cheryl conner, abc 7 news. kimberly: d.c. police force to arrest one of their own while complaint early this morning about officer thompson. when a supervisor went to investigate, he reported smelling alcohol and that officer thompson was impaired. he also failed fields are brady test. he had been on the force for four years. neighbors say that no one should be above the law. >> there are kids who play around here. >> i find that very troubling. with everything going on in the country, with police departments in neighborhoods, it's troubling. kimberly: his police powers were immediately revoked. he is under investigation by the internal affairs department.

cheryl conner spoke with the people involved. >> this is the inside where it went through. cheryl: bullet holes, but this cheryl: she had to celebrate her birthday with some extra guests when the police arrived. >> pow, pow, pow, pow, pow, and i was like it down. cheryl: it was after midnight sunday. she showed us where the bullets hit the home and were her grandson sits, just inches below. fortunately, nobody was hurt here or n roger sadler had just gone upstairs for the night. he is lucky, too. his couch is directly in front of the cardboard. >> and came through here and hit the wall on the inside. i sit right here. this was where my head was 15 minutes beforehand. cheryl: he had settled in for the night. this car was also hit. holes. we have not heard back from d.c. police, but the neighbors say that at least three homes and two cars are damaged. >> if they are kids, did they realize they could have potentially killed someone? cheryl: all of this a week before halloween. cheryl conner, abc 7 news. kimberly: d.c. police force to arrest one of their own while complaint earl

cheryl conner spoke with loved ones and neighbors about the violence. cheryl: the night before halloween, the neighborhood is dressed up, kids playing. hours ago it was a real-life house of horrors. six people were shot sunday morning outside of regency lane apartments on walker mill in capitol heights. >> he was so funny. cheryl: she is telling us about her 14-year-old brother. >> every year for halloween, he was a swat member. cheryl: the 14-year-old and an 18-year-old were pronounced dead on the scene. four others were taken to the saw. >> it was like back to back shots. for about a minute or two. cheryl: bullets shattered the windows at one of the apartment buildings. detectives do not think the incident was random. they say he was a good kid on the honor roll it suit with high school. >> i think he was on his way home from somebody else' anyone with information that leads to an arrest and indictment can receive a $25,000 reward. in capitol heights, cheryl conner, abc 7 news. kimberly: two fatal fires in prince george's county in 36 hours. firefighte

cheryl: i'm cheryl conner. coming up, we will tell you about a new monthly program for carpool riders. jonathan: first, though, a friendly d.c. council breakfast ends with a staredown between the mayor and the council chair. it was chilly. what had them in a verbal vo: for dominion, part of delivering affordable energy includes supporting those in our community who need help. our energyshare program does just that, assisting with bill pay and providing free, energy-saving upgrades. it's more than helping customers, it's helping neighbors. jonathan: a settlement has been reached in a three and a half-year legal battle over a child's breakfast pastry. you may remember this guy. josh welch. he made national news anne arundel county school suspended him for chewing his pop tart in the shape of the gun. he then pointed the pop start at a second grade classmate. a hearing examiner upheld the suspension saying it was based on a pattern of behavior. neither side will discuss the setmment they released. maureen: grand j

cheryl: cheryl conner, abc7 news. larry: well, drone trak 7 is over the sugar loaf mountain to give you a peek of the leaves. alison: isn't that beautiful? this is easier to see the leaves this way. doug: we could sit in the chair and see if we are flying through it. pretty picture. the weather is great. not only in sugar loaf but across the area for leaf-watching all weekend long. any other activity it will warm up, too. gorgeous and a live look at potomac riverer at the national harbor. it's gusting and the winds willdy mirn tonight. the next few hours this is what you need to know. in the overnight it will drop between 37 to 47 degrees. the forecast tomorrow, gorgeous, 72 degrees. warmer on sunday. we will check that and weather for marine corps marathon and the halloween weather update coming your way here in seven thank you. still to come at 5:00 -- >> it's not okay. alison: more than 100 people arrested after facing off with police. larry: the brewer of to popular beer is at the local election ire. alison: what

alison: today cheryl conner luxury hotel bearing the g.o.p. presidential nominee's name. >> it doesn't get better than this. cheryl: donald trump's son eric gave us a tour of the international hotel ahead of the grand opening and the ribbon cutting. he pointed out details left from the post office building. >> we completely restored them. cheryl: he addressed the criticism of the rates and the bookings. prices dropped significantly since the ope opening of the hotel. it takes any hotel a couple weeks. give us a couple of weeks to ramp it up, will you, please? cheryl: trumps are showing it off 13 days before the election saying it demonstrates trump's ability to create jobs and hire minorities. outside protesters gathered again along pennsylvania avenue claiming trump has created a culture of hate that will not go away when the election is over. >> the forces have been given a new platform. >> big tri, racism, hate. lies. sexism. cheryl: eric trump believes they are only trying to detract from the issues. others joined in saying trump should be

cheryl: i'm cheryl conner inside the pumpkin house where tonight trump and clip top face off against frankenstein. jonathan: a lots of folks getting in the halloween spirit. in this case, it seems it's dr. recommended. the children's national health system in northwest d.c. threw a party for the patients. how much fun is this. look at the outfits, too. the kids carved dozens of carved pumpkins, got to see a doing show and took part in a mini parade throughout the hospital. the staff by the way, they even dressed up and they were nice job by all. michelle: that is awesome. in kansas city, volunteers dressed babies in the nicu in halloween costumes this weekend but did you know some local nurseries could be busy this week? we are at 40 weeks since the blizzard that covered the area in snow last january. scenes like this. today kevin lewis caught up with the blizzard babies and their proud parents. >> we had a plan. we had an idea it would occur. kevin: this fall a rise in memorial hospital. >> we have heard the jokes. yes. kevin: jennifer manages the labor and the delivery unit. she is

gif, a mass shooting survivor is lobbying for gun law reform as cheryl conner reports today's event is part of a big tour to get the message out. [applause] cheryl: a standing o for congresswoman gabrielle giffords who became the symbol of a survivor when she was shot in the head in 2011. gabrielle giffords retired from congress a year later but now is in the crossfire of the american gun debate. >> we must never stop fighting [applause] cheryl: they call themselves a vocal majority. bus tour stopping in 14 states to push for gun regulation. today they are at the cascade public library in looking cloud county. >> now is the time to come together be. responsible. cheryl: she was surrounded by those in office and those hoping for a cease along with shot in the head in the virginia tech mass shooting and survived. she says tightening up background checks should be supported by democrats and republicans. >> we know background checks work. cheryl: donald trump argued against expanding background checks and says we first need to fix the system in place. >> we have to balance the gun rights w

cheryl conner, abc 7 news. jummy: as for the race for the white house itself, there are less than two weeks to go until election day. hillary clinton had a nine-point poll as donald trump goes after obamacare and vice president joe biden. stephanie ramos is in northwest washington with the latest from the campaign trail. stephanie co. donald trump is here in d.c., while hillary clinton's in florida. its candidate taking different campaign approaches in the final stretch to election day. this morning, donald trump is mixing business with his campaign. trump celebrating his new $200 million hotel in d.c.. his star on the hollywood walk of fame is taking a beating, but not for the full-time -- but not for the first time. the star now destroyed. a day before, a crowd attacked obamacare at one of his golf courses in florida. mr. trump: it is killing our businesses, our small as mrs., individual. stephanie: and then his com to the back of the bargain i would love that. stephanie: overnight the former speaker of the h

reporting live in capitol heights, cheryl conner,, abc 7 news. kimberly: also in prestridge's county, a second deadly house fire in two days. the fire chief says nothing appears suspicious about the fire the left one person dead this morning on ballenger avenue in landover. we are told another person jumped to escape the flames. two people were taken to the hospital. crews were back in the neighborhood to check on smoke alarms this afternoon. deadly multi car crash in northeast d.c. from saturday afternoon. police say 31-year-old timothy johnson was speeding and at times, crossed the centerline, before hitting the back of a car which spun and hit two parked cars. johnson's car hit a parked suv. a 50-year-old died. five others were injured, including two children. charges against johnson were coming up at 6:30, a new poll showing donald trump narrowing the gap with hillary clinton. we are sprinting down the kimberly: democrats are pushing hard for fbi director james comey to share more information about a review of e-mails possibly connected to hi

. >> in fairfax, cheryl conner, abc7 news. michelle: this may be one of the last nice nights to get out and walk around. jonathan: steve rudin is always out in the weather when it's perfect. steve: i have the best don't have anything to do? decorate the front lawn. for halloween. this is not scary. it doesn't have to be scary but it looks gorgeous. we want to come to your house and see how you have decorated your take a picture of the front lawn. then you need to download the abc7 news app. really easy to do. click on see it and send it. that is all you need to do to submit a photo. make sure it's clear. give us a description and hopefully i will be at your house next week. 80 for a high tomorrow. showers develop late. looking ahead to the weekend, cold and windy. sunday will be in the lower 60's. boo at the zoo is chilly side. saturday and sunday evening with the temperatures saturday evening. we have sunday temperatures for boo at the zoo in the 60's. michelle: next at "abc7 news at 4:00" -- celebrating remarkable medical ad

i'm cheryl conner. announcer: from abc7 news, breaking news alert. michelle: breaking news is hillary clinton again under the f.b.i. microscope over the e-mails but not related to the private server this time. the f.b.i. says the letter of congress informing members of the investigation. right now it's unclear how long this investigation will take. and when the results will be made public. with abc7 news at 5:00,6:00, 11:00 or download the news app to get updates on the go. jonathan: breaking news we are monitoring out of o'hare. this is the airport in chicago. you can see the plane on the left side. somebody on the ground is taking video from the cell phone. you can see the smoke pouring out of the american airlines flight. this was on the way from chicago to miami. we know the ladders were deployed from the plane. you can see on the right side of the screen, that is the you can see the charred back portion of the plane. they got the fire out. at this point we are not hearing of injuries on board the flight, which is a miracle considering when you l

find out cheryl: i'm cheryl conner inside a waldorf salon now providing free services to cancer patients. we'll tell you where it is and how to get involved coming up. northern virginia, on the issues, barbara comstock and donald trump are the same. comstock and trump promote deportation and reject any comprehensive gration 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 ? ? ee-e-e-oh-mum-oh-weh ? ? don't fear my darling... ? ? the lion sleeps tonight. ? [snoring.] ? hush my darling... ? [snoring.] ? don't fear my darling... ? ? the lion sleeps tonight. ? [snoring.] take the roar out of snore. >>> a mom who had breast cancer and died in a car accident chen johnson was 16 years old. >> i feel like i'm honoring her by giving to women and men and teenagers. that are affected by cancer. >> she wants women to know her only symptom before

cheryl conner is live in northwest washington with more. this morning, is the grand opening.. which will include the ribbon cutting with donald trump and family members. back on september 12th, there was a soft opening, where hotel rooms were booked for the first night. the time in between the two events has given them an opportunity to hotel for the original opening -- which showed off the renovation of the old post office. located on pennsylvania avenue -- and just blocks away from where donald trump could call home if he's elected president. trump international d-c is considered a luxury hotel, with room prices around seven hundred dollars when they first opened. but those prices have dipped significantly in order to get rooms booked. this saturday night, you can stay for website. the building has already been the subject of vandalism and protests. earlier this month, black lives matter and no justice no peace was spray painted on the front. but donald trump has touted his project as an example of his ability to create jobs and finish a project ahead of schedule. --take liv