richard reeve has their stories. richard: on a crisp, sunday october morning. >> it's like a reunion. richard: among one of the most patriotic of road races. >> the wounded warriors are so inspiring and incredible. richard: 35,000 runners, including wounded or injured personnel. >> it's a challenge. richard: among them, this 55-year-old army veteran, paralyzed from a spinal injury in 1980. >> i was riding a bicycle and got sideswiped by a truck. richard: now he uses this modified cycle to run the race. with the help of his wife, rosemarie. >> i was a little nervous. richard: many participants are in the military. some have lost friends. others limbs. >> really how incredibly are that they never give up. richard: there is no shortage of inspiration. >> it's all the thing surrounding the race, the camaraderie's and friendships. richard: for cooper, this is a way to pay it forward. i try to run for the warriors at walter reed. richard: and run the great 10 miles. >> they all succeed and have lots of fun. richard: richard

richard reeve has the details. richard: this crime has a lot of people shaking their heads. astasi have ann an been married 18 years. triangle ended and murder. prosecutors say it was in this anne arundel county home where a love triangle between ann an andsi, her husband anthony, their live-in lover turned to murder. is the boyfriend of the 13-year-old daughter. >> it's crazy. richard: the police were called to the home october 5. a found anthony in the bedroom with a 35 caliber handgun nearby. he had been shot in the head. in the basement or jacqueline riggs had been living, officers found her stabbed to death. anastasi provided the initial false report to the police come indicating it was a murder suicide. richard: they were in a love triangle with riggs. >> there is more to this than meets the eye. richard: the police say that anna plotted with her daughter to kill her husband. and riggs. >> they stabbed the victim downstairs and then shot mr. anastasi. richard: then they try to cover up the murder by planting evidence. the trouble is the bullet found at the scene did no

live from fairfax, richard reeve, abc7 news. leon: all right. that is the filing spirit. thanks. count on us to push for answers about what went wrong in the classroom. we are monitoring the condition of the students hospitalized. we will keep track of that on wjla.com. maureen: the other big story we're following, u.s. troops heading to another sovereign nation. the obama administration confirmed today special troops are -- special forces troops are headed into syria in the fight against isil. senior political reporter scott thuman is following the developing story. scott, we hear the white house says this is not a combat mission. scott: yeah, it's interesting how it's being presented. there is the arguing over the wording here. but the most importantly to note this is the first time that the u.s. forces will be openly deployed to syria. it presents a dangerous and a complex scenario. they are already rushing in the -- there are already russian and iranian troops deployed. many here wonder what is the end game. the fight in syria is about to get a u.s. boost. somewhere under 50

richard reeve, abc 7 news. leon: so sad. happening now, two firefighters injured happening a seven alarm blaze in new jersey. the residence outside, gathering to watch the response. no word on the severity of the injuries. indictment more than a year after the death of a woman. a little girl was removed from life support last year, her cause of death determined to be severe head trauma. ellis is being held without bond. developments in a murder mystery, a woman who owned a day care murdered in her upscale home. now, new video of mitchell col e, the man charged with her death. tom roussey has the motive. was taken into custody earlier today after spending hours at police headquarters, then was taken out by detectives as cameras were rolling. here is video of 56-year-old mitchell cole, being charged with first-degree murder in this crime. alsoody of amanda jones, 56, was found yesterday in upper marlboro. we are told that cole had done yard work for her in the past and had a relationship with her. he was asked if he killed her

richard reeve, abc 7 news. alison: be the first to know when there is breaking news by signing up for text alerts from abc 7. just go to wjla.com/text. leon it will be a cooler weekend, but how about the halloween forecast? we don't want any soggy costumes tomorrow. weathert looks like the will cooperate. outside right now, mainly clear skies, the temperatures falling quickly, already 40's leesburg and manassas, 49 at reagan national airport. cooler off to the north and west. the wind out of the north and west. tomorrow, a bright and sunny near 60. degrees, 5:00 we will look at the hour by hour forecast and the chances of rain sunday. also, the official end of daylight savings times. more of that coming up from the belfort furniture weather center. alisa family of five from frederick is missing. joo and his family last week, their car gone, their cellphones turned off. roz platerells us about the investigation happening now. at thevestigators frederick county sheriff's department do not suspect foul play in the

richard reeve has the search for the suspects. a lot of neighbors are on it. richard: they are, and it is still an active scene, the police working on an unrelated case, but very similar to what happened last night. in the center, a bouquet of flowers. they are for leon williams, whose life was honored tonight. a night of heartbreak. >> it's ok to cry. richard: and prayer on henry street. dozens gathered to pager be to homicide victim leon williams. -- to pay tribute to homicide victim leon williams. >> i've got people in my head, but i cannot go off of that. responded to ars call of shots fired monday night. >> all they said was he was shot by a gun. richard: the police found the 37-year-old father of two fatally wounded. >> i don't know what sparked this whole thing. richard: witnesses say there were bullets flying everywhere. >> i heard the shots as we were coming down the street. richard: family members say he was rebuilding his life. he was a manager at a nearby jiffy lube after serving 10 years in prison for murder. and the tears and prayers, urgent plea

richard reeve is live in northwest with the details. richard: this is kind of the , downtowne the march d.c. quiet right now except for a few barricades. a couple miles away, people are getting fired up. ♪ this rousing song-filled service at new bethel baptist church -- >> a real call to action. richard: just a preview of saturday's justice or else march. the police cars, the concrete and metal barricades all in preparation of the 20th anniversary of the million man march. >> it was a sea of people that was moving from everywhere. richard: the nation of islam remains the driving source. concerns about unemployment and humanity-police relations. ,> as a former police officer there are rules that need to be changed. richard: this is no longer just a men's event. it is about family. sean brought his twin 13-year-old son's to learn powerful lessons. >> i really want to learn how black men and boys have gone together. richard: security very much in evidence on the national mall. this 20th anniversary event has an additional motivation -- hope

richard reeve has a look at the man that the police want you to look for. rich? richard: the police say the guy aed a mirror and perhaps camera. he was using that to look underneath the bathroom stalls in the women's room. these surveillance photos were taken at about 3:00 sunday afternoon. the suspect wearing a black or , and wig, a pink shirt white pants. take a close look at these surveillance photos taken sunday afternoon. the suspect is wearing a black or brown wig, pink shirt, and white pants. if-mail customer with her five-year-old daughter said the man looked into her stall using a mirror. she said she saw camera flashes. when the woman burst out of the stall and confronted the man, he ran off. the suspect matches the description of a man who did the same thing may 15. customer say they are disturbed and frightened. >> that's creepy. people these days are getting worse and worse. very dangerous. >> very inappropriate. it almost makes me think that there may be should be security cameras in the bathrooms, but then that is a privacy issue for females. is ard

richard reeve is live in bethesda. are they going to get finished with the repair job tonight? richard: that is the big question. right now, they are digging this hole into rockville pike. then they have to get down in there and see if they can find the water main break, then fix it, then try to repair the road. that is a lot of work to be done before the morning commute. rockville pike underwater tonight. >> frustrating. i had no idea. richard: the intersection at cedar lane a watery gauntlet for drivers. >> not too much fun. not at all. richard: all of this water from a busted 16 inch water main that turned this intersection into a gushing river. >> it's bad. i was walking up the street to get home and it was just back to back. tohard: with traffic down one lane in both directions, some used bikes to commute. others waited on foot. >> it's kind of gross, a little strange. i don't know how clean the water is. sichard: meanwhile, wscc crew are using giant tea bars to shut down the valves, trying to isolate the location of the break. >> right now there is still water flowing from

richard reeve is live in laurel with the cleanup and preparation. rich, tell us about it. richard: leon, all kinds of debris flying through the air. this car was under some trees. not too much damage, but this one over here, this one got slammed on. as is what happens when trees and debris fallen a car. in downtown laurel, it is cleanup time. >> mother nature is going to do what she wants. richard: down trees ripped off roofs. >> the roof was practically torn entirely all. the destructive rainstorm hopscotch to cross laurel tuesday night. >> the house was shaken by the storm. richard: two cars took a beating from falling tree debris. >> we cannot even see the automobiles under the trees. were torn off,s this alley becoming a wind tunnel, scattering roofing and building materials everywhere. >> trees were coming down. richard: the storm dumped three inches of rain in one hour. now they are concerned about what hurricane joaquin could do. >> a lot of people are scrambling. the cleanup from one storm, preparing for another. >> mother nature just comes through like a tornado an

richard reeve has what that humidity has demanded and what the police are promising and responsible stop richard, what did you here tonight? richard: we are on potomac avenue in southeast, a very diverse, interesting neighborhood, generally low mentioned,l, as you earlier this month. hundreds of that room to voice their concerns. it was standing room only. >> i'm not going to give the criminals my street. voicing hundreds of concern about a rash of muggings and street robberies from capitol hill and navy yard neighborhoods. >> my babysitter was robbed with the kids. richard: the crimes include two shootings last friday, and on october 20 1, 5 dorms -- five arms street robberies in just 30 minutes. some residents are afraid to walk outside at night. cathy lanierhief says she has additional uniformed and plainclothes officers on patrol. so far, officers have arrested nine to 10 people. i think we have made significant arrests and we have seen a significant drop-off in armed robberies. richard: the authorities believe that three groups of people are responsible for 20 robberies. >> what we

live in fredericksburg come richard reeve, abc 7 news. alison: rich, thank you. breaking now, the police on the scene of a homicide in prince george's county, the 1400 block of oakwood lane in capitol heights. officers are not releasing information about the victim. stay with abc 7 new for updates. loosea suspect on the after stealing a car near baltimore and crashing it near fort meade. unmanned gateo an at the nsa. the suspect ran away. officers are still searching for him, but they say there is no threat to the public. developing now, cocaine hidden in a toilet, thousands of cash stashed in a jacket. the police have arrested a d.c. government staffer in connection with the drug bust. tom roussey is live with the investigation. tom? tom: leon, according to the d.c. sanderssite, lorenzo works out of the third level of the wilson building, but tonight he is on administrative leave, not coming back tomorrow either after a big raid on his apartment netted a big amount of drugs. inside of this apartment building in southeast, there are marks on the door. park police

richard reeve, abc 7 news. leon: democratic presidential candidate senator bernie sanders says the gun laws in the country need to be changed. should noat marijuana longer be considered the most dangerous by the federal government. alison: 7 on your side with consumer news. raud?for al expensive wild caught salmon may actually be from a form. a study found that 43% of iscalled wild caught salmon mislabeled. 69% of that was farmed salmon being sold as wild. they found that you are three times more likely to be tricked at a restaurant then at a grocery store. leon: and it taste so different. alison: what are you supposed to do about it? steve: eat it. alison: will the rain be moving out? steve: most of it will be clearing out in the next couple hours. in frederick county, montgomery county county, you may be hearing some thunder. 69 degrees right now, hard to believe this time of the year in october. high today was 79. even with the cloud cover and rain, the average this time of year, 65, the record 87. not getti

live in alexandria, richard reeve, abc 7 news. leon: thank you, richard. you are very familiar with that area. steve: it floods all the time. the wind dection and the rain is not helping, but it will quickly go down. we will look for better weather pretty soon. we have to give it a little more time, but the heaviest of the rain, i'm growing more and more confident, has come to an end. today, 58 the hyatt reagan national. the current readings, 40's hagerstown, winchester 48, luray 46. the windchill factor at reagan national earlier today, only in the upper 40's. we will warm up the next couple days. the satellite radar, breaks in the rain to the south. we are looking at that to happen as we move through the overnight. all of this moves to the north and east. montgomery county, frederick county, loudoun county, light rain right now. southern maryland, leonardtown and waldorf, skies are cloudy but at least it is not raining. had quite a bit of rain during the daytime today. still have the flash flood watch in effect, probably going to cancel out early, but un

richard reeve, abc 7 news. jonathan: richard, thanks. it isn ocean city, pounding here. many of the schools in the area have cancel school tomorrow in preparation for more of this. and this has nothing to do with hurricane, this is just a pretty good-sized storm that has flooded the area, doing so for quite some time. live in addition city, jonathan elias, abc 7 news. back to you. leon: be careful out there. we will track what could be a double round of severe weather with extended coverage on the air and online at wjla.com. stay connected with our twitter and facebook pages as well. alison: you can also download forstormwatch app up-to-the-minute information. steve has the complete forec ♪ ♪ hush my darling... ♪ 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. yet another innovation only at a sleep number store. addicts. you may not remember, leon, but a lot of ladies know that fashion is just as much a part of "scandal" as the story

richard reeve, abc 7 news. leon: we are also following breaking news from southern california, tracking a dangerous situation, a powerful storm system causing this massive flash flooding and mudslides in los angeles. stuck, vehicles are stranding drivers. severe weather or shutting down parts of interstate five, which is a major freeway in the area. the closures are expected to last up to 15 hours. alison: around here, the weather is called murder, but cooler weather is on the way. steve rudin has the first look at the forecast. way, butanges on the one more nice day and then the cool weather arrives for the weekend. outside the belfort furniture weather center, 50 leesburg, 45 degrees.r, luray 43 hardly anything out there, just a few clouds, staying dry overnight. mainly clear skies, 50 degrees. the wind will be light. through the day tomorrow, after will be in thee middle 60's with lots of sunshine. a cold front midday may bring spotty showers. talking about the weekend, wake-up temperatures in the 30's, and

live in manassas, richard reeve, abc 7 news. leon: new tonight, more than 100 arrests in prince george's county. several law enforcement agencies conducted a sweep targeting suspects in domestic violence crimes. the authorities knocked on 400 doors. they arrested 124 people, and now 146 outstanding warns are closed. alison: this was sony is taking new steps to help new moms, starting a new lactation policy to give workers more space and privacy to pump breastmilk -- at the smithsonian. the smithsonian says the policy will be fully implemented at the end of next month. leon: something that appears to be a racial slur that was supposed to be a celebratory shirt, but the stafford county school district is not laughing about this. girls are wearing a shirt that appears to show the n-word. that shirt is standing for racing, which we do not believe in or tolerate. leon: the shirts also say "we referencean apparent to a song. the school district said they would not approve of the type of language in that photo. still ahead -- sat score

richard reeve, abc 7 news. leon: indecent exposure at a jcpenney's in springfield. on women's to try underwear. use accused of exposing himself in the changing room. investigators believe that jones is behind a similar incident at a different lingerie store in the same all. d.c. police are looking for whoever is turning a man in columbia heights. the man who does not when his name revealed has lived in this home nearly a decade. a slur on august left time there another was anti-gay messages on his car. now somebody has left threatening letters. >> somebody mentioned i was in their crosshairs. taken stepsman has to protect himself, including installing security cameras. leon: a high-profile trial about to begin. charles severance is accused in three murders that put alexandria on edge. is expected to wrap up tomorrow. stay with us on abc seven for continuing coverage. alison: now way traffic alert -- a live look at i-66 and 123. the backups will continue overnight as road crews are installing sign holders over the interstate. that is from an night until 5 a.m., or ea

richard reeve got an inside look at the places and people involved. varyrd: the sites tremendously, one in a cornfield several miles west of hagerstown, the other in the lostof hancock, which has hundreds of jobs. for some, the new cash crop has a weirdness factor. this cornfield west of hagerstown could soon be captivating a different kind of crop. she is talking about medical marijuana. >> its medicine, not drugs. richard: at least three companies are setting up for approval for the gross sites. >> the medical product is like bayer coming to town to make aspirin. richard: one wants to build a 45,000 square foot indoor grow facility. they are promising a $12 million investment. >> within two years, probably 200 jobs. town of hancock, harvest incorporated, an arizona company, once to convert this warehouse into an indoor growth site. >> it will add jobs to the community. aboutd: hancock has lost 1000 jobs in 15 years because of three plant closings. any are trying to wrap their heads around the idea that a drug still illegal from the federal governmen

in silver spring richard reeve, abc news 7. >> right now two people are dead in takoma park. it happened in carroll average. the driver died at the scene and to thessengers were sent trauma center. >> two officers caught snoozing on duty. this time the inspector general is getting involved. ross with what's happening now. oss? roz: overworked officers pose an immediate danger. the startling discovery came on federal watchdogs conducting an audit. two jeet service officers sleeping on the job. according to abc news it was the israeli embassy. one officer told investigators he had taken cold medicine that med him drowsy. the inspector general found the other officer had worked 60 hours of overtime in the pay period leading up to the incident. > literally this should be a wake-up call. you cannot have the agents working as long as they are. roz: some of that overtime, some say it was from another overtime. scheduling were not a contributing factor for to the misconduct for these officers nor do they serve as an excuse for their behavior. in both situations they both had sufficie

richard reeve is going to report no one was killed, which is amazing. but the damage covers an entire city block. >> i don't know if people are still trapped in there but it looks pretty bad right now. richard: a plummer in downtown houston describes the moment the scaffolding collapse outside the building where he was working. >> all i heard was a thud. i rushed to the window to see what is happening. richard: piles of metal near the city minute maid park that hosts the houston astros. firefighters said six construction workers have non-life threatening injuries and there are no fatalities. they have not reported missing mortars. he adds the main concern is for the firefighters on the scene. >> move people away from this area. when you have one collapse there is the potential of another collapse. richard: richard reeve, abc7 news. alison: now two big developments in the race for 2016. two of the g.o.p. biggest attraction threatened to boycott the next presidential debate. they were upset the program would be too long and they wouldn't get to make the o

richard reeve has the impact in a moment. maureen: but first, suzanne kennedy tells us what happened. suzanne? suzanne: the student in critical condition under went surgery at the medical center. a second student is in serious condition at the burn unit. this was an easy day until an accidental fire broke out. the helicopters took the seriously injured students to downtown washington hospitals while the three others were taken by hospital to fairfax -- inova fairfax hospital. this is after a chemistry experiment failed to cause a dangerous fire. >> a whoosh sound. fire ball sound. a fire ball came out sideways. suzanne: daniel's sweatshirt caught on fire. he grabbed his phone and ran from the classroom. >> the only time i saw someone on fire w

my name is ron haskins and along with richard reeves. it's an announcement of sort. i run the center on children and families, and my former director is fortunately here to watch me carefully and correct all my errors, which will take about a third of the event. i'm glad that you were able to come this morning. our audience is always -- if we start at 9:30, everyone comes at 9:40. it's amazing knew works out. but that's the way it is. i'm going to make some introductions. then we're going to have bell review the volume of future children. we're going to talk about the policy, but the volume, i think is the best, if you want to go to one place to know about the status of research and thinking about marriage, this volume is it. it's an extremely good volume. i think eight chapters or seven chapters on various aspects of marriage, including several chapters folk on birth control and given our interest in birth control here we decided we'd focus this event on birth control. so that's what we're here to talk about. when belle finishes reviewing the volume, i'm going to re

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or it was richard pryor, who prior to that was one of the planet. christopher reeves, no more more courageous and battled so fiercely and believed he could overturn that paralysis. >> i thought i could walk. >> out of everybody that you interviewed, that you would get a little star struck. >> for me. it was the movie stars i had grown up watching. >> mm-hm. >> when i interviewed the one and only time i interviewed lucille ball. >> what do you feel is significant? >> the significance of the emmy? the epitepitome. the emmy is the crowning glory. from london to cannes. >> the is the most interesting way it interview i have ever experienced. >> it is multitasking. both of us are getting to the film festival where normally we would have to do press. >> are you still -- no. i didn't think they've been insure ferd a long time. >> they were insured for $1 million each. >> they said we have to be more news looking. they built a wooden desk. producers put us behind a wooden this mail. i never dreamed anybody would on. most? >> i miss more than anything, i think the camaraderie.

. >> i want the best -- >> or it was richard prio prior to that was the most difficult interviews on the planet. >> and christopher reeveobody was more courageous or battled more fiercely an believed so strongly that he could overturn that paralysis. >> i would like to walk by my 50th birthday. >>s so is there anybody out of everybody that you inte that you got star struck? >> for me, it was the movie stars i had grown up watching. when i interviewed lucille ball. >> what do you feel is the significance of the emmy? >> the significance of the emmy? it's the epitome. the emmy is the crowning glory. >> are your legs still insured? >> i doubt it. >> back in the '80s, her legs were insured for $1 million each. >> they said we have to be more nude looking. so they built a wooden desk. the producers and executive producers put us behind a wooden desk and started getting mail. i never dreamed all these years later people would remember that story. but it lives on. >> what you would say you miss the most? i miss the camaraderie. you know, we went through marriages, births, deaths -- >> speaking of that, going through a birth. i

richard: i'm going to address that. we are only appear because we are act or's. we are no more smarter than you and i beg you to understand that. startedistopher reeveation with three other people, he did it because he said what congressman doesn't want to talk to superman? of course they do. it's the only reason. he can get their attention. what he is saying is no more important than what you have to say. just work harder to get your message out there. it is easier for us. just work hard and get your message out there. >> and patterson from new hampshire wants to address the crowd. >> when a heard this was coming to new hampshire, i thought this was one of the better ideas i have seen. i grew up in the capital city of michigan and followed a lot. new hampshire does a lot of things right. we need to have something really, really dress deck and intelligent done for the next four years because we are almost we are reallyhere getting ourselves in jeopardy. this, i thinkke we can do it and everyone who has come here has come here. >> my name is cheryl and i'm from nashua. i was an elementary school teacher, mostly in kindergarten. [applause] thank you.