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speak out. we are not talking about the homeless in our communities, but american troops in the war zone, soldiers in afghanistan putting food in blankets on their -- putting food and blankets on their christmas wish list. fox 5s bob barnard has been looking into this. >> we thought this was going to be one of those often told stories about people pulling together to gather up goodies to send to our soldiers overseas. instead we found a military family turning their sadness into action...

sentencing drew supporters and detractors. >> im happy that the sentence was not longer than it was. >> hopefully the time that he is away he will think of the good he did but also consider the bad that he has done and work to move on with his life and hopefully the county can move on as well. >> reporter: johnsons wife leslie pleaded guilty to one count of tampering with evidence. she will appear for sentencing in court and faces a maximum possible sentence of 18 months. that is frida...

trailer filled with logs. route 7 in tysons corner shut down because of a deadly crash. a woman was killed after she was hit by a small truck. police are still on the scene. they expect all eastbound lanes to be closed for at least a half hour. the woman charged in a series of crimes will remain in jail. through her lawyer, the 26-year-old waived her right for a preliminary hearing. the judge decided there was enough cause to keep her in j l jail. she will stay there until further ac...

the gop candidates are cramming for their first big test. today, herman cain told advisers and supporters he is going to endorse a gop candidate, but not in what he calls the immediate future. >> brian mooar reporting. thank you, brian. a committee passed an ethics reform bill, a vote that came a few days after an fbi raid at the house of harry thompson jr. tom sherwood is at the wilson building with more on this. tom? >> reporter: everyone knows theres a heavy cloud of ethics hangin...

more coming up in just a bit. back to you. >> thank you. occupy protests in the district topping this mornings stories. u.s. park police arrested dozens of people who refused to take down a wooden building they had put up. after an all-day standoff, police used a bulldoze are to remove it and arrested 31 people. the d.c. council will likely hold a closed door meeting today to talk about their embattled colleague, harry thomas. federal agents raided his home to friday. he is accused...

ugly in the fourth and the redskins continue their roll in the wrong direction. >> yeah, i mean, at least they started well. >> yeah, they did! >> thats the positive way to look at it. but unfortunately, i have this not so fun fact for you. for the 26th game in a row, the redskins turned the football game over, and subsequently, they turned the game over. the jets scored 21 fourth quarter points, embarrassing the redskins at home. heres how it went down. rookie running back roy helu co...

breeze out of the west. plenty of cold air sitting around later today and tonight. humidity down now 43%. we are drying out. chilly skies -- chilly temperatures, sunny skies. high temperatures in the mid- 40s. we should be dry. more details and a look at the weekend? just a minute. >> thank you. we are learning more about the suspected white house shooter from a bizarre new video that is out. in it, oscar ortega hernandez rambles on about being jesus christ and rails against the u.s....

that sleep? >> i didnt feel like i took advantage of it as much as i could have. >> he is always sleep deprived. >> yeah. we have sunrise this morning at 6:41. >> great to see it so early. >> but it gets dark earlier too. lets take a look at what is going on out there with our weather conditions. well start with the satellite- radar. it is just the satellite image. nothing really to show you. weve got clear skies with the exception of some cloud cover -- some cloud cover, some fog that...

shape now than it was about an hour and a half ago when the inner loop was closed. that situation has been fixed. glad youre with us. its friday morning. im steve chenevey. >> im maureen umeh. the inner loop was shut down overnight just prior to georgia avenue after a deadly crash. police say a car slammed into the back of a tractor-trailer. we are going to get an update on the situation from julie wright in just a moment. but first, we want to get a look at your weather with mr. tony ...

welcome back to the washington area nissan dealers sports xtra. welcome back. whenever a team gets walloped like the skins did today, theres a good chance of some in-house bickering and today that happened in toronto. midway through the 3rd quarter there was blown coverage as ryan fitzpatrick finds scott chandler for a second touchdown of the day. now london fletcher looks like hes big, but i dont think it was him. he had a problem with laron landry and dangelo hall tried to step in ...