In a Murder Investigation in prince georges county. An elderly woman beaten to death. Lauren is in the news room with the latest. Police say they got a call for a welfare check. When officers arrived they found the victim unresponsive. Prince georges county police and homicide detectives going door to door in one neighborhood. An elderly woman was murdered inside her own home. Were trying to alert the neighborhood, the neighbors and people in the vicinity as to what occurred here yesterday. Officers arent releasing details but 71yearold geroldine suffered trauma. Her nephew came running over in a panic after attempting to visit his aunt. He knocked on the door saying. Shes saying on the floor not breathing. The neighbor grabbed her daughter who is a nurse and rushed to help. She started to doing cpr. So when i looked at her i knew she was gone. Joseph lives around the corn her and says he knew her well. How could somebody do something to her . There have been a string of robberies in the area recently. The first one was about nine months ago. And then the next one happened about two months after that, two months after that. And then the other ones was like in the same range of the last one. Police have not said whether anything was taken from her home. The motive remains under investigation. As to whether there was any forced entry or whether the incident took place in the home whether that person was let in or what it could possibly be. Neighbors say mcintyre often left her front door unlocked. Police have a vague description of a possible suspect. Blackmail, 5 foot 7 to 5 foot 9, slim build and dark complex. Dark brown or black Leather Jacket and carrying a black bag. She lived with an adult daughter but that woman has been in the hospital. For the past few weeks, she had been living at home alone. There is a 25,000 reward. And anyone with a tip may remain anonymous. Thank you. Dc police are investigating an overnight stabbing outside a bar. They say a fight started inside the patty boom bar on u street. The bouncer moved everyone outside and a man and a woman were stabbed. The two have minor injuries. No arrests yet. And a news alert tonight from georgetown university. Police investigating a string of robberies. The latest was friday. Someone went into an unlocked office and took off with a laptop and iphone. This is the 10th reported robbery since last november. Taking a live look outside tonight. It was a slightly chilly but mild day. The sun peaking out through at times. Gwen tolbart is in the weather center. We have changes coming up and they are going to be affecting that morning commute. Lets begin a look at our numbers. 46 at reagan national. 45 at dulles and 43 at bwi. These temperatures where they should be. We are actually doing fairly well. 43 at dc. 37 at baltimore. 44 to the south at fredericksburg and 40 at hagerstown. So the clouds not a whole lot happening, but take a look whats out to the west. Quite a batch of rain there and that is all headed our way. Could even see winter precipitation with it. Were going to keep a close eye. A few disturbances into the next 7 days. Were going to talk about that later. In the meantime for tonight 37 by the 10 00 hour with light winds. Expect to see showers into the overnight hours. Some of that could be freezing rain. Were going to watch it closely. We have as i said changes coming up. A messy morning commute ahead. All the details and what you can expect. All that a little later on. Back to you. Thanks very much. See you soon. The clean up begins in the northeast after fridays storm dumped up to three feet of snow. The wet snow and strong winds knocked out power to 650,000 homes and businesses. Still about 350,000 customers are in the dark. Some schools in the northeast are cancelling classes for tomorrow. And then theres the effort to get the roads mondays commute. Ana has the latest on that. Reporter the northeast is still dealing with a tremendous amount of snow. Neighbors are having to dig neighbors out. The u. S. Postal service suspending service on saturday. And neighbors are having a tough time digging out. Take a listen. Once before. And blizzard in 78 i think it was. It was just like this deep also. Maybe a little deeper. No, this is deeper. Ive been plowing this bank for 25 years and this is the most snow ive ever seen. Unbelievable. The storm is being blamed for at least five deaths in the United States including an 11 year old boy in boston who died of Carbon Monoxide poisoning. The states governors are still urging caution. Do not go on the roads. Stay off the road s. First of all, not safe as we would like them to be. Theres a lot of blowing snow. Thirdly, entrances and exits that are still not open. Police in new york are bringing in road graders that have the long island express way closed for snow removal. Thats where 150 cars were stuck and emergency crews had to make rescues. The majority of new york faired relatively well. The governor is sending plows and power crews to massachusetts and connecticut since they were hit harder. Public transportation is still at a standstill. Here in connecticut, up to 40 inches of snow fell breaking records. Fox news. In other news tonight, former Vice President dick cheney is speaking out about president obamas recent cabinet nominations. The president has the performance of barack obama has he staffs up is dismal. Meanwhile, a leading republican senator is threatening to holdup president obamas senate confirmation. He wants more answers about the deadly attack in libya. The senator wants to know what the president was doing during the attack and if he was in touch with libyan officials. Chuck hagel has been nominated. And john brennan as cia director. Justice Department Memo obtained reveals government officials dont need court order or charge you with a crime. They simply have to determine you are a terror leader and a serious threat to the u. S. Law makers are raising concerns. Peter ducey has more. Reporter democrats and republicans think its okay if that person has aligned themselves with terrorists trying to attack america. Theres disagreement about when its okay to make that order. Republican senator said this morning no american should be executed without a trial. Should never get to decide someones death by flipping through flash cards and saying you want to kill him . I dont know. Yeah. Lets kill him. Agrees decisions should be made by more than one person. I think some independent check on the executive is healthy. According to democrat senator. Were going to hold hearings to work on this element. How to mesh the constitutional principle wills and values. But any trial would be an encroachment on the powers of the president in the opinion of senator john mccain but simply taking control of the drones away from the cia. Since when is the Intelligence Agency supposed to be an air force that goes around killing people. I believe its a job for the department of defense. Called the Certain Administration will kilter orrists but give miranda rights when captured here in the states. Still ahead tonight, the search intensifies for the former lapd cop who is wanted for killing three people. What Police Believe was the suspects possible escape route. Violence breaks out. We will have the latest on a string of shootings. we are following a developing story. Day four of the man hunt for a former Los Angeles Police officer accused of killing three people. Authorities are now offering a 1 million reward for information leading for the arrest of christopher dorner. He is reportedly bitter of being fired in 2007. The killings and threats dorner made have led police to provide protection. The cops dismissal is now under review as they look into what may have set him off. After several days dorner is nowhere to be fund. And authorities are seriously considering, he may be headed to mexico. Jason shows us Police Efforts from the boarder. Bumper to bumper traffic and long delays for people heading into mexico. Usually you just go right through. Not this time. Its pretty bad. About a two hour wait. That wait due in large for for christopher dorner. Authorities requested extra security. For a while saturday only two lanes were open. Heavily armed officers checked vehicles. Authorities believe dorner may have wanted to go to mexico when he tried to steal a boat wednesday night. Some people believe the added Boarder Security is not necessary. If i was trained by the police and going to evade them, i would not go to high profile areas. Others say they are not giving the man hunt much thought at all. I havent given it much thought. I dont feel a threat by him being out there. Im concerned for our Law Enforcement people lchlt and they seem to be on pretty high alert. Mardi gras celebrations turning violent in new orleans as crowds gather to enjoy annual parade. Shots rang out on burbon street. Police have released Surveillance Video of the suspected shooters. Another shooting at a different mardi gras celebration. This time in missouri. Police say a 32yearold man was killed. It is the first shooting in 32 years. Reporter fans swarmed the streets looking for beer, beads and a good time. And for most of the crowd, thats what they found. Mardi gras reporter but it was a different story. Just as the post parade party began, a shot rang out. There were two officers that were working for mardi gras that were on a golf cart. They heard the shot and responded to the area and saw the individual standing an an alley. The officers told the man to drop his gun but did not do that. Turned and pointed the weapon towards the officers. The officers fearing for their safety and fired several shots. Mardi gras organizers say other than this most unfortunate incident, the party went well. Other than this incident we have had a very successful day. We have a very Good Relationship with the st. Louis police both the secondary officers we have and the onduty officers. And just to reiterate something, there is no place for weapons at mardi gras. And this is a good example of why that is the case. The family of former penn state coach joe paterno is speaking out. The late coach did nothing wrong in the handling of the sex abuse scandal. The initial abuse report paints paterno as a victim. Defended his work which included 430 interviews and emails and documents. A statue of paterno was taken down last july. And now to the state of the skins. The debate continues over a change in name for the washington redskins. And fox 5 has been seeking your opinion on the matter asking our facebook fans if the redskins is an offensive name or just part of tradition. Sean says quote if they change the name, i will never cheer for them again, ever. Mara says quote change it. Like it or not its racist and down right wrong. Sometimes the world needs to move on. And bradford says quote there are so many more important things in america that needs to change. The redskins will not one of them. Hundreds gather to cycle for survival today. National high energy in door team cycling event by funding critical research. All money raised goes to a cancer center. About 13,000 people will ride in an event in february and march. The event has raised over 8 million. Still ahead, oregon bakery is facing backlash after owners refuse to bake a lesbian couples wedding cake. Turns out a lot of people like reading too. Well tell you why thats ironic. If you have a story idea, call the fox 5 tip line or send us an email. Mail it began as a way to provide information. Nutritional labeling requirements arent stopping there. Most within the Restaurant Industry were on board with requirements stemming from the new healthcare laws requiring them to provide information on their menus. When the food and Drug Administration decided to extend that mandate to super market and convenience stores, store owners were alarmed. They would be very burdensome. Under this proposed regulation, thousands of stores would be label to packaged foods. The Food Marketing institute estimates the regulation would cost retailers a billion dollars in just the first year. The super Market Industry is a business thats wellknown that our net profit line average and has been forever is 1 . So when you incur a significant cost, theres no way that that doesnt get passed on to the customer in some form. And there are stiff penalties. If you get it wrong, get this, its a federal crime hchlt and you could face jail time and thousands of dollars worth of fines. The fda says quote the information should limit access calorie intake and the foods they purchase fit within their daily caloric and other nutritional needs. The fda says it has received hundreds of comments on the proposed regulation and issue them before the final role will include that economic analysis. Fox news. Taking a look at the weather now. My goodness gwen its a beautiful day. Finally got the winds out of the way lchlt and lots of sunshine. Enjoyed the festivities in chinatown for the chinese new year. Skies arent too bad. Were going to see clouds starting to move in. Thats a beautiful shot there will right now. And temperatures not too bad. Heres a look at the highs. 46 at reagan national. 45 at dulles and 43 at bwi sarah good marshal. Exactly in the range of where we should be. Not too bad. Currently 43 at dc. 39 at gaithersburg. 37 at baltimore. 40 die agrees at hagers degrees at hagerstown. We have a warmup heading our way. Not tonight but into the course of the early part of the week. Heres a look at overnight lows. 35 degrees in terms of dc. Pretty cold nights ahead into the teens and we will see improvement there as well. Ridge of High Pressure was in control today and starting to fly off. But the warmer air from the south is going to start to invade the midatlantic. Were going to benefit from that. That i think you will start to enjoy. We have an approaching system. And that is going to be responsible for bringing us precipitation into the course of tonight and tomorrow. Be prepared. Well see the clouds increasing tonight ahead of it. When it our forecast. In, we will see the ridge of High Pressure sliding its way out. And lets take a look at whats happening up the midatlantic. All that snow and all the very poor conditions they had to deal with the power outages. Maine is in for another inch of snow. The rest of the midatlantic well be dealing mainly with rain. So thats going to be a little bit of an issue of trying to get things cleared up. Hopefully all the crews will be able to work around it. The same system is going to hit them. The winds calming down somewhat. We will see a pick up in the winds into monday at least in the dc area. But at least were not talking too much more snow. About an inch as far as maine is concerned. Heres a look at your forecast tonight. 26 degrees. It will stay cold. The winds will improved. A messy morning commute. Ill have the details a little later. Thanks very much. So are you the type who likes to curl up with the good book . Theres a new study that says dc is the most literal city in america. The honor comes with a healthy dose of irony. I think thats really cool. Im excited. Obviously were flattered. Flattered that so many dc residents are letting books take them on a journey. Lacy works for politics and pros book store. She is so excited by a book she read. Gives me chills to think about it. Shes so wonderful. That enthusiasm is contagious. A new study says the residents of dc are more literal than their counterparts in any other city. Wonderfully loyal to us and loyal to the printed word in general. I read a lot, yes. Its true too people very well read. The researchers measured things like how many book stores a city has. How many people still read the newspaper. And how much education people get. At 14th and b northwest inside the restaurant and book store, bus boys and poets. Its mentally stimulating. Ive seen a lot of book readings here. Come specifically for that. Readers we talked with agree its rather ironic when last year less than half. 45 of elementary kids were reading at grade level. Its terrifying. Its completely dehad a bill our School System and our teachers. I dont think everyone realize its a big issue. 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Destroy boring car interiors forever. And thats how you do it. Easy. This is fox 5 news at 6 00, weekend edition. A deadly shooting at a mall in texas. Happened saturday afternoon in the town of tyler. Authorities say two men in their 20s got into a verbal argument inside the mall. When they took it outside, one of the men shot the other killing him. An oregon bakery facing a backlash after the owners refused to bake a lesbian couples cake. Protestors stood on the sidewalk calling their decision discrimination. The bakery is also gaining support. Honks of support saturday afternoon for about 50 protestors outside sweet cakes by melissa. My sign says cant we all just eat cake . And i have equal rights for all. The bakerys owners whipped up a huge controversy refusing to bake a lesbian couples cake. If it had been a black couple, people would be up in arms a lot more than they are now. Protestors say the bakery broke state law by discriminating. The Business Owners do have a right to refuse service to anyone. But when that refusal of service is solely based on someones sexual orientation, no other reason, that is a crime. Not so says daniel who showed up to protest the protestors. Their religious is