possibility of life in prison. we will have much more on this developing story. coming up in sports -- an espn analyst actually breaks down talking about this issue during -- bricks down during an interview about this issue. stay with us on that. we are following some breaking news tonight. four people were hurt after an accident in northeast washington, d.c. two men on a dirt bikes were hit by a car. both men were rushed to prince george's hospital center. one has life-threatening injuries. a woman and a younger girl in the car suffered less serious injuries. so far no charges have been filed. dirt bikes are not allowed on the street where the pike -- where the accident occurred. the boy shot in georgetown on halloween is now dead. >> he was killed and a shot in a high-profile murder a couple of years ago. now the family is grieving once again. it a nightmare they say they should not be living through. >> my grandson would have been a life today. >> tyronn garner says the 17- year-old shown here with his sister should have never been murdered. when he was shot and killed on elm street he was supposed to be in a drug rehab center. a judge ordered him transferred to the pennsylvania clinic. tyronn never made it there. but he said i wanted to go, but the bus never took me. >> the family says they do not know why he did not make it on the bus. the judge ordered him to appear in court. on family night, he went out with his friends to georgetown. while there, somebody walked up to him and shot him in the head. >> it is a nightmare. >> the family is no stranger to this kind of tragedy. in july of 2006, his brother was killed while sitting in a car. a month later police say was a related shooting, his girlfriend was shot in front of her apartment complex. she was holding a baby at the time. before being shot she was able to save the babies by throwing it under a nearby car. >> he was only 17. to take somebody's lifelike that is a sad. >> he was also of a court- ordered 7:00 p.m. curfew and was supposed to be wearing a surveillance bracelet. police arrested somebody on the gun charge. but nobody has been charged on his murder. now we turn to the herman cain controversy that has been swirling. the republican candidates will be holding a news conference to address the latest allegations of sexual harassment. we understand this should be going on at any moment. >> herman cain is getting ready to walk up to the podium right now. we will toss out to scottsdale, arizona where you can hear him defend these allegations. he is about to be introduced. so far today they have been taking the offensive. they released a written statement earlier today putting out their own biography of the shooter, sharon bialek painting a picture she is in this for money or fame. they point out she has had nine jobs over 17 years. earlier today, an interview with abc news, he denied having any recollection of her at all. he did say that she was lying. he said once again he has never acted inappropriately with anyone at any time. for accuser so far by our count that have come forward. lastly to note, we have learned more about to the first accuser. this is a woman who got a settlement of roughly $45,000. she has been identified by multiple media agencies as a 55- year-old woman living in maryland. we have chosen here not to identify her until she chooses to be identified. we are going to listen in as they prepare to introduce herman cain. he is going to answer to some of these calls. >> accused by the media of the serious crimes -- false accusations. those individuals found themselves on trial and the court of public opinion. on trial in the court of public opinion were there are no rules. the rules are made up by the media. there are no procedures designed to safeguard the integrity of the process -- to ensure that a fair and a fear -- a just result is achieved. herman cain finds himself over the course of the last several days now on trial in the court of public opinion. he is falsely accused. first by anonymous sources and now yesterday by sharon bialek who chose to come forward for what ever reason after 14 years when recollections have faded witnesses cannot be located. for the first time in 14 years she will tell her story to a third person for the first time. and now herman cain in the court of public opinion has to respond not to admissible evidence. he has to respond to here say. he has to respond to rumors and speculation. he is not afforded the opportunity to cross-examine his accusers. he is not afforded the safeguards that are part of our system of justice. he comes before you today to defend his reputation. a reputation that he has built over 40 years of being a good and decent man and a successful business person. i ask that you at least afford him fairness. that you review his efforts to defend his reputation and his good name by maintaining commonsense. remembering your own life experience to decide whether or not a story that is so inherently improbable on its face should be utilized by others with their own agendas to attack this man's reputation. it is my privilege to represent him. it is my privilege to step aside from this podium and let you hear from him -- herman cain. >> thank you. good afternoon. i am herman cain, and i am running for president of the united states of america. i normally don't have notes. in this case, i wanted to make sure that i did not miss any points that i needed to cover today. secondly i chose to address these accusations directly rather than try to do it through a series of continuous statements. that is the person that herman cain is. is to take my message directly to the people. with respect to the most recent accusation i have never acted inappropriately with anybody period. i saw ms. gloria allred and her client yesterday in the news conference for the very first time. as i sat in my hotel room with a couple of my staff members, as they got to my -- as they got to the microphone, my first reaction was that i do not even know who this woman is. secondly i did not recognize the name at all. the time that she referenced was during the time that i was the ceo and president of the national restaurant association. it is headquartered in washington, d.c. where about 150 workers work. and we have about 150 people in chicago where she said she worked for our educational foundation. i tried it to remember if i recognized her, and i did not. i tried to remember if i remembered that name and i did not. the charges and the accusations i absolutely reject. they simply did not happen. they simply did not happen. you know, for decades the american people have wanted a businessman in the white house and not just another politician. for decades all the politicians have been doing is kicking the can down the road, trim a little bit here and a trim a little bit there, when a america's biggest problems simply got worse. a businessman by the name of her mccain stepped forward. here i am. -- herman cain stepped forward. we are not going to allow washington or politics to deny me the opportunity to represent this great nation. as far as these accusations caused me to back off and make me withdraw from this presidential primary race, it is not going to happen. i am doing this for the eighth american people and for the children and their grandchildren. i will not be deterred by false anonymous, incorrect accusations. in america believes that washington is broken. in america believes that our system of getting elected is broken. in part it is. in another part, it is not. as long as we have decency and honesty in the electorial process, it will work. when they allow the seat and false accusations to rule the day and distract us that part is broken. nine days ago the media started to beat me up covering anonymous accusers. yesterday, another accuser came forth and identified herself. she went on tv and made some other allegations. was it tough last week? yes. has it been tough the last couple of days? yes. that is one thing about herman cain i think a lot of the american people know. just because it is tough is no reason for me not to do what i feel like i have to do. because of what the american people have said to me during these turbulent times, we will get through this. we will get through this. the fact is, these anonymous allegations are false. now, the democrat machine in a america have brought forth a troubled woman to bring accusations. statements, many which have no common sense. exceed the standards of decency in america. i have been married for 43 years. 43 years i have been married to my wife, gloria. after watching the press conference yesterday, i called her and i said, sweetheart, it did you see it? she said, yes. i said, what do you think? my wife said -- and this is a direct quote -- i have known you for 46 years. we were engaged 40 dead years. that does not even sound like anything he would do to anyone. sexual harassment allegations are serious. respect for women and all people i have worked with or people who have worked for me over the years has been a top priority with respect to me. now, my family fully supports my candidacy. they know the man that i am. they have been with me all of their lives -- my kids. in know who i am and they know the man i am. however, i ask that the media not dragged my family into this. they are not running for president. some members of your profession have even stopped my family members calling members of my family and extended family members. i ask you as professionals to direct your questions or criticisms toward me, not my family. my reputation is something i have worked over 40 years to build up. i have managed many entities, many companies, i have managed organizations with thousands upon thousands of employees. now that i am running for the highest office in the land accusation after accusation, some anonymous, some not so anonymous, are now coming to light. this is not a surprise. it was expected. i will vigorously defend my reputation because i will not allow false accusations to compromise or in any way shed badly on my character and my integrity. this is why i have decided to address these issues directly. i will repeat -- i have never acted inappropriately with anyone period. these accusations that were revealed yesterday are simply -- they simply did not happen. we are going to take some questions. j.d. gordon -- >> there you go. you hear a rather defiant herman cain. we will have much more on this big day coming up tonight at 6:00. we will give you some time to go ahead and it dig through that and report to us later on. now, it is election day to day for voters in maryland and virginia. in virginia, republicans are hoping to win control of the state senate from democrats. the gop -- the gop already has the republican seat. other offices are on the ballot in maryland and virginia. polls are open until 7:00 tonight. maryland polls will close at eight. you can watch the results, and live on wjla.com our web. . students are still in shock tonight after a student was killed over the weekend at to a house party. brad bell talked to a student who was at the party. he is live with the latest. >> there is an awful lot of confusion. a lot of students looking for answers. particularly those who knew the two young women in the case. as you said, we talked to a young man who knew both today. he was going to a professional to talk about his emotions. >> the death of courtney mccoy has hit him hard. he knew both courtney and the young woman charged with her murder. >> i am about to talk to a counselor now. >> shannee wiggins is charged with murder for allegedly stabbing her in the neck at a party in an off-campus house. >> it was a fun party until a fight broke out. i had seen a couple of girls fighting. >> it makes no sense to many on this campus. she was about to graduate a senior. she has no prior history. >> she went to class, she did what she had to do. i never figured her as a murderer but that is what she did. >> neighbors knew of no problems with higgins or her roommates. >> campus police confirmed her house was not on the watch list of problem party houses. today a trash can is stuffed with party cups and officials suggest alcohol has played a role. >> i will say of all is often involved in crime and incidents of violence. >> we are going to have to wait for her lawyer to prepare and present her case. i was looking at her twitter feet. it is interesting. her very last tweet came on saturday before the party. it was a complaint about the visitors to this house -- the party they had the night before. thank you thankbrad. a harmless visitor will raise passed to the earth and one hour from now. an asteroid will fly closer than the moon. it will pass the closest to earth at 6:28 eastern time and will be moving at 31 miles per hour -- 31,000 miles per hour. there is zero chance of an impact. lost time in * this bill passed by the earth was in 1976. -- the last time an asteroid this big came by the earth was in 1976. >> see how much a three have been scientists? >> we will start out with a weather but the camera. i want to put your attention to the right hand of the screen. bear with me until i run over here to the wall. i want you to watch it right here. this is from the elementary school this morning before sunrise. you will see moonset and you will see an object behind it. that is the planet jupiter. the d.c. it? it was a beautiful sight. after sunrise, this is what it has been a bout of late. sunshine all day. that is what we will see with warm temperatures. 62 degrees in bethesda right now. 63 degrees in baltimore. 61 degrees in quantico. our average high is 71. we will have one more day where the temperature is above average. at the moment temperatures are plenty mild to the south. brown's bill at 84 degrees. temperatures turning colder and the rockies and high plains. six tornadoes reported in oklahoma yesterday. that system moving to the north. we are still on track to see cloudiness from the cold front. the storm center continues to move to the northeast. it will track for some cloudiness on this thursday. all indications are another area of high pressure will build in its place. back to beautiful weather for veterans day at the end of the week. some increasing cloudiness late in the day tomorrow. mostly stormy as we push through the great lakes. high pressure builds and and we will be good to go for a very nice weekend. clear and cool at 53 degrees tonight. 62 degrees midday tomorrow. upper 60s and the sunshine. 30% chance of showers on thursday. on veteran's day lower 50's. check out saturday, sunday, monday, tuesday. sunshine and a close but steady warming trend. >> thank you doug,. another celebrity will be leaving the dance floor tonight. they got the first perfect scores of the season. that was for both of their dances. ricky lake came in second. they know j.r. will be tough to beat. >> j.r. and carina were number one by far. it is more of a competition with myself. i want to get better and better. it is disappointing when i don't do my best. >> hope and mack tied for second. see who will be sent home tonight on "dancing with the stars" at 9:00. then we will be here for abc 7 news at 11:00. coming up on abc 7 news at 5:00, a george washington university protester is accused of having aids but not attending class. >> we are talking about drowsy drivers. tonight in washington, d.c. firefighter who was close to death seven months ago is not only back on his feet but is packing his bags and the getting ready to go back to work. >> chuck ryan was severely injured battling a house fire in april. he was cleared by doctors just this morning. >> this news from doctors is what has kept chuck ryan fighting to recover. >> my biggest thing about coming back is getting to the next chapter in my life. >> a chapter that started seven months after he nearly lost his life. just after midnight on april 8 -- >> it started getting hot. >> -- the fire splashed over. >> my gear was on fire and everything. my face piece started to melt. >> the heat spiked to 2800 degrees. >> just because you are inside a burning structure does not mean you will come out. >> he held his face back in place. that saved his life. of the five men entered ryan was the worst. 40% of his body was covered in second-degree burns. >> from the day i woke up, all i have been focused on is going back to work. >> that was his focus from his first steps to walking out of the hospital to be even tougher days at home. >> i could not do anything. >> with the help of his daughter and son his wife took 80 days off of work and it changed his dressings twice a day. >> i knew i would not be able to make it without. i don't know how many people would have been able to do what she did. >> round the clock is its from his squad and a department, -- >> every day getting ready to go to work is like going to walt disney world. >> he almost lost four fingers he was so badly burned. his grip is back to 100% and so is his spirit. >> that is great news. thank you. arlington has a new strategy to keep cigarettes out of the county park. how about asking nicely? the county is posting "please no smoking" signs out there around the park. instead of a ban, they are asking smokers to voluntarily refrain from smoking within 50 feet of playgrounds, pavilions and other populated areas at parks. >> we will have to see if politeness works. there could be something more dangerous than testing while driving. a new study says that's drowsy driving is the most unrecognized safety problem on the roads. >> i think an awful lot of us have had moments where behind the wheel you start to feel your eyelids get heavy and you are fighting to stay awake. particularly of weeks like this one where people are adjusting to a time change. officials say drowsy driving happens every day. asleep behind the wheel, the card drifting into another lane and hitting another car. drivers so drowsy they can't keep their eyes open. it is dangerous and may be a lot more common than you think. nearly one out of every three drivers on the road are dangerously drowsy according to a new aaa foundation survey. driver fatigue played a role in the bus crashed back in may. four people died and more than 50 others were hurt. >> you could be pushing the envelope you can fall asleep suddenly behind the wheel. that is what is disconcerting and so devastating about it. >> robin l. drives as many as 600 miles a week. she admits she has been a drowsy driver. >> you try to roll down the windows, turn on the air conditioning, too dumb, sing along with the radio. >> there are a lot of guys who just switch lines. i don't know. it seems like it might be right. >> watch as this young driver nearly misses the stoplight and goes up over the median. guys 24 and younger twice as likely to drive drowsy. >> it concerns me. i have been close a couple of times. >> one-third of people have said they have been dangerously drowsy in the past 30 days. 41% of the people surveyed said in their lifetime they have fallen asleep behind the wheel. one out of every six fatal crashes has a link to drowsy driving. we have more on line at wjla.com. we are live in arlington. >> still ahead on abc 7 news, how gps could reduce airplane noise in local neighborhoods. >> a prominent department head resigned after she is accused of cutting class. woman: day care can be expensive. so to save some money, i found one that uses robots instead of real people. 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"a department head is under investigation for passing out as for students she never talked. >> venetia orcutt here at george washington university had allegations that she handed out to greece to students that she never taught in class. head of the department is accused of handing out aid to talk to her students without teaching them. shelly levy met with their multiple times during the ad mentions process but was not around during the school year when the class is in question were alleged to have taken place. >> it is a bit of magic is a bit surprising. 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"i never had time. >> he checked the to get at a convenience store. but i give it to an attended. he said i cannot do anything for you because it is past $600. >> he did not realize what he just one was $200,000 cash. "i said you are kidding me. on the same token, i was talking to my mom. my mom started to cry. i said what are you crying for. i said, with a minute. my hand was shaking. i was like, oh my goodness. >> the 49-year-old retired army veteran and father of six was presented the big check yesterday. he knows how he will spend his winnings. his credit-card debt -- $45,000 will be wiped away. >> i will help my daughter with her college. i will give it to all my family members. i will give -- >> the rest of the tickets in the plastic bag are still unchecked. >> you could have won more money? >> yes. >> you don't check? >> know. >> i tried. after taxes he should get around $141,000. he says he picks his numbers from the family birthday. he even went back to work yesterday at ups. everyone treated him the same. >> he was not letting natasha near the ticket. >> he says he does not check them but i bet he is now. let's see what is coming up on abc 7 news at 6:00. >> tonight at 6:00, herman cain is at his own defense. his press conference just wrapped up a few minutes ago. we will have the latest on that controversy. the district tries once again to become the 51st state. >> see you then. >> as far as we are concerned number one otherwise. this is what it is supposed to be like. >> this is a perfect fall day. >> 70 degrees in some spots. i want to take you on a quick little tour. we are going to go to alaska. believe it or not, there is an incredible storm that is moving toward the west coast of alaska. winds close to 100 miles per hour. it is going to slam tonight into the western coast of alaska the city of no. is being compared to the super storm almost 40 years ago. you know how big the loss is, look how big the storm is compared to alaska. st. george island it is 48 miles per hour. now we will trip the other way. go to the tropical atlantic. that is tropical storm of sean. it is getting a little stronger as it zips up the gulf stream. here we are in the battle with crystal clear skies with temperatures in the upper 50's and low were 60's. tomorrow is a carbon copy. the next seven days we will have one day of a brick on thursday when a cold front gives us a chance of a few showers. much cooler on veterans day and did that and other beautiful weekend. we will take every day like this we can get in november. >> good deal. we are sitting here talking about the controversy spreading around penn state. this is an incredible story. >> the allegations of child abuse by jerry sandusky and all that well documented. the investigation is ongoing and there are reports that penn state university is preparing for joe paterno's exit. he wanted to answer questions but it was canceled by the university president. the conversation is not about what he did, but what he did not do. >> i know you have a lot of questions. i was hoping i would be able to answer them. >> that was joe paterno on his way to football practice. this scandal hits home for local radio personality who played for him in the late 1990's. he was a dominant linebacker guided by sandusky. >> it is hard to imagine somebody you thought so much of is in a situation like this. >> matt miller was also a standout linebacker for him. he said this today -- >> i get mad. >> in 2007 i had a chance to sit down and interview joe paterno. the burning question then and now is how much longer he will coach. >> it is hard to describe to people. it is fun. >> the only thing certain for doubt is penn state is set to host nebraska on saturday for the final home game of the season. >> forget the game. this is bigger than a sport. >> this continues to revolve. it is a situation that the board of trustees is starting to back away from joe paterno. >> is he already? what do you think? >> i think if penn state is when to move on, i think they have to make a decision. they have to do it quickly. >> they have to start fresh and walk away from all of this. >> thank you. coming up next on abc 7 news at 5:00 -- >> airport n firefighters pulled three construction workers out of the collapsed building in new york city. all five people were hurt when this five story building came crashing down. investigators have not said what caused the building to collapse. we are back locally. can gps technology help neighborhoods from drowning in airport noise? >> from those of you living in the flight path hope so. it could get some answers tonight in a meeting. >> that is one of the neighborhoods. if you listen closely, you might hear a plan going over right now. it happens almost every minute in this community. it will be beating at the old fire station to discuss what can be done about it -- they will be meeting at the old fire station to discuss what can be done about it. >> he says -- plane! when he seized the plane flying over us. >> she says she has seen one every minute. the noise they bring is considered a nuisance. >> i think it would be better if you had less noise. >> the plans are northbound heading to reagan international airport. once across the american legion bridge many cut over land. >> we just happen to be in the flight path of the airport. we get all of the airplanes here. >> the federal aviation association would need -- will have new gps technology that will help them have -- help them keep plants over the river. >> you are looking to see what it can do to help reduce planned noise while keeping flight takeoffs and landings safe. >> they are hoping it will ease the number of noise complaints. reagan gets many a year. >> it has been quieter over the years. it is not quite as bad. >> representatives are going to meet at the old firehouse at 7:00 tonight to talk to interested presidents including those from other communities along with mcclean. >> that is going to do it for abc 7 news at 5:00. >> herman cain holds a press conference to deny the allegations. there could be a problem. the first accuser has also gone public. all of the developments coming up next. >> what will happen to penn state's head football coach as the sex abuse scandal continues to rock the sports world. >> it is election day for thousands of voters around the area. we will look at what is at stake at 6:00. >> live and in hd this is abc 7 news at 6:00 on your side. herman cain stands his ground on the sexual harassment allegations against him. >> he spoke less than one hour ago from scottsdale, arizona. he says he is not dropping out of the race.