larry: our maryland pure row chief brad bell is live with details you will see only on 7. brad? brad: the whole incident took place last april around and behind the national market here in lauren. it was back here behind this construction trailer that the police caught up with the suspect. >> the officer says it was an accident. they are standing behind the claim. we have the body cam video so you can see for yourself. >> watch the body cam video carefully. an officer looking for a burglar checks an unlocked door. men he cracks it open the officer pulls the trigger. the suspect just inside is shot in the back. the juried man -- injured man identified and is pulled out and the police immediately >> the officer explains he didn't mean to shoot him. he pulled the trigger when startled. a grand jury cleared the officer of criminal wrongdoing. the fact that doesn't sit well with the lawyer. >> officers are in a position of power. they receive special training for this. >> the attorney patrick he has recovered physically but struggled with the fact he was almost kimed. >> whether you

today that mission took off brad bell and votetrack 2016 to an early voting location in georgetown, maryland. brad joins us live there to tell us what he is seeing and hearing. brad? brad: skytrak7 in the sky and votetrak 2016 on the ground. look at the early voting center. we have been keeping an eye on the lines. this is 40 minutes or so. we have also given people an opportunity to sound off. we set up the wjla.com/votenow so people are heard unedited. this is some of what we heard. >> hillary clinton is a crook. it's all over the media. all over the internet. cnn will not cover it. they are suppressing it because she is under their payroll. thank you. >> i voted for hillary clinton because my friend gave me the motivation to go out and vote because they feel like trump ain't the best candidate for the election and whatnot. i don't feel like hillary is either but i feel like she is better than trump. i had to vote for hillary. >> we keep this country in our brad: one thing everybody we spoke to had in common they care about the election. they are picking up the votetrak 2016 buttons as sur

brad bell, abc7 news. larry: thank you. just in from fairfax county police are asking for help fighting this man -- finding this man. he raped and repeatedly falls church. ronald contreras is accused of raping her and leaving her in the woods in july. they believe he is in hiding. if you know where he is, call the police. michelle: the latest in the ohio state attack. students returned to class today as we learn more about the suspect's motives. isis is claiming that abdul razak ali artan was one of its soldiers. minutes before the attack artan took to facebook sa are being treated. a recently released video talked about his attempt to get away. >> it seemed so fast. it seemed to me in 15 to 30 seconds i heard the shots. >> isis is claiming artan, it out the attack by himself. ja we have been taking a look at the simple methods in the attack. the method is alarming and difficult to stop as indicated in report by scott thuman. scott: the attack that played out monday shocking and not up heard of. in fact, what 18-year-old ab

brad bell has more. brad: there was some language there. this is his first criminal charge we are aware of. jamel franklin has had a clean record until but this happened a week ago. two vehicles totaled. two people were injured. the public is only finding out about it because our sources tipped us off. the crash happen mop night at 11:30. at dower house road. according to the state police, county councilmember jamel franklin in a county-owned car plowed in the back of the mercedes stopped at a light. injured -- mercedes was injured. franklin fled the scene. the trooper spotted him 70 yards away walking back toward the crash. he was taken into custody and brought to the state police barracks. according to the documents obtained by abc7 he had blood alcohol level of point 1.0, over the .08 legal limit. he is charged with d.w.i., d. u.i., causing a collision. cars were totaled. the man has back and neck injuries and the woman suffered a concussion and spent the night in a hospital. franklin was uninjured. we have called franklin pretty much al

we sent brad bell out in votetrak 2016. he has been on the trail the entire process. now that is what voices have to say now. brad? brad: you know what? it's like what we heard in the course of the election. at 4:00 and 5:00 we shared a variety of opinions, saying they were thrilled or terribly disappointed. when we gave people an opportunity to step on the soapbox and be heard what we heard was some ambivalence. i would have hoped it would have gone another way but time to keep our heads up and keep it moving. >> i am optimistic. i am cautiously optimistic. but i hope that it will be good overall. the we will look back in two years and not think it was horrible tragedy. we'll see. >> right now i'm an rehenceive. i'm -- apprehensive. i'm not sure that either one now he has got it so we'll see what happens and hopefully he does a good job for us. brad: i talked to a lot of people today out in virginia. in stafford. prince william county. not a single one of them was talking about any sort of real anger, just everybody said that they are going to try to get behind this p

in fairfax, brad bell, abc7 news. alison: thank you. the election coverage continues ahead at "abc7 news at 5:00". with the push by the trump campaign to win virginia. how the clinton campaign is fighting back. we will take you beyond the election. with the preparations are underway to get d.c. ready for the next president. larry: of course, you want to be with abc7 news throughout election night. team of reporters are spread all across the area to give you unprecedented coverage of the election. the coverage begins at 7:00 p.m. at abc7 run ands nonstop the weather will be no excuse to stay home. alison: that is the good news but you may need to plan ahead if you are going early in the morning to the polls. stormwatch7 chief meteorologist doug hill has the first look. doug: it's forecasty in the morning. the temperatures are widespread in the 30's. if you are heading outside, 59 at the reagan national airport. a cold it will get darker until we get to the december 18 and the 20. in the meantime we just enjoy nature at it finest. the cle

brad bell made the trip in votetrak 2016. he is live in manassas tonight. hi, brad. brad: we have been talking to people in votetrak 2016. virginia, hillary clinton got 50% of the vote. donald trump 45% of the vote. 5% went to other candidates. this shows how close it is. it varies fa county to county. the passion that elected trump is on full display. >> very ha >> american has spoken. they are tied up with the political machine in d.c. they elected an outsider who isn't a career politician. >> get up the road in manassas in prince william county -- many are feeling the day after blues. >> very sad for the country. i hope we can come together. >> these are the numbers. stafford voted 52-43 for clinton. not a surprise to manassas city councilman ian lovejoy, a republican. >> manassas straddled the rural urban edge. but overtime it's teetering closer to the democrats. >> in stafford -- >> we needed a change. it's been a bad eight years. we are military in stafford. brad: the divide remains. we hear this in stafford county -- >> i don't like it. i wanted hillary clinto

michelle: brad bell with the support for the president-elect. alison: but right now the moment our current and next presidents met. abc7 wants to show you their comments in full. president obama: i just had an opportunity to have a conversation with friends who elect trump. it's wide ranging. we talked about some of the organizational issues in policy. we talked about domestic policy. as i said last night, my number one priority in the coming two months is two try to facilitate a transition that ensuring our president-elect is successful. and i have been very encouraged be the, i think, trump 's wanting to work with my around many of the issues that this great country faces. i believe it is important for all of us regardless of party or political preferences to now come together, work together to deal with the many had a chance to brief the incoming first lady. and we have an accident conversation with her -- we had an excellent conversation with her as well. we want them to feel welcome as they prepare to make this transition. most of all, i wa

brad bell has details. brad? brad: brad: the allegations are serious. the only reason the public is finding out about it now is because sources tipped us off. jamel franklin was counsel chair and believed to have aspirations to run for hayer office. today he is laying low, not answering repeated calls. saying the matter will be addressed in court. the crash happened november 21 at 11:30 p.m. he slammed in the back of a mercedes stopped at this light on route 4. councilmember allegedly fled the scene. trooper report spotting him walking back. he was taken into custody. his blood alcohol just over the legal limit. the couple in the mercedes are banked up. >> they have significant injuries. mercedes and the rear end car is gone. >> this is the damage to the county-owned s.u.v. franklin was driving. he is charged with d.,i., d.u.i., negly jeny driving and causing -- negligent driving and causing a collision. >> our client it doesn't matter who hit them. they were injured coming home from a date night in d.c. something completely brad: all of our questions h

alison: brad bell is in college park to look at the millennial vote. brad: hey. so this is the second time we visited a college we set up a poll. the terp tally. but unsolicited people are coming by to cast the vote. the young people are telling us they are engaged. tally. >> we volted for hillary. we are good. >> we are told election apathy among millennials is overstated. >> young people are paying attention. i think i have had a lot of great discussions with my friends. i have had great discussions in classes. ed -- brad: this senior has atte friends campaigning. >> we have terp for hillary, terp for trump and terp for gary. we are very much involved the election. brad: others tell us they feel disconnect and turned off by the process. >> you don't want to take a lot of things the media is saying at face value. brad: several students asked for none of the above box on the tally board. >> a lot of infighting and families divided. i don't want to be a part of brad: this afternoon, somebody said could he do a write-in? there it is. bernie made it on the ballot on

brad bell is live along delafield place in northeast d.c. with the story. brad: yeah, this was a bad one. this is the home of a 97-year-old woman. last friday in the late afternoon, when the water main broke out front, the basement flooded two feet deep. look at all of this stuff. i was taken out and it has to much was paid for by d.c. water but they are not doing enough to put it back together. this is what it looked like in dela field play. the water pouring from eight-inch main. look at the picture from the basement. >> totally ruined the thanksgiving. >> bump took this picture of his house. >> ruined my holiday. bedroom. i ruined everything. >> the neighbors called "7 on your side" today because they feel like d.c. water just isn't doing enough to make it right. >> we are worried about the health and the welfare of everybody. >> they are treating this like a third world country an us like we are third class citizens. brad: the flood victims are told that the claims for the before they are paid. the d.c. water spokesperson telling us that is standard proc

on the south river, brad bell, abc7 news. larry: you are not kidding. those winds came up quickly on saturday and are still blowing quite a bit. >> it has been days we have had the winds. stormwatch7's chief meteorologist doug hill is here. you told us it would be like this. when might it settle down? doug: slowly diminish so still gusty tonight the center of the high pressure is overhead and winds will calm down. what we will feel like is the wind chill in the 20's. feels like 36 in annapolis. not far north of where brad bell is, 39 in manassas. 38 at reagan national airport. as we go through the evening hours we will see the clear skies. the winds will be gusty. the temperatures will drop overnight between 22-33 temperatures because of the gusty winds. at the bus stop tomorrow morning it is cold. average temperature of 29 degrees. pickup time is 46 degrees as we hit midday, recess, the late morning and the dismissal time. still breezy. winter coat, we will need them for a few more days. we look ahead to the thanksgiving travel day and the weekend in n

today, abc 7's brad bell will be germantown. you can join the conversation using the hashtag votetra k2016. autria: a 7 on your side investigation has found an alarming number of local students taking weapons to school. parents have not been told. >> we are here at frederick douglass high school in prince george's county, where last year a 14-year-old ou 16-year-old. take a look at this video. this video was taken by a student. a fight between the 14-year-old and the 16-year-old. you can hear the screams. the injured student was taken by ambulance to a hospital for treatment. the other teenager was taken into police custody. but an investigation has learned that a similar situation to this 1 -- they are happening more often in our area. region's largest districts, and all of them have seen notable increases in the number of students taking weapons to school. in arlington public schools, the number spiked 50% in the last three years, from 18 incidents to 27. >> we are always cognizant of what our data tells us, and we try to be p

maryland bureau chief brad bell is following the developing story for us. brad? brad: so tonight we are live in hagerstown. it is a friday night. the lights are still on in the board of elections. they are still working. this is the simple ballot. no question who won but the problem is down here in the mayor's race. four days after the election, only a few campaign signs remain in hagerstown. for the incumbent mayor david gysberts, and the challenger former mayor bob bruchey. in the board of elections office they are still counting. unable to declare a winner. it's possible that the absentee ballots and the provisional ballots may change the outcome. brad: here is where they stand, bruchey the republican challenger with 6,48votes to the incumbent gysberts 6,427. they are 58 votes apart. >> they use a reasonable amount of force. >> gysberts made news in november when he refuted police brutality did not return our calls. bob bruchey, the former two-term mayor was unavailable for an interview but told us by phone he hopes his lead holds when election officials count

maryland bureau chief brad bell joins us from pasadena. how is the grand mother doing tonight? brad: that is the good news. we are told she was treated at a hospital and was released to other family members. we are hearing from the sources and the neighbors that the only thing that daughter. the 82-year-old woman's niece and tidy pasadena home is already decorated for the holidays. but the only activity there today is a crime scene clean-up crew doing its sad job. the neighbor that requested anonymity said the neighborhood is saddened by what happened. >> very upset. she would do anything for anybody. >> anne arundel county police got the call early yesterday morning for the family violence. victim stabbed multiple times they say by her 20-year-old grand daughter savannah weaver. weaver was taken into custody and hospitalized after police heard the bizarre motive. >> she said one of the reasons that she cut up her grandmother was to cut demons out from inside of her. brad: a man who is a family member declines to speak with us. the neighbor says the 82-year-old victim was giving

brad bell and votetrak 2016 getting your views on this today. he is out and about in old town alexandria. hi, brad. beautiful day to be out there. brad: it's an absolutely gorgeous day in old town. we have the hummer parked here on king street. we set up the soapbox. the legendary local eateries that has been here a long time. we asked folks about one of the issues you mentioned. who do they make of -- what do they make of the f.b.i. and the e-mails investigation. >> he promised congress if you have any information he would let them know. perhaps reopen the investigation. that's what happened. i agree with that. >> i it troubles me. i think director comey made a mistake in july and he has compounded that. >> it went away now it's getting closer and closer for everyone to cast a vote. now let's bring it back. it's just something they are trying to defer people away from voting. >> i feel that the f.b.i. is their job. brad: as we have been saying we are offering people a soapbox. an open mic on the election. a little while ago extraordinary thing h

jonathan: brad bell has a look at this race and others to watch in the free state. brad: at the top of the ticket, retarying senator mikulski hick. representative chris van hollen is the democrat. he is a career politician who says he runs for office because he wants to do somethin to be something. >> what separates us is teeny from what separates us from republican candidates donald trump. brad: he is opposed by a republican kathy is endorsed by the hugely popular governor larry hogan. her slogan is "we're fixing maryland. let's do the same in washington." the maryland ballot featuring two open congressional seats in that, mostly montgomery county race, state senator faces a republican dan cox. the maryland fourth district seat left open when incumbent donna edwards chose to mount unsuccessful senate bid. danny brown facing georges. and state senator pew is locked in a dead heat with the is running a write-in campaign. brad bell, abc7 news. michelle: next at "abc7 news at 4:00" -- if you have a canvas, paint it. our building is the canvas tonight. wait until the sun

maryland bureau chief brad bell is in chester, maryland, live for us. he picks up the team coverage after speaking to reporters today. brad? brad: we came to the eastern shore because the eastern shore is trump country. among the peak we spoke to are the -- among the people we spoke to are the people that work work boat to harvest oysters, clams and crabs. they told us they fe chance at a good future. they don't appreciate the protests. cross the bridge eastbound and you will be greeted with the trump signs and you might spot bumper stickers like these. nobody is protesting the election of donald trump here. >> i want a businessman to know workweek is more than 40 hours. >> the protest i don't put credence in it. >> if you don't like it get out of the country. brad: hillary clinton won maryland but on the eastern shore trump victory was a rerounding -- was resounding. just in from a day catching oysters denny says people here want change. >> you have to give him a chance to do his job. if you don't like it, say something. brad: even clinton supporters sa

we have seen protests in maryland but there are significant trumps in the brad bell continues the team coverage talking to folks who backed trump and they have been watching the protests play out. brad: this farmer's market is open every wednesday and saturday. a good place to get fresh produce and good place to hear strong opinions. over the apples and the greens what we hear most is no patience for the anti-trump protesters. >> i think they need to be in school. they are going to school for education. not f >> whether it is better for worse, america has spoken and everybody is fed up with what is going on. everybody relax and go with the ride. >> donald trump handily won st. mary's county. his sign still stand at intersections. the majority here feel the majority have spoken. >> hey. it happened, it happened. that's it. brad: even as the protesters give fears about the future most believe it will be brighter. he will do. brad: when we come back at 5:00, more of what the people in st. mary's county have to say about the election and the aftermath. even though the vote here was 2-1 in

brad bell was there when he appeared for a bond hearing. brad: after the proceeding, we were able to talk to several of his family members. they told us that they believe and they are blaming the outburst of domestic violence on mental illness and drugs. saturday night in the district heights home, michelle madison heard her grand children screaming. she ran to the basement where her son, his girlfriend and their children lived and she will never forget the crime scene she encountered. 2 and 3-year-old boys cut and bleeding. himself. >> it was terrible to see the grand crying. christian whispered in my ear saying, "i take care of my kids." brad: she grabbed the children and ran to a neighbor's house. today a judge ordered christian dillard held without bond for allegedly raping his estranged girlfriend earlier that night and then coming back to the house to kill his children. tonight madison and another son are speaking out in his depression over his breakup and use of the drug p.c.p. for the violence. >> he has been using that. i think it's

. >> well tomorrow brad bell in votetrack 2016 is going inside the beltway to talk to the voters in alexandria. you can follow along giant the #votetrak2016. is pew research center found six in ten americans were worn out by the nonstop news coverage of the 2016 presidential race. we are zero percept surprised by that. that was in july. long before the wikileaks, "access hollywood" tape and so much more. it's tough to keep track. maureen: it seems so long ago, doesn't it? but as mike carter-conneen reports the voters can rest easy. we are one week election. the race is almost over. mike: beneath fall foliage campaign signs are popping and the air wavers are full of attack ads. social media commentary has become a blood sport. voters are sick of it. >> i want it to be over. i am ready. >> diagnosis is election fatigue. >> it's more mud slinging than i can remember. >> every election cycle the negativity. but 2016 seems worse. >> you are not talking issues. it's accusations back and forth and that is frustrating. >> i can't listen to it anymore. i am looking for a comedy or something pleasant on

maryland bureau chief brad bell even timed it out as "7 on your side" is fighting back against crime. brad: in the last week the kidnapper scammer targeted a dozen people. kidnapped and are demanding a ransom in exchange for the safe return. brad: in each of the cases money is demanded to be sent to a puerto rican bank, all with information readily available online. we will do a demonstration. i have chosen a neighborhood at random. i have a computer set up and see how long it takes to find out personal information about someone living one of the houses. i'm starting a stopwatch right now. all i need is internet access and starting with address. searching government, private and social media. none requires a fee. in two minutes and 43 seconds i have names of everybody living the home, several phone numbers and facebook page and i have enough to do the scam. the police say that should be a sobering fact. >> make sure you are careful needia. whatever you put on social media is available. even if it's deleted. brad: joining me live we can tell you two of the victims in prince george's co

let's go to brad bell in alexandria because brad is the one who has been getting an earful this election season. hey, brad. brad: hey there. yeah, you know, we are giving the odometer a rest. we have parked the votetrak 2016 hummer in alexandria. not surprised to hear the new polls showing that the race is sensing basically an even split. we went to a local eatery that is an institution here. and we did get that earful, jonathan. when the royal restaurant opened in alexandria in 13904, republican roosevelt beat parker in the election. the today we ask about the >> the f.b.i. has a responsibility to go ahead with their investigation. what they find we don't know but we're waiting to see. >> i'm viewing it as more of a political tactic. brad: then when we set up the votetrak 2016 soapbox on the streets of old town, people talk about claims of voter fraud or intimidation. >> there is just so much stuff going on in this election i never heard in any other el ever remember. brad: we are still working out here and talking to folks. when we come back at 5:00, more on what folks are saying about

in georgetown, brad bell, abc7 news. michelle: follow votetrak 2016 hummer on the campaign trail to the white house. tomorrow brad goes back to many first-time voters will cast the ballot. jonathan: another beautiful day outside. it may be november. look how gorgeous the capitol looks. one of those days where it was warm. a brief shower blew through did not get in way of the record heat. chief meteorologist doug hill. this is a day you wish everybody had a couple hours for lunch to get out and enjoy it. doug: that would be nice. temperatures in the lower 80's. 83 in reagan normal. broke the record high o now the area of showers we had earlier is off to the lower eastern shore of the delmarva. southern maryland. north of the northern neck in northern virginia. that whether continue to move out. therefore, there are other for however, there are other areas of shower along the cold front itself moving to southern pennsylvania. see how it works out. sprinkles may come our way at 7:00 or 8:00 and that will be through and the s

in manassas, brad bell, abc7 news. jonathan: thanks. today we heard the same plea from both the president and the speaker of the house in the wake of this election. president obama: that is what the country needs. a sense of unity, a sense of inclusion. a respect for our institutions, our way of life, rule of and a respect for each other. >> now as we do every four years, we have to work to heal the divisions of a long campaign. jonathan: today's abc7 instapoll is asking if you think the country will unite behind president-elect donald trump. cast your vote now. stephen tschida is live at the national cathedral. that in years past as well. stephen: we have. one political analyst described the atmosphere in the nation's capital today as funerial. a political his attorney said the concern, the fear that people fear isn't just understandable. he said it's justifiable. the day after an election that left some exhausted, therapy dogs on capitol hill to help with the post election recovery. >> we hope stressed out people on capitol hill got s

at the university of maryland, brad bell reporting. jummy: another samsung recall. the issue is with their washing machines. samsung is recalling nearly 3 million of its top loading washing machines. there have been hundreds of the machine blowing up when it is operating at high speeds. >> the washing machine exploded. it sounded like a bomb went off. i covered my head and leaned towards my son and just screamed. jummy: 34 different model lines sold since march of 2011 until now. coming up, how mark northern virginia, on the issues, barbara comstock and donald trump are the same. comstock and trump promote deportation and reject any comprehensive immigration reform. both oppose background checks that keep guns from suspected terrorists. and comstock-trump were prepared to shut down the government just for politics. time for luann bennett: comprehensive immigration reform now. common sense gun safety laws. bennett tells congress: do your job. i'm luann bennett jummy: mark zuckerberg suffered a huge loss yesterday. he lost $3 billion in the value of his facebook stock

today, our brad bell and vote trak 2016 will be on the trail in charlestown, west virginia. you can join the conversation using the hashtag "vote trak 20-16." a seven on your side consumer alert about another home appliance that could be a fire hazard. your dishwasher could be a fire hazard. the consumer products safety commission estimates there are the u-s every year. that's resulted in two recent deaths. in maryland and virginia-- the c-p-s-c estimates there have been approximately 62 dishwasher fires in the past five years. nationwide-- more than two-million dishwashers have been recalled for potentially starting fires. those fires have caused millions of it might not have been michael jackson's original moves, but what's halloween without thriller? the obama's hosted military families and their children at the white house today. they also continued the tradition of handing out candy on the south lawn. a new study about thing your kids should avoid before going to bed. plus - a game six bargain? the big price drop for tonight's world series matchup between the cubs you b

brad bell is aboard the fishing turned rescue boat. this was lucky. brad: it was tremendously lucky. so we are on the boat. we are at the dock up on a lift. this is the south river. the rescue didn't happen here close to shore. i was way out there where the south river meets the bay. the person who was in the water was far from shore when yeah, the crew of this boat they had only caught three fish when the weather went bad. they saw the man in the water and they already had a float rigged with a line and they were able to throw it to him and bring him aboard. andrew and his buddy has caught a lot of fish on the boat the chum bucket. saturday they were in the right place at the right time to save a life. hall shot the video as the crew of the fishing conditions. >> i look this way. we hear a "whoa, whoa, whoa" and they were yelling "man overboard!" brad: at the mouth of the south river south of annapolis, far from shore, a man is in the water. >> as rough as it was, you had to be on top of the guy to even notice him. brad: the crew reacts. >> is there a

brad bell has bank's mother emotional message to the killer and those who might have information leading to them. brad: lydia says her daughter tried to do everything right. high school as student government president. going to college full time. attending e.m.t. classes at night. >> my daughter was an all-around wonderful person. brad: a young woman with a bright future. taken from her mother and loved ones. murdered october 19 as she sat in a car with her boyfriend in upper marlboro. our cameras were there at the crime scene. to see him load in an ambulance. >> i'm hurt. i'm angry. i'm totally at >> the young couple just returned to alyssa's neighborhood when it happened. parked on the prince place when several people police believe were intent on a robbery approach. the young man was able to get out of the car and run. he was shot and wounded as he fled. the gunman shot and killed alyssa as she sat in her mother's car. >> police have few leads. so today, lydia banks asked to speak directly to her >> whoever did this heinous crime, i pray you come to justice. whatever goes on in the da

we check in with brad bell in votetrak 2016 security in a moment. but first we go to the chief political reporter scott thuman live in new york city with a look ahead. >> the on and the unanswerable question, what is the key for tomorrow? scott: you are right. turn-out is what it boils down to. but keep in mind they have been at this for months as far as getting people to the polls.

today, our brad bell and vote trak 2016 will be in germantown, maryland. use the hashtag "vote trak 20-16" to join the restaurant owners have come out against a controversial measure on the ballot in fairfax county. it's the fairfax county meals tax. if approved on tuesday, it would add a four percent tax on all prepared food and drinks. korean restaurant owners -- and county supervisor pat herrity -- held a press conference to voice their opposition to the tax -- saying it'll hurt small businesses and cost jobs. supporters of the bill say it will help diversify county happening now... dozens of people are camping out in bowie and sterling. two new chick-fil-a restaurants are opening in those cities in just 45 minutes! stormwatch seven meteorologist molly cochran is live at the sterling location.. molly? molly toss to - possible record warmth today - 20 cooler tomorrow - nice november weekend - dry & mild for election day today: am patchy fog. partly to mostly cloudy. breezy and warm. stray afternoon shower possible. highs: 71-81 winds: sw to nw 10-15 g 30

brad bell, abc 7 news. jummy: we moved to a 7 on your side consumer alert about monday's pipeline explosion in alabama. and that is because of it. gasoline futures shot up as much as 15% tuesday. it will not reopen until at least saturday. there are apps for your smartphones for just about everything, but can they keep you safe? from sounding alarm to notifying your contacts, tonight at 11:00, scott taylor takes you inside some of these apps that could attack victim. and also tonight, we are less than eight hours from country music's biggest night, the cma's airing right here on abc 7. kidd o'shea is in nashville. kidd: nashville is ready for country's biggest night, all taking place inside the bridgestone arena, set up well under way. take a look at this video per this is rehearsal video from yesterday, when everyone was insiders, and they tell us there will be so many performers tonight, that you will not want to miss. including the first eight minutes of the show. that will set the tone for the rest of t

in montgomery county, brad bell reporting. over the potomac river could become a reality -- a proposal says the building of a gondola is feasible. it would cost between 80 and $90 million and take two years to build. the proposal and visuals and four-minute ride with cabins coming every 60 seconds. each would hold eight to 12 people. a public meeting will be held at the georgetown theater tonight at 8:00 at -- in northwest washington. for moms, this evening, a panel of medical experts is here to ask -- answer any questions you have about childbirth. expert advice -- tune in to abc 7 news starting at 4:00 p.m. to find out how you can participate and called in a -- on our 7 on getting credit on social media for calling the world series two years ago, producing the cubs and the indians would play in the world series in 2016, and also said there would be a game seven that would go into extra innings. the lifting the tweet got wrong is that the world would end before the game was decided. doug: close to it. showers with a cold fron

in fairfax, brad bell reporting. jummy: and while all these events happen in the final 24 hours, the fbi is on high alert this noon. investigators are now digging in trying to determine the credibility of a potential al qaeda terror attack today. the threat of the potential attack came to light on friday, mentioning new york, texas, and virginia as potential targets. spokesman says that the information lacks any specific. and a half of campaigning will need -- end tomorrow as americans go to the polls to elect a new president, but do you know someone who is legally registered to vote in multiple states? 7 on your side does. our government watchdog investigators in the lord he is legally registered to vote in three states -- maryland, tonight at 6:00, he investigates this oversight and goes to the polls in each of the states to see what would happen if he tried to vote in each place. it is a must-see story. by the way, you can count on us tomorrow on election day. we will have 17 crews in the field including reporters

brad bell will be in reports throughout the afternoon and the everything. most of us do dread going to the d.m.v. d.c. council now is hoping the next trip to renew or update the license might help increase voter turn-out. awe mike carter-conneen reports councilmembers unanimously approve legislation making voter registration out -- automatic. mike: d.c. counsel bill waiting for bowser's signature would automatically send department of motor vehicles ease i as possible and get as many people registered to vote as we can. >> it would keep the voter rolls clean. >> if your contact information, if your residency information isn't updated with the board of elections you are disenfranchised to vote at the correct precinct and it challenges your ballot. mike: the new approach does not mandate that you vote but if you don't want to be registered you need to opt out unlike the needs you to opt in. is there we are flipping the assumption. we want you registered to vote. >> it should be a requirement. you have to do something extra. >> it should be automatic. >> it's

brad bell will be in fairfax today. you can join the conversation online using the hash tag "vote trak 20-16." abc-7 is your home for complete coverage on election night. we'll have crews all across our area tuesday -- and reporters with the trump and clinton campaigns in new york. plus - wall to wall coverage on newstarting at seven p-m, as the results start coming in. federal investigators are looking for individuals who may have information about the threat from al qaeda for a potential attack on u-s soil today. law enforcement officials tell c-b-s news the individuals are not being described as suspects. on friday, counterterroism agencies learned of a possible plot aimed at new york, texas and virginia. but officials stress the threat is non-specific, and could be idle chatter. breaking overinight - a b-b gun scare. the drive-by shooting on a college campus, coming up. and a chilly start across the d-m-v. - frosty start -> cool afternoon - dry & warm for election wednesday - coldest air of the season next weekend (

brad bell darr is facing three counts. victims are 10, 12 and 13. detectives say the abuse has been going on for several years.>>> new information about a deadly fire and hillsborough county. investigators believe the survivor told investigators she fell asleep while still burning there's candles. her husband died in the fire. she also said there were smoke alarms in the home but they did not go off. >>> now, news channel 8 special coverage from cuba as a country mourns fidel castro. >> reporter: castro's ashes were driven through the cuban capital of havana today. crowds waved cuban flags and chanted "fidel." this convoy ow to his final resting place. news channel 8 is the only tampa bay station with a reporter in cuba this week. jeff patterson actually caught up with an american student who was in cuba when the news of his passing broke. he joins us now in havana with a story you only see here. >> reporter: this is of this bow street. the first time i was here, i was hit by the music, the art, the music is silent now as people mourn the death of f

today - you'll find our brad bell in college park, maryland. you can join the "vote trak 20-16." happening today.. early voting ends in the district. polls open at 8:30 this morning.. and close at seven p-m tonight, at locations in all eight d-c wards. go to wjla dot com for a full list of voting sites. today could be a pivotal day for residents of the lynhill condominiums in temple hills. on october 26th, their utilities were shut off because the complex's management hasn't paid about 500-thousand dollars in bills. residents were told to leave. restored about a week ago on a temporary basis, after an order from the maryland public service commission. a judge has scheduled a hearing for today.. in hopes of finding a more permanent solution. the crisis involving prince george's hospital center's neonatal intensive care unit will be the focus of a news conference today. hospital officials have scheduled it for three this afternoon. this week, the hospital shut down its neonatal intensive care unit after two babies tested positive for potentially deadly bacteria. this was the second

we are joined by brad bell in charlestown, west virginia. hi, brad: people are tired with the national election. they are focusing on the local issues now. downtown charles-up to is in the midst of upturn. the mayor says much of the misfortune is the casino and the name. >> it supported the city. >> when we ask what issues matter to them they talk local. >> we need to protect the horse racing industry. it affects so much. >> elsewhere coal is a dominant issue. trump is ahead in that hillary clinton is anti-coal. that means anti-west virginia. yet a billionaire democrat is leading the race for governor. the republican is embracing trump. >> if your state leads the nation in categories like these you need more than a >> there is a line all day long. >> the most important thing is everybody get out to vote. >> well, back live, you are looking at the historic jefferson county courthouse where the voting has been taking place. it is closed up for the day. >> the votes are in, and by 4-1 margin hillary clinton is the next president. according to ou

bell is live in silver spring. brad? brad: we are at the location where there is a big ballroom and the democrats hope they will be celebrating a victory tonight. the polls suggest they will be. after all, democrats outnumber republicans in maryland by 2:1 margin. but they will elect a gor there are 3 million registered voters for today. we have seen long lines for the paper ballot scanners. we heard few complaints. people want to be heard. >> this is an historic election. the candidate for the rare open senate seat have been busy to reach those brought to the polls by the presidential race. >> people know that governor hogan is doing a terrific job. so i urge the voters please get out there and vote today. it's important. >> democrat chris van hollen hoping the maryland 2-1 democratic majority turns out. urge everyone to get out and cast a vote. brad: we have not been allowed to broadcast inside. we'll bring you live reports throughout the evening. in silver spring, brad bell, abc7 news. alison: stay with abc7 all night

brad bell is in charlestown, west virginia. what are you finding there? brad: we are in charlestown, west virginia. this is not a swing state. this is a state that is considered to be firmly red. this is trump country. but not in charlestown. we are watching people vote at the mayor has an idea about how to do something about it. there have been lines for early voting all day long in charlestown. people say despite reports of election fatigue, voters are tuned in. >> people are passionate about the brad: they are tired of the nasty campaign rhetoric. >> i don't like all of what is going on. i will be important to stick to the facts. brad: the mayor says in a town founded by george washington, the divide is upsetting. >> we're having a prayer service. >> she hopes when the vote is >> frightening to hear people say i don't like either one of them. we are still working on our story for 5:00, when we come back we will get into the issues. a clue, casino and horses. that is coming up at 5:00. michelle: wondering where he is taking votetrak 2016 next? join us to

brad bell spoke with her after this morning after opening statements in wallace's trial. brad: a crime that stunned and sadded many. 3-year-old bibbs shot and killed in a home as she tri hundreds attended the funeral in august 2014. the death sparking outrage over violence against children. two years later her mother says the pain has not eased. >> i am reliving the moment every day. >> the trigger man is on trial facing first-degree murder charges. >> in court her mother is the first witness. she describes the death of her feel. what you want to say. thinking about the last memory with her laying there. brad: in opening arguments wallace's lawyer admits wallace fired six shots at the home where she was visiting after he had a fight with other occupants. claiming that wallace only wanted to scare not kill. prosecutors say the opposite is true. >> regardless if he didn't mean whatever my baby is gone. she no longer says with the comfort of the family she will sit through the trial. it is expected to last three days and then the jury must decide is it first-degree murder or

speaking of virginia, brad bell will be out there today and he wants to hear from you. you can catch him in person or join online using the hash tagged votetrack16. larry: a pumpkin chunk and -- the mechanism launched. the woman was struck in the head. another man injured, he is expected to survive. it's not clear what caused the canon to backfire. autria: what's next for this toy poodle? tune in. vo: here's the last thing washington needs. amie hoeber. a reckless tea party partisan. hoeber will defund planned parenthood, threatening cancer screening. chance, and hoeber has fought for a global increase of chemical weapons. we need john delaney. a family man and entrepreneur, he built two respected maryland business, creating thousands of jobs. in congress, he puts working for us ahead of partisan politics. autria: new information the snow -- this morning. a toy poodle found abandoned in the potomac river is a live this morning. spotted on a rock in the water, her hair was matted and covered in maggots. rushed to the vat, treated for a number of severe diseases. after se

brad bell went to st. mary seacoast to find out what they think about the protest. >> in st. mary's county we hear it at the farmer's market. >> i like to let everybody calm down and give them a chance. >> they need to stop to give that man a chance to get the world back together. >> we hear it at the leonardtown post office. most of the campaign signs have been removed. not these. there are a lot of them. >> go back to school and get an education then you can run for president. brad: even those who don't support trump are trying to be optimistic. larry: many are calling on trump to rescind the staff. senate democrats sent a similar letter on tuesday. new york city mayor bill de blasio met with the president-elect in manhattan and he recommended that trump do more to ease the fears of the millions of americans about the presidency. alison: here in washington, vice president biden and his wife welcomed vice president elect mike pence and his wife for lunch. they gave them a tour of the future home at th observatory. after the meeting vice president biden said he would be avail

in greenbelt, brad bell, abc7 next safetrack surge starts monday. leaving d.c., we are on the verge of having a new pick tonight. sam: often leaders come to town to whip the area to shape. but browse browse released her new chancellor. >> welcome chancellor wilson. sam: he was mainly singing the praises of the d.c. school systems and praised former chancellor. >> originally chancellor rhi when i was in denver, we were the educator effectiveness. we modeled a lot of our work off of d.c. >> cited for selecting wilson is the leadership and support of males of color high school. >> he is forefront of leading the males of color in the district. those are things we want to focus on. >> council scheduled confirmation hearings on conference. >> it will be easy for him. >> the first person he asked was not his wife but his 14-year-old daughter. >> i wanted to make sure it was something she could support. the clear answer is absolutely. >> for it. >> i talked to my wife and i mentioned the opportunity she said i could go for it. thank you. sam: in northeast w

michelle: brad bell is in upper marlboro with the prince george's county protest counter. brad? brad: we were following the was a twitter feed to say they wanted to do a wide-spread walkout. the police sources were telling us something was planned but it didn't happen. they wanted to keep students at school. here it goes tense. the student shot video inside the high school shows the moments that students tried to walk out today but were denied by the school administrators. two students yelling actually allegedly shoving the principal. atros the county, students had been using twitter to organize a widespread walk-out. the school c.e.o. maxwell alerted parents saying it could lead to personal well-being and saying those walked out will be marked unexcused. not everyone this group of student knocked to the national harbor. police and the security keeping a watchful eye until they moved on. school officials confirm to us when a student was injured in a protest in rockville earlier in week they decided in prince george's they could not let young people leave campus. dismissal here a

that is at 5:00, university of maryland, brad bell, abc7 news. jonathan: thanks. don't miss an update from brad and the entire vote 2016 team on tuesday night. we are all here. it's an exciting night and a long one at that. abc7 will have live election coverage from new york at the trump the clinton headquarters down to the key local races across the d.m.v. we have nonstop coverage right here on abc7 and on our sister station newschannel8. when the polls close through the calling of the key we have you covered. breaking news, horrible out of new york city. two police officers have been shot. we're told one of them might not make it. these are live pictures you are looking at from the area. the helicopters hovering over the area. the top of the picture, there are people gathered around there. that is where it's cordoned off to start investigating the scene. we understand that the person responsible for the shooting your screen. as soon as we get more information in the newsroom about what happened, two officers shot. one in rough shape. we will have updates when we

in georgetown, brad bell. alison: thank you. the outcome of the world series could be an indiana presidential election. according to political junkie the last eight times that the world series went game seven in an election year if the national team won the democratic candidate won. the democrat in the white house hopes that the cubs come to visit before he leaves in january. he sent out a treat and said it's change even a southsider can believe in. he is from chicago but a larry: the cubs are back in chicago this morning. in chicago 72% of tv on last night were on the game. in d.c., a quarter tuned to see history. richard reeve found a local bar with a special connection to the cubs. >> awesome. unbelievable. >> par from the pandemonium in cleveland. >> i was released when the curse was over. >> we have a good team. >> it's a sign the century-long drought is over. >> maybe it was divine influence on the cubs just like the curse worked against them for all the years. >> some guys have a man cave inside a living room or spare man

shrimp >> right now voters are rejectig that by a narrow margin. >> all right, maryland bureau chief brad bell is in silver springs. so far they have some good news but they also have some tense moments ahead. brad? >> yeah, they do. certainly chris van hollen has been projected as the winner and is expected that anthony brown will be as well and so will jame raskin. they also believe that hillary there haven't been any statewide results put out because marylanders are still voting. the lines were so long at 8:00 that at this point polls in certain areas are still open. people are still casting their votes. they will not release any resuls until the polls finally close ad we don't know when that will be. back to you. >> all right, brad. thanks very much. >> and let's take a quick look now at something turning heads just outside our studio. drive by. kimberly suiters is projecting the results. i don't mean looking ahead to te winner, these literally projecting them. >> hey, kimberly. >> this is election projections on the side of the building. you can see trump there at 129. there's the map of

la vie est belle l'eau de parfum, lanc?me. >>> a little brad paisley to kickoff your day today. >> a pretty view of downtown raleigh. >> you can see a little bit of fog. it was patchy this morning. >> my drive in was really foggy this morning. >> really? >> yeah. it was bizarre. so dark when we come in. direction, and there was none whatever. it was very patchy this morning, and we see a little bit of it on the cameras, and we'll start with the apex skycam. the sun is coming up and filtering through the low clout cover and fog, and we have sunshine in downtown apex. it won't be long before all the fog burns off. it hasn't caused any real traffic issues, and brian will come up with what's on the road 37, and i came in we are seeing the cooler air from the north filtering in. we'll turn that around. as the sun gets higher and warms up, mid-80s in the afternoon. the visibility has dropped below a quarter of a mile in south hill and 4 miles in southern pines. that's just an indication of low cloud cover. but again, the low clouds, they number on th