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Getting heavier snow that will bring colder air down, but still 39 in manassas, still 41 downtown, 38 in andrews, 37 in la plata. Well come back, talk about what happens after this the storm goes to our south and why temperatures tonight could impact everybody tomorrow morning. Guilty on all counts, that is the verdict in the case against the d. C. Cop named richmond phillips. Phillips is accused of shooting to death the mother of his child and leaving their young daughter to die in a hot car. J...

here at home, outside of atlanta. a team of firefighters did the brave thing they do, responding to a 911 call. when they arrived, they were taken hostage by a gunman. s.w.a.t. team storming the scene and abcs ron claiborne tells us what happened next. >> reporter: the dramatic stand-off began just before 5:00. when five firefighters responded to a call from a man saying he was having a heart attack. from inside the house, up with of the firefighters called his dispatch. >> we have an ...

senator olympia snowe who has one last chance in her seat in the senate to make the right decision and stand behind sensible, honest, real conversations about the state of our country and the state of the abundance of firearms and loss of life that happens every day in our nation. i hope that theyll remember us, the other legislators, senator snowe, senator collins, and the other members of our congressional and senatorial delegations and join the legacy that pam leaves and that all of...

these are the shoes my son wore, hu waw wearing on april 20th, 1999. i do it to honor him just as these folos$here are doing what theyre doing to honor their children. there is no reason wshould have to ask our leaders to pass legislation thats common sense like closing the gun show loophole. when you can pass it with the vote of 70% conservative western state, we need our leaders to lead. we shouldnt have toto the ballot each time. were asking for the people here, our leaders, to list...

websites for many candidates or incumbents running for re-election and see that most of them shy away from taking any position on the issue of common-sense gun control. click on their issues tab and its not even listed. im here to tell you that gun violence can no longer be viewed as a nonissue in our country. >> whos going to take a stance against this? we want to see. and thats the question that were going to be asking. tom mouzer. >> thank you. you know, i think there are three part...

firefighters to put out. and for the first time, president obama weighs in on the secret service scandal. agents and service members accused of hiring prostitutes. >> if it turns out that some of the allegations that have been made in the press are confirmed, then, of course, ill be angry. >> im chris gordon. a man attacked on the subway. but he says its what metro did next that really left him angry. he says his first calls for help went unanswered. and metro police took so long, he h...

>> pierre: they dont want james neal in the box. they dont think he did anything. >> deryk engelland, ten-minute misconduct. fore-check, two minutes for roughing. penalties come at 15:18. >> mike: well, here we are with similar monlmonds and neal. >> pierre: now he has to go across the ice. hartnell is there. crosbys barking off to hartnell. theres no need to do this with neal. this is why i think the official are huge, big time. >> mike: a little more fighting room. >> pierre: look ou...

his control car. a second person found dead in a nearby parking lot. >> that person now believed to be the officers killer. peggy fox joins us live. >> reporter: derek, the shooting happened on the other side of lane stadium. that is where derek krause lost his life and virginia tech was the scene of another tragic shooting. but this time the school handled it differently. [ sirens ] >> reporter: sirens blaired across the campus minutes after a subject shot a police officer. >> there w...

♪ what did we learn on the show tonight, craig? ♪ [meow] [laughter] craig: we learned what a gull was, didnt we, geoff? geoff: yeah, we did. craig: yeah, good night, . this is 9news now. tonight virginia tech is a campus still shaken. frightened and frozen for hours they were facing the unspeakable. >> across campus chaos seems all too familiar there after two people were found shot to death. one of them a campus police officer. the father of six shot dead in his control car. a...