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he burned off fuel before making the perfect landing. the investigators are working to figure out why the gear malfunctioned. >> that comes days after this one. we were calling it a maryland miracle. the father with two children on boardwalking away unscathed after the emergency landing turned crash. lucky for the kids, the dad, the man at the controls is a marine corps fighter pilot. >> tonight they are telling maryland bureau chief brad bell what went through the mind in landing of his life. >> that was the heroically calm radio call pilot chris curry made just before landing his small plane on a highway ramp in annapolis with the two sons aboard. >> it's inside the cockpit. there is a mad house. smoke everywhere. i'm looking at my oldest son. he is frightened. my youngest son is still sleeping surprisingly. is there capt
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states marine fighter pilot. he has the right stuff. two yesterdays ago he was a dad taking his little boys flying when things went bad fast. >> the engine started shaking violently. the smoke was filling up. i need to find a place to set it down that will cause the least amount of the probability of hurting myself and my children. or the property. or anyone on the ground. >> his only choice was a ramp at the route 50 i-97 interchange. he went for it. >> i'm lucky enough. going so slow. by the time we touched down the guardrail stopped us. >> we stayed there. the impact was gentle. he looked at his boys. they were fine and not even crying. >> it's a big wash. >> so chris told us when he trained to be a marine pilot
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emergency after emergency. to the point that emergencies became the norm. he figures that is why he was able to handle this. for his children, ages 4 and 8 years old, they were not even crying after this emergency landing. it looks like they, too, have the right stuff. at tipton field, brad bell, abc7 news. jonathan: great story. now an eerily similar scene in florida. the difference is this landing caught on video. watch carefully. a police officer happened to be on the highway as the plane buzz right over the top of the cruiser before landing. then slamming into a guardrail. the officer did a u-turn and ran up to the wreckage. both people on board got out of the plane and walked away unscathed. michelle: this afternoon, they suspend charlie ross and pbs disspends distribution of the show. this is coming after eight women accuse the tv host of is sexual harassment. groping, newelleddy and disturbing phone calls are accusations. the women worked for or
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to work for rose at pbs. in a statement rose says, "i deeply apologize for my inappropriate behavior. i have behaved insensitively at times and i accept responsibility for that." jonathan: a crime alert. after a violent sexual assault took place at the american university. it happened in front of ashbury hall on campus. police say a former uber driver attacked a woman after she flagged him down for a ride. still on the loose, though, this man. police say he attacked a friend at knifepoint in woodbridge and stole her car. it happened last night. good samaritan stepped if and managed to get the knife away from him. this man is still at large. police want to track him down. >> seven students got emergency care after beingmationed in a classroom. student accidently set
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okay. jonathan: generator used to heat a home and it's blamed to kill an entire family. the sheriff says the two grand parents, their son and a 3-year-old granddaughter died from the carbon monoxide poisoning and they are urging people not to run anything with an engine inside the home. michelle: no word what sparked a fire at the apartment in fairfax city this morning. the time of the fire meant a number of the residents, many of them students were all still asleep. >> he didn't wake up. i had to wake him up.
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>> they were documenting the protest and others say the trial is about the freedom of express. >> this sends a chilling message to the protesters or the would-be protesters all over the country. >> the defense attorneys state you can't convict everyone for actions of some. elizabeth watched watched the proceedings in advance of the upcoming trial. >> there are 30
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jonathan: you can just hear it. the wicked weather in indianapolis. tractor trailers were pushed over. the steeple of a church ripped right from it. the storm was packing 80-mile-per-hour winds. no one was hurt. michelle: mystery off the coast of california. that is where this boat was found spinning in the waters just south of san francisco. one man has been found dead. another is still missing. authorities say the waters have been calm for a few days. meanwhile they are slowing the search for the argentinean sub and the crew members. today the argentine navy narrowed the search area after the shifts picked up the noises along the sub planned route. the sub was last heard from o
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reported problems with the battery system. several countries flooding the u.s. are helping in the search. jonathan: a series of explosions rocked a blast outside new york city. three dozen were hurt in the first and several firefighters hurt in the second explosion. one person is unaccounted for at this hour. i housed a number of the hazardous chemicals used to make nail polish. michelle: coming up -- a young man with down syndrome becomes homecoming king. it has those who know him falling at the obvious choice. jonathan: the baltimore investigators, new clue in the search
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michelle: new information on the manhunt for whoever murdered a baltimore homicide detective. this afternoon the crime scene tape went back up where the detective sean suiter was shot on wednesday. in the past hour, a.t.f. agents arrived on the scene as well. police say they have uncovered critical new clues they believe will l
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arrest. a $215,000 reward is offered to find the killer. new video of a crash that set off a manhunt in the district. police say the driver was trying to get away from police. the armed men inside the vehicle crashed in d.c. last tuesday. both men inside jump out and run. here we are now six days later, they are still on the loose. jonathan: caught on video, the arlington firefighters doing what the firefighters do. they kick out the fire kickly. it caught fire in falls church over the weekend. escaped unharmed and no word on a cause. michelle: look closely here. the police in tennessee found the site when they responded to a tractor trailer fire. those are elephants. four of them, in fact. milling around on the side of the road. the semi hauling the trailer got fire. the elephants are okay. jonathan: not something you see every day.
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>> the 2017 homecoming king is -- [cheers & applause] jonathan: you can see how excited everyone is with the name mentioned. en explosion of cheers that will make your monday. high school students honoring a friend, student with down syndrome crowning him homecoming king. michelle: cheryl conner spoke to the king and queen about the remarkable moment. >> in the classroom, he is no different. in the hallways he is with 1,700 students in st. mary's county. >> the video shows the joy. it was a democratic
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>> my friends cheered for me. >> the place exploded. it was deafening in there. >> amber is homecoming queen and says he went up against popular students. >> to see someone who goes to the school. >> he is r.o.t.c., on the swim team and in fact he is a four-sport athlete. >> he is the ability. see the person. >> you see he has down syndrome. and the classmates don't look at him as disabled. >> scott and his wife are still watching and crying. he is on the honor role and will graduate in june. from day one in great mills high school, bailey has been in the classroom with everyone else. his work is modified but he has the same expectations.
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>> there is no limitation for me. >> no limitation for the man planning to go to college. in st. mary's county, cheryl conner, abc7 news. >> now fantastic is that? congratulations. more than a thousand people took part in the d.c. tradition. the 15th annual thanksgiving turkey giveaway to hand out meals to people in ward eight. rapper and d.c. native wale helped with the events. that was 1,500 turkeys and 20,000 pounds of the vegetables, yam and stuffing given out on a first come, first serve basis. good tradition. >> love to see that. things like that get you in the season. and, of course, this time of the year it's chilly. chief meteorologist bill kelly has a cool assignment. jonathan: he has ear mufts on. he is ready to. go playing in the ice! cool literally. we are showing you different colored
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>> it's when there is very few imperfections. you can see a bright light. come on in. this may be a highlight of the area? slide room where they create a full slide. not just one. but four slides made entirely of ice. we have rounded up a couple of friends. >> you hop on there. >> that is an abrupt end. what did you think? >> good. >> you? >> cool. >> this is very, very fun. show you what is going on numbers wise. in here, this is a balmy for are you warm in here or what?
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this is what it looks like now at the high temperature. shot is the capital wheel. 58 is the high and 38 is the low. tomorrow is much warmer than today. other temperatures. 48 in d.c. 45 in leesburg. manassas is 37. culpeper is the same thing. we have freezing temperatures tonight. but not widespread freezing temperatures. if you are heading out tonight, maybe you are heading here at gaylord national. 44 at 9:00. 43 at 11:00. but it's always nine degree temperature. we head in there for the last 20 minutes and my words sound slurred it's because my face is getting numb. 30 to 40 for the overnight range forecast. mainly clear skies through the overnight hours. the high pressure moves out. we expect a great day tomorrow. the temperatures are near 60. the cold front will come through. so early wednesday morning this is 2:00
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wednesday. the travel forecast through the day on wednesday, the front will sweep through. no problems. breezy and cooler. no major travel issues. on the thanksgiving day it looks good as well. another high pressure builds in. chilly. one of the cooler temperatures we have had since 2000. but it will be dry. here it is. 45 at 2:00. 43 at 6:00. partly sunny conditions it remains chilly. no problem on black friday. the extended looks like this. 52 on friday. shot of showers on saturday. 66 degrees. all in a great forecast. morning showers wednesday. mainly south. and east of the area. once again, everything you see here. the lion, the slides, and the structures all made of ice. a cool exhibit. you walk through the story and end up with the christmas scene there at
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we will go back inside where it's warmer. jonathan: thank you. michelle: looks like fun. jonathan: let's talk sports. a lot of people are talking about what happened yesterday. robert: implode. it imploded. jonathan: how does it happen? robert: i don't know. just like the georgia dome. imploded. seth curry keeps amazing us in pre-game warmups and hard to believe more bumps and bruises for the redskins. details next.
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robert: the redskins are adding more names to the injured reserves. terrell pryor. ankle surgery today. chris thompson, the running back who is having a career year was carted off sunday with a fractured fibula. he is also having surgery. where do you go from here? the team is broken. then they turn around and play 2 hours against -- play in 72 hours against the cowboys thursday. >> it's hard to know who is available. is trent williams going to play? the devalue kay? that is the beggist thing to find out the bodies we do have. find ones that are going to play to get them
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>> correction, they play the giants on thursday. >> the redskins 4-6. move the attention to the wizards who have lost two in a row. tonight against the bucs and tip-off is 8:00 p.m. meanwhile, steph curry put on amazing display for the warriors next game last night in the warm-up. he drained four straight bombs. these are the final two. the one-footed foul shot. he tosses it up. nothing but net. let's not forget he dropped 3789 against the nets that night. how about that? finally -- jonathan: he is a good player. >> yeah. good player. pretty good. >> the caps are at home against the flamings. the puck drops at 7:00. >> he is fun to watch. >> he makes it look effortless. >> he has this app, right? teach you how to shoot. heard about an app. jonathan: you haven't watched it. >> yeah.
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