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the kidnapper told him to get in the passenger side and the suspect did the driving in this incident. police say he drove to various locations. we don't know which locations they were. but this was an effort to obtain cash from the victim. at some point today. but it ended at 3:00. that was here at the bp gas station. the robber jumped out of the vehicle and remains at large. there was a very similar incident that happened at the same giant food shopping center parking lot on wednesday evening. montgomery police tell me they're very aware of the similarities in these cases and they'r...

now with the latest. darcy? >> reporter: yeah, that's right. they got the call right around 4:30 this afternoon. and this fire quickly escalated to a two-alarm blaze. fire rescue crews are still here on the scene. joining us now to give us the very latest on this case is mark brady with the prince george's county fire department. so this started out in the bottom level of a three-story building, and basically went through the roof or the attic area? >> it did. the middle floor, extending up to the top floor and eventually through the roof. when firefighters arrived, heavy smoke from ...

house grew heat yesterday as lawmakers failed again to compromise on spending cuts and tax hikes as part of a plan to raise the debt ceiling. all of this as moody's investor service puts the country's stellar credit rating under review. kristin dahlgren joins us with more on this. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. just when you thought it couldn't get any uglier, word of the tensest talks yet at the white house. republican house majority leader eric cantor is saying the president said to him, eric, don't call my bluff and then stormed out of the meeting. now, democrats say tho...

>> one little cluster of thunderstorms go to the northern side of town about an hour ago. those are headed to the chesapeake bay. we'll be left with a fairly dry start this morning. but, yes, lots of humidity out there. as a result, our thunderstorm chances are going to be sort of hanging around for much of the weekend. but as you can see here, it's a beautiful way to get the weekend started out there. the sun is up. the sun came up at 5:42 this morning. temperatures are pleasant enough and most of the suburbs are in the mid 60s, 71 downtown. 73 in annapolis. 64 in the panhandle of w...