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paul manafort and associate rick gates indicted for money laundering and trade. the charges allege manafort spent years working on behalf of pro russian politicians in ukraine, covered up his millions in earnings from the i.r.s. and among others and without registering as an agent for a foreign power. >> scale of 1 to 10 how big is today's news? >> it's at least an 8. at the time frame that the president secured his nomination he employed as his right-hand man the individual now charged with serious crimes. scott: the president quickly taking to twitter in his defense. sorry, this is years ago before paul manafort was part of the trump campaign. why aren't crooked hillary and the dems the focus? in the stint as campaign he talked to us about hillary. >> the crimes she committed do not qualify as president of the united sta
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gates won't be the last to appear in court since special counsel is likely into a meeting that manafort and donald trump junior held with russians in the campaign. >> what is not clear is if any of manafort's alleged work for the pro russian groups took place specifically in the time with the campaign. >> it doesn't have anything to do with us. this is action that took place outside of campaign activity. >> we are in a situation we were with watergate. who knew what men? >> monday a former campaign aide george papadopoulos pleaded guilty for lying to f.b.i. agents about attempts to set up meetings between trump campaigned russians. and papadopoulos already admitted to lying and he may be cooperating with the f.b.i. some wonder what he could be sharing with the federal investigators about his former campaign collea
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much. we have all of the documents related to the indictment posted for you online. you can read them through the abc7 app. larry: new information tonight after a heartbreaking death of a woman along i-66 over the weekend. it happened when a 12-year-old trying to kill himself jumped off a bridge and on to her car. stephen tschida is live on the overpass after speaking with the graduate students and friends. stephen: it was on this particular bridge and over the interstate here. it was right here where this 12-year-old jumped into traffic around 4:00 saturday afternoon. 22-year-old harris, a graduate student, studying to become a counselor. >> she shared sher dreams of wanting to work with younged
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adolescents suffering from emotional distress. stephen: in a strange coincidence she died when a suicidal 12-year-old jumped from the overpass and landed on harris' survivor. >> -- harris' s.u.v. harris just returned from a trip to budapest, hungary. she and other students attended a conference there. today, faculty and students struggled with the tragedy. >> i feel bad. it breaks my heart. stephen: back live the 12-year-old remains in hospitalized in life threatening conditions. it's along the median that a passenger was able to grab the wheel and bring the vehicle to a stop. we want to point out that this particular bridge is slated for replacement. when done it will be completely enclosed along the pathway. reporting
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tschida, abc7 news. larry: thank you. being forced from the homes of a transformer fire, residents are allowed back home. 500 units evacuated saturday morning because of an electrical fire in the garage of the promenade condos. several people were hospitalized. alison: neighborhoods and many houses are decorated across the area for halloween. one display we want to show you in a fairfax county neighborhood raised eyebrows. take a look. it shows what looks like a black man hanging from a noose. brad bell spoke to neighbors. brad: jamie saw this for the first time on saturday. it stopped her in her tracks. she took this photo. she said of a halloween picture of a black man being lynched in a neighbor's yard. >> a human form stuffed with a rope around its deck hanging between two
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skin with the face and hand. i was appalled. brad: she contacted "7 on your side." we went to the house where the effigy had been and it has been taken down. the homeowner showed us the garage full of the halloween decorations. this is what had been hanging. the couple says it depicted a lynching but not of a black man. the mask is a ghoul or a monster and it's just part of elab rake display they -- elaborate display they have been doing for years. they didn't want to speak on camera but said the complaint is unfair and hyper sensety. the neighbor is glad it's down but is upset that it went up on halloween for years and no one seemed to care. >> the intent may be one thing but it doesn't negate the impact. it's racist, blatantly racist. brad: we tried to talk to a number of other neighbors in
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that community. none of them would go on camera. they felt the owner of the house with the decoration meant no harm. but the owner said he would not hang the hanging effigy but he will put out the rest of the display. larry: a lot of the costumes may be covered by sweaters and coats tomorrow night. we have a check of the forecast. bill kelly is in the stormwatch7's weather center. bill: good evening, everyone. covered up a little bit. but not going to cover it up with an umbrella tomorrow night. the forecast for tomorrow night. the trick-or-treat forecast. 54 degrees at 7:00 tomorrow everything. -- tomorrow everything. it's 51 at 9:00 tomorrow so it will be crisp. but if we look at the current conditions it's not bad at all. 59 for d.c. reston around an. most of the numbers are in the mid-to-the upper 50's now. a ni
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we are warming back to the 70's and the next weather maker in sight and we will talk about that in a few minutes. alison: thank you, bill. new developments in the edgewood granite company shooting from this month. the man police say opened fire on several coworkers in edgewood has been indicted now in delaware. radee prince indicted on eight counts including attempted murder after he allegedly shot an acquaintance in the head in wilmington, delaware, after the maryland shooting took place. larry: four people were injured in two shootings in two hours apart in d.c. today. they happened two and a half miles apart in an area that seems to be seeing increase in the violence over the last few weeks. d.c. bureau chief sam ford live in southeast with a look at what is going on. sam: i'm at martin luther king. the official numbers say crime in the area is the
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there has been a spike in shootings in the last couple of weeks and that continues today. some police believe there is a back and forth street war going on between rival groups. shootings have been rampant. today, two people were shot at 11:15 a.m. two blocks from the could councilmember's office. >> in the last eight days we had 13 people shot and we have a state of emergency in the ward. people don't feel safe anymore. sam: it happened at real estate agent jackie ward's office. she was inspecting the house at a time. >> if i didn't decide to go on an inspection this morning, i could have been just walking in there and i could have been shot. sam: we are still talking to people about the first double shooting, we learned there was another one in the 4200 block of fourth street southeast,
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threatening injury. one took himself to the hospital and the other was still on the scene. we return to theu co -- councilmember. >> we can't say crime is down. it's not. >> one complained that the foot beat officer was removed after harassment complaint. >> the officer was doing a job. we have bike riders around here, too, to keep the peace. sam: he said with the officer on duty, this would never have happened. >> you can see that we are back live. the medical waste is still here and the blood is still running on the sidewalk. councilmember white say they are concerned about the situation. particularly with halloween tomorrow night. he said he and a number of volunteers will be here hoping
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reporting live in southeast washington, i'm sam ford, abc7 news. larry: thank you for that. the trial started today for a mother accused of killing her own son. prosecutors say beat the boy after he knocked the 3-week-old sibling out of a basset but the officials say her boyfriend was high on p.c.p. and he is the one who did it. alison: former head of security at high school will register as a sex offender after he admitted to a love affair with a teenage student. we have the story. >> mark yantsos avoided a hefty prison sentence but will have a tough time getting a new job. in april, montgomery county police arrested yantsos for sexting a 17-year-old girl. giving her presents and taking her to a hotel where they had sex. while out on bond, yantsos, a former new york city police officer, continued that sexual
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today, a judge sentenced him to 18 months in jail. yantsos must register as a sex offender for life and can never work with children again. the judge declaring yantsos abused his position of power and authority as the head of security at richard montgomery high school in rockville. he opted not to speak or apologize to the victims in court. outside of circuit court, in rockville, i'm kevin lewis, abc7 news. alison: montgomery county public schools issued a statement calling the behavior unacceptable and against the core values of the school system. larry: tomorrow is a deadline for investigation in graduation rate. audit came at the request of the maryland state board of education and governor larry hogan this summer after claims that thousands of students graduatedded after having the grades changed. maryland bureau chief brad bell
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be in on time and won't be made public for a few days. announcer: just ahead, another high profile sexual assault allegation this time involving actor kevin spacey. big rig safety. find out if trucking companies are any better than car owners addressing recalls. and immediately after the break, you will find out if we were in for another metro were in for another metro i'm the one clocking in... when you're clocking out. sensing your every move and automatically adjusting to help you stay effortlessly comfortable. there. i can also help with this. does your bed do that? oh. i don't actually talk. though i'm smart enough to. i'm the new sleep number 360 smart bed. let's meet at a sleep number store.
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alison: we are covering metro with a look at the proposed budget for next year. sam sweeney is on your side breaking down the budget to see how it affects riders. sam: good news for the metro riders. they won't be taking more money out of your pocket in the coming year if paul wiedefeld gets his way. there will be no fare increases. there will be no service increases so everything we saw cut under safetrack will remain in place for another year but they will be asking for more money from jurisdictions so from virginia, maryland and the district they want $29 million more this year that will bring the tota
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$2778 million. there will also be few overtime opportunities and they will be hiring fewer people to save money. this is just the proposed budget. they won't be voted on until june. i'm sam sweeney. abc7 news. larry: "7 on your side" as one of the largest railroads begins replacing millions of wooden railroad ties. instead of preserving the wood they ordered employees to make them appear treated. in addition to the freight train, amtrak also uses them. alison: it's been three years since a north carolina crossing guard has seen her son. she stayed busy directing traffic and working a second job as well. so some students decided to do something about it. they raised more than $3,000 in less than 24
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that is four times what she needs to get to her son. >> the people coming through on a regular basis. by this i wouldn't have dreamed of. >> e said she had been on her own since she was 18 years old and she wants to travel now that she is older and she says visiting the son is top priority. larry: so instel of seeing him once she can see him four times. >> this is something they see every day and probably develop relationship with. bill: went to the skins games. not the most ideal but it's better today.
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a beautiful time lapse. check out over the chesapeake beach resort. the winds have calmed down. now there is nothing but blue skies. it's a gorgeous sky out there. a little on the crisp side but nothing to worry about as you make your way tonight. light sweatshirt. you will be good to go. we have a temperature at 59. reston is 57. annapolis is at 58. you can see most of fairfax county to mid-50's. farther west the temperatures will cool in the higher areas. but generally speaking things look good. elkin is cooler at 47. we look at the 24-hour temperature change.
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in the end of weak we are in the mid-70's so it will go back up. the future cast he ises generally clear skies tonight. tomorrow morning there is a breeze and not much. certainly not like this morning. i flew in this morning and we had the 30, 35 miles per hour wind gusts. i got to tell you going in the potomac and heading to reagan the plane was bouncing around. you know what i'm talking about if you are flying this morning. but not like that tomorrow. there are no problems and we
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parents out walking around will need a sweatshirt. 50's. wednesday, that is the potential next weather maker. there are clouds filling in. stray shower or two. no organized weather system moving through. wednesday does have the point of the stray showers. we have temperatures in the mid-50's. halloween should be bone dry. west are 5 to 10. less for the week. wheel of fortune, by the way, the mobile wheel is in d.c. if you want to participate in that. the weather shouldn't hold you back from heading out. we are watching this weekend. saturday and sunday looks to be later in the day on saturday and sunday for the next weather maker. bringing us the rainfall. we are watching this closely. next week rein the 70's ear
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don't forget saturday night to sunday. set the alarm. you set your clocks back. so when we meet her monday night the sun will have been down for oh, probably 15 minutes by this time already. you will notice that. larry: you keep reminding of us that. the crack of the bat turning to a slippery situation. alison: we will explain that in a moment. but also what the divers were looking for in a local lake on a chilly day. go is i'm kellye lynn at gonzaga high school where students are researching the school's link to slavery. and their findings coming up in "spotlight on education." alison: but first a look at what is coming up tonight on abc. larry: autria godfrey has a preview of tomorrow's "good morning washington." >> thank you, guys. tomorrow on "good morning washington" -- iphone running slow? some claim that apple is sabotaging your tone to get you to buy a new one.
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>> plus, the latest on the charges in the mueller russia investigation. >> wake up with us for traffic ralph northam: i'm ralph northam, candidate for governor, and i sponsored this ad. rrator: 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.
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larry: in 1858, the washington seminary received charter to operate as gonzaga college. kellye lynn takes us to the high school where the students uncovered links to slavery. >> it looks to be something. kellye: for two weeks a small group of students from gonzaga college high school sorted through pages of century old documents to uncover facts about the school's past. >> i thought it would be cool to go to the archives and learn about the history. kellye: they pored over records in the library dating back to 1820's. at that time it was known as the washington seminary. did it have links to slavery? the research answered yes. >> money from the slave plantations going to building and sundaying of the washington seminary. kellye: that wasn't the only finding. they found a connection between washington seminary and two slaves one named isaiah. as this shows another named gabriel. >> we saw this
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notation in a book from the early 1820's. that says to gabrielle for weeding in the garden in the time of regulationlation, six six-cent payment to him. >> surprising to find two slaves on campus. big shock for me. kellye: the research moves on. >> they want to find out more. the two people are gonzaga brothers. kellye: in northwest, kellye lynn, abc7 news. alison: still ahead at 5:00, the steps pharmacies are taking to try to stop the opioid crisis in america. >> kevin spacey is facing backlash in response to a twitter accusation and also coming up bre
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larry: well, manafort lawyers say the charges against his client show there is no eviden
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president trump's 2016 campaign and the russian government. tom roussey looks at what it could mean to the special prosecutor's investigation. >> these are serious charges. >> the professor says the indictment against paul manafort and rick gates never mentions president trump and the campaign the charges could be the beginning. >> the financial crimes are easier to prove because they have paper and wire trails attached to them. >> the indictment involves allegations over nearly a decade manafort and gates funneled millions of dollars to the government of ukraine. they laundered money and spent millions on themselves they never reported to the i.r.s. >> this is almost certain now they have been indicted that they will be asked questions about asked whether they will cooperate with the prosecution with reg
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crime. >> in addition former trump campaign adviser george papadopoulos admitted to lying to the f.b.i. he is now cooperating and his case was relate to allegation involving the president's campaign. >> this is very quick from historical perspective. we are only five or six months in the investigation. i think we should see this as the beginning not the end of the process. >> okay, how often are we going to be at this courthouse here covering these things? that may be hard to say because things are moving so fast, the professor says he thinks the investigation part of this, we may only look at six months to a year instead of the years that some people feared. reporting live in northwest, i'm tom roussey. abc7 news. alison: we'll see, tom. thank you. developing now a federal judge in d.c. blocked most of president trump's ban on transgender service
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in addition the administration cannot stop transgender americans from joining the military. the judge did keep the ban on funds for the gender reassignment surgery. bowe bergdahl apologized to the fellow soldiers hurt looking for him. bergdahl choked up several times speaking at a sentencing hearing. he faces life in prison after pleading guilty to desertion and misbehavior before the enemy. larry: operations raid captured a key figure in 2012 attack on compound in benghazi, libya. president trump said he would face justice for the death of three americans. new developments in nevada where jury selection have begun in bunddy and the sons that face charges due to armed standoff of agents.
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fees. alison: and netflix says, "house of cards" will end after the upcoming sixth season which is now in production. the decision was reportedly made months ago but the announcement came today with the show's star kevin spacey accused of making a sexual advance to 14-year-old boy. there is backlash over spacey's response to the allegation. >> anthony rapp best known for the role of "rent" and now "star trek" told news that in a party more than 30 years ago spacey, 26 picked him up, placed him on the bed and climbed on top of him. rapp, 14 at the time, said he was able to squirm away. spacey issued a statement saying he doesn't remember it and said it would have been deeply inappropriate drunken
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continued with kevin spacey coming out of the closet saying, "i choose to live as a gay man." >> the first thing he tried to do is try to spin it. >> analyst says rapp's allegation has nothing to do the the sexual orientation. >> he has had plenty of opportunities to talk about that so now he finds it convenient to come out. that is rather suspicious. >> many lgbt celebrities are expressing outrage. on twitter one said there is no amount of drunk or closeted that excuses or explains away assaulting a 14-year-old girl. others say you don't choose to live under the rainbow. and another say kevin spacey created something that never existed before. a bad time to come out. others focus the tweet and the messages on victim of sexual assault and harassment but the president of glad said coming out stories should
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to deflect from allegation of sexual assault. this is a stereo -- story of survivorship from anthony rapp. larry: a possible scandal brewing in the baseball off-season. >> high fly ball. goodbye. >> combine seven home runs in last night game five of the world series. there has been 22 home runs in the series so far and that is raising questions about the balls themselves. >> the main complaint is does the ball seem different in the postseason and the postseason to the world series balls? they are a little slick. >> they say the balls are made to the same standards of regular season baseball and the only difference is the stamp. alison: interesting. you are a sports guy. what do you think? >> there are a lot of home
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runs. good pitching so i understand the speculation. alison: we just learned that d.c. will not host the gave games. they announced that hong kong will be the host city. larry: what would send divers in the water on a chilly day? >> later, "7 on your side" with a look at what the trucking companies are doing to keep you safe in the face of a recall. larry: new at 6:00, a boat capsizes to send a man fighting for his life. the teenager who saved his life new at 6
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bill: welcome back. look at the image from belle haven country club. we are in the mid-to-upper 50's. not too far off normal for this time of year. a little below that. the evening forecast we drop it down to the low 50's. that is a little low on the map. coming up we talk about a ralph northam: i'm ralph northam, candidate for governor, and i sponsored this ad. rrator: they call him enron ed.
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llespie 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. yeah, i just saved a whole lot of money by swhuh.ing to geico. we should take a closer look at geico... you know, geico insures way more than cars. boats, motorcycles... even rvs! geico insures rvs? what's an rv? uh, the thing we've been stuck on for five years! wait, i'm not a real moose?? we've been over this, jeff... we're stickers! i'm not a real moose? give him some space.
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what's a sticker?!? take a closer look at geico. great savings. and a whole lot more. alison: so it was dramatic but it was safe and a safe end to d.c. bound flight that was forced to land in boston. the united plane came from germany when a small fire started on board. passengers say an oven overheated in food service. united is investigating the cause. luckily no one was hurt. larry: that is the best news. the search for items stolen from 100 vehicles taking the police crews to a loudoun county pond. the neighbors say they have seen uptick in car break-ins. the troopers think some of the things stashed over the summer may have ended up in a retention pond. >> we have information developed in the course of the investigation that led us to this specific retaining
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larry: the delicate investigation has specific items since they have been there for months. while water logged they are still critical pieces of evidence. alison: a man in hawaii getting lesson in politeness from a judge. he was sentenced to writing 144 compliments about his ex-girlfriend after sending her 144 nasty text messages. he spent five months in jail. two years of probation, fines and 200 hours of community service. this began because he violated a protection order. can't you just see him doing the texts. like i hate doing this. larry: exactly. 98. alison: creative judge to come up with it. larry: hopefully he won't do it any more. put the phone down. put the phone down. still ahead, local area
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lifetime. josh norman went back to school. >> walgreens has narcan at the pharmacies. we will tell you where to
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larry: breaking right now, the man convicted of 60 years in prison. they say he killed two, burying one wond hiding the other in the attic three years ago. alison: president clinton spoke about the opioid crisis today. >> we have known that stigma plays a major role to prevent individuals and families seeking treatment or accessing provisions or sources. this is nothing to be ashamed of this. is a health problem. -- this is a health problem. we have to hammer that. alison: he moderated the summit today. >> the comments are in the midst of a national opioid crisis.
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walgreens will sell a drug to combat overdose. cheryl conner has more. cheryl: walgreens is getting in the business of saving lives following a drug overdose. >> wetant to be accessible to people in emergency. >> it's available without a prescription in 45 states. in the district you need a doctor to sign off. in maryland and virginia anyone can walk up and buy what reverses a heroin overdose. >> it shuts down your breathing. this goes in and it allows you to breathe again. >> without insurance coverage a box of two doses is $135 at walgreens. a family advocate says the price will exclaude -- exclude too many people. >> that is exorbitant fee. it will be a barrier. >> she is always armed with it since a family member is at risk. her
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get a free nasal spray. >> the first responders are the friends and family members. >> but the founder of the heroin action coalition, she is concerned people who need it can't afford it. walgreens spokesman says the company purchases each box for $125. they sell it for additional $10 to allow for the cost tied with getting it to stores. >> you are just going to put it in your nose. >> ashley provides the demonstrations as she fills prescriptions. walgreens now joins the competitors to offer it behind the counter. in northwest washington, cheryl conner, abc7 news. >> this weekend was prescription drug takeback across the country. in prince william county they collected 2,000 pounds. alison: tonight at 11:00, the
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the side side i-team investigates the impact on the special report. cruel deception tonight at 11:00. larry: well, right now little ghosts and goblins are lining up at the white house for a chance to say "trick-or-treat." the president and the first lady arriving seconds ago hosting trick-or-treaters at the white house ahead of halloween. the line is long and the kids are ready to get the treats from the trumps. researchers at m.i.t. are channeling the inner mary shelley ahead of halloween. they have a fiction writing bot for scary stories. it's called shelley and forced too read horror stories so it knows how to hit the scary nerves. that is interesting. alison: i guess so. larry: different take. alison: exactly. you know a lot about halloween. "good morning washington." larry:
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everybody gets dressed up. tomorrow, join "good morning washington." it's the halloween spooktacular. we look forward to this every year. we will be live at taxton manor and it will start at 4:25 a.m. larry: a lot of surprises planned. join us all morning long. alison: you wouldn't tell me. larry: you have to watch. do we wear our outfid or do we need coats? bill: you are good to go. get to the halloween forecast. creepy music on that. this is tomorrow. not this evening. this is tomorrow. sun setting at 6:09. this is good but not great. not great meaning it will be chilly. compare it to what if halloween was yesterday. last night with the rain and the wind? it's better than
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sweatshirt depending when you go out. it will a little on the chilly side. 50 degrees at 9:00. outside now. 59 degrees for washington, d.c. 56 around fredericksburg. woodbridge is 58. that is where the numbers are. the everything planner will say 51. this is at dulles. 49 at 8:00. a bigger picture in our region. that system is well to the northeast. the next weather maker or the possibility out here bringing showers to ohio. that extends to p.a. as well. most of that energy will stay out of the area. we are watching that possibility of a few showers working in here wednesday. we are warming up by the end of the week. robert: thank you. it's o
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dave martinez for 2018. he will be the seventh full-time manager for nats since 2005. he was the bench coach for joe maddon for the last decade. he never managed a team in the majors before. well, the redskins lost more players to injury on sunday against the cowboys. six total. on top of that 0-3 in the n.f.c. east. things are grim right now but the players still find time to give back. erin: a day the students at mount vernon woods elementary school will never forget. [applause] elijah won an espn 980 random drawing to bring redskins star josh norman to school for the day. what was your reaction when you found out you won the
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>> i found out at recess. we all started screaming and we were jumping up and down. >> norman met with the sixth grader one-on-one before he addressed the school in an assembly. >> chris cross applesauce, the whole nine yards. >> he was so good he held a contest to see which grade could be the loudest. he even made him feel special in front of her classmates. >> i like when people notice me but i don't like too much attention. it's not normal. >> you are a natural. you don't seem nervous at all. >> i really am. erin: erin hawksworth, abc7 sports. robert: a big deal. he followed her on instagram. that is huge for josh norman. he only follows like 18
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look at this. look at this. alison: i love the story. larry: you know what to do when your car gets recalled. alison: but what do trucking companies do when narrator: ed gillespie's fals attacks. independent press says they're false. fear mongering. absurd. ralph northam nt to vmi and was an army doctor for eight years. in richmond, dr. northam helped pass longer sentences for gang members and mandatory life sentences for violent sexual predators. ralph northam: i'm ralph northam, candidate for governor, and i sponsored this ad because i'm a pediatrician, and for ed gillespie to say i would tolerate anyone hurting a child is despicable. m mark herring, candidate for attorney general, and i sponsored this ad. female narrator: what would john adams do to women's health? adams argued before the supreme court to give employers control over your access to birth control.
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larry: "7 on your side" with a followup on a story we brought you friday about the millions of drivers who have not responded to the recall notices. it's not just cars but commercial vehicles face safety recalls as well. we take a look at who is making sure the parts are fixed or replaced to keep you safe. reporter: open recalls. find them on the vehicles of every kind. you get notice in the mail for your car. what about the big rigs? they get that notice, too. the difference is what happens next. while one in four personal vehicles on the road has
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safety, issue that hasn't been fixed, commercial vehicles go through a more vigorous maintenance process and it starts before each trip. each driver has a pretrip safety inspection, the first of several procedures in place to check commercial vehicles. >> if we are not on the road we are not making money and not generating revenue. the vehicle is the biggest asset for the livelihood. the drivers, mechanics know that. they want to bring the truck in as soon as possible. >> safety is number one. reporter: with 2.5 million miles under his belt as a professional driver, pretrip safety inspection and vehicle inspection helps them meet the industry goal. >> to get the goods that are delivered to keep america moving and do it safetily and efficiently -- safely and efficiently. >> not just the trucking industry checking for issues. >> another line of
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the state motor carrier enforcement inspector. they check the vehicles on the road every day to make sure they follow the federal safety regulations. we followed along on a safety inspection. from top to bottom. front to back. >> he is checking to make sure that everything is secure. it's tight. >> the inspectors even checks the driver's log to see how long he has been on the road. it passed with flying colors but we look at examples of violations that could lead to truck pulled out of service. >> it's very important that everything is in proper working order to move on down the road. >> with the protocols in place, a spokesperson with the national high
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safety administration tells me there is a 70% completion rate for all safety recalls but the goal is 100%. >> that will keep the road safer and the trucks moving. jonathan: developing now, two arrests and a guilty plea surrounding president trump's campaign. the bombshell revelations we are learning at this hour. >> i have $35,000 but there is stilt $45,000 missing. michelle: his safe was stolen and there is money still missing. jonathan: a boat capsizes and a 13-year-old want of heroism. what he did after saving a life. announcer: now "abc7 news at 6:00". on your side. >> did you commit a crime? >> any reaction, mr. manafort? jonathan: first at 6:00, a political
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trump's one-time right-hand man and campaign worker indicted on a dozen criminal charges. late this afternoon, former campaign manager manafort and his associates rick gates facing a d.c. judge and pleading not guilty. michelle: the charges range from conspiracy and money laundering to lying to investigators. tonight manafort's attorney calling charges ridiculous. >> there is no evidence they colluded with the government. >> they face millions in fines and prison if convicted. >> the charges give a glimpse inside the ongoing investigation. >> mr. manafort, did you commit a crime? >> president trump's former campaign chairman walking in if field office. paul manafort and rick gates indicted for money laundering and fraud. the charges alleged that he spent

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