saying is on his social media footprint, on his devices, they found evidence that this was a hate-based crime. sean urbanski was indicted in july on one count of murder. at the time they said there wasn't evidence for hate crime charges and further investigation led to today's indictment. >> the evidence led us to the conclusion that lieutenant collins was murdered because of his race. >> it happened last may 20 at the campus bus stop near route 1. richard collins was a bowie university rotc student already commissioned as a second lieutenant in the u.s. army. he lived in an apartment in college park and was heading home after a night out when it's alleged maryland student urbanski approached, made a comment and then without warning stabbed collins once in the chest. investigators and students quickly found that urbanski was a member of a racist humor facebook book and the hate crime investigation was

telling us they believe hate was always the motive. >> i don't think there was a real reason as to why it happened. so for it to be anything other than that would be fishy to me. >> i was impacted by the way racism kind of played into it. and i immediately thought at that point when it was still fresh in my head. brad: urbanski set to go on trial in january. prosecutors announced they are seeking life without parol. >> he is looking at 20 years plus the hate crime resulting in death. brad: maryland put out a statement saying nothing about the hate crime charges except that as the case moves through the criminal justice system, their thoughts and symphonies remain with the collins

sympathies remain with the collins family. brad bell, abc7 news. larry: moments of panic at howard university after report of an active shooter on the campus of if historically black university. and search of the college before the all clear was given. sam ford was among the first on the scene. tell us what caused this. sam: well, at this point from all indications this campus was disrupted for four hours today for what appears to have been a hoax. >> police scramble from around the city with word of an active shooter on howard campus. the caller or callers told howard university police it was happening in the medical school while they told the d.c. police about a shooting in the administration building. police searched buildings and three hours

>> we conducted an additional search. we were led to three other location on campus and we conducted additional searcheses and we cleared the building with nothing found. no witnesses. nothing that supports there was a shooting on the campus at any location. >> they told me they are shutting down the campus. >> one student said his mother in atlanta called him about it. >> my brother called and said we have an active shooter on campus. >> a west virginia man arrested for making racist threat in 2015. authorities found a swastika and other graffiti at a women's bathroom last weekend. obviously someone was making

case. the police investigation will find out who did that. there is some relief here that this was not real. reporting from northwest washington, i'm sam ford, abc7 news. larry: that is the good news. thanks. hectic moments outside the white house after the secret service said it caught a man jumping a barrier. that triggered an alert over suspicious package that ended up not being a threat. we are checking with the secret service for more on the man's name and the charges he will face. alison: less than 24 hours after claiming the predecessors did not call the families of fallen american service members, president trump is walking back his comments. but only slightly. i'm speaking for myself. i don't know what bush did or obama did. ask general kelly did he get a call from obama. alison: the white house says kelly did not get a call from president obama when his son was killed in afghanistan in

2010. but general kelly did attend the white house gold star family dinner the next year sitting at michelle obama's table. we are getting a pulse of the community of the president's claim that created a firestorm. >> i can share a personal experience. q: we caught up with kathy newton at the world war ii memorial on the way to the vietnam memorial. >> i lost my husband in vietnam. the president did not call me. >> she is talking about president lyndon johnson. president trump: call the parents and the families. q: president trump's recent comment has her thinking what if. >> if the president at that time reached out to me, it probably would have made me feel that his loss was not in vain. that the country stands behind what he sacrificed his life for. >> america has a tradition of honoring those who have served and sacrificed in the cause of freedom. >> bonnie carroll is the founder of tragic assistance program for survivors. it has

loved ones grieving the loss of a military member since 1994. >> we have been to the white house and ever administration. presidents welcomed surviving military families into america's home. honored them. >> it's customer -- customary to call or receive a letter. >> presidents of honor, those who served and sacrificed throughout the nation's history. >> she received a letter months later. >> that was great. my gosh, if he had called me. it would have meant the world. >> in northwest washington, q q mccray, abc7 news. larry: hours before it was set to take effect, president -- a judge blocked president trump's travel ban. they agreed to block the rule that they argued was a

muslims. they are considering a separate challenge to the travel ban. alison: nfl owners are holding a fall meeting in new york. today they demonstrated outside a group of the players and the owners met with commissioner roger goodell. dominating the discussion, controversy over players neiling to protest -- kneeling to protest racial injustice in the national anthem. >> are they going to change the recalls? >> -- change the rules? >> i don't see that coming but it's ongoing. there are issues important to the players. alison: redskins cornerback josh norman was amongst those at the players at the meeting. not in attends dance two figures at the center of the debate. colin kaepernick and dallas cowboys owner jerry jones. larry: new video in from the california wildfire showing life threatening condition faced in the middle of a hospital evacuation in santa rosa. this video coming as we learn fires destroyed 6,000 homes and businesses and cla

lives. as danya bacchus reports firefighters are facing another challenge. >> as more of the evacuation orders are lifted in northern california, thousands there are going back home to find nothing. >> it's starting to become real. >> i just want to go home. start over from ground zero. >> burned up to our house. >> there are those who homes were passed over by the explosive fire that wiped out 5700 homes and buildings. >> i can't believe it. total destruction, 50 feet away. to have the house still standing there. >> tom and kathryn wondering why they are the lucky ones. >> it's heartbreaking. i'm trying not to have survivor's guilt. >> fire crews in wine country are gaining the upper hand on the wildfires that have been burning for more than a week and considered the deadliest in state history. that progress now overshadowed by the first firefighter death.

there -- getting tired. there has been no break since they started. >> fatigue may have played a role in the explosion of a water tanker that killed the driver. they are working around the clock, some sleeping in two-person tents. there is another fire in the fire of los angeles that threatened historic observatory and more flames in the santa cruz mountains. there is good news. today was another day of fairly calm winds in california. no red flag warnings in effect statewide. danya bacchus, abc7 news. larry: breaking news update now. things are getting back to normal on the red line after service was briefly suspended due to a suspicious package between silver spring and wheaton. there will be residual delays but the operations are back to normal. this is on the red line. alison: we have a storm watch alert tonight. steve rudin joins us with how cold things will

steve? steve: clear skies around us around the d.m.v. that will allow the temperatures to drop quickly moving through the early evening hours. we have a frost advisory that has been posted for the district, for arlington, for alexandria. all of southern maryland. to north and west. montgomery county and loudoun county. overnight to tomorrow morning. if you have plans -- if you have plants that are indoor plants that you brought outside for if summer and the early fall, tonight is the night to bring them indoors. the temperature trends moving through thee 9:00 hour. we will talk about the cool wakeup temperatures in the morning. mid-30's to lower 40's. warming trend. wouldn't you know it, it will arrive here and we move closer to the upcoming weekend. more on that in a few minutes. larry: thanks. coming up at 5:00. losing control on the

racetrack. why a stun gun is used and the two drivers believe handcuff for a car's owner is depending it all. alison: plus shelter for women could soon shut down services at a busy location. the reason and what happens next just ahead. >> volunteers with olney health say a few weeks ago the shelves were empty. we tell you where things stand now coming up. larry: bull on the run in brooklyn. how the police rounded up the angry animal and how it got

alison: look at this. caught on video. a bull that milks the spotlight they say. for machine than a hour it ducked and dodged the attempts to corral him in brooklyn. police were able to use net to trap it on the baseball field. not the bullpen. the dugout. the bull escaped from the slaughter house. no word on whether it has to go back. what will end up happening. larry: full of it today. alison: credit the producer. larry: there you go. alison: you think i came up with that?

larry: sure! i'll give you credit. alison: thanks. larry: update on volunteer group providing food and help to families in need. we spoke to them last week and they were nervous to make ends meet. alison: since the story aired, support surged. >> she volunteered for 120 years -- 20 years. she loads up her car and delivers food to families in need. >> you think you will go out and do good for somebody and it blesses you in so many ways. >> each family gets two bags just like this one. two boxes full of groceries. last month, some of the shelves sat bare. volunteers for nervous they could keep them stocked. >> if i keep about any clients and they might not get help it frightens me and it makes me want to go to the street corner and tell people about it. >> now since our story aired and they held a donation drive,

over the bump. >> it increased donations and the people calling on us to volunteer. >> they rely on donations. they have full collection boxes across the area. >> this is a blessing you are willing to put it out there. >> they have seen more people reaching out in need. >> it gives people a chance to get on their feet to know they have someone behind them to help them. >> a mission to help others and the group so thankful to get support when it's needed most. >> our country is full of good-hearted people. if they hear a cause, they jump on it. larry: awesome. alison: right? larry: yeah. alison: here we are finally in fall. steve: finally fall. larry: a month later. alison: yeah. some people have to cover the plants at

>> they forget about them and then they bring them inside. did you name your plants growing up? i did. alison: tell us more later. steve: all right. my parents are watching going bowie begonia. it's shaping up on the chilly side. if you have anywhere to go, have a light jacket or a fleece. it will stay dry. 62 at reagan national. same at dulles. 61 in winchester. cooler, make it colder to the west of us. oakland is 52 degrees. the commute cast. no problems on the roadways because of the wet weather. the sun will set at 6:25. the temperatures fall in 50s and the 40's

overnight. the stormwatch7 satellite and radar. it's clear and dry out there. the temperatures will plummet fast due to cloud cover. we have a frost advisory that will go into effect at 1:00 this morning and continues until 9:00 tomorrow. if you are watching us, any of the areas that are shaded in lighter blue. you are under the frost advisory. it includes southern maryland, la plata, district, oldtown, gaithersburg, reston and berryville. farther west of us. harrisonburg and statin, you have a freeze warning. it will be a hard freeze. after tonight you won't see any additional freeze warning for your area. but for us around the immediate metro, patchy frost. need to bring the plants indoors or cover them up to protect them from the frost in the morning. good time to duneload the stormwatch7 weather app. tomorrow morning waking up in bed you can look at the temperatures and say, "cold out ther"

will warm up toward the end of the week. 35 to 45 overnight lows. clear and cold. winds will be calm. patchy frost for wednesday morning. halfway through the work and the school week. lower 40's in bethesda. 41 in upper marlboro nil. way you -- upper marlboro. any way you look at it, chill in the air. the highs will make it to the lower 70's. added clouds as we move through the late afternoon hours. but it will stay dry. not only for tomorrow but in to thursday and friday. the weekend is looking good. howard university homecoming and then marine corps marathon. by 12:00 noon it's around 73 and 74 degrees. in the afternoon we are talking upper

the fall color change isn't looking great. the ten-day outlook, looks like this. it's beautiful for the next three days. wonderful for the weekend. chance of you showers late monday. we will have a better chance for wet weather tuesday next week. it will drop the temperatures to the lower 60's by the middle of next week. larry was up early this morning. how was it? larry: i wimped out. i drove. i had a reason. i'm seed an event -- emcee an event. alison: you deserve it. >> it's so far to go. still ahead here --

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is defending him. >> he ran into us. not once but twice in the same race. what are you going to do? back up, quit? is racing a sport that you back out and let the other guy go because he is beating the [bleep] out of the car? larry: both drivers are facing criminal charges going from behind the wheel to behind bars and they are both banned from this indiana racetrack. alison: wow! a abc7 consumer alert ahead. the risk to your personal data when you connect to the internet on wi-fi. larry: terrifying scene. ambulance flying off a bridge. one mistake that cost a life. >> homeless

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this is n street village behind me the main facility. nothing happening here. the night shelter where women go who are in need of shelter is over my right shoulder. over my shoulder is the church and they have asked n street village to vacate. so the people have to find shelter elsewhere. n street village beacon of hope for women in need. >> so we are not decreasing our capacity of women. not decreasing our capacity. >> the director here confirmed the shelter is shifting some of the services from one facility to another. >> we know we will not be losing women. we will be helping and assisting more women. >> the sidewalk gets crowded with homeless women but we found no residents who live nearby who cheered the possible shift of services out of logan circ

>> they are always welcome here. >> this is a partial shift in operations but it follows a pattern. the former hub of the whitner walker clinic that presided services to the needy in the height of the aids epidemic. now is condos or slated for redevelopment. the former union mission is pricy apartments and retail space. some here mourn the loss of even part of n street village. >> it has done a lot of good things for women. now again, the 31 beds are not going away. they are just going some place else within the n street village organization. to why the church told n street village they have the vacate the fourth floor we learned that the church wants to turn it in the form of the educational facility. reporting live, stephen tschida, abc7 news. larry: thank

and surveillance video shows what happens when a baltimore police officer interrupted a convenience store robbery. the department says the officer followed procedure when he arrived on the scene monday morning. the video shows the suspect leaving the store with the shotgun he pointed at the clerk. >> the suspect had the opportunity inside the store when the police car with the steady lights showed up in front of the business in clear view to drop the weapon and say i'm busted. you got me. the suspect chose to run outside with a gun ready to go. >> they shot and killed the suspect. they believed they were responsible for 20 to 30 armed robberies over the past few months. alison: new information in a "7 on your side" i-team investigation. charges have been dropped against a montgomery county firefighter charged with prostitution. prince george's county police arrested him and 13 other men in the sting this past summer. maryland correctional officer is

for more on the continuing i-team investigation download the abc7 app. meanwhile, look at this. this is a terrifying scene. in michigan, ambulance sent careening off a bridge to a creek 30 feet below. police say it's the ambulance driver's fault. the driver blew through a stop sign, slammed into a car and careened off the bridge. the man driving the car was killed. two of the ambulance crew members are in critical condition. the white house is pulling out all the stops to try to change the way you pay taxes. tax reform can only be the beginning of the presidents wish list. abc7's chief political correspondent scott thuman spoke with president trump and joins us live. he is on a deadline here, right? scott: you are right. i did speak with the president about the exact issue. he knows that timing is everything. they knead to pass a budget first. if they do that, that could allow them to pass another big item like

51 votes in the senate opposed to the traditional 60. they are pressing hard. you can sense urgency talking with the president today. a round robin of the republican leaders taking turns with the media trying to sell tax reform. even a drop-in by the president who talked to me about patience. >> you frustrated are you that we are still at this point? >> it's very early. i have been here for nine months. if you look for instance, if you talk at healthcare it took longer than that for obama to get off the ground, obamacare and that is nothing compared to what he are proposing. scott: the vice president telling me after 30 years it's time. but scathing assessment by the policy groups claiming the top 1% benefit the most or it's harmful to scrap the state and the local deductions how do they argue it's beneficial to all? the white house says it will put more money in average person's pocket and won't add to the eb

roughly definite neutral. scott: you say "relatively" does that mean in the neighborhood? >> pretty close. it's something as complicated as tax you can't pin it down to the last penny. scott: the white house looking for the first big legislative win. they believe they are on the verge of a possible republican roll. in slight of the common ground on display between mitch mcconnell and the president. >> are they getting on board? >> i think they are. they had a big budget coming up. without a budget we can't take a look at taxes. we hope the senators will be on board. >> if they can pass those, they enhealthcare could be next. >> it's a sign of momentum. >> and cohesion. we hope the congress will work together. we know that the president is working in the senate. >> now the president didn't put a hard deadline on when he wants to see this get through but vice president pence who i spoke with and the

kellyanne conway said they believe it would be easier to get through than healthcare. scott thuman, abc7 news. alison: thank you. winning the white house may donald trump the so-called most powerful man in the world but it has not helped his finances. "forbes" reports the president's fortune has fallen by $600 million in the past year. that knocked him to 248 on the richest person list and cites the cost of the presidential run, tough real estate market and settlement over trump university. bill gates remains the richest man in the world followed by the amazon founder and the "washington post" owner jeff bezos. mark zuckerberg by far the youngest person on the list. he is just 33 years old. larry: wow! well, milestone if only for minutes on wall street today. this afternoon the dow surged past the 23,000 mark for the first time

short of the milestone which means wall street could make history again tomorrow. alison: still ahead, the clock is ticking to get a shot at landing amazon next headquarters. the local push to score potential billion-dollar deal ahead. larry: a child alive after a fierce encounter with the rattlesnake. the hero is man's best friend. but it almost didn't have a happy ending. the race to save a dog's life is next. >> elderly woman falls in a rocky ravine. how she

steve: it's never too early to look at the weekend. it looks fantastic. howard university homecoming. temperatures will make it to the middle 70's. by sunday, lower on. lower 6

marathon. midday in the afternoon, 75 to 78 degrees. of course, we are going to look for the temperatures to gradually increase as we work through the later afternoon hours with light wind. not a problem there. closer look at the fall color change. not a lot out there now. because of the drought, the look of rain we have had around the d.m.v. for the last several weeks. probably not the most awesome color change we have seen in previous years. head to the west near

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>> she saved my life. she is my hero. alison: so nala is recovering back home with her family. the fall and spring are the most active time for the rattlesnake sightings. they treat about 150 cases of dogs bitten by rattlesnakes every year. larry: man's best friend. alison: definitely in that case. larry: that's right. "7 on your side" consumer alert just ahead. how your wi-fi could be betraying all of your personal data. the new vulnerability exposed. >> you know when amazon announced it wanted to build a second headquarters there was talk that our area would come together for a joint bid to try to land this. that fell apart. coming up, find out how many parts of

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alison: right now we are two days from a major deadline for cities across the country trying to land a potential billion-dollar investment. we are talking about amazon's new headquarters. our area is putting plenty of options on the table. tom roussey joins us with how we

competition out there. tom? tom: well, from what i'm told alison, d.c. is on a short list of maybe six cities or six regions that have the best chance of landing this thing. it was last month that amazon announced it wanted to build a second headquarters. one area pushed is the property that includes the d.c. general homeless shelter. this is just one of ten spots throughout the region where this could possibly go. >> it is the economic development decision of the generation. maybe of the first half of the 21st century. this is big. tom: george washington school of business professor says whoever lands the second amazon headquarters will likely be the next silicon valley with up to 50,000 new jobs. many paying over $100,000. >> 50,000 jobs translates to so,000 to 200,000 total jobs when you look at the ripple. >> this isn't a her sids benz or lockheed martin buildi

this is office workers. this is knowledge economy people. tom: d.c. deputy mayor says the city wants amazon to consider four areas. one is in southwest near the new soccer stadium. >> it will be a good thing for the community. >> residents say that is if they get some of the jobs. >> how many people are they going to put in there to make the jobs improve the community. >> dc is just one local area. howard county wants headquarters near 95 and columbia. fairfax and loudoun want a spot near dulles. arlington and montgomery county will applying but aren't saying where they want amazon to go. baltimore is also trying.

amazon owns the "washington post." he owns the rather large house in d.c.'s calarama neighborhood. larry: the topping off ceremony for the new $200 million hotel. in place the top of the building opening next year. alison: getting close. larry: right. alison: maybe right when we get the amazon headquarters. larry: fall is here. is it here to stay? steve: for the next three days and we warm things up in the upcoming weekend. crystal clear blue skies. the sun is up for another 40 minutes. temperatures in the lower 60's at re

the sun goes down before of:30. we will be in the 50's for 7:00 hour. many areas dropping to the uper 40's at 9:00 or 10:00. frost advisory in effect until 1:00 in the area. all of montgomery county, fairfax, loudoun county. these are the areas that are likely to see the patchy frost.

tomorrow morning is a chilly start to wednesday. temperatures are in the 30's and 40's. not staying there long. great on friday and saturday. howard university homecoming and temperatures around 77. same for sunday for the marine corps marathon. ad cod front late monday to tuesday. lower 60s by next week. erin: thank you, steve. the capital adaptive rowing program part of the capital rowing club makes it possible for people dealing with the disabilities to learn to row. we look at a person who benefited greatly from the program in the rising star. scott: chuck linderman feels at home on the anacostia river. >> it's quiet

almost a divine experience. >> the water is calm. if only life was simple. the 70-year-old alexandria resident has parkingson disease. >> i had to work hard to get it under control and push back on. >> with the help of the adaptive program at the capital rowing club, he continues the passion for the sport. >> what i learned about myself is that i can do more than i have thought i could. >> one thing you quickly learn about chuck. chuck is tough. he refuses to allow parkinson's disease to define him. his son will is a big part of his development on water says his dad is still the

anybody. he does not care how long the race is. he will not pace himself. he is trying to win the race from the first stroke. >> facing adversity head on while becoming the example for others. >> i want people to take away from my story. anything is possible. >> with every stroke, he is proving just that. erin: there are amazing programs out there and that gives you something to feel good about. alison: a wonderful story. larry: it's great. many of us wi-fi every day but could it be a risk? alison: we tell you why top security experts s

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301-652-help. 301-652-4357. phone lines will be open until 6:30. give us a call. michelle: now the "7 on your side" consumer alert tonight. alison: a warning from the department of homeland security top cyber security expert. nearly all wi-fi networks are vulnerable to hackers, malware and ransomware. we explain what you need to do. >> security experts discovered a vulnerability to put every wi-fi user at risk. millions of americans defenseless against hackers out to steal personal nervous. ice key reinstallation attack. it's for anyone using wi-fi at home, office and especially in public space. it can only happen if a hacker is in proximity to location. >> there are hundreds of thousands of people on wi-fi network that the

penetrate. >> the technology in short allows hackers to trick the device to think it is communicating communicating with the router and it's connecting with the hacker so they can look at everything you do from web browser to viewing e-mails and accessing your photos. if they inject malware they might gain access to your password and credit card numbers. it can be resolved through the software update. microsoft sent a patch to users, google, apple and samsung will roll out fixes in the coming weeks. there are easy things to do to protect yourself be. peer leery about using public -- be leery about using public wi-fi. if you get notification saying it's time for an update. do it. scott goldberg, abc news, new york. jonathan: howard university ordered to lockdown with word of a shooter on campus. what police are saying a about the call and the response. michelle: a case of road rage caught on camera. a driver tried to

other over. that is not the end of the dramatic scene. jonathan: elderly woman goes missing. how good policework led officers to a happy ending for a maryland family. >> now, "abc7 news at 6:00". on your side. michelle: the stabbing death of a bowie state student is now called a murder but it's also called a hate crime. jonathan: maryland bureau chief brad bell has been covering the story from the beginning and he is joining us from upper marlboro with what led to the day's decision. brad? brad: jonathan, what we are being told is that prosecutors and the investigators found a history of social media browsing essentially of hate-related website by the accused killer in this case. this murder on campus happened last may. may 20. lieutenant richard collins iii, bowie state university student already commissioned after his rotc program as a lieutenant in the united states army. allegedly ki

university of maryland student named sean urbanski. he was stabbed once in the chest. apparently on video according to the police and the prosecutors. the motive remained a mystery. but the prosecutors say they went through and discovered what they are calling digital evidence on urbanski's phone. computer, tablet, that sort of thing that leads them to now say this was a hate based crime. they want an indictment from a grand jury today. >> we believe that the lieutenant collins was killed. he was murdered. that it's unjustified and premeditated and it was as a result of his race. brad: so the state's attorney did not reveal any of the specific evidence today. this case is scheduled to go to trial in january. and already the prosecutor has determined they will be seeking a sentence of life without parole for the murder. if there is a conviction