story. but right now we don't have word of anybody hurt or killed in this fire. >> now this. >> at that point, he decided to expose himself. >> is it part of many allegations having congress to police themselves. >> brad bell joins us from capitol hill tonight with calls for change. brad? >> representative barbara comstock says it shouldn't surprise anybody that men may misbehave or women my misbehave but it doesn't mean it should be acceptable. >> representative barbara comstock made headlines this week when she alleged a sitting member of congress whose identity she does not know exposed

female staffer. >> we want to prevent a situation where a boss inappropriately flashing her. >> comstock believes that the problem is not restricted to the high profile politicians. al franken and roy moore facing the allegation of inappropriate behavior. >> if you put good policies in place you make clear they will be enforced and you will have sunshine and disclosure on these things.

>> every woman is entitled to feel safe at work. >> several women rallied in support of roy moore. moore's wife among those at the women for moore event. they don't believe the accusations against him. alabama governor kay ivy says she plans to vote for him. she wants to make sure republicans maintain control of the senate. larry: place where sexual assaults take place in the military. the department of event released a report to detail the attacks reported at each of the hundreds of the outpost and

this will show you pentagon with the zero assaults reported. you can get an idea the number of the assaults coming in. the military released this of installations all over the world and the number reported. we put it on the website for you wjla.com. you can get it on the news app from abc7. michelle: police trying to find whoever shot at a church in gaithersburg. it happened twice this week at church. wednesday night a church member was leaving the services. he noticed a bullet lodged in a window. right now information leading to an arrest could lead to reward of $20

wednesday investigating a murder. so far the police have not named a suspect. >> final update to the christmas day murder of beloved yoga teacher. d.c. judge sentenced duane johnson to 30 years in prison for rape and murder of tricia mccauley. >> a show of support today. the students walking out of class today in support of the teacher. he was trying to pull the sweatshirt hood down and apologized when the hijab came off as well. >> you can say it will feel more like christmas, or more like september. chief meteorologist bill kelly must

bill: bill, we are getting close to the lighting, right? bill: we are getting really close. the crowd is greater than it was. how is everybody tonight? [applause] we pan around and they are ready to light the tree. live coming up in 15 minutes. this is for everyone. 40's. 46 or so. 44 it 6:00. 42 at 8:00. it will go from 6:00 to 8:00. quick look at the weekend. you mentioned the change over the weekend. we will see the temperatures back to 60 tomorrow. we expect rain into sunday. cold front and so it gets cooler

the thanksgiving holiday is looking good. this event is fun when you have a script you are reading, santa claus coming out here, david cooks will be singing and doing the tree. that is coming up in ten minutes. live from tysons. back to you. michelle: thank you. authorities are trying to account for all the residents of a nursing home that went up in flames overnight. 160 people were inside when it started. watch this. the teacher was hurt.

>> hug a tree for me. please. >> the former unt student facing a long list of the criminal charges. he could face 25 years in prison. michelle: the bus refusing to stop and the bizarre explanation the driver gave. >> a gunfight over the use of a bathroom. how the shocking scene played out up next at "abc7 news at 6:00". michelle: a mother's desperate plea for help. >> can you help me? i'm shot and dying. michelle: the reason a woman gave for ignoring the desperate mother coming up at 6:00.

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jonathan: a wild shootout in the gas station. two people wanted to use the bathroom at the same time. this is crazy. played out in atlanta. first a man and woman exchanging words. the manager is shot in the leg. >> the metro transit police says an armed man is off the streets after trying to ride for free. they caught hickman squeezing through a turnstile.

then the officers got him in a hand scuff. >> a mother's heroism recognized after she saved her boys despite others refusing to help her. the gunman fired in the car. she floored to get away from the guy and find help but it was harder than you might think. >> i need strength to open the door. i hopped out. can you help me. i'm shot and dying. she said she couldn't help me. she was late for work. that hurt my heart a lot. jonathan: can you imagine that? >> she managed to find the assistant sheriff who did

her help. you can see that she is interviewed from the hospital bed. she will pull through. michelle: thank goodness. coming up -- >> the back was so offkilter. looked like he was sliding down a sheet of ice. >> why as but driver refused to stop the wrecked bus full of children. >> the smash and grab and what happened when a

michelle: darings thieves hit a lululemon store. they walk insh grab jackets and bolt. the clerk tries to stop them but he is punched in the mouth for the efforts. so far no arrests. >> caught on tape, a wine thief. what is interesting about this, the guy is wearing skinny jeans. that much more impressive he is toughing in his pants.

michelle: must be a lot of spandex. jonathan: stretch, maybe. this afternoon agents pouring in a shop in middleburg and q mccray has an update. >> we watched the feds wrap this up after 4:00. this is an antique shop in middleburg. we have video to show of the scene. we saw ten to 15 fish and wildlife agents loading up a moving van here. this is 30 minutes out of the airport. we checked the website.

luxury items. if owner buys around the world and you can see the animal head on the wall. they all had good things to say. we don't know why the federal agents were here. that is information i'm still trying to gather. a school bus driver refusing to stop even after a wreck. >> it was hit so hard it looks crooked. >> the back end was

offkilter it looked like he was sliding down a sheet of ice. jonathan: no children were hurt. the bus driverer said he knew he was in trouble so he figured he would drop off the kids first and deal with the trouble after. he has since been fired. >> shocker. >> the fist tree lighter of the season and bill kelly is out there. michelle: he is out there. feels a chill in the air. is the countdown starting? bill: yeah. we are very close. take a look. the big man himself up on stage right now. he pumping up the crowd. you know we are close when santa is

i should point out that 97.1 wash fm. they are out there pumping up the crowd as well. they play the christmas music now. that is why they are here and all that. >> they are saying we are trying to time it. they are bringing david cook up here as well. the winner of "american idol." stay live here for a moment. david cook is on stage. i'm going to hop up here. you doing the countdown now? with redoing it? >> let's do it! >> make it happen on live tv? >> it's make it happen! >> all right. >> everybody ready? >> ready? >> ten. nine. eight. seven. six. five. four, three, two, one. >> there it

♪ >> it's always exciting stuff. that is the first one here of the season. this is snow in december. it might be a record. good stuff! the temperatures are in the 40's. no question about it. we have mid-30's around winchester. tonight we will walk the clouds work on in. this is dry tonight except for the snow. if you have anything you are planning, the warm front but it will bring us winds from the

warmer conditions tonight and sunday morning. the extended forecast. we will get through the thanksgiving day holiday. that is dry on the traveling and your holiday, itself. that is looking really good. you don't have to alter your plans because of the weather. back live. this is a beautiful 51-foot tree. a great crowd. what do you think of the tree? [cheers & applause] >> i love that you use the force on santa. isn't it time to get the tree fired up? well done. >> that is what we d

abraham. >> a big game. jonathan: huge game! >> high school football at the finest. >> i'm ready.

scott: i'm scott abraham. this is the high school game of the week. but you can forget about that. they have been on a collision course since august. they have a 39 game winning streak and the lions won 25 straight games.

we don't feel we are an underdog to anybody. we are angry. >> there is so much social media talk saying that damascus is the underdog. do you take it personally? they are posted in the locker room. there is locateer room material in there. >> the excitement is building here already. they are expecting 3,000 people for the game. highlight and post game reaction at tonight at 11:00. i am telling you that you are missing a good one tonight in damascus. jonathan: we'll get highlights later. >> the tree is lit and crowds are into it. this is a great evening to ge

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tonight the major storm about to hit the midwest, chicago at this hour. then headed east, dangerous driving, winter storm warnings in effect. just as millions begin travel for the holiday week. president trump blasting senator al franken tonight. but remaining silent nothing on roy moore. and roy moore's wife tonight, saying the president should thank them. the five alarm fire, the race to get to seniors who were trapped. and authorities a short time ago -- and what they've now revealed. ing. breaking in new york city more than 200 firefighters battling a four alarm blaze ripping through an apartment building. the urgent hunt tonight.