transit agency future as the general manager paul wiedefeld warn of cuts. snapshot of the budget shows it includes eliminating jobs, outing service as well's increasing fares. abc7 transportation reporter brianne carter breaking down what is on the table and what it could mean for riders. >> as riders along the red line deal with commuting changes today, every metro rider could see changes under proposal. >> what we are trying to get to is reliable service. brianne: all while closing a $300 million budget gap. to do that, the general manager is calling for the longer wait times between trains on all lines except for blue. riders would see shorter wait. cutting low-performing bus routes and eliminating a thousand positions. it also includes fare hike

increase. costs go up. >> that is a death spiral. we don't agree with it. >> metro's largest union responding to the proposal, standing with tombstones representing proposed was cuts, local 689 president jackie jeter says she supports the jurisdictions paying more but says the shortfall shouldn't be made up on the back of the workers or riders. >> instead of cutting the full-time people you have, cut thco bringing in. >> what do riders think? >> it's out of control. >> he should get more workers, we need more train. brianne: this is just a proposal at this point. metro's board will weigh in on this at the board meeting this thursday. brianne carter, abc7 news.

with their first dose of the safetrack delays including the bus service the only between fort totten station and noma-gallaudet. because the brooklyn and the road island stations will be -- rhode island station will be closed. it will run until november 22. we are look at metro alternatives online at wjla.com. jonathan: new tonight in the race for the white house, the justice department is promising all needed resources to review the new e-mails that have jolte e-mail server back to the spotlight. a new poll shows hillary clinton had three-point lead over trump nationally. today the focus has been on the f.b.i. director james comey and whether he violated protocol or the law by informing congress of the

criticize what director comey has decided. >> they have made an error in judgment. jonathan: one thing republicans and democrats agree on, they both want more information on what the f.b.i. found to made public and soon as possible. with eight days until the election day we want to get pulse of the voters in the area about the e-mail about it. brad bell in votetrack 2016 on the road talking to voters. brad is joining us now. was it all e-mails all the time today? brad: a little bit. hagerstown is a city with history. in the civil war it was known as a town divided. we did set up the soap box today to find out they are divided. on the question, do the

difference? >> if e broke the law she needs to be punished. >> the timing seems, in my mind it was not the best. >> i know what the outcome is about the election. i'm done with comedy central. i want a leader to change. brad: people have strong opinions about the election. we are hear long lines about early voting. brad bell, abc7 news. jonathan: keep track on brad on the trail using votetrak

in charlestown, west virginia. maureen: we are quickly approaching the sunset in the area so that means the trick-or-treaters are on the streets and it means that meteorologist steve rudin making a spooky stop. he joins us from herndon with what people can see there. we are having trouble with steve. we'll try to get to him later. jonathan: all right. move on. still ahead for us tonight, costumed criminals attack a woman in a neighborhood. one was dressed like a ninja turtle. maureen: plus an uber, uber driver dies saving a child's life. his heroic final action and what the child's mother is saying tonight. jonathan: urgent warning for parents after a man who worked with children at three local businesses is now charged with

announcer: you're watching "abc7 news at 6:00". on your side. maureen: iraqi's prime minister is calling on isis to surrender as iraqi forces prepare to enter mosul. early today, the iraqi military seized control of the last village to the east of the isis held city. that is less than a mile from the city limits. the prime minister says his forces are poised as he put it to cut the snake's head. >> if you haven't seen the images from italy it is tough

homes completely leveled like that. to know that nobody was killed. this was the most powerful quake to hit italy in more than three decades. they have been dealing with big quakes. nearly two dozen people were hurt in the magnitude 6.6 quake. some 15,000 people are now staying in shelters in the central part of the country. this is the third largest trembleer in two months. sunday's quake destroyed dozens of land marks that survived previous quakes. martial arts instructor has been arrested and accused of sex crimes against a child. police fear there could be more victims. renzo "garcia" davila was a martial arts instructor at lead by example martial arts center in springfield. he coached a youth soccer team and was an instructor at the montessori school of fairfax. police arrested davila over the weekend after they say a 6-year-old accuser came

confident that the children at the montessori school were you safe. >> we never let him be by himself. i'm always watching when he is working with the other children in the class. the door is open and somebody is there. maureen: fairfax county police ask any parent who is concerned about the time with davila to give them a call. jonathan: police right now are investigating a possible hate crime in montgomery county, because over the weekend somebody spray painted swastikas wth male body on burning tree elementary school in bethesda's west lake area. jewish conversation holds services at the school. reward is being offered for information leading to an arrest. jonathan: up next at 6:00, three people hidden by costumes attack a woman in a popular d.c. neighborhood. the descriptions of the two people seen were a man dressed like a ninja turtle and two like skeletons. we that up next.

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q: some people say he was a hero. >> he was. maureen: tearful words from a d.c. mother whose 6-year-old daughter s while trying to save the girl. uber driver alghemy collapsed while helping her after the child was hit by another vehicle saturday night. >> he was standing right beside me, right behind me. then he went into shock and he fell and had a seizure. maureen: her daughter is improving and while she is grateful that the girl will be all right, she will be forever thankful to the good samaritan who lost his life trying to

jonathan: d.c. police are searching for several robbers who were wearing costumes after a violent robbery. one was dressed like a teenage mutant ninja turtle and the other dressed like skeletons. it happened near howard university. ryan hughes picks up the story from there. ryan: the scary crime happening on a peaceful street. d.c. police saying a woman was attacked by three suspects wearing halloween costumes. diane >> i heard the loud noise outside the door. i didn't look. when i came out, then i saw the policeman. >> officers responding to the 300 block of u street northwest near a howard university dorm after 8:30 last night. >> i heard a few break-ins around but i never, you know, nothing like this. >> according to police the woman was getting out of an uber. then she was pushed. punched in the head and the

purse. >> they were last seen running down this alley. >> investigators say one of the robbers was wearing a green and yellow ninja turtle costume. the other two wearing skeleton costume. the victim never saw them coming. they made out with her phone, debit card and house keys. >> the fact that halloween is the context of an attack just reinforces my feeling that halloween is my least favorite holiday of the year. it gives peo be reckless. >> what i don't understand is why can't people just go on and minds their business? >> the suspects are believed to be in their early 20's with kids and parents out trick-or-treating tonight, police are asking everyone to be on the lookout. in northwest d.c., ryan hughes, abc7 news. maureen: police are investigating whether an apparent abduction outside woodbridge wal-mart was hoax or prank.

night. however, additional surveillance video shows several people including the alleged victim laughing and walking into the store five minutes later. police have not identified the men involved. jonathan: the first family is marking their final halloween in the white house. following tradition, the president and the first lady invited area children and military families to the executive mansion for candy and games. great costumes. halloween treats included boxes of white house have kisses, white house m&m's and baseball cards with the dogs. maureen: i like the astronaut. it's great. jonathan: so many creative costumes. maureen: wonderful. a lot to choose from. look at that. a peacock. doug: very cool. maureen: beautiful. good weather to enjoy all the great costumes and the trick-or-treating. doug: jonathan and i went all

our costumes is we are in washington at insurance some some -- symposium. jonathan: my tie is too bright. doug: i have a policy for you. maureen: life insurance i hope. doug: the forecast is for several days the forecast hasn't changed so it is giving you a chance to plan your outings. partly cloudy. temperatures in gusty winds are down to four or five miles per hour. we are in fine shape. a little bit of the way tolight. -- twilight. it's a quiet evening ahead. we are in the 50's for the next few hours when the kids are trick-or-treating. but later it will turn cooler. to give you an update on the last day of october. 62 was the high.

averages are going to go down and down and down. it will be wintertime before you know it. keep track of the sunrise, sunset time. the mayor change for that will come our way saturday when we fall back to eastern standard time. our forecast tonight we have clouds at times. chilly temperatures but light winds. overnight lows range from 38 to 45 degrees. degree or two below average this time of year. take a minute or two and check out the future developing tomorrow morning. winds make a swing around more to a southerly pickup. that will bring clouds in. the same southerly or the southwesterly winds later tomorrow and wednesday will bring us noticeably warmer temperatures. yesterday we hit 80. it was not an official record. we missed it in washington. dulles and b. w.i. set highs. but a change today. 20 degrees cooler in the afternoon than it was

into wednesday and thursday we built temperatures back up. we are here tomorrow night and the winds will bring us milder air. the trend will continue. partly cloudy. 74. in the day on thursday as the cold front is closer. it will hit 78 with a chance of the showers and the thunderstorms in the afternoon. here are the next seven days. still like fall for the first of november. 63. 74 on wednesday. 78 on thursday. chance of the late day showers with a front. sunny and breezy and chilly as we head through the day on friday. highs of 60. the first weekend in november. partly cloudy. lower 60's in the day. mid-40's at night. there is the reminder to turn back the clock an hour before you go to bed and further reminder to show the difference between savings and standard time. look at the sunset on saturday. 6:03. on sunday it's 5:02. same deal for saturday. sun up at 7:40. 6:41 the sunrise on sunday. this is the time to replace

detectors and carbon monoxide detectors. i don't want to scare anybody but boo. happy halloween. maureen: you didn't scare anybody. don't worry. jonathan: what was scary yesterday was officiating. erin: does gruden think the referees will keep a closer eye on norman now?

who is official 88? he sucked. erin: i can't watch that enough. so now you probably notice redskins cornerback josh norman and he doesn't hold back. yesterdays was no different after the redskins tied in london. norman was frustrated after he was flagged five times during the game. four times for illegal use of hands and another for defensive pass interference. two of them were declined. today we asked gruden about norman's comments via a conference call and the head coach backed up his player.

he is always up there and bump and running and playing physical with the receivers. i think they keep a close eye on him and his match-up. some of the great corners have had to go through it. reeve probably has. it goes with the territory. if you are great player people keep a close eye on you. erin: josh lester will try to save chicags with a win the indians would clinch the third championship and end their own 367-year ever -- 67-year drought. the longest in the american league. for terry francona this would be his third championship after two with the red sox. tito knows how special it would be for cleveland as he reflects back to june when the cavaliers won their nba title. >> men kyrie stepped back and hit the three-pointer, hard

it is hard for me to understand how people get caught up in baseball except when it is another sport i get that way. cool. erin: that is awesome. a.p. college basketball poll is out. maryland is ranked 25th which is quite a dropoff from last year when they were ranked third. jonathan: all right. erin: pressure is off i guess. jonathan: exactly. nowhere to go but up. thanks. >> nice g doug: nice night. steve will be back from the spooky stop at 11:00. it will be quiet weatherwise with the temperatures 50. it will turn cooler overnight. tracking another warming trend and give details of that. talk about the needed rainfall. it's been dry. a story we haven't talked about much. maureen: "world news tonight" with david muir coming up next. jonathan: see you at 11:00. thank you for watching.

tonight, breaking news. the fbi pouring through those newly discovered e-mails right now. what we can now report. hillary clinton saying there is no case here. the fbi director now in the hot seat, why did he go public before the fbi even looked at the e-mails themselves? and tonight, donald trump on the attack. also this evening, the the u.s. the emergency declared. calm under pressure. the 911 call just released tonight from that nightclub in orlando. the shooter and the very calm fbi negotiator who was trying to save other lives. the father on trial tonight, his somebody dying in their hot car. this evening, the wife takes the stand. and what she says about her husband. and up in flames. the new condo completion, the inferno, and the race to clear