Childrens hospital arrived with baby transport similar to what we saw last time. The hospital said it was closing the nicu unit and transferring about five babies after two of them tested positive for the bacteria. Childrens medical team left here after about an hour. Presumably with those infants. The unit here again was closed from august until october and just reopened, as we said i think october 4. Now her they are closing down again. So that is the situation here. Well have more on this story coming up for you on abc7 news at 5 00. Reporting live from prince georges county, im sam ford, abc7 news. Michelle sam, thank you. A disturbing find now. A 3yearold boy brought a loaded gun to school in his back pack. It happened at the motoun Elementary School in southeast washington. A Security Guard found the gun while going through the kids backpack. Arrest. He faces various charges including child endangerment and carrying an unlicensed gun. Bring in our reporter q mccray. What is child and Family Services saying about this . Q i gave them a call this morning. According to them, when an incident like this rather, in incidents like this, they work with the police department. They team up. When they found out about the discovery that happened here yesterday they went to the house and discovered the little boy has siblings. After a thorough check of the home they deemed the house safe, which means that the little boy and his siblings will not be taken away from their guardian. Michelle reporting live for us in southeast washington. Thank you, q. Alison also today police are hoping newly leased Surveillance Video will help responsible for hitting up 13 different businesses. The most recent one took place at a dry cleaner in burtonsville. No one has been hurt but they believe the suspect is likely to strike again. A reminder, 7 on your side fighting back against crime. Giving you control to see exactly where crime is happening in the neighborhood through the spot crime map. Its on wjla. Com under the 7 jonathan we are days away from turning the clocks back and tomorrow we could see near record heat. Maybe a chance for storms as well. Stormwatch7 chief meteorologist doug hill has the forecast for us. You have a mix of everything in the forecast. Doug you summed it up. Its crazy this time of year. Here is the deal tonight. We come down out of the 70 to the 60s. A mild night. Steady drop of temperatures in the 50s. We wake up tomorrow we are in the upper 50s. So the wakeup temperatures are we will be near 80 for a high tomorrow afternoon. Then comes the afternoon hours. 2 00, 3 00, 4 00 in that time frame we expect scattered showers and thunderstorms to approach with a cold front. Then we will get right back on track on friday with windy and chilly weather and it will feel more like november. We have weekend details in a couple of minutes here. Michelle thank you. Happening now, jury deliberations in the defamation lawsuit against a retracted article about a rape at the university of virginia. Jurors are deciding whether the statements in the article defame University Administrator nicole eramo. Eramo says the magazine portrayed her as a villain who discouraged the woman identified only as jackie from reporting her alleged gang rape to police. If they rule in her favor, they will then consider how much money she deserves in damages. In another big case, lawyers in the criminal case against embattled comedian bill cosby. He is accused of Sexual Assault in pennsylvania. The only criminal case he faces after several women came forward saying he drugged them to have sex. Today cosbys lawyers argued he can no longer see well enough to identify the accusers and his memory problems affect his ability to defend himself. Jonathan updating the deadly bus crash that happened yesterday in baltimore. In all six people were killed. School bus slammed into a city bus. The accident happened on the southwest side of the city. No kids were on the school bus at the time. But today we are learning about the people who lost their lives in this crash. Richard reeve has that story for us. Rich . Richard yeah, this is a place of so much emotion. Im actually standing where the crash happened. Behind me now you can see a growing memorial. Bill is going to walk over here. You can see some of the lost their lives. We have some balloons over here that people have left for those who were killed. Take a look at this crash video. We have shown it to you before. But it is just so sad and tragic. There were six people who died at this scene. Among them glenn r. Chappell. He was 67 years old. He was the driver of that Yellow School bus. Then there was ebonee danell baker. She was 33 years old. She was the driver of the m. T. A. Bus. She had been with the agency proud of what she was doing. There were others as well. Passengers on the m. T. A. Bus. Cherry denise yarborough, 51 years old. Terance lee casey, 52 years old. Gerald holloway, 51 years old. A 46yearold female who has not been named by authorities. A lot of the folks working folks, just heading off to work trying to support their families. Now authorities trying to we want to get answers for the family members of the six people that died and we want answers to know what has happened in this situation and ensure Something Like this never happens again. Richard so they are looking for details. Among the things they do know is they have video on that m. T. A. Bus. There was nothing on the yellow bus but there was video cameras on the m. T. A. Bus. They are also looking at some interviews with people who were there. And they are trying to see if there was a medical issue, something in his background. Now coming up tonight at 5 00, we will hear very emotional interviews from people who knew some of those who passed away in this terrible crash. Live in baltimore, richard reeve, abc7 news. Alison terrible, indeed, rich. Thank you. Now we move to breaking news that is happening right now in Anne Arundel County where we have gotten some reports of a boat fire. This is at tracys landing. We understand the fire is out firefighters and crews there on the water in that area surrounding the boat and the landing. No reports of any injuries but we are working to gather more information on the boat fire in Anne Arundel County. As soon as we have information, we will get that to you. But first lets turn to the election and the race for the white house. Both donald trump and Hillary Clinton are hitting as many stops as possible in those key battleground states. They are also relying on their key surrogate. Today president obama visited to campaign for Hillary Clinton. Clinton is heading west with rallies tonight in las vegas, nevada, and tempe, arizona. Michelle meanwhile, donald trump is spending the day in florida. This is a live look at donald trump speaking now to the crowd there. Earlier he was in miami. Right now he is in orlando. Some political analysts are predicting floridas i4 corridor could again be a deciding factor in this erection. He will be on the move after evening. Jonathan virginia is usually a swing state. As the race tightens we are taking the pulse of the community with our roving votetrak 2016 hummer. Lets go to brad bell in alexandria because brad is the one who has been getting an earful this election season. Hey, brad. Brad hey there. Yeah, you know, we are giving the odometer a rest. We have parked the votetrak 2016 hummer in alexandria. Not surprised to hear the new polls showing that the race is sensing basically an even split. We went to a local eatery that is an institution here. And we did get that earful, jonathan. When the royal restaurant opened in alexandria in 13904, republican roosevelt beat parker in the election. The today we ask about the the f. B. I. Has a responsibility to go ahead with their investigation. What they find we dont know but were waiting to see. Im viewing it as more of a political tactic. Brad then when we set up the votetrak 2016 soapbox on the streets of old town, people talk about claims of voter fraud or intimidation. There is just so much stuff going on in this election i never heard in any other el ever remember. Brad we are still working out here and talking to folks. When we come back at 5 00, more on what folks are saying about the f. B. I. An the clinton emails. In alexandria, brad bell, abc7 news. Jonathan thanks. You can follow votetraks journey for election day. He will be back tomorrow in georgetown with live reports throughout the afternoon and the everything. Coming up next at 4 00, the note that will get a lot of also this i lose everything. Alison also, how the victims of the Silver Spring apartment explosion are doing nearly three months later and the startling allegations leveled against those handling the investigation. The father of the victim of a potential hate crime in georgetown halloween night [ 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, jonathan it was a horrific explosion nearly three months ago at Silver Spring. Alison thats right. Seven people were killed at the Flower Branch apartments. Dozens of residents forced from their homes, losing everything. Jonathan now survivors are suing. Abc7s kevin lewis has the stories. Thank you for joining us. Kevin survivors of the deadly Flower Branch apartment explosion gathered before a throng of news cameras to declare they have filed Washington Gas and kay management. One, a personal injury and wrongful death case. The other a class action suit. Combined they cover more than 75 households. We are asking for justice. We are asking for substantial damages. We are asking for safety reforms. Kevin attorneys from two prestigious d. C. Law firms say on july 25, a resident reported the smell of gas. Seven dead. More than 30 injured. They have delayed and danced around our demands long enough. The victims and the families are tired of waiting. My apartment lost everything. This man, an ethiopian native, was working his overnight shift at 7eleven the night of the explosion. He joined the suit along with this young woman hurt in the blast. All my property damaged. Everything. Yes, we can. Told us it cant talk because of the pending ntsb investigation. As for kay management, it asserts its apartments are well prepared and cleaned. Reporting in northwest, im kevin lewis, abc7 news. Michelle only on abc7 tonight, the halloween night rash of robberies in d. C. Now the father of one victim comes forward saying this is the group that targeted his family. Stephen tschida has the story stephen cell phone video of a brow brutal assault of 20 to 30 teenagers. The victim lay on the ground enduring blow after blow, the teens who stole his laptop are seen in the video smashing it on the pavement. The father of the victim says his son was walking from Georgetown University library 10 30 at night and heard the Group Approach from behind. The attack commenced, which included him in the face, fractured nose. He had fractured rib. Stephen the victims father flew across the country when he heard his son had been assaulted. I believe there were some slurs. Stephen investigators will say only they are looking into the possibility it could be a hate crime. Apparently the attackers used homophobic slurs during the assault. What has the mans father more troubled, the attack on his son was among one of several halloween night. Students and my sons future when mobs of kids can go through the town and attack people just minding their own business. Stephen after that vicious assault on the georgetown student, the entire group of young people, teenagers, possibly even some children headed down prospect street to wisconsin avenue. Tonight, the father of the victim says he still is anxiously awaiting any word from d. C. Police about arrests of suspects. Stephen tschida, Michelle Pope francis is known to make headlines when he speaks to reporters on his plane. He did so again when he said the Catholic Churchs ban on female priests will likely never change. On the flight to rome he said his predecessor john paul ii made the churchs position clear. In relation to ordaining women in the catholic church, saint john has given it and it remains. Michelle in August Pope Francis created a commission to study role of women deacons in the church that raised hopes among many who favor the ordination of women. Abc7 is on traffic watch today. Jamie sullivan has a look at the evening rush. Jamie . Jamie its rough right now. 95 heading south. Its bumper to bumper continuing to this point at lorton where we have accident activity. Being taken out. You definitely have to make sure you stay to the right. You are in good shape if you travel on the h. O. V. Lanes. Right now an hour and a half just to get from the mixing bowl continuing south closer toward the occoquan. About 90 of those minutes are right in this stretch. So a lot of extra time on 95. If you do hop on and have to head south closer toward woodbridge or dale city, you are completely clear because everyone is stuck in this backup. This is all going to be slow. Bottom side of the beltway a little heavy as we get closer to the big picture look. We are seeing slowing. A lot of the heavy traffic yaw see 3 5th you see 395 is mainly here. Doug, i never thought in november id planning to grill out tonight. Doug i know. We talk about the leaf peeping and the best time to see the color. We got a photograph of a leaf peeper thank yo contest for the fourth and the final week of the fall foliage contest here at burst. Com wjla. Tomorrow evening we will pick the fourth and final winner. Good morning washington starting bright and early, 4 25 is when the show begins on friday morning. During the show we will announce the winner and show you the picture that wins. Well send you momentos from the stormwatch7 center. This is what we outside now. Its beautiful. We are in the 70s across the a very pleasant wednesday evening ahead. Future cast shows changes beginning tomorrow morning. We have plenty of sunshine to start the day. The winds will be out of the southwest and mild. Temperatures will climb quickly. Midtolate morning the clouds will roll in from the west. This model has the showers moving in the metro around 3 30. The actual cold front with more showers and thunderstorms possible 7 00 to 7 30. Just like that, tomorrow night it clears o and drier air. So we go to 80 chance of showers tomorrow afternoon. Sunny and breezy and only 57 on friday. Saturday and sunday are delightful. Low 60s. Beautiful weather early next week. Election day weather looks great as well. Friday night no problem. Going out and keeping right on time. Saturday night if you go out late, when you get home that is the time to change the clocks back one hour. We go back to eastern standard 6 03 sunset on saturday. 5 302 5 02 sunset on sunday. And the 10k on sunday it will be beautiful there, too. Plenty of sunshine. We start in the 40s and the 50s and climb to upper 50s in the balance of the afternoon. Election day, right now it looks terrific. Plenty of sunshine and mild temperatures in the middle to upper 60s. Jonathan you like surfing, dont you . Doug all the time. Jonathan i knew you did. You might want to stay out of the water if you go australia. There is why. You can see it clear as day. On the lower part of your screen, under water, that is a shark. On top of the water, lunch i mean surfers. The shark was checking out the waves and looking at the surfers. The surfers are like the waves are tasty. The shark was thinking the same thing about the surfers. Nothing happened. The shark just cruisedded around. I dont know if the surfers saw him. Nobody was bothered here. We just got great video to alison they could be used to it . No. Jonathan no. Alison they seem unfazed. None of them saw it . Jonathan no. That is an eightfooter. Alison crazy coming up next at abc7 news at 4 00 cubs fans celebrating forcing a game seven in the world series. We will show you the excuse many are using to get out of work and School Coming up. Michelle plus in a matter of minutes, the red carpet at the fios is not cable. Were wired differently. So we wired the wagners house th 100 meg internet. Which means in the time it takes mr. Wagner to pour a 20 oz. Cup of coffee, 12 seconds. Thats the power of fiber optics. This is your last chance to get super fast 100meg internet, tv and phone for just 69. 99 per month online. This is your final week to get this great deal. Michelle tonight the big night. Game seven of the world series. Jonathan they are losing their minds in chicago. For good reason. Fans will play an integral part. They are. Who do you got . Go to wjla. Com votenow to weigh in. Is it the tribe . Or are you going for the cubbies . Alison right now we go to one team is doing to drum up more fan support. Lindsey one of the most important things is the fans. The cubs put this out. This is one of the absentee notices like mom used to give you. Please excuse soandso from school today. It says please excuse whoever you want it to be from classwork or any other responsibility because of game seven. What i love about this, it says we cannot fly the w without them. I want to mention them. We have a lot of hashtags that you can use on twitter related to baseball including world series. But they have the emojis that pop up. You can really show your team spirit as well. By the way, the fans are actually lining up. They have been lining up all day long just in case tickets become available. These fans had lunch delivered to them so they would not have to leave the line. This is all about the fans today. As will be all about winning. Back to you. Michelle thank you. Coming up at abc7 news at 4 00 breaking in to break off a piece. Who would steal a kitkat bar . The victims response goes viral. Reporter here is a question for you. What does this roasted chicken have to do with a big vote happening next week in Northern Virginia . Im Jeff Goldberg. The contentious debate, both sides coming up. 5 00, a crude message for local commuters. Where this sign with another hateful message for hillary there and why police say they are not investigating this. On your side. Jonathan well, coming up next in fairfax, folks will be voting on a meal tax. Michelle its a 4 tax with most of the proceeds going to the school.