: they call him enron ed. because washington, dc lobbyist ed gillespie represented the worst of the worst. lenders trying to keep student loan rates high. corporations sending jobs overseas. and of course the enron scandal. now, enron ed is lobbying for donald trump's agenda. like cuts to virginia school funding, and taking away healthcare from thousands of virginians. enron ed gillespie. he's not lobbying for you. announcer: now, abc 7 news at noon. on your side. adrianna: so many are demanding answers about the ambush in niger that led to the deaths of four american service members. a senior intelligence officer tells abc news that what started as a reconnaissance mission turned into a mission to pt

cracks the initial mission was considered so low risk that they didn't have armored vehicles or drone support. less than 24 hours later, a senior military source told abc news that a new set of orders to take one of the top isis and al qaeda targets in africa changed everything. cracks the patrol came under attack from 50 enemies. >> the ambush lasted an hour before they asked for support. afternoon,r that french attack helicopters arrived on station. >> during the firefight, it to u.s. soldiers were injured. three were killed and one was listed as mission. aboutdow has questions his death. >> why did it take them 48 hours to find my husband?

>> and the staff sergeants family is asking for answers to determine what went wrong. trump yet has to answer questions on the specifics of what went wrong during the ambush but the questions are only growing. >> these efforts have spread throughout the world. we want to make sure congress is playing the appropriate role. >> members of the armed service theittee are to ask many of questions. >> today, the senate is expected relief money. $19 billion would go to replenish fema's emergency

$16 billion would help the federal flood insurance program to pay an influx of hurricane harvey related claims. the funds will also benefit puerto rico tremendously. most of the island is still without power but today, one tends of the schools on the island have real opened despite not having electricity in the classrooms. many students have left the classrooms and have enrolled in schools in miami and orlando. the wild weather in the southeast. parts of georgia and the carolinas were under tornado watches under night -- watches overnight. it knocked out power to tens of thousands of customers and damaged homes. we did have a bit of a damp start to the day but it is dry right now. the meteorologist has a look at the forecast.

josh: after what moved through overnight and early this morning, we are setting up for a beautiful afternoon. annapolis.in blue skies on the horizon. skies continue to move out of here. a look at show you this shot. the is the fall color from monument. a really pretty picture around d.c. today. temperatures are up to the 60's and we will climb into the low today. we want to give you a look at the picture of what is going on. the mid-atlantic, the line of rain and thunderstorms pushing out into the ocean but bringing thunderstorms to the northeast with a lot of winter advisories to new england. around our area, cloud cover continues to break down. looking really nice and the breeze gets lighter and lighter through the day. this evening, it is still pretty co

and theve the low 60's morning low temperatures are something you have to get ready for. we will talk about that coming up in just a bit. adrianna: thank you. the searches on a princely county for those responsible for shooting at several homes. something is happening far too often in that area and we have been following these incidents .or months >> people living in this neighborhood are on average. over here, look how close this bullet came to the window with the homeowner sleeping inside. we counted at least 10 bullet holes out here in the 2500 block. neighbors say it sounded like

were firedeve shots from behind a home near this shopping center. woodbridge, another home hit. this has been an ongoing problem in this area. last month, more than 20 homes were hit by gunfire. his then it is thankful family was not home when these shots were fired. >> it's not safe for my kids. it's not safe at all right now. we're goingnow what to do, for real. stay or move? >> luckily no one was injured in these cases that the police say they will likely be increasing patrols in the area. adrianna: in prince william county, a search for answers after a swastika was found painted on a school. police say they were called to prince william academy

school's owner found the graffiti. investigators believe it happened between 6:00 friday night and 6:00 saturday. if you saw anything, police want to hear from you. a man is behind bars after an attempted sexual assault. and we are learning the same man was arrested for sexual assault a few weeks ago. inis facing 17 charges connection to the attacks. including first -- including attempted first-degree murder. prince george's county police say edwards ran from the home naked when they arrived and was arrested after a short foot chase. >> my brother called and said their police all over and we said what in the world? violate someone like that? an older woman? it is unnerving. adrianna: edwards was charged with first-degree sexual abuse less than a month ago after

a woman accused him of forcing himself on her. a judge released him under high behindsion and he is now bars held without bond. now to this story. a former baltimore orioles infielder arrested for assault. suzanne kennedy has details on what led to him being in handcuffs. suzanne: it will be an willeason where ray knight spend his time protecting his or be tatian and trying to stave off a criminal record. ray knight was arrested over the weekend after a fight here at his home. abc 7 caught up with him monday when he was charged with assault and battery after an altercation which landed both men in the hospital. eyewitnesses say they saw one man swing at the other. >> it seems to me it might have been a domestic dispute? they were swearing at each other. suzanne

co. ray neidl is a former baseball player. he will be back in court on january 8. in fairfax, i am suzanne kennedy. is set totiger woods enter a plea bargaining -- enter a plea bargain stemming from his traffic arrest. he is 41 years old and is expected to plead guilty to reckless driving. he hasn't played since february and recently resumed full golf activities after recovering from back surgery. redskins are hoping to get it together by the time they take on the dallas cowboys this weekend. this, after a disappointing loss on a day night football against the eagles. last night, the defense had no answer. carson once had big plays in the game. kirk cousins

touchdowns but it wasn't enough. the final score here -- >> graduate in the series. it is like that. you look at yourself on the losing team and with three plays it could have been different. we have to figure out ways to make the plays. adrianna: the redskins are now three and three and are tied for second place with dallas. at 4:25.ill be up next, a robbery gone wrong. a bank customer turning into a hero. a maskedaking down man. >> i'm a singer. guyanna: all right, this has to cough up a few dollars for putting his

first, traffic. afternoon,.od we have quite a few work zones. sign withthe overhead the code set up in the left lane towards route 123. be jim and up. we'll take a look at that jam through vienna. not as bad but it will be slow as you go this way towards 123. 90 northbound looking good over the fort street ridge. southbound 95 looks good until you get down to stafford county. this is in stafford as you head towards the parkway. a bit of a jam in towards fredericksburg. 270, it looks pretty good on montrose road.

southbound local lanes with the right lane below falls road, which has jim things up quite a bit. if you have to take the exit to montrose road, it will affect your southbound ride. otherwise, pretty good shape.

adrianna: a must-see video at a pennsylvania. you see a masked man walk into a tank, waving a gun and fasten the bank teller to hand money over. moments later, a bank customer comes out of nowhere and tackles into the ground and russell's the gun from the robbers hand and

stolen money across the room and the robber was arrested after he ran off. now, many in a florida neighborhood are afraid to step outside after three people were shot and killed in two weeks. police believe there may be a serial killer on the loose. we are in tampa where police have little leads to a suspect. police have no motive or a suspect and are reaching out to the community for help. templates police chief admitted they're breaking the rules. >> normally we don't like to give information out to people told moreso have permission than we normally do because it is about public safety and public awareness. >> at this moment, all they have to go on is this video showing a person in ache hoodie. >> everybody out there is a suspect.

if you're walking alone than you are a suspect or a potential victim. warned residents to be extra cautious. >> turn the lights on. the visible. we need you to tell us what you see. every little bit makes a difference. >> they are not ready to say they are dealing with a serial killer but they say that the victims were killed less than half a mile apart. two of them were killed near bus stops and the third victim was walking to a friend's home. her body discovered in an empty lot. >> was this person on the bus? was he following them? thisnforcement is all over and hopefully they will have the answers to these questions but right now they are chasing a ghost. >> none of the three victims were robbed for new each other. today, five michigan teenagers will be arraig

murder after throwing a rock over a highway overpass and killing a man. was a prankve this that went wrong. they threw rocks as heavy as 20 pounds off overpasses. one of them went through the window of a man. he later died of his injuries. >> it isn't a prank. it is second-degree murder. anil think anybody is laughing. that ie's a warning could give, it's telling young people that when you make a bad decision, you could be spending the rest of your life in prison. this is not a prank. adrianna: the victim leaves behind a wife and a young son. the teenagers are now all charged as adults. starting saturday, a bigger stroke of luck if you want to win the megamillion. it will cost you a dollar more and you have a longer shot of winning from one

million to one in 353 million. that if you hit, you will get big. the starting jackpot is from $15 million up to $40 million. eminem montreal was told he was pulled over and given a ticket for singing and his car. he says he was jamming out to go and makee song, " you sweat" and he heard a siren. >> were you screaming? >> i was singing. just singing.as and he said ok, i need your license. ticketed 100was $49. he plans to contest that soon when a court date is scheduled. here's the thing, his voice is so deep that i would love to help -- i would love to hear

sing that song. josh: i thought that would be part of the bite. i don't understand. so what if he was yelling? is that illegal? adrianna: maybe? no singing or screaming in the car? josh: it took us a few extra hours to get here but take a look at this shot from down here at the wheel. notice blue skies taking over with claws out there. for a lot of us we do have wind that is working their way out of the south-southwest. through whichame is allowing us to stick around with the temperatures today. 68 degrees in d.c.. 71 in pax river. cooler in the shenandoah valley. get outful afternoon to for lunch. temperatures in the low 70's

hopefully you get a chance to take advantage for the next two hours and the kids after school, nice to be on the field. even once the sun sets we don't cool off too quickly. you around 7:00. overnight low temperatures will get chillier. we will be around the low 50's and some areas to the west may be in the 40's or 30's. so a noticeably cooler start tomorrow morning and it hits as we get into thursday and friday. low 50's in d.c. and this weekend, morning lows stay in the 40's. so this time, the cooler air is here to stick around a bit longer. tomorrow's high temperature is 74. it will still be dry but you will notice a bit more of a fall feel tomorrow. and as we go through the day, it doesn't warm up that much. hang on on saturday and sunday because then it does look pretty wet. a lot of computer guidance

rain. that is rain we could use. do need to move the pumpkin because temperatures will hang closer to 60 degrees for the high temperature on tuesday. it ready for the cooler

ralcandidate for'm governor,rtham, and i sponsored this ad. rrator: they call him enron ed.rtham, because washington, dc lobbyist ed gillespie represented the worst of the worst.

corporations sending jobs overseas. and of course the enron scandal. now, enron ed is lobbying for donald trump's agenda. like cuts to virginia school funding, and taking away healthcare from thousands of virginians. enron ed gillespie. he's not lobbying for you. adrianna: spoiler alert. there is no longer a married couple competing together on dancing with the stars. last night, nicola shay was eliminated. we have a recap from the dance floor. >> nicola shay. often at or near the bottom

fans kept him dancing until now. >> it was going to come to an end at some point. i wish it had cap going but i am proud of the journey we took together and i'm proud of us. there's nothing more we could have done. to challenge myself and feel uncomfortable. i think there is something to be said about the uncomfortable in life. that is what i got out of it. >> dancing with the stars turned out to be a perfect night for lindsey stirling and her partner. they had a perfect score. >> we got all 10. gotorked so hard and we tens. yes. i'm so happy. jordan fisher and lindsay arnold, the dramatic rumba only missed perfection by one point. >> it was a tough week and it took

came right out and killed it. vanessa will be back next week. and after the show, her partner had this to say. >> vanessa did a great job with this dance. we want all the votes that nick had to come our way. please. is the bigk halloween dance. add: we come back, and other look at the

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>> you are watching abc 7 news at noon. on your side. developing now, a man is accused of trying to rape and kill a woman in the camp springs weeks after he was arrested for another sex crime. john gonzalez is in camp springs looking for answers as to why this guy was on the street in the first place.

was in her 70's and neighbors say this should have been prevented. we understand it and it's saturday afternoon right here on oakland way. there was a short police chase on foot. we understand that for part of it the suspect was in the nude. the 23 euro broke into a woman's her and he allegedly robbed and tried to rape her and tried to kill her. the suspect from southeast d.c. is behind bars again. less than a month ago he was charged with first-degree sex abuse of another woman. a d.c. judge chose to release him under what was supposed to be high-intensity supervision but something went wrong. we try to watch out for each other around the neighborhood but we aren't perfect. , ifeverybody needs to think it was their mom or sister or daughter.

justice. john: residents are wondering how he wound up in camp springs over the weekend. he faces 17 new criminal charges including attempted first-degree murder. a former world series m.v.p. turned baseball analyst is facing serious charges. ray night won a championship with the mets and then run on to become an analyst. of assault anded battery after neighbors say they saw him attacking somebody at his apartment. >> do you think you did anything wrong? >> i think i will be exonerated. adrianna: he will be back in court in january. take a look at this. this happened in d.c. on saturday

. so far there is no word on whether anyone was injured in the shooting. if you know anything be sure to call police immediately. and the search is on in prince william county for those responsible for shooting at several homes. it is happening far too often in that area and we have been following incidents like this for months. ryan hughes has the details on the search for the gunman. >>'s people in this neighborhood are living on edge. this home was head five times and some of the siding. close thisook how came with the homeowner sleeping inside. there were three homes out here. this is an dumfries. neighbors say it sounded like fireworks saturday morning. police believe shots were fired near a shopping center.

another home were hit. this has been an ongoing problem in this area for a long time now. last year, more than 20 homes were hit by gunshot. eric benefit -- eric bennett is thankful his family was not home when shots were fired. >> it is an safer my kids. not safe at all. i don't know what were going to do, for real. stay or move? in any ofwas injured these cases. police telling us they will be increasing patrols in the area. in dumfries, i am ryan hughes. a search for answers after a swastika was found painted on a school there. police say they were called to the prince william academy in woodbridge on saturday when the school's owner found the graffiti. betweenieve it happened 6:00 friday night and 6:00 on

to hear from you. -- today, aice federal judge is excited to make a decision on federal subsidies. this lawsuit was filed by attorney general's from 18 states including d.c., maryland and virginia. they want the government to keep paying those subsidies. however, the judge in this case statethat almost every could prepare in advance. now to a live look at the capitol where today the senate will vote on more than $36 billion in hurricane relief money. go to $19 billion would replenish the fema disaster account. more go to the federal flood insurance program to pay for the influx in harvey claims. and

rico which would help immensely because most of the power is without island. 1/10 of the schools have reopened despite not having power in classrooms. many students have left the island and have enrolled in schools in miami and orlando. to the weather in our area, we had a wet start to the morning but it us since cleared up and dried out. josh: it is turning into a beautiful tuesday afternoon which is the headline today. low-andback up into the mid-by this afternoon. tomorrow and thursday will be cooler and more fall like. and the next chance for rain moves in with a front that has our way on sunday. right now, a live picture here from the satellite. you can see a few clouds are hanging around in the mid-atlantic but for most of us, clouds will get stuck further off to the west. meanwhile the sunshine does stick around for us today.

-- 74 degrees today. we do bounce back of a bit on friday and saturday and get just above average but as we head into the weekend, that is only bring in the chance for the wet weather. it looks great on saturday. by sunday, things look pretty wet. a high temperature there that get stuck in the 60's and maybe even in the 50's if you get stuck with the rain all day. make the weekend rain plans for saturday and we take a look at halloween coming up in just a bit. more fallout from the harvey weinstein scandal. amid claims against bill o'reilly take center stage. this morning, bill o'reilly is firing back against a new york times support that he settled a sexual harassment claim for $32 mil

overnight on his online radio show. god? i mad at yes, i am matter him. i wish i had more protection. i wish this stuff didn't happen. i can't explain it to you. o'reilly said the reports were meant to silence him. >> the end game is to take him like harvey weinstein. he never gets to give his opinion on issues again. bill o'reilly reportedly paid out the massive settlement in exchange for a nondisclosure agreement in january. >> it is intended to protect both parties. protect the company from disparaging comments by the employee and to protect the former employee from disparaging comments that might be made my x

>> harvey weinstein is taking a hit for settlements requiring a agreements.e more than 60 women have come forward. the financial times has been wouldhat harvey weinstein ask for massages, walk around naked and try to pull -- into bed. agreement she signed because she said unless somebody does this, there will be a debate of how to agree just these agreements are and the amount of the rest these people are put under. new york's attorney general launching a civil investigation into the weinstein company. the attorney general's office telling abc news that no one should be forced to walk into a try sexualwill intimidation, harassment or fear. >> claims of sexual harassment carry the possibility

punitive damages. those numbers could be large. , world seriesext game one is tonight. but the teams won't just be battling each other. we explain. ages.a trick shot for the

>> you are watching abc 7 news at noon. on your side. adrianna: back now with a consumer alert. the --as announced announce they will no longer sell whirlpool appliances. that is

that also includes maytag, kitchenaid and jenn air. now about house fires. more than 350 thousand break out each year and experts are touting a better way to protect homes. t.j. holmes has a closer look. on the left, a room with residential sprinklers. on the right, a room without. this is just a demonstration set up by the national fire sprinklers och and. right now, only maryland, california and ec and hundreds of towns require new homes to have sprint ller systems. the issue is forcing a local debate in state and local government on whether they are worth the price tag. >> 24 states have prohibited the adoption of this on a local and state level. >>

room with a sprinkler and light the house on fire. at three minutes, the plate covering the concealed sprinkler pops off and it is activated. it is set to go off when temperatures reach 155 degrees. the result? androom covered in water leaking to the third floor but the fire damage contained. now, the room without sprinklers. and takeve minutes in, a look. the room without a side-by-side with the room with. >> it could take 6-10 minutes depending on how close you are. 900 degrees at the ceiling. 350 degrees at the floor. you can't crawl out of that. we are going to evacuate the house. the house is no longer safe and we evacuate as firefighters move into a evacuate.

added protection to contain the fire while giving your family time to get out. -- and their grandchildren were killed in a house fire. she believes sprinklers would have saved them. >> it would have given them time to escape. but working smoke detectors are still seen as the most effective ways in home fires. sprinklers can add thousands of dollars to new homes. homeowners.many -- many times including the basement and garage. >> you can't put a price on family's lives. you can replace belongings but not lives.

adrianna: the redskins lost to the philadelphia eagles. they had no answer for the eagles quarterback. the second quarter, a 64 yard touchdown pass. four on the of night. the eagles went on for this one. the skins are now three and three for the season. here was kirk cousins after the game. >> it set us back. but we did a lot of good things. we had a few explosive plays. and we need to find a way to stay on the field and come away with touchdowns whenever possible. and when you do that you give yourself a chance to come away with the win. 0-6 ona: kirk cousins is monday night football. the longest active losing streak

for a team on the nfl on monday night. sunday is the big match up with the cowboys. happening tonight, the world series game one. they will not only be battling each other but also the heat. 809 --st pitch is that at 8:09 tonight. good trickves a shot. you have to check this out. oh my goodness. enough for the top play on sportscenter. a guy standing on his buddies shoulders, look at that. ballcan't even hits the off a t, let alone standing on

the right forearm and following through. i mean, the hand eye coordination? that is some talent. here is what i want to see. the bloopers. josh: i bet there are bloopers just getting on and off the shoulders. a beautiful day again. and we do have a few bumps to get through. big places, of the the day looks good. there is one big hiccup. we are looking at temperatures topping in the low 70's today. a little bit more fall color there in maryland as well. keep that in mind for recess. 60 degrees in quantico. most of us have cleared out the cloud cover. therar

clouds building down to the south but overall, more sunshine today. as we work our way into the evening, temperatures top out in the low-mid 70's and we remain pretty comfortable. sunset at 6:17. so nice, clear skies for you. is will notice that there before too long. many areas outside the district are looking for temperatures in the low 40's. tomorrow morning, back to the jackets and all feel. through the day, temperatures managed to warm back up into the mid-60's. putting us just below average for this time of year. hit 64.ll a lot of sunshine on the day. as we work our way towards the weekend, we see nice weather on saturday with temperatures back into the 60's. looking nice with sunshine. when the, that is heavy rain moves

area. rain is likely in the afternoon. if you go to the redskins game on sunday, that is where we may run into issues. and a quick early look at the map, we have a lot of areas seeing between 1-2 inches of rain. halloween on next tuesday, trick-or-treating temperatures around the mid-50's so you maybe want to think of jackets. 74 today. 64 tomorrow. then, the coolest day on thursday and we warm back up on thursday and friday with chances of heavier rain. trick-or-treating, a little bit chilly. but overall, a nice day for trick-or-treating. noianna: as long as there is rain. josh: absolutely. that could ruin costumes. adrianna: remember this viral video?

adrianna: animal lovers, you will love this one. for on a could johnson's caught up with some furry friends. we are behind the scenes of the smithsonian zoo. this is where the seals are housed. it is a special opportunity. i am joined with one of the other zookeepers back here. you do this monday through friday, five days a week. you get to be with the gorgeous creatures? >> i do. i'm very lucky. we are very fortunate. we are one of very few institutions in the united states that house them. we have four in the exhibit.

this morning? we helped with feeding and we are on feeding number two for these guys. >> yes. this happens to be the second feed. we like to spread it out, just like we have breakfast, lunch and dinner. just drop this into their mouth. looks awfully sweet. what is his disposition like? >> they have individual personalities like we do. and we have good days and bad days. is a fairy well trained animal. he loves to produce a fate and learn new behaviors. veronica: so this is one of 40 locations across the country where you can see these guys? >> actually, there are only

zoo's and aquariums. veronica: we are behind the scenes here at the smithsonian national zoo. i wish i have your job. back to you. adrianna: i'm sure the weather

adrianna: remember this chainsaw wielding none? viral and gave

now there is a product named after her. a beer named "none with a chainsaw."

>> announcer: let's get cooking. pack up the station wagon, because we're heading to a devilishly delicious halloween potluck party. music superstar martina mcbride is in the house. >> are you kidding me! >> announcer: then the pioneer women herself, ree drummond stops by. plus, what's mario's spookily simple party app? find out right now, on "the chew." ♪ [ cheers and applause ] good afternoon and welcome to "the chew." thank you very much. we appreciate that. today we are kicking off our countdown to halloween. wh