock the key to diagnosing concussions. michelle: as we head to break, birthday wishes for mount rushmore. the national memorial opened in the black hills of south dakota 75 years ago today. it features carving of george washington, thomas jefferson, abraham lincoln and theodore

president for the races in the fourth inning at washington nationals games. ? ? ee-e-e-oh-mum-oh-weh ? ? hush my darling... ? ? don't fear my darling... ? ? the lion sleeps tonight. ? [snoring.] ? hush my darling... ? [snoring.] ? don't fear my darling... ?

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jonathan: every year there are up to 5 million concussions. they happen in the u.s. numbers are rising among middle schoolers especially. in today's "spotlight on education," kellye lynn shows us an alexandria student invention designed to accurately screen for

kellye: a risk athletes take every time they hit the field. concussion. >> the rates have been going up over the past decades and in the past few years. in part we think because kids are bigger, faster, stronger. kellye: a traumatic brain injury that can be difficult to diagnose. medical professionals missed his brother's concussion. >> gave him an ice pack and told him he was fine and sent him home. >> he wasn't. now the high school senior is hoping h improve concussion screening. >> itrack technology on the smart phone. head set device to insert the phone into. athlete can wear the device. it will display visual stimulus. >> tracking a user's eye movement, it will help assess the likelihood of concussion. >> so what he has is a low cost solution for concussion, which is a medical need out there. kellye: the 17-year-old shared

children's national and became one of 12 finalists. the device is currently being tested by a physician and two local high schools. if the tests prove successful he hopes to have the device available by the fall of 2017. kellye: at $6 per smartphone. >> there is viz impairment a has been related to concussion and we hope to measure that impairment. kellye: provide early warning of a possible concussion. abc7 news. >> the uber driver stepped up under the taxi cab. >> the grateful mother thanks an uber driver. pushing, shoving and fear on the passengers scrambling to safety. the stunning scene that greeted them when they got out. it's halloween. notice anything odd about the

celebration in their own hands. >> now "abc7 news at 5:00". on your side. michigan lots of kids look forward to the halloween events at school when they dress up and parade through the hallways. but at one school it won't happen. the halloween parade was canceled. larry: richard reeve joins us live with the story. this has to do with religion, right? richard: well, some of it does. this was no trick or treat for the opportunities and the pare at the school up over there. instead they use the pavilion here in a park and it's all because of a variety of reasons but a surprise according to many. [music] richard: these cloverly students parents know how to throw a party. >> it's important to celebrate with your friends. richard: when students got off

>> the kids that didn't celebrate halloween were sad because they couldn't spend time with their friends. richard: until this year there has been a traditional halloween party and parade at the school. not anymore. the principal dr. melissa brunson sent home a letter saying the festivities had become an event that does not allow for the inclusion of all children in the instructional day. >> i like to tell them this was a a lot of the kids were upset about this. >> while the students are upset some parents are livider. they say the sudden change was made without the input. >> we haven't been treated as partners. the decision came from the school. it was unilaterally made. with the pretense of some involvement from parents. they et up a party next door. >> the principal said we are