another. failure of the system can potentially lead to a collision. metro says the risk of that is small. tonight the general manager saying it's a risk he is not willing to take knowing that safety is the top priority. what does it mean for riders? starting at 3:30 they started to pull the trains and it will take several hours to do so. fewer eight-car trains will be noticed. over the next couple of days. what you may see is the 4,000 of a train. they say this issue is caused when it's the lead car in a train. so how many of these are out on the system tonight? they are telling us there are 41 married pairs on the system. the process to remove them is underway right now. reporting live, brianne carter, abc7 news. alison: thank you very much. now we turn to a developing story out of stafford county. where four people were found dead in a hope there. larry: this happened happened ie

county where stephen tschida is live. what have you found out since we last talked to you an hour ago? stephen: larry, we have been working the story all day. 20 minutes ago we heard investigators have determined this to be a murder-suicide. now neighbors tell us six people lived in this home. older couple, their adult son, his wife and the younger couple's two children. the bodies identified as a man and woman in the 30s and -year-old and 18-month-old, girls. investigators will say only they responded to the scene this morning. inside the upscale home in the windsor forest subdivision of stafford county, they discovered four bodies. >> i'm in shock. i'm in shock. stephen: neighbors reacted with sur and grief to the deaths -- with surprise and grief to the death. friends say an older couple,

home. they often saw the woman with her horse or stepping -- tending to the garden. >> the lady was an older lady. in her 60's. she was out and tend to her flowers. we would see her out walking her dogs with the horse. >> as the investigation dragged on for hours and the investigators released a mere trickle of information, anxiety gripped this neighborhood. >> i don't know what to say. this stephen: the matriarch of the family the most vizzal and the well-known -- visual and the well-known in the community. it was determined to be a murder-suicide by investigators. the older couple apparently survivors of the tragic situation in this neighborhood. reporting live, stephen tschida, abc7 news. alison: okay. thank you. meanwhile tonight we are hearing for the first time the

frederick county woman moments after she was attacked by a 200-pound black bear protecting her cubs. kevin lewis is live with what happened here. this is terrifying. kevin: absolutely. this happen around 9:00 last night. it was pitch black dark out here. 63-year-old karen osborne was walking her dog down the driveway when bang she was forced to the ground. her saving grace, a c >> frederick county 911 what is address of the emergency? >> a bear has attacked me. i'm laying in the driveway. >> this frederick county driveway the scene of maryland's first ever bear attack. the 63-year-old female victim thrashed around in the pitch black dark. somehow managed to dial 911. >> please help me. please come now. please come now. send someone now. he has broken my arms and my

i'm going to die. please hurry. >> first responders arrived within 15 minutes. d.n.r. set up a trap. but opted to kill the mother bear who was protecting her three young cubs. one of those cubs pictured here was tranquilized after refusing to come down from a tree. >> we get a panic phone call, grandma has been attacked by a bear. i thought it was a joke. >> mark is the victim's i think, you know, if she didn't, she might not be here. kevin: thankful to be alive after an unprecedented attack. >> oh, my god. here he comes. oh, lord, please, dear god, no. please, dear god, no. hurry. kevin: that 911 call went on for 12 minutes. gives you chills listening to it.

a number of puncture wounds and 80 stitches but the family says she is really looking forward to thanksgiving. live in frederick county, i'm kevin lewis, abc7 news. larry: thank you. meanwhile, president-elect trump is planning a weekend meeting with 2012 g.o.p. presidential nominee romney who clashed with trump in the campaign. today the secret service and the new york police met to discuss how to protect trump around his headquarters where there is already a heavy safety but also allow new yorkers to go about their business. today, vice president elect mike pence met with members of congress. pence sitting down with the house minority leader nancy pelosi and says he hopes to work with the congressional democrat us. this week we have been focusing on the top three priorities for the incoming trump administration first 100 days. healthcare, immigration and tonight jobs. we have heard big promises about the economy from the president-elect. so can he deliver?

about jobs. scott? scott: larry, jobs. "big league jobs" is what president-elect trump vowed to bring in his effort to reviver the economy -- revive the economy. does he need the members behind me to get on board with him or can he do it on his own? the claim was as large pronouncement as possible. >> i will be the greatest jobs producing president ever created. scott: 25 million jobs promised. no easy feat. but president trump can make some immediate moves. >> if we deregulate the economy post haste, don't do in a halfway measure. scott: economist peter says president trump could remove regulations and redirect cash to shovel-ready project and if he does could produce more jobs than reagan and twice as

amtrak has plenty of projects lacking money. every school district has schools in need of repair. getting the money out to the district is not a big problem if you are willing to cut through the red tape and bureaucracy. scott: revamping trade deals with china, adding tariffs and dropping out of t.p.p. could be game changers, too but they warn -- >> some things that complete control over. >> like the stock market and global economic conditions. returning to jobs to places that trump did well like the midwest and the coal country is a long process. there is reason to be optimistic. >> when it comes to a spending money, congress can be pretty good at it. particularly if it's results in money going down to the local level. going back home where it matters. >> both men agree that is how the next administration can get quickest result and the

the local levels for the shovel-ready project. schools, highways broadband and it's believed they can get bipartisan help in doing that. live on capitol hill tonight i'm scott thuman. back to you. alison: thank you. well, hundreds of students and teachers at la plata high school in charles county will have to be tested for tuberculosis after one person is confirmed to have the disease. the school says anyone who may be at risk will receive a letter in the mail an e-mail. the health department says if you don't receive one of the letters you don't need to be tested. the testing will be done on december 5. tuberculosis bacteria most commonly grow in the lungs. some of the symptoms are a bad cough that can last for three weeks or longer. pain in the chest. coughing up blood or mucus. larry: now time for a check of the weather and some warmish temperatures for november 17. this late of the month.

check of the forecast. doug: we are doing pretty well. average highs this time in the november are mid-to-upper 50's across the area. 59 at reagan national. light northwesterly wind. it's dry. that bodes well for us. clear skies across the river. the temperatures will stay above freezing in most areas. in fact, the numbers will stay in the 50's for a couple more hours and rapidly drop off later tonight. the forecast for friday morning is crystal clear but chilly. 36 in ashburn. 38 in dale city. 40 in largo. 39 in waldorf. bot in -- and in aspen hill. we are looking for day filled with nice temperatures. it's warm. we climb from lower 40s in the city to near 70 in the afternoon. big changes over the weekend. major changes over the weekend. we are not going to get what we have in the midwest. not the midwest but the central and the northern plains where there is a

blizzard watch, winter storm watch and advisory. early system storm out there. we won't get the snow but we will get a chill. a big chill. a lot of wind to go with it. we will highlight when that will arrive and the effects on our local area in full forecast coming here in seven minutes. alison: see you then. it has been a month. alyssa banks with us shot and killed in upper marlboro. they don't have any leads in the case. her mother made a direct appeal to w daughter. >> whoever did that heinous crime, i pray that you come to justice. you know, because whatever goes on in the dark will come to light. god does not like ugly. alison: alyssa bank and her boyfriend were shot outside her mother's how on october 19. her boyfriend is recovering now. police are offering $25,000 reward for information that

still to come -- robbed over a pair of shoes? the price tag and why these are so rare. that is coming up. and -- >> ten months after brian was killed in the line of duty, i tried to figure out how in the world i was going to get through the holidays. because my son loved to eat. larry: how a woman's mission changed the holidays for d.c. officers and how they said thank you to her >> area school superintendents are pushing back against the student demonstrators. we will explain what they are

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alison: after walking out of class, two superintendents are sending a message to students. richard reeve has more. richard: the school superintendents taking a hard line saying to the students

>> running high. >> if they were threatened or injured as parent of a protest it raises safety issues requiring us to rethink the situation. >> if you say something hurtful to another student or a staff member, that is not political. >> the officials especially concerned after high school sophomore support was assaulted by >> inexcusable. carry on a civil discourse. >> no physical attacks. >> we have a group of students walking down the hallway. hollering "build the wall, build the wall." superintendent alvin said a

muslim to remove the head scarf. >> keep it in perspective. >> with how we treat each other and respect each other. richard: the loudoun county superintendent weighed in today saying in the statement freedom of speech is a fundamental right. harassment of others is not a fundamental right. please remind your students that harassment will not at loudoun county public schools. such behavior infringes on others to learn. they are saying let's calm down and think a little bit. in frederick, richard reeve, abc7 news. alison: students at the university of maryland with a walkout and marched through campus at 1:30 this afternoon.

they just wanted to send a message that the campus is a safe space for all. they held signs and listened to speakers and chanted "black lives matter" and "we are not afraid." >> right now there is a lot of hate going on in the world. it's just not okay. it's not okay that people have fear in our hearts. this is all of our country. >> for us to come together and stand against the hateful rhetoric and the hate crimes across the nation. in the elec future. alison: the group will release a list of demands next week. they are asking the administration for things like making cultural centers for the school a stop on campus tours. larry: protests in the back -- last week or so, they have had good weather to speak their mind. alison: it will warm tomorrow. doug: warmer. it's like 70 tomorrow. gorgeous and sunny. good day not to come to work

alison: are you going to call in sick? we will be here. doug: it will get colder saturday night and sunday. it's that time of year. the cold fronts mean something. get started with the look at the condition at langely school in mclean. clear skies. nothing but sunshine. trees are losing the leaves and the leaves are losing their color. over the weekend through sunday a lot of the leaves will come down because of the gusty winds headed this way behind the next cold front, which is a real cold front. the strongest one of the 53 right now in potomac. if you are headed out this weekend you will see after the sunset the temperatures will fall quickly. 54 in falls church. 58 in clifton. largo is 55. 56 in waldorf. it will drop to 44 by early in the morning. forecast wise, you couldn't ask for anything more for the middle of november.

light winds. unseasonably warm temperatures to 70 in the afternoon. that is 13 above average. saturday it will stay mild but it changes saturday night. tomorrow afternoon i'm at the tysons tree lighting ceremony at the plaza at tysons. there last year and look forward to it again teaming up with i heart radio to bring in season early with the music and the tree lighting. 6:20 morm afternoon. big man in the red suit comes through. a lot of music an in the 5:00 hour of abc7 news tomorrow we'll present the stormwatch7 winter weather outlook. snow? maybe. we talk about it tomorrow. meantime we talk about the weekend which will start off on nice enough note with partly sunny skies on saturday. the strong cold front approaches with cloudiness and showers scattered around. winds will ramp up. by late in the everything we have winds at 25 miles per hour or so.

highs of only 46 degrees in the mountains and the west virginia. pennsylvania. extreme western maryland. a couple of inches of snow. with the temperatures in the mid-340's. we could have scattered 40's. we will look farther ahead for the future wind gusts as we get through sunday evening. that is when it is strongest for 30, 31 models. definite change and 70 through the day tomorrow. take a look at the next ten days. will the weather change a little bit many ten day period? sure, an example. if you look ahead to wednesday and thursday. last night computer models are suggesting we could have showers on thursday, thanksgiving day. now the models are trending earlier and maybe they will be wednesday afternoon or the everything. clearing skies on thanksgiving day. what you can see no major

ten days. chance of precipitation are saturday. we hope that the showers are few and far between on wednesday because it's a travel day. we will continue to track it for you. alison: i love ten-day outlook. >> an idea of what we are leaking like. >> nice to plan. still to come, on the way. when the official white house christmas tree will arrive and where it came from. that's just >> i'm sam ford. we will tell you all about it on abc7 news. larry: tonight we are celebrating those who served in the vietnam war. tonight at 7:00 watch heroes among us, your voice, you future town hall. that is streaming on the

alison: a real hero honored in the district. larry: shirley gibson's son was a d.c. police officer killed 20 years ago. sings then she made it her mission to cook for members of the force around the holidays. alison: as sam ford shows us today miss gibson was the one served up a huge surprise. sam: at costco, d.c. police officers lined up on horseback

shopper. when shirley gibson arrived -- [applause] >> oh, guys! sam: they are applauding her because for the past 20 years she has cooked a holiday meal at her home in southeast and invited all the cops over. her way to deal with the grief of losing her on m.p.d. officer brian gibson killed in 1997, at random by a cop-hater. >> ten months after brian was killed in the line of duty i world i was going to get through the holidays. my son loved to eat. sam: she figured it out. eat in or carry out for his brothers and sisters in blue. the mayor was there today. >> we want to proclaim this day november 17 shirley gibson

the trip to costco today? >> we drove up there and i was speechless isms'm not a speechless person. >> she were interrogating me. >> time to get ready for the meals. shirley was all business. she says she will be 71 in january. this will be her last. thanks. >> all right roing from northeast washington i'm sam ford, abc7 news. alison: wow! the look on her face. larry: the love from both sides. alison: the smithsonian is getting a donation from a top

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alison: unsafe no more. a highly profitable speed camera in a dangerous location has been moved again. larry: government watchdog investigator chris papst has an update to a story you saw first. >> when "7 on your side" first reported on the speed camera here at mile marker one it was here inside the roadway. >> that is unsafe. that is crazy. >> it looked dangerous to me. >> then they moved it to the side of the road. but inside the guardrail which didn't seem too safe. >> we filed another report. >> it's probably in a worst spot now than in the first

it has been moved again. >> the police got it right. >> metropolitan police told "7 on your side" in a statement the second location was never intended to be permanent. saying we were in the process of moving the camera to where it is located. men you ran the story. >> this left them to question the motivation behind the camera since this is the district's most profitable. really not about the safety. this is something you do when you are interested to make money. chris: chris papst, abc7 news. larry: interesting. check out the video from japan. construction crews repairing a sinkhole. it split a road and prompted evam wations of the nearby buildings.

they got the job done. >> incredible. >> now to an update now and the deal struck between the grypt grocery stores and the union workers. >> it has been ratified. they agreed to a three-year deal. larry: the search is on for a man on surveillance camera hoin of views. >> what is so special about the shoes? suspect used a gun to try to get. q mccray has more. q: you are watching a crime in progress. in broad daylight. the seller takes the shoes out of the bag and the suspect takes out a gun and tells us that is when the instincts kicked in. he hit the gun and three rounds fired. they missed the victim but

jordans. here they are. the air jordan 12 all blue that came out on saturday. they are sold out everywhere. i called 12 stores to find a pair. they retail for $190 but resale for more. >> reselling shoes is a growing trend. wayne remembers buying them as a kid. things changed >> we didn't save money to buy the shoes to give away. we bought them be they mean something for resellers. money. many call themselves sneaker heads. they buy multiple pairs and resell the others for profit. >> the victim used offer up to sell them. there are a bunch of them for sale. especially blue ones that are going for $300 a pair.

selling pair for $250 in this listing. the search continues for suspects. q mccray, abc7 news. alison: wow! chilling video. larry: it is. you worry if a young person wants to wear the shoes you worry about them being a target. larry: they are shoes. it's not worth a life. alison: you said it. reselling. they are recycling. they found a way to turn plastic bodies to clothing. larry: i love this. the fleece coats to be exact. they keep america beautiful. made 700 of them and each out of 25 plastic bottles. they are donated to coats for kids. handed out to needy children. >> i'm mike carter-conneen at the holocaust museum where

100th birthday of volunteer. the incredible story coming up. alison: new names added to the star-studded line-up if for national christmas tree lighting. larry: metro pulling a rail car series out of service and what i metro g.m. said he would have take an drastic

alison: it was a party weekend in manhattan. that turned into a gruesome murder. a connecticut family mourning the loss of joseph after he never made it hope. police have charged two men in connection with his death. >> it is a total loss. he touched everybody. everybody that came in contact with the kid loved him. >> joseph's father in inconsolable, shocked by the brutal killing of his

he got separated and was last seen entering the luxury apartment building on the upper east side. >> they have the crime scene unit down there investigating through trash. >> police found his bloody clothes inside and bloody evidence in a garbage bag outside the building. charged with murder lawrence and james the son of a wealthy and a prominent new york city jeweler jeffrey rackover. hampering prosecution charges. he was stabbed 15 times and the body was found buried in a shallow grave on wednesday. >> taking statements from the other people to collect a lot of evidence going around the city. >> the motive is unknown at this time. we waiting for details that unfolded that night.

larry: next at 5:00, lebron james reaches new height with a donation. how much he is giving to the smithsonian ahead. horace: "7 on your side" saving you money, big money on expensive service for your

alison: the white house is already getting ready for christmas. wisconsin tree farmer is excited one of his trees will be there for the obama final christmas in the white house. the tree plucked from the whispering pines tree farm will be on display in the blue room. it was selected in september. it was cut down this wek the tree will take a day yaf trip to district expected to arrive next friday. outside the white house the lighting of the national christmas tree is adding stars, big stars to the musical line-up. garth brooks and trisha yearwood and luminiers perform. james taylor, chance the rapper and kelly clarkson were already scheduled to be there. larry: speaking of trees, the topic in smart shopper series.

expensive it can be to take trees down when they are a danger to your home. troubleshooter horace holmes joins us and you found a way to save a viewer big bucks for their tree troubles. horace: big money for a big tree. i had no idea how much it cost to take down a trim or even trim one. it costs thousands of dollars. all the more reason to get the right bid at just the right price. we did just that. for the viewer from alexandria with the help of consumers checkbook. loved the quaint alexandria home for the 21 years they have lived here. when they moved in, this tree in their backyard -- >> started as a little thing. >> but. >> as it started growing up, it started growing sideways. horace: now they think it is ready to fall. >> i'm afraid it will take out the shed. horace: other trees in yard knee limbs chopped off. so they heard about us offering to help homeowners

>> checkbook helps people find top service in the quality of work, they do great work and help identify places that also offer low prices. horace: so consumers checkbook went to work, calling tree care experts. setting up apointments for mcnulty and taking bids. they shopped ten companies. >> there is a wide range. horace: the highest bid came in twice the dollar figure as the lowest. top bid was $3,000. just by shopping around they potentially saved $1,500. >> we could have gone with the first person that stopped in or the first person we called and paid $3,000. that is crazy. horace: it is. so get this. comparison shopping doesn't work only for the home improvement projects but you can save money on doctor's visits or dental work for you or for your pet.

smile of a cute little doggie. we do it all. alison: nothing better than that. can't wait to see it. horace: very cute dog. come back and watch that. larry: $1,000 smile, it should be. better be. alison: has a reason to smile. larry: right. horace: twinkle when he smiles. alison: thanks. larry: see you tomorrow. well, the i-team taking on new home build whose left many of the viewers with the homes falling apart as a nationwide investigation done in partnership with abc news. we wen homeowners are putting up with including one house that experts call a smurf bomb. that is when thousands of pieces of blue tape like you see here mark the imperfections. the homeowners could be stuck with the mistakes because of the wording of the contract. >> settlements crack, nail pops, paint issues. issues with the flooring. with the tile. cracked tub. crabbed cabinet. damaged casings.

larry: wow! "7 on your side" went to blat for this homeowner and several others. we tell you what happened in the exclusive i-team investigation. damaged dreams. tonight at 11:00. alison: check on the roads. jamie sullivan has traffic watch. jamie: it's a rough one. let's begin on the wilson bridge. the inner loop, a seven-mile backup from before branch avenue getting to the wilson bridge on the inner loop. you can see the activity in the through lanes. make sure you stay to the we have the left lanes blocked right now. in d.c., working building fire earlier was working. pennsylvania avenue now, they have it closed off between second and third. d street is a good alternate. outbound kenilworth avenue slowing. accidents still alabama avenue near nailor road. the big picture roof. we have slowing on the inner loop getting from maryland to virginia. inner loop heading north. solid red line between 66, continuing north. closer to the route 7.

loop at the beltway, a lot of activity with an accident only one lane gets by over there. two the right. this is again on the inner loop of the beltway in virginia. beltway issues all over. once you get past the issue, look at how slow we are. no crash up ahead. this is a normal slowing. a rough night for us to keep a close eye on this. larry: thank you, jamie. well, coming up, all new at 6:00, a mother risks her diving in a lake to save two strangers. why she was the right person at the right time after a father and daughter ran off the road and in the lake? plus, why a county says a box full of fake i.d.'s stopped fights at the local bars. that is at 6:00. alison: first, check of the weather. if you like today, and you like it warm you will really like tomorrow. right, doug? doug: i think so. temperatures will go well above average tomorrow with a full day of sunshine. we start the forecast with year skies through the evening hours.

50's. not for long. bounds for the 40s and 30's by wakeup tomorrow morning. computer temperature projection have numbers at 32 in manassas and 38 in fairfax. 389 in aspen hill and waldorf. 43 in downtown washington. through the day it's gorgeous. sunshine. winds are light out of the southwest. that is a nice warm direction. unseasonably warm high approaching 70 tomorrow afternoon. friday night football is in loudoun county tomorrow night. broad run visits stone bridge. so keep an eye on that for you. look forward to scott's report. in the meantime, the weekend outlook is fine. there is one thing to remember. when i say by "just fine" you can do the outdoor stuff. saturday is comfortable sunday. sunday is not so much. partly sunny skies, highs of 67 on saturday. after 2:00 or 3:00 in afternoon, strong cold front will approach. showers end saturday night. windy and colder.

very windy. very chilly. we have a little sunshine at times. the highs only 46. the average high is 58. even though it is in the mid-40's. the winds chills in the 30's. there could be flurries in the area. if you want to see real snow head to portion of the garrett county maryland and high section of the west virginia and pennsylvania. could see inches out there. i have done enough damage. talk sports. what's up? alison: doug, thank you. erin: i love it when you see back. today nba star lebron james announced he will donate $2.5 million to support the muhammad ali exhibit at the smithsonian national museum of the african-american history and culture. the exhibit is titled "ali: a force for change" and it opened in september to honor the legacy of the boxing champion social activist and the world ambassador whose contributions transcended the

this afternoon, robert burton spoke with the museum director about lebron's generosity. >> when you heard about lebron james and the decision to make a donation, your first thoughts? >> thank you. >> i'm excited about the fact one it says lebron james understands his role as a statesman in a way but also it allows to us have money to provide the programs, to do things around muhammad ali, but also athletes are to understand struggle for social just analysis. robert: muhammad ali's story is important for african-american history. how important is it that lebron is helping further his story? >> it's important that muhammad ali's story needs to be told. both as a story as a great athlete and also somebody with a social activist who sacrificed to make america better. so in some ways this is hemping to set a stan --

figures have to recognize they, too, have a responsibility to pay it forward. especially i -- erin: i love it. he said thank you. earlier today lebron said, "every professional athlete regardless of race and gender owes a debt of gratitude to muhammad ali. his legacies deserves to be studied and revered by every generation." they will do that now thanks in part to his big donation today. larry: indeed. magic johnson, kobe bryant, michael jordan and the other athletes have given money. lebron is on a short list of guys who get it. alison: exactly. thank you. erin: you're welcome. alison: see you soon.

jonathan: the hol cast survivor. larry: a major milestone. >> considering everything she seen and survived. >> that is so important. >> holocaust museum open and eisenberg played an important role. greeting visitors and sharing the >> raised in belgium, where her mother died. she survived in the medical experiments, forced labor. after the liberation, reunited with her husband. >> gives her something to look

>> it's amazing. >> she is 100% with us. so that is the dream. >> the oldest living survivor volunteer say the young people inspire her. >> they want to live in a more peaceful world. that is the main reward i get out of it. >> but for all of her work all the years she was honored with a thank you note from president obama. and toa fellow survivors. >> to the next 100 years. >> at the u.s. holocaust memorial museum. maureen: happy birthday from all of us as well. alison: that is it for "abc7 news at 5:00". right now at 6:00, breaking news. why metro is pulling an entire series of rail cars out of the service. and what it could mean for riders. plus -- >> i just kind of went in and

alison: a mother risks everything to save two strangers and why she may have been the perfect person to dive in and help after a cash crashes into a lake. how a pile of driver's license is evidence of a crackdown in one county. police say this has slammed the door on the bar fights. announcer: now, "abc7 news at 6:00". on your side. maee entire series of rail cars in the name of safety. abc7 transportation reporter brianne carter joins us live from arlington. what will it mean for riders? brianne: well, the impact expected in the next couple of days for the folks using a station like this one here at rosslyn, they may see the fewer eight car trains. that is what metro officials are telling us tonight. telling us the number of the train cars they are pulling

entire fleet. this comes in the last two hours. metro telling us they are pulling all the 43000 series rail cars amid a safety concern with the automatic train control system with that series of the rail cars. in total this impact 82 rail cars throughout the system. metro says the concern comes with the a.t.c. which keeps the train at a safe distance from one another. collision. metro general manager tonight says the risk of that is small. but a risk he is not willing to take. citing the new mantra it's safety over service. what does it mean for the riders? they could see fewer eight car trains in the next couple of days. tonight we are asking rider what is they think of the latest decision. >> safety is a must. you v to be safe.