Leon new warnings about the west nile virus. And gunfire in d. C. , next. 11 00 come 7 news at on your side. Leon 11 candidates, one stage, three hours. Tonight, tackling immigration, the economy, and a refugee crisis. Leon just a few of the issues at the debate tonight in california. Alison brad bell us live with a look at the highlights. A lot of exciting moments packed into the last three hours. Absolutely, a lot of singers, a lot of barbs. This was a highenergy debate. Perhaps it is because there are so many candidates, the stakes are so high, or perhaps because of the beautiful setting at the reagan library. 11 candidates trying to score points with voters tonight. Dealing with the elephant in the room, donald trump, the surprise front runner in the race. It seems as though all of the question somehow came back to trump, and he was his usual self tonight, an example this exchange between trump and senator rand paul. Rand paul should not even be on the stage. He is number 11,1 in the poll. Rand is visceral response to attack people, because of their appearance, that happened in junior high. Are we not way above that . Mr. Trump i never attacked him on his looks, and believe me, there is plenty of subject matter. Talking about of looks came up again. He made the comment to Rolling Stone magazine that people would not vote for Carly Fiorina because of her face. She fired back. Fiorina he said he heard mr. Bush clearly what he said. I think women all over the country heard what mr. Trump said. Has aump i think she beautiful face and she is a beautiful woman. Brad Carly Fiorina got a huge crowd of applause. Trump seem to fumble a little bit with his response. Very highstakes tonight. Make or breaks a opportunity for candidates to win over voters and continue to have the confidence of those would donate to their campaign. The first vote will not be cast for about five months, but this could be a turning point tonight. Brad bell, abc 7 news. Alison brad, thank you. The next debate will be for the other side. Cnn will host the Democratic Candidates october 13 in nevada. Stay with abc seven as we cover the crowd at race for the white house. Leon the police are the scene of a shooting in northeast washington, the victim found unconscious in the 4200 block of east capitol street. Roz plater has a look at the investigation happening now. What have you learned . Leon, investigators are still on the scene. The crime scene in the parking lot of this apartment complex, not far from the intersection of east capitol street and benning road. This is video from a little while ago. What we know is off camera a neighbor said they heard multiple shots at about 8 30. The police say there was a male victim. We do not know the age, but a male victim was not conscious, thebreathing, taken to hospital. We do not have an update of his status. They called in a homicide investigators, who were on the scene collecting evidence. They seemed to have been focusing on a car a little down the hill in the parking lot, collecting most of the evidence there. We dont know what started this, how many were involved. We dont know of there is a lookout or a description of suspects. The police are still on the scene, collecting evidence in the shooting. Andlater shooting in d. C. , as we get more information during the course of the newscast or over the next few minutes, we will bring them to you. Live in northeast d. C. , roz plater, abc 7 news. Alison this year, there has been a 41 spike in d. C. Homicides, prompting a public hearing tonight. The d. C. Mayor has a plan that includes 23 million of Public Safety projects, but the parents that may beon say missing the mark. Their daughter was the 27yearold journalist gunned down at a bus stop in may. This is not a Public Health issue, as i know most people would like it. Its a sexy term, but crime is not an unemployment issue. Crime is an issue of human beings. Death remainss unsolved, but the police say they are making progress closing cases. Metro Transit Police have arrested bijon brown, a person of interest on a metro bus shooting. Woman lost hery life to west nile virus in maryland, prompting new warnings. Richard reeve has the alarming uptick in the virus in the region. Richard . Rate forleon, heart the family. Heartbreak for the family. The doctor said their mother had died from west nile virus, yet to be confirmed by the state health department, but still a horrible time. Dorothy loved her home, her garden, and her family. She was happy and in good spirits, looked great. Dorothy september 4, mount, was 94, began feeling ill. Four days later she died. She is the second or third west nile virus fatality in maryland this year. Its a tragedy. Richard this family lived just a few doors away. I have three kids, so its a concern. Our neighbor was elderly, of course. Richard they believe that an theired mosquito bit mother either in laurel or in baltimore, but they dont know when. This Emergency Services director has known mount more than 30 years. He said this years weather has affected the mosquito population and the viruses they carry. It has been extremely wet, which harbors breeding grounds for mosquitoes. In a couple days, it all changed. She went downhill fast. Case is veryts rare. Only one of 150 cases show severe sentence like palaces. 80 of cases showed no symptoms at all. Sadly for the family, this was the worst outcome. Richard reeve, abc 7 news. Alison 7 on your side with other health news a popular restaurant, the fig and olive restaurant in d. C. Reopen tonight after a salmonella outbreak. There are a confirmed cases at this time. D. C. Health Officials Say as many as 150 people reported feeling sick after eating there. The exact source of the outbreak has not been traced. Leon Glen Burnie Police are investigating two sexual assaults they believe are related. First happened in july, the most recent on september 11. In both cases, the two women were approached by a black male riding a bicycle on crain highway. He had a sharp weapon. If you have information, the Police Wanted with you. Alison improving the commute is the goal of a new system on i66 , and today it rolled out. Did it work . Tom roussey has what drivers are saying. Seem to be, things positive for drivers who were there for the first rushhour with the new system. Drivers say they notice some changes from the District Line all the way out to route 29 in gainesville. That said, you will see the most changes in the 13 miles immediately outside the beltway, near centerville. You noticed a difference . Absolutely. Think thatuld not you could judge the system the first night, but drew smith noticed a change. I felt like the traffic at the merge was moving smoother. Noticed big things they was the shoulder lane was open to traffic headed into town during the evening rush hour. Until now, that did not happen. It was always closed at 4 00. Opening instead of just the shoulder plane inbound in the morning and outbound in the early evening, vdot says the shoulder could be open at any time if conditions warrant. Thats a good idea . I think its a great idea. Change, newer big signs between at least rate and route 29 in centerville. Tonight, giving speed limits and hov info, they are supposed to tell you when to merge if there is an accident. Traffic did not magically disappear with the new signs, probably as they will help. Its hard to tell if they made a big difference or not. Im looking forward to seeing what happens. Tom tom roussey, abc 7 news. Leon still ahead a familiar face on capital. Jon stewart lobbying for congress to take action quickly. And catching a ride to the airport is about to get more convenient, but more expensive. Steve im steve rudin. If you thought it was warm this afternoon, wait until tomorrow. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] leon a homemade clock put this in handcuffs, the 14 euros accused of having a fake bomb. Turns out he was just showing off a digital clock he had read over the weekend. The charges have been dropped, but civil rights activist are questioning his treatment. His fathers meeting with the school to discuss his threeday suspension. And a show of support, president obama has invited the team to visit him at the white house. Alison a famous comedian on capitol hill to lobby about a serious issue, joh jon stewart was on the hill to promote health care extension for firefighters who worked on 9 11. The bill expires next month. Jon im embarrassed. Im embarrassed for our country. Im embarrassed for new york. Whoembarrassed that you have been serving so selflessly, with heroism, have to come down here and convince people to do whats right for the illnesses and difficulty you suffered because of your heroism and because of your selflessness. Alison thousands have been diagnosed with cancer, asthma, ptsd, and intestinal problems because of exposure to chemicals at the World Trade Center site. Median aerent iq different comedian apologizing for lying about 9 11. He has admitted that he lied about escaping the twin towers during the 9 11 attacks. Turns out he was in midtown that day. He says he is ashamed of what he said as an immature young man it is asking for forgiveness. Alison in just one week, pope francis will be in america, arriving at Andrews Air Force base tuesday afternoon. He will stay on massachusetts avenue. The big events start wednesday morning with the welcoming ceremony at the white house. Among the historic stops, a firstever address to congress. We are counting down to his arrival. Our coverage begins with the airplane touching down at joint base andrews tuesday. And news channel eight will have more than 40 hours of coverage of the and america. You can also follow his journey online at wjla. Com. Leon maybe he will go to bens chili bowl. That would be cool. You may soon be up to use uber and lyft at local airports, but it will cost more. The Airport Authority said they can operate at Reagan National and dulles international, but there will be charges tacked on. The first is a one time 5000 other fee, the second is a surcharge for pickups and dropoffs. That will be passed on to customers. The new moves begin november 1. Are flying out of town right now its not get away from the weather. It is beautiful. Up a little heating bit, and tomorrow we do it again. I have concerns tuesday and wednesday of next week. Of course, the big visit by the pope, we could have showers. We need the rain, we will see what happens. Degrees at Reagan National, comfortable. Color off to the north and west. We hit 80 five degrees earlier in the day. The average this time of year is back in 1991. 96 44 in 1902. If your allergies are still bothering you, ragweed could be the culprit, still in the moderate range, same with mold. I think the grass season will be done with as far as the pollen. The temperatures, 61 winchester, 59 frederick. 66 hagerstown. The closer to the bay, still in the upper 60s. No matter where you are up and down the coast, it is beautiful, including in land and across the midwest, mid 60s. The stable air mass overhead makes for the High Pressure that will dominate the Weather Forecast not only tomorrow but into friday and most of the day saturday. Front, a dry cold front will through late saturday night. The satellite radar, a disturbance well to the south. We stay dry across the midatlantic. Even though we may have light clouds across southern maryland, not going to amount a lot. We may have a little rain tuesday and wednesday, depending on how quickly the cold front moves off to the south. If it is too far south, the chances of rain diminish. Most of the d. C. Metro under yellow, which is abnormal this time of year, about 25 inches below where we should be. About 2. 5 inches below where we should be. Tomorrow, in the 60s. No clouds, the temperature near 81 degrees. Into theafternoon, drive time home, may have some passing clouds. 85 to 86 degrees. The air quality, code orange tomorrow, including the district, as georges county, all of southern maryland. Take it easy out there. We have a code orange airquality tomorrow afternoon. The high temperatures, middle 80s tomorrow, a little warmer as we look at the seven day outlook friday. 87 saturday. The redskins game sunday, we have the dry cold front that will move through with extra clouds. Lower 80s. By monday, upper 70s. Tuesday and wednesday, timing is everything, leon, 30 chance of showers. That means a 70 chance we have no rain. The important visit, we have to do our best. Alison thank you. Erin speaking of the bright side, the nats are when it again, all thanks in part to jayson werth. And now the toyota sports desk, brought to you by your local toyota dealers. Erin just one without the nationals might be out of it, they start winning again. They had a nice contribution from jayson werth, hello, philly. He had to home runs tonight, four in the series. Another guy who enjoyed the series, bryce harper, two run shot in the seventh. That was his 40th homer of the season. Leon fist pumping, the nats win big. As the nationals are winning, the mets have dropped two straight to the marlins. Martin prado gets his 800 the season. The mets lose to miami 60, which means the nationals are 7. 5 games back. The Boston Red Sox on fire against the orioles. With his second homer of the night as the red sox beat the orioles 101. The redskins were back on the practice field, gearing up for the rams at home sunday. They want to work on special teams after giving up a 69 yard punt return for a touchdown to the dolphins last week. Think gets more difficult this week as the rams have a guy twod austin scored touchdowns against the seahawks last weekend, including a touchdown all the way to the house. Coach gruden we have to do better in all phases. He took one back last week. He is a dangerous there, both as a returner and receiver and running back. Meantime, the wizards and mystics will have a new stateoftheart facility in southeast washington. Ted leonsis and mayor bowser unveiled plans for a practice facility and 5000 seat arena for the mystics, who currently play home games at the verizon center. It will be a nice facility for them to call home in the fall of 2018. A few more years for that. Leon coming up, finding unique ways to commemorate the historic visit from the pope. Leon fireworks at the gop debate in california is the top turning story. Also, making your commute easier on 166. In sight for several days, so says steve. Alison and we believe him. We know that lots of people are excited to welcome the pope, but some are taking this to a new level. In philadelphia, a priest spent making this replica of the vatican from legos. And this delivery box has a message to the pontiff. Leon dont get them confused. Leon final look at the forecast . Steve tomorrow, 86 degrees the friday high, upper 80s and saturday, a chance of showers tuesday and wednesday, 30 chance. Tomorrow will be run, sunny, right, and beautiful. Erin just like the conversation. Leon glad i kept it clean this time. That is it for us tonight. Jimmy kimmel live is next. Alison have a good night. And now Abcs Jimmy Kimmel live dicky from hollywood its Jimmy Kimmel Live tonight, Tobey Maguire dale earnhardt, jr. And music from kip moore with cleto and the cletones. 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