Robert White resigns from DC Council ahead of election; Deadly Wheaton stabbing under investigation

The 6th begins with that reflecting pool campaign pitch by President Trump, his final message on the eve of tomorrow's midterms. The event was meant to celebrate renovation work, but the president also reflected on Republicans' razor-thin majority in Congress and their fight to hold on to it. Fox News' Tom Fitzgerald live on the National Mall tonight. Fitz, why was the president focused on his vanity project with so much at stake tomorrow? It's an important question, and the White House feels that this renovation of the reflecting pool near the Lincoln Memorial is an example of the president finishing what he started. In a larger sense, that's their message to viewers as they head into their midterms tomorrow. But also remember, this project has gone on for months with stops and starts. BOTCHED WORK AND REDO OVERS AS THERE WERE CLAIMS OF VANDALISM AND EVEN THE U.S. ATTORNEY FROM D.C. HAD TO DROP THE CRIMINAL CHARGES AGAINST A MAN WHO WAS CHARGED WITH VANDALISM. THIS WAS THE SCENE TODAY AS THE PRESIDENT ARRIVED DOWN HERE AT THE REFLECTING POOL WITH THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR DOUG BURGRAM IN TOW. NOW THE PRESIDENT WENT ON TO TALK ABOUT OTHER PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FIXING 83 FOUNTAINS AROUND D.C. Cleaning out homeless encampments, he also pointed to efforts against crime. His deployment of the National Guard, which he says has gone a long way, in Trump's words, in making D.C. safe and beautiful. Across all of the entire capital, we are making D.C. safe and beautiful again. And our National Guard and other law enforcement partners have made over 16,000 arrests, including over 3,000 narcotics arrests, hundreds of gang members and dozens of murderers. Now the president also made what we were told were these final arguments on the midterm elections today. Now he did acknowledge that presidents of the past, both Democrat and Republican, have Have lost seats in the Congress during these midterm elections, but there's a lot on the line tomorrow as the Republicans are trying to hold on to their majorities in both the House and the Senate. The president did bring back his offer of a $5,000 check for adult Americans if Republicans hold on to the majority. However, he also went on to blast Democratic candidates and say that his fight will go on. We fought for 250 years to make it great. We're not going to let it be torn down by a bunch of people that have failed everywhere they've been because the ideologies that you're talking about, various ideologies, they've always failed every single time. So we'll defend our country, our culture and our heritage No matter what the outcome tomorrow, Donald Trump made it clear he is not done putting his imprint on the District of Columbia. for generations to come. The president talked to even more projects moving forward beyond the reflecting pool. He says he's going for final approval of that arch at Arlington National Cemetery. He's planning improvements at East Potomac Golf Course where he will, he says, create a garden of heroes with statues ranging from 250 to 500 in number. We're live at the Reflecting Pool tonight. Send it back in to Kenneth and Angie. Tom Fitzgerald starting us off tonight. Thank you. Robert White spoke for the first time since officially resigning from the D.C. Council. The at-large council member stepped down to be eligible to serve as the district's next delegate. A 1970 law says the delegate cannot hold another paid public office on Election Day. White spoke outside the Wilson Building moments ago. I want to make sure that there is nothing that stands between or even appears to stand between this day And the next mission, this is a time where we can make great progress, but only if we make a couple sacrifices here and there. White served on the council for 10 years. If elected, he would take over for longtime D.C. delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton. New early voting numbers end tonight. More than 50 million people cast their ballot across the country. That's millions more than the total early votes in the 2022 midterms. Virginia saw the highest turnout with 1.6 million ballots cast. Maryland had 993,000 and D.C. had 111,000. Tomorrow, polls are open from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. in Virginia. And 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. in D.C. and Maryland. And remember, we will have election coverage for you all day tomorrow on Fox 5, Fox 5 Plus, and Fox Local, Washington, D.C. Our special coverage starts at 7 p.m. and goes until 2 a.m. Well, a man is dead after a stabbing in Montgomery County. Police arrived to the scene around midnight and found that man with stab wounds along Elkin Street in Wheaton. He died at the scene. Still no word on a suspect or motive. Day 15 of the Naresh Bhatt murder trial in Prince William County. Testimony from the victim's brother and blood evidence the focus today as prosecutors prepare to wrap up their case. Fox house's Tisha Lewis is in Manassas with the latest. Mamta Kaplibat's brother did, in fact, take the stand, answering some preliminary questions, confirming that he met Naresh Bhatt before the couple married, also taking the stand a forensic expert, detailing her report and analysis, even in some instances defending her report and explaining the blood found in the Bhatt family home. Again, after you received this photograph from Mamta, did Mamta say this to you? I am not safe. The blood that's in this part of the carpet has to have come, in the context of the scene, has to come from above. It correlates with what was... The pattern that was seen with the blue star on the top surface. So no visible blood on the carpet, but enhancement with looking at it with luminol. You can see this pattern that's directly above where you see the stain that's now on the underside of the carpet. That's forensic. Analyst and expert Iris Daly Graff on the stand describing the blood found in the Bott family home, saying her analysis and testimony would be the same regardless of who called her to testify. She's a witness for the prosecution. Fox 5 has learned the prosecution was planning initially to reportedly close their case today, but the case will continue. Graff continued. Graf testified how blood spreads and also absorbs through the carpet. She also explained blood-stained patterns in the family's bedroom and bathroom, but also acknowledged she did not analyze the scene in person. Naresh Bhat is accused of killing his wife and dismembering her body. Her body has never been found. He went to marry someone that was Mamata's friend, and that didn't work out for him. Then after, actually that friend gave Mamata's Facebook to Naresh and that's how Naresh and her connected. That friend detailing how the couple connected. The friend also saying that Naresh Bhatt gave her the couple's wedding jewelry to hold on to. Telling her that Mamata Kapil Bhatt was at work on August 1st, even though friends say they last saw or heard from her on July 27th, 2024. Keisha, thank you. Okay, time to talk weather. We give you a live look outside. Good night from Gaithersburg. Is it 11 p.m.? Yes, that's what it feels like. Good night to daylight at this hour, at least for now. Oh, man. Yeah, happy November. We're here. We also fell back. We got that extra hour. Yeah. Except for those with young children. Young children. They don't concern themselves with daylight time, standard time, all that. This has to be the hardest Monday of the year, don't you think? Yeah, I mean, I think there's a certain amount of adjusting that goes with it. I think so, and that's for everyone, not just the parents with the small children. It's true. It's just a lot to get used to. It's dark so early, like when you get out of work. But I have to tell you, starting tomorrow, we're back into the sunny and warm patterns. Okay, good. Like Marina said, open up the pools. Yeah. Pools time on Election Day. You can vote, and then you can just, you know, catch some rays, because it will be that nice. This fall has been lovely, especially the past couple weeks. We've had some bursts of cooler weather, like this weekend. It was seasonal. But then we have had many days well above normal temperature-wise, and we are tracking another autumn warm-up beginning tomorrow. For today, seasonal. This is November. 63 was the high at Reagan and Dulles, 64 at BWI and outside right now, or an hour past sunset. So the temperatures are going to be falling off faster, and we are in the 50s. 59 in D.C., 58 in Gaithersburg, 55 in Leonardtown. 57 Dulles and Winchester, just cloudy skies out there. We had definitely more of an overcast look today, but that will actually erode into tomorrow. So overnight tonight, 48 degrees for that low temperature. We get the sunshine back and it is a beautiful day as we head into the afternoon hours. Temperatures jump up nicely into the low 70s. So this is going to be a pretty mild week by November standards. Mid 70s Wednesday and Thursday as still seeing 70 degrees on Friday. Showers are likely. By Thursday, some much-needed rainfall. We'll track it for you all coming up in your full seven-day. Angie? Kaitlin, thank you. Power, it is back on to all customers in Foggy Bottom tonight. Pepco crews were called in after DC Fire and EMS responded to reports of smoke coming out of several manholes in the 1800 block of H Street Northwest this morning. Pepco says they had to address power surges and some outages. While the power is back on, the cause of what happened is still under investigation. Also today is the deadline to sign up to testify at public hearings on a proposed $66 billion merger between Dominion and Florida's Nextera Energy. Those who sign up can testify this Thursday as well as next Monday and Tuesday. You can also submit written comments for another week. The State Corporation Commission is expected to decide on that merger early next year.