lindsey: i'm lindsey mastis at the "live desk."e are following breaking news out of the tampa, florida, area. unfortunately, a small plane crash has claimed the life of roy halladay. he was a pitcher with the phillies and the blue jays as well. he has 40 years old. we are told he was the only person in the plane. he just got his pilot's license in april. he leaves behind a wife and he was also a two-time cy young award winner. we are still waiting on information about what it was that brought the plane down. at the abc7 "live desk," i'm lindsey mastis. bill: good evening. i'm meteorologist bill kelly. we are tracking the showers or the rain around the area. widespread between half an inch to an inch of rain. the general total so far today. when we focus this down on the metro, it's raining everywhere in the beltway. you go to the surrounding counties outside the metro region and it's continuous rain. windshield wipers and very cold. we are not seeing thunderstorms firing up but we are tracking the change to a cold air mass. when we

at the "live desk," i'm lindsey mastis. jonathan: thank you. alison: olympic gymnast says she was sexually abused by a former gymnastics doctor and she was 15 when she was treated by dr. nasser. worked for usa gymnastics for years and dozens of women accused him of sexual misconduct. depping now, alabama senate candidate roy moore under fire after allegation of sexual misconduct and he is refusing to drop out of the race. now the republican party senate campaign ended its fund raising agreement withmore. the "washington post" is reporting that he molested girls when he was in his 30's. other lawmakers say he should drop out of the wake. president trump weighing in on this says if the amizations are true, moore should step aside. jonathan: new at 4:00, fighting crime from above. we are talking about drones. they are quick and agile and small. we have a look at how they are using the high-tech tools to catch criminals. q mccray? q: you are looking at one of the stafford county deputies newest crime fighting to a drone. they have four of them. our

lindsey mastis is following this story from the "live desk." he tampa police found the body of a man and he is possibly the fourth victim. the victim felton was shot from behind and left in the street. felton was headed to a church just before 5:00 this morning where he volunteers at a food kitchen. t to three others and it's in the same neighborhood. >> we are asking people to get up and stay in their houses. please. lindsey: the police are desperate for any leads. from the "live desk" i'm lindsey mastis. jonathan: thank you. coming up next at "abc7 news at 4:00" -- she is a navy widow expecting a child. the gender revealed. you don't want to miss this. q: the american heart association changed health guidelines and it now has millions of americans considered sick. do you have high blood pressure? i'm q mccray. i'll have the full story for you coming up. y'all coming up new at 5:00, the first look inside the brand new museum of the bible. this is days before it opens to the because your carpet there's resolve carpet care. with five times more b

lindsey mastis is following the story and is at the live desk. : "the new york times" has reported that two more women have come forward regarding the play, including a woman who said she had sex with him in his office. "the times" has been working on the article for several months, including having a button under his desk that would allow him to lock his door without getting up. his firing came after an unidentified employee made allegations of sexual behavior that began at the sochi alan thicke's in 2014 -- at the sochi ago, the nbcts news chairman sent the following note to our organization. on wednesdayues, night we received a detailed report about inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace by matt lauer." how do you reconcile that? said the complaint was the first against matt lauer ever, but the article said that women complain that the network but nothing happened. jonathan: just hours after the news broke about matt lauer, garrison keillor was fired from minnesota public radio. the former host of "the prairie home companion" claimed that his him touching from the bare back o

nancy: lindsey mastis show us how nominees are lindsey: so many musicians are taking to social media to talk about being nominated. this is the first one -- reba got to instagram and wrote -- >> excited to see the grammy performances. the awards are in january. back to you. jonathan: all right. thanks. nancy: of course, you can see the full list. michelle: download the abc7 and the app store. you can stream all of our live newscasts there. jonathan: all right. denied by metro. this ad rejected by the transit agency. wait for it. we'll explain why metro is refusing the money and the advertisement. take a good look at it. they are saying no to this. michelle: plus a new twist in the roy moore saga. the allegation from "washington post" and a push for a write-in campaign. the alabama republican party new fight from within. nancy: new at 5:00, the steps a local university is taking after too many race-base incidents on (upbeat music) - [announcer] presenting the shark ion flex 2x. the free-standing, cord free vacuum that can live anywhere because it has two rechargeable batteries. that m

nfl free agent colin kaepernick on the cover of "gq" maggie: and featured as the citizen of the lindsey mastishow us how people react on social media. some are congratulating him. but kaepernick is writing i'm honored to be recognized by "gq" on citizen of the year. >> they write you open up a conversation far from over in the country. others are writing -- >> you can join the conversation on the facebook back to you. michelle: a boy's dog attacked by a gator and there is nothing that he can do about it. he was tossing sticks in the water. >> i started screaming because i realized my son was there a few minutes before. michigan the gators run so quickly and there is no time to react. the mother said she had seen the gators before but never close to people or pets. they reported it to the wildlife officials. >> g.m. hope corvette owners feel the need for speed. they are unveiling the faster corvette ever. top speed is 210 miles per hour. it's where you wo i have no idea. it has 755 horsepower and has more power than lamborghinis and ferraris. it's good looking. >> this could satisfy the need fo

lindsey mastis shows us that and how people are reacting on this side of the pond. >> we are getting more from the kensington palace twitter account. they got engaged this month and that the wedding is in the spring. two of the diamonds are from princess diana's collection. people are commenting saying a beautiful understated ring with huge sentimental value. perfect. many are excited to hear the news today. one woman tagged her friend writing, "are you on this? i'm all over this." a bright spot in the news. so their kids will be american and one could go up to be president and in line for the throne. if they want america back this is how to do it. there are haters out there but overall a lot of people are saying congratulations. back to you. larry: c'mon. stop hating. nancy: we need good news. this is the perfect news. i woke up to five or six text messages about the friends about this. i'm ready. i'm going get my hat to watch this. larry: she doesn't follow this at all. nancy: they have restraining order against me. larry: in the capital there are signs christmas is on the way. nan

michelle: lindsey mastis joins us with what she is seeing. >> a lot of scrolling going on today. everyone is keen on the change. let's start with the haters. take a look at this tweet -- lindsey: people really want the ability to edit tweets. so of after all, with the additional characters you are more likely to make a spelling or a grammar mistake. jonathan: those are the tweets we like the best. lindsey: i always need five more. just five more. jonathan: we need five more degrees. the average is november 18 for the first freeze. we think we will have it on the 11th. we did it on the 23rd for 2015 and on 2014 it was november 15. on the 2013 it was the 13th of november. this will be the earliest first freeze we have had since 2006. december 31 is when we the latest freeze. 49 is the temperature now in d.c. we have clouds and rain showers. the biggest story is the temperatures and the blue that you see in the north dakota and minnesota. 45 out the door tonight. if you are heading out, grab your jacket. there is the cloud cover. some of it will break up. we will keep temperatures in

lindsey mastis joins us with a look at how fast the news spread. lindsey: it was extremely fast. i want you to look at the map behind me. this is a heat map and it shows the conversation taking place on social media throughout the country. it was red really fast. one of nbc facebook post about the firing of matt lauer, it has had over 10 million views. it has gotten tens of thousands of comments. by the way, the comments are long. people are writing paragraphs take a look. many are in defense of matt lauer. they say in part i don't believe a word of this. just because someone says it doesn't make it so. and whatever happened to innocent until proven guilty? some are saying that they are going to be turning off "today" because of the decision. others are upset with matt and those sticking up for him. this says disgusted by the fact that so many women are supporting matt. i'm sure nbc didn't just fire him based off an accusation. take a look at this last line. it says this comment thread is a perfect example of why victims typically remain silent. emotions are certainly running hig

lindsey mastis has reaction. some say it's a play on ice cube's cover that showed uncle sam on the gurney but this twist is creating an uproar. take a look. people are reacting on our facebook page writing -- lindsey: most of the comments we have gotten do not approve but some do. erica is writing -- others want him to remember what goes around, comes around -- overall a lot of outrage. snoop dogg already took the image down from the instagram account and a different one in its place showing trump standing over the gurney of snoop dogg. back to you. alison: all right. thank you. the days of weekend warriors are over. coming up at 5:00, 7 salutes thousands of guardsman and reservists by going along for the ride. >> after more than a decade of local reporting the website disappears overnight. coming up, details why it went away and the reaction from the local journalis bill: welcome back. this is a gorgeous everything out. a lot of folks enjoying tonight. let you know what is going on. spotty shower at most. that i

at the satellite center, i'm lindsey mastis. back to you. jonathan: thanks. developing now in the ashanti billie murder case. an arrest. anna-lysa gayle at the "live desk" with what billie's parents went to norfolk to get today. what did they go for? anna-lysa: her parents went to hampton road to pick up their daughter's car that showed up days after she went missing and days before she was found dead. she was reported missing when she didn't show up to work at blimpies on military base. the body later found by hind a church in -- behind a church in north carolina weeks later, near the suspect's childhood home. the suspected killer the investigators say is eric brown, retired 21-year navy veteran who was homeless. he was frequently stopped by her job and the coworkers say brown her and made rude comments. the parents have questions about how he was able to roam the base without a purpose. both of ashanti's parents are military veterans. >> how is it that this guy is able to roam around the base? we understand that you have an i.d. card and it allows you to be

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lindsey: i'm lindsey mastis at the "live desk" with breaking news. a disturbing story that happened in gaithersburg. stop what you are doing and look at the screen right now. this is a composite sketch. computer generated sketch of the suspect wanted in that rape at a bus stop. this is a case that began in october 6. 5:30 in the morning. police say that a woman was at the bus stop when this man possibly in his 20's walked up to her, dragged her in the woods, raped her. the victim was unconscious. the suspect in this case got away. she was able to make it back home and contact authorities. this man is described possibly his 20's wearing dark colore the time. and this particular sketch is created with d.n.a. evidence to project what he may look like. so again, take a close look at your screen. we will share this online as well. if you recognize him, please contact the montgomery county police. jonathan, back to you. jonathan: all right. thanks. new focus tonight on how the new york city attacker first entered the united states. there are calls now by t