in the shadow of the d.c. monument and why it may be coming to an end. a marine on a mission. 31 days. 31 marathons. 31 cities. jonathan: we start with breaking news. a small plane has gone down in anne arundel county in the last 30 minutes we have gotten word of this. it went down as you can see in a wooded area. it look like it came apart on the guardrail off the road. southbound 97 at route 50 in annapolis. one adult, two children being evaluated at the scene right now. again, we will get more details as we learn them but we are not hearing that anybody was killed result of the crash. the firefighters are still working on what is left of the fuselage from the plane. it doesn't look like they are in a rush but they are trying to get someone out of plane. when we get more word we will let you know. the other news that we are following is the arctic cold blanketing

alison: the temperatures are plummeting and tomorrow it will feel more lake january. nancy: this hurts. chief meteorologist bill kelly has the veterans day weekend forecast. really cold outside. bill: near records by tomorrow morning. there are overnight lows in the mid-20's. we have 38 at dulles. 39 at college park. gaithersburg at 37. you mentioned january. the normal high temperature on the coldest day of the year, mid-january is 43. we are below that. then you add winds to it that are blowing between 10 to 20. so here is the temperature that you want to know before going out tonight to your friday football games, heading out and about around the town. the feels like temperatures are all at or below freezing around the area. they are only going to go down from here. you have 29 right now in manassas. 32 in frederick. 30 in leesburg. we do have tonight a freeze warning that is in effect for the most part. around the entire

that will go into effect tonight. the good news is we have sunshine out there. that is nice. skies are clear. don't worry about any rain or in conditions like this any snow. clear and the temperatures will flirt with the freezing mark for the early evening hours. but again, the wind chill, feels like temperature is easily down in the 20's. we are looking at a fall forecast coming up in a few minutes. alison: thank you. in honor of veterans day, a special honor flight group is here in washington. 24 veterans matched with 24 high school students. for two days. sam sweeney joins them live on the national mall. what a special group this is. sam: this is. it's not often that you see the senior citizens along with teenagers in high school paired up

today. each of them were learning powerful lessons. >> the way the world is, there are so many problems for the young kids to give them a hug. that is just so comforting. a hug just goes a long way. sam: for marvin eagle, handshakes and hugs. from one generation to the next. today he saw love, honor and compassion. thomas was shot in vietnam and today he is matched with the high school senior erica lions. both here on an honor flight from coffee county, kansas. >> it seems like they really take care of you. >> learning to appreciate what we have. not me doing it but someone who is brave enough to fight for the country. >> thomas waited his whole life for this moment. he survived the attack in vietnam but his two close e friends didn't. today his partner erica helped find the names on the wall.

>> i got wounded and i had a guy on each side die. so it's good to be able to see them on the law. sam: high school history teacher jeff true organized the moment. >> there is no better history lesson than to spend time with a guy that lived it and breathed it. >> martin breathed it for years in the korean war. >> i don't feel like a hero. it makes you feel like a hero but i'm not a hero. i'm just one of us. sam: for most of the men, it was their first time in washington, d.c. they said they felt like heroes because of the welcome they received here. they are. reporting live, sam sweeney, abc7 news. alison: thank you. abc7 is thanking veterans for the service today. send pictures of any veteran in your life to burst.com/wjla.

lindsey: i'm lindsey mastis with breaking news from the "live desk." comedian louis c.k. released a statement about the sexual misconduct allegations against him. he is admitting that they are true. in a statement he writes in part, "those stories are true" and that he is remorseful. he is going on to say he thought he had permission to touch himself in front of his accusers but now he says he took advantage of the power he had as a celebrity. he is facing fallout. movie premier scheduled for last night canceled in the light of the allegations. now netflix says it will not produce another standup special starring the comedian. at the "live desk," i'm lindsey mastis. jonathan: thank you. alison: olympic gymnast says she was sexually abused by a former gymnastics doctor and she was 15 when she was treated by dr. nasser.

worked for usa gymnastics for years and dozens of women accused him of sexual misconduct. depping now, alabama senate candidate roy moore under fire after allegation of sexual misconduct and he is refusing to drop out of the race. now the republican party senate campaign ended its fund raising agreement withmore. the "washington post" is reporting that he molested girls when he was in his 30's. other lawmakers say he should drop out of the wake. president trump weighing in on this says if the amizations are true, moore should step aside. jonathan: new at 4:00, fighting crime from above. we are talking about drones. they are quick and agile and small. we have a look at how they are using the high-tech tools to catch criminals. q mccray? q: you are looking at one of the stafford county deputies newest crime fighting to

a drone. they have four of them. our deputies encounter the suspects at 7-eleven. the suspect was wanted on felony probation violation. q: this was the scene at the corner of garrisonville road and arrowhead drive around 2:00 a.m. >> he ended up fleeing the scene in the woods. the deputies gave chase and we set up a drone. q: they captured three suspects and they located a missing mountain view student. out here in the woods, the bird's-eye view makes the difference. but there are rules to follow. >> f.a.a. regulations say the drone operator has to be in a visual line of fight. q: a thick fog cut the search short. we did research and according to the virginia law unless they are searching for a missing person, the law enforcement must have a warrant to use

bad guys, which was the case in the manhunt. the search continues for the suspect. in stafford, q mccray, abc7 news. jonathan: now a high-speed chase in oklahoma city. this is wild. man on the run for hours with the officers in pursuit. an offroad truck he stole. he goes through a fence. this is how it comes to an end. he went backwards in a bond. he jumps out and thought he was out of the reach but that is a taser. next time we see him, we will be at his trial. nancy: a d.c. high school student is in critical condition after being shot near the school yesterday. we brought this to you as breaking news yesterday. now we are hearing from a witness. sam ford has more. sam: you remember what happened at

14 years ago. this is a high school where there was a homicide in the school. they are hoping that the young man pulls through. he is in critical condition. this is the big interest in this neighborhood. police say he is in critical condition after being shot on the street two blocks from school. the witnesses didn't want to be on tv. >> i see him laying on the ground, bloody. >> a resident the didn't want to be identified heard the shot and saw students flunk to the ground pulling out his cell phone. they ran down to get help but by the time they got her the young man lost consciousness. there needs to be more police officers out here, residents say, walking streets as the kids go home

they say crime is down. >> when they say crime is down. yeah. right down the street. >> the police stats show crime is down around the city but in ward eight it's up. many admit among the saddest crimes is to have a kid shot on the way home from school. >> it's unsafe to live. they are concerned about the young man's situation. reporting live from southeast washington i'm sam ford. abc7 news. nancy: thank you. north kore

first half of the president's trip. now trade issues are front and center. president trump delivering a message on his watch they will no longer tolerate companies that don't play by the rules of international trade. >> we are not going to let the united states be taken advantage of. leaders in asia are anxious about what the economic policies mean for them. the president pulled out of the transpacific partnership and said he will make agreement with any nation that practices fair trade. jonathan: coming up for us at "abc7 news at 4:00" -- the life-changing technology helping a 3-year-old boy so full of energy. alison: plus, saying goodbye to a popular treat. the stir little debbie is causing on social media. nancy: back to the breaking

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kevin: i'm kevin lewis live heading for a plane crash. skytrak7 over the scene. we are told it's a single engine plane with three people on board. one adult and two minors, two juveniles. we don't know how young the children are. we are told all three people have non-life threatening injuries. anne arundel county fire and police handling this as we speak. we are en route and we'll bring you updates as they come in. nancy: thank you. alison: we are back with an investigation in a toddler's death in new york city. 3-year-old boy with a severe food allergy died after eating a grilled cheese sandwich at his preschool. now authorities have shut down the school. they called the deadly exposure to dairy isolated incident but it's not clear if the school had a plan to protect or treat children who have a severe

reaction. all the new york schools are required to have a safety plan in case a student goes into anaphylactic shock. nancy: to ohio, life-changer for 3-year-old boy. students and teachers using amazing technology to make him a mechanical hand using a 3d printer. a month and several prototypes before the student and the stats were able to come one a final version. >> everyone was eager to make it happen. >> no hear his reaction, it meant the world. >> the total cost was $60. look at his smile and move like that. give the fist pumps. >> that is awesome. you remember the iphone gli

minds? apple finally fixed the bug. iphone users can type the letter i again without other things showing up. amazon is expanding the pop-up store to whole foods. they will also sign up for the prime membership. snack cake maker little debbie causing a social media stir. >> yes. alison: the post says one has to go. which one. jonathan: no! alison: yes. it had

worried. nancy: lindsey mastis finds out what they are up to. lens guess what? little debbie is trolling you. they apparently reportedly have no. plans to give up any of the snacks. it's part of a marketing ploy. a lot are throwing honey buns under the bus. and're says my daughter would cry! other people have medical reasons. no joke. we use them for cystic fibrosis treatment. a lot of people say they just can't choose this one. they don't have to choose. they are trolling you.

>> we have been trolled. jonathan: they are stolen a page from starbucks. every time they move we report on it. nancy: it sounds sweet but little tricks you. i love oatmeal cream pie. jonathan: honey bun. bill: people are going nuts. what? nancy: remember twinkies? i stock piled them. then they came back on the market and i had nothing to do with all my twinkies. jonathan: you hoarded twinkies? that is awesome. bill: the big story is the cold outside. 26 is the current record at reagan. that is the record. and dulles, 16 is the record and the forecast is 20. baltimore is 21. the forecast is calling for 22 so we are close to the

this is what it looks like at national harbor. you see the camera bouncing around. a cold night. are people layered up? did they take the advice, steve? stephen: they are layered up. the temperature is 39 degrees. we have a feels like of 33. this is the season for the tree lighting. coming up at 6:30 at national harbor, they will unveil the tree with the lights and the music. julie wright will be here to press the button. and light up the tree. if you have never been here for the event at national harbor, a sight to be seen.

this will only get better. if you have never been here, get here early at 4:00 or 5:00. music and food and the christmas tree lighting. it is chilly here. from my understanding when i gave the forecast earlier today it will get colder later tonight and tomorrow morning. bill: you bet it is. thank you. dry for the lighting of the tree. but you are right. look at the numbers. current feels like temperatures are already at or below freezing. the numbers continue to go down and like you saw steve bundled up. embrace it. i won't change if you go outside. but bundle up. it's cold and we even have snowshowers to the west. they will stay there. we have a freeze warning

effect for the majority of the area. it will go into effect at 7:00 tonight. if you have sensitive plans outside, bring them in. the hoses, unscrew and drain them or it could freeze hard enough to bust that. remember the bets. it's 17 to 27 degrees for the overnight range. near the record lows. tomorrow, we are going up to 44. that is it. the average high is 60 this time of year. we will get closer to that in the extended forecast. it will feel festive. high of 50. we did a facebook live post earlier on the facebook page. more of a seasonal forecast ahead. we have the mid-to-upper 50's and low in the

by the time we get to thursday and friday, that is where it should be. we went from summer to winter right away but we will have fall in the extended forecast. nancy: thank you. still to come at 4:00, are you sick and tired of the wait want some inspirational stories for a change? you gotta check out the american dream. saturdays, 1pm, newschannel8

nancy: trouble at the d.m.v. the "7 on your side" i-team is going under cover to find out what is going on here. the problem is so bad families are forced to make a choice. they show up, find out there is a problem with the car but have to reschedule for several months later. or pay cash to someone with no receive to take a driver's test now. a d.c. councilmember calls this a questionable cottage industry. >> we have a systemic problem. we need a new site. the site they use is cramped. nancy: "7 on your side" goes under cover to see what the drivers stuck at the d.m.v. can do. the investigation coming up in a bit at "abc7 news at 5:00". jonathan: o.j. simpson now banned from the cosmopolitan hotel in las vegas. he has only been out of prison a short time. he received a trespass notice from the hotel on wednesday. simpson's attorney denies he was intoxicated or belligerent at the property. he was

prison last month and now living in las vegas. coming up for us at "abc7 news at 4:00" -- festival on the national mall. how it's reminiscent of the famed burning manifest value. we'll explain it to you up next. >> a mother who says her child was one of the victims of a local school aide is now making serious demands of the

announcer: you're watching "abc7 news at 4:00". on your side. jonathan: we want to get back to the breaking news. small plane went down in anne arundel in a wooded area off southbound 97 in route 50 at annapolis. one adult, two children on board. they are being evaluated for minor injuries. that is very good news. we will get more details. as we do, we will provide those to you, especially what caused the plane to go down. nancy: at 4:30 in the weather center with bill kelly. you have the story of the day. it's freezing outside. bill: literally in many cases. get out the door. we have widespread 30's and 40's. okay. that is cold. but it's colder when you account for the wind chill factor. winds are blowing around. you can see between 10 or 20 miles per hour.

the temperatures are in the 20's, widespread. if you go to the west, cooler in the mid-20's. d.c. is 31. andrews at 29. so that is what you want to prepare for. the numbers with the wind chill factor are not going up. they will stay where they are or go down. freeze warning until 10:00 tomorrow morning so all night long. one of the things we talk about like the last time we met. take your hose off and drain the hose because it could be low enough to freeze it and bust it for you. 36 at 7:00. the air temperatures. we should be dropping to the freezing mark from 9:00 to 11:00. some of the outline spots out there. 26 for the city. teens in the western

valley. we talk about the rest of the weekend coming up. nancy: cold weather can bring car troubles. >> if your vehicle or the battery is between three to fave years old it's close to change it. have it tested. pay attention when you walk to the vehicle. make sure the tires are properly inflated. >> good advice. a.a.a. recommends to make sure the cell phone is charged and tank is half full and keep blanket and other emergency supplies in the car. jonathan: the family of a child they say was sexually assaulted by a teacher's aide at a charles county school are now suing the school board. this is after the former teacher's aide and coach charged with assaulting dozens of students. brad bell live with the information as a mother is speaking out. what does she have

this is the middle school where much of the abuse took place. this is demand letter they sent to the school. this is the demand. right here, we hero demand the sum of $1 million. that is how much the woman says her child suffered. her child was one of the 42 allegedly abused by the former aide and track coach carlos bell. now she wants to prevent the enough such case from happening. she won't discuss the child, alleged crime or the impact on her son. but her lawyer says counseling will be needed for the fos

the mother are demanding $1 million from charles county. it's alleged that bell, hiv positive, abused children until he was reported last winter and he took video, including one that shows abuse happening inside a classroom at the benjamin stoddard school. >> he had to have tendency goes a predator that they should have paid attention to. that is why the school system and maybe the county will be responsible since they didn't. brad: in addition to the money, the lawyers are asking that the school system reform the policies with regard to training issues like this. when we come back at 5:00, we'll a response from the school system to the letter. in waldorf, abc7 news. jonathan: to see all the original reporting, you can open up the news app.

nancy: the grounds around the washington monument are going to be center stage this weekend for an event to promote burning man on the mall. this is officially known as catharsis on the mall. a big event. mike carter-conneen is there live now with a preview. to explain what this is. this is a big celebration. mike: we are stim trying to figure out what this is. there are people in this pyramid thing. they are doing leg exercises and yoga outside. this is catharsis on the mall. it's three of day festival for vigil for healing. part music festival and dance party and protest and conference. gathering for progressive activists and the artists. they

the country and around the world. this attracts a lot of colorful people. they erected the artwork of a woman's body who say is a culmination of several women organizing the event and represent female organizers of the catharsis with the actual nude bodies morphed to one image. that is important because the theme is female empowerment. >> this is about all the women coming together to end violence against women. >> even in this very, very cold weather we are seeing more people showing up here to the mall. perhaps after they got out of work this evening. coming

organizers are considering legal action against the national park service. reporting live on the national mall, mike carter-conneen, abc7 news. jonathan: all right. thanks. for years people played organized sports on the grass at the base of the washington monument. that could soon end if the national park service gets its way. stephen tschida explains why. stephen: if you want to play organized sport on the national mall you have to pay a lot more than you used to. it's park service gets its way. >> that is ridiculous to raise the fee just because they have an opportunity to raise the fee. >> the national park service currently charges the administrative fees for using the land for organized sport. so it could cost as little as $7 per season. but now it's proposing $70 for two hours. >> i think it's too much. >> the park service announced it wants the grounds around the monument, closed for work on the turf to rem

off-limits for recreational use. >> being able to use for strayingsal activity. that is interesting. the national park service has playing fields like this one. starting next week, it will start to take public comment on the proposed changes. stephen tschida, abc7 news. >> coming up for us here, the 8-year-old with the catch of a lifetimement how he wrangled a big gator. jonathan: plus a saving mission and the shocking amount of blood she donated over decades. a first look at how to start next week with "good morning washington." >> thanks, guys. monday on "good morning washington," shower doors exploding. shards of glass everywhere, a "7 on your side" consumer warning about a dangerous defect and what you need to do to protect your family from serious injury. >> watch to win $100 in turkey bucks. wake up with us at 6:00 a.m. for traffic and weather every ten minutes on "good morning

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jonathan: must-see video. catch of the day. an 8-year-old boy wrangles an alligator twice his size. they were hunting when he and his dad landed the gator. >> stand up like from the chair. look around.

i hope i had it. the state record for the largest gator in florida was 2010, 14-foot gator. nancy: he seem like he knows what he is doing. jonathan: if he fell in the water, not end well. nancy: he had the gator's head. jonathan: the size of the lunch. nancy: startling statistic. every two second someone in the united states needs blood. each donation produces one pint. a woman in wyoming is taking that the next level. she has been giving blood for 43 years. donating 30 gallons. that means she has saved the lives of 735 people. >> it is a good feeling that i know that people may be living or living healthier because of the blood i can donate. nancy: she has ma

difference. jonathan: that is amazing. saved 700 lives blood of the blood she has given. good for her. coming up, veteran on a mission. the month of marathons almost complete. and his incredible reason for running. nancy: plus a man proves you are never too old to run for office. the surprising reason the 93-year-old, 93 wanted to get into politics.

jonathan: it is estimated that civilians were killed and entire neighborhoods were reduced to rubble. now isis control small pocket of desert in iraq and syria. nancy: now to puerto rico. power is restored to 38% of the island following a massive outage in san juan. yesterday that cut the power across the island to 14%. or 18%. it was fixed last night. puerto rico has struggled to fix the destroyed

since hurricane maria direct hit in september. jonathan: wow! 38%. senate passing a resolution to require sexual harassment training for senators including staff members and the interns who have 60 days to complete training. they are required to repeat each section of congress. this comes as the sexual misconduct allegation against roy moore surfaced. nancy: back to breaking news from the top of the hour, small plane crash in anne arundel county. the plane went down in a wooded area off the southbound 97 at route 50 in annapolis. new details that are coming in the newsroom now that the state police say the pilot took off from tipton airfield. it was trying to turn when it went down. pilot advised he lost engine power and he made an emergency landing. they say the pilot successfully landed the plane on exit ramp. that is when it went in the woods afterwards. no in

but the ntsb as well as the f.a.a. have been notified. we have more details as we get them in the newsroom. >> "7 on your side" with a consumer alert. j.c. penney reporting sales in store are up after a year and losses were not as bad as expected but the retailer is still losing millions overall. according to the revenue reports. larry: i'm larry smith. new at 5:00, what had hundreds of people lining up in rockville this morning? plus a tin can, ball of yarn and protractor from tiffanys? what leaves them target the everyday object. and local photographer honoring members of the military on veterans day. that is when we join you at 5:00. nancy: sounds like a christmas plan for the tiffany ball of yards. how about this? new jersey town has a new mayor. he is starting his political career in his 90's. the 93-year-old world war ii vet decided to run for office when the

than 13%. >> iowa am the mayor of all the people, even those who didn't vote for me. nancy: he was born in the coolidge administration. he decided to run for mayor four months ago and the family went door to door to help him campaign. 93 years old. fan tast tic to see. jonathan: congratulations, mayor. >> all right. i'm rob jones. i am going to be running 31 marathons in 31 days in 31 different cities. good morning, washington. jonathan: that was before he started his incredible run. we introduced you to the marine corps veteran this summer who lost both legs in afghanistan and gearing up to finish a-minute -- a month of marathons in d.c. ryan hughes is in baltimore from marathon 30 of 31 on the course. >> retired marine corps sergeant rob jones nearing the end of the month of marathons. today is running

marathon 30 out of 31. 31 different marathons in 31 days. 31 cities. >> started the challenge because i want to get a story out there about a veteran that has traumatic experience in afghanistan. i was able to come back and find the new way i was going to contribute. he was injured in afghanistan losing both legs from the i.e.d. and he has two pros metic -- two prosthetic knees. this is not the first time he took on the challenge. four years ago he cycled across the country.

he will finish on saturday running around the national mall on veterans day. in baltimore, ryan hughes, abc7 news. jonathan: proof you can damage a person's body but you can't damage the spirit. nancy: absolutely. bill: and proof doing something like that, which i have not done, has to be a mental challenge. he proved you can get over it. >> on the day is around 60. but we aren't even close to that. we were closer to the coldest high temperature on the day which is 41. as cold as we have ever had a high temperature recorded. closer to that this afternoon than to the 60-degree

32 in winchester. the 41 by itself is lower than the average low temperature on the day. we look at the future cast wind chill. what does it feel like? tonight we keep temperatures in the 20's. by tomorrow, the air temperature is going to be in the 20's. cold morning. near the records. wind is strong. this is 11:00. we are in teens. in morning it feels like the teens. tomorrow another chilly day. slightly warmer than today. chill for november.

fedex field at 1:00 in the afternoon. the clouds will fill in. not expecting rain for that day. in addition to that, going out on sunday night. potentially the national mall to watch the christmas tree lighting ceremony. the daytime highs will return closer to where it should be but layer up if you are heading out tonight. >> we have arrived on the scene of the single engine plane crash. remarkably no one injured on board. there was a pilot, adult pilot and the two children. plane took off from tipton airfield near ford meade when it lost thrust. basically no pow

the aircraft. the pilot declared emergency and crashed near i-97 and route 50 outside the heart of annapolis.

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alison: we have been covering breaking news for you for the last hour. this is skytrak7. kevin lewis is on the ground. what is the latest there? kevin: this is a single engine propeller plane that did crash at i-97. and route 50. just outside the heart of annapolis. we just pulled up and you can see a large portion of the plane off the side of this off ramp. it's perpendicular to the offrelationship. -- from the off-ramp. it crashed in the mooded area and looks to be straddling the guardrail. it's remarkable. this happened after 3:00 in the afternoon. the male pilot declared emergency and crashed here. three people on board, the pilot and

indication how old they are but all three are uninjured. this is a federal holiday that had the traffic lighter on roads. the plane took off and then it lost thrust. >> emergency landing. >> say it again. >> declaring emergency. taking it down in annapolis. >> what is the nature of your emergency? >> declare an emergency.