The police are still trying to determine what led up to the situation. A scary situation. Live in silver spring, jeff goldberg, abc7 news. Find up for breaking news at wjla. Com text. Larry we are tracking new developments in the investigation int deadly bus crash in baltimore. Today, the driver of the school bus that crashed into a commuter bus should not have been behind the wheel. Ryan hughes monitoring the developments from the live desk. Ryan we learned that the School Bus DriverGlenn Chappell operating the school bus on a suspended commercial drivers license. Abc7 obtained these two letters from the m. T. A. Sent to chappell in july and the other in september warning certificate was about to expire. The video is horrific. The school bus hit a car, crashed into a pillar and barreled into the m. T. A. Bus. Six peak were killed six people were killed. Every driver must have a medical examine certificate on file. Its a requirement to make sure you are fit to drive. The m. T. A. Says chappell e 31. Today we are hearing from chappells daughter who says she does not want to speculate about exactly what happened. But talk about of her dads driving history makes this more painful. If this was a medical emergency we will find out. If he passed out, then his foot accelerated on the pedal. It could happen to anybody. Results. Before investigators determine what caused the crash. Today we reached out to the bus contractor that chappell worked for. A. A. Transportation service. As soon as we mentioned while we were calling a worker hung up the phone. Live in the newsroom, ryan hughes, abc7 news. Alison thank you. Now to vote 2016 today. Melania trump gave her first speech supporting her husband. She told a crowd becoming an american citizen was the greatest privileges in the world. In florida, donald trump slammed president obama for campaigning for Hillary Clinton. The president was in florida today on behalf of his former secretary of state. Hillarys first event of the day was in North Carolina an hour ago. We will have that at 5 30. Larry with five days left, someone changed the message on the highway sign in a Virginia Commuter lot. It happened again near the new outlet mall. Kevin lewis explains why it was easy to pull off. Kevin tens of thousands of curious shoppers visited the premium outlet. The mall management rented electronic signs to control the traffic flow. But the thing is they forgot to lock the control box. Meaning anyone with a twist of computer. Keyboard. Hey, look, the password is written right here. I was in shock someone did that. Kevin midmorning commute, teacher sara was trumped to see trump 2016 on the electronic sign the work of the pranksters. Initially i had to weigh out the option whether i want to run it over with the car or whether i should stop. Sunbelt rentals which owns us it supplies keys to the clients. In this case, clarksburg premium outlet. They added its the respecters responsibility to watch the control box to prevent this exact thing. This afternoon the mall Operation Manager directed us to the management office. When we. We there an employee explained we were trespassing and needed to leave immediately. She believes the new mall should own up to the a spokesman called me this afternoon and said as soon as the Staff Members found out about the trump 2016 me shaveling they took it down immediately. But we still dont know why they neglected to lock the control box. Kevin lewis, abc7 news. In germantown, maryland. Brad, time is running out for the early voting in the free state. Right . Brad there is only three, a little less than three hours left. People showing up in georgetown will be greeted by a garden of campaign signs. They will get a look at the votetrak 2016 hummer. Once they get inside the Georgetown Recreation Center they find what they are calling disney like lines it takes 40 minutes to get the ballot in. Tired of listening to everything. Im done. Forget about it. Its clear that maryland embraced the concept. Look at the numbers as of last night. 730,000 early ballots cast with a full day to go compared to 30,500 total in the last robert is director of the early voting at the georgetown rec center. He expects it to increase at the end of the early voting encroaches tonight. We are anticipating heavy traffic through here. We have seen the long line and the viewer submitted photos. Voters are telling us they are willing to stand in line. They want to count. There is a lot of momentum going on. More p i came last night and it was packed. I couldnt get in. The future of the country is at take. As bad as it is no longer brad this is also the last time you have to register. You are register and cast a vote. But after tonight you cant do that. When we come back at 6 00, we set up a soapbox and let people sound off. Sound off they did. In georgetown, brad bell. Alison thank you. The outcome of the world series could be an indiana president ial election. According to political junkie the last eight times that the world series went game seven in an Election Year if the National Team won the democratic candidate won. The democrat in the white house hopes that the cubs come to visit before he leaves in january. He sent out a treat and said its change even a southsider can believe in. He is from chicago but a larry the cubs are back in chicago this morning. In chicago 72 of tv on last night were on the game. In d. C. , a quarter tuned to see history. Richard reeve found a local bar with a special connection to the cubs. Awesome. Unbelievable. Par from the pandemonium in cleveland. I was released when the curse was over. We have a good team. Its a sign the centurylong drought is over. Maybe it was divine influence on the cubs just like the curse worked against them for all the years. Some guys have a man cave inside a living room or spare man cave is here and it is all about the cubs. You cant help but notice the tshirts the connection to curse of the billy goat and the tavern owner asked to leave the 1945 world series because of his goats smell. Continuing some believe the drought. The original guy that was kicked out. Hopefully this is something to build on. In northwest washington, richard reeve, abc7 news. Alison a fun connection locally. Larry we root for them but we have our own team we want to have celebration. Alison you know the same front that caused a rain delay larry doug hill has a look at the change ahead in the weather. Doug the first area of rain we had earlier is pushed southeast. Now we are waiting for the cold front to move in, north of the marylandpennsylvania line. As it moves south we will see a chance of the scattered showers in the far northern and the western suburbs. No guarantee the line will hold together. I could breakup. But you see the track. With that in mind if the showers hold it will mov 6 37 in gaithersburg. Future cast suggests not a lot of action in our area. Everybody will turn out and turn breezy and sunny and chilly. We start out around 50 degree mark and maybe not get much past 60. We talk about the weekend in eight minutes. Back to you. Alison in an hour now, a meeting will begin on a novel idea across the potomac. Near key bridge. Larry plus, moving a building to make way for the progress near another major road project. Cleveland park residents say the beach drive is affecting the streets and alleys as well. That is coming up. Kimberly are you a new mom or do you know one who needs help . Im kimberly suiters. We have a live phone bank going on. People are standing by to help you. Man hey baby, how are you . Woman i have a surprise for you. Man you have a surprise for me . Narrator at dominion, 1 in 5 new hires is a veteran. And when theyre away, they miss out on a lot. But they wont miss out on financial support. Because we cover any difference between their military pay and their dominion salary, and continue benefits for them and their families. Why do we do it . Because our vets sacrifice enough. Alison we are back with a look at phase one of the massive project to rehabilitate beach drive in the district. It is entering the second month. Right now d. C. Bureau chief sam ford is live near an alley becoming a popular cutthrough, much to the dismay of the neighbors. Right, sam . Sam indeed. Im on porter street. A lot of the traffic you see the rock creek parkway because of the beach drive construction there. For people like Lisa Gladstone taking the side streets they take to alleys to walk her dog. She complains that on the Cleveland Park list serve yesterday more of the frustrated gridlock commuters are finding her alley. She doesnt like it but understands that you cant even drive around the block these d one time i got to the top of the alley at 6 00 and i remembered i forgot something and i had to turn right and come around. Its only about 300 feet. Took 45 minutes. Motorists are looking for anything. Yeah. Coming up at 6 00 she tells us about the commuter who almost hit her last night in her alley. And we will look at the impact drive on this Cleveland Park neighborhood. Reporting live from northwest washington, im sam ford, abc7 news. Back to you. Doug thank, sam. We are in the final day of the final week at the fall foliage contest at the weather center. This is from lori at lake brittle. Fall colors an hours to get a lastminute entry in. Later this evening the weather team will go over the entry for the week. Winner is announced tomorrow on good morning washington. We will show you a picture online. All over social media, tv and send you nice momentos from your friends in the weather center. As far as what is happening it is simple to get involved. If you havent done it all season we have done it at other times, too. Its been fun. Send your fall foliage images to burst. Com wjla. Tell where you say you take the image. Right now it is comfortable. It does not feel like early november. To tell you the truth early november last year was warmer than this early november has been. Warmer for longer, too. 7859 reagan. Manassas, 77. Fredericksburg, 78. 78 in culpeper. Hagerstown at 72. We set a record at reagan national. Hit 83 degrees. Breaking the record of 80 in 1974. No winner at washington dulles and. The existing records. We have had a few showers and we have more. The satellite and radar shows the area of shower relong the cold property. The heaviest area that might hold together. Through charlottesville and south of fredericksburg. There is a chance of shower south of the region. Everybody will clearing out overnight. High pressure clearing in be especially after sunshine tomorrow. We have sun the entire day as the forecast takes over. It will be sunny and breezy but chilly with the highs in the upper 50s to 60 degrees. The weekend outlook is sweet to me. A lot of sunshine and temperatures where they should be. 62 for a high on saturday. 64 on sunday. We fall back one hour late saturday night and early sunday mo take advantage of the time to replace batteries in the smoke alarms and the Carbon Monoxide detectors. The difference it makes for sunrise and the sunset. 6 03 on set on saturday. 5 02 on sunday. The same the other way. Sun will rise at 7 40 on saturday and set at 6 rise at 6 41 on sunday. Hour this way, hour that. Here we go. Gorgeous weekend. Pleasant monday at 62 degrees. Weather for election day across the d. M. V. And beyond. Gorgeous. Plenty of sunshine and 65. Even though a cold front may come through in the afternoon. We dont think there is rain with it. Back to sunshine and system weather on wednesday and thursday. That is it. Back to you. Alison okay. Thank you. Larry thanks, doug. Big step forward today for plans to add toll lanes along i66. Alison local students are looking to the stars. Kellye students in d. C. In realtime on this screen astronaut in realtime on this screen behind me. I have that coming up. Alison first t. G. I. T. Larry i will see you tomorrow morning on good morning washington with kidd osheas exclusive interview with dolly parton. She tells kid what she didnt get to say after she was cut off at the c. M. A. s tomorrow . . Eeeeohmumohweh . . Hush my darling. . . Dont fear my darling. . . The lion sleeps tonight. . [snoring. ] . Hush my darling. . [snoring. ] . Dont fear my darling. . . The lion sleeps tonight. . [snoring. ] take the roar out of snore. Tore. Kimberly im 7 on your side consumer investigator kimberly suiters. We are giving out help for new moms today. Do you have questions about the pregnancy . Do you need help with your baby . We have experts here. Doctors, nurses, midwives, people who are dedicated to help you raise a healthy baby. If you need help or someone 7032369220. Well be here until 6 30. Larry okay. Talk to you soon. If you could ask an astronaut any question, what would it be . Students from the three d. C. Public schools got outofthis world experience chatting in real time with a crew member from the International Space station. Part of the mars student meetup. Amy aubert takes us inside the National Geographic headquarters where it happened. Amy just like that, students from three d. C getting to hit liftoff on the dreams. High School Student right now, what should we do to prepare for this field later in life . Amy the students from three high schools chatting chatting h shane kimber in realtime. He launched to the International Space station session like this takes hard work. Amazingly complex program. There is a thousand people in houston who do this every day. It is supporting centers all over the country. The sun comes up and down every 45 minutes. We get to see a spectacular sunset and the sun rises. I have had chills all day watching everything happen. Watching them be engaged from the moment we walked in the door, they have been interested in everything we have done. This is what it was like from the students perspective. Got to watch everything unford on the big screen in front of them. Its not something you get to do. Worked really hard. Get help when you need it. We all need help along the way. In northwest d. C. Best of luck for you. Amy aubert, abc7 news. Alison how cool is that . Larry so neat, isnt it . Alison amazing. Larry the q a session part of the mars student meetup. Alison speaking of mars. Discussion about living on mars. They watched a video about landing on the planet. Incredible experience for the kids. Larry so neat. Alison still ahead on abc7 news at 5 00 where metro could get more money to help bridge a budget gap. Larry a little bit later its a little shiv but find out why it is a big project. Lisa im Lisa Fletcher live in North Carolina. Were awaiting hillary fios is not cable. Were wired differently. We guarantee to make switching easier. We 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. t break me. Switching to fios is easier than ever. Now get 100 meg internet, plus tv and phone for just 69. 99 per month online. Hurry, this is the final week to get our best offer ever. Alison the field of 27, remember them . Two are left and they are focusing on the b state. Hillary clinton and donald trump had Campaign Stops there. Lisa fletcher live in raleigh to take us beyond the podium. Lisa . Lisa so people have been streaming in for the l. A. Last 30 minutes. Hillary clinton, Bernie Sanders and Pharrell Williams here tonight. There was a poll that came out in the state, a statewide poll that showed donald trump up seven points. The same poll three weeks ago so we asked the voter what is do you think about all the polls. Most of us told us they dont put any stock in them at all. When raleigh resident hears the word poll his skepticism piques. With the election psychole in the last few months it is hard to know if the poll is credible at all. The tv station here and survey usa show trump with a convincing lead. Bu another news outlet like the latest cnn poll and she is up three in North Carolina. This woman doesnt believe any of the polls. Im not sure who the polls like, who they interview or how they take the poll. Lisa democratic strategist says at this stage in the game with the huge early voting surge she is right. Move in the the National Polling or the state polling means almost nothing. You have to block the polls out. Lisa both camps know what is show up for the polls that really matter. This comes down to ramping up the africanamerican voters as high as possible. Its all about the turnout. Lisa she worries the polls, especially dramatic ones could cause people not to vote. Thinking the ballot wont make a differee. Sometimes also but i feel like im making a difference. Sometimes its a close race and a few votes could push it over. Lisa she is right in 1960 j. F. K. Won hawaii by 115 votes. Bushgore in florida 537 votes. It will kick off tonight around 7 345. This is by no means clintons last push in the state of here on saturday. Live in raleigh, Lisa Fletcher, abc7 news. Alison another one of the very important states. Lisa live in raleigh. Thank you. Larry new developments tonight in the story out of the district. A judge ruling to hold a father after he came to school with a loaded gun in the backpack. There is probable cause that Anthony Chiles knew the gun was there. The secur for his i. D. And found the gun instead. The child is charged with carrying a pistol without a license. Tonight an investigation uncovers alarming spike for local students take weapons to school. Iteam investigator chris papst spent months compiling data and discovered the troubling trend. Up with the parents and the districts dont know about. Chris last winter Wilson High School in northwest d. C. Was in lockdown when a student was found with a gun. Day. They put a picture on snapchat. Nobody was hurt. But 7 on your side investigation learned situations to this one are happening more often in our area. We compile data from the regions largest district and learn districts and learned nearly all of them have seen notable increases in the number of students taking weapons to school. In alexandria, the number has doubled. In just the past past two months. David murphy a psychologist has more. Certain behavior are not compatible with academic environment. They know