way over the white house fence appeared in court this afternoon. we learned it wasn't his first time being arrested at 1600 pennsylvania avenue. kaye jackson is at the live desk with what happened in court. >> his name is dominic odisania. he is 23 years old and remains behind bars after a federal magistrate ordered him held without bond. he is apparently from bel air in maryland just north of baltimore. the entire incident was recorded by a tv news camera. he is charged with jumping the north fence of the white house about 7:15 last night. he was immediately apprehended by two security dogs and secret service agents. authorities say he punched and kicked the animals as he was subdued. they were apparently bruised but returned to duty today according to the secret service. he has been charged with felonies for assaulting the dogs and making threats. on july 27 he was charged with unlawful entry for jumping over a security barrier on the street between the white house and treasury department. three days later on july 30th he was charged with unlawful entry and assault on a police officer outside the treasury department. court records indicate adesanya attended harford community college and stevenson university in baltimore county. this is all just a month after 42-year-old army veteran omar gonzalez jumped the white house fence and made it well inside the executive mansion before he was subdued. adesanya is scheduled to appear in court this coming monday. back to you. >> thank you, kaye -- kai. what do you think should be done to decrease the frequency of fence jumpers? go to facebook and check out the wjla page to share your ideas and we'll share some of those coming up a little later in the hour. >> permit applications begin today for people wanting to carry concealed weapons in the district. the d.c. council is still fine tuning a permanent bill. the bill is in response to a federal judge's ruling in july. council members passed temporary emergency registration last month allowing concealed carry in d.c. with strict restrictions. people whose permits are rejected by d.c. police, though, can appeal. we have breaking news now from the fbi tonight about the latest threat from isil. the agency says the group is now calling on its sympathizers to target members of the media here in the u.s. this is the latest in a series of threats by the group including ones against members of the military. we are keeping an eye on this information and will bring you more coming up at 5:00. now, that warning of course comes one day after a series of shootings in ottawa. in the last five mints canadian authorities announced they have found no connection between that attack and another on two soldiers in quebec. the ottawa attack has had a ripple effect, raising security along the u.s./canadian border and even at police stations here in d.c. >> a steady stream of ottawa residents placed flowers at the city's war memorial honoring corporal nathan zurillo, gunned down yesterday while on guard there. >> i'm so angry at the man that shot him. >> earlier today a powerful scene inside parliament. that is sergeant at arms kevin dickers greeted with a long, standing ovation. he stopped the gunman, shooting him dead inside that building. a law enforcement official confirms to abc news that this is a photo of him. authorities say he was the only shooter yesterday but so many questions remain including whether he acted alone and why he did it. he was 32 years old, born in canada. he had a series of minor criminal convictions and authorities here had recently seized his patport to prevent him traveling abroad. his mother said until last week she had not seen her son in five years. and had no insight into his motives. concerns are growing here in canada and in the u.s. about home grown terrorists who are sympathetic to isis and may even consider joining the terror group in iraq or syria. the prime minister steven harper vowed that canadians would not be intimidated. >> we'll be vigilant but will not run scared. >> the royal canadian mounted police just said in a press conference michael ziehof-bibeaou was not on their watch list of 90 people but they have information indicating he was trying to get to syria. reporting live from ottawa, abc 7 news. >> okay. thank you very much. after two attacks in as many weeks canadian investigators are now looking into reports members of its military are being targeted. this weekend we have the marine corps marathon here in d.c. >> a warning from the fbi for members of the media about threats from muslim extremists. this as thousands of people confront beefed up security as they arrive in the nation's capital for the marine corps marathon. those stories coming up on abc 7 news at 5:00. >> and, of course, plenty of road closures associated with the weekend marathon. you can see all of those at wjla.com. of course the biggest question for runners is what will the weather be like sunday morning? >> chief meteorologist doug hill is in the weather center with a check on that forecast. how much do they need to bundle up for that run if at all? >> first thing up, let's go to our weather graphics and give you a forecast for sunday morning. sun up at 7:29. temperatures starting in the very low 50's just after sunrise and they can climb, noon in the low 60's. it'll be breezy and that'll be nice. temperatures will warm up a bit. that breeze out of the northwest should offset that. high temperature in the afternoon, 68 degrees. we're in fine shape right now with 65 at reagan national airport. the winds out of the northwest at 20 gusting to 30 miles per hour. look just below where it says gusts 30. can you see the bottom screen? looking wide at our camera, roosevelt island, and that little beige area is because the winds are blowing so strongly down the potomac they blow the water off the south end of the island so kind of a mud flat out there. cool to see anyway. temperatures elsewhere in the 60's. we'll drop into the 50's this evening and overnight. these winds gusting to 37 miles per hour. manassas, 36 at quantico. thursday at reagan national. the good news is the winds will diminish a bit but it is going to remain breezy. temperatures by morning 42 to 49. tomorrow's weather, the weekend weather, and just a really good weather pattern setting up here. be happy to tell you about it in ten minutes. back to you. >> thank you, doug. two young girls died in a house fire in western maryland overnight. the family was sleeping when the fire broke out in their duplex on grand avenue in cumberland. the girls' parents and two siblings were able to escape. the spokesman for the fire marshall's -- fire marshal's office says the victims are 5-year-old halaina smith and 7-year-old emily edwards. the cause of the fire is still under investigation. >> in prince george's county, a man is dead after being shot by a sheriff's deputy there. the deputy was responding to a domestic violence call in suitland early this morning. brad bell is there with what the man was doing right before he was shot. brad? >> authorities say he wasn't cooperating, but we've also learned the man was unarmed. it happened in this neighborhood. tidy, brick homes. people here know each other. someone described it as a home where a lot of retirees live. all of this played out right here at this front porch. we have some crime scene video to show you from last night as well. essentially what happened was the man was drunk. his girlfriend called for help. said he was on a rage. she also told authorities that she believed it's possible the man had a gun. well, by the time sheriff's deputies from the special domestic violence unit arrived here, the man had stepped away. while they were inside, he reappeared. neighbors heard deputies yelling, show us your hands. show us your hands. a source is telling us the man didn't show his hands in the way deputies wanted and in fact sort of made some movements toward his belt and actually said, go ahead and shoot me. that's when one of the deputies did. a lot of folks in the neighborhood say they are very saddened by this. they say they can't understand why this could have happened to a guy they knew as a good fellow. >> just every day people. you go to work, come home. it is a heart breaker. he will be missed in this neighborhood. he was every day people that i know of. >> now, coming up at 5:00, we'll have much more on this story including what sources are telling investigators about exactly what went on in this house. back to you. >> okay, ballad. thank you so much. well, nfl commissioner roger goodell will have to testify in re rice's appeal hearing. rice recently appealed his indefinite suspension from the league. he was disciplined of course after the video surfaced showing him knocking out his then fiance. goodell initially suspended the ravens running back for two games. the nfl players union argues rice should not be punished twice. meanwhile, back here, redskins coach jay gruden is being pretty cagey about who will start for the team monday night. >> he just wrapped up a news conference at redskins park. what did the coach have to say? >> well, i tell you this. you're right. he is being cagey. he doesn't want the dallas cowboys to know what the heck he's doing. he actually said he won't make a definitive announcement on rg iii until 7:30 monday night. then he said colt mccoy was the starter. until robert comes back. and he wouldn't rule rg iii out in dallas. hey look. rg iii may pull off some kind of monday night where he plays and motivates all his teammates but that's not likely. i still believe jay will hold griffin out until after the bye week and play him the final seven games starting with tampa bay november 16th at fedex field. but jay will not say that. >> colt will start. look for colt to be the starter. but we're trying to get robert some reps, get him ready. right now it looks like colt will be the starter but we're trying to work robert into the lineup and get him reps to get him ready to go because when it's all said and done when robert is healthy, robert's the starter. you understand that? robert's the starter. colt is not the starter. colt could be the starter monday night but when robert is healthy he'll be the starter. right? >> what the heck did he just say? the first place cowboys are heavily favored playing at home against the 2-5 redskins. to get his club motivated jay gruden showed his team a video of the redskins/cowboys rivalry dating way back when the redskins used to have success against them. so, i mean, he's pulling out all the stops. i'm not sure who the heck the starter is. >> could be kirk. could be colt. could be rg iii. could be you. i don't know. >> it won't be me and it won't be kirk. we're down to two. >> he was kind of laughing at himself. he knew, i am talking in circles right now. >> we'll have more later in sports. >> see you then. >> coming up on abc 7 news at 4:00 a popular car service is a little experiment for your health. do you really want to get a flu shot from uber? >> a little later a widow finds a virtual treasure trove of love. her departed husband left behind. >> a man accused of killing three people in alexandria finds out when he will go on trial for those crimes. >> we have a 7 on your side health alert after several students test positive for viral migets at the university of maryland. we'll go live to college park with details. kevin? >> scott, if you know anything about viral meningitis you are well aware it is awfully contagious. you can contract it by simply sharing the same cup of water. student ight the health care center sent out an e-mail to the student body about the outbreak. viral meningitis can cause high fever, severe headaches, stiff neck, nausea. not the best combination with mid terms taking place next week. we spoke with one student whose returning brother tested positive. the senior has been recovering for more than a week now. >> a really severe sore throat and he was aching all over his body. i live in a house with a bunch of guys so i'm sure not everyone is always a hundred percent healthy. >> you concerned about that? >> yeah. absolutely. >> how come? >> i don't want to get sick. >> now, coming up at 5:00, i'll tell you why last weekend's home coming festivities may have accelerated the spread of viral meningitis here on the umd campus. for now we are live in college park. >> all right. thank you, kevin. plenty of people are starting to take precautions before flu season really hits full stride. would you rather go get a flu shot or have it come to you? today the car service ubea launched a one-day pilot program. the free vaccinations for anyone age 4 and up were given by registered nurses. over on abc 7's facebook page people are commenting and are pessimistic. mimi posts, i thought uber was to give a ride. now uber is giving flu shots too? i'll pass. jenna writes, nah, i'm good. >> dorothy is okay with it because she wrote, absolutely. a registered nurse administers the injection not the driver. that's important to know. we want to know what you think. go to abc 7 facebook page and just let us know. interesting concept i guess. >> sure. there is a convenience in it. like you said, it's not as you're going down the freeway with some bumps. a better system. >> that would be a little treacherous. speaking of treacherous, a close call at a wild ride for a 2-year-old girl outside richmond, virginia. police say the mom got out of her suv to pump gas, leaving her daughter inside. the 2-year-old somehow climbed out of her car seat and put the vehicle in neutral. what happened next? well, the suv rolled through four lanes of traffic, down an embankment and right into an auto shop. >> as soon as it hit, i jumped out. mom was frantic. she scooped her little daughter out of the car. everyone was fine. >> witnesses say it was a miracle the road was not t-bone had because the road is known for bad traffic and serious accidents. authorities say this should serve as a parking safety reminder to everybody. always use your parking brake and turn your wheels toward a curb if you are parked on an incline. >> time for a check on traffic now. bob is in the wtop traffic center with details. >> not such a bad rush hour, scott. not bad unless you're headed west on 66. just volume traveling west of the beltway out to centreville. in haymarket route 15 is closed both ways south of route 55 with the crash at the railroad crossing there. just volume delays headed out to 270. 95 head head south from dale city. volume as you head down toward garrisonville. no incidents along the way. let's take a look at some cameras and look at how things look on 66. running pretty well at nutley and 123. just a bit of volume headed westbound and doesn't look too bad here at all. 270 north. down through montgomery village out through germantown. now hearing about a crash on the baltimore/washington parkway southbound at powder mill. it is quite slow from fort meade. >> all right. thank you very much, bob. >> a little gusty >> wind gusts 35, 40 miles per hour. the winds diminish tonight. that's good news. skies are clear. i think we'll be in a lull for four or five days with sunny skies. >> perfect. good timing. >> perfect. >> have a nice afternoon. >> let's look at the roof top camera looking across the river into the city. you see a steady stream of clouds, every now and then a break of sunshine. as we get to the evening more and more breaks in the overcast. with high pressure building we'll be in beautiful shape. i mentioned an interesting little thing we noticed on the south end of roosevelt island, the little island that goes under the memorial bridge and under the roosevelt bridge. you see the trees and you see out here? you see that kind of a little mud flat? the winds pushing down river exactly at the right point all day long exposing this. something we haven't seen very often. once the winds change the water will fill back in. we call this value added content in the weather business. or a waste of time. that's the wind blowing out of the northwest right now. 20 miles per hour. gusty day. and if you're in a shady area without the sun though temperatures are in the 50's there is a real chill in the air. good news tonight the winds will diminish a bit. breezy. temperatures 42 to 49 by morning but winds will diminish just a bit. it'll be a clear evening indeed. temperatures to the mid-atlantic, 50's and 60's right now. 65 at reagan national. the real chill is through new england. meanwhile the storm yesterday is out of here. we're getting gusty winds. this high pressure center is our friend. that's going to come our way and give us several days of sunshine here. our future cast shows more and more sunshine developing with high pressure. so it's going to work out just fine. quick look at your forecast tomorrow. sunny, breezy, mid to upper 60's. through the next seven days gorgeous weather right through the weekend. next chance of rain 7:30. in a little less than two hours, a partial solar eclipse. in about ten minutes i'll give you details when you'll see it, how you'll see it, and stuff like that. >> good. first we have breaking news to get to. >> let's go to kai jackson at the live desk. >> we have something breaking in frederick. the frederick county sheriff's office has confirmed there has been a collision of two aircraft. there is a media staging area being formed. abc 7's reporter and news chopper 7 are enroute to the breaking story. the maryland state highway administration says they expect lane or toll closures of patrick street at minokasee boulevard and that is kind of the heart of the area. there has been a collision of two aircraft. we don't know at this time what type of aircraft. we don't have any reports of injuries. again, abc 7 is enroute to the scene. we'll continue to monitor things in the newsroom at the live desk and as soon as i have more information i'll come back and update you with the information about the two aircraft collision. back to you for now. kai. y, thank you. >> coming up on abc 7 news at 4:00 some are saying thank god it's thursday. 4:00 some are saying thank god it's thursday. >> we'll have your s we thought our cable internet was fast. but, our uploads are half the speed of our downloads so our internet is really lf-fast. so half-fast. someone did a half-fast job posting our vacation pics. when i post my slow jams, i'm a little half-fast. totally half-fast. stop living with half-fast internet. only verizon fios comes with speedmatch - upload speeds as fast as your download speeds. so his homework won't be so half-fast. that is up to him. now with speed match, you'll get faster upload speeds so you can share photos, post videos and send big files faster than ever before. all on america's f fastest, mot reliable 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well, speaking of jake ballard or actor scott foley of course, he visited huffington post live this week where he revealed exactly what it's like to work with carrie washington. he says she is a jokester and always up to be the butt of any joke. more juice for you now. we are finally going to meet abby wayland's abusive ex-husband. entertainment weekly reporting he has landed the role of charles putney. we should soon be seeing more of actress jessica nicole set to play huck's wife. get ready to welcome back paul adelstein who will reprize the role of political operative leo bergin. no word on when all of this will happen but you can be assured it's going to get ugly. ith your scandal scoop, jummy olabanji, abc 7 news. >> a wife mourning the death of her husband finds every lasting messages of love. >> still ahead a look at the letters he left behind. >> and a little bit later a major tobacco company tells employees something that might seem a bit counterproductive. >> we'll have the details on what happened and find out when >> he is accused of killing three people over the span of a decade. >> charles severance will have to wait another year to stand trial for the deaths of nancy dunning, ron kirby, and ruthanne lodato. >> charles severance is back in court here today in alexandria. the judge has set a trial date for october 5, 2015. defense attorneys were asking for more time to prepare for their client's case, concerned about finding witnesses and at least one alleged murder that dates back more than a decade. lawyers filed a motion to remove his shackles during visits with his attorney but the judge denied the request leaving it up to the authorities at the arlington county jail. severance has been charged with three murders in the deaths of nancy dunning, ronald kirby, and ruth anne lodato. a family spokesperson for lodato talked to reporters today after the hearing. >> one of the things that came out today is i think the families will appreciate the judge's commitment to setting a trial date and sticking to a schedule for these families who have, in cases, been living with this for more than ten years. >> we'll have much more on the developing story tonight starting at 5:00. >> right now we are still waiting to find out if remains found near charlottesville are those of hannah graham. the university of virginia student has been missing for nearly two months and this morning a hearing was held in fairfax county about the man accused of abducting her. jesse matthew jr. faces kidnapping charges in a fairfax case from 2005. coming up at 5:00 p.m. northern virginia bureau chief jeff goldberg is live in charlottesville. he's got a look inside matthew's old apartment. >> less than two weeks ago before election day and you don't have to wait that long to cast your ballots. early voting started in d.c. monday. it expands in the district saturday. today, maryland voters have the same opportunity. tonight, fairfax county school board will be voting on changing what time student need to get to school. the board is expected to pass a plan that would push back the start of high school classes to 8:00 or 8:10 a.m. the classes start at 7:20 now. we'll have more on the results of that vote tonight on abc 7 news at 11:00. >> a pretty picture from the international space station. look at this. astronaut reid weisman tweeted this out this morning and says it shows the chesapeake bay just as the clouds parted. beautiful shot. weisman is from maryland and i had the opportunity to interview him over the summer while he was on the international space station. we had a long conversation back and forth. mostly about all these pictures. he takes the most beautiful shots. a lightning storm over italy. cloud dust. a cloud over africa. great stuff. great to follow on twitter. >> wonderful. nice he took a picture of home and sent it back to everybody. >> well, you've got a chance to see another amazing sight in the skies tonight. >> chief meteorologist doug hill is in the weather center with a look at the best ways to spot a partial solar eclipse. >> the best place to be somewhere where there are clear skies which we do not have. some parts of our area will get a glimpse of clearing skies in the western horizon starting a little bit before 6:00 when this partial solar eclipse begins. let's get you started with some facts. it begins at 5:52. at its totality in our part of the country it is only going to cover about 22, 25% of the sun. it's going to happen at that peak just before sunset. so unless you're really on a high area of ground where we have an unobstructed view of the horizon and clear skies you probably won't see much. even if you do -- if you don't look directly at the sun, not good for you. check out our site here. wjla.com on our weather blog page right in the middle we have a link to live coverage of the eclipse through a nasa site. you can watch this on your phone, ipad, lap top, and kind of keep up both ways. i wish it was clear and sunny but that's just not the story tonight. it will clear out later on and tomorrow be gorgeous. sunshine, breezy, 64 to 69 degrees and the weekend looks spectacular. sunshine, 70 degrees on saturday. 68 on sunday. more detailed outlook of your seven-day forecast comes up in about ten minutes. back to you. >> sounds great. thank you. a bitter sweet discovery for a texas woman. she lost her husband to a rare genetic disorder. thanks to dozens of letters, written in his final days, he didn't leave her empty handed. frpblts >> mitchell starts one of his many letters he left behind for his family. mitchell passed away saturday after a lengthy battle. even though he passed he is still trying to care for his amily. >> the grieving period -- >> she discovered the letters her husband wrote along with notebooks of poetry. she adds, it's surreal reading some the -- of the letters now that he's gone. >> i always feel that he's going to come back in here and read them to me i guess. >> she says the letters are made for special moments in her life like an upcoming anniversary but says the letters mitchell wrote to their daughter are the most special. >> on her second birthday, third, fourth birthdays. then the 16th one he wrote, sweet 16 on the front of it. all the way up into her 18th birthday. >> she says she is going to respect her husband's wishes and let her daughter open the letters for each occasion. she says the letters are a true reflection of her husband's character, how he was always thinking of others. >> i know he was thinking about us. >> she says her family is selling t-shirts and bracelets to raise money for final expenses but have not planned a larger drive just yet. >> that is so sweet to leave that for his daughter especial lace she grows up to remember her father each year. >> yeah. >> each occasion. >> she'll feel she knows him more and more over the years. that's wonderful. >> a lot of people reacting to this on our facebook page, too. tracy posts this would make an amazing movie. it would. it's a beautiful story that the world should know about. ashley says it brought tears to her eyes. >> understandable. well, coming up here on abc 7 news at 4:00 --. they're getting down. we'll explain this video that is going viral online. >> or up maybe. and a little later a mayor and his wife on the run after being implicated in the disappearance of dozens of students. >> but first another day, another expansion of that recall for air bags. we will tell you what that number is >> 7 is on your side with an expansion of the recall into millions of air bags. today auto makers added about 4 million more vehicles to the list. that brings the total to about 12 million over all. now senators from connecticut and massachusetts are calling for a nationwide recall. we'll have more at 5:00 and you can see the entire list of recalled vehicles on wjla.com. >> the second largest tobacco company in the country wants employees to stop smoking at work. signs will be going up in the next year at reynolds american telling employees they can no longer smoke at work. the maker of camel cigarettes says it will build indoor smoking areas for employees who do choose to light up and plenty of you are reacting to this one on wjla's facebook page. dorothy posts, a company who does not endorse their product. hum. makes me angry they are profiting from something that leads to poor health/death. and kathy writes working with tobacco and tobacco by products is as bad as second hand smoke. let us know what you think on the wjla facebook page. >> and still ahead here on abc 7 ns, you get costumes for yourself, your pets, your kids. how much are you willing to pay? >> we will share some of your ideas about stopping people from jumping over the fence at the white house. >> but first, maryland unveils its plan for fighting ebola in america. we'll share some of the deta >> back to our breaking news this afternoon that collision between a helicopter and a plane. this was near frederick airport. >> let's get to kai jackson at the live desk for the latest developments here. >> that's right. if you take a look at your screen you'll see this video live right now from news chopper 7 over the scene in frederick of this aircraft collision accident. authorities, fire rescue teams are on the ground at the scene. you'll also notice what appears to be some type of parachute strings. we've come to learn that this aircraft -- this is not confirmed but the aircraft may have had the type of ability to deploy a parachute, in other words, in the event some catastrophic failure happened onboard the aircraft. we don't know that confirmed but from some pictures that we see on the frederick news post it would indicate one of these vehicles had the ability to deploy something very similar to a basic parachute to stop it from crashing. we do see, though, from the video here in news chopper 7, that there was some catastrophic results. we do not have any confirmation right now of injuries or loss of life. we are working vigorously to get you that information. we've learned from the maryland state highway administration that there has been a total or partial closure of patrick nokos esm e ik boulevard pretty much through the heart of frederick. you can see at the bottom right of your screen the whole area is going to be cordoned off. we'll more than likely have an investigation by the faa as well as the national transportation safety board as happens any time aircraft are involved. we had some type of collision as you see. abc is enroute to the scene here. whatever happened in terms of the greater part of this accident, perhaps a fire, anything that followed in that result, apparently is out now because the fire crews don't appear to be actively trying to put anything out. we did see photos though that indicated this is pretty serious when it was at its worst. here at the live desk we'll continue to monitor this. word is that this was an airplane and a helicopter that but we're waiting for confirmation from maryland state police to find out what type of aircraft collided and also were there any fatalities and also any injuries. we'll continue to monitor everything and hear from the newsroom and as soon as we have an update we'll come back to you live with the latest information. back to you right now in the studio. >> we'll check in very soon, kai. thank you for the update. meanwhile, we have good news about the fight against ebola in america. both dallas nurses know fected with ebola are improving. meanwhile, maryland health officials say anyone diagnosed in the state will be treated at one of three area hospitals. if a federal as -- facility is not available. >> a big smile prompted by really big news. nurse amber vinson snapping this selfie sharing it along with the update, she no longer has ebola. the 29-year-old was infected while treating dallas ebola victim thomas eric duncan. for more than a week after she was diagnosed vinson's doctors at emory university hospital in atlanta say she now shows no sign of the virus. her mother releasing a statement saying we all know that further treatment will be necessary as amber continues to regain strength. but these latest developments have truly answered prayers. >> this is terrific news. the time course is pretty typical for one swho is going to recover from ebola. >> nina pham seems to be improving. she is still fighting the virus but is listed in good condition at the national institutes of health in maryland. her dog bentley remains in isolation in dallas testing negative for ebola. >> we are so excited that he is negative and, you know, pray that he continues to be negative when we continue to test him and that this can all be put behind them and they can be reunited. >> with more precautions in place at airports and hospitals across the country, today there was a meeting to address how mistakes made in dallas can continue teaching valuable lessons in the fight against ebola. no word on when vinson could be coming home. she is out of isolation but is staying in the hospital for now while she builds up her strength. marci gonzalez, abc 7 news, in dallas. >> join us for a town hall meeting on ebola in america. we'll have a panel of experts ready to answer your questions about the illness. just use the hash tag, your voice your future to send them to us. then watch it live monday at 7:00 on our sister station news channel 8. you can also see it streamed live at wjla.com. >> all right. back to our breaking news right now, kai jackson at the live desk with the latest on the two aircraft that collided in frederick. what do you know? >> going to make this quick. what we feared, and this is sad news, has now been confirmed. there have been three fatalities in this mid air collision of o aircraft in frederick, maryland. we just got off the phone with authorities in that area who did confirm there have been three fatalities in the mid air collision. we do not know who the people are but we are also working to learn that information. this aircraft, mid air collision happened a short time ago. authorities right now as you see from abc chopper 7 are still working the scene. as soon as we learn more information we'll bring it to you. sad news. three people have apparently been killed in a mid air collision of two aircraft, which at this time sounds like it was a helicopter and an airplane but we're still working to find out more details. back to you in the studio. >> okay. thank you very much for the latest. >> a big topic of conversation has been what do you think it will take to keep people from jumping over the fence at the white house? >> that is our question of the day after yet another man made the leap last night. so tony says, shoot on sight, shoot to kill. the word will get out rather quickly that jumping the fence is a losing proposition. jack writes, take the fence down. then fewer people would be inclined to jump it. andrea echoed a sentiment from a lot of you when she posted put up an electric fence behind the existing one. share your ideas on the wjla facebook page. >> all right. let's take another look at weather now. doug hill is joining us with the breezy forecast. >> yeah. really gusty winds still out there. we want to start with the time lapse. this is from the roof of rock ridge high school in ashburn. the past few hours, cloudy but we cleared out a bit. this is good to know for areas north and west of the city. in a little bit you might have a chance of getting a little bit of a view at the partial solar eclipse. skies are clearing just a bit. it will be occurring just a couple minutes before sunset off on the western horizon. as far as what's happening right now, still gusty winds. 60 degrees takoma park. 59 in the district. children's hospital campus. 59. 61 manassas. winds now 15, 16 miles per hour. we had gusts over 30 or 35 miles per hour. during the afternoon oust northwest, 30-mile-per-hour gusts at reagan national airport. 24-mile-per-hour gusts from frederick. these are surface observations. when you get off the ground the higher you are the stronger the wind gusts have been this afternoon. those winds will diminish tonight under mainly clear skies. still a bit of a breeze. combine that with temperatures in the 40's. it's going to be a wind chill to deal with in many areas by tomorrow morning. during the day tomorrow the winds will build back up after sunrise and it'll be breezy not windy and delightful with sunshine and temperatures up to 67 degrees. the weekend looks great. lots of sunshine. 70 on saturday. a bit breezy with a minor cold front sunday. upper 60's in the next seven days looking terrific, too. the next chance of rain through the next several days, you see them all side by side, won't come our way until wednesday. a lot more to talk about the weekend. marine corps marathon forecast. and the solar eclipse just part of what we'll be covering coming up at 5:00. back to you. >> thank you, doug. we wanted to take a look at this now. a video posted earlier this year is making a new set of rounds on youtube. >> that's right. kind of funny. take a look. >> a bit of a dance off. the american priests were studying in rome and did their fancy moves in a fundraiser for seminary near the vatican last april. >> really good. for some reason the video is hot on the internet again this week and has nearly 300,000 views on youtube. pretty talented there. >> more than we could do. i would imagine by far. >> you can say that again. coming up next on abc 7 news at 4:00 the investigation expands into a cheating scandal at a major university. >> the latest on what's major university. >> the latest on what's happening at thank you, cable. for the slower internet upload speeds. for fewer video on demand titles. for taking longer to upload our movies. for making me wait longer to share my photo 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allowed to take so-called paper classes. >> it was just a scam. the whole thing. it was a joke. >> fake classes. an automatic high grade. an athlete's track of sorts where hardly any academic work was required and over nearly two decades more than 3100 students at the university of north carolina at chapel hill coasted through college. >> these allegations of academic fraud at unc chapel hill revealed wednesday in a 136-page report after an eight-month investigation by a former federal prosecutor. the main finding, fake classes created by a university official were the primary way struggling athletes at the powerhouse university were kept from having eligibility problems. a former unc defensive back and others spoke out earlier this year. >> you took a lot of these classes and you passed and graduated. >> williams said the university actually steered certain students toward the fake classes. former basketball star rashad mckents an athlete turned activist also shared explosive accusations that the university cared little about the students' futures. >> it wasn't anything that anybody thought was wrong. we thought this was a part of the tradition. >> at least nine university employees have been fired or are under disciplinary review. unc actually invited this investigation, hoping it would bring closure to some previous grading scandals. instead, it uncovered much more. now a separate criminal investigation is ongoing. unc says it's cooperating with the local district attorney's office and the ncaa. reporting in washington, abc 7 news. >> and we begin with breaking news from frederick, maryland, where news chopper 7 is live over the scene where a plane and a helicopter have collided and crashed, killing three people. >> this happened just over an hour ago near the frederick municipal airport. >> scott, at this point we can confirm this is a tragic accident. maryland state police are putting out very limited information in this moment but right now we learned there have been at least three fatalities from the accident. it happened earlier today involving a plane and a helicopter we're told. an accident that happened in mid air. we were showing you live chopper footage just a few moments ago of this. you could see a very active scene near the frederick municipal airport this afternoon. frederick county, frederick city all responding to this. maryland state police are handling the investigation as we speak putting out just a little bit of information. now you see this scene right here, this plane in the woods as well. earlier today graphic pictures coming out showing a parachute. a bright orange and white parachute being basically extinguished by firefighters in that area that responded to that scene. we just saw the tail number a few moments ago. we're working on confirming exactly who that plane belongs to and confirming how many people were injured in this. all we know at this point is that there have been at least three fatalities but no one has been identified yet. this happened just around 4:00, a mid air collision involving a plane and a helicopter. we are working right now and have crews on the scene trying to find out as much information as we can. we are learning slowly what happened here and there will be a full investigation. the ntsb on the scene as police respond, as local firefighters respond to try to piece together exactly what happened here. and we will have more information for you coming up tonight. >> all right. thank you. count on abc 7 to have live updates as soon as we learn more information. we're just miles from the