>> even better. >> we are joined all hour long by one of our favorite people, actress and mom alison sweeney! [ cheers and applause ] welcome back to the show. >> so glad to be back. >> what's new with you, girl? >> oh, you know. just getting ready for the holidays. >> yeah. >> so uh -- >> how's your family? >> fantastic, thank you. there's a lot of school going on right now and then gearing up for the big thanksgiving

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sam: reporting in fairfax, i'm sam sweeney, abc7 news. alison: first we want to talk about fall. look at the beautiful colors! doug: jeff norman paid attention and he sent us pucktures to pics@wjla.com at greenbelt park this weekend. feck tack -- it is spectacular. there full screen. let's tell people about the sunshine.we are in peak color ft of the metro area. am peak -- almost peak at the southeast of the city. it's the end of the season. by the time we get to thanksgiving leaves are off the trees. we are seeing contraction of the daylight. it happens every year. so today the amount of daylight is 10:31. it will drop off by the end of the month, 9:40. and nine hours and 26 minutes by the first day of winter. the numbers are chilly tonight. to the upper 30's north and west of town. the next seven days is mild. lower 70's through thursday. mid-70's on friday. showers over the weekend. much cooler on sunday. more coming up. jonathan: we'll see you then. what brought down a passenger plane? it's a mystery but the only thing is "external forces took down the airs bus plane." herrin

i'm sam sweeney, abc7 news. alison: let's get to breaking news from silver spring. news chopper 7 over the area right now. this is denton street in silver spring. a car has hit a building there. the car has hit the building. we haven't heard anything about injuries. as soon as we get more information on breaking news in silver spring we will bring it to you. jonathan: a judge ruled that kathryn hogl is unif it to stand trial in the death of the children. outside the court the father said enough is enough. >> i don't mean to sound ince sensitive. i don't care about her mental status. i want my children there. jonathan: it has been a year since the children were last seen. doctors say the mother has shown no improvement since showing symptoms for schizophrenia. another hearing is in february. alison: tomorrow, maryland senator barbara mukulsky will be presented with the highest civilian honor. she will get the medal of freedom from president obama. suzanne kennedy takes a look at what the maryland democrat means to constituents. suzanne: in maryland she is known for h