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WJLA ABC7 News At 4 October 24, 2016

Toyota camry struck him. A young woman nearby saw it all. She was feet away waiting for her bus. She heard the revving of the engine and slamming of the brakes and saw something going up in the air. Moments later she ran to comfort another teenager who saw what had happened. I ran over to see if she was okay. She started saying he is dead, hes dead. Oh, my god. I was like what . That is i realized that wasnt a tire. That was a man. Richard now one thing to keep in mind. This crash happened just as the sun is coming up. There is no street lights, there is no crosswalk. Residents Say Something needs to change. Reporting live, richard reeve, abc7 news. Alison thank you. Today. The story about a gang rape was later retracted by rolling stone. Today the woman as the center of the article identified as jackie explained she was young and naive saying in a typed deposition she didnt know she could back out of the interview. Jonathan a virginia taxi drive pleaded guilty to help a friend join woodbridge arrested in january after a sting operation. Elhassan was driving his friend to the airport and did not know that the buddy discussed the support of isis with an informant. Elhassan faces another charge and could go to trial. Michelle Montgomery County police are trying to figure out how a woman ended up dead in a rockville auto mechanics parking lot. Someone spotted the body around 6 30 this morning. They called 911. Abc7s kevin lewis has the latest. Crazy to see her just laying there in the open like that. Kevin Yellow Police tape cordoned off the parking lot. At the shop along park lawn drive. Out back, someone spotted a womans dead body before sunrise. She was lying next to a snow this links it to the red line station and a number of bus stops. I woke up. Started taking pictures. Kevin evans woke up, looked over the balcony and snapped photos. She was laying there had her arms behind her head. Her shirt was raised up. Kevin he says Homeless People congregate in the wooded area from time to time. Liquor and wipe bottles are bottles are scattered about. They are investigating the body but havent said if someone killed her. Im curious. I have two young daughters and its important to know what happened. So far they have not released the victims name or age. Reporting in rockville, im kevin lewis, abc7 news. Michelle thank you. Just a week ago we were talking about record high temperatures in the forecast. But not anymore. Today could be the warmest day of the week. Abc7 chief meteorologist doug hill doug . Doug its looking that way. Part of the area hit 70 degrees this afternoon. Delightful. A cold front went through. We are left with a beautiful sky and a bit of a breeze. Temperatures starting to fall. Looking live at campus. In laurel. Heading to the evening hours its mid60s by 6 00 p. M. We start the drop further from there. 58 is the temperature at 8 00. Temperatures will be widespread above the 40degree mark. Most of the area brentwood neighborhood is 346. 42 in waldorf. Late tonight, out to the west, a frost advisory. Freeze warning south and west of that. The seasons are changing. We will look ahead to the next seven days coming up. Michelle thank you. In the race for the white house donald trump is trying to shore up the swing state of florida. Today he participated in a First Responders round table in st. Augustine before hosting a rally there. He will be on the move with another rally on floridas west coast tonight. Jonathan on the other side of the ticket, Hillary Clinton hit the campaign trail in the northeast. Today, she brought along rally in new hampshire. News over the weekend showed Hillary Clinton has 12point lead nationally over donald trump but there are a lot of polls out there and they range wildly. Alison we continue to track the pulse of the electorate, we are checking on the mood. We go to the eastern share of maryland which elected the only republican congressman from the free state. Maryland bureau chief brad bell brought vote track 2016 across the bay bridge. What are you finding there that elected that congressman andy harris. Its also the district that republican governor larry hogan thanked for helping to elect him. You see a lot of donald trump signs. But we did bring votetrak 2016 down to beautiful came ridge to find out what people beautiful cambridge to find out what people are thinking. What we are hearing is a diversity of opinion. Maryland Eastern Shore is a land of farm field and we speak to waterman working to get the boats ready to harvest oysters. They tell us they feel forgotten by the politicians. The governor was supposed to help the waterman out. Now he says his hands are tied and he cant do nothing. We put him in office to help us. We got no help. Vote for the best liars. Thats it. They are all lying. Brad in downtown cambridge, we meet a man woking home with i spent the last debate. They drone on instead of talk about the, is. Brad we continue to gather opinions and work on the story. When we come back at 5 00, we have more on the people in this area and what they say about the president ial election. How it affects them. In cambridge, brad bell, abc7 news. Alison thank you. Stay with abc7 and brad bell so tomorrow, brad will be headed right into d. C. So dont miss it. Michelle if you live in the district, you can vote right now at one judiciary square. Saturday, the line of voters stretched more than a block. That early voting location is open every day. From 8 30 in the morning until 7 00 at night. Polling places in all eight wards open on friday. Still ahead for us abc7 goes oneonone with Donald Trumps daughterin next two weeks. Jonathan this is insane. Coming up next, a wild ridealong. The moment this went from a learning experience to something a whole lot more dangerous. Alison holy cow have you heard about the tickets in chicago . Why you might have to sell michelle a programming note. Tonight on the sister station, newschannel8 and streaming live at wjla. Com, your voice, you future town hall. Opioid epidemic. Each year 47,000 people die from drug overdoses. Six in ten from opioids. Our town hall round table tonight at 7 00 on newschannel8 and on our [ roars ] [ up tempo music ] dinner may i be excused . Get the new xfinity tv app and for the First Time Ever stream live tv, watch on demand, shots fired. Jonathan that is actual footage of a car being chased and a shooting. But here is the crazy part. That was the moment the opening fire took place, but the officer who was chasing him actually had a civilian in his car. She was going on a ridealong. One of the things a lot of people do. She wa got caught up in a terrifying traffic stop and chase resulting in being shot at. Caught on camera. A traffic shop that at first appears mundane. The white mazda. North of howard. Jonathan dash cam video showing a civilian guest in the cruiser for a ridealong trying to pull over a mazda. Hes not stopping. Youre kidding me, right . Jonathan but the driver takes off and the offices chases the cruiser screams as the squad car is about to come under fire. He has a gun. Shots fired. Jonathan watch. Just as they turn the corner you can see the gunfire. In all, someone from the passenger side shoots a dozen times. Three of the bullets hitting and disabling the police cruiser, forcing the officer to end the pursuit. The Police Department sharing the picture of the patrol car windows shattered. This is car the suspect abandoned before taking off. The police like many others across the country take people out to show how police work works and say the outcome could have been worse. 14 rounds, two through the window, one into the right rear tire. Incredibly lucky. We had a round that went in a residence and bedroom and ended up in a pile of clothes. Jonathan the officer wasnt injured as all. She suffered minor cuts from broken glass. Alison unbelievable. Well, the next story here will warm your heart. The mother of the now separated conjoined twins holding her 13monthold son jayden. She called this the most profound moment of her life. The first time she got to be with him alone. The breathing tube now removed. Anias is recovering slower but that was expected and doctors do say he is amazing. Jonathan well, lawmakers now are blasting the pentagon for forcing thousands of National Guardsman to repair improperly paid reenlistment bonuses from a decade ago. They were paid to 10,000 guardsman from california to reenlist in the wars in iraq and afghanistan. However, the amounts were later deemed excessive. Some Service Members say they had to refinance the home to Kevin Mccarthy calls the demands disgraceful. Eric smith has a look at the ride home for us. It looks busy out there. That looks like a wreck. You got it, jonathan. This is i66 eastbound looking at a crash before route 28 to centreville. The good news here is this was shut down a few moments ago. They did get some cars moved out of the way. This is one lane that is still affected by the crash scene. It will pull back a little bit near the overpass near county parkway. That is heavy to centreville. We expect solid delays. At the capital beltway you will see a ton of directions near river road to the 270 spur. Both directions are slow between this area and jorntown pike across the legion bridge. That is a tough stretch. The inner loop at connecticut avenue is not as bad. You will see volume. Starting 355 heading to georgia avenue. Beltway delays for both directions near the region bridge and the 270 spur. That is a tough ride. 270, not too bad today. You may see northbound volume as you head to clarksburg. That is all from news desk right now. Back to you. Michelle thank you. New pictures from the nasa cassini spacecraft peering into saturn and getting a view of the planet. It appears to be changing from blue to golden in the north 2012. The rearmingers are trying to figure out what researchers are trying to figure out what is causing this. It could be the saturn seasons. Their summer solstice is next may. Doug if it turns blue to gold, the trees are changing. Alison the fall foliage. Jonathan if they have fall foliage on saturn we would have led this newscast with that. Doug i dont think there is much of anything on saturn. Cold tonight . Doug interstate 81 and portions west have frost and freeze warnings. Freeze watch north of the marylandpennsylvania line. Seasons are changing. Its not uncommon to throw to a couple of 70 days like today. Less common to go back to the 80s like last week. We keep an eye on things but cooler is the watch word. We start with a beautiful image. Grazing in the pasture. Beti we enjoy that. In the competition along with this one sent to us. This is another beautiful view. Keep them coming. Send them to burst. Com wjla. This is week three. Week three. Of our fall foliage contest. Thursday evening the Storm Watch Weather Team will pick a winner and friday morning it from the weather center. Fall is in the air. Most of the area is moderate color. Not peak or high color but we are getting there. Highest ridges along 81 and the highest out west are at peak color. It is coming on strongly. The next week to ten days we will see peak color around the metro area. 39 to 45 overnight. The winds are gusty today. We start numbers. 45 to 43 for an average. Mostly sunny skies. Northwesterly winds are 10 to 15. The winds are lighter on wednesday. Partly cloudy and 56 degrees. The average high is 66. We have rain chances and another frontal system on thursday. We will clear out on friday. Right now saturday, 40 chance of showers in the area of low pressure may get close enough but not a terrible day. And on monday. What is that . Ohhh jackolantern. Halloween jonathan dont forget to wear your costume. Doug im wearing it already. As good as it gets. Alison nice ensemble. I like it. Michelle i know you have been waiting for this update. Dorothys ruby slippers are safe. Jonathan on the edge of the seat michelle they raised money to preserve the 80yearold prop. They thought it would take a month but it took less than a peek. You can see the slippers made famous at the wizard of oz at the National Museum of american history. That didnt take long. Alison no. Amazing. Michelle a week jonathan that is a big draw. I still cant get over the fact it costs 300k to get it done. Really . Cmon alison it shows how much the my 3yearold loves it. She has slippers. Doug 1,000 years from now when they are well preserved the archaeologists will see it and say what are the people like back then . They worship shoes. Jonathan a lot of people already do. Doug im married to one. Jonathan we, moo. Coming up next at abc7 news at 4 00. First, the indians who clinched it. Then the cubs. World series matchup is all set. Good luck getting have you havent heard this, holy cow. The ticket prices cost you an arm and a leg. In fact, thats not enough. Its just for standing room. Wait to see how much it costs to sit down to watch the game. Michelle two Animal Rescues in d. C. Combining the efforts to work together. How they hope to find forever homes for the animals that dont have one. Northern virginia, on the issues, Barbara Comstock and donald trump are the same. Comstock and trump promote deportation and reject any comprehensive Immigration Reform. Both oppose background checks that keep guns from suspected terrorists. And comstocktrump were prepared to shut down the government just for politics. Time for Luann Bennett comprehensive Immigration Reform now. Common sense gun safety laws. Bennett tells congress and i approve this message. Jonathan well, i dont know if you heard by now but the chicago cubs are in the world series. They havent won the title. I think when you carry the 4, its been 4,000 years. A long time. Alison basically. We want to hear what you think about this. This is the subject of the megaphone question. The specific question now that basically anything is possible because the cubs made the world series, what do you want area . Think about it. Michelle all right. Now to getting a ticket. If you are one of the lucky ones. It seems that people are willing to do anything to watch the world series in person. Others will do anything to make a buck off of it. Lindsey mastis, tickets are quite high. We are talking tens of thousands of dollars . This is crazy lindsey absolutely. They are going for nearly 4,000 on average according to ticket i. Q. Look at thi a lot of people in social media, they are monitoring prices as well. We have 80,000 here. 25,000. That is not all. Here is a different one. This says game seven price high to low. 950,000. That is a piece. I hope that is not real. But look at this. This is a tweet from espn reporter darren rovell. 98,000. That is how much a fan paid to game seven. Now other people are complaining. This person says anybody who bought eight standing room only tickets at 100 for the world series and is flipping them for 800, youre the worst. You can also try to win tickets. I have seen a lot of contests as well. Other people are, of course, asking well anyone give me tickets. Look at this. Make sure that the contests are real. This is one by the mlb. They are offering tickets i this fan app sweepstakes. So, if you try to win tickets make sure they are real. Michelle that would be a double whammy. Alison minor detail. Jonathan thanks. I was hearing someone say they would be okay paying 50,000 for four tickets to the cub. No, no. Not for four. Thats for two. Michelle ill watch from my home. Comfortable. I can press pause. Jonathan ahead at 4 00, a bus crash. This is horrible. Well have more coming up. Mike im microenterprise Management Group with im mike cartercanine with a look at the merger of the humane society. We have the long process coming up. The trial begins for a man accused of stabbing his wife to death. With the couples Young Children nearby. Im Jeff Goldberg. Coming up where things in the case and where it goes next. Alison coming up at new at 5 00, pastor and his wife accused of fraud. Where prosecutors say they spent more than 1 million meant for missions work. We tell you where the Girl Scout Cookies are available for a breakfast food. Fios is not cable. Were wired differently. We guarantee to make switching easier. Well show up on time. Youre right on time. As promised, to install fios and set up the wifi that janet, jamie, jenny, jemma and jasmine need on their birthday. Thank you. For all their new devices. You cant break me. You want a piece of cake . Switching to fios is easier than ever. This is your last chance to get 100meg internet, plus tv and phone for just 69. 99 per month online. Hurry, our best offer ever ends soon. Announcer youre watching abc7 news at 4 00. On your side. Jonathan today is day one of the bonnie black murder trial. Michelle abc7 cameras were there as her husband walked away from the crime scene as he is now about to go on trial for her murder. Jonathan Northern Virginia bureau chief Jeff Goldberg takes us through a bizarre case even before anyone takes the stand. The brutal stabbing death of his estranged wife. 42yearold bonnie black. In april 2015, bonnie was found murdered in the bedroom at her home in south arlington after the neighbor discovered the couples two Young Children wandering outside the house. After repeatedly searching for evidence Arlington Police focused their attention on david black who lived a few blocks away. They were going through a difficult divorce and court papers revealed a history o protective orders. Bopny black a psychologist who worked with the f. B. I. Expressed concern for her own safety. Six months after the killing david black was arrested and charged with firstdegree murder. He remained in jail ever since. Jury selection took up most of the day today. The prosecution is set to begin calling witnesses tomorrow including members of bonnie blacks family. The trial is set to last two michelle a quick update here. In the fast but minutes a jury has been seated and Opening Statements are starting. Jonathan in vermont, snow over the weekend is being welcomed. Take a look at this. This is bolton

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