He captured this video and for a time, two f16 fighter jets had to find the blimp as it travelerred at 16,000 feet and ton manned aircraft start to drift lower. People staal started calling 911. Who wonder what the blimp is used for. Theyre use in iraq and afghanistan for surveillance. The heliumfilled blimp part of a 2. 7 billion project by the pentagon called the joint land attack Cruise Missile defense elevated net senting system or j. A. L. E. N. S. They didnt know whether they should shoot it down and has classified and sensitive material on board. It could be dangerous if it came down in an area populated by lots of people. Were learning the blimp started to deflate and came down on its own. Cbs news david martin said National Guard helicopters had to scramble to secure is crash site and all the technology on board. Its part of a pair and you can bet the other blimp is ground. No one was hurt as far as we know but there will be a huge investigation to how this could have possibly happened. Yeah. Yeah. Back to you guys. That doesnt sound cheap. Im glad they didnt have to shoot it down or anything else worse happen. Deb, thank you. More breaking news out of northeast d. C. Two children shot close to the intersection of building road and east capitol street. Mola, what do you know at this point . Reporter were trying to find out those childrens ages. Its unclear but they were shot at benning road and east they were taken to the east. Hospital. You see the investigation behind me. Shots were fired. Witness heard several shots and people screaming andering. Detectives have been focusing on this metro red bus parked about 50 feet from the intersection of we think road and east capitol. They have been constantly going on and off the bus. Its unclear when they were shot or if the bus has anything to do with the shooting. Metro Transit Police are on scene and could be an indication the bus is involved. Police said theres no lookout for a suspect but they have not confirmed whether an arrest has been made. Now, as a result of the Police Investigation going on, there is a threeblock stretch you see going north this way that is closed on east capitol street going up to 46th and northeast here. Live in northeast, moola leng his. Mola, thank you. A jury is deciding the fate of charles severance, accused of murdering three prominent alexandria residents. Peggy fox is covering the trial. The question is if the Mental Illness will be a consideration here. Reporter not in term of whether he did it. The jury is not allowed to consider an insanity defense because the defense didnt make that. Brian porter said all the evidence points to one person only, the defendant. Charles severance blamed the people of alexandria for the loss of his shot and sought revenge by shooting the three prominent city residents. He called the murders signature crimes with similarities too great to be coincidental. All three occur in the same neighborhood at the same time of day in the same way spelled out by severance in his manifesto for his crimes. Introduce murder into a safe, secure neighborhood. It shutters with horror. Do it again and again. Knock, talk, have, kill, exit. Murder wisdom, severance wrote. The missing well,. 22 caliber gun he had access to. Ammunition in his parents home matched the murders and the only once identified severance in court as gunman. The defense said the description of the man with the shorter is beard is not severance. Defense attorney megan thomas told the jury the commonwealth is jumping to done collusions with absolutely no forensic evidence linking severance. Everyone is suspicious of middleaged man with no place to call home. Severance was an easy target, she said. She said if the jury believed this is severances red ford escort with the same dent and sticker is driving near the home right after the murder, she said, its not a crime to be in the city of alexandria. The Commonwealth Attorney brian porter said after ledatos murder, people were terrified but after severance was arrested, the murders stopped and he said that is powerful evidence of guilt. The jury elected a foreman and will come in at 9 00 a. M. To start deliberates if they havent already started. In fairfax, peggy fox, wusa 9. Peg, thank you. They have a lot to go through. The jury will go over nearly four weeks of evidence, including the testimony of 100 witnesses and more than 2,000 pages of severances writings. If convict of any of the three murders, severance faces a maximum life sentence. The deputy in this video who violently removed a student from her desk in South Carolina has been fired. Now, the sheriff says the officer did have a right to put his hands on the girl, but in this case, the sheriff said deputy ben field went too far. Classmates said it started after the teacher repeatedly ask the student to put her phone away and one student who ask his face be concealed says other kids in the class tried to defuse the situation. She was even told by the students to just get up and leave when the administrator came in. A mother claims fields got into a struggle with her son, who live with autism, when he was just a freshman. She took photos after the altercation which show a torn shirt and marks on his arms and shoulders. The federal investigation in this most recent incident is still ongoing. New detail in a crime that ended with one suspect dead at the scene and another in jail. On monday morning, police said two 21yearolds attempt to rob a liquor store but got caught. One suspect ran. Police said she shot at the officers. Wusa 9s ellison barber with the latest. Good evening. Reporter adam, these are the charging documents for the suspect that Police Caught and arrested there. Theyre very detailed because police said there were surveillance camera inside of that liquor store. According to charging documents, mcmillan and mcallister walked into Morris Miller wine and liquor at 9 05 a. M. Police said Surveillance Video inside the store showed the couple wearing glove and facemask. One had a construction vest and carried a pistol. Once inside, mcmillan walk to a stock room while mcallister tried to lock the back door. But in the process, both were spotted by store employees. Documents say mcalter met mcmillan in the stock room and fled out a back door. Moments later, mcmillan left the store and police said she was seen tucking a pistol in her waistband. She reportedly ran out the front door and that is when the shooting began. The officers got here quickly and as they were entering the parking lot, the suspect was coming out armed and just opened fire on the officer. Reporter mcmillan shot at officers two different times. Quite deserving the suspect immediately engaged police. Mcmillan was 21 years old, arrested in maryland once in march 2014 for seconddegree assault. But other than that, her criminal record is seemingly nonexistent. Her aunt, Stephanie Chambers told the Washington Post she couldnt believe mcmcmillan had a gun and said its out of character. After police took mcallister into custody, they found a bike that was register to him and in the back seat, they found all of clothes that one suspect was wearing in that Surveillance Video. As for mcmillan this is tually the block where she lived. We spoke to a bunch of different neighbors. For the most part, they didnt seem to know her, but one person we spoke to did and was shocked to hear her neighbor had anything to do with this. Reporting live, ellison barber, wusa 9. A decision that proved fatal. Thank you. Mcallister was taken into custody a few blocks away from the crime scene. The first appearance in court yesterday. He was charged with attempted robbery while armed. A man charged with Second Degree murder in the death of his wife. Disturbing detail in this story. 41yearold jason martin used a dumbbell to kill 42yearold Carla Dee Martin in their home last night. A neighbor called 911, reported trouble from the home on glen ridge drive. Three children in the home didnt witness the violence and they are right now in the care of other family members. To campaign 2016 now, and democratic president ial candidate Bernie Sanders is just a couple of hours away from his town hall rally in fairfax. Its being held at George Mason University at the recreation and athletic complex. The doors open at 6 0. The event starts at 7 00. You must have a ticket. Garrett will be there and will take us there live at 6 00. The third republican president ial debate gets underway in a few hours. After falling to second in the polls, donald trump will try to reclaim that spot from dr. Ben carson in colorado. Analysts say jeb bush is under the most pressure to perform strongly. The cbs news poll also shows seven out of ten republican primary voters have yet to make up their mind. Congressman paul ryan is one step closer to becoming the next salespeople speaker of the house. House republicans nominated the Wisconsin Republican to the leadership position and the move came despite ryans decision he will vote for a budget for the white house. The full house is expected to announce him as speaker tomorrow. Were first just get started on wusa 9 news at 5 00. A condo for sale is generating a bigtime buzz tonight. Literally and figuratively. Whats in the closet that has people talking. Thats on the way at 5 30. Rick perry in d. C. For a very special cause topper is back with more on when to expect this rain to come to an end. Plus right after the break, new information on the deadly accident involving a car that plowed right into the front of a fairfax home. The Washington Post endorses democrat Jeremy Mcpike for state senate. Applauding mcpikes ideas about getting traffic moving. The post warns republican hal parrish holds rigid positions against Medicaid Expansion and commonsense gun safety. And parrish was the deciding vot to restrict Womens Health clinics in manassas, forcing women to go elsewhere for cancer screenings and birth control. Jeremyik mcp is the better choice. Im Jeremy Mcpike, candidate for state senate, and i sponsored this ad. Two men are dead after crashing into a home in the alexandria area of Fairfax County. Police said they were driving a stolen car when they lost control on beacon hill road and crashed around 8 00 last night. Surae chin joins us at the crash site with much more information than last night. Reporter thats right. It was quite a dramatic crash and the police are saying that the driver was speeding. He lost control. He is 28yearold Antonio Beatty and went through the trees, losing control and went through the fence and into the house. Oh, my god, call 911. Reporter a frantic call from a neighbor as she call watched a car plow through the yard into a neighbors house. Her fiance heard it, too. Boom. Reporter police said the driver and passenger died when they rounded the curve at beacon hill road, crossed schmidt way drive and crash into a metal fence before landing in the dining room of the corner house. No one was home. Beatty and the passenger died. He was a cool dude. Reporter he went by train. I was asking what happened. My sister was like, chuckie died. Yeah, thats sad. It is. Rest in peace, chuck. Reporter Fairfax County Police Believe speed was a factor. Residents are not surprised. Its a continuous problem, thats for sure. I wasnt shocked to hear anything and its you know, thank god nobody in the houses was affected. People coming down the hill too fast, simple as that. I have lived here since u78. Reporter signs are posted and lights warn drivers, although one of the flashing lights wasnt work. I dont necessarily think the corner itself is dangerous. I think the drivers and speed that people carry through it is dangerous. You cant really blame the corner. Reporter and this house has seen crashes before. Bdot will check on that light and make sure that the signage is appropriate. They also say there have been five crashes in the last five years. They mention that rumble strips are not ideal because its too loud for residents. They said a speed bump is also not an option because too many cars just come through, about 10,000 per day. Live in the alexandria area of Fairfax County, suffer surae chin. Police found a gun and some marijuana inside the car and are trying to see if drugs or alcohol were a factor in that crash. A royal salute today to wounded warriors. Prince harry was joined by First Lady Michelle Obama and dr. Jill biden for the launch of the invictus game. It brings wound Service Members to compete in a variety of events. Prince harry talking about the importance of the games to him. The Invictus Games seeks to change perceptions of physical and mental injury. One thing we have to talk about more is breaking down these barriers around socalled invisible injuries like post traumatic stress, just as we have for physical injuries like the loss of a limb. Prince harrys hillwind one day tour took him to the white house, followed by a reception at the British Embassy in northwest. Today is a yellow weather alert day. Now, heres wusa 9s first alert weather. I have been poring over data in the Weather Office and still kind of concerned about a line of shower and storms between 11 00 p. M. And about 2 00 a. M. From west to east so well show you on futurecast in a second. Live look outside on the weather cam. It looks cold it is gloomy but actually, its pretty darn warm. Its 70 downtown, dew point in the 60s and some light rain at national. Heavy rain at dulles. You can see the latest wave of rain and a few embedded thunderstorm from the southwest and pretty big activity in warrenton and west of town. Look at the Lightning Strike now just showing up around culpeper. The atmosphere is destabilizing a little bit and will not be a classic situation with big, tall thunderstorms and will get louttop thunderstorm that could produce heavy rain, hail and gusty wind. Heavy rain around chantilly and will be slow on 50 no matter what road you pick tonight. It will be a slow ride and with the leaves on ground son the roads, a little slippery, too. Going up 270, moderate rain from rock ford to germantown over to poolesville. Well zoom back out and track this one system toward middleton. 5 27. T headline goes like this. Thunderstorms until about 2 00 a. M. I still believe some could be heavy and a few could be severe. Bus stop temperature, 56 to 66, mild and try. Thats good news. Breezy and warm ahead of the next front. Were talking 70s. Cooler on friday but still nice. Were just going back to average temperatures, actually. So heres the futurecast. 10 00 tonight, scattered showers, temperatures still well in the 60s, bigger thunderstorms to the west, west of martins burg and west of i 81. Well stoll stop at midnight. Red line and storm up 95. Thats why were concerned about a late push of big storms. Then that will move through quickly. By dawn, well clear out and still mild, 59. At 6 00 a. M. In frederick, 59 in gaithersburg and rockville and bowie. Its pretty warm start. By 8 30, upper 50s to low 60s. You wont see the green blob. We could have a sprinkle west of i81 and thats it. Overall a good thursday. 63 at 70. 64 at 9 00. Average high is in the 60s. 59 by 1 00. I think many areas will be 70 by 1 00. Breezy and cooler on friday, 62. Again, still a nice day and great for halloween, 64 with sunshine. Next seven days. Going to move our clocks back one hour as we go from Daylight Saving time to standard time. The ravens game looks okay, near 70. A shower, just a slight, better chance on monday. Leftover shower tuesday. Still warm, too, tuesday and wednesday. Were back into the low 70s. Well take it. Topper, thank you. Dennis hastert pleading guilty in a hush money case. Illinois republican illegally withdrew 3. 5 million from Bank Accounts to conceal High School Student decades ago. As part of a plea deal, prosecutors recommend a sentence of up to six months. A judge will issue his decision february 29. Young athlete from our area joins the likes of malia obama and kylee jenner as most influential teens of 2014. Pretty remarkable. How kids can find the halloween house with the best candy. Plus amazons potential new plan to continue its retail dominance. Narrator for state senate, who shares our values . Jeremy mcpike supports school funding. Thinks women should make their own health care decisions. And favors background checks on all gun sales. Hal parrish . As mayor, he slashed education. Fought to block Womens Health clinics. Parrish gets an a from the gun lobby they oppose background checks to keep guns out of the hands of dangerous people. Virginia extreme or mainstream . Vote mcpike for virginia. Feinblatt everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund sponsored this ad. The kansas city royal and new york mets meet tonight in game 2 of the world series. It will be hard for us to match the drama from last nights recordsetting game. The royals won 54 in 14 innings. There was a power outage that knocked fox sports off the air for 23 minutes at the top of the show. Expect blame the [ indistinct ] sleepy heads who roll in to work today. 1 30 a. M. . Must have been quite a game. The job market had people a little more anxious in october. A Business Research group said Consumer Confidence index dropped to 97point 97 points down, 5 points down from the previous gain. Amazons want to get to in your closet, considering launching its own fashion line. It will use the Clothing Brand to fill gaps when certain designer brands will not sell its product on the Fashion Online retail site. Amazon hopes it will translate to higher profit experiencings. Target has a hightech way for ghost, ambiguous, and to be lynns to find the best candy, the treatster app to figure out which houses have the best stuff. You can download the app and mark the house with the best decoration and candy. A local teen joins the list of remarkable young people. Time magazine named bethesdas Katie Ledecki one of the 30 most influential teens of the year. The 18yearold olympic swimmer is call the next Michael Phelps and has three different world freestyle record. Super young woman deed. Also on the list, malia obama, jean schmidt, kylie jenner, and malala yousafzai. Well tell you what the buzz is about. A father rallies to get his children back in downtown d. C. And new details about the drug fest okay. So everyone is saying, hey you gotta get fios but why . Why fios . Well fios is a 100 percent fiber optic network, so you can get 100 out of all your devices. Whatever speed you need, fios has it. So if you need more streaming for more devices, fios gives you options with the Fastest Internet and wifi available from 50 to 500 mpbs. And were not just talking downloads. Were talking equal upload speeds, too. You can upload your favorite videos up to 5x faster than cable. Plus with the fios mobile app, you can view your entertainment at home, or on the go. But the main reason to get fios . Were rated number 1 in customer satisfaction. Why fios . Ultimately, thats why. Right now, get 50 meg fios internet, tv phone starting at 79. 99 a month, guaranteed for two years. Plus get 300 back. Last chance, offer ends november 7th. Get out of the past. Get fios. The Washington Post endorses democrat Jeremy Mcpike for state senate. Applauding mcpikes ideas about getting traffic moving. The post warns republican hal parrish holds rigid positions against Medicaid Expansion and commonsense gun safety. And parrish was the deciding vot to restrict Womens Health clinics in manassas, forcing women to go elsewhere for cancer screenings and birth control. Jeremyik mcp is the better choice. Im Jeremy Mcpike, candidate for state senate, and i sponsored this ad. We have some wind and storms this evening. I tell you what im concerned about more storms between 11 00 p. M. And midnight to about 2 00 a. M. If youre east of i95. Well take a look at doppler and you can see heavy activity beginning to stream up from the south and the west. Its pretty unstable atmosphere even though we had clouds all day. Upper 60s to around 70. Notice Lightning Strikes between warrenton outroute 7 heavy rain and out i66 as well. I want to point this out there are pretty good Lightning Strike and increased by two fold in the last 15 minutes or so. Well see more storms later tonight and will track those and let you know what that means our weekend and halloween. Thanks, top. New details about the drug theft by nurses at a prestigious d. C. Hospital. Six nurses are under investigation and two have had their licenses suspended by the d. C. Health department. Were talking about percoset and morphine derivative that have gone missing. Bruce leshan has been digging through the public records and joins us from outside the hospital. Reporter yeah, adam and leslie. Two of these nurses were an imminent danger to the health and safety of their patients. There are Staggering Number of Health Professionals who are high and abuse prescription drug, often at work. Neither of the suspended nurses were at home when we tried to talk to them in germantown and in silver spring. D. C. Health Department Investigators say Yvonne Coffman repeatedly took narcotics from an automated dispensing machine in the e. R. Hitting override 19 times to withdraw meds without a proper order, claiming 14 more types that medication were wasted and pulling drugs repeatedly after patients had already checked out. Investigators also dietered a missing lorazapan and other drugs. Diazepam and lorazapam was taken from a machine without a doctors order and twice withdrawing meds after the patient had left the e. R. One allegedly admit shed had resigned from walter reed while facing similar charges. She is addicted to painkillers and is taking fentanyl and morphine. I work impaired every day. Reporter a wideranging usa today investigation last year found an average of 103,000 doctors, nurses, and other Healthcare Professionals a year are abusing illicit drugs but that license suspensions are rare. Theyre asleep and having surgery and im thinking about when can i get some more narcotics . Reporter dr. Steven lloyd was taking is hundred pain pills a day. The risks every day were scary for me to think about. As i was with my patients. Reporter four other nurses remain under investigation. The hospital will only say that it has a zerotolerance policy for the inappropriate use of controlled substances by hospital lows. Bruce leshan, wusa 9. Thank you. The risk to patients very real. In denver, a patient contracted hepatitis after a tech injected himself with a syringe fill with fentanyl and then injected her. Right now, Maryland State Police are stepping up efforts to find the driver who hit and killed a marine and then took off. The combined reward is now up to 6,500 for information leading to the arrest of a driver. 21yearold Corporal William ferrell of North Carolina was killed on u. S. 15 on september 29. Ferrell had stopped to help a driver with car trouble during heavy rain when he was hit and killed by a pickup truck. He was stationed at camp david. An emotional plea from a father trying to get his kids pack. Baltimore county firefighter stan hunkavick led a march to the white house and state department. He has legal custody of his children, gabriel and anastasia, but the noncustodial mother took them to her home country. He is trying to get the state department to step in and help bring the kid home. I havent seen my children for over about four years now. I havent heard their voices in the last two years. Im their daddy. I love them and i have sole primary custody of my children. This is child abuse. Child abduction is human trafficking. The childrens mother is being fined 1,000 a day for violating the court order. A search for a new general manager. Just two candidates remain and the decision could come within days. In another development, metro announced its hired two consulting firms to conduct a toptobottom review of management and Financial Systems at the agency but those contracts come with a pricetag of 3 million. This is definitely causing a buzz in the newsroom. A brandnew condo in d. C. Just sold but get this one of the different amenities a grow closet. It will feature a buzz elsewhere as well. Marijuana is legal in d. C. Now. Stephanie ramirez got a tour of its got temperate control and everything . Reporter yes, it does, usually something you see cops busting in home but now, well, its a sign of the times. Its in the parkview neighborhood and since its near columbia heights, i went to 14th street to talk to people. First, their reactions are priceless. What . Wow. Really . Reporter yeah. I dont know what sty about that. Reporter with the camera a little tilted this man tumbled backward when i said it, but its true and its pink. I stage it with tomato plants. Reporter this is what Eric Hirshfield created. Its on the 500 block of kenyon street northwest. The new grow clothe equipped with an agevac unit, l. E. D. Lighting, drain, and water hookup. Did you smoke weed in high school and college . Of course. Reporter he laughed when i the pacific he would pat himself on the pack. I never thought in high school and college we would be growing it in house, let alone grow closets. Reporter he compares to it a dog washing station and looked at what he called a useless structure around the Time Initiative 71 passed. I thought of it and put in the house here like the wet bar of 2015. Reporter the use of marijuana may be legal in d. C. But the federal government still considers it an illegal substance. You cant fight that. Twotime Breast Cancer survivor for medical reasons i think its a very good thing. Send the wrong message to kids. I think its a gateway drug. I still dont understand. [ siren in the background ] its legal. Reporter more grow closes have been installed since initiative 71 was approved but this is the first of its kind. After the new owners, they complete to grow marijuana and may be growing tomato or basil. They do have owners already so people are hot on this already. Reporter theyre negotiating right now but is kind of off the market and two owners, i believe, are looking forward to having this grow closet. Gotcha. Stephanie, thank you. That developer followed city codes and theyre good to go for this amenity. 799,000. Whoa. Now to a muchneeded new shopping option for resident in a d. C. Neighborhood. Well tell you about that, and president ial candidate gets turn into a trumpdikin tr you probably cant workout like an nfl player. But now you can eat like one. 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She included sign that says trumpkin. Make pumpkins great again. The artist said she has been giving celebrities make over since 1998. Lenny dykstra had an admission. He admitted he hired private investigators to spy only piers, find their vices and use that information against them so he could draw more walks. Unbelievable. Dykstra elaborated, saying while he was up to bat, on heh would drop hints he knew something about the ump they did not want to make public. Thats extortion. These umps have to rise above. If you have something on them its over. A special offer to cat lover from uber. For folks who request it, adoptable kittens will be brought along from the washington humane society. The shelter sending the best and brightest pawliticiatn. See what we did there . They will deliver kittens to people who want cuddle time. 30 for a little kitten cuddle . Oh. The money benefits washington huma society. The youer kitten offer run from 11 00 a. M. To 3 00 tomorrow. That will be popular. They are cute. The burgundy and fold are 3 4 as they hit the bye week. What does the team think of their first n sevegames . Frank hanrahan goes inside the red zone to find out. After the break, that troubling video from inside a South Carolina classroom is raising questions about handling discipline problems. Were talking to a local expert next. To be fearless. Is not a gift. It is not a given. Fearless is a choice. One thats yours to make. Will you be bold . Will you be brave . You can. Because you have the power of a card. That opens doors in all fifty states. The one most accepted by top doctors and specialists. Carefirst blue cross blue shield. Live fearless. Visit us at carefirst. Com livefearless the video that caused a sheriffs deputy in South Carolina his job for allegedly abusing a student put in the spotlight over socalled School Resource officers. One of the expert in our region has something to say. He said School Resource officers are more important than ever but new way of training them, theyve got to be adopt. Scott scott broom who use to run the program for Montgomery County. Reporter were you as shocked as everyone else . From what i saw, that seemed to be an administrative violation. Reporter the executive director of the Maryland Center of School Safety said the apparent lesson from South Carolina is theres an fortunate line in schools between student conduct and actually breaking the law, a line that should not be crossed by police. That clearly is a School Administrative violation or code of conduct violation it may have been better suit in that particular situation with that School Principal or counselor came in, try to defuse the situation. Reporter ed clark said armed school police, socalled School Resource officers, most often members of a county or police force assigned to school, are here to stay. We know columbine completely changed the landscape. Reporter Prince Georges County officer was convict of striking a student at suitland high school, caught on tape. Police in other states have been recorded in conflicts like these, a takedown of a metal detector, and student removed from a bus. Officers have earned praises. In spotsylvania county, virginia, School Resource officers uncovered an apparent student mass shooting plot. Clark said School Resource policing a unique job that requires unique training. Were there to establish relationships with our students, to be a positive influence. Theres a lot of School Resource officer that will help teach government classes, Substance Abuse recognition. Theyre really there to understand what goes on in a Young Persons life and to be there keyword as a resource. Reporter School Resource officer in Montgomery County are the first to deploy body cameras in schools as part of a pilot program. Announcer today is a yellow weather alert day. Now, heres wusa 9s first alert weather. Well, again, the Silver Lining we talked about yesterday at least it was warm today. Were not done with showers and storm, though. Live look outside our live weather cam. Theres the kennedy center. Still 70. Light rain at national but heavy shower and heavier rain north and west of town. Here it is on first alert Doppler Radar over the last hour. Notice a couple things an increase in the color red or heavier rain and increased Lightning Strikes, meaning storms are more intense. If youre heading home tonight, you will have some rain. Heavy rain past shan tillty. Warrenton, lightning to the south and west. Pretty good rains on either side of 270, not quite as heavy as Loudoun County but good rain passenger mantown to clarksburg and before you get to frederick and laying on thesville and damascus. The rainfall fell an inch per hour. Well zoom further south and east. If youre going up 95 or through 50, you have rain, not as heavy in laurel or out toward bowie but a slow go towards annapolis and again, were still thinking big storms are possible until about 2 00 and. Some could be heavy. Some could be severe. Main threat gusty winds. Bus stop temperatures tomorrow, 56 to 66 and dry. Thats nice. Breezy and warmer tomorrow. Temperatures should make it into the lowtomid 70s. Behind the front, it will be breezy and much cooler on friday but still nice. Its late october and will be an average day temperaturewise by friday. 10 00 tonight, doesnt look too ominous. Scattered showers to the west of martins burg and west of i 81. It will advance look what happens around 12 00, 12 30 in the morning. See the solid line of red . Thats heavy activity up and down i95 from fredericksburg through d. C. Another batch just north of fredericksburg so this is why were not done with the yellow alert yet. It will clear out by dawn, though, and look how mild it is. 59 gaithersburg and olney, 58 manassas is fairfax. How nice is that . By 9 00, 61 gaithersburg and 63 in bowie with clear skies. A few clouds rolling through i 81 corridor. This second front rolls through. I dont see it producing a shower here it may eke out a sprinkle east of 81 and thats it. On the day planner, nice. Look at that, starting at 63. 67 by 11 00 and almost 70 by 1 00 p. M. Behind the front, yes, its a reality check but lot of sunshine. 62 on friday. Nice for halloween. Mid60s. I would say 50s if youre going to go trickortreating. High temps near 70. Check the batteries of your Smoke Detector and move clocks pack one hour. Showers on monday, maybe a leftover shower tuesday, nice and really nice next wednesday, low 70s. Now, wusa 9 game on tsspor with kristiners with it, brought to you by xfinity. The Washington Capitals unities at the Verizon Center for a big rivalry matchup against pittsburgh. The caps are riding a fivegame win streak, currently sitting at 61. We are live at the Verizon Center where in a couple of hours, things will rock. Both teams are coming off a lot of rest so expect them to bring the a game. Well have more later but first, lets switch gears to some football and the redskins enjoying their bye week at this midway part of the season and enjoying the time off. Frank hanrahan has a closer look at where they stand. [ cheers andla appuse ] reporter unofficial first half of the season is in the books for the redskins. Its been up. Its been down. Records show they are 34. Insidelocker room, whats the thought on the first half of the season . Its growing pains, you know. It came at the perfect time. Hopefully we get some guys back healthy, color ford, djack. I love to sigh what type of team we have at full strength. We need to get better in all areas, put a complete game together. Were probably yet to do that. Really want to take a good look at ourself and how to make our team better and eliminate any of the tendencies we may have and go from there. Last game was a great, you know, Perfect Timing because, you know, we can get through the situation and i think this team is really resilient and i think were a good team and we have a lot of potential to, you know, make a run for the playoffs. Reporter theres still a very long way to go, nine games left in the regular season. Of course, well commence at the bye week starting november 8 at the undefeatedfornow new england patriot who play tomorrow night on wusa 9 so we can do a scouting report on tom brady and company. Redskins will be back to practice on monday, getting ready know patriots. Inside the red zone at redskins park, frank hanrahan. Thanks so much, frank. Back out here live, not only a rivalry but the caps have gone purple. Find out later in sports. Kristin berset, wusa 9. K. B. , thank you. Theres a new republican president ial frontrunner and it is likely to spark fireworks at tonights third debate. Also ahead, Bernie Sanders looking to coect with College Students at a town hall meeting tonight in our area. How cameras could soon replace windows when it comes to airport control towers. My favorite. Bad news. The johnsonville factory burned down brian. Its terrible. Well if you cant serve tasty sausage why are we even a family . I may as well move out. Well, if thats what yo. Youre right. Ill stay. And tomorrow were goin that factory. Ill take dinner in my room, with chocolate milk. Make pasta tastier with johnsonville italian sausage. We dont make sausage. We make family. And sausage. Room free. 877241luna a firstofitskind experiment in this country is taking place in our back yard and this could really be a game changer for busy but smaller airports. Alex de metric has more on the control tower in virginia. Reporter big planes take big airport and big control towers to operate. But one doesnt have a control tower but has a room reconfigure look like one. The difference sin stead of looking out the window, theyre looking at the output of highdefinition cameras. Reporter a panoramic display of leesburg without millions it would cost to build a tower, built by saab. Controllers can sit in the Windowless Office and with radios and displays direct planes to take off. Only took a couple of months to put in. Reporter it was built off site and lowered by crane to the airport terminals roof. Dupely could be cats could allow controllers to bring plane in or take off remotely. Its being used in europe. Were remotely providing services to another airport 100 miles away. Reporter leesburg hosts over 115,000 takeoffs and landings a year. We think this control tower would benefit the efficiency of the airport, the safety of the airport, and it would make it more attractive to customer who can use the airport. Reporter it is up to pilot who control themselves. In bad, it can be a challenge. In bad weather, it can be a challenge. Several flights i had to hold over martins burg and wait for that guy to get down and call before i could be allowed in so this would be a biboom for us. Alex demetric reporting. Leesburg is a good testing area because its near one of the biggest air space the country. The naa monitoring safety and efficiency before giving go ahead at other airplanes. A new frontrunner will take center stage at the third republican president ial debate. Well golfer to boulder, colorado. Bernie sanders tries to court the college vote during a town hall meeting tonight at George Mason University. A runaway military blimp that broke away in maryland and flying on its own safely on the ground. Good evening. Im bruce johnson. Im jan jeffcoat. Shower and storms will stick around into tonight. Topper shutt is tracking them on first alert radar. It may stick around until 1 00 or 2 00 a. M. Heres the first alert doppler over the last hour. The activity is prince william, Loudoun County, into upper Montgomery County. The rainfall rate in the red, 1 inch per hour with lightning popping up around leesburg. These showers are becoming more intense and the atmosphere is becoming more unstable and will continue to do so until about 1 00, 2 00 in the afternoon. We have heavy rain through leesburg, warrenton. Pick a road or artery to make you leave town and you will have a slow commute home, no doubt. Hey market towards aldi, 50. Upperville, further north towards leesburg. In montgomery rain, frederick, rainfall rates an inch per hour and moderate rain, 301 and route 5. Well tell you what that means and have the weekend forecast. Thank you, top. The third republican president ial debate gets unde
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