in new carrollton, mike carter-conneen, abc7 news. larry: open house and a public hearing on the proposal is held tonight at 6:30. for details go to wjla.com. alison: coming up at "abc7 news at we asked and you answered. see how "7 on your side" is helping you be a smart shopper. cheryl: i'm cheryl conner on the steps of the lincoln memorial where women's march on washington is planned for the day after the inauguration. we will tell you the message organizers hope to send coming up. >> family of a man accused of stabbing his two children says he is actually a good father. >> larry: the man accused of stabbing his children was in court today. 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 gir

the new carrollton police chief has heard all the complaints. >> i think they spending that money catching real criminals. >> you roll to return and they are still hitting you with $100. kimberly: it is $70for each red light runner. it catches 700 red light runners every month. in one year, that could mean a half-million dollars in fines. you are a fan of red light cameras? >> i am. kimberly: why not have more? public. they say we trust you to do this, but also not abuse it. kimberly: but they say the cameras nickel and dime the average motorist to death rather than deter dangerous drivers. >> in the district of columbia, we know that some intersections, almost 90% of all red light camera tickets are not issued to the flagrant red light runners. kimberly: that anything to avoid the emotional toll of red light running. >> my heart is stuck at that intersection. my daughter will never know her father, all because somebody made a decision to run a red light. kimberly: kimberly suiters, abc 7 news. alison: red light critics tell 7 on your side the insurance institute for highway safety does a

you will find delays traveling in maryland, and then once you commit to 50 out of new carrollton, heavy, slow, and steady towards the new york kenilworth avenue split. that is our traffic watch. back in the next 10 minutes to update your ride through southeast. larry: all right, julie. autria: what's going on in the now? kidd: gather the family around the television for an exciting night of television you won't want to miss. david blaine will be taking on america's most famous people with his magic. tricks we have never seen before. including a first for david. caliber will it from a rifle. if something goes wrong, it's my doing, my wishes, and i did everything according to i want -- to what i wanted to do. kidd: pulling the lid off of his signature brand of street magic. defying expectations. and some of the biggest celebrities in the world -- david depp, dave chapelle, and arnold schwarzenegger, just to name a few. all their as it happens. "david blaine: beyond magic," tonight at 10:00. it'll be good. when you see these people, these celebrities that we look up to, if they are shocked

this timeworn's line trains running every 20 minutes between vienna and new carrollton. for more to go, guys. they won't let us know exactly when the -- when next year. they like to keep that to themselves. larry: thank you, john. whenever there is safetrack work or metro problems at all, text alerts. autria? autria: cyber monday deals are now in full swing. sam sweeney is live in the newsroom with all the ways you can save some cash. sam? sam: the people going back to work today may not be getting much done. the big deals are the tvs. they just found this one-on-one mark. normally $1100, that's the big savings. there are a ton of savings for televisions across the board. anything. target card bringing it up to 20%. while the hot items is the google home personal assistant. very similar to amazon eco. great problem -- great product, i love it. not endorsing it, but i love it. best deals can be found best black friday.com and then click on cyber monday 2016 and it will list the categories that you need for your one-stop shop. million in lost activity. autria? good thing w

officials re-evaluate the the proposed purple line would connect communities from bethesda to new carrollton. a late-season storm, turning deadly and getting stronger by the minute. stormwatch seven is tracking hurricane otto, next. just in the last two minutes - abc seven crews arriving at that fire scene in rieverdale.. another update on effect right now for parts of central america. otto strengthened late tuesday and is forecast to make landfall tomorrow afternoon near the nicaragua-costa rica border. and the storm is already deadly. in panama, two people were killed in a landslide triggered by heavy rain, and a child was killed when a tree fell on a car. more flooding and costa rica and nicaragua in the next 48 hours. toss to eileen - dry for travel today - showers for thanksgiving morning - cool & breezy weekend, but dry today: mostly sunny becoming mostly cloudy this afternoon. highs: 50-54 winds: nw to se 5 mph tonight: mostly cloudy. showers developing by dawn. lows: 34-40 winds: light thanksgiving: mostly cloudy with a few showers, winds: light the holiday shopping days... and the b

maureen: wmata wants public comments for plans on a major redevelopment around the new carrollton metro station. proposal calls for an office building and multifamily residential building. the tradeoff would be a reduction in commuter parking. 650 parking places would be replaced by 100 to 300 spaces in a the project still needs green light from the metro board of directors. jonathan: new at 6:00 -- >> crying, i was break out in hives. i had anxiety attacks. jonathan: you might, too. a mother learns her son racked up $13,000 credit card bill on a gaming app that he was messing around with on the phone. "7 on your side" stepped in to help her clear the bill and how to avoid a similar situation. this. we are in for another cool night. the seven-day forecast. erin: the redskins may have won but they didn't score many touchdowns. and why gruden is not too jonathan: if you contact a company t maureen: but what if you find out one of your children ran up the charges and you are on the hook for the bill. horace holmes explains how this happened to one of our viewers. he has an important warnin

orange line trains will run every 20 minutes between vienna and new carrollton. same way time -- same wait time. the to you inside. jummy: abc 7 is here to help you . text the word "metro" to 43817. tonight, 7 on your side goes undercover to protect your tax dollars. investigator has raised questions about how hundreds of millions of dollars worth of government contracts are being awarded. >> you see this building here behind meac up this is 18 -- see this building here behind meac out this is 1818 new york avenue. every year the district of awards half $1 billion in contracts that is supposed to go to companies based in the district and be called small fit that description. with those types of numbers and that much money, the i-team decided to take a look. so we went undercover to get answers to make sure that your money is going where it is supposed to. in northeast d.c., chris papst, abc 7 news. jummy: coming up after the jummy: we are still staying on top of that breaking news out of ohio state university this noon. injuries in the attack include stab wounds

he made season delays in both directions from new carrollton to chevrolet. i'm hillary clinton and i approve this message. donald trump: i could stand in the middle of 5th avenue and shoot somebody and i wouldn't lose any voters, okay? and you can tell them to go f--- themselves! you know, you could see there was blood coming out of her eyes, blood coming out of r wherever... you gotta see this guy. ahh, i don't know what i said, ahh. "i don't remember." he's going like "i don't remember!? jummy: this noon we are following a developing story out of oklahoma, where officials are surveying the damage left behind by a 5.0-magnitude earthquake. hit 7:45 and damaged multiple buildings in the city of cushing. it was strong enough to be felt far enough away as arkansas, kansas, and misery. -- missouri. >> everything just sort of shaking, and across the street, i mean, it was bad. it was like, kaboom! jummy: according to the u.s. geological survey, there have been 19 earthquakes in the past week, and scientists are blaming the recent surge on fracking. philadelphia'

the purple line is scheduled to connect bethesda and new carrollton. >>> there is a new choice to head the dc public school sy. antoine wilson. the 44-year-old was a school superintendent in oakland. in his first year there the graduation rate increased by almost 4%. wilson outlined some goals this morning. >> i see my work so much as being a part of a facilitation process. focused on ensuring that each child gets what they deserve. an education that prepares them for success after graduation. he's expected to begin on february 1st. >>> turning to the trump transition team. after first saying his meeting with the new york times was off the president-elect did in fact travel across midtown manhattan to meet with executives at the paper. happened this afternoon. trump was greeted with cheers and boos. according to live tweets from time staffers. the white house is confirming that president obama has been >> president obama has committed to a smooth transition. as a result they've spoken at least once. >> president-elect trump is headed to florida next for the thanksgiving holiday. >>> tr

on the orange line between cheverly avenue new carrollton. i better start to the commute right now, a crash on the inner loop on the shoulder and on backlick road, all lanes are open headed to woodbridge. back in the next 10 minutes to update your larry: ride on 270. we will see your smiling -- suzanne? suzanne: a wounded warrior is getting -- getting a beautiful now at havertys furniture, it's our veterans day preview. where you can create the perfect home. from now until november 14th, you'll save an extra one-hundred to one-thousand dollars. it's our gift to you. plus, you'll enjoy twenty-four month, no-interest financing. with havertys, your home can be perfect, even when life isn't. mom...have you seen my iguana? >> you are watching "good morning washington," on your side. larry: the music world waking up to some sad news this morning. singer-songwriter leonard cohen has died at 82. he is best known or his song hallelujah. you have heard it dozens of times. it spawned many colors -- covers. his 14th studio album was released just last mo

. >> justin live in new carrollton. thank you. >>> 6:36. >>> the passing of former cuban president fidel castro comes as relations between cuba and the u.s. have begun to thaw. >>> "news4's" david culver has been covering the process. he has family in cuba. he joins u with a unique perspective on the moment in history. good morning. >> good morning eun and aaron. you can see a good number of folks heading to this gate. charters are still pretty widely used to get down to cuba. i want to show you where we're seen i have owe from many cubans who have been passing through there. they've been paying tribute to the remains of fidel castro that remains in the plaza. it's revolution skur and then from there the cremated remains are going to be transferred across the country. it's a three-day trip. it's going to be another public gathering there in he'll be interred at a cemetery. you can see the video of that cemetery. it's also where jose marte is. we'll of course be brings that to you live. we hope to start at 5:00 from toni

service will be reduced by 2/3 orange line trains one-run every 20 minutes between vienna and new carrollton. silver line trains will also run every 20 minutes. larry: a multinational firefight happening right now. dozens of wildfires burning in israel forcing thousands from their homes. the other countries offering veronica: a big weekend for travel. here is a look at the weekend travel starting with today. 9 a.m., overcast skies, 45 the temperature. we are cloudy of north and pennsylvania. a little bit more sunshine down south. to the carolinas. but today getting up to the upper 50's. by the time we get to tomorrow morning, much quarter. of pennsylvania. snow continues in the higher spice throughout the day on saturday with sunshine here, but a windy one with highs only in the low 50's. we have got 30's coming away for early sunday morning. wilmington, delaware, 38 in norfolk. a nice day with sunshine back on sunday. 46, a calm wind. pretty nice start for the day. lunchtime, up to 55 the high of 59 degrees. even though we are going to have some cloud cover, we will be a ok today even with

orange line will be single tracking between mcpherson square and smithsonian and scheverly and new carrollton over the weekend as well. blue line single trackal to the smithsonian and taking a look between pentagon city and national airport here this weekend. taking a look elsewhere, green line single tracking between only and then taking a look at the yellow line, every 24 minutes, huntington to ft. totten. i'll see you monday morning for news 4 today. >> working for you and the community. and nbc 4's food for family is well under way. >> we hope to feed thousands of our less fortunate neighbors this thanksgiving, but we can't do it alone. >> pat lawson muse brings us great news from one of our faithple partners. >> talk about teamwork. for the past ten years we have been lucky to have on our team the magnet nurses of medstar georgetown university hospital. every year, they set out to collect 7200 cans of food in 72 hours. it's a hospital wide effort. everyone pitches in, doctors, nurses, staff, families, and visitors. once again, all of the burke paid off this year. the nurses not only reac

. >>> there's a service alert to tell you about on metro's orange chevellely and the new carrollton station. allow extra time if you're traveling then. >>> your chance to cash in on election day the freebies being offered to voters. >>> and a powerful earthquake in oklahoma. vo: here's the last thing washington needs. amie hoeber. a reckless tea party partisan. hoeber will defund planned parenthood, 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. john: i'm john delaney and i approve this message. i'm hillary clinton and i approve this message. donald trump: i could stand in the middle of 5th avenue and shoot somebody and i wouldn't lose any voters, okay? and you can tell them you know, you could see there was blood coming out of her eyes, blood coming out of her wherever... you gotta see this guy. ahh, i don't know what i said, ahh. "i don't remember." rocked oklahoma. the 5.0-magnitude quake appears to have hit the t

happening today, metro isy,i inviting the public to giveo ge feedback on proposed changes atg the new carrollton station. sti some of the possible changeses include redeveloping the park and ride surface lot to make way for new office and residentialnd building. the public is encouraged toougeo weigh in on the proposed changea again you can provide feedbackk tonight at new carrolltonarroto station from 4:30 to 7:30.:3 steve, over to you.. >> al, thanks very much.y much. tomorrow for the morning line.or by this time tomorrow morning mi indians or the cubs? someones?e will celebrate a world series championship and you'll see it s to night on fox.to night on last night stars coming out fort the big game.am price is right host drew caryw r right there with the indians cac on on of course bill murray onea of the biggest cubs backers there.the. lebron james in the house in the first the indians down by threed and couldn't just recover in the third. that's what got the scoringt tho started i got it, you got it, ot nobody got it. softball play.y. addison russell with grand slama innings later.. >> what

295 looking i good and if you're take the takt orange line midday singleingl tracking out by new carrollton otherwise right now safetrack st work impacting the red line. l keep it to fox5 news morning. mi i'm hillary clinton and i approve this message. donald trump: i could stand in the middle of 5th avenue and shoot somebody and i wouldn't lose any voters, okay? and you can tell them to go f--- themselves! see there was blood coming out of her eyes, blood coming out of r wherever... you gotta see this guy. ahh, i don't know what i said, ahh. "i don't remember." ?? >>> straight ahead, one day t left. >> this election is a moment of reckoning. >> hillary clinton and donald d trump visiting the balance ban ground states with hours leftef until voters hit the polls.. >> right now, she's being protected by a totally rigged system.em >> donald trump a midnightt cowboy arriving in virginia hours late for rl slamming the latest fbi report r clearing clinton of any chargesg a move that could play aurara major role on the election outut come. come we'll have the very latest asess the candidates cris

move over to traffic right nowtc taking metro residual delays new carrollton earlier malfunctionon on the orange line at vienna. ve that's in addition to safetracka surge 10 impacting the red linel a lot of delays around the areae including gw parkway southboundd from the beltway down to roosevelt bridge 395 still95 s stacked. keep it to fox5 news morning. m back with more news, weather and >> this is fox5 news morning. >>> night of unrest in america.a thousands of people hit theple t streets across the nat donald trump. >> i believe the united states e has made a terrible mistake. >> from new york to los angeless oakland, seattle, chicago and oo the cities the anti trump rhetoric stretched from coast to coast.ast. >>> and this is a live lookis il outside ofoo the white house one this thursday morning.orng it is 8:00 o'clock in just a few hours president-elect drum is-e that expected to meet with president obama in the ovalheva office. >>> right off the top t 8:00 o'clock, breaking news outt of pennsylvania the search on so for suspect after two policeole officers were shot early this

think one of the dangers dn here people will say, oh, i'm'm orange line rider but i get on in new carrollton it won'tt on't affect me and that's not case. c >> that's a good point over ont the eastern side of the rail rai system in bridges county, thatt county does not have the same se capacity to add shuttles ands ad buses as the cou northern virginia are.re in prince george's countyou commuters have to either telework, carpool or try the trt green line into downtown d.c. there aren't extra shuttles orte buses there.buses there. for instance, here in virginia,, metro is saying people can taket a shuttle to the yellow line ata pentagon and then complete theie trip into washington. >> reporter: so metro officials saying that they the believe the results are already being seen in a smoother ride.i. they're saying that rider which is feel the difference.e far. far. >> the ultimate verdict will bel rule when safetrack is over,r, right, sometime next spring. spn i think there have been b incremental improvement but iut think what's really important ta remember about metro rail is two-thirds of de

parkway basically parked inan both directions outside theectin bes ltway through green belt.el in new carrollton southbound s side of 295 is jammed. 95 from 32 on the southboundun side down to the beltway. parked in the inner loop is evee sluggish from the spur all thell way passed connecticut.cticut nasty looking northern marylandh right now. 295 southbound 50 to the 11th t street bridge is park. 295 northbound parked to theto 11th street bridge an a cross co the freeway.eway inner loop jammed across the jmo wilson bridge. let's take a live look outside i show you some of those wet roadt against. you can see crawling along passed lehigh way osene 66 dely back passed 234.34 have some patience this morningi we got you covered on your on yr commute.co steve and allison.. >> coming up next as you mayupe expect all is not quiet onuiet social media this morning. morng >> a lot of mixed emotions fromo folks on twitter, instagram,nstm facebook. we'll have it for you next.ve io ?? now at havertys furniture, it's our veterans day preview. where you can create the perfect home. from now until november 14t

we're still dealing with orangee line residual delays to new carrollton safetrack single sin tracking orange and silverr between west and east falls fls church.chur outer loop crash at landoverdor road delays back to pennsylvania avenue.aven you can see how heavy that is ts there. inner loop sluggish at well.ishl and we're also dealing with that 50 inbound delay it extends well outside the beltway and once yoc cheverly even heavier to 295. 2 rain causing slow conditions ali over the dmv as we take a wide view there.re notice how bw parkway southbound completely jammed, 95 southbounh to the beltway, very sluggishlus and the outer loop jams 95 overo to georgia.rgia. in addition to that, the innerti loop look at that delay from the springfield interchange up to to 66. 66 we also have a crash blockingvea the c shoulder out by seven sevn causing additional slow downs.ws let's take live look outside on 95.95 now. little bit of a sluggish commutu through dale city. delays stop and go traffic fromf dale city up to newington andgtd again they continue on to 395 3 northbound towards the 14th th

rush trains are only expected to runn every 20 minutes on the orangete line between vienna and new carrollton and silver liner l between we'llly reston east and largo town center. c you'll see crowded conditionsons across the blue line as well wel especially between rosland andnd stadium armory. prepared for that one.ar for and also keep in mind you cand n take vre, marc, metro buses an n option for you as well as workk gets into place for safetrackrak surge 11.1. maybe telecommute or carpool,arl whatever your secondarydary transportation just try to plann ahead allow for extra time as ta you adjust to safetrack surgeckr 11. 11. any questions about gettingtion around with metro during safetrack surge 11 reach out too me on twitter at erin fox5 d.c.. i'm happy to help you plan youru best route to and from work.or that's your look at traffic forr good day >> 9:11 is the time. kirk cousins had a solid seasono a lot people would say.ld say so are the redskins ready to reward his hard work with a long-term deal.m deal. coming up later on why hishy future with the team could stili be a big question

train malfunction residual delays on the orange blue andble silver line new carrollton and a lore go. steve just frowning in theowninh corner now. 95 northbound delays dale city to the beltway notate reasonabln but you can see that yellootw jj stop and go traffic as you makek your way towards mixing bowl.gow still heavy traffic across the inner loop out of ox sell hillll and 395 super nasty from them t beltway to the 14th street strt bridge. about a 35 minute delay. del we had earlier crashes. street bridge extra time needede there as well. w justin our producer i'm talkingi to you i know that's your routee back to you steve. steve. >> say good morning to our fox55 fan of the day. day today it's kim gray. hi, kim., k. >> hi kim.ki >> she's been loyal fox5 viewerv for long time. and she just recently celebrated birthday number 50, al? a >> i'm telling you, 1966, babiee are the best. kim, wants to send a special spl shout out to tucker barnes and says she lo d.c. we appreciate that. thank you for watching and had he been be lated birthday, kim. fox fuse mews morning continues >> this is

down to the south, dover, new philly has some showers here, carrollton waking up to shower activity. what i'm watching is out over the lake if these showers hold together, they could impact the morning commute along the lakeshore a little later today. so we'll be closely watching that for you, and we're watching this weekend's forecast. i've got some wonde about 6:15. >> laura: we all need something if you're heading out on the roads, here's a look on this thursday morning. it's very wet as you heard sam say. 6:02, and 77 headed nobody through the independence area looking up to speed. then 60 miles per hour, 50 miles per hour once you get a little bit to the north near 490 and east 14th street. don't forget, that left lane is blocked off. so we see the slowdowns that pick up more for those driving a little later on into rush hour in our 7:00 hour. really the map is looking all green. same story in the akron well 76 on the west side towards 77, no slowdowns along kenmore leg and northbound on 77, 65 miles per hour there. not a trouble heading out of town and headed towards downtown c

side of the beltway through newn carrollton as you make your wayy across 50 things increasing evee more in terms of congestion ton the 11th street bridge.ri 50 rem and new york avenue towardse tor bladensburg on the inbound sided a bit slow suitland parkway jamm towards south capitol and we'lll see congestion top side of theef beltway from 95 to georgia about a 15 minute delay and you can an see some more volume right therr on the inner loop through s beltsville as you come off of uf off-ramp there. 295 baltimore washington parkwa looking good on the northboundwu side. just a touch of congestion asion you pass powder mill road on th northbound side.nd side. aside from that 270 volumeol building once again through heavier to the beltway.to ttway you're slow across the legioneg bridge.br metro back to being on time. safetrack surge nine -- surge 11 impacting the red line. lin back to you guys. >> still ahead, oh my goodness, this might disturb people. peoe creepy crawly.y. little gnarly.rly. a snake on plane. plane >> my gosh. >> yeah!>>eah! >> samuel l. jackson not thel lc star this real live videoeo either. you know what he would say if he saw it, thoug