I threw my glasses off because they started melting. The next thing i knew, i was on the ambulance. Dana has seen the Security Camera video released by authorities of sterner buying gasoline at a nearby station just before the attack. He definitely planned to kill himself and i think take some more people out. He come in before, sometimes he come in sober, as nice as anything, comical, carry on, then he would come in drunk sometimes. We would have to escort him out of there. Reverend david died in the fire along with stern. I just cant believe the pastor is gone. I cant believe it. Tell me about shepherds crook. The shepherds helped me with some food and clothes and everything. And then when i got a job and found a place to live, i wanted to help back. So i started volunteering because i like helping people. Right now, im afraid to go back in there because of what happened, because of nightmares. But later on, maybe after this gets over with, maybe a few months or down the road, i will go back and do it again. Full recovery may take two years. Neither her fiance nor adult daughter have the money to make extended trips up here. So dana is hoping she will be home by christmas. At the hopkins Bay View Medical Center in baltimore, scott broom, wusa9. And danas employer is trying to raise money to support her. You can learn more by clicking on our website, wusa9. Com. Northern virginia congressman, frank wolf, will not seek reelection next year. The 18term republican from virginias tenth district released a statement saying quote, it has been an honor to serve the people of Northern Virginia and the shenendoah valley. For 34 years. Now earlier this year, wolf told bruce leshan he was frustrated with the decision to shut down the government. I think its time to open up to government. What does that mean . Does that mean you would vote for a resolution . I would vote for a clean resolution. Its time to stop fighting . Well, you can fight, but you dont shut the government down. The 74yearold wolf says he plans to focus on human rights and religious freedom. Coming up at 5 30, well look at who might replace him in congress. Its a whose who of the tech world at the white house today. Top executives from the countrys leading technology companies, many have urged the administration to dial back on the snooping. Coem reports from the white house. Tech giants went to the white house to talk about the troubled healthcare website, but the sitdown with president obama was also an opportunity for more than a dozen companies, including facebook, microsoft, and yahoo tox press concerns about government surveillance programs. Federal judge, richard leon said the nsas bulk collection of phone records is likely unconstitutional. The judges ruling comes as the white house is combing through an outside groups findings about the controversial program. Over the next several weeks, we will be reviewing the review groups report and more than 40 recommendations. The Tech Companies issued a joint statement after their meeting urging the president to move aggressively on reform. The white house calls the nsa collection an important antiterror tool. George Washington University law professor says the judges opinion is not likely to shut down the program. Its only a decision by one trial judge at the lowest level of the federal system. Theres a long way to go before we know if the Supreme Court is going to uphold this program. Several Tech Companies are working on software that would prevent the government from collecting user information. Coem for cbs news, the white house. Several other judges have ruled the nsa collection of data is constitutional. A federal judge sentenced a d. C. Pediatrician to 18 months in prison and a decade of supervised release for possession of child porn. But that is way less than the federal guidelines which could have given dr. Robert dickey five or six years behind bars. Its an unusual case. Dr. Robert dickey is a pediatrician who inspired so much loyalty among his patients and their parents that more than a dozen of them turned up here at the courthouse to testify on his behalf. The judge, the prosecutor, the defense attorney, all struggled to reconcile two different portraits of dickey. One is a doctor who settled in southeast specifically to serve an under served community. A doctor who would accept phone calls at all hours of the night or day. He was a man dedicated to his children. His patients. And for that, i am grateful. He would draw smiley faces on my arm before he would stick me with the needles to distract me. But the other image is of a doctor who would sit in his bedroom at his home office and down load images of child pornography. 132 images of child pornography. Some of them involving sato mastickism. This is a disease. This is a disease that calls and calls for mental health. Despite an intense investigation, police were never able to uncover any evidence that dr. Dickey actually physically abused any children. The doctor insists that he is not sexually interested in children. That this was just an educational exercise. But the judge said these are very, very sick images. He told them, i hope you get some help. And dr. Dickey replied, i look forward to it. At u. S. District court, bruce leshan, wusa9. Dickey has voluntarily surrendered his license to Practice Medicine and hell be on the sex offender registry for the rest of his life. Some alexandria residents are pooling their resources, hoping a cash reward will help the killer. Its the case of rob kirby. A council of government. He was shot and killed inside his home in alexandria and so far no arrests have been made. Residents and several organizations including cog are banning together hoping a reward will pay off. A shocking discovery on the shoulder of the beltway today. Police say a mans body was found on the interloop between Georgia Avenue and coalsville road. Officially, they are calling it a suspicious death. The mans name has not been released and we do not know how he died. Montgomery county police are investigating the bizarre accident in wheaten, maryland, officers say a car slammed into a house on Valley Wood Court and the people inside that car jumped out, got into another vehicle and drove off. Nikki is live from the scene with more. Nikki. We are here in Silver Spring where a few hours ago, a car went off the side of the road right here for some reason. That car crossed over here, went to this neighbors front yard. You can see the tire tracks they left behind, kept going and ended up in the back of this mans house. Thankfully, that man wasnt there, otherwise this might have been a totally different story. I want to show you video. Our cameras were rolling shortly after that accident happened. Neighbors who witnessed it, they say it was a group of success kids who got out of the car which they say was a ford focus and then ran out and got into another vehicle and took off. Now thankfully again, that homeowner was not there. Otherwise he probably would have been in the kitchen at that time he tells me. He is, however, back here now looking at this mess and trying to figure out what is next. Tore the whole side of the house and obviously the police and everybody else came and put it on safety and stickers on the house. Unbelievable. You dont get to see it in the movies like this. You can hear in the homeowners voice, he is heartbroken. He has lived in this house for 20 some years. He is going through the rubble trying to figure out what is next for him. He cannot stay here tonight. It hasnt been condemned, but it is unsafe for him to be in there tonight. He is going to stay in a hotel and figure out what do next. Police say if you have any information about what happened here, give them a call. Were live in Silver Spring, im nikki, wusa9. Anthks for that report, nikki. Six u. S. Service members were killed in a Helicopter Crash today in southern afghanistan. There is one survivor. That persons condition is not known tonight. Nato says there was no insurgent activity in the area the time the chopper went down. Investigators were looking at engine failure as a possible cause. A bipartisan deal that would end three years of bitterness over the budget cleared another hurdle today. The measure passed a key test vote in the u. S. Senate this morning. The 67 to 33 tally ensures the deal will pass the senate no later than tomorrow and head to the white house for the president s signature. The deal replaces 45 billion in automatic spending cuts with other savings and most importantly, it avoids another Government Shutdown. Oklahoma republican senator, tom, is out with his 2013 waste book. It is the longtime deficit hawks annual report detailing wasteful Government Spending and senator cobern found 100 examples of what he calls stupid spending decisions totaling 30 billion. Providing money to study romance novels. We provided money to the state department so they could buy people votes to like their facebook page. And we even helped nasa fund studies of us. Congress. Sounds like a page turner. Some other examples include 1. 5 billion to keep the lights on in unused or under utilized federal buildings. And 2 million to renovate rarely visited civil war grift mill in virginia. Still ahead on wusa9. The feds announce new guidelines to strengthen drunk driving laws. Im meteorologist topper shutt. Let me show you the radar. Vigorous disturbance to our south and west. Well tell you if that will accumulate and look ahead to a pattern change and let you know where it did snow last night. Americans in 43 states are lining up for a chance to win half a billion dollars. 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Gray says he supports that 10 minimum wage. The mayor wants to study the idea of a higher increase. Prince georges county, 11. 50 an hour is much closer to becoming a reality. County executive, baker, signed his minimum wage bill into law today. The new wage takes effect in 2017. Safe way workers and giant food are not going on strike. They voted to ratify a labor contract today. The agreement preserves most of the Health Benefits the workers have. Theres also a rage in over three years. Tonights megamillion jackpot 586 million. Wow. If you could only win it. And Lottery Ticket counters, tens of thousands of players are lining up to try their luck. Adriana diaz has the story. George fernandez used his coffee break to become a multimillionaire. How many tickets are you planning on buying . 125. He and 22 fellow iron workers pooled their money for a shot at the megamillions jackpot. Now more than half a billion dollars. People want to change their life. They want to get rich overnight. Its harder to win since they changed their rules in october. Players used to pick six numbers, now its 1 to 75. Pushing the probability of winning from 1 in 176 million to 1 in 259 million. No one picked the matching numbers since the change driving up the jackpot. Its so much money and why not take a chance. And if theres no winner tonight. Quite possible we may be close to a billion dollars by friday. That would shatter last springs record jackpot of 656 million. Adriana diaz, cbs news, new york. All right, megamillions is available in 43 states, the District Of Columbia and u. S. Virgin islands and while the new rules make it harder to win the jackpot, it is easier to win a smaller prize. Those odds now are 1 in 15. We have been told that we have been left out of the pot. Bruce johnson pot, but thats okay. He opted out, he wants to do his own. He didnt mean it. Very exclusive club, i understand that. All right. We had a little bit of snow to the north of town. But you go up north of the border, all the way up into new jersey, they had a couple. Laguardia had an inch. Mount vernon, which is outside of new york city had almost 3 inches and bridgeport, connecticut, had 2 inches. As i said yesterday, dont break your heart if you want snow in the metro area. Live look outside. Its our live michael and son weather cam. Temperatures chilly, 39. Relative humidity 76 . Winds are calm right now. The pressure is falling at this moment. Heres the radar. I have been concerned about this. This is an upper level system that is vigorous and intense. And this is going to track right through the metro area later tonight until 1 00 or 2 00 in the morning. I think what were going to see is rain showers. Then well see snow showers, especially right around town. Heaviest rain showers will be south of town, east of the 95 and into Southern Maryland. The latest picture, well show you this is all rain primarily right now, but as we get colder air later on tonight, these rain showers will turn to snow showers. As far down south as Charles County and st. Marys county. 37 arlington. 36 in reston. This is good news. The temperatures are above freezing right now. 38 springfield and also college park and also waldorf. Okay. So, rain or snow showers until midnight. A little more to the south and east of town. Clearing late tonight. Probably after 2 00, 3 00 in the morning. Bus stop temperatures, pretty much the same as they were this morning. 26 to 36. There will be a windchill. Dress the kids for the 20s. And colder wednesday, milder thursday. In fact, thursday kind of sends a sign of a big pattern change. Heres a snowfall accumlation map. You see what its picking up on. An inch. I think everything will be below an inch, but dont be surprised if you see a heavy snow shower that lasts for half an hour. So rain and snow showers less than an inch, breezy. 26 to 32. Winds pick up west, northwest at 10 to 15. Tomorrow, no problems, just bundle up. 34 by 9 00. 40 by 1 00, pretty much pure sunshine, but it will be breezy. Now the next three days. Milder on thursday, 53. Warmer on friday, 62. Check out this. Mid 60s on saturday. I wanted to go 70 on sunday. I resisted. 68 on sunday. Showers may actually hold off until after the redskin game. Probably hold off until after the ravens game, which you can watch right here on channel 9. And 62 on monday morning and a little bit cooler. Nothing crazy next tuesday. Temperatures in the mid 40s. And with snow, heres a great picture of some snow. This was sent to us by brenda from rio, west virginia. Taken a week ago today. We had that second little snow in the metro area. Nice job. And you did everything right. Send us your pictures. Make sure you put them in right side up. Go to our website, wusa9. Com and we need your name, town, location, and description. Glad she got that picture now. If she doesnt have it now, shell be swimming in that stuff. Shell have daisies. Coming up, the latest on a growing wild fire near a popular resort area in the california mountains. Up next, key decision on calls for a new investigation into the death of princess diana. Her boyfriend, tony. Not reopen the investigation into the crash, 16 years ago in paris. London has been looking into claims that dye diana was murdered. Theres no credible evidence to support that claim. I didnt kill meredith. Those words from amanda knox. An email from the former American Exchange student was read today by her lawyers in an italian court. Knox is not at the trial for fear shell be convicted for the 2007 murder of meredith kercher. The third trial comes after italys highest Court Vacated a ruling throwing out her murdered conviction. Pope francis shared his 77th Birthday Celebration with four Homeless People today. They were invited to breakfast at the hotel where the pope stayed. The forecast among dozens of people who usually are camped out around st. Peters square. The pope invited vat vatican staff to join him at the celebration. After an explosion at the apartment complex. It happened in the middle of the night in birmingham. A man and woman have been pulled from the rubble. The man survived, but is in critical condition. They were asleep in a first floor apartment at the time of the blast and the explosion may have been the result of a broken gas line. A wild fire burning near one of californias most popular Tourist Spots has now grown to more than 500 acres, 15 homes near big sir have been destroyed and the red cross is set up a shelter for those who are forced to flee their homes. The only good news right now is no injuries have been reported. Wild fires are rare in this area. Pretty late in the area, but the big sir region is in the mist of one of the driest years in its history. Listen up, google bots are coming. What looks like a scary creature is actually part of googles new robot dream team. Also ahead, our jan jeffcoat catches up with megapastor, joel on his book signing tour here in washington. Im alexis with new ways to prevent drunk drivers from getting behind nzczczc chevy year end event is a great time to buy an allnew silverado. This interior is incredible the nav is perfect for my long trips up north this time of year. Howar up north . Akron. Akrons nice. Mm. [ male announcer ] chevys giving more this holiday season, chevys giving more during the calendar year end event. Trade up to the allnew 2014 silverado all star v6 for a total value of 5,250. See your local chevy dealer today. Federal officials are calling for stricter guidelines from preventing intoxicated drivers from getting behind the wheel. A 4. 6 increase over the previous year. Alexis reports. U. S. Transportation officials kicked off the annual drive sober or get pulled over crackdown on drunk driving this holiday season. E