whipping in. especially if you face southwest, you'll have that hair whipping in your face as we've had that wind picking up. right now, getting a few sprinkles. generally, the winds are around 20 to 25. they will increase as the day progresses. right now, we're doin' in the 50s so a chill in the air that's howling through the trees and swirling the winds about. right now, 50s in the western suburbs. southern maryland, near the chesapeake bay eastern shore, weather watchers there reporting upper 50s to near 60s. here is your day planner. we'll have some sunshine in and out this morning, then a partly sunny afternoon. the winds will probably increase as we get into the afternoon hours, gusting up to maybe 40 miles per hour from time to time. maybe even higher gusts up on the mountain ridges. off to our west, during the afternoon, the winds will dmanish tonight. we'll look at that, turning chillier too. your evening plan her will be coming up at 5:11. good morning, danella. >> good morning. we're still looking really good, seeing a lot of green in our area. let's take a live look right now. let's start with i-66, first, outside of the beltway at sully road. clear in both directions on i-66, as long as you're traveling inside the beltway. not seeing any problems for you there. shooting over to i-270 in maryland, this is the scene at clarksburg. not seeing a lot of releases just yet. you're clear from clarksburg all the way in both directions. i'm back in ten minutes with a look at your rails. back to you both. >> danella, thank you. we have breaking news right now in prince georges county. a body has been found inside a burned out car. investigators discovered the body the after putting out the car fire on the 2900 block of caverton road in forestville just before 1:00 this morning. tracey wilkins joins us live from the scene with the very latest. good morning, tracey. >> good morning, jim. as you can see behind me, they're beginning to wrap up the scene a bit here. they've already transported the vehicle with, but this investigation is still ongoing. as you said, just before 1:00 a.m., they found the vehicle here. this is pretty much an industrial park. at this point, we have no information on the sex, the race or the age of the person found in the vehicle. we do know that this wases a vehicle fire. it looks like possibly a suburban by the state of it. but they have transported that truck. they'll be paying very close attention to that and examining it. they're going toe be looking at the spot writ happened, as well. so the body was so intensely burned in this fire that they don't know if this was a homicide or not. they're going to have to investigate and see. at this point, they're calling it a death investigation. there are a number of things that could have happened to the person inside of this vehicle that caused this fire. there's no telling. so police will be investigating to try and figure out exactly what unfolded here. tracee wilkins live this morning, back to you in the studio. new from overnight, a shooting on a metro bus. this happened around 11:30 in southeast d.c. police tell us the man on the bus was shot in the face. right now, we don't know the man's condition, but he was conscious and breathing when taken to the hospital. police are still on the scene right now looking for clues. d.c. police are asking for your help this morning in identifying this man. he's wanted in a sexual assault case in northeast washington. investigators tell us a 17-year-old was attacked in the 900 block of perry place northeast. the suspect was last seen driving a burgd cadillac. if you have any information, you're urged to call d.c. police. 1-888-919-crime. the man accused of killing his 12-year-old stepdaughter will remain behind bars. a judge denied bond for david heng. police say he stabbed jessica wenn more than 40 times in her gati gaithersburg home. dna and other evidence reportedly linked him to the crime. the wenn murder is a second big case involving a child in the county this week. police are also investigating the death of 11-year-old william mcquain. investigators are working to positively identify remains found tuesday as those of william mcquain. the boy was seen on security video from a storage facility and a gas station with his stepfather, curtis lopez, who is accused of killing william. police say the boy did i not didn't appear to be in stress. the chief says the video makes it more difficult for detectives to determine a possible motive. >> here is a boy that, from everything we determined, actually looked up to this man and had a decent relationship with the man. so how is it that anybody can do that to a child? >> officers arrested curtis lopez in charlotte, north carolina. investigators say he'll be bought back to maryland soon. now that president obama's jobs bill has failed as a full package, senate democrats are hoping to pass it one piece at a time. today, senators will vote on a $35 billion bill that backers claim will create or save as many as 400,000 jobs in education or emergency services. but democrats want to use a .5% tax on millionaire toes pay for it and that isn't flying with republicans. >> it's completely preposterous at a time when 14 million americans are looking for a job in this country for the president to be riding around on a bus saying we should raise taxes on the people who create jobs. >> republicans have yet to create a single idea on their own to get 14 misdemeanor people working again. >> the senate is considering a payroll tax cut for workers and employers. businesses up to 1.5 million in payroll would save half of what they pay now in payroll taxes. turning now to decision 2012, a new associated press survey shows a republican presidential field appearing to settle down to a two-man race at the moment. 30% of republicans say they want mitt romney to win the nomination. herman cain is a close second at 26%. rick perry continues his free fall, garnering 13% and ron paul is in single digits. no matter who republicans choose, it appears president obama still holds a slight edge over all of them. voters favor the president in every hypothetical matchup. still to come, mep feed the hungry. those who feed the most in need now need hem themselves stacking up the food pantry. then a new set of speed cameras issuing tickets in the district. why some are calling it a speed track. plus, tom is at th"well, we could sleep we hin the same bed,ime: but it just doesn't work." she would like a firmer mattress than i would. yeah, nine out of ten couples disagree on the firmness they want in a mattress. i sleep on the couch. with our bed, the sleep number setting represents the firmness that you like on your half of the mattress. don't mess with my side because i'm comfortable. i can adjust mine to my liking and she can do the same. go ahead and switch sides so you can feel what the other side feels like. you were on his side. how does that feel? 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>> if you're taking the rails, no problems on the metro or the vre. right now, have a 12-minute delay on the pence on the mark line. i'll keep watching this for you. and checking local roadways, this is 16th street and spring street. still seeing water on the road. give yourself extra time. still seeing a lot of wet pavement. but so far, no accidents in that area. traveling new york avenue and bladensburg, it's clear. not a lot of congestion at all. i'll be back with another look at your rail as well as your traffic. back to you. 5:13 now. 60 degrees. ahead on news 4 today, new details on those wild animals that were set free, leaving one city in fear. >> what's next for [ agent ] so your policy looks good, is there anything else? why did you buy my husband a falcon? thanks for the falcon. i didn't buy anyone a falcon. sure, you did. you saved us a lot of money on auto insurance. i used that money to buy a falcon. ergo, you bought me a falcon. i should've got a falcon. most people who switch to state farm save on average about $480. what they do with it, well, that's their business. oh, that explains a lot, actually. 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murray was michael jackson's personal physician. the doctor is accused of giving jackson a leelth i can't knowal dose of the powerful anesthetic proto propofol. during yesterday's testimony, lawyers played a video outlining the proper way to administer the drug. we could learn as early as today whether the video deposition of casey anthony will be released. if the judge rules for the release, it's likely it will be given out right away. anthony gave the videotaped deposition for a civil lawsuit brought by zenida gonzales. anthony was acquitted in the murder case. lindsay lohan is in trouble again. she could face more jail time after a judge revoked her probation. this happened after the actress missed nine community service appointments at a skid row women's center. lohan was on probation for a dui arrest in 2007 and a jewelry store theft last year. the judge had scheduled a hearing for november 2nd to decide whether lohan will face any additional punishment. she could get as much as a year 1/2 in jail. at a time when residents need it most, a local food pantry has been forced to close because they simply don't have enough food to give out. the axe food bank won't be able to give out food to 4,000 families who rely on it until november 1st. they say a 40% increase in dman from recent months coupled from demands by families who were flooded out by tropical storm lee has depleted their supply now. but the community is stepping in to try to keep the pantry afloat. ooefb thinking about doing something for the people affected by the flood, and i just never got around to it, so i decided to come down. >> it was a difficult decision to make, having families come up to the door, seeing families literally leave in tears because they don't have groceries to give them. >> a local laundromat is offering to help off by offering 25 cents off for every can a customer brings in. the pantry is hoping their thanksgiving food drive will help replenish supplies. the st. louis cardinals hope to take a 2-1 lead in the world series tonight after downing the rangers last night. >> now leads carpenter in the back for the out. >> that is out. chris carpenter provided the defensive highlight of the dive, diving to first base to get the out in the first inning. in the sixth pinch hitter, allen drove home what proved to be the game winning run and game two is tonight at 8:00 p.m. great theory. and the red skins backup has become the go-to quarterback. coach shanahan announced the quarterback shake-up yesterday. beck earned a chance to prove himself last week after rex grossman was benched for throwing four interceptions against the eagles. grossman has accounted for all 11 of the turnovers this season, and shanahan for that reason alone beck is getting the call. shanahan says beck brings new tools to the table. >> i have a lot of confidence in john beck because he has that mobility, he has a strong arm. i'm not going to put him in the hall of fame yet, but i really do believe he has a lot of talent. just as he showed in that fourth quarter, hopefully he can keep on doing that and we can see some of his mobility help us out, with as well. >> beck hasn't started an nfl game since 2007, but he finished the last one in a big way. he just needed more time on the clock. hopefully, he says, he can get it done. we're hoping for that. >> we're hoping did he have desperately, right? >> yeah. so we really have to hope john beck carries the team. the rest of the team has to obviously do better, as well. >> sure. 5:21. time for traffic and weather on the 1s. >>. >> and if beck doesn't do well, we're putting you in. >> anything for the team. >> that's right. this morning, we've had our skies beginning to clear out now, but those winds have been whipping. we have the latest wind gusts, 25 to 30 miles per hour throughout much of the region. and temperatures are getting chillier, too. we're down into the 50s in many areas, near 60 in washington and by the bay. most locations, in the 50s. parts of the shennendoah valley and out of the mountains. day planner, sunrise, 7:22. getting even stronger this afternoon. in fact, we would have wind gusts over 40 miles per hour. later this afternoon. and temperatures will be in the 60s. then we'll drop into the 50s this evening. near 50 by midnight and off to a clear start tomorrow morning. but down into the low 40s. afternoon highs on friday with a blustery northwest wind, not as gusty as today, though. highs reaching the low 60s and a chilly weekend to follow. 40s in the morning, afternoon highs, low 60s on saturday and sunday. as we start off next week, quite a bit of cloudiness on monday. we'll have a weak trough coming through. only the small chance of a sprinkle. upper 60s, chilly in the morning. on wednesday, we have a likelihood of rain coming through as a front will be moving through the region and sort of stalling out. highs, mid 60s then. sheer a check on our thursday traffic. good morning, danella. >> good morning. i'm seeing a long delay on the marc train. it's train number 505. metro is looking good. on our roadways, inner loop at connecticut avenue, have an accident here. the tow truck is on the scene and it should be out of your way. still seeing a lot of green in your area. connecticut avenue, not seeing any problems where your traveling looking good. you're traveling looking at 54 miles per hour. if you're making your way to i-95 on the inner loop, only going to take you about ten minutes to do so. far fax county parkway, clear in both directions. >> thanks, danella. 5:24 now. virginia transportation officials are now apologizing for emergency road work that stranded commuters for hours during yesterday's morning rush. contractors were attempting to replace a 25 foot section of concrete near i-95. but the concrete did not set correctly. as soon as traffic was let back on i-95, the repair crumbled, forcing crews to close all but one lane again around 5:00 a.m. crews will make permanent repairs this weekend. a speed camera in northwest d.c. is making drivers very angry because no one can see it. it's hidden by a giant tree. the camera is along missouri avenue along seventh street. the stretch of roadway is notorious notorious for accidents. >> we get through here all during the day and night. >> i don't care where they put speed cameras, it doesn't make any difference. just obey the law and they won't be a problem. >> there you have it. district police say they don't know of any law that says the cameras need to be easily spotted. you can find out the locations of all speed cameras on the police website. 5:25 now. today, mayor vin end gray will tour the national cathedral to get a first hand look at the damage by the august earthquake. the mayor will tour the theater. he is expected to make an announcement about the district's response to damage caused by the quake. the national cathedral sustained some of the worst damage in our area with about $15 million in repairs needed. repair work could take a decade and tens of millions of dollars. >> french first lady carla bruni sarkozy gave birth to a baby girl. the child is the first infant born to a sitting president of modern day friends. president nichololas sarkozy wa finishing up a meeting on the euro crisis and got to the birth about three hours after the fact. the birth went well for the mother, singer and super model. still no word on a name yet. >> congratulations, the first baby of frants p. coming up, we just learned new information about an overnight shooting on a metro bus. a bizarre accident leaves one man dead while walking on the streets in the district. >> singer natalie coal hoping her story about struggling with a disease will help others. we hear from her after the break. when you believe in the future, you're always looking ahead... to what's next, to what's possible. confident that taking action now, is the way to create a better tomorrow. that's why we're 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i don't know, is there enough hairspray to keep your hair down this morning? my goodness. >> and the dogs are howling and keeping people up all night. the winds are howling, too, through the trees this morning. good morning. the rain is done, maybe there's a sprinkle there around montgomery county and the cloud cover beginning to break up. still quite cloudy over west virginia. these are the latest wind gusts. these gusts have been around 25 to 30 miles per hour. right now, we're in the 50s. a chill in the air. it's, in fact, down into the 40s. central shennendoah valley, into the mountains of west virginia, maryland, weather watchers are reporting. closer to washington, prince georges county are in the mid 50s. near 60s in washington and by the bay. much of southern maryland, now down into the upper 50s. day planner, near 60 by 9:00. high temperatures, mid and upper 60s. getting chilly tonight. a look at your evening planner will be in ten minutes. here is a look at our traffic on this thursday. good morning, danella. >> good morning. if you're taking i-95, starting to see a lot of volume. but so far, no big delays just yet. not seeing any accidents on i-95 north or south in virginia. you're clear at duke street as well as -- actually, all the way to the 14th street bridge, not seeing any problems. now back to you both. >> we have breaking news. a man is now dead from being shot in the face while on a metro bus. this happened around 11:30 last night near the intersection of avenue avenue avenue. megan mcgrath joins us live at the scene with the latest. >> good morning. that's right. police just a short time ago confirmed that the person shot on board this bus died en route to the hospital. the shoods happened just after midnight. we're told the metro driver was not involved in any way. this was a passenger on board the bus that was shot and later died en route to the hospital. now, exactly what happened, what the motive behind the shooting is, what preceded the actual shots being fired, all of that is still under investigation. alabama avenue is closed in southeast at 21st street. should also mention that this bus had cameras both on board and outside. investigators will be taking a look at those images. they have not identified the person who has died. we're being told that he is an adult male. >> megan mcgrath, thank you. and we are following more breaking news this morning in prince georges the county. police say a body was found inside a burned out car. investigators were called to the report of a car fire on the 2900 block of caverton road just before 1:00 this morning. they discovered the body after putting out the fire. we'll bring a live report to you with the latest updates on the investigation coming up on news 4 at 6:00 a.m. today, senate democrats are hoping to push through a small part of president obama's jobs plan. the white house says it could save 400,000 jobs. tracey spots joins us now live with more on the vote and why republicans are saying no. tracey. >> good morning, everyone. republicans say it would be paid for by taxing millionaires. millionaires aren't just people sitting around with a lot of money, but they're people who own small businesses. now, the bill that they're going to be considering today to prevent these layoffs, this $35 billion in state grants to save the jobs of teachers, firefighters, first responders, police officers, president obama has been talking about that this week on his bus tour and criticizing the alternative republican plan which would lean up the environment and help reform and he says implement policies that are lax on wall street. republicans say these grants, this $35 billion is just a temporary fix and that paying for it by taxing millionaires is not a good thing. >> tracey pots, thank you. a controversial plan by maryland's governor to redraw the state's congressional district is moving forward. the maryland house of delegates approved governor martin o'malley's redistricting map yesterday. a nearly identical matt map passed the state senate earlier this week. redistricting may allow democrats to we know one of those two republican seats. a landmark will be up for sale next year. the facility is an abandor art deco style heating plant. it sits on two acres. the sale is part of the obama administration's plan to sell excess federal property all over the country. the federal government owners 1 .2 million properties, costing taxpayers more than $20 billion to operate and maintain. it's now 5:36. 58 degrees. >> he picks me up by my waist and throws me. >> a northern virginia teenager says his teacher threw him to the grouped. the key piece of evidence investigators are now looking at. and president obama will give more than a dozen people a top honor today. why a local woman is among those on the list. plus, the rain is gone, but the wind is here. tom is tracking those windy conditions out here. we'll be right back. st look at the oranges in those clouds. we have a lot of winds. >> oh, yeah. the flags were whipping outside our building. my hair was whipping. your french coats, everyone. i think you're telling everyone to watch out for these winds today, tom. >> korea, in fact, we've had gusts around 35 miles per hour over the last hour or so. and it's getting chillier, too. temperatures are down to the 50s in most locations. good morning. right now, it's 59 at reagan national. it's right near 60 in the eastern bay. we're down into the low to mid 50s in much of maryland and west virginia pap few locations deep into the 40s. montgomery, arlington, prince georges counties now in the mid to upper 50s. and as the day progresses, sunrise will be at 7:22. we'll have these winds gust to go around 30 to 35 this morning. and then even higher gusts this afternoon. especially out on the mountain ridges, we could have gusts around 50 miles per hour there. we could have gusts around 50 miles per hour this afternoon. you'll see those swirls of leaves whipping down the sidewalks and across lawns during the afternoon as the winds will be gust to go 40 and temperatures will reach mid and upper 60s early afternoon. then down into the low 60s by late afternoon. here is your evening planner for this thursday evening. sup set will be at 6:23 and we'll be down into the 50s by them. by midnight, down to near just 50 degrees. we'll have the winds settling down this evening under a partly cloudy to mostly clear sky. then they'll be mruftry on friday, but much chillier. i'll tell you how chilly it's going to get into that, the weekend. danella, how is traffic? >> when i was a little girl, i was always wondering when the leaves were swirling around me, it's a leaf nato. thank you for that, tom. right now, delays have dropped down to 15 minutes. this is on the 10 southbound train number 505. they're running with no reported delays. taking a look at the roadways right now, taking a look at the american legion bridge, not seeing any action for you. volume is increasing here. but from the american legion bridge to the woodrow wilson bridge on the beltway, not seeing any accidents. but nothing is slowing you down just yet. as you travel on 95 at the interchange, this scene here. again, you see volume, but no accidents. i'm back in 10 minutes with another look at your traffic. now back to you both. >> danella, thank you. time 5:42 on this thursday morning. coming up, a bizarre accident leaves one man dead while walking on the street. he picks me up by the waist and throws me. >> what a student says the teacher ♪ ♪ a couple years of up all night ♪ ♪ and a few thousand diapers later ♪ ♪ oh, yeah ♪ he loves that little girl [ male announcer ] all her life, she's been coming toward you. now that she's driving, she's going the other way. ♪ there goes my life [ male announcer ] thanks to state farm's steer clear program, teens learn safer driving and parents gain peace of mind. workers in athens are protesting right now. here is a live look at the massive crowd. this is day two of a 48-hour nationwide general strike that some are calling the mother of all protests. they're striking to protest the latest measures to secure funding from international bailout loans. >> this morning, people at a northwest d.c. neighborhood are calling for free inspections after a deadly accident. a heavy branch snapped and fell on 35-year-old ben muffy. he was walking to work yesterday morning. friends say he was a personal trainer and in good health. they're stunned by this freak accident. >> i didn't even know if irony was the word to describe it, but i guess it is. it blows me away. >> he was one of my best friends. we talk all the time. he was one of the people that i knew. >> neighbors say there are a number of old trees in that neighborhood and they want some trimmed or even cut down before they freeze this winter and possibly cause another accident. this morning, the loudoun county sheriff's office is investigating an incident between a teacher and a student. we spoke to the child's family. we have the news 4 exclusive from leesburg. >> i was just kind of scared are from my parents. >> why were you scared? >> because i thought i would, like, be in trouble and i didn't want to get a teacher fired. >> 11-year-old justin bryant didn't tell his dad something happened in the school gym last friday afternoon. his father says another parent did. she began to tell us her son was concerned for justin and she explained what happened at that point. >> justin is in sixth grade middle school in loudoun county. he says he had just finished playing games in the jim and was sitting when a male teacher told him to sit down. >> and i told him, i am sitting. and he picked me up by my waist and throws me and then he pushed me out into the hall and starts yelling at me. >> justin says in the hall, the teacher told him he was being nasty and disrespectful. mr. bryant says he met with school officials on monday and justin returned to class this week after he was told the teacher wasn't due back until thursday. wednesday morning, his lawyer filed for an injunction to keep the teacher out of the classroom. >> i want a safe environment for my child. >> brian's lawyer says the loudoun school board called to say the teacher had been placed on leave and the commonwealth is reviewing video from the gym. >> i wanted to let my son know if someone harmed him, that it was okay to sand up for yourself. >> a spoke person for the schools said this matter was under investigation and they wouldn't put any child in a compromising situation. a special education teacher from montgomery county is facing charges of solicit ago minor and child pornography. police arrested 28-year-old jeremy brown of germantown. they say between july and december last year, he solicited undercover detectives who were posing at 14-year-old dpirls. he's charged with three counts of solicit ago minor and one count of child pornography. brown features kindergartners through fifth grade in rockville. a teen driver was found not guilty for her role in a deadly crash in upper marlboro. 19-year-old bridny sadosky was charged with vehicular man slaughter. she was on her cell phone when she collided with another car. 52-year-old douglas callahan died. his wife suffered serious injuries. >> i was hoping they would find him guilty on the man slaughter charge. i feel blessed to be here. we're trying to make it visible as to what's happened here. make people more aware of what's going on and what tragedies can happen with cell phones. >> pritny sadosky was ordered to pay ads 500 fine. she also got one point on her driving record. are you thinking about calling off sick this morning? you're not alone. a new study overnight by careerbuilders find each year some 70 million workers call off sick regardless of whether they are really ill. most of the sick calls are between january through march. >> in exactly two weeks, you can enter the lottery to win tickets to the national christmas tree lighting. 3,000 tickets are available for the evening as well as 14,000 for standing room. a national parks service will hold an online lottery for those tickets. it opens november 1st at 10:00 a.m. register for the drawing anytime. we put a link to register on our website. call 1-877-444-6777. winners will be notified by mail or e-mail. we are just 11 days out from halloween. d.c. made the top ten. we came in seventh place, not bad. villa looked at four factors to grade cities including the home value index, a walk score, population density and a local crime report. san francisco was named the best city to trick or treat, but all those hills, tom. boston came in second, followed by honolulu, chicago and seattle. >> what do you give out? >> we give out good clock chocolate, things i like to eat, reeses. i do bring it to work because otherwise i eat the whole basket myself. >> but in the hilly neighborhood, you burn it off. >> that's true. there you go. here, you'll be fighting the wind this morning. we've had gusts over 35 miles per hour in a few locations. right now, you can see some of those low clouds racing over capitol hill. that's a live picture from the city camera. the clouds reflecting the lights of the city. we don't have any daylight yet. 59 at healthan national and the humidity is dropping. we've got a south-southwesterly wind there at 1. it has been gusting over the last hour here in washington. all of this as a result of a big area, a powerful area of low pressure that's been whipping chicago in the upper midwest with 60-mile-per-hour winds. that system is now sitting up over detroit that's going to be passing to our north as it does. ahead of that, our sky has pulled out, the rain has pulled away, but we'll be affected by that low pressure system in the form of those gusty winds. now we're getting breaks in the clouds this morning. we'll have sunshine in and out. these are the latest wind gusts. we've had them, 25 to spvps 35 miles per hour over the last hour. temperatures now in the 50s most locations. from the shennendoah valley to the atlantic beaches. montgomery, arlington, fairfax counties, we're down into the mid 50s now. sunrise is down at 22. we'll see sun today but that wind will be the big story. gusting up to nearly 40 miles per hour this around as temperatures climb into the 60s. in fact, by midnight, the winds diminish a bit. the winds shifting into the northwest and gusting to 20 to 25. a chilly morning, down into the low 40s this time tomorrow morning. and a chilly weekend to follow. even with the sunshine in the mornings, low 40s on saturday and sunday. afternoon highs, both 60s both days. small chance of a sprinkle and sunday on a tuesday and mild. maybe rain on wednesday. danella, good morning, how is traffic? >> good morning. if you're traveling 270, making your way out of clarksburg been it's a slow commute thus far. it's pretty clear for you until you make your way farther ahead. i'm seeing congestion, a lot of headlights as you head south. the good news here in both directions, not seeing any accidents. out of dell city, making your way out as you head towards lorton, on i-95, north and southbound, no accidents. back to you. >> danella, thanks so much. safety at alexandria's center, focus will be an issue tonight. the emergency manager sent a letter to president obama next month. it expressed concerns about the potential attack on the marc center and the effects it could have on the voungding neighborhoods. 2200 more employees will move in by the end of the year. tonight's forum will start at 7:00 at francis hannah middle school of seminary road. virginia transportation officials are apologizing this morning for emergency road work that stranded commuters for hours during yesterday's morning rush. contractors were attempt to go replace a 5-foot section on concrete on i-95. the repair crumbled, forcing crews to close all the laneses again around 5:00 a.m. vdot tells us they are very sorry for the major backups the repair caused. more bad news for another virginia transportation prompt. the fist face to if you will dulles could get behind schedule and go over budget. it could cost an extra $150 million if other funding sources don't come through. the current price tag is already at $2 billion. construction issues could delay the deadline by six months. a very personal cause that's not easy to share, dprammy winning singer natalie cole is speaking about her struggle with hepatitis c. >> there are so many people out there that do have it that are ashamed. there are people out that who knows that folks have it and they have made them feel asha d ashamed. this is no longer a disease to be ashamed of. >> cole is taking part in a national campaign called tune into hep b. it is to increase awareness. cole spoke about how she likely contracted hepatitis c from a contaminated needle when she was a drug acts 20 years ago. an estimated 3 million americans may have the disease but do not know it. today, president obama will give 13 people the president yad citizens medal. one of the people on that list is a military spouse who founded soldiers list. her organization has sent tens of thousand oefs pranls to as much members. the medal is awarded to those that have done exemplary deeds to the country for fellow citizens. those care packages are so important. congrats to her. what a well deserved award. >> indeed. still ahead, standing out from the crowd, rick perry's bold new plan to distinguish himself from his republican rival. also ahead this morning, the search for baby lisa. what investigators are turning to right now to find the missing to right now to find the missing missouri bab [ siren ] [ applause ] [ jackhammer ] [ crowd cheering ] [ speeding car ] [ siren ] [ horse whinnying ] [ bell dings ] your true self -- uncover it, embrace it, protect it. what's 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