>> from abc 7 news, this is a breaking news alert. adrianna: two of the three ford brothers trust with the shooting out side the police george's police station just pleaded guilty. marilyn bureau chief is outside the prince george's county courthouse with details. brothers.re the they are not the ones who actually opened fire. that was

michael ford, the third brother. but it was a terrible incident in the history of this county and resource. michael ford opened fire in march of 2016 at the district police station. there was a shoot out and eventually an officer was shot and killed. to bullet was determined have come from a fellow police officer in the midst of the shooting. forward admitted he drove his brother michael to the police station and that he incident on his cell phone. he pleaded guilty to counts of second-degree murder. he will get 20 years behind bars. his younger brother, elijah, admitted that he was also art of the conspiracy. that he was in the back fit -- he was in the backseat of the car, knowing

ivan fears -- open fire on police officers that day. michael ford's will and manifesto, what he was going to do. so the brothers pleaded guilty today. it was emotional in court. the court was packed with fellow police officers. court --hom came under came under fire. as was the family of the killed officer. go before theill court shortly. we will continue to put this story together and we will continue to have more later. in upper marlboro, brad bell. adrianna: also

news, the driver who struck and killed a baby in a stroller entered a plea this morning. londonlive outside the county courthouse with why many people are upset by this plea. family of the child wanted harsher sentencing and charges for the defendant in this case. 46-year-old john miller pleading the incident that killed the 5-month-old. that is the same as pleading guilty, essentially. here he is walking into court this morning and he pleaded guilty to a much lesser charge of failure to yield. mindy scholz was walking across wide -- walking in a crosswalk with her 5-month-old son, tristan, in his stroller when he was struck and killed.

month had to drop the manslaughter charge after determining they couldn't prove that miller was using his cell phone at the time which was initially thought to be the case. gimli members are angered by miller's actions since this took place. >> i think it is evident by his day of the crash and since that there is not the level of remorse who would like to see that would be healing, potentially. and that just may not happen. the parents and grandparents of tristan scholz were in the hearing today. they did not have any comment. the sentencing for miller will take place on friday and into monday. he could face up to a year in jail. adrianna: we will be the first to know when there is breaking ne

.ews alert firefighters in california are on a race against time to save lives. 11 people have died as massive wildfires sweep through the state. and thats destroyed number is expected to rise. more now on the battle that is far from over. >> holy cow. >> for many, there was no time. >> this is insane. >> 20,000 people forced to leave home. >> it is like an armageddon movie. >> the explosive fire in northern california. nearly a dozen unstoppable wildfires are in eight counties. least 1500 residences and businesses have been destroyed. >> it is so bad. it's so sad. >> in santa rosa, entire neighborhoods are unco

homes burned to the foundation. sifting through the ashes of what was her home, trying to find her most valuable possessions. >> my wedding ring. my wedding ring. >> massive flames engulfing ines, charring 7000 acres hours. forcing people to flee. >> when it got to a point where feet, were tall, 60 could feel the heat, that is when we decided to leave. >> most went to the nearby angel stadium and disneyland. officials say they have received calls to the missing persons hotline that they hope that many of those people just weren't able to check in with family and friends before evacuating. stay with usber to as we follow this breaking story out west. wjla.comant updates on and follow us on twitter and facebook.

celebration gone wrong. killed by police after allegedly hitting an her car.ith her father is now demanding authorities. >> this is where she grew up and was currently a student at temple university. her parents are left struggling to figure out how her 22nd birthday celebration and it up in her being killed. >> i can't tell you what was going on inside her head, mind or heart. >> yesterday morning, prince george's county went to their house to tell them what happened. >> rage in me. >> they describe how cariann ultimately had a police and was fatally shot by another. escalateuld things

woman -- how did it escalate like this? friendwas with a church when she lost her life. she is described as a socially conscious young woman who had an undiagnosed mental health issue. she says the woman described by police in florida is not his daughter. >> there was only something going on inside that we couldn't describe or recognize. >> he is hoping he will be able to talk to the friend who was in floridan hithon to understand the details that brought on her death. adrianna: happening tonight, win or go home. they face elimination after losing game three in chicago. a no-hitter going with

he was pulled after getting -- after giving up one hit. the cubs were tied but then with inning, in the eighth anthony rizzo appeared to be the game-winner. game four is tonight in chicago. if the nationals win, a decisive game five will be played at thursday park on night. let's hope that the weather will be decent on thursday for the possible game five. warm and humid out there today. josh: let's count on them coming back and we have to deal with a today, sunshine and blue skies in rockville but summerlike. with the humidity, it feels warmer. i want to show you the big picture. we have clearing around the area today, but there is

cloud cover to the west and southwest with rain in that direction. that will come our way as soon as tonight and tomorrow morning. right now, you can see the mixture. partly cloudy skies even to mostly sunny. enjoy it while we have it. it feels like 85 in d.c.. 87 in leesburg and culpeper. a muggy day but not as humid as yesterday. it is still pretty summary. through the rest of the afternoon for the sports after and then thisrees evening into the 70's. a bit more comfortable now that we have lost some of the humidity. as we go through the rest of the night, 68 degrees. 74 as the rain moves into the area. tomorrow, as early as the morning hours, we see a lot of the green on the radar and there is a chance you will need the umbrella. we were in

-- we go through the details for the week, coming up next. beforea: what happened the las vegas massacre that they are taking back. driver loses control and crashes with over one dozen people on board. more on this chaotic scene. first, a check on the traffic with eric smith. eric: it will be tough on 95 southbound down in stafford county towards fredericksburg. 117, the right lane is blocked for the bridge maintenance operation until 3:30 . into rush hour, experienced delays. it is already heavy into stafford. will be the main concern so far today for southbound 95. and expect delays but otherwise it won't be too bad. quantico, not too bad on to root six to

610. will be messy for the midday into rush hour. into the district, things look what he 395 northbound across the quinstreet bridge. not too bad. minoreeway eastbound, a incident after the first retitle which looks like it may be clearing up with minimal traffic impact. throughecticut avenue chevy chase, both

adrianna: back now at 12:14. more than one week after the deadliest mass s

investigators have scrambled for the timeline. now they say a security guard hailed a hero was shot before anyone else. megan boley has the latest now on the investigation. >> a new time i have offense reveals that the security guard was the first victim. >> he was encountered by the suspect prior to the shooting to the outside world. >> hailed as a hero, investigators originally said he came to the hotel room while he was still firing on the innocent concertgoers. then he alerted police after being wounded himself. >> i can tell you there is not a doubt in my mind that he stopped the suspect from continuing to fire. say he wasestigators shot and wounded six minutes startedhe gunman raining fire on the crowd. with the timeline changed, questions need to

how quickly did he notify hotel security and was there an opportunity for armed personnel to confront stephen paddock before he started shooting? >> why didn't someone get to him in the 8-9 minute window before he started shooting? after the guard was hit? have sorted through more than 1000 leads and examined stephen paddock's politics, finances, possible radicalization and behavior but they still don't know what led to the 60 4-year-old camber going on a shooting spree. 200 instances of the suspect traveling through las vegas and he has never been seen with anyone else. >> a week later and investigators are no closer to say ag a motive but they severe mental illness may have been a catalyst. now, this must-see video.

driving alongside of it. this shows the moment when the car hit the bus as the driver struggled to control it. you can see passengers sleeping in the back and many of them didn't have a seat belt on and they were tossed. one person was injured. now to the crisis in the caribbean. are headed toes puerto rico to help victims there. transfer cancer, alzheimer's and dialysis patients back to the mainland. last week, the group flew to puerto rico to deliver several thousand items to a makeshift church clinic in a remote area. even though we have seen the hurricane come and go, it is this stuff that is lingering and lasting. and getting people to help they need. josh: it is all about the wind. the amount of rain that was dumped and even after the

flood warnings. rows were washed out and it is still impossible to get to some areas without a helicopter. locally, another good day today. the josh: this is the day to soak up some sunshine. more summary than some people would like considering its october but at least we have blue skies. it is feeling up at hotter thanks to the humidity out there. so this is where we are. here is the wide view to show you the bigger picture about what is going on for tomorrow. and frontal boundary will come through to bring us a decent shot for rain. now, more rain on the southeast side of d.c.. clouds are filling in northeast of town. expecting to hit 83 degrees in d.c.. 84 in manassas. 81 in annapolis. a warm day for this time of year. good news for driving, no issues.

aside from the fact that it is dark by 7:00, it doesn't seem like fall outside when we have temperatures like this. overnight low temperatures are not cool. we may see patchy fog tomorrow morning but i think this is more what we are waking up to tomorrow. 5:00 a.m., green all over the futurecast. this is a good indication that we will have showers. at lunchtime, dealing with rain. into the afternoon, things will be lighter and more spotty but still dealing with rain and then heavy rain on wednesday evening. thursday, clouds stick around ofin with the same kind story. a good chance for showers again. an umbrella on the way home. most of the day tomorrow, the rain chance sticks around.

temperatures will be accor up around 80 degrees for the high anderature on saturday sunday. a quick look ahead to the ten-day forecast, a better look at this later. cloudy on friday and better on saturday and sunday but feeling better into next week.

adrianna: back at 12:22 with new -- new followed from the harvey weinstein issue. here's the very latest. >> thank you to the academy and harvey weinstein. you for killing whoever you had to kill to get me up here today. >>

weinstein. itduring award season, it sounds like he is a favorite behind many of the top leading ladies. refereryl streep jokingly to him as a god when she took home the golden globe for iron lady. >> i want to thank my agent and god, harvey weinstein. [laughter] [applause] >> the punisher. old testament, i guess. >> but following the resignation from the company that aired his name, meryl streep is speaking up for the first time against the series of alleged sexual harassment and abuse allegations that harvey weinstein faces. in a statement, she calls the woman who spoke up "heroes" and alleges that she didn't know anything. thatays

like judi dench, julianne moore and kate winslet also publicly condemned highview weinstein. >> i don't know how you come back from something like this. >> a longtime female friend seemed to come to his defense. >> donna karan spoke to a reporter. >> it isn't harvey weinstein. look at everything all over the world today. how women are dressing and what they are asking. by just presenting themselves the way they do. >> she later said that her comments were taken out of context. a visible heartthrob coming out against harvey weinstein -- george clooney -- says he has no the mogul for 20 years and he told the daily beast that "harvey weinstein's actions were distbi

levels and it is harassment on a lot of levels." >> matt damon and ben affleck who thanked him ralph northam: i'm ralph northam, candidate for governor, and i sponsored this ad. narrator: ed gillespie wants to end a woman's right to choose. ed giof a woman'sd put thpersonal decisions,rge not women and their doctors. as governor, ed gillespie says, i would like to see abortion be banned. if ed gillespie would like to see abortion banned, i would like to see i would like to see i would like to see that ed gillespie never becomes governor.

adrianna: the school board in montgomery county's hearing from the public on the calendar for next year. it may cut into spring break and religious holidays. now, with more. >> we are in rockville talking to parents

calendar. there could be big changes coming and today, the school the public.ear from here's the challenge. school systems have to schedule 180 instructional days and to do so, they ask governor larry hogan to finish after labor day and finish by june 15. there are proposals like shortening spring break or having class on the jewish holidays of rosh hashanah and yom kippur war. there is also talk of getting rid of in-service days for teachers. >> i think it should be respected and treated as a holiday. >> we usually go out of town for a week then so it wouldn't be as long. >> we talked to the montgomery county council and pta. many of these issues would be resolved if the governor lifted the mandate for the start and stop dates.

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>> you are watching abc seven news at new, on your side. add code deadly wildfires rage across california. now in an uphill battle to do all they can to tame the flames. at least 11 people have died. more than 115,000 acres have earned. in santa rosa where people have lost everything. overnight, more than 20,000 residents and tourists were forced to flee. a hilton hotel complex. you can feel the intensity of the heat coming off of it. firefighters are so strapped that they aren't worried about the flames inside but they're worried about the embers flying out of it. thousands of firefighters called in from as far away as san diego to battle the blaze. >> oh my gosh.

70 5000 acres in the tourist mecca of northern california. >> it looks like it is out of an armageddon movie. >> homes and businesses are destroyed so far. >> it is insane. >> this is my neighborhood. in flames. completely in flames. >> the highway patrol was forced to use helicopters to airlift residents to safety. nearly 100,000 people were without power. more than one dozen unstoppable force fires spanning eight counties. for safety, this image was captured of the neighborhood in flames. >> at what point did you realize get out?need is to >> as i drove through and past the other cars. it was hot in my vehicle. >> it is burning into the city of santa rosa and burning departments

impacting hospitals. >> one of the hospitals was kaiser permanente which evacuated 130 patients. ivs aslutched rattling they rushed patients out on gurneys. >> it is so sad. so sad. rosa, block after block, cars bent and homes burned to their foundations. ryans there that we saw white to managed to salvage the only thing not earned. his mailbox. we heard chris before we saw her. >> oh my gosh. >> she was nearly hysterical with grief. >> my wedding ring. my wedding ring. >> her most beloved possession was somewhere beneath the smoldering heat. we spent an hour sifting through the embers, her

melting, hands, burned. nothing. adrianna: remember to stay with us as we follow this developing story out west. get updates on wjla.com and get updates on twitter and facebook. developing now, a birthday celebration gone wrong. a maryland woman killed by police after allegedly hitting an officer with her car. suzanne kennedy who spoke with the man's father, who is to demanding-- who is answers. suzanne koshy was a student at temple university. her parents are left struggling to figure out how her 22nd birthday celebration ended in her being killed by a miami police officer. >> i can't tell you what was going on in her head or mind or heart. yesterday that police came to the house to tell them

up in may. >> they described how she was severalrecklessly and cars ran through a red light and ultimately hit a police officer. she was fatally shot by another officer. >> how could things escalate with a 5'2", 5'3" young lady, who couldn't harm a fly, how did it escalate to this? >> her father says she was with a church friend from lynch george's county when she lost her life. she was a socially conscious young woman who had an undiagnosed mental health issue. >> i can only say there was something going on inside. he is hoping he will be able to talk to a friend who was with her in florida

death. now, and angry plea from parents in fauquier county. they want six students expelled for making online threats. ryan hughes explains with reaction from parents. >> concern is running through the halls at liberty high school. return to class after a contentious meeting last night with parents outraged and concerns after learning six teenagers who made online threats will not be charged. they talk privately and about a groupate in a private chat called "operation will to kill" where they talked about killing and bodily harm. student may shoot of the school or have a school shooter list. parents called

says there isn't enough evidence to file charges. >> i think they should face charges because it just isn't right. >> the loss of not caught up with the technology. say that the six teenagers should be expelled. the school is still not releasing names or saying if they will be punished. in fauquier county, ryan hughes. adrianna: the montgomery county council will vote today on two bills. create --will overnight guests will be limited to six. an offstreet parking space would be required for each rental contract. a transformation of the southwest waterfront is almost complete. the first phase opens this

the area are getting service. new restaurants are expecting big crowds. perfect weather today if you plan to head down to the waterfront. plenty of sunshine but it is humid out there. josh is checking the forecast. if there is any consolation, it is a little bit less humid than yesterday but we won't see a break until early next week. 82 degrees for you. feeling like 85 or 86 when you factor in the humidity but today, blue skies. humidity build back in but it doesn't get out of here until the weekend. soak up the sunshine today. clouds moved back into the picture and they do that even more so.

still warm with the average high temperature for this year around 70 degrees so 10-15 degrees above normal. into tomorrow, temperatures start to come down. a high temperature in the lunchtimeound 70 by and topping out in the low-mid-70's. again, this will be a day where you do need the umbrella. a roller coaster ride with the temperatures. 60's to end the work week to two cloud cover and rain. we are warmer and drier for the weekend and next week is what we start to feel more like fall. crisp and cool mornings with cool afternoons. a closer look at the rain, coming up in a bit. noon, a: next at herculean effort by the best picture is not enough. a recap of last night's

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>> you are watching abc seven news at noon, on your side. nationalstonight, the have their backs against the walls in game four. they saw game three slip out of their fingers. it was all downhill after matt scherzer's no-hit bid was broken up in the seventh inning. anthony rizzo was the hero within r.b.i. single in the eighth inning. one run to score which was all the cubs needed. the manager dusty baker had reaction to the hits that push the cubs to the brink of illumination. >> the ball was in never never land out there

and like i said, you couldn't have thrown the ball any better. if he had thrown the ball in there. adrianna: game four is tonight in chicago. the start. will get nats must get more production form their bats if they want to win this series and bring it back to d.c. for a decisive game five. and fireworks out west. dodgers in arizona for a must win game three. that game didn't wrap up until -- untilthis morning 1:45 this morning. count but ithe ended arizona's hopes with a nasty cut at the dodgers for this one. 3-1 in a clean sweep. arizona diamondbacks head to their second in -- second in a row. today, pittsrg

visit the white house. the first professional sports team to attend a white house ceremony since trump criticized nfl players for the national anthem protests. they say they accepted the imitation because they respect the institution of the office of the president. trump has taken aim at players in the nfl and the nba, rescinding the invitation for steph curry to the white house after he expressed reservations about visiting. and controversy is brewing after for twopended an anchor weeks after breaking the social media guidelines with a political statement. and a recent tweet, she took aim at a owner after he said he would not allow players to disobey -- to disrespect the flag. it clear she was not calling for an nfl boycott. this comes less than one week referred to trump as a wh

hill, tweeting "with jamal hill -- espn has tanks so badly that it is -- chicago cubs battling more than just the nationals in the playoffs. a fan is suing the team after he was hit by a foul ball. on why thishas more man is blaming the organization. enjoying ate, he was night at wrigley field when everything changed with one swing of the bat. a foul ball hit him in the left eye and ricocheted off his face. he was rushed to a hospital with damage to his left eye. he has had multiple surgeries since the incident but he has been told it is unlikely he will eye.n vision in his he is suing the cubs

netting would have prevented the ball from reaching him. >> is a problem that they have known about for decades. my life and the lives of many fans have been changed by major protect fans.to >> according to a lawsuit, they failed to take steps to protect fans from the risk of injury or death. ago, a littleks girl was struck by a foul ball in yankee stadium. werers from both teams shaken. >> i thought about my kids. i think the netting should be a. forhat increase the calls netting at games. i've seen this once before. it didn't scare me enough then. it does now.

a galaxy far, far away coming back to theaters soon. the new trailer for star wars premiered around halftime during last night's monday night football game. tickets went on sale shortly after that. the trailer features plenty of action with mark hamill and luke skywalker. i will admit, i am a nerd. i love star wars. i do. i can't wait to see it. josh: this is the eighth one? adrianna: yes. i will be there. josh: i love it. through the next couple of days, not a bad day to go to the movies. indoor things. we are getting ready for more rain with cloud cover sticking around through the next three days. while we do have sunshine out there, make sure you enjoy it. temperatures will be warm and muggy. low-mid-80's today.

cara -- we have sunny skies. temperatures at 80 two degrees but feeling like 85. humidity is not quite as high as it was yesterday that it is muggy for this time of year. so if you want to get out there and enjoy this time in the afternoon, temperatures in the low-mid-80's. not a bad day to do planting because we will get a nice bit of rain for wednesday and thursday. maybe even showers on friday. . chance for showers to soak up temperatures will drop up pretty quickly but we are not really cooling off. mid 70's by 9:00 tomorrow morning. we will start in the 60's for most of the areas. you see here, wednesday at 5:00 in the morning, we hang on to showers. maybe a little bit better by the drive home in the evening? still, hang on for the chance of rain through 11:00. ur

we get a strong, easterly wind. again, this isn't a pretty looking day. we do have a little bit of a break later in the day. the nextnews is, over few days we have a chance to pick up more than an inch of rain in some places and other be a little bit less. frederick around .25 inches. for many of us call .5-one inch. to get another half inch or an inch will take a nice bite out of the rain deficit. because this arrives for us over the span of a couple days, we don't have flooding concerns so it is a good opportunity to soak things are drive for the bethesda row arts festival. if

anything, a little bit warm on sunday with hours in the middle of the day and into the early evening. make sure you drink plenty of water and enjoy the next weekend with all sorts of fun stuff going on. and rain move in wednesday and thursday and friday. sunday looks pretty good and next week we call off.

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adrianna: dancers on dancing with the stars celebrated on last night show. but after an emotional episode, one couple had to be eliminated. derek fisher and his

with then dancing stars. >> i loved this journey. i'm sad it is so short. >> shocked. really. i won't let that take away from hell positive the experience was. it hurts right now but there is nothing negative. >> he called it the best dance yet. and while he won't take home the mirror ball trophy, he leaves feeling good about the entire experience. >> an amazing competition. i'm better for it. >> lindsay arnold got the highest score. 29 out of 30. on this most memorable year, he danced to the year his grandparents officially adopted him. and it became even more memorable when he got the season's first 1

week four. it feels like we have been on this journey forever. the 10 remaining couples move on to next week. six of the 10 teams tied last night. >> every couple is a wildcard. anybody could go home. it is all about people at home voting. it is about people voting at home. >> you will see it next monday night. adrianna: stay with us for a final check on the forecast with josh knigh

adrianna: we should get out and enjoy today because tomorrow is going to be shaky? josh: absolutely area the rain moves in with not a lot of sun moving in later today. it feels like the mid 80's when it factors in the humidity. when we get to the rain, things do dry out over the weekend and it should make for a pretty weekend. feeling more fall like into next week. that is when the humidity makes down. adrianna: thank you for joining us. watch abc seven news

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alex: when i was 11 years old, a man broke into the house and he sexually assaulted me. thankfully, in my case, the police caught him, but there are so many survivors that live knowing that their attacker is still out there. ♪ thank you mark herring, for taking this seriously, and for making this a priority, for all of the victims out there. mark: i'm mark herring, candidate for attorney general, and i sponsored this ad.