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us now. john: many say this is a dangerous time we are in. the f.b.i., counterterrorism, homeland security communities remain vigilant and well postured they say to defend anything and any i tack at home. that is not enough to ease nerves of the voters. voters in arlington county potential terrorist threat. >> with all that has gone on today. because of the world and the can't dates we have -- candidates. good and bad candidates. makes me nervous. >> they believe al-qaeda might be behind it. but no specific locations. but it points to texas, new
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>> 911. we will get a situation to persist. >> and the election officials in arlington have been briefed and trained on any possible issue. >> keep your eyes open. if you see something, say something. >> another official tells f.b.i. working working with the patrol, state and local counterpart share intelligence on a daily basis and they will the law enforcement and the intelligence community apartments to identify and disrupt potential threat for public safety. >> we have been doing this for years. >> they have notified the injury dictions in -- injury dictions in texas, new york and virginia. maureen: election workers in
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election day threat. in denver it includes active shooter trainingful this is part of the training for election judges in december. it started a year ago. our partner circa said they would not discuss their possible security training. jonathan: four days from the election and a cold star father who gained a lo national convention on the campaign trail in virginia. but as richard reeve reports, khizr khan is campaigning for more candidates than just hillary clinton. richard: khizr khan is hitting the campaign trail. >> simply honored to be involved in politics. richard: days before the election a new tactic. you remember khan.
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when he criticized trump for his proposal to ban muslim immigrants. >> the un-american big tri has no place in the -- bigotry has no place in the united states. richard: in 2004, kize -- khizr khan's son humayun khan america. trump was asked about his sacrifice by the military members. he has since said he has great support for those who serve. now khan is supporting bennett in her race against incumbent comstock. the comstock campaign did not
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october. >> i'm the only one who has been willing to stand up in this case, but in the other cases. >> people who have never voted are voting in this election. >> khan hopes it will encourage others to get out and vote. jonathan: interesting moment at a a veteran held up his prosthetic leg. trump called that beautiful and continue encouraged him to hold the leg up. alison: early voting and the same-day early registration ends at 7:00 tonight. early voting in maryland ended yesterday. 872,000 people voted. that is double the number who voted in 2012. in virginia, 430,000 absentee
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far. that is just short of the turnout in 2012. we have 17 crews in the field including reporters with the presidential candidate hillary clinton and donald trump. we will have constant updates on abc7, wjla.com, newschannel8. jonathan: chris c aides found guilty in the bridge gate case. the verdicts were returned today against his former deputy chief of staff bridget kelly. his pilotment for the -- his appointment for new jersey. bill baroni. they plan to appeal the verdict.
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right. this is a disgrace. >> i am innocent of the charges. i am very, very looking forward to the appeal. >> christie deny nid knowledge of the plan to slow down the bridge traffic and was not charged. maureen: a federal jury says "rolling stone" stone magazine defamed the administrator in campus rain. today they were found guilty of libel of malice. nicole eramo sued for $7.5 million to claim "rolling stone" portrayed her as the unsympathetic to rain victims. jur will decide financial
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answers as a hospital nicu is shut down for the second time in three months. mike: i'm mike carter-conneen where residents are unhappy where the pepco crews after they cleared a bunch of trees here on route 201. a lot of the work was unnecessary, they say. maureen: the search for answers in a deadly bus crash in baltimore. what we just learned about the driver and what a new video shows doug: if you are looking of check og out the collar changes, the weather cannot be better. i'll share that coming up. jonathan: today is the deadline to vote early in the district. this is live picture. early voting and same-day
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i'm hillary clinton and i approve this message. donald trump: i could stand in the middle of 5th avenue and shoot somebody and i wouldn't lose any voters, okay? and you can tell them to go f--- themselves! you know, you could see there was blood coming out of her eyes, you gotta see this guy. ahh, i don't know what i said, ahh. "i don't remember." he's going like "i don't remember!? vo: here's the last thing washington needs. amie hoeber. a reckless tea party partisan. hoeber will defund planned parenthood, threatening cancer screening. said she'd invade iraq again if given the chance, and hoeber has fought for a global increase of chemical weapons.
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he built two respected maryland business, creating thousands of jobs. in congress, he puts working for us ahead of partisan politics. john: i'm john delaney and i approve this message. jonathan: big update on tuesday's deadly bus crash in baltimore. earlier we told you the school bus driver had a previous crash and was taking antiseizure surveillance. we have obtained surveillance video to show the bus before the crash. it appeared that the bus was speeding. retired state trooper says finding that speed will be key to determine what went wrong. >> a big bus going slow can do
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going fast. you have to -- that is why you have to reconstruct these things to get the real speed. jonathan: it's revealed today that a 17th victim found. six people were killed in the crash including both bus drivers. federal investigators say they found numerous safety violations in the new jersey transit train operations. this is after september's deadly crash in hoboken. the violences include the missing safety equipment, trains each other and the workers using cell phones when they shouldn't be. maureen: we have new details in the shutdown of prince george's hospital center's nicu unit. they are trying to find the source of the pseudomonas infection. they shut down nicu after two infants tested positive for the bacteria. nicu was also shut down in
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it was reopened last month after the unit and water supply was cleaned. just ahead, a neighborhood at odds with pepco. as the woods near the home vanish. what they fear they are losing and the promise made to try to help. robert: i'm robert burton. it's friday. high school football. scott abraham has a good one for us. the city of chicago celebrates the cubs. world series rally. that's when "abc7 news at 6:00" continues. jonathan: take a look at this. this is over dickerson, maryland. drone trak 7. we have got one. we have all the toys here. beautiful picture. you can see the light of the sun hitting the top of the trees. they are in all the glory of fall colors. beautiful picture. we need more of this. doug hill has the forecast
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after all donald trump has said and done... she ate like a pig. you can do anything. i moved on her like a [bleep] ...trump's just so disgusting and degrading. it just seems like he's invaded our lives. and he's the republican nominee for president. and now republican congresswoman comstock i mean, come on. look, we just can't vote for comstock or trump. house majority pac is responsible for the content of this advertising. jonathan: votetrak 2016 continuing its journey to the election with a stop at the university maryland in college park. that is where we gave people a soapbox to get on and say what they want to say and give
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>> my name is malik. i believe this election, they are involved who we want to be our president. we are debating who we want to be the leader for the next four years. >> trump lost my vote when he wanted to ban all muslims from entering the country because they were muslims. he has since changed but he had chances to change beforehand. he lost my vote when he did that. >> it's more so who do you trust to run the country effectively? i feel like hillar more trustworthy. she seems to be more focused on like helping everyone. jonathan: one stop left,
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maureen: mike carter-conneen reports that pepco says it is concerned about the trees near powerlines. >> it doesn't feel like the highway. you forget about it. >> it also creates shade, habitat for wild life and a bufferer. they recently knocked down tags for removal. >> we didn't know much about it. >> residents complains a lot seems arbitrary. pepco only removes trees if
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they have free tree programs throughout the year. but this is own by the maryland state highway association. even if they replace every tree it will not be the same. >> in the past they tried to replant the trees but a lot of trees are dead. the trees have stood here more than a hundred years. doug: in the next several days
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we need rainfall but not in the works for short-term. let's get a live look at the potomac river. the sun has been down for 12 or 13 minutes. this is what we have. cool evening that is colder by morning but it should stay clear. 57 in hagerstown. winchester at 55. 60 in fredericksburg. 60 in annapolis. hour-by-hour tonight the numbers will go down. chilly. by early in the morning we will average out about 40 degrees for a wakeup temperaturer temperature. it's cooler in the suburban areas. we have mostly sunny skies, dry air.
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credit karma. give yourself some credit. 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. time for luann bennett: comprehensive immigration reform now. ws. bennett tells congress: do your job. i'm luann bennett and i approve this message. ?? stand by me ?? i'm luann bennett vo: for dominion, part of delivering affordable energy includes supporting those in our community who need help. our energyshare program does just that, assisting with bill pay and providing free,
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robert: 108 years in the making, the sea of blue for the cubs championship rally. estimated 5 there. that is twice the city's population. fans lined up as early as 3:00 a.m. to get to grant park. the chicago river was dyed blue in honor of the champs. you can tell the fans ran in as they opened up the gate. they have been waiting for this. good thing alcohol wasn't permitted. things could have gotted crazy if they weren't already. in hoops the wizards are hosting the hawks. a good chance to win one soon. four out of the next five are
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they lost 114-99 in the first match-up. they were outrebounded 52 to 40. tip-off at 7:00. the friday night lights are shining bright. barn burner in bethesda. scott thuman is there. already has a football in hand. scott: already. we are 35 minutes away from the opening kickoff at georgetown prep in north bethesda. the little hoyas taking on episcopal. both teams on the field. a huge clash. beautiful setting. take a look at this. my camera man. beautiful fall foliage over the stadium. i tell you what, a lot of emotion as well. this is senior night. you know georgetown prep wants to leave with a big win. highlights of this game plus plenty of other games across the area in the high school
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it will be a good one. see you later. robert: thank you. caps pick off the hockey fights cancer campaign. they sent over this nice tie and pocket square for us to help out with that campaign. i am probably the most dapper man in the building. just ask me. doug: and humble. robert: i look great tonight! jonathan: dapper. doug: the weekend is really nice here with the sunshine the mild temperatures all night long. turn blocks back -- turn the blocks back. yeah. okay. update and steve will update the weekend. maureen: a lot of excitement coming your way. "world news tonight" with david muir up next. jonathan: thank you for watching.
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hillary clinton: i'm hillary clinton and i approve this message. vo: in times of crisis america depends on steady leadership. donald trump: "knock the crap out of them, would you? seriously..."vo: clear thinking... donald trump: "i know more about isis than the generals do, believe me." vo: and calm judgment. donald trump: "and you can tell them to go fu_k themselves." vo: because all it takes is one wrong move. donald trump audio only: "i would bomb the sh_t out of vo: here's the last thing washington needs. amie hoeber. a reckless tea party partisan. hoeber will defund planned parenthood, threatening cancer screening. said she'd invade iraq again if given the chance, and hoeber has fought for a global increase of chemical weapons. we need john delaney. a family man and entrepreneur, he built two respected maryland business, creating thousands of jobs.
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delaney and i approve this message. tonight, breaking news. the new abc news tracking poll. the shift in the race in just one week. the new numbers, clinton and trump. and two police officers shot in new york city. one dead, images coming in from horrific discovery. the woman kidnapped, chained in a storage shed. tonight, what authorities have found. the explosive new video. an african-american man, and the takedown, the police k9. authorities say they had the wrong man.

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