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days after his family put him on a train. hear from one passenger who saw him get off the train before reaching his final destination. but we begin tonight with a fox 5 news alert out of woodbridge, virginia. thanks for joining us tonight. im shawn yancy. >> im wisdom martin. thieves took the back way through a woodbridge bank busting through the wall of the business next-door. fox 5s bob barnard is live with the story. reporter: you can see a prince william county police officer has...

relatives sent her rushing up the basement steps of the familys house on singleton terrace. >> as soon as i come upstairs the backdoor, like i see like flames coming towards the house. reporter: barron says she, her boyfriends mother, grandmother and little sister barely made it out before the fire consumed the garage. >> everything is gone. reporter: carlos mateo saw the flames as he returned home from renting a movie and was panic stricken not knowing if his family was safe. >> i rus...

holiday weekend but things are changing. a lot of clouds across the area. if you take a look to the far west, you can see a little bit of precipitation. that is what is going o were looking at rain moving into the course of the afternoon hours today. it will be quite a soaker so be prepared for that. 32 at national airport. 32 for frederick and 39 at hagerstown. expect to see no sunshine but overcast skies with rain. winds will be light. 46degrees our daytime high. some of you could se...

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national airport. 39 at bwi. overall, the wind s are not too bad. we had gusty winds yesterday. the winds will pick up tonight but for the course of the day, they will stay on the light side. overcast skies. rain. we will see things change and switch back a little bit as we head into the five-day forecast through the end of the weekend. >> thank you. lets acheck in with lauren demarco to get a look at traffic. >> good morning. well being back to the grind for many folks this morning....

see some rainfall across the area. do people still have rain slickers? >> i dont think so. >> i dont know. >> i dont know if they call them galoshes anymore. >> i didnt call them galoshes. >> i know but -- >> you just assumed i would say that. young whipper snappers. 42 at reagan national. 40 at dulles and 40 at bwi national. plenty of clouds around. some rainfall off to the south and west an as this morning progresses, it will get closer and close are and by late this morning, many of...

congressman ron paul is out front. >> there could be some surprises in iowa. for example, ron paul seems to be surging. hes got a base of support. reporter: american university professor leonard steinhorn says if mitt romney wins iowa, hed gain momentum going forward. >> if mitt romney wins iowa, he will probably win new hampshire and go on to win this nomination. mitt romney way be trying to win iowa secretly without setting high expectations. reporter: on tuesday, romney, bachmann, p...

tsunami rocked the coast of india, how survivors are paying tribute to the thousands who lost their lives. we begin with a news alert. thanks for joining us tonight. im shawn yancy. >> im maureen umeh. the family of a disabled man said he got on an amtrak train in union station 10 days ago heading home to alabama, but never made it and no one has seen him since. roz plater is in the newsroom with more. >> this family learned two new clues, one from a virginia woman on that train, the...

left washingtons union station on an amtrak train. he was seen getting off that train during a stop in charlotte, north carolina. apparently confused about a connection to birmingham. blindness not helping at all. >> the confusion when they told him evidently he would have to wait and catch another train and go to birmingham, he said send me back to dc. amtrak said they put him on a train back to dc. >> reporter: smith, who carries a red and white cane, but no cell phone, has not been ...