truck turn weapon from lower manhattan. michelle: in the past half hour, the prosecutors formally charged the suspected driver sayfullo saipov with terrorism. that as we heard from the new york police officer who shot saipov ending the threat. >> although i feel we were just doing our job, like thousands of the officers do every day, i understand the importance of yesterday's event and the role we played. i am grateful for the recognition we have received. michelle: again, we want to show you this picture. this is the second man the f.b.i. is hunting for after the attack that left eight people dead. meantime, we are learning more about the man charged in the attack. sam sweeney is at the abc7 "live desk" with that part of the story. sam: brand new information coming in. the suspect wavered miranda rights and said isis videos inspired him. they called this a heinous and a cool cawlated attack well planned two months ago with

tonight we are learning more about the 29-year-old uzbek national suspected of intentional limoing down people on the bike path. >> it appears that mr. saipov had been planning this for a number of weeks. he did this in the name of isis. sam: this video shows the erratic behavior seconds before the nypd officer shot him in the stomach. friends and those who knew sayfullo saipov say he is angry, has trouble holding steady work and hates american and israeli policy. inside the truck, multiple notes. >> the notes were handwritten in arabic. they had symbols and words. the gist of the note was that the islamic state would endure forever. >> saipov's rampage ended after he slammed the school bus. tonight multiple reports say he told investigators he wishes he could have hurt more. new york cit

critical but stable condition ranging from afternoontition to severe head and neck -- from amputations to severe head and neck trauma. sam sweeney, abc7 news. michelle: we have information about the eight people killed. five were high school buddies vacationing from argentina to mark the 30th reunion. another was a belgium woman cycling alongside her mom and sister when she was run down. two americans were among the fallen. new york mayor bill de blasio said regardless of the nationality, they will be remembered as new yorkers forever. jonathan: well, also developing, two people hurt in london after a cak jumped a cush -- a cab jumped a cush and crashed into a crowd. at this hour it appears to be an accident but it illustrates how vulnerable we are all to vehicles hitting crowds and used as weapons. in the past three years tenter ror attacks carried out using vehicles as a weapon. you can see the map and the

they have been carried out. they are going after what they call soft targets. how do you protect soft targets? stephen tschida joining us live from gallery place in northwest d.c. with what he has learned. this is a tall order. stephen: incredibly tall. when it comes to soft targets, d.c. is full of them. according to terrorism analysts, anyplace, even like this, gallery place. all these people potential targets. a very strong police presence with the halloween referrallers in georgetown. this -- revelers in georgetown. this is out of an abundance of caution since crowded streets are a prime target for terrorists. >> there is no stopping it. stephen: the capital is full of soft targets. any area where people gather and are exposed is vulnerable. >> anything can be made a soft target. >> the local police departments coordinate the efforts and remain vigilant.

they can do. >> some in the city say despite the efforts they believe it is impossible to prevent the type of attack which hit new york yesterday. >> you just got to stay vigilant. you have to protect yourself. >> representatives of the various law enforcement agencies will not talk about any specific steps they are taking to protect the public. we ask about the bike paths, the jogging trails after what happened in new york, they said keep in mind the bike path we have here, one stretches from mount vernon all the way to bethesda. so trying to protect that would be a daunting challenge. reporting live, stephen tschida, abc7 news. michelle: thank you. investigators believe sayfullo saipov radicalized after coming to the u.s. in 2010 under the diversity visa lottery. in a tweet, the president criticized senate minority leader chuck schumer for s

became law in 1990. president trump: diversity lottery sounds nice. it's not nice. it's not good. it's not good. it hasn't been good. >> the green card program has a long serious vetting program. it takes a year. so before we can comment we have to see what happens with this individual. michelle: the white house press secretary sarah huckabee sanders says the president is not blaming schumer for monday's attack and rejected claims that the president is politicizing terrorism. we will continue to monitor all the developments from manhattan and update you as we learn more. you can get updates around the clock using the free abc7 news app. jonathan: we have new information on the "7 on your side" alert. we broke the story last night at 11:00. did you see this? see the boxes in front of the speedy tax place? those are people's files with personal information. hundreds of people's tax records dumped on the sidewalk. that is until "7 on your side" called police to come protect them. now we have learned that the u.s. marshals are the ones that

it turns out that speedy tax was evicted from the h street office because it owed $20,000 in back rent. the u.s. marshals carry out the evictions. >> it was like a flea market of people going through it once the officers left. i notice people looking at the files. jonathan: they were looking at the files because there were social security numbers, addresses, everything you sneed to steal someone's identity on the sidewalk. the marshals' office only require them to remove objects that can be dangerous. the files are now at the u.s. treasury department. michelle: enrollment is now open for those who buy health insurance through the affordable health care act better known as obamacare. enrollment will go on. in fact, former president obama released a video urging people to enroll before the december 15 deadline. jonathan: terrifying moment caught on video and now we are learning more about the man killed who ma

michelle: and this. amazing video. a man paddling a suspected thief. how it unfolded and why the man says this is not a first for him. bill: good evening, everyone. quick look at the evening forecast. tonight, temperature wise it feels like fall for sure. 59 at 7:00. keep it in the upper 50's for the next couple of hours. clouds are out there. a few light showers. our big story, though, we are warming things up. we'll have that

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.

we are back with breaking news. we are told that the f.b.i. is looking for a second person. we are informed he is no longer wanted. this is the man on the screen they were looking for, for more information. they have not released other details whether they are wanted in connection with this attack in new york or how he played a part. but they are no longer looking. they do not say that he is in custody. as soon as we get new information we'll update you. at the "live desk," back to you, sam sweeney. jonathan: caught on video. frightening scene in louisiana. exxon-mobil refinery burning in baton rouge. is that is some fire. they kept it confined to one unit but it took three hours to contain this th

hurt. michelle: that is good news. congressional republicans are toying with an unusual way to fight wildfires in the western u.s. increasing logging. they burned 9 thousand acres and destroying thousands of home. it would scale back the protection that delay logging. it is believed that speeding up the work would make for the bigger fire breaks in forests. jonathan: the charles county school aide and the coach hiv positive and charged with more than 200 counts of sexually assaulting underage students and recording that abuse is back in the news. carlos bell now facing federal criminal charges for producing pornography. michelle: look at this. new video of a man wanted in a weekend stabbing in u street northwest that involves a woman dressed in a cost

marilyn monroe costume. look here as we pull this up in full. you see the wanted man lash out at two men with a knife. police caught the attack from multiple camera angles. this started when the men stepped in and a man got in an argument with the woman dressed as marilyn monroe. one of the good samaritans was seriously hurt and is hospitalized. at last check, no arrests in the case. jonathan: still ahead for us -- >> the story behind the man handing out an old school paddling to a thief. it's not the first time he has

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kevin: the choir at fort washington baptist church. brought isaiah gene pugh good joy. >> he was a good man. >> he recalled the ability to converse. >> through him god changed lives in the community and made people's lives richer. >> pugh was a widower and retired from the distribution center but the true calling was with the boy scouts of america where he led hundreds of young men. >> everyone came to the neighborhood, mr. pugh is the first person to welcome you. >> like 31-year-old yannick. >> for mr. pugh to come over and treat the son as it were their child and having another male figure was awesome.

>> he died from organ injuries sustained in the tavern car crash in upper marlboro. his church now leaning heavily on his faith. >> the celebration of life, fire and they will miss the smile he had, and the joy he brought. not just his voice but his person. >> the pastor is now writing a sermon on why bad things happen to good people. i'm kevin lewis, abc7 news. jonathan: deadly collisions involving a pair of navy destroyers according to a new report by the navy that both of the collisions were preventable. 17 sailors died on fitzgerald and john s. mccain. they blamed the fitzgerald on numerous failures by the crew and the mccain on complacency. new oversight command will have to s

pacific fleet before a ship can leave port now. michelle: tonight hundreds of people are waiting for word on the fate of their memories. thieves broke in the public storage facility off i-270 in frederick, maryland, over the weekend. some 250 lockers were compromised. not all of the renters whose lockers were hit have been notified and interviewed yet. we spoke with some who are anxiously waiting for news. >> it's all i had left of my dad. you know, now i'm like really worried. there was a lot of stuff of value in there. upsets me. michelle: many renters haven't been allowed in the lockers to take inventory. they believe the thieves struck friday night or early saturday morning. jonathan: caught on video, a former elementary school principal and the town mayor catches a teenager he says breaking into his truck and he teaches them a lesson waiting for police. watch. >> when you break in people's

ain't whipped your tail. jonathan: that would be an old fashioned paddling. a whooping. what the principal didn't know the teenager was armed but he lost the gun in the initial scuffle just before the paddling. >> instincts kicked in. after the fact is when, you know, things are a lot more sober and you are able to consider what could have happened in the situation. i'm grateful to god that nobody was hurt. jonathan: no kidding. he just heard from, he has done it before. is 2 years ago e -- 12 years ago he fought off two men who broke in the home. this time he says he is getting too old for this. michelle: a hard lesson. but hopefully he took the lesson and won't be back. jonathan: one the kid is out of jail and the backside is not sore, maybe he will figure it out. that is not a good way to go. bill: four nights left with the sun setting this year in the 6:00 hour. that is it.

bill: it's just over at that point. if you like winter, we have good news coming up. how is that? this is what it looks like outside now at national harbor. we have the clouds. the capital wheel illuminating. 58 is the temperature. winds are not bad. out of the south at 7:00. light jacket. good to go. we have light rain showers around the region. but notice how much warmer is it to the south. raleigh is 69. 58 in ro -- roanoke. we are on the warm edge. state college, p.a., 41 so it's much cooler to the north. but over the next two days or so the south winds drive up the warm air. our numbers are going up. there are some showers to the north as you can see in our area. this is quiet and just a few light showers as we make our way to the next couple of hours. most of these triggered by the heating of the day and

driving home, you had to have the windshield wipers on a time or two, that is coming to an end. future cast, this is paused at 11:00. we will say the mid-50's in the beltway. outlying areas to the 40's and the low 50's. dry at 11:00. stop it at the morning commute, say 7:00 in the morning. mild. we are in the 50's. leesburg is 52. that is 7:00 in the morning. a few clouds. watch as we warm up. 10:00 in the morning. upper 50's and the low 60's. a few clouds out there. mix of sun and clouds. 12:00 noon, consider the lunch outside. the south breezes are up. at 12:00 noon we have widespread temperatures to the mid-to-upered 60's. heading to the mid-70's tomorrow at 3:00. the rain showers should stay out of the area. by this time tomorrow night is warmer than out there now. the extended forecast, 70's for the next couple of days. the mobile wheel of fortune is

hop over to the wjla.com to get that. on friday and saturday, both of those days we could see showers around the area. not a big organized weather system. no thunderstorms expected. that will cool numbers off on saturday. we set clocks back saturday to sunday. set the alarm for that. these days most of our phones do it for us. one of those things if you have morning plans you might want to remember that. 75 degrees. we are warming up on monday. all in, in my opinion, pretty quiet. that is the weatherm mark herri, 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. adams also supports giving employers the power to block access to affordable contraception for 1.6 million virginia women. and adams opposes abortion even in cases of rape, or incest. john adams: wrong for women's health. wrong for virginia.

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.

erin: will he stay or will he go? the kirk cousins contract line is a hot topic. it became a topic again after quarterback garrapalos went to san francisco. this is significant because many thought san francisco would be a landing spot for cousins but now that is a game changer for cousins. >> i have enough to fo

in my situation i can go play. i am not in a position to be traded or work out a deal. i can just try to win games and see where we are when the season ends. erin: very politician like there. you know the saying. "game seven." two of the best words in all of sports. sports fans will be treated to just that. it doesn't get bigger than on the world series stage. who will it be? the houston astros or the los angeles dodgers? win or lose, this is a moment players on both sides always dreamed of. >> i think you dream about it as a kid. it's big for me. all of to us remember it's a baseball game. >> it was destined to go seven all time. we have two great teams here. stick to my game plan and be a competitor out there. erin: the wizards are back home tonight hosting the phoenix suns at 7:00. jonathan: good enough. michelle: all right. thank you. final check of

bill: light jacket tonight. most showers winding down. looking landover the extended noted be at all. michelle: "world news tonight" with david muir is up next. live in manhattan.

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onsored this ad because i'm a pediatrician, and for ed gillespie to say i would tolerate anyone hurting a child is despicable. tonight, breaking news. our exclusive interview. the police commissioner taking us to the crime scene, just moments ago. the deadliest terror attack here in new york city since 9/11. the suspect accused of killing at least eight people with a pickup truck. he rented it just an hour before. >> oh, my god. >> new images tonight. the school bus he collided with. the suspect's handwritten note now discovered. tonight, our one-on-one with the commissioner. did the suspect act alone? and how do they protect new yorkers and tourists against vehicles used as weapons? the victims. five friends killed, gathering for their 30-year reunion. the mother of two visiting new york. and the patient now a double