bill kelly joining us. light at the end of tunnel is close, right? bill: we have a few hours. traffic center is nearby. i was looking at the overall map. it looked like christmas with a lot of red on there. very little green, actually. traffic, the loved ones probably going to take extra time today. montgomery county with 1.04 inches of rain. it continues. this is the district and you can see the yellow, the moderate rainfall. out there through fairfax. when we sample the shade of yellow and oranges we are talking rainfall rates coming down to the half an inch hour range. we look back over west virginia. it

we will start to tap in the drier air. looking across it's rainy around the area. it will stay that way this evening. temperatures in the low 40's. grab your coat. you will want your umbrella and you will need it, too. michelle: stay ahead of the weather wherever you are with the stormwatch7 weather app. it's free and in the app store and google play. jonathan: you wonder when it rains on election day what role it will play. two men vying to be governor of virginia were out voting for themselves, of course. you wonder what will happen for the rest of us. will people want to get out and vote? that is the big question. the clock is ticking for others who want to weigh in on the election. michelle: we have team coverage but first we are moving to this story. two days after a massacre inside a texas

are learning whether police are investigating a sex assault investigation involving the gunman was mishandled. jonathan: devin kelley once escaped from a mental institution. that is the same time he was thrown out of the air force jailed for domestic violence. that he haven't been able to crack the password on his phone. the community in texas is still trying to and will for some time process what happened. devin kelley spent 12 months in a military prison for abusing his wife and stepson in 2012. federal law says domestic violence conviction made him ineligible to buy any guns. >> that is a disconnect there that has to be looked into. >> the d.c. military legal expert. >> the military has their own way of handling how things get disclosed. or

>> the air force admitting the own way failed to alert the f.b.i. about the conviction. he believes it could be simple as getting computer systems to talk to each other. >> we have the military level, different than the civilian level where we are all interconnected. >> it wasn't just one data base. three different data bases were never alerted by the air force. >> as recent as 2015 the inspector general from pentagon reported hundreds of military convict fingerprints were not submitted to the f.b.i. database. jonathan: thank you. the man who chased and shot the gunman said he took action after hearing rapid gunfire coming from across the street. realizing that each shot he heard represented somebody's death. >> i grabbed a handful of ammunition. and started loading my magazine.

take time to put my shoes on and i ran across the street looking for it. he had a pistol in his hand. we exchanged gunfire. jonathan: he is a former shooting instructor and also a plumber and he feels guilty he didn't get there sooner. michelle: tonight we have an update to breaking news we have been following all evening for you. former major league pitcher roy halladay has been killed in a plane crash. the 40-year-old cy young winner was flying his own plane off the coast of tampa when it plunged in the gulf of mexico. no one else was on board. it's not clear what caused the crash. jonathan: so sad. all right. the rain we were talking about. you see right there both men vying to be governor of virginia. they were out voting for themselves. miserable day. raining most of the day. there is always the concerned about the rain and the role it will play in this election. asf as bringing people out to vote. the clock is ticking for others who do want t

and get out to vote. michelle: that is right. the polls in virginia are closed tonight at 7:00. less than an hour from now. governor's race is just one of four important statewide races that we are watching tonight that could include wish party controls the state house. richard reeve joins us from a polling location in fairfax with what kind of turnout we are seeing tonight. rich? richard: yeah, the clock is running as you said. but also the weather is a big issue. bill kelly talking about that. look behind me. and you can see a few people out here. the stakes are high. look at governor, lieutenant governor, the a.g.'s office and delegate races. 47% of the voters here have come out to vote. 47 in alexandria and 40% in arlington. that is high considering the horrible weather we are having. talking to the voters, very passionate. a lot of folks

deficit barometer on the presidency. they are coming out to vote here tonight. we will have all for you throughout the evening. reporting live, richard reeve, abc7 news. michelle: thanks. naacp says someone is trying to suppress the vote in northern virginia. head of the prince william chapter said 50 voters received calls or texts falsely claiming the polling places have changed. >> it's terrible. i could think they are trying to set people up to not vote and trick people. i don't think that is a good idea. horrible. horrible. >> all the voters who received messages are registered democrats says the naacp. stay with us for "your voice, your future" vote coverage throughout the night. we have live reports on abc7 and results with the analysis throughout the night on the sister station newschannel8. jonathan: we see a lo

videotape but this you have to see. two grown men throwing epic temper tantrum because the first attempt to commit a crime failed. michelle: first, though, breaking news. fire ripping through a d.c. row house. new information about the firefighters next at 6:00.

michelle: we return with more breaking news tonight. this time from northeast d.c. where two firefighters are hurt after a fire that cost four people their homes. this all unfolding in the past two hours on 14th place northeast. we are told several cats also died. no word on a cause. jonathan: more animals killed in a fire in burtonsville. this fire here. the family says they lost their home and the three dogs. firefighters say some sort of electrical problem is what set it off. it happened on schubert drive. no people were hurt in the fire. investigators say that somebody intentionally started this deadly house fire last thursday in seat pleasant. two men in the supposedly vacant home on not street died from smoke inhalation. they were found on the second floor. they identified the men and are not releasing the identity. they haven't identified an arsonist. no arrest has been made. michelle: former teacher is accused of sexually abusing a

student. grand jury indicted 40-year-old latoya parker with sex abuse, sex solicitation and displaying obscene material involving a student. court document say the incident happened late last year and early this every year. parker is no longer teaching and has been released on bond. now crime alert for a group of men suspected of attacking someone in an attempted robbery in the district. take a look. you see a man lunge off a capital bike share bike and begin attacking that man. this all happened wednesday outside succotash. security cameras at a nearby convenient store caught clear images of the summit. here it is. see them clear as day. jonathan: still ahead. making old look like new. metros attempt to upgrade rail cars without buying new ones. michelle: the moment the floor givings way. fl

library in a moment caught on video.

a high-speed chase in los angeles. you see the stolen ford mustang speeding down the highway there. that is what an officer gets in just the right position. spins out the mustang. that is enough to make the driver put it in park and surrender to police. jonathan: new at 6:00, the school websites recruiting for isis? hackers managed to get in to every school at four districts nationwide including one in southeastern virginia. so more two hours yesterday, those sites showed what is believed to be isis recruitment video. the company that runs the site now say that beefing up security. michelle: disciplinary panel has found baltimore police officer caesar goodson not guilty on all administrative charges tied to the freddie gray case. he drove the police van carrying grey after the 2015 arrest is in custody death sparked riots across the city. goodson later acquitted of criminal charges in gray's death. jonathan: first on 7, security guards

in silver spring accused of selling certification to other guards to pass weapons test. we learned four employees of the north american security have now been arrested. authorities say that the fraud took place at a gun range in upper marlboro. investigators say the scheme went on for three years until somebody reported it to the commercial department inspector general. michelle: the belle of metro's ball, the newiest, shiniest and the cleanest cars. 7000 series is what we are talking about. you could get the new car experience in the older rail cars. sam sweeney shows us the work to wrap older cars in vinyl to save money and the environment. >> this green line train is 11 years old but you wouldn't know it by looking at it. when you walk in it, it even smells new. >> the fresh new smell. >> metro wrapping some of the 3000 and the 6000 cars in

part of a pilot program. >> the idea came from a car maintenance employees. he told us this is something that could reduce the impact of the environment and would cost less as far as maintenance is concerned. michelle: they are removing carpet and installing sleek new seats. >> the seats, the floor, all the new stuff. >> metro spends $14,000 to paint a car. vinyl costs only $4,000. it will save thousands in washing costs. believe it or not, metro washes the rail cars almost every single day. washing vinyl versus aluminum is much better for the environment. >> when we have the aluminum, it takes a harsher chemical to clean them and to treat the wastewater before it can be set. >> the newly wrapped cars, there are only two of them in the system now. but if the program is successful and they hold up, they will wrap all the 3,000 and 6,000 series cars but in the meantime, the rest of

that. jonathan: well, caught on video. call it the michigan meltdown. grown men throwing temper tantrum and everything else they can get their hand on in a convenience store. we had to remove the audio. started when the credit cards were declined. so they went bananas. the cards they were trying to pass stolen credit cards. >> trying to use the stolen credit cards and having a temper tantrum because the felony attempt didn't work doesn't make sense to me. we have room in the jail for them. jonathan: they got a really good video of them, too. the clerk was not hurt and safe behind the barrier. but they went on for a while to yell and throw everything they got their hands on. >> digging yourself in a hole. new storm watch video as mother nature's furry. keep an eye on the highlighted section there. video of a school labor rare. it's -- library. it's raining and

givings way to send a way of water through the building. library and the dozens of the classrooms were flooded. is that we weren't flooded but we were soggy. bill: absolutely. the last time we had more rain on november 7 was 20 years ago in 1997. the record for the day. two inches. we are not there. enough that you will go all right. things are damp. we can take sprinklers off for a couple of days but this time of the year they are blowing the lines out entirely. this is what it looks for the rain. some spots got an inch of rain in howard and montgomery county. you folks 1.09, 1.08 in there. generally speaking we are between half an inch on some of the lower tends over an inch so far today. ashburn is .84. centreville and fairfax at .83 of an inch. this picture here at tysons corner looking off south. it tells a story of this evening. it's damp. it is a little on the foggy side. the te

point together. means relative humidity values are at 100%. it is raw for this time of the year. 40 degrees out of dulles. north winds at 20 miles per hour. some temperatures are already in the 30's. frederick at 39 right now. martinsburg 39. winchester at 37. feels like temperature notice winchester the same. winds are not strong. where we have the winds it knocks the numbers down. hagerstown, feeling like 31. feeling below freezing currently. it's a chilly, raw night. we are tracking the visibility. right now we don't see dense fog out there. but perfect visibility measured at ten miles are greater. tomorrow there could be fog that is a little dense. we are starting to see a break in the showers. is that is off to the west. we have rain around the area tonight and the next couple of hour

ridge and move in along the break for us rolling in the overnight hours. by 11:00, for the most part it's gone. we will keep the clouds out the door in the morning. i don't expect rain for the morning drive. and the bus stop forecast for the kids. down south, tomorrow, i expect the rain showers. it should stay away from the metro. another cool day. drier than it is out there now. chilly day for november morning. bus stop forecast arrive to pick up the kids at 46. we will warm to a whopping 50. h. and friday are also dry. but then we have another front. saturday morning the veterans day morning the slow is likely below freezing for the first time this year. getting the first freeze.

we keep showers and below normal until next week. jonathan: we had unseasonably warm and now seasonably cold so what happened to just right? michelle: goldilocks weather. bill: requests have to be in by 4:00. michelle: we hate this weather but we love the time of year for basketball. erin hawksworth is live at capitol one arena with a preview of the wizards and the dallas mavericks. erin: that is why i like covering basketball. it's always just right inside an arena. i had a chance to catch up with mavericks owner mark cuban as the i with saturdays get ready to host the -- wizards get ready to host the maveric ♪ [doorbell] ♪ ♪ when you have doctors working as a team for your health, you get the care you need to help you thrive. ♪

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erin: the wizards are back home fresh off the win over the raptors hosting the 1-10 dallas mavericks tonight. i had a chance to catch up with the mavericks owner mark cuban. i couldn't help but ask since we are in washington if he could see himself living here one day. specifically, in the white house. i saw your 10% in. what does it take to get to 100%? >> i have three kids. that is challenging. just trying to get a handle on what happens to them, right? and how i deal with that. if you have a 14-year-old

8-year-old boy, that is the challenge. if i didn't have kids and i wasn't a married man it would be an easy decision. i would do it. r. where do you think john wall and bradley beal rank amongst dynamic backcourts in the nba? >> they are up there around ib credibly talent -- incredibly talented. i didn't take bradley to be as good as he is. he is more dynamic than i expected. give his hard work. he has a reputation. you have a good group of guys. we go way back with mahini. you can tell there is a rivalry. there is effort. they have every chance to do well in the east and hopefully we set them back a day today. erin: i have known mark cuban for about ten years now. i used to cover the mavericks when i worked if dallas. it goes to show never burn a bridge because he is a good contact to have. back to you in the studio. jonathan: thanks. michelle: rain sticking around through the night. bill: couple more hours and it will taper off and be chilly tomorrow.

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tonight, breaking news on several fronts. what we've just learned about the deadly church shooting in texas. what the gunman did before. and tonight, the stories emerging from inside the church. the suspect shooting into the church, even before he was inside. bullets coming through the walls. families, children on the floor, under the pews. also tonight, the stunning number of missed warning signs. the gunman escaping a mental facility in the past. he threatened military supervisors. he was convicted of domestic violence. tonight, president trump says extreme vetting would not have made a difference. breaking news as we come on the air involving harvey weinstein tonight. what the nypd believes is now