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caught a funnel cloud forming near the stafford-prince william county line as severe storms blew through the region. some cars stopped on the interstate around 5:30 yesterday with all that debris flying around. people nearby said they heard the high winds coming through. >> we saw the damage it did in the neighborhood. there was -- one of the houses has a hole in the roof where the satellite dish was. there is a broken window from a patio chair plying up and hitting it. >> it picked up a bmw, the back end of a bmw, didn't push it anywhere but it folded the trunk. >> reporter: tornadoes were reported in two other virginia counties. one twister cut a six-mile swath of destruction new western new can't county near richmond. a funnel cloud touched down in louisa county which is the same place where the earthquake was also centered back in august. >> they need to catch a break. >> if you live in louisa county, you're feeling like what's going on? do i need to move somewhere else? >> a possible tornado in quantico. it was a dicey late afternoon, very strong thunderstorms that moved through. i know i saw some of the heaviest rain i've seen in this region for about 10 minute yesterday. could see some more thunderstorms later on today. tucker and i were talking about this. we don't expect them to be severe like they were yesterday but there is a possibility of some thunderstorms popping up again. here is a look at hd radar. right now, we are quote, unquote dry. it is not raining but again, we still have the wet road conditions. there is some fog in parts of the area and the like so we're dealing with that again. some clouds out there. not completely cloudy but some clouds. you can see there is more precipitation in areas of heavy rain to the south and west and yes, all of that is moving slowly to the north and east so we'll get some more rain showers in here and maybe some more thunderstorms. temperatures across the region right now in the district where it is 66 degrees. 67degrees in baltimore. dulles airport, 64 degrees and it is 64 in fredericksburg. the forecast for today, we'll see a lot of clouds around. we will see partial sunshine here and there touring the day. it will be rather breezy. temperature will be into the low and mid-70s depending on where you are and there is a chance of more showers and thunderstorms later today. we'll have more on all of this coming up in just a little bit. >> can't wait to dry out from all this. that's for sure. >> let's check in with julie wright and get a look at traffic this morning. wet roads again. >> we've got somed intoing. we had that overnight along the rock creek parkway down near ohio drive, down near the kennedy center. we had reports of standing water near the memorial bridge. take it easy as you head out the front door. we had accident activity reported on the inner loop before 355 and another crash reported on the inner loop near georgia avenue so heads up as you travel eastbound 495 in the direction of silver spring and headed over towards college park. the outer loop in better shape, no incidents to report there. northbound i-95, lanes are open leaving the prince william parkway working your way no newington. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. now to a developing story in montgomery county. where is william mcquain. that is what police want to know. the boy's mother was found dead inside their germantown home. his stepfather is now under arrest but the 11-year-old remains missing. fox 5's sherry ly joins us live from police headquarters in rockville. >> the amber alert for william mcquain remains in effect. when police arrested his stepfather in north carolina and charged him with murder, there was no sign of william. his mother, jane mcquain, was found dead wednesday night. montgomery county police say the 51-year-old was murdered in the bedroom of the germantown condo she shared with her son. police say william had not been seen at his middle school since september 30th. his stepfather, curtis lopez was arrested at a motel in charlotte, north carolina yesterday morning. he is 45 years old and has been charged with first degree murder. mcquain's missing honda crv was found in the parking lot. police haven't given up hope of fining william. >> i tell you, i pray to god he is still alive. >> our priority, our focus right now is to locate william mcquain i don't feel police a lopez and mcquain were married but did not live together. police can't explain why it took nearly two week for someone to report the mother and son missing. when someone did, they say by that time, mcquain had likely been dead for 10 to 12 days. that is the latest here in rockville. back to you. the family of the man killed outside the d.c. 9 nine club is now filing a multimillion-dollar lawsuit. ali mohammed died almost one year ago after an incident that, is that righted when he threw a brick through the window of the club on u street. the employees chased him and 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[ falcon screeches ] a showdown with occupy wall street protesters. officials in new york city are looking to clear out the park that has served as headquarters for hundreds ever the protesters. demonstrators say they have no plans to vacate an area there. the private owners plan a clean- up operation later this morning. officer forced out, they will be allowed back but no tents or sleeping bags. we are learning more about a deadly shooting spree at a california hair salon. nine people were shot, eight of them killed. scott dekraai is under arrest. police say his ex-wife worked at the salon. the noonth shooting victim remains in critical condition this morning. president obama says iran will pay a price for the alleged plot to kill the saudi ambassador. he made the remark at his first public statement since the plan was thwarted. mr.obama compared iran to north korea as an international outlaw. the president flatly charmed that it was in cahoots with an iranian-american suspect. >> we also know that he had direct links, was paid by and directed by individuals in the iranian government. >> we are all finding out that the state department had direct contact with iranian officials over thalled assassination plot even though the u.s. had no official diplomatic relations with iran. is d.c. prepared for an emergency? that is the question we have been hearing for years y concerns once again after the earthquake this sum irand now it is the focus of the city council hearing. details are next. we'll tell you what we've got going on for today as far as our weather goes. we'll see more rainfall, maybe some more thunderstorms as well. julie wright is here. she will tell us about traffic. stay with us. fox 5 morning news will be right back. traffic by the pentagon right now. words are wet and a lot of that because of what happened yesterday. >> tornado! that is a tornado. look at that. >> take a look at it. dramatic pictures right there of what appears to be a funnel cloud forming in louisa county, virginia. yes, the same louisa county which was the epicenter of the earthquake back in august. >> some of the worst damage happened this historic plantation home. it lost part of its roof. the house dates back to 1746. that is too bad. wow! >> 1746. >> yeah. that is amazing. a lot of damage there. okay, luckily no one was hurt though out of all this. but i guess it happens. >> you know, it is strictly coincidence, the earthquake and now tornadoes but again, if you live there and you step outside and you see that cloud, you got to be like -- >> what's next? >> who has it out for us. >> what did we do? you didn't do anything. it is just coincidence. possible tornado yesterday. not possible, in louisa county, a tornado. right near quantico, kind of on the line of stafford and prince william and i think new can't county in virginia as well. so a lot of activity yesterday afternoon. here is the good headline. thunderstorms today but the good part, drier and sunnier by the weekend. i think we'll have a decent weekend. now, having said that, i think tomorrow is going to be rather brisk, rather breezy, perhaps even windy. we'll have to deal with that. here is a look at the sentinel radar. right now, wash is dry. by that, i mean it's not raining. we do have the wet road conditions, standing water in some location. a coastal flood warning in effect for -- is it a warning? yeah, it is a warping. coastal flood warning in effect for baltimore, washington, places like that until noon today. meanwhile, off to the south and west, we have much more rain. some of this is going to come through ourier so we've got mother showers likely and we can't rule out some more thunderstorms. now, here a look at the big picture and you can see here is what happened. a warm front came through, really warmed us up. our high at reagan national got up to 77 degrees. much higher than i thought it would get yesterday. i have to tell you that. that was a warm front that came through, warmed us up, allowed the thunderstorms to pop up and explode. out to our west now, the cold front that of a been showing you, that will be the next feature to come through here. we have more showers and thunderstorms with that. that will drop our temperatures for the weekend. forecast for today though looks like this. plenty of -- i'm sorry. temperatures first. it's early and you've been distracted. 66degrees in washington, d.c. 68 in annapolis, 67 in baltimore. dulles airport as 64 degrees. a mix of clouds and sun today. showers are likely. some more thunderstorms are possible, becoming windy. winds gusting up to 25 miles per hour. 73degrees for your high today. then for tonight, clearing skies, much cooler overnight. 51 in town. that means some of you will be in the 40s tonight. your five-day forecast, check it out. tomorrow, decent, around 70. some of you in the 60s. but around 70. rather breezy sunday for the redskins victory over the eagles. sunshine, 71 degrees. monday, mostly sunny. late showers move in on tuesday. now, let's gypped out what is happening with traffic. here is julie wright -- now let's found out what is happening with traffic. here is julie wright. >> i like that positive thinking. now you're putting the pressure on the skins. >> a lot going on right now. waking up to wet pavement this morning. we do have some trouble spots out there. i-97 at route 100 being they have reports of the accident in the dark unfortunately. you can see the flickering lights. we do have reports this crash is involving an overturned vehicle. it is partially blocking one of the ramps from 197 to exit route 100. it is difficult to see which ramp is blocked. if this is how you travel into work, plan your trip accordingly. that ramp, whichever direction it is, very well could tie you up. so again 97 itself will remain open but it is the ramp that is closed to exit there and route 1 hunch we'll continue without are loop of the beltway heading from the mormon temple over to 270. you can see the variable message signs out there. that is on the outer loop coming from the temple headed around towards 270. if you were traveling on the inare loop of the beltway, they were check for accident activity near georgia avenue so heads up there as you work your way from 270 headed over towards jim moran. accident activity reported here. it is out are loop stacking up as you work your way out of silver spring. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. no cell phone service, gridlock on dose streets, ten years after 9-11 and most recently after the earthquake this summer, men race dents and elected leader are asking the same question. can we adequately handle an emergency? it became the folk is of a city council hearing and matt ask land was there. >> reporter: this is cell phone video minutes after the earthquake hit in august. downtown d.c. streets packed with people. many employers were not sure what to do and told folks to head home that. all caused a huge traffic mess. >> if everyone tries to leave at the same time, it is impossible for us to manage the traffic. >> reporter: councilmember phil mendelsohn oversees public safety. he is frustrate, even angry over the district's comminication response to the earthquake. he says it took 27 manhunt for dose's homeland security to issue a simple alert, a lot longer for the director to respond to his e-mail. >> i sent you an e-mail within an hour after the earthquake. it wasn't what's going on but it was something like that. you got back to me easily a day later. >> reporter: gridlock was also an issue last january when many were stranded in their car as a snowstorm hit. in that case, federal employees were allowed to leave early but not told to do so. >> they were given the option of leaving and they chose not to leave because the sky was sunny and they said nothing is going to happen. >> in response to a winter storm and earthquake, d.c. officials agree more has to be done to improve communication and make sure commuters know exactly what to do. >> there are some things that we are working on that we believe are going to really impact our ability to safely get people to where they need to be. >> reporter: d.c. officials have already been in contact with the federal government and other major companies here in the city to talk about the next time. instead of releasing employees right away, maybe they'll stay in place for avoid graphic gridlock. in the district, matt ackland, fox 5 news. it will be a big year at the box office as in the new movie the big year. >> it opens today and up next, kevin mccarthy sat down with three of the stars. steve martin, jack black and owen wilson, big stars there. stay with us. we'll tell you all about it coming up. s possible confident... that taking action now, is the way to create... a better tomorrow. that's why we're announcing, that with the planned merger with t-mobile, at&t will begin bringing five thousand jobs to 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they decide to spend one year fining things they can be pathate about twr sailing to skiing to bird watching. >> kevin mccarthy asked them if the theme of juggling passion with family responsibilities resonates in their life. >> being away a lot and making an effort to sort of enjoy where i was more. and then i was very successful at that where i had abe in slovakia going, i could leave here and that sort of continued. you don't want to be some place and be oh, i wish i was back home all the time. so yeah, it was just sort of making that sort of aad yu. -- that sort of adjustment so you try more. >> when i started, almost every movie was made in los angeles. then every once in a while, you would go away on location to texas. that sort of ended around roxanne or planes, trains and automobiles where we really were on location. my life now, it is sort of luxurious and to go live in an apartment for three months somewhere else is not as attractive as it once was when you're young are and you're kind of like seeking adventure. >> you don't want to go live in shreveport, louisiana for three months? come on. >> interesting in the beginning of the film where your character, his father does not accept what he wants to do. he doesn't accept this is your passion, this is what you want to do for a living. as actors when you first start off your careers, were your parents always supportive of this decision you wanted to make to go into the asking business? >> my father and mother were supportive. i think they were just glad that i was having some success doing something because for a while there it looked like it was a meltdown and they were going to have to just cut me loose. i started to get? traction and they're like oh, thank god, he is going to move out. >> well, i started as a stand- up comedian and that was kind of odd act so there was a real lack of understanding of whaifs doing from my parents. it was only later when i had success that they sort of thought they understood. >> three very funny guys. kevin will join us in the studio in the next hour with reviews of the film. weather last night in the area. you probably felt t hopefully, you weren't part of this. a tornado touching down, all captured on video. we'll hear from some folks who witnessed what happened. we are following developing news as well. the search for is a missing boy whose mom was found dead. her husband was charged with her murder. we'll get a live update coming up next. welcome back. you can see the washington monument today. a lot of fog and rain in the area. could still have some rain. let's check in with tony here in just a second but remember, yesterday, those wild storms hit several neighborhoods in our area. possible tornado forming over i- 95 near quantico. also, we understand students at the university of maryland receive alerts from campus public safety that sent many running for cover. that is a different story. we'll talk about that coming up in just a minute. a subdivision in surf advisory ford, virginia suffered a lot of damage. >> my wife was yelling for me because she could see all of the white i guess parts that were on the grass just funneling in the air and then i had water coming out of my ceiling. once it was all over, i came outside and saw all the damage that it did in the neighborhood. >> it had picked up eight -- the fire department said i think it was five or six, maybe eight, at that time, we was all excited, of the manhole covers and threw them about four blocks on top of the neighbor's house and apparently there is water damage. >> the national weather service has con if you recalled from the video that i tornado did hit near quantico and will further take a look at that later this morning. >> we have a letter in who sawed they believe there were two tornadoes and they are trying to look at that. we are not expecting and -- an outbreak of severe weather but stay next to your tv or radio. we full hi expect more showers a little bit later on this morning and then during the course of the day too. and could be some areas of heavy rain and thunderstorm activithave the thunderstorms, we'll keep our eyes open. the dynamics are different today than they were yesterday so right now, we are not expecting severe weather but we'll keep our eyes open and see how things develop as the day progresses. current temperatures around the region, 66 now in the nation's capital. 64 out at dulles airport. 62347 baltimore. patuxent naval air station is at 66 degrees. owe someone city is at 68 -- ocean city is at 68. plenty of clouds around, rather breezy. periods where we'll have some showers, maybe some thunderstorms coming through. highs today into the low and mid-70s depending on where you are. we'll have more details on all of this. cog up in just a little bit. >> thank you. let's check in with julie wright with a look at the traffic out there this morning. >> all right, you guys. let's get to it. we are talking the beltway outer loop west of connecticut avenue. that is where we had the accident activity. now, it is con finded to both shoulders so our lanes are open right now as you travel west of the mormon temple headed over towards connecticut avenue but again, there is a lot of flashing lights to see here, a lot of activity as you work your way around on georgia avenue so anticipate a slower than usual commute at this time. if you are traveling westbound along 66, we've got big delays here starting to form out in man as as you work your way in from 50 headed in towards 123. all lanes are open. i-97 at route 100, authorities are on the scene of a crash there. follow police direction to get by. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. developing story that we're following in montgomery countyen a woman found dead inside her germantown home. yesterday,er estranged husband arrested in north carolina charged with her murder. >> even more alarming here, an amber alert remains in effect for her 11-year-old son. sherry ly joins us live now with more on the search for william mcquain. good morning, sherry. >> reporter: good morning. police had hoped to find 11- year-old william mcquain with his stepfather who was arrested in north carolina but he was not with him. now, all efforts are being made to find william and find him alive. his mother, jane mcquain, was found dead wednesday night. police say she's been dead 10 to 12 days when they found her murdered inside her germantown condo. her son hasn't been seen at his middle school since september 30th where he is a sixing grader. yesterday morning, police arrested his stepfather, curtis lopez. they caught up with the 45-year- old at a motel in charlotte, north carolina. he is now charged with first degree murder. mcquain's missing honda crv was in the parking lot but no sign of william. >> according to witnesses, mr. lopes was recently seen in the area of ms. mcquain's residence and was seen removing property from the residence and loading in t. into the victim's vehicle. >> i talked to him for about 20 minutes. just as cool as a cucumber like nothing going on. >> reporter: police say that mcquain and lopez were estranged. montgomery county schools say it is their policy, if a student is missing from school to try to contact a parent or an emergency contact but they haven't saying specifically what efforts were made to find william. it was a person who knew jane mcquain that finally reported her missing to police nearly two week after the two went missing. back to you. >> thank you. the family a man killed outside the d.c. 9 nightclub is filing a multiyou million dollar lawsuit. they will make the official announcement later on this morning. ali muhammed died almost winnipeg year ago in and dint that started when he threw a brick through the club. the employees followed him and beat him. all charges were dropped when the automatic came back inconclusive. in a story you will only soo on fox 5, a local church trying to figure out who dumped boxes and boxes of private documents on their property. it is bad enough that someone desued to dump dozens of boxes behind the church but these had all kinds of of personal information, contracts, record books, fern photos, even checkbooks. church workers found the stash. >> poem's social security number, date of birth, their names, their addresses, their military information, their base information, all kind of information, defense information, security clearance information. the files were wide open out here where anyone could have had access to them. >> the company's them on the documents was total services solutions but none of the nation wide phone numbers for that company are working. church leaders do not want to just throw the documents away. the president and first lady hosting their fifth state dinner. president obama is also praising a deal that he says will put thousands of people to work. we'll explain that. at. but first, a check of the 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>> i think he probably wanted to be out there with the passing of steve jobs and everything be out there with the fans. that is cool. i like that. that would be like if you are a follower of star trek or something, going to something and there is leonard nimoy sitting there. >> that word would have leaked out on 10,000 message boards. >> that is true. we'll start with the bus stop forecast. we have mostly cloudy skies this morning and the possibility of some showers. we are not having hem right now but there is a possibility some could develop while some of your kids are on the way to school. again, i think this particular radar image, and we have numerous ones, and they're set to different levels of what we call reflectivity, i think this one is overplawing the mp3 a little bit. i think the farther south you get, the deeper greens, that is where we have some rain hitting the ground. -- i think this one is overplaying the moisture a little bit. plenty of moisture still to deal with through virginia, west virginia, ohio, portions of north carolina. we'll get more showers coming through here during the course of the day today. temperatures around the region, as i said, were in the 60s. we're going to remain there up into the low 70s. here is your futurecast. plenty of clouds in over us now. this is showing more rainfall across most of the viewing area by 8:00, 9:00 this morning. we do expect that during the course of the day today. we see some showers pop up. it looks like things look good by late this afternoon according to this futurecast. we'll have to wait and see how things develop. during the nighttime hours, we get some clearing and some cooler air working its way in here and drier conditions for the weekend. so the forecast for today looks like this. mix of clouds and sun, showers likely, becoming windy today. winds could gust up to 25 miles per hour. can't rule out some thunderstorms later. high about 73 degrees. a cool night with cheering skies and lows in the 50s rather than the 60s and some of you in the 40s tonight. five-day forecast, not bad. after today, tomorrow, a nice day but breezy. still think winds blowing around a little bit. sunday, nice, 71 and sunny. monday and tuesday look pretty decent as well. now, let's get more on this morning's rush hour traffic from julie wright. >> all right. we started off this morning's commute on the outer loop of the beltway with the crash after connecticut avenue and you will find the activity now confined over to the shoulder so we've got the lanes open but delays on the outer loop building from 29 colesville road. 66 a better ride for you. volume up creasing out of manassas but no incidents to report as you continue in from fair oaks to the beltway. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >> thank you. d.c. and national leaders are taking advantage of this weekend's mlk memorial dedication to fight for causes many say king would be standing up for if he were here today. two big marches are planned for tomorrow, one for jobs and justice led by the reverend al sharpton. another, a rally for full voting rights led by d.c. mayor vincent gray. the mayor talked about the march last night on fox 5 news at 10:00. >> it is entirely scone stent with what dr. king stood for. if you go back and look at his speeches, he talked about the plight of the district of columbia in 1965 where he then, 46 years ago, talked about the fact that democracy and justice had not come to the people of the district of columbia. >> a reminder for you about our coverage plans for the mlk memorial dedication. we will broadcast the official ceremony at 11:00 a.m. sunday on our sister station, wdca my 20. we are all going to stream the coverage on myfoxdc.com. it is another big showdown for the redskins this weekend. can they get revenge on the philadelphia eagles? 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scott is live in the satellite center with more. >> he is the closest thing to a gop front runner and has a hook here. he is pitching himself as the one to heal the economy. >> i am mitt romney. i believe in america and i'm running for president. >> a slice of americana on the new hampshire farm. mitt romney made it official and into the began his attack on the president. >> barack obama has failed america. >> the former massachusetts governor made his mark turning companies around and now claims he can do that for the country too. platforms, jobs, unemployment numbers are dismal foreclosures and home prices continuing to slide and the runaway spending in washington -- all possible achilles heel for the president. >> he says this, i'm just getting started. no, mr. president. you have had your chance. >> after spending the morning passing out constitutions in boston, sarah palin headed to new hampshire on her bus tour. although, is not taking away his spotlight, she says. >> we are in the same territory at the same time. >> rudy guiliani is also there to see how he would fare in the primary state if he joined the fray. meanwhile, many are wondering if the donald is back after he gave this comment to fox news. >> if the republicans put up the stairs, i would certainly consider running a three-person race. >> that sounds like a bit of backtracking from drop. he is not alone. mike huckabee also recently said he was out and now is saying the door is not necessarily all the way shut. >> the menu actually had the job is the esn racing into high gear. president that -- is kicking his fund-raising into high gear. president obama has raised three-quarters of a billion dollars to help get reelected. go to our home page and click on the politics that for the latest. >> power has been restored along a major corridor of downtown d.c.. for more than today's, apartments businesses, and government buildings were without air conditioning in the north west capitol street area. some federal offices were also forced to close. several restaurant areas say they have lost business. crews have laid temporary cables and we are told permanent repairs are underway. >> also tonight we continue to follow developments in a deadly bus crash in caroline county. abc7 has learned that the bus driver has had an extensive record. we found nearly 10 traffic violations for the driver, all in northern virginia. we're also hearing from another survivor of a deadly crash. gail pennybacker is live. >> survivors' stories are so important as the ntsb and virginia state police investigate what happened tuesday morning on interstate 95 in caroline county. what we do know today is that the driver charged in that case has been driving the roadways and getting tickets for its peak years. -- for his behavior. >> the eyewitness blamed the bus driver. >> he just fell asleep. he caused those debts. -- deaths by not just pulling over and resting. >> he faces charges in caroline county virginia and he is no stranger to traffic violations. according to court records he has been charged nine times in the last eight years in alexandria arlington and fairfax on the i-95 court or, for speeding, failing to use seat belts, falling to close failing to use highway signs and failing to stop along the highway. he was driving from california to new york when he lost control. but sky express must suspend all operations. >> it restricts our ability for enforcement to stop coaches when they have issues or concerns. >> the driver will be in court tomorrow morning in caroline county and 8:30 p.m. -- 8:30 a.m. he has bonded out $3,000. no telling what will happen with the judge tomorrow. some lawmakers are criticizing the obama administration for its handling of the bp oil spill. today, mississippi governor he lee barber testified before a congressional committee. the republican criticized the government's response following last year's disaster. barber argued that managing does this bill instead of giving back control to state governments was mismanagement. but some people do not like the oil industry or think it is -- >> some people do not like the well industry or think it is a whipping boy politically. i suspect that. >> the white house says it is still considering how best to consider offshore oil drilling and to encourage it. we have an update from this deadly twister disaster area. >> also, a spike in people who will not be receiving the tax refunds they had coming to them. >> get this, tomorrow's weather even nicer we'll have details and the weekend butz we continue with news of a lawsuit filed against apron's jet -- >> we continue with news of a lawsuit filed in prince george's county. >> a mother and daughter were ordered to take their bras off. the issue has been raised at security check before. >> a mother and daughter say they were humiliated after they were told to remove their bras and then they had to walk through the jail to put them back on. >> i had to hold myself like this because the jersey i had on was exposing my breast. >> when we went in, the metal detectors kept going off. we were taking off all of our jewelry, shoes belts. the guard said to us, do you have an underwire bra? >> i had to remove my bra. but the women went to the bathroom took off their bras and went through detectors. they say security officers never passed their bras through the metal detectors and there was no place for them to put their bras back on in the jail. back in february, the director of the department of corrections apologize after an officer reportedly told several female visitors, including four defense attorneys they had to remove their bras before passing through the medicalmetal detectors. he then issued a policy saying women did not have to remove their bras if the detectors are set off. bikes and their department of corrections has denied comment -- >> and the department of corrections has denied comment on this case because of the lawsuits. >> new information on the tornado that hit joplin, missouri. we have an update on the number is dead and the devastated community. >> and a much nicer seen here. milder temperatures will arrive. >> game two of the nba finals is just hours away. >> the latest numbers on weekly jobless claims showed small steps toward a recovering economy. >> the number of people applying for unemployment dropped for the third time in four weeks. 6000 fewer people applied for benefits last week. still more than 400,000 people that apply. experts say the declines are a good sign. >> an independent research group shows that retailers missed expectation. the rising gasoline prices focused consumers on the necessities, such as gasoline and food. >> and taxpayers identity that is soaring. today, the government accountability office revealed the irs has seen a dramatic increase in identification that in 12,00832010. -- 2008-10. they say they file early and take off with the refund. and much later the real taxpayer find out their information has been compromised. >> the death toll from joplin missouri continues to rise. 120 people have died and four people have died in hospitals. more than a hat -- 8000 homes and 500 businesses were damaged or destroyed. and this week in central massachusetts, four people died when tornadoes swept through the springfield area. >> and we have amazing video of that one recently from massachusetts. you cannot ask for -- you could ask. i knew you would. tomorrow is going to be cooler than today, but still dry and sunny. >> good, that is what i ask for. >> is delightful across the city. without a high humidity that sky does not have the haze. live data coming from leonardtown and st. mary's county. 84 degrees there. at wido octomom -- at white oaks elementary school, 84 degrees. 88/70 or the high and low. -- aren't the high and low. -- 88/70 are the high and low. right now, 79 in gaithersburg. 86 at quantico. temperatures across the northeast are very cool. a lot of canadian air is spilling across new england dropping temperatures into the 50's 60's across ms. mcginn and the lakes. along with the hot temperatures, a heidi. temperatures are clearing out too. when you combine temperatures with the dewpoint, that is when the machine is has gone away. what we are seeing is a little shower activity trying to develop. look at the storms that have formed over south carolina the dry weather will continue through the day tomorrow and into saturday. by saturday, the slightly warmer air returns to the region. for the next seven days, check out these numbers. 832 marcum 85 saturday, -- 83 on friday, 85 on saturday. >> gained two right here. it is going to be a big one. let's see if dallas can get their momentum going. the miami heat have been criticized all year for their inability to close out games. in game 1, the he proved everyone wrong lebron james -- everyone wrong. the lebron james passing game started late. he held that famous dallas offense from putting points on the board. he strained a tendon in his middle finger, but not his shooting hand and he says he is just fine. >> i'm not really worried about it. i think once the adrenaline starts flowing, i do not think it will slow down much. >> now to the stanley cup finals. game 1 in boston last night. it goes into overtime. the mask is coming off. the way you could say is a season high. the team batting average improves to .232. first pitch is that 9:40 p.m. here is a shot of the day. an eagle putt from very far away, right in the cup. the leader at seven under. sharipov which will have to wait another year. the selling advances to the finals against francesca. -- selena advances to the finals against francesca. let me introduce you to pellerano, a senior at north high school -- della romano. >> it does not really feel weird for me. >> in fact, she says it plays to her advantage. >> it helps me as a pitcher. >> with a fastball that fits around 75, a curveball, and the great 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see a light snow shower. leesburg, reston, a couple of flurries. this is part of a weak little clipper system moving through. some clouds for the morning forecast for all of us and then we'll see sunshine break out this afternoon. we are not going to see any amounts of snowfall across the region during the morning hours. let's take a look at these temperatures. 35 at reagan national. 32 in baltimore. 34 in fredericksburg and winchester. our highs later today, how about 40 degrees? that won't be bad. partly sunny skies this afternoon after an early flurry and winds will be out of the north and west at 10. weather should be just fine right through the end of the week. >> it will be perfect for it. any time we can be above freezing, it's good. >> great start to the commute today. no major problems to report on the area roadways as you travel 95 in maryland southbound. your construction should be wrapping up. route 50 the john hanson highway, incident-free. take a look at 270 south out of frederick, can you see a nice and easy ride down toward the split. traveling the beltway, no problems to report in maryland. in virginia, we did have overnight construction between 66 and the little river turnpike. that is picking up. here we are at route 50, arlington boulevard. you can see everybody is running at speed on both the inner and outer loop. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >> as we check headlines, a community mourning a grocery store owner as police release new clues in his murder. dozens came out to remember raj patel who was shot during a robbery attempt. overnight, police released pictures from the surveillance cameras showing the two suspects. if anybody has any information in this case, they are asked to call d.c. police. there is a $25,000 reward being offered in this case. also making headlines this morning, the death of a man oudc-9 nightclub in october has now been ruled a homicide. the coroner's report does not indicate he was fatally beaten as initially thought. it also indicated that the victim may have had a preexisting heart condition. friends of muhammed hope the findings will get the charges reinstated against the employees who were recently cleared in that case. >> my reaction was relief in that what we've been saying all along this these employees led to the death of ali muhammed. montgomery county police are looking for two men who shot and killed a teenager in silver spring yesterday afternoon. students were ordered to stay inside a school as a precaution. investigators say the teen was shot in the chest and died at the hospital. the suspects drove away. in las vegas, police are talking about organizing a search for the missing dancer originally from anne arundel county. investigators are looking for leads to find the woman. she was last seen leaving her ex-boyfriend's apartment nine days ago. prince george's county schools could take i big hit to help close and expected $140 million budget shortfall for the upcoming fiscal year. the layoffs are expected to save $89 million eliminating sports who save $800,000. we may find out later today who will be the new d.c. schools chancellor when mayor elect vincent gray announces five members of his education administration right now, kaya henderson is the interim chancellor. a number of travelers here and across the pond are still stranded knowledging a major snowstorm in europe. heathrow airport in london has canceled hundreds of flights since the weekend. it is having a ripple effect at the airports in the states too including dulles international. a gaithersburg, maryland man is trying to rebook just like everyone else so he can get to india. >> my father-in-law is having the surgery there. he has just been diagnosed with cancer. so i really have to get there. >> a bit of good news though. both runways at heathrow have opened but service may not fully be restored until tomorrow. president obama will make history this morning when he signs the repeal of the pentagon's ban on openly gay soldiers. for more on this, audrey barnes joins us from outside the white house this morning. >> reporter: this is and historic day. some would say it is very much like the end of racial segregation in the military. at 9:15, president barack obama will sign a bill repealing don't ask, don't tell. what that means is that gay members of the military no longer have to hide their sexual orientation. now, the service teams of the different branches of the military still have to come up with an incident plementation plan and they have a lot to take into account. they need to make sure that combat readiness isn't compromised and also things like housing have to be taken into consideration as well. so many people wanted to be here no this historic signing that the white house made the decision to move the signing to a huge auditorium in the interior department. all the festivities and signing take place at 9:15 this morning. back to you. >> thank you. >> thank you. plenty ahead on fox 5 morning news. coming up next, very scary moments inside a television station. a person armed with a gun. >> we'll tell what you happened and how it ended as we check more headlines. south korea has begun conducting annual naval exercises off of the coast today despite the ongoing tension with north korea. hundreds of troops, fighter jets, tanks and attack helicopters are deployed as south korea is vowing to punish the enemy in response to north korea's artillery attack last month. white house officials a the north's actions indicate it is not ready for let enspictors monitor its newer lahr enrichment program. a woman with a gun put a halt to the 5:00 news at a charlotte, north carolina tv station. the 51-year-old woman put a gun to her own head in the lobby of abc affiliate wsoc tv. the building was evacuated and she eventually surrendered to police. one witness says she was distraught over some financial issues and wanted someone to talk to. mendte of major action to take place on the hill -- plenty of major action to take place on the hill as the senate plans to take a test vote on the 9-11 health bill. also on the hill, the senate will vote on the new nuclear weapons treaty with russia. it passed a crucial test vote yesterday with enough votes to pass the 2/3 super majority needed for ratification. the treaty limits nuclear arsenal to about 1500 nuclear warheads for oth the u.s. and russia. net neutrality has been approved. it can't charge sites like google arrest amazon higher rates for service. people who download a lot of content like web movies could end up paying more. a fox 5 follow-up. >> a nurse fired because she couldn't make it to work during a blizzard last winter. up next, the dispute over her firing resolved. we'll have that update for you. we've got clouds across the area. a few light snow flurries off to the north and west. we are in store for more sunshine and slightly warmer temperatures. i'll have more details on the forecast and lauren demarco is in with a look at your on-time traffic coming up after the break. heavy rain out west continues to cause some big problems. here is a look at mesquite, nevada, one of many places under a state of emergency because of flooding. in arizona, four homes were washed away in the northern part of arizona. more than were expected to be lost overnight. in california, governor arnold schwarzenegger has declared a state of emergency in six counties because of flooding and mudslides there. in two foothill suburbs of los angeles, more than 200 homes have been ordered evacuated. forecasters there expect more rain today. my gosh, they can't catch a break out there. >> like a fire hose. that is the same storm system we're watching for the end of the weekend around here. >> which could bring snow. >> possibly, yes. >> we don't want to hype that up but it could happen. >> we've been talking about all week. it is all possible it will slip out to sea. so a close call again. around here, we have a couple of light snow flurries. we have cloud cover and temperatures in the low 30s which is a little better than it's been. >> we'll take it. >> i don't know what to say, it is so pleasant. we had a celebration yesterday in the weather center. it is now officially winter. tony and sue were in on the party. big celebration. we'll continue that party for the next 90 days. going to feel like winter for the next couple of hours as we have clouds and sort of a gray sky as you get up and out the door. late week storm. it will slow down. we thought it might arrive christmas eve and during the day on christmas. now, it looks like end of the weekend and into the day on monday. it could snow on sunday but there are a lot of question mark about where the storm will become organized and where it might track towards the end of the weekend. 5degrees at reagan national. 30 in gaithersburg. 32 in leonardtown. these temperatures aren't too bad. winchester, 34. we have light snow flurry activity, snow showers off to the north and west to start your morning. all part of the weak area of low pressure passing through during the last several hours. you can see the cloud cover across the region. this satellite-radar really overdoing how much is hitting the ground. there are some light snow showers so don't be priced if you head out if you don't see those. we have some clearing and that will get in here later today. after cloudy skies to start your morning, a little afternoon sun and then a nice couple of days around here. i know everybody has lots of plans, travel and that kind of thing. we should be just fine here in the immediate mid-atlantic over the next couple of days and a lot of sunshine and temperatures getting close to seasonal. partly sunny, early flurry possible. 40degrees your daytime high. winds out of the north and west at 10 to 15. we'll get colder tonight. tomorrow, not too bad. sunshine, high temperatures in the upper 30s. we'll be breezy during the day tomorrow. friday looks just fine for christmas eve. 38, saturday, partial sunshine. clouds late in the day. we have to watch the track of the storm system all over the place. right now, the best chance for snow if we get any will be on sunday. plenty cold for it. lauren demarco has your very latest. >> we are seeing a little bit of volume starting to build in the usual stretches. no major accidents or incidents to report right now. let's take a look at 95 in virginia as you head northbound out of dale city toward woodbridge. things looking pretty food right now. here we are in montgomery county, 270 head southbound through germantown. we showed you this camera. there was hardly anyone there. for right now, of -- everybody running at speed. no major problems on 95. here we are at the 14th street bridge making a trip across into the district on 395. everything is running well. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >> thank you. a nurse who was fired because she didn't make it in to work during a blizzard recently or last winter perhaps is now back on the job. wisdom martin explains the decision and why she was allowed to go back to doing what she loved. >> reporter: friday, february 5, 2010. one of of the biggest snowstorms in the history of the region buries the dmv. labor and delivery nurse jerry lee, a 31-year veteran says she tried to get to work for her 7:00 p.m. shift but the roads were just too bad. when she called the hospital, she says a manager told her -- >> if you refuse to come in, you will be held insubordinate. and at that point, i said i don't know what i'm supposed to do. >> reporter: lee was suspended indefinitely and later fired. >> on the 11th, i received a certified mail saying after reviewing the facts and circumstances, we decided that you were grossly insubordinate. >> the agreement has always been, the policy has always been, that absences during weather emergencies don't count for purposes of discipline. for some reason, on february 5, 2010, the hospital decided to change the way it was doing things. >> reporter: an independent arbitrator ruled that lee was insubordinate but her duct did not amount to gross misconduct warranting immediate discharge. the arbitrate ire ruled lee be reinstated to the position. >> i was relieved, happy that justice had been served. >> reporter: the washington hospital center releaseed a statement saying the arbitrator ordered that her dismissal be converted for a 10-day suspension without pay and miss lee be reinstated to her former path as a labor and y nurse. >> patients are the real winners here. miss lee is a wonderful nurse. when she returns to the delivery room, patients will be well served by her. >> eight other nurses from the washington hospital center remain fired because they didn't show up during the snowstorm. their cases are still pending. still ahead on fox 5 morning news, if you haven't done your holiday shopping, time is running out, of course. you know that. we'll show you how to land great deals, coming up. i'm sergeant first class mere from germany reaching everybody in woodbridge and the virginia area a merry christmas and happy new year. ho, ho, ho! d yo it is christmas time but christmas trees don't bring everyone holiday cheer. >> a new study shows people who don't celebrate the holidays feel uneasy and unsure of themselves around christmas trees. people who do celebrate have the exact opposite reaction and feel more positive about them. you still haven't done your holiday shop something don't feel too uneasy about that. ainsley earhart tells us how you can still fete it done in time. >> reporter: are you a last- minute shopper? whether you are avoiding the crowds, too busy or stuck on what to get, it is not too late. scores of web sites are offering deals and ideas and the promise to get it to you by christmas. guilt.com is promising insider prices. >> no matter who you are shopping for this christmas, guilt pretty much has it. everything from coffee table books for the home or kids stuff, accessories, apparel for women and all kinds of stuff that guys are going to love. it is the one-stop shop for all that. >> reporter: americans spent over a billion dollars on cyber monday. it was the biggest online shopping day ever. >> the most important day of the year continues to be cyber monday. >> reporter: many sites continue to offer discount sales on a wide variety of items. they can offer plenty of ideas for your gift giving. >> coffee table books can be a cost effective way to incorporate art and design into your life. this package bundles up four giants of design into one package. on guilt, $95 for four books. buying something for the lady in your life is a tough choice. you find a clutch is a great choice. you don't need to worry about size. this one fits all. this one is available on guilt for about $179, normally well over $400. >> reporter: there are always benefits to shopping online. >> it is convenient. you don't have to go to a crowded mall. it is all right there. for another thing, we have a huge selection, the best of the best. >> reporter: if your idea of shopping is heading to the stores and braving lines, there is still time to ship presents to family and friends. >> they know we can deliver for them. you can ship up to the 23rd and we'll get it there by christmas eve. >> reporter: fedex has promised to ship same did -- same day on december 25th. ainsley earhart, fox news. >> thank you. we still have plenty aled on fox 5 morning news. we'll be right back with your weather and traffic. stay with us. we take a look at traffic out there on the beltway on this wednesday morning, december 22nd, just three days away from christmas. and it is still feeling like it. i guess this is the first full day of winter. >> yeah. >> it is funny because two days ago, it felt more like winter than it does today. >> temperatures in the low 30s across the area. a couple of light snow flurries out there. it will be kind of gray as you get out the door. some sunshine in here and highs in the upper 30s and low 40s later today. why do you keep looking at me that way. >> i'm not looking at you any way. you're just paranoid because of your jacket. >> tv wants to wear it later today. >> you can see the snow showers falling off to the north and west. no accumulation expected but you might see a couple of light snow flurries out towards frederick, harper's ferry, winchester, reston, parts of loudoun county. all part of our weak area of low pressure that will give us cloud cover to start the day. we'll see some sunshine build in during the course of the afternoon. let's do temperatures. 5degrees at reagan national. that is a lot better than it has been. humidity, 54%. winds are nice and light out of the north and west at six miles per hour. the forecast is generally a good one and it gets better from here. the next couple days are going to be very quiet. highs in the upper 0s and low 40s later this afternoon with more and more sunshine building in after some morning clouds. not a bad looking day and thursday and friday look great too. we'll have the details on that. we'll look at the holiday weekend and we'll talk about holiday plans coming up in a few minutes. >> everybody is hoping for the white christmas. maybe we'll see one. we'll see. >> yes, we'll talk about it. >> thank you. check in with lauren and get a look at traffic. >> things looking pretty good out there on the roads. no mainltor accidents to report at this time. a little bit of volume building in the usual stretches. our overnight construction has wrapped up. -- no major accidents to report at this time. very nice trip between college park and bethesda in both directions. no problems to report on the inner or outer loop. the mog running well. here you are taking a look at connecticut avenue. can you see both sides of your screen, no problems to report. you are still running at speed. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. making headlines, new developments in the case of a man who died after being beaten outside of a d.c. nightclub back in be on the. the medical examiner has ruled aly. muhammed's death a homicide. however, there were a variety of centing factor is including physical exertion and heart trouble. charges were dropped against the five dc-9 employees involved. now, with evidence of homicide, friends of the victim want those charges reinstated. d.c. police chief kathy lanier says she hopes that justice will prevail. >> this has to play out. i think once this goes through the justice system, questions will get answered as we go forward. we now have a ruling that the manner of death was homicide. let's start there and go forward. >> the alcoholic beverage regulation administering is allowing the club to remain open for now. a man who pested threats against metro on facebook will remain in jail. he and in court in alexandria yesterday. a judge ordered him held without bond. prosecutors say he posted warnings on facebook warning he would put bombs on trains and under manhole covers in georgetown. he also threatened a new orleans woman who alerted the fbi about his online postings. three gunmen caught on tape holding i'm grocery store in woodbridge. the gunman got away with cash and jewelry but the store's manager chased after them. he rammed the suspect's car several time with his own car. police say the suspects opened fire hitting the manager's car but he was not hurt. he drove back to the store and called police. now, investigators have a name for one of of the suspects. they say he is jesus garcia dine. they are looking for his accomplices. four teenages are recovering after a scarry accident in riverdale, maryland. three girls and a boy were in that van that you just saw when it overturned near parkdale high school. firefighters tell us the victim are all students at the school. they were taken to the hospital to get checked out. we are told their injuries are minor. no word on what caused that accident. some major cuts may be on the way to prince george's county schools. the school superintendent says there are a number of proposals on the table to help close an anticipated $140 million shortfall in the 2012 fiscal education budget. proposed cuts including saving $800,000 by eliminating middle school sports and $89 million by eliminating about 1,000 teaching jobs. we should found out more today about who will lead d.c. public schools. mayor-elect vincent gray will announce the official members of his education administering. that could include the new schools chancellor. right now kaya henderson is the interim chancellor. snowfall throughout europe is still burying holiday plans here in the states and across the pond. heathrow airport has canceled hundreds of flights since the weekend. will thomas has the story from dulles international airport. snowfall throughout europe is burying holiday plans. passengers are camped out in heathrow terminal. energy and patience running thin. >> our flight was canceled. we weren't told. the board still said on time. >> reporter: here is a look at the british air wares ticket counter line at dulles international late tuesday, a sea of people trying to get answers. how long have you been waiting? >> since 4:00. >> that is three and a half hours so far. >> yes, sir. >> reporter: she is trying to get to geneva but needs to pass through heathrow to get there. >> i've been if the line for three hours and a half. but my flight was supposed to leave tomorrow. i came here today because maybe i have better possibilities to go home. >> reporter: we found a large contingent of italians trying to get back to their homeland, a pass through heathrow also necessary. one look at the departure board and you can see it is not looking good. >> i have to fly back to italy the 5th. so i have my christmas on the plane. i called more than once today and i got no answer from anybody and the web site was really hard to find what i needed. >> reporter: this gaithersburg man is trying to rebook like everyone else. it is not christmas he is worried about missing in india. it is his dad. >> my father-in-law, he is having the surgery there. he has just been diagnosed with cancer. so i really have to get there. president obama by the way getting ready to sign i a repeal of the ban on openly gay soldiers. repealing the pentagon's ban will let hoxuals serve openly minister military for the first time. he will be making good on a campaign pledge. more trouble for actress lindsay lohan. details of an alleged run-in at a rehab facility. we are checking that in headlines. the dow ended up as well as the nasdaq yesterday. the nikkei ended down. we are going to get a check of your business news coming up in the next hour. verizon 4glte. download a song in 4 seconds. rule the air on the fastest 4g network in america. the government is put on the hook for tapping into phones. a federal judge has ordered archingle sam to pay more than two and a half million dollars in damages and attorneys fees. judge as a the government wiretapped the phones of a suspected terrorist organization without a warrant. the head of wikileaks is himself complaining about leaks now. julian assange says someone leaked a swedish police report about his alleged sexual offenses. the detail and in the british newspaper, the guardian. it appears to be one. papers publishing the wikileaks documents. assange is living at a country house in england while he waits for an extradition hearing next month. actress lindsay lohan facing charges after and pawrntd run -- an apparent run- in with a staffer. unnames worker was fired from the bedy ford center after giving an interview about the confrontation with lohan. late night talk show host george lopez wants to run los angeles. the comedian says he intends to run for mayor after his contract for his late night tv show expires. lopez telling fox's good day l.a. if arnold schwarzenegger can be governor, he can be the mayor. the current mayor's term expires in 2013. a lot more ahead including a story from our own beth parker. >> reporter: trouble to the tracks. what is the future of maryland horse racing? we'll tell you coming up. we take a look at interstate 395. we'll get the latest from lauren demarco who is in for julie wright and tucker will have the latest on your weather. we'll be right back. our facebook fan of the day is maria kapiko. she just moved here from hawaii. if you want to be tomorrow's fan of the day, can you also find us on facebook by searching fox 5 morning news. there is no space between fox and the number five and then post a comment under maria's photo. maria just came back from warm hawaii and now it is a little chilly here. >> how nice would that be? >> here is what we're doing today as we take a live look outside. last week, we ask our facebook fans to share with us their favorite holiday tunes. we played a whole bunch of them. we asked for your least favorite song. if you have heard it, it doesn't leave you holly and jolly. it talk about a young boy trying to buy the shoes for his mom who is dying. several facebook fans say you can shut it off now. we've heard enough. >> i had not heard that, but when you read the whole story behind it, i was like how sad that is. you are supposed to look for the one uplifting moment. >> i guess so. >> buried among the misery. >> i'll listen to jingle bells then. >> i would rather look at tucker's holiday jacket and have a hearty belly laugh. >> i only get to wear it one day a year and today is that day. >> like st. pat rake's day. >> we need to get a close-up for later on. >> maybe we can do that. maybe not. upper 0s -- upper 30s and low 40s across the area. bwi marshall, 42 degrees. tony did not predict these yesterday. they came in a little higher than we expected. right now, 35. awe nice mild start to the day. here we go. colder than where we want it to be but it has been warmer the last couple of mornings. 32 in leonardtown. 33 in annapolis. much of the area here south appear east of the city actually above freezing. have a couple of light flurries out there just off to the north and west. weak area of low pressure passing on through. you can see this. just awe little bit of light snow shower activity and a lot of clouds. eventually, we have clearing out to the west. that will get in here with high pressure later this afternoon. we will see some afternoon sun. the big weather story the last couple of days, the rain in california. yet another system cranking up along the coast. flood watches and warning across the l.a. basin. the heavy rain spreading up into northern california as well. i show you this feature because this is a storm system that could impact our weather later this weekend as it will travel across the country, reorganize into an area of low pressure here across is northern gulf and we'll see if it can track up the coast. if we are going to get snow in the washington area, it would be sunday into monday. the thinking is we'll push it off 24 hours and even shown, only a possibility. winds out of the north and west at about 10 to 15 miles per hour. winds out of the north and west at 15 to 20. i know you got plans the next couple days of and the weather should cooperate. lots of sunshine, upper 30s on thursday. christmas eve looks just fine. nice and cold for santa's arrival during the overnight friday night and saturday morning. and look like a partly sunny day christmas day and we'll see if we don't get some snow around here on sunday so the kids can use the sleds sunday afternoon. that is a look at the weather forecast. let's do some on-time traffic with lauren demarco. >> things looking pretty good right now. smooth trip out of frederick. we do have some volume building. in prince george's county, you are traveling the inner loop towards the wilson bridge. everybody moving along. no major problems there. 95 in virginia. we do see a little bit of slow traffic through woodbridge and from newington heading into springfield. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >> thank you. the future of maryland horse racing remains up in the air. the maryland racing commission still can't reach an agreement on a racing calendar for next year. the track owners were asking for a much smaller calendar in order to save money. horse community says that would cost them their livelihood. beth parker has more. >> reporter: the preakness. it is one-third of horse racing's prestigious triple crown. the real battle is inside this room at laurel park, a showdown before the maryland racing commission that some say could kill horse racing in maryland. >> this ownership has brought maryland racing to the virg of -- the verge of ruin and we all know it. the question now is what do we do in the short term. >> frank stronack represents the real estate company that jointly owns the track. he says the group is losing million each year. >> i would do everything i can that we have horse racing but it has got to make economic sense. we can't year after year subsidize the racing facilities here. >> reporter: horse groups and track owners can not agree on how many races will be run in 2011 and how money will be spent and earned. the maryland racing commission voted no to deny the track owner's proposed business plan and its application for 2011 racing dates. >> we need ownership that is willing to operate this business on a year-round basis. >> reporter: there is fear the disagreement could bring an end to racing in maryland at least under the current ownership. >> it is difficult. many sleepless nights. you don't know. we all depend on this industry from the bottom to the top. and it is difficult. >> reporter: now, some at today's meeting urged governor o'malley to step in and take the track using eminent domain i'm spokesman for the governor says they are exploring all legal options. the governor says he will do whatever it takes to protect the preakness and horse racing in maryland in general but governor o'malley is urging the two sides back to the table. beth parker, fox 5 news. we have probably all done it, returned a library book a little bit late. one man in michigan turned his book in a few years late, like 76 years after he checked it out. we get the details from fox's simon shaker. >> reporter: since 1934, a man from mount clemens has kept a very dark secret think now, nearly 90 years old, he has decided to do something about it. mark mckee was just 13 years old when he got his hands on this book. >> the book is a dog of flanders. it is a novel that was written in 1872. >> reporter: a tale of a another young boy, an orphan whose best friend was his dog. two endured tough times only to die tragically on christmas eve. in real life, the story was so touching, mark kept the book a while. >> the book was due may 24, 1934. >> reporter: by now, mark graduated school, grew up and even worked as publisher of thele the mccomb daily before returning to arizona. the book was always close by since all along he meant to return it. >> the purpose of the letter was to apologize because library are having a tough time these days. >> reporter: in his letter, mark, who is now 89, says i figure the fine for this book at 10 crept a day for 7 # years would be $2,774. as i am i is senior citizen on a fixed income, i though myself upon the mercy of the library. >> my conscience overwhelmed me. said i have to mail it back to them. that is all there is to it and they are not going to know what the hell it is or who i am or anything like that. and i was quite -- very riced to find that they knew who i was. >> we do get long overdue materials returned from time to time. but, in my experience, we've never had anything 76 years old. >> reporter: the book is now more of an antique and it won't be going back into circulation, not this copy at least. >> we'll keep it in the library archive, i think, along with the story and the letter. >> reporter: to thank mr. mckee for returning the book to the library, they've graciously decided to waive all the late fees. they will even fly -- supply him with a newer version. >> how hasn't times do you think he read that over the years. >> you wonder with an antique if it was worth more than the fine. >> you know it was bugging him the whole time. we have much more ahead. from starter to back up and now to the third string. donovan mcnabb speaks out about being benched. we'll hear what he had to say. the u. conn huskies made history against florida state last night. the women's basketball team slammed the florida state seminoles to its 89th consecutive game. that breaks the record first set by the ucl teams in the 1907 always. >> donovan mcnabb peeking outs after his benching last week -- speaking out after his benching last week. >> i felt like i was pulled back by it. you get in that situation and you get this news a couple of days before the game. you do feel somewhat disrespected in that whole sense and that you could have told me earlier or at least prepared me for i donovan want he would like to stay here in d.c. straight ahead here at 6:00 being all of your top stories. we'll check the morning commute and your forecast. we'll be right back.
rally on that muhammed are protesting outside of the attorney's office. courtney robinson is there. >> they started here at the u.s. attorney's office. at least one pit -- 100 people outside protesting in the investigation of ali muhammed. we understand they are gaining in numbers, they went to the police department, justice department, and onto the white house -- hoping that they can push the investigation board. >> the family and friends of 27- year-old ali mohammed says they want answers. she says that her son died for no reason. >> i need answers for my son's death. who killed him? >> some eyewitnesses tell police that in the early morning hours, he tried to enter the closed dc9 nightclub. he was turned away but came back and threw a brick through the window. four barge owners then got into the ground but did not beat him. others say the opposite. they say that ali was not drinking and the five men beat him to death. based on insufficient evidence, the district attorney drop the charges in the investigation. it was not good enough for this community. >> you want these five behind bars? >> we want justice. to drop the charges, they are delaying and we know where that might go. >> to utterly deny him justice is pretty much dragging him out of his grave and then putting him back in again. officeu.s. attorney's says they are investigating. they are waiting for some evidence to come back. as for the dc9 nightclub, it remains shut down indefinitely. >> thank you. we are following breaking news right now. one of four suspects accused of murdering a and a school principal is expected to greet guilty. the trial was expected to begin one week from today but within the hour we have learned that saunders will appear in court to plead guilty to first-degree murder. three other people also face charges. d.c. police are looking for the man who fled the scene of a deadly crash. a pedestrian was hit around 1:00 a.m. in southeast. police say the victim was found lying in the roadway of south capitol street and martin luther king avenue. investigators believe the striking vehicle may have been a mercedes. investigators are working to determine what caused a massive fire in falls church. the house had been under construction for several years, and sunday, the house that some called an eyesore, was burned down. no injuries but there was minor damage to neighboring properties. let's turn to the weather now. after an early sunrise, we are dealing with a sunny but chilly day. adam caskey has a look at the forecast. you said this week is kind of boring for me urologists? >> uneventful. normally get big shifts in temperatures, but it is november and we do not seem to be getting it. the weather but network. sunrise over the district. currently at 58 degrees. nothing but sunshine in the sky today. when speed from the northwest at 12 m.p.h., with wind gusts near 30 miles per hour. temperatures in the 50's, on the way to the 60's. we will look at the rest of the week coming up. >> an outside contractor warned metro about escalator brake problems at least one month before that failure. four people were taken to the hospital after a rally downtown. a company warned of escalator maintenance issues. today, the national park service is trying to walk a fine line, tried to protect washington's most famous monuments and also preserving the experience that visitors are hoping for. we are live on the national mall with more. >> good afternoon. on any given day, you can see people lined up to get into the washington monument, and each of them has their own opinion on how they should create this new security facility. as it is for many others to make the trip to the washington monument, it was a must see for this man visiting from belgium. >> this is the symbol of washington, d.c. it is something that everybody knows in europe. >> keeping visitors safe is a top priority for officials. a security screening facility has been put outside but now they want to install a permanent location. >> the national park service wants people visiting the monument to wait in. a meeting will be held tonight for the public to give their chance -- for the public to give their opinion. visitors at the monument today had differing opinions. >> for the view of the structure, it would be nice for it to be below ground. the kind of takes away from the obelisk. >> does having a building like that detract from the structure? >> i hardly noticed it. >> put it underground so it is the same all the way around. >> the meeting is scheduled for 5:30 tonight. there will be renderings of the different options and proposals on the table. it will be held at the national park service headquarters, located on ohio drive. thank you. new this noon, a police officer is in the hospital after he was hit by a suspected drunk driver. it happened this morning in howard county. 49-year-old phillip vu ran a red light and hit the cruiser of officer brown. he is expected to survive. so far, no jobs have been charged against a suspect. gerry connolly is expected to return to work before the end of the day. the 11th district representative was admitted friday for undisclosed reasons. of course, he has been in a tough reelection battle against keith fimian. connolly cleared -- declared victory on friday but fimian has not yet conceded. and there is another race that is not yet decided. write-in ballots will begun to be counted this week for lisa murkowski. over all, she has an edge over miller but it is unclear how many of them are actually four rakowski. president obama is making major moves early in the longest trip of his international bulletin say. this week he made an announcement in india that was not received warmly by one of the country's main rivals. >> during his visit, president obama has emphasized in the it is a world power, due to its growing power and influence in asia. today he underline that point by calling for india to earn a permanent seat on the un security council. he made an announcement during a speech to parliament. >> i look forward to your former un security council that includes india as a permanent member. [applause] rival,a's neighbor and pakistan, is opposed to in the getting a permanent seat, calling it counterproductive. today, president obama and the prime minister emphasized the strong relationship between the two nations. earlier this morning, india's leaders rolled out the red carpet for president obama and first lady in a lavish ceremony. from there, they visited a ceremony where mahatma gandhi was assassinated and cremated. his next up is indonesia, where he lived for several years as a child. more than 1000 people rallied outside of the u.s. embassy in jakarta, protesting the u.s. presence in iraq and afghanistan. twice in the past year president obama has had to postpone a trip to london area because of pressing domestic issues. the white house says they are still monitoring the issues, but as for now, the trip is on. >> we have breaking news from connecticut to tell you about. a jury just sentenced a man to death for an horrific home invasion near new haven. after every or days of deliberation, the jury handed down the death penalty for steven haze. he was convicted of a home invasion where a woman was strangled and her two daughters were tied to their beds, doused with gasoline, and left to die in a fire. new this noon, a charge filed against american college students accused of murdering her roommate. amanda knox is expected to stand trial on slander charges for claiming she was attacked by italian police in 2007. she claims she was beaten in questioning over the slaying of meredith kercher. she is currently serving a 26- year sentence. tests have discovered oil leaks in three more qantas airbus airline jets. now the problem is creating worldwide airline gridlock. passengers are stranded from los angeles to australia to singapore where the initial emergency was reported last week. qantas plans to keep planes grounded until wednesday. when we continue, why maryland police are very interested in a highly anticipated video game to out tomorrow. and new details of the tense times between former president bush and bikes president dick cheney. and is keep all berman really off the hook? is indefinite suspension and whether he plans to apologize for a violation of policy. whether he plans to apologize for a violation of policy. >> we are following breaking news from land and, maryland, where officials are investigating a suspicious device at an apartment complex on good luck road. a spokesperson says a man the man called police after finding something with wires attached to it. residents have been evacuated and the bomb squad is trying to determine if the device poses any danger. we will let you know what we find out. meanwhile today, these targeted a maryland video game store for a highly anticipated video game that is not yet available yet. the robbers took up with more than 100 copies of the call of duty black ops title. police say that anyone with information should call police. taking a look around the nation, the search is on for someone who shot and killed a 13-year-old jogger. the boy was running alone in a phoenix neighborhood monday morning when he was shot multiple times. investigators do not believe the boy lived in the area. police are looking for a man in his 20's seen running through the woods after that crime. today is the last day for first responders to join a settlement for their exposure to dust following the 9/11 attacks. many have illnesses from inhaling the debris from the world trade center. they are blaming the government for not providing proper equipment to protect their lungs. >> i have several gastrointestinal problems. i have some precancerous polyps removed. i have scoring on one long, not jewels on the other. >> the payment could pay them $800 million. so far, 90% have agreed to the solomon, but 95 percent is needed for the deal to go through. reports show that vice-president dick cheney was angry when bush did not part in a bp aid for his part in picking a cia operative to detonate. in his memoir, mr. bush said mr. cheney confronted him for ornate commuting the sentence of scooter libby. the more hits the bookshelves tomorrow. some say a suspension against keith olbermann has amounted to nothing more than a long weekend. he was suspended after he admitted to contributing to three democratic candidates. however, it was announced that he will return to the air tomorrow. >> they have to protect not only his reputation and bond with viewers, but the reputation of the entire news division. >> nbc is now disputing reports that he refused to make an on- camera apology. a fellow cohost has also made a political contribution. nbc says that he had prior approval for the 2006 contribution. this year's donation came from his wife. just after the miracle at the mine put his skills to test. the chilean miners trapped underground for more than two months. he completed the new york city marathon yesterday, saying that the running was his salvation, as he was willing to be rescued. he had to have bags of ice covering his swollen knees, but he crossed the finish line in five hours, 41 minutes, and 51 seconds. >> it looks like he is dragging something for resistance. >> good for him. he had lots of people lining the streets to cheer for him. we are cheering about the weather. it is nice, it is not wet. >> it is the same every day, which to us, is pretty boring, but that can be a good thing. especially in november. normally during a transition, you have big swings up and down, but not this week. take a live look outside. 57 at chesapeake beach looking east. even looking west from our building, looking into arlington, falls church. notice how the camera is shaking a little bit. that is because the wind is a gusty outside. a little breezy out there today. 41 this morning and reagan national. look at manassas, 27. charlottesville. tomorrow will be similar in terms of morning lows. winchester, 59. we have that northwesterly float still. and these are the steady wind speeds. 21 miles per hour in dallas. that is pretty impressive. -- in dulles. the action is all in new england. there is a pressure system there. it is giving them a nasty wintery mix. the closest it is getting in new jersey. i think that is as close as it will get. here is the breakdown. we will top out near 60 degrees today. clear and breezy tonight. in the mid 40's. we will be near freezing in a few places overnight. not quite as breezy tomorrow. look at this. the biggest change will be from 52 on wednesday, to 58 on saturday. get ready. >> not bad. thank you, adam. coming up, the local leaders considering plans to make the school days longer for some students. and later today on "oberoi" -- a world exclusive interview with the moth >> d.c. public school students could spend more hours in class. some believe that lengthening the day could improve performance. school days normally operate on 6 hour days, but some other schools run for seven hours or more. a council member is introducing a 30-minute increase. the proposal is currently under review. adam will be back with a final >> coming up tonight, cars and bikes not play nice. close calls, accidents, and rude gestures as each jockeying for their place on the road. our report, bikes vs. cars. >> it will be breezy, in the 60's. we are lucky. to be near 60 in washington in november and be sunny everyday? >> we just have to enjoy it. thank you, adam. thank you for joining us. see you back here in the morning. 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the near 60 degrees. it is a beautiful ride as far as 95, 66, the greenway, a toll road. noel result of southern maryland. looks goo -- no worries out of southern maryland. between hampshire avenue and university boulevard, only one lane is getting by, but it looks like all lanes on leaving now. back to you. >> thank you. falling breaking news from southeast d.c.. police are investigating a deadly pedestrian accident that happened around 1:00 a.m. on south capitol street near martin luther king. authorities have not released any more details about what happened. we will bring you the latest. as we latest. the other top stories, allen glade over the d.c. judicial system during the friends and family of ali muhammed will protest a decision to drop charges against the men they say killed ali muhammed after an alleged altercation outside the dc9 nightclub. courtney robinson has more. >> they will be at judiciary square and cited the d.c. u.s. attorney's office to protest the deaths of 27-year-old ali muhammed, they say justice has not been served. it started at the dc9 nightclub. four workers and the owner chased down and beat ali muhammed on october 15 after he threw a brick through the club last month. many in the ethiopian community are outraged that all those five men no longer face charges. >> it is not justice. >> the d.c. u.s. attorney tells us that their work is not done and the search for justice cannot be rushed and that they thel continue to pursue an inquiries. a friend of the victim says that he wants more than the nightclub to be shut down indefinitely. >> these people beat him to death. >> the d.c. u.s. attorney's investigation is not over. many people want the five men behind bars. the protest will begin at judiciary square era at 10:00 this morning. courtney robinson reporting. a sad ending to the search for missing boater. search teams found the body of timothy bourne. he was fishing when his boat had engine trouble. a wave washed over the boats, causing it to sink. he was 50 and was from maryland. a funeral will be held today for a 13-year-old girl murdered on october 29. angeles shot and killed on madison street in northwest. the funeral begins at 11 at unity baptist church in northwest. investigators will calm through the rubble of a falls church halls today looking for clues as to what caused a fire. it broke out early sunday morning near westmorland road. no one was searched, but it had been under construction several years according to neighbors. gerry connolly is expected to be released from the hospital today. the democrat was admitted to the hospital friday for undisclosed reasons. he plans to be back at work today. he had been locked in a tight reelection campaign. diplomacy in new delhi, president obama wrapped up a series of meetings with the indian prime minister. >> it is the third day of his trip to asia. now the highlights. >> good morning. just coming off a harsh reality of the midterm elections, president obama is trying to nurture economic ties and build a better business relationships abroad. he says the relationship between the u.s. and india is defining the partnership of the 21st century. his limousine was escorted to the indian president's house and greeted by dignitaries. the president touched on the recent elections, saying that he will invest money in education, infrastructure, and clean energy. the president said that he hoped districts would strengthen the friendship between the two nations. india is an increasingly important partner to the u.s. on trade and security. >> the partnership between india and the united states has limitless potential, i believe, to improve the lives of americans and indians, just as it has the potential to be an anger of security and prosperity and progress -- anchor. >> he plans to speak with the indian parliament with announcements expected on counterterrorism, brigitte qregional security, economic growth, and other issues. he will move on to south korea and japan as part of his 10-day asian trip. abc 7 news reporting. haiti received a glancing blow from hurricane tomas and it wasn't the cholera epidemic. officials tell us thousands of new cases are popping up. 500 people have died and thousands more hospitalized since the epidemic began last month. 39 degrees on this monday morning. still ahead, back in business. keith olbermann's suspension is over. politics and the economy, the latest fallout from congress. the latest fallout from congress. and cable doesn't? yes. -i read that. -i do know that. yes, but there's a contract. at verizon, they want you to have a two year contract. i've got commitment issues. no one likes to be tied down. 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[ male announcer ] the simple joy of a frappé. ♪ we begin our top stories with breaking news. investigators are trying to piece together a deadly pedestrian accident in southeast washington. around 1:00 this morning on south capitol street near martin luther king jr. ave. no further information about what happens. members of the d.c. ethiopian community planted better, d.c. u.s. attorney's office, upset about charges being dropped against five people accused of beating a man outside a nightclub last month. president obama and the indian prime minister are seeking stronger cooperation. and on the economy and fighting terrorism. mr. obama will speak about that later today in front of the indian parliament. what will the new republican leadership mean? some newly elected members of congress are promising no compromises. emily schmidt has the latest from washington. good morning. >> president if obama said on the weekend that the midterm elections reminded him that leadership is not just about legislation. communication matters. republicans are beginning to communicate how they would like to lead. as the new congress takes shape, a number of its members want that shape to be smaller than it was in the past. 66 more republicans will be on the hill, including tea party supporters, to cut the debt, piola the obama camp plan, and to ban earmarks. -- the repeal the health-care plan and to ban earmarks. mr. obama said that the election was a referendum on the economy. one incumbent returning is nancy pelosi. republicans say that if she remains the leader of the democrats in the house, democrats did not to get the message from voters in this election. reporting from northwest, emily schmidt. back to you. >> thank you. around the region today, it's the deadline for residents and business owners to comment on new proposals to protect the chesapeake bay. they called for a pollution riot. the proposals call for air pollution camp to be mandated by the environmental protection agency. d.c. officials are considering extending the school day in hopes of improving academic. d.c. public schools normally have six and a half hour school day is. some high-school in fairfax and prince george's county run seven hours or more. one d.c. council member wants to increase the school day by 30 minutes. a decision could affect a lawsuit filed. the waitresses could not build a class-action case alleging labor law violations at hooters because the notice on their application requires them to submit disputes through arbitration. their lawyer wants to say that arbitration contracts cannot be used to write about any kind of class-action claim. apple could not fix and iphone glitch. elizabeth i joins facebook. >> there's a new web browser that integrates social networking and requires a facebook account. there are two rows of icons. one is for friends and another is for your favorite web sites. you can chat with your friends in the browser. the alarmbug in application causing the apple iphone to ignore the daylight savings change. it will be permanently fixed by a software update later this month. queen elizabeth is among facebook's 5 million members. the page featuring videos, voters, and the updates went live this morning. corporate page and not a personal one. 5 assaad 18 on this monday morning, 40 degrees. time for traffic and weather. >> it was cold overnight. . we have . we have noticed that change. >> it is a boring week regarding the weather. >> but it's nice. >> very agreeable, pleasant. pretty straightforward every day this week. boring for me urologists because nothing changes all week. teorologists.r me urologis we will be near 60 every day this week. sunset at 5:00 p.m. by the end of the month we will have on the nine hours and 40 minutes of daylight. calvert county and san mary's county have a freeze watch until 9:00. it's 38 in lexington park. cumberland is at 45. there's an area of low pressure along the coast of new england. that is giving a wintry mix of rain, sleet, snow and freezing rain in parts of new england. that will stay away from us. we are clear for this week. how does today near 60 with a breezy northwesterly winds gusting up to 25. 58 on thursday and friday and it will be sunny. looks fine on the beltway. interstate travel looks good. first trains out on normal service. nothing to report in the district. we will begin in maryland. traffic moving at speed on 270. now to virginia, looking to the pentagon, no worries. back to you. >> thank you. 40 degrees, 5:21. green bay against dallas, how well can things go for the kabul is? -- cowboys. today on "oprah," a visibly the mother of michael jackson and his children. you cannot cry about it everything. you have to move forward. >> green bay humiliated dallas last night, 45-7. the owner of the kabul is says that he has a decision to make. wade phillips may have coached his last game in dallas. the redskins will likely be without the kick returner named brandon banks. he underwent knee surgery last week. they have an upcoming game with philadelphia. michael vick is back from injury. they looked pretty solid on sunday taking on indianapolis. peyton manning was picked off, in his last drive of the game. d.c. played host to another team from the philadelphia, the flyers. some crucial slaves made to get the game into overtime. with 29 seconds, mike green had a big gold and the capitals won. they are winning in the eastern conference. 5:25, 40 degrees. the news continues at 5:30. something else to the actual been and the rescued chilean miner celebrating his freedom. there's a lot of rage from a community after charges were dropped against five men that some witnesses say killed a man outside a popular nightclub. courtney robinson live at northwest with details on a planned protest. adam caskey in the belfort furniture weather center. 29 in front will, the live and in hd, this is "good morning washington," on your side. >> if they are able to take somebody's life and get away with it, that is not fair. >> allen glade after five men accused of murder have walked free. good morning, washington. it is monday, november 8. thanks for joining us, i am alison starling. >> i am scott thuman. much more on that story in a moment. we begin with traffic and weather. adam caskey has been forecast. it is cold. >> let's go to good weather and other network. monday morning, welcome back. 28 in front royal. stafford in the 30's. 37 in bowie. calvert and st. mary's counties under freeze one until 9:00 a.m. and son today, near 60. -- calvert and st. mary's counties under a freeze warning. highs near 60 for the rest of this week with a lot of sunshine. now to lisa baden. 270 looks good. nothing in and out of baltimore. 70 between hagerstown and baltimore county looks normal. newschopper 7 will join us in a little while. moving nicely is the beltway travel. looks good on 270 edsall road. on fallas road. --at falls road. 1:00 a.m. on south capitol street near martin luther king avenue there was a deadly pedestrian accident. if we are continuing to follow this story to bring you more as we get it. a planned protest of five men accused of murder walking free. ali muhammed died after an alleged altercation in october of site dc9 nightclub. courtney robinson is live in northwest washington with more on that. >> 10:00 a.m. at the d.c. u.s. attorney's office, we expect to see members of the ethiopian community as well as friends and family of the victim. 27-year-old ali muhammed. they will gather in protest, upset that prosecutors dropped charges against five men of some witnesses say beat mommy to death on october 16. -- [beep] ali muhammed to death. ali muhammed to death. he threw a brick through the club and four employees and the owner chased him and beat him. the investigation will continue. the city set down the dc9 nightclub indefinitely. at 10:00 this morning we expect the protest to begin. reporting live in northwest, courtney robinson. friends and family members morning loss of a man who died after a boating accident. 50-year-old timothy bourne was found on the patuxent river in calvert county. he and two friends were fishing on the boats had engine problems. they called for help and a wave tossed over the boat, causing it to sink. his body was recovered yesterday. news from calvert county. investigators will sift through the remains of a falls church thomas today trying to figure that out what sparked a fire that burned it to the ground. it broke alice release sunday morning. the neighbors have called the house an eyesore and they say it has been under construction several years. gerry connolly, a freshman democrat, was admitted to the hospital for undisclosed reasons on friday. he holds a lead over republican challenger keith fimian in the virginia 11th district race. if that is small enough that keith fimian could request a recount. president obama wrapped up a meeting with the indian prime minister ante will address parliament in 90 minutes. >> live in the satellite center with the latest on what the president calls a defining moment. >> the president's plan was to try to build better relationships with india, but he could not extend to the scrutiny of what happened in america last week with the election. he got into the holiday spirit at a school yesterday. children showed him how they celebrate the biggest holiday of the year in india. the president faced tough questions at a college from students. one student questions the president about the election. president obama said that he needs to make some midcourse corrections, but that is democracy. >> one of the wonderful things about democracy is that when the people are not happy, it is there obligation and they're right and their duty to express their unhappiness, much to the regrets sometimes of the incumbents, but that is a good thing. >> the president will speak to the indian parliament next and you will talk about counter- terrorism, regional security, clean energy, climate change, and economic growth. then the president will move on to indonesia. natasha barrett, abc 7 news. haiti received a glancing blow from hurricane tomas. the island nation pose a cholera epidemic has been made worse by the storm. thousands of cases now. hundreds have died and thousands more have been hospitalized since the epidemic began last month. >> 5:35. calexico nbc has ended keith olbermann's suspension. >> and how to protect the capital's most famous landmark. >> we will be right back. you are watching "good morning washington." 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[ male announcer ] america spoke, verizon listened. switch to fios today, now with no term contract required. it's time for fios. call the verizon center for customers with disabilities at 800-974-6006 tty/v. in that the reptile discovery at washington national zoo. we hope that your day is moving at a faster pace than mine is. good morning, washington. that's how i feel on a monday morning. >> you feel like a tortoise. it is 5:38, time for traffic and weather every ten minutes. >> sounds of a beautiful week. >> it will be gorgeous, mostly sunny, near 60, all week. feels like southern california. it is cold this morning. in arlington there's a cool breeze. it drops the been chill down to the 20-degree range at times. it's 38 leesburg, 29 in warrenton. sunrise before 7:00 a.m. now with the time change. high temperatures near 60 degrees, where they should be. a northwesterly breeze at 10-25 miles an hour or. that will make it feel cooler. still breezy and clear tonight in the 30's. 3-d tomorrow, but not as easy. the rest of the week will be near 60. now get a look at the roads with lisa baden. volume started to increase in manassas on 66, 95 near the "today" show city. looks good. no issues to report on the dulles greenway, the dulles toll road. normal travel times. the news is next. 5:40 on this monday morning, 40 degrees. a story of persistence and passion, the marathon chilean miner crosses the finish line. live on the national mall, details on how you can weigh in on the security of 1 mdc's most popular monuments. on the security of 1 mdc's most popular monuments. ♪ [ female announcer ] bursting with mouth-watering real fruit and refreshingly blended with creamy, low-fat yogurt. mcdonald's new strawberry banana and wildberry smoothies are 100% pure sipping fun. the simple joy of real fruit smoothies. ♪ tonight at 5 o'clock, cars and bicycles are not playing nice. jockeying for space on the roads. the turf war between drivers and cyclists. that's at 5:00. checking top stories, members of the ethiopian community in d.c. will gather at the u.s. attorney's office in northwest washington this morning to protest a decision to drop charges against five men accused in the deaths of 27- year-old ali muhammed, who died, dc9 nightclub on u street last month. president obama and the indian prime minister said the two countries will work together on citing terrorism and the president offered to help india and pakistan settle their longstanding dispute over the kashmir region. qantas airlines has grounded .ll their airbus a380's there was an engine problem on a flight from singapore and sydney -- to sydney australia last week'. the national park service will detail ways to secure the washington monument. brianne carter is live at the national mall with details. >> people come from near and far to see the monument. you see people snapping pictures and many waiting in line. security is the issue surrounding the washington monument. there is a temporary security feature, but the only prominent one is the vehicle barrier. people will get a chance to discuss a permanent security measure this evening. a number of proposals will be presented. four would require a new security entrance. the fifth would create an above- ground security area at the base of the monument. the meeting starts tonight at 5:30 and will be of the national park service headquarters located on ohio drive in southwest washington. these will be proposals presented. a number of actions will still have to be taken before any decisions are made. brianne carter reporting. a power struggle is underway in one of the largest and most influential churches. jericho city of praise in landover, its co-founder died last month of cancer. now the church leaders and supporters trustees are at odds over who should be in charge. the two sides are or can it out. out.w workine working it >> they are still our family and it is a family issue. >> the board wants to handle day-to-day operations. there's a court to date set for march. the national oil spill commission will lay out the causes of the oil spill in northwest washington. they will testify at the hearing as executives from bp, halliburton, and transocean will be on hand to respond to questions and allegations. gas prices are rising. crude oil is trading at nearly $90 a barrel for the first time since 2008. the nationwide average for regular is $2.85 a gallon. the average price in d.c. is to $2.91. time for traffic and weather every ten minutes. adam caskey has a look ahead to what some people may say is a beautiful day, but others are calling it bordering. -- boring. >> it is beautiful, but it is boring. even with the cold front here and there, it's nothing. ok, let's look at the conditions yesterday. all of november has been well below average, especially the high temperatures. 53 yesterday at reagan national. the morning low was 36. the average high today is 60. sunrise before 7:00 a.m. since the time change. sunset around 5:00 p.m. now. there's a freeze warning in calverts and st. mary's counties until 9:00 a.m. in manassas it is 27. winchester, 37. 30 in martinsburg. 37 in frederick and gaithersburg. there's a wide range of temperatures to start the day. that is typical for the fall. we often get that in november. clear skies overhead right now. a beautiful starlet this monday morning. in new england's there is an area of low pressure off the coast. that is bringing them a nasty, wintry mix to start the workweek. a lot of sunshine for us for the next couple days. there's a difference between today and the rest of the week, breezy conditions. gusting up to 25 out of the northwest. high temperatures near 60 all week. highs from about 62-58. there are no cold fronts or warm fronts. next chance of rain is sunday. things have changed for virginia. on 95 northbound, two carmax. the first is at stafford. that's where you would exit to stafford. there's another red northbound in triangle with all lanes closed on 95 at triangle. route 1 is your best alternative near the marine base. don't get onto the interstate until you get into dumfries headed northbound. 395 north bound, checking of the pace of traffic at edsall road, that looks decent. back to you. >> thank you. an exciting finish at the new york city marathon. he may have heard the loudest cheers as he crossed the finish line. we are talking about the chilean miner, edison pena. five hours, 41 minutes, 50 seconds. he had a swollen knee. he survived 69 days trapped after the mine collapsed in july chile. he's a good running was his way of proving how much he wanted to live. he said running the marathon was a dream. >> can you >how hot is was down there? >> i don't even like going into my basement to exercise. >> nbc has ended keith olbermann's suspension. he violated the networks will about making political donations. two days off of the air was appropriate, according to the network. he had donated $2,400 to the campaigns of three different democratic candidates. karina smirnoff is getting ready to marry a major league baseball player. he gave for 05 carat diamond engagement ring last month. they have not started planning the wedding. -- gave her a 5 carat ring. congratulations. >> pretty good dancing at that wedding reception expected. 5:52, 40 degrees. >> you are watching "good morning washington." emergency in north west has a new way to attract customers in the downturn. >> the owner of the winery is holding winetasting classes on saturday mornings. if the clauses cultivate loyalty in a tough economy in which new competition makes business stuff. >> people wanted to know where to go. this was a way to bring people into the store. this is smart business. >> he brings in experts to talk about inexpensive but distinctive wines from small vineyards. he wants customers to be able to appreciate and ask for nontraditional winds, boosting sales. >> you have to be creative these days. >> still ahead -- comeback, abrien's former tonight show host is getting ready for its cable television debut. president obama, what he said about the relationship with india. and where protesters are lining up already. >> lisa baden has the monday morning commute live and in hd, this is "good morning washington," on your side. >> straight ahead this half- hour, outraged after five men accused of murder have walked free. >> and day three in new delhi, the latest from president obama's trip to india. >> there's a gold back to work forecast. today on "oprah," a visit with michael jackson's mother and his children, today 4 on abc 7. "good morning washington" continues right now. >> time for traffic and weather every ten minutes. we will check in with lisa baden in a moment. if we start with adam caskey. a beautiful week to look forward to. no big changes. boring
interstate 95 in virginia. let's see if we can get newschopper 7 to fly over the crash. back to you. >> thank you. breaking news from southeast d.c. police are investigating a deadly pedestrian accident that happened around 1:00 a.m. on south capitol street near martin luther king avenue. authorities have not released any more details about what happened. we will bring you the latest as we get it. the other top story, outraged at the d.c. judicial system. family and friends of ali muhammed will protest a decision to drop charges against the men they say killed him. he died after an altercation outside the dc9 nightclub. courtney robinson is live that the u.s. attorney's office with more. good morning. >> good morning. many say that they will be here at judiciary square outside the d.c. u.s. attorney's office. they will protest the death of 27-year-old ali muhammed, saying that justice has not been served. it started at the dc9 nightclub. some workers and the honor chased down and beat to death ali muhammed on october 15 after he threw a brick through the front of the club. many in the ethiopian community say that those men murdered ali muhammed santa the alireza that all five men no longer face charges. >> that is not fair. that is not justice. >> the d.c. u.s. attorney tells us, "our work is not done, the search for justice cannot be rushed, we will continue to pursue an active and vigorous inquiry." there have been conflicting witness reports on what happened. a friend of the victims of that he wants more than the club to be shut down indefinitely. >> [unintelligible] these people are the ones who beat him to death. a protests will get underway around 10:00 this morning. we will be here to bring you the latest period's loss from northwest, courtney robinson. issac at an end to the search for missing voter. 50-year-old timothy bourne and two friends were fishing in the patuxent river when their boat developed engine problems. they called for help. waves rushed over the boat. people on jet skis noticed his two friends in the water. angel was shot and killed on madison street in northwest. her funeral will begin at 11:00 this morning at unity baptist church, on r street in northwest > in falls church, a fire destroyed a house. investigators will be back on the scene today to determine what started that fire. it was early sunday morning. the corner at westmoreland road had been under construction several years, according to the neighbors. it had been an eyesore. gerry connolly remains in the hospital, but is expected back at work today. the 11th district representatives of virginia had been in a tough reelection battle with keith fimian. gerry connolly declared victory on the weekend, but keith fimian has not conceded. diplomacy in new delhi, president obama and the indian prime minister agreed to work more closely to fight terrorism. >> this is the third day of the president's asian trip. now highlights. >> new details on the president's trip to india. he just answer several questions regarding india's relationship with the u.s. he says that the two nations need to work together especially when it comes to business. he spoke about india pose attention with neighboring countries as well. he pledged to work more closely with india to fight extremism all-around gold. -- all around the world. he pledged to mcginty and -- he pledged to help india and pakistan to resolve their dispute over the kashmir region. he says the u.s. cannot impose a solution to certain problems. >> the partnership between india and the united states, i believe, as limitless potential to improve the lives of both americans and indians. just as it has the potential to be an anchor of security and prosperity and progress for asia and for the world. >> is next stop is indonesia. people, thousands of protesters, are gathered outside the u.s. embassy in indonesia before the president's arrival, protesting the u.s. policy in the middle east. natasha barrett, abc 7 news. haiti received only a glancing blow from hurricane tomas, but the storm has made its cholera epidemic worse. officials have seen thousands of new cases. at least five under people died and thousands more have been hospitalized since the epidemic began last month. the 40's degrees on this monday morning. 6:06. the latest danger on the roadways. the surprising results of a drowsy driver study. two talking heads back on the air. one of them a comedian and another a controversial cable news television host. 395 at the 14th street bridge, a major back up. lisa baden will have the latest [ man ] are you aware that verizon fios brings fiber optics to your home and cable doesn't? yes. -i read that. -i do know that. yes, but there's a contract. at verizon, they want you to have a two year contract. i've got commitment issues. no one likes to be tied down. 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[ male announcer ] america spoke, verizon listened. switch to fios today, now with no term contract required. it's time for fios. call the verizon center for customers with disabilities at 800-974-6006 tty/v. welcome back. 6:09. we begin with adam caskey and the cooler temperatures. >> another cool start today. duper typical temperatures. 34 in winchester at the regional airport, 36 in cumberland at allegany high school, 39 in prince frederick, 32 in stafford. not much wind gusts this morning, but it will be this afternoon. it's 40 in arlington, 36 in la plata. a lot of sunshine today with high-pressure. it will be breezy with gusty winds up to 25. near 60 degrees this afternoon, 30's tonight. near 60 tomorrow. not as breezy tomorrow. some issues on 95. there is an issue this morning. coming out of fredericksburg to get up to the marine base, there was a crash at the mile marker for stafford. that is off to the side. and there was a crash northbound 95 at the second exit for triangle, the second exit for the marine base. that is now closing one lane. let's show you the struggle upstream. 395. look at this picture, thanks to geico. if there is a wreck on the other side of the 14th street bridge after the exit for main avenue. it is already back up through the pentagon. back to you. >> thank you. fans of late-night comedy have something to look forward to. conan o'brien returns to television tonight along with his sidekick andy richter. he has a new catalana on tbs. he was bumped from nbc and jay leno was moved back to his old time slot. also, nbc has ended keith olbermann's suspension. he violated policy by making campaign contributions. the chief executive says two days off the air was an appropriate punishment. el rincon, 40 degrees. >> coming up, holiday travel prices are soaring. how much airfare could cost this thanksgiving. >> making the most of the midterm elections. that story is coming upper. >> first, an update on breaking news. the deadly hit-and-run in gecko: good news sir, i just got an email from the office and word is people really love our claims service. gecko: 'specially the auto repair xpress. repairs are fast and they're guaranteed for as long as you own your car. boss: hey, that's great! is this your phone? 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some members are promising no compromise. emily schmidt joins us with the latest developments. good morning. >> good morning. president obama said in an interview that the midterm elections reminded him that leadership is not just about the legislation. communication matters. republicans are certainly trying to communicate what they plan to do when congress returns in january. as the new congress takes place, its newest members want smaller government. 66 more republicans will be on the hill. tea party supporters want to cut the debt, repealed the health care plan, and to ban earmarks. one thing to watch for is how much power the tea party really has among the republican leadership. even though president obama is to orix asia, he cannot escape the midterm results. students asked about the elections and mr. obama's said it was clearly a referendum on the economy, which claimed some incumbents. nancy pelosi will be returning. republicans say that if she remains the democratic leader in the house, they believe the democrats did not get the message from voters in this election. emily schmidt, abc 7 news. back to you. >> thank you. 6:15. today's the deadline for residents and business owners to comment on the proposals to the chesapeake bay. the new epa rules could require those contributing to the pollution to reduce the amounts of sediment, bacteria, and phosphorus that makes the way into the water. they're considering extending the school day in d.c. and hope of improving academic performance. normally six and a half hours a day in d.c.. some high schools in fairfax and prince george's counties are 7 hours or more. one council member in d.c. wants to increase the school day in d.c. public schools by 30 minutes. a case before the supreme court could affect a lawsuit filed by waitresses at the d.c. hooters restaurant. an arbitrator ruled that the waitresses could not have a class-action case because of notices on their application. their lawyer pope's there will be a separate case to say that arbitration contracts cannot be used to wipe out class-action claims. holiday airfares are flying high. vinita nair has that story and more. we begin with a holiday air fare is taking off. increased demand and fewer seats are sending prices up this year. domestic air fares are up 17% around the holidays. qantas airlines has grounded its fleet of airbus a380 airplanes after oil leaks were discovered in some engines. it was because possibly of engine failure on a super jumbo jet last week. diapers.com has been purchased for over $5 million. megamind was in first place at the box office. i am vinita nair. it was a nice fall weekend, dry and nice. this week will be a little warmer. >> a little. pretty far below average, but not this week. we will be will be are supposed to be. >> dry? >> yes. 10 hours and 17 minutes of daylight today. nine hours and a few minutes by the end of this month. it is that time of year. let's look at almanac data. sunrise at 6:43 and sunset at 5:00 p.m. that is the son of the season. 53 was a high temperature yesterday at reagan national. the average high today is 60. the record of 27 was set in 1930. it is 32 and martinsburg, 38 in lexington park. warmer along the waterways. in manassas, 28, along with culpeper. martinsburg, 29. wide range of temperatures on this monday morning. in new england's there are many colors on the radar screen. purple, green, yellow. because of a low pressure system that is just off the coast and it's moving west. that will state out of our region. we will have a lot of sunshine today and through the entire work week because of a strong high-pressure system situated over dead. -- overhead. breezes today up to 25 miles an hour, highs near 60. veterans day looks great, mostly sunny on thursday. near 60 degrees. 62 on wednesday, 58 on thursday. next chance of rain is sunday. pretty slim chances. now to lisa baden. northbound 95 at stanford, accident on the shoulder. northbound at triangle, two lanes getting around the cleanup. if north capitol street and michigan avenue, there's an accident in the district. northbound side of north capitol street. 29 southbound close to briggs chaney road, a problem. on the outer loop leaving college park, on the left side near new hampshire avenue before university boulevard there's an accident. 395 after the 14th street bridge, after the exit for main avenue, two lanes getting by. >> 41 degrees on this monday morning. >> we are talking about drowsy driving, coming up next. a study sheds new light on a common problem. >> today on "oprah," a visit with michael jackson's mother and his children, today 4 on abc 7. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> dozens of police and firefighters in montgomery and arlington county's democratic their bravery in the a new way. they took part in an event yesterday. cynne simpson hosted an event. volunteers agreed to have their heads shaved to raise money for cancer programs at the children's national medical center in d.c.. a wonderful event. smiling people all around. getting close their cuts. >> good for them. >> there's news about a drowsy driving. this is drowsy driving prevention week. >> anybody up early understands this. the aaa survey found that two of every five drivers say they have fallen asleep behind the wheel. more than a quarter of drivers had trouble keeping their eyes open. a drowsy driving was involved in one of out of every six fatal crashes and one out of every eight serious accidents. this may be a test for some parents. the average preschool child has seen more fast-food ads than in 2003. out of 2000 kids' meals offered by restaurant chains, only 12 met nutritional guidelines for preschool children. san francisco is trying to do away with the happy meal altogether. >> they feel like toys entice the children. >> 41 degrees on this monday. still another half-hour of "good morning washington" ahead. >> and the marathon chilean miner crosses the finish line. expected. a protest many are angry about the death of a man outside a popular dc9 nightclub. courtney robinson live in northwest. why they say justice is not being served. >> adam caskey in the belfort furniture weather center of. november is below ♪ ♪ new look. new style. new sears. come see our brand new side. at sears. can you tell me what f-stop you had the aperture set to? 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breezy for the rest of the week. let's go to lisa. >> 270, the normal volume of traffic out of frederick into montgomery county. slowing in manassas, in centreville, and passed 123 on 66. -- and passed 123 on 66. we have a crash after the 14th street bridge. live to news choppers seven flying on the beltway. they are looking at the beltway after new hampshire avenue, stopping everybody to move that crashed on to the right shoulder. so after new hampshire avenue before university boulevard, we will not be free now. we take you to 395, which is quite distasteful with a crash after the 14th street bridge. >> thank you, lisa. investigators are trying to piece together a deadly pedestrian accident that happened around 1:00 a.m. on south capitol street near martin luther king avenue. authorities have not reached much in the authorities have not released much info on that yet. as soon as they do, we will bring you the latest. friends and family members are mourning the loss of a man who died after a boating accident. three men were fishing on the patuxent river saturday. had enginehing boat problems, and a wave rushed over the boat, causing it to sink. now we turn to another top story this monday morning. planned protest after five men accused of murder walk free. ali mohamad died after an alleged altercation outside d.c. nightclub, and courtney robinson has the latest. >> good morning, allison. then themembers of the european community, france, and family are anchored by -- of the ethiopian community, friends, and family, are angered by his death. they're going to gather outside of the attorney's office. in the early morning hours of october, this worker at the dc9 nightclub say mohammad threw a brick through the club's glass front. four workers and an owner chased him down and beat him to death. there were initially charges, but the lack of evidence and conflicting witness reports led prosecutors to drop charges, outraging the community, and of course the victim's family. the d.c.'s attorney's office says the investigation is not over and they will continue this. meantime, the authorities shut down the nightclub. at 10:00 a.m. this morning, we will see many people expected to gather here and protest the dropped charges by the d.c. u.s. attorney's office. >> courtney robinson live in northwest. thank you very much. investigators will sift through the remains of a falls church home trying to figure out what sparked the blaze that burned to the ground. neighbors called the house an eyesore and say it has been under construction for several years. virginia congressman gerry connolly is expected to be released from the hospital today. the freshman democrat was admitted on friday because of an undisclosed reasons. he has 968 votes over republican challenger keith in the end. mian could request a recount. what the president is calling a defining partnership, that pasha. >> there are concerns that his trip to indonesia would be canceled, that is the next trip after india, because of major volcanic ash. it is still on the books for now. president obama just spoke in india within the last hour, making a pledge to work more closely with india to fight extremism all around the world. this all went down at a news conference alongside india's prime minister. the president also offered help to india and pakistan to assist with their long term conflict over kashmir, without helping directly. the u.s. cannot impose a solution to these problems. >> given that india is not simply an emerging power but is now a world power, that the united states and india will be able to work together to promote the international principles, the rules of interaction between nations, that can promote peace and stability and prosperity not only for our two nations, but for the world as a whole. >> the president's next stop is in indonesia. already there are thousands of protesters gathered outside the u.s. embassy before the president's arrival. they are protesting the u.s. policy in the middle east. live from our satellite center, natasha barrett, abc7 news. dt received a glancing blow from hurricane tomas. -- haiti received a glancing blow from hurricane tomas. thousands have been hospitalized as a cholera epidemic began last month and has now been made worse by the hurricane. still ahead, crossing the finish line in style, the biggest stars of the new york city marathon was not the winner. >> plus, how to protect the capital's most famous landmark. >> but hi, i'm carol from a salon in maryland with the 2010 steve harvey award for best nail salon. come on down. >> good morning, washington! monday morning, 6:40 a.m.. it is chilly outside, a bit of a net in the air. let's take a look at the numbers. the new work week will be very close to average in terms of temperatures. 36 in leesburg. warren 10, 29. gainesville, 41. chesapeake beach at -- were the most part, we are in the 30's. here is our forecast for today. a lot of sunshine, right near 60, but gusty wind up to 25 miles per hour from time to time. very similar conditions, not as breezy tomorrow. high temperatures right near 60. we will remain near 60 for the workweek. let's go to lisa to look at the morning commute. >> rolling slowly on 395. delays begin at the beltway to a crash after the 14th street bridge. a brand new one. but about 395 after the 14th street bridge. the original accident now off the exit to main avenue. -- to maine at an apparent 270, southbound delays prototypical from frederick to get to 109, and germantown. >> 6:41 is the time. 41 degrees. coming up, mike allen has a close look at the fight to be the next minority whip. >> and i am brianne carter on the national mall. security around one of the mos ♪ ♪ [ female announcer ] bursting with mouth-watering real fruit and refreshingly blended with creamy, low-fat yogurt. mcdonald's new strawberry banana and wildberry smoothies are 100% pure sipping fun. the simple joy of real fruit 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[ male announcer ] the train has arrived indeed. take 10 trips, earn 10,000 amtrak guest rewards points, plus double points along the way. details at amtrak.com. coming up tonigh at 5t o'clock, the war between drivers and cyclists. abc7 reports, bikes verses cars, at 5:00. how to protect one of washington's most famous monuments. the national park service will detail ways to do just that. brianne carter is live on the national mall with details. >> good morning, scott. every day down here on the national mall you can see people lined up to get into the washington monument. people always taking pictures out here. the issue is security surrounding the popular monument. according to "the washington post," there is a temporary security hut at the monument's base, but the only permanent one as a vehicle barrier. tonight in number of new security proposals will be weighed in on. the fifth proposal would create an above-ground blast security area. the meeting is scheduled to start tonight at 5:30 and will be held at the national capital region headquarters of the park service. of course, this is just a chance to weigh in on the proposal. a decision will be made, and the number of decisions -- and number of measures will have to happen before we understand the outcome. brianne carter, abc 7 news. a power struggle is underway at one of our area's largest and most influential churches. jericho city of praise and landover is dealing with the issue of co-founder betty peebles died last month of cancer. now there is controversy over who should be in charge come and two sides are trying to work out. >> there happens to be a group of four people who take a different opinion, and day are still our family. it is a family issue. >> the board wants betty peebles' , joel peebles, to succeed her. >> the national oil spill commission will lay out the cause of the spill in the gulf. executives from bp, halliburton, and transocean will be on hand to respond to questions and to allegations. gas prices, meanwhile, are on the rise as the holiday travel season nears. crude oil is trading at nearly $90 a barrel for the first time since 2008. aaa says the nationwide average for regular is $2 85 gallon. -- $2.85 a gallon. time for the traffic and the weather every 10 minutes. first, write to adam caskey with some lower numbers. i should say usual, but lower numbers that i like. >> a little lower than this time of year, scott's preference. for the rest of the week, right near normal. pretty copacetic, as we say. here's what i like about getting back to daylight time. we have the sun rise over good morning washington. look at that sunrise coming over the horizon on the day. -- on the bay. mitchellville, 36, rockville, 37. sterling, 39. alexandria, up 40 degrees. not much wind out there, but it will be gusty later today as the wind picks up close to 25 miles per hour. then northerly breeze will keep temperatures near normal. it is not going to be switching routes for the southwest, so temperatures will be right near 60. no big warmup any time soon. let's go to the maps. a freeze warning in effect for seven maryland, st. mary's, and calvert county. in new england, the area of low pressure -- a nasty winter remix. rain, sleet, snow, freeze the -- freezing rain. that system will stay away from us. i'm not even expecting any cloud cover from it. 2/3 of the u.s., otherwise, and that will bring us sunshine. right near 60 this afternoon. a pleasant day, a little breezy, with gusts up to 25 miles per hour out of the northwest. looks like our temperature range will be anywhere from 62 for a high on wednesday, to 68 on thursday and friday. no big changes. let's go back to scott. minute,oday's politico a power struggle inside the house minority party, and seniors at abandoned the left. >> mike allen joins us live with these stories. let's talk first about what we saw from seniors in these midterm elections. >> this is the most surprising stat i have seen. in the last midterm election, seniors split their vote 50/50. this time they went for republicans by 21 points. concern about health care, overall were about the economy, and they just didn't buy the threats that democrats made about social security. >> health care reform is a big deal, but what is also interesting is what you guys chronicle about how many seniors were turning out. turnout was pretty good, too. >> when seniors are against you, you do not like it when they turn out, and they tend to vote anyway, but in hires number -- higher numbers this time. how do you fix this? it is a huge hole in their coalition at a time when they are already worried about some of the big states, starting with battleground virginia. >> let's talk but the new struggle that is developing in the house minority party. and the democrats. what are we seeing with steny hoyer and cliburn? >> this is fallout from speaker pelosi saying that she is going to stay, everybody planning to move up one, and now that is not going to happen. now steny hoyer is being yburn ofed by jim clibur south carolina. steny hoyer says he has california, working up person by person, with some heated rhetoric. >> interesting. mike, always good to have you here. >> thanks, mike. we will be right back. >> thanks, mike. we will be right back. all this week, rabin, george, and "to one in america," -- "good morning america pimco working -- work with me, all this week on gma. >> times check top stories. investigators are trying to piece together a deadly pedestrian accident in southeast washington that happened around 1:00 this morning on south capitol street near martin luther king avenue. police have not released any further information about this incident. some members of dc's ethiopian community will gather at the d.c. attorney's office this morning, protesting the decision to drop charges against five men accused in the death of a man outside the dc9 nightclub last month. president obama and india's prime minister say the two countries will work on economic issues as well as battling terrorism. . he is finished hours after the actual winner, but he may have heard the loudest cheers when he crossed the finish line. >> we are talking about chile and minor and -- chilean miner edison pena =. >> all along the route, people would just cheering him on. that had to be such an inspiration. well deserved. lisa baden, we have some traffic problems, don't we? >> yes, northbound out of 95, a huge wreck in stafford. we're looking at a crashed out of columbia, maryland. that crash is trying to move on to the shoulder right now. that kind of tells the tale, doesn't it? we'll take you to 395, delays from the belt way, two crashes after the 14th street bridge, but before the tunnel. >> notice we have daylight again. a fantastic sunrise, 6:43. but it sets at 5:00 p.m. and a lot of sunshine, right near 60. look at that -- particularly the high temperatures. no big cold front door warm fronts or any whether major's. by sunday, a slight chance of a few showers. you could almost take the rest of the week off with that forecast. not a bad idea. with the news, once or twice. >> that does a 4 "good morning washington" this morning.
4 today. >> it is monday, the very first day of november 2010. a live look outside. 44 degrees right now. it's a chilly fall weather. tom isere to talk about the forecast. >> it's wetter weather. we have had scattered frost over the weekend saturday morning and sunday morning and now agn on this monday morning. near or below freezing temperatures at the 6:00 hour, northern montgomery county, fredick county, maryland and frederick county, viinia. loudon, prince william, madison, green, culpepper down into the 30s. also in the 30s south and east. prince george's county, charles, calvert, a run due . in the 30s this monday morning. clear skies. only in the 20s many locations in western maryland and west virginia. and around tidewater 's just near 40 degrees on this monday. lots of sun on tap. only the low 50s. the chill will be with us throughout the week. could get rain on thursday. drying out friday. but remaining chil. how is our traffic? as we head into the:00 hour, we're starting to s a few brake lights on interstate 66. haymarket to that manassas. woodrow wils bridge looking good. those of you planning on heading out on i-95 between baltimore beltway, capital beltway looking good bay bridge, route 50 all the way down to chefferly, a-okay. the delays we did report on mark rail apparently there was a problem with the train's gps. it was not tracking properly. so now mark rail says, oops. no delays. breaking news right n from iraq. the death ll continues to rise after gunmen stormed a catholic church that was packed with worshippers. 47 people, including a priest, are now dead and dozens of hers are wounded. they attacked the iraqy stock exchange and fled into the church during a bible reading. security forces stormed the billion, ending a four-hour standoff. many of the wounded are women. five militants were also killed. new today, iense gun fight in eastern afghanistan. >> reporter: good morning. the bombs did make it on to passenger flights, at least two overseas. they never made it to the u.s. investigators believe that was the target for those bombs to make it to the u.s. as you said, they do hava key suspect in mind. now they're searching for him. investigators y 28-yr-old ibrahim hassan al asiri was behind thehristmas underar bomber on a detroit flight. none of which had been successful. >> reporter: police say they have a key suspect in mind and they need to catch that person. 28-year-old ibrahim hassan al asiri is suspected being behind the christmas underwear bomber on a detroit flight, among other teor plots. none of which have been successful. the explosives discovered friday were hidden in laser printers. shipped in boxes filled with clothes and books. inside the toner cartridges was roughly a pound of powdered explosive, enough to blow up a plane, according to british officials. both bombs intercepted befor making it to the u.s. not before one traveled on a passenger flight outside the u.s. they say the terrorists would have had no way of knowing where exactly the bombs would be or when the packages were meant to explode. >> we just know there was an intention to carry out some type of attack with these ieds that were going to be trans shipped on aircraft tohe united states. one bomb made it on to two passenger jets from yemen to the united arab emirates. the other through germany and intercepted in england. both were addressed to building used by synagogues in chico. they say the threat won't change the way they live. >> i think it would be a mistake to make anges really. that would be giving in. >> reporter: as this investigation continues, packages from yemen are still not being allowed into the u.s. tracee wilkins. eun, back to you in the studio. new travel rules will go into effect. tsa will require all people to provide their full name, birthdate and gender when the ticket is purchased. names must mat what appears on government i.d. or passport. information will be used to check the person flying against the tsa no-fly list. ticketholders who don't provide the information within 72 hours of the flight or whose information does not match their i.d. will not be issued a boarding pass. for now tsa says that small differences such as middle initials should not have an impact on travel. bad news for democrats on the eve of decision 2010. a new nbc news/wall street journal poll shows 49% of likely voters say theprefer a gop-led congress. 43% say they want democrats to stay in charge. if republicans are able to take control of congress they will do so with a damaged brand, however. 41% said they had an unfavorab view of the gop. while 34% say they see the party in a positive light. the gop is making a strong push in the 11th district of virginia. they are freshman democratic gerry connolly is in a heated debate with keith fimian. a comment he made about the virginia tech shooting has dominated the discussion. he said if students were packing heat the 2007 massacre wouldn't have happened he apologized but connolly is not backing down. >>ll the campaigning last year i had never been asked one question about guns. and it surprised me. and i answered inappropriately and i apologize for that. >> it's a choice. i also think some very big missteps have sort of crystallized that choice. in maryland, former governor bob ehrlich will be in rockville to make hifinal plea to voters there. he will visit a krispy kreme to have coffee with a group called for moms for ehrlich. later today he will visit small businesses in touson. he will go to his hometown to hold a rally at the american looj on hall. martin o'malley will be in prince george's county today. he has been leading in recent polls. this morning skins fans he the did he ja blues. yes, it happened once again. washington blows the lead after taking that lead into the final three minutes of the game. they get mauled by the lions. donovan mcnabb benched on the sideline with less than two minutes to go. grossman fumbles. suh scoops up the ball and runs for a touchdown. after the game coach mike shanahan after the game tried to explain his decision. rex knowing how to run that two-minute offense, i felt with the time and no time-outs, he s the best chance to win. >> -- stepped back? are you asking me if we played poorly today? yes, we did. thought i made that pretty clear. it is a step back. you can talk about that. >> redskins will take a much needed week off before playing mcnabb's old team, the eagles, in two wks. they need a lot of work. >> a lot of time to regroup, rethink. coming up, one of the more controversial benefits recently passed on capitol hill. what women could soon be getting for free. plus, this may make you think twice before you order your next drink. why alcohol could be more dangerous than illegal drugs. november is here. it's chilly out there. 44 degrees right now. we'll have weather and traffic together on the ones coming up next. womeare charged 40 more for the same health insurance as men. domestic vionce is treatedas n in eight stas. women are abused by their husbands and then by their insurance companies. and last year they tried to end our coverage for mammograms and other preventive services. well i'm proud to say i got the law chged. i'm barbara mikulski. i approve this message so you'll know that being a woman is no longer a pre-exisng condition. today, it's nearly double. and nearly a quarter of a million marylanders are looking for work. in addition, wface a national health care plan that will hurt small business and cost us jobs. so we have task, are y better off today than you were four years ago? we're heading in the wrong direction. we need strong leadership. say no to things we can't afford. fix our health care plan. and refuse to raise taxes. martin o'malley can't do it. i will. good morning and welcome back november. i'm meteorologist tom kierein off to a chilly start this morning. many locions, suburbs and rural areas scattered frost forming. elsewhere, low to mid-40s. low to mid-50s. increasing clouds wednesday. still chilly. and chilly rain possible thursday. dry and chilly friday, into the weekend. tom, pretty quiet morning all in all. kennelworth moving along well. down toorth capitol street, looking good. 270, story of volume only. out on the rails, everything is did. metro and vre. mark rail one delay. eight minute behind schedule. 45 degrees. what you could soon be able to get for free. plus, out of control metro escalator. what really happened that sent riders to the hospital. and a warning to parents. disturbing new information about what could happen to teens who text too much. bob ehrlich's 24 years in politics. in congress ehrlich voted with george bush 90% of the te, protecting the special interests. as governor, ehrlich cut education, increased college tuition by 40%, and vetoed an increase in the minimum wage. and after losing his election, bob ehrlich joined a lobbying firm and got paid $2.5 million to represent casinos and wall street banks. bob ehrlich--24 years of putting the special interests first. well, today we hope to learn what caused a metro escalator accident that left four people injured, two seriously. this morning the escalator involved in the incident is out of service at l'enfant plaza at metro station. megan mcgrath is live wth what a witness says happened. good morning, megan. >> good morning, joe. that escalator ishere at the ninth and d streeten trance to l'enfant station. they have to figure out exactly what went wrong and fix i before they get it back up and running. now, this weekend's rallies on the mall attracted a large crowd. many peel took metro. but a malfunctioning escalator created a dangerous situation at l'enfant station. the calato suddenly sped up and stopped, sending people flying into the air. four people were injured, two seriously. >> all of a sudden you kind of heard a noise, and the whole escalator lurched. it's like it let go. it started accelerating three or four times as fast as it would normally go. >> reporter: metro is still trying to figure out exactly what happened with this escalator. they will beooking at surveillance videotape fm the air to see if they can piece together what happened. no one will be use a allowed to use that escalator until they can figure it out o. i should mention folks we talked to here this morning are not all that surprise. they said metro has been having yon going issues with their calators. this is a bit more unusual than what they normally see. joe, bck to you. >> thanks very much. megan mcgrath reporting live. thanks, megan. this morning the nation is remembering one of the most gifted political speech writers of our time. ted sorensen, john f. kennedy's ghostwriter, died over the weekend. he was behind some of kennedy's most memorable speeches. he also helped write profiles encouraged book. he suffered a stroke last week and did not recover. he was 82 years old. new developments this morning in indonesia. a volatile vcano has erupted for the second time in a week. mt. merapi blasted clouds of hot ash more than a mile high. last week 38 people died when the volcano erupted. therwere no reports of any casualties. meanwhile, on the other side of indonesia, rescuers are bringing in aid by boat after a tsunami killed 450 people. a new udy by british researchers. they ranked drugs and alcohol, according to how destructive they are to the people who take them and to those around them. researchers found that crack, heroin, and crystal meth were the most lethal to individuals. but when they looked at the overall effect on society, alcohooutranked the other drugs. it is so widely used and can have devastating affects to those around them. women may soon be able to get free birth control thanks to the health care overall. advising the government wil meet to discuss what kind of preventive care should be covered at no cost to the patient. one of the things they're coidering is free birth control for women. rst, expect a fight over social values as a debate over whether birth control ould be coidered to be preventive care. despite some concerns, the 35th annual marine corps. marath went off without a hitch yesterday. 30,000 runners raced 26 miles for the peoples marathon. security officers were on high alert, though, after a string of recent shootings targeting local marine facilities. runners did not experience any changes to the route. air force second lutenant justin bradowsky won the men's marathon. kenya janet cheroban won the women's race. hallowee fun for the first family at the white house. students from bancroft elementary school who helped tend the first lady's white house rden and tubman elementary school which has a relationship with white house chefs were among those inted. president obama and michelle obama handed out trick or treat bags. a cookie made by the white house paste rry chief and dried fruit fun to see the kiddies dressed up. >> you'how many parents said yo not going to eat those white house m&m's. those are keepsakes. in the wake of halloween and drofty cold weekend we say hello november. ght now in the suburbs and rural areas we have surs near the freezing mark. just a cole degrees above. sandy springs, tenley town. 30s under a mostly clear sky. low 50s with a northerlyreeze and lots of sunshine. clear, chilly tonight through the effect and the 40s. tomorrow, near freezing again. tuesday, bright and sunny, low 50s. mid-50s with increasing clouds on wednesday. cloudy and chilly with passing showers possible. dry and chilly friday into e weekend. jerry, good morning. how is the commute? >> we're loadin up and getting repos of a broken down truck in fair oaks. authorities are headed over to investigate that. elsewhere, the trip into southeast beginning to develop st a little bit of delay. pennsyania and branch avenue as you wind your way through that work zone there. over on 395, lanes are open to the th street bridge. and out on the rails. goodews for metro and vre. no delays. mark, brunswick 874, penn 405 and 503 all slightly delayed at this hour. joe, eun. thanks very much, jerry. 6:22, 46 degrees. the anges ebay is making before the holiday shopping season. teens and texting. they do it all daylong. new research shows the problems too much texting can lead to. it has been a year to forget for tiger woods. now he takes another hit. find out how or what has take a closer look at keith fimian and his inspection business. fimian's former business partner said fimian lied, his record "built upon a fraud." his business sued more than 40 times. apped with thousands in liens. its corporate status revoked. now we learn fimian signed a campaign pledge that protect tax breaks for corporations outsourcing jobs. fraud, failed policies. unfortunately, that's keith fimian. there may soon be a giant party in san francisco. that's not the grocery store, that's the baseball team. giants beat the texas rangers 4-0 last night. they lead the series three games to one. the giants can win it all if they take game five in texas tonight. well, move over, tiger. the world has a new number one golfer. england's lee westwood took over the top spot. he held that top spot since e week before the 05 u.s. open. teens who stay up late texting could be at risk for serious health problems. jfk medical center surveyed 40 kids and teenagers who had trouble sleeping or were awakened by incoming texts. the teens reported general fatigue after a night of texting. they said they were more likel to suffer from anxiety, depression, ad/hd and have learni difficulties. the impact of this over time is accumulate sleep debt which is difficult to pay back. unless you take the cell phone away from the child, they're really at frdom to do whatever they want sort of whenever they want. some of the teens in the study reported sending as many as 100 texts in an evening or about 3,000 texts per month. that's a lot of texting. >> you said 100 a day? >> yeah. i don't ow how you get anything done if you're texting that much. >> you don't. you get texting done. all new next at 6:30, vandals were busy where a speed camera was damaged and burned. computer alert for mark women are charged 40% moreor the same health insurance as men. domestic violence is treatedan in eight states. women are abused by their husbands d then by their insurance companies. and last year they tried to end our coverage for mammograms and other preventive services. well i'm proud to say i got the law changed. i'm barbara mikulski. i approve this message so you'll know that being a woman is no longer a pre-existing contion. one day left. it's the final campaign push before election day. what a new nbc news poll says about what congrs will look like. good morning and welcome back to news 4 today. i'm joe krebs. i'm eun yang. monday, november 1st, 2010. a live look oside at 6:29. 46 degrees. a chilly start to your workweek. clear skies out there. tom isere to tell us more about the for the benefit. it fee like fall. maybe a little bit of winter, too. >> it's wintry cold many locations outside the beltw. we're near freezingnthis first day of november. tysons corner. mount pleasant. rockville, bethesda. temperatures in the low to mid-30s. and only in the 20s in western maryland and in west virginia. many locations there. farther south andeast around tidewate lower eastern shore, near 40 degrees. high pressure moving in north and west will bring us plenty of sunshine today and tomorrow but chilly weather. wednesy, increasing clouds. and on thursday likely passing showers and chilly, just into the low and mid-50s for his. fray into the weekend, we'll dry out. morning lows, 30s saturday and sunday. afternoon highs around 50. now jerry, good morning. how is the monday commute? >> tom, good morning. authorities checking the outer loop close to connecticut avenue. word of an accident. fire and rescue headed over. i see the flashing lights. and backup developing very quickly. so top side of the beltway in the thick of it. let's go over to virginia. had a broken down truck on sper state 66 fair oaks. it's over to the shoulder. centreville, most of the way in we're loading up quickly. brand spanking new kennelworth and eastern avenue looking pretty good. everything moving along well. out on the rls, metro and vre, no delays. brunswick 874. joe, eun. thank you, jerr just hours away now from decision 2010. while candidates often say the only vote that matters is the onyou make on election day, a new nbc/wall street journal poll conforms a longstanding prediction this year, that reps will make major gains. kimberly suiters is lve in the newsroom with the latest. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, eun. this poll predicts republicans will make substantial midterm gains across the country and win control of at least one chamber of commerce. this poll shows 49% of like voters say they prefer a gop-led congress. vote said it would be a good thing if they took over the u.s. house and senate. 41% of those polled said they have an unfavorable view of the gop. now, among the larger universe of register voters, a less reliable way to figure out who will vote tomorrow, gop shrinks two points, 46%, to 44%. half ofemocrats say they want to see a significant amount of change in the way president barack obama has been leading the country. and o "meet the press" a lot o debate on the referendum on the president's policies. >> he talks about it. the public talks about it. dominant issues are all this sending, outrageous spending. exceive debt, joblessness. >> i think this is a choice, clear choice, not a referendum. a choice between a democratic party that is doing heavy lifting. >> reporter: still, one llster calls the numbers a rebuke of the last two years. and that pollster adds the democrats are about to feel the force of hurricane winds. >> kimberly, thank you. new today, police are trying to figure out who shot and killed a mann prince george's county overnight. they were called to hubbard road in landover. they found a man dead at the scene. they have no suspects at this time. in montgomery county it looks like someone torched a speed camera between hillstone and mcdonald chapel drive in ga ga gaithersburg. preliminary investigation shows thfire was intentionally set. >> it seems of those who used mark brunswick line have not had a lot of luck this fall. since september 7th, maryland's 18 brunswick line trains have been delayed 285 times. that's an average of eight delays every week day. that's a month on-time performance rate of 58%. brunswick carries 7,600 paengers daily between washington and points north and west, including frederick and martinsburg, west virginia. a popular u street bar will find out if it can reopen today. it was revoked after a con frantly involving several employees ended in a man's death. five employees were charged with second degree murder in ali muhammed's death. judge will hold a hearing on reinstating the liquor license later this morning. gang members and former inmates could be taking the stand this week. they are expected to testify that ingmar guandique admitted raping and murdering chandra levy back in 2001. the washington intern's body was discovered in rock creek park one year later. former congressman gary condit may testify that he was romantically linked to levy at the time of her death. jury selection begins today in the trial of the man accused of kidnapping elizabeth smart. prosecutors say david brian mitchell sliced through the window kitchen screen of the utah home and kidnapped her in the middle of the night when she was just 14 years old. she was rescued nine months later. a 2003 state case stalled after mitchell was deemed incompetent to stand trial. in 2008, mitchell was incted on federal charges of kidnapping and unlawful transportation of a minor across state lines. if convicted he could spend the rest of his life in federal prison. time now is 6:36. "today" show is next at 7:00. let's check in with matt lauer to see what they're working on today. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. coming up on a monday here on "today," candidates make their nal cases to voters. sarah palin turns heads with colorful language to describe members of the media. also ahead, alarming new details on the bombs found inside cargo passengers bound for the u.s. investigators believe passenger planes were, in ft, being tattertar par targeted. why bad manners and general rudeness have become rampant in today's world and why they are rewarded. that and more as we get started on a monday morning. eun, back to you. >> matt, thankso much. >> reporter:kay. take care. >> you too. changes in the air at reagan national airport. what's now at the airport that has never been there before. and the big change you will see on ebay. our time, 6:37. heavy traffic out there on this monday morning. weather antraffic on the ones, next at 6:41. maryland's governor martin o'malley. endorsed by the washington post and unwavering commitment to education. o'malley's made college more affordable. he's helping restore the health of the chesapeake bay, has forward-looking plans on transportation and a record reducing violent crime. governor marn o'malley. one leader moving myland forward. 6:40 is your time. 43 degrees. a beautiful look at the jefferson memorl. always such a pretty sight. en in the dark with the lights lit up, gorgeous. >> even in the dark without the cherry blossoms, a gorgeous place to go. >> sadly, though, 45 minutes away from sunrise. seems like the sun is never coming up. finally, next monday our sunrise around 6:30. sunset around 5:00 p.m. next week. this morning it is clear and cold. down into the w to mid-30sn the suburbs and rural areas. likely getting frost forming in the rural areas right now. peaking in the low 40s. clear and chilly. afternoon highs low 50son tuesday. mid-50s wednesday with increasing clouds. looks like we may get rain late wednesday night and off and on thursday. y and cool friday into the weekend. how is our traffic now? chopper four over the scene of the accident reported just a couple moments ago, outer loop before you get to connecticut avenue. it appears there's a power pole down. i cannot tell yet if the car went off the roadway there. it ia possibility. anyway, the bottom line is the fire department is on the scene. right side of the roadway is blocked while they investiga it. outer loop just before connecticut avenue. early delays coming out of the i-95 interchange. let's head over and updateyou. through town looks pretty good. elsewhere at this hour, for those of you making the trip in on 66, toll road, nothing to impede the flow. still doing pretty well. metro with no delays. we have one delay, fredericksburg train 306. an on mark rail penn 405, nine minutes behind schedule. joe, eun. thank you, jerry. big changes cing to traffic lights in our area. how that could ease your commute. plus, disturbing new details about the explosives found on board planes. who was behind the terror plot and what they really had planned. redskins coach mike shanahan explains his decision to bench quarterback donovan mcnabbhen the skins still had a chance to win the game. . we are following a developing story involving a plan to mail bombs to the u.s. investigators are on their way to yemen right now where those explosives originated. they were disguised as printer cartridges. eeb ham hassan al asiri is an explosives expert. one made its way on to a passenger flight tracee wilkins joins us from dulles international airport with more. good mning. >> reporter: good morning. that was a passenger flight overseas. good news is we did not have any bombs targeted for the u.s. ma it on to soil. now they have a key suspect and they want them in custody. investigators say 28-year-old ibrahim hassan al asiri is the key suspect in a plot to send bombs to the u.s. by air. he was behind the christmas underwear bomber on a detroit flight. none of which had been succsful. the explosives discovered friday were hidden in las printers. shipped in boxes filled with clothes and books. inside the toner cartridges was a pound of powdered explosive, enough to blow up a plane, according to british officials. cell phones functioned as timers. both bombs intercepted before making it to the u.s. not before one traveled on a passenger flight outside the u.s. they say the terrorists would have had no way of knowing where exactly the bombs would be or when the packages were meant to explode. >> we just know there was an intention to carry out se type of attack with these iedthat were going to be trans shipped on aircraft to the united states. one bomb made it on to two passenger jets from yemen to the united arab emirates. the other went on cargo flights through germany and intercepted in england. both were addressed to building used by synagogues in chicago. they say the threat won't change the way theyive. >> i think it would be a mistake to make changes really. that would be giving in. >> reporter: packages from yemen are still not being allowed into the u.s. tracee wilkins. eun, back to you in the studio. new travelules will go into effect. tsa will require all people to provide their full name, birtate and gender when the ticket is purchased. names must match what appears on government i.d. or passport. information will be used to check the person flying against the tsa no-fly list. ticketholders who don't provide the information within 72 hours of the flight or whose information es not match their i.d. will not be issued a boarding pass. for now tsa says that small differences such as middle initials should not have an impact on travel. > today jetblue will begin service from reagan national airport. they will fly nine daily flights to boston, orlando and ft. lauderdale. jetblue is known for its extra leg room and in-flight e-mail service. in decision 2010, former mayor bob ehrlich will bin rockville making his final plea before tomorrow's election. heill visit a krpy kreme to have coffee with a group called for moms for ehrlich. he will go to his hometown to hold a rally at the american legion hall. democratic current governor martin o'malley will hold a rally in prince george's county. o'malley has been leading ehrlich in recent polls. in virginia, gop making a strong push in one of the most heated house races in our area. gerry connollys in a tight rematch with republican kth fimian. in the final days a comment fimian made about virginia tech shootings is dominating the conversation. said if students were, quote, packing heat the massacre at the school in 2007 would not have occurred. he has since apologized but connolly is not backing down. >> all the campaigningf the last year and a quarter, i have never been asked one question about guns. d it surprised me. and i answered inappropriately, and i apologize for that. >> it's a choice. i also think some very big missteps have sort of crystallized that choice. he won by 11 points in 2008. apple is now suing motorola. hampton, go morning to you >> reporter: good morning, joe. as a matter of fact, you're absolutely right. there's a new squirmish in the cell phone wars. they claim tey copied the iphone touch screen technology. of course touch screen phones re innovated when apple launched the iphone. but now they're a common feature with smartphones. ebay is doing a little house cleaning. they will unveil the first site overhaul in four years. they will provide shoppers with recommendations based on previous searches and feature a list of hot items. amazon has moved pastbay in terms of u.s. traffic. and rest in peace, pontiac. the 84-year-old brandbest known for its muscle cars went out of business when contracts with g.m. dealers expired. they decideded to kill ntiac. sales have been declining for decades since hitting a peak of 1 million in 1968. they were a third of that in 2008. another passage in the domestic auto industry. >> kind of a shame. an iconic brand for a long time. >> reporter: solutely. >> thanks very much. good to see you. >> reporter: good see you. good news for drivers in prince william county. you may begin spending less tile sitting at red lights according to insidenova.com. they just, quote, reoptimized lights on several majo roadways in eastern prince william county. lights are located on prince william, dale, smoketown road. the reoptimization pross happens once every two weeks to keep up with changing traffic patterns. redskins may need a optimization process. a trip to motown has them singing the de ja blues. they took a lead in the final three minutes of the game and choked and coughed it up, sparking a lions come back. stafford hit johnson for his fourth touchdown pass of the day. a rather odd sight. donovan mcnabb othe sidelines benched with less than two minutes to go. and on the first snap, grossman fumbles and rookie suh scoops up the loose ball and runs it down for a touchdown. avoiding not much of a tackle attempt to a 37-25 win. mcnabb saide would have liked to have been the go-to guy when the game was on the line. >> any other professional, any other quarterback, you want to be out there with your team to hopefully sustain a drive and win the game. but that's what he went with and i went along with it. >> rex knowing how to run that two-minute offense, i felt with the time and no time-outs, he was the best chance to win. >> redskins will take a much needed week off bere playing mcnabb's old team, the eagles, in two weeks. >> they need a lot of work in two weeks, tom. >> this morning we are starting off once again with scattered frost. really our first frost on saturday morning. again, yesterday. look at that. finally getting the first predawn glow on the easrn horizon. these sunrises are getting later and later. not until after 7:30 is our sunrise. live view from city camera. just down river is reagan nationalairport. a chilly 44. wind north-northwest. windchill this morning. it is near freezing in the disturbs and rural areas. southern maryland to the shenandoahing valley. colder in many locations in western maryland, west virginia. high pressure moving north and west. that's bringing in the chill. and through much of the coming week. as we have our start this morning. cold. be prepad for that. waiting for the bus. only in the low 40s. by 9:00, mid-40s. by noon, 50. mid-50s by midafternoon with lots of sun. sunrise, 7:35. 6:07 sunset. low 30s again tomorrow morning. sunny tomorrow. highs low 50s. increasing clouds wednesday. and still chilly. and some passing showers late wednesday night, off and on thursday. drying out friday into the weekend. jerry, how is the traffic? >> tom, an accident on the top side of the belt washgs connecticut avenue. now over the shoulder. so the travel lanes are open. if you're traveling that top side, be prepared. chopper 4 pulls back. reaching very close to the i-95 interchange althe wa around to the scene. again, all activity over the shoulder lanes reopened. update you along southeast. be prepared for some delays. pennsylvania avenue, branch avenue through the work zone. although lanes have reopened. metro, no delays. vre, frederick, slightly delayed. about ten minutes or so. same thing on mark. penn line 405, seven minutes behind schedule. eun? >> jerry, thank you. today we hope to learn what caused a metro escalator accident that left four people injured, two seriously. this morning the escalator involved is out of service at l'enfant plaz metro station. >>reporter: metro set a new record for saturday dership. the stations were packed. so on an escalator at l'enfant unexpectedly accelerated and stopped, thereas quite a dangerous pileup. four people were injured. they say it was like riding a carnival ride. >> this was all of a sudden you ki of heard a noise. and the whole escalator lurched. it's look it let go. so it started accelerating three or four mes as fast as it would normally go. >> it was kind of scary. i didn't know when i had fallen how many people were going to fall on top of me. >> reporter: the cause is still under investigation. initially metro reported the escalator stopped. after hearing witness accounts they are now looking into reportshat it sped up before failing. metro riders have long been frustratedy broken escalator. you might go to a station and they might not be working. the middle one is not working. >> all the time. a couple different places when i to a meeting. >> have you ever heard of one speed up, though? >> i've never seen that before. >> reporter: mechanics will be taking a closer look at the escalator trying to figure out what happened. eun, back to you. >> megan mcgrath in southwest. thank you. kimberly suiters has this morning's top stories from the newsroom. good morning, kimberly. gang members and former inmates could take the stand in the murder trial of chandra levy. they are expected to testify that ingmar guandique admitted to killing her in 2001. former congressman gary condit may testify that he was romantically linked to levy at the time of her death. new developments this morning in indonesia. a volatile volcano has erupted for the second time in a week. mount merapi clouds of hotsh more than a mile high. on the other side of the country, a tsunami killed 450 people. a new nbc news poll shows 49% of likely voters say they prefer a gop-lecongress. 43% say they want democrats to stay in charge. 41% said they had an unfavorable view of the gop. that is news 4 today. thank you for starting your monday with us. >> the "today" show is next. back here tomorrow morning starting at 4:30. hope to join you then. until then,ave a great day. see you tomorrow. >> bye. take a closer look at keith fimian and his inspection business. said fimian lied, his record "built upo" his business sued more t. slapped with thousands in liens. its corporate status revoked. now we learn fimian signed a campaign pdge that protected tax baks for cos outsourcing jobs. fraud, failed polies. unfortunately, that's kth fimian.
we are glad you are with us. traffic and weather every ten minutes. first, meteorologist adam caskey. some rain for the first time in two days. >> the heaviest rain was overnight and threw 4:30 -- through. winchester and martinsburg and fredericksburg are still seeing a few stray showers and in western maryland and west virginia, stray showers. this will be coming to an end later this morning. 53 degrees at reagan national, 49 and winchester, 48 in hagerstown, becoming partly cloudy later today. high temperatures in the mid- 60s. now to lisa baden. let's jump to a couple of maps. middlevale is still reporting track maintenance on the blue line. in virginia there was a crash northbound 95 of the prince william parkway. that should be on the shoulder by the time you get there. if 95 looks good, good on the baltimore washington parkway. 270 has wet pavement. southbound alice frederick into montgomery county. the beltway is dry at university boulevard in this geico camera. back to you. >> thank you. we begin with breaking news from northwest washington. police are investigating a deadly overnight shooting. a man was shot several times at 1:00 a.m. in the 4300 block of georgia avenue nw. he died from his injuries later. police don't have a suspect or motive in the shooting, but if there are traffic impacts. georgia avenue from webster to gardner street set down. a frightening attack in broad daylight. a group of men robbed a woman monday morning on the 5900 block of connecticut avenue in chevy chase. brianne carter has the hunt for the suspects. >> good morning. a scary situation. it happened at 10:45 in the morning across from a neighborhood. the woman was visiting the post office in chevy chase and was returning back to her vehicle when approached by four men in a gold card. one man demanded the woman's purse and keys. they were snatched from her when she hesitated. one suspect got into her vehicle and the two vehicles drove off. there was last seen on connecticut avenue moving toward the district. the dow edged instructed was reported stolen on october 16 -- the dodge intrepid. the woman was not injured. anyone with information is asked to call police. there's a traffic alert for drivers in northwest d.c. westbound constitution avenue downtown is still closed between ninth street and 12th street. afton street is closed between pennsylvania and constitution because crews are still working to fix -- after the water main break on friday. looking to the day ended, the jury selection continues in the trial of the man accused of killing federal internship under l.e.d.. ingmar guandique faces murder, kidnapping, and other charges. prosecutors say that he attacked taro aso was walking in rock creek park in 2001. opening statements not expected tilden in next week's -- until early next week. early friday morning ali muhammed through a brick at the window of a nightclub. five men chased him and beat him on last weekend's and he died shortly afterwards. suspects are charged with aggravated assault. a vigil will be held at 6:00 this afternoon. shots were fired at the marine corps museum in triangle, va. this weekend. it is down the street from quantico marine base. no one was inside the building when it happens, but there are bullet holes in the window panels of the atrium of the building. >> we believe the shooter's approached the building sometime in the wee hours of sunday morning. it was discovered upon opening. >> that is on american. it really is. i don't like it. >> police believe the shots were fired in from across i-95. anyone with information should contact them. investigators are questioning the driver of the car suspected of killing two teenagers. they were hit while riding a mopeds on viers mill road yesterday morning. both of them were seriously hurt. the driver later turned himself in. authorities found a damaged silver mercedes at the driver status. more soldiers and who witnessed the last year's shooting rampage and for good will testify today. dozens of soldiers have already testified at the article 32 hearing. that will determine whether major nidal hasan should face a trial that he shot and killed 13 people and wounded 33 others. coming down to the wire. there are just two weeks before the midterm elections. >> republicans and democrats are trying to rally their base. emily schmidt joins us with more on the campaign trail. >> good morning. it is interesting. voters in 20 states already have a chance to vote early. leaders of both parties know that in some places for the next two weeks every day is election day. because of that, you will see the political heavy hitters out in full force crisscrossing the country. aunched a 19-state tea party express bus tour and she says that the left does not nowak to do with the tea party. john mccain believes sarah palin will play a big role in the american political scene for some time to come. bill clinton stumped for senator patty murray, will told democrats they cannot stay calhe on election day. the first lady says the election is about renewing president obama's promise of change. she campaigned in new york. president obama's went to montgomery county last night and raised about $400,000. his wife in new york city raised $1 million that will go directly to the democratic campaign. emily schmidt reporting. back to you. >> thank you. still ahead, pulling ahead and pulling out all the stops. but what the latest polls show, a growing gap in battleground maryland. 6:08. >> now the nfl is taking action for injuries preventiion. >> now the nfl is taking action for injuries preventiion. bob ehrlich's 24 years in politics. in congress ehrlich voted with george bush 90% of the time, protecting the special interests. as governor, ehrlich cut education, increased college tuition by 40%, and vetoed an increase in the minimum wage. and after losing his election, bob ehrlich joined a lobbying firm and got paid $2.5 million to represent casinos and wall street banks. bob ehrlich--24 years of putting the special interests first. 6:10 on this tuesday morning. welcome back. overcast in arlington. dry sidewalks. you don't need the umbrella right here. that's not the case every river. live triple doppler shows the back into the shallow is moving through. especially in the panhandle of west virginia, down towards winchester. frederick county and orman county getting a few showers. loudoun county getting light showers off, pushing off to the east. 52 in college park. 48 in gaithersburg. a few showers in montgomery county. 56 and partly cloudy this afternoon. there's rain tomorrow morning south of the metro area. the seven-day forecast is coming up. accident on 95, virginia, northbound on the prince william parkway, be moved to the side shortly. 123 looks fine. 270 approaching 109 had a delayed. the beltway at montgomery county looks good. back to you. >> thank you. 6:12. 52 degrees. >> coming up, stranded on the runway. we will talk about to the real cost of a slight delay. >> two weeks until battleground maryland and the race is heating up. i will have the latest developments on the governor's race. >> defining the " host: could switching to geico really save you 15% or more on car insurance? is a bird in the hand worth 2 in the bush? appraiser: well you rarely see them in this good of shape. appraiser: for example the fingers are perfect. appraiser: the bird is in mint condition. appraiser: and i would say if this were to go to auction today, appraiser: conservatively it would be worth 2 in the bush. woman: really? appraiser: it's just beautiful, thank you so much for bringing it in. woman: unbelievable anncr: geico. 15 minutes could save you 15% or more. welcome back. a man is dead after an overnight shooting in the district. this happened after 1:00 this morning in the 2300 block of georgia ave. police found a man suffering fromh gunshot suffering. e subsequently died. there's no motive or suspects. a group of people carjacked and robbed a woman in chevy chase. four men approached the woman around 10:45 yesterday and on connecticut avenue. a federal judge in california says she is inclined to deny the government's request to delay an order to end the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy. she will review the government's arguments and issue ruling next week. race isgovernor's shaping up in maryland in a fight to the finish. courtney robinson is live with the latest on that. >> good morning. we are two weeks before the election. incumbent governor martin o'malley is pulling ahead of his republican challenger, former governor of bob ehrlich. the latest poll shows o'malley five points ahead. 47% of voters say they will cast their ballots for o'malley. 42% plan to support bob ehrlich. if 6% are undecided. there is a 3.5% margin of error. o'malley is likely leading to a successful ad campaign that is aimed at the bob ehrlich. bob ehrlich may lose key funding from the republican governors association in washington area for television ads. if o'malley won a big endorsement from the "the washington post" "the star democrat," and others. incumbent democrat gerry connolly faced republican keith simeon in what is expected to be a tight race. gerry connolly defeated him years ago. i had the honor of moderating the debate. a federal judge in virginia will decide by the end of the year whether the health care reform law is constitutional. virginia attorney general ken cuccinelli is challenging that decision in the law that requires americans do have health insurance or pay a penalty. -- challenging that part of the law. bride ship and revenues have dropped since metro changed fares this summer. in july and august there were nearly 2 million fewer bus passengers than a year ago. the seattle believes the economy is to blame and not the fair increases. the cfo believes. the nation's largest bank is holding its foreclosure freeze. bank of america will resume foreclosures in 14 states and is not found any evidence of errors in its paperwork. apple has reported another blockbuster quarter with sales and earnings hitting new highs thanks to the iphone and ipads. iphone sales doubled to more than 14 million. ipad sales topped 4 million, of selling mac computers. johnson & johnson has a recall of tylenol eight-hour caplets sold in 50-count bottles because of a moldy odor. johnson & johnson says it is precautionary. flight delays cost passengers much more than it costs airlines. passengers loss $17 million, twice as much as the airlines lost. i am rob nelson. traffic and weather every ten minutes. >> adam caskey joins us again. i hope it rains a lot today because my car is 30. i don't have time to wash its. >> yes. >> i save a lot of money that way. >> it's not going to rain very much. most of it is finishing this morning. there's light rain will you see the green on the screen. the heaviest rain was overnight, a few embedded downpours in loudoun county and montgomery county. they are in south jersey at this time. from winchester and towards leesburg and crosstown and exiting cumberland and hagerstown. emmitsburg all the way down to frederick and into westminster, rain moving through. 50 at dulles airport, 48 at the gaithersburg. let's go to the maps. yesterday's high temperatures, 68 at reagan national. mid 60's today across-the-board. there were areas of rain in yellow that moved through last night. in southern jersey at this time. there's a stationary boundary down to the south. areas of low pressure riding along, giving us areas of rain this morning and the likely again tomorrow morning. tomorrow morning it will be farther south of the middle area. becoming partly cloudy today and clearing. mid 60's. low 60's to muggle. in the 60's through the week. today all the way through the weekend. slight chance of rain sunday and monday. notices on 66 except for normal volume. manassas and centreville. there's a crash near the prince william parkway and luton to the shoulder. 270 is soggy. heavy volume approaching 109. trackman's is complete for blue line customers, but delays continue -- track maintenance is complete. moving across the 14th street bridge in order refashion. back to you. >> thank you. get ready foreclosures on blue and orange lines on the weekend of november 5 through 7 because of maintenance. the orange line will be closed from stadium armory to new carrollton. the balloon will be closed from stadium-armory to benning. shuttle buses will be available for free. the nfl considers new rules to protect players from violence hits. >> today on "oprah," a 10-year- old phenom from "america's got talent" sings again, today at 4:00 on abc 7. washington redskins tight end will see a specialist after suffering a concussion during sunday's game. mike shanahan says cooley will be evaluated in the next day or so. the nfl's as head injuries should be treated with extra precaution. the nfl is starting to get more serious about helmet-to-helmet hits. the league already fines player is aiming for those kind of collisions. nfl is considering suspending players for illegal hits. it's part of an effort to prevent more serious injuries. that could be put in place this weekend. the fda is urging and i will a company to take prompt action to eliminate salmonella contamination -- urging an iowa egg company. it could seize the product's source said the company down. an important message for kids. >> i don't need a trip to the beauty shop ♪ >> the new muppet is singing a song about her hair and the video has been seen oberlin thousand times. tanya rider on sesame street says his daughter was his inspiration for that song -- a head writer on "sesame street." >> she did not want curly hair. she wanted it to be straight. >> his daughter is from ethiopia. he recruited a puppeteer. the voice is from "the lion king." >> still another half-hour. >> coming up, we will cellule who -- we will tell you who could be going home. >> a carjacking in broad daylight. >> and some areas of rain are still pushing through. we will talk about the rest of still pushing through. we will talk about the rest of the day, coming up woman 1 sync: i knew what bob ehrlich did as governor. man 1 sync: raised my property taxes 60 percent. woman 2 sync: let utilities hike our rates 72 percent. woman 1 sync: but i didn't know what he's done since he got fired as governor. man 2: ehrlich's raked in millions. man 3: he worked for a wall street bank that took 10 billion dollars from the bailout. woman 3: 10 billion of our money. woman 4: our money. woman 5 sync: and he worked for another bank that collapsed. man 4: costing tax payers 17 million. anncr: tell bob ehrlich big banks don't need help. middle class marylanders do. >> live and in hd, this is "good morning washington," on your side. a carjacking and robbery in chevy chase. this morning police need your help. good morning, washington. it is tuesday, october 19. glad to have you along. i'mhuman. >> i'm greta kreuz. alison starling has the day off. we begin with traffic and weather. adam caskey is here, talking about a few sprinkles. drive across the nation, drive downtown, dry across the nation -- dry across the nation, dried downtown. the heaviest rain is out of here. i am anticipating some sunshine later today, especially by lunchtime and this afternoon. this is the back edge of the rain for the most part. there are a few sprinkles off in west virginia, but this is the last of the steady rain, pushing through west virginia, up in frederick, pennsylvania. that is pushing out of here, then clearing. tomorrow, a round of morning rain, but this time it is your turn south of the metro area. lisa, any issues? >> yes, an accident blocking a lane at i-45. metrorail is reporting some blue line delays. escalators are out of surface. there in the process of establishing a free shuttle. we begin with breaking news out of northwest d.c. a man has been shot and killed early this morning. police found the shooting victim around 1:00 a.m. in the 4300 block of georgia avenue. the man has died of his injuries, but so far police have no names, suspects in the shooting. george avenue has been reopened in both directions. closer to home, a carjacking and robbery in broad daylight along the 5900 block of -- in chevy chase. brianne carter has some rather frightening details. >> is all happening right across the street from a neighborhood, and at 10:45 in the morning. police tell us the woman was visiting the post office here in chevy chase, and was walking back to her vehicle when she was approached by four men in a gold car. police say one man got out of the car, demanded her purse in keys. she hesitated, then the person and keys were snatched. the two vehicles -- they got in her volvo, and the two vehicles drove off. the suspect's vehicle was described as a dodge intrepid, reported stolen from prince george's county on october 16. the description of the suspect that was given was rather vague. police tell us that the one was able to give the suspect vehicle tag number. the woman was not injured. if you have any information or were in the area yesterday, give them a call. reporting live, brianne carter, abc7 news. a virginia man accused of being a terrorist faces more charges. zachary chasser is accused of -- prosecutors say he travel to somalia to join a terror group. his wife is also charged with making false statements to authorities. jury selection begins today in the trial of a man accused of killing a federal in turn 10 years ago. experts say finding a fair and impartial jury could be challenging. opening arguments are expected to start next week. crews are trying to find the body of the missing rower. 64-year-old julia shew disappeared from fountainhead regional park on saturday. she was training for a race when she disappeared. police are trying to find out who fired shots at the marine corps museum in triangle, virginia. it is located on jefferson davis highway down the street from quantico marine base. no one was in the building when the shots were fired. they believe it happened early sunday morning, but as you can see, there are now bullet holes in the window panels in the window's -- in the building's atrium. last let officers received the -- officers were honored last night. money was at a new poll prompt the list of elements out of battleground, maryland. one candidate is celebrating a big endorsement. according robinson has the latest. >> according to the latest poll from gonzales research and marketing strategies, it seems as from incumbent governor martin o'malley's campaign are paying off, widening the gap between him and republican challenger, former governor bob ehrlich. 47% of voters usupport o'malley, 42 percent support ehrlich. it is smaller than the washington post 11 point gap that came out late last month. the washington post, along with the star democrat, is also endorsing to'malley. ehrlich may lose key funding from the republican governors association for ads and a washington television market. we still have two weeks to go until voters head to the polls, and some analysts say it is possible that the undecided voters could go to ehrlich. according robinson, abc7 is. we have a traffic alert for drivers in downtown d.c. starting tonight, crews will be repaid in madison drive between third and 14th street. work will be done from 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., up from 7:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m.. there will be no parking on madison drive. the work should be finished by mid december. still ahead on "good morning washington" -- stark-raving politics. a closer look at whether politicians are losing it. >> plus, the stars and their partners, down to a tv theme songs. >> first, another check on the traffic and weather every 10 minutes. you guys hungry? thank you for noticing. it's a good snack. you're welcome. they grow so fast. 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[ female announcer ] chef boyardee micro beef ravioli microwave cups. an after-school snack with a full serving of vegetables. just don't tell them. shh. > hi. i'm mrs. la marr. we're out here in poolesville, maryland. good morning, washington. 6:39 right now on this tuesday morning. still some areas of rain to deal with, basically following the same path of the rain last night and early this morning. nothing out here in arlington, and i am outside, obviously, without my umbrella because i do not need it. leesburg, pushing east towards sterling and aspirin, also number loudoun county up to ashburn,k, -- and cash bu also in loudoun county up to frederick. in the 60's again tomorrow. lisa, what do you have right now in traffic? >> well, plenty of volume this morning. the outer loop, stop-and-go traffic now to a crash. after this camera at poolesville road -- at colesville road. that should be gone. in virginia along 95 and 66, normal volume. northbound 95, we start this morning with a couple of wrecks. nothing now, but delays off and on to the pentagon. it is 6:41, 50 degrees outside on tuesday morning. >> coming up -- losing it. as politics finally got off the deep end? >> the closure freeze is beginning to thaw. >> the closure freeze is beginning to thaw. inherits a billion-dollar surplus, low unemployment. o'malley signs the biggest tax hike in maryland history. raids chesapeake bay fund to cover spending. gives raises to top aides. business climate ranks 45th worst in the nation. now 200,000 jobs lost. o'malley covers up jobs report that proved maryland's economy stalled. if re-elected, o'malley will raise taxes again. whether he does, is up to you. new look. new style. new sears. come see our brand new side. at sears. that's why joe likes aetna's payment estimator. he gets to compare out-of-pocket health care costs before they come out of his pocket. that's awesome. [ female announcer ] now let's say every joe in america uses it. looks like everyone likes saving money. ah, the potential of putting people first. thanks joe. know more. get better. get a smarter health plan. ♪ aetna.com. welcome back. investigators are looking for the gunman who shot and killed a man in northwest washington early this morning. police say a man suffering from gunshot wounds was found in the 4300 block of georgia avenue around 1:00 a.m. he later died from his injuries. police do not know what sparked the shooting. investigators are looking for four men who robbed and carjacked a woman in chevy chase yesterday morning. the poster outside the post office on connecticut avenue and demand -- they approached her outside the post office on connecticut avenue and demanded her purse and her keys. doctor accused in the foreclosure process were flawed. greta? left thetwo weeks midterm elections, republicans and democrats are hitting the campaign trail hard. >> yes, we can. >> yes, we can. >> yes, we must. yes we will. >> both sides are trying to pump up the base and get independent voters to come over to their side. and republicans are attacking president obama, who is not even on the ballot. >> did not be fooled, do not be played, and do not stay home. >> mr. obama, you are next, because now we can see 2012 from our house. >> sarah palin also launched a tea party express bus tour, which will move through 19 states between now and election day. o>> in today's politic minute, politicians may be actually losing it. >> i know we say this in every election, but everyone agrees that this is perhaps the nastiest races we have seen in a very long time. >> it is ugly, nasty, in some cases crazy, completely over the top from the way normal adults should communicate with each other. it is expected to continue along this path not only in this election but in future ones. >> we're talking about people grabbing people, getting arrested, and the politicians' faces belying what is going on. >> there is a lot anchor in the public, and bought anchor in campaigns -- a lot of anger in the campaigns. jim miller's security detail, i would call it an arrest of a reporter, in handcuffs, but they do not have the authority to do that. there was one candidate slapping another's hand, and another one feigning disbelief at it. we even have a candidate calling his opponent "taliban dan." >> steny hoyer recently said he believes it is the worst campaign, the worst election he has ever seen, as far as the tone goes. another thing that struck me was with barney frank, but not involving him necessarily but involving his boyfriend outside after a day, right? >> a little bit of heckling going on there. nobody would have thought since he becomes a politic -- he comes from a pretty liberal district, has a lot of fund-raising bases that he can refer to, and now it seems some supporters are taking umbrage. >> the gloves are off with just two weeks to go. thank you for joining us. investigators want to know why a woman was declared dead when she was still alive. when police arrived at 89-year- old ruth johnson's home in severna park she was not breathing, she was motionless. a stateurs later t, employee who came to retrieve her body heard her breathing and saw her arm move. she was taken to hospital but she died on saturday. elections will be suspended so the department of public attendmployees can the funeral of larry hutchins, who was shot and killed last week. x county teachers will probably not receive the mid year pay raises that they were -- fairfax county teachers will probably not receive the the year pay raises they were up four. eight of 12 school board members tentatively voted to thaw the pay freeze next year. many teachers are threatening to leave if they do not get the pay raise sooner. adam caskey, it is a little wet out there. >> yes, a little band. here's a look at some of the rainfall accumulation. winchester, half an inch, leesburg, at the top city, germantown. ellicott city, germantown. we are in the low 50's. 52 in arlington, but later, 51. now let's go to doppler radar and take a look at the showers. notice the back edge pushing into west virginia and into winchester. those are the last little sprinkles. a few more possible on the back end of this. steady rain from frederick urbana grit from winchester, all the way up to hagerstown. rain this morning at likely tomorrow morning. let's get a wider view of what is going on outside. noticed the cloud cover overhead. even the back edge moving across west virginia, so i expect clearing later on today. there is the back edge, the rain. we also have a stationary front will boundary in southern virginia right now. all the way back into parts of kentucky. also along that boundary we see areas of low pressure that move along the boundary and give us these little ripples of energy in the atmosphere that stir up our atmosphere. we will have another story like that again come tomorrow morning. high temperatures in the mid 60's. north wind at about five to 10. tomorrow, another round of showers, but it looks like south of the metro area. in the 60's for the rest of the week. let's go back to lisa. >> plenty of traffic. regina, 95, 66, 300 -- virginia, 95, 66, 395. delays of up to the pentagon and beyond the 14th street bridge, very saturated this morning, but no accidents along the way. 66 close to the road, and then nothing on 270. but it has obviously been raining. we are dancing in a gorilla suit? welcome back. celebrities and their partners were back in the ballroom on "dancing with the stars." >> that is right, and the competition is getting tough. >> randy and her partner performed to the theme from "friends." she admitted that her -- brandy admitted that her confidence is growing. >> it is growing a little bit. >> second, the theme from "married with children." tying for third was basketball's rick fox, who danced to "hill street blues." >> i think it works. we worked our butts off in the studio, and tony has been pushing me to the limit. >> the tango to "the brady bunch" theme. do you understand 857? >> nobody understands 857. >> bristol palin landed in last after jiving to the monkeys theme song -- to the monkees theme song. but we nailed it in there, came out here and hit a blank. it happens. >> cannot wait for that. florence henderson looks fabulous. >> she does. .he looks great >> ok, the weather. >> we are going to traffic for spirit, that is fine, we are a package deal. that is what looks like to the beltway, adam caskey. >> a little bit damp in montgomery county, loudoun county. in the 60's the rest of the week. another chance for showers at this time. tomorrow it will be south of the metro area. it's your turn in southern maryland tomorrow morning. we will be here with the latest tomorrow morning. that does it for "good morning washington." 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afternoon sun geshine. clearing this afternoon. same story tomorrow morning. most of the day tomorrow should be dry south of the metro area. there was a crash northbound 95 in maryland on the lake to columbia. that was moved to the shoulder right leg. and of the major in virginia on 95, 66, looks good on 395. quiet on the greenway and the dulles toll road. all service on metrorail. back to you. >> thank you. we begin with the traffic alert for drivers in northwest d.c. westbound constitution avenue is still closed this morning between ninth street and 12th streets. since 3 disclosed between pennsylvania and constitution because crews are still working to repair the roadway after the water main break friday. following breaking news from northwest d.c. this tuesday. police are investigating a deadly overnight shooting happened about 1:00 a.m. in the 4300 block of georgia avenue. a man was found suffering from gunshot and loans and later died. so far, no suspects or motives in the shooting. are other top stories, an attack in a broad daylight. a group of men robbed a woman monday morning along the 5900 block of connecticut avenue in chevy chase. brianne carter is live with the hunt for the suspects. >> good morning. scary moments in broad daylight at 10:35 in the morning. the woman was at ceviches visiting the post office and was walking back to her car and approached by four men in a gold dodge intrepid. one of them demanded a woman's purse and keys. a second suspect got into the woman's volvo and the two vehicles drove off. there were southbound on connecticut avenue towards the district. the suspects vehicles reported stolen from prince george's county october 16. the six basques are described as four black men, one of them about 40 and the others are young males. if anyone with information is asked to call police --. looking at the day ahead it, jury selection continues in the trial of the man accused of killing several intern chandra levy. ingmar guandique faces murder, kidnapping, and other charges. he attacked the woman what she was jogging in rock creek park in 2001. opening statements not expected to open early next week. a vigil tonight forman who dioxide's dc9 nightclub. ali muhammed threw a brick at the door. five men chased him and beat him. ddot. five suspects are just with aggravated assault. iere's a vigil 6:00 tonight thought the club on ninth street nw. who fired scuds at a local military museum? the marine corps museum in triangle, virginia. the museum is at the quantico marine base. no one was in the building while it happens, but now there are bullet holes in the window atrium.s of the >> we believe this suitor approached the building is in the wee hours of sunday morning. it was discovered upon opening. >> it is terrible. i don't like it. >> police believe this shots were fired some across 95. anyone with information to contact police. investigators questioning the driver of a car suspected of striking two teenagers in rockville. the teenagers were hit while riding a moped on viers mill road in early yesterday morning. one of them seriously injured. the driver later turned himself into police. authorities found a damaged silver mercedes at the suspect's house. campaign countdown, the midterm elections just two weeks from today. the political battle is in overdrive. emily schmidt joins us with the latest. good morning. >> good morning. people in 21 states already have a chance to do early voting. both parties realize that means for the next two weeks, campaigns will be in full force across the country. sarah palin launched the tea party express bus tour yesterday for 19 states. she says people don't know what to do about the tea party movement. senator mccain tells abc news that he believes sarah palin will play a big role in the american political scene for a long time. democrats did in the road as well. bill clinton stumping for senator patty murray, told entourage washington senate seat. democrats cannot stay home on election day. michelle obama stopped in new york. she says the election is about renewing president obama's promise of change. with all the campaigning, there is also big money coming. president obama went to ruckersville to apply a fundraiser that earned $400,000, a lot of money. the first lady in new york headlining an event, $1 million for democrats. -- the president went to rockville. > the growing gap in battlegrounds maryland. stranded on the runway, the real cost of a slight delay. scattered it's fall. so you know what to do, right? break the rake! fall is the best time to feed your lawn. and leaves are good food. rich, organic nutrition. so mulch those leaves right in. then use scotts winterguard. it provides a fall feeding while helping those mulched leaves break down faster. for an extra nutritional boost. and a stronger, thicker lawn next spring. ♪ you got it! so break the rake, mulch leaves and use scotts winterguard. save $5 at scotts.com. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> 5:10 on this tuesday morning. still raining in the few areas. that's pushing through west virginia, central was virginia. a few sprinkles -- sprinkles. there's rain in hagerstown and frederick. western montgomery county, areas of light rain. the heaviest rain has pushed through. we picked up under a half-inch in loudoun county and montgomery county with imbedded downpours. it's 53 in the district. 50 at dulles airport. 56 -- 66 in a high-temperature this afternoon. clearing this afternoon with partly cloudy conditions. another round of rain tomorrow morning. mainly south of the metro area. highs in the low 60's tomorrow. going straight to the camera that shows what pavement that adam caskey described. light volume. road spray is an issue. visibility will be poor. moving into virginia, not bad, headlights are northbound. overnight construction on the beltway at 123 is complete. metrorail reporting the first trains out on all service. back to you. >> thank you. 5:11, 52 degrees. >> coming up, another scandal for social network privacy. facebook responding to the latest leak. two weeks until election day, the maryland governor's race is heating up. i am courtney robinson live in the newsroom with developments. define the federal government's "don't ask, don't define the federal government's "don't ask, don't tell" request in our top stories, investigators are looking for four men who robbed and carjacked the woman in chevy chase. it happened before 11:00 yesterday morning and outside the post office on connecticut avenue north of ceviche circle. the suspect ... of the car, approached the woman and demanded their personalities. one of them fled in the woman's car. republicans and democrats are out looking for votes. both sides are using the heavy hitters. the tea party has launched an 19-state bus tour that runs until election day. a federal judge in california says she is inclined to deny the government's request to delay and ordered to end the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy. the judge said she would review the government's arguments and issue a ruling in early next week. two weeks to go in battlegrounds maryland. the governor's race is shaping up in a fight to the finish. courtney robinson is live in the newsroom with the latest. >> good morning. two weeks before the election, martin o'malley seems to be pulling a hit, winning key endorsements. five points ahead of republican challenger bob ehrlich. 47% of voters say they support o'malley. 42% plan to support bob ehrlich. 6% remain undecided. there's a 3.5% margin of error. the five. gap is more the last poll from july. this is due to a successful ad campaign by the o'malley camp. bob ehrlich is losing key funding support from the republican governors association for the television market in washington. the washington post late last month, it poll found o'malley with an 11 point lead. the incumbent is gaining big endorsements from "washington post", the star democrat, and maryland senator barbara mikulski. back to you. >> thank you. the candidates hoping to represent virginia's 11 congressional districts where off in fairfax last night. gerry connolly faced a republican named keith phinney in what is expected to be a tight race. a federal judge in virginia will decide by the end of the year whether the new health-care reform law is constitutional. virginia attorney general ken cuccinelli is challenging a provision in that law that requires americans to buy health insurance or pay a penalty. attorneys general in 20 other states have filed a separate lawsuit in florida challenging that law. since metrorail is to versus this summer, ridership and revenue have dropped. 100,000 fewer passengers in august than projected. in july and august, nearly 2 million fewer bus passengers than the year before. the chief financial officer tells the boss and an examiner that she thinks the economy is to blame. the issue of privacy on facebook is making news. several applications have been transmitting your identifying information to advertisers and internet tracking companies. that is the word from "the wall street journal". facebook is working to fix the problem and it says that the leaks were not intentional. a nintendo combination. now you can watch netflix on nintendo wii. vinita nair has that and more. >> netflix launches a channel on the nintendo wii. subscribers to netflix will be able to streamline present tv shows to the game consoles without a special dvd. owners of the nintendo wii can download the channel and flipped through movie channels with the nintendo wii remote. the top-selling application on itunes is a game called "cut the rope." your job is to cut the rope and feed the candy to the monster. it is incredibly addictive. >> it is beautifully designed. they did a great job. once you think you have mastered it, some other brizard challenge you have to complete. it keeps you there for hours. >> its 99 cents on the iphone, $1.9940 ipad. i am vinita nair. 5:19 is the time. checking on the weather. >> adam caskey is drooling over those applications. >> you can kill some time with that. let's cut to the chase. it is extra cheesy this morning. ok, here we go. live super doppler 7 radar. you can see some areas a light rain in west virginia, moderate shower in martinsburg, hagerstown. the yellow is a moderate shower. the heaviest rain is east of baltimore, it quickly pushed through. we picked up nearly a half inch of rain in parts of loudoun county and montgomery county where we had some embedded downpours. south of romney, west virginia is where foresthill have the tail end of this hour's. temperatures are near 50 degrees, upper 40's. you will notice the tail end of the rain is off to our west. in the district there's a stationary boundary stretching through virginia and into kentucky. this is the focal point for active whether if as we get serious of low pressure better ride along a stationary boundary ancestor of the atmosphere, giving rain. more of that tomorrow morning, mainly south of the metro area tomorrow morning. today, partly cloudy by midday and especially this afternoon, 66 is the high temperature. mostly cloudy tonight. a few showers possible tonight man is out of the metro area. , at's tomorrow morning chance of showers there south of the metro area. highs in the 60's through the rest of the week until >. accident on southbound 95 in virginia near 123. authorities are on their wedding. northbound traffic heading out of dale city to woodbridge, lanes are open. this is northbound on 95. getting through springfield, that is in great shape. on the beltway in montgomery county, there is wet pavement. headlights are the outer loop. i-270 moving nicely. inner loop looks good to andrews air force base. more traffic in less than 10 minutes. back to you. >> thank you. 51 degrees. >> coming up, mr. october is a yankee killer, a closely held to democratic a record, that's coming up. >> today on "oprah," a 10-year- old phenomenon from "america's got talent" sings again, today at 4:00 on abc 7. >> the good performance in the regular-season. the postseason is more important. >> that was texas rangers pitcher cliff lee after his masterpiece last night in new york. >> the yankees suffered their worst postseason shutout loss in franchise history. tim brant has more on the game. >> the american league championship series has been fun. terrific baseball. last night the rangers beat the yankees 8-0. in the first inning, jos hamilton has won on. -- one on. it is gone. it was two-nothing, texas. cliff lee thoroughly de these, 13 strikeouts -- coulcliff lee throwing bb's. chris suffered a concussion sunday night. he will continue to be evaluated. if he's not cleared by friday, he would not be able to play sunday in chicago. davis will take its place. tonight's the capitals and the bruins for hockey fans. it's 51 degrees. the news continues at 5:30. week 5 was the night on bald leflore. we will tell you which one could be headed home. a woman was robbed and carjacked in broad daylight. details coming up. >> adam caskey looking at live details coming up. >> adam caskey looking at live triple doppler radar, break the rake! fall is the best time to feed your lawn. and leaves are good food. rich, organic nutrition. so mulch those leaves right in. then use scotts winterguard. it provides a fall feeding while helping those mulched leaves break down faster. for an extra nutritional boost. and a stronger, thicker lawn next spring. ♪ you got it! so break the rake, mulch leaves and use scotts winterguard. save $5 at scotts.com. woman 1 sync: i knew what bob ehrlich did as governor. man 1 sync: raised my property taxes 60 percent. woman 2 sync: let utilities hike our rates 72 percent. woman 1 sync: but i didn't know what he's done since he got fired as governor. man 2: ehrlich's raked in millions. man 3: he worked for a wall street bank that took 10 billion dollars from the bailout. woman 3: 10 billion of our money. woman 4: our money. woman 5 sync: and he worked for another bank that collapsed. man 4: costing tax payers 17 million. anncr: tell bob ehrlich big banks don't need help. middle class marylanders do. live and in hd, this is "good morning washington," on your side. >> yes, we can. yes, we must. >> now we can see 2010 from our house. >> straight ahead, the heavy hitters taking stage with just two weeks until midterm elections. good morning, washington. it's tuesday, october 19. i am scott thuman. >> i am greta kreuz. alison starling of the day off. we begin with traffic and weather. adam caskey has the forecast. it does not look like there's anything coming down. >> there is some north of the metro area. parts of loudoun county and montgomery county. not really bad. your ego with showers this morning. that will only be this morning. tomorrow morning it will be south of the metro area. in west virginia right now into hagerstown is where it's raining. most of what you see is the end of that pushing through. in frederick there is a batch of rain. montgomery county, is pushing through eastern montgomery county. it is 54 in college park, 50 in gaithersburg -- 48 at gaithersburg. partly cloudy conditions today. 56 is the high temperature today. tamela morning there's a little rain south of the metro area. mostly sunny in afternoon in the 60's. -- tomorrow morning there's a little rain south of the metro area. someone told over all the beltway leaving tysons creek on the inner loop. middlevale is doing track maintenance. expect delays on -- expected delays on the bull line. traffic signals are stuck on re d on bradley -- looks like they're back to normal. we begin with breaking news from northwest washington. police are investigating a deadly overnight shooting. they discovered a shooting victim of around 1:00 this morning in the 4300 block of georgia avenue nw. the man died of injuries. no suspects or motive in the shooting. the countdown is on. midterm elections two weeks from today. the campaigns are taking into high gear. republicans and democrats trying to rally supporters. emily schmidt has details. >> two weeks until the midterm elections, republicans are hitting the campaign trail against a democrat not on the ballots. >> the obama machine running over the american people. >> we can see 2012 from our house. >> sarah palin launched a 19- state tea party express bus tour. john mccain says america is frustrated with the obama-let washington. >> this is the most partisan administration ever. >> democrats are hitting the road. >> don't stay home and don't be fooled. >> yes, we will. >> there is big money coming in. president obama raised $400,000 in maryland of first lady raised $1 million for democrats at another event. abc news, a washington. democrats hope bill clinton can keep them from suffering big losses next month. he has been crisscrossing the country, campaigning for democrats in tight races. democrats say that he appeal to moderates and independents. a recent poll found 55% of americans had a positive view of clinton. our top story, and a carjacking in -- and robbery in broad daylight happen along the 5900 block of connecticut avenue in chevy chase. brianne carter is live with the frightening details. . >> that's right. certainly scary. this happened at 10:45 in the morning across from a neighbor. the woman visited the post office and walked back to vehicle. she was approached by four men in a calm. one man got out and demanded a woman's purse and keys. he got into the woman's volvo and two vehicles took off. last seen southbound on connecticut towards the district. a dot denied a bid was reported stolen from prince george's county on the weekend on october 15. if the suspects are described as four black males and the driver is about 40. the others are young girl black males. anyone with information is asked to call police. -- a dodge intrepid, was reported stolen on the weekend. a man is charged with communicating threats and involved in crimes of violence. he tried to join a terror group in somalia. his wife has been charged with making false statements to authorities. jury selection begins today in the trial of a man accused of killing a washington in turn nine years ago. ingmar guandique faces murder and other charges in the 2001 death of chandra levy. finding a fair and impartial jury could be challenging, given the media attention. opening arguments expected to begin next week. they're still trying to find the body of julia shew. she disappeared this past saturday at fountainhead regional park. they have been searching the occoquan reservoir and they found an overturned boat and a shoe. she was training for a race. >> someone fired a shot at the marine corps museum on jefferson davis highway down the street from quantico marine base. if no one was in the building when shots were fired early sunday morning. there are bullet holes in the window panels of the atrium. a special honor for a three- year rose from the national holocaust museum. last night officers at the museum received this shield awards for putting their lives on the lines during last year's deadly shooting. the three officers were honored. johns was honored posthumously after he was shot and killed in the attack. still ahead, battleground maryland, two weeks until election day, one candidate is losing financial support. getting stranded on the runway wastes time and money. wait until you hear how much. >> it hi, we are the 2010 steve harvey winner for best male salon -- nail salon. , on down -- come on down. good morning, washington. time for traffic and weather. >> adam caskey does not have an umbrella. >> not in the metro area. it's dry in and around arlington and most of the immediate metro area. wet roads in montgomery county because a half-inch of rain has fallen in montgomery and parts of loudoun county overnight and this morning. green is light rain pushing through. that's northwestern virginia, winchester, west virginia, hagerstown, frederick. it's pushing off to the east. howard county a single little as well. we are near 50 degrees with a little breeze in immediate material. we will clear out in the next couple hours. partly cloudy this afternoon. 66 is the high temperature. mostly cloudy tonight. a few showers late tonight and early tomorrow morning is as a result of the metro area. another turnover on the beltway? on diyala lukin tysons, leaving the toll road and heading toward 66. -- on the outer loop to tysons. someone rolled over. close to washington boulevard, there is a brief delay it towards 395. on the virginia side of the 14th street bridge, looks good. f-ing pushing away from us is heading into the district in the camera. -- traffic pushing away from us. back to you. >> thank you. coming up, bristol palin and monkeys around on dancing. the highs and lows. who should be 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[ male announcer ] from linked accounts to citi mobile we make it simple to manage your finances. what's your story? citibank can help you write it. checking our top stories this tuesday morning. investigators in chevy chase are looking for a group of men who robbed and carjacked a woman. four men approached a woman outside the post office on connecticut avenue yesterday morning. they demanded a reverse and keys. one of the men stole bowman's car. republicans and democrats are hitting the campaign trail with two weeks left. both parties are using their biggest names to help secure votes. a 19-state tea party express bus tour. one company says its is continuing with foreclosures despite accusations of poor record-keeping. battleground maryland, one candidate is losing financial support. the other is celebrating a big endorsement. we will have the latest poll numbers. courtney robinson has the latest. >> good morning. according to the latest polls, the gap is widening between o'malley and bob ehrlich. 47% of voter support o'malley. 42% supporting bob ehrlich. 6% undecided. if with a 3.5% margin of error. "washington post" along with "star democrat" endorsing o'malley. those endorsements come as sources tell us bob ehrlich may lose funding from the republican governors association for ads in the washington market. we have two weeks until voters go to the polls. some alice say it is possible the undecided voters could go to bob ehrlich. courtney robinson reported -- some analysts say it is possible. a woman was declared dead while alive. the 89-year-old ruth johnson was not breathing and was motionless. three hours later employees came to remove the body, and heard your breathing, and saw her arm move. she died on saturday. there will be no trash pickup in d.c. this thursday. officials say collections will be suspended so the department of public works employees can attend funeral services for larry hudgins. he was shot and killed last week. thursday's trash and recycling collection will now take place on friday. fairfax county teachers will probably not to get the mid-year pay raise. that is the word from the executor. there have already been two years of salary freezes. school board members tentatively voted to stall the pay freeze next year. some worry teachers will leave if they don't get pay raises. airline flight delays, according to a new study delivered to the faa, found in 2007 the flight delays cost passengers off $16.7 billion. the cost to airlines for delays was $8.3 billion. that was mostly for the crews, fuel, and maintenance. traffic and weather. no delay on the forecast. adam caskey is here. >> we have not been in the belfort furniture weather center this morning. we are doing an extreme makeover edition. a little construction scene back there. >> bigger and better. >> it will be much better. we are excited about that. we will so you will ground when it is done. -- we will show you around. in west virginia is the tail end of the rain. up and down 15 in frederick county and into pennsylvania is where you have steady showers. in westminster as well and tapering off in montgomery county. approaching the potomac. . that's pretty much it over there. a few stray sprinkles. partly cloudy after this morning. we do have rain extending west to east. the heaviest stuff is in new jersey and is pushing out. a few stray sprinkles in west virginia. there is a boundary down to our south. there's a new computer system along with the new weather center, hopefully. things getting stirred up, causing areas of rain, nothing widespread and nothing heavy, but there's a chance here and there. another chance tomorrow. today's forecast, the rain will be in the early. clearing, partly cloudy, 66 for the high temperature. tomorrow morning the showers in the morning return south of the metro area. clearing and then highs in the low 60's. chance of showers sunday into monday. in the 60's this week. we had police activity at the pentagon metro, but the station is open. delays on because of track maintenance between craddock and van dorn stations. there's an additional late on line.iue looks good on washington boulevards. there is 395 at washington. we want to see if any traffic is disrupted. the camera is not changing. there we go. earlier, traffic was stopped on the underpass, that is washington boulevard. but not any longer. that is a release. in maryland there's wet pavement. road spray conditions. the pace is steady, but the volume increasing at shady grove road. back to you. >> thank you. stick around. we want your opinion. first let's talk about "dancing with the stars" after last night. celebrities and their partners danced to television theme songs. brandy won over the judges, a quick stepping to the theme from "friends." jennifer grey had the foxtrot, earning 25 points. florence henderson danced the time go to the brady bunch theme. it was a rough night for bristol palin. they landed in last place after doing the job is to the theme song of "the monkees." >> we nailed it during the dress rehearsal, but things happen. >> tonight is the result special starting at 8:00 on abc 7. >> they will of the monkey costumes earlier and then get to unzip them and get out of them. that is tough. [laughter] let's focus. see either want to of you wearing monday costumes. >> i think the belly dancer costume for lisa baden. >> i could not keep up in my exercise class last night. creating a diorama, after a year of scientific testing, his son lost a weather balloon with a camera and an iphone attached. the balloon went 19 miles to the edge of space when it burst. the iphone gps tract where it landed. 30 miles from the launch area. >> we launch hundreds of weather balloons twice a day all across the world. they go 18 or 19 miles high. they do have some gps to track weather conditions. it is amazing to watch. >> 51 degrees south side. >> thanks for watching. it's fall. so you know what to do, right? break the rake! fall is the best time to feed your lawn. and leaves are good food. rich, organic nutrition. so mulch those leaves right in. then use scotts winterguard. it provides a fall feeding while helping those mulched leaves break down faster. for an extra nutritional boost. and a stronger, thicker lawn next spring. ♪ you got it! so break the rake, mulch leaves and use scotts winterguard. save $5 at scotts.com. a former nfl players in the hospital after driving his house off a cliff in california. >> he's been released from detention center hours before the accident. the former san diego charger had been arrested on domestic violence charges after a fight with his girlfriend. a witness said junior saeao only suffered minor injuries. a lot more in the second hour work. >> coming up, the nfl is known for hard hits. how much is too much? there are new rules that could change the way the game is played. >> a woman