power in richmond. >> the stafford county board of elections under the scrutiny ends under fire. they voted to give the 50 people with provisional battles one more day to come forward and make the votes count. 55 absentee ballots arrived too late. the democrats say they were picked up too late from the post office. complicating matters stafford is the only jurisdiction in virginia which doesn't use bar code on the absentee to indicate arrival times. >> this is a bizarre situation. >> democrat joshua cole lost his race for the house of delegates by 84 votes.

>> we don't know which way the votes will go but they need to be counted. >> the outcome remains unclear. one thing is apparent. no matter who wins, we will probably see recounts. >> there is one that includes newport news that are all too close to call. the wins by democrats would erase the republican majority. the "7 on your side" team tracking the changing vote total. click on political for the latest on the power shift in the virginia legislature. >> new accusation of the sex crime and new calls for roy moore to drop the senate bid tonight. thel

groped her in a car as a teenager and he was the district attorney. >> i wasser isfied. he was trying to pull my shirt off. i thought he was going to rape me. >> if moore wins, the senate should vote to expel him some say. that is a couple of hours after the top republican said moore would not be welcome. >> do you believe the allegations are true? >> i believe the women. >> moore denies the claims saying that mitch mcconnell should step down. the special election for the alabama senate seat is still ontrack for next month. >> rand paul is coming back after he suffered six broken ribs in the november 3 where his neighbor

paul's office is quick to dispute that it was an argument over landscaping. michelle: a food truck driver indicted with involuntary manslaughter. tony dane faces charges of driving without a license or insurance in the september crash. dane ran a stop sign and a woman died and her children and grandmother were hurt. a car slams in a building and driver backs away and drives off. the inspectors haven't cleared this as safe so the residents are cleared to stay out. no one is hurt. police are looking for driver. >> the adult we first bought you on friday. watch as the guy her

over the counter. cash register daughters open. then he jumps over the counter and tries to rip the drawer out. all the ladies team up and they start to him over the head with whatever they can grab. women fight back and played tug of war with the drawer. we spoke to a woman involved. we are like he is trying to steal. started to hit him. everyone started to hit him. i guess he got tired and he ran. >> for all of that, the guy got away with $30. right now he is on the loose and the police hope that the video will catch him. >> there is a new tool in the fight against the opioid epidemic. police began equipping officers with this. naloxone. it's narcan. 36 officers have the life-saving drug and more are

michelle: is your child's water fountain at school safe to drink? we wrapped up months of digging in the water safety test results for lead. what did you find? >> we have digging through a lot. we found half the districts with high level of lead. we are talking to dr. mark edwards and he has big issue with just testing water. he also has concern about the led action level or the warning level. a policy is that 25 years old.

were meeting the out of date standard but we are not. >> we have more at 11:00. we are going to dry to hook up with the administrator from the e.p.a. you will see all of this tonight at 11:00. >> now to a problem that is scurrying around the district for years. now there is a new effort to fight back against the d.c. rats. jonathan: a month ago the fires destroyed a thousand of homes. now we are learning that the impact is putting the homes and lives at risk. >> the highs and the temperatures will go up. we talk about that and the next rain-maker coming up. see you then.

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jonathan: a sen churery old church reduced to ashes. the centenary united methodist church caught fire this morning. look at this. by the time the firefighters got there, all they could do was watch. the cause is unclear. michelle: in hickorc, can north carolina, arson is blamed for a fire that gutted a church there. the federal investigators joined the case after

anti-gay vandalism was found behind the church. they are investigating this as a hate crime. new information on a disturbing trend. hate crimes increase for a second straight year in 2016. 10% jump since 2014. 50% motivated by a race or the ethnicity. 21% involved a person's face and the 18% had to do with the person's sexual orientation. jonathan: a trial date set for a man accused of raping and murdering a woman after she left a mosque. darwin martinez torres set to go on trial in march but it could be delayed until january of 2019. in june they say he raped nabra hassanen and beat her with a bat. ecould face the death penalty. michelle: the earthquake on the iran-iraq border is the deadliest this year. th

rise. 7,000 people were hurt in the quake. while the worst of the damage appears to be in iran there are fears a major iraqi dam could fail. >> 6.5 magnitude earthquake in puerto rico. it was enough to topple the christmas tree and shatter glass. three people died of the heart attack. so far no other report of death. jonathan: coming up at 6:00, rats taking center stage and the starring roles in the viral video in the district. michelle: look at this. what caused the collapse may have saved lives of the people living downstairs.

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jonathan: the army veteran it over there case it went off. it was a lithium camera battery that caught fire. no one was hurt. terminal evacuated. flights delayed. every passenger had to be rescreened because of that. michelle: the floor gives way under a dance party. this is the aftermath there the glass in texas. for the people underneath the party, they weren't hurt because they weren't home. they had gone to the police to report that party. right now the entire building is evacuated. >> good it was as loud as it was. rats scampering around the district. not new, right? muriel bowser is

charge that she calls the rat walk. this is the highlight effort like the solar trash cans. >> this is a block away from georgetown university. nay will circulate through the text and the social media. >> they say we are doing everything to combat the problem and we receive high marks for the cleanliness, the rodent prevention and the vigilance. we are heartened by a single rat gaining e

shop. rodent control says that the construction and the renovation projects are displacing rats. there are many restaurants district wide. >> garbage, the overthrown crash cans on the ground. >> after partnering with the health service they have reduced the rat burrs from 150 to a dozen. >> this is a tug-of-war with a friend

they are saying where are we? michelle: this is taking this to a new level. jonathan: never boring. michelle: now the must-see video from texas. that is a horse trapped up to its neck in oil. it was more than six feet deep but it front hooves on the leg to stop from sinking. the animal control was able to rescue the horse and after a bath it was fine. jonathan: good thing in texas. cowboys out there to get it out. >> the land is collapsing. here is the problem. the wildfires roared and they melted feed of drainage pipes.

melting. there are two dozen danger areas that need immediate repairs. just one of the spots took 250 feet to try to repair. >> disaster. the one picture that the home was close to what looked like a sinkhole. jonathan: if they use the concrete they still have the mortar. bill: there seems to always be an issue in the area. so then the cliff decides to take off. >> this is what is going on. a cool weekend. that is probably understated. >> this is what we stand for. we started out okay. looking at the temperatures in relation to normal. we were above. the last seven days we have been below average.

normal is 52.6. combining the above average temperature and the low, not too far off. the last time there is a longer stretch is may of this year. eight-day run. 21 z through the 28th. i went back to look and she goes to may of 2016. to find a stretch that is as long as we are going to be in now. that is a ten-day run all temperatures every day below the average. there are clouds floating by. the temperatures within a few degrees of one another. mid-to-the upper 40's generally speaking. if you head out, light jacket and you are good to go. there are no weather alerts. a few clouds around the area.

that. mix of the clear skies and the clouds that are floating by overnight. all in, quiet night. sleeping weather and no wind to knock it around. no rain or thunder or lightning. tomorrow you want sunglasses and a light jacket. we don't warm up that much. the temperatures in the 50's but the time stamp will stop 24 hours today or from now. clear skies or a cloud or two by. tomorrow is a great fall day. tonight we have temperatures in the 40's. floating cloud or two on by. the sun goes down at 4:56. the bus stop forecast, clouds in the morning and 44 to end up at 50 for the dismissal times. high tomorrow is around 52 or 53. the normal high in the upper 50's. watching showers on wednesday night to t

on saturday is the next best chance to pick up the rain showers. >> we have the redskins versus the injury report. they are not winning that battle. sports is next.

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robert: it seems like redskins battle injuries more than opponents. it's the same thing that jonathan allen had and a couple could end up on i.r. other injuries. rob kelley with the mcl strain. and deangelo hall can't win. he has a knee bruise. they have opportunities on monday but they couldn't convert. >> there are plays that we like to think we can make. but we didn't make them. have to get to the drawing board four or five and get back to compliment on good they are doing and coach them on things to do better. there are great plays we have. some they made and some they didn't. >> a big game in college park. the

carolina. tip off at 7:00. they have uconn in a couple of days. talk about a nonconference schedule. this one might take the cake. >> my years are the toughest nonconference schedule we have ever had. we will know where we are at early. to be the best you have to play the best. so we are excited about the games that are on the schedule. robert: colin kaepernick gracing the cover of "gq" as the 2017 citizen of the year. jonathan: i didn't know they gave the citizen of year award. robert: he got it. great guy butdant get a job. >> -- but can't get a job. jonathan: there you go. bill: 52 tomorrow and fair amount of sunshine. it's nice. we will be rebounding. the next real chance of rain coming in on saturday. maybe wednesday night. >> i love it. doing a dance. >> "world news to

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