said a decision was made to keep harmony hills open because they brought in bottled water, bag lunches, and hand sanitizer. as far as the brown water in the pipes, the w ssc says, just turn on the highest tap in the home and let it run for a while and the sediment should flush out. as far as lynn woolsey traffic spot again -- as far as when we will see traffic on the spot again, it could be late tonight or early tomorrow morning for the >> we could see more water main breaks when temperatures plunge later this week, but we still have time for one more pleasant fall day. doug hill has the first check of the forecast for us. x it is before out there. -- >> it is beautiful out to their. 61 degrees at reagan national. 63 degrees in manassas. and currently 61 in hagerstown. will be cool, 3846 degrees by early tomorrow morning. -- 38-46 degrees by early tomorrow morning. is the leading edge of this arctic air mass that is heading in our direction. it will take a while, but look at the start differences between chicago and minneapolis. --ween waterloo i'll and waterloo island and omaha, nebraska. -- waterloo, iowa and omaha, nebraska. airill talk about the cold in the next seven days in just a few minutes. next nude of elements on the philadelphia case with ties to both maryland and virginia. dublin barnes will be back in court on wednesday for charges related to the abduction that was caught on camera. prosecuted for the attempted murder of a 16-year-old richmond girl. for now, authorities say he will be tried in philadelphia first. a grand jury in alexandria has indicted a social worker of having indecent liberties with a child. here is a photo of gary hankins, as seen on counseling and fluency -- forensic services.com. victim was a patient of his. he faces a maximum of 30 years in prison if convicted. is veterans day and final preparations are being made for an event taking place tomorrow night. thousands were fled the national mall to pay tribute to service members past and present. the event could bring crowds even bigger than the fourth of july. live at then is mall tonight with a look at what is being done to prepare. event,s a made-for-tv but could make for a nightmare in these parts. think about it. you will have people expected shoulder to shoulder from the capital off to my left all the way down to the washington monument. singer jessie j took them -- took the stage on the national mall today, offering a preview of what's to come, while permanently embedding in our brings -- in our brains her hit song "bang bang." >> do you like the sun echo >> yes, it's second my head. -- do you like the song? >> yes, it is stuck in my head. concert tomorrow will honor veterans. it is a date of great importance to this couple from new mexico. tomorrow is their 25th anniversary. >> we could that have planned it any better. >> is veterans day will be so special for us. x it will feature a number of feature a -- >> will number of impressive performers. impressive to most makes up this group from china. >> asked likely on a, carrie underwood, all of those folks likethere he echo -- acts rihanna, carrie underwood, all those folks over there? >> i'm sorry. >> hundreds of thousands of others who are familiar with the acts are expected to gather on the mall starting at 10 a.m. was for an update of 10,000 people. december 3 of the residents booked room at a nearby hotel. but few realize it will still be a mess come tomorrow. x but for a good purpose. -- >> but for a good purpose. and coming down here for the rehearsals, you will see plenty of big acts throughout the night. here in theson was last hour performing on stage. can do it without the crowds. as for the clouds, road closures begin at 6:00 a.m. and the metro will adjusted schedule tomorrow. i know you have bang bang stuck in your head. >> pardon? i didn't hear you. >> [laughter] beck's will talk to you about that later. said, traffic problems -- as candace gives -- not all the streets, but many downtown will be close through the concert. metro has altered its train schedule. go to wjla.com for a complete list of what you need to know if you are going to the concert of trying to get around it. >> we're learning a lot more about what the two to mclean over the weekend. police said it was a home invasion that turned into a stabbing. neighbors are concerned about the violence in their quiet neighborhood. is at the scene. what else to do find out about this case? a quitetainly is street. this home has been a crime scene all day long. crews have been in there all day long. ago, thew minutes crime scene investigative unit went into the house. law enforcement sources are confirming that one of the suspects and one of the victims in this case were both attorneys that knew one another and there was some sort of dispute leading up to last nights incident. meanwhile, the couple that lives in this home, which we have told have been here for about 10 years, remain at the hospital with life-threatening injuries. tapeite of police crime along this road is not just unexpected, but unheard of. >> nothing like this before is evident. >> -- has happened. >> just before 10:00, a knock at the door. the man outside the door forced his way into the home and stabbed the homeowner and stabbed the wife as well. they were able to activate the alarm as the suspect took off. the man and woman, both 61, were transported to win over fairfax with life-threatening injuries, but were first able to relay information about the suspect. police tracked the guard down in a hurry and arrested 31-year-old man and a 30-year-old woman. as tohave no information what was happening. the neighbors have been calling and are concerned about each other. >> they were home with their kids and worried about their safety. hadfairfax police says i the suspects been on the loose, homeowners would have been told. expert cautionary measures would have been taken. officers would have gone into the homes as quickly as possible. >> suppose or it -- supposing it would have been an intruder in the area, it would have been proposed -- appropriate of the police to at least come and tell us. >> so far, residents said they are very impressed with the speed with which the fairfax police moved on the whole situation last night. the thing was wrapped up within about an hour. the suspects remain in custody and they have been charged. at their identities are not being revealed and the charges are not being released, because police say this investigation remains very active. live in mclean, jeff goldberg, abc 7 news. >> there has been another cyber attack, the some of the u.s. postal service. hundreds of thousands of social security numbers and phone numbers of poster workers are at risk. who is affected in this latest attack? >> we're talking about a lot of people. , and anymployees information they would use on their computers to conduct personal business potentially compromised. will baker was on his route delivering mail today, just like he has every other work day for the past 28 work -- 28 years. but tonight, he and all of his other coworkers for the postal service have to be concerned that hackers stole their personal information. >> they are looking into it. i worried? -- >> you are not worried? >> not really. >> but there is reason to worry, because the postal service says unknown hackers reach their computer system and lifted names, social security numbers, dates of birth and emergency contact information for every employee. >> they just one after everyone. >> the president of the poster union presents workers in the d.c. area, and she says the cyber attack went to the highest levels of the postal service and more than 800,000 across the country have been affected. myi'm concerned because information has been compromised. i don't know w has it or what could happen with it. >> the u.s. postal service issued this statement saying int intrusion is limited scope and all operations of the postal service are functioning normally. >> we're taking corrective measures to try to make sure it does not happen again. but you never know. and what about customers like you and me? for the most part, we have nothing to worry about. only those customers who called the call center may have had some general information taken by these cyber thieves. >> thank you, horace. at a home and the victim is a u.s. congresswoman. here what happened when she and her husband came face to face with a thief. and a student arrested from aching ricin in his dorm room. >> and new studies show how dangerous detergent pods are. >> and new allegations about employees acting inappropriately at a middle school in maryland. clicks a former georgetown student has been sentenced to one year and a day for making ricin in his dorm or him. he pleaded guilty in september to possession of the deadly poison. defense attorneys argued that he wanted to kill himself with the poison. prosecutors said he planned to use it on others. he has been given credit for the 7.5 months he's already served since his arrest in march. more on the sentencing in this case coming up at 6:00. >> some parents are furious about another alleged assault of a student at a montgomery county school. the latest case involves close a penea a-- jose substitute teacher at the school. >> as you can imagine, these parents are pretty upset. this is the second situation to come to light in recent weeks. there was an earlier case contractor who had inappropriate contact with a 12-year-old girl. and the parents say they are not only concerned about these allegations, but they say there was a huge delay by the school district in letting them know what was going on. latest incident happened here at roberto clemente middle school on september 30. substitute teacher, is accused of inappropriately touching a 12-year-old female student. court documents show he first reached around the girl and touched her from behind and then walked by four to five times and squeeze her leg and bottom. >> children should be protected at school. >> police arrested him on october 14, charged with sexy abuse of a minor. but parents are not notified by the school until this past friday. >> this is something that parents need to know about immediately. >> the trouble is, this is not the only incident. epps, a- john contract worker, is accused of inappropriately touching a 12 euro girl in the hallway. daughterelps dollar -- is a sixth grader and he said parents were not notified until a month later. but why weren't we notified when it happened? -- >> why weren't we notified en it happened? they notify us about so many things, but why did this takes a long? is now free on $50,000 bond. parents are not happy. >> the district has sent out several letters of apology. the spokesperson today said essentially, we really did not do a good job of keeping parents informed. there is a meeting tomorrow night at baker middle school to discuss these cases. in germantown, richard reid, abc 7 news. earlyht now, tracking the bitter cold sweeping across the united states. the arctic weather is already pounding montana, the dakotas, and minnesota. they are getting snow there. some places could see up to 10 inches of snow later tonight. dealinge, millions are with flight cancellations, slippery roads, and snow-covered landscapes. >> you know, i love winter. i hate getting to winter. >> most of the snow is expected to cover the northern snake -- northern states. this unexpected cold snap could 200ct an estimate of million people across the country. even parts of texas could be feeling the impact. >> the cold air will be reaching south of the rio grande river and all the way up the east coast. it will get a little bit warmer. we will not get the extreme cold. it will just be noticeably chillier for a few days for us. let's start here with a time lapse of washington lee high school in arlington. a beautiful day. through the day, lots of sunshine. many areas pre-much had a cloud his sky through the day for up and temperatures managed to climb into the 60's. a very nice pattern falls -- pattern for the day. wereratures this morning at or below freezing. tomorrow morning, not quite as chile. still holding a 61 at reagan national. through the overnight hours, light winds, temperatures 38-46 degrees by early tomorrow. earlying to watch tomorrow morning, the possibility of patchy fog early on. but after sunrise, that fog woke with -- will quickly burn off. st. louis at 72 right now. 71 into peak of. mahal,y short drive to a only 34 degrees -- to omaha, only 34 degrees. that cold air is still building in canada and will continue to push south and southeast and eventually to the east coast. as it makes the transcontinental move, the air mass will get a little bit warmer. we will not see these kinds of numbers for us a bone will see numbers that are well below average for this time of november. at the moment, these numbers indicate how much warmer it is right now than 24 hours ago. push ahead of the cold front. colder nowdegrees than it was at 5:20 p.m. yesterday afternoon. this storm system is actually the one responsible for the snow north. are finding way some circulations will drag and pull this cold air to the south and southeast. we will feel it a little bit on wednesday when the friend comes through. -- the front comes through. through the day tomorrow, a lot of sunshine. and we get into wednesday the front shows up as showers over ohio and kentucky. temperatures in the lower 60's on wednesday and then progressively colder through the end of the week. for the forecast tomorrow, after a touch of fog, lots of sunshine and comfortable temperatures. 67 degrees. over the next seven days, look like 67 tomorrow, 63 with a cold front. breezy weather on wednesday. thursday, 48 with a gusty breeze. morning, when the cold air arrives, there could be a rain or snow shower. no impact expected. but the highs at best, 40 four degrees. it will stay very cold right through the weekend. >> we already. >> i hope so -- we are ready. hope so. >> likely have a choice. -- like we have a choice. italiaald's toy recalls about. >> seven missing hikers are found in california. i gooh no.one. fitting the tree through the door, that's feast-worthy. so celebrate with the kfc festive feast. a bucket of the world's best chicken, our famous sides, biscuits and our new pumpkin cake. the kfc festive feast. which means it's time thfor the volkswagens here, sign-then-drive event. for practically just your signature, you could drive home for the holidays in a german-engineered volkswagen. like the sporty, advanced new jetta and the well-crafted all-new golf. if you're wishing for a new volkswagen this season just about all you need is a finely tuned... pen. get zero due at signing, zero down, zero deposit and zero first month's paymt on select new volkswagen models. >> a day before veterans day in a very unique jetblue flight landed at reagan national today. next that is right. every -- >> that is right. every single one of them, from the flight attendant to the pilot to the passengers, all veterans. , ait's called vets in blue program that honors generations of service members. they live in cities across the country. former soldiers like harry wide-out, a vietnam veteran. in 1960 and was active duty until six he to and then in the reserves until 66. -- inin was an army in the army for 10 years for seven 2005 he was hurt when an ied exploded while he was on patrol in iraq. >> i had 30 broken bones throughout my body. i hate -- i lost my left leg below the knee. i lost three other soldiers in that blast. >> jetblue has launched a new called to honor them, vets in blue. they have promoted hiring for veterans, free flights for selected service members command discounts for those enrolled in veterans advantage. they flew from jfk new york to reagan national airport. >> it's a chance for jetblue to give back, showing that sort of leadership that we know all veterans have. it's absolutely the right thing to do. >> the crew members on board were former service members. >> thanks. up, and hazard that has sent hundreds of children to the hospital. >> and a virginia plane crash, including -- an update on a virginia plane crash, including the identity of the man killed. >> >> you are watching abc seven news at 5:00 with leon harris, alison starling, chief meteorologist doug hill weather, and tim brant sports. this is abc seven news side. >> a u.s. congresswoman's dcc home was broken into and her husband comes home stilld the thief is inside. >> jennifer donelan is their life with details. p.m., exactly the as fridayof evening night when this happened. you see how dark it is at 5:30 p.m. we only have headlights and taillights. and that is when the criminal struck. what a week it was for ofgresswoman rosa delauro connecticut. last tuesday, she was reelected to her 13th the term in office. 72 hours later, her capitol hill home was broken into. her husband, political strategist dan greenberg, got there while the armed man was still inside, according to court documents. >> i don't know if people know whose houses they are breaking into. init was around 5:30 p.m. the evening and the door is still heavily damaged from where the burglars got in. think it would keep people away, knowing that it's the home of congress people and senators. >> he walked in and a stranger was standing there with a large knife. police were on the scene in moments. when officers said -- one officer said he saw the burglar walking down the stairs and they made eye contact. >> and makes you wonder how someone could be bold enough to do with they did there. >> police officers swarmed the house and caught who they said was 50 federal john chappell of southeast. stolencovered several items including a mickey mouse pin, heart pendant necklace, and laptop, digital picture frame, and a costume hat. >> the police do react quickly and aggressively. washe congresswoman unavailable for comment today on camera, but her spokesperson released this statement. the 55-year-old burglar in this case was seen by a judge. and charged with second-degree burglary. >> one maryland pilot is dead and the student pilot is hard after a plane crash in rockingham county, virginia. it happened 7 p.m. saturday in amounts of the george washington forest. but searchers were only able to find the plane just yesterday. virginia state police said the 49-year-old bernhard charlemagne, of maryland, died at the scene. john hicks am a student pilot, was discovered suffering from a sprained ankle and was taken to the hospital. >> it took a while to get up there, with the terrain and the brush and downed trees and imaging else. ex the single-engine fixed wing plane -- >> the single-engine fixed wing plane flew to virginia before heading off to hot springs. the crash is under investigation. a mclean couple is in critical condition after a home robbery. police say the couple was stabbed in their home on spencer road just before 10:00 last night. officers arrested two suspects after one of the homeowners set a security alarm. >> the invest -- the fbi is investigating an apparent cyber attack on the u.s. postal service. hackers may have gotten their hands on employee personal information, including social security numbers. enckall suppers -- customers of the call center may have had their telephone numbers and e-mail addresses stolen. >> right now, crews are repairing a turn lane of georgia avenue onto connecticut avenue. more than 300 customers were affected by the break, including harmony hills elementary school. >> we have bob cynne he by the traffic center. >> 95 southbound doing pretty we on the virginia side this evening. woodbridge,around brief slowdowns. generally doing well as you head into stafford county. a minor crash down there earlier. 66, 277 -- it is fine adding on to 70 north. the right through centreville will be pretty slow tonight. connecticutay at avenue, heaviest going east into silver spring. and 395 southbound heading to some delays on the main lanes. >> a helicopter search crew found 15 hikers reported missing in southern california. the hikers were part of a church group that went on a day hike, but did not come back. now it's the hikers out of the mountains and to safety. 11 adults and for teenagers the woods,ight in but other than being tired and hungry, they are well. than firstgerous thought when it comes to your children. something we would never wish on anyone. to abcking exclusively news about cching a man trying to kidnap their daughter. >> and coming up at 6:00, vice president joe biden showing that his friendship with the prime minister of israel is still intact. >> and he was a look at what is coming up on world news tonight. x more on the giants a snowstorm -- >> more on the giant snowstorm. images of some of the workers getting out of the building, and who is left inside. also breaking him of the joan rivers case and really knew to happen inside the clinic. and as sesame street helpful orour side now. a new report shows those brightly colored prepackaged laundry pots are responsible for poisoning hundreds of children. a new study looked at putting control data for children younger than six. it shows that there were more than 1700 calls about the products between 2012 and 2013. more than 700 of those children had to be hospitalized, some even falling into, as. one death was reported -- some even falling into a,. death was reported. and a choking hazard for children. it's the hello kitty birthday lollipop whistle. it can detach and be inhaled. one child had to get medical attention. mcdonald's handed out more than 2 million of the whistles between october and november this year. >> known as the place where hours can be wasted waiting in line, and an online tool created to help that waiting game may not be doing the trick. here is a look at the 7 on your side report. >> when you know you have to go to the dmv, what is your first thought eco probably, how long is it going to take eco -- what is your thought? probably how long is it going to take? 7 on your side when undercover to dmv's around the region to wait times versus actual once those up some customers said they waited anywhere from three to seven times longer than was estimated online. the times posted online are broken down by what service you want. and the district doesn't provide wait times at all, but rather live streaming pictures of waiting rooms. at that does not take it into account the sometimes very long lines just to get a ticket to sit in one of those chairs. >> if you are going to put something on there, have it be accurate. >> this is totally fictitious in this case. -- dmvid talk to the bmv headquarters about the mismatch. they said the technology is not quite there to give you an exact time.e waiting but measuring it accurately is important. wait times are performed -- are in virginia. tune in at 11:00 tonight for the full report on the waiting game. back to you. >> if they could just get it into half an hour. that is all we need. coming up, this is think i'll open up. what it swallowed into the ground. >> as we prepare to celebrate the men and women of our country, we have to realize a reality. them are menty of over the age of 50. women and young veterans are taking their lives, too. >> one woman says that she thought about taking her life several times, but that each time one call saved her life. -- forcede army of her to retire, she said it was a bitter divorce. >> it sent me on a spiral down want. i gave my all to my country. i had not done anything wrong. >> after she was diagnosed with a traumatic brain injury and ptsd, the army placed her on the medical retirement list. >> it took a toll on me. she said she attempted suicide several times. in a rage and just wanted to cap myself. >> but each time at a critical moment she called the veterans crisis line. >> the person on the other end was so accepting, so understanding, not judgmental. a listening ear. >> that person, she said, stopped her and got her to the emergency room for help. the department of veterans affairs set crisis line in 2007. >> over 39,000 life-saving rescues. and chatns can call anonymously 24/seven. has a suicide now prevention coordinator who meets with high-risk veterans, it keeping tags on their -- keeping tabs on their well-being and medications. patricia woertz with 700 vets in the d.c. area. know that we can help them deal with that pain goes along way in preventing suicide. >> fighting the stigma surrounding and to help is a significant challenge and the v.a. had knowledge is the strategies are not enough. >> we have so much work we need to continue to do. >> for this veteran, however, calling in saved her life. >> she is now pursuing her doctorate of education with an emphasis on christian ministry. family and friends are often the ones to notice the suicide warning sign, including high anxiety, withdrawal from loved ones, and increased substance abuse. if you're concerned about a veteran, you, too, can call the veterans crisis line. virginia governor terry mcauliffe has created a tank did -- created a contingency fund to deal with the state ebola response. there have been no confirmed cases in virginia to this point, but mcauliffe says he wants to be prepared to respond to the public health threat. the money will go toward reimbursing state and local agencies for expenses in monitoring and treating ebola patients. >> tonight at 6:00, prosecutors say a local college student had enough poison in his dorm room 220 pounds.ne under that student was sentenced for his crime today. the out why some think punishment was in severe enough. and the man behind an upset victory in the maryland governor's race plans to hit the road to thank his supporters. learn what had larry hogan wants to do to kick off his story. includingstronauts, one from maryland, are now back on earth after more than five months at the international space station. one american along with two other astronauts from germany and russia, landed safely in posix on last night. --s was his first trip above aboard the space station. another single opens up in florida, this time swallowing a car in a driveway. emergency crews evacuated neighboring homes after the ground gave way. officials said the whole is 10 feet in diameter and 10 feet deep. the good news is that no one is hurt in this incident. >> at least they didn't have to do with snow and horrible weather as well as a sinkhole. >> we are in fine shape out there. let's get you to the numbers across t area. 55 in gaithersburg. still 63 in manassas. 61 at the nation's capital. will cool down overnight with a light wind and overnight, bit chillier. this arctic air mass is, indeed a cold blast from canada. it will push eastward. the cold front will come through here on wednesday. it will be thursday and friday when we will feel the coldest effects of this air mass. we learn a lot about what to expect and the details on it in a new blog that alex liggitt just posted. check it out. weather will be perfect for veterans day. mid to upper 60's after a touch of morning fog. partly cloudy and very mild. the weather for the concert on the mall will be perfect, in the 50's tomorrow evening. on wednesday, in the 60's. turning colder and breezy on thursday, upper 40's. the could be a shower or snow shower early friday morning. and a cold weekend as well. back to you. had a bye week, but a controversy did not get i this week. >> even in the redskins bye week, there is plenty of drama for the but an overview saw during thekson interview yesterday, but what he did in that interview is making news today. it happens in locker rooms all the time. still, the media dissects but they think it means them and run with it. at seems to be the case with the deshawn jackson comments yesterday on the nfl pregame show. x deshawn jackson usually lets his play do the talking. >> he doesn't usually say a lot. in this case, jackson decided to speak out. oni wanted to let him know supporting them. >> jackson spoke to the team, an effort to get everybody united around robert griffin iii. deshawn first broke the news about his talk during fox's pregame show on sunday. saying this -- >> when he said that, you just pay attention, because what he has done for this league and when he has brought to this team -- i >> at the end of the day, robert is the quarterback. >> at the end of the day, that is the moral of the story. will have more on this coming up at 6:00. and how about the seahawks? about came out, the seahawks. before the game, look what he did yesterday. he said, not this time. i'm not coming back to the trainer. he got on the shoulders and heads of some fans. himself andnjoying the guy said, ok, let me pet that hock. don't have live mascots. he got this yesterday and had some fun with it. >> that's great. guess he liked the seats up there. >> that's funny. next, a man tried to kidnapped their daughter from their bedroom. >> rescued in the nick of time. parents stop an intruder from kidnapping a daughter from her bedroom. for the first time about the incident extensively to abc seven news. here are the dramatic details. >> we had a very close call. it is something we would never wish upon anyone. >> the family is still coming to grips with a terrifying attempted kidnapping. >> there was a man in my home and he took my five-year-old daughter. >> police say the 48-year-old man entered through an unlocked door at 4:30 a.m. friday morning, taking her daughter from the basement bedroom for september mother -- the basement bedroom. her mother just happened to wake up. >> i knew something was wrong. x he rushed outside and comic in front of the delusional suspect, who insisted he needed the girl because he was in trouble. said, really, i want to help you, but she's got to stay. >> and then he and -- he handed her over and was arrested just minutes later, found hiding out in a neighbor's basement. who might hear that story might be -- remember to be grateful for the things they have before they almost lose them. >> the man is now facing child kidnapping and burglary charges. >> tonight at 6:00, a former college student learns his punishment for making a deadly poison inside of a dorm room. and the department of veterans affairs is in for the biggest overhaul in its history. abc 7 news at 6:00 starts right now. from the abc seven broadcast center, this is abc seven news at 6:00 on your side. a former georgetown university student learns he said that for making the deadly poison ricin in his storm room. >> dana mills men received -- a received one year and one day and has already received credit for the time he's served. some say it is not severe enough. x some are surprised by this sentence of a year and a day. and because he's already been in jail for 7.5 months, subtract that, and then subtract time for good behavior. he could be in a halfway house in a couple of months. >> reaction from students here at georgetown. >> i hope he learned his lesson. manricin maker danielmilz told the packed courtroom he is sorry and will never break the law again. last year in his dorm room, he admits he made ricin. atting the entire building risk. he says, because he was suicidal. other status because he was angry with the former friend on facebook. all at the courthouse were supportive of him. >> i think he wanted that person to die. >> he was premed. both parents left the courtroom without comment. his grandfather -- >> we are very happy the judge recognized all of the factors, and