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WUSA Wusa 9 News At 5pm March 24, 2015

All these vehicles. These are just a fraction of the hundreds of people that have been involved in this search. Some on the job. And others just volunteering. It has been a massive effort that im told will continue through tonight and they wont stop they say until they find little noah thomas. Live in dublin, virginia, im mola lenghi for wusa9. Thank you. Hoping they do find that young boy. All right, pulaski Sheriffs Office says theyve not met the criteria yet to issue an amber alert but the sheriff says if they do, it will be put out there right away. Authorities have called off the search for the the remains of a german wings airplane that crashed in the french alps. The hard to reach area. 150 people were on board the plane which was on its way from spain to germany. Tina use reports from San Francisco tina crouse reports from france. Reporter the german wings plane carrying 150 people was about an hour into its flight from barcelona to dusseldorf. French Officials Say there was no distress call from the plane as it approached the Southern Alps plunging 14,000 feet in eight minutes. We have to investigate properly with all professionals what went wrong. Reporter a group of 16 High School Students and two teachers are among the passengers. Family and friends gathered at their school in germany to wait for word on their loved ones who were returning from a Spanish Exchange program. French Authorities Say recovery operations will be difficult because the plane crashed in rough terrain in a remote areament but crews have already found a black box. German wings is a low cost subsidiary of Lufthansa Airlines and they say the 25 yearold plane involved in the crash was inspected regularly. The last routine check by lufthansa Technical Services was done in dusseldorf just yesterday. Reporter for now, theyre calling it an accident. And keeping their focus on the families. Tina crouse, cbs news, marseilles, france. President barack obama spoke to germany to express his condolences and also planned to talk to spains president. Theres no indication terrorism was involved the white house says. Well right now the southbound lanes of rock creek parkway between pennsylvania avenue and p. Street are still shut down. Structural engineers closed the bridge this morning on pennsylvania avenue that goes over the parkway. When they learned debris had been falling on the road from that overpass. Ddot crews are still working there but its not clear when theyll be able to reopen things. For now, you should avoid that area. There are some major delays. Montgomery county police have released the name of the pedestrian who was hit by a car and killed today in wheaton. He was 81 years old and he was earnest mall vin rounds of silver spring. Sky 9 this out over the scene of university boulevard near arco la avenue where the accident happened around 6 30 a. M. The driver stuck around. Traffic safety statistics released today in maryland show that Prince Georges County has the deadliest roads in the state. By far. The question tonight is how come . Scott broom is near the capital beltway with hopefully some answers to that. Scott . Reporter well, the numbers are pretty compelling. Prince georges county, the deadliest in maryland. In the past five years, carnage on the roadways in Prince Georges County. According to new figures from the Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration Highway Safety office, 469 deaths in the county since 2010. Compared to 325 deaths in Baltimore County and just 205 deaths in montgomery. Drive safe around here at all. I mean you know too many cashes too many people cars too many people. It doesnt surprise me. Theres a back up on the beltway because of the overturned car. Everyone is in a rush and that can be an issue also. Seems like everybody has road rage and someone had road rage about two weeks ago hit the back of my car. Reporter the reasons why are elusive. But a leading theory is speed on both the Prince Georges County sections of the capital beltway and u. S. Route 50. The sections of the beltway between college park and route 0 is the worst in the region. A socalled danger corridor with an annual average of 54. 3 crashes per mile per year. From 2010 to 2012 alone. The irony here is that maryland today Just Announced the lowest number of statewide fatalities on its roads in 66 years an historic low. Officials credit things like air bags and seat belts and better enforcement and better Highway Engineering and the trend is downward here in Prince Georges County as well. Its just not trending downwards nearly as fast as all of the rest of the jurisdictions despite a division of the Police Department dedicated solely to traffic safety. Reporting live on the capital beltway in Prince Georges County, scott broom, wusa9. All right scott thank you. And weve got some breaking news right no from virginia where two Fauquier County teens are charged with making serious threats. A 13yearold cedar Lane Middle School student is accused of threatening to bomb a building and a 14yearold student is charged with making a threat of death or bodily injury. The cases now in the countys juvenile and domestic relations court. Also sky 9 was over the scene of the house fire this afternoon in leesburg along a remote stretch of dry hollow road. The Fire Department tells us the house was abandoned and inner loop was wort had the no one was hurt fighting the fire. Ever wonder hey is this a legal spot in well it may not surprise you some viewers have told us parking signs in the district can be a little confusing at times. Debra alfarone has been fighting the fight on behalf of one Neighborhood School in parker and she join uses live from Columbia Heights with the story of one side driving people crazy. Debra . Reporter lets see if you can fick this out. On figure this out. It reads no parking tuesday for a two hour window. And the sign attached below says except monday. For basically the whole day. So in short, no parking tuesday. Except monday. Ddot admitted to us that this sign is a problem and it looks like many of you think so too. Except mondays . And now thats where it will get complicated right there. What does that mean . Im asking you. [ laughter ] when you see this sign, what do you think that means . Oh. You can park there on monday. Maybe. But you dont know definitively . Many say its just befuddling. Wusa9 happened upon this parking sign on kenyon street northwest two weeks ago. When a handful of drivers received parking tickets because they parked according to the districts longstanding street sweeping rules. The thing is, the district pushed forward its start date. So tickets were thrown out. But that same day at wusa9s request, ddot took a look at this sign and confirmed the green sign below has got to go. And they were sending a technician out. Two weeks later it is still here and still puzzling people who see it. I guess you can park there on monday. Tuesdays not at all because this street sweeping. Thats about it. Reporter would you feel comfortable parking there . I have to think about it for a long time. Before i committed. Yeah. Reporter so at this point the story of youre wondering of the story youre wondering. What happened . We called and emailed and havent heard back. Debra alfarone, wusa9. What do you think . I dont know. Derek and i were talking about it. No parking on tuesday except monday. So does that mean you can park on monday . I have no idea. I dont think we did. I think its still out there. All right ddot suggests if you see a sign you should call 311. Theyre going to make a mote and keep a record and work to have the sign evaluated and evident i lit takes a it takes a long time to get it removed. President obama welcoming afghanistans new president to the white house today. At the request the president agreed to keep nearly 10,000 troops in afghanistan through the end of this year. And thats nearly twice the number that was originally planned. The afghan president made the request to help him with a pretty rough spring fighting season. And suppormartin omalley say its looking more and more likely the former governor will challenge Hillary Clinton for the 2016 democratic president ial nomination. Omalley would not address specific 2016 plans. But he did appear to be energetic about challenging clinton. We are just Getting Started on wusa9 news at 5 00. Is the future of Fire Fighting all about that bass . Coming up at 5 30 you like that . Bruce leshan introduces us to a couple of students trying to redefine the way crews knock down the flame. And still ahead lawmakers on the hill demanding answer, about the incident at the answers about the incident at the white house involving two senior agents accused of being intoxicated and interfering with a suspicious package investigation. Top . All right sunshine returned here in northwest and actually across most of the metro area. On our futurecast and taking the walk tonight . With the dog . Well temperatures are going to be chilly. 36 in gaithersburg and 41 downtown and upper 30s leesburg and manassas. Clouds are coming back by dawn tomorrow. Well tell you what that means for your morning and evening commute. Angelina jolies surgery to remove her ovaries and fallopian tubes is no surprise to a car came crashing through a guardrail today in a Montgomery County post office, sky 9 out over the scene this morning at the sandy Spring Post Office on al nissandy spring road. Just across from turban barbecue the urban barbecue. Only minor damage to the post office. A neighbor tells wusa9 that a total of two cars were involved in the accident. And Angelina Jolie has people talking again today about another surgery she had. A few years ago she made news when she had a double mastectomy not because she had cancer but to prevent cancer. Peggy fox talks to a local woman who had the exact same surgery. Peggy . You know Angelina Jolie lost her mother, her grandmother, and her aunt to cancer. She carries a gene mowation which puts her at a mutation which puts her at a much greater risk for Breast Cancer and ovarian cancer. Many women who have the same problem have had the same surgeries. Angelina jolie says she had her ovaries and fa lowell january tubes removed last week to help ensure a long life with her husband and six children. The announcement came as no surprise to lisa, the chevy chase mother of two had the same surgery several years ago when she was 40. Though she worried about the big side effect. The thought of being plunged into surgical menopause at the age of 40 was not something i was looking forward to. Reporter lisa like Angelina Jolie carries the brach coo one gene mutation. Which carries an 85 risk of Breast Cancer. And a 50 risk of ovarian cancer. Whether or not i would have developed cancer, we cant say for sure. But i didnt want to take that chance. Reporter also like jolie, leshiaed a a double ma sectmy and doctors actually found a lump but she had that surgery after having her ovaries out. She says its more common for carriers to have the ovaries removed first buzz that reduces the risk of Breast Cancer by 50 . Theres no Early Detection for ovarian cancer. Most cancers in the ovaries are not diagnosed until theyre very advanced. Reporter lisa learned she was a brach coo one carrier when she was 32. But she wanted to have a family first. When she had her children she realized she needed to get the surgeries done to be there for them. How much peace of mind do you have having both these surgeries completed . I feel like a weight is lifted off of my shoulders. Reporter lee is a staff nebraska of lisa is a staff member of four switch and it helps people affected by hereditary ovarian and Breast Cancer. She says the mutation came from her father. And and that sometimes, it can either come from your father or mother. But because sometimes they do come from fathers, these can be hidden for a generation. So you may not know unless someone in your family has had a problem. You were saying earlier ovarian is not nearly as invasive as the Breast Cancer and double mastectomy. Right, this the duck mastectomy double mastectomy very invasive. The ovarian can be done laparoscopically. Thanks peggy fox. New hope tonight for people suffering from terminal diseases and the governor signed on legislation today that gives the patients access to drugs that have only passed the first stage of government approval. Thats as long as their doctor and the drugs manufacture give their blessing. Four states, michigan, colorado, missouri and louisiana have already passed right to try bills. Its about to get warm and wet. And then . Cold. Exactly. Exactly. [ laughter ] well, i mean its march. We should not get used to it. A nice break though on thursday with temperatures near 70 and dont want to see saturday just yet. A live look outside with our live michael son weather cam. Very nice evening. Clouds have moved out at least to the south of us and right now at 46. Relatively dry air mass. You know dew points in thes. Relative humidity 39 and were going to be cold tonight not like last night. Winds not a folk torr, east northeast at about 9 and theyll eventually become southeasterly and then eventually southerly and thats what will dry up the warmer air late tomorrow and thursday. Okay heres the radar over the past hour. Pretty good sam of showers through much of southern ohio and northern sections of kentucky along the river and pushing also into west virginia. These will stay south of us tonight and begin to lift north as a warm front pushes through. Good news bad news. We have some showers to deal with also. So clouds are going to return again by dawn. Bus stop temperatures, still kind of cold. I mean 30 to 42 not quite as cold as we were this morning. But thats cold if youre out for any lept of time. Mild length of time. Milder with a few showers tomorrow and then thursday warm, yep, with some thunderstorms possible. Rumble of thunder. Highs on thursday near 70 in most spots. So futurecast, tomorrow morning, see the clouds they come right back in and almost to i270 and 95 and d. C. By a day break. Temperatures in the low to mid 30s and you know a cold enough start. And then a few spin conditions here and there you see the green all light activity on the legend. Nothing crazy heavy and i think most of us are going to have a dry commute. Look tact showers maybe into Southern Maryland and looks like its going to be dry in Prince Georges County. And maybe a sprinkle for la plata. Thats about it some sprinkles possible during the afternoon. By 1 00 though everything is north of us and term reasons stoning now and gosh term reasons responding now. Getting term reasons responding now temps are responding now. 50 gaithersburg and almost 50 in hagerstown and 56 or so downtown at 58 in fredericksburg. Im going to advance again until thursday afternoon. But 11 30 in the morning until noon. Look at the temperatures, 62 downtown and also look at the yellow and orange. Those are thunderstorms that will push through. A little bit before lunchtime on thursday but it will lead to the warmer air for a while before the cold air comes rushing back in on friday. So tonight, returning partly cloudy and cold. Low temperatures in the 30s. Winds east southeast at 10. Now by morning, mostly cloudy and chilly. Some showers are possible. 30s ands. Not warrant a yellow alert. Winds now southeast and then by afternoon winds turn southerly at 10 and high temperatures 50 to 55 if again a few showers are still possible. So day planner, 37 at 7 00. With some clouds. Maybe a sprinkle at 9 40. 46 at 11 00 and back up to 50 at 1 00. With clouds still kind of hanging tough. So were looking at thursday yellow alert for rain and showers and thunderstorms. Near 70. That could affect both commutes on thursday. And then breezy and cooler on saturday and maybe a morning drop. Put drop in there and temperature about 55 and falling. Check out the seven day. 41 on saturday. Partly sunny. Got a flurry in. Yes i do. Low 50s on sunday. Mid 50s on monday and tuesday. With sunshine returning. Thank you top. The pesky potholes have been shaking our cars for months now so tomorrow, d. C. Mayor bowser along with transportation officials will announce what theyre calling the war on potholes. Officials have already filled more than 7,000 holes in the past two weeks and tomorrow city leaders plan to announce even more aggressive plan to fill many more street craters within 48 hours. Our pothole patrol is in vienna today. Asking for help with a pothole near his house. We did spot this big one along the shoulder right before a driveway in the 9900 block of vail road and we reached out to public workings asking if they can do a repair job. Keep you updated. If you have a pothole you want the team to help get fixed. Go to tellwusa9. Com or you can tweet us using the hashtag poetholepatrol hashtag pothole patrol9. Not quite over yet. 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