You think that the people you hire to do a service for you are people you can trust. At last check with police, they cannot confirm whether or not the driver worked for a forhire company as they are still searching for him tonight. Tonight, that man described as a hispanic man, medium build, slickedback hair with moles or freckles. Reporting live, brianne carter, abc7 news. Michelle thank you. Back to the new york city terror scare. A bomb going off in the middle of a pedestrian tunnel of the subway system right under the Port Authority. Its the busiest bus terminal in the country. Alison it was at the outset of the morning rush today and amazingly, the bomber survived. Michelle three people were injured. Elizabeth hur with what we are learning about the attacker tonight. Elizabeth good evening to you. We are now learning that there were four officers Authority Bus terminal behind me here. When they first noticed people running for cover. Officials say what the officers saw next was the suspect on the ground, injured with what looked like wires coming out of his clothing. Disaster averted. I dont believe in no god. I believe in god today. Elizabeth before 8 00 a. M. , the Port Authority cameras capturing the explosion inside the largest bus terminal in world, sending commuters scrambling. I heard boom i saw smoke and i got out of there. I dont know what happened after that. Elizabeth police rushing to the scene arresting the suspect after a brief struggle. That suspect now identified as 27yearold akayed ullah. We are investigating and it indicates that the male was wearing improvised, lowtech explosive device attached to his body. He intentionally detonated that device. Elizabeth authorities revealed the pipe bomb had wires a battery back. We are told the device did not detonate fully, seriously wounding only the suspect. This was an attempted terrorist attack. Thank god the perpetrator did not achieve his ultimate goal. Elizabeth abc news learning the 27yearold suspect originally from bangladesh now living in brooklyn has been in the u. S. For seven years. The f. B. I. Is searching the suspects brooklyn apartment where sources say the 27yearold assembled the device following online instruction. Back in manhattan, the scene now cleared with many commuters taking it all in stride. I was a little upset earlier but right now im not upset at all. Things happen all over. You know, im not going to change my plans. Elizabeth three people did get checked out for headaches and ringing in the ears but again, no serious injuries here. Other than the suspect who is at a hospital talking to detectives and allegedly he admitted he did this becae reporting outside Port Authority in new york, im Elizabeth Hur for abc7 news. Michelle todays event raises the question could we see the scene like we saw in new york in the Nations Capital . The security is always heightened here. So the abc7 instapoll question is this. Are you worried about a terrorist attack in the washington, d. C. Area . Open up the news app, tap explorer and vote. Or go to wjla. Com votenow to participate. The results will air as Stephen Tschida continues our Team Coverage tonight with d. C. On alert. Stephen . Stephen if you talk to terrorism experts say i its not if but when it will happen here. They say the incident in new york today is in the back of their minds. The Christmas Market in downtown d. C. The holidays amid determination to stay safe. We have more concrete barriers. We have a Stronger Police presence. We have more intel. Stephen the Nations Capital in the holidays is a time for heightened alert. The district is always perennial terrorist target. It is the capital of the country. Stephen on a day of a failed attack in new york city, some here worry about a successful strike. Washington, d. C. , is an attractive target because its sort of the its the seat of the government but its a symbol to bad guys. If they could pull off something here, it might be really cool. My guess is if we had anything its a similar version of what happened in new york today. Stephen but there is a resolve not to alter behavior in the crowd. Back live now. That is what the terrorism analysts say. Do not give in to the terrorists the way you normally would behave. We really want to stress in talking with the local head of homeland security, we heard from police and again the terrorism analysts. They say they know of no credible threat here in the Nations Capital. Reporting live, Stephen Tschida, abc7 news. Alison thank you. Less than two months ago, the chelsea bomber was convicted. You will remember that scene. Bombs went off in the new york neighborhood before a gun battle and then a takedown in new jersey. Rahami could be locked away for life. Sentencing is set for next month. We will take you back to new york at 5 00 and 6 00 today and if anything breaks in between. You can also stream the live newscasts through the abc7 news app. Michelle . Michelle just in this afternoon, the pentagon will allow transgender people to enlist in the military begins january 1. That is in direct opposition to the president s previous decision to ban transgender service. Two federal courts previously ruled against that ban weather now. After snow started the weekend, a big chill is on the way. Temperatures are about to plummet. We may not even get above freezing later this week. Stormwatch7s chief meteorologist bill kelly has the forecast for us. Hi, bill. Bill good afternoon to you. Good afternoon, everyone. Its kind of nice, in any opinion, to have the snow this weekend. You have to go back a whale to find a snow like that, that much early. We talk about it in a bit. The story today, a couple of things. The numbers rebounded. 47 in d. C. 46 in andrews. Much warmer than the same time yesterday. We are going up. You mention the bill chill. Boy, it will get really cold. No weatherrelated problems right now but we are watching an area of low pressure that is still well off to the west. That is going to bring a strong cold front sweeping through the region. So by the time we get to the midweek forecast, not only will we struggle to get above the freezing mark, the wind chill factors struggle to get out of the teens. Its very cold. We break it down in a few minutes. If you are planning to go out tonight, chi 47 at 7 00. We keep it in the 40degree range through 8 00 and 9 00. We will break down the timing and talk about how cool specifically well get in a bit. Michelle bill, thank you. Developing this afternoon, skytrak7 over a deadly construction accident in frederick. This is the site of Sugar Loaf Elementary School that is set to open for the 20182019 school year. A subcontractor was killed when the scaffolding collapsed. Another worker was injured. Tragedy once again at Walt Whitman High School in bethesda. This is now the second student death in a matter of weeks after a students body with us found in the wooed behind the local swim club. Abc7s Maryland Bureau chief brad bell with the Small Community again overcome with grief. Brad, this is so tough. Brad it is tough. We have been seeing all day just how tough it has been. Right now no students here but this is a Gathering Spot near where the young man was found. They have put out the part of his name. The candles are lit and the students just left. Look over here to the fence and you can see the flowers put out here. I bet we have seen more than 100 young people here today. 17yearold senior was last seen by his friends at 11 00 p. M. Saturday night in this community of bethesda. He was reported missing to police sunday. His body was found not long after the search began in this wooded area next to the swim club. At this point the police are saying little more about the circumstances of the teens death. The medical Examiners Office in baltimore will conduct an autopsy to determine the cause and the manner of death. We are waiting for the findings. Brad all day his friends is gathering near where he was found. They are lighting candles in his honor, leaving flowers and it seems they are trying to comfort each other. All declined to speak to us out of respect to the faly privacy. As the Walt Whitman High School community has come to grips with the loss, just weeks after the suicide of another student. Its really sad to have two deaths in our community. Obviously we hear a lot of tragic event over the news. But when it hits our community its really sad. Brad back live, you are looking at the ravine where the body was found. Saturday night it would have been snowcovered. They are looking in the possible connection that the young man may have had to a teen party in the neighborhood that got out of control. Parents at that house, others in the neighborhood calling police. By the time police got there, they found students out in the street, young people out in the street, teenagers disbursing. They have not yet confirmed that this man was part of that but that is certainly something they are investigating. We will have more when we come back at 5 00. In bethesda, brad news. Alison thank you very much. We have new developments. Paul manafort and rick gates are back in court for Money Laundering as a result of the mueller investigation. They have been issued one final warning when it comes to house arrest after manafort was accused of editing an oped that appeared in ukraine. He was barred to make Public Comments about the case but he was allowed to return home. Michelle women who claimed President Trump harassed them come Forward Together next. Alison also, a mother kicked off of a plane. The captain and i decided that because the baby was crying alison the explanation from the young mother and Spirit Airlines is next. Michelle firefighters gained the upper hand on most of the fires but this one continues to grow in Southern California. Moving on to another neighborhood. Plus what do you think of Virtual Reality . I love it sounds like you are actually sky diving. Alison a 7 on your side consumer alert today. Is Virtual Reality worth it . The pros, the cons and the wild rides you can take without ever ge the freestanding, cordfree vacuum that can live anywhere because it has two rechargeable batteries. That means you can always be charging, even while youre cleaning. Welcome to hasslefree runtime with shark. Michelle firefighters gained the upper hand on nearly half a dozen wildfires in Southern California but this the thomas fire which has scorched block after block in ventura continues to grow. Its now headed toward Santa Barbara and is 15 contained after burning more than 230,000 acres. Thousands face new evacuation orders right now and are getting out of the path of this fastmoving fire line. Alison in alabama today, less than 24 hours until polls open to replace Jeff Sessions in the senate there. And right now, polls are really all over the place. Some of them have republican roy moore in the lead. Others have democrat doug jones. Moore, of course, still fending off allegations of inappropriate behavior with teens while he was in his 30s. Jones is feeling confident. I feel great. This has been an exciting race where we felt like we had the wind at our back for a long time. People across the state are identifying with the campaign. Alison moore, meanwhile, hasnt spoken publicly for President Trump recorded a phone message going out to alabama voters urging them to choose roy moore. Michelle by now you have probably seen this video of a tennessee boy describing how he is bullied at school. The principal said the problem is not as rampant as the video makes it seen, keaton jones message is striking a chord with millions of people after the 11yearolds mother posted it online. Just out of curiosity, why do they bully . What is the point of it . Why do you enjoy it . There are innocent people you find a way to be mean to. Michelle athletes, celebrities and others have reached out to jones. A go fund me page has raised more than 58,000. Alison now to President Trump now. He has been accused of misconduct from several women from the comments to physical actions as well. Today, many of them teamed up to speak about what they say they experienced. Q mccray at the live desk now with their story. Q . Q we know at least 16 women accused President Trump of sexual abuse of some kind and today, three of them shared their stories on national television. The women say the incidents took place before trump became president and the about assists range from Sexual Harassment and misconduct to Sexual Assault including unwanted kissing and groping. Take a listen. I thought this would be a meet and greet. Hi, how are you . Nice to meet you. It was not. It was just looking me over like i was a piece of meat. He kissed me on the lips. I was shocked. Yeah. Devastated. It happened so fast. He is all over me, kissing and groping and groping and kissing. Q well, the president s accusers are calling for a congressional investigation into trumps alleged behavior. Behavior, the White House Press secretary says the president denies ever happened in the latest briefing an hour and a half ago. Well let you know what happens next. From the live desk, q mccray, abc7 news. Michelle thank you. Mario, the celebrity chef, stepped aside after four allegations four women who say they were touched inappropriately by him. In a statement he has said he is deeply sorry saying the behavior was wrong and he has no excuses. Alison Spirit Airlines is defending a decision by the Flight Attendant to kick a breastfeeding mother, her 2yearold son and her elderly parents all off of a flight. The researcher was on the way to new york to take part in a cancer study when the flight crew told breastfeeding and put her son in his seat. She asked for a few minutes so the son would stop crying but the Flight Attendants refused. We are not lawbreakers or troublespeakers. We are a mother, seniors, baby. Why do they treat us this way . Alison she recorded the incident on the cell phone and in a statement the airline said the passengers refused to comply with instructions. She received a refund but says she will not be flying Spirit Airlines again. Michelle well, it was a stormwatch7 weather alert weekend. Snow hitting the area and the deep south as well. This now is the view from space. That white line across your screen is snow hitting several states that rarely see it actually stick. We are talking mississippi. Bill texas. Alison look at these pictures. That is beautiful. Look at bethesda. We want to thank you all for sharing across the d. M. V. They are fantastic. A reminder, all you have to do is take the picture or the video. Open up the wjla news app. Tap see it, send it. Send it to us. You will see it here hopefully on air and maybe the online gallery as well. Michelle this is what i consider ideal snow. Bill oh, yeah michelle the timing, the weekend. Alison so nice. Bill the timing. The road surface temperatures were above freezing so we werent concerned about the roads. Not only the weekend but the timing in terms of the season. The majority of us can agree its okay to get some snow like that. Michelle schedule it that way. Bill well do our best to do that. For those of you who dont like snow, unfortunately, there is the possibility for a couple of days here and there. Well get to that. But this shot, looks like you can go on out. Its a little cool. Of course, its middecember. A little wind but not bad at 7 miles per hour. We are in the 40s. We have a 50degree temperature on the map in charlottesville. 45 in baltimore. 45 in hagerstown. It feels cooler than that but its not bad. If you are heading out this evening, back to a light jacket. Its good to go and warmer than yesterday. A great majority of the snow may still be around but it has probably melted. What we are watching is an area of low pressure to the west. It is another one. What this one will do is really plummet temperatures big time. There are two maps. First, the hourbyhour future cast. I will show you the hourbyhour temperatures. You will see when it will change. This evening, there are no weather related problems. Enjoy the festivities. Head to the National Harbor and enjoy that. It should be dry. Tomorrow, a few clouds in the morning. Notice the wind direction. Southerly wind. Its a slight chance of stray snow flurries up north but nothing major. Notice the wind shift. 10 00 in the morning. Midday, that is when the front rolls through and it should be dry by the time it gets here. We are not expecting snow. A slight chance of a light snowshower tomorrow afternoon. The big story is the temperature drop. I will start you tomorrow morning to take you to noon. Mid40s by 12 00 noon. By 3 00, we are already near freezing for winchester. We drop to 41 around d. C. 35 in leesburg. By this time tomorrow night, say 6 6 6 6 00, we are all below freezing. By 11 00, we are in the teens and the 20s tomorrow night. That does not account for the windshield factor. By the time we get to wednesday morning and wednesday afternoon, boy, we will struggle. Wednesday, a lot of sunshine. High of 32, 33. But when you account for the wind, its unlikely we will there are times when we stay in the teens with the wind chill factor. Then these days here, thursday, friday, while it doesnt look like a big weather system coming through it is different than the last ones in terms of the snow coming down. For the most part it will stick. We are watching that. There is not a huge chance b