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whole thing collapses and that is the fear going here. governor mcdonald's office told me he will send a letter lobbying the republican leadership of congress to try and keep the transportation funding, but they also took a swipe at connelly saying they're not doing it in response to the democratic congressman's letter that they have been working behind the signs -- scenes for weeks on this and right now, that is in jeopardy. >> that is terrible, john. since democrats control the senate and the white house, can't they just insist that metro money stay in the bill? >> reporter: sure, ...

rebooking as the threat of the severe weather moves in. back home tonight, pepco still trying to restore power lost in last wednesday's fast-moving affair. maryland governor martin o'malley is complaining the utility company didn't move fast enough to repair lines and wants to punish pepco now with fines. tom sherwood joins us with more on the fallout. tom? >> reporter: jim, pepco says it's down to a handelful of power outages now, just seven. customers were glad to be getting service, even today. in snowy montgomery county, off norwood road, power crews were replacing downed power...

year-old female child that fell from the pedestrian footbridge that connects the mall to the top deck of the parking garage. at this time criminal investigative detectives, crime scene detectives are both here processing the scene. they talked to the witnesses. they're in the process of talking to more witnesses trying to determine exactly what happened. investigators did say that the 2 1/2-year-old child was with family members at the time but they're not specific or clear how these family members are related to her. now initially that fall was reported as about 50 feet. now as part...

to northeast. southern maryland, parts of north may not see much rain until this evening. looking at the doppler right now, we are seeing the rain getting into loudoun county. seeing it on the doppler getting towards fauquier county. shenandoah valley. we will bring you the doppler when i see you in a few minutes. right now, we will talk about temperatures running in the 40s to near 50. that rain moving into the metro probably during the 6:00 hour. here is monica with time saver traffic. overall, beltway looking good around town. clear traffic in the washington area. but there is o...

forward. sheedy tells what she describes as the supreme court justice's addiction to pornography. she says during the 1980's that sheet and clarence thomas david, it often talked about his sexual interest and other women and showed an obsession with pornography. she even went with him to a store called graffiti spree it -- called graffitis. >> the owner stalked his preferences behind the counter. >> deliberately? >> he liked certain things. >> during his confirmation hearing, clarence thomas and other women in the workplace said he had a fixation on breasts. >> his interests with bre...