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killed. he was an egyptian carpenter at the embassy. he was killed by gunfire when he left his house two weeks ago. the state department said there were conflicting reports on alis death. he disappeared on january 28th, but his death has just now been confirmed. secretary of state hillary clinton issued a statement today. she said mr. ali was a carpenter in the facilities office with 1 years of dedicated service. 18 years. we join his family, friends and colleagues in egypt in mourning...

the wake of reports that he sent a shirtless photo of himself to a woman he met on craigslist. nbcs kristen dahlgren has more. >> reporter: this is how washington was used to seeing western new york congressman chris lee. >> thats really what our job is, is to help people. >> reporter: but on wednesday afternoon, another image, a shirtless photo posted on gawker.com. the conservative republican and married father of one allegedly sent it in response to a craigslist ad for women seeking...

we begin this morning with scandal on the hill. married republican new york congressman chris lee has stepped down from his post in the wake of reportsç that he st a shirtless photo of himself to a woman he met on craigslist. kristen dahlgren has more. >> reporter: this is how washington was used to seeing chris lee. but on wednesday afternoon, another image, a shirtless photo posted on gossip website gawker.com. the conservative republican and married father of one allegedly sent it...

>> thats a lot. >> were sort of flabbergasted. >> here we go. monika will have traffic. heres howard. >> we have a little bit of snow overnight. skies will be clearing. look at your day planner today. were down to 27 cloudy skies. 9:00 a.m., upper 20s. noon, 30ish. we only get to the low 30s today. well have winds gusting at 20. sustained northwest at 10 to 15. you can see the snow from yesterday evening and it didnt amount to much. heaviest snow we have is just over an inch down south...

a new law went into effect in d.c., aim to crack down on noise. it quietly went into effect last week and some are preparing to fight the measure, saying that it unfairly targets them. john gonzalez has the latest. >> saturday night in georgetown, it is not unusual to find house parties, and loud music. going to jail for 90 days for loud music is the law, but some argue, how you define too noisy? spend time in d.c. and you will hear lots of different sounds. but at what point does beco...

stuff going on that will result in the way you get around. a lot of it is going to be about rabbits and penguins in downtown d.c. the year of the rabbit. and the caps game at the verizon center later this afternoon against the pittsburgh penguins. the other pittsburgh team is playing today. all of that will mean street closures. most of them are slated to begin around 1:30 and run until about 3:30. it will include i street between 5th and 7th and 7th between i and g, and h from 8th to ...

around before your super sunday is over. temperatures are in the 30s right now. not even all that cold outside first thing this morning. 38 degrees at national airport. 36 in fairfax and arlington this morning. 37, manassas. over into the old state of maryland, 39. 39 in gaithersburg. 38 in annapolis. so windchills are back down into the upper 20s and low 30s. not all that chilly. enough for a jacket for sure. theres your forecast through your sunday afternoon. increasing amounts of su...

moment. they are reporting there was security bars on the buildings windows. thats not what i saw. a group of residents were trapped at the gate by the metal door. they had to use a portable saw to get them out. arriving firefighters knew it was going to be bad right away. the first floor of the four apartment building on buena vista building was where the flames are going fast. >> it came so quickly. >> reporter: people inside the house called out for help. before firefighters arriv...

hagerstown and winchester, we have some light rain. the green is light rain. you can see the pink. it could be a little bit of mix. some freezing rain near cumberland and light snow north of cumberland around the mason dixon line. heres a look at the ice totals. this morning we had freezing rain advisories. frederick, virginia, got .2. also got .2 in mineral county. and smithsburg got .1. now right now, temperatures are in the upper 30s for reagan national. tonight we are expecting mos...

resigned his post. it is confirmed he will not run for president to replace his father does he must be a member of the party to do so. the protesters say not good enough, calling on the elder to resign. outside of the egyptian embassy in washington, hundreds of protesters demanded hosni mubarak resign immediately. >> and leave us alone with freedom and democracy, real democracy. >> they called him a dictator and oppressor. then they marched to the white house. >> we are here to show so...